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3 Ideas to Help Relieve Stress On Your Campus
You feel it, your staff feels it, and your students feel it.
As a marriage and family therapist, I help my clients and my schools work through this unrelenting issue. After years of graduate school, over a decade on the road with TEEN TRUTH, and working with countless people, the best answer I’ve come up with to truly relieve stress is to enhance the quality of our relationships.
We are social animals. We thrive in our connections with others, and it is that key aspect of our life that will overcome stress, depression, and anxiety.
So how do we cultivate good relationships?
You need to be intentional about it. Most people reading this blog are successful administrators, counselors, and teachers who are at risk of getting so caught up in the hustle and bustle of daily life that they find themselves isolated from others.
Sometimes this even includes their families.
Making time to intentionally be with family and friends (to “unplug” from work) is a direct route to feeling happier and less stressed in life.
This can be a huge challenge for your staff. They have all of the same life pressures you do, but they are often stuck in their classrooms, isolated from the rest of the people at work. To remedy this, we must intentionally work to bring them together to discuss personal issues. Hosting a relational needs workshop is the perfect way to spark communication among your staff. It can develop intimacy and, most importantly, create a vocabulary that can be used to help communicate our own needs and to meet the needs of others.
To learn more about this game-changing experience, CLICK HERE to download a PDF or contact me today for more details.
For your students, consider developing times in the school day to help them find stronger relationships. This can be done through your activity program (CLICK HERE to check out this awesome idea from TEEN TRUTH’s Activities Director, Stephen Admudson), or through your after-school programs and extracurricular activities, or even at lunchtime.
Lunch is a high stress time for some students. That is why I asked Stephanie Lerner, TEEN TRUTH’s school counselor, to blog and create a lesson plan around lunchtime stress. CLICK HERE to read her blog and access her free lesson plan.
Whether on campus, in a corporate environment, or in my therapy office, the pressures that we face are usually solved by building stronger relationships in our life. It is my hope that this short time we had together today will get you thinking about how you can drive relationships both on campus, and in your life.
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Bundling refers to the practice by broadcasting companies of making cable and DTH companies carry unwanted and unpopular channels by tying them with good channels.
The TRAI last year came up with new guidelines aimed at stopping the practice, which was challenged by Star India, Tata Sky and Airtel Digital in various high courts.
However, overcoming the legal challenges, the guidelines are set to come into effect on the 29th of next month.
Hathway MD Rajan Gupta said the consumer will be the biggest beneficiary of the new tariff regime as he does not need to pay for the channels that he or she doesn’t want to watch.
“Due to the shift from wholesale to retail, the consumer doesn’t have to pay for the whole bundle,” he said. “C0nsumers are more empowered as they have choice and power over what channels they wish to watch.”
“We believe this shift from wholesale to retail pricing, the single biggest change, will shift power from broadcasters to consumers,” he added.
Under the new system, consumers have to choose the channels they want, instead of their cable or DTH provider deciding for them.
The cable or DTH provider has to offer a ‘base’ pack of 100 channels which cannot be priced at more than Rs 130 plus tax. The key difference compared to the present system is that in the new system, the consumer is free to add and subtract any channel he wants to his base pack.
It should also be noted that the base pack can be priced at any level, including zero.
In addition to the base pack, the cable and DTH operators also have offer top-up packs. Each of these packs will comprise 25 SD channels, and will also comprise entirely of channels chosen by the consumer.
Under the new rules, one HD channel will be considered equal to 2 standard channels. In other words, as part of the base pack itself, the consumer would be able to subscribe to either 100 SD channels or 50 HD channels, or any other combination of the two.
However, if a subscriber chooses pay channels as part of his subscription, the price of the pay channel has to be paid over and above the pack charge.
Like in case of the pack prices, the cable or DTH operator can set the price of pay channels at any level — including zero — depending on its marketing strategy. However, it cannot be higher the MRP declared by the channel owner.
There is also a second dimension to the new tariff — the price paid by the DTH or cable company to the broadcaster or channel owner.
The channel owner has to declare only one price for their channel, plus one price for any bouquet or collection of channels. These prices are applicable to all DTH and cable operators, and no operator can be given a discount.
This will ensure that all DTH and cable companies will get their feeds at the same price, said Hathway.
At present, bigger platforms, such as DTH companies, get their feeds at a fraction of the price paid by smaller platforms such as a single-city cable operator.
Many cable operators, including Hathway, have been complaining that some channel owners are giving their channels at very low rates to DTH and cable companies that are linked to their parent companies.
Under the present negotiation-based pricing, channel owners often cut off their feeds to certain cable and DTH operators in an effort to make them pay higher charges.
“The new tariffs will help in making the entire framework and value chain of the broadcast sector completely transparent, provide choice to consumer and ensure a fair deal among LCOs, MSOs and broadcasters,” Gupta said.
“Hathway has been one of the victims of content-cost disparity and therefore, should be a significant gainer from the tariff order implementation,” he added.
He also pointed out that it will also help in reducing disputes and litigation in the sector.
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June 22, 2018 3:21:49 am
WHILE THE state environment department has set July 11 as the deadline for all dairies to put in place a buyback mechanism for plastic milk pouches, dairy operators say they are still awaiting clarity from the government on how such a mechanism will work.
As per the notification issued by the department on March 23, dairies should use plastic bags of not less than 50 microns thickness to package milk. Besides, they should print a buyback price, of not less than Rs 0.50, for the pouches. This would then enable a buyback mechanism for recycling of the plastic pouches. Milk dairies are expected to set up such a mechanism by July 11.
Officials of the Maharashtra State Cooperative Milk Federation, an apex federation of district and taluka-level milk unions, said that they have written to the state dairy development and environment departments seeking more information. “We have asked for clarity on how to set up the recollection mechanism and how the refund system will work,” said an official from the federation.
The official added that the federation has decided to start printing a buyback price on the pouches. “But the decision on when to start printing this is still to be taken.”
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Prakash Kutwal, secretary of the Milk Producers and Processors’ Welfare Association, said that dairies don’t have the expertise needed to set up the buyback mechanism. “We haven’t heard anything from the government on the issue so far. We don’t know how to recollect the milk pouches. The government should guide the dairies about it.”
Arun Narke, former president of Indian Dairy Association and director of Gokul Dairy in Kolhapur, said the government should provide some financial assistance for setting up the buyback mechanism. “Using plastic bags above 50 microns and setting up the buyback mechanism for recycling will put additional financial burden on dairies. So, the government should guide us in setting up the mechanism and also provide some funds. Otherwise, it may lead to increase in milk prices,” he added.
Officials from the environment department said that they haven’t held discussions with the dairies on the mechanism. “We have clearly stated in the notification that milk dairies, retailers and traders should ensure buyback mechanism, collection and recycling system,” said an official.
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Updated: July 29, 2016 12:28:00 am
The National Capital Region’s first Early Earthquake Warning System was installed at the Haryana Institute of Public Administration (HIPA) building in Gurgaon recently. Procured by the Haryana government at a cost of about Rs 38 lakh, the system can issue a warning 30 seconds before a strong earthquake hits, and turn water and energy systems like electricity and gas supply off, minimising the possibility of loss of life.
So why is this important for Gurgaon?
Gurgaon and Delhi fall under Seismic Zone IV, which means they are vulnerable to high intensity earthquakes. Added to this is the fact that the city has over 1,000 highrises, housing and employing a large part of its population. Even a 30-second headstart before a major quake can be crucial in saving lives.
And why has it been set up at HIPA?
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Abhay Kumar Srivastava, head of HIPA’s Centre for Disaster Management, says the point is “not just to warn staff members and trainees in the building” but to also “raise awareness” — among them, and among visiting district officials, industrialists, private developers, and companies — about the benefits and salient features of the technology.
What is the functional principle on which the system is based?
The secondary seismic waves that follow the less intense primary waves are the really dangerous ones — with the potential to cause major damage and destruction. But the primary waves spread from the epicentre first, and based on certain characteristics, it is possible to predict the intensity of the secondary waves that can be expected to follow. The Early Earthquake Warning System aims to utilise these “characteristics”, as well as the time lag between the impact of the two waves, to warn people of the impending danger, give them a little time to protect themselves.
How does the system actually work?
It is installed on a building’s foundation pillars, after studying its layout, and set to a selected threshold level of intensity so the alarm is activated only when that level is crossed. It has two devices, called “master” and “submaster”, which detect earthquakes, and are connected to each other by “data lines”. The master device scans the submaster cyclically to decide whether or not the alarm needs to be triggered. When the predicted intensity of the secondary waves crosses the predetermined threshold level, the master triggers the alarm, which sets off the indoor and/or outdoor siren. It also triggers an alarm to activate the Energy Management System (EMS), which turns off the connected gas, electricity and water supply systems, parks elevators, opens safety doors and gates, and stops sensitive production machines.
What are the Gurgaon system’s features?
The threshold intensity for the predicted secondary wave has been set at 5 on the Richter Scale. The system does not yet have an outdoor, public alarm, a six-horn feature that sounds an alarm loud enough to warn people within 5 km of the impending danger, but officials say funds should be made available for it to be installed by March 2017.
Where else has such an earthquake security system been used?
The system is the result of a collaboration between Secty Electronics GmbH, a German company specialising in earthquake science, and GFZ, the German Research Centre for Geosciences. Officials claim Secty programmed into software an algorithm developed on the basis of years of study and research on earthquake warnings by GFZ. The system is currently in use in 25 countries other than India, including the USA, Germany, Chile, Pakistan, China and Mexico. It has been introduced in India through a collaboration with Terra Techcom Pvt Ltd, a quake warning and security company.
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When a zimmun (rabbotai nevarech, etc.) is done, I have heard that the first three paragraphs should be said aloud by the leader.
Baruch Ata Adoshem Hazan Et Haolam......Baruch Ata Adoshem Hazan Et Hakol
Nodeh Lecha Adoshem.. bchol ayt uhvechol shahah
VeAl Hakol....Baruch Ata Adoshem Al Haaretz VeAl Hamazon.
I am wondering if just the end of the first and third have to be said aloud? I wonder this as the first and third end in actual brachot.
What is the rule for what has to be said aloud?
I notice there are other brachot after that though (e.g. UhVenai yerushalayim....Baruch ata adoshem bonai verachamav yerushalayim amayn) and I haven't seen that said aloud, whereas with the harachamans some do say them aloud.
What is the rule?
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The rise of infographics in the 21st century has been truly monumental. These days, it’s hard to open Instagram, flip through a magazine, or even ride down the highway without an infographic being presented to you.
These colorful illustrations of information are everywhere, and there is no better time to learn how to utilize them. In this article, we’ll break down what an infographic is, the different types of infographics, and why and how you should use them in your marketing.
Buckle up, and get ready to become an infographics mastermind.
What is an Infographic?
If you’re reading this post, you probably have at least a vague idea of what an infographic is; but beyond the fact that it’s a chart, diagram, or illustration that uses graphic elements to present information in a visually striking way, what is it, and where did it come from? (And, yes, that definition did come from the Merriam-Webster dictionary.)
Essentially, infographics were created to deliver small chunks of information in bright, intriguing packages. They can come in hundreds of different forms, including statistical displays, political presentations, and even food advertisements.
As for its history (which is actually very rich and complex), the invention of the infographic is accredited to Scottish inventor William Playfair. His first public infographic was a pink and yellow line graph with captions illustrating the price of wheat in the United Kingdom versus what the UK was paying for labor. From there, the idea of showing information in a pretty, clean, digestible format exploded.
What Are The Types of Infographics?
In the world of infographics, people will tell you there exists anywhere from seven to an infinite number of types. While all these claims have merit, we’re only going to be exploring two main types of infographics: informational and timeline. While these may sound similar, and they are, they are two very different ways of explaining something. Let’s examine both types.
1. Informational Infographic
An informational infographic is what you see plastered on Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat. These are the formats typically used by social justice organizations, cell phone companies, and pretty much anyone else on social media that wants to get a point across.
The reasoning is because these graphics are easy to make, easy to understand, and easy to respond to in small pieces. They (typically) don’t overload the eyes and they draw in their viewers.
You can find examples of these organizers pretty much anywhere on social media (but here are some cute ones to look to).
2. Timeline Infographic
A timeline infographic is exactly what it sounds like: a bunch of information formatted onto a linear timeline in a cohesive manner, typically in chronological order. The reason this type of infographic is being explained here is because it is the largest variation in format from the informational infographic.
Instead of being square, bright, and maybe a bit out of order, timeline infographics are straight lines (though they can be curved, jagged, or broken lines), typically in duller colors, and in an order that makes sense with the message being presented.
In using these types of infographics, be sure that the format can remain visually appealing while still providing insight in a streamlined manner. Here are some examples to help you get familiar with timeline infographics.
Why Use Infographics in Your Marketing Strategies
Although infographics are everywhere, that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t use them in your own marketing strategies; after all, the reason they’re used so frequently is because of how effective they are.
Using infographics can help your audience retain information up to 82% better than when you simply use words. Needless to say, getting good at using color, visuals, lines, fonts, and images could be vital to your marketing techniques.
Whether you’re selling tan in a bottle or advertising cell phone services, infographics will help you make your point in a way that is more informative and more memorable.
In any marketing endeavor, having a solid grasp on how to make, use, and manipulate infographics is a valuable skill to have in your set.
If you want to get better at utilizing infographics (you should), there are, as always, tons of classes available online to help you understand when and how to use which types of infographics.
To start you off, here are a few videos from Lynda and here you can find everything that SkillShare has to offer in the infographics department. If you really want to take your infographics knowledge to the next level, this link will show you where to get an official certification in infographics.
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WASHINGTON — Five people were fatally shot and others were wounded Thursday afternoon in the newsroom of the Capital Gazette newspaper in Annapolis, Md., and a suspect is in custody, authorities said.
The spokesperson for the Anne Arundel County Police Department said the suspect is a white adult male. He said no shots were exchanged between
Anne Arundel County Executive Steve Schuh told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer that the suspect was apprehended
One was taken to University of Maryland Medical Center’s Shock Trauma, 28 miles away in Baltimore, but did not survive.
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, Annapolis Mayor Gavin Buckley and Anne Arundel County Executive Steve Schuh all praised first responders for their quick response. At a news conference from the scene around 4:30 p.m. EDT, Schuh said police arrived on the scene within 60 seconds.
Phil Davis, Gazette’s courts and crime reporter, tweeted at 12:46 p.m. EDT that earlier he had hidden under his desk when he heard the shooter reload.
There is nothing more terrifying than hearing multiple people get shot while you’re under your desk and then hear the gunman reload
— Phil Davis (@PhilDavis_CG) June 28, 2018
Davis told the Baltimore Sun, which owns the Capital Gazette, that a lone male suspect shot through a glass door to gain acr
The spokesperson for the Anne Arundel County Police Department, which is heading the investigation, had said around 4 p.m. EDT that “we do have injuries.” Lt. Ryan Frashure, who was at the scene, had told reporters that police didn’t expect “major casualties.”
He said the building has been evacuated but is still being secured to ascertain that a threat no longer exists.
Frashure said people being evacuated can be reunited with their families at the Lord & Taylor department store at the nearby Annapolis Mall. He said the media would be updated soon.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Bureau and Firearms tweeted at about 3:56 p.m. EDT that it was responding to the scene. About 10 agencies were assisting local police.
A few minutes after the news conference at the scene, President Donald Trump tweeted about the shooting.
Prior to departing Wisconsin, I was briefed on the shooting at Capital Gazette in Annapolis, Maryland. My thoughts and prayers are with the victims and their families. Thank you to all of the First Responders who are currently on the scene.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 28, 2018
Earlier had Hogan tweeted that he was “absolutely devastated to learn of this tragedy in Annapolis.”
Absolutely devastated to learn of this tragedy in Annapolis. I am in contact with County Executive Steve Schuh, and @MDSP is on the scene assisting @AACOPD. Please, heed all warnings and stay away from the area. Praying for those at the scene and for our community. https://t.co/bI6PdUjHfh
— Governor Larry Hogan (@GovLarryHogan) June 28, 2018
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Fr.: source atoll
→ atoll; the name derives from the fact that on X-ray → color-color diagrams these sources often resemble a band of points at constant hard X-ray color, with "islands" of points appearing on time-scales of weeks and months.
Fr.: source cohérente
One of two light beams derived from the same source in → interference experiments. It is impossible to obtain interference from two separate sources because their → wavefronts do not have a constant → phase difference. In → Young's experiment, → Fresnel's biprism, → Fresnel's mirrors, and → Lloyd's mirror the two sources always have a point-to-point correspondence of phase, since they are both derived from the same source.
compact radio source
xan-e râdioyi-ye hampak
Fr.: source radio compacte
An object emitting intense energy in radio wavelength from a small, unresolved central region.
discrete radio source
xan-e râdioyi-ye jodâ
Fr.: radiosource discrète
A localized source on the celestial sphere that can be observationally separated at radio wavelengths from its background emission.
double-lobed radio source
xan-e râdioyi bâ lap-e dotâyi
Fr.: radio source à double lobe
A → galaxy that emits radio energy from two regions located on opposite sides of the galaxy.
Fr.: source étendue
In radio astronomy, a source whose angular extent could be measured, as distinguished from a point source.
xan-e partowhâ-ye gâmma
Fr.: source de rayons gamma
1) An astronomical object that emits → gamma rays.
Fr.: source de bruit
An electronic device designed to generate known amounts of radio noise in order to test and calibrate the receivers of radio telescopes.
Fr.: observation hors source
An observation when the telescope is pointed away from the source in order to measure the sky background contribution.
xan-e OH (hidroksil)
Fr.: source OH
An astronomical source emitting microwave radiation characteristic of the hydroxyl OH molecule, especially one showing a maser effect. OH sources are found in molecular clouds in interstellar medium and in the cool envelopes of evolved stars.
OH, chemical compound hydroxyl; → source.
Fr.: observation sur la source
In comparison with → off-source observation, an observation which is concerned with the source itself.
To obtain under contract with an outside supplier.
noqté xan, pandé xan, xan-e noqtevâr, pande-ye ~
Fr.: source ponctuelle
A source of radiation at a great distance from the observer; an ideal source of infinitesimal size.
quasi-stellar radio source
râdio-xan-e cunân setâré, ~ ~ setâré-vaš
Fr.: radiosource quasi-stellaire
A quasar with detectable radio emission.
râdio-xan, xan-e râdioyi
Fr.: radio source, source radio
A point or small portion of the sky giving stronger radio emission than the sky in its vicinity.
Fr.: source de référence
An astronomical source in a field used as a reference for the detection of another object, astrometry, etc.
1) A source of supply, support, or aid, especially one that can be readily drawn
upon when needed.
General: Any thing or place from which something comes, arises, or is obtained.
M.E., from O.Fr. sourse "a rising, beginning, fountainhead of a river or stream," from p.p. of sourdre "to rise, spring up," from L. surgere "to rise," → surge.
Xan "source," variant xân (Gilaki xoni, Tabari xoni,Laki kyani, Tâleši xâni, xoni,); Mid.Pers. xân, xânig "source, spring," Av. xâ-, xan- "source, fountain, spring," xayana- "belonging to a spring;" cf. Khotanese khâhâ- "spring, fountain;" Skt. khâ'- "spring, source."
Fr.: fonction source
For a radiating material, the ratio of emissivity to opacity.
transient X-ray source
xan-e partow-e iks-e gozarâ
Fr.: source de rayons X transitoire
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The council voted 19–0 to recommend that FDA authorize booster doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine for certain populations.
Moderna announced on Oct. 14, 2021, that FDA’s Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee (VRBPAC) unanimously recommended that FDA grant an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for a booster dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine (mRNA-1273). In a 19–0 vote, the VRBPAC recommended a 50 ug booster shot should be made available to three populations:
Additionally, this booster dose is to be administered only after at least six months have passed since their original vaccination series.
A recent Phase II study of mRNA-1273 was conducted wherein 344 interested participants were given a 50-ug booster dose six to eight months following their second dose. According to the study, neutralizing antibody titers, particularly against variants of concern, had waned prior to this study. However, following a booster dose, neutralizing titers were raised significantly to the Phase III benchmark level.
“We thank the committee for their review and for their positive recommendation in support of [EUA]. This positive recommendation is supported by data on the 50-µg booster dose of our COVID-19 vaccine, which shows robust antibody responses against the original virus, but also against the Delta variant,” said Stéphane Bancel, CEO of Moderna, in a company press release. “We remain committed to staying ahead of the virus and following the evolving epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2. We look forward to making our booster available to people in the U[nited] S[tates] to help protect themselves against this ongoing public health emergency.”
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Trucking corporations rely on encountered dispatchers to provide rapid and so on-time supply of items. Advanced schooling isn’t normally necessary to be a trucker’s dispatcher, however, some firms might require some sort of authorization or counterpart employment encounter. You can begin mastering whilst you’re nevertheless employed when your goal is being a trucking dispatcher. If you loved this article and you also would like to acquire more info regarding dispatcher please visit the web-site. As you decide to job by yourself alone as being an entrepreneur, you don’t have to enroll in a transportation dispatch institution.
Most trucking businesses employ skilled dispatchers, who are referred to as hotshot dispatchers. Hotshot dispatchers are responsible for taking care of the phone calls from customers that contain precise requirements, such as pressing or program deliveries. Most of these deliveries may possibly derive from nearby industries, or they often originate from other countries. You can actually assist trucking providers with these types of shipments by turning into a excellent truck dispatcher. Many dispatchers start their positions by employed by freight brokers or lesser truck organizations, because they provide the appropriate info on reloading and unloading cargo.
The firms that retain the services of hotshot dispatchers have an interest in remarkable ability to follow along with up rapidly and effectively. They ought to likewise be able to accomplish all duties in connection with shipping and delivery cargo instantly and the right way. Trucking dispatchers need to keep a record among all their duties, either professional and personal. This document is crucial for auditing purposes. If transportation dispatch employees make some mistakes, they should be in a position to demonstrate that they implemented all methods and followed organization procedures.
To help trucking providers look for the best truck dispatch software programs, most of them supply classes and workshops. Many businesses offer trucking dispatch software program at reasonable prices. You can expect to conveniently look for the best transportation dispatch program, by hunting the online world. You will still find a few points that you must look at before selecting 1.
Due to the fact dispatchers normally job alone, it is important that you discover one which works with your computer and web connection rate. In order to achieve success to be a truck dispatch person, a very high-quickness relevant web page connection is crucial. Other significant considerations range from the workingsystem and components, and software program from the laptop. It becomes easier to test out its compatibility with truck dispatch computer software if you already have a laptop computer. You should know the features from your notebook in order that you not get perplexed when functioning the software program.
It is additionally a good idea to decide on a truck dispatch or procedures management method which makes it possible for transportation business office employees to use vehicles from a number of spots, although most dispatchers opt to use laptops for ease. This feature is effective for all businesses that have many regions. The owners are going to have even more flexibility although working, by using vehicles situated at different areas. As an illustration, some dispatchers are now able to get trucks for some other parts of the country and deal with shipments to other warehouses. This will likely preserve time and cash for trucking office buildings when they do not possess to invest in new trucks and get other charges.
Aside from deciding on a trucking dispatch software program strategy, also, it is imperative that you opt for truck dispatchers that are seasoned and well-qualified in handling emergency situation conditions. The dispatchers must be properly-pre-loaded with know-how on roadside emergency as well as the other basic concerns which affect truck drivers. It can also be important for trucking dispatch application to give training supplies and information with their workers if there is emergencies. It is vital to be sure that their teaching applications are quite complete, as many truck car owners are given just a few a long time of training yearly. Good trucking dispatchers will make sure that each individual vehicle drivers is aware of their duties and practices.
Other solutions that may need to be tailored incorporate crisis telematics, including giving health and fire station teams to scenarios of injuries or urgent matters. Most dispatchers can connect specifically with regional fire stations. These emergency telematics products and services can certainly help vehicle people avert the occurrence of critical situations, just like fires and crashes. Some expert services also provide the monitoring and transfer of information on the local fire section. Truck dispatchers should really make sure that they obtain their drivers skilled and certified in urgent situation communications and dispatch techniques.
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With monoscopic VR, 1 image is directed to both eyes, just like a regular image or video. With stereoscopic VR, there are 2 images, 1 for each eye. Stereoscopic VR more closely resembles the way we view the real world.
During filming, stereoscopic VR utilises 2 lenses for each angle as apposed to 1. The 2 lenses represent the human eyes and they capture similar information. The 2 lenses have slightly different angles, just like human eyes. This is known as interpupillary distance (the distance between your pupils) .
By viewing the same scene from 2 different eye positions, the brain can calculate depth. Using the VR Camera to mimic human eye positions, stereoscopic VR creates a sense of 3D depth in 360 videos, with objects appearing nearer or further away.
Monoscopic and stereoscopic VR are capable of producing 360 degree content that the viewer is free to explore. Both types of VR can be viewed on a VR headset, but only monoscopic VR can be viewed without a headset.
However, due to the depth perception, stereoscopic 360VR generally provides a more realistic and immersive experience. It is typically seen as the preferred choice when producing content for VR headsets.
Having said that, monoscopic VR has a wider range of applications and is commonly used within the industry. High quality 360VR content for VR headsets can also be produced using monoscopic VR.
Monoscopic 360 consists of a single flat image, projected on a sphere around the viewer. Monoscopic VR is great for 360 videos for which a headset is not required, or if the shots contain lots of dynamic movement.
Stereoscopic imagery is often displayed in the Top/Bottom 3D format. The top image is the Left Eye view, the bottom image is the Right Eye view. Stereoscopic productions require more careful planning and execution, to make sure the viewer is comfortable to focus on the story.
Monoscopic 360VR is often seen as the little brother but it is still a powerful medium. What’s more, due to the reduced amount of production required, monoscopic VR is typically more cost-effective than stereoscopic VR.
For tighter budgets, monoscopic VR provides the perfect way to deliver unique experiences without comprimising on quality.
Whilst stereoscopic content requires a VR headset, monoscopic content can be viewed on any device, including mobile. This makes it perfect for promotional content on websites and social media platforms.
Monoscopic VR is great for filming videos that include lots of dynamic movement. Monoscopic 360 video production can be used to comfortably capture shots that contain a lot of movement, whereas getting the movement to feel natural with stereoscopic VR is very difficult. Common examples of videos with dynamic movement include sports and festivals.
High resolution photography cameras are used to produce ultra-sharp images of property interiors and exteriors. In fact, higher resolution images are possible with monoscopic VR as opposed to stereoscopic VR. This is because high resolution DSLR cameras with a specialist rig can be used to capture the 360 photography content.
These images can then be merged together to produce a virtual reality property tour. Users can take a tour of a property from the comfort of their home, on any device they chose. We feel this represents the future for property viewings.
We have also seen the growth of this technique in the hotel industry, where users are able to imagine themselves in the hotel prior to booking.
There is no doubt that stereoscopic VR provides a more immersive and memorable experience. By utilising depth perception, stereoscopic VR often provides the user with a feeling of “being there”.
Being able to create uniquely immersive content allows companies and brands to stand out from the crowd. Stereoscopic VR produces realistic experiences that are hard to forget.
Whilst a VR headset is required to view the content, we are seeing a constant increase in the number of people purchasing VR headsets.
Technological advances, wider support, increased public awareness, and a continual decrease in prices have all contributed to the growth in VR headsets.
All the internet giants, including Facebook, Google, YouTube, and Amazon have been investing heavily in VR in recent years. We can only see VR continuing to grow for the foreseeable future.
Just as with any technology such as televisions and gaming consoles, users want the best quality and performance. Stereoscopic VR is at the cutting edge and we can see a bright future for it going forward.
By adopting stereoscopic VR, brands can position themselves at the forefront of the VR movement.
View these videos through your YouTube app and VR headset to see the difference.
With any VR, if the content is not produced with care and precision, it will feel disorientating and clunky. This is especially true of stereoscopic VR. Because it utilises 2 lenses for each angle as opposed to 1, any flaws are magnified. For this reason, stereoscopic VR is much more difficult to produce.
One of the problems that particularly affects stereoscopic VR is the parallax effect. This is where objects move at different speeds relative to the motion of the camera. Because of the number of different lenses involved in stereoscopic filming, this can lead to objects seeming out of place and the users can experience “double vision”.
“The apparent change of an object’s position when looked at from a different angle. Significant parallax effects occur when people or objects are too close to a 360 video camera, making it nearly impossible to get a clean stitch.” – Source
Poor production can also lead to image flaws caused by issues such as lens distortion and chromatic aberration. With monoscopic VR, these issues generally do not cause much of a problem. With stereoscopic VR, more care needs to be taken in both the filming and post production phases.
The post production is typically the most challenging stage of the production process. Proper filming and advanced camera technology eliminates many potential problems. However, the footage then needs to be carefully merged together in a process known as stitching. Expert stitching results in to a seamless, immersive video.
Powerful computer programs help with this process but there is no substitute for attention to detail. Any flaws in the images will take the user out of the scene, resulting in a less immersive experience.
The challenge for VR production companies is to understand and utilise the technologies available to their maximum potential. The technology is constantly evolving, allowing stereoscopic 360 VR content to be produced at a higher quality and more affordable price. However, it is important that filmmakers stay up to date in order to deliver the best value to their clients.
Understanding the limitations of stereoscopic VR allows producers to create great content regardless of the challenges presented. By shooting in a controlled environment, many of the variables can be mitigated.
By using a still camera with the subjects remaining in the same part of the shot, it is possible to avoid crossing over stitching seams. Although somewhat limiting, this method of filming produces some incredible results.
For the right application, stereoscopic VR enables the production of outstanding content that cannot be matched by monoscopic VR.
The best type of VR to produce depends on the specifics of each project. It is impossible to say that one type is better than the other, although there are advantages and disadvantages to each.
Below we have made a table comparing both types of VR:
|Monoscopic VR||Stereoscopic VR|
|Cheaper to produce||More unique & memorable|
|More vesatile||Provides depth perception|
|Higher resolution||More realistic & immersive|
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To treat a waste gas containing a high strength H2S, the two-stages microbial desulfurization process that consisted of a bioreactor immobilized with Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans and a chemical absorption scrubber has was proposed. After 4 times repeat of batch cultures, the immobilized bioreactor has been stabilized and the rate of iron oxidation reached 0.89 kg·m-3·h-1 at steady state. The two-stages microbial desulfurization process was able to be operated for a long term over 54 days. The removal efficiencies of H2S were 97-99% at a space velocity of 70 h-1 and a inlet concentration of 37,000 ppmv. The maximum elimination capacity of H2S was approximately 3.3 kg S·m-3·h-1. In the bioractor, the concentrations of the Fe3+ and the immobilzed cell were constantly maintained during the desulfurization.
|Number of pages||6|
|Journal||Korean Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology|
|State||Published - Dec 2004|
- Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans
- Hydrogen sulfide
- Immobilized bioreactor
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Có gì thay đổi Gần đây, Google đã giới thiệu khả năng tạo không gian…
What’s changing: In August, Google deployment an option for G Suite admins to receive security alerts if Google believes their users are being targeted by calls. government-backed attack. At that point, the admin must explicitly enable these warnings. Google knows many admins aren't aware of this warning and so they don't get this important information either. As a result, Google has turned these warnings ON for most admins since 10/10/2018.
Admins will receive a security alert if Google believes their users are being targeted by a government-backed attack.
You will still have the option to turn off these warnings by going to Reports > Manage alerts > Government-backed attack warning (Report > Alert Management > Government Backed Attack Alerts) in the Admin console, or you can opt out any time you receive a warning email.
You can turn off these messages in the admin console
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Shortly after purchasing an xbox360, I wrote a short piece that gave instructions for forwarding your line-in audio through your pc speakers. By using this method and sharing my network connection, I’ve managed to run my xbox as a peripheral to my main computer setup, saving me space and money.
Lately however, the line-in loopback has not been working as expected. At times, it sounds like effects have been applied to the line. In particular, it sounds like somebody has applied a phaser or a delay effect to the input signal.
For the last week or so, I’ve been scratching my head about this issue, trying to figure out what part of my system may have applied effects to my loopback, but not to other audio on the system. Tonight, I was reviewing my original instructions for setting the thing up, and noticed that the module was being loaded on startup after being added to a system config file:
sudo sh -c ' echo "load-module module-loopback" >> /etc/pulse/default.pa '
On a hunch, I took a look at the end of the file, and found the following lines:
### Make some devices default #set-default-sink output #set-default-source input load-module module-loopback load-module module-loopback
It looked like the instruction to load the loopback module had ended up in the config file twice! Because of this, the module was being loaded twice on startup.
So what does this have to do with the effects on the line? Well, if you play two copies of the same sound with a half-second gap between them, your ears will be tricked into thinking that you’re hearing one copy of the sound, but that it’s all echoey, as if a delay effect had been applied. If you repeat the experiment but this time decrease the gap between the two sounds even further, say to a few milliseconds, your ears will hear one copy of the sound with a phaser effect applied.
Essentially, when the module loaded twice, it was capturing the mix from the line-in port twice and playing back two separate copies of the audio. Depending on how close together these instances were, the result sounded normal, phased, or delayed. I fixed the issue by removing one of the lines and then restarting the machine. This time, it started only one copy of the service, and everything sounded fine.
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Reacting to the news of the death of the Rt. Hon. Lord Trimble, former First Minister of Northern Ireland, World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder said:
“I join the people of Northern Ireland and, indeed, all peace-loving people across the globe in mourning the death of the former First Minister of Northern Ireland and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, the Rt. Hon. Lord Trimble.
“In addition to being a great statesman, Lord Trimble was a lifelong friend and ally of the Jewish people and the State of Israel. I especially admired his speaking out forcefully and frequently as a member of the House of Lords against anti-Israel actions and attitudes at the UN Human Rights Council and other international bodies. I also recall his valiant service as one of the international observers on the Turkel Commission that investigated the May 2010 Gaza flotilla raid and blockade of Gaza.
“We will miss his courage, his integrity, and his wise counsel. On behalf of the more than 100 Jewish communities affiliated with the World Jewish Congress, I extend our deepest condolences to Lord Trimble’s family. May his memory be for a blessing.”
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Even during the best of times, maintaining your emotional and financial health can be difficult when you’re working in the gig economy. The income for gig workers (sometimes called freelancers or contractors) can fluctuate from month to month, making budgeting difficult and the risk of debt higher.
The financial crisis that has followed Canadians throughout the pandemic and beyond has presented many challenges. Some industries and sectors faced more challenges than others. And even though the government provides self-employed Canadians with EI (Employment Insurance) benefits, the shutdowns, slowdowns, and unpredictable economy has made it tough for many gig workers to make ends meet. Even before the added challenges of the pandemic, gig workers consistently face variable income, a lack of structure and a high potential for burnout.
On the upside, there are a great number of businesses that have converted to operating virtually over the past few years. The possibility of working with contract or distance employees may be more acceptable and more plausible to employers who previously only considered the traditional work structure of office-only employees. Many people turn to the gig economy when cash is tight or jobs are scarce, a trend seen often throughout the pandemic. A side hustle or short-term contract job offers a means for a household to deal with the rising cost of living and cover expenses when traditional employment hasn’t been reliable. Additionally, gig workers have the perks of flexibility, independence and a variety of work options.
There are steps you can take to increase your peace of mind and avoid debt when you’re a freelancer or contract worker — first and foremost is a budget. Here are some strategies to help you manage your money when your income is less than predictable.
The first step when creating any type of budget is determining what you’re earning and what you’re spending each month. When your income fluctuates, this step can be challenging. Start by tracking your expenses and income for three to six months. To ensure you’re paying down debt and setting aside money for savings each month, treat these goals as expenses as well.
Once you’ve totaled your expenses, divide that amount by the number of months you have been tracking. For example, if three months of expenses add up to $15,000, your average monthly expenses would be $5,000 ($15,000 divided by three).
Whatever budgeting method you choose, it’s important that your budget balances at the end of each month. In other words, your expenses don’t exceed your income and your budget balances to zero. One way to do deal with fluctuating income is to create three bank accounts: one for your income, one for your expenses, and one account that will be your savings buffer. Deposit all your sources of income into your income account. Your ‘salary’ will be equal to your average monthly expenses calculated in the example above. Each month transfer your ‘salary’ from the income account to your expenses account.
For example, if you calculated your average monthly expenses to be $5,000, that’s your monthly salary. On those months when your income is over $5,000, transfer extra funds into your savings buffer account. During leaner months, when you make less than $5,000, you can draw from your savings buffer to increase your ‘salary’ to $5,000.
When you’re a part of the gig economy, it can be easy to view your entire paycheque as available income—especially if the effects of the pandemic caused leaner months and fewer job opportunities. But, remember to set aside a percentage of your income each month or make a separate bank account for income taxes. Having that money set aside will not only allow you to pay your taxes when they come due, but it will also help you avoid unnecessary tax debt. It can be tempting when income is low to forgo saving for taxes, but you’ll thank yourself later.
To avoid feeling like you’re always falling behind, stick to your budget and avoid turning to debt. When work opportunities are abundant and your income is higher, consider putting more towards your debt repayment if you can. Freeing yourself from costly credit card debt or vehicle loans will eventually allow you to focus on short and long-term savings goals instead. If debt payments are making it harder to make ends meet, use our debt options calculator to compare debt solutions or speak to a Licensed Insolvency Trustee.
Along with the perks of gig work, like flexible schedules and high earning potential, are also some drawbacks. While freelancing or contract working, you will miss out on benefit plans and paid vacation leave provided by most companies to their full-time salary workers. It is wise to establish how much your annual health care needs will be and how much to save for when you want to go away for a week. You must incorporate how much these expenses will cost on an annual basis into your budget and continuously set aside a portion of your savings specifically for these items.
As a gig worker, your income will likely fluctuate month by month. Some months you may struggle to make ends meet while other months you make significantly more than a typical 9-5 job. As difficult as it may be, it’s important to remember during those good months to not overspend your recent earnings. Instead, invest that extra money into something that will be beneficial in the long term. You could reinvest that money into growing your client base, learn a new skill to add to your repertoire or, as mentioned earlier, pay off some debt.
When negotiating your gig work jobs it is important to determine who is responsible for every cost. Time, equipment and shipping are just a few costs that can easily bring your hourly earnings down from $20 to $5. The best way to mitigate the risk of a hidden cost is to have clearly written proof of the working contract. There will be times when hidden costs still arise though. To prepare, it is important to have an emergency savings fund for this type of expense. It is wise to keep a substantial amount set aside as the hidden costs can range from small to large.
Finally, remember whether you’re a gig worker or not, it’s always a good idea to perform a twice-yearly financial checkup. This will help to gauge your current financial health and help you plan for what’s ahead.
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Why Faalsa Wild Forest Honey?
Faalsa Wild Forest Honey is 100% Raw and Pure without added sugar, preservatives. It comes from the hives of the Giant Honey Bee or Apis Dorsata. They mainly build their hives far off the ground on tall tropical trees and under cliff overhangs. These hives are situated in deep dense forests and villages nearest to various forests. It is gathered by traditional or licensed honey hunting tribes and village people of India’s Forest Lands, following their old traditions.
It is raw, untreated, unheated, and unfiltered. Any accumulated particles on the surface are a result of the traditional gathering process. It’s safe to eat. We don’t just claim to be 100% pure. We lab test every batch of our honey, to have scientific evidence of purity. Store at room temperature. Real honey does not crystallize at room temperature
Raw, Unrefined, pure Honey renders the immune system healthy & strong which also becomes the need of the hour. The antibacterial and antioxidant elements in raw honey help in preventing germs and bacterial attacks and it also helps to withstand any threat to your immunity.
Though Raw Unpasteurized pure Honey has always been described as a wholesome diet for kids, do take a pediatrician’s advice before giving it to children below the age of one. Not only for consumption but honey has found its use in cleaning and swabbing the mouths of children to give them immunity against germs and bacteria as honey is loaded with anti-bacterial properties.
It is wise that you only purchase Raw, Unrefined, Manually Filtered, and Wild Honey that is collected directly from the forest instead of farmed honey to get the best results.
Faalsa Wild Forest Honey has FSSAI certification, so you need not worry about its safety. The company aims in providing the product in its most natural form not destroying any of its natural goodness.
Rather than Buying local or non-certified honey, to save a pinch on your pockets that can prove to be unfavorable for your health, try Faalsa Wild Forest Honey.
Nectar of Eminence, Beauty, and Health
Have you seen that golden syrup dripping from your pancakes?
The glistening liquid, which is sweeter even than the sweets itself. Well, that’s the “nectar of eminence” that’s Wild Forest Honey.
Forest Honey is known to have a history of healing properties for 2500 years. It is born from the nectar of luscious and sweet-scented Indian Wild Berry flowers and the production of many buzzing honey-bees, wholly natural and raw, which has its origins in the pristine canyons of Himalayas.
What magic does this “nectar of eminence” hold?
It is packed with anti-fungal, anti-inflammatory, and anti-bacterial properties. It holds an immense amount of benefits.
Firstly, it acts as a natural and effective cough syrup and helps in alleviating cough very quickly.
Secondly, it acts as an anti-depressant and is a natural mood booster.
Thirdly, it helps in getting proper sleep and is effective in treating insomnia.
Furthermore, it is stacked with antioxidants and flavonoids, which makes it effective against preventing cancer and heart diseases. Moreover, it is hailed by Ayurveda as the most potent liquid. It helps in balancing the five elements of the human body.
A Drop for beauty
In contrast, not just internally, wild honey has also proven its benefits externally. Daily massaging of few drops of honey mixed with a few drops of lemon on the face for about 5-7 minutes has proven to give glowing skin. Putting on a pack of few drops of honey mixed with fresh Aloe Vera gel gives you soft and supple skin. Honey is known for its anti-inflammatory properties and works wonders on acne and pimples. Just apply a small amount of honey on your pimples and leave it over-night, to get acne-free skin by morning.
One teaspoon of Health
Adding just one teaspoon of Faalsa Wild Forest Honey to your everyday diet can have enormous effects on your body. Here are a few tips on how one teaspoon of honey can have huge effects on your body.
1) Add one teaspoon of honey to your green tea instead of sugar, and have a healthy start to your day.
2) Adding one teaspoon of honey to lukewarm water mixed with lemon in the morning to lose weight.
3) Add one teaspoon of honey to your water after a heavy lunch or dinner to have quick digestion.
4) Furthermore, one teaspoon of honey at night in milk can give you a calming and relaxing sleep.
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Develop confidence to recognise, relate and respond to people experiencing mental health challenges.
Rural life has its perks – no traffic or noisy neighbours - but living and working rurally can also come with unique challenges, like severe weather, isolation and changing politics. When these pressures add up, it can affect your mental wellbeing.
Rural MH101® is designed especially for people living and working in rural communities. The training gives you the tools to maintain your mental health and to respond appropriately to people experiencing mental health challenges - both at work and in everyday life.
Each workshop is delivered by expert facilitators who have rural backgrounds and understand the daily pressures of rural life.
The training has a rural focus, however, if you have recently completed MH101®, you may find the workshop content is quite similar.
Participants will receive a workbook for each webinar session with Rural MH101® notes, additional reading and a directory for further support and assistance.
During Rural MH101® you’ll learn:
- what it’s like to experience mental distress
- strategies to maintain your mental health, as well as the wellbeing of others
- how stress and trauma can impact wellbeing
- an overview of some major mental health challenges including depression, anxiety, psychosis and substance use disorder
- how your reactions can impact the thoughts, feelings and behaviours of others
- tools for how to relate to people experiencing mental distress
- how to respond wisely in any given situation, including if there is a risk of suicide
- where, when and how to get personal and professional help.
After Rural MH101® you will be able to:
- recognise signs of positive mental health and of mental health challenges
- use Te Whare Tapa Whā to support mental wellbeing
- relate to what people with mental health challenges are experiencing
- respond supportively to mental distress.
Rural MH101® is delivered remotely via Zoom to participants anywhere in New Zealand.
The training is delivered as three two-hour webinars over three days.
We can accommodate up to 25 attendees in each workshop. Each workshop is limited to a maximum of five participants from a single organisation.
Individuals can register for a community webinar series by selecting a workshop on the top left of this page. Organisations are welcome to purchase the workshop. Please contact us for more information.
Evaluation and reports
Organisations that purchase Rural MH101® will receive an impact report covering the outcomes of the workshop captured through participant evaluations. It is a great tool to show the usefulness of the training.
This data can also be used to better understand the needs of your workforce and to support wellbeing initiatives within your organisation.
All webinar workshops are delivered via Zoom, which provides an interactive and engaging learning experience for participants.
To get the most out of each session, you will need:
- a stable internet connection
- your own device. The workshop uses breakout rooms for small group conversations so participants can’t share a device.
- a microphone and camera connected to your device.
We recommend participants access the webinars using a laptop or computer with a camera (built-in or attached) rather than a tablet or phone.
If multiple participants are sitting in the same room, we recommend that everyone uses headphones. This stops any feedback or echoes through the online connection.
You are welcome to join the webinar 15 minutes early to test your tech with our team. If you are unsure if you have suitable technology to participate in the Rural MH101® webinar, please contact us before your first scheduled session so we can check your technology and assist with any issues.
Blueprint for Learning is an NZQA accredited Private Training Establishment. We have the highest quality Category 1 External Education and Review rating in education achievement and self-assessment issued by NZQA.
We have been delivering mental health literacy training since 2008. Every workshop is run by expert facilitators who bring a wealth of personal and professional experience to the topics covered.
Our workshops use adult education principles, with a variety of activities, videos and teaching tools to cater for the different learning styles of participants.
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Oi Boris, just a little note, I hope you read a very short report about the highest recorded temperature on Earth? Just so you know, it was 54.4 degrees Celsius! Mind you it was in Death Valley, USA. Apparently it is true and not fake news. Bit worrying that, innit? Death Valley a bit of an appropriate name, don’t you think? Nothing stirring there. I am writing this because your valued co-workers don’t take too much notice of what’s going on. I know you have been ill but this bit of news needs you to take a grip and have a very serious thought about why. I give you some ideas, is the sun getting hotter? Not really, this year was aphelion year (the Earth being furthest away from the sun). It seems the sun is not getting hotter. Is Jupiter, the nearest great gas giant going nova? No, it is not. It does not seem that external occurrences are at fault here. Is there an enormous number of volcanic outbursts? Hmm, difficult one this, there are some, Hawaii for instance and there have been a few in the past. So, there has been a lot of CO2 and other gases but again nothing of the extraordinary. There are just two other big things, population numbers, cars and planes. Yes Boris, jet engines and the internal combustion engine. The engines throw out a lot of nasty stuff, well you’d better ask some boffins who have measured all of that and I think you will be astounded about the amounts that end up in the atmosphere. So, to put you in the picture, all these gases have a nasty tendency to trap heat. We are producing billions of tonnes of these every year. So what about population increases? Yes, nearly 8 billion of us now and 10 billion expected around mid century! The problem Boris here is that a lot of land is needed to properly feed all of us and that’s not around. I hope that Eton Primary taught you that the Earth’s land area is only 29%? Of course the Dutch made some of that and if you let them have a go they might even dry the North Sea but don’t worry about that as you will have enough problems with water when all the ice has melted. Indeed some of the land is not even capable of growing food. From that 29% you’ll have to take away the deserts, forests and mountains, some 50%! No wonder there are a lot of immigrants! Well, there it is, the reasons for this extraordinary temperature, what will it be next year? Could you live in such heat? Don’t answer that one, I already know it.
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Running a business can lead to a very demanding lifestyle. There are numerous considerations to think about and that often leads to business owners becoming tired. This is not uncommon. The trouble starts when you’ve become so tired that you burn out.
This can have a major impact upon your business and be disastrous on your long term career prospects.
What Is Small Business Burnout?
A little stress in our lives is good for us and can help us to become innovative. But too much and for too long will make you feel overwhelmed and unable to meet demands. Burnout occurs when you’ve been under excessive stress for a protracted length of time.
The longer that you are suffering from high levels of stress, the less motivated you will feel at doing basic tasks. Research has concluded that those who are under particularly high levels of stress will stop eating. Often, those suffering from burnout will also complain of muscle and joint pain, especially in their lower back and neck.
While at work, your productivity will reduce, quality will deteriorate and you may show signs of being:
This can cause damage to your person life, alienating friends and family.
Considering that 90% of all businesses now fail, you don’t need another potential stumbling block. Therefore, avoiding burnout should be a top priority for anyone who is looking to have a long and successful business career.
Who Is At Risk Of Burnout?
Studies have concluded that there is a group of individuals who are more prone to burnouts. These people include those who:
- Are high performers or overachievers.
- In the first 10 years of a career.
- Are between 20 and 30 years of age.
It is also common that the person suffering from burnout will not recognise the signs until it is too late.
What Impact Can This Have On Your Business?
There are numerous negative effects burnout can have on your business. Firstly, as previously mentioned, productivity can decrease. This means that you are producing, and therefore earning, less.
Secondly, the quality of that work will also be poorer. This will result in a higher rejection rate that will push up costs. This can be a major issue. Without a steady production of high quality goods and services, your business will not retain customers.
Research has demonstrated that price has little to do with customer retention. Customer would rather stick with a supplier that provided them with quality customer service than chance another service provider that might give them poor experiences.
What Can Be Done About Burnout?
One of the major problems with burnout is that the solution is not as simple as clearing the next pile of work until the next project comes along. Those with burnout are often working 14 or 16 hour days without a chance to relax. Not getting away from the business doesn’t allow the mind or body to reset and therefore be creative.
Also solving the problem just by completing the next project does not solve the cause of the burnout, only push aside one symptom. The real cause is that you are taking on too much work.
At the same time, the amount of work your company produces is necessary for its stability, growth and your lifestyle. So rejecting work from clients might not be the best option.
Instead, one of the best solutions is to limit your workload. There are several quick solutions that can offer limited relief. For instance, you could limit the times that emails are sent to your inbox, say no contract between 7pm and 7am. This might help you stop working into the late hours after an email has arrived into your inbox.
Secondly, you can enforce at least one day when you aren’t available at all. The most obvious day for business to business owners is Sunday. However if you are a retailer, this might be your busiest day, but you could take another day off.
Thirdly, you can schedule in work properly. Use scheduling tools to write in when work should be done and how long it should take. For instance, task one is done on Monday between 9 am and 10 am and task two is done between 10 am and 12noon. This structure will make you realise when projects are taking too long to complete and allows you to restructure processes to become more time efficient.
These solutions on their own will not help you in the long term and will only make you feel better in the immediate future. However, there are other activities you can do that can help you achieve a better work-life balance.
One of the biggest causes for small business burnout is that there is too much work for you to do. The simple solution to permanent fix this is to simply remove tasks from your list. But just because you have removed tasks from your list does not mean the task is going to go away – they will still need to be done.
Therefore, you’ll have to find a way for the tasks to be completed. A common solution is to automate tasks. One area that is often automated is social media. There are many programs available that can help you automate your social media accounts. However, there are concerns that just being automated will provide you with a poor return on your investments or could provide you with the wrong content.
Instead, you should look at outsourcing some of the tasks, such as your website management and online marketing. These are particularly good tasks to outsource for several reasons. These reasons include:
Expert Access To Knowledge And Skills
You manage an organisation because you are an expert in your business’ niche. While it is not impossible to be good at social media and website management, you are unlikely to be an expert. Those who provide digital marketing support are experts in their field and therefore can deliver better results for the same budget, if not less.
Research has found that UK companies have wasted £2 billion in implementing digital marketing campaigns without the proper skills. In America, a lack of digital marketing skills has resulted in employees taking 20% longer to complete tasks than professionally trained individuals would.
An example would be writing content for your site. The average typing speed is 40 words per minute. However, a professional writer can create content at 80-100 words per minute. They will also have the knowledge of what content your target audience is likely to prefer and react to. This all leads to a quicker and more effective delivery of content.
Many digital marketers have access to software and equipment that is expensive when it is purchased for just one account. When the costs are spread over numerous accounts (clients) the price becomes more affordable and digital marketers pass those cost savings on to you. They’ll also include those costs within their proposal, so you don’t have to worry about paying additionally for them.
Some costs which could be reduced include:
- Images – these are highly expensive and many small and medium businesses often fall into the trap of using images that are protected under copyright laws. Many digital marketing companies will have accounts with the big image providers and will offer to supply images as part of the package.
- Automation software – while there are some dangers to automation, it can also be a useful tool in the right hands. However, the best automation software for certain activities like social media can be expensive to buy.
- Website hosting – Some website companies will be able to offer you web hosting at a cheaper price than if you were to look to deal directly with a hosting company. This is because they bulk buy space on servers to use for their clients. The trouble with this is that sometimes being on a shared server can slow your site down and that can affect your bottom line.
One thing that is certainly going to cause stress is when something goes wrong – for instance, your website going offline for a short period of time. If you hired a professional marketing company to manage all your website and online marketing concerns, they’ll be able to quickly identify the problem and find a solution.
Without an outsource partner, what is likely to happen is that you will spend significant amounts of time trying to find and solve the problem. Every moment there is a problem on your website, you are losing money. This can be a huge concern if you rely on website sales.
It Prevents Trouble
There are digital marketing laws that are often not reported sufficiently to stop small businesses from making mistakes. In some cases, these mistakes can cost the business thousands, if not more. A professional digital marketing organisation will know what the legal responsibility of your company is.
They will also help you to perform white hat marketing. This is a strategy where you are using ethically accepted techniques to grow awareness of your business. Many businesses find themselves removed from Google rankings because they have used black hat (unethical) SEO techniques.
Another example would be content writing. It used to be the practice that content was generated by small businesses by copying content from one site and perhaps changing a few words to make it pass a plagiarism checker.
However, under many terms and conditions on websites, this is not legally or socially acceptable and could end up with the company infringing on the copyright to be sued. Any professional marketing business would not endorse this style of marketing.
They Can Help Other Business Areas
While online marketing and website providers will only provide support for your marketing needs, they are likely to be run by highly experienced business leaders. These individuals will likely be very helpful if you had other questions that were outside of the marketing realm.
For instance, you might want to look for some good accounting software or service provider. A good marketing company might have a couple of relevant clients on their books or they have another recommended provider.
This means you could solve problems in other areas of your business by having a single contact.
They’ll Know Changes In The Industry Before You
A final benefit of outsourcing your online marketing efforts is that you are getting access to someone who will keep up with the latest developments within the industry. This frees up your time from keeping on top of these developments and provides you with reassurance that you will generate a professional and modern profile.
For instance, there are numerous changes to website design best practices every year. A website manager will know when your website needs to be adjusted to keep up with those demands and be more successful in the market.
Another example would be the recent Google update that focused on rewarding companies who had a mobile ready website.
Your business’ success relies on you not being too stressed and burning out. If you do burn out, then your productivity and quality of work will suffer. It can be hard to get out of the downward spiral of stress; however, you can start by being organised and limiting the amount of time you are working on the business.
Another step would be to outsource some of the business functions to external experts. Such functions include your website management and online marketing. This will help you tap into expert knowledge and skills while you benefit from a greater return on investment than you could expect.
Experts will also help you avoid making mistakes that you might not realise break digital marketing laws or are socially unacceptable.
Choosing a digital marketing expert is a tough task. You need a team of experts who are qualified and have a proven track record of delivering results to clients. That is why Heroic should be one of the companies you consider. We have a track record of promoting businesses through our top of the range designed websites and expert content and social media marketing campaigns.
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The Show Me Shorts in Schools kit provides students and teachers with an educational framework through which to explore New Zealand short films and the wider themes they address. The kit covers nine kiwi shorts and provides background information and four lesson plans for each film designed based on NZ curriculum requirements. The kit has now been made freely available in an effort to support remote teachers and home-schooling parents by providing quality educational materials during the coronavirus pandemic. You can find more info on how to use these resources here or go straight through to the films and resources.
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NORTH VERNON — The Jennings County Public Library is facing pressure over a Pride Month display, and its board is considering whether the publicly funded library should remove a display recognizing LGBTQ+ people.
As it has done in years past, the library in North Vernon put up a display for June’s observation of the federally proclaimed LGBTQ+ Pride Month, administrator Mary Abplanalp said. She said the display includes Pride flags, a glossary and books.
“We had a complaint that went to the board, and the board asked that I write a display policy for the board meeting tonight,” Abplanalp said. She said she and the board agreed a policy was needed. “We will be discussing that at the board meeting tonight … if this display is within the policy guidelines.”
The board will meet at 6 p.m. tonight in the library conference room to consider the complaint and the proposed library display policy that Abplanalp prepared.
Abplanalp, who has been the administrator at the Jennings County Public Library for the past 14 years, said the library hasn’t had a display policy in the past, but she stands by the Pride Month display.
“The library is for everybody. We do not censor or discriminate against any population,” Abplanalp said. She said that’s also what she told a person who complained to her about the display.
Abplanalp said the policy she proposed would also stress that same core library mission: “We represent everybody, we don’t censor, we want to provide a diverse collection … If it passes tonight, that is what the policy will say,” she said.
She said the person who complained about the display, who did not provide a complaint in writing, objected on the basis that the display was “immoral and promoting sexuality.”
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From Rags to Riches, The Story of Coconut Palm Sugar Farmers
Hivos regional office South East Asia (Hivos ROSEA) has since 2008 supported the partnership program with local NGO/CBO in the strengthening of the coconut palm sugar farmers in Banyumas, Central Java and Kulonprogo, Yogyakarta. Using the value chain approach as the main strategy Hivos provided support to LPPSLH and Lesman/KSU Jatirogo to facilitate the implementation of Internal Control System and quality management system for organic certification of coconut palm sugar, particularly in the production of crystal sugar for international market.
With the allocation of fund at around € 321,518, in which 2/3 of them used for direct support to strengthen farmers’ capacity in producing organic certified coconut palm sugar Hivos has successfully helped more than 5000 farmers improving their living condition, social and economic status. The sweet sap (nira) from the coconut florets (manggar) has changed the farmers live and bring them from the brink of poverty live in rags to live in privilege as the riches. | <urn:uuid:d82863b9-1ff0-428a-8d76-4f49a2a51034> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://pengetahuanhijau.batukarinfo.com/publikasi/rags-riches-story-coconut-palm-sugar-farmers | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571950.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813111851-20220813141851-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.906981 | 232 | 1.65625 | 2 |
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Why Keep Records? Everyone in business must keep records.For more information on what records and documentation investors should hang on to, check out IRS Publication“Recordkeeping for Individuals.” If you plan to do your own taxes, consider using the latest tax software products, which are inexpensive and easy to use.New Virginia Tax Laws for Jan.
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Everyday Bhagavad-Gita: The Three Modes.
Verse 2.45: The Vedas deal mainly with the subject of the three modes of material nature. O Arjuna, become transcendental to these three modes. Be free from all dualities and from all anxieties for gain and safety, and be established in the self.
If you want to know how to get the most out of something, you need to understand how it works in depth.
Bhakti yoga offers us the rare opportunity to understand the underlying framework of the world in which we live. And not only is this information interesting in and of itself, but it also offers the rare insight as to how we function and what influences us. We have already discussed one of these topics: the concept of karma.
In addition to karma, another subtle force which affects us at all times is described herein as the three modes of material nature. One way to understand the three modes is to view them as influences which impact not only our behavior but our emotional, mental and physical state of being; they are categorized as goodness, passion and ignorance.
Imagine being covered by a blanket made up of three different yarn colors.
As long as you are under the blanket, these three pieces of yarn will always touch you and color how you see things. Similarly, we can consider this world like a blanket which is wove together by the modes of goodness, passion and ignorance. Depending on our inclination and propensities, we become influenced by the modes of nature in different ways. This is the reason why we act in particular ways, even sometimes against our better judgement.
But you may ask, “I still don’t get it. How am I being influenced?”
This is where the subtleties of bhakti yoga begin to be revealed. The followers of bhakti consider that everything we associate with influences us, whether we realize it or not. The modes impact us in every aspect of our lives from the people we choose to spend time with, the things we do, the things we read, and yes even the food we eat.
Bet you didn’t ever stop to think about your food in this way. But, the bhakti texts make it very clear that the foods we choose to eat have a direct and heavy influence on our experience of the world. Foodstuffs such as grains, fruits, and vegetables promote goodness nourishing a healthy life. Overly spicy, salty, and sour foods promote passion in our lives and distract us from the higher yogic principles. Stale and decomposing foods such as meat are classified in the mode of ignorance and prevent us realizing the nature of the world.
So, again, why is it important for us to understand this?
As we talked about in the beginning, in order to get the most out of something, we really need to understand how it works. This knowledge helps us understand why we choose the things we do, and why we have and maintain certain attitudes. Sure, we come to our daily lives with a certain nature and personality and we are in the process of receiving the results of our past actions. However, with this information at hand, we can begin to modify our choices in this life.
By realizing there are things that can influence us favorably and unfavorably, we are given the opportunity to make educated choices as to what our future will look like.
It’s easy to stay on the superficial and just pretend that everything is “just happening”. However, this incredible knowledge gives us the understanding to get a glimpse of the inner workings of the world and make the most of this body and this life.
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Access to safe, secure and affordable housing for international students in Australia is a major issue after the Covid-19 pandemic, which forced many students to lose or give up work while also being locked out of government support. Shelter NSW is currently conducting a survey to understand more about the extent of this crisis, which we encourage all current and recently graduated international students (including both University and TAFE students) to complete if possible.
This research will seek to understand the experience for international students struggling with housing stress or homelessness, with questions regarding the quality, amenity, affordability, accessibility, and safety of their housing, as well as the ways in which individuals have accessed (or been unable to access) different forms of housing since arriving in Australia.
We hope to receive as many responses as possible, to better inform our future advocacy on this issue. If you know of international students who may be interested in completing or sharing this survey, please encourage them to do so as soon as possible. We thank you for your time and input, and look forward to using this information to push for real changes to the student housing system in NSW.
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The fight for more and better public housing is ongoing across Sydney and NSW, with sites in Glebe, Waterloo, Redfern, Erskineville and beyond being slated for redevelopment over the next few years. Shelter NSW is proud to support these historic public housing communities through our advocacy. We encourage our members, locals, and anyone interested in helping with this work to get involved with this campaign to ensure that the (re)development of public housing is fair, inclusive, and meets the needs of each community.
Hands Off Glebe is an organisation that we have been working with closely over the last few months in their efforts to organise local residents and create awareness about the sale and redevelopment of sites like Cowper Street and Franklyn Street. There is plenty of work to be done, and we would love your support if you are able to lend a hand!
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Oxalis dillenii is a perennial herb 10-40 cm tall, very similar to O. corniculata but not purple tinged, no stolons, taprooted, stems often clustered, erect, eventually kneeling (decumbent); densely fine-hairy, hairs pointed, not septate; stipules to 0.3 cm long, often much smaller.
Leaves alternate, 3-parted, leaflets 1-2 cm wide, heart-shaped, notched at tip, bright green, somewhat succulent, sour to taste, to 1.4 cm wide, leaf stalk widened at base but not jointed; leaflets folded at midday and during night.
Flowers yellow, 5- parted, mostly as in O. corniculata; inflorescence more-or-less umbrella-shaped (all flowers in a cluster from one central stalk); main stalk mostly longer than subtending leaves; self-pollinating.
Fruit stalks strongly bent downward, with capsule held erect (deflexed), capsules 5-ribbed, 1-2.5 cm long, tipped by old stigmas, densely gray-hairy; seeds numerous, brown with white lines along transverse ridges. Dispersal occurs by sudden rupture of the fruit that ejects seeds forcibly from slits in the capsules (Lovett-Doust et al. 1985); Seeds eaten by birds and probably by small rodents (Martin et al. 1951). Attacked by the maize rust fungus Puccinia sorghi and other species of Puccinia (Lovett-Doust et al. 1985). Apparently native to North America.
Wetland status: UPL.
Frequency in NYC: Very infrequent.
Origin: Apparently native to North America.
Habitat: Weed of gardens and open areas.
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With the growing popularity of the paleo diet, we hear more questions about what an ancient human society would eat. A new method of answering this question was examined in a recent study published in PLOS One.
Depending on who you ask, the paleolithic period ended some 7,000 to 12,000 years ago. However, many paleo dieters consider any kind of indigenous diet that existed before radical advances in food technology to be fair game. These researchers wanted to learn more about a primitive population that was not technologically advanced as of 2,000 years ago.
To find answers, the authors of the study used coprolites, or fossilized feces. Many people in the scientific community believe that coprolites are not well preserved in wet environments such as the tropics, so samples from these areas have long been ignored.
However, the researchers in the PLOS ONE study disagreed. Part of their goal was to determine if this type of fossil could indeed be examined to learn about paleolithic humans, specifically the types of foods they ate.
The researchers examined the coprolites of two cultures that cohabitated a small island off of Puerto Rico a little over 2,000 years ago. The cultures were the Huecoids and the Saladoids, who cohabitated peacefully in a region of Vieques Island for over 1,000 years. They lived less than a mile apart from one another.
The researchers used a technique to extract DNA from the coprolites to learn more about the tribes’ diets. They first examined the DNA to ensure it was intact enough to learn the information. Then they performed an analysis on the DNA to find out what it was. To do so, they looked at the genes and then categorized them.
The researchers learned that DNA, even in the tropical region in which it was collected, was sufficiently intact. This allowed them to gain information about the culture and diets of these two indigenous tribes, despite the fact that the coprolites were thousands of years old.
For the Huecoids, the DNA material of maize and Basidiomycetes, a type of fungus, were found in high quantities, meaning corn and mushrooms were major constituents in their diets. In fact, this evidence might suggest the Huecoids were instrumental in bringing corn to this region through their travel. There was also evidence of aquatic plant consumption. For the Saladoids, the DNA of parasites found commonly in fish were present in their coprolites, indicating that raw freshwater fish was a common aspect of their diet.
Both cultures also consumed a good deal of seafood, as indicated by the presence of fish bones. Some of the gut microbiota suggested that both cultures ate a high-protein diet, which agrees with most concepts of paleo eating.
This study suggests the use of coprolites to learn more about what human beings of various cultures ate shows great promise. High-protein diets were common, at least in these cultures, but the diets were also varied.
1. Raul Cano, et. al., “Paleomicrobiology: Revealing Fecal Microbiomes of Ancient Indigenous Cultures,” PLOS ONE 2014, 9:9
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A shortage of respiratory ventilators in the COVID-19 pandemic has given rise to numerous well-meaning ventures that include assembly lines converted from autos to ventilators and a DIY ventilator open-source home-project craze. But neither of these approaches are likely to do much for getting ventilators fielded fast enough to help with flu patients. GM and Ford, for example, expect to produce 80,000 ventilators by late summer, a number exceeding the estimated total now in U.S. hospitals. But experts say a late-summer delivery date won’t help with the COVID-19 patient surge expected to hit in mid to late spring.
A better approach, say a group of veteran ventilator builders, is to refurbish old decommissioned ventilators tucked away in dark corners of hospital storage rooms.
That’s the idea behind a not-for-profit corporation called Co-Vents, formed to obtain and repair ventilators during the pandemic. The founders have six FDA-approved and ISO-certified ventilator service centers lined up in New Jersey, Tenn., Calif., Ill. and Georgia. Co-Vents says it is looking for decommissioned Puritan Bennett, Philips/Respironics and CareFusion critical care ventilators to refurbish. If it gets a ventilator that is beyond repair, it will use the machine for parts.
Once it’s rolling, Co-Vents is shooting for a turnaround time of just over a week and hopes to deliver 500 to 1,500 repaired or refurbished ventilators in the next two months. Co-founder Michael Raymer says Co-Vents acquired its first tranche of ventilators the week of April 6. Raymer says Co-Vents is forecasting a cycle time of one week from acquisition/donation to live clinical use.
Co-Vent cofounder Mike Raemer points out that starting with existing ventilators having designs that have already been approved by the FDA is a lot more likely to ease a shortage than setting up new ventilator assembly lines in converted auto factories.
A point also favoring refurbishment rather than making new machines is that the testing protocols for refurbished ventilators are relatively straightforward. A Co-Vent official explains it this way: “After the refurbished machine has passed its initial tests, you run it at temperature for a few days and test it again. If it passes, it is good to go. The FDA approves the process but they don’t monitor every machine.”
The service centers that Co-Vent is setting up are FDA and ISO-certified. Certification heads off problems that can arise when health care facilities try to refurbish older ventilators themselves. Ditto for difficulties encountered by well-intentioned but inexperienced technicians working from ventilator repair manuals downloaded from the Internet. In this regard, lack of tribal knowledge about specific machine idiosyncrasies can slow the repair process.
An anecdote from one engineering health care consultant illustrates the problem. “I was consulting at a certain hospital that had a defective heart and body monitor in for repair,” he says. “The problem was quickly determined to be a failed primary input circuit board. They had a known-good spare unit, and they swapped it in just to confirm the diagnosis. It didn’t work either. Fortunately there was yet another known-good unit on the shelf, so they tried the board from that one. It too failed. Then they put the good boards back in the known-good units and found that they now failed too. It turns out the maintenance manual forgot to mention something trivial but consequential: Don’t handle the circuit boards! Finger oils across a few traces and contacts screwed up the astronomically high resistances on the board. They all had to be sent back to be cleaned and recertified.”
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Unless you are seriously into knitting you will be surprised to know that around the world there are hundreds of annual trade shows and fibre fairs specifically for knitters. These trade shows and fairs attract thousands of individuals and corporations which are not in the least involved or related to the knitting industry or wool and fibres.
During the Alpacapalooza Trade Show in Ridgefield, WA were industries like estate developing from California called interliving.com, restaurants representatives from Kentucky and even an online gaming and casino group Onlinebahisyap. These industries that has no ties with the knitting industry nevertheless often sponsor and attend events around the world.
For example the first international exhibition for the textile and Garment industry also offer potential market entry, networking and business cooperation which also have a listing of knitting retreats. This is why industries like Onlinebahisyap and others attend, as the CEO explained that they aim to cater for the ladies specifically within the enterprise offering a great team-building opportunity, thus the interest and support for these festivals and events.
During the last trade shows specific attention and focus was placed on knitting looms which grows in popularity. Even though needles are the commonest form, the knitting looms attract attention from both sexes as men feel more comfortable using looms instead of holding two thin needles between two large hands,
It is a pegged board that varies in shape, often circular and materials used are predominantly wood or plastic. In using a loom the individual wrap yarn around pegs with stitches formed by using a pick and this method can make both a flat piece of work or tubes. The advantage it has is that it can make more that simple stitches, but also cables, lace, textured stich aside from purl and knit. Your work size depends on the knitting loom’s size and this is something you should keep an eye out for as it will certainly be an industry hit. | <urn:uuid:76490f1c-c033-4ac0-a627-12c242dd3893> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://knitfun.com/2017/04/04/knitting-looms-get-exposure-at-trade-shows-and-fibre-fairs/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572215.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815235954-20220816025954-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.962257 | 385 | 1.65625 | 2 |
Aster Symphyotrichum Purple Dome
By Debra Knapke
Autumn is the time of golden, scarlet, and maroon leaves and shortened days. It is the time for picking apples and harvesting vegetables. We watch our gardens slowly decline, and yet there is one perennial that says “Wait, my time is now!” Enter the asters, the late summer to fall-blooming plants so loved by bees and butterflies.
We often overlook the flowers of autumn as we fill out our gardens with spring and summer blooms. Many of us buy plants in April, May and June when the spring and summer flowering plants proudly show their colors. But we overlook the asters which are just emerging: green leaves and no flowers.
Asters are not difficult to grow. Here are a few cultivation and maintenance guidelines:
- Asters prefer full sun, 6+ hours of light; most tolerate part sun, four to five hours of light.
- Most asters are drought-tolerant if you keep the soil moist during the first year in the garden.
- Asters love compost, but excessive fertilization will cause them to grow quickly and ungainly; an aster lying on the ground is not attractive!
- The taller asters should be cut back by 1/3 in early to mid-June to promote stronger stems and to avoid the need for staking.
- Asters are best divided in the spring.
It’s not too late to add these late bloomers to your garden, but don’t wait too long. After late August, asters may not have enough time to grow their roots into the soil and acclimate to your garden before winter arrives. If you miss the planting window this year, buy the green, leafy aster next spring.
Here are some species that are native to most of the Midwest. Many of the cultivars listed have been selected for their compact habits and richly colored flowers.
Aster Symphyotrichum Purple Dome
- Aromatic aster (Symphyotrichum oblongifolium) – has aromatic foliage; height 18-36”, width 12-18”; blooms Sept. to Oct.; sky blue to lavender-blue flowers; Look for: ‘October Skies’ (compact: ht. 18”); ‘Raydon’s Favorite’
- Blue wood aster (Symphyotrichum cordifolium) – height 2-4’, width 2-3’; performs best in part sun, but tolerates sun to shady conditions, blooms Aug. to Sept.; small light blue flowers
- Heath aster (Symphyotrichum ericoides) – height 1-2’, width 12-18”; blooms Aug. to Oct.; white to light pink flowers; look for ‘Pink Cloud’ ‘Snow Flurry’: both are more compact selections
- New England aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae) – height 3-6’, width 2-3’; blooms Sept. to October; light lavender or pink to deep purple or pink flowers; if the soils dries out, this species will lose the lower leaves on their stems; look for: ‘Purple Dome’ (compact: 24-30” tall) ‘Vibrant Dome’ (compact: 18-24” tall) ‘September Ruby’
- Smooth aster (Symphyotrichum laeve) – height 2-4’, width 18-24”; blooms Sept. to Oct.; striking blue-violet flowers; look for: ‘Bluebird’
- White wood aster (Eurybia divaricata) – the exception: prefers part sun to full shade; height 12”, width 18-24”; bloom Aug. to Sept.; white flowers; ‘Eastern Star’ is a more compact selection
Side Note: The Aster Name
Not only do our native asters suffer because they lack early flowers, but they have been separated into new genera with difficult names. One of my horticulturist friends calls it the “aster disaster”. If a garden center has arranged the perennials by their botanical names, the asters will be spread across several locations on the nursery shelves. Fortunately, in most garden centers, asters still hold a place at the beginning of the alphabet instead of being scattered throughout the benches. For those who are interested the new botanical names are listed with the common names. | <urn:uuid:e178c29f-81ad-42dd-ba47-2ca0f8fee890> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://heartland-gardening.com/tag/fall-flowers/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571950.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813111851-20220813141851-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.903404 | 972 | 2.59375 | 3 |
SUFFOLK TRANSPORTATION SERVICE TEAMS UP WITH BAY SHORE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO WIN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY GRANT FOR MORE THAN $1 MILLION
Funding Will Be Used to Purchase New Electric Buses for the Bay Shore, Brentwood and Central Islip School Districts
(Bay Shore, NY-May 13, 2021) Suffolk Transportation Service, Inc. (STS), leading transportation provider well-known for its long-time commitment to sustainable operations, has partnered with the Bay Shore Union Free School District to secure a Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) National Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Transportation and Air Quality for more than $1 million to purchase seven state-of-the-art electric buses. This funding will enable STS and the Bay Shore School District to expand their CLEAN BUSES initiative, launched in 2018, to include the neighboring school districts of Brentwood and Central Islip. The announcement was made on May 11 at the STS Safety & Training Facility, 50 Saxon Ave, Bay Shore, NY. In attendance was an enthusiastic group of representatives from the three participating school districts and STS. Electric buses were available on site for tours and rides for all who were interested in experiencing the uniqueness of riding in an electric bus.
STS was awarded the EPA grant based on a demonstrated existing commitment to achieving significant reductions in diesel emissions by employing cleaner, more efficient vehicles and equipment, and a plan to continue this commitment by implementing additional “green” strategies and policies after EPA funding for this project has ended. STS currently has four electric buses in use for the Bay Shore School District.
“For the last 15 years, our company has been building and testing electric-hybrid and plug-in technologies in an effort to run the most sustainable operation possible,” said John Corrado, President of Suffolk Transportation Service, Inc. “We are committed to converting our fleet over to all electric as soon as we can. It is the clean choice and the smart choice for our communities and our children.
"The rebates provide children with a safe and healthy way to get to school by upgrading older diesel engines in our nation’s school buses," said EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan. “Through the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act, EPA is equipping local school districts with cleaner-running buses, helping them along the route to healthier kids and communities.”
“On behalf of the Islip Town Board, I applaud Suffolk Transportation Service for bringing this technology to our communities,” said Town of Islip Supervisor Angie Carpenter. “According to health experts, children are susceptible to the negative effects of pollution, which has been linked to asthma and poor test performance in schools. We look forward to our continued partnership with Suffolk Transportation Service, serving our communities and our children.”
“This expansion of the number of electric buses in the fleet will mean more of a reduction in our carbon footprint and environmental impact,” said Bay Shore Superintendent Joseph Bond. “I would like to thank John Corrado and everyone at Suffolk Transportation for working with us and our Transportation Director, Rich Gallagher, to secure this EPA grant and help us make our communities the best they can be.”
“We are thrilled and proud that Suffolk Transportation intends on replacing their fleet of diesel buses over the next several years with clean running electric school busses,” said Richard Loeschner, Superintendent of Brentwood Union Free School District. “It is initiatives such as this that will help reduce carbon emissions and protect the environment.”
“The Central Islip School District is proud to be a part of this innovative green initiative in partnership with Bay Shore and Brentwood School Districts and Suffolk Transportation Service, under the leadership of President John Corrado,” said Sharon A. Dungee, Superintendent of Schools Central Islip UFSD. “Suffolk Transportation Service sets the standard with this groundbreaking green initiative, providing an example for our children and future generations to follow as we move forward to protect our environment and our health by implementing this bold step.”
The CLEAN BUSES initiative has provided significant reductions in diesel emissions for the thousands of residents living within the Bay Shore School District, where youth experience major respiratory illnesses and asthma. The expansion of CLEAN BUSES to include the nearby school districts of Brentwood and Central Islip represents an unprecedented approach to addressing the increasing seriousness of diesel toxins in our region, while helping to create a cleaner breathing environment for our young people.
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Two years ago, the COVID-19 health crisis triggered a surge in remote working as most countries had to follow strict security measures to keep businesses going.
But now that most of these measures have been lifted and life has returned to “normal,” many companies are still transferring their once-in-office roles to completely or partially remote ones.
A recent studies from the job site Indeed found that the number of global job postings with a remote component has soared since the start of the pandemic, nearly tripling from an average of just 2.5% in January 2020 to nearly 7, 5% in September 2021.
Spain, Ireland and the United Kingdom are just some of the countries showing the largest increases and the United States is no stranger to this trend.
Remote opportunities have gone from less than 4% of all high-paying jobs before the pandemic to around 9% at the end of 2020 and over 15% in North America today.
Job site data scientists Ladders believe remote work is here to stay, with a full quarter of all professional jobs set to be available remotely by the end of the year.
“This shift in labor arrangements is impossible to overstate. As big as it is, it is also bigger than people think,” said Marc Cenedella, CEO of Ladders.
“Hiring practices typically move at a glacial pace, but the pandemic has increased the heat, so we’re seeing a rapid wave of change in this space. It’s pretty amazing indeed.”
But while much of the world appears to be rapidly embracing remote and hybrid work, some countries have not yet adapted to the idea; for cultural, legal or technical reasons.
Czech Republic: Legal uncertainty about the status of distance workers
Although remote working is becoming common in most Western European countries, the flexible method has not been fully accepted by Czechs, especially employers, despite the country being as technologically equipped as its peers.
The reason is quite simple: the Czech Republic is struggling to give adequate status to remote workers and the law does not specify whether a remote worker is a normal employee or not, so companies prefer to avoid remote work given the uncertainty. legal.
The Czech Republic is the only country that has never given a legal status to remote workers, and although the government is starting to argue to legislate on their status following the impulses of the younger generations who are asking for a changenot much progress has been made so far.
According to an Ipsos survey, 51% of Czech employees surveyed were interested in permanent remote work and 59% in part-distance work.
France: the bad student of Europe
Meanwhile, France stands out as Europe’s underperforming student, second a study conducted jointly by Ifop and the Jean Jaurès foundationonly 34% of the French worked regularly remotely during the pandemic, while it was implemented by 61% of Germans, 56% of Italians and 50% of British.
The time the French worked remotely was also shorter than that of their European neighbors: 11% of them worked from home four or five days a week, compared to 30% of Italians.
These low figures can be explained by the large disparity between top management – most of whom can work remotely – and other socio-professional categories, who largely continue to go to the workplace.
Age was also another factor in these disparities in France, with older workers less comfortable with digital technology than the “digital natives” generation.
The French are known for their reluctance to change, so that may not change anytime soon. Furthermore, the culture of “presentism” – the practice of being present in the office despite illness – is still deeply rooted in the minds of the older generation.
When asked if they would like more or fewer days of remote work, the French respondents said they would like fewer days of teleworking than their European neighbors.
Researchers believe that this low demand is a result of social interactions being a key tool for decision making in the French office, but also a form of resignation among many French workers who believe remote working conditions are not accessible to them.
Japan: a strong culture of “presentism”
Japan, just like France, is another country that has been plagued by the culture of Presentialism.
Many Japanese fear a lack of career progression if they don’t work long hours in the office, and forcing these workers to go to remote work because of the health crisis has proved a disaster.
While most employees say working from home made them more efficient than they were in the office, Japanese employees have become less productive by an average of 20 percent, according to a 2020 study by economist Toshihiro Okubo.
Japan also has a highly social work structure, which makes it a poor candidate for remote work as employees prefer to work in teams and do group assessments, while overseas employees are generally assigned unique responsibilities and are evaluated. individually.
Mentoring and dialogue are two core values of the Japanese work system, with senior employees supervising younger peers and informal coffee machine conversations reinforcing contact within teams, something that simply didn’t work in an environment. remote.
Lack of access to personal computers was another reason that made the transition to remote work very difficult for Japanese workers; the nation has one of the lowest rates for accessing personal computers according to the OECD.
Furthermore, home offices are much less common than in the West due to the small size of the average apartment in the city and the prices of larger homes in Japan’s highly urbanized society.
China: a difficult transition
While China was the first country to use remote work as it was the first country to deal with the coronavirus, the transition was still relatively difficult for the Chinese workforce.
At the moment, 40% of Chinese workers were forced to work from home, compared to only 7% of employees who had been allowed until then – a rather unexpected cultural change for a country very attached to presidentialism and hierarchies, according to the consulting firm Bloomberg.
However, once the country began blocking key affected regions, the use of digital technologies, including artificial intelligence, location tracking, facial recognition, and so on, skyrocketed to contain the spread. of the outbreak and some companies have begun to maintain a solid understanding of their employees, even remotely.
Employees had to check in with their bosses every morning to tell them where they were and if they had symptoms of the virus.
Chinese Communist history could also explain the difficulty for Chinese people to adopt remote work, as employees are forced to negotiate agreements collectively.
But despite the country’s strong collectivist culture, the new habits developed during the pandemic are slowly growing among Chinese workers and further development could be seen in the coming years.
High-speed broadband access in developing countries
For many countries, the pandemic has highlighted the irregularity of digital access, another obstacle to the successful transition to hybrid forms of work.
Unsurprisingly, developing countries are the most vulnerable, but many have taken positions that run counter to their internet resilience.
For instance, Mexico and Brazil are more resilient to the internet than Indonesia or Indiaaccording to economic advisors Bhaskar Chakravorti and Ravi Shankar Chaturvedi.
Angola also stood out as the least remote-working country in the world, with only 0.70 out of 100 people in the country having landline broadband access in 2020, compared to 36.41 in the US. , according to the World Bank.
The number of remote workers in the country this year remains difficult to estimate, as few figures have been communicated to the International Labor Organization (ILO) by government institutions.
Overall, most countries around the world have experienced an undeniable shift in the ability to do work beyond the confines of a traditional office, with many employees now equipped to log in from home after learning how to do it during the height of the pandemic. .
Companies are now exploring the pros and cons of remote and hybrid working, picking and choosing which aspects fit the particularities of their unique cultures.
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Obtaining a density of states (DOS)
The calculation of a density of states (DOS) is based on the presence of a self-consistent density in the working directory. With this starting point two main adaptions have to be performed in the Fleur input file.
To enable the calculation of a DOS the switch
output/@dos has to be set to
T. Furthermore one of
several DOS calculation modes has to be selected by setting the
to the respective value. : Calculate a DOS and stop the program without generating a new density; :
Create a DOS in the last iteration of an SCF run; : Calculate an orbital decomposition of the DOS, too.
The output of a DOS calculation depends on several parameters. Most important is the range of the energy mesh on which the DOS is calculated.
The range of the energy mesh is specified by the two parameters
output/densityOfStates/@maxEnergy which have to be provided in . To get an estimate on
a possibly required offset it is a good idea to check the value of the Fermi energy with
grep FermiEnergy out.xml.
The generation of a DOS relies on the chosen k point set used to sample the Brillouin zone. Since this is always finite the contributions comming from each calculated state have to be broadened in energy to avoid the calculation of an overly spikey DOS that is mainly an artifact of the Brillouin zone sampling. For this the DOS is convoluted with a Gaussian distribution.
The Gaussian is specified in terms of the standard deviation in
Note that the optimal choice of the standard deviation depends on the fineness of the -point mesh and also on material properties like the dispersion of the bands in the chosen energy range. The choice of the parameter therefore cannot be done automatically but is a task for the user. A too small yields an overly spikey DOS while a too large yields an overly smooth DOS that does not show any details. The following figure demonstrates this interrelation. It shows the total DOS for Si as well as the projections of the DOS onto the and states in one of the MT spheres. For the construction of the DOS the left plot uses the default parametrization, while the other two plots modify the parameter and the -point mesh for the DOS calculation (not for the SCF run).
DOS for Si with different parameters.
It can be seen that the default sigma parameter here yields an overly smooth DOS that abstracts from the details. Not even the band gap can be estimated in this way. When reducing the parameter the DOS becomes very spikey because the -point density is too low to actually resolve a DOS on such a fine energy mesh. Only a reduction of together with an increase of the -point density yields a DOS that is not overly spikey but resolves the details of the electronic structure. But even in this plot the -point density is not high enough to completely overcome the spikes in the range of the unoccupied bands. Of course, it is expected that such artifacts especially show up in the range of the unoccupied bands because the dispersion for unoccupied bands is typically larger than for occupied bands.
The DOS can also be obtained by employing the so called tetrahedron method for Brillouin zone integration. In this method the irreducible wedge of the Brillouin zone is decomposed into small tetrahedra. The eigenvalues and all related properties are only obtained at the corners of each tetrahedron. Then the eigenvalues are linearly interpolated inside the tetrahedron.
The tetrahedron method is enabled by setting the
calculationSetup/bzIntegration/@mode keyword to
tria. This changes the -point
generation to the desired mode. As this mode is not based on a Monkhorst-Pack-grid, the XML element
kPointCount should be
used to specify the number of -points.
The following figure demonstrates the effect of this method on the DOS. Both calculations use the same charge density and the same number of -points inside the irreducible brillouin zone.
DOS for Si with histogram and tetrahedron method.
The differences between the above used histogram method and the tetrahedron method can be seen very clearly. Already with the relatively small amout of -points the DOS obtained from the tetrahedron method shows very clear features similar to the DOS with the high -point density above.
The main output of a DOS calculation is the file
DOS.1 for nonmagnetic calculations and an additional file
the second spin in spin-polarized calculations. These files consist of multiple columns of values, where the first column provides
the energy and all other columns provide projected DOS values. In short form the order of the columns is
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Short Bytes: Do you love to spend days and nights on your machine’s Terminal and getting things done? Here’s something that’ll give you a little fun break and allow you to play Game Boy titles right in your Terminal. Go ahead and learn how to run a Game Boy emulator in your Terminal using PHP.
If you are stuck in the world of bin and bash, trying to figure out a way to escape your machine’s Terminal, here’s how to take a quick break. If you know some basic UNIX commands and PHP, this quick and dirty method will help you play Pokémon and Mario inside your Terminal.
I found this Terminal Game Boy project on GitHub. To use this, your machine needs to be running at least PHP 5.6, 7, or HHVM. This Terminal emulator only works on Linux and Mac OS X. Based on Game Boy JS Emulator and making use of PHP7’s performance improvements, this project has become a fun way to kill some time.
Assuming that you’re having PHP installed on your system, I’ll tell you the commands that’ll install just a piece of software and make your machine ready for craziness.
Installing the Terminal Game Boy emulator:
Here are two ways to do this –
- Installing the emulator using composer:
$ composer g require gabrielrcouto/php-terminal-gameboy-emulator:dev-master
- Using it using PHAR:
$ wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gabrielrcouto/php-terminal-gameboy-emulator/master/bin/php-gameboy.phar $ chmod +x php-gameboy.phar $ mv php-gameboy.phar /usr/local/bin/php-gameboy
Running Game Boy emulator in Terminal:
By running the
php-gameboy command, you need to load your game ROMs:
$ php-gameboy drmario.gb $ php-gameboy pokemon.gbc
You can simply clone the directory and run the emulator locally and have more fun anytime:
$ git clone https://github.com/gabrielrcouto/php-terminal-gameboy-emulator.git $ cd php-terminal-gameboy-emulator $ composer install -o
For running ROMs of games, pass the full path of ROM and put in the
$ bin/php-gameboy pokemon.gbc $ bin/php-gameboy /full/path/to/your/rom/drmario.gb
Emulator controls in Terminal:
By pressing your keyboard keys, you can navigate in the game and save the world. Good luck!
- Left = A
- Up = W
- Down = S
- Right = D
- A = Comma (,)
- B = Dot (.)
- Select = N
- Start = M
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Uterine fibroids, or leiomyomas, are the most common benign tumors in women of reproductive age.1 Their prevalence is age dependent; they can be detected in up to 80% of women by 50 years of age.2 Fibroids are the leading indication for hysterectomy, accounting for 39% of all hysterectomies performed annually in the United States.3 Although many are detected incidentally on imaging in asymptomatic women, 20% to 50% of women are symptomatic and may wish to pursue treatment.4
WHAT IS NEW ON THIS TOPIC: UTERINE FIBROIDS
Compared with total laparoscopic hysterectomy or laparoscopically assisted vaginal hysterectomy, vaginal hysterectomy is associated with shorter operative time, less blood loss, shorter paralytic ileus time, and shorter hospitalization.
In 2014, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration recommended limiting the use of laparoscopic power morcellation to reproductive-aged women who are not candidates for en bloc uterine resection. Morcellation should not be used in women with suspected or known uterine cancer.
An estimated 15% to 33% of fibroids recur after myomectomy, and approximately 10% of women undergoing myomectomy will undergo a hysterectomy within five to 10 years.
|Clinical recommendation||Evidence rating||References|
|Ultrasonography is the recommended initial imaging modality for diagnosis of uterine fibroids.||C||4, 25|
|Management of uterine fibroids should be tailored to the size and location of fibroids; the patient's age, symptoms, desire to preserve fertility, and access to therapy; and the physician's experience.||C||4, 11|
|Expectant management is appropriate for women with asymptomatic uterine fibroids.||C||4|
|In women undergoing hysterectomy for treatment of uterine fibroids, the least invasive approach possible should be chosen.||B||39, 43|
Epidemiology and Etiology
Fibroids are benign tumors that originate from the uterine smooth muscle tissue (myometrium) whose growth is dependent on estrogen and progesterone.5,6 Fibroids are rare before puberty, increase in prevalence during the reproductive years, and decrease in size after menopause.6 Aromatase in fibroid tissue allows for endogenous production of estradiol, and fibroid stem cells express estrogen and progesterone receptors that facilitate tumor growth in the presence of these hormones.5 Protective factors and risk factors for fibroid development are listed in Table 1.7–9 The major risk factors for fibroid development are increasing age (until menopause) and African descent.7,8 Compared with white women, black women have a higher lifetime prevalence of fibroids and more severe symptoms, which can affect their quality of life.10
Uterine fibroids are classified based on location: subserosal (projecting outside the uterus), intramural (within the myometrium), and submucosal (projecting into the uterine cavity). The symptoms and treatment options are affected by the size, number, and location of the tumors.11 The most common symptom is abnormal uterine bleeding, usually excessive menstrual bleeding.12 Other symptoms include pelvic pressure, bowel dysfunction, urinary frequency and urgency, urinary retention, low back pain, constipation, and dyspareunia.13
Uterine fibroids may be associated with infertility, and some experts recommend that women with infertility be evaluated for fibroids, with potential removal if the tumors have a submucosal component.14 However, there is no evidence from randomized controlled trials to support myomectomy to improve fertility.15 One meta-analysis included two studies that showed improvement in spontaneous conception rates in women who underwent myomectomy for submucosal fibroids (relative risk [RR] = 2.034; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.081 to 3.826; P = .028).16 However, no statistically significant difference was noted in the ongoing pregnancy/live birth rate. Women with intramural fibroids had no differences in pregnancy rates after undergoing myomectomy. Although studies have had conflicting results on the change in fibroid size during pregnancy,17,18 a large retrospective study of women with uterine fibroids found a significantly increased risk of cesarean delivery compared with a control group (33.1% vs. 24.2%), as well as increases in the risk of breech presentation (5.3% vs. 3.1%), pre-term premature rupture of membranes (3.3% vs. 2.4%), delivery before 37 weeks' gestation (15.1% vs. 10.5%), and intrauterine fetal death with growth restriction (3.9% vs. 1.5%).19 Therefore, fibroids in pregnant women warrant additional maternal and fetal surveillance.
In the postpartum period, women with fibroids have an increased risk of postpartum hemorrhage secondary to an increased risk of uterine atony.20 The risk of malignancy for uterine fibroids is very low; the prevalence of leiomyosarcoma is estimated at about one in 400 (0.25%) women undergoing surgery for fibroids.21 Because the natural course of fibroids involves growth and regression, enlarging fibroids are not an indication for removal.22,23
The evaluation of fibroids is based mainly on the patient's presenting symptoms: abnormal menstrual bleeding, bulk symptoms, pelvic pain, or findings suggestive of anemia. Fibroids are sometimes found in asymptomatic women during routine pelvic examination or incidentally during imaging.24 In the United States, ultrasonography is the preferred initial imaging modality for fibroids.4 Transvaginal ultrasonography is about 90% to 99% sensitive for detecting uterine fibroids, but it may miss subserosal or small fibroids.25,26 Adding sonohysterography or hysteroscopy improves sensitivity for detecting submucosal myomas.25 There are no reliable means to differentiate benign from malignant tumors without pathologic evaluation. Some predictors of malignancy on magnetic resonance imaging include age older than 45 years (odds ratio [OR] = 20), intratumoral hemorrhage (OR = 21), endometrial thickening (OR = 11), T2-weighted signal heterogeneity (OR = 10), menopausal status (OR = 9.7), and nonmyometrial origin (OR = 4.9).27,28 Risk factors for leiomyosarcoma include radiation of the pelvis, increasing age, and use of tamoxifen,29,30 which has implications for surgical management of fibroids. Table 2 includes the differential diagnosis of uterine masses.31
|Uterine carcinosarcoma (considered an epithelial neoplasm)|
|Uterine sarcoma (leiomyosarcoma, endometrial stromal sarcoma, mixed mesodermal tumor)|
Treatment of uterine fibroids should be tailored to the size and location of the tumors; the patient's age, symptoms, desire to maintain fertility, and access to treatment; and the physician's experience 4,11 (Table 332 –42 and Table 44,16,34,38,40–44 ). The ideal treatment satisfies four goals: relief of signs and symptoms, sustained reduction of the size of fibroids, maintenance of fertility (if desired), and avoidance of harm. Figure 1 presents an algorithm for the management of uterine fibroids.4
|Gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonists32||Preoperative treatment to decrease size of tumors before surgery or in women approaching menopause||Decrease blood loss, operative time, and recovery time||Long-term treatment associated with higher cost, menopausal symptoms, and bone loss; increased recurrence risk with myomectomy||Depends on subsequent procedure|
|Levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system (Mirena)33||Treats abnormal uterine bleeding, likely by stabilization of endometrium||Most effective medical treatment for reducing blood loss; decreases fibroid volume||Irregular uterine bleeding, increased risk of device expulsion||Yes, if discontinued after resolution of symptoms|
|Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs34||Anti-inflammatories and prostaglandin inhibitors||Reduce pain and blood loss from fibroids||Do not decrease fibroid volume; gastrointestinal adverse effects||Yes|
|Oral contraceptives33||Treat abnormal uterine bleeding, likely by stabilization of endometrium||Reduce blood loss from fibroids; ease of conversion to alternate therapy if not successful||Do not decrease fibroid volume||Yes, if discontinued after resolution of symptoms|
|Selective progesterone receptor modulators 35,36||Preoperative treatment to decrease size of tumors before surgery or in women approaching menopause||Decrease blood loss, operative time, and recovery time; not associated with hypoestrogenic adverse effects||Headache and breast tenderness, progesterone receptor modulator–associated endometrial changes; increased recurrence risk with myomectomy||Depends on subsequent procedure|
|Tranexamic acid (Cyklokapron)37,38||Antifibrinolytic therapy||Reduces blood loss from fibroids; ease of conversion to alternate therapy||Does not decrease fibroid volume; medical contraindications||Yes|
|Hysterectomy 39||Surgical removal of the uterus (transabdominally, transvaginally, or laparoscopically)||Definitive treatment for women who do not wish to preserve fertility; transvaginal and laparoscopic approach associated with decreased pain, blood loss, and recovery time compared with transabdominal surgery||Surgical risks higher with transabdominal surgery (e.g., infection, pain, fever, increased blood loss and recovery time); morcellation with laparoscopic approach increases risk of iatrogenic dissemination of tissue||No|
|Magnetic resonance–guided focused ultrasound surgery 40||In situ destruction by high-intensity ultrasound waves||Noninvasive approach; shorter recovery time with modest symptom improvement||Heavy menses, pain from sciatic nerve irritation, higher reintervention rate||Unknown|
|Myomectomy 41||Surgical or endoscopic excision of tumors||Resolution of symptoms with preservation of fertility||Recurrence rate of 15% to 30% at five years, depending on size and extent of tumors||Yes|
|Uterine artery embolization42||Interventional radiologic procedure to occlude uterine arteries||Minimally invasive; avoids surgery; short hospitalization||Recurrence rate > 17% at 30 months; postembolization syndrome||Unknown|
|Patient characteristics||Treatment options|
|Asymptomatic women||Clinical surveillance4|
|Infertile women with distorted uterine cavity (i.e., submucosal fibroids) who desire future fertility||Myomectomy16|
|Symptomatic women who desire future fertility||Medical treatment or myomectomy 34,38,41|
|Symptomatic women who do not desire future fertility but wish to preserve the uterus||Medical treatment, myomectomy, uterine artery embolization, magnetic resonance–guided focused ultrasound surgery 34,38,40–42|
|Symptomatic women who want definitive treatment and do not desire future fertility||Hysterectomy by least invasive approach possible43,44|
About 3% to 7% of untreated fibroids in premenopausal women regress over six months to three years, and most decrease in size at menopause. Because there is minimal concern for malignancy in women with asymptomatic fibroids, watchful waiting is preferred - for management.4 There are no studies that support - surveillance with imaging or repeat imaging in asymptomatic women with fibroids.4,11
Hormonal Contraceptives. Women who use combined oral contraceptives have significantly less self-reported menstrual blood loss after 12 months compared with placebo.33 However, the levonorgestrel-releasing intra-uterine system (Mirena) results in a significantly greater reduction in menstrual blood loss at 12 months vs. oral contraceptives (mean reduction = 91% vs. 13% per cycle; P < .001).33 In six prospective observational studies, reported expulsion rates of intrauterine devices were between zero and 20% in women with uterine fibroids.45 There is a lack of high-quality evidence regarding oral and injectable progestin for uterine fibroids.46–48
Tranexamic Acid. Tranexamic acid (Cyklokapron) is an oral nonhormonal antifibrinolytic agent that significantly reduces menstrual blood loss compared with placebo (mean reduction = 94 mL per cycle; 95% CI, 36 to 151 mL).37,38 One small nonrandomized study reported a higher rate of fibroid necrosis in patients who received tranexamic acid compared with untreated patients (15% vs. 4.7%; OR = 3.60; 95% CI, 1.83 to 6.07; P = .0003), with intralesional thrombi in one-half of the 22 cases involving fibroid necrosis (manifesting as apop-totic cellular debris with inflammatory cells, and usually hemorrhage).49 However, in a systematic review of four studies with 200 patients who received tranexamic acid, none of the studies detailed the adverse effects of fibroid necrosis or thrombus formation.50
Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs. Another medical option for the treatment of uterine fibroids is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug. These agents significantly reduce blood loss (mean reduction = 124 mL per cycle; 95% CI, 62 to 186 mL) and improve pain relief compared with placebo,34 but are less effective in decreasing blood loss compared with the levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system or tranexamic acid at three months.51
Hormone Therapy. Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonists and selective progesterone receptor modulators (SPRMs) are options for patients who need temporary relief from symptoms preoperatively or who are approaching menopause. Preoperative administration of GnRH agonists (e.g., leuprolide [Lupron], goserelin [Zoladex], triptorelin [Trelstar Depot]) increases hemoglobin levels preoperatively by 1.0 g per dL (10 g per L) and postoperatively by 0.8 g per dL (8 g per L), as well as significantly decreases pelvic symptom scores.32 Adverse effects resulting from the hypoestrogenized state, including hot flashes (OR = 6.5), vaginitis (OR = 4.0), sweating (OR = 8.3), and change in breast size (OR = 7.7), affect the long-term use of these agents.32
Compared with placebo, the SPRM mife-pristone (Mifeprex) significantly decreases heavy menstrual bleeding (OR = 18; 95% CI, 6.7 to 47) and improves fibroid-specific quality of life, but does not affect fibroid volume.35 Ulipristal (Ella) is an SPRM approved as a contraceptive in the United States but used in other countries for the treatment of fibroids in adult women who are eligible for surgery. Compared with placebo, a 5-mg dose of ulipristal significantly reduces mean blood loss (94% vs. 48% per cycle; 95% CI, 55% to 83%; P < .001), decreases fibroid volume by more than 25% (85% vs. 45%; 95% CI, 4% to 39%; P = .01), and induces amenorrhea in significantly more patients (94% vs. 48%; 95% CI, 50% to 77%; P < .001).52 Treatment is limited to three months of continuous use. The most common adverse effects include headache and breast tenderness. The advantage of SPRMs over GnRH agonists for preoperative adjuvant therapy is their lack of hypoestrogenic adverse effects and bone loss. However, SPRMs can result in progesterone receptor modulator–associated endometrial changes, although these seem to be benign.36
Other Agents. Other, less-studied options for the treatment of uterine fibroids include aromatase inhibitors and estrogen receptor antagonists. Aromatase inhibitors (e.g., letrozole [Femara], anastrozole [Arimidex], fadrozole [not available in the United States]) block the synthesis of estrogen. Limited data have shown that they help reduce fibroid size as well as decrease menstrual bleeding, with adverse effects including hot flashes, vaginal dryness, and musculoskeletal pain.53,54 Overall, there is insufficient evidence to support the use of aromatase inhibitors for the treatment of uterine fibroids.55 Selective estrogen receptor modulators act as partial estrogen receptor agonists in bone, cardiovascular tissue, and the endometrium. In a small prospective trial of 18 patients, tamoxifen did not reduce fibroid size or uterine volume, but did reduce menstrual blood loss by 40% to 50% and decrease pelvic pain compared with the control group.56 Based on its adverse effects (e.g., hot flashes, dizziness, endometrial thickening), the authors concluded that its risks outweigh its marginal benefits for fibroid treatment. Another selective estrogen receptor modulator, raloxifene (Evista), has also shown inconsistent results, with two of three studies included in a Cochrane review showing significant benefit.57
Hysterectomy. Hysterectomy provides a definitive cure for women with symptomatic fibroids who do not wish to preserve fertility, resulting in complete resolution of symptoms and improved quality of life. Hysterectomy by the least invasive approach possible is the most effective treatment for symptomatic uterine fibroids.39 Vaginal hysterectomy is the preferred technique because it provides several statistically significant advantages, including shorter surgery time than total laparoscopic hysterectomy or laparoscopically assisted vaginal hysterectomy (70 minutes vs. 151 minutes vs. 130 minutes, respectively), decreased blood loss (183 mL vs. 204 mL vs. 358 mL), shorter hospitalization (51 hours vs. 77 hours vs. 77 hours), and shorter paralytic ileus time (19 hours vs. 28 hours vs. 26 hours); however, vaginal hysterectomy is limited by the size of the myomatous uterus.43 Abdominal hysterectomy is an alternative approach, but the balance of risks and benefits must be individualized to each patient.44
The laparoscopic extraction of the uterus may be performed with morcellation, whereby a rotating blade cuts the tissue into small pieces. This technique has come under scrutiny because of concerns about iatrogenic dissemination of benign and malignant tissue. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recommends limiting the use of laparoscopic morcellation to reproductive-aged women who are not candidates for en bloc uterine resection.58 The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists recommends morcellation as an option, but emphasizes the importance of informed consent and notes that the technique should not be performed in women with suspected or known uterine cancer.59,60 Approximately one in 10 women have new symptoms after hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy.61
Myomectomy. Hysteroscopic myomectomy is the preferred surgical procedure for women with submucosal fibroids who wish to preserve their uterus or fertility. It is optimal for submucosal fibroids less than 3 cm when more than 50% of the tumor is intracavitary.62 Laparoscopy is associated with less postoperative pain at 48 hours, less risk of postoperative fever (OR = 0.44; 95% CI, 0.26 to 0.77), and shorter hospitalization (mean of 67 fewer hours; 95% CI, 55 to 79 hours) compared with open myomectomy.41 An estimated 15% to 33% of fibroids recur after myomectomy, and approximately 10% of women who undergo this procedure will have a hysterectomy within five to 10 years.24
Uterine Artery Embolization. Uterine artery embolization is an option for women who wish to preserve their uterus or avoid surgery because of medical comorbidities or personal preference.4 It is an interventional radiologic procedure in which occluding agents are injected into one or both of the uterine arteries, limiting blood supply to the uterus and fibroids. Compared with hysterectomy and myomectomy, uterine artery embolization has a significantly decreased length of hospitalization (mean of three fewer days), decreased time to normal activities (mean of 14 days), and a decreased likelihood of blood transfusion (OR = 0.07; 95% CI, 0.01 to 0.52).42 Long-term studies show a reoperation rate of 20% to 33% within 18 months to five years.24 Contraindications include pregnancy, active uterine or adnexal infections, allergy to intravenous contrast media, and renal insufficiency. The most common complication is postembolization syndrome, which is characterized by mild fever and pain, and vaginal expulsion of fibroids.63
There is insufficient evidence on the effect of uterine artery embolization on future fertility. An observational study of 26 women treated with uterine artery embolization and 40 treated with hysterectomy found no difference in live birth rates.42 In a retrospective study with five years of follow-up in women who received uterine artery embolization for fibroids, 27 (4.2%) had one (n = 20) or more (n = 7) pregnancies after uterine artery embolization.64 Of these pregnancies, there were 15 miscarriages and 19 live births, 79% of which were cesarean deliveries because of complications. Further studies are needed on fertility outcomes after uterine artery embolization so that patients can be counseled appropriately.
Myolysis. Myolysis is a minimally invasive procedure targeting the destruction of fibroids via a focused energy delivery system such as heat, laser, or more recently, magnetic resonance–guided focused ultrasound surgery (MRgFUS). A study of 359 women treated with MRgFUS showed improved scores on the Uterine Fibroid Symptoms Quality of Life questionnaire at three months that persisted for up to 24 months (P < .001).40 In another study comparing women who underwent MRgFUS with those who underwent total abdominal hysterectomy, the groups had similar improvement in quality-of-life scores at six months, but the MRgFUS group had significantly fewer complications (14 vs. 33 events; P < .0001).65 In a five-year follow-up study of 162 women, the reoperative rate was 59%.66 Overall, this less-invasive procedure is well tolerated, although risks include localized pain and heavy bleeding.40 Spontaneous conception has occurred in patients after MRgFUS, but further studies are needed to examine its effect on future fertility.67
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Public conflicts between individuals or businesses happen every day, and fortunately there are legal remedies available to wronged parties. However, the legal process is incredibly slow compared to the speed at which information spreads online. In cases of defamation, for example, a defamed individual or business can suffer serious reputational damage before they have a chance to take action. Even in conflicts in which neither side wants to involve lawyers, when private disputes spill over into public forums like social media, personal or business brands can be damaged. If a public dispute is not managed correctly, the damage can be rapid and permanent.
When it comes to public disputes or high-profile cases, the key to preventing reputational damage is a great public relations, or PR, strategy.
This can involve everything from making official statements to the press, to crafting posts for social media, to contacting website administrators to remove defamatory posts. In short, in the age of social media, PR is far more complex than ever before–which is why having representation that understands how information flows online is essential. Thanks to our focus on tech and social media, Saper Law attorneys understand the complexities of modern public relations and can help you simultaneously protect your brand and resolve the conflict, whether in or out of court.
Our specific public relations services include:
- Press conference preparation and execution
- Press releases
- Public statements
- Social media posts and responses
- Website copy
- Defamation defense
If you or your business is involved in a public dispute–especially if you are the victim of defamation–or if you have questions about PR and reputation management, contact us or book a consultation.
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I grew up very close to my Metis Grandmother. She had a great influence on me and how I viewed the world. This is why I always felt very connected to his Metis heritage. To be Metis is to sense the in-between.
The Metis series began after the sudden loss of my younger brother Greg in 2012. These Metis poem pieces are a hieroglyphic script, a beginning of a language. Metis poems are a lost primitive language, a place where words are felt and not spoken.
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Sleep is a natural and important thing that helps the mind and body feel better. It is a deep state of rest in which nothing happens in the mind, body, or heart. How well you sleep is different from how much sleep you get. Sleep quantity is a way to measure how much sleep we get each night. On the other hand, sleep quality is how well you sleep. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says that adults over the age of 18 should sleep between 7 and 9 hours each night. You can tell you had a good sleep if you get that much time to sleep.
Why is good sleep so important? Sleep quality is important because it affects how rested and energized you feel the next day and how much you sleep during the day. If you feel tired and sleepy in the morning even after taking naps, it could be because you didn’t get enough quality sleep.
If a person doesn’t get enough good sleep, it could hurt them in many ways. It could be something physical, like a heart attack, stroke, high blood pressure, problems with memory or thinking, or even obesity. When it comes to the mind, not getting enough sleep could lead to more stress, anxiety, and depression. Also, not getting enough sleep is often linked to a loss of learning ability. Also, not getting enough sleep can affect the safety of others. For example, someone who isn’t getting enough sleep might “micro sleep” while driving and cause an accident that hurts or kills people.
So, what can you do to get better sleep? Here are a few ideas that can help you sleep better.
How to Have a Good Sleep
1.Control Your Exposure To Light
Melatonin is a pineal gland hormone that peaks at night. Night time is sensed by diminished incoming light to the eyes, which regulates the hormone’s secretion. Thus, melatonin production is ten times higher at night, making us weary.
So, you should get a lot of bright sunlight during the day and spend a lot of time outside during the day. This is because your body makes less melatonin, which helps you stay awake. During nap time, it’s best to cut down on the time the screen is on and turn it off for at least 30 minutes before going to sleep. This is because your brain will think that the blue light coming from the digital devices is sunlight. So, your body makes less melatonin, which delays your sleep and keeps you up longer than you would like.
2.Every Day, Go To Bed And Wake Up At The Same Time
One of the best ways to improve the quality of your sleep is to learn your body’s natural sleep-wake cycle, or circadian rhythm. This helps you control your body’s natural clock and makes your sleep better. If you don’t want to turn over in bed, go to bed when you’re tired. Your brain learns when it’s time to sleep and when it’s time to wake up when you go to bed and wake up at the same time every night, so you can wake up without an alarm.
3.Stop Napping During The Day
Short sleep is good because it can help you think better during the day. But it’s best to limit naps in the afternoon to 15 to 20 minutes. This is because a long nap during the day can mess up your circadian rhythm, which in turn affects how well you sleep at night.
4.Change The Area Where You Sleep
Small changes to where you sleep can sometimes make a big difference in how well you sleep. There is light and noise in the room, the bed is comfortable, and the temperature is right. Even though everyone has their own tastes, most people agree that the best place to sleep is in a dark, quiet, and cozy room. Wear earplugs to block out noise so you can get a good night’s sleep. Next, check to see if your mattress and sheets are comfortable and give you enough space to stretch out and turn over easily. It is also known that keeping the room temperature around 18° C helps people sleep better.
5.Reduce Your Caffeine Intake
With just one dose, caffeine can make you more alert, give you more energy, and even help you do better in sports. But it’s not a good idea to drink anything with caffeine at least five hours before bed. This is because caffeine can get your nervous system going, which makes it hard for your body to relax on its own at night.
In the end, it’s important to get better sleep because it will make you more productive and energetic during the day. If you don’t try to improve the quality of your sleep, it could hurt you and the people around you. Because of this, it is best to see a doctor if you still can’t get a good night’s sleep after trying the tips above.
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Understanding Team TypesNot a PI Client? Request a Demo
The PI Behavioral Assessment provides a deep look into an individual’s workplace behavior, including their natural drives and needs. Consider that the majority of work is done as a team, however, and it’s important to understand how individual work styles manifest as a collective team identity. The larger the group, the more complex that identity becomes.
Team Types provide a simple approach to understanding a team’s behavior. By analyzing the aggregate behavioral assessment results of a team, PI can summarize the overall behavioral styles and motivations of that team. We explore this concept here.
The science of teams
In 2019, PI scientists began to categorize teams according to PI Behavioral Assessment data. This research effort involved a sample of 127k individuals across 22k teams. Each individual’s data was scored based on their most dominant behavioral factors, which were then considered across the team level.
This work resulted in the formation of nine distinct Team Types. The analyses demonstrated a balanced distribution of Team Types across the large sample.
Explore the interactive below to learn about the strengths and caution areas of each Team Type.
This video will explain how those Team Types are determined based on the members that make up the team.
It’s common to have individuals who don’t match with the rest of the team. You might think these people don’t belong, or that they should be moved to a different team. In reality, these people are often pivotal to team success.
We like to refer to these people as “balancers.” The role of a team balancer is to provide a healthy counterbalance to existing team norms, and to challenge groupthink. Use the interactive below to learn more about the role that balancers play on various teams.
Distributions of teams
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(This post was last published on January 6, 2015. It has been updated for accuracy and completeness.)
BigCommerce is one of the most popular ways for small businesses to sell products online, and it offers robust ecommerce tools out of the box. That said, users can also take advantage of hundreds of add-ons, customizations, and apps to supplement the platform’s core features and take their ecommerce strategies to the next level.
In this article, we’ll cover seven of the most effective apps for BigCommerce users. These cover everything from A/B tests to omnichannel marketing and live chat support. Adding apps to your BigCommerce approach gives you the opportunity to craft a unique customer experience that will resonate with your audience(more…)
(This article was last published on June 29th, 2016. It has been updated for accuracy and completeness.)
You can’t always ship an entire order at once. You might even prefer to ship items separately to ensure they arrive on-time. Some items could ship from a service like Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) while others are fulfilled from your own warehouse.
Fulfillment of a single order in multiple shipments is referred to as partial shipment. While often necessary, it’s difficult to monitor on the backend of your operations. How do you track partial shipments in your systems? How do you ensure orders are mark completed only once all items are fulfilled?
Before executing partial shipment, you’ll need to know what the process is, why it’s important to get it right, and the best way to do it.(more…)
As brick-and-mortar stores close due to the COVID-19 pandemic, consumers are turning to online shopping and thus putting pressure on merchant’s fulfillment processes. During this time, you could be opening a digital storefront and shipping for the first time. You could be dealing with closed warehouses and shipping suspensions by Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) causing you to diversify your supply chain. Some merchants might be experiencing an influx of online orders and trying to handle it the best way they can.
No matter what your situation is, we hope to cover your top options when it comes to successfully shipping online orders.(more…)
(This post was last published on May 4th, 2016. It’s been updated for accuracy and completeness.)
Retailers are missing out on nearly $1 trillion in in-store sales because they don’t have on hand what their customers want to buy. When customers can’t find what they want on your shelves, they’re quick to shop online or with one of your competitors.
There’s a lot of reasons why your shelves might be empty like miscalculating labor costs, customer satisfaction, and poor communication between vendors and retailers. To combat this problem, retailers of all sizes are turning to technology to ensure their shelves stay stocked, or appear to have an endless aisle of products consumers are looking for.
Implementing this retail strategy isn’t easy though. This article discusses some of the common challenges of deploying an endless aisle program.(more…)
(This article was last published on November 22, 2017. It’s been updated for completeness and accuracy.)
Online shoppers continue to push retailers to meet their delivery expectations. They want free, fast, and multiple delivery options at check out and retailers deliver as promised. If something does go wrong, shoppers aren’t forgiving either.
In fact, 84% of consumers say that they won’t return to a brand after just one poor delivery experience.
The stakes are high for retailers. Delivery speed, price, and pick up options can dictate whether a customer buys from you or another competitor. It’s an important part of the purchasing decision that can’t be ignored.
Unfortunately, managing your backoffice operations to optimize for fulfillment is one of the hardest aspects of selling online. If you’re a growing business, it’s overwhelming to understand and take action to improve your processes for customers. To help you, this article covers the basics of supply chain management and why you must make it a priority for your online business. (more…) | <urn:uuid:670eb46f-0459-47ff-9ad3-68dc4b561138> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.nchannel.com/blog/tag/supply-chain-management/page/2/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571950.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813111851-20220813141851-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.940538 | 890 | 1.5 | 2 |
"Steppenwolf" is a novel by Hermann Hesse, a German author, which was published in 1927. The author writes about a lonely, dissatisfied intellectual Harry Haller and he described his mental state through a battle between his human and wolf side.
The novel wasn’t accepted in the beginning and was even banned in the USA because of detail descriptions of drug usage and obscene situations. Hesse wrote the novel while he was going through depression and felt lonely and alienated from the world. He wasn’t satisfied with the society and he even thought about suicide. The novel became famous during the 60’s and the 70’s in the hippy movement.
The plot begins with a foreword from the publisher that leads to reading notes written by Harry Haller who he had met when he was 50. He had rented a room in his aunt’s house.
The center of the novel is the author’s critic of the society. The main character constantly questions himself about life and his conscious plays an important role. He went to a Magical Theatre and there he found something hidden deep inside of him.
The novel has a high intellectual meaning because it contains important parts of literature, music, philosophy, politics and psychoanalysis.
The main character is Harry Haller; a man approaching his 50’s who lives a lonely life moving from one rent control apartment to another. He is famous for being gifted but also for being unsocial. In the beginning of the novel, the reader can learn a lot about him from the perspective of the landlord’s nephew who knew him as a calm and quiet tenant.
When he moved into the room he had a case of books and two suitcases and even though he was described as calm and introverted, a great suffering could be felt inside of him. He called himself Steppenwolf and loneliness was a reflection of life’s emptiness. One day, after paying his bills, he just disappeared leaving behind his notes that were later on published by the landlord’s nephew.
The notes are a life work of a man entering old age, which enjoyed classical music and never felt happy. He rarely felt like himself because he was aware that the man inside of him was in constant danger because of the Steppenwolf who existed inside of him and represented his instinctive side.
Harry began describing endless walks through town, books reading and his time spent in bars. During a walk he saw a commercial about a door that said "Magic Theatre - only crazy can enter". He wanted to enter but couldn’t so he went to the bar where he enjoyed observing other people.
After a few nights, he started thinking about the theatre and then a man appeared in front of him that carried a sign about the theatre. Harry stopped him to ask about the theatre but, since the man had no time, he only left him a worn out the book about Steppenwolf. Then the reader can find out that Harry feels like a multiple personalities – like a civilized man and a wolf. As the mentioned thought becomes stronger so does the thought of suicide. His sufferings alienated him from people because he belonged to the species of intellectuals and artists.
After reading the book, the story of his life continues. He lost his material possessions, his mentally ill wife chased him out of the house and then the feeling of loneliness came back. While he was strolling down the city he found himself at a funeral and saw the man who gave him something interesting to read. He asked him where he could have a good time and he recommended a bar.
While he was coming back to his apartment he met an university professor with whom he led a discussion about Indian mythology a few years ago. Even though he wanted to, he couldn’t avoid having dinner with him. The dinner went the wrong way. Harry couldn’t keep his opinion about Goethe’s picture to himself and the hostess didn’t approve of it. He was also repulsed by some comments on the articles written by some Haller, because they were actually his articles.
The end of the unpleasant dinner Harry resolved by stating that Goethe looks like the symbol of the city’s emptiness and that he was the author of the articles. He enjoyed the shocked facial expressions around him and then he went to a bar where a pale girl with a big flower in her hair caught his attention. A close relationship flourished between them and he listened to everything she would say. She told him to eat something and get some rest.
In the meantime, she was dancing and when Harry arranged a dinner with her she left with another man. Harry couldn’t wait to have dinner with her. Her name was Hermine and she reminded him of his childhood friend Herman. She asked him to be just friends and to kill her when she asks him the previously mentioned. He agreed to have a friendship with her but not to kill her.
A new phase of his life began as he spent his days listening to jazz. He had some new friends such as the saxophone player Pablo and Maria who becomes his lover. Hermina introduced him to a new circle of friends and got him prepared for the masquerade ball. He had spent one last night with Maria because he knew it would be the last since he was supposed to be Hermina’s lover. He shared some interests with Hermina and she understood the arriving failure of Steppenwolf because both of them shared a passion - death.
He had to arrive a bit later to the dance and when he arrived he was bored because there was no one he knew there. The party took places in several rooms and Pablo played in the main one. Just when he was about to leave he got a message from Hermine saying she is in the lowest room, called Hell, and that at four o’clock in the morning The Magical Theatre opens.
Hermina was dressed like a boy so Harry barely recognized her. The party was obscene, unlike others he had attended. As time passed by the rooms emptied and Pablo invited them to come to the theatre. Pablo explained that the theatre has as many lounges as he wants as long as he frees himself from his personality and has a good laugh at the entrance.
He started to look at himself in the mirror and laughed so hard that he killed Steppenwolf. After laughing and losing his personality he found himself in front of several lounges with different signs. He entered a world where a battle between people and machines was taking places and he saw his friend Gustav, who he hadn’t seen since he was a child. During the war he found himself in the hallway and the next lounge he entered was about building personalities.
A man, similar to Pablo, explained to him that human’s personality is made out of many others and that his actions depend on the combination of all his personalities. They could be arranged as chess board figures to make sense.
In the next lounge, the theme was the dressage of the Steppenwolf in which a man, a lot like Harry, showed how his wolf can do anything people can. After that the wolf made the man do everything that animals do.
The next lounge was for Harry to get any girl he wants. His first pick was a girl he used to be in love. In the next lounge, he found himself in the last act of the opera "Don Juan" with Mozart. Mozart disappeared all of the sudden and he found himself in front of Hermina and Pablo. Hermina had a bite under her left breast and Harry placed a knife on that spot and granted her wish to kill her.
Mozart appeared again in front of Harry and told him he couldn’t handle listening to Handle’s compositions because the sound was awful. Harry thought he should be punished for what he had done so the execution was his next lounge. All of the sudden Hermina’s corps turned into a figure and Mozart into Pablo. The novel ends with hopes of him learning to laugh one day.
Main Cahracters: Harry Haller, Hermina, Pablo
Harry Haller - he told he was the Steppenwolf and his surroundings started believing it. The story of the Steppenwolf emerged from his hard life. He had a specific personality, lived a lonesome life. His only dedication were books. He was a big expert in art, philosophy, music and poetry. Even though he lived in the city, Harry never quite got along with anyone so he lived alone with a restless soul trying to find home. He considered his life to be empty and he wasn’t satisfied with it. He lived on the verge between human’s and wolf’s life. He even planned his suicide on his 50th birthday. Harry found a small ray of light when he was visited by a woman whose picture he guarded. Then he goes away and leaves his notes behind with a note to the published to do whatever he wants with them.
Herman Hesse Biography
Hermann Hesse was a German-born Swiss novelist and poet. His work was popular with the younger readers after World War II who identified with the main theme of many of his novels: the trails of youth - and especially of creative artists - in search of self.
Hesse was born n July 2nd, 1877 in Calw, Germany. The son of a former missionary, he was enrolled in a seminary but soon left school. Thereafter he educated himself through reading. As a young man, he worked for a bookseller and did freelance journalism, which inspired his first novel 'Peter Camenzind' (1904), the story of a dissolute writer.
During World War I, Hesse, who was a pacifist, moved to Montagnola, Switzerland. He became a Swiss citizen in 1923. His despair and disillusion with the war and by a series of personal tragedies caused his writing to become more focused on the spiritual search for new goals and values as seen in his next novels "Demian" (1919), "Siddhartha" (1922) and "Journey to the East" (1923) all of which are deeply symbolic and psychoanalytical in nature.
Hesse's next novel, "Steppenwolf" (1927) is perhaps the most innovative of all of his works. In the book, the artist and heroes double nature - human and wolf-like - force him into a labyrinth of nightmarish experiences. The work symbolizes the split between individuality and convention.
Hesse viewed the rise of Nazism in Germany with disgust and worked against Hitler's domination in his own way. He had publicly announced his opposition to Anti-Semitism many times before and married a Jewish woman. However, at no time did he openly speak against the Nazi party as he considered himself mostly detached from politics.
Hesse's last novel, "Magister Ludi" (1943) set in a utopian future, is in effect a resolution of the author's concerns. Several volumes of his nostalgic, mournful poetry have also been published.
Hesse won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1946. In the last few years of his life, he enjoyed writing short stories and painting watercolors.
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When a treaty is signed by the representatives of the states is confirmed by the states, the act of confirmation is called Ratification. The states become bound by the treaties after ratification under International Law
Effect of Ratification:
Vienna Convention under Art. 2 (1) (b) [VCLT] lays down that ‘ratification’ is an international act whereby a State establishes on the international plane its consent to be bound by a treaty. It is generally agreed that ratification becomes effective from the day when it is made. It has no retroactive effect. The rights and obligations of the treaty become applicable to the ratifying State only as from the date of ratification and not from the date of signature.
Ratification of a treaty by the States is done only in those cases where it is so required by the provisions of a treaty. According to Art. 14 of the Vienna Convention, ratification is necessary when:
the treaty provides such consent to be expressed by means of ratification,
it is otherwise established that the negotiating states agreed that ratification should be required,
the state representative has signed the treaty subject to ratification,
When the intention of ratification is evident from the circumstances and talks during negotiations.
Ratification applies only to signatory states, thus when a state becomes a party through accession, no ratification is required.
Purpose or Significance of Ratification:
At present, generally all the treaties are required to be ratified.
Ratification gives an opportunity to the contracting parties to re-examine and review the treaty signed by their representatives. The implications can be studied thoroughly.
On the basis of principle of sovereignty each state is entitled to keep itself away from the treaty or repudiate it if it desires.
The time between signature and ratification is utilized for bringing about changes in the State law.
On the basis of democratic principles, the state governments get opportunity to respect public opinion in respect of treaties or to get the consent of the Parliament. (Starke)
Modes of Ratification:
Ratification of a treaty is an internal procedure, determined by internal laws and usage of each state. Eg: In USA, a treaty must be ratified by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate.
Refusal of Ratification:
States are not bound to ratify treaties. Nor it is necessary for the States to explain the reason for not ratifying the treaty. It may be noted that under Arts. 39 and 41 of the U.N. Charter the Security Council is empowered to exert pressure against a State for the ratification of a treaty which is related to the maintenance of international peace and security.
Time period for ratification:
International law does not prescribe any time period within which ratification must be given. States must allow each other a reasonable time in which a treaty has to be ratified. (Oppenheim)
It is significant to note that, in between the period of signature and ratification a State is under a duty not to do any act which is likely to defeat the object and purpose of the treaty (Art. 18).
In the case of Certain German Interests in Polish Upper Silesia, it was pointed out that a signatory States’ misuse of its rights in the interval before ratification may amount to a breach of treaty (It implies that with the signature of a treaty, a certain limited status is conferred upon the signatory State with respect to treaty).
Consequences of Non-ratification:
Ordinarily, state parties are not bound by treaties until they ratify them. However, ratification can be sometimes done away with. It depends on the intention of the state.
So far as the application of an international treaty in the municipal field is concerned, it is applied only after it is ratified by the State concerned.
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The spread of the current Coronavirus has caused much concern among people. And rightly so. Some recent reports have the death toll at over 2,100 – mostly in China – but the virus has now spread to many other countries.
As the United States braces for the virus, people should be informed and aware of what this virus is, how it may spread, and current prevention and treatment.
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Recommendations are provided by the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention for Employers for planning and responding to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), as of February 2020
This interim guidance is based on what is currently known about the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID19). The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will update this interim guidance as needed and as additional information becomes available.
CDC is working across the Department of Health and Human Services and across the U.S. government in the public health response to COVID-19. Much is unknown about how the COVID-19 spreads. Current knowledge is largely based on what is known about similar coronaviruses.
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Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses that are common in humans and many different species of animals, including camels, cattle, cats, and bats. Rarely, animal coronaviruses can infect people and then spread between people, such as with MERS and SARS. COVID-19 is spreading person-to-person in China and some limited person-to-person transmission has been reported in countries outside China, including the United States. However, respiratory illnesses like seasonal influenza, are currently widespread in many US communities.
The following interim guidance may help prevent workplace exposure to acute respiratory illnesses, including nCoV, in non-healthcare settings. The guidance also provides planning considerations if there are more widespread, community outbreaks of COVID-19.
To prevent stigma and discrimination in the workplace, use only the guidance described below to determine risk of nCoV infection. Do not make determinations of risk based on race or country of origin, and be sure to maintain the confidentiality of people with confirmed coronavirus infection. There is much more to learn about the transmissibility, severity, and other features of COVID-19 and investigations are ongoing. Updates are available on CDC’s web page at www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-nCoV.
Recommended strategies for employers to use now:
Actively encourage sick employees to stay home:
Employees who have symptoms of acute respiratory illness are recommended to stay home and not come to work until they are free of fever (100.4° F [37.8° C] or greater using an oral thermometer), signs of a fever, and any other symptoms for at least 24 hours, without the use of fever-reducing or other symptom-altering medicines (e.g. cough suppressants). Employees should notify their supervisor and stay home if they are sick. Ensure that your sick leave policies are flexible and consistent with public health guidance and that employees are aware of these policies. Talk with companies that provide your business with contract or temporary employees about the importance of sick employees staying home and encourage them to develop non-punitive leave policies.
Do not require a healthcare provider’s note for employees who are sick with acute respiratory illness to validate their illness or to return to work, as healthcare provider offices and medical facilities may be extremely busy and not able to provide such documentation in a timely way.
Employers should maintain flexible policies that permit employees to stay home to care for a sick family member. Employers should be aware that more employees may need to stay at home to care for sick children or other sick family members than is usual.
Separate sick employees:
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Emphasize staying home when sick, respiratory etiquette and hand hygiene by all employees: Place posters that encourage staying home when sick, cough and sneeze etiquette, and hand hygiene at the entrance to your workplace and in other workplace areas where they are likely to be seen.
Provide tissues and no-touch disposal receptacles for use by employees. Instruct employees to clean their hands often with an alcohol-based hand sanitizer that contains at least 60-95% alcohol, or wash their hands with soap and water for at least 20 seconds. Use soap and water preferentially if hands are visibly dirty. Provide soap and water and alcohol-based hand rubs in the workplace.
Ensure that adequate supplies are maintained. Place hand rubs in multiple locations or in conference rooms to encourage hand hygiene. Visit the coughing and sneezing etiquette and clean hands webpage for more information.
Perform routine environmental cleaning:
Routinely clean all frequently touched surfaces in the workplace, such as workstations, countertops, and doorknobs. Use the cleaning agents that are usually used in these areas and follow the directions on the label. No additional disinfection beyond routine cleaning is recommended at this time. Provide disposable wipes so that commonly used surfaces (for example, doorknobs, keyboards, remote controls, desks) can be wiped down by employees before each use.
Advise employees before traveling to take certain steps:
Check the CDC’s Traveler’s Health Notices for the latest guidance and recommendations for each country to which you will travel, https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel. Specific travel information for travelers going to and returning from China, and information for aircrew, can be found at on the CDC website, https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/travelers/index.html
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See the original article online at: https://dev2.apsf.org/article/monitoring-of-neuromuscular-blockade-what-would-you-expect-if-you-were-the-patient/
Careful intraoperative management of neuromuscular blockade may optimize patient recovery and improve postoperative outcomes. Four important articles in the February 2016 APSF Newsletter described why postoperative residual neuromuscular blockade (PRNB) was an important patient safety issue, and how appropriate dosing, monitoring, and reversal of neuromuscular blocking agents could reduce the incidence of this complication following anesthesia and surgery.
In the first article, Robert Stoelting, MD, summarized the opinions of the APSF relating to the use of qualitative monitoring (peripheral nerve stimulator) and quantitative monitoring (devices which objectively measure muscular function and display the results) in the perioperative period (Figure 1).1 The APSF recommended that every patient receiving a muscle relaxant should have at least qualitative, and preferably quantitative monitoring, to assess requirements for reversal agents and adequacy of neuromuscular function prior to tracheal extubation. Literature was reviewed documenting that PRNB was a significantly underappreciated problem that occurred in up to 40% of patients. Subjects with train-of-four (TOF) ratios < 0.9 (the threshold for adequate neuromuscular recovery) were at risk for a number of adverse outcomes including hypoxemia, airway obstruction, impaired pharyngeal function and an increased risk for aspiration, delayed PACU discharge, postoperative pulmonary complications, and need for reintubation. Although evidence clearly documented that quantitative monitoring could significantly reduce the risk of PRNB, these devices were infrequently applied in clinical practice. Possible reasons why clinicians were slow to adopt quantitative monitoring included the erroneous belief that PRNB was an uncommon problem, the unavailability of simple, easy-to-use devices, and the over-reliance on insensitive indicators of neuromuscular recovery (5-second head-lift and no fade observed TOF stimulation). Robert Stoelting concluded by stating that North American professional anesthesia associations should provide recommendations that neuromuscular monitoring (qualitative, and ideally quantitative) should be used whenever muscle relaxants are administered.
In the second article, investigators from The Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, reported on an evidence-based initiative instituted at their hospital to decrease the incidence of PRNB.2 This initiative consisted of four components: implementation of an education program; distribution of a cognitive aid; provision of feedback regarding departmental progress; and the adoption of a TOF documentation requirement for the department’s quarterly QI incentive bonus. Department-wide presentations provided information regarding the incidence of PRNB and associated clinical outcomes. The cognitive aid, which was a TOF-based neostigmine dosing guide, was distributed to all members of the department. Finally, quarterly QI bonuses were tied to the rate of documentation of the number of twitches (TOF count) within the 15 minutes of neostigmine administration. This initiative was an example of an integrated interdisciplinary approach to promote sustained adoption of best practices related to neuromuscular management, instituted with the aim of reducing PRNB and improving patient safety.
A third article reviewed the development and regulatory history of sugammadex in the United States.3 Anton Bom, MD, at the Neuromuscular Research Group at Organon Newhouse Scotland, determined that modified cyclodextrins would bind steroidal muscle relaxants. The first human study with this new agent was performed and published in 2005, and sugammadex received regulatory approval in the European Union in 2008. At this same time in the United States, the FDA issued a Not-Approvable Letter over concerns relating to possible anaphylactic reactions, as well as the potential effects of the drug on coagulation and on the QT interval of the EKG. After conducting additional studies and further submissions to the FDA, sugammadex received FDA approval on December 16, 2015.
In the fourth article, Karl Hammermeister, MD, and colleagues briefly reviewed the literature examining the impact of neuromuscular management strategies on postoperative outcomes.4 An early large-scale investigation by Beecher and Todd (1954) reported that postoperative mortality was six times higher in patients administered muscle relaxants, compared to a cohort managed without these agents.5 Hammermeister et al. noted that there were only a few studies published comparing outcomes in patients given reversal agents versus those administered none. In a large clinical trial by Debaene et al., the risk of PRNB was examined in patients given a single intubating dose of a muscle relaxant with no reversal agent. The investigators reported that in those patients in whom two or more hours had passed since muscle relaxant administration, 37% of these subjects had TOF ratios < 0.9.6 The review concluded by stating that there was a consensus in the literature that PRNB was common and was associated with an increased risk of adverse outcomes, particularly respiratory. In addition, neuromuscular monitoring and appropriate reversal with neostigmine was highly variable amongst anesthesia professionals, and these practices likely accounted for the high incidence of PRNB.
What Do We Now Know About Neuromuscular Management and Postoperative Outcomes?
Since the publication of the February 2016 APSF Newsletter, a large number of clinical studies have been published, which have examined the incidence of PRNB in clinical practices, complications associated with PRNB, the impact reversal strategies have on outcomes after surgery, and the development of new quantitative monitors.
Incidence of PRNB
Investigations have continued to document a high incidence of PRNB in anesthesia practices around the world. The RECITE-US study measured TOF ratios in 255 patients undergoing abdominal surgery in the United States.7 The investigators observed that the majority of patients (64.7%) had TOF ratios < 0.9 at the time of tracheal extubation, despite reversal of rocuronium with neostigmine and the use of qualitative peripheral nerve stimulation. Similar findings were observed in RECITE trials performed in Canada8 and China.9 These findings suggest that PRNB continues to be a common anesthetic complication when quantitative monitoring and sugammadex are not used.
Complications associated with PRNB
Patients with TOF ratios < 0.9 in the PACU are at increased risk for adverse respiratory outcomes. A large multicenter study from Spain reported that the patients with TOF ratios < 0.9 in the PACU were at an increased risk for postoperative adverse respiratory events (odds ratio [OR] 2.57) and had a higher incidence of reintubation.10 Another investigation determined that the single most important independent predictor for adverse respiratory events during early recovery from anesthesia and surgery was PRNB (OR 6.4).11 A retrospective cohort study, which assessed the impact of PRNB on ICU admissions rates, hospital costs, and hospital length of stay, reported that patients with TOF ratios < 0.9 had a three-times higher risk of ICU admission than those with TOF ratios ≥ 0.9.12
Effect of reversal strategies on postoperative outcomes
Failure to reverse neuromuscular blockade may increase the risk of postoperative pulmonary complications. In a large databased investigation, Bulka et al. observed that patients who were not administered a reversal agent had a 2.3-times higher risk of postoperative pneumonia compared to those given neostigmine.13 In a similar large investigation of 11,355 surgical patients, the incidence of postoperative respiratory complications (defined as failure to wean, pneumonia, or reintubation) was significantly higher in patients who were not reversed versus those who were given neostigmine.14 A third databased investigation determined that patients who were not reversed (versus neostigmine reversal) had higher incidences of major complications (6.05% vs. 1.7%), need for reintubation (4.6% vs. 0.8%), and unplanned ICU admissions (3.2% vs. 0.8%).15
Recent studies have documented that sugammadex may significantly reduce the risk of PRNB and beneficially impact outcomes related to PRNB. Oh et al. retrospectively collected data on 1,479 patients undergoing abdominal surgery whose neuromuscular blockade was reversed with either neostigmine or sugammadex.16 Patients in the sugammadex group had a 34% lower 30-day unplanned readmission rate, a 20% shorter hospital stay, and a 24% reduction in hospital charges. A prospective observational study (558 patients) reported that major respiratory complications (pneumonia or atelectasis) occurred in 1.1% of patients reversed with sugammadex, versus 7.2% to 9.7% of all patients not reversed or reversed with neostigmine.17 Neuromuscular monitoring was used in only approximately 30% of patients in each group, which may have explained the lack of benefit observed with neostigmine reversal (neostigmine is ineffective if administered at a deeper level of blockade). A large multicenter observational matched-cohort study examined the effect of choice of reversal agent (neostigmine or sugammadex) on major postoperative pulmonary complications (pneumonia, respiratory failure, or other pulmonary complications).18 In the study, 22,856 patients receiving sugammadex were matched with 22,856 patients given neostigmine. The investigators observed that sugammadex administration was associated with a 30% reduced risk of pulmonary complications, a 47% decreased risk of pneumonia, and a 55% reduced risk of respiratory failure. In contrast to these studies, a large multicenter observational study (POPULAR) did not find that the administration of reversal agents was associated with a reduced risk of postoperative pulmonary complications.19 Additionally, better pulmonary outcomes were not observed in patients given sugammadex versus those administered neostigmine. However, a number of Letters to the Editor were subsequently published outlining concerns relating to the study, which included limitations inherent in many observational studies such as lack of standardization of anesthetic, ventilatory, or fluid management; improper management of monitoring and reversal of neuromuscular blockade; and an inability to oversee potential protocol violations or other factors resulting in bias.
New Quantitative Monitors
A recent Consensus Statement on the Use of Perioperative Monitoring recommended that quantitative monitors should be used whenever a nondepolarizing muscle relaxant has been administered.20 However, in order for objective monitors to be widely accepted into clinical practices, improvements in the design of the devices are required so that function is not affected by patient hand position, monitors are self-calibrating and provide reliable and repeatable results, and monitor setup times are minimal.16 Unlike first-generation technology, recently developed quantitative monitors appear to fulfill most of these criteria. Three-dimensional acceleromyographic (AMG) technology has been recently incorporated into quantitative monitors developed for routine intraoperative use. Good agreement between the TOF-Watch SX with calibration and preload application (clinical “gold standard”) and an uncalibrated three-dimensional acceleromyography monitor has been observed throughout all stages of neuromuscular recovery.21 Portable electromyographic (EMG) devices have also been recently developed and approved for routine clinical care. Train-of-four ratio data can be rapidly obtained after placing an electrode strip on the hand and connecting the strip to a cable. EMG monitors provide accurate quantitative data without the need for immobilization of the studied muscle, preload application, or free movement of the thumb (arms can be tucked at the sides).20 However, further studies are needed to assess the accuracy and reliability of these new quantitative monitors in clinical practices.
Despite advances in pharmacology and technology that have occurred over time, PRNB continues to occur frequently in clinical practices, with a rate that has remained essentially unchanged for four decades. These important articles published in the February 2016 APSF Newsletter helped to raise awareness of this important patient safety issue and helped pave the way for further research and improvements in clinical care. With the increasing use of both sugammadex (dosed appropriately based upon neuromuscular monitoring) and quantitative monitoring by anesthesia care teams, it is likely that the risk of patients suffering complications from PRNB will be reduced in the coming decade.
Glenn Murphy, MD, is currently clinical professor at the University of Chicago in the Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care and Director of Clinical Research in the Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine at NorthShore University HealthSystem.
Dr. Murphy is presently a speaker for Merck.
- Stoelting RK. Monitoring of neuromuscular blockade: what would you expect if you were the patient? APSF Newsletter. 2016;30:45,47. https://dev2.apsf.org/article/monitoring-of-neuromuscular-blockade-what-would-you-expect-if-you-were-the-patient/ Accessed August 25, 2020.
- van Pelt M, Chitilian HV, Eikermann M. Multi-faceted initiative designed to improve safety of neuromuscular blockade. APSF Newsletter. 2016;30:51–52. https://dev2.apsf.org/article/multi-faceted-initiative-designed-to-improve-safety-of-neuromuscular-blockade/ Accessed August 25, 2020.
- Murphy GS. The development and regulatory history of sugammadex in the United States. APSF Newsletter. 2016; 53–54. https://dev2.apsf.org/article/the-development-and-regulatory-history-of-sugammadex-in-the-united-states/ Accessed August 25, 2020.
- Hammermeister KC, Bronsert M, Richman JS, Hensderson WG. Residual neuromuscular blockade (RNB), reversal, and perioperative outcomes. APSF Newsletter. 2016;30:74-75. https://dev2.apsf.org/article/residual-neuromuscular-blockade-nmb-reversal-and-perioperative-outcomes/ Accessed August 28,2020.
- Beecher HK, Todd DP. A Study of deaths associated with anesthesia and surgery. 1954. Int Anesthesiol Clin. 2007;45:1–6.
- Debaene B, Plaud B, Dilly M-P, et al. Residual paralysis in the PACU after a single intubating dose of nondepolarizing muscle relaxant with an intermediate duration of action. Anesthesiology. 2003;98:1042–1048.
- Saager L, Maiese EM, Bash LD, et al. Incidence, risk factors, and consequences of residual neuromuscular block in the United States: The prospective, observational, multicenter RECITE-US study. J Clin Anesth. 2019;55:33–41.
- Fortier LP, McKeen D, Turner K, et al. The RECITE Study: a Canadian prospective, multicenter study of the incidence and severity of residual neuromuscurlar blockade. Anesth Analg. 2015;121:366–72.
- Yu B, Ouyang B, Ge S, et al. RECITE–China Investigators. Incidence of postoperative residual neuromuscular blockade after general anesthesia: a prospective, multicenter, anesthetist-blind, observational study. Curr Med Res Opin. 2016;32:1–9.
- Errando CL, Garutti I, Mazzinari G, et al. Residual neuromuscular blockade in the postanesthesia care unit: observational cross-sectional study of a multicenter cohort. Minerva Anestesiol. 2016;82:1267–1277.
- Xará D, Santos A, Abelha F. Adverse respiratory events in the post-anesthesia care unit. Arch Bronconeumol. 2015;51:69–75.
- Grabitz SD, Rajaratnam N, Chhagani K, et al. The effects of postoperative residual neuromuscular blockade on hospital costs and intensive care unit admission: a population-based cohort study. Anesth Analg. 2019;128:1129–1136.
- Bulka CM, Terekhov MA, Martin BJ, et al. Nondepolarizing neuromuscular blocking agents, reversal, and risk of postoperative pneumonia. Anesthesiology. 2016;125:647–55.
- Bronsert MR, Henderson WG, Monk TG, et al. Intermediate-acting nondepolarizing neuromuscular blocking agents and risk of postoperative 30-day morbidity and mortality, and long-term survival. Anesth Analg. 2017;124:1476–1483.
- Belcher AW, Leung S, Cohen B, et al. Incidence of complications in the post-anesthesia care unit and associated healthcare utilization in patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery requiring neuromuscular blockade 2005–2013: a single center study. J Clin Anesth. 2017;43:33–38.
- Oh TK, Oh AY, Ryu JH, et al. Retrospective analysis of 30-day unplanned readmission after major with reversal by sugammadex or neostigmine. Br J Anaesth. 2019;122:370–378.
- Martinez-Ubieto J, Ortega-Lucea S, Pascual-Bellosta A, et al. Prospective study of residual neuromuscular block and postoperative respiratory complications in patients reversed with neostigmine versus sugammadex. Minerva Anestesiol. 2016;82:735–742.
- Kheterpal S, Vaughn MT, Dubovoy TZ, et al. Sugammadex versus neostigmine for reversal of neuromuscular blockade and postoperative pulmonary complications (STRONGER): a multicenter matched control cohort analysis. Anesthesiology. 2020;132:1371–1381.
- Kirmeier E, Eriksson LI, Lewald H, et al. POPULAR Contributors. Post-anaesthesia pulmonary complications after use of muscle relaxants (POPULAR): a multicentre, prospective observational study. Lancet Respir Med. 2019;7:129–140.
- Naguib M, Brull SJ, Kopman AF, et al. Consensus statement on perioperative use of neuromuscular monitoring. Anesth Analg. 2018; 127:71–80.
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5 edition of Economics found in the catalog.
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|Statement||Ralph T. Byrns, Gerald W. Stone, Jr.|
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Military ties between China and Pakistan are the backbone of relations between the two countries, a senior Chinese general told Pakistans visiting army chief, days after a Pakistani minister stirred unease about Chinese Silk Road projects
Military ties between China and Pakistan are the "backbone" of relations between the two countries, a senior Chinese general told Pakistan's visiting army chief, days after a Pakistani minister stirred unease about Chinese Silk Road projects.
General Qamar Javed Bajwa is the most senior Pakistani figure to visit ally China since the new government of Prime Minister Imran Khan took office in August, and his trip comes a week or so after a senior Chinese diplomat visited Islamabad. Pakistan has deepened ties with China in recent years as relations with the United States have frayed. Bajwa may be hoping to smooth out any Chinese alarm at comments last week by Pakistan's commerce minister, Abdul Razak Dawood, who suggested suspending for a year projects in the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, the Pakistan leg of China's Belt and Road Initiative that includes recreating the old Silk Road trading route.
On Tuesday, Zhang Youxia, a deputy chairman of China's powerful Central Military Commission which President Xi Jinping heads, reiterated to Bajwa that the two countries are "all weather" strategic cooperative partners. "China-Pakistan military ties are an important backbone of relations between the two countries," said Zhang according to a statement by China's Defence Ministry late on Tuesday.
"The two militaries should further pay close attention to practical cooperation in all areas, keep raising the ability to deal with various security risks and challenges, and join hands to protect the common interests of both countries."However, Zhang cited Xi as saying that the Belt and Road initiative should be a benchmark for China-Pakistan ties. He said China appreciated the new Pakistan government's platform of fully promoting the relationship and that China was willing to work with the new government to push construction of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor. Beijing has pledged to invest about $60 billion in Pakistan for infrastructure for the Belt and Road project. | <urn:uuid:91be6295-0811-4c89-a2a3-4fccce8c6c5a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/International/2018-09-19/Military-ties-backbone-to-relations-with-Pakistan-China/412779 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571950.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813111851-20220813141851-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.958276 | 429 | 1.585938 | 2 |
– A weaker Norwegian krone can probably explain some of this, but there is every reason for consumers to keep up with inflation, says Listhaug to Aftenposten.
According to Statistics Norway food in Norway has become 5.4 percent more expensive in the last four months.
Food prices rose sharply also last summer when food prices rose by 3.2 percent in just one month. Since then Listhaug followed the grocery market closely. Now she works legistlations on good trade practice, writes NTB.
She points out that Norway has just three grocery chains and the government has every reason to follow the competition closely. In addition, she emphazies on the need of strong concentration on the supply chain.
The company Asko, owned by Norway Group, is currently the largest supplier of food to grocery operators, hotels, restaurants and kiosks. | <urn:uuid:ed29ceb5-0a3a-444d-a5bd-b2483dbf4761> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.tnp.no/norway/economy/5036-food-minister-food-in-norway-is-very-expensive/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572063.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814173832-20220814203832-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.968685 | 176 | 1.609375 | 2 |
At some point in your life, you might need to sell your home. People tend to sell their homes for many reasons. You may require the money urgently, or you are planning to move to another house. Selling a home is not always easy, and the fact that many people tend to be emotionally attached to their homes makes it even more challenging. Sure, if you are seeking Real Estate Photography Palm Beach then stunning aerial photos will get more buyers interested. If you are lucky enough to find a willing buyer, the issue of price comes into play. Selling your home for what it’s worth may also be challenging. The main question asked by most homeowners who are selling their homes is the value of money they will get after the sale. Here are some of the factors that will determine the money you will get when you successfully sell your home.
Real Estate Agents
Real estate agents will prove to be crucial when you need to sell your home. In most cases, many people cannot sell their homes without them. It is common knowledge that real estate agents and companies do a lot of work for a home to be sold. They have to put in the effort for advertising and convincing clients to consider buying a home. For the work they do, they have to make some cash. The cash they make will come from the total money the house will sell for.
Most of the time, you will be required to agree on a given percentage that they will get when the house is sold. If you do not want to reduce the amount of money you will get by much, you can negotiate the percentage before signing an agreement. Some may also require those who buy their homes to meet the costs of the real estate agent. Since selling a home is challenging, you may need the help of an agent or real estate company. You should consider visiting this link https://homeflippers.ca/ to get the best deal for your home quickly.
Mortgage and Sales Proceeds
Most people acquire homes through a mortgage. It is crucial to know that your mortgage will probably take much of the money you sell the house for. You are required to first clear your mortgage before successfully selling your home. The amount you own on your mortgage will be deducted from the money you sell your house for. You may be further required to pay more fees to your mortgage company. This includes cancelation money and closing fees. Some of the closing fees may include some taxes and fees that are common when transferring the title of your home to another person. Having a mortgage mainly means you may earn less amount of the money you sell your home.
It is also essential to note that certain personal situations may determine the money you will be left with after selling your home. Finding the right real estate agent will be vital in helping you to sell your home at a price its worth. | <urn:uuid:6bf495ac-8cd3-41eb-8919-a8f33f95e030> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://roohome.com/24562/the-amount-of-money-you-will-get-once-you-successfully-sell-your-house/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572063.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814173832-20220814203832-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.969808 | 575 | 1.523438 | 2 |
09 Jan 2018 UK: Waitrose bans sale of energy drinks to under-16s
Waitrose has become the first UK supermarket to ban sales of energy drinks to under-16s, amid concerns about high levels of sugar and caffeine and their impact on children’s health and behaviour.
From 5 March, customers buying drinks containing more than 150mg of caffeine per litre will be asked to prove they are over 16.
Drinks such as Red Bull, Relentless, Monster Energy and Rockstar have become increasingly popular with children and teenagers who consume them more than adults, even though under UK industry labelling guidelines any soft drink with more than 150mg of caffeine per litre must carry a high caffeine content warning and state it is not recommended for children.
The compulsory health warnings read: “High caffeine content. Not recommended for children or pregnant or breastfeeding women or persons sensitive to caffeine.”
The move makes Waitrose the only UK supermarket to introduce a sales policy aligned with the guidance on energy drink packaging. In early 2015, Morrisons ended its trial ban on the sale of energy drinks to under-16s, which it had rolled out to just six stores.
Last month the teachers’ union NASUWT called for the sale of the drinks to under-16s to be banned. Its national official for education, Darren Northcott, described the beverages as “legal highs” that helped to fuel bad behaviour in schools.
Also seeking a ban are medical experts, including the charity Action on Sugar, as well as the TV chef and food campaigner Jamie Oliver.
Simon Moore, Waitrose’s director of technical and corporate social responsibility, said: “As a responsible retailer, we want to sell these products in line with the labelling guidance.
“These drinks carry advice stating that they are not recommended for children, so we’re choosing to proactively act on that guidance, particularly given the widespread concerns which have been raised about these drinks when consumed by under-16s.”
The Food Standards Agency warns that energy drinks can contain high levels of caffeine, usually about 80mg in a small 250ml can – similar to the amount in three cans of cola or a mug of instant coffee.
As well as caffeine, they sometimes contain ingredients such as glucuronolactone and taurine, as well as vitamins, minerals and herbal substances. Some of the smaller “energy shot” products can contain 80-160mg of caffeine in a 60ml bottle.
Katharine Jenner, campaign director at Action on Sugar, at Queen Mary University of London, said: “We are delighted to see that Waitrose is leading by example with its ban and hope that other retailers will follow suit immediately.
“Energy drinks are completely inappropriate for children to consume, form no part of a healthy balanced diet, and should be banned for under-16s across the board.”
She pointed out that its study published last month in BMJ Open revealed that the sugar, calorie and caffeine content in energy drinks was far too high.
“Just one can of Rockstar Punched (500ml) contains 78g sugar – that’s nearly 20 teaspoons. The consumption of energy drinks is a huge contribution to sugar intake, which is linked to the development of obesity and various types of cancer, as well as type 2 diabetes, and is rotting our children’s teeth.” | <urn:uuid:bf8ee10e-8e85-40d6-8712-d327e4e70cbe> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.drinkstuff-sa.co.za/uk-waitrose-bans-sale-energy-drinks-16s/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571584.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812045352-20220812075352-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.952209 | 720 | 2.171875 | 2 |
By Jim Hutchinson, Jr. & Fred Golofaro
The premature emancipation of a satellite tagging device puts our Northeast Striped Bass Study team to the test.
“So we wait for tag returns while preparing for the next round of tagging sometime later this season…”
That’s part of the final line of our July feature write-up of the Northeast Striped Bass Study (’21 SAT Tags Deployed: Gray FishTag Research Returns) and our May 24th expedition to place high-tech MiniPSAT devices into a pair of big striped bass. As far as waiting for “tag returns,” we were hoping it would be about four months before the electrical charge released the satellite tag from the two fish.
But then came some unsettling news.
“On June 6, 2021, we began to see an uplink transmission from one of the two satellite tags we recently deployed. It was an unknown pre-mature tag release,” wrote Roxanne Willmer of Gray FishTag Research in an email to the team. The news came just as we were finalizing the July edition of The Fisherman and rather than rewrite the past, we quickly began assembling a team for the future.
The Eagle Has Landed
Premature tag releases are a part of the risks undertaken with satellite tag research efforts. When a tag is first released, it will begin sharing the data stored inside the unit with Argos satellites overhead by transmission uplinks. “This tag began transferring data near Great Kill Beach in Staten Island, New York, and within a day moved to a residential location in Staten Island,” Willmer explained, adding, “this told us that the tag was originally on the beach and now was in someone’s possession possibly in their home, car, garage etc.”
The Gray FishTag Research team watched these uplinks carefully and would spend the better part of a week looking for consistency and movements. With battery life of about two weeks to allow the info to be uplinked to the Argos satellites, the window for finding the actual MiniPSAT device was closing. And while transmissions are not fixed GPS locations – with variances up to a 1000-foot radius – it’s next to impossible to locate a pinpoint position of one of these tags, especially in a highly populated area like Staten Island. However, based on the daily updates to the Argos satellite, the Gray FishTag Research team was able to narrow down some streets and crossroads where we felt it was located.
By June 10th, Willmer and her team had reached out to Capt. Guy Buono of Krunch Sportfishing out of Great Kills, NY. One of several charter boat captains now working on the Northeast Striped Bass Study, Capt. Buono put up social media posts in hopes of finding someone who knew about the tag. Within days, flyers were up in local businesses and members of the fishing community were out and about, asking questions and hoping to find the device.
Late on Friday, June 11, an email arrived at Wildlife Computers, the manufacturer of the satellite tag. William Donnelly, a wildlife photographer based out of Staten Island, used the information printed on the MiniPSAT device, contacting Wildlife Computers to let them know that he was in possession of the tag. Tag sponsor and former New York Police Department lieutenant David Glassberg contacted a few close buddies, and the next morning he sent a text to the Northeast Striped Bass Study team with a simple message “eagle has been recovered,” along with a photo of Mr. Donnelly holding the tag outside of his Staten Island home. In exchange, the beachcombing wildlife photographer received a check for $250 and a pair of Costa sunglasses as a reward.
“When we began this study, we knew it had great importance and we were creating and collecting groundbreaking data on striped bass; but, now it is so much more special to us,” Willmer said later. “We are amazed at the crazy passion everyone involved has for the striped bass fishery but even more so for the passion they have for the success of our Gray FishTag Research tagging program.”
“Words cannot express having the support and interest of all these remarkable people helping put the pieces together and getting this tag back to us,” Willmer added. But it still leaves us with only one tagged fish still out there on the run from the May 24 deployment, and a need to improvise and adapt.
Down, Not Out
“Realizing the short duration this tag spent with the fish and our commitment to this study, we spoke with Chuck Many to see if he felt confident that we could locate another qualified candidate this late in the season for deployment of an additional satellite tag,” Willmer wrote in her update to the team. That question to Many was met with a resounding “yes” by a man who has become known all along the Atlantic Coast for his passion and penchant for finding jumbo stripers. With one satellite tag returned, another – the third in 2021 – was overnighted to Many by Monday morning, June 14th.
Together with Glassberg, Shawn DeVincenzo and myself, our team was back on the Shrewsbury Rocks off the northern New Jersey coast with a livewell full of eels just a bit after dawn on the 15th. We were still deploying our gear when the first planer disappeared from the surface and one of Many’s Shimano Torium reels started losing line. With DeVincenzo at the rod, we landed a 38-incher in a matter of minutes, but as I was shooting video I could see from the viewfinder that this girl only had one eye, not exactly a prime candidate for carrying a tag.
It was our only runoff, short the quick work the bluefish made of our eels and the thresher that came crashing through the spread later that morning. Down but not out, we spoke later at Gateway Marina while rinsing down the boat, about one more shot. With 2- to 6-pound bluefish now setting up in local waters, we figured the primary bodies of jumbo stripers had begun their travels north and east, but felt one more attempt for that Thursday was in the cards.
Two days later with Many and myself along with brothers Joel, Lee and Seth Wakefield, the Tyman left Gateway Marina at 4:45 a.m. in hopes of beating the bluefish to the breakfast table. We set the spread upon good marks at the Rocks, about 10 rods each with a flashing planer holding live eels down below the surface anywhere from 8 to 15 feet. In less than a half an hour, the bluefish ate roughly $50 worth of eels. The feisty piranha made eeling for jumbos an impossibility, so we made a fruitless run to the South Shore of Long Island, drifting and slow trolling the eels and planers not far from the Rockaway Reef. Two hours later with no takers under idyllic conditions pushed us towards Plan C, cast netting for live bunker and anchoring up along Romer Shoal inside Raritan Bay.
After weeding through some smaller fish, Lee Wakefield grabbed a screaming rod a little after noon on June 17, 2021 and we wrangled a 44-inch striped bass aboard the Tyman. With good length and yes, both of her eyeballs intact, the third Wildlife Computers MiniPSAT device of this year’s study was stuck into her fleshy shoulders and she was quickly revived along the starboard side gunnel. With a slap of the tail and a flash, the fish was gone, leaving two satellite devices in place along the Striper Coast from the spring run at the Jersey Shore.
A Return To Montauk
On Wednesday, June 30th, just a few days prior to the anniversary of Independence being tagged off of Montauk last year, we set out to place two Wildlife Computers MiniPSAT tags into another pair of big stripers on the eastern tip of Long Island. Montauk’s rips had been yielding good numbers of quality bass for a couple of weeks so confidence was running high among a crew made up of Mike Caruso, publisher of The Fisherman, senior editor Fred Golofaro, and Capt. John Paduano of Premium Charters and Bucktails, who was serving as guide for the day.
Making the trip up from Florida was Bill Dobbelaer, president of Gray Fish Tag Research and his sidekick, Stu Webber, a jovial Aussie who kept the crew entertained through much of our stay in Montauk. We would be fishing aboard Al Steiger’s 31-foot, Seakeeper equipped, Steiger Craft DV Miami with Al at the helm, and George Yurcak, his National Sales Manager, serving as mate and angler.
The team began working the waters west of the Point and the Elbow as the ebb wound down and the current began to flood. A few small bass and blues, along with a handful of porgies and sea bass succumbed to baits and bucktails. As the flood began to build, a couple of better fish fell to our snap jigging routine, but not before a 44-inch fish fell to George on a live 10-inch porgy. That fish easily met our minimum requirement of 42 inches for tagging.
In the days leading up to the Montauk trip, the Northeast Striped Bass Study team had only been planning on the one MiniPSAT device. Just before hopping on a plane out of Fort Lauderdale, Bill and Stu broke the fantastic news by phone that Pure Fishing had laid out the cash for a second device for the New York deployment. So now with one tag down and a little too much boat traffic for our liking, John proposed a move east where he was confident we would find more and bigger fish for our second bonus tag – he was right. We quickly tagged a second 46-inch fish after denying a 49.5-incher due to a nasty looking, but healed scar, on its underbelly. Multiple hookups were common as other members of the crew joined in on the snap jigging routine and we used up Bill’s supply of spaghetti tags. It will be interesting to see if the two yet to be named fish follow the same pattern as Independence.
So, What’s Next?
As of the 2021 July Fourth weekend, we have deployed five MiniPSAT devices this season into striped bass from 42 to 46 inches in length. One of those tagged stripers, a 44-incher aboard Chuck Many’s boat Tyman on May 24, 2021, is still out there on the loose, with a tag expected to release during the third week of September. The 42-incher tagged aboard Capt. Frank Wags’ Fin Chasers is the one that disengaged early after just about two weeks. The other NY Bight/Jersey Shore specimen tagged on June 17 is expected to be free of her MiniPSAT in the middle of October. The MiniPSAT devices from those two Montauk fish will hopefully begin their transmission to the Argos Satellites in early November.
Thus far, none of these fish have been officially named. In our July edition of The Fisherman we asked for readers to provide naming ideas that were appropriate for this year’s study. In 2019, we had Liberty and Freedom, followed by Cora and Rona in 2020 off the Jersey Shore with Independence over the 2020 Fourth of July weekend. I’m thinking Mary for our emergency fish aboard Tyman on the 17th of June, only because that 44-incher at Romer Shoal was very much a “Hail Mary” fish of sorts.
And perhaps the premature release – that “needle in a haystack” tag retrieval along the shores of Staten Island – could take the honor of the family of the very first settlers there on August 6, 1661. The Dutch family of Thys Barentsen immigrated from Holland on that date with 21 other families. According to the passenger lists and subsequent genealogical research, Thys’s wife was named Magdelena.
Given the divinity of striped bass in our region, could naming them Mary and Magdelena be any more appropriate?
By the time the sensor data archived in the onboard memory inside each tag (including hourly temperature, pressure, and light data) begins to feed the Argos Satellites and relay that valuable packet of information back to Gray FishTag Research, there are a whole bunch of us here along the Striper Coast praying for the very best out of this year’s study. Praying, and hoping for at least one more deployment soon, this time along the New England coast in an effort to continue tracking these incredible migratory fish.
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* The following information has been provided by Dr. Phil Zeltzman, a board-certified veterinary surgeon from Whitehall, Pennsylvania as a courtesy to goodnewsforpets readers. To subscribe to his newsletter, click here.
Dr. Sara Fiocchi is a board-eligible veterinary oncologist (aka cancer specialist) at the Veterinary Cancer Group in beautiful Tustin, CA.
I first met Sara during my residency, near Chicago. She was both a veterinary student and an emergency technician. It takes a lot of courage and hard work to do that. The hard work paid off. Sara continued on with her success story.
She provides some answers about questions that clients faced with cancer in their pet commonly ask.
What is your background?
I graduated from the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine in 2005 and have since completed an internship at Texas A&M University and a residency at the Veterinary Cancer Group in Tustin, CA.
What does a veterinary oncologist do?
First and foremost, we educate. When I first meet a pet who has cancer, I speak with their family about what cancer is. I describe the predicted behavior of the specific type of cancer that their pet has, treatment options and prognosis (aka outcome). I perform “staging” tests (blood work, X-rays, ultrasound, sampling lymph nodes or undiagnosed masses, sometimes even CT scan, MRI, or nuclear medicine scans) to determine if the cancer has spread, and if so, how far.
Once you have a diagnosis, what are the treatment options?
In general, treatment recommendations include surgery, radiation therapy and/or chemotherapy. We discuss what the family’s goals are, and decide together what tests and treatments are in the best interest of the pet.
If surgery is indicated, I usually send the pet to a Board-Certified Veterinary Surgeon. Studies have shown that, in certain tumor types, having cancer surgery done by a Veterinary Surgeon actually improves the pet’s prognosis.
If chemotherapy or radiation therapy is the best treatment choice, I do those in my clinic and can often start treatment at the pet’s very first appointment.
Can chemotherapy be dangerous for the pet owner or for other pets?
When handled properly there is little risk to the family and other pets. Most chemotherapy drugs are given by injection in my clinic. Occasionally, chemotherapy pills are given by mouth at home, and the pills are coated in a thick shell to minimize the risk of exposure to the chemotherapy.
Despite that shell, I still recommend that people wear latex gloves when giving chemotherapy pills, in case their pet bites into that shell. I advise pregnant or nursing women (or people attempting to become pregnant) not to handle any chemotherapy or even handle the waste of patients receiving chemotherapy.
With certain drugs, chemotherapy may be present in the pet’s urine, feces or vomit, and families should be cautious to avoid exposure when cleaning up after their pet during the first day or two after chemotherapy is given.
Do pets get sick from chemotherapy, like people do?
The majority of pets do not get sick from chemotherapy. This is very important to me because my goal in treating pets with cancer is to prolong a good quality life. In my experience, about 15% of dogs and about 5% of cats will get sick temporarily. Fortunately it is rare (less than 1% in my practice) that they become sick enough to need to be hospitalized. In the few pets that do get sick, we change their treatment to try to make sure they don’t become sick a second time.
Do pets lose their hair, like people do?
Most pets do not lose their hair, but shaved areas may grow back slowly. Cats may lose their whiskers. Terriers, Sheepdogs, Poodles and other dogs who get hair cuts are likely to have some degree of hair loss, but I have yet to see a pet go completely bald!
What are the most common side effects of chemotherapy?
Gastrointestinal (tummy) upset including nausea, decreased appetite, vomiting or diarrhea may occur in about 15% of dogs and 5% of cats. If this happens, it is typically mild and can be treated by feeding a bland diet or giving oral medications at home. Some pets’ white cell count may become low, and antibiotics or other medications may be recommended if that happens. Side-effects usually resolve within a day or two if they even occur.
How long is the chemotherapy treatment?
The length of the treatment plan depends on many factors, including the type and stage (how advanced it is) of the cancer. Treatment can range from months to years. One important thing to note is that, if your pet has been receiving cancer treatment for years, it is because the treatment is working!
How often do I need to bring my pet for treatment?
The schedule depends on the type of chemo given, which in turn depends on the type of cancer the pet has. Some chemo drugs are given daily at home, others are given in the oncologist’s clinic once every week or every 2-3 weeks. There are some types of cancer for which we do not even recommend chemotherapy.
Can a special diet help my pet?
Some oncologists, including myself, recommended a low carbohydrate or grain-free diet in pets with cancer. This can be a commercial dog food such as Inova EVO, Nature’s Variety Instinct, Wellness CORE, Dick Van Patten’s Natural Balance, and several others.
The reason to feed a grain-free diet is try to starve the cancer cells of their favorite food: simple carbohydrates (aka sugar).
An alternative is to contact a veterinary nutritionist for guidance in preparing a home-cooked diet for your pet. It can be tricky. When choosing a diet, other illnesses the pet may have need to be taken into account such as diabetes, kidney or liver disease, or bladder stones.
Can supplements help my pet?
There are a few supplements, including omega 3 fatty acids (found in fish oil and some other oils), that have proven benefits in 4-legged patients with cancer. There are many supplements that support the immune system, and whole food vitamins are another excellent way to help support the body’s normal functions.
Hundreds of supplements are being sold on the internet that may or may not provide benefit to cancer patients.
I recommend speaking either with your family vet or your veterinary oncologist to obtain supplement recommendations that are specific to your pet. I would warn against taking advice about supplements from someone who has never met your pet and does not know his/her complete medical background.
Can alternative medicine help my pet?
Acupuncture, chiropractics and nutrition are three alternative therapies that I utilize in my practice in order to provide holistic care and maintain the best possible quality of life in my cancer patients. Many of my patients also see holistic vets who have additional training in the areas of nutrition and herbal supplements as well as homeopathic remedies and energy work.
Please note that the second half of this interview will appear next week.
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KEAM 2019 Question Paper – Kerala Engineering, Architecture Medical (KEAM) 2019 exam is on May 02 and 03, 2019. Once the exam is over, Kerala CEE releases KEAM 2019 Question Paper for Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry. Karnataka Common Entrance Test (KEAM 2019) is a pen-paper based test. The question paper for KEAM 2019 contains multiple-choice questions (MCQs). There will be given 5 options for each question and only on the answer will be correct. The candidates will have to give the answer in the OMR sheet. Check more details about KEAM 2019 Question Paper from this page.
KEAM 2019 Question Paper, Answer Key and Solution
The question paper for KEAM 2019 is released by Coaching Institutes and unofficial sources. You can use the question paper and the KEAM 2019 Answer Key to estimate your score in the exam.
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How to Download KEAM 2019 Question Paper and Answer Key?
Questions paper and Answer key will be available for KEAM 2019 once the exam is over. Students can download the question paper and answer key for KEAM 2019 by simply following the instructions as below:
Step 1: Click on the direct link which is going to be provided on this page.
Step 2: Select the question paper and answer key of the relevant year.
Step 3: The question paper and answer key will be available in the pdf format.
Step 4: Download the pdf and start cross-checking your answers.
Exam pattern of KEAM 2019
- Type: Multiple choice exam. There are 5 options for each question and only on the answer is correct.
- Mode: Offline, the candidates have to give the answer in the OMR sheet.
- Marking Scheme: There are 4 marks for each correct answer and deduction of 1 mark for each wrong answer.
- Time: The time duration for each Paper is 150 mins.
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KEAM 2019 Answer Key
Along with the KEAM Question Paper, the exam conducting body also releases the KEAM 2019 Answer Key. It is released online at its official website. Candidates should use the KEAM Question paper and answer key to cross-check their answers and calculate their probable score.
How to Calculate Marks Using KEAM Answer key 2019?
To calculate marks using the KEAM Answer Key by following the steps as provided below:
- Firstly, download the KEAM 2019 Answer Key and Question Paper
- Next, the candidates need to cross-check their answers with that given in the Answer Key.
- For a correct answer, you have to add 04 marks
- Since there is negative marking, 01 mark is deducted for an incorrect answer.
- Furthermore, if you have marked more than one option for a question, even if one the option happens to be correct, you cannot add marks for it.
About KEAM 2019
The full form of KEAM is Karnataka Engineering Agriculture Medical entrance exam. It is a state level entrance exam which is conducted by the Commissioner of Entrance Examination (CEE). It is the gateway for admission in various specializations of engineering, pharmacy, medical, forestry, agriculture, and many other courses. Though for admission in the Medical course, a candidate must qualify the NEET exam, and for architecture courses, candidates must pass the NATA entrance exam.
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A recent news story in Bloomberg Businessweek proclaims “How to Avert an Ebola Nightmare: Lessons from Nigeria’s Victory.” The article outlines the remarkable achievement of Nigeria’s Ministry of Health with partners, including CDC, to contain the spread of Ebola in that country. Now declared Ebola-free by the World Health Organization (WHO), Nigeria stands as a case study for other nations who are at high-risk for transmission of Ebola from neighboring countries.
A team of Nigerian scientists shared those lessons with public health officials from Ghana and Gambia at a workshop held October 7-9, 2014, in Accra, Ghana, “Strengthening Detection and Response Capacity to Significant Public Health Events, including Ebola.” Led by Dr. Akin Oyenakinde, Chief Consultant Epidemiologist at the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, the Nigerian team described the critical role of communication, their emergency operations center, financial resources, political will, and contact tracing to the effective control of Ebola. He highlighted the role of the Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Program, an initiative in partnership with CDC, in preparing Nigeria for response to Ebola. Notably 100 or the 150 contact tracers who monitored potential Ebola cases were trained through the Nigeria FELTP program.
Participants in the workshop peppered Dr. Oyenakinde and his team with questions about case management, infection control, and contact tracing. Their response was evidence that countries who have successfully met the challenge of public health emergencies have high credibilty for nations who are preparing for potential cases of Ebola.
The workshop in Ghana shared best practices, such as those applied in Nigeria, and led participants through hypothetical, but likely scenarios in which Ebola was introduced into their countries. Participants were asked to respond to those scenarios by identifying resources and strategies for early detection, infection control, contact tracing, and emergency operations systems. At the end of the workshop, the process was designed to help Ghana and Gambia create concrete plans. The workshop was sponsored by the USAID, in partnership with CDC, Public Health England, and the U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency.
The workshop in Ghana was the second of three planned regional Ebola preparedness workshops. The first was held in Cote d‘Ivoire, and the third is designed in Cameroon for West Africa French-speaking countries, November 4-6. The workshops are one part of a multi-prong strategy that CDC is supporting to prepare countries that are at high risk for introduction of Ebola, but have not yet reported cases or faced widespread disease.
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Current mental health discourse refers often to a ‘recovery’ process; we prefer to think in terms of discovery rather than recovery. Following a period of mental distress we are unlikely to return to being the person we were, we emerge as a new, hopefully, improved version at which point we have to discover ourselves again.
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How it all started / the beginning
In 2000, we left our comfortable life in Waddinxveen, to live and work in Romania. We were originally sent out by the Christian Church Bethel boskoop
The first 4-1/2 years, we worked with an American organization in Cluj-Napoca. We learned a lot from them, but came to a place where we felt it was time to take the step of starting an organization on our own.
The new beginning
In 2005, we started work in our neighborhood in Floresți. As we moved forward with the work, searching for new ways to serve the community, we were contacted by someone in Holland, from a school called Katapult that trains people to work with children and teenagers, established by Herman Boon Ministries. http://dekatapult.nl, They asked if they could come over for some outreach with us. We were surprised as, at this point, we hadn’t done any work with children in our residence or care work. We first tried to stress to Herman that we were not working with the children, but he convinced us that they really felt led to visit us anyway.
So, that’s how the “party” started! We rented a Roma gypsy church in Floresți, and with the outreach group from Katapult, we had about 180 children on our third day of the program (the village has a population of about 2000)!
After Herman and the students returned to Holland, we decided to continue with the weekly children’s program and currently we have about 40 children still attending.
As we worked with the Roma Gypsy children, we learned that many don’t finish school. We also saw struggles in their family lives with alcohol, poverty, aggression, substandard housing and social problems. To get the most basic job, you must attend school for at least 8 years and without those years, the chance of getting any job is quite low! These children were facing almost impossible odds of achieving 8 years of education. Some children don’t have birth certificates and without one, they don’t exist, according to the government, so aren’t even allowed to attend school!
We received the vision to start an after-school care program, to provide classes for extra help with homework, where the children could feel safe, nurtured and have the freedom to be a child. We had no experience in setting up this type of educational support, but provision came in miraculous ways. In the name of our foundation, we purchased a house in the autumn of 2005, and after 6 months of refurbishing, were able to open our doors to the first 30 children who had signed up. We named the house Casa Speranta which means “House of Hope” and has now grown to about 45! Along with a good meal and help with education, we also offer encouragement and love to these children.
And after just one year of the children participating in our program, we saw lots of positive change. We saw this change, not only in the area of educational achievements, but also in their personalities and overall well-being. Love is the basis of everything we do at Foundation Charis, especially our projects. In addition to the after-school care program, we have an educational program for mothers every Monday. We help mothers learn how to raise healthy children, in the areas of hygiene and use of medication. Then on Wednesdays there is a women’s program for worship and Bible study. On Friday there is a children’s program and after that we have a program for the teenagers. On Sundays we have a service in the church with about 60 people attending each week.
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Direct quantification of energy intake in an apex marine predator suggests physiology is a key driver of migrations
The Bluefin tuna is known as the largest tuna and on average can live up to forty years. Their migration involves a long distance of crossing over from ocean to ocean. Because of the Bluefin tuna, researchers have investigated the energy intake of the Pacific bluefin tuna specifically. The reason for this experiment was to learn more about the Pacific bluefin tuna on how much energy is taken through their migration patterns. The aim was to collect data to create an appropriate tool and map to use in the future for certain locations the Pacific bluefin tuna tends to intake energy.
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Pacific bluefin tuna (Thunnus orientalis) are highly migratory apex marine predators that inhabit a broad thermal niche. The energy needed for migration must be garnered by foraging, but measuring energy intake in the marine environment is challenging. We quantified the energy intake of Pacific bluefin tuna in the California Current using a laboratory-validated model, the first such measurement in a wild marine predator. Mean daily energy intake was highest off the coast of Baja California, Mexico in summer (mean ± SD, 1034 ± 669 kcal), followed by autumn when Pacific bluefin achieve their northernmost range in waters off northern California (944 ± 579 kcal). Movements were not always consistent with maximizing energy intake: the Pacific bluefin move out of energy rich waters both in late summer and winter, coincident with rising and falling water temperatures, respectively. We hypothesize that temperature-related physiological constraints drive migration and that Pacific bluefin tuna optimize energy intake within a range of optimal aerobic performance.
An understanding of ecosystem responses to a changing ocean environment is key to effective management of marine communities. Apex marine predators are of particular concern owing to their potential to induce marked shifts in the dynamics and function of marine communities via cascading effects on lower trophic levels (1, 2). For highly migratory species, identification of the mechanisms that underlie migration is an important step in predicting ecosystem-level responses to a warming ocean (3).
The study of physiological mechanisms that govern change in species’ performance (foraging, growth, reproduction, etc.) can help to elucidate responses to climatic warming (4). In many animals, aerobic scope (the difference minimal and maximal rates of oxygen consumption) decreases with cooling or warming outside the optimum temperature range, resulting in lower performance (4, 5). Pacific bluefin tuna (Thunnus orientalis) is a highly migratory marine predator of acute conservation concern (6, 7) and one of the most valuable fish species on the planet (8). Juveniles exhibit two life-history strategies: residency in the western Pacific, or migration to the eastern Pacific, where they remain for 1 to 4 years (9, 10) before returning to the western Pacific to spawn. Electronic tagging studies have revealed that migrants to the eastern Pacific Ocean make seasonal north-south migrations within the California Current Large Marine Ecosystem (CCLME), along the Mexico and California coasts (10, 11). These movements are consistent with occupation of the routine metabolic thermal minimum zone (10, 12), between 15° and 20°C (minimum rate of oxygen consumption, MO2, of 175 ± 29 mg kg–1 h–1 at 15°C) (12), and optimization of aerobic physiological performance, because more energy is required for routine metabolism outside this range. Optimal cardiac performance is also achieved within this thermal window because bradycardia occurs at low temperatures (13), whereas an elevated metabolic rate increases aerobic demands on the heart. To date, the lack of ability to measure foraging success in wild Pacific bluefin tuna has precluded examination of the roles of food availability and physiological mechanisms in driving the migratory cycle (10, 11).
Direct measurement of foraging success in the marine environment is difficult because of the need to simultaneously observe animals at different trophic levels over suitable spatial and temporal scales (14). Electronic tags have been used to infer feeding via a variety of proxies, including movement modes (turning angle and movement speed), whereby sinuous slow movements are interpreted as area-restricted search–type behaviors associated with foraging (15). Other studies have used metrics related to diving behavior as a proxy for feeding, for example, time spent at depth (16), tag immersion in seabirds (17, 18), and descent speed during passive drift dives (which provides a measure of the animal’s body condition: larger fat stores confer greater buoyancy) (19). However, in the absence of direct observations, these proxies may not constitute reliable indicators of feeding.
In bluefin tunas, the metabolic heat generated by digestion [the heat increment of feeding (HIF)] is measurable using viscerally implanted archival tags (20) and is strongly correlated with the energetic value of a meal (21, 22). Visceral warming has been used to measure feeding frequency and relative intake size (kg) of feeds in southern bluefin tuna (Thunnus maccoyii) in the Indian Ocean (23). Quantitative analyses of feeding in bluefin tunas have hitherto only used estimates of feeding frequency or presence/absence of feeding events (23), which may fail to reveal the true variation in energy intake if the magnitude of feeding events is variable.
Here, we quantify energy intake in 144 wild Pacific bluefin tuna in the CCLME on over 39,000 days (fig. S1), using HIF measurements from implanted archival tags. We estimate energy intake using a model developed with laboratory data collected from similar-sized bluefin tuna (22) at a range of ambient temperatures. This method accounts for the magnitude of feeding events as well as the effect of ambient temperature on HIF, whereby greater HIF per kcal ingested is observed at cooler ambient temperatures (consistent with greater heat conservation or reduced dissipation at low temperatures). It thus provides a more accurate and robust measure of energy acquisition and foraging success in a wild marine predator than has previously been possible.
The time series of foraging events in wild Pacific bluefin tuna (median length, 108 cm) as measured by peritoneally implanted archival tags ranged between 61 and 876 days in length (mean, 274 days). The time series data recorded from an archival tagged Pacific bluefin tuna with predicted visceral temperature at rest are shown in Fig. 1 (A to C) (longer time series can be found in figs. S2 and S3). Tracks showing the spatial context for daily energy intake estimates for individual fish are shown in Fig. 2 and fig. S4.
Wild juvenile Pacific bluefin tuna fed successfully on 91% of days (SE, 0.15%). HIF magnitude measured daily varied between 0 and 4106 kcal, with a median of 820 kcal (mean ± SD, 855 ± 540 kcal). The daily sea surface temperature (SST) in the CCLME as measured by archival tags varied from 11.0° to 26.7°C (mean ± SD, 17.2° ± 1.8°C) (Fig. 3). Mean thermal excess (the difference between peritoneal and ambient temperature) at the onset of feeding events was 3.7°C (± 2.3°C); the maximum 13.8°C. Energy intake and thermal excess were positively correlated with body size as measured by the curved fork length (CFL) of tagged tunas [Pearson correlation coefficients, ρ = 0.12 (HIF), ρ = 0.18 (thermal excess); both significantly different from 0 (P < 0.001)].
The measurements of energy intake in Pacific bluefin tuna reveal spatial and temporal heterogeneity in foraging success within the CCLME. Over the course of the year, the highest mean daily energy intake occurred in summer (June and July), when fish are distributed between 23° and 34°N off the coast of the Baja peninsula up to waters of the Southern California Bight (mean ± SD, 1034 ± 669 kcal in July) (Figs. 1 and 3 and fig. S1). Lower energy intake was observed during late summer (August and September), when bluefin tuna are moving up through the Southern California Bight (28° to 32°N). A second seasonal peak in energy intake was observed in autumn (October and November), as the Pacific bluefin reach their northernmost distribution at latitudes between 34° and 40°N (Figs. 1 and 3 and fig. S1), coinciding with high primary productivity and cool water temperatures in this region (Fig. 3 and fig. S6). The lowest mean energy intake occurred in December (647 ± 552 kcal), when most Pacific bluefin have returned south of 34°N (Fig. 1 and fig. S1). High energy intake was observed in January and February, when the bluefin’s distribution extended northward again (Fig. 1 and fig. S1). In autumn and winter (October to February), the highest energy intake values were observed in the northernmost part of the tuna’s range (Fig. 3).
Environmental conditions, spatiotemporal information, and the length of the tagged fish explained a relatively large proportion of the variation in estimated energy intake (adjusted R2 of 34%) in a generalized additive mixed model (GAMM) (Figs. 4 and 5). Spatial patterns in model-predicted energy intake reflected patterns observed in the raw data (Figs. 1, 3, and 4). Over the year, predicted energy intake was highest in June and July and lowest in December (Fig. 4 and figs. S5 and S6). In autumn and winter (September to March), predicted energy intake increased with latitude, with the highest values predicted north of 32°N in waters off central and southern California (Fig. 4 and fig. S6). In contrast, predicted energy intake was highest at lower latitudes in summer (June and July) (Fig. 4).
Energy intake was correlated with SST, isothermal layer depth (ILD, an approximation of mixed layer depth), relative light level, chlorophyll-a concentration, length of the tuna, eddy kinetic energy, day of the year, and location (longitude and latitude) (Table 1). Location and SST together explained just over half of the variation in energy intake accounted for by the model (Table 1), whereas season and surface chlorophyll-a concentration each accounted for close to 10% (Table 1). Energy intake was predicted to increase with the length of the tuna (Fig. 5) and decrease with increasing SST and ILD (Fig. 5). Energy intake was predicted to be highest at intermediate levels of primary productivity (0.2-1.0 mg m–3), as measured by chlorophyll-a (Fig. 5).
Wild juvenile bluefin tuna maintained a larger difference between peritoneal and ambient temperature (thermal excess) in colder waters (figs. S2, S3, and S7). Environmental covariates explained 50% of the variation in thermal excess, with most of the variation accounted for by ambient temperature (table S4). Predicted thermal excess showed a similar spatiotemporal pattern to predicted energy intake, generally increasing with latitude except during summer (fig. S7). The fact that SST explained a much higher proportion of the variation in thermal excess than in energy intake (Table 1 and table S4) suggests that our approach was somewhat successful in accounting for the effect of ambient temperature on HIF magnitude and predicted energy intake.
During autumn and winter, the large HIFs observed at high latitudes were accounted for primarily by older, larger fish (Fig. 6 and fig. S8), which were distributed significantly farther north and at significantly colder temperatures in October [age 3 versus age 2 and younger; Wilcoxon rank sum (W) = 706,168.5 (latitude); W = 1,138,504 (temperature), both P < 0.001]. The largest size-based differences in energy intake were also observed in October (Fig. 6 and table S3), indicating that thermal niche expansion in this endothermic species results in high energetic reward. Greater utilization of cold waters in a larger fish (11) can be observed in the supplementary raw data traces (figs. S2 and S3).
Optimal foraging theory predicts that animals’ movement patterns arise from efficient use of spatially heterogeneous resources and thus reflect the spatial structure of the resource environment. Earlier studies have reported that latitudinal movements of the Pacific bluefin tuna follow seasonal peaks in primary productivity in the CCLME (11) and hypothesized that migrations result from a trade-off between utilizing areas of higher productivity and physiological limitations (of the tuna themselves or their prey) (10). Our direct quantification of energy intake in Pacific bluefin tuna supports the hypothesis that southward movements in winter and spring (coinciding with cooling waters in the north) and northward movements in autumn (coinciding with warming waters in the south) enable the bluefin to remain within a metabolically optimal range, enhancing the availability of excess aerobic capacity for foraging and activity. Average energy intake in the CCLME is highest in July off the coast of the Baja peninsula, coincident with SST approaching the upper end of the thermal habitat utilized by the Pacific bluefin in the eastern Pacific Ocean (Figs. 1and 4 and fig. S6). We hypothesize that the increased metabolic scope required to digest the large meals (24) observed at this time, combined with temperatures rising above the metabolic thermal minimum zone (Fig. 3 and figs. S6 and S9), leads to oxygen limitation that drives northward migration. By moving north in late summer and early autumn, along the coast of North America, the Pacific bluefin tuna exploit a seasonal thermal window of 16° to 18°C in surface waters off central and northern California (Fig. 3). This is close to the annual maximum SST in this region (Fig. 3), and in the optimal range for the tuna’s metabolic and cardiac performance (12, 13, 25). Our results show high energy intake in these northern waters, following summer upwelling events along the northern California coast.
In winter months, as storms mix the water column and SST drops below 15°C off the Californian coast (Fig. 3), the Pacific bluefin tuna move south into Mexican waters along the Baja peninsula, away from the area of highest predicted energy intake in the region of 34°N (Fig. 4). We hypothesize that elevated metabolic costs (fig. S9), coupled with a reduction in cardiac performance at SSTs below 15°C (12, 13, 25) (fig. S9), outweigh potential gains from higher energy intake in northern waters. Size-based differences in thermal habitat utilization (table S3) also point to cold-related physiological constraints: larger fish have greater thermal inertia and increased cardiac capacity. Overall, the Pacific bluefin’s migration within the CCLME appears to maximize energy intake within a thermal range of optimal physiological function (fig. S9).
We identified foraging hotspots (areas of seasonally high energy intake) south of 28°N along the Baja peninsula in summer (June and July), off Northern California (34° to 38°N) in autumn (October and November), and off central California (32° to 35°N) in winter (January and February) (Fig. 4). Hotspots are likely to have important implications for the management of highly migratory marine species such as T. orientalis, for example, as sites of aggregation that are targeted by fishers on account of predictably high densities. Identification of hotspots can also aid in the development of spatially explicit fisheries management strategies or in prioritizing habitats for marine zoning (26, 27). The ability to identify areas of increased feeding success and aggregation is particularly important to inform management for rebuilding depleted populations such as Pacific bluefin tuna. On the basis of our findings, truncation of the population’s age/size structure as a result of intense fishing pressure in the CCLME (7) is expected to lead to narrowing of the bluefin’s latitudinal distribution (as has already been observed; Fig. 3). A loss of growth potential is also predicted if fish do not achieve the body size necessary to access the richest foraging areas in autumn and winter.
Our study also revealed periods of reduced foraging or low foraging success; for example, both individuals in figs. S2 and S3 showed periods with very few HIF events during August (B panels), and late October to November (C panels). In August, this appeared to be associated with northward migration (figs. S2 and S3), perhaps indicating a cessation of feeding during transit between energy-rich foraging grounds, or rapid movement through areas with a high density of predators (10). In October to November, reduced foraging was associated with short southward movements into warmer waters, which were followed by movement north into colder waters again (figs. S2 and S3). This behavior is consistent with the bluefin tuna seeking a “thermal refuge” in between periods of foraging in cold water.
Our results have important implications for predicting the responses of an apex marine predator to changes in the marine environment, addressing a key knowledge gap (28). By combining the first quantification of energy intake in tuna with knowledge of physiological mechanisms, our approach contributes valuable insight into how the migration phenology and habitat use of Pacific bluefin will respond to changes in ocean temperature. Pacific bluefin tuna appear to face a trade-off between energy intake and physiological performance (fig. S9) that shapes migrations in the CCLME. Several of the tuna’s teleost prey species likely face similar physiological thresholds, so that temperature may serve both as a direct physiological driver and as a proxy for the migratory behavior of prey fishes (29). Changes in water temperature may alter the timing and location of suitable thermal habitats, altering the balance between the costs and benefits of migration [for example, if trophic mismatch (30) results]. A shift in the bioenergetics of migration could result in changes to the population dynamics of Pacific bluefin tuna (via changes in rates of growth and mortality) with cascading effects on lower trophic levels. More research is thus needed into the bioenergetics of migration in this species.
Our direct estimates of energy intake in a highly migratory pelagic predator open up a number of avenues for future research, including the bioenergetics of migration and growth, integration of the preyscape (for example, sardine density) with oceanography and feeding success, and predicting how environmental change will affect the CCLME ecosystem via foraging and migration in an apex predator. Combining predator and prey data using the quantitative metrics of foraging success presented here provides the opportunity for novel testing of the principles of foraging theory in the marine system.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
Archival tags (Lotek, LTD 2310 series A-D) were surgically implanted in juvenile Pacific bluefin tuna captured on hook and line during cruises off the coast of California and Mexico aboard the fishing vessel Shogun. Implanted archival tags were programmed to record ambient temperature, peritoneal temperature, light, and depth at intervals ranging between 8 and 120 s. Shipboard tagging protocols have been described previously (9–11). CFLs were measured in the tagging cradle for all electronically tagged fish; lengths at release ranged from 59 to 148 cm (mean, 109 cm), corresponding to an age range of about 1 to 5 years (31). The first 6 days of each track were discarded to allow for the fact that feeding patterns may have been altered immediately after tagging due to stress associated with capture, surgery, and release (some individuals were observed not to feed in the first few days after release). Similarly, data from the day on which fish were recaptured were discarded.
Mean daily SST (calculated as the average of ambient temperature readings in the top 3 m of the water column over a 24-hour period), daily HIF magnitude (HIF summed over 24 hours), and mean daily baseline thermal excess [the average predicted baseline peritoneal temperature (22) at the onset of HIF events over a 24-hour period minus the mean daily SST] were recorded for all tagged Pacific bluefin tuna in the data set. Mean thermal excess was recorded to help interpret patterns in HIF; it is expected to reflect primarily changes in heat production and/or heat conservation at different ambient temperatures (9). We apply a slightly modified version of the hierarchical Bayesian model (HBM) (22) that uses a log-normal observation model to ensure that posterior predictive distributions for HIF do not contain negative values. Results from the two models are comparable [details of the modified model and a comparison with results from the original model (22) can be found in the Supplementary Methods and fig. S10]. The time series of ambient, peritoneal, and predicted baseline peritoneal temperature were plotted for each recovered tag to verify that the algorithm used to predict baseline peritoneal temperature performed satisfactorily. The predicted baseline peritoneal temperature series selected by the algorithm was replaced over short durations in cases where an alternative baseline temperature series offered a better fit to the observed peritoneal temperature values.
Daily energy intake for wild fish was obtained as the posterior predictive distribution for a new individual (that is, an archival-tagged Pacific bluefin tuna for which no experimental observations exist) from the HBM, given measured HIF area and SST (see Supplementary Methods). All estimates of energy intake are reported as the median of the posterior predictive distribution. The results presented in this paper assume a diet of sardines (Sardinops sagax) or forage fish of similar nutritional composition (22). A justification for this assumption and a discussion of its implications for our results can be found in the Supplementary Materials.
Daily position estimates were obtained using light-based geolocation methods refined by comparing tag and satellite-observed SST (10, 32). We use location estimates that have been filtered with a Bayesian state-space model (33) to account for observation error and interpolate missing location observations.
Satellite-derived environmental data were extracted on the basis of the 95% posterior probability intervals for daily positions from the state-space model. A suite of remotely sensed environmental variables (SST, sea surface height, sea surface height SD, surface chlorophyll-a, eddy kinetic energy, and wind stress curl) were sampled at a daily time scale at each position along the track using Xtractomatic (http://coastwatch.pfel.noaa.gov/xtracto/), and were explored for normalcy and collinearity using QQ plots, variance inflation factors, and scatterplots among variables. Mean ILD (m) was also computed for each day (34), using the archival tag profile of ambient temperature and depth and a ΔT of 0.8°C.
Weekly means (or geometric means where appropriate) were computed for HIF magnitude, thermal excess, and oceanographic variables. We applied GAMMs (35) to examine the relationships of (weekly mean) daily energy intake or thermal excess with the oceanographic variables described above, time (year and season) and space (latitude and longitude). All models included individual Pacific bluefin tuna as a random effect (random intercept). The results from GAMMs applied directly to the daily data are presented in the Supplementary Materials.
A normal error structure with identity link was used to look at patterns in average daily HIF and thermal excess (after selecting a suitable distribution on the basis of maximum likelihood). Estimated length (based on length at tagging and growth according to a von Bertalanffy model) was included as a covariate in all GAMMs to account for the effect of body size on HIF.
Selection of environmental variables for inclusion in GAMMs was based on the estimated degrees of freedom for smooth terms, estimated significance level, and proportion of the total deviance explained. Thin plate regression splines with shrinkage (35) were estimated for each oceanographic variable. Seasonal effects were modeled by including year day as an explanatory variable in GAMMs using a cyclic cubic regression spline, which constrains the start and end points of the smooth to be the same (35). Correlation of residuals was addressed by including a first-order autoregressive (AR1) error structure for random effects (nested within individual). To account for spatial autocorrelation, an isotropic thin plate regression spline of latitude and longitude was applied, with the maximum dimension of the basis (k) used to represent the smooth terms (limiting the maximum degrees of freedom for each model term) set to 50. Akaike’s information criterion was used to compare alternative model structures. To approximate the deviance explained by each term in the fixed effects part of GAMMs, generalized additive models were fitted for the full model, null model (intercept only), and submodels in which one smooth term was dropped at a time. To make a comparison with the full model, smoothing parameters for the remaining terms in the submodels were set equal to their estimates from the full model. Deviance explained for term i can then be calculated as the difference between the deviance explained by the full model and submodel lacking i, divided by the deviance explained by the null model.
For the purpose of this analysis, the HIF data set was restricted to data from Pacific bluefin tuna with a time at liberty of 50 days or more. We analyze data from the CCLME, defined to include all observations east of the 130th meridian west. We used data from archival tags with complete and uncorrupted body temperature (TB) and ambient temperature (TA) time series and more than 50 days at large (N = 183). Data from tags for which baseline thermal excess could not be approximated satisfactorily were discarded, resulting in a HIF data set from 144 wild Pacific bluefin tuna.
To examine size-based differences in the HIF and the distribution of bluefin tuna, individuals were assigned to one of three length classes (31) as follows: ≤94.6 cm (age 2.5 and younger); age 3, >94.6 cm and ≤119.2 cm (age 2.5 to 3.5); >119.2 cm (older than age 3.5).
Supplementary material for this article is available at http://advances.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/1/8/e1400270/DC1
Fig. S1. Spatial plot of the data set analyzed in this paper by month.
Fig. S2. Raw data (visceral temperature, red line; ambient temperature, blue line) trace from an archival tagged Pacific bluefin tuna.
Fig. S3. Raw data (visceral temperature, red line; ambient temperature, blue line) trace from a second archival tagged Pacific bluefin tuna.
Fig. S4. Tracks with estimated median HIF (kcal day−1) for two archival tagged Pacific bluefin tuna.
Fig. S5. Correlates of average daily energy intake (kcal) in tagged Pacific bluefin tuna.
Fig. S6. HIF in relation to SST, latitude, and chl-a.
Fig. S7. Predicted values for weekly mean thermal excess (°C) plotted by quarter from the final GAMM fitted to thermal excess data between 2002 and 2009 (data from 144 archival tagged Pacific bluefin tuna with 5961 weekly values of thermal excess).
Fig. S8. Patterns of habitat use and energy intake by length for archival tagged Pacific bluefin tuna between 2002 and 2009.
Fig. S9. Physiological responses to ambient temperature with mean energy intake.
Fig. S10. Boxplot of posterior predictive probability distributions for estimated energy intake (kcal) for three archival tagged Pacific bluefin tuna in the feeding experiment (22).
Fig. S11. Histograms of HIF magnitude observations.
Fig. S12. Estimated smooth terms from the GAMM for feeding success in archival tagged Pacific bluefin tuna.
Fig. S13. Predicted feeding success between September 2002 and August 2003 from the binomial GAMM for a subset of archival tagged Pacific bluefin tuna (23 tagged individuals, 6705 observations) released in August 2002.
Fig. S14. Predicted HIF magnitude (conditional on feeding on a given day) between September 2002 and August 2003 from the Gamma GAMM for a subset of archival tagged Pacific bluefin tuna (23 tagged individuals, 6212 observations) released in August 2002.
Fig. S15. GAMM-predicted values from the delta-gamma model for HIF magnitude (combining predictions of feeding success and HIF magnitude) between September 2002 and August 2003 for a subset of archival tagged Pacific bluefin tuna (23 tagged individuals, 6212 observations) released in August 2002.
Table S1. Proximate analysis of sardine and anchovy used as feeds for captive tuna, reproduced from Farwell (43).
Table S2. Priors in the hierarchical Bayesian regression model.
Table S3. Wilcoxon rank sums (from two-sided tests) for size-based differences in latitude, SST, and HIF.
Table S4. Correlates of thermal excess.
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Acknowledgments: We thank the captains, T. Dunn, N. Kagawa, and B. Smith, and crew of the fishing vessel Shogun for their help with the capture, archival tagging, and release of wild Pacific bluefin tuna. We thank the technical staff of the Tuna Research and Conservation Centre (R. Schallert, J. Noguiera, L. Rodriguez, and students), A. Norton, and the many teams that helped in the tagging efforts through the years. We thank the Mexican government for permitting access to bluefin tunas in Mexican waters for tagging and release and T. Baumgartner McBride, Department of Biological Oceanography, Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada (CICESE) University, for his support. We are grateful to G. Lawson for making available his code to extract isothermal layer depth and for helpful discussions in the early stages of this work. J. Blank made available data on heart rate and metabolic rate in juvenile Pacific bluefin tuna, for which we are grateful. We would like to thank A. Swithenbank for assistance in automating the HIF measurement code to run through the Pacific bluefin tuna archival tag data set. R. Whitlock provided helpful comments on an earlier version of the manuscript. We thank the two anonymous reviewers for their insightful and constructive comments that helped us to improve the manuscript. Funding: This research was supported by the Moore, Packard, and Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundations, and by a NOAA Fisheries and the Environment (FATE) grant. Author contributions: R.E.W.: Co-conceived the project, quantified energy intake and tag-based statistics, analyzed the data, GAMMs, drafted the manuscript, edited the manuscript, plotting. E.L.H.: GAMMs, interpreted oceanographic data, contributed text, edited the manuscript, plotting. A.W.: Contributed to the analytical framework and to MATLAB code to quantify energy intake. C.F.: tagging of bluefin tuna, oversight of laboratory work, edited the manuscript. S.J.B.: oceanographic expertise, edited the manuscript. D.G.F.: Extracted and analyzed the oceanographic data, oceanographic expertise. M.C.: Plotting, edited the manuscript. B.A.B.: Co-conceived the project, archival tagging of bluefin tuna, contributed to the analytical framework and writing of the manuscript, edited the manuscript. Competing interests: The authors declare that they have no competing interests. Data and materials availability: Codes for quantification of HIF from archival tag ambient and peritoneal temperature data and GAMM analyses can be obtained on request from the first author. | <urn:uuid:495235e7-9bac-474f-9eae-ef761fc7b5da> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://portal.scienceintheclassroom.org/research-papers/favorite-feeding-spots-traveling-tuna | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572215.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815235954-20220816025954-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.878406 | 9,265 | 3.421875 | 3 |
Roadchef launches electric car charge points
Roadchef motorway services have launched the UK's first network of rapid charge points for electric cars, enabling drivers to drive the length of the country.
As part of the project, a network of rapid charge points, capable of filling a depleted battery in 30 minutes or less will be installed across the country, with the first being switched on at Clacket Lane Services on the M25 last week.
The new chargers will be operated by electric vehicle infrastructure specialists Engenie, using technology and software provided by Schneider Electric and Critical Software. The electrical installation will be managed by Schneider Electric with all civil engineering being completed by specialists Bam Nuttall.
Transport minister Norman Baker said: “These motorway charging points give the assurance that electric vehicles can go the distance. As more and more rapid charge points become available, worries about range are looking increasingly out of date and are unfounded.”
Roadchef director of commercial and loss prevention Mike Heaton, added: “These rapid charging stations will enable electric vehicle owners all around the country to use their cars to drive the long distances without frequent multi-stops, helping to significantly reduce their carbon footprint while, in turn, achieving massive savings.”
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A report on the Regulation of Social Housing has said that social housing providers’ poor management of their housing stock is contributing to the housing disrepair crisis. The report, by the Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee, said that many social housing providers are guilty of:
However, the condition of the housing stock was not the only serious failing by social housing providers with many tenants citing how they were treated or spoken to as being of equal concern. The report also discovered that some housing providers are also guilty of:
John Lowry, a director and head of housing disrepair at CEL Solicitors, said: “The power imbalance between social housing providers and their tenants is stark and must be addressed urgently. We’ve settled thousands of housing disrepair claims for tenants who all have the same thing in common; they’ve all been repeatedly fobbed off and felt dehumanised by the process.
“Addressing the serious failings that are contributing to the housing disrepair crisis is an important step forward. We can’t expect to deliver real change for tenants until housing providers acknowledge the part that they’re playing in exasperating this issue and put plans in place to improve the service they provide to tenants.”
As a result of the findings, the MP’s inquiry said social housing providers must ‘up their game’. It also called for tougher measures to tackle social housing failures and inequalities. | <urn:uuid:ea6138e4-ee90-4991-8541-98d38757c74a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://celsolicitors.co.uk/social-housing-provider-failings-contributing-to-housing-disrepair-crisis/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571222.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810222056-20220811012056-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.97777 | 296 | 1.609375 | 2 |
During our youth its is stressed upon us by our parents and teachers the value of getting an education.
As we progress into our late adolesence we are told that in order to get a good job, we need a college education.
All that is true for the most part, but I could not help but notice the following phrase in the criteria for running for local office while doing recent stories about the positions leading up to the election:
"Any county resident over the age of 18 years who is not otherwise disqualified from holding public office (by virtue of certain criminal convictions or other legal disqualifications) may seek the office of (county executive, trustee, register of deeds, county clerk, circuit court clerk). No educational or experience requirements apply to these offices."
The part about "No educational or experience requirements apply to these offices" just seems to me that the bar is set rather low for some of the most important and highest paying jobs in the county.
If people were applying for jobs with similar responsibilities in the private sector, I'm sure a rather impressive resume would be required before a person would even be considered for these position.
The only exception is sheriff, which requires a rather lengthy list of qualifications:
"... to qualify for the office of sheriff a person must be a U.S. citizen, at least 25 years old and a qualified voter of the county; have a high school diploma or its equivalent in educational training as recognized by the Tennessee state board of education; be fingerprinted and have the Tennessee bureau of investigation (TBI) search for any criminal record; be certified by a qualified professional to be free of all apparent mental disorders; and possess a current and valid peace officer certification as issued by the Tennessee POST commission. In addition, the candidate also must not have been convicted of or pled guilty or nolo contendere to a felony or certain other listed offenses, and must not have been discharged, released, or separated from the armed forces with a dishonorable or bad conduct discharge or as a consequence of conviction at court martial. Any person seeking the office of sheriff must, 14 days prior to the qualifying deadline, file an affidavit with the POST commission affirming that the candidate meets these requirements and a confirmation of psychological evaluation form certified by the professional who performed the evaluation before being eligible to be on the ballot for election."
Can't SAVE The Dismay Any Longer
I've been around long enough to know that no matter how much someone has, there are those who will always want more.
That seems to be especially true when it comes to people who depend on the government -- i.e. taxpayers -- for all or a portion of their income.
When the Cannon County Commission gave its stamp of approval to the county's budget for the Fiscal Year 2010-2011 Saturday, there were undoubtedly many people who were not happy. That is usually the case, in good economic times and bad.
This year, due in large part to the continuing struggles of both the national and state economies, there was less money to go around than many had hoped for or were counting on. County tax revenues were down in some areas, and expenses up in others.
In the end the county had to take money from its reserve fund for the second year in a row to balance the budget, which it must do by law. If there is not a dramatic change to the economic situation during the next 12 months, the picture will be even bleaker next year as the reserves are slowly but surely being tapped out.
I'm sure that many people running for county offices in this year's General Election are doing so with the idea of getting a slice of the county's revenue pie. They either want it in salaries, through appropriations, or so they can direct it to a person, agency or business which performs services for the county.
I'm also sure there are people running for office because they have a genuine desire to serve the public, rather than because they want the taxpayers to serve them — money.
The battles over money during the budget committee meetings leading to the formation of the budget were quite interesting. Some people understood that times were lean and they probably would not get all they wanted. Others knew the situation but complained nonetheless.
Since I don't work for the county, I am of course not as disappointed as those who do that county employees are not receiving a raise for the third straight year. I also don't avail myself of the services offered by non-governmental agencies such as the Senior Center and REACH, so the fact they are suffering funding issues isn't at the top of my list of concerns.
However, I am rather bothered by the lack of support from the county and Town of Woodbury for the Cannon County SAVE program. Perhaps they are doing the best they can, but I really wish they could do more. I see the number of cases they have to deal with each week in the police reports. I know local domestic violence victims are in dire need of the services SAVE offers.
I also know the problem of domestic violence will never go away. However, the more resources SAVE has at its disposal, the better the chance that the number of cases can either be lessened, or brought under control. | <urn:uuid:de8f60d6-f53b-426f-ba03-31abdf7783b9> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.cannoncourier.com/commentary-bar-set-rather-low-to-run-for-office-cms-3065 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572063.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814173832-20220814203832-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.977685 | 1,063 | 1.71875 | 2 |
|Eternity past in the counsel of the Holy Trinity||Ephesians 1:4-5
even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love he predestined us for adoption as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will,
|Adoption according to unconditional election based on God’s choice in eternity past|
|History of redemption||Romans 9:4
They are Israelites, and to them belong the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the worship, and the promises.
|A temporal adoption based on the Mosaic Covenant|
But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons.
|Adoption corresponding to salvation in general based on Christ’s redemption|
|Individual experience in human history||Romans 8:15
For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”
|Adoption applied individually as conversion or regeneration|
|The Future Day of the Lord and Second Coming||Romans 8:23
And not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.
|Glorification of people and creation as the fulfillment of God’s election (see top)|
Every instance of υἱοθεσία (“adoption”) in Scripture. (Acts 7:21 is actually ἀνaipεὼ, “to take up.”) Based off of reflections from here. | <urn:uuid:825899f4-03f0-465c-89e0-2ffb8cafdcd1> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://brianjlund.com/tag/adoption/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572063.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814173832-20220814203832-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.950271 | 443 | 1.828125 | 2 |
The Guinean-Chinese consortium Société minière de Boké (SMB-Winning) obtained on Wednesday 13 November the reallocation of Blocks 1 and 2 of the largest iron ore deposit on the African continent, Mount Simandou.
Previously controlled by the Israeli mining operator Beny Steinmetz Resources Group (BSGR) – which settled years of disputes with the Guinean government in February -, Blocks 1 and 2 of the Simandou iron ore deposit cover an area of 369 km² in south-eastern Guinea (Kerouan prefecture) and were the subject of a call for tenders for their reallocation in July, finally won by SMB-Winning. « The Simandou Blocks I & II project will be crucial for Guinea’s future. This mega deposit is an opportunity in terms of employment and wealth creation for the whole country, » said Sun Xiushun, the consortium’s CEO. Until now known for its bauxite mining in the northwest of the country, the Sino-Guinean group won the bid after committing to build the much-anticipated Transguinean railway – a 650-kilometre-long track that will allow iron ore to be transported through Guinean territory, at an estimated cost of more than $20 billion, which, according to the head of SMB-Winning, will provide Guinea with a « real lifeline linking four Guinean regions together, accelerating administrative and economic decentralization and strengthening the country’s rail network ».
The company has also confirmed that it will build a deepwater port on the Matakong peninsula, 50 km south of Conakry, for the export of ore from the country, particularly to China, the world’s largest consumer. All this within five years of the ratification of the conventions. Indeed, the presence among the shareholders of SMB-Winning, aluminium producer Shandong Weiqiao and port operator Yantaï, two Chinese groups, suggests that the world’s second largest economy has a strong strategic interest in the project. The other two blocks on Mount Simandou are jointly owned by the Rio Tinto mining group and the Chinese aluminium producer Chinalco.
Many observers note, however, that the news of this reallocation of Mount Simandou Blocks 1 and 2 comes in a political context of uncertainty, as Guinea was recently shaken by street demonstrations after President Alpha Condé suggested that he could amend the constitution to run for a third term next year. | <urn:uuid:feebd814-91ae-4fea-914b-5f4e11888ad7> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://ressources-magazine.com/news/guinea-smb-winning-gains-a-foothold-in-the-simandou-iron-orebody/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572063.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814173832-20220814203832-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.938863 | 524 | 1.523438 | 2 |
Machu Picchu is a bucket-list destinations for many travelers. Those fortunate to make it there are awarded with spectacular Inca ruins from before the European discovery of the New World. I also hiked the Inca Trail, stayed in Cuzco and travelled to the Sacred Valley. As magnificent as everything I saw was, there are plenty more sites in the region which author Mark Adams explores, sometimes with great exertion and difficulty. Reading about his experiences and findings helps the reader understand that Machu Picchu was just part of a vast, well-run and sophisticated empire. I read this book before I went to Machu Picchu and it greatly helped in understanding Inca culture and architecture.
If you would like to discuss literature about travel, destinations, and this beautiful planet, contact me here. | <urn:uuid:21d7f3b1-c5a8-4e9a-bb7e-8e0b61d63ca7> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://exploringed.com/recommendation/turn-right-at-machu-picchu-by-mark-adams/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572063.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814173832-20220814203832-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.971316 | 163 | 1.679688 | 2 |
September 11, 2018
Lindsay Kines, Times Colonist
A devastating fire that destroyed the National Museum of Brazil has triggered calls for a review of fire safety at Canada’s museums.
The Canadian Museums Association said on Monday that it’s seeking a study of fire-protection systems at institutions across the country following the blaze in Rio de Janeiro.
“It’s been a wake-up call,” said John McAvity, the association’s executive director and chief executive officer.
The association has yet to set terms of reference or a timeline for a study.
“I think in the interests of expediency we’re going to see if the insurance industry would do that [study] for us,” McAvity said.
The association’s main concern is the risk to smaller museums that might be housed in unsafe buildings.
“They’ve gone into old houses or they’ve gone into old courthouses or churches,” McAvity said.
“These are important historical buildings in most cases, but they’re wooden. They may not have proper fire-protection systems.”
By contrast, larger institutions generally are well prepared, he said.
The Royal B.C. Museum in Victoria has extensive fire detection and suppression systems, said Jack Lohman, the museum’s chief executive officer. “Obviously, we have got risks because we’ve got combustible materials,” he said.
“The archives are all made of paper. We’ve got very dry wood canoes and monumental poles. We have wood storage and a metal shop in the bottom of the museum where we actually fabricate the exhibitions that the public see.”
The museum also includes Helmcken House, which was built in 1852 and is one of the oldest houses in B.C., still on its original site.
“And we’ve got large volumes of specimens kept in alcohol on site,” Lohman said.
The museum manages those risks with an array of tools, including more than 200 fire extinguishers, modern smoke and heat sensors, and fire systems that report directly to the Victoria Fire Department.
Lohman said the ceremonial fires at Mungo Martin House at the museum operate under permit and the scrutiny of trained fire keepers.
“We’ve got 24-7 security staff. We’ve got rounds happening all the time,” he said.
“Even when we have work done here, we have a rule that even when the workmen have gone, that one hour later there are still checks happening.”
If fire risk seems to be in hand at the RBCM, Lohman shares McAvity’s concern for smaller museums.
“We really need to perhaps ensure that — especially with the wildfires that we’ve been getting in recent years — that our museums are also prepared for whatever emergencies,” said Lohman, vice-president of the museums association.
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A set of five sections from a balustrade from the Belmar estate.
Bonfils-Stanton Belmar Mansion (Lakewood, Colorado, 1937-70). Belmar was built on 10 acres of land on Kountze Lake in Jefferson County on property Mae Bonfils inherited from her parents, Belle and Frederick, owners of The Denver Post. She later purchased adjoining properties, and the estate expanded to 750 acres. The mansion is built of the finest Carrara marble, and was an exact replica of Marie Antoinette's Petite Trianon Palace in France, with the addition of a pink private chapel. Despite its extravagance, it was seldom publicized, as Mae strictly guarded her privacy. Belmar was decorated with treasures from around the world, collected on extensive travels. The mansion and grounds were replete with paintings and reproductions of statues by the greatest artist of Europe.
After her divorce from her husband, Clyde Berryman in 1947, Mae married long-time friend, Charles Stanton in 1956. At her death in 1962, Stanton inherited about half of her $13,000,000 estate. The mansion was left to the Franciscan Fathers, but was stripped and demolished in 1970 and the land sold to developers. Many of the original furnishings and architectural elements now grace Denver area homes.
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Set of Five American Belmar Mansion White Glazed Terracotta Architectural Balusters
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Research published today by RiDC (Research Institute for Disabled Consumers) found that while 97% of disabled and older people are concerned about the environment, they experience barriers to making sustainable choices when it comes to transport, shopping, recycling and energy use.
Six in ten respondents (57%) felt excluded from being able to reduce their environmental impact when it came to using modes of transport that produce lower carbon emissions. They cited poor accessibility and lack of staff awareness as barriers to using public transport while others were prevented from using electric vehicles because of the cost and a lack of accessible charging points.
While 93% of people said they attempted to be greener at home, 17% felt unable to contribute as much as they would like. Reasons included a lack of recycling information on packaging for visually impaired people, a reliance on pre-prepared ingredients because of difficulties chopping food and the amount of single use plastic used in medical equipment and medication.
“It is frustrating. It is partly about cost (e.g an electric car, and electric bike) but also about poor planning with transport interchanges and public transport availability. It’s also a lack of training of transport staff with assistance.”
- Joanna, Oxfordshire
“I’d like to see it being made easier to recycle old clothing and household goods. I don’t drive or have access to a car, so cannot access recycling depots and previous collection services were stopped due to the pandemic. Likewise for charity shops. I would like to see the types of services reintroduced and expanded.”
- Joan, Renfrew (Glasgow)
The survey, which had 485 respondents across the UK, also asked for their views on what businesses, governments or organisations can do to help them reduce their impact on the environment.
Public transport was cited by many as an area for improvement in terms of accessibility – with respondents suggesting more electric charging points and ‘talking’ buses are accessible for wheelchair users. Others wanted to see more affordable, green alternatives for home energy, and to have clearer recycling schemes with use of braille labels for containers
RiDC is an independent, national charity and a leading expert in inclusive research with disabled and older consumers. They are run by and for disabled people and have a pan-disability consumer panel of over 2,500 people who take part in research.
Gordon McCullough, CEO at RiDC says:
“We know that disabled people want to contribute in the fight against the climate crisis, but instead they are being further marginalised by barriers to sustainable practices, infrastructure and products. Even at COP26 we’ve seen a disabled person being excluded from entering due to a lack of consideration of their needs. If the UK government is really serious about reducing our impact on the environment, we need to make sure all our citizens are able to engage in sustainable practices.” | <urn:uuid:6c66ab60-a7fb-4c4e-b21c-674581c0d910> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://ricability.org.uk/news/lack-accessibility-prevents-disabled-people-reducing-impact-environment | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571950.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813111851-20220813141851-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.97256 | 594 | 2.8125 | 3 |
THE PUREST WAY
TO WORK WITH COTTON
Everything we make has an impact on our planet and its people, but with our Natural Raw collection, we’re reducing that impact to the bare minimum. Made using undyed 100% organic cotton, it’s the ultimate example of how style and sustainability can go hand in hand.
THE TRUE COLOUR OF
Our Natural Raw collection is completely free from dyes, which means that each garment reflects the true colour of the cotton plant itself. The fabric is textured with tiny specks of the original plant, including seed particles, adding to its beauty and authenticity.
PROCESSES THAT ARE
GENTLE ON THE PLANET
We adjusted our production process for Natural Raw fabrics to minimise the environmental impact. A gentler spinning process consumes less energy than traditional spinning and preserves the flecks of the original cotton plant. And with no dyes involved, we use fewer chemicals and up to 920% less water and energy.
WITH NATURAL DYEING
Our Natural Raw garments provide the perfect canvas for your creativity. Thanks to the 100% cotton sewing thread, which absorbs dyes better than polyester thread, you can confidently experiment with natural dyes to retain these garments’ sustainable credentials. | <urn:uuid:711dc8fe-d5c4-4357-b345-9ddb6dd93734> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.stanleystella.com/en-gb/natural-raw-colour | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571950.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813111851-20220813141851-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.874081 | 288 | 1.546875 | 2 |
At Sandifer Orthodontics, we aim to help you get a stunning smile you want to show off for years. Our expert team has helped patients of all ages achieve straighter teeth and improved oral health, but even the best results won’t last forever without a bit of help. Thankfully we have some helpful tips for maintaining your smile after orthodontic treatment!
From consistent oral hygiene to wearing your retainer, you play a key role in keeping your newly-straightened smile healthy after orthodontic treatment. Whether you’re a current patient in our Jackson or Brandon office or just starting to consider orthodontics, it’s essential to understand what to expect when you complete treatment. Keep reading to learn more.
Keep A Consistent Oral Hygiene Routine
The most important advice we can give for maintaining your new smile is simple: get into the habit of caring for your teeth! This will help prevent plaque build-up and keep your smile healthy.
These basic oral health guidelines will help you maintain clean teeth and a healthy mouth:
- Brush after every meal and snack.
- Use a toothbrush with soft bristles and fluoridated toothpaste.
- Brush gently at a 45-degree angle toward the gum line, moving the toothbrush across every surface of every tooth to effectively remove bacteria and debris.
- If you can’t brush right away, rinse with water to help dislodge any stray food particles.
- Floss every night before bed to remove bacteria and any food that accumulates throughout the day. Use tools like floss threaders and Waterpiks to clean hard-to-reach areas.
- Replace your toothbrush every 3-4 months, or sooner if you have a cold or other illness.
- Use antimicrobial and fluoride mouthwashes to help further improve your oral health.
Wear Your Retainer
The most important step in maintaining your new smile is wearing your retainer. Your teeth will never forget their original place in your mouth—once the pressure that braces and aligners provide is gone, they’ll start shifting back towards those spaces. This is why it’s so important to wear your retainer exactly as Dr. Sandifer directs!
If you don’t wear your retainer, it won’t be able to help your teeth stabilize in their new positions, and this will undo your progress over time. Relapse can happen faster than you’d think, so be sure to stick to the guidelines we give you after treatment.
Keep Your Retainer Clean
Keeping your retainer clean and in good condition is just as important as wearing it daily. Your retainer is in your mouth often. That means it’s constantly exposed to all the bacteria, plaque, and food debris hanging around there! Dr. Sandifer recommends cleaning your retainers whenever you brush your teeth using a gentle soap or denture cleaner (toothpaste can make them cloudy over time).
Don’t forget to keep your retainer case clean too! You can wash your case with warm soapy water or spray with disinfectant followed by a rinse with warm water.
Of course, life happens, and there will be days you forget. This isn’t a big deal as long as it only happens occasionally, but you should be able to recognize when your retainer is overdue for a cleaning! These signs include a bad taste or smell, a cloudy appearance, or white spots.
Never Miss A Check-Up
Follow-up visits during the first year after treatment are essential to maintaining your smile. These appointments tend to be pretty quick, so you’ll be in and out in a breeze, but they’re essential for Dr. Sandifer to ensure your new smile stays in place. Make sure to bring your retainers for your follow up visits so that Dr. Sandifer can evaluate the fit to make sure that you are doing a good job in caring for your retainers.
Be sure to visit your regular dentist after treatment, too! Routine visits to the dentist throughout the year can help prevent oral disease and may catch existing issues in the early stages. Plan to see your dentist every six months to monitor your oral health.
Always Wear A Mouthguard
It’s not unusual for athletes to experience injuries to the mouth now and then. Accidents can happen even if you’re careful, but you should always take extra precautions when playing sports. Wearing a mouthguard during sports after orthodontic treatment will protect your new smile from potential injuries. Talk to Dr. Sandifer to discuss what type of mouthguard will best fit your specific needs.
Keep Smile Essentials with You On-the-Go
We encourage you to stay prepared as you did during treatment with an on-the-go care kit. This will help you be ready for anything that comes your way and keeps your smile shining. Here are a few items to keep in your kit:
- a soft-bristled toothbrush
- a small tube of fluoride toothpaste
- dental floss or ortho picks
- a small cup for rinsing with water
- lip balm
Throw this bag in your backpack or purse to handle any issues when you’re out and about to keep your newly-straightened smile in tip-top shape.
Maintain A Healthy Diet
So much of your health is connected to your diet. Proper nutrients can boost your teeth’s overall health, but eating certain foods can either help or harm your teeth.
Fresh fruits and vegetables can help remove plaque build-up as you bite into them and chew, and are more difficult for bacteria to break down since they don’t contain carbohydrates, fats, oils, and sugars. Eating a lot of sugary foods feeds this bacteria that lead to gum disease, while acidic food and drinks can prematurely destroy your tooth’s protective enamel coating.
Avoid Tobacco Use
Tobacco use can cause bad breath, stain your teeth and tongue, and cause issues with your oral health. It can cause slow healing from tooth extraction or other oral surgery and even make correcting some cosmetic dental concerns more difficult. Tobacco products also significantly increase your risk of gum disease and oral cancers. And even on an aesthetic level, tobacco can stain your teeth and erode their appearance.
Keep Your Smile In Shape with Sandifer Orthodontics
Our team at Sandifer Orthodontics wants to help you maintain your newly straightened smile for life. These tips for maintaining your smile after orthodontic treatment are a great place to start. If you have any additional questions, we’re always happy to help!
If you’re just starting your orthodontic journey, Dr. Sandifer can help you get the smile of your dreams at any age. Schedule an initial consultation in our Jackson or Brandon office to learn more about keeping your smile healthy and how our team of experts can help you. We look forward to helping you along your dental journey! | <urn:uuid:46e858a3-955c-47f8-b584-0c4638f24a25> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://sandiferortho.com/maintaining-your-smile-after-orthodontic-treatment/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572063.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814173832-20220814203832-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.925669 | 1,453 | 1.992188 | 2 |
Cashmere with a Cause
We’ve got good news and not so good news. We’ll give you the good news first. When we set out to create our first Garin sweaters, our uncompromising mission was to create a product that was: unparalleled in quality, long lasting, versatile, cozy yet cool, and good for the planet. We wanted to offer the one elevated item that you will live in and take care of for years to come. The good news? We achieved just that. This means that each sweater produced is a natural part of the planet’s cycle and goes back into the environment at no harm. From our packaging to our sweaters, every part of the final product is biodegradable.
The not so good news? The fashion industry produces 4% of the world's waste each year, 92 million tons, which is more than toxic e-waste. But fear not, together we can continue to move towards consciously contribute to our planet and our wardrobes.
We proudly wear our sweaters day after day (after day!) knowing that each one is a small yet mighty step in preserving our planet. Doing good never goes out of style.
A Conscious Process
We’ve done our research, embarking on countless visits to Mongolia’s Gobi Desert to identify an eco-friendly and animal friendly cashmere that is derived from the hairs of wild goats indigenous to the region. We also cuddled with a lot of adorable goats in the process. Don’t be fooled by their cute demeanor-- these baby goats are extremely intelligent and know what it takes to produce a luxury cashmere. They are closely cared for by their Mongolian herders who immerse themselves into the goats’ lifestyles: feeding them, protecting them, brushing them daily, and collecting their shedding hairs to be cleaned, sorted and spun into yarn. The finest hairs are then processed by one of the most adept Italian knitting companies, transforming the yarn into its most luxe form (14.5-16 microtons). This elevates our sweaters, ensuring that they will never pill or unravel from wear. Plus, each sweater is 100% biodegradable. | <urn:uuid:6f659b7c-c8d3-4c33-90bb-bad21c21cbed> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.garinshop.com/pages/our-story | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571222.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810222056-20220811012056-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.943673 | 455 | 1.5625 | 2 |
Quadrifolium & CryptoClovers: Everything You Need To Know About The World’s Largest NFT Digital Art Collection
The latest buzzword in the crypto world is NFT or Non-fungible token. With the advent of CryptoClovers, investors have started to view NFTs as a prospective gold mine. This article discusses how Quadrifolium and CryptoClovers are joining hands to make the world’s largest NFT digital art collection accessible and present a great investment opportunity to crypto enthusiasts.
Trading and investing in cryptocurrencies have taken the world by storm. The original Mona Lisa painting can be invaluable with its price running into several millions of dollars. However, a digital image in the modern world without as much antique value can also be worth millions. That is the power of NFTs, and they have exploded from nowhere! So, what is an NFT, and why is it valuable? Here’s everything one should know about NFT and the world’s most extensive NFT digital art collection, CryptoClovers.
What Is NFT?
NFT means ‘Non-fungible token,’ and it resembles Bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies. However, the similarity ends right there. While cryptocurrencies can be interchanged, NFTs cannot. For example, a Bitcoin is always equal to a Bitcoin every time. However, it is not the same with an NFT. The digital asset’s value depends on the price that the buyer is willing to pay for it and how big is the community behind it.
So, it should make sense if one says that NFTs are unique digital assets representing real-world objects like art, music, videos, in-game items, and even items like memorable tweets. NFTs are bought and sold using cryptocurrency, and the primary difference is that NFT buyers get exclusive ownership rights to the things they buy. Essentially, NFT is like a physical collector’s item but in a digital form.
Some Key Statistics Around NFTs
The concept of NFT can be slightly challenging to comprehend, but selling NFTs has generated lucrative returns. Here are some pertinent statistics to drive home the point.
- Nyan Cat, an anime GIF of a cat with a pop-tart body, was sold for nearly $600,000 in February.
- Twitter founder Jack Dorsey sold his first-ever tweet as an NFT for $2.9 million.
- NBA Top Shot generated an income of more than $300 million in sales by March 2021.
- In March, Christie’s sold “Everydays — The First 5000 days,” a digital collage of images for $69 million.
These are high-profile sale transactions, but the point worth noting is that NFT can be traded on a cryptocurrency exchange, much in a similar way to cryptocurrencies like bitcoin. NFTs work on the Ethereum blockchain, but other blockchains also support them. The intriguing question is why NFTs are becoming so highly acceptable in the crypto space.
Why Are NFTs So Popular In Crypto Space?
The popularity and significance of NFTs lie in their ability to securely value, exchange, or purchase digital assets like artwork and collectibles using a digital ledger. Initially, it started as an in-game purchase item. Later on, it became famous with Nike patenting CryptoKicks (blockchain-based sneakers) and Christie’s auction of a digital art piece.
NFTs are created by uploading files to an auction market. Similar to other art pieces, NFTs are not mutually interchangeable. Thus, they serve as collectible items with unique values attached to them. The Ethereum platform allows the tokenization of digital art. Therefore, the trader can store it safely using a decentralized, open-source blockchain with smart contract functionality.
While NFTs do not grant copyrights, they are distinct from one another. The digital ledger that establishes and tracks NFT ownership ensures that it cannot be duplicated or tampered with. Hence, it is essentially a smart contract.
Digital assets and blockchain are poised to change the future of crypto trading, and NFTs are possibly at the helm of this growth. With high-profile people such as Elon Musk selling NFTs, they have become popular amongst the younger generation, as well. Still, the moot question is whether NFTs have the economic power to compel anyone to buy or use them in the future.
While the true potential of NFTs has still not been discovered, it has opened the door for digital artists to create digital artwork collections like CryptoCovers and Quadrifolium.
What Is Quadrifolium?
Quadrifolium is the name of the most recent NFT marketplace built on the Binance Smart chain by Tibere Pey. The name comes from the geometric art shape representing a four-leaf clover that was chosen to match with the launch of the first lucky token on the planet called ‘CryptoClovers’ and some features that make this marketplace apart. Indeed, Quadrofolium came with the idea of providing an excellent environment for creators and collectors to create and buy NFTs with fair royalty distribution between users, thanks to ‘lucky minting’. On Quadrifolium, creators can choose not to mint their creations, letting other users buy or mint NFT to gain royalties. Therefore users mint items hoping this process will give them passive income as well as passive ownership of NFTs.
What Is CryptoClovers?
Everyone knows about the four-leaf clovers that are a rare variation of the common three-leaf clovers. According to traditional sayings, such clovers bring good luck. When the same concept is transformed into a digital form, it becomes ‘CryptoClovers’. Some might find it challenging to understand the idea, but the new generation is ready to embrace it. CryptoClovers are 999,999 digital art pieces living on the Binance Smart Chain representing four-leaf-clovers with different crypto backgrounds designed and developed to bring luck to its holders due to passive income opportunities attached to smart contracts redistributing royalties. In 2021, it is one of the most extensive digital art collections globally, being currently evaluated by the Guinness World Records. It is estimated that CryptoClovers will be selling at millions of dollars, thus making them soon some of the most expensive NFTs to have been ever created.
What You Need to Invest In NFTs
Here are some key points to note before investing in NFTs.
- One needs a cryptocurrency wallet to hold NFTs. As they are digital assets, one cannot carry them in the pocket. For instance, Quadrifolium accepts wallets such as Metamask, Formatic, Binance chain, Torus and Trustwallet.
- Investing in NFTs requires owning an account on an NFT marketplace such as Quadrifolium.io that will need to be connected to a compatible wallet.
- One needs Cryptocurrencies in their wallets to buy the assets. For instance, you will need BNB to buy CryptoClovers as they are listed in this currency.
Why Should Anyone Be Investing In NFTs such as CryptoClovers?
Investing in NFTs like CryptoClovers has become the trend today. Here are some reasons for the same.
- Investment in NFTs is profitable because it creates a medium for tokenizing physical artworks. It eliminates the duplication of such pieces of art and limits the ownership to the collectors.
- Each NFT represents a unique artwork that cannot be duplicated, therefore making it scarce. The higher the demand is, the higher it grows in value.
- Prominent personalities like Elon Musk and Jack Dorsey have invested in NFTs.
- People have also made millions from such investments. One such example is the sale of “Everydays: The First 5000 Days” artwork for $69 million.
- People who pay such astronomical amounts believe that NFTs are a legitimate store of value. According to them, they represent a shift in how the world views art and collectible assets.
- As of date, some CryptoClovers might be selling at 0.5BNB, but experts believe that the prices can climb very quickly in the future.
- CryptoClovers are very affordable as the collection is very new.
- CryptoClovers are the first Lucky tokens. A new kind of token that will rise in the long term will attract a large audience of crypto traders, gamblers, and art lovers.
- CryptoClovers are designed for luck but as they were developed with smart contracts redistributing royalties to minters that can earn passive income as well as passive NFT ownership.
- Minting CryptoClovers give possibility to win Cryptoclovers as Quadrifolium will giveaway 10000 clovers. Each 100 minting, 1 Cryptoclover will be transferred to a minter.
Despite being a new concept, NFT is becoming widespread gradually. Prominent individuals are betting high on CryptoClovers from Quadrifolium.io. As a result, CryptoClovers trading will pick up in time to come. There is greater awareness among people about digital NFT art collections today. When it is combined with luck, it gives the art collectors, investors, traders a new dimension in the NFT space. And with concepts like CryptoClovers and Quadrifolium, it is becoming even more popular with its unique offerings.
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- Kastrenakes, J. (2021, March 11). Beeple Sold An NFT For $69 Million. The Verge.
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- CryptoClovers. Cryptoclovers.
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A Historical Perspective to Natural Hair Movement
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Cultural appropriation has — sort of — become a household term in western societies in recent years. From festival fashion choices to burrito bars, critics are casting doubt on the legitimacy of everything on the grounds of ‘cultural appropriation’. The term was first coined by sociologists in the early 1990s and most people don’t understand the outrage especially when it comes to black hairstyle.
By definition, cultural appropriation refers to the inappropriate or unacknowledged adoption of the ideas, practices, customs, etc. of one group of people by individuals of another, typically more dominant group. The natural hair movement is an organization focused on encouraging women of African ancestry to keep their natural afro-textured hair and combat cultural appropriation.
Understanding the History of the Natural Hair Movement
When it comes to the cultural appropriation of black hairstyles, some have gone as far as saying ‘it’s just hair’ which shows ignorance on the history of black women and natural hair. Let’s take a trip down the memory lane and try to understand where the natural hair movement is coming from. See, in early African societies, hair had a heavy social significance. Hair was at the centre of the African culture until Europeans showed up and changed the perspective.
When Europeans came to Africa in the 15th century, they were impressed by how Africans used hair to indicate a combination of gender and social ranks. When the slave trade began, captured Africans had their heads shaved as a way of humiliating them and depriving them of their identity. Shaving slaves was the first step toward erasing the culture and identity of black people. Hundreds of years later, slavery was abolished and straighter hair was seen as a sign of beauty, freedom, and prosperity.
Recapturing Black Beauty
For years, black women have been inundated with tonics, creams, and gadgets to ‘cure’ the coils and kinks. In 2007, cultural anthropologists started to notice a natural hair movement transition in the black community. The black hair movement is about freedom and choice when it comes to black hairstyles and shunning Eurocentric beliefs and beauty standards in the black community. Like the black power movement before it, the natural hair movement is about recapturing the black beauty and ending discrimination against black women wearing natural hair in the workplace.
Author: Erica Barton
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The Care Act
The Care Act came into force in April 2015 and places a series of duties and responsibilities on local authorities about care and support for adults.
The Act includes:
- The introduction of a consistent, national eligibility criteria for social care support
- New rights to support for carers, on an equivalent basis to the people they care for
- Legal rights to a personal budget and direct payment
- New responsibilities around transition, provider failure, supporting people who move between local authority areas and safeguarding.
Who qualifies for care and support?
All councils across England must apply the national minimum threshold for eligibility for care and support as set out in the Care Act 2014. Following an assessment, we will consider whether you meet the three conditions set out in the Act, all of which must be met for a person’s needs to be eligible for care and support from the Council.
What is an assessment?
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Discovering DMR – 1
Disclaimer: These are my personal notes and opinions based on my experience using DMR, as well as by learning from what others are sharing. I pay for all my equipment and do not accept freebies in exchange for reviews. If anything needs correcting, please let me know.
[ I wrote these two introductory paragraphs in 2016, shortly after learning how to use D-STAR. I've been updating the rest of the article regularly as I learn more.]
After weeks of intense learning and effort, I felt like I was just beginning to get a handle on D-STAR, having put together a nicely working solution for my shack as well as for mobile. So why did I decide to adventure off in a new direction already?
I guess I must be a bit crazy, but a learning opportunity presented itself, so I decided to dive right back into another bowl of baffling info-soup and learn how to swim all over again, this time in the DMR soup bowl. I ordered a DMR HT, and started this page to record my new adventure.
1) What is DMR?
A commercial digital voice system that amateur radio enthusiasts are adapting for use by hams. More at Wikipedia.
Other digital voice systems being developed or adapted for use by hams:
- D-STAR, an open standard developed for amateur radio by the Japan Amateur Radio League, with equipment by Icom and Kenwood.
- System Fusion, a proprietary system for amateur radio by Yaesu.
- P25, a standard developed for North American public safety services. Governed by the Telecommunications Industry Association and others.
- NXDN, an open commercial and public safety standard initially developed by Icom (implemented as IDAS) and Kenwood (implemented as NEXEDGE), and now overseen by members of the NXDN Forum.
- There also are a couple open systems slowly being developed for amateur radio, which are based on an open source speech codec (vocoder) called Codec 2. One is the M17 Project (more M17 info), and the other is called FreeDV. Thomas, W2XQ, has a good section of links to M17 resources⩘ on his site.
DMR is a digital radio standard originally designed for commercial use and developed by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) beginning in 2005, which hams now are adapting for amateur radio use.
If something about using DMR for Amateur Radio doesn’t make sense, remember that DMR was created for commercial use, and was never designed nor intended for Amateur Radio use.
– Mike's DMR Doctrine, by Mike, K0NGA, of Rocky Mountain Ham Radio
And it's true, initially I did find it quite challenging to get up and running with DMR. It's different enough that I couldn't apply a lot of what I had just learned getting going with D-STAR. I had the additional challenge of needing to figure out how to get started via a personal, low-power hotspot, while most information available online was from the point of view of having access to a repeater.
Finally and thankfully, some Elmers with hotspot experience helped me put it all together and get on the air.
I also met Mike, K0NGA, in person at the 2017 Longmont Amateur Radio Club's LARCFest, and he graciously spent some time answering some questions I had and helping clarify a few points. He's a great guy; thanks for your help, Mike!
There's humor in them thar signals!
Laurel & Hardy lookalikes, Shoreham Airshow, 2014
Photo by Philip Bird LRPS CPAGB, Shutterstock
I found it amusing that once I finally did get things working and then spent an evening listening to hams ragchewing on various talkgroups (I'll discuss those more later, but they're sort of like conference calls or chat rooms), a lot of the chatter was hams discussing questions about DMR like, "Why does it work that way?" and "How do I make it do this thing?" So I guess I'm not alone climbing the DMR learning curve.
In order to use DMR radios, in addition to using frequencies, channels, and repeaters/reflectors like you do with D-STAR, you also need to understand a bunch more puzzle pieces, and fit them together properly, including:
- 1a) Time slots
- 1b) Color codes
- 1c) Talkgroups
- 1d) Zones
- 1e) Rx group lists
- 1f) Scan groups
- 1g) DMR simplex frequencies
- 1h) DMR networks
And thar's a bit of frustration, too!
Whenever I found myself growling "Why isn't this working?!," it was helpful to keep Mike's DMR Doctrine in mind and take a step back to think about DMR in a commercial setting, like a big hospital, corporate campus, or casino. In an organization like that where there are many different departments using the radios (security, housekeeping, maintenance, catering, etc.), there typically will be a centralized IT team doing all the programming of all the locked-down radios they assign to members of the various departments.
DMR makes it relatively easy for the IT team to organize communications so that the members of each team can talk amongst themselves, as well as to control whether or not they have permission to talk with or monitor other teams, all within the closed ecosystem of their organization.
Of course, that's a very different scenario than an individual ham who wants to set up a radio for their own use in order to connect to open repeaters put up by amateur radio clubs that allow them to be used to connect to other hams or groups of hams locally, regionally, statewide, nationwide, or worldwide.
Adapting a complex system designed for the needs of a big organization within a closed ecosystem so that it can be used by hams in a more open worldwide ecosystem is a bit like trying to fit a simple square peg into a more complex hole in the shape of a 10-pointed star polygon.
And yet hams are figuring out how to make it work!
1a) Time slots
When there are so many puzzle pieces that need to be fitted together to set up a DMR radio successfully, it's challenging to figure out where to begin. It's a bit of a "Which comes first, the chicken or the egg?" problem, but I think a good place to start is with time slots, since they're fundamental.
If you read my Alphabetsoupese – example 2 note in the D-STAR article, you might recall that one way DMR differs from D-STAR is that it uses Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) to generate its signal instead of the Frequency Division Multiple Access (FDMA) that D-STAR uses. Specifically, DMR uses 2-slot TDMA (the slots are numbered 1 and 2, or TS1 and TS2).
If, like me, you're more fluent in English than Alphabetsoupese (a word I use to describe the crazy alphabet soup of acronyms that one encounters in the digital voice radio world), what this means is that calls on two different channels can share the same frequency simultaneously. Each call is sliced up into chunks of a few milliseconds, and the slices from the two calls are interleaved on the signal. This happens so fast that we hear what we perceive of as a continuous transmission even though it's coming in chunks, looking like this:
This also means that when you program a DMR channel, you must specify both the frequency and the time slot, so that your radio and the repeater can encode and decode which chunks on the signal belong to the channel you're using.
The convention is that TS2 is used for local talkgroups and TS1 is used for non-local or wide-area talkgroups (for example, statewide, regional, nationwide, and worldwide). I know, I know, here I am talking about talkgroups again before I've explained what they are, but I had to start somewhere!
1b) Color codes
Another fundamental piece of the puzzle is color codes (CC). They're like the Continuous Tone-Coded Squelch System (CTCSS) tones used for analog radio. When you want to use a DMR repeater, you need to program in the appropriate color code to open it up. There are 16 color codes, 0 – 15. Thanks to Nigel, G8IFF, for the following explanation of the reason they're called color codes:
[I]n the early days of DMR being a Motorola commercial system, the radio programming was done by Motorola who sold you a "plug" containing diodes that you plugged into a socket on the radio's circuit board. No user programming in those days. The color code was so called because it was indicated by a colored dot printed on the codeplug you were supplied with.
Just as with analog radio CTCSS tones, you need to get the appropriate color codes from the organization operating the repeater in order to be able to use the repeater. When you program a DMR channel, in addition to the frequency and the time slot, you must specify the color code; otherwise, you won't be able to access the repeater. So the magic formula to get onto a DMR repeater successfully = frequency + color code + time slot.
Color code: 7
Time slot: 1
will get you onto the wide-area time slot of the Lee Hill repeater located in Boulder, Colorado that is linked into the RMHAM (Rocky Mountain Ham) network.
Color code: 1
Time slot: 2
will get you into onto the local time slot of the Pinery repeater located in Parker, Colorado that is linked into to BrandMeister network.
1c) Talkgroups & reflectors
Finally … let's talk about talkgroups (and reflectors)!
Of course, the whole point of getting onto a DMR repeater is to talk to other hams, and you do that by visiting a talkgroup, which enables one-to-many communication, sort of like a conference call or a chat room. The effect of using a talkgroup is similar to linking to a D-STAR reflector; anything transmitted to a talkgroup is transmitted to everyone listening to (linked to) that talkgroup.
There are worldwide, nationwide, regional, statewide, area, and local talkgroups, as well as language-based talkgroups. For example, on BrandMeister:
- Talkgroup 91 is Worldwide
- 93 is North America
- 913 is Worldwide English
- 3100 is U.S. Nationwide
Note:3100 is an example of a talkgroup that is bridged across networks; it is U.S. Nationwide on the DMR-MARC, DMR+, and BrandMeister networks.
- 3108 is U.S. State of Colorado
- 3171 is the Northern Colorado area
- 31090 is U.S. Midwest Region (same as callsign assignment region 0)
- 31088 is a Hotspot Discussion talkgroup based in northern Colorado
- and 2 and 9 are generic Local talkgroups
In addition, there are the TAC channels (U.S.: 310 - 319; worldwide: 901 - 903). TAC 310, 311, and 312 are bridged between different networks, and BrandMeister is a guest on these channels. Hams that want to have longer chats in order not to tie up main channels that are more widely shared can use the TAC channels. For example, some hams may begin a chat on talkgroup 3100, and then move to TAC 313 – 319 to continue their chat.
Static and dynamic talkgroups
Talkgroups are either static (always activated) or dynamic (user-activated). When you activate a dynamic talkgroup on a repeater's time slot by keying up, it typically remains activated while there are transmissions on it, then drops from the repeater after some period of inactivity, for example, after 10 or 15 minutes. You don't need to manually unlink from a talkgroup. Again, the convention is to use time slot 1 to key up dynamic wide-area talkgroups, while local talkgroups typically are static on time slot 2.
When you're using a simplex hotspot on the BrandMeister network, there also are auto-static talkgroups. For more info, see the article BrandMeister dynamic, static, and auto-static talkgroups.
Similar to how it works when you link a D-STAR repeater to another D-STAR repeater or to a D-STAR reflector, when you activate a dynamic talkgroup on a repeater's time slot, that's the only talkgroup that can be used on that time slot as long as it's active.
On some repeaters, like those on the DMR-MARC network, the talkgroups you can use on a time slot are specified by the repeater administrator, including any dynamic talkgroups, if they are even allowed. On other repeaters, like those on the BrandMeister network, users can specify any dynamic talkgroup they want to use; however, once again the convention is to key up dynamic talkgroups only on TS1.
By the way: "Talkgroups" is one of those terms that doesn't seem to have a standard form of usage. I've seen TalkGroups, Talk Groups, Talk groups, Talkgroups, and talkgroups used, sometimes interchangeably in the same article. For consistency, I'm sticking with talkgroups (capitalized only at the beginning of a sentence), but am respecting how other authors use it when I reference their articles and presentations. Similarly, while most people use "time slots," some use "timeslots," again at times interchangeably in the same article. I'm sticking with time slots.
There are many sources where you can find lists of talkgroups, including:
- U.S. BrandMeister Server User Guide (PDF)
- BrandMeister talkgroups list
- The Pi-Star website also hosts a current and complete BrandMeister Talkgroup List, including descriptions and links to the associated BrandMeister Hoseline page, where you can listen to activity.
- DMR-MARC talkgroups
- Rocky Mountain Ham (RMHAM) Radio Network
You also can find a few lists of various talkgroups I've been exploring at the end of this article in the A few other notes section.
Important: In DMR, the use of reflectors was an older solution that was implemented to accommodate an old and now long deprecated line of hotspots from DV4 that couldn't handle the newer solution of talkgroups. Because of issues that reflectors caused, BrandMeister deprecated the use of reflectors on its network, and is now focused on talkgroups. Some other networks still allow the use of reflectors, so I'm leaving the information in the following three paragraphs here for now for informational purposes.
As the MMDVMHost and DMRGateway software has become more robust, it has become easy to connect DMR radios to reflectors via MMDVMHost and DMRGateway-capable hotspots, like the ZUMspot running Pi-Star. For more info, see the note: DMRGateway notes.
Some reflectors are connected in a constellation that enables hams using radios running DMR, D-STAR, and other modes to talk to each other. For more info, see the note: Constellations: a big leap for digital voice?
In addition, some reflectors are connected to talkgroups, so you can join a conversation either by linking to the reflector or keying up the talkgroup. For a list of reflectors and connected talkgroups: http://registry.dstar.su/dmr/reflectors.php.
Zones are an organizational tool, like file folders, for your channels; in other words, a zone is a group of channels.
The channel selector on many DMR radios let's you choose from 16 (or more) channels. In order to get past that limitation, you can use zones. For example, I had a DMR radio that could handle 64 zones capable of storing 16 channels each, for a total capacity of 1,024 channels.
You can organize your zones however you want, for example, you might want one or more "Home" zones for channels that correspond to your favorite talkgroups that you can reach via the repeaters that are within range of your home. You might want a "Commute" zone that corresponds to the talkgroups you most often use via the repeaters that are in range as you drive to and from work. If you use a hotspot, you might want some "Hotspot" zones for the talkgroups you key up via your hotspot. You might want some other zones that correspond to the groups of talkgroups your club uses, or to nets you frequently participate in. Some people set up zones based on repeater locations.
It's pretty easy to use zones: you create a zone, name it, and then add channels to it. Optionally, you can change the order of the channels within the zone.
1e) RX group lists
When you program your channels, you optionally can choose to monitor more than just the talkgroup associated with that current channel.
For example, if you're on a repeater that has multiple talkgroups that share a time slot and your channel is for one of those talkgroups, you might want to monitor all of the talkgroups that share that time slot to hear whether there is ongoing activity on any of the other talkgoups. This can be very helpful to ensure that you don't disrupt a call that is ongoing on a talkgroup that is on the same time slot as the one programmed into your current channel.
Another example is that you might want to create an Rx group list for a group of your favorite talkgroups, so you can monitor whatever activity is going on in them. However, it might be better to use the scan feature for this instead.
Even if you have set up an RX group list with multiple contacts, when you transmit, it goes only to the TX contact set up for the channel you're on. If you hear someone on a talkgroup that is different from the one you have programmed for the channel you're currently tuned to, you can quickly tune to the channel programmed for that other talkgroup in order to join that conversation.
However, in many cases you might want to monitor only the channel you're on, in order to avoid any confusion.
Note: Some radios have an optional feature that, when enabled, will switch to the channel of the last talkgroup that was received as long as you PTT shortly after that last received transmission ended. This feature is both good and bad. On the good side, it enables you to reply to a received transmission without having to manually change channels. On the bad side, you might find that you've accidentally been transmitting to a talkgroup other than the one you intended to.
1f) Scan groups
You can monitor multiple channels by creating scan groups. For example, you might want to monitor all the channels in a region, all the analog channels in a frequency range, or a group of your friends.
Depending on your radio model, scan group can combine digital and analog channels, and can include channels from multiple zones, time slots, and color codes. If your radio has limits on the number of channels per zone, that limitation may not apply to the number of channels you can have in a scan group.
One thing to keep in mind is that scanning takes more power, so will drain your battery faster than regular use; although in general, DMR radios are more power efficient than other Digital Voice radios because of the way the bandwidth usage is optimized with two simultaneous channels.
1g) DMR simplex frequencies
Just as you can use analog transceivers in FM mode, you can use DMR-capable transceivers to talk directly from radio to radio simplex. Commonly used North America DMR simplex frequencies:
- Admit criteria:
Always or Channel Free
- Time slot:
- Color code:
- Talkgroup ID:
- UHF simplex channels:
- VHF simplex channels:
1h) DMR networks
This is one area where DMR is a bit different from D-STAR. Just as in the D-STAR playground, some DMR repeaters are standalone and used for local communication only; however, DMR and D-STAR diverge in how they handle it when repeaters are interconnected.
In D-STAR, repeaters can be linked to reflectors, for example, there are a bunch of D-STAR repeaters here in Colorado that are permanently linked to a single statewide reflector, and then whatever is transmitted on one of those linked repeaters is reflected to all the other linked repeaters. It's also possible for a ham to temporarily link an individual repeater to another repeater or reflector for a call.
In DMR, repeaters using static talkgroups are linked together in network configurations that are decided by the system administrations, which can't be changed by individual hams. Some repeaters also allow hams to temporarily subscribe to specified dynamic talkgroups.
DMR-MARC and DMRPlus (DMR+)
Initially, there were two main worldwide umbrella networks for amateur radio, DMR-MARC (which years ago was the largest), built on MotoTRBO products, and DMRPlus (DMR+), built on Hytera products. It's my understanding that the two networks didn't interconnect initially. Eventually, the two teams started collaborating on building some interconnectivity, but the use of these two networks hasn't been growing as much as some of the other newer networks.
More recently, a new worldwide network, BrandMeister, was launched. In a little over a year (as on Jan 2016), it grew to be the largest amateur radio DMR network in the world. BrandMeister users can key up to (a.k.a., temporarily subscribe to) and use any talkgroup. It's also a very friendly network for hotspot users. Status of BrandMeister servers: @BMMasterStatus (Twitter).
On the BrandMeister wiki, they say:
If you are an amateur radio operator working in digital voice modes like D-Star, DMR, C4FM, APCO25 or others (not all are supported yet!), you do not need to know much about BrandMeister, and it's very easy to operate on its infrastructure.
However, I'm the kind of person who doesn't like black boxes, so I wanted to learn a little bit more about BrandMeister as part of getting up and running on DMR. Here's what I've learned so far. First, "BrandMeister" is a play (in German) on the words "brand new master server."
It's a decentralized, worldwide, community-driven network being developed by an international team:
- Artem, R3ABM, Moscow, Russia
- Rudy, PD0ZRY, Ultrect, The Nederlands
- Yentel, ON3YH, West-Flanders, Belgium
- Robert, DK5RTA, Germany
- Wijnand, PD0MZ, The Nederlands
- Denis, DL3OCK, Berlin, Germany
- Adam, SQ7LRX, Poland
They are joined by teams in countries worldwide that are bringing master servers online, as well as by other teams putting repeaters online. As of July 2019, there are 47 BrandMeister DMR Servers deployed, connecting hundreds of repeaters in more than 43 countries.
As of early 2017, BrandMeister was just a bit more than a year old: development work began in 2014, and the first master servers went online in November of 2015. It's spreading as fast as a wildfire, which I guess is appropriate since, in German, "Brandmeister" (little "m") means fire chief.
From their wiki:
BrandMeister is an operating software for master servers participating in a worldwide infrastructure network of amateur radio digital voice systems.… BrandMeister allows you to connect to MOTOROLA DMR-MARC and Hytera DMRplus networks, this means you can operate with other DMR amateur radio operators on both infrastructures at the same time.
BrandMeister has a really nice, robust User Dashboard that includes activity meters and a real-time Last Heard page.
The dashboard also earns my respect for its clean, modern, and fully responsive design, which scales nicely to any size device. It's nice to see an amateur radio-related website that looks like it was coded in this century.
Support the work: A huge shoutout to the BrandMeister Master system admins. They perform this challenging work as a free service to the amateur radio community. Amazing! If you use BrandMeister USA, you can support them by donating a few bucks toward equipment, maintenance, and upkeep:
- U.S. BrandMeister Master 3102: Donate
- U.S. BrandMeister Master 3103: Donate
- International BrandMeister network: Donate
Another relatively new network is the TGIF network.
There also are other, typically regional networks. Here are a few that I know about:
- Rocky Mountain Ham Radio – The RMHAM network covers Colorado and parts of New Mexico and Wyoming. RMHAM repeaters up and down a large swath of the Rocky Mountain region are linked together making it possible for a large community of hams to communicate on the supported talkgroups.
- Florida Digital Amateur Radio Network – The FDARN_Network "was created for medical facilities to stay in contact with each other in an emergency situation. This network was created by and comprised of licensed amateur radio operators. Any licensed amateur may use our system."
- Ozark Digital Voice Network – Ozark_Digital: "Meeting the digital voice needs of Amateurs Worldwide."
- Northern Colorado DMR – NoCO DMR is a group of Northern Colorado amateur radio operators who operate and maintain a coordinated amateur radio DMR repeater network in Northern Colorado. It spans from Denver north to Fort Collins and Wellington, and west to Estes Park and Red Feather Lakes, and hosts the NoCO talkgroup, 3171, as well as a Colorado Severe Weather talkgroup, 31083, and a Mountain Front Range talkgroup, 31084.
A good resource for finding DMR nets is the Ham Radio DMR Nets Telegram group. It has a quite comprehensive list of active DMR nets. Each net is displayed an hour before it goes live, making it easy to find out what's currently on the air: https://t.me/HamRadioDMRNets
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This project, launched in 2010, resulted in an increase of the sites’ aggregate Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency (DCIE) from 0.45 to 0.5. DCIE is a performance improvement metric used to determine the energy efficiency of a data center by dividing information technology equipment power by total facility power.
“Saving energy and reducing our environmental impact are always front of mind at Verizon, and Polargy hit the mark in both areas,” said Mark Capurso, director of Verizon’s National Technical Operations. “The PolarPlex cold aisle containment solution lowered our air flow requirements and our air conditioning usage, moving us one step further in making our network more efficient and sustainable.”
Polargy provided Verizon with detailed containment designs, local fire-marshal approvals, managed installations, and guidance through the commissioning process. The installation at each site took between two and five weeks.
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Verizon Saves Energy and Reduces Environmental Impact with Polargy Data Center Containment Solution
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The month of August marks the sixteenth month of our international online cooking group, The Cottage Cooking Club. As a group, recipe by recipe, we are cooking and learning our way through a wonderful vegetable cookbook written in 2011 by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, entitled „River Cottage Everyday Veg".
The Cottage Cooking Club is meant to be a project aimed at incorporating more vegetable dishes into our everyday cooking, learning about less known, forgotten or heritage vegetables, trying out new ways to prepare tasty and healthy dishes, and sharing them with family and friends.
One of the declared aims of our cooking group is to make a decided effort to use as much regional, organic and also seasonal produce as is reasonably possible.
Since I cooked nine of the ten August recipes, I will write about each dish in the order in which I prepared them.
My first recipe for this late summer post was the colorful and very inviting Summer spelt salad (page 72), from the chapter "Hearty Salads“, this recipe is a variation of the Spelt salad with squash and fennel that we prepared back in January 2015 - I have made that recipe many times since then (you can take a look here).
Our kids are drawn to these kinds of salads, it seems that I can never make enough of them. As usual, I used a medium-size pearl barley here instead of the pearled spelt. Pale brown in color and resembling wheat berries, barley is believed to be the oldest cultivated cereal. And it is extremely versatile. Around here, we love adding pearl barley to soups and stews but by now, I believe our family is addicted to pearl barley salads with grilled vegetables and lots and lots of fresh herbs.
To make a long story short, what is not to like about this beautiful salad with grilled cubes of aubergine, yellow summer squash, zucchini, fresh peas and French beans, with tons of added Italian parsley, green as well as purple basil and chives. Definitely my kind of recipe that leaves a lot of room for personal and seasonal interpretation.
The second recipe that I prepared was Broad (French) beans with herbed goat´s cheese (page 316) from the chapter „Mezze & Tapas“. Always game for trying out some new variations of preparing a topping for all kinds of breads that we enjoy, I was quite sure that we would love this recipe and we did.
The first time I made this I used broad beans, and piled the cheesy, herby bean mixture on top of toasted, garlic-rubbed country bread. The second time I made this recipe I could not find any more fresh broad beans for the life of me and used French beans instead. I was torn at first between adding peas or French green beans and decided to go with the later. I chopped up the beans after blanching them to make them more convenient to eat and serve. So, the second time around, I ended up serving this as a late summer appetizer on mini rounds of lovely, dark and sweet German Pumpernickel - a little bit 70´s style.
I must admit to being rather partial to the contrast of flavors here. The tangy fresh goat´s cheese and the creaminess of the Greek yogurt, those herbs and just the right hint of garlic, taken all together, made my day.
My third recipe for this month was the Tomato and mozzarella risotto from the chapter (page 272) of „Pasta & Rice“ – although this recipe was a tad bit more involved, I loved making it. I started out with preparing the Roasted tomato sauce (page 366) in the morning – this is pretty much a no-brainer. Take lovely summer tomatoes, cut them in half, add garlic, thyme, and marjoram, season with sea salt and freshly ground black pepper and pass the results through a sieve (or, in my case, a vintage food mill - always love an excuse to pull that lovely old kitchen utensil out of the cupboard). Measure about 300 ml and you are all set for the risotto.
Risotto rice is easy to come by and we all know how to prepare a risotto and are forewarned not to leave the kitchen whilst preparing a risotto which can be considered as somewhat of a difficult or moody side dish to prepare. Add your tomato sauce or passata di pomodoro at the end, then add cubes of buffalo mozzarella for a real treat. If you love the creaminess of risotto and melted cheese in addition to the taste of a wonderful homemade herby passata – then this is a recipe for you.
For the fourth recipe, I chose the delightfully summery Leek and cheese toastie (page 202) from the chapter "Bready Things". Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall describes this leek-based, cheesy topping as „the simplest and most midweek-friendly“ of his leek toppings and right he is.
The delicious and easy topping consists of but a few ingredients, namely some good quality butter, sliced fresh leeks and fragrant thyme - cook gently for about 10 to 15 minutes and then all that is left to do is to stir in some double cream, simmer some more, fold in some grated cheese such as Cheddar, add sea salt and freshly ground pepper to taste, then toast a few slices of sourdough bread (or other bread that you prefer), spread with the still warm topping and top with more cheese, then grill until golden - pure midweek deliciousness if you ask my family and me.
Thyme grows in my garden, fresh leeks can be easily found locally, the bread is from my favorite bakery nearby and the cheese I used was Emmenthal. We were all more than pleased with this with its sweetness from the leeks, creaminess from the cheese and cream and just the right amount of woodsy herb flavor from the fresh thyme.
Again, this is like a different kind of bruschetta and Hugh´s recipe brings out the mild, sweet flavor that leeks have and showcases it so well. Make sure to use your favorite country-style, rustic bread like a lovely sourdough.
Onto recipe number five the Stuffed peppers with new potatoes, feta and pesto (page 349) from the chapter „Roast, Grill & Barbecue“. This is definitely a fun recipe - you could use different varieties of peppers here and use store-bought or homemade pesto, depending on your schedule.
I believe that it is a true pleasure to cook this Italian-style vegetarian dish of colorful stuffed peppers in late summer, when home-grown red peppers are at their sweetest. Just make sure to roast them for an adequate amount of time.
The somewhat unusual filling in Hugh´s recipe not only calls for cubed boiled new potatoes, but also for feta cheese and homemade pesto (page 256) – as we have eaten a lot of pesto lately, I decided to opt for a delightful Walnut tapenade instead. Good choice. This dish is a bit different and combines flavors that I would usually not serve in this combination but glad I did when I made it.
Recipe number six ranks as my personal favorite this month, the Aubergine and green bean curry (page 29) from the chapter of „Comfort Food & Feasts“.
The first step in this recipe requires you to make a curry paste of shallots, garlic, ginger, lemongrass, green chilies, ground cumin, coriander and turmeric. What a fragrant paste. Next you fry the aubergine, then the curry paste. Add the aubergine to the warm curry paste, add homemade tomato sauce and coconut milk, then some French beans, and simmer until they are tender – which takes about 5 to 10 minutes. I decided to go with yellow string beans here as opposed to the ever present green variety at our house . I believe that the yellow ones are sweeter than the green ones which makes for a nice contrast in this somewhat spicy dish.
As a side dish, I served some lovely basmati rice with black and yellow sesame seeds and topped with fresh cress. And I put out a plate with fresh lime wedges for everyone.
This dish is a late summer/early autumn dish, richly flavored with just the right amount of heat – who would have thought that tomato sauce, coconut milk, spices, aubergines and French beans all put together can work their magic on your palate. No doubt in my mind that I will be making this dish again soon.
The recipe that I chose as my seventh one this month was the Cheat´s cauliflower cheese (page 378) from the chapter „Side Dishes“. Made individual portions for the kids in those cute mini cocottes and they loved it - a nice way to serve that cauliflower and flavorful enough. Definitely a nice variation of the traditional English "Cheddar cauliflower cheese gratin" and not as rich either. Serve it as an accompaniment to a main course or even with a seasonal salad and maybe some homemade bread and butter or steamed summer greens.
Onto number eight. The Summer garden lentils niçoise (page 237) from the chapter „ Store-cupboard suppers“. For the lentils I chose the french Le Puy lentils, a variety of lentils that I enjoy quite a bit – they have great flavor, wonderful color and they hold their shape so well after cooking and when mixed into a hearty salad like this one.
Flavorwise, this salad is basically a lentil salad dressed up as a salade niçoise – and true to „the original salade niçoise, apart from the lentils, you will need cooked French beans, shallots, black olives and cherry tomatoes – plus some soft-boiled eggs on top. If the yolks are still soft, they mix rather nicely with the mustardy vinaigrette – another immensely popular hearty salads at our house. We loved, loved this one and I know that it does keep well because I made way too much for us to eat in one session.
The last recipe I prepared from this month´s line-up was the Tomatoes with Thai dressing (page 121) from the chapter „Raw Assemblies“.
So. what´s not to love about a variety of the freshest tomatoes avaiblable (including zebra, yellow, orange and red cherry tomatoes and some beefsteak tomatoes from Belgium) – the dressing consists of chili, garlic, balsamic vinegar, rice vinegar, sesame oil and honey – to that I added freshly grated ginger – plus lots of chives (instead of the mint) and Italian parsley. Quite delightful.
In summary, another month full of wonderful vegetable dishes – this month we were delighted to enjoy a number of late summer recipes for lunch, dinner and, best of all, for relaxed al fresco dining. What can possibly be better than to cook with fresh ingredients at this time of year.
Please note, that for copyright reasons, we do NOT publish the recipes. If you enjoy the recipes in our series, hopefully, the wonderfully talented and enthusiastic members of The Cottage Cooking Club and their wonderful posts can convince you to get a copy of this lovely book. Better yet, do make sure to join us in this cooking adventure! There is still time!
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Submitted to: Agricultural and Forest Meteorology Conference Proceedings
Publication Type: Abstract Only
Publication Acceptance Date: 2/2/1996
Publication Date: N/A
Technical Abstract: Crop residue often has solar radiation reflectance properties that differ appreciably from those soils. Residue reflectance changes as the residue weathers and with wetting and drying. Prostrate residue on the soil surface also absorbs incoming radiation that would otherwise reach the soil. Through these combined effects, crop residue has the potential to significantly alter the surface radiant energy balance. The objective of this research was to measure the effect of corn (Zea mays L.) residue on reflectance and transmittance of shortwave and photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) under field conditions. Various radiation measurements were made 2 m above the field of standing corn stubble having approximately 80% residue cover. Incoming and reflected solar radiation were measured with LI-COR silicon cell pyranometers (LI-200SA, LI-Cor, Inc., Lincoln, NE). Solar radiation transmitted through the residue layer was measured with two tube solarimeters (TSL, Delta-T Devices, Ltd., Burwell, Cambridge, UK) positioned between the residue layer and the soil surface. Incoming and reflected PAR were measured with LI-COR quantum sensors (LI-190SA) and transmitted PAR was measured with a LI-COR line quantum sensor (LI-191SB). Approximately 18% of the incoming shortwave radiation was reflected by the corn residue/soil surface. For PAR (0.4-0.7 um waveband), the reflectance was only approximately 12%. The amount of radiation intercepted by the crop residue was proportional to the level of residue cover. | <urn:uuid:db2df65b-f2ca-455e-9a89-12624675d650> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.ars.usda.gov/research/publications/publication/?seqNo115=63777 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572063.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814173832-20220814203832-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.950288 | 373 | 2.890625 | 3 |
Book Review of Meow Is Not a Cat
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What to Expect: Neurodiversity, Adventure, mad monkeys, and lots of bananas!
Meow is Not a Cat is a fun picture book about a child who is not like the others.
Meow, who is NOT a cat, is a child who wears a cat-shaped hat and has trouble interpreting directions. In this story, Meow tells us about a school trip to the zoo with Ms. Snickety. While visiting the monkeys, Ms. Snickety gives the class directions on how to feed them. The entire class, except Meow, follows her instructions and they give all the bananas to the monkeys. But now, they are left with no bananas for the children. When Meow realizes this, they offer a new solution to the monkeys—sharing. However the monkeys don’t understand, and chaos ensues until Meow finds a solution that allows everyone to get a banana.
Kelly Tills does a wonderful job of writing a story from the perspective of a neurodivergent child. Children who read or listen to this story will be able to identify with Meow whether they are neurodivergent or not. Another purposeful omission is Meow’s gender—this allows readers to see in Meow whatever they wish. In addition to Tills humorous narrative, the illustrations provided by Max Saladrigas are similar to those found in graphic novels. Within these colorful illustrations, readers can see the characters’ emotions and thoughts so readers that have not yet mastered the written word can connect with these characters.
Thanks to the clever illustrations and relatable characters, this book will be enjoyed by readers of all ages. Meow is Not a Cat is also a valuable reference for introducing the concept of neurodivergence both at home and in the classroom and can lend itself to some great conversations about neurodiversity.
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About the Author
Kelly Tills is the creator of her own uniquely shaped family. Kindness, neurodiversity, and potty humor are her jam. She writes silly stories for kids and believes even the smallest hat-tip, in the simplest of books, can teach our kids how to approach the world. Kelly’s children’s stories are perfect to read aloud to your little humans or to have your older kids read to you (hey, let them flex those new reading skills!). Either way, you’ll enjoy the giggles.
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Integrating risk assessment and life cycle assessment: A case study of insulation
Nishioka Y, Levy J I, Norris G A, Wilson A, Hofstetter P, Spengler J D (2002)
Risk Analysis 22(5):1003 – 1017
Increasing residential insulation can decrease energy consumption and provide public health benefits, given changes in emissions from fuel combustion, but also has cost implications and ancillary risks and benefits. Risk assessment or life cycle assessment can be used to calculate the net impacts and determine whether more stringent energy codes or other conservation policies would be warranted, but few analyses have combined the critical elements of both methodologies. In this article, we present the first portion of a combined analysis, with the goal of estimating the net public health impacts of increasing residential insulation for new housing from current practice to the latest International Energy Conservation Code (IECC 2000). We model state-by-state residential energy savings and evaluate particulate matter less than 2.5 μm in diameter (PM2.5, NOx, and SO2 emission reductions. We use past dispersion modeling results to estimate reductions in exposure, and we apply concentration-response functions for premature mortality and selected morbidity outcomes using current epidemiological knowledge of effects of PM2.5 (primary and secondary). We find that an insulation policy shift would save 3 × 1014 British thermal units or BTU (3 × 1017 J) over a 10-year period, resulting in reduced emissions of 1,000 tons of PM2.5, 30,000 tons of NOx, and 40,000 tons of SO2. These emission reductions yield an estimated 60 fewer fatalities during this period, with the geographic distribution of health benefits differing from the distribution of energy savings because of differences in energy sources, population patterns, and meteorology. We discuss the methodology to be used to integrate life cycle calculations, which can ultimately yield estimates that can be compared with costs to determine the influence of external costs on benefit-cost calculations. | <urn:uuid:40f1b9da-af5c-49e8-9f0f-6924628bc724> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://lca-net.com/publications/show/integrating-risk-assessment-life-cycle-assessment-case-study-insulation/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572215.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815235954-20220816025954-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.887108 | 415 | 1.90625 | 2 |
How do you know when your back pain is due to strained muscles or overwork and when it is more serious? One usually learns that back pain is chronic if the pain lasts for more than six weeks and does not get better. A chronic condition is one in which the problem can be expected to remain over a period of time as opposed to an acute injury which can be expected to resolve within a few days or weeks. Disc herniation is a chronic problem that can cause very significant pain.
What is disc herniation? The gel-like substance that is found between the vertebrae is called a disc. The disc has a hard material on the outside but is soft on the inside. The vertebrae are the bony structures in the spine. The main function of the disc is to absorb shock from movement of the body and to keep the vertebra separated and not touching one another. A disc can begin to degenerate when the outer, harder part of the disc is torn or otherwise damaged.
The dictionary defines herniation as “to protrude through an abnormal bodily opening so as to constitute a hernia.” When the outer shell of the disc deteriorates the inner core pushes back into the spinal column, which is known as a herniated disc. This movement of the disc can actually cause it to rub up against the spinal cord and surrounding nerves. This can put direct pressure on the nerve which can cause intense pain throughout the body.
You will hear people refer to disc herniation with several different names including a “slipped disc.” However this is a misnomer because the disc cannot “slip,” due to the fact that it is stuck tightly between two vertebrae. Disc herniation may also be called a prolapsed disc, ruptured disc, pinched nerve or bulging disc. A more clinical description is degenerative disc disease.
Symptoms vary among people from none to very severe. This will depend on the location of the herniated disc and the degree of damage. Some symptoms that may occur along with the pain are tingling, numbness, spasms and muscle weakness. In more serious cases the problem may lead to paralysis. It is important that a physician be consulted whenever back pain is chronic or you suspect a herniated disc.
There are several things you can do to for treatment of a herniated disc:
1. Rest and keep motion to a minimum
2. Explore alternative therapies such as acupuncture, massage and relaxation exercises
3. Physical therapy
4. Anti-inflammatory drugs and/or steroids as prescribed by your physician
5. Surgery to correct the positioning of the disc
6. Disc replacement surgery
7. Pain management using a combination of these approaches
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The Journey of 1,000 miles, begins with a single step ~ Lao Tzu
Here at Krav Maga Martial Arts when we tie a white belt on a new student we’ll repeat these words of wisdom. Just like many such sayings though, the words are first something we must learn so that one day we’ll understand and live by them…
Starting something new is oftentimes the hardest decision one can make! But also the bravest.
Whether your journey is starting a new job, being the new student at school, changing your lifestyle, or even beginning a new relationship.
Now you might be thinking to yourself, But these things can all be beneficial. They can improve our lives or even bring us a step closer to the goals we’d like to achieve!
And you would be right.
Once we take that first step each step that follows becomes easier and easier. But no matter what we still have to start with that first step.
Afterall… A blackbelt is just a white belt that never quit.
As the year progresses we have so many great opportunities to begin a new journey and start something new!
1). Our family martial arts program is always looking to welcome that white belt taking his or her first step toward blackbelt!
Are you ready to take your first step toward BLACKBELT?
2). Summer is right around the corner! Speaking of trying something new, our Summer Camp is a great way to get your child started in the martial arts while also being able to make those new friends and pick up those new skills! Intensity, Focus, Discipline, Awareness, Confidence… You name it!
3). We believe in Superheroes! Krav Maga for Cause! Heroes that stand up for what is right and protect others from harm!
If you and/or your family are looking to begin something new, 2 weeks of FREE lessons is a great place to start and you can take that step by simply responding to this email and I’ll help you in any way I can.
Or you can reach out simply by submitting your request for information HERE. I’ll give you a call and we can find a time that works best for you!
We’ll get you set up for your first class where you’ll begin the journey.
I Look forward to hearing from you!
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Founded in 2000 by Grandmaster Stephen J. Del Castillo, a 7th degree Black Belt and Sr. Master Instructor, Krav Maga Martial Arts and Karate lessons for pre-school children ages 3-6 and elementary age kids ages 7 and up are designed to develop the critical building blocks kids need – specialized for their age group – for school excellence and later success in life.
Krav Maga Martial Arts Adult Krav Maga training is a complete adult self defense, fitness, and conditioning program for adults who want to learn real world self defense, lose weight, and/or get (and stay in shape).
If you have any questions about our program, or would like to go ahead redeem your 2 weeks FREE, you can call us anytime at 813-547-6368 or visit our Krav Maga Martial Arts website.
About Grandmaster Stephen J. Del Castillo: Grandmaster Del Castillo is the founding Master Instructor of Krav Maga Martial Arts and has been empowering lives in Pasco and Hillsborough Counties since October of 2000. He is a 7th degree Blackbelt, MBA, author, mentor and success coach, a US Army Veteran and a proud father and grandfather. He is married to Ms. Barbara Del Castillo who helps him run the school. Grand Master Del Castillo began his training in the early 80’s and has high level blackbelts in Tae Kwon Do, Karate, Premier Martial Arts and Krav Maga Martial Arts as well as experience in kickboxing, Jeet Kune Do and Jiujitsu. He has high level instructor certifications from BBSI, IKMF, and KMG and has been featured in numerous Martial Arts publications and also Success magazine. He was a competitive sport karate and American Kickboxing instructor until he enlisted in the US Army where he served in the 82nd Airborne Division, where he won an Army Green to Gold scholarship and proceeded to ROTC and the University of Tampa. He was commisioned in 1992 and went on to serve in Germany with the 3rd Infantry Division and then in several other posts in the US until he left military service to pursue his dream of creating KMMA in 2000.
The Krav MagaMartial Arts Headquarters is in Lutz, FL at 1900 Land O’ Lakes Blvd., 33549. Krav Maga Martial Arts serves Lutz, Land O’ Lakes, Wesley Chapel, and surrounding areas. | <urn:uuid:d5766c44-8507-4df8-99d9-312146ab097e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://tampakravmaga.com/be-brave-enough/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572063.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814173832-20220814203832-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.941715 | 1,027 | 1.632813 | 2 |
There is a gradual but clear transition towards a circular economy (CE) that will potentially have significant impacts on ports, both in their function as transport nodes and as locations for logistics and manufacturing activities. A rough appraisal of new investments in circular manufacturing activities in ports in Europe drawn from organizational reports and official webpages illustrates the (slow) development of circular activities in ports. This paper is to our knowledge the first paper which deals with the implications of CE for the business model of the port development company. We assess if and how the circularity transition affects the role and business model of port authorities as developers of port clusters. We outline a framework for analyzing the consequences of CE on the business model of the port authority. We then apply this framework to get a detailed understanding of the emerging CE ecosystem in the Port of Amsterdam, which is clearly a frontrunner in the transition, and the role of the government-owned Port of Amsterdam port development company (PoA) in developing this ecosystem. In Amsterdam, a CE 'business ecosystem' has emerged and continues to evolve with three types of synergies between the companies in this ecosystem: logistics infrastructure and services synergies, input-output synergies and industrial ecology synergies. We find that the spatial scale of the CE value chains in the port varies between segments and that they are generally less international than 'linear' value chains. The development of CE activities occupies a central place in PoA's strategy, and PoA assumes new and active roles in advancing the circular business ecosystem, most notably through developing industrial ecology synergies and nurturing and attracting new, innovative CE companies. Finally, the circularity transition leads to changes in PoA's business model, with an increasing focus on new services that create synergies, and a decreasing importance of the share of port dues in the total revenue mix.
The ongoing shift toward a circular economy, in which end-of-life (EOL) products are reused, remanufactured, or recycled, has major implications for seaports, especially seaports in metropolitan areas, as in such areas, huge amounts of EOL products are available. Ports are therefore relevant locations for circular economy activities. This chapter identifies the main commodities in volume terms and the set of associated activities and assesses resulting opportunities and threats for ports. Case studies of Dutch ports are used to illustrate this analysis. | <urn:uuid:acc13feb-5c97-4cea-9fa3-ecbe5e3ed10c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.mra.dk/knowledge/keyword/circular-economy/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572063.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814173832-20220814203832-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.931161 | 472 | 2.109375 | 2 |
Data science has now taken over practically every business on the planet. Data Science Applications’ role has not evolved overnight. There isn’t a single industry in the world that isn’t dependent on data these days. We can now forecast outcomes in minutes, which used to take many human hours to process, because of faster computing and cheaper storage. As a result, data science has transformed into a source of energy for enterprises. It is not useful in and of itself; the valuable thing is to filter it into valuable information, transforming data into the 21st century’s gold.
Data Science Applications did not evolve into a new role overnight. Data science is an ever-evolving discipline, with data science methodologies addressing complicated commercial and industrial problems. Because of quicker computers and cheaper storage, we can now predict outcomes in minutes that used to take many human hours to process. Data science approaches are an essential component of company operations, assisting in the wrangling and analysis of massive data sets in order to arrive at a defined answer.
Data scientists address questions about the future. Data Science is the in-depth study of huge amounts of data, involving the extraction of meaning from raw, structured, and unstructured data. They start with big data, which has three properties: volume, diversity, and velocity. Extracting useful data from huge amounts of data requires data processing, which can be accomplished through the use of statistical techniques and algorithms, scientific methodologies, various technologies, and so on. The data is subsequently fed into algorithms and models. The most cutting-edge data scientists working in machine learning and AI construct models that autonomously self-improve, identifying and learning from their failures. Enroll on a data science course in Hyderabad to know more about these.
By managing massive amounts of data, data science has aided the healthcare business. Data science applications aid the healthcare business in particular. Massive medical data can be sorted in a digital environment using machine learning, artificial intelligence, data analytics, deep learning, and other techniques. In the healthcare industry, data science is making significant progress. Data science is employed in the detection of tumours and artery stenosis, and organ description using numerous approaches and frameworks such as Map-reduce to determine optimal parameters for tasks such as lung texture sorting. Data science is applied in many areas of health care. For stable texture classification, it employs machine learning approaches, support vector machines, content-based medical picture indexing, and wavelet analysis.
Fraud and Risk Detection
The initial application of data science was in the field of finance. Banking firms have learned through time to divide and conquer data through consumer profiles, historical expenditures, and other critical criteria in order to estimate the probability of risk and default. Organizations were continually fatigued by horrible demands and calamities. Finance and data science are intrinsically related since they both deal with data. Nonetheless, they had a large amount of data that was obtained throughout the first process while authorising credits. Companies used to have to go through a lot of paperwork to begin authorising loans, keeping them up to date, experiencing losses, and becoming in debt. They choose to carry out data science methods to safeguard themselves from losses. It also facilitates the promotion of banking products based on consumer purchasing power. Managing banking firms have worked out how to identify and defeat data utilising client profiling, previous usage, and other essential characteristics to analyse the probabilities of risk and default over the years. Furthermore, it aided them in marketing their banking products based on the purchasing power of their consumers. Furthermore, it aided them in pushing their banking products based on the client’s purchasing power.
Algorithms based on data science are also employed in digital advertising. Data-driven processes and tools are now widely used by businesses to develop, access, manage, store, and analyse the information derived from consumer data. Though internet browsing is one of the most important uses of data science and machine learning, the full digital marketing spectrum is another. Data scientists acquire information on e-commerce transactions or web page clicks using data mining technologies. Data science techniques are utilised to display banner ads on various websites as well as digital billboards at airports. These can assist businesses in making educated decisions, such as pricing products in the market based on expected demand and cost-benefit analysis. As a result, digital advertisements have a greater CTR than traditional commercials.
These are not the only areas in which data science can be applied. Data science provides enormous opportunities for businesses to develop and evolve, as well as make better decisions, which contributes to higher profits. Aside from these applications, data science can be found in marketing, finance, human resources, healthcare, government programs, and any other industry that generates data. In recent years, successful data science applications have aided small and medium-sized businesses in achieving solid growth. To know more, check out the official website Learnbay: the best data science course in Hyderabad.
Data science is used by marketing teams to determine which products are most likely to sell. Businesses will invest more in data science and related technologies in the future years in order to get essential insights and useful information and make the most of the available data. Data can provide insights, drive efficiency initiatives, and inform forecasts when critical thinking meets machine-learning algorithms. | <urn:uuid:f530c3de-9fa0-4406-a16b-4911c3693d2a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://customcareer.miami.edu/blog/2022/06/27/top-data-science-applications-in-2022/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572215.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815235954-20220816025954-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.939577 | 1,083 | 3.0625 | 3 |
Imagine legendary footballer Andrea Pirlo and mathematician prodigy Blaise Pascal sat down to face each other in a timeless game of chess. Were this to occur, I could imagine any pre-game exchanges of trash-talking between them looking like this:
Andrea Pirlo: "Football is played with the head. Your feet are just tools."
Blaise Pascal: "Chess is the gymnasium of the mind."
As intimidating as these remarks may seem, the truth is that these are both genuine quotes spoken by both Pirlo and Pascal.
Chess is a game of strategy. There are many components to strategic planning which are essential to playing a good game. The game plan, space, tactics, playing style, deception, attack, defence, concentration... the list goes on. Similarly, the same attributes are necessary for winning a game of football. If you ever try to watch a football match through the eyes of a chess player, the lines will begin to blur between pieces and players.
I wanted to design a chess variant which bridges the strategic underpinnings of football and chess on one playing board to celebrate the beautiful game(s).
Chess and football are also both beautifully democratic sports. Though they are incredibly difficult to master at the highest level, both have pretty low barriers to entry to begin playing.
Therefore, I created a series of accessible links to play the game of Football Chess (if it interests you and a friend). They can be accessed here:
- Football Chess Rulebook (comes with a printable board and pieces).
- Football Chess Interactive Online Gameboard (playable on Google Slides).
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February 28, 2021
Rare disease day takes place on the last day of February each year.
The main objective of Rare Disease Day is to raise awareness among the general public and decision-makers about rare diseases and their impact on patient’s lives.
Get involved today and help make an impact!
The campaign targets primarily the general public and also seeks to raise awareness among public authorities, industry representatives, policy-makers researchers, health professionals, and anyone who has an interest in rare diseases
Fundación Libellas has made a special video to show the whole world that rare diseases and ultra-rare diseases are everywhere. The best way to raise awareness is for each of us to come together and spread the word. #careaboutrare
Let’s bring awareness about Rare Diseases and Ultra Rare CLIFAHDD and IHPRF syndromes!!
Download the file at this link.
You can also share it from our Facebook page Fundación Libellas, Twitter, or Instagram. https://fb.watch/3QSODbS_Hu/
Or you can see and share it here!
Show us how you are celebrating World Rare DiseaseDay on social media. Share this video on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
Tag us @Fundacionlibellas and make sure to use the hashtags #RareDiseaseDay #CareAboutRARE #GeneNALCNandUNC80 #RareEpilepsies, for a chance to be highlighted on social media channels.
We include the special logo that the Rare Epilepsy Network has made for us.
You may use The official Rare Disease Day 2021 video. It is already available in 36 languages, kicking off the international patient-led movement that puts rare diseases in the spotlight.
Visit the world map to find your country and Be part of the global community!
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Rattan basketry yam mask (early 20th C) by Numbungai people of Southern Maprik region of Papua New Guinea at San Antonio Museum of Art. San Antonio, TX.
Photo by Jim Steinhart © 2021, all rights reserved. (Ref: TXAA665)
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Papua New Guinea Art
Museum of Art, San Antonio, TX - Oriental & Pacific Art
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CONVERSATIONS WITH WINE LOVERS INEVITABLY include discussion of terroir, a French term that generally refers to how the environmental elements in which a wine is produced affect the character of the wine itself—that is, how a “sense of place” is presented in the wine.
Doug Glorie, owner of Glorie Farm Winery, in Marlboro (Ulster County), believes the terroir of the Hudson Valley is perfectly presented by the Cabernet Franc made here. So, in 2016, he and his wife MaryEllen, along with Robert Bedford and Linda Pierro, publishers of Hudson Valley Wine magazine, established the Hudson Valley Cabernet Franc Coalition as a way to showcase what they believe is the Hudson Valley’s signature red grape.
The group, a loose association of regional wineries, aims to bring greater attention to all the wines of the region by boosting recognition of the Cabernet Franc produced here. Similar campaigns have been successful in raising public awareness and appreciation of wines from the Finger Lakes region (where Riesling is the signature grape) and on Long Island (where Merlot rules).
The coalition has modeled itself on Tuscany’s Consorzio Vino Chianti Classico, whose goals are to promote the wines of Italy’s Chianti Classico region and to improve the quality of those wines. Taking a cue from the Consorzio’s use of a black rooster as its symbolic imprimatur adorning bottles of wine of special quality and distinction from the region, the Hudson Valley coalition chose a hawk to adorn the neck of members’ bottles—both to honor the wine and to tease the customer. If “they have a bottle of Cab Franc and see the hawk on the label,” consumers may be more likely to try another wine with the same designation, Glorie suggests.
Hudson Valley Cabernet Franc tends to be “softer, less acidic, easier drinking” than many of its international counterparts, Glorie says. The grape is well suited to the region’s relatively cool climate, and many wineries currently include it on their roster. Oenophiles acknowledge that the Cab Franc grape is one of the most important and beloved blending grapes both here and in France, especially in Bordeaux, where it forms the basis for many of the prized wines from that region. (It is, in fact, the parent grape of both Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, as any ampelographer will tell you.)
Hudson Valley Cabernet Franc tends to be softer, less acidic, easier drinking than many of its international counterparts.
In addition to Glorie Farm Winery, the coalition lists Fjord Vineyards, Milea Estate, Millbrook Vineyards, Nostrano Vineyard, Robibero Family Vineyards, Tousey Winery and Whitecliff Vineyard as legacy members. The coalition has set a standard that at least 85 percent of the grapes used to make their wine be grown in the Hudson Valley and that the wine has been aged at least 12 months.
Matthew Spaccarelli, principal at Fjord Vineyards, says the wines of the Hudson Valley “need a regional identity to get on the global radar,” adding that the coalition may help stimulate dialogue among the region’s diverse producers, reinforce the sense of community and potentially help elevate the overall quality of the region’s wines.
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