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TIRUPUR: The Union Government wants to create 75 Textile hubs like Tirupur which will not only support textile product exports and ensure inclusion of sustainable technology, but will also generate huge opportunities for employment, Union Minister of Textiles, Commerce & Industry and Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Piyush Goyal said on Sunday.
Tirupur has made the country proud and is home to textile production of worth Rs 30,000 crore every year, he said, after visiting an apparel park here and a meeting with the exporters.
He said the sector provides direct employment to six lakh people and indirect employment to four lakh people, therefore, collectively providing employment to 10 lakh people.
He said in 1985, Tirupur was exporting Rs 15 crore worth of textile products. In the year ended March 2022, the estimated exports from Tirupur stood at Rs 30,000 crore, 2,000 time growth.
Considering the unprecedented growth of the textile sector in the region, in over 37 years, the compounded annual growth rate at Tirupur came to a phenomenal 22.87%, he added.
Stating that this garment and hosiery hub of Tirupur has immense job avenues, Goyal called upon youngsters to grab the opportunity.
Assuring that the youngsters will be given necessary training, the Minister said presently, nearly 70% of those employed in the textile sector in Tirupur are women and those from the marginalised sections.
Goyal said that all over India, roughly 3.5-4 crore people are engaged in the total value chain of Textile sector alone, which is the second largest provider of work after agriculture.
The industry size is about Rs 10 lakh crore and the export is about Rs 3.5 lakh crore, he added. Asserting that the Textile sector has the potential to grow to Rs 20 lakh crore industry in the next five years with exports of Rs 10 lakh crore, Goyal said even then, a modest export target of Rs 7.5-8 lakh crore and production target of about Rs 20 lakh crore which is achievable in next five years has been set.
Talking about the challenges faced by India in terms of COVID as well as war between other countries, he stressed that despite the challenges, under the guidance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India is one of the fastest growing economies in the world.
“If India grows at 8% every year on a Compounded Annual Growth basis, the economy will double in about 9 years’ time to be a $6.5 trillion economy. Similarly, in 18 years from now, the economy of India predicted is $13 trillion economy. In 27 years from now, the economy growth can be calculated as $26 trillion. Hence after 30 years, it can be confidently put that India will be a $30 trillion economy”, Goyal said.
He said that Tirupur is the leading source of Hosiery, Knitted Garments, Casual Wear, Sportswear and is a traditional centre for cotton ginning.
He said during his visit to SITRA yesterday, he saw many innovative projects. He said the Centre will work with Health Ministry on the Sanitary Napkin Machinery in SITRA to provide low cost sanitary napkins under the PM Jan Aushadhi Yojana. | <urn:uuid:214ba302-4453-4ba3-adaa-180a035ca287> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.dtnext.in/tamilnadu/2022/06/27/centre-to-create-75-textile-hubs-to-replicate-tirupur-success-goyal | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572215.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815235954-20220816025954-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.956563 | 682 | 1.671875 | 2 |
Where two adjacent hubs are within less than 30 minutes journey time of each other along the inter-town route connecting them, ConnectedCities assigns the stations along the route to one or other of the hub towns according to a formula.
The formula states that a station will be in ConnectedCity A if:
tA:tB < √pA:√pB
tA = journey time in minutes from the hub of ConnectedCity A
tB = journey time from the hub of ConnectedCity B
pA = population of the hub town of ConnectedCity A
pB = population of the hub town of ConnectedCity B.
This formula usually assigns those stations that are some distance from either hub to the larger of the two hub towns. Using time alone, a place might well find itself attached to a small hub town of which it makes little use rather than to a larger, more useful hub town somewhat further away.
To ascertain the journey time from the hub station of a ConnectedCity to any station on one of its inter-town routes.
Using the railway timetable, find the first few trains departing from the hub for that station at or after 12 noon on an ordinary weekday;
Read off or calculate the journey time to the station by each of these trains. If it varies, take the journey time by the first train that calls at all the intermediate stations;
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Use Onceover to start testing your Puppet control repository
I am a Puppet beginner and I’m happy to make the code manager integration happen. I like to play around with my code and test my code changes on my agent nodes. However, the way I’m testing my code is a bit tedious: Save my code change, push into remote repo, run code deploy, and run Puppet on agents.
Is there a simple way to quickly test my code? Yes! The answer is using Onceover.
First, I need to prepare my lab environment
I am using a fresh installation of RHEL 7.
Install Ruby by RVM
As to the Ruby version we want to install, we can follow this link to find Ruby versions for PE releases. In our example here, we are going to install Ruby v2.5.7. We can use RVM to install wanted Ruby versions easily.
Now we are ready to install Onceover and start our testing!
Install Onceover and test my Puppet Code
Clone down my control-repo
You can use this example repo for learning purposes, but you should ultimately try Onceover at your own control repo.
Okay, now I need to install the onceover gem
Now it’s time to configure and test
Now Onceover has been installed. The README says I need to configure it, and I can do so by running
bundle exec onceover init.
As the command runs, I can see that it created a number of files for me.
I’m curious what’s going to happen if I just try to run the spec tests. Back to the README, where I discover I can run
bundle exec onceover run spec.
Starting at the beginning of the output, I see that it’s deploying my modules from the Puppetfile.
After that, I can see the tests begin!
Now I’m seeing a couple of errors. For example:
After reading Puppet documentation, I realized that
augeas has been removed from Puppet 6, and I have to install a module called augeas_core to use
augeas resource type. Thus, I add the following line into my Puppetfile:
If I run
bundle exec onceover run spec again, I can see that my above error message is gone.
Then, I notice there are still two errors for
First, a few messages saying
The XXX system is not supported with the haproxy module. Now my question is: How can I tell Onceover to test modules with only wanted OSes? After checking with Onceover Configure, I understand I am able to configure class and node groups for tests. The Onceover configuration file is located at
onceover-lab-repo/spec/onceover.yaml. I have put an example onceover-example.yaml in my control repo so we can just copy it over.
Now I’m going to explain the three main changes made from the
First, I created a new class group called
general_class and included all classes but
Secondly, I created a new node group called
haproxy_nodes and excluded nodes that I didn’t want to test against
Lastly, I needed to update my
test_matrix to match the test classes and the node groups:
If I ran
bundle exec onceover run spec once more, I would see that Onceover stops testing some of the OSes that I filtered out and the above error is gone:
My only test error left is:
Onceover clearly tells me which file and which line is reporting this error. After checking that
loadbalancer.pp manifest file, I realized there’s a bug in my code, which I never realized in my real Puppet production setup! To fix this bug, I need to add a conditional check to the manifest file
site-modules/role/manifests/loadbalancer.pp. I have included a loadbalancer-improved.pp file in my repo. The main enhancement here is to add a
if statement before managing
Without this, there will be a chance when
$rule2 is not needed and its value will take the default value
undef. Consequently, the title for this rule will be
undef, which is not accepted. I’d never realized this issue in my production environment as I had always configured the second rule.
Now we can copy over the file:
Now, if I run
bundle exec onceover run spec again…
Hooray!!! All of my module tests passed and I am glad to push the current code status to my remote repository!
What I’ve done so far with Onceover
- Onceover provides me the flexibility to test my modules with wanted OSes
- Onceover helps me identify my code bugs which I can’t easily find from my Puppet environment
- Onceover helps me to test Puppet code with the latest version
This is a good start; I’ve built more confidence in my Puppet code before I can push them into my production control repo. Onceover provides an easy way to test my codes, and the tests are reusable with just a simple
onceover run command! Meanwhile, I’m joined by my Puppet colleagues, because Puppet has other cool tools like Puppet Development Kit (PDK) and Continuous Delivery for Puppet Enterprise. PDK provides integrated testing tools and a command line interface to help you develop, validate, and test modules. Continuous Delivery for Puppet Enterprise offers a prescriptive workflow to test and deploy Puppet code across environments! Feel excited? Feel free to check out Learn more below!
Henry is a customer support team lead for Asia-Pacific & Japan at Puppet.
- Read about roles and profiles.
- How to set up a control repo in case you haven't done it.
- Read more about Puppet Development Kit
- Check out the documentation and user guide for Continuous Delivery for Puppet Enterprise
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December 20, 2018
Numerous lawsuits have led to a complete halt to construction on the Atlantic Coast Pipeline and at Mountain Valley Pipeline water crossings as protests against pipelines continue to spring up.
The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality is seeking input on coal ash ponds that Duke Energy wants to cap-in-place rather than do real cleanup through excavation. DEQ has the power to change this! The public will have one more chance to speak up for impacted communities at six public meetings scheduled in January.
Some coal companies appear to be banking on opportunities for short-term gain with exports of metallurgical coal, but that market can only prop up the industry for so long.
The State Air Pollution Control Board held off voting on a permit for a massive fracked-gas compressor station proposed in a mostly black community and will open another public comment period to hear more about broad concerns of environmental justice.
From monitoring the health of local waterways affected by pipelines or coal mining to tracking the changing of the seasons or searching for endangered bees, people from all walks of life are seizing the opportunity to participate in scientific projects.
Virginia officials have yet to reschedule a hearing in the complaint against Rappahannock Electric Cooperative for denying its members the right to petition for open board meetings and other reforms. Now every other electric co-op in Virginia has intervened to oppose the members’ fight for transparency, giving the ultimate outcome of the case state-wide implications.
Appalachian Voices’ Jamie Goodman recounts the joys of a winter hike and the magic of the season in a special Hiking the Highlands column. She also shares thoughts from others about the perks of braving the cold and setting out on the trail. | <urn:uuid:367c06a4-d4d2-4a37-bd34-3ac4dfac94c0> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://appvoices.org/advocate/issue112/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572870.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817062258-20220817092258-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.94038 | 350 | 1.710938 | 2 |
When I was a small child in the early 1980s, my family made a trek, via station wagon, from Chicago to Los Angeles to visit some relatives. We had lunch at the Original Pantry one afternoon, and my mother noticed a very frail man at a table near ours. He was so thin and pale. One of the quirks of memory is that I don’t remember if I saw the purple sores associated with advanced AIDS, but I remember the conversation between my parents in the car afterwards. They concluded the man had AIDS, and was probably terminal. My father, who followed the news closely, was more ahead of the curve than my mother at that point, knowing that the man should enjoy eating out while he still could without risk of contaminating anyone.
Whenever I see incidences of violence aimed at the LGBT community, I’m always reminded of the man at the Pantry. As I saw the news about the shooting in Orlando, and how a nightclub that was a haven for people of color as well as LGBT people was targeted, it was a terrible reminder that there’s still work to be done to protect equal rights for all.
There’s variance in state laws regarding how hate crimes are recorded, so it’s difficult to get a full statistical grasp of how persistent threats of violence remain. The Southern Poverty Law Center notes that they saw an increase in anti-gay hate groups from 2010-2011, and a study of 102 acts of violence against transgender people found that about 10 percent of those were attacks against children under 18.
To gain a better understanding of the threats that LGBT people live with, I spoke with Anthony Martinez, founding member of the Civil Rights Agenda. He said that with civil rights progress comes inevitable waves of backlash, and that the way to make lasting gains is to win the battles for hearts and minds. As for more specific threats of violence, Martinez said that victims are often attacked in settings when they’re at their most vulnerable or intimate, like a same sex couple holding hands, or a transgender person using the washroom. He was emphatic that this was an act of terrorism targeting the LGBT community, and that the responsibility lie with the gunman.
The inevitable questions will arise about the attacker’s access to guns, or the role his faith played in motivating the assault. While those ideas are explored, we can’t forget about protecting the rights of our fellow Americans—provided we remember that our fellow Americans and the LGBT community are not mutually exclusive. Except for Marco Rubio, no conservative members of Congress who have offered their condolences have acknowledged that this was a specific attack on LGBT people.
Donald Trump has practically turned this attack into an outright condemnation of Islam, which will only have the effect of silencing and alienating peaceful, reform-minded Muslims who not only condemn the attack, but also support equal rights. In a recent interview with Fareed Zakaria, Islam scholar and reformist Irshad Manji said that she sees no conflict between her faith and being a lesbian: “I really haven’t struggled. And my lack of struggle at being a gay Muslim really comes from the fact I have deep faith in God. And this is not a God whom I fear, it is a God whom I love, and I believe loves me back. And what I find so ironic is that, even mainstream Muslims, especially mainstream Muslims, say that Allah is omniscient, and omnipotent, He cannot make mistakes, He knows what He is doing. Great. Well, in that case, He knew that He was creating somebody like me. Did He make a mistake in doing so? Fareed, I’m not saying I’m right, I’m just saying let’s have the humility to leave the final judgment to God Himself.”
This attack in Orlando comes at a time when we’re more open and tolerant of diversity than ever before. To go back to when I saw the man at the Pantry, the federal government was still dragging its feet in acknowledging the AIDS crisis. To this day, 29 states do not have any protections for LGBT people from job discrimination. A recent government study found that 19 percent of transgender or gender non-conforming people surveyed faced discrimination when trying to buy or rent a home.
On the other side, Americans maintain that freedom of religion is an integral part to our national identity. Yet discrimination against American Muslims does happen. It’d be a mistake to pit the rights of Muslims and the LGBT community against each other. If we become selective in protecting human rights, then we are simply failing to protect the rights of all people. | <urn:uuid:0dadc0c4-00f3-48ab-9252-1fd324c90bed> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.splicetoday.com/politics-and-media/we-must-protect-the-rights-of-all-americans | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572063.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814173832-20220814203832-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.974872 | 957 | 2.171875 | 2 |
July 23, 2019 – Maryellen Zbrozek, USGS Student Contractor
How does PAMF’s model use participant-collected data?
With the end of PAMF’s second full cycle quickly approaching, PAMF participants have been gearing up to collect and submit their data packages. Before asking for those data, we thought we would share a bit about how those data are being used to increase management effectiveness and efficiency.
PAMF systematically learns from Phragmites management across the Great Lakes basin through a computer-based model, which forms the foundation for how PAMF can provide site-specific management guidance to participants. Each year, the model digests incoming data by comparing predicted and observed outcomes, thus becoming “smarter” with each cycle (see Decision Support blog post). But how are participant data actually used in this process?
The model needs three categories of data in order to run: monitoring data, management data, and cost data. These data are retrieved from the monitoring and management reports that participants submit to PAMF each year.
When monitoring a management unit (MU), participants collect data about percent establishment, or the proportion of the MU where Phragmites is established, as well as stem diameter and count, which is a measure of Phragmites density in the MU (Figure 1). The model uses these metrics to characterize the invasion status of an MU. The invasion status is categorized into one of six states, ranging from sites with low percent establishment and low stem density to sites with high percent establishment and high stem density (Figure 2). As participants submit monitoring reports over time, the model tracks how the invasion status changes on an annual basis (as it hopefully improves!). Without the data participants submit during monitoring, PAMF would not have any information about the changes that occur on a site-by-site basis.
Data about management actions implemented within an MU to control Phragmites are reported for each phase of the plant’s biological cycle: translocating, dormant, and growing (see Phragmites’ Annual Cycle blog post). Management reports work in conjunction with the monitoring reports to teach the model which management combinations work best for transitioning to the lowest invasion state. PAMF’s model focuses on 16 different management combinations used by land managers, each consisting of three management actions used per year (see Management Combinations blog post; Figure 3). By reporting data about which management actions were taken, participants contribute to the pool of data on which management combinations work best in site-specific scenarios. Since the model only accounts for 16 management combinations, it only functions when participants use one of these combinations. When participants report the outcome of applying the management combination they receive as guidance or applying one of the other management combinations PAMF tracks, the model is able to learn more quickly and provide better outputs to participants.
Submitting information about the costs associated with each management action is optional. However, we highly encourage participants to submit cost data whenever possible because the model uses these data to derive guidance that optimally balances efficacy against cost. Currently, the model assumes that more labor-intensive management actions are costlier. Although this is a good place to start, our goal is to base the optimization on costs that participants are incurring out in the field. When participants provide cost data, they help the optimization reflect the actual costs incurred by a management action. This allows PAMF to provide participants with guidance suggestions that become more data-driven over time.
PAMF relies on this computer-based model to learn from what managers across the Great Lakes basin are doing to manage Phragmites. In turn, the model relies on participants to collect the data necessary for it to run. Without the important citizen-science that participants conduct, PAMF would not be possible and this basin-wide learning would stop! If you are a PAMF participant, make sure all your sites are enrolled and monitored and your management reports are submitted by August 1 so that you can receive the model-provided guidance released in mid-August. | <urn:uuid:5a1aa7d7-45ea-44f2-9f46-e9211ba30843> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.greatlakesphragmites.net/blog/20190723-participant-collected-data/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571950.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813111851-20220813141851-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.920222 | 848 | 2.75 | 3 |
https://www.earhustlesq.com/episodes/2017/6/28/misguided-loyalty listen to this podcast After listening to the podcast, write what theory would you choose to apply to explain Tommy Shakur Ross’s involvement in gangs and crime. Please answer the following questions: Summarize the chosen theory in your own words. Find supporting theoretical propositions that help to explain why Tommy Shakur Ross got involved with gangs and crime. What are some gaps in the theoretical explanation of Tommy Shakur Ross involvement with gangs and crime? The eligible theories to choose from are Durkheim’s Theory of Anomie, Merton’s Strain Theory, Agnew’s General Theory of Strain, Social Disorganization Theory, and any psychological theory you think could fit the case. | <urn:uuid:21dc4c08-53a9-43e9-a2be-038e99be9cc7> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://assignmentsabc.com/organized-crime/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572870.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817062258-20220817092258-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.897406 | 176 | 2.59375 | 3 |
Be the change you want to see in the world – Gandhi
For school leaders, it is imperative to be the change you want to see in your school. As we become more engrossed in the 21st century, and understanding the changing nature of information, personalized learning, and preparing students for jobs that don’t currently exist (thanks Scott McLeod), school leaders need to be at the forefront.
Far too long, supervisors, principals, and superintendents have been engaged in compliance leadership…. Every new initiative or requirement that has been enacted by the various departments of education have fallen on the shoulders of the school/district leaders…. until now. Considering that 90% of the worlds information has been developed in the past two years, and technology has accelerated this change, we need to learn how to understand the benefits of being connected.
Here are a few reasons why it is crucial to be a connected leader:
- As opposed the previous (compliance leaders) connected leaders can model the way for their students, parents, teachers and community about digital citizenship, and digital responsibility
- Connected leaders can learn 24 hours a day 7 days a week in a personalized format. There is no more waiting…. You want it, you go get it
- It doesn’t take much time – For about 10 minutes a day, you can increase your understanding of what ever you want
- Professional Learning Network – the PLN can assist you with ideas, resources, and support as you grow and understand that you are not alone
- Tell your story – Spread the great news of your school or district through blogs, videos, and other web 2.0 tools.
As you model these practices, you will realize that the connected world is crucial to improving the learning environment of your school. The school community, after seeing you model this digital learning, and connection will be able to embark on a similar journey. Before you know it, you will see the change you wanted to see….
For more information about how all this can assist you, check out my new book Connected Leadership: It’s a click away. | <urn:uuid:be80bd20-7f63-453b-afa9-28543f2df35f> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://drspikecook.com/2014/08/15/modeling-the-way-connecting-your-leadership-227365/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572870.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817062258-20220817092258-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.956627 | 431 | 2.015625 | 2 |
The End of an Internship Was Just the Beginning
Belen Cosme grew up assuming she would clean houses for a living. It was what her mother had always done and what was familiar to her. At that time, she didn’t know a single person who had been to college or who worked in a professional office environment. It wasn’t until her first internship with Kinder Morgan during her senior year of high school that she abandoned that idea and began to consider new possibilities. Through Genesys Works, she realized that her career options were far broader than she had assumed.
Belen attended Austin High School in Houston’s East End community. During that time, she and her family experienced significant hardships that gave little room to think about grades or the future. “There were times we didn’t have enough food,” she said. “We even went without running water for months a time.” It was also during this time that she first learned of Genesys Works. “I couldn’t apply yet because I was a freshman, but for some reason the program always stayed in the back of my mind.” When Belen’s family moved neighborhoods, she knew she would be zoned to a different school. “I insisted on going back to Austin High School for my junior year just so that I could apply to Genesys Works,” Belen said
Genesys Works doesn’t accept or reject students based on grades. Instead, the program focuses on students in “the quiet middle,” motivated individuals who just need a little push in the right direction in order to achieve career success. Belen had demonstrated that motivation, she just needed an opportunity.
Belen successfully completed Genesys Works’ 8-week skills training and earned an internship with Kinder Morgan. “On my first day, I was more terrified than I was excited,” Belen said. Though she felt extremely intimidated in this unfamiliar environment, she was determined to leave her comfort zone and embrace the new experience. But Belen did more than embrace the experience, she excelled in it.
“My supervisor at Kinder Morgan was the best mentor. He allowed me to ask questions and shadow other team members,” Belen said. “I compare everyone to him now.” That supervisor was Jimmy Frith-Brown, Manager of IT Purchasing & Mobility. “I’ll never forget that he allowed me to work on a project outside of our group, testing our phishing vulnerabilities with the cybersecurity group,” Belen said. “After that, I knew that this was the type of IT work that I wanted to do, and it was all because of Jimmy.”
The feelings of respect and gratitude were mutual. In a letter of recommendation Jimmy wrote for Belen, he said “Belen is a conscientious worker who can handle both difficult, detailed tasks as well as the repetitive mundane duties, which are frequently assigned to interns, with equal aplomb. She is an outgoing and positive person willing to embrace any challenge presented to her. I believe she is the only intern to have met the company’s Chairman of the Board, the CEO, and the CFO; as well as developing a mentor relationship with our CIO.”
Over the course of the internship, Belen and Jimmy built an incredible bond that helped shaped Belen’s career aspirations. “I left my internship there knowing exactly what I wanted to do and got straight to work,” Belen said. And that’s what she did.
Belen entertained several internships offers during college. “As soon as recruiters noticed I had a yearlong internship with a Fortune 500 company, the conversation flowed and more doors were opened.” In December 2019, she graduated early with a degree in management information systems from the University of Houston. Around the same time, she and her husband closed on their first home together. “I’m 21 years old and though I have accomplished a lot, I am not done,” Belen said.
In January, Belen accepted a full-time offer with alliantgroup. When she updated her LinkedIn profile with her new role, Jimmy was one of the first people to congratulate her.
“No amount of hard work could have given me the opportunities that I’ve had through Genesys Works,” Belen said.
If you’re ready to set up a meeting to learn more about hosting a Genesys Works intern and becoming a mentor, email us at firstname.lastname@example.org. You can also check out our video library here. | <urn:uuid:42346503-898c-46b5-bbe6-765ccf329626> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://genesysworks.org/news/mentorship-matters-belen-cosme/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572870.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817062258-20220817092258-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.98487 | 983 | 1.5625 | 2 |
Calvin C. (Kelly) Gotlieb
Emeritus Professor of Computer Science
University of Toronto
Through his vision, inspiration, and leadership, Gotlieb played a fundamental role in bringing Canadians into the modern age of computing. His efforts led to the formation of Departments of Computer Science in universities across the country. Gotlieb also had the vision to recognize that computers would have profound impacts on society, and that policies needed to be created to ameliorate the worst of these impacts. More than six decades later, Gotlieb’s progressive ideas and revolutionary vision remain the foundation for today’s computer technology. Here are some of Prof. Gotlieb’s contributions.
In 1952, U of T acquired FERUT—the 2nd electronic digital computer ever sold anywhere. Applications and demonstrations on this and later U of T computers done by Prof. Gotlieb had major influences in Canada: (1) “Flutter calculations”, involving the inversion of a 40×40 matrix, were essential for the design of the Avro Arrow aircraft. (2) “Backwater calculations” for an all-Canadian St. Lawrence Seaway (simulating the flooding that would take place) proved that it was practical. These led the US Congress to change its position, and join Canada in the project. (3) A demonstration of a computerized airline reservation system (at which the President of Air Canada was present) led to the adoption in Canada of one of the first such systems. (4) Simulation of computer controlled traffic lights led to the adoption in Toronto of the first such system in the world. (5) The U of T library was a pioneer in digitizing its card catalogue, and the format it developed was later adopted by the US Library of Congress. (6) Simulation of machine reading of postal codes led to an early introduction of postal codes in Canada. (7) A well-attended course on Computers in Business, offered in the Extension Department for several years before there were academic credit courses, led to the widespread adoption of computers by the Canadian insurance industry.
Research on computerized databases led to Professor Gotlieb’s appointment to a Task Force on Privacy for the Federal Governments Departments of Justice and Industry. The report led to the first Privacy Legislation in Canada. When the UN General Assembly instructed Secretary U Thant to produce a Report on the Application of Computer Technology to Development, six experts, including Professor Gotlieb from Canada, were chosen to write it. The resulting report is the best seller that UN had published to date. The Oxford Institute for the Internet is one of the world’s best known organizations for studying the effects of computers on society. Its director, William Dutton, has indicated that reading the textbook “Social Implications of Computers” by Professors Gotlieb and Borodin, (the first book on the topic) led to his choice of careers. Professor Gotlieb was Canadian Representative when IFIPS, the International Federation of Information Societies, was founded. He was the first chairman of TC9—the Technical Committee on Computers and Society. He taught an undergraduate course on the subject for over 35 years.
When FERUT was installed in 1952, time on it was offered, without charge, to researchers at other Canadian universities. Several availed themselves of the opportunity, with the result that many of them became early adopters of computer technology. U of T offered the first credit courses in Canada on computers, and established the first graduate department in Computer Science in 1962. Gotlieb was instrumental in determining which parts of mathematics would be most useful for Computer Science and advised theses of the first Canadian CS graduate students. | <urn:uuid:619d2b3e-2e0c-40e2-a34c-64a83c22a56e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://cscan-infocan.ca/calvin-c-kelly-gotlieb/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572870.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817062258-20220817092258-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.966611 | 774 | 2.859375 | 3 |
Somerville, Mass – This should be interesting. We’re going to do a little experiment. We’re going to try to have an old-fashioned summer. You know, like when we were kids. When we didn’t travel and we didn’t attend summer camps and we just had fun with our bikes and our friends and whatever we could find to do in the neighborhood. And we got bored.
Daddio and I have to finish our book manuscript. The one we started six years ago. Yes, we have a deadline and it will be done! As such, we will spend most of the summer at home in front of our computers.
The twins, for their part, are not keen on any of the many cool summer camps on offer around town. Sailing?! Rock climbing?! Theater?! No, they really want to play at the park, hang out with their friends and read comic books.
I can’t help but feel that this is a missed opportunity. Two months with nothing to do. Why not learn something new or tackle a new challenge?
On the other hand, I am a firm believer in the value of free time and undirected play. Child psychologists like Peter Grey and Kristin Race convinced me that children need this freedom — to learn to assess risk, to develop self-confidence and to practice empathy. In fact, we have organized our days around this belief: the twins spend at least an hour at the playground — unstructured and largely unsupervised — everyday. But they always yearn for more.
So this summer they will have more. We signed up for a few half-day programs through our local recreation department. We planned a few regional getaways. And the rest of the time, the twins will be entertaining themselves. Here are the guidelines we have in place:
- The twins have free range at the park and playground. If they want to go anywhere else (to a friend’s house, to get ice cream, etc) they have to check in first.
- They can also stay home and have friends over. But the house is a work zone and it has to be relatively quiet.
- Tablet time is strictly limited and must be earned, by reading (real books, not comic books), practicing piano and writing stories.
- Daddio and I are available in case of emergency. In fact, somebody is always home and we are happy to make them lunch or to take them to a friend’s house. But it’s not our job to entertain them.
What’s weird is that this all feels kind of radical. Even though the twins’ summer will look very much like the summers of my youth.
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A controversy over brainstorming has been brewing for decades.
Brainstorming was popularized by an advertising executive, Alex Osborn, back in the 1940s. Believed to be responsible for the creative output of his firm, brainstorming spread quickly.
However, brainstorming has come under frequent criticism. The most notable was this Jonah Lehrer article in The New Yorker that claimed brainstorming doesn't work. To make his case, Lehrer describes study after study that found individuals generate more ideas on their own than in groups.
Lehrer isn't wrong. The research is on his side.
Leigh Thompson, a professor at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, summarized much of the research on brainstorming. She concluded that individuals are better at divergent thinking--thinking broadly to generate a diverse set of ideas--whereas groups are better at convergent thinking--selecting which ideas are worth pursuing.
Most studies find that a number of individuals working on their own will generate more diverse ideas than the same number participating in a brainstorming session.
The challenges with brainstorming arise from our behavior in groups. We tend to conform to the will of the group, reducing our creative output. We suffer from social loafing, where we assume that others in the group will contribute, so we don't work as hard as we would if we were on our own. Group behavior tends to devolve to that of the lowest performing member.
And finally, ideas collide. We've all had the experience where you were just about to say something when someone else jumps in, and you quickly lose your idea. This doesn't happen when we work alone.
So why do creative firms continue to tout the benefits of brainstorming?
There are two primary arguments. The first is that brainstorming is a skill that needs to be developed. Proponents of this position argue that companies should bring in facilitators to support brainstorming sessions.
This argument has merit. The research does show that facilitated brainstorming groups do match the performance of individuals working on their own. But most companies don't have access to trained facilitators, and it's hard to justify the cost of bringing one in since companies can get the same outcome by having people generate ideas individually.
The second argument is that the collaborative benefits of brainstorming outweigh the loss in creative output. This might be true. Brainstorming does bring people together. It helps people feel like they are a part of the process.
This is particularly important in creative firms, where there are tremendous benefits to including the client in the creative process. If the client feels like part of an innovative process, it may be happier with the results.
But do we have to trade off collaboration for creative output?
Fortunately, the answer is no.
Thompson makes several recommendations on how to improve brainstorming. The simplest is to do brainwriting. Here's how it works:
- Have each participant write his or her ideas down silently.
- After ideas have been captured, share ideas in a round-robin fashion.
- Do multiple sessions of writing, followed by sharing, so that people have a chance to build on one another's ideas.
Making this simple change addresses many of the challenges with creative output that arise during group brainstorming sessions while still keeping the collaborative benefits.
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Risk is all about uncertainty. A risk is regarded as an uncertain event that may impact project objectives (positive or negative).
There is a misconception that risk can only harm a project. Rather, it can have both negative, positive effects to project goals.
Project risk management is unavoidable nowadays to negatively affect the project objectives and get maximum out of opportunities.
Read More: Pareto Diagrams with a Simply Example
Purpose of Risk Assessment
Risk analysis techniques help forecast these threats and opportunities smarter to get maximum benefits or avoid any negative effects or even mitigate these risks.
Risk Analysis Techniques
These are the two most common techniques used for risk analysis on any project.
- Qualitative Risk Analysis
- Quantitative Risk Analysis
We use these techniques to make it a priority for dealing with that particular risk.
When I was in my PMP preparations, I use to get confused on both terms, but finally, I cracked it, as I am explaining to you below.
First, we prepare a Risk Register of overall possible identified risks on a project.
Risk Register is a tool used in risk project management that records the risks of any project. A risk register contains information like a description of the risk, risk assessment, and response strategy. Below is an example of a risk register.
Qualitative Risk Analysis
This is done at the risk level. The probability of occurrence and impact of all the risks is analyzed. The main purpose here is not to do a complete analysis of every risk register as we need huge resources and more time; hence, we filter out as many as possible here for further analysis.
There are many techniques to perform a qualitative risk analysis, but the most commonly used are
- Interviewing, Delphi Technique
- Historical Data
- SWOT Analysis (Strength, Weakness, Opportunities, and Threats Analysis)
- Risk Rating Scales
Quantitative Risk Analysis
This is done on the project level. Here, we estimate based on time and cost. We will see a combined effect hereafter analyzing the filtered-out risk after qualitative analysis. We will categorize the overall effect on project objectives.
To perform Risk Analysis quantitatively, we need to do it with appropriate software as it involves complex calculations and simulations.
Risk Response Strategies for Threats
You have categorized all the risks in your risk register after careful quantitative analysis. It’s time to define the Risk Response process. Here, you will define the response/s to any risk.
There are different strategies to deal with negative risks; we call it Threats, and positive risks we call opportunities.
Every risk should be ranked on a scale of Probability and Severity (1-10 or similar) in a risk register log.
Use this formula in the risk register (Risk = Probability x Severity)
Below are the strategies to deal with both threats and opportunities;
- Avoidance / Exploit
- Transferring / Share
- Mitigation / Enhance
Let’s explore these terms one by one in more detail.
Avoidance / Exploit
A threat can be avoided by just removing a small part without affecting project goals. It should be the first strategy to deal with threats.
Suppose you find any golden opportunity having high probability and impacts. That will help them exploit it, and we call it an aggressive response strategy.
Insurance is the best example to transfer any risk.
Share is when you find the other entity can exploit the opportunity better to get maximum output.
Mitigation / Enhance
Mitigation reduces the impact of risks with high probability and impacts to below the threshold.
On the other hand, opportunities are enhanced by increasing their probability and impact to get maximum results.
These are risks that the aforementioned strategies cannot handle, and you have to accept them.
A contingency plan, workaround plan, and/or contingency reserve may be developed for that eventuality.
Here, we prepare a contingency plan, a contingency reserve, or a workaround plan.
The purpose of the risk management planning process is to avoid threats and get maximum out of opportunities. It is clear, nowadays, Risk Project Management is an integral part of any successful project. A qualified person should have to handle this position. A risk manager should have risk management certification from any reputed institute of risk management. He/she should know the purpose of a risk assessment and effective implementations or response strategies.
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Tuesday, August 3, 10:15 – 11:00 AM
In 2021 our kids’ horticulture series goes back to basics. Each week, visit the Edible Garden and engage in hands-on learning while working together to cultivate a small garden space at Reiman Gardens. Classes include various gardening activities, planting lessons, exploration, and more. Perfect for youth K-3rd grades with an adult.
Preregistration with prepayment is HIGHLY encouraged. NOTE: Please register for both youth and adult attendees.
$8 Member, ISU Student YOUTH
$10 Member, ISU Student ADULT
$13 General Public YOUTH
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Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory Overview
Greenhouse gas inventories reveal that 75% of our emissions are associated with campus building energy use. The majority of the remaining emissions come from campus related travel.
UC Berkeley reports on ten emissions sources and analyzes emissions in three different categories:
- Scope 1 - Direct Emissions: cogen natural gas, purchased natural gas, emergency generators, campus fleet, emissions from refrigerants
- Scope 2 - Indirect Emissions: purchased electricity
- Scope 3 - Optional Emissions: business air travel, student commute, faculty/staff commute, solid waste, water consumption, air travel
The campus reports its GHG inventory to both The Climate Registry and the California Air Resources Board (CARB). Third party verification of the inventory is completed as part of the reporting process.
2019 Berkeley GHG Emissions Inventory
|Plant Natural Gas||60,457||66,125||123,888||130,955|
|Faculty & Staff Commute||23,142||18,027||11,818||12,329|
2019 EMISSIONS PROFILE
Normalized Energy and Climate Data
The campus analyzes emissions, energy use, and transportation scaled to campus population and square footage over time to monitor normalized progress and for comparison purposes.
2019 EMISSIONS PER CAPITA
Carbon Footprint Lifecycle Analysis
UC Berkeley recognizes that the reported emissions inventory does not fully reflect the complete carbon footprint of campus activities. A lifecycle analysis includes greenhouse gas emissions from all stages of a product/service lifecycle, including mining, manufacturing, and transportation. UC Berkeley’s Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory has provided some lifecycle analysis of campus emissions as have students in reports like this an award winning student research project.
Cal employees participate in
Bike to Work Day,
reducing greenhouse gas emissions
and building healthy habits
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Did you know that waste materials
contribute to GHG emissions?
Berkeley students use recycled materials
in ceramics projects.
UC Berkeley staff promote reusable alternatives to
disposable cups and bottles at a CACS Summit
Professor Claudia Ostertag,
Civil and Environmental Engineering,
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Single Servings of Pudding and Beverages
Puddings and beverages (other than unflavoured milk) are taxable.
However, such products are zero-rated if:
- they are prepackaged by the manufacturer or producer for sale in multiple single servings;
- they are sold in a box, a bottle or other original container in a quantity exceeding a single serving;
- they are prepared and packaged specially for consumption by babies.
A “single serving” of pudding or a similar product is considered to be a unit of less than 425 g.
A “single serving” of a beverage is considered to be a unit of less than 600 ml.
Examples of products that are taxable when they are sold in single servings and are not zero-rated are:
- chocolate milk
- flavoured gelatin
- flavoured whipped dessert product
- fruit-flavoured yogurt-based beverages
- juice containing natural fruit juice (25% or more)
- spring water
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Allergies are in season. Here’s how to prevent allergy issues—and how seasonal triggers interact with other lung conditions.
Seasonal allergies to pollen from flowers, trees, grasses, and other plants causes many of us to sniffle and sneeze. Allergies can also lead to symptoms in your lungs, which can aggravate existing breathing conditions.
Sophia Chang, MD, MPH, internist, and Chief Clinical Informatics Officer for Clover Health, says seasonal allergies are the most common cause of nasal congestion and minor upper-respiratory issues in the spring and summer. “Self-care at home is fine for nasal congestion and teary eyes,” Dr. Chang says, noting that neti pots and over-the-counter non drowsy antihistamines are often helpful. “However, if you start having actual breathing problems—if you’re feeling short of breath or having difficulty catching your breath—it’s important to see your primary care doctor sooner rather than later.”
Signs you’re having serious breathing problems may include difficulty speaking a full sentence and getting more winded than you usually do walking up steps. For many older adults, treating seasonal allergies takes a back seat to managing more serious chronic conditions. And that can be a problem, says Kumar Dharmarajan, MD, MBA, cardiologist, geriatrician, and Chief Scientific Officer at Clover Health. “Some allergy symptoms may actually exacerbate chronic respiratory conditions common in older adults (including COPD and asthma) and shouldn’t be ignored,” explains Dr. Dharmarajan.
How to Prevent Allergy Issues
1. Shut your windows.
Keep the windows of your home closed to help stop irritants like pollen from entering and sticking around on your furniture and bedding. Use fans and air conditioners to keep your home at a comfortable temperature during warmer months.
2. Clean the air.
The CDC says portable air filters can help clean irritants from the air. A high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filter, which is at least 99.97 percent effective at capturing particles 0.3 microns in size, can remove airborne particles like dust, pollen, mold, and bacteria. Just be sure to change filters regularly as directed by the brand.
3. Check the air quality.
“Most local weather reports track levels of allergens in the air,” notes Dr. Dharmarajan. “There are also several mobile apps, including The Weather Channel and My Pollen Forecast, that track pollen counts digitally.” When pollen counts are high, limit your exposure by staying inside. If you must go out, wear glasses to protect your eyes from pollen. Consider wearing a mask to avoid breathing in irritants.
4. Take extra care with yard work.
Activities like weeding, raking, and mowing stir up allergens. The American Lung Association (ALA) recommends doing yard work in the early morning or evening, when pollen counts are lower.
5. Keep it clean.
Do your laundry regularly, especially anything you’ve worn outside, suggests Dr. Dharmarajan. “Your clothes could be covered with pollen,” he says. “Avoid drying laundry outside on the line, as clothes can collect allergens.”
6. See your doctor.
If you suspect your symptoms are due to seasonal allergies, call your doctor, says Dr. Dharmarajan. “Physicians sometimes miss allergy symptoms in seniors, particularly when they’re focused on larger health issues, so be sure to speak up.” It’s also a good idea to consult your doctor before using over-the-counter medications—especially if you're already taking five or more prescriptions per day.“Antihistamines in particular can be dangerous to seniors, with common side effects including drowsiness and dizziness,” Dr. Dharmarajan explains.
How Seasonal Triggers Interact With Other Lung Conditions
Allergies and COPD
What it is: COPD stands for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. It’s a long-term disease that makes it hard to breathe. COPD is also used to refer to emphysema and chronic bronchitis.
What to do: COPD can be managed with medication, oxygen therapy, and pulmonary rehabilitation. The Lung Health Institute reports that people with COPD may find their symptoms worsen during allergy season, when they are at greater risk for flare-ups.“Tree, grass, and weed pollen and mold spores can increase COPD symptoms because exposure to an allergen typically narrows the airways and increases mucus production— making it even more difficult to breathe,” the institute explains. As with asthma, developing an action plan with your doctor can help you manage symptoms.
Allergies and COVID-19
What is it: COVID-19 cases range from mild to severe, with older adults and those with underlying conditions—including lung disease—at higher risk for complications. So far, says the CDC, there’s no sign that having allergies makes you more likely to get COVID-19.
What to do: If you have symptoms and think you may have been exposed to COVID-19, call your physician. Call 911 if you have trouble breathing, have pain in your chest, have trouble staying awake, or your lips and face start to turn blue.
Allergies and Asthma
What is it: Asthma is a chronic condition in which the airways become swollen in response to an irritant, making it harder for air to move in and out of your body.
What to do: It’s important for people with asthma to know their triggers and have a plan to prevent, manage, and treat symptoms. An effective asthma treatment program helps you avoid severe attacks and trips to the emergency room. Work with your doctor to create an asthma action plan, which explains when to take medication, when to call your physician, and when to seek emergency care.
- The American Lung Association (ALA) offers support for people with chronic lung conditions, including: A Better Breathers Club for people to discuss ways to cope with lung disease and provide support
- The ALA also has a free Lung Help Line staffed with lung health professionals who can help answer questions about lung health. Call 1-800-LUNGUSA or visit lung.org/help-support.
This article was originally published in the Summer 2021 issue of Clover Living magazine.
This article was medically reviewed by Dr. Sophia Chang.
Published on 6/22/21
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This week’s study group was held on Tuesday 30th October. Gaven and Stefan presented two papers introducing real world attacks on bad randomness. The talks were based on the following papers:
- Mining Your Ps and Qs: Detection of Widespread Weak Keys in Network Devices by Nadia Heninge, Zakir Durumeric, Eric Wustrow, J. Alex Halderman.
- Ronwas wrong, Whit is right by Arjen K. Lenstra, James P. Hughes, Maxime Augier, Joppe W. Bos, Thorsten Kleinjung and Christophe Wachter.
Security often depends on keys being chosen uniformly at random, thus randomness is critical for crypto. Long studies have been done in this area and it would be expected that modern operating systems and server software generate random numbers securely. Both papers test that proposition empirically by examining the public keys in use on the Internet.
In Ps and Qs the authors conduct a wide survey of two of the most important cryptographic protocols TLS and SSH collecting 5.8 million unique TLS certificates from 12.8 million hosts and 6.2 million unique SSH host keys from 10.2 million hosts. Their results give “a macroscopic perspective of the universe of keys”. Then they analyze this dataset to find evidence related to inadequate randomness and find that at least 5.57% of TLS hosts and 9.60% of SSH hosts use the same keys as other hosts in an apparently vulnerable manner.
They also compute the private keys for 64,000 (0.50%) of the TLS hosts and 108,000 (1.06%) of the SSH hosts from their data by exploiting known weaknesses of RSA and DSA when used with insufficient randomness. For RSA, distinct moduli that share exactly one prime factor will result in public keys that appear distinct but their private keys can be computed by calculating the greatest common divisor (GCD). Their algorithm computes the GCDs of all pairs of 11 million distinct public RSA moduli in less than 2 hours and they are able to obtain the private keys for 0.50% of TLS hosts and 0.03% of SSH hosts. For DSA, if a key is used to sign two different messages using the same ephemeral key, an attacker can compute the signer’s long-term private key. Their SSH data contained DSA signatures with the same ephemeral keys during signing. This feature resulted in successful computing of the private keys for 1.6% of SSH DSA hosts.
An investigation on hundreds of vulnerable hosts showed that nearly all served information identifying them as headless or embedded systems. These kinds of devices usually generate keys automatically during the first boot and they may have limited entropy sources compared to traditional personal computers. The investigation also showed that the examination of clusters of hosts that shared a key or factor links them with a manufacturer or device model. They conclude that the problems are caused by specific defective implementations that generate keys without having collected sufficient entropy. They finally identify vulnerable hardware and software from 54 manufacturers.
In the same paper the authors explore the root causes of these vulnerabilities by investigating popular open-source software components from the population of vulnerable devices. Based on the aforementioned devices it is clear that none implementation was solely responsible for the vulnerabilities. All the examined software packages relied on /dev/urandom to produce cryptographic keys. Linux’s random number generator can present a boot-time entropy hole which causes urandom to produce deterministic output under conditions that can occur in headless and embedded devices. Experiments with OpenSSL and Dropbear SSH showed that repeated output from the system random number generator can lead to repeated long-term keys and also to factorable RSA keys and repeated DSA ephemeral keys.
The authors also provide some recommendations for developers of operating systems, cryptographic libraries and applications, for device manufacturers, certificate authorities, end users and the security and cryptography communities. Their conclusion states that the margin of safety is slimmer than we might prefer but there is no reason to doubt the security of most keys generated interactively by users on traditional personal computers.
To OS developers it is suggested to make sure the operating system maintains a secure PRNG that refuses to return data until it has been seeded with a minimum amount of randomness and is continually seeded with fresh entropy collected during operation. The operating system should also provide an interface to indicate how much entropy it has mixed into its PRNG, so that applications can gauge whether the state is sufficiently secure for their needs. Generally speaking cryptographic libraries should default to using the most secure mechanisms available. So, library developers should use RSA and DSA defensively. Also, if the OS provides a mechanism to flag that the entropy it has collected is insufficient for cryptographic use, they should do not proceed with key generation.
Application developers are advised to generate keys on first use not during installation or first boot. Developers should avoid working around low-entropy states by ignoring or disabling such warnings (with extremely dangerous results) and they must frequently add entropy from the operating system.
Device makers should tend to generate fresh keys on the device after sufficient randomness has been collected or to force users to upload their own keys. They should avoid factory-default keys or certificates. Embedded (or headless) device makers should make sure that effective entropy sources are present, and that these are being collected in advance of cryptographic operations. Devices should be initialized with truly random seeds at the factory. Device makers should test cryptographic randomness on the completed device and use hardware random number generators when possible.
Cryptographic keys and certificates that were included in the device or were automatically generated at first boot, should be manually regenerated by end users. Security and crypto researchers should be aware that the fact that all major OSs now provide cryptographic RNGs might lead experts to assume that any entropy problems that still occur are the fault of developers taking foolish shortcuts. The paper suggests otherwise: entropy-related vulnerabilities can result from complex interaction between hardware, operating systems, applications and cryptographic primitives.
The second paper brings the same alarming results. Despite the fact that numerous studies have been conducted to assess the state of the current public key infrastructure, several problems have been identified that are related to the way certificates are used. A worrisome finding is that among the 4.7 million distinct 1024-bit RSA moduli that were originally collected by the authors, 12720 have a single large prime factor in common. In a set of 11.4 million RSA moduli, 26965 are vulnerable, including ten 2048-bit ones. When exploited, it could affect the expectation of security that the public key infrastructure is intended to achieve. For the needs of the current experiment the authors collected as many openly accessible public keys as possible from the web, resulting in a set of 11.7 million public keys contains 6.4 million distinct RSA moduli. The remainder is almost evenly split between ElGamal keys and DSA keys, plus a single ECDSA key. All keys were checked for consistency such as compositeness, primality and (sub)group membership tests.
The assumption that entropy of the output distribution (of standardized RSA key generation) is always almost maximal and the outputs are hard to factor if factoring in general is hard, sometimes fails. The findings reveal that duplication of keys is more frequent in the collected set than in sets described in other works. More seriously, authors discovered 12934 different RSA moduli that offer no security.
They conclude that systems such as RSA that require multiple secrets during key-setup, are more affected by the difficulty to generate proper random values than systems that require a single secret. For RSA multiple secrets can be avoided, for instance by using moduli pq for k-bit primes p chosen such that q = [(22k−1 + p − (22k−1 mod p))/p] is prime. | <urn:uuid:f987c7f7-afe0-4271-b871-914a03b8af9f> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://bristolcrypto.blogspot.com/2012/11/study-group-real-world-attacks-on-bad.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572870.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817062258-20220817092258-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.94148 | 1,612 | 2.484375 | 2 |
How To Find Quadratic Equation From Graph Calculator References. We see the graph of the quadratic being drawn. How to calculate roots using the quadratic formula.
We see that the graph of the quadratic equation has a maximum. The solution for x can be found using the quadratic formula. This quadratic equation root calculator lets you find the roots or zeroes of a quadratic equation.
Table of Contents
F (X) = X 2.
K = f (h) to find the x and y coordinates h and. Ensure that you use the correct set of notations and symbols. This graphing calculator reference sheet on quadratic regression, guides students step.
The Vertex Of The Graph Of A Parabola Is The Maximum Or Minimum Point Of The Graph.
Let us look at the following example. In this form, the quadratic equation is written as: This quadratic formula calculator is a tool that helps to solve a quadratic equation by using a quadratic formula or complete the square method.
Look At The Picture Above.
To be honest, solving by graphing is a somewhat bogus topic. Find intercepts, axis of symmetry, and vertex. And its graph is simple too:
The Calculator On This Page Shows How The Quadratic Formula Operates, But If You Have Access To A Graphing Calculator You Should Be Able To Solve Quadratic Equations, Even Ones With.
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As I am going through Ruby on Rails for the first time I would
appreciate some clarifications from the gurus. I am new and I am bit
confused by the following
conceptions that I have gathered myself by reading blogs etc…
Active Resource makes it super easy to serve REST based services i.e.
XML to anyone, i.e. its acts as REST Server Side application. Correct?
Bottom line I can serve XML to others …
Active Resource also can be used to “consume” XML service i.e. act as
a client. Now so far I have seen examples and all of them are consuming
Rails based applications XML i.e. Active Resource REST Server Side — >
Another rails app Active Resource clients. So far so good? no?
Now can you consume XML from 3rd party i.e Amazon? Ebay etc? using
Active Resource client? I have seen no blog post or any example of such
… nada… Why can you not do this? and why would one do this? Can one
define Active Resource is just a protocol so that rails app can talk to
What is the story with Action WebService? As I understand you have
the tools/libs here so you can make a SOAP client or XML-RPC client or
Server, I gues you can do REST too. What I wonder was - why would anyone
make Active Resources when you can just beef up the current Action
Most of the example I have seen for consuming XML or Webservices i.e.
3rd party web service are coming directly out of Ruby libs Hpricot,
Machanize, REXML etc, etc… and then you also have bundles of gem that
just do amazon, or yahoo or ebay what not. This I understand and grasp
cos its like other programming language…
I think I am probably lost either in terminology… my interest is what
is the best way of consuming i.e. – whatever XML Ebay or corporation X
or intranet Y produce? Why? pros and cons? I am interested to more of
convention rather then which lib is fast cos every lib has its plus and
Making my service available in XML to others also is interest of mine
and same here looking for convention
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which records the results of a "MumDex" survey based on the questioning of 3,000 Asda customers.
Forty percent of those, we are told, want politicians to "stop banging on about Europe" and focus instead on easing the pressure on family finances. Specifically, they (meaning 75 percent) want politicians to focus on the cost of living.
Next in line was the NHS, which 70 percent named as a concern, while immigration scored only 53 percent, despite being top of the concerns in the recent YouGov survey
The NHS finding is interesting, although one might expect women to be more concerned with health issues, as they tend to be the primary carers for children and relatives. And this may be good news for Mr Cameron, with a ComRes poll
recording that 22 percent trust the Conservative party leader to manage the NHS, compared with 20 percent trusting Ed Miliband.
Back with "MumDex", more than half – 53 per cent – want politicians to talk less about transport and, surprisingly, 24 percent want less focus on childcare, perhaps a reflection of the way it has become pigeon-holed as a "female issue", when women have much broader concerns.
Nevertheless, the news is not so good for politicians in general, as 44 percent say it will make little or no difference to their lives whoever wins the election, while 59 percent do not trust whoever is elected to implement the policies they campaign on.
Yet there is an element of contradiction here, as only a third of those responding are willing to open the door to a candidate during the coming election campaign. They would rather read analyses of a candidate's comments in the papers than actually hear from the candidate directly, with two-thirds getting most of their information online, from the TV and from newspapers.
Quite where this puts us, as always, is difficult to ascertain. It makes an interesting contrast, though, with a separate Populus report
which has about 44 percent of 18 to 25-year-olds yet to decide which party to back on 7 May. The research found more than three quarters (77 percent) intended to vote - but only 30 percent of young women said they were interested compared with 48 percent of their male peers.
Asked of their concerns, 69 percent went for cost of living, 62 percent cited affordable housing, 58 percent unemployment and the same proportion said the NHS. Exactly half put online privacy among their main concerns - more than the environment (45 percent). Immigration only scored 43 percent, tax avoidance was cited by 37 percent and Britain's future in the EU only got 34 percent.
As to the 77 percent claiming that they intended to vote, this is not credible. Other studies have indicated
that young people are least likely to turn out and vote, with estimates as low as 39 percent of registered 18 – 24 year-olds voting, compared to 70 percent of those aged 65 and over. And then, the registration levels of the younger group are also lower.
This does make you wonder about the rest of the survey results, but we read them for what clues they give us, for good or ill. But is probably true to say that, whatever the opinions of the different groups, the "wrinkly" opinion is worth twice as much, because they are the ones that go out and vote. | <urn:uuid:fd36220d-2daf-4319-a286-999b361425e8> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://www.eureferendum.com/blogview.php?blogno=85388 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572063.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814173832-20220814203832-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.975112 | 676 | 1.8125 | 2 |
Frequently Asked Questions About Anxiety, Anxiety Disorders, and Recovery
This week on The Anxious Truth we’re going answer ten more of the questions I get asked most frequently by members of the community surrounding the podcast and my other work. This is part two of a two part series. For part one see episode 216 of the podcast.
This Week’s Questions
Is recovery possible even if you’ve suffered for many years?
It sure is! Many members of our community turn things around and make full recoveries even after years of dealing with disordered anxiety. Podcast episode 124 talks about this, so check it out.
What if I don’t have panic attacks and just feel anxious all day?
Even people that have panic attacks feel anxious all day, so please don’t assume that people with panic disorder are calm between panic attacks. Being anxious all day can be a result of being anxious about being anxious (same as panic disorder without the attacks) or it can be an indicator of generalized anxiety which tends to be based on external issues that people fixate on, think about, and try to control to an excessive degree. Excessive worry, overthinking, over planning, perfectionism, and people pleasing are all good examples of habits that drive anxiety that just sits there without ever turning into panic attacks. See episodes 119 and 148 of the podcast for more information.
How can I drive during a panic attack or anxiety spike? It’s not safe!
The assertion that you are incapable of driving when anxious or experiencing panic is based on the fear that you are unable to control your body and mind while in that state. Has this ever been true? You are most certainly afraid, and quite uncomfortable, but the choices you make in those moments to try to alleviate that fear and discomfort are NOT involuntary. Recognize that your panic is a extreme state, but not some magical power that totally hijacks your body and mind. If you consider your past experiences with panic while driving, the odds are very high that you have always successfully gotten that vehicle to the side of the road, or off the highway, or all the way home, even when anxious or in a state of panic. Was that luck every time? The bottom line here is that only you get to decide what is safe or not. I am not going to beg you to drive through a panic attack. I am going to ask you to do your very best to take two steps back from the fear and the emotional reaction and take an objective look at your performance while experiencing high anxiety or panic and try to factor that into your decision. Episodes 55 and 105 of the podcast address this topic.
What if you have a real medical condition?
More than one thing can be true at the same time. You can have an actual medical or health problem, and also be caught in the grips of disordered anxiety. Do not make the mistake of gluing those things together when they don’t have to be. Recognize that you may be naturally concerned, anxious, or afraid based on your health status. This is normal for any human. But then recognize when you latch on to that and insist on engaging in continual thinking and mental problem solving to try to eliminate that normal state. That is not helping you and in most cases is just causing mental health problems on top of the physical health problems. A medical condition is not automatic license to engage in rumination and continuous worry and overthinking. You do have a choice in that matter. You can work on that part. Episode 182 of the podcast features Jessica Sidener who talked about how she experienced anxiety over an actual health condition and the loss of her husband. I also did an Instagram live on this topic a while back.
How do you accept anxiety or surrender to it?
This question is really code for “It’s scary to do that. Tell me how to do it without being afraid of uncomfortable.” I know this is a bit of a brutal answer, but sometimes we need a dose of that in recovery. This question is also an insistence that you must continue to resist and fight anxiety because that’s how you think you are staying safe. So “How do I accept?” is really “I have to keep fighting and hanging on!”. If you want one big step toward acceptance and surrender, try considering that all your fighting and resisting has been completely pointless and has accomplished nothing at all. If I told you that I am exhausted from holding up the moon every day and thankful that I’ve kept it from falling, you would tell me that its OK to stop doing that because I have not actually been holding up the moon, even thought I think that I am.
What exposures can I do to get ready for …. ?
Remember that you are exposing yourself to anxiety, panic and fear. Those are the exposures. The highway, being home alone, going for a walk, or eating a food you are afraid of are only the methods you use to trigger those things. So you don’t need a special exposure for a concert (for example). Any time you can practice moving through anxiety and fear rather than running is a good exposure that helps to prepare you for a situation where you might get “triggered”.
Does this method work if I have trauma too?
This is not a “method”, and its certainly not my method. I did not invent any of this. Thee are parallels between anxiety disorder recovery and trauma resolution. This is true. But they are not exactly the same thing. If trauma spawned your anxiety disorder then one problem became two problems. That’s OK though because you can successfully deal with both issues. Many members of our community are working on both anxiety recovery and trauma resolution. Traumatic experiences may be roadblocks to executing an anxiety recovery plan and you may need to work on that first. Or you may find that you need to improve your anxiety situation before you are ready to face your trauma. Some people work on everything at once. There is no one answer to this question as you can see, but you can recover from both trauma and anxiety and the concepts I speak and write about can be effective while you do that.
I’m accepting! Why am I still anxious?
I might argue that asking why you are anxious is not accepting at all. That sounds a bit glib, but think about that for a minute. I know you want your anxiety to go away, but accepting and doing exposures is not a recipe for squashing your anxiety. If that’s why you’re doing this, and you’re trying to skip the part where you must use the anxiety to teach you to not be afraid of the anxiety, then you will likely end up disappointed and frustrated. Expectations are important. Understanding the concepts of recovery is important. Aiming at the right target is important. Episode 192 of the podcast may help here.
I’m doing my exposures but it’s not working! Why?
There are a few common explanations for this. Are you just trying to do exposures without being too afraid? Are you trying to do your exposures without triggering high anxiety or panic? Are you only doing exposures now and then when forced or when you’re having a good day? Are you doing exposures while also using all your soothing and coping tools to “calm you down” if it gets uncomfortable? These are all exposure “red flags”. Remember, exposure is designed to intentionally put you up close and personal with fear, anxiety, and even panic so that you can experience them WITHOUT using all the saving and soothing techniques. Exposure also has to be consistently done, and it’s most valuable when done on the “bad days”. Yes, this is a crappy deal for us. But it is the deal we have so we have to work with it. If you search my website for the word exposure, you’ll find quite a few podcast episodes that cover this topic.
How do I deal with a setback?
A setback is what people call it when the experience anxiety or panic again after period of relief. But if the core principle of recovery is to learn that anxiety and panic are not emergencies, then how is feeling those things a setback? Setback is usually a red flag word that indicates that you are still insisting that you must never feel afraid of uncomfortable. True setback only occurs when you launch into all your old fighting, resisting, escaping, “figuring out”, “predicting” and compulsing behaviors. If anxiety returns after some time, your job is not to wring your hands and try to figure out why and how to stop it. Your job is to surf through it like you presumably did as part of the progress you’d made earlier. Episode 14 of the podcast from way back in 2015 addresses the non-linear nature of recovery and talks about setbacks.
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Day 1: Marsa Alam to Aswan / Aswan Tours
In the morning our representative will pick you up from your hotel in Marsa Alam by air-conditioned van to the city Of Aswan (the journey takes about 4H30 minutes drive) to explore the Philae Temple dedicated to the goddess Isis , As well this temple was dismantled and reconstructed on Agilika Island after Aswan High dam was constructed. Then , You will continue your tour in Aswan to the see Unfinished Obelisk which belongs to unknown pharaoh, It Offers unusual insights into ancient Egyptian stone-working techniques, With marks from workers’ tools still clearly Visible, as well as ocher-colored lines marking where they were working.Then , We move to the High Dam which was Constructed in 1960 and completed in 1970 and its main function to protect Egypt from the annual floods as well as Providing storage of water for agriculture. From there you will be driven to your hotel for check in. Free time in Aswan with an optional evening tour to attend the fabulous and spectacular Sound and light show at Philae Temple In Aswan, enjoyable overnight stay in Aswan.
Day 2: Abu Simbel Tour from Aswan / Marsa Alam
At 03:15 AM you will be picked up from your hotel in Aswan by air-conditioned van to the Temples of Abu Simbel (the journey from Aswan to Abu Simbel takes about 3 hours drive) the main attraction being the great sun Temple of Ramses II and the temple of queen Nefertari. Both temples were discovered in 1813 it was almost Completely covered with sand. Then both temples were moved in 1960 by the help of Egyptian government and UNESCO to avoid the rising water of the Nile. Ramses II built the temple mostly to honor himself as inside there is a Mural depicting his famous victory at Qadesh battle where his army defeated his enemies. On the north of Ramses Temple, The Nefertrai Temple which was built by Ramses II to his favorite wife queen Nefertari among other 200 Wives and concubines. After finishing the visit to Abu Simbel you will transfer to Aswan for free time at leisure and Free walking tour of Aswan and before 6 o’clock in the evening, you will be transferred by your private vehicle back To your hotel in Marsa Alam ( the journey takes about 4H30 minutes drive).
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Is no credit score worse than a bad credit score?
Some consumers have no credit — and that’s not a good thing either.
- Bad credit can be a drag on lenders.
- Often, no credit has a similar effect.
- You can build up credit with a secure credit card.
Your credit score says a lot about you. If this number is high, it sends the message that you are a relatively low risk borrower. Because of this, you may be more likely to be approved to borrow money, whether in the form of a car loan, personal loan, or mortgage.
If your credit score is bad, it sends the opposite message: you are a riskier borrower. With bad credit, you can be denied a loan when you need it. Or, you may end up with a higher interest rate on whatever loan you end up taking out.
Obviously, a high credit score is better than a low score. But what if you just don’t have a credit score? If you are new to the business world and have never had invoices in your name, this may be the case. But that could, unfortunately, lead to a world of difficulty.
The problem of not having credit
Having no credit rating is clearly not the same as having a bad credit rating. But in practice, both could have similar consequences.
If you have no credit history, lenders will have no way of assessing your risk as a borrower. And thus, you risk being refused different loans.
Having no credit score at all could also make it difficult to rent a home. Landlords usually do credit checks on potential tenants before agreeing to let them sign leases. If you have bad credit, you may be denied a rental because a landlord may not want to take a risk with you. But if you don’t have credit, you can get a similar result.
How to build up credit
If you don’t have a credit score, there are steps you can take to build a credit history – and a good record. One option is to request a secure credit card. With a regular credit card, you have a spending limit based on factors like your credit score and income. With a secured credit card, you make a deposit which serves as your spending limit. When you charge expenses to this card and pay your bills on time and in full, it is recorded as positive activity on your credit file.
You can also see if it’s possible to be added as an authorized user on a family member’s credit card. This way, any positive activity associated with that account (like timely payments) will transfer to your credit report.
Having no credit score at all could, in many cases, be just as troublesome as having bad credit. If that’s the boat you’re in, it’s worth doing your best to establish a credit history as quickly as possible. At the same time, be sure to take steps to preserve your credit score once you are able to establish one. This means paying all bills in a timely manner and keeping your credit card balances low once you’ve been approved for unsecured credit cards.
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A Community Healing Ritual
This course is already in progress, and it will be offered again later in the year.
We invite you to explore our other course offerings at Empathy Academy:
2-week online course into 3-day ritual $225
Grief is a powerfully healing emotion that helps us mourn our losses and honor that which is gone forever.
In Entering the Sacred River of Grief, you’ll learn about the important aspects of good ritual and gather together to mourn, to cry, to laugh, to rage; and to feel into the depths of your grief in an empathic community.
Entering the Sacred River of Grief
Length: 2 weeks leading into a 3-day ritual
Dates: Coming Soon
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I own a few bits of woolly mammoth ivory. Although the sale of ivory from elephants is restricted and highly controversial, woolly mammoth ivory is unrestricted and provokes few worries.
That’s because elephants are listed as threatened with extinction by CITES (the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora), and despite conservation efforts, illegal trade continues. Woolly mammoths, however, went extinct about 10,000 years ago. No mammoths are killed to obtain ivory because they’re already dead, so woolly mammoth ivory remains relatively easy to buy and somewhat affordable.
My ivory came from Alaska, and I bought it from a jeweler. He had bought a piece of tusk that came with a bark-like crust, the result of thousands of years of aging, which he’d stripped off and was selling for 25 cents per gram, since he had no use for it.
I’m still deciding what to do with it. It looks a lot like tree bark but feels and weighs more like stone, since it’s basically a mineral that our bodies can produce: a tooth. I’m thinking of using it to make jewelry that puts its rough aesthetics to artistic advantage.
I bought the ivory because a woolly mammoth plays a role in my novel Immunity Index — specifically, a mammoth recreated by genetic engineering. While the novel largely deals with other issues, it mentions a few of the problems with mammoth de-extinction. For example, mammoths, like elephants, led highly social lives. If we want to bring them back humanely, we need to bring back many large herds of them. In the book, that wasn’t done.
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By Peter Bing,Regina Höschele
The first whole English translation of Aristaenetus in approximately 3 centuries
Through allusion and adaption of prior authors, Aristaenetus recounts stories which are the stuff of comedy, erotic poetry, and old novel. right here we learn of enthusiasts who use each trope of erotic literature to compliment their beloveds in over-the-top speeches. Aristaenetus amazes us with stories of paramours hatching advanced schemes to accomplish their wants, whereas wily go-betweens support gentle their means. He provides us with bills of untrue spouses who slightly keep away from seize in the course of hair-raising and a laugh infidelities. This 6th century assortment is ideal for someone attracted to classical and postclassical literature.
- English translation and Greek textual content on dealing with pages
- Introduction with historical past of the text
- Discussion of intertextual connections with Greco-Roman authors
Peter Bing is Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of the Classics at Emory college. His books comprise The Well-Read Muse: current and prior in Callimachus and the Hellenistic Poets (Michigan Classics Press), The Scroll and The Marble: stories in studying and Reception in Hellenistic Poetry (University of Michigan Press), and the co-authored Games of Venus: An Anthology of Greek and Roman Erotic Verse from Sappho to Ovid (Routledge).
Regina Höschele is affiliate Professor of Classics on the college of Toronto. She is the writer of Verrückt nach Frauen: Der Epigrammatiker Rufin and Die blütenlesende Muse: Poetik und Textualität antiker Epigrammsammlungen (both from Gunter Narr Verlag).
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Many omnichannel contact centers are essentially built around the Voice Channel. Historically based on telephony, this channel has always retained a privileged place despite the emergence of digital media such as email or chat. Voice is indeed more efficient when it comes to establishing a climate of trust between the company and its customers. Its popularity is growing among the general public with the success of PDAs, smart speakers, cars, and other connected objects. While voicebots and callbots are stealing the show from chatbots.
This return to voice grace is accelerated by advances in speech recognition, natural language processing, and artificial intelligence. These advances are paving the way for richer dialogue through a new generation of voice portals and services, as well as conversation content analysis, which means more agents, better routing of requests, and more efficient supervision.
Voice processing technologies from the world of telephony have merged with those of information technology. However, voice imposes technical constraints related to its real-time nature, acoustic quality, and latency. This leads to choices in terms of network architectures, operators, protocols, and compression algorithms. Other issues are inherited from the history of telephony: renumbering, changing operators, or outsourcing.
The integration of telephony in the user's workstation results in functionalities such as a banner integrated into the CRM, raising the customer file editing, and click-to-call. In addition, the telephone becomes software (softphone). Voice is also integrated into smartphones, for example through visual IVRs. Voice is also used to authenticate customers, sign contracts or pay transactions. On the other hand, the contact center is often part of a telemarketing approach, in connection with campaign management. All these forms of integration require the realization of connectors between telephony and IS. The integration also extends to IT production issues, up to the implementation of a PRA or PCA.
For reasons of efficiency and quality of service, large companies want to qualify and quantify in a homogeneous way incoming and outgoing call flows to a myriad of internal and external sites (contact centers, business services, agencies, or subsidiaries) and to teleworkers.
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How soon is too soon to say LOVE YOU
According to 2020 OKCupid data on 6,000 people shared with mindbodygreen, 62% of people think you should say “I love you” “as soon as you feel it,” whereas 22% think you should wait “several months,” and 3% think you should wait “at least a year.” On average, research has found men take about three months to say “I ….
What should I expect on a 4th date
A fourth date can be a really good sign between two people. It means that you are still attracted to each other after having spent a lot of time one on one. It also means that you are likely to be quite compatible if you are still getting excited at the thought of meeting up again.
How often should you go on dates
Although seeing them once a week is fine, if you want to see them more by month four you can scale it up to twice depending on your schedule. She recommends seeing each other weekends and a mid-week visit. Once again it all comes down to what you want, your goals, schedules and how you feel.
When should you arrange a second date
Pros: Three days is known as ‘the magic three’ by some dating experts as it’s regarded as being long enough that you don’t look too keen, but not so long that you look rude. Also, leaving it for a few days may encourage your date to contact you instead.
What is the 10 date rule
The 10 Date Rule merely states that men are most likely to seek relationships with women they’ve dated at least 10 times. These are real dates, not merely hangouts or coffee meet-ups.
Should you kiss on the first date
When it comes to kissing on a first date, it’s important to remember that it’s totally your decision. As no two first dates are alike, it’s up to you to decide whether you’d like to kiss this person or not. And in most cases, this simply happens in the moment.
How do you know if the date went well
One of the major signs a first date went well is when the date lasts longer than either of you planned. No one is going to drag out a bad date, which means that if you’re an hour in and your date is planning which bar the two of you should go to for a nightcap, they’re probably enjoying themselves.
What date should you kiss
The golden rule is to ask for a kiss when she’s as relaxed as possible. That classic opportunity — the end of a date, whether is the first date or a later one — is ideal. You’ve gotten to know each other, you’ve walked her home, and suddenly, there’s a long silence. She probably won’t be surprised if you ask right now.
How many dates should you go on before kissing
Overall, over half of U.S. consumers think kissing on the first date is acceptable. An additional 33% of consumers say its best to wait until 2-3 dates for the first kiss.
What is the 3 date rule
The 3-date rule is a dating rule which dictates that both parties withhold sex until at least the 3rd date, at which point a couple can have sex without worrying about being abandoned or considered too “loose” to be a good partner.
What is the 5 date rule
Ladies, the 5 -date rule is a situation whereby the lady will decide to practice going on 5 dates before sleeping with the guy. Sex is often a big deal for most women.
What are the 5 stages of dating
Every relationship goes through five dating stages. These stages of dating are attraction, reality, commitment, intimacy and, finally, engagement.
Is kissing on the second date too soon
There’s no rule that says that a kiss has to happen on the second date—or third or fourth, for that matter. … There’s nothing wrong with you if you’re not ready to start getting intimate so soon (since the second date is still very early) and if your date is a keeper, he or she will respect that.
On what date should you sleep with a guy
In a new survey, the average person said eight dates is the “acceptable” time to wait to have sex. People also said that they don’t “always” kiss on the first date, even if it’s going well. Millenials also wait 48 hours to ask about a second date, while older people wait three days, on average.
How long do guys wait to ask for a second date
In fact, anytime within the first week is optimal. If he wants to see you again quickly, that means you are on his mind, When the gap between first and second date is longer, like two or three weeks, that might indicate a number of things that aren’t so positive: He’s too busy to date.
How do you tell if he is into you
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For thousands of years, Maya kings ruled over Yucatán. And when I say kings, yes, I mean kings plural. Unlike the Aztecs who conquered much of Mesoamerica in the 15th century, Maya politics centered around city-states. However, the most powerful of these would project their might across larger regions by establishing or conquering vassal kingdoms.
For example, the city of Uxmal was governed for four centuries by the Xiú dynasty, which in addition to Uxmal controlled several other cities, towns, and outposts throughout the Puuc region. Larger cities like Kabah and Sayil were ruled by governors appointed by the lord of Uxmal and also enjoyed jurisdiction over smaller settlements in their periphery.
According to surviving chronicles, the Xiú dynasty was established by Hun Uitzil Xiú, whose descendants would go on to govern the Puuc Valley for 18 generations. The last entry in the annals of the Xiú lords records the death of Juan Xiú Cimé in the late 18th century. But the descendants of the Xiú family are still known and highly respected in Yucatán to this very day. When Queen Elizabeth II visited Yucatán in 1975, the patriarch of the Xiú family, Gaspar Antonio Xiú, was afforded the right to address the Queen directly, as he was considered to be of noble birth. An honor which was not afforded to then President of México, Luis Echeverría Álvarez. Blue blood indeed.
There is good reason to believe that the famous city of Chichén Itzá was governed by a sort of council, rather than by a single king. In recent years, researchers have begun to decipher the names of some of these powerful Itzá lords. One of the best-known rulers whose name can be found on countless temple façades in the city is K’ak’ Upakal K’inich K’awil. But the Itzáes are better understood as a people rather than a dynasty per se. They even have their own language, although it is only still spoken by a handful of people. Though most Itzáes left Yucatán to settle in the Petén Basin in the late 12th century, people with the Itzá surname still live on the Peninsula.
Large city-states such as Uxmal and Chichén Itzá had fallen centuries before the arrival of the first Spanish Conquistadors in the early 16th century. Nevertheless, the Conquistadors noted that Maya communities were highly stratified and headed by lords known by the title of Jalach Wíinik. In the chronicles of this period, we can see many familiar-sounding names. Some of these include Chan, which means small and is the most common Maya surname in Yucatán, as well as Balam, which translates to jaguar. Other very common ancient Maya surnames still in use today include Canek (sky star), Cocom (listener), Tun (stone), Cupul (the one who throws), and Noh (large) – to name just a few.
So watch out, the next time you meet someone in Yucatán with a Maya surname, you may very well be in the presence of royalty.
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Life mentoring is a relatively new method of mentor people and also helping them accomplish their objectives. Some use it for company while some utilize it for individual gains. Nonetheless, the limitless pursuit of human achievement and contentment has proven an extremely important point to ponder.
Man has ever before been in constant questions of what to do in life, discovering a reason of existence as well as utilizing words of knowledge to live by. Sages and also wise men have derived from the center of world, imparting declarations of ideas for other men to inculcate in their way of living.
One of these wise men is Takeda Shingen, a popular samurai of the mid 16th century. He focused on the mere existence of a human being as a thinking being. In among his well-known lines, he stated “Intelligence is the flower of discrimination. There are lots of examples of the flower blooming however not flourishing.”
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Thus we see how many dark and intricate motives there are to detraction and defamation, and how many malicious spies are searching into the actions of a great man, who is not always the best prepared for so narrow an inspection.
For we may generally observe, that our admiration of a famous man lessens upon our nearer acquaintance with him; and that we seldom hear the description of a celebrated person, without a catalogue of some notorious weaknesses and infirmities. The reason may be, because any little slip is more conspicuous and observable in his conduct than in another's, as it is not of a piece with the rest of his character, or because it is impossible for a man at the same time to be attentive to the more important part of his life, and to keep a watchful eye over all the inconsiderable circumstances of his behaviour and conversation; or because, as we have before observed, the same temper of mind which inclines us to a desire of fame, naturally betrays us into such slips and unwarinesses as are not incident to men of a contrary disposition.
After all it must be confessed, that a noble and triumphaut merit often breaks through and dissipates these little spots and sullies in its reputation; but if by a mistaken pursuit after fame, or through human infirmity, any false step be made in the more momentous concerns of life, the whole scheme of ambitious designs is broken and disappointed. The smaller stains and blemishes may die away and disappear amidst the brightness that surrounds them; but a blot of a deeper nature casts a shade on all the other beauties, and darkens the whole character. How difficult, therefore, is it, to preserve a great name, when he that has acquired it is so obnoxious to such little weaknesses and in firmities as are no small diminution to it when discovered, especially when they are so industriously proclaimed, and aggravated by such as were once his superiors or equals; by such as would set to show their judgment or their wit; and by such as are guil
ty or innocent of the same slips or misconducts in their own behaviour
But were there none of these dispositions in others to censure a famous man, nor any such miscarriages in himself, yet would he meet with no small trouble in keeping up his reputation in all its height and splendour. There must be always a noble train of actions to preserve his fame in life and motion. For when it is once at a stand, it naturally flags and languishes. Admiration is a very short-lived passion, that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object, unless it be still fed with fresh discoveries, and kept alive by a new perpetual succession of miracles rising up to its view. And even the greatest actions of a celebrated person labour under this disadvantage, that however surprising and extraordinary they may be, they are no more than what are expected from him; but on the contrary, if they fall any thing below the opinion that is conceived of him, though they might raise the reputation of another, they are a diminution to his.
One would think there should be something wonderfully pleasing in the possession of fame, that, notwithstanding all these mortifying considerations, can engage a man in so desperate a pursuit; and yet if we consider the little happiness that attends a great character, and the multitude of disquietudes to which the desire of it subjects an ambitious mind, one would be still the more surprised to see so many restless candidates for glory.
Ambition raises a secret tumult in the soul, it inflames the mind, and puts it into a violent hurry of thought: it is still reaching after an empty imaginary good, that has not in it the power to abate or satisfy it. Most other things we long for, can allay the cravings of their proper sense, and for a while set the appetite at rest.; but fame is a good so wholly foreign to our natures, that we have no faculty in the soul adapted to it, nor any organ in the body
to relish it; an object of desire placed out of the possibility of fruition. It may indeed fill the mind for a while with a giddy kind of pleasure, but it is such a pleasure as makes a man restless and uneasy
under it; and which does not so much satisfy the present thirst, as it excites fresh desires, and sets the soul on new enterprises. For how few ambitious men are there, who have got as much fame as they desired, and whose thirst after it has not been as eager in the very height of their reputation, as it was before they became known and eminent among men ? There is not any circumstance in Cæsar's character which gives me a greater idea of him, than a saying which Cicero tells us he frequently made use of in private conversation, "That he was satisfied with his share of life and fame.' Se satis vel ad naturam, vel ad gloriam vixisse. Many, indeed, have given over their pursuits after fame, but that has proceeded either from the disappointments they have met in it, or from their experience of the little. pleasure which attends it, or from the better informations or natural coldness of old age; but seldom from a full satisfaction and acquiescence in their present enjoyments of it.
Nor is fame only unsatisfying in itself, but the desire of it lays us open to many accidental troubles, which those are free from who have no such tender regard for it. How often is the ambitious man cast down and disappointed, if he receives no praise where he expected it? Nay, how often is he mortified with the very praises he receives, if they do not rise so high as he thinks they ought? which they seldom do, unless increased by flattery, since few men have so good an opinion of us as we have of ourselves. But if the ambitious man can be so much grieved even with praise itself, how will he be able to bear up under scandal and defamation? For the same temper of mind which makes him desire fame, makes him hate reproach. If he can be transported with the extraordinary praises of men, he will be as much deject
ed by their censures. How little therefore is the happiness of an ambitious man, who gives every one a dominion over it, who thus subjects himself to the good or ill speeches of others, and puts it in the power of every malicious tongue to throw him into a fit of melancholy, and destroy his natural rest and repose of mind ? Especially when we consider that the world is more apt to censure than applaud, and himself fuller of imperfections than vir
We may further observe, that such a man will be more grieved for the loss of fame, than he could have been pleased with the enjoyment of it. For though the presence of this imaginary good cannot make us happy, the absence of it may make us miserable; because in the enjoyment of an object we only find that share of pleasure which it is capable of giving us, but in the loss of it we do not proportion our grief to the real value it bears, but to the value our fancies and imaginations set upon it.
So inconsiderable is the satisfaction that Fame brings along with it, and so great the disquietudes to which it makes us liable The desire of it stirs up very uneasy motions in the mind, and is rather inflamed than satisfied by the presence of the thing desired. The enjoyment of it brings but very little pleasure, though the loss or want of it be very sensible and afflicting; and even this little happiness is so very precarious, that it wholly depends on the will of others. We are not only tortured by the reproaches which are offered us, but are disappointed by the silence of men when it is unexpected; and humbled even by their praises.
That I might not lose myself upon a subject of so great extent as that of fame, I have treated it in a particular order and method. I have first of all considered the reasons why Providence may have implanted in our minds such a principle of action. I have in the next place shewn, from many considera: tions, first, that Fame is a thing difficult to be obtained, and easily lost; secondly, that it brings the ambitious man very little happiness, but subjects him to much uneasiness and dissatisfaction. I shall in the last place shew, that it hinders us from obtaining an end which we have abilities to acquire, and which is accompanied with fulness of satisfaction. I need not tell my reader, that I mean by this end, that happiness which is reserved for us in another world, which every one has abilities to procure, and which will bring along with it fulness of joy and pleasures for evermore.
How the pursuit after Fame may hinder us in the attainment of this great end, I shall leave the reader to collect from the three following considerations.
First, because the strong desire of Fame breeds several Vicious habits in the mind.
Secondly, because many of those actions, which are apt to procure Fame, are not in their nature conducive to this our ultimate happiness.
Thirdly, because if we should allow the same actions to be | <urn:uuid:ba2ffb13-a720-41a4-82c9-5f3afc979312> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://books.google.no/books?id=OORtq8weFXkC&pg=PA12&focus=viewport&vq=%22capacities,+as+they+are+creatures,+that+is,+Beings+of+finite+and+limited+natures.+The%22&dq=editions:OCLC10879404&lr=&hl=no&output=html_text | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572870.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817062258-20220817092258-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.973975 | 1,904 | 2.09375 | 2 |
Supplementary MaterialsSupplementary Information srep23903-s1. there can be an inter-chromosomal association between your regulatory area from the TH2 cytokine locus as well as the interferon (promoter area, where both are repressed7. Alternatively, in erythroid cells, Klf1-governed genes including globins preferentially affiliate at a restricted variety of transcriptional factories filled with high degrees of Klf1 once activated8. Other observations based on chromosome conformation capture (3C) and its derivative techniques (4C, 5C, ChIA-PET) have shown that gene associations play roles in transcriptional regulation9,10,11,12. These techniques are essential for revealing three-dimensional information regarding the spatial proximity of DNA within the cell nucleus13,14. Neural precursor cells (NPCs) in purchase Daidzin the central nervous system can self-renew and differentiate into neurons mid-gestation, and then into astrocytes and oligodendrocytes only after late-gestation15. Differentiation of NPCs is temporally and spatially regulated by several factors including cytokines and epigenetic modifications16,17. NPCs from mouse telencephalon at late gestation (e.g., embryonic day [E] 14.5) are competent to differentiate into astrocytes upon stimulation with leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF)18,19. LIF activates the transcription factor STAT3, which then binds to the promoter of an astrocyte specific gene, glial fibrillary acidic protein promoter are essential for expression22. gene loci have been shown to undergo a shift toward a more internal location upon transcriptional activation6. Furthermore, genomic regions adjacent to nuclear lamina are replaced as gene expression programs change during astrocyte differentiation from NPCs23. This means that robust transformation of genome localization during astrocytogenesis; nevertheless, little is well known about the relevance of gene clustering in NPC differentiation. In this scholarly study, we screened for genes that associate with through the astrocyte differentiation of NPCs through the use of enhanced round chromosome conformation catch with minor adjustments (revised e4C). We appeared for a relationship between gene clustering and transcriptional actions by evaluating data from revised e4C and manifestation arrays. We determined 18 genes connected with that are portrayed specifically in LIF-induced astrocytes also. DNA florescence hybridization (Seafood) verified the clustering of some genes and and indicated in NPC-derived astrocytes As an initial step toward determining genes clustered with and regulated similarly to during astrocyte differentiation, we decided to perform a modified e4C assay with a few modifications8. NPCs derived from E14.5 mouse brains can differentiate into astrocytes after being cultured for more than 4 days in the presence of the astrocyte-inducing cytokine LIF19. We isolated neuroepithelial cells from the telencephalon of E14.5 mice and cultured them for 5 consecutive days (designated purchase Daidzin as NPCs). After one passage, the NPCs were further cultured for 4 days with LIF Mouse monoclonal to IGFBP2 to differentiate them into astrocytes (designated as LIF+ cells) (Fig. 1A). As reported previously, under these conditions, ~20% of NPCs differentiate into astrocytes as judged by immunofluorescence labeling of the astrocyte marker (Fig. 1B)6,19. The NPCs grown in extended culture without LIF (LIF? cells) were also tested as a control (Fig. 1A,B). Open in a separate window Figure 1 Genome-wide interactions of the loci in NPCs, LIF+, and LIF? cells.(A) Schematic experimental protocol. NPCs isolated from E14. 5 mouse telencephalon were cultured and replated on day 4. On day 5, cells were used for experiments as NPCs. NPC-derived astrocytes and NPCs in extended culture were collected after an additional 4 days of culture with or without LIF. On day 8, the cells were used for experiments as LIF+ or LIF? cells. (B) NPCs, LIF+, and LIF? cells were stained with an anti-antibody (red, STAT3 binding site (GSBS) are shown. (E) Association profiles had been established as the sign percentage of e4C examples to research genomic DNA. Log2 (e4C DNA/genomic DNA)?=?2 was collection like a cut-off worth. (F) Amount of e4C peaks on each chromosome. Chromosome sizes had been from the Mouse Genome Internet browser Gateway (NCBI37/mm9). As bait for the e4C assay, we utilized a genomic area including a STAT3 cognitive series for the promoter, the STAT3-binding site (GSBS). The GSBS is situated ~1.5?kb upstream from the transcription begin site purchase Daidzin and it is a prerequisite for transcription during astrocytogenesis from NPCs19. We 1st purchase Daidzin tried than the ones that do communicate (20.8% vs. 61.3%). We assumed the insufficient digestion was because of compacted chromatin across the GSBS in those cells22 highly. To improve availability of limitation enzymes towards the chromatin, we added an extra step of hydrochloric acid treatment to the original e4C protocol (Fig. 1C). Indeed, this achieved comparable digestion efficiency at the GSBS region in different types of cells (Fig. 1D) and helped to identify a large number of e4C peaks in both and in two biological replicates. As expected, many peaks were. | <urn:uuid:5f4a2e13-bf90-4770-8051-e5a9b0490089> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://a-443654.com/supplementary-materialssupplementary-information-srep23903-s1-there-can-be-an-inter-chromosomal-association-between/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572870.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817062258-20220817092258-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.940258 | 1,197 | 1.570313 | 2 |
Primary sources and problematics: Science and religion in Greece (1832-1946)
Project NARSES’ research focus includes the dialogue between the natural sciences and religion, as it was conducted in 19th and mid-20th century Greece. As such, it aims to create an online, searchable database of all relevant material published in Greek space at that period. Primary sources are to be catalogued, indexed and archived, and thus made accessible to all stakeholders. As a symbolic inaugural date for this part of the project, the year 1832 was chosen, since it is widely considered the funding date of the modern Greek State. The end date was set to 1946, which coincides with the end of the Second World War and with torrential social, economic and political changes in Greece. It goes without saying that this periodization, as any historical periodization, makes some concessions regarding the evolution of its subject matter. That is, the dialogues and debates concerning the Natural Sciences and the Divine in Greek space do not always follow these temporal borders in their evolution. Nevertheless, we believe the selected timeframe to be the most suitable for our study. | <urn:uuid:c4d3917f-5e8b-4ae3-8362-ab7213d41d11> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://narses.hpdst.gr/node/15 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572215.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815235954-20220816025954-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.950473 | 232 | 2.609375 | 3 |
FutureEverything returns in March 2014, with a two day conference, world premières of participatory artworks, and a city-wide programme of innovative live music. Waag will participate with the projects Apps for Europe, Smart CitySDK and the workshop Bio Strike.
Festival as laboratory
Now in its 19th year, FutureEverything brings people together to discover, share and experience new ideas about the future. Pioneering the idea of a ‘festival as laboratory’, it combines innovative art and performance with new technology, insightful discussion and playful social experimentation. The conference brings together over 700 international delegates from design, urbanism, art, business and academia.
The theme for 2014 is ‘Tools for Unknown Futures’, and the festival will explore possibilities for collaborating using new tools, devices and systems ‘to imagine, question and shape the world ahead’. Waag will participate with the projects Apps for Europe and CitySDK and with the workshop Bio Strike.
Projects & workshops by Waag:
- Bio Strike - Sat 29th March & Sun 30th March, 10.00 to 18.00 - workshop
An installation and workshop invites visitors to City Fictions to experience a future when food and DIY biomedical science collide. A kitchen-lab set up in the kitchens of an office building invites you to participate in manufacturing a three-course lunch in petri dish.
- Apps for Europe - Tue 1st April, 09:30 to 11:30 - conference
The project Apps for Europe - turning data into business will create a thematic network to organise competitions for using open data, stimulate the winners to start business ventures, and maximise the socio-economic impact and overall benefits of open data. It will contribute to the open data policy of the Commission and stimulate the reuse of public sector information from governmental, scientific and cultural sources.
- Smart CitySDK - Tue 1st April, 11.30 to 13.00 - conference
The project Smart CitySDK aims to define services that can help open up data in the fields of Participation, Mobility and Tourism in various cities in Europe. Within this project, Waag is responsible for the domain Mobility . | <urn:uuid:963d25ee-11f8-4af4-bbb3-532590536f4f> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://waag.org/en/event/futureeverything-2014/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572215.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815235954-20220816025954-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.8818 | 454 | 1.59375 | 2 |
It took close to 27 million gallons of jet fuel to fly what could be 50,000 people to the Paris climate talks. Releasing what Wired estimates was 575 million pounds of CO2 into the atmosphere, the delegations from 195 “parties” and everyone else interested in influencing and documenting global warming will be meeting for almost two weeks. (Those 575 million pounds are equal to 22 seconds of global emissions.)
Where are we going? To the big topics at the Paris talks.
The diverse economic interests at the talks are mind boggling. While the U.S. is solely in the Umbrella Group, other countries are participating in the dialogue through several alliances.
In addition to their negotiating alliances, nations have made individual promises. The New Yorker’s John Cassidy calls it a “potluck dinner.” You take what you can to the table. Among the individual pledges we have the U.S. delegation saying that by 2025, it will have reduced greenhouse gases 28 percent from their 2005 level while the European Union has committed to a 40 percent reduction by 2030 from its 1990 level. Out of 196 parties, 184 have made pledges that cover 98.4 percent of territorial emissions.
One basic question is what to leave with. There seems to be considerable support for an agreement on emission goals and financial commitments. But it will be tough deciding what to call it. Some possibilities are treaty (which U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said he does not want) or an accord or a protocol. Blurring the harshness of mandatory national commitments, UN climate chief Christiana Figueres hopes for “bindingness.”
The to-do list is expensive. In the mitigation column, we have diminishing deforestation and transforming transport and energy systems. And, in an “after” column, countries have added the expense of managing the impact of climate change.
But the really big question is who pays. Do the wealthier nations owe it to those who have less? Composed of estimates from developing nations, Carbon Brief has a finance tracker with estimates from many of the attendees.
These are the totals:
Our Bottom Line: Externalities
If an economist had to choose one word for discussing the environment, it would be externalities. As with all negative externalities, uninvolved bystanders are experiencing the cost of someone else’s behavior.
Below is a “before” graph showing no emissions cost for the supply side.
But here we have “after” where supply has decreased because it has been forced to absorb some cost of the negative externality it creates. Only when cost rises will the supply side have the incentive to diminish emissions. | <urn:uuid:0b74f936-95e3-4772-9af7-981b67d0db71> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://econlife.com/2015/12/a-brief-primer-for-the-paris-climate-talks/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571950.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813111851-20220813141851-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.944921 | 569 | 2.625 | 3 |
Nursery configuration is something individual and is frequently a statement of your character. What I like you, you may not and tight clamp versa. A few group like slick and clean gardens where there are no curve balls, others love the excitement of breezy ways, bunches of various plant material and not realizing what is around the bend. There are three fundamental styles of nurseries formal, semi formal and casual. They would then be able to be isolated into numerous kinds of nurseries and that relies upon what you might want. Nursery configuration can be personally cleaned to the style of your home as in illustration of the stupendous french chateaux where the mathematical examples of the nursery impersonate the mathematical development of the house or it can have no association with your home by any stretch of the imagination. A few group are fortunate and have this intrinsic endowment of realizing how to configuration space, making it a satisfying spot to be in. Others don’t have this quality and think that its extremely hard to picture how the space will function. To make a decent plan it is significant you comprehend that plan is tied in with overseeing space and individuals moving around it. The center of good nursery configuration focuses round designs and the space inside these examples. By utilizing mathematical shapes, circles, triangles, square shapes and so on you can accomplish a brought together feel to your nursery. So you need to consider ground examples and development around your nursery. Where might you like individuals to go? Ground examples can be accomplished with the utilization of blocks, clearing and plant material, for example, cut grass and so on Formal nurseries are even and mathematical and are severe as far as rehashing examples and plant materials on one or the other side. It is exceptionally controlled, plants are cut, molded, controlled consistently and today is regularly appropriate for little gardens like patios. Urns, balustrades, stone, rock ways, parterres, formal pools and outlined perspectives are all important for the proper nursery. There are no curve balls, you realize what’s in store. Casual plans are topsy-turvy and not as controlled. Plant material is permitted to pour out preposterous components like dividers, steps and ways. Plant material is permitted to self-seed and meander around the nursery. Casual nursery configuration is milder, loaded with shocks subsequently you don’t have the foggiest idea what’s in store. What’s more, semi formal is the blend of the over two. Normally it is the constructed designs, for example, holding dividers, ways and steps that are formal and the casual component is the plant material which is permitted to gush out over them, mellowing their hard outlines.Within these three kinds, there are a wide range of styles of nurseries to browse like contemporary, Japanese, Mediterranean, cabin, yard, kitchen nursery or mystery garden.
An overall recipe for figuring the life-cycle cost of a rooftop is to deduct the assessed rescue cost of the new rooftop materials from the price tag and afterward add the extended expenses of upkeep, fix and substitution over the estimated financial existence of the rooftop. For this computation, the worth of the present dollar should be changed over to a future worth. Energy effectiveness has become a huge factor in deciding a rooftop’s life-cycle cost. Numerous office chiefs are indicating metal-clad or covered altered bitumen layers and flashings, other intelligent films or extra protection as energy-proficient alternatives. An assortment of aluminum or white acrylic coatings can be applied to smooth surfaces. Granule-surfaced changed bitumen films can be applied to improve reflectivity. By improving the energy proficiency of the structure with intelligent layers or extra protection, office heads can regularly lessen cooling costs. Before issues happen, preventive support ought to likewise be directed to eliminate apparent garbage from the rooftop, clean depletes and perform minor fixes. Regardless of how intensive the upkeep program is, nonetheless, it is important to make normal, semi-yearly examinations to diminish long haul fix costs. At least, office heads ought to have their rooftops assessed once in the spring and once in the fall. The inevitable detach and removal of the material framework is another important factor to be remembered for the life-cycle cost. A few frameworks require a more work concentrated expulsion measure, which can add to the all out cost, while certain film types can be reused, which may eventually lessen the expense of the framework. With the wide scope of framework types accessible in the present business material industry, one of the principle deterrents office heads experience is securing the information important to settle on educated choices. Makers offer workshops that permit office heads a discussion wherein to extend their insight base and comprehension. When proprietors have the data important to settle on sound detail choices, they can certainly indicate material items and frameworks that will meet their drawn out objectives. | <urn:uuid:40cfb46e-e900-4da1-85d3-f251da19eee0> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://icres2019.org/category/blog/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572870.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817062258-20220817092258-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.931297 | 991 | 2.015625 | 2 |
If the barriers to labor flexibility is low, then overall economy cycles and remittances are related strongly. Existing migrants are unwilling to come back to their home countries back, so remittances is expected to increase. Meanwhile, low demand for labor in the stock would be reduced by the Gulf countries of migrants from Nepal, Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh, among others. The countries which have the most diverse migration destinations have a better likelihood of remittances being more resilient.
Additionally, the full, total value of remittance inflows to developing countries depends on the prevailing exchange rate, between US buck and their local currency usually. The Indian rupee depreciated by 25 % against the united states dollar almost, resulting in a surge in remittance flows and a rise in spending in the housing sector, and in bank or investment company shares and debris. Similar signs of investment-related remittance flows were seen in Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Ethiopia, Moldova, and the Philippines. One notable feature of remittances have been its effect on offsetting balance of trade deficit. It really is true in Nepal particularly, the Philippines, Bangladesh, and Mexico.
What do people get out of hunting seals? The individuals who hunt seals are jobless fishermen. You will find buyers across the globe that choose the seal furs, that are called pelts. 10%-20% if their real income. When the colony was begun the Dutch hoped to earn large earnings from what financial activities? Annual income’ is the quantity of money you earn in a single 12 months.
- Stimulating discussion
- Non-compete contracts
- 55/50 = 110%
- Green Computing and Energy Efficiency
- 1 Global Standard Luxury Motor-yacht Manufacturing Base
- Medical equipment investment growth may have peaked and is likely to decrease
- 4 #4 Keep a Trading Journal
- August 1
What happens if your taxable income falls in the lowest tax bracket? What’s mean by tax? It is what the federal or state government charges you on your earnings. It is a percentage of your income. It suggests the tax you must pay on your income. What is the tax rate average in America?
There is no average tax rate in the us; income tax rates are dependant on how much you earn. What do sugardaddies do to earn their income? There are a variety of methods that sugardaddies can earn their income. Typically, sugar daddies have a very high income source from a field such as real estate investments, mutual funds, stock market trading, or by virtue of running a successful business.
How much do you need to earn to get earn money? The earned income credit is too complicated to clarify in detail here really. You are going to the IRS website, download the instructions, and feel the worksheets. Basically, if you graphed it, it could look like a small hill: the unearned income credit boosts based on how much income you earn up to a certain point, and it starts reducing again. How do Security dealers make most of their income? Most of their income is derived from commissions they earn from sales of securities. Additionally, they may earn some cash from choosing their personal investments smartly.
What is the primary goal for most workers? How will you make passive income? One way to make passive income is to possess an investment property. When you lease it to the people, you earn aggressive income. Just how much is taxed in the tax? What is the average income in Russia? 17,230 US dollars a season.
The people of Russia that are in the top 20% earn 6x this amount, as the poor earn significantly less. What goes on in a Formula One pit stop? What were moments that were almost fatal to? What’s the difference between a brand and copyright? What exactly is the most haunted places in the world?
This tool is today an important financial curriculum part. Ken has received numerous awards and recognition for his pioneering work in financial services. In 2017, Forbes ranked him number 200 in its set of 400 richest people in the USA. The following year, Forbes showed him number 606 out of most billionaires of the global world. As the Executive Chairman, Ken is the head of the company’s Executive Management Team. Other users are CEO Damian Ornani and Vice Chairman Jeff Silk. | <urn:uuid:c1c0284d-bab6-4948-bbaf-ba83ca53fd90> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://dxtesting.com/chandan-sapkotas-blog-2/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572870.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817062258-20220817092258-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.969565 | 899 | 2.15625 | 2 |
Ese, crab, chicken egg, and sour cream. Rowan, strawberry, orange, radish, black currant, apple, lemon, sea buckthorn, cherry, shea, tomato, cabbage, and potatoes. Salmon species, herring, cod liver, egg yolk, and cow’s milk. Almonds, hazelnuts, peanuts, pistachios, cashews, dried apricots, sea buckthorn, eel, rose hips, wheat, walnuts, spinach, squid, YTX-465 Metabolic Enzyme/Protease viburnum, sorrel, salmon, pike perch, prunes, oatmeal, and barley groats. Red meat, sausages, hard cheeses, bacon, flour confectionery, cream, and hydrogenated vegetable fats. Olive oil, flaxseed oil, fish oil, nuts, and whole grain wheat items. Fish oil, sunflower oil, wheat germ oil, peanut oil, soybean oil, olive oil, red caviar, fresh salmon, fresh herring, mackerel, chicken eggs, flax seeds, pine nuts, walnuts, and sprouted wheat grains.Vitamin B12 Vitamin C Vitamin D VitaminLDL cholesterol HDL cholesterol PUFAsSen et al. (2004) showed that alpha-tocotrienol is quite a few instances far more helpful than alpha-tocopherol in defending neurons in the toxicity caused by GNF6702 site glutamate along with other neurotoxins. Additionally, the authors have shown that dietary supplements containing alpha-tocotrienol do indeed reach the brain and have effective, neuroprotective effects. Nonetheless, research of ALS in ALS individuals have been carried out working with alpha-tocopherol but not alpha-tocotrienol . It is achievable that, within the research we analyzed, the term vitamin E was applied for both alpha-tocopherol and alpha-tocotrienol. Tocopherol is recognized for its antioxidant properties, but its biochemical and physiological functions in regulating the activity of the central nervous program are getting actively studied and expanded (Table 1) . That is certainly why quite a few studies have been devoted to the study on the function of this vitamin within the improvement of ALS. Fang et al. (2015) in their meta-analysis regarded the danger elements for ALS; among which, the nutritional things had been also studied. The authors concluded that one of the best-studied relationships among dietary variables and ALS would be the inverse partnership involving a greater intake of antioxidants and a decrease threat of ALS. The authors cited a study in which typical vitamin E supplementation was linked using a reduce threat of ALS ,Nutrients 2021, 13,17 ofand longer vitamin E intake was linked having a reduced danger of ALS in a massive study combining separate data from five cohorts . Veldink et al. (2006) examined the partnership in between the dietary intake of antioxidants as well as the risk of ALS, adjusted for confounding aspects. The study involved 132 sufferers. The individuals had been asked to fill in three identical questionnaires. One particular questionnaire was completed by the ALS sufferers. The other two questionnaires were to become completed by the participants in the control groups (not a spouse and not a partner, using the age difference not greater than 5 years and, presumably, of the exact same gender). The questionnaire integrated two sections. The very first section incorporated concerns about age, gender, educational level, smoking, and anthropometric traits; the second section consisted of questions about dietary habits. Consequently, the premorbid total energy consumption was similar inside the two groups, which corresponded to related premorbid physique mass index (BMI) levels. The intake of vitamin E and polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) was noticeably decrease in ALS sufferers than within the manage group. The study identified that an average vitamin E intake of 185 mg/day was related having a 60 decrease threat of A. | <urn:uuid:079c09b7-d0ae-4897-b34e-b9ac04cec879> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.calpaininhibitor.com/2022/07/20/8490/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817032054-20220817062054-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.935339 | 822 | 1.898438 | 2 |
By Marc Turnage
The Western Wall refers to the western retaining wall built to support the Temple Mount platform. In the first century, this wall faced the city of Jerusalem, and as such, it had four gates in it that led onto the Temple Mount platform.
The gates alternated in their access lower and upper. A street ran along the western wall in the first century. The two lower gates offered access to the Temple Mount from this street. The two high gates were accessed through a bridge and a stairwell supported by a massive arch.
Today, we refer to these gates by the names of the modern explorers who rediscovered them and identified them. From north to south, they are Warren’s Gate, named after the British explorer Charles Warren. The next gate, accessed by the bridge that led from the Upper City of Jerusalem is Wilson’s Gate, named for the British explorer Charles Wilson.
The third Gate, which today can be seen on the women’s section of the Western Wall prayer area, is Barclay’s Gate, named for the American missionary doctor, James Barclay. The final gate was named after the American explorer, Edward Robinson. Robinson identified the spring of an arch protruding from the western wall, which was the remains of a large arch that supported a monumental staircase that led onto the Temple Mount.
Today visitors to Jerusalem encounter three areas of the Western Wall. The most famous in the Western Wall prayer plaza. This has served as a place of Jewish prayer for hundreds of years. It was a small area of the western wall of the Temple Mount retaining wall that was left exposed where Jews could come and pray.
The Western Wall was not considered holy when the Temple stood but developed into a place of Jewish prayer centuries later. Today it functions as a synagogue and is the most holy site for Jews around the world. Men and women have two separate areas designated for their prayers.
North of the Western Wall prayer plaza, one can go through a tunnel created by construction in later periods of buildings up against the western wall that follows the Western Wall. In these tunnels one sees the pillars that supported the bridge in the first century leading to Wilson’s Gate; one can even see Warren’s Gate, which is sealed up.
Following along the tunnel, the first century street is visible in places, as are the massive hewn stones used to build the Western Wall. On the northern end of the tunnel, one encounters a pool, which was an open-air pool in the first century known as the Struthian Pool (or “Sparrow’s Pool”).
South of the Western Wall plaza, one can walk along the first century street that ran along the Western Wall. On the southwestern corner of the Temple Mount, the spring of Robinson’s Arch is visible as are the small shops where vendors sold sacrifices for the Temple and changed money in the first century.
The destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans can be seen in a pile of large hewn stones from the Temple Mount, which remains where they fell in the first century. So too, the buckling of the street from the collapse of the walls of the Temple attest to the destruction inflicted by the Romans.
Marc Turnage is President/CEO of Biblical Expeditions. He is an authority on ancient Judaism and Christian origins. He has published widely for both academic and popular audiences. His most recent book, Windows into the Bible, was named by Outreach Magazine as one of its top 100 Christian living resources. Marc is a widely sought-after speaker and a gifted teacher. He has been guiding groups to the lands of the Bible—Israel, Jordan, Egypt, Turkey, Greece, and Italy—for over twenty years. | <urn:uuid:b7443fa3-5942-4749-8d1d-3940e87fdd33> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://cbnisrael.org/2022/07/19/biblical-israel-western-wall-2/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571950.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813111851-20220813141851-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.971209 | 765 | 3.796875 | 4 |
A Norwegian article about how to facilitate physical environments for indoor risky play.
English title: Indoor risky play: Opportunities for excitement and variety in the ECEC play environments?
Abstract in English: Risky play is a form of play that can contribute to both children’s well-being and development, but there is a lack of research on the topic. In this study, we have investigated various aspects of risky play in the indoor environment of Early Childhood Education and Care settings (ECEC). The study is based on video observation of 65 children aged 3–5 years, from seven ECEC centers, during periods when the children were free to play as they wished. The video observations were conducted in two phases: Autumn 2017 (T1) and Autumn 2018 (T2), and the final data material consists of 770 video observations of 2 minutes each. Based on the observations in T1, an intervention was carried out to strengthen the existing physical play environments. The intervention was developed and implemented as a collaboration between the researchers and staff in the participating center. The effects of the intervention were observed in T2. The data material was analyzed with descriptive statistics and regression analyzes. The results show that children engaged in risky play indoors, especially with great heights and rough-and-tumble play, and that the risky play mainly took place in tumbling spaces and in cubbies. Results related to the intervention show that the ECEC centers that established an integrated tumbling space had an increase in risky play indoors. In addition, the results show that both girls, boys and children of different ages used the tumbling spaces for risky play after the intervention. Overall, this study demonstrates opportunities to create exciting and more varied play opportunities indoors in ECEC.
Kleppe, R., Sando, O. J., & Sandseter, E. B. H. (2020). Innendørs risikofylt lek – et bidrag til spenning og variasjon i barnehagens lekemiljøer . Journal for Research in Arts and Sports Education, 4(2). https://doi.org/10.23865/jased.v4.2460 | <urn:uuid:1e60ffb1-2438-465d-88e2-1754f90689e7> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://ellenbeatehansensandseter.com/2021/02/08/innendors-risikofylt-lek-et-bidrag-til-spenning-og-variasjon-i-barnehagens-lekemiljoer/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571950.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813111851-20220813141851-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.947345 | 448 | 3.5 | 4 |
William Shearburn Gallery is pleased to sponsor a traveling exhibition of the works of Bernar Venet. On view are seven monumental sculptures installed in Forest Park at the Grand Basin. The exhibition has been in Miami, New York, Chicago, Denver, and now St. Louis. The sculptures will be on view in the park through 2006.
Venet, born in France in 1941, is an internationally recognized conceptual artist and sculptor. Venet bases his work on the conception of line, coupled with inspiration from mathematical theories and scientific formulas. The large-scale sculptures, ranging from 8-by-20 feet to 9-by-30 feet, represent recurring themes in Venet’s work—arcs, angles, diagonals, and indeterminate lines. Admission is free and open to the public daily.
In conjunction with the traveling show, William Shearburn Gallery will feature Venet’s work in a one-person show opening September 8, 2006. This exhibit will feature Venet’s drawings, prints, mixed media collages, as well as large and small-scale sculptures. Benar Venet in Forest Park is made possible by private funding, with the endorsement of the City of St. Louis, and Forest Park Public Arts Advisory Board. | <urn:uuid:18c825eb-86a3-4d0d-8152-8f99262f0e2f> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://www.shearburngallery.com/exhibitions/bernar-venet-traveling-sculpture-forest-park/selected-works?view=thumbnails | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572870.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817062258-20220817092258-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.94037 | 261 | 1.742188 | 2 |
The word fulfillment center means the packing of warehouses. It helps the employees with the large packing and shipping. It is also considered an online business for storing things that are important for people without carrying space.
Inventory management is also considered a large problem in many stores, but it is very important for the experience of the customer. The fulfillment center can help the inventory management for the storage of things for making work in other areas.
What is the major problem for the management?
The major problem in the stores is overselling. When the customer can order the things the fulfillment center can complete their needs. The out course fulfillment can control all the management. This can send emails to the customers after sending the item.
What does the fulfillment do?
The fulfillment center is a service that gives the ship products to the customers. It is according to the email, addresses of the customers. It is called a fulfillment center because it can contain all the fulfillment orders of the customers.
How do centers make money?
Long-term fees do it after the process of customer orders.
Properties of fulfillment centers:
- Beneficial for brands of E-commerce.
- Also, receive inventory
- Also, serve external customers
- Doing work fastly to give products to customers
- Also doing the process of packing
What is the cost of a fulfillment center?
The cost of the fulfillment center includes the sum of all the expenses that may be packing, picking, shipping, and other products.
Best fulfillment services:
- The ship Bob
- An Amazon FBA
- The Red stag fulfillment
Managing of fulfillment center:
- By the process of tracking
- For the use of cross-docking
- By collecting data
What is tracking?
The tracking means your activities, steps, and the device that may be chosen yourself. This can give a picture of how much you move day by day.
What is cross-docking?
It is the process of unloaded material from the supplier to the customer with no difference and storage between them.
What is collecting data?
Data collection means collecting and analyzing data by various techniques. The data may be in the form of formats, links, etc.
The fulfillment center can control all the business at a low price. It can manage all the fulfill needs of the customer in the way like packing, shipping, and so on.
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Question: With regard to the dietary teachings in Judaism. Surely, as the bible is a spiritual book there is also a spiritual interpretation to some of the commands?
Answer: The Torah does not give any explicit reason, spiritual or otherwise, for keeping kosher. In general, we keep kosher for one or both of the following two reasons:
- We think that the Torah comes from God, and God commands kashrut in the Torah,
- There are lessons inherent in keeping kosher which transmit important Jewish values.
The most important lesson I derive from kashrut is a sensitivity towards the life of animals, and an acknowledgment that all life was created by and belongs to God. One who keeps kosher, which demands an ongoing vigilence against and awareness of what goes into one's mouth, should experience a heightened sensitivity towards the ethics of food productions and consumption, and a heightened appreciation for the concept of life.
The Torah explains that we should not eat blood because the life is contained in the blood. While Jewish tradition permits us to eat animals, we may not eat the part of the animal, that is the blood, that represents the life of the animal. That, during the shekhita, or kosher slaughter, process, is spilled on the ground and covered with dust, symbolic of giving the animal's life back to God.
Jewish tradition also holds that we are forbidden to cause undue pain to animals, called tza'ar ba'alei hayyim. The process of shekhita, using a very sharp knife, is considered one of the least painful ways to kill an animal.
When the Torah prohibits eating dairy and meat together, the only explanation given is that one should not do so in order to be holy. Here too, one might see a sensitivity towards the animal's life urging us not to mix the dead flesh of the animal with the life-giving fluid of milk.
We can only speculate on the significance of the signs of kosher and non-kosher animals (land-dwellers need to have a split hoof and chew their cud, water-dwellers need to have fins and scales). Perhaps, since they exclude animals of prey (like bears and lions) and scavengers (like lobsters and shrimp), we do not want to eat animals which live by violence or eat garbage, because we want to avoid developing those characteristics in ourselves. Animals, such as cows, which have the characteristics of chewing their cuds and split hoofs tend to be very gentle animals.
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Located on the bank of the Neva River
, the Winter Palace
in St. Petersburg
was built between 1754 and 1762 as the winter residence of the Russian tsars.
The photo shows the Alexander Column, designed by Auguste de Montferrand
and erected in front of the Palace in 1832.
First occupied by Catherine the Great, the Baroque-style, green-and-white palace has 1786 doors and 1945 windows.
The Palace is now part of a group of magnificent buildings that is called the State Hermitage Museum which holds one of the world's greatest collections of art.
As part of the Museum, many of the Winter Palace's 1057 halls and rooms are open to the public. | <urn:uuid:c089f84b-f1ec-4ccb-a9d6-8dcce3db85ef> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://www.fact-index.com/w/wi/winter_palace.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572215.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815235954-20220816025954-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.943324 | 158 | 2.8125 | 3 |
- Outline the variety of accounting roles internal and external to a business
The Focus of Financial Accounting: External Users
The most common external user of financial information is the investor, be it institutional or individual. If you are saving for retirement and your money is invested in mutual funds via a 401(k), you may in fact own a tiny fraction of FaceBook, or Home Depot, or any number of publicly traded companies. Or, you may have your own investment account on the side, picking your own stocks. However, most of the investors in the stock market are retirement funds and mutual funds, and those funds are run by people, like you, who need reliable financial information in order to make an informed decision.
The SEC requires public traded companies to undergo, at their own cost, an annual financial audit by independent Certified Public Accountant. A financial statement audit is the examination of an entity’s financial statements and accompanying disclosures. The result of this examination is a report by the auditor, attesting to the fairness of presentation of the financial statements and related disclosures. The audit report is included in the annual filing of form 10-K with the SEC and in the company’s annual report that includes the financial statements.
Similarly, lenders typically require financial statements for any entity to which they lend funds. Suppliers may also require financial statements before they will be willing to extend trade credit. For non-publicly traded companies, CPAs will often prepare statements under a standard of review that is less stringent than an audit, but that still gives the external user some level of confidence that the statements are prepared in compliance with GAAP.
|External Users (financial accounting)||Internal Users (managerial accounting)|
|Institutional investors||“C” Suite|
|Creditors (lenders)||Finance department|
Internal Users of Accounting Information
While external users are waiting for historical data to be presented in the form of financial statements and all the related disclosures, internal users, mainly management of the company, are dipping in to the accounting data in real time. Production managers want to know what the product costs to build right now, and how much and how many to build to meet future demands and sales goals. Sales managers want to know both historical sales by quarter and by region, and what the predicted demand will be. Upper management wants to know profit margins, overhead costs by division and by function, and how the company is progressing against the plan (budget.)
Finally, the budget office often spans the gap between external and internal users by creating prospective financial reports (budget) and comparing those budgeted reports against actual results (the financial statements, audited or unaudited.)
All of these users, internal and external, have something in common: they are decision-makers seeking accurate, reliable, relevant information.
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See how COVID-19 impacted cybercrime, according to Europol
The quarantine imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic caused many changes. Many companies had to rushly adapt to remote working, having to deal with the logistics of personnel, devices and other equipment.
In this way, many offices were improvised. Devices, such as computers, were taken home, and servers and applications that were previously accessed in loco are now accessed via external networks.
Obviously, this is an opportune scenario for hackers and their digital threats. This is what the new Europol report reinforces. The document is called How COVID-19-related crime infected Europe during 2020.
The report is comprehensive, covering different types of crimes committed in 2020 that are related to the COVID-19 pandemic. But in this article, we’ll stick to cybercrime, which is a subject of Gatefy’s specialty and interest.
“Pandemic-themed campaigns have appeared across a wide range of cybercrime activities, including phishing campaigns, ransomware, malware and business email compromise attacks. Healthcare and health-related organizations have also been targeted and fallen victim to ransomware attacks”, says Europol.
According to the European agency, cybercriminals have also adapted to the new lifestyle, taking advantage of people and companies.
“As usual, cybercriminals were particularly quick to adapt to the COVID-19 crisis, leveraging the current events and news in order to increase the likelihood of infecting victims looking for related information online. They have exploited individuals’ increased anxiety, demand for information and supply for certain goods as well as reliance on digital solutions while working from home and providing homeschooling to children”.
In March, at the beginning of the pandemic, Europol and FBI had already warned of the incidence and the large number of online scams involving the coronavirus.
Table of Contents
4 key points from Europol's report on COVID-19 and cybercrime
1. Phishing and spam
According to the European agency, phishing and spam campaigns have been widely used in order to collect credentials and other personal and confidential data. In addition, emails are used to infect users with malicious software or malware.
“Phishing emails have been also reported to come from organisations which, for example, focus on disease prevention and health. SMS phishing and phishing attacks occurring against crowdfunding campaigns have been also noted”, points out Europol.
2. Malware, ransomware, and malicious apps
In order to extort money and steal sensitive and personal data, hackers took advantage of the panic scenario caused by COVID-19 to distribute malware, ransomware, and malicious applications, targeting individuals, companies, and other organizations.
Europol also says that phishing and spoofing scams are among the main strategies that have supported the spread of these malicious programs.
“The number of malware families using COVID-19 as a lure have continued to grow. Some of the malware types identified during the monitoring period suggested the involvement of highly skilled criminals. The number of malicious apps has been observed to increase as well”.
3. Child sexual exploitation
According to Europol’s report, child sexual exploitation cases and attempts have been a constant threat during the pandemic. The agency even says that there has been an increase in the incidence of references to illegal sites involving child sexual exploitation.
“There have been also reports received that minors were targeted with pornography during hacked Zoom conversations. Attempts to log into blocked child pornography sites have also appeared to rise”, says Europol.
4. Dark web
About the dark web, in the context of the pandemic, the European agency says that the platform has been used for the marketing of counterfeit products related to COVID-19, such as masks, pharmaceutical products, and test kits.
“The dark web has been extensively used to carry out fraud as well, by taking money and never delivering the illicit products purchased”.
How to protect against COVID-19 scams
We need to pay attention to physical security, such as washing hands, wearing masks, and avoiding crowds, but also we need to be aware of cyber scams, as we have seen so far in this article.
Check out our security tips to prevent COVID-19 scams:
- Be careful with the source of the information.
- Check the sender’s name and email address.
- Check for misspellings or wrong domains within a link.
- Always verify the web address of legitimate websites.
- Check the authenticity of people and institutions.
- Don’t click on suspicious links.
- Don’t open suspicious attachments.
- Don’t reveal personal information indiscriminately.
- Discover reliable news sources about COVID-19.
The World Health Organization is one of the best sources of information about Coronavirus. Check it out: www.who.int.
Europol's report on covid-19 and cybercrime
Email protection for businesses
To reinforce your company’s defenses, contact Gatefy. We work with anti-phishing and anti-spam solutions that can integrate with different email providers, such as Microsoft 365, G Suite, Exchange and Zimbra.
In this way, your corporate email will be protected against spam, phishing, ransomware, virus, BEC (Business Email Compromise) and social engineering.
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In trying to answer the question of ‘what is a narrative environment?’, the work of Arthur Danto, and particularly The Transfiguration of the Commonplace (1981), as well as that of Susan Sontag, particularly her essay “Against Interpretation” could prove useful.
A narrative environment has a form, a content and has the intention of creating a certain kind of awareness in a particular audience.
Awareness of the relationship between language and perception in narrative environments may be heightened by paying attention to Danto’s thought experiment concerning a series of perceptually indistinguishable canvases painted monochrome red, but bearing different titles.
Danto argues that each canvas is a different work of art, relying on different interpretations. The point he is making is that whether an object is a work of art, or what work it is if it is a work of art, cannot be discerned by merely looking at it.
Relational properties, including those bearing on the work’s origin, its cultural and historical context, are as crucial to its identity as are its intrinsic or structural properties.
The same argument can be applied to narrative environments: whether an environment is a narrative environment, or what narrative environment it is if it is a narrative environment, cannot be discerned by merely looking at it. Relational features are as crucial to its identity as are its intrinsic or structural properties.
In addition, for many if not all narrative environments, looking will be supplemented by other modes of sensing and perceiving, each of which will bring additional dimensions of meaning production into play.
Danto, A. (1981). The transfiguration of the commonplace: a philosophy of art. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
Lamarque, P. (2010). Work and object : explorations in the metaphysics of art. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
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Places the names of properties, procedures, and member objects for an object into a variable array.
AMEMBERS(ArrayName, oObjectName | cClassName [, nArrayContentsID] [, cFlags])
- Specifies the array into which the names of the member properties for oObjectName are placed. If you specify the name of an array that doesn't exist, the array is automatically created. If the array isn't large enough to contain all the names, Visual FoxPro automatically increases the size of the array.
- Specifies the object whose member properties are placed in the variable array specified with ArrayName. oObjectName can be any expression that evaluates to an object, such as an object reference, an object variable, or an object array element.
- Specifies the Visual FoxPro class whose member properties are placed in the variable array specified with ArrayName.
The array returned when you specify this parameter consists of four columns as described in the following table:
Specifies that the array contains a single column of property names. Omitting the nArrayContentsID parameter is the same as passing a 0.
Specifies that the array contains the names of the properties of the object or class, as well as the methods and member objects. The resulting array is two-dimensional with the second column specifying what type of member is listed in the first column. The possible values for the second column are Property, Event, Method, or Object.
Specifies that the array contains the names of objects that are members of a native Visual FoxPro object specified with oObjectName. The resulting array is one-dimensional.
This option provides a method to determine the names of child objects in a container such as all Form objects in a form set or controls in a form.
Specifies that the array contains information about one or more objects. You can pass an object reference to either a native Visual FoxPro object or to a COM object.
Note: A value of 3 for this parameter is not supported in .app or .exe applications.
If you omit nArrayContentsID, AMEMBERS(В ) returns a one column array of properties.
Name of the event or method
Property type (for example, PROPERTYPUT, PROPERTYGET, PROPERTYPUTREF, METHOD)
Function signature (parameters and their types, and the function return type). This information is similar to the Quick Info text provided in IntelliSense expansion of a method.
Specify the filtering applied to the array returned by the AMEMBERS(В ) function. cFlags will not function when AMEMBERS(В ) is passed a COM object (the value of ArrayContentsID is 3). Some flags are mutually exclusive so that if you use more than one cFlag, use them in the following groupings:
[P | H | G] [N | U] [C] [I | B] [R]The following tables describe the valid values for cFlags.
Value Filter Flags
Protected properties, methods, or events
Hidden properties, methods, or events
Public properties, methods, or events
Native (Intrinsic) properties, methods, or events
User-Defined (Extrinsic) properties, methods, or events
Changed properties (but not changed array properties)
Inherited properties, methods, or events
Base properties, methods, or events (using the AddProperty method)
The default configuration for the filtering specified by cFlags is logical OR between flags. You can change this by using the special "+" cFlags.
Adds a new column to the output array with the corresponding cFlags value.
Performs logical AND between filter flags.
AMEMBERS(В ) returns the number of objects, properties, and procedures for the object, or 0 if the array cannot be created. If you omit the optional 1, 2, or 3 flag parameters, a one-dimensional array is created containing the properties of oObjectName.
You can pass COM object references to the AMEMBERS(В ) function, but when you do so, you must also pass a value of 3 in the third (flag) parameter, as in the following example.
oExcel = CREATEOBJECT("excel.application") = AMEMBERS(gaPropArray, oExcel, 3)
The following example uses CREATEOBJECT(В ) to create a Form object named
goForm1. AMEMBERS(В ) is used to create an array named
gaPropArray containing the properties available for the form; the properties are then displayed.
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What are examples of whole foods?
Whole foods are plant foods that are unprocessed and unrefined, or processed and refined as little as possible, before being consumed. Examples of whole foods include whole grains , tubers, legumes , fruits , and vegetables .
What is a whole food lifestyle?
Just like the name suggests, a whole – foods , plant-based lifestyle emphasizes whole , minimally processed foods and limits or avoids animal products. It focuses on plants, including vegetables, fruits, whole grains, legumes, seeds and nuts. It limits refined foods like added sugars, white flour and processed oils.
Is yogurt considered a whole food?
Produce of any kind: Fresh vegetables such as leafy greens, carrots, avocados, radishes, cucumbers, squash, and sweet potatoes. Fresh or dried fruit such as apples, pears, oranges, watermelon, tomatoes, grapes, and bananas. Dairy products without added sugar or chemical flavorings such as plain greek yogurt .
Are eggs Whole Foods?
While one person following a WFPB diet may eat no animal products, another may eat small amounts of eggs , poultry, seafood, meat or dairy. The whole – foods , plant-based diet emphasizes plant-based foods while minimizing animal products and processed items.
Is peanut butter a whole food?
Peanut butter is a relatively unprocessed food . It’s basically just peanuts , often roasted, that are ground until they turn into a paste. However, this doesn’t apply to many commercial brands of peanut butter that contain various added ingredients, such as sugar, vegetable oils and even trans fat.
Are potatoes a whole food?
As explained in a post announcing the good news, “white potatoes are a whole , real, nutrient-dense food ! It doesn’t make logical sense to leave them out while other carb-dense foods like taro, yuca, or sweet potato are allowed.” Amen.
Is oatmeal a whole food?
Oats are a whole -grain food , known scientifically as Avena sativa. Oat groats, the most intact and whole form of oats , take a long time to cook. For this reason, most people prefer rolled, crushed or steel-cut oats . Oats are commonly eaten for breakfast as oatmeal , which is made by boiling oats in water or milk.
Is Rice a whole food?
It is a whole grain, which means it is made up of all three essential, unprocessed components of the original grain: the bran, germ and endosperm. “Brown rice is the more healthful choice [than white rice ].
Can you lose weight just eating whole foods?
When your meals and snacks are made with natural food , it’s difficult to eat too much. Whole foods help you lose weight ! Processed foods like orange juice are refined. So the sugar from these foods are easily and quickly digested.
What is a good whole food diet?
6 Ways to Add Whole Foods to Your Diet Choose products with 100% whole grains whenever possible. Replace half the white flour called for in your baking recipes with whole -wheat flour. Eat lots of fresh vegetables and fruits. Include beans in your meals and snacks more often. Eat fewer convenience and processed foods .
Are potatoes clean eating?
Including a wide variety of nutritious vegetables, fruits and spices in your diet is an important part of eating clean . Colorful options like berries, greens, sweet potatoes , red peppers and turmeric are packed with powerful plant compounds and nutrients that are essential for health.
Is cheese considered clean eating?
In his new book, the doc details a 20-day clean – eating program laid on the foundation of 20 clean foods — including CHEESE AND BREAD (as long as it’s whole-grain or whole-wheat).
Is Pasta whole food?
Whole -grain pasta is also lower in calories and higher in fiber and certain micronutrients than refined pasta . Nutrients in Whole -Grain Vs. Refined Pasta .
|Whole -Wheat Spaghetti||Refined/Enriched Spaghetti|
|Manganese||97% of the RDI||23% of the RDI|
What happens to your body when you eat whole foods?
Your body will become regular. This can come with a lower amount of bloating and discomfort along with looking slimmer as well. You ‘ll notice your moods are more stable. You have less ups and downs throughout the day and may even start to feel more empowered in your daily life.
Is butter a whole food?
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What is Big Data and what does it matter? How will Big Data improve your business and impact your life? Well, it’s all about capturing, analyzing, and driving efficiencies. This extreme focus on data science has yielded a new wrinkle in “datalogy,” spawning an emerging academic field that requires new tools, new skill sets, statistical modelers, text-mining professionals, and people who specialize in sentiment analysis.
The Good: There is time still to learn about Big Data and apply the Four V’s of Big Data: Volume, Velocity, Variety, and Veracity! (Source: IBM)
Volume: Enterprises are awash with ever-growing data of all types, easily amassing terabytes—even petabytes—of information. Turn 12 terabytes of Tweets created each day into improved product sentiment analysis. Convert 350 billion annual meter readings to better predict power consumption
Velocity: Sometimes 2 minutes is too late. For time-sensitive processes such as catching fraud, big data must be used as it streams into your enterprise in order to maximize its value. Scrutinize 5 million trade events created each day to identify potential fraud. Analyze 500 million daily call detail records in real-time to predict customer churn faster.
Variety: Big data is any type of data – structured and unstructured data such as text, sensor data, audio, video, click streams, log files and more. New insights are found when analyzing these data types together. Monitor 100’s of live video feeds from surveillance cameras to target points of interest. Exploit the 80% data growth in images, video and documents to improve customer satisfaction.
Veracity: 1 in 3 business leaders don’t trust the information they use to make decisions. How can you act upon information if you don’t trust it? Establishing trust in big data presents a huge challenge as the variety and number of sources grows.
The Bad: Coping with the Learning Curve and Getting the Big Wheels Turning. In July of 2012, the University of Virginia’s Jefferson Trust gave their president Teresa Sullivan $29 million to fund one of her newest initiatives, which is to establish new courses and curricula for the study of Big Data for its students to “handle the analysis and translation of massive amounts of data into creative opportunities for business and research.” The University of Louisiana, George Mason, and many other universities are following suit. But will their curriculum draw the combination left-brain and right-brain talent from the mathematic and actuarial minded students?
The Ugly: Big Shortages of Big Data Talent! By 2018, 140,000 to 190,000 people, as well as 1.5 million managers and analysts — with the know-how to use big data, will be needed! IT Managers will need to manage 100+ servers.
First step: Start collecting data! Worry how you will use it to your best effect later. You may not know what you are looking for until you cull the data (Jack Norris). Think in simple terms of capture, analyze, and driving efficiencies.
Just to see where you fit in on the learning curve, try a few qualifying questions.
What is a petabyte? 1 Quadrillion Bytes
How many zeroes in a Quadrillion? (15)
What is a Hadoop? An open-source distributed data processing platform.
The Apache Hadoop software library is a framework that allows for the distributed processing of large data sets across clusters of computers using simple programming models. It is designed to scale up from single servers to thousands of machines, each offering local computation and storage. Rather than rely on hardware to deliver high-avaiability, the library itself is designed to detect and handle failures at the application layer, so delivering a highly-availabile service on top of a cluster of computers, each of which may be prone to failures (hadoop.apache.org). | <urn:uuid:56b31471-5462-4113-b603-f5c3e455af86> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://controltrends.org/by-industry/commercial-hvac/01/wheres-your-big-data-now-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572870.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817062258-20220817092258-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.91006 | 822 | 2.5 | 2 |
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How to be satisfied with what you have? (at least for now…)
There’s a concept in Economics where we study that utility can never be ‘satisified’, it means that ‘human wants are unlimited in nature’.
This might not be directly connected with our ‘satisfaction in life’, but either way it infleunces it considerably. Only a few people die after living a truly satisfied life, and even those few might have numerous instances of dissatisfaction. That is why I want to make it clear that if you’re a human being then at some point in the past, the present, and the future, you will be dissatisfied. So don’t blame yourself when you become greedy sometimes (not too greedy 😅).
Let me tell you a story of an old man:
Once there was an scary old man 👴 who used to sit under a canopy, which was near a roadside.The people who travelled through there feared him 😨. Whoever he saw, he cursed them, shouted slurs at them.
Everyone who passed through the road knew that their day would be ruined 😒 if they had been seen by the old man! After a few days, the old man was seen as being happy, with a smile 😃 on his face.
This surprised everyone he knew. As he continued to be happy during the following days, some people started asking him, "How has this change happened in you?". The old man answered, "Yesterday I turned 90, and all these years I have been searching for the 'happiness' that I never received! I believed that I was the only person in the world who didn’t have any happiness in life. But now, I changed my quest to find that ‘lost happiness' in life, and therefore I’m happy!”.
The ‘happiness’ that the old man mentioned was the main cause for his dissatisfaction with life. So whatever it is that you are looking to achieve, keep on trying, but if you aren’t getting it then don’t be dissatisfied!
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Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Access to Social Services (COMPASS) – is a service that enables parents and guardians to apply for social services (including free and reduced lunches). The COMPASS web site makes it possible for anyone with internet access to complete applications for the various social services listed below. COMPASS offers screening for the various services listed below:
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Per PA School Code, parents/guardians are required to submit a note of explanation within three (3) school days when a child is absent from school. Parents may send an email or a picture of a doctor's note regarding the absence to the building attendance secretary at the correct building link below.
The Skyward Student Information System is a multi-use program for parents/guardians and staff. Parents & Guardians are encouraged to visit Skyward frequently to update personal information and check their child's grades or attendance.
The Family Educational Rights arid Privacy Act (FERPA) and Pennsylvania law afford parents/guardians and students eighteen (18) years of age and over (eligible students) certain rights with respect to the student’s educational records, as follows:
The right to inspect and review the student’s education records within thirty (30) days of the district’s receipts of a request of access.
The right to request amendment of the student’s education records that the parent or eligible student believes are inaccurate, misleading or otherwise violates the privacy rights of the students.
The right to consent to disclosure of personally identifiable information contained in the student’s education records, except to the extent that FERPA and State law authorize disclosure without consent.
The right to refuse to allow the disclosure of certain “directory information” such as the student’s name, address, telephone listing, e-mail address, photographs, and place of birth, major fields of study, dates of attendance, grade level, participation in school activities and sports, height and weight of members of certain athletic teams, degrees, honors and awards received, and the most recent educational agency or institution attended by the students;
The right to file a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education concerning alleged failure by the district to comply with the requirements of FERPA.
Parents or eligible students interested in inspecting and reviewing the student’s education records should submit a written request to the school principal that identifies the records they wish to inspect. The principal will make arrangements for access and notify the parent or eligible student of the time and place where the records may be inspected.
Parents or eligible students may ask Shippensburg Area School district to amend a record that they believe is inaccurate or misleading by submitting a written request to the school principal clearly identifying the part of the record they want to be amended and specify how the record is inaccurate or misleading. The District will either amend the record as requested or notify the parents or eligible student of its decision not to amend the record. A parent or eligible student may appeal the District’s decision not to amend the record and is entitled to a hearing regarding their request.
Parents and eligible students may file a complaint with the United States Department of Education concerning an alleged failure by the District to comply with FERPA requirements by contacting the Family Policy Compliance Office.
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You may find more information about FERPA at this link.
“Directory Information” includes the following information relating to a student: the student’s name, address, telephone number, date and place of birth, e-mail address, photograph, major field of study, participation in officially recognized activities and sports, weight and heights of members of athletic teams, dates of attendance, degrees and awards received, the most recent previous educational agency or institution attended by the student and other similar information.
The District is permitted by law to disclose directory information without written consent of the parent or eligible student. The parent or eligible student has the right to refuse to permit the designation of any or all of the categories of directory information, if a written refusal is forwarded to the Building Principal within 30 days of the beginning of the current school term.
The parent or eligible student has the right to request that information not be provided to military recruiting officers. Names, addresses and home telephone numbers of secondary school students will be released to military recruiting officers unless a student submits, within 21 calendar days of the beginning of the current school term, a written request to the Superintendent that such information not be released. | <urn:uuid:2527fc6e-0aee-438c-bcb6-295d7eba6163> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.shipk12.org/parents | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572215.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815235954-20220816025954-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.91812 | 1,002 | 1.78125 | 2 |
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin on Thursday ended what his office called a “burdensome” restriction on single-use plastics at state agencies, colleges and universities.
The Republican governor signed an executive order rolling back a 2021 order from Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam that instituted the prohibition on most disposable plastic bags, food service containers, water bottles, and straws and cutlery at executive branch agencies.
Youngkin’s order, titled “recognizing the value of recycling and waste reduction,” also directed his administration to take several steps to encourage recycling at state agencies and in the state parks system.
It directed two state agencies to work with “large-scale suppliers of food” to identify ways to reduce food waste. And it directed a task force to examine ways to encourage new “recycling-related” businesses to locate in Virginia.
“We need to conserve our natural resources, reduce the amount of recyclable materials and waste that goes into landfills, and promote new clean energy jobs here in Virginia,” the order said.
The Coalition for Consumer Choices — a group representing businesses, retailers, manufacturers and others who opposed Northam’s ban — announced its support for Youngkin’s order. The group said Northam’s order would have been costly and reduced choices for healthy and safely packaged food products.
Kate West, director of the Sierra Club Virginia Chapter, said Youngkin’s decision to roll back the plastics ban would result in “irreversible damage.”
“Only a tiny fraction of the plastic created is recycled, with most becoming litter and plastic pollution in our waterways and landfills that disproportionately impact the health of vulnerable communities,” West said in a statement.
Northam’s order, issued in March 2021, gave state agencies and higher education institutions 120 days to stop buying, selling or using certain single-use plastics, including foodservice items. And it called for a total phase-out of all nonmedical single-use plastics and expanded polystyrene objects by 2025.
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A recent D-F article discussed a method for encoding machine-readable molecular structure information as image metadata. This article generated some interest among developers. For example, Noel O'Boyle posted code for reading PNG image metadata with Python. The popularity of Python in cheminformatics makes this approach especially attractive.
But how would you write PNG image metadata with Python? The obvious answer of using
Image.info followed by
Image.write doesn't appear to work. Given my limited knowledge of Python, the answer must come from elsewhere.
Fortunately, Nick Galbreath wrote in to offer a solution. Using Python, PIL, and an undocumented class, Nick has developed a small wrapper function that writes metadata for PNG images. In fact, Nick is fast on his way to becoming a PNG metadata expert, if reluctantly so. His blog is worth checking out and contains several useful techniques for image manipulation. | <urn:uuid:46120c5e-b185-4035-b670-96bf6ebf3468> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://depth-first.com/articles/2007/08/29/never-draw-the-same-molecule-twice-writing-png-image-metadata-with-python/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571950.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813111851-20220813141851-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.919935 | 183 | 1.953125 | 2 |
The continuously decreasing agricultural land, ever increasing population and unpredictable climate changes have created the food shortage crisis and now food security has become a grave threat to mankind. Such serious challenges require drastic measures and need to adopt technological advancement in agriculture sector.
Advanced technologies like artificial intelligence (AI), the Internet of Things (IoT) and the mobile internet can provide realistic solutions to the above challenges. Precision or Smart agriculture is an agriculture technique which uses the above mentioned technological tools to increase efficiency and productivity, reduce wastage, erosion and pollution and conserve biodiversity.
The most important tool in modern agriculture management are sensors. Sensors provide data that helps farmers to improve crop conditions by measuring various crucial components and resources like plant water potential, yield quality, state of development, nutrient levels. pest and disease infections and area and distribution of plants and organs. A number of sensing technologies are used in precision agriculture, providing data that helps farmers monitor and optimise crops, as well as adopt to the changing environmental factors are as follows:
A. Location Sensors
These sensors use GPS satellite to determine latitude, longitude and altitude to within feet. Three satellites are minimum required to triangular a position. Precise positioning is the cornerstone of precision agriculture.
B. Electromagnetic Sensors
These sensors use electric circuits to measure the capability for soil particles to conduct or accumulate electrical charges. When using these sensors, the soil becomes part of an electromagnetic circuit and changing local conditions immediately affect the signal recorded by a data logger. These sensors help in recording the salinity, organic mater and moisture content along with residual nitrate and soil pH.
C. Optical Sensors
These sensors use light reflectance to characterise the soil. These sensors simulate the human eye when looking at soil as well as measure near-infrared, mid-infrared or polarised light reflectance. Close-range, subsurface vehicle based optical sensors have the potential to be used on the go, in a way similar to electromagnetic sensors, and can provide more information about single data points since reflectance can be easily measured in more that one portion of the spectrum at the time. Several researches have developed optical sensors to predict clay, organic matter and moisture content.
D. Mechanical Sensors
These sensors can be used to estimate soil mechanical resistance (often related to compaction). These sensors use a mechanism that penetrates or cuts through the soil and records the force measured by strain gauges of load cells. When a sensors cuts through the soil, it records the holding forces resulting from cutting, breaking and displacing soil. Soil represents the rates of the force required to enter the soil medium to the frontal area of the tool engaged with the soil.
E. Electrochemical Sensors
This type lf sensors can provide the information related to soil nutrient levels and pH. Sensor electrodes work by detecting specific ions in the soil. These sensors can be used in both outdoor farms and green house-based farming establishments to measure teh levels of ions like Potassium, Phosphorous, Calcium, Sodium, Nitrogen, Copper and Iron. With the advent of ISE(Ion Selection Electrode) and ISFET (Ion Selective Field Effect Transistor)sensors, the development of ion-specific nutrient supply system of crops/ plants is now possible.
F. Air Flow Sensors
These type of sensors measure soil permeability and record the number of gaseous substances present in the soil at a particular landscape other irrigation or to get an overview of the land that is to be cultivated before seeding process. It determines the optimum pressure required to pump air to aerate the soil and make it more fertile. It is also used tod ermine the properties of the soil, its composition, moisture holding capability and more.
G. Acoustic Crop Sensors
These sensors detect the plant geometric structure by emitting an ultrasonic wave signal to the plant. The sensor emits the signal as a reputed sweep under a certain frequency (usually 50-100 kHz). As a result of the application of ultrasound energy to the plant, several echos occur. Each echo contains information about the geometric structure of the plant, i.e. the structure of teh foliage. This information can be captured by extracting features from the echo signal into geometric features related to foliage structure (size, shape, orientation and overall orientation of the leaves). Additionally, the leaf structure greatly influences the amount of reflected ultrasonic sound. In general, the more leaves on the plant and the larger the leaves, the greater the percentage of ultrasonic sound that will be reflected by the sensor.
Acoustic sensors have a miscellaneous application in farm management. Some of the target applications are:
- Soil cultivation with the object to detect the rows of plants from the soil
- Weeding, for the detection of the plants from the weeds.
- Herbicide application for the detection of the plants from the weeds.
- Fruit harvesting to find the fruit inside the tree canopy.
- Grain and forage harvesting in order to detect the harvested area, thus avoiding overlapping.
Application of the Sensor Output
Sensing technologies provide actionable data to be processed and implemented as need be to optimise the crop yield while minimising environmental effects. Below are a few of the ways that precision farming takes advantage of this data:
- Yield monitoring systems are placed on crop harvesting vehicles such as combines and corn harvesters. They provide a crop weight yield by time, distance or GPS location measured and recorded to within 30cm.
- Yield mapping uses spatial coordinate data from GPS sensors mounted on harvested equipment. Yield monitoring data is combined with the coordinates to create yield maps.
- Variable rate fertiliser application tools use yield maps and perhaps optical surveys of plant health determined by colouration oto control granular, liquid and gaseous fertiliser materials. Variable rate controllers can either be manually controlled or automatically controlled using an on-board computer guided by realtime GPS location.
- Weed mapping currently uses operator interpretation and input to generate maps by quickly marking the location with a GPS receiver and data logger. The weed occurrence can then be overlapped with yield maps, fertilisers maps and spray maps. As visual recognition systems improve, the manual entry will soon be replaced by automated, visual systems mounted to working equipment.
- Variable spraying controllers turn herbicide spray booms on and off, and customise the amount (and blend) of the spray applied. Once weed location ae identified and tapped, the volume and mix of teh spray can be determined.
- Topography and boundaries can be recorded using high-precision GPS, which allows for a very precise topographic representation to be made of any field. there precision maps are useful when interpreting yield maps and weed maps. Field boundaries existing road, and wetlands can be accurately located to aid in farm planning.
- Salinity mapping is done with a salinity meter on a sled towed across fields affected by salinity. Salinity mapping interprets emergent issues as well as change in salinity over time.
- Guidance systems can accurately position a moving vehicle within 30 cm or less using GPS. Guidance systems replace conventional equipment for spraying or seeding. Autonomous vehicles are currently under development and will likely to be out into use int the very near future. | <urn:uuid:9c97cbc7-ae2f-4226-ad55-4747b5501b58> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://udaan.net.in/crop-sensors/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571584.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812045352-20220812075352-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.90107 | 1,500 | 4.125 | 4 |
Strength and Conditioning is huge right now and it’s something that athletes of all levels should be doing. However something that doesn’t sit well with me in the way S&C is pushed is that it seems to be focused entirely around lifting weights. The big question that’s constantly being asked is how can we best use a barbell to improve performance, rather than how do we best improve performance. Despite what most would have you believe the barbell isn’t actually needed for a good strength and conditioning program. I can only think of 3 sports, 4 at a push where barbells are used. Olympic Lifting, Powerlifting, Crossfit, and to an extent Strongman competition and that’s about it. Yet S&C coaches everywhere obsess about how to best use a barbell rather than how best to train the athlete.
(Check out the Instagram video for a recent example)
Lets take running as a common example as lots of people run and they are often told they need to get stronger. When designing a S&C program for a runner, the movements and patterns I am looking to strengthen and train will look a lot like running. I will narrow in on the aspects that enhance running technique and load the body in an appropriate way that will match what a runner needs when out on the pavements, trails or track. I personally would avoid squatting or lunging for runners as the movement of hip flexion in the loading phase (when the foot hits the ground) is considered poor technique by every good running coach I’ve ever spoken to. If the hip collapses in then that’s generally considered bad technique, so why would I train a motion that encourages this? Instead I look to hopping drills as they are much more appropriate and effective. Then to layer on the conditioning aspect I try to match the energy system demands of what the runner will experience in their own discipline. Obviously a sprinter will train with a different intensity to a marathon runner but the movements are pretty similar. Right foot, left foot until the finish line.
The concept applies equally across all disciplines, whether you’re a golfer, or footballer, or an olympic lifter? If you have a specific goal then general strengthening goes out the window or it becomes random exercises. Just a quick note here I have no problems with golfers lifting weights or footballers doing a little olympic lifting because we are all humans and capable of doing a variety of different things and I do think there are benefits from being competent at a variety of stuff. But believing that practicing Olympic Lifting to improve the power in a golf swing is the same as believing that an Olympic Lifter should hit the driving range to work on the technical aspects of their lifts. It is good to move in a variety of ways but I just wish strength coaches would stop trying to justify their training method by claiming it makes you better at something that it probably doesn’t.
I had a sprinter come in to see me with a few persistent injuries and pain on her right leg she mentioned that a physio told her that she needed to strengthen her right glute if she wanted to fix the problem. Through the course of the 1st session we ended up at this exercise where it turns out she was easily capable of it. How could weakness possibly be an issue when you can perform this exercise. We need a better explanation for pain than weak muscles, that isn’t an answer that makes sense. | <urn:uuid:45279361-11c8-4f80-b66f-c2f33bd98ae4> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://www.sdmovement.co.uk/2016/09/05/strength-and-conditioning/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571222.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810222056-20220811012056-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.968615 | 716 | 1.625 | 2 |
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Cotton crop breaks yield record again
MISSISSIPPI STATE -- Superior varieties, few pests and cooperative weather helped the 2004 cotton crop exceed last year's record-setting yields.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture predicts the 2004 state average yield to be 1,000 pounds of lint per acre, up from 932 pounds per acre in 2003. Mississippi producers planted 1.1 million acres of cotton in 2004 and harvested 1.09 million acres.
"We're looking at another record-breaking year with big-time acreage yields," said Tom Barber, cotton specialist with the Mississippi State University Extension Service. "That's good for us, considering the heavy rainfall early in the season. Now we're trying to pinpoint what's boosting the yield so we can continue or increase those practices."
The likely main cause is transgenic cotton varieties that have good yield potential and help protect against bollworms and budworms. A light bollworm year contributed to the crop's success.
"The Boll Weevil Eradication Program has really helped us out. If we still had to worry about the boll weevil, we wouldn't have the potential we do now," Barber said.
Ideal weather also boosted the quality of this year's crop.
"Daily maximum temperatures in July and August were a lot cooler than in years past. Mild harvest season temperatures helped with the yield and quality of the crop," Barber said. "A lot of the cotton didn't get a drop of rain once the bolls opened, and that helps a lot on quality."
It isn't all good news for the cotton crop. The estimated value of production for the 2004 cotton crop is $597 million, down about 14 percent from 2003.
Extension economist Steve Martin said this price decrease is a result of an increase in production in the United States, as well as the rest of the world. Globally, 112 million bales of cotton were produced.
"This is a pretty significant price drop. Last year, we had the opportunity to sell at 70 to 80 cents per pound of lint. This year, producers will be receiving the loan rate of 52 cents," Martin said. "We're talking about a 20-cent decline, or a reduction of 25 percent to 30 percent per pound of lint."
Martin said prices in the 60- to 65-cent range typically are considered break-even. The lowest prices in recent history came in 2001 at about 28 cents per pound of lint.
Despite the price slump, Barber expects cotton acreage to remain steady in 2005.
"When we look forward to a new year of management decisions, variety selection and soil fertility levels are the top two things to think about," Barber said. "Select varieties that provide quality as well as yield potential, because quality is driving our market. We need to produce the quality foreign markets want by looking at quality-producing characteristics like we haven't before." | <urn:uuid:e4b41ef3-9c79-42f0-aa61-4210c4a9c6ba> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://msucares.com/news/feature-story/2004/cotton-crop-breaks-yield-record-again?page=12 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572063.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814173832-20220814203832-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.956735 | 661 | 2.5625 | 3 |
The art of 3D computer animation has remarkable growth over the years. Today, animation is not limited to films, gaming and entertainment but has been and progressively giving a blast to the business world.
Like business, the real world and day to day life are three dimensional and one of the ways to transfer the real world into the digital one is through 3D computer animation.
Nowadays, majority of companies are jumping to the next level by adding animation as an advanced ingredient to their industry. More and more people are finding animation particularly 3D animation as dynamic and engaging. Here are some key points on how to empower business using 3D computer animation:
- 3D Computer Animation can simplify complicated ideas and concepts which are difficult to visualize. A difficult concept can be broken down into easy and digestible information. Whatever the company’s challenge in explaining –the animation can visualize it.
- With it, a company can present their concepts in a way that fascinates audience every single time. Adding animated characters and other moving elements is a powerful tool to grab the audience attention.
- Videos are highly accepted by consumers. Last 2012, YouTube’s Robert Kyncl predicts that online video will soon be 90% of online traffic which is happening at present time. Watching a 3D animated video is easier to understand than to read a black and white text or images.(Source:http://www.forbes.com/sites/tomiogeron/2012/01/12/ces-live-youtubes-robert-kyncl/)
- 3D computer animation can explain the company’s business in an innovative, creative and unique way. Concepts that cannot be expressed by words or other types of illustration and even imaginative ideas can be presented through animation.
- Companies conducting training sessions in different areas can use it as training tool which saves time and resources. For instance, a company wants to demonstrate and give training for a new product. Instead of giving the training in different areas and setting up the product physically, a 3D video animation can take place.
- A 3D computer animation with excellent quality and great story is a great approach to the current and potential clients.
- 3D computer animation can give an appropriate idea to the customer on how the project will look after completion which is applicable in architectural, engineering, construction, landscape and other business industries.
- When used effectively, 3D computer animation can also showcase a product that has not been built yet. A good example is building a project that has yet to be built which clients want to see. Or if the R&D team needs to analyze the potential of a future device. Especially important in the development of innovative prototypes.
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- The education minister announced that grades this semester won't count toward the R-Score for Quebec cégep students.
- The government acknowledged that students could have difficulty learning during this period.
There's some good news for Quebec's cégep students this semester that's sure to bring relief to some people. In "the sake of fairness," the government decided to not count this semester's grades toward the R-Score. Education Minister Jean-François Roberge made the announcement Monday morning in a press release.
"Today's decision is in line with the actions taken so far," said Roberge. "Our desire is to ensure that no student is unfairly penalized because of COVID-19."
He did, however, acknowledge that this might put some students in a difficult situation, especially those who have been able to maintain their studies despite the health crisis.
Quebec schools have been closed since the beginning of March in response to the ongoing pandemic. The government argues that due to the disparity in access to education during the crisis, calculating the R-Score would be "ineffective" this semester.
"Even partial maintenance of the R-Score would have disadvantaged [the students] considerably and unjustly, for example for admission to quota-based university programs," he added.
The R-Score is the standardized grading system through which all students in Quebec are evaluated. According to the government, in "normal teaching conditions" the R-Score is a fair and optimal way to evaluate student performance.
While some students might be concerned about their prospects due to the R-Score freeze, all classes will still be credited and will show up on transcripts.
"The freezing of the R-Score will ensure that all students can continue their learning, have their courses credited and continue their academic journey, in a fair and equitable manner," said Roberge.
"In these exceptional circumstances, it was the best decision to make, as evidenced by the consensus in this sense that was made among our partners in the college network."
The original plan was to maintain R-Score calculation despite the need for distance schooling during the pandemic.
Education experts, however, thought that it would be best to not calculate it this semester.
The reasoning is that far too many Quebec students might not have access to proper educational channels during the crisis.
COVID-19 Information for Students FAQs: We are working with the government, the CEGEP network & other groups to cla… https://t.co/OnNqqN55CF— Vanier College (@Vanier College) 1586278292.0
It's recommended that cégep students check in with their respective institutions to find out more details about what to expect after this semester is over.
(4/4) Cette décision permettra à tous de compléter leurs apprentissages, de réussir leurs cours et de poursuivre l… https://t.co/YZRggDTB1n— Jean-F. Roberge (@Jean-F. Roberge) 1587385802.0
The government is currently evaluating its options concerning school and business reopening dates.
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Does imposing women's quotas for corporate boards pay off?
Norway pioneered the way in demanding an increase in the proportion of women on Norwegian corporate boards nearly 20 years ago. Now California is following suit. So what lessons can be shared?
Almost 20 years ago, Norway’s Parliament decided that publicly listed companies must have at least 40 per cent women on their boards of directors.
The gender quota was controversial. Many businessmen and politicians thought letting women into the boardrooms was risky and feared that companies' profitability could be weakened.
Others believed that women would provide companies with valuable expertise.
Now history is repeating itself in California, one of the world's largest economies.
Norwegian research could calm the mood
The state introduced requirements for the proportion of women on the boards of listed companies with headquarters in California in 2018, 15 years after Norway adopted such regulations.
Many California investors are outraged and fear financial losses.
“Norwegian research could help calm the mood,” says Karin Thorburn, professor of finance at the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH).
Thorburn was one of several researchers who studied what happened to companies when the proportion of women on their boards was strengthened.
Together with colleagues Espen Eckbo and Knut Nygaard, she recently wrote an article for the Harvard Business Law Review on the subject.
Companies did neither better nor worse
The researchers investigated whether share prices were affected by the quota decision. Were shareholders intimidated by the idea that the boardrooms would soon be ‘invaded’ by women?
“The share price was virtually unaffected by these legislative changes. Nothing indicated that investors saw the quota as costly for the companies,” says Thorburn.
This finding also applied to companies with only male board members.
Nor did the finance researchers find anything to indicate that introducing the quota for women had destroyed values.
Thorburn and colleagues created equity portfolios comparing companies having exclusively male board members with companies that already had women on their boards before the quota was introduced.
“We found no difference in the long run. The companies did neither better nor worse after changing the composition of the board,” Thorburn says.
Absolutely no effect on profitability
A prime argument for imposing a gender quota law in Norway was the fact that it was said to increase profitability. Diversity was supposed to pay off.
When the law was set in motion, research reports streamed in, but the studies were split. Some showed increased profitability after the change in the law, while others showed less profitability for these companies.
Some studies documented a positive relationship between female board members and profitability.
“But this link doesn’t imply a causal connection", says Thorburn.
"It’s possible that profitable companies are more inclined to seek out female board members – or that women are more willing to accept board positions in well-run companies,” she says.
Thorburns own study found that the rule change had no effect on how the value of the companies developed.
The researchers compared the operating results of the listed companies with ordinary AS companies, which were not covered by the gender quota law.
“We found no differences in operating profits over time. The imposed female quota had no effect on companies’ value development,” says Thorburn.
Gender diversity on the boards thus had no real impact on the companies' profitability.
Do women lack experience?
Many people were concerned about whether the gender quota for women would hamper shareholders’ 'free choice’ and perhaps weaken the boards' efficiency.
If women lacked the necessary qualifications, it could weaken the board's ability to provide good advice to management.
The counter-argument was that recruitment to the boards was traditionally limited to a male network, overlooking potential female candidates who could have given the board broader experience and knowledge.
A women’s quota would force companies to cast a wider net when looking for directors and board members. Many believed this would increase the companies' profitability.
Thorburn and her colleagues investigated whether the law resulted in experienced men being replaced by inexperienced women. They found that the women did have less top management experience.
However, the male board members being replaced were those with the least experience, so the overall experience level of the board remained relatively constant.
Another concern was a lack of qualified women. A lot of people feared that the few experienced women would be on so many boards that they would be too busy to do a good job.
“We found no increase in the number of board positions each individual board member had,” says Thorburn.
Did companies flee the stock market?
In 2010, Aftenposten wrote that more than 300 ASA corporations (equivalent to the British PLC, Public Limited Company) had disappeared since 2002.
A survey by Norway’s Institute for Social Research showed that 31 per cent of the companies pointed to the gender quota law as the reason for their ASA to AS (equivalent to Ltd) company conversions.
"It's sad if so many men are worried about including women on their boards that they would rather convert their companies", said conservative politician and the man behind the quota law Ansgar Gabrielsen to newspaper Aftenposten (link in Norwegian).
According to Thorburn however, this is not what happened. The companies that lost their listing on the Oslo Stock Exchange went bankrupt or were delisted due to acquisitions, according to the professor of finance.
Pulling out of the stock market is complex and expensive, so it's unlikely that companies would choose this way to avoid a few women on the board, Thorburn believes.
In fact, the net growth of new companies on the Oslo Stock Exchange increased through 2007, when the law became binding.
Pension fund exerting pressure
Norway’s Government Pension Fund Global, which most people call the Oil Fund, is now exerting pressure on foreign companies in which they own shares, in order to increase the proportion of women on corporate boards.
If less than 30 per cent of board members are women, the Oil Fund encourages companies to set targets to increase that number.
“The Oil Fund's mandate is to increase returns and be a responsible owner. Since gender diversity on the boards doesn’t affect returns, I don’t think the fund should use its power to accelerate this in other countries,” Thorburn tells NHH Bulletin.
Norway was first to implement gender quota law
- In 2003, Norway became the first country to introduce a quota of at least 40 per cent women on the boards of listed companies.
- The quota was a political means to raise the gender balance in business. At that time, only five per cent of these companies had a female top manager.
- The companies had two years to improve their gender balance. If they did, the quota would not be implemented.
- By December 2005, the proportion of female top managers had only reached 15 per cent. The women's quota was introduced, and companies had two years to implement it.
Source: Karin Thorburn / NHH
Look to Norwegian research
Now we’re seeing the same unrest among investors in the US as happened in Norway nearly 20 years ago. The regulation on women's representation on corporate boards includes the 600 largest companies in California.
In addition, the American Nasdaq stock exchange has decided that all companies traded there must have at least one woman on their board.
If they do not, Nasdaq takes a ‘comply or explain’ approach and requires companies to explain why they do not meet this diversity benchmark.
Thorburn believes that the importance of women being represented on boards goes beyond thinking about financial impacts and results. It's about keeping up with the times.
Not profits, but core values
“People's values are changing. In order to attract capital from individuals and other capital owners, institutional investors like Goldman Sachs Asset Management and others have to respond to changes in people’s preferences,” she says.
Companies can make these changes to the boards to show that they are modern and up to date, at no cost.
Thorburn believes the focus on gender balance on boards reflects a trend in society that is about embracing diversity.
Many customers are increasingly demanding that their wealth be invested responsibly and in line with their personal values.
“Personally, I’m for more diversity. White men have traditionally had almost exclusive rights to positions of power in the private sector. This isn’t about increasing value, but about core values,” says Thorburn.
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The relationship with the mother is something special and is celebrated on Mother’s Day. But how should you express your love and gratitude? Our Mother’s Day sayings help! We have put together a large selection with more than 100 beautiful sayings, poems, quotes, and captions for mom. You can use this as inspiration or as the text for your card with Mother’s Day sayings …
Mother’s Day Sayings: Nice words for mom
For more than 100 years, Mother’s Day has been celebrated on the second Sunday in May. Together with flowers, chocolates, or other gifts, mothers all over the world receive cards with texts, sayings, quotes, or poems they have written themselves. It is the opportunity to say what far too often remains unsaid: Thank you for everything, mom! I am glad that you exist.
We have collected the best Mother’s Day sayings and phrases in case you are at a loss for words! Sometimes it is difficult to express one’s thoughts and feelings. Let yourself be inspired by our large selection and choose the Mother’s Day sayings that you like best:
Captions for Mom: the most beautiful at a glance
- “An angel without wings is called mom.”
- “My words can’t always say it, but my heart will always feel how much you mean to me.”
- “You are everything a mother can hope for. Much love for Mother’s day.”
- “There are many mothers here on earth, but God told himself mine should be the best.”
- “If I manage to be half as good a mother to my children as you have been to me, they will have a wonderful life.”
- “A child without a mother is like a flower without rain.” (Indian proverb)
- “A mother is the only person in the world who loves you before he knows you.”
- “I don’t need money or fame. With you as a mother, I have everything I need. “
- “Words cannot express how much you mean to me. I owe you more than I can ever say. “
- “Behind every happy child, there is a great mother.”
- “I owe you not only my life but an infinite number of happy memories and the most beautiful childhood that one could wish for.”
- “You can’t choose your family – but I would have always chosen you as a mother.”
Captions for Mom as a thank you
- “Thank you dear mom that I can count you among the most important people in my life. So I wish you the very best for Mother’s Day! “
- “Thank you for your boundless love, the security, and a carefree life.”
- “Thanks for the many little things,
that make my life easier.
Thank you for thinking of me
and guiding me through my everyday life.
Even if you think I don’t notice:
Thank you for everything, I think of you! “
- “Even if I wasn’t always the best child, you were always the best mother. Thank you for always sticking to me. “
- “I know that I tell you too seldom, but I am grateful every day that you are my mother and friend.”
- “I will be grateful all my life for everything you have done for me. Much love for Mother’s day.”
- “Many thanks for your helping hand, your comforting words, and your warming look.”
- “Even a thousand words would not be enough for the best mother in the world. The most important thing, however, is: Thank you for everything! “
- “A thank you can’t outweigh how many times you’ve helped me.”
- “Thank you mom that I can always count on you. Your support gives me strength and courage every day. “
- “On Mother’s Day, I want to thank you for everything you have done and sacrificed for me. To the best mother! “
Short sayings for Mother’s Day
- “I am so happy to have you as a mom. Happy Mother’s Day! “
- “There are seldom good things – that’s why you only exist once. Much love for Mother’s day!”
- “For Mother’s Day, I wish you all the best and sunshine every day!”
- “My home is always where you are. I wish you a great Mother’s Day! “
- “I wish the best mother the best Mother’s Day! All the best!”
- “Happy Mothers’ Day! I think firmly of you and look forward to the next visit. “
- “Mother’s Day is not enough to celebrate how amazing you are.”
- “Mom, you are wonderful and good-hearted. I love you!”
Funny Captions for Mom
- “I’ve been looking for the perfect Mother’s Day present for a long time – but you already have me. All the best!”
- “On Mother’s Day, a heartfelt compliment: You have really beautiful children!”
- “Let Dad pamper you and cook for you today – exactly the other way around than the rest of the year. Have a great Mother’s Day. “
- “You couldn’t celebrate Mother’s Day today without me. No problem, I was happy to do it for you. So all the best for Mother’s Day! “
Poems for Mother’s Day
- “Mother is the most beautiful name
on the wide ground.
He is often called tenderly,
softly from the child’s mouth.
It is only spoken softly
when the heart is afraid and sad.
Often called for help
if you are pressed by distress, pain.
If the mother is then herself
tired from work ‘and old,
the mother’s name remain holy,
then think back and give her hold.
Guarded, protected for a lifetime,
that’s why I say today on Mother’s Day:
for your kindness and loyalty,
thank you, thank you. “(Unknown)
“Thank you mom for my life,
Thanks for the nice time.
Thanks for your warm laugh
and for your tenderness.
You gave me so much
that’s why I say warmly today:
Thank you mom for my life
thank you for a great time! “(Anita Menger)
- “Your little mother is patiently carrying
so many a burden for you.
So keep it dear and worthy,
as long as you still have it. “(Adelbert von Chamisso)
- “Live happy, live serene,
live on in health,
live for many years! Dear mother, live high! “(Unknown)
- “Dearest mom, listen carefully,
nobody is as good as you
Are my girlfriend anytime
and always ready to help.
I love you, be sure
that I miss you every day ‘.” (Unknown)
- “Do I have to choose a mom,
my choice was only you.
Because you are the best mother
that there can be for me. “(Unknown)
- “Mother’s love is as pure as the sun;
No heart can love like the mother’s heart.
The joy of the child is the joy of the mother,
The child’s cry is the mother’s pain.
You can only see it out of your mother’s eyes
Suck the pious expression of silent love;
The look that always thinks about good things:
It is the mother’s view of the child. “(Johann Heinrich Schulze)
- “Flowers or chocolate,
no gift from the world is enough
so I want to tell you today
only with you, am I at home ‘”(unknown)
- “The mother’s heart is full of love,
from the first to the last day.
There is no one on this earth
who values and likes you so much.
Take the time to say thank you
it doesn’t take more than a word.
No need to hesitate and wait
show ‘your love now.” (Unknown)
Special Quotes for Mothers
- “Everything I am or what I hope to ever become, I owe to my mother.” (Abraham Lincoln)
- “A mother’s love is not shared between the children, it is multiplied.” (Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart)
- “All the best, great, beautiful of humanity has its origin undoubtedly from maternal influence.” (Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel)
- “No wisdom that can be taught on earth can give us what a word and a glance from the mother give us.” (Wilhelm Raabe)
- “My mother had nothing but love; the best in me, I got it from her. “(Peter Rosegger)
- “With a childhood full of love, one can endure the cold world for half a lifetime.” (Jean-Paul)
- “There is only one completely selfless, completely pure, completely divine love, and that is that of the mother for her child.” (Georg Ebers)
- “A child’s happiness begins in the mother’s heart.” (Phil Bosmans)
- “There is no place in the world where one would be more secure than in the arms of the mother.” (Selma Lagerlöf)
Simple cards with Captions for Mother
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Arrowsmith School is a privately owned co-educational and non-denominational day school that is dedicated to helping students with specific learning difficulties.
The Arrowsmith Program of cognitive exercises was first offered to students with learning difficulties in 1978 and Arrowsmith School was established in 1980. Arrowsmith School has operated continuously in Toronto since then and now occupies the two buildings which it owns on St. Clair Avenue West in mid-town Toronto.
Students who come to Arrowsmith School have been struggling in school – some are just starting their schooling but their experience has already shown a pattern of learning problems. Others have been finding school a challenge for years.
Each new student is assessed at Arrowsmith School so that we may identify his or her individual learning profile and then design a program of cognitive exercises for that student. Information about the assessment process may be found on the Assessment page of our web site.
Our program has been of benefit for students having difficulty with reading, writing and mathematics, comprehension, logical reasoning, problem solving, visual and auditory memory, non-verbal learning, attention, processing speed and dyslexia. For an overview of the more common problems addressed please read our Chart of Learning Outcomes.
Our goal is for our students to become effective, confident and self-directed learners for life and to enable them to achieve their goals of academic and career success..
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The annual tuition fee for Full-Time In-Person Program is $30,000 and includes all program and academic fees and materials for the full school year. The tuition fee includes an activity fee of $250 that covers such things as the school yearbook, school trips and other special events. There are no other fees or charges. Tuition fees are not subject to the Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) or Provincial Sales Tax.
|Academic Teachers||Cognitive Teachers|
|English||Math||Mike Cerovich||Dan Goodman|
|Ian Taylor Wright||
Sherri Lane Howie
|Remote & Extended Day Teachers||Psychometrist|
|Reception, Office Admin & School Support||Alumni Administrator|
|Marika Kotani||Daina Luszczek|
|Online Campus Lead & Parent Liaison||Admissions Officers|
|Arrowsmith Financial Administrator||Financial Manager|
|Helen Fadakis||Andrew Sommerhalder|
|Head of School||Director|
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Fraction Calculator With Variables
A fraction is defined as a portion or section of any quantity out of a whole, where, the whole can be any number, a specific value, or a thing.
What is Fraction Calculator With Variables?
'Fraction Calculator With Variables' is an online tool that helps to find the value of x when two fractions are said to be equal. Online Fraction Calculator With Variables helps you to find the value of x in a few seconds.
NOTE: Enter the values between 1 to 10 only.
How to Use Fraction Calculator With Variables?
Please follow the steps below on how to use the calculator:
- Step 1: Enter the numbers in the given input boxes.
- Step 2: Click on the "Solve" button to find the value of x.
- Step 3: Click on the "Reset" button to clear the field and enter new values.
How to Find Fraction Calculator With Variables?
Please follow the below steps to find the variable of x:
- Step 1: Enter the known values in the given input boxes.
- Step 2: Enter the variable x for the unknown value in the given input box.
- Step 3: Cross multiply the values and you will get the result for x.
Let us see an example to understand briefly.
Solve the value of 'x' if x / 5 = 2 / 10
x / 5 = 2 / 10
x = 5 × 2 / 10
x = 1
Similarly, you can try the calculator to find the value of x for:
- 5 / x = 2 / 3
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In November 2017, the federal government released its National Housing Strategy outlining its commitment to realizing the right to housing in Canada. Following this, in March 2018, the government launched public consultations to hear from Canadians “about the key elements of a human rights-based approach to housing, the proposed approach to the new legislation, and new concepts to be explored.” The consultations built on the government’s commitment to realize the right to housing in its National Housing Strategy, released in November 2017. As part of the consultations, the government also released a discussion paper outlining the key elements of the proposed human rights-based approach.
Maytree, alongside other organizations and partners in the sector, took part in the consultations and supported broad-based input with a focus on the meaningful participation of those with lived experience of housing need.
CMHC report on consultations
On November 22, the government released a report presenting findings from the consultations.
Guiding participation in the consultations
To start the conversation, we supported the development of two ideas papers by experts in this area:
- Canada’s Rights-Based National Housing Strategy: Principles and Mechanisms for Rights-Based Participation of Those with Lived Experience (by Emily Paradis)
- Enhancing the Rights-Based Framework for Canada’s National Housing Strategy (by Bruce Porter)
Together, these papers proposed a set of principles for a rights-based approach, an enhanced architecture for the elements set out in the government’s discussion paper, and mechanisms for the meaningful participation of people directly affected by homelessness and housing need.
Moving forward on the right to housing
Reflecting on the recommendations in the two ideas papers, and on discussions with government, academics, and civil society groups, Maytree developed its own submission to the consultations. The submission is focused on how the initiatives in the Strategy can be strengthened to reinforce the four human rights-based principles of accountability, participation, inclusion, and non-discrimination. Doing so will make us better equipped to achieve the Strategy’s vision that all Canadians have affordable housing that meets their needs.
- If You Build It, They Will Claim: Rights-Based Participation and Accountability in Canada’s National Housing Strategy (by Emily Paradis)
- Advancing Housing Rights in Canada’s Municipalities (by HomeComing Community Choice Coalition)
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03 Feb Improvised reason and unsettled accounts: experiencing the ethical in social practice art
‘The ancient Greek idea of Parrhesia means to speak frankly in public about oneself when asked to do so by another person, not as a confession or autobiography – but to demonstrate there is a relation between the rational discourse that one uses to explain one’s life, and the way that one lives. The purpose, quoting Foucault, is ‘to convince someone that he must take care of himself and of others, and this means that he must change his life.’
There is a moment in conversation-based art practices, between taking in the art work, and speaking in the art work, a moment that can cause people to fall silent, and in which there is a yearning for the account of one’s life – which is to be given – to be other than it is’.
key words: Judith Butler, Michel Foucault, Aristotle, ethics
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I don’t normally open with my graphic alone but this one pretty much nails what it is like to create a rough draft without actually discussing writing. Here are four ways that building with Lego is like creating a rough draft.
You Start with a Plan
Every manuscript starts with some kind of idea or plan. And it is always A-MAZ-ING. Truly amazing.
But somewhere along the way, and if you are like me it doesn’t take all that long, you realize that something is missing. With Lego, it might be the wheels. With your story, it might be character motiviation, obstacles or consequences if she should fail to win. Whatever it is that is missing, you have to rethink your plan.
Strange Things Show Up
Once you start writing again, strange things show up. I’m writing a middle grade science fiction novel about space travel and so much more. Where the heck did this whale come from? I don’t know why but one of my characters has a fascination with whales which in a real person would be no big deal. But how does it tie into the story?
And my main character’s science fair project was about . . . gene sequencing? How is that going to help in space? In short, it is not. Some of the strange things may enrich your story but others are going to have to go. They are a lot like the Barbie shoe and the marbles that show up in the Lego box.
Finally your draft is chugging along – I have yet to reach this point – but then you realize that you can’t find any more red bricks. Where did they all go! They were just here a minute ago.
Maybe you are trying to stretch your beats too far. Or you need to add more conflict. Or one of your characters is going to have to grow a previously non-existent third arm to make the plot work. Whatever it is, at some point you are going to realize that you need to add something more to the story.
At Least It Is Done
In the end, your draft resembles has almost no resemblance to your original glorious plan. You thought you would build a futuristic car or a striking castle. What you built more closely resembles an out building, quite possibly an outhouse.
But that’s okay. Once you’ve drafted your story, you can always rework it. But there is no way to rework it until you get something on paper.
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Dera Baba Nanak is a Municipal Council city in district of Gurdaspur, Punjab. The Dera Baba Nanak city is divided into 11 wards for which elections are held every 5 years. The Dera Baba Nanak Municipal Council has population of 6,394 of which 3,331 are males while 3,063 are females as per report released by Census India 2011.
Population of Children with age of 0-6 is 597 which is 9.34 % of total population of Dera Baba Nanak (M Cl). In Dera Baba Nanak Municipal Council, Female Sex Ratio is of 920 against state average of 895. Moreover Child Sex Ratio in Dera Baba Nanak is around 843 compared to Punjab state average of 846. Literacy rate of Dera Baba Nanak city is 87.42 % higher than state average of 75.84 %. In Dera Baba Nanak, Male literacy is around 90.36 % while female literacy rate is 84.27 %.
Dera Baba Nanak Municipal Council has total administration over 1,298 houses to which it supplies basic amenities like water and sewerage. It is also authorize to build roads within Municipal Council limits and impose taxes on properties coming under its jurisdiction.
Dera Baba Nanak Caste Factor
Dera Baba Nanak (M Cl) of Gurdaspur has substantial population of Schedule Caste.
Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 25.95 % of total population in Dera Baba Nanak (M Cl).
The (M Cl) Dera Baba Nanak currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.
Dera Baba Nanak Work Profile
Out of total population, 1,945 were engaged in work or business activity. Of this 1,667 were males while 278 were females. In census survey, worker is defined as person who does business, job, service, and cultivator and labour activity.
Of total 1945 working population, 91.31 % were engaged in Main Work while 8.69 % of total workers were engaged in Marginal Work.
Dera Baba Nanak 2022 Population
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There’s no need to panic when you’re still unsure what field you need to pursue. The good news to this debate between computer science and IT is that either degree is acceptable for a lot of tech jobs. In a number of instances, a level in computer science might be acceptable to employers for a position that may prefer a level in IT, and vice versa. Both majors provide a broad overview of technology topics, and also you’ll at all times have the opportunity to customise your diploma with electives. Technology is crammed with careers that pay nicely and have a strong outlook. If you’re altering careers or trying to begin off your career in an thrilling and rewarding field, pursuing a technology degree in computer science or IT is a good choice.
Students be taught the basics of Relational Databases design utilizing Entity Relation diagrams, and use SQL to create, modify and query a database. Students design and create databases which might be maintainable, secure and adaptable to change in business requirements, using Normalization. Students are able to evaluate and appreciate a Database Management System and its components with legacy systems.
After the success of the primary LEO, Lyons went into business manufacturing computer systems to meet the growing need for knowledge processing techniques in business. The LEO was England’s first business computer and was performing helpful work before some other business computer system on the planet. The Standards Eastern Automatic Computer is among the many first stored program computer Technology systems accomplished in the United States. It was built in Washington DC as a take a look at-mattress for evaluating components and systems as well as for setting computer requirements. It was additionally one of the first computer systems to make use of all-diode logic, a technology more dependable than vacuum tubes. The world’s first scanned image was made on SEAC by engineer Russell Kirsch in 1957.
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Daniel Hillis of Thinking Machines Corporation strikes synthetic intelligence a step forward when he develops the controversial concept of massive parallelism within the Connection Machine CM-1. The machine used as much as sixty five,536 one-bit processors and will complete a number of billion operations per second. Each processor had its own small reminiscence linked with others through a flexible network that customers altered by reprogramming rather than rewiring. The machine´s system of connections and switches let processors broadcast data and requests for assist to other processors in a simulation of mind-like associative recall.
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Gain problem-solving expertise for a profession in programming and software improvement. All students enrolled in site-based applications might be required to take some coursework online and, for some packages and areas, a considerable portion of this system could also be required to be completed on-line. Understand circuit boards, processors, chips, digital tools, and computer hardware and software, including Computer functions and programming. In this course, we think about and discuss how moral theories and ideas can inform and provide steerage about interactions and uses of computing technologies. Topics embrace the event interpretation, and application of ethical principle, ethical values, personal responsibility, codes of conduct, ethics in the true and virtual worlds, mental property, and information security.
Short, annotated bibliographies direct college students to extra useful reading. The progress of companies around open source software Computer & Technology (e.g. Red Hat, Mulesoft, MongoDB) is on the rise. It acquired each Instagram ($1 billion) and Whatsapp ($19 billion) to ensure that it consolidated its communication platform.
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These computer assist specialists may supply support through telephone, e-mail, or in-particular person visits. Training often continues all through a computer help specialist’s career, maintaining them up-to-date with technology modifications and advancements. Some computer assist specialist jobs require a Bachelor in Computer Science, a Bachelor in Engineering, a Bachelor in Information Science, or a related diploma.
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Today’s Read Your Way Around the World feature is taking us to the land of the Vikings, and of my paternal ancestors, The Kingdom of Norway.
Norway has a long and rich literary tradition, beginning with Eddic
poetry of the 12th
century. More modern times have seen three Norwegian authors awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature: Bjorndtjerne Bjornson
in 1903, Knut Hamsun
in 1920 and Sigrid Undset
Listed below are but a few examples of the what is available for fans of Norwegian literature:
Enjoy the journey:
An great example of the strong crime fiction tradition in Norway. Nesbo has created a gritty hard nosed detective, Harry Hole, who works the dark streets of Oslo. A fast paced adventure, pitting the smarts of Harry against the increasing desperation of failed assassin.
Another example of great crime fiction. Fossum combines great storytelling and psychological insights with wonderful results. I think the following PW reviewer summed it up rather nicely: “With a skill few can equal, Fossum deftly paints the provincial inhabitants of Elvestad, coupling those poignant word portraits with a whodunit and an insightful but fallible detective. The ending is not one most readers will expect, but it perfectly suits the tale of sad, little lives and the tragic consequences of chance.”- Pubilsher’s Weekly
Hunger, by Knut Hamsun
The best known work by the 1920 Nobel Prize in Literature
was originally published in 189o, telling the intense story of a starving writer. Loosely based on Hamsun own life, it delves deeply in to the psychology of self esteem and social rage. Of the three major translations, this one by Sveere Lyngstad
is considered by many to be the best.
An incredible recounting of Sonsteby’s time as a Norwegian Resistance fighter. Sonsteby’s achievements are legendary and certainly make for fascinating reading. His acts of sabotage were daring and devastating to the Nazis. Being among the Gestapo’s most wanted, he also became a master of disguise, continually outwitting his enemies.
Norway’s landscape is staggeringly beautiful, but also harsh and unforgiving. Join adventurer Paul Watkins as he shares his insights and thoughts, and the challenges faced, while travelling solo through the majestic mountains of Norway. “An engaging and reflective memoir, The Fellowship of Ghosts captures the profound connection between the Norwegian landscape and the myths, peoples, and dreams that it inspires.” – publisher | <urn:uuid:e8713d8b-4fd1-41f4-8bcb-9272ecaa7a7c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://haligonia.ca/read-your-way-around-the-world-norway-6800/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572215.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815235954-20220816025954-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.929235 | 553 | 2.609375 | 3 |
Tim Wynne-Jones’ latest work The Emperor of Any Place, has popped up on a lot of recommendation lists recently. It is one of YALSA’s 2016 Best Fiction for Young Adults, is one of School Library Journal’s best books of 2015, and is on Horn Books fanfare list. Any Place has a great deal to recommend it and, like many works with an historic element, has the potential to awaken a desire to learn more in its readers.
In Any Place Wynne-Jones delves into such topics as the Pacific Theater in World War II, the mythology of Japan, the experience of that war from the viewpoint of both Japanese and American soldiers, and relationships ranging from those of enemies in battle to beloved family members. It will appeal to those with an interest in history, as well to those who enjoy both realistic dramas, mysteries, and magic realism.
The Emperor of Any Place tells the story of a 16-year-old boy named Evan whose father has very unexpectedly passed away. With little other choice, he contacts his estranged grandfather for help. At the same time he discovers a copy of the diary of a Japanese soldier stranded on a mysterious island in the Pacific during WWII, which Evan’s father was reading just before his death. The diary’s prologue, as well as some of Evan’s father’s last words, hint that his grandfather may have played a sinister role in the author’s life. Evan makes the decision to hide the diary and read it in secret while at the same time clashing dramatically with his militaristic grandfather and dealing with his grief.
The vivid and exciting diary that comprises at least half of the novel grabs a reader’s attention and makes them wonder about what is happening beyond the purview of the story. Was the battle of Tinian really as it was described? Did Japanese civilians and soldiers really believe that the Americans would commit horrible acts of savagery, such as eating babies? And are the strange and terrible creatures that haunt the island made up just for this novel, or do they have a basis in Japanese mythology?
To answer these questions, readers may consult a number of non-fiction resources that can help to answer these questions and more. While the uniqueness of the story makes it hard to find solid read-alikes, I have also included a few fiction novels that might be good follow-ups for fans of Wynne-Jones’ compelling story.
Non-Fiction Resources on WWII in the Pacific
More than half of Any Place is composed of diary accounts of the lives of Isamu Oshiro and Derwood Kraft, both of whom are stranded on the same island in the Marianas. For those students who fall in love with this more personal and individual approach to history, there are a number of other accounts, both in print and available online, with which they might like to follow up.
Breaking the Code: A Father’s Secret a Daughter’s Journey, and the Question That Changed Everything by Karen Fisher-Alaniz is an ideal non-fiction companion to Any Place. While it doesn’t delve into fantastical islands and mythological creatures, it is the story of a younger generation uncovering their forefathers actions in WWII through their own writing. In this case it is Karen Fisher-Alaniz seeking to help her aging father come to terms with his experiences in WWII by reading, researching and discussing his letters from that time. The books is an easy and compelling read cutting between Fisher-Alaniz’s account of her discussions with her father, her family, and others as she researches WWII and transcribed copies of her father’s letters.
Eyewitness accounts can be a powerful tool for learning about historical events. In Eyewitness Pacific Theater: Firsthand Accounts of the War in the Pacific from Pearl Harbor to the Atomic Bombs by John T Kuehn and D.M. Giangreco, readers are provided with not only chapters providing general overviews of events leading up to war with Japan and many of the battles throughout the war, but also personal statements from individuals in the US and Japanese forces who took part in the events described. Eyewitness also includes a CD of selected interviews and explanatory narrations, providing another option for those who prefer to listen to their history.
If your library doesn’t own a copy of Eyewitness, there are a number of online collections of WWII accounts that will work as great alternatives. The National World War Two Museum, for example, has a video oral history collection. These videos cut between the individual who is telling about their experience and archived footage from the war.
While the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki are only mentioned in passing in Any Place, any study of WWII should include information about both. First published in 1946, John Hersey’s Hiroshima tells the true and truly horrifying personal accounts of six survivors of the atomic bomb dropped by the United States on August 6, 1945. Hersey records the experiences of a clerk, a widow, a Methodist minister, a Jesuit, a doctor and a surgeon for up to a year after the bombing, and in an additional chapter (first published in 1985) he includes an account of what happened to these and other hibakusha (explosion-affected people) forty years later. The 1985 Kirkus review describes this book beautifully calling it “A truly disquieting work of human journalism, which still has the capacity to stun and shock.”
For visual learners, Ken Burns’ The War provides an overview of WWII as told from the perspectives of several American soldiers. The 7 part series looks at the European, African and Pacific fronts. While not all teens will be up for the full 14 hour presentation, episode 4. “Pride of our Nation” includes the battles mentioned at the beginning of Oshiro’s journal.
Japanese Culture and Mythology
In one amazingly effective sequence, Wynne-Jones recounts part of the battle of Tinian through Oshiro’s eyes. He envisions the battle as a Banraku puppet production in a vivid hallucination. While I’m sure there are print resources where Banraku can be read about, a visual example may be more engaging.
The Japan Foundation has published several youtube videos of Banraku performances. One interesting example is an excerpt from The Sonezaki Love Suicides. Love Suicides is a by the famous playwright Chikamatsu Monzaemon and was first published in 1703. The work has been equated by some with Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare.
For those who are ready for a little more in-depth information including Banraku history and details about the puppets and stage construction, the Japan Arts Council has put together a pretty friendly website with some general information and great pictures.
The bizarre creatures that haunt Kokoro-Jima, the heart-shaped island on which Oshiro and Kraft are marooned, are another potential area of interest for readers.
Checking my own library’s shelves I wasn’t able to find many with references to the Jikininki, the horrible creatures that seek to eat the dead bodies of the soldiers who wash up on the island. One collection of Japanese ghost stories, Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things by Lafcadio Hearn, does include a story about Jikininki haunting a mountain village. This work is available online for free through Project Gutenberg if it is not found in your library.
Tales of Tengu, the bird-faced monster that attacks Oshiro and Kraft, can be found in a number of different places. One good example is a collection of folktales entitled Japanese Tales, edited and translated by Royall Tyler. Among the over 200 Japanese tales are several stories about Tengu. Each one is short, easy to read, and a great choice for any fan of myths, legends, and folktales.
YA WWII Fiction in the Pacific
While nonfiction resources like those mentioned above can help enrich a reader’s understanding of Any Place, for others, a fiction read-alike will always be the preferred choice.
For younger readers, Photographs in the Mud by Dianne Wolfer provides a stark view on the cost of war and particularly the hand-to-hand combat during WWII battles on Papaua New Guiniea. As in Any Place two young soldiers, one Australian, one Japanese, are wounded and find themselves spending time in each other’s company. Over a single long night, the two men share images of their families left behind, but only one of them survives his wounds.
Manga, and it’s ability to examine important historical and social topics, plays important role in Any Place. Barefoot Gen: A Cartoon Story of Hiroshima by Keiji Nakazawa is for this reason a fantastic choice to read alongside the novel. In Barefoot Gen Nakazawa, a survivor of the 1945 bombing himself, recounts the experiences of a young boy directly before and after the bombing. Meryl Jaffe, writing for the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund website, calls this work “a strong anti-war piece that cannot and should not be silenced.”
Eyes of the Emperor by Graham Salisbury is the tale of a 16-year-old Hawaiian boy of Japanese descent who lies about his age in order to join the U.S. Army. While he and his friends were driven by patriotism and the desire to defend their country, the army isn’t convinced. What follows is a disturbing and haunting look at WWII and the racism faced by Japanese-American citizens.
Finally, the graphic novel The Faceless Ghost and Other Macabre Tales from Japan by Sean Michael Wilson and Michiru Morikawa provides another take on some of the traditional ghost stories that are featured in Kwaidan which is mentioned above. Wilson and Morikawa depict six of these stories and allows readers to imagine yet another way that Oshiro and Kraft’s stories could have been told.
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Have you ever seen a dragonfly? Today’s Bright Sparks Creative Burst is about all creatures great and small. Join Sarah Webb for stories, word games and poems inspired by animals – with a cameo by Sarah’s dog, Lucky!Let's Go
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Fern Silva’s first feature film is an essay-film produced in Hawaii, which mixes cinematographic genres that range from documentary to animation, as well as themes that touch upon astronomy, geology and ethnography. While exploring what unites human beings with the nature that surrounds them and the cosmos that encloses them, this film also looks at the impact of colonialism on that same island.
This story without beginning or end that Fern Silva proposes to tell us, has as its starting point the most sacred mountain in Hawaii. Two opposed fields, two perspectives on temporality as well. Some look at the stars and want to build the largest telescope in the world, aiming to map the solar system and beyond, for the explorers and great conquerors of the future, and to find new worlds. And then there are the others who, more modestly, intend to preserve their culture, fighting against the new colonisers who want to desecrate their lands once more and are concerned about the Universe’s infinite, real, current and immediate threat: The lava torrents spewed from the volcanoes surrounding the islands. Fern Silva does not take sides, leaving to each one the faculty of forming their own opinion, convinced that there are reasons on both sides and that there are no heroes or bandits in this story. There is an important and, at the same time, futile dispute, conditioned by the possibility of an eruption, which can erase memories forever. In the land of surfers, meaning or purpose are missing. Nothing but faint clues noticed in the distance, on the hollow of a wave, asking only to be explored, surfed and tamed, like so many blank pages on which the human spirit can wander and get lost infinitely. And, that way, inscribing on the water the greatness of its ephemeral passage on Earth. (Mickäel Gaspar) | <urn:uuid:96fceaf1-62a0-408e-8262-eab336ba8288> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://indielisboa.com/en/movies/rock-bottom-riser/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572063.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814173832-20220814203832-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.952099 | 383 | 2.375 | 2 |
The Supreme Court has opened a new session of cases, and a number of them affect Jewish life in the United States. But there is one issue which is of great interest to a number of Jewish groups and which is not on the agenda: the credibility of the Court.
A series of bruise confirmation battles over the past several years and a pair of recent rulings – on the controversial Texas abortion law and President Biden’s proposed moratoria on deportations in the wake of the COVID-19 – have polarized public opinion on the court. Following last year’s rush by Republicans to secure Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation as the Court’s sixth Tory Judge, following the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, left-wing groups have called for the Court to be reconstituted in adding more judges.
Sensing the growing criticism, several judges – liberal and conservative – have spoken in recent weeks. Barrett stressed that judges should not let personal biases influence their decisions. Samuel Alito dismissed claims that court conservatives formed a “shadow role” in pushing through decisions without the traditional debate sessions.
This has not appeased many Jewish organizations, which are concerned about how the erosion of the court’s reputation could possibly harm Jews.
“There will be a time when the prestige of the court will be necessary to protect the individual or collective rights or the institutional interests of the country, and the prestige should not be wasted,” said Marc Stern, general counsel for the centrist American Jewish Committee. .
Rabbi Jonah Pesner, who heads the Reform Movement’s More Progressive Religious Action Center, said recent court rulings set him on the path to sweeping changes, which severely restricted the right to abortion.
“We are concerned about the hyper-polarization of the court and the potential for it to be delegitimized as it is so out of step with thoughtful consensus issues, like access to abortion,” Pesner said.
Under this cloud, the Court’s judges will hear a series of hard-hitting cases this fall. These are the ones that Jews should know about.
The Threat Against Roe v. Wade
The Court agreed to hear Dodds v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, pitting the state of Mississippi, which bans most abortions after 15 weeks, against an abortion clinic.
Lower courts, including those known to be conservative, have upheld the abortion clinic’s claim that the law violates the landmark 1973 ruling that upheld a woman’s right to an abortion, Roe. v. Wade, who argued that abortions are legal until the fetus is viable, between 22 and 24 weeks gestation.
The National Council of Jewish Women is running a friend of the court case on behalf of the clinic, with some 50 organizations signed on, and the Religious Action Center and the Anti-Defamation League have signed separate amicus cases.
The NCJW has launched an initiative, 73Forward (in reference to the year of the decision), which will educate women about abortion and facilitate access to abortion. It includes a section called Rabbis for Repro, which now has some 1,500 rabbis, to emphasize that for many Jews, access to abortion is a religious imperative.
The right place of a painting by Pissarro
In Cassirer v. Thyssen-Bornemisza Foundation, the descendants of a Jewish woman forced to cede a painting by Camille Pissarro to the Nazis for her freedom demand its return to its current owner, a state museum in Madrid.
The case depends on whether California or Spanish law applies here.
Spanish law allows an owner to keep stolen property if there was no reason at the time of purchase to believe it was stolen, and if no one shows up to claim it within a given time frame. In the United States, on the other hand, there is no time limit for the original owner to claim stolen property.
Stern said the AJC was considering an amicus brief, in part because he would like the court to consider a narrower than thorny issue of whether Spanish law replaces US law: whether the museum is lying.
Stern doesn’t believe the museum did due diligence when it acquired the painting in 1999 and may not be entitled to the painting, even under Spanish law.
âYou could write a brief like ‘no literate person could believe it wasn’t stolen’,â he said.
Pay for religious schools
Accepting a case involving the separation of church and state is the only sure way to get Jewish amicus dueling briefs before the Supreme Court. Carson v. Makin does the trick.
In Maine, some parents want to use public funds to send their children to religious schools. Maine and Vermont are the only two states that allow parents of children in rural districts without high school to refuse to send their children to public school in a neighboring district. Instead, they can use public funds to send them to a private school in the district, unless that private school is religious.
The parents in Carson v. Makin say this ban is unconstitutional.
The Orthodox Union has filed an amicus brief on behalf of the plaintiff parents, and the Anti-Defamation League is about to file an amicus brief on behalf of the state of Maine.
Steve Freeman, vice president of civil rights and director of legal affairs for the ADL, said case law allows public funds to be spent on religious schools as long as there is no religious instruction – for example, in the use of funds for a playground. . He said the ADL, in its amicus brief, will join the arguments that public money should not fund indoctrination in a faith.
Nathan Diament, director of the Orthodox Union in Washington, said the distinction the ADL hopes the court will uphold may be impossible to make: There is little a religious institution teaches that is not grounded in a religious belief, even if the subject is secular, he says.
In addition, he said, it is too late to stop public funding of religious institutions, citing as an example last year’s decision to provide pandemic assistance to religious institutions, which were benefiting bipartisan support.
The American Jewish Committee, once a reliable partner of the ADL and other Jewish civil rights groups in defending the separation of church and state, will not intervene, Stern said.
“There has been a provision within the agency to reconsider our position on helping parish schools,” he said.
The case of the Christian flag
The ADL and AJC are both considering voting on Boston’s rejection of a Christian group’s request to fly a Christian flag in front of City Hall, a case known as Shurtleff v. Boston.
The Christian group has sued on free speech grounds because the city makes the flag pole available to local groups for a limited period of time. The exclusion of a religious group is discriminatory, argues the group.
ADL’s Freeman said the case is “kind of a critical issue that waving a religious flag in front of city hall is not in line with what the editors had in mind when they adopted the first amendment “.
Stern of the AJC said it could be argued that waving a religious flag on public land amounts to an endorsement of the faith, but he was also concerned that the precedent was not on the side of the separatists of the Church and State: Courts have for decades upheld the rights of Jewish groups (most commonly the Chabad-Lubavitcher movement) to position menorahs on public property during Chanukah.
Listening to the children of Parkland
In New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen, a gun group join two individuals challenging a New York State law that only allows concealed handguns to be carried outside the home if someone can prove “just cause” for a need for self-defense.
Pesner, of the reform movement, said his group had joined an amicus dossier, in part because young Reform Jews have focused on gun control since the deadly 2018 high school shooting in Parkland, Florida. There were a number of Jewish casualties killed in the attack, and local Jews in response defended the gun reform through groups affiliated with the Reformation.
This plea was in part also motivated by racial equity, Pesner said. “Our young people in Parkland say they have witnessed a horrific tragedy, but it takes place every day in cities like Washington DC and Chicago and does not receive the same attention.”
The Community College Crank Case
In Houston Community College System v. Wilson, a former community college board member sued the board for passing a resolution blaming him for his relentless opposition to the board’s agenda. He allegedly leaked confidential information, sued the system and trolled other members’ voters with robocalls.
Wilson said the censorship violated his right to free speech. A lower court said the censorship was nothing more than a statement and dismissed the case. Then a court of appeal restored it.
So why is this the only case, so far, that the AJJ deals with in an amicus brief?
Stern said a decision upholding Wilson’s claim – that the community college board was limiting his freedom of speech – could have dire consequences for Jewish groups who speak out against anti-Semitism. Government officials should have the freedom to call people out for bad behavior without being prosecuted, he argued, and also linked it to AJC’s efforts to get governments to adopt the definition of anti-Semitism of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance.
âIf every time a government official spoke out against anti-Semitism he was guilty of violating free speech, it would be a serious setback,â Stern said.
Uphold the right of undocumented migrants to be heard
The Court heard two cases, Garland v. Gonzalez and Jonson v. Arteaga-Martinez, in which undocumented migrants in detention who face danger if deported to their home country argue they are entitled to a hearing after six months to determine if they can be released on bail .
HIAS, the leading Jewish immigration advocacy group, is following the cases closely, in part because the Supreme Court has argued for continued detention in recent cases, said Andrew Geibel, the group’s policy adviser.
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Living up to its reputation as a specialist in the field of leadership and learning development, pearcemayfield has launched an audio series on the 2009 edition of project management method PRINCE2.
PRINCE2, which stands for PRojects IN Controlled Environments, is recognised as the de facto process based method for effective project management, widely used by the UK Government and the private sector, both in the UK and internationally. It was first launched in 1996 but since then the content has been regularly updated and refreshed to make sure it is in harmony with the way people are actually handling projects in the real world.
pearcemayfield was the only training organisation involved in the authoring of the most recent update of PRINCE2, launched in the summer of 2009 – when John Edmonds, head of training, joined the authoring team. Managing Director Patrick Mayfield was involved in the original version of PRINCE2 in 1996 – more than qualifying the company to give an insight into the latest version.
John Edmonds explains: “The audio guide is aimed primarily at registered PRINCE2 Practitioners who are about to refresh their qualification through a re-registration examination. However, people new to PRINCE2 will also find this series an invaluable introduction.
“Many projects are cross functional and can involve people from different parts of an organisation, who speak a different language. Projects have an air of uncertainty which has to be managed and PRINCE2 provides that control.”
There are sixteen episodes in the series full of insights and examples. For more information visit pearcemayfield’s website and download two free podcasts which talk about the importance of projects in the fast moving workplace of the 21st century. | <urn:uuid:6a1a3bfc-6778-45dd-af27-4a6a35c905f4> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.personneltoday.com/hr/pearcemayfield-launches-audio-series-on-2009-edition-of-project-management-method-prince2/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571584.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812045352-20220812075352-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.963599 | 360 | 1.734375 | 2 |
Business requirements are the critical activities of an enterprise that must be performed to meet the organizational objective(s). The BRD should remain solution independent. In the context of the project scoping for hardware procurement and installation, this is about identifying and documenting the business requirements of customers, employees, and vendors early in the development cycle to guide the design of the future state. Business requirements are captured by analyzing the current business activities and processes of the as-is state (current process) and defining a target state (to-be process) that will deliver the planned business outcomes that contribute to the organizational objectives.
Objectives of the BRD:
to gain agreement with stakeholders about what will and will not be delivered
to provide a foundation to communicate to a vendor (or in-house provider) what the solution needs to do to satisfy the customer’s and business’ needs
to provide input into the business case development phase of the project
to describe ‘what’ (not ‘how’) the customer/business needs will be met by the proposed solution
Business Requirements Document (BRD) describes the high level requirements that senior management would understand, for example, SS relationship:
The BRD is the foundation for all subsequent project deliverables, describing what inputs and outputs are associated with each process function. The BRD describes what the system would look like from a business perspective, distinguishing between the business solution and the technical solution. Business requirements often include: business context, scope, and background, including reasons for change key business stakeholders that have specific requirements success factors for a future/target state constraints imposed by the business processes or other systems business process models and analysis defining either 'as-is' and 'to-be' | <urn:uuid:574098d1-042b-41bc-97ba-9083a4d38b9a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.studymode.com/essays/Business-Requirements-Document-66338734.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571056.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809155137-20220809185137-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.924529 | 367 | 2.609375 | 3 |
New work confirms zones of liquid salt water hundreds of meters below the bright red waterfall in icy Antarctica, known as Blood Falls.
We’ve learned so much about the Dry Valleys in Antarctica just by looking at this curiosity.
Blood Falls is not just an anomaly, it’s a portal to this subglacial world.
Researchers suggested in the past that a deep salty groundwater system might lie beneath the Dry Valleys, known for decades to have its own permafrost and above-ground network of small frozen lakes. Mikucki and her colleagues partnered with SkyTEM, a Denmark-based airborne geophysical survey company. They used a helicopter to fly a giant transmitter loop over the Dry Valleys. The loop induced an electrical current in the ground. Then the scientists measured the resistance to the current as far as 350 meters (over 1,000 feet) below the surface.
The video clip below shows the sensor flying over Lake Bonney in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica.
In this way, the researchers identified two distinct zones where there may be concentrated brines (salt water) below Antarctica’s ice.
The scientists say this hidden groundwater might create subsurface links between glaciers, lakes, and possibly even McMurdo Sound, part of the ocean around Antarctica into which the ice of the Dry Valleys continually flows.
The zones of underground water appear to stretch from the Antarctica’s coast to at least 7.5 miles (12 kilometers) inland. The water is thought to be twice as salty as seawater. In fact, Mikucki told the Christian Science Monitor, in her recent study:
Salty water shone like a beacon.
The Falls seep through a crack in what’s now called Taylor Glacier, which flows into Antarctica’s Lake Bonney. Geologists first believed that the color of the water came from algae, but later – thanks to Jill Mikucki’s 2009 study – they accepted that the red color was due to microbes from what had to be a lake hidden beneath Taylor Glacier. Lake water trickles out at the glacier’s end and deposits an orange stain across the ice as its iron-rich waters rust on contact with air.
How can the microbes that color Blood Falls survive underground, with no light or oxygen? According to a 2009 story in ScienceNow from the AAAS:
Mikucki and her team uncovered three main clues. First, a genetic analysis of the microbes showed that they were closely related to other microorganisms that use sulfate instead of oxygen for respiration. Second, isotopic analysis of sulfate’s oxygen molecules revealed that the microbes were modifying sulfate in some form but not using it directly for respiration. Third, the water was enriched with soluble ferrous iron, which would happen only if the organisms had converted ferric iron, which is insoluble, to the soluble ferrous form. The best explanation … is that the organisms use sulfate as a catalyst to ‘breathe’ with ferric iron and metabolize the limited amounts of organic matter trapped with them years ago. Lab experiments [had] suggested this might be possible, but it [had] never been observed in a natural environment.
Dry Valleys and McMurdo Sound, via Wikimedia Commons and USGS
False-color image of Taylor Glacier, flowing into Lake Bonney in Antarctica. Blood Falls is on the left side of both photos. Image acquired by NASA’s Terra satellite on November 29, 2000. Read more about this image from NASA’s Earth Observatory.
The image above is a wider view, via satellite, of the area in Antarctica where Taylor Glacier and its Blood Falls flow into Lake Bonney.
This region – the McMurdo Dry Valleys – is a series of parallel valleys between the Ross Sea and the East Antarctic Ice Sheet. Note the lack of snow on the surface. A nearly relentless katabatic wind — cold, dry air that rolls downhill toward the sea from the high altitudes of the ice sheet – sweeps the ground free of snow and ice.
There are many ice-covered lakes on the surface of the Dry Valleys. Each is chemically different from the others. Geologists who work in Antartica have studied for years to try to understand how the lakes formed and why they evolved so differently through time.
Now they will be trying to understand more about the hidden groundwater – and the ecosystem it must contain – revealed by the presence of Blood Falls.
Bottom line: The red color of Blood Falls in Antarctica was known to be caused by microbes living off sulfur and iron in what was surmised to be oxygen-free water trapped beneath the ice for nearly 2 million years. Recent work by Jill Mikucki at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, confirms that there are indeed zones of liquid briny water hundreds of meters below Blood Falls, likely harboring a hidden ecosystem of microbial life.
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The foreign markets are providing the saving grace for the Spanish stone industry since the local market showed no sign of recovery.
Exports: Global data
During 2011, the Spain exported around 883 million Euros of natural stone. With around 408 million Euros, the foreign trade of marble and limestones accounted for almost half (46.2%) of the total value of exports. Slate accounted for 277 million Euros of exports (31.4% of total). In the third place appears granite, with 125 million Euros (approx.14%). The total is reached with other ornamental rocks (alabaster, sandstone, basalt, quartzite, etc.) which accounted for 8.1% of the total, thanks to 72 million Euros export. In this sense, this segment of the market grew the most, almost by 20 % with respect to 2010. As for volume, from January to December in 2011 the exports were 3.270.797 tons of natural stone.
Compared to 2010, the exports of natural stone in its totality increased by 7.3% in volume and 7.49% in value. By sectors, all the sectors showed growth: marble exports increased by 8.8% in value, granite by 7.05%, and slate by 3.05%.
France and China, main destinations
When it comes to countries which are the main markets, France, with 174 million Euros, and China, with 118 million Euros, are, by far, the main destinations for exports of products from our quarries. Moreover, if to this we add the following three countries: Germany (more than 74 million Euros), United Kingdom (63.8 million Euros), and United States of America (47.6 million Euros), these five countries account for more than half of the sales of natural stone outside Spain.
Decline in Imports
If the exports maintained an increasing tendency during 2011, with the imports it was the reverse, since in recent years they have been declining continuously. The main reason was due to the recession in the construction industry and a complete stop in domestic demand with the orders reducing steadily.
In 2011, the imports were around 688000 tons of natural stone (22% less than in 2010), with a value of around 177 million Euros (14% less than in 2010). By types of stone, the fall in import of granite stands out (-23%), followed by marble (-15%), slate (-7.7%).
With these figures, as one can observe, the sector exported five times more natural stone than it imported, with a positive balance of 659 million Euros, 15.65% more than in 2010.
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It feels like we’ve taken a run-up through Belfast and Portrush to get a little bit more of a sense of life in Northern Ireland now in Derry. Or actually let go of the stories from the media and experience what it is like for yourself. And actually less and less to ‘know’.
We are staying in the Bogside, around the corner from the Free Derry Museum. Originally a Catholic neighborhood. The state of Free Derry was once proclaimed here. Derry is small and uncluttered. We walk to the walled city, which was originally protestant.
We visited two museums: the Siege, which sheds light on the history of Londonderry from a Protestant perspective. It’s in the walled city. And the Museum of Free Derry in the Bogside on the recent history of the troubles. Free Derry was originally about human rights. And people regardless of faith participated in that.
The museums receive many school classes, including from the Republic of Ireland. Each museum has a specific angle There is no integrated picture of Derry, but both museums would work together to tell a broader story.
Last Thursday there was a reunion of IVS reunion, the organization that was responsible for the international work camps, among other things. Impressive to see how many camps there have been. And how many teenagers have come into contact with it. “Our” camp was part of that.
Time and again I have been touched by the conversations with the people I met in 1975. It is special to have lived together 45 years ago. It matters so much that we met in the past to talk to each other now.
For people from Derry, it is very common to ‘just’ go to Donegal, the Irish province that borders Northern Ireland. We did the same, to Grianan or Aileach, a round fortress with a magnificent view all around. I received a message from my provider ‘Welcome to Ireland’. That’s how I knew we had crossed the border. Irish names are also listed on roadside signs in Ireland. And in the cafe you can pay in Euros again. So no checkpoint. It is located in the Irish Sea: the sea border. Which most Northern Irish don’t want either. | <urn:uuid:ad307baf-6321-4150-b02e-a7ad45017414> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://angewieberdink.nl/derry-londonderry/?lang=en | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572870.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817062258-20220817092258-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.978077 | 477 | 1.585938 | 2 |
The Business Presentations course is designed to introduce students to tools and techniques used to create and deliver effective presentations to many types of audiences, including managers, colleagues and existing and prospective clients. Students are given the opportunity to explore and practice these techniques throughout the course. Students gain insight into producing effective presentations at each stage of the presentation development process, i.e., planning, creating, strengthening, and delivery. Students are given the opportunity to practice, apply, and develop presentation skills through the completion of hands-on tasks and exercises found throughout each lesson.
Course manual provided for on-going reference. There is a final exam upon completion of the course. Participants who receive 75% or higher on their exam will receive a certificate.
Lesson 1: General Introduction to Business Presentations; Types of Business Presentations; Virtual Presentations
Lesson 2: Planning and Setting Objectives; Knowing Your Audience and Environment; Doing the Research; Time Management Tips; Presentation Preparation Checklist
Lesson 3: Envisioning and Creating Structure; Effective Openings, Closings, and Transitions; Advanced Presentation Formats; Creating Presentation Notes; Using Presentation Aids Effectively
Lesson 4: Using Language Effectively; Adding Dimension and Personality; Rehearsing for Success; Overcoming Fear and Nervousness
Lesson 5: Tips for Effective Delivery; Capturing and Maintaining Your Listeners’ Attention; Managing Questions and Objectives; Conclusion and Wrap-Up; Guidelines and Pitfalls | <urn:uuid:b2f1277d-0129-4aad-a1bb-8681903c04fe> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.aolwinnipeg.com/business-presentations/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572215.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815235954-20220816025954-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.872148 | 327 | 2.671875 | 3 |
|J A Foster, Heart of Oak, Methuen, 1985|
The Venosta was built as a steam trawler in Scotland in 1917 and served as a minesweeper in the Royal Navy during World War 1. During the 1920s she fished out of Halifax where she played a bit part on the story of insulin, providing monkfish pancreatic islet organs for insulin research in Toronto.
At the beginning of the war, the navy was desperate for ships, she was commissioned into the Royal Canadian Navy as a boom gate vessel and auxiliary minesweeper at Halifax. Her service was short, she was decommissioned on 22 January 1942. Sold postwar, she went back to work as a trawler and went through several owners. She was scrapped in 1972. | <urn:uuid:4b7fba7c-e4fa-4bd0-a59e-66364294b322> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://progress-is-fine.blogspot.com/2017/01/auxiliary-minesweeper-hmcs-venosta.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572063.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814173832-20220814203832-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.990643 | 159 | 2.28125 | 2 |
Talk : Thurs 28 of July - 7 PM
Philosophy and Mysticism in Ancient Europe – The Bardic Tradition
Through the accounts of Roman and Greek historians, together with archeological finds of spiritual and ceremonial significance, we come into contact with some very mysterious yet highly sophisticated systems of thought across ancient Europe. In Britain alone some of these finds date back to at least 13,000 BC.
What are the philosophical and mystical beliefs that were perhaps once widespread and what relevance could the ethics from those times have for us today?
Using the premise of the Bardic Tradition as a synthesis of indigenous ancient European thought, this talk will use historical and mythological accounts, alongside collected writings from Bardic philosophy, to try to enter into contact with the values and cosmovision of the ancient European world.
Tickets for this talk are £8 (£5cons) with all proceeds going to support our activities. Purchase in advance is recommended.
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Five key trends driving evolution of world fluff pulp market; global fluff pulp market set to remain buoyant, even as it undergoes progressive changes, as per Smithers Pira report
(London, UK, February 02, 2016) In its new report “The Future of Global Fluff Pulp to 2020”, Smithers charts how the 6.0 million air dried tonnes of fluff pulp that was produced in 2015, is projected to increase to 7.3 million air dried tonnes in 2020.
Total global sales of fluff pulp in 2015 were $4.5 billion (€4.2 billion); up from $3.9 billion in 2010. This is projected to grow to $5.0 billion in 2020. This healthy expansion is taking place, despite a continuing reduction in volume of fluff pulp employed in individual products in its major end uses. This market resilience can be attributed to a growth in use of adult incontinence products, and increases in infant diaper (nappy) sales in emerging markets.
In a new report The Future of Fluff Pulp to 2020, Smithers Pira identifies the key trends that are driving this industry.
1. Nonwovens are the fastest growing end use:
The fastest growing major end-use for fluff pulp is in nonwovens. The consumption of fluff pulp for large hygiene end-uses is projected to increase 3.4% by weight annually through 2020, the nonwovens segment is projected to increase its fluff pulp consumption by 5.4% year-on-year. In 2015, Nonwovens represent 8.5% of the global fluff pulp demand, with airlaid nonwovens being the most significant sub-market for fluff pulp.
2. Hygiene markets will maintain a dominant market share:
Historically, the hygiene end-uses — baby diapers/nappies, feminine hygiene pads, and adult incontinence products — have accounted for the majority of the fluff pulp consumed globally and have driven expansion of the world market. In 2010, these hygiene end-uses accounted for 91.6% of the fluff pulp consumed globally. By 2020, these end-uses will consume slightly less — 90.3% — a small drop in market share that is indicative of longer-term trends.
3. The most mature markets will grow slowest:
Diapers are key products in the global fluff pulp market; they use more fluff pulp per unit than the more numerous feminine hygiene pads, and sell more units than larger adult-size incontinence products. Year-on-year growth rates for infant diapers are expected to be around 2.2% in volume terms over the next 5 years.
The major feminine hygiene products using fluff pulp are pads. Over the next 5 years the annual growth rate for fluff pulp market in all feminine hygiene end-use applications is estimated to be 3.2% in volume terms. The closer a region is to modern first world consumption patterns, the higher the use of feminine hygiene pantiliners is; including their use on non-menstrual flow days. Hence over the next five years hygiene pads sales will increase most rapidly in those regions and countries that are embracing a globalised consumer culture.
4. The least mature market will expand most rapidly:
The adult incontinence market sits between feminine hygiene and baby diapers in product design, potential, penetration, and current status. Incontinence products for light flow are really just rebranded feminine hygiene pads; while adult incontinence briefs are scaled up versions of infant diapers.
Smithers forecasts that the global annual growth rate in this relatively new segment over the next 5 years will be 4.5%, well above the market average.
The key factors affecting the adult incontinence products market are increases in:
–The number of adults aged 65 years old and above
–The number of females 40 – 65 years old
–The market penetration of products
–The erosion of culturally driven reticence over use
5. North America dominates the competitive landscape:
The competitive landscape for fluff pulp is dominated by large pulp and paper companies located in North America. This is mainly due to the presence of the most optimal wood species for fluff pulp being native to the continent. The short growing seasons in north Europe and north Asia, and the lack of optimal soil and climate conditions in most of south Asia has reduced the impact of these regions. Infrastructure issues in South America and Russia have slowed progress in these regions.
The four largest
fluff pulp producers are Georgia-Pacific, Weyerhaeuser, International Paper, and Domtar. Together they accounted for about 80% of all fluff pulp production in 2015. The ten largest producers represent about 99% of global fluff pulp production — of these top ten producers, six are in North America, three are in Western Europe and one is in South America.
This market place will be disrupted over the next five years. Chinese paper company, Sun Paper, has signed a memorandum of understanding to study the possibility of building a 700,000 air dried tonne fluff pulp plant in the US state of Arkansas. This plant is set to add about 10% to global fluff capacity when it is completed in 2018; this will elevate Sun Paper to the fifth largest global producer of fluff pulp. (Source: Smithers Pira) | <urn:uuid:691bb129-0655-4798-8192-9cc33e57d369> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.asiapapermarkets.com/five-key-trends-driving-evolution-of-world-fluff-pulp-market-global-fluff-pulp-market-set-to-remain-buoyant-even-as-it-undergoes-progressive-changes-as-per-smithers-pira-report-2/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572215.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815235954-20220816025954-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.930833 | 1,123 | 1.703125 | 2 |
Tube design When designing and arranging pipes, avoid excessive arcs, arbitrary curves, compound bends, and arcs greater than 180°. Excessive arc not only makes the tooling bulky, but also is limited by the size of the pipe bending machine; The… Read More »5 Points to note for bending pipes of cold bending
Cold bending vs hot bending. Hot Bending Process.
WHO NEEDS COLD BENDING?
Advantages of cold bending.
Disadvantages of cold bending.
What is hot Bending?
Hot Bending Process.
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Ovality or distortion Ripple on the pipe surface is a common problem that occurs during the bending operation.Understanding the reason behind Ripple can help avoid this problem.Corrugations are caused by high compressive forces inside thin-walled pipes or tubes.The thicker pipe… Read More »Surface deformation of pipe bending
Bending stainless steel pipe/tube is a process that can be used to shape stainless steel pipe into many useful configurations.
The difficulty of bending a section of pipe depends on the thickness of the pipe.
Although thick-walled pipe requires more force to bend, it is less likely to fail during the bending process than thin-walled materials.
Pipes of different sizes need their own set of molds.
BIT’s special square tube rolling machine (Tube roller bender) has a combined profile section bending die, which can easily bend square tubes of any material.
The BIT series profile bending machine (pipe bending machine) allow the best profile feeding and the highest driving torque of any competitive machine. A winning combination for those looking for performance of the highest level.
From the tightest bend to the broadest, BIT serise pipe bending machines’s bending processes produce little to no distortion or ovality.It work with almost all grades of carbon steel pipe and aluminum pipe. We can bend full and half pipe with equal quality and precision.
BIT serise tube rolling machine (also called a “profile bending machine,”“Tube roller bender,” or an “tube bending machine.”) capabilities and equipment to provide square tube bending services on a complete range of materials, including aluminum, carbon steel, carbon stainless duplex steel, copper, titanium and exotic metals. No section is too small or too large for us to handle; we can manipulate square tubes of any size into custom-specified, flawless finished products with extremely tight tolerances.
BIT series profile bending machine can be used as round bar bending machine and solid bar bending machine.
High-strength tempered steel mold, high sensitivity and tolerance, without the notch effect caused by bending work.
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As other retailers begin the slow, cautious move to reopen, Microsoft has announced that it will be permanently shutting down the vast majority of its retail stores. There are some exceptions, including flagships in urban hubs including London, New York City, Sydney and its own campus in Redmond, Washington, but the remainder of the locations are going away.
Microsoft has since written to clarify that those handful of locations that will remain will be turned into “Microsoft Experience Centers,” rather than the standard stores — basically a place to interact with products and take courses, without the actual purchasing aspect.
In a post optimistically titled, “Microsoft Store announces new approach to retail,” the company spells out what amounts to a profound shift in an approach to retail that had previously found the company looking to compete with Apple at its own brick and mortar game.
It notes the planned temporary shutdown of locations due to COVID-19, but while the pandemic no doubt had an impact on that sector, this was likely a long time coming. In June of last year, it closed its smaller Specialty Stores and kiosks in the U.S.
“Our sales have grown online as our product portfolio has evolved to largely digital offerings, and our talented team has proven success serving customers beyond any physical location,” Corporate VP David Porter says in the post.
Some goodish news in all of this. Microsoft has committed to transitioning retail employees to new sales and other roles, as the company shifts resources back into online commerce.
“The company’s retail team members will continue to serve customers from Microsoft corporate facilities and remotely providing sales, training, and support,” it writes. “Microsoft will continue to invest in its digital storefronts on Microsoft.com, and stores in Xbox and Windows, reaching more than 1.2 billion people every month in 190 markets.” | <urn:uuid:15870aa1-b62a-40a3-be95-82fabff49f84> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://techcrunch.com/2020/06/26/nearly-all-of-microsofts-retail-stores-will-close-for-good/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572215.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815235954-20220816025954-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.962886 | 385 | 1.5 | 2 |
Published by Hatje Cantz. Text by David Anfam, Kim Inhye.
Yun Hyong-keun (1928–2007) was one of the most prominent abstract monochromists. Internationally admired during his life (Donald Judd was an advocate and friend), he belongs to a generation of artists whose influence has been crucial since the end of the Korean War. Both the war itself and its aftermath deeply affected the artist. In the 1970s Yun Hyong-keun joined the Dansaekhwa movement, a leading group of Korean artists whose monochromatic paintings intensively explored the effects and nature of color.
This handsomely produced volume, accompanying a major exhibition at the Palazzo Fortuny in Venice, offers a cornucopia of artistic and personal materials from the artist’s estate, which together provide great insight into the life and work of one of the 20th century’s most important abstractionists. | <urn:uuid:23488839-9593-427b-9d7e-ee9efaccfd72> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.artbook.com/catalog--art--monographs--hyong-keun--yun.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572063.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814173832-20220814203832-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.949589 | 198 | 2.09375 | 2 |
MANILA – Considered as ground zero of the country’s coronavirus outbreak, the National Capital Region (NCR) will remain under general community quarantine (GCQ) despite the increasing number of virus infections that is straining its health system.
In a delayed broadcast that was aired Friday morning, President Rodrigo Duterte said that Metro Manila, which is home to more than 12 million people, will retain its quarantine status starting tomorrow, August 1, 2020.
In an earlier report, Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque hinted that Metro Manila may be placed under stricter quarantine if the forecast of University of the Philippines of 85,000 cases by end-July is realized.
As of Friday, 31 July 2020, PH’s caseload of Covid-19 is pegged at 89,374 including 1,983 deaths.
However, a day earlier, Thursday, the Department of Health, reported a surprising single-day high number of recoveries of 38,075, pushing the total number of survivors to 65,064.
That also effectively slashed down PH’s active cases on Covid to only 22,327.
Other areas under GCQ
Meanwhile, other areas that will be under GCQ until mid-August include:
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It’s June. Usually during this time, organizations around the country are in full on Pride mode. It’s the season of parades, drag queens doing death drops and dips, and the onslaught of brands unveiling their rainbow packaging to show their celebratory spirit of the LGBTQIA+ community.
But this year, things are a bit different. On one hand, we’re in the midst of COVID-19, which has moved many Pride celebrations online or cancelled altogether. And on the other, we’re in the midst of a social movement that has our country grappling with its history of racism, white supremacy, and police brutality.
Pride is not just a rainbow, but a revolution.
Like many have noted, the birth of the LGBTQIA+ movement started at Stonewall on the backs of black and brown trans women. At the heart of Pride is protest, a disruption of the status quo, and a call to action. Pride is not just a rainbow, but a revolution. In 2020, 51 years after the first brick and punch were thrown, we go back to our roots of Pride. We continue our fight for justice and aim to end police brutality and systemic inequities.
So, what can you do now to show your pride and support the movement? Here’s how you can celebrate Pride 2020…even during a pandemic.
1. Learn The History!
Learn the history of the Stonewall Riots, as well as the history of racism and white supremacy in America. Now is the time to read books that break down white privilege, TV shows that describe our nation’s prison industrial complex, or articles that address systemic and structural racism.
2. Donate Locally!
Many organizations have been impacted financially due to COVID-19 and will rely on all of our support to keep their doors open for the community. Additionally, local organizations dedicated to police reform also need your support in order to continue the fight to end police brutality.
3. Tune In!
Local organizations are featuring black queer artists performing virtually as a way to show their pride and it’s important to tune in and tip if you can! Support our local black creatives by watching a show on Instagram, catching a queen perform on YouTube or a DJ mix on Facebook Live. With major events canceled until further notice, we can still support our black queer creatives by donating to them via Cash App, Venmo, or PayPal!
To close out Pride month, join us on Tuesday, June 30th for our virtual event, “Say It Loud!” Broadcast live from Cheer Up Charlies, four performers share the stage to bring their awe-inspiring and exhilarating work to your home for free. Mark your calendars and RSVP today.
4. Be Loud!
Participate in the community to make your voice heard. Find a local march or rally to attend. Reach out to your local, state, and national elected officials to address your concerns. Register to vote to ensure your voice is HEARD!
5. Be Kind!
Know someone that’s been impacted by COVID-19? Consider helping them directly. A random act of kindness can go a long way. Giving someone who’s out of work an HEB gift card, running an errand for someone in quarantine, passing out water and snacks during a protest, or donating to local bail funds are all ways to show kindness.
While Pride Month 2020 may look a little different without the large festivals and parades, that doesn’t mean we still can’t show up and show out. Pride lives within us. We can still find small but impactful ways to be kind, be loud, and be proud!
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Medical billing forms the backbone of healthcare revenue and profitability and is as crucial a process for care providers as are medical procedures. With government regulations becoming increasingly stringent and complicated coding and billing guidelines getting introduced every year, medical practitioners are facing dwindling revenues despite heavy inflow of patients. Clearly, the gap in service and payout is being created and widened at the point of billing. To ensure regular payments for medical services rendered, it is important that care providers start checking patient eligibility for medical transactions.
Checking patient eligibility during medical billing companies process comprises of the following steps –
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- Patient responsibility and pre-billing – Informing the patient at the first point of contact about diagnostic and patient care requirements facilitates both the care provider and patient. A more informed patient can participate in the eligibility check more effectively and generate value adding medical record.
- Documentation Check – Confirming the availability of required documents pertaining to date of birth, address, SS number, etc. is very important for ensuring that patient is eligible for service providing and also to ensure future claim settlement.
- Insurance coverage- With Medicare and Medicaid extending coverage to millions more by 2014 and private insurance carriers emulating government carriers for offering insurance; patient eligibility depends heavily on insurance coverage. Selective healthcare coverage pertaining to health conditions and diseases makes scrutiny at the time of patient walk-in absolutely necessary.
- Pre-authorization requirement – Many insurance carriers require pre-authorization for later claim settlement. Ensuring correct coverage at the pre-authorization stage confirms patient eligibility and facilitates the claim settlement process. In addition to pre-uthorization, checking referrals attached to every patient is also very crucial.
- Claims, deductibles and reimbursement rate – Claim filing is a process which doesn’t begin after the service delivery, but way before that. In order to ensure that the claim is filed with proper documents and claim settlement time as well as ratio is suitable for the financial viability of the clinic; it is essential that patient eligibility is confirmed in the beginning. Many insurance carriers have some deductibles and varied reimbursement rates worked into their coverage conditions which must be addressed at the time of patient walk in, otherwise your practice may face unwanted financial surprises at the time of settlement.
Medicalbillersandcoders.com is a medical billing service provider that not only carries out a robust patient eligibility check but also ensures that your medical billing process satisfies the following two criterion –
- HIPAA compliance – With ICD-10 medical codes and coding practices getting revised at frequent intervals, updating coding database of the billing systems becomes crucial. As most of the practices are adopting EMR for medical billing, HIPAA compliance check has to be ensured at various interfaces wherein patient data is recorded or transferred.
- Frequency of eligibility checks – Lastly, installing various eligibility procedures in the system is not enough if the process is not followed at regular intervals. High frequency of eligibility checks ensure that the practice doesn’t serve any non paying patients and attract inadvertent losses in future. | <urn:uuid:84416b49-ede7-4e5f-a6d7-e3dd4a02470d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.medicalbillersandcoders.com/blog/checking-patient-eligibility-while-medical-billing-to-ensure-future-payments/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572215.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815235954-20220816025954-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.92644 | 643 | 1.84375 | 2 |
Warehouse Picking Optimization: 7 Tips
In order fulfillment, warehouse managers need to ensure that their operations are running at peak efficiency. Not doing so can dramatically decrease warehouse productivity, increase inventory error rates, decrease customer satisfaction, and lower overall profitability. To keep customers from turning to competitors, managers need to properly optimize their order picking. Here’s an overview of the order picking process in a warehouse, and 7 ways you can optimize your facility’s picking operations.
What is Order Picking?
Order picking is one of the most important order fulfillment tasks in a warehouse. It involves picking an item, or components of an item, from inventory to fulfill a customer’s order and then delivering it to the next work zone or shipping. This can be automated or manual, depending on the specific needs of your business.
Order picking is one of the most labor-consuming applications in a warehouse. Up to 55% of a facility’s labor consumption can be dedicated to order picking.
Order Picking Methods
To optimize your picking process, it’s important to start by evaluating which order picking method works best for your facility. There are three software-driven order picking methods that are commonly used in a warehouse.
- Wave Picking: Wave picking combines principles from zone picking and batch picking, grouping orders together into a logical “wave.” Pickers then receive their assignments, and work through their zone to pick the required items. The wave is “static,” since it won’t change once a wave has begun.
- Waveless Picking: Waveless picking differs from wave picking in that waves aren’t static, but dynamic. In other words, new orders are continuously added into the wave as older orders are completed.
- Overlapping Waves Picking: Overlapping waves are similar to wave picking in that orders are grouped into a logical wave, but as a batch reaches its peak, the next wave is released to help keep labor operating at peak efficiencies.
Each of these methods can provide better efficiencies based on specific product and order profiles.Its critical to analyze your specific business operations and evaluate which picking method will maximize your efficiencies.
How To Optimize Your Picking Process
Optimizing your picking process is incredibly important. It ensures you’re able to process your orders efficiently and in a timely manner. For example, in the retail space, approximately 69% of consumers are less likely to be returning customers if their order doesn’t arrive when promised. Whether you’re retail or B2B, it’s incredibly important that your operations run efficiently. Here are 7 warehouse picking optimization tips.
1. Optimize Your Layout
Optimizing your existing space is one of the first steps you should take in revamping your picking operations.
- Reduce travel time: Order picking is one of the most time-consuming activities in a warehouse. This is largely due to the time it takes to find each item and pull it from inventory. To combat this, try to make your warehouse easy to navigate, keeping similar items together to reduce walking time for just one order. This is also called slotting.
- Leverage vertical space: Vertical space is an incredibly effective tool for optimizing your floor plan. This area is often wasted, but can be an excellent place to utilize an overhead conveyor system, mezzanine, or vertical storage AS/RS system.
Improve safety of picking zones: Keeping your warehouse safe is incredibly important. Serious, non-fatal injuries cost the warehousing and transportation industry approximately $84.04 million each week. Prioritizing safety ensures more efficient warehouse operations, as well as employees’ health. Consider analyzing your picking zones to see if any areas could benefit from increased ergonomics, better signage, or more effective equipment for your employees.
- Keep floorspace clear: Don’t let your warehouse become messy. Forklift operators and order pickers don’t want to navigate through a maze to reach their SKU. Keep your floorspace clear to allow forklifts and employees to move easily.
- Clean your warehouse regularly: Bubble wrap, empty boxes, and other packing materials shouldn’t litter your warehouse floors. Neglecting to continuously clean your warehouse will likely cause unfortunate accidents, such as slips, trips, and more. Try to implement a regular cleaning schedule to prevent these incidents from occurring.
2. Select the Right Strategy
There’s no universal “one-size-fits-all” picking strategy. Each facility should select the method that works best for their business needs. There are several to choose from, including:
- Discrete: Also known as single order picking, discrete picking involves picking one order at a time. They select a single order SKU by SKU before moving to the next order. This method is one of the most labor intensive and time consuming, so it’s not the best fit for a majority of operations. But smaller operations that only handle a few orders at a time might find that it’s the best strategy for their needs.
- Batch Order: This strategy entails pickers processing several orders at once, typically batched based on the similarity of each order’s SKUs. Because pickers can choose the same SKU for multiple orders at once, batch order picking reduces their overall travel time and increases the efficiency of the pick. Operations that process orders that are close to Pareto Principle (80% of your picks come from 20% of your inventory) often utilize this strategy.
- Zone: Zone picking divides the warehouse into different sections, or “zones.” Each zone is assigned to a picker or multiple pickers, who travel within the zone to pick the SKUs for the orders being processed. Because they’re not navigating the entire warehouse, this strategy is often more efficient than others, reducing walking time and congestion. It also allows technologies to be implemented for similar SKU characteristics (size, weight, velocity and volume).
- Cluster: Cluster picking is similar to batch picking in that pickers process multiple orders at once. Where this method differs is picking orders that aren’t necessarily similar. Therefore, it’s not typically as efficient as batch picking, and is better suited for large operations that don’t typically process similar orders.
- Robotic: Robotic picking leverages automation to fulfill orders. With this picking strategy, a robotic component (such as a robotic arm) picks individual SKUs—whether pieces or totes—and packs them as they’re picked. This is a highly efficient method if you’re looking to reduce your warehouse labor costs.
- Automation: By utilizing mechanical equipment integrated with software and controls, an operation can quickly reduce labor, save space, increase ergonomics, and improve efficiencies. There’s a wide variety of automation available. The key to incorporating automation is determining your business and operations requirements, and evaluating which level of automation provides the best return on investment.
Whichever strategy you select, it’s important that it’s the RightFIT for your specific operations. Make sure you thoroughly analyze your business needs and objectives and choose a strategy that allows you to address them as efficiently as possible.
3. Track Inventory Error Rates
According to PR Newswire, the average U.S. retail operation has an inventory accuracy rate of just 63%. This is highly problematic since 16% of consumers will discontinue business with a retailer if they receive an incorrect order once, and 14% will take their business elsewhere if they receive a late order. With 34% of businesses shipping orders late—due to a lack of stock-level transparency—inventory accuracy is incredibly important. Ignoring your errors only means you’re more likely to repeat them, so track your inventory error rates and address your efficiency roadblocks.
4. Improve Your Organization
Staying organized is a must for warehouses. If your facility isn’t organized, it can run into issues such as increased walk and search time or inventory errors. Make sure to organize your inventory, workstations, and equipment storage. Here are a few tips to keep your facility well organized:
- Arrange your inventory on the shelves in an easy-to-find manner
- Ensure your shipping materials are organized properly
- Keep similar items together to make them easier to find
- Use picking bins, boxes, or totes to better compartmentalize your process
One excellent way to improve your organization is to use slotting, which is the process of organizing inventory in a warehouse or distribution center. Walking from product to product, manually retrieving orders can account for around 60% of a warehouse worker’s time. Effective slotting allows workers to pick items faster, and can reduce labor costs by nearly 20%.
5. Keep Your Employees Well-Trained
Training your employees regularly is an often overlooked method of warehouse picking optimization. However, if your workers don’t know what they’re doing, efficiency will suffer.
Training your employees can improve organization, and reduce injuries from avoidable hazards. Workers often rush tasks in an effort to complete them quickly, and in doing, ignore safety precautions. Continuous training can help prevent these injuries and shift the warehouse’s corporate culture to a safer and more organized work environment.
6. Use the Right Packaging
Evaluate the packaging you’re currently using for your inventory and consider whether an alternative packaging would be better. Your packaging should be sturdy enough so the item doesn’t suffer damage, but also compact enough so you’re not taking up valuable inventory space. For example, for smaller items consider using polybags. These bags aren’t as pricey as cartons and they don’t incur dimensional weight surcharges from parcel carriers.
7. Adopt the Right Warehouse Execution Software (WES)
Inventory management, automation management, shipping automation, and order fulfillment as a whole is incredibly difficult to do without software. Using the right WES is essential to the success of your facility, as it reduces labor, increases equipment’s utilization, and dramatically improves your operation’s efficiency. Whether you use automation or not, the right WES can help reduce the risk of human error, while being a modular and cost-effective way to improve your organization, tailored to your specific operation.
Choosing the RightFIT For Your Operation
Every warehouse is different, and not every solution is going to work for each facility. There’s a plethora of tools on the market to optimize your warehouse through automation, conveyor systems, and more. While each supplier is familiar with their own products, it’s important that your tools are the best fit for your business and operations, and that you’re able to integrate them effectively into your existing systems.
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Globally, brands must convey strong quality credentials in order to justify pricing; particularly those positioned at a premium, as well as attract customers to their products in an increasingly competitive marketplace, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company.
Notably, the importance of natural credentials is strong within the personal care space. GlobalData’s Q3 Global Consumer Survey found that natural/chemical-free claims were most perceived to be associated with high quality in personal care with 38% of consumers globally associating this attribute with high quality.
Jamie Mills, Senior Consumer Analyst at GlobalData, comments: “Following this, brand heritage and whether the brand was established is another key marker of high quality for consumers when making their personal care purchases. This suggests that longstanding players in the market are well placed to convey high quality credentials. Nonetheless, the growing interest in niche players across the personal care space highlights that newer brands can also win through their focus on an authentic brand story, meaning, and purpose.”
This factor is on par with environmentally-friendly credentials suggesting the importance of sustainability in conveying a quality proposition. Brands must take note particularly as awareness of the impact FMCG products have on the environment including packaging waste and plastic pollution is growing.
Mills continues, “Looking ahead, discerning consumers will seek multi-faceted products which leverage a number of different cues to convey quality. Combining numerous quality markers such as natural and environmentally-friendly can serve to create a unique product offer but also emphasize a strong message of quality.”[pro_ad_display_adzone id="915575"] | <urn:uuid:97e5151d-d528-496d-8cca-6c7d5ce2071d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://destinationthailandnews.com/news/business-news/personal-care-brands-can-target-38-of-global-consumers-who-associate-natural-ingredients-with-high-quality-products-says-globaldata.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572063.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814173832-20220814203832-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.953585 | 333 | 1.539063 | 2 |
At times, there is a need to cope up with the high rents as well as the debts that can be demanded the fulfillment of the crisis. However, it is not always possible, at such times, there is certainly a need to go with the down payments that can also be used for the housing goals. So, the new trend is to go with the mortgage options with zero money down payments. So, let us have a highlight.
The Guide For The Beginner
The zero down payments can be a great help in the form of the financial assistance. This can always be a great help to the Native Americans since there is never a need to go with the 20 percent down payment anymore that may prove to be troublesome. So, for the people with the obligations in terms of the finance who cannot afford to pay for the mortgage insurances, this can be something attractive. With the system of such loans, there is also not a need to go with the 20 percent.
The Common Limitations
There are certain limitations however with the system. The provision is more to the people who do not have even a single house of their own. This may actually include a span of the last three years. There are some restrictions with regards to the Income. At times, there may some additional expenditures that can be in the form of the minimal contributions. besides, there are Limitations with the price of making a purchase. Moreover, the request to access the loans must be an actually verified in terms of the link to the particular loan product.
The Best Ideas For The Zero Down Payments
One such of them can be the FHA loans. There is an automatic insurance with the FHA, one can get the best loans with the minimum interest rates which can be a flexible idea to suit the requirements. Previously there were certain obligations in terms of the income restrictions as well as the credit points which has been completely removed from the loan granting system in the recent days. one can also get the additional grants in terms of the Employer-assisted programs for housing. Moreover, there is also a common belief that the professionals who work for the community services are the ones who can get the help with the Everyday Zero Housing Funds. This provision is given to the people in about 50 states. There are also special grants that can be accessed by the people are the revitalization areas. The down payment is only $100 if you qualify for any FHA-insured mortgage program. Learn more at the HUD website. There are also some of the most unique loan systems that can be accessed by the disabled homebuyers.
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