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Innovations in Footwear Industry-Safety Shoesby Vivaan Singh Professional Writer The footwear industry has grown prosperously in the last few decades and more; it has seen the upsurge from the basic footwear to shoes or boots that are specifically targeted for a purpose. The introduction of variety has gone beyond the look and style which only used to cater different occasions. Today, the advent of innovation in the footwear industry by top list of safety shoe companies has touched the zenith. They have introduced the savior for workers whose life was under threat and minor and major accidents were frequent in their life at workplace.
The advent of safety shoe occurred with the growing participation of workers in the industries and the need of safety product while they are on the job. Feet are the part of the body, which lays its base, and protecting it can shield the person from major mishaps. A helmet can cover the head, glair can cover only eyes and gloves can protect only hands; but feet carry the load of entire body. They are the supporting base and drive the comfort level when person is on the job.
How does Safety Shoes Protect Workers?
• Shock Proof: The safety shoe for workers ensure their protection against electric shocks which is a bliss to them.
• Fire Proof: The fire proof feature is helpful for most of the worker as chances of fire and burns are frequent in factories.
• Slip/Skid Resistance: The slip, skid, heavy objects falling are common during work and the safety shoes protect them from these minor mishaps which can turn major.
• Comfort Assurance: In addition to the innovative properties that make the footwear safety shoe, it is kept in mind that shoe provides comfort while walking and working to the wearer.
We are expecting more such innovations in the footwear industry that can insure life of workers.
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By Suzanne Cooper
Five new UCD spin out companies aim to employ more than 50 people between them by the end of 2013. They are among 19 spin-out companies that completed the Nova UCD Campus Company Development Programme in the past five years.
NovaUCD, the Innovation and Technology Transfer Centre at UCD, helps researchers turn their ideas, services or products into licensing opportunities, or spin-out companies.
The spin-out companies are established by UCD researchers to advertise the outputs of their research and are the result of the commercialisation of research at the college in 2011.
This programme has been completed by 187 new ventures and 289 individuals since it began in 1996.
The new spin-out companies are involved in the following fields: energy management (Belfield Technologies and Wattics); ultra-violet light sources and optics for the semi-conductor industry (New Lambda Technologies); pharmaceutical processing technologies (APC); specialist construction risk assessment and management (BRAM); social web-search solutions (HeyStaks); localisation services for app developers (Tethras); equine genetics (Equinome) and e-learning (RendezVu).
NovaUCD is now home to 36 innovative companies which employ a combined total of over 200 staff.
Vice-President for Innovation at UCD Professor Peter Clinch said on the subject: “Developing a sustainable smart economy in Ireland needs a strong flow of innovative ideas and high-tech start-up companies. 2011 was an excellent year for the establishment of new high-tech start-ups at the university. These start-ups will grow and develop in the coming years which will generate highly-skilled job opportunities.”
2011 was a great year for Nova UCD as its researchers produced 44 new inventions and made 36 patent applications, including 18 priority, 8 PCT (patent co-operation treaty) and 10 national/regional applications.
UCD also concluded 17 licence agreements last year with a range of indigenous and international companies.
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The story of a Diablotin found at Padu, 2007
Although Dominica is a relatively small island, we currently boast two iconic species of wildlife. Our Mountain Chicken features on our country's coat-of-arms and on the logos of the National Bank of Dominica and the Dominica State College. The Sisserou Parrot, the largest of the Amazon parrots, is even more iconic, featuring more prominently on our national flag, coat-of-arms, and the badge of the Dominica Cadet Corps. The Sisserou Singers is named after that parrot, the country's second highest award is named after this bird, and this species also inspires a wide variety of craft work.
Several other local birds lend their names to places such as Morne Fregad (after the Magnificent Frigatebird), Morne Crabier, Morne Rammier, Petit Coulibri Estate, Grand Coulibri, and Pointe Touterelle. And probably the most majestic of all of our natural features, Morne Diablotin – the tallest peak in the OECS – was named after the Diablotin bird a.k.a. Black-capped Petrel.
At one time, Dominica had a healthy population of Diablotin birds, but for several years the bird was thought to have been "extinct" from the island. No one had seen a Diablotin for six decades, until a bird was found one Monday morning near Peebles Park on 2nd May 1932. That bird was then cared for in captivity, but died twenty-four days later. The next positive sighting of a Diablotin on Dominica was almost seventy-five years to the month after the 1932 sighting, when a bird was found in Trafalgar. The story of that bird follows
It was the morning of Monday 14th May 2007, and Vincent Theophile, an employee of the local electricity company DOMLEC, left the company's Head Office to undertake a work-related assignment at the Padu Power Station, at the entrance to the village of Trafalgar. Interestingly, DOMLEC's Office is located near the site where the Diablotin was collected in 1932. On entering Padu, Vincent saw this strange-looking bird "walking like a duck" on the edge of the road.
Shortly after, Vincent collected the bird, took a good look at it, and realised that he had never seen such a creature before. He then put it in a cardboard box, which he placed at the back of his pick-up truck and proceeded to undertake the assignment that he had come to perform.
Upon completion of his task some time past mid-day, Theophile proceeded to return to Roseau and, en route to his office, stopped off at the Botanic Gardens to bring in the bird (still in the cardboard box at the back of the pick-up) to the Forestry & Wildlife Division, and arrived there during the lunch hour. Asst. Forest Officer Stephen Durand, then Forest Trainee Nigel Harve and the under-signed were present when Theophile came into the office carrying the box. Upon examining the contents of the box, we too noted that none of us had ever seen such a bird before.
Stephen then proceeded to check a bird book, while I took a few photographs of the bird, which was held by Vincent. We subsequently thanked Vincent, and kept the bird in the box in a cool location in the office. Later that afternoon, Stephen emailed the photographs to Dr. Adam Brown of EPIC and Dr. Paul Reillo of RSCF, requesting assistance in identifying the species.
About 7:15 p.m. or thereabout, I returned to the office to do some paper work and met Stephen at his desk, also doing paper work. We checked the bird and it was still alive, as we had heard movements in the box. However, about an hour later, when we again checked in the box, we found that the bird had died. The dead bird was subsequently placed in a freezer.
The next day, Stephen received responses to his emails: What Mr Theophile had collected was in fact a Black-capped Petrel (i.e. a Diablotin bird)! Unfortunately, the Division overlooked issuing a Media Release. However, by coincidence, the bird was found during Dominica's observance of the Caribbean Endemic Birds Festival (CEBF), and its "discovery" and subsequent identification were first reported in the Division's 2007 CEBF Report, which was submitted to the Society for the Conservation and Study of Caribbean Birds (SCSCB); that organisation has since been renamed BirdsCaribbean.
The carcass of the 2007 Diablotin remained "on ice" for 33 months until petrel specialist Dr. David Wingate, who had accompanied members of EPIC to Dominica in February 2010 to collect information and data for the production of a "Seabird Breeding Atlas of the Lesser Antilles", examined the carcass with his team in preparation for preserving the bird, and found that it was actually a female with a brood patch, i.e. it had been sitting on eggs around the time it unfortunately ended up at Padu.
Dr. Wingate and his team success-fully prepared a "skin" of the bird. SignMan provided the Forestry & Wildlife Division with a quantity of plexi-glass which was used to construct a display case for the specimen, which was first displayed to the public at the 2010 CEBF Public Presentation event, which was held at the University of the West Indies Open Campus. The preserved specimen/skin has since been put on display at the Division's Visitor Information Centre at the Botanic Gardens in Roseau.
Now, a few weeks after the preparation of the Diablotin skin – and probably even before the display case was constructed – the Division decided to make a token presentation to the man who had collected the bird, for his very important and historic gesture of taking the bird down to the Forestry & Wildlife Division. But it turned out that on 14th May 2007, neither Stephen nor I had taken note of Vincent's name, and although his hand was in the photos holding the bird, we focused on the bird and so his face was not in any of the photographs. Subsequently, after a failed first attempt to get in touch with him, with the assistance of another staff member of DOMLEC contact was made with Vincent, who was then invited to attend the 2010 CEBF Public Presentation, where he was presented with the token award comprising of a plaque and a copy of the Dominica's Birds book.
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You’ve heard time and time once more that bodily exercise and train are good on your well being, particularly in your 60s.
It’s typically beneficial that you simply purpose to make them a part of your way of life.
Whereas it’s true each bodily exercise and common train will aid you age higher and keep your independence, some workout routines can be dangerous.
As you age, your physique will undergo some modifications. It’s possible you’ll lose some muscle mass, expertise a slowdown in metabolism, and see a decline in stability and stability.
It’s a tougher problem to remain match after 60 and keep the performance and efficiency you as soon as loved in your 30s and 40s.
Additionally, in the event you haven’t been energetic, you might really feel aches and pains in locations like your decrease again, joints, and neck. It’s possible you’ll even discover the commonest of workout routines tougher to carry out.
If that is you, it’s simply as vital to know what workout routines come at the next threat and when to keep away from them.
It’s additionally simply as vital to know easy methods to prepare for power, efficiency, and mobility whereas staying ache and injury-free.
Listed below are 4 frequent workout routines anybody over 60 ought to keep away from and why.
1. Dumbbell or Barbell Deadlifts
The deadlift is a dynamic train that’s often known as among the finest strikes to strengthen your decrease physique.
However what typically will get neglected is that this efficient leg train requires a superb stability to carry out accurately and safely.
For a lot of seniors, stability is one space they start to wrestle with age. What’s extra, when it includes heavy weight like a barbell and dumbbells, it might probably change into much more hazardous.
The deadlift has you bent at your hips and use your decrease again, glutes, torso, and core to tug the burden up from the bottom.
When you lack enough stability and core power, it’s very simple to compensate with again muscle tissue and trigger a pressure in your again.
As a substitute, follow this transfer with simply your physique weight to achieve stability and prepare the goal muscle tissue.
You may additionally goal the identical muscle teams utilizing safer workout routines like body weight squats.
2. Upright Row
The upright row is one wonderful transfer to strengthen your again, shoulders, and core. However for a lot of seniors with a sedentary way of life, this transfer can deliver extra dangers than rewards.
When you aren’t actively utilizing and coaching your higher physique, the possibilities are you may have a stiff again and tight backbone stabilizing muscle tissue.
The restricted performance in your again, core, and shoulders cannot solely restrain your rowing actions but additionally pressure your again.
3. Behind-The-Neck Lat Pulldowns
That is one train you need to positively keep away from in your 60s. Doing the lat pulldowns behind your head can put a number of stress in your neck and shoulders. Over time, it might probably even result in straining of those muscle tissue, particularly the anterior portion of your shoulders.
I’d even advocate folks youthful than 50 keep away from this train. Most center age folks don’t have sufficient flexibility of their shoulders and thoracic mobility to do that transfer.
As a substitute, do the common lat pull down in entrance of your physique, the place you lean again barely and pull the bar to your higher sternum to work your lats and higher again.
4. Bench Dips
One other train it is best to keep away from is the bench dips, whereas the train itself just isn’t dangerous, however just isn’t one of the best train to do when you’re over 60.
Chances are high, you may have a slouched ahead shoulder posture, and bench dips pressure your shoulders to rotate internally much more. As you decrease your self down, the humerus glides ahead an excessive amount of, inserting additional stress in your shoulder joint.
As you age and expertise a pure decline in muscle power and adaptability, it’s important to keep away from workout routines which can be exhausting to execute.
Additionally, in style strikes reminiscent of sit-ups and crunch are acquainted and easy, but they’re too simple to harm your again. In case you are re-starting an train routine in your 60s, be sure you seek the advice of with an professional to assemble a plan that’s secure and efficient. | <urn:uuid:e50ed0c8-fe3f-49ae-8ae6-5282ed497343> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://littlebreakbigdifference.com/workouts-you-ought-to-by-no-means-do-after-60-coach-warns.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572063.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814173832-20220814203832-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.946262 | 971 | 1.820313 | 2 |
The term "renewals of locomotives" applies only to the literal substitution of a new locomotive for one which has been sent to the scrap-heap. Repairs are divided into two classes: general repairs and current repairs which are usually made in a roundhouse. The term "general repairs" applies to the more expensive work of repairing which is done in one of the general repair-shops of the road rather than in the roundhouse. Some roads consider that the repairs to a locomotive should be considered as general repairs if the amount of work to be done at any one time exceeds a certain figure, say $750, but as such a method of classifying repairs is purely arbitrary and depends to some extent on the amount of work that is done at the roundhouse in keeping the engine in condition, any comparison between the figures of two roads are almost useless. It is ordinarily expected that a passenger-locomotive should make 120,000 miles and a freight-engine 80,000 miles between consecutive assignments to the shop for general repairs, but even such figures are of little significance, except that, if a locomotive should be sent to the shop without having made some such mileage since the last visit, it would imply that there had been some mismanagement (barring accidents) for which some one was responsible. The term "current repairs" includes all the smaller repairs which are not considered of sufficient importance to demand a general overhauling of the locomotive. The figures reported by various roads for the cost of current repairs per engine handled average something over $1 per engine. Taking the figures in connection with the mileage-run it would show an average cost of from one to two cents per mile-run. Under very unfavorable conditions the total cost of general and current repairs may amount to from 10 to 15 c. per mile-run. Considering the average figure for the country given in a previous section (Item 12, 6.983 c), if we deduct .6 c. (or even a little more) as the cost for renewals we have left about 6 c. as the total average cost of the country of the general repairs. This seems to agree very closely with the statistics given by a certain road that the average cost of engine repairs per freight-engine mile during a period of seven years varied from 5.88 to 6.82 c, or an average of 6.30 c. per freight-engine mile. Another road, which gives the cost of freight-engine repairs as 7.22 c. per engine-mile, quoted at the same time the cost of passenger-engine repairs as 5.60 c. per engine-mile. If, however, we consider these figures on the basis of the work accomplished by the locomotives, we have another indication of the large economy in the use of heavy engines hauling heavy trains. In the last-mentioned case the costs were 22.88 c. for passenger-engines and 7.73 c. for freight-engines per thousand ton-miles; but the freight-trains were more than four times as heavy as the passenger-trains, so that, although the freight-engines cost far more than the passenger-engines per engine-mile, the cost per ton-mile was far less. It is usually found that compound engines cost much more per engine-mile than simple engines of the same capacity, and that the comparison is made still worse because their annual mileage is apt to be less, owing to their standing so much time in the repair-shops. On account of the very great variety of engines, the cost of engine repairs per engine-mile is very different for different types of engines, and the cost per ton-mile is likewise very variable. Mr. G. R. Henderson has sug-gested that the cost of repairs may be represented by the very simple formula of 1 c. per ton of tractive force per mile plus 1 c. per engine-mile. In this statement, however, he considers the term "tractive force" to be the average force which is actually exerted, and not the maximum tractive power. For example, he considered a passenger-engine, whose tractive force amounts to ten tons, and assumed that the actual tractive force exerted by it will not average more than 40% of this maximum. For the above case the assumed cost of repairs would be 40% of 10 or 4X1 c. + l c. for each mile-run, making a total of 5 c. per mile. This method is applied to pusher-engine service as follows: He assumes an engine with 40,000 pounds tractive force, which is exerted to its full capacity in running up-hill, and which returns down the hill without the use of steam. Applying the principle to a grade twenty miles long, the item chargeable to repairs for the up-hill run would be 20X20 c + 20 c. or $4.20. For the down-hill trip we would have merely 20X1 or 20 c., making a total of $4.40 for the 40-mile round trip, or an average of 11 c. per mile. In the case of pusher service it is generally correct to assume that the engine is working to its full capacity in climbing the hill, and that it does not have to use steam in going down. When we apply such a formula to the undulating grades on an ordinary road, it becomes very difficult to determine the proportion of the total possible tractive force which is actually exerted. Usually we can only make a very approximate assumption. | <urn:uuid:ba04eedc-8e5a-4f01-8cf9-5913f38c8d09> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://chestofbooks.com/finance/economics/Railroad/76-Repairs-Of-Locomotives.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572063.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814173832-20220814203832-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.969525 | 1,150 | 2.515625 | 3 |
Any organization that is faced with procuring vehicles must evaluate whether leasing or buying makes the most sense for their bottom line. Here are four reasons why leasing can be especially beneficial for government organizations.
Improved Cash Flow
Purchasing vehicles often requires a significant investment of capital up front, and this cost can be even more significant for specialized equipment like dump trucks or emergency vehicles. Leasing is one way to avoid large down payments if you need to conserve cash. Since you are only paying for the portion of the equipment or vehicle you use, this also typically results in a lower monthly payment. Since you spend less each month, your capital can be utilized elsewhere in your government organization.
Organizations have different leasing options they can take advantage of based on their financial goals and use case:
- Open-End Lease: Open-end leases are structured so there is a minimum term, after which the lease is month-to-month. This provides businesses with a flexible lease term. There are no mileage restrictions or penalties, and the client can return the vehicle at any point during the lease after the minimum period has passed. Under an open-end lease, the client is responsible for the book value of the asset. It’s ideal for long-term vehicle arrangements.
- Closed-End Lease: With a closed-end lease, the terms, mileage, and turn-in date are determined prior to the vehicle being put in service. A fixed monthly rate is calculated by using the average outstanding balance on the vehicle for the life of the lease. These leases typically run for 12-48 months, and at the end, the lessee returns the vehicle to the owner. Businesses are locked into the agreed-upon terms and mileage, so there are penalties for vehicles that are turned in early, over-mileage, or in poor condition.
- Short-Term Leases & Rentals: These plans typically last between 2-12 months, making them ideal for organizations with seasonal or variable vehicle needs. Some leasing providers will not charge you for extending an existing lease. This means trying out a short-term solution comes with little risk if you eventually need the vehicle for longer than anticipated.
Take Advantage of Tax Benefits
Municipalities and other qualified political subdivisions have the unique option of a municipal or tax-exempt leasing agreement. In this arrangement, the lessor does not have to pay federal income taxes on the interest earned through repayment. These savings are then passed through in the form of a a lower interest rate. It assumes that the equipment will be owned at the end of the terms, and it does allow for early pay-off, so it acts like a loan but is documented as a lease. This arrangement often allows for a much lower financing cost. Laws can vary, so work with your tax advisor to determine if and how this arrangement may fit with your situation. You can also read this article from the Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy for more baseline information about this lease type.
Keep Operational Costs Down
Running vehicles past their optimal term creates a delicate balancing act – while you may eliminate lease payments, you can incur other operational costs. Vehicles past their optimal term can experience a 30% decline in annual fair market value, a 15% increase in downtime, and 20% in excess fuel spend. Working with a fleet leasing partner can help evaluate your vehicles’ cycles to ensure they are being replaced at opportune times to avoid these extra costs. They can also help you identify strategies like managed maintenance programs or altering use patterns to help keep costs down even if vehicle replacement is not feasible for your fleet.
Easy Disposal of Specialized or Upfitted Equipment
When working with a leasing partner, you can return your vehicles or equipment at the end of the term or work with them on the optimal disposal method. Many leasing and fleet companies take a multi-pronged sales approach, using a variety of channels and sales outlets to obtain the best price possible for your assets. Others may also offer guaranteed purchase options, where they buy your assets upfront and then assume the risk of selling. This is useful if your organization relies on specialized equipment or has vehicles with extensive upfitting, which can be difficult to sell through traditional channel.
Having specialized fleet experts on your side can help drive down your fleet costs while reducing the time you spend on administration. If you opt to lease, remember that you will be forming a long-term relationship, and many times the process of issuing an RFP and finding the right partner can be detailed and involved. However, there are organizations that can help streamline this by presenting the opportunity to essentially ‘pre-verify’ leasing partners for you. If your government organization is a member of a sourcing or procurement network (Sourcewell is just one example), this is an ideal way to start your search for the right leasing partner. Other options include asking for recommendations from other government organizations, vendors, or business partners, and researching online. | <urn:uuid:a1ffd6db-1bca-4881-a884-cf48979a543b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.merchantsfleet.com/industry-insights/4-reasons-why-leasing-could-be-a-fit-for-your-government-organization/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572870.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817062258-20220817092258-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.953901 | 1,012 | 1.953125 | 2 |
With graduation just around the corner, it is important to pause and highlight what you helped Uniting Distant Stars accomplish in the first quarter of 2019:
- Over 40 participates received Permaculture Design Certification training in January. Two of the graduates implemented the tools of this training to be self-sufficient. A young woman returned to her family farm in Bomi County about 2 hours from Monrovia, because she saw the value of Permaculture training in providing income for her family. Another man (see photo below), who already had gardens in the Monrovia area, realized how he could produce a better yield and provide more for his family.
- UDS Electrician Students received real experience with the solar installation with the guidance of the vendor/technician. The students securely placed the solar panels on the roof and installed the wire connection from the panels to electrify our center. Most of our center is powered with solar except the computer lab.
- UDS Kickball and Football Teams brought home 1st and 2nd place victories respectively on March 30.
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A second marijuana business in Denver in just over a week has voluntarily recalled its products because they contain a pesticide not allowed for use on cannabis.
Two Denver marijuana cultivation facilities voluntarily recalled a wide-ranging group of products Wednesday because of pesticide residues. The products tested positive for three pesticides the state says cannot be used to grow marijuana.
Owners of two Denver marijuana growing facilities on Friday said they were voluntarily recalling their products after city health officials learned tests found unapproved pesticides.
State and Denver inspectors on Tuesday ordered a recall of marijuana extracts sold by Mahatma Concentrates that The Denver Post revealed contained high levels of unapproved pesticides.
Regulating pesticides for cannabis grows remains a state and consumer issue because of marijuana’s illegal status at the federal level.
State health officials have issued a health alert about marijuana products that may have been tainted with high levels of a pesticide and sold to about 130 people southwest of Portland.
‘Testing for pesticides is a complex and costly process’: In Washington, private, certified labs conduct tests for mold, bacteria, insects and potency — but not currently pesticides.
Washington state’s Department of Agriculture says it has found traces of undisclosed pesticides in many of the marijuana-growing fertilizers and other products it tested recently.
The Colorado marijuana industry is stepping up its fight against the state’s efforts to regulate the application of pesticides on cannabis. A bill seeking to codify the governor’s executive order about unapproved pesticides died in a state Senate committee after passing the House.
The city of Denver is recalling a batch of Avicenna Products extracts sold by The Health Center pot shops over the presence of banned pesticides.
State marijuana regulators on Tuesday announced the recall of nine varieties of retail pot grown by Bud Cellar in Denver over concerns they were cultivated with a pesticide not approved for use on cannabis.
Cannabis recalls: Pot regulators issued recalls of marijuana grown and sold by shops in Pagosa Springs and Fort Collins over concerns they used unapproved pesticides.
More than a year after Denver started actively policing the marijuana industry’s use of pesticides, the city’s health department is changing its enforcement procedures.
State marijuana regulators recalled 31 batches of cannabis grown by Bailey shop Sunrise Solutions. It’s Colorado’s sixth pesticide-related pot recall.
Colorado health and agriculture officials issued a health and safety advisory Tuesday on pesticide-laced marijuana cultivated by XG Platinum Corporation.
Colorado marijuana regulators announced Friday they have put a large but undisclosed number of plants and products on hold from two cultivation facilities over concerns they were treated with unapproved pesticides. It’s the first such action by a state agency; previous recalls have been undertaken by the city of Denver only.
A Denver judge Thursday dismissed a lawsuit against the state’s largest marijuana grower over its alleged use of pesticides saying the consumers behind the case were not actually harmed.
The Oregon Department of Agriculture stopped the sale of a pesticide used by marijuana growers because one of its active ingredients is not listed on the product label.
Consumers would know whether the marijuana or hemp they buy was grown without the use of pesticides under a bill proposed Wednesday in the state legislature.
Popular pesticide chemical imidacloprid kills bees, according to a new EPA report. (Pssst: It’s also quite possibly in some of your weed.)
The city of Denver issued its largest-yet recall of pot products on Wednesday, involving nearly 100,000 packages of edibles made by Mountain High Suckers.
Marijuana business EdiPure voluntarily recalled more of its cannabis-infused edibles on Monday over concerns they contain potentially dangerous pesticides banned for use on marijuana in Colorado. The recall was EdiPure’s fourth in less than two months — and the city’s 15th in as many weeks.
Denver marijuana business Advanced Medical Alternatives is voluntarily recalling 27 cartridges of its THC-infused vape pen oil because they contain potentially dangerous pesticides that cannot legally be used on cannabis in Colorado.
After being slammed by a pot-infused edibles company suffering the blow of its third pesticide-related recall, a marijuana-testing laboratory in Colorado has a message it wants known: “We don’t want to see anyone in the industry have their product recalled or quarantined,” Gobi Analytical said in a statement released to The Cannabist this week. | <urn:uuid:d3455dd2-a4c3-4c9d-90f1-6e3077bd6be8> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.thecannabist.co/search/pesticide%20recall/page/2/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572063.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814173832-20220814203832-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.951522 | 907 | 1.703125 | 2 |
Minister of Trade and Industry Tarek Kabil said on Friday that Britain brings the largest foreign investments to Egypt, bringing in $5.6bn through 1,450 companies.
Kabil met with British Ambassador to Egypt John Cassen and the two discussed achieving more balanced trade between theeir countries, especially as it became largely in favor of Britain.
Bilateral British-Egyptian trade scored £1.8m in 2016. Egyptian imports from Britain reached about £1.2bn, while Egyptian exports amounted to only £656m, which led to a deficit of about £564m, Kabil said.
He added that his ministry is currently studying the repercussions of Britain’s exit from the European Union (EU), which will come into effect in March 2018, especially on joint trade relations in line with the free trade agreement concluded in the Egyptian-European partnership agreement, which links Egypt with all EU member states.
Kabil has invited British Trade Minister Liam Fox to visit Egypt, early next year, for further coordination and consultation on the future of economic relations between the two countries.
Cassen stressed that Britain is interested in promoting joint economic cooperation with Egypt, being one of the most important economic partners of the United Kingdom in the Middle East and Africa.
He wen on to say that Britain should coordinate with the Egyptian government to study the future of bilateral relations.
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The Admissions Interview is a 30 minute video interview, during which you will have the opportunity to share your experiences in preparation for your education and career in the chiropractic profession. The interview is constructed using behavioural based competency questions. Behavioural based questions are designed to bring out personal experiences you have had that demonstrate the competencies we are looking for in new chiropractic students. You will not be asked what you would do under hypothetical circumstances, but rather what you have actually done in the past. And because you only have 30 minutes for your interview, it will be essential that the examples of past experiences you present are specific, substantial, and as concise as possible.
Also important is that your examples indicate what you did and what you learned in the situation. It is a common tendency in interviews to describe our actions in terms of "we" or "the team", however you should focus on your individual role in the situation, as much as possible.
Applicants who have met the minimum academic requirements for admission will be invited to participate in an on-line interview. You will be provided with an individual log-in to the on-line system, and proceed through a series of interview questions that you will answer through a video platform. The system will guide you through a series of sample questions to ensure that your computer system is compatible and that you are comfortable with the interface. Then, on a specified date, you will be invited to conduct your formal admissions interview, where you are invited to share not only your best experiences in response to our behaviour based questions but also to allow your personality and passion for a career in chiropractic to shine.
The online platform is used by leading institutions around the world to help admit the best and brightest students to their programs.
In order to prepare yourself, the following professional competencies have been identified for chiropractic students at CMCC.
Based upon professional competencies and standards, we are specifically interested in learning more about you as a:
You should reflect upon these competencies within what you understand to be the daily professional life of a chiropractor, and consider the extent to which each competency factors into professional success. A good way to explore this would be to speak with chiropractors and other health care professionals to understand how this occurs.
Applicants are also strongly advised to seek out the support of their university career centre, where career counsellors and coaches can help you to prepare for this specfic style of interview. | <urn:uuid:9eebd1d9-d7b9-4917-8788-b35a0df98d29> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://cmcc.ca/admissions/interview | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571584.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812045352-20220812075352-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.969855 | 504 | 1.546875 | 2 |
In this exploration one's own eye movements and patterns are opened to her perception as they function to compose spaces of an image. Through transforming eye movements into objects of the temporal technical gaze (with cartesian coordinates), the experiment investigates the natural and at the same time wondrous act of seeing by applying a second-order cybernetic logic: recursively looking at looking. Feeding digital images of art works to an observer, the eye creates a networks of relationships, leaving its mark as it travels, exposing how color, composition, human figures and directionality of the gaze shapes our ways of seeing. Our sight does not embrace and internalize the world as a projected image at once, it focuses on chosen fragments. Only after jumping around from one detail to another our brain starts shaping the general picture. Vision reveals itself as a situated and subjective activity of exploration similar to navigation.
Interactive Visual Experience
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What Is The Most Approved Disability?
The most common conditions that qualify for disability are heart disease, degenerative disc disease, mental illness, cancer, immune system problems, and many others. Thousands of conditions claim disability benefits. Anyone unable to work due to illness is eligible for monthly benefits from the Social Security Administration (SSA). Your disability claim is likely to be approved if you have any of the conditions listed above. Continue reading our blog for more information on what is the most approved disability. | <urn:uuid:d792fd23-7d1b-4d2f-9713-ab94d0fc8f68> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://socialsocial.social/pin/what-is-the-most-approved-disability/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572215.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815235954-20220816025954-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.949626 | 100 | 1.929688 | 2 |
Families trust home health aides with the lives of their loved ones during some of the most vulnerable times in their lives. But as home care becomes more popular in the United States, supporting the people who make up the workforce will need to be a priority.
Without the workforce of home health aides, companions and other carers, the expansion of Home and Community Services (HCBS) and the creation of a more cost effective holistic approach to aging people will not serve to nothing.
In general, home health aides earn around $20,000 a year on average, often with no benefits and sometimes with inadequate training. There is a high turnover rate — especially in private home care — and vacancy rates are high.
Those vacancies will only increase as the demand for home care grows unless something changes, according to U.S. Representative Debbie Dingell, a Democrat from Michigan.
“I don’t think people think much about long-term care,” Dingell said during a recent webinar hosted by Altarum. “They don’t think about how broken or fractured the system is until they’re there. And I think the pandemic and COVID-19 have brought to light how fractured the health care system is and how fractured the long-term care system is.
Altarum, based in Ypsilanti, Michigan, is a nonprofit research and consulting organization that serves government health insurers, health foundations, and other nonprofit clients who focus on health and Healthcare.
Dingell has been an equity advocate for the direct care workforce for years. This passion grew after her husband was cared for at home by caregivers – which she acknowledged as a privilege.
“I really learned in those four years what the challenges were for caregivers,” Dingell said. “And for those in long-term care, I was lucky enough to be able to keep my husband at home. And I think more people should be able to do that. We must fight for more home and community care, so people can stay at home where they are happiest.
The Biden administration’s U.S. bailout was a start, Dingell said. It allowed for a 10% FMAP increase in Medicaid funding for HCBS over the next year.
This has thrown legislative tailwinds for home care, with President Joe Biden’s proposed US jobs plan now to set aside $400 billion to better support the US home care system.
“It’s a conversational way, way overdue,” Dingell said. “The 10% increase in funding for Home and Community Services was a much-needed investment for our frontline workers and those they serve. This was the first dedicated HCBS provision included in one of the COVID relief bills, and it provides significant relief to address immediate and specific COVID long-term care needs that have gone unaddressed for too long. long time.
Dingell is also one of many lawmakers pushing for the additional long-term care support that would materialize if the U.S. jobs plan comes to fruition.
Greater attention to the issue in Washington DC will help workers, patients and the system over time, she says.
“This sets the stage for further action … to finally reform our country’s badly broken long-term care system,” Dingell said.
Equity in home care
The direct care workforce is largely made up of women, people of color and immigrants. Raising wages would not only help workers and patients down the line, but it would also help advance a fairer system.
With low pay, no benefits, few days off, long hours and multiple clients, caregivers are likely to burn out even outside of the pandemic, Henrietta Ivey, a caregiver and founder of Black Women in Home Care, also said on the webinar.
When it comes to salaries and benefits, things haven’t changed much during the pandemic either. A recent study by real-time staffing platform MedFlyt found that 83% of caregivers did not receive more pay or benefits during the public health emergency.
“I hear home care workers talk about how they are suffering because of the [conditions] they have,” Ivey said. “They’re depressed, because they’re working to try to make a living in a job that they love to do, but really can’t afford to do because they don’t even get paid enough to furnish their own life.”
Ivey coined the acronym “RPP,” which stands for “Respect Us, Protect Us, and Pay Us.”
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BrainPOP featured movie is a free Windows 10 educational app for kids. The app shows a different animated movie every day and then test your knowledge by giving you an interactive quiz on the same. These featured animated movies are related to learning topics like Science, English, Math, Health, Social Studies, arts and music, etc. The animated movies are short in length and very easy to understand for kids. Making it much fun for kids to learn new things.
The Windows 10 educational app can be downloaded from the Windows 10 store or from the link given at the end of this article. The first time you open up this app you will see a interface like the one shown below.
The featured movie can be seen in the center of the screen. The options given with it are to watch the movie and take the interactive quiz. Topic of the day is Bridges for today. So first make you kid watch the animated movie. Then go to the quiz button and take the quiz to see how much your kid is able to remember or understand. The quiz interface looks like the one shown below. It is a multiple choice type quiz, where you have to choose the correct answer from the given four.
Apart from the featured animated movie, there are other animated movies which can be seen too. They are based on various topics, so you can pick your child’s favorite topic to watch.
You can watch any of these movies shown in the above screenshot and take the quiz with it. Taking a quiz after watching a movie makes your kids remember things easily. There is also an option on the home screen to watch how your kid is doing, that is by going to the score section. This can be seen in the screenshot below.
Features of this Windows 10 educational app:
- See short educational animated movies everyday.
- Take a quiz related to the movie you saw everyday.
- Ideal for kids in grades 3 to 8.
- Animated movies are based on topics like Science, Math, Social Studies, English, Arts and Music, etc.
- Good learning app for kids.
BrianPOP featured movie is a good app for informal learning at home for kids. The educational content on the website is awesome and makes learning easier through the animated movies. Its easier for the kids to understand even difficult topics with the help of animated movies. With BrianPOP being a popular and trusted website, you don’t have to think twice before letting your kids use it.
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space research and satellite technology
Artificial Ionospheric Plasma Clouds Using HAARP
Artificial balls of plasma have been produced in the upper atmosphere (160 to 200 km altitude) using the 3.6 MW high frequency (HF) transmitter facility known as HAARP (High frequency Active Auroral Research Program). These glow plasma discharges were generated in November 2012 as a part of the Basic Research on Ionospheric Characteristics and Effects (BRIOCHE) campaign in Alaska. The plasma balls (or electron density enhancements) are being studied for use as artificial mirrors at altitudes 50 km below the natural ionosphere to be used for reflection of HF radar and communications signals. The density of these plasma clouds is proportional to the square of the transmission frequency, which is an integer harmonic of the electron cyclotron frequency.
2013 NRL REVIEW Laboratory Experiments:
The HAARP experiments are being complemented with a series of laboratory studies using high-power electromagnetic waves to produce glow plasma discharges (Fig. 5). A microwave signal at 2.45 GHz is amplified using a porous spherical cavity resonator developed in the Plasma Physics Division to break down the neutral gas inside the resonator.
A low-pressure chamber developed for microwave processing has been modified for these demonstrations of plasma ball creation. The microwave-driven plasma laboratory is being used as a surrogate for HAARP to study the role of initial plasma seeds for creation and maintenance of artificial plasma clouds. These experiments have shown that it is difficult to produce electron clouds with densities greater than the critical frequency.
Radio diagnostics of the artificial plasma clouds are (1) ground-based radio soundings and (2) reception of stimulated electromagnetic emissions (SEE). Figure 4 illustrates the signature of an artificial plasma cloud near the 4th gyro harmonic resonance in the ionosphere. When the electromagnetic pump wave is tuned to the resonance, the electrostatic waves are generated by the parametric decay instability. These waves are converted to electromagnetic emissions to be detected on the ground as downshifted spectral features. These same electrostatic waves accelerate electrons to high enough energy for collisional ionization of the ambient neutral gas forming the plasma cloud. The ionospheric sounder detects this cloud as an apparent layer below the ambient ionosphere.
Radio frequency spectrograph showing the stimulated electromagnetic emissions from the ionosphere during times of artificial plasma cloud generation. The inset figures are ionosonde records of the ionosphere with (left) and without (right) a signature of an artificial plasma cloud. The H4 layer is labeled to indicate the plasma cloud produced with an HF pump wave near the 4th gyro harmonic. This ionosonde feature is preceded by the DSMass spectral emissions centered 110 kHz below the transmitter frequency. Tuning the pump frequency away from the 4th harmonic resonance eliminates both the DSMass and the H4layer plasma cloud. (DSMass = downshifted mass; DM = downshifted maximum; BUM = broad upshifted maximum) for reflection of the incident electromagnetic wave. Also, slow venting of neutral gases into the chamber has been used to study the effect of composition changes and neutral winds on the formation of the artificial plasma glow discharges.
Summary: By successfully making stable plasma clouds in both the upper atmosphere and the laboratory, NRL scientists are closer to producing artificial ionospheric mirrors with high-power radio waves. Breakthroughs in plasma cloud formation are accomplished by integrating HAARP upper atmospheric experiments, computer modeling with nonlinear plasma theory, and laboratory breakdown experiments.
VSF: I believe that I saw one of these plasma ‘clouds’ a few months back. I thought it was an ET sphere, the kind that have been photographed around the Moon. Now I think that was wrong and that what I saw was the work of the US Navy.
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According to FHA underwriting guidelines, a family member may be your spouse, parent, grandparent, biological child, adopted child, foster child or stepchild. A gift of equity will count toward your down payment only if the seller signs a letter stating the nature and amount of the gift, his relationship to the buyer and his contact information.
fha condo approval guidelines: New Construction. New Construction also has its own FHA Condo Approval Guidelines. To gain FHA approval for a project that is still under construction, recently converted, or less than 12 months old, a special set of guidelines will apply.
The Federal Housing Administration’s (FHA) Single Family Housing Policy Handbook 4000.1 (SF Handbook) is a consolidated, consistent, and comprehensive source of FHA Single Family Housing policy. Consolidated : Hundreds of FHA Handbooks, Mortgagee Letters, Housing Notices, and other policy documents have been consolidated into this single source.
What are the FHA Guidelines Regarding Employment History? The common belief is that you need a 2-year employment history at the same job in order to secure FHA financing. This is true, but to a point.
FHA loan requirements are published in a handbook more than 1,000 pages long. You would need to drink at least a 20-ounce cup of coffee with a turbo shot just to stay awake through the first 20 pages.
· The FHA home inspection requirements are for your Own Good. The FHA home inspection is another cost to you when you purchase the home, but there are ways around that if you cannot add another expense to your closing costs. You can always negotiate the cost into the contract, asking the seller to pay it.
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This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English.
This week, Serbia arrested one of Europe's most wanted men. Former Bosnian Serb general Ratko Mladic spent sixteen years in hiding. He is accused of genocide and other crimes during the war fought after Bosnia-Herzegovina declared its independence.
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia announced charges against Mr. Mladic in nineteen ninety-five. He is charged with the killing of eight thousand Bosnian Muslim men and boys that year at Srebrenica, a town on the border of Serbia. Srebrenica was supposed to have been protected as a United Nations "safe area."
Mr. Mladic is also accused of ordering or carrying out war crimes during the three years in which Sarajevo was surrounded and attacked.
His son, Darko Mladic, says his father is not in good health. He also says his father believes he is not guilty of the charges. But on Friday, a court in Belgrade ruled that Ratko Mladic is healthy enough to be tried in the Netherlands. His lawyer said he would appeal the ruling.
Russia, an ally of Serbia, has called for a fair trial.
The capture of Mr. Mladic was a condition for Serbia to become a candidate to join the European Union. Another condition has been the capture of former Croatian Serb political leader Goran Hadzic, who has yet to be arrested.
The wartime political leader of the Bosnian Serbs, Radovan Karadzic, was captured in two thousand eight. He also faced charges in The Hague, but his trial was suspended. Former Serbian president Slobodan Milosevic also went before the tribunal, but he died during his trial.
Serbia has been under intense international pressure to arrest Ratko Mladic. President Boris Tadic announced that he was arrested Thursday morning. The former general was at a farmhouse in a village about one hundred kilometers from Belgrade.
The arrest happened during a visit by Catherine Ashton, the foreign policy chief for the European Union. But President Tadic dismissed the suggestion that the government could have acted sooner.
BORIS TADIC: "We are not making calculations when and how to deliver. We are doing that because we truly believe this is in accordance with our law."
The Serbian president said there will be an investigation into how Mr. Mladic avoided arrest for so long.
Kada Hotic from the Mothers of Srebrenica Association accused Serbia of knowingly hiding a man she calls a "monster." Still, she and other family members of victims welcomed the arrest, while some Bosnian Serbs expressed anger.
JAMES KER-LINDSAY: "Many Serbs, yes, do regard Ratko Mladic as some sort of hero."
James Ker-Lindsay is an expert on southeast Europe at the London School of Economics.
JAMES KER-LINDSAY: "They look to the events that took place in Bosnia and rather than seeing him as a military leader of an act of aggression rather view him as being the defender of the Bosnian Serb people. So in that sense, there is a certain degree of latent support for him."
But Mr. Ker-Lindsay says Serbs are conflicted because they understand that their country's future has to be a part of Europe.
JAMES KER-LINDSAY: "It's not about forgetting what took place in Bosnia or, indeed, the entire Western Balkans in the nineteen nineties. But it's about recognizing that Serbia's got to atone for this, pay its price and move on. And people understand that Mladic is absolutely central to that process."
And that's IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember.
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of a Busy Life.
T. S. Hawkins led an astounding life. Born in 1836, he grew up just down the way from Mark Twain in Missouri, in a log cabin. He became a teacher at age 17, and owned his own general store at 21. A few years later, he set out in a covered wagon, and made his way across the plains to California. He and a few other farmers got together and founded the town of Hollister, and Hawkins went on to build a hospital in his granddaughter’s name. It stands today. In Some Recollections of a Busy Life, he tells his story.
Copies are going fast. You can purchase the book online at our store site.
Recollections is also being sold in a limited number of bookstores. Those include:
Dave Eggers will discuss the book on Wednesday, December 9th at the San Benito Historical Society. More information here.
Click here to listen to an interview with Dave Eggers about the book on KQED’s Forum.
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Kolam, is an age-old floor art form originated in Tamil Nadu becoming an integral part of South Indian culture. Kolam is a symmetrical design often drawn around grid patterns of dots on the floor with rice flour. The kolam patterns are often passed on from generation to generation and women are so skilled that these patterns are drawn by bare fingers, really quickly barely making any mistakes. Kolam follows complex concepts of mathematics like symmetry and permutation. Every dot and curve is calculated offering scope for intricacy, complexity and creativity of high order.
Thanjavur or Tanjore paintings is a classical painting form of South India which derives its name from the place of its origin, the town of Thanjavur. It is an ancient art form that originated during the reign of the Chola dynastyin the 16th century and then later patronized by the Maratha princes, Nayakas of the Vijayanagar empire, Rajus of Tanjore and Tiruchirapalli and the Naidus of Madurai. This ancient indigenous painting creates a 3D effect on every single artwork. Tanjore Painting has EMBOSS on it. That is, the painting has areas that are ELEVATED from the surface to produce a 3-D effect on the painting. Tanjore paintings are adorned with precious and semi-precious gemstones and 22-karat pure gold. | <urn:uuid:c1d285ba-5416-42a5-b922-90898a8b2ab7> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://obsidianspace.in/tag/southindia/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572215.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815235954-20220816025954-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.954882 | 287 | 2.765625 | 3 |
Earlier this year, New Mexico amended its Medical Practice Act to allow collaborative practice relationships between physician assistants (PAs) and licensed physicians (HB 215).
The changes to the law allow PAs who practice primary care to collaborate with a licensed physician but require PAs who practice specialty care to be supervised by a licensed physician. Collaboration is defined as the “process by which a licensed physician and a physician assistant jointly contribute to the health care and medical treatment of patients” and requires each of the parties to deliver only the services they are licensed and authorized to provide. A collaborating physician does not need to be physically present when a PA is providing services.
New Mexico also changed the certification requirements for PAs. In the past, a PA had to be certified by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants. Now the state medical board can designate additional certifying agencies.
The West Virginia Legislature also addressed the issue of PA collaboration and passed a bill amending the state’s Physician Assistants Practice Act (SB 347). Unlike the change to New Mexico’s law, which makes a distinction between collaboration and supervision, the West Virginia bill essentially substitutes the term “supervision” with “collaboration” (i.e., the definition of collaboration is the same as supervision).
While it did not create a difference between collaboration and supervision, the bill did make other key changes to PA practice. First, it provided that PAs are entitled to 100 percent of the allowable reimbursement rate given to physicians or advanced practice registered nurses by private and public insurance plans. Second, the bill gave PAs signatory authority for documents within their scope of practice including death certificates, do-not-resuscitate forms, handicap hunting certificates, and utility service maintenance forms. Finally, the bill removed a requirement for PAs to maintain certification from the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants. The removal of the PA certification requirement caused West Virginia’s governor to veto the bill. In his veto message, the governor stated that “[b]y removing the state’s requirement that physician assistants maintain national certification as a condition of renewing their license, the interests of West Virginia patients are not being protected as strongly as they should be.”
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White sage, also known as bee sage or sacred sage, is a shrub plant native to the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico (mainly Southern California and Baja California).
Native Americans have widely used white sage for food, healing, and ceremonial purposes. The Chumash people used the stems and leaves as a traditional food. For healing, many tribes used the seeds to remove foreign objects from the eyes. White sage is also used as an incense during ceremonies, and used in the ancient tradition of smudging (which many view as cultural appropriation from “mainstream” use by non-Native peoples). Learn more about this sacred plant here.
Dress your nails in this dusty gray that we hope entices you to learn more about how the indigenous people of North America use this plant for wellness and healing.
*NOTE: We are not recommending the use of this plant and the information provided is strictly for educational purposes. Speak with a medical professional regarding the actual use of this plant.*
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One very important concept for any singer to remember is that your body is your instrument, not your vocal cords. Anything that negatively impacts the open flow of energy and sound through your body will negatively effect the quality of your singing. Chief among these is physical tension. Tension is the enemy of the singer because it blocks the free flow of energy, breath, and sound throughout the body, necessary for communication.
When a new singer comes to work with me, one of the very first things I do is to help them become aware of any physical tensions they have that are getting in the way of their most efficient production of sound. Mother Nature gave humans an incredibly efficient mechanism for producing sound, but singers often do not trust it. Instead, they develop habits which they believe help control their sound, but which really just create all sorts of tensions that negatively impact the sound they are trying to improve.
The most common tensions I see singers dealing with are jaw tension, neck tension and tongue tension. In my next three articles, I will explore each of these tensions, how and why they creep in, and I’ll give you some simple tips and exercises you can do to release them. Let’s start with jaw tension.
If you have trouble with your higher register, one of the culprits might be that you are trying to grab and control the notes with your jaw. If the jaw is not free, then your ability to stretch your soft palate is compromised, as soft palate stretch is necessary to access your upper register successfully. The more locked and controlling your jaw is, the less you can expand into your soft palate for those higher notes. We need to have a free and fluid jaw while singing. Most singers do not even realize they have been locking or holding, because they have never felt it any other way. Here is an exercise to access more freedom in the jaw and let go of tension.
Find a soft, easy smile and let the jaw hang in that smile. Remember that when we talk about the jaw, we’re really just talking about the two hinges on either side of your head in front of your ears (don’t mistake the jaw for the chin). From this easy smile, allow the jaw hinges to soften and open. The feeling will be one of the jaw hanging down and back as you smile. Do not hold your jaw in this position; it should feel free and softly hanging. Keep the energy of the easy smile by feeling your ears widening away from each other. Then, alternate between chanting “ya-ya-ya” and “la-la-la” on a single pitch as you go down a five-note scale. You want the tongue to be doing the work of moving to change the vowels and consonants, not the jaw. We need the tongue and jaw to be able to move independently of one another. If you find your jaw locking, closing, or moving up and down in tandem with the tongue as you change consonants, then close your mouth, swallow, take a nose breath into a smile, feel your ears widening, then let the jaw drop again and resume. Doing this exercise in front of a mirror can be helpful as well.
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Positron emission tomography (PET) was used to investigate the functional anatomy of auditory and phonological processing. Stimulus sets were designed to determine areas of the brain significantly activated during speech and nonspeech acoustic processing for stimuli with or without rapidly changing acoustic cues. Performance of auditory target detection tasks using these stimulus sets produced increased activation in superior temporal, frontal opercular, and medial frontal (SMA) cortices, relative to a visual fixation control task. While the medial frontal and superior temporal changes are best explained by motor and sensory components of the task, respectively, the frontal opercular changes were dependent upon the task performed upon the auditory input (mere presentation of the stimuli did not result in significant activation). On the left, the frontal opercular increases were larger when subjects performed an auditory detection task upon stimuli that incorporated rapid temporal changes (words, syllables, and tone sequences) than steady-state vowels. A converging study involving performance of orthographic (ascending letter) and phonological (long vowel sound) word discrimination tasks supports anatomical and behavioral evidence suggesting the left frontal opercular region is important for certain types of auditory/temporal analysis, as well as high-level articulatory coding.
In addition to the activation increases associated with performance of auditory target detection tasks, decreases in activation were observed bilaterally along the intraparietal sulcus and superior parietal cortex, in the Rolandic sulcus, and the posterior cingulate; these decreases may reflect an attentional shift away from areas involved in the fixation task during the performance of a difficult auditory task.
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This Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Fudge takes less than 20 minutes to make and two hours to set. It is topped with crushed macadamia and pink Himalayan salt for added texture.
This recipe is safe to make with kids and you do not need a candy thermometer – all you really need to do is microwave, stir, pour and chill.
Simple as that 😍
Chocolate & Peanut Butter
I don’t think there is any better combination than chocolate and peanut butter.
I know so many of you have the same obsession, so I thought I would make some dark chocolate peanut butter fudge and share the recipe with you!
This recipe produces rich and creamy layers of peanut butter and chocolate fudge and some crushed macadamia and pink Himalayan salt for added crunch.
You only need condensed milk. dark chocolate chips, peanut butter, macadamia and Himalayan salt to make this recipe.
Make sure you use a square baking tray which will ensure that you can cut up the fudge easily, as well as greased baking paper to help the fudge lift effortlessly.
Making the Fudge
- This recipe is safe to make with kids as you do not need a candy thermometer – all you really need to do is microwave, stir, pour and chill
- I used Nestle Condensed Milk for this recipe and Yum Yum Peanut Butter
- I recommend you use glass bowls as they distribute heat more evenly
- The recipe is simple to follow and has no tricky steps and requires little to no skill it the kitchen
If you’ve been on the search for an easy homemade fudge recipe, this one is for you!
Let’s get straight to it.
Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Fudge
Dark Chocolate & Peanut Butter Fudge
- Glass Bowls
- Wooden Spoons
- Square Baking tin, 20 x 20
- Baking Paper
- Pestle and mortar or small ziplock bag
Dark Choc Layer
- 1 can Condensed Milk Nestle
- 300 g dark chocolate chips
Peanut Butter Layer
- 3 tbsp Smooth Peanut Butter
- 1/2 can condensed milk Nestle
- 10 macadamia nuts raw
- 1 tsp Himalayan salt
- First, prepare a square pan with baking paper and baking spray.
- Now in glass bowl 1, heat chocolate chips and 1 can condensed milk in the microwave for 90 seconds, stirring every 30 seconds until melted and smooth.
- Pour this mixture into the prepared square pan and use a greased spatula to spread evenly.
- In the second glass bowl, heat the peanut butter and half a can of condensed milk in the microwave for about one minute, stirring halfway through until melted and smooth. If too thick, stir in an extra tablespoon of condensed milk until smooth.
- Pour peanut butter mixture over the chocolate layer of fudge and used the greased spatula to spread evenly.
- In a small ziplock bag or a mortar & Pestle, crush your macadamia nuts and Himalayan salt and sprinkle over fudge.
- Then refrigerate at least 2 hours or until set.
- Cut into small squares and store in a sealed container.
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Be a Mentor, Not a Bully
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I met a young software engineer on the train the other day, and we started talking about mentoring. Although he’s only been an engineer for two years, he works with several less experienced engineers. When I asked if he had been able to mentor them, he responded, “I’m too scared.” I thought that was a strange response, so I inquired further, and he explained, “The guy who mentored me at my last company always made me feel bad when I made a mistake. I don’t want to do that to someone else.”
“The guy who mentored me at my last company always made me feel bad when I made a mistake. I don’t want to do that to someone else.”
I assured this young man that making someone “feel bad” is not mentoring. That is the behavior of a bully.
I wondered how his coworker even got to be called a “mentor,” and then I remembered this passage from The Heart of Mentoring:
“In many cases, people today who call themselves mentors are merely going through the motions. They are motivated by guilt or necessity, not by a passion for making a difference in the lives of others.”
Mentoring relationships come in many varieties, but at the core, they’re about supporting others through advice and help. Mentoring is built on humility, kindness, patience, and generosity. It’s also a way of investing in the future — perhaps the future of your company, the community, or the world.
Here are some guidelines to ensure that you share your advice and wisdom with your mentoring partners in a healthy, supportive way.
Humility over Arrogance
You may be older or younger than your mentoring partner. You may be more experienced or less experienced in your field overall. In any case, you have some advice to provide that could benefit this person, and that’s why you’re entering the mentoring relationship. However, if you start the relationship off thinking you’re the superior one, you’re unlikely to succeed in helping anyone. Good mentors are humble; they recognize that they can learn from the mentoring relationships as well.
Let’s say you’ve been a software engineer for 30 years, and you’re mentoring a newcomer who is fresh out of school. You’re showing her how to deploy code to production through typing a bunch of commands in the terminal, and she mentions a continuous deployment tool she used in a previous internship to automate this deploy process. You’ve never heard of this tool. That’s wonderful!
We can learn from anyone we encounter, even those we mentor. This junior engineer may even be able to mentor you in using the deployment tool. Mentoring doesn’t have to be a rigid unidirectional concept based on seniority. No one is an expert in everything, and everyone has something to offer.
This is also why I avoid the term “mentee” and similar labels in favor of “mentoring partner.” I’m borrowing that idea from The Heart of Mentoring, where the author explains, “This term seems right because mentoring is not something you do to someone but with someone.” It helps avoid any implication of superiority or authority.
Patience over Impatience
When we gain expertise in an area, it can sometimes be hard to remember what it was like to live without this expertise. This is a common problem in mentoring situations.
A well-meaning mentor may be helping a junior engineer learn git. When the junior engineer goes to use it, the mentor may see him doing something strange or inefficient, like manually adding each of 30 changes. The mentor could get impatient and ask, “What are you doing? Why aren’t you just using git add -A?”
However, she must remember that he is new to git, and he may not even be aware of the command option. It’s best to avoid using “just” when asking about someone’s behavior. As Stacy Kvernmo has discussed, there’s an implied insult when questions are asked in that way. The mentor could more kindly ask, “Hey, have you heard about git add -A? It’s a helpful way to save you from adding each change individually. Do you want to try it?”
Also, don’t be surprised if the junior engineer sticks to adding files one by one the next time you see him do it. Learning takes time! That’s why a good mentor is patient. Gentle reminders and supportive questions are helpful tools in your mentoring inventory.
Detachment over Attachment
Taking the previous example a step further, what if that junior engineer never becomes proficient at git? The mentor needs to make peace with that. As mentors, we do our best to help our mentoring partners, but we cannot be attached to any given outcome because it is not within our control.
Earlier in my career, I volunteered to mentor a new software engineer outside of my regular work. I was excited to help her on her programming journey. She lived in San Francisco, and I lived in Mountain View, so I had to commute quite a ways to see her, but to me, it was worth it because I felt I was making a difference. On the day of our first meeting, she canceled last minute, after I had already arrived in San Francisco. I was disappointed, but I tried to brush it off. She kept avoiding subsequent meetings, and we ended up meeting only a couple of times over the course of three months. At the time, I felt very disappointed by the experience. I had envisioned helping this fledging software engineer spread her wings to fly, and reality was nothing like that. I was so attached to my expected outcome, and when reality didn’t line up perfectly, I felt unappreciated and useless. I even felt resentful.
With time, I realized that my mistake was having expectations at all. You can’t control the behavior of others. Mentoring is an act of kindness; like loving, it is about giving of yourself generously and being detached from the outcome. Most importantly, as David Stoddard writes, “Mentoring concentrates on the needs of the one being mentored, not on the agenda of the mentor.”
You may, of course, decide to stop mentoring if the relationship is not productive, but don’t let unmet expectations make you feel disappointed in yourself or others. We’re all doing our best.
Who can you help?
You don’t need to mentor someone formally in order to make a difference. You also don’t need to mentor them for life. You can mentor someone over an airplane ride. You can mentor someone in a one-day coding workshop. And you can, of course, mentor someone continuously over the course of their career.
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Arduino senses the environment by receiving inputs from add-on devices such as sensors, and can control the world around it by adjusting lights, motors, and other actuators. In this class you will learn how and when to use the different types of sensors and how to connect them to the Arduino. Since the external world uses continuous or analog signals and the hardware is digital you will learn how these signals are converted back-and-forth and how this must be considered as you program your device. You'll also learn about the use of Arduino-specific shields and the shields software libraries to interface with the real world. Please note that this course does not include discussion forums.
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How does the SECOND function (DAX) work?
The SECOND function (DAX) returns the seconds of a time value, as a number from 0 to 59.
SECOND Formula Syntax
How do you use the SECOND function?
The SECOND function returns the second component of a time as a number between 0-59. For example, with a time of 9:10:15 AM, second will return 15. You can use the SECOND function to extract the second into a cell, or feed the result into another formula, like the TIME function.
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Considerations when using the SECOND function
In contrast to Microsoft Excel, which stores dates and times as serial numbers, DAX uses a datetime format when working with dates and times. If the source data is not in this format, DAX implicitly converts the data. You can use formatting to display the dates and times as a serial number of you need to.
The date/time value that you supply as an argument to the SECOND function can be entered as a text string within quotation marks (for example, “6:45 PM”). You can also provide a time value as the result of another expression, or as a reference to a column that contains times.
If you provide a numeric value of another data type, such as 13.60, the value is interpreted as a serial number and is represented as a datetime data type before extracting the value for seconds. To make it easier to understand your results, you might want to represent such numbers as dates before using them in the SECOND function. For example, if you use SECOND with a column that contains a numeric value such as, 25.56, the formula returns 24. That is because, when formatted as a date, the value 25.56 is equivalent to January 25, 1900, 1:26:24 PM.
When the time argument is a text representation of a date and time, the function uses the locale and date/time settings of the client computer to understand the text value in order to perform the conversion. Most locales use the colon (:) as the time separator and any input text using colons as time separators will parse correctly. Review your locale settings to understand your results.
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A telescope in the South Pole observing traces of the Big Bang that created the universe has turned up the first evidence of a key moment in that process: the blink-of-an-eye expansion of the universe from a dot into a vast soup of energy and particles.
The discovery, using the BICEP2 telescope at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, provided the first strong evidence of “cosmic inflation,” which scientists say occurred in a fraction of the first second of the universe’s existence, when it expanded billions of times over. The process was first proposed by MIT scientist Alan Guth in 1981.
Evidence of cosmic inflation came through identifying the effects of gravitational waves for the first time. Gravitational waves are ripples in space-time believed to have been created by the enormous forces at work during cosmic inflation. The finding emerged from a collaborative effort led by researchers at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA), Stanford University, the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), and the University of Minnesota.
The waves’ discovery had been “one of the most important goals in cosmology,” according to John Kovac, Harvard associate professor of astronomy and the BICEP2 project leader. Their existence had been theorized and sought by astronomers, but not confirmed until now.
“Theorists speak about them with confidence, but still it’s a wild story,” Kovac said. “The amazing thing is it has a testable consequence that we can build a machine and go out and [look for]. The signature that we’ve measured with our telescope … is not expected to be there except for this prediction of inflation.”
Cosmology is a branch of astronomy that seeks to understand the universe’s broad structure and its evolution since the Big Bang. One of cosmology’s most important tools is a distant echo of the Big Bang, extremely faint background radiation called the cosmic microwave background (CMB).
Astronomers analyzing data from BICEP2, which scanned the clear polar skies for three years through 2012, searched for a polarization pattern in the CMB called “B-modes,” believed to have been created by gravitational waves.
Though researchers found the pattern they were seeking, they were surprised at the strength of the signal and spent three years analyzing data to be sure they were correct in their findings.
Kovac, who credited the work of the dozen people in his laboratory and those at the collaborating labs, has been trying to confirm the gravitational waves for the last 12 years. When he saw them revealed in the data, he said he felt a “mixture of awe and elation,” quickly followed by a determination to ensure they hadn’t been produced by an error somewhere.
“We are extremely cautious scientists, and detecting this signal, honestly, produced a mixture of … awe and elation, and intense stress. We want to get this right,” Kovac said. “And that’s been our state for quite a long time. We’ve been extremely cautious in our approach to analyzing this data.”
While Kovac said the results are “strong evidence” that cosmic inflation occurred, he stopped short of saying they were proof of inflation. Theoretical astrophysicist Avi Loeb, Frank B. Baird Jr. Professor of Science and Harvard Astronomy Department chair, said the findings offer new insights into some of the most basic questions about the universe.
“These results are not only a smoking gun for inflation; they also tell us when inflation took place and how powerful the process was,” Loeb said.
The BICEP2 telescope was operated as part of a broader collaboration involving about a dozen institutions and led by Kovac, Clement Pryke from the University of Minnesota, Jamie Bock from Caltech and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and Chao-Lin Kuo from Stanford’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory.
The four appeared at a news conference Monday at the CfA’s offices in Cambridge to announce the discovery, which generated worldwide media attention and immense excitement in the scientific community.
Marc Kamionkowski, a professor of physics and astronomy at Johns Hopkins who was not part of BICEP2 but who attended the CfA news conference, said the discovery was “cosmology’s missing link” that has been sought for 20 years. The findings, he said, will require “new physics” beyond the currently understood Standard Model.
Several teams of astronomers have been searching for the same signal, but the BICEP team was the first to do so, starting work in 2001, which gave them a head start, Bock said. BICEP 2 is one of three telescopes the collaborators operate at the South Pole, where the clear, dry air makes it easier to detect the faint signal from the cosmic microwave background.
“It’s a fantastic place to do science,” said Kovac, who has traveled to the South Pole 23 times. “The South Pole is paradise if you’re a CMB experimentalist … It’s the closest you can get to operating a telescope in space for microwave observation and yet still be on the ground.”
According to theory, the universe’s first second was a busy one. Among other things, the four fundamental forces of the universe separated into gravity, electromagnetism, and the strong and weak forces that work at the atomic scale. The first particles were formed, including the recently discovered Higgs boson, and the universe became much larger.
The expansion occurred during the inflationary epoch, which saw the fabric of space time itself grow in volume 1078 times in a process so rapid and energetic that it sent gravity waves rippling through the fabric of space time, to be detected by the BICEP2 team almost 14 billion years later.
Though the announcement was the culmination of years of work, researchers said that the findings pose more questions about conditions in the early universe, providing new avenues of exploration.
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Editor's note: After the publishing of this story Oct. 22, Mexican broadcaster Televisa confirmed that the documentary "Francesco" had used portions of its interview with Pope Francis from May 2019.
With regard to why the original airing of the interview did not include the pontiff’s words about civil unions, Televisa gave dueling rationales. An official statement said the comments were not included because the primary focus of the papal interview had been the February 2019 Vatican summit on clergy sexual abuse.
Several outlets have reported however that the Vatican prevented Televisa from originally using the clip. "Someone at the Vatican gave us the part that we did broadcast, and later they gave the rest of the material to someone else," Televisa spokesman Ruben Acosta Montoya told The Washington Post.
Rome — Analysis of a clip in a new documentary in which Pope Francis expresses support for civil union laws for same-sex couples appears to indicate some of the pontiff's words came from an earlier interview in which he also clearly said he does not approve of gay sexual relationships.
The clip in the new film, which is titled "Francesco" and premiered in Rome Oct. 21, seems to have been taken from a previous interview given to a TV journalist in 2019.
Although Francis did say in that television interview, as shown in the documentary, that gay people are "children of God" and "have a right to be part of the family," the pope also added: "That does not mean approving of homosexual acts, not in the least."
In the documentary, Francis also suggests that civil union laws may provide a way for countries to protect the legal rights of persons in same-sex relationships.
Report of those comments ignited a wave of intense reaction across the U.S., with celebrities such as Ellen DeGeneres praising the pope and several bishops issuing statements to tamp down expectations that official church teaching on gay relationships had changed.
At least part of the clip in question from the new film appears to be a reusing of material from journalist Valentina Alazraki's interview with Francis for the Mexican TV network Televisa, which aired in May 2019.
Comparison of the film clip with Alazraki's interview, which is available online in Europe and as a transcript elsewhere, indicates the film reuses at least a portion of previously aired material, in which Francis says gay people "have a right to be part of the family."
The material used in that segment of the film and in Alazraki's interview are identical, with Francis saying the same words in Spanish, using the same gestures, and sitting in the same setting.
The documentary does not use the segment of tape from Alazraki's interview in which Francis repeats again that gay people "have a right to a family," before adding: "That does not mean approving of homosexual acts, not in the least."
The film instead cuts briefly away from Francis, to show images of the Vatican's Santa Marta residence, before returning back to him. When the film shows the pope again, he is seated in the same setting as before and states: "What we have to create is a civil union law. That way they are legally covered."
That second portion of Francis' words in the documentary did not originally appear in the video of Alazraki's interview.
Asked by NCR if the clip used in the new film was an unused portion of her interview, Alazraki said Televisa was currently evaluating the clips in question. The Vatican press office and Evgeny Afineevsky, the film's director, did not immediately respond to requests for comment on the matter.
Televisa's aired version of its interview with Francis ran nearly 80 minutes.
One possibility for why the pope's comments about civil unions were not originally included could be that the broadcaster did not find them newsworthy, as the pontiff had spoken in favor of civil unions on at least two prior occasions, in 2017 and 2014. Another is that the Vatican or the pope originally asked the comments not be used.
Afineevsky, who is gay, appeared at a Vatican ceremony Oct. 22 to accept an award from Rome's Film Festival but declined to take questions from journalists.
One of Francis' closest advisors has said the pope's comments in the documentary came from the television interview.
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This week I’ve got a very cool e-mail all the way from Canada with a very interesting question that inspired me to do this post. The question was about making friends and approaching new people in Sweden and that first interaction state before you can even say that you “know” that person. And also about how sometimes people can be shy to do this approach. So, I decided to give you some tips on doing that.
First things first, I may not be the most indicated person to talk about being shy, because I’m really not. I’m that loud, smiley person that would do anything to start a conversation. But of course I’ve been there, in that position of being really afraid to say something first or even answering back, so that counts as experience and I can tell what I did to overcome that fear. So, let’s start with the list!
- Mental preparation: it’s always good to have in your mind already the thought that you are going abroad and that you will have to talk CONSTANTLY with new people and people that you barely know. So before coming, keep thinking that you will HAVE to do this.
- Thinking the worst scenario: worst case of approaching someone new is that they will ignore you, not understand you or be mean to you for some reason. I must say that none of these results is common or has a really bad effect on your life, so don’t worry and just say something!
- Start with the classics: there are some questions that are very basic when you are a student in Sweden, you can always go for the “What’s your name? What are you studying? Where are you from? Do you like Sweden?” And believe, that is a conversation that will happen over and over again, so you will feel very comfortable at some point.
- Remember you’re in Sweden: luckily for you that chose Sweden as a place to study, people here are so polite that they would never ignore you or even be mean. On the contrary: they are very receptive and willing to help with anything. So that’s a plus!
So this is what I can help you with when it comes to being social. Sometimes you just have to put your littles fears behind and fully enjoy your experience studying in Sweden, keeping in your mind that this is an amazing opportunity to be less shy and make not only a lot of Swedish friend, but also friends from all over the world!
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A beautiful lawn is like an extension of your living room. It’s a great place for the family to hang out, relax, eat, and play all summer long. And if your family includes pets, they’ll love it, too. But if you have a family dog, you may find an unfortunate side effect of your dog’s love for your lawn: urine spots. As any dog-owning lawn enthusiast knows, dog urine can cause unsightly burn marks on your lawn, so what can you do to prevent dog urine spots on your lawn? The good news is that it’s not hopeless. With a few simple steps, you can protect your lawn and prevent dog urine spots.
What Causes Dog Urine Spots?
There are a lot of myths about dog urine and its effect on turfgrass. We’ll get to debunking some of those myths in a little bit. But first, we need to talk about what causes those spots in the first place. Many people here lawn experts refer to dog urine “burning” grass and assume we are referring to pH. In fact, it is something much simpler.
Dog urine contains a lot of nitrogen. While nitrogen is usually a good thing for your lawn—it is the main ingredient in most fertilizers—too much of a good thing can be bad for your grass. Concentrated nitrogen can “burn” and kill your grass. However, this nitrogen overload also helps explain the distinct appearance of dog urine burn spots.
Urine spots often start as dark green patches. That deep green color is the result of heavily fertilized grass. Eventually, especially if your dog continues to pee in the same spot, you may end up with a dead patch of grass surrounded by a dark green ring. The dead patch is where the high concentration of nitrogen has killed the grass, and the dark ring is where the urine is less concentrated, and the grass is vigorously growing.
In addition to too much nitrogen, another cause of dog urine spots is the high level of salts in your dog’s urine. The salts dry out the grass, and the plant becomes so desiccated that it dies. When that happens, you’ll notice yellow or brown patches of dead grass on your lawn. Even then, you may still see a green ring around the spot. That’s where the concentration of salts was lower, and the nitrogen increased growth.
Dealing with Dog Urine Spots
There are two ways of dealing with dog urine spots. Essentially, you can either prevent or treat the spots. To prevent them, you have to change your cultural practices and your dog’s behavior. If the spots are already there, treating them is similar to recovering from any damage to your grass.
To prevent dog urine spots, you need to get to the root of the problem. The cause of the spots is an overload of nitrogen and salts from the urine. To avoid damage, you need to disperse and dilute the nitrogen and salts. Luckily, that’s not hard to do.
Flushing the area where your dog just peed will help minimize the effects of the urine, as the harmful compounds are washed away. In the most extreme sense, this might mean that you follow your dog around outside when they are doing their business. After the dog relieves itself, flush the spot with plenty of water. Alternatively, you can make sure your grass gets a regular watering to flush out any spots. Typically, we recommend deep waterings on a more spread out schedule. But if you are dealing with dog urine spots, more frequent shallow watering can help prevent nitrogen and salt overload.
If you have a smaller dog, there may not be enough urine to actually kill the grass. Instead, your lawn problem may just be an unsightly patchwork of dark green dots. If that’s the case, you can try to blend in the spots by keeping the entire lawn well fertilized. If your whole lawn is deep green, the spots won’t show up.
Another way to prevent spots is to train your dog to go in one spot off your grass or in an unnoticeable area of your lawn. Various products can help. For instance, some pet stores sell posts impregnated with pheromones to attract dogs and make them pee on them. Basic dog training is also possible. Take the dog on a leash to do their business in the preferred spot, then reward with verbal praise and treats. After a couple of weeks, you may find your dog going to that spot to do their business even without a leash.
If you’ve already got dead spots from dog urine, it’s too late to use prevention methods. Instead, you need to deal with the damage and repair the dead spots. For the most part, dealing with dead spots in your garden is the same whatever the cause is.
The first thing to do when repairing a dead spot is to remove the dead grass. Use a metal take to pull up the dead grass and remove it. Once the grass is gone, it’s time to treat the soil. Since the grass died from too much nitrogen and concentrated salts, it’s a good idea to flush the area with water to clear the soil. After that, you have three choices for repairing the grass.
The first option to fill in an empty spot is to lay down new seed. Use the same seed as the rest of your lawn, and follow the directions that come with the seed. Make sure to water generously and keep off that part of the lawn until the grass is established. The second option is to place new sod in the dead patch. Make sure you start with healthy topsoil, then lay the sod. Again, stay off the new sod until it is well established. If the spot isn’t too large, the third option is to wait for the grass to fill in the dead spot with new growth. Bermuda grass and zoysia grass are creeping grasses, which means they are spread by above-ground stems called stolons and underground stems called rhizomes. Both types of grass can fill in small spots relatively quickly, without much intervention.
The Bottom Line
If you have a dog, you may have to deal with urine spots on your lawn. However, it is not inevitable. You can train your dog to do their business in a specific spot, minimizing damage to your lawn. Adult male dogs often cause fewer spots, because they don’t usually pee in a concentrated pool. Instead, they wander your yard, using bursts of urine to mark their territory. But if you have a puppy, an older dog, or a female, you will likely have at least some trouble with urine spots. Luckily, they are treatable. And remember, as much as you love your lawn, your dog is an important part of your family, and they won’t be around forever. Sometimes, taking a step back and looking at your priorities is the best way to deal with dog urine spots. Lawns can be repaired. Work with your dog to reduce spots, but keep in mind the value of your relationship with your pet.
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- Meaning :Germanic - House owner, Lord of the manor, One rules her household, One rules the home, A variant form is Harriett
- Gender :Girl
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Volunteers Make an Impact
“Love and kindness are never wasted. They will always make a difference.”
Do you have a need for a little something more in your life…something that can provide a strong sense of connection and fulfillment? Are you looking for a way to share your knowledge, talent and heart that will have a meaningful impact on the lives of others?
Volunteering with Hospice del Valle offers you the opportunity to belong to a volunteer fellowship, benefit your well-being and do satisfying work to provide compassionate care to others. You will be a vital and valued member of our team.
Our volunteers tell us that volunteering with Hospice del Valle is life-changing and one of the most rewarding experiences of their lives.
The main role of a volunteer at Hospice del Valle is patient and family support, however, volunteers also provide crucial assistance with administrative support, community outreach, fundraising and special projects.
Choose your best fit from a wide variety of volunteer opportunities and receive specialized free training that will give you confidence in your ability to help while being able to design your own schedule as part of an invaluable team.
Hospice del Valle Volunteers:
- Are caring and compassionate
- Come from diverse backgrounds
- Possess various life-experiences
- Have many unique interests
Volunteers make an impact by:
- Patient and Family Support.
- Provide companionship
- Assist with errands
- Share hobbies or interests
- Comfort Calls
- Assist core staff in ensuring patients/families have needed supplies, prescriptions before the weekend or holiday.
- Administrative Support
- Light office projects and/or clerical duties.
- Community Outreach Events
- Assist with planning, implementation of events and fundraisers.
- Crafters & Artisans
- Knit/crochet/sew hats, shalls, or blankets/afghans to be donated to patients.
- Professional Services
Interested in volunteering, click here.
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According to Whitleysworld sources two crop circle makers were arrested at noon today UK time and taken into custody by British police at Salisbury. Crop circle making equipment and computer records were seized.
Few details are as yet available, but it is believed that they were charged with trespass and malicious damage to a farmer’s crops, and there may have been other charges relating to threats made against crop circle researchers as well.
Further reports will be posted as soon as they become available.
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1 Single parting surface injection mold
When the mold is opened, the movable mold and the fixed mold are separated so as to take out the plastic parts, which is called single parting surface mold, also called double plate mold. It is the simplest and most basic form of injection mold, which can be designed as single cavity injection mold or multi-cavity injection mold according to the need, and is the most widely used type of injection mold.
2 Double parting surface injection mold
Compared with the single parting surface injection mold, the double parting surface injection mold has an intermediate plate (also called movable gate plate, which is equipped with gates, runners and other parts and components required by the mold) that can be moved locally in the fixed part of the mold, so it is also called three-plate (moving template, intermediate plate, fixed template) injection mold.
It is often used in single-cavity or multi-cavity injection molds with point gate feeding. When the mold is opened, the middle plate is separated from the fixed template at a fixed distance on the guide column of the fixed mold, so that the condensed material of the pouring system can be taken out between these two templates. Double parting surface injection mold structure is complicated, manufacturing cost is high, parts processing is difficult, generally not used for large or very large plastic products molding.
3 Injection mold with lateral parting and core extraction mechanism
When the plastic part has side holes or side concave, it needs to use the core or slider that can be moved laterally. After injection molding, the moving mold first moves downward for a distance, and then the beveled section of the bent pin fixed on the fixed mold plate forces the slider to move outward, while the push rod of the mold release mechanism pushes the pushing plate to make the molded part come off from the core.
4 Injection mold with moving molded parts
Due to the special structure of plastic parts, the injection mold is required to have movable molding parts, such as movable convex mold, movable concave mold, movable insert, movable threaded core or ring, etc., which can be moved out of the mold together with the plastic parts and then separated from the plastic parts during mold release.
5 Automatic thread release injection mold
For molded parts with threads, when automatic unmolding is required, a threaded core or ring that can be rotated can be set on the mold, and the threaded core or ring can be rotated by the opening action of the mold or the rotating mechanism of the injection molding machine, or a special transmission device can be set to drive the threaded core or ring to rotate, so as to unmold the parts.
6 Runnerless injection mold
Runnerless injection mold refers to the method of adiabatic heating of the runner to keep the plastic between the nozzle and the cavity of the injection molding machine in a molten state, so that there is no condensation of the casting system when the mold is opened and the part is removed. The former is called adiabatic runner injection mold, and the latter is called hot runner injection mold.
7 Right-angle injection mold
The right angle injection mold is only applicable to the angle injection molding machine, which is very different from other injection molds in that the direction of feeding material is perpendicular to the opening and closing direction. The main channel is opened on both sides of the parting surface of the moving and fixed mold, and its cross-sectional area is usually unchanged, which is different from other molds for injection molding machines.
8 Injection mold with the release mechanism on the fixed mold
In most of the injection moulds, the release mechanism is installed on the side of the moving mold, which is conducive to the work of the ejector device in the opening and closing system of the injection moulding machine. In actual production, due to the shape limitation of some plastic parts, it is better to leave the plastic parts on the fixed mold side for molding, which makes the plastic parts come out from the mold, so it is necessary to set the release mechanism on the fixed mold side.
As the most important molding equipment for injection molding product processing, the quality of injection mold is directly related to the quality of products. Moreover, since the mold occupies a large proportion in the production cost of injection molding processing enterprises, its service life directly affects the cost of injection molded products. Therefore, to improve the quality of injection moulds and to maintain and repair them well, and to prolong the life cycle of injection moulds, is an important issue to reduce the cost and increase the efficiency of injection moulded products processing enterprises.
After completing a production cycle, the molds are generally kept in storage until the next production cycle comes. However, some processing enterprises do not pay attention to the preservation of the mold, so that the mold in the preservation period rust and corrosion, surface finish decline, resulting in product quality decline, high scrap rate, some molds are even difficult to use, need to re-invest a lot of money to make new molds, resulting in a great waste.
A well-maintained and maintained mold can shorten the time of mold assembly and trial run, reduce production failure, make the production run smoothly, ensure product quality, reduce scrap loss, and reduce the operating cost and fixed asset investment of the enterprise, so that when the next production cycle starts, the enterprise can produce qualified products smoothly. Therefore, for the injection molding products processing enterprises, in the current market competition is fierce, the maintenance of good mold, can help enterprises.
Information shows that the use and maintenance in the mold life factors account for 15% to 20%, injection mold life can generally reach 800,000 times, some foreign mold maintenance can even extend 2 to 3 times. But domestic enterprises due to neglect maintenance, injection mold
life is relatively short, only equivalent to foreign 1/5 ~ 1/3. Due to the short life of the mold and caused by steel processing labor and energy waste, as well as the impact on product quality brought about by the loss of billions of dollars each year.
Therefore, for the injection mold to take the following measures to ensure the extension of the service life of the injection mold.
1 Processing enterprises should first of all equip each pair of molds with a resume card, detailed records, statistics of its use, care (lubrication, cleaning, rust prevention) and damage, according to which you can find out which parts and components have been damaged, the degree of wear and tear to provide information to find and solve the problem, as well as the molding process parameters of the mold, the materials used in the product, in order to shorten the trial run time of the mold and improve production efficiency.
2 Processing enterprises should test various properties of the mold under the normal operation of the injection molding machine and mold, and measure the size of the final molded plastic parts, through this information can determine the existing state of the mold, find out where the damage to the cavity, core, cooling system and parting surface, etc., according to the information provided by the plastic parts, you can determine the damage state of the mold and maintenance measures.
3 to focus on several important parts of the mold follow-up inspection: ejector, guide parts to ensure that the mold opening and closing movement and plastic parts ejected, if any part of the damage and stuck, will lead to stop production, so should always keep the mold ejector, guide column lubrication (to use the most suitable lubricant), and regularly check whether the ejector, guide column, etc. deformation and surface damage, once found, should be replaced in a timely manner; After completing a production cycle, the working surface, moving and guiding parts of the mold should be coated with professional anti-rust oil, and special attention should be paid to the protection of the bearing parts of the mold with gears and racks and the elastic strength of the spring mold to ensure that they are always in the best working condition.
As the production time continues, the cooling channel is easy to deposit scale, rust, silt and algae, etc., so that the cooling channel cross-section becomes smaller and the cooling channel becomes narrower, which greatly reduces the heat exchange rate between the coolant and the mold and increases the production cost of the enterprise, so the cleaning of the channel should be paid attention to; for the hot runner mold, the maintenance of the heating and control system is beneficial to prevent the occurrence of production failure, so it is especially important. Therefore, after the end of each production cycle should be mold on the band heater, bar heater, heating probe and thermocouple measurement with ohmmeter, such as damage, to replace in a timely manner, and comparison with the mold resume, make a record, in order to timely find the problem, take countermeasures.
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Little Acorns Pre-School
A friendly, well-regarded preschool setting in a small Hampshire Village adjacent to the much sought-after Charles Kingsley C of E Primary School.
Who to contact
Where to go
- Little Acorns Pre-School
Eversley Village Hall
- RG27 0RP
- Accessible changing, Secure environment, Wheelchair access, Disabled parking
- Age Ranges
- 2, 3, 4
- How does the setting/school/college know if children/young people need extra help and what should I do if I think my child/young person may have special educational needs?
Visits to the setting. All About Me. Settling in and observations by Key Carer. Open door policy and discussions with parents at hand over time at the end of the session. Parents encouraged to raise any concerns they may have with their child’s Key Carer. Designated staff roles are displayed on Parent Info board and on the settings web site. There is a very low level of diversity in our catchment area with no traveller presence, but our inclusion policy is designed to cater for such eventualities.
- How will early years setting/school/college staff support my child/young person?
Key Carers and Inco will liaise with parents on a daily basis or on the days that the child attends. The role of the Key Carer will be explained to parents on their visits, in our policies and procedures documents and on our web site and our Inclusion policy will also be in our policies document. Our setting attends all area INCO support sessions and liaises regularly with the Area Inco Service and other agencies as demonstrated by our track record.
- How will the curriculum be matched to my child's/young person's needs?
Following careful observations an Individual Education Plan will be put in place to ensure that the individual needs of the child are met. This will be done alongside the parents where their input will be valued and their observations will help to track their child’s progress and next steps. All children have A Learning Journey which shows their achievements and illustrates their progress alongside a 2 Year Progress Check and Early Years Progress Tracking sheets.
- How will both you and I know how my child/young person is doing and how will you help me to support my child's/young person's learning?
A Planning Book is on display on a daily basis where parents are invited to make comments and suggestions. The Learning Journeys are available for parents to look at on a daily basis. Also we operate an open door policy whereby parents can speak to a staff member at any time. We also have Parent Consultation Meetings on a termly basis. A daily diary summary sheet would be sent home at the end of each week so parents could add their assessment of the week from their perspective. A termly newsletter is produced and our website regularly updated, to enable busy parents to keep up to date regardless of their professional etc. commitments. We prefer not to use social media and have a clear staff policy.
- What support will there be for my child's/young person's overall well being?
All staff are up to date with Safeguarding Training, First Aid and Behaviour Management. We have a policy for the administration of medicines, a behaviour management and a child protection and safe guarding policy, all of which are available in hard copy and on-line. All staff will be made aware of a child who may need support via the Key Carer and the SENCO.
- What specialist services and expertise are available at or accessed by the setting/school/college?
The Senco for the setting has established good relationships with outside agencies such as The Children’s Centre, SFYC, Hampshire Inclusion Team, Speech And Language Services and Portage. Our setting SENCO attends the regular area SENCO support meetings, which enables them to keep up to date, network with other settings and share useful information. Other staff members have undertaken Makaton Training and have cascaded this down so it can be used on a daily basis.
- What training have the staff supporting children and young people with SEND had? Are any being trained currently?
All staff members are up to date with First Aid Training and are fully aware of all policies and procedures. All staff are familiar with IEP’s and daily diaries and all staff are aware through observations that any concerns they have about a child should be discussed with the Senco and/or Manager so that so that next steps can be implemented alongside input from the parents, so the best outcome for the child can be achieved. Training is accessed when relevant to a specific child’s needs.
- How will my child/young person be included in activities outside this classroom including school trips?
>All children would always be included though ratios would dictate the need for parental help and support when undertaking a trip outside of the setting; a risk assessment would always be carried out before such an event took place . All parents are made aware of our curriculum plans via a hard copy of a newsletter each term or via the setting website and the daily planning book. Parents are welcome to stay and help on stay and play with their child at any time. See our Inclusion policy in setting or online.
- How accessible is the setting/school/college environment?
The setting operates in a common-user community facility (Village Hall) and is not responsible for accessibility and other changes. Wheel chair accessibility could be achieved if necessary. Makaton is part of the daily routine. A visual timetable is used when required and is tailored to the specific needs of individual children identified via observation.
- How will the setting/school/college prepare and support my child/young person to join the setting/school/college or the next stage of education and life?
Transition information is passed to schools via transition forms, learning journey, school visits and transition meetings between school and pre-school staff. Any child who requires additional transition support receives this through well planned meetings and additional school visits.
- How are the setting's/school's/college's resources allocated and matched to children's/young people's special educational needs?
The setting is entirely funded by the basic governmental provision. Additional funding that is allocated to a child through Early Years Action Plus is utilised identifying their priorities on their IEP.
- How is the decision made about what type and how much support my child/young person will receive?
IEPs and observations are sent to and discussed with Hampshire who decide whether or not to make funding available. IEPs are monitored and reviewed by parents and practitioners. If additional funding is awarded we discuss priority targets with the staff and the child’s parents and a plan is put in place. This is evaluated on a regular basis.
- How are parents involved in the setting/school/college? How can I be involved?
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Agnes Smedley was the author of Battle Hymn of China and a member of this Sorge spy ring of Soviet spies in Tokyo, along with Guenther Stein. Smedley later also contributed to the radical Marxist-Leninist weekly, Guardian (NY).
In 1918, in New York, she joined an Indian revolutionary society financed by Germany. The US placed her in the Tombs Prison for violation of the neutrality law. After the armistice was signed the charges against her were dismissed, but she never forgot and never lost a hatred for the USA. She arrived in Harbin, Manchuria, on January 1, 1929; without knowing the language she immediately began writing "authoritatively" about Chinese politics. According to Shanghai Municipal Police records of 1929, she was in the pay of the Comintern's Far Eastern Bureau. Her job was to make friends and recruit them for the communists, and she acted as liaison four Richard Sorge. The first recruit she brought Sorge turned out to be the most valuable. He was Ozaki Hozumi. It was through Ozaki that Sorge recruited other Japanese to work for him.
Agnes was warmhearted and essentially honest, but she felt she must devote her life to the cause of the Chinese Communists. She not only captivated General Joseph Stilwell but also the British Ambassador, Sir Archibald Clark-Kerr. John Patton Davies was also a great admirer; she was one whom he called "one of the pure in heart."
One of her works is After the Final Victory, published in Asia Magazine and in Hemingway's anthology of war stories.
- Toledano, Ralph de. 1952. Spies, Dupes, and Diplomats. Duell, Sloan and Pearce, New York. Little, Brown and Company, Boston.
- Utley, Freda. 1951. The China Story. Henry Regnery Company. Chicago.
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Activated sludge for plantas piloto de tratamiento de agua: basics 101
For industrialists that own a water treatment plant, it is important to get access to a treatment process that is cost-effective as well as efficient. While activated carbon is at the prime of its popularity, more and more industry owners are using activated sludge for Plantas Piloto de Tratamiento de Agua.
Well, before we go any further, let us know more about activated sludge!
What is Activated Sludge?
Activated sludge is a biologically integrated floc that is comprised of protozoa and bacteria. This sludge is used mostly in the treatment of wastewater with the use of aeration feature. In most cases, the general treatment arrangement is such that it removes the carbonaceous pollutants.
The process makes use of a sturdy aeration tank into which the oxygen or air is injected into the mixed concoction. Now, this is eventually followed by the settling tank, which is generally referred to as the final clarifier. This allows the wastewater’s biological floc to properly settle down. This is how the treated clear water is separated from the sludge.
What is the purpose of the activated sludge?
When discussing the purpose of activated sludge in the Plantas Piloto de Tratamiento de Agua process, we need to understand what counts as efficient for water treatment plants. In the industrial wastewater treatment or sewage treatment plants, the use of activated sludge for the process brings down the overall cost input while enhancing the efficiency with better results.
The prime purpose of the activated sludge is to oxidize the carbonaceous biological matter as well as the nitrogenous matter to ensure the resulting water is clean.
Whether you house a conventionally activated sludge for your wastewater treatment plant, a site design that is specific to your filtration need is a must-have. The activated sludge maximizes the oxygen transfer process and adds-in to the efficiency factor while providing fine aeration bubbles & deep mixing features.
Apart from this adding in the features such as horizontal direction mixing & deep mixing can help utilize the maximum space with better mixing patterns. Further, it helps maintain high mixed liquid concentrations in the suspension for better filtration.
Why should you choose an activated sludge wastewater treatment process?
When deciding on whether or not you should choose activated sludge for your wastewater treatment process, you need to be sure of your decision. Here are some reasons to help you decide whether activated sludge is the right option for you. • Ensures deep mixing feature for better treatment • Brings high efficiency in the transfer of oxygen • Minimal stripping of the volatile contaminants in the wastewater • Eliminates any aerosol generation • Easily accessible with simple maintenance
Process Description: Activated Sludge Wastewater Treatment
This particular process makes use of the aerobic micro-organisms know to digest the organic matter present in the sewage while clumping together in the flocculation pattern while they do the same. Further, the process generates a liquid that is completely free of any organic material or suspended solids.
The flocculated particles can later be removed after they settle on the surface post the digestion process. In general, the arrangement of these sludge particles for removal of the carbonaceous pollutants is as follows:
• Aeration Tank: At this stage, the air/oxygen is added or rather injected into the liquid mix.
• Settling Tank: Also termed as a secondary settling tank or final clarifier, this particular component of the waste-water treatment process is designed to allow the sludge blanket or biological flocs to settle down. This helps in a careful separation of the sludge from your treated water.
However, keep in mind the fact that treatment of phosphate or nitrogenous matter involves additional procedures where the liquid is managed in such a way that it generates an anoxic zone to ensure that phosphates solubilize in a reducing environment & the nitrogen oxides get reduced to the ammonium ion.
Also Read: Pilot Plants: The Key to Energy Efficiency in Water and Waste-Water Facilities
Why is efficient wastewater treatment important?
While wastewater treatment is important, it needs to be done in an efficient way to help you save time, money, as well as labor. Issues around the uncharted consumption of energy have been growing with time. This is with regard to the production costs as well as higher energy consumption and poor regulation of emissions.
In order to ensure that your company doesn’t face any losses in terms of wastewater plant management, having access to efficient wastewater treatment is important. The key is to focus on the reduction of emissions while opting for automated processes in the long run. With an efficient process in place, you contribute a lot to the environment as well as shorten the runtime of the business processes.
Well, now that we have listed out everything that is to know about this process for wastewater treatment, we hope you would understand how efficient it is. With such efficient processes in place, you can give so much back to the environment while benefitting your company in a rather direct manner.
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It might make sense to think that smelling good can affect how people behave around you. But there is evidence that clean scents can not only change your own behavior, but make you a better person.
You read that right.
Researchers from Brigham Young University, the University of Toronto, and Northwestern University teamed together to examine the relationship between clean scents and virtuous behaviors.
Previous research determined that clean scents can increase clean behaviors (people in a fresh-smelling environment are more likely to clean up after themselves), but does this also apply to virtuous behaviors?
The researchers identified two of Aristotle’s virtues to test for the purpose of this experiment: Reciprocity and Charity.
EXPERIMENT 1: Reciprocity
28 participants were individually placed in either a clean-scented room or a “baseline” room. The clean-scented room had a few sprays of citrus-scented Windex while the baseline room didn’t.
Then, the participants played a “trust game.” Here are the rules:
- There are two players, a “sender” and a “receiver.” The experimental participant is the “receiver.” The sender is an anonymous third party that the participant doesn’t know.
- The sender is given money that he/she can either keep, or “invest” with the receiver.
- If the sender chooses to invest the money with the receiver, it is automatically tripled in value. Then, the receiver splits the money two ways and keeps a share, giving the other share back to the sender. The receiver decides how the money is split and decides how much to give back to the sender.
- So “investing” with the receiver is risky. Even though you know that the money will triple in value, you don’t know how much the receiver will return to you. It could be less than you initial investment, but it could be more.
- All participants in this experiment were told they were receivers (there were in reality no senders). They were given an amount of money ($12) and asked how much they were going to send back to the senders. They could choose to send back the sender’s original investment ($4), or choose to give the sender less or more.
- In theory, they could split the money down the middle (each gets $6), they could completely exploit the sender (keeping most of the money), or they could generously give lots more money to the sender.
When participants were in a clean-scented room, they were less likely to exploit the sender and more likely to split the money fairly.
In the clean-scented room, the participants gave back an average of $5.33.
In the baseline room (no scent), the participants gave back an average of $2.81.
EXPERIMENT 2: Charity
The experiment was again repeated, only this time they measured charity.
Once again, there were two rooms: one clean-scented, one without a scent.
99 students were assigned individually to one room or the other.
The students sat down at a table and were asked to work on a packet of a bunch of random tasks.
A flyer requesting volunteers for Habitat for Humanity was included in the packet.
Participants were asked how interested they were in volunteering for Habitat for Humanity, and specified what activities they wanted to do when they volunteered.
They were also asked whether they wanted to donate to the charity.
Participants in the clean-scented room expressed a greater interest in volunteering, and a greater willingness to donate money.
The smell of the room didn’t change their mood at all (so we know that the difference was not because the scent made them happier, necessarily).
These studies simply but powerfully show that clean scents not only change people’s perceptions, but may influence our behavior for the better.
In this case, this means increased reciprocity toward others, and increased charity.
This means that we can subtly but significantly improve our own altruistic behavior just by changing our “olfactory environment” – how our environment smells!
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World public opinion has been shocked by the news of the bloody massacre in Norway. At least 91 people have been killed, including 84 members of the Labour Youth Organisation (AUF) in a summer camp.
The massacre began with a bomb blast in Oslo that killed seven people. But the real bloodbath took place a little later on the island of Utøya, where hundreds of young people had gathered for a summer school of the Labour Youth (AUF). The island was given to them by the trade unions of Oslo and is a place of great symbolic importance for the whole labour movement.
“He travelled on the ferry boat from the mainland over to that little inland island posing as a police officer, saying he was there to do research in connection with the bomb blasts,” NRK journalist Ole Torp told the BBC. Another eyewitness explains that he arrived claiming he was a police officer and was there to talk about the bombing in Oslo and when he had gathered enough people he started shooting.
In a horrific moment, young people in bathing costumes were mown down. In scenes of indescribable panic, they jumped into the sea to save themselves and were shot at as they tried to swim away from the scene of carnage. Others cowered behind rocks or hid in caves, terrified, as the gunman proceeded to shoot one defenceless person after another.
The gunman wandered around the island posing as a police officer, calling people forward and then shot them as they emerged from their hiding places. 15-year old Elise saw a police officer and thought she was safe, but then he started shooting. “He first shot people on the island. Afterward he started shooting people in the water,” she said.
Several victims pretended as if they were dead to survive. But after shooting the victims with one gun, the gunman shot them again in the head with a shotgun. The Norwegian press this morning showed pictures of beaches covered with bodies. These were the actions of a cold and calculating killer.
Who is Anders Behring Breivik?
The finger of blame was immediately pointed at al-Qaeda. Who else could it be? The possibility of such attacks by Islamic extremists was always there, given that Norway has sent troops to Afghanistan, and this is backed by the Norwegian Labour Party and not opposed by its youth organisation. President Obama lost no time in conveying his most sincere sympathy, and making good use of the opportunity to drum up support for continuing the “war on terror”.
Such has been the effect of the propaganda campaign since 9/11 on the public psyche that terrorism is immediately associated with men with a dark complexion dressed like Arabs or Afghans. However, the information subsequently released immediately exploded this theory. It was revealed that the Labour Party Youth (AUF) camp was attacked by someone described as a man with blond hair and of Nordic appearance, dressed in a police uniform. The murderer is neither a Muslim nor a member of al-Qaeda but a member of the Norwegian middle class.
Anders Behring Breivik is a Norwegian petty bourgeois. He went to business school in Norway and runs a small business. He was evidently not short of money, as he bought a farm, on which his small business was run, which had previously been used by elements in the criminal underwold as a marijuana plantation. The plantation was also connected to a famous bank robbery (NOKAS robbery). Probably in preparation for yesterday’s events Breivik bought six tonnes of artificial fertiliser, which is commonly used for home-made bombs, on May 4th, using his farming business as cover.
He is also a right-wing extremist. He was an active member of the racist Fremskrittspartiet, which is currently running at 20% or so in the polls, and their youth organisation, supposedly for 10 years, until 2007. He's an opponent of multi-culturalism and viciously anti-Muslim. He has apparently suggested recreating the US Tea Party in Europe and expressed support for the English Defence League. He wrote things like:
“All hate ideologies ought to be treated the same:
“Islamism has killed 300 million
“Communism has killed 100 million
“Nazism has killed 6-20 million”
He calls former prime minister Gro Harlem Brundlant a "fatherland killer”, for having put forward the idea that anyone who lives in Norway is a Norwegian. He also constantly refers to how “Marxists” supposedly have infiltrated everywhere, including culture, schools and the media.
There can be no doubt that this was a political act. The targets were not haphazard, as is usually the case in attacks by mad people. They were carefully selected for political reasons. It seems likely that the main target was The Labour Norwegian Prime Minister Jan Stoltenberg. Hundreds of young people were awaiting a speech the prime minister was to give there today.
The international media is unanimous in regarding these atrocities as the act of a “mad gunman”. In this way they try to draw attention away from the political content of these events. A madman is not responsible for his actions, which are of a purely random and accidental character. But there was nothing either random or accidental about this.
Norwegian terror “experts” are perplexed at the fact that it was a Norwegian right-wing terrorist that committed the crime and not a Muslim. Some have commented that the Norwegian intelligence services have not given enough attention to the threat of right-wing extremism in the last few years. Did they not know of Breivik’s extreme right wing views?
There are many aspects of this case that are unclear. Did Breivik act alone or was there more than one gunman? The impression was initially given that he acted alone. But there are witnesses saying there was also at least one person without uniform on the island participating in the slaughter. Time will tell. Interestingly, Labour leader Stoltenberg stressed that the police were investigating the possibility of international links.
Labour must act!
The leader of AUF, Eskil Pedersen, held a press conference this morning calling the attack an attack on democracy and said that AUF would continue to stand by its values of anti-racism and for democracy and equality.
Stoltenberg, the Prime Minister, obviously shaken by this atrocity, told the television cameras: “This is an attack against the Norwegian labour movement, against the Norwegian Labour Party and its youth organisation.” That is absolutely correct. However, this message was immediately diluted by the BBC News, which said it was an attack “against Norway’s political system and Norway’s values.”
Right wing politicians like Sarkozi and Angela Merkel pander to anti-Muslim sentiments to curry favour with the right wing, as do the press, with people like Rupert Murdoch. They encourage extremist and anti-immigrant elements. In the case of Norway, the Conservative Party is preparing to form a coalition government with Fremskrittspartiet, if the present left-wing coalition is defeated at the next election. It is therefore wrong to suggest any kind of agreement with the right wing bourgeois parties to “defend democracy” against the far right.
The Labour leader, having correctly emphasized that this was an attack against the Labour Movement, then went on to say that the matter should be left in the hands of the police. This is a mistake. The state cannot be relied upon to provide effective defence against the fascists. The state intelligence services have ignored the activities of fascist groups, and a section of the state always has fascist sympathies. Blind belief in the efficacy of the state to protect us can lull us into a false sense of security with fatal results. Let us remember that this assassin was able to commit mass murder because he was dressed as a policeman.
The attack has unleashed an atmosphere of fear that needs to be fought. The Socialist Youth (SU) were forced to cancel their summer camp which was due to take place next week, on the very same island. They have released a statement of solidarity with the AUF, in which their leader, Olav Magnus Linge, put it very well: “for all dead comrades, not a minute's silence, but a life of struggle”.
The attack poses the question of how to defend the Labour Movement and its youth organisations from fascists. The Labour Youth, the Youth Wing of the trade unions, and the Youth of the Socialist Left party should immediately link up to form self-defence committees, linked to the trade unions and the shop stewards committees. Every public activity should be patrolled and defended, and every act of aggression responded to energetically.
The organised working class must learn to depend only on itself. Only the Labour Movement can combat the menace of fascist and right wing groups. But to do so effectively, it must respond to every fascist provocation by mobilizing the full might of the organised working class. The Norwegian Labour Movement is very powerful. It must use its power to teach the fascists a lesson. The Norwegian trade unions should call a 24-hour general strike to protest this attack.
The labour organisations of the world must show solidity by mass action. Commemoration events are now being organised in Sweden. But what is needed is not just an outpouring of mourning but international solidarity action. The unions in other countries should organise protest meetings and demonstrations – starting with Sweden. Let the world see that the international Labour Movement will not be cowed by any fascist aggression, and that we will come out onto the streets to meet any threat to our rights! Let our slogan be: an injury to one is an injury to all.
It is time to wake up! For many years Norway seemed to be an island of peace and tranquility in a turbulent world. Now this comforting illusion has been brutally shattered. The military are now on the streets of the Norwegian capital guarding public buildings, while many families mourn their dead children. The world crisis of capitalism spares no country and no individual. It is, to use the phrase of Lenin, horror without end.
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The Coronavirus pandemic changed the way the world interacts indefinitely, and those that find purpose in volunteering may have to search harder to help out. If you are a parent with a child who enjoys volunteering, you are in luck. There are plenty of ways kids can volunteer completely from home.
As early as infancy, kids have been shown to have high levels of compassion and mutual joy when they share with others. If you want to get your kids to volunteer more of their time, be sure to first create a space that makes your children feel accomplished by giving back. One thing you and your children can do is cook a meal from home and deliver it to a homeless shelter. Cooking a meal from home for the less fortunate is a great way to not only show your child the basics of cooking, but to also provide them with a valuable skill and a sense of doing good as well.
Getting your child to write encouraging messages with sidewalk chalk is also a good way to spread some positivity and joy; one strategy that many neighborhoods around the country are currently seeing. Sometimes, seeing a small act of encouragement is enough to change a bad day into a good one. Who knows how many people may see this message throughout the day? Knowing that people care with the simple act of positivity is something that is truly priceless during difficult times like these.
It can be hard to give away our possessions, but teaching your children the importance of sharing by allowing them to donate toys or clothes they no longer use creates the opportunity to give to the less fortunate, while also keeping your house clean as an added bonus. Incorporating a sense of order with cleaning up and removing any clutter through toy donations will also help your child as they transition into adulthood.
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In Ancient Egypt, Queen Nefertiti was the first to mention a scarf. She is said to have worn an embellished headpiece and a woven necktie. The first mention of a scarf was in Ancient Rome. These were made from linen to remove sweat from working men. Many countries used colored scarves throughout history to show rank in the military.
The scarf didn’t become fashionable until the 19th century. Silk scarves were a symbol of luxury during Queen Victoria’s reign in England (1837-1801). During the Fifties and Sixties, Brigitte Barrot, Faye Dunaway and Lauren Bacall adopted silk scarves as part of their iconic appeal. Grace Kelly even opted for hospital attire when she broke her arm in 1956. A more recent example is Lenny Kravitz’s blanket scarf that broke the internet.
Lauren Friedman is the author and illustrator of 50 Ways to Wear a Scarf (Chronicle Books 2014). She recommends looking for unique scarves at vintage shops. She says, “Buying vintage scarfs is a great method to introduce unique patterns or colors.” It’s also easier to find scarves made of high-quality wool or pure silk materials in vintage shops.
Vogue talks to the expert about the various ways to wear scarves.
There are many ways to wear a scarf in winter.
How to wear a winter scarf
You may be wrong if you believe there is only one way to wear a winter scarf. Friedman says that long scarves can be useful when the look requires something heavier. It’s a great way to break up an outfit and draw the eye up or down.
The French knot
This is a classic knot that has a modern twist. Wrap the scarf around your neck by folding it in half. Pull the loop through the loop by taking the ends. Pull the upper half of the looped side over the lower. The second end should be placed through the loop.
This style is great to wear over a shirt or blazer.
Place your collar on your blazer. Wrap a scarf around your neck to the ends in the front. Adjust the scarf’s length by folding the sleeves of your blazer over the scarf.
The name is the key: a casual, relaxed style that exudes cool. Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen are the founders of The Row. They often finish their looks with a woolen blanket scarf during winter.
Wrap a large scarf around your neck. Spread the scarf across your shoulders. Turn one end of the scarf over the other shoulder.
The lazy girl
Friedman recommends that you start with the lazy girl if you are a novice at scarf making. Just loop a long, oblong scarf around your neck.
Jackie Kennedy Onassis, a fashion icon of the Fifties and Sixties, wore various styles over her signature coiffed hairstyle. Audrey Hepburn’s Breakfast at Tiffany’s is a great example of serious style inspiration. Optional cat-eye sunglasses
To make a triangle, fold a small square scarf in half horizontally. The long folded edge of your scarf should be placed on your forehead near your hairline. You can then drape the rest of your scarf over your head. Securely place the corners under your chin.
The neck scarf
The neck scarf or neckerchief is another staple that evokes the Fifties, and Sixties glamour is the neck scarf or neckerchief. Follow Hepburn’s lead and wear an open-collared shirt with a neck scarf, or neckerchief, on Roman Holiday.
To make a triangle:
- Fold a small square scarf in half diagonally.
- Start at the small point and fold the scarf half diagonally to form a triangle.
- Fold the scarf five to seven centimeters more, then flip the scarf over until you have one flat piece.
- Secure the scarf around your neck by wrapping it around once or twice, depending on how large the scarf is.
- Style it by twisting.
This pattern is open to interpretation. The more vivid the colors, the better. There’s one rule: Keep the width small.
Wrap a long scarf around your neck. Let one end hang lower than the other. Wrap the long end of the scarf over the shorter end. Wrap the short end around the long end by bringing it forward. The long end should be pulled behind the shorter end. Next, pull the long end through the loop around the neck. The long end should be inserted through the knot.
This knot is a twist on the traditional tie. You can choose a larger piece.
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Some of the most common natural expectorants are water and other fluids, as well as the use of steam. Eucalyptus oil is another natural expectorant, when inhaled. Honey is an all-natural expectorant. Gargling with a mixture of cayenne pepper and water is a natural expectorant that can clear chest congestion.
Expectorants are any substances, either chemical or natural, that help to loosen phlegm or mucus from the chest and lungs. Natural expectorants can help to rid the lungs of congestion by thinning out secretions. One of the most effective all natural expectorants is steam. Inhaling steam can help thin and loosen mucus.
The best way to inhale steam is either with a personal steam inhaler or a vaporizer. Alternately, the patient may lean over a bowl of steaming water, with a towel draped over the head. Inhaling the steam vapors will act as a natural expectorant without any of the side effects medications and drugs may cause.
Ginger and chamomile tea both act as natural expectorants. For stubborn nasal and chest congestion along with a nagging cough, mixing a tablespoon of honey into a cup of warm tea can loosen chest congestion. Another liquid with natural expectorant abilities is chicken broth. Vinegar or apple cider vinegar can help top loosen phlegm and thin bronchial secretions.
Natural expectorants do not have to be in liquid form. Onions, for example, have natural expectorant attributes. Eating them raw, such as in salads, may provide relief from congestion. Powdered licorice root may be a natural remedy as well. Peppermint candies or drops can also provide relief from congestion and help to thin secretions.
Garlic also can be used as a natural expectorant, either by inhaling or eating it cooked or raw. Any type of spicy food, such as hot peppers or salsa, tend to act as natural expectorants. Some of the best choices are spicy Mexican food or Indian curry.
While not considered to be all-natural, guaifenesin is a most common way to relieve coughs. Guaifenesin is a drug used either in cough syrups or in tablet form. This type of drug is commonly used as an expectorant to bring up congestion from the lungs due to upper respiratory infections. Guaifenesin is used to make dry coughs more productive, thus helping to rid the airways of mucus.
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How long does it take for a duck to cook?
Place the duck breast-side up in a roasting pan and place in the center rack of a 425 degree preheated oven for 15 minutes to brown lightly. Reduce the oven temperature to 350 degrees and roast for 1 additional hour to 1 hour and 25 minutes.
How long does a 3 kg duck take to cook?
How to cook duck. Roast (whole duck: 2 ¼ hours for ducks weighing 1.75-2 kg, 2 ¾ hours for ducks weighing 2.5-3 kg; breasts, 30 mins).
What temp should I cook duck?
The USDA recommends cooking duck breasts to an internal temperature of 170°F to ensure that any harmful bacteria are killed, but since we prefer the meat medium-rare, we cook it to only 135°F. To our taste, that yields the perfect degree of doneness.
How Do You Know When duck is cooked?
Cook for 5 mins until the meat is browned all over. The duck breasts should feel soft but spring back slightly when pressed.
How long does it take to cook a 2 kilo duck?
How to roast duck
- Preheat the oven to 200°C/gas mark 6.
- Prick the skin of the duck with a toothpick or metal skewer and season all over with salt.
- Place on a baking tray and roast for 20 minutes plus 20 minutes per 500g (for example, a 2kg duck would take 1 hour 40 minutes)
- Remove the duck from the oven and cover with foil.
Should you cover a duck when roasting?
– Cover in baking foil, folding to seal the edges to the edges of the tray (this will keep in the steam while in the oven). … – After the hour baste again, then turn the oven back up to 220C/425F/Gas 7 and roast for a final 15 minutes to crisp the skin. – Remove from the oven and leave the duck to rest for 15-20 minutes.
What should I serve with duck?
5 Great Side Dishes to Serve with Duck
- Cabbage works great with duck. …
- Roasted vegetables are another great side dish you can serve with duck. …
- A warm red beet salad also goes very well with duck. …
- Mashed potatoes with caramelized onions are a sweet and flavored side dish, ideal for duck. …
- Mashed pumpkin is simply delicious with duck.
Can u eat duck medium rare?
As with other red meats, some people prefer to eat duck that’s cooked medium or medium rare so it’s still pink inside. … But if you prefer your duck a little pinker, cook it to 135° or 140°F and enjoy a medium-rare to medium duck breast.
Is medium rare duck safe to eat?
Unlike chicken, duck breast has a hue and texture akin to that of red meat and is safe to consume medium-rare, so bring on the pink. Perfectly cooked duck breast will have moist and juicy meat, with a luscious and crunchy skin.
Does Duck have to be cooked well done?
When properly handled, duck can be served pink. A duck breast that is cooked well done will be too tough, as opposed to being cooked to medium rare. If you are squeamish about eating undercooked duck, make sure to cook it to 165° F (74° C).
Where do you put the thermometer in a duck?
To check for doneness, use an instant read thermometer in the thickest part of the breast. It should register 160 degrees. Swaidner takes the meat out of the pan at 155 degrees, lets it rest a minute or two until the temperature rises to 160 degrees and then slices it.
Is duck red meat or poultry?
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New Age Birthday Messages | Wishes for an Inspired Birthday
Gratitude means being thankful for the things you have in life, no matter how insignificant they might seem to appear. Optimism, on the other hand, means being hopeful that good things will happen in the future. Both gratitude and optimism come with numerous advantages which play mighty roles in improving a person’s life such as making them happier, less stressed, healthier, and more resilient. It is for some of these just mentioned reasons that the average person who is optimistic and grateful tends to be happier and healthier than the average person who isn’t.
Knowing the great importance of optimism and gratitude, we have compiled a fine list of some highly inspirational birthday messages on optimism and gratitude that you can send to a family member or a loved one celebrating their Big Day. It is our hope that having send them these messages, they will begin being more aware of the blessings and good things that are already present in their lives and become practitioners of gratitude and optimism so as to enhance the quality of their lives. Sending any of our highly inspirational and positive birthday messages below to a birthday celebrant that you know could just be one of the best gifts you could ever give that person.
New Age Birthday Wishes to Share
- Every day has its own memories, but on this special day there will be unforgettable memories of love, peace and joy. Forget about all your troubles that come your way and focus on the good things in your life. Have a beautiful day, and remember to never stop being positive.
- Happiness will never elude you if you begin each day appreciating the countless priceless gifts that life has blessed you with. Happy birthday, my dear.
- On your birthday, I wish you beauty, love, joy and blessings in the years ahead. Life is beautiful. Every day you wake up from sleep, endeavor to dwell on nothing but the beautiful things of life. May you be blessed with the strength to squarely face all the troubles that come your way. Have a joyful day.
- Happy Birthday to you, my special one. As you commemorate this great day, know that life has opened a new chapter for you. May your most treasured dreams take shape before your own eyes. And remember to always journey through life with optimism and gratitude as you companions, for they shall always lead you to happiness.
- Each day brings with it its own beauty. Today will mark a new beginning in your life. May you always begin each day of your life with a heart full of gratitude because that is the key to happiness and peace. Have a fantastic birthday, my dear.
- Sending special happy birthday greetings to a very phenomenal person. I wish you all the good things that life can provide. May you always move through life with a grateful heart and an optimistic mind so that happiness always surrounds you. Happy birthday.
- Happy birthday, dear. Wipe away all the sadness in your life and embrace happiness. Today, I wish you laughter and happiness that have no end. May your level of gratitude and optimism in life be higher than Mount Everest. Have a beautiful celebration.
- May today drive away all negativity from your life and usher you into the warm embrace of positivity, hopefulness and happiness. May you always have a reason to believe in yourself. Enjoy your day.
- As today is your birthday, may you be thoroughly blessed. May all the things around you keep inspiring you to achieve all the goals that you have planned to achieve in this life. May you forever be optimistic and grateful, for these are the keys to contentment and cheerfulness. Enjoy your Big Day to the max.
- Count your life with smiles, and your age with joy. On your birthday, know that no one is too old or too young to achieve their dreams. May life bless you with the gift of gratitude and optimism. Happy celebration.
- May all your days of your life be filled with optimism and confidence in the future. Keep staying positive and I promise you that good things shall never stop finding their way to your door. Happy birthday.
- Your previous years may have been tough, but this year isn’t going to be the same. This year, there will be a positive turnaround in all spheres of your life. Don’t worry your beautiful life away, my dear. Just think positive all the time. With positive thinking everything is possible. Happy birthday.
- Today is your Big Day, and I want you to start this beautiful day with gratitude and hope. My prayer for you today is that you will always be optimistic and thankful for all the things in life that you have been blessed with. Believe that life will always be better, and it will. Happy birthday.
- A great hero was born today. My dear hero, always think positive and count your blessings. As long as you do this, you will shine where others can’t. Happy birthday.
- Happy anniversary. Wish you long life and prosperity. No matter what you are going through now, believe that things will be better in the end. If things don’t get better, then it isn’t the end. And don’t forget to be thankful for all the things life blesses you with on a daily basis.
- Since life is too short to be negative, let every blessed day be the happiest day of your life. And never forget that optimism always leads to prosperity, strength, and most importantly happiness. Enjoy your new age with lots of blessings from all the powers that exist in this universe.
- Even if it appears you haven’t got anything in life, be happy today because you have the most priceless thing in the world – life. Put a smile on your face and believe that everything is possible with self-belief, determination, courage and confidence. All shall be well with you. Enjoy your birthday.
- Just believe that you are a star and you shall forever shine as bright as a diamond in the midnight sky. Keep seeing the good things in life and believing in yourself and you shall keep shinning, dear. Happy birthday.
- Just as the river will always flow to the ocean, may blessings of the universe forever flow into your life. And always know that no matter how unpalatable the situations you come across may be, life always has a way of making these things tolerable and temporary. There is always light at the end of the tunnel. Happy birthday.
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Students worked in teems to build trust in order to ensure a sense of safety and a level of comfort.
(Special to Lehighvalleylive.com)
Recently, the Blairstown Elementary School sixth-grade class took a trip to Stony Acres in East Stroudsburg, Pa. Students were assigned groups at random to encourage peer interaction that may not typically take place in school.
Upon arrival, each group was escorted to wide open spaces by a member of East Stroudsburg University trained staff to begin a series of introduction exercises. There, students worked together to build trust in order to ensure a sense of safety and a level of comfort to last throughout the day as they participated in team activities and challenges.
For teachers, one of the many highlights of the trip was witnessing a group of students move to a table that was occupied by a single student just so she would not be lonely or feel excluded.
At the end of the day, the Stony Acres experience promoted problem solving, cooperation, and character building, while encouraging positive peer interaction that allowed sixth- grade students to grow with each other, practice appropriate social skills and create memories.
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Voice and Acting™ Classes
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Viva Voice signature Voice and Acting™ classes will give your child the confidence to speak with ease every day, preparing them for high pressure situations.
As a Voice and Acting™ student, your child will learn to express themselves and their ideas clearly, coming across to their audience as articulate and insightful.
All speech and drama classes support the social and academic growth of any student by developing self-confidence and self-expression, but Voice and Acting™ classes take this philosophy a step further. The focus is on developing the voice for performance and public speaking.
Students work on clarity and articulation, accents, poetry, prose readings, group drama, impromptu speeches, improvisation and debating.
Now’s the time to set your child on a successful pathway for school life and beyond.
School scholarship applications
One important factor can make or break a scholarship application – the interview.
Private school Heads say interviews have a huge impact on successful scholarship applications, and it’s often clear when a student has been coached specifically for the interview.
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Worship and Sermons
Changing Habits and Heartsets to be Earth Friendly
042422 Easter 2 Earth Sunday
Changing Habits and Heartsets to be Earth Friendly
The sermon begins at minute 16:10 of the video
Psalm 148; John 1:1-2, 14; 20:20, 24-25, 26-29
It’s not easy to change bad habits. No matter how many pictures are shown of people with decrepit bodies due to cancer caused by smoking, people continue to smoke. Despite reports showing that 80+% of people hospitalized with Covid are unvaccinated, people still refuse to be vaccinated. Despite listening to actual recordings of people saying one thing, those very people continue to claim they said the opposite – and many believe them. Despite reports that say we can still save ourselves from the worst impacts of climate change if we act now and dramatically, and despite exponential growth of hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, droughts, and visible sea-level rise, most of us still refuse to reduce our carbon footprint by changing our habits in ways that might inconvenience us.
At least we’re consistent! Statistics, pictures, recordings, and logic; guilt trips, inspiration, pleading, and fear tactics. None of it seems to motivate a critical mass of us to change our habits. On this Earth Sunday, we must ask, what will it take? Of course, many have already answered that by behaving in earth-nurturing ways. I know that some of you have made significant changes. There is a wide range of lifestyle choices that can be earth-nurturing.
Sometimes entire groups of humans behave in earth-nurturing ways. Native Americans and other marginal cultures have maintained behaviors and beliefs that protect and nurture the earth. What makes them different? Two characteristics I notice are, 1. those cultures continue to reflect on what they see around them, and 2. they listen to elders who have acquired wisdom over many generations. For those and other reasons, they have mostly resisted the temptation to pursue certain apparent benefits that end up having unanticipated costs.
And that’s often what we’re dealing with, isn’t it? Chemical, mechanical, and technological discoveries designed to improve our lives and make them easier end up polluting our environment and negatively impacting our lives in other ways. Christian missionaries trying to save people by changing their belief systems end up dividing or destroying entire cultures. Development agencies descending on so-called primitive communities to “improve” their lives end up making them more vulnerable to outsiders.
And this isn’t just a modern problem, even though Earth Day is only 52 years old. In today’s readings, the prophet Jeremiah wrote about empty cisterns and cracked ground from lack of water, and the Apostle Paul spoke of the groaning of creation. The wisdom of elders that heals the groaning is also ancient – ancient, but not primitive. That wisdom looks at the world in earth-nurturing rather than earth-destroying ways. Its primary feature is to see the whole creation, rather than just humans, being healed and saved. This wisdom is broader than the Judeo-Christian tradition, but we must be reminded that it is part of our wisdom as well. The Psalmist expressed it clearly: Praise God from the earth, you sea-monsters and deeps; fire and hail, snow and fog, tempestuous wind, doing God’s will; mountains and hills, fruit trees and cedars; wild beasts and cattle, creeping things and winged birds. Among our brothers and sisters we include the sun and the moon; among our aunts and uncles are the animals; and among our cousins are the plants. The Western Church seems to have missed this wisdom overall, with a significant exception in St. Francis, who spoke like this 900 years ago.
As Earth Sunday falls in Eastertide, we must speak of resurrection as a creation-wide reality. Paul reminds us that the first fruits of Jesus’ resurrection include redeeming the whole cosmos. The Book of Revelation describes the New Jerusalem coming down from heaven to earth. Creation began in an idyllic garden and its future will be a life-sustaining city. From beginning to end, the story is about earth more than heaven. The promises of God are for all the creatures of earth. As Ambrose of Milan said in the 4th century, “In Christ’s resurrection the earth itself arose.” A more contemporary voice – Franciscan theologian Ilia Delio – asks: Where is this risen Christ?—in you, your neighbor, the dogwood tree outside, the budding grape vine, the ants popping up through the cracks. The whole world is filled with God, who is shining through even the darkest places of our lives.
This ancient wisdom is not what I learned in seminary. In a view Richard Rohr calls cosmic narcissism, I was taught that humans were the only creatures God cares about. Everything else is just food for our sustenance and enjoyment – animals, plants, sun, water, and earth! The world was just a gratuitous painted backdrop so we could do our Christian thing and be saved! People of faith have misunderstood the biblical command to be stewards of the earth. Walter Brueggemann offers a corrective: The dominion here mandated is with reference to the animals. The dominance is that of a shepherd who cares for, tends and feeds the animals. The task of dominion does not have to do with exploitation and abuse but with securing the well-being of every other creature and bringing the promise of each to full fruition. The role of the human person is to see to it that the creation becomes fully the creation willed by God.
My own life tells me that learning the ancient wisdom isn’t enough to change my habits. I read Walter Brueggemann decades ago and my behavior still isn’t earth-nurturing enough to match the crisis. Changing mindsets isn’t enough. Heartsets must change. Something must happen inside us to change those habits. Many folks who are waking up to the crisis our planet finds itself in are coming to the realization that the Native American heart set toward creation might hold an important key to healing this world. Lutheran pastor, Carmen Retzlaff, reflecting on today’s Gospel in light of Earth Day, shows how the creation-centered hearts of Native American can open us to an important connection between the Logos at the beginning of John’s Gospel and the Christ in the familiar story of Thomas in today’s Gospel reading. I couldn’t resist including both in today’s reading.
As John’s Gospel moves from the Logos present at creation in the opening passage, to the Christ in the flesh whom Thomas meets, we are invited to expand the impact of Jesus’ saving and healing act with Thomas as he reassures him of the reality of his presence. The same one who saves and heals Thomas – and us – cares for the entire creation. But we must embrace both God’s gift of creation and the destruction we have wreaked on it, including the seen and the unseen parts. The gift of oxygen is not visible in our air, but it is there. The pollution of our atmosphere by dangerous chemicals is not always visible, but we must believe it is there to act to care for and repair the damage we cause.
After Thomas sees Jesus and confesses his faith, Jesus says, “Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have come to believe”. True. But scientists in 2022 agree with both Thomas and Jesus. While they know that there are still many parts of creation that are invisible to us, and that we must remain open to discover them, they also insist that there’s something about seeing it for ourselves that makes it more real. In 2022, we’re seeing much of the destruction we have wreaked on creation with our own eyes. Once Thomas saw and touched Jesus’ wounds, he believed. Do we have Thomas’ faith to change our hearts and behaviors toward the earth after seeing the wounds of creation?
Perhaps if we allow the wisdom of the Native American people to open our eyes to understand John’s message that the Logos present at creation is the same one who meets us in the intimacy of our upper rooms, we will be able to say with Thomas, “My Lord and my God!” and find the power to heal the planet. Let’s join them in being people who reflect on what we see around us, and listen to the truths learned by wise elders over many generations.
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032722 Lent 4 Balancing Righteousness and Compassion The sermon begins at minute 18:05 of the video 2 Cor. 5:16-21; Luke 15:11-32 I recently visited a person who left his church 20 years ago in anger about how he had been treated. He is dying and longs to...
031322 Lent 2c Facing Foxes as Hens The sermon begins at minute 23:20 of the video Gen. 15; Philippians 3; Luke 13 What do we do with our fear? The Bible keeps saying, don’t be afraid, but it usually says it to someone who is already afraid of something, and with...
030622 Lent 1 Facing Temptation to Reveal True Stories The sermon begins at minute 20:25 of the video Deut. 26:1-11; Luke 4:1-13 We come to the story of Jesus’ temptations this year with a renewed awareness of war – especially the war in Ukraine, but also the...
030222 Ash Wednesday/Miércoles de Ceniza Dust y Polvo The sermon begins/empieza at 18:45 en el video Psalm/Salmo 103:8-14; Matthew/Mateo 6 “From dust you came and to dust you shall return.” Del polvo viniste y al polvo volverás. Those words are spoken as the...
An important part of the rhythm of the life of faith is time away from the regular routine. Retreats offer that in a powerful way. The Cathedral Center has its own retreat center, which offers room and board, and space for both individual and group retreats. In addition, St. A holds retreats each year. Sometimes these are weekend events for the whole congregation like our Encounter weekend in October. We also offer occasional half day retreats in Advent and Lent. Personal guided retreats are also available by request. | <urn:uuid:6c231a36-03c4-46e4-a11d-52e8291e0ff5> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://saintala.org/connect/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572063.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814173832-20220814203832-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.944978 | 2,276 | 1.773438 | 2 |
Ethics committee on the board stage- The committee could be charged to supervise growth and operation of the ethics administration programme. They consider the compliances of the organisation with these ethical standards. The committee members ought to be acutely aware in regards to the corporate tradition and ethical concise of the organisation. Organizations are continuously striving for a better ethical environment throughout the business climate and culture. Businesses must create an ethical business climate in order to develop an ethical group.
In case of the boatman, an ethical and efficient resolution lies in offering him with alternative employment on the bridge itself-as a security man, toll tax collector, etc. For example, ruining occupations of age-old inhabitants in a selected locality and their moral way of life, by utilizing superior know-how, is an ethical dilemma. Technological developments have to come back, have for use; nevertheless, what to do with the individuals whose life and earnings are affected by the utilisation of superior know-how, is a question which is difficult to reply. Hence, many managerial decisions represent Managerial Dilemmas, between the profit consideration (commercial concern) and the social consideration (welfare concern) of the organisation. Many managerial choices have moral implications and these decisions give rise to Managerial Dilemmas.
Business ethics provides to establish the norms and directional approaches for making an appropriate code of conducts in business. For instance, birth control is mandatory in Communist societies however not in Catholic Christian societies. Ethics are ideas, values and beliefs that define what is right and mistaken behaviour. However, consideration should also be given to see whether various technique of arrangements could be made in order that persons are not unduly disturbed or that their trauma and upheaval is saved at a minimal.
Business Ethics – Three Dimensions: Systematic Issue, Business Issues And Individual Issues
However, at most times, revenue maximisation and discharging of social obligations at the maximum limit, cannot be carried on simultaneously. For example, Concern for Task (Productivity) and Concern for Human Beings (staff) are sure to pull each other in reverse instructions. It is difficult, if not impossible, to maximise both together. The behaviour of a businessman has extra influence inside the business organisation than outside.
- The signatories (initially 30, and finally 50) agreed to have a code of conduct, to establish ethics-training applications for employees and to develop monitoring mechanisms to detect improper habits.
- This prohibited United States firms from making funds to excessive-stage government officers of foreign countries to be able to acquire contracts or particular favors.
- The second impetus was the Defense Industry Initiative (DII) on Business Ethics and Conduct .
- It was not till 20 years later that the OECD international locations adopted comparable legislation.
- This was an initiative by defense contractors in response to a sequence of irregularities in contracts with the United States authorities.
An ombudsperson is responsible to assist coordinate improvement of policies and procedures to institutionalize ethical values in the workplace. Top management can communicate the ethical requirements to the lower management which may be further transferred to the operational stage.
Ethical decisions ought to categorical some obligations to others. If a decision merely results in advantages only to oneself, then that isn’t an moral determination. The very idea of being moral signifies that it ends in some good for the bigger society and not just for oneself.
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This book presents evidence in support of the Biblical time frames for the Creation, the Genesis Flood, and the beginnings of human civilization in ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia.
God Has Chosen To Use The Sorrows And Heartaches Of Life To Prepare Us To Reign With Him
'How Great Thou Art' is one of the greatest and most loved Christian songs of all time. This moving, heart-stirring rendition of 'How Great Thou Art' is one of the most amazing performances of this great hymn ever recorded.
"What does the Bible have to say about when Jesus is expected to return to Earth during the Battle of Armageddon?" In answer to this question the Bible points out two very significant time posts that help us narrow down the probable season of Jesus' soon return to Earth.
William Cowper wrote the song "God Moves in a Mysterious Way" to comfort people, much like himself, who had suffered tragedy, heartache and disappointment in life. This song was first published in 1779 and has brought comfort to those enduring the storms of life for over 200 years. This song is here musically arranged by Kelly Coppage and beautifully sung by Heather Williams. This song inspired Framework Productions to create this music video as a stunning example of God's providence at work. For those on Flight 1549 it was certainly a comfort to know that God was with…
'It Is Well with My Soul' is a very inspirational and powerful Christian Song that has brought peace to many in the midst of their most severe storms of life. The words to this song were penned by Horatio Spafford (a Chicago lawyer) in 1873, the music composed by Philip P. Bliss in 1876, and was first sung in public by Philip Bliss on November 24 of that same year before an assembly of ministers hosted by Dwight L. Moody in Chicago.
Perhaps no greater injustice has ever been done to a noble and industrious people than Pope Innocent III’s war against the Cathars of Southern France in 1209 AD. Raymond-Roger and his city of Carcassonne form an important episode in this incredible story that sets the stage, and paves the way, for the barbaric Inquisition that would follow.
'Hold To God's Unchanging Hand' was written at the beginning of the 1900's by J. Wilson and F. L. Eiland. This traditional American Christian song is about the unchangeable nature of God in a world of uncertainty.
Joseph Seiss' lectures on the Book of Revelation are without doubt the best exposition ever written on this last great and awesomely mysterious book of the Bible.
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Residents are being asked to paint a picture of what arts and culture means to them.
The Regional District of North Okanagan (RDNO) is investigating the economic value and social impact of the local arts and culture sector.
Gauging community and social impacts, a survey has been launched for all Greater Vernon residents to take part in and share how arts and culture impacts their lives.
“Arts and culture take all forms, from participating in events like the Vernon Winter Carnival, listening to or creating live or recorded music, knitting or purchasing a handmade scarf, to enjoying or performing in live theatre,” the RDNO said in a press release Friday, June 24. “We know that arts and culture contribute to our local economy, health, and society. To better understand these contributions, the RDNO is undertaking an assessment through research, interviews, and a resident survey to gather data that can be used to understand the many benefits of arts and culture and advocate for continued funding and support for the arts and culture sector.”
Among the questions in the online survey is how much you would be willing to contribute annually to arts and culture.
If you are a cultural organization and/or an artist or cultural practitioner, it asks for your revenue/sales and operating expenses for fiscal year 2019 (ranges, not precise figures).
The survey is anonymous, but those who choose to enter their email are entered to win an iPad. Open until Monday, July 18, the survey is available at rdno.ca/gvculturalplan.
After the successful alternate approval process earlier this year, the RDNO will be borrowing $28 million to facilitate a portion of the funding required for the acquisition of lands and construction of a Greater Vernon Multi-Purpose Cultural Facility.
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Suitable methods are those that are rapid and convenient, but at the same time cost effective, and considered appropriate for microbiological testing of one or more of the following sample-types: meat and allied foods, potable water or the waste-waters produced during food processing.
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Simple ways we can reduce single-use plastic in our lives, with a little style and a lot of sustainability.
Approximately 8 million metric tons of plastics are estimated to enter the ocean each year, and the United States is one of the top 20 contributors to plastic pollution. Despite our best efforts to recycle our plastic packaging, only 9% of it actually gets recycled. Every year 40 billion, single-use, plastic utensils are used in the U.S. alone, and as many as 8.3 billion straws pollute the world’s beaches. It is estimated that it would take approximately 20 years for a plastic bag to decompose, 200 years for a plastic straw, up to 450 years for plastic bottles made of P.E.T., and if current consumption continues, scientists predict there will be more plastic than fish in the ocean by 2050. With plastic pollution now a global crisis, this Earth Month is the perfect time to embrace innovative, plastic-free products that will improve our beautiful planet’s health and ours.
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Giving a natural, sun-kissed radiance for an instant, youthful glow, this Baked Blush in Copper is a blush crème baked into a finely textured powder that feels smooth and silky when applied to the skin. Ecocert certified organic and natural materials, Leaping Bunny certified cruelty-free, and packaged in sustainable bamboo, this blush gives a warm flush to our cheeks and our environment.
Derived from nature, plant-based LONO sneakers are created with certified biodegradable and compostable wood pulp, cotton and beans, and an algae-derived Popcorn sole. A performance foam created in partnership with Bloom USA, it replaces plastic and petrochemical alternatives. Committed to reducing waste in their production and in our everyday lives, LONO’s comfortable sneakers are breathable, which gives us the option to go sock-less with their unstinkable super-natural power, feeling like we’re running on air.
Made with BPA free materials and superior grade stainless steel, this stylish, vacuum insulated, 20oz travel tumbler is perfect for keeping our drinks hot or cold wherever life takes us, while reducing single-use beverage containers, and plastic use and waste. With its chic, unique, jewel band decoration we can drink life to its fullest while celebrating the beautiful outdoors, whether we’re laying poolside, on the beach or enjoying a picnic in the park.
From the farmers’ market to the grocery store and everywhere in between, this beautifully woven Basket Backpack stylishly carries our purchases, eliminating the need for single-use plastic bags. Made with Dwarf Palm by artisans in Morocco, this soft, strong bag fuses practicality and fashion with straps that fit comfortably over the shoulders, and an inner lining and interior pull-cord to secure all of our treasures. Perfect for our practical, daily errands or a joyful bike ride to a glorious day at the beach.
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Experts say the reversal of Roe v. Wade disproportionately affects Black women who are more likely to use abortion as a form of birth control.
The U.S. Supreme Court allows individual states to decide whether abortions are legal.
26 states have banned abortions or are more likely to ban abortions in most or all circumstances, The NY Post reports.
Experts say Black women and other women of color live in states where abortion bans exist.
For example, Black people make up about 38% of Mississippi's population, where abortions are banned.
Planned Parenthood offers low-cost or free abortions in underserved communities.
According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), Black women are 4 times more likely than white women to use abortion as a form of birth control.
Latina women are twice as likely to get abortions, according to 2019 data from the CDC.
Black women are also least likely to consider other forms of birth control, including condoms, the morning after pill or abstinence.
Health experts say the high rates of abortion among Black and Latina women can be traced to disparities in healthcare access, including lack of health insurance and the cost of contraceptives.
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The research programme will capitalise on the most recent advances in electrical machine technologies, thermal modelling, design optimisation and manufacturing processes to realise and evaluate a full-scale helicopter electric tail rotor (ETR) motor that is engineered for flight-critical operation and is representative of an aircraft installation. A direct drive ETR solution will be optimised against the objectives of a peak output power of 3kW per kg of installed active mass making it weight-competitive with current mechanical technology, and will be a fault-tolerant design specified to an integrity target of 10 to the -9 failures per flight hour, whilst offering demonstrable performance and whole-life cost benefits.
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High school students learn to ask the right questions at Princeton’s Summer Journalism Program
Students in Princeton University’s Summer Journalism Program (SJP) stepped into the role of news reporters for 11 days this August, preparing themselves for the rigors of a career in journalism, as well as an important first step — the college application process.
The intensive program, held Aug. 3-13, introduces high school students from underrepresented communities to the professional world of news reporting and connects them with writers, editors and producers who are active in the field. At the end of their stay, each participant is assigned a counselor who oversees their college application all the way through acceptance and the financial aid process with their chosen school.
Now in its 17th year, SJP welcomed 40 high school seniors from 17 states to Princeton this summer — its largest class.
“It’s half journalism education and half college admissions program,” said Richard Just, SJP’s executive director. “We’re trying to diversify the field of journalism.”
Just, a 2001 Princeton alumnus and editor of The Washington Post Magazine, founded the program with three classmates — Gregory Mancini, Michael Koike and Rich Tucker — who worked with him as editors at The Daily Princetonian while undergraduates. The four were concerned about the lack of diversity both at “The Prince,” as the student newspaper is known on campus, and throughout the industry.
SJP participants receive intensive training in the classroom and out in the field, holding to a packed schedule from their early wake-up in the mornings to lights out.
Each day they attend mini courses with current journalists, who introduce them to a wide range of newsgathering techniques and different types of journalism, including food writing and sports reporting. The students then put their newly acquired skills into practice, conducting man-on-the-street interviews, interviewing politicians and profiling local businesses.
“Before this I had never met an actual journalist,” said Mauricio Vasquez of Dallas, who plans to major in journalism and screenwriting. “Talking to them about their first experiences and jobs was amazing. … You can have a million lessons about journalism but I don’t think anything compares with being able to interact with someone who is pursuing this career.”
Jayda Jones of Brownsville, Pennsylvania, said the experience of attending SJP was especially invaluable because her high school does not have a newspaper or journalism courses.
“We learned what feature writing is, opinion, investigative reporting,” she said. “I’ve become a better writer and learned to produce quality writing within a timeframe.”
The students’ newsgathering was interspersed with talks by Princeton faculty and administrators, who gave them a taste of academic discourse and encouraged them to pursue undergraduate studies.
Most of the participants attend under-resourced high schools, where students typically don’t go on to elite colleges, Just said.
“They are all top students at their high schools, but most of their schools aren’t used to having students apply to Ivy League schools,” he said. “The idea is to get them to these elite schools, have them join the school newspaper, take journalism classes and eventually go on to work at top publications.”
During the last days of the program, the students worked on deadline preparing a special edition newspaper, The Princeton Summer Journal, for publication. But they also took breaks to learn about the college application process and meet with college recruiters.
“It made a difference for me getting into college,” said Jeannie Regidor, a 2015 SJP alumna who attends Harvard University. “The college counseling these kids get is great.”
Over the years, 21 SJP graduates have attended Princeton. Dozens of others have gone on to Ivy League and other elite institutions including Harvard, Yale University, the University of Pennsylvania, Cornell University, Barnard College and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Those who have chosen to pursue journalism careers after graduation form a growing network, landing in newsrooms at NPR, CNBC, Newsweek, MLB.com and Mother Jones, Just said.
Some former participants return to SJP, acting as counselors for the program. Regidor attended this year along with seven other SJP alumni.
Earlier this year, Princeton University hired a program associate, Tieisha Tift, to work on both SJP and another summer program, the Princeton University Preparatory Program (PUPP). SJP receives additional program assistance from two undergraduate interns from Princeton Internships in Civic Service (PICS).
“Working with younger students who were in similar positions that I once was, I was reminded of the amazing support that I received from SJP,” said Franklin Sooho Lee, a 2010 participant, who also returned as a 2018 counselor.
Lee earned a B.A. at Harvard and an M.A. at Georgetown University and last year published a book, “The Art of Napping: The Sleeping Samurai and the Dormant Dragon,” which addresses the growing problem of sleep deprivation in major cities throughout the world. He works as a paralegal for Lutheran Social Services of New York.
“The plethora of workshops and speakers — booked not only throughout the long, summer day but also for breakfast, lunch and dinner — equipped me with incredible knowledge and skills to better navigate college and the broader world,” he said.
Spending time on Princeton’s campus and seeing how other low-income and first-generation college students like Regidor and Lee have succeeded has helped this year’s cohort of students envision themselves in a similar place a few years down the road.
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Osiris Teaching Intervention
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Long-term teaching improvement and a boost to your school’s teaching culture
Osiris Teaching Intervention was co-developed with Osiris Educational. It aims to change the habits and practices of individual teachers. It accelerates this process of individual change allowing senior management to concentrate on the strategic and operational side of school improvement. The fact it works is testament to its design and the skill of the trainers we use.
- Intensive training programme for teaching staff
- Training takes place in school, during the school day, over at least two terms per year
- Draws on the best educational pedagogy
- Delivered by carefully selected and quality assured trainers
- Evidence led professional structure to maxmise impact on teacher performance
What are the benefits?
- Improve student achievement
- Increase teacher confidence
- Develop learners’ attitudes, skills and habits
- Leave a sustainable impact across the school
- Create a learning culture amongst teaching staff based on a shared language for improvement
How will it work?
Working with a cohort of teachers, the Osiris Teaching Intervention focuses on 3 modules which are at the heart of improving Teaching and Learning:
Using a range of techniques, assessments and feedback, The Osiris Teaching Intervention is designed to create long-term, measurable changes to teaching:
- Video recording for improved analysis and future planning
- Risk taking and experimentation to encourage innovative thinking
- Immediate feedback for immediate impact
- Coaching to help teachers feel empowered
- Deep conversations about professionalism
The Osiris Teaching Intervention is already making a deep and sustained impact in schools nationwide with 40+ having moved up inspection levels. Many of these reports have specifically referenced the significant impact of the intervention on the improvement of these schools
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PORTLAND, Ore., June 6, 2019 — (PRNewswire) — Today, The Wild announced the launch of their new Add-In for Autodesk® Revit®, which is now out of beta and available for download. The Wild, an immersive collaboration platform, enables all project stakeholders to experience design together, in real-time, from anywhere in the world. This Revit Add-In allows architecture, engineering, and BIM teams to bring their model into The Wild's VR experience and evaluate it at human-scale. They can move around in their models naturally, just like a walk-through post-construction.
"Tight integration with Revit is the number one thing our customers want," according to The Wild's founder and CEO Gabe Paez. "Our Revit Add-In is streamlining the workflow for teams working in architecture, engineering, and construction. Architects and designers can seamlessly experience their Revit content with one easy click."
Revit has led the way as the software of choice for the visualization and analysis of building information. With a single click, this Add-In creates a persistent connection between the Revit project and The Wild, so 3D views can easily be converted to spaces and updated as the project evolves in Revit. Sharing is now also possible directly in Revit through The Wild's new link sharing functionality, making it easier than ever to connect with co-workers and stakeholders in The Wild's immersive environment.
Details often get missed when stakeholders cannot view and experience a space until it is physically constructed. With the Revit Add-In, users will experience more effective communication, more confident decisions, and better alignment with teammates and clients by experiencing their work together at human-scale. Paez adds, "At some point, designs will be built physically, so the ability to bridge the virtual-to-physical divide is incredibly important. With The Wild's mixture of presentation, prototyping, and collaboration, you're not looking at something fixed and static, but experiencing something dynamic and ideating together inside the design."
About The Wild
The Wild, an immersive collaboration platform, uses virtual and augmented reality to enable architecture teams to save time and make better decisions by experiencing their work together, immersed in a shared virtual space. With native support for SketchUp and Revit, The Wild aims to shape the future of collaboration by connecting people and their ideas across distance into a shared experience. For more information, visit thewild.com.
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CoE: UK Must Step Up Prevention of Corruption in Government
The Council of Europe (CoE) has called for the United Kingdom to be more proactive in the country’s fight against government corruption, the organization’s anti-corruption unit GRECO said in a statement Thursday. It also released an evaluation report on preventing corruption in top UK government offices and within law enforcement agencies.
Though GRECO sees no issue with the framework the British government has set up to tackle corruption, assessments must be in place to regularly identify and prevent risk at a central government level.
GRECO called for better transparency in lobbying, saying that the government needs to expand the register for consultant lobbyists to include corporate in-house lobbyists and those who meet with special advisors and other senior officials.
The anti-corruption body also recommends police in the U.K. provide better protection within their own ranks to support police coming forward reporting misconduct.
The U.K. has been attempting to crackdown on corruption and money laundering while continuing to face graft accusations.
However, it denied a French request for assistance in its investigation into alleged money laundering and tax fraud by Lycamobile, a U.K. telecoms company, reported BuzzFeed News in April. The British government said in its refusal that Lycamobile is the “biggest corporate donor to the Conservative party.”
The U.K. had previously been connected to the Russian Laundromat, a vast money laundering scheme from Russian officials to move billions of dollars uncovered by OCCRP and its partners.
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Learning To Love The Ocean After A Lifetime Of Fearing It
Tim Bomba is a tall, rangy guy with a quick smile. He's a marathoner, a triathlete (he's done two Ironman races), and every Wednesday morning for the last decade, Bomba has taught a ocean swimming course in Santa Monica, Calif.
The course, called Ocean 101, isn't for accomplished swimmers like Bomba. It's for people who are new to the ocean, and many participants are afraid of the water when they arrive. Bomba knows what they're going through. He himself was terrified of swimming until he was in his 50s.
"I remember even back in grade school taking lessons, I could not let go of the side of the pool," he tells NPR's Kelly McEvers, a longtime friend and former colleague.
When he was 30, tragedy struck Bomba's family. His 16-year-old brother, Danny, drowned in the ocean on a family vacation to New Jersey. At the time, Bomba wasn't on the best terms with his family. The night before the accident, he had traveled to see them for the first time in two years.
"There's always been that thought I was called to see him just that one last time," says Bomba. "And maybe this does go back to why I [teach now]."
In his classes, Bomba has seen students who are completely terrified of the ocean.
"People who are new to the water, I think they want to relate to somebody who has also shared their experience but has gone on from that experience," he says.
Bomba's path to overcoming his own fear began with a movie he was working on as an audio engineer. Bomba was assigned to score a scene that dealt with the idea of the mind-body connection, that what a person thinks about is what he ultimately becomes.
Bomba was somewhat skeptical of the message, but he thought, "Why not at that point in my life — I was 52 — why not try it?" So he got back in the pool and started doing the exercises that kids do when they first learn to swim.
With the help of a colleague and friend, Steve Herbert, Bomba eventually started swimming in the ocean. In 2004, Herbert and Bomba founded the Ocean 101 course. It was an immediate success — more than 30 people showed up for the first class. The pair had to recruit more coaches to keep up.
Now, the one-hour course limits itself to eight participants on any given Wednesday morning. Five coaches accompany new swimmers into the ocean, where they teach the basics of diving under waves and reading the surf.
Bomba says he wants to help people feel a sense of accomplishment. "If you are new to the ocean, then you can make every excuse in the world, as I used to, to not go in on a given day," he explains.
When new swimmers finish his course, he says, "I want people ... to go 'Yes! I did something today.' Because that sets the tone for so many other things, and it has almost nothing to do with swimming."
Editor's Note: An earlier version of this story unfairly characterized Mr. Bomba's sense of humor. That reference has been deleted.
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Breakthrough Plumbing Innovations that New Homeowners Should Consider
The process of moving into your new home can be exciting. However, it can be an overwhelming experience. You need to plan a whole household system that should last for your entire stay (which will often be a lifetime unless you move often). Given this goal, the plumbing of your house plays a critical role.
Good plumbing ensures that water comes in and out of the house properly. Faulty pipes or leakages can cause moisture, resulting in mold and fungus growth. These molds and fungi are a source of sickness that can affect you and your neighbors, as plumbing systems are often shared.
Plumbing isn’t just associated with water-related services. It also ties into installing and maintaining heating systems, boilers, furnaces, and even lighting. With efficient plumbing, your household’s inner workings are guaranteed to function properly and ensure your house is livable.
Today’s breakthrough plumbing innovations can now enhance the experience. Let’s find out what these are and how they can help new homeowners save some money and the environment.
Solar Water Heaters
Suppose you want to reduce your carbon footprint and lower your electricity bills. Solar water heaters are a great option. With prices ranging from $1,000 – $5,000, they can convert sunlight into heat for water heating purposes using a solar thermal collector.
Take this into consideration: the average American household uses 88 gallons of hot water per day for washing dishes, washing clothes, and taking showers or baths. All these activities consume about 235 to 250 therms of natural gas per year. If you consider purchasing a solar water heater, it will replace and/or eliminate 116 therms of natural gas use on average per year.
The savings on gas then amounts to $235 to $250 and about 1.12 tons of greenhouse gas emissions per household per year. It is also good to note that if a solar water heater is properly taken care of, it can last for up to 25 years. Despite the initial costs, solar water heaters are a worthwhile investment that pays for their troubles in the long run.
Home Water Recycling Systems
Home water recycling systems are also a good investment. They do exactly what you think they do: recycle water! Water is one of our most essential resources, and we can always benefit from finding ways to maximize its usage.
That’s where home water recycling systems come in. Prices range from $1,000 to $20,000, depending on the size of your home. These systems treat wastewater using an oil and water separation, a filtration system, a detergent removal unit, and a sanitation unit. It treats gray water, the used water coming from sinks, showers, and washing machines.
Ultimately this innovation reduces your water usage by 50%, saving at least $500 since the average American family spends more than $1000 on water costs in a year. This system is a bit pricey; however, it can last for 15 to 25 years if handled properly.
Trenchless Pipeline Installation
Trenchless pipeline installations dismiss the need for trenches, the long and narrow ditches in which pipelines are placed that can often disrupt the surface’s activity.
It has been up for eight decades now, formerly being known as “slip lining.” The process was introduced during the 1970s as a pipe rehabilitation technique that was first developed in Europe. This method of pipe laying is now popularly used in the United States.
The main benefits of this are that it saves money and the environment plus saves time and makes things less of a hassle. Without the need for trenches, less digging is involved, reducing a day’s work to a few hours. It also eliminates any additional costs for manual labor, with the average prices of the typical pipeline installations costing over $15,000 for an average household. Juxtapose this to trenchless pipelines costing only $6,000 to $12,000 depending on size. Aside from the money you save, the system also does less damage to soil and plants. You will not need landscaping or lawn replacement.
Trenchless pipelines have a lifespan of over 50 years. This number can increase depending on your state and climate, making it one of the most long-lasting and best technological advancements in the plumbing industry.
Touch-free fixtures most commonly come in the form of “hands-free” bathroom technology. These use infrared sensors that detect body heat to replace the need for contact. The technology was first utilized to develop the automatic faucet in the 1950s, which was then mass-produced by the 1980s. Then came the automatic toilet in 1988, which was also mass-produced by the 1990s. The prices of automatic faucets only range from $150 to $200, while automatic toilets cost anywhere between $400 and $1000 depending on the brand.
They aid in health and hygiene as they limit the transfer and spread of bacteria. Water is also conserved since it will only run when you are directly under the faucet or walk away from the toilet, making them specially designed to prevent unwanted waste.
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(1889–1959 and 1893–1980, respectively). The British economist and writer G.D.H. Cole and his wife, Margaret, also a writer, were both active with the English socialist organization known as the Fabian Society for many years. He served as chairman from 1939 to 1946 and 1948 to 1950 and as president from 1952 to 1959. They were also known for a series of detective stories that they wrote as a team.
George Douglas Howard Cole was born on Sept. 25, 1889, in Cambridge, England. He was educated at St. Paul’s School, London, and Balliol College, Oxford. From 1918 to the 1940s he served on the staff of the New Statesman and often wrote about the intellectual history of British socialism. He held fellowships at various institutions during his lifetime and served as professor of political theory at Oxford University from 1944 to 1957.
Cole’s first major work was The World of Labour (1913). His other books include Guild Socialism (1920), Gold, Credit, and Employment (1930), What Marx Really Meant (1934), Socialism in Evolution (1938), British Working Class Politics, 1832–1914 (1941), and Introduction to Economic History, 1750–1950 (1952). Many critics consider his five-volume History of Socialist Thought (1953–60) to be his best work.
Margaret Isabel Postgate was born on May 6, 1893, in Cambridge, England. She attended Roedean School, Brighton, and Girton College, Cambridge. She married G.D.H. Cole in 1918 and like her husband was active in the Fabian Society. She also held posts on various educational committees. A prolific author and editor of an array of subjects, some of her most acclaimed books were about British socialist economist Beatrice Webb. In 1970 Cole was made Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
The Coles collaborated on 29 books of detective fiction. Many of their works take place in university settings or country houses and feature Superintendent Henry Wilson as the principal detective. One of their best-received books was Murder at the Munition Works (1940). Others include The Murder at Crome House (1927), End of an Ancient Mariner (1934), Double Blackmail (1939), and Counterpoint Murder (1941).
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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2020
Trump’s 1363th Day In Office
With Still None Of Obama’s Political Perps In The Slammer
Happy Friday the Thirteenth, Everybody!
Our Garrulous Grammarian says the first thing we need to do is to explain the difference between “Triskaidekaphobia” and “Paraskevidekatriaphobia”
Triskaidekaphobia is the fear of the number thirteen. It comes from “treiskaideka,” the Greek word for thirteen plus “phobia,” which means “fear of,” so Triskaidekaphobia would be “a fear of thirteen.”
Paraskevidekatriaphobia is the Fear of Friday the 13th. The word “paraskevidekatriaphobia” was devised by Dr. Donald Dossey, founder of the Stress Management Center and Phobia Institute in Asheville, N.C, who told his patients that “when you learn to pronounce it, you’re cured!”
Hurley the Historian says three years ago on April 13 Trump dropped the ‘Mother of All Bombs’ on ISIS Caves in Afghanistan, but at least they couldn’t blame it all on Friday the 13th.
Maybe that’s why our Quote for Today Committee chose this French Proverb: “A person is unlucky who falls on his back and breaks his nose.”
Now Let’s Meet Today’s Guest Editor
Why, it’s none other than Dr. Donald Dossey, who asks if you ever wondered why Friday became the bad day of the week instead of, say, Monday? Who started this fear of the number “13” anyway – some dysfunctional Roman family, an alcoholic Norseman, maybe a drug induced Druid? Which old-timey superstitious “cures” can help you deal with fear of Friday the 13th, and if walking around your house 13 times really wards off evil spirits? Maybe it would be better to chew a piece of beef gristle while standing on your head.
That’s why The Blower, which takes pride in rewarding anybody making fun of stupid superstitions to be this week’s guest editor and choose three items plus a Quickie for today’s E-dition from our Current Cadre of Conservative Columnists and Contributors, and our Quote for Today Committee chose Edmond Burke’s “Superstition is the religion of feeble minds.”
“A COUNTRY FOUNDED BY GENIUSES BUT RUN BY IDIOTS” by Jeff Foxworthy
If you can get arrested for hunting or fishing without a license, but not for entering and remaining in the country illegally — you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.
If you have to get your parents’ permission to go on a field trip or to take an aspirin in school, but not to get an abortion — you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.
If you MUST show your identification to board an airplane, cash a check, buy liquor, or check out a library book and rent a video, but not to vote for who runs the government — you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.
If the government wants to prevent stable, law-abiding citizens from owning gun magazines that hold more than ten rounds, but gave twenty F-16 fighter jets to the crazy radical Islamist leaders in Egypt (before they got kicked out) — you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.
If, in the nation’s largest city, you can buy two 16-ounce sodas, but not one 24-ounce soda, because 24-ounces of a sugary drink might make you fat — you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.
If an 80-year-old woman or a three-year-old girl who is confined to a wheelchair can be strip-searched by the TSA at the airport, but a woman in a burka or a hijab is only subject to having her neck and head searched — you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.
If your government believes that the best way to eradicate trillions of dollars of debt is to spend trillions more — you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.
If a seven-year-old boy can be thrown out of school for saying his teacher is “cute,” but hosting a sexual exploration or diversity class in grade school is perfectly acceptable — you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.
If hard work and success are met with higher taxes and more government regulation and intrusion, while not working is rewarded with Food Stamps, WIC checks, Medicaid benefits, subsidized housing, and free cell phones — you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.
If the government’s plan for getting people back to work is to provide incentives for not working, by granting 99 weeks of unemployment checks, without any requirement to prove that gainful employment was diligently sought, but couldn’t be found — you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.
If you pay your mortgage faithfully, denying yourself the newest big-screen TV, while your neighbor buys iPhones, time shares, a wall-sized do-it-all plasma screen TV and new cars, and the government forgives his debt when he defaults on his mortgage — you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.
If being stripped of your Constitutional right to defend yourself makes you more “safe” according to the government — you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.
What a country!
“NEW MEDICARE PART G” by Bluegrass Rifle Association Spokesman Billy Bob Carbine
You’re a sick senior citizen and the government says there is no nursing home care available for you. So what do you do? Our plan gives anyone 65 years, or older, a gun (G) and four bullets. You are allowed to shoot four Politicians.
Of course, this means you’ll be sent to prison, where you will receive three meals a day, a roof over your head, central heating and air conditioning and all the health care you need.
Need new teeth? No problem. Need glasses? That’s great. Need a new hip, knees, kidney, lungs or heart? They’re all covered.
As an added bonus, your kids can come and visit you at least as often as they do now.
And who will be paying for all of this? The same government that just told you they can’t afford for you to go into a home.
And, you can get rid of four useless politicians while you’re at it.
Plus, because you are a prisoner, you don’t have to pay any income taxes anymore.
Is this a great country or what?
“A LIBERAL PARADISE” by Former Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office, Phoenix, Arizona
A “Liberal Paradise” is a place where…
1. Everybody has guaranteed employment
2. Free comprehensive health care
3. Free education
4. Free food
5. Free housing
6. Free clothing
7. Free utilities
8. And only Law Enforcement has guns!
Believe it or not, such a place does indeed exist!
It’s called “PRISON!
AND A QUICKIE from Bobby Leach
I rear-ended a car this morning on the work And there we were alongside the road and slowly the other driver got out of his car. You know how sometimes you just get soooo stressed and little things just seem funny?
Well I couldn’t believe it. He was a DWARF!!! He stormed over to my car, looked up at me, and shouted, “I AM NOT HAPPY!!!” So, I looked down at him and said, “Well, then which one are you?” And that’s how the fight started…..
These items are perfect to forward to all of your Internet Buddies and Facebook Friends with too much time on their hands.
FRIDAY THE 13TH HOT LINE
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This week, here’s why the first 17,648 Whistleblower Web Poll respondents said Obama was the Worst President in American History:
- Weak on Foreign Policy: 2%
- Legacy Now Being Dismantled: 1%
- Economy Waited To Take Off Until After Trump Took Over: 3%
- Not Enough Meaningless Speeches (some people call them lies): 94%
Note: Everything we write doesn’t have to be so damn cynical and mean-spirited, it’s just so much more fun that way!
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For example, combining 50 mg of trenbolone Acetate everyday with an equal dosage of testosterone could yield supreme results without any niggling side effects. However, if you're taking testosterone from a drug store, you're likely to come across more potent products than just this. The problem with taking T as a pill, and the reason you may encounter side effects, is that the hormone has a half life that is short enough to cause the liver to break down T. That can lead to side effects such as nausea and dizziness. The liver has to do the work – taking T as a pill prevents the liver from doing the work for you. So how do you get better results with T taking that pill? According to WADA, you have two choices: (1) Mix the dosage of T with a diuretic, such as metformin or furosemide (2) Mix the dosage of T with an oral diuretic, such as fluticasin or methotrexate So, you simply take 50 micrograms of T daily. In other words, you take 1,000 mg of T per day. This provides all of the benefits that testosterone will provide with just a modest dose. This dose can give you much higher levels at a low dose. You'll be taking much higher levels than you would otherwise, and the effects will last much longer when taken in high doses. And your liver enzymes will work much better – the liver only metabolizes so much T per day - so it will continue to break down T until the liver fails or it can no longer process it. That can put you at risk for heart rhythm irregularities such as dizziness, heart palpitations, and arrhythmias, and even depression. All of these effects could persist for the rest of your life, even if you stop taking the hormone. So, using T as a pill, not a diuretic, will provide much better results. And it will be very easy to monitor, and will give you the greatest benefits for the least potential risk. Treatments for testosterone While there are prescription and off-label treatments for testosterone deficiency, they're not available to everyone who wants them. In fact, some experts suggest these approaches are not recommended for people with medical conditions, or for whom testosterone is not an appropriate treatment or therapy. For these people, some of the other options below are better options. 1. Testosterone supplementation and natural testosterone replacements Testosterone can't be prescribed; it's a hormone we have to naturally produce and make in our bodies. Similar articles: | <urn:uuid:f82f80a8-7f46-413c-94ce-cbed9dce7261> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.getfitwithtamfitforlife.com/profile/healthy-alternative-to-steroids-natural-steroids-foods-8788/profile | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572215.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815235954-20220816025954-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.942284 | 1,681 | 1.867188 | 2 |
Vernon super-athlete Shanda Hill has achieved plenty of swimming feats as part of various ultra-endurance marathons, and it it turns out even her pet goats are capable on the water.
Vernon’s Athlete of the Year brought one of her pet goats out for some paddleboarding on Kalamalka Lake over the weekend, and judging by its solid stance, it appears to be a natural. Shanda’s goats aren’t new to being seen out of their pen, as Hill takes them everywhere. Some have been stand up paddleboarding in Manning Park and been on a river float, while others go on runs and mountain climbs with the 38-year-old and help her run errands around town.
Hill completed the Double Deca marathon in Mexico last October, traversing 76 kilometres in the water, 3,600 km on the bke and 844 km by foot — the equivalent of 20 Ironman triathlons. She’s the first male or female Canadian to accomplish the feat.
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Pressures of Blood Flow Within the Heart
The aim of this information sheet is to provide parents and carers with information and advice about pressures of blood flow within the heart.
The pressure of blood flow within the heart affects the direction and force of the blood as it moves within the body. If the pressure is not as normally expected, it can affect the function of the heart and the circulation of blood.
To understand how the blood flows in and out of the heart, it is important to know that the pressure of the blood flow within each chamber of the heart is different. Normally the pressure on the right side of the heart and in the pulmonary arteries is lower than the pressure on the left side of the heart and in the aorta.
This is because:
- the right side of the heart pumps blue (deoxygenated – little or no oxygen) blood returning from the body back to the lungs. It normally pumps this blue blood at low pressure because it only has to travel the short distance from the heart to the lungs and the lungs are filled with air which creates very little resistance. Therefore the right side of the heart has an easier, lower pressured job.
- the left side of the heart receives the red (oxygenated) blood returning from the lungs. It then pumps this blood to the body at high pressure because it has to drive the blood out from the heart and all the way down to the legs and arms, meeting with resistance from muscles and body tissue on the way. Therefore the left side of the heart has a more difficult, higher pressured job.
Children with heart defects may have:
- a hole between the two pumping chambers of the heart: this means that blood from the high-pressure chamber on the left side of the heart is pumped through the hole to the lower-pressure right side. This extra blood will be pumped to the lungs. A small amount of blood passing from the left to the right sides of the heart does not cause an increase in pressure. However, a large amount of blood will increase the pressure in the right side of the heart. This raises the pressure in the pulmonary arteries. Prolonged high pressure in the lungs (pulmonary hypertension) can cause damage to their more delicate tissues.
- a hole between the two arteries: Before the baby is born the ductus arteriosus (arterial duct or channel), part of the foetal circulation, joins the aorta to the pulmonary artery. If that passage stays open after birth then blood from the high pressure aorta will flow into the lower pressure pulmonary arteries and to the lungs.
Also, if there is an obstruction of a valve (pulmonary or aortic stenosis) the pressures in the ventricles behind the valve may differ from normal.
For example: Eisenmenger’s syndrome is the name given to a very serious condition where the pressure on the right side of the heart is higher than on the left, as a result of an untreated hole in the heart. This untreated condition leads to deoxygenated blood being pumped from the right side of the heart to the left and then around the body. This leads to a child being cyanosed (displaying blue-tinged skin) and having lower oxygen levels in their blood stream.
With complex defects where a child’s heart does not have a normal circulation, the cardiologist or surgeon may use connections between the aorta and the pulmonary artery to get blood to the lungs or to the body.
Medicine (for example prostaglandin) might be used to keep the ductus open to allow extra pathways for blue and red blood to mix, providing a baby with temporary relief from their symptoms. A shunt (a small plastic tube) might be inserted during an operation to allow the blue and red blood to mix, making the child or baby less blue (more oxygenated). Before a major operation such as a Fontan procedure or Glenn shunt, it is important that the pressures are correct in the various chambers of the heart. Careful measurements are taken during an ultrasound scan (echocardiogram), MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) or cardiac catheterisation.
Evidence and sources of information for this CHF information sheet can be obtained at:
(1) National Institute for Health & Care Excellence. Telemetric adjustable pulmonary artery banding for pulmonary hypertension in infants with CHD. Guidance IPG505. London: NICE; 2017. Available at:
(2) Pulmonary Circulation. Pushing the envelope: a treat and repair strategy for patients with advanced pulmonary hypertension associated with congenital heart disease. Rebecca Johnson Kameny, et al. Vol 7, Issue 3, pp. 747 – 751. First Published September 1, 2017. Available at:
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Arshia Naaz, Saloni Swaroopa and A. K. Choudhary
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Nothing is secure now
The terrorist attacks in New York's World Trade Center and Washington's Pentagon is closely linked with developments in Afghanistan.
After sanctions by the United Nations came into force early this year, the Taleban found it extremely difficult to govern the area under their control.
That was not all. Added to this was the fact that the United Nations sanctions were Taleban specific. So, anti-Taleban forces led by Ahmed Shah Masoud gained considerable advantage.
With extensive military supplies, the summer offensive launched by the anti-Taleban forces was going on against the Taleban.
Then was the fact that the United Nations decided to post observers all along the Pakistan-Afghan border from mid-September onwards. This would have further restricted the Taleban's maneuverability.
Some observers felt the posting of observers on the Afghan-Pakistan border would have crippled Pakistan's massive covert support to a trickle.
All these factors were making the Taleban desperate. First, they attacked Masoud to throw the anti-Taleban forces into a disarray. It had limited success as Masoud was merely injured.
The way terrorists attacked the World Trade Center in New York and Pentagon in Washington indicate that they are acts of desperation with no clear cut objective. The Taleban network might have pulverised the United States for a day. But they do not realise what the consequences of the attack are going to be.
The elaborate networking of the Taleban and Osama bin Laden in 60 countries, spread over three continents appears to have not taken into consideration the amount of damage they would be doing to themselves. The network was supported by Al-Quaida which is Osama's outfit. In fact, Al-Quaida and the Taleban are synonymous. He is funding these outfits. His funding them helps him gain actual control. That is how he was able to mount an action of such magnitude in the United States itself.
What will be the reaction of the United States, is a question everyone is asking. They will resort to carpet bombing Afghanistan and the headquarters of Al-Quaida and attack all the outfits of Osama bin Laden operating in various Islamic countries. Even the ones in the United States will now be taken care of.
You will soon see a repeat of the United States action in Iraq, now happening in Afghanistan and parts of Pakistan like Peshawar which have been the hotbed of terrorist activity.
The response of the United States would be a massive, integrated one. It will not only attack those who actually committed these acts of violence, but would also target those who harbored the terrorist elements. This would, therefore, include Afghanistan, Pakistan and some countries in West Asia. There might be selective targeting of solidarity organizations operating in some Islamic countries.
However, it remains to be seen whether such an action would force jehadi outfits operating in the Indian subcontinent to rethink their strategy of confrontation or not. It all depends on the course of events in the coming weeks as the behaviour of these jehadi outfits would depend on what happens to their sponsors now.
Osama bin Laden has said he was not behind the attacks. Nobody is going to express responsibility for such an action. Bin Laden expressed similar sentiments after the Dar-es-Salaam and Nairobi bombings in 1998 and then the attack on USS Cole in 2000 in Yemen. In these circumstances, no one should expect him to claim responsibility.
Osama wants to attack Christianity and the United States which he considers Satan. He wants troops and citizens of the United States to withdraw from the entire Islamic world.
There is now going to be a realignment of forces in fighting radical Islamic forces all over the world. The Indo-US collaboration to fight terrorism will only increase. However, India should restrain itself from entering a conflict between Christians and Muslims.
Nothing is secure now. India and the world realises that a terrorist can attack anywhere and at anytime.
Dr Sreedhar is a senior research associate at the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi. He has written numerous books on the Taleban and Afghanistan. Among them are Taliban and the Afghan Turmoil and The Afghan Turmoil: Changing Equations. He spoke to Ramesh Menon.
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This document sets out the Policies and guidelines applied by Appbox in its relationship with Customer, in particular to clarify the manner in which the Services and Equipment may be used by Customer and what manner of use is considered unacceptable by Appbox. Appbox’s Sales Terms and Conditions (the “Sales Terms and Conditions”), Appbox’s Service Specifications (the “Service Specifications”), and Appbox’s Support and Service Levels (“Support and Service Levels”), are also part of the Sales Contract and apply to the Services and any Equipment provided by Appbox.
CHAPTER A. INTRODUCTION
1.1. In addition to the definitions set out in the Sales Terms and Conditions, the following definitions shall apply:
Authentication Details mean the logins, user identities, passwords, security questions, keys, tokens, URLs and other details that may be used to access the Service.
Blacklist means a so called blacklist or block list which is a basic access control system that denies entry or access to a specific list or range of users or network addresses or IP addresses, as a result of which email sent by a user or from a network address or from an IP address that is on the blacklist will not reach its intended destination or recipient.
DDoS means Distributed-Denial-of-Service.
DoS means Denial-of-Service.
DRDoS means Distributed-Reflected-Denial-of-Service.
Infrastructure means the Equipment, Service and Instances that support the flow and processing of information, including storage, servers and networking components.
ICANN means Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, a not-for-profit public-benefit corporation, which is among other responsible for managing the Internet Protocol address spaces and assignment of address blocks to regional Internet registries, for maintaining registries of Internet protocol identifiers, and for the management of the top-level domain name space.
IRC means Internet relay chat.
Mail Bomb means (i) e-mailing copies of a single message to many receivers; and/or (ii) sending large or multiple files or messages to a single receiver with malicious intent.
RIPE means Réseaux IP Européens, i.e. a collaborative forum open to all parties interested in wide area Internet Protocol networks and the (technical) development of the Internet.
Spam means unsolicited bulk messages.
Malicious Software means any type or form of malicious or hostile Software, including but not limited to computer viruses, worms, trojan horses, and spyware.
World Wide Web means a system of interlinked documents that runs over the Internet.
2.1. Appbox aims to promote a high level of responsible behaviour in connection with the use of its Services, as well as, amongst others, the use of the Internet and the use of email. For this purpose, Appbox has created the Policies.
2.2. All Customers must comply with the Policies and Customer is required to ensure that its End Users are aware of and comply with the Policies, as though such End User were a Customer. A breach of the Policies by an End User will also be considered a breach of the Policies by Customer.
3. CONTACT PERSONS
3.1. Customer shall designate (i) contact persons whom Appbox may contact at any time in connection with (suspected) violations by Customer or its End Users of the Policies, (ii) contact persons whom Appbox may contact at any time in the event of an Emergency.
3.2. Customer will provide to Appbox a means of contacting said contact person(s) at any and all times, and Customer shall ensure that the information set out in the Customer Portal with respect these contact persons is and remains up to date.
4. AUTHENTICATION DETAILS
4.1. Some Services may only be accessible through the use of Authentication Details. Customer is solely responsible for the maintenance, security and use of its Authentication Details. All consequences and losses relating to the use of Customer’s Authentication Details, whether or not Customer has authorized that use, shall be for Customer’s sole account, including all business and communication conducted with Appbox through the use of its Authentication Details.
4.2. To the extent possible, Customer shall change its Authentication Details immediately upon receipt thereof by Customer, and Customer shall change the Authentication Details regularly thereafter. Customer will ensure that it will employ best practices when generating Authentication Details.
4.3. If Customer knows or suspects that the security of its Authentication Details has been compromised, or that its Authentication Details are misused, Customer must, as soon as possible, notify Appbox and immediately change its Authentication Details.
CHAPTER B. ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY
5. USE OF SERVICES
5.1. Customers shall –and shall ensure that its End Users- only use the Services for lawful purposes and shall refrain from any use that breaches the Sales Contract or any applicable law.
5.2. Without prejudice to the law that applies to the Sales Contract, the Customer acknowledges and agrees that the Customer’s use –and its End User’s use- of the Services is to be compliant with (mandatory) law of England and Wales, as well as with other laws applicable to Customers or its use of the Service.
5.3. Customer shall refrain from any use of the Services which may have an adverse effect on Appbox’s good name or standing, or may cause damage to Appbox’s business operations, or may subject Appbox to litigation.
5.4. Specific activities that are prohibited include, but are not limited to: (i) terrorism; (ii) threatening harm to persons or property or otherwise harassing behaviour; (iii) compromising the security (or tampering with) system resources or accounts of other Customers or of any other Internet sites or intranet sites without the proper authorisation; (iv) violating local export control laws for Software or technical information; (v) the use or transmission or distribution of any data or material protected by Intellectual Property Rights without proper authorisation; (vi) the manufacture or use or distribution of counterfeit, pirated or illegal software or other product; (vii) providing or offering compensation to End Users based on download volume, unless Customer knows – or has no reason to doubt – that such End Users are using Customer’s services only for lawful purposes and for the distribution or dissemination of their own data or material, or of data or materials for which they have the proper authorisation to distribute or disseminate the same; (viii) fraudulently representing products or services; (ix) Spamming, phishing, DoS attacks, DDoS attacks, DRDoS attacks without proper authorisation; (x) defamation, zoophilia, child pornography, and child erotica; (xi) intentionally accessing a computer system or Infrastructure structure component without authorization or exceeding authorized access levels thereof; (xii) activities that may result in the placement or inclusion on a Blacklist of Customer, Customer’s IP address(es) and/or IP address(es) assigned by Appbox to Customer; and (xiii) facilitating, aiding, or encouraging any of the foregoing activities.
5.5. Customer acknowledges that any use by Customer and/or its End Users of the Services in breach of the Acceptable Use Policy could subject Customer and/or its End Users to criminal and/or civil liability, in addition to other actions by Appbox outlined in Chapter G of the Policies and in the Sales Terms and Conditions.
6. ELECTRONIC MESSAGES / ANTI-SPAM
6.1. Customer may not (i) send electronic messages that in any way is or may be in breach of applicable law; (ii) send or propagate Spam and shall not allow its End Users or third parties to send or propagate Spam via Customer’s IP addresses; (iii) send, propagate, or reply to Mail Bombs and shall not allow its End Users or third parties to send or propagate Mail Bombs via Customer’s IP addresses; or (iv) alter the headers of electronic messages to conceal Customer’s address or to prevent receivers from responding to messages.
6.2. Customer shall refrain from any activities that may result in the placement of Customer or Customer’s IP address(es) on a Blacklist. Appbox reserves the right to charge Customer two hundred fifity GBP (£ 250.–) per hour in consulting fees for any remedial actions that Appbox elects to take in the event that, as a result of Customer’s activities, Appbox’s servers or IP address(es) are placed in any third-party filtering software or Blacklist.
6.3. Bulk messages are only permitted if (i) the Customer has obtained the explicit consent from each of the recipients via double opt-in, and/or (ii) applicable law permits the sending of such messages without the recipients’ consent. Customer is obliged to offer in each electronic message, an easily accessible functioning unsubscribe mechanism, and Customer shall immediately cease sending electronic messages to a recipient after the recipient has unsubscribed.
7. INTERNET USE
7.1. Customer is prohibited from posting or transmitting unlawful material on or via the Internet or the World Wide Web.
7.2. Appbox is entitled to actively block ports or IP addresses for the Network, in the event that such is – in Appbox’s reasonable view necessary to preserve or protect the security and performance of the Network or the Internet or the World Wide Web. An overview of the blocked ports or IP addresses may be requested in writing by Customer from Appbox.
7.3. Without prejudice to the generality of Clause 7.2 of the Acceptable Use Policy, Appbox shall in any event actively block the following ports for its Network: (i) UDP/137 – Netbios; (ii) UDP/139 – Netbios; (iii) TCP/135 till 139 – Netbios;(iv) TCP/445 – Smb; and (v) Protocol UDP port 11211 – Memcache
7.4. If Appbox reasonably suspects that Customer is subject to a DoS attack, DDoS attack, DRDoS attack or another attack and (in Appbox’s reasonable opinion) such attack negatively affects the Infrastructure, Appbox shall be entitled to immediately block access to Customer’s Infrastructure. In the event that Customer is subject to repetitive attacks, and Customer does not successfully take measures to prevent that future attacks may negatively affect Appbox’s Infrastructure, then Appbox shall be entitled to immediately terminate theSales Contract by sending a written notice to Customer.
8. IRC USE
8.1. Customer is prohibited from posting or transmitting inappropriate material via the use of IRC or to otherwise use IRC in a manner that is in breach of the Acceptable Use Policy. For the purpose of this clause, prohibited use of IRC include so called ‘eggdrops’ and ‘psybnc shell hosting’.
8.2. Without the prior written consent of Appbox, which Appbox may grant or deny in its sole and absolute discretion, Customer is prohibited from hosting an IRC server, regardless whether it concerns a stand-alone IRC server or an IRC server that connects to global IRC networks.
9. USE OF THE CUSTOMER PORTAL
9.2. Customer shall observe each and any instruction of Appbox regarding the use of the Customer Portal.
10. USE AND REGISTRATION OF (INTERNET) DOMAINS/IP ADDRESSES/AS NUMBERS
10.1. Customer shall comply with the policies, guidelines, terms and conditions applied from time to time by the organisation or entity which is responsible for the management (registration and/or distribution and/or giving into use) of an (Internet) domain, such as – for example – ICANN.
10.2. Customer shall comply with the policies, guidelines, terms and conditions applied from time to time by the organisation or entity which is responsible for the management (registration and/or distribution and/or giving into use) of IP addresses and AS numbers, i.e. the regional Internet registries of RIPE.
11. RESTRICTIONS ON USE OF SHARED WEB HOSTING SERVICES
11.1. Customer may not:
a) use the Shared Web Hosting Services in a manner that may interfere with or otherwise disrupt services to other customers of Appbox or Appbox’s infrastructure or that may cause an Emergency;
b) knowingly allow any other website or hosting server to link to content stored on Appbox’s systems. At least 75% of any content stored on Appbox’s systems must have associated HTML, PHP or similar files at the Shared Web Hosting Service linking to the content stored on the Shared Web Hosting Services;
c) exceed the Shared Web Hosting Services limits, such as allotted diskspace or bandwidth;
d) run scheduled tasks, such as cron entries, with intervals of less than fifteen (15) minutes;
e) send more than 50 emails per minute/500 emails per hour; and/or
f) use Shared Web Hosting Services for hosting Mailer Pro, Push button mail scripts, proxy scripts/anonymizers, autoSurf/PTC/PTS/PPC sites, spiders, crawlers, indexers, banner-ad services (commercial banner ad rotation).
11.2. If Appbox detects failed login attempts to the Shared Web Hosting Service, it may, without notice and whithout obligations of any kind, ban network access from the source of those failed attempts.
CHAPTER C. ABUSE COMPLIANCE POLICY
12. ABUSE HANDLING REQUIREMENTS
12.1. In connection with use of Appbox Services, Customer shall adopt and apply an abuse handling procedure which is compliant with the Policies, with the law that applies to the Sales Contract and with any other law applicable to Customer.
12.2. Customer shall log (date and timestamp) each Abuse Notification (as defined below) received by Customer from Appbox and from third parties, including the nature of the notification (e.g. copyright infringement), as well as Customer’s response to such complaint, and the moment that Customer deems the Abuse Notification to be resolved.
12.3. Customer shall maintain the log in respect of each Abuse Notification for a minimum of two (2) years after the date that Customer deems such Abuse Notification to be resolved. Customer will provide Appbox with a copy of its Abuse Notification log, upon Appbox’s request.
12.4. Customer shall ensure the availability of sufficient and properly trained personnel to ensure that Customer’s End Users comply with the Policies and to apply Customer’s abuse handling procedure and to handle the volume of abuse notifications that arrive without backlogs.
13. ABUSE PROCEDURE
13.1. If Appbox is notified by a third party (including any law enforcement authority) of a (suspected) violation by Customer and/or the End-User of the Acceptable Use Policy and/or any applicable law (an “Abuse Notification”), Appbox shall notify Customer hereof by way of email or such other method of communication as Appbox deems appropriate.
13.2. Customer shall, within the response period or remedy period set forth in Appbox’s notification (the “Remedy Period”), take remedial action to cure the violation and within the Remedy Period inform Appbox of the actions taken by Customer.
13.3. In some cases, Appbox may grant the Customer the option to contest the alleged violation by filing a counter notice (a “Counter Notice”). If Customer chooses to file a Counter Notice, Customer must use the online form made available to Customer for this purpose. Appbox shall review the submitted information and may (in Appbox’s sole discretion) decide to reject Customer’s Counter Notice, and require Customer to take immediate remedial action, if – in Appbox’s sole discretion – Customer’s or the End-User’s content or actions are unmistakably unlawful and/or may subject Appbox to third party claims and/or litigation.
13.4. If Appbox does not reject Customer’s Counter Notice, Customer shall – upon Appbox’s request – provide a deposit or a bank guarantee or a parent guarantee or other security satisfactory to Appbox. The amount of the security will be determined by Appbox at its sole discretion. The security is intended to cover Customer’s obligations, and any claim of Appbox, under the indemnity specified in the Sales Terms and Conditions. Furthermore, in the event that Customer files a Counter Notice, Customer shall within two (2) days of its response to Appbox notify Appbox whether an attorney will be representing Customer and, if so, which attorney.
13.5. Customer shall provide Appbox with all documents and information in connection with the Abuse Notification without cost and on first demand.
13.6. As a condition to the (continued) provision of Services and/or to resuming the provision of Services, Appbox shall be entitled to require Customer: (i) to execute a cease and desist declaration; and/or – as appropriate – (ii) to confirm in writing that Customer’s End User who was responsible for the violation, has been permanently excluded from using the Service.
14. REPEAT INFRINGERS AND LIVE VIDEO STREAMS
14.1. As part of its abuse handling procedure, Customer should make reasonable efforts to detect repeated efforts by its End Users to store or transfer or distribute – on or via Customer’s services – (i) materials or data that violate or infringe the Acceptable Use Policies; or (ii) that Customer previously deleted or disabled further to receipt of an Abuse Notification.
14.2. Customer shall immediately terminate the provision of service to an End User -and terminate an End User’s access to the Service- in the event that such End User is discovered to be a repeat infringer or violator of the Appbox Acceptable Use Policies.
14.3. In the event Customer’s services are repeatedly used for streaming of live video and/or audio, Customer shall offer an online tool to trusted third parties (or their agents) to allow them to immediately terminate live video streams that are infringing on the intellectual property rights of these trusted third parties.
CHAPTER D. FAIR USE POLICY
15. IP CONNECTIVITY
15.1. The IP Connectivity Service is provided for Customer’s consistent, fair, and reasonable use.
15.2. Customer’s use of IP Connectivity shall be deemed unfair and unreasonable, if Appbox determines (in its sole discretion) that Customer’s actual or projected use of IP Connectivity exceeds, or is likely to exceed, the monthly Committed Bandwidth or Committed Data Traffic, and such use affects the provision of services by Appbox to other Appbox customers. If the Customer has not agreed to Committed Bandwidth or Committed Data Traffic, then for the purpose of interpreting this clause 15.2 only, the Committed Bandwidth or Committed Data Traffic (as applicable) shall be deemed the lowest value of the Committed Bandwidth or Committed Data Traffic offered by Appbox for the respective Service.
15.3. Customer’s use of IP Connectivity is deemed to be inconsistent, if Customer’s use thereof results in irregular Bandwidth or Data Traffic usage patterns, either on a per server basis or as part of a group of Customer’s servers/Instances.
16. CLOUD SERVICES
16.1. Compute Capacity of the Cloud Platform for the Public Cloud Services is provided to Customer on a shared basis. To protect the performance and integrity of the Cloud Platform, Customer shall, in respect of Public Cloud Service, ensure that its use of Compute Capacity shall be fair and reasonable.
16.2. Customer’s use of Compute Capacity shall be deemed unfair and unreasonable by Appbox, if Customer’s use exceeds Appbox’s overbooking factor in such a way that (in Appbox’s reasonable opinion) it may affect the performance of other Infrastructure on the Cloud Platform.
16.3. Storage components of the Cloud Platform are provided to Customer on a shared storage system, and therefore Customer’s use of the Cloud Services may affect the performance (such as latency, storage bandwidth and IOPS) of the storage system as a whole. To protect the performance and integrity of the Cloud Platform, Customer shall ensure that its use of the storage shall be fair and reasonable.
17. SHARED WEB HOSTING SERVICE
17.1. Appbox’s Shared Web Hosting Platform is made available to Customer on a shared basis. To protect the performance and integrity of the Appbox Shared Web Hosting Platform, Customer shall ensure that its use of Shared Web Hosting Services shall be fair and reasonable.
17.2. Customer’s use of the Shared Web Hosting Services shall be deemed unfair and unreasonable, if:
a) Customer uses the Shared Web Hosting Services in such a way that (in Appbox’s reasonable opinion) it affects the performance of the Shared Web Hosting Platform or causes an Emergency;
b) IMAP exceeds 5 connections per IP address;
c) twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the system resources are used in connection with Shared Web Hosting Services for longer than ninety (90) seconds at a time. Activities that could cause this excessive use include, but are not limited to, CGI scripts, FTP, PHP, HTTP;
e) Customer runs any MySQL queries longer than twenty (20) seconds. MySQL tables should be indexed appropriately.
CHAPTER E. SECURITY POLICY
18. INFRASTRUCTURE CONFIGURATION
18.1. Appbox promotes a high level of responsible behavior in connection with the use of Appbox services and requires that users of Appbox Services do the same. For this reason, Appbox has established information security requirements for all Appbox Services, including standards for the basic configuration of Infrastructure, the use of Authentication Details and the use of effective Malicious Software detection and prevention.
18.2. Customer is advised (i) to back-up (critical) data and system configurations on a regular basis and store such data in a safe place, and (ii) not to connect its Infrastructure via a wireless connection, (iii) to keep the Software operated or used on the Infrastructure up to date, and accordingly to install updates and patches on a regular basis without undue delay after becoming available, (iv) to operate and/or use adequate measures against Malicious Software on the Infrastructure.
19. MONITORING / REPORTING
19.1. Customer shall implement logging and monitoring measures for security-related events.
19.2. Customer shall immediately report to Appbox’s NOC any security-related event that may materially impact Appbox’s Infrastructure, Appbox’s organisation or Appbox’s provision of services to other customers. Customer shall make the log in relation to such event immediately available to Appbox upon Appbox’s request, and shall follow any directions given by Appbox’s as may be required to contain or correct the event.
CHAPTER F. INVESTIGATION AND ENFORCEMENT POLICY
25.1. Appbox reserves the right to conduct an investigation, based on (i) suspected violations of the Policies; and/or (ii) (potential) security risks to its Infrastructure; and/or (iii) a valid request of the relevant (law enforcement) authorities.
25.2. As part of this investigation, Appbox may, acting reasonably (i) gather information from or about Customer; (ii) if relevant, gather information from a complaining party; and/or (iii) review and investigate Customer’s security log referenced in Clause 19. Customer is obliged to fully cooperate with any such investigations by Appbox.
26. Appbox ACTION
26.1. To the extent legally required, Appbox is authorised to grant relevant law enforcement authorities access to Customer’s content, information and/or Infrastructure, as well as any information gathered in the investigation conducted by Appbox under clause 25.1.
26.2. Upon request of a third party, Appbox shall be entitled to disclose identifying Customer information to said party in connection with a (suspected) breach of the Appbox Acceptable Use Policies to the extent required by law (such to be determined in Appbox’s discretion).
26.3. Appbox shall be entitled to take action, legal or otherwise, against Customer and/or and End User, in the event that the use of the Service by Customer or its End User(s), breaches the Policies, or Customer allegedly fails to comply with any obligation under the Policies. The appropriate action will be determined by Appbox, in its sole discretion, and may include: (a) suspension or termination of any or all of the Services in accordance with the Sales Terms and Conditions; (b) (selective) IP or port blocking; (c) reinstallation of the Services; (d) imposing limits on the use of Service (such as imposing limits on the speed of the data the Customer may transmit and/or receive with the Service); (e) restarting the Service, (f) blocking access at the router and/or switch level of Customer’s Infrastructure; (g) denying Customer (physical) access to Infrastructure; (h) providing binding instructions to Customer in regards of the use of the Services, and/or (i) placing files infected by Malicious Software in quarantine.
27.1. Without prejudice to the above or any other provision of the Policies, Appbox does not intend to review, monitor or control as a precautionary measure content sent or received by Customers using the Services. Accordingly, Appbox is not responsible or liable for the content of any communications that are transmitted by or made available to Customer or its End Users, regardless of whether they originated from the Network or the Services.
27.2. None of the provisions of this Chapter F or any of the other Chapters of the Policies shall in any way limit or prejudice any other rights or remedies Appbox may have.
CHAPTER G: AFFILIATES/PROMOTIONAL USE.
28.1 Affiliate withdrawals must be claimed within 6 months of deposit and be an active affiliate, referrals are paid out for the life of the referred account only when new affiliate signups are being made within a 12 month period of the last active signup. Appbox reserves the right to refuse an affiliate payout and/or offer only Credit balance withdrawals at their discretion.
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The RE-Source Platform has launched a comprehensive new toolkit, offering guidance and advice on corporate sourcing of renewable energy. The toolkit has a dual purpose: first, to raise awareness and inform entrant corporates and policymakers to the opportunities in sourcing renewable energy; second, to facilitate business transactions between buyers and sellers, making them faster, easier, and cheaper.
The Renewable Energy Buyer’s Toolkit includes an ‘Introduction to Corporate Sourcing in Europe’ report, that outlines the main business models of corporate renewable sourcing in Europe, and is intended for corporate energy buyers who are new to corporate sourcing and the European market to use as an introductory ‘how-to’ guide, helping them to start their journey in renewable electricity purchasing. The toolkit also includes:
- European Federation of Energy Traders (EFET) Template corporate PPA: A standardised contract to provide guidance and simplify transactions.
- European Corporate Sourcing Directory: Information on possible models of corporate sourcing in particular countries.
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U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos distanced herself on Wednesday from comments she made earlier this year about historically black colleges being “real pioneers when it comes to school choice,” the AP reported. “My intention was to say they were pioneering on behalf of students that didn’t have another choice. This was their only choice,” DeVos told the AP. “At the same time I should have decried much more forcefully the ravages of racism in this country.” Her earlier February comments had drawn backlash for failing to recognize the segregation that forcefully banned black students from attending other universities.
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Ross Douthat writes today about the split on taxes between the Republican donor class and the average Republican voter:
The donorist vision, in my experience, has its own distinctives: It’s less interested in the specifics of the Laffer curve or any other economic theory, and more inclined to take a vaguely Randian view of high taxes as an unjust punishment for success….
Then the average Republican voter has a different perspective still….This prototypical Republican voter, who might be pulling in $45,000 working a trade or $95,000 running a small business (or vice versa), isn’t necessarily being soaked by the federal income tax, but he or she remains an anti-tax voter because even small tax fluctuations year to year feel like an immediate threats to the ability to save, to plan, to expand or preserve a business, to buy a home and put money away for college and think about retirement and generally preserve their peace of mind.
Douthat’s post was inspired by Donald Trump’s heresies on taxes, but I wouldn’t read too much into that. As I noted yesterday, it looks to me as if Trump is slowly but steadily moving in the direction of Republican orthodoxy with only a few minor populist concessions.
But I was happy to see Douthat acknowledge that the average Republican voter is not exactly being soaked by taxes. As it happens, that’s putting it mildly. The median family in America earns about $65,000. That family, on average, pays a federal income tax rate of about 5 percent.
In other words, for the average voter this isn’t about money. Even the hardest core tea partiers can’t possibly be outraged at the prospect of paying 5 percent of their income to Uncle Sam. The plain truth is that middle-class tax cuts are becoming all but impossible these days: the average family no longer pays enough in taxes to even notice a small change up or down. And the trend over the past few decades has been nothing but down anyway.
And yet, taxes continue to be a potent message. Why? It’s not because of payroll taxes. Numerous polls have shown that most voters consider these fair because they pay for Social Security and Medicare benefits down the road. Nor do state income taxes change the overall picture much.
Republicans have been in this quandary for a while. Cutting taxes is pretty much all they’ve got on the economic front, but there’s not a whole lot left to cut for the average Joe. And yet, the anti-tax message really does continue to resonate. Why? I’d suggest two things.
First, most people are bad at math. They may be paying about 5 percent of their income in federal taxes, but if you ask them, they’d probably guess it’s more like 20 or 30 percent. Republicans have long complained that weekly withholding makes taxes invisible, and they have a point. But right now, that works in their favor.
Second, a lot of people are afraid that Democrats will raise their taxes. This prospect carries more punch than the prospect of a cut from Republicans.
In any case, even though Donald Trump is coming around to Republican orthodoxy on taxes, I do think he’s highlighting a real dilemma for Republicans. Raising taxes on hedge fund managers is no big deal. They can be thrown under the bus if necessary. But the other half of Trump’s message is about reducing taxes on average middle-class families. That may still be a potent message, but even now it’s not as potent as it was 30 years ago. And going forward, Democrats are eventually going to figure out a way to make it clear that federal income taxes really aren’t very onerous anymore.1 When that happens, it’s bye bye tax cuts for the rich—because the only way you can sell tax cuts for the rich is to hide them behind tax cuts for the middle class. For simple mathematical reasons, that particular con is coming to an end.
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Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, and Mixed Reality: Opportunities and Issues Teach-Out
This Teach-Out examines the present and possible futures of Augmented Reality (AR), Mixed Reality (MR), and Virtual Reality (VR) through conversations with leading experts and practitioners in this ever-evolving world of digital interfaces. In this Teach-Out, we explore opportunities of these emerging technologies in domains ranging from medicine and nursing, to landscaping and architectural design, to multimedia and entertainment, to education and research. We also discuss dark patterns and new challenges associated with these new interfaces, such as authenticity, accessibility, and privacy.
We invite you to join this conversation about these emerging technologies that blur the line between reality and computer-generated sensory experiences. This Teach-Out will examine broader questions, such as: What are these new technological breakthroughs? What are practical applications of AR, MR, and VR to users’ everyday lives? What are possible directions for future AR, MR, and VR interfaces, and what are the important issues to consider?
This Teach-Out investigates the differences between AR, MR, and VR, and discusses a broad range of implications for our daily lives. It also explores future applications of these technologies across a range of domains.
A Teach-Out is:
-an event – it takes place over a fixed, short period of time
-an opportunity – it is open for free participation to everyone around the world
-a community – it will be joined by a large number of diverse individuals
-a conversation – an opportunity to give and take ideas and information from people
The University of Michigan Teach-Out Series provides just-in-time community learning events for participants around the world to come together in conversation with the U-M campus community, including faculty experts. The U-M Teach-Out Series is part of our deep commitment to engage the public in exploring and understanding the problems, events, and phenomena most important to society.
Teach-Outs are short learning experiences, each focused on a specific current issue. Attendees will come together over a few days not only to learn about a subject or event but also to gain skills. Teach-Outs are open to the world and are designed to bring together individuals with wide-ranging perspectives in respectful and deep conversation. These events are an opportunity for diverse learners and a multitude of experts to come together to ask questions of one another and explore new solutions to the pressing concerns of our global community. Come, join the conversation!
Find new opportunities at Teach-Out.org.
U-M Credit Eligible
Artist, Designer, Associate Professor
Stamps School of Art and Design
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Coastal Flooding Update - 03/01/18
Pascal Lardet, Flood Unit Manager at the Scottish Environment Protection Agency, said:
"High tide levels coupled with stormy weather have caused disruption to coastal communities and road infrastructure along the Solway Coast overnight in the wake of Storm Eleanor, with the potential for further minor impacts expected as the next high-tide approaches around midday today (Wednesday, 3rd January).
"The peak of the flooding impacts are expected between 12-1pm at high-tide, as the stormy conditions create further wave overtopping and road disruption from spray and tidal debris along more exposed coastal areas. As Storm Eleanor makes it way further into the North Sea, we are continuing to monitor the Moray and Aberdeenshire coastlines and areas around the Inner Firth of Forth for any potential impacts due to high tides this afternoon.
"More broadly, large waves together with high tides have the potential to cause wave overtopping across more exposed stretches of Scotland’s west coast throughout today, with also possible impacts also being felt overnight into Thursday (4th January).
"Following high tide this afternoon, conditions are expected to improve, however we would encourage members of the public to remain vigilant, especially in coastal communities and low lying or exposed roads susceptible to flooding.
"Flood alerts and warnings will be updated throughout the day via the SEPA website and members of the public are encouraged to register for free flood messages, by calling Floodline Scotland on 0345 988 1188 or signing-up online at www.sepa.org.uk/floodingsignup." | <urn:uuid:25a35c97-ee1f-4099-bcc2-1db7180f97a8> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://media.sepa.org.uk/statements/2018/coastal-flooding-update-030118.aspx | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572063.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814173832-20220814203832-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.946671 | 336 | 2.03125 | 2 |
Cheap flights to Zurich, the banking capital of the world are available all round the year as people keep coming here for business as well as pleasure trips. The cobbled streets and the various museums give people good scope to explore this wondrous city at their own pace.
Zurich is home to an energetic, multi-ethnic population and is easily comparable to any major European city in terms of culture, night life and clubs, bars and places of entertainment. A holiday in Zurich can be exhilarating and truly enlightening.
Cheap flights from your city land at the Zurich Airport located 12 km north of Zurich. It is easy to get to the city with the Swiss rail or SSB as it provides effective and speedy transport to the center of the city. Car rental services from major service providers are available at the airport. You can also use the airport taxis which take around 15 minutes to reach the city.
The climate of Zurich is continental as the temperatures are regulated by the winds blowing off the Atlantic Ocean. Summers are hot and sunny while winters are cold. It rains between June and August.
Cheap flights to Zurich must be booked well in advance of your scheduled days of travel as in peak seasons there is heavy rush everywhere including the airports. There are numerous tourists' spots that you can explore when you reach here on one of those cheap flights. The Swiss National Museum is one such place which has an impressive and varied collection of ancient artifacts. It helps visitors understand the Swiss life and consciousness through the centuries.
The Fraumiinster Church is one of the most graceful monuments dotting the Zurich skyline. The Museum of Zurich Design is known for creation of internationally known symbols. Visitors can glance through the numerous designs kept on display. The Zurich Zoo is quite unlike any other zoos in the world. They are clean and dedicated to nature conservation. The zoo uniquely maintains ecosystems and helps in protecting wildlife and their reintroduction into the wild.
Zurich also offers its visitors various other opportunities to soak in its culture and traditions through various events held all round the year. The Zurich festival, the Street Parade, the Open Air Cinema and Theater Spectacle are all visual treats. You must time your arrival to this wonderful city to coincide with a few of these great cultural events. | <urn:uuid:ad9a4b43-0dd3-4900-83d9-dcce09312ef9> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://cruisetraveltips.net/cheap-flights-to-enjoy-european-holidays/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572870.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817062258-20220817092258-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.960406 | 460 | 1.5 | 2 |
The Irish name for Mountwilson is Moin Mhic Liam
Mountwilson is on Logainm.ie: Mountwilson.
It is located at 53° 21' 21" N, 7° 6' 29" W.
Mountwilson has an area of:
Nationwide, it is the 15111th largest townland that we know about
Within Co. Offaly, it is the 420th largest townland
Mountwilson borders the following other townlands:
Curious to see who lived in Mountwilson in the past? Maybe even seeing scans of their handwritten census returns?
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A survey of managers in Israel, Slovenia, and the USA finds a marked similarity with respect to the characteristics and abilities managers need to contribute to organizational success. Factors such as decision making ability, communication skills, commitment to organizational goals, ability to choose the right persons in key persons and ability to delegate are considered to be very important although there are differences with respect to the degree of their importance. Several managerial characteristics are also found to be significantly correlated with the firm’s financial success and employee morale. The findings are framed in the context of convergence‐divergence hypothesis as it applies to the internationalization of management practices.
Sanyal, R.N. and Guvenli, T. (2004), "Perception of managerial characteristics and organizational performance: comparative evidence from Israel, Slovenia, and the USA", Cross Cultural Management: An International Journal, Vol. 11 No. 2, pp. 35-57. https://doi.org/10.1108/13527600410797783
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The Persian cat is one of the most docile and dignified cat breeds known for being sweet and quiet. The Persian cats are easygoing and relaxed by nature, but have royalty all around them in the air. Their way of walking, sitting, eating, and sleeping depicts their royal genes.
Persian Cat History
The Persian cat is one of the oldest known cat breeds. This beautiful furry creature came into existence in Mesopotamia, later known as Persia. Its long, thick, shiny fur resulted in some natural mutation, and since then, the Persian cat has become the center of attention.
In 1626, a world traveler, Pietro Della Valle, introduced the Persian cat for the first time in Europe. In the 19th century, when show cat breeds were getting famous, long-haired cats from Turkey, Persia, Afghanistan, etc., known as the Asiatic Cats, were bred together.
In 1871, at Crystal Palace, the Persian cats caught the eye of Queen Victoria for the first time. In the late 19th century, the Persian cat got famous in the United States and edged out long-haired Maine Coon cats. Since then, the Persian cat has become the most famous cat breed worldwide till now.
Persian Cat Key Facts
The Persian cat has a mysterious origin. However, their existence can be traced to the 1600s in Persia, modernly known as Iran, but their genetic makeup shows similarity to the cat breeds that originated from Western Europe. The Persian cats come in various colors such as grey, white, black, triple colored, etc.
A pure-breed Persian cat will always have a flat face. This breed was born with flat muzzles. One of the attractive facts about the Persian cat is that they have a thick coat known to be double-coated or triple coated. The fun fact about this cutie is that they don’t have the ability to jump higher like other cats.
How Big Do Persian Cat Get?
The Persian cats are medium-sized and weigh about seven to twelve pounds, and their height ranges from fourteen to seventeen inches. Persian cats are generally sensitive and require constant care to function and grow well.
Persian Cat Lifespan
The average life expectancy of the Persian cat is fifteen to twenty years. This life span is fair enough for your pet to make memories with you. However, you need to act upon making your furry fellow as comfortable and happy as you can by providing a healthy environment and high-quality food.
How Much Does A Persian Cat Cost?
The Persian cats are one of the most famous and in-demand breeds worldwide. However, their price varies from $1200 to $1800. The price of the pure breed Persian cat depends upon their quality, coat, color, gender, and pedigree.
Adopting a Persian cat will be a less costly and better way as compared to getting it from a breeder. The adoption fee is as minimal as $400. However, it is necessary to keep in mind the other expenses that come along with getting a Persian cat, such as cat litter, cat house, cat treats, etc.
Persian Cat Personality
Defining the exact personality of the Persian cat includes gentleness, quietness, realness, and elegance. The Persian cats are couch potatoes. Unlike other domestic cats running here and there, the Persian cats would like to lay on the softest sofa. The Persian cats are fond of children unless they start to drag them around the house.
The Persian cat meow softly when it wants anything; for the most part, their eyes speak for them. The presence of their owner around them makes them comfortable and happy. This cat breed is most likely to get social anxiety when left alone for long. However, they are not fond of traveling.
Caring For A Persian Cat
The Persian cats are generally sensitive and require plenty of care throughout. They require high-quality cat food and demand constant care. Keeping a Persian cat can be expensive as you might need to take them to the vet often for grooming and checkups. Any unusual condition or environment can affect them rapidly.
Persian Cat Nutrition
As the Persian cat is heavily built, this breed has the tendency to become overweight. Staying lean is healthier and safer for all cat breeds. Feed your Persian cat twice a day with high-quality cat food. Cat treats can also be fed as an extra intake and for training purposes. Make sure your Persian cat stays hydrated throughout the day.
How To Groom A Persian Cat?
Grooming is very necessary for this breed. As they have long, thick fur, the Persian cats require daily brushing using a cat brush. Bathing using cat shampoo once a month will be sufficient to keep your Persian cat fresh and shiny. One of the major grooming issues of this cat involves litter traps on its paws or coat. Try to keep its litter box as clean as possible.
Tears often come out of this breed, so make sure to wipe the dirt around the corners of the eye. The teeth of your Persian cat need to be brushed to avoid periodontal diseases. As a Persian cat is an indoor cat, make sure she stays in for the most part.
Persian Cat Activity Levels
As mentioned above, Persian cats are physically less active than other domestic cats. But physical activity is important for this breed as they are more prone to get overweight. Make sure you take your Persian cat for a walk with a cat leash on more often. For indoor activities, cat toys such as fetching games, puzzle games, ball throwing, etc., can be used.
Persian Cat Health Concerns
Pure breed cats are prone to develop genetic diseases such as hypertrophic cardiomyopathies, eye diseases, polycystic kidney diseases, and respiratory problems. However, early intervention and optimal diet help prevent all these conditions.
Fewer people know that fat cats may look cute, but they are more prone to develop chronic diseases like hypertension, diabetes, heart diseases, and cancers. So, in case you want your Persian cat to stay fit throughout the life stages, weight management is important.
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Progress Made On Drug For Autism Symptoms
An experimental drug that helps people who have Fragile X syndrome is raising hopes of a treatment for autism.
The drug, called arbaclofen, made people with Fragile X less likely to avoid social interactions, according to a study in Science Translational Medicine. Researchers suspect it might do the same for people with autism.
Fragile X is a rare genetic syndrome that can cause intellectual and social problems that are very similar to autism.
The discovery that arbaclofen helps people with Fragile X might never have occurred without the efforts of Katie Clapp and Michael Tranfaglia, a Massachusetts couple whose son was born with the syndrome more than 20 years ago.
When the couple learned that their son Andy had Fragile X, they started a foundation called FRAXA. Its goal was to fund research that would lead to a treatment for their son.
Clapp says that goal is now in sight.
"Back in 1994, we knew exactly what we were aiming for, and it's gotten closer and closer, little by little," she says.
Research funded in part by FRAXA led to the discovery that Fragile X disrupts a system that regulates connections in the brain. That discovery eventually led to drugs with the potential to fix the problem — including arbaclofen.
The new study of the drug involved 63 children and adults with the syndrome and was conducted by a team from Rush University Medical Center and the University of California, Davis, MIND Institute.
Becky Zorovic is a physician whose son Anders was in the trial and continues to take arbaclofen. Before the treatment, she says, Anders was terrified by things like birthday parties.
"He would have such a tantrum about not wanting to go that after 20 minutes or a half-hour of refusing to go and screaming and starting to hit and kick and bite, we would say 'OK, you don't have to go,' " she says.
But recently Anders agreed to at least take a look at a friend's pool party, Zorovic says.
"After 10, 15 minutes, he was in the pool and stayed for two hours," she says. "So he was able to overcome it to get to that point where he was able to have a good time."
Arbaclofen appears to work by tamping down overactive brain signals that can make it hard to navigate social interactions.
There's a good chance it will help people with autism unrelated to Fragile X because they have similar problems with social interactions, says Mark Bear, a researcher at MIT and a co-founder of Seaside Therapeutics, which makes arbaclofen.
"It would be, I think, unrealistic to expect that this drug would be uniformly beneficial to all people that have an autism diagnosis," Bear says. "But I think we can still be quite optimistic that it can be beneficial to a subset of those patients."
There are now several experimental drugs for Fragile X in trials, including arbaclofen. But so far that hasn't helped Clapp's son. He hasn't been accepted into any studies near their home, which is about an hour from Boston, Clapp says.
"Andy is now 23 years old, and we are so eager to get him started in one of these trials," she says.
But Clapp says she has no regrets about the efforts she and her husband have made over the past 20 years.
"Even though we still have to wait, I feel just absolutely thrilled that this result is out and that the trials are proceeding," she says. "It's made all the work worthwhile."
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The first Roman emperor, Augustus, began construction on his mausoleum soon after returning from Egypt in 28 BCE. The tomb was crafted with a circular plan that may have been inspired by Hellenistic mausoleums.
The structure, located in the center of Rome near the Tiber river, consists of various concentric rings and was originally topped by a conical roof and possibly a statue of Augustus. Two obelisks once guarded the entrance but have since been moved to other areas of Rome. Near the entrance, there was also the Res Gestae Divi Augusti, a large inscription narrating the accomplishments of Augustus.
The emperor was buried here after his death in 14 CE. Several other members of the Julio-Claudian dynasty were also laid to rest inside the mausoleum before and after the death of the first emperor. The remains of other emperors have also been placed in the mausoleum. The last emperor buried here was Nerva in 98 CE.
The mausoleum was heavily damaged by the Visigoths during the sack of Rome in 410 CE. During the following centuries, the area became largely buried under earth and a fortification was constructed on top of the tumulus. This structure was later demolished and the mausoleum was used as a concert hall during the early 20th-century. It has since been restored as an archaeological site. | <urn:uuid:d76d801f-b0d8-4a83-9846-f52811ed5e97> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/mausoleum-of-augustus?utm_source=Atlas+Obscura+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=7fc8a56527-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2021_09_30&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f36db9c480-7fc8a56527-69860905&mc_cid=7fc8a56527&mc_eid=1736e63f8a | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572870.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817062258-20220817092258-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.991252 | 286 | 4.125 | 4 |
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Barney is a solitary little boy, given to wandering off by himself. One day he is lying on the edge of a disused chalk-pit when it gives way and he lands in a sort of cave. Here, he meets 'somebody with a lot of shaggy hair and two bright black eyes' wearing a rabbit skin and speaking in grunts. He names him Stig. Of course nobody believes Barney when he tells his family all about Stig, but for Barney cave-man Stig is totally real. They become great friends, learning each others ways and embarking on a series of exciting adventures.
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Clive King was born in Richmond, Surrey in 1924. When he was a baby his family moved to a village called Ash, near Sevenoaks in Kent, which is the setting for Stig of the Dump. He went to local schools, then King's School, Rochester and Downing College, Cambridge. During the war he served in the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve and later joined the British Council. He now lives in a cottage in Norfolk, and has three children and several grandchildren.Review:
“This story has wonderful appeal.” —The Guardian
“A classic.” —The Telegraph
“Will always be a part of me . . . Read it for Stig.” —AllReaders.com
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There are few things more satisfying than a pair of reliable scissors you know can handle the task at hand. You want to trust your scissors will cut through whatever project you happen to have your hands on. But which scissors will serve you best? Are titanium scissors better than stainless steel? We've done the research and have compiled some valuable information for you!
Titanium scissors are superior to stainless steel scissors in a variety of ways. The advantages of titanium outweigh any cons to purchasing them over stainless steel.
- Titanium will maintain sharpness far longer.
- Blades made of titanium are lighter.
- Scissors made of titanium are stronger.
Now that you know the basic reasons titanium scissors are better than stainless steel let's get into the details. We'll talk about the few disadvantages to titanium as well. Continue reading to get all the answers to your questions!
Titanium makes for sharper scissors.
Titanium is a durable metal that is easy to sharpen and stays sharp longer. Due to the nature of the metals, titanium scissors do not have to be sharpened as often. Titanium blades are most effectively sharped using a sharpening stone. The amount of times you'll have to sharpen your blades relies heavily upon how much you use them.
Blades made of titanium are lighter.
Titanium is almost 50% lighter than steel. This means the scissors are made of titanium with be easy to handle and simple to maneuver. Depending on your project, maneuverability can make all the difference. Titanium has the highest strength to weight ratio of all known metals. That means you get all the strength, none of the bulk, and an extremely lightweight tool.
Scissors made of titanium are stronger.
When it comes to strength, Titanium wins. Titanium is almost 4 times stronger than steel. Scissors made of titanium can be considered a great investment, and if they are cared for properly, they can be a useful tool for decades. Titanium is naturally resistant to rust and corrosion, so even if these scissors are not treated with love, they can still be used for many years.
What are the cons of titanium?
Although titanium has many great advantages, making it an excellent choice for scissors overall, there are a few negative things to be said about it that we must mention.
Stainless steel scissors are relatively inexpensive and fit into anyone's budget. Titanium scissors can be quite pricey. Though the price tag might shock you at first, consider the fact that this could be the last pair of scissors you ever have to buy.
If titanium scissors are out of your price range, consider getting steel scissors with titanium coating. They add strength and longevity similar to titanium but are generally more affordable. Just the coating increases precision and makes the blade resistant to tape and glue. Most of the options on Amazon when you search "titanium" will be this titanium coated type of scissors. Pure titanium shears are popular in haircutting.
The surface of titanium scuffs and scratches much easier than steel. Because of this, you must care for your scissors by keeping them polished. Even though they might become scuffed or dull, the strength of your titanium scissors would be unmatched.
Stainless steel scissors are a good compromise if you're on a budget and want something that will stay shiny for the time that you own it.
How Do You Sharpen Scissors?
There are a handful of ways to sharpen your scissors. Some are quick and easy, and some more thorough; it all depends on how dull your scissors have become.
Take a sheet of foil about the size of a standard sheet of notebook paper. Fold the foil over on itself many times until you have a slim length of foil about 2-3 inches wide. Cut through the foil from end to end, going the length of the foil. Once you are done, wipe the blades using a clean, damp paper towel or other cloth.
This is a good method if your scissors haven't yet gotten very dull but could use a nice touch-up.
Use the scissors to cut sandpaper.
Obtain medium-grit sandpaper. Using the scissors, cut through several squares or until the blades meet your desired sharpness. Once you are satisfied, wipe the blades with a damp paper towel. This method is quite similar to the foil method but generally returns results that are a little bit more satisfying.
Use a stone
The classic way to sharpen a blade is by using a whetstone. Place the blade against the stone horizontally and draw the blade backward. Repeat a few times. Flip the blade and repeat. Switch to the other blade and do both sides of that blade as well. Once you've completed, wipe down the blades with a clean, damp cloth or paper towel. This method is the best if your knife blades have become very dull.
If using the stone is awkward, use a screwdriver to separate the two blades and sharpen them separately. Most scissors use a Phillips head screw.
Sharpen your scissors using a screwdriver
"Cut" the screwdriver as though you were legitimately trying to cut the tool in half. Continue making the cutting motion until the blade is sharp. If your blades are already incredibly dull, don't try this method and go straight to the stone. However, slightly dull blades will benefit from this. Work at the screwdriver until the desired sharpness has been obtained.
How Do You Clean Scissors?
For the most part, some dish soap and water will clean your scissors very well. As titanium and stainless steel are both water-resistant, you won't have to worry about rust. If there is a sticky residue you can't seem to shake, try using rubbing alcohol or paint thinner to clean the blades. Be sure to use paint thinner in a well-ventilated area and wear safety equipment.
What Size Scissors Are Best?
Smaller scissors, those of about 4.5 to 5.5 inches, are the best size for cosmetologists to use for cutting hair and allow the most precision. For craft projects, such as sewing or cutting large pieces of fabric, longer scissors work well, especially when cutting through yards and yards of fabric. The longer the shears, the less time it will take. Look at getting scissors from 7 - 8 inches for fabric.
For projects such as paper cutting or intricate details, try small scissors or an Exacto knife to make sure those cuts are perfect!
Want to read more about scissors and crafts? Check out our post, "What are the Best Scissors for Cutting Paper?"
Overall, titanium shears are far superior to stainless steel. Titanium is strong, lasts a long time, and is sharp enough to get the job done anytime. With all the options out there, you're certain to find the best pair of scissors for you. Happy crafting!
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We now have access to several Azure features from Server Explorer
I am going to show you how to use the Windows Azure Service Bus in Server Explorer
Select Add New Connection
Click OK, and then expand the namespace in Server Explorer
You can Do everything you need to do with Queues, Topics, Subscriptions and Rules: Create, Delete, Properties, Send and Receive. For those that have been using the Service Bus Explorer you can do most of it functionality in this new tool, there are still some enhanced send and receiving that Service Bus Explorer is still better doing.
Right Click on a Queue and you have these options
You can also do a send and receive
You can do the same operations on Topics and Subscriptions and also create, edit and delete the rules.
Hope you enjoyed this quick look at the new Server Explorer features in the Azure SDK 1.7
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Directed by John Vreeke
Tiny Alice Edward Albee's controversial and perplexing rumination on faith and religion begins with a snarling encounter between a sinister Lawyer and an arrogant Cardinal. The lawyer has been instructed by his client, Miss Alice, to offer an enormous grant to the church--$100 million a year for 20 years--with a single string attached: the go-between must be the Cardinal's simple, pious secretary, Brother Julian. When Julian arrives at Miss Alice's palatial estate, he encounters a cynical butler who shows him a model of the estate, inside which there's a model of the model, and so forth (layers upon layers of symbolism?). It soon becomes clear to us, if not to Brother Julian, that the lawyer, the butler, and Miss Alice have essentially bought him. What isn't immediately evident is exactly what they've bought--his body, his soul, his faith...or perhaps all three. The Washington Shakespeare Company's designers have mounted the hell out of this odd script, providing a majestic, ethereally lit, marble-columned setting that suggests a cathedral but is actually the vast sitting room of Alice's estate, and adding sound-design that powers the evening's big speeches until they seem like climaxes even when, on occasion, they don't add up to much. In John Vreeke's agile, clear-as-the-circumstances-will-allow staging, the performers also do their bit. Approached as a theatrical puzzle, the play is certainly intriguing, even if the author keeps its solution too far out of reach for it to be entirely satisfying. (BM) Washington Shakespeare Company 601 S. Clark St., Arlington. Saturday & Sunday at 2 p.m. $20-$25 to Feb. 10 (703) 418-4808
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By Nelson Pressley
Albee's Enigmatic, Elusive 'Alice'
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, January 17, 2002; Page C01
The meaning of the words "God" and "Alice" become interchangeable in "Tiny Alice," a 1964 drama that perplexed its original star, John Gielgud. Even its author, Edward Albee, termed this work "a mighty peculiar play."
With its hints of an alternate universe and an unexplained crew of schemers, "Tiny Alice" is a little too pretentious and ultimately ambiguous to do more than tantalize audiences. But it does tantalize; it's powerful and strange, and you can see why the Washington Shakespeare Company would want to have a go at it. (The WSC's production opened Monday.) Director John Vreeke's staging slowly builds a sinister tone until what the audience has on its hands is a metaphysical horror show.
At its simplest level, "Tiny Alice" is about a Catholic lay brother named Julian (the part Gielgud played). An eccentric millionaire known only as Miss Alice wants to grant the Catholic Church a tremendous sum of money; Julian is assigned to see to the details.
What he finds inside Miss Alice's mansion is a tremendous model of . . . Miss Alice's mansion. There may be life inside the model; there may be God. According to Miss Alice and her lawyer and butler, there is, at minimum, Alice.
The tiny Alice who may or may not be in the model is not to be confused with the rich Alice who's giving money to the church -- and who is also meticulously seducing Julian. She falls in love with him a little, to the annoyance of her smug, brutal lover (also her lawyer). But she's also a cog in some vaguely motivated grand plan to sacrifice Julian at the altar of Alice -- a plot that's as overripe as it is intriguing.
Julian is a magnificent character, a good soul whose purity seems to have made him a mark for the cult of Alice. Though he is a part of the Catholic Church, Julian is unsatisfied by the traditional trappings of faith, especially the way man molds God in his own image. Julian -- and, it would seem, Albee -- prefers to let God remain as an abstraction. (This is a heck of a thing to write a play about.) Still, Julian has dark tendencies. The line between sexual ecstasy and spiritual martyrdom is particularly blurry for Julian, an Achilles' heel that Miss Alice exploits.
Albee's play has two real people -- Julian and Miss Alice -- and three broad types: Lawyer, Cardinal and Butler. Unsurprisingly, the types are less interesting than the people. As the cardinal and the lawyer, Steve Wilhite and Jonathan Watkins sneer distastefully at one another as the initial deal is struck, performing with a low-grade oiliness. Richard Mancini manages to be amusing and puckish as the butler, but he seems to have no choice but to go frosty as the character becomes as heartless and corrupt as the others.
Julian and Miss Alice, though, are given rich, warm-blooded portrayals by Christopher Henley and Jenifer Deal. The two characters have long, nuanced discussions -- Albee's language is precise and alluring -- and Henley and Deal handle these weighty discussions with a light touch. Deal, a tall redhead, perfectly judges when to be physically and intellectually imposing as Miss Alice, and when to work the softer angles. Henley's acting is gentle but knowing; his Julian is sharp but relentlessly subservient even in his hallucinatory rhapsodies, raising both psychological and spiritual issues without imposing any answers on Albee's ambiguous script. It's a fascinating, well-measured performance.
Vreeke's uncluttered production crescendos toward Albee's weird climax, which is capped by a famously difficult monologue that even Henley can't quite tame. (By then, the evening has stretched to nearly three hours.) The organ music of Mark Anduss's sound design grows increasingly dissonant and gothic, echoing among the faux-marble columns of Kevin Adams's set, which ably suggest both a mansion and a cathedral. It's grand, turgid music -- a direct echo of Albee's curious passion play."Tiny Alice," by Edward Albee. Directed by John Vreeke. Lighting, Ayun Fedorcha; costumes, Michele Reisch. Approximately three hours. Through Feb. 9 at the Clark Street Playhouse, 601 S. Clark St., Arlington. | <urn:uuid:4a1024a4-b6e4-477a-8186-a2cf67d8c0dc> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://johnvreeke.com/tinyalice/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573197.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818124424-20220818154424-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.955383 | 1,349 | 1.625 | 2 |
Four out of six Solano County unified school districts, including Vacaville and Dixon, rank among the lowest-funded in California, a county educator told Vacaville Unified trustees.
During a special governing board meeting and workshop last week, Tommy Welch, an associate superintendent for administrative services and operations at the Solano County Office of Education in Fairfield, noting per-pupil funding revenues, said that out of 341 districts, Dixon was 341, Vacaville 326, Fairfield-Suisun 318, Benicia 306.
Travis Unified, which has two elementary schools in Vacaville, did not even make the median number, 170. It ranked 265.
Vallejo City Unified was 154, the highest in the county, Welch noted in his slide presentation, titled “Solano County Districts in the Age of LCFF: The Challenge of Comparing Districts in the Age of LCFF.” The acronym stands for Local Control Funding Formula, Gov. Jerry Brown’s funding plan enacted three years ago and meant to give local districts more control over how their taxpayer dollars are allocated.
The county numbers are the most recent available, from the 2013-14 school year, Welch said at the outset of his 30-minute presentation. They are available at http://www.ed-data.org.
At “full implementation” of LCFF, by 2021, all California districts will be equally funded at “the base rate,” with equivalent ADA (average daily attendance) funding, he said.
However, even at full implementation, he pointed out, some districts will receive more money due to additional grants made available to districts with higher counts of “unduplicated students,” that is, English learners, low-income, and foster youth. Those grants are called “supplemental” and “concentration,” with districts such as Dixon, Fairfield-Suisun and Vallejo City getting sizable amounts more than other districts with fewer unduplicated students, such as Vacaville and Travis.
There are lots of differing reasons why one district could afford to have more nurses, librarians, and pay their employees more than other districts, noted Welch, who did not speculate as to why.
But the number of “targeted” students may account for the differences, he appeared to suggest, showing a slide that indicated Vallejo Unified has nearly 80 percent of those students compared to 62 percent statewide, followed by Fairfield-Suisun, with 60 percent; Dixon, with 58 percent; Vacaville, with 40 percent, Travis, with 34 percent; and Benicia, with 23 percent.
Slides that showed revenues and expenditures in terms of per-pupil funding seemed to support the percentages.
Welch also showed slides indicating student-teacher ratios, with Vallejo City’s nearly 24 to 1, Fairfield-Suisun at nearly 23 to 1, and with Dixon, Vacaville, Travis, and Benicia, at 22 to 1, roughly the state average.
He also noted average teaching experience, with Vacaville teachers at the top, with 13 years; the state average 12; with Travis, Fairfield-Suisun and Dixon posting 11 years on average.
Vacaville has the highest ratio of students to administrators/counselors, with nearly 355; followed by Fairfield-Suisun, with nearly 334; Dixon, with nearly 293; Travis, with 263; and Vallejo City, with nearly 200. The state average is 251, Welch said.
He also compared enrollments; student ratios to classified, or school-support, employees; salary schedules; lifetime earnings (based on a 37-year career).
After Welch’s presentation, Deo Persaud, chief business official for Vacaville Unified, reviewed the 2016-17 budget, at $108.5 million in expenses, with nearly $660,000 in deficit spending and an ending balance of $16.5 million. Nearly 15 percent of the budget will be held in reserve, for economic uncertainties, he noted in a slide presentation.
Persaud reminded trustees and some 30 people in the audience, including several principals and teachers, that the district, like all California districts, will face increasing employee pension funding requirements in the coming years, facts that will place added strain on already-tight budgets.
He noted that his next major budget presentation will come during the first governing board meeting in December, when the first interim 2016-17 budget report is due.
A budget deficit “looms in the future,” he told the trustees.
In interviews Tuesday, trustees Michael Kitzes and Nolan Sullivan said they were somewhat surprised to learn that Vacaville Unified has some of the lowest per-pupil funding levels in California.
Kitzes said some district officials have contacted Assemblyman Jim Frazier, D-Solano, about the matter and were told “he’ll look into it.”
“It’s disturbing on the face of it,” he said of Welch’s data. “We’re seeking some analysis to understand it. I need to understand why we’re over 300. I think it’s really important to understand and find out.”
Of the numbers, Sullivan, whose board term will end in December, said, “It’s pretty startling.”
He lamented the fact, according to Welch’s data, that Vacaville Unified has some of the lowest ADA revenues in a state “with some of the lowest per-pupil funding levels in the nation.” (California moved from 50th to 46th in funding in 2011-12, according to the latest data provided by the federal government.)
“Vacaville’s at the bottom of the list,” said Sullivan. “Macrowise, economically, it’s a huge deal. How are we supposed to get ahead? What other options do we have? How do we grow those revenues?”
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Sitting in a cab the other day, I glanced at the odd image that appeared on the small television screen mounted on the back of the front seat. “What in the world is that?” I wondered as I looked at the closeup of some beige and bumpy blob. Was it a meteor? an enlarged fat cell? a mutant virus?
The mystery began to unravel as each of the ensuing shots zoomed out to reveal more and more information. As the camera moved back, I saw that the blob was one of many oyster shells chilling on ice. Then a hand holding a knife appeared; the hand belonged to a man who picked up the oyster and pried it open. It turned out that the man was casually sitting at a bar, the atmosphere dark and woody. The big conclusion at the last cut: A restaurant logo and operating hours flashed on the screen.
In Part 1 of THE STORY OF FILM, filmmaker Mark Cousins reminds us how Hitchcock created tension through his “brilliant use of closeups” to start a scene and would then zoom out to reveal place, rather than relying on the traditional establishing shot and moving to closeups from there.
“The guy who directed that restaurant commercial was a Hitchcock fan,” I thought to myself.
My education in the history of filmmaking continues with Part 2 of THE STORY OF FIILM: AN ODYSSEY. (Comments on Part I may be accessed at http://wp.me/pfwMd-ZE)
Part 2 includes the segments “Expressionism, Impressionism and Surrealism: Golden Age of World Cinema” and “The Arrival of Sound,” featuring a collection of insights, observations, and trivia by Cousins, the intrepid film historian, director, writer, and narrator of this newly released primer on the evolution of film.
Cousins narrates the series in his lulling, quiet voice, as if he is imparting special secrets, chock full of analysis and comparison/contrast with a big dose of hyperbole. He says that the the 1920s were “the greatest era in film”; that Japanese director Yasujiro Ozu was “perhaps the greatest film director that ever lived”; and that Alfred Hitchcock was “the greatest image maker of the 20th century.” I couldn’t quite keep up with all of the testimonials to greatness he brings to his commentary, but I have to admit that I enjoy those kinds of big, dramatic statements in his narrative, including pronouncements along the lines of “Cinema can be broken into two periods, before LA ROUE (1923) by Gance and after LA ROUE.”
Nonetheless, Cousins does provide illustrations to support his declarations, doling out a relentless — and fascinating — selection of clips from more than 40 films include Dreyer’s THE PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC (1928), Murnau’s SUNRISE (1927), Buneul’s UN CHIEN ANDALOU (1929), and Disney’s SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS (1937), just to name a few. Each selection illustrates the innovations in story, action, and technique that dramatically widened the possibilities in filmmaking during “the golden age of world cinema,” and how this world of visual innovation abruptly changed when sound came into the picture. From the dadaists to the realists, we go bouncing around from innovation to innovation like the crazy journey of the baby carriage in BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN (1925) to the great musical journey of the song “Isn’t It Romantic” from Mamoulian’s LOVE ME TONIGHT (1930).
I am especially intrigued by the movie trivia that Cousins peppers in between his cinema history lessons: That there were 36,000 extras in METROPOLIS. That silent films in France were referred to as “deaf cinema.” That 90 percent of Japanese silent films have been destroyed. That Howard Hawks was responsible for bringing intense speed to cinema (recall the overlapping dialogue in BRINGING UP BABY). That the tragic demise of forgotten Chinese movie star Ruan Lingyu created a national mourning event of historic proportions. That the memorable camera angles in L’ATALANTE were a result of director Jean Vigo not wanting to show the newly fallen snow on the ground. That director Abel Gance watched the restoration of his NAPOLEAN at the 1979 Telluride Film Festival from the window in his hotel room. So many movies, so many footnotes….
As we follow Cousins’ journey through the movie business of the 1930s, he tells us that this era gave rise to the “great genres” of musicals, westerns, horror, gangster films, and comedies. And, at the conclusion of Part 2, Cousins asserts that three key films of 1939 — GONE WITH THE WIND, NINOTCHKA, and THE WIZARD OF OZ — bring “the end of escapism in films.” This statement still stumps me.
The world is heading to war, and won’t there be plenty of escapist films during the tumultuous times ahead? But for some reason, we won’t get Cousins’ perspective on the films of the war years. The next episode of the series begins with a segment entitled “Post-War Cinema.”
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Since its start, the Advanced Qualification Program (AQP) has encouraged new and innovative strategies for training airline crewmembers. The foundation of AQP is to train crew the way they fly and to find new and innovative ways to increase safety through training. By using data collected through the AQP process, training methods can be refined and improved. New technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning can make data analysis and training more effective and efficient. This paper will explore these concepts and how AI and machine learning could be implemented in the AQP process to make training more effective and make pilots, crewmembers, and passengers safer.
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"My Valentine" by Pierre OutinA Valentine: ‘To a Girl Named Olivia’ by Joseph S. Salemi The Society February 13, 2022 Beauty, Blank Verse, Love Poems, Poetry 19 Comments . To a Girl Named Olivia What shall I say to you of untold love In this more than empty space that lies between Our two selves wound in tongue-tied reticence? I have touched your hand in images and dreams, As the old remember and the young foresee, Feeling only the shadow of a substance. I watch my own implicit solitude, Spiralled like a shell around my heart: Turning away, I keep before my mind Your face as icon and your voice as prayer. —for Olivia Tate Stockard, Valentine’s Day 1972 . . Joseph S. Salemi has published five books of poetry, and his poems, translations and scholarly articles have appeared in over one hundred publications world-wide. He is the editor of the literary magazine Trinacria and writes for Expansive Poetry On-line. He teaches in the Department of Humanities at New York University and in the Department of Classical Languages at Hunter College. NOTE TO READERS: If you enjoyed this poem or other content, please consider making a donation to the Society of Classical Poets. NOTE TO POETS: The Society considers this page, where your poetry resides, to be your residence as well, where you may invite family, friends, and others to visit. Feel free to treat this page as your home and remove anyone here who disrespects you. Simply send an email to email@example.com. Put “Remove Comment” in the subject line and list which comments you would like removed. The Society does not endorse any views expressed in individual poems or comments and reserves the right to remove any comments to maintain the decorum of this website and the integrity of the Society. Please see our Comments Policy here. CODEC News:Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) 19 Responses Margaret Coats February 13, 2022 Breathtaking arrested cyclical motion in “our two selves wound in tongue-tied reticence” and “implicit solitude spiralled like a shell around my heart.” The escape is love piety turning Olivia’s face into an icon and her voice into prayer. This golden memory will be kept before my mind as one of the best love poems of 2022. Reply Susan Jarvis Bryant February 13, 2022 So beautiful. Margaret has said it so much better than I can. You have given Olivia a Beatrice Portinari feel. I could never have written poetry like this at such a tender age… I’m impressed. Reply Sally Cook February 13, 2022 Oh Joe — Susan and Margaret have said it all. Beautiful, just beautiful. Happy Valentine’s Day, dear friend. Reply jd February 13, 2022 Yes, beautiful. Reply C.B. Anderson February 13, 2022 If I’ve calculated correctly, this poem is from a time just after you completed your undergraduate studies and perhaps before you had fully formulated the idea of the fictive artifact, but already you had well-developed literary sensibilities. Never mind your “tender age.” Even now, well into my eighth decade, I don’t think I could write anything like this. Reply Susan Jarvis Bryant February 13, 2022 C.B. you’re right on the tender age front… I’m still striving to achieve perfection and I’m no spring chicken… darn it! Reply C.B. Anderson February 13, 2022 I have a fairly good idea of what it means to be a spring chicken, Susan, and you don’t want to be one of those. If you want to know what perfection looks like, then read the later edition of Richard Wilbur’s Collected Works. Joseph S. Salemi February 13, 2022 Kip, I had just turned twenty-four, and was a graduate student at NYU working on my Ph.D. Olivia was also a graduate student there at the time, and we met in a study group preparing for our comprehensive exams. Reply C.B. Anderson February 13, 2022 We know how things turned out for you, Joseph, but how did things turn out for Olivia? None of my business, of course, yet I remain curious. Joseph S. Salemi February 14, 2022 She got her Ph.D. in seventeenth-century literature, became a highly successful communications consultant with her own company, and wrote the authoritative book on techniques of business writing. Allegra Silberstein February 13, 2022 Beautiful poem…thank you for sharing. Reply David Watt February 14, 2022 I will add another beautiful to the chorus. Thanks for this timeless poem. Reply Jeff Eardley February 14, 2022 Mr Salemi, this is the best thing I’ll read today. I hope she reciprocated with one of her own. Reply Brian Yapko February 14, 2022 A stunning piece of work. I’m not sure I’ll ever read a line of poetry as beautiful as “I watch my own implicit solitude,/Spiralled like a shell around my heart.” I want more. Reply Joseph S. Salemi February 14, 2022 Thank you all for your very kind words. After fifty years, I’m pleased that the poem is finally made public. Reply Margaret Coats February 15, 2022 In addition to the deep appreciation we’ve all expressed, I’d like to offer some scholarly analysis of how this poem fits into the long tradition of European love poetry. “Your face as icon” reminds me that in my own 1989 dissertation, I described one type of Petrarchan poem as the “veronica.” The Veronica is the name given to the veil of Saint Veronica, a kindly woman who wiped Jesus’ face as He was carrying His Cross to Calvary. In return for her act of mercy, an image of the Holy Face remains on the veil, which I hope is still preserved at Saint Peter’s in Rome. It certainly was there when Petrarch wrote Canzoniere 16 (“Movesi il vecchierel canuto et bianco”). The poet-lover compares himself to an old man who makes a pilgrimage to see the famed relic of Christ’s passion, so that he can once in this life see the face he hopes to contemplate in heaven. In the Canzoniere, the poem serves as an excuse to Laura for Petrarch’s gazing at other women. Hers is the “veronica” or true icon of beauty that he really longs to see in every other beauty. An English example of the veronica is Sir Philip Sidney’s Astrophil and Stella, Sonnet 91 (“Stella, while now by honour’s cruel might”). More clearly in Petrarch’s poem, Laura herself is a mediate ideal of beauty, standing in place of what is highest. Sidney tells Stella (his “star”) that other women, compared to her, are wooden celestial globes on which the heavens are mapped. In the Renaissance love sequence, the religious or celestial touch represents a very subtle criticism of the speaker, who really thinks his lady is the ultimate Ideal of Beauty. He cannot look beyond and discover the Creator in her, the most beautiful of creatures. A transformed use of the veronica comes in religious love sequences where poets (many of whom had written secular sequences) make that discovery. Henry Constable’s “To God the Father” is a clear example. In Joseph S. Salemi’s valentine “To a Girl Named Olivia,” there is a necessary turning away, as in Petrarch’s and Sidney’s poems. The poet does not turn away from looking at other women, but from watching his own implicit solitude. There is the religious touch of making Olivia’s face his icon, an image of someone worthy of worship. He also makes her voice prayer to be kept in his mind. In the religious context of the line, this suggests intercessory prayer that Olivia might make for him. In the love context of the poem, it suggests words that she has spoken or might speak to give him hope of love. Or it could represent hope that she will be the first to break the mutual reticence in which their two selves are wound. She did later become a communications expert. For Salemi’s valentine to have some relation to a Petrarchan veronica, he didn’t need to know he was taking up a common type of lyric in Renaissance love sequences. But this kind of poem would have been all around graduate students soon to take comprehensive exams. Reply Joseph S. Salemi February 15, 2022 Every poem in traditional verse lives via its connection with past traditions, even if those traditions are not consciously being used by the poet in a particular act of composition. This brief lyric echoes the well-worn topos of the beloved woman’s face, and there may be a religious hint in it. No argument there, Margaret. One important point, however — the idea that Veronica’s name is related to the phrase “true image” (Latin “verus” and Greek “ikon”) is a pious fable. The name of the woman who met Jesus on the Via Dolorosa was certainly Beronike, a fairly common name at the time. Latin speakers revised it to Veronica by changing the final vowel to a Latin feminine /a/ (corresponding to the feminine /e/ in Greek) and creating a false folk etymology for it. But I always recall what St. Thomas Aquinas answered when a person wrote him a letter asking whether the names of the blessed were written in golden letters in a great book in Heaven: “As far as I can tell, this is not the case, but there is no harm in believing it.” (Ut mihi quidem videtur, non est, sed in periculo non eris si illud credas.) Reply Margaret Coats February 15, 2022 When an etymology has become accepted as a meaningful word in our language and others, I see no harm in using it as a literary term. I met Beronike in my research long ago, but I saw no point in criticizing Petrarch for referring to “la disiata vostra forma vera” in his sonnet concerning what he knew as the Veronica, nor Constable or any other poet for following him in speaking of that “true Image.” Joe, it’s on Wordnik at this very moment, which gives you all the greater opportunity for explaining why it shouldn’t be! Reply Joseph S. Salemi February 15, 2022 There’s no reason not to use “Veronica” and its false etymology as a fictive artifact in poetry and painting. All I’m saying is that we should be aware that it is a false etymology. By the way, I have a framed Albrecht Durer engraving of the Veronica Veil hanging in my bedroom. Leave a Reply Cancel ReplyYour email address will not be published.CommentName* Email* Website Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Notify me of new posts by email. Δ This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. 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