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It’s two o’clock in the afternoon and you’ve just finished your sixth meeting of the day. You’ve quickly logged out of the meeting, ran to the bathroom, grabbed a drink, and are now back at your desk dialing into the next meeting…about three minutes late (because it started at two!). If this reminds you of your normal day, you’re not alone. Knowledge workers spend >50% of their time in meetings (which has increased nearly 70% during the pandemic). For every minute we spend in a meeting, there’s another minute lost for other work.
I want to be clear on one thing…meetings are not bad. Meetings enable individuals and teams to collaborate and share information in ways that other async communication methods simple can’t. What is bad though? Poorly planned and run meetings.
Meetings are broken today. We default to “let’s set up a meeting for this” instead of “should we have a meeting for this?” The biggest problem is that a bad meeting doesn’t just waste your time but everyone who attends. I believe there is a better way.
So what makes a good meeting?
- Start your meetings five minutes LATE
Many collaboration tools have the option to default meeting lengths to be a litter shorter. For example, Google Calendar has a feature called Speedy Meetings which allows you to make a 1-hour meeting 50 minutes by default, ending the meeting early so participants can have a quick break. The problem with this practice is most meetings run over the extra 10 minutes, leaving you right back to where you started.
Instead, consider starting your meeting five minutes later than usual (e.g. 2:05PM instead of 2:00PM). Your attendees will come in delighted as they realize they have a quick five-minute reprieve from the meetings gauntlet.
- Fill out the description of the meeting invite
If you were to look at your calendar, I bet more than half the meetings have an empty description box. It’s so easy to just add a meeting to someone’s calendar, but when we do this we put all the ownership on the attendee to understand what the meeting is for and how they should come prepared (and then we act surprised when people don’t come prepared!).
Instead, consider answering three questions in the description box for every meeting you set up:
- Why are we having this meeting?
- What is the goal/outcome needed from the meeting?
- Who should attend this meeting? (which allows people who are forwarded the meeting invite to opt out because they realize they are not the intended audience)
This might take an extra minute to fill out in the invite, but the savings you experience in time and participation will pay back immediately.
- Create (and send out) a meeting agenda with timeboxes
Close your eyes and imagine you’ve just started a meeting with the intention of getting to a specific goal. The facilitator starts the meeting with “so, what should we do with our time today?” You immediately know you won’t be getting to that goal and another meeting will be scheduled shortly to try again. “Just wing it” might be a good name for a chicken restaurant, but not a philosophy for meeting facilitation.
Instead, spend time before the meeting constructing an agenda with timeboxes to help keep the meeting on track. These timeboxes don’t have to be minute-by-minute, but should represent small chunks of time with specific goals (e.g.10 minutes – review and gather feedback on project goal). Even better, send out the agenda 24 hours prior to the meeting and ask for feedback…should we consider changing anything before we meet? I personally like to use the Meeting Notes template in Confluence to do this!
- Build in time for material review
I bet most of us have been to a meeting where the first thing the facilitator said was “I hope you all had a chance to read the material I sent out before hand.” At this point we usually mutter something that passes as “sort of” and then actively try to avoid eye contact with others in the room. Based the number of meetings we attend each day,I can’t imagine when people would find the time to read the material beforehand…which ultimately leads to a meeting where not much gets accomplished.
Instead, lean into this fact and schedule the first 15-20 minutes of the meetings for “material review.” Use this time to allow the group to read through the material and collect their thoughts and feedback. Even better, if you’re using a collaboration tool like Confluence, create a Confluence page with the material and ask everyone to review and add comments to the page during this time. You can then spend the rest of the time actively discussing next steps on the content instead of making guesses on what you think the content said.
- Determine if the meeting is needed BEFORE sending the invite
If you’ve found yourself thinking “this meeting should have been an email” you’re probably right. Most meetings we attend are created with good intention, but as they say…the path to hell is paved with good intentions.
Instead, ask yourself “what can I do to NOT make this a meeting” first before scheduling. Not sure how to do this? Check out this awesome graphic that can help you determine if a meeting is really needed.
Source: Atlassian Work Life Blog How to run effective meetings in the era of hybrid work
Let’s wrap it up
At the end of the day there is one resource none of us can create more of…time. We need to be ruthless in how we prioritize and protect our time for ourselves, but also those around us. Regardless of your role in the organization, let’s all commit to following the golden rule of meetings…
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“Smallpox Vaccine Recruits Skin Bacteria to Fight Disease”
by Patience Asanga
The Scientist, April 26, 2022
I’ve found a story that I think would suit The Scientist’s audience. It’s a new research showing how a host’s microbiota interacts with a smallpox vaccine to induce protection against smallpox.
Indeed, dermal vaccination with the vaccinia virus offers protection against smallpox, but nobody knew how this worked until now.
Researchers from Cambridge University, UK claim that their experimental study on mice highlights how the vaccine induces an increase in the number of commensal bacteria in infected tissues, which eventually triggers an immune response in the host.
The authors say, ‘this [their study] suggests that manipulation of commensal skin microbiota might be a way to enhance the efficacy of intradermal vaccines.’
This is the link to the research paper: bit.ly/36eJ4C9
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Интерактивная система просмотра системных руководств (man-ов)
>> ext2ed (8) ( Linux man: Команды системного администрирования )
ext2ed - ext2 file system editor
second extended filesystem.
Its aim is to show you the various internal filesystem structures in an
intuitive form so that you would be able to easily understand and modify
The documentation is not available in man page format. Instead, I have
written three articles which are related to ext2ed:
The first article is
The user's guide.
This article explains how to use ext2ed.
The second article is
The Ext2fs overview.
This article gives an overview of internal structure of the ext2 filesystem.
You need to understand the internal layout in order to effectively edit
The third article is
EXT2ED - Design and implementation.
This article explains how I constructed ext2ed. You may want to have a look
in it if you plan to view or modify the source code.
Do not use ext2ed on a mounted filesystem.
The program itself.
ext2ed's configuration file.
Log file of actual changes made to the filesystem.
The user and technical documentation.
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Protect Your Marriage and Your Future With a Prenuptial Agreement
Many people associated prenuptial agreements with movie stars and the very wealthy, but prenuptial agreements aren’t only for the rich and famous. Many couples use prenuptial agreements to protect their assets for their children and to make sure that a plan is in place in case the worst should happen.
A prenuptial agreement or “prenup” is an agreement between potential spouses made in preparation for a marriage. Each couple’s prenuptial agreement is unique; however it is common for the agreement to include provisions for the division of business assets, homes, investments, inheritances, property, child support and spousal support in the event of a divorce or a spouse’s death. However, prenuptial agreements can also be used to protect assets for a child from a former marriage or to protect a new spouse from existing debt.
Creating a Prenuptial Agreement
In order for a prenuptial agreement to be deemed legally valid, it must meet specific criteria. A prenuptial agreement must be documented in writing and must include a statement of each spouse’s assets and liabilities prior to the marriage. The agreement must be signed in writing by each spouse, or it will be considered invalid and unenforceable. The agreement should be finalized and reviewed by an attorney before the wedding date.
A premarital agreement becomes effective as soon as you and your spouse are legally married.
Changing a Prenuptial Agreement
A prenuptial agreement can be changed. Once you and your spouse are lawfully married, you may amend your prenuptial agreement if both spouses agree to the changes. Many couples choose to modify prenuptial agreements after they have been married for specified length of time.
Challenging a Prenuptial Agreement
When you agreed to marry, you dreamed it would last forever. The possibility of divorce never entered your mind. Now that your marriage is ending, you have found that the prenuptial agreement you signed could mean that you and your children will be left without assets. A prenuptial agreement may be declared invalid if:
- A spouse was coerced or otherwise unwillingly entered into the agreement.
- The agreement was unjust at the time the enforcement was sought.
- A spouse was not provided with a full and fair disclosure of the earnings, property and financial obligations of the other spouse or did not have knowledge of the property or financial obligations of the other spouse.
- The spouse did not voluntarily and expressly waive, in writing, the right to disclosure of the property or financial obligations of the other party.
- The spouse did not consult with his or her own lawyer, and did not voluntarily and expressly waive, in writing, the opportunity to consult with an independent attorney.
- The marriage is found fraudulent or void.
Not sure if a prenuptial agreement is right for you? Please contact Melinda M. Previtera, Attorney at Law at (856) 942-0150. Melinda M. Previtera will answer your questions and help you determine if a prenuptial agreement is right for you. | <urn:uuid:af934222-d4b1-4181-b562-e869de5972aa> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://family-law-attorney.com/prenuptial-agreements/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573197.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818124424-20220818154424-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.963267 | 668 | 1.671875 | 2 |
Professor Mitja Zagar is a specialist at the University of Ljubljana on international law and constitutions, as well as on ethnic relations. He was a speaker at Science for Peace's March conference, "The Lessons of Yugoslavia." Afterwards he talked further with Metta Spencer about the collapse of his former country and the wars that followed
METTA SPENCER: What destroyed Yugoslavia?
MITJA ZAGAR: In the long term, it is impossible to preserve a state through oppression or promises alone. The mechanisms of the state must realize common interests. Unfortunately, there was a total absence of constitutional tools for the prevention, management, and resolution of ethnic conflict.
SPENCER: What would such mechanisms look like and why didn't they exist in the constitution of Yugoslavia?
ZAGAR: We needed institutions to identify common interests, to mediate, and to prevent the blockage of the necessary political consensus. The right to veto certain decisions would give groups some protection from injury.
Post-World War II constitutions in Yugoslavia espoused the communist idea that the national liberation movements had resolved all ethnic and class conflicts. Any ethnic conflicts in the post-war period were resolved by informal mechanisms within the Communist Party (the League of Communists of Yugoslavia) or by President Tito. Their moral power and public image, or in some cases repression, calmed situations. The government was able to pacify opposition with the promise of an improved standard of living, either through internal development or foreign aid, until the '80s. Yugoslavs working abroad also contributed to the economy.
This changed with the death of President Tito in 1980 and the dissolution of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia in the late '80s and in 1990. The loss of these centripetal forces put Yugoslavia on the road to disaster.
SPENCER: What about traditional mechanisms of resolving conflicts?
ZAGAR: There were diverse methods and rules that determined the relations and communications between different ethnic groups. Traditionally communities had a leading member communicate their interests and mediate conflict. Often two communities lived next to one another but hardly ever met and interrelated. It was clear where intermarriage was possible and where it was not. These channels varied from place to place, but generally were undemocratic and intolerant. Nevertheless, they prevented conflict between communities. At the same time, there were places, sometimes just the next village, where different ethnicities did mix in friendship, work, marriage and other bonds.
When the state began to influence people more directly, its authority conflicted with traditional mechanisms. Some of the latter were prohibited.
SPENCER: Should they have been?
ZAGAR: In some cases yes, but others should have been transformed or kept insofar as they promoted cooperation. Conflicts are a normal state of affairs in every pluralistic society. It is their escalation which prevents normal functioning and becomes dangerous. Traditional mechanisms prevented escalation, and the state did not replace them.
SPENCER: Did those intermediaries straddle the communities? For example, were they part of mixed marriages?
ZAGAR: Not necessarily. They were people of high repute within a community, often formal office-holders, such as priests or the wealthy. The state called these mechanisms undemocratic and abolished them.
SPENCER: How was this done?
ZAGAR: Property problems, trade disputes, and the like were transferred to the courts, to administrative bodies and to the police so the role of local mediation was diminished and started to fade away. Direct intervention occurred when traditional mechanisms were perceived as parallel to administrative ones. This was motivated by the fear that other methods would rival state ones.
SPENCER: I was told in the early '80s that Yugoslavia was the most decentralized country in the world. Did this hasten the break-up? Does decentralization hasten the break-up of states in general?
ZAGAR: Centralization and decentralization are simultaneous trends in every society. It is a question of balance. If interests within a state are similar, then a high level of centralization is acceptable. If interests are diverse then decentralization is a better solution. What states and constitutions must do is provide the framework for common interest, the central unifying force in all states, which will in the long term ensure the existence of the state. When this disappears, even unitary states tend towards dismantling, or at least change. In the long term, repression or other methods will not keep people together.
In Yugoslavia after the late '80s there were two parallel systems. One was decentralized, provided by the 1974 Constitution of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, and the other was the Party system, which was centralist but was slowly decentralizing. The latter was parallel to the state, possessed the monopoly of power, and had kept the country together.
SPENCER: So the Party was unified?
ZAGAR: Not all the time, but it was much more unified than the state itself.
SPENCER: Did something change in Yugoslavia to make people's interests less compatible?
ZAGAR: The cultural, political and economic divisions were widening. There were two competing political concepts-one of them unitarist, which was fighting in the '80s to reinstall the Party monopoly in the political system, one of them decentralist which advocated further democratization in a Western style. There was no mechanism to provide a fair forum for debate between these factions and no way to force a dialogue. Most importantly, common interest didn't seem to exist. Previously, the League of Communists and President Tito had indicated common interest and mobilized people. It was not part of the constitution.
So the death of Tito and the demise of the Communist Party led to a multiplicity of interests. Specific interests were formulated at the republic level, which resolved internal differences to a certain extent, but hindered co-existence, interplay, and the creation of new common interests.
SPENCER: You said recently that in the former Yugoslavia there was a correlation between support for democracy and decentralization or separatism, while the opposing ideology of centralization was primarily a Communist one.
ZAGAR: Basically, this is true. Prime Minister Markovic was a reformist who proposed some economic centralization but otherwise the main proponents of centralization were traditional Com-munists. Tendencies of democratization and decentralization formed within some more liberal communist republics in the 1980s. Serbia and Montenegro demanded a more unified federation and a stronger Communist Party while Slovenia and Croatia demanded further decentralization and more democracy.
This conflict was seen as an ethnic conflict between Serbia and Slovenia, even though it was essentially a political one between the respective leaderships. Croatians and Serbians were traditionally perceived as in conflict, so when Croatia joined in, this was also seen as ethnic, not political and economic.
The late '80s were a struggle for succession to President Tito. Milosevic saw the void first and tried to succeed Tito, while other leaders pushed for more autonomy. Milosevic began to declare opponents' proposals unconstitutional and counter-revolutionary, using traditional Communist language to delegitimize them, reducing the opportunity for negotiation and compromise. Communi-cation eventually became impossible.
SPENCER: If you disagreed with Milosevic you were counter-revolutionary and therefore not to be spoken to?
ZAGAR: It was more complex, but yes.
SPENCER: I see a parallel here with Russia, where the so-called democrats supported Yeltsin and wanted to break up the country, while the Communists wanted to hold it together. In the West, there was no linkage between belief in democracy and secession. Most of us wouldn't have wanted the Soviet Union or Yugoslavia to break up, but we did want them to become democratic.
ZAGAR: Slovenia and Croatia wanted independence, but they might not have dismantled Yugoslavia if more agreeable arrangements could have been made. Cooperation in the form of a communal entity was possible. Some international players, including the U.S., tried to keep Yugoslavia together at all costs, to show the USSR that they disapproved of secession. The USSR dismantled anyway and everyone forgot Yugoslavia.
Messages from abroad were often mixed. On the one hand, democratic movements were encouraged in Slovenia and Croatia. On the other, there were signs that the West would tolerate drastic measures to preserve unity, such as repression and the imprisonment of certain leaders. So everyone in Yugoslavia interpreted these messages as support for their own cause. Internal factors were most important in the crisis, but the importance of international factors should not be understated.
SPENCER: Was there any option both to democratize and keep the former Yugoslavia together?
ZAGAR: The constitution did not provide the structure to resolve differences and, because of all the differences, there was no consensus to change the constitution. It was a vicious circle. Joining the European Union could have given Yugoslavia mechanisms to resolve differences and would have helped democratization, as it did in Greece, Spain and Portugal. If there had been pressure and help to reform the federation the situation might have been resolved. If Yugoslavia had been included in a larger system, two different political systems could have co-existed in the country.
SPENCER: In anglophone Canada there is a lot of opposition to the notion of "distinct society." Was there the same kind of opposition to asymmetrical federalism in Yugoslavia?
ZAGAR: The problem with Meech Lake was that it referred only to the francophone community and not to native communities. This inclusion might decrease the conflict occuring between francophone and anglophone Canada.
In Yugoslavia the problems were worse because proposals for reform, decentralization, and asymmetrical federalism were proclaimed unconstitutional and counter-revolutionary and thereby eliminated from legitimate political discourse. Thanks to the democratic tradition, this has not happened in Canada.
SPENCER: The crunch came in the dispute over whether to have a federal election or separate elections in the republics. Didn't Slovenia take the lead?
ZAGAR: After democracy took root in certain republics, elections were needed because the existing structure was no longer representative of the balance of power. But the building of democracy takes time. The environment in the republics was not a Western one. Even Slovenia, which had gone through a transition, did not have a tradition of party organization or established party ideologies. The timing of elections is a chicken-and-egg dilemma because without elections these mechanisms cannot be introduced.
Organizing federal elections was also a problem. Would they be done in accordance with the existing system which was incompatible with political pluralism? There was a need for restructuring, but no consensus on how to do it. The smaller republics would not agree to a proportional system of federal election.
SPENCER: Should the holding of republic-level elections have been contingent on having a federal election as well?
ZAGAR: I don't think that was possible. There was a gap and elections were necessary to fill it.
SPENCER: But did the elections make the situation worse?
ZAGAR: Not in Slovenia. In Croatia, had it not been for the war, the elections would have helped normalize the situation. In Bosnia-Hercegovina it could have been better had it not become a clear-cut ethnic division. Simply copying the Western system was not a good idea for certain parts of Yugoslavia. Slovenia was the exception. No one took this into account. Nobody tried to search for alternative solutions. Here, informal support from the international community would have been welcome.
In retrospect, I think the point of no return came in 1988 when Milosevic consolidated his power within the Communist party in Serbia. After that, enforcement or at least encouragement from abroad was necessary.
SPENCER: You were involved in writing the constitution for Slovenia. What was done to protect minority rights?
ZAGAR: We studied over 100 constitutions and almost all the international documents that made provisions for human rights and tried to include most of the recent developments in the Slovenian constitution of 1991. We included the protection of minorities, prohibition of discrimination, equality of cultures and languages, and freedom of religion in the document. We drew lessons from Yugoslavia and other parts of the world that have encountered problems regulating inter-ethnic relations and protecting minorities. We established direct representation in the parliament for very small minorities (Hungarian and Italian) because normal political processes would not have given them a voice. These representatives have a veto on decisions that violate minority rights. The constitution also provides these groups with a level of cultural autonomy, the right to education in their own language, access to media, and to make some local decisions. Only the Gypsy community was too dispersed to benefit from these provisions. Ethnic Hungarians and Italians are also free to develop cooperation with their mother states, and the Slovenian state is bound to support minorities and the infrastructure to realize their special rights.
ZAGAR: It is one of the many possible ways to go. This method contributes to ethnic understanding and cooperation and is also welcomed by the minorities themselves. | <urn:uuid:0c160402-465b-4864-a767-fd1001b82723> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://peacemagazine.org/archive/v13n3p20.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573197.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818124424-20220818154424-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.977892 | 2,704 | 3.21875 | 3 |
Multinational corporations are facing increasingly diverse, complex and exotic risks, and may not have all the resources in place to manage them effectively, according to Aon's first global risk management survey.
More than half of the survey's 320 respondents said they were not prepared for the risk they rated as most worrying – damage to reputation. Business interruption was cited as the second key risk, where 70% of respondents reported that they were prepared, and 30% were not.
Survey responses suggest that third party liability risk concerns have arisen as a result of the encroachment of US-style litigiousness into other regions. And rounding out the top five risk concerns, based on the survey's results, are distribution or supply chain failure, and market environment. Lack of preparedness for these risks is reported at 37% and 65%, respectively.
Other top ten risk concerns rated by survey respondents are, in order, regulatory changes, failure to attract or retain staff, financial risk and physical damage. Mergers and acquisitions and disaster recovery plan failure are tied for tenth place.
America is the only region where technology failure and loss of data are cited as a major risk concern. Europe alone cites mergers/acquisitions/ restructuring, while Asia-Pacific is highly concerned with weather and natural disasters. Risk managers in the US tend to rely heavily on senior management intuition and experience to identify major risks, while other regions rely more on business unit registers.
The survey indicates that boards recognise the critical nature of risk management and are engaged in the review of risk issues. Respondents said identifying and understanding their risks is a top priority. Many planned to take a more enterprise-wide approach. | <urn:uuid:0a207c4a-ed70-4b61-861b-68a05bbe29e9> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.strategic-risk-europe.com/still-not-prepared/1362970.article | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572870.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817062258-20220817092258-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.961506 | 336 | 1.546875 | 2 |
Gigi Biolcati began playing drums at the age of 11. He started out playing with dance groups for seven years. Then he studied with Enrico Lucchini and for some years he played blues, funk, soul with Aida Cooper and pop music with Cristiano DeAndré. Then he did a stint with dancer Koffi Kokò from Benin, and it was here that Gigi Biolocati found his personal approach to music. He went to Africa to study music and to search for the original roots of rhythm. Thus he furthered his study of African rhythm and compared it with the European, Asian and American traditions.
Following this path helped him to clarify the relationship between the body, the unconscious and the energies of the individual. His final aim in music can be described as the basic essence of communication: control of sound, the interaction with other musicians, the trust and mutual awareness which are all necessary to recreate the power of a magic ritual of a concert. | <urn:uuid:dabcaa0b-c7bb-4596-91c5-00525a3c4725> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://arts-news.net/artlibrary/talent-pool/gigi-biolcati?type=related-pool | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572063.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814173832-20220814203832-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.974659 | 211 | 1.546875 | 2 |
Bishop (d. 371)
+ Eusebius was born at the beginning of the fourth century. A member of the clergy of Rome, he was elected bishop of Vercelli, in 345.
+ Known for his preaching and charity, he established the first monastic foundations in his diocese, and became the first bishop of the Western Church to introduce the monastic ideal to his diocesan clergy.
+ In 355, Eusebius attended the Synod of Milan but, because he refused to condemn Saint Athanasius and upheld the Church’s teachings on the divinity of Jesus, he was exiled to Palestine, Asia Minor, and Egypt.
+ Eusebius eventually returned to Italy and worked tirelessly against the Arian heresy and accompanied Saint Athanasius to the Council of Alexandria in 362.
+ Saint Eusebius died at Vercelli in 371.
For prayer and reflection
“Dearly beloved, I rejoice in your faith, in the salvation that comes from faith, in your good works, which are not confined to your own surroundings but spread far and wide.”—Saint Eusebius of Vercelli
On this day, and under her title “Our Lady of the Angels,” the Blessed Virgin Mary is honored as the patroness of Costa Rica. There, in the Basilica of Our Lady of Angels in Cartago, is enshrined a small statue of the Virgin Mary cradling the Child Jesus. The statue was discovered by a girl who had gone out to collect firewood. The child took the statue home, but the next day she found the statue was not there and she found it back on the stone where she had found it. In time, a shrine was built on the site where the statue was found. Because of the dark color of the stone, the image is sometimes known as La Negrita.
Lead us, Lord God, to imitate the constancy of Saint Eusebius
in affirming the divinity of your Son,
so that, by preserving the faith he taught as your Bishop,
we may merit a share int eh very life of your Son.
Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
(from The Roman Missal)
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A patient who received a given liver that had been stored for three days in a new type of machine that mimics the human body is healthy one year after surgery, according to a study in Nature Biotechnology.
The technology could significantly increase the number of liver suitable for transplantation, the authors say, both by allowing donor livers to be kept longer than the current standard, and by allowing the repair of organs that are available but too damaged by to transplantation as is the case. .
Although more research is needed, the team believes the new technique could allow donor livers to be stored safely for up to 12 days before transplantation. If it works, it could increase the likelihood of treating donors’ livers with drugs before surgery, expanding the availability of livers for patients who need them, and potentially save countless lives. Read the whole story.
I combed the internet to find the funniest / most important / scary and fascinating stories about technology.
1 Shanghai has lifted the 65-day confinement for covid
Much to the relief of the exhausted residents of the city. (BBC)
+ For many citizens, the celebrations have felt like Chinese New Year. (The Guardian)
+ However, a negative covid test is still required 72 hours before taking public transportation. (CNN)
2 The Supreme Court has blocked Texas’ attempt to control social media
But the order banning the law, which would make content moderation impossible, is only temporary. (Vox)
+ Racist content that radicalizes extremists is available for free on major platforms. (NOW $)
+ Why social media can’t keep content moderation in the shadows. (MIT Technology Review)
3 NSO proposed to sell its spyware tool to known risk clients
In a desperate attempt to make money, despite human rights groups revealing their abuses. (FT $)
+ Inside NSO, the $ 1 billion Israeli spyware giant. (MIT Technology Review)
4 What a 1960s science fiction novel about Elon Musk tells us
Their habit of treating everything as a problem to be solved ignores the underlying systems that created them. (Jacobí)
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Smart cities used to be a utopian dream. Today, momentum is building towards realizing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDGs). Management and Science University (MSU) hosts the Research and Innovation of Private Higher Education Network (RIPHEN) Sustainable Communities Symposium 2020-2021.
Held virtually at the MSU main campus in Shah Alam recently, RIPHEN’s Sustainable Communities Symposium 2020-2021 was officiated by MSU President and RIPHEN Patron Professor Tan Sri Dato’ Wira Dr Mohd Shukri Ab Yajid.
“The past twenty months have proven to be disruptive to the social, economic, and political landscapes. The disruption demands us to be adaptive and agile as we equip ourselves to live with COVID.
“The RIPHEN collaboration is vital in narrowing the gap between the dream and the actual building of sustainable communities. The symposium’s theme of Sustainable Smart City aligns well with the 11th UNSDG; i.e., making cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable.
It is the responsibility of scholars and researchers to maximize intellect and skills to provide solutions; in the local, national, and global arenas.”
Among the online attendees were Multimedia University (MMU) Vice-President of Research, Industrial Collaborations and Engagement; Nilai University Vice-Chancellor; and Infrastructure University Kuala Lumpur (IUKL) Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Research.
MSU contributed two titles to the RIPHEN Sustainable Communities 2020-2021 Proceedings Book; Real-Time Crowd Temperature Tracker using Thermal Camera and Facial Identification for Pandemic, and Biometric Fingerprint Recognition based on Sweat Pores.
Programme leaders of RIPHEN’s member universities’ principal investigators presented their progress reports on Digital Education (MSU), Digital Futures (MMU), Power Distribution (UNITEN), Sustainable Hybrid Hydro (UTP), Energy 4.0 (Nilai University), Intelligent Energy System (IUKL), and Rail Engineering Technology (UNIKL).
The Intellectual Property Corporation of Malaysia MyIPO delivered a talk on Intellectual Property in Technology Commercialization.
Abstracts on Sustainable Energy, Future Cities, Digital Education, Rail Engineering, Energy 4.0, AI Technology for Power Management Infrastructure, and Power Engineering (Power Distribution System) were judged by a two-member panel comprising SIRIM Tech Ventures (STV) CEO and an STV Consultant.
Present on campus at the MSUtv studio were MSU Senior Vice-President for Research, Innovation, Technology and System and RIPHEN Chairman Professor Dato’ Dr Md Gapar Md Johar; MSU Vice-President for Industry Linkages and Entrepreneurship Professor Dr Abdul Jalil Ghazali; and MSU RIPHEN Exco Associate Professor Dr Mariam-Aisha Fatima.
The postgraduate studies at MSU offers advanced degrees at MBA, MSc and PhD levels covering the wide areas including Management/Business, Accounting/ Finance, Educational Management and Leadership, Teaching English as Second Language, International Business, Fashion Business, International Hospitality and Tourism Management, Early Childhood Education, Counselling and Guidance, International Event Management, Computer Science, Information and Communication Technology, Food Service Technology, Biomedicine, Engineering, Applied Science, Health Sciences, Biomedical Sciences, Information Technology, Clinical Pharmacy, Pharmacy, Applied Science, Design, Medical Physiology, Public Health and Anatomy. This programmes offered under the School of Graduate Studies (SGS) and Graduate School of Management (GSM).
MSU currently ranks in the Top 100 among the world’s top young universities, Top 200 among Asia’s best universities, Top 301+ for Graduate Employability Ranking and Top 601+ for University Impact. Ranked by both Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) and Times Higher Education (THE), MSU’s world rankings place it in the Top 47% of the world’s best universities in the QS WUR 2022 and Top 200 for impact on gender equality and no poverty in THE University Impact Rankings 2021.
MSU has also been awarded Platinum 5 Crowns by the UK’s Accreditation Service for International Schools, Colleges and Universities (ASIC); and QS-rated 5-Stars on the metrics of Overall as well as individually across Teaching, Graduate Employability, Academic Development, Internationalization, Online Learning, Social Responsibility, Inclusiveness, and Hospitality and Leisure Management. Also rated by Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE) as SETARA Tier-5 Excellent Status University as well as ranked The Most Entrepreneurial Private University in Malaysia.
In all, as an applied, enterprise, holistic and international university, MSU offers foundation, undergraduate, postgraduate and flexible programs through an entry system that facilitates admission of students from all walks of life, where it aims to TRANSFORMING LIVES and ENRICHING FUTURE.
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The book is very well written (Ari Shavit must have had a brilliant editor); it’s an attention-grabbing page-turner, but at the same time, it reinforces the Arab agenda of delegitimizing the state of Israel. Lacking proper background knowledge or understanding of the particular history before reading the book, may serve to convince the ignorant reader that the Palestinians’ claims to Tel Aviv, Haifa, Jerusalem, the Galilee, Lydda, etc. is absolutely justified. And the Jews, the Zionists, and the Israelis are the latest Crusaders whose time in the holy land is fleeting, as it will soon run out. The book lets the naïve reader be persuaded that the state of Israel will implode as the population time bomb continues its steady march toward doomsday, while the extreme right continues to tear down any chance for peace by colonizing the West Bank (a.k.a. Judea and Samaria), whereas the new materialistic and fun-seeking generation of young Israelis are completely disconnected from the ideals and the spirit of their forefathers—the Zionists founders of the Jewish state.
Ari Shavit believes that he is a Zionist. He makes sure that the reader knows that he is in love with Israel; that he admires the Israeli resourcefulness and innovative spirit, and that he approves of the original Zionists’ goal of establishing a Jewish homeland in Palestine, a goal, which according to Shavit, was accomplished via ethnic cleansing and a Palestinian Nakba. The goal justified the means, in Shavit’s opinion, because there was no other choice. But, although Ari Shavit rationalizes the 1948 Jewish cruelty toward the Palestinian Arabs, he has missed a couple of important points. The 1948 war was a war of survival for the Jews in Palestine. Eastern Jerusalem and the Etzion Bloc Jews suffered similar, if not worse fate at the hands of the Arabs. These two areas were cleansed of its surviving Jews—those who had not been killed or massacred during the Arab onslaught. And had the Jews lost the war—a scenario that seemed quite plausible during the earlier days—a new holocaust would have dawned on the Jewish community in Palestine. Ari Shavit failed to emphasize that the war was launched by the Arabs—not by the Jews. The Arabs’ intent was loud and clear—killing the Zionists and throwing them into the sea. But Ari Shavit makes it sound differently. He lets the reader perceive the Jews as the aggressors, the ethnic cleansers, the killers of innocents. He lets the reader perceive the Arabs as the innocent victims. And although he approves of the ugly measures taken by the Zionists in pursuing the founding of their state, he does not tell the whole truth; he does not convey the fact that it was those same Arabs who started the ugliness, the killings, the massacres; he does not make the reader understand that the Jews fought a defensive, desperate war of survival.
The second missed point is the fact that readers have selective memory. After reading the book, many will only hark back to the killing in Deir Yassin and the ethnic cleansing of Lydda and the Galilee; they won’t understand the reasons for it, nor will they know that these beastly actions were an integral component of a zero-sum-game that had taken place during the 1948 war of Jewish independence. Had these events not come to pass, Jewish Jerusalem would not have survived, the Jewish State would not have been viable, and Ari Shavit would not have had the good life he revels in today.
But the most disheartening aspect of the book is its implicit conclusions.
Ari Shavit makes sure that the reader understands and legitimizes the feelings harbored by Arabs toward the Jewish State. He makes it clear that what the Arabs refer to as “the Nakba”—the Arabs’ catastrophe, stemmed from the creation of the Jewish State—will always be the core of the Middle East conflict. In fact, Ari Shavit’s leftist ideology that strives for a peaceful co-existence with the Palestinian Arabs is also the one pointing to the only conclusion — that peace between Arabs and Jews is impossible as long as Israel exists. Shavit makes it clear that what the Arabs refer to as the occupied territory is not limited to the west bank; it includes the territory occupied in the 1948 war; it includes pre-1967 Israel.
And although Ari Shavit is adamantly opposed to the west bank settlements; although he sees those as the main obstacle to peaceful co-existence, he, at the same time, makes the case that there is no difference between colonizing the west bank and the colonization of pre-1948 Palestine. This contradiction is threading throughout the book, and it becomes one of its major takeaways.
I could not help but thinking of the damage done by Ari Shavit’s book to the Israeli struggle against Arabs’ attempts to delegitimize its existence. Ari Shavit told us the truth; he did not tell the whole truth, and he painted his version of the partial truth with colors he had viewed through his own left-minded kaleidoscope. I could not help but thinking that the Israeli Shavit is much like Edward Snowden, the American who exposed the NSA secret files, methods and extent of surveillance programs. Both believed that they acted out of patriotism; both brought to light part of the hidden truth they believed had to be exposed. Both failed to dilute the ugly part of the truth with the reason for its being or by countering it with the far greater beneficial part. Both impressed upon their audience that their part of the truth is the whole deal and that it is plain evil. Both failed to understand the damage they had done by aiding the enemies of their state, and by distancing its friends. And both became American celebrities through their actions.
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This seminar deals with the fundamentals of die and process design for die casting, in particular for the cold chamber process. Process design and gate calculations will be illustrated with examples.
The main topics of this seminar are:
Layout and fundamentals of runner design
Possibilities of process definition and validation of gate design
Consideration of heat balance, mold life and factors affecting process stability
Prediction and identification of casting defects
You will discuss the possibilities of casting process simulation and methods of virtual design of experiments to support the individual steps of planning and design for the robust series process.
Newcomers in the field of high pressure die casting, tooling designers and tool makers, die casters, process planners, technologists, product designers, quality managers and technical purchase managers.
Duration: 2.5 days
Date: Upon request
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Kehinde Wiley is best known for his vibrant portraits of contemporary African-American and African-Diasporic individuals that subvert the hierarchies and conventions of European and American portraiture. His famous portrait of Barack Obama remains his magnum opus. Working across painting, sculpture, and video, Wiley’s flat-surface portraits challenge complex sociopolitical narratives.
Curated by Christophe Leribault, Director of Musee d’Orsay in Paris, Kehinde Wiley: An Archaeology of Silence is a spectacular exhibition presented at Fondazione Giorgio Cini in Venice, as a collateral event of La Biennale de Venezia.
For this new body of work, Wiley sheds light on the brutalities of American and global colonial pasts using the language of the fallen hero. Inspired by Holbein’s painting The Dead Christ in the Tomb as well as historical paintings and sculptures of fallen warriors and figures in the state of repose, Wiley went for monumental scales. The exhibition explores themes of violence, pain and death.
“That is the archaeology I am unearthing: The spectre of police violence and state control over the bodies of young Black and Brown people all over the world.” Wiley said.
Recalling political and police horrors in the US, the new portraits depict young Black men and women in positions of vulnerability. They reveal ideas of survival and resilience, and showcase the beauty that can emerge from the horrific. The vibrancy of the colours and the compositions also reflect Wiley’s queer identity. These poses, borrowed from Western European art historical sources, function as beautiful elegies echoing a central metaphor of youth. The opening of the exhibition during La Biennale’s inaugural week was accompanied by a stunning performance by American singer-songwriter Moses Sumney. | <urn:uuid:70b8f8bd-c232-4389-b23e-56354b0af6b5> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://artisalive.co.uk/2022/05/08/kehinde-wiley-an-archaeology-of-silence-at-fondazione-cini-in-venice/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572063.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814173832-20220814203832-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.926782 | 383 | 2.375 | 2 |
The angle taken by the NYT was that the exploit, developed using taxpayer funds and leaked on the Web by a group known as the Shadow Brokers in 2017, had come back to bite an organisation on its own doorstep: the NSA itself is headquartered in Baltimore. EternalBlue was used in the WannaCry ransomware that rocked a number of countries in May 2017.
The article also dealt with a number of other ransomware attacks, pointing out that Russia, North Korea and Iran had all used the same exploit in malware which attackers had crafted. This is the second time in recent weeks that the NYT has come under attack by a similar class of professionals.
It cited a study by Slovakian security outfit ESET which had pointed out earlier this month that the use of the EternalBlue exploit had been growing rapidly.
Careless, hype-driven @nytimes "reporting" is encouraging even more stupid that the "reporters" directly transferred with their fairy tale. If it weren't so sad & wasteful it'd be impressive. https://t.co/0MLTZxiqLE— boB ?udis (@hrbrmstr) May 27, 2019
Former NSA hacker Dave Aitel, who runs a security company known as Immunity that was acquired by Cyxtera Technologies in January, slammed the article in a blog post, claiming that the ransomware involved in the Baltimore attack was a strain known as RobinHood that had nothing to do with EternalBlue.
He used somewhat intemperate language, writing: "Recently a misleading and terribly researched article... came out in the NYT which essentially blamed the NSA and EternalBlue for various ransomware attacks on American city governments, including Baltimore. This then ballooned to PBS and the BBC and a bunch of other places, all of which parroted its nonsense."
Aitel pointed out that EternalBlue had been patched by Microsoft two years ago, and the avatars of Windows that it could attack — Windows 7 and 2008 — were about to reach their end-of-life next year.
"... no doubt EternalBlue will always be useful somewhere, on geriatric machines left in closets next to Wang computers and the odd SPARC workstation, it's not going to be a professional ransomware crew's goto, because it would alert everyone and probably never work," he wrote sarcastically.
Aitel had a number of other objections as well, all of which can be read here.
More than anything the story gives an out to people who man business decisions to ignore cyber risks because what could they possibly do in the face of military grade cyber threats? It doesn't matter that they get attacked by community sourced versions and not the NSA tool.— Cyber Baba Yaga (@Dave_Maynor) May 27, 2019
Another infosec professional, Robert Graham, who runs the company Errata Security, was also worked up about the NYT article to the extent that he wrote a blog post about it. Describing the NYT effort as "an op-ed masquerading as a news article", Graham said the authors had cited a number of people who supported their arguments, but only a single quote from the NSA director who took an opposing stance.
He said the main reason "experts" disagreed with the NYT article was because, in his view, EternalBlue was not responsible for most ransomware infections.
"It's almost never used to start the initial infection – that's almost always phishing or website vulnerabilities. Once inside, it's almost never used to spread laterally - that's almost always done with Windows networking and stolen credentials," he wrote.
And after seeing the reporter argue with @ErrataRob, @daveaitel, and other experts in the space it's hard to feel sympathy for someone that's clearly trying to avoid admitting they did crappy research. This is way beyond a "cool story bro" response on the reporters carelessness.— Cyber Baba Yaga (@Dave_Maynor) May 27, 2019
"Yes, ransomware increasingly includes EternalBlue as part of their arsenal of attacks, but this doesn't mean EternalBlue is responsible for ransomware. The NYT story takes extraordinary effort to jump around this fact, deliberately misleading the reader to conflate one with the other."
Graham also took issue with the use of anonymous sources by the NYT, saying, "This is bad journalism. The principles of journalism are that you are supposed to attribute where you got such information, so that the reader can verify for themselves whether the information is true or false, or at least, credible."
If it hadn’t been EB, it would have been something else. Ransomware existed before that exploit was public, and exist today without it. Some exploit the vuln patched by MS08-067. Or java deserialization. Or admin accounts. Attack success is a function of both defense and offense. pic.twitter.com/t8Eb0Ot7oH— Beau Woods (@beauwoods) May 27, 2019
The NYT article had claimed another strain of ransomware, Emotet, was "relying" on EternalBlue in order to spread. "That's not the same thing as 'using', not even close," Graham argued. "Yes, lots of ransomware has been updated to also use EternalBlue to spread.
"However, what ransomware is relying upon is still the Windows-networking/credential-stealing/psexec method. Because the actual source of this quote is anonymous, we, the readers, have no way of challenging what appears to be a gross exaggeration. The reader is led to believe the NSA's EternalBlue is primarily to blame for ransomware spread, rather than the truth that it's only occasionally responsible."
He said instead of the NSA, the blame for the Baltimore incident resided with the attackers or the city of Baltimore itself.
Additionally, Graham argued that if the NSA had not kept the vulnerability secret and had told Microsoft about it right away, then hackers would have used the patch to create an exploit anyway.
"Indeed, the exploit the hackers are including in their malware is often an independent creation and not that NSA's EternalBlue at all," he said.
"This work shows how much hackers can independently develop these things without help from the NSA. Again, the story seems to credit the NSA for their genius in making the vulnerability useful instead of 'EternalBlueScreen', but for malware/ransomware, it's largely the community that has done this work."
Contacted for comment, former NSA hacker Jake Williams, a well-known commentator in these columns, said he was of the opinion that both the NSA and the victims shared the blame.
"On a more technical note, there are many remote code execution vulnerabilities that aren't weaponised (both before and after MS 17-010)," added Williams, who now runs his own security firm, Rendition Infosec. "The Shadow Brokers disclosure was a game changer in ensuring this could be weaponised."
He said a great example of this was the group that security firm Symantec tracked as Buckeye. "They were using one of the Eternal vulnerabilities, but had to use a secondary vulnerability to leak kernel addresses to make it reliable."
Added Williams: "The argument that this particular vulnerability would have been weaponised from simply analysing the patch doesn't hold much water when you see a Chinese APT (with similar resources to NSA) using a second vulnerability to gain reliable exploitation." | <urn:uuid:cc51cbee-66fd-4af5-a828-3972512705ef> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://itwire.com/business-it-news/security/infosec-pros-defend-nsa-against-nyt-claims-on-eternalblue.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573197.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818124424-20220818154424-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.974337 | 1,533 | 1.6875 | 2 |
“Today marks 19 years since the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. We will never forget the tragic events that day. In New York, we watched in disbelief as the twin towers fell. We saw first responders run towards danger to save lives. We remember the heroism of the passengers on the flights who fought back or made the unimaginable call to loved ones to say goodbye. And we learned later of the heroic New Yorkers who bravely helped others out of the towers, some risking their own lives.
The ceremonies to honor the nearly 3,000 lives lost may be different due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but we will never forget the families who lost loved ones, the ordinary heroes, or the first responders we have since lost to 9/11 related cancer. Our nation’s resilience then and today comes from our ability to come together in our darkest hours.”
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With the onset of Omicron, cases are piling up worldwide. Among the affected are healthcare staff, who are at the forefront of this onslaught. One of the worst fears of the government is that if the health care staff falls sick, then it would be tough to manage the critical patients, and the hospitalization will keep on rising.
In the latest announcement, the government has stated that health care staff, if they are fully vaccinated and are not showing any symptoms of the virus even though they are tested positive, can resume their work after a period of 5 days of isolation. This decision comes as there are thousands of people who are getting positive and most of the hospitals and nursing homes are now short-staffed.
This new protocol will be implemented from Jan 3 onwards across the nation for all health care staff. However, the government stated that an RT-PCR test would again be taken before the staff is allowed to work.
Health care staff who are showing symptoms will have to be admitted to the hospital or stay in home isolation as per their doctor’s directive. The medical authority stated that since most of the workers are fully vaccinated and some have even taken the booster shots, every few are showing the symptoms.
As per the reports from CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), the US is now seeing a daily surge of 400,000 cases.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, who is the chief medical officer for White House, stated that lowering the isolation period for health care workers is critical, however, hospitals should also check their symptoms very carefully and only then allow the staff to return. If the hospital staff themselves are showing symptoms and then they treat any asymptomatic person, then they too could show the symptoms in a few days’ time.
Dr. Fauci stated that Omicron would only cause mild illness in many people; however, with the speed, it’s been spreading, it will be really dangerous for people who are not yet vaccinated. Vaccinated people are advised to stay in home isolation if they are found positive as the symptoms go away in a week’s time or by taking some medication by the doctor.
Many of the states have now deployed their national guards to help the health care department as many of the doctors and nurses are down due to the virus. As per reports from CDC 73% of the adults in the US have been fully vaccinated and among them, 36% have taken booster shots as well.
White House officials have stated that getting a booster shot will help you and your family a long way as it will increase immunity, and even if you contract the virus, it won’t be fatal. Booster shot also provides immunity against severe cold and other mild diseases which are experienced during the winter season.
Fauci has stated that even if the cases are rising exponentially, it is better to keep the schools open. However, kids who are eligible for vaccination should take it, and proper social distancing along with masking should be followed.
However, many of the schools have switched to remote learning till Jan 10 so that the staff and children can get tested as most of them have traveled during their vacation period.
Many of the schools have also asked the students and staff to present a negative covid certificate while coming to school on Jan 10. Parents are relieved that at least for the first week, the kids won’t have to attend school, but both students and teachers stated that in-person learning is much better than remote learning.
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|Economic Adjustment Assistance||1||$278,000|
During Fiscal Year 2013, EDA invested $2,737,000 in four projects in the State of Nevada. EDA’s investments help Nevada communities achieve bottom-up, locally-defined economic development goals and strategies.
EDA offers a complementary, balanced portfolio of grant programs designed to help rural and urban communities grow their private sectors and create jobs.
Investment Spotlight: Nevada Entrepreneur Success Tracker
Nevada is heavily reliant on the housing, construction, and leisure/hospitality sectors, which created a disproportionate impact during the economic downturn that began in 2007. Additionally, a study performed by the University of Nevada Center for Regional Studies showed that the region's lack of economic diversification not only impacts the current unemployment figures, but is making it especially hard for the state’s unemployed workers to find jobs at a pay rate above the national average.
In order to overcome this disadvantage, the state needed to promote more diversity in its economy. In 2013, EDA awarded $278,000 to the Nevada Institute for Renewable Energy Commercialization to develop the Nevada Entrepreneur Success Tracker (NEST), a technical assistance program to support entrepreneurial small business enterprises. The project will organize start-up business engagement events, provide a technical upgrade of an online educational and assessment tool, and develop a regional mentorship connection program.
Ultimately, NEST will develop greater capacity among entrepreneurial firms across the state. Enabling these firms to be more efficient will, in turn, lead to more employment opportunities for the region's workforce. The project work will place an emphasis upon entrepreneurial firms involved with commercialization of advanced technologies which would assist in diversification of the region's economy. | <urn:uuid:6b8b20f0-b735-4700-8d2e-efd267f591af> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://eda.gov/archives/2021/annual-reports/fy2013/states/nv.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572870.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817062258-20220817092258-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.907326 | 419 | 1.59375 | 2 |
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Time dilation, also known as gravitational time dilation, is a concept in physics that relates to the passage of time. General relativity is the cause of this change—simply speaking, this concept can be explained by pointing out how a clock that operates in outer space will move faster than any clock that’s on the planet Earth.
There is also a time dilation that’s explained through special relativity. This concept states that fast objects will move through time more slowly than slower ones. Satellites that are close to Earth, such as the International Space Station, can orbit our planet quite quickly. This slows down their passage through time. Its time dilation with respect to gravity is not at the same level as time dilation with respect to speed. A clock on the ISS, then, will move more slowly.
If something is in geostationary orbit, it will move more slowly and is also located further away from Earth. This means that the clocks in that state will move more quickly than the ISS. Since GPS satellites know about both forms of time dilation, they can work to guide us on Earth.
Physicists and astronauts have conducted experiments which give supportive evidence of time dilation (both kinds). So can an astronaut travel around 2,000 light years during his lifetime? At a glance, this doesn’t seem possible. A light year is a measure of distance and denotes how far light can travel in the span of one year. Since light travels at 671000000 miles or 1080000000 kilometers per hour, a light year is quite a long distance. Even one light year isn’t possible for a human to travel in a lifetime if we don’t think about time dilation. However, with a closer look at the concept of time dilation according to the theory of relativity, this practice might actually become possible.
Einstein’s theory of relativity tells us that the pace of time becomes slower and slower for an object approaching the speed of light, as compared with time’s rate of passage for a stationery observer. If the speed of light can be ever achieved, time would come to a complete standstill. If an object could go fast, it could cover a vast distance while, for a man flying along with it, no time would elapse – neither for his watch nor for his heartbeat, which controls his life span.
A meson (an unstable subatomic particle), when traveling at a velocity close to the speed of light, has a clearly longer decay time than its 2.1 microseconds ‘half-time’ at lower speed – when an Earth-fixed observer does the timing. But if the observer were flying along with the meson, the half-time of 2.1 microseconds would not seem to be affected by the particle’s speed, since the observer’s watch would be subjected to the same time dilation as the meson itself.
This effect makes it possible for a stellar astronaut to travel from the Earth to a fixed star 1,000 light-years away in what he would think was 13.2 years. If he didn’t spend any additional time at his destination, he would thus have been away from the Earth for 26.4 years. The trouble is that, during his absence, more than 2,000 years would have elapsed on Earth. Thus, upon return, he might wind up in a zoo or under observation in a lab.
Thus, theoretically, it is possible for an astronaut to travel 2,000 light years within the span of his lifetime. ‘Time dilation’ would help the astronaut to stay young and alive for the whole round trip.
The strange phenomenon called time dilation is a hard pill to swallow. This might be because the flow of time appears to us completely unaffected by physical conditions. Whether we sleep or work, sit at a desk or in a speeding jetliner, our wrist watch seems to tick away at the same pace. So does our heart. However, the fact is that this cherished piece of ‘everybody experience’ is valid only in the realm of relatively low velocities in which we slowpokes live. | <urn:uuid:b2213117-02c2-4869-a272-dc49f53d8267> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://herebeanswers.com/for-is-time-dilation-is-it-possible-for.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573197.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818124424-20220818154424-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.970086 | 864 | 4.25 | 4 |
TEHRAN – Iran’s Research Institute for Cultural Heritage and Tourism (RICHT) has recently published a book on the prehistoric pottery culture of Sagz Abad, an ancient site in Buin Zahra county, west-central Qazvin province.
Authored by Iranian researcher Mohammad Rahim Saraf, the book explores the collection of painted and simple pottery found during illegal excavations in the ancient area, CHTN reported on Monday.
The historical site of Tepe Sagz Abad is one of the oldest archaeological sites in the whole world. It was mentioned by Venetian explorer and writer Marco Polo in the 13th century; however, it seems the site is much older as several Iron Age relics have been discovered during several excavations in the region.
Once the capital of the Persian Empire under Safavids from 1548-98, Qazvin is currently a major tourist destination with wonderfully restored historical sites, some quirky museums, and a handful of decent eating options.
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The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is a regional intergovernmental association comprising Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.
In 2011, the IEA and ASEAN formally recognised their ongoing co-operation in energy-related activities by signing a Memorandum of Understanding focused on information-sharing, training and capacity-building on key energy priorities in the region such as: stable and affordable energy supply, power sector development and market integration; the ASEAN Petroleum Security Agreement (APSA); and energy efficiency. The IEA is an official Dialogue Partner of ASEAN and participates in the annual ASEAN Ministers of Energy Meeting.
At the 34th ASEAN Ministers of Energy Meeting in 2016 in Myanmar, the ASEAN-IEA Joint Statement of cooperation was again endorsed. During an official visit to Thailand in July 2018 the IEA Executive Director discussed next steps for collaboration ahead of Thailand's ASEAN presidency in 2019.
The IEA has conducted regular in-depth studies of the energy challenges facing this region, in particular a series of WEO Special Reports that provide insights for policy makers, industry and other energy stakeholders to help address the energy sector challenges facing the region. Other work includes Development Prospects of the ASEAN Power Sector and Regional Energy Efficiency Policy Recommendations for Southeast Asia in 2015. | <urn:uuid:c0b9f1a7-12f0-4a87-b779-ff54cb0f7d5f> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://origin.iea.org/areas-of-work/international-collaborations/asean | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573197.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818124424-20220818154424-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.896096 | 282 | 1.820313 | 2 |
Engrained: Re-imagining the Past Heavy Timber Vision of Squamish for Today's Landscapes
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This thesis aims to make a vision which existed in the past be alive on its own terms today. This work celebrates the past heavy timber cultural practices of British Columbia’s old-growth forestry towns, while acknowledging a shift in the current architectural climate. A situationally-focused intervention in Squamish, British Columbia, aims to re-introduce locally-assembled spaces that respond to contemporary changing conditions in order to express the timber culture relevantly today. This research identifies the original use of the forests and its inhabitants, how its resources were used, and how the environment exists today. This work will pull from the advancements made in timber technologies, while preserving the built memory and design principles of the place. The objective is to activate the memory of the timber building culture in Squamish while creating a space that engages nature, culture, and history. | <urn:uuid:311edfa4-7073-482c-accd-06d5aead90e4> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://dalspace-dev.library.dal.ca/handle/10222/73855 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572215.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815235954-20220816025954-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.924264 | 211 | 1.851563 | 2 |
A no cost parenting programme primarily based on EU-funded research has won a 2019 Horizon Affect Award for its accomplishment in aiding families to prevent kid abuse in small-and center-earnings international locations. Now parents everywhere can accessibility on-line suggestions to cope with COVID-19 lockdown daily life.
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The Parenting for Lifelong Health and fitness kid abuse avoidance programme is one of 4 winners of the 2019 Horizon Affect Awards, which spotlight how EU aid for research added benefits society. The open up-accessibility programme, which has attained over 600 000 families in twenty five international locations in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean and Eastern Europe, is primarily based on experiments started out in the EUs PACCASA job funded by the European Investigation Council.
A billion kids a calendar year are victims of kid abuse and most of them are in the establishing world, says the principal investigator Professor Lucie Cluver of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Abuse harms childrens mental health and fitness, instruction and capacity to make excellent conclusions later on in daily life. But, before PACCASA, there were no evidence-primarily based freely out there programmes tailor-made to small- and center-earnings international locations, Cluver explains.
Her reaction was to build and test a fourteen-module programme Sinovuyo Teen in townships and villages in South Africas poorest province, the Eastern Cape. Moderators guided 1 104 parents, carers and teens to build approaches for coping with annoying predicaments that could guide to violence.
By the close of the randomised demo, bodily abuse in the families experienced dropped by practically 50 %, and emotional abuse by just over a quarter. Dad and mom applied praise much more and supervised their kids much more, and teens felt much more safe. Households abused medicines and alcohol less, while their mental health and fitness, worry ranges and even finances experienced improved.
The programme was about supporting families to build shared competencies that permitted them to have the happier interactions they required, Cluver concludes.
PACCASA formulated the system with enter from gurus at the Planet Health and fitness Organization (WHO), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and South African and British universities. Two original compact-scale trials served the job team to fantastic-tune the principle.
The last demo was as real looking as probable delivered by group members in regional options with no exclusions of likely participants. This meant that our companions in govt and NGOs could have confidence that the programme would do the job, Cluver says.
The programme before long caught on regionally. In accordance to Cluver, families, church leaders and college principals were sharing classes from the modules with their communities before the demo ended.
From there, follow-on ERC-funded tasks CAPITA and HEY Baby expanded the PACCASA system to different programmes for teens, youthful kids and toddlers. These are now out there on the WHO and UNICEF internet websites as part of the Parenting for Lifelong Health initiative.
Those grants have been the main of the evidence that we are working with, says Cluver. This has meant that we have a parenting programme that has attained hundreds of hundreds of parents eight years later on.
Cluver thought that the do the job was concluded until the throughout the world wave of lockdowns started to reduce the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. Functioning with a team, she quickly condensed the programmes into downloadable suggestions to deal with lockdown daily life.
I contacted colleagues at WHO, UNICEF, The Worldwide Partnership to Conclude Violence, USAID and the Facilities for Ailment Command and Avoidance and said we have to have to do a little something, Cluver says.
In just 72 hours, they created 6 very simple printouts masking one-on-one time, good parenting, construction, negative behaviour, taking care of worry, and talking about COVID-19.
The suggestions are being shared on-line by governments and NGOs about the world. Volunteers have translated the suggestions into 100 languages, with much more on the way.
The quick action has experienced a massive effects. They are being downloaded at an astonishing amount, Cluver notes. There have been over a million social media engagements, and the suggestions are being applied by lots of national governments they have already attained tens of hundreds of thousands of families globally.
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Ashwagandha is one of the most important herbs in Ayurveda, which is a traditional form of alternative medicine based on Indian principles of natural healing. The name “ashwagandha” describes the smell of its root, which means “like a horse.” For many years, people have used the roots and fruit of ashwagandha for medicinal purposes. The herb is also known as Indian ginseng or winter cherry.
What is Ashwagandha exactly and how it can help women?
Womenlines takes pleasure to welcome Dr Akshay Bhoir to the health and wellness show. In the video above Dr Akshay is sharing about the benefits of Ashwagandha for women.
Dr Akshay Bhoir, MD in Ayurveda & Yoga. He is an Ayurveda Practitioner, Researcher of Ayurveda and Yoga and writer too. He wrote books on Ayurveda, Karma and spirituality. The next two books are awaited. The first one is based on destiny and another one is based on the Treatment of Karma with the name “KARMANYEVADHIKARASTE”. He did his research on migraine type of headache in which he found 98% significant results. His special area is lifestyle diseases to treat with Ayurveda and Yoga along with special treatment of Karma. In the last 12 years of successful practice as an Ayurveda and Yoga consultant, he did more than 1L detox procedures. And that’s why believed in Ayurveda “Detox, Rejuvenate & Cure”
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Installing Nagios on Solaris for network and server monitoring
Nagios, is a popular and free, open source network and server monitoring system that can benefit your IT infrastructure.
nagios offers monitoring and alerting services for servers, switches, applications, and services.
This article will walk you through setting up a basic installation of Nagios on a Solaris 11 system.
Nagios installation prerequisites
You can successfully build Nagios Core using either the GNU compiler or Oracle Solaris Studio. In this article, we will be using the GNU C compiler to build the Nagios Core.
- Firstly, install the Apache Web Server and PHP Server:
# pkg install pkg:/web/server/apache-22 # pkg install pkg:/web/php-53 # pkg install pkg:/web/server/apache-22/module/apache-php53 # pkg install pkg:/library/gdNote: The Graphics Draw library (
gd) is needed to use the
- Install the GNU C compiler (
gcc) if not installed on your system.
# pkg install pkg:/developer/gcc-45There might be multiple version of
gccin your repository, use the
pkg search -p gccto examine which versions are available
- Create a nagios user and group
# groupadd nagios # useradd -g nagios -c "nagios admin" nagios
Download, compile and install nagios
At the time of writing, the latest version of Nagiois is 4.0.2 available from the Nagious download page.
- Download and extract the archives into /usr/local/src (our your preferred download location)
# mkdir -p /usr/local/src # cd /usr/local/src # tar -zxf nagious-4.0.2.tar.gz # mv nagious-4.0.2 nagios
- Configure and compile Nagios
# cd nagios # ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/nagiosOnce the configuration process completes we need to modify a couple of files prior to compiling:
- Add the following line as line 28 of the
- Comment out the following line (line 144) in the
- Change the following line (line 27) in the
./base/utils.cfile from this:
#include "../include/comments.h"To this:
- Change the following line (line 29) in the
./cgi/Makefilefile from this:
CFLAGS=-Wall -I.. -g -O2 -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -DNSCGITo this:
CFLAGS=-Wall -I.. -g -O2 -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -DNSCGI -I/usr/include/gd2
- Add the following line as line 28 of the
- Rub the following command to compile nagios:
# gmake all cd ./base && make gmake: Entering directory `/root/nagios/base' gcc -Wall -g -O2 -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -DNSCORE -c -o broker.o broker.c gcc -Wall -g -O2 -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -DNSCORE -c -o nebmods.o nebmods.c gcc -Wall -g -O2 -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -DNSCORE -c -o ../common/shared.o ../common/shared.c gcc -Wall -g -O2 -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -DNSCORE -c -o checks.o checks.c gcc -Wall -g -O2 -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -DNSCORE -c -o config.o config.c ...
- One compilation has completed, use the
# gmake install # gmake install-commandmode # gmake install=config
- Now add the following lines to /usr
/local/nagios/etc/cgi.cfgto get the correct authorisation for nagios:
default_user_name=nagiosadmin authorized_for_system_information=nagiosadmin authorized_for_system_commands=nagiosadmin authorized_for_configuration_information=nagiosadmin authorized_for_all_hosts=nagiosadmin authorized_for_all_host_commands=nagiosadmin authorized_for_all_services=nagiosadmin authorized_for_all_service_commands=nagiosadmin
Building nagios plugins
After Nagios itself is compiled and installed, the next step is to repeat the process with the Nagios plug-ins, which enable enhanced system and service checks. At the time of writing plugins version 1.5 was available (visit Nagios plugins for the latest release)
- Download and uncompress:
# cd /usr/local/src # wget https://www.nagios-plugins.org/download/nagios-plugins-1.5.tar.gz # tar -zxf nagios-plugins-1.5.tar.gz # cd nagios-plugins-1.5
- For plugins version 1.5, we need to modify the
./configurefile and change line 18226 to the following:
elif $PATH_TO_SWAP -l 2>/dev/null | egrep -i "^swapfile +dev + swaplo +blocks +free" >/dev/null
- Compile the nagios plugins:
# ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/nagios
- Install the plugins
# gmake install
Configure Apache for Nagios
To configure Apache for use with Nagios, add the following code to your Apache config file. In this case the file is located in
<IfModule alias_module> ScriptAlias /nagios/cgi-bin "/usr/local/nagios/sbin" Alias /nagios /usr/local/nagios/share </IfModule> <Directory "/usr/local/nagios/sbin/"> Options ExecCGI AllowOverride None Order allow,deny Allow from all </Directory> <Directory "/usr/local/nagios/share"> Options None AllowOverride None Order allow,deny Allow from all </Directory>
Create nagiosadmin user account
You'll need to create an Apache user account to be able to log into Nagios. The following command will create a user account called nagiosadmin and you will be prompted to provide a password for the account.
# htpasswd -c /usr/local/nagios/etc/htpasswd.users nagiosadmin
Starting Apache Web Server and Nagios Server
Once Apache is configured for Nagios, simply enable and start the web server:
# svcadm enable apache2 # svcs apache2 STATE STIME FMRI online 17:14:22 svc:/network/http:apache22
Enable and start the Nagios core services:
# svcadm restart manifest-import # svcadm enable nagios
Nagios is now running, to confirm this you need to log into the Nagios Web interface. Point your browser to the
ip address or
FQDN of the Nagios core server, for example:
Nagious has a number of configuration files located in:
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Colorado's governor was one of several to say pulling out of the Paris Climate Accord was a "serious mistake." The statement from John Hickenlooper, a Democrat, added that "Colorado's commitment to clean air and clean energy will continue."
But in an interview with Colorado Matters host Ryan Warner, the governor said he is not ready to formally join a "Climate Alliance" of governors from at least a dozen states. The pledge from the other governors is to meet the goals set in Paris, to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 26-28 percent from 2005 levels.
"My expectation is we will be able to get to those goals and to be able to join that alliance. And perhaps even go beyond," Hickenlooper said. "But we want to do it in concert with our General Assembly and with more specifics than maybe some of those other governors have provided."
Calling the goals set in Paris "ambitious," Hickenlooper added that they would be a "big leap for most states, and a big leap for Colorado. I'm not saying we couldn't do it, and I think we will be able to do it, I just want to know how we're going to do it before I go off and say, 'Hey, here's what we're doing.'"
The U.S. withdrawal from the Paris agreement comes at a time when Colorado's Energy Office is set to lose its funding. The office promotes energy development in the state, and among other things, pays for community solar projects and energy efficiency grants.
Lawmakers disagreed on how to focus the office in the future — toward more renewable sources, or for more oil and gas and even nuclear power.
In response, Gov. Hickenlooper's office requested emergency funding for the Energy Office to continue operating for a year. The new request was submitted Tuesday to the legislature's Joint Budget Committee. Hickenlooper hopes that with more time, lawmakers can agree on what the Energy Office should do in the future.
Interview Highlights With Gov. John Hickenlooper
On His Flowline Review Order Following The Oil And Gas Linked Home Explosion In Firestone:
"Our decision to examine every flowline, and to go above and beyond the perceived risk that I may've had that it was a once-in-a-million 'freak,' we went beyond that... We ordered the most rigorous inspection of flowlines in the history of the United States, is what I've been led to understand, and with an amazing sense of urgency that some in the oil and gas industry felt was unreasonable and unwarranted. But most everyone went through and did it."
On What Colorado Can And Should Do If Anthem Pulls Out Of The Health Insurance Exchange, Leaving 14 West Slope Counties Without Coverage:
"I do believe that we should hold ourselves to a level where every part of the state has some level of coverage... One backup possibility would be to try and find a nonprofit provider that would come in with some incentives from the government. You know, have Kaiser Permanente expand statewide so they become kind of a blanket coverage service. Would that take some incentives? How much incentives? I don't know."
On Whether He'd Consider Following New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo In Denying Medicaid Contracts To Insurers Who Withdraw From The State's Exchange:
"We have certainly talked about that... as a way to try to provide motivation that more insurers cover all parts of the state, or at least a number of parts of the state... There are a lot of complications. Are you going to ask every insurer that does Medicaid to cover all parts of the state?"
On What He Learned About The Trump Admin's View Of Western Land Issues While Trying To Persuade Interior Sec. Zinke To Keep Greater Sage Grouse Plans:
"[Sec. Zinke] is from the West, and he is, I think, open and receptive to hearing what we say. I don't think we've got quite the give-and-take. Western governors didn't see a draft of Zinke's judgment before he made it, whereas with [President] Obama, we would see drafts of almost everything, and there really was a collaborative effort going on. But I think we'll get there with Zinke."
Editor's Note: Interior Sec. Ryan Zinke has announced he'll review the plans to manage the greater sage grouse.
Read The Transcript
Ryan Warner: This is Colorado Matters from CPR News. I’m Ryan Warner. Colorado’s governor, Democrat John Hickenlooper, is one of several governors who say pulling out of the Paris climate accord is a mistake. He adds that Colorado’s commitment to clean air and clean energy will continue. In our regular conversation recorded Wednesday at the State Capitol, I asked him what that means.
Gov. John Hickenlooper: Here’s the goal. How can we get rid of more carbon emissions – in other words, use less coal in the generation of electricity – but at the same time, reduce the monthly costs that people pay for their electricity? And that’s the magic; if we can figure out a way to do that and have cleaner air – and so less particulates, less sulfur dioxide, less ozone, less methane, all the pollutants, all the carbon emissions – and at the same time, find a way to use the cost efficiencies of wind or another renewable, then we want to be moving forward on it, and I think we can do that. I think there’s a calculus that we can find that will allow us to, at the very least, hold the cost flat to consumers because that really drives the discussion if we can say, “Hey, if we close a couple coal plants, we’re also going to have lower prices for our consumers.”
RW: So Colorado is the first state in the country where voters passed a renewable energy mandate. That was back in 2004. It was later increased by the legislature to make utilities get 30 percent of their power from renewable sources by 2020. That date’s approaching and so I wonder, do you want Colorado to set another such goal for 2030 or beyond? In other words, do you want to codify what I hear you’re saying might -
JH: Sure, but I don’t want to codify something that – unless we know what we can do and what the costs will be. In other words, we’ve got to be able to demonstrate that there are no cost increases. If we were going to try and codify something, we would do it in consultation with Senate President Grantham, with Speaker of the House Duran. That would be a broader process.
RW: There’s one candidate for governor on the Democratic side, for instance, who’s pushing for the state reaching 50 percent by a date, I think, uncertain at this point. Is that something you’d like to see, though?
JH: Oh sure, if we could do it within the cost parameters that I’m talking about.
RW: Keeping rates even?
JH: Yeah. I think that the goal here – to proclaim goals is useful and I don’t diminish – I mean, everyone should have aspirational goals. We’re trying to go a little further in detail and actually say, “All right, we want to get to this level and here’s how it’s going to happen, step by step.”
RW: What are some other areas where the state has influence and authority?
JH: You could look at issues around how government operates its buildings.
RW: As a tenant?
JH: As tenants or -
RW: The state of Colorado?
JH: Yeah, exactly, the state of Colorado also owning a lot of buildings and in charge of those. Are we at best practices in terms of the levels of insulation, how we buffer the air circulation? Are we green? Air conditioning becomes a huge issue.
RW: So are you ordering some sort of review in that regard?
JH: No, we’ve been reviewing already.
RW: At least a dozen governors, including a few Republicans, have banded together in what they’re calling the Climate Alliance. They say they’ll stick to the goals set in Paris to cut emissions by 26 percent, 28 percent from 2005 levels. Are you planning to join that Alliance?
JH: Well we’ll see where we come down, but we’re certainly looking in detail at what those goals are and we’re trying to go and make sure that we have an – a pathway by which we can get to them, and certainly, my expectations, we will be able to get to those goals and to be able to join that alliance and perhaps even go beyond that. But we want to do it in consultation with our General Assembly, we want to do it with more specifics than maybe some of those other governors have provided.
RW: So it sounds like a condition for you joining that Climate Alliance is getting very specific on how the state would reach those Paris goals itself.
JH: Yeah, that’s a pretty ambitious goal that they’ve set out and is a – would be a big leap for most states and a big leap for Colorado. I’m not saying we couldn’t do it and I think we will be able to do it. I just want to know how we’re going to do it before I go off and say, “Hey, here’s what we’re doing.”
RW: But it sounds like you’re leaning strongly towards it?
JH: I think we can get there, yeah. I mean again, if we can have cleaner air at no additional cost to our rate payers, at no additional cost to our citizens, it’s government malpractice not to do that, in my opinion, right. Ten years ago, twenty years ago, when you really went after cleaning your air up, you had to add stacks onto coal plants, you had to put in huge capital investments to try and get your air cleaner. I think now with the – how inexpensive the combination of wind and natural gas is, right – so that you can put these two together and cycle on and off. When the wind blows, you’re using wind; when the wind stops blowing, you cycle on natural gas. I believe we can get pretty close to there with no additional cost to our consumers.
RW: This comes at an interesting time for Colorado because the state’s office to promote all kinds of energy development just lost about three million dollars. That money would help pay for -
JH: It wasn’t just three million dollars; they lost their entire budget.
JH: So I mean, yeah, that was an interesting time.
RW: This is the Colorado Energy Office and this money helped pay for community solar projects, energy efficiency grants, many other things, and lawmakers disagreed on how to focus the office in the future towards more renewables or for more oil and gas and even nuclear power. So how will that loss affect all the efforts you’ve talked about so far, saying the state becoming more of an energy leader with the U.S. withdrawal from Paris?
JH: First and foremost, Colorado needs an energy office. Every state west of the Mississippi has an energy office; almost every state in the country has an energy office. So we’re at a handicap relative to just operating efficiently without that office.
RW: So practically, what does that mean for someone in the state.
JH: So practically, we’re going to prioritize places where the energy office has the greatest effect. One of the big criticisms was they didn’t do enough to support the oil and gas industry or didn’t do enough to support the coal industry. I think there’s a solution there, if we could get some more time and we’re going to petition the Joint Budget Committee to just provide barebones funding so they can get them through a year and use that year to really figure out, “What does an energy office look like that both sides can agree on?” It’s not going to be perfect for either side, but let’s get to that point where we can say, “Here’s what an energy office should do,” and somebody’s making sure that low-income households get better weatherization so that they don’t spend – have as high utility bills. These are people that an extra twenty bucks a month or even ten bucks a month is a big deal; it changes some of the parameters of their quality of life.
RW: And that’s not really an oil and gas or a solar or -
JH: Yeah, but one of the things they do also is help put in alternative fuel filling stations, right. We need to make sure there are enough stations so that more people can use alternative fuels – like compressed natural gas – for their pickup trucks, for their station wagon. That helps the oil and gas industry. I mean, all these things -
RW: So you’re going to try to buy some time by making this request of the Joint Budget Committee, not during session, obviously, but here in the intersession?
JH: Yeah. They – there are procedures by which you can request that kind of funding just to kind of get you through and then get both sides sitting down. I talked to Senator Ray Scott, who’s a chairman of the Energy Committee, the senator from Mesa County and he was very supportive of that and said he would talk to President Grantham. We’ll see. I mean that’s the kind of thing. Let’s just get a little breathing room and then have a compromise that gets us – or have – find the compromise that gets us into a new energy office.
RW: Not unrelated to this discussion about where Colorado gets its energy is that April home explosion in Northern Colorado after gas leaks from a nearby flow line. Two people died, a third was severely injured. When we talked about this in May, you said it was a freak accident, but we heard from a CU School of Public Health researcher that there were at least 116 fires and explosions at oil and gas operations in the state between 2006 and 2015. Their severity isn’t clear, I’ll say, but a home under construction in Trinidad blew up in 2005. So before the framework of that study, a double-wide in La Plata County exploded. Both of those linked to methane.
JH: But -
RW: Does that change how you’re framing this?
JH: So it was a house under construction somewhere out in the area that somehow was close to a -
JH: OK, so -
RW: And that’s according to Inside Energy.
JH: Yeah. So I haven’t seen any of this study yet. We’re certainly going to look at it. I was unaware of any fatalities that had happened in a home explosion like this. Did somebody die in the trailer home?
RW: They did not.
JH: So – but your point is that someone could have been living there. Fair enough; I – again, I only know what people show me or what I’m able to read. Our decision to examine every flow line and to go above and beyond the perceived risks that I may have had that it was a once in a million freak, we went beyond that, and that – basically, what you’re telling me, “It’s a good thing we did that.”
RW: Don’t put words in my mouth, but you did order a review of flow lines that are within a thousand feet of buildings.
JH: We ordered the most rigorous inspection of flow lines in the history of the United States is what I’ve been led to understand and with an amazing sense of urgency that some of the oil and gas industry felt was unreasonable and unwarranted, but most everyone went through and did it.
RW: Yeah, it looks like your regulators say most operators have complied. There are some smaller ones who have not, but what is the next step in that and what does it mean for those who haven’t complied?
JH: Well the people who haven’t complied, we have to find out whether it’s just a function of resources or are they trying to hide something or are they just trying to thumb their nose at public safety, which I don’t think is acceptable. An industry like the oil and gas industry – and I will tell you that most of the operators – and I know many, many operators – take their responsibility to the community very seriously, and something like this happens – that’s why – I mean no one, to my face, came up to me and said, “Jeez, can you give us three months instead of one month to get – inspect these flow lines?”
RW: Let’s move to healthcare now. Some Coloradans could be in a position soon where they have no option on the state’s health insurance exchange. Insurers have until midmonth to say whether they’ll offer plans on the exchange next year and about 37,000 people on the West Slope rely on one carrier, Anthem, which has yet to say what it will do. Your insurance commissioner told us she’s keeping her fingers crossed that insurers stay in the marketplace. What, if anything, could the state do if there are just bare spots?
JH: Well the – at a certain point, I think the state then has to look at, “How do you cover those bare spots? How many people are involved?” We know that we have parts of the state that have insufficient medical infrastructure. We’re aware of that and I’m sympathetic, right. They’re – you can’t ask a business to go into a geographical place and know that they’re going to lose money. So if that is the case, then as a state, we have to assess, “Why is it costing more in those places? Why are the doctors more expensive? Does the state have to subsidize some doctors?” I do believe that we should hold ourselves to a level where every part of the state has some level of coverage.
RW: Does the state have some muscle when it comes to those prices that may be driving insurers out of the market? What are you saying the state might do there?
JH: Well I’m saying those prices are generally a reflection of what the costs are being charged to the insurance companies and for generations, we’ve always charged more money in rural areas. No one really ever knew about it before; we never were comparing the prices between rural and urban before, and then after Obamacare, pretty much everything got compared. I think one backup possibility would be to try and find a nonprofit provider that would come in with some incentives from the government, have Kaiser Permanente expand statewide so they become kind of a blanket coverage service. Would that take some incentives? How much incentives? I don't know, but we do take very seriously that we’re going to do everything we can to make sure that each part of the state has an insurance carrier and some level of coverage.
RW: Are discussions underway with Kaiser for that?
JH: No, I don’t think so. I mean I think right now, we’re trying to make sure that Anthem – we’re doing everything we can to assure Anthem that we will help study the problem with them and – again with what – we have limited resources in terms of help – helping an insurance company be successful.
RW: This is an idea that could get very different reactions across Colorado, but one listener in Denver pointed us to what Governor Andrew Cuomo is doing in New York. He says companies that withdraw from the exchange won’t be able to participate in Medicaid, which would cut down on the number of their customers. Basically, he wants to push insurers to stay in the market that way. Would you consider some kind of preemptive action like that, more stick, I guess?
JH: Well, we have – we’ve certainly talked about that as -
RW: You have?
JH: Yes, absolutely, as a way to try to provide motivation that more insurers cover all parts of the state or at least a number of parts of the state.
RW: And why haven’t you decided to go down that avenue?
JH: Well because there are a lot of complications, there are pros and cons. Are you going to ask every insurer that does Medicaid to cover all parts of the state? The number of people on Medicaid that we have is a fraction compared to a state like New York. So for New York, that’s a much more compelling argument.
RW: I want to ask you about your veto pen. You have until Friday to veto bills from this session that just ended and one that’s getting a lot of attention is about law enforcement’s ability to seize and keep or sell cash, cars or houses that they think might have been involved in a crime. Colorado has fairly strict laws aimed at keeping seizures in check, but there’s concern that law enforcement agencies are using a loophole by working with the feds, which have looser rules around what’s called civil asset forfeiture. So lawmakers passed a bill that tries to close that loophole. They wanted a lot more information about what assets are being seized and what local law enforcement does with the profits. This bill would put that information online for the public, but many law enforcement agencies and the Colorado Municipal League say this would hurt their ability to fight crime in Colorado because they’d lose hundreds of thousands of dollars that they make from these seizures. Have you decided what you’ll do?
JH: No, we’ve – all week, we’ve been having both the people that are strong advocates for the bill, 1313. It’s an aptly, unluckily named bill, 1313. There are compelling arguments on both sides and I can’t – everyone I know has read some article, mostly in national press, about somebody who got pulled over and they had – they’re going to go buy a, let’s say, 1967 Chevy Convertible – that’s a vehicle that I have – and they had $16,000 in cash to go buy the car, and all of a sudden, they get pulled over, and there’s some marijuana in the car or whatever. These are these kind of stories you’ve read about or heard about. We haven’t been able to find any of those stories in Colorado. So so far – and I’m sure there’s probably one or two, but we haven’t found specific instances of someone’s private property being taken from them because of these allegedly looser federal laws. That being said, a huge part of our American system is ruled by law and people’s trust and faith that that law is just and fair. So -
RW: So you remain undecided at this moment?
JH: Right. I support the – absolutely, the transparency and I support trying to figure out how to make sure that this doesn’t happen to people, but even if – this law, as I read it – even if I sign this law, it became law, all it means is that the state would not participate in any way with the feds in these kinds of investigations and therefore, the state – which normally gets 80 percent of that kind of forfeiture – would not get anything, and so the feds would keep it all. I’m not sure that’s a solution we want.
RW: There’s a siren passing by us here at the capitol. Any other bills that you are considering a veto with?
JH: Well if I was going to tell you, that would really take away a lot of the surprise and drama, but no, I don’t -
RW: Anything that’s giving you pause?
JH: I don’t think there are. I think that we’re pretty much down to – I’m trying to remember if there might be one on the back part of my desk. No, I think this is what – we’ve come down to this one that we’re really trying to figure out.
RW: Governor, thank you.
JH: Always a pleasure.
RW: Colorado’s Democratic Governor John Hickenlooper is speaking with me at the State Capitol Wednesday afternoon. A few hours later, the Trump Administration announced it would review a plan the governor worked on for several years to protect a bird whose habitat in Colorado and other parts of the West is highly sought after land. The deal, struck in 2015, avoided putting the greater sage-grouse on the endangered species list. Now the president’s Interior Secretary, Ryan Zinke, says he wants to make sure the conservation plan doesn’t hinder energy production. Before Zinke’s announcement, I asked Governor Hickenlooper what he’s learned about working with this new administration and with Zinke on western land issues since they’ll have many more opportunities on things like oil and gas leasing, grazing permits, and the management of national monuments. Here’s that exchange.
JH: Almost all of those issues are fully in play right now. We had a long conversation with Secretary Zinke two days ago. We covered several of these issues – monuments, energy, the sage-grouse – and he is from the West, and he is, I think, open and receptive to hearing what we say. I don’t think we’ve got quite the give and take. In other words, we’re not –Western governors didn’t see a draft of Zinke’s judgment before he made it, whereas with Obama, we would see drafts of almost everything and there really was a collaborative effort going on, but I think we’ll get there with Zinke. I think he’s just new to the job and he’s trying to move quickly. Everything he said to me, I really feel that he has a good Western perspective on how these lands should be managed. I don’t think he’s going to try and sell off lands or encourage any privatization of national lands or lowering the protections on lands. He’s worried about some – in the past, some processes and procedures. So I’m – at this point, though, willing to give him the benefit of the doubt and we’ll see how this – talk to me in six months. | <urn:uuid:9e0a7c50-bffa-44b5-80a4-fba6bf30c854> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.cpr.org/show-segment/hickenlooper-hedges-on-governors-climate-alliance-seeks-funds-for-energy-office/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572870.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817062258-20220817092258-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.971904 | 5,669 | 1.585938 | 2 |
A CONVERSATION WITH STACEY STEINBERG
You don’t have to be a genius to realise that social media has become incredibly popular. And, despite the growing concerns about its often sinister influence (see Netflix’s eye-opening documentary ‘The Social Dilemma’), it looks like social media’s here to stay. The marketing website Oberlo.com recently reported that “Data collected during the coronavirus pandemic showed significant changes in social media behaviour. As people worked from home, and shifted both their professional and personal lives online, social media usage increased dramatically.”
So, just how popular is it?
- There are currently 3.5 billion social media users worldwide.
- Facebook is the most popular social media platform.
- 90.4% of Millennials, 77.5% of Generation X, and 48.2% of Baby Boomers are active social media users.
- Users spend an average of 3 hours per day on social networks and messaging.
- 500 million Instagram stories are uploaded daily worldwide.
The message is clear: social media isn’t going away any time soon. So the challenge we all face is; how can we manage our online activities – and our family’s online activities?
As you’ve probably already discovered, that’s easier said than done! But, thankfully, there are experts at hand to help calm the confusion and give great advice. One of those is Stacey Steinberg. Author of ‘Growing Up Shared’, Stacey’s a law professor, a lawyer and a mother. And her years of research have given her a keen insight into ways parents can best use social media and protect their families from its worst effects.
GRAPEVINE: In your book, you talk about ‘sharenting’ – the balancing-act that parents face trying to decide when, how, and how much to share about their kids online. Can you tell us more about ‘sharenting’? And how does our sharing online affect our kids?
STACEY STEINBERG: Sharenting is the intersection between parents doing what they’ve always done – sharing their pride and joy (their kids!) – and posting them on social media platforms. It’s the new way that parents share. And it can affect our children’s sense of wellbeing both now and years into the future.
For example, our kids might see us sharing all the time, and feel embarrassed or shamed by the information that we’re making public. Or they might feel frustrated that, instead of spending time with them, we’re forever taking ourselves out of the ‘moment’ to post online.
Older kids might feel nervous about how the information we share today could affect them in the future. Their peers could see it … universities and prospective employers could see it. And they might even be worried about the potential for identity theft, or the information being used in some negative, unhealthy way.
As parents we must realise that, when we’re sharing online about our families, we’re creating our children’s digital footprint, too.
GV: You make the point that it’s not just what we share online about our kids, but how we share …
STACEY: We need to think about how we share, and whether our practice of posting lines up with our values and hopes. What do we value about privacy, for instance? How do we want our kids to post online when they’re old enough? We should also think about when we’re sharing. Is it worth stepping away from our child to document a moment right here and now? Are we then constantly checking for feedback and ‘likes’? And how does that align with the commonly-held parenting goal of being present with our children?
It’s also useful to think about why we share. I suspect that many of us share simply because others do, and we haven’t stopped to consider what our motivations are. Is it to stay connected with friends and family? Is it to make new friends and become part of new communities? Is it to try and make money somehow through sharing information (as some do, earning their living through blogging and YouTube, for instance)?
There’s power in sharing our stories. But there are also ways for people to gain financially by doing so, and we should be mindful of who might be taking advantage of that.
GV: The negative sides of sharing online are fairly well documented – but what are some of the positives?
STACEY: I got into this work because, along with being a law professor and a former child-abuse prosecutor, I’d found my way into photography. After my second son was born, I realised that I loved taking pictures – and part of being an artist is sharing your work. I saw how much joy it brought to share photos of my own kids and of other families.
Then I got into a charity called the Shared Hope Project at our local hospital, where I’d offer a free photography service to families with children battling chronic medical conditions. Through that work, I saw how (when parents shared openly) they could really form personal connections, despite being in a hospital room. It also helped them stay connected with friends and family back home.
I think that if we stop sharing our stories and telling our narratives, part of the richness of life is lost. A lot of positive social change happens because people are brave and bold enough to be vulnerable online. And, by the way, when we talk about why people share – that’s another reason; to try to bring issues that are important to them into the light.
GV: So how can we share our stories while, at the same time, honouring our children’s privacy – and perhaps their wish to be kept out of the limelight?
STACEY: Well, first off, the most important thing we can do is spend more time thinking about it. We’re the first generation of parents to be raising kids alongside social media – and our kids are the first generation to grow up being ‘shared’. In a lot of ways, we’ve kind of rushed the thinking process in order to get busy sharing. So we probably need to slow down, back up a bit, and actually listen to the voices of people we respect. And, as parents, we need to make this a more central part of our childrearing conversation.
We should think more carefully about what’s being gained or lost as a result of each ‘disclosure’ that we post online – recognising the benefits, but also the risks. The trouble is, you can’t put the genie back into the bottle! Once the information’s out there, it’s tough to regain control of the narrative or take back what’s been shared.
GV: There’s lots of debate about social media. And in your book you refer to four different approaches. Can you tell us about these?
STACEY: In a study of young Danish families, researcher Maja Sonne Damkjær identified four social media communication styles. They are: family-focused … peer group-focused … oppositional … and social media non-user. The first group – Family Focused – are those who go onto social media to connect with people they know in real life. Their use of social media is to enhance those connections.
The next category – Peer-Group Focused – are those who use social media to access help or advice, especially when they have young children. Parents will often connect with others who have similar struggles: feeding issues, sleep issues, and so forth. And as their kids grow, they’ll find help and support with other issues as well.
The third group – Oppositional – are on social media but choose to never share about their kids online. And they have a real disdain for people who do. They’ll make a point of not only not sharing, but also stating their opinion that other parents shouldn’t share about their kids either!
And then there are those – Social Media Non-Users – who stay away entirely. In my experience, these aren’t parents with really strong views about children’s privacy. They just recognise that, for them, social media adds little or no benefit to their lives, so they just avoid it altogether.
GV:For those parents who do use social media, is there any general agreement about “no-no’s” – and about what constitutes ‘over-sharenting’?
STACEY:Absolutely! And the “no-no’s” are becoming more universal. Things like sharing your child’s full name, or full date-of-birth would be oversharing … disclosing details about your child’s location, schedule, school, and so forth on a public site is probably unwise … sharing embarrassing or personal details about your kids outside of closed forums, likewise … attaching pictures of school location or other identifying details … and, of course, photos of your kids in the nude …
We know that paedophiles take advantage of photos that people share. And, according to a study done by the Australian Safety Commissioner, 50 percent of all images on paedophile image-sharing sites are innocent pictures of kids that originated on family blogs and family social media sites. Parents need to know that there’s a market for stolen images of kids, so they should avoid posting any pictures of children in any state of undress.
Parents should also be very aware of the privacy policies of the sites on which they’re sharing. Just because you’re sharing in a closed group doesn’t mean that someone can’t screenshot it or take advantage of it, or use it in a way you haven’t intended. And I think that giving older kids veto power – the chance to say “No, I don’t want you to post that!” – is really critical. Of course, younger kids can’t really consent, but we can empower them to be part of that discussion.
There’s no point pretending that social media doesn’t exist – and having our kids grow up wanting to use it but not knowing how. So I try really hard to have conversations about this with my kids. Even with my youngest, I ask her if she’s okay with me sharing a photo before I put it online. She usually is, but it’s just about her recognising (although she’s only seven) that she has an ownership over what’s shared about her.
My middle son is a competitive gymnast, so he works out a lot – and he loves it when I share videos from his events with family and friends. In fact, he’ll check up on me and make sure I’ve done it – because he’s proud of what he’s doing, and he likes his coaches and others to see. So with him, I’ve discussed things like privacy concerns. If any other kids might be seen in the video, is it okay with them (and their parents) if that’s being shared? I also encourage him to read the comments that other people leave – and respond to them. It helps him understand the vast audience who might see these videos.
I also delete the videos a month or two later – because there’s no need to have all that data out there online.
I actually make it a yearly habit to review my posts, and delete (or make private) those which no longer feel right to share with a wider audience. I think our kids are going to want to define themselves online on their own terms – and anything we can do to make that easier for them is important.
GV: Has any research been done to indicate how children feel when their parents share details about them online?
STACEY: Interestingly enough, the research indicates that most kids are okay with their parents sharing photos of them – as long as the photos aren’t embarrassing or unflattering! But children do want their parents to ask permission before going ahead and posting photos of them online.
Parents need to invite their kids into the decision-making process when they share family stuff on social media. Children need their voices heard – they need to be part of the conversation. And they need to have their individual desires for privacy respected.
Generally speaking, kids feel like there’s a lot of emphasis on what they do on social media. They don’t understand why there are so many rules for them and so few for their parents – they want their parents to have more rules to follow. As early as age nine or ten, kids can feel apprehensive about what their parents are posting. They can be embarrassed, anxious, or even angry.
GV: What’s the best way to give our children a say in how and what we share about them?
STACEY: I think the conversation should evolve over time. When they’re really little, you could gauge their emotional response by asking, “Is this something you want Grandma and Grandpa to see?” or “Do you want me to tell your friends that this happened?” A child having a meltdown might be adorable to that child’s parent (once their little guy has calmed down!) – but that same little guy would probably see a photo of the event and feel embarrassed.
We need to try and see the information that we’re sharing through the eyes of a child. If we can do that, we can still share compelling stories and stay in touch with family and friends – but we’ll be doing it in a way that respects who our child is now and who they’ll be in the future. And as they get older, that conversation becomes more advanced.
GV: Earlier, you mentioned shame and embarrassment as big issues in ‘sharenting’. Can you explain why parents need to be more aware of this?
STACEY: Obviously, kids can experience shame when their parents use social media to share photos the kids find embarrassing. But some parents actively shame kids by deliberately sharing their bad behaviour online – and this can seriously damage the parent-child relationship and the child’s self-esteem.
I’m a lawyer in the youth court system as part of my day job, and the big focus of juvenile delinquency law is to rehabilitate kids. Yes, there’s a punishment aspect – but the real goal is to help them. And I don’t think it’s at all helpful when parents shame their kids online.
Kids can also feel ashamed when they share something online that their parents then censor! When I was a young child, I made a lot of mistakes that my parents didn’t know about! But the response from my peers (or whoever was around me) was enough to help me learn my lesson and self-correct – without input from my parents!
It worries me that, in this age of us trying to control or protect our kids online, kids have lost the ability to make some mistakes without experiencing the shame and embarrassment of their parents seeing it. Certainly, there are times that shame is a helpful tool to change behaviour! And, there are times when it’s absolutely appropriate to intervene (such as when your child’s posted something inappropriate or compromising). But in an age (especially during this pandemic) when many kids around the world are NOT able to interact face-to-face, their text messages and social media feeds are often the only way they can communicate with their peers.
We don’t want to make them feel so censored by us that they can’t speak freely and naturally with their friends.
GV: Getting that balance right is harder than it sounds – right? Preserving both connectedness between parents and teens and autonomy for the teens themselves. How can we do both well?
STACEY: I think that we have to ask the social media industry to offer more protections for kids. I’d be happier giving my 10-year-old autonomy with YouTube if I didn’t have to worry that he was going to come across pornography or be targeted with political ads. It would be a lot easier to give our kids some breathing space if the system created a safer playground.
There’s also the issue of who can share things about kids on social media. There have been recent cases in the US involving grandparents sharing without the parents’ permission – and the courts have had to weigh in!
GV: It’s not just grandparents, of course. Other people – friends, and even community groups, such as schools, churches, and athletic clubs – can post information or pictures that identify our children. How can parents take charge of what others share?
STACEY: Parents need to be willing to use their voice and express their opinions. If you don’t feel comfortable with what’s being shared, you need to tell the people who associate with your kids how you feel. And, you have a right to have those opinions respected. Ultimately, we’re the guardians – we’re the gatekeepers of our children’s personal information and digital footprint. And just like we decide how to discipline our kids (within certain limits), we also decide how we share our family. There are, of course, extremes that need to be regulated, but in general, the parents should be able to make those decisions.
It’s like I said earlier. We need to put more responsibility onto social media companies – and onto society as a whole – to recognise that there’s no one-size-fits-all solution. We should be asking these questions as part of any conversation before we place our kids in somebody else’s care. Even things like birthday parties! If you have a pool party for your child, and everyone’s in their togs gathering around the child blowing out the candles, there’s a good chance that a number of those parents wouldn’t be comfortable with that picture being posted online. But it’s also very possible that some of those parents have never even considered that someone would be uncomfortable with sharing that image.
We’re not yet talking about it enough – but we need to have those conversations.
GV: So how can families go about creating a plan with their kids for using social media?
STACEY: Any plan you choose first involves sitting down together and hearing what everyone has to say – and then committing to some concrete guidelines that the family will act on. Things like, “We’re not going to have phones at the dinner table …” or “We’ll always ask before we share pictures of other people …” or “We understand that our parents have the right to search our phones at any time while we’re under 18 …”
Most parents, understandably, want to monitor their kids. But we don’t want to make them feel like they’ve done something wrong – or like they’re constantly being watched – or like we’re just waiting for them to screw up. Neither do we want them to feel the world is so dangerous that we have to be looking over their shoulder all the time.
When kids are young, we need to supervise them closely. We’re not punishing them – we’re just being wise parents. However, as our kids get older and demonstrate proficiency in social media, we need to give them some freedom, while continuing the conversation: why it’s hard for us to let go of that control, what sort of things we’ll be looking out for that would raise red flags for us, what would make us begin monitoring them again. Ultimately, they need to be allowed to grow and learn and make their own mistakes, within reason.
GV: Any closing words for our readers?
STACEY: I’ve found that, because I’ve spent so much time thinking about these issues (as a lawyer and as a mum), I can get pretty torn up trying to make choices around my own online sharing and my own family’s use of social media. Even though I’ve spent all these years studying ‘sharenting’, it doesn’t mean that I’m any better at actually sharing than the general population!
People call me a social media expert, but I’m quick to acknowledge that I don’t have all this figured out – it’s a tough thing to navigate as a parent!
But we have to give ourselves grace … acknowledge when we’ve made mistakes … and take advantage of opportunities to learn from them. We make the best decisions we can with the information we have, but we have to be willing to take on new information and grow in our approach to how, what, when, and why we share online.
Maya Angelou once said, “Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.” I think that’s a wise approach to social media – and to life in general.
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next 1 or 2 numbers=date
next 1 or 2 numbers=year
Most times they were seperated by spaces, but sometimes not.
Your heads are dated F256 and C216, this would be
In the early '70s Chevy began using two numbers for the year on some components, so it was easy to determine what the year was.
For example, my block is dated B 3 0, but the date on my intake is 1-14-70 (aluminum intake cast in the winters foundry, not sure why they used a "1" instead of an "A")
I have also noticed that Winters cast aluminum parts have numeric rather than alpha characters for their month. I guess it's just the difference between different companies doing the same thing a different way. Did that make sense?
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The RHI will provide £1.15bn of funding in 2020/21 and will also be reformed with a focus on value for money, saving around £700 million.
However, the British solar thermal market has suffered since 2011, due to years of delay in introducing the Renewable Heat Incentive and insufficient levels of support. The market has collapsed from 30,000 solar thermal installations in 2010 to just 6,000 so far this year.
Kathy McVeigh, an STA Director and Managing Director of Northern Ireland-based solar thermal business Cool Sky, commented: “It’s not clear yet exactly where these savings come from.
“There will also be budgetary caps providing a backstop on expenditure, meaning that if the forecast expenditure reaches the agreed budget, the Secretary of State will be able to take action to suspend the scheme to new applications.
“We welcome the fact that the Renewable Heat Incentive will remain. However deployment to date of solar thermal under the RHI has been disappointing.
“We look forward to working with DECC to implement some of the measures we have recommended to increase the uptake of solar thermal, including making it eligible on new build, removing the need for a Green Deal assessment and providing support for solar space heating and hybrid PV and thermal.
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Thailand welcomed some 430,000 foreign visitors in 2021
Thai authorities have removed most of the restrictions placed on travel and business during the pandemic, according to Thai PBS World. Mask requirements were lifted last week, allowing pubs and bars to resume regular business hours. Those measures were taken to support an economy that, before the pandemic, depended largely on tourism to generate 12 percent of the country’s GDP.
In 2019, Thailand welcomed 40 million visitors, with over 30 percent of them coming from China. After Thailand dropped its entry requirements, Indians and Malaysians are currently driving the tourist influx in the country.
Tourism and Sports Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn said he does not expect an increase in Chinese arrivals, due to current lockdowns in some Chinese cities.
Malaysian tourists are projected to surpass the number of visitors coming from India after the requirement for the Thailand Pass is lifted starting 1 July.
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha introduced “SMILES,” a brainstorming framework, during his keynote speech at the Thailand Tourism Congress 2022, reported The Phuket News.
SMILES stands for:
- Inclusive Economy
- Social Innovation
Through this strategy, Prayut stated that the government is prepared to assist, promote, and work together to address issues related to tourism by generating ideas and collectively developing tourism initiatives.
The number of international tourists is expected to reach 2.7 to three million from June through September, and more than a million between October and December 2022, according to Thailand Business News. Thailand expects to bring in THB1.2 trillion (USD34 billion) to THB1.5 trillion (USD42.6 billion) in international tourism this year.
The Ministry of Tourism noted that post-pandemic recovery could generate at least THB2.4 trillion (USD68.2 billion) next year, and THB3 trillion (USD85.2 billion) in 2024.
Thailand welcomed some 430,000 foreign visitors in 2021. This year, from January through May, this number increased to 1.31 million.
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We have been hearing a lot about escaping the fiscal cliff, but our problem isn’t solved. The fixes to date have been partial and temporary. There are many painful decisions ahead. Based on recent research and my analysis of the situation, civilization is in the early stage of the Crisis phase (state breakdown) and the U.S. will most likely enter a severe recession by the end of 2013. [Below is my rationale.] Words: 2979; Charts: 8
So writes Gail Tverberg (http://ourfiniteworld.com) in edited excerpts from her original article* entitled 2013: Beginning of Long-Term Recession?.
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Tverberg goes on to say in further edited excerpts:
My expectation is that:
- credit markets are likely [to] see increased defaults as workers find their wages squeezed by higher Social Security taxes and as government programs are cut back,
- credit is likely to decrease in availability and become higher-priced….[and]
- credit problems will adversely affect the international trade system.
- Stock markets will tend to perform poorly.
- The Federal Reserve will try to intervene in credit markets, but if the US government is one of the defaulters (at least temporarily), it may not be able to completely fix the situation.
- Less credit will tend to hold down prices of goods and services [but with] fewer people…working, though, even at reduced prices, many people will find discretionary items such as larger homes, new cars, and restaurant meals to be unaffordable. Thus, once the recession is in force, car sales are likely to drop, and prices of resale homes will again decline.
- Oil prices may temporarily drop. This price decrease, together with a drop in credit availability, is likely to lead to a reduction in drilling in high-priced locations, such as US oil shale (tight oil) plays….
- Demand for electricity is likely to drop. Renewable energy investment is likely to decline because of less electricity demand and less credit availability. By 2014 and 2015, less government funding may also play a role.
This recession is likely be very long term. In fact, based on my view of the reasons for the recession, it may never be possible to exit from it completely.
I base the foregoing views on several observations:
1. High oil prices are a major cause of the…government’s current financial problems
The financial difficulties occur because high oil prices tend to lead to unemployment, and high unemployment tends to lead to higher government expenditures and lower government revenue [see Figure 1 below]. This is especially true for oil importers.
Figure 1. US Government Income and Outlay, based on historical tables from the White House Office of Management and Budget (Table 1.1). *2012 is estimated by OMB. (http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/Historicals)
2. The…world’s oil problems have not been solved
While there are new sources of oil, they tend to be sources of expensive oil, so they don’t solve the problem of high-priced oil. Furthermore, if our real economic problem is high-priced oil, and we have no way of permanently reducing oil prices, [then] high oil prices can be expected to cause a long-term drag on economic growth.
3. A cutback in discretionary spending is likely
US workers are already struggling with wages that are not rising as fast as GDP (see Figure 2 below). Starting in January, 2013, US workers have the additional problem of rising Social Security taxes, and later this year, a likely cutback in government expenditures. The combination is likely to lead to a cutback in discretionary spending.
Figure 2. Wage Base (sum of “Wage and Salary Disbursements” plus “Employer Contributions for Social Insurance” plus “Proprietors’ Income” from Table 2.1. Personal Income and its Distribution) as Percentage of GDP, based on US Bureau of Economic Analysis data. *2012 amounts estimated based on part-year data.
4. The size of our current financial problems, both in terms of US government income/outgo imbalance and debt level, is extremely large
If high oil prices present a permanent drag on the economy, we cannot expect economic growth to resume in a way that would fix these problems.
5. The financial symptoms that the US and many other oil importers are experiencing bear striking similarities to the problems that many civilizations experienced prior to collapse
Based on my reading of Peter Turchin and Sergey Nefedov’s book Secular Cycles… on the analysis of eight collapses over the last 2000 years, the collapses did not take place overnight. Instead, economies moved from an Expansion Phase, to a Stagflation Phase, to a Crisis Phase, to a Depression/Intercycle Phase. Timing varies, but typically totals around 300 years for the four phases combined.
It appears to me that the corresponding secular cycle for the U.S. began in roughly 1800, with the ramp up of coal use. Later other modern fuels, including oil, were added. Since the 1970s, the U.S. has mostly been experiencing the Stagflation Phase. The Crisis Phase appears to be not far away.
The [Turchin] analysis started with a model. This model was verified based on the experiences of eight agricultural civilization (beginning dates between 350 BCE and 1620 CE). While the situation is different today, there may be lessons that can be learned, [namely:]….
Issue 1. High oil prices tend to lead to government financial problems
Food prices tend to rise at the same time as oil prices, partly because oil is used in the production of food (for example, plowing, irrigation, herbicides and insecticides, harvesting, transport to market). Also, because oil is in short supply, corn is now being grown for use as ethanol to be used as a gasoline-extender. Growing additional corn puts pressure on food prices, because it drives up the price of land and encourages farmers to put more land into corn production, and less into other crops.
The reason governments are affected by high oil and food prices is as follows:
- When oil and food prices rise, buyers cut back in discretionary spending, so as to have enough for “basics,” including food and commuting expenses.
- Workers are laid off in discretionary industries, such as vacation travel and restaurants.
- These laid off-workers pay less taxes, and sometimes default on loans.
Governments are quickly drawn into these problems, for two reasons:
- Their tax revenue is lower, because of layoffs in discretionary sectors.
- Their expenditures are higher, because of the need to pay more unemployment benefits, provide economic stimulus, and bail out banks.
Oil importers are especially affected, because they are also paying out funds to oil exporters. The countries with well-publicized financial problems (including several European countries, the United States, and Japan) tend to be major oil importers.
Oil exporters are not adversely affected to the same extent, because they have additional revenue from higher prices on oil they are exporting. They may still be somewhat affected because of rising food prices, and the fact that higher oil revenues do not necessarily go to those buying food. [Indeed,] a recent study shows that food shortages helped trigger the Arab Spring protests.
Part of the reason that the impact of high oil prices is as severe as it is, is because there are many follow-on effects:
- If oil prices rise, the price of shipping goods of all types rises.
- If businesses are able to pass through these higher costs, discretionary income of buyers for other goods falls.
- If not, businesses find that their higher costs lead to lower profits.
- To bring profit margins back up to an acceptable level, businesses may lay off workers.
- Prices of homes are likely to [also] be adversely affected by high oil prices, because a family with inadequate discretionary income will forgo moving to a larger home, and may even default on a mortgage.
It should be noted that the impact of high oil prices doesn’t completely go away unless oil prices go down and stay down. Businesses can partly mitigate the impact of high oil prices by laying off workers in discretionary segments [or moving manufacturing to…an overseas company with a lower cost structure that uses less oil….
Workers generally must permanently adjust their budgets to higher food and oil prices [yet] this is often difficult to do. The lack of jobs is a particular problem –something that workers cannot fix by themselves. Government programs can mitigate the job shortfall, by paying benefits to unemployed workers and by reducing interest rates, so that businesses can more easily make investments that will lead to more employment. These programs are costly, though, and are a major cause of the current mismatch between government income and expense.
Issue 2. World oil problems have not been solved
There have been a number of reports this years…seeming to suggest that the world oil problem has been solved. These analyses are incomplete. They do not recognize that our real problem is a financial problem. Our economy (everything from interstate highways to electric transmission to Social Security programs) was put in place using cheap ($10 or $20 barrel) oil. Shifting to today’s high cost of oil (up near $100 barrel) causes severe economic dislocations. There is no more cheap oil to be found, however, because oil companies extracted the cheapest to extract oil first and now the “easy oil” is gone.
The impression one gets from reading the papers is that US oil production is having a huge impact on world oil production. If a person looks at the numbers, world oil production is close to flat. Rising US production makes up for falling European production, but doesn’t do a whole lot more. [See Figure 3 below]
Figure 3. World crude oil production, based on EIA data. *2012 estimated based on partial year data.
The rise in United States oil production is indeed somewhat helpful, but we are still many years away from being “energy independent” and even farther from becoming “oil independent.” The real issue is high oil prices, and these are not being fixed. [See Figure 4 below.]
Figure 4. US crude oil prices (based on average prices paid by US refiners for all grades of oil based on EIA data) converted to 2012$ using CPI-Urban data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Our financial problems are here and now, in 2013. Promises of hoped-for higher oil production in several years at a still very high price don’t fix today’s financial problems. In fact, they will likely continue to contribute to financial problems in the future.
Issue 3. Declining wages and increased taxes can be expected to lead to a decline in discretionary spending
As indicated at the beginning of the post, wages (including earnings of businesses owners considered as “proprietors,” but not including “transfer payments” such as Social Security and unemployment insurance) have not been growing as fast as GDP since 2000. See Figure 2 shown at top of post.
There seem to be several reasons behind this decline:
- high oil prices leading to US layoffs, because of decreased discretionary expenditures.
- increased automation…can often be substituted for human labor which not only reduces costs resulting in higher labor productivity but also reduces jobs. Economists…also seem to believe that new jobs will appear from somewhere, but in practice, this is not happening. Instead, lack of jobs is part of what is leading to recessionary influences.
- with baby boomers reaching retirement age….the number of individuals who retire each year is being affected. In the future, the number of retirees can be expected to increase further.
- increased competition from countries with lower labor costs and lower fuel costs. China joined the World Trade Organization in December 2001, and its manufacturing (and thus use of fuels) increased dramatically shortly thereafter. [See Figure 5 below.]
Figure 5. China’s energy consumption by source, based on BP’s Statistical Review of World Energy data.
5. a very large drop in the percentage of US citizens with jobs, starting about 2000 (see Figure 6 below). This is very close to the time that China ramped up its growth (see Figure 5 above).
Figure 6. US Number Employed / Population, where US Number Employed is Total Non_Farm Workers from Current Employment Statistics of the Bureau of Labor Statistics and Population is US Resident Population from the US Census. 2012 is partial year estimate.
6. In calendar years 2011 and 2012, workers’ contributions for Social Security funding were temporarily reduced by 2% of wages, as a way of stimulating the economy. As of January 1, 2013, this temporary reduction was removed. For a couple with combined wages of $100,000, take-home pay is thus being decreased by $2,000 per year. With less disposable income, workers can be expected to cut back somewhere–buying a larger home, buying a new car, or going out to eat.
7. So far, only a small amount of other tax increases have been put in place, and only a few cuts have been made. More tax increases or benefit cuts will be needed later this year to bring revenue and expense into better alignment. Any such change will tend to have a recessionary impact, because citizens’ discretionary incomes will be affected.
Issue 4. The spending gap and the amount of debt look too big to be fixable without excellent economic growth
As noted above, wages have not been keeping up with GDP. The majority of federal taxes are based on wages, so in my comparisons, I use wages, rather than GDP, as a base.
If we use the wage base from Figure 2, the amount of government outgo vs income (all levels, not just federal) is as follows:
Figure 7. US Government Spending (all levels) as percentage of Wage Base, as defined in Figure 2, above, based on US Bureau of Economic Analysis data.
Based on Figure 7, the issue in recent years has been primarily rising expenditures. These higher expenditures would seem to be partly because of high-priced oil, but also because of other influences noted above that are leading to declining employment. The amount of the gap is close to 15% of wages – something that is very hard to fix. Even the current increase in Social Security taxes (“only” 2% of wages) will exert downward pressure on discretionary spending.
A related issue is that compared to wages (using the same wage base as in Figure 2), debt of all kinds is extremely high [see Figure 8 below].
Figure 8. US Debt as a Percentage of the Wage Base, where the Wage Base is as defined in Figure 2, and Federal Debt is from Treasury Direct, and other types of debt are from the Federal Reserve Z.1 report.
Government debt is…now more than household debt of all kinds, including mortgage, credit card, auto, and student loans. It is close to two times the wage base used in this analysis.
One issue with paying down debt is that during the pay-down period, the government (or individual) reducing the debt “feels poorer,” because funds available for spending on goods and services needed today is lower. This happens because some current tax revenue, or some current wages, must be used to pay down debt, and thus is not available for today’s spending. This is a turn-around from the increasing debt situation experienced many times in the past. For example, part of the reason times seemed good in the 2002-2006 period was because people were able to refinance their homes and use the funds to buy a new car or add on a family room. If we are forced to pay down debt, we have the reverse effect.
Issue 5. Similarity to “Secular Cycles” of Peter Turchin and Sergey Nefedov
Throughout the ages, many economies that…experienced long-term expansion eventually reached limits of some sort and collapsed. The book Secular Cycles by Peter Turchin and Sergey Nefedov takes an analytical approach to looking [at] such past cycles. They developed a fairly complex model of what they would expect over time, in terms of trends in wages, prices, population, income inequality, and other variables. They then examined historical records (relating to eight civilizations in four countries, with “start dates” between 350 BCE and 1620 CE) to see whether this predicted pattern was born out in practice. In general, the authors found good agreement with the predicted model.
Typically, civilizations analyzed were reaching upper limits in population growth because of limits on food availability, but sometimes limits on water or fuel also were important.
The model predicted four phases:
- crisis, and
The typical length of the entire cycle was 300 years. The length of the various segments was fairly variable. The stagflation stage often lasted 50 or 60 years. The crisis stage tended to be shorter, more often in the 20 to 50 year range. There often was overlap between phases, with a civilization seeming to cycle back and forth between, say, expansion and stagflation.
In the model, there are various feedback loops. For example, as the number of workers rises relative to the amount of land, the price of land and food tends to rise. Jobs outside of agriculture do not rise proportionately, so wages of common workers tend to fall in inflation adjusted terms. With lower wages for common workers, nutrition declines. Eventually, the population becomes weakened, and population declines. There are also other players–the elite and the state itself.
Some characteristics of the four phases are as follows:
- Expansion phase (growth) – Increasing population, relatively low taxes, political stability, low grain prices, and high real (inflation-adjusted) wages.
- Stagflation phase (compression) – Slowing population growth, much heavier taxes needed to support a growing elite class, low but increasing political instability, rising grain prices, declining real wages for most workers, increasing indebtedness, and increasing urbanization.
- Crisis phase (state breakdown) – Population declining from the peak (typically by disease or by deaths from warfare), high income inequality, political instability increasing to a peak, high but very variable grain prices, high urbanization, tax system in a state of crisis, peasant uprisings.
- Depression/intercycle – Low population, attempts to restore state, declining economic inequality, grain prices decreasing but variable.
It seems to me that the United States and much of the world are going through a cycle much as described by Turchin. The growth phase of our current cycle seems to have begun around 1800, with the rise of coal use. Stagflation in the United States seems to have started with the drop in US oil production in 1970. All of the government budget and debt problems now seem to suggest that we are reaching the Crisis Phase….
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Specialty Pulp & Paper Chemicals Market Size, Share & Trends Analysis Report By Product (Basic, Functional, Bleaching, Process), By Application, By Region, And Segment Forecasts, 2022 - 2030
|Specialty Pulp & Paper Chemicals Market Size, Share & Trends Analysis Report By Product (Basic, Functional, Bleaching, Process), By Application, By Region, And Segment Forecasts, 2022 - 2030|
Published: May 23, 2022
Grand View Research, Inc.
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The global specialty pulp & paper chemicals market size is anticipated to reach around USD 28.1 billion by 2030, registering a revenue-based CAGR of 3.1% during the forecast period, according to a new report by Grand View Research, Inc. Growing consumer demand for the sustainable and high-quality packaging materials is expected to drive the product demand during the forecast period.
These specialty pulp and paper products help in process improvement, weight reduction, increasing strength, and reducing water requirements thus lowering the production cost. These can be added during different stages of the papermaking process including wet end size press or in the drying stage. Proper and efficient use of these chemicals involves details on addition sequence, knowledge of pH, and conductivity along with components in furnish.
The functional chemical segment is likely to hold a significant market share owing to the widespread use of products such as starch, latex, binders, and other agents to enhance the quality of the paper. Bleaching chemicals such as sodium hypochlorite, hydrogen peroxide, and enzymes are also gaining popularity as they enhance the final brightness of the product and decrease the effluent color.
Increasing demand for high-quality quality paper is expected to augment the consumption of Optical Brightening Agent (OBA) and Fluorescent Brightening Agent (FBA) during the next few years. However, growing awareness regarding the toxic nature and impact of these chemicals on the environment is anticipated to negatively impact the market for specialty pulp & paper chemicals and restrict its growth during the forecast period.
COVID-19 had a negative impact on the market for specialty paper & pulp chemicals owing to the reduced demand from the end-user industries. The closure of schools, colleges, and various manufacturing plants across the globe reduced the demand for specialty paper chemicals. However, the demand for pulp and paper chemicals for food packaging products and personal hygiene products witnessed significant growth during the pandemic.
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The third generation MR2 had three different names, depending on country; Toyota MR-S in Japan, Toyota MR2 Spyder in the United States, and the Toyota MR2 Roadster in Europe. With the previous MR2 having been in the market for almost ten years, it was time for it to move aside as Toyota released the new MR2, designated ZZW30. The new MR2 was a part of Toyota Project Genesis, a plan from Toyota to attract buyers from the younger age bracket in an effort to increase sales in the United States, being one of Toyota’s worse flops, the project quickly ended in 2001, when Toyota launched its successful marque, Scion. The car received a complete makeover compared to the two previous models. One of the biggest changes was the replacement of the solid, T-Top, and sunroof options with a true convertible soft top, giving the car the ‘Spyder’ designation. Due to a new car design rule from SAE (The Society of Automotive Engineers), the pop-up headlights as seen on SW20 had to be removed. It is the only Toyota MR2 generation to not be sold in Canada.
The small and light MR2, chassis code AW11, was something no one had expected from Toyota, known for their economical and practical cars. The two-seat MR2 was definitely not practical as a family car, but the design criteria were different from that of most previous cars. Cars with a similar design and the same concept were the Lancia Beta Montecarlo, Fiat X 1/9 and the exotic Lancia Stratos, all produced in the 70s. The most important features of the AW11 were its light body (as low as 2,200 lb (998 kg) in Japan and 2,350 lb (1066 kg) in the US), superior handling and lightly powered, small-displacement engine. Toyota’s cooperation with Lotus during the prototype phase can be seen in the AW11, and it owes much to Lotus’s legendary sports cars of the 1960s and 1970s.
As a powerplant, Toyota chose to use the naturally aspirated 4A-GE 1587 cc I4 engine with Double overhead camshafts, which allowed the use of 16 valves for a better gas flow through the combustion chamber. The engine was also equipped with DENSO electronic multi-point fuel injection and a variable intake geometry (T-VIS), giving the engine a maximum power output of 128 hp (95 kW). US engines were rated at 112 hp (84 kW), European engines at 124 hp (93 kW), Australian engines at 118 hp (88 kW) and Japanese engines at 130hp (97 kW). The engine had already been introduced earlier on the Toyota AE86, gathering a lot of positive publicity. There was also a JDM model AW10 which used the more economical 1452 cc 3A-U engine, but it didn’t gain too much popularity. Some versions were also fitted with automatic climate control. | <urn:uuid:4d6d7e25-61da-43f1-8044-7bfaf729303c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://midshiprunabout.org/tag/toyota/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571950.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813111851-20220813141851-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.973419 | 627 | 1.75 | 2 |
Since 2014, Class 4 student Anita Gujjar has been taking twice as long to get to school. That year, her government-run primary school in the heart of Pipla village, in Rajasthan’s Jaipur district, was merged with a senior secondary school on the outskirts. This has forced Gujjar and her classmates to walk an hour to get to their new building, negotiating a road on which trucks and petroleum tankers trundle by. At least, Gujjar has the security of walking with her older sister. But second-grader Sajjan Singh makes his way from another village, Bawadi Ki Dhani, all alone.
When it rains, the area around the school gets flooded, sometimes leaving the children marooned for hours. During the brutal summers, some faint on their way home. The attention they get in school has also become less intense: their teachers now teach higher classes too, so focus less on them.
On the upside, the children have classrooms with fans.
In 2014, the Vasundhara Raje-led Bharatiya Janata Party government merged 17,000 of the over 80,000 government schools in the state into the other schools, ostensibly to increase efficiency and rationalise the utilisation of resources, especially teachers. Many schools, considered unviable because of low enrolment or the presence of other schools nearby, were shut and their staff and students moved. Activists argued that this reduced access to education for the poor and marginalised. In the wake of protests against the government’s decision, around 4,000 schools were de-merged later that year.
But every year since, there has been a fresh round of mergers. In June, orders were issued for around 3,500 schools to be absorbed into others. More are set to go. “Over March-April 2017, the education department decided to merge schools that are situated close to each other and have low enrolment with other schools within 1 km to 2 km,” confirmed Sunil Kumar Sharma, joint secretary, elementary education, Rajasthan. “This has been done as per the norms of the Right to Education Act, 2009. Primary schools with fewer than 15 students and upper-primary schools with less than 30 students will be merged.” Activists fear the number of schools facing the axe may cross 3,700.
The merger of the Government Primary School and Government Balika (Girls’) Primary School in Pipla with the Government Adarsh Senior Secondary School, and dozens of other such cases across Jaipur illustrate how the government’s policy has permanently disrupted the routines of communities and their access to education. Families have been forced to pay for private schooling. Many children who lived with relatives to attend school have simply vanished, with no one tracking their whereabouts.
At Pipla’s Adarsh school, enrolment in Classes 1-5 has dropped from 82 at the time of the merger to about 65, as a consequence of the greater distance children now have to travel. “We tried to make the school as attractive as possible but very few of the 210 new admissions last year were in primary,” said principal Babita Rajawat.
Ramswarup Jahangir, a teacher in the primary section who was transferred to the senior school along with his students, said that just four students joined Class 1 last year. “When we were in the village, we got at least 10 every year,” he said. “But families are opting for the Sanskrit primary school [a regular government school that teaches Sanskrit as an additional subject] running in the community hall or, worse, private schools.”
According to data collected by the District Information System for Education, Rajasthan’s government schools lost 1.4 lakh students between 2014 and 2016. In the same period, enrolment in private schools went up by 1.9 lakh. Total enrolment rose too, but by a little over 55,000.
Activists do not trust these statistics. “Our own ground-level surveys have shown that children have dropped out,” said Komal Srivastava of Bharat Gyan Vigyan Samiti, Jaipur. “This data is gathered from schools. There is duplication because children drop out without formally withdrawing and schools do not strike off their names.”
But the government denies the mergers have resulted in children dropping out. “As per the ASER [Annual Status of Education Report] report, the dropout rate in Rajasthan reduced over 2016-2017,” said Sunil Kumar Sharma. “There is no increase in the rate due to mergers. Over the past two years, enrolment in Rajasthan’s government schools has increased by over 10 lakh.”
The state government insists it has merely merged schools, not closed them. But for Pipla resident Renu Kanwar, their primary school is as good as closed – its gate is locked, shrubs have taken over the yard. “I would have sent my two grandchildren here if it was open,” she said. They attend a private school.
According to the education department’s statistics, by December 2013, there were 47,647 primary (Classes 1-5) and 21,880 upper-primary (Classes 6-8) schools in the state. “This is much higher than the requirement as per RTE [Right to Education] norms of one [primary school] within every 1-km radius and [an upper-primary school] within a 2-km radius,” reads an education department note on the mergers. One hundred and forty-two schools had zero enrolment, 8,164 had under 15 and 28,013 under 30. The note explains that different levels of schools were under different administrative divisions, leading to “poor supervision of primary schools” while “multiple school changes [resulted] in increased dropout at transition points”.
In July 2015, Rajasthan’s Education Minister Vasudev Devnani told the Business Standard, “The idea… was to pool in resources at one place to ensure availability of teachers and bring education to the same level.”
But CP Sharma, a member of a primary teachers’ association, said that the Right to Education Act requires the state to provide a school even if there is one eligible student. He pointed out that many schools with healthy roll-strengths have been merged.
However, seen as a pragmatic move encouraging judicious use of resources, the Central government endorsed the school mergers while a committee formed in 2016 to draft a national education policy recommended that the model be replicated elsewhere.
The staffing system was rationalised next. Some teachers were moved along with their schools – like Jahangir – and the rest transferred to other parts, leading to resentment all around. One lakh, twenty thousand teachers have been transferred because of this, said Anil Sharma of the Rajasthan Shikshak Sangh (Rashtriya), a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh-affiliated teachers’ body that is opposed to the mergers.
With a section of elementary education now under senior school principals, the administrative apparatus for them was trimmed. Block elementary education offices lost power over primary school teachers, who started drawing their salaries from and reporting to senior schools instead.
Not a uniform process
But the merger process has not been uniform.
In Jaipur city, the Primary School, Durgapura, merged with the Government Senior Secondary School, Durgapura, in 2014 but continues to function out of its own premises. However, when the Primary School Durgapura, Raiger Basti, also merged with the senior school in 2016, it had to abandon its building and move into the same space as the other primary school.
When the co-educational primary school at Malpura Gate merged into an all-girls senior secondary school in Sanganer, Jaipur city, in 2014, it caused great inconvenience to the 1,500 older students.
The same year, 2014, Primary School, Pahadganj, also in the city, merged with a senior secondary school it shared a building with, leading to a single administrative unit with one principal. But it continues to run in the evening shift because space is limited.
In Haji Colony, the primary school merged with the Government Girls Senior Secondary School in Nahari Ka Naka, 3 km away, but classes are still held at its old venue – a single room at the local Dargah Imli Wale Baba.
All these schools had more than 30 children enrolled at the time of their merger.
Keeping children away
Mergers have been reversed in cases where large numbers of children stopped attending school for a variety of reasons – streams or railway crossings that made their commute difficult, or cultural or social barriers.
A 2014 survey of 102 merged schools, by the non-governmental organisations Bharat Gyan Vigyan Samiti and People’s Union for Civil Liberties, found that children had dropped out because of language, caste, religion, gender and even diet.
However, longer distances and busy roads were the biggest deterrents. When Primary School 2 in Phagi merged with an all-girls senior secondary school, its students – many of them from nomadic communities – had to navigate the Jaipur-Bhilwara highway to reach their new school. “Most of them have stopped coming,” said a staff member, who did not wish to be identified. “Their parents pleaded with us to reconsider but what could we do?”
Some communities succeeded in resisting the mergers. When the Haji Colony school moved to Nahari Ka Naka in 2014, all of its students dropped out. “We went to Nahari Ka Naka for some days but no student did,” recalled a teacher. Explaining the reason for this, community worker Ikram Qureshi said, “There is a very busy road on the way with frequent accidents.” The fathers of most Haji Colony children are autorickshaw drivers. “I ferry private school children every morning,” said Islam, explaining why he could not drop his boys, Adil and Faran, to their school.
Ultimately, classes resumed at the old dargah, though there was no official de-merger.
Despite having averted the merger, Haji Colony’s schooling struggle continues. The dargah school’s roll-strength crossed 100 several years ago and at the time of the merger in 2014, the room was already a tight fit and enrolment was dropping. Residents had petitioned the government to replace a dilapidated structure in nearby Mali Colony that housed another primary school with a facility that could accommodate both schools. Qureshi said the education department had sanctioned over Rs 4 lakhs for it but a dispute with Mali Colony residents stalled the move.
After 2014, Haji Colony residents demanded a permanent solution to their problem with renewed vigour. But all hope for the move to Mali Colony was dashed in 2016 when the government merged the school in that neighbourhood with another.
Rayan Qureshi, a student of Class 4 at the Mali Colony school, moved to the dargah in Haji Colony, but many others, mostly from poor Hindu families, did not. “I doubt if even two of those children – there were about a dozen – attend classes now,” said Bansilal, who runs a general store in Mali Colony. “Their parents did odd jobs or begged at temples. I think they go with them now.”
The mergers have caused collateral damage too. When the primary school in Pipla moved to the senior school in the outskirts, enrolment at the anganwadi centre next door dropped from about 25 to 15. “There is no one to bring them [the children],” lamented Meera Devi Meena, who runs the government centre for mother and child care. “The little ones came with their elder siblings who now go to the Adarsh school.”
She also misses the support she received from the school teachers and students. “Very often, there is just one person at the centre,” she said.
For all the upheavals they have caused, the mergers may not have delivered on their promise of quality education. Shambhu Dayal Bairwa and Vishnu Punya, senior teachers at Pipla’s Adarsh school, feel the mergers should have been preceded by a general improvement in facilities at senior schools.
“Yeh hai Adarsh school [this is a model school],” said Bairwa sarcastically, pointing to an uneven lot dotted with animal carcasses that is supposed to be the school’s playground.
Punya added, “We have no support staff. During exams, teachers take turns spending nights on campus to guard papers.”
The primary teachers say their situation is worse. “Earlier, we spent time on the children, now we write bills,” said Jahangir, the primary school teacher from Pipla who moved to the Adarsh senior school. A commerce graduate, he has had to teach the subject to Class 12 students and also stand in as an invigilator during exams for senior classes even though there are only two teachers in the primary section. “The focus is on older students,” Jahangir said. “During examinations, primary schoolers are neglected.”
Echoing the view of Jahangir and every other primary teacher Scroll.in spoke with, Durgapura teacher Sandhya Mathur said, “We were used to working independently, taking decisions that were best for small children.” She added, “Some things have become easier. All our paperwork, for instance, is handled by the senior school and there are fewer responsibilities. But bigger schools do not understand.”
Mathur and her fellow teachers in Durgapura had unsuccessfully fought the merger with letters and signature campaigns.
The move has been rougher still on the 90 children of the Durgapura, Raiger Basti, school. For weeks, brothers Gaurav and Krish Sharma, students of Classes 1 and 2, insisted on sitting with the fifth-graders and the teacher who had come from their school, Puranmal Dhayal.
The boys miss the tree in their old school compound. Dhayal, too, reminisced about the old school building. “There was a small area to play in and even from the classrooms, it was possible to see the road outside,” he said.
But at the centuries-old building that houses the senior school, the windows are set too high for even adults to look out. There is no place to play and the children are placed either in a small, dark space that possibly served as a room for guards or in what the teachers call “the hall” – a generous description for a room that is better lit but still crowded. Girls still use the toilets of the old Raiger Basti school.
Attendance is about 50% on average, said Mathur.
Dhayal added, “Children get attached to their teachers, their spots in the school. All were reluctant to come and I even visited some of their homes. But 10-15 did not return at all and I do not know where they are.”
All photos courtesy Shreya Roy Chowdhury.
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COMPOSERS: Byrd; Gibbons; Morley; Tallis; Taverner; White
LABELS: Harmonia Mundi
ALBUM TITLE: The Phoenix Rising
WORKS: Byrd: Ave verum corpus; Mass for five voices; Gibbons: O Clap Your Hands; almighty and everlasting God; Morley: Nolo mortem peccatoris
PERFORMER: Stile Antico
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This recording contains some of the best-known English works from the 16th and early 17th centuries, and there seems to be an ulterior motive for the gathering together of these favourites. The reason is that they became favourites almost a century ago when they were all included in the pioneering publication Tudor Church Music (1922-9). It was funded by the Carnegie UK Trust which was set up exactly 100 years ago this year.
The expertise of the Stile Antico group in this repertory is not in doubt and, as always, these singers give us some splendid performances. Gibbon’s O Clap Your Hands, for example, has a sure-footed exuberance, the imitative textures of Tallis’ Salvator Mundi are clean and nicely tuned, and the phrases of the Sanctus of Byrd’s 5-part Mass breath in logical and musical ways. A slight qualm is that Byrd’s Ave verum which opens the disc is almost lapidary in its tone and shape, with little pliancy or supplication at, for example, the words ‘miserere mei’. I wondered whether this was because, as they tell us, Stile Antico ‘works without a conductor’. The choir can build in large-scale contrasts between sections (soft vs loud), and the singers work collectively towards a climax at the end of a piece with an allargando finish (as in their marvellous rendering of Taverner’s O Splendor), but they sometimes seem to miss the nuances of individual lines in the texture and local moments of subtle expression. That said, the overall effect is extremely professional and pleasing. | <urn:uuid:927ebfcc-d871-40da-9772-035e1147dff8> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.classical-music.com/reviews/phoenix-rising-oct-13/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572870.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817062258-20220817092258-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.936181 | 456 | 2.015625 | 2 |
Beauty devices are used to treat skin-related problems such as acne and wrinkles. Moreover, they are also used to eliminate the scars caused due to injury. They are also used to treat hair related problems such as hair fall, greying hair, etc. These devices are a result of advancements in skincare devices technology.
The global Beauty devices market was accounted for US$ 45,573.5 Mn in terms of value by the end of 2019
Increasing aging population is a prime factor fueling the market growth of the beauty devices. Aging is associated with the loss of the fibrous tissue. The skin layer started reducing vascular and glandular networks which leads to wrinkles, pigmentation and sagging of the skin. According to the United Nations, by 2050, one in six people in the world will be over age 65 (16%), up from one in 11 in 2019 (9%). Thus, the rise in the aging population is projected to foster the market growth of beauty devices.
Increasing awareness regarding personal hygiene is propelling the market growth of the beauty device. The rise in the urban population coupled with the increasing penetration of personal care products across emerging nations is again expected to foster market growth. Also, rapid adoption of such products across consumers due to effectiveness and benefits offered by these products are further anticipated to augment the market growth of the beauty devices.
Figure 1. Global Beauty Devices Market, Revenue Share (%), By Region, 2019
North America region dominated the global beauty devices market in 2019, accounting for 51.8% share in terms of value, followed by Asia Pacific and Europe, respectively
Side-effects associated with beauty devices such as excessive swelling, superficial burn, and blistering is expected to restrict the adoption of such devices. These factors are expected to hinder the market growth of the beauty device over the forecast period.
Lack of awareness regarding the benefits of beauty devices across developing countries of rural areas is expected to inhibit the market growth over the forecast period.
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|Historical Data for:||2017 to 2019||Forecast Period:||2020 to 2027|
|Forecast Period 2020 to 2027 CAGR:||18.7%||2027 Value Projection:||US$ 179,729.8 Mn|
L’Oreal Group, Nu Skin Enterprise, Inc., Panasonic Corporation, Home Skinovations, Ltd., PhotoMedex, Inc., Carol Cole Company, Procter & Gamble Company, Koninklijke Philips N.V., TRIA Beauty, Inc., AmorePacific Group
|Restraints & Challenges:||
The expansion of salon and beauty care centers around the globe is projected to bring new market opportunities in the near future. Growing pollution is again increasing the prevalence of various skin diseases which is also creating demand for beauty devices. Moreover, growing awareness regarding scars treatment caused due to injury is further anticipated to foster the market growth of the beauty device over the forecast period.
Continuous product innovation is expected to create lucrative growth opportunities for the market in the near future. For instance, in February 2019, Alma Lasers launches a new hair removal device, the Soprano Titanium. The device features the company’s new Quattro 3D applicator handpiece, which has a spot size of 4cm and delivers three laser wavelengths: 755 nm, 810 nm, and 1064 nm to treat all skin types. Moreover, it also features a dual connector that allows two different applicators to be connected to the platform at all times.
Figure 2. Global Beauty Devices Market – Opportunity Analysis
Market Trends/Key Takeaways
Increasing preferences for at-home beauty devices that are easy to use for acne and hair removal is one of the growing trends. At-home beauty devices are portable and easy to use. They are gaining huge demand due to increasing availability of home solutions. These devices are witnessing tremendous demand on the account of a rise in the young population and middle age population around the globe.
Changing lifestyle coupled with the growing disposable income is projected to bolster the market growth of the beauty devices. Improving living of standard and constantly changing fashion trends are two other major factors propelling the market growth of the beauty devices. Also, an increasing number of working women is further creating demand for such devices thereby fueling the market growth of the beauty devices.
Figure 3. Global Beauty Devices Market, Revenue Share (%), By Type in 2019
The hair removal device segment dominated the global beauty devices market in 2019, accounting for 20% share in terms of value, followed by cleansing and acne device segment respectively
Global Beauty Device Market - Impact of Coronavirus (Covid-19) Pandemic
The novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) has impacted almost all the industries globally including personal care products market. There is an increased demand for beauty and personal care products during the pandemic period owing to rising trends of home use and portable beauty devices.
Few Recent Developments
In January 2020, L’Oréal introduced Perso, a smart device that makes beauty personal. The smart skincare system is capable of providing personalized skincare solutions via a four-step process.
The Global Beauty Device Market is accounted for US$ 45,573.5 Mn in terms of value by the end of 2019. Beauty devices are instruments that are used to treat skin condition such as acne, pigmentation, hair removal among others.
Rising occurrence of skin related disease globally drives the demand for the beauty devices across the globe. Increasing elderly population is one of the key factor contributing to the growth of the market. Moreover, rising trends for portable and hand held beauty devices is also expected to increase the demand for the market over the forecast period. In addition, rising number of beauty salons and spa across the globe further increases the demand for such products.
Key features of the study:
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Beach hikes are the best because there is no elevation. I can walk for miles, barefooted, sand between my toes and shells strewn along the way. Waves repeating melody cancels the cares of the world, healing power of sound and saltwater.
Except in some beaches of Portugal where the hike to the small beach among rugged cliffs is near impossible. A road leads down, the surf pounds and beware of being pulled under.
In Crete the road winds along sharp curves, narrow, sometimes one lane, for miles going down until finally, there is an expanse of beach, pink sand and clear water.
There are fish in the water so the fishermen put out their boats, night and day. The nets bring a haul, both large and small, and when the boat is full, it is pulled ashore and the fish are released onto land in baskets and buckets. Some are smoked right on the beach, while others are spiced and fried. Who knows where the rest of the fish go.
The Jamestown Fishing Harbor Project has began with the demolition of existing structures at the site of the Chinese funded $60 million Jamestown Fishing Harbor Complex. There will be dredging of 118,000 cubic meters in the harbor basin and shipping channels; construction of hydraulic structures, seawall, a breakwater, and supporting facilities including a fish market and a processing area. Who knows where the rest of the people will go.
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Concord is a Laravel Extension for building modular Laravel Applications
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Concord is a Laravel Extension that helps to build Modules for Laravel Applications on top of Laravel's built-in Service Providers.
Concord at first is a Laravel package. It also offers some conventions that help you to better structure complex systems.
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Modular Architecture is exactly what you think it is - a way to manage the complexity of a problem by breaking them down to smaller manageable modules. -- Param Rengaiah
Concord itself (this library) manages the modules.
Concord modules are isolated fractions of the business logic, built around a single topic.
There are two kinds of modules from the usage perspective:
- in-app modules,
- external modules.
Concord is not aware of this difference at all, but they represent two different approaches of modularization.
- They are part of the application's codebase;
- are located in
- being decoupled is a less strict requirement;
- code reuse and customization is not an aspect.
- They are libraries,
- are typically managed with composer, thus they live in the
- should be as decoupled as possible;
- contain basic or boilerplate functionality for applications;
- they are designed to be used by multiple, different applications;
- their behavior is subject to customization in the application.
Either module types are always coupled to Laravel and Concord;
Refer to the Installation Section of the Documentation.
php artisan make:module ShinyModule
This will create a very basic in-app module in the
In order to activate the module add it to the
return [ 'modules' => [ App\Modules\ShinyModule\Providers\ModuleServiceProvider::class ] ];
See the Concord Documentation for all the nasty details ;)
- Artisan Console command names will be de-branded (eg.
- The central
config/concord.phpfile will be eliminated, or split:
- modules can specify their own config file name (like normal Laravel packages);
- therefore several modules can share config files (see vanilo.php);
- if we keep concord.php, then it'll contain concord specific settings.
- Modules will be loaded as normal packages, using auto-discovery instead of listing modules with concord.
- Custom names for service providers eg. CartServiceProvider instead of ModuleServiceProvider.
- Question to the prior item is how to do the same with in-app modules.
- Re-think the concept of boxes vs. modules.
- Remove surplus items from Documentation.
- Remove helpers (?).
- Remove custom view namespace support.
- Will we ever use Controller overriding?
- Add make:request, make:model, make:enum commands that scaffold with interface, proxy etc.
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Once upon a time, women were considered the inferior sex whose acts are strictly defined by society. They were restricted to household chores, bearing and rearing children. Education for them was limited to the arts and homemaking. In politics and governance, they had no voice. They could not vote. In certain societies and cultures, females even go to the extreme of being considered as property belonging to their husbands. In a nutshell, female oppression was socially acceptable.
But over the years, women became aware of how society restricts their capacity, realizing that they could do more and be more. Little by little, they try to break-free of the societal chains that bind them. One by one, strong women emerged, unwilling to succumb to the inferior role that society has created for them. The feminists were born.
This paper seeks to determine whether or not The L Word, a breakthrough show about lesbians promotes the cause of feminists – Marxist feminist in particular.
Marxist Feminism Defined
Marxist feminism is defined as “a form of feminism which believes that women’s oppression is a symptom of a more fundamental form of oppression.” (Drislane) It further explained:
“In Frederick Engels’ writing, women’s oppression originated with the development of private property and of regulated family and marital relationships. Men’s control of economic resources develops with settled society and the development of separate spheres of life for the two sexes. In capitalist societies, women become segregated into the domestic sphere and men into the outer world of paid work. Economic and social inequality between the sexes is increased and women’s’ subordination in marriage, the family and in society in general is intensified. Engels assumed that socialist revolution, through which the means of production would become common property, would result in the development of equal access to paid work for both men and women and the consequent disappearance of gendered inequality between the sexes.” (Drislane)
By this definition, it can be seen that, while female oppression is caused by inequalities between men and women, said inequalities are ultimately brought about by capitalism. Therefore, men are not the enemies. It is the capitalist world that dictates that it is the men who is more capable for labor. In effect, it is the capitalism defined who men and women are, what they do and what masculine and feminine roles ought to be.
As such, it is the goal of the Marxist feminists to abolish or eradicate the social class distinctions by proving that the female class is as strong, intelligent and as competent as the male class with respect to labor. Hence, females started to endeavor in male dominated fields to prove that they are equally able individuals. However, because of their desire to do what men do, feminists in the early days may have been misunderstood and mistaken to be lesbians. (Koedt)
Lesbians are simply defined to be women who have sexual relations with women. However women seek to “equate their lesbianism with vanguard radical feminism since they rejected men and sex roles long before there even was a women’s liberation movement”. (Koedt)
While it cannot be denied that some feminists go to the extreme of not only wanting to do what a man can do, but they also want to be with women too, not all feminist are lesbians. However, for the purpose of carrying on the aspiration of Marxist feminist to obliterate the barrier between the female class and the male class, it must be shown that men are women are the same. To some extent, in the minds of a number of women, this would mean that they must be with women too. As such, it may be perceived that lesbians are the ultimate feminist.
A Progressive Show Needed for the Progressive Society
In 2004 Showtime started to broadcast the show The L Word (Chocano). The show was about the lives of six lesbian friends: Bette the art director who is in a relationship with Tina; Marina, the stunning and irresistible owner of the Planet, a favorite coffee shop; Alice the journalist; Dana, the tennis star; and Shane the chronic ‘womanizer’ in the bunch.
Anyone would agree that there are very few lesbians portrayed in the TV shows and movies. After the movie ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ created an impact on the movie industry as a breakthrough for the lesbian community, nothing ever came close. In The Ellen Degeneres Show, while the host is a popular lesbian icon, the show itself isn’t about lesbians.
In history, there was a point where lesbianism is considered to be socially unacceptable. Lesbians were considered as social outcasts who are morally corrupt and who must be avoided. They are even subject to discrimination and abuse. There are those who consider lesbianism as a psychological disease.
However, at present, society is more open-minded and understanding. It is starting to accept that lesbians are indeed a part of our society. They are beginning to be understood and treated as individuals with merely a different sexual preference. Not some mentally ill person as some people used to think.
But despite society’s acceptance to the presence of lesbians, lesbians continue to be minorities in the eyes of the media. As compared to homosexual males, they are significantly under-represented. The number of lesbians coming out are increasing, the society more understanding. Therefore, as members of the human race, they have the right to be equally represented in the media. Certainly, a show that showcases their lives is urgently needed.
In the midst of feel-good shows for women such as Sex and the City and its numerous spin-offs, a show that is about lesbian friends would be a breath of fresh air. Its concept would be definitely new and different. Hence, one would think that The L-Word addresses such under-representation of the lesbian community in media. This show is an attempt to enlighten society with respect to the lesbian community. The L Word would illustrate a lesbian’s way of life to help the world understand who they really are. In this way, the show would promote social acceptance and awareness with respect to the lesbian community.
Marxist feminism is more than just women playing men’s role. It refers more to the eradication of defined masculine and feminine roles. Its goal is for women to break free of the predetermine homemaker role and encourage them to participate in labor. This means that mothers not just limited to taking care of their children and wives are not restricted to merely attending to the household. They participate in their livelihood – a role that is exclusively for men.
However, looking at the relationship of Bette and Tina, it can be seen that The L Word miserably failed to promote the Marxist feminist cause. Bette is an art director who can be usually seen in a suit. She exudes power, aggression and determination. In the show, she represents the typical career woman. Her message: women, just like men, can climb the corporate ladder. However, looking closer, it can be seen that in her relationship with Tina, she is the ‘man of the house’ not only is she the one who is in a power suit, she is also the one that brings home the bacon. Tina on the other hand, represents the typical housewife. She quits her job to have a baby, to establish a family. She is normally submissive to Bette.
This is the exact situation that the Marxist feminist seeks to eradicate: man’s monopoly to labor. While Bette is obviously a woman, her attributes are definitely that of a typical masculine character. It can be easily distinguished her being the “husband” in the relationship, while Tina is the “wife”.
The promotion of the Marxist feminist cause cannot simply be satisfied by putting a woman to play a man’s role. It goes beyond the biological definitions of men and woman. Because what Marxist feminist try to fight against is the delineation of masculine and feminine roles. But looking at Bette and Tina, it would seem to me that the only difference between a heterosexual relationship and a lesbian relationship is the involvement of a penis. There is still one person who pursues a career and another who bears the child. Clearly, there still exist the masculine and feminine roles.
Being a breakthrough program, it seeks to challenge TV’s usual portrayal of masculinity and femininity. As such, one would expect to see non-traditional depiction of the male and female character, a new and complex amalgamation of masculinity and femininity. However, by looking at the rest of the characters, this affirms the conclusion that The L Word fails to promote the eradication of defined masculine and feminine roles.
Shane is the most masculine looking in the group. She completely avoids relationships and is into one night stands with different women. Her message: even women can be polygamous. However, does her character seem familiar? Looks like the typically macho-male image – something that has been already seen a number of times. Just like Tina, Shane is a man’s role played by a woman.
Alice on the other hand is the journalist. She represents the typical single woman: desperate enough to fall for someone who doesn’t treat her right. While it doubted that any feminist would want to relate to this character, this type of disposition is also very familiar. Remember Bridget Jones? The desperate single woman have been played quite often on screen, be it TV or in the movies.
With all these being considered, there is nothing new in the portrayals of masculinity and femininity in this show. Masculine characters are clearly defined and can be easily recognized except for the fact that they are being played by women. This is the same with the female characters.
Conventional Visual Stimulation
Not only does The L Word showcase the typical male and female roles, it also illustrates the typical female appearance. Interestingly all of the characters are conventionally attractive. Except for Tina who is pregnant, all of the five girls are skinny. They are all just beautiful. Are all lesbians this perfect and gorgeous? According to Constance Reeder: “lesbians, the kind who really do exist, are already screaming that tall, thin, impeccably clothed and coifed model-types are hardly representative of our community.”
In all fairness, there are a lot of eye-candy shows all around. Take for example, Sex and the City, Desperate Housewives, Cashmere Mafia and the likes. Clearly, eye-candy shows have the propensity to be successful. People like to see attractive persons on screen. Why then should The L Word be any different?
Unlike The L-Word, Sex and the City, Desperate Housewives and Cashmere Mafia are not breakthrough shows. They do not seek to represent a social minority class like the lesbian community. They do not attempt to make any social impact with their shows. While viewers can learn a thing or two in these shows, that is merely incidental. Because in essence, they are simply eye-candy shows that make the viewers feel good.
Unlike these shows, The L Word is more than just another feel-good show. It is a breakthrough show that showcases the lives of the members of the lesbian community. Such a show must be realistic and more or less accurate. Since it caters to lesbians for a change, lesbians in particular must be able to relate to the characters, to see the likeness of their selves on screen. Unfortunately, despite being a show about lesbians, because of the use of conventionally attractive women, lesbians still feel unrepresented. (Wolfe)
With respect to Marxist feminism, the fact that the show illustrates the conventionally attractive woman is again a deterrent to the advancement of their cause. The drive to eradicate predefined female role should not exclude the predefined female appearance. It would be ridiculous to conclude that while the typical female role is abolished, women must still look a certain way.
Affirming Ego and Satisfying Fantasies
While on the onset, one may think that The L Word caters to lesbians; such belief is not exactly true. Ironically, the first few lines in the first episode involves the line “let’s make a baby”, said by a woman to another woman. Now isn’t that just biologically impossible? Isn’t that a bit insensitive? The first line in a show supposedly created for lesbians involves a quick realization of what they can never do.
The aim to satisfy the male ego is further bolstered by the scene wherein Bette and Tina ‘honored’ the sperm. They were getting a little rough and Bette said they should be careful with the sperm. Not only should they be careful with it, they should honor it. While this dialogue may be intended as a joke, the sarcasm behind it is doubtful. Considering the difficulties Bette and Tina underwent to get that sperm, one would think that they really were serious in honoring the sperm.
In addition, there was this scene where Bette and Tina decide to have a three-way with a guy in the hopes of getting Tina pregnant. The guy attempts to wear a condom, but the ladies told him not to. He refused. Feeling deceived, he walks out on them. An average guy would prefer not to wear a condom because it limits their sensation during intercourse. This is the reason why there are ad campaigns encouraging guys to wear one to prevent transmissible disease, etc. So a guy who is allowed not to wear a condom during sexual intercourse with two beautiful ladies and yet walks away from it is simply unbelievable. (Reeder)
Now there is the unnecessary breast exposure. It’s not just on understandable circumstances like during intimate moments. They expose breast in scenes where it can be dispensable. For example, Jenny gets up from bed and walks toward the window, only wearing black stockings. The fact that she slept half naked to seduce her angered husband and she woke up that way is acceptable. But, she could have covered herself with a blanket. Or the scene could have involved only her bare back. But no, she had to turn around, return to the bed and process how Tim could’ve left her. That was almost three minutes of breasts on screen.
Plus, there are numerous sex scenes. While it is supposed to be a titillating program, this may cause a misinterpretation that there is nothing more to lesbianism than sex between two women. (Fairyington) Interestingly there was a line that attempted to explain the pleasure in the sexual act in a lesbian relationship. It goes: “They have the same equipment, so they know how to use it. How can any man compete with that?” While this line was said by a man obviously devoid of any understanding with the rudiments of homosexual relations, this was the only explanation presented. Albeit its inaccuracy, there was no attempt to correct it.
Evidently, there is more to lesbian relationship than sex and boobs. However, the show fails to present that. According to Reeder “the writers seem more intent on titillating men and assuaging the male ego than in portraying lesbians with dignity.”
The numerous sex scenes verify the once typical female role as sexual objects. This should be highly rejected by the Marxist feminist. Because women’s role as merely to satisfy the man’s sexual urges is the most offensive and oppressive view of women.
In sum, Marxist feminist believes that capitalism by attributing labor to men alone, consequently defined masculine and feminine roles. This classification of men being the subject of labor resulted to the subordination of women as men continuously controlled the livelihood. Thus, this creation of a well-defined masculine and feminine role in society ultimately resulted to female oppression.
In analyzing the alleged breakthrough show: The L Word, it is found that such show does nothing to promote Marxist feminism. On the contrary, it promotes quite the opposite idea and upholds the very principle that Marxist feminist strives to fight. The dynamics of the lesbian relationship between Bette and Tina sustains the masculine and feminine roles with respect to household: men works and women bear children. Despite the fact that both of them are female, the distinction of masculine versus feminine roles is well-defined. Also, the use of conventionally attractive individuals also affirms the idea that women, not only must they act in a certain manner; they must look a certain way, too. Lastly, the frequent breast exposures and sex scenes encourages society to see women as sexual objects – the worst of the female stereotype.
In addition, The L Word brings nothing new to impart to its audience. The overall appeal of the show attracts more male than female. The L Word miserably failed to achieve its purpose to promote social awareness of the lesbian community.
It is quite unfortunate that there is no other conclusion that can be derived but the fact that The L Word not only failed to promote the ideals of Marxist Feminist, but it is actually a travesty to the principles and ideologies of Marxist Feminism.
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Folks have been abuzz over recent and planned features they feel will sound the death knell for Twitter. When Moments came out, it was derided as forcing the conversation and overemphasizing trends. Next, we have this planned increase of tweet length from SMS-style messages to epic-length, 10,000-character novellas.
Every new addition to a network is going to have its detractors, but there’s one feature that’s been around a lot longer than I think is having a stronger and more negative effect on Twitter: Lists.
The original intent of lists was to focus a user’s assumed “multifaceted” tweet stream into more meaningful “buckets” of topic-based content. I can have all my synthwave folks in one bucket, my gaming folks in a second bucket, and political commentary in a third. A simple and noble concept, right?
As with other Twitter features, actual use has shifted from its intention. Rather than being something to curate or organize messages, lists are becoming a safe haven for folks with Twitter’s growing population and its heightened noise-to-signal ratio.
Unfortunately, there are no reliable trends or metrics for use of lists (not that I’ve found). I personally feel users are turning to lists for two key reasons:
- It reduces the “feel-bads” that come from unfollowing someone. Whether you believe so or not, “following” someone on Twitter always feels like a commitment or affirmation, whereas lists are a heck of a lot more arbitrary. Grooming your lists instead of purging who you follow involves significantly less reputational risk (yes, that’s a thing), since you’re still, in effect, connected. Facebook did something similar in 2014 by adding a “following” feature alongside the “friendship” network it was founded on.
- Lists can be private. Everyone and their mother can see who you follow. Lists, on the other hand, can be completely private, which allows you to curate with no fear of outside curiosity or commentary.
The big problem I personally have with these reasons is they make the Twitter ecosystem far more disingenuous. You have this group of followers who have made a voluntary decision to join your public conversations, but due to their use of lists, are pretty much turning a deaf ear to you. This is no longer real life. The bonds are weaker.
In hindsight, I think Google was on to something with their whole “Circles” ecosystem for Google Plus, but, as with other products like Buzz and Wave, it was a few years ahead of its need.
To sum up, I really, truly don’t like Twitter Lists, and it I don’t think the current use of the feature bodes well for Twitter. We already have this growing plague of folks “talking past one another” instead of talking to each other. Add greater reliability on lists and now it becomes just “sound and fury, signifying nothing.”
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I’ve been reading e-books and similar documents for some years now, and thought I should document how I find, convert and view e-books. I’ll also cover the devices and software I use to read books.
To summarise, my e-book workflow utilises the Plucker file format, Sunrise Desktop Remote, Firefox with “Send to Sunrise” remote plugin, and (depending on hardware) either Plucker reader or FBReader.
While Plucker may not be the best format to use for e-books (some purists get pretty involved in e-book formatting and presentation) for my purposes, Plucker is more than good enough.
I’m writing this article because e-readers and e-books are finally looking like they’re becoming mainstream, and there is a real risk that as proprietary formats like .lrf (Sony), .lit (Microsoft), .azw (Kindle) and others become common, it will be to the detriment of open formats like Plucker and FB2, which have a lot to offer. Recent arrivals on the e-book scene from Amazon and Sony have introduced more incompatible formats, further fragmenting the market. Sure, there are a lot of utilities that allow you to convert your documents to .lrf, but why should you have to? Amazon own Mobipocket; so why did they decide to use an incompatible format for their Kindle bookstore?
Unfortunately, formats like Plucker and FB2 have more to offer their audience than they offer publishers, who are all trying to lock content to their file formats and devices, rather than promoting an open system that benefits the end user and the e-book market as a whole. So-called DRM (Digital Rights Management) has the potential to be a nightmare for all end users – who, a few years down the track, may find their libraries either non-existent or useless as some purchasers of music online have recently experienced. For example, if Sony ever goes out of the E-reader business, how are users going to view the DRM .lrf books they own? DRM prohibits conversion to another format, and other new devices may not be permitted (or even have the interest) to implement the ability to read DRM .lrf books.
One of the largest sources of reading material is freely available on the internet (to all intents and purposes, it is the Internet) and few e-reader manufacturers want people to figure out that they can download more than they can read in their lifetime for free, rather than buying Sony or Amazon e-books. So, here is how I do it; you might have some better methods. If you’ve any suggestions please leave them in the comments.
My current system has evolved over about 5 years of reading documents in electronic formats on handheld devices, and my choices have been steered by my hardware, preferred source of reading material, ideology and lifestyle.
While I use PCs to do almost everything they can be used for, I do not use PCs to read books or other long documents; I find that it is more convenient to use handheld devices for this. I’ve spent most of the past year away from any PCs and without internet access for up to 2 weeks at a time and so I prefer to use this time to catch up on reading content that is best read offline.
I started years ago with a Palm IIIxe, and upgraded to a Tungsten T3 when they became available. In my experience Plucker is the best format for use on both of these devices, and my system has evolved around this preference.
I also use a Nokia 770 Internet Tablet, and I use FBReader on this device as it is capable of reading Plucker files.
Although there are other, excellent e-book formats available, as I’ll show in this article, while it is quite old (the Plucker website has not been updated for several years) Plucker has some pretty compelling features when you look at it in the context of a complete end-to-end system.
I’ve never bought an e-book. I do have an account at Fictionwise, and sometimes download some of their free content, but I’ve never bought a book from there; there is just too much other content available elsewhere. Some authors make their books available online for free (Doctorow, Stross, Watts and others); some publishers (Baen, Tor) also publish free content online. And of course, online content has to compete for my time – I still read paper books from the library, and have a backlog of paper books from book fairs and the like.
I find almost all of my content while web browsing although I have RSS feeds watching some sources of free content. A large amount of my e-reading consists of online content readily available but which I prefer to download and read offline on a handheld device. As well as books, this includes long magazine, newspaper or blog articles, stories or commentary. Plucker in conjunction with the Sunrise Desktop “distiller” is capable of handling quite extensive websites.
Sunrise Desktop is a cross platform Java application that takes the content at an URL (including local files) and converts it into the Plucker file format. This works with most web pages, local html documents, text, and graphics. The Plucker format doesn’t handle images very well, and doesn’t handle tables at all; but it does preserve links and page relationships so navigating through even quite extensive layers of links offline works really well. Sunrise Desktop was written by Laurens Fridael and is published under a BSD license. Don’t confuse it with SunriseXP, which is a PC (Windows) application by the same author, but closed source. SunriseXP may also do much of what I require, but I don’t think it has the Firefox plugin that I use most often.
There are two (actually, three) ways to use Sunrise.
The first is to set up a document list, with (optionally) scheduled updates of web sites, RSS feeds or content that will happen automatically. For example, a daily update of BBC News is a great way of getting the equivalent of a daily newspaper onto your reading device. A weekly update of The Oil Drum will keep you up to date with events related to oil. A daily update of APOD is always interesting.
The intention behind making content update automatically is that you don’t have to remember to go and download the content – it is just there every time you look at it. If you had to manually add this content to your device, you’d never do it. Its a lot like doing backups 🙂
There is a detailed tutorial at http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6262 which does an excellent job of covering how to set up and use SunriseXP, and includes advanced configuration. Much of this tutorial applies to Sunrise Desktop as well.
The second way to use Sunrise is for one-off documents. These can be added manually – just copy and paste the URL into Sunrise as you would for any automatically updated documents, but the best way is to use a plug in for Firefox. Sunrise Desktop includes a “Send to Sunrise” plugin which simplifies adding a one-off document to Sunrise – you just right-click on any web page and select “Send to Sunrise” from the context menu; confirm or edit the document title and click “OK” – you don’t interact with the Sunrise application itself when adding documents this way. They’ll be listed in the lower document panel of the Sunrise Desktop if you check.
The default Sunrise installation allows you to use Sunrise and the Firefox plugin when both are running on the same machine, which will suit many people. I use multiple PCs and I don’t want to run Sunrise on each of them, so I run Sunrise on one system only (it is actually an old Windows 2000 installation running on VMWare) and make use of an improved version of Sunrise called Sunrise Remote.
Sunrise Remote is an awesome little hack that allows any instance of Firefox running the “Send to Sunrise” plugin to send a document to Sunrise that is running on a different system. The only requirement is that Sunrise Desktop has access to the same URL that the plugin is specifying.
So, at home I have Sunrise Desktop running continuously on a virtual machine, with multiple PCs (HTPC, desktop, laptop, tablet PC) running Firefox 3.0 or 2.0 with the Sunrise Remote plugin installed. Each instance of Firefox requires two lines in about:config to be added to handle authentication with the remote Sunrise Desktop. No matter which device I am using, I can add content to Sunrise easily and in the same way for all devices. The output directory from Sunrise Desktop is on a fileserver; the devices running Firefox do not need to be able to see this directory.
All that is necessary is to periodically copy or sync the content of the Sunrise Desktop output directory to the reading devices – either manually or using rsync – and your content is ready to travel with you. The system works beautifully, integrates perfectly into my normal browsing habits and is so easy to use that it makes a compelling system that is practical and usable.
I use two handheld devices; a Palm Tungsten T3, and a Nokia 770 Internet Tablet. Both have approximately the same size touch display (about 4″), though the Nokia is higher resolution (at 800×480 vs 480×320) and better quality, for practical purposes while reading this makes little difference.
What does make a difference though, are ergonomic factors. While neither device is perfect, the Palm is smaller, lighter and easier to hold, with buttons located in a better position than on the Nokia (when using both devices in the landscape position). In addition, I have a hardware button mapped to launch the Plucker reader on the Palm, while on the Nokia FBReader has to be launched from a menu.
However, battery life on the Nokia is far better than the Palm.
I also have an Ipaq HP5450 PocketPC, with Vade Mecum installed. The hardware has few redeeming features as an e-reader (it is heavy, doesn’t support landscape mode and has poor battery life), and the software also falls far short of Plucker reader; consequently I never use it for reading.
Possibly more important than hardware is the difference between the software these two devices run. The T3 runs PalmOS 5.2 with extra fonts and font smoothing, and for reading I have the original Plucker reader installed. This works well, and in many respects is far better than FBReader installed on the Nokia.
The Nokia 770 has been upgraded to OS2008HE, with a port of FBReader installed. Though the device is quite old now and runs very slowly with that OS, for reading it is certainly more than fast enough.
FBReader is capable of reading many more formats than the Plucker reader, and has extensive configuration and navigation options. FBReader library management is quite nice, allowing you to view and edit extensive details about the books you’ve added. Plucker reader has a much simpler library interface, allowing you to categorise documents, mark them when read etc.
However, where Plucker really shines (and FBReader falls down badly) is that Plucker scans for and adds documents to the library automatically, while FBReader requires that you add plucker documents manually. As you can imagine, in situations where I may be adding 50 or so documents at a time, there is a clear incentive to use Plucker reader for this reason alone.
I tend to use Nokia and FBReader for reading full length books or other long articles, and to use the T3 and Plucker reader for general news, websites and short articles that I will generally delete after reading.
I’ve ordered (and expect to receive quite soon) an e-ink based e-reader; the BeBook reader. This is a version of the Hanlin V3 reader (also the same as the lBook reader).
These are all the same hardware running similar Linux based firmware, and using the Cool Reader engine to display books (so a wide range of formats are supported). A port of FBReader is available for these devices, and a complete replacement firmware (OpenInkPot) is underway. While I don’t expect to be able to read proprietary formats or books protected by DRM on the device, I do expect to be able to read the type of content I currently read and have been reading for the last 5 years.
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An interesting article appeared in the Telegraph, titled "The conversion to Islam of Malcolm X is the wrong model for young black men."
Although the author, David Edward, cites historical events, he makes a serious error that fatally undermines his premise: historic slavery in Islamic territories was not primarily based on race suppression, but rather on prisoners of war. Generally,
- Many respected companions of the Prophet (peace be on him) were freed slaves and of African descent, including Bilal.
- Slavery was a substitute for prisoners-of-war, and by this design, it would die out naturally as peace reigned (Annemarie Schimmel and Fazlur Rahman)
- Slaves could work or buy their way out of slavery
- Freeing a slave (manumission) was considered an act of kindness an manumission was an expiation for many sins, especially for the rich.
- A slave who believed in Islam would generally be set free
- Freed slaves reached the highest ranks of society and government
- Slaves were allowed regular marriage with the consent of the owner and families were never torn apart. The Quran explicitly prohibits forcing slaves into extra-marital relations and encourages their marriage. Unmarried slave women were the mistresses of their masters and their offspring were not illegitimate
- Slaves fought in the military and at some point would be set free
- A slave could lead prayers in the mosque
- The food, care and clothing of a slave had to be equal to that of the family that owned him or her
- In the justice system, slaves would receive half the penalty for crimes but their evidence was also deemed less reliable
More information and references available on Wikipedia.
Slavery was an abominable institution and it flourished in every country before the advent of the industrial revolution and large-scale prisons.
Malcolm X, a well-read and thinking man, knew the history of slavery well. The inhumanity and cruelty that was practiced by Americans on the plantations of the South was not the same as the slavery that had been practiced in other parts of the world.
The author writes:
In his popular autobiography, Malcolm X puts the Christian faith of most blacks in the US down to the "white, Christian slave master injecting his religion into this Negro." Later he states that "America needs to understand Islam because this is the one religion that erases from its society the race problem."
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Water water everywhere
Water is one of the most important elements on earth – We use water for almost every function that takes place within our body. Surprisingly however, it is often the most overlooked substances in the body.
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As you squint through the windscreen, the freeway emerges from a heat haze in the lonely heart of the Nevada desert. Amid miles of featureless landscape, a single cottonwood tree suddenly looms. But you do a double take: Instead of flowers, thousands of shoes bloom from the branches. This is no mirage: This is the Shoe Tree, one of America’s strangest roadside attractions.
Arresting roadside oddities have been around for more than a century, the catalyst for their creation the ever-decreasing attention span of the average motorist.
Since the days of Henry Ford, cars and their occupants have hurtled by at increasing velocity. To sell their wares, many highway retailers created giant architectural follies to evoke the goods sold inside: teahouses were represented by giant teapots, hot dog stands resembled hot dogs, Muffler Men held mufflers … it all made a weird kind of sense.
But what do a ball of string, an avenue of birdhouses, or a cement troll have to sell? It turns out that some of the most unfathomable roadside attractions are also the most fascinating.
“The roadside is perfect for artists because there’s a built-in audience in the passing traffic,” says Steve Badanes, Seattle artist and sculptor of the Fremont Troll, an underpass ogre that has become a local landmark in the Emerald City. “Passengers are taken by surprise. They were not intending to come and look at art. There’s always something going on at the Fremont Troll … tourists taking photos, rappers making videos … it has a life of its own.”
While not many people would be tempted to drive four hours to visit the second largest ball of twine — as Clark Griswold (a.k.a. Chevy Chase) did in the film "National Lampoon’s Vacation" — any long-distance driver can attest that after hours at the wheel, twine of any size becomes a strangely appealing diversion.
And hokey charm is certainly an appeal of roadside attractions.
In spite of its ugliness, for example, there’s something strangely sweet about the Big Blue Bug in Rhode Island. Other quirky pit stops, on the other hand, are all about size.
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To talk about happiness means talking about an illusion, a goal in life, something very desirable but at the same time ephemeral. At least if we are referring to the idealized "happiness" sold through commercials, television or radio. But happiness is much more than achieving a desired goal in particular; it is a daily effort to maintain that state, otherwise, what would be the purpose of achieving happiness if we have to lose it afterwards?
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Understanding the Provisions of Your Managed Care Plan
The type of plan you have can affect who directs your medical plan of care (the doctor), where that care can be delivered (the facility providing services), the length of time certain services can be administered (precertification/predetermination), and any additional cost of treatment to you (coinsurance).
Managed care, by definition, is a comprehensive method of managing and coordinating medical care you receive. The goal of case management is to coordinate and facilitate access to medical care, while adhering to the guidelines and provisions of your health benefit plan. A wise course of action is to be proactive by finding out what your policy covers and how to access medical care services.
Questions about your coverage
Whether you are newly diagnosed with cancer or facing choices of new or additional treatment recommendations, review your policy for clarification of benefits available regarding health care providers. Providers of medical care mean the doctor managing your medical plan, as well as the facility where that care is delivered. Review all of your covered benefits. Obtain the most current copy of the Provider Membership Directory and read it thoroughly to be sure the providers you want to use are included in it.
The following questions and points of discussion are areas for your review and may serve as a guide to help you solve potential problems.
What do the words usual, customary, and reasonable mean? Is there a limit to the coverage for my particular type of cancer or its treatment?
Usual, customary, and reasonable, often abbreviated on insurance forms as UCR, is a method of determining payment the insurance company will allow for a claim. UCR is determined by the insurer by comparing charges of providers of care to those of like providers of service in the same region or community.
The extent of benefits the insurance company will cover for your particular type of cancer is defined under Limitations. They are important to understand:
Limitations are restrictions placed on a benefit. Usually this refers to the number of times for use or the circumstances of use for a particular service or treatment.
Exclusions are those services not covered at all. Excluded services can not be accepted as within the scope of medical practice, conditions not considered related to health or illness, or may be specific services excluded from the plan by request of the plan contract parties (generally the insurance group health agent and the group or employer). Experimental Procedures as defined by the insurance company may be found in the list of exclusions.
How is experimental care defined and funded?
When selecting a plan, look closely at the marketing materials supplied by your plan and your employer to see how the plan defines experimental care, and under what conditions the plan might cover such care. This is very important for cancer patients who are joining a new insurance plan, or consumers who believe they are at high risk for the disease (for example, because of a strong family history of cancer). If the plan's materials do not clearly define the term, and how the plan uses it, consumers can ask their employers to let them see the contract with the plan. Consumers also can call the plan and ask plan administrators to provide them with information on the plan's coverage of experimental care, such as use of off-label drugs and care in clinical trials, which are discussed in greater detail below, and guidelines on how the plan decides what care is experimental.
Some consumers in managed care plans have reported problems getting access to care because their plan considers a particular product or service experimental. When plans deny coverage for a service on this basis, the plan will not pay for the care. Most managed care plans routinely exclude experimental care from coverage in their contracts.
While there is no widely accepted and utilized definition of experimental care, plans typically regard it to mean that the medical benefit of a particular service has not been proven to the plan's satisfaction. Thus, each plan defines the term as it wishes and may apply it differently from contract to contract. Some of the things that plans commonly exclude from coverage as experimental are the following:
Off-label use of some drugs. In some cancers, health providers and patients want to use a drug for a diagnosis other than what the drug is approved for by FDA. Plans make case-by-case decisions on whether to cover off-label use of the drug and may deem some off-label uses experimental, if the plan believes there is insufficient scientific basis to justify it.
New tests or treatments. As medical technology produces new services for cancer patients, managed care plans evaluate these new services to make policy decisions about what they will cover and pay for. They review published medical studies of the new test or procedure and government approvals (where applicable), and consult with leading oncologists. After this review, if the plan's administration believes that a new test or procedure has not been sufficiently evaluated, or its effectiveness is uncertain, the plan may designate the service as experimental and refuse to provide coverage and payment.
Clinical trials. Plans may refuse to cover the costs of having their patients treated in clinical trials. Because clinical trials are research studies, some plans may conclude that care in a clinical trial is, by definition, experimental, and therefore, excluded from coverage. For many cancer patients, clinical trials offer state-of-the-art treatment.
The issue of whether something is or is not experimental is not black and white. There is often disagreement among plans, patients, and doctors about whether a service, such as a bone marrow transplant, is an experimental treatment for a particular diagnosis. There have also been many state and federal court cases in which patients and doctors have challenged plans' decisions not to cover and pay for care of a plan labeled experimental, but which the patient and doctor believed appropriate. The courts have ruled that whether a service is or is not experimental may depend not only on published medical studies, but also on whether the doctors in a community believe it is appropriate for a particular diagnosis, as well as expert opinion. Thus, standards of care vary around the country. If a managed care plan refuses to cover and pay for a treatment or test on the grounds that the service is experimental, consumers and their doctors need to work closely together to challenge the decision.
When consumers and their managed care plan disagree over whether a test or treatment is experimental, consumers can appeal the plan's decision. This process starts with notifying the managed care plan. All managed care plans have an appeal process for reviewing denials of care. Consumers should file an appeal by writing a letter to the plan, and get a letter supporting their position from their doctor. The doctor also should submit to the plan copies of medical studies and expert opinion that support the appeal.
If a consumer and a plan cannot resolve their differences, the consumer may want to consider filing a complaint with a state regulatory agency, such as the state health department, insurance department, or attorney general's office. A complaint to these agencies should include copies of all correspondence with the plan and copies of relevant medical studies. The state agency may be able to help mediate a resolution to the complaint, or it may intervene directly on the consumer's behalf if it discovers that the plan is not adhering to the terms of its contract with you or is violating a provision of state law. State laws vary in how much authority these agencies have over managed care plans.
In some cases, consumers need legal help, and might consider filing a lawsuit against the plan to get the care they need. Consumers in a self-insured plan (employers or plans can identify that ones are self-insured) cannot turn to state regulatory agencies for help. They need to speak with a lawyer who has experience helping consumers pursue complaints against self-insured plans. Self-insured plans are regulated by the federal Department of Labor, which generally does not help consumers with complaints over a denial of care on the grounds that it is experimental.
An ethics committee is now part of the formal review system in many managed care organizations. These committees may have medical and legal representatives, ethicists and other health care providers as members. One of the functions of an ethics committee is to review cases in order to develop coverage policies and criteria for benefit application.
What questions need to be answered to define breast cancer coverage?
If you have breast cancer, the following questions may be of particular interest to you. Are the following covered as part of my benefits:
Treatment for recurrence of the primary cancer
Wigs and hair pieces, breast prosthesis
Surgical repair of both breasts even if single mastectomy covered (breast reconstruction)
Coverage for new/innovative therapies and biologies
Genetic testing for inherited breast cancer, such as BRCA 1 and BRCA 2
Contralateral prophylactic mastectomy
Molecular/special testing on the tumor to determine recurrence risk (Oncotype DX, Mammoprint)
Is the specialist doctor you want available?
Some policies limit your access to medical care to doctors listed in the Provider Membership Directory. This publication should be available from the customer service department of the insurance company. Obtain the most current copy available. Be sure the specialists listed in the directory are ones with expertise in the treatment of your particular problem and that they are available to you at the time you need them. Confirm with your employer's benefit manager and with the Customer Service Department of the insurance company whether this specialist is included with your plan. Call the doctor's office directly to verify what you have been told by the plan representative and make your appointment. Once you are receiving treatment from the specialist, be sure to periodically check that he remains a participating provider in the network. Do not assume the Provider Membership Directory remains current or accurate for any length of time.
What is the procedure if you need to have tests, to see a specialist or to be hospitalized?
Most health maintenance organization (HMO) plans require you to obtain a referral from your primary care physician to see a specialist or receive special tests and procedures. Plans may vary in the process. HMOs, preferred provider organizations (PPOs), and most fee-for-service plans require approval before admitting patients to the hospital; this is known as precertification. Precertification has a predetermined set of guidelines for hospital admission and length of stay in the hospital. You may want to ask the plan representative what those guidelines are and how many days are approved for a planned hospitalization. Emergency hospitalizations generally have additional or different guidelines. Check your plan.
If you are approved to have a certain type of procedure or treatment, ask where it can be performed. HMOs may use only certain hospitals or a designated medical center as the only place you may go to have a specific treatment.
What if the primary care physician or the plan will not give approval for a referral to a specialist you request?
If your primary care physician or the plan administrator refuses to allow the referral or services you believe you need, find out how you may appeal the decision. The appeal or grievance process is defined in your health plan.
What questions do you need to ask your employer if you become totally disabled?
If you become totally disabled from cancer and cannot return to work, check for answers to the following questions from your employer benefits manager:
How long will the policy stay in effect during a medical leave of absence?
How much of the premium must you pay?
Are benefits changed or reduced while on disability?
If you become eligible for Medical Disability, will the managed care plan agree to become your secondary insurance?
What are the short term benefits available through the company disability coverage?
What are the long term benefits available through the company disability coverage?
Are there specific services or benefits excluded from coverage through the disability plan?
What is the role of utilization review?
Utilization review, or UR, is a process by which an insurer reviews the care a patient receives to assess whether it was appropriate and provided in a cost-effective manner. UR is most often associated with indemnity insurance plans, but also is used in other forms of managed care, such as HMOs and PPOs. In all these cases, UR is a means of controlling the use of services by patients, and thus, the costs of care. Managed care plans use UR in a number of ways:
Assess hospital lengths of stay, and keep patients in the hospital no longer than is necessary,
Limit the number of visits a patient makes to a particular health care provider, for example a specialist,
Choose the setting in which a patient receives care, such as inpatient versus outpatient care, and
Manage catastrophic illness, to help coordinate the care provided and to move the patient along from one phase of care to the next.
Ideally, UR should help a consumer get the best care at the best price in the right setting. Consumers in managed care plans can appeal decisions by the plan's UR departments that they believe are inappropriate. They should work with their doctor to document for the UR department their disagreement with the decision and outline why another treatment option is preferable. In fact, under the Affordable Care Act, when treatment is denied, you have the legal right to ask for an internal review and, if this appeal is denied, an independent, external review. This right applies to plans created after March 23, 2010. Finally, if necessary, consumers can also file a complaint with the state agencies, such as the health or insurance departments, or the attorney general's office. | <urn:uuid:aca2a64a-f598-4f43-92e6-7aedfd231a03> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://healthlibrary.rumcsi.org/RelatedItems/34,26500-1 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572870.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817062258-20220817092258-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.95835 | 2,795 | 1.835938 | 2 |
A research team conducted a study to understand mobility in highly active lower-limb prosthesis users to inform the development of new items for the Prosthetic Limb Users Survey of Mobility (PLUS-M) item bank. They identified mobility characteristics that can be integrated into a revised version of the PLUS-M to assess mobility in active adults and athletes. Three themes were identified: mobility after amputation, mobility characteristics, and healthcare providers and systems.
Four focus groups, in person and online, were conducted by a trained facilitator using a semi-structured guide with 29 active lower-limb prosthesis users. Focus group transcripts were reviewed and coded by two researchers, and thematic analysis was used to identify important experiences across participants.
The participants described engagement in high-level activities as a learning process that included elements such as equipment challenges and modifications, pain and injury, and the need to trust the prosthetic limb. Participants identified mobility characteristics, such as postural changes, terrain, and obstacles, that influenced their ability to perform high-level activities.
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Plein Air Sketchbook
Painting and drawing outside 'Plein Air' is an important part of my creative process. It provides me with the inspiration for my paintings and prints and acts as a visual diary
during my camping and walking trips. It cements the landscapes that I explore into my memory. For me painting outside on location is all about learning how to see. I like to paint in Gouache and make notes to trigger my memory when working back in the studio.
I make my own sketchbooks using the Coptic Stitch binding method which enables me to choose my own papers. By the time my sketchbooks have travelled many kilometres around the large state of Western Australia they are quite battered. Each painting or sketch is 'just an exercise' and this enables me to fully relax into the process of making art when outside. | <urn:uuid:468313c0-ae3a-4cd9-a0b5-6c4c52a1db32> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://bridgetseaton.com/section/487768-Plein%20Air%20Sketchbook%20.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573197.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818124424-20220818154424-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.949231 | 169 | 1.523438 | 2 |
Robert S. Duncanson might be the most significant American landscape painter you never heard of. There is even some confusion about his name and the national origin of his father.
Referred to by critics in the early part of the 19th century as the “best landscape painter in the west”, Duncanson spent much of his career in the Ohio Valley. Though popular during his lifetime, demand for his work faded after his death, but has since regained critical and scholarly favor.
You will find references to to his mother as the descendent of slaves from Virginia — which is accurate — but characterizations of his father as “Scottish-Canadian” are apparently untrue, as is the middle name “Scott” that you will find in many listings (perhaps due to the same misunderstanding). According to Duncanson scholar Joseph D. Ketner II, his middle name was actually “Seldon”, and you will find both names assigned to him in various bios.
Duncanson was able to travel and exhibit in Europe, possibly sponsored initially by an abolitionist organization, and is considered the first African American painter to achieve international acclaim.
People were impressed then, as they are now, by the dramatic sweep and atmospheric range of his large scale landscapes. Though I’ve tried to include a few detail crops, most of the images of his paintings I’ve shown here don’t demonstrate the appeal of his work, and I suggest following the links provided — particularly to the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Google Art Project — to see his work in high resolution and greater detail.
There is something about the visual texture, lighting effects and choice of subject in Duncanson’s work that give me a feeling almost of magic realism. Like his Hudson River School contemporaries, from whom he took inspiration, many of his compositions were invented, or referenced from various locations and assembled in an invented whole.
Such is the case of what is considered his masterpiece, a painting titled “Land of the Lotus Eaters“, that was inspired by a poem of Alfred Lord Tennyson (images above, bottom, with detail). Unfortunately, most images of this painting appear to me as though the green passages have been suppressed in reproduction, but I haven’t been able to find a more definitive version. | <urn:uuid:9b8a7cd7-f279-4fff-b9bb-da33edd73fd8> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://linesandcolors.com/2020/06/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573197.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818124424-20220818154424-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.988681 | 479 | 3.09375 | 3 |
Our quest to learn more about indigenous art, in particular, Aboriginal paintings, began in Melbourne. We received a lot of information there from the curators of the three galleries we visited most often. We also learned a lot from indigenous docents at the Australia Museum. For example, heretofore, the word ‘ochre’ meant an orangey-brown color to me, as in raw sienna or burnt umber, which I most strongly associated with the color of roof tiles in the Mediterranian region. In Melbourne, I was taught that white ochre is the most important clay for indigenous uses in the Northern Territories and the Tiwi Islands. White ochre mixed with kangaroo blood – a truly native paste! To paraphrase Ms. Stein, ochre isn’t ochre isn’t ochre isn’t ochre.
To get further input here in Sydney, we made our way to the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia in The Rocks, and, being lazy, we used public transportation to Circular Quay, rather than hike the distance. While waiting for the train, we encountered a number of entertaining posters along the track of the underground station.
On the way to the museum, we saw this interesting integration of the old into the new,
while the MCA, offered a multitude of images, both indigenous and migrant.
As you no doubt noticed, I was more preoccupied with reflections on the nicely polished floor [a big thumbs up to the housekeeping crew!] than the art itself. I’ve always been a bit snobbish about contemporary art and its apparently inherent need for elaborate explanations by curators and other experts. In the Monument #28 installation above, I liked the lost bicycle reflection best – and that is actually a different, completely unrelated installation.
Editing my pictures from our museum visit, a couldn’t help myself. Thus, I created my own contribution to the museum space and I hope you can laugh with me, despite the indubitably huge value and the importance of the serious works of art hung in the museum.
And speaking of housekeeping, It’s an ongoing chore, isn’t it? Even during a posh cruise.
What can I say, contemporary art and its convoluted interpretations get me all confused? Better to go home and eat crow or currawong ……..
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If you’ve got an abundance of banana peppers, you may be wondering if you can freeze them. The answer is yes – but there are a few things to keep in mind. In this post, we’ll share tips on how to freeze banana peppers so you can enjoy them later in the year. Keep reading to learn more!
Yes, you can freeze banana peppers. The taste and texture may change a bit when they’re thawed out, but they’ll still be edible. They’ll last in the freezer for about six months.
Can You Freeze Banana Peppers?
Banana peppers are a great addition to any dish, but sometimes you may not be able to use them all before they go bad. Can you freeze banana peppers? Yes, you can! However, there are some things to keep in mind.
First of all, the taste and texture of the peppers will be changed after they are frozen. The taste will be less spicy and more sweet, and the texture will be softer. Second, banana peppers will only last for about 2-3 months in the freezer.
How To Freeze Banana Peppers?
When you have an abundance of banana peppers, freezing them is a great way to preserve them. You can freeze them whole or sliced. Here are the steps:
1. Wash the banana peppers and slice them if desired.
2. Spread the banana peppers on a baking sheet in a single layer and freeze for 2 hours.
3. Transfer the frozen banana peppers to a zip-top freezer bag and store in the freezer for up to 3 months.
Precautions to Take When Freezing Banana Peppers
When freezing banana peppers, there are a few things to keep in mind in order to make the process as seamless as possible. First, prep the peppers by washing them and slicing off the stem. Then, blanch them in boiling water for about two minutes. Drain the peppers and place them in a single layer on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Freeze the peppers for an hour or until solidified, then transfer them to a resealable bag or container. When ready to use, let the peppers thaw overnight in the fridge or heat them up in a pan on the stove.
How To Thaw Frozen Banana Peppers
To thaw frozen Banana Peppers, you will need to:
1. Place the frozen peppers in a colander and run cold water over them for about two minutes or until they are thawed.
2. Gently squeeze out any excess water by hand.
3. Remove the stem and seeds from the pepper if you wish.
4. Slice or chop as desired.
Some additional ideas for using thawed Banana Peppers include:
-Adding them to a salad
-Including them in a sandwich or wrap
-Mixing them with pasta or rice
-Putting them in a stir fry
How Long Does Banana Peppers Last (Stays Fresh) Outside at Room Temperature?
Banana peppers can last for several days at room temperature, as long as they are kept in a cool, dry place. If the temperature is too warm, they will spoil more quickly. Store them in a paper bag or container with ventilation to keep them fresh for as long as possible.
How Long Does Banana Peppers Last (Stays Fresh) in the Fridge?
If you want your banana peppers to last in the fridge for around two weeks, you should place them in a Ziploc bag and remove all of the air before sealing. This will help keep them fresh longer.
However, if your banana peppers are starting to look or smell bad, it’s best to discard them immediately instead of eating them. There is always a small risk of food poisoning when eating spoiled foods, so it’s always better to be safe than sorry.
How To Use Up Extra/Leftover Banana Peppers?
Banana peppers are a great way to add spice to any dish. Here are some ideas on how to use them up:
-In a stir fry
-Sautéed with onions and tomatoes
-As part of a fajita or taco filling
-In scrambled eggs or an omelet
-On a pizza or flatbread
-With chicken or beef in a sandwich wrap
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- The reintroduction of an intravenous immune globulin product to the U.S. market could help ease a supply crunch that’s forced some hospitals and clinics to ration treatment with the plasma-derived therapies.
- On Thursday, ADMA Biologics announced the commercial relaunch and first sales of its immune globulin Bivigam, which is approved to treat patients suffering from any one of a family of inherited immune deficiencies that increase infection risks.
- Supply of Bivigam, first approved in 2012, was curtailed by since-resolved manufacturing issues at a Boca Raton, Florida-based facility that ADMA acquired in a 2017 deal with Biotest Pharmaceuticals. In May, the Food and Drug Administration approved a supplemental application permitting ADMA to reintroduce Bivigam commercially.
Shortages of immune globulin, which consists of antibodies harvested from blood plasma, have persisted since late last year, when supply of products made by Takeda and Bio Products Lab became limited.
Since then, in April, a second Takeda drug has gone into shortage, putting pressure on hospitals and infusion clinics which treat the tens of thousands of Americans who have immune deficiency diseases.
In some cases, hospitals have resorted to suspending or canceling treatment, according to an August report from The Wall Street Journal.
The FDA recommends providers and hospitals facing supply shortages create “evidence-based” frameworks to decide who to treat. The agency is also encouraging systems with contracts for only one immune globulin product to consider adding a second.
Twenty-one immune globulin products, both intravenous and subcutaneous, are currently approved, including drugs made by Takeda, Pfizer and CSL Behring.
Takeda’s presence in the market comes by way of its $62 billion acquisition of Shire, which sold Gammagard Liquid and Cuvitru. The biotech was working to expand its manufacturing capacity, opening a new facility in Stanton Springs, Georgia last fall.
With Bivigam now back on the market, ADMA sells two — including its recently approved Asceniv, an intravenous immune globulin.
“The manufacturing, testing and final packaging for a complex biologic product like Bivigam typically takes anywhere from six to nine months and sometimes longer to deliver to customers and end users,” said ADMA CEO Adam Grossman in a statement.
“ADMA believes it is doing everything in its power to ramp up production to a steady state to ensure the continuity of care for patients, while continuing to operate in accordance with the FDA’s quality regulations and expectations.”
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Pinophyta is one of 13 or 14 division level taxa within the Kingdom Plantae. The Division Pinophyta includes all of the conifers (and in some classification schemes the ginkgo tree). In a broader sense, the Pinophyta would be equivalent to the gymnosperms, although such a grouping is clearly polyphyletic. In the more modern, narrower sense it is equivalent to the former Coniferales. A pinophyte is a cone-bearing, seed plant with vascular tissue, typified by trees such as fir and pine or shrubs such as some junipers. The division contains but one class (Class Pinopsida) of living plants. The Class Pinopsida is split into two orders: Order Pinales and Order Taxales
The world's tallest, heaviest, and thickest trees are all pinophytes, and all in the Family Taxodiaceae. The tallest is Coast redwood, with a height of 111 metres (364 feet). The heaviest is Giant sequoia. The thickest, or tree with the greatest trunk diameter, is Montezuma bald cypress.
The leaves of most pinophytes are long thin needles, and the plants have a distinctly scented resinous sap. A few pinophytes, such as the cypress, monkey puzzle tree, and juniper have scale-like leaves instead of needles. The scale-leaves can, like the needle-leaves, be hard and spiky. As an adaptation to cold, the needles contain little sap. The stomata are in long, thin ridges along the needle and can be closed when it is very dry or cold. The leaves are usually dark in colour and thus absorb a maximum of heat from the feeble sun at high latitudes. They are also very acidic and usually remain on the plant for about seven years at a time. Because most species are not deciduous, pinophytes are often called evergreens.
Giant sequoia trees keep their needles for up to forty years. The larch (Genus Larix) and some others are deciduous pinophytes lose their needles every autumn. This may be because they grow where it is very dry. No loss of moisture through stomata can be risked. The Bald cypress is also winter deciduous or semi-deciduous, although a tree of swamplands.
Pinophytes are sometimes said to have an "iron grip" on the land where they grow. There are two reasons for this: One, conifer seedlings have small tufts of needles and thick bark. These provide resistance to fire. The tufts burn quickly and at a very low temperature. The seedlings of other trees lack these protections. Thus, when the fire moves on, the other trees have been cooked but the young conifers are still alive. The second reason is the fact that fallen needles decay slowly creating a dense mat on the forest floor. As they decay, they contribute acidity to the soil. This tends to make the soil unsuitable for most plants.
Pinophyte seeds develop inside woody protective cones loosely called "pinecones" (which technically come only on pine trees). These cones take up to a year to develop to maturity. As they mature they split open allowing the seeds to fall out. Ripe cones remain on the plant for a varied amount of time before falling to the ground.
Male cones have structures called sporangia which produce yellowish pollen. Pollen is released and carried by the wind to female cones. These cones excrete a sticky substance. When a pollen grain lands near a female gametophyte, it undergoes mitosis and fertilizes the female gametophyte. The resulting zygote develops into a seed which can take several years to mature. Eventiually the seed falls to the ground and, if conditions permit, grows into a new tree. Some pinophytes have male and female cones on the same plant (monoecious species); others have them on different plants (dioecious species). | <urn:uuid:96bd53cc-e3c3-4367-9223-5363bff7b345> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://www.fact-index.com/p/pi/pinophyta.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573197.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818124424-20220818154424-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.940992 | 869 | 4.1875 | 4 |
If we or you or I or anyone is spiritually attained then, such a one’s identity evidently would be divine/real/eternal. And such a one’s commitment would also be for the same. It is simplest way to understand human life and its goal. If one is ‘on the way’ i.e. disciple, then such a one would keep one’s priority (instead of priorities!) clear and at right place, then only “following” becomes possible. If one is seeker then one’s identity keeps undergoing change. First kind is at soul, second is at self and third kinds are at mind level. But all would use everything they are (or have) for the sake of first priority. It is reality! Whether we/you/I know it or not. That is why maximum care must be /should be /needs to be taken while we/you/I assume an identity.
One example may be given from current under currents that are flowing like current in Indian intelligentsia Namely conflict between national and religious identities of individuals living in this country. That is why one raised this issue that why should we not abrogate constitutional provisions that give authenticity to religious identities to its constituents! Only national identity should suffice till nation states stay on the world map or do not attain minimum threshold of awakening at the heart of maximum number of earth’s inhabitants. Once people are awake enough that even nation states are no more needed then constitutions may also go. Only one constitution only divine identity, that is what would be left for human beings to carry on their eternal journey into enlightenment into reality into eternity. | <urn:uuid:9d2be544-ea21-478f-8645-b49185fd13db> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://darpanfoundation.com/2018/11/who-are-we-or-you-or-i/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572215.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815235954-20220816025954-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.94833 | 341 | 1.921875 | 2 |
Global Wind Day is a worldwide event that occurs annually on 15 June. It is a day for discovering wind energy, its power and the possibilities it holds to reshape our energy systems, decarbonise our economies and boost jobs and growth.
Wind Energy Ireland have launched a new video, Creating Jobs, Supporting Communities, which profiles four Irish companies working today in supporting the development of Irish on and offshore wind farms. The video, and the KPMG research, highlights that wind energy isn’t just about cutting our carbon emissions – as critical as that might be – but as Declan Corrigan at WTE sums up at the end, “Wind energy in Ireland is about much more than a wind turbine spinning at the side of the M7. It means salaries. It means investment. It means growing local businesses and it means more funding for local communities”.
Unfortunately wholesale electricity prices, which are heavily influenced by international energy markets, have continued to rise and rise. Ecopower Supply has made every effort to avoid another price increase to you our valued customer, but we can no longer deliver electricity at rates that have become unsustainable. Therefore, we are cutting overheads by discontinuing our Bike Draw and we are increasing our Standard Unit Rate by 35%, effective from 7th May 2022. See the Ecopower Supply page for the new rates that will apply. | <urn:uuid:9c7ec7f8-db79-47ad-9f32-28c0e36ed69e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://ecopower.ie/author/canice/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573197.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818124424-20220818154424-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.963674 | 278 | 2.015625 | 2 |
PublishedThu, 9 Jul 2020, 18:10
- The latest on club reopenings, closings and music festivals affected by COVID-19.
Countries around the world are rapidly loosening restrictions and adding new ones as the pandemic develops. Please be aware the information in this July article may be out of date.
Last updated: 19:10 BST Tuesday, July 9th
Governments and health organizations, faced with pressure to reopen the worldwide economy, are beginning to lay out guidelines for the return of venues, nightclubs and music festivals.
With over ten million cases worldwide, the reopening of the nightlife economy will be gradual. While scenes in China have seen nightlife cautiously return, South Korea's initial club reopenings were linked to a spike of COVID-19 infections in the country, resulting in another nightlife shutdown. Given that, it feels unlikely live music, festivals and club nights will completely return in absence of a vaccine. Still, various governments, like Spain and Ireland, have outlined multi-stage plans to reopen clubs, music festivals and venues along with the rest of economy.
Members of the industry have also been working together to formulate plans and resources to support fellow venues owners, promoters and other industry workers. Live events expert Morgan Deane has published the COVID-19 nightlife guide A Light In The Night to share her knowledge of small, independent venues and strategies on reopening. It'll continue to be updated as the industry learns more through the pandemic. The Independent Electronic Forum (IEF) has published a report that analyzes the pandemic's impact on the industry, extrapolates what can be improved upon and shares guiding principles for the immediate future and beyond.
Here's the latest on nightlife reopenings.
In a conference today, July 9th, UK culture secretary Oliver Dowden announced that outdoor performances of music, dance, opera and theatre can resume from July 11th with social-distancing measures. The government has also published guidance for safe practices for those working in venues and other arts spaces, as well as further detail on the following stages of bringing back outdoor and indoor performances. Those are: outdoor-only with social distancing; outdoor and indoor venues with social distancing; and outdoor and indoor spaces with larger audience capacity. However, there are no official dates for those stages.
Scotland has placed a firm hold on outdoor live music events until at least July 31st.
The UK government announced a number of schemes intended to stimulate the economy this week. One of those included a VAT break on "hospitality and leisure services," dropping the tax rate from 20 percent to 5 percent for six months. Complete Music Update confirms that this break will apply to concert and gig ticket sales.
This week the government announced a £1.57 billion package for arts, culture and heritage industries, however details are still unknown, as are which cultural areas and institutions are confirmed eligible to access the funds.
The UK government's third phase of lockdown-easing began on July 4th. Pubs and restaurants are allowed to reopen with limited capacity and safety measures in place. Patrons will also be required to submit contact details upon entering (this is in line with contact-tracing practices that are already in place in other countries and being pushed for in the UK). Hotels, campsites and other holiday accommodations can reopen, too. While cultural spaces like museums and galleries may reopen, nightclubs must remain closed.
In early May, the UK Home Office shared the 60-page document Our Plan To Rebuild. It includes a three-step plan for phasing out the UK lockdown. Nightclubs were mentioned once: "While reopening outdoor spaces and activities (subject to continued social distancing) comes earlier in the roadmap because the risk of transmission outdoors is significantly lower, it is likely that reopening indoor public spaces and leisure facilities (such as gyms and cinemas), premises whose core purpose is social interaction (such as nightclubs), venues that attract large crowds (like sports stadiums), and personal care establishments where close contact is inherent (like beauty salons) may only be fully possible significantly later depending on the reduction in numbers of infections."
Clubs in Osaka and Hokkaido prefectures are currently able to operate under a suite of restrictions, and the Japanese government outlined a plan to reopen venues across the country from June 19th. A list of guidelines includes a reduction in capacity by between 50 and 75 percent, social distancing of at least one metre, patrons wearing masks at all times and volume set at a minimal level to prevent loud conversation—a measure the government says is in place to avoid spreading droplets of the virus.
In Tokyo, the local government is giving clubs ¥500,000 to stay closed for at least ten days, Bloomberg reports.
Read Nyshka Chandran's May report about how Japan's venues are coping.
Canada has reopened bars, with limited reopenings of nightclubs also happening in specific cities and regions, including Montreal, Vancouver.
The Canadian government has created a $20 million fund to support the for-profit live music industry.
Switzerland's Federal Council has increased the maximum number of people allowed to attend indoor public gatherings from 300 to 1,000 with no social distancing, according to a government site. The decision, which applies to concert halls, theaters and cinemas, does contain some limitations aimed at slowing the spread of COVID-19. In cases where the attendance exceeds 300 people, audiences will have to be separated by partitions or rooms holding up to 300. Events with more than 1,000 people remain banned until at least August 31st, 2020. (After a recent club night at Zurich's Flamingo Club, 300 punters were told to quarantine after one attendee tested postive for COVID-19, Mixmag reports.)
The council stressed protective measures like capacity limits and other hygiene and social distancing rules must be followed carefully, noting that the virus is still a present threat within the country. Matthias Egger, who leads Switzerland's coronavirus task force, cautioned that recent moves to ease lockdown could have disastrous results. "We are not ready for the most recent easing," he told the NZZ am Sonntag newspaper. "We are still lacking, like previously, a functioning monitoring system for the whole of Switzerland. It's also unclear how good the contact tracing system is."
The Alpine country has also lifted travel restrictions on all European Union member states as of June 15th. This allowance includes those from the United Kingdom and Schengen Area countries like Liechtenstein, Norway and Iceland.
As of June 24th, the Dutch government has increased the number of people allowed in indoor spaces from 30 to 100, provided guests have their own seats. For outdoor venues, the limit expands to 250. These capacity restrictions do not apply when an establishment can require prior reservations, compulsory seating and health checks at the door. The current ban on nightclubs and discos, however, remains in place until September 1st, 2020.
While the spread has slowed in recent weeks, the Netherlands was among those European countries with the highest rate of infections per capita. "We can be done with the virus but the virus is not done with us," said Health minister Hugo de Jonge in a press conference on Wednesday, stressing the importance of preventing a second wave. "We are only really protected if there is a vaccine," he added.
Eased lockdown restrictions will go into effect as of July 1st in Belgium, Reuters reports. The new rules allow venues to hold indoor events of up to 200 people, and outdoor events of up to 400 people, with the requirement social distancing and hygiene measures are observed.
"We are still not safe from a rebound of the epidemic," the country's prime minister, Sophie Wilmes, told reporters on Wednesday before observing, "This summer will have a peculiar taste."
Bars and nightclubs are allowed to reopen from June 8th as Spain enters phase three of its reopening process, El Pais reports. However, dancing is not allowed because dance floors "should be used to install tables or groups of tables, and cannot be employed for its habitual use." Social distancing must be observed. Ibiza's indoor superclubs are reportedly staying closed all year, however, 130 people were evicted from a private party hosted at Amnesia Ibiza over the June 28th weekend.
From May 25th, outdoor events of up to 400 people and indoor events with a maximum capacity of 50 attendees were allowed to resume. Festival Cruïlla, whose 2020 edition was meant to occur July 2nd through 4th, has announced a major initiative called Cruïlla XXS, a series of 200 open-air events set to take place in July across Barcelona in venues such as the Design Museum of Barcelona and the gardens of the Catalan national theater. (IQ Magazine)
From July 1st, Spain will allow international visitors into the country without a required quarantine period. For more details and local promoter reaction, read our reports here and here.
The Berlin Senate has lifted all contact restrictions, which will take effect on Saturday, June 27th. Outdoor events with more than 1,000 capacity are banned through August 31st, then the capacity limit is raised to 5,000 through October 24th. Indoor events cannot exceed 300 people through July 31st. In September the indoor capacity limit is raised to 750 people, and then through October 24th, maximum capacity is 1,000.
The German government has committed to providing €1 billion to the cultural sector, with more than €150 million allotted specifically for live music, according to Music Business Worldwide.
Germany has allowed for all shops to reopen with social-distancing measures, which has been good news for the country's record stores.
Some Berlin clubs, including Sisyphos, reopened as of Friday, May 15th, as afternoon beer gardens operating with a food license. The state of Bavaria also reopened restaurants on May 18th, according to the BBC.
Nationwide, Germany's holds a ban on clubs, theaters and cultural sites until July 31st. Events with 5,000 people or more are banned until October 24th.
The US has begun an uneven reopening effort, with certain localities, such as Austin, Texas, and Springfield, Kentucky, pushing to open bars and nightclubs imminently. With the world's largest concentration of infections and deaths, reopening efforts in cities like New York and Los Angeles will be carried out in phases, with nightclubs and bars likely being among the last businesses to open.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced the city will be moving into the second phase of it's reopening beginning Monday, June 22nd [date corrected from earlier version]. This means that restaurants and bars with outdoor seating will be allowed to serve with spaced-out tables. Customers will be required to wear masks when not at their tables and must only sit with members of their household. Nowadays announced its outdoor space will open in a "limited" capacity on Wednesday, July 1st, with more details here.
Ohio music festival company ESK Presents is suing state and county health officials over what it deems a "baseless" ban on large events during the pandemic, IQ reports. Ohio is currently seeing between 300 and 700 new reported cases of COVID-19 each day.
In New South Wales, the state home to Sydney, nightclubs could be allowed to open as early as August if community transmission rates are kept low, although a four-square-metre-per-person rule to allow for social distancing is likely to be enforced. Outdoor concert venues in the state can also begin to operate again from July 1st at up to a quarter of their capacity, provided they are seated events. Pubs, restaurants and other hospitality venues have gradually reopened in other states around the country, and clubs in Western Australia have been allowed to reopen unimpeded, however Prime Minister Scott Morrison has expressed his specific concern about nightclubs as recently as June 12th, calling them "one of the areas of failure" in other countries around the world.
The Australian Government has pledged $75 million to aid the country's ailing festival and events industry.
After ten weeks in lockdown, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced on June 8th that all COVID-19 restrictions, aside from international border controls, would be lifted, saying, "We are confident we have eliminated transmission of the virus." The move means the country can more or less return to business as usual, with clubs and festivals effectively able to operate without capacity limits or social distancing measures. However, three new cases forced some restrictions to tighten again.
Earlier, the government announced a $175 million arts and creative sector funding package.
As of May18th, Denmark's lockdown has been lifted. There will be a "controlled reopening" of borders beginning June 27th.
As of June, seated concerts have returned across Portugal, with venues operating at 50 percent capacity. Masks and social distancing are obligatory, while only guests from the same household may sit next to each other.
Bars and nightclubs in Iceland opened their doors on Monday night as the government eased lockdown rules. The move represents a shift to "alert phase" for Iceland, which has tested 17 percent of its population, with 1,804 confirmed cases and ten deaths. Icelandic bars and clubs are now required to close by 11 PM, as opposed to the customary 3 AM on weekdays and 4:30 AM on weekends.
Iceland, which draws 10 percent of its GDP from tourism, plans to reopen its borders on June 15th, with tests offered at Keflavík Airport in Reykjavík for travelers wishing to avoid a 14-day quarantine. Doubts remain as to whether summer festivals and concerts will occur as scheduled, reported Agence-France Presse.
Hong Kong will reopen its airports, nightclubs, karaoke bars, party rooms and more, albeit with a limit of eight people per group, beginning Thursday, May 28th. There have been no new COVID-19 cases in the region in nearly two weeks, reported Forbes. (We've used a photo of Hong Kong's 宀 club, which reopened on May 22nd, to accompany this article.)
Though Colombia has started relax restrictions on public movement, Colombian president Iván Duque has said that events that draw large crowds—such as concerts—will likely be a distant prospect. The worst case scenario is about 18 months from now, when a vaccine is available, though other scenarios could see events happening anywhere from between six and 12 months from now. Duque has said the government is trying to help bars, nightclubs and venues "reinvent" themselves to work better in the era of social distancing, so they can open without triggering another outbreak.
Italy, which had one of the strictest lockdowns in Europe, has begun lifting its lockdown in stages. As of Monday, May 18th, bars and restaurants are allowed to reopen with restrictions around table spacing and masks required for patrons when not sat at tables, according to The Local IT.
By June 15th, live music events of up to 200 people indoors and 1,000 people outdoors can return, so long as there is assigned seating, with mask-wearing attendees sat one meter apart, DJ Mag Italia reports. Nightclubs were not acknowledged in the Council Of Ministers' new decree, although Sicilian officials said clubs on the island can reopen on June 8th, pending government approval.
France extended its ban on 5,000-capacity or larger events from mid-July to September 1st, according to IQ magazine. On June 2nd, some bars, restaurants, terraces and more reopened with restrictions.
After South Korea recently relaxed social-distancing measures, including allowing clubs to reopen the weekend of April 24th, there's been a spike in COVID-19 infections, forcing another closure of clubs.
The Portuguese government has banned music festivals until September 30th, and it's also getting involved in refunds for ticket holders, according to ECO. "If shows, scheduled between February 28th and September 30th, are not performed due to the COVID-19 pandemic," the government announced, "the consumers will be provided with 'a voucher of equal value to the ticket price paid.'"
The Irish government's 23-page document Roadmap For Reopening Society & Business outlines five phases with tentative timeframes, with the final stage (estimated date August 10th) allowing for "festivals, events and other social mass gatherings... where social distancing can be complied with."
Businesses in China, such as clubs and bars, have been permitted to open their doors. Nyshka Chandran spoke to venue owners and staff, promoters and DJs in Chengdu, Shanghai, Shenzhen and Beijing to see how local scenes are recovering after the coronavirus lockdown—read the in-depth report.
We'll continue updating this post as countries announce and update lockdown-lifting plans.
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Hundreds were marooned in the downpour as the climate crisis increases the likelihood of extreme weather
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Kids found the snake in their bedroom, only to have it disappear and turn up later under the bedside table, the sheriff’s office said.
LONDON (Reuters) -A four-day "extreme heat" warning came into force in parts of England and Wales on Thursday, with temperatures poised to top 35 Celsius in another heatwave that could cause wildfires and pressure water supplies and transport services. The Met Office said its amber warning, its second-most severe after red, will last until the end of Sunday, and cautioned that people vulnerable to extreme heat could face adverse health effects. Temperatures are expected to peak at 35C (95 Fahrenheit) on Friday and may hit 36C in some places on Saturday.
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“Thirty seconds more and she would’ve been dead,” a witness said.
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The American West is experiencing its driest period in human history, a megadrought that threatens health, agriculture and entire ways of life. DRIED UP is examining the dire effects of the drought on the states most affected — as well as the solutions Americans are embracing. It’s difficult to capture the scale of the drought…
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Monsoon season continues with the National Weather Service's forecast of heavy rain this weekend. Plus, info on ADOT highway closures.
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The source of the River Thames has dried up further downstream than ever before, as England looks set to enter a drought that some experts say the country is unprepared for. Britain's Met Office said this July was the driest for England since 1935 with average rainfall, at 23.1 millimetres (0.9 inches), just 35% of the average for the month. "The Thames would normally be at its source - and there's a nice pub next to it - would be about 15 kilometres back upstream," Alisdair Naull, an engagement officer at the Rivers Trust, told Reuters while standing in a small section of the Thames in Cricklade, about 80 km west of London.
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In coastal Morro Bay, Calif., three iconic but defunct smokestacks are coming down. A lithium battery storage project is planned as state transitions to renewable energy.
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It's hard to read the business pages or watch the business news without seeing a story about the death of the consumer. In particular, the business press continues to be obsessed by relative weakness among traditional brick and mortar stores.
There's no denying that the business model for delivering goods and services to consumers is changing fast. But that doesn't mean the consumer, or retail in particular, is dead. Far from it.
Yes, in June, retail sales were up a tepid 2.8% from a year ago, 2.4% excluding auto sales. But the consensus view is that retail sales were up 0.4% in July. If so, retail sales, both overall and excluding autos, will be up about 3.5% from a year ago.
That's right about what we'd expect given Plow Horse economic growth and an overall consumer price index that's up 1.7% in the past year. Remember, goods prices have been rising more slowly than prices for services for the past several years in a row and retailers focus on selling goods.
Meanwhile, sales at non-store retailers, which include internet sales, have been growing at a 10% annual pace. That's the key reason many brick and mortar stores have been taking it on the chin: not weak sales overall, but a shift toward those who can deliver the goods (literally) with the least fuss. Need to finally throw out those old pairs of underwear? Well, you can either get in a car and drive to the store to buy some new ones or take only a minute and go to a website that will deliver the same new ones to your door.
Also, many Americans are getting more value out of the items they buy. When your child outgrows a toy, you can put it on the Web and sell it, while those who don't mind getting something used can buy it for less.
This week, many analysts will focus on the retail sales figures that come out of the Census Bureau each month, but figures from deep in the GDP reports show the consumer is doing fine.
For example, in the second quarter of 2017, total spending on motorcycles was up 9% from a year ago. Spending on boats used for personal pleasure was up 22%. Spending on pleasure aircraft was up 16%.
These are not the hallmarks of a consumer in the throes of death.
Yes, we are well aware that airplane ownership is not widespread. And, for most of the country, boat ownership isn't either. So let's look at some other kinds of spending as well. Spending on amusement parks and campgrounds was up 13% compared to a year ago. Meanwhile, Americans spent 11% more for veterinary services than a year ago.
Sorry, but Spot would not be getting better health care if Americans weren't feeling pretty good.
None of this is to say that things couldn't be much better. Of course they could! But the economy as a whole and the US consumer in particular keeps plowing forward despite tax rates, regulation, and government spending that are all too high.
Meanwhile, beneath the top line growth we do have, there's a huge battle being fought between business models, old versus new. That's not a sign of weakness, though. It's a tribute to the entrepreneurial spirit that has made America great.
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Without the necessary of an expensive planning, calculations or building materials, it is only the idea of the piled timber beams to reach ambitious architecture, nevertheless an economically alternative to the finished products from the hardware store.
Taking the traditional wooden houses of the local region as a starting point, the architect set about designing a structure that could be built entirely from timber. With the help of a friend, he constructed the shed by stacking narrow planks of pale spruce wood and using only nails to join the walls, floors and roof.
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EU funded V2G research: Five European cities, namely Amsterdam, Hamburg, Oslo, Leicester, and Belgian Leuven, will take part in the SEEV4-City EU project. It looks at storage of excess solar power in batteries of electric cars and bi-directional charging. Amsterdam University (HvA) takes the lead in the research effort that is funded with 2.5m euros from the EU Commission over three years.
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Electric buses for Luxembourg: Volvo will deliver four electric buses to Sales-Lentz. The public transport provider from Luxembourg will put the Volvo 7900 Electric into service in the town of Differdange by mid-2017. Sales-Lentz already operates 36 hybrid buses by Volvo.
PHEV unlimited: California removed the cap on green stickers, which entitle plug-in hybrids to use the HOV lane. The state will resume handing out access to the carpool lane until Jan 1, 2019 when the scheme ends. White stickers for electric cars were never limited.
ChargePoint takes over the charging network in Hampshire and Cornwall. The 51 chargers thus become integrated into the firm’s GeniePoint Network that allows for easy access. ChargePoint also wants to grow the number of fast-chargers in the region.
All-electric Uber: Singaporean start-up S Dreams started an EV fleet to be booked via Uber. BYD is on board and will deliver the first six of 30 e6 by next week. By 2018, the fleet shall be a 1,000 electric cars strong. S Dreams pays its drivers a fixed revenue but collects all fares.
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Across China: Ancient water-saving wisdom in UNESCO world heritage
Holding Mother Nature in reverence, the Hani people in southwest China have been leveraging their water-saving wisdom on the unique wonder of terraced fields for over 1,300 years.
The terraced fields in Yuanyang County of Yunnan Province were included in the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2013.
The local Hani, an ethnic group that mostly inhabits the area across the Ailao Mountains, has not only created the agricultural heritage but forged a special bond with an irreplaceable source of life -- water.
The Hani people invented a simple but useful system to distribute valuable water resources.
After directing water from the forested hilltop through a channel, the villagers, led by respected seniors, would negotiate on the shares of water for each household. Then they put wooden bars with different grooves on the outlets of the channel. The wider the grooves, the larger flow of water, and vice versa.
"A 4-cm-wide flow of water can irrigate 2 hectares of paddy fields," said Pu Xuechang, a villager of the county's Yakou Village.
Pu added that the bars would be replaced every 10 years considering water erosion. A supervisor is also elected by the villagers to maintain the water distribution system.
Li Jinliang was voted in to be the supervisor of the village. He patrols the fields every day to protect the channel from damage and ensure the stable flow of water.
"The flow of water must run all year round, otherwise the ridges at the rice fields would easily collapse due to water shortage," Li said.
Li added the Hani people only use pig or cow manure as opposed to chemical fertilizer to protect the soil. They also channel the manure to the fields through the water distribution system to save labor.
More than 90 percent of the water in the county comes from the provincial nature reserve of Guanyinshan, said Bai Jinyin, director of the reserve's conservation bureau.
Bai added that the water resources in the reserve have been well protected, with the river water volume increasing by 20 percent compared with that in 2014.
"The Hani people can't live without water. The traditional Hani culture attaches great importance to water conservation," Pu said. "Only by protecting water can we preserve everything."
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Maybe you've never heard of MMT (Modern Monetary Theory). But no doubt, as the 2020 election nears, you will. It's the latest contentious buzzword to hit Washington, D.C.
The idea, despite its name, is not new or "modern." But it has set off a heated political and economic debate, with Fed Chairman Jerome Powell telling Congress last week that Modern Monetary Policy is "just wrong."
Does Modern Monetary Theory, or MMT, represent a brave new future of ever-expanding government spending to meet Americans' vital needs? Or is it a dangerous idea that could lead to runaway inflation, financial disaster and, ultimately, collapse?
The theory, in a nutshell, says that because the U.S. can borrow in its own currency, it can simply print more money when it needs to pay off its debts. All the Fed has to do is keep interest rates low. Simple. It's an increasingly popular idea among left-leaning economists.
Fed Chairman Powell: MMT Is 'Just Wrong'
Not surprisingly, however, when Fed Chairman Powell testified before Congress on Tuesday, he pulled no punches on Modern Monetary Theory.
"The idea that deficits don't matter for countries that can borrow in their own currency I think is just wrong," Powell said, describing one of MMT's main pillars. "And to the extent that people are talking about using the Fed — our role is not to provide support for particular policies. Decisions about spending, and controlling spending and paying for it, are really for you (Congress.)"
Mainstream economists — even on the left — don't like the MMT idea.
For one thing, it violates a widely-held tenet of conventional monetary theory: That the quantity of money matters, especially for inflation. MMT maintains if inflation becomes a problem, just raise taxes. And print money to pay your bills.
Critics also note that MMT would support politicians issuing massive amounts of new debt backed by the printing press. Spending and debt would soar, crowding out private investment by sucking up private savings.
In response, leading proponents argue that those who oppose MMT don't really get how it works.
"The MMT framework rejects this, since government deficits are shown to be a source (not a use!) of private savings," writes Stephanie Kelton, a professor at Stony Brook and former economic advisor to Sen. Bernie Sanders' 2016 presidential campaign, in a recent Bloomberg piece. "Some careful studies show that crowding-out can occur, but that it tends to happen in countries where the government is not a currency issuer with its own central bank."
MMT Used To Justify Federal Spending
This is more than just another dorm-room debate with no consequences.
Democratic Party proposals like the Green New Deal, Medicare for All, and guaranteed incomes and jobs, will cost enormous sums. By at least one estimate, the 10-year tab for the progressive Democratic agenda now emerging from Congress could total $93 trillion. Only MMT, proponents say, could pay for it all.
This idea, in particular, angers MMT's foes.
"It is intellectually fraudulent, though I suspect Stephanie (Kelton) is a true believer," economist Dan Mitchell, co-founder of the free-market Center for Freedom and Prosperity, told IBD. "In any event, it is the fiscal/monetary equivalent of a perpetual motion machine. Sort of turbocharged Keynesianism."
Other economists note Modern Monetary Theory is a decades-old idea that's been debated, and discarded, by mainstream economists. MMT has only recently re-emerged as a way to justify more spending.
"The theory does ... lend itself to use, if not to abuse, by big spending proponents," said George Selgin, director of the Cato Institute's Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives. "They like to harp on its observation that governments' right to create money gives them practically unlimited spending capacity. That claim is true, if not banal. But it's also misleading: Governments may be able to spend without limit; but outside of recessions they can't do so to any great extent without having to make their citizens ultimately foot the bill, either by paying higher taxes or by having to endure inflation.
"When politicians promise something for nothing, people should be wary," he added. "There's nothing to MMT that should make them any less so."
MMT: Inflation Threat?
Even Paul Krugman, himself a liberal-left economist, finds MMT lacking. "When people expect inflation, they become reluctant to hold cash, which drives prices up and means that the government has to print more money to extract a given amount of real resources, which means higher inflation, etc.," he wrote last month. "Do the math, and it becomes clear that any attempt to extract too much from seigniorage (printing money) — more than a few percent of GDP, probably — leads to an infinite upward spiral in inflation. In effect, the currency is destroyed."
The Congressional Budget Office now predicts $1 trillion annual federal deficits during the next decade. And the Treasury reports that total U.S. national debt now exceeds $22 trillion.
So a lot hangs on the key question posed by Modern Monetary Theory: Do federal deficits and debts matter at all? Supporters of MMT say not if the Fed holds rates below the growth of both GDP and debt. That would stabilize the debt-to-GDP ratio, and hold down inflation.
But others argue the inflation risks of MMT are huge. The Fed since 1990 has kept inflation at about 2% by targeting it. Its political independence gave it room to do so. Examples abound elsewhere of central banks running the printing presses to please politicians, resulting in hyperinflation and economic collapse — Venezuela, Zimbabwe and Argentina, for example.
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Supreme Court Accepts Appeal Of Case Barring Citizenship Question From Census
The Supreme Court will hear a case dealing with a challenge to the Commerce Department's decision to put a question about citizenship on the 2020 Census.
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal of a case on the challenge to the Trump Administration’s decision to include a question regarding citizenship on the 2020 Census:
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed on Friday to decide whether the Trump administration may add a question about citizenship to the 2020 census questionnaire that will be sent to every household in the nation.
The court’s move added a highly charged and consequential blockbuster to what had been a fairly sleepy term. The justices have mostly avoided controversy while they adjusted to the new conservative majority created by the arrival in the fall of Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh.
The federal government has long gathered information about citizenship, but since 1950, it has not included a question on it in the forms sent once a decade to each household. Last month, a federal trial judge blocked the Commerce Department from adding the question, saying that the process that led to the decision was deeply flawed.
The Supreme Court stepped in before any appeals court had ruled on the matter, and it put the case on an unusually fast track. The Supreme Court’s speed was almost certainly a result of a looming deadline — the census forms are set to be printed in June.
Without immediate action from the court, the solicitor general, Noel J. Francisco, told the justices, “the government will be disabled for a decade from obtaining citizenship data through an enumeration of the entire population.”
The Supreme Court scheduled arguments for late April, and it is expected to rule before the end of June.
The case — United States Department of Commerce v. New York, No. 18-966 — is the latest test of the scope of executive power in the Trump era. Last year, the justices upheld President Trump’s authority to restrict travel from several predominantly Muslim countries. More recently, the court rejected the administration’s request to reinstate a ban on asylum claims by immigrants who cross the southern border illegally.
On Friday, Mr. Trump said he expected his declaration of a national emergency to build a border wall to be challenged in court. He predicted that the administration would lose in the lower courts but prevail in the Supreme Court.
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The Supreme Court added a politically explosive case to its docket Friday, agreeing to decide by the end of June whether the Trump administration can add a question about citizenship to the 2020 Census form sent to every American household.
The census hasn’t asked the question of each household since 1950, and a federal judge last month stopped the Commerce Department from adding it to the upcoming count. He questioned the motives of Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and said the secretary broke a “veritable smorgasbord” of federal rules by overriding the advice of career officials.
Ross has maintained that the information is important for several reasons, including enforcement of the Voting Rights Act, and that he carefully considered the advantages and disadvantages of adding the question before making his decision.
Those opposed to the question argue the census response rate will likely fall if households are asked whether undocumented immigrants are present and make less accurate the once-a-decade “actual Enumeration” of the population required by the Constitution.
That could mean fewer members of Congress for states with large immigrant populations and less money from federal programs.
“The record in these cases provide overwhelming evidence that the administration’s goal in adding a citizenship question was to discourage and deter immigrants and communities of color from participating,” Kristen Clarke, president and executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, one of the groups that has challenged the decision, said in a statement. “At the end of the day, the census count stands as one of the most critical constitutional functions our federal government performs and this administration has taken extraordinary steps to jeopardize the possibility of achieving a full and fair count.”
The Trump administration had asked the court to bypass its normal procedures and accept the case immediately because it needs an answer by the end of June to print census forms and conduct the count on schedule.
Justices will hear the case in late April and review the 227-page opinion handed down by U.S. District Judge Jesse M. Furman of New York, rather than require it first to go through the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit.
The Trump administration, as well as the 18 states, local governments and others challenging Ross’s decision, told the court that the decision was so important it warranted exceptional treatment.
As New York, the lead challenger, said in its brief to the court:
“The enumeration affects the apportionment of representatives to Congress among the states, the allocation of electors to the electoral college, the division of congressional districts within each state, the apportionment of state and local legislative seats, and the distribution of hundreds of billions of dollars of federal funding.”
Solicitor General Noel J. Francisco told the court that Furman had exceeded his authority.
The district court took the “unprecedented step of striking a demographic question from the decennial census and thereby preventing the Secretary of Commerce from exercising his delegated powers” to decide how the census is conducted, Francisco’s brief told the court.
“Indeed, to the government’s knowledge, this is the first time the judiciary has ever dictated the contents of the decennial census questionnaire.”
But Furman, and the states challenging Ross’s decision, said Congress has placed restrictions on what kind of information the secretary may seek, and the process for implementing it.
Ross “failed to consider several important aspects of the problem; alternately ignored, cherry-picked, or badly misconstrued the evidence in the record before him; acted irrationally both in light of that evidence and his own stated decisional criteria; and failed to justify significant departures from past policies and practices,” Furman wrote.
Ross announced the decision to add the question in March. He said at the time that he was responding to a request from the Department of Justice, which said the information was needed to enforce laws protecting minority voting rights.
Later emails and depositions in the lawsuit showed Ross had discussed the issue with White House officials urging a crackdown on undocumented immigrants. Some showed he initiated contact with Justice Department officials, not the other way around.
The New York brief says Ross acted directly against the advice of career Census Bureau experts.
“For at least the last forty years, the bureau has vigorously opposed adding any such question based on its concern that doing so ‘will inevitably jeopardize the overall accuracy of the population count’ by depressing response rates from certain populations, including noncitizens and immigrants,” wrote New York Attorney General Letitia James.
And Amy Howe comments for SCOTUSBlog:
The dispute centers on the March 2018 announcement by Wilbur Ross, the Secretary of Commerce, that the 2020 census would include a question about citizenship. The Trump administration indicated that data collected from the question would help the U.S. Department of Justice to better enforce voting rights, but states and civil rights groups (among others) opposed the decision, countering that the question would make households with undocumented or Hispanic residents less likely to respond and would therefore lead to an inaccurate count.
The Supreme Court had already agreed last year to hear oral argument in a clash over the evidence in the case. In addition to the official records that Ross considered before deciding to include the citizenship question, the plaintiffs in the case – which include New York and other state and local governments – also wanted the trial court to consider other evidence, including by questioning both Ross and John Gore, who was then the head of DOJ’s civil rights division. In October, the Supreme Court prohibited the plaintiffs from questioning Ross but allowed them to question Gore and probe into other facts, and in November the justices granted the government’s request to review the evidentiary dispute, setting the case for oral argument on February 19.
But although the justices agreed to weigh in on the evidentiary dispute, they rejected the government’s request to put the trial in the case on hold. In January, the trial court issued a ruling that barred the government from including the citizenship question on the 2020 census.
Three days later, on January 18, the justices announced that they would not hear oral argument in the evidentiary dispute on February 19 after all, but they left open the possibility that they could return the case to their calendar later in the term.
One week later, the Trump administration asked the justices to review the trial court’s decision immediately, without requiring the government to appeal first to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit. The census questionnaire has to be finalized by the end of June, the government explained, which means that it would be virtually impossible to have the Supreme Court weigh in and reach a final resolution under the normal timeline.
The addition, or as some would point out reintroduction, of a citizenship question to the Census has been a point of controversy ever since it was announced last March. At the time, many critics argued that it was meant to discourage Latinos, whether they are here legally or illegally, from answering the Census with the aim of reducing the number of people counted in predominantly blue states and thus influencing, even in a small way, the redistricting process that will take place in the wake of the Census itself. These concerns were seemingly reinforced when the Commerce Department announced plans to “cross-check” responses to the citizenship question with data from other agencies of the Federal Government, raising fears that the data might be used to harass certain segments of the population. As a result, as with many other controversial decisions on the part of the Trump Administration, it resulted in a number of lawsuits seeking to block the questions from being included. Within hours after the decision was announced, for example, California filed a lawsuit on the issue, arguing that asking the question would discourage minority response rates to the Census, which in turn would impact not just redistricting but also the allocation of Federal resources, which are often based on population estimates drawn from Census data. Roughly a week later, New York and seventeen other states filed their own suit challenging the question based on roughly the same grounds as the California lawsuit. This is the case that the Supreme Court has accepted for review.
In the opinion below, Judge Furman adopted the arguments that New York and the other states made in their Complaint in the course of writing his nearly 300-page opinion. Those claims included primarily the argument that the Federal Government would be defeating the primary purpose of the Census itself. That purpose is set forth in Article I, Section Two, Clause 3 of the Constitution which requires an “actual Enumeration” of the residents in each state primarily for the purpose of apportionment of Congressional Districts. In turn, this apportionment is used to determine the number of Electoral Votes that each state will have in Presidential elections from the time of apportionment going forward, which in this case would mean for Presidential elections beginning in 2024. It is also used to determine the distribution of many Federal programs that distribute money to the states, including things such as education funding. Perhaps the most important thing to take note of is the fact that the Census Clause makes no distinction between citizens, legal residents, and undocumented immigrants. This is similarly true of those provisions of the United States Code that deal with conducting the Census. This makes sense given the fact that the entire purpose of the Census is to establish the actual population of each state and the United States as a whole. This means counting everyone regardless of their citizenship or immigration status. Given that, there is quite simply no reason to include a question regarding citizenship in the Census questionnaire at all especially given the fact that it’s likely that including it could lead to a significant portion of the population to decline to answer any of the questions on the form, thus making the entire Census more difficult and causing jurisdiction to lose out in terms of apportionment and the allocation of Federal aid.
It’s not typical for the Supreme Court to accept a direct appeal from a District Court, but the fact that this case deals with a major Federal program and that we’re approaching the time when planning for the Census will need to begin was likely one of the reasons why the Justices agreed to hear the case on what amounts to an expedited basis. Additionally, the fact that the Court had already agreed to hear a partial appeal of the case regarding a series of evidentiary rulings by the District Court likely led them to decide to accept the entire case for review. In any case, the Court’s regular argument calendar is already filled through April, which is usually the last month for oral arguments, so the Court will have to schedule a special day for the argument of this case either in late April or, more likely early May. That virtually guarantees that there won’t e a decision in this case until the end of the term in June or early July. Until then, you can follow the filings in the case, which is styled as Department of Commerce v. New York at the SCOTUSBlog information page for the case. | <urn:uuid:52e76970-28b8-4410-9e51-c90cb38aff9f> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.outsidethebeltway.com/supreme-court-accepts-appeal-of-case-barring-citizenship-question-from-census/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572870.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817062258-20220817092258-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.964591 | 2,744 | 2.125 | 2 |
The research process involves knowing how and where to look for sources. The goal of this page is to orient you to some of the skills and resources that will be the most helpful for navigating your paper later in the term.
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TEXARKANA, Texas — Liberty-Eylau High School’s LETV student television program is making a comeback this school year.
After about a decade of hiatus, the district decided to bring the program back to provide students with the opportunity to learn about video production, live broadcasts, interview techniques, camera use and more.
“Equipment and technology have changed so much. Your equipment needed to run a program is now much cheaper,” Superintendent Ronnie Thompson said.
Thompson said student interest was a huge factor in the decision to reinstate the program.
“It’s funny because we had kids last year who kind of developed their own deal where they were interviewing each other. So you’re like, ‘OK, these kids are really interested in this. type of program.
“I think nowadays what allows programs like this to come back is that you see so many more secondary reporters at sporting events and things like that. And that gets the interest of kids as a potential career,” he said.
Another factor that made this possible, Thompson said, is the hiring of new instructor Ronald Makaramba, who will teach an AV productions class and lead the LETV reboot.
Makaramba was born and raised in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and came to the United States about six years ago on a football scholarship. He eventually attended Texas A&M University-Texarkana and worked for Texarkana Gameday for about three years.
Makaramba was hired by the district to expand the existing introductory courses involving digital media and graphics and eventually create unique productions to promote the district.
He says he has already ordered equipment like iMac computers with m1 chips, the latest Cannon cameras, lighting and background equipment for interviews, new furniture for his new classroom and much more.
“My course will be like an audio and visual internship,” he said. “Most of the work is going to be very hands-on.”
In addition to general content creation, students can expect to learn how to use cameras and adjust camera settings; make live broadcasts, replays and other types of video; Conduct interviews; and using social media correctly, including reels and posting content.
Makaramba said he hopes to start teaching students the skills they need to bring exciting and innovative content to L-EISD.
“At the moment I don’t know how many kids are going to be in my class, and I don’t know what those kids are capable of. So the first few weeks can be a bit slow. But I’m going to have to figure out the skills these children and teach them,” he said.
He said potential content could include cooking shows, career and technical training tutorials, instructional videos to post on social media and public service announcements from the district administration.
“As we build and discover the talent we have around the band, we can start doing new shows,” he said.
Makaramba is thrilled to be able to turn his love for content creation and video production into a way to help students achieve their goals.
“I’m really excited because never in a million years would I have thought of becoming a teacher. But I also never thought I could teach what I love,” he said. “It’s considered a skill, but I think it’s a gift. And now I can share that gift with these kids and impact their lives.”
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Celebrating the Day of the Dead At Harbourfront Centre
This past weekend the Harbourfront Centre hosted a festival in celebration of the Mexican holiday Dia de los Muertos or the "Day of the Dead."
The Day of the Dead (actually traditionally held over two days on November 1st and 2nd) is anything but depressing. It's generally a holiday meant for festive family gatherings and parties to commemorate those that have passed on, and has been celebrated in Mexico for thousands of years.
At the Toronto rendition, the Harbourfront Centre rocked out music, dancing, food, arts & crafts, and more in honour of the holiday.
Before going to the festival, I didn't really know much about the Day of the Dead. After doing some reading I found that during the holiday celebrations in Mexico, families will often visit graves or build altars in their homes and put out "ofrendas" or offerings to help guide the dead souls back to them.
Happy memories and stories about the departed are shared among family and friends, and eventually all the food offerings are consumed by the living.
Name aside, the premise of the Day of the Dead is to celebrate life rather than mourn death. The festival here in Toronto, much like celebrations in Mexico, was cheery and light with brightly coloured flowers and streamers, food, music and dancing.
Having said that, the iconic images of the Day of the Dead are skulls, bones and Catrinas, which give it a distinctly creepy feel. I actually found this unique juxtaposition of the morbid and cheerful intriguing and enjoyable.
The festival, in true TO style, featured an eclectic mix of people. The festivities included cooking demos, live music and dance performances, ofrenda workshops, plus storytelling and arts & crafts for the kiddies. There were also yummy treats like sugar skulls, churros, tacos and pozole for sale.
I checked out the cooking demos where two foods included in traditional ofrendas were prepared. First up Chef Luis Valenzuela from Torito in Kensington Market prepared mole pablano, which is a traditional Mexican sauce that he served up on chicken.
Chef Luis recently took over Torito and is extremely knowledgeable about their ingredients, their history, and the cuisine -- and the Day of the Dead.
The fact that this fun-but-sort-of-creepy festival was a free event made it totally worth checking out, if not as an occasion to soak up the unique culture behind this holiday, then as an opportunity to fill up on some authentic and tasty Mexican treats while bobbing along to a little mariachi.
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Mary the Immaculate Conception Word Search Worksheet
Mary the Immaculate Conception Word Search Worksheet Helps Teach Students About the blessed Mother.
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In September 2016, the University of Cape Coast and Hunan City College jointly established the Confucius Institute on the campus of the University of Cape Coast. With the strong support of these two institutions, the Confucius Institute has never slackened in its growth.
In 2019, the University of Cape Coast began enrolling students for the Chinese undergraduate program with the first batch of 31 students and a second batch of 56 students. Also, the Confucius Institute has established 11 Chinese teaching sites and 3 Confucius classrooms. The Institute also offers special cultural courses like “Tai Chi and Wushu”, “Lion Dance”, “Chinese Bridge”, etc.
The Confucius Institute organizes HSK and HSKK examinations. Through the organisation of these examinations, more than 50 Confucius Institute students have received various scholarships from the Chinese Government, language cooperation centers, and Chinese universities to study in China.
The Institute will act as a bridge between universities in China and those in Ghana in order to promote international friendship between Ghana and China.
It is worth mentioning that the five years of the establishment of the Confucius Institute of the University of Cape Coast have seen some ups and downs. What has not changed, however, is its original vision of using Chinese language and culture to bridge the world. The Institute will continue to enlighten wisdom with life and nourish hope with love.
(Hunan City College and Confucius Institute at the University Cape Coast)
(Current teacher of the Confucius Institute at Cape Coast University)
(A Chinese class section)
(In 2021, some students will be awarded the International Chinese Teacher Scholarship Certificate)
The outbreak of the novel coronavirus pandemic in 2020 has brought a number of challenges to the Confucius Institute, The Confucius Institute has also successfully held online calligraphy competitions, singing competitions and other activities. Although the pandemic prevented staff and students.
(Symposium on the 5th Anniversary of the Establishment of the Confucius Institute between Hunan City College and Cape Coast University)
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Howarth Timber’s Scunthorpe branch has set a benchmark for sustainability after a waste management overhaul led to over 96% of waste being diverted away from landfill.
The firm worked with waste management specialists Go Green over the last 12 months to assess existing processes and identify ways to reduce the amount of waste going to landfill.
The project involved a careful restructuring of the waste procedures at the branch, to ensure as much waste as possible was recycled — without impacting on productivity.
Staff at the branch were provided with more efficient waste segregation facilities, as well as being given access to the Go Green Portal, which allows staff to track all the branch’s waste and recycling.
Go Green’s Business Development Manager, Rich Welch, explains: “With rising costs and ever-changing legislation, Howarth Timber wanted to make sure the company was protected and that it had full control over where its waste was going.
“In the year to date, we are achieving 96.6% diverted away from landfill, which compares very well with our other customers.”
The results of the Scunthorpe recycling initiative further boosts Howarth Timber’s reputation as a leader in environmentally-focused timber trading, as reflected by the company’s launch of the Howarth Greenhouse in 2013 — a facility dedicated to offering the latest environmentally-focused products with specialist proven training solutions.
Howarth Timber’s Sustainability Development Manager, Jay Pickup, said: “We have been given the go ahead to apply the same principles to the rest of our branches from our MD, Nicholas Howarth, and are currently in the process of agreeing terms with Go Green on delivering the program.”
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You may encounter an error code indicating which files should be deleted during Disk Cleanup. Coincidentally, there are several ways to solve this problem, so we’ll cover them shortly.
Stop wasting time with computer errors.
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The Disk Cleanup utility included with Windows can quickly remove various system files and free up disk space. But some things, like “Windows ESD installer files” from Windows 10, probably shouldn’t be deleted.
In most cases, you can safely delete items with Disk Cleanup. But if your technology isn’t working properly, running and uninstalling some of these things might prevent you from uninstalling updates, rebooting your working system, or just fixing the problem. So they are handy for keeping up to date with the latest happenings when you have a seat.
Disk Cleanup 101
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What should I delete in Disk Cleanup Windows 7?
When you’re done, Disk Cleanup will show you the type of total disk space you can free up. Then, often in the Files to delete section, you will see different types of files that can sometimes be deleted. These include options such as downloaded program files, trash, system errors, music, temporary files, and others.
You can run Disk Cleanup from a specific start menu – just search for Disk Cleanup. It will instantly analyze the files by deleting them and can show you a very accurate list. However, only this approach will show files that you can delete.be with the permissions of the current user account.
Is it okay to delete everything in Disk Cleanup?
For the most part, Disk Cleanup items can be safely removed. But if your computer is not working properly, removing some of these things could potentially prevent you from uninstalling updates, restartoperating system or just to fix a problem, so they’re perfect if you have the space.
Assuming you have administrative access to the system, you should click “Clean up system files” to see a large exhaustive list of files you can delete.
To clear a group of files, check the device. To save a lot of papers, make sure they are unmarked. At the top of this window, you will no doubt see the maximum amount of data you can erase, and at the bottom, the amount of space or space you actually save. Click “OK” after selecting important information, and Disk Cleanup will remove the new types of data that you want to delete.
ESD files are important for Windows installation
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Windows 10 now has a “Configure Windows ESD Files” option. Removing it can free up several gigabytes of disk space. This is probably the most important setting on the list as it can cause problems.
These ESD files are used to “reset your PC”to factory. Deleting these files will give you more disk space, but you won’t eat up the files you need to restart your beloved PC. You may need to download the Windows 10 installation media if you really want to reset it.
We do not recommend deleting them unless you urgently need a relatively small amount of gigabytes of disk space. Removing it will make your life a lot more comfortable if you ever want to resort to the PC restart feature that will be released in the future.
Disk cleanup can remove everything else
JOIN: How to reduce the size of the WinSXS folder in Windows 7 or 8
What folders can I delete from my C drive?
1] Windows temporary folder. The temporary folder is located at C:WindowsTemp.2] Hibernate file. The Hibernate file is configured by Windows to update the operating system.3] window.4] Downloaded program files.5] Pre-reading.6] Fonts.7] SoftwareDistribution folder.8] Offline websites.
What do the other options do? We went through a disk cleanup and made a list. Please note that we used Disk Cleanup on a running computer to support Windows 10 with the Anniversary Update installed. Older versions of Windows may have fewer secondary options. Some options may only occur if there are certain types of system files on the hard drive itself.
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Welche Dateien Soll Ich Bei Der Datentragerbereinigung Loschen
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Rewarding and challenging careers in fair, safe and supportive workplaces is not just ‘nice to have’ – it is what we work together to achieve every day at Ingeus. This includes embracing and celebrating diversity across all groups and creating environments and opportunities so that all of our people can thrive.
Following the introduction of the Equality Act 2010 (Gender Pay Gap Information) Regulations 2017, as an employer we are required to carry out Gender Pay Reporting.
There are six reporting requirements:
These reporting requirements do not involve the publishing of individual employee data. In addition, the calculations do not relate to what men and women are paid for doing the same role. Rather, the calculations take into account all jobs at all levels and salaries.
See our gender pay gap data, published on the government website in 2020, 2019 and 2018 alongside a 2018 report which explained the data in more detail for the first reporting year. We confirm that this data is accurate.
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Category: Transient Plane Source
Abstract: The thermal conductivities of aerogels and xerogels were explored in order to determine how the solid content of each material affected the conductivity. Experimental considerations include testing at room temperature, under vacuum and also under various humidity conditions. Density was taken into account and it was found that the optimal density for the gels was 0.15 g/mL.
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Context: Interprofessional learning (IPL) is valuable in preparing health care students to work collaboratively in teams, with patients' needs at the core. Patient-centredness is the impetus for communication and collaboration in health care. Debate continues on when it is best to develop positive student attitudes towards these aspects of care. Should IPL commence early before attitudes to patients, professional stereotypes and identity are formed, or later for advanced learners with greater experience of their roles and responsibility in health care? This study explores graduate-entry medical students' attitudes to IPL and patient-centred care, on programme entry and after an early interdisciplinary clinical experience (ICE).
Methods: An extended version of the Readiness for Interprofessional Learning Scale (RIPLS) was administered to four cohorts of medical students (n = 279) on entry and after the 3-week placement. This 26-item RIPLS comprised four subscales: team work and collaboration; professional identity; roles and responsibilities; and patient-centredness. The impact of the placement on students' attitudes was assessed by using repeated measures analysis of variance to compare pre- and post-ICE subscale scores.
Results: There were significant main effects of time (pre- versus post-ICE) for the subscales of teamwork and collaboration, professional identity and patient-centredness, but not for roles and responsibilities. Scores for teamwork and collaboration, professional identity and patient-centredness were all lower post-ICE.
Conclusions: The students' less positive attitudes to teamwork and collaboration and professional identity may be due to the experience itself, or because it reinforced negative beliefs about the value of learning from non-medical health professionals. Perhaps the students' idealised view of their future role as a doctor was challenged by the experience, or they had an underdeveloped professional identity. Limited student experience of patients having an active role in their own health care may explain the decrease in attitudes to patient-centredness. A longitudinal qualitative study will explore these results. Discuss ideas arising from the article at www.mededuc.com discuss. | <urn:uuid:18750168-afb3-4bf6-84bf-d443bafd8fbf> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://scholars.uow.edu.au/display/publication106860 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572215.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815235954-20220816025954-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.951044 | 426 | 1.789063 | 2 |
Reorganise existing symbols in standard and third party libs to common hierarchical packages.
If you have looked at your screen bewildered, trying to remember a function or an object name in Common-Lisp standard library, then this package may help you. There are more than 970 of those functions and objects (i.e. symbols) and I don't think everybody can browse through them easily when they are listed in CL package altogether.
In addition, there are thousands of third party libraries. How can one use a number of them together without constantly checking their source code, help and readme files all the time? There are different ways to organise knowledge and reach it and categorising them is one of them, if not the most efficient.
Some other languages may be seen as having the advantage of organising their standard library hierarchically, or at least with one level of grouping.
Having such a central group of packages to organise others (packages) might give us an easy way to come up with a collection of de-facto standard library composed of popular libraries.
In addition, this system gives you packages corresponding to classes and their related symbols and specialised methods under that package. This is similar to what you get with member & encapsulation based OOP-style code completion in other languages.
This is an organisation of popular functionalities in a central, easy-to-browse set of packages. This library by itself doesn't add any utility function to common-lisp, instead it just reorganises the work of others in an easier to reach structure.
The taxonomy selection is mainly based on groups from clhs sections, cl-cookbook and some other common programming languages' standard libraries.
Some symbols may be exported from multiple packages, when I think that there's strong overlap and that one might look for the same symbol in different packages.
The goal of this library is to create a hierarchy of packages with the sole purpose of organising existing packages and symbols independently, thus without imposing anything on them. That's why in summary all it does is import symbols from others and re-export them from suitable places in the hierarchy.
For this purpose, lib-helper creates its package hierarchy with names under LIB.* (note that these packages include CL standard symbols too).
Since CL itself puts all its standard library in a flat list, it can also benefit from such grouping. That's why I kept a pure CL hierarchy of packages under the names STD.*
A screen recording of example usage: https://youtu.be/NygQTvbkMjY
A typical usage might be with slime/sly loaded (or using your IDE's completion drop-down), start typing "(lib." on repl and hit tab to get a list of packages starting with name lib., then shortlist and find what you're looking for. Though I'm having trouble running this scenario smoothly.
Or type "(lib:" and see the list of items in that group in a dropdown.
Libraries are arranged in a hierarchy. Child level packages are created as symbols starting with a dot in the parent level. This way, after choosing the completion for a child level, one can change the dot to a colon to check the lower level's symbols, and keep going down the hierarchy until they reach a target. The way it works is:
Assume some symbols at a level is at:
Then a dropdown at lib.lvl1: would give:
lib.lvl1: .lvl2 *any other symbol in lvl1*
choosing lib.lvl1:.lvl2, then editing the line to get lib.lvl1.lvl2: will give the list of *symbols* that we're looking for.
e.g. try to get to lib.str.comp:*
After finding what you were looking for, you can either use the symbol from the package you found, or use it directly from its original package. The primary purpose of this library is to let you find things, not to alter your coding convention (although using the package names of this library might improve readability - although this claim is not tested yet).
Speaking of finding, check the (lib:find-syms) function description below, it is quite powerful.
Classes as packages
With 2021-08-12 commit, we now have this interesting feature. If a package has a class defined in it, then there will be a corresponding package with that class name, and all the methods specialised to that class + slot accessors will be symbols under that package. This way, you can see all relevant methods in one place, instead of trying to guess or using clos functions to find the specialisations. A class symbol pointing to the sub package will be starting with double-dots ".." instead of single as is the case for sub packages.
tab completion above will list lots of classes defined in interface package, all starting with .., so:
will filter only the classes under interface. Then, choose the class <any>, for example:
and you'll see symbols specialised for that class.
Try to find your more favorite system / class as example.
Lazy system loading
Third party systems are not listed as system dependencies in .asd file, but instead dynamically loaded as requested. For example, alexandria is not a dependency, but their symbols are in the lib-defs.lisp, and they are interned with symbol names ending with a ~.
When you want to use, e.g. alexandria:cswitch, you should first find and call:
Which will load the corresponding system, alexandria, then intern all the symbols of alexandria to their target packages in the hierarchy. Then you can call the previous command (or any other from the same system) without ~ at the end.
Btw, system loading is done by asdf, thus you should already have the corresponding system downloaded and asdf-reachable.
If a symbol is exported from multiple systems/packages, then they are added to the symbols package list (in lib-defs.lisp) and for each package a symbol.N is created (except the first one is the symbol name).
(lib:apropos-lib sub-str), (std:apropos-lib sub-str)
Look for symbols containing sub-str in the lib hierarchy and print the matching branches.
(lib:find-syms phrase), (std:find-syms phrase)
Given a number of words in the phrase (first word for the symbol, others for description and package path, find the closest matches within the lib hierarchy.
phrase can be either one string with multiple words, or a list of expressions (cl-ppcre re expressions).
Match will be listed for:
(first phrase) contained in symbol name AND (every (rest phrase)) contained in path or symbol description.
(lib:find-syms "interface lil")
will list more results then:
(lib:find-syms "interface lil pure")
The way we extract the description of any symbol is: "symbol-path-in-hierarchy : any description in any symbol namespace"
This means lib-helper will search for function description, variable description, class or struct or macro description all the same, and concat them to the description. This gives us a powerful way to do search (or I call it a better apropos). For example to find any symbol with the word "structure" in its descriptions:
(lib:find-syms '(".*" "structure")) or (lib:find-syms ".* structure")
See the list of packages, printed with some grouping.
Get the list of package names under lib. or std.
Deletes all the LIB.* and STD.* packages and does an asdf:clear-system :lib-helper. If you change lib-defs.lisp or std-defs.lisp and want to update your current lisp image, just do a:
(lib:delete-this-system) (asdf:load-system :lib-helper)
Working for: sbcl2.1, clisp 2.49, lispworks 7.1
The complete hierarchy is contained in a tree in either lib-defs.lisp (std + 3rd party) or std-defs.lisp (ansi symbols only). If you want to change / add libs, modifying these lists will be enough.
CLHS categorisation: Using the full symbol index page (1), for each symbol, find the sections that mention this symbol in sections pages (2), and form the library packages corresponding to the sections.
Add(ing) well known asdf libraries to the lib.* categories (
asdf-uiop, alexandria, ppcre, iterate, containers, closer-mop, bordeaux-threads, lil, lparallel, osicat, cl-opengl, etc.).
Add cl-containers. Since I already created some container branches, I should merge cl-containers into them. But then to reduce confusion, I can add ".clc" to the end of each category to separate the cl-containers bits. This way someone looking for hash-tables can use lib.cont.hash:, or lib.cont.hash.clc: .
While working on cl-containers, I started realising a problem in design. This library is trying to categorise libraries into hierarchical packages, sometimes using library author's package structure, sometimes using domain-categorised sections. Both ideas would be expected to converge but the difficulty of different authors standardising such a category is an unsolved problem. I think I'll come up with some guidelines.
Here, the list of criteria while managing the hierarchy is roughly:
- Keep the tree balanced, with number of subbranches around 3-5
- Keep the number of symbols low, possibly < 30? Or instead minimise number of non-coherent symbols, where coherent symbols are syntactically similar (such as car, caar, cdr, cadr; or select-item, select-node, select-somethingelse).
Generic methods can be cloned to different branches where each branch represents a class that implements those methods. This is helpful to organise object oriented design. We will end up having packages that correspond to classes with methods and members.
- Mostly DONE: I can get symbols of a system with some hierarchy that contains class and struct separation and their methods: ** make this automatic - working on (generate-system-symbols) now.
import module as / using namespace new_name !!! I just realised that I can add these functions (I feel like there are already good alternatives, starting with uiop/defpackage import-reexport facility) to easily use a library branch within a package. But the improvement here is, we'll import-reexport a whole tree of packages to a new base branch. So we can do this:
(in-package my-dev-package) (import-package-as "LIB.CONT.SEQ.ACCESS" "SEQ") (seq:extremum '(1 2 3 4) #'<)
(import-package "LIB.CONT.LIL.PURE") ; to import immediate syms and packages (queue:<fifo-queue> ...) (collection:conj ...)
If you have ideas, I'll be more than happy to collaborate as time allows. One thing worth pursuing might be hierarchical packages (as is seen in some implementations).
Major code restructuring. Looking at the lib-helper.asd should make it possible to understand the complete project, or at least help with it. Classes improved & separated, with additional contextual separations.
Also tests are added.
Classes as packages.
For some packages, I had included only the symbols of a package if they originated from that package. Now the decision is to include all external symbols of a package instead. e.g. uiop:define-package's :use-reexport, or a package manually exporting its imported symbols.
Added find-symbols and apropos-lib. This is becoming quite useful!
Add cl-containers. This library proves to be quite difficult to categorise, although it is organised quite well itself.
Turn the base code into a package.
Copyright (c) [Albus M Piroglu]
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The test flight date of the helicopter Ingenuity, which could not make its first flight despite reaching Mars in February, has been determined. The date of the flight, which was delayed as a result of a software error when it was scheduled to take place last Monday, was announced by NASA today.
Of NASA He commissioned to search for traces of life on Mars. Perseverance’la The first flight date of the Ingenuity helicopter sent to Mars has been determined. The helicopter, which has so far been tied to Perseverance, was planned to make its first flight last Monday. However, it was decided to delay the helicopter due to the problem that arose while testing the wings. Today, Ingenuity’s 19 April Monday It was announced that it will perform its first flight.
On February 18 The tests of Ingenuity, which landed on the surface of Mars with Perseverance, did not end. In the last flight cancellation, NASA stated that the flight could be made on April 14 at the earliest. Finally, the date that the vehicle will take off on the Red Planet has been determined.
Why was the flight delayed?
The tests carried out for the smooth operation of Ingenuity have been continuing since February. The date, which was finally set as April 11, motivated the followers of the event. However, there was a problem in the high speed propeller test. The helicopter went from pre-flight mode to flight mode in a way that it should not have and it was decided to go forward in history to correct this software problem.
NASA decided to improve and reinstall Ingenuity’s flight software. This process naturally took a few days. Then with the tweet shared by NASA the helicopter successfully passed the high speed propeller test and it was reported to the public that the flight date was about to be determined.
What will Ingenuity’s mission be?
NASA Reveals The Secret Of The Rainbow On Mars
After taking off for 30 seconds and landing on the surface on April 19, Ingenuity will serve as Perseverance’s small scout. The helicopter will quickly capture images from different angles as it hovers over the surface of Mars. Unlike Perseverance, which plays the leading role, Ingenuity will be able to take detailed images from places that cannot be reached by land vehicles. | <urn:uuid:55d5c956-44ec-4c0b-83c8-1fbf3866d221> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://no1geekfun.com/ingenuitys-first-flight-date-has-been-determined-again/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572215.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815235954-20220816025954-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.980068 | 541 | 2.3125 | 2 |
Austria has 12 sites on the list maintained by UNESCO as part of the world heritage of natural or cultural treasures. Austria’s World Heritage Sites are listed from west to east below:
1. Salzburg Historic City Centre
There were a number of reasons for the UNESCO Commission to designate the old town of Salzburg a World Heritage Site 25 years ago. The former bishop’s residence has an impressive combination of ecclesiastical and secular buildings from different stylistic eras. For another, Salzburg’s importance as a music and cultural capital was a decisive factor. The older part of the old town, on the left bank of the Salzach, includes the Kaiviertel, the Festungsberg and the Mönchsberg. The area includes about half of the buildings which have been listed.
More information: www.salzburg.info
2. Prehistoric Pile Dwellings
The UNESCO listing for the prehistoric pile dwellings covers a number of c0untries, including a few locations in Austria. Most of the remains of the settlements built of stilt houses are in Switzerland, but there are also remnants which can be found at the Attersee and Mondsee lakes in the Salzkammergut region of Austria. Both of the areas have information pavilions which explain some of the details of how people once lived in these areas.
More information: www.austriadirect.com/attersee-lake/
3. Hallstatt-Dachstein Area
The Hallstatt-Dachstein-Salzkammergut region has been included in the UNESCO World Heritage List since December 1997. The region owes this distinction to its striking landscape and its scientific significance: salt was mined high in the Hallstatt valley as early as the Bronze Age, and for centuries trade in the “white gold” determined the lives of the inhabitants. Today Hallstatt is still home to the oldest salt mine in the world, which is open to visitors.
More information: www.austriadirect.com/hallstatt-unesco/
4. Ancient Beech Forests of Europe
The designation on the UNESCO list of the ‘ancient European beech forests’ also includes some areas in Austria. The Kalkalpen National Park, for example, is Austria’s second largest national park and is characterised by huge mixed woods with remnants of rare primeval forest, streams, caves and rocks. Lynx returned to the forests again a few years back, and red deer, chamois, golden eagles and many other wild animals also make it their home.
More information: www.austriadirect.com/kalkalpen-national-park/
5. Historic Centre of Graz
The old town of Graz has an impressively diverse architectural culture, ranging from the Gothic period to the present day. The combination of red-tiled roofs, towers and contemporary roof constructions can best be admired from the Schlossberg. The clock tower, visible from afar, is also located on this mountain and is the city’s landmark. The UNESCO World Heritage Site also includes Eggenberg Palace, located on the city limits. The largest baroque palace in Styria was once the second seat of the Habsburg family alongside the castle in the city centre of Graz.
More information: www.graztourismus.at
6. The Wachau Valley
The Wachau valley in Lower Austria has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2000. It is one of the oldest settled areas in Europe, and owes its wine culture to the Romans. Later, it was monasteries that shaped the cultural scene. The Wachau features steeply rising wine terraces on the north bank and gentle orchards on the south bank, with winding lanes connecting the small villages.
More information: www.austriadirect.com/wachau/
7. The Semmering Railway
The first train travelled from Vienna over the mountain route at Semmering in the Viennese Alps in 1854. A technical masterpiece, the railway overcomes 459 metres of altitude on the route from Gloggnitz to Mürzzuschlag, passes over 100 arched bridges, 16 viaducts and through 15 tunnels. The view of the railway viaduct once featured on an Austrian bank note.
More information: www.austriadirect.com/semmering-railway/
8. Baden – One of the Great Spa Towns of Europe
The town of Baden near Vienna is one of Austria’s latest additions to the UNESCO World Heritage List. It was added to the collection of Great Spa Towns in Europe in 2021. More than four million litres of warm sulphur thermal water bubble up daily from the 14 springs in the spa centre and the “yellow-golden” water is used for traditional healing treatments such as sulphur baths, packs, massages and underwater therapy.
More information: www.tourismus.baden.at
9. Historic Centre of Vienna
A stroll through the centre of Vienna is a journey through the centuries. Three architectural epochs shape the image of the former residence of the Habsburg emperors: the Middle Ages with the sky-scraping Gothic St. Stephen’s Cathedral, the Baroque era and the Ringstrasse era of the late 19th century, to which the city owes such imposing buildings as the State Opera, the Parliament, the Museum of Art History and the Museum of Natural History.
More information: www.viennadirect.com
10. Schönbrunn Palace & Gardens
Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The deciding factors for the award were the historical significance of the palace, the magnificent furnishings and the gardens, one of the best-preserved baroque complexes in Europe.
More information: www.viennadirect.com/sights/schoenbrunn.php
11. Carnuntum – Danube Limes
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Crosstalk between Cytokine RANKL and AhR Signalling in Osteoclasts Controls Bone Homeostasis
Received: 13-May-2017 / Accepted Date: 18-May-2017 / Published Date: 25-May-2017 DOI: 10.4172/2576-3881.1000114
The aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR), which acts as a transcription factor when bound by a ligand, regulates a variety of physiological processes, most notably cellular activities related to immune responsivity. Observations of disrupted bone tissue healing and slowed endochondral ossification in AhR −/− mice indicate strongly that AhR also modulates skeletal remodeling, though the signaling mechanism through which AhR affects osteoclastogenesis remains to be resolved. Recent studies have shown that receptor activator of nuclear facor kappa-B ligand (RANKL) causes rapid upregulation of AhR expression in bone marrow-derived osteoclasts. Ligand activated AhR by the smoke toxin BaP increased osteoclast differentiation in a receptor AhR-dependent manner. Mitochondrial biogenesis in osteoclasts is subject to regulation by AhR. AhR involvement in osteoclastogenesis makes AhR a potential therapeutic target for the treatment of inflammatory and metabolic bone diseases. The present review highlights the recently uncovered critical role that RANKL–AhR–c-Fos signaling plays in osteoclastogenesis.
A bone metabolic switch
The aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) is a basic helix-loop-helix/ Pas-Arnt-Sim family transcription factor that becomes activated when bound by a ligand [1,2]. AhR ligands include various environmental toxins as well as endogenous molecules [1,3]. Inactive cytosolic AhR is found in a protein complex, and ligand-activated AhR translocates to the nucleus where it forms a dimer with its nuclear translocator protein Arnt [2,4]. The AhR-Arnt dimer then regulates target genes by binding xenobiotic response element sequences in their promoter regions; AhR target genes include drug-metabolizing cytochrome P450 (Cyp) enzymes and the steroid biosynthesis enzyme NAD(P)H:quinone oxidoreductase .
Carcinogens in smoke have been shown to degrade bone tissue via influences on osteoclastogenesis [5-8]. A key culprit, the toxin benzo[a]pyrene (BaP), stimulates osteoclastogenesis by binding AhR and thereby triggering activation of several Cyp1 isoforms [9-12]. However, the downstream signaling pathways mediating these effects, particularly in the context of bone repair, are unclear. Moreover, the levers controlling AhR expression in osteoclasts have not been demonstrated.
Bone tissue is formed by osteoblasts, which are derived from mesenchymal stem cells, and bone resorption is conducted by osteoclasts, which are multinucleated giant cells formed by the fusion of macrophages . The skeleton is a dynamic tissue whose constant remodeling depends upon the balance of osteoclast-mediated bone resorption and osteoblast-mediated bone formation. Various diseases have been related to an osteoblast-osteoclast imbalance, including osteoporosis, rheumatoid arthritis, gum disease, and metastatic bone cancer [14,15].
Osteoclasts become terminally differentiated and activated in response to binding of receptor activator of nuclear factor kappa B ligand (RANKL), a tumor necrosis factor (TNF) family cytokine, to its receptor RANK [16-18]. RANKL binding of RANK induces c-Fos expression, and c-Fos then enables the downstream induction of NFATc1 (nuclear factor of activated T-cells, cytoplasmic 1), which modulates the terminal differentiation of osteoclasts [15,19]. The importance of c-Fos in osteoclastogenesis is evidenced by the fact that mice deficient in c-Fos exhibit osteopetrosis [19,20].
RANKL and epigenetic signaling pathways involved in osteoclast differentiation
RANKL_binding of RANK in osteoclast precursor cells triggers the activation of several mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathways, including signaling by TNF receptor-associated factor, family mediated c-jun N-terminal kinase (JNK), p38, and nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-κB) . Osteoclast precursors express the macrophage colony-stimulating factor (M-CSF) receptor c-Fms, and stimulation by M-CSF activates MAPK pathways such as Akt and extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) signaling . In a recent study examining whether AhR activation may involve RANKL or MCSF in AhR−/− cells, we found that the absence of AhR disrupted activation of downstream cell signaling pathways in response to RANKL, but not M-CSF, indicating that AhR promotion of osteoclast differentiation may be mediated by way of sensitization of osteoclast precursors to RANKL .
Emerging evidence suggests that epigenetic machinery plays an essential role in the normal development and tissue homeostasis in mammals. For instance, recent observation revealed that inhibition of the catalytic activity of histone H3 lysine 9 (H3K9) methyltransferases G9a and its partner modifier GLP is able to suppresses the RANKLassociated osteoclast differentiation . In addition, as aberrant osteoclast formation during critical illness was also linked to global histone hypo-methylation , these findings suggested that establishment and maintenance of heterochromatin status at particular loci in the osteoclasts is critical for their development. Strikingly, as G9a/GLP complex maintains DNA methylation and their associated H3K9me2 is also involved in the protection of DNA methylation during DNA replication , proper patterns of DNA methylation, another heterochromatin marker, might also be required for the normal development of osteoclasts. Therefore, investigation the status of H3K9me as well as DNA methylation in the mature osteoclasts and their precursors might shed light on the indispensable epigenetic mechanisms that involved in the regulation of their development.
AhR knockout and overexpression mouse phenotypes
Systemic or osteoclast-targeted AhR gene knockout results in increased bone mass together with reduced bone resorption [28-30], whereas osteoblast-targeted AhR knockout does not alter bone phenotype . Moreover, AhR-overexpressing mice exhibit excessive bone resorption . Treatment of wild-type (WT) mice, but not osteoclast-selective AhR −/− mice, with the AhR ligand 3- methlcholanthrene (3MC) increases bone resorption, thereby reducing bone mass [29,30]. Such findings suggest that pathological bone resorption may involve AhR and further implicate AhR as a potential therapeutic target in the treatment of bone-degrading diseases such as osteoporosis and rheumatoid arthritis.
Involvement of osteoclast RANKL and AhR in immune regulation
AhR signaling has been implicated strongly in immune modulation. Notably, AhR has been shown to affect dendritic cell function and the balance between regulatory T cells and Th17 cells [3,32,33]. AhR has been shown to control mast cell differentiation and homeostasis and to be a positive regulator of osteoclastogenesis in vitro [28,29]. Additionally, AhR expression has been shown to be upregulated in dendritic cells and macrophages following treatment with immune response trigger molecules, such as lipopolysaccharide and CpG DNA [33,35]. Recently, we showed that AhR expression was upregulated in bone marrow macrophages (BMMs), similar to c-Fos, 24 h after RANKL treatment. Together with the aforementioned finding that AhR −/− osteoclastic cells have disrupted RANKL-stimulated osteoclastogenic signaling, but normal responsivity to M-CSF , these findings suggest that impaired osteoclastogenesis of AhR −/− BMMs may be consequent to RANKL signaling pathway disruption (Figure 1A).
Figure 1: A simplified model for how AhR mediates RANK/c-Fos signaling axis of osteoclast differentiation and bone resorption. (A) The expression of AhR in bone marrow-derived osteoclasts was upregulated by RANKL at an earlier stage than the expression of signature osteoclast genes. (B) Osteoclast differentiation via AhR signaling pathway were also regulated in a RANKL/c-Fos-dependent manner. In addition, ligand activation of AhR by the smoke toxin, benzo[a]pyrene (BaP), exacerbated osteoclast differentiation in a receptor-dependent manner. AhR-dependent regulation of mitochondrial biogenesis in osteoclasts was also observed. (C) AhR −/− mice exhibited impaired bone healing with delayed endochondral ossification. Taken together, the present results suggest that the RANKL-AhR-c-Fos signaling axis plays a critical role in osteoclastogenesis, thereby identifying the potential of targeting AhR to treat pathological, inflammatory, or metabolic disorders.
AhR mediates c-Fos activation in osteoclastogenesis and BaP-induced bone loss
There have been conflicting several reports on the induction of c- Fos by AhR ligands in mammals. One is that AhR ligands repress the E2-induced expression of c-Fos , the other is that AhR ligands themselves induce the expression of c-Fos . It has also has been reported that a time-course chromatin immunoprecipitation assay indicated that ER-a, AhR and p300 were recruited to c-Fos promoter, presumably upon the binding of 3MC to AhR in MCF-7 cells .
In osteoclast differentiation, RANKL activates c-Fos , which triggers the expression of NFATc1 . Examining whether AhR plays a role in RANKL/c-Fos/NFATc1 osteoclastogenesis, we found that, compared to control BMMs, BMMs induced to express c-Fos by retroviral gene transfer exhibited a dramatic increase in the number of multinucleated osteoclasts . In the same study, we also showed that RANKL stimulation of BMMs failed to induce osteoclast differentiation in the absence of the AhR–c-Fos complex. These findings provide strong evidence in support of the hypothesis that AhR plays an important role in c-Fos mediated regulation of osteoclast differentiation.
AhR ligands, including the smoke toxin BaP, stimulate osteoclastogenesis through activation of Cyp1 enzymes [9-12,28]. BaP exposure increases c-Fos levels in RANKL-stimulated WT BMMs, but fails to induce c-Fos expression in AhR −/− BMMs . These findings provide hints regarding the relationship between smoking and bone metabolism, provide insight into c-Fos–AhR-axis-mediated osteoclastogenesis, and support the pursuit of AhR-targeted therapies for osteoporosis (Figure 1B).
Control of mitochondrial biogenesis via AhR signaling
Reactive oxygen species released from mitochondria stimulate osteoclast differentiation by inducing Ca2+ level oscillations and NFATc1 activation . Mitochondrial biogenesis during osteoclast development requires peroxisome proliferator-activated receptorgamma coactivator 1β (PGC-1β), a key mitochondrial oxidative energy metabolism factor [42-47]. Recent experimental results have shown that RANKL induction of PGC-1β mRNA and protein expression is suppressed in AhR −/− cells . Additionally, the AhR −/− mouse phenotype includes defective calcium signaling and mitochondrial function leading to mast cell deficiency as well as enhanced intracellular reactive oxygen species and apoptosis . Lack of AhR also diminishes basal mitochondrial biogenesis in osteoclasts . Together, these findings indicate that AhR may play an important role in mitochondrial biogenesis (Figure 1B).
AhR in bone healing
Fracture healing is a complex process that requires the coordinated interplay of many cell types, growth factors, extracellular matrix components, and mechanobiological input. In non-stabilized fractures, healing occurs via generation of a periosteal callus that bridges the fracture site. AhR involvement in bone repair has been examined in a semi-stabilized fracture-healing model, wherein an early inflammatory phase is followed sequentially by a soft callus reparative phase, a hard callus phase, and a bone-remodeling phase that can last several weeks . In a study employing this semi-stabilized, fracture-healing model, AhR −/− mice were found to have impaired endochondral bone healing relative to WT mice , suggesting that AhR may play an important role in bone fracture healing. In particular, the callus tissue in AhR −/− mice contained a greater amount of cartilage for a longer period time, and the mice suffered from defective long-term bone remodeling. Compared with WT calluses, reduced bone remodeling was accompanied by a reduction in the number of tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase-positive cells in AhR −/− calluses . Notably, the inflammatory response to fracture is delayed in mice lacking cyclooxygenase-2 or TNF-α receptors [49,50]. These findings are consistent with the notion that AhR may be involved in various inflammation-driven disorders, ranging from septic shock to psoriasis and rheumatoid arthritis [51-53].
In addition to their well-known resorption activity in bone remodeling, osteoclasts may also regulate the formation of new bone [54,55]. Despite their abnormal bone repair following injury and increased local metabolic demands, AhR −/− mice do show normal bone formation under basal conditions (Figure 1C). A convergence of recent findings indicates that early osteoclast differentiation involves cooperative actions of AhR and c-Fos, and that AhR may control bone remodeling through the regulation of osteoclast differentiation. Future studies should explore the therapeutic potential of AhR-targeted therapy for support of fracture repair.
This work was supported by the grant provided by JSPS KAKENHI (Grant Numbers. 25713063, 15K15757 to T.I., 16H05511 to R.A., 15K15676, 16H02690 to N.I.), The Ichiro Kanehara Foundation, Suzuken Memorial Foundation, The Nakatomi Foundation, and Smoking Research Foundation.
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Consumer prices jumped 6.2%. I'm not completely sure what that means and how they come up with the figure of "6.2%" or how it applies. Looking at these statistic, a family of four spends about $5,389.00. If you increase that figure by 6.2%, you increase your monthly spending by $334.00 per month to $5,723.00 or $4,009.00 per year. But I'm not sure it that is the best measure.
Look at the figures when you break them out of the overall combined average. Fuel oil and Energy prices (gasoline, natural gas, propane, electricity) are up double digits. Meat, poultry, fish and eggs are also up double digits.
The CNBC article shows:
- "... Annual core inflation ran at a 4.6% pace..."
- "... Fuel oil prices soared 12.3% for the month [Oct], part of a 59.1% increase over the past year...";
- "... Energy prices overall rose 4.8% in October and are up 30% for the 12-month period..."
- "... Food prices also showed a sizeable bounce, up 0.9% [Oct] and 5.3% [year] respectively. Within the food category, meat, poultry, fish and eggs collectively rose 1.7% for the month and 11.9% year over year..."
- "... Shelter costs, which make up one-third of the CPI computation, increased 0.5% for the month and are now up 3.5% on a year-over-year basis..."
The current costs for a family of four using bankruptcy statistics for the my region:
Expenses Cost (05/15/21) Increase Est Increase
- Mortgage/Rental $2,002.00 3.5% $ 2,072.00
- Utilities/Maintenance $ 789.00 30% - 59.1% $ 1,025.00 (@ 30%)
- Food $ 955.00 5.3% - 11.9% $ 1,006.00 (@ 5.3%)
- Housekeeping, Clothes, Etc. $ 785.00 4.6% $ 821.00
- Out-of-pocket Med expenses $ 272.00 4.6% $ 284.00
- Reg Operating expense - 2 cars $ 586.00 59.1% $ 932.00
Total per month $ 5,389.00 $6,140.00
Using the lowest percentage of increases, statistically, the increased costs for a family of 4 would be approximately $751.00 per month, which is approximately $9,012.00 per year. Utilities, Food and Operating costs for two cars are variables because those costs include multiple products with different rates of inflation increases. If you drive a good distance to work, regularly consume meat, poultry, fish and eggs, use fuel oil to heat your home, I think the monthly increase is higher. If you have a fixed mortgage, maybe you will not see an increase in the Mortgage/Rental category.
I am not an economist and maybe my analysis is flawed. I'm sure someone out there would contest this. These are my personal thoughts and how I think these numbers really work.
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Bidi Bidi refugee settlement, Uganda – Every morning, Rose Inya makes her four younger siblings breakfast and gets them ready for school. In the evenings, the 16-year-old, who is herself still a student, prepares dinner, tends to her vegetable garden, and puts her sisters and brothers to bed.
She assigns them household chores and monitors their homework. When they misbehave, she reprimands them, and when they are sick, she is the one who cares for them.
Inya and her siblings, who are South Sudanese refugees, live alone in Uganda’s sprawling Bidi Bidi refugee settlement. They fled their village of Avumadrichi with their mother in 2016. Their father and eldest brother stayed behind. Six months ago, their mother went back to try to earn some money. They have not heard from her since.
According to the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR), Uganda hosts the largest number of unaccompanied child refugees in the world – some 41,200 in 2018 – with the majority less than 15 years old and nearly 3,000 younger than five. Most of them come from South Sudan, which has been mired in civil war since December 2013.
Coping with the inflows of minors is one of many challenges facing the landlocked East African country, which, despite being one of the less-developed nations globally, is the world’s third-largest host of refugees, with some 1.2 million asylum-seekers in 2018.
Many Ugandans were themselves displaced during Idi Amin’s rule in the 1970s and later during an armed campaign by Joseph Kony’s Lord’s Resistance Army rebel group. And while Western nations are increasingly shutting their doors to migrants, the UN and the humanitarian community have praised Uganda’s unique hosting model, which allows refugees to work, farm, and study.
But hosting so many vulnerable people comes with challenges for the government, the UNHCR, and partner organisations in the refugee settlements. Unaccompanied children face a unique set of risks, including sexual exploitation, early pregnancy, and even robbery, according to Johnson Ochan Abic of World Vision International, an aid organisation.
Nassa Yangi was 17 when she fled South Sudan’s capital, Juba, to Uganda in May 2017 with seven of her nieces and nephews, the youngest of whom was only four. She cared for the children in the Rhino Camp refugee settlement until she was able to trace her mother, who was some 80 kilometres (48 miles) away in Bidi Bidi, with the help of the Uganda Red Cross.
“I was the mother and the father – I did everything,” she said.
Yangi said she cried when she heard her mother’s voice over the phone. They were reunited in Bidi Bidi in June 2018, after more than a year apart.
But some children will never see their parents again. Agnes Night’s mother was killed by a stray bullet while they were fleeing the South Sudanese town of Morobo together three years ago. Night, 16, now lives in Bidi Bidi with Asiki Emmanuel, a neighbour from her village that she came across on the road to Uganda who agreed to take her in.
When children arrive at the settlement alone, the NGOs seek out volunteer foster families from the same tribes who speak their language and share their customs.
Arikanjilo Lodong, 31, has taken in 11 foster children alongside his six biological children since fleeing fighting in South Sudan’s Equatoria region in July 2016. Four of them are siblings he met on the road to Uganda; they continue to live with him today. Of the seven other children he agreed to foster when he arrived in Bidi Bidi, six have since been reunited with their families.
“I miss them, really, I miss them,” he said of those who have been returned to their parents. “Even when I went there [to visit some of them] last year, one girl said she wanted to come [back with me], but her father refused.”
But not all the children are so happy with their foster parents. Taban Joseph, 17, from the South Sudanese town of Magwi, said his foster father “does not love” him.
“He is rude,” Joseph said, noting he does not always let him go out with friends. He also said his caretakers buy school supplies for their biological children but not for him and their other foster children.
World Vision International has about 70 case workers overseeing some 6,000 unaccompanied children in Bidi Bidi. They also rely on a network of volunteer para-social workers, who are refugees themselves and live in the settlement, as well as community-based child protection committees to monitor for signs of abuse.
Before legally signing children over, the UNHCR and partner NGOs check prospective parents’ criminal records and ask community leaders to vet them. The families must also attend training sessions on positive parenting, child abuse, children’s rights, and how to recognise withdrawal and other symptoms of trauma.
Some say the foster families do not do enough.
“The caretakers, what they do is give them food if it is there, give them basic necessities, but when we look at the psychological status of these children, it’s actually not all that well,” said Seme Ludanga Faustino, a South Sudanese refugee who cofounded the organisation I Can South Sudan, which provides music lessons and other social activities for children in Bidi Bidi.
The organisation also aims to forge friendships between children from different ethnic groups.
Stephen Wandu, I Can South Sudan’s co-founder and a well-known singer-songwriter in South Sudan under the stage name Ambassadeur Koko, fled to Uganda in 2016, becoming a refugee for the second time in his life.
He had previously lived in the Central African Republic as a child during the Sudanese civil war. Wandu’s parents divorced when he was young and his father died when he was a teenager, so he understands how it feels to be alone. That is why he felt compelled to help when he heard of the mass influx of South Sudanese children to Uganda.
On a recent Wednesday at the church where the organisation meets, some four dozen children were rehearsing a song about peace they would soon be recording with the Ugandan singer JM Kennedy. A clear leader in the group was Bosco John, a 13-year-old from the South Sudanese city of Yei who wants to be a lawyer when he grows up.
For John, the music sessions are a chance to forget about life as a refugee. He said his mother has mental health issues and his father stayed behind in South Sudan to look after their land. John fled to Uganda in August 2016 with a neighbour, who he continues to live with, but who, he says, gives him too much domestic labour to do. School is tough too – classrooms are overcrowded and lacking in materials.
But John, normally a gravely serious child, completely transforms when he picks up a ukulele. Practising the new song with his friends, suddenly he becomes all confidence and flair.
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To create a name and brand identity for a organization that focus on creating public awareness. The main pillars are identifying depression as a medical condition, preventing suicide, anti bullying , prevent child trafficking, prevent abuse. The brand to be a strong brand name and identity that will stand the test of time and will cut through clutter ensuring it gets noticed wherever it is used.
Creation of Brand Name and identity
Creative thought process was to give a strong message and to keep the name generic to ensure it is already pre defined in itself. At an early stage in our journey we identified that the brand should empower, speak to the heart and show support to an individual. It is through this funnel we arrived at the brand name “WeCan”
Yellow: is the most noticeable color to the human eye and it is the brightest color of the visible spectrum. It is the color of the shining sun, or a bright light that lights a dark place. Yellow communicates happiness and optimism and is believed to have an influence on the left side of our brain, where deep thinking and perception dwells.
Black: Black denotes strength and authority; it is considered to be a very formal, elegant, and a prestigious color. Black gives the feeling of perspective and depth to the core of the brand.
Use of Fonts and Symbols: The strong black bold font set in bright yellow makes it readable and unmistakable. Since grabbing the attention of the target audience is a near impossible task, the use of font size is maximized for quick recognition in digital media.
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Regardless of the application, stick welding is one technique that will never go out of style. This form has been used for everything from industrial and commercial work to your weekend project ideas. So it must be a good welding process, right?
Stick welding is one of the most popular ways to join metal because it’s simple, versatile, affordable, and effective. However, there are drawbacks, such as its being challenging to master and slow compared to some of the other processes.
There are a lot of welding processes out there, and each one has its unique benefits and drawbacks. So, is stick welding a good process? In this blog post, we will look at the pros and cons of stick welding and see if it is the right process for you.
Here are some of the topics we cover:
- When would you use a stick welder? What is stick welding used for?
- What can be welded with a stick welder?
- Best Stick Welder for Beginners
- And more…
Is Stick Welding a Good Process?
Stick welding, also known as arc welding, is a type of welding that uses an electric arc to create heat. The heat generated by the arc melts the metal and stick electrode, allowing two pieces of metal to be joined together.
The beauty of Stick welding is its versatility and portability. One of the most significant advantages of stick welding is its versatility. You can use it to weld thin sheets of metal as well as thick plates. Additionally, you can use it indoors or outdoors and in various positions.
You can also use stick welding for steel, aluminum, stainless steel, and other metals. Beginners to welding who plan to weld different kinds of metals will do well with a stick welder.
Benefits of Stick Welding:
-The equipment needed for stick welding is relatively inexpensive. Stick welding equipment is almost 1/3rd or half the price of other types of welding equipment.
-It is a very versatile welding process and can be used on various materials. All you need to do is change your welding rod, and you can move between welding stainless steel and iron.
-It is a good choice when you have to weld outside your welding shop or garage. Wind or dampness does not affect the process.
-Ground clamps don’t need to be near the weld site, and with long leads, it’s easy to move around and weld in confined spaces.
-You do not need shielding gas for stick welding.
– Other welding processes need a lot of metal preparation before the welding. Stick welding helps avoid all that prep.
Drawbacks of Stick Welding:
-Stick welding can be a slow welding process.
-It can be challenging to weld thin materials with stick welding.
-The arc can be difficult to control in stick welding.
-Stick welding creates a slag you must chip away
-Compared to other welding methods, stick-welding is a more complicated process.
So, those are some of the benefits and drawbacks of stick welding. Is it the right process for you? That depends on your specific needs and requirements. If you need a versatile, effective, and inexpensive way to weld, then stick welding might be your best option.
What is Stick Welding Used For?
Stick welding is most commonly used in the construction industry, particularly for iron and steel projects. It can be used to weld pipes, beams, plate metal, and other types of metals. Additionally, stick welding can be used to repair or fabricate equipment.
A range of stick welding electrodes lets you tackle different metals and a wide range of applications.
- Stick welding equipment is light and portable and the process is not affected by wind or dampness. This helps you perform stick welding in confined spaces, hard-to-access areas, remote locations, etc.
- It is a great option for on-call repairs as welders can carry the equipment in their vehicles and address all kinds of issues – big or small.
- Disaster repairs are easier with stick welding as the crew can easily carry the equipment to the disaster-struck regions.
- Stick welding is useful in strengthening temporary structures and is ideal for communities living off the grid.
- On ships, stick welding is ideal for repairs and construction.
- The petroleum industry relies heavily on this type of welding too.
- Steel manufacturing, mining, and manufacturing also use stick welding.
What Can Be Welded with a Stick Welder?
You can weld new or used metal. Additionally, you can weld painted metal and galvanized metal without having to remove the paint or zinc coating. However, it is not recommended because the fumes created are toxic.
The best practice is to remove paint from metal before welding. It is also important to note that stick welding is not recommended for thin aluminum sheets.
Stick welding can be used for:
- Welding metals that haven’t been cleaned or are rusty. This means welders need not spend time cleaning the metals.
- It is useful for welding alloys and joints. Use it for stainless steel, steel, nickel, chrome, and even aluminum.
- Stick welding is recommended for metals thicker than 18 gauge.
- It is the process of choice for repairs in power plants, ships, farm equipment, tractor repairs, etc.
Let us now cover some of the best stick welders on the market.
Best Stick Welder for Beginners: DEKOPRO 110/220V MMA Welder
DEKO is a scale producer and supplier of cost-effective tools, and the brand has sold over 200 million products in more than 200 countries.
Don’t let the DEKOPRO 160 A’s competitive price trick you into thinking this is a low-end product that you cannot compare with Miller or Lincoln welders. The DEKOPRO’s strike is easy, flows nicely, and yields welds you will be proud of! Moreover, it can lay beads the same as any $3K machine.
DEKOPRO won’t overheat, won’t cut off, and will easily help a beginner get small to medium-sized projects done with super ease.
The best part from a beginner’s point of view is its ease of use. The start is smooth, it is easy to hold the arc, and there is no issue of electrode sticking. DEKOPRO’s is so small and compact that it can fit into a large backpack. It does the job on 120 V if the 220V is not near, and one could also use it with a generator.
- Weighs less than 15 lb.
- Compact – measures 11.4 x 4.92 x 7.87 (L x W x D)
- Cord measures 71.6 inches
- Current range 10-160A, voltage 110/220 V
- Includes synchronous cooling system
- Efficient design that is easy to learn and use for beginners
- Lightweight and portable
- Excellent overheat protection
- Ensures stable current output – voltage accurately matches with current
- DC welder that plugs into AC 110/220V
- The ground clamp needs upgrading.
How it compares
For a tiny inverter welder, the DEKOPRO 160 A does pretty well on 110V. Also, other welders that professionals swear by cost nearly ten times this little one.
If you’re looking for a small portable welder that you can carry along and use with a generator for emergencies, this is an excellent choice. It does not require too much finesse, and any beginner can easily handle it.
Best Stick Welder for the Price – S7 Store Welding Machine Beginner Welder With Display LCD
The S7 Store Arc 200 Easy Welder is super easy to use. It is perfect for beginners as adjusting it is easy thanks to the LED display. It clearly shows the Amperage output is.
The Arc200 does well with 3/32 to 1/8” with ease. All in all, this is an excellent beginner-friendly welder that delivers value for money.
- Weighs less than 8 lb.
- Compact – Measures 12 x 8 x 9 inches. Lightweight steel and plastic construction.
- Current range – 20 to 200 A; voltage AC-DC110±15%
- Comes multiple protections: overheat, over current, over voltage
- Easy for beginners to use and learn
- Stable heat dissipation
- Portable and compact yet big on power
- Silent operation
- Convenient and quick connection – makes it safe, fast, and easy
- Cables could be longer.
- Works well with E7018 and E6011 in 3/32″
How it compares
This little machine has plenty of penetration, even on E6011 (3/32”) with a controllable arc puddle. It costs less than $75, which is way lower than many other welders. Ideal for beginners, you won’t have a problem getting it to arc. This little welder is a complete value for money.
Bonus: YESWELDER Stick Welder
Quality machines give you quality results. The YESWELDER has many brilliant features like overheat protection, advanced IGBT technology, pure copper transformer, and hot start arc force for a smooth arc.
YESWELDER also gives you reliable and dependable performance up to 165 A for 6010 to 7018 rods.
The easy controls let you select the current based on your welding habits and its safety protection systems to help protect against overheating, over-voltage, and over current. Moreover, it has an auto-adaptive design, which means less sticking without compromise on arc stability.
- Overload protection, auto shut-down
- Unique coating for electrostatic protection
- High rpm
- Range of electrodes – large is 1.6 to 4mm rod
- Useful for welding a wide range of metals – cast iron, mild steel, stainless steel, square pipe, metal cage, sheet metal.
- Easy to use
- Needs a better ground clamp.
Replace the leads with longer ones.
How it compares
Great little welder, the YESWELDER will easily get most projects done. It is ideal for beginners, although some may need to refer to online videos to learn how to strike. YESWELDER is a reliable brand name, and the price of this welder is reasonable as well.
Is MIG Welding Easier Than Arc Welding?
MIG welding offers a smooth and clean weld without slag. It also works well on sheet metal which means that car bodies can be welded without the fear of burning through the metal.
In addition to welding steel, MIG welders also weld aluminum and stainless steel using appropriate wire and inert gas. MIG welding may sound more complicated than it is. Once the equipment is set up, the wire feed makes MIG welding simpler than arc welding.
Aesthetically, most welders will state that MIG yields better results. However, one must ensure that the surface is entirely free from paint and corrosion to ensure optimum penetration.
Moreover, the arc with stick welding tends to produce smoke, so you need good ventilation. Stick welding is not effective with thinner metals and could blow a hole.
MIG is a clean and fast process, but it cannot be used outdoors and in extreme conditions. Hence, MIG may have limited applications.
Should a Beginner Mig or Stick Weld First?
Most welding schools teach beginners Shielded Metal Arc Welding, SMAW, or stick welding. However, beginners often get frustrated with maintaining the arc, ensuring proper angles, and running the bead at optimum speed.
That is why it is better to learn MIG welding first. MIG welding equipment setup may be tricky, but once that is out of the way, it is a lot easier for beginners to maintain the right angle. The feed wire also runs through the machine at a preselected speed.
Moreover, MIG welding is used extensively in industrial and construction work, which makes knowing how to use this method great for securing a job.
Is MIG Stronger Than Arc Welding?
There is no right or wrong answer here. T e strength of a weld depends on the material property. P oper technique can give you strong welds in both cases. In short, you cannot really quantify the strength of a weld – it depends on the strength of the filler material parent material and the operator’s standards too.
Do You Need Shielding Gas for Stick Welding?
Stick welding does not need a shielding gas. You just need the buzz box and the welding rod. The latter serves as both the electrode to melt the metal and the filler material.
The welding rod has a shielding agent on it that protects the integrity of the weld. B cause of this shielding agent, you must store the arc weld rods in a sealed container to protect them from moisture.
Does MIG Welding Need Gas?
In MIG or GMAW, a welding wire is continuously fed into the welding area. The wire carries the current and is surrounded by a shielding inert gas. This gas is provided through the hose and welding gun. The most commonly used shielding gases for MIG welders are carbon dioxide, argon, oxygen, and helium.
Is Stick Welding Versatile?
Yes, stick welding is very versatile. You can use it to work on metals with a wide range of thicknesses. You can also stick weld indoors or outdoors – even in extreme conditions.
A beginner can stick weld in just about any position that suits their skill level. The lack of gas makes it easy to work in any circumstance. You can stick weld alloys like nickel, aluminum, copper, steel, iron, etc.
Conclusion – Is Stick Welding a Good Process?
Stick welding is effective, simple, versatile, and cost-effective. You can use it indoors and outdoors for welding alloys like steel, stainless steel, copper, etc.
The versatility of stick welding makes it a good process. We recommend the DEKOPRO stick welder as it is reasonably priced, easy to use, and ideal for beginners. Check out my other recommendations as well!
Is Stick Welding Cheaper Than MIG?
Yes. Stick welding enjoys immense popularity because it is cheap. A beginner can easily get into stick welding for far less money than he’d spend on TIG or MIG.
Can You Stick Weld With a Mig Welder?
A MIG welder has only Control Voltage output making it unsuitable for Stick welding. However, some multi-process welders are designed for MIG and Stick welding.
Is Stick Welding the Most Common?
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I N T H E F I R S T P A R T O F 'RoadSafety101', we have learnt what literally the term refers to and what should be done to alleviate this problem. And, now in this second and final part, I will be speaking of the measures which can help out for an apt implementation of the trouble.
Advocacy and Social Communication
Under this title we will consult about the connotation of Advocacy and Social Communication; and on the basis of what these two terms are used.
· What is Advocacy?
Advocacy is an activity to change and make government and private policies. To implement different policies in field level by shaping them. On a serious note, we say, to bring positive change in the life of mass people, a process is conducted in governmental institutions by non-government bodies, can be uttered as Advocacy. So, to facilitate the lives of mass, Advocacy is a tool for so.
· Ends & Objectives:
I. To frame law and policy to reform and implement them,
II. To frame project and activity to reform and materialize them,
III. To arrange primary care and service and to evolve the standard of existing services,
IV. To create new institutions and reform the existing.
Apart from aforementioned issues, education and evoking conscience are crucial endeavors of Advocacy. Since, to create effective change it is crucial the change of the point of view. For this, continuous educative activities are significant parts of Advocacy to adjust this change happened.
> Apt implementation of conventional positive policies,
> To make state policies mass-focused,
> Ensuring people's participation in framing of state policies,
> Make sustainable of policies,
> To change and reform of prevalent power-structure &
> To create networking in local, national and intentional phases for changing, reforming and dissipating of conventional negative policies.
· Strategies for Advocacy:
Conference, Workshop, Seminar, Meeting, Policy Dialogue, Procession, Rally, Human-,chain, Court-action, Press Briefing/Conference, Memorandum & Consortium.
· Steps & Tactics:
01. Selecting subject,
02. Analysis and research the subject,
03. Identifying issue,
04. To analyze strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and feasible drawbacks.
05. To assemble and analysis of specific information &
06. Formation of campaign-device.
01. Strategic plan formation,
02. Identification of policy-makers and different party, institutions and forces of the society and to analyze their behavior, values etc,
03. Creating network, alliance and coalition formation,
04. Identification of medium of communication and establishing relation,
05. Creating communication tools,
06. Issue promotion,
07. Formation of the application of action plan &
08. Continuous evaluation.
· Social Mobilization?
A recent addition in development thinking is Social Mobilization. Social Mobilization is to attain any specific goal in a constrained time limit with the participation of the mass to motivate them.
· Process of Social Mobilization:
I. Identification of subject-matter and explanation of the situation,
II. Congregation of the concerned mass,
III. To motivate,
V. Follow up &
· Goals & Objectives:
01. To ensure the partnership of the stake-holders,
02. To ensure the empowerment of the mass,
03. To understand the importance of activities of the major part of the mass,
04. Be interested in service of activities and its upshot earnestly &
05. To come forward to support according to capability for the application of activities.
· What is Social Communication?
Social Communication is a neo concept. It is a re-arrangement of social action-reaction, social inter-action, social skills, communication-communication skills and language and linguistic skills.
Social Communication is a set of activities that try to influence all walks of people of the society. It incorporates the people of the society and trigger entire change in the society by mutual action-reaction; it increases knowledge and bring changes in human behavior and practice.
Advocacy is starkly related with Social Communication. People are motivated by their positive behavioral changes, as a matter for fact, Advocacy reaches to its aim by Social Communication.
· What is Communication?
According to dictionary, the meaning of Communication is giving and receiving information. Although the concept of Communication is colossal but in the bottom line, it works as thread to unite ideas.
· Objectives of Communication:
The objectives of Commutation are termed as acronym in AIEM;
A - to Aware,
I - to Inform,
E - to educate,
M - to Motivate.
· Communication Ingredients:
For successful communication there are five (05) Ingredients.
Motifs of these ingredients are discussed underneath;
Sender; 1. Acceptable,
2. Clear idea on the information,
3. Prone to rectifying attitude,
4. Attitude of adaptability,
5. Ability of selection of the medium &
6. Ability of presentation skill.
Receiver; 1. Attitude of garnering information,
2. Adaptability skill,
3. Attitude of actualization and skill,
4. Attitude of partnership &
Message; 1. Objective message,
2. Easy message,
3. Demanding &
Medium; 1. Affordable,
2. Demanding &
3. Two faced.
Feedback; 1. Attainable process feedback,
2. Active feedback process &
· What is Interpersonal Communication?
As Communication refers to conveying message from one person to another or a place to other in a determined process to a determined aim. Yet, in terms of Interpersonal Communication, a person of his own accord, garners data by perusing newspaper, book and so on without any help from others and share it with an individual or a group of individuals and receives feedback.
· Importance of Interpersonal Communication in the Process of Evolvement:
The topic of this discussion is, the role of Interpersonal Communication as part of development. Development paradigm started coming in evolving countries from Western countries in the decade of fifty to fifty-nine (50-59). Core ingredients of this model are industrialization, urbanization, densed-capital technology, economic growth, literacy and expansion of mass-media.
Communication has its significance to activate mass-people in the facets of political, economic and societal issues. In these aspects, mass-people termed as 'second power', and are opposite to political power, bureaucracy or rich-merchants. In this respect, NGOs (Non-Government Organization) are acting as 'catalyst agent' to aware the vulnerable community. By communication, this vast majority can apprehend the reasons of being deprived; consequently, they get the vigor to be protestant.
· Forums of Interpersonal Communication:
> Local management committee meeting,
> Ground meeting,
> Rural doctor meeting,
> Teacher conference,
> Couple conference,
> Health education forum,
> Barber conference,
> Parents conference &
> Religious convention.
· Eligibilities of a Successful Communicator:
I. Clear concept about the message,
II. Confident of the message,
III. Presentation skill,
IV. Time conscious,
V. Good command on local dialect,
VI. Ability to speak in an organized way,
VII. Understanding the atmosphere,
VIII. Capability of using apposite medium,
IX. Competence of analyzing listeners,
X. Paying attention on listener's opinion,
XII. Modest behavior &
XIII. Rhetorical speech.
· 07 Steps of Interpersonal Communication:
In Interpersonal Communication, one individual or a group of individuals can be addressed. Before meeting, the facilitator must fix a convenient time and place and inform the participants beforehand.
Before and while talking, building a vocational kin is important, because, it helps stake-holders feel free to discuss. The topic of meeting should be introduced first for effective time management and productive output.
Knowing about the notion on the topic of the participants previously, can ease the process and aid to take necessary steps while consultation.
In this phase of communication process, the facilitator will help the participants with crucial data and information to lubricate the discussion and make them enthusiastic taking right decision with everyone's consent.
> Post-assessment of clients-
Now, the facilitator would check the strengths and weaknesses of the stake-holders by analyzing their skills by a set of assessment-tools and would reproduce the materials to address the drawbacks in the findings.
If any participant fails to comprehend any particular topic, than, it is the liability of the facilitator to deal with the matter interpersonally and elucidate it with more lucidity with the remaining participants without leaving any shortcoming on the issue.
At the end of the session, with the aid of facilitator, participants will determine their next plan and dos or responsibilities. They will fix subsequent meeting's time, place, agenda and course of action.
Nota Bene: While corresponding to the focused-group/community interpersonally or group-wise, point should be noted, retaining the highest notch of dignity of the respective community's very own language-culture and values, should be ensured.
With an upbeat note, we can assume that, a blend of skills and awareness can flip the present scenario of Transportation & Communication system of our country to a healthy way. People from every walk of life should orient themselves with this much needed but less addressed factor. There is a fair chance in gaining ground in this very facet of life as people are now educated and conscious about their rights, so, a juxtaposition will prove the truth after a couple of years when the statistics of present and past year's road-centric ambiance would put parallelly, other things being equal. We are optimistic and believe it a surmountable problem and aspire not to get any somber news in the days ahead. HAPPYOUTING! | <urn:uuid:160058f9-474f-44a5-8b25-c93c4abefe1b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://ti-bangladesh.org/blog/beta/index.php/en/blog/116-road-safety-101-part-ii.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572870.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817062258-20220817092258-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.898353 | 2,208 | 2.765625 | 3 |
Headline value added tax is a turnover tax levied on the basis of the value-added amount generated in the circulation of goods (including taxable services). In terms of tax calculation principle, VAT is a turnover tax levied on the added value or added value of goods in multiple links of commodity production, circulation and labor services. Extra value tax is imposed, that is, it is borne by consumers. Only when there is value-added can it be taxed. If there is no value-added, it will not be taxed.
Value added tax is a kind of tax levied on the value-added realized by units and individuals selling goods or providing processing, repair and replacement services and importing goods. Value added tax has become one of the most important taxes in China. The income of value-added tax accounts for more than 60% of all taxes in China, which is the largest tax. VAT is collected by the State Administration of taxation. 50% of the tax revenue is the central government revenue and 50% is the local revenue. The value-added tax on import links shall be collected by the customs, and all the tax revenue shall be the revenue of the central government. On March 15, 2019, Premier Li Keqiang said at the second session of the 13th National People’s Congress in the Great Hall of the people in Beijing that the value-added tax would be reduced on April 1 and the social security rate would be reduced on May 1.
On March 5, 2021, Premier Li Keqiang said in the government work report of the State Council in 2021 that the value-added tax threshold for small-scale taxpayers would be increased from 100000 yuan to 150000 yuan per month. For small and micro enterprises and individual industrial and commercial households whose annual taxable income is less than 1 million yuan, the income tax shall be halved on the basis of the current preferential policies.
2 scope and tax rate
3 tax type
4 scope of expropriation
5. Tax object
6 scope of exemption
7. Tax rate and collection rate
8. Tax payable
Small scale taxpayer
9 starting point
10 invoice type
11 advantages and disadvantages
12 tax returns
13. Tax reform
14 laws and regulations
15 VAT consumption tax
16 less VAT
value added tax
value added tax
In practice, it is difficult to accurately calculate the added value or added value of goods in the process of production and circulation. Therefore, China also adopts the tax deduction method commonly used in the world. That is, according to the sales volume of goods or services sold, the sales tax is calculated according to the specified tax rate, and then the value-added tax paid when obtaining the goods or services, that is, the input tax, is deducted. The difference is the tax payable for the value-added part. This calculation method reflects the principle of tax calculation according to the value-added factor.
VAT collection usually includes all links in the process of production, circulation or consumption. It is a neutral tax based on value-added or price difference. Theoretically, it includes various industrial fields of agriculture (planting, forestry and animal husbandry), mining, manufacturing, construction, transportation and commercial services, or procurement, production, manufacturing, wholesale Retail and consumption.
一种销售税，属累退税，是基于商品或服务的增值而征税的一种间接税，在澳大利亚、加拿大、新西兰、新加坡称为商品及服务税(Goods and Services Tax, GST)，在日本称作消费税。增值税是法国经济学家Maurice Lauré于1954年所发明的，法国政府有45%的收入来自增值税。
A kind of sales tax, belonging to cumulative tax rebate, is an indirect tax levied based on the value-added of goods or services. It is called goods and services tax (GST) in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and Singapore and consumption tax in Japan. VAT was invented by French economist Maurice Laur é in 1954. 45% of the French government’s income comes from VAT.
Scope and tax rate
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value added tax
The collection scope of replacing business tax with value-added tax is as follows:
1、 Expropriation scope
The first article of the reform of business tax to value-added tax mainly covers the transportation industry and some modern service industries.
2、 Business tax to VAT rate
1. After the reform, the original business tax was changed to value-added tax, and the value-added tax was increased by two grades, with a low tax rate of 6% (modern service industry) and 11% (transportation industry).
The change of business tax to value-added tax mainly covers the transportation industry and some modern service industries. The transportation industry includes land transportation, water transportation, air transportation and pipeline transportation. Modern service industry includes R & D and technical services, information technology services, cultural and creative services, logistics auxiliary services, tangible movable property leasing services and authentication consulting services.
According to the experience of Shanghai pilot, the tax burden of enterprises has been reduced after the reform. The business tax is calculated and paid in full according to the income. After it is changed into value-added tax, some costs and expenses can be deducted, which can actually reduce the tax burden.
The overall tax burden of the reform pilot industries will not increase or decrease slightly. For the industries that currently levy value-added tax, whether in Shanghai or other regions, the input tax of taxable services purchased from pilot taxpayers can be deducted, and the tax burden will be reduced accordingly. Among the 120000 pilot enterprises, for 35000 ordinary taxpayers, due to the introduction of VAT deduction, the tax burden will be reduced or even significantly reduced compared with the full collection of the original business tax; For 85000 small-scale taxpayers, after the change of business tax to value-added tax, a collection rate of 3% will be implemented, which is 2 percentage points lower than the original business tax rate. It is true that the tax burden of individual enterprises has increased in the reform.
2. What is the tax rate after replacing business tax with value-added tax
According to the calculation of the actual business tax burden of the pilot industry, the value-added tax rate of land transportation, water transportation, air transportation and other transportation industries is basically 11% – 15%, and the modern service industries such as R & D and technical services, information technology, cultural creativity, logistics assistance and authentication consulting services are basically 6% – 10%. In order not to increase the overall tax burden of the pilot industry, two low tax rates of 11% and 6% have been selected for the reform pilot, which are applicable to the transportation industry and some modern service industries respectively.
3. Within the scope of replacing business tax with value-added tax, the tax rate of advertising agency industry is 6%
Advertising services refer to the business activities of publicizing and providing relevant services in the form of books, newspapers, magazines, radio, television, films, slides, street signs, posters, window displays, neon lights, light boxes, Internet and other forms as customers’ commodities, business service items, cultural and sports programs, announcements, statements and other entrusted matters. Including advertising planning, design, production, release, broadcasting, publicity, display, etc.
According to different deduction methods of taxes contained in purchased fixed assets, VAT can be divided into:
Productive value-added tax means that when collecting value-added tax, only the tax on the means of production belonging to non fixed assets can be deducted, and the tax contained in the value of fixed assets is not allowed to be deducted. The tax object of this type of value-added tax is roughly equivalent to GDP, so it is called productive value-added tax.
Income type VAT refers to that when collecting vat, only the tax contained in the depreciation part of fixed assets can be deducted, and the part without depreciation shall not be included in the amount of deduction items. The tax object of this type of value-added tax is roughly equivalent to national income, so it is called income value-added tax.
Consumption value-added tax refers to the one-time deduction of all taxes contained in the value of fixed assets when collecting value-added tax. In this way, for the whole society, the means of production are excluded from the scope of taxation. The tax object of this type of value-added tax is only equivalent to the value of social consumer goods, so it is called consumption value-added tax. Since January 1, 2009, China has implemented consumption value-added tax in all regions of the country.
The scope of VAT includes sales (including imports) of goods, provision of processing and repair services.
Commodity Futures (including commodity futures and precious metal futures)—— When goods futures are delivered to VAT, tax shall be paid in the physical delivery link;
The business of selling gold and silver by banks;
Pawnbroking Business of selling dead pawn goods;
The business of selling goods consigned by a principal;
The production and allocation of philatelic commodities and the sale of philatelic commodities by units and individuals other than postal departments.
Deemed sales: the following eight acts are regarded as sales of goods in the value-added tax law, and value-added tax shall be levied.
1. Consign the goods to others for sale
2. Selling goods for others
3. Transfer goods from one place to another (except the same county and city)
4. Use self-produced or commissioned goods for non taxable items
5. Take self-produced, commissioned processing or purchased goods as investment in other units
6. Distribute self-produced, commissioned or purchased goods to shareholders or investors
7. Use self-produced and commissioned goods for employee welfare or personal consumption
8. Give the goods produced, processed or purchased by itself to others free of charge
Units and individuals that sell goods or provide processing, repair and replacement services and import goods within the territory of the people’s Republic of China are taxpayers of value-added tax and shall pay value-added tax in accordance with these regulations.
Foreign funded enterprises that paid unified industrial and commercial tax before 1994 are not taxpayers of value-added tax and have become taxpayers of value-added tax since January 1, 1994.
value added tax
value added tax
Due to the VAT system of deducting tax with VAT special invoice, the accounting level of taxpayers is required to be high, and the output tax, input tax and tax payable are required to be accurately calculated. However, the actual situation is that many taxpayers can not meet this requirement. Therefore, the Provisional Regulations of the people’s Republic of China on value-added tax divides taxpayers into general taxpayers and small-scale taxpayers according to their business scale and whether their accounting is sound.
(1) Taxpayers who produce goods or provide taxable services, as well as taxpayers who mainly produce goods or provide taxable services (that is, the annual sales of taxpayers’ goods or provide taxable services account for more than 50% of the taxable sales) and concurrently operate the wholesale or retail of goods, with an annual taxable sales of more than 500000;
(2) Engaged in wholesale or retail of goods, with annual taxable sales of more than 800000 yuan.
Small scale taxpayer
(1) Taxpayers engaged in the production of goods or the provision of taxable services, as well as taxpayers mainly engaged in the production of goods or the provision of taxable services (that is, the annual sales volume of taxpayers’ goods production or the provision of services accounts for more than 50% of the annual taxable sales volume), and concurrently engaged in the wholesale or retail of goods, the annual taxable value-added tax sales volume (hereinafter referred to as taxable sales volume) is less than 500000 yuan (including this number).
(2) For taxpayers other than the above provisions, the annual taxable sales volume is less than 800000 yuan (including this amount).
Article 15 of the Provisional Regulations of the people’s Republic of China on value added tax stipulates that the following seven items are exempted from value added tax:
1. Self produced agricultural products sold by agricultural producers;
2. Contraceptives and devices;
3. Antique books;
4. Imported instruments and equipment directly used for scientific research, scientific experiment and teaching;
5. Imported materials and equipment with free assistance from foreign governments and international organizations;
6. Articles directly imported by organizations of persons with disabilities for the exclusive use of persons with disabilities;
7. Sell items you have used.
In addition to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the tax exemption and reduction items of value-added tax shall be stipulated by the State Council. No region or department may stipulate tax exemption and reduction items.
Tax rate and collection rate
From April 1, 2019, the VAT rate structure will be reduced.
At present, the tax rates applicable to general taxpayers are: 13%, 9%, 6%, 0%, etc.
Applicable 13% tax rate
Sell goods or provide processing, repair and replacement services and import goods. Provide tangible movable property leasing services.
Applicable 9% tax rate
Provide transportation services.
Agricultural products (including grain), tap water, heating, liquefied petroleum gas, natural gas, edible vegetable oil, air conditioner, hot water, gas, household coal products, edible salt, agricultural machinery, feed, pesticide, agricultural film, chemical fertilizer, biogas, dimethyl ether, books, newspapers, magazines, audio-visual products and electronic publications.
Applicable 6% tax rate
Provide modern service industry services (except tangible movable property leasing services).
Applicable 0% tax rate
Export goods and other special business.
On April 19, 2017, the executive meeting of the State Council decided to reduce the value-added tax rate from four grades to three grades of 17%, 11% and 6% from July 1, and cancel the tax rate of 13%. The simplification and merger of the value-added tax rate, China’s largest tax, will take the first step.
From April 1, 2019, the tax rates will be reduced by 16%, 10% and 6% to 13%, 9% and 6%.
The applicable levy rate for small-scale taxpayers is 3%.
（1） Ordinary taxpayers who sell their used fixed assets that are not deductible and have not deducted the input tax according to Article 10 of the Provisional Regulations of the people’s Republic of China on value added tax shall levy value-added tax at a reduced rate of 2% according to the simple method.
（2） Small scale taxpayers who sell their used fixed assets will be subject to VAT at a reduced rate of 2%.
（3） General taxpayers selling the following self-produced goods may choose to calculate and pay value-added tax according to the simple method and the collection rate of 3%:
1. Power produced by small hydropower units at or below the county level. Small hydropower units refer to small hydropower units with an installed capacity of less than 50000 kW (including 50000 kW) built by various investors.
2. Sand, soil and stone used for construction and production of building materials.
3. Bricks, tiles and lime (excluding clay solid bricks and tiles) continuously produced from self excavated sand, soil, stone or other minerals.
4. Biological products made of microorganisms, microbial metabolites, animal toxins, human or animal blood or tissue.
5. Tap water.
6. Commercial concrete (only cement concrete produced with cement as raw material).
General taxpayers choose a simple method to calculate and pay value-added tax, which shall not be changed within 36 months.
（4） General taxpayers who sell the following items shall temporarily pay value-added tax according to the simple method and the collection rate of 3%:
1. Consignment stores sell consignment items (including items consigned by individual residents);
2. Pawnbroking sells dead pawn goods.
3. Duty free goods retailed in duty-free shops approved by the State Council or the authority authorized by the State Council.
The calculation formula is: taxable amount = current output tax – current input tax
Output tax = sales × tax rate
Sales amount = sales amount including tax ÷ (1 + tax rate)
Output tax: refers to the value-added tax calculated according to the sales volume and value-added tax rate of taxable services provided by taxpayers.
Input tax: refers to the value-added tax paid or borne by taxpayers when purchasing goods or receiving processing, repair and replacement services and taxable services.
In April, company a paid 10000 yuan for the purchase of product a, 1700 yuan for the input tax of value-added tax, and obtained the special invoice for value-added tax. The sales including tax of product a was 23400 yuan.
Input tax = 1700 yuan
Output tax = 23400 / (1 + 17%) × 17% = 3400 yuan
Tax payable = 3400-1700 = 1700
Small scale taxpayer
Tax payable = sales × percentage charges
Sales amount = sales amount including tax ÷ (1 + collection rate)
If the sales of taxable services provided by individuals do not reach the threshold of value-added tax, they shall be exempted from value-added tax; if they reach the threshold, they shall calculate and pay value-added tax in full. The threshold of value-added tax is not applicable to individual industrial and commercial households recognized as ordinary taxpayers.
1. If the tax is paid on schedule, the monthly taxable sales amount is 5000-20000 yuan (including this amount).
2. If the tax is paid by time, it is 300-500 yuan (including this amount) for each (daily) sales.
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by Dawn J. Post and Sarah McCarthy
Rachel Canning, the New Jersey high school senior who sued her parents for child support, has been almost universally depicted as entitled and spoiled, and the case she brought has been called absurd. The case, which has since been dropped, led to much hand-wringing about the troubling specter of children suing their parents whenever they don’t get their way.
The judge worried that Rachel’s case would “open the gates to a twelve-year-old suing for an X Box.” Michelle Singletary of The Washington Post described the case as a teen receiving “a day in court she didn’t need.”
As attorneys who represent many teenagers in family court proceedings in New York City, we were concerned by the media’s outright dismissal of Rachel’s claims that her parents were both emotionally abusive and threatened her with beatings. These may be a fabrication of her situation; we have no knowledge of the specific dynamics of this family.
But we frequently see that teenagers are simply not taken as seriously as younger children by child welfare authorities when they allege parental abuse.. Investigators begin with the assumption that an abuse allegation is a teen’s way of acting out rather than a genuine cry for help.
Dismissing a teen’s allegations is one thing, and may, in some cases, be justified. But we are consistently troubled by the conduct of child welfare workers for the city’s Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) when abuse against teens is clearly taking place.
In one recent case, we represented a 16-year-old, Lee, whose adoptive mother refused to give her a bed and used food deprivation as punishment. A home visit clearly confirmed that Lee had no bed except an air mattress that had long ago lost all of its air. The caseworker likewise observed locks on the cupboards.
In a different case, also involving a 16-year-old, Ella, a caseworker visited the home and confirmed that it was filthy, had insufficient food, was crammed with people, and had roaches everywhere. In front of the same worker, our client’s mother stated that she “wasn’t buying that bitch anything” when asked about buying her daughter a winter coat.
A neglect case was never filed against either of these parents. The focus remained solely on the teen’s “misbehavior,” which in both of these young women’s cases stemmed from their survival strategies for dealing with an abusive environment. Lee’s mother was allowed to do a “voluntary placement” (i.e., place her daughter into foster care due to her alleged misbehavior) and was thus never made to answer for her own conduct.
Lee currently resides at a residential treatment center, far from her friends and community, in order to receive treatment that will focus on “correcting” her own misbehavior.
In Ella’s case, ACS closed the case once they found a different adult who was willing to file for guardianship. They never took steps to file for neglect against the mother or took Ella into foster care in order to ensure that this new guardian would have sufficient resources to care for this teen.
The coverage of Rachel Canning’s case conjures the image of a doting parental unit, struggling to support an unreasonable teenager. This narrative, unfortunately, simply doesn’t describe every family or every parent. Teens are sometimes kicked out unfairly, or denied the basic support that every child needs.
The backlash against this particular case has the potential to spawn dangerous policies that would hurt teens who desperately do need a day in court. The presumption that teens are lying and that parents are always doing right by their children creates an environment where both child abuse and fraud of vulnerable young people can continue unchecked.
Dawn J. Post and Sarah McCarthy are attorneys with the Children’s Law Center of New York
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One of the best personal habits you can cultivate is charitable giving and I am sure many of you regularly give to or tithe to your church, community organizations, and national/international charities. For my wife and I charitable giving is an important habit that we first learned from our parents and now we are consciously teaching this habit to our young children.
These are my Everyday EMS Tips and Reasons for charitable giving.
1. Have a reason to give. For many of us a motivation to give is for the itemized tax deduction. Contributions to qualified 501c(3) charitable organizations reduces my taxable income and supports important organizations. But my reasons are deeper than a tax deduction. I contribute because I am addicted to helping and giving. It gives me pleasure to write a check to an organization that wants my support. I find even more pleasure in watching those organizations use the contributions to make a difference. Happy Medic has a nice post about Tax Deductions.
2. Give to Give Back. I have been the beneficiary of some amazing opportunities in life because of organizations that believed in me and gave me chances to learn and grow. I was a camper for four summers and a staff member for eleven seasons at Camp Manito-wish YMCA. I learned leadership and followership at Manito-wish while exploring some of the most remote places in North America. I will never be able to repay what was given to me by Camp Manito-wish, but I am sure going to try with my support of the Camp’s annual fund drive and endowment fund.
3. Look locally. More than seventy-five percent of our giving is to organizations in our state. Giving locally helps influence the type of community I live in and the opportunities available. We like trails for hiking and cycling so we give to the Green Circle Trail Fund. We want our kids and our neighbors’ kids to know how to swim so we support the YMCA and the United Way.
4. Amazing global needs. Sometimes I am overwhelmed by the poverty that afflicts many kids around the world. As a parent of two young children sometimes I can’t bear to watch a commercial about starving or orphaned children. Our global giving is primarily directed at charities that support the healthcare needs of children and families. Three organizations we support are Medical Teams International, Riders for Health, and GlobalMedic.
5. Prevent Health Emergencies with Early Intervention. For many patients, by the time they need the emergency department, they have had a cascade of opportunities for prevention pass them by. The Ministry Dental Clinic is an amazing organization in our community that serves the dental needs of children that don’t have dental insurance. They help children start life with a healthy set of teeth and the eating habits required for ongoing oral health.
6. Budget for regular donations. In December all of us are deluged with requests for contributions. Instead of waiting until the end of the year we budget a set amount to give each month. We are able to give more because we spread out our contributions across the year. Just like we budget for groceries and utilities; we budget for giving.
7. In case of emergency. Even though we budget our contributions we have an emergency fund for giving so we can contribute to immediate local, national, or international emergencies. We give to the Red Cross because they have local, national, and international emergency response capabilities.
Finally, you can support EMS organizations through charitable giving. Consider supporting the National EMS Memorial Service or scholarships distributed by the National Associations of EMTs or National Association of EMS Educators.
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What animal is actually a king crab? As soon as you listen to the brand, you know that the king crab is no ordinary pet. After all, individuals with "king" and "emperor" within their names are certainly not ordinary people, like the king cobra, one of the most toxic snakes in the world; emperor penguins, The largest penguin in existence. This king crab is much more awesome, and it takes up both terms in one breathing!. So , how much time you prepare king crab boil?.king crab vs snow crab.
Even though it has "crab" in its brand, the ruler crab is usually genetically no orthodox crab. It belongs to the genus Pseudomonas, the medical name from the Kamchatka Pseudo stone crab. It is called a king crab because of its large size, as well as feet Once straightened, it may reach 1 . 8 metres. The most intuitive difference between a ruler crab and a crab is that, aside from the front-end pincers, they have only six legs, and it does not walk sideways. The king crab can walk up, down, left and right.. So , how long perform u boil frozen boil king crab legs?.boil king crab.
king crab vs snow crab.The report, released in the diary Proceedings from the Royal Culture, Series W: Biological Sciences, said the king crabs may possess lived in the region for 35 to 40 years, and the harmful environmental effects of rising water temperatures triggered them to ascend to higher floor. The Antarctic waters are becoming warmer as they go down, and thus far ruler crabs never have migrated to the main section of the continental rack at a depth of 500 meters. Scientists be concerned that in the event that they ascend the main continental shelf, they could cause substantial ecological damage. The large size of these crabs, which are often prepared for their meats, means they are normally the top carnivores in the oceans where they appear.. So , how you can cook ruler crab home in oven?
boil king crab.The purpose of this diving gear diving to the Palmer Deep is to research the marine life there, to not specifically look for crabs. With so many crabs found in the region, its regenerative population will be staggeringly large. The research group was led by Craig Smith from the Department of Oceanography in the University of Hawaii in Honolulu. "For more than 16 million years, Lithodid crabs have been reluctant to enter the cold Antarctic shelf oceans. The traditional western Antarctic Peninsula is heating up rapidly, and scientists think stone crabs may quickly invade right here, " the team said. Studies at Palmer Deep, a mud-bed basin 120 kilometers below the Weddell Sea rack, have discovered a large regenerating population of stone crabs, providing first-hand evidence that king crabs have traversed the Antarctic shelf.. So , how to bbq how to prepare frozen ruler crab hip and legs in the oven?
Initial, let's in brief introduce the king crab. This fairly large types is not really strictly a crab that individuals generally consider, but a stone crab, but this does not mean that they will live in mountain crevices or rock groupings. On the contrary, like the majority of crabs, they will like to stay in the sea, and it is still a comparatively deep location.. So , wherever can you acquire japanese california king crab close to me?.king crab vs snow crab.
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Hong Kong Med J 1995;1:38-42 | Number 1,March 1995
Determinants of peak bone mass in Chinese and Caucasian populations
SC Ho, PC Leung
Department of Community and Family Medicine, Lek Yuen Health Centre, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong
As lifestyle and environmental factors may affect the formation of peak bone mass by as much as 20%, it is important to delineate the most effective factors and time of life, to help target health education and intervention measures. This paper aims to present existing available data on factors influencing the formation of peak bone mass in Chinese women. The discussion is written from the perspective of scientific evidence obtained from studies in Caucasian populations.
Key words: Peak bone mass; Determinants; Calcium intake; Physical activity
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A holistic way to improving your health
What is Shamanism?
Shamanism is our most ancient healing and spiritual practice, tens of thousands of years old and much older even than organised religion.It has been practiced in every part of the world where humans have settled, by generations of our ancestors.
Shamanism has been widespread throughout history, in all corners of the globe, yet despite this, strong similarities and consistencies have emerged from these many different cultures and areas giving us a core practice. Shamanism, as a therapy, integrates these core practices with modern day living, bringing an appropriate and powerful healing practice into this time.
One of the basic principles of shamanism is the belief that everything is alive and has a spirit and as humans we are connected to everything.
Our ancestors lived in tribes or communities of up to 200 people that provided help and support to its members. The Shaman's role was to help bring physical and spiritual wellness to individual members of the tribe and solutions to problems affecting the community.The Shamanic tribe lived closely to and understood nature and their surrounding landscape and this knowlege was key to their survival.
The word Shaman is a Siberian Tribal word and describes someone who can leave their body in an altered state of consciousness to travel (or journey) to other realms outside time and space. On the journey they interact with nature and helpful spirits and return with a healing story.
Every one of our human ancestors lived a shamanic life, for thousands of years, down through the generations so even though many of us have no understanding of shamanism we do have an ancestral, unconscious sense of it. People who reconnect with shamanism often find " it just feels right."
Shamanism reconnects us with spirit, nature and our natural internal and external cycles of time by understanding the medicine wheel. It connects us to the seasons of the year, the cycles of life and age and shows us that all things have a begining and end. Understanding the medicine wheel we can begin to perceive life and death differently and replace fear and uncertainty with understanding.
Shamans believe that we become ill through either power loss, when we become disconnected from the natural world and need to be reconnected to restore our power, or soul loss, when parts of us can actually leave in times of trauma.
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It is quite probable that India’s growing role in Central Asia via its US-approved Chabahar Corridor to the region will lead to increased competition with China there. But there is also the possibility that the two Asian Great Powers’ connectivity projects could pragmatically converge in this region. This will usher in the admittedly unlikely scenario of a Eurasian Renaissance if New Delhi breaks ranks with Washington due to irreconcilable economic disagreements stemming from Trump’s so-called ‘trade war’.
Central Asia, the focal point of Zbigniew Brzezinski’s ‘Grand Chessboard’ is more relevant now than ever in the emerging Multipolar World Order with India set to challenge China for influence in this resource-rich space. The competition between the Chinese Belt & Road Initiative and the joint Indo-Japanese ‘Asia-Africa Growth Corridor’ connectivity projects is heating up after India secured a sanctions waiver from the US to expand its Iranian-based Chabahar Corridor into the region. It strongly suggests that the success of this initiative would advance America’s national security interests more than imposing the relevant sanctions on Iran. This observation pointedly speaks to the grand strategic significance that the US sees in facilitating India’s entry into Central Asia, even if Trump has to lessen the impact of his highly publicized anti-Iranian sanctions in order to have this happen.
The guiding notion behind this gambit is that the expected influx of Indian economic influence into Afghanistan and the former Soviet Republics of Central Asia could redirect regional trade routes away from China. This would allow New Delhi to cultivate its own local and national elite that have a financial stake in ensuring the success of India’s far-reaching American-assisted influence operation in this part of Eurasia. The US is willing to accept the residual economic and political benefits that Iran is slated to gain as a result of allowing its territory to be used for connecting India to the Central Asian region, wagering that it could nevertheless still be contained through the Damocles’ Sword of secondary sanctions if it gets out of hand. Furthermore, Iran’s deepening reliance on India as an anti-sanctions pressure valve enables America to indirectly influence its rival via Tehran’s relationship with its ally.
Acknowledging that the US is convinced (whether naively or not) that the pro-Iranian blowback that could result from this strategy is manageable, one can now proceed to analyzing the grander designs behind this approach. Washington understands that without India’s ‘economic intervention’ in the region, Central Asia will reliably remain under the influence of the multipolar great powers of Russia, China, Pakistan, Iran, and Turkey that comprise the Golden Ring. This is why the US is willing to sacrifice the ultimate impact of its promised anti-Iranian sanctions in the hopes that Tehran will agree to indirectly assist its plans in the region as an unofficial form of sanctions relief. This is not to suggest that Iran is knowingly conspiring with the US, but just that it has been pushed into the position where it believes that some of its interests are best served by collaborating with India on the American-approved Chabahar Corridor.
So long as Iran continues going along with this strategy, and there have thus far been no grounds to suspect that it would not, then it is inevitable that the regional countries’ growing economic relations with India will eventually lead to increased political relations with it. This could possibly be up to the point of breaking the de-facto Russian-Chinese condominium in Central Asia by introducing a so-called third force that could help its government balance between these two neighboring Great Powers. Russia no longer commands the economic influence that it once did in Central Asia. However, it can provide for the region’s security needs while China takes care of its economic ones. Viewed through a zero-sum perspective, this development would work out more to China’s relative detriment than anyone else’s. This is especially so when considering that Russia has excellent relations with India and is also inviting it to expand its investments in the Chinese-bordering Far East region. That is not to say that Russia is actively encouraging India to play a greater role in Central Asia, but just that it will flexibly adjust to this reality since it has no way of influencing this process one way or another.
One must bear in mind that the main artery of India’s connectivity investments in Iran is aimed at actualizing the North-South Transport Corridor for streamlining Russian-Indian trade via Iran and Azerbaijan. By dint of their geography, the two states that will probably see the most active competition between India and China are Afghanistan and Uzbekistan. For Afghanistan, Beijing previously suggested joint cooperation through the China-India-Plus-One format. Uzbekistan is an aspiring great power in its own right and eager to multi-align between the countries of the Golden Ring, India, and also the US. Interestingly enough, Pakistan is poised to play a role in all of this too.
There exists a realistic chance to expand CPEC into the region through three separate branches that could colloquially be called CPEC+, running from Gwadar to Chabahar and then up onwards, transiting via Afghanistan, and finally through Xinjiang in connecting Pakistan with its Babur-era civilizational cousins in Central Asia. The introduction of China’s all-weather ally Pakistan into the Central Asian competition could complement Beijing’s multipolar activities there and contribute to counteracting India’s influence, with the strategic consequence being that this landlocked region would then informally become part of the concept of greater South Asia. The impact of the Pakistani-Indian rivalry on Central Asia is impossible to predict in any precise terms, but it can broadly be forecast that it would remain within the non-kinetic sphere and restricted to economic, cultural, and informational dimensions.
After all that has been analyzed thus far, it might seem like a fait accompli that India will soon flex its muscles as a disruptive force in Central Asia focused on shaking up the region’s affairs at the US’ balancing behest. But there still remains an unlikely possibility that an altogether different scenario might unfold which nevertheless cannot be discounted. The aforementioned analysis is premised on the presumption that India will remain one of the US’ top military-strategic allies this century, but in the off chance that irreconcilable economic disagreements over Trump’s so-called trade war push New Delhi to progressively distance itself from Washington in response, India could reverse some of the destabilizing effects that its entrance into Central Asia might otherwise have for the emerging multipolar world order.
To be clear, it would be altogether better for the Golden Ring if India did not play any role whatsoever in this construction of Central Asian Heartland. However, if it is inevitable that New Delhi will, then it is best for it to do so in coordination with Beijing through the China-India-Plus-One format that could potentially set the basis for merging their New Silk Road and ‘Asia-Africa Growth Corridor’ connectivity initiatives into a single developmental platform that could conceivably set the basis for a Eurasian Renaissance. Once again, it needs to be emphasized that it is extremely unlikely that this will happen because it would necessitate India having to defy the US’ presumably imposed primary and secondary sanctions against the Chabahar Corridor, but in the event that New Delhi garnered the political will to do so, then it could end up being a real game-changer.
Andrew Korybko is a Moscow-based journalist and geopolitical analyst.
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The Historical Society owns the Bridge View Inn, one of Rylstone’s gorgeous sandstone and random rubble buildings. The Bridge View Inn and related structures were built between 1865 and 1885, giving a unique character to the town of Rylstone.
The Bridge View Inn was opened for business in 1872 by Goodwin Spires HALL. HALL arrived in Rylstone in 1867 with his wife Mary Ann, brother James and James’ family, and Mary’s sister and mother, all of whom had been living in Sofala where HALL operated a pub. He clearly did well from the goldfields.
HALL first operated the Beehive Inn at 29 Mudgee Street, Rylstone, until the opening of the Bridge Hotel. In 1868 he purchased the 2 blocks of land where the Bridge Hotel was erected. Given that the population of Rylstone was less than 200 people, building the two-story Bridge Hotel was a huge expression of confidence in the future. HALL ordered dressed sandstone blocks for the front, and an interior boasting a cedar staircase, cedar doors, cedar cabinets and window casings. He commissioned a wonderful mural for the bar parlour featuring a portrait of the timber bridge over the Cudgegong River opposite the hotel at the end of Hall Street. The building had five stone fireplaces, and a kitchen wing with large fireplaces and a bread oven. He was obviously expecting good business.
But HALL may have overextended himself for he was in financial trouble by 1875. HALL put the building and business up for sale. He eventually remortgaged to the Australian Joint Stock Bank, and his brother James took over as publican from 1876 to 1880.
The building was used as a hotel until 1894, with a succession of lessees. Goodwin HALL died in 1891, his estate still owing money on the building. With the onset of a depression, mortgage payments fell into arrears and the Bank repossessed the building. The Australian Bank of Commerce (ABC) then moved in, converting the Bar room to a banking chamber, and the Snug (ladies’ lounge) behind as an office and safe room (hence the bars on the windows). The rest of the building housed the bank manager’s family or other employees. This use continued until 1957.
In 1958, the building was purchased by Christopher and Myrtle (Merle) FINK for use as a family home. However, Mr FINK, a manager at Kandos Cement, died in 1962. Merle eventually sold the building in 1967 to the trustees of Rylstone Historical Society: William Francis “Bill” STAFF (teacher, of Rylstone), Marjory Molyneaux TAYLOR (widow, of Kandos), Vincent John NEVEL (dentist, of Clandulla) and George William McDONALD (grazier, of Rylstone). The Society opened a museum in the building in 1970 but, finding a need for an income stream to maintain the building, eventually leased it to a succession of restauranteurs and artists. They later reopened the museum in the ‘Cottage’ in 1988.
After the Rylstone and District Historical Society acquired the Bridge Hotel in the 1960s, conservation and restoration work was undertaken on the building. The building is listed by the National Trust, is on the local and NSW Heritage Register, and is subject to a Permanent Conservation Order.
A mural over the fireplace came to light in the late 1990s, in what we now call the Dining Room, which had been covered by wallpaper for almost 100 years. The mural, believed to have been painted between 1872 and 1894, is a unique piece of Australiana and an important record of the history of Rylstone. The central cartouche contains a naïve depiction of the Cudgegong River bank with a fisherman and some cattle. At the centre is the distinctive timber truss bridge over the river that was once the main entry into the town and directly opposite the Bridge Hotel. The cartouche is surrounded by a decorative border of acanthus leaves, two nymphs and a horned satyr’s head. Satyrs and nymphs were associates of the Greek god of wine, so entirely appropriate decoration for a drinking establishment. The mural is believed to have been painted by Augustus Baker Pierce (1840-1919) and has been recently conserved.
Since 2006 considerable work has been undertaken to the Bridge Hotel, now known as the Bridge View Inn: reroofing, upgrading of toilets, a new front verandah, reworking of the courtyard and front paving, and upgrading of plumbing and electrical services.
The Bridge View Inn will be 150 years old in 2022 and remains in pretty good shape thanks to generous grant funding and the ongoing commitment of RDHS members.
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