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The 2020 general election is already upon us. Many states have already begun early voting, and the actual general election day is just right around the corner. And, as in every election, at least three things are guaranteed to be true. One, every Christian should vote, two, many of them won’t, and three, it actually matters. So let’s take time and deal with those things in this paper.
On the first point, the fact that every Christian should vote, there really should not be any debate about it.
In the life of Christ, there came a day when He was confronted by a question regarding the believer’s responsibility as a citizen of a nation here on earth. Christ had made no bones about the fact that He was “not of this world,” and that statement from Him seemed, to His enemies, to provide for an opening to label Him as a disloyal Roman subject. So they plied Him with a question about taxes:
Matthew 22:15 Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might entangle him in his talk. 16 And they sent out unto him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Master, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth, neither carest thou for any man: for thou regardest not the person of men. 17 Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Caesar, or not? 18 But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites? 19 Shew me the tribute money. And they brought unto him a penny. 20 And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription? 21 They say unto him, Caesar’s. Then saith he unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar’s; and unto God the things that are God’s.
Christ very skillfully pointed out that we have dual citizenship; we are citizens of heaven, but we are also citizens of a nation here on earth, and we have responsibilities to both. To neglect our responsibilities to our nation would produce a bad testimony before the very people that we are trying to convince to be citizens of heaven with us! For a Christian to not vote signals either indifference or laziness on our parts, and those things will so sully us in the eyes of the world that they will want no part of the God we proclaim when we come calling with a gospel tract. Even worse, it is actually direct disobedience to the One who told us to “render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar’s.” Not voting is every bit as much of a sin as not witnessing, not tending to the needy, and not forgiving those who wrong us. A Christian who does not vote should feel just as guilty about that as a Christian who curses or lies or steals.
As to the second point of this paper, though, the fact that many Christians will not vote even though they should, this can be easily discerned both anecdotally and by reputable studies. Anecdotally, I personally know Christians who do not vote, and I rather suspect that everyone reading this does as well.
But this is much more than just an anecdote. The Barna research group studied the 2016 election and found that 61% of evangelicals voted, 58% of non-evangelical Christians voted, and 59% of so called “notional” Christians voted. In other words, when all of those segments are taken together and averaged, 59% of Christians voted, meaning that 41% did not. In other words, seventy million people identifying as Christians did not vote. (https://www.barna.com/research/notional-christians-big-election-story-2016/)
So now let us deal with what should be obvious; it does make a difference. How could 70 million voters either voting or not voting not make a difference? Christians could literally determine the outcome of every election, ever ballot initiative, ever amendment at every level if they would just VOTE!
At this point, though, we can cue the “but my one vote out of all of those millions doesn’t matter!”
Yes, it does.
For starters on that one, every batch of “millions of votes” is made up entirely of, and I know this is shocking, individual votes. The idea that you will simply not vote because you are just one out of millions, and not the entire deciding factor all on your own, is selfishness and narcissism. Races at every level literally hinge on exactly one thing: who actually shows up to vote.
But there are two other reasons your individual vote matters, even in places where you think it does not matter.
Let’s take California and New York. These two states are bastions of liberalism; they are much akin to wholly owned subsidiaries of the Democrat party. They almost always in presidential elections end up giving all of their electoral votes to the Democrat candidate. Because of that, through the years many Christians in those states have simply decided it is not worth their time and effort to vote.
But for the last four years, what have we been daily bombarded with 24/7 from the news media? “Donald Trump lost the popular vote! He is an illegitimate President!”
Now, for the record, that makes exactly as much sense as saying “The Dodgers may have won the World Series 4 games to 3, but the Yankees actually outscored them 23-21 during those seven games, so the Dodgers are illegitimate champions!”
No, Donald Trump is not an illegitimate President because he lost the popular vote. The Constitution is just as clear on that as the longstanding rules of baseball that it is not the runs during the World Series that matter, but the number of games won during the series. And yet for four years that drum beat has been used as a pretext for bitterly opposing President Trump in literally everything. And do you know what one simple thing would have prevented that from ever happening? If Christians in California and New York had all shown up and voted, even if President Trump still lost those states, he would have easily won the national popular vote, and that would have preemptively taken that four year talking point away from the Democrats. But to make matters even more interesting, several states have now pledged to give all of their electoral votes to the winner of the nationwide popular vote! In other words, (see the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact) if Christians vote in California, and lose in California, they may still win California’s electoral votes just because enough of them showed up to ensure that their candidate won the national popular vote. Literally, even if you are in a state you cannot win, your vote is more important than ever.
So what to do?
For starters, Christian, vote. Vote in every primary election, vote in every special election, vote in every general election. Second, if you know Christians in states that are Democrat strongholds, give them this information, so they will be encouraged to vote. Third, vote in person, and rather than checking the straight party box, manually vote for each candidate individually. It makes it much harder for fraud to be perpetrated. Fourth, pastors, actually actively get your people to vote. We actually put a large pvc pole in our church vestibule, and as people vote they bring their “I voted” stickers and put it on the pole each week. In the last election 100% of our eligible voters voted! Fifth, check and make sure everyone has a ride to go vote. Go in groups, make a big day out of it.
Vote, Christians, it actually matters.
Pastor Bo Wagner can be reached by email at firstname.lastname@example.org, and his books are available by clicking the “Store” link above.
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For the past two years, states, advanced energy developers, and corporate buyers of clean energy have expressed interest in creating competitive wholesale electricity markets in the Southeast. They see these markets as potentially reducing consumer costs and facilitating the cost-effective achievement of state and corporate clean energy goals. As calls in the region to study the creation of competitive wholesale market mechanisms in the region steadily grew, surprising news leaked in July that several utilities in the Southeast, including Southern Co., Duke Energy, and the Tennessee Valley Authority, were talking about a new platform for power trading called the Southeast Energy Exchange Market (SEEM), culminating in a filing with FERC in February. The question now: is SEEM a step toward wholesale market competition and greater access to advanced energy in the region, or a preemptive strike by the region’s utilities to avoid true competition?
The Southeast stands apart from the rest of the nation for its lack of any kind of regional competitive wholesale electricity market independent of incumbent vertically integrated utilities. Two-thirds of electricity consumers in the United States live in a region with organized competitive wholesale power markets operated by a Regional Transmission Organization or Independent System Operator (RTO/ISO), while much of the West is is now part of the California Independent System Operator’s more limited Energy Imbalance Market (CAISO EIM). RTOs/ISOs operate day-ahead and real-time (every five minutes) markets for the purchase and sale of wholesale electricity among multiple entities, independently administer access to the transmission system across multiple utility systems at a single rate, and allow for sharing of generation reserves and reliability services on a regional (as opposed to utility-by-utility) basis. The CAISO EIM operates a real-time market across CAISO and several utilities in the Western Interconnection, allowing them to share generation resources to resolve imbalances between supply and demand on a five-minute basis.
By contrast, the Southeast largely retains the decades-old vertically integrated utility model, with each utility separately operating its own generating resources and transmission system. While these utilities are interconnected and there is limited trading of wholesale electricity between them, they each continue to rely almost exclusively on their own generation resources to meet customer needs. Under this structure, third-party advanced energy generators face hurdles to contracting with customers and to accessing transmission capacity and liquid day-ahead and real-time energy markets to deliver and sell their energy. As a result, there is little competition in the generation and supply of wholesale power.
SEEM does not propose to upend this existing model. Instead, the sponsoring utilities – which cover most of the Southeast and parts of the Midwest not already in an RTO/ISO – say it will establish a new platform to provide for trading of wholesale power supplies in 15-minute intervals.
The proposed SEEM platform would match bids to sell and offers to buy energy among the participating utilities, which would submit those bids on a voluntary basis when they have available generation or potential need for additional supply. SEEM would match bids to sell and offers to buy and consummate transactions through an algorithm that, according to the sponsoring utilities, determines when such transactions will “maximize” total benefit for the trading interval in question. The algorithm would, according to the filing, calculate prices based on a “split the savings” approach; under this approach, a $20/megawatt-hour bid and a $10/megwatt-hour offer would settle at $15/megwatt-hour (minus a discount for the cost of energy lost during transmission). SEEM relies on a new transmission service that utilizes unused capacity; the purchaser must secure new service from each individual utility between the generation source and its load. There would be no charge for this transmission service, but it has the lowest priority and will be curtailed first in the event of congestion on the transmission system.
With few non-utility generators able to operate in the region today and no clear path for them to join SEEM, the end result of the process is this: if no utility is offering excess generation, no utility is seeking additional generation, and no transmission capacity is sitting idle, no deal – and no savings for customers, even if in a competitive market such opportunities would be revealed.
That this approach to power trading would serve utility interests above all should come as no surprise. As described in the filing, SEEM would be governed by a board that consists solely of the member utilities. That board appoints a SEEM Agent, who acts as signatory for the members and appoints a SEEM Administrator to run day-to-day operations. A SEEM Auditor would conduct periodic audits of market rules.
To be clear: SEEM is not an RTO/ISO, nor is it analogous to the CAISO EIM (and its sponsors do not argue that it is). In fact, SEEM bears few similarities to other structural options for wholesale energy markets, and takes only very small competitive steps away from the vertically integrated status quo.
While SEEM bears some similarity to a power pool in the sense that it allows for greater sharing of generation resources among the participants (analogous to a “loose” power pool under FERC regulations), it does not provide for coordinated generation planning that allows for lower reserve margins and reduced costs. In addition, while SEEM provides for 15-minute trading of wholesale electricity on a voluntary basis, it does not resolve all imbalances in the region through a five-minute real-time market or utilize dedicated transmission capacity like the CAISO EIM, which has produced over $1 billion in benefits since it was created. In short, as a step toward true wholesale market competition in the Southeast, SEEM barely seems to ante up.
On March 15, AEE led a coalition of industry groups in asking FERC to carefully examine the SEEM proposal, and to separately launch a broader examination of the future of wholesale electricity markets in the Southeast. The coalition included AEE, the Advanced Energy Buyers Group, the Renewable Energy Buyers Alliance, and the Solar Energy Industries Association. Together, the coalition supports the development of competitive wholesale market options in the Southeast and beyond.
In its FERC filing, the coalition explains that the SEEM proposal falls far short of the competitive market options that are ultimately needed to reduce consumer costs and put the region on a market-based path to decarbonization; it also lacks sufficient detail on many important issues for either FERC or customers and stakeholders to determine whether it represents a first step toward competition. The groups also express concern that many of these missing details could have significant cost, transparency, and market implications for customers and stakeholders, and could end up moving the region away from the competitive options that states and consumers increasingly seek.
Specifically, AEE and the coalition asked FERC to closely examine, and require the sponsoring utilities to provide additional information on, several aspects of the SEEM proposal, including:
- Whether the proposed governance of SEEM, including the utility-only membership board, will ensure that the SEEM platform is independently administered, that there are no discriminatory barriers to membership, and that impacted stakeholders (including non-utility wholesale power sellers, customers, public interest groups, state commissions, and other state officials) can have meaningful input into market design and operation.
- Whether there will be sufficient transparency regarding SEEM market activity and appropriate auditing, independent market monitoring, and market power mitigation tools in place to allow all potential sellers to fairly participate and prevent the exercise of market power by incumbents with already large market shares. Unlike other wholesale market constructs like an RTO/ISO or the CAISO EIM, SEEM as proposed includes no independent market monitoring or market power mitigation.
- Whether the benefits claimed by the SEEM proponents have been supported with evidence, and shown to outweigh the costs, risks, and potential downsides of the construct.
In addition, AEE and the coalition also asked that FERC, regardless of how it rules on the SEEM proposal, convene a technical conference with state leaders and customers to explore future competitive wholesale market development in the Southeast. Evidence is mounting that establishing competitive wholesale market structures in the region would resolve long-standing barriers to the development and purchase of advanced energy in the region, save customers money, and reduce carbon emissions. One recent study found that a competitive wholesale market in the form of an RTO could yield as much as $384 billion in consumer savings by 2040, reducing retail costs by 23%, and reduce emissions by 37% compared to 2018 levels (without any additional policies or mandates). Another study found that taking the less extensive step of forming an energy imbalance market would itself produce benefits of $100 million to $600 million annually in Duke Energy’s territory alone, more than double the projected annual region-wide benefits of SEEM.
Seeing these potential benefits, Southeastern states are exploring ways to bring competition to the region’s wholesale markets. North Carolina policymakers recently engaged in a lengthy collaborative process that, among other things, initiated study of wholesale market reforms and designs that would support that state’s 2019 Clean Energy Plan. In South Carolina, the legislature passed and the Governor signed Act No. 187 of 2020, which creates an Electricity Market Reform Measures Study Committee tasked with (among other things) assessing the benefits to South Carolina customers of establishing or joining a broader regional wholesale market such as an RTO or energy imbalance market.
The technical conference requested by AEE and other members of the coalition would establish a forum for dialogue between leaders in these and other Southeast states regarding the goals that states and their customers seek to achieve through wholesale electricity market reforms. Such a dialogue is especially important in light of the fact that state regulators and policymakers were not consulted on the design of SEEM or its objectives, and thus have not had an opportunity for any meaningful regional dialogue with customers, independent advanced energy developers, utilities, or other stakeholders about SEEM and other options to bring true competitive reforms to the Southeast wholesale electricity markets. This dialogue – and not the utilities’ self-serving proposal for a closed-shop market – is long overdue.
Click below to download "Organized Wholesale Markets and Corporate Advanced Energy Procurement," a report by the Advanced Energy Buyers Group.
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Softech RE-Sourcing The Premium Organizations
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A set of international guidelines to make computer games more accessible to gamers with disabilities has won an award from the US-based Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
The Game Accessibility Guidelines won the intellectual and developmental disabilities category of the annual FCC Chairman’s Awards for Advancements in Accessibility.
Launched in 2012, the guidelines were created by an international group of game developers, accessibility specialists and academics and cover six categories of impairment: general, motor, cognitive, vision, hearing and speech, and are divided into three levels of complexity: basic, intermediate and advanced.
Examples of guidelines at different levels of complexity include basic: to provide details of accessibility features on game packaging or website; intermediate: to allow difficulty level to be altered during gameplay; and advanced: to allow settings to be saved to different profiles, at either game or platform level.
Ian Hamilton, an independent user experience designer and consultant from the UK who contributed to the guidelines’ development, told E-Access Bulletin: “Having a US government body make such a public statement about the importance of accessible recreation is a great milestone.
“It is recognition that other people are actually listening and paying attention, and they do value the work that various groups of advocates for game accessibility are doing to advance the field.”
Since launching in 2012, the guidelines have been constantly developed and updated as a “living document” following feedback from gamers and developers. There is a continual open call to contact the authors, to keep the guidelines as inclusive as possible.
Hamilton said he hopes the FCC award will help bring to prominence what remains a niche area in the field of digital accessibility.
“We’ve seen some pretty rapid development in the past couple of years, but the industry is still way, way behind others”, he said. “Despite the progress that is being made, by far the biggest barrier to accessibility in gaming is just a simple lack of awareness amongst developers. So anything at all that results in more conversation about it is always a fantastic thing.”
In an article on the guidelines written in a previous issue of E-Access Bulletin, Hamilton wrote that research commissioned in 2008 by US video game developer PopCap found a higher proportion of people with disabilities among gamers than in the general population.
“Games can be a huge contributor to quality of life for people who have limited recreation options, but they also enable access to culture and socialising, and can have therapeutic benefits”, the article found. “In multiplayer games and virtual worlds, everyone is able to participate on a level playing field, with players’ first impressions of someone being based on how they play the game and what they say, not on any disability they may have.”
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Travelling while you are on the Specific Carbohydrate Diet (SCD) is not easy but hopefully the ten tips below will make it a bit less stressful for you.
- Do your research.
Research the place you are going as much as you can. Look up the nearest supermarkets and farmer’s markets if there is some. Confirm the cooking facilities in your accommodation. On a recent trip to Spain we discovered upon arrival that there was only a hob and microwave but no oven for cooking. After the initial panic, I got creative with some lovely salads but I would have been better prepared had I known in advance.
- Prepare some sauces in advance.
This will of course depend on how far you are travelling. If your journey is not too long you can prepare some sauces ahead of time to bring with you. This way you might actually get a holiday! On a recent holiday in Co. Wexford where we travelled by car, I prepared my pesto and barbecue sauces before I left and carried them in a cooler bag. I also prepared my homemade ketchup and some salad dressings. This saved a lot of time on holidays and meant more time on the beach!
- SCD Yoghurt
If you are travelling in the car, just pour your yoghurt into glass jars which you can place in a cooler bag or box and place ice blocks around them to keep them even cooler. If you are travelling by plane then it is difficult to bring the yoghurt (although I did do it once by putting it in a big thermos flask!) then stock up on a good probiotic before you go.
- Prepare a snack bag
Bring plenty of snacks in a bag that you will be keeping close to you no matter how you are travelling. Some of my favourite portable snacks are: Slices of cheddar cheese, olives, tinned sardines in olive oil, cherry tomatoes, hard boiled eggs, Parma ham (cured with salt only) almond butter, ripe bananas, dates.
- Stock up on non-perishable food you can eat
There are a huge range of SCD-legal foods available now that were not available before. It’s a great idea to stock up on non-perishable snacks for your holiday. That way, you won’t have to worry about baking when you are away and you’ll always have something in your way in case hunger strikes! In fact I nearly always carry Lara bars or other SCD-legal snacks in my handbag just in case. As always check labels careful for hidden ingredients. I know that only some Lara bars are SCD-legal and other brands such as “Nakd” bars are similar.
- Learn some important phrases
If you are travelling to a country where they speak another language, be sure to learn some important phrases you will need to get by. Handy phrases are: “gluten free”, “dairy free”, “without additives”, “organic” and “free range”.
- Play it safe when eating out
Eating out on the Specific Carbohydrate Diet (SCD) is not easy. There have been times when I have tried ten restaurants before finding one where I could eat. Not fun! In fact this has been the hardest aspect for me of the SCD diet. After numerous times successfully eating out now I can tell you what I have learned. You can ask for a salad for starter and make sure to bring your own dressing with you. For main course I find the safest option to be steak as they is little that can be done to it! Ask for extra vegetables to go with it and just make sure you stress that your diet is refined-sugar free. Beware of caramelized anything! For dessert, you can ask for a fresh fruit salad but make sure to stress that you can’t have syrup with it. Question everything: it is your right. You may be a little embarrassed but your health is more important.
- Bring your essential equipment
I always bring my spiralizer on holidays with me because it means I can prepare noodles so quickly and easily. Ok, it does take up some room in the bag and may mean that I can’t bring all thirty outfits I wanted to, but priorities change! If I am travelling somewhere within Ireland I usually bring my heating pad so I can make yoghurt. I wouldn’t bring it on a plane in case it got damaged. Ever see how they throw those bags on the plane?? I also bring my thermomix if travelling in Ireland. For those of you who have never heard of it, it’s a super-duper powerful blender and all-round kitchen machine. My husband says I love it more than him. Not true, I swear!
- Treat yourself
I usually bake something before I go on holidays: either biscuits, a banana bread or a cake that I can transport easily. It is a holiday after all so you want something nice to enjoy while the rest of the family eats ice-cream and pastries!
- Plan your days
Ok. I know it’s a holiday and holidays are meant to be spontaneous but SCD doesn’t really work that way. Try to plan roughly what you will do each day and how long it will take you. That way you can work out if you need to bring a picnic or you will be home in time for dinner. This makes life a lot less stressful. Looking for an SCD-legal restaurant when your blood pressure is low ain’t fun, trust me!
Finally, and most importantly ENJOY YOUR HOLIDAY! 🙂
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Stay Strong Louisiana and Mississippi
Our thoughts are with our friends, family, coworkers, partners, and customers affected by Hurricane Ida.
Our thanks go to all the frontline responders, rescue workers, and volunteers risking their safety and lives to assist those in need.
And to the numerous teams of workers from multiple states racing to restore power, we would like to extend our deepest gratitude.
How to Help
Reporters share stories describing “catastrophic damage” and “devastation” to areas hardest hit by the hurricane and subsequent flooding in Louisiana, Mississippi, and surrounding regions. Many buildings, bridges, and roadways were simply no match for the powerful storm.
But the people of the Gulf Coast are survivors. They are strong and resilient, with a powerful dedication to rebuild. We believe in the people of Louisiana and Mississippi. We know they will successfully repair, restore, and reestablish their proud communities for a better tomorrow. But for today, they can use our help.
Financial contributions are considered the fastest, most flexible method of donating to assist disaster victims. Organizers in the area are able to buy necessary items in bulk. Any amount of money helps.
Find a list of trusted organizations accepting cash donations here.
American Red Cross
The Red Cross is an established organization that has been assisting disaster victims for over a century. Volunteers provide food, shelter, and even emotional support to those in need.
Click to make a donation to the Red Cross.
If you are interested in volunteering, check out the most-needed Red Cross volunteer opportunities here.
Catholic Charities of Acadiana is deploying staff, assets, and volunteer teams to affected areas in South Louisiana. The organization offers both short- and long-term assistance.
Click to donate to the Catholic Charities Hurricane Ida Disaster Response.
The United Way of Southeast Louisiana is accepting donations and is looking for volunteers. Click for more information.
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Ben Carson and the Holocaust Gun Myth
Is there no limit as to how low Republicans will stoop to defend the gun culture?
On October 8, 2015, in a transparent effort to pander to gun lovers and their lobbies, Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson made the shocking pronouncement that if the Jewish population of Germany had been armed “the Holocaust would have been less likely” — an extension of the popular NRA dogma that an armed population is protection against criminals and despotic governments.
Carson’s grotesque view of the Holocaust left me speechless. I thought he might have second thoughts about his statement after the public outcry. Taking the heat off Nazis for the Holocaust generally doesn’t go over well. Nor does blaming the victims by suggesting that “they could have saved themselves if they had guns and mounted militaristic action.” But in an interview on Meet the Press on October 25, he continued to stand his ground.
Carson doesn’t spell out how armed Jews could have changed the history of the Holocaust. Not surprisingly, he has come up with no examples of Jews fighting back as they were rounded up and sent to extermination camps. So let’s put Carson’s thesis to the test and imagine a typical persecution situation after the Nazis came to power:
It’s 1939, Berlin, when the Nazis step up the deportation of German Jews. Four Gestapo officers knock on the door of Abraham and Sarah Hoffman’s apartment. The Hoffmans are ready. Abe, Sarah, their parents, and their four children saw the Nazis coming and are prepared. They are armed with revolvers and rifles. When the officers enter, the Hoffmans open fire, killing all four officers. But that’s hardly the end of the story. Other German soldiers out on the street storm the apartment and quickly kill the Hoffmans. And when they enter the next apartment, they start shooting immediately; they can’t afford to lose good men as they did in the Hoffmans’ apartment. Even though the Hoffmans’ neighbors are also armed, they are no match for the Nazis.
Indeed, it’s a matter of record that the Nazis responded viciously to the rare attacks of the sort the Hoffmans mounted. As reported in the Jewish Virtual Library, “If a Nazi soldier was murdered by a Jew, not only was that Jew executed, but also his family and perhaps a hundred others.” As a result, many Jews were discouraged from active rebellion for fear of huge reprisals.
But others did fight back. It might come as a surprise to Ben Carson that there were numerous armed Jewish insurgencies: in the Bialystok Ghetto, the Vilna Ghetto, the death camps Treblinka, Sobibor, Auschwitz, and more. In all these armed uprisings the courageous Jewish fighters were slaughtered. The Warsaw Ghetto insurgents had machine guns, hand grenades, rifles, and revolvers that were smuggled in by the Polish resistance. But they were up against 3,000 elite German troops with tanks, heavy artillery, and 7,000 German backup reinforcements; fifteen thousand Jews were killed and the survivors were sent to death camps.
Now Carson might respond: “You underestimate me. That’s not what I had in mind. When I said that the Holocaust would have been lessened if Jews were armed and fought back I meant an organized Jewish rebellion — an insurgency of well armed, well trained, and prepared Jews, before they were rounded up and incarcerated in Ghettos and death camps.”
Without considering how exactly that could have happened — not to mention the curious use of the word “lessened” — there’s a more crucial issue for Carson to ponder: Arithmetic.
In 1933, Jews represented less than one percent (0.75%) of the German population of sixty-seven million. Later, there were fewer after many escaped from Germany and emigrated. Seventy percent of the remaining Jews were dispersed throughout the ten largest cities. A good percentage of them were children and the elderly — hardly the basis for an “organized Jewish rebellion.”
Consider too that the well-trained, fully armed, and professionally led armies of Poland, France, and other nations were not able to combat or “lessen” Hitler’s invasion of their countries; the defeats were swift and brutal. Even the massive Russian army suffered devastating losses before it achieved victories. And when the United States entered the war in 1941, eventually mounting an army of sixteen million, they faced a serious challenge against the Germans. America suffered heavy losses in a number of battles.
It’s highly unlikely that armed Jews would have done better than well-organized military establishments. It’s also unlikely that, dispersed as they were, the Jews could have launched any kind of effective insurgency to alter the course of the Holocaust.
But in Ben Carson’s mind, two incontrovertible facts — the Nazis’ overwhelming military advantage and their superior numbers — do not diminish his view that a relatively small number of armed Jewish accountants, physicians, teachers, shopkeepers, and other civilians would have “lessened” the Holocaust.
More probable, an armed revolt would have led to the earlier killing of even more Jews than were eventually exterminated. And that might have included many of the Jewish scientists who later assembled in Los Alamos to help create an atomic bomb before Germany could develop one.
Anyone looking at the big picture and the arithmetic problem should be as stunned as I was hearing Ben Carson’s statement. If the public buys his thinking then we may be in more trouble than we ever imagined (As I write this, he is number one among Republican candidates in the polls nationwide).
Today, Jews have an effective strategy for defending themselves: a sovereign nation with a powerful military. Israel’s mantra of “never again” speaks with solemn resolution to the atrocities of the past.
Perhaps Ben Carson should think “never again,” when he is inclined to spew his vile invective against the Jews of the Holocaust.
Bernard Starr, PhD, is a psychologist and professor emeritus at the City University of New York (Brooklyn College). He is also the main United Nations representative for The Institute of Global Education (IGE) that founded Radio for Peace International and the Mucherla Global School in Mucherla India. IGE is an NGO with consultative status with the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations. His latest book is “Jesus,Jews, and Anti-Semitism in Art: How Renaissance Art Erased Jesus’ Jewish Identity & How Today’s Artists Are Restoring It.”
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Google Search Operators are nothing new, however, they’re an often-overlooked tool that can help SEO’s and brands get insights more efficiently. In this guide, we’re going to look at five essential search operators that will help you with your content, link, and technical SEO strategy.
What are Google Advanced Search Operators
Google search operators are short commands that any user can use when making a Google search. Google uses the short search operator command to filters down the search results based to deliver the most relevant results based on the specific command. There are around 40 Google advanced search operators.
Whether you’re trying to find brand name mentions, content ideas, or link opportunities, these commands can easily help you do this, and surface many more SEO opportunities.
How to Use Google Search Operators
Using Google search operators is as simple as typing the command into the Google search bar with your specific phrase.
- Open your browser
- Choose the search operator command you want to use
- Type it into the search bar
- Hit return and scan your results.
Find More SEO Opportunites with these Search Operators
The site: search operator is great for use on your own site or competitors. You can use this command to see if Google has indexed a specific post on your site, or if you’re doing competitor research you can use it to find if they’ve written content on a specific subject.
site:99designs.com “coffee labels”
For this command, it’s important to point out there is no space between the search operator and the URL. When using site: you can put in your own URL or that of another site then add your keywords in the quotation marks.
For the above example, I was wanting to find mentions of coffee labels on the site 99Designs.com. If I had a community design site this would allow me to see what offerings a competitor has, or in this case, I have a client that prints custom labels and I could use this to look for link opportunities.
I’ve highlighted an interesting find of a competitor URL in the above image. You might find the same thing when you start searching. It allows you to find where competitors are linking with other brands and may perhaps give you inspiration for your outreach.
I love using the intext: search operator for brand name mentions, although it can be used for numerous queries. The intext: command will search for the exact keyword you use in the text of sites.
For this example, I used the intext: search operator to find “Frontier Label” brand name used on sites. You can see we have a mix of sites showing from customers they’ve partnered with to John Deere that is not relevant. However, don’t just look at the first few results, you could be missing out on something great! Unlike a traditional search, the best might not be in the first 3 results. As I scrolled down I found this great one:
This online magazine has used content that was created by Frontier Label, although they mention us several times, we have not received a link with the credit. This is a great opportunity to reach out and ask them for a link.
Similar to the previous search operator, using intitle: we’re asking Google to find results with a certain keyword in the title of the page or post.
intitle:candle label designs
This site operator can be helpful if you’re working on your content strategy or wanting to look for inspiration for title tags around specific keywords. It can also be used for link outreach — you can search for products or services you offer, or content you’ve created around a topic, you may find sites that mention this product (or content subject) that you could be a valuable resource to link to.
Using the AROUND(X) search operator will allow you to find when your keywords are within a specific number of words of each other.
candle AROUND(3) design
You can use this command to find keyword variations, this will serve as an inspiration to color your on-page copy. You can also use it to hunt down your brand or product in longtail variants of the keyword. This could allow for reclaiming unlinked mentions or for outreach.
5. Social @ or #
Obviously you can make searches on Twitter, Facebook, and other social media networks. However, you can also make these queries directly into Google using the social channel or hashtag.
@twitter distilled water health
Use this search operator to find brand name mentions on social, or for finding hashtags around events, or products. If you had content around the health benefits of distilled water this example would surface some opportunities to jump into the conversation, add value, and share your content.
Recently we saw one of our client’s posts on distilled water see a huge spike in daily traffic. We found it was tied to reduced availability of distilled water. Using the @twitter distilled water site command we can see the first tweet here addresses the shortage. This could be an opportunity to join that conversation and offer solutions.
This post is just scratching the surface of how Google’s advanced search operators can be used. Knowing how to use this powerful tool can open many new SEO opportunities and insights for you. I encourage you to experiment with these search operators and explore others. You’ll find some you might use just once but others will like site: will become a part of your day to day search.
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Justin Reich of MindShift has launched a four-part series to explore four dimensions of using tablets, such as the iPad, in educational settings, examining how teachers can take students on a journey from (1) consumption of media, to (2) curation, (3) creation, and (4) connection.
Each of the instalments explores the challenges ahead using the Someday/Monday template:
“The Someday/Monday dichotomy captures one of the core challenges in teacher professional development around education technology. On the one hand, deep integration of new learning technologies into classrooms requires substantially rethinking pedagogy, curriculum, assessment, and teacher practice (someday). For technology to make a real difference in student learning, it can’t just be an add-on. On the other hand, teachers need to start somewhere (Monday), and one of the easiest ways for teachers to get experience with emerging tools is to play and experiment in lightweight ways: to use technology as an add-on. Teachers need to imagine a new future—to build towards Someday—and teachers also need new activities and strategies to try out on Monday. Both pathways are important to teacher growth and meaningful, sustained changes in teaching and learning.”
For now, only the first part – on consumption – has been published:
“[The iPad] was a device made for reading and watching, for sitting back, for passively consuming media. One of the signature challenges of the surge of interest in iPads is helping educators imagine the device as more than a library of books or a rolodex of apps, but as a flexible, mobile device for creating multimedia performances of understanding. Educators using iPads should start by thinking about how the device can foster critical reading of text, images, audio, and film, but consumption should be the point of departure on a journey towards more active student engagement.”
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Sharing confidential company information, stealing equipment and manipulating data are all serious offenses in the workplace. Employee fraud and theft rates have increased in the past decade. These crimes now equal an average of five percent of a company’s annual revenue. The following tips help prevent fraud and theft in the workplace.
1. Check references thoroughly. Many employers avoid checking candidates’ references. They often make the mistake of assuming that a candidate would not put a reference on the list if that contact would not give a glowing report. However, many candidates provide erroneous phone numbers for personal references. In addition to this, previous employers may reveal important information about that worker’s history and tendency for fraud or theft.
2. Conduct pre-employment background checks. This is an important step for any employer to take. However, it is especially important for employers hiring people who will handle cash or have access to sensitive financial information. Keep in mind that there are only certain pieces of information that can be used in hiring decisions. Since each state’s laws vary regarding the use of criminal history information use, be sure to contact the local EEOC for specific laws and guidelines.
3. Use audits when necessary. Auditing can create suspicion and mistrust among employees, but it may be essential for detecting fraud and theft. When employees know they are being monitored, they are less likely to take such risky steps. Keep in mind that criminals take advantage of weak controls, so audits are a good way to close those gaps. The Association of Certified Fraud Examiners offers helpful tips for areas of the business to monitor and how often to audit various areas.
4. Develop a code of conduct. Telling employees not to do certain things will not ensure obedience. However, a written code of conduct establishes guidelines and gives employees a better idea of the company’s principles. After it is written, this document should be signed by all new and existing employees. There are plenty of great free templates available online. Keep in mind that it is important to include policies specifying company data protection. Be sure to go over the code of conduct during orientation sessions for new employees. It is also important to review the code each year. Some items may change. For example, a company may develop connections with new agencies or businesses, and specific conduct codes may be needed to guide employees in dealing with specific companies.
5. Take management seriously. Creating and communicating a business climate is one of the best ways to prevent fraud or theft in the workplace. This also shows employees that these issues are of the utmost importance. The following steps are easy and help keep employers informed:
-Make sure employees know they can speak freely with employers any time to discuss concerns or report violations.
-Reconcile statements regularly to detect fraudulent activity.
-Implement strong internal controls.
-Always trust individual instincts.
-Offer help to employees when they face difficult times or stressful situations.
-Conduct frequent one-on-one reviews with employees.
-Investigate unusual transactions.
-Make employee vacations mandatory.
6. Know what to look for. Research shows that workplace criminals commit crimes because they feel unappreciated, are under pressure or feel that management practices are unfair. They usually feel that they are owed something for these misinterpreted offenses. With that thought in mind, look for the following red flags:
-Unexpected changes in behavior.
-Employees who prefer to work after hours, take work home or be unsupervised.
-Workers who are exclusive or very protective of their work spaces.
-Employees who refuse to take vacations.
-Financial records disappearing frequently.
-Unexplained debts showing up on financial statements.
An employee who appears to be very dedicated to work may be an honest worker, but some individuals who seem this way have their own reasons for their behavior. Many financial violations show up while an employee is on vacation. Workers using a suspicious individual’s work space may discover incriminating evidence. Employees who take work home or want to work after hours may simply want privacy to perform their dishonest deeds. Diligence and careful monitoring are the keys to preventing workplace fraud and theft.
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The public transportation system in Rio de Janeiro consists of metro trains, on-street trams and buses. The city’s transport system is more wheelchair-friendly than many others in South America, but there are still significant challenges. For wheelchair users, riding public transport is effectively free (more details below), which is a cost savings over wheelchair taxis in Rio de Janeiro. Use this guide to plan your accessible journeys on public transport in Rio.
Rio de Janeiro City Bus
Nearly all city buses in Rio de Janeiro are wheelchair accessible with wheelchair lift at the center, but not all of these lifts are properly maintained or operational. It seems as though they are rarely utilized.
The electronic wheelchair lift extends from below the bus and is lowered to the curb. Drivers may not be familiar with operating the lifts due to their low rate of use. On a number of occasions, for whatever reason, the lift would not move electronically, and the driver had to manually crank the lift. They were always willing to do so if necessary. Few drivers were able to speak or understand any amount of English.
Bus stops are well-marked, and Google Maps provided fairly accurate directions. Wheelchair users are not expected to pay to ride the bus, but able-bodied riders must pay with the reloadable Rio Card (described below) or with cash.
Although riding the bus was possible, I would try to avoid it unless absolutely necessary. The metro and tram lines were much easier to use.
Rio de Janeiro Metro / Subway
The Rio de Janeiro metro dates to 1979 and consists of three underground lines, numbered 1, 2 and 4. There are 41 total stations on the system.
The subway system is wheelchair accessible, with lifts from street level to the ticketing concourse, and from the concourse down to the station level. Signs posted at each station provide information about the location of the accessible entrance(s), as shown in the photo below.
Some entrances are closed on the weekends, or do not maintain the same hours as other entrances at the same station. On a Sunday, while trying to access the Cinelândia Station at 10:30 a.m., I found the only accessible entrance to be closed. The sign said that it did not open until “midday,” despite the fact that an inaccessible entrance was open from 7 a.m. Fortunately, I found someone who was able to alert the staff, and the elevator was opened for me.
Station elevators like those pictured above are fairly easy to spot. Just look for the international symbol of access — the blue wheelchair sign.
Lifts do not always look the same, and some stations are accessible only via a stair lift, which must be operated by a member of station staff. I was able to find an elevator at most stations I needed to use, however.
Metro Train Cars – Boarding & Accessibility
The gap between trains and station platforms is minimal, but the measurement of the step up varies between stations. Many were level, but the train was 1-3 inches higher than the platforms at some stations.
My power wheelchair had no issues overcoming the height difference, but small-wheeled scooters may not be able to without assistance. I boarded in the front car, which had space for a wheelchair. Other riders standing in the space rarely made way, so I parked wherever I could get a spot.
Fares for Wheelchair Users on the Rio Metro
The electronic fare gates on the Rio de Janeiro Metro are not wide enough to accommodate a wheelchair, so staff must open a wider (locked) access point. No fares are collected, and wheelchair users are not expected to pay to ride the metro.
Rio de Janeiro VLT / Light Rail / Tram
The Rio de Janeiro VLT is a modern light rail system that is wheelchair accessible at each of its 42 stations. The VLT began operation in 2016 and now has three lines, numbered L1, L2 and L3.
The VLT is an accessibility dream, with all stations being accessible at street level. There are ramps at each end of the station for wheelchair access.
Like the metro, VLT stations have electronic signage to display the next arrivals. Boarding the train is easy, and there is no gap between the station platform and tram. The trams sat about 1 inch higher than the platform, but this was easy to manage.
Each light rail car had a dedicated space for wheelchair users. During periods of high ridership, when the trams are standing-room only, the space may be difficult to access.
Fares for the VLT are collected onboard, and each train has a fare enforcement officer. As I understand it, wheelchair users should not have to pay to ride, but the fare enforcement officer always asked for my card. Fortunately, I had purchased a reloadable Rio Card (I collect transit cards), and presented that. No fare was deducted from my card, so I remain confused as to why they asked for it.
Fares & Payment
Public transport fares in Rio de Janeiro range from R$3.80 to R$8.55 (~$1 to $2 USD), depending on the service or combination of services that are used. Payment of fares is done with cash (except on the VLT), or with the tap of a reloadable RioCard.
The Rio Card is sold at a number of card offices throughout the city. Search “RioCard” in Google Maps to find the one closest to you, or consult the list at www.cartariocard.com.br (Portuguese only). I purchased my card at the office on Av. Nilo Peçanha. The staff did not speak English, but I was able to communicate via Google Translate. The cost of the card is R$3, plus whatever amount it is loaded with. I put R$27 on my card, for a total purchase price of R$30.
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Government debates are now being broadcast live over the internet on a pilot basis, the Government Chief Whip and Minister for the Information Society Tom Kitt TD has announced.
Kitt, who also chairs the Joint Committee on Broadcasting and Parliamentary Information, said yesterday that the proceedings of Dáil Éireann and Seanad Éireann are to be streamed in a live webcast, accessible at www.oireachtas.ie.
The webcast is available in high-bandwidth or low-bandwidth streams, which visitors to the site can choose as the most appropriate for their internet connection. The streams can be viewed in Windows Media or RealPlayer formats. High-speed broadband users will be able to watch the parliamentary debates at television quality (1.2Mbps).
The service takes its feed from the digital television system already in place at Leinster House and as such the video image quality is high. Captions are provided on the screen, showing the business before the house or the name of the deputy or senator speaking. Users can check the Dáil or Seanad agenda at the same site before deciding to view a particular debate.
The pilot takes advantage of technology and networks built by the Houses of the Oireachtas Broadcasting Unit and HEAnet, one of Ireland’s education and research network providers. The webcast will be streamed across HEAnet’s advanced national network infrastructure.
To ensure sufficient bandwidth for the service, the webcasting system has a 2Gbps connection to the Inex internet peering point in Ireland, as well as a 5Gbps connection to the general internet and 7Gbps links to education and research networks.
In a statement announcing the pilot scheme, the joint committee said it believed that the service would improve public access to and interaction with the houses, deputies and senators.
By Gordon Smith
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[Tips] The Power Of Focus – It’s Your Superpower
Let’s talk about the power of focus. There is focus, and there is focus. Only one of them is going to get you where you want to go. And it is a matter of working at it.
While millions of people are finding great success with things like Pomodoro and 15 minutes blasts of concentration, it has become apparent that Deep Work might just be more beneficial.
When you find the method that works for you, your productivity will be the superpower that enables you to get everything done. In fact, not only will you get it done, but you will get it done at a higher standard too.
So let’s talk about it.
You have the tools ready to make everything happen, you have a virtual assistant who is a genius at data mining, you have outsourced IT because you want everything ‘just right,’ and you have the perfect schedule. And yet you find yourself peering at your notifications. You find yourself dipping into your inbox. And having yet another coffee.
It’s time to change.
If you are in the middle of conversations online and you keep flitting back to them while trying to finish some work, the work you produce will be fine, but it won’t be as good as it could be. Not only that, but the breaks in concentration will mean the time is adding up.
The first step here is to turn off the notifications on your phone. This simple act will increase the power of focus. Everything that is social should not pop up during your working hours. Sure, before and after – go wild, but during – be strict.
If you have 6 weeks to do a project, it is going to take you 6 weeks. Of course, only unless make a vital change. Cut 20% off the deadline. Parkinson’s Law states that a job will take as long as you let it. In most cases, you can do it faster by setting deadlines better.
Here is where you need to make a commitment to yourself and your work. No matter what happens, you are going to book in deep work time. These will ideally be blocks of 90 minutes or more.
Rather than working in short bursts, taking a break and starting a new piece of work or job, let your brain really tuck into it.
Give yourself a cut off for the end of every day that you will not work beyond, give yourself weekends free, but also go full throttle for set times.
So while those 90 minutes should be dedicated to the actual work, where should you be working out the concept, making mental notes, or making links between things?
These should be done while you walk, clean, commute, or any repetitive task that doesn’t take real brain space. Mentally putting the work in here will mean you don’t need to use your dedicated focus time for anything other than the real work.
It is important that you begin to respect your concentration. Many of us take that for granted, and when you respect something, it becomes more important. By framing your 90 minutes as important and respected, you turn it into more than just work.
Deep Work is an incredibly interesting concept, and worth reading into to see if it will work for you. And remember, the power of focus is really a time-saving mechanism – use it – in business and for personal tasks.
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iPad apps don’t have access to a single physical button, so an app developer found a way to hack one on. Astro HQ, the company behind the drawing app Astropad, uses its latest app to turn the iPad’s camera into a button: you tap the camera, and an on-screen panel slides out; tap again, and it’s gone. It’s a really clever idea that allows controls to be taken off the screen, freeing up space.
Of course, this approach comes with a major downside: the camera has to be on and analyzing the entire time. That poses some potential battery issues, not to mention privacy concerns. Astro says it’s addressed both. It claims to blur camera imagery “to the point of not being able to see any data coming in,” so that it’s only looking at whether the camera turns dark. As for battery life, Astro says the camera button uses less than 1 percent of the iPad’s CPU at any given time, so it theoretically won’t make a huge dent beyond the app itself. The feature will also be optional.
The camera button will be part of Luna, a new app Astro is making that turns the iPad into a wireless Mac display (with the help of a tiny dongle). Because Astro doesn’t want to take up any of the screen with controls and toolbars, it decided to make a pop-out menu that hides controls away when you aren’t using them. In its previous app, Astropad, Astro used a floating button that you can move around the screen to someplace out of the way. But it was never truly out of the way or truly convenient, leading Astro to search for a better option.
That better option ended up being the camera button. Astro is still trying to figure out what it’ll offer as a backup for those who opt out of using the camera option — it had planned to use the iPad’s volume buttons, but realized Apple doesn’t allow that — so it’s possible something like the floating button will still stick around. There’s also the question of whether Apple will allow this novel use of the camera. Matt Ronge, CEO of Astro, says he thinks it should be in the clear.
“We looked through the App Review guidelines, and we don’t see a reason why the Camera Button wouldn’t be allowed,” Ronge writes in an email to The Verge. Ultimately it’s still Apple’s choice, he says, but “other apps have done similar things with the proximity sensor on the iPhone in the past (iPad doesn’t have one), so there is precedent there. However no one has used the camera like we are doing.”
Luna is supposed to come out in May. Astro is currently raising funds for the app on Kickstarter as part of a campaign that closes tomorrow. It’s already at 20 times its funding goal.
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We know anecdotally that participating in the I’m a Scientist event has a positive effect on students’ attitudes to science. Teachers tell us that their students were buzzing, and that they understood more about science. Students thank scientists in live chats for an interesting lesson. They tell us that it is “better than Facebook”.
But being data geeks that isn’t good enough. We wanted to know just how much we were affecting the students. Were we affecting them all by the same amount? Girls, boys, year groups? Did being more active in the event mean a greater change in attitude?
Questions we ask students
Thanks in part to the pilot work by Robin Longdin, then a SciComm masters student at UWE, we ask every student registering for I’m a Scientist a set of 4 questions:
- How does school make you feel about science?
- Are you planning to choose a science subject at the next stage of your education?
- Do you think jobs involving science are interesting?
- When you finish your education, how likely are you to look for a job that uses your science knowledge and skills?
We also ask the same questions towards the end of the event and ask for the username so we can match against their initial answers, their gender, year group, zone and activity levels within the event.
Measuring attitudinal change
The important thing for us is not the answers they give but the difference between the beginning and end of the event. We want to know if after two weeks of being exposed to our scientists they feel differently.
Each question had a five point answer scale. We intentionally wanted a neutral middle answer. We can’t expect students to all feel passionately about science. We then allocated a numerical value to each answer. 2 for the most positive, -2 for the most negative. We then simply subtract the starting answer value from the end of event value to give us a value for change in attitude for each of the four questions for each of the student who answered.
Do more active students see a greater change in attitude?
There is a lot of data generated and one of the challenges is to consolidate it into meaningful clusters. For example what do we mean by levels of activity? Some students are lively in live chats. Others ask a lot of questions. Some do both. We looked at the 3 main types of activity: ASK, CHAT, VOTE and scored each student between 0 and 3 depending on how active they were. We then totalled the individual scores to give each student a score between 0 and 9 overall. That is the X-axis below.
The first thing to note is that the overall trend is that the more activity on the site the more positive the change in attitude. Secondly the change in attitude to the final question: “When you finish your education, how likely are you to look for a job that uses your science knowledge and skills?” is much lower than the other questions, and in fact sometimes negative even for those students who made the most of our erstwhile role models.
We need to investigate this further. It could be a flawed question? What does it really mean to 13 and 14 year olds. Do school students consider a PhD studentship to be a job? Are half our role models not helping with that question?
We went back to the source data and found to our embarrassment that we had made a mistake and we were comparing the answers to the final question to the answers to the 3rd question. D’Oh! The good news for us is that when you use the right data, the story looks even better. Students emerge from I’m a Scientist feeling much more positive about jobs in science for themselves.
The greatest effect is on girls and Year 10 & 11 students
This graph shows the average change in attitude for 6 groups by question asked. It clearly shows that the event has the greatest effect on girls and on students in Years 10 & 11.
This is based on a total of 853 valid responses from students across 3 events from June 2013 to March 2014 in the UK. The n for the groups in the second chart are:
Years 7-9: n=589
Year 10 & 11: n=130
They don’t all add up to 853. Sometimes it is a group of girls and boys who register. We also had 21 6th formers respond, but that is too small a sample to use. And sometimes the default “Please choose” answer remained. Yes there are disproprtionately more girls than boys, but yes, more girls than boys do participate.
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Finally, we do this analysis for our own sake so that we can better understand our event, but we publish it for your sake, whoever you are. We want other practitioners to share in our knowledge. Please leave a comment to say “thanks”, or to ask for clarification or for more information.
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Design Thinking in Robotic Automation
Design thinking is not linear, but it should always involve these 5 steps: empathize, define, ideate, prototype, and build/test.
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Design thinking has become a buzzword among corporations worldwide today. The need for “out-of-the-box” thinking and constant innovation to beat and not just meet customer expectations is becoming the unwritten aspiration of corporations.
For years, procedural and analytical thinking has been prioritized over creativity at the corporate ivory towers. Products that thrived for decades ruling consumer minds are fast going into oblivion. Organizations that operate with “analytical thinking” are constantly being disrupted by changing trends and customer values. The inability of organizations to rapidly change and succeed can be attributed to the workforce of today, which has imbibed dominant analysis and logic in its actions. This is due to years of rule-driven education and experience that curtained creative thinking.
Design thinking calls for putting the gray cells into action and breaking the barriers of imagination to create products and services that meet unmet needs of discerning customers of today.
So how does design thinking play into the world of bots? Where routine human actions driven by business rules aim to be automated through bots. Merely automating routine activity with no imagination requires no out-of-the-box thinking. Let's understand what “design thinking” is before we delve into its impending need in robotic automation.
“Design thinking can be described as a discipline that uses the designer’s sensibility and methods to match people’s needs with what is technologically feasible and what a viable business strategy can convert into customer value and market opportunity.” – Tim Brown CEO, IDEO
Design thinking will help solve business problems and create solutions that meet customer needs. This mandates a change in a mindset that is solution-focused and action-oriented in achieving desired results. Every robotic automatic journey requires answering what, why, who, when, and how questions. However, answers to these are often lost in executive pitches or PowerPoints. Their relevance in design thinking is often not understood due to a lack of understanding of the discipline and application.
Here's a simple view to design thinking and the connectivity it has with the what, why, who, when, and how that we constantly refer to in robotic transformation programs:
It starts with consultants understanding the problem. This involves different means including discussing with and observing the people, processes, and tools in action and recording key aspects. Empathizing allows consultants to see the perspective of the users to understand their pain points, experiences, and needs.
Consultants, as part of the robotic transformation journey, need to get an understanding of the business processes and pertinent issues before selecting them for automation. Consultants need to gather all the required details about the processes, gaps, and pain points. Relentless questioning (using the 5 whys technique) helps consultants record relevant issues and frame the problems.
Automation should be an afterthought and not the driving force.
During this stage of design thinking, information assimilated as part of the "empathize" stage will be analyzed to crystallize the business problems. This will help start conversations and steer brainstorming in the right direction.
Automating processes through robots requires every minute detail to be understood and noted along with exceptions. Further analysis of information will assist in a deeper understanding of the processes and help frame said and unsaid problems. This facilitates the creation of a platform to discuss the opportunities for improvement or reengineering of processes.
Information assimilated, dissected, and framed will start the process of ideation of possible solutions to the business problems. Unconstrained thinking and a free flow of ideas to solve business problems are encouraged during this stage. Any barriers of communication will be removed to encourage the team to arrive at a list of possible solutions that can be further validated.
Detailed information on processes along with exceptions, complexity, risks, values, and benefits will help the automation team finalize the automation candidates. Potential process improvement or reengineering options will need to be evaluated before the decision on automation. Discussion on multiple solution alternatives with all quarters of the organization based on vision, strategy, technology landscape, and feasibility will filter the unwanted and leave the others feasible for further exploration. A proof of concept to validate the best possible solution option is initiated next before moving forward with the enterprise scale robotic transformation.
4. Prototype (Proof of Concept)
As part of this phase, a product is built to solve the issues identified that reflects the customer experience. The product will be demonstrated and tested for conformance by the concerned before a decision is made to move forward with full-scale design and product build activities.
Information, analysis, observations, possible solution alternatives, and final solutions provide robotic designers with the required ammunition to create a scaled-down robot. Prototypes are designed and created, taking into consideration ideal scenarios with minimal exception handling capabilities. However, robotic transformations will be successful only when the prototypes created reflect the key features of full-scale bots. Bot design should account for non-functional requirements in design during prototyping, in addition to the process automation requirements to give the users a view of a robot that mirrors a fully powered one. Creating robots during this stage that purely reflect the best possible scenarios with minimal exception handling could create wrong expectations and result in a robot that doesn’t meet customer needs.
5. Build and Test
The final stage of the design thinking process is the realization of the designed solution. The process of designing, building, and testing continues in iterations until the final end product is achieved.
Based on the prototype testing and feedback, the final automation solution is erected in iterations delivering a continuous stream of value. Feedback received as part of releases should form the requirements/alterations in design. The final robot delivered truly must reflect a solution that is built to empathize with the customer process automation needs and pain points.
Is Design Thinking Truly Linear?
The above reflects design thinking methodology that is linear or sequential. However, in the real world, it rarely is. As understanding evolves, designs, prototypes, and bot functions and capabilities change. This change is recurring and reflects the design thinking methodology that is mostly non-linear.
Be it linear or non-linear, the underlying principles of design thinking never change. The objective of design thinking is to move away from procedural and constrained thinking to find innovative ways to solve problems. During robotic engagements, our solutions are often driven by platform capabilities which often bring out “can-do” lists. While these provide a view to the potential solution, the “can't do” is what often brings out the eighth dimension of strategic thinking. This dimension will help explore possibilities of creating bots that not only meet customer needs but exceed them.
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Believe it or not, one of the most common questions clients ask me is: “What do I wear to court?” Just like in any other setting, people want to make sure they are dressed appropriately without being “overdressed.”
In short, I usually recommend that my clients adhere to “business-casual” rules. For men, slacks and a button-down shirt are usually fine. It is not necessary to wear a full suit and tie, although there is nothing wrong with doing so.
The court you are attending likely has “local rules” that provide specific requirements. In Nashville-Davidson County, General Sessions Court rules can be found here, while Criminal Court rules can be found here. It is important to follow these rules, because some judges and court officers will not allow you to remain inside the courtroom with prohibited clothes.
As you can see, courts usually issue guidance in terms of what not to wear, such as shorts, non-religious headwear, torn clothing, clothing which exposes excessive skin or underwear, and offensive or inappropriate messages (such as a shirt with a pot leaf).
If you will be coming to or from work, it is usually acceptable to wear a work uniform as long as it does not violate any of the court’s rules.
The main principle is that you dress in a way that shows respect for the court. This is particularly true if you are a criminal defendant and hope for leniency from a judge or prosecutor. Although your attorney may be the one negotiating your substantive legal issues, it is unwise to stand out in a negative way that will make it harder for your attorney to convince a prosecutor that you deserve a break. Remember, your court date is not the right time or place to make a political statement or to look “cool.”
If you have any further questions about what to wear to court, always ask your attorney, who may have different thoughts on the matter.
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This is the place for meditations on the journey. Comments and thoughts welcomed. Please be 'civil'!
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Mary of Magdala or Mary of Bethany
Nowhere in the literature do I read of the theories about Mary Magdalene that I am presenting in this article. Some have proposed that Mary of Magdala was either a prostitute or in some ways a sinner. One of the church fathers (Pope Gregory) used her as an example of one who had repented of the seven capital sins because of the seven demons that Jesus had cast out of her. He did, however, agree with me that Mary Magdalene and Mary of Bethany were the same person (known in some circles as the composite Mary). I developed what I am going to present here independently and then discovered some of the scholarly discussion concerning Mary. The reason I have studied this is because of the great love that existed between them because of forgiveness of sin. I believe this great love has been construed by many to be some form of sexual liaison because of doubt, unbelief, and a lack of understanding of the power of agape love.
From the references to the banquet where Lazarus attended; Martha served; and Mary of Bethany anointed Jesus’ feet men3tioned in the Gospel of John (John 12: 1 – 11) I set the scene. From the Gospel of Luke (Luke 10: 38 – 42) we discover evidence of the love relationship between Mary of Bethany and Jesus based on Jesus’ teachings and revelations while she sat at his feet. I am concluding that the event mentioned in Luke just mentioned occurred during the preparations for the banquet mentioned in John 12. In Mark (Mark 14: 1 – 11) we have a story of an unnamed woman who anointed Jesus feet at a banquet hosted by Simon the Leper. At this banquet the controversy arises about the waste of the expensive perfume. Notice that the host, Simon the Leper, is mentioned here but nothing more. Also note that here the perfume is poured on Jesus’ head. Also in Matthew (Matthew 26: 6 – 13) we have mention of an unnamed woman anointing Jesus’ head and the controversy about the waste of the expensive perfume.
Now we come to a passage in Luke (Luke 7: 36 – 50) where Jesus addresses the secret thought process of his host (a Pharisee specifically called Simon in Luke 7: 40, 43, and 44) regarding the sinfulness of the unnamed woman touching Jesus. Here the woman is mentioned as washing Jesus’ feet with her tears, drying Jesus’ feet with her hair, kissing Jesus’ feet, and anointing Jesus’ feet with the perfume. Jesus specifically mentions her great love because she has been forgiven much. Note that immediately following this story Luke mentions Mary Magdalene traveling with Jesus and being one of the women supporting Jesus and the disciples in their ministry. (Luke 8: 1 – 3)
You will not find my conclusions in any of the literature. I have taken the step of considering the role of Simon the Leper as the father of Martha, Mary, and Lazarus because of my experience in working with the addicted and the abused and the marginalized of society. The place of host at a banquet where Jesus was invited and Martha served and Lazarus attended and Mary of Bethany anointed Jesus’ feet and that took place in Bethany all bring me to the conclusion that Simon must have had a significant role in the lives of Martha, Mary, and Lazarus. How Simon could be hosting the banquet as a leper brings me to another conclusion; his leprosy had been healed and he was now clean and allowed to appear in public. It is not mentioned anywhere; but I believe that Simon had been cleansed by Jesus. I conclude this partly because he was willing to host the banquet out of gratitude to Jesus.
It is because of my experience with those in society who have been marginalized that I can come to the conclusion that Simon could both be Mary’s father and consider her a sinner. Simon is also called a Pharisee. This would mean that he had a very strict attitude toward the Law and how one should behave in regards to the Law. How would I tell the story of Mary from my reading?
Growing up in the house of Simon would have been very restrictive; especially to an adventurous young woman. The story of the “Prodigal Son” may very well have been a reflection on what happened to Mary. Taking part of her inheritance she left her home in Bethany to get away from the religious strictures. What her lifestyle was we can only conjecture. I see from my experience that some of the unclean spirits cast out of Mary would have been such entities as rejection, rebellion, and religion. I believe that the story of Jesus traveling under the guidance of the Holy Spirit to the Gerasenes in order to deal with the man inflicted with Legion shows that Jesus could have gone to Magdala to rescue Mary. The rescue of Mary would then have been the connection Jesus had with the household of Simon the Leper including Martha, Mary, and Lazarus.
Why would these remarkable events, especially the raising of Lazarus from the dead, not be included in the Synoptic Gospels (Matthew, Mark, and Luke)? I believe the threat to kill Lazarus by the Jewish leaders kept the writers of the early gospels to not mention these events or to cloak them in terms that would not identify Lazarus.
My final conclusion and application to my life is that our love for Jesus because of the great forgiveness we have received should be the principle guiding factor in our relationship. We have been shown by Jesus that serving one another is the primary way in which we can show our love to Jesus.Write comment (0 Comments)
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Our Awesome God
I usually awake early in the morning and drink some coffee and pray a while and write this blog. Most times I find inspiration in the scripture or something that has happened recently comes to mind or there is something in the news that prompts me to write. The purpose of writing this blog is, after all, to provide some point of contact for those who want to continue on their life journey with God. This morning nothing came to mind after an hour or so. I could get no inspiration that I thought was what God wanted me to do. So I went back to bed for a while. After a little deep meditation; what I call a nap; I began to think about how awesome God has been in my life and generally in the cosmos.
I can find from my own life experience a testimony and a witness that God is awesome. I think that for me the most awesome characteristic about God is that He loves me. Not just that He loves me but that He sees me as lovely. God sees me as someone who is worth dying for. He gave His life for me.
How can I describe me? I wrote a little autobiography a few years ago called “The Farm Boy from Pennsylvania.” I was actually born on a farm in Pennsylvania within sight of the highest point in Pennsylvania, Mt. Pisgah. Mt. Pisgah was named, of course, from Deuteronomy 34: 1: “Then Moses climbed Mount Nebo from the plains of Moab to the top of Pisgah, across from Jericho. There the Lord showed him the whole land—from Gilead to Dan . . .” It is certain that I did not know that at the time. My grandfather had collected farms from that area until he had 640 acres in one tract. It was on one of those farms that I was born and it was on those 640 acres I spent many of my summers. What a journey I have had!
Just the geography alone is astounding. I have visited Norway, England, islands in the Caribbean, New Zealand, Australia, Switzerland, and Africa. We will return to Kissi, Kenya, Africa this summer to continue building churches and working toward the establishment of a Bible School. I will go to Papua New Guinea this fall to participate in the Executive of Victorious Ministry through Christ as the Secretary. I have been sent by God all over the world to see His awesome creation.
I have witnessed healing in my own life and witness healing in the lives of those around me almost every day. The reading of the Bible has overflowed into my life and experience on a daily basis. I do not physically see into the spiritual realm. I have not had experiences like John as recorded in Revelation. I don’t actually feel that I need to have such experiences because I sense the spiritual realm as real and active all around me all the time. I know from personal experience that I am spirit. When I read the words of Jesus in the conversation with the Samaritan woman at the well, “God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in spirit and the truth,” I know what that means.
In the very small church, Church on the Way, that my wife, Helen, and I lead in Bayfield, Ontario, Canada, we have seen people healed on a regular basis, financial events that can only be considered providential intervention, and a growing sense of becoming one in heart and mind that has made us truly reflective of the New Testament church described in Acts. Each week we hear testimony of the actions of God in all of our lives.
I am a ten year survivor of prostate cancer. When I went through that diagnosis, treatment, and recovery; it felt very much like I was not even involved. I was truly carried. I was a sheep in the arms of my Good Shepherd all through the events. Honestly, I was so carried that it would have made absolutely no difference whether I had lived or died. I don’t believe that there is any death in God. I will never experience death. I will only experience the ending of this physical existence and a more sharply defined spiritual existence that is already all around me.
Another way of looking at what I am experiencing on a daily basis is called, “walking in glory.” You see, God exists in glory. The few descriptions we have of the heavenly realm reveals God surrounded by unapproachable light. Those who try to describe it speak of fire, and astoundingly bright jewels, and rainbows. It is obvious that what is witnessed can’t really be described in language. Terms are always used that include the phrase, “like.” They are seeing something “like” something they can talk about; but it is really beyond description. When Jesus was on the Mount of Transfiguration his clothing became so bright that “no bleach could have made it so.” Well, that is what I live in. I live in the glory. The spiritual being I am lives in that glory. I actually already reside in heavenly realms. I live in the description Jesus gave in great detail in the Gospel of John chapters 13 through 17. Study it, contemplate it, see it as a reality in your life.
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“They are not of the world, even as I am not of it. Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth. As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world. For them I sanctify myself, that they too may be truly sanctified.” (John 17: 16 – 19 NIV)
Sanctify – 1. Holiness of life and character; saintliness. 2. Sacredness; inviolability, religious binding force; as, the sanctity of an oath; pl., sacred obligations, rites, etc.
I am by-passing definitions based on Roman practices in this article. I am basing what I am saying in this article directly on the concepts put forth by our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. I know that we have mentioned the Roman practice of invading a territory, occupying that territory, and transforming that territory into a semblance of Rome. The leader of that expedition was called an apostle; by definition, a sent one. We want to define this process more closely to bring it out of the context of Roman conquest of territory to what Jesus meant in His teaching and life example.
As quoted from the prayer of Jesus recorded in the Gospel of John; Jesus was not of this world. Before we take that thought too far and revert to Gnostic thinking that Jesus did not have material existence but was a spirit among us; we must make it perfectly clear that Jesus had bodily form, physical form, just like you and I. When Jesus says that He was not of the world He is referring to the system of the world run under the authority of the “prince of the world,” Satan. Jesus was not of the worldly kingdom and we, His followers, are not of the worldly kingdom.
We are of a different Spirit. We are of the Holy Spirit. We have a different Father. Jesus made reference to the fact that the “hypocrites and Pharisees” were of their “father” the devil:
“Jesus said to them, `If God were your Father, you would love me, for I have come here from God. I have not come on my own; God sent me. Why is my language not clear to you? Because you are unable to hear what I say. You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies. Yet because I tell the truth, you do not believe me! Can any of you prove me guilty of sin? If I am telling the truth, why don’t you believe me? Whoever belongs to God hears what God says. The reason you do not hear is that you do not belong to God.” (John 8: 42 – 47 NIV)
We are a privileged people. We are the ones Jesus prayed for at the end; before He went to the cross. He sanctified himself for that task so that we, too, could be truly sanctified to the task He won for us. We are cleansed by His words. We are washed clean by the words He has given us. We were sinful. We now can stand with Jesus in the above quote as, “Can any of you prove me guilty of sin?” We have been sanctified by the words of Jesus. We have been made holy and set aside for His use.
What is that use? We are set aside and made holy so that Jesus could send us into the world just as He was sent into the world. We are to occupy the world of the enemy and transform it into the kingdom of Jesus, Son of God. We are sent!
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Remain, Abide, Stand
“As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his love. I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete. My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. Greater love has not one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. You are my friends if you do what I command. I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you. You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit—fruit that will last—and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you. This is my command: Love each other.” (John 15: 9 – 17 NIV)
“Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes.” (Ephesians 6: 10, 11 NIV)
“I saw heaven standing open and there before me was a white horse, whose rider is called Faithful and True. With justice he judges and wages war. His eyes are like blazing fire, and on his head are many crowns. He has a name written on him that no one knows but he himself. He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood, and his name is the Word of God. The armies of heaven were following him, riding on white horses and dressed in fine linen, white and clean. Coming out of his mouth is a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations. `He will rule them with an iron scepter.’ He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God Almighty. On his robe and on his thigh he has this name written:
KING OF KINGS AND
LORD OF LORD.”
(Revelation 19: 11 – 16 NIV)
These three passages of scripture may seem to not tell a story that is consistent. However, I believe that this is exactly what is happening today. The armies of heaven are being led forth by our Lord and Savior. We are being led forth loving each other. We are able to stand against the wiles of the devil and defeat the nations because we are clothed with the whole armor of God. We wear the helmet of salvation, the breastplate of righteousness, the belt of truth, the shoes of the gospel of peace, and we carry the shield of faith and the sword of the Spirit which is the word of God. We are fully prepared to ride forth behind our King and our Lord and slay the nations.
But be aware what “slay the nations” means. When a “sinner is slain” she or he is converted to follow after our Lord and King. A “sinner slain” is a person who has repented of their sin and become a new believer. This happens by the sword of the Spirit which is the word of God. Words are spirit and life. With words the gospel is proclaimed and those who opposed us join us because they see that we love each other.
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One prominent Psalmist was Asaph. Although David wrote many of the Psalms he was not the only writer. Psalm 73 begins with a complaint as Asaph questions the prosperity of the wicked around him and the result of his observations in his own life. Are not these observations very real to us today as we observe the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer?
“Surely God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart.
“But as for me, my feet had almost slipped; I had nearly lost my foothold. For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.” (Psalm 73: 1 – 3 NIV)
When we take our eyes off the Good Shepherd who is leading us we are prone to become envious of those around us who appear to prosper in spite of their wickedness and arrogance. Our footing become precarious in the spiritual sense when we contemplate the world rather than the ways of Christ.
Asaph goes on to describe the easy life of the wicked and arrogant:
“They have not struggles; their bodies are healthy and strong. They are free from common human burdens; they are not plagued by human ills. Therefore pride is their necklace; they clothe themselves with violence. From their callous hearts comes iniquity; their evil imaginations have no limits. They scoff, and speak with malice; with arrogance they threaten oppression. Their mouths lay claim to heaven, and their tongues take possession of the earth. Therefore their people turn to them and drink up waters in abundance. They say, `How could God know? Does the Most High know anything?’ This is what the wicked are like—always free of care, they go on amassing wealth.” (Psalm 73: 4 – 12 NIV)
Asaph considers all of this and begins to apply it to his personal life until he recognizes the destruction to himself and those around him involved:
“Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure and have washed my hands in innocence. All day long I have been afflicted, and every morning brings new punishments.
“If I had spoken out like that, I would have betrayed your children. When I tried to understand all this, it troubled me deeply till I entered the sanctuary of God; then I understood their final destiny.
As Asaph pauses in God’s sanctuary, the light of understanding comes and he begins to understand the true picture:
“Surely you place them on slippery ground; you cast them down to ruin. How suddenly they are destroyed, completely swept away by terrors! They are like a dream when one awakes; when you arise, Lord, you will despise them as fantasies.” (Psalm 73: 18 – 20 NIV)
Asaph realizes the personal destruction such contemplation of evil can bring:
“When my heart was grieved and my spirit embittered, I was senseless and ignorant; I was a brute beast before you. (Psalm 73: 21, 22 NIV)
Finally, Asaph concludes the Psalm with recognition of our place in God and the final result of trusting in God:
“Yet I am always with you; you hold me by my right hand. You guide me with your counsel, and afterward you will take me into glory. Whom have I in heaven but you? And earth has nothing I desire besides you. My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
“Those who are far from you will perish; you destroy all who are unfaithful to you. But as for me, it is good to be near God. I have made the Sovereign Lord my refuge; I will tell of all your deeds.” (Psalm 73: 23 – 28 NIV)
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Message of the Kingdom
“Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of me. At that time man will turn away from the faith and will betray and hate each other, and many false prophets will appear and deceive many people. Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold, but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved. And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.” (Matthew 24: 9 – 14 NIV)
“Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its twigs get tender and its leaves come out, you know that summer is near. Even so, when you see all these things, you know that it is near, right at the door. Truly I tell you, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened. Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.” (Matthew 24: 32 – 35 NIV)
“Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom the master has put in charge of the servants in his household to give them their food at the proper time? It will be good for that servant whose master find him doing so when he returns. Truly I tell you, he will put him in charge of all his possessions.” (Matthew 24: 45 – 47 NIV)
I have quoted here from Matthew 24 because the words of Jesus, “And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come,” are included here. These same warnings and teachings about the end are also included in Mark 13 and Luke 21. Generally speaking the scene involves the disciples expressing to Jesus their awe over the temple and Jesus’ reaction that not one stone will be left upon another. While sitting later on the Mount of Olives the disciples asked Jesus about when all these things should happen. These discourses about the end are recorded in these three places in the gospel narrative with slightly different emphases. For this article I used the quote from Matthew because I want to make the emphasis that our current job as followers of Jesus is to continue to preach the gospel of the kingdom until He returns.
Part of the reason I make this emphasis is that I have just finished reading a biography of Bonhoeffer. As you might know Dietrich Bonhoeffer came of age during the time between the World War 1 and World War 2 during the rise to power of the Third Reich led by Adolph Hitler. Bonhoeffer was a brilliant rising theologian greatly influenced by Karl Barth but with outstanding independent thinking which led him to the conclusion that we are to actively live according to the teachings of Jesus; especially as those teachings were expressed in the Sermon on the Mount. The practical outcome of my reading of Bonhoeffer’s life and of my personal study of Scripture and of my contemplations brings me to the conclusion that we are actively engaged in living and preaching the kingdom of God or we are not living according to what Jesus taught.
Let me not be mistaken in what I am saying. There have been many attempts to bring about some semblance of an earthly, physical kingdom of God in the form of community living or political dominance. By political dominance I mean that from time to time those in power have sought to bring about a physical kingdom of God by doing the opposite of what Jesus actually taught, lording it over others and forcing others to submit to their vision of what should be.
There was a teaching popular for a time from the period of the enlightenment that was based on the belief that the world would get better and better, the kingdom of God would become more and more dominant and obvious, and then Jesus would come to rule and reign in this earthly kingdom of God. This way of thinking was spoiled by two world wars, the Cold War, and a continual series of conflicts around the world ever since.
Yet, at the same time, the kingdom of God is preached, hearts are individually changed, and the kingdom of God does what Jesus said it would do, continually, invisibly expands. What I believe God is directing me to do is take this message to Kissi, Kenya, Africa, and establish a Bible School there to equip the saints to go forth with the message of the kingdom. I believe this is the fulfillment of the words of Jesus, at least for me, as He talked with His disciples on the Mount of Olives.
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The UK economy shrank in November after a fall in consumer spending and a downturn in manufacturing before the election, raising pressure on the Bank of England for an interest rate cut.
In a reflection of the political uncertainty hanging over families and businesses before last month’s vote, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said gross domestic product (GDP) had fallen by 0.3% in November from the previous month.
Most major sectors of the economy except construction recorded a drop in output, including the country’s usually dominant services industry – which includes retail, hotels and finance.
The latest snapshot comes as momentum builds towards an interest rate cut after three members of the Bank of England’s rate-setting committee signalled that weakness in the economy could warrant lower borrowing costs within months to support jobs and growth.
The pound came under selling pressure on Monday, dropping by about 0.7% against the US dollar, to $1.2980, and the euro, to €1.1675, amid rising expectations that the Bank’s monetary policy committee (MPC) could cut rates as soon as its next meeting on 30 January.
Economists at the consultancy Capital Economics said car production had dragged down manufacturing output in November because of car plant shutdowns imposed as a Brexit contingency for the month after the Halloween deadline, before it was extended until the end of January.
Overall manufacturing output fell by 1.7% on the month, while the service sector – which accounts for about 80% of the economy – contracted by 0.3%. An upturn in new infrastructure and commercial building helped to lift growth in the construction sector to 1.9% on the month.
Trade figures from the ONS showed a 7.8% fall in imports on the month, suggesting companies rushed to stockpile goods before the 31 October deadline and then made fewer orders in November. The UK’s total trade balance, measuring the gap between imports and exports, jumped to a record surplus of £4bn in November, up from a deficit of £1.3bn in October.
Andrew Wishart, a UK economist at Capital Economics, said: “In normal times, the MPC would already have cut rates but it held off to see if the general election produced a revival in sentiment. What really matters is what happens in the data for January. At the moment, we think the MPC may hold off from cutting rates but it will be a close call.”
Despite the monthly fall in GDP, government statisticians said the economy had grown slightly more strongly than first thought in September and October. UK GDP rose by 0.1% over the broader three months to November, beating expectations among City economists for a decline by the same amount.
The ONS advises that the three-month figures can provide a more reliable indicator of economic strength than its monthly snapshot, which can be prone to revision as more data becomes available.
However, statisticians warned that the long-term picture for the economy continued to be one of relative weakness. Over the 12 months to November the economy only grew by 0.6%, the weakest pace in more than seven years.
Analysts said the weak growth figures for November meant GDP probably fell in the final three months of last year, marking the second quarter in 2019 when the British economy shrank after a drop in the three months to June. The Bank of England had forecast growth of about 0.1%.
Frances O’Grady, the TUC general secretary, said the government had run out of excuses and needed a plan to boost growth and living standards across the country.
“These figures are bleak news for the economy and working people, with vital industries like manufacturing in the doldrums,” she said.
There are hopes that the economy could recover in the coming months, easing the pressure on the Bank to cut interest rates, after Boris Johnson’s unexpectedly decisive election victory lifted some of the political uncertainty holding back household and business spending.
Garry Young, of the National Institute of Economic and Social Research, Britain’s oldest economics thinktank, said the economy probably flatlined in the final three months of the year.
“While there is some evidence of an improvement in business optimism following the general election, it is doubtful that this will do much to change the short-term economic outlook of further lacklustre growth,” he said.
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Weekly coronavirus update: 36.931 new cases, 422 deaths
The weekly report from the RIVM (National Institute for Public Health and Environment) reveals that, since the update last week, another 36.931 people in the Netherlands have tested positive for COVID-19, the illness that is caused by the new coronavirus.
Coronavirus situation in the Netherlands
Of the people infected, another 422 people have died since last Tuesday*, November 17, bringing the death toll to 9.047. Another 1.291 patients have been admitted to hospital. As not all people are getting tested, the true number of people infected with the new coronavirus is higher than reported.
*There may be a delay between the day of death and the day that it is reported.
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|November 18 - November 24||+ 36.931||+ 1.291||9.047 (+ 422)|
|November 11 - November 17||+ 37.706||+ 1.496||8.625 (+ 479)|
|November 4 - November 10||+ 43.621||+ 1.520||8.146 (+ 565)|
|October 28 - November 3||+ 64.087||+ 1.966||7.581 (+ 435)|
|October 21 - October 27||+ 67.542||+ 1.739||7.146 (+ 329)|
|October 14 - October 20||+ 55.587||+ 1.492||6.817 (+ 185)|
|October 7 - October 13||+43.903||+1.144||6.632 (+ 150)|
|September 30 - October 6||+27.485||+803**||6.482 (+ 89)|
|September 23 - September 29||+19.326||+244||6.393 (+102)|
|September 16 - September 22||+13.471||+152||6.291 (+33)|
|September 9 - September 15||+8.265||+92||6.258 (+14)|
|September 2 - September 8||+5.427||+43||6.244 (+17)|
|August 26 - September 1||+3.597||+57||6.230 (+24)|
|August 19 - August 25||+3.588||+84||6.207 (+32)|
|August 12 - August 18||+4.013||+50||6.175 (+16)|
** Since September 30, the RIVM data on hospital admissions has been based on figures from the NICE foundation, offering a more accurate and up-to-date picture of coronavirus hospitalizations in the Netherlands.
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Critical Thinking / Review
CRITICAL ANALYSIS ON ACTING
You will attend one of UNCG’s virtual theatrical productions.
After attending the production, you will write a 2 to 3-page critical analysis based on the acting in the play. You will choose 2 characters. What did you like? What did you not like? Why? Provide specific examples from the play. Not a plot summary (I will have seen it) but what the actors do on stage that supports whether you thought it was good or bad. Your introductory paragraph should explain what you think constitutes good vs. bad acting segueing into the body of your paper.
Separate the character from the actor. It is possible to dislike a character but admire the actor’s performance. When discussing a character, use the character’s name; when discussing an actor play a character, use the actor’s name.
1 Were the actors convincing in their roles? Why or why not?
2 Did the characters seem to have a purpose or goal to achieve? Explain.
3 Did the actors/characters listen and respond to one another?
4 Did the actors’ voice, mannerisms, and movements fit their characters? Give specific examples.
5 Could they be heard/understood? Did their use of language fit the character?
6 Choose an actor and examine the progression of his or her character. Did the character change over the course of the play? If so, how did you observe that change? What did the actor do – physically, vocally, emotionally – that made this change observable?
7 Having considered all the elements, how would you describe the acting in the play?
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How to manage appraisal expectations on reverse mortgages – How can reverse mortgage originators best prepare borrowers ahead of an appraisal to avoid disappointment? manage their expectations upfront, some suggest, and if you can, visit the property yourself..
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10 Reasons to Avoid reverse mortgage loans | MyBankTracker – 10 Reasons to Avoid Reverse Mortgage Loans. Peter Bennett. Jul 20th, 2018. Reverse mortgages come with more regulations than a regular mortgage so that accounts for some of the additional fees.
CHIP Reverse Mortgage Rates | HomeEquity Bank – Reverse mortgage rates are not the only factor in assessing how much a reverse mortgage will cost you. The interest rate is important, of course, but you will also need to consider the closing and administrative cost.
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What Are the Risks of Taking a Reverse Mortgage Too Early? – A reverse mortgage is a loan that allows a homeowner to convert home equity into cash. No repayments are due as long as you live in the house.. AARP considers this a misreading of the law and has filed a lawsuit, according to AARP senior attorney jean Constantine-Davis.
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Jim Crow lynchings were more common than thought with new report adding 700 more murdered African Americans to total of nearly 4,000
The lynching of African Americans in the Jim Crow-era South was much more widespread than initially thought.
A new report found that white mobs murdered a total of 3,959 black persons in 12 southern states between 1877 and 1950, which is a shocking 700 more than previously reported.
The Montgomery, Alabama based nonprofit Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) spent five years researching newspaper articles, historical archives, and court records on these attacks and revealed the new total in a report published Tuesday.
Dark history: A new report has added 700 more African American deaths to a list of lynchings during the Jim Crow era of the South. Above, a crow of white Texans watch as a black man named Henry Smith is hanged. Smith was accused of killing a white girl named Myrtle Vance
WORST SOUTHERN STATES AND COUNTIES FOR LYNCHING, 1877 - 1950
1. Georgia - 586
2. Mississippi - 576
3. Louisiana - 540
4. Arkansas - 503
5. Florida - 331
6. Texas - 376
7. Alabama - 326
8. Tennessee - 225
9. South Carolina - 164
10. Kentucky - 154
11. North Carolina - 102
12. Virginia - 76
1. Phillips, Arkansas - 243
2. Caddo, Louisiana - 54
3. Lafourche, Louisiana - 50
4. Tensas, Louisiana - 40
5. Ouachita, Louisiana - 35
6. Orange, Florida - 34
7. Bossier, Louisiana - 32
8. Marion, Florida - 30
9. Jefferson, Alabama - 29
10. Dallas, Alabama - 25
11. Early, Georgia - 24
12. Iberia, Louisiana - 23
The organization now plans to use this data to push for the construction of war memorial-style effigies in the communities where these senseless race crimes were committed.
EJI Director Bryan Stevenson admits building these memorials will be met with stiff resistance in the South, where many still proudly hang Confederate flags.
LYNCHING RATES BY STATE, 1880-1940
Florida - 0.594
Mississippi - 0.556
Arkansas - 0.545
Louisiana - 0.475
Georgia - 0.378
Alabama - 0.256
South Carolina - 0.180
Tennessee - 0.165
Texas - 0.154
Kentucky - 0.111
Virginia - 0.072
North Carolina - 0.068
(Lynching rate calculated per 100,000 residents)
'We want to change the visual landscape of this country so that when people move through these communities and live in these communities, that they’re mindful of this history,' Stevenson told The Guardian. 'We don’t think you should be able to come to these places without facing their histories.'
Many of the attacks, the report says, were carried out for minor transgressions from the black community like touching a white woman or wearing an Army uniform, as opposed to actual crimes.
Also revealed in the report are the Southern counties where these lynchings happened the most.
Black people during this period were most in danger living in Florida where the rate of lynchings was the highest. Georgia had the most overall lynchings at 586. Lynchings were also broken down by county, with Philips County, Arkansas proving to be the bloodiest with a total of 243. That's much more than the second place county, Louisiana's Caddo, which reported 50.
Phillips County ranked so high on the list for a series of violence in September 1919 known as the Elaine massacre.
On September 30 of that year, 100 black farmers met a church to discuss getting better payments for their cotton crops from the white sharecroppers in the area.
Two white men attended the meeting, and one of them was shot. That led to widespread violence against African Americans in the town and county, ending in the death of 15 white persons and hundreds of blacks.
The only men prosecuted though were 115 African Americans, 12 of whom were sentenced to death for murder. The U.S. Supreme Court eventually overturned this conviction on appeal.
It was attacks like these that Stevenson said led African Americans on a mass migration to the more tolerant North.
Single act: Phillips County, Arkansas was named the worst county for lynchings during the period with a total of 243. A single series of violence called the Elaine Massacre in 1919 is responsible for the high number. Hundreds of black residents in the town of Elaine were killed after they met to discuss getting more money for the cotton they sold to white plantation owners. Above, then Governor of Arkansas Charles Hillman Brough addresses a crowd after the massacre
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Every day is the first day of the year, says Andrew Cohen
New beginnings are the source of renewal, fresh starts and second chances. New beginnings are moments that are free from the burden of the karma of past failures. New beginnings give us all a chance to experience once again our lost innocence and the heartfelt, passionate conviction that all things are possible. New beginnings give us the unique opportunity to once again trust unconditionally the creative mystery that is animating the entire universe. This liberates our heavily burdened hearts from the self-limiting chains of fear, doubt and hesitation.
New beginnings can be found both in time and beyond time. In time, they are experienced when we move to a new location, start a new job, begin a new relationship or go on a new adventure. But when we pursue the spiritual process in earnest and begin the inner meditative journey, we discover, to our surprise, that beyond time there abides the liberating freedom of a different kind of new beginning. An eternally new, ever infinite renewal in the form of timeless, formless, beginningless and endless Being. We find ourselves suddenly basking in the transcendental freedom of what the Buddha called the Unborn, Ramana Maharshi called the Self, and Meister Eckhart called the God within.
New beginnings in time offer us opportunities for our bodies, minds and personalities to grow and evolve. New beginnings beyond time awaken us again and again to eternity — where we can abide in a state of infinite renewal at the level of the soul.
The first is about relative change within time. The latter is about an Absolute leap into another dimension beyond time.
When we awaken to enlightened awareness in a way that is deep and profound, we find ourselves grounded in the knowledge that from an absolute vantage point, every moment is a new beginning, radiating with the presence of eternity. Once made, this life changing discovery becomes our north star and our guiding light through the highs and lows, the endless ups and downs and challenges of relative reality.
Indeed, we now live in a constant state of paradox between the absolute and relative truths of manifest and unmanifest existence.
This means that no matter what our bodies, minds and personalities may be experiencing in time-bound, relative reality, in absolute reality, at the level of the soul, every day is our birthday, every day is Christmas and every day is the first day of the New Year. ■
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Montreal is the second largest city in Canada and the leading urban center of the province of Quebec. It has long been a transportation, manufacturing and financial center due to its strategic location on the St. Lawrence River. It continues to be considered a modern, dynamic and exciting destination to visit.
Despite having a robust railway system, Montreal has seen over the last 50 years a steady rise in automobile usage and traffic congestion, like many urban centers in North America. One of the little-talked about consequences of high traffic areas are the vehicular accidents that at times damage Montreal’s traffic lights.
Montreal’s Traffic Light Repair Problem
For a long time, the City of Montreal had experienced delays in repairing traffic lights that were damaged by accidents. These delays were often due to waiting for the electric utility, Hydro-Quebec, to dispatch a repair crew to disconnect power at the traffic light’s control box, which is required prior to work being performed.
This has caused a long-standing problem: the city’s union electricians would often wait a long time for Hydro-Quebec to arrive at the work site, which delayed the repair and, more importantly, created traffic flow disruptions. For years this problem was waiting for a solution until MELTRIC, a leading manufacturer of industrial plugs and receptacles, came along.
The MELTRIC Solution
MELTRIC contacted the City of Montreal with what it believed was a solution to its problem: install MELTRIC’s Switch-Rated plug and receptacle between the utility’s incoming power line and the traffic light’s electrical control box. Since the plug and receptacle features an integral switching mechanism that can be operated safely by any qualified worker, power could be disconnected without Hydro-Quebec on site.
MELTRIC’s switch-rated plugs and receptacles combine the safety and functionality of a disconnect switch with the convenience of a plug and receptacle. They have a dead-front design and enclosed arc chambers to ensure that the power is safely disconnected, and that all live parts are isolated from the operator, before the plug can be removed. This design guarantees that operators are protected from exposure to live parts and arc flash while making and breaking power connections.
The switch-rated plug’s contacts are deenergized within the enclosed arc chamber before the plug can be physically removed. When the receptacle’s red-colored OFF button is pushed, the spring-loaded operating mechanism within it instantly opens the contacts to break the circuit, ejecting the plug to its OFF position. It takes about 15 milliseconds to break open the contacts in the enclosed arc chamber, which minimizes arcing.
More Than a Power Connection Problem to Solve
Prior to conducting a field test of the MELTRIC Switch-Rated plugs and receptacles, the City of Montreal needed to negotiate with its electricians’ union because of the union’s concern over the prospect of having non-electricians disconnecting power.
In addition, the union was also concerned that if the MELTRIC solution worked, some electricians would lose their jobs.
In 2010, after three years of negotiations, the City was finally ready to conduct a field test. Today, the union electricians continue to go on site, but now they disconnect power for the traffic light control box using a MELTRIC Switch-Rated device, without having to wait for the utility to arrive and disconnect power.
MELTRIC’s DSN60 in Traffic Light Applications
MELTRIC DSN60 switch-rated plugs and receptacles are now specified on all traffic light applications in the City of Montreal. Trelec (MELTRIC’s sales representative in Quebec) helped the Montreal’s city engineer design a special box to mount the DSN60 between the concrete base and the pole. It is typically installed between the point of contact with Hydro-Quebec and the Connection Enclosure. Trelec performs the pre-assembly of the product, including a special cable gland with labelling on the MELTRIC device to accommodate the 3-mono #6 conductors from the utility.
In November 2012, the first order of MELTRIC Switch-Rated devices was for only two units. Today, about 600 units have been purchased by the City of Montreal with another over 100 other devices currently on order. The master contract has called for 800 units over the next 3 years. But this is only the beginning: Montreal has about 3,000 traffic light intersections, and fewer than 20% of them have been converted to MELTRIC Switch-Rated plugs and receptacles!
MELTRIC in Montreal’s Future
The traffic light application has now been expanded to street lights in Montreal. There are 110,000 street lights and the City may purchase more than 5,000 MELTRIC DS100C/DSN150 devices.
Moreover, engineers are specifying MELTRIC devices on other projects in Montreal, such as a new parking automation system, consisting of 88 poles with an LED Panel that will show available space in downtown parking lots. The City’s large water treatment plant specifies MELTRIC switch-rated devices, with over 200 DSN60s already installed, as well as some DSN150s and DS60Exs.
For more information on Meltric, visit www.meltric.com.
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Three leading Scientific experts on nudibranchs and sea slugs (Terrence Gosliner, Angel Valdes and David Behrens) have collaborated to produce this beautiful field guide for divers.
After only three years, Nudibranch and Sea Slug Identification – Indo-Pacific 1st Edition has sold out and become outdated due to the discovery of new species and numerous changes to the taxonomy of these organisms. This second, updated and reorganized edition, includes 185 new species. Among other features, the new edition includes additional photographs, an identification key, and an up-to-date classification.
This book illustrates 2,138 Indo-Pacific opisthobranchs, including many un-described species. With the evolution of chemical defenses and the loss of the shell, came the evolution of the bright color patterns that are the signature of nudibranch diversity; vivid colors advertise the presence of toxicity or distastefulness. All of this beauty and color is on full display in 2,500 photographs on 452 pages.
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‘If I don’t give myself hope, I will not survive,’ says sister of Egypt detainee
“A day where I witnessed with my own eyes humanity being demolished.” That’s what Fatima Halawa, 26, replies when asked what the word “Rabaa” reminds her of. Memories of what happened on 14 August 2013 in Cairo’s Rabaa Al-Adawiya Square remain painful for those who suffered abuse at first hand.
Anti-coup protesters had occupied the square as part of a peaceful sit-in in support of ousted President Mohamed Morsi a month earlier. The coup was led by Egypt’s now President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi.
For Irish-Egyptian siblings Ibrahim, Somaia, Fatima and Omaima, lending their support to the sit-in was an important moral act influenced by the revolutionary spirit that had driven former President Hosni Mubarak from power in 2011 as part of the Arab Spring. “When it became quite clear that people’s freedom was being wiped away, I couldn’t just sit still,” explains Fatima. “That’s when I truly felt obliged to participate.” She was 22 years old at the time and had just graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in digital media.
However, the peaceful calls that filled the spirit of the square were soon replaced by scenes of war as a massacre began to unfold. The army and security forces stormed into the square, bulldozing protesters’ encampments and attacking a field hospital full of injured people. It was a premeditated attack planned at the highest echelons of the Egyptian government.
In the space of ten hours, over a thousand people were killed in what Human Rights Watch at the time would call “one of the largest killings of demonstrators in a single day in recent history.”
Fatima recalls that it never crossed her mind that a massacre would take place. “Children, teenagers, women and men were murdered in the blink of an eye. I saw the worst of the worst and the best of the best [in Rabaa], although at times it becomes hard to remember the good because of the atrocities I witnessed.”
Claims that the Rabaa protesters were armed “terrorists” have since been discredited by eyewitness accounts detailing how security forces used snipers and live ammunition. They, quite literally, created a bloodbath on the streets.
It is difficult for Fatima to talk about what she saw that day. “It’s a memory that I try to suppress heavily because if I don’t the effect and consequences it has on me are far more severe.”
Somaia, 31, compares what she saw in Rabaa to images of war in Palestine that she has seen on TV. “I saw tanks crushing people with no mercy, as if we were in a war,” she says.
Despite the amount of evidence implicating the Egyptian army and security forces in the Rabaa massacre, no one has been brought to trial, nor has the Egyptian government launched an open investigation into the killings. To add insult to injury, the government subsequently renamed the square after Egypt’s former Public Prosecutor, Hisham Barakat, a figure who personifies the unlawful detentions, forced disappearances and deaths of thousands since Sisi took office. Over the past four years, more than 40,000 people have been detained; at least 124 have died in detention from torture, sickness or the general ill-treatment and conditions in prison.
“[The government] feared the consequences that [the Rabaa demonstration] may have on them and their elimination from power so they decided to destroy it,” Fatima says as she tries to explain why the massacre took place.
The Halawa siblings were subsequently arrested and detained after a siege at Al-Fath Mosque in Cairo on 17 August. They all agree that the first four days of their three-month “horrific” prison ordeal were the “hardest”. For Somaia, who was 27 when she was arrested, it was like being in a “coma” with no hope of returning home.
The sisters were transferred to the overcrowded Al-Qantar Women’s prison and were given food and drinks past their sell-by date to survive on, as well as one toilet break, which they had to share communally. As they endured this, the screams of men being tortured nearby could be heard. They still echo in Fatima’s mind.
Though the sisters were returned to Ireland three months later, their brother Ibrahim is still being held in prison. Having had just completed his School Leaving Certificate in Ireland, Ibrahim found himself arrested and shot in the hand (for which he was denied medical attention) at the age of just 17. He has been charged with 16 offences, including murder, attacking a police station and being part of a terrorist organisation. His case is being heard in a mass trial along with 492 others; it has been adjourned 34 times.
According to Somaia, her brother has only been allowed to see his lawyer once and his family have been barred from attending the trial. In the meantime, three judges have withdrawn from the case without reason.
The Irish government has been watching Ibrahim’s case closely since his arrest; it has a team of observers in Egypt, led by Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney and the Irish Ambassador in Cairo Damien Cole. They have had limited success.
Speaking last month, Coveney highlighted the limitations of the Irish intervention in Ibrahim’s case, instead relying on the Egyptian authorities’ promise to “fulfil the clear commitment… to resolve this issue as soon as the trial ends, and return Ibrahim Halawa to Ireland.”
Somaia speaks of the fluctuating sense of hopelessness felt by the family. “The process of getting Ibrahim released has been the hardest process ever when you see that your efforts remain useless,” she explains.
Correspondence with Ibrahim is limited and occurs mainly through smuggled letters which are often sent or received with long intervals in-between. This has had a profound effect on Ibrahim’s emotional and physical wellbeing; he is said to be wheelchair-bound, according to his lawyer. “Not your average teenage experience is it?” Fatima asks.
Writing in the Guardian last year, Ibrahim highlighted the “normality” of being “cursed, stripped naked, beaten with a bar, or put in solitary confinement…”
Marking the third anniversary of his arrest last year, a letter he wrote to his “beloved” Ireland was published online in which he begs “to feel your goodbye tears” and be buried there should he die in prison.
“Dear Ireland,” he wrote. “I have been taken away from you for so long… I just can’t understand why they have kidnapped me away from you.”
He apologised to his family, especially his sisters Somaia and Omaima for missing their weddings, and “complains” to Ireland about “how one human enjoys torturing another human” before questioning “the continued injustice, the oppression and the killing of the innocent.”
Unlike other known cases of dual-nationals being freed from prison in Egypt, such as American-Egyptians Mohammed Soltan and Aya Hegazy, Ibrahim’s case receives little attention. Like the young Irish-Egyptian, Soltan was also shot and arrested after documenting the events of Rabaa, and imprisoned for two years. He underwent 489 days of hunger strike before he was returned to the US. Ibrahim has also used a hunger strike to protest against his detention and prison conditions.
“What kept me going,” says Soltan, “was seeing the incredible support outside, the humanity of the people who campaigned for me.” That, he adds, kept him sane.
Soltan’s sister Hanaa campaigned tirelessly for her brother and continues to raise awareness of the political situation in Egypt, just as the Halawa family do now. “There were many moments when we felt our efforts would never bear fruit, where doubt about being slightly effective crippled our ability to re-strategise,” she points out.
For Fatima, faith carries her family forward through the hopelessness they feel about ever seeing Ibrahim released. “You begin to feel hopeless for not being able to take away their pain or even easing it [but] if I didn’t give myself hope then in all honesty I don’t think I would be able to survive.”
Rabaa Al-Adawiya has shaped Fatima’s perspective on life, which she describes as a “rollercoaster ride” that she cannot get off. A quote that shapes Fatima’s message is one from Martin Luther King: “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” For Fatima, if people don’t believe in that and act upon it, “Then regrettably it also becomes a threat to us too.”
Originally published at www.middleeastmonitor.com on August 17, 2017.
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Edge, the new web browser from Microsoft is the default web browser as well as the default PDF reader in Windows 10. While the current version of Edge lacks several features offered by its rivals like Mozilla Firefox and the popular Google Chrome browser, several benchmark tests have confirmed that Edge is comparable to other third-party browses as far as the speed is concerned.
Like other browsers around, Edge also offers you save your web passwords. Passwords saved in Edge browser can be managed by opening the advanced settings of Edge.
As said before, Edge browser still far from perfect. Many users who have been using Edge as their default web browser have complained that the browser doesn’t open at all, at times.
If you have saved your web passwords in the Edge browser and the Edge browser is refusing to open for some reason, you can follow the given below directions to recover passwords saved in the Edge browser in Windows 10.
Method 1 of 2
View and recover Edge browser passwords using Credential Manager
Step 1: Type Credential Manager in Start menu or taskbar search box, and then press Enter key to open the same.
Step 2: Click on Web Credentials to view all passwords and usernames saved in Edge as well as in Internet Explorer.
Step 3: To view a password for a website, click the down-arrow next to a web link, and then click Show link next to the Password.
Step 4: When you are asked to enter your Microsoft or local user account password, enter the same to view the password for the selected web address.
Method 2 of 2
View and recover Edge browser passwords using WebBrowserPassView
Step 1: The first step is to download a free tool called WebBrowserPassView from NirSoft. In addition to the regular installer, the software is available in portable version as well. If don’t want to install this software on your PC, you can download only the standalone version by clicking Download WebBrowserPassView (In zip File) link.
For those who are concerned about using a third-party tool to recover passwords, NirSoft is a very well- known developer and all of their tools are safe to use.
Step 2: Extract the downloaded zip file to get WebBrowserPassView.exe file. Double-click on the file to run WebBrowserPassView software.
Step 3: With default settings, the tool automatically shows passwords saved in all installed web browsers on your PC. For instance, if you have saved passwords in Opera, Chrome, Firefox, and Edge, the WebBrowserPassView will show passwords saved in all these browsers.
To view passwords saved only in Internet Explorer and Edge browsers, click Options menu, click Advanced Options, uncheck all browsers except Internet Explorer and then click OK button.
As passwords saved in both Edge and Internet Explorer are stored in Credential Manager, the tool recognizes Edge browser as Internet Explorer.
To backup saved passwords
The WebBrowserPassView supports exporting passwords saved in the Edge browser to text file (.txt), HTML, CSV, or XML file types.
If you want to export all passwords saved in Edge browser to one of the above mentioned file types, select all passwords, click File menu, click Save selected items, select a location to save the file and finally, click the Save button.
Are you using Edge as your default browser in Windows 10?
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Food is the ultimate source of happiness. It satisfies the stomach as well as calms the mind. However, food habits differ from person to person. When talking about food habits, cooking methods are also noticeable aspects. Various types of cooking methods exist, which are applied to different types of dishes or cuisines. Two of the most popular and often confused cooking methods are Grill and Roast.
Grill vs Roast
The main difference between Grill and Roast is that Grilling is a process of cooking food that allows direct contact of the food with the flame, whereas, Roasting is a process of cooking food that allows an indirect contact of the food with the flame. Sliced and thin pieces of food are more suitable for grilling, while roasting is usually preferred for thick and large pieces of food.
To grill food is to expose it to direct heat and cook it on a griller. The flame is generally of coal or wood. It is preferred due to the mouth-watering flavours it imparts to the food. While grilling, the temperature is set quite high. This is why one should take proper care while this process or else the food can get burnt.
On the other hand, to roast food means to cook by maintaining a distance between the food and the flame. Roasting is done in an oven or by just hanging food above the flame in a more traditional manner. The temperature while roasting is kept low and the food gets cooked through the radiations coming from the flame.
Comparison Table Between Grill and Roast
|Parameters of Comparison||Grill||Roast|
|Definition||The grill is a cooking method that is done by exposing food to direct flame.||Roast is a cooking method that exposes food to flame indirectly.|
|Temperature||The temperature is high and goes above 500°F.||The temperature is low and goes around 200-400°F.|
|Equipment||Grilling is done on a Grill, Griddle, or Gridiron.||Roasting is done in an Oven or by traditional method.|
|Time-taken||It takes less time, i.e. around 3-10 min.||It takes more time, i.e. around 1-3 hours.|
|Food Texture||The food becomes crispy and flavourful.||Here the food becomes tender.|
|Heating Method||The heating method is direct.||The heating method is indirect.|
|Dishes||Dishes like kebabs, streaks, sandwiches, etc., are prepared by grilling.||Dishes like roasted meat, chicken, potatoes, etc., are prepared by roasting.|
What is Grill?
Food can be cooked in different forms using various techniques or methods. One such way of preparing food is to grill it. Grilling involves exposure of the food to direct heat. This process is carried out using a Griller or Griddle.
A griller is a set-up that contains an open wire grid along with a source that provides heat to the food. The source is present either above or below the surface of the grilled. There is also an alternative to the grilled, i.e., a grill pan or griddle. It uses an almost similar technique as of the griller. The only difference is that it resembles a pan in which the heat gets transferred to the food by conduction.
Grilling requires a high temperature of heat. The temperature rate usually exceeds 500°F while grilling. This facilitates the food to be ready within a short span of time. Direct grilling has heat produced from coal or wood-burning, which ensures a punch of flavours into the food.
The grilled food becomes crispy and healthy. Kebabs, streaks, sandwiches etc., are prepared by this method. Grilling is believed to be healthy as the fat gets burnt out of the food during the process. A flavour somewhat like smoke gets infused into the food, which tastes even more delicious. Overall, grilling is suitable for quick, healthy yet luscious cooking.
What is Roast?
As said, cooking is an art. It really is! The number of methods available for cooking food is a lot. These methods just need to be carried out the right way so that the result is a success. To roast food is also a type of art. Roasting involves cooking food by transferring indirect heat to it. An oven or open flame is used for roasting.
In the case of an open flame, the heat that reaches the food helps to get it cooked from all sides. A low temperature around 200-400°F is enough for this process. When roasting is done in an oven, the temperature requirements remain the same. Large pieces of meat are generally cooked by slow-roasting, which ensures tender meat in return.
The low temperature used while roasting results in a time-consuming process. However, there is a comparatively faster roasting method too. It is used for browning food enough. This method is used for already tender food items which do not need a long duration to be cooked. There is also a combination process that involves the transfer of heat to the food either at the beginning or end.
Although roasting is a slightly time-taking method, it does not need much prior preparation. The food just has to be on flame for a long time, and that’s it. The fat also gets rendered out, and the natural juices stay intact, making food more healthy.
Main Differences Between Grill and Roast
- Grilling involves direct exposure of food to the flame, while Roasting allows indirect exposure.
- Grilling requires a comparatively higher temperature than roasting.
- Grilling is done either on a grill or griddle, while Roasting is done in an oven.
- Roasting takes more time than grilling.
- The food becomes tender after roasting and crispy after grilling.
Grill and Roast are two types of cooking methods that are often confused with each other. People consider them to be the same, whereas they have some noticeable technical differences.
Grilling follows a direct heating method, while Roasting follows an indirect one. A grill is needed for grilling, whereas roasting requires an oven. Usually, large pieces of food are prepared by roasting, and they take a longer duration to be fully cooked. In contrast, sliced pieces of food are prepared by grilling, which just takes minutes to be ready.
Lastly, grilling and roasting are used for different styles of food. One can choose between them depending on his needs.
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This Week in Ozarks History for Sept. 22
Here's what happened this week in history across the Ozarks:
• Sept. 23, 1954: Two prisoners and two guards lost their lives in a prison riot at the Missouri State Penitentiary in Jefferson City. The riot began in the maximum-security wing of the prison, where prisoners obtained firearms and attempted to take control of the prison. About a half hour after the unrest started, a fire broke out in the furniture manufacturing plant of the prison and spread to other facilities rapidly, including the library, but it was extinguished quickly by other convicts. Local police and sheriffs were called in to suppress the violence. A number of prison guards and prisoners were treated for injuries, some critical.
• Sept. 24, 1912: Supporters of the Bull Moose movement may have felt a little disappointment following a visit by then-Col. Theodore Roosevelt. A crowd had gathered for some time before the colonel's visit, waiting at Drury College athletic field for Roosevelt to arrive by motorcar driven by W.T. Tyler, general manager of the Frisco. Roosevelt was campaigning for his third term as president, but his usual blusterous persona was dampened. The crowd was described as being "hookwormish" and "didn't get into the spirit of the game." When the former president rode through town in his open car, waving his hat and showing his toothy smile, he got little to no reaction from the crowds. Roosevelt would go on to lose the election to Woodrow Wilson, and survive an assassination attempt in October of 1912.
• Sept. 24, 1953: The Springfield Public Library hosted an open house from 1-6 p.m. to celebrate its 50th birthday. The library was made possible by a $50,000 gift from Andrew Carnegie under the condition the city could raise $5,000 in support of the library annually. Former and current board members and current staff and administration were on hand to greet the public and look back on the life and growth of what is now known as the Midtown Carnegie Branch of the Springfield-Greene County Library District.
• Sept. 25, 1915: Doormen attending the grand opening of the Heer's store in Springfield counted nearly 21,000 visitors to the new downtown business. By 3 p.m. on September 24, a large crowd had gathered outside the doors, eagerly awaiting to get inside. Until 10 p.m., an average of 44 people per second entered the building. The store was so crowded that staff had to implement an "installment" system where only 150 people were allowed to enter the store at a time. Even a temporary electrical failure couldn't keep the crowds down.
• Sept. 26, 1988: The News-Leader highlighted the life and work of Marshfield native Edwin Hubble, famed for the modern telescope that is named after him. Hubble's observations "fundamentally changed the view of the universe" and has been hailed as the "Columbus of the Cosmos." Through Edwin's eyes we have been privileged to observe and contemplate the vastness of the cosmos from right here in Missouri.
Submitted by the Local History and Genealogy Department, Springfield-Greene County Library District.
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|Elevation||430 m (1,410 ft)|
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Frankenau lies in the Kellerwald range southwest of the Talgang (566 m-high mountain). It is found on the southern edge of the Kellerwald-Edersee National Park on the upper reaches of the Lorfebach, a tributary to the Eder. Frankenau lies 10 km east of Frankenberg, and 33 km northeast of Marburg.
Frankenau borders in the north on the community of Vöhl, in the east on the community of Edertal and the town of Bad Wildungen, in the south on the community of Haina, and in the west on the town of Frankenberg (all in Waldeck-Frankenberg).
The town of Frankenau consists of the centres of Allendorf, Altenlotheim, Dainrode, Ellershausen and Louisendorf.
Frankenau and its neighbouring town Frankenberg are believed to have come into being in Frankish times. The area was settled at one time by the Chatti. The actual place Frankenau was built as a border fortification against the Saxons. The town's founding is assumed to have taken place between 500 and 750, with town rights later being granted by Heinrich Raspe, Landgrave of Thuringia, in 1242.
The oldest surviving document about Frankenau was issued on 4 April 1266 and affirms the granting of town rights.
Frankenau was for centuries a poor, little farming town. A particularly heavy fate befell the townsfolk on 22 April 1865 when almost the whole town burnt down in a fire. Through the townsfolk's enormous efforts, the town was built again.
Today, Frankenau is, as an acknowledged resort town, one of Waldeck-Frankenberg's holiday centres and has also been since the early 1970s the main centre of the greater community then formed.
This section needs to be updated.(July 2021)
The town council's 23 seats are apportioned thus, in accordance with municipal elections held on 26 March 2006:
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Note: Freie Bürger ("Free Citizens") is a citizens' coalition.
Coat of armsEdit
Frankenau's civic coat of arms might heraldically be described thus: In gules a lion rampant Or armed and langued azure.
Frankenau's oldest known seals date from the mid 16th century and showed the lion of Hesse, with the usual red and silver stripes as seen in Hesse's coat of arms at right, and indeed in many civic coats of arms throughout Hesse. The current colours – including the heraldically unusual blue for a lion's tongue – have been in use since at least 1605.
The partnership is a three-sided arrangement, with Die and Wirksworth also partnered with each other.
- Direkt gewählte (Ober-) Bürgermeister/-innen der hessischen Städte und Gemeinden, accessed 8 March 2022.
- "Bevölkerung in Hessen am 31.12.2020 nach Gemeinden". Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt (in German). June 2021.
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Running A Great Business From Your Home
If you are running a home business, you are probably doing it for the money and satisfaction. It may provide all of your income, or it may just supplement your wages. This article can help you continue to run a prosperous home-based business.
Do not try and sell a product or service that you do not believe in, when starting your own home business. Find something that makes you feel good when you share it with other people. If you don't believe in your product, no one else will and your business will not be successful.
In order for your home based business to be successful, you must allocate space and create a dedicated work space within your home. By doing this, you will be able to focus on your tasks and taking care of business. You will be able to mentally shift from home to work once you enter that space.
If you are not sure what kind of business you would like to start, you should consider checking online to discover what is successful. Be careful though; there are many home business scams on the web. You'll find online guides with information that's already available. There are a lot of scams out there that promise good-paying work once you pay a fee or sign up for some useless online courses. If it's something that sounds too good, it most probably is.
Assemble a profile of your typcial customer. How much money do they make? Where do they live and work, and what are their needs? How old are they and do they have children? Identify them, figure out where they shop, then get your products into those locations. If your market is parents, try organizing a fundraiser program with local schools, allowing the school or organization to keep a portion of the sales.
A successful home business owner does not become distracted by the people and things around them. They remember to make money, means staying disciplined on work, not TV or household chores. So they don't allow these distractions to interfere during work hours.
Do not be afraid to post your email address on your web site. Make sure that you include it on every separate page that you have. You do not want potential customers to search to figure out how to get in touch with you. The more effort that it takes them, the more likely they are to go on to something else without purchasing from you.
Although you may be used to working eight hours a day and then being off, you have to realize that in order for a home business to thrive more of a time commitment may be needed. Once everything is in place you will be able to relax a little.
Dedicate the time to the business that you have set aside for it. Try your hardest to eliminate all outside responsibilities and distractions during the time that you have scheduled to get work accomplished. Develop a schedule that is fairly easy for you to stick to and stick to it.
When you decide to start a home business, you need to set realistic expectations. There are a lot of advertisements that state you can "get rich quick," this simply isn't true. It usually takes about a year, maybe even three years, until you see a significant profit from your business.
You should always make sure that your efforts are up to date. If your home business website is new to the Internet, your efforts to build traffic should not rely on old tricks. For example, things like Ad-sense are falling out of vogue, since it is no longer as effective in building a customer base.
Be sure to keep a close eye on your spending when you are running a home business. You have to spend money to make money, of course, but make sure that you aren't wasting your money on unnecessary expenses. Determine what you have to have and what you can put off until later and prioritize your spending accordingly.
Find out how much your competitors charge for the product or service you are providing. This information should be used as a basis for determining your rates. It's important that you charge a price that is worthy of the value you provide, that also allows you to make the money you need.
To keep your home business running smoothly, treat it like a real business even if you never interact directly with your superiors or clients. This means working on a consistent schedule every day, being accessible 24/7 either by phone or by Skype, using professional email addresses and even dressing the part if it helps you to maintain the right mindset. You will feel the difference and your clients will too.
Finally, you need to keep your business going because the profit and your sense of accomplishment makes everything worth it. Use the information you've just learned to grow your business and prosper.
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Have you ever asked yourself the question: why does soy milk curdle in coffee?
For many people soy milk is the go-to plant milk instead of dairy milk but what happens when you pour it into your coffee and instead of getting white coffee, you get a murky coffee with little lumps of what looks like tofu floating about in it?
This is just one of many FAQ when people first go vegan.
In this post we’ll look at why that happens and what you can do about it.
Table of Contents
Why does Soy Milk Curdle in Coffee and Not in Tea?
- The proteins in soy milk react to the higher acidity of coffee causing them to ‘denature’, which means they unfold and can then clump together.
- Heat speeds up the process.
- The acidity and heat together cause a chemical reaction leading to the denaturing of the soy milk and the separated liquid and solids.
- Most tea is less acidic than coffee but if you do have acidic tea, soy milk will also curdle in tea.
- Dark roast coffee is less acidic than a light roast coffee, helping to reduce the risk of curdling.
- Allowing the coffee to cool before adding the soy milk can help reduce the probability of curdling.
- Pouring the coffee slowly onto the milk in the cup can also help reduce the chance that it will curdle (instead of pouring the milk into the coffee).
What’s the Process of Separation Called?
The process of separating the solids from the liquids is called coagulating the milk (or coagulation) and is used throughout the food industry to produce cheeses, yogurts and butter.
It’s a process that can take place intentionally like in the process of making cheese and butter, or unintentionally as happens when old milk goes off and separates.
Coagulation’s also used in the process of making tofu, and is a valuable process in the kitchen and the food industry on the whole. In fact, you can make a delicious buttermilk by coagulating soy milk with lemon juice or vinegar and use that in your salad dressing.
But it might not be exactly what you’re looking for in a cup of coffee!
How does Milk Coagulation Work?
Milk can be coagulated through four mechanisms but for the purposes of curdled milk in coffee, we’re only interested in the first two:
- Acidity (PH levels)
Milk contains fats, proteins and sugars all suspended in liquid as an emulsion. When a catalyst appears in the form of coffee with its lower PH (normal coffee has a PH somewhere around the 5 mark) and the heat to speed up the coagulation process, the proteins unfold and are able to hook up with one another (denature), forming lumps of solids, thus separating the suspension.
According to the National Library of Medicine, soy milk has a PH level of anywhere between 6.41 and 7.34 and can be curdled with a PH of 5.5 so coffee has a low enough PH to cause the coagulation.
Coffee varies in its acidity but is always more acidic than soy milk.
Added to that the heat factor and you have the perfect catalyst for coagulation when you add the cold soy milk to your hot coffee.
Why Does Soy Milk Coagulate So Easily?
The proteins in soy milk are very reactive to the low PH of coffee and therefore they ‘denature’ easily (which means they unfold and can then join to one another, forming clumps).
Why Does Soy Milk Separate in Coffee and Not in Tea?
Soy milk can actually curdle in coffee and in tea, though many teas are less acidic than coffee, making for a better milk-experience and less chance of curdling.
When you have an acidic tea the soy milk will curdle just the same as in coffee.
Which Plant Milks Don’t Curdle in Coffee?
According to Rave Coffee the best plant milk to use in coffee without having the issue with it curdling is oat milk, which probably explains why the large café chains serving coffee often offer oat milk as their primary vegan alternative to dairy milk.
Can I Drink My Coffee With Curdled Soy Milk?
As long as the milk has curdled in reaction to the acidity and the heat in the coffee, there’s no problem to drink it. The only situation where it wouldn’t be advisable is if the soy milk has turned bad and was poured out of the container already coagulated.
Does Curdled Soy Milk Ruin the Taste of the Coffee?
While curdled soy milk won’t ruin the taste of your coffee, it will lack the creaminess of when the milk has blended properly through with the coffee. And the look of the curdled milk will only act to make the taste even less good. (You taste also with your mind and your eyes don’t forget!)
How Can I Stop My Soy Milk Curdling in My Coffee?
While there is no magic bullet or cure-all to make soy milk go perfectly in your coffee, there are some things you can consider doing to reduce the chance of separation.
- Source dark roast coffee as that tends to have lower acidity (which is also gentler on your stomach).
- Add the soy milk to your cup first and very slowly pour in the coffee, stirring all the time.
- You might choose to buy soy milk which has acidity regulator as an added ingredient as that type helps it to curdle less easily.
- Allow your coffee to cool first, then add the coffee slowly to the soy milk (instead of the other way round).
- Opt for oat milk in your coffee
Video – Why Does Soy Milk Curdle in Coffee?
I hope you enjoyed this post on why soy milk curdles when you add it to coffee! (It’s still heaps better than dairy).
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9. From the Curse to the Cure (Romans 5:12-21)
My wife and I watched with fascination as the impact of one man upon the world was being described on television. The man was Christopher Columbus. According to research, Columbus was responsible for introducing many new things to America: horses, cattle, pigs, goats, and, if I recall correctly, small pox. Columbus brought not only some of Europe to America, he also took some things from America back to Europe. Among these were smoking and syphilis. Whether for the good of mankind or for his detriment, this one man made a great impact on his world.
Over the centuries of mankind’s history, many men and women have significantly impacted the destiny of those who followed after them. None, however, has had greater impact than Adam, the first man. In our text, Paul shows just how great the impact of Adam’s “fall” has been upon mankind. Paul stresses this impact to demonstrate that in spite of the curse, which Adam’s sin brought upon the human race, God has provided a cure in the person and work of Jesus Christ.
To the unbeliever, this passage promises and offers not only the forgiveness of sins, but a new beginning, in Christ. To the Christian, there are no more encouraging words than those found here. These words speak not only of the salvation which God has accomplished for us, in Christ, they also lay the foundation for the next section of Romans in chapters 6-8, for the basis for sanctification is found in the truths which Paul expounds here. The words of our text are words of life and hope for all mankind.
The Context of Our Text
After explaining his relationship to those at Rome, his desire to visit them, and his purpose for writing this epistle (1:1-17), Paul sets forth the great dilemma: the righteousness of God and the rottenness of men (1:18–3:20). In His righteousness, God must condemn sinners. In his rottenness, every human being, Jew or Gentile, is under divine condemnation because each has rejected that revelation of God which he or she has received. The solution to this dilemma is the cross of Calvary. There, Jesus Christ took upon Himself the sins of the world and bore the righteous wrath of God for sinners. God’s righteous anger was thereby satisfied, and there His righteousness was made available to all men, through faith in Jesus Christ.
Viewed from a divine perspective, salvation was provided by God through Jesus Christ so that God’s righteousness might be revealed (3:21-26). This righteousness is imputed to men on the basis of faith, not works, as seen in the biblical account of Abraham’s life (Romans 4:1-25). The account of Abraham’s faith reveals that he was saved by faith alone, apart from works, and at a time when he was uncircumcised and thus, a Gentile. His faith, like ours, was in a God who had the power to raise the dead.
In Romans 5, Paul views the justification of men by faith from yet another, much broader, perspective. Paul first portrays man’s salvation as the grounds for exultation and boasting in 5:1-11. We may boast, confident in the certainty of entering into the “hope of the glory of God” (verses 1-2). We may boast even in our present tribulations, assured of God’s love, on the basis of Christ’s death, and through the ministry of the Holy Spirit (verses 3-10). We may finally boast in God, through the person and work of Jesus Christ (3:11).
In Romans 5:12-21, Paul views salvation from the curse of Adam to God’s cure in Christ. Adam’s one act of disobedience brought both sin and death upon mankind. Christ’s one act of obedience, on the cross of Calvary, brought about the solution to this curse. The work of Christ offers all men not only the promise of the forgiveness of their sins, but a new identity and a new beginning, in Christ.
The Structure of the Text
Our text falls into three sections. Verses 12-14 describe the similarity between the act of Adam and that of Christ. Both men are “federal heads” of mankind, whose actions affect all men.132 Verses 15-17 emphasize the many significant contrasts between the act of Adam and the act of our Lord. The similarity between these two men is the basis for the work of our Lord. The differences between them are the basis for His becoming the cure for the curse which Adam brought upon the human race. Verses 18-21 sum up the results of the work of our Lord, in relation to those which stem from the action of Adam. Paul also defines the role which the Law played, in relation to man’s sin and God’s grace.
We can therefore summarize the structure of our text as follows:
(1) The link between Adam and Christ (verses 12-14)
(2) Distinctions between Adam and Christ (verses 15-17)
(3) Christ’s work, man’s sin, and the Law (verses 18-21)
The Link Between Adam and Christ
12 Therefore, just as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men, because all sinned—13 for until the Law sin was in the world; but sin is not imputed when there is no law. 14 Nevertheless death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over those who had not sinned in the likeness of the offense of Adam, who is a type of Him who was to come.
Paul sets out to establish two very important connections in these verses. The first link is that between Adam and mankind. The second is between Adam and Jesus Christ. These connections are essential, for they explain the way in which God purposed to save men from their sins. In particular, the work of Christ is presented as the reversal of the work of Adam. The curse which Adam brought on the human race has its cure in Christ.
Adam was regarded, rightly so, as the source of sin’s entrance into the world. With his act of disobedience, sin first entered human history. No believer would disagree with this. But Adam’s sin did much more than this—it brought guilt upon all mankind. Adam’s sin and resulting guilt was imputed to all his descendants. Adam sinned, and because of this he died. Adam sinned, and because of this, all men die. All men die because they sinned, in Adam.
Adam’s sin, along with its guilt and penalty, was imputed to all those who were born of Adam. Adam’s sin and death were imputed to mankind, for all mankind have come from Adam. In some way that is difficult to understand, all mankind sinned in and with Adam.133
Paul explains this more fully in verse 13. “The wages of sin is death,” both for Adam (Genesis 2:16-17) and for all others (Romans 6:23). All those who lived from the time of Adam until the time of Moses, when the Law was given, died. They did not die, Paul tells us, because of their own sins, for the Law was not yet given, and their sins were not a transgression of God’s commandments. Sin existed in those days, but it was not imputed, because there was no law. Why then did all those from Adam to Moses die? Because they all sinned, in Adam, and were therefore guilty and worthy of death.
It is very important that we understand what Paul is not saying here, as well as what he is saying. Paul is not saying that we all sin because Adam sinned, though this is true.134 Paul is saying that we all sinned when Adam sinned. Paul is saying that we are all guilty of sin, in Adam, and thus we fall under the divine death penalty. The period of time between Adam and Moses best demonstrates this, because those who died during this time period did not have their own sins imputed to them.
The point then is this: Adam’s sin and its consequences included and involved the entire human race. This does not really sound fair, does it? Come on, admit it. This sounds, at first, like a terrible injustice. Why should we suffer because of Adam?
There is a solution to our problem. First, we must understand and interpret Paul’s words here in the light of what he has already written. Men are not guilty sinners only because Adam sinned, corrupting and implicating the rest of the human race. Paul has already taught in chapters 1-3 that all men, without exception, are guilty sinners, because each of us is guilty of unbelief and disobedience toward God. All men have received some revelation about God from His creation. Some men have the added revelation of God’s Law. But regardless of how much men have had revealed to them about God, they have rejected Him and refused to worship or to obey Him. As a result, Paul has said, all men are guilty sinners, worthy of death.
Are we guilty sinners because Adam sinned? Yes, we are. But we are also guilty sinners because we have sinned. We are not under divine condemnation only because Adam sinned; we are condemned as sinners because we have sinned. Adam sinned, and we are guilty (Romans 5:12-14). All have sinned and are also guilty (Romans 3:23).
Does the curse of sin on the entire human race, due to the act of one man, trouble us? Then we must press on to the second link which Paul makes in our text. Not only is there a link between Adam’s sin and mankind’s universal guilt, there is a link between Adam and Christ. In verse 14, Paul informs us that Adam “is a type of Him who was to come.” Adam is a type of Christ.135
What seems to be bad news becomes very good news. There is a correspondence between Adam and Christ. Adam, we are told, is like Christ. It is this likeness, this link, which enabled our Lord Jesus Christ to die on Calvary, and to rise from the dead, and in so doing to free men from the curse brought upon them by Adam. Adam’s curse has its cure, in Christ, who is like Adam in some way. Before Paul will play out this “likeness,” he will first show how our Lord was distinct from Adam. It is in His “unlikeness” as well as in His “likeness” that our Lord provided men with the opportunity to be saved from their sins.
Distinctions Between Adam and Christ
15 But the free gift is not like the transgression. For if by the transgression of the one the many died, much more did the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one Man, Jesus Christ, abound to the many. 16 And the gift is not like that which came through the one who sinned; for on the one hand the judgment arose from one transgression resulting in condemnation, but on the other hand the free gift arose from many transgressions resulting in justification. 17 For if by the transgression of the one, death reigned through the one, much more those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ.
If the link between Adam and our Lord is established clearly in verses 12-14, the distinctions are emphatically put forward in verses 15-17. Verse 15 begins with the word “But,” informing us at the outset that Paul is changing his focus, from the similarity between Adam and Christ to the distinctions between these two. Twice, in verses 15-17, the expression, “is not like” is found (verses 15 and 16). What delightful differences these are, between Adam and our Lord. Let us briefly consider them, as explained by Paul.
Christ’s work is distinguished from Adam’s in that His work is referred to as a “gift,” while Adam’s work is summed up in the term “transgression” (verse 15). Adam’s act was a transgression, bringing guilt to mankind and its penalty of death. Christ’s act was one flowing from God’s grace and resulting in grace to men. The first distinction between the work of Adam and the work of Christ is the difference between guilt and grace.
In verse 16, Paul adds two more distinctions between Adam and Christ. Adam’s act was but one act of sin and disobedience. Our Lord’s saving work at the cross was prompted by our many sins. Adam’s act was one sin that made the many sinners. Christ’s act was one act, but in this one gracious act, our Lord gathered up all the sins of mankind and suffered the penalty for them. While Adam's sinful act resulted in the condemnation of all mankind, our Lord's saviing work resulted in the salvation of all who receive this provision for their sin.
In verse 17, two further distinctions are presented by Paul. The first distinction is indicated by the expression, “much more.” The action of our Lord is greater than that of Adam.136 This becomes more evident in the light of the next distinction, which we find in this verse. Adam’s sin led to the “reign of death.” Adam’s sin brought sin and death upon all men. Christ’s act brings about the “reign of righteousness in life.” Adam’s sin brought life to an end; Christ’s act dethrones death and enthrones righteousness, which is evidenced in life. And since this life is eternal life, righteousness will reign forever. Adam’s sin ends life; Christ’s act extends life, forever, as a context in which righteousness will reign.
Whatever the similarity may be between Adam and Christ, the distinctions are far greater. Both the link and the distinctions between Adam and Christ make it possible for Christ to act in such a way as to undo the damage done by Adam and to shower upon men grace in place of guilt, righteousness in place of sin, and life in place of death.
Christ’s Work, Man’s Sin, and the Law
18 So then as through one transgression there resulted condemnation to all men, even so through one act of righteousness there resulted justification of life to all men. 19 For as through the one man’s disobedience the many were made sinners, even so through the obedience of the One the many will be made righteous. 20 And the Law came in that the transgression might increase; but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more, 21 that, as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
The link between Adam and Christ is that both persons, though one man, have acted in a way that affects all men. Adam sinned, and his transgression brought condemnation upon all men. Christ’s act was one of righteousness, resulting in justification and life. Adam’s disobedience makes sinners of many; Christ’s obedience will make many righteous.
Having summed up the impact of Adam and Christ, Paul returns to the subject of the Law. Already Paul has said that those who lived before the Law (from Adam until Moses, verse 14) died because they sinned in Adam. Sin is not imputed to men without law (verse 13). The absence of the Law, for those who lived before the giving of the Law, was a kind of blessing. Without the Law, sin, other than that of their sin in Adam, was not imputed to them. Now, Paul must pick up the subject of the Law and its impact on men after it was given.
The giving of the Law did not solve the problem of sin. The Law was not given in order to reduce or remove sin but to increase it. While this sounds incredible, this is exactly what Paul says. And the reason: so that grace could surpass sin, abounding to men in righteousness and salvation. The Law increased sin, our Lord Jesus bore the penalty of that sin, and the grace of God is multiplied. The Law was not to deliver men from sin but to declare men sinners so that the sin introduced by Adam could be remedied in Christ.
How differently things look now! It first appeared that God might be unfair, condemning us as sinners, in Adam. But now we see this was in order that He might receive us as saints, in Christ. If the imputation of Adam’s sin to all mankind resulted in condemnation, the imputation of Christ’s righteousness results in justification. The means for man’s justification is the same as the means for man’s condemnation—imputation. The work of one man both condemns and saves men.
How Paul’s words must have shaken those self-righteous Jews, who believed they were righteous by virtue of their identification with Abraham and their possession of the Law. Being of the physical seed of Abraham did not save anyone. Being of the physical seed of Adam, however, condemned them. They were not righteous, in Abraham, but they were sinners, in Adam. And since Adam was the head of the whole human race, there is no distinction between Jews and Gentiles. Every son of Adam is a sinner, guilty, condemned, and subject to the death penalty.137 Being a “son of Abraham” did not change this.
Possessing the Law was no salvation for the Jews. The Law did not remedy the problem of sin but only caused sin to increase so that the problem became more dramatically evident. The Law not only increased sin; it made sin a personal matter. Now, those under the Law were not only sinners, in Adam, they were shown to be sinners on their own merits. Not only were the Jews guilty sinners, in Adam, they were also guilty sinners, on their own, as defined by the Law. The Law did not deliver any from sin, but it did declare many to be sinners. In these verses, Paul knocks the props out from under Jewish pride and boasting, in Abraham and in having the Law. If the Jews rejected Jesus as their Messiah, they rejected the only cure for the curse. Only Jesus could reverse the curse and make sinners saints. For them to reject Christ was to be left guilty, in Adam.
When the apostle Paul presented Christ as the cure for the curse of mankind, brought about by Adam’s sin, he removed all basis for boasting and pride. Those who are sinners, in Adam, can hardly boast about this. Those who are saved, in Christ, are saved by the work of the Lord Jesus and thus can take no credit themselves. As James Stifler writes,
Adam is a figure of Christ in just this respect: that as his one sin brought death to all, even when there was no personal sin, so Christ’s one act of obedience brings unfailing righteousness to those who are in Him, even when they have no personal righteousness.138
Contextually, Romans 5:12-21 serves a very important purpose. It lays the groundwork for Paul’s teaching on sanctification in Romans 6-8. If the work of Christ provides sinful men with a solution to the problem of God’s righteous wrath, it also provides men with a solution to the problem of the reign of sin and death.
Because of our own fallenness, we even tend to look at the work of Christ in a selfish, self-centered way. We who are saved delight in the certainty that, in Christ, our individual sins are forgiven. Our past, present, and future sins are all forgiven in Him, because of His death, burial, and resurrection on our behalf. But Christ’s work does much more than give us the forgiveness of our sins; by means of the cross, He has also provided freedom from the dominion of sin. This freedom from the reign of sin is the subject of Romans 6-8.
We might say that the work of Adam was a bad beginning for the whole human race. But the work of our Lord Jesus Christ offers men a new beginning. Christ’s death, burial, and resurrection does much more than to allow us to go on living just as we have in the past, but knowing that the sins we commit are forgiven. The work of our Lord makes it both necessary and possible for us to begin living in a whole new way, not as the servants of sin, but as the servants of righteousness. The work of our Lord not only forgives the sins of our past, it wipes out our past, and gives us a new future. What hope and encouragement for the sinner! In Christ, God offers men a whole new life, a new beginning, a fresh start. What good news this is—to the ears of a repentant sinner.
Taken in a broader perspective, Romans 5:12-21 explains much about the coming of our Lord. How important, and how fascinating some elements of the gospel accounts become when we see our Lord’s coming as being for the purpose of offering a cure for the curse which came through Adam. Was Adam a man? So Jesus was a man as well. The genealogies of the gospels make a point of this, and Luke specifies that Jesus was both the “son of Adam” and the “son of God” (Luke 4:38). While Adam brought sin upon the world, our Lord was proven to be without sin, so that He could die in the sinner’s place (2 Corinthians 5:21, see also Hebrews 4:15; 7:26; 1 Peter 2:22; 1 John 3:5). While Adam was only a man, who could bring the guilt of sin on the world, Jesus was the God-man, whose righteousness could be imputed to men, by faith (Romans 3:21-22). Adam was tempted and failed (Genesis 3), but Jesus, though tempted, resisted sin (Matthew 4:1-11; Luke 4:1-13). All of the “sons of Adam” are born sinners; Jesus was the “seed of the woman” (Genesis 3:15), and His conception and birth were of divine origin, through the Holy Spirit (Luke 1:34-35). Every aspect of Jesus’ birth, coming, life, death, and resurrection corresponded to that which was necessary, due to Adam’s sin, to save the human race.
By implication, a number of important principles become evident and are exemplified in our text. As we conclude, let us consider four of these principles.
(1) God takes sin seriously. Throughout the Bible, and in the world about us, men are constantly trying to minimize sin and its consequences. But the Bible constantly emphasizes the seriousness of sin. Our text dramatically illustrates the seriousness of sin. Look at the devastation one sin brought to the human race: Adam’s sin brought about his own death, but it also condemned all mankind to death. Who can say that sin is not serious?
Adam’s transgression was not even such that most people would call it sin. At best, men might look upon Adam’s sin as a misdemeanor, something as evil as spitting on the sidewalk (still illegal in some towns and cities, I am told). Adam simply ate the fruit of a tree.139 What was the problem? The problem was that God had commanded Adam not to eat of the tree (Genesis 2:16-17). An act which men would hardly even think of as sin becomes the cause of man’s downfall. God does take sin very seriously, and so must we.
It is not surprising that those who deny Jesus Christ as God’s Savior would tend to minimize sin. But it is greatly disappointing that Christians do likewise. Why do many of us ignore some of God’s commands—because we do not think they apply to us, or because we disagree with God’s commands, or simply because we do not want to obey? Here is but one illustration. The Bible has some very clear words to the church about the role which women should play in relation to their husbands. Why has the majority of Christendom found compelling reasons to utterly ignore such commands, as though they did not exist? God does not command us to do those things with which we agree, or in the doing of which we find good reason to obey. God tests our obedience by commanding us to do that which is contrary to our intellect, emotions, and will but which is consistent with His character and His Word. Let us beware of setting aside God’s commands. Adam did, and we died. Jesus was obedient, and thus we live.
(2) Our identity is found either in Adam or in Christ. Self-esteem has become the watchword of our age. Sin is now defined by at least one preacher as poor self-esteem. Sinful acts are said to be rooted in poor self-esteem. The highest good seems to be to have a “good self-image.” And thus the world, joined by many Christians, occupies itself by constantly looking backward and inward, into self, to develop a healthy self-love. Paul will have none of this. For Paul, looking backward, even to those things in which he once took great pride, meant he now saw them as dung (Philippians 3).
Ultimately, our identity and our worth are wrapped up in one of two persons: Adam or Christ. All that we are in and of ourselves, we are in Adam. We may contemplate and fabricate our own worth as much as we like, but we are, in Adam, sinners, worthy of death. Why do we keep trying to make something good of something the Bible calls bad? The identity of the Christian is in Christ. Let us dwell upon Him. Let us look to Him. Let us keep Him central in our hearts and minds. This is the consistent exhortation of the Word of God, and especially of the New Testament epistles.
(3) Those who are the victims of Adam’s sin are also guilty of personal sin, of their own doing. The word “victim” is rapidly becoming one of the most popular terms in our English vocabulary. We are considered victims of an infinite array of abuses. As “victims” we are absolved of all guilt and responsibility. We not only are justified in blaming others, we are urged to do so. We are told we are victims, and thus we say, “It isn’t my fault, I was victimized.”
In one sense, all mankind is the victim of Adam’s sin. But let us remember that while Paul seems to speak of mankind as a victim of Adam’s sin in Romans 5, he also says that we sinned in Adam. We are not relieved of our own guilt and culpability in the matter of sin. Even those who lived before the Law was given were sinners. We who have the full revelation of God in Christ and in His Word are even more accountable. But beyond this, we must not forget that in Romans 1-3 Paul finds every man guilty before God, not because of what Adam did, but because each individual has rejected the revelation of God given to him or to her. Yes, we are guilty because Adam sinned (Romans 5), but we are also guilty because we have sinned (Romans 1-3, especially 3:23).
In Romans Paul does not dwell on men as victims but on men as responsible individuals. We are, first, responsible for our decision concerning the gospel of Jesus Christ. We are, as Christians, responsible for our actions. Let us not over-emphasize the victim aspect of life but rather the fact that in Christ we are victors, “more than conquerors” (Romans 8:37).
(4) Birth is both the cause and the cure for man’s sin. In studying this Romans passage, it occurred to me that perhaps no other New Testament text better explains the words of our Lord, spoken to Nicodemus, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God” (John 3:3). John introduced this man Nicodemus as a “Pharisee” and as a “ruler of the Jews” (John 3:1), but Jesus referred to him as, “the teacher of Israel” (3:10). No doubt this teacher, this renowned teacher, had taught about Adam, about his fall, and the downfall of the human race. But Nicodemus, if he was like the rest of the Pharisees, trusted in his physical descent from Abraham and in the possession of the Law. What a shock it must have been for Nicodemus when Jesus told him that entrance into God’s kingdom required a second birth!
Yet this expression, “born again,” should not have been a foreign thought to Nicodemus. It should have caused him to think in those terms in which Paul is speaking in Romans 5. How was it that the human race fell into sin? It was on account of Adam. But how did each individual fall under the curse? It was by being born. Birth made one a son of Adam and thus a sinner (see David’s words in Psalm 51:5-7). The solution to the guilt of sin, encountered at birth, was another birth, a second birth. In order to be saved, men must exchange their identity with Adam (by which they are condemned) to an identity with Christ (by which they are justified). As birth was the source of a man’s sin, so another birth is the solution.
This is what the gospel is all about. Jesus Christ came to the earth to offer men a cure for the curse which Adam’s sin brought upon all mankind. The gospel confronts us with a choice. Will we remain in Adam, subject to the penalty of death? Or will we accept God’s provision for a new identity, in Christ? Being “born again” is our Lord’s way of speaking of that point in a person’s life when they acknowledge their own sin, their own guilt, and the just sentence upon them of death. It is ceasing to trust in what we are and clinging to who Jesus Christ is. It is finding our identity in Christ, rather than in Adam. It is turning from condemnation to justification, from death to life, and from Adam to Jesus Christ.
Have you been born again? As it was necessary for Nicodemus, a famous religious leader and teacher, it is necessary for you. Will you choose death or life, Adam or Christ? There is no more important decision you will ever make than this. The salvation which God has offered in Jesus Christ is not automatic. It must be received (Romans 5:17). Receive it today.
132 I have chosen my words carefully here. While the sin of Adam brings sin and condemnation upon all men, the death of Christ does not save all men. Paul clearly states in verse 17 that the blessings which are the outflow of the work of our Lord are for those who receive them, in and through Christ. I do believe, however, that there are certain aspects of our Lord’s work on Calvary which affect all men. For example, I believe that His resurrection from the dead is the basis for the resurrection of all mankind, some to everlasting life, and others to everlasting torment (see John 5:28-29; Revelation 20).
133 An illustration of the concept of federal headship can be found in Hebrews 7, where Aaron and his descendants (the Levitical priesthood) are said to have paid tribute to the greater priesthood in Abraham, when he gave a tithe to Melchizedek. In Abraham, the Levitical priesthood offered a tithe to Melchizedek, acknowledging the superiority of this priesthood over their own.
135 Adam is the only person who is specifically identified as a type of Christ in the Bible. While others, like Joseph, Moses, and even Jonah, may have served as types in certain regards, only Adam is identified as such in God’s Word. Isaac is the only other person who is spoken of as a type (Hebrews 11:19). His return to his father, as one who seemed doomed to death, was a type of the resurrection of our Lord.
136 Allow me to illustrate this by likening the work of Adam to the captain of the Valdez and the work of Christ to the clean-up operation. It really was not that hard to run the oil tanker aground, to rupture the ship’s storage tanks, and to contaminate a vast area. What was hard was cleaning up the mess. Adam’s sin was like the grounding of the ship. Christ’s work will bring about a perfect “clean-up.” Christ’s work is vastly greater than that of Adam’s, just as the work of the clean-up crews is much greater than that of one man, the captain of the Valdez.
139 Let me suggest a matter for further thought. In our text, it is Adam’s sin to which Paul refers, not that of Eve, even though Eve first ate the fruit. Why did Paul not blame Eve, like Adam did? In 1 Timothy 3, Paul tells us that Eve was deceived. Here, perhaps, Paul focuses on Adam as the transgressor, since he is the one to whom the commandment was given (see Genesis 2:16-17). Paul seems to be very consistent with his premise that guilt is only imputed to those who have received God’s commandment.
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Don’t let yourself feel that just because you are getting older, you are somehow less relevant than you used to be. With age comes wisdom and confidence. Knowing who you are and what you believe in. This is an article that has advice for any age or stage of life, on how to cope with aging in a positive way.
You may think grabbing an afternoon cup of tea is only for old folk, but it actually works to help keep you young. Tea is incredibly rich in those, oh so useful, antioxidants which help protect our cells from aging. The practice of having a cup of tea is also a great stress reliever, so go ahead and sip away.
Understand the stress triggers in your life and manage them. As you age it’s as important to take care of your mind as it is your body. Your mind and body are linked to the point that the health of one can severely affect the health of the other. Take the time to proactively approach your stress triggers and reduce them or even get rid of them! Your body will thank you for it!
Eat more nuts throughout the day. Nuts are a great food to help prevent aging. They have many healthy vitamins, minerals and fats, which will help balance your daily nutrition. Plus, they are an excellent way to stop your processed food cravings between meals, leading you to a much healthier lifestyle!
Just because you aren’t as young as you used to be, you can still create goals and work to get them done. Life is an ever-changing journey and shouldn’t become boring. Setting goals for yourself will keep you motivated and active to see they are accomplished. The pride you feel when you have attained these goals will be insurmountable.
Simplify the things in your life. Start with your bedroom closet, and go from there. Eliminate the many things that you do not use. You will quickly see that many of the things around your house are just clutter and serve absolutely no purpose in your life. De-cluttering will lessen the stress in your life.
Having a positive outlook on life can give anyone a more youthful vibe and appearance. This article has given a lot of great ways to keep yourself in check when it comes to your age, and also how to be the best that you can be no matter what the number.
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If you are a 3D printing addict like me, then you more than likely have heard of a woman named Louise Driggers. Driggers, from Richmond, Texas, has become somewhat of a sensation among those individuals who enjoy 3D printing unique, highly detailed objects. Her designs, which are found on various 3D printing repository sites like YouMagine and Thingiverse, bring together everything that is right with 3D printable models. Some of her more popular designs include things such as the Scarab Beetle Box, Aria the Dragon, and The Tudor Rose Box.
Driggers’ latest design though, may just take the cake. It is for a fully articulated ball-jointed doll that she calls ‘Froggy‘. Froggy is made up of an astounding 42 separate 3D printed parts, many of which print without the need of support.
“[Froggy] is my first ball-jointed doll,” Driggers explains. “I have always been fascinated by these but shocked at the prices they command. When the excellent Sonia Verdu uploaded her beautiful Robotica, it inspired me to make my own doll for 3D printing. Whilst Froggy is not a derivation of any of her work, I should give Sonia credit, because if I hadn’t had her work to refer to, it would have taken much longer to design this frog.”
Driggers originally made her first prototype of the articulated frog back in February. After taking her doll to Chicago where she had her two nieces fully inspect it and provide her with feedback, she decided to make some changes. The original “Froggy” was designed to be more like a real frog, but she decided to modify the design to make it posable more like a human being. This latest iteration is able to stand by himself, sit up, and bend and twist his head similar to how a human head moves.
When we say fully articulate, we mean it! Froggy has joints that are movable, which even includes his fingers. Even the eye balls are able to be moved, thanks to a challenge presented to Driggers by her mother.
Driggers recommends printing all of the parts with a layer height of .2mm and an infill of 5%. She suggests using a cold print bed with a little Elmer’s glue applied to help the parts stick. Once all of the parts are printed out, they need to be assembled via a process that can take a little bit of time. This process includes stringing the doll so that he can more easily be moved and posed.
“How you string this doll will depend on what you want to do with him,” Driggers explains. “If you want the frog to hold a pose and not be ‘floppy’, then the tighter you will need to string him. Bear in mind though, if you string him too tight, he’ll simply ‘kick’ and won’t be able to hold his limbs straight. It boils down to practice and you may end up restringing your doll a number of times before you reach a point where you are happy. I’m not an experienced doll maker, so this is the best advice I can offer.”
More details on the stringing process can be found on Driggers’ website, where she also includes some diagrams for better understanding.
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Zscaler is a global internet security platform used by more than 5,000 enterprises, governments and military organizations worldwide. It provides a cloud computing-based security and compliance system built on the internet.
Fast and secure policy-based access that connects the right user to the right service or application, the Zscaler platform is designed to replace your appliances at the inbound and outbound gateways.
Zscaler Internet Access (ZIA) provides secure access to the open Internet and SaaS apps, regardless of where users connect from. The platform provides inline inspection of traffic to support your userbase with protection against encrypted threats and to enable the organization to protect against web-based data loss via the Zscaler DLP functionality.
Zscaler Private Access (ZPA) delivers a completely new way to provide access to internal applications, whether they reside in the data center or cloud, without a VPN. It enables secure application access without putting the client device on to the network — and without exposing applications to the Internet. The former will reduce the risk of lateral movement and the latter removes an endpoint that could be port scanned and otherwise manipulated by malicious actors.
Together, ZIA and ZPA enable you to embrace the era of productivity and agility enabled by the cloud.
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At least 75 percent of all hydraulic systems fail due to contaminated or aging hydraulic fluid.1 Contamination causes aging/degradation of fluids and hydraulic systems failure for numerous reasons.
In addition to increasing internal leakage (which lowers the efficiency of pumps, motors and cylinders), contamination decreases the ability of valves to control flow and pressure, thus wasting horsepower and generating excess heat.
Furthermore, it causes parts to stick due to sludge or silting, or seize when large amounts of contaminants accumulate in the clearances. Sources of contamination can include the manufacturing process, hydraulic fluids, environmental exposure, system wear and servicing.2
Many military systems rely on hydraulics; therefore these systems are used in every conceivable environment and are among the highest contributors to maintenance and service workloads. This ubiquity is a double-edged sword; the systems' continuous use makes them a common maintenance item, and the maintenance and diverse operational environments present many openings for contamination.
This article presents some of the basics regarding hydraulic fluids and how they become contaminated, and expands upon the deleterious effects contamination has on hydraulic systems. Various causes of fluid contamination are also discussed, and the relatively simple measures that can be taken to resolve the problem.
While hydraulic system contaminants can be either solid particles or liquids, water is the most common. Solid particles contaminate by chemically reacting with the fluid, or fouling the system through accumulation. For instance, a new hydraulic fluid can contain 500,000 particles per 100 ml that are 5 µm or larger, which exceeds the level recommended by most manufacturers for normal operation.3
Unfortunately, 0.5 µm particles can be harmful to most systems. Due to the wide range of hydraulic fluids, many standards for cleanliness are available, which compounds the problem. For example, MIL-H- 5606F requires that in 100 ml of fluid there be no more than 10,000 particles ranging between five to 15 µm, no more than 1,000 particles between 16 to 25 µm, and no more than five particles over 100 µm.
The behavior of water as a contaminant varies from system to system. Water can form an emulsion with the fluid, or it may be partially immiscible, floating on the surface or settling to the bottom of the fluid depending on the relative density.
The presence of water ultimately results in corrosion of the system components and resultant contamination of the fluid by corrosion products. Water ingress may be caused by design flaws, service environment, maintenance activities, internal generation and various methods of fluid servicing.
Improper storage of open fluid containers and inadequate transfer of fluid to the system may cause serious contamination problems. Contaminants also enter hydraulic systems through the reservoir breather (when used) and contaminated replacement components.
Environmental contamination enters the system through ingestion, and can be prevented through the use of sealed reservoirs, vacuum breakers (relief valves) and/or high-efficiency breather filters (such as desiccators) in areas where humidity is high enough to become hazardous.5
Contamination from stored containers may be avoided through proper storage and handling procedures. Large containers are likely to include a high level of particles; therefore, fluid filtering is suggested prior to use.
In general, moisture is harmful to hydraulic systems, with the exception of aqueous-type hydraulic fluids and the systems designed to utilize them. Moisture enters waterproof containers through "breathing," which occurs when a container is exposed to wide temperature ranges. Therefore, containers stored outdoors should be placed on their sides to prevent water from accumulating on the tops. Furthermore, container lids should be periodically checked for tightness.
Hydraulic systems may even be degraded by the included additives designed to fight environmental attack and corrosion (through corrosion by galvanic action, or due to slime and ultimate malfunctioning). For example, an additive in certain MIL-H-5606 hydraulic fluids contains a contaminant that is soluble in the additive itself but is not soluble in the finished hydraulic fluids.
Hydraulic fluids containing corrosion inhibitors will often form a slime when moisture is introduced. Some mahogany sulfonate rust inhibitors containing calcium chloride and calcium sulfate (inorganic water-soluble salts) cause degradation of hydraulic systems through staining and galvanic corrosion of steel.
Contamination with liquids, other than water, can occur with both miscible and immiscible fluids. This type of contamination takes place when one hydraulic fluid is replaced with another without thoroughly cleaning the system. Nevertheless, certain military specifications indicate the compatibility of two fluids and when they can be mixed.
The two mixing fluids are compatible in the sense that together they do not form resinous gums, sludges or insoluble solid materials; however they are still contaminated because they do not preserve their individual performance properties in a mixture.
The effects of contamination typically begin with the hydraulic fluid, then are carried into the system, and can continuously worsen in a closed or sealed system. Additionally, contaminants such as water, other liquids, and even required chemicals (additives) can cause solids or slime to accumulate in the system, gradually reducing the performance of valves and other tight-tolerance components. These vicious cycles will continue to quietly rob a hydraulic system's performance, long after decontamination measures are taken.
Solid particles cause damage according to their size. High concentrations of small particles (£ 10 mm) form silt which erodes the interior mating surfaces of valves, rendering them inoperable. Contaminating solid particles that are equal in size to the clearance between two moving surfaces can cause both jamming and wear.
Cycling the valve may clear this contamination, but often clearance can be achieved only by disassembly. Larger contaminating particles block ports and orifices, and can cause transient malfunction (coincident jamming) when trapped by a mechanism moving from one position to the next (for example, a particle trapped between a poppet and its seat prevents the closing of a relief valve).
System malfunctions caused by contamination may be classified into the following three categories:
Degradation (gradual changes over time in pump flow rates, valve leakage and wear of cylinder barrels causing cylinder speed decline, etc.)
Transient (intermittent failures)
Catastrophic (complete failure of a system or component)
All of these can be reduced through a well-planned contamination control program.
The sensitivity of the system to contamination is the basis of planning contaminant removal. The components are rated according to this sensitivity, also known as the omega rating. It is typically more efficient to use a filter dedicated to the entire system that meets the specifications of the most sensitive components.
To solve the contamination problem, analysis is needed to identify the type and concentration of the contaminant. A comprehensive discussion on methods for contamination analysis is beyond the scope of this article. However, a few methods deserve to be recognized. Methods for gauging solid particle contamination involve counting, sizing and/or weighing the particles contained in a given volume of fluid.
Microscopic particle counting is conducted according to standards such as ISO 4407, SAE ARP-5987 and ASTM F312. Automatic particle counting is conducted according to ISO 11500, ISO 4406:99 and ISO 11171, which calibrates and establishes reproducibility of optical particle counters.
While contamination in hydraulic systems is a constant issue, there are measures that can be employed to lessen its impact. These measures include relatively simple handling and storage processes and paying careful attention to fluids and fluid combinations specified in systems.
The long-term performance of critical systems depends on placing a renewed emphasis on maintenance and handling procedures that are often taken for granted.
Maintainers must pay careful attention in selecting the proper fluid to use in a particular system, and it is critical to avoid mixing any fluids. Even when a system specifies that more than one fluid may be used, maintenance personnel should always try to use just one fluid, and not mix others. If a different fluid must be used, the system should be drained and flushed before adding the new fluid.
Keep in mind that even if two fluids are miscible, the mixture may not perform with the ideal properties of either component separately. Also, the combination of some fluids and/or their additives may be harmful to the system.
Manufacturers and suppliers must be diligent in specifying appropriate fluids for a system. These specifications should be clear about potential incompatibilities if multiple fluids are used, and should recommend proper system maintenance procedures for all environmental conditions. Fluids should also be chosen with proper regard to environmental and hazardous materials regulations.
Hydraulic fluids should be kept in their sealed containers until ready for use. Both new and partially used containers should be carefully handled and stored. Lids should be checked routinely and tightly secured, with drums being kept in a relatively benign environment. Large temperature swings cause the containers to "breathe" from expanding and contracting air and liquid inside.
This, combined with moisture from rainfall or humidity, can cause the ingress of water into the container. Some fluids are hygroscopic, meaning they absorb moisture when exposed to humid air, thus requiring extra measures to be taken to reduce the chance of contamination.
Hydraulic systems, because of their prevalence, are often in need of repair due to constant use. Standard operating procedures should be consulted for fluid contamination opportunities, and system maintenance procedures should be similarly diligent in keeping contaminants from systems. This can be accomplished through procedural changes identifying which fluids are appropriate for certain systems, and the proper handling of those fluids and systems.
Additionally, procedures should be adjusted to indicate what actions should be taken to replace a fluid or change fluid types. In general, the system should be flushed of all old fluid and cleaned prior to the addition of the new or replacement fluid.
Plans for future hydraulic fluids include research to reduce their fire risk and the development of more thermally stable hydraulic fluids. These will meet the challenges of increased pressures and electrohydrostatic actuation due to higher temperatures.
Novel purification methods that would enable the reuse of hydraulic fluids are also under consideration. The continuation of laboratory simulations of the conditions that caused stuck valves in helicopters, hydraulic pump tests and toxicity are expected to be included in future programs.
This article originally appeared in the AMPTIAC Quarterly, Vol. 7 No. 1. The authors of the original article, Ms. Battat and Mr. Babcock, are former AMPTIAC staff members. Also, AMPTIAC (Advanced Materials and Processes Technology Information Analysis Center) is now part of AMMTIAC (Advanced Materials, Manufacturing, and Testing Information Analysis Center), which is operated by Alion Science and Technology.
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Bulimia nervosa a well-known type of eating disorder that centers around repeating episodes of binge eating, followed by compensatory purging behaviours. The purging behaviours are most often some form of self-induced vomiting, but they are often combined with excessive exercise, fasting, and laxative abuse. Both the binge eating and the following behaviours can result in several different physical effects on the body, some very serious.
The physical side effects of bulimia nervosa can become serious if the behavioural symptoms go untreated, making early intervention important for long-term physical and mental recovery. As parents and family members help their loved ones look for the best nearby bulimia nervosa recovery programs, it is important to keep these many long-term side effects in mind. Ideally, they can find a program that emphasizes both psychiatric and medical care. A treatment program that ignores either aspect, i.e. only physical treatment or only counselling, won’t be nearly as effective as an integrated one.
Common Bulimia Nervosa Side Effects
While most people are familiar with some of the physical signs of bulimia nervosa that are related to frequent vomiting – like bad breath, frequent sore throats and facial swelling – many long-term health effects are not quite as immediate and might necessitate a doctor’s diagnosis to identify. Tooth decay is especially common in longstanding cases of bulimia nervosa, due to the repeated cycle of self-induced vomiting to get rid of calories taken in during a meal or binge eating episode. This is because the content of the stomach is usually highly acidic and over time, these acids can break down the tooth enamel.
Other common short-term health effects of bulimia nervosa, which are related to not only vomiting but also over-exercising and laxative abuse include:
- Severe Dehydration
- Heart Arrhythmia
- Constipation and Other Gastrointestinal Issues
- Difficulty Sleeping
- Dry Skin
- Increased Risk of Stroke
These kinds of symptoms are good early indicators of a bulimia nervosa disorder beginning to develop, and it’s important to catch it early on. Early intervention is key for a good bulimia nervosa prognosis.
The Long-Term Effects of Bulimia Nervosa
Bulimia nervosa recovery is not only important for one’s mental health but their physical health as well. The long-term effects of bulimia nervosa are very serious and even more dangerous than the short-term ones, and several can lead to chronic health issues and even premature death. If left untreated, the repeated stresses on the body and mind of ballooning weight and nutritional purging can result in various health concerns. These include:
- Bone Weakness – If the body does not get enough nutrients, the bones are unable to fully develop the right amount of mineral density. As a result, people with bulimia nervosa are at a much higher risk of osteoporosis, a degenerative bone disease usually found only in senior women.
- Electrolyte Imbalances – Frequent vomiting and the resultant loss of fluids can result in severe electrolyte imbalances. Untreated electrolyte imbalances can have a hugely negative effect on heart function and in many cases, leads to a higher risk of a heart attack. Heart failure is one of the most common causes of death related to bulimia nervosa, making troubles with electrolyte balance potentially deadly.
- Suicide – The rate of suicide among people with bulimia nervosa (and other eating disorders) is more than twice as high as the same rate among the general population. Depression and major anxiety disorders often come hand-in-hand with bulimia nervosa, so people getting intensive bulimia nervosa treatment in Miami and elsewhere may need a suicide watch.
- Disruption or Loss of Menstrual Cycle – Women with bulimia nervosa are at great risk of experiencing infrequent menstrual periods with a condition known as oligomenorrhea. This condition is caused by poor nutrition and can affect fertility. In fact, even those who are in bulimia nervosa recovery may find that it takes some time for their periods to return to normal and they can conceive.
Seeking Treatment for Bulimia Nervosa in Miami
While there are many potentially life-threatening health effects associated with bulimia nervosa, with proper treatment and continued care, it is possible to enjoy a successful recovery in the Miami area and nationally. Depending on the severity of the condition, it may be necessary for patients to seek treatment in a facility that offers both medical and psychiatric care – so seek out a facility that takes this into consideration.
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Cat Discovers Coronavirus Cure in 1918 by Layla Morgan Wilde
Cats and plagues are no strangers. Our feline friends have survived the Justinian Plague in 541 CE, the Black Death in the Middle Ages, the Great Plague of 1665 and the Spanish Flu in 1918. And they will survive the current coronavirus pandemic.
Its extremely unlikely that your cat will contract Corvid19 or transmit it to humans. One cat in Belgium and one cat in Hong Kong have tested positive for the coronvirus. In both cases, it was human-to-animal transmission.
Cats are resourceful and clever as we all know but also mysterious. They don’t give up their secrets easily, until now. After digging in old magazine and newspaper archives from 1918, I found some curious artifacts. An old photo of four men with a cat. The cat looks like an ordinary tabby but obviously is of some importance.
The truth? Could it be that a cat in 1918 discovered the cure for the coronavirus? I had to dig deeper. Way deeper like back to 1896. Was that fancy Elizabethan collar for fashion or medical reasons? Could the story titles hide the truth? How small the world, indeed.
Advertising has always been the art of persuasion and humans are still persuaded to part with their dollars today. Eureka! Look carefully and all is revealed.
Happy April Fool’s Day! We explain the true origins of April Fool’s Day. For real. April Fool tomfoolery
But don’t be fooled about the coronavirus. It’s no joke. Wash your hands and follow your local government protocols. But to stay sane, cats offer the next best thing to a cure: stress relief. A healthy dose of humor goes a long way.
And while you’re at it don’t believe everything you read. Get the truth from reliable news sources. I find the BBC more measured and less dramatic than American news. Don’t be obsessively checking and refreshing bad news. It creates more fear and anxiety.
We’re in for tough times ahead. Less social media and more purrs is my new motto for the new normal. We will survive just as cats have always survived one catastrophe after another.
Love, Layla, Odin, Nou Nou and happily over the rainbow bridge angels
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By Cindy Jackson
July 1, 2020
At a special meeting of the Board of County Commissioners earlier today (July 1, 2020) and after a conference call with health officials, city officials and business leaders, it was decided an ordinance would be drafted to encourage all residents to wear masks when in a public place.
Martin County, Florida, issued an Emergency Order on June 19th, 2020, which states:
“All persons working in restaurants, grocery stores, food service, any retail establishments, businesses open to the public or any other locations visited by the public where social distancing is not possible within incorporated and unincorporated Martin County shall wear face coverings.
All other persons physically present in any public place in Martin County are strongly encouraged to wear face coverings.”
A copy of Martin County’s ordinance in its entirety can be found here: https://www.martin.fl.us/resources/martin-county-emergency-order-20-11
The BOCC thought the Martin County approach was a good one and County Attorney Mike Mullin was tasked with drafting a similar executive order. City Manager Dale Martin was in on the conference call and stated that a special meeting of the City Commission would be called for tomorrow afternoon.
Noting that the line of demarcation is confusing to many people, all commissioners were in agreement that it should be a joint effort between the City and County. Said Martin, “We look forward to following your lead.”
It is unlikely the ordinance will specify a type of mask as Dr. Seidel noted that any mask is better than no mask at all. It is expected that the order will be in effect for 30 days.
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NEET exam pattern 2023- On April 6,National Testing Agency (NTA) released the NEET 2023 exam pattern on its official website, nta.ac.in. Candidates who wish to do well in NEET 2023 should be familiar with the exam pattern. The NEET test format for 2023 is the same as previous year, with the exception that the duration has been increased by 20 minutes.
The exam pattern is an integral part of NEET syllabus 2023 PDF. The NEET exam pattern 2023 will comprise details such as the method of examination, medium, marking scheme, and duration of the examination. Read the entire article to learn about the revised NEET 2023 exam pattern and other important details.
NEET Exam Pattern 2023 – Marks Distribution
The NEET question paper will consist of three courses, according to the new NEET 2023 exam pattern: physics, chemistry, and biology. Each subject will be broken down into two parts. Students need to appear for exam with their NEET admit card 2023 printout.
The table below shows the weighting and breakdown of the question paper per section.
|Sections||Number of Questions||Total Marks|
|Physics Section A||35||140|
|Physics Section B||15||40|
|Chemistry Section A||35||140|
|Chemistry Section B||15||40|
|Biology Section A||35||140|
|Biology Section B||15||40|
|Zoology Section A||35||140|
|Zoology Section B||15||40|
Overview of NEET 2023 Exam Pattern
- The number of languages in which NEET 2023 will be administered is 13, offering candidates additional options when it comes to selecting regional languages.
- Candidates are provided an OMR sheet to record their responses with a ballpoint pen, as per the NEET 2023 exam pattern. As a result, it’s critical to understand everything there is to know about the OMR sheet and how to fill it out. The amount of questions asked from each subject is also controlled by the NEET 2023 pattern.
- There will be 200 multiple-choice objective-type questions from three topics – Physics, Chemistry, and Biology – in the revised NEET test pattern. Each question has four possible answers.
- The revised NEET exam pattern provides applicants with a greater variety of questions to tackle. Each subject will be divided into two halves, each with 35 and 15 questions. Candidates will have to answer 10 out of 15 questions in the second section.
- According to the NEET marks distribution scheme, each question is worth four points, with one point deducted for each incorrect response. NEET 2023 will have a total score of 720. While preparing for the NEET 2023 exam, aspirants should be aware of the NEET exam format.
Important Points of NEET 2023 exam pattern
The National Testing Agency (NTA) has issued the following instructions to clarify the NEET test pattern 2023:
- Each subject has 35 questions in Section A. All of the questions are required to be answered.
- Each subject had 15 questions in Section B. A candidate must attempt any 10 questions out of 15 in each subject in Section B.
- Candidates were urged to attentively read all 15 questions in Section B of each subject before beginning to answer the questions. In the event that a candidate attempts more than ten questions, only the top ten will be considered.
Negative marking in NEET exam pattern 2023
The components of the NEET 2023 test pattern are listed here, along with the number of questions and mark distribution.
- Each correct answer will receive four points.
- For each wrong response, one mark will be deducted.
- No points will be deducted for questions that are not answered.
- Questions with two or more responses recorded on the OMR form are considered wrong, and one point will be deducted.
The below table gives a clear picture of NEET marking scheme 2023:-
|Question with more than one response||-1|
Regional Languages available for NEET 2022
|Medium||NEET 2022 Exam Centres|
|English and Hindi||All exam cities and centres|
|English and Urdu||All exam cities and centres|
|Assamese||Available only in exam centres in Assam|
|Bengali||Available only in exam centres in West Bengal|
|Gujarati||Available only in exam centres in Gujarat, Daman, Dadra, and Nagar Haveli|
|Marathi||Available only in exam centres in Maharashtra|
|Tamil||Available only in exam centres in Tamil Nadu|
|Telugu||Available only in exam centres in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana|
|Oriya||Available only in exam centres in Odisha|
|Malayalam||Available only in exam centres in Kerala|
|Punjabi||Available only in exam centres in Punjab|
|Kannada||Available only in exam centres in Karnataka|
Guidelines for NEET Exam Pattern 2023
We have listed the below guidelines for NEET 2023 test, the students should aware of-
- A candidate must remember to write the code for the test booklet on the OMR page.
- Only conduct preliminary work on the test booklet.
- Candidates who choose English as a medium in NEET online form 2023 will only be given the Test Booklet in English.
- In the event of any ambiguity in the translation of any of the questions, the English version of the NEET question paper will be considered final.
- Candidates who choose a language other than English will receive a Bilingual Test Booklet, their preferred language, and English.
- Changing replies on the OMR sheet is not permitted.
- Erasing/obliterating any information contained on the OMR sheet is a serious offence.
FAQs Related to NEET 2023 Exam Pattern
What will be the total number of questions asked in NEET 2023?
The overall number of questions in the question paper is determined to be 200, with 180 of them being relevant to attempt. Each of the three subjects will be broken into three portions, with equal weighting for each subject.
In NEET 2023, will there be negative marking?
Yes, the NEET 2023 exam design indicates that negative marking would be used. One mark will be deducted for each wrong response, and four marks will be awarded for each correct answer.
How long will I have to complete each section?
Candidates will have three hours to complete the entire NEET question paper. They are free to distribute the time between the components as they see fit. In the NEET test schedule, there is no sectional time limit.
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A startup is only as good as its leader, and having a bold leadership style is often the determining factor behind a startup’s success. Not only will a CEO’s style set the pace for the rest of the company, but it will also determine the degree of respect and trust that a startup’s employees have for it. Though leadership styles vary greatly, and there’s no single correct one, there are some universal traits that set great CEOs apart from their not so remarkable counterparts. We asked 10 CEOs of successful startups what the key elements of their leadership style were, and how they led to their startup’s success. Here’s what they had to say.Read More
Encouraging and fostering innovation among a startup’s employees can often be one of the most important factors in accelerating a company’s growth trajectory. While its often assumed that the CEO should be the one responsible for coming up with ideas that generate growth, it is the employees that are in the best position to know what is working and what isn’t. Most successful startups recognize this and provide a space for employee’s to suggest ways that the company can continually improve.
Doing so not only encourages employees to be proactive and seek ways to improve the company, but also fosters a company culture that encourages innovation and creativity. We spoke to 5 different startup founders and asked what the methods they use for encouraging innovation among their employees, here’s what they had to say.Read More
Startups, like any business, cycle between periods of stagnation and growth. At times, everything goes according to plan, and the only thing left to do is focus on maintaining consistency and scaling your services. Other times, for one reason or another, company growth stagnates and the team as a whole must focus on retention and figure out how to jump start the growth cycle again.
Though these stagnations are certainly frustrating, they are an important part of any startup’s lifecycle as they provide an opportunity to reflect on what you as a company need to do to better your services. We spoke to 10 founders at different stages in their careers and asked what actions companies should take during periods of stagnated growth. Here’s what they had to say.Read More
The ability to effectively manage and keep track of long-term company goals is one of the most critical factors contributing to a young startup’s success. Doing so successfully however is more difficult than one might imagine, especially considering the numerous obstacles and opportunities for distraction that arise during the course of scaling a business.
Startups that are doing well are often tempted into taking more projects than they can realistically manage, taking energy and resources away from existing clients and undermining its ability to retain its customer-base. For startups that are underperforming on the other hand, worrying about the company’s long-term trajectory can seem irrelevant compared to the day-to-day struggle of simply staying afloat.
We spoke with five startup founders and asked what their best advice was for achieving long-term company goals, here’s what they had to say.Read More
ExactDrive recently got interviewed by Young Upstarts, a leading business and startup news source.
A startup’s ability to scale its services in response to increasing demand is one of the most important factors in determining its success. While certain processes and strategies may have worked for a business early on, a rapidly increasing customer base and the increased bandwidth needed in response will often bring those very same process to their natural breaking point.
As such, its important for every startup to develop its services with the anticipation of success, creating a plan for how to scale when the time comes. If no such plan is in place, its best to develop one as soon as possible in case your inability to keep up with demand begins affecting the quality of your services.
This article was originally published on a leading professional marketing blog, BloggerIdeas.com.
At the heart of any discussion about a startup’s product or services is the question of value. How much value does your startup’s solution provide for its clients? How many hours of work does it save them? Is it something they could do themselves or are your services unique? These questions determine not only if your startup will achieve profitability, but how much you can fairly charge for your services in the event that it does.
Pricing your company’s services is a delicate process that must take into account a multitude of factors. We spoke to seven successful founder’s at different stages in their careers and asked what their best advice was for accurately pricing a startup’s product and services.Read More
ExactDrive recently had the opportunity to be interviewed by The Startup Journal, which is a platform for Indian startups to showcase their innovation and creativeness to a wide entrepreneurial community. The Startup Journal is dedicated towards fostering entrepreneurial culture.
"He who knows only his own generation remains forever a child." Those were the words written above the library at my alma mater, and while they rang true at University, they have proven exceptionally true in the startup environment. Launching a startup is largely an exercise in trial error, and regardless of how much experience one has, its always advisable to keep learning and seeking the advice of those who came before you.
Often, entrepreneurs become jaded after their first successful launch, and assume that all other entrepreneurial endeavors will follow the same path. In doing so, they limit themselves greatly in their ability to respond creatively when things don’t go as planned, and more importantly, fall behind in an industry where it pays to be well-read. The difference between failure and success in the startup ecosystem often comes down to an entrepreneur’s willingness to keep learning about their constantly changing environment, and as such, its advisable to read as much as possible to stay up-to-date. We spoke with 12 successful startup founders and asked what book all entrepreneurs should read and why. Here’s what they said.Read More
ExactDrive recently had the opportunity to be interviewed by Fresh Infos, who discusses geeky creations, weird incidents, funny LOL stories as well as latest of technology, gaming, gadgematic, and social news. Basically we bring out fresh new ideas to the world wide web, ‘Refreshing Your Mind.’
Its a well-known fact that most startups are bound for failure. Some companies are doomed from the start, with products that are either unnecessary or that do not differentiate from the competition. Other startups meet their demise due to having made certain mistakes, mistakes that could have been avoided if they’d made a greater effort to learn from the experiences of those who came before them. Its often been said that successful people know how to learn from their own mistakes, and really successful people know how to learn from the mistakes of others. We spoke with 10 successful startup founders and asked what the primary reason for startup failure was, and how recently launched startups can avoid it. Here’s what they had to say.Read More
ExactDrive simplifies online advertising with strategic expertise and innovative insight you can’t find anywhere else. ExactDrive’s self-serve advertising platform coupled with offered managed campaign planning, management and optimization services deliver measurable value, empowering clients to find precisely targeted audiences and generate desired results.
Q: Please tell us a little bit about your company – what is ExactDrive all about?
ExactDrive Inc. offers a self-serve online advertising platform coupled with managed services. Difference-making online advertising campaigns require innovative strategy, leading technology, careful planning and insightful analysis. ExactDrive’s self-serve advertising platform and managed services team provides all four, making it easier for you to generate the results you want most. Our ad platform delivers online advertising solutions that make it faster and easier to reach more people who are ready to embrace your brand.Read More
ExactDrive recently had the opportunity to be interviewed by Onevest.com, who has a mission to reshape the private equity industry by democratizing early stage investing: Connect founders to capital allowing their ideas to transform into successful companies, simultaneously creating new investment opportunities for individual investors.
Being an entrepreneur is an inherently stressful endeavor. Being the entrepreneur behind a newly launched startup is even more stressful, since it means constantly having to balance on the fine line between failure and success. Many of the concerns that one has during this time period are warranted, particularly when it comes to budget, client retention, and simply surviving the competitive startup ecosystem. Other concerns, however, are irrational and can take away from the precious energy needed to successfully run a business.
We spoke with six startup founders at different stages in their careers, and asked them what one thing was that all entrepreneurs should stop worrying about.
"Keep an eye on them for sure, but don't let what they do dictate what you do too much. Focus on doing what you do best and innovate. If you're watching your competitors too closely, you'll be playing a constant game of catch up that won't do you much good."
Mark Volkmann, MassagebookRead More
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- DATE /Saturday, November 22nd, 2008
- TIME /09:00 PM - 12:00 AM
- TELEPHONE /77772939
- ADDRESS /Spyros Kyprianou Athletic Centre, Limassol , Cyprus
The Junior Eurovision Song Contest (sometimes known as Junior Eurovision or JESC) is an international song contest held each year in a different European city. In the beginning it was a competition for children between the ages of 8 and 15, however since 2007 the age limit has been narrowed and presently only children aged 10 to 15 are allowed to take part.
The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2008 will take place in Limassol on 22nd November. The show will be transmitted live all around Europe at 20:15 Central European time (Cyprus time 21:15). Cyprus viewers can watch the show live on PIK 1.
If you would like to attend the event at the Spyros Kyprianou Arena you can purchase tickets online from the website interticket.com.cy
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The Victorian Government is supporting multicultural Victorians from diverse communities to stay safe and healthy, and promote the importance of vaccination in their communities.
Minister for Multicultural Affairs Ros Spence today announced $2 million to increase health messaging promoting vaccination and COVIDSafe behaviour designed by multicultural communities.
“It’s vital multicultural Victorians can access health advice in their own language – these messages will be written by Victorians from all backgrounds and delivered directly to their multicultural communities” Minister for Multicultural Affairs Ros Spence said.
“Local organisations have the trust and understanding of their communities – which is why we are supporting them to deliver vital health messages” Ms Spence added.
The grants will support the creation and distribution of public health information in language that responds directly to misinformation, and encourages vaccination and COVIDSafe behaviours.
“All multicultural Victorians should have the information and support they need to feel confident in the coronavirus vaccination program”, Minister for Health Martin Foley said.
“Our partnerships with culturally and linguistically diverse community leaders across the state have been central to combatting misinformation and driving vaccinations among their respective communities”, Minister Foley added.
Multicultural media, community organisations and individuals are invited to apply for grants of up to $100,000 from funding of $1 million to deliver informative and accessible coronavirus-related content.
In addition, $1 million is being provided directly to 21 organisations to communicate health messages to communities, including the Multicultural Centre for Women’s Health, Youth Activating Youth, Western Bulldogs Community Foundation, radio station 3ZZZ and the Islamic Council of Victoria.
Since March 2020, the Government has invested more than $8.5 million in targeted engagement for multicultural Victorians and rolled out $3 million in grants to support multicultural media outlets to keep communities informed and up-to-date with crucial health information.
The new support for multicultural communities will complement the vital public health information already provided by the Government, which is available in more than 50 languages.
The Government has previously provided more than 190 community engagement grants to local councils, and engaged community leaders as vaccination champions, to further promote vaccination awareness.
Support is also being delivered for new migrants, refugees and asylum seekers to access to vaccinations through Foundation House, Red Cross, Asylum Seeker Resource Centre and Cabrini Outreach and other providers.
Applications are open until 7 October at vic.gov.au/multicultural-communications-outreach-program.
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Even though everyone defines success differently, for most building wealth is an important factor.
I have studied information in publications I have worked on that have gleaned from the 400 individual tax returns reporting the largest adjusted gross incomes, which shows how the top 400 earned their money in 2009.
(To you and me, 2009 was a long time ago but to the government it’s pretty up to date.)
Of course information found on tax returns can be just one version of reality. A report compiled by the Spectrem Group on the 132,000 people in the U.S. with a net worth of over $25 million details how the wealthy say they made their money.
So to what do they attribute their success?
- Hard work: 87%
- Education: 78%
- Smart investing: 72%
- Taking risk: 63%
- Frugality: 59%
- Being in the right place at the right time: 56%
- Luck: 53%
- Running a business: 46%
- Guidance offered by an adviser: 35%
- Inheritance: 30%
- Hard work means everything. Nearly every wealthy person credits hard work for his or her success. (Bad news for the “live on the beach while you generate passive income” crowd?)
- Education is also incredibly important. The study doesn’t differentiate between formal and informal education, but clearly people who succeed place a high priority on constantly improving their knowledge, skills, and experience.
- Risk is the mother of reward. Over half of respondents say taking risk contributed to their success. Of course there’s a huge difference between blind risk and intelligent risk–which is where education and experience play a key role.
- But so is holding onto what you earn. Over half also cite frugality. (While the last two might seem contradictory, risking capital on a startup could generate a significant return; splashing some cash on a Lamborghini will not.)
- Luck matters. Good fortune and being “in the right place at the right time” were both credited by over half of respondents. Even so, it’s possible to make your own luck–you can’t be in the right place at the right time unless you’re actively seeking opportunities. (The “right place” is never on your couch waiting for something lucky to happen to you.)
- Inheritance matters a lot less. Fewer than one-third of people with over $25 million in assets credit inheritance for their success. That means two-thirds went out and created their own success.
Let’s see: hard work, education, taking risks, prudent spending, being in the right place at the right time, and working hard to create your own success.
Sound like a plan?
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Young Adults and the Affordable Care Act
Like all other individuals, young adults will be required by federal law to purchase health insurance with the specific benefits the federal government says they must have, regardless of whether they want to pay for them and regardless of whether those benefits are useful to them. For instance, young single males will be required to purchase a plan that has maternity benefits and well-baby coverage.
Benefits of Reform
Young adults up to age 26 (whether married or unmarried) are now able to enroll in their parents’ health plans. Currently, this option is limited to children who do not have access to an employer plan. However, beginning in 2014, children will be able to join or stay on their parents’ plan even if they have access to an employer plan of their own.
Costs of Reform
Most young people are healthier and have lower expected costs than older adults. For example, people in their 20s today typically face premiums that are only one-fifth or one-sixth as high as people in their 60s. The likelihood of ill health, and therefore the cost of health insurance, tends to rise with age, but fortunately so does income. People in their 50s and 60s typically pay higher premiums, but their higher incomes allow them to do so.
Regulations that take effect in 2014 will dramatically change things, however. Insurers will be required to accept all applicants at rates that are not adjusted for health status. Also, premiums can be adjusted for age, but the highest premium can exceed the lowest one by no more than a ratio of three to one. This means that young adults will face premiums that will be much higher than their expected cost so that older, less healthy adults can pay premiums that will be much lower than their expected costs.
The result: Young adults will have to pay a lot more for their coverage, perhaps even double or triple their current premium. For example, studies based on actual insurance claims data reach the following conclusions.
- The premium for a healthy 25 year old in California would more than double—rising from $107 per month to $221.
- The family premium for a 40 year old husband and wife with two children in California would rise by 42 percent—from $536 per month to $763.
- By contrast, a 60 year old, less healthy couple living in California would see a drop in their premiums of about 41 percent—from $1,979 to $1,165.
Exceptions for Young Adults
Adults under the age of thirty will have access to health plans that have fewer mandated benefits than the standard plans. These plans will be allowed to have higher deductibles and higher cost-sharing, but the out-of-pocket exposure will be no higher than HSA limits (currently $6,050 for an individual and $12,100 for a family). Presumably, these plans will have lower premiums. They will not qualify for premium subsidies in the exchange, however.
For more on the Affordable Care Act, please see my Independent Institute book, Priceless: Curing the Healthcare Crisis.
1. “The WellPoint Revelation,” Wall Street Journal, October 28, 2009; “Healthcare Reform Premium Impact in California—December 2009 Addendum,” Wellpoint, December 2009, http://www.wellpoint.com/prodcontrib/groups/wellpoint/@wp_news_research/documents/wlp_assets/pw_d014969.pdf.
2. Eric Johnson, “IRS announces new HSA limits for 2012,” BenefitsPro.com, May 23, 2011, http://www.benefitspro.com/2011/05/23/irs-announces-new-hsa-limits-for-2012.
[Cross-posted at Psychology Today]
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Ten years ago this month, Mitt Romney, who was on the verge of clinching the Republican presidential nomination, designated Russia as America’s “number one geopolitical foe.” In one of their presidential debates that fall, Barack Obama took aim at the statement: “The 1980s are now calling to ask for their foreign policy back because, you know, the Cold War’s been over for 20 years.” Obama won that rhetorical battle, and reelection. But today, with Vladimir Putin ravaging Ukraine, it has become commonplace to deem Romney prescient and Obama’s attempts to “reset” relations with Russia naive.
Romney himself has not been shy about taking a victory lap, issuing a statement in response to the invasion of Ukraine that read: “Putin’s impunity predictably follows our tepid response to his previous horrors in Georgia and Crimea, our naive efforts at a one-sided ‘reset,’ and the shortsightedness of ‘America First.’ The ’80s called and we didn’t answer.”
But if you’re going to argue that Putin would have been deterred, had we only listened to Mitt, you might want to listen to what the GOP contender was actually saying.
Reviewing the Romney and Obama records from the 2010s is essential if it yields lessons about thwarting Russian imperialism. A good place to start is Romney’s 2010 campaign book, No Apology: The Case for American Greatness. In those pages, the former Massachusetts governor characterized Putin—accurately—as fixated on reconstituting the Russian empire, while painting Obama as catering to the Russian leader’s wishes:
President Barack Obama’s decision to walk away from our missile defense program in Poland and in the Czech Republic was a huge concession to Putin, as is the stalling on the admission of Georgia and the Ukraine into NATO. Russia welcomes concessions and these, like their predecessors, were not repaid in kind. Russia takes, President Obama gives, and Russia demands more.
In the book’s 64-point “Agenda for a Free and Strong America,” Romney included “Fast-track NATO admission of our friends” and “Maintain a defense budget of at least 4 percent of our GDP, and at least twice the actual and comparable military spending of either Russia or China.” Soon after the book was published, Romney opposed Senate ratification of the New-START arms control treaty, calling it Obama’s “worst foreign policy mistake yet,” largely because, he claimed, “America must effectively get Russia’s permission for any missile defense expansion.”
Intriguingly, Romney did not call Russia our “number one geopolitical foe” in the book. That was said in March 2012 as the private equity mogul was trying to exploit a “hot mic” moment of Obama’s. The president was overheard telling Russian President Dmitry Medvedev that disagreements with Putin over missile defense “can be solved, but it’s important for him to give me space … This is my last election. After my election, I have more flexibility.”
Shown that clip by CNN’s Wolf Blitzer, Romney renewed his complaints, and added that Russia is, “without question, our number one geopolitical foe. They fight every cause for the world’s worst actors. The idea that he has some more flexibility in mind for Russia is very, very troubling, indeed.”
So what would have happened if a President Romney had sought to counter Russia with a quick NATO admission of Ukraine and Georgia, a new European missile defense system, and a bigger overall military budget?
With regard to America’s military budget, we don’t have to guess. America’s military budget is now more than 12 timesthe size of Russia’s. That’s not as big a gap as 10 years ago, when it was about 18 times bigger, but it’s still far more than the mere doubling Romney was insisting on. The U.S. is not quite meeting Romney’s standard of 4 percent of GDP for defense spending; from 2011 to 2020, as American military involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan declined, so did defense spending, from 4.8 to 3.7 percent of GDP. (It was at 3 percent by the end of the Obama presidency.) Russia’s defense budget as a share of GDP is a little higher than ours, at 4.3 percent. But since America’s economy dwarfs Russia’s, so does our military spending. And it still wasn’t enough to deter Putin from invading Ukraine in 2014 and 2022.
We also don’t have to guess whether a new European missile defense system would have deterred Putin. Despite Romney’s accusations, Obama implemented a European-based missile defense system over Russia’s strenuous objections.
When Romney chastised Obama for scrapping George W. Bush’s planned Polish-Czech-based missile defense system, he failed to mention that Obama replaced those plans with his own. Both the Bush and Obama plans were designed to stop Iranian, not Russian, missiles. But the Bush plan focused on long-range missiles. Obama’s Pentagon—led by Bush holdover Secretary Robert Gates—determined that short- and medium-range missiles from Iran were a more significant concern and, with NATO support, moved ahead with a reconfigured system based in Poland, Romania, Turkey, and Germany.
Although Iran was the Obama administration’s primary concern, as Gates explained in his memoir, Duty, Putin believed that missile defense in Europe contained his country. The Poles and Czechs thought so, too, viewing the system as a “concrete manifestation” that America was deeply committed to their protection, according to Gates. That’s why scrapping the plans raised the question of whether Obama was leaving eastern Europe vulnerable to Russia.
But Putin hated Obama’s missile defense plan more than Bush’s. When the Romanian component was installed in 2016, the Kremlin denounced it as a “threat to Russia” and disingenuously claimed that it violated the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty. The former George W. Bush State Department official Heather Conley said at the time that Polish and Czech officials “wound up getting with the current system [something] more robust than they had anticipated.”
As Romney wished, a European-based missile defense system was implemented, and a more robust one at that. Yet that did not deter Putin from his bloody attacks on Ukraine.
Another of Romney’s recommendations was to fast-track Ukraine and Georgia into NATO. And it’s not crazy to argue that if Ukraine were in NATO, Putin would not have invaded. But it’s hardly an open-and-shut case. Even if a President Romney had called for admitting Ukraine into NATO, in all likelihood admission would not have happened. In 2010, when No Apology was published, Ukraine elected the Russia-friendly Viktor Yanukovych as president. Soon after, Ukraine’s legislature passed a law banning membership in any military alliance, which was enacted to end the pursuit of NATO membership. This was supported by Ukrainian public opinion; in a September 2009 Pew poll, only 28 percent of Ukrainians wanted membership in NATO. (The internal politics of Ukraine has shifted considerably since then; in 2019, Ukraine amended its constitution to state its intention to join NATO, a position that held plurality support in public polling.)
Even if Ukraine had sought NATO membership in 2013 as a President Romney was inaugurated, it would have required unanimous approval among the NATO nations. That did not exist back then and did not exist in the run-up to Putin’s invasion. At the 2008 NATO summit, then President Bush advocated admitting Ukraine and Georgia, but at least seven nations refused. The New York Times reported, “Germany and France have said they believe that since neither Ukraine nor Georgia is stable enough to enter the program now, a membership plan would be an unnecessary offense to Russia, which firmly opposes the move.” If a President Romney had tried to force the issue, he would only have widened a rift within NATO—one that Putin would have eagerly exploited.
But for argument’s sake, let’s say a President Romney had persuaded Ukraine and the entire NATO alliance to embrace his position. Would that have deterred a Putin invasion, or sped it along?
If it is Putin’s ambition to reconstitute Russia’s ancient empire, he might not have sat still while Romney led an aggressive expansion of NATO. Last month, Putin said as much: “NATO leadership has been blunt in its statements that they need to accelerate and step up efforts to bring the alliance’s infrastructure closer to Russia’s borders,” and therefore, “we cannot stay idle and passively observe these developments.” In 2022, Putin had that reaction to the United States merely refusing to rule out an eventual admission of Ukraine. It stands to reason that Putin in 2013 would have had a similar response to the beginning of the admission process, and might have launched an invasion before Ukraine found protection under NATO’s nuclear umbrella.
Ultimately, we can’t know what, if anything, could have deterred Putin’s Ukraine gambit. Deterrence, if possible, would have been preferable to the horror Ukraine is experiencing. But if Putin was undeterrable, then the approach taken by both Obama and Biden—mixing diplomatic overtures with military preparedness—has proved its merit.
The two Democratic presidents didn’t roll over for Putin as Donald Trump was always inclined to do. But, to the annoyance of the Republican hawks like Romney, Obama and Biden routinely pursued diplomatic openings. As Slate’s Fred Kaplan has detailed, Obama notched several accomplishments through his “reset” with Russia, including the Iranian nuclear deal.
In 2012, Romney coupled his ranking of Russia as America’s top “foe” with a crowning of Iran as America’s top “threat.” Three years later, driven by his antipathy to diplomacy with either nation, he urged Obama to “walk away” from the deal. Following Romney’s crudely hawkish logic would have meant missing an opportunity to defuse a nuclear threat. (Though the opportunity would soon be sabotaged by Trump, who rashly pulled out of the deal in 2018 even though Iran was in compliance at the time.)
Biden began his presidency, not with belligerent rhetoric targeting Russia, but with an agreement to extend the New-START treaty. Avoiding overt provocations deprived Putin of the ability to credibly shift blame for his imperialist invasion onto the United States. The reason why so much of the free world is united in support of Ukraine and the isolation of Russia is because there’s no confusion about who the bad guy is.
Was deterrence even possible? Consider that David Leonhardt of The New York Times recently explored the question, “Was there any way to prevent the horrific war in Ukraine?” and then looked at the 1990 invasion of Kuwait by Iraq for an answer:
There are certainly differences between Saddam Hussein’s Iraq in 1990 and Vladimir Putin’s Russia in 2022. Some of those differences make Russia harder to confront, especially its nuclear arsenal. But other differences suggest that Putin’s aggression toward Ukraine should have been more likely than Hussein’s takeover of Kuwait to inspire an international military coalition.
He concluded that “the European Union’s wishful pacifism and the U.S.’s failed belligerence … created a power vacuum that Putin exploited.”
But there’s one thing that Hussein and Putin had in common: Neither was deterred. War wasn’t prevented. It was the invasion of Kuwait itself that prompted the international coalition to form. Unlike today, the Gulf War coalition involved direct military involvement from the United States and others because, as Leonhardt noted, Russia has those pesky nukes. But today’s coalition is landing hard blows with its soft power. With the Russian ruble and stock market tanking, the Kremlin is now complaining about being the victim of an “economic war.”
In a 2016 interview with The Atlantic, Obama commented, “The fact is that Ukraine, which is a non-NATO country, is going to be vulnerable to military domination by Russia no matter what we do.” On its own, the statement, which is getting chided anew, comes across as glib and defeatist. It can be argued that such comments—along with the mild international reactions to earlier Russian seizures of Georgian and Ukrainian land—fed Putin’s sense that he could waltz into Kyiv. But Obama had more to say:
Putin acted in Ukraine in response to a client state that was about to slip out of his grasp. And he improvised in a way to hang on to his control there … the notion that somehow Russia is in a stronger position now, in Syria or in Ukraine, than they were before they invaded Ukraine or before he had to deploy military forces to Syria is to fundamentally misunderstand the nature of power in foreign affairs or in the world generally. Real power means you can get what you want without having to exert violence. Russia was much more powerful when Ukraine looked like an independent country but was a kleptocracy that he could pull the strings on.
The Obama Doctrine, sometimes described as “don’t do stupid shit,” was rooted in a view that military power has its limits. Obama was suggesting that it would behoove Putin to follow the same logic. The Russian autocrat might be able to seize Ukraine militarily, but he might regret it later because without other sources of power—such as a healthy domestic economy, international alliances, and genuine public support—his hold on Ukraine, perhaps even his hold on Russia itself, could slip. And if Moscow is hell-bent on doing “stupid shit,” then Washington ought to avoid provocations that could weaken global opposition to Russia. In effect, Obama suggested that a rope-a-dope strategy would work better than a reckless rush to engage militarily with a nuclear Russia.
After a close look at what Romney was proposing in 2012, we can see that he wasn’t right all along. But was Obama? Let’s hope so.
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It may seem impossible to achieve your fitness goal. Yet the truth is that it does not have to be difficult or painful to be fit. By altering your daily routine in a few ways, you can get fit and live the life you have always wanted.
Are you short on time for exercising? Separate workouts into 2 sessions. You do not have to increase the amount of time you are working out, just divide it in two. If you’re trying to jog an hour a day, try doing a half hour right when you get up and another 30 minutes at the end of the day. You can do two different types of workouts if you want, which will help to keep things fresh.
In order to avoid hitting the fitness center twice in the same day, you might try getting one workout in at the fitness center and then doing another one elsewhere.
Always exhale after each repetition. This give your body more energy as you take in more air after each exhale.
Your core is vitally important to your fitness levels. Every physical activity you engage in will be positively influenced by a strong core. Some good exercise to help build your core are sit-ups and crunches. Doing sit ups can also increase the range of motion you experience. Sit-ups can really give your ab muscles a good workout.
Get started with the exercises you loathe the most. People typically skip those exercises that they feel they are weak at performing. Become a master at the exercise you like the least by practicing it more.
When you’re weight lifting, doing several reps of lighter weights can boost your muscle mass greater than fewer reps with heavier weights. Muscle mass does not just entail lifting the most weight. It also requires being able to endure an exercise for a long time without losing your strength. Many heavy lifters use this specific method.
? ? Ease into it gradually by starting your day only fifteen minutes before you usually do, and devote that interval of time to a walk, a brisk jump rope, or a light aerobic routine. This will get you going in the morning and lay a fitness foundation you can build on later.
Before you set yourself on a workout bench, try it out with a little trick first. Use your thumb to test by pressing it into the top of the padding. This way you are familiar with the bench and know it is safe to workout on. If you feel wood or metal, then look elsewhere.
Alternate sets of crunches with sets of sit-ups for a better ab workout. Over the years, sit-up exercises have declined in popularity. A word of caution: don’t anchor your feet while doing sit-ups. The downside of anchored sit-ups is that they can be bad for your lower back.
Always cycle at a steady pace. Pedaling too fast will cause you to wear out too fast. Stay simple, which will increase your level of endurance and agility over time. Pedaling at a steady pace allows you to know when you’re about to get an injury, because you’re able to feel your muscles better.
You have to work at getting fit to get into shape, reading alone won’t help. Keep in mind that you will not only look better, but also be a lot healthier and feel more comfortable in your body. Your life will be easier and fuller when you are fit.
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Miliary lung metastases from ROS1‑rearranged lung adenocarcinoma: A case report
Affiliations: Department of Respiratory Medicine, Kanagawa Cardiovascular and Respiratory Center, Yokohama, Kanagawa 236-0051, Japan, Department of Pathology, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Kanagawa 236‑0027, Japan
- Published online on: May 4, 2020 https://doi.org/10.3892/mco.2020.2040
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Miliary lung metastases are a rare form of metastasis, accounting for 1-2% of cases of non-small-cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC). Miliary metastases have been reported to be more commonly found in patients with NSCLCs with an epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutation (1,2). However, there is only one case report on miliary lung metastases from NSCLC with ROS1 rearrangement (3). We report such a case in a patient with ROS1-rearranged lung adenocarcinoma.
A 50-year-old woman who had never smoked underwent right middle lobectomy for stage IIIA lung micropapillary adenocarcinoma in June 2017. She refused adjuvant chemotherapeutic treatment. In February 2018, the follow-up computed tomography (CT) did not reveal any evidence of recurrence. The patient discontinued hospital visit on her own judgment. She presented to Kanagawa Cardiovascular and Respiratory Center (Yokohama, Japan) in November 2018 complaining of a 1-month history of cough and dyspnea. She had severe hypoxia with a pulse oximetry reading of 85% on room air; thus, oxygen therapy at 5 l/min was started. Chest CT showed numerous tiny, randomly distributed nodules throughout both lungs, bilateral patchy consolidation, mediastinal lymphadenopathy, and intralobular septal thickening (Fig. 1). No metastases were observed in other organs. Laboratory examinations revealed carcinoembryonic antigen levels to be 84.6 ng/ml (normal, <5.0 ng/ml), KL-6 level to be 3,731 U/ml (normal, <500 U/ml), and lactase dehydrogenase (LDH) level to be 1,859 U/l (normal, <222 U/l). Based on these results, a diagnosis of recurrent lung cancer with miliary lung metastases and lymphangiosis carcinomatosa was made.
Chest computed tomography from admission showing numerous tiny nodules and patchy consolidation throughout both lungs, mediastinal lymphadenopathy, and intralobular septal thickening.
Molecular analysis of the surgical specimens revealed no EGFR mutation or anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) rearrangement, but there was ROS1 rearrangement as determined using reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction using primer sequences according to the manufacturer's instructions of the ROS1 fusion gene detection kit (Amoy Diagnostics Co., Ltd.). Treatment with crizotinib (200 mg/day orally) was administered. However, after 5 days of treatment, the patient's respiratory condition rapidly worsened, requiring nasal high-flow oxygen with a fraction of inspired oxygen of 90%. Chest CT revealed an increase in the number of miliary nodules and worsening of consolidation (Fig. 2). The LDH level increased to 4503 U/l. However, we could not determine whether the aggravation of her respiratory condition was due to drug-induced pneumonitis or disease progression because her respiratory condition rapidly worsened and could not be assessed by biopsy due to high risk of further deterioration. Crizotinib treatment was discontinued and pulse steroids were administered. However, the patient's condition failed to improve, and her performance status score fell to 2. Therefore, she was started on a therapy with cisplatin, pemetrexed, and bevacizumab and closely observed.
Computed tomography after treatment with crizotinib shows worsening of consolidation and ground-glass attenuation.
After the first cycle of chemotherapy, CT showed regression of the nodules and consolidation. Her respiratory condition dramatically improved, and she was treated with only 1 l/min of nasal oxygen (Fig. 3). At the same time, her CEA and LDH levels decreased to 42.7 ng/ml and 2,755 U/l, respectively. In May 2019, she received maintenance therapy with pemetrexed and bevacizumab following four cycles of platinum-based chemotherapy and continued five cycles of maintenance therapy until the deterioration of lung metastases.
Computed tomography showing improvement of the miliary metastases after the first cycle of cisplatin, pemetrexed, and bevacizumab.
In the present study, we report a case of miliary lung metastases from ROS1-rearranged lung adenocarcinoma. Miliary lung metastases have been described as a rare form of metastases observed in 1-2% of cases of NSCLC (1,2). These cases are reported to occur more commonly in association with an EGFR mutation. Laack et al reported five cases of miliary lung metastases in NSCLCs with exon 19 deletion (4). Hsu et al reported that patients with NSCLC with an EGFR mutation were three times more likely to present with miliary metastases than those without the mutation, indicating the importance of evaluating the status of EGFR mutation in cases of NSCLC with miliary lung metastases (5). On the other hand, miliary lung metastases from NSCLC have also been reported with a different oncogenic driver mutation. Falk et al reported miliary lung metastases from NSCLC with an ALK rearrangement (6). With regard to ROS1-mutated NSCLC, we found only one case report of miliary lung metastases: This patient was successfully treated by crizotinib (3). By contrast, our patient was markedly improved by combination cytotoxic chemotherapy consisting of cisplatin, pemetrexed, and bevacizumab after discontinuing crizotinib treatment. Our case as well as those cited above indicate that oncogenic driver mutations may be correlated with miliary lung metastases.
ROS1 rearrangement is considered a rare oncogenic mutation, reported in only 1-2% of cases of NSCLC (7). Chest physicians should be aware that miliary lung metastases can develop in patients with lung adenocarcinoma with oncogenic driver mutations other than an EGFR mutation, including ROS1 rearrangement. However, crizotinib did not have a desired effect in our case, whereas one reported case of miliary lung metastases from ROS1-rearranged lung adenocarcinoma was successfully treated by crizotinib (3). Although the reason for crizotinib being ineffective in our case remains unclear, the objective response rate of crizotinib for ROS1-rearranged NSCLC patients is reportedly 69.3-72%; about 30% of them did not respond to crizotinib adequately, as seen in our case (8,9).
In conclusion, we present a case of miliary lung metastases from a ROS1-rearranged lung adenocarcinoma. Chest physicians should be aware that miliary lung metastases can occur in patients with NSCLCs with oncogenic driver mutations other than an EGFR mutation, including ROS1 rearrangement. We await reports of additional cases similar to ours.
No funding was received.
Availability of data and materials
The datasets used and/or analyzed during the present study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.
RO and AS analyzed and interpreted the data and wrote the manuscript. RO, AS, TK, MA, SI, TB, SK, EH and TO evaluated the patient and participated in the therapy. KO evaluated the pathological specimens. All authors have read and approved the final manuscript.
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Patient consent for publication
The patient provided written informed consent for the publication of the case details and any associated images.
Although Dr Sekine and Dr Ikeda have received lecture fees from Chugai Pharmaceuticals, there was no drug supply and funding for this study. All authors have stated that they have no conflicts of interest related to this article to disclose.
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The minister giving the eulogy had been at hundreds of funerals and said
he had never seen anything quite like this: The church in Sturgeon Bay was overflowing with people for the memorial service that Saturday morning. It was even more amazing because some folks had already come by to pay their respects at the visitation the night before. Many called him “Uncle” Tony. Others knew him as Santa Claus. Whatever you called him, it seemed as if everyone in town knew him.
Tony Haen died on April 9, 2019, in his 64th year of life. By most of the materialistic measures we use to gauge success, his was an ordinary life. Yet our response to losing him demonstrated that there was something quite extraordinary about his existence.
The bestselling author and New York Times columnist David Brooks writes about the difference between “résumé virtues” and “eulogy virtues.” Tony’s résumé listed him as a skilled carpenter, a reasonably successful businessman who owned a small construction company that bore his name, and a respected builder and remodeler of homes. Yet few, if any, of the funeral guests were there because of his professional accomplishments.
Eulogy virtues are those things for which you will be known and remembered. They’re the virtues that are central to your being. We know that eulogy virtues are among the most important things in life, yet most of us pay little attention to them. Instead, we make plans for our career and strategies to maximize our professional success. Sadly, we expend little energy thinking about how to improve our character. After the funeral service, a giant potluck was held in the church’s fellowship hall. It was potluck because Tony’s family said that’s what he loved. Yet when the meal was over and people were invited to tell stories about Tony, we realized he loved so much more.
The first stories were playful. Like the time he gave his future son-in-law handcuffs at the wedding rehearsal. How his long, white beard and easy smile made him the perfect Santa Claus. Or the countless practical jokes he pulled on his family and friends. Undoubtedly some people were there because of the joy this man brought into the world.
But it didn’t take long before the stories began to turn more serious, and what made Tony extraordinary became clear. His niece told a story about hitting a patch of black ice and sliding off the road. She called Uncle Tony, and he came. A friend’s wife said that her son had locked himself in his room while his father was away, so Tony took over a ladder, climbed up to the second-story window and had a chat with the young man. Some friends were awakened to find that their lamb had been hit in the face with porcupine quills. Tony drove over in the middle of the night and tended to the animal.
On and on it went. Story after story. Whatever you needed, whenever you needed it, Tony was the guy you called.
In our society today, we talk a lot about freedom, but we talk about it the wrong way. We’ve come to view freedom as being free from obligation. Freedom from taxation. Freedom from regulation. Freedom from being told what to do.
Yet as Brooks notes, the true value of freedom is not being free from attachments and obligations. At its best, freedom allows you to attach yourself to those things that are most important to you. It’s the freedom to accept an obligation.
This is the freedom to put down roots. To plant a flag in the ground. To say, “This is my home. Warts and all, this is my home. I’m going to make it better for all of us who live here.”
When we deeply commit ourselves, this kind of freedom ceases to be a burden. When we serve someone or something we love, it’s as if we’re serving a part of ourselves. Accepting responsibility for others does not weigh us down; it gives our life meaning and purpose.
In his book The Second Mountain, Brooks writes, “Moral formation is not individual; it is relational. Character is not something you build sitting in a room thinking about the difference between right and wrong and about your own willpower. Character emerges from our commitments.”
Tony Haen’s commitments remind us of one of the beautiful truths of living a good life: You have to give yourself away to get everything back.
This column by Bret Bicoy originally appeared in the Peninsula Pulse on June 7, 2019.
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Internet speeds are going up and up, but the US still lags behind the rest of the world leaving many upset. Some companies charge for the bigger internet, but internet provider Verizon looks to be one of the first to encourage users to switch to fiber optic cables.
“Fiber is the only fix” was revealed by a document that seems to suggest that those who request fixes to any copper line will be told that the only way to fix the problem is by taking up the fiber optic lines. This will fall in line with the companies new official stance is to refuse repairs on any copper lines with the document stating that their official response when asked to fix a copper line “do not fix trouble with copper lines”.
If you don’t have a problem with copper lines, but someone near you has, then Verizon is making steps to improve and upgrade other people’s lines, perhaps in a move to help defer and delay future problems.
Some have felt like Verizon has been rather hostile in their actions to upgrade users from copper to fiber cables, with this being but the latest in a slew of moves to force users to upgrade to the latest technology. While people are happy for faster internet and connections, being forced to do anything is often seen with reluctance and anger.
Microsoft is everything but subtle about their want for people to move to windows 10. With the security support for Windows 8 ending, users were left with two supported operating systems. Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 were left facing against one another, and now it seems Windows 10 may have thrown the first punch, becoming a recommended update as of February 1st.
Windows 10 was already seen as a plague by some users, with it automatically downloading onto their systems (sometimes without their knowledge), on the off-chance that a user may choose to upgrade. While some users have rejected the operating system on the basis of its information tracking and some just for its greenness (by this I mean the lack of support it seems to provide for its various flaws).
As of February 1st, 2016 though Windows 10 was made a recommended update, instead of the previous status of optional. This means that the update may be installed automatically, even without user consent on some systems.
While a bold move from Microsoft it was anything but unannounced, leaving many to wonder what the fuss is all about? Many users choose to let windows install the recommended updates because they believe that they would be best chosen to support and secure their system. An update as large as a new operating system, even if you a prompted, is less of a recommended update and more of a full refresh, with users of Windows 7 having to get used to a whole new selection of features and design choices that they would have missed upgrading from Windows 8 or 8.1.
Are you a Windows 10 user? If not, do you plan to upgrade? Give us your opinions on Windows 10 in the comments.
Halo 5 Guardians recently passed gold certification ahead of the October 27th release date. However, it seems some copies have already leaked prior to the official launch date, which could result in spoilers being splattered all over social media and various forums. Additionally, a picture has emerged from NeoGAF showing the final retail copy which features a Teen rating. Without knowing for sure, it looks like the picture has been taken from a retailer’s warehouse given the large cardboard box. However, this is still pure speculation.
Whatever the case, we now know that the game will require up to 60GB of storage to install. This is an absolute huge amount of data given the Xbox One’s default 500GB configuration. Although it’s not a surprising revelation considering the file sizes of other exclusive titles. I am surprised to see that Halo 5’s install is almost larger than the Master Chief Collection’s 65GB figure. Clearly, the key terminology is “up to” but it’s looking like a very large install size. Please remember that Xbox One games have a mandatory install which can take a while to complete. Obviously, Microsoft needs to make a 1TB model the new standard and start to the phase out the 500GB version.
Are you looking forward to Halo 5?
Thank you NeoGAF for providing us with this information.
The Xbox One and PlayStation 4 500GB launch configuration has struggled to keep up with the large data demands from modern titles. For example, Halo: The Master Chief Collection consumes a whopping 65GB of storage and installs are mandatory. As a result, it’s important to investigate the file size of upcoming games to see the impact on free hard disk space.
According to the Xbox Marketplace, Fallout 4 will be a respectable 28.12GB and shouldn’t cause any major issues even on virtually full drives. Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas implemented clever file compression to keep the size down which could be the case in Fallout 4. On the other hand, the file size could indicate fairly low-quality textures as the game doesn’t look like a massive step up in graphics fidelity. Despite this, the gameplay and open-world environment is what matters most.
Fallout 4’s expansive and mysterious world could result in the best open world game ever devised. Additionally, more than 110,000 lines of dialogue have been recorded and it’s impressive to see so many audio files in such a reasonable game size. Of course, this only refers to the Xbox One version and we don’t know what native resolution is being used.
Are you looking forward to Fallout 4?
Thank you WCCFTech for providing us with this information.
There is little doubt that people want Windows 10 and are looking forward to the final version. Not only have Microsoft listened to what users want this time instead of telling them what they want, they’ve also come up with a lot of new things that most likely will make Windows 10 the most popular Microsoft OS to date.
The full launch is almost here and the first images of the actual USB drives with the installers are starting to surface. We’ve previously seen the retail packaging, but this time it’s the actual drives that pose for the camera. The first one is courtesy of Paul Thurrott that shared this aesthetic pleasing USB drive on Twitter. It contains both a 32-bit and 64-bit version, ready for both older and newer systems.
The second photo that surfaced comes via IThome and show the U (update) drives. These aren’t looking as good as the above and they are most likely intended to be bundled with systems as an upgrade option. The Chinese text on the box that you most likely aren’t able to read is “Windows 10 upgrade Package. July 29 is enabled”, which speaks for the above statement.
Will be you be upgrading to Windows 10 when it’s released? Or will you wait and see what the general opinion is before making the switch?
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As the release date for Microsoft’s latest Windows build draws near, we see the company taking the first steps in prepping for their most anticipated date, July 29th. If you are a Windows Insider, you might already be familiar with the company’s recent move.
As of Monday, Microsoft suspended all new preview builds for Windows 10, stating that the next build will be rolled out on the production channels. However, Microsoft still needs a lot of testing before the launch date, so they are most likely focusing on wrapping up the clean install and upgrade process so that Windows Insiders can test and flag any major problems that could arise during the installation or upgrade process. There were a lot of problems with the Windows 8.1 update, especially with the Update 1, where users were even forced to clean install the OS after encountering serious problems during the upgrade process.
To be noted is that even pre-release activation keys will not work on earlier versions of Windows 10 preview builds. There is no word if Microsoft will release a fresh batch of keys for users who still didn’t get a chance to test Windows 10, but they will most likely be forced to upgrade from earlier Windows versions, since Microsoft is expecting a lot of people to migrate to the latest build after it launches.
The move to suspend preview builds also hints at the release of the first RTM build, which was expected last week. This means that the build will be shipped soon enough to OEMs such as Dell, Acer, Hewlett-Packard and Lenovo to install and start shipping Windows 10-powered PCs on July 29th.
Thank you PCWorld for providing us with this information
If you are an enthusiast, you know to gain the best performance out of your new operating system is to complete a fresh install. This removes any possible problems that have occurred during the time in use and gives you a clean slate to work on.
The problem is, whenever Microsoft has released a new version of Windows with a free upgrade option, that is all it is; an upgrade. This is enough to put most users off from upgrading to the newest operating system even though it proves massive performance gains.
Now Gabe Aul has confirmed that the upgrade will also work as an ISO to be able to perform a clean install. This will come as welcome news to a great proportion of the community who will want to wipe clean their storage drives to get the best possible performance.
This upgrade will be free for Windows 7/8/8.1 users for one year after release on June 29th. Just remember to check the compatibility of your hardware with Windows 10.
I’m personally looking forward to Windows 10, the start menu will be warmly welcomed back, although Candy Crush will be uninstalled almost instantly. Will you be upgrading? Let us know in the comments.
Thank you to ArsTechnica for providing us with this information.
QNAP has released the new Turbo NAS QTS 4.1.2 operating system that is introducing NAS Installation over HDMI. A direct setup from the NAS itself via keyboard, mouse and monitor might be easier for a lot of people than a network based one, or at least it will seem that way to them. In return, it will open up the world of Network Attached Storage to a complete new group of people.
It also adds several new features including VPN Server support, VPN Client support, block-based LUN backup, subtitle (*.SRT) support for Video Station and File Station, embedding subtitles into transcoded videos, Chromecast streaming, and more. The QAirplay & Chromecast app available from the App Center can also stream media content directly to a TV via AirPlay-enabled or Chromecast devices now.
“We have made many enhancements to the business and home features in QTS 4.1.2 to provide a better user experience and to make the Turbo NAS a great companion in the workplace and for home entertainment,” said Willy Kuo, product manager of QNAP.
Along with the new features, QNAP also fixed a long row of issues ranging from file size issues over VPN trouble to synchronize issues. You can check out the changelog for a full list of updates and fixes.
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Microsoft has withdrawn an update to Windows 7 that caused some major issues for those who installed it. Update KB3004394 completely broke the mechanism which allows the installation of software with digital signatures – even Windows updates.
Essentially, those who installed this update ended up with a computer completely unable to install a great number of software applications. Ars Technica says that the update intended to change the way the OS updates its collection of root certificates, for which Windows uses to authenticate TLS and SSL connections. The update intended to increase the frequency in which the OS checks for those updates.
Well that didn’t go quite according to plan. A great number of users reported problems following the update, which led to Microsoft pulling it. The company has since issued a further update to solve the problems this one delivered.
Only those using Windows 7 Service Pack 1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 were affected and the update is still available for Windows 8, 8.1, Windows Server 2012, and 2012 R2 users who were unaffected.
A few weeks ago, Microsoft released a newly compiled version of their upcoming Operating System – Windows 10. However, some tech savvy enthusiasts have cleaned it up a little and re-released it for illegal download.
Obviously we’re not going to link the download instructions here, as we said it’s illegal. But it’s interesting to point out that in this day and age, pirated copies for all kinds of software are generally expected to appear just mere hours or days after the original release. Recently we reported on Ubisoft’s gloat, claiming that all those who had pirated their latest Assassins Creed: Unity game, were met with the inability to change their FOV settings. Just a few hours later, well-known game cracking group Skidrow released an update to their version, allowing consumers to change their FOV as they like. Making their mark and claiming that they weren’t to be messed with.
Back to Windows – this download provides the user with the ability to skip all automatic updates, giving you the complete latest package in one download file.
What are your thoughts on Windows 10 so far? Since the release of Windows 7, we’ve seen many users claim that there is simply no need to upgrade their Operating System, saying that Windows 8, 8.1 and 10 offer no real advancements in software technology to entice them to take the plunge.
The new and improved Diablo III: Ultimate Evil Edition is almost here and just in time for its release, the game has appeared on the UK PlayStation Store ready for pre-order, but not without two surprises for eager gamers.
First of all it has been revealed that the game will need a staggering 58.4GB of storage, you didn’t read that wrong. Obviously this isn’t too much of an issue given that I’ve yet to meet anyone who has filled their PlayStation 4, but with games of this size, it wouldn’t take more than 6 or 7 installs to fulfil that task. Of course I just uninstall games after I complete them, but perhaps Diablo III could push some gamers to upgrading their internal hard drive a little sooner.
The second surprise comes in the form of the price, once again Sony have priced the game stupidly high for digital download, the game will set you back £59.99 for a digital download, and you would have to be thick as anything to pay so much for it. Not only can you not trade in the digital copy, but you can pick up a copy from Amazon for just £44.00 and retain your right to sell the game once you’re done with it.
The game is set to release on August 19th and brings with it all the DLC for the game, all patches and updates, 1080p graphics and a solid 60FPS frame rate.
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Game installs just keep getting bigger and bigger, which is a natural progression of course and large installs are hardly something us PC gamers are unfamiliar with. Now with the impending release of Bungies Destiny, gamers have been eager to find out just how much install space they’ll need to keep available for the upcoming online MMO shooter.
According to a listing on the Sony Entertainment Network, the game will hog 40GB in terms of download size, but there is always a chance that it could unpack to a larger install once the download has finished. This is of course not counting any space required for post release patches, updates, DLC and other content, which will no doubt follow thick and fast after the game has launched.
It’ll be interesting to see how this pans out on PS3 and Xbox 360 in terms of install size, although I imagine heavily compressed textures and sound files will aid in reducing the file size on the older hardware.
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Peter over at Gamespot has decided to dismantle a bit of his brand new PlayStation 4 to do something that many people have been wanting to investigate, can you install a high performance SSD in place of the stock PlayStation 4 hard drive? Yes you can!
Replacing the hard drive in the PlayStation 4 is not a difficult task, a simple pop off cover is removed, a single screw with some cool Sony branding on it is undone and bam! You have access to the hard drive. Slot the drive out, pop in the new SSD and turn on the console, it really is that simple.
Sony allowed us to upgrade the hard drive on the PlayStation 3 and that trend is easily set to continue, many may be put off by swapping out the hard drive on a technical level, but it really is a 1 minute job at best.
In the video we see how easy it really is, not only that be we see a definite increase in performance when he boots up a game on the SSD equipped PlayStation 4 vs the standard hard drive. Of course the only issue here is that price per GB of an SSD is a lot higher than a mechanical hard drive, so if you do want faster performance it may be worth just getting a better mechanical drive so you can balance an improvement in speed with an increase in capacity without hurting your wallet too much.
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There has been much debate recently over the “mandatory installs” on next-gen consoles and how that is going to effect us as gamers, not to mention our storage requirements over the next few years. Many people don’t understand why, or how these installers will need to be done, fortunately Sony’s Mark Cerny cleared things up recently when speaking with Kotaku.
Sony like to refer to it as Caching, which is a nice buzz word spin on install, the only difference being that the install on PlayStation 4 happens automatically. There is no way around it, it needs to be done and for good reason too.
When you first insert the disc into your PlayStation 4 the game streams data to the hard drive (Caching) and once enough data has copied over, the game will then load. How long the game takes to load will obviously vary on how much data that games needs to load to operate, by Mark did that that Knack will take around 10 seconds to cache the data required to boot the first time.
What many people don’t realise is that PlayStation 4 and Xbox One cannot load games from disc like their current gen little brothers. Developers were unhappy about slow loading times, wait times and more when it came to spinning up a level and so they decided to switch over to the much faster access hard drive, something that will no doubt prove beneficial to gaming in the long run, but should also mean less disc noise while gaming.
That means to play Knack the game will eventually take up 37GB of space. Mark didn’t clarify if the game will pre-allocate 37GB on first “install”, or if it will gradually lead up to that amount, but I can only imaging it is the former of the two.
Sony did have the idea of auto-deleting the data when the gaming is removed, only to cache it again next time. Or to remove the data once a game hasn’t been played in a while. However, they felt the user deserved that control and data will remain on the hard drive until you delete it manually, in which case it will just cache the relevant data again next time you play the game. Perhaps Sony may introduce some level of automation options for storage in a future update, but that part is only speculation on my part.
So there you have it, the PS4 and XBox one discs really are just installers and there is no way around it. This shouldn’t come as much of a shock either, disc based loading is lagging behind in terms of performance when compared to a hard drive, not to mention the hard drive is also more power efficient anyway.
At least on PS4 you can install your own hard drive upgrades, although I suspect most people won’t be needing to do so for at least 6-12 months, plus you can clear the install data from games you no longer play.
Thank you Kotaku for providing us with this information.
@Moonlightswami on Twitter got a surprise this week when Target dispatched his next-gen Xbox One to him earlier than everyone else. These kind of factory gaffs happen quite often and we suspect a few more will leak prior to release date over the next few days.
Having now changed his Twitter name to “#1 Source 4 XBOX ONE” the user has detailed the various install size of launch titles.
“I got the Xbox One early through Target. That link I tweeted on Monday night, yeah that one. pretty sure its sold out now,” he tweeted.
Lets take a look at the chart, how much hard drive space will you be using on release day?
Day One Update: 500Mb – Mandatory
Call of Duty: Ghosts: 39Gb
NBA 2K14: 43Gb
NBA Live: 9Gb
Forza Motorsport 5: 31 Gb
Ryse: Son of Rome: 34 Gb
Lococycle: 13 Gb
Dead Rising 3: 19Gb
FIFA 14: 8Gb
Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag: 20Gb
Just Dance 2014: 22Gb
Zumba Fitness: 24Gb
Madden 25: 12Gb
278GB of 500GB gone, of course we doubt you’ll have access to the full 500GB as you all should know there will be reserved space for OS and other system crud, so I’m betting it’s more like 460GB at best.
Microsoft are obviously going to make a killing when they release 1TB+ hard drives, which are obviously unannounced at this time.
Thank you The Examiner for providing us with this information.
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Japan is familiar with foreign franchises. McDonald’s arrived in 1971 (PDF) and began like many chains as a high-end fad (in Ginza, nonetheless) before becoming a ubiquitous part of local culture. One of the most recent chains is Krispy Kreme, which had hours-long lines at its first stores but in the past few years has expanded further, reducing the wait time.
However, the gleam of a foreign logo alone isn’t enough to be successful in Japan. Wendy’s and Burger King both came into the market in the 90s and were both forced out, Burger King in 2001 and Wendy’s in 2009. Burger King returned in 2007 with smaller operational goals.
Over that same period of time, Café du Monde, a New Orleans-based coffee franchise, has managed to find success in Japan on a smaller scale.
Café du Monde, New Orleans’ oldest coffee stand, opened in the French Market in 1862, and it remained the only location for 123 years. In 1985, a second location opened in Esplanade Mall on the outskirts of the city, and after that things changed quickly. The restaurant began offering ice café au lait in addition to the traditional hot café au lait in 1988, and other locations opened in Lakeside Mall, the Riverwalk, and across Lake Ponchatrain in Mandeville.
The menu at all the locations, however, has remained typically sparse; the only options are beignets, café au lait, and a small assortment of drinks. The selection is limited enough that the menu fits on the side of napkin dispensers.
Café du Monde did experiment with franchises in the U.S., opening a location in the Underground in Atlanta, George, but it was scaled back, and currently there are only eight locations in the Greater New Orleans Area. So it comes as a surprise that in the past 22 years, the Japanese Café du Monde franchise has expanded to 20 locations, not only in big cities such as Tokyo, Kyoto, and Osaka, but also as far away as Hiroshima and as isolated as Kochi City. The Japan franchise has expanded the original menu, offering light fare and several different varieties of beignets:
The first hint of international expansion comes in the late-80s. When Café du Monde opened its New Orleans Centre location in 1988, co-owner Bob Maher noted in a September 28 Times-Picayune article that the beignet mixes “sell well ”” we’re even selling some of it in Japan.”
Café du Monde was franchised two years later in 1990 by Duskin, the cleaning products and food services conglomerate that also operates the Mister Donut franchise. While Mister Donut is an American brand, in the U.S. the franchise was purchased and incorporated into the Dunkin Donuts franchise.
The Japanese Café du Monde franchise has for the most part maintained the same aesthetic as the original ”” the locations all use the same green and white color scheme, and the stores are designed in the style of French Quarter architecture. The drinks, too are the same ”” the stores use Café du Monde coffee with chicory and even sell souvenir versions. While the hot dogs and other light fare are unremarkable, the beignets and café au lait are authentic.
The Japanese beignets are even cooked more consistently than their American counterparts, despite the fact that they offer some interesting varieties on the traditional powdered sugar topping: there are cinnamon beignets, ice cream beignets, and beignets with fruit dip. They even offer seasonal desserts such as frozen drinks and green tea soft serve ice cream over sweetened cornflakes.
The secret to the franchise’s success in Japan may be the moderate flavors. Unlike many American desserts, beignets are only semi-sweet. They are covered with powdered sugar, but the dough itself is bready rather than sweet like an American-style glazed donut. Traditional Japanese desserts such as dango and daifuku have a similar level of sweetness.
The Kyoto Station branch is one of the most iconic of the Japanese locations. The restaurant is on a terraced second floor area of the futuristic building, and customers can look out over the central hallway while sipping on café au lait.
Unfortunately, the Kyoto Station branch stopped serving beignets several years ago. In late-2003 they offered perfectly shaped, sushi-size beignets served in paper boxes.
The longest running store is the Ikebukuro location which has been running for 19 years. 2012 will mark its 20th anniversary, which coincides with the 150th anniversary of Café du Monde in New Orleans. While the franchise only has a small representation in Japan and clearly hasn’t made the same PR push as Krispy Kreme has, its innovations on the menu have helped it outlast many larger chains in Japan.
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On February 8th each year, Pope Francis calls an International Day of Prayer for Awareness Against Human Trafficking. This day is recognised on the Feast Day of St. Josephine Bakhita, a patron for all victims of trafficking.
To mark this year, the Diocese of Salford is pleased to share its first diocesan Modern Slavery Statement. It is published jointly with Caritas Diocese of Salford, The Cathedral Centre Bookshop, and SDC Trading, the organisation that looks after our parish centres.
This Modern Slavery statement builds on Caritas’ partnership with the Medaille Trust, the work already undertaken by Caritas Anti-Trafficking, which began as an initiative by parish volunteers in Our Lady of the Valley Parish, Clitheroe in 2015 and working with East Lancashire Police to raise awareness.
What can your parish do?
1 – Pray for an end to Modern Slavery and the trafficking of human persons globally and in our communities;
2 – Learn about the nature and extent of trafficking in our communities and know how to identify and respond to concerns about people who may be at risk of being in modern slavery or trafficked:
Call the Modern Slavery Hotline Helpline number 08000 121 700 to report a suspicion or seek advice.
Ring 999 if you need the Police to response urgently.
Call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111 to report your concerns.
For young people – contact Fearless (https://www.fearless.org/en) as a safe place to give information about crime anonymously.
Download apps like the Clewer ‘Car wash app’ and ‘Farm app’ on to your phone.
3 – Identify and reflect on where they are procuring goods and services – are they choosing reputable businesses who pay staff properly (e.g. building or groundsworking companies, are they paying a fair ‘Living Wage’)
The Diocese and Caritas will also be on hand to support your parish in training and implementation of new codes of conduct, as we move forward together in this journey.
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Do you want to give your home a fresh new appearance? Then you can consider giving it a fresh new coat of paint.
Painting your home from time to time keeps it looking new. Although there are certain things that you need to keep in mind while undertaking a home painting project, which includes purchasing different paints for your walls and ceiling.
If you’re not a DIYer, you might feel confused with the above statement. The ceiling is just like the other walls in your house. So, what is the difference between regular and ceiling paint anyway?
Well, for starters, ceiling paint is thicker than wall paint, and its composition is slightly different. But there are more differences besides these, which is what we have addressed in this brief guide. So, if you are suddenly feeling curious about it, then allow us to satisfy that curiosity.
Let’s get going, then!
What Is Ceiling Paint?
- What Is Ceiling Paint?
- How Is Ceiling Paint Different From Regular Wall Paint?
- Can You Use Wall Paint On A Ceiling?
- Can You Use Ceiling Paint On Walls?
- What Are The Best Scenarios To Use Ceiling Paint?
- Can You Mix Ceiling Paint With Wall Paint?
- Is Flat White Paint The Same As Ceiling Paint?
- Difference Between Ceiling Paint And Regular Paint Final Words
When we were conducting our own research on this topic, one of the first questions that popped into our minds was this one. And that’s why we have discussed a little about ceiling paint first in this section. Once we are done, we can get to addressing the differences between the two paints.
If we were to answer the above question simply – ceiling paint is a special type of paint that is best suited for painting your ceiling. Well, obviously, the name makes that clear enough, so you could make it out on your own. But there’s more to it than just that; allow us to elaborate further.
Ceiling paint is a type of paint that is highly viscous and dense so that it doesn’t drip from the ceiling. Typically, ceiling paint is made from latex resins, which are responsible for its thickness and viscosity.
What’s more, it is designed to give your ceiling a flat paint sheen. Its texture and chemical composition can resist staining and discoloration when exposed to dirt, dust, or smoke. Furthermore, it can resist stains and water patches caused by roof leaks. And as a bonus, a good quality ceiling pain will prevent the growth of mold and mildew.
On the flip side, you do not get too many ceiling paint color options. So, if you want to apply a fresh coat, then be advised – you’ll get only a handful of shades to choose from.
How Is Ceiling Paint Different From Regular Wall Paint?
Now that you know what ceiling paint is, it’s time to address the main question. In this regard, there are quite a few points of difference between the two paints, which have been described below.
There are some obvious differences between the composition of ceiling paint and wall paint or interior paints. For starters, ceiling paint is usually latex-based, while conventional wall paint is acrylic.
Ceiling paint uses water as a solvent, which gives it a dense texture, similar to latex resins. On the other hand, due to most wall paints being acrylic, they use different chemical solvents and thinners.
There are some instances where wall paints are water-based. But even in such cases, they do not have the density and texture of ceiling paint.
The most obvious point of difference between these two paints is their viscosities. Ceiling paint is highly viscous, while typical wall paint is thinner and less viscous in comparison.
This can be explained in light of the previous point of difference. Due to the water-based nature of ceiling paint, it is thicker, which, in turn, makes it more viscous. In contrast, the presence of thinning solvents makes regular wall paint more fluid.
Because of its high viscosity, it does not drip as much as wall paint. But, it is comparatively less elastic than wall paint, which means it does not contract or expand as easily.
If you have painted your home before, then you know that regular wall paints come in a variety of finishes. You have satin wall paint that has a subtle shiny finish. Then there is the eggshell finish, which is slightly less polished compared to the satin paint finish. It has an appearance that is similar to an eggshell, hence the name.
You also have semi-gloss paint that is comparatively shinier than satin paint. And if you want a higher gloss, you can opt for high gloss paints for your walls, which will give them a shiny finish. Or, simply go with matte finish paint if you don’t prefer shiny walls.
On the contrary, ceiling paints are only available in a flat finish. If you are wondering why that is, then the answer is simple. Flat paints are non-reflective, which helps them conceal stains and imperfections better. Besides, the flat appearance of this paint helps minimize the reflection of natural light, as a reflective ceiling may be too bright to look at.
Ceiling paint can be considered to be durable, as it does not become stained or discolored as easily. And since it is thicker, it is less prone to flaking or chipping.
Wall paint is comparatively not as long-lasting, especially if it has a glossy finish. In fact, as the paint gets glossier, it becomes less durable. The polished surface of such paint is not so great at preventing stains and discolorations. And they are more prone to chip off from the walls.
Ceiling paint has a considerably greater coverage than wall paint. Usually, when using ceiling paint, one coat is enough to give you a uniform color. However, with conventional wall paint, you need to apply two or three coats to get uniform coverage.
6. Color Choices
Another point of difference between these two paint types is the color choices. With wall paint, you get a relatively diverse selection of colors but the same cannot be said for ceiling paint. This paint generally is available in a flat white color, with some occasional lighter shades.
Can You Use Wall Paint On A Ceiling?
So, now you know what makes ceiling paint different from conventional wall paint. The question that now arises is – can you use regular wall paint for painting ceilings? The answer is yes, you can, but there are some limitations to it.
First off, you will have a lot of drip spots on your ceiling if you use wall paint on it. On top of that, the paint will spatter all over your room, which can create quite a mess. As a result, the cleanup after you are done will be a major headache.
However, there are ways by which you can manage these problems. If you use a paint sprayer instead of a brush or roller, there will be fewer drips. It will also eliminate the issue of paint splattering all over your room. But using a sprayer can be a lot slower and more inconsistent than a roller or a brush.
Conversely, you could minimize the mess by undertaking extensive prep work. Start by covering the whole room with a drop cloth to protect it from drips and spattering. Or, you could clear out the room by removing all of the furniture and fittings before starting the paint job.
On that note, the above steps will make the work significantly more inconvenient and time-consuming. So, it is simpler just to use ceiling paint instead.
Can You Use Ceiling Paint On Walls?
As a counter to the above question, you may now ask – can ceiling paint be used for painting walls? Simply put, you can definitely use ceiling paint on your walls. It might even be advantageous in some cases, thanks to the viscosity and thickness of ceiling paint.
Moreover, if you use it to paint walls, your paint job will be a lot less messy than using regular wall paint. That’s because you will have considerably fewer drip spots on your wall.
Also, it is far easier to fix noticeable drip spots with ceiling paint. All you have to do is roll over these drips once, and the thickness of the paint will take care of the rest.
However, there is one downside to using ceiling paint for your walls. You will not have a lot of color options to choose from. And due to its finish, all of your walls will have a flat sheen. So, if you are fine with that, then, by all means, go ahead and use it.
Otherwise, use ceiling paint as a primer to get most of its benefits without being limited to a few colors and finishes.
What Are The Best Scenarios To Use Ceiling Paint?
There are certain scenarios where using ceiling paint is more favorable than using wall paint. These include areas that are more vulnerable to dust and stains, such as basements, stairwells, and closets. Here’s where you can color both the ceiling and the walls with the same ceiling paint.
It can also be used when you want a uniform look for your entire room. In that case, your walls and ceiling will have the same sheen and coloration.
Can You Mix Ceiling Paint With Wall Paint?
There is no rule against mixing these two paints together. So, if you want to experiment a little bit, you can do so. But be advised – the resultant paint mixture might not be as consistent or uniform as its constituents.
For instance, if you mix glossy wall paint with flat ceiling paint, the paint that you get might have a peculiar finish. Moreover, the difference in composition of these two paints may not create a very stable mixture.
The best method to mix these two paints together is to apply them separately. You can use ceiling paint as an undercoat or a primer and apply a topcoat of wall paint as the finishing. This indirect method of mixing may give you better results than blending them both directly.
Is Flat White Paint The Same As Ceiling Paint?
Based on our previous discussions, you may think that ceiling paint is the same as flat white paint. However, that is not the case, as there are some obvious differences between them.
Yes, most ceiling paints are white, but that doesn’t apply to all of them. You do get a few color choices, even though they are pretty limited. Besides, flat white paint is not as viscous as ceiling paint, which is further proof that they are not the same.
That said, there are certain similarities between them. For starters, both of them have a flat appearance, and they are good at concealing or covering up stains and other imperfections. But those are the only similarities, and since they are not that significant, it is safe to say that these two paints are different.
Difference Between Ceiling Paint And Regular Paint Final Words
That’s all we have to say about the differences between ceiling paint and regular paint. While in some cases, they can be used interchangeably, for the most part, they are two distinctive types of paint.
So, keep these differences in mind the next time you want to paint your home. It will help you decide better on which paints to buy for your interior walls and your ceiling. And it will make the paint job a whole lot more convenient.
It is time for us to wrap up this guide. In the meantime, check out our other article on ceiling paint vs wall paint for more head on comparisons. We will be back with more informative guides in the future.
Until then, we bid you farewell!
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So next time you go out for a cardio workout or step on the treadmill for some running, do take care of these things.
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The creator of Klein Vision’s AirCar prototype, Stefan Klein, made a successful 35-minute flight between the airports of Nitra and Bratislava in Slovakia.
This hybrid combination of car and plane, take off and land on the runway (one of the disadvantages of the vehicle, which has yet to be eliminated), accelerated in the air to 170 km / h.
The AirCar, which seats two people weighing up to 200 kg, has a BMW petrol engine. He has already flown 40 hours. We will add that the model was developed for two years and cost the developer 2 million dollars.
It will be recalled that in February 2021, the Terrafugia Transition, which accelerates to 160 km / h at an altitude of 3,000 meters, received a certificate of airworthiness Special Light-Sport Aircraft from the FAA. From driving to flight you can go in less than a minute, taking off and landing at small airports or on the highway. The 100-horsepower Rotax 912iS Sport engine with fuel injection can run on either premium gasoline or 100LL aviation fuel, while the car is powered by a hybrid-electric motor.
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Ahern State Park In New Hampshire Is So Hidden Most Locals Don’t Even Know About It
New Hampshire’s nature is some of the best in New England and spending time exploring new parts of the state is one of our favorite things to do. If you’re at the part of the summer where it seems like you’ve done everything there is to do, consider heading to a new-to-you outdoor park. This one, which often flies under the radar, is a great choice!
Ahern State Park is open throughout the year, but it’s not staffed which means there are no restrooms and parking is first-come, first-serve. Pets are allowed on trails, but not the beach. You can learn more about it on the New Hampshire State Parks website. You can reach them on 603-227-8745.
Michelle has lived in many places, but counts Maine as one of the best. In addition to the smell of ocean water in the air on rainy days in Portland, she loves puppies, photography, funny people, the Maine Red Claws, traveling, fresh tomatoes, Cambodia and filling out forms. For questions, comments and inquiries please email: firstname.lastname@example.org.
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New figures obtained from The National Crime Agency reveal that Devon, along with Norfolk and Dorset, has seen some of the biggest increases in children arrested for dealing drugs, adding to fears that the County Lines gang problem is growing in the region.
Devon has seen a number of drug related deaths this year, with victims as young as fourteen dying from taking MDMA and other substances.
Nationally, hundreds of children are being used as drug pushers through the so-called County lines, a network in which regional drug dealers target young vulnerable people to carry out deals, sent by high ranking gang members in major cities such as London, Manchester and Birmingham.
The extensive nature of the gang’s networks appears to be flooding Devon with a supply, where a market that appears to be more than willing to buy awaits them.
The gangs often target children and young adults in care homes, seeking out vulnerable and impressionable victims to help conduct their deals. Devon and Cornwall police have even recruited a County Lines lead detective – Anthony Hart.
As previously reported by The Moorlander, Home Office figures show that drug misuse is on the rise in the region, with the South West being a hotspot for recreational drug use. One in nine adults has now admitted to taking drugs at some point.
The ramifications of this increase go far beyond the police cell. In 2015/16 there were 8,621 hospital admissions with a primary diagnosis of drug-related mental health disorders in England.
This is a six percent increase on the previous year and eleven percent higher than in 2005/06.
The news comes after yet another successful drug-dealing conviction by Devon and Cornwall Police. Darren Morgan, 31, was arrested in a convertible Mercedes hire car, travelling back from London on the A30 close to Ottery St Mary.
They found 335 wraps of heroin and Morgan was arrested at the scene. Travelling behind in a separate vehicle was his girlfriend Georgina Galanis, 25 who was also arrested.
The judge said she was exploited as part of his plan to deal heroin across Exeter, where it is generally understood it is often sold to the homeless population of the city.
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What are the benefits and challenges associated with reconciliation of health care data?
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God wants us to be happy, right? He loves us, so it would follow logically that He wants us to have everything we want and to be happy all the time. That’s what many people think. That’s what much of the culture believes. That’s the concept that many Christians cling to and convince others of.
And I guess it isn’t untrue. God does want us to be happy but not at the expense of growth. He does want us to have everything we want but not at the expense of our witness. More
Today’s verse is 2 Samuel 11:25.
“Well, tell Joab not to be discouraged,” David said. “The sword devours this one today and that one tomorrow! Fight harder next time, and conquer the city!”
On first glance, this verse doesn’t seem to have anything to do with what God wants for our lives. So to really understand, you need to know what’s going on in the story. Because if you just read the statement, you would think that David is simply trying to encourage his general, but if you know the story behind it, you will be shocked at its callousness.
This is David’s response after he arranged the death (murder) of Uriah the Hittite, a loyal, innocent man. All for the sake of legalizing his affair with Uriah’s wife, Bathsheba.
It’s a cold, callous, cruel statement. Basically just washing his hands of the whole situation, pretending he had nothing to do with it, acting as though Uriah was simply another casualty of war and not someone who was murdered without reason.
This is David! The man after God’s own heart! How did the boy who killed a giant with God’s aid become a man who could he do something so evil? So wrong? And then turn around and act like it was no big deal? How can someone who loved God so much do something so horrible?
Well, maybe the answer is complicated, but the root of the issue is simple: David wanted his own way. He convinced himself that God wanted him to be happy and that he deserved to have everything he wanted.
He thought Bathsheba was beautiful. And he wanted her. So he took her. And when something threatened the happiness he found with Bathsheba (her husband), he had him killed. David eventually came back to his senses, but it took a lot of pain to get him there. And he never really recovered. And neither did his family. If you read the history, you can trace all the rest of the trouble David had throughout the remainder of his reign and life to this single act. Consequences of a poor choice.
David pursued happiness with Bathsheba, even though he knew it was wrong. And he hurt people — not just the people around him at the time. He hurt his children. And his grandchildren. And his grandchildren’s children. He wrecked his reign of Israel. The consequences of his choice damaged his entire country, because he had been given a position of authority and he took it for granted.
So how are we different from David?
We want the things we want no matter if God has said it’s wrong or not. We want our own way, even if God has told us that way ends in death. We think we know better. And we rationalize our foolish choices because we think God wants us to be happy, and we think that being happy means getting our own way. But desiring our own way no matter what turns us into people who hurt others. It’s so backward. You would think that desiring your own way and acting on those desires would make you happy–but it doesn’t. If anything, it makes you unhappier than you were before. Because happiness is temporary.
The difference is desiring what lasts.
You can chase happiness all you want. You can pursue your wants and desires all day long. But at the end of the day, those things are going to end. Your circumstances are going to change. And then the things you thought you wanted and the happiness you sacrificed the people you loved for won’t be enough anymore.
God does want us to be happy, but above all else He wants us to be like Him. He wants us to desire the things He desires. He wants us to love Him and to love people and to live the kind of life that He would live. He wants us to desire the things that are right.
Desiring God’s way and acting on those desires may not always seem common sensical. Actually, it may seem foolish. It may seem like you’re signing your life away or giving up on a dream or sentencing yourself to a life of poverty. But doing what God wants is never foolish, and He always blesses it.
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Since the successful start of the Bachelor of Electrical Engineering in the winter semester 2019/2020, the Institute of Electrical Information Technology has been responsible for the program. The program will also be offered as a double-degree program for Chinese students from Sichuan University in Chengdu in winter semester 2021/2022. The Chinese students will be brought up to the level of German electrical engineering students in Chengdu in 4 semesters through language training and content-mirrored courses. Starting from the winter semester 23/24, the first students from Chengdu are expected in the 3rd semester of the Clausthal electrical engineering program. Since the double-degree with Sichuan University is possible in both directions, electrical engineering students at Clausthal University of Technology will also have the opportunity to enroll in the double-degree program since winter semester 22/23. One receives an additional degree from Sichuan University if one spends at least 2 semesters in Chengdu and completes at least 48 credits at the partner university. Since there is a mirrored curriculum at Sichuan University and all courses are held in German and English, all electrical engineering students have the opportunity to spend a limited time in Sichuan and find equivalent courses there! The intensive cooperation with Sichuan University enables Clausthal electrical engineering students to acquire extensive China competence without having to extend their studies. Since China is Germany's most important economic partner with the largest trade volume in both directions, China competence opens up interesting career prospects.
Clausthal University of Technology is also introducing an accredited master's degree program in electrical engineering and information technology since winter semester 21/22. The program is consecutive to the bachelor's degree program in electrical engineering. Information technology is one of the most important economic sectors in Germany, covering some modern areas of electrical engineering such as automation technology, telecommunications and microelectronics. Due to the change of the industry under the catchwords "Digitalization of the Industry", "Industry 4.0" or "Industrial Internet of Things", the importance of information technology has again increased significantly. Solutions from communications engineering and high-frequency technology are required for the processing and transmission of digital data. Future autonomous systems in industry and traffic require researches in measurement, control and automation technology. Therefore, the new consecutive master's degree offers not only great career opportunities in industry, but also the possibility to enter a modern high-tech research topic as an expert in the context of a doctorate after the master's degree. The option of a double-degree is also planned for the new master's degree in the future, although there is no concrete timetable as yet.
The new study options in electrical engineering will be presented by Prof. Dr. Christian Rembe, who is responsible for the program, at the digital university information days on May 28, 2021.
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Dianne McDonald: Women voters, then and now
This year’s presidential race has been one for the record books. The two most popular American political parties had women running for the presidency and the vice presidency.
Our young daughter’s wish of “I want to be president someday” is now plausible. People are less likely to dismiss this dream as incomprehensible, as many have done in decades past. Yes dear, you CAN reach every goal to which you aspire.
Aug. 26, 1920, is a date famous in women’s herstory. This is the date that the 19th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States became law, allowing women to vote. Many women fought to ensure that females would be able to cast their ballots. They must have thought we would continue to appreciate their efforts, never to take that right for granted.
All women able to vote should get out and vote for the candidates of their choice.
Why do elections fall short of 100 percent turnout? Is getting to the polls an inconvenience? Can’t find a close parking spot? Not sure if you are registered to vote? Too busy with kids and errands? No time to dye your hair and wouldn’t want to be seen with all those grays? I have really heard these excuses as well as the cop-out of thinking one’s vote doesn’t count.
Everyone’s vote counts … or else they wouldn’t be counted, literally.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, “65 percent of women reported voting in the 2004 presidential election, compared with 62 percent of men.”
We have come a long way, ladies, and should continue to make strides in increasing female voter turnout.
As far as the gray hairs go … throw on your voting hat and go!
Dianne McDonald is a working mother who lives in Marshfield, Mass., with her husband and five kids, and is a contributor to The Patriot Ledger.
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Healthy sleep is falling asleep. Naturally.
When your body and mind are quieted and you fall asleep easily without pills or devices or an app, this is called extraordinary. This is the naturally healthy way to fall asleep, yet it eludes so many of us. There are many factors that interfere with your ability to fall asleep including financial worries, your bedroom environment, family drama, work stress, your diet, and more.
It is estimated that 50 to 70 million Americans chronically suffer from a disorder of sleep and wakefulness, hindering daily functioning and adversely affecting health and longevity.
While there are things beyond your control that affect your ability to fall asleep, there are probably more than you realize within your grasp. Begin by making sleep a priority. The well-rested version of you can make better decisions and manage daily stress much better.
How long should it take to fall asleep?
When you turn off the lights and go to bed, it should take about 15 minutes before you fall into a light slumber. This is the first stage of a four-stage sleep cycle. Each cycle lasts about 90 minutes. Taking much more or much less time to fall asleep may be cause for concern.
Falling asleep when you “hit the pillow” is often a sign of exhaustion or just not getting enough sleep regularly. Getting consistently sufficient sleep is a foundation for better living and even more reason to prioritize your sleep.
You should not take too much less than nor too much more than 15 minutes to begin falling asleep.
Ideally, you go through four or five sleep cycles every night for complete restoration so when you go to bed too late or wake up too early, you shortcut these cycles completely and set yourself up for a more challenging day. Consistently giving yourself enough time to fall asleep and to sleep between 7 to 9 hours each night is how you prioritize your sleep.
12 Hints to Help You Fall Asleep Easier.
Everyone is different so you need to find what works for you then avoid those activities that interfere with your ability to fall asleep and make a habit of those that help. Here are a few hints you can try today to fall asleep a little easier tonight:
- Don’t eat HUGE meals or a lot of spicy food too late in the evening otherwise you will still be digesting your meal and be prone to indigestion and heartburn.
- Don’t sit in bed with your laptop, tablet or phone preparing for the next day’s work.
- Avoid vigorous workouts at least one hour before going to bed. Recent studies have shown a moderate workout a few hours before bedtime is okay though.
- Enjoy one or two alcoholic beverages before bedtime but not more.
- Be sure to drink plenty of water during the day. Dehydration can make you need to pee at night—it seems counter-intuitive but it’s true!
- Stop drinking coffee or any other caffeinated beverages by 3pm. If you know you’re sensitive to caffeine, then stop right after lunch.
- Lower the temperature. Your body naturally cools down while you sleep. Take a hot shower or warm bath before bed and speed up that cooling affect to fall asleep faster.
- Memory foam and down/feather bedding are known to trap heat. Examine the materials in your bed and bedding; change them if heat hinders your sleep.
- Turn off your devices! Melatonin is the sleepy hormone essential to helping you fall asleep. Blue light radiating from your devices negatively affects melatonin production.
- Schedule bedtime. We had one as kids, we enforce it for our own children but when it comes to us as adults, we often ignore this. Prioritize your sleep with a fixed bedtime!
- Create evening rituals before going to bed. Suggested bedtime rituals may include: light reading, listening to calming music, stretching/yoga, sip an herbal tea.
- Make it nighttime inside. Turn off overhead lights after sunset. Turn on lamps or light candles instead.
Hint #12 is a big one! If your home and activities are the same at night as they are during the day, it’s no wonder you can’t fall asleep easily. The extension of daytime into nighttime factors a lot into the epidemic of modern sleep deprivation. Artificial light confuses your brain and body into thinking it is still daytime prohibiting melatonin production.
To encourage natural sleepiness, flip the switch from daytime to nighttime in your physical home and your physical body will naturally respond.
Prioritize your sleep by adjusting the atmosphere in your home a few hours before bedtime. Low and slow is the way to go—dim the lights, lower the temperature, stretch and unwind, play relaxing music, insist the family use their “inside voices,” and discover how you can fall asleep with ease.
Extent and Health Consequences of Chronic Sleep Loss and Sleep Disorders, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK19961/
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Tax-motivated illicit financial flows: A guide for development practitioners
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Original versionBergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (U4 Issue 2014:2) 68 p.
Tax revenue can help governments finance development and decrease reliance on foreign aid. But tax-motivated illicit financial flows – tax evasion, tax avoidance and aggressive tax planning – undermine these efforts. Non-specialists may find that the complex discussion on taxation and IFFs is further complicated by the lack of clear definitions of relevant concepts, and by the often polarized nature of policy debates. This issue paper explains the terms and helps development practitioners and policy makers navigate the tax and illicit financial flow debates. It also gives an overview of donors’ interventions in this area. There is a growing recognition that tax-motivated illicit financial flows are facilitated in part by the policies of donor countries, hence policy coherence emerges as an important goal for the future.
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By Anna Von Reitz
Okay, folks, the results are in and the results are these: there is no such thing as the American Civil War. No War of Secession, either.
There is no Declaration of War commencing such an action.
There is no Peace Treaty ending any such action.
It does not exist as a war between states, between nations, or nation-states.
What we have been taught to call the "Civil War" or "War of Secession" was never a war at all.
So what was it?
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The term "Hot Dog" has a double use, because it describes the cured and smoked sausage that is used in this speciality, but it also refers to the famous bread dish made with those sausages. The invention of the "Hot Dog" sandwich is often attributed to the 1904 "Louisiana Purchase Exposition (The Saint Louis World's Fair)" in St. Louis, Missouri. But, although it is seen as an American invention, some people believe that the "Hot Dog" was invented in the 17th century by the German butcher Johann Goerghehner from Coburg ..
However, the typical "Hot Dog" sausage has a different origin than the bread roll speciality.It initially hailed from Europe and more particularly from Germany, where it was (and still is) well-spread. Before it got renamed "Hot Dog" this sausage was called "Frankfurter", but due to a rumor regarding the meat's origin (supposed to be made with dog), it got rebaptized under the name we all know now.
By the 1980's, this speciality was very popular in big cities and on university campuses. It was generally served from "Lunch Wagons". The first use of the term "Hot Dog" appears in print in 1895 in the Yale Record of New Haven, Connecticut. This special sandwich is now served on every street corner, in every diner or stadium during matches in the United S tates and is also widely spread worldwide. Here, in Europe, "Hot Dogs" are generally sold at fares and sometimes also by vendors on the street. In America, "Hot dogs" are always made with soft bread rolls, but in Europe, and in particular in Switzerland, France, Germany and Austria, they are sometimes made with Parisian "Baguette" bread (a blasphemy for some, I'm sure!)...
In fact, every place (Chicago, New York, etc...) and country has it's own "Hot Dog" recipe/version and throughout the world there are numerous variations of this speciality (see here). The differences mainly reside in the kinds of toppings, ingredients and condiments that are used to prepare "Hot Dogs".
There are many stories, yet no recorded facts regarding the invention and origin of this speciality, but one thing is certain, "Hot Dogs" are superfine and that's no myth!!! I can only guarantee that, with this King Arthur Flour recipe I found via the great "Baking Sheet" blog, you'll never look at a "Hot Dog" in the same way again!
These light, fluffy and hyper soft rolls are going to make your whole world rock. Nothing is quite comparable to those dainty looking homemade breads, because they kick any unhealthy store-bought buns in the butt!
It's mad, it's bad and totally rad!!!
Makes 9 rolls.
1 Tbsp Castor sugar
2 1/2 Tsp Active dry yeast
1/4 Cup Water, lukewarm
1 Cup Milk, lukewarm
2 Tsp Vegetable oil
2 Tsp Salt
3-3 1/2 Cups Plain white flour
1 Egg yolk (+ 1 Tsp water), for the egg wash
1. In a big bowl, combine sugar, yeast and warm water.
2. Stir to dissolve and let set until bubbly, about 5-10 minutes.
3. Add in milk, vegetable oil and salt.
4. Gradually add the flour and mix thouroughly.
5. Once 3 cups have been incorporated, add the remaining flour a tablespoon at a time until the dough begins to pull away from the sides of the bowl.
6. Turn dough out onto a floured surface and knead for 10 minutes, until smooth and supple.
7. Place in a lightly oiled bowl and cover with a dishtowel.
8. Let rise until doubled, about 1-1 1/2 hours.
9. Gently remove the dough from its bowl onto a floured surface.
10. Flatten it slightly into a large rectangular log. Divide dough into thirds and divide each third into three equal pieces (cover unworked dough with a clean dishtowel while shaping).
11. Gently flatten dough into a long rectangle. Fold left and right sides to meet in the center. Fold the top and bottom sides towards the center. Keep pinching the edges together, pulling the dough into a tight roll shape.
12. Repeat until you have 9 rolls.
13. Place hot dog buns on a parchment-lined baking sheet and cover with a dishtowel.
14. Let them rise for 30 minutes or until doubled in size.
15. Preheat oven to 200°C (400°F).
16. Brush the buns with the egg yolk and water mixture (egg wash).
17. Bake for 20 minutes.
18. Remove to a rack to cool before slicing.
You can also make this recipe with a mixer.
The dough should be soft, but not sticky.
The original recipe used one egg white for the egg wash, so it's up to you if you want a very shiny roll (egg yolk) or a more matt one (egg white).
After having brushed the "Hot Dog Rolls" with the egg wash, you can sprinkle them with sesame seeds or poppy seeds.
~ One of my creations: wiener sausage, raw onions, sauerkraut, ketchup and a sauce made with sour cream, honey, old mustard, sweet mustard, paprika, salt and garlic powder. ~
Prepare your "Hot Dog" (see link) with the sausage (Frankfurter, Wiener, Schüblig/St Galler Bratwurst, vegetarian, Kosher, etc...) and the filling of your choice (mayonnaise, sauerkraut, pickled gerkins, onions, ketchup, mustard, etc...).
You can also use those rolls to make any kind of warm or cold sandwich (meat patties, cooked salami, steak, grilled pork, spam, smoked salmon/herring, pickled fish, cheese, relish, tomatoes, coleslaw, etc..). Just let your imagination and creativity go wild!
I always warm my rolls (5 minutes at 180°C/350°F) before serving them.
(Coney Island Hot Dog -Pic by www.tooroffs.com)
(Hot Dog -Pic by http://thunewatch.squarespace.com)
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Photoshop terms are a set of key words and terms that are used very professionally by other designers and graphic designers in Photoshop, and any user who has recently turned to Photoshop and in studies and training. If you are faced with the terms and usage of this topic and are not familiar with the concept, you will face a great challenge.
Therefore, in this article and in this section, we have introduced terms that have many applications in the Photoshop environment, and designers use them mainly in their work in Photoshop, and users should also be familiar with them. .
In fact, technology and its advancement have caused many sciences in the field of many topics that exist to create a very diverse information, so that it takes a lot of time and time to learn each of these terms.Also, learning information and other sciences is very difficult and requires a lot of effort to learn them, so you should note that whatever science develops, the terms used for it also take a lot of time to learn them. Demands.
In the field of image editing and tools used in Photoshop, which is one of the most popular types of graphic tools, due to its applications and the function it has created for users, has caused many audiences. Select this graphic software to edit your files and documents.Therefore, according to these cases, learning this software and how to edit your files from using it has also created its own time, which has caused the emergence of common terms in this software, which in this section We have introduced each of them.
Introducing Photoshop terms and how they work
Photoshop terms – These terms are especially useful for users who are new to the Photoshop environment and want to learn the resulting tutorials because they are familiar with the meaning and concept of each term and how it works. They will also learn some of them for the user we have described.
The term Vector images
One of the most common terms used in graphic environments, including Photoshop software, and other graphic software that you use, is vector images.To introduce these images, it can be said that this type of images are made of a series of points that the points in the images have an x and y coordinates, based on which the vector images are defined.
Photoshop terms -In fact, it can be introduced in such a way that the said points connect with each other and cause them to form the image form and the user can add colors in these types of forms.An important feature that can be introduced for vector images is that no matter how much you resize and magnify your image, it can be enlarged to a very large size without any loss of quality. Great also turned.
Due to the fact that a lot of progress has been made in the field of illustration technology, and especially in the field of vector graphics, it has caused you to make a lot of progress in this field and science. And it has also caused a lot of complexity for it and it can be attributed to the said explanations.
Because many complex shapes and other images with different scales can be presented due to this feature of the vector, and given that these images do not reduce their quality by increasing their size, often for graphic designs. And logos and many other products are used.
The term Raster images
Photoshop terms -This type of image is another type of image available in Photoshop in which more than 1000 types of pixels for the color and form in the images are composed and has caused its creation.In fact, it can be said that photos are composed of a pixel image, which in the facilities and features that are available in Photoshop, has made Photoshop one of the most software in which pixel editors can be done. Has turned.
In fact, Photoshop has been introduced as a popular pixel editor that allows the user to easily color and other features that exist for pixels, and other changes and settings that are required for files. And the user can apply these changes to them.Note that raster images are made of only a limited number of pixels, and in fact, by resizing the image, no other function can be expected from it.
Photoshop terms -In fact, it can be said that when you enlarge and zoom an image in Photoshop, then your software should provide information according to the amount of size you have increased. Rebuild and this causes the quality of the final product to decrease, and due to the fact that by enlarging the images, their quality decreases, it has caused a major difference between this type of images and vector images.
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I was talking to my 4-year-old the other day, and I asked him a simple question: "What do you want to be when you grow up?" His innocent, yet ambitious response was: "A baseball player, soccer player, doctor, hafiz (one who memorizes the entire Quran) and an elevator-man"—he is obsessed with pressing the buttons on elevators, so much that he has apparently made this his lifelong dream, so who am I to stop him? As a parent, I admire the youngster's energetic, wide-ranging dreams. I told him if he becomes all those things, he could eventually have his own elevator in his house. My belief is that with hard work, sincerity, and determination, any professional aspiration is achievable.
But when the time comes, what if either of my children tells me that he wants to be the President of the United States? What do I tell them? Do I tell them, "Sorry boys—we're Muslims, and that is not a reachable goal"? The current state of race relations in the U.S. tells me that it would be a potential dream deferred.
As children, we seemingly all used to have the same list of future potential jobs: athlete, astronaut, doctor, and president. Even as a child born and raised in the Deep South, I never felt a doubt that my professional aspirations would ever be limited. With a family that has roots in the U.S. since the 1950s, I felt as much as part of the fabric of America as anyone else. But now we are living in the post-9/11 reality, with Muslims constantly under the microscope. The term "Islam" has been co-opted and turned into a political poker chip in order to spread fear and distrust of the American Muslim community.
When my father went to work each day in Opelika, Alabama in 1966, his co-workers didn't ask the question of whether or not he was plotting against them. The handful of Muslims that gathered in a house to do Friday prayers in Auburn, Alabama weren't being watched by the FBI to see whether they were spreading a militant message. But this was the same Islam being practiced in the 1960s as is being practiced today, so why the change in perception? The answers simply boil down to the fact that it has become politically beneficial to embed fear among the public, along with a sense of "otherness" of the Muslim community.
In the last forty years, bigotry and xenophobia have resided mainly beneath the surface. It was considered taboo and a career-killer to insinuate that you would not hire a person based on race or religion—that was, until the most recent wave of Islamophobia has infected the American landscape. For an example of how this paradigm has shifted, just examine the case of presidential candidate Herman Cain.
As the former Godfather's Pizza CEO and talk-radio host hit out on the campaign trail, Cain was asked by an interviewer whether he would be comfortable appointing a Muslim cabinet member or Supreme Court Justice. His reply:
No, I would not. And here's why. There is this creeping attempt, there is this attempt to gradually ease Sharia law and the Muslim faith into our government. It does not belong in our government. This is what happened in Europe. And little by little, to try and be politically correct, they made this little change.
Cain's short statement was a litany of right-wing talking points, bigotry, and factual inaccuracies—a statement that should have raised a firestorm of criticism from left and right.
More disheartening than the actual comments was the actual response from the public and news media. We have seen many recent instances of anti-Semitic, homophobic, or misogynistic comments from talking heads or celebrities be punished heavily in the court of public opinion, and rightfully so. In those instances, jobs have been lost, fines have been levied, and careers have been derailed. In the case of Cain, there was hardly any outcry, and in fact, we saw his early poll numbers rise. Media outlets such as Fox News, who find any reason to be outraged, threw their support behind Cain, declaring him the "winner" of a recent televised debate.
Even though Cain is still considered by many to be a fringe candidate, many other high-profile Republicans have shared similar vitriol toward Muslims, with Donald Trump referencing a "Muslim problem" in the world, and Newt Gingrich comparing Muslims to Nazis on multiple occasions. Tim Pawlenty, Rick Santorum, and Michele Bachmann have also made disparaging remarks about Muslims, in light of the faux-shariah threat that has engulfed the political world.
In fact, prominent fringe talk-show host Bryan Fisher recently stated that Muslims are not subject to First Amendment rights, an extreme position to say the least. Rather than distancing themselves from Fisher's incendiary comments, many of the aforementioned candidates continue to appear on his radio show, pandering to his audience. Thankfully, my children are not old enough to understand the level of hatred that is being kindled in mainstream politics. Will they grow up amongst a public that hates them, based upon what faith they belong to?
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Microalgae as biofuel feedstock
Algae are ideally suited as a non-seasonal, renewable energy resource and appear to be the only source of biodiesel with the potential to displace fossil diesel fuel1,2,3. On an annual basis, microalgae have an estimated capacity to produce more than 10-times more biodiesel per unit area than terrestrial crops1,3,4,5. However, others have argued that such estimates are exaggerations as no research has convincingly demonstrated that algal yields surpass those of terrestrial biofuel crops6,7.
Microalgae have a high photon conversion efficiency, can be harvested batch-wise or continuously year-round providing a reliable and continuous oil supply, can use waste water, brackish, or saltwater, thereby reducing freshwater consumption, can be coupled with coal- or gas-fired power plants to recycle greater than 80% CO2 and NO, emissions8,9, and can be heated with waste heat, waste methane, or geothermal resources. Microalgae can be grown in closed bioreactors, which have higher capital and maintenance costs but offer higher yields, lower evaporation rates, and a smaller footprint3, I0 or in open raceway ponds, which are inexpensive and scalable, but can suffer from high evaporation rates, particularly in arid climates, and invasion from unwanted species2,3,11,12. In addition, microalgae can serve not only as feedstocks for biofuels (i .e., diesel, ethanol, methanol, etc.), but also the residual cell mass (press cake) can serve as a source of bio-products including animal feed, organic fertilizer, fuel pellets, char, and high value antioxidant pigments and vitamins (e.g. beta-carotene, D-alpha-tocapherol).
The greatest limitations to biofuels production are arable land and water resources13. However, Nevada is well positioned to explore the production of microalgae due to its high solar radiation (>320 days/year), land availability, and abundant geothermal resources. The remaining limitation of water availability can be overcome by efficient use of available wastewater resources.
Water and nutrients supply limitations for microalgal production
When using an open raceway pond system for microalgae cultivation, an available water source is necessary to compensate for evaporative water loss, which can be approaching 50 x 106 L/ha-yr when the pond temperature is maintained for year-round growth in an arid climate such as that found in Nevada.
Regardless of the type of microalgae strain being grown (fresh or salt water), this make-up water will need to be fresh (non-saline) to maintain the salt and nutrient concentrations within the pond14. Considering the scarcity of fresh water, especially in the Western US, obtaining this water from traditional domestic sources is neither feasible nor sustainable at a large-scale, and so an alternative water source is necessary.
One attractive choice is municipal wastewaters, which are generally have low salt content, but can have elevated nitrogen and phosphorus15,16,17. Because most microalgae are autotrophic (i.e. , utilize CO2 as their sole source of carbon), their main nutrient requirements for growth are nitrogen and phosphorus. Thus, leveraging wastewater serves the dual purpose of water and nutrient supply for algal cultivation systems.
Algal Production using wastewater
Centrate is the liquid fraction created when anaerobically digested wastewater sludge is dewatered for disposal purposes. Considerable research has already been performed to characterize the centrate produced at the Truckee Meadows Water Reclamation Facility (TMWRF) in Reno, NV18. It contains very high concentrations of the key nutrients required for microalgae growth, specifically nitrogen, phosphorus, and inorganic carbon.
At present, TMWRF produces approximately 250,000 gal/day of centrate, which is recycled to the head of the treatment facility. According to 2008 audit data for the plant, utilizing this liquid stream for beneficial purposes, such as a nutrient source for microalgae growth, would save the treatment facility about $4,400/day and $2,900/day for nitrogen and phosphorus removal, respectively or approximately $2,700,000/year for the treatment plant. Thus, the ability to use this nitrogen- and phosphorus-rich stream as a feedstock to support an algal biofuel processing facility would constitute significant community savings without even considering the biofuel component.
In a typical day of operation for this facility, the centrate produced contains about 2,500 lbs/day of nitrogen and 450 Ibs/day of phosphorus. Considering the typical nitrogen and phosphorus content of microalgae, centrate alone would be capable of producing about 40,000 lbs/day of microalgae on a dry weight basis, which would be capable of generating approximately 1,600 gal/day of oil assuming a 30% lipid content of the microalgae.
In addition to the cost savings and biofuel production aspects, nitrogen and phosphorus are two of the primary water pollutants regulated in the treatment plant effluent and being able to beneficially reuse the centrate would provide the benefit of decreasing nutrients in the effluent.
Before this process can be optimized for commercial markets, however, demonstration-scale research must be conducted to identify the optimal centrate loading for algal use as well as water quality analyses to establish the product water quality following microalgae harvesting. In addition, the potential for heavy metal accumulation by microalgae and the impacts if any on the overall cycle of biofuel production, use and downstream uses should be understood. Because plants are known to accumulate mercury from the atmosphere and microalgae are thought to be important pathways for transfer of methyl mercury from sites of generation in water and soils to higher tropic levels, the potential for methyl mercury accumulation in the microalgae is important.
Limited research has been performed on the effectiveness of microalgae in treating agricultural wastewater, and several algal species have been identified that reduce nutrient loadings19,20,21 ,22. Scenedesmus spp. have also proven effective at removing heavy metals such as Cd2+, Cr6+, and Cu2+. Other groups have evaluated microalgae's potential for treating municipal wastewaters and centrate. In one case, a native consortium of microalgae collected on-site at a municipal wastewater treatment plant in Georgia was able to grow on a mixture of carpet mill effluent and municipal sewage, demonstrated 96% nutrient removal, and produced 7% lipids as my weight15. Pure cultures of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii 16 and Chlorella sp. 17 have also demonstrated growth on the influent, effluent and centrate of another treatment facility in Minnesota.
C. reinhardtiiwas able to grow on 100% centrate with an oil content of 25% lipids (by dry weight) and removed 55% and 83% nitrogen when grown in flasks or a photobioreactor, respectively16. In a separate study, Chiarella sp. was able to remove 78% nitrogen and 86% phosphorus when grown on 100% centrate from the same treatment facility17. The Chlorella sp. also effectively removed AI, Ca, Fe, Mg, Mn, and Zn , again demonstrating microalgal's metal removal capabilities.
The residual content of heavy metals, particularly mercury (Hg) will have important implications for potential use of algal biomass for both biofuel and biomass uses.
Safe handling of wastewater centrate and optimal nutrient availability
The use of untreated or partially treated municipal wastewater as a medium for microalgae growth raises concerns regarding the control of worker exposure to microbial pathogens, including entero-viruses, bacteria (especially species of Escherichia, Salmonella, Shigella, and Vibrio), protozoa and helminthes24. Further, the exposure time (up to four weeks) of the centrate medium in an open raceway pond during the microalgae's growth cycle extends the opportunity for incursions by biological vectors, potentially affecting the community at large.
It is also unclear what effect the presence of a bacterial community will have on the microalgae crop in terms of vitality and lipid/starch production. Thus, it may be desirable to sterilize the wastewater centrate prior to its use in microalgae cultivation.
For many years, the primary sterilization method used by municipal wastewater treatment facilities has been chlorination. Because of carcinogenic organo-chlorides from sewage effluent on receiving waters and concerns over public safety and chemical spills, the use of ultraviolet (UV) disinfection has increased dramatically in recent years. Studies have demonstrated UV irradiation to be superior to chlorination in terms of microbial quality and chemistry and toxicology in effluents that contain appreciable quantities of ammonia-nitrogen or organic nitrogen25. However, UV radiation, particularly Low-intensity UV, does not penetrate through water very deeply and thus requires a relatively thin film of water to ensure that a lethal dose of radiation is delivered. This can have a limiting effect on the volume of water that can be treated. In addition, UV radiation effectiveness is reduced when treating murky waters; suspended solids that increase the turbidity of the water can further limit penetration and intensity of the UV radiation. As centrate can be both murky and/or turbid, the applicability of UV irradiation as a sterilization technique prior to use as a microalgae water and nutrient source must be evaluated.
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An introduction to using and maintaining your CORE
With each CORE device you will find the following contents. (Don't forget to look under the black cardboard insert:
• Quick Start Guide
• CORE Device
• Magnetic USB Charging Cable
• 8 Medical Foam Patches
• Foam Patch Instruction Sheet
• Securing Clips
• Product information sheet
Connect the charging cable to any USB power source (e.g. phone charger or computer).
The magnetic end of the cable fits easily to the CORE device .
Fully charging a drained battery takes about two hours and one battery charge will last five to six days.
Disconnect the charging cable and shake CORE until the green light starts blinking.
This indicates that CORE has begun to measure and that it’s ready to connect with your smartphone, smartwatch or sports computer.
Start the CORE app and follow the instructions on the screen. Ensure Bluetooth is enabled on your smart phone!
The CORE App lets you:
• Connect to CORE
• View your temperature date
• Perform software updates
• Pair to a Heart Rate Monitor
For your new CORE, ensure you update to the latest firmware.
Position CORE on the torso / chest area, about 20cm below the armpit using a heart rate monitor strap or the provided medical patches for the most accurate core body temperature measurements.
CORE can be worn elsewhere on the body such as on the arm or wrist however measurement accuracy can be reduced.
When CORE is mounted on a strap, don't forget to use the provided black plastic clips to ensure it remains in place.
CORE continuously measures and broadcasts your core body temperature.
Live and historical data (up to 48 hours) can be viewed on the CORE iOS and Android App.
Data is transmitted over ANT+ and BLE and can also be viewed live and recorded on supported Wahoo, Garmin and COROS computers and watches (in the FIT file) and then loaded in third-party software for analysis.
For performance sports, CORE needs to be paired to a heat rate monitor (once) and it automatically use the algorithm optimised for sports performance to deliver accurate core body temperature when it detect the heart rate monitor.
How to View / Analyse the data from CORE
You can easily ensure you get a long life from your CORE device with these steps.
Rinse your CORE device with water and mild soap after each use.
The device can be disinfected with rubbing alcohol (ethanol or isopropanol).
Elevated temperatures will shorten battery life. Store CORE in a dry and cool location.
CORE Help and Support
You can also contact us via the Contact/Messenger (green button on the bottom right of the website) or the contact form. Your query will be forwarded directly to the person in the friendly CORE team who can best assist.
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Objective: African Americans (AA) are often underrepresented and tend to lose less weight than White participants during the intensive phase of behavioral obesity treatment. Some evidence suggests that AA women experience better maintenance of lost weight than White women, however, additional research on the efficacy of extended care programs (i.e. continued contacts to support the maintenance of lost weight) is necessary to better understand these differences. Methods: The influence of race on initial weight loss, the likelihood of achieving ≥5% weight reduction (i.e. extended care eligibility), the maintenance of lost weight and extended care program efficacy was examined in 269 AA and White women (62.1% AA) participating in a 16-month group-based weight management program. Participants achieving ≥5% weight reduction during the intensive phase (16 weekly sessions) were randomized to a clustered campaign extended care program (12 sessions delivered in three, 4-week clusters) or self-directed control. Results: In adjusted models, race was not associated with initial weight loss (p = 0.22) or the likelihood of achieving extended care eligibility (odds ratio 0.64, 95% CI [0.29, 1.38]). AA and White women lost −7.13 ± 0.39 kg and −7.62 ± 0.43 kg, respectively, during initial treatment. There were no significant differences in weight regain between AA and White women (p = 0.64) after adjusting for covariates. Clustered campaign program participants (AA: −6.74 ± 0.99 kg, White: −6.89 ± 1.10 kg) regained less weight than control (AA: −5.15 ± 0.99 kg, White: −4.37 ± 1.04 kg), equating to a 2.12 kg (p = 0.03) between-group difference after covariate adjustments. Conclusions: Weight changes and extended care eligibility were comparable among all participants. The clustered campaign program was efficacious for AA and White women. The high representation and retention of AA participants may have contributed to these findings.
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For dramatic colour in nature, nothing beats a sunset,which is why it is so popular with photographers;to avoid your picture looking like a cliché, you need some forethought. The first thing you have to realise when photographing a sunset is that you don't have to shoot directly at the sun each time. If the light is exceptionally clear and bright, face away from it to see its reddish glow illuminating the scene stunningly.But if you do choose to shoot the sun itself, the two keys to success will be composing the sun against an interesting part of the horizon, and getting the exposure right. As the examples here show, it's what else is in the shot that makes all the difference, whether an ancient temple, or outstanding rocks on which the sun is putting on a departing show. The sun alone is never enough. When shooting into the sun, remove all filters to avoid ghost images. Polaroid filters are effective only if the sun is off to one side.
Overexposure is the worst mistake; this kind of shot wants colour richness. And if you want more landscape detail than a deep silhouette can provide, consider shooting a bracketed sequence for later exposure blending.
A telephoto will make the sun’s disc larger in the frame, and a really long lens (500mm equivalent focal length or more) can be spectacular, with the disc large enough to be a backdrop for a flock of geese, for example, in silhouette. Wide-angle compositions can also work well, with the sun a pinpoint and the horizon a wide sweep of silhouette. A cloud passing in front of the sun in this Wide-angle scenario can be useful for the composition as well as lowering the contrast.
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Bar-Ilan University, founded in 1955, was one of the first comprehensive research universities to be established in Israel. From 70 students to 17,000, its milestone achievements in the sciences and humanities have made an indelible imprint on the landscape of the nation.
The Faculty of Law at Bar-Ilan University is one of the oldest and leading law schools in Israel. It was established by legal scholars who immigrated from the U.S. and sought to establish a faculty that lived up to the standards of the elite institutions where they had studied (such as Harvard, Chicago, and Cornell). Today, the Faculty of Law remains faithful to these aspirations, consistently producing world-class scholarship and providing first-rate legal education.
Bar-Ilan University, founded in 1955, was one of the first comprehensive research universities to be established in Israel. Its milestone achievements in the sciences and humanities have made an indelible imprint on the landscape of the nation. The university has 8 faculties: Medicine, Engineering, Law, Life Science, Exact Sciences, Social Sciences, Humanities, and Jewish Studies. Seeking “Impact beyond Excellence”, BIU is currently in a vibrant transformational period of creating challenge-driven research centers which embrace practical research designed to change and improve the human experience; adopting innovative instructional methods; intensifying global outreach; and broadening its discourse and dialogue throughout the world.
Read more about Bar-Ilan University at www.biu.ac.il/
The Faculty of Law at Bar-Ilan University is one of the oldest and leading law schools in Israel. It is ranked in the Shanghai Global Ranking as one of the top two law schools in Israel and one of the top 100 law school in the world. It produces world-class scholarship as is evident from its ranking in SSRN top international law school where it is ranked among the top 40 law schools. It is considered a leader in legal education and has initiated various innovative programmes including MA in Legal Studies (for non-lawyers) and Interdisciplinary programme on Environmental Regulation and Policy (a joint program with BIOU Environmental Studies Department) which is the only one of its kind in Israel. The faculty emphasizes the use of interdisciplinary methodologies that bring together insights from diverse fields such as psychology, criminology, philosophy, data science and mathematics, and also has a strong empirical group. The law school has launched in 2020 the BIU Innovation Lab for Law, Data-Science and Data Governance which explores questions at the forefront of legal research and practice using a wide range of data-science methods. Members of the faculty’s academic staff are among the senior legal scholars in Israel. Many of them have earned an international reputation in their fields. Graduates of the Bar-Ilan Faculty of Law are leaders in many facets of Israeli life, including the foremost legal firms, the courts (including the Supreme Court), the private sector, and the government.
Read more about the Faculty of Law at law.biu.ac.il/en
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The next History Pub, “Untold Stories of the Civil Rights Movement,” will take place from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. March 26 at McMenamins Kennedy School, 5736 NE 33rd Avenue. Doors open at 6 p.m. This event is free and open to the public.
This panel discussion will feature Joyce Harris, Sen. Jackie Winters, Charmaine Joyce Coleman, and Charlotte Rutherford and will be moderated by Joy Alise Davis.
Event attendees will learn about the traditionally untold stories of the Civil Rights Movement, specifically the role of women of color. Speakers will share reflections on their work in the Oregon Civil Rights Movement — their struggles and greatest memories — as well as advice for young activists on how to get involved and what they can do to make a positive difference in their local communities.
For more information, visit the Oregon Historical Society's website.
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ARLINGTON, Va. - With teal-colored combat boots lining a section of the atrium of the Army National Guard Readiness Center here, Soldiers from the Army National Guard kicked off this year"s Sexual Assault Awareness Month on Monday.
"It"s important to seize the opportunity to use an event like this to kick off awareness," said Army Maj. Gen. Judd H. Lyons, acting director of the Army National Guard. "We"re responsible as leaders to set the standard and create that culture of dignity and respect. It doesn"t matter what your rank is."
To Lyons, resources applied toward training create a culture of continuous awareness.
One example: A recent training program that two National Guard noncommissioned officers attended. Sgts. 1st Class Frederick Nicholas, Virginia National Guard, and Michael Kerkhoff, New Mexico National Guard, graduated March 28 from the first iteration of an eight-week pilot program that launched in January at the District of Columbia National Guard"s Regional Training Institute on Fort Belvoir, Va.
The course was launched to better prepare sexual assault response coordinators, victim advocates and trainers of the 80-hour SHARP course.
"Not having in-depth knowledge as the rest of the class was a little challenging," Kerkhoff said about the roughly 30 person class made up of mainly Army SARCs and VAs, "but I think we got caught up to speed pretty quickly."
For Nicholas, the pilot program made the material more tangible and provided a bridge between what program expectations were and what was happening in the SHARP community. "It"s important to get realistic training, and realistic expectations of what"s going to happen," he said.
Through various subject matter experts from offices including the Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute, the Inspector General and the Army Management Staff College, the course prepared participants to replace the current Mobile Training Team instructors, centralize the curriculum and establish a level of professionalism to the services provided and to the career as a whole.
"All the guest speakers brought a different dynamic and more in-depth knowledge on some of the more technical subjects," Kerkhoff said.
Subject matter experts also allowed students to ask questions and discuss the topics they covered.
"Having subject matter experts available to answer questions was priceless," said Nicholas. "Our knowledge base increased just by listening to some of the questions asked by other participants."
In addition to the subject matter experts, representatives from National Guard Bureau briefly covered the challenges faced by National Guard Soldiers.
"It was eye-opening," Nicholas said. "A lot of the active duty participants were giving us "kudos" because of the challenges and dynamics faced by the National Guard."
Nicholas and Kerkhoff are working at the Army National Guard Readiness Center as the Mobile Training Team, ready to undertake instructing the 80-hour SHARP course to more than 700 National Guard collateral duty victim advocates located throughout the 54 states and territories who still need certification - an effort that will take about 22 class iterations.
The Army National Guard has more than 2,600 collateral duty victim advocates who have completed the 80-hour training.
Sexual assault in the military, an issue that has garnered national attentio, has consistently been a topic of discussion at Guard Senior Leader Conferences and Command Sergeants Major Advisory Council meetings and is a top priority for military leaders at all echelons.
It is a priority that was evident to both Nicholas and Kerkhoff when Army Lt. Gen. Howard Bromberg, the Army deputy chief of staff for personnel, addressed the class.
"Having leadership come down and not just to say "it"s important", but to come down and take time to visit," noted Nicholas, "to me that speaks volumes on how important it really is."
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Social media has made it possible for anyone to become an influencer. However, not everyone who is influential is also a leader. In order to be a successful influencer leader, you must have certain skills and qualities.
What are the Skills Required to Be an Influencer Leader?
Excellent communication and writing skills
Excellent communication and writing skills are essential for any leader. They allow you to effectively convey your message to others and help build consensus. Furthermore, they make it easier for you to track progress and achieve results. In short, excellent communication and writing skills help you lead effectively.
Ability to motivate team members
Influencer leadership is a skill that can be developed over time. Communication strategies are key for effectively leading an influencer group. Additionally, a leader must be able to motivate team members in order to help them reach their full potential.
Exceptional strategic thinking and problem solving abilities
An influencer leadership strategy for businesses entails identifying and developing leaders who can inspire and motivate others to take action. This involves possessing exceptional strategic thinking and problem solving abilities. Leaders need to be able to identify problems and develop solutions that will achieve the desired outcomes. They also need to be able to inspire others, build consensus, and manage expectations.
Strong leadership skills
Leadership skills are essential for any successful business. Leaders must be able to motivate and guide their team in order to achieve success. They also need to be able to make decisions quickly and effectively, and be able to handle difficult situations. In addition, leadership skills must be adaptable in order to meet the needs of different situations.
High level of motivation and initiative
Motivation and initiative are both important traits for leaders. Motivation is what makes someone want to do something, while initiative is the ability to take action. Leaders with high levels of motivation and initiative are more likely to be successful.
Motivation comes from a number of different sources. Some people are motivated by money, others by fame or recognition. Whatever the source, there are certain things that make a person want to do something. Leaders with high levels of motivation are typically driven by a sense of purpose or mission. They have a clear vision for where they want their business or organization to go and they are committed to getting there.
Initiative is also important for leaders. Initiative can take many forms, but it all boils down to taking action despite obstacles or challenges.
What are the Qualities Required to Be an Influencer Leader?
There is no one-size-fits-all definition of an influencer, but generally, an influencer is someone who has the ability to influence others. This influence can come in the form of words, actions, or even a combination of both. Because of this power, it’s important for anyone aspiring to lead an influencer strategy to have certain qualities in place.
First and foremost, an influencer leader needs to be able to communicate effectively. They need to be able to put their thoughts and ideas into words in a way that makes sense and is easily digestible for those they’re trying to reach. Secondly, they need charisma and passion. They need to be able to engage with their audience on a personal level and pull them in with their message. Finally, they need to be able to think outside the box and be able to see things from a different perspective.
Developing an Influencer Leadership Strategy
Once you’ve determined that you have the qualities required to lead an influencer strategy, it’s time to develop a plan of action. The first step is identifying your target audience. Once you know who your target audience is, you need to figure out what they want and need. From there, you can create content that addresses those needs and drives engagement with your target audience. In order for your strategy to be successful, it’s important to keep track of your progress and stay engaged with your target audience.
How Can You Develop These Skills and Qualities?
Influencer marketing is a powerful tool that can help businesses reach new customers. As an influencer, you have the ability to influence others to buy your products or services. To be successful in this field, you must develop strong leadership skills. Here are five tips for developing an influencer leadership strategy:
1. Identify your strengths and weaknesses. What do you excel at and where could you improve? Once you know your strengths, focus on building out those skills so that you can be even more effective as an influencer.
2. Understand the importance of communication and collaboration. As an influential figure, it’s important that you are able to communicate effectively with others in your network. Building strong relationships is key to success in this field.
3. Master the art of persuasion. As an influencer, you must be able to convince others to buy into your message. Learn how to harness the power of persuasion in order to sell your products or services.
4. Stay up-to-date on marketing trends. As an influential figure, it’s important that you stay current with the latest marketing trends so that you can continue to deliver value to your network.
5. Be self-aware and constantly assess your progress. As an influencer, it’s important that you stay aware of your own strengths and weaknesses so that you can continuously improve upon them.
Being an influencer leader requires certain skills and qualities. However, if you want to be successful, you must develop these skills and qualities
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People were treated to a startling video preceding Shark Week 2022, during that Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is a master of ceremonies.
In a video, Galante faces an epaulette shark regulating a fins to travel in a Papua New Guinea wetland. According to Galante, a footage is sparkling since it shows a fish doing something formerly seen usually in other species. Several epaulette class were reported walking out of a H2O in remote tidal pools and reefs, though nothing in Papua New Guinea.
On Jul 27 during 8:00 p.m. ET/PT, Discovery and Discovery+ will premiere “Island of a Walking Sharks,” a documentary examining a lives of biologist and wildlife conservationist Forrest Galante and his review to learn if epaulette or bamboo sharks have grown to travel on land.
— UnacceptableKathryn R Titus (@KathrynRTitus11) Jul 21, 2022
He combined that epaulettes grown a ability to quickly travel on land by regulating their fins to navigate a sea floor.
Epaulette sharks typically live coral reefs sport for crustaceans, worms, and tiny fish. Individuals are infrequently prisoner in tidal pools and shoal H2O pockets as a waves fall. By walking on unprotected coral reefs and stone with their fins, they have grown a ability ‘to walk.’
Sharks grown around 9 million years ago to travel on land, creation them a ‘youngest’ on earth. Because they tend to be trapped in waves pools with low oxygen levels, blood is destined to a mind to boost a supply, shutting down low mind functions,
Galante hopes that a discoveries on a “Island of a Walking Sharks” will enthuse animal lovers to support charge and research.
On Jul 24, Shark Week previewed over 25 hours of new cinema and clips, including walking sharks, large breaches, and many some-more documented finds.
The Air Jaws 14th installment is one of Shark Week’s most-watched programs.
Look during incidents like these to improved know a reasons behind shark attacks and what actions to take to equivocate them.
Written by Janet Grace Ortigas
Edited by Cathy Milne-Ware
People: Footage of a Shark in Papua New Guinea Walking on Land — Watch; by Kelli Bender
Yahoo! Entertainment: Shark Week 2022 to Include Footage of a Shark in Papua New Guinea Walking on Land — Watch; by Kelli Bender
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Though he would put up a good battle in opposition to the greatest tennis participant in history, Becker finally bore the brunt of the matchups and retired in 1999. Becker most popular the indoor courts, where he has won 26 titles. Like a lot of tennis’ all-time greats, Becker has by no means won a title on clay.
Weight training routines for tennis players should embrace a complete physique work and depending of the level this needs to be finished a number of occasions every week. After their puberty tennis gamers may observe a weight coaching program three occasions every week and a minimum of twice per week. A very good energy coaching program needs to be divided in numerous cycles, each of them will lat four to six weeks.
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Boys footwear come in different colours and designs, but the structure of its physical look is sort of the identical for all sorts. The one distinguishing thing that one could make about boys tennis shoes is that the fabric of these shoes adjustments relying on the kind of court that is played on. This could actually be taken under consideration as a result of most of the accidents that are skilled by rookies came from slippage inside the court docket.
For those who have no idea the right way to play tennis, the first thing that you must do is to learn the sport as well as the rules. Tennis is among the easiest sports to pick up. You may hire a coach to teach you, or you would simply be taught from associates. I imagine after just a few rounds of game, it’s best to have the ability to not less than master the fundamentals. Nevertheless in case you are a newbie, I advise hiring a coach to teach you, as you’ll want to grasp the basics stroke of the sport. Once you grasp this recreation, you are in your technique to protecting match and loss weight.
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A common error that many individuals make when choosing a tennis court builder or surfacing company is that they fail to provide specs. Earlier than selecting an installer based only on value, you will need to know exactly what you may be getting. The surfacing specification sums up a scope of the undertaking and lets the contractor know what your expectations and requirements are, in order that they can bid accordingly.
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In this paradise, one will feel one with Mother Nature – from the crystal clear water to pools by the seashore and even to the golf course of Jack Nicklaus. Tennis is a superb game and an thrilling sport to get entangled with. No, did not think so. There are tables with a playing surface divided into halves for straightforward storage.
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A group of Taunton residents filed suit Thursday, seeking to block federal action clearing the way for a tribal casino at an industrial park in the city.
The lawsuit draws on centuries of history, arguing, "No tribal body has exercised tribal governmental authority over these lands for over three hundred years," and contending that the federal decision to grant tribal lands into trust was invalid because the tribe was not federally recognized as of 1934 — a legal argument stemming from the U.S. Supreme Court's 2009 Carcieri v. Salazar decision.
Matthew Frankel, of Nixon Peabody's Providence, Rhode Island, office, filed the suit against the U.S. Department of the Interior, whose decision to take land in trust allowed the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe to clear a major hurdle in its bid to build a resort casino in Taunton.
The federal government last September approved transfer of about 170 acres of land in Mashpee and about 151 acres of land in Taunton into federal trust. The Mashpee tribe already has an agreement with the state that would allow it to owe zero percent of its gaming revenue in taxes if a commercial casino is established in the southeastern part of the state.
Rush Street Gaming, which is using a different process in its attempt to build a Brockton casino in the southeastern region, has predicted that years of litigation would put off any casino construction in Taunton.
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“The industry is growing with more people going to spas, and most of them want massage, and therapists very often are not prepared to fulfil the high demand. Because of that, they burnout, go into a state of anxiety and become stressed out,” says massage, healing and wellbeing expert Beata Aleksandrowicz.
“Firstly, its improper techniques which causes problems with their elbows, wrists, lower back, and secondly, they are not getting enough breaks."
“The first thing to recognise is that [your therapists] are people of special needs in the way of how to manage, handle and take care of them. Therapists also need training – but not only on the level of massage techniques, but also on how to self-develop,” says Aleksandrowicz.
“Also, look at things like your equipment. Simple things like tables that don’t adjust will create lots of pressure on the posture of the therapist. Uniforms are often tight – they don’t give therapists any movement. This all will have an impact.”
“Another important thing is their self-care – doing stretches and taking breaks between treatments. Your therapists are the most important in your business because without them your spa basically doesn’t exist,” explains Aleksandrowicz.
“If they give this deep quality of treatment, then the client will come, and the profit will come with that.”
“The most important is daily routines – the things you know you should do every day. If you understand how profound your work is and how much your result depends on your wellbeing, you will create these daily routines, such as breathing, meditation,” says Aleksandrowicz.
“When you start work, make sure everything is in place, that you have full control of everything. Between every treatment, you need to stretch and drink plenty of water, and it’s possible to do that, even if you’re very, very busy. You need movement to take care of your body. Therapists cannot give good treatments if she/he are not looking after themselves.”
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Every winter more of our customers ask about travelling by train to Chamonix. This post details everything you need to know about how to travel by train from London to Chamonix.
Travel by train to Chamonix
Travelling by train to the Alps has become increasingly popular in recent years, as skiers and snowboarders try to reduce their carbon emissions.
This post covers all the key information, including:
- How do I get from London to Chamonix by train?
- How do I travel from Paris to Chamonix?
- How do I get from Geneva to Chamonix by train?
- How long does it take to go from London to Chamonix by train?
- How do I get from Gare du Nord to Gare du Lyon?
- Is travelling by train to Chamonix more expensive than flying?
- Can I take the Eurostar direct to Chamonix?
- Does Chamonix have a train station?
How do I get from London to Chamonix by train?
The most common starting point is London as it’s from London St Pancras that Eurostar runs direct to Paris.
Eurostar runs around 15 trains direct to Paris every day. These take an average of 2 hours and 20 minutes to arrive in Gare du Nord in Paris.
From Paris, you can then take a TGV train with SNCF from Gare du Lyon direct into the centre of Chamonix with one or two changes on the way.
How do I travel by train from Paris to Chamonix?
You have three main options for travelling by train from Paris to Chamonix.
- Depending the time and day of travel, you can travel direct by TGV to Saint-Gervais, before getting your connecting train to Chamonix. This journey takes around 6 hours 45 minutes, depending on your connection time in Saint Gervais.
- An alternative option is to travel on the TGV to Bellegarde Sur Valserine, then from there to Saint Gervais. This involves one more change but can be quicker overall. The example below takes less than six hours.
- A final option is to take a train from Paris to Geneva. There are trains from Gare de Lyon several times a day that take just over 3 hours to travel direct to Geneva.
How do I get from Geneva to Chamonix by train?
The good news is that a new service known as the Léman Express is due to open on 15 December 2019. This network will improve the connections significantly and mean you can travel to Saint Gervais by train easily from Geneva centre or Geneva airport.
Annemasse will act as a hub and the cost will be from €39.90 for a single journey. The full timetable will be published shortly, but it's the most carbon efficient way of travelling to Chamonix. Click on the image to see a larger version.
Alternatively, you can still take one of the regular Swiss Tours transfer buses to Chamonix – a 70 minute journey, costing from €9 – or pick up one of the many minibus transfer services available with companies such as ChamExpress.
Ski Weekend clients typically have their transfer included in the price of their weekend, so we will collect you and give you a private transfer to Chamonix. We offer shared or private transfers as part of our packages.
How long does it take to go to Chamonix by train?
This depends on the route you take (see above), but it may not be as long as you expect. Typically, you can expect it to take between 9 hours 30 minutes and 11 hours, from London, depending on your connections.
How do I get from Gare du Nord to Gare du Lyon?
It’s very straightforward to get from Gare du Nord (where Eurostar arrives) to Gare du Lyon.
If you have a lot of luggage or are not feeling confident, you could simply catch a taxi, costing around €20 and taking about 25 minutes for the journey (although you should factor in some queuing time). There is more useful information on booking taxis on the Snow Carbon website.
However, travelling by the Metro – specifically on the RER ‘D’ line, direction ‘Melun/Malesherbes’ – is very straightforward. The journey itself takes about 7 minutes and you should allow 25 minutes to get from one station to the other, including buying tickets.
This video shows how simple it is:
Is travelling by train to Chamonix more expensive than flying?
The answer to this is – maybe, but not necessarily. Depending on your time of travel, flights can be very cheap, but remember that the initial top-line price doesn’t include baggage costs or ski carriage fees.
You should also factor in the cost of transfers from your arrival airport to Chamonix, either taxi, shared minibus or hire car.
If you are travelling with Ski Weekend, we include your transfer from the airport, but if you are travelling independently, this can cost €30-60 in each direction for a shared minibus transfer.
Can I take the Eurostar direct to Chamonix?
No. There is a Eurostar service on weekends in winter that goes direct from direct to the Alps, but this only goes to the Tarentaise valley (Les 3 Vallées, Tignes, Les Arcs, Val d'Isère) at the weekends.
Does Chamonix have a train station?
Yes, it does. One of the great advantages of travelling by train to Chamonix is that you arrive direct into the centre of the resort.
When travelling by train to other resorts in France, it’s usually necessary to take a taxi or local bus service once you arrive at the nearest railway station.
Ski Weekends to Chamonix by train
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Why is it so difficult to find a job in Canada?
Despite a large labour shortage, many Canadian companies are not hiring foreigners. Why?
The Canadian media constantly reports that there is a labour shortage in almost all areas of the job market. The provincial immigration programs bring in foreign workers to make up for the lack of specialists. If you type in any occupation on a job search website, you will see hundreds or even thousands of openings, for example, on the popular Indeed website there are more than 3,000 jobs for welders.
However, if you try to apply to any of them, you will quickly realize that getting a job in Canada is extremely difficult. You will probably have to send out your CV hundreds or thousands of times before an employer is interested in you. Why does this happen?
Immigration through job
Employment in Canada is one of the surest ways to immigrate because candidates with Canadian work experience benefit from additional immigration programs and get more points.
Recently, there has been especially much attention to such candidates. For example, last year several immigration programs were launched for those who work in Canada, and several more for candidates who found a job in one of the provinces. This year some Canadian regions also launched new programs, the eligibility requirements are very simple, but you have to find a job.
In addition, the federal government did not stand aside and promised to launch a new federal program by September, especially for those who work in Canada. Under this program, they want to grant permanent residency faster. So why is it difficult to find a job when there is such a shortage of specialists in Canada?
Employment for foreigners in Canada
The reason is that the Canadian labour market is closed. The law does not allow employers to hire foreign workers at will. First of all, they must consider applicants among citizens and residents of Canada. There are exceptional cases, one of which will be mentioned at the end of this article.
To hire a foreigner, most employers are required to obtain a document called a Labor Market Impact Assessment, or LMIA for short. This requires a fee of about $1,000 CAD, and it is the employer who pays, not the employee.
In the LMIA, a company proves to the government that there is no suitable citizen or resident for the position. Plus, they have to fill out a lot of paperwork and submit various documents. In general, there are a lot of difficulties, and already at this stage, many employers write in the vacancies that they are not providing an LMIA. But the difficulties do not end with this document.
When a company does get an LMIA with permission to hire a foreigner, then you have to wait for the employee to gather all the missing documents, certificates of criminal record from all the countries where they have lived for more than six months, pay all the fees, undergo a medical examination, get a visa, and complete other formalities. This can take months.
All this time the employer has to wait and lose their money because the employee is not working. And there is a risk that the company spends time and money on hiring, and the employee will just change their mind and will not arrive.
This year Canada has relaxed the requirements for foreigners to work in Canada, companies now have the opportunity to hire more people and for longer contracts.
But it is still logical that employers want to protect themselves as much as possible from the risks associated with hiring foreigners. So first of all they will consider those who:
- is already in Canada, for example, on a tourist visa, because it prohibits work, but does not prohibit interviews;
- is fully prepared to immigrate to Canada, has all the necessary documents, and can quickly arrive in the country;
- speaks English at the proper level, because no matter how valuable a specialist is, it is impossible to pass an interview and work in Canada without knowing the language;
- 100% meets the requirements stated in the vacancy;
- has reference letters from previous employers.
To improve your chances of getting a job in Canada, you need to meet all these requirements. And you also need to write a quality Canadian-format CV. For example, you cannot write personal information in your CV, add your photo, the entire CV must not take up more than one page, and so on. Also, you need to rewrite your CV for each position and add keywords from the job opening you are applying for. If your CV is not written this way, you will not even be considered.
But that's not all. You have to send out your CV hundreds, maybe thousands of times before you find the company that agrees to provide you with an LMIA. And after that, you also have to pass an interview, which usually consists of several stages, and at any stage, you can be rejected. All in all, it is not an easy task.
Is it impossible to find a job?
Still, that does not mean you should stop looking for work in Canada and stay in your country, deciding you can never emigrate. We have interviews with immigrants who got to Canada through employment. And if they succeeded, it means that finding a job is still real, but it takes a lot of time, patience, and putting as much effort into your CV as possible.
If you find an employer in Canada, you can apply for permanent residency through one of the many programs that require a job offer. Or you can work for a while, such as a year, and apply for programs that require Canadian work experience.
There is a little lifehack. You can send your CV to employers who participate in the Atlantic Immigration Program. They have an agreement with the government, and they hire foreigners in a simplified way. The Atlantic Program operates in several provinces:
Besides simplified employment, the program has fairly low eligibility requirements. We have evidence that the Atlantic Program works and that it is a realistic way to get a job. This is an interview with a woman who immigrated to Canada through this program. Moreover, she did not have to send hundreds of CVs because she found a job in just an hour while she was in her home country.
How can we help?
You can order a CV written according to all Canadian standards at our company. According to the law, paid help with finding a job in Canada is prohibited, so you have to look for an employer yourself.
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Hurricane center gets funds for better systems
MIAMI - When deadly storms threaten, forecasters at the National Hurricane Center will get the chance to fly their most sophisticated hurricane hunter planes on missions rarely flown before.
They’ll get essential information from new buoys installed in waters that have long gone unmonitored and from upgraded ground sensors that for years have died in strong winds.
The equipment was promised late Thursday by Congress, which approved a White House proposal of more than $25 million in emergency spending to improve the nation’s storm-warning system.
The money for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which oversees the Hurricane Center in West Miami-Dade, comes as hurricanes are striking at a deadly pace – with nine of the past 11 years posting above-normal hurricane seasons.
NOAA officials were unable to say when the equipment would be installed but said it was a top priority.
“I’m glad the Senate heard our call for new equipment for NOAA,” said Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla. “In Florida and elsewhere, the agency literally is a lifesaver.”
Nelson and other members of Congress vowed to push for the improvements after a Miami Herald series in October revealed chronic lapses in weather-observing equipment and research that for years have compromised hurricane forecasts.
The stories detailed how crucial tools to forecasters have been unavailable or broken during nearly half of the 45 hurricanes that struck land since Hurricane Andrew in 1992.
Issues raised in the series sparked discussions in the Senate Appropriations Committee and the House Science Committee. In late October, the White House proposed improvements that addressed many of the gaps.
The upgrades were part of a $30 billion spending package, approved by Congress, for hurricane relief in the Gulf Coast. The package was tacked onto the 2006 defense spending bill, which President Bush is expected to sign next week.
It’s unclear how much of the tools will be in place for 2006.
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North-south cooperation depends on rich countries living up to their historic responsibilities, argues Harjeet Singh
Collaboration and solidarity are important tenets of international cooperation. They become even more critical in a globalised world where the major challenges are intertwined and global in nature: financial meltdown, food crises, conflict or climate change.
As I’ve argued in another blog, all crises share the same “genetic code” of inequality. Most of these crises cannot be solved without fixing culpability of those who cause them.
North-south cooperation rather than antagonism is indeed the solution, as Monica Araya argued in a recent article for Climate Home. But ensuring cooperation means recognising that the playing field has been, and remains, grossly uneven.
Today’s climate crisis is a result of unrestrained industrialisation in the West over the last 150 years. Developed countries, which pumped over 70 percent of accumulated greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere, cannot wish away the principle of “common but differentiated responsibility, with respective capabilities,” enshrined in the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.
Industrialisation has brought decades of wealth, including hospitals, schools, technology and a host of other advantages that citizens of rich countries benefit from.
Unfortunately, their benefit has come at a substantial price: developing countries are now bearing the brunt of climate impacts. Even as poorer countries try to improve the lot of their citizens, their development efforts are being constantly set back by hurricanes, droughts, floods and climate disasters.
Climate change hits poorer communities and countries hardest – not just because they’re less prepared, but also because the tropical areas of the globe will experience much more severe impacts. Climate change is outpacing economic development, exacerbating inequality between countries. We therefore need an ambitious climate deal in Paris this December.
The current draft agreement is just a shadow of what is needed. We need to make sure that solutions to climate change are fair and take into account this inequality between countries.
The recent Civil Society equity review of countries’ climate pledges, to which ActionAid contributed, presents a rigorous methodology for quantifying those differing responsibilities. The calculation of fair shares entails dividing the required climate action between all countries, according to their responsibility and capacity.
Responsibility is reflected by a nation’s contribution to climate change and is represented by its cumulative greenhouse gas emissions from a specified initial year. Capacity, on the other hand, is defined by national income and national income distribution.
As a result, this approach offers a comprehensive vision for north-south cooperation based on fairness and equity. Only such a vision can truly begin to solve the daunting crisis we currently face.
It also shows that the current model, in which countries simply pledge what they feel is “realistic” for them to achieve, inevitably means that rich countries will simply get away with doing far less than they must – which they have already been doing for the last twenty years.
North-south cooperation begins with all countries recognising that they each have a role to play. So far, given the pledged climate action or the intended nationally determined contributions (INDCs) that 174 countries have prepared and submitted in advance of the Paris summit, the wealthy countries of the north are failing to understand their required role.
In fact, developing countries have committed to do more than developed countries, even though they have contributed far less to the problem of climate change. The onus still lies on rich countries to shoulder their responsibilities. This is not about north-south antagonism; it is about a sober assessment of who is doing what and who needs to do more.
Finance is fundamental
A just transition to a clean economy is an opportunity rather than a burden. However, a country like India – which has at least 300 million people with no access to modern energy – cannot simply make a sudden and rapid transition away from cheap, dirty coal to clean renewables without leaving a vast number of people quite literally in the dark.
India, which ranks at 135 out of 187 countries in the Human Development Index, does not have access to the kind of finance and technology necessary to make such a transition, and must still overcome a massive development challenge. It certainly can – and, as we highlight in our report, must – take the first step towards that transition. But the bulk of the transition must be financed by international support.
India needs at least US$2.5 trillion to implement its ambitious climate change actions between now and 2030, which cannot come solely from domestic resources. This is true for India and it is certainly true for even poorer countries like Ethiopia, Senegal or Bangladesh.
Without adequate financial support from rich countries, most developing countries simply won’t be able to implement those commitments. This is why finance is such an integral part of climate action. Poor countries need energy for development, but don’t have the means to invest in renewables. Meanwhile, many are being wooed by private coal and oil companies.
Unless climate finance helps them to make greener choices – which even with falling prices require upfront capital investment in technology and infrastructure – many developing countries simply feel they have no option. Providing finance is a key obligation of rich countries.
The moral and legal responsibility of the north to act based on their fair shares cannot be papered over in the climate agreement at and beyond Paris. The world is watching.
Harjeet Singh is international climate policy manager at ActionAid
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After publishing an article in which the impact of wing-width ratio of double-sided delta-wing tape (T-W) inserts on thermal-hydraulic performance [Wijayanta et al., Appl. Therm. Eng. 145 (2018) 27–37] were investigated, we have extended our work to modified enhanced heat transfer area design for wing-pitch ratio (P/W) acting on the geometric features of delta-wing tape inserts. There are a limited number of studies in this area regarding the wing-pitch ratio. In the current study, T-W inserts with P/W of 1.18, 1.47, and 1.65 were manufactured and evaluated to improve single-phase convective heat transfer, under the conditions of a Reynolds number between 5,300 and 14,500, with water used as the working fluid. T-W inserts with a P/W of 1.18 offer the highest average Nusselt number, with an increase of approximately 177% compared to a plain tube. However, the friction factor is 11.6 times greater compared to a plain tube, showing that the friction loss is more significant with T-W inserts. In addition, T-W inserts with a P/W of 1.18 produce the greatest thermal performance factor of 1.15. Generally, Nusselt number, friction factor, and thermal performance factor of the heat exchanger increase following the decrease of P/W of the T-W inserts. In this study, the empirical correlations have been modeled using the obtained experimental data.
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Frequently Asked Questions
In-depth Q&A with the developers of ScramBox.
Everything you wanted to know, and more!
- How can I trust your encryption?
The lack of trust in encryption is a huge problem for security software. It’s been 25 years since famous security software developer, Phil Zimmerman, wrote his essay, “Beware of Snake Oil”. We will now extensively address the issues of trust and encryption in the following FAQ sections.
- Why did you engage universities to design your cryptosystems?
We took the approach because the world faces a dilemma: more than ever, the world needs high quality secure encryption systems, but there is a worldwide shortage of people able and qualified to design such systems.
Quoting famous cryptography advocate and early Tor contributor, Lucky Green:
The present need for security products far exceeds the number of individuals capable of designing secure systems. Consequently, industry has resorted to employing folks and purchasing "solutions" from vendors that shouldn't be let near a project involving securing a system.
In our own words, the task of designing a secure cryptographic system is extremely challenging, requiring the very highest levels of cryptographic expertise to achieve. There are, unfortunately, comparatively few people in the world skilled enough to design such a system.
It is standard practice for applications with encryption systems to be designed and implemented by software developers (as distinct from cryptographers), whose primary role is to develop applications. There is no shortage of applications whose website state “Military grade encryption” or “AES-256” as bullet-point features. Encryption is most often a feature of an application, not the core system itself. The vendors of these applications do not publish further details about their encryption systems, and the general public, unaware of the problems, tend to view encryption as a “tick the box” requirement.
And given that even large, reputable corporations like IBM and RSA have intentionally introduced weaknesses into their crypto systems over time, it is becoming increasingly difficult to know which systems to trust.
Our approach of commissioning leading cryptography experts from world renowned universities and research institutions to design, implement, peer-review and audit our system is in direct response to the dilemma faced by the world regarding encryption products.
We believe that we are the pioneers in taking this approach, and we’re proud to partner with a variety of industry experts to help improve the quality of encryption solutions worldwide.
We’ll further elaborate on our approach in the answers to further questions, below.
- What are the challenges with designing and implementing cryptosystems?
Designing and implementing a secure cryptosystem is a non-trivial task that requires expertise and care.
Although Scram uses only existing, well-studied and reliable cryptographic primitives (for non-technical people, think of these as building blocks), knowing which primitives to use and how to use them to achieve an end-result is of paramount importance. Everything in a cryptosystem must be “exactly right” to yield a secure system. A slight error in a design or implementation can result in weaknesses that can be exploited by attackers.
Many companies rely on software developers to design their cryptosystems. Unfortunately, most software developers are generally unaware of the specific intricacies of cryptography or how to avoid mistakes that lead to insecure systems. (This is not intended to be a criticism of software developers themselves – more a commentary about the situation.)
One analogy to understand the distinction between cryptographers and software developers is to imagine doctors – there are General Practitioners who have a broad knowledge of many aspects of health and family medicine, who then refer patients to highly trained specialists such as cardiologists, dermatologists, emergency medicine and brain surgeons.
Designing and implementing (as opposed to using) cryptosystems requires extreme specialization in the field. Software developers are not cryptographers. As famous cryptographer Bruce Schneier said in his 1999 essay, the short answer to "how can I become a cryptographer" is: "Get a PhD in cryptography."
To put things in perspective, cryptographers are rarer than brain surgeons. There are more software developers in the world than doctors (18.2 million versus ~10-15 million), yet there are fewer cryptographers than brain surgeons (3755 authors of cited papers, versus ~3500 neurosurgeons in the USA and ~6000 in Japan alone).
This gives a ratio of 1 cryptographer per 4846 software developers, and yet encryption is required in every secure system and is the backbone of security on the Internet.
Mistakes can be made easily
Without the proper expertise, mistakes can be made easily. In fact, even with the proper expertise, mistakes are still possible. Many systems, such as DVD copy protection, GSM, Bluetooth and WEP Wi-fi were designed to be secure but were completely compromised fairly easily.
- What is an example of insecure encryption?
It is extremely easy for any generalist software developer to use “AES-256” encryption in an application incorrectly and to produce a completely insecure system. Worse still, the developer may be completely unaware of the flaws in his/her system. One of the easiest examples to understand is when a developer uses the wrong mode of encryption – as shown in the diagram below.
Although this is a very basic mistake that hopefully will never be replicated in real-life applications, there are many other subtle mistakes that a developer can make that results in an insecure system.
- Is your encryption open source?
No, we do not open source our source code or detailed designs of our cryptosystems.
However, we do release the following information:
- The functional requirements against which our cryptosystems were designed.
- A detailed security analysis of the security model, complete with a no-nonsense statement of what is and is not protected against by our cryptosystem.
- Peer reviews, test results and audits of our cryptosystems.
- How does your approach compare to open source encryption?
There are a number of differences between our approach (closed source but with paid peer reviews and security analyses) and the open source approach. CVE handling is arguably a critical difference, but we shall start with general arguments first.
General arguments for and against open source
Common arguments in favour of open source encryption software are:
- The source code is available so you can inspect it.
- If anyone finds faults with the code, it can be fixed rapidly and by any developer (subject to license terms).
- Developers can fork or branch source code and start their own development, or contribute to the development team.
The problem with these arguments are:
- Even if source code is open source, few people possess the qualifications and the time to inspect the source code. By way of example, the now-defunct TrueCrypt project was launched in 2004, and yet was not audited for many years, with formal audit reports only released in February 2014 and March 2015 – some 10 years later.
- Forking source code can be dangerous if the contributors are not suitably qualified to manage the code, and merging development from the main trunk into branches is onerous and ongoing.
- Despite the stated virtues of open source implementations, vulnerabilities are still discovered on an ongoing basis.
Our adopted model is to have our designs and implementation designed and peer-reviewed by appropriate experts prior to release. We also, on an ongoing basis, commission audits to ensure the quality of our code and designs.
Thus, you could say that Scram takes a proactive approach to security, whereas the open source model tends to be more reactive.
The CVE handling process is one area of significant difference between closed and open source.
General CVE-fixing process in the open source project is follows:
- Someone finds a vulnerability and reports it in a private email to the project maintainers. Public exposure is not good from the ethical point of view because hacker does not give maintainers time to create a patch fixing the vulnerability.
- After some time, project maintainers provide a patch, publish CVE and send a email to mailing lists that urgent security update is required.
- Software users get the update after some delay, because software have to re-build, tested, packaged, deployed, shipped on user's computers - every step takes some time - from minutes to days.
Closed source CVE handling allows software vendors to handle the situation better. They can provide a security fix before publishing CVE details. Firstly, all installations can be patched and protected against the threat, and only then will the details of the CVE be published.
- What cryptographic primitives does your system use?
- Block cipher: AES-256.
- Authenticated encryption with associated data (AEAD) scheme: AES-256 block cipher used in the Galois counter mode authenticated encryption function described in Morris J. Dworkin, "Recommendation for block cipher modes of operation: Galois/counter mode (gcm) and gmac", 2007. NIST special publication 800-38D.
- Deterministic authenticated encryption with associated data scheme: AES-256 block cipher used in the SIV authenticated encryption mode algorithm described in P. Rogaway and T. Shrimpton, "Deterministic authenticated encryption", 2007.
- Fixed input-length pseudorandom function: AES-256 block cipher with key length 256 bits and input length 128 bits generating a pseudorandom output length 128 bits.
- Variable input-length pseudorandom function: Uses the authentication tag generated by the authenticated encryption (AEAD) scheme with the initialization vector set to the input and empty plaintext and associated data.
- Filename character encoding: custom encoding known as Base32k, 15 bits per Unicode character. (Note: this is a non-cryptographic operation.)
- Is your encryption “zero knowledge”?
This is a complex and ambiguous question that requires a detailed answer.
This is a term that we do not like to use. It is more of a marketing term than one rooted in computer science. In fact, we believe our competitors are simply using the term incorrectly and such use is an example of “snake oil” encryption.
So, according to the industry’s common definition of “zero knowledge” – the answer is yes, on the basis that neither Scram, nor your cloud storage provider, is able to read your data.
However, we can succinctly say that that no commercial solution in the marketplace is truly “zero knowledge”, but ScramBox is as “least knowledge” as is possible for a product of its kind, as explained below.
In our view, “Zero knowledge” literally must mean that your cloud storage provider knows absolutely nothing about your data. This must give you plausible deniability. However, in virtually every case, this is not the situation, because certain details are impossible to hide from commercial cloud storage companies:
- Who you are (from your billing information)
- The total size of your data stored
- How often you access your data, and how much it changes
- How many files and directories that you have
The following table summarises the ScramBox solution in comparison to other typical solutions.
Who knows what summary table
Solution ScramBox Tresorit DropBox Enterprise Entity Scram Software Pty Ltd (Australia) Your cloud storage provider Tresorit AG (Switzerland) DropBox Inc. (USA) KNOWLEDGE The fact that you use ScramBox or other encryption software Known Impossible to prove but difficult to deny Known Known Your private encryption key Hidden Hidden Hidden Know How much data you have stored Hidden Known Known Known Access patterns for your data Hidden Known Known Known Content of your data Hidden Hidden Hidden Known
Legend: Green = no data leakage / Red = data leakage
If data leakage is important to hide, the clear choice is the ScramBox solution and hosting your own private cloud.
- Who holds the key in your systems?
In every case with Scram’s software, you hold your own encryption key, which we call your ScramKey. This is the master key from which all sub-keys are created. You are free to keep that ScramKey as private or public as you wish – but of course, if you make it public, you might as well not encrypt.
Naturally, if you value your privacy and the confidentiality of your data, you will keep your ScramKey private.
- What about when I share my data?
Your ScramKey, which is a master key, is never used when sharing your data.
When you share data with another user, a derivative “subkey” is used. We can create an unlimited number of subkeys to share and give others access to your data. However, it is impossible to go back from a subkey to your master key.
Therefore, when you share your data, you’ll only share exactly what you intend, while keeping everything else private.
- How does this compare with other common systems?
- The security model, which minimizes the amount of data leaked (refer to the Who knows what summary table)
- Our published security analysis and audits
we are confident that our solution is at least equal to or better than other commercially available systems.
- How do I back up my ScramKey?
For backup purposes, we recommend that you back up your key to paper as a QR code – as a paper copy of your key is not vulnerable to online hacking or malware like cryptolocker. An alternative is to burn it to a DVD.
You can then store this back-up in a secure place, such as in a bank vault. We recommend that you use nondescript media to store your backup ScramKey.
Those of you who are ultra security conscious can use steganography to embed your ScramKey into photos, etc.
- I’ve heard that quantum computers will break many cryptosystems. What does this mean for ScramBox?
Quantum computers pose a real threat to cryptography.
It is known that many ciphers such as RSA and ECC are vulnerable to attack from quantum computers – “quantum-breakable”. What this means is that most forms of cryptography in use today will be easily broken by quantum computers.
It is estimated that by the year 2029, a quantum computer will have been built that will be capable of breaking RSA-2048.
The state-of-the-art of quantum computers is not known because research and development into quantum computing is likely to be a trade secret or classified information. However, it is believed by top cryptographers that we should transition away from using encryption techniques that are known to be vulnerable.
This is relevant to ScramBox because data stored in the cloud can live for decades or even posterity. The data that’s stored in the cloud may be encrypted and safe for now, but could be easily broken in a number of years.
ScramBox does not rely upon any encryption algorithms that are quantum-breakable. Instead, we follow the recommendations of the PQCRYPTO (Post-Quantum Cryptography for Long-Term Security) group. Their latest recommendations can be found in the Initial recommendations of long-term secure post-quantum systems report (Horizon 2020 ICT-645622).
- Aren’t you being paranoid here? Quantum resistance sounds like science fiction.
No. It’s the mission of Scram to “Secure the world’s data in the cloud”, and it’s our aim to provide the very best security we can.
In our view, it wouldn’t be ethical of us to provide encryption systems that we already know are quantum-breakable. Even if the problem is estimated to be decades away, this is a matter of principle. (Speaking of which, you can read more about our guiding principles on our company website.)
- Can I use your beta version on “production” environments?
We recommend that you use the ScramBox beta in a test environment.
We anticipate that the encryption will change slightly between the beta and release versions, as we will be performing final tests and optimizations during the beta period.
Therefore, when the release version is available, you will need to start over – deleting the encrypted versions of your files in the cloud and re-sync your data your computer to the cloud.
This is going to be a “one-off” situation between beta and release versions of ScramBox. Once ScramBox goes into release, the versions of your files in the cloud will be forwards compatible with future versions of ScramBox.
- What rewards are you giving to your beta testers?
For everyone who registers as a beta tester, and supplies us with one of the following:
- Useful feedback or bug reports that help us improve our product,
- A testimonial that you’re happy for us to use on our website, or
- A case study
We will give you a free commercial-use license to use ScramBox for 1 year past the beta testing period.
- How do I satisfy data sovereignty regulations?
Data sovereignty is a complex legal issue and ScramBox allows you to comply with various laws relating to data storage.
Put simply, we see two reasons to be concerned about where you store your data:
- In the case of health, financial, classified and government data, it’s likely to be the case that your home country has laws about where such data can be stored. Oftentimes laws may state that the data must be stored within the home country’s borders – ruling out many cloud services that store data in offshore data centres.
- The governing laws regarding the privacy of the information are unclear. Until recently, it was common belief that if your data was stored in a foreign country, it was governed by the laws of that country. However, in a recent case involving Microsoft and the FBI, U.S. courts ruled in 2014 that Microsoft could be compelled to hand over data stored in an Irish data centre. But in 2016, that decision was overturned by an appeals court.
We have written an article about data sovereignty, and recommend you read it to understand the issues you may face.
ScramBox allows you to solve data sovereignty issues by giving you freedom of choice as to where you store your data. In particular, you can choose the best public cloud solution to comply with local regulations, or host your own private cloud storage server to retain full control of your data.
- What are some privacy-friendly countries you can recommend for cloud storage?
We believe that you should conduct your own due diligence when choosing where to host your data.
Our own research has revealed 5 best countries:
- The Netherlands
We recommend you read our article about privacy-friendly countries and conduct your own research when making this decision.
- Who are you, Scram Software?Scram Software Pty Ltd is a private company founded in 2014 and headquartered in Melbourne, Australia. It is our mission to secure the world’s data in the cloud. Our team of highly talented cryptographers and developers are passionate about security and making the world a safer place. You can read a lot more about us on our company website, at https://scramsoft.com.
- When can I purchase ScramBox?
ScramBox is not available for purchase during the Beta Testing period.
Once the software goes into release, you will be able to purchase ScramBox from our website.
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We examined the published relationship between uterine fibroids and reproductive outcomes. Submucosal fibroids had the strongest association with lower ongoing pregnancy rates, odds ratio, 0.5; 95% confidence interval, 0.3-0.8, primarily through decreased implantation. Cumulative pregnancy rates appeared slightly lower in patients with intramural fibroids 36.9% vs 41.1%, which may reflect biases in the literature; however, patients with intramural fibroids also experienced more miscarriages, 20.4% vs 12.9%. Adverse obstetric outcomes are rare and may reflect age or other differences in fibroid populations. Increased risk of malpresentation (odds ratio, 2.9; 2.6-3.2), cesarean (odds ratio, 3.7; 3.5-3.9), and preterm delivery (odds ratio, 1.5; 1.3-1.7) are reported; however, the incidence of labor dystocia was low (7.5%). There was no conclusive evidence that intramural or subserosal fibroids adversely affect fecundity. More prospective, controlled trials are needed to assess the effects of myomectomy. Good maternal and neonatal outcomes are expected in pregnancies with uterine fibroids.
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Data Science Capabilities at Your Fingertips
Most analytics tools are only capable of reporting on past events and showing trends. While helpful, it’s not actionable. Historically, predictive analytics required the specialized skills of data scientists and advanced developers to discover patterns, trends, and correlations in raw data. Then came Machine Learning (ML). Once considered a “nice to have” due to its expense and lack of clear added value, ML is now available as an integral component of the Oracle Analytics Cloud (OAC). It’s user and data friendly, as well as visually impactful—and you don’t have to be a data scientist to use it! As the barriers to realizing the benefits of ML have fallen, it’s time to revisit how ML can help you.
What is Machine Learning?
ML is an artificial intelligence that provides systems the ability to automatically “learn” and improve from real-world interactions and experiences without a pre-determined model. ML algorithms access and analyze data to find natural patterns, gain insights, and predict future outcomes. The results of ML can be used to improve organizational performance through proactive decision-making. All of us experience ML every day through applications such as Siri, weather predictors, and those clever browser ads.
Why Use Oracle Analytics Cloud’s Machine Learning Capabilities?
ML involves real people, in real scenarios. Let’s consider one common scenario involving employee attrition:
“I work in HR and manage talent acquisition. Recently, there has been an increase in employee turnover that is putting more pressure on our recruiting team and costing the organization money in lost productivity. I need to gain more insight into this situation, including what types of employees are leaving the company and why. I would also like to better understand which current employees are at risk of leaving and target them with effective retention strategies before they leave.”
How does it work?
Many questions regarding attrition can be answered using ML: How do we find the best people? What attributes should we be screening for in our recruits in order to reduce turnover? What are the drivers of retention? To answer these questions and develop winning strategies, programs, and processes, ML creates a model that “learns” from your HR’s historical data. The historical data set is used to teach the model about the factors that drive attrition within your organization. Then, based on those drivers, ML can predict future attrition for the organization and identify employees that are at risk of leaving by applying a risk score. Similarly, for recruiting new talent, ML can identify a set of attributes with which to pursue candidates that are indicators of retention.
The business challenges that ML can tackle are endless. Data science can be applied to improve performance within any organization. And now with the OAC’s ML capabilities, it is easier than ever to transform your business. What challenges are you facing? Contact us today to see how Sierra-Cedar can help.
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A healthy marital life is the one which has no room just for infidelity, maltreatment, or any additional behavior brings about the union less than preferred. Infidelity is actually a serious problem which will never end up being tolerated in a relationship. It is an unhealthy attribute of a marriage and should be ignored as much as possible. Listed below are the functions of a healthful marriage. All of these are essential for that happy and reliable union. The following are some examples with the characteristics of any healthy relationship.
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Gilbarco Veeder-Root has announced a strategic mission to become a pioneer in enabling future hydrogen-powered transportation. It is making available a suite of compression, dispensing and software solutions, allowing the creation of a network of renewable or low-carbon hydrogen refuelling stations around the world.
The company is now at advanced stages of developing new technologies and creating partnerships to bring solutions to market that will allow existing fuel retailers and other stakeholders to offer gaseous hydrogen to serve an ever-increasing number of hydrogen fuel-cell powered vehicles. Hydrogen is the natural complement to Gilbarco Veeder Root’s market-leading compressed gases and end-to-end electric vehicle charging infrastructure, underlining the company’s continued support to its customers’ effort to meet the evolving market demands.
Gilbarco Veeder-Root was founded over 150 years ago and has considerable expertise in designing, manufacturing, installing, and servicing refuelling infrastructure around the world. Its dedicated compressed gases division, ANGI Energy Systems (a wholly owned subsidiary of Gilbarco Veeder-Root), in Wisconsin, United States, brings 30 years of experience in the design and manufacture of full-site solutions for compressed gases for clients worldwide.
According to most industry experts, hydrogen is better suited for heavy-duty commercial vehicles than pure electric power, due to the rapid refuelling time, their weight, and duty cycles. Hydrogen fuel cell trucks and buses are currently being developed by most of the leading global truck manufacturers and it’s predicted that 15% of commercial fleets will be hydrogen powered by 2030.
Joel van Rensburg, General Manager of Hydrogen, Gilbarco Veeder-Root, “Energy and mobility are evolving rapidly and it’s clear that hydrogen is a key factor in helping us deliver on the low carbon, zero-emissions future that we are all working towards. It is the optimum solution for many commercial vehicles, including trucks, buses and, in some cases, passenger cars. It’s crucial that we continue to deliver new, accessible, and safe solutions to meet our customers’ evolving energy needs. As leaders in alternative fuels, Gilbarco Veeder-Root remains at the forefront of rapid technological changes, and we’ll be announcing several new solutions and strategic partnerships over the coming months.”
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Gilbarco Veeder Root’s decision to strengthen its alternative fuels portfolio is a result of its commitment to its customers to provide hardware and software solutions that are best-in-class and can be tailored to their customers’ specific and evolving business and market needs.
As part of the Vontier family, Gilbarco Veeder-Root is proud to work towards a shared Environmental, Social, and Governance program to reduce direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions by 45% by 2030 and to achieve Net Zero by 2050.
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It’s called common sense.
And it’s disappearing fast.
The Islamic guidelines on appropriate gender interaction are based on universal wisdom and a profound understanding of human beings and human life.
Look at what this non-Muslim man observes:
“When a man and a woman are left alone, outside parties can insinuate about what’s really going on,” said Christopher Mauldin, a construction worker in Rialto, Calif.
“Sometimes false accusations create irreversible damages to reputations.” He said he avoids any solo interactions with women, including dining or driving, as does his girlfriend with other men. When he needs to meet with women at work or his church, he makes sure doors are left open and another person is present. Others described similar tactics, including using conference rooms with glass walls and avoiding alcohol with colleagues.
“Temptation is always a factor,” said Mr. Mauldin, 29.
The practical importance of avoiding khalwa, seclusion with the opposite sex is so obvious. The social and personal dangers of having one on one meals with the opposite sex are so clear.
Any rational person regardless of religious belief can recognize these truths immediately. Ironically, it is those who claim to be “Muslim rationalists” and “progressives” who strive to abolish these provisions of Islamic law and Islamic modesty, characterizing them as irrational dogmatism and backwardness.
The feminist argument that avoiding seclusion with the opposite sex is contrary to women’s career advancement is also bogus. Consider these survey results published by the NYT.
In every measure, men were more likely to think solo interaction with women was appropriate. Women were consistently more likely to view such interactions as inappropriate compared to men. And unless you are delusional, it is perfectly obvious why. Or maybe you think women are ignorant of their own best interests.
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Join us at publicservices.international - for all the latest news, resources and struggles from around the world.
We are no longer updating world-psi.org and it will be progressively phased out: all content will be migrated to the new site and old links will redirect eventually.
The 29th World Congress of Public Services International (PSI), meeting in Durban, South Africa, on 27-30 November 2012
NOTES the following:
Around the world, many governments are seeking to address the on-going economic crisis and the profound shortfalls in national revenues caused by it, affecting their most basic public services. Some governments are imposing harsh austerity programs and other governments understand that such programs are not only cruel and unjust; they simply do not work as a long-term solution to the financial crisis. One solution for this crisis is the institution of a ROBIN HOOD TAX on speculative trading. This tax could be the source of hundreds of billions of dollars (US) in total revenue annually, a critical counterforce to austerity budgets implemented in the name of fiscal crisis.
The crisis has had dire consequences, with no end in sight.
In Athens, where shuttered shops today form a literal backdrop to the growing population of homeless, to Spain’s unemployed youth whose numbers have swelled to nearly half that demographic, to the United States of America where public infrastructure efforts have ground to a virtual halt, to mass layoffs in the ranks of public service employees across the board - in education, health care and transportation, amongst others - in scores of countries. No nation has been spared. Lay-offs in jobs, cuts in retirement plans, radically reduced social services and declining educational opportunities for children and young people combine in a spectre of real and impending demise on a monumental scale.
The Robin Hood Tax has the opportunity to turn the tide in a century whose first decade has witnessed an appalling assault on equality and community. Many now see that countering policies of low revenue and decline with austerity lead to deprivation and greater decline, with precarious political consequences.
The call for a global Robin Hood Tax comes at a time when critical resources are being withheld - the profits of financial and non-financial companies, alike, side-lined in corporate coffers. In the USA alone, this amount totals $3.6 trillion — 23% of the country’s GDP. Despite this unprecedented accumulation of cash, investment in society lags, with rates of growth ranging from low to flat.
Growth in the financial sector of our nations continues apace, as “financialization” takes on a larger share of GDP. Conspicuously absent from the growth of finance is the growth of jobs that sector offers. Nor does that sector provide adequate tax revenue to government, as it is exempt – all or in part – from sales tax.
The time for the financial sector to pay a fair sales tax on its trading is long past due. The argument has been made – and resounds - that working people pay sales tax on shoes, school supplies and personal computers, while financial speculators do not pay tax on the trading of stocks, bonds, derivatives or currency. Speculation is accompanied by no meaningful sales tax, at the very time growth in speculative trading is undergoing rapid expansion. While its share of economic activity in the world economy grows, its contribution to the societies in which it operates ranges from negligible to nil.
The Robin Hood Tax seeks to include in our respective national tax schemes the trading of stocks, bonds, derivatives and currency, with the specific intention to tax High Frequency Trading. In 2010 High Frequency Trading accounted for over 70% of equity trades in the USA and was rapidly growing in Europe and Asia, as well.
The Robin Hood Tax is to be paid, first and foremost, by the principal buyers/sellers of financial assets. An estimated 85% of taxable trades are carried out by banks and other financial institutions, such as hedge funds.
The effects are several:
The immediate injection of substantial tax revenue into national economies to meet the agendas of working people in reinforcing the public sector with job protection, employment creation, pension protections, social service stability and overall growth. We recognize that the purpose of Robin Hood Tax revenue – to revitalize communities – would be undercut if such funds were directed to national debt reduction, in the short run.
With public payrolls intact, job creation a priority, schools, health care, transportation and other public services vital to social welfare reaffirmed and in place, the call to private capital to invest the trillions of dollars now being withheld will be loud and clear. Those trillions, sparked by the Robin Hood tax’s annual revenue raise, are essential to real growth and to the sustained health and welfare of communities around the world.
A sales tax on speculative trading will reduce overall speculation, the costs of which are added to the prices of such essentials as fuel and food. A large and growing sector of the populations around the world, and many others, are unable to meet their basic needs as prices outstrip the real wages of the majority. Eliminating costs attributable to trading is a key component of any plan to bring expeditious and enduring relief to communities under extreme economic duress.
Many economists contend that High Frequency Trading is disruptive and risky, undercutting liquidity rather than enhancing it when needed. They argue that regulation and reduction of these trades are key to economic stability and growth.
A Robin Hood Tax could to some degree offset regressive taxation (such as Value Added Tax), freeing up a greater portion of household income and allowing aggregate demand to rise.
A Robin Hood Tax, coordinated among many nations, assists in the standardization of trading, its appropriate taxation and moves the nations of the world towards a goal of greater economic collaboration overall. It would serve as a flash point in an era otherwise characterized by hyper-competition and the depletion of public service funding — such funding constituting the very backbone of decent living standards for the vast majority of societies around the world.
Congress therefore REITERATES its firm support for the Robin Hood Tax Campaign and will commit the necessary resources to seek its adoption around the world.
See all Congress resolutions including the Program of Action and the Constitution.
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Workout is anything exercise that boosts or at the very least maintains total fitness and health. The list of exercises that we engage in on a daily basis might seem countless but once you start looking, you make certain to locate that there are literally hundreds and also countless them. The most noticeable amongst these would be sports as well as games like football, beach ball, basketball and also track as well as area. But there are also outside activities like treking, mountaineering, rock climbing, skating, riding an exercise bike therefore much more. This is the reason that it is always good to have your own workout equipment.
There are some vital factors to consider to remember when thinking of acquiring a workout maker for home usage. First off, make sure that it does not interfere with other people’s exercise or residence entertainment and also secondly, it ought to offer you with optimal heart price and also cardiovascular performance to ensure that you can achieve your preferred objectives. You need to recognize the common types of exercise equipments as well as what they are made to do. These consist of cardiovascular exercises for weight loss and also raising target heart rate, muscle-strengthening exercises to construct and also tone the muscle mass and a great deal a lot more.
Cardiovascular workouts include running, biking, stair climbing, strolling, swimming and also cardio dance. These exercises enhance the blood circulation in the body and also are made to improve your heart’s pumping capability. Aerobic exercises are those created to boost the rate as well as performance with which the body utilizes oxygen, which includes things like running, cycling, swimming, hill cycling and also rowing. Muscle-strengthening exercises are meant to build the dimension as well as stamina of the muscles, while resistance training is made to develop the body’s ability to take care of stress-related pressure. Some examples of resistance training include weightlifting, power lifting as well as body building.
If you are considering beginning a physical activity program then it is always an excellent idea to consult with your medical professional to ensure that it is fine for you. A good way to do this is to talk to him or her regarding your previous medical history to ensure that you can receive routine cardio and exercise screenings. This is particularly important if you have had cardiovascular disease, diabetes or hypertension in the past. It will certainly likewise offer you a chance to discuss any other wellness concerns that you might have such as taking cholesterol or high blood pressure medication.
There is a well-known web link in between exercising as well as avoiding heart disease, so it is essential that we remain to be active as well as workout frequently. A brand-new Mayo Center research study published in the Journal of the American Medical Associationshowing evidence that exercising consistently and also continually can substantially minimize the danger of coronary artery condition or heart attack. Obviously, just one research study doesn’t show that working out will protect against all forms of heart problem, but it does show that working out reasonably is advantageous for your health. This new study was done on a team of men that were exercising each day. It revealed that the men who worked out daily were less most likely to develop heart disease than guys that did not work out in all.
Although the results of the Mayo Clinic research study were positive, the truth continues to be that most individuals do not participate in normal workout for a range of reasons. For some individuals, absence of time is the largest deterrent. For others, they may be as well active to invest a number of hrs every week servicing their fitness regimens.
There are numerous methods which a person can get the benefits of workout. It can indicate slimming down, keeping weight, as well as regaining weight, among other things. Workout is essentially any exercise that boosts or preserves health as well as fitness. When done correctly, workout can increase your overall health as well as boost your lifespan.
There are a variety of various type of exercise, from strength training to cardio exercises. Some individuals are into even more specific types of exercise, such as yoga or Pilates. In this write-up, I will introduce you to one of the most typical workouts people like to do often.
Running endurance events consist of strides up a collection of stairs or a distance in the track, or various other similar type of race. One of the most fascinating adaptations that takes place as you age is a reduction in the amount of available strength for walking and running. This is called the “decoupling” of the leg strength and the strolling power. Nevertheless, there are things that can do to turn around a few of the changes that come with aging that may lower your capacity to run as long as you do not reach an extremely advanced age. These include details training, bone conditioning and also other adjustments that directly impact the skeletal muscular tissue morphology and also tendon density.
Cycling endurance exercises consist of biking on a stationary bicycle, an interior stationary cycle, or a mtb. Cycling boosts the ability to maintain endurance by improving muscular toughness. Some of these workouts are likewise beneficial in developing a healthy nerve system that will transfer to higher-risk activities later. Cycling functions a selection of muscular tissue groups as well as raises both cardio as well as respiratory system physical fitness. You need to be healthy to bike long distances, so you may wish to consult your doctor before beginning a cycling program.
Another usual sort of workout is swimming. Scientists have located a number of fascinating organic results entailing swimming. The outcomes of this study can aid to notify physicians and other professionals a lot more about exactly how to ideal prescribe swimming treatment for people with physical issues that could impact their neurological cochlearization.
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Part 2: Helping Students Understand Their Strengths and Challenges in Self-Regulation
- Teach Students: 2a. Evaluating Your Efforts
- The Self-Regulation Questionnaire & Knowledge Test
- Creating an Account to Administer the Self-Regulation Questionnaire & Knowledge Test
- Teach Students: 2b. Self-Regulation Components
- Teach Students: 2c. Brainstorming Ways to Improve
Part 2: Helping Students Understand Their Strengths and Challenges in Self-Regulation
Learning Target: Students can identify their strengths and challenges related to self-regulation.
In this part, we will explore activities that help students better understand each component of self-regulation and determine which component(s) are areas for personal growth.
Teach Students: 2a. Evaluating Your Efforts
Provide a review of the four components of self-regulation (plan, monitor, adjust, and reflect). Have students write down at least three challenging activities/tasks/goals they’ve been working on recently. These can be related to school, a job, sports/extracurricular activities, or personal lives. Using the identified activities, ask students to draw a mark on the arrow for each component to rate how well they used each component in each situation (even if they weren’t aware they were using the component at the time). Then have students write a sentence or two about what they did well and what they could improve in the future, found on the “Teach Students: 2a. Evaluating Your Efforts” handout. (Handout 2a. linked on page 11 in your Educator Workbook)
2a. Reflect and Apply: Think about a task or goal you are currently working toward, personal or professional. Using the chart on page 4 of the Educator Workbook to record your answers, draw a mark on the appropriate arrow for each component while considering the following:
- Do you have a plan for accomplishing your goal?
- What methods are you using to monitor your actions toward reaching the goal?
- Have you made adjustments to your plan?
- Finally, are you reflecting on how things are going as you work toward your goal?
The Self-Regulation Questionnaire and Knowledge Test
One way to help students determine their areas of strength and the challenges they face related to self-regulation is to administer the Self-Regulation Questionnaire and Knowledge Test (Gaumer Erickson & Noonan, 2021a), which is freely available on our website, https://www.cccstudent.org/. The assessment is written at a fifth-grade reading level, and accommodations can include reading the items aloud or explaining the items. It is divided into three sections. The Questionnaire section (Items 1–28) has students rate themselves on a scale from Not like me to Very like me for each self-regulation behavior described; there are no right or wrong answers in this section. Each item fits within one of the components. Students’ responses in this section are automatically compiled to show which component is their area of strength and which component is more challenging for them. The Knowledge Test (Items 29–48) assesses students’ knowledge of self-regulation concepts with true/false and multiple-choice items. There are correct answers for each of these items, and they are automatically scored when the assessment is submitted. Finally, the Essay (short answer) section (Item 49) asks students to respond to a scenario and will need to be scored by a teacher.
The questionnaire helps students recognize which self-regulation components are areas of strength and which components are more of a challenge. In addition, the knowledge assessment can determine their knowledge of self-regulation concepts, which is often more limited than students anticipate. This awareness can help with gaining student buy-in for learning. For more information on utilizing the Self-Regulation Questionnaire and Knowledge Test to measure students’ growth in self-regulation, see the Self-Regulation Assessment Suite: Technical Report (Gaumer Erickson & Noonan, 2021a).
To administer the Self-Regulation Questionnaire and Knowledge Test to students, educators create an account on https://www.cccstudent.org/, a free survey site (students do not need accounts). Once you have given the Self-Regulation Questionnaire and Knowledge Test, you can view and analyze classroom and individual student results on this site. The assessment results can help refine instruction, and students and educators can use the results to show growth in knowledge of self-regulation. Additional details for launching an assessment and reviewing the results are provided on the website.
Teach Students: 2b. Self-Regulation Components
Explain that we all have strengths and areas to improve regarding self-regulation. Ask students to think about the self-regulation components, reflecting on their strengths and areas for improvement. Then associate the four corners of the room with each of the components listed on the poster (e.g., the northwest corner is planning, the southwest corner is monitoring), and have each student stand in the corner representing the component that is their strength. Staying in the corner, have students discuss why they chose the component as their strength. Next, ask groups to share some of what they do that indicates the component is a strength. Summarize the discussion by highlighting commonalities and differences across the groups.
2b. Reflect and Apply: Take a few minutes to review the Self-Regulation Performance-Based Reflection tool (found on page 12 of the Technical Guide). This tool asks students to reflect on their application of each self-regulation component related to a specific assignment, task, or goal.
Considering your classroom activities, when could you ask students to use the reflection tool to improve their practice of self-regulation? Jot down your thoughts on page 4 of the Educator Workbook.
Teach Students: 2c. Brainstorming Ways to Improve
In this activity, students identify specific actions that can be used to address each component. Assign students to small groups. Have students discuss what each component means and what actions/behaviors they could use to address each component. Examples are provided below. After discussing each component, prompt students to individually write 2–3 things that they could do to improve their self-regulation skills within each of the four components on the “Teach Students: 2c. Brainstorming Ways to Improve” handout (Handout 2c. linked on page 11 of your Educator Workbook).
Example actions or behaviors associated with Component 1 (making a plan) include:
- breaking down big projects/tasks/goals/activities into the smaller pieces that need to be done to reach the desired outcome;
- considering what I need to get done (school and personal tasks/responsibilities) before doing something fun;
- creating a study plan for major tests or a timeline of tasks/steps for long-term projects;
- making detailed plans to reach my goals, including identifying specific things that will help me succeed (e.g., setting aside a particular time each day, providing regular updates to an accountability partner); and
- identifying situations in which I am frequently anxious or frustrated and determining strategies to try in future situations, such as taking deep breaths, waiting to respond until I’ve calmed down, and envisioning a desirable outcome.
Example actions or behaviors associated with Component 2 (monitoring your plan) include:
- identifying and using specific ways to measure my progress toward reaching a goal/completing a task (e.g., keeping and reviewing a journal of my efforts, using a calendar to note smaller task deadlines and track my progress on them);
- taking time each day to identify specific things I need to accomplish and tracking what gets done that day;
- staying aware of my grades, including regularly considering how my recent effort in class has affected them, keeping in mind how my effort on upcoming assignments will also affect my grades; and
- I used a calming strategy, the number of minutes I practiced, or my heart rate during exercise.
Example actions or behaviors associated with Component 3 (adjusting your plan as needed) include:
- recognizing when something isn’t working and immediately adjusting my plans/behaviors/actions to try to get back on track;
- being persistent and looking for solutions (and trying as many as necessary) until I succeed, instead of just giving up when I get behind in my work or am struggling with something;
- making choices that help me achieve, even when I know other alternatives would be more fun at the moment (but wouldn’t ultimately help me succeed); and
- doing what it takes to accomplish my goals or get my homework done on time (e.g., asking for help on challenging assignments, finding effective ways to maintain my focus on long-term projects).
Example actions or behaviors associated with Component 4 (reflecting on what worked and what to improve) include:
- taking time each day to think about what is working well within my self-regulation efforts, what setbacks I’ve encountered, how I’m going to work past those challenges, and the specific things I’ve learned or progress I’ve made in working on my goal/task;
- thinking about my past efforts when setting new goals (e.g., considering what I did well, what I could change this time);
- talking with a friend, teacher, or family member about my self-regulation efforts, whether I was able to complete the task/achieve my goal, what parts of my plan worked well, and what I want to change next time to make it work better; and
- pausing to consider if I’m effectively self-regulating (e.g., entirely doing all four components). Whether I can see a connection between my self-regulation efforts’ effectiveness (or ineffectiveness) and my overall progress toward my goal.
2c. Reflect and Apply: Refer back to your identified task in the reflective questions for “Teach Students: 2a. Evaluating Your Efforts,” where you rated yourself on how well you were addressing each component. What actions could you take to improve your use of each component? Jot your ideas down on page 5 of the Educator Workbook and consider sharing your example with your students.
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Some cat "owners" worry about catnip addiction and about giving their kitties too much of the herb. They see their feline friends going nearly crazy when they smell or eat the herb, but what is really going on?
Catnip causes a euphoric reaction in only 50% to 70% of all felines. Other cats are seemingly immune to its drug-like effects.
Whether you give your kitty a pinch or two of crushed catnip leaves or give her the herb in a toy, the reaction will be the same.
Kittens usually don't react at all until they're about six months old.
It's the smell of the catnip that makes your kitty "high." The quality and potency of the leaves will also influence the reaction.
Cats are more likely to react to organic catnip as it contains a higher concentration of the part of the catnip plant felines react to (Nepetalactone).
In fact, it's the pesticides in non-organic catnip that could be hazardous to your cat's health.
Catnip is not addictive or habit-forming to your cat.
If anything, your cat may become bored or immune to it if he or she is exposed to it too often.
As a matter of fact, regular "doses" of catnip can be beneficial to your cat's health and will help to keep your kitty from eating other plants in your home.
So, there's no need to worry about a catnip addiction.
While most cats like to roll in catnip or on a catnip toy, some like to eat the leaves. This is mostly safe for your cat.
Your kitty's stomach may be sensitive to large quantities and she may start vomiting or have diarrhea. If this happens, try putting out less catnip or using catnip toys. This will allow your cat to have the pleasure, but prevent her from eating the leaves.
On rare occasion, some cats may have an allergic reaction to catnip. Organic catnip leaves probably cause less allergic reactions, especially since there are no pesticides involved.
When first giving your kitty the herb or a catnip toy to play with, you
should watch to see what kind of reaction he or she has. At the extreme,
if your cat becomes unconscious or has seizures, contact your
veterinarian immediately, as this is a sign that something is definitely wrong.
Some cats may react aggressively when they are "high" on catnip. If you have more than one cat, it's a good idea to give them catnip separately to gauge their reactions. If things seem OK, then let them play together. It will heighten their fun and playtime.
Cats who have an aggressive response to the herb may also act aggressively towards people, so be careful until you know what the reaction is like.
A small level of aggression can be tolerated. Just be sure to supervise and don't let it get out of hand.
Even if your cat is one who adores this herb, a catnip addiction is nothing to worry about. Felines do not become addicted to it.
If you watch your cat for any other negative reactions when you first introduce it, then you'll know what precautions to take when letting your feline companion enjoy it.
If your kitty is one of the many who are positively affected by catnip, then this can be a wonderful treat for your cat.
It can also provide you with a wonderfully entertaining show!
Catnip Plants - How to grow your own catnip plants for the best quality herb for your healthy kitty.
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If you suspect your cat is ill, please contact your veterinarian immediately.
The material presented in this site is for informational and entertainment purposes only. It is not intended to replace your veterinarian's advice.
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