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They transform the physiognomy of the city and convert old mansions into boutique hotels and restaurants that attract foreign tourists as investors and visitors…
MERIDA — In less than a decade, the face of the Historic Center of Mérida and Paseo de Montejo has changed, leaving behind its old appearance to become a more commercial space. The transformation of mansions from the henequen era through millions in investments has led the owners, many foreigners, to rescue the architectural heritage of the city.
The examples of successful rescues through major investments, which come from the private initiative, are hotels like Casa Lecanda and Rosas and Xocolate, the Santa Lucia park, among others located in the first square of the city, which were converted into boutique hotels and restaurants.
According to the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH), in 2014 there were 501 properties at risk or in ruinous state, of 5 thousand 600 existing in the area of monuments. After state and municipal authorities exhorted their owners to work on their recovery, today only six maintain that category.
The delegate of the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) in Yucatan, Eduardo López Calzada, said that during the 1970s and 1980s, Merida’s growth caused houses to be built in other areas such as Colonia México or Itzimná, which was believed to solve needs, but they did not. During that time the laws for the construction of new buildings weren’t that strict, and as a result we can appreciate the loss of the architectural heritage of Merida in several zones of the Historic Center.
The businessman Carol Kolozs Fischer, owner of Rosas and Xocolate boutique hotel, says that the recovery of the historic area occurs as part of a phenomenon that takes place in Merida, where tourism acquires an importance that it lacked during the time of growth of the city.
Currently, the historical heritage of Merida becomes “the most important tourist product of Yucatan”, since the city is an important complement for archeological sites such as Chichén Itzá and Uxmal, and the other attractions of the entity, recognizing that the majority of tourists spend the night in the capital.
The park of Santa Lucia is a sample of that recovery of the historic spaces of the city, to become an attraction for tourists and Merida inhabitants; among other projects that are part of the recovery of the Historic Center are the bars and cultural centers such as La Negrita, The Mezcalería Foundation, La Rendija and Colibrí, among others, which give an artistic and jovial life to that part of Merida, where we can already count more than 16 boutique-style hotels that offer their rooms to a tourism of high purchasing power.
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Sheet Music: Score
Letter from Haworth : for soprano (or mezzo), clarinet, cello and piano / Jennifer Fowler.
by Jennifer Fowler (1984)
The text of Letter from Haworth comes from a letter which Charlotte Bronte wrote in January 1845, to her friend and teacher, Monsieur Heger. During 1842 & 3, Charlotte had studied languages at a school in Brussels run by Madame Heger. Her stay there was fraught with loneliness and homesickness so that her friendship with Monsieur Heger - a lively and gifted teacher - assumed great importance.
When she returned to Yorkshire, M. Heger corresponded with her for a time, as he did with other ex-pupils, but it is obvious that a note of intensity in Charlotte Bronte's replies, put him in a difficult position and his letters became more and more infrequent. At the end of 1844 she had had no word for 6 months. She wrote, in an outburst of grief, this letter I have set.
I found the idea of setting these words interesting, because of the tension between the extremity of emotion conveyed, and the balance and control of the actual use of words. The letter is obsessed, but the intensity is contained in a controlled rise and fall. Here is rhythm, and phrasing, and a limpid simplicity which belongs to the great writer that C.B. was to become.
It seemed to me that "contained intensity" was something that one could do in music. I have tried to reflect in the music, some of that intensity and obsessiveness.
The piece was originally written in 1984, and has been revised in 2005.
Published by: Australian Music Centre — 1 facsimile score (24p. -- A4 (portrait))
Duration: 13 mins
First performance by London Piace Consort — 5 Dec 84. Purcell Room, London
Includes performance and programme notes.
The text comes from a letter which Charlotte Bronte wrote in 1845, to her friend and teacher, Monsieur Heger, with who she had studied in Brussels.
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More than a year since the first lockdown, tourism boards and DMO's (Destination Management Organizations) are continuing to find their footing in this new travel landscape. While the early days of COVID-19 found DMO’s forced to rethink their messaging and pointed to local deliveries, online shopping, and staying home, the recent vaccination advancements have allowed the industry focus to shift back to traveling for leisure and business purposes..
According to a Hilton study from late 2020, 95% of Americans have been missing travel. In fact, 9 out of 10 respondents said travel memories are some of their favorite memories, and many say they’re experiencing “a travel memory deficit.” To combat this deficit, Hilton launched a new campaign entitled “To New Memories.”
This campaign taps into the desire to travel again soon. Market research company Destination Analyst reported that roughly 45% of Americans say they are ready to move on from the pandemic, with almost three-quarters being open and excited to travel again.
Yet, travelers still have many questions about traveling now or soon.
- What countries are open to travel?
- How safe are they?
- Are attractions open or are events taking place?
- What cancellation policies exist?
Bloom Consulting, a firm that specializes in destination marketing, found that travelers crave reassurance and transparency right now. According to the above report, “If the global public perceives the government of a Country to have managed the crisis well and a secure health system, 53% of tourists’ desire to visit the destination will be influenced in their favor.”
Additionally, travelers are looking for less crowded destinations and want to be assured hygienic measures are in place.
Destination Marketing in COVID-19 Era.
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, DMOs focused on creating fun campaigns geared toward different market segments to inspire visits. Now they have the added pressure of inspiring confidence in prospective travelers.
Travelers want to know where they can go, what’s open, and if proper safety measures are in place.
In other words, the new pillar of destination marketing in the COVID-19 era is confidence. Potential travelers want to feel confident that they can not only make their trip happen in a safe way, but also that there will be sufficient plans and events available that will allow them to enjoy their trip. Additionally, government’s should be confident that they have put the right measures in place in order to allow citizens and visitors alike to go about their lives without risking their well-being. Destinations that strike the right balance between acknowledging uncertainty that travelers might be feeling and instilling confidence in the safety and availability of their destinations are certain to attract visitors.
Here are a few examples of DMOs leading the way in restarting their tourism industries during COVD-19. Despite being from all corners of the world, they all share similarities in that they offer clear guidelines for travelers.
5 Examples of DMOs Leading the Way in the COVID-19 Era
The demands of today’s travelers include flexibility, meaningful experiences, and hygiene. The tourism boards listed below have created new destination marketing campaigns to reflect the current COVID-19 travel landscape.
1. Launched June 1, 2020, as Australia reopened interstate travel, the campaign encouraged Queensland residents to “explore their own backyards.” Businesses who have completed Australia’s COVID Safe documentation requirements can display the “Good to Go” stamp in their marketing.
2. New Zealand destination campaign Visit Auckland taps local Māori tradition by evoking the spirit of Papatūānuku in its campaign. Papatūānuku is a Mother Earth figure in local tradition. The campaign “Papatūānuku is breathing” encourages potential visitors to breathe and find calm.
3. Bad Gastein, Austria, invites prospective visitors to focus on humanity and use this time to relax and appreciate themselves and one another. Their social media focuses on timely inspirational messages and original photography.
4. Zip to the other side of the world, and you’ll find Los Cabos, Mexico, welcoming visitors. The #LosCabosRules campaign makes a play on words with “rules” and says, “Paradise has rules. They’re just more fun.” The campaign focuses on healthy habits like wearing a mask, washing hands, and social distancing to appeal to those seeking a quick getaway in paradise.
5. Moving up the coast to California, different regions are promoting a return to travel, such as Sonoma County’s “Life Opens Up" and Santa Cruz’s “Let’s Cruz Again.” Wearing masks and frequent hand washing is part of the messaging.
It’s not surprising that people crave connection, new views, and inspiration after months of lockdown. Yet, as news reports come from second and third waves, tourism boards and DMOs must inspire their travelers' confidence.
Trust Technology, Data, and Destination Experts
As the travel landscape evolves, technology and third parties’ expertise can also be good allies to DMOs for their Destination Marketing strategies during COVID-19.
Travelers need answers and innovative solutions like this one offered by Smartvel can help reassure your visitors. Smartvel’s AI gathers the entry restrictions for any country, helping DMOs keep visitors fully updated about the changing travel regulations. The same AI also gathers events and things to do in each destination and can help DMOs inspire visitors with the best plans, events and experiences in their destination for upcoming trips.
Another good practice is to become a data-driven destination and look at consumer insights that might help you think ahead of the future travel expectations, discover new audiences, and personalize your communications. There are many data providers, agencies, and free resources out there that might help you through this process. Check out, for instance, this report by Think with Google.
Marketing agencies like MMGY Global, Destination Think or Digital Edge can also play an essential role in guiding you through the COVID era and rethinking your Destination Marketing strategy so that you're prepared for the upcoming travel seasons.
by Jennifer Phillips April
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The online threat landscape is continually evolving, and none more rapidly than phishing attacks. Cybercriminals continue to design new and more effective email phishing scams, tricking unsuspecting victims into releasing sensitive personal information and transferring money to fraudulent accounts. Spear phishing is a slightly different, but equally effective variation on the phishing email, most often targeted towards a specific individual or business. The email will direct the recipient to a malicious website with the intention to steal data, or install malware on the target’s computer.
Phishing and spear-phishing continue to be an extremely effective revenue stream for hackers, with approximately 23% of phishing emails being opened by employees even after they have received training on how to identify and deal with malicious communications. One mistake by an employee can have devastating consequences for an organization, allowing cybercriminals to access sensitive information, deploy malware, or fraudulently represent the company’s brand online. Employee education, while very important, is not enough to ensure email security.
What can you do to protect your business and stop phishing emails?
If 23% of scam emails are being opened by employees who have been trained in how to recognize phishing scams, imagine the risk to your company if no training has been implemented. Key things employees should look out for:
- An email requesting personal information, bank details, passwords etc.
- Poorly spelled emails with grammatical errors are often a hallmark of a scam email
- On a mobile device, if you’re not sure, click and hold the link and you will see the URL or web address of the page to determine if it’s legitimate
- On a PC or laptop, hover your mouse over the link to see the URL or web address of the page to determine if it’s legitimate
- When in doubt, don’t click the link!
A well-informed staff member who knows what to look for is another line of defense a hacker has to get passed in order to obtain sensitive data.
02. Email Authentication
DMARC (Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting & Conformance) is a technical standard that protects email users from fraudulent communications. It works by validating emails to detect malicious content, though the message might appear to have originated from a valid domain. It removes the element of human error upon which the creators of phishing scams rely by telling the receiving server whether or not an incoming email is legitimate. DMARC by Fraudwatch International not only includes monitoring and detection services, but also guarantees the fastest removal of malicious content in the industry.
03. Password security
If you thought the number of hacking scandals from 2017 was enough to make Joe Public have a serious think about his password security, you’d be wrong. According to SplashData’s annual list of terrible passwords, “123456” and “Password,” once again have claimed the top two spots in 2017. If your IT department allows employees to select their own passwords, it’s highly likely you have a couple of “Password” or similar gems floating around in your database.
It’s time to get serious about password security, and that means encryption when it comes to storing users’ passwords in your databases. Having them stored in plain text means they’re very visible, and if your database was compromised, the entire list would be readable. Encryption of passwords so they don’t read in plain text is a vital precaution when it comes to the secure storage of passwords. Outlined below are two of the most widely used and effective methods in password security.
A cryptographic hash is a one-way encryption, meaning you can’t work out the input data by reversing the hash. It does this by mixing up readable data into a scrambled cipher, so passwords themselves are not stored on the database. The idea isn’t that hashes can be decrypted; rather that when a password is entered, the system runs the hash again and verifies the result against the hash generated when your password was chosen.
Salt + Hash
This is an extra layer of encryption in the event that the same password is chosen by two users, and the same hash is then generated as a result. Also known as “a number used once” or “nonce”, a salt mixes random data into the hash output.
It’s vital to take a proactive approach when it comes to managing threats against your brand, clients and sensitive data. The above tips on how to stop phishing emails are all critical steps in ensuring your business is protected; however, engaging a cybersecurity organization to externally monitor your incoming communications is another more comprehensive layer of security. This monitoring service is offered by FraudWatch International, and it works by using proprietary anti-phishing software to seek out phishing activity on the internet. FraudWatch International are proud to offer industry-leading take downtimes, meaning less risk to your business, and less exposure for your clients and intellectual property. Don’t let your customers become needless victims of a phishing attack. Contact us today.
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Local Program To Help Keep Metro Detroit Residents WarmA series of events are taking place all week long to distribute more than $1 million to families in need in Michigan.
The Climate Crisis Could Make It More Dangerous To Play Sports OutdoorsAbout this time every year, there are news reports about student athletes who collapse during practice while getting ready for a big game. Heat illness can lead to death and injury among athletes, and a new report examines why the risk could be rising.
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Heat Warnings Cause Ohio Towns to Cancel Fireworks Shows It's going to be too hot for fireworks this weekend, at least for a few Ohio communities.
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Detroit Rec Centers to Serve as Cooling Centers on Hot DaysA dozen recreation centers in Detroit will be operated as air-conditioned cooling centers on excessively hot days this summer.
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At 27-27, A Look At Pistons' Chances To Make PlayoffsAt the All-Star break, ESPN’s advanced statistics site FiveThirtyEight gave the Pistons a 53 percent chance to make the postseason.
Labor Day Marks Hottest Day Of 2015 In Metro DetroitThe National Weather Service says temperatures hit 92 degrees in Metro Detroit on Monday afternoon.
Authorities: Hot, Humid Weather Calls For CautionThe city of Detroit has opened cooling centers in the Crowell and Heilmann community centers from noon until 8 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
Ways To Keep Your Body And Smart Phone CoolHot weather can be dangerous to humans and their smart phones. Here are tips to keep both cool, hydrated and operational.
Tips For Preventing Child Deaths In Hot CarsHeatstroke can happen when the temperature is as low as 57 degrees, so here are some tips from safety advocates on avoiding accidental deaths in hot cars.
James' Triple-Double Helps Heat Pound PistonsThe banged-up Heat had little trouble with the Pistons even though they were without Dwyane Wade, Mario Chalmers, Ray Allen and Greg Oden.
Gallo Goes There: What Makes A Great Sports Town?Is it because every team in the city is equally loved and supported, with sellouts stretching back decades, through good seasons and bad?
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What Are The Ways to Drive a Store's Traffic?
Say hello to more customers at your store's doorstep with these tips
How often do people visit your retail store? If you’re currently experiencing problems such as meeting target sales, there is a good chance that you don’t have enough foot traffic.
What is Foot Traffic?
Foot traffic basically refers to the number of customers that typically walks into a retail store. Many experienced retailers tend to pay special attention to their store’s foot traffic as it can have a direct effect on sales. As the logic goes, if there are plenty of people who check out your store, then you are more likely to receive more purchases as a result. So the higher your foot traffic, the higher your sales will be.
While it is possible to manipulate foot traffic to a certain extent, it is still governed by several factors. These are:
- Weather – The weather may vary from one place to another, but there will be times when people would rather stay at their homes than go outside for shopping. For instance, rainy days can be a pretty bad season for most retail businesses especially on locations that are prone to floods. On the other hand, weather can also be an advantage if it encourages people to leave their homes and go for a walk like sunny days.
- Holidays – Perhaps the most ideal time for retailers to amp up their customer service operations, holidays can easily boost the sales of a business. In fact, the holiday season can represent as much as 30% of the annual sales in the retail industry. With the overflowing influx of customers eager to spend something on holidays, this can be a merry time to sell any kind of products indeed.
- Accessibility of Public Transportation – The location of the retail store itself strongly influences foot traffic as well. If your store is rooted in the corner of a city or village that lacks the presence of public roads and highways, you will definitely experience difficulties in making people pay you a visit.
Possible Reasons Why You Have a Low Foot Traffic
No matter how well made your products are, or how experienced your staff in delivering excellent and competitive customer service, your retail store won’t positively grow without anyone visiting it at all. Before coming up with a viable solution, it is essential for you to identify the problem first. Why do you think your store receives low foot traffic? You might want to take heed of these reasons:
- People are now preferring to buy experiences instead of buying things. Throughout the years, there is now a sudden shift in the way of how customers think when trying to make a purchase. They are now keener on availing products based on their experiences in it. This answers the question as to why restaurants and food chains are always filled with people more than shopping stores. In fact, according to an article published by DIY marketers, there is a noticeable decrease in the number of product purchases as more people continue to enjoy eating out.
- Some people prefer buying things online. Ever since the internet emerged to be the biggest breakthrough in the digital era, it changed every aspect of human life. Until it eventually paved the way for the rise of e-commerce, which became a threat to the traditional way of retailing. It may be true that people still know exactly what they really want when buying a product, but the way they opt to acquire it is a whole different story. Nowadays, it is much more convenient for them to check their phones and browse the web for any item that they plan to purchase. They don’t have to go to markets and stores. While the best response for retail businesses is to offer online shopping and delivery services, its obvious implication is the lack of in-store foot traffic.
- There is a plethora of malls and retail stores. Competition is one of the leading causes of concern in improving foot traffic. The more stores there are, the tougher the competition will be. If there are a handful of direct competitors within the proximity of your store, then expect to receive lower foot traffic especially during normal days.
Proven Ways of Driving More Foot Traffic into Your Retail Store
All brick-and-mortar-stores must capitalize on implementing specific methods to ensure that they’re receiving the right amount of foot traffic they need. To accumulate larger revenues, you should try out the following ways of attracting customers to have a look in your store:
- Order your staff to act busy
In case your store has a large window where anyone outside can see the entirety of your store, then you should take advantage of it. Make sure your staff must behave busy and accommodating. This is because bored-looking sales staff can repel potential customers who are still making up their minds on whether they should visit your shop or not.
- Schedule In-store appointments
If you’re looking for a straightforward and extremely efficient tool in accumulating more foot traffic to your retail store, offering in-store appointments. Setting up a face-to-face conversation with customers makes them feel more welcomed as it enables your staff to provide personalized services that can be rarely received online. To back this up, a study conducted by JRNI on consumer behavior research suggested that people are more likely to invest more in products after an in-store appointment. 64% of respondents admitted that they prefer spending after talking with retail salespersons.
- Offer Free Wi-Fi
The Internet may have been the reason why there is low foot traffic in your store right now, but you can still turn the tides back in your favor. If having an internet connection is what attracts people around, why not use it as a magnet mechanism to increase your sales? Invest in some reliable internet service provider and see the difference.
- Enhance your digital presence
Social media platforms are prime examples of digital environments that can be used to encourage people online to go to your store. Based on an ODM Group Study, 74% of millennials rely heavily on social media when making crucial buying decisions. This number also represents those purchases made physically in stores. This means that establishing a strong digital presence can trigger a positive response to people when it comes to figuring out where they wanted to shop the products they need.
You can strengthen your digital presence by actively participating in discussions online particularly those that involve your product. Always take some time to post regularly and respond with any insights to create a level of connection with your digital audience.
- Speed up your customer’s shopping experience
Maybe you have low foot traffic because your customers don’t like waiting for extensive hours of time in the counter just to buy a single product. To keep them coming back for more, consider upgrading your customer’s shopping experience by automating your purchasing services.
- Interact with your local community
It might be easy for most retailers to get caught up in accomplishing their nonstop to-do lists, with the sole reason for optimizing their daily operations to gain a competitive foothold in the retail landscape. However, while it is true that the online world holds a promising number of potential customers, you must never lose sight of those people living within your local community.
To inform your local community about your retail business, try participating in local activities, or organize and host an event. This way you’re not only letting your business introduce itself, but you can also score a lot of customers as a result.
- Decorate your store
Putting unique and appealing decorations makes it easy for passersby to notice and recognize your store. This can add some additional elements such as sandwich boards and other eye-catching signages. Take for example installing a board outside showing witty messages that describe something exciting that takes place inside your store.
- Monitor Your In-store Foot Traffic with ESLs
Electronic Shelf Labels, or more commonly known as ESLs have been one of the most innovative technologies, especially for the whole retail industry. Gone are the days of traditional paper tags for product pricing tasks. Though these smart tags may seem limited for the purpose of displaying product prices digitally, ESLs have a long list of applications that can significantly cut the cost of expenses in day-to-day business operations.
Many retail experts are now considering ESLs to be a future vital component of the retail technology chain. Aside from its capability to remotely update the product information it displays; it can also be used as an excellent tool in upgrading your customer engagement strategies with its interactive features.
ESLs can even pose a viable solution to low in-store foot traffic. Through the use of buttons, ESLs can understand the level of inventory on a particular shelf, as well as read passing foot traffic to inform you and your staff whether a product is attracting an ideal number of passersby. Monitoring foot traffic makes it easier for your management to address such problems and formulate a more appropriate solution and response.
Contact us today if you are interested to learn more about SOLUM ESL Solutions and how we can help your retail business take advantage of wireless connectivity to improve your workforce and inventory management.
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"Sound and Image. Music in Russian Art of the 11th-20th Centuries" is the name of the exhibition, which opened at the Tretyakov Gallery on Tuesday.
The exposition presents more than 500 exhibits, mostly rarities from 23 Russian museums, for instance, manuscripts of the 11th-12th centuries with hooked record of notes, ancient psaltery of the 11th century, a wax model of the serf orchestra, which belonged to the family of Natalia Goncharova, the wife of Alexander Pushkin, the guitar of gypsy Tanya, whose singing the great poet enjoyed, icons, paintings, sculptures and graphics.
Many things are being exhibited for the first time, some of them have been just restored. Tretyakov Gallery's general director Valentin Rodionov stressed that this exhibition has been prepared especially for the Tchaikovsky Competitiont.
Russia does not deliberately attack supply lines in Ukraine that supply Western weapons. It has found a new, much more effective and less costly way to destroy it. So say the authors of the Chinese Sohu.
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Some of the world's most passionate athletes are high pointers, climbers who will do anything to reach the tallest point in every state, county, or whatever other designation they can dream up. A lot of those peaks aren't so tall—like Delaware's 447.85-foot Ebright Azimuth—but there's plenty of challenge in this quest. Just ask John Mitchler, who had knocked off everything on his dream list except the tallest spot in a remote U.S. territory: Agrihan.
Two people have died in pursuit of Forrest Fenn’s hidden treasure. New Mexico’s Chief of Police is pleading with him to call it off. But if you compare it to other outdoor activities, it's not any more dangerous.
On New Year's Day in 1985, Eastern Air Lines Flight 980 was carrying 29 passengers and a hell of a lot of contraband when it crashed into the side of a 21,112-foot mountain in Bolivia. For decades conspiracy theories abounded as the wreckage remained inaccessible, the bodies unrecovered, the black box missing. Then two friends from Boston organized an expedition that would blow the case wide open.
For a decade, the African nation of Burundi was home to a unique phenomenon: group jogs involving thousands of people who hit the streets to sing, socialize, and sometimes protest the nation’s authoritarian president, Pierre Nkurunziza. In March 2014, he banned the activity. As conflicts threaten to boil over—and the body count continues to rise—runners have become both weapons and victims.
Millionaire Forrest Fenn launched a thousand trips when he filled a chest with gold, rubies, and diamonds, and hid it somewhere north of Santa Fe. If one man is going to find it, by god, it’s an ex-cop from Seattle named Darrell Seyler.
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I brought a group of college students to the Holocaust Memorial Center in Farmington Hills Michigan today. The experience of visiting Holocaust museums always leaves me uneasy. While walking through the exhibit and listening to the docent, I am constantly asking myself, ‘What is the intended outcome of such a visit? What impression is it meant to give the visitors?’
The tour began with a nod towards the Armenian holocaust, with a look at a special exhibit by an Armenian artist. The implied message is, ‘See, Jews are not unique. It happened before, and no one noticed. There has always been tremendous evil in the world, and unless we recognize the signs and take action, it will happen again we will be guilty of complicity.’ At the same time, however, we wonder why, if Jews are not unique, there are no museums of the Armenian Christian Holocaust? Why don’t they remember and shout out warnings to the world, as we do?
The tour guide made the point over and over again that Jews are not unique. ‘Who is the Jew,’ he asked. ‘Every and any one of you,’ he answered. The average citizen who knew what was happening and let it happen made the Holocaust possible. You have to believe that it can and will happen again. You have to believe that you might be among the next set of victims, unless you understand how to watch for the signs and how to take action.
Then we approach the introduction to the permanent exhibit, pausing at a list of Jewish Nobel prize winners. A sign points out that Jew make up less the one percent of the population, but comprise 25 percent of the Nobel prize recipients. We are asked to imagine what the world destroyed when 40 percent of world Jewry was wiped out. We are invited to imagine how much better the world would have been if the brilliant potential of European Jewry had been allowed to flower.
I wonder what my students took away from the experience. I wonder what the two predominantly (or completely) non-Jewish grade school groups who were also visiting today took away from their experience. Did they absorb the message that Jews are better and smarter than other people, and therefore our tragedy is monumentally worse than the Armenian Holocaust? Or did they absorb the message that the same philosophy that gives birth to Jew hatred also spawns hatred of people of color, people with disabilities, and/or people of any minority religion?
The exhibit seems to want it both ways. On one hand, Jews are just like anyone else, and the next victim could be you. Other other hand, Jews are a unique treasure.
We realize that Jews have ritualized memory and the importance of remembering things, good and bad, to a depth possibly unmatched by other ethnic or religious groups. Deep down, however, I think there is deep Jewish ambivalence about what to do with the Holocaust memory. We have been trained by Passover and Purim and Yom Kippur to reenact our most important memories in order never to forget them. On the other hand, we recognize that the Holocaust was an intensely painful and deeply dysfunctional period of our history, and we understand that unlike our other historical memories, this one does not have a positive lesson unless we can convince other people to join with us in taking responsibility for the evil and guarding the world so it will never happen again.
Students — Tell me: How do you understand the experience you saw and heard today?
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The Burkinabe junta has announced the restoration of constitutional order, just one week after a coup that ousted elected president, Roch Marc Christian Kabore.
According to the statement read on television, a spokesman of the military notified the population that the junta had approved a “fundamental act”.
The 37-article document “lifts the suspension of the constitution”, after its suspension in the aftermath of the January 24 coup.
It was gathered that this recent development guarantees the independence of the judiciary and presumption of innocence, as well as basic liberties spelled out in the June 2, 1991 Constitution such as freedom of movement and freedom of speech as well as it secures power in the hands of the military.
Under the “fundamental act,” the junta officially named the Patriotic Movement for Preservation and Restoration (MPSR) “ensures the continuity of the state pending the establishment of transitional bodies.”
It formally identified coup leader Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba as president of the MPSR. This role also encompasses “president of Burkina Faso, head of state (and) supreme leader of the armed forces” as Lit. Col. Cyprien Kabore, spokesperson of the MPSR, read.
Meanwhile, Roch Marc Christian Kabore was overthrown after months of anti-government protests demanding his resignation.
By Feranmi Okuku
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Click this link to hear an audio version of the below text narrated by SOTH member Jerry Rhinehart:
Titus 2:11-15 (NIV)
11 For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people. 12 It teaches us to say “No” to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age, 13 while we wait for the blessed hope—the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, 14 who gave himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are his very own, eager to do what is good.15 These, then, are the things you should teach. Encourage and rebuke with all authority. Do not let anyone despise you.
This week we will read and ponder some of the most helpful teachings in the Bible about fighting the power and effect of sin in our lives. We begin with a statement from Paul’s little-known letter to Titus. Titus was a young preacher whom Paul was mentoring. Paul explains that our Christian behavior is motivated by our appreciation of God’s grace and salvation. Furthermore, Christ’s work on the cross actually turns us from wickedness and purifies us. It does so through several means. Christ’s perfection helps us to recognize our sins (a lot of time we don’t even realize that what we are doing is against God’s will.) Our love for Christ and our gratitude for his rescuing us, moves our hearts so we want to please him and be like him. Finally, he has defeated Satan’s power over us, so we are free to do the right thing.
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How Product Analytics Core WorksOlivier Dupuis2019-11-21T20:00:45+00:00
As a product owner, you want to understand how users are interacting with your product, in order to improve adoption and engagement, but also align the product’s success with business objectives.
Having an effective feedback loop is important to observe the behaviour of your users as you introduce new features and other improvements to your product.
To measure how improvements impact users individually and the business as a whole, we’ll first work with you and map out your tracking plan.
Such a tracking plan defines what are the most important events in your user’s journey and becomes the backbone to your analytical infrastructure.
Your tracking plan defined, we’ll implement the data collection process, which captures, cleans up, transforms, enhances and ultimately stores your events in a data warehouse.
We have a modular and opinionated approach to how we build our analytical stacks. We work closely with our partners to always improve our stacks and roll over those improvements to all our clients as we develop them.
A data warehouse is being made available to all our clients and becomes your single source of truth on user behaviour.
The data can be consumed through various means:
Analytical SaaS tools, such as Amplitude, Mixpanel and Google Analytics
BI softwares, such as Tableau and Power BI
Programming languages, such as R and Python.
We’ll work with you to setup at least one report that will give you fresh and relevant analytics on your user’s behaviour.
As you gain insights on your user’s behaviours, you’ll be in a better position to make the right decisions to improve your product.
Together with user interviews and other knowledge sources, you’ll now have a solid infrastructure at your disposal to really tighten your feedback loop.
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URDU–THE UTILITY & SIGNIFICANCE OF HUDOOD O TAAZEERAT IN JUDICIAL STABILITY (ANALYTICAL STUDY)
No society can flourish without provision of justice to each and every member of community. Justice can be maintained only when the court is stable and powerful in a society. The strength of court is dependent on the immediate and inexpensive delivery of justice. All should be considered equal as regards constitution and no one should be deemed superior to legislation on basis of favoritism, nepotism, or authority. Only the real offender should be punished according to the crime he committed. The decision of court should be in alliance with constitution instead of any prejudice or favor towards any party. Islamic code of conduct actually propagates all these above mentioned characteristics and therefore ensures a stable and secure system of justice along with superiority of court. But this thing is of utmost significance that the Islamic system of Hudood and Taazeerat may be implemented in letter and spirit. Only then, it would be possible for the humanity at large to get benefit from it the right way. It will not only lead the judicial stability in the Islamic State but also strengthen it in terms of economy, social setup and politics.
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Geneva is situated in the southwest of the French-speaking part of Switzerland – the “Romandie” – on the outflow of the Rhone from Lake Geneva. It is the second populous city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton Geneva.
In the fifth and ninth century Geneva was the residence of the Kings of Burgundy.1526 Geneva joined an association of towns together with Bâle and Fribourg, then came the Reformation and the proclamation of the Free Republic of Geneva (1536). The city sympathized with the Swiss Confederation. It followed a period, in which Geneva was part of the First French Republic (1799-1804) and till 1813 part of the First French Empery, which was ended by the wars against Napoleon. In the year 1815 Geneva joined Swiss Confederation and was made capital of the canton Geneva. From 1920 to 1946 Geneva was the seat of the League of Nations.
Geneva is called the city of peace because of the numerous international organizations having their headquarters here. Best known examples are surely the UNO and the International Red Cross, which are based in the city. The Red Cross came into being at the initiative of a Geneva citizen named Henry Dunant in 1863 with three other citizens, he formed the ICRC, which is at the origin of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent movement – today grouping the ICRC, the National societies and their International Federation.
On the whole Geneva accommodates 20 international organizations and standing comities from over 160 countries representing their governments. For this reason the city is a platform for dialogues between these organizations, NGOs and the civil society on themes like human rights, intellectual property or environmental issues. In this light it is not surprising that Jean-Jacques Rousseau, famous philosopher of the Aufklärung and precursor of the French Revolution, was born in Geneva in 1712.
20% of the space in the city are parks and lawns. This not only contributes a lot to the wellbeing of the inhabitants but also makes Geneva one of the greenest cities in Europe. One of them is the Parc des Bastions, where you can see Reformation Wall. Giant statues and bas-reliefs portray the mayor reformers. In the middle stand Jean Calvin, Guillaume Farel, Théodore de Bèze and John Knox. On the two sides we find the reformers who carried the movement across Europe. Geneva’s maxim “Post Tenebras Lux” – light after darkness, is engraved in the wall, for it has been adopted by the Reformation movement.
The Flower Clock is located in the Jardin d’anglais situated on the left bank of the lake. The clock was created for the first time in 1955. It contains about 6,500 flowers and plants. The floral arrangements, one of Switzerland’s most photographed sites, lie a few steps away from the lake and change according to the season. The flower clock is not only pretty, it also tells the time with Swiss precision – transmitted by satellite. Another important detail: the seconds-hand is 2.5 metres long, the world’s longest!
Only a few metres away, you can found the famous water fountain. The Jet d’Eau came into being by chance. In 1886, a hydraulic power station was built to deliver water under pressure from the Rhone to the city’s fountains, households and factories. One evening, pressure build-ups forced the engineers to install a special pressure relief valve. This marked the birth of Jet d’Eau. The ephemeral work of art born out of necessity soon became an attraction and was moved closer to the lakeside. With time, the water column grew taller. Since 1951, an autonomous pumping station has propelled 500 litres of water per second to a height of 140 metres at a speed of 200 km/h (124 mph).
On the right bank of the lake, five-star luxury hotel Beau-Rivage is located. The hotel was founded in 1865 by the Mayer family and is nowadays a member of the Leading Hotels of the World. In 1873, Charles II, Duke of Brunswick dies at the hotel. In 1898, the Austrian Empress Elisabeth of Wittelsbach (Sissi), was stabbed to death by an anarchist soon after she left the Beau-Rivage.
In the old town you can find a couple of medieval buildings and squares. Built between approximately 1150 and 1230, Saint Peter’s Cathedral has Romanesque and Gothic features as well as a neoclassical monumental porch. The Chapel of the Maccabees, the first example of flamboyant Gothicism in Geneva, adjoins it. In addition to its historical interest, the Cathedral has had a particular spiritual significance since 1536, when it became a major centre of the Reformation under John Calvin. It is now the most frequently visited building in Geneva. It is particularly interesting to climb the North and South towers, enjoying a perfect view over the city.
A few steps from St Peter’s Cathedral, the Bourg-de-Four is at the very heart of Geneva’s Old Town. Even in the past, roads leading to Geneva led inevitably to the Bourg-de-Four whose market has been of major importance since the 9th century. Over time, house heights were raised to accommodate Protestant refugees from all over Europe. Don’t miss out on a visit to this delightful square. Stop for a coffee or a drink and experience the ambience that is so greatly appreciated by the people of Geneva.
Geneva’s Town Hall hosts a historic room. It is named “Alabama” that the international vocation of Geneva came to fore in the 19th century. An arbitration tribunal hosted there, ended the conflict between the United States of America and Great Britain following the American Civil War and closed with an agreement signed on 14 September 1872. A few years earlier, on 22 August 1864, the first Geneva Convention – the founding act of the International Committee of the Red Cross – was signed in the very same room.
Culture and Art are also very important factors in Geneva. The city itself holds the financial responsibility for about 30 venues, 11 museums and the Library of Geneva – one of the oldest libraries in Switzerland.
The Maison Tavel is a unique testimony to medieval civil architecture in Switzerland. Destroyed by fire in 1334, it was rebuilt by the Tavels, a noble Genevan family who gave the house its character of a fortified mansion and urban palace. After passing through the hands of various influential families over the centuries, the house was acquired in 1963 by the City of Geneva, which carried out an exemplary restoration. Converted into a museum in 1986, its six levels illustrate the city’s urban development and various aspects of the daily life of Geneva’s former inhabitants.
The tennis tournament – the Geneva Open – is held at the famous TC Genève, a pretty glamorous venue situated in the Parc des Eaux-Vives featuring a luxury hotel and restaurant, housed in a 18th century building. During the week of the tournament, it serves as VIP area. Centre court has a seating capacity of 3,700 places. The inaugural event took place in 2015.
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How The Kids’ Cancer Project uses technology to accommodate a wave of donations and grow the organization.
At The Kids’ Cancer Project, we fund some of the most exciting cancer research projects in Australia and provide seed capital for promising projects. Since the COVID pandemic, we’ve seen Australians become much more interested in scientific research and how quickly it can change lives. It’s a case where they can make a meaningful difference. This has led to a major increase in donations for us, driving us through a significant $ 50 million milestone in funding by 2020.
While welcome, a rapid increase in the number of donors and donations presents administrative challenges. Like all organizations, charities and NFPs face challenges as they scale up. As a charity, we have limited resources and want to avoid increasing administration costs.
Drowning in a sea of paperwork, Excel spreadsheets and a limited accounting package is stressful and inefficient. But it is the reality for many of us. Generally, charities don’t have sophisticated accounting systems, or at best we use very limited, often outdated software that bothers us more than helps. Previously, we couldn’t afford anything better: powerful, enterprise-grade solutions were only accessible to large companies.
But now, thanks to the rise of Cloud and SaaS, technology is being democratized. There are advanced ERP solutions powered by AI that provide automation and the ability to scale to even the smallest organizations. At The Kids’ Cancer Project, we recently implemented an ERP solution from Wiise to help us cope with the proliferation of administrators we’ve experienced.
The use of cloud ERP has dramatically accelerated our work and transformed our operations. Manual work has been reduced by 40%, allowing our employees to focus more on more valuable work. Our finance team can produce reconciliation reports in one day – previously it took us at least a week. Staff no longer need to enter individual shipments and can instead import them directly grouped by shipment type. This has improved productivity by 60%.
We believe that the transparency offered by ERP is also very important for charities. Having better visibility of the financial data allows us to streamline the donor management process.
Most importantly, moving to a cloud-based ERP and accounting platform has improved our capacity to handle large transactions. Our previous system, based on MYOB and spreadsheets, couldn’t handle it at all. While the new solution has enabled immediate scaling-up.
We believe that the transparency offered by ERP is also very important for charities. Having better visibility of the financial data allows us to streamline the donor management process. We used to not know where the money came from because nothing was integrated, in terms of our campaigns and their results. We couldn’t keep track of which activity generated which fundraising – which is essential information to help us plan future campaigns.
By automating the financial side, the circle around donation is effectively ‘closed’. It has also enabled us to have more robust security, compliance and real-time reporting, allowing us to better respond to donor requirements. We have a much better understanding of the funding performance for the different modes, resources and channels. Ultimately, we also expect the tool to be a stepping stone to more advanced BI (business intelligence) capacity.
As a charity, we are always aware of the need to outperform industry benchmarks when it comes to operating costs. The right solution can cut hundreds of hours of administration per month. This doesn’t have to mean reducing the workforce: instead, people can focus on the more valuable work of fundraising and increasing the number of donors and donations. But with streamlined operations, our administration costs are reduced. This means that we can do much more with existing resources and / or free up more money for cancer research in children.
As ERP systems become even smarter and more powerful in the future, they will increasingly use AI and machine learning to generate data-driven insights. These are essential for charities so that we can ensure our campaigns are optimized and the donor’s journey is as seamless as possible. Being able to align this with the personalization of content and communication, which is something we really worked on at The Kids’ Cancer Project in terms of segmenting audiences and sharing information and updates they are interested in. Having a variety of tools from ERP to CRM gives us a level of automation so we can continue marketing at scale.
Jennie Smiedt is head of marketing and communications at The Kids’ Cancer Project
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CCCS conducts investigations where there may be an infringement of one of the prohibitions of the Competition Act (the "Act"). It may also provide guidance or decisions on whether the prohibitions on anti-competitive agreements, abuse of a dominant position and mergers that substantially lessen competition have been infringed, i.e. sections 34, 47 and 54 of the Act respectively.
CCCS also advocates pro-competition policies within the Government, providing advice to Ministries, Statutory Boards and other public bodies. In addition, as part of its outreach activities and advocacy work, it explains the provisions of the Act to organisations, companies and other interested groups.
CCCS also undertakes market studies into markets of economic and strategic importance to Singapore to better understand the market conduct and competitive dynamics of these sectors.
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DELIVERIES of life-saving PPE to frontline NHS staff are being delayed by Chinese red tape and kits failing safety checks, it has been reported.
Crates airlifted to the UK are being removed from planes before take-off while other boxes are wrongly labelled, it is claimed.
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Some boxes containing much needed protective gowns are filled with masks instead.
A lot of the vital gear from China — the world’s main supplier — is unusable because it failed UK safety checks.
Chris Hopson of NHS Providers, which represents hospitals, mental health trusts and ambulance services, made the claims to the Daily Mail.
He said: "It’s all been a bit hand to mouth.
"The heart of the problem is that getting that stock that was ordered weeks ago from China is proving somewhat erratic."
He added that China was the "only country with access to the right materials and manufacturing capacity" to produce protective equipment.
The heart of the problem is that getting that stock that was ordered weeks ago from China is proving somewhat erraticChris Hopson
More than 30 NHS staff are believed to have died from coronavirus and campaigners say some of the deaths were a direct result of a lack of personal protective equipment (PPE).
Health Secretary Matt Hancock said the circumstances of the deaths of NHS staff would be investigated to understand as much as possible how they caught the virus.
Victims include Abdul Mabud Chowdhury, 53, who died in Romford, east London, last week, five days after urging Prime Minister Boris Johnson to make sure staff had "appropriate" PPE.
Mr Hancock also insisted it would be "impossible to commit to a timescale" to getting PPE to everyone who needed it, including "many millions of people across the NHS and social care".
He saidL "We are looking into each circumstance to understand as much as possible how they caught the virus, whether that’s at work, outside of work, and making sure we learn as much as we possibly can and, therefore, of course protect our health workers as much as possible."
Protective clothing should be worn by anyone — including doctors, nurses, care home workers and paramedics — within two metres of a suspected coronavirus patient.
It includes gowns, masks, gloves and visors and is vital for preventing individuals from contracting the disease and passing it to patients or their own families.
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But a survey by the Royal College of Surgeons found that a third of surgeons do not believe they have an adequate supply of personal protective equipment.
More than half — 57 per cent — of the 1,978 members who took part in the poll said their trust had experienced shortages within the past 30 days.
One described the lack of masks as "scandalous" and said he had caught the disease from a patient who had gone on to infect six other members of staff.
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[Originally written for Seattle Weekly, January 6, 1999]
Set the wayback machine to 1998. Parallax View
presents reviews of films released 20 years ago, written by our contributors
for various papers and websites. Most of these have not been available for
Terrence Malick’s breathlessly anticipated return to the director’s chair The Thin Red Line rewrites the World War II platoon genre much the same way his directorial debut, Badlands, drove the ‘outlaw couple road film’ onto rarely explored backroads of the American unconscious. As the second ambitious war epic to emerge in the last year it’s bound to comparisons with Steven Spielberg’s much-lauded Saving Private Ryan, which plunged audiences into the overwhelming carnage of D-Day before settling into a platoon film narrative.
for Mr. Showbiz, December 25, 1998]
Set the wayback
machine to 1998. Parallax View presents reviews of films released 20 years ago,
written by our contributors for various papers and websites. Most of these have
not been available for years.
Few films have aroused higher expectations than The Thin Red Line, the first movie written and directed by Terrence Malick since he unveiled Days of Heaven twenty years ago. Days of Heaven contained some of the most rapturous and mysterious images ever to shimmer on-screen. What people have tended to forget is that it also featured characters who hovered between the inchoate and the opaque, and a narrative in which cause and effect were sometimes elusive even within the minimal plot. Those virtues and liabilities are both on abundant display in Malick’s latest.
There was a time when you’d have gotten blank stares if you’d declared Brian Wilson, original Beach Boy and surf-sound hitmaker, a musical genius. That changed a couple of decades ago, about the time he was freed from the smothering control of the “radical psychotherapist” Dr. Eugene Landy, and when the 1966 album Pet Sounds was belatedly recognized as a pop-music masterpiece.
Love & Mercy is built on those two periods. It parallels the boyish enthusiasm and free-flowing creative drive of young visionary Wilson (Paul Dano) and the fragile, terrified older Wilson (John Cusack), and it manages to capture a lot of history in those few years without slipping into a portrait of heroes and villains.
Being John Malkovich, a mindgame of a bizarre fantasy ostensibly about a marionette puppeteer who discovers a hidden tunnel that carries spelunkers into the mind of actor John Malkovich (played by John Malkovich) where they vicariously enjoy his life for their alotted 15 minutes, was released in 1999, at a time when our obsession with celebrity was mainly fed by gossip magazines and entertainment programs and the new paradigm of reality TV had was just about to explode. Over a decade later, as intrusions into the private lives of entertainment stars has reached new depths thanks to portable video devices and hackers targeting celebrity cell phones, and a longer reach thanks to a proliferations of bottom-feeding websites, it is as timely and topical as ever.
Because Being John Malkovich, the debut feature from both director Spike Jonze and screenwriter Charlie Kaufman, takes identity theft to an existential level (forget hacking into cell phones, they’re hacking into someone’s mind!), but it is not really about celebrity stalking, or obsession, or even envy. It has been called quirky, clever, funny, and satirical, and it is all that, but behind all of the madcap invention and creative playfulness is a terrible sadness, a portrait of people so miserable in their own skins that they will do almost anything to become someone else. That it presents them with such humor and imagination and, yes, even empathy makes it all the more devastating portrait of the human condition. What better way to explore the vicious things we do for love than through laughter?
John Cusack’s sad-sack marionette Craig Schwartz could be the poster boy for the self-absorbed artist, shaggy and self-important and unemployed, defiantly creating chamber dramas and performance art pieces in his miniature stages. They are at once rarified expressions of angst (his performances are as much modern dance as puppet plays) and wish fulfillment fantasies: tortured art from the tortured artist acting out the life he’s unable to live. Kaufman’s subsequent films are filled with simulacra of lives, from the fading memories of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind to the elaborate theatrical recreations nestled one within another of Synecdoche, New York, and characters who, unable to control their own lives, resort to obsessively revisiting their past and fix it, erase it, or simply observe. It all springs from here.
The Raven casts Edgar Allan Poe (John Cusack) as a P.I. of sorts, a not entirely surprising role for the writer credited with inventing detective fiction. During the final week of his life, the down-and-out writer teams up with the Baltimore police to hunt down a killer who copycats grisly homicides based on Poe’s “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” and “The Pit and the Pendulum.”
It’s possible to glimpse the skeleton of a meaty plot-that-might-have-been, had a real filmmaker gifted with dark wit and intelligence taken on this story. Instead of a meandering mess bereft of suspense or significance, The Raven might have been a smart, Cronenbergian horror movie about the unwholesome, even fatal, umbilical connections among writers, critics, muses and rabid fans. Fertile ground for perversity, murder and madness, if only director James McTeigue and company had been able to see further than a low-rent mash-up of Seven and Saw.
The director who stitched The Raven together has no idea how to frame or compose a scene, let alone “grow” a film organically. Always MIA in McTeigue’s movies (V for Vendetta, Ninja Assassin) are visual logic, coherence and any sense of cinematic grace, though noisy pretensions abound. Take this especially egregious example of klutzy cutting, pacing and continuity: A black-clad, skull-masked figure on horseback surges into the middle of a masquerade ball where Poe, clad in the colors of the night, waltzes with his pastel lady love. In one fell swoop, McTeigue blows the kinetic power of the huge, ebon animal exploding into space reserved for civilized dress-up and play, a variation on the terror Poe mines in “The Masque of the Red Death.” Maybe the jackrabbit camerawork is meant to give Poe and Emily time to just … disappear. Because, cut, it’s next morning, and our hero’s announcing that Emily was kidnapped at the ball. Excuse me, how and when did that happen? Did Poe decide he needed a potty break after the Grim Reaper steeplechase?
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Carbon capture and sequestration are well-known in Alberta. Due to a new material created and tested in the province will add another award to its list of accomplishments. The innovation can positively impact the Pollution Treatment Market as it provides an efficient approach to extract carbon dioxide from industrial pollutants.
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While dreaming of an election usually foretells about social interactions, it can have many different meanings. In this case, the dream likely has something to do with issues surrounding your standing within the political groups.
If you are the candidate in a dream of the election, someone may be watching your actions carefully. You must understand whether this is good or bad as far as your mind goes and then act accordingly in real life to avoid any consequences.
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A new job, meeting many people and gaining confidence in social situations would be a dream come true for me as this is what I want most at the moment.
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One product that has taken a hot spot among home appliances is the tankless water heater. This is in part attributed to the great technological development that this appliance has achieved, which helps the user on the money saving front. They are designed with the criteria of meeting customer product expectations which make them compact, convenient, comfortable to use, and energy efficient.
Whether you are building a new home, retrofitting a new one, or just thinking to upgrade the water heating system, take the time to consider getting a tankless water heater. They come without the storage tank inside the water heater, so the water is heated instantly.
Below you can view the result of our research on tankless water heaters that are available on the market in 2021. The comparison chart and tankless water heater reviews will help you choose the best tankless water heater for your home. You might also have questions about how they work, their efficiency, what to look for when buying one, and more. All the answers to these questions you can find at the end of the reviews.
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- Takagi T-KJr2-IN-NG
- Max flow rate: 6.6 gpm
- Energy factor: 0.81-0.83
- Temperature settings: 99-167 F
- Dimensions: 6.7 x 13.8 x 20.3
- Ecosmart ECO 27
- Max flow rate: 6 gpm
- Energy factor: 0.998
- Temperature settings: 80-140 F
- Dimensions: 20 x 20 x 6.5
- Stiebel Eltron Tempra 24 Plus
- Max flow rate: 5 gpm
- Energy factor: 0.99
- Temperature settings: 86-140 F
- Dimensions: 16.6 x 14.5 x 4.6
- Rheem RTGH-95DVLN
- Max flow rate: 9.5 gpm
- Energy factor: 0.94
- Temperature settings: 85-140 F
- Dimensions: 18.5 x 9.8 x 27.5
- Rinnai RL75iN
- Max flow rate: 7.5 gpm
- Energy factor: 0.82
- Temperature settings: 98-140 F
- Dimensions: 14 x 9.3 x 23
- Rheem RTG-64XLN
- Max flow rate: 6.4 gpm
- Energy factor: 0.82
- Temperature settings: 100-140 F
- Dimensions: 14 x 10 x 26
Top 6 Tankless Water Heaters Reviews
Stiebel Eltron Tempra 24 Plus Electric Tankless Water Heater
One of the top rated tankless water heaters is the Stiebel Eltron Tempra 24. It is designed for whole house residential water heating with multiple point-of-use applications. It’s an electrical model that includes quite a few nifty features.
One of its main benefits is the Advanced Flow Control, which contributes to making it the most efficient tankless water heater. This technology works by making automatic adjustments to the water flow, thus eliminating temperature fluctuations. So what you get is a consistently satisfying experience every time. The digital temperature control provides an accurate and constant temperature level between 86F and 140F for all day comfort. When making temperature adjustments, you can view it on the visual display.
This tankless water heater is suitable for colder areas and 2-3 bath homes. Its power is enough to provide hot water for two showers in simultaneous use.
The unit has 2 outputs for 208 Volts and 240 Volts, providing power between 18 kW to 24 kW. The flow rate is based on temperature. At 55 degrees, the flow rate will be 3 GPM. At 65 degrees, it is 2 GPM.
Being a point of use tankless water heater, Stiebel Eltron Tempra 24 takes up much less space than a conventional type of hot water heater. It’s designed with a coated steel encasing, making it sturdy and sleek looking. The heater can be used for both commercial and residential use.
The compact size of this Stiebel on-demand water heater provides convenience of the installation almost anywhere you want. The installation doesn’t require any pressure relief valves or venting, making the whole process a lot easier and quicker to complete.
- Sleek space-saving design
- Advanced Flow Control for constant and accurate temperature level
- Provides 15-20% of savings in comparison to electric tank water heaters
- Dial on the front for temperature adjustments
- Ease of installation and use
- Corrosion resistant materials
Takagi T-KJr2-IN-NG Indoor Tankless Water Heater
Another good tankless heater comes from the Takagi brand. T-KJr2-IN-NG model is the smallest, most popular and best rated tankless water heater in the Takagi manufacturing line. The benefits that make it stand out include its sturdy design, reliable performance, and impeccable features. Though small, it’s still powerful enough to provide hot water for a household with 1-2 bathrooms, or a family of five or less.
Just like Tempra 24 Plus, the Takagi T-KJr2-IN-NG residential tankless water heater also provides consistent water temperature with the use of inlet and outlet thermistors. A thermistor is a kind of resistor that constantly monitors temperature and reacts to its changes.
This on demand water heater is also cost effective. As it works on natural gas, it allows saving on the electrical bills. The energy factor for the appliance is rated at 0.81-0.83. Additionally, an air-fuel ratio sensor monitors the water heater’s efficiency. The benefit of this is the reduction of harmful emissions.
The gas input of the Takagi T-KJr2-IN-NG is in the range between 19,500 and 140,000 BTUs. To ensure the safe use of the unit, the Takagi models are designed with a number of features. They include freeze, overheat, and surge protection. There are also troubleshooting and diagnostic codes.
For safe and consistent operation, the instantaneous water heater requires proper installation. With this model, the best option would be to seek professional help. Also, to have the warranty, it requires the installation to be done by a registered professional. The installation requires venting to the outdoors with two options of either venting horizontally or vertically. The ¾ water and gas connections allow higher flow rates.
- Compact size
- Energy efficiency as it uses natural gas
- Good safety features
- Maximum flow rate of 6.6 GPM
Ecosmart ECO 27 Electric Tankless Water Heater
Ecosmart ECO 27 also makes a top choice of many and the best tankless water heater from the Ecosmart brand. It holds one of the top spots for good reason. Equipped with Smart Technology, the Ecosmart ECO 27 provides true power while at the same time providing enough water volume, even during cold winter months.
The minimum water flow that ECO 27 on demand water heater can put out is 0.25 GPM. The maximum flow rate is 6 to 7 GPM, which is sufficient enough to quickly fill a bathtub.
The digital temperature control allows making adjustments in 1-degree increments and up to a maximum of 140 degrees. Another feature that makes ECO 27 stand out is its patented self-modulating technology, which allows to save up on water heating costs. According to manufacturer’s claims, it can help you save up to 60% on water heating costs.
The system works by automatically adjusting the power based on the amount of electricity that would be required to heat the water. The motherboard inside this on demand water heater has sensors that monitor the incoming water pressure and temperature. As you choose the output setting, the processor determines how many heating modules are needed to produce the temperature you set while using the maximum flow rate possible. If you increase the water use, the water heater increases the number of heating units to keep the temperature steady.
This on demand water heater boasts 99.8 percent efficiency rating. So you have both energy saving and on demand water in sufficient amounts.
- 99.8 percent efficiency
- On-demand water heating
- Energy saving with the self-modulating system
- Easy to use with the digital temperature control
- Lifetime warranty for parts
Rheem RTGH-95DVLN Tankless Natural Gas Water Heater
Rheem RTGH-95DVLN is one of the top tankless water heaters from the Rheem brand. It runs on natural gas and provides a continuous supply of hot water. It’s a simple to use unit that comes with a remote control panel where you can set the desired output water temperature. On the digital display, you can view the temperature and maintenance codes. The package also includes 10 feet of thermostat wire.
The condensing heat exchanger is made of stainless steel, which works to provide 94 percent of energy efficiency. This model has the Energy Star rating, which further ensures its efficiency. To increase efficiency even more and provide safety of the water heater, it is equipped with intelligent electronic controls.
This on demand water heater provides some of the highest performance, operating at 199,000 BTUs. So it can be used at bigger sized residential houses, and also operating well in colder climates.
The temperature range for the Rheem RTGH-95DVLN is between 85 and 140 degrees. The minimum activation rate is 0.26 GPM, while the maximum water flow rate is 9.5 GPM.
The on demand water heater can be linked up to 20 unit manifold installations using the optional either MICS-180 or MIC-180 manifold control assembly.
The unit comes with an EZ-link cable which allows connecting two tankless hot water heaters together and operating them as one. Other features that could be added to benefits of this heater include a self-diagnostic system, built-in electric blower, freeze and overheat protection, high altitude capability, and an environmentally friendly Low NOx burner.
Rinnai RL75iN Natural Gas Tankless Water Heater
Rinnai RL75iN is one more instantaneous water heater that we would recommend considering. It is also designed with technology that will allow you to save on energy in comparison to energy costs of conventional water heaters.
Its sleek, yet compact contemporary design allows fitting the unit into almost any space available. The casing is done in silver finish and includes a sculpted cover. Running on natural gas, it doesn’t have any electrical lines running or pipes and tubes hanging. Rinnai RL75iN only requires a single wall penetration to let the vent out.
Rinnai RL75iN on demand water heater also performs well on the energy efficiency front. It is certified with the Energy Star and has an energy efficiency factor of 0.82. It’s also an eco-friendly product with its burner NOx emissions meeting the standards of Texas and California.
With the BTU power output ranging between 10,300 and 180,000 BTUs, this model is perfect for two to three bathroom homes.
This tankless water heater is also equipped with smart technology to enhance its efficiency and performance. This also includes a digital remote controller that is equipped with error code indicator. So you will be at once notified if there are any issues that need immediate attention. The digital controller allows setting the temperature in the range of 98 to 140 degrees.
The Rinnai product also comes with a good warranty coverage. It includes 1 year on residential installation, 5 years on parts, and 12 years on heat exchanger.
- Energy efficiency
- Convenient digital controller
- Energy Star certified
- Error code indicator
Rheem RTG-64XLN Outdoor Tankless Water Heater
One more popular tankless water heater from the renowned Rheem brand is the RTG-64XLN model. This product comes from the Rheem RTG series of ultra low burner NOx emissions and medium efficiency on demand water heaters. The efficiency is ensured by GAMA certification.
Like the previously mentioned Rheem model, the RTG-64XLN can also be linked up to 20 unit manifold installations. For that, you will need to use the optional MIC-180 or the MICS-180 manifold control assembly. Also like the other model, this tankless water heater includes the EZ-link cable for a situation if you have a high demand for water. With the EZ-link cable, you can connect two instantaneous water heater units and have them operating as one.
This unit is suitable for both indoor and outdoor water heating solutions.
The package of the on demand water heater includes a UMC-117 remote control giving you convenience in adjusting settings and 10 feet of thermostat wire.
The minimum flow rate for RTG-64XLN is 0.26 GPM with the maximum going up to 6.8 GPM at 35-degree rise. The temperature range in which you can select the desired level is between 100 and 140 degrees. As for the BTU input, its range is between 11,000 and 140,000 BTUs.
The intelligent electronic controls are easy to use and help to choose the settings for more efficient operation. Hot start programming on this tankless water heater provides a continuous supply of hot water with no fluctuations. On the digital display, you can control the temperature setting. It will also notify you if there are any issues using maintenance codes.
- Hot start programming for a water temperature with no fluctuations
- Simple to use intelligent electronic controls
- GAMA certified for efficiency
- Includes a remote control and a long thermostat wire
- Can connect two tankless hot water heaters together
If you have found the above mentioned top 6 tankless water heaters beyond your budget, below we have also prepared comparison and reviews of top 6 more affordable options. All these models are under the 200 dollar range. Some of them are designed with lower capacity and are suitable for portable use.
Top 6 Cheap Tankless Water Heaters
- Rheem RTE 13
- Fuel: electric
- Maximum pressure: 80
- Flow rate (gpm): 0.4 - 4
- Dimensions: 10 x 7.25 x 3.25
- Eccotemp L10
- Fuel: Liquid Propane
- Maximum pressure: 80
- Flow rate (gpm): 2.65
- Dimensions: 28 x 17 x 6.5
- Eccotemp L5
- Fuel: Liquid Propane
- Maximum pressure: 100
- Flow rate (gpm): 0.5 - 1.4
- Dimensions: 14.5 x 11.5 x 4.5
- EZ 101
- Fuel: Liquid Propane
- Maximum pressure: 80
- Flow rate (gpm): 1.6
- Dimensions: 5 x 12 x 17
- Marey Power
- Fuel: Liquid Propane
- Maximum pressure: 145
- Flow rate (gpm): 3.1
- Dimensions: 24 x 14 x 7
- Ecosmart POU 6
- Fuel: electric
- Maximum pressure: 80
- Flow rate (gpm): 0.5
- Dimensions: 5 x 12.8 x 8
Eccotemp L5 Portable On Demand Water Heater
Eccotemp L5 on demand water heater makes an ideal option for low use requirements, such as outdoor water use. It’s the best selling tankless water heater among the portable options. You can take it with you anywhere. On your camping trips, to the beach, family vacations, or just use it at home.
The Eccotemp L5 uses liquid propane for fuel, which in comparison to electric models uses less energy and heats the water quicker. Before the operation, you need to hook the water heater up to a propane cylinder that is filled with the liquid propane. All the fittings and adapters for setting up the water heater are included in the package. After connecting the propane tank, connect the water heater to a standard water hose nozzle, and the unit is ready for operation.
The automatic ignition turns on the burners in the heater at once after you turn the water on. However, it does require batteries to ignite the flames. As soon as you turn the tap on, you will have hot running water. After this, you can set the desired temperature. The heater provides a good temperature range, which is between 80 and 140 degrees. In addition to the temperature, you can also select the water pressure. The flow rate starts at 0.5 gallons per minute and goes to a maximum of 1.4 gallons per minute. It does need 20-80 psi of water pressure.
Rheem RTE 13 Instantaneous Water Heater
Rheem RTE 13 is also designed to meet the needs of most customers with the compact yet powerful design. This little unit is designed for point-of-use applications, providing hot water on demand to a faucet, shower or shower that is located within a short distance of the water heater. It can also be used as a whole house unit, but only in certain circumstances as it doesn’t have that much power.
This model features a really low flow activation technology, requiring only 0.4 GPM to activate it. It might not be enough to wash your hands, but it will keep the pipes from freezing. The maximum water flow, on the other hand, can go up to 4 gallons per minute. Depending on the fixtures in your home, this will allow running water in more than one location in your house.
The optimum performance of this on demand water heater is dependable on the temperature of the water that is coming into the water heater. With colder temperature, expect the water flow to be lower. For example, for Rheem RTE 13, at 50-degree rise from 55 to 105 degrees, the water flow will be around 1.75 GPM. This is enough for a bathroom or kitchen sink. But for a shower head, you might need a higher water flow.
The energy factor for this model is rated at 0.82. The energy efficiency is also improved with the help of modulating heat exchanger. The Energy Star certification backs up its efficiency. As an eco-friendly unit, it works without venting, so there are greenhouse gasses eliminating from the operation.
Eccotemp L10 On Demand Water Heater
Another great option for outdoor water heating application is the Eccotemp L10. Its portable design makes it available for use wherever you need hot water. It can be at your RV, summer cottage, cabin, camper, or any other off-grid location. It’s similar in design to the previously mentioned Eccotemp L5. Weighing only 18 pounds, it can easily be transported. And, having a compact size, allows fitting it into almost any outdoor location.
The Eccotemp L10 requires permanent installation, for which it provides standard ½ inch NPT fittings. So you can easily plumb the unit into standard fixtures. The water heater can then be connected to a water hose and a 20-pound propane tank. The ignition is done by D-cell batteries. The tank does not come with the L10. A full 20-pound tank will give you about 12 hours of continuous operation.
There are multiple spray settings that you can adjust to have the water pressure that you want. The maximum water flow that you can expect the L10 to deliver is up to 2.6 GPM with the water temperature range of 80 to 165 degrees. With this tankless water heater, you can have 1 or 2 applications in simultaneous use. The water temperature controls for the L10 model are manual.
To prevent fuel wastage the water heater is equipped with a safety feature that automatically shuts the unit off after 20 minutes of operation.
EZ 101 Tankless Water Heater
One more great affordable option of a tankless water heater is the EZ 101. This model offers the benefits of environmentally friendly features, energy-efficiency, reliable performance, and the convenience of a compact design.
The design of the EZ 101 is aesthetically pleasing. The installation is simple and convenient and allows unobtrusive placement within living and working spaces. It’s not suitable for indoor use, however, can be used in many outdoor applications, such as RVs, campsites, lake houses, and other.
EZ 101 tankless hot water heater operates on propane with no electricity required. There’s automatic ignition powered by batteries. With 42,000 BTUs, the model is rated 85 percent for thermal efficiency. This on demand water heater is capable of delivering only up to 1.6 GPM, which is a quite low water flow but should be enough for outdoor use. Similar Eccotemp L10, the EZ 101 can also use the garden hose inlet water supply.
The unit weighs just 14 pounds, so it’s a great option if you are considering it for portable use as it can be easily installed and removed at any time. This model is also ideal for semi-permanent installations.
The operation of this water heating system is fully automatic. Before use, you can adjust the manual controls to set the desired temperature level. Then you just turn on the water spigot or your shower, and within seconds you will be able to enjoy hot running water.
Marey Power Gas 10L
Another great option to consider if you’re looking for the best instant hot water heater is the Marey Power Gas 10L. It is a great solution for energy and water saving. Like the rest of the mentioned more affordable tankless water heater options, this model also comes in a compact size. So if you need space saving, this unit will fit into just about anywhere.
When buying this product, you have two options of fuel that include natural gas and propane. No electricity is required to get this unit running. It only uses electric pulse ignition, powered by batteries. The heater is activated once you turn on the water.
It features an energy-saving design, which makes the unit operate only when the water in the faucet is turned on. While it’s off, no gas or propane is used. As you turn the water on, the water heater ignites, and in seconds heats the water up.
The Marey Power Gas 10L tankless hot water heater can work even in low water pressure, as low as 3.6 psi and up to 140 psi. It also provides a good water output, enough to have good pressure in the shower. The maximum water output is 3.1 gallons per minute.
To control the unit’s operation there are easy to use gas and water control knobs. A digital temperature display shows you the temperature setting you’ve chosen.
The safety features include a rust-proof design for preventing leakage, gas pressure and anti-combustion protection. A flue duct type is used to exhaust discharge.
Ecosmart POU 6
Ecosmart POU 6 instantaneous hot water heater is also one of the better water heating options if you will be using it for just one point of use. It can be installed as in the house, as well in your RV, boat or restaurant. As it is designed for point of use, it can easily be installed in the cabinet under the sink. In a colder climate, this small unit will have enough power to heat only one sink. However, if you live in a warmer climate, it might be enough to provide hot water for bathroom sinks.
You can use it for multiple applications, but it has the maximum water flow of only 1 gallon per minute, with the activation flow being 0.25 GPM. With this maximum flow, this tankless water heating system can heat the inlet water temperature from 72 to 105 degrees. If in a colder climate the inlet water temperature is only 45 degrees, the water heater will emit only 0.5 GPM to reach the 105 degrees.
The system is flow controlled, so depending on the flow rate the system will adjust the water temperature. Thermal auto protection maintains safe of operation of the unit.
What Is a Tankless Water Heater?
Tankless water heaters are also sometimes called on-demand and continuous flow water heaters. They’ve been quite popular in Europe and Japan for some time, but only in last years have been gaining popularity in the States as well. Unlike conventional water heaters, tankless comes with no storage tank for the hot water. Instead, it instantly heats the water as it flows through the device. So you never run out of hot water and at any time can enjoy a continuous hot water flow.
To understand better how a tankless water heater works, it’s helpful understanding the anatomy of this device. Below are some of the components that make the construction of an instantaneous water heater.
Heating elements are used primarily in electric tankless water heaters and they are the components that are responsible for the actual heating of the water.
Tankless hot water systems use heating elements to convert electrical energy into heat. The heating elements act as electronic resistors. When the elements come in direct contact with the water, the elements transfer the heat directly into the flow. These electric elements are activated with the start of the water flow and once the flow stops they automatically turn off.
The heating elements are coiled and have a cylindrical shape. Typically, the elements are encased in some form of metal heat exchanger. The most common is copper due to its ease of fabrication and higher thermal conductivity.
The watts rating for heating elements will vary from the heater to heater. The higher the rating, the more heating capacity the device has.
A heat exchanger acts as a sealed vessel for the heating elements and through which the water flows as it gets heated from cold to hot. The typical construction of the heat exchanger comprises of two or more cylinders that house the heating elements and which are welded together with tubes. The tubes allow the water to pass from one heating element to the other.
A flow switch is a sensor that is designed to detect when you turn on the water. There are different types of a flow switch that a tankless water heater can use. It can be either magnetic, centrifugal, rotary, or fan based. The purpose of the flow switch is to have the heater working only when the hot water is needed. So when you turn on the faucet in your bathroom or kitchen sink, or you turn on the shower, the sensor switches the water heater into operation.
The more advanced point of use tankless water heaters are designed with more energy saving features and one of them is the temperature sensor. It is used to determine the temperature of the water flow that is incoming and outgoing from the water heater. These temperatures are then sent the control board of the device, which in determines the amount of power that is needed for the heating elements to be able to heat the water flow to the specified temperature setting.
The brains of the water heater operation are based on the control board. It uses the calculations based on different factors, such as the temperature of the incoming water, the specified by the user temperature setting, and the water flow. Based on these calculations, the control board coordinates the performance of the heater.
How Does a Tankless Water Heater Work?
Continuous water heaters work by avoiding standby heat loss, thus claim that they are energy efficient. There are several different types of tankless water heaters but they basically work the same.
As you turn on the water, the flow of the cold water enters the unit and activates the switch in the device. The cold water flows through the heat exchanger, which can be using a gas fired burner (in the case of natural gas and propane tankless water heaters) or electric resistance heating coils (in the case of the electric tankless water heater). As the water flows through the heat exchanger, it instantly gets heated by the coils and the outgoing water from the water heater comes out hot.
Types of Tankless Water Heaters
There are basically only three types of tankless water heaters: whole house, point of use and portable. However, they can also be categorized according to the type of fuel they use. According to this, they can also be electric, propane, natural gas or hybrid tankless water heaters.
Whole House Tankless Water Heaters
Whole house units are designed for a higher capacity of the flow rate, so they can handle hot water demand from more than one fixture at a time. The flow rate they offer can sometimes be as high as 9.5 GPM. With such a high flow rate, you can have two shower fixtures working at the same time, or have the dishwasher, bathroom and kitchen sink running simultaneously. Different fixtures typically use different amounts of water. So when choosing your whole house tankless water heater, you will first need to determine the number and types of fixtures you will be using it for. But more on that later in this article.
Point of Use Tankless Water Heaters
The point of use instant water boilers come in much smaller sizes and so are capable of heating only one or maximum two outlets at one time. So they are usually dedicated to just one sink, faucet, or one shower. Their relatively small size makes it possible to conveniently fit them under the sink in the cabinet or the closet.
As they are usually installed very close to the outlet, there’s barely any lag time which is the amount of time that takes the water to reach from the water heater to the faucet.
The point of use tankless water heaters are also generally much more affordable compared to the whole house units.
Portable Tankless Water Heaters
This type of tankless water heaters is generally designed for outdoor use. You can install it at your campsite, on a boat, RV, or other such location. Typically, these units are smaller in size and less in weight as they are for portability and ability to being transferred from one place to another. Some also include the shower hose and the shower head in the package. Most of them work on liquid propane and use battery powered ignition.
They are highly efficient and ideal for installations for providing hot water to larger areas. They can be installed for use in just one application or for multiple applications with a supply of hot water for the entire house.
This type will need a 110/220 volt outlet to provide it power for operation. Optionally, you can tie it directly to the power supply line. The output of hot water provided by the electric tankless water heater is lower in compared to one that uses natural gas as fuel. However, it still can handle water demand from multiple sources.
Propane is also a good fuel solution, but it’s more common in water heaters for outdoor applications. It can be used for remote locations or short-term installations.
Benefits of Choosing a Tankless Water Heater
Residential tankless or how some call them, on demand water heaters are in general having a good reception from the users. They offer many benefits and features if you compare them to the conventional water heating systems. First of all, they have the advantage of a more cost-effective, durable, and energy efficient tankless water heater design. To get a more clear understanding of what they have to offer and why you should consider going tankless read more on its benefits below.
- Efficient. The main benefit of tankless models is their higher energy efficiency compared to traditional water heaters. Consuming less power during operation, they are more cost-effective. As there’s no tank and no need to have the heater constantly running to keep the water in the tank at a certain temperature level, it doesn’t consume that much electricity.
- Energy saving. The on demand technology that all the endless hot water heater units use has the heater working simultaneously with the hot water valve. As you turn on the hot water valve, the system starts heating, and as you turn the hot water valve, the system shuts off as well. The result is a lot of energy saving. It considerably can cut down on your electricity bill by you saving up to 60 percent on the heating costs.
- Eco-friendly. Being in the standby mode most of the time, tankless water heaters use as little energy as possible, reducing the harmful effects on the environment. Electric models don’t have any burners that emit greenhouse gasses, while the gas models emit as little as possible. The newer devices are designed with advanced technologies that reduce the emissions into the atmosphere. The construction also consists of eco-friendly components, further reducing the harm to the environment.
- Safe to use. Conventional water heating systems with time tend to build up rust inside the tanks that hold water. On a longer run, these can become harmful and dangerous contaminants in the water. As tankless have no tanks, there’s no place for the rust and scale to build up in. So the water the device generates will constantly be fresh and clean.
- Durability. As we have mentioned above, there’s no rust or scale building up inside the unit. This results in longer life of the tankless water heater. The high quality, eco-friendly components are designed for reliability. If something does ever go wrong with the unit, the parts are affordable to replace. Also, the tankless design eliminates potential flooding from the tank like conventional models.
- Compact size. Having no big tank to install along with them, tankless take up real little space. Their compact size fits easily under the sink, inside a closet, attic, or in a crawl space. If your model is designed for the outdoor use, you can even install on the outside.
- A constant supply of hot water. Unlike with a conventional water heater that stores a certain amount of hot water at a time that you can run out of, the tankless hot water systems provide a constant flow of hot water on demand. Also, with a conventional model you have to wait till the water gets heated, a tankless unit provides hot water on demand within seconds of you turning the tap.
How To Choose the Right Tankless Water Heater? Buying Guide
There’s a vast selection of tankless water heaters, which can make it quite difficult to understand which model would be the best for your home. If you are on the market looking for that ideal mode, but not quite sure what to look for, here are some tips that will guide you.
A tankless hot water heater can have different applications. It can function either as a whole house unit, outdoor or as a point of use water heater.
If you will have just a single point application, where you will be using the unit to provide hot water for just one fixture, then you should look for the point of use models. On the other hand, if the installed water heater will be used to serve the entire house, then you should look for a whole house model. These devices will have higher flow rate and more power to provide enough water pressure for several fixtures being in use at a time. One more option is a portable tankless water heater, which is your go to type if you will be using it in the outdoors such as campsites, boats, etc.
Choose the Fuel Type
That’s the second important factor to consider when choosing a high efficiency tankless water heater. As we have already mentioned, there are three types of fuel to choose from: gas, propane, and electric.
If you choose the electric type, there are a few more considerations to include. Check what voltage the device can accommodate. Also, read the specifications what are the amp draw requirements for the water heater you have chosen. Before buying, you need to be sure that you can support those electrical demands. Another requirement is the circuit breaker. Ensure that the continuous hot water heater has one or more circuits to support it.
Factors to consider when choosing the electric type:
- lower priced compared to gas models
- low maintenance
- the installation requires no venting or combustibles
- the device heats the water very quickly
- high energy factor rating
Before buying a gas tankless water heater, ensure that your current gas line meets the requirements of the appliance. Gas fired units required venting with the installation of the water heater. So consider the venting requirements and check your local building code to ensure that the installation needs will be completely met. Some of the residential tankless water heaters come with a gas venting kit. When installing the unit, considering all the necessary clearances and make sure that there is ample access to air for combustion.
Consider when choosing the gas type:
- slightly larger cost due to more complicated installation
- requires venting outdoors for safety
- sealed combustion
- operation costs are lower compared to electric models
Keep in mind, that even if you choose a gas fueled model, it will still need some electrical connections to power the sensors and switches. So make sure that these connections also meet the voltage and amperage requirements.
Liquid propane type considerations:
- slightly higher up-front investment
- requires venting outdoors
- sealed combustion for safety
- lower operation costs compared to electric type
How to Select the Right Size Tankless Water Heater
There are 3 main factors to consider before choosing the capacity that you need: number of applications, incoming water temperature, and maximum desired flow rate.
- Start by determining the number of fixtures you expect to be using simultaneously. You need this in order to calculate the total flow rate to cover your hot water demand. Below is a chart with average flow rates for typical household hot water applications.
- Bathroom faucet – 0.5-1.5 GPM
- Kitchen faucet – 3-7 GPM
- Shower – 1-2 GPM
- Dishwasher – 1-2.5 GPM
- Clothes washer – 1.5-3 GPM
To get the total flow rate for your household, add up the flow rates of the fixtures. When choosing the water heater, make sure that it meets those flow rate demands.
- One you have determined the maximum flow rate required for your tankless system, the next factor is the temperature rise the unit has to be able to provide. To determine the temperature rise for the tankless unit, you need to first find out the incoming water temperature. For this, you can just use a thermometer. Then subtract this temperature from the desired water temperature. For example, if your incoming water temperature is 50 degrees. The comfortable temperature level for hot water is around 105 to 120 degrees. So, for example, you want 105 degrees output. Subtracting the 50 degrees from 105 gives you a 55-degree rise.Knowing the maximum temperature rise your chosen tankless model can produce, will ensure that you won’t lose out on the water flow. If your incoming water temperature is lower, then there’ll be a higher rise and the water heater will need a higher capacity.
- With the total flow rate and temperature rise information, you can choose the right size of your tankless water heater. So if you have determined that you need a 55-degree rise and you have calculated the total need of 5 gallons per minute water flow (for example, two showers with 2.5 GPM rate), then look for a model that can provide such capacity.
Tankless Water Heater: Indoor vs. Outdoor Installation
For water heater system, the two types available are tank system or a tankless unit. For tankless units, you can choose to have either indoor installation or have the unit installed outside your home. Between these two, how do you know which is the best for your usage and home condition?
Compared to a tank system, both indoor and outdoor tankless water heater unit saves more space. But here are some important things you need to know before making the decision of which type of installation suits your needs best.
- Type of home – If you’re planning to install a tankless water heater system in your home, your home itself plays a significant factor. If you have an existing home, an outdoor unit may be more suitable because there’s not much need for many adjustments or fixing of the plumbing. If it’s a new house, you can opt for an indoor unit, as its installation will be incorporated.
- Space – In places such as Asia, the use of indoor tankless water heater system is prolific due to lack of space in housing areas. Apartment and condo units often have an indoor unit, as it won’t take up more space other than the heater unit itself. Unless you purchase a very specific design of a tankless unit to match the interior décor of your home and/or bathroom, it can look quite unsightly. So depending on the space you have as well as your budget, choosing an indoor or an outdoor unit would have to be a judgment call.
- Climate – Depending on where you live, an outdoor tankless water heater unit may be subjected to harsh weather conditions. If you live in a country with the winter season, your outdoor unit needs to have a heater and proper draining ability to avoid freezing.
Tankless Water Heater Maintenance
A tankless water heater system doesn’t require regular maintenance due to its common feature of using less energy during heating. However, there are several things worth remembering if you own a tankless unit.
First and foremost, it’s important to make sure your unit was properly installed when you first got it. A qualified and experienced technician needs to install your unit according to safety as well as the manufacturer’s regulation. Proper installation will ensure no possible damage during use by the customer.
Here are some of the important things worth remembering when it comes to your tankless water heater maintenance.
- You don’t need annual maintenance – Many believe a tankless water heater system requires annual maintenance, but system experts for water heater advised there is no need for this. It’s good to know how long the warranty is for your tankless unit should any damage occur within a stipulated time of purchase, but you don’t have to schedule for maintenance for it.
- Water hardness is important – This depends on the quality of water you’re getting at your area. Water hardness is the percentage of compounds in the water. Different areas tend to get a different level of water hardness so if the water is harder at your area, then it’s more likely for the mineral to deposit in the water heater unit. When mineral deposit buildup in your tankless water heater, it can force the burner to raise its temperature in order to properly heat the water. In areas with hard water, your unit may require annual maintenance, but if you have soft water, your unit can be safe without any maintenance up to five years.
- Opt for scale detection software heater system – A scale detection software in your tankless water heater system will provide a message or an alert when your unit needs to be maintained. You can call the company for a technician, but the owner can also easily maintain a tankless water heater unit. When there is scale buildup in your unit, it needs to be flushed in order to clear the deposits. Cleaning kits are available online, but one of the best methods is to use white vinegar to flush the deposited materials.
Because the usage of tankless water heater system is on-demand rather than it being on stand-by around the clock, the durability of the unit is pretty long. It’s a good practice to test for water hardness in your area so you’d have an idea when you should maintain your tankless unit.
Best Tankless Water Heater Brands
- Rinnai. Rinnai was also founded almost hundred years ago but started manufacturing water heaters only about 50 years ago. Their products you can also find in the lists of top rated tankless products. Their condensing technology results in much less energy use. The design and components are known for great durability. Depending on your needs, you can choose a model for indoor or outdoor use. The company also has provides the advantage of easily replaceable parts. As with any other appliance, proper maintenance should be followed. Then you might have the Rinnai water heater working for up to 20 years.
- Eccotemp. One more well-established company is the Eccotemp. This brand doesn’t have such a wide range of products as Bosch but specifies more in the tankless and on demand water heaters manufacturing. They offer different types, such as gas, propane, and electrical units. From this brand, you can also choose a good portable unit for your on-the-go shower needs. The products they produce are made of high quality components, the technology provides good efficiency, and the prices are usually quite affordable.
- Ecosmart. This is also another long runner in the water heating industry. Over their 50 years of experience has produced products that offer some of the best efficiency and green technology. Their goal of meeting the needs of customers has succeeded in producing some of the best tankless devices on the market. Their models have the lowest impact on the environment, emitting less harmful fumes into the air. Choosing an Ecosmart water heater, you are sure to not be disappointed with all its advantages.
- Stiebel Eltron. This is a German company that is also boasting almost hundred years of experience. In their manufacturing line, they have a number of other products. However, on demand water heaters is their main focus. The design of this brand’s products is focused on using minimal energy, high efficiency and of course safety. Whatever your needs, you will find a suitable product in the Stiebel Eltron line of tankless water heaters. They also have a variety of types, such whole house or single use heaters.
- Bosch. One of the most popular brands that was founded in Germany. It has been providing a multitude of consumer goods, automotive and industrial technology since last century. Over the years, they’ve only gained a more admiring reputation for their advanced products. Into the tankless water heaters, they have integrated Thermo technology. It provides extra efficiency and adds to being more environmentally friendly. So what you get is good money saving on your utility bills, which can be up to 50 percent on the electricity bills. Their range of tankless products has sizes for different household needs. So you can pick your own.
- Navien. Navien is one of the newer brands that was established in 2006. Though new, it quickly became one of the leading manufacturers in this industry in North America. Their products are known for being very reliable due to the technology they use, robust due to good design, and 98 efficient. In addition to cutting energy costs, their products will also help to reduce NOx emissions into the environment. The technology they use ensures that you don’t have moments of cold water when showering. It keeps the water temperature stable with no fluctuations. Also, the Eco Burner technology was designed for eco-friendly operation.
- Noritz. This company has been on the U.S. and Canada market of water heating products for over half a century. They have the achievement of being the first to introduce the electric tankless water heater. As with other brands, Navien models will also help you save up on utility bills since their devices run on the same on demand principle.
- Rheem. Being on the market for almost hundred years, Rheem has been continuously working on improving their water heating products. Rheem brand is the top choice when you want a worry free tankless water heater operation. They bring water heating solutions to both residential and commercial needs. Their line of products offers different capacity units, from small devices for very small water needs such as a single shower to over 9 gallons per minute flow.
- Takaji. Takaji is one of the first manufacturers of tankless water heaters. Their advantage is the 95 percent thermal efficiency rating and eco-friendly features. They are the first to design a direct vent convertible model. The Takaji on demand water heater line of full of diversity with different sizes for various household needs.
- American Standard.
- Reliance tankless water heaters.
- American Water Heaters.
The Bottom Line
Conventional water heaters can make up the third of your energy bill. So going tankless definitely provides you energy and cost saving as it works on demand and thus has considerably lower energy consumption. If you choose the appropriate model for your household, it can quickly pay off the investment. We hope our buying guide and reviews of the best tankless water heater models have helped you decide on which is the ideal one for your home. You can find more tankless water heater reviews based on their type or brand on the other pages of our site.
Here, you can also find out about some misconceptions about tankless water heaters.
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A Traditional Paneer Cheese Recipe (this recipe works with either cow or goat milk)
Knowing how to make paneer cheese was a crucial skill for some Indian and Pakistani families. It provided quick, safe vegetarian protein to round out a healthy meal. Making paneer is just as quick and healthy within modern kitchens.
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The anti-immigrant operations continue and expand across Greece. Detention camps, round-ups and harassment are now state policy.
The extreme right wing party Golden Dawn(GD) has been gathering more attention from the media recently. There have been significant reports about GD from the BBC and the Guardian. These reports are useful but the problems in Greece are not just from GD. Lets not forget the role of the official Greek state in the persecution of those deemed foreign.
The Greek state is continuing it's policy of rounding up and deporting non-Greeks. Operation Xenios Zeus continues and has been expanding to different parts of Greece. The operation began in August with a massive redeployment of police to the centre of Athens. What followed was thousands of arrests and the harassment of the non-Greek population. The number of those questioned has reached over 40,000 with some thousands of these arrested. At times hundreds have been arrested in a single day with 487 reported arrests just this weekend. The idea is to deport as many people as possible via special detention camps being set up around the country.
It has become common to see these police operations in progress in the centre of Athens. Police will frequently descend on an area populated largely by non-Greeks and begin to question and detain those they come across. Often police vans and buses full of people who have been taken in such operations line the streets. Once busy and lively streets and squares can now feel quiet and empty.
Operations similar to this were begun before the period of elections in May and June and intensified after the establishment of the current coalition government. This government is headed by New Democracy(ND) whose leader Antonis Samaras labelled immigrants as the 'tyrants of Greek society' in his election campaign. The immigration 'problem' received a lot of coverage during the elections and was at times seen to be just as important as the collapsing economy.
With Greek police stations and prisons already full the detained are being held in special camps. Across Greece up to 50 of these camps are being built. The camps are either newly built or converted from previous usage. The network of camps cover a wide area of Greece and will be expanded into other areas. Previous Greek detention facilities have been criticised by human rights groups. A report last year from Human Rights Watch stated.
''The detention facilities where they[detained immigrants] were held did not meet minimal human rights standards. Though their treatment varied from place to place, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has held that migrant detention in Greece generally constitutes “inhuman and degrading treatment.”''
Whilst you would think the far-right would be happy that their policies of deporting non-Greeks are being carried out GD and 'local residents' have protested about the camps. For the far-right even holding people in camps is being too soft and there has been complaints that the camps have been built on army or police property.
At the same time as the state attacks the immigrant population within Greece it also seeks to stop any new arrivals. A fence along the Evros river which marks the border with Turkey is nearing completion. Once complete the 3m high fence will run for a distance of 12.5km. Frontex units have been previously deployed to the area and there has been a crackdown against those trying to enter Greece at this point in recent months. These measures have largely closed this entrance to Greece.
With the land border closing many people are attempting to cross into Greece via the islands in the Aegean sea. This has recently included large groups of people who are fleeing from the civil war in Syria. The Greek state's response to large numbers of people desperately trying to escape an increasing bitter civil war has been to draw up another special anti-immigrant operation. Operation Ione will see more detention camps built on the Greek islands themselves and forces concentrated in the north Aegean. The sea crossings into Greece can be extremely dangerous as was tragically demonstrated when a boat went down with the loss of dozens of lives in September.
As the international media begin to pay more attention to GD and the fascists roaming the streets we should not forget that this is just one side of the attack on the immigrant population. Whilst the fascist gangs attack and murder at night the Greek state harasses, detains and deports during the day. Round-ups, detention camps and deportations used to be a far-right dream, now it is official state policy.
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Domestic violence is one of the most significant global health issues affecting women globally. Domestic violence is not only a public health concern, but also a major violation of women’s rights and thus should be curbed. The estimates given by the World Health Organization indicate that almost thirty-five percent of women global experience either sexual or physical abuse from their intimate partners. According to Burman et al. (2017), the primary determinants of domestic violence remain complex due to the substantial misinformation and confusion within the public debates. The typical argument, however, is that the principal causes of domestic violence include gender inequalities, authority imbalances and the controlling patterns and behaviors in relationships. When using women who are subjects of domestic violence as participants in a research study, it is essential that research ethics are upheld to boost efficiency. Some of the significant ethical issues found at the initial stages of conducting such research include respect for confidentiality and anonymity, respect for privacy, beneficence and informed consent.
When using women that fall victims of domestic violence as the subjects in a research study, an informed consent must be obtained. The informed consent is significant before the enrolment of a participant and during an ongoing research procedure. The informed consent tells the participants about their rights, the goal of the study, the processes involved as well as the potential benefits and risks of participating in that particular research study (Gelles, 2017). The primary goal of informed consent is to present adequate information such that a subject makes informed decisions regarding whether or not to participate in a study. Participants in a research operation should, therefore, operate willingly, and women as a component of the vulnerable population must be given extra protection measures. The informed consent is outlined in the ethical regulations and codes for human participants research. The informed consent formal document should be presented in a language that these women can easily comprehend. The document should also be set in a way that minimizes the chances of coercion or undue impact, and these women participants should be given adequate time-frame to consider their participation.
Various research procedures have different risks, and thus the review and approval systems should adapt to the relevant questions asked and the nature of the research study to minimize the risks. Some of these risks are social, legal, psychological and physical. It is the duty of the researcher, therefore, to ensure that they minimize these risks to boost efficiency and curb conflicts. As postulated by LaRossa et al. (2018), women as subjects of a research study should be protected by upholding confidentiality to boost their safety or curb further attacks from their intimate partners in case they find out. Researchers should also ensure that they conduct research studies that are approved by the Institute Review Board’s guidelines. Some of the information that the researcher should give the participants to provide informed and voluntary consent include their rights, the potential risks, and benefits, the identity of the research as well as their affiliations and the procedures of disseminating the results from that particular study.
The benefits of conducting a research study using women that are victims of domestic violence as the participants outweigh the risks. Such an investigation not only creates awareness regarding domestic violence but is also grants such women the chance to express themselves and seek help from the relevant authorities. Conducting such a study also helps the appropriate governing bodies formulate strategies of curbing the issue of domestic violence which is a global concern.
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psychosocial interior of the family (pp. 139-156). Routledge.
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Lectures on balance of payments
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Lecture Note on the Balance of Payments Barry W. Ickes Fall 1. Introduction to the Balance of Payments The balance of payments is the record of a country™s transactions with the rest of the world.
It consists of three main parts: the current account, the capital account, and official reserves settlement balance.1 ThesumofthethreemainFile Size: 79KB. Balance of Payments Balance of Payment Current Account Balance+Financial Account Balance+Capital Account Balance=0 Fundamental balance of payments identity An implication of the double-entry book-keeping methodology Example of double.
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Start Free Trial Cancel anytime. Global Econ - Balance of Payments - lecture. Uploaded by. The Balance of Payments Textbook, like the Balance of Payments Compilation Guide, is a companion document to the fifth edition of the Balance of Payments Manual.
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the official settlements balance of payments. Notice that in Table 2 the negative balance on the official capital account (row 7, column 3) exactly offsets the official settlements balance of payments surplus (row 6, column 4).
This must be the case if the overall balance of payments is to equal zero.
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The official settlements balance of. In this lesson summary review and remind yourself of the key terms and calculations related to the balance of payments.
Topics include the current account (CA) and the capital and financial account (CFA, sometimes called simply the capital account), and how the movement of goods, services, assets, and remittances appear in the BOP.
ADVERTISEMENTS: Balance of Payments (BOP). Subject Matter: The balance of payments (henceforth BOP) is a consolidated account of the receipts and payments from and to other countries arising out of all economic transactions during the course of a year.
In the words of C.
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Balance of Payments. Balance of Payments is the difference between the total flow of money coming into a country and the total flow of money going out of a country during a period of time. Although related to the balance of trade, balance of payments is the record of all economic transactions between individuals, firms, and the government and.
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“A receipt and payment account is a summarized cash book for a given period”.”This is a summary of the cash transactions as in the cash book”. Non-profit organizations prepare receipt and payment account at the end of the year. With the help of this account and some additional information, we prepare income and expenditure account to disclose the true results of non-profit organizations.
The balance of payments is the record of all international trade and financial transactions made by a country's residents. The balance of payments has three components—the current account, the financial account, and the capital t accounts measure international trade, net income on investments, and direct payments.
An original and systematic synthesis of the major postwar developments in theory and policy of balance-of-payments adjustment, this book focuses on the present-day system of pegged-but-adjustable exchange rates and the problems that policy authorities must face if they are to attain full employment, price stability, balance-of-payments equilibrium, and a satisfactory rate of economic.
Clearly, the balance of payment is an application of double entry book-keeping with the result that debits and credits will always balance. In other words, balance of payment will always be in equilibrium.
(c) Comparison: Balance of payment is a wider concept as compared to balance of trade which is just one of the four components of the former. Balance of Payment – CBSE Notes for Class 12 Macro Economics Introduction This chapter gives a detailed account of balance of payment of an economy, it structure and categorisation into current and capital account.
Thereafter explaining balance of trade and its differences with the balance of payment, autonomous items, accommodating items and their differences, disequilibrium [ ]. The Balance of Payments and the Exchange Rate In today's global economy world, the phenomenon of the "closed economy" —one that is unaffected by international trade and capital flows— is little more than an abstract textbook concept.
The notion of a closed economy is nevertheless quite. A companion document to the fifth edition of the Balance of Payments Manual, the Balance of Payments Compilation Guide shows how the conceptual framework described in the Manual may be implemented in practice.
The primary purpose of the Guide is to provide practical guidance for using sources and me. In addition to corresponding series and tables within the Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook, the BOPS CD-ROM contains data as reported by the balance of payments correspondents to the IMF Statistics Department.
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The Balance of Payments Textbook(the Textbook) is the second of two companion documents to the fifth edition of the Balance of Payments Manual(the Manual), which was published by the International Monetary Fund in The fifth edition of the Manualaddresses the many important changes that have occurred in international transactions.
Assuming the sum of the price elasticities of demand for exports and imports is greater than one, a decrease in net exports will worsen the current account and hence correct the balance of payments surplus.
The balance of payments will be explained in greater detail in Chapter No Need to hold a Large Amount of Foreign Exchange Reserves.
UK Balance of Payments, The Pink Book: Balances between inward and outward transactions, providing a net flow of transactions between UK residents and the rest of the world and reports on how that flow is funded.
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UK Balance of Payments, The Pink Book: Balances between inward and outward transactions, providing a net flow of transactions between UK residents and the rest of the world and reports on how. However, there is no book-keeping requirement that the sums of the two sides of a selected number of balance of payments accounts should be the same, and it happens that the balances shown by certain combinations of accounts are of considerable interest to analysts and government officials.
It is these balances that are often referred to as “surpluses” or “deficits” in the balance. SMU Classification: Restricted • The Balance-of-Payments is a record of the economic transactions between the residents of one country and the rest of the world • Records are kept annually and quarterly • Economic transaction is an exchange of goods, services, or assets between residents of one country and those of another • Residents include businesses, individuals and government.
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The balance of payments (BOP) is a statement of all transactions made between entities in one country and the rest of the world over a defined period of time, such as a quarter or a year.Describe the balance of payments identity and discuss its implications under the fixed and flexible exchange rate regimes.
Answer: The balance of payments identity holds that the combined balance on the current and capital accounts should be equal in size, but opposite in sign, to the change in the official reserves: BCA + BKA = -BRA.
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Omar Faruk Tekbilek
As I write about Faruk, as Omar Faruk Tekbilek is familiarly called, I am listening to Whirling. It is all the inspiration I need to help recall the conversation we shared on the phone. The winding ney has the same silky quality as his voice and recall is instantaneous.
Faruk is one of the most popular Middle Eastern musicians of today. Although known primarily for ney, he is also adept at playing darbuka, bandir, zurna, kavala, davul, def, jura, oud, baglama, and synthesizer. Of course, one cannot forget his fabulous voice!
Faruk has performed with some of the most well-known musicians in the Middle East, but is probably best known for his work with Brian Keane. Their paths crossed while Faruk was working at Fazil’s International in New York when Brian was looking for a Turkish musician to help with his project Suleyman the Magnificent. Brian liked Faruk’s talent and knowledge of so many instruments. Faruk was attracted by the story of Suleyman, ruler of Turkey for 46 peaceful years. The pair connected and went on to create Fire Dance and Beyond the Sky. The combination of Faruk’s music and Brian’s arrangements made it appealing for audiences east and west. In fact, both are critically acclaimed works. Faruk said, “One song in Beyond the Sky, I wrote it for God. Saying every nation has its beauty. God belongs to everybody. People go crazy when I start singing it.”
It’s impossible to speak to Faruk without coming away with the impression that God is his greatest inspiration. He speaks of it. You hear it in his music. He explained that the Sufi way of expressing themselves through music is with “long notes without melody.” This is typical because it could be very imaginative or very powerful. It depends. Each note is so beautiful that you don’t want to go to another note. When the player emphasizes that note, you can feel the spirit come out of that one note. They are moving notes. Sufi tradition emphasizes that so you can warm up the tone and widen the note. It is beautiful.
“There is no difference in performing for Americans vs. Middle Easterners. They all appreciate. They all are amazed. The power of music is the same as long as the players play with their hearts. Everyone can come together: Israeli, Palestinian, Syrian, Turkish, Greek, Armenian, and Egyptian, because it’s all about God. There is only one God, no matter what you call him, and he belongs to everybody. That is what my music is all about.”
In order to stay in touch with God and himself, Faruk practices Hatha Yoga daily, a ritual he began at 17. He was introduced to this by his music teacher, Burhan Tonquch, while he was practicing. “I fell in love with it,” he said, “Also now, I learn Tai chi. that really effects me. I practice everyday. It makes me more aware of my body. We have a treasure in the mind and body.”
Whirling was Faruk’s first solo project. It is created, as is all his music, with the four corners in mind. It contains some Sufi style music, some romantic, some folkloric, and some modern-but this will be in the least amount. Faruk’s approach to music is cosmic. It’s a difficult thing to explain with words when the concept is really so celestial. He hears music all around himself. He says, “It’s in the humming of machines. One is humming “c” while the ceiling fan is humming “f.” The telephone hums, the air filter, the refrigerator. Concentrate and listen. It’s there.
Traditionalists have questioned Faruk’s use of synthesizer in music, but he explains that it represents the universal hum. He is always aware of it and feels it should be there. He says it gives more of a spacey, meditative quality.
As a fairly new dancer, I was introduced to Faruk’s music with Whirling, but I found out there was much more history and more music than that! Born in Turkey in 1951 into a musical family, Faruk began his journey into music almost from birth. His older brother, Hadji Ahmed Tekbilek, was already playing on the radio when he was just 12 year old. His younger brother, Behzat, is also a musician. Although not a musician by trade, his oldest brother, Kadir, also plays music, and his father likes to sing. Faruk said it was inspirational having musical people around.
Faruk began his instruction from his brother, but his formal training began at the age of 10. His first teacher, Aydin, was a music shop owner who thought of Faruk like a son. Aydin taught him rhythms, scales, and baglama. There, he also learned how to read music- a rare skill in the Middle East.
By the time Faruk was 12, he was performing professionally. Three years later, he went to Istanbul where he worked as a studio musician with his brother. Here he worked with and learned from some of the leading musicians of the time including Orhan Gencebay, Burhan Tonguch, Ismet Siral, Mine Kosan, and Ahmet Sergin, the Elvis Presley of his time. Faruk considers himself lucky to be part of the musical revolution in Turkey.
Faruk explained that before classical Turkish music never emphasized the rhythm. It was weak and not considered the foundation of music. There was no rhythm structure, just steady beat. Ismet Siral’s fusion of jazz and folk and Burhan Tonquch’s influence of Jazz and Latin changed the music forever. Faruk describes this time as a “beautiful experience. I learned tremendous things.” He stayed for 10 years.Faruk’s experiences lead him to write a poem about his greatest influences, his teachers, his brother, and God. It says, We wash our souls with the water of thanks/ We look at the future through the happiness of now/ The future is now, now will be future/ We can see what beauties he shall give us/ He fills our heart with his love/ We burn like a tree with our love/ In that fire everything shall melt/ And my patience tree will bear its fruit.”
Faruk’s next goal was to go to Sweden to join his brother, but after traveling the world, Faruk decided to come to the United States to broaden his knowledge of music.
During his first tour here, he met his future wife, Suzan. After a four year courtship mostly by mail, he married her and settled in New York. He got a job there playing with Top 40 musicians, but after 6 months, he quit. He wanted to introduce Middle Eastern instruments, but they were not open to it. They didn’t see his vision so he though it better to get into a club circuit and show venues.
Faruk remembered, “The first year was terrible because I couldn’t stand to be staying in a room all day long. Suddenly I realized, this is my body. I play my body. Since I have my body with me, I can whistle. I can sing. My body is my instrument. The realization was that the body is the most powerful thing. Most people need a product, but as a musician, everything is happening in the body and the mind. I think this is the most exciting thing.”
In the 1980’s, with his brother-in-law Ibrahim, he formed The Sultans, a group that often performed with bellydancers in mind. They recorded five albums together and were seen at Rakkasah, Magana Baptiste’s annual festival and other prestigious events. The played for many well-known dancers such as Jamila Salimpour, Morocco, Amaya, etc. The public demand for Faruk’s performances took him away from the group, and his career went in other directions.
When I spoke with Faruk, he had just returned form Israel Festival Jerusalem, a world renowned event for artists all over the globe. He said that his experience was a career highlight because not only did he get to perform with his brother here, he was joined by Bustan Abraham. It was a festival of people of all cultures playing for an audience of all cultures. It was fascination to see everyone having fun. Faruk smile, “That was the cake, my brother was the cream.”
Faruk is also getting ready for a couple of concerts and the Middle Eastern Music and Dance Camp where he and his wife will teach. He has a new Celestial recording due out in March or May. He has visions of creating a studio where his son Murat will work with him as a sound engineer. He is also interested in doing documentary work, assembling a new band, and of course making more music.
But Faruk is not just a performer, he is also a teacher. Faruk has a unique approach to teaching. He teaches more than basic rhythms, balance, and how to do right left combinations. He explains his philosophy in these words, “When I teach ney, I put it in the air and tell them to listen. It’s the nature of the wind. When “who” is the most appreciated word, it imitates the breathing sound. I make people aware of air flowing through our bodies when we play. It’s the simplest form of meditation. It is following your breath with no effort. I emphasize this and people get into it. It’s like playing your body instead of an instrument. Look, you can feel the bounce on the air.”
When I asked Faruk how he prepares for workshops and performances, he replied, “I am always ready. I always feel that I am performing, and I don’t feel embarrassed. I play while driving. I would perform whatever is in my mind, it just depends on the audience. I have a wide repertoire. I have thousands of melodies in my mind…”
My interview with Faruk ended with these words, “Music is the shortest way to feel God. I went to religious school for 5 years and have a diploma. I also belong to Rosicrucians, like a white brotherhood from ancient Egypt time. They were teaching how to develop inner power and listen to the whispers in your heart. They also say the knowledge does not belong to any sect. It’s cosmic. It belongs to the universe. You just have to listen”.
“All my life I was searching for this form all over the world. So that’s the feeling of God. It’s the main thing. Whatever the language, it’s calling you. Through music and dance people can reach each other. Everybody likes it because everybody can enjoy each other without seeing the differences between them. Nationality puts the difference between people. We are all children of Adam. “ I represent no nationality when I play. Music is a universal human bond. Face to face we have no differences. I am lucky to be a musician. For this I pray and say ‘Thank God’.”
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“Writing and learning and thinking are the same process.” ~ William Zinsser
I had a lovely afternoon on Friday with a woman who fully embraces the concept of “life long learner.” I met her two years ago at a retreat sponsored by the United Methodist Women. Right away I was inspired by the interesting contributions she was making to our group discussions and wanted to know more about her. I’ve since learned she is an artist and a writer who is still avidly interested in the world and learning at eighty-three years of age. So young at heart, she still is in command of her own life. She swims at our local hot springs pool, volunteers weeding gardens and has a fulfilling spiritual life.
Last week, it was fun to finally see her contemporary paintings and discuss the thought process that she put into each composition. She interestingly explained the symbolism she incorporated into each of her paintings and how it related to where she was along her life path when she created them.
I took along an independently published art DVD to share with her that I knew she’d appreciate, a portrait painting demonstration, called “The Captain’s Portrait” by master painter Richard Schmid
http://bit.ly/103RYtr. For me watching it brought back wonderful memories of 2001. I was in the audience the day the video was filmed and was attending my first live painting demonstration of a world-renown artist.
From our back and forth exchange of discussion as we watched the film together, it was evident that this woman has been a life-long art student. Although her works of art may not hang in top galleries throughout the country, she has won “Best in Show” awards. She seems to have a wonderful grasp of the concepts that were discussed in the film such as shape, form, values of light and dark, line, textures and color harmony. I shouldn’t be surprised, from the moment I met her she seemed very astute.
Just before we parted company , she told me how she has a void in her heart. Some years ago, the group of local painters who used to gather regularly at the Steamboat “Art Depot” and paint together, disbanded. She said “its much harder these days to find motivation to paint, and she misses the camaraderie greatly.”
I was reminded, once again, why art matters to young and old alike and to myself! This blog brought to you by Sue Batton Leonard, author of Gift of a Lifetime: Finding Fulfilling Things in the Unexpected
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By: Fernando Urrego, MD, FAAP
Many parents know that smoking cigarettes damages their health. What they might not realize is that, in family court cases, the habit also can hurt their chances for custody of their kids.
What's in the Child's Best Interest?
Regardless of the state you live in or whether you are fighting for full or joint custody, the judge who decides your case will be asking,
"What outcome will protect the safety and well-being of your child and what is in the child's best interest?"
This involves many factors—including anything that might affect a child's health. In a rising number of custody cases, courts are also factoring in whether parents, or other family members smoke in the home or car when children are present.
Secondhand smoke contains about 4,000 different chemicals, many of which can cause cancer. It is proven to increase short- and long-term health risks in children exposed to it, including:
Respiratory infections (like bronchitis and pneumonia)
Chronic cough and other lung problems
Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) (for babies younger than 1 year)
Children whose parents smoke also are more likely to be involved in fires that start when they play with matches, lighters or lit cigarettes accidentally left within their reach.
Is Smoking Around Kids Child Abuse?
According to federal law, child abuse is "an act or failure to act which presents an imminent risk of serious harm." Custody attorneys may argue that knowingly and repeatedly exposing a child to secondhand smoke is a form of child abuse and reason to limit custody or visitation rights—especially if a child has a health condition such as
Whether exposure to secondhand smoke is child abuse is the source of much debate, and custody cases may include a range of pro and con arguments:
Addiction, or criminal act? Some judges may emphasize the addictive power of nicotine in cigarettes. They may rule that, like other chronic illnesses, nicotine dependence is a disease, and the parent who smokes should be allowed to undergo treatment without judgement. The other side of the argument assumes a "moral failure" by the parent who exposes the child to a dangerous situation. From this point of view, exposing a child to secondhand smoke can be considered a criminal act.
Privacy rights. Complicating the issue is legal debate over a parent's privacy right, not only to smoke in their own home, but to raise his or her child without intervention from the state. The court will determine if the parent's rights outweigh the best interest of the child.
Further Clouding the Issue…
Courts considering a child's exposure to secondhand smoke in a custody or visitation case look to the state's
Uniform Marriage and Divorce Act for guidance. Exposure to secondhand smoke is typically considered as part of a "health" or "safety" factor in the custody proceedings.
Some of the situations that can become sticking points in custody cases:
Sick and sicker. Non-smoking caregivers seeking to challenge custody or visitation rights can make the case that a child's respiratory illnesses worsen when visiting a parent smokes and may cause a life-threatening asthma attack, for example.
Mitchell v. Mitchell, a Tennessee Court of Appeals judge awarded custody of a 6 -year-old boy with asthma to his non-smoking father. The mother and grandmother smoked near the child despite being advised by a doctor that the smoke would aggravate the child's asthma.
Badeaux v. Badeaux, a judge limited a smoking father's visitation rights after his son developed asthma and repeated upper respiratory infections.
Long-term risk. Even if a child has no current illness, judges may consider evidence that secondhand smoke can affect his or her health later or in other ways. Teens who have been exposed to secondhand smoke perform worse on lung function tests, for example. Exposure also increases the chance cancer or other diseases in adulthood. And studies also show the more time a child is exposed to a parent who is addicted to smoking, the more likely the child will take up cigarettes and become a heavy smoker themselves.
When both parents smoke. In some cases, when both parents smoke, the judge has granted custody to a non-smoking relative or other caregiver.
What Parents Can Do
Take steps that will show a judge you are working to protect your child from the dangers of secondhand smoke:
If you smoke, quit. Judges often take into consideration whether the smoking parent is willing to
stop smoking. Because nicotine in cigarettes is addictive and quitting smoking can be difficult, however, judges may question whether you'll follow through. To increase the odds that smoking won't hurt your custody chances, take steps to break the habit well before the case begins.
Start a home and car smoking ban. If you haven't yet been able to quit, or are unwilling to, make it a rule to never smoke around your child, and make sure their home and cars are completely smoke-free. Chemicals from tobacco smoke and vapor settle on surfaces where children play, eat and sleep, exposing them even when cigarettes are not lit.
Friends and family. Judges consider whether
other people in child's life, such as grandparents and friends, will expose the child to secondhand smoke. Make sure anyone who you let spend time with your child doesn't smoke around them or in spaces they use.
Custody cases, especially in
divorce, are difficult times for both parents and children. Your ability to provide a safe and healthy environment in regards to smoking, when the other parent cannot, may be just the issue that sways your custody case with the Judge.
Don't let your chance to win custody go up in smoke just because you smoke cigarettes!
Additional Information from HealthyChildren.org
About Dr. Urrego:
Fernando Urrego, MD, FAAP, is a pediatric pulmonologist in New Orleans, Louisiana and is affiliated with Ochsner Health System. Within the American Academy of Pediatrics, Dr. Urrego is a member of both the Section on Pediatric Pulmonology & Sleep Medicine and the Section on Tobacco Control.
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Russia may pay a very big price for its arms shipments to Iran and Syria. The House of Representatives of the U.S. Congress currently considers a bill to introduce economic sanctions against Russian organizations and companies which provide countries of the so-called axis of evil with up-to-date defense technologies.
The bill was submitted to the Congress Wednesday. Five congressmen who initiated the document express their concerns about Russia-led arms deliveries to Iran and Syria. The congressmen demand U.S. President George W. Bush should introduce sanctions against the arms suppliers. They believe that the Russian companies herewith break U.S. laws which exclude defense shipments to Iran and Syria.
The President of the United States is entitled to single-handedly introduce economic sanctions against companies, state-run organizations and foreign countries violating the ban to deliver defense technologies (including weapons of mass destruction and missile technologies) to the countries of the axis of evil.
It is worthy of note that Russia and Iran signed a 700-million-dollar contract at the end of 2005 for the delivery of 29 missile complexes Tor-M1. The system is capable of striking all types of aircraft, as well as cruise missiles and unmanned aircraft. In addition, Russia is currently in talks with Syria to deliver short-range air defense systems Strelets (Shooter).
The United States is also concerned about Russia’s defense deals with Venezuela. The Venezuelan administration has recently acquired more than 50 military choppers, 24 Su-30MK2 fighter jets and 100,000 latest Kalashnikov assault rifles (AK-103) from the Russian Federation. To add more fuel to the fire, Venezuela signed a contract with Russia to launch the licensed production of Kalashnikov guns.
Washington has repeatedly urged Moscow to cease arms shipments to the countries with shady political regimes, as the USA believes. The U.S. Undersecretary of State Nicolas Burns stated last week that the Russian government must end defense shipments to Iran. The U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice also criticized Russia for its defense deals with Syria and described such politics as “destabilizing.”
The Russian administration claims that the sale of Russian-made weapons to the above-mentioned countries does not infringe upon any international agreements, nor do they affect the balance of forces in the Middle East. Russian officials say that the deliveries are made to increase the defense ability of those countries.
“Any attempts to dictate the restrictions based on one-sided and politicized views cannot and will not be taken into our consideration,” Putin said. “This is the absolute priority for us. Russia has always observed, observes and will observe all international obligations in the defense field,” the Russian president added.
Translated by Dmitry Sudakov
Russia does not deliberately attack supply lines in Ukraine that supply Western weapons. It has found a new, much more effective and less costly way to destroy it. So say the authors of the Chinese Sohu.
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Sadness Can Lead to Depression.
Everyone feels sadness at some point in their lives. It’s unavoidable. Sadness is a natural response to the loss of someone or something that you value.
Sadness tends to hang on longer than most emotions because you usually spend more time thinking your sad thoughts. You replay them over and over again in your mind. But continually contemplating your gloomy thoughts can develop into depression. That’s why it’s important to deal with sadness when it comes up.
Here are several ways to overcome sadness.
It’s Okay to Feel Sad.
It’s important to allow yourself to feel sad. You don’t want to deny or suppress those emotions. Acknowledge your feelings of sadness and gain more awareness of what triggers them. Try to be extra gentle, kind and patient with yourself right now rather than judging yourself for having certain emotions. Accept your sadness for what it is. Don’t resist it but remind yourself that these feelings will eventually pass. Acceptance will help you manage your sadness better.
Exercise Elevates Your Mood.
One of the most effective ways to shift out of sadness is physical movement. Same thing for depression. Research has shown that exercise lifts your mood. Exercise releases endorphins and other chemicals which help you feel better. Whether it’s a walk around your neighborhood, cleaning the kitchen floor or pulling weeds, just start moving. Aim for some type of physical exercise at least 20 minutes five days a week.
Nature Can Provide a Natural Boost.
Getting outside in nature can give you a big emotional boost. You may not feel like walking through the woods or sitting by the water but being in nature often makes a world of difference. Force yourself to go outside and breathe the fresh air, observe the clouds, listen to the birds. Leaving the isolation of your home, going outside and meeting folks will help lift your sadness.
Music Quickly Lifts Your Spirits.
Beautiful music is extremely effective at relieving sadness. Research has shown that happy, upbeat music alters brain chemistry. Listening to music will not only soothe and relax you but it will quickly improve your mood. Music will also produce healing effects.
Crying is Your Body’s Natural Response to Sadness.
Regardless of what you’ve been led to believe, crying is the most natural response to sadness. Crying helps release pent-up negative emotions like sadness and frustration. When you cry, “feel-good” endorphins flood your body. This natural chemical response effectively elevates your mood and creates a relaxing reaction.
Resist the Urge to Isolate.
When you’re sad, there’s a natural tendency to isolate yourself. You want to curl up on the couch with a cozy blanket, eat comfort foods and binge-watch TV. That’s exactly when you need to hang out with a friend instead.
“Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass . . . it’s about learning to dance in the rain.” —Vivian Green
It may be tough to force yourself to get out there in the world again but it will be immensely beneficial. Interacting with others can increase your body’s production of oxytocin. Known as the “love hormone,” oxytocin helps you feel better.
Redirect Your Thoughts Away from Sadness.
Shift your focus away from your sadness and what you don’t want. The more thought and attention you give something, the more it grows. It’s imperative to always give energy to what you want, not what you don’t want. Where your attention goes, energy flows. Put your focus on the things that you do want: happiness, not sadness; peacefulness, not stressed; acceptance, not resentful.
Nothing Really Lasts Forever.
“Everything we are currently experiencing in our lives comes about in order to assist us in evolving to a higher level of consciousness. Even what we now perceive as bad, sad, negative or upsetting is here to assist us in seeing life in a more peaceful, forgiving and loving way.” —James Blanchard Cisneros
One thing that is constant in life is change. You will experience change in jobs, relationships, material possessions . . . Nothing is truly permanent. Everything is here to help us grow and evolve.
It doesn’t help to wallow in pain and sadness longer than necessary. When you experience a loss, acknowledge it, grieve it, and then let go of the pain and move on. As C. JoyBell C. wisely said,“You will find that it is necessary to let things go; simply for the reason that they are heavy.”
Don’t allow your mind to control you by endlessly playing with sad thoughts. Control your mind and redirect it. Despite your mind wanting to continually lead you down dark, painful alleys, redirect it to a brighter path by focusing on gratitude, happiness, hope. It’s always a choice. Your choice.
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The idea is that not all actions are created equal. Which is to say some actions take more time, or effort to complete that others. For example, going to the gym takes more effort than making your bed. After all, going to the gym involves getting dressed, traveling to the gym, working your butt off, then coming back home. Making your bed is easy by comparison.
So, why should these two actions have the same weight towards your daily score? This is where effort based scoring comes in. You now have the option to assign a weight from 1 to 10 to your actions. You can also assign weights to several actions at once using Multi-select in the context menu.
A weight of 1 designates the action as easy, quick, or requires little effort. A weight of 10 designates the action is hard, takes a long time, or requires considerable effort.
Effort based weights are enabled from the Settings screen under Statistical > Effort / Priority Weighting. Here you can enable or disable the weighting system. There is also an option to assigned weights based on priority. This emulates the previous priority based weighting system. If you would like to understand how the score is computed read on.
How The Effort Based Score is Calculated
Let’s start with sample list:
As mentioned above effort is measured from 1 to 10. 1 represents a low effort whereas 10 represents a high effort. This list contains three actions with weights of 2, 5 and 8. Here is a breakdown of the percent worth of each action:
The action “Take multivitamins” has an effort of 2 and a percent worth of 13%.
“Do yoga stretch” has an effort of 5 and a percent worth of 33%.
“Run for as least 2 miles” has an effort of 8 and 53% is its percent worth.
First we determine the total available points for the actions presented. The total is:
2 + 5 + 8 = 15
Knowing that the total is 15 we can now compute each action’s percent worth as follows:
“Take multivitamins” – (2 / 15) X 100 = 13.33333%
“Do yoga stretch” – (5 / 15) X 100 = 33.3333%
“Run for as least 2 miles” – (8 / 15) X 100 = 53.3333%
The sum of these results totals 100%.
Lastly, notice that the “Take multivitamins” action is numerical with a target of 5. The score for this action is given proportional to the amount completed. So, if only 3 vitamins where taken the score for this action would be 8%:
3 / 5 = 0.6 – 3 of the 5 pills were taken
2 X 0.6 = 1.2 – The effort of 2 times the partial score
(1.2 / 15) X 100 = 8% – Taking 3 of the 5 pills results in 8% of the 13% being awarded so far.
Effort based scoring gives more granularity to your actions that should result in harder actions giving a larger percent boost to your score. This should help with your motivation to get your harder actions completed each day. Please, let us know if your find the system useful. And, as always let us know what questions or suggestion you have.
Thank you for using List: Daily Checklist!
To your continued success,
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More than 27 years have passed since the Soviet Union pulled its forces out of Afghanistan, ending a blood-soaked intervention that left one million Afghans and fifteen thousand Soviets dead. In Tajikistan, a country that shares not only a 1300-kilometre border, but close linguistic and cultural ties with Afghanistan, the memory of the war has all but disappeared from the public space. History books make little mention of it, newspapers speak seldom of it and top government representatives stay away from public commemorations of the war.
Only the war veterans themselves keep the memory of the conflict alive. Yet they are often cold-shouldered by government institutions and their fellow Tajiks.
Around 15,000 residents of Soviet Tajikistan took part in the Soviet intervention in Afghanistan. They served in a range of capacities, from snipers and riflemen to interpreters and signallers. As many as 366 of them lost their lives, with more than 1,000 listed as injured. It was the biggest military involvement of Tajikistanis since the Second World War, when some 200, 000 Tajik men and women from the Central Asian republic served on the battlefields of Europe and Asia.
Today, between 6,000-7,000 Afghan war veterans, or afgantsy, still live in Tajikistan. They are spread far and wide, from the heavily trafficked streets of Dushanbe to the high mountain plateaus of Murghob district. Many of them struggle to make a living in a country that is stricken with unemployment and ranks among the poorest in Asia.
Some have left, joining more than a million other Tajik migrant workers in Russia, from where they send home vital remittances to their families.
More than a quarter of a century after the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan, the afgantsy are still struggling to carve out a place for themselves in post-Soviet Tajikistan
Scattered, poor and, in many cases, in ill health, the veterans receive little help from official quarters. A law from 1995 recognises them as “veterans of military action on the territory of other states” and entitles them to a limited number of benefits.
But many of those benefits are ludicrously small (one is a 50% discount on garbage removal services) and often not delivered in practice.
Instead, most of the former fighters have been left to fend for themselves. In Khorugh, a small town in the rugged Pamir Mountains, local veterans have no office or organisational budget and receive only meagre hand-outs and discounts on public services. Recently, they lost even their right to discounted electricity when the local electricity company was placed in private hands (although, on the upside, electricity has been more stable in the town since).
That situation has parallels in other parts of Tajikistan. Especially in rural areas, afgantsy have been largely abandoned by official bodies, who choose to spend their limited budgets on other things. Indeed, despite being Tajik citizens, many veterans say, they receive better support in Russia when they go there to work.
Heirs to heroes?
The afgantsy do what they can to improve their lot. Certainly, being a veteran has some perks: it can provide access to helpful social networks and act as a door-opener in some contexts. A former scout from the Wakhan Valley in south-eastern Tajikistan recalled being helped by former comrades-in-arms when he fled to Ekaterinburg during the civil war that gripped the country from 1992 to 1997. Another afganets found a good job in Ukraine thanks to the intervention of local veterans.
During my research in Tajikistan, many afgantsy spoke of the kindness and sense of camaraderie that they meet among fellow veterans in Russia today.
In Tajikistan, too, camaraderie plays an important role. In the absence of adequate state support, many former fighters look to each other for assistance.
A group of veterans that I came to know in Dushanbe were a tight-knit community who regularly met and spent time together, eating and drinking and helping each other in various ways, including with money, food and work around the house. It was a solidarity group that cut across family, regional and professional ties and provided additional security to its members in a context of precarity and hardship.
Mostly afgantsy take part in it.But if some veterans rely on each other for help, they also demand that the state ramp up its support. Frustrated by the paltry benefits provided by officialdom, Afghan War veterans’ associations have petitioned government bodies to increase assistance to the former soldiers.
The Committee on Soldier-Internationalists’ Affairs, one of the largest afgantsy organisations in the country, has been conducting negotiations with the Tajik government about revising the current law on veterans. Its main request has been that Afghan War veterans be granted the same legal status as veterans of the Second World War, which would entail increased benefits as well as symbolic recognition.
To win the government’s ear, the veterans are trying to prove their worth to the independent Tajik state. Even as the government blind-sides them, the veterans miss few occasions to vaunt their patriotism. At public events, such as military celebrations and meetings with military conscripts, they cast themselves as loyal Tajik patriots, committed to defending their new post-Soviet motherland.
They push the same rhetoric in their public announcements. In a statement in its organ Internatsionalist bashardöst in February 2013, the Committee on Soldier-Internationalists’ Affairs said that “we aim, desire and wish for the stability and prosperity of the land… we are soldiers, workers and rear guards of the Constitution and are ready to support the policies of the President of the Republic of Tajikistan, the honourable Emomali Rahmon.”
Many veterans deliver on such talk. One district branch of the Committee on Soldier-Internationalists’ Affairs has inscribed into its statutes a commitment to assist the government in efforts to promote “military and patriotic values” among Tajik youth.
Several of its members take an active part in attempts to do so, including in meetings with school pupils. In the southern town of Qurghonteppa, meanwhile, veterans regularly visit all 19 schools in the town to hold events with pupils. This was said by the leader of the local afgantsy Yokub Nazarov, who added that: “We check their physical and mental readiness and talk to them about the need to defend their country.”
Such efforts do more than boost the Afghan War veterans’ patriotic credentials. They also fit into a broader narrative about the veterans as guardians of military tradition. These soldiers, who once fought for the Soviet Union and now declare their loyalty to the Tajik state, say they tie together pride in the Tajik motherland with the legacy of the Soviet past.
Indeed, many of them even venture to say that they are the successors of those greatest of Soviet heroes: the veterans of the Great Patriotic War (World War II). Just like the men and women who defended their motherland on the battlefields of Europe, so the afgantsy, they insist, hearkened to the call of their country when they donned their uniforms and carried their rifles into battle with the Afghan Mujahaddin. The wars may have been different, but the loyalty and steadfastness that the soldiers displayed were the same.
Repeatedly, Afghan War veterans try to link the public memory of their own – much-scorned – struggle with the triumphalist discourse that surrounds the Great Patriotic War and other facets of Tajikistan’s military past. It is an attempt to boost their own social prestige and cast themselves as embodiments of military tradition.
A luke-warm government response
Yet the government’s response has been tepid. In 2013, it declined the request from the Committee on Soldier-Internationalists’ Affairs for increased benefits, citing budgetary constraints. At the celebrations of the 25th anniversary of the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan on 15 February 2014, it sent no top official to attend the event, even though it had sent delegates to similar events in earlier years.
On lower levels, some public officials reportedly refuse to honour even the spartan provisions of the current legislation, denying requests by veterans for benefits. At a time when Putin’s Russia is cozying up to its organised Afghan War veterans’ movement, which it uses as a partner in its state propaganda, the Tajik government seems intent on keeping its own afgantsy at arm’s length.
More than a quarter of a century after the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan, the afgantsy are still struggling to carve out a place for themselves in post-Soviet Tajikistan.
The Tajik state has tried to cut the umbilical cord with the Soviet empire that birthed it and instead embarked on a nation-building drive that leaves little room for painful Soviet memories. But the afgantsy demand that their suffering and their exploits be heard and recognised.
Through public performances and rhetoric, they try to remind the Tajik public of the blood they shed in Afghanistan, while they also pose as guardians of military and patriotic principles inherited from Soviet times. They want to be brought into the public narrative about the Tajik past and receive the recognition and support they see as their due. Yet the government still turns them a blind eye.
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Finland’s cuisine is built around fresh, natural ingredients gathered straight from the waters, fields and forests
Get to know the local ingredients and delicious dishes you simply can’t miss when visiting Finland.
Finns are known as leaders of research and innovation. But when it comes to food, they tend to favour tradition. Finnish cuisine differs from neighbouring Scandinavian countries because it has one foot on either side of its borders – Russia in the East and Sweden in the West.
Since day one, the Finnish diet has been built around surviving the harsh conditions of our northern climate. Growth seasons are dictated by the cold, meaning many local products are only available for a limited amount of time.
These days, you can buy just about anything your heart desires in Finland. But go local while you’re here, and you’ll be in for a treat!
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12 Things Your Doctor Might Not Tell You About Pain Medication
Be smart about pain medication. Here’s what doctors say you need to know about opioids and the management of chronic pain.
What you need to know about pain medication
At one point or another, you may have taken painkillers to treat short-term pain, such as surgery or childbirth. Depending on the severity of pain, your doctor may have suggested non-opioid options like ibuprofen. For severe and chronic pain, you may have been prescribed opioids like oxycodone.
According to the Government of Canada, there were more than 14,700 opioid-related deaths in Canada between January 2016 and September 2019. If you are prescribed opioids, it’s important to understand both the side effects and risks of taking these pain meds. It’s best to reduce your exposure to prescription opioids if the risks outweigh the benefits when it comes to pain management.
However, if your doctor believes painkillers are the best course of treatment for you, here are a few things you should know.
Pain meds won’t “cure” your pain
“Sometimes people expect to be totally pain-free, but that’s not our goal,” says M. Fahad Khan, MD, who specializes in pain management at NYU Langone’s Center for the Study and Treatment of Pain. Rather, the goal is long-term management and improved functionality “so you can go to work, cook for yourself, take care of your home responsibilities, have meaningful relationships,” Dr. Khan explains. “In most doctors’ minds, the pain control is almost secondary.”
Pain meds are just one part of your total pain management strategy
Dr. Khan says there are five main classes of treatment for chronic pain, ranging from most to least invasive: Surgery, injection therapy, pharmacology (opioids and non-opioids), physical modalities (physical therapy, exercise, heating pads, ice packs, massage therapy), and complementary and alternative meds (acupuncture, biofeedback, mind-body therapies, energy healing, herbal supplements, etc.). “There are a ton of different treatments and the best doctors will work with you to create a personalized plan using all of these modalities,” he notes.
You can develop dependence to opioid drugs
Even if you take your meds as instructed, you can develop a physical dependence in which your body requires more to achieve a certain effect (known as tolerance) and you experience physical or mental withdrawal symptoms once the medication is stopped. Developing a dependence is different than addiction, however: “Addiction is when your need for the drug starts affecting your daily life and social responsibilities,” Dr. Khan explains. (Keep in mind, these are the best anti-inflammatory foods for reducing pain.)
You need to be honest about your family and medical history
If you have a family history of drug addiction or a history of alcoholism, anxiety, depression, or loneliness, you may be at an increased risk of developing an addiction to painkillers. “Patients should be honest with their doctors; a good doctor is not judging their patient, but rather is carefully trying to balance risks and benefits of treating a complex and challenging condition,” says Vasudev C. Mandyam, MD, general internist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and instructor at Harvard Medical School.
You’ll likely be constipated
One of the more common side effects of prescription painkillers is constipation. “If you’re taking opioids, you’ll want to increase your fibre intake and make sure you’re drinking a lot of water,” says Dr. Khan. Other unpleasant side effects may include nausea, itchiness or rash, and sedation or a sluggish mental state. (These are secrets your pharmacist isn’t telling you.)
Booze, opioids, and benzos don’t mix
You might not think twice about that nightly beer or glass of wine, but when you take pain meds you should really consider yourself a teetotaler. Opioids, alcohol, and benzodiazepines (like Xanax, Klonopin, Valium, and Ativan) all affect the central nervous system, which can make you fuzzy-headed and even suppress breathing. When combined, you’re much more impaired and the mix can be deadly. If you binge drink (defined as five or more drinks at one time for a man, or four or more drinks at one time for a woman), you also have a higher risk of becoming addicted to painkillers, Dr. Khan notes.
Never take a leftover pill from an old prescription
When used repeatedly, opioid drugs can induce tolerance so your doctor may have prescribed a higher dosage to get the same initial effect. But once you stop your meds, you’re back to square one. So if you’re done with your prescription and months later you pop a pain pill for a pulled muscle, you could accidentally overdose on your own prescription. (Be sure to ask these questions before you take prescription medications.)
You need to store and dispose of pills properly
When prescribed pain meds, it’s your responsibility to store them properly. “The number-one place where teens get exposure to opioids is their grandmother’s medicine cabinet,” Dr. Khan says. Consider investing in a lock box and, if you have any unused pills, dispose of them safely. Many towns sponsor prescription-pill drop-offs. Check with your local police, sanitation department, and pharmacies.
Watch yourself for these warning signs of abuse
Do you watch the clock as you eagerly wait for your next dose? Are you getting in more arguments with your spouse or coworkers? Do you have trouble sleeping? Have you called in early for refills? These are red flags and prompt an immediate call to your healthcare professional. Dr. Khan suggests following up with your doctor every four weeks so he/she can monitor how the drugs are impacting your overall health, including your everyday functioning (work, school, family relationships, sleep, diet, mood, etc.) Adds Dr. Mandyam: “Using pain meds requires much more than quickly writing a prescription; there’s a lot of counselling and care coordination, and patients should be encouraged to be engaged.”
You’ll need to monitor your over-the-counter meds
Most of us don’t think of Tylenol (acetaminophen) as a harmful drug, but when taken in high doses (more than 3,000 milligrams per day), acetaminophen can be extremely toxic to the liver. So what does this have to do with opioids? Many pain pills also contain acetaminophen—and if you mix these drugs, you run the risk of irreversible liver damage. “You can’t be too careful,” Dr. Khan says. (Also, these common medications can contribute to weight gain.)
Long-term use has its share of risks
Opioid pain meds (like Vicodin and OxyContin) for chronic pain can be highly effective, but they can also be highly addictive. According to the American Society of Anesthesiologists, long-term use of opioids, when used to treat chronic pain, can increase the risk of addiction. Furthermore, though preliminary, researchers are exploring a link between chronic use and your hormonal balance, Dr. Khan adds. For women this may influence menopause or menstrual cycles; for men, this could lead to fertility issues.
Naloxone kits are available
The jury is still out to whether prescriptions to naloxone kits, used to reverse opioid overdose, should be dolled out with your pain medication prescription. “We’re struggling with this question,” Dr. Khan admits. “If a patient is so high risk that they can develop a problem with opioid abuse, should we be prescribing these pain meds in the first place?”
Next, learn which pain symptoms you should never ignore.
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If you are a new teacher and you are looking for 5th Grade Tutoring worksheets, then this article is going to be very beneficial to you. I am not a 5th grader, so I am not saying that these worksheets are not suited for 5th graders. What I am saying is that they will probably not have the same effect on a 5th grader as they would on a young child. It just takes time for the student to absorb information and it also takes time for the brain to process all of the information that is being presented to them. That said, there are many advantages of using this worksheet format for your lesson plans. I would like to take a moment and share these with you today.
Ged Math Practice Worksheets Printable from 5th grade tutoring worksheets , source:deliveryoffice.info
One of the main advantages that you will find with using this type of worksheet is that they will give the children a much more solid grasp on the subject matter. In order for a 5th grader to do well in math, they need to learn the basic skills. One of the most important skills in doing math is problem solving. By having a worksheet that includes both addition and subtraction, the child will be able to do the math problems in a much more structured manner. There is no doubt that many of the missing addendums that are on the worksheets will confuse the child, but by understanding what they are, and how they fit into the overall math problem, the child will be able to do their math much better.
There are also many other benefits to using a math worksheet that has been designed for 5th graders. For example, one of the main areas of mathematics that tends to baffle most 5th graders is the area of single-digit numbers. Most of us learned our math in our single-digit numbers class at school. Thus, we have a very limited grasp of even the most basic arithmetic. A 5th grader going into college will most likely not have much of a grasp on anything except for single-digit numbers. Using a Christmas worksheet that featuring addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division can greatly help them to develop a better grasp on the subject.
Who Am I Worksheet Answers Unique Chapter 16 Worksheets from 5th grade tutoring worksheets , source:edinblogs.net
The addition worksheets will have the children working with a certain pattern, which varies according to whether they are doing division or addition. The worksheets will also have questions on them concerning different types of addition, like addition, subtraction, and multiplication. On many of the Christmas worksheets the children will have to answer the questions before they can move on to the next sheet. This makes it very important for the teacher to pay close attention to the questions that the kids are answering, so that the answer will relate to the Christmas lights.
The kids may choose to do a Christmas addition worksheet all by themselves, or they may want to use the worksheets with the help of an adult. Since the questions on a Christmas worksheet relate to addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, the teacher will need to be able to explain each of the terms in simple layman’s language. In this way, a child will be taught all of the subtleties of the math needed to understand and do Christmas math.
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5th graders may find it difficult to understand the concepts of single digits. They will need a worksheet that features division instead of addition and subtraction. This is where a worksheet with multiples will make it easier for the student to grasp the concepts of division and multiplication. The multiples will be worked out on the previous year’s Christmas addition worksheets and the student will need to identify the cells that make up the numbers. This worksheet will also need to include formulas and a worksheet title.
After the 5th graders have had time to get to grips with single digits and their place in the world, they can move onto Christmas tree decorating. The student will be shown how to hang the lights, how to string the ornaments, and how to twist the bulbs so that they are the right shape. They will also be shown how to attach the shiny ribbons to the tree trimmings. All of these concepts are taught through printable worksheets. After the lesson has been learned, the teacher may decide to incorporate the same concepts in a different format, such as a Christmas stocking filler or a magnetic craft project.
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There are a variety of ways for a kindergarten student to learn addition, subtraction, and multiplication. A parent can easily find free addition worksheets online for their child and print them out to share with the class. Homework should always be on time, and it always helps when homework is fun. By finding the right math worksheets, parents can help their children to be ready for whatever the upcoming holiday might bring.
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- Top Silicon Valley VCs have been sharing stories and calling for action to #StopAsianHate.
- Investor Sarah Guo said she recently bought pepper spray for walking in San Francisco.
- VC Aileen Lee said, "We have to do more to stop racism and misogyny."
In the wake of the horrific shootings in the Atlanta area late Tuesday and the uptick of attacks on the Asian American community across the nation, top Silicon Valley VCs have been sharing their stories and using the #StopAsianHate hashtag as a call for action.
Ellen Pao, a tech investor and the former CEO of Reddit, called the Atlanta-area shootings "heartbreaking and infuriating" in a tweet late Tuesday.
—Ellen K. Pao (@ekp) March 17, 2021
Aileen Lee, the founder of Cowboy Ventures, said on Twitter, "We have to do more to stop racism and misogyny - incl rooting out influencers & taking away their platforms."
—aileenlee (@aileenlee) March 17, 2021
Sarah Guo, an investor at Greylock Partners, was a bit more personal, saying she recently bought pepper spray for walking around San Francisco. "Anti-Asian violence, the intensifying cesspool of crime & homelessness, and the experiences of being yelled at about the 'Chinese flu' and followed by clearly mentally ill men puts me on edge," Guo said in a tweet earlier this month.
—Sarah Guo 🌱 (@saranormous) March 4, 2021
And Megan Quinn, the investor and COO of the artificial-intelligence tech startup Niantic, said while she's "horrified" and "angry," she's committed to turning both of those emotions into action. Quinn included a link to a GoFundMe page to support the Asian American and Pacific Islander community fund, with verified fundraisers helping those affected by violence in recent weeks.
—Megan Quinn (@msquinn) March 17, 2021
Asian Americans have been targeted in nearly 3,800 hate incidents since March of last year, said Stop AAPI Hate, a group that collects data on hate and harassment incidents against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the US.
Law-enforcement officials are investigating the motive behind the shootings that took place at three massage parlors in and near Atlanta on Tuesday, killing eight people, including six Asian women. A suspect, 21-year-old Robert Aaron Long, has been arrested.
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Describe a small behavior that you would like to change in someone that you live with: a roommate, sibling, parent, child or partner. Examples include leaving their things in the living room or not taking out the trash. Show how the principals of operant conditioning (behavior concequences, reinforcement, or punishment) could be used to keep this behavior in place. Also describe how you could use behavior modification to change this behavior.
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In my designs, I tend to use floats, as opposed to relative/absolute positioning, as I find it gives a design more power and a greater ability to scale vertically.
When I first approached CSS I couldn’t for the life of me understand how floats worked. My main struggle was trying to comprehend why floating something to the left or right led to so many other items being disrupted and not being cleared.
Then one day, on a forum, someone explained floats very simply and suddenly, I understood. Floating an item affects the other items around it more so than the floated item. So if you make an image float: right then what you are really doing is floating every else to the left and under the image. Hence why items don’t clear unless you specify them to as they are floating up next to the image.
Usually, floats are explained as being taken out fo the document flow – which meant nothing to me and sounded like gibberish when I was learning CSS.
Once you begin floating items, you will end up floating everything. If you use floats on your form elements (e.g inputs, label, textareas, etc) and don’t float the form or fieldset then they won’t stretch to the full length of the form and cause havoc if you add a background image/colour to them.
Similarly if you float a navigation area and a content area next to each other then you’ll probably have to float your containing div and maybe even the body tag to make sure everything stretches to full height.
I don’t see that as a particular problem but some do and get enormous problems with floats culminating with them using contrived clearing methods like:
<br style="clear: both" />
There isn’t a need for this with good CSS – just float most parental div blocks if a good number of their children are floated and remember to clear items below.
Floating an image
margin: 0 1em 1em 0; /* adds some white space around the image */
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Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA) is a nonprofit advocacy organization established to defend and advance the constitutional right of parents to direct the education of their children and to protect family freedoms. Through annual memberships, HSLDA is comprised of tens of thousands of families united in service together, providing a strong voice when and where needed.
Since 1983, Home School Legal Defense Association’s primary goal has remained the same—to bring together a large number of homeschooling families so that each can have a low-cost method of obtaining quality legal defense. HSLDA gives families the freedom to homeschool without having to face legal threats alone. The cost of a year’s membership is close to the rate that you would have to pay for an hour of an attorney’s time almost anywhere else.
The vast majority of contacts member families face are successfully resolved through early intervention without any court action. Many times HSLDA attorneys call or write letters on behalf of members contacted by local officials. For those who wind up in court, HSLDA provides full representation at every stage of legal proceedings. After a family joins HSLDA, there are no further charges of any kind for defending them in court – all the way to the Supreme Court.
HSLDA’s advocacy for homeschoolers extends well beyond legal help. They try to support homeschooling families in many different ways, making homeschooling a more attractive and accessible option for all parents. They provide free personal consultations by phone or email with HSLDA’s qualified, experienced staff of home educators, who can answer your specific questions about :
Also available are e-newsletters on the Early Years, Homeschooling thru Highschool, and Homeschooling the Struggling Learner.
With membership, you will receive HSLDA’s quarterly magazine, The Home School Court Report, which brings you news, case updates, and helpful resources. You will also receive weekly updates and e-lerts, enabling you to stay on top of the latest homeschooling news and take action on homeschool-related legislation in your state or the nation.
Membership also entitles you to discounts on other HSLDA programs and services, such as @home e-vents (online seminars covering a wide variety of home school topics), the HSLDA Store, online AP courses offered through Patrick Henry College Preparatory Academy, Michael Farris’s online Constitutional Law course, and Generation Joshua membership.
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Piano is a perfect instrument for elementary and middle school students, because it is easy to sound great, and also easy to move on to other instruments after you have learned the basics!
Our piano lessons in the Long Beach area are filled with a ton of games, composition, brain exercises, and most of all – learning how to play with healthy technique.
All students are encouraged to perform at recitals, regardless of ability or level. Kids can sometimes get a little nervous when getting up on stage, but I do a lot of work with each student individually to help with stage fright!
Christina has been giving piano lessons to all three of my boys for almost 10 years. She has done such an amazing job with working three very different personalities in respects to taking piano lessons. She has always taken the time to listen and connect with them, not only as a teacher, but also as a friend. Christina has a wonderful teaching style in the sense that she meets the kids where they are so they are team working to learn piano. My boys love and respect Christina. - Dena
What Do Students Learn in Class?
- Piano Technique
- How To Read Music
- Music Theory
- How to Play Classical Music
- How to Play Popular Music
- Healthy Practice Habits
- How to Write Music
- Music History
What is required of students?
- a piano at home
- a positive attitude and willingness to learn
- must be able to sit and concentrate with a teacher
- have a piano or appropriate keyboard at home for daily practice
How does payment for piano lessons work?
Your payment reserves your appointment in our schedule. We charge a flat rate payment each month, and you pay for 4 appointments per month. When your lesson occurs on a month where there are 5 weeks on that day, you receive that lesson for free!
In order to reserve your piano lesson appointment, payment must be made on or before the 25th every month, for the following month. (For example, April's payment is due by March 25).
We accept credit cards, cash, and check.
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Helen and Newton Harrison are pioneers in the art and the environment movement since the 1970s. Over the last twenty years they have been doing projects and installations around art and climate change. Past projects have focused on watershed restoration, urban renewal, agriculture and forestry issues. see http://theharrisonstudio.net/?page_id=806 for the Force Majeure ebook. They are currently working with the Sagehen Creek Field Station for a long term art and climate change project.
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When you spend large amounts of time on the road, it is easy to turn to fast, unhealthy food like burgers and French fries. If you make an effort to pack some snacks before you get on the road, though, you can avoid these items and maintain a healthy weight. Keep reading for some great snack ideas for truck drivers:
Nuts are a great source of protein and healthy fats, which can actually reduce your risk for heart disease. Try to grab some roasted, unsalted nuts that you can munch on while you drive to keep yourself satiated with a delicious and nutritious snack. Trail mix is also a great snack option that keeps you feeling great while you drive.
Fruit is always a great choice for a snack and there are plenty of varieties that are easy to eat on the road. You can grab a handful of blueberries, raspberries, or blackberries without any trouble. Dried fruit is a better snack option than something fattening like potato chips, but it is often full of sugar so you should try to limit your intake.
Hummus and Veggies
Snacking on foods that are high on fiber help you feel full longer. If you can reach for some hummus and chopped vegetables instead of a milkshake, you can satiate your hunger while giving your body important vitamins and nutrients like iron, vitamin C, fiber, and protein.
Hard Boiled Eggs
Spend some time hard boiling eggs before your next big job so you have easy access to this healthy snack. Eggs have very few calories and a lot of protein. They are also a great source of lecithin to help your body burn fat.
At HDS Truck Driving Institute, we can teach you the skills you need to obtain your CDL and start working as a qualified truck driver. Our programs can put you on the path toward a rewarding career. To learn more about our program or our financial aid opportunities, call 877-205-2141.
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Bleach, an aqueous solution consisting of sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl) and other oxidizers/surfactants, is a commonly used cleaning product in household and workplace environments. The efficacy of bleach stems from its potent antimicrobial and oxidizing properties. Bleach cleaning emits volatile chlorinated and nitrogenated chemical compounds, which can detrimentally impact indoor air quality and human health. Toxic and likely carcinogenic organochlorides, such as chloroform (CHCl3) and carbon tetrachloride (CCl4) have been measured at elevated levels in indoor air during bleach use. Bleach cleaning also produces chloramines, which are known respiratory irritants. Mixing bleach with ammonia (NH3) or acids (such as HCl or vinegar) indoors produces dangerous amounts of chloramines and chlorine gas (Cl2), respectively. The accidental mixture of bleach and acid recently lead to the tragic death of an employee at a Buffalo Wild Wings restaurant. Knowledge of the emissions and indoor chemistry from bleach use, and the subsequent impacts toward health and indoor air quality, are therefore imperative to the well-being of consumers and employees who frequently clean with bleach indoors.
We recently investigated the volatile emissions, and subsequent indoor chemistry of bleach use during a series of highly-controlled, reproducible experiments during the HOMEChem campaign. Here, we performed high time-resolution measurements of several reactive chlorine- and nitrogen-containing compounds in indoor air during bleach cleaning. Bleach cleaning introduces part-per-billion (ppb) levels of hypochlorous acid (HOCl), Cl2, nitryl chloride (ClNO2), and nitrogen trichloride (NCl3) to indoor air—several orders of magnitude higher than what is typically observed in the outdoor air. Kinetic chemical modeling (a collaboration with the MOCCIE team) revealed that multiphase chemistry occurring within the applied bleach solution, and on indoor surfaces (i.e. floors, walls, etc.) were central in controlling production of these bleach-related compounds. Ventilation and uptake to indoor surfaces were important in removing these compounds from indoor air.
Photochemical reactions between HOCl/Cl2 and light from outdoors was expected to produce hydroxyl (OH) and chlorine (Cl) free radicals in indoor air, in accordance with a previous study of indoor bleach emissions. These free radicals are key players in outdoor atmospheric oxidation chemistry, and likely increase oxidation of indoor volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Another recent study found that non-photochemical reactions of HOCl/Cl2 with limonene—a common indoor VOC; followed by photochemically-driven OH/Cl radical oxidation leads to the formation of indoor particulate matter—a pollutant associated with respiratory, cardiovascular, and other health concerns.
Gaseous NCl3 reached ppb levels for periods of an hour or more during bleach cleaning experiments at HOMEChem, which is likely harmful to individuals with asthma or sensitive breathing passages. Levels of HOCl during these periods were high enough to undergo rapid chlorination reactions with squalene, a major component of human skin oil. Authors of a recent study investigating this chemistry speculate these reactions also occur on human lung tissue upon inhalation of HOCl fumes, and likely contribute to skin and respiratory irritation commonly associated with bleach use. Levels of Cl2 reported herein were likely not acutely harmful to health, though chronic exposure may be of concern.
Given the serious health and IAQ concerns associated with bleach use, we implore readers to consider alternative cleaning methods whenever possible. If bleach use is absolutely crucial, we recommend users prepare bleach solutions per manufacturer instructions (i.e. dilute solution sufficiently with water, and never mix with other cleaning solutions), and clean in a well-ventilated environment.
Read our recent study on volatile emissions and chemistry during bleach cleaning at HOMEChem here:
James M. Mattila, Pascale S. J. Lakey, Manabu Shiraiwa, Chen Wang, Jonathan P.D. Abbatt, Caleb Arata, Allen H. Goldstein, Laura Ampollini, Erin F. Katz, Peter F. DeCarlo, Shan Zhou, Tara F. Kahan, Felipe J. Cardoso-Saldaña, Lea Hildebrandt Ruiz, Andrew Abeleira, Erin K. Boedicker, Marina E. Vance, Delphine K. Farmer. Multiphase chemistry controls inorganic chlorinated and nitrogenated compounds in indoor air during bleach cleaning. Environmental Science & Technology. 2020 Jan 15;54(3):1730-9. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.9b05767
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Michael Che[Starts with Michael Che in his set]
Michael Che: On Thursday, scientists announced that the detection of gravitational waves whose existence was first proposed by Albert Einstein in 1916. Now, it’s a pretty complicated idea. So here to explain it to us is Denver Broncos linebacker and Super Bowl MVP, Von Miller.[Von Miller slides in]
Von Miller: How are you doing, Michael?
Michael Che: I’m okay. Von Miller. Now so, Von, you studied science in college, right?
Von Miller: Yeah. I guess you can say that I did.
Michael Che: Okay. Now, explain this to us. The gravitational waves were discovered when two black holes collided with each other. Is that correct?[Cut to Von Miller]
Von Miller: That’s right. Let me put it like this. Picture two huge forces slamming together. Like say me and Cam Newton.[Cut to Von Miller and Michael Che]
Michael Che: You’re just talking about football, man.
Von Miller: No, I’m talking about science. [Cut to Von Miller] Now these forces collide, it makes gravity waves. Like when I collided with Cam Newton and forced him to form.[Cut to Von Miller and Michael Che]
Michael Che: Alright. Sounds like you’re bragging. Are you sure you’re not bragging about this?
Von Miller: Come on! I told you this is science, man.
Michael Che: Okay.[Cut to Von Miller]
Von Miller: Now these waves are everywhere in the universe. Just like I’m everywhere when Cam Newton closes and he’s like, [making faces] [Cut to Von Miller and Michael Che]
Michael Che: Von, you already won, man.
Von Miller: Look, this is a huge discovery. [Cut to Von Miller] No one ever thought it would happen. Kind of like no one ever thought that we would keep the number one offence to just eight points. Hey, but it happened. And it’s amazing. Discovery proves that Einstein’s theory ME=MVP.
Michael Che: Well you got that right. Von Miller everyone!
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The Lower Bavarian BMW Group Landshut plant again assumes its role as an innovation driver for the automotive future: With a number of important high-tech components, it will give the BMW iNEXT, which starts rolling off the assembly line in Dingolfing from 2021, a face. The BMW iNEXT is the BMW Group’s first all-electric production vehicle prepared for fully automated driving. Today, Dr. Andreas Wendt, Member of the Board of Management of BMW AG responsible for Purchasing and Supplier Network, and Hubert Aiwanger, Deputy Prime Minister of Bavaria and the Bavarian Minister of Economic Affairs, Regional Development and Energy, opened a new production facility at the Landshut location. The innovative kidney grille – the “eye” – for the BMW iNEXT will be produced there.
The technologically complex kidney grille is vital for highly-automated driving: It allows the integration of camera technology, radar functions and further sensors required for highly developed driver assistance systems into the front end of the vehicle. The BMW Group Landshut is investing a total of over 50 million Euros in innovative components for the BMW iNEXT and further future vehicle models.
In-house production of components as an innovation hub for future issues such as automated driving
“Automated driving is a huge chance for Germany as an industrial location. With future-oriented technologies, we are generating decisive competitive advantages. Especially during the current transformation of our sector, our in-house component production at Landshut is assuming more than ever the role of an innovation hub,” says board member Wendt. “In addition to highly automated driving, mobility of the future will be characterized by electric mobility and digitalisation – the BMW iNEXT is synonymous with all of this, as are Landshut and the BMW Group in Lower Bavaria.
Aiwanger, the Deputy Prime Minister of Bavaria, praised the strength and the presence of the BMW Group in East Bavaria: “The future-oriented project BMW iNEXT underscores the economic significance of the automobile industry and vehicle construction in the region. The state of Bavaria is proud of the fact that this relevant chapter in the history of the sector is being opened here at this location.” Furthermore, he added that with a view to the corona crisis, the state government was grateful for the BMW Group’s support of the regional economy even in difficult times.
Broad spectrum of high-tech components from Landshut
The kidney grille for the BMW iNEXT was developed at the BMW Group’s Landshut Lightweight Construction and Technology Center (LuTZ) and is symbolic of the transformation of the sector: For the BMW iNEXT, the brand-characterising radiator grille will become a multifunctional, innovative high-tech component. Apart from the grille, the Landshut plant will also produce further innovative components for the cockpit and the electric drive system for the iNEXT, but also structural components made from carbon fibre compound materials such as CFRP, for example. The light metal casting department provides the housing for the future electric drive motor and also developed the globally unique Injector Casting Process (ICA), whereby the electric drive system for the BMW iNEXT does without rare earths.
Effective use of the competitive advantage and industrialisation competence
“Thanks to our in-house component manufacturing facility for lightweight construction and the technology centre here at this location, we have a genuine advantage over our competitors. We have industrialisation competence, we can develop strategically crucial innovations and at the same time reliably assess external partners and suppliers,” said Dr. Wolfgang Blümlhuber, Purchasing and Supplier Network, Senior Vice President Technology Driving Dynamics, Light Metal Casting.
“The Landshut plant stands for innovative power from Lower Bavaria,” emphasised Dr. Stefan Kasperowski, Head of BMW Group Plant Landshut.
By investing in the manufacture of iNEXT components, the BMW Group is making a clear commitment to the location.” Willibald Löw, Chairman of the Works Council of BMW Group Plant Landshut, added: “Today in particular, this is a strong signal for long-term local job security.”
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Don't Be a Victim of Fraud
We've all seen the national headlines about Bernie Madoff and Rita Crundwell, the comptroller of Dixon, Illinois, who stole $53 million. But we've also seen the headlines in Springfield – Adam Lopez who is currently in jail facing charges of stealing over $1,000,000, a woman who stole $2.5 million from a consulting firm, a woman who stole $600,000 from a hospital, a woman who stole $500,000 from an auto body shop, a bank employee who stole more than $100,000 and another bank employee who stole $47,500, to name a few. Fraud can happen anywhere. What should you look for to keep it from happening to you?
Spotting fraud can be very difficult. Diana B. Henriques, the author of The Wizard of Lies: Bernie Madoff and The Death of Trust, sums it up well: "We think we’ll see these guys coming. We think we’ll recognize them before they get close enough to hurt us. It's wrong. These guys don’t look like the Joker. They look like Robert De Niro. They look like [somebody] you’d want to sit next to at dinner."
These thieves will steal from their family, their friends and their employers, so knowing someone well (or thinking you know them well) will not prevent fraud. Neither will a referral from a trusted source. Bernie Madoff only accepted new clients who were referred to him. He further violated his clients by using them to spread his fraud among their own friends and family.
According to Inc. Magazine, the most likely person to embezzle funds is "a female employee above age 40 without a prior criminal history working in finance or accounting – and living in Vermont. . . Nearly two-thirds of 2011's incidents involved female perpetrators, although men embezzle, on average, 25 percent more. Nearly three quarters of crimes were committed by employees who held finance and accounting positions, with an average age of 47.9 years old. Just five percent had any criminal history." All of the examples I cited above, except Bernie Madoff and Adam Lopez, are women. I will leave it to the psychologists and sociologists to determine why that is.
Some of the signs of fraud are the same whether it is regarding personal investments or company assets. Documentation is key. Almost all fraud requires fake documentation. Bernie Madoff sent out fake account statements for years. Since his funds were private, it would have been difficult to realize the statements were fake. He chose the format, the letterhead, etc. He controlled everything.
Most of us, however, invest with advisors who are employed by other companies. This gives us the opportunity to verify any statements that we receive. If the format of your statements changes or looks unprofessional, you should investigate. Look for a phone number online to verify account information. Do not use a number provided on the statement. You could also verify your accounts online, making sure you go to the legitimate company website and not a look alike site.
Bernie Madoff's fraud was fairly straightforward. He took people's money and kept it for himself instead of investing it. Rita Crundwell's fraud was more complicated and a more typical example of corporate fraud.
According to an article in the Journal of Forensic & Investigative Accounting, the City of Dixon had six authentic bank accounts plus a seventh fraudulent account created by Rita Crundwell. "The fraud was genius in its simplicity. Rita Crundwell picked up the daily mail, made all the deposits, updated the journals and ledgers, prepared and signed checks, moved investment monies, and reconciled the bank accounts." She opened a new checking account as "City of Dixon and RSCDA" (Reserve Sewer Capital Development Account.) "She routinely transferred funds from the first five accounts into the legitimate capital development fund account. The next step was that she created fictitious capital projects and fabricated a total of 179 invoices for those projects. Transfers from the legitimate account to the fraudulent account were documented as payments of the fictitious invoices."
In hindsight the fake invoices should have been obvious. They had no Illinois Department of Transportation logo or letterhead. Many of the transactions should also should have raised red flags at the bank. Because of their mistakes, the auditors and bank settled with the City of Dixon for approximately $40 million. But that might not be the case for all of us.
So what can you do to protect yourself? Be vigilant. Open your statements promptly (sounds obvious, but some people don't). If there is fraud, the earlier you catch it, the better. Review your statement for unusual changes or inconsistencies. Finally, verify your statement at least annually online or by phone.
What can you do to protect your business? First and foremost, adopt strong internal controls. Your accountant can help you develop controls, which will likely include the following:
● Ensure no one person has control over all parts of a financial transaction. For example, separate deposits from record keeping.
● Require employees to take vacations.
● Reconcile bank accounts and petty cash promptly every month.
● Examine cancelled checks to make sure the vendor, amount and signature are authorized.
● Restrict use of credit cards and verify all charges made to credit cards.
● Set account limits with credit card companies and vendors.
● Require employees to submit itemized, original receipts for all purchases.
● Examine credit card statements and receipts each month, independently.
● Require an explanation of any significant differences in expenses from budgeted amounts.
● Keep petty cash and blank checks in a locked box or drawer.
● Prohibit writing checks payable to cash.
● Issue receipts for cash, using a pre-numbered receipt book.
● Reconcile cash receipts daily.
You may also consider purchasing insurance. Chris Leming, Senior Vice President of Troxell, says that commercial crime coverage is available. He says that good internal controls will help reduce the cost of the coverage, and the application will require you to list your internal controls.
Work with your team – your insurance agent, your accountant, your lawyer, and other advisors – have strong controls, and keep your eyes open. Remember, it can happen to you.
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Do we really have to label everything? Must every facet of life be institutionalized? Those are some queustions raised in this chapter. We take things that are meant to be relational – like the church, which is the body of Christ, a family – and we turn it into something. An entity that exists on its own – even with the church. Is it really possible to live life without needing to create a structure, an institution, or labels for doing so?
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1776, "the golden oriole," a bird of Europe, so called from its rich yellow color, from French oriol, Old Provençal auriol, from Medieval Latin oryolus, oriolus (13c.), from Latin aureolus "golden," from PIE *aus- (2) "gold" (see aureate).
Originally in reference to Oriolus galbula, a bird of black and yellow plumage that summers in Europe (but is uncommon in England). The name was applied by 1791 to the unrelated but similarly colored North American species Icterus baltimore.
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Sec. Negative Emission Technologies
Implementing the Soil Enrichment Protocol at Scale: Opportunities for an Agricultural Carbon Market
- Indigo Ag, Boston, MA, United States
High-quality agricultural carbon credits that incentivize regenerative practices can help address climate change through greenhouse gas (GHG) abatement and CO2 sequestration. Generating large volumes of such credits requires rigorous crediting methodologies. The Soil Enrichment Protocol (SEP) by the Climate Action Reserve (CAR) aims to unlock this type of crediting potential. The SEP includes new expert-driven standards for validating the use of soil biogeochemical modeling to generate credits. Technical experts at Indigo Ag participated in the SEP working group and are supporting implementation of the first project, CAR 1459_RP1, on hundreds of thousands of acres in the US. The authors share their thoughts on new approaches enabled by the SEP as both contributors to the theory behind and practitioners of these approaches. The SEP enables scalable, high-quality credits through four main advances: (1) allowing flexibility in the use of biogeochemical models that meet explicit performance requirements, (2) enabling a new approach to field-level, modeled baselines, (3) supporting a hybrid approach of credit generation using both soil measurement and modeling, and (4) requiring a new type of credit uncertainty quantification that accounts for multiple sources of uncertainty. Together these advances support agricultural credit quantification that enables payments to offset transitional costs for growers, at large enough scales to create a robust market, with a level of rigor that ensures any credited emission reductions have real climate impact. Innovations in soil analyses, advances in research, and improvements in data collection could further improve the potential for agricultural carbon credits to scale.
To ensure long-term success at a global scale, carbon markets must be based on confidence in driving emissions reductions. This confidence requires rigorous and transparent protocol standards for greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation and CO2 sequestration to generate high-quality carbon credits, defined as being realistically baselined, additional, and permanent, among other criteria (see Table 1). Since the use of an offset credit involves the allowance of an equal emission elsewhere on Earth, offset credits that do not equate to equivalent amounts of emissions reductions (i.e., are not real) result in direct environmental harm. Confidence is critical; if credits are not rigorous, science-based, and transparent in their methods; if low-quality, unverified credits are transacted in the market, it can cast doubt on the entire market and the incentive structure can collapse.
Recently, multiple entities (including Indigo Ag) have either explored or actively launched programs to generate agricultural carbon credits due to the potential for regenerative practices, such as cover cropping and reduced tillage, to reduce GHG emissions and sequester carbon in soils (Paustian et al., 2016). To support large-scale practice change, growers need to be directly compensated for the carbon credits they generate on their operations. Implementing regenerative practices often involves transitional costs, such as changes to equipment to plant into heavier residue, or ongoing operational costs, such as annual purchases of cover crop seeds. Carbon credit payments generated by these activities could reduce financial barriers to adoption. Currently, adoption rates of regenerative practices in many regions remain low; for example, <2% of growers used cover crops and <12% practiced no-till in 2017 [United States Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), 2017]. Agricultural carbon credits have an opportunity to increase regenerative practice adoption, by incentivizing regenerative management strategies that minimize GHG emissions while maximizing carbon sequestration and co-beneficial outcomes to soil and crops.
Carbon markets have developed since the 1990s through voluntary efforts, such as independent project registries, and regulatory mechanisms, such as the Kyoto Protocol and the California cap-and-trade program [International Carbon Reduction and Offset Alliance (ICROA), 2020]. There is broad consensus around a suite of quality criteria that should underpin any credible offset program [Offset Quality Initiative (OQI), 2008]. Individual programs, such as the Climate Action Reserve (CAR), maintain their own programmatic standards built around these quality criteria, and then adopt individual protocols and methodologies for specific project activities, such as forestry or agricultural land management (Climate Action Reserve Offset Program Manual, 2021). Several protocols have been adopted to address implementation and monitoring of GHG mitigation projects on agricultural lands, including the CAR Nitrogen Management Protocol (Climate Action Reserve Nitrogen Management Protocol Version 1.0, 2012) and California Compliance Offset Protocol for Rice Cultivation Projects (COP RCP) (Compliance Offset Protocol Rice Cultivation Projects, 2015). Except for livestock manure digestion projects, these past efforts have not resulted in large-scale projects or significant credit volume. This lack of scale is at least partly a result of a reliance on the combined precedent of industrial emission reduction methodologies and forestry-focused land use methodologies, which proved ineffective in creating scalable agricultural projects. Additionally, those protocols faced significant challenges with farmer engagement and data collection, partly because either the programs or protocols were highly prescriptive and left little room for innovation by project aggregators or for growers to be responsive to changes in market demand for certain crops. For example, the 2015 COP RCP generated zero credits despite stable demand and above average prices in the California compliance offset market (Air Resources Board Offset Credit Issuance, 2020; Compliance Offset Protocol Rice Cultivation Projects, 2015). This protocol generated zero credits because of high data burdens, grower resistance to monitoring and data collection requirements, and limited opportunity to practically aggregate multiple fields into a single project. The protocol was also limited in geographic scope to rice growing regions in California, the Mississippi River delta, and Louisiana.
The CAR Soil Enrichment Protocol v1.0 (SEP) aims to generate high-quality carbon credits at scale by providing opportunities for projects to continually benefit from scientific advancements in agricultural sampling methods and soil biogeochemical modeling, while supporting credit generation at a grower-beneficial cadence (Climate Action Reserve Soil Enrichment Protocol Version 1.0, 2020). Indigo participated in the stakeholder working group for the CAR-led development of the SEP. The registry engaged with expert working groups that represented multiple perspectives, including growers, scientists, environmental NGOs, and industry representatives, and included public comment periods. This process resulted in an independently validated, publicly available, and scalable methodology with four critical advances from previous protocols: (1) a flexible approach in soil biogeochemical model use within a single project, (2) a new approach to generate field-level, modeled baselines, (3) a combined measurement and modeling approach to credit generation, and (4) a novel uncertainty quantification approach. These advances enable the SEP to yield high-quality carbon credits from the quantification and verification of GHG emission reductions associated with soil enrichment projects on agricultural lands.
Protocols like the SEP do not exist in a vacuum; national policies can play a key role in accelerating their impact. In the US, the Growing Climate Solutions Act aims to provide clarity around acceptable standards for agricultural carbon and GHG measurement and verification. If implemented as proposed, this act will reduce confusion on the quality and value of various carbon programs that farmers can choose from Growing Climate Solutions Act (2020). If quality standards are set too low, however, the problem would not be solved for growers because the USDA standard would not align with the minimum quality demanded by the wider carbon market. Another proposal, the establishment of a carbon bank, could encourage both farmers and project developers to invest in project implementation. There are many ways that this idea could be implemented (e.g., a buyer of last resort, transition payments, no interest loans for capital costs, etc.), but the basic concept of providing stable financing to encourage climate smart agricultural practices is helpful if the structure and timing of financing benefits growers and drives practice change. Lastly, policies that discourage regenerative practice adoption could be changed, such as Federal crop insurance rules, which, in some cases, penalize the use of cover crops.
In this perspective article, we share how the SEP supports a more robust carbon market in agriculture, as well as our learnings to date from operating as a CAR SEP project developer for a project on hundreds of thousands of acres. We also discuss how innovations in commercial soil analyses, advances in agroecosystem and soil biogeochemical modeling, and targeted research can further reduce uncertainties, increase inclusivity, and strengthen the quality of agricultural soil carbon credits at a global scale.
Quantifying Agricultural Carbon Sequestration and GHG Emissions At Scale Requires Leveraging The Latest Science
Climate and environmental issues require pressing action and the science behind regenerative agriculture has reached a level of maturity where we can implement net beneficial solutions today (Pittelkow et al., 2015; Griscom et al., 2017; National Academies of Sciences, 2019; Oldfield et al., 2019; Paustian et al., 2020). Although many regenerative agriculture areas remain in need of additional research, the SEP provides a framework whereby these needs are not a bottleneck. Instead, the protocol balances the current state of scientific knowledge supporting each credit issuance iteration with standards that allow continual advancements in agricultural research, soil measurement methods, and biogeochemical modeling. These standards focus on the use of soil biogeochemical model simulations, realistic and adaptive baselines, the combined use of soil measurement with modeling to generate credits, and the quantification of credit uncertainty. The SEP also employs standards to ensure that carbon credited meets a 100-year permanence period (see Supplementary Materials for details).
New CAR SEP Model Guidance Standards Increase Soil Biogeochemical Modeling Flexibility and Ensure Verifiable Use for a Given SEP Project
Model requirements described in the stand-alone CAR SEP Model Guidance define new standards for the use of peer-reviewed published experimental data to validate the capacity of a model to simulate the practice changes, crop types and biophysical settings in a SEP project (Climate Action Reserve Requirements and Guidance for Model Calibration, Validation, Uncertainty, and Verification for Soil Enrichment Products Version 1.0, 2020). In previous crediting protocols such as the CARB Compliance forest offset protocol, models were not permitted to change model parameterizations or undergo updates during a project [California Air Resources Board (CARB) U.S. Forest Projects Compliance Offset Program, 2015]. Instead, models were typically approved for use individually based on expert input and the general robustness of evidence for model performance in peer-reviewed publications. Furthermore, crediting methods did not require quantification of model prediction error, and thus provided no mechanism to account for model performance in credit estimations.
In contrast, the SEP Model Guidance allows any model to be used in a SEP project if the specific model validation requirements are demonstrated, documented, and reviewed in a separate report prior to credit issuance (Climate Action Reserve Soil Enrichment Protocol Version 1.0, 2020). The SEP model validation report ensures each model version and associated parameter sets demonstrate appropriate calibration, validation, and model uncertainty quantification for the specific SEP project in which the model will be used, as defined by the project crop types, practice changes, soil properties, and geographies. These standards allow model recalibration and version improvements to be used over the project duration. Critically, independent expert-review, CAR approval, and public availability are required of every validation report to demonstrate that these standards are met. This requirement helps ensure that all model performance for SEP projects is transparent, and that associated data are available to the scientific community for side-by-side comparisons. In the development of the Model Guidance document, one of the critical challenges was how to best support verification entities who may not have the expertise needed to ensure that a soil biogeochemical model was used appropriately. SEP Model Guidance standards aim to balance rigor with practicality in implementation, requiring the engagement of expert review to verify model performance, but not requiring this expertise from verifiers. Verifiers are instead allowed to reference an approved model validation report to confirm model application in each project, checking that model versions, required information, and parameter sets match their application to quantify credits within a project.
The SEP Enables a Baseline Approach That Is Better Suited to the Dynamics of Agricultural Lands
Carbon credits are quantified as the difference in emissions that occurred in the project scenario and the baseline scenario—i.e., emissions that would have occurred in the counterfactual world in which the project did not incentivize a change. Methodologies for managed lands previously relied on two approaches to establish a project baseline: a static approach – wherein samples or historical data are used to create a single baseline that is used for several (often 5 or 10) years or an entire project, or a forward-modeling approach – wherein referential historical data is used to create a model projection (e.g., linear) of baseline emissions that is referenced to evaluate credits earned each year of the project. With re-baselining occurring at increments of 5 years or longer, neither approach accounts for variables, such as changes in weather or market demands, that may change grower choices practices, such as crop rotations. This limits the ability of such protocols to quantify offsets accurately and dynamically at scale. Recent work highlighted the potential to over-estimate emissions reductions from deforestation and forest degradation projects (REDD+) in the Brazilian Amazon (West et al., 2020). Significant changes in market forces reduced the expected level of deforestation during the project early implementation phase, but the model baselines were quantified with historical data and did not account for these changes. As a project developer, Indigo is now undertaking the first implementation of the new baseline approach in the SEP that generates what we term a Just-in-Time Adaptive Baseline (JITAB)—inspired by the Just-In-Time Adaptive Intervention approach in behavioral science (Nahum-Shani et al., 2018; Hardeman et al., 2019). This approach creates a baseline using static historic data and incorporates dynamic modeling to re-calculate the baseline every year in response to ongoing real-world changes in project crop rotation and weather (see Supplementary Materials for further discussion).
A Hybrid Sampling and Modeling Approach Enables Annual Quantification of Large Projects
Before the CAR SEP, agricultural GHG emission mitigation methodologies relied either on narrow use of models, solely on direct soil measurement, or on use of narrowly applicable default emission factors (Climate Action Reserve Nitrogen Management Protocol Version 1.0, 2012; Compliance Offset Protocol Rice Cultivation Projects, 2015). Direct measurement-only approaches have significant barriers to scale: they are expensive, struggle to handle short-term fluxes in soil organic carbon (SOC) content and trace gases, and can take a long time to deliver results (e.g., often a minimum of 5–10 years). Moreover, setting baselines for measurement-only projects requires either paired control plots which are infeasible at scale, or regional benchmarks for which there are not yet sufficient data. Using soil biogeochemical models exclusively might be less expensive but would only produce low-quality credits as the models would not be anchored to the reality of the individual site(s), even if provided accurate and spatially resolved soils, climate, and management data. Default emissions factor approaches do see common use in crediting protocols as they are the most straightforward and least expensive quantification option. However, they also have narrow scope of application, low field-level accuracy, and are unable to adapt to changing conditions and management. The SEP requirements provide a framework to overcome these limitations using a hybrid approach that balances in-field soil sampling and analysis with biogeochemical models that can be continually improved and validated (Climate Action Reserve Requirements and Guidance for Model Calibration, Validation, Uncertainty, and Verification for Soil Enrichment Products Version 1.0, 2020), as well as default equations for non-CO2 GHG sources (N2O and CH4) that provide an alternative option when models cannot be validated for these trace gas fluxes. This approach enables scalability; for example, in Indigo's first project under the SEP, we are implementing a process that would use soil core measurements a quarter of all project fields. Combining soil measurements with modeling requires high-quality data yet enables wide-scale GHG estimation on project fields that accounts for and incentivizes the reduction of model uncertainty via improved model performance.
SEP Uncertainty Quantification Requirements Allow Innovative Post-stratification of Sampling Points and New Approaches for Handling Missing Data
The SEP requires uncertainty quantification to include multiple sources of uncertainty, including project sampling design uncertainty and uncertainty arising from model used in credit quantification. The benefits of this approach are twofold: one, model prediction error is explicitly represented in quantification of emission reductions and removals, allowing models to be used with measurable confidence to generate credits for the first time in an offset project protocol; and two, combining both sources of uncertainty enable post-stratification statistical methods able to meet the unique challenges of monitoring emission reductions in agricultural soils.
Agricultural soils can be highly heterogeneous both within fields and regions, and soil properties vary significantly across space and time (Wuest, 2014). Carbon credit projects that estimate climate benefits using a random, representative sampling points have highly uncertain climate benefit measures within a project unless many soil samples are pulled due to this inherent heterogeneity (Franzleubbers, 2010). One way to reduce the number of soil samples without increasing uncertainty is to divide the project lands into non-overlapping groups, called “strata,” to draw a random sample in each stratum independently of the other strata, and to allocate more samples to strata that are expected to be more heterogeneous in the outcome variable (Cochran, 1977; Holt and Smith, 1979). The SEP, like many methodologies, encourages stratification.
For the estimation tasks in the SEP, stratification is challenging for two reasons. First, there are multiple outcome variables (i.e., emissions reductions in various gases) and the ideal stratification may vary significantly for one outcome variable to another. Second, practice changes made by growers are important stratification variables, as they differ substantially in their average reduction in emissions. Many growers, however, do not know what practice change they will make upon joining the program, or those they will make in the subsequent years, making it difficult to assign land to strata at enrollment. Indigo is forming strata after creating a random sample of the project because of these challenges, a technique is called post-stratification (Holt and Smith, 1979). Like pre-stratification, post-stratification can reduce variance, if strata are homogeneous in their outcome variable. Post-stratification can also reduce bias introduced by “missing soil samples” that were planned but not taken due to unforeseen challenges including temporary floods, tall crops, frozen soil, grazing cattle, and samples lost or damaged in shipment. Bias from these missing samples is mitigated if strata are formed such that the observed samples are representative of their stratum. This is useful in large sampling campaigns like those in SEP projects because the planned samples appear in thousands of fields that are accessible for sampling for just a few months per year.
New Technologies and Research Coupled With Carbon Credits Can Accelerate The Implementation of Regenerative Agriculture At The Global Scale
While the SEP provides a path forward for large-scale projects to quantify agricultural credits, it is also designed to advance with the state of the science. Several areas of research and innovation can improve projects, implementation, and the quality of agricultural carbon credits so that agricultural soils can realize their full potential as a negative emissions technology to mitigate climate change on a global scale (summarized in Table 2). Smith et al. provide a comprehensive assessment of soil measurement, reporting, and verification in the context of greenhouse gas removal projects (Smith et al., 2020). In this section, we discuss innovations that can reduce the cost of estimating baseline emissions, collecting data, and verifying offsets, could make agricultural carbon credits more accessible to all producers and enable greater adoption of environmentally beneficial practices. We highlight three of these areas: (1) improving soil analyses, (2) continuing research and updating models to better account for all soil gains and losses (including erosion and inorganic carbon), and (3) improving the accessibility and management of agricultural data.
Table 2. Landscape of research and technologies that could accelerate the impact of agriculture as a tool to reduce net GHG emissions.
Innovations in Soil Analyses Can Improve Scale and Throughput
Conventional soil carbon quantification methods require soil core sample collection, transportation, and multi-step lab analyses to deliver accurate and precise results. In practice, separate analyses are required to characterize soil carbon by dry combustion, bulk density by soil weight over volume, texture by hydrometer or pipet method, and pH by pH-meter. While these methods are trusted and widely adopted, they can be time consuming, labor intensive, and expensive. Novel rapid and accurate soil measurement technologies would revolutionize soil carbon sampling and measurement systems. Remote sensing of soil properties would be the most impactful advance, but current methods have not demonstrated strong performance for soil organic carbon (R2 > 0.85) or are limited to fields with bare soil—a requirement that is hard to meet in no-till systems with residue and cover crops (Bhunia et al., 2017; Yu et al., 2017). In-field soil property measurements through probes or scanners still require in-person visit fields but would reduce sample shipping and tracking logistical needs (Viscarra Rossel and Bouma, 2016). Finally, improvements in lab analyses could decrease costs and already show promise in the near-term based on published data on spectroscopic techniques and existing spectral databases (Baldock et al., 2014; Yu et al., 2020) (further detail in Supplementary Material).
Research and Methodology Updates Could Improve Accounting for All Potential Soil Carbon Gains and Losses
Further research is critical to elucidate how key practices and crop systems impact GHG emissions and soil carbon sequestration. Recognizing this, Indigo has undertaken a long-term research effort, the Soil Carbon Experiment, described in the Supplementary Material. External research has also illustrated how methodologies and biogeochemical models could be improved to better account for carbon enrichment or loss in diverse soils. The methods described in this article and in the SEP primarily focus on organic carbon flux. The SEP allows for use of amendments such as biochar, which includes a component of inorganic carbon, to enhance carbon sequestration provided that the carbon remains in the project area. Properly quantifying and verifying the inorganic carbon stocks, however, is challenging as it is not currently estimated by biogeochemical models. Similarly, soil erosion is an important factor to accurately estimate the benefit of practices such as no-till and cover cropping (Asefaw Berhe et al., 2018). Although some models like EPIC and RZWQM2 account for erosion, many do not. Updating models and methods to better account for these sources and losses of carbon could further incentivize adoption of regenerative practices. Recent research has also highlighted ways that soils could be used to capture carbon through enhanced rock weathering, in which the soil-captured carbon eventually travels through waterways and deposits on the ocean floor (Beerling et al., 2020). This type of sequestration has benefits in terms of greater certainty of permanence but would require a new methodology or significant revision to the SEP as the ultimate location of the carbon goes outside the bounds of the fields within a project.
Improved Data Collection Methods Can Reduce Barriers to Entry for Growers
The volume of data required to create high-quality credits cannot be understated. Precise, verifiable, and traceable soil and agronomic data must be collected from grower fields and grower records to keep uncertainty low. These documentation requirements represent significant investment from the grower and the project developer, both in interview time and in the effort to properly clean and assess the data for quality. Multiple ag-tech companies, including Indigo, have created software tools to support soil and grower data collection. Even so, the burden of data collection remains a challenge for growers as many farm records remain undigitized. Remote sensing technology can be leveraged as a gap-filling measure to help reduce the burden of historical data collection across project fields (Ge et al., 2011; Huang et al., 2018; Sulla-Menashe et al., 2019). Although growers must still corroborate the data and the project developer must still verify eligible practice changes have occurred, remote sensing could provide initial crop type and practice data across project fields for current and previous seasons. Research investments that improve and validate remote sensing tools for field-level practice determination can play a significant role in realizing its potential to decrease the data collection burden.
In this perspective article, we explored the theoretical underpinnings and key advancements of carbon crediting under the CAR SEP– a flexible modeling approach, a new approach to baselining, a hybrid measurement and modeling approach to credit generation, and a new approach to uncertainty quantification. Thanks to growing voluntary carbon market incentives and rigorous protocols like the SEP, there are financial mechanisms to reward producers who implement land management practices that sequester additional carbon in soil and mitigate GHG emissions. Agricultural carbon credits can be further enhanced by improving grower data collection through remote sensing, funding research on high-throughput and accurate soil quantification technologies, and leveraging research insights in comprehensive calibration-validation databases. It is important to acknowledge that agricultural offsets, while impactful, must be complemented by critical emissions reductions and natural climate solutions across all sectors to mitigate climate change (Griscom et al., 2017). However, wide-scale adoption of regenerative agriculture can serve as a viable, low-cost, and co-beneficial component of a global climate change impact reduction effort. By continuing to leverage scientific advancements and cutting-edge research, we can improve upon model uncertainties, issue high-quality credits, and implement this negative emissions technology at scale.
Data Availability Statement
The original contributions generated for the study are included in the article/Supplementary Material, further inquiries can be directed to the corresponding author.
AJ and AK contributed to manuscript ideation, primary writing, and editing. MM, MD, and EC contributed to writing, editing, and review. CB and GP contributed to writing and review. DH contributed to review. All authors contributed to the article and approved the submitted version.
Conflict of Interest
All authors are employed by Indigo Agriculture.
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Keywords: negative emissions technology, agriculture, soil, carbon offset, carbon credit, regenerative agriculture
Citation: Jackson Hammond AA, Motew M, Brummitt CD, DuBuisson ML, Pinjuv G, Harburg DV, Campbell EE and Kumar AA (2021) Implementing the Soil Enrichment Protocol at Scale: Opportunities for an Agricultural Carbon Market. Front. Clim. 3:686440. doi: 10.3389/fclim.2021.686440
Received: 26 March 2021; Accepted: 27 May 2021;
Published: 21 June 2021.
Edited by:Phil Renforth, Heriot-Watt University, United Kingdom
Reviewed by:Andy D. Robertson, Shell, United States
Rafael Mattos Dos Santos, University of Guelph, Canada
Copyright © 2021 Jackson Hammond, Motew, Brummitt, DuBuisson, Pinjuv, Harburg, Campbell and Kumar. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
*Correspondence: Ashok A. Kumar, email@example.com
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VLC Media Player offers different mechanisms to zoom into a video. We can use interactive zoom to magnify a portion of the media. There are also options to use zoom, crop, and aspect ratio to change the size of the on-screen media. We can also find options to scale any video in the advanced preferences section of VLC. Finally, we can use your OS’s accessibility feature like magnifier to enlarge what is on the screen. Zooming videos will allow us to see the tiny details that we might miss. We can also magnify a section of interest to better see it. There is also a possibility to change the window size to give it a desired zoom ratio. All these will enhance your video playback experience. Now, let us look at the various ways we can zoom videos in VLC Media Player.
Interactive Zoom is by far the easiest and the most useful zoom feature we found in VLC. It is also very popular with the users. It is mostly used to see a section of a video. One can easily drag the zoomed portion. It will enlarge different part of the playing video interactively.
Here is how you can access and use Interactive Zoom in VLC Media Player-
- Go to Tools > Effects and Filters [Hotkey- CTRL + E].
- Click on The Video Effects tab.
- Navigate to the Geometry tab under it.
- Check the ☑ Interactive Zoom checkbox.
- Hit Save and Close.
The interactive zoom feature is now activated. You will see a small picture-in-picture like video on the top-left section of your media window. There will be a rectangle on it that denotes the area that is magnified. Use the mouse to click and drag the rectangle. Moving the rectangle around will change the area that is being zoomed. You can do this when the video is being paused or played. It is quite helpful to enable us to see something in greater detail.
Zoom Through Video Menu or Hotkey Z
Some users will find the Zoom option under the Video menu useful. It might not seem to do anything if the video is open in full screen or in the maximized window mode. But if the video is in the Window mode, it will have an effect.
To use the zoom feature that comes with VLC, do the following-
- Open a video in windowed mode (it should not cover the entire screen area).
- Navigate to Video > Zoom > (1:4 Quarter, 1:2 Half, 1:1 Original, 2:1 Double). [Hotkey- Z or Shift Z to cycle these options].
- The window size changes to quarter, half, double or original of the video resolution.
Not everyone will use the window size altering zoom feature. It can be useful if you want to see how your video looks in different resolutions. It is also a feature to stack VLC’s window on the screen real estate. Zooming this way for a 1080p video to 1:2 half will change it’s size to half of the resolution i.e. 1080/2 = 640px width and 1920/2 = 960px height. The area it takes up on screen will depend on your monitor’s resolution.
The best way to cycle through the video menu is to use the hotkey Z and Shift-Z. You can quickly switch through different zoom resolutions this way. Also, using other related hotkeys for Aspect ratio (A) and Crop (C) might suit your requirement.
There is also an Advanced Preference to set the default zoom. We found it that it doesn’t have effect on the currently playing video. It does however impact the visualizations.
To access the Zoom option hidden in Advanced Preferences, follow these steps-
- Go to Tools > Preferences [CTRL + P].
- Under Show settings (bottom-left), choose All.
- Navigate to Video in Advanced Preferences.
- Scroll down (on the right side) to the Zoom video option.
- Set the zoom factor like 0.25, 0.5, 1, 2 and 5.
- Hit Save.
Using Magnifier in Windows
If you are in a Windows device, then the accessibility tools might come into handy. There is a tool called Magnifier. What it does is magnify everything on the screen. So, if your video is on the screen, it will make it appear bigger. The magnified area will follow your mouse pointer by default.
To use the accessibility tool called Magnifier in Windows-
- Click on Start.
- Search for Magnifier.
- Click and open it.
- It will overlay on top of your current window.
- Hit the Plus (+) button to Magnify and Minus (-) to Unzoom.
Keyboard shortcut to Zoom- Windows key and +
Keyboard shortcut to Zoom Out- Windows key and –
You can zoom from 100% to 200% to 300% …. to 1600%. It will increase/decrease the zoom percentage by 100% for every + or – button pressed. It might get overly zoomed and confusing if you zoom it too much like say 1600%.
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Sri Muktsar Sahib is a city and district headquarters in the Indian state of Punjab. Historically known as Khidrana or Khidrane di Dhab, this place is named in honor of the Battle of Muktsar in 1705. Sri Muktsar Sahib has a rich history dating back to medieval times. The city is virtually non-industrialized, lacking any significant industrial unit or factory. Before independence, Muktsar only had a few units producing small hand-held agricultural tools. Today, the only large-scale industry near the city is Satia Paper Mills Limited, located about 7 km from the city center in Rupana village. The town has well-defined trade unions for most of the professions. The paper & cardboard workers union was officially registered in Muktsar in February 1986, the plumber union and also the cycle rickshaw puller union in September 1996, and the mistri mazdoor (general manual labor) union in June 1998. Muktsar does not have any shopping malls, and the retail industry is largely unorganized. Though three major retail chains have opened stores in Muktsar - Easyday, Vishal Mega Mart, and Aadhar, the local population typically buys FMCG goods, groceries, fresh produce like vegetables, eggs, milk, and meat from small unorganized retail vendors, including small shops and unlicensed mobile vendors, rather than from organized retail stores.
The climate here is extreme, with very hot summers and very cold winters. The Western Himalayas in the north and the Thar Desert in the south and south-west mainly influence the climatic conditions. Summers are prolonged and hot with an average maximum temperature of 40.°C. During winter, the average minimum temperature is 3° C. The average precipitation during the year is 425 mm.
National Highway 354 is the major road connecting Sri Muktsar Sahib to places like Malout, Gurdaspur, Ferozepur, and subsequently Ludhiana, Delhi, Chandigarh, etc. To reach Sri Muktsar Sahib, one can take state bus services, private bus services, cabs, or self-drives through these roads from different cities and states.
Muktsar railway station is located on the Kotakpura–Fazilka line that connects it to different areas in Punjab. Bhatinda Railway Station, located at a distance of 50 km, is a central railway station that connects Sri Muktsar Sahib to cities such as Delhi, Chandigarh, Dehradun, Mumbai, etc.
Amritsar International Airport is the nearest airport and is located at a distance of 185.8 km. It connects Sri Muktsar Sahib to the rest of India as well as to cities across the world. From the airport, one can rent a cab or take a bus and reach Sri Muktsar Sahib in 3 hours 15 minutes.
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Original Agarwal Packers and Movers was established in 1984 by its founder - Dayanand Agarwal, also known as Bade Bhaiya. Original Agarwal Packers and Movers is part of DRS Group and has muscat in their logo. Website of Original Agarwal Packers and Movers is www.agarwalpackers.in.
Agarwal Packers and Movers Sri Muktsar Sahib is functional on:
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Friday - 24 hours
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You can make payment by Credit/Debit card, Bank Transfer, Net Banking, UPI, Cheque and Cash.
The fee charged by Agarwal Packers and Movers Sri Muktsar Sahibwill vary as per the number of items to be moved, weight of the items, distance to be covered, and such other factors.
We recommend to contact us at least 48 hours before shifting for a hassle-free experience. For more details please contact us through our number: 9360014001 or visit our website i.e. www.agarwalpackers.in.
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- A UK regulator is investigating whether Amazon and Google have done enough to stop fake reviews.
- The CMA said it's looking into whether Amazon and Google have failed to protect shoppers.
- Amazon recently urged social-media firms to help it prevent fake reviews on its site.
Britain's competition regulator has opened a formal investigation into Amazon and Google over concerns the tech giants have not done enough to combat fake reviews on their sites.
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said Friday that it would now gather further information to determine whether the firms may have broken consumer law by taking insufficient action to protect shoppers from fake reviews.
The move comes after an initial CMA investigation, which opened in May 2020, and assessed several platforms' internal systems and processes for identifying and dealing with fake reviews.
The regulator said it was also concerned that Amazon's systems had failed adequately to prevent and deter some sellers from manipulating product listings, through for example co-opting positive reviews from other products.
Some merchants are also buying fake reviews "in bulk" online, according to a February report by Which. One fake-review site offered 1,000 reviews for $11,000, while another said it could help Amazon sellers achieve the coveted Amazon's Choice status within just two weeks. Some sites asked for free or discounted products in exchange for reviews.
Groups selling Amazon reviews have also popped up on social-media sites such as Facebook and Telegram. In a blog post last week, Amazon said that social-media firms needed to spend more money helping it root out "bad actors" who use their platforms to gather fake reviews.
Insider spoke to some of the fake reviewers in February, including one who had a product refunded after deleting a negative review she had left. Another compared the fake-review phenomenon to mystery shopping.
"Our worry is that millions of online shoppers could be misled by reading fake reviews and then spending their money based on those recommendations," Andrea Coscelli, CEO of the CMA, said.
"Equally, it's simply not fair if some businesses can fake 5-star reviews to give their products or services the most prominence, while law-abiding businesses lose out."
Amazon told Insider that it devotes "significant resources" to preventing fake or incentivized reviews from appearing on its site.
"We work hard to ensure that reviews accurately reflect the experience that customers have had with a product," a spokesperson said. "We will continue to assist the CMA with its enquiries and we note its confirmation that no findings have been made against our business. We are relentless in protecting our store and will take action to stop fake reviews regardless of the size or location of those who attempt this abuse."
Amazon said in February that it analyzes more than 10 million reviews each week. It reportedly removed 20,000 product reviews in September after a Financial Times investigation suggested that some of the site's top UK reviewers may have profited from leaving positive ratings.
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Top Machine Learning Frameworks To Use in 2021
- Spark ML.
Which machine learning algorithm is best for prediction?
1 — Linear Regression Linear regression is perhaps one of the most well-known and well-understood algorithms in statistics and machine learning. Predictive modeling is primarily concerned with minimizing the error of a model or making the most accurate predictions possible, at the expense of explainability.
Is machine learning part of predictive analytics?
Predictive analytics involves advanced statistics, including descriptive analytics, statistical modeling and large volumes of data. Predictive analytics can include machine learning to analyze data quickly and efficiently. Like machine learning, predictive analytics doesn’t replace the human element.
How does machine learning work with predictive data analysis?
Machine learning can increase the speed at which data is processed and analyzed and is a clear candidate through which AI and predictive analytics can coalesce. Using machine learning, algorithms can train on even larger data sets and perform deeper analysis on multiple variables with minor changes in deployment.
What is machine learning how does it fit into predictive analytics?
Machine learning is an AI technique where the algorithms are given data and are asked to process without a predetermined set of rules and regulations whereas Predictive analysis is the analysis of historical data as well as existing external data to find patterns and behaviors.
What algorithm is used for prediction?
There are two major types of prediction algorithms, classification and regression. Classification refers to predicting a discrete value such as a label, while regression refers to predicting a continuous number such as a price.
What is the best tool for predictive analytics?
Here are eight predictive analytics tools worth considering as you begin your selection process:
- IBM SPSS Statistics. You really can’t go wrong with IBM’s predictive analytics tool.
- SAS Advanced Analytics.
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- Oracle DataScience.
- Q Research.
- Information Builders WEBFocus.
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Tableau’s advanced analytics tools support time-series analysis, allowing you to run predictive analysis like forecasting within a visual analytics interface.
Is predictive analytics the same as AI?
The biggest difference between artificial intelligence and predictive analytics is that AI is completely autonomous while predictive analytics relies on human interaction to query data, identify trends, and test assumptions.
What is AI vs machine learning?
Artificial intelligence is a technology which enables a machine to simulate human behavior. Machine learning is a subset of AI which allows a machine to automatically learn from past data without programming explicitly. The goal of AI is to make a smart computer system like humans to solve complex problems.
What are the different types of learning in predictive modeling?
Supervised, unsupervised, and reinforcement learning Pattern classification tasks can be grouped into two main sub-categories: Supervised and unsupervised learning. In supervised learning, the class labels in the dataset, which is used to build the classification model, are known.
Is predictive modeling AI?
Predictive modeling is a form of artificial intelligence that uses data mining and probability to forecast or estimate more granular, specific outcomes. For example, predictive modeling could help identify customers who are likely to purchase our new One AI software over the next 90 days.
Is machine learning only for prediction?
Machine learning is just summarizing data. In reality, the main purpose of machine learning is to predict the future. Like robot scientists, learning algorithms formulate hypotheses, refine them, and only believe them when their predictions come true.
How does Amazon’s machine learning facilitate predictive analytics?
Amazon Pinpoint now provides the analytics features that Amazon Mobile Analytics previously offered. Amazon ML allows developers to build predictive applications and machine learning models by finding patterns in existing data, and using those patterns to make predictions from new data as it becomes available.
What do machine learning models predict?
What does Prediction mean in Machine Learning? “Prediction” refers to the output of an algorithm after it has been trained on a historical dataset and applied to new data when forecasting the likelihood of a particular outcome, such as whether or not a customer will churn in 30 days.
What are the various machine learning algorithms?
List of Common Machine Learning Algorithms
- Linear Regression.
- Logistic Regression.
- Decision Tree.
- Naive Bayes.
- Random Forest.
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The Church of Saint James the Apostle and Saint Mary Magdalene
The Lady Chapel
The Lady chapel along with the church spire date from the 13th Century. The chapel contains small fragments of medieval stained glass from before the reformation it was the scene of a dispute over the right of one Richard Barrow of Field Court (Hardwicke) who wished to attend “Divine Service” at Quedgeley Church, but who was ejected from the building by one John Porter (Churchwarden) in 1512. In the 18th Century this South Aisle belonged to the Barrows and shortly afterwards it became associated with the Hayward family. Several monuments exist to members of the Hayward family. It has a fine Elizabethan barrelled panelled roof with carved bosses and coats of arms of the Arnold and Barrow families. Sadly this roof is in need of preservation and restoration.
The High Altar
The stone reredos above the High Altar is a sculptured representation of the Last Supper, a gift of the Revd T Peters of Earlington for the re-opening of the church in 1857. Mrs Curtis Hayward presented a rich altar cloth at the same time.
The East Window
The original east window can now be seen in the vestry. It was positioned there in 1856 during the last major restoration of the church.
The Roode Cross
The Roode cross at the Chancel was given by Martin and Caroline Bland in 2014 and hangs above the nave altar given in memory of the Harvey family.
The Holy Eucharist
The Holy Eucharist celebrated at the nave altar with the Reverend Caroline Bland, Fr Ian Robb (Assistant Priest) Fr John Ward (Rector) And Fr Hugh Broad (Assistant Priest).
View of the nave from the Lady Chapel, the pews were added in 1857.
The North Aisle and Vestry
This was improved and added to the church in 1856, to house the increased population of the village of Quedgeley. The pews are of a simple structure. many in oak, with some richly carved features.
The north aisle and the vestry beyond were added between 1887 and 1891. An inscription on the vestry walls reads:
The nave and chancel of this Church were re-built and the North Aisle added in the year of Our Lord 1857.W.F.E. Knollys.- Rector; J. Curtis-Hayward & James Browning – Churchwardens.
The vestry also contains the original east window.
The East Window was made by Messrs Hardman , as a memorial gift, and representing the Crucifixion and Resurrection. Another window in the chancel, also painted, is in memory of the Revd W Adams. The East Window in the south aisle (Lady Chapel) contains ancient medieval glass in restored tracery. The Windows in the North Aisle are by Woodyer and the West Window is by Kent.
The Medieval brass in memory of Arthur Porter’s two daughters placed by him in the Church in 1532. There are several Bazett family brasses on the S W wall of the nave.
There is an early memorial to Rychard Berow dated 1562 over the main entrance inside the Church. In the South Aisle is an elaborate mural monument, dated 1696 to William Hayward.
The font is a cylindrical 12th Century font encased in an octagonal ashlared casing with panels of gold and coloured tessarae, including blue forest stone. This was given by Revd Winstone Hayward for the re-opening of the Church in 1857.
Incorporates Jacobean woodwork, carved.
These date from 1559 and are complete apart from 1751-1812.The registers are deposited with the Gloucester registry office.
This includes silver Alms dish, 1674, silver chalice 1694, paten 1697.
The Church of Saint James from the north in 1787
This picture (above) is from a “copper plate engraving” and shows the church minus the north aisle. It shows the existence of a porch and a clock face on the north facing side of the tower spire. The engraving shows the original east window (now in the vestry) in its original place.
The photo below shows the church from the same position today.
The Saint James Flag
The feast day of Saint James’ is celebrated on 25th July.Saint James’ is patron saint of Labourers. James grew up by the sea – Lake Galilee. James was a disciple of Jesus and a fisherman by trade. He also had a brother called John.
It seems the two brothers, James and John may have been known for having rows with each other. Jesus had a nick name for them ‘The Sons of Thunder.’
Following Jesus’ death James continued the teachings of Christ but unfortunately Herod committed James to execution (Acts 12). James became the first of the disciples to die for his faith.
The shell is a subject of legend. It is said that when the body of St. James was being returned to Spain, a knight fell from a cliff on shore and drowned as the body passed by. When the knight miraculously arose alive from the water, he was covered in scallop shells.
From there on the scallop shell has been associated with Saint James’. The flag at Saint James’ Church Quedgeley shows 3 scallop shells on a red background.
The feast day of Saint Mary Magdalene is celebrated on 22nd July.
Mary Magdalene travelled with Jesus as one of his followers. She is said to have witnessed Jesus' crucifixion and resurrection. Within the four Gospels she is named at least 12 times, more than most of the apostles. During the middle Ages she developed a reputation in Western Christianity as being a repentant prostitute or loose woman, however, these claims are not supported by the canonical gospels.
The gospel of Saint Luke says that seven demons had gone out of her, and Saint Mark says that Jesus cast seven demons out of her. She is most prominent in the narrative of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ at which she was present. She was also present two days later, immediately following the Sabbath, when, according to all four canonical Gospels she is the first person to testify to the resurrection of Jesus.
Mary Magdalene was present from the "beginning of a movement that was going to transform the West" and was also known as the "Apostle to the Apostles".
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LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) — The legacy of Anita Franklin continues with the annual peace walk and now a mural in her honor.
The Anita Franklin mural was first unveiled over the summer. On Sunday hundreds gathered in Lexington's Duncan park for the formal dedication put on by the Fayette County Sheriff's Office.
"I love that a lot just to be able to see her face in this park -a park that meant so much to her means a lot to me," said her son Ricardo Franklin.
Seven years ago, Ricardo lost his brother Antonio Franklin Jr. in Duncan Park to a stray bullet. There was a point when he wouldn't step foot in it.
"I think the first peace walk I may have not come to because it was difficult, but just being able to come back here and show my strength and my family for coming back here every single year, it shows a lot of strength and courage to place for us to come back filled with peace and love," said Ricardo.
The mural was created by local artist Keaton Young. It features an image of Franklin with white doves and vibrant colors on one side and a silhouette of her speaking to a group on the other.
"To me it means that her mission is not in vain. A mission is still going on even though she's not here, and I was able to help, you know, just a little bit with that mission," said Young.
Sheriff Kathy Witt chaired the art project in partnership with Lex Arts.
"In this audience today, we have the power to end gun violence and so this is another affirmation that we are taking a deeper dive or digging in stronger and harder to make sure that our community is the safest city in America, and it's gonna take all of us," said Witt.
Guests did a 1-mile peace walk in the neighborhood that Anita Franklin started after the mural was introduced.
Partners included the Fayette County Sheriff's Office, Antonio Franklin Jr Violence Intervention Project, LexArts, Deco Art, the Lexington Police Department, the Lexington Division of Parks and Recreation, and We are Survivors.
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About The daily morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1883-1899 | View Entire Issue (March 12, 1885)
Site gaily gtsfovimu
The uuiober of coavicts" in tbe
TJniteJ States . so great that the
economic aa J humaiiitnuQ questions
whicu ari&e in regard to their labor
have ahsunied importance in all parts
of the country. In New York the
question of contiuuing Trhat is called
"contract labor" in tbe state prisons
as submitted to a vote of tbe people
at a late election, and a large vote
was cast in favor of its abolition. In
Ohio the same question has been re
ferred to a special commission. In
California "contract labor1' in prisons
was some time since forbidden by the
revised constitution, and in several
other states of'the north this issue is
yearly made and often discussed. At
the south thai special form of con
tract labor for convicts, the so-called
"lessee system" is in general use, but
has been severely attacked by many
southern men. In our own state the
question is assuming the prominence
its importance demands. The Salem
penitentiary is overllowing.
There are bnt three main modes of
employing the labor of the 45,000 con
victs (more or less) who at this mo
ment are at work under sentence
within or outside of the 130 convict
prisons of tho United States. These
1. The public account system, by
which the state, county, city, or other
jurisdiction to -which the prison be
longs furnishes slock for the convicts
to work up, and sells the product of
2. The common contract syslinn,by
which certain contractors furnish the
stock, machinery, or other appliances
for labor, and pay the prison authori
ties so much a day or so much a vear
for the labor of each man. This sys
tern also includes the lessee svstera of
the south, but, as commonly enforced
in northern prisons, it lacks the worst
features of that system.
3. The mixed system, by which Ihe
prison authorities direct tho labor
without the intervention of the con
tractors or their employes, bnt have
contracts with manufacturers outside
the prison to supply slock and take
the finished product at a certain speci
fied price per article, thus avoiding
the day's work price and the super
vision of the convicts whilo at work
by men who huve no higher interest
than salaries or profits in their man
agement of prisoners.
Jfurnerous modifications of these
three systems are found in operation
in different parts of the country, and
tho three may even be combined in a
single prison. The first two named
are often so combined; indeed, there
is scarcely a pri-on in the land where
Borne of the convicts are not at work
directly for the public without the in
tervcution of contractors. The les
see system by which a single con
tractor guarantees to support Ihe con
victs, and to pay so much a year for
their labor, working them either in
side tho prison, or on railroads, col
ton plantations, rice fields, etc., are
almost wholly confined to the former
slave states, and applies mainly to
colored convicts, who now fill the
southern prisons, though there are
many white men also working under
lessees. In its administration this
system is a survival of slavery under
another form, and must be set
asido as inadmissible where prisons
are to bo well managed.
The objection to the public account
system is two-fold its financial ri3k
and its direct interference with the
outside labor management. It is also
inexpedient, probably unjust, for the
stale, with all its resources, to enter
into competition with private citizens
whose business it is to manufacture
goods and employ labor.
Tho common contract system has
certain advantages which have led to
its adoption almost ovcryhere in
America for the whole or some con
siderable part of the employment of
convicts. It requires no "plant," or
fixod investment by the public, be
yond what is necessary for the re
straint and occupation of prisoners,
since the contractor puts in his own
machinery, and sometimes, as in
the Massachusetts states prison, pays
for the steam-power and water-supply
needed in his manufacture. It
exposes tho prison to no sudden
financial risk, and may be so man
aged as to make tho convicts self
supporting for a period of years, as
has been done recently in New York,
and for a long time in smaller stales,
like Conueclicut, Maine and New
Hampshire. Moreover it allows a
vox oty of tralcs to ba taught in a
prison, that the discharged convicts
can go out with nn occupation ready
for them, and oftentimes an employer
who will remunerate their skilled
labor. But it is open to many abuses,
which have seriously discredited it,
such as overtaxing the strength of
tho convicts, introducing letters, ar
ticles of barter, interfering with
the discipline of the prison,
and making the public officials
of small account as compared with
the contractor and his foreman,
reducing everything to a basis of dol
lars and cents, keeping school insruc-
tion and moral education away from
tho prisoners, allowing a hurtful in
tercommunication between convicts
in the bustle of the workshops, and
showing jealousies and rancor among
them on account of favors granted or
withheld by the employers of labor.
Add to this that there is a constant
clamor from free laborers outside
oftentimes from men who have learn
ed their trade in a prison, or from the
trades unions, which seek to monop
olize work for their own members
against the rich contractors whose
low-priced prison labor enables them
to undersell other manufacturers,
and yet make large profits them
selves. The "mixed system" combines tho
best features of the public account
and the contract systems, iuasmuch
as it removes the financial risks of
the former, while retaining direct
supervision by the prison authorities
over their convicts, and yet dispenses
with those adjuncts of the contract
system which have made it most of
fensive to the ontside public. It is
tho system already largely adopted in
juvenile reformatories, where the
contractors furnish stock, and pay io
much for each chair that is seated,
each garment that is made, etc., but
do not pick and choose their laborers
nor pay so much a day always a
small sum compared with the wages
of free laborers for the enforced
task of a convict. At the same Jime
it permits'a variety of trades to be
taught in prisons, and fits the con
vict for good places at good wages
when they are discharged. This sys
tem has been introduced in seveial
penitentiaries wlwre it brings a good
revenue without interfering with the
admirable arrangement of school in
struction and moral education that
arc in force. It will probably be the
form which the common contiact and
lessee systems will take to naturally
when they can no longer be con
tinued in any prison or any state;
for it is still a contract system,
though guarded at every point to se
cure the public interest and tho good
of the prisoner.
There is a yet a fourth course open
in regard to convicts and it is that
to whioh the cant of demagogues and
the blind selfishness of trades unions
and of too many capitalists may in
somo sections drive the prison au
thorities. This is tho complete idle
ness of convicts for want of any labor
which contractors will pay for the or
demagogues allow their followers to
voto for. Tho argument for prison
iabor is briefly this: Tho convict is
no belter than tho free laborer, who
is compelled both to support himself
and to pay his taxes. The least that
the convict can do, then, is to work
all day at some remunerative labor, so
that the honest man outside may not
have to maintain both himself and an
individual interest in some idle rascal
at Sing Sing, Philadelphia, Joliet or
Salem. This aspect of the matter
doe3 not seem to occur to the honest
workmen'who oppose labor in prisons,
but it is the whole question in a nut
shell. "No labor in prisons that can
compete with free labor," is a cry
which simply means "No labor in
prisons at all." Some years ago,
when Wendell Phillips in Massachu
setts was running for governor on the
two tickets of labor reform and pro
hibition, a Worcester wag invented
this double campaign slogan for his
beery and his austere follewers: "No
labor between meals; prohibition be
tween drinks." The platform of those
who are seeking to disorganizo prison
labor is less Hudibrastic than this,
but not less absurd. Tho convict,
oven more than the free man, needs
constant labor, which will occupy both
his hands and his thoughts, and keep
him from those forms of self-destruction
and moral death which idleness
in prison invites. lie needs also, for
he has seldom had it, a training in
some useful pursuit, and in those
habits of industry which will enable
him to avoid crime when he goes out
into the world again. For these pur
poses any system of prison labor is
better than none; but porhapB none
Offers such varied facilities as the
The admission of Bain to the sen
ate from New Hampshire settles the
question as to the power of the gov
ernor of a state to appoint. Who
ever Gov. Moody appoints will be ad
mitted to the senate.
P03T5rASTER-GEKERAIi VlLAd 83VS
that "the programme of tho whole
cabinet is to select officials for their
worth and value to the government."
The English papers think that a
war between England and Knssia is
one of the probabilities.
Dakota ho3 confetred the right of
suffrage upon women.
AT SHERIFF'S SALE,
MONDAY, MARCH 16, 1885.
Jlyra Russell tb. Jllnalo Spciartu, ct els:
LAM INSTRUCTED BYMlKKIlV ROSS,
to sell at the court House door, at puolic
aue tlon, at out- o'clock r. i . for caMi t
ihe highest oldder, all the rsht, title and
luteres of defendant to ttKlu) fret of the
north Irout of Lot 5. Block Si. Shlvel 's As
toria, together with the tenements aud ap
purtenances thereunto belonging.
Alsonttwo o'clock P.M. orsaid day
E. M. G id?? c: Lis vs. Toosias WalIey e:
At the suns plac? and on '-atas terms, all
defendant's right, title and Interest to a cer
tain portion (as olllelally advenlsed hereto
fore) of the Robert Shorten donation land
claim, located at Alderbroak. tozether with
all the teuemeats and appurtenaucsth-re-tiuto
E. C. iioldi:.
Saturday, March 14, 11 A. Rl.
hoi.5i::vs aictix 1:00.11.
(Sold on account of Departure.)
liMrtieUul by A. M. Twombley, Em.,
1 will iell, without reserve, an extensive
assortment or Household hliecU. con
sistinc of Parlor, Bedroom. Dining-room
and Kitchen Furniture, CapeK Cor
nices. F.ngraving. F.tc, Ktc.
I. C. HODKr,
Sjjecial Auction Sale
Friday, March 20!h, 2 P. (H.
I am instructed to Sell Without
Reserve, at the
BAY VIEW RESTAURANT.
All the Fixtures and Furniture,
consisting in part of Counter, Office
Desk,; Show Cases, Diniug-room
Chairs, Eeataurant Tables. Silver
plated Casters and Table "Ware, Ta
ble Linen, Crockery and Glass Ware,
Kitchen Range and Furniture, one
Fine Bed Lounge, and lot Parlor
Chairs, Gas Fixtures and everything
belonging to tho well known Restau
rant Also, a stock of assorted Groceries.
K. C. IIOLDEX.
Oregon improvement Co.
Great Rednctlonin Price ofGoal.
On and alter December Ui until further
notice the prlfe t the hunkers will he as
Clean ltomestle jerton,j240lbs $7.03
Average Steam c.Od
Screening " " " .... 4.00
On hand a con-tant supply, at market
rates, of first -class
E.A. NOTES. Agent.
We are prepared to print
One lb Salmon Labels
of superior quality, well varnhhed.
At 81.40 per M.
A. L. BANCROFT & CO..
721 Market Street.
There Is No Weed of My Adver
The proof of the pudding ii rhewhi.; the
Geo. V. Sanborn, Agl.
HINDS, KETCHUM & CO..
ASTORIA. - - - NEW YORK.
AFI N K HlTSl NESS. OFFICE. CENT II Al.
1 y locted. Apply at IhU Olllce.
A BRAND NEW COLUMBIA RIVER
Fishing Eoat. Applv to
MEW M11.CH COW-THREE-OL-AltTEn
L Jersey. (Jives S ouarts at a milking
now. m in give iu later 1:1 ine season.
Apply to SAM'I. ELMORE.
ROOMS AND HALL TO LET.
Pythian Land and Building Ass'cn.
LARGE. FINE ROOMS WITH WATER
and nas en uit or .Mng'e. in Pythian
Al5 l'ythian Hall, the finest and best
lighted hall hi the city ; suitable for l.odge.
Sociables. Parties or Lectures. Terms mod
erate. Apply to
y 9 H I L
msm M H Wmm b maa 'Gov
arpets! Carpets! Carpet
We beg to call the attention of the public to our latest importation, direct from
Eastern manufacturers, of the largest invoice of C A IJ PETS ever offered
for sale in this city, comprising all grailis, from the
FINEST BODY BRUSSELS
In the Newest Tints and Shades,
To the lowest priced article in this line Wo are determined to dispose of our stock of
Carpets within the next four weeks, and lo that nd offer special Inducements, precluding
the possibility of lielnz Undersold, by : nv ofoti. rorr.pctJ'cr.
Furniture and House Furnishing Line
We can show you the very REST GOODS at BOTTOM FIGURES Mul shall be pleased
to rrcelve a call for inspection whether you purchase or no!.
RE, FURNISHING GOODS,
J ac m m liMMMiiian m j tfypn
Carpets, Matting, Pictures, Mirrors,
PTOTFRE FRAMES UrorLmXKS. ETC., ETC.
At Greatly Reduced Prices,
ASTORIA WRX1TURE CO..
Cor. Cheuatini:; ami Hamilton SK II. in lUMSSOX. Manager.
" wiMifwi " vtrn . ... ..
Fixtures for Sale
Adler's Crystal Palace !
Positively every article in that vnt entablement nil! be old
Store for Rent ! Fixtures for Sale !
New San Francisco House.
Wing Sang & Go.,:
Wholesale ancTRetail Dealers
The finest quality of Silk Goods, Drv
Onods, China Ware. Chinese Novelties. Ricr,
Opium, Nut dl. Tea, 1'reserved Ginger,
Sandal wood Od. Tooth Towder. Blmk
Hooks, Brushes, Brooms, Nuts. Peppermint,
Headache Cure. Etc , Etc. A Large Stock
At Very Lou Prlrc;.
SIT QUE Is asentr.ir Chinese Commis
sion Merchant aud will take all orders and
promptly till them.
All kinds or Labor furnished : reliable
Cannery Hands furnished plero work or
by the day. atisfaetlun promised In evcrv
Notice of Reduction.
I will uowsell
Choice Cooking Extracts.
At the followlmj liodusvd Prices :
These extracts are put up with crcat care,
and guaranteed equal to any in the market
If not as represented please return and
get your money refunded.
Is now pieraiid to
Furnish First Class Rooms,
WITH OR WITHOUT BOARD.
Oier Beck & Son'.s Grocery Store.
Corntr nf Olury and Kuucuiorjua St.. up Slalrv.
BUY YOUR TICKETS
la the popular
The large, well appointed and commodi
ous steamers of this line are running LH
New York and Scandinavia
Without calling at any Intermediate port,
consequently no Transfer of Passenger or
UatjgaQf. No extra expenses Captains,
Surgeons, Oflicers, Stewards and Crew are
all Scandinavians. Passengers' Baggage
checked to destination a safeguard adopt
ed by no other steamship 'line. Drafts and
Monoy Orders on Denmark, Sweden and
Norway issued at lowest rates. For further
information applv to
BOZORTH & JOHNS,
THIS IS TO NOTIFY ALL AVH031 IT
may concern that Lam Hen Bow, who
has been In the employ of Kong Wing
Pawnbroker Shop, is no longer employed by
the firm and has no authority to transact
any business, or pay or receive any money
for said Kong Wing Co.
KONG TVING CO.
.. . 1 , .. .- mlili - - Hi,.
, Store for Rent
ale ! !
TO CANNERY-MEN AND OTHERS.
Wing Sang & Co.
The undersigned are prepared to lurnLsh
Forputtiu; up Salmon, either by the day.
month, or case : a'so. c n furubh Chinese
Co-dsof all descriptions.
You can depend upon this man,
He lefers t. WASHINGTON PK'G CO..
j. w. iTfcAKiiAirr,
T V LBATIieiKS HAS RETURNED
o .and Is ready to turn out some fine fish-
ng boats for the river. Shop on the bench
between Kinney's and Elmore's canuerles
To Cannerymen and Fishermen.
WKTAKE PLEASURE IN ANNOUNC
fill? Id tllO tmill tllnf IV.i Vinva ciutnrorl
the benlccs of JI11. a. M. JOHNSON, so
UK .mil luvuniuiy Known in tne sail
MaKING trr.de In Astoria. Hereafter Jlr.
Johnson will have sole supervision of our
Sail I.nft nttll Will t'iVf ll!e imrcnnnl nttni..!.
aueeti the manufacture of Boat Sails for the
W. C. NOON & CO.. .
Cor. i: and Front Sts. Portland. Or.
7VJ-OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE
-Li firm of J. E. Thomas has assigned all
their property to the undersigned for the
benefit of their creditors and all persons
having claims against said estate must pre
sent the same duly verified to the assignee
at his ofllce in Astoria. Oregon, within three
months from this date.
F. P. HICKS
fllHK BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE
JL t.arabaldl Packing Co., levj an assess
ment of .S0 pershare upon the capital Stock,
payable In ninety (90) days from date.
, , , ... President.
Astoria. Feb. 11, 1333.
THE HENLEY CLUB SKATE
Nlckle riated. Spring Steel Bottom and
The HENLEY CHALLENGE SKATE,
Wooden Bottom and Leather Straps.
The best and only practically scientific
skates. Elegant In finish. Will turn a three
foot circle and all the wheels rest square
on the lloor. "Wheels with babbit metal
boxes. The leading skates in all the prin
cipal Rinks. Iltcyctcs nnrt Tricycles.
OSBORN & ALEXANDER.
Mechanics' Tools. Hardware and Machinery.
X23 Market St., opp. Palace hotel,
Semi for free catalogue and price list
Y09 OikHT QBT
Family Groceries, Provisions
and Freshest Vegetables
Jjicw Down Prices ! !
Corner Senton and Chenamus Streets.
Opposite Custom House Square.
Hay, Oats, anil Straw, Lime. Brisk, Cut, Sai and Plaster
Wood Dellierl to Order. ira)lti. ieamluic and Kprevi Buslsens,
ITER apply to :ie C.ipU.n.-or t
THE NEW MODEL
f y r-7 -. ftr i-.'-3:i, . z- ,
zc i i , -
A FUUL STOCK
John A. Montgomery,
Tin, Sheet Iron and Copper Ware.
A (iei.eral Assortment it
Magee Stoves and Ranges
The Best lu the market.
Pmrnblug goods of nil kinds on hand. .lol
work done in a workmanlike mannr
PLUMBING, GAS FITTING, AND CANNERY WORK
Attended to Promptlyjon Reasonable Terms. .
Chennmus Strerf. Xext to V I. Parker's Htore.
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I can say with confidence that I have never heard a story like the one Steven Kurtz told in his lecture for the Nelson Speaker Series at Harvey Mudd this past Tuesday. Kurtz is an American artist and activist who’s bold integration of art, politics and biotechnology has brought attention, both positive and negative, to important issues of modern society in a very unique and powerful way. Activism has been a dominant theme in our class this semester and I think that Steve Kurtz perfectly exemplifies the difference between passive activism online and a very ‘active’ activism in the real world. Rather than use an online space, Kurtz used different physical spaces outside as a platform for his art and activism, using the Internet only to bolster his impact or facilitate the success or creation of particular projects.
I was particularly fascinated by his project regarding the ‘commoditization of reproduction’ where they explored the sperm bank selection processes as a form of eugenics. Learning that ‘homosexual tendencies’ was on the list of pathologies was shocking, and his project really did show how this form of biotechnology really does provide another basis for alienation at the genetic level in the near future. The way he chose to present this information really called the issue to the foreground, and I was struck by how whitewashed and generic our societal standard for what is or isn’t desirable really is. I am fascinated by the way he conceptualizes things such as genetics and bioterrorism in terms of art and political activism, that sort of vision is incredible and inspires me to always remind myself to remain constantly critical and questioning of society—things are often not what they first seem!
Other projects he conducted included staging a bio warfare launch from the top of German government building, testing genetically modified fruits and vegetables around the world, and creating illegal (he broke a patent law) art exhibit on Round Up in a prestigious museum, right next to an exhibit on Jackie O’s dresses. Steve Kurtz broke many boundaries I had previously imagined in the world of art, and I was awestruck by every one of his curious thoughts and ideas. His presentation and experience also shed light on levels of corruption and stupidity I wasn’t aware of concerning our government; I couldn’t believe the U.S. head of the bio terrorism claimed not to know what a centrifuge was! How is that possible? As an activist, Steve Kurtz exists in the physical space of the world only, even claiming that he will never use social media—a sentiment I was shocked to hear, but ultimately, do to the nature of his work, completely understand. While he is out in the world stimulating real change, I might tweet something about his actions or like a page on Facebook, which doesn’t accomplish anything. His perspective is unique, his story is heart wrenching, and his work is powerful.
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Did you know……only 2% of business owners have a plan. And even less stick to it!
However, the value of having a business plan is undeniable. Studies show that planning improves business performance and helps a business grow 30% faster than those that don’t.
We found that it pays to plan. Entrepreneurs who write formal plans are 16% more likely to achieve viability than the otherwise identical nonplanning entrepreneurs.
– Harvard Business Review, Research: Writing a Business Plan Makes Your Startup More Likely to Succeed. *
Also, it answers the questions of “Where are we now?” “Where do we want to be?” and “How do we get there?”* It allows business owners to focus on the critical activities that will directly grow their business, re-prioritse those that won’t, and allocate resources more efficiently. It also offers them:
- Vision, clarity, and focus for the year
- Control of the business
- Practical strategies to help get more done in the business
- Clear goals aligned with business objectives
- A roadmap to ensure attainment of the goals
- The tools to track and measure progress
- Confident decision making
- Increased likelihood of success
But despite the self-evident benefits of having a plan in place, business owners often shy away from the task, concerned about the volume of content detail and the time (whoever has enough time?) it will take to complete the document.
These are misperceptions.
There is no prescribed length or depth of the detail required – the structure of a plan can vary greatly depending on the size of the organisation, where it is in its growth cycle, and its unique strategic objectives.
For example, a new startup may only require a few short pages covering the salient action points for the next quarter. This initial high-level strategic proposal then leaves them the flexibility to rapidly amend the plan as they gain a deeper understanding of their products and customer requirements.
On the other hand, a well-established organisation with multiple product lines and targeted client profiles may require a more detailed plan, addressing each area of the business thoroughly. It could benefit even further by including sub-plans for the various departments across the company.
Regardless of how the document is structured or the name it goes by (some call it a strategic or operational plan), to make the most impact it should cover all aspects of your business from strategy, to sales, marketing, operations, and logistics.
So what should a business plan include?
At ActionCOACH, when we work with clients on their 90-day plans we look at:
- Clear SMART Goals
- Granular details of every step required to deliver the goal
- Test and measure actions surrounding the plan
- Team involvement or the team working on the plan, not just the business owner
- A growth mindset
- Frequent review
It’s important to remember, though, that commitment to your plan doesn’t mean writing it down once at the start of the year and rigidly sticking to it. If 2020 has shown us anything, it’s that we have to remain fluid and adaptable in our approach to business, adjusting plans when needed while remaining mindful of our overall goals.
So, if you don’t already have a business plan, start making one today to increase your chances of success. And if you need any help in creating the plan, reach out to me for help – it’s what I’m here for!
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Cryo-electron microscopy used to identify CPF protein structure
Researchers have used cryo-electron microscopy to solve the structure of a protein complex critical for gene expression…
Researchers have used cryo-electron microscopy to solve the structure of a protein complex critical for gene expression.
The study, led by Dr Lori Passmore from the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, is the first to reveal the structure of an important part of the protein, called cleavage and polyadenylation factor (CPF).
CPF is a complex enzyme made up of many subunits. Cryo-electron microscopy has revolutionised scientists’ ability to discover the structure of large, flexible and complex proteins like this in their natural form.
Dr Passmore, senior author on the paper and group leader at the MRC LMB, said: “Understanding the structure and function of intact CPF, and how it is assembled, has been a central question in the field of gene expression for decades – it’s such a fundamental protein but we still don’t understand how it works. This was a huge technical challenge because very few structures have been built entirely from scratch using cryo-EM data. We were very excited to finally build the first atomic model of the structure of part of CPF.”
CPF gives gene expression its tail
Gene expression – turning the instructions encoded in DNA into proteins – requires a number of important steps. Enzymes copy the gene and produce a single-stranded version of the DNA, called messenger RNA (mRNA).
The mRNA can travel out of the nucleus of the cell, where the DNA is housed, to the cytoplasm where cellular machinery uses the mRNA’s instructions to assemble a protein.
The CPF enzyme is a necessary part of this process – it adds a long string of adenosine molecules, called a ‘poly-A tail’, to the end of each new mRNA.
This tail is important because the length of the tail specifies the amount of time that the mRNA is present in the cell, and how often it is translated into proteins. The poly-A tail is also necessary for the mRNA to be transported out of the nucleus.
Targeted by influenza
Viral infections, such as influenza, target CPF within the cell and disrupt gene expression. The researchers identified a site on CPF where a protein from the virus can bind in a way that may block CPF from interacting with mRNA, and thereby halt gene expression in the cell to the virus’ advantage.
The scientists say this structure will also help them to better understand how CPF works and how defects in poly-A tail addition contribute to diseases – including β-thalassemia, thrombophilia, and cancer.
Dr Passmore said: “This has been a long-term project in my lab and many people have contributed to it over the past seven years. I still remember seeing the first images of CPF in 2010. Now, having the structure of CPF will enable future research into how this important protein works in normal cells, but it also opens up opportunities to understand its role in viral infections and diseases such as cancer.”
This research was conducted in collaboration with researchers at the University of Oxford and was funded by the MRC, the European Research Council (ERC), EMBO and Gates Cambridge.
The paper has been published in Science.
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What is a website chatbot? Simply put, a chat bot is a software program designed to perform an online chat communication through text or voice-to-voice, instead of giving direct personal contact with another human being. The use of such programs is growing in popularity all over the world as more people are relying on their skills to keep them connected with family, friends, and colleagues. The advantage of using a chat bot is that you never have to worry about getting a response, or even how you will convey your message to the other party. All it takes is a click of the mouse and you are ready to start chatting. Here are the basics of how these programs work, and how they can benefit you and those around you.
In order to understand how website chatbot work, it is essential to take a look at how humans chat. Everyone knows that individuals chat with one another through personal messages on their phones, text, or instant messages on their computers. But in order for these types of communication to occur, it takes a person, namely, a user, to initiate the conversation. A chat bot acts exactly like this, except it is automated. This type of software allows users of the chat bot to exchange conversations through the use of chat apps platform.
While these conversational bots were initially created as applications platforms for educational institutions, they have now gone mainstream. These chat bots are now used by individuals of all ages, from children to adults, because of the inherent features that they possess. One of the unique characteristics of these chat bots is that they are able to make inferences and interpretations based on the responses that they are given by users. This means that the bot is able to analyze the language and the tone of the speaker, as well as analyzing how appropriate the topics the speaker uses in the conversation are.
An example of this kind of software is the Skype bot. The bot, which you can download free of charge, actually has its own profile, which contains all the different things that you can do with it. You can activate the chat bot with your Skype account, set up a custom name for it, and then let it go to work for you. Of course, since it is still a chat bot, it will not be able to tell the difference between an incoming message and an outgoing message.
However, this functionality is also one of the many Chat Bots features that make it such a top pick for companies that need customer experience improvement. The manychat bot, for instance, has the ability to detect any incoming messages and then determine if it is worth joining the conversation or not. With the help of a click of a button, it will then decide whether or not the person is worth joining based on many different factors. It will analyze the message based on the subject, the language used in it, and the current time and location.
All of these factors are ones that a human being would have to take into consideration as well. This is why many Chat Bots are powered by artificial intelligence. Some of the most successful chat bots out there are those that are powered by artificial intelligence, including the Microsoft Phrase Bot, the Lively Bot, and the Word GeneBot. All three of these bots have been quite successful and have helped many businesses achieve positive results. The artificial intelligence in these chat bots was what allowed them to gain the ability to analyze conversations better than a normal person could.
Perhaps the biggest pros of using a Chat Bot, including Skype Bots, is the fact that they are completely compliant with Skype's policies. Since it is an open-source platform, many companies can use the Chat Bot to chat with their clients without worrying about having to worry about going against the company's rules. In addition, many companies may use chat bots on mobile devices, such as mobiles, rather than using their desktops. This means that they can also continue to make money as long as their clients still use the same operating systems their desktop computers are using.
While Chat Bot technology may have its cons, it may soon have a number of good benefits to its credit. For example, companies will be able to get more out of their advertising dollars by tapping into the world of conversational marketing. The integration of an intelligent bot into a conversation could also lead to greater productivity across all departments of a business. Additionally, the integration of advanced analytics will help marketers learn more about how their brand is performing relative to their competitors. Finally, the future of conversational technologies, including Skype Bots, may bring us closer to the day when all phones are capable of receiving and sending voice calls.
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In the past few years, creating documents and projects have become a lot easier. This is due to the help of speech recognition software. It can help you in completing any type of work within a few minutes. Once you get the hang of it you can complete any work quickly. So make sure that you get a premium subscription to enjoy amazing features. There are some people who face errors in performing some commands. This might be due to several reasons which can lead to such problems. You just have to make sure that you try the steps given in this blog to resolve any type of issues with your device.
What can be the reason to face such dragon for mac error ?
Most of the time there can be some minor issues in your device which can cause you such issues. You must have tried using the same command many times and it still does not work. There are options in the software using which you can report these issues to the officials. You will get quick feedback which can provide you information related to such errors. There are many people who might be wondering how they can resolve these issues by themselves. Well, if it is a bug in the software then you have to wait for the official’s help.
Are there any solutions to fix dragon for mac error?
There are certain things which you can try in order to resolve this issue.
• The issue is known and being resolved – If you report your problems to the office then you have to wait for some time to get feedback. They can provide you information about how to resolve this issue. Sometime they might be aware of these issues and trying to fix it.
• You can try using manual methods – There are some manual options which you can try in order to resolve fix dragon for mac error. But make sure that you do not cause any other problems while doing them.
• Learn proper voice commands – You can also try learning various voice commands in order to properly use the software. There are certain commands which the software will work with so make sure that you memorize them correctly to avoid any problems.
So make sure that you keep patience as it can take some time to resolve your issues. But in the end, you can start using your program without any issues.
# fix dragon for mac error
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You might want to improve your bedroom based on design inspirations online, but you can’t. You don’t have sufficient space to pursue the changes. After all, not everyone is lucky to own a large bedroom. These tips might work for you if you still want to make things happen despite the limited space.
Use multipurpose furniture
Look for furniture you can use in different ways. A sofa bed is a convenient option, which you can turn into a bed at night. You may also use a TV mount that has a mirror on the opposite side. You can save more space, and you don’t have to purchase separate items.
Utilise storage spaces
Build storage spaces where you can hide things you don’t use instead of scattering them all over your place. You can also have an illusion of space if you don’t have clutter. From your kitchen to the bedroom, storage furniture is essential. Consider floating shelves since they don’t occupy too much space yet can hold many things.
Build customised furniture
Not everyone shares the same needs at home. Design your furniture based on your needs. Identify your priorities before considering customised furniture. For instance, having fitted bedrooms is convenient for an organised bedroom, allowing more space to move around.
Install a floating desk
Working from home is more popular these days. You don’t need to have a standalone desk to install a floating desk. You can close it when not in use and pull it down when you have to start working. As long as you can get your tasks done, it is good enough.
Try nesting cables
Instead of a bedside table, try nesting tables. It doesn’t occupy too much space, and it provides storage where you can keep everything you need. A leaning ladder is an excellent alternative. You may hang your purse, jacket, and other items you might need to grab once you get out of bed. If it’s not enough, purchase baskets and hide them under the bed. You may use them as storage spaces since bedside tables are too big.
Buy a storage bench
The bed’s foot may also be turned into storage space. Consider buying a storage bench if you wish to have a seat inside the bedroom. Since it also functions as a storage cabinet, you can save more space.
You want your bedroom to look bigger than it is, and mirrors help. The illusion of space makes mirrors an essential part of your bedroom.
With these tips, you won’t worry about having a small bedroom. Use your creativity to enlarge the area and improve its appearance. Take your time to design the space first since you don’t have too much room for errors. You can eventually move to a bigger bedroom or remodel your current space. Until then, these tips are advantageous. You may still want to follow them even if you already have a spacious bedroom.
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Bài tập Tiếng Anh lớp 12 Unit 4: School Education System Số 2 có đáp án
Bài tập trắc nghiệm Tiếng Anh 12 có đáp án
Bài tập trắc nghiệm môn tiếng Anh lớp 12 Unit 4 dưới đây là những dạng bài quen thuộc. Đề thi có thể thay đổi dạng đi một chút nhưng cơ bản nó vẫn là hình thức này, nếu có thay đổi thì biến tướng một chút thôi, chắc chắn không có gì là lạ, đánh đố, hoặc cho quá khó đối với kiến thức HS đã được học.
Choose the word which is stressed differently from the rest.
1. a. expression b. easily c. depression d. disruptive
2. a. algebra b. musical c. politics d. apartment
3. a. mechanic b. chemistry c. cinema d. finally
4. a. typical b. favorite c. division d. organize
5. a. computer b. establish c. business d. remember
Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.
6. The school library is open _______ all of the students and the teaching staff of the school.
a. for b. over c. to d. among
7. I have just taken a Test of English as a Foreign Language or TOEFL _______ short.
a. of b. in c. on d. for
8. He did not do well at school and left with few _______ qualifications.
a. academic b. academy c. academician d. academically
9. The Minister of the Education and Training Department appeared on TV last night to _______ his new policy.
a. public b. publicly c. publicize d. publicizing
10. He owed his success not to privilege but to self-education and a driving desire for _______.
a. achieve b. achiever c. achievement d. achievable
11. The college offers both _______ and professional qualifications.
a. government b. experience c. requirement d. academic
12. Fee-paying schools, often called "independent schools", "private schools" or "_______ schools"
a. college b. primary c. secondary d. public
13. In the UK, _______ schools refer to government-funded schools which provide education free of charge to pupils.
a. state b. secondary c. independent d. primary
14. Mathematics, a required subject in all schools, is __ into many branches.
a. grouped b. prepared c. divided d. added
15. Education has been developed in _______ with modern industry and the mass media.
a. compulsory b. parallel c. selected d. following
16. School uniform is compulsory in most of Vietnamese schools.
a. depended b. required c. divided d. paid
17. _______ music is _______ popular pastime at many schools.
a. Ø/ a b. The/ the c. A/ the d. The/ Ø
18. To apply to _______ UK independent school, you'll need to have _______ good standard of education from your own country
a. a/ a b. the/ a c. an/ the d. the/ the
19. Education _____ to be the most important element to develop a country.
a. often be considered b. can often consider
c. can often considered d. can often be considered
20. The preparations _______ by the time the guests _______.
a. had been finished/ arrived b. have finished/ arrived
c. had finished/ were arriving d. have been finished/ were arrived
21. _______ in that company?
a. Do shoes make b. Are shoes be made
c. Shoes are made d. Are shoes made
22. Portuguese _______ as an official language in this city since three hundred years ago.
a. has always been spoken b. has been spoken always
c. has always spoken d. had always spoken
23. More than ten victims _______ missing in the storm last week.
a. are reported to be b. are reported to have been
c. are reporting to have been d. are reporting to be
24. _______ by your father?
a. Did that book write b. Did that book written
c. Was that book written d. Was that book be writing
25. Something _______ immediately to prevent teenagers from _______ in factories and mines.
a. should be done/ being exploited b. we should do/ exploiting
c. should do I be exploited d. should have done/ exploited
26. This car _______.
a. was manufactured in Japan by Toyota last year
b. was manufactured by Toyota last year in Japan
c. was manufactured last year in Japan by Toyota
d. last year was manufactured by Toyota in Japan
27. Why _______ on time?
a. don't the exercises finish
b. weren't the exercises be finished
c. aren't the exercises being finished
d. aren't the exercises be finished
28. No longer _______ in our office since it _______.
a. have typewriters been used/ computerized
b. typewriters have been used/ was computerized
c. have typewriters been used/ was computerized
d. typewriters have been used/ computerized
29. When _______?
a. were computers used first b. were computers first used
c. did computers first use d. are computers first using
30. That machine is useless. It not been used for a long time
a. is b. was c. did d. has
Choose the best sentence that can be arranged from the words given.
31. our I will/ school/ if/ access/ much/ Internet/ we/ to/ learn I the/ better/ has
a. If our school has access to the Internet, we will learn much better.
b. If we will learn much better, our school has access to the Internet.
c. If our school has much access, we will learn better to the Internet.
d. If we will learn better to the Internet, our school has much access.
32. exchange/ allows/ computers/ and/ us/ to/ the/ ideas/ connect/ to/ !other/ Internet
a. The Internet allows us to connect to other computers and exchange ideas.
b. The Internet exchange ideas and allows us to connect to other computers.
c. The Internet allows us and exchange ideas to connect to other computers.
d. The Internet connect to other computers and allows us to exchange ideas.
33. sharing/ Internet/ encouraging/ new/ the/ of/ working/ ways/ collaboration/ is/ from/ home/ and/ information
a. The Internet is of working from home, collaboration, information sharing and encouraging new ways
b. The Internet is working from home, collaboration and information of sharing, encouraging new ways.
c. The Internet is encouraging new ways of working from home, collaboration and information sharing.
d. The Internet is collaboration and information sharing, encouraging new ways of working from home.
34. need/ come/ to/ class/ explain/ teacher/ sit/ at/ through/ the/ home/ not/ and/ may/ lesson/ to/ us/ the/ Internet lour/ he
a. Our teacher may sit at home and explain the lesson to us. He need not come to class through the Internet.
b. Our teacher need not come to class. He may explain the lesson to us through the Internet and sit at home.
c. Our teacher need not come to class. He may sit at home and explain the lesson to us through the Internet.
d. Our teacher need not come to class he may sit at home and explain the lesson to us through the Internet..
35. access/ also/ we/ use/ Internet/ music/ other/ relaxation/ and/ to/ and/ download/ m9vies/ works/ for/ our/ enjoyment/ can/ and/ the
a. We can also use the Internet download music, movies and other works for our enjoyment and relaxation and to access.
b. We can also use the Internet to access and download music, movies and other works for our enjoyment and relaxation.
c. We can also use the Internet to download music, movies and access and other works for our enjoyment and relaxation.
d. We can also use the Internet for our enjoyment and relaxation to access and download music, movies and other works.
Read the two passages carefully and choose the correct answer.
In developing countries, people are sometimes unaware of the importance of education, and there is economic pressure from those parents who prioritize their children's, making money in the short term over any long-term benefits of education. Recent studies on child labor and, poverty have suggested that when poor families reach a certain economic threshold where families are able to provide for their basic needs, parents return their children to school. This has been found to be true, once the threshold has been breached, even if the potential economic value of the children's work has increased since their return to school.
Other problems are that teachers are often paid less than other professions; a lack of good universities and a low acceptance rate for good universities are evident in countries with a relatively high population density.
India has launched EDUSAT, an education satellite that can reach remote parts of the country at a greatly reduced cost. There is also ail initiative supported by several major corporations to develop a $100 laptop. The laptops have been available since 2007. The laptops, sold at cost, will enable developing countries to give their children a digital education. In Africa, an "e-school program" has been launched to provide all 600,000 primary and high schools with computer equipment, learning materials and internet access within 10 years. Volunteer groups are working to give more individuals opportunity to receive education in developing countries through such programs as the Perpetual Education Fund. An International Development Agency project started with the support of American President Bill Clinton uses the Internet to allow co-operation by individuals on issues of social development.
36. In developing countries, ________.
a. people all know that education is very important all the time
b. all parents are rich enough to send their children to school
c. children have rights to get high schooling
d. children have to work instead of going to school
37. According to recent studies, when parents are able to overcome their financial difficulty, ________.
a. they send their children back to school
b. they still make their children continue working
c. they have their children work even harder
d. they themselves continue their schooling
38. In populous countries, ________.
a. teaching is the highest-paid career
b. there are a lot of good universities
c. there is a lack of good universities
d. no other careers are better paid than teaching
39. The third paragraph is about ________.
a. an Indian education satellite
b. the projects to computerize education in developing countries
c. the computerization of African education
d. President Bill Clinton who bought a lot of computers
40. How many projects are presented in the third paragraph?
a. One b. Two c. Three d. Four
Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase.
The General Certificate of Secondary Education or the GCSE examinations for (41) _____ are the standard school-leaver qualifications taken by (42) _____ all UK students in the May and June following their 16th birthday. If you come to a UK (43) _____ school before you (44) _____ the age of 16, you will study towards GCSE examinations in up to 12 subjects. Some subjects are compulsory, including English arid mathematics, and you can select (45) _____, such as music, drama, geography and history from a series of options. GCSEs provide a good all-round education (46) _____ you can build on at college and eventually at university.
AS- and A-levels are taken after GCSEs. They are the UK qualifications most (47) _____ accepted for entry to university and are available in subjects from the humanities, arts, sciences and social sciences as well as in (48) _____ subjects such as engineering, and leisure and tourism. You can study up to four subjects at (49) _____ same time for two years, (50) _____ AS-level examinations at the end of your first year (called the lower-sixth) and A-level qualifications at the end of your second year (called the upper-sixth).
41. a. short b. long c. big d. long
42. a. similarly b. fortunately c. approximately d. virtually
43. a. dependence b. independence c. independent d. independently
44. a. reach b. come c. approach d. go
45. a. other b. each other c. another d. others
46. a. what b. that c. where d. whose
47. a. wide b. widely c. width d. widen
48. a. practical b. apprentice c. vocational d. physical
49. a. a b. an c. the d. Ø
50. a. holding b. choosing c. putting d. taking
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The Open Seminar will direct collaborative attention to the many scales and types of systems that interlace and synergize to produce anthropocenics on the ground in particular locales and vernanculars. These questions will guide our engagements.
DEUTERO: What capacity (and incapacity) is there to recognize and attend to “the Anthropocene” in this setting? How might academic projects contribute to or scaffold this capacity?
META: How is “the Anthropocene” – by this, or some other name – talked and worried about in this setting? What modes of communication carry and occlude engagement with anthropocenics? What discursive histories shape contemporary articulations?
EXDU: Who is imagining and planning for anthropocenic futures in this setting, with what modes of expertise, cut by what vested interests? What educational programs -- environmental, civic, media, STEM and so on -- are addressing anthrhopocenics?
MACRO: What economic activities have contributed to anthropocenics in this setting? How are future economies imagined and planned? What laws and policy have addressed anthropocenics?
MESO: Who are stakeholders in this quotidian Anthropocene and how do they relate to each other? What forms of political organization have emerged to address and weather the Anthropocene?
MICRO: What labors have contributed to and go on within this quotidian Anthropocene? What practices (for flood management or controlling toxic contamination, for example) have anthropocenics provoked?
NANO: What psychologies have anthropocenics produced in this setting and how is this refiguring what people want and consider possible? What thought styles and language ideologies are in play?
BIO: How are bodies in this setting laced and burdened with anthropocenics? How are anthropocenic bodies racialized bodies?
DATA: What data infrastructure supports recognition, characterization and response to anthropocenics in this setting? Who has access to relevant data and sense-making tools?
TECHNO: What industries and infrastructure have produced anthropocenics in this setting? What infrastructure has been built in response? How, for example, has energy transition and climate change adaptation been pursued?
ECO-ATMO: What ecosystems in this setting are depended on, protected, or compromised, and how is this recognized (or not)? How are global warming and other atmospheric currents stressing local landscapes?
GEO: How has intensive human activity marked, transmuted, destabilized and harmed this setting? What levels of lead and other metals are in the soil? Where are hazardous waste stored?
https://disaster-sts-network.org/content/geo-how-has-intensive-human-activity-marked-transmuted-destabilized-and-harmed-setting-whatThe Open Seminar will direct collaborative attention to the many scales and types of systems that interlace and synergize to produce anthropocenics on the ground in particular locales and vernanculars. These questions will guide our engagements.
Kim Fortun, "Quotidian Anthropocenes, Shared Questions", contributed by Kim Fortun, Disaster STS Network, Platform for Experimental Collaborative Ethnography, last modified 26 January 2020, accessed 15 August 2022. https://disaster-sts-network.org/content/quotidian-anthropocenes-shared-questions
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Forgetting the Constitution
Before the attack on Pearl Harbor, Haruko Obata lived in Berkeley, California, where her father was a professor. Haruko was an American citizen. Like most Japanese Americans, she was proud of her Asian heritage, but she didn't approve of the ways of the Japanese warlords. She was happy to live in the land of liberty. Then, one day, Haruko's father tells the family they are moving. They have just a few days to get ready. What have they done wrong? Nothing. But they are of Japanese descent, and the United States is now at war with Japan. Of course, the Japanese in America have nothing to do with that. But there is anti-Japanese hysteria. There is also greedif Japanese Americans are put behind barbed wire, their property can be sold, and others can profit from it.
The Fourth Amendment to the Constitution is supposed to protect citizens from unreasonable searches and seizures. The Fourteenth Amendment says "nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty or property without the due process of law." But we are at war, and the War Department is worried about "national security." President Roosevelt issues Executive Order 9102. With only a few days to get ready, 120,000 Japanese Americans, including Haruko and her family, are sent to internment camps . Haruko recalled that terrible day: "When we arrived at Tanforan it was raining, it was so sad and depressing. The roadway was all mud, and our shoes would get stuck in the mud when we walked outside. They gave us a horse stable the size of our dining roomthat was our sleeping quarters ."
It is the greatest violation of freedom in America since the days of slavery, but few seem to notice. Forty years after the end of the war, the American government will apologize to the Japanese-Americans for the injustice done to them during World War II .
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Believe it or not, potatoes are much healthier than you think, and Weight Watchers, who have just launched their new eating plan, have put potatoes right back where they belong: on the list of foods that you don’t have to measure or track. Yes, they are a starchy veggie, but starch isn’t that bad when you break it down.
Starch is a complex carbohydrate and research shows that it can help with weight loss because it contains a resistance starch that improves blood sugar control and helps insulin resistance. Potatoes are also quite high on the glycaemic index, but this effect can be mitigated by combining your spuds with protein and healthy fats.
They also top the satiety index, which measures how full you are after eating certain foods. According to some studies, one potato fills you up as much as seven croissants – with all the health benefits that go along with eating them. A study performed by researchers at Purdue University in the US found that potatoes contain 4-7 g of fibre and their resistant starch content fills up your digestive tract and slows down digestion, keeping you feeling fuller for longer.
And a medium potato contains only 163 calories, and because they take so long to digest, your digestive tract does not absorb all the calories. And the great news is that even a drizzling of olive oil and an oven can transform the humble spud into a gorgeous meal.
Here are some of our favourite incredibly new and inventive ways to cook with potatoes this summer.
MINI CROQUETTE FRESH HERB SALAD
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POTATO SKINS WITH GUACAMOLE AND SALSA
GREEN ENVY POTATO SALAD
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This review of The Brick Moon by Edward Everett Hale and a companion piece, Another Brick in the Moon by Adam Roberts was first published in Vector 277, Autumn 2014.
The Brick Moon was first published in two parts in Atlantic Monthly, to which Hale was a Contributing Editor. The first part, ‘The Brick Moon’, appeared over three issues in October-December 1869; the shorter sequel, ‘Life on the Brick Moon’, was published in February 1870. The two parts, brought together as one book in 1871, would appear to be the first story of an artificial satellite in science fiction. It is republished here, along with a new sequel (of sorts) by Adam Roberts, to coincide with the exhibition ‘Stars to Satellites’ at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, and as such comes garnished with an Introduction jointly written by Marek Kukula, Public Astronomer, and Richard Dunn, Head of Science and Technology and the Royal Museums Greenwich.
Such are the basic facts about this book. But none of that tells you just how peculiar the whole thing is. It is described as a ‘lost classic of Victorian science fiction’; well, it occupies an interesting place in the history of the genre, and it is typical of Victorian science fiction, but it is not a classic. Rather, it is an engaging oddity, the sort of short novel one reads with a certain pleasure while all the time wondering whether, even in the middle of the nineteenth century, it made any sense whatsoever.
The Longitude Prize was offered by the British Government in 1714 to whomever would find the most accurate way of determining longitude while at sea. Although sun, moon and stars provided a fairly straightforward way of determining latitude, longitude was not so simple and lack of this knowledge was leading to a high volume of lost shipping. The prize was eventually awarded in 1765 to John Harrison for his chronometer, and though the Board of Longitude made a number of subsequent payments, mostly for refinements to the chronometer, the quest for longitude had effectively been settled. And yet, when Hale’s novella opens, 80 or so years later, we are introduced to a group of American students earnestly discussing the Longitude Prize, and calculating how they might win it.
They decide that what is needed is either an incredibly tall building on the zero longitude (which they concede is impracticable), or else an artificial moon in a fixed polar orbit. They opt for the satellite, which they decide could not be made of wood (too likely to burn up) or iron (too heavy) and so they plan to make it of brick. Given our current use of ceramic tiles, this isn’t quite as crazy as it sounds, but still …
Nothing happens for the next little while as the students go out into the world and, being American, inevitably make their fortunes. Then they get together and revive the plan. An inordinate and fairly dull portion of the story is now given over to raising funding for the project, which is finally secured as a result of judicious investment in government bonds during the Civil War (or war profiteering, as we might think of it). Then, by chance, our narrator finds the ideal location to build their flywheel, with which they plan to launch the satellite in preference to the gun that both Verne and Wells would later choose. Must be some flywheel, but although considerable attention is paid to the construction of the brick moon, we get very little information on the means of propulsion. But then, as the project nears its conclusion, with some of those involved making a temporary home inside the hollowed-out moon because it is so well constructed, a massive storm breaks out. The moon is swept from its moorings, the flywheel it released, and the moon is flung into space. Which is where the first part of the story ends.
Hale’s original sequel picks up a couple of years later, when our narrator finally locates the brick moon in its polar orbit. Watching it through a telescope, he sees small figures leaping up and down on the surface of the satellite. He realises that the people who had been living within the moon had survived their journey into space, and that their rhythmic jumps are a form of code. A means of communication is established, though it allows for messages no longer than an average tweet. Painfully slowly, we get some glimpses of life on the brick moon. They have atmosphere, which seems to be deep enough for them to survive the very high jumps that low gravity allows, and for some reason the low gravity is resulting in plants evolving at great speed so they have plenty of food. And at that point the two sides run out of things to say to each other. Life on the brick moon is only ever seen from outside; it seems that they have established some sort of utopian society (Hale’s narrator, variously Captain or Reverend Frederic Ingham, also featured in other utopian fictions by Hale), but we learn nothing of the nature of the utopia. In this curious silence, the narrative simply ends.
But Adam Roberts’s modern sequel, inevitably called ‘Another Brick in the Moon’, does nothing to develop or amplify any of the issues that Hale raised but took no further. Instead, Roberts has his own narrator happen upon a transcript that reveals unexpected truths behind Hale’s fiction. Unfortunately, when he publishes the transcript, he becomes the object of shadowy government agencies, and the story turns into a conspiracy thriller with an extended chase sequence. It’s all good fun, but it sits oddly with Hale’s rather plodding original.
But then, oddity seems to be the watchword for this entire enterprise. ‘The Brick Moon’ is an engaging curiosity that stops just at the point when it might have become interesting. But as an example of the Victorian habit of holding science fictional novelties at a distance, it is worth your attention.
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And we're back!
Started by Tamas, May 25, 2022, 05:15:04 AM
QuoteStories about inflationStories matter whether they are true or not. Especially when it comes to monetary policy. Duncan WeldonOct 18, 2021Charles Goodhart, as I wrote a couple of weeks ago, thinks that economics currently has "no general theory of inflation". But if the profession lacks a generally accepted theory, it certainly has stories about inflation. And stories, as Robert Shiller has convincingly argued, have power. They are worth taking seriously whether they are true or not.Looking at current market pricing, investors are definitely leaning more towards the "not transitory" side in the great – and ongoing – "is above-target inflation transitory or not?" debate. Still, I think the debate is far from settled. And more importantly, I think it is worth constantly keeping in mind that transitory does not necessarily mean "short-lived". Inflation could be above target for 12-24 months and, as long as the underlying dynamics have not shifted, this could still prove transitory.Stories are a useful frame for thinking through inflation dynamics and asking if they have changed.The stylised facts of advanced economy inflation over the last five decades are clear: Inflation was high and volatile in the 1970s, 1980s and, in some countries, into the early 1990s. From the early 1990s until the financial crisis of 2007-09 inflation was low and stable. This period is often called the Great Moderation as a result. From the crisis until the pandemic advanced economy inflation was generally subdued, aside from energy price related spikes that drove up the headline numbers.But if the facts are relatively undisputed then the stories explaining those facts are still disputed.I think one can tell two different stories about the taming of inflation that led to the Great Moderation.The first story runs something like this and is rooted in structural changes in the shape of the macroeconomy, the supply side and changing political economy:Beginning in the 1980s the structural bargaining power of labour was reduced a period of high unemployment following tight macro policy, by a breaking of trade union power and by the further liberalisation of the jobs market. The end of the cold war, the entry of China into the global economy and the globalisation of supply chains from the late 1980s into the 1990s supercharged these trends. The pool of labour available to Western capital almost doubled in the space of two decades. Meanwhile advanced economies became less energy-intensive. The result of less feedthrough from energy price spikes and lower goods prices due to globalisation was reduced headline inflation and lower volatility of inflation. Weaker labour bargaining power ruled out the kind of wage-price spirals which had bedevilled policymakers in the past and helped to keep services inflation low and stable.Or one can tell a very different story, one rooted in inflation expectations and credibility. This one goes something like this:Inflation was high and volatile in the past because macro-policy was ineffective. Monetary policy was too subject to political whims and fiscal dominance. Fiscal policy was often firmly set to manage a political business cycle (easier before elections and then overcompensating afterwards) rather than an economic one. Firms, workers and investors came to expect that policymakers would lack the resolve to tackle inflation so they set prices and wages ever higher. The solution was credible, independent central banks with a mandate to keep inflation low. These banks demonstrated their credibility by keeping policy tight to drive down inflation, even at a high cost in terms of joblessness. By the mid-1990s that hard-won credibility had helped to anchor inflation expectations. Now that firms, workers and investors had a clear view of the reaction function of central banks in the face of rising inflation they expected inflation to remain and low and stable and so set prices and wages on that basis.Most central bankers it seems still prefer the second story – and who doesn't like a story in which one is cast as the hero?For an example, take a look at some recent work from some ECB economists on the role of globalisation in modern inflation dynamics, which drew upon a longer paper published as part of the ECB strategy review (and which is well worth taking the time to read).The research notes that inflation has indeed moderated among all major advanced economies. But after discussing the profound deepening of global value chains and the intensification of trade flows over the 1990s and 2000s, the authors conclude:QuoteThe most intuitive explanation is that the concurrent inflation decline across advanced economies is due to (1) the monetary policy strategies adopted by the central banks of advanced economies over those years; (2) the wage concertation mechanisms consistent with those strategies (i.e. lower wage indexation); and (3) the consequent stabilisation of expectations.Personally, I am not sure that is indeed the "most intuitive" explanation. "Macro policy got better everywhere at the same time" may indeed be the reason for the Great Moderation but ruling out "common factors changed the dynamics across the advanced economies" feels a step too far.Of course both stories can have an element of truth in them. The stories are certainly not incompatible – macro policy can have become more effective at stabilising inflation alongside structural changes that made stabilising inflation easier.My worry though is that central banks are so convinced of their own story that preserving their credibility becomes an end in and of itself. Global supply disruptions are going to hit output in the months ahead, fiscal policy is set to tighten sharply and the pandemic is not over. And yet still too many central bankers are focussed on fickle measures on inflation expectations and fretting about credibility.
QuoteThe most intuitive explanation is that the concurrent inflation decline across advanced economies is due to (1) the monetary policy strategies adopted by the central banks of advanced economies over those years; (2) the wage concertation mechanisms consistent with those strategies (i.e. lower wage indexation); and (3) the consequent stabilisation of expectations.
Quote from: celedhring on May 25, 2022, 05:31:15 AMI feel like I've been living through one crisis or another since 2008. It's becoming a bit wearisome.
Quote from: Tamas on May 25, 2022, 06:36:13 AMWhat I know is that the Fed have abandoned using "transitory" since, like, March.
Quote from: Sheilbh on May 25, 2022, 06:26:57 AMI still think a lot about this piece by Duncan Weldon from last autumn
QuoteThe stylised facts of advanced economy inflation over the last five decades are clear
QuoteOf course both stories can have an element of truth in them. The stories are certainly not incompatible – macro policy can have become more effective at stabilising inflation alongside structural changes that made stabilising inflation easier.
Quote from: The Minsky Moment on May 25, 2022, 08:47:57 AMAlthough I agree that wealth inequality is both cause and symptom of economic dislocations, I am very skeptical of a link to inflation. Inflation was low during the last great gilded age. And generally speaking, the assumption is that the superwealthy tend to save higher proportions of income and that increasing income inequality is associated therefore with lower consumption - a pattern not usually a contributor to inflationary pressure.
QuoteSure. But why focus on only the last five decades? Why isn't the post WW2 experience relevant? Or the interwar period? Or the Gilded Age? The simple answer is that the people running bank econ departments, or the central banks, or the newspaper or cable news business sections weren't around then and it isn't part of their lived experience. But it is relevant data.
Quote from: Tamas on May 25, 2022, 05:15:04 AMSurprised we haven't been discussing this.Lots of worries worldwide, and I think central banks are being slow to react to inflation finally leaving asset bubbles and storming into product and service prices.
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Pre-Reading Activities for Teaching "The Phantom Tollbooth"
26 SEP 2017
A story set in Dictionopolis and Digitopolis in the Kingdom of Wisdom probably needs pre-reading activities so your students will get the most benefit from reading it; Norton Juster's young adult novel "The Phantom Tollbooth" has numerous opportunities to connect students to their own world and introduce them to the new, remarkably word-rich world Juster creates.
1 Visual Prediction
Visual learners benefit greatly from looking at both title and book cover and guessing at content. Have them identify the terms "phantom" and "tollbooth" and combine the meanings: What would a ghost-like place that allows access be like? Where might it take you? Most editions of the book feature the Jules Feiffer illustrations. The dog with a clock in its stomach is a good predictor as well: what kind of imaginary dog might this be? What's the reason for the clock? To carry this further, take the title and have students draw their own "cover" ideas.
2 Aural Cognitive Discussion
For aural and cognitive learners, discussion questions are useful. You can begin previewing the emotional state of Milo, the book's protagonist: When are you most bored? How do you avoid it? What if you were bored all the time? Discussion questions about language follow: What do the words a person uses say about him or her? Finally, you can guide the discussion to the genre of fantasy literature: What elements -- heroes, obstacles, imaginary creatures -- are found in fantasy quests? What are some fantasy quests you've read or enjoyed in movies, TV or video games?
3 Homophones and Word Play
Homophones are rampant throughout the book. An excellent pre-reading idea is to have vocabulary lessons in sound-alike wordings such as "The King Who Rained." A further list of word plays for the Juster novel should include: rhyme and reason, eat your words, jumping to conclusions, census taker, lethargic, killing time, expectations, doldrums, din. A word list of characters adds further pre-reading fun: Demon of Insincerity, Chroma, Gelatinous Giant, Dodecahedron, Everpresent Wordsnatcher and Faintly Macabre. Define, draw or write about these characters, before reading the book, to enhance visual, aural and cognitive learning.
4 Kinesthetic Tableau
A tableau is a re-creation of a story scene; you can modify this idea to create a pre-reading kinesthetic activity using your classroom setting. Erect a sign -- "Phantom Tollbooth, Toll: One Answer" -- at your classroom entrance. As students come to class, their entry fee is a single idea: If you could go anywhere, where would it be? This gets them through the tollbooth and straight into the questing spirit of Juster's novel.
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The purpose of this best practice is to elaborate the principles of open and reproducible research for neuroimaging using Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). It covers: 1. experimental design reporting, 2. image acquisition reporting, 3. preprocessing reporting, 4. statistical modeling, 5. results reporting, 6. data sharing, and 7. reproducibility. For each of seven areas of a study, a tabular listing of over 100 items to help plan, execute, report, and share research in the most transparent fashion is provided.
NeuroML is a simulator-independent, XML-based standardized model description language for computational neuroscience that provides a common data format for defining and exchanging descriptions of neuronal cell and network models. NeuroML focuses on models which are based on the biophysical and anatomical properties of real neurons, i.e. which include details of the detailed neuronal morphologies, the membrane conductances which underlie action potential generation and which are based on known anatomical connectivity.
PyNN is a simulator-independent language for building neuronal network models. The PyNN API aims to support modelling at a high-level of abstraction (populations of neurons, layers, columns and the connections between them) while still allowing access to the details of individual neurons and synapses when required.
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At Wicklow Wolf, our mission is to create exceptional beers, brewed in a sustainable way.
Wicklow Wolf was established in 2014 with a strong ethos rooted in Wicklow, the environment and the world we live in. We want to honour the land and give back. As the native American proverb goes “We do not inherit the land from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children”.
Sustainability is at the core of everything we do. It influences how we brew, package and advertise our beers. From growing our own hops to installing state of the art systems in the brewery, we are doing all we can do reduce our footprint on the land around us.
In 2022 we at Wicklow Wolf have taken our commitment to sustainability one step further, we have commissioned the installation of over 120Kw of solar panels, covering the entirety of our 17,000 sq ft brewery roof. To find out more, follow the link below!
As part of our commitment to sustainability, we have broken down our plan into four key pillar’s of sustainability: Emissions, Energy, Waste & Water.
- 100% renewable electricity
- State of the art brewhouse
- Heat energy recovery system – saves the same energy per year as 1.7 million cups of tea
- Lighting Motion sensors throughout the brewery.
- Implementing procedures and systems to reduce our Carbon Footprint
- Target to be Carbon Neutral by 2023
- Planting more trees at the brewery and our own hop farm – 2,500 Native Irish Trees planted so far.
- Spent ingredients (Hops, Yeast, Grain) – back into food system and to Anaerobic Digestion to be turned into green gas
- Repak Member
- Moved from bottles to cans
- Reducing waste across entire company.
- State of the art systems installed to reduce water usage across production
- Constantly monitoring water usage per hectolitre produced and methods to reduce.
Repak and Origin Green
We are proud members of Repak and Origin Green as part of our commitment to reducing waste and running our business in a sustainable way.
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Passwords are a nuisance. They are too short, too fixed, and must be entered over and over again. They are even stored on insecure systems. Single SignOn solutions founded in cryptography make it secure to login repeatedly, after entering a secret only once!
Fixed secrets can be tapped from unencrypted points in any communications channel. For encrypted connections, the end points are still points where this can be done. Fixed secrets should not be used to access remote systems.
Public key crypto makes the authentication between a client and server differ every time. As a result, you can safely use the same public key to authenticate to many systems.
Network protocols can often employ public key crypto, but this must be explicitly required in most cases.
Hardware tokens are light and small engines that totally encapsulate public key crypto; use these if you need to carry your credentials around.
Solution 1: Wrap it in a Secure Shell
The Secure Shell is a Network Protocol that has been standardised for the Internet, and that is consequently available from different providers. Public key authentication is possible with these products, making this a true Single SignOn protocols.
Client-side key management is worth setting up, even though it is a bit tricky to do. With our Shaman agent, it is possible to use a cryptographic token to encapsulate all Public key crypto. All that is needed is a token with a complete PKCS #11 interface.
Shaman for Windows works smoothly with WinSCP and PuTTY, or any other tool that uses the Pageant protocol. It can also be used to encapsulate arbitrary TCP/IP connections, such as for mail reading and database access. It provides a little icon in the bottom bar, from which a menu with user-defined connections pops up.
Shaman for Linux works smoothly with OpenSSH's ssh/sftp/scp commands, and anything that builds on it, including cvs, rsync and darcs. You do need a token with a working PKCS #11 library.
Shaman for Mac OS X is currently not available, but do let us know if you need it for a group of users.
Package summary: Shaman licenses for selected operating systems at €25 ePass2000 tokens for USB, optional, at €41 Token Service Labels, optional, at €5 per token
Solution 2: Use SSL connections
Another standard Network Protocol that can wrap arbitrary TCP/IP connections is SSL. It has a turbulent history, so we advise using the Secure Shell where possible.
The most common application of SSL is a secure website. Others are secure mail reading protocols. The server side always presents a certificate to authenticate itself. Adding authentication with client certificates can also turn SSL into a true Single SignOn solution.
Server Certificates are necessary so the client knows it is authenticating to a trusted site. By their nature, SSL certificates must be renewed regularly.
Login Tokens are client certificates that we can create for our customers and yours; This is usually much cheaper than anything you can build yourself! You may also want to check compatibility with your current browser. Note that IIS is not sufficiently standards-compliant to recognise Login tokens.
ePass2000 tokens totally encapsulate the Public key crypto for SSL client certificates. The credentials stored on them cannot be copied with any reasonable amount of work. The tokens plug into USB and they are protected with a PIN.
ePass1000 tokens store the credentials for Public key crypto for SSL client certificates. They are not as secure as the ePass2000 tokens, but on Windows they can provide SSL service to browsers and other token-aware software. The tokens plug into USB and they are protected with a PIN.
Token Return Labels can be helpful when you are prone to loosing your tokens. More...
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Package summary: Login token SSL Client Certificates for one year each, at €3 ePass2000 or ePass1000 tokens for USB, optional, at €41 or €30 Token Service Labels, optional, at €5 per token
The following extension to this order is only needed if you have not arranged it yet:
Package summary: Secure Server Cert at €100 per year
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Advocates for low-income households have urged the Government to revisit the €505m energy subsidy package it unveiled two weeks ago in light of the jump in fuel costs prompted by the Ukraine crisis.
On February 10, the Government announced a €505m package to help households cope with soaring electricity and heating bills. It included:
- A rise to €200 in a household energy credit;
- A fuel allowance lump sum payment of €125;
- A 20% cut in transport fares from the end of April;
- A cut in caps for school transport fees.
However, Free Legal Advice Centres (Flac) senior policy adviser Paul Joyce said rolling reviews of household bills would be required due to the impact of the Ukraine crisis on fuel prices.
“It is a pretty sorry situation”, if the €505m package is supposed to remain unchanged until October’s budget, Mr Joyce said.
He also called for the setting-up of a Nphet-style agency for the Government to monitor price increases across the board.
St Vincent de Paul social policy development officer Tricia Keilthy said it was more urgent than ever that resources be targeted at low-income households following the price rises.
The charity favours expanding fuel allowances and the discretionary funds to target the most vulnerable households, which are most in need of the measures.
The price of wholesale gas has increased 10% since the Government announced its enhanced package on February 10, according to Irish Examiner calculations. And the price of crude oil which was trading at $98.30 a barrel on Wednesday, has risen 7.5% over the same period.
Russia is a major exporter of oil and gas, and along with Ukraine, supplies large quantities of wheat to world markets. The price of many commodities rose on Wednesday, with wheat up 1.75%, lumber up 2.4%, and coffee prices rising by 1.7%.
The Central Bank has said rural, low-income, and older households are seeing larger cost-of-living increases due to higher inflation, largely due to rising energy costs.
Lower-income households have to spend more of their income on energy and food, and less on goods and services. While headline inflation was 5.7% for the average household in December, it was at 6.2% for rural households, the Central Bank said.
Meanwhile, consumer confidence has been eroded this month due to surging price inflation and concerns over the impact on energy costs from the escalating Russia-Ukraine crisis, a survey by KBC Bank shows.
The slide in consumer sentiment in February may not deliver the expected boost in consumer spending, yet still add to house price inflation, KBC said.
More than a quarter of consumers said they already have spent their savings, while 17% are holding on for a rainy-day emergency, the survey found.
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When injury or disease limit a patient's ability to move and enjoy day-to-day activities without hurting, physical therapy helps restore movement and function. Physical therapy can increase strength, balance, and range of motion while reducing stiffness and pain. In some cases it may even be a safe and non-invasive alternative to pain medications or surgery.
Because physical therapy is used to treat an incredibly wide variety of ailments, each patient's experience may be slightly different. In general, however, physical therapy appointments will consist of an examination, physical therapy treatments, and instructions about helpful ways to move or techniques to approach physical challenges.
The treatments used in physical therapy help to increase movement, reduce pain, and speed healing. They may include, among others:
Physical therapy is useful for many different problems. Almost any injury or disease that makes it painful or difficult to move can be treated with physical therapy. A few examples of conditions regularly seen by physical therapists include:
Being able to go about your daily life effectively and comfortably is a key component of independence. Restoring that function is the work of physical therapists.
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Wednesday, June 27, 2012
This poem comes from the Silva distichorum moralium by François Oudin (1719).
Omnia mors finit, sed non mors omnia tollit;
Quod bene, quod contra feceris, usque manet.
The vocabulary is keyed to the DCC Latin Vocabulary list. There is only one word in this poem that is not on the DCC list:
fīnio -īre: limit, bound
contrā: against, opposite (adv. and prep. +acc.)
faciō facere fēcī factum: do, make
maneō manēre mānsī mānsum: remain
mors mortis f.: death
omnis -e: all, every, as a whole
qui quae quod: who, which, what / quis quid: who? what? which?
tollō tollere sustulī sublātum: raise up, destroy
ūsque: up to; continuously
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Milk is the main product of dairy farming and much of it is exported. Some is sold in the near by shops on small scale or transported to other parts of the country on large scale and also consumed locally. This milk is handled very carefully as it can easily be contaminated if not handled well to avoid losses.
Meat is also a main source of income because it is consumed locally and the rest is sold off thus income to the owner of the cow. Actually a family with many cattle is considered wealthy. Cows are very important in the district due to the variety of uses that they provide for example they pruduce cow dung which is usedas manure, , hides and skins, milk, meat and butter.
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A Stimulus Payment or Economic Impact Payment (EIP) as it is referenced by the IRS was authorized by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act). Individuals that have a gross income below $75,000 will receive $1,200 (filing joint will receive $2,400) and $500 for each dependent child under the age of 17. Taxpayers that have a gross income that is more than $75,000 ($150,000 filing joint) will receive smaller checks; if your income is over $99,000 ($198,000 filing joint) then no stimulus payment will be received. Here’s where to get information on your stimulus payments.
Below are links directly on the IRS website where you will find:
- Guide on how to use the tools to check the status of your payment.
- Who is eligible to receive a payment?
- How much should I receive?
- How to enter information for direct deposit or mailing address.
- Didn’t need to file a tax return? You can enter your information to receive your payment.
It is best to start with the guide as it breaks down what tool should be used and what it can do for you as a taxpayer.
Guide and EIP tools:
The direct deposit of stimulus payments has begun with paper check mailing to follow. Continue to check the IRS website as updates are posted daily.
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Reach Zero Landfill in 5 Steps
Whether you’re carrying out a legislative or corporate initiative or maybe just want to be a responsible and clean business, MARCK Recycling is here to help. As a single-source waste management provider that helps hundreds of companies reach their sustainability goals, MARCK Recycling reveals 5 Steps to help you minimize, or even eliminate your waste stream and make money while doing it.
To see a list of our commonly recycled materials and grades, click here.
A Recycling Consultant can perform a waste audit to identify efficient and sustainable ways to manage your waste stream. At MARCK, we have a 360 Waste Audit that even looks at your production and distribution processes to recommend waste reduction and efficiencies.
GET A CUSTOM RECYCLING PROGRAM
Every company, facility and plant is different, so your recycling program should be customized to your company, your processes, your waste stream, and your needs.
FIND HOMES FOR YOUR RECYCLABLES AND REUSABLE WASTE MATERIALS
Recyclable materials from your waste stream are collected, baled and sent to mills for recycling. Other materials in your waste stream could be reusable if you find the right home. That’s where your Recycling Consultant can help identify those materials that are resources for reuse, but that are just a bit harder to find.
TURN YOUR TRASH INTO CLEAN ENERGY
Once you remove the recyclable and reusable materials from your waste stream, all that’s left is what most people would call trash. Instead of sending it to a regular landfill, take the extra sustainable step and send your trash to a clean energy facility that converts these materials into electricity, heat or steam.
MAKE MONEY AND SAVE THE PLANET
An effective recycling program is profitable because you make money back on the bulk materials you recycle and you minimize your disposal costs. As part of MARCK’s Full Spectrum Recycling programs, you streamline your waste materials to be recyclable, reusable and sustainable. It’s a win, win, win for your company, your processes and the environment.
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If you have visited our website, you are certainly looking for a truly unique kindergarten for your Child.
Our kindergarten implements a curriculum of preschool education of the Ministry of National Education and the British “The Early Years Curriculum” (early childhood curriculum), that additionally
We complement unique methods of learning through creative fun
What’s so special?
In our kindergarten children do not even know that every day they gain knowledge and new skills, which will facilitate their start in life, build self-confidence and release creative energy.
Little Einstein’s Academy
Once a week at Little Einstein’s Academy we introduce Children into the extraordinary world of science through exciting experiments and experiences.
Academy in practice
Children in white coats and laboratory glasses under the supervision of a teacher become small scientists.
Each experiment arouses a thrill of positive emotions and curiosity for other games.
From the first day – in the youngest age group and all day.
In our kindergarten children learn English in a fully intuitive way. They acquire new words and phrases smoothly, easily and pleasantly.
Our bilingual tutors make sure that every Child feel comfortable and acquire English at their own pace.
Cooperation with the English school
We cooperate with British private schools, where students visit our young pupils several times a year.
Kids organize surprises for their guests and have the opportunity to play with British students while gaining new language skills.
I write. I read. I understand
Children learn how to read and understand by using Logo plastic bricks.
Combining letters into words and finding their meaning makes Kids expect fun with flushed faces.
Development of skills is just the beginning
Let’s see what else we provide in FUN & MATH kindergarten
Healthy outdoor activities
Our kindergarten has a modern and safe playground. Next to our kindergarten there is Plac Jakuba Wujka. A few steps away there is a unique Kasprowicz Park and there is a new playground in the nearest neighbourhood.
We serve 5 meals a day for our Kids.
Delicious breakfast , two-course dinner and afternoon tea prepared by Akademia Kulinarna. Each meal is prepared with fresh eco-ingredients that provide a balanced diet and healthy development.
17 children in a group
This number of children is enough so that a tutor can devote enough time for every kids and children can integrate with their peers. However, we will accept the eighteenth Kid to make sure that every child has a pair.
Each year brings great development changes for a Child, therefore we divided groups in our kindergarten into:
- < 3-year-old children
- 3-year-old children
- 4-year-old children
- 5-year-old children
- 6-year-old children (from September 2017)
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Investment describes an individual’s dedication to buying an asset with the intent of increasing its value gradually. Investing requires the proprietor to compromise a prompt existing asset (money, time, initiative, and so on) in order to gain future benefits. However when the future is better, the investment will certainly deserve greater than the present. Right here are some manner ins which you can spend. Below are three examples: – Inheriting an asset from your parents:
– Buying supplies. Buying supplies includes placing your cash to work as well as under supervision. The risk included is high, but the rewards declare. Without spending, your cash will certainly not grow and also may also lose its purchasing power as a result of inflation. In addition to generating revenue, spending can aid you satisfy lasting and short-term financial objectives. To make the right investment, you need to identify your investment purposes. After that, you have to decide what kind of threat you want to approve. Gold
– Buying realty. Investing in realty is a wonderful way to raise your capital. Unlike other investments, realty acquisitions do not call for any type of ahead of time costs. In addition to building, individuals can buy money market funds. These are a good option for those who are looking to reduce their risk. This kind of fund will certainly purchase assets with low interest rates. As soon as you have actually picked your financial investment purpose, you can begin looking into various types of mutual funds.
-Investing in stock funds. Investing in supplies is the best way to generate income. Nonetheless, you must know your objectives, your danger tolerance, and your cash-flow requirements before you begin trading. When choosing an investment fund, consider your tax obligation effects. Finally, contrast brokerage costs as well as incentives provided by each fund. This will certainly aid you make a smart decision. And the very best component? It’s fun! The rewards are huge! Then, you can start buying property!
Buying stocks can be an outstanding means to grow your cash. As long as you understand your purposes and also your threat tolerance, you’ll be well on your way to a lucrative investment strategy. As well as don’t forget to consider your tax scenario. You could be shocked just how much money you can really earn in one month as well as continue to grow your cash for years to come. If you’re an investor, you need to consider your tax obligation scenario carefully. If you’re buying stocks, see to it to do it wisely as well as you’ll obtain one of the most from it.
Prior to you invest in supplies, it is necessary to decide on your objectives and also purposes. You need to choose how much threat you agree to take. And you need to think about the tax obligation ramifications of the financial investment. Luckily, there are a number of investment choices that will certainly fit your demands. Whether you’re seeking a lasting financial investment or an extra short-term option, you can discover the appropriate sort of investment for you. Once you’re clear on your objectives, you can select in between the many available choices offered to you. website
A financial investment can be an intricate procedure. You can purchase stocks that you think are extra stable and also more successful. As an example, a mutual fund that will allow you to earn money by selling them is a financial investment. An additional strategy is to buy stocks you like, such as a mutual fund. A mutual fund can be beneficial to your total monetary circumstance, yet it is except everyone. It can be a wonderful means to make a return on your investment.
Before investing, you need to choose what you intend to purchase. Determining your objectives will help you choose the appropriate investment. After that, you’ll need to decide what kind of financial investment products are the best suitable for you. In addition to purchasing supplies, you can additionally purchase fixed income instruments. These are financial investments that pay a regular rate of interest to the financier. This suggests that you’ll need to identify your danger tolerance and the amount of cash you need to take out from your profile.
There are many different types of financial investments. You can purchase supplies, fashion jewelry, and realty. The better an asset is, the greater the worth will certainly be. This is the basis of financial investment. While stocks can be high-risk, they are a good choice for a beginner financier. In general, they’re secure as well as offer a revenue. You can also invest in property. There are numerous kinds of supplies. While a person can invest in a range of securities, investing is a great method to gather riches over time.
The research of investment is a complex procedure that can be done by anybody, from beginners to specialists. It is based on specific choices and also run the risk of resistance. Some individuals are averse to risk, while others appreciate it. You need to choose your strategy according to your requirements, goals, and preferences, and also research study the markets thoroughly prior to you decide. Spending is uncomplicated, and also you don’t require a lot of money to begin. As your understanding and also experience expands, you can raise your resources and expand your financial investments.
Along with identifying your investment objectives, you ought to additionally identify your danger tolerance. Prior to picking a financial investment strategy, you have to identify whether you require the earnings that the investment will bring in or if you are comfortable surrendering some of your current possession. In addition, it is necessary to understand the tax ramifications of your method. You need to likewise contrast broker agent prices as well as motivations to guarantee that they will certainly fulfill your individual needs. You must also consider the sort of stock that you want buying.
The most effective way to review a stock investment technique is to assess your objectives. The objective is to make the most of earnings. This calls for determining your threat resistance. You should also take into consideration the cash flow needs. The tax effects of your strategy are additionally essential. Picking the best fund is vital to accomplishing your objectives. You ought to also consider the prices as well as incentives of your picked investment choice. There are numerous advantages to choosing a respectable broker. An excellent broker will bill a fee based on quantity. website
In addition to aiding you earn money, investments can likewise assist your business grow. By acquiring supplies and also bonds, you can utilize this money to increase your service, hire even more employees, as well as establish a new product. The benefits of buying supplies as well as bonds are that you can expand your money as well as earn a profit. You can additionally assist the economic situation also. By choosing the best firm to invest in, you can help your business accomplish success. By doing this, you can build a better economic situation for everybody.
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Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Flipboard 0 The Federal Office of Science and Technology Policy working under the Obama-Biden administration is taking a closer look at the lack of women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fields by creating events and academic resources to address this immense social issue. According to the initiative’s website, women who work in STEM fields make 33 percent more than women who work in other career fields. However, the dearth of women who work in STEM fields could be partially responsible for gender wage gaps and decreased earning potential. The lack of female representation in STEM fields can have even greater impacts on our nation’s ability to compete in a global marketplace. As First Lady Michelle Obama states, “We need all hands on deck, and that means clearing hurdles for women and girls as they navigate careers in science, technology, engineering, and math.” Getting the Facts Out There The White House has partnered with a number of government and academic institutions to get a clear picture regarding the presence of female STEM employees and students. According to the U.S. Department of Commerce, only 24% of the current STEM workforce is comprised of women. If you trace the numbers back to high school and college, you’ll find that boys outnumber girls when it comes to AP mathematics course enrollment numbers. Once women reach college, only 31% of STEM degrees are conferred to women. Now that these national metrics are easy to access, the White House is calling on academic institutions to step up and create more inclusive environments for girls and women to explore the STEM fields. The White House has compiled a list of resources that address college readiness, engagement opportunities, mentoring, Title IX compliance and workplace flexibility for increased female STEM support. Childhood Education The federal initiative for the increased representation of women in STEM has lead to an increase in academic programs for K-12 students. Here are a few organizations that are leading school-based opportunities for girls who want get involved with STEM activities: U.S Department of Energy: This federal organization is responsible for hosting numerous activities, such as Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day and the Young Women in Science Program. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA): Their G.I.R.L.S. online summer mentorship program connects middle school students with women who work with NASA in science and math courses. The Equal Futures Partnership: The White House has partnered up with multiple countries to increase female representation in the workforce. The Girls emPower app is dedicated to helping students learn more about female government leaders and the importance of political participation. Google’s Global Science Fair: Every year, Google hosts a science fair for students ages 13 – 18 who wish to showcase their work to an international audience. President Obama has personally greeted previous years’ winners, releasing a video to highlight the achievements of women in STEM fields. If you’re interested in becoming a STEM mentor yourself, take a look at this toolkit created by the Corporation for National & Community Service. It addresses local resources that can aid you in your mentorship endeavors, team-building processes, goal setting and reporting. Employer Awareness and Legal Compliance The National Institute of Health and the National Science Foundation have been working on policies to make workplaces that are more inclusive to balancing family life. U.S. professionals shouldn’t have to choose between their careers or supporting their families. These policies can lead to more supportive environments, where parents can pursue their careers of choice without facing unreasonable time or location expectations from STEM employers. Several national offices and employers are also stepping up to the plate to ensure Title IX compliance. NASA has released a guide to its promises and administrative practices to women working in STEM fields, addressing the organization’s obligations under Title IX, the self-evaluation process, recruitment, retention and outreach procedures. Hopefully, these organizations will set a global example of gender non-discrimination and awareness for other STEM employers. The statistics so far reveal that our nation still has an uphill journey when it comes to equal gender representation in STEM fields. However, The White House is taking some incredibly important and necessary steps in raising awareness in classrooms and workplaces around the world. Twitter Tweet Facebook Share Email This article originally appeared on Business.com and has been republished with permission.Find out how to syndicate your content with B2C Author: Kane Pepi Kane Pepi is an experienced financial and cryptocurrency writer with over 2,000+ published articles, guides, and market insights in the public domain. Expert niche subjects include asset valuation and analysis, portfolio management, and the prevention of financial crime. Kane is particularly skilled in explaining complex financial topics in a user-friendlyView full profile ›More by this author:VoIP Basics: Everything Beginners Should Know!Bitcoin Investment, Trading & Mining: The Ultimate Guide for BeginnersIs This a Better Way to Set Your 2020 Goals and Resolutions?
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Since 2009, Bowel Cancer Australia has been mapping bowel cancer data from the most current sources of information publicly available.
Updated annually, the Atlas provides data at the Local Government Area (LGA) level, state and territory level, and at a national level, to help identify unhealthy behaviours that can be improved to reduce bowel cancer risk.
According to the American Cancer Society, almost 55% of bowel cancer cases may be attributable to modifiable risk factors such as smoking, high alcohol consumption, and physical inactivity. Obesity and type 2 diabetes also increase bowel cancer risk.
Detailed data regarding participation rates in the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program (NBCSP) such as age, gender and positive results are also included.
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Federal Court Says NOAA Must Improve Sea Turtle Monitoring in Sea Scallop Fishery
New Ruling to Prevent Excessive Bycatch of Endangered Sea Turtles in New England, Mid-Atlantic
Press Release Date: October 5, 2020
Location: Washington, DC
A federal court ruled in favor of Oceana on Thursday that NOAA Fisheries has failed to develop a viable method for counting and accounting for the incidental catch, or bycatch, of sea turtles in the U.S. Atlantic scallop fishery. The ruling from the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia requires the government to estimate and adequately monitor the number of threatened and endangered sea turtles harmed by the Atlantic sea scallop fishery in a manner that will allow the agency to know, in real time, when the fishery exceeds set limits on sea turtle bycatch or interactions.
Thursday’s ruling is the latest in a decades-long effort by Oceana to ensure that the scallop fishery minimizes its harmful impacts on sea turtles and supports their recovery. The Endangered Species Act requires fisheries like the scallop fishery to obtain authorization for interactions with sea turtles. These authorizations set a limit for the number of sea turtles that can be harmed by the fishery, and this limit needs to be monitored to ensure that the fishery is following the law and not exceeding the number of sea turtles that may be killed or injured.
Oceana successfully argued that the monitoring methods used by the government relied on unproven and invalid assumptions about the relationship between the number of hours that fishing boats are fishing and number of sea turtle interactions. Because this approach is not valid, it does not provide a means to monitor interactions or trigger a response and could allow excessive takes to occur, possibly jeopardizing existence of the sea turtle species in the U.S. Mid-Atlantic and New England regions from North Carolina to Massachusetts. Further, the court expressed concern with the behavior of the agency in its oversight of the fishery and is requiring the agency to provide regular status reports until the required analysis is complete.
“Sea turtle bycatch in commercial fisheries represents a clear threat to the survival of these species, and it is critically important that the government set meaningful limits on these interactions and monitor the fishery to know if and when a limit is reached,” said Oceana campaign director Whitney Webber. “Once again, the courts have found that the federal government is not doing enough to oversee the U.S. scallop fishery and again has directed the government to do more. Oceana is optimistic that, with court oversight, the government will finally take this job seriously and find a path forward for the lucrative scallop fishery and sea turtles to co-exist in the U.S. Atlantic.”
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Bicyclists and pedestrian advocates say a new report on the steady increase in fatal hit-and-run crashes offers yet another reason to move faster on redesigning streets and highways in a rapidly urbanizing world.
The increase generally tracks an overall increase in traffic deaths in recent years many safety experts attribute to a stronger economy and more people on the road. Others say that, in addition to a growing number of bicycle commuters, fatal crash rates for bicyclists and pedestrians could be rising because more people are distracted drivers, thanks to the ubiquity of smartphones. Some safety advocates suggest drivers can become so absorbed in their phones they might not even be aware they have hit someone or driven a bicyclist off the road.
“It’s horrible to hear,” said Ken McLeod, policy director for the League of American Bicyclists who pedals to work in D.C. from his home in Arlington. “We hear it from our members all the time that the behavior is getting worse, and what’s worse than hit and run?”
In regard to crashes of all types, the National Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) says 5,376 pedestrians were killed in 2015, the latest year for which there are data. That same year there were also 818 deaths involving crashes between bicycles and cars, an increase of 12 percent from the previous year.
Meanwhile, an average of 682,000 hit-and-run crashes have been recorded every year since 2006, AAA says. In 2016, there were 2,049 deaths from such crashes, which is the highest number on record. In the Washington metro area alone, 228 people died from 2013 to 2016 in crashes where the driver left the scene.
McLeod said the higher overall rate for fatal crashes could be a result of more bicyclists out there but there is no acceptable explanation for hit-and-run crashes.
“That affects the crash rate. It shouldn’t affect the hit and run,” he said.
McLeod said the report points up the need to move more quickly to overhaul streets and roadways with a priority on pedestrian and bicyclist safety instead of the speed of motor vehicles. In the meantime, he called for better policing on the road and more traffic cameras that would allow law enforcement to identify people who flee a crash. He speculated distracted driving might also play a part.
“People are possibly more distracted and may not realize that a crash was as serious as it was,” he said.
James Wilson, executive director for Biking Delaware, says his state offers evidence the overall fatality rate for crashes involving pedestrians and bicyclists has a lot to do with roadway engineering.
Delaware in recent years earned a reputation as being one of the most dangerous states for pedestrians. Though the number of pedestrians overall is small there, the fatality rate is sky-high because the roads are so poorly designed for people on foot, Wilson said. He said he believes that is because years of development transformed his state from farmland into what is almost one big suburb crisscrossed by roads designed for vehicular commuters, not pedestrians.
“You may have never walked on roads like this,” he said. “These are environments not set up for pedestrians. There are no sidewalks. These are scary scary environments for pedestrians.”
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On Mount Adams in the state of Washington, a team of rescuers saved Josh Adams, a 27-year old hiker from Illinois who became stranded on the edge of a crevasse. Search and Rescue teams made this rescue operation on Thursday, Sept 6 and took just 24 minutes to find Adams after the helicopters were deployed.
According to a news release from the Yakima County Sheriff’s Office, on a hiking excursion with his friends, Adams was heading east on Piker’s Peak when slipped almost 70 feet down the slope. This was on the south side of the mountain, and Adams came to rest on an overhang just above the Mazama Glacier.
The head of Yakima Country’s search and rescue team, Sgt. Randy Briscoe, reported that Adams did not have crampons or an ice ax with him, leaving him unable to climb up the slope to safety. Without that specific hiking equipment, the ice terrain is too slippery and Adams would have risked falling off the edge of the precarious overhang.
Adams’ friends reported his fall to the sheriff’s office, and the officials quickly decided to ask for air support from the Washington State Emergency Operation Center. They decided to pursue the rescue by air rather than sending a team up the mountain because they were not sure of Adams’s exact location and it would have taken up to 12 hours to get a team together. As of 2011, the United States had an estimated 224,475 total active general aviation crafts. While many of these aircraft are for personal or recreational use, they become essential in delicate rescue missions.
As Adams had already been stranded with no survival gear, wearing just a pullover sweatshirt and jeans with no gloves, it is likely he would not have survived the night on the mountain.
Two Blackhawk helicopters were launched from the Yakima Training Center with two Washington Mt Rescue members on board. Rescuers spotted Adams quickly, stuck within a few feet of the 11,000-foot crevasse. Due to this danger, the rescue team leader requested more assistance to save him. About a dozen more Washington Mt Rescue members were called.
Adams was in a tricky spot for a helicopter to reach, leaving the rescue team leaders with a challenge. In an attempt to make one of the helicopters lighter so it could get closer to the crevasse, they removed nearly all rescue personnel from one aircraft and deliberately burned more of its fuel. Once they were able to get close enough, one of the rescue personnel was lowered to Adams’s position on a hoist. Adams latched on and they were able to pull both men aboard.
Adams later reported that he had come to Washington to hike Mt. Adams in memory of his brother, Jeremiah Adams. He was a sailor, who had died earlier this year hiking in the Olympic National Forest.
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As a result of a 14 meter tsunami wave and a 9.0-magnitudes earthquake the Fukushima I Daiichi atomic power plant in Japan experienced a nuclear catastrophe of a level higher than the 1979 Harrisburg accident, maybe turning out to become even worse than the 1986 Chernobyl catastrophe including several explosions, fires, failing cooling systems, meltdown of fuel elements and uncontrolled releases of high amounts of radioactivity since March 11, 2011. Unit 1 exploded on March 12, 2011 at 6.36 AM UTC, unit 3 exploded two days later on March 14 at 2.01 AM UTC and eventually also unit 2 blasted in the following night (14/3/11 9.10 PM UTC) damaging the reactor core and as officially confirmed releasing serious amounts of radiation. Also unit 4 which had all nuclear fuel in the reactors spent fuel pool exploded March 14 at approximately 9 PM UTC.
Another 6.5 earthquake occured on March 28 160 kilometers from Fukushima I Daiichi. An even stronger quake at 7.1 having its epicenter in distance of 120 kilometers to the Fukushima NPP took place April 7 causing the emergency workers at Fukushima I Daiichi again to be evacuated from the site, while two of three emergency power systems failed due to the aftershock at the Onagawa NPP. A nuclear meltdown occured in unit 2, the Japanese government ended up to admit on March 28 - "The battle to save the four crippled reactors is lost", Japanese officials conceded March 31. Operator TEPCO informed not to be able to guarantee preventing another meltdown. The IAEA informed on March 31 about a possibility of a "recriticality" at the Fukushima plant, which means a nuclear chain reaction would resume leading to more radiation releases, although the reactors were automatically shut down on March 11 due to the quake. April 12 NISA classified the Fukushima disaster to INES level 7.
"Fukushima means 'fortunate island' but the region's luck melted down along with the reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant following the earthquake and tsunami."
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The atomic disaster in Fukushima has been classified an INES 7 accident by the Japanese Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA) as demanded by Greenpeace and experts already long time before. Japan declared an "atomic power emergency" on March 11. Thousands of residents have been evacuated from the 20 kilometer zone around the stricken nuclear power plant. The disaster was caused by an interaction of a heavy earthquake of magnitude 9 destroying supplies and parts of buildings and a tsunami wave about 14 meters high destroying the emergency power generators. The emergency power batteries bridged a couple of hours, before the cooling systems failed totally. Exposed without any or enough water the fuel rods of one or more reactors melted down at up to 2,700 degrees.
As a result of the earthquake and the explosions in four reactors of the nuclear Daiichi complex several reactors' containment was damaged. A particular threat in this catastrophe is unit 3 of the NPP, a MOX fueled reactor containing large amounts of plutonium which is of special health risk due to its high energy radiation as a substantial alpha emitter and due to its specific toxic characteristics as well as because of its long-term halftime of more than 24,000 years.
New threats of catastrophic extend at the Daiichi units are uncovered every few days - often by foreign experts, while Japanese authorities and the operator of the blasted reactors yet downplay the impacts of the catastrophe and in many cases would not concede the incidents before being published by other hand. By April 9, some of these possible threats uncovered by a US newspaper are: a collapse of containment structures due to the weight of tons of water poured for cooling onto the reactors; a molten core could melt through the bottom of the pressure vessel; a new hydrogen explosion destroying the containment and releasing large amounts of high radioactive substances; increased risks caused by seawater that had been used in the emergency cooling operations.
A fire occured close to block 4 on April 4 and was quickly extinguished after it had been recognized.
- ↑ http://www.nisa.meti.go.jp/english/files/en20110406-1-1.pdf as at April 10, 2011
- ↑ http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/04/09/japan.nuclear.reactors/?hpt=T2 as at April 9, 2011
- ↑ http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fukushima_I_Nuclear_Power_Plant&oldid=418460202 as at March 12, 2011
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 http://www.katu.com/news/119665959.html as at April 12, 2011
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 http://www.smh.com.au/environment/energy-smart/sinister-seven-what-japans-new-nuclear-crisis-rating-means-20110412-1dc5l.html as at April 12, 2011
- ↑ http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/features/2011/04/20114812554680215.html as at April 11, 2011
- ↑ http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/0,1518,753938,00.html as at April 1, 2011
- ↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFRXHEeUUPQ as at March 31, 2011
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 http://naturalnews.tv/v.asp?v=604AB3FA803FF3647DF6E34EC5E8C8A0 as at March 31, 2011
- ↑ http://www.b92.net/eng/news/world-article.php?yyyy=2011&mm=04&dd=02&nav_id=73575 as at April 6, 2011
- ↑ http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xhnwsy_us-energy-advisor-fukushima-worse-than-chernobyl_news as at April 7, 2011
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/03/31/3178263.htm as at March 31, 2011
- ↑ http://www.kantei.go.jp/foreign/kan/topics/201106/pdf/chapter_iv_all.pdf as at March 11, 2012
- ↑ http://www.greenaction-japan.org/modules/wordpress1/index.php?p=2 as at March 12, 2011
- ↑ http://english.kyodonews.jp/news/2011/03/77606.html as at March 14, 2011
- ↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMCa-Zo_ZEU&sns=fb as at March 14, 2011
- ↑ http://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/tsunamiupdate01.html as at March 14, 2011
- ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12307698 as at March 12, 2011
- ↑ http://english.kyodonews.jp/news/2011/03/78063.html as at March 15, 2011
- ↑ http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/press/corp-com/release/11031504-e.html as at March 11, 2012
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 http://www.n-tv.de/mediathek/videos/panorama/Regierung-bestaetigt-Kernschmelze-article2955351.html as at March 29, 2011
- ↑ http://www.faz.net/s/RubB08CD9E6B08746679EDCF370F87A4512/Doc~E4A56AC441109477AB81B18ADC1CC6262~ATpl~Ecommon~Sspezial.html as at April 8, 2011
- ↑ http://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/natur/0,1518,755717,00.html as at April 7, 2011
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/features/2011/04/20114219250664111.html as at April 7, 2011
- ↑ http://www.n-tv.de/mediathek/videos/panorama/Regierung-bestaetigt-Kernschmelze-article2957576.html as at March 29, 2011
- ↑ http://www.abc.net.au/environment/articles/2013/12/18/3913291.htm as at December 21, 2013
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The American Bible Society funds an annual “State of the Bible” survey, and this spring the Christian Post cheered some of their findings: “The Bible continues to dominate both mind space and book retail space as America’s undisputed best-seller.” According to the study, conducted by Barna, over 88 percent of American homes contain a Bible. In fact, the average is 4.7 copies per household.
Now, I should note that a young non-religious friend once came home from school with a bright green Gideon’s New Testament that she later touted as a reserve of fine rolling papers, which may explain why the household average isn’t a solid 5.
But most Americans treat the Bible with some degree of deference.
Among adults who responded to the survey, 56% were classified as “pro-Bible” meaning they think it is the actual or inspired word of God with no errors. More than a quarter said that they read from the Good Book daily or at least several times a week. Fully half said the Bible contains everything a person needs to know to lead a meaningful life.
Surveys about religious behavior and belief are highly susceptible to social desirability bias, meaning the very human tendency to tell researchers want we think they want to hear and to polish our self-image a little. Survey responses are selfies with mood lighting and make-up.
Even so, it’s hard to dispute the fact that the Bible has an enormous influence on our society, not only American society in 2014, but Western society going way back.
That’s what makes all of the pages devoted to useless things like tribal spats, genealogies, rules for slaveholders, menstrual rituals, misogynist trash talk, and loquacious donkeys such a wasted opportunity. But even that would be less painful if core moral mandates like the Ten Commandments were of higher caliber.
Secularists had a good laugh a few years back, when Stephen Colbert nailed Georgia Representative Lynn Westmoreland, who had co-sponsored a bill requiring display of the Ten Commandments in the House and Senate chambers. “What are the Ten Commandments?” asked Colbert. Westmoreland came up with three.
In the darkest part of my heart I hope the esteemed congressman from Georgia spends the rest of his life wearing a scarlet H for hypocrite, even if no one can see it but him. But the truth is, very few Christians know the Ten Commandments from memory, for two very good reasons.
One reason is that the Bible actually gives three different sets of Ten Commandments, and they don’t match. In Exodus 20, Moses comes down from Mount Sinai with a set of stone tablets. (This is the most popular version.) Then he gets mad and smashes them and has to go back up and get another set. And God says, “Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first: and I will write upon these tables the words that were in the first tables, which thou brakest.” (Exodus 34:1). A set of commandments that are similar to these appear in Deuteronomy 5: 6-21.
But then, apparently, God can’t resist tweaking them a little. Ok, a lot.
Here, from the perennially popular King James Version, is the Exodus 20 set:
Ten Commandments From Exodus 20
- Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
- Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image.
- Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain.
- Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
- Honour thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
- Thou shalt not kill.
- Thou shalt not commit adultery.
- Thou shalt not steal.
- Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
- Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour’s.
And here, from Exodus 34, is the set with which God replaced them:
10 Commandments From Exodus 34
- Thou shalt worship no other god: for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.
- Thou shalt make thee no molten gods.
- The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep.
- All that openeth the matrix is mine; and every firstling among thy cattle, whether ox or sheep, that is male.
- Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest.
- Thou shalt observe the feast of weeks, of the firstfruits of wheat harvest, and the feast of ingathering at the year’s end.
- Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leaven.
- Neither shall the sacrifice of the feast of the passover be left unto the morning.
- The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring unto the house of the Lord thy God.
- Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother’s milk.
This is the set of commands that the writer of Exodus actually calls “The Ten Commandments.” But setting aside the fact that females are relegated to a list of possessions that includes oxen, cattle and slaves; it’s not hard to see why the shattered set has the broader appeal. (In fact, it appears they have had broader appeal for a long time; they are repeated, approximately, in the book of Deuteronomy.)
But seriously, the second reason few Christians have memorized the Ten Commandments is that even the popular set lacks the moral clarity and relevance of, say, the Golden Rule or All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten.
Think about what you’ve just read. Now imagine for a moment that you are a perfectly Good and All-Knowing Being. Imagine that your core attributes include love, truth, justice and mercy. Imagine that the qualities you want to spread in humankind are love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness and kindness—what the writer of Galatians called the “fruit of the Spirit.” Imagine that what you most want is for people to fulfill two “Great Commandments”—to love you and to love their neighbors as themselves—and that, as the writer of Matthew said, anything else you tell them is just a way to get there. Imagine that you are going to take one shot—well, ok, two—at dictating Ten Commandments that will be timeless and universally relevant, literally and metaphorically written in stone.
You get where I’m going. With a little help from his weed, Bob Marley could have done better.
For two millennia, or maybe three if the Old Testament stories are rooted in history, people who sincerely believe the Ten Commandments to be the apogee of divine guidance have been doing things like pillaging, slaughtering other species, burning books and witches and infidels, owning sex slaves, beating children, conquering heathens, and generally deciding who counts and who doesn’t based on gender hierarchy, religion, and tribal boundaries. Imagine how radically different Western history might have been if the Ten Commandments went something like this:
- This above all shall ye take as my first command: Thou shalt treat living beings as they want to be treated. And the second commandment is like unto it:
- In as much as be possible, thou shalt avoid afflicting pain or sorrow, which shall be unto thee my signs of ill and evil.
- Thou shalt honor and protect all of creation, for I the LORD have created it that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
- Thou shalt have sexual relations with neither human nor beast who chooseth not freely what pleasures thou mayest offer.
- Thou shalt not beat the child, but by admonition and instruction with kindness shall teach both wisdom and skill.
- Thou shalt do unto members of other religions and tribes as thou dost unto thine own.
- I, the LORD your God, forbid thee to own other persons be they woman, man or child; neither shall ye subject any gender nor race one to another, but shall honor my image in all.
- Thou shalt not destroy the lands of thine enemies, nor poison their well, nor salt their earth, neither shalt thou cut their shade tree nor burn their vineyard, nor wantonly slaughter the beast of their field.
- Thou shalt wash thy hands before eating and shalt boil the drinking water that has been defiled by man or beast.
- Thou shalt ask the questions that can show thee wrong, so that through the toil of many, from generation unto generation, ye may come to discover the great I AM.
This list of Ten Commandments would have changed the course of history. Think Crusades, or the Inquisition, or Salem, or the American Holocaust, or the slave trade, or Northern Ireland, or the Iraq War.
It would have changed history despite the fact that it is seriously flawed. Some points are redundant. Important concepts are missing. The thoughtful reader will immediately notice gaps or think of improvements. And that, precisely, is my point. People with their brains engaged and moral intuitions intact can do better.
The 56 percent of Americans who think the Bible is “the actual or inspired word of God with no errors” are stuck, anchored to the Iron Age. Many, when they get trapped by the ugly contradictions inherent in this position, do whatever moral gymnastics are necessary to defend the Book.
I once listened in amazement as an elderly pair of sweet and pacifist Jehovah’s Witnesses tried to justify the child-slaughters perpetrated in the Old Testament by the Chosen People: The Israelites had to kill the other Palestinian villagers. They were so evil they practiced child sacrifice—they were the first abortionists, don’t you know! And once the parents were dead it was simply a mercy to kill their children as well.
Whew. Try to wrap your brain around that one.
I said at the beginning of this article that the State of the Bible survey this year published some numbers that Bible believers find reassuring. Fortunately, that wasn’t all the news. Between 2011 and 2013, the percent of American adults who believe the Bible is “just another book of teachings written by men that contains stories and advice” has almost doubled, from 10 to 19 percent. And the shift is being driven by Millennials.
There’s hope for us yet.
Valerie Tarico is a psychologist and writer in Seattle, Washington. She is the author of Trusting Doubt: A Former Evangelical Looks at Old Beliefs in a New Light and Deas and Other Imaginings, and the founder of www.WisdomCommons.org. Subscribe to her articles at Awaypoint.Wordpress.com.
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Nova Southeastern University
Adolfo and Marisela Cotilla Gallery
Conceived by artist, curator and gallerist Tony Khawam, Crossing Borders is an ongoing exhibition featuring the work of immigrant artists from Turkey, Israel, Syria, the UK, Cuba, Haiti, Columbia, and Venezuela. This third installment features the collaboration between Khawam Galleries, the Kendall Art Center and NSU, with the KACC loaning the work of artists Ivonne Ferrer and Jose Bedia. This exhibition focuses on the artists' cultural heritage intertwined with their American experience, and the impact of immigration and the new American culture on their lives and art making. The project entitled “Crossing Borders: Artists from the Middle East & the Americas” an art exhibition with cultural events from South Florida’s rich multicultural community.
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A personal appeal by the author of How parkrun changed our lives.
As we edge closer to the re-start of parkrun, those with fears and anxieties or the privilege of good health might, please, consider that parkrun is much more than a fun way to spend a Saturday morning.
For some it was their ONLY social contact of the week. Imagine that? Imagine how they are feeling now, 15 months down the line? For some, those with work and family responsibilities, it was the ONLY opportunity for time to do something for themselves. For some it was the ONLY way to be motivated to take exercise in a safe and familiar environment. For some it was the ONLY respite from grief, from depression, from anxiety. For some it was the perfect way to spend time together as a family, exercising together.
For all these people, every day of delay is further torture. We are way beyond the simplistic question, why can’t they just go and run anyway? We know that parkrun is much more than just about running.
And for the GPs, and not JUST those in the 1500 parkrun practices, who were prescribing parkrun for a range of physical and mental health conditions, the immediate return of parkrun is crucial. Would they tell a patient, sorry your medication is still not going to be available, after 15 months..?
The outdoor environment is safe. It’s as safe now as it’s ever going to be. It has been safe all the way through this pandemic. Many scientists have now proved and explained that outdoor transmission of the covid virus is negligible. But there’s a more serious pandemic building up among those falling ill, becoming overweight, unable to deal with diabetes , in danger of heart disease.
Some say, we should wait a few more weeks until it’s safer to mix with others. By all means, don’t put yourselves under strain of anxiety if you are feeling those fears. This is a voluntary experience. You don’t HAVE to run, or marshal, or scan barcodes, until you’re ready; return when you feel comfortable.But please, think about those for whom such involvement is imperative, as soon as possible.
There are landowners with their own codes of operating, who talk about the safety of ALL their visitors, at “peak” times. ALL their visitors, parkrunners or not, are safer in an outdoor environment. The scientific evidence applies to everyone. And “peak” times are not really 9am on a Saturday morning. At many parks, the runners have gone, all trace of the event disappeared, before most of the visitors start to arrive. In holiday areas, it’s acknowledged that Saturday morning is a quieter time, being the traditional “handover” day as families arrive and depart.
What they, what we all, need to consider is what’s best for others, not just best for ourselves. What does another few weeks matter, you might ask? For many people it matters a great deal. To borrow from Bill Shankly, parkrun isn’t a matter of life and death. It’s much more important than that.
Eileen Jones is the author of How parkrun changed our lives
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Extended Personhood—An Exhibition of Postcards from Hawai‘i Between 1898 – 1920
Collection of Deborah Waite
January 11 – 22, 2016
The phrase “extended personhood” refers to the people depicted on postcards, a number of which were derived from photographs made in Honolulu during the 1880s. The Island Curio Company, directed by James Steiner, was a major producer of the cards. Whether or not the subjects depicted on postcards had originally posed for the photographs that were sources for the cards, once imaged on postcards, these subjects became mass commodities in a visual economy of images that linked Hawai‘i with America and Europe. From mass production and sale in Hawai‘i, the postcards became individual or private objects for the purchasers and the ultimate recipients.
The postcards in this collection depict people. Most are Hawaiian with hula halau, hale [houses], and occupational groups, (e.g. lei-sellers, poi-makers, bark cloth-makers) predominating. Hawaiian royalty are a minor subject in comparison to other people who demonstrate crafts that identify the Hawaiian people (in the minds of the postcard producers as well as the purchasers and recipients of the cards). Second in numerical quantity are the white visitors depicted at the sea and on Big Island lava fields.
The exhibition invites the viewer to consider messages from three sources: the images; handwritten messages to intended recipients (or the absence of such messages); and printed captions on the backs of the cards which detail intended colonial messages about the images.
Gallery Hours / M-F 10 am – 4 pm; Sun. 12 – 4 pm; Closed Sat. & Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Jan. 18.
Admission to exhibition is free. Parking fees may apply.
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The old way of leading doesn’t work anymore. With where we’re at in the world today, the standard hierarchical approach of one, or few, leaders at the top, leading down to the masses, isn’t as effective or accepted as it used to be. This method is coming to an end, and leaders need to find a new way of leading because the current system is unsustainable. Workers are not happy, they feel enslaved, and in today’s world, if companies want to attract and keep the best talent, they need to find a new way of interacting. This is where conscious leadership comes in. Rúna Bouius, interviewed by John Golden, explains more.
This expert sales interview explores:
- How the digital era has changed work
- The importance of employee self-accountability
- A growth-oriented mindset for leaders, and employees
The Democratization of Work:
Technology and the digital era has created this amazing ability for organizations to truly become global. The interconnectedness that is possible today means that you can engage with anyone, anywhere in the world.
The Importance of Self-Accountability:
In response to these changes, both leaders and employees have to make a commitment. Not only do leaders have to give autonomy to their employees, but employees have to be more self-reliant and self-organizing, and ultimately hold themselves accountable.
Where we are in the world today, we all need to be learning. There is no exception to the growth mindset mentality. We are learning so much about external skills, like how to sell better, and how to use tools in new ways, but there is also a need for internal skill growth.
As leaders encourage self-growth within their employees, it’s important for them to seek self-growth within themselves. Conscious leadership means taking responsibility for your own leadership journey.
John is the Amazon bestselling author of Winning the Battle for Sales: Lessons on Closing Every Deal from the World’s Greatest Military Victories and Social Upheaval: How to Win at Social Selling. A globally acknowledged Sales & Marketing thought leader, speaker, and strategist. He is CSMO at Pipeliner CRM. In his spare time, John is an avid Martial Artist.
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Subjective assessment of discomfort is the most frequently used method to judge disease severity and therapeutic response in horses with laminitis. Although grading systems like Obel’s attempt to make these assessments more objective, the reliability of such scales still depends on subjective factors.
To provide an objective and quantitative means for evaluating discomfort, Texas A&M University researchers used a computerized force plate system to determine the percentage of body weight placed on each limb (limb load) and the frequency of load redistribution between limbs (load redistribution profile, or LDP) in horses with acute and chronic laminitis.
In chronic laminitis cases, they found a decrease in total forelimb load and an increase in LDP that correlated with disease severity. In cases of acute laminitis, the LDP decreased after the onset of lameness, indicating a reluctance to move. It was concluded this technique might be a useful screening method for detecting acute laminitis, grading severity of lameness and for monitoring rehabilitation in chronic laminitis cases.
— Hood DM, Wagner IP, Taylor DD, Brumbaugh GW, Chaffin MK. Voluntary Limb-Load In Horses With Acute And Chronic Laminitis.
Ultrasound is widely used for the diagnosis of equine tendon and ligament injuries, and for monitoring the rate of healing. However, ultrasonographic assessments of tendon and ligament healing are usually made subjectively.
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Whether you’re a new or returning Bachelor of Arts or Fine Arts student, you may be wondering why you have to take courses “outside” your chosen or prospective major. These courses are referred to as electives at UBC and play an important role in your academic experience.
Arts Academic Advisor Janelle Blackman shares her advice to help you make confident decisions about choosing electives and understanding how beneficial they are to an individual and intentional education.
What is an elective?
You need to take at least 120 course credits to complete a BA or BFA. Courses that fulfill your program (Honours, major, minor) and degree requirements account for the majority of your credits, but you’ll still have quite a few credits left to “play” with in order to reach 120.
So, what courses will fill these credits? Enter, electives. Electives let you craft an individualized and intentional degree. Because you get to choose the subjects, electives not only provide you with opportunities to explore new academic topics and gain a breadth of knowledge across disciplines, but they also make your Arts degree unique to you.
The number of electives required in your degree depends on a number of things such as how many and what types of programs you’re taking. For example, if you have one major, half of your credits will be taken as electives. If you are a double major, or have a minor, you’ll take fewer electives.
When should I take electives?
There is no one path to degree completion, and similarly, there is no correct way to arrange your electives. The “right” time to take electives depends on your goals and interests.
You should take both lower-level (100 and 200) and upper-level (300 and 400) elective courses throughout your degree, working toward fulfillment of both the Outside Requirement (courses not part of your major) and the Upper-Level Requirement.
Use electives to intentionally to design your degree
If you already know what you want to major in and how you want to concentrate your studies, electives can be sprinkled strategically throughout your degree to add variety to your schedule each term, or even complement your chosen major by taking an interdisciplinary approach to your specializations.
For example, a Psychology major might be interested in health and wellness. To support that interest, they may opt to take electives in Sociology that explore social determinants of health or the Sociology of mental illness. While your electives might be in a different discipline, they can complement your major and your learning goals.
Use electives to explore
If you don’t yet know what you want to major in, you might want to take electives at the beginning of your degree to explore a wide variety of subjects and figure out what topics spark your interest the most. As an added bonus, some of these electives might become part of your major or minor.
I’ve met with many upper-year students who realize that they’ve taken enough electives in a certain subject area that they are only a few courses away from fulfilling a minor.
Having fun with electives
Electives can be a fun way to incorporate other academic disciplines into your degree. Perhaps you’ll take a creative and performing arts course to bolster your creativity, or take a science course to learn more about the natural world. You are not only encouraged, but required to take electives outside your specializations.
Electives and Credit D Fail grading
If you want to take a course, but aren’t sure if you’ll do well in it, for example, if the subject is unfamiliar or challenging, some courses taken as electives are eligible for Credit, D, or Fail (CrDF) standing. When you complete the course, your grades record and transcript will show your standing instead of percentage grades. There are many rules around when you can use CrDF grading, so be sure to research if you are eligible.
The elective I am taking is not the right fit
If you start a course and find yourself wondering if you have made a mistake with your selection, remember that you have time at the beginning of term to add or drop courses.
It is not uncommon to discover a course or subject is not a good fit. Maybe it is not as interesting as you had hoped, or maybe you’ve realized the workload is too heavy alongside your other courses. These discoveries are part of the process of crafting an individualized and intentional degree. Learning what you don’t like is just as valuable as discovering what you are passionate about!
Janelle Blackman has a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology. She enjoys helping UBC Arts students make thoughtful decisions to make the most of their degree.
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Major US companies have told Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe that Ireland would be unwise to stay out of a global tax deal if a deal is ultimately reached on taxing corporate profits around the world.
US Chamber of Commerce intervention in Ireland comes as Minister faces international pressure to accept OECD proposals for a global corporate tax rate of “at least” 15% .
The plan is highly problematic for Mr Donohoe due to his years’ insistence on defending Ireland’s 12.5 per cent rate which has long been a source of friction with Europe.
He will meet today with the economic chief of the European Commission, Paolo Gentiloni, who will explain that Ireland will still be able to compete on a tax level even after the transposition of such an agreement into EU law.
âWe will not end tax competition. We will keep huge differences between European Member States and on the world stage. But the idea is to have a stable, predictable and fair global framework, âhe told the Irish Times before his visit to Dublin.
âThis competitiveness⦠is not only linked to this minimum tax difference, which will remain anyway. It is also linked to the achievements that the country has achieved in terms of skills, education, university, business environment.
He added: “It’s not based on two percentage points of this or that rate.”
Submission to Donohoe
The chamber, which represents all of the state’s major US groups, said if a “comprehensive international tax deal is reached” it does not believe “staying out” would be “in Ireland’s best interest” .
His views were set out in a submission in recent days to Mr Donohoe, seen by The Irish Times, as part of a public consultation on tax policy.
After months of informal behind-the-scenes discussions between government and business leaders, the document comes as companies face the potential loss of the 12.5 percent rate after world powers backed the plan ‘OECD.
The views of the US chamber are important as it claims 700 to 800 members, with a board comprising directors from tech giants Facebook, Google and Intel, financial services groups JP Morgan and Northern Trust, and pharmaceutical groups Pfizer and Johnson. & Johnson. Some 180,000 Irish jobs are directly attributed to US investment and 140,000 indirect jobs.
Ireland is one of the few countries to oppose the OECD proposals, as Mr Donohoe waits for the US Congress to accept the plan before deciding whether to move.
Alignment with the United States
A key Irish priority at this point is to continue alignment with the US if the OECD initiative goes ahead.
With little certainty about the plan’s fate in Washington, however, Donohoe wants to avoid the risk of accepting the OECD’s proposals only to see them collapse in the US Congress. This would leave him exposed to pressure from Brussels to dismantle the 12.5% ââregime without US alignment.
Mr Donohoe is also campaigning to withdraw the proposed rate of “at least” 15%, fearing this will prompt the European Commission to push for a higher rate – at an uncertain level – to be applied. across the EU.
The US House supported Mr. Donohoe’s position, saying it was “sensitive” given the lack of details on issues such as what a minimum rate would be. âAn ideal outcome for global trade and business is a global agreement that gives certainty to companies and countries,â he said.
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KYIV. Ukrainian fighters were clinging to their last redoubt in Mariupol on Friday after Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed victory in the biggest battle of the war, declaring the port city “liberated” following weeks of relentless bombardment.
The United States on Thursday, however, disputed Putin’s claim and said it believed Ukrainian forces still held ground in the city. Putin ordered his troops to blockade a giant steel works where the Ukrainians are holding out having refused an earlier ultimatum to surrender or die.
Ukraine said Putin wanted to avoid a final clash with its forces in Mariupol, as he lacked troops to defeat them. But Ukrainian officials also appealed for help to evacuate civilians and wounded soldiers.
In a televised meeting at the Kremlin, Putin congratulated his defence minister and Russian troops for the “combat effort to liberate Mariupol” and said it was unnecessary to storm the industrial zone containing the Azovstal steel plant.
“There’s no need to climb into these catacombs and crawl underground through these industrial facilities … Block off this industrial area so that not even a fly can get through,” Putin said.
Mariupol, a major port in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region, sits between areas held by Russian separatists and Crimea, the Black Sea peninsula Moscow seized in 2014. Capturing the city would allow Russia to link the two areas.
Even as Putin claims his first big prize since his forces were driven away from the capital Kyiv and northern Ukraine last month, it falls short of the unambiguous victory Moscow has sought after months of combat in a city reduced to rubble.
In a late-night address, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Russia was doing all it could “to talk about at least some victories”, including mobilising new battalion tactical groups.
“They can only postpone the inevitable - the time when the invaders will have to leave our territory, including from Mariupol, a city that continues to resist Russia regardless of what the occupiers say,” Zelenskiy said.
Russia calls its invasion a “special military operation” to demilitarise and “denazify” Ukraine. Kyiv and its Western allies reject that as a false pretext for a war that has killed thousands and uprooted a quarter of Ukraine’s population.
Moscow stepped up its attacks in eastern Ukraine this week and made long-distance strikes at other targets including Kyiv and the western city of Lviv, where missiles killed seven people on Monday.
Washington authorized another $800 million in military aid for Ukraine on Thursday, including heavy artillery and newly disclosed “Ghost” drones that are destroyed after they attack their targets.
“We’re in a critical window now of time where they’re going to set the stage for the next phase of this war,” US President Joe Biden said.
Asked about Putin’s victory declaration in Mariupol, U.S. State Department spokesman Ned Price said it was “yet more disinformation from their well-worn playbook”.
Mariupol, once home to 400,000 people, has seen not only the most intense battle of the war that started when Russian forces invaded on Feb. 24, but also its worst humanitarian catastrophe.
Ukraine estimates tens of thousands of civilians have died in Mariupol. The United Nations and Red Cross say the civilian toll is at least in the thousands.
Journalists who reached Mariupol during the siege found streets littered with corpses, nearly all buildings destroyed, and residents huddled freezing in cellars, venturing out to cook scraps on makeshift stoves or to bury bodies in gardens.
Ukrainian fighters remain inside the Azovstal steel complex, one of the biggest metallurgical facilities in Europe, covering 11 sq km with huge buildings, underground bunkers and tunnels.
Mariupol’s mayor, Vadym Boichenko, told Reuters on Thursday that Putin alone can decide the fate of the 100,000 civilians still trapped in the city.
“It’s important to understand that the lives that are still there, they are in the hands of just one person - Vladimir Putin. And all the deaths that will happen after now will be on his hands too,” Boichenko said in an interview.
Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said 1,000 civilians and 500 wounded soldiers needed to be brought out from the plant immediately, blaming Russian forces for the failure to establish a safe corridor that she said had been agreed.
Moscow says Russia has taken in 140,000 civilians from Mariupol in humanitarian evacuations. Kyiv says some were deported by force, in what would constitute a war crime.
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday proposed a four-day humanitarian pause to the fighting during the Orthodox Easter period. Both Ukrainians and Russians are predominantly Orthodox Christians, and mark Easter Sunday on April 24.
A Ukrainian association of churches and religious communities separately proposed an Easter truce, and the head of Ukraine’s Orthodox church urged Ukrainians to forgo night-time Easter services, fearing Russian bombardment.
Zelenskiy said on Thursday that Russia had “rejected the proposal to establish an Easter truce”. It was not immediately clear which truce proposal Zelenskiy was referring to.
There was no immediate Russian comment.
An aide to Zelenskiy’s chief of staff told Ukrainian television Russian forces had captured 42 villages in the eastern Donetsk region on Thursday, but Ukraine might soon take them back.
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- 59 % of parents feel their teens are addicted to their mobile devices.
- 27% of parents feel addicted to their mobile devices.
- 50% of teens feel addicted to their mobile devices.
- 28 % of teens feel their parents are addicted to their mobile devices.
- How much recreational screen time does your child or teenager consume daily?
- Is there a TV set or an Internet-connected electronic device (computer, iPad, cell phone) in the child’s or teenager’s bedroom?” (American Academy of Pediatrics, 2013,p. 959)
- Limit the amount of total entertainment screen time to <1 -2 hours per day; discourage screen media exposure for children <2 years of age.
- Keep the TV set and Internet-connected electronic devices out of the child’s bedroom (American Academy of Pediatrics, 2013, p.959).
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A Pershing Middle School 8th grader is among four Houston Independent School District students are among the winners of the 2009 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards.
HISD’s winners were Ruth Lin, an Advanced Art student, who won a gold medal for her drawing Scout; Andrea Nguyen, from the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, who won a silver medal for her art portfolio; Alexandra Pintus, from Westside High School, who won a gold medal for her painting, Unforeseen Motherhood; and Katey Qualls, from West Briar Middle School, who won a silver medal for a monotype. The award ceremony for these winners will be held at Carnegie Hall in early June.
“I enjoyed drawing Scout and I am looking forward to going to Carnegie Hall,” said Lin.
Across the country more than 140,000 works of art and writing were submitted to The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards of 2009 by students in grades 7–12. The Awards are the nation’s longest-running and largest program for creative teenagers in the visual and literary arts.
Each work is reviewed by a panel of arts professionals for the following criteria: originality, technical skill, and emergence of personal vision or voice. The prestigious awards signify to parents, teachers, community, and colleges that a student is an accomplished artist or writer.
“Both the gold and silver awards are presented to young artists whose work demonstrates exceptional merit worthy of national level recognition. Very few 7th or 8th grade pieces make it through as gold keys regionally. So it is certainly mind-boggling to think that their art was chosen from thousands from across the United States,” said Eileen McClellan, art teacher at West Briar. “I feel extremely proud of my students’ accomplishments. I enjoy watching them as they develop throughout the year. But this additional recognition gives the student a definite boost in confidence. I see a more self-assured individual who is more willing to take risks and grow.”
Katey Qualls, McClellan’s student who won the Scholastic Silver Medal/National level for her monotype, also currently has a piece hanging at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston (MFAH). Her piece was among 24 chosen to be framed and hung for the Youth Art Month celebration. That exhibit will be on display through June 28 on the lower level of the Jones Building, on the wall outside the Kinder Education Center.
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The Bible has much to say about the subject of Thanksgiving or being thankful. Over 100 times in the Old Testament and over 70 times in the New Testament we find the concept of giving thanks to God. Most Believers know that it is God’s will for us to be grateful but have you ever wondered why? Why does God command us to give Him thanks? Does God need us to give Him thanks? Is God on some kind of ego trip? It might surprise you to find out that God actually requires us to give Him thanks because it is actually for our benefit. Listen as Pastor Jason answers these questions and talks about how thanksgiving connects us to the supernatural power of God. Enjoy!
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