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What follows is a short account of the central argument of a long book, of some 700 pages, that seeks to cover the basic outlines of constitutional law in three major areas: interpretation, structure, and individual rights. The theme that unifies these three separate topics is how they all relate to the quest for limited government. That task requires an interpretive method and an institutional design that is strong enough to allow for government rule, but not so powerful that it suffocates the very individuals whose liberty and security it is intended to protect.
Conservative, Progressive, and Classical Liberal
In dealing with this central theme, my most distressing observation is that the two modern schools of constitutional interpretation do not address the essential challenge of political theory in this fashion. I therefore spend much of the initial section of the book dissecting the two theories of constitutional interpretation—conservative and progressive—that dominate modern discourse of constitutional law, which in oversimplified fashion are these.
First, the conservative view of judicial restraint stresses unduly the need for the judges to take a back seat on major questions of domestic policy and foreign affairs, leaving it to the Congress and the President to divide the key powers of government between them. As a matter of political outlook, most of the conservatives tend to favor, for example, a broad role for private markets and to acknowledge the desirable features of separation of powers on the one hand and of federalism on the other. But by the same token, they do not think that it is the province of the justices to make the central institutional calls on these vital matters, which they think are properly left to the political branches of the government. In so doing, they make the familiar modern mistake of accepting popular democracy as the ideal of government, rejecting implicitly the more structured form of classical republicanism whose complex checks and balances were introduced to counteract the evils of popular democracy that operated by majority will.
That same logic of judicial restraint leads conservative justices to tolerate in large measure extensive forms of regulation of property and contract at both the state and national level, yielding vast scope to the government in the overall control of the economy, even with respect to policies that these justices either reject or doubt on substantive grounds. Again the principle of judicial restraint shapes their institutional role.
To the progressive or liberal justices, the basic challenge takes somewhat different form. By and large they think that separation of powers is a recipe for paralysis in a complex economy that cries out for an activist state. They also believe that the traditional common law rules that governed the law of property, contract and tort have played themselves out in modern times. In their place, they follow the early progressive vision calling for a strong central government to face the challenges of modern times. That program in turn has two separate parts. The first relies on extensive public participation in the deliberative process to set the broad national course on general economic and social affairs. The second looks to group of neutral and learned experts to translate this political consensus into a set of workable rules that can be systematically applied by modern administrative agencies that often operate with substantial independence from judicial, and often, political oversight.
On many particular areas, conservative and progressive thinkers disagree with each other. But the central truth of the modern political economy is that both for different reasons think that the economic and social choices in the United States should be left to democratic and administrative processes. The classical liberal position thus takes issue with both of these points of view, and insists that the great genius of the American Constitution lies in its appeal to a very different political tradition, that counts Locke, Montesquieu, Hume, and Madison as the serious intellectual forbearers of the Constitution.
The Originalist Enterprise—Reconceived
On this general view, the central challenge is to forge sensible institutions that divide and fragment power so that it cannot become the source of political domination or oppression. In dealing with this issue, the entire interpretative structure of the Constitution is critical because if the Framers could not provide clear directives as to the structure of government and the protection of individual rights, the great constitutional crusade for limited government will be stopped in its tracks. To the linguistic skeptic, the endless confusion implicit in key constitutional commands leads to judicial deference to the political branches that then engage in nonstop political horse-swapping devoid of constitutional principle and judicial oversight.
The best elements of constitutional originalism are keenly aware of the dangers associated with the view that any word can have whatever meaning that the justices, the legislators or the president decide to give it. They know that without some check on this exercise, the effort to find a principled basis for limited government will necessarily fail. There is much to be said in favor of this view, so that it become in my view utterly untenable to claim, for example, that the term “commerce” is broad enough to encompass agriculture, mining and manufacture, when in ordinary English the term is used in opposition to these three kinds of activities that our Constitution designedly left to the control of the States. In similar fashion, it is not possible to read the term “private property” as though it encompasses only the right or exclusive possession to land, animals or chattels, when the term has always been used in both common and Roman law —the Framers were far from ignorant to the classical tradition—to cover the rights of use, within the boundaries of nuisance law, and the right of disposition whether by sale, lease, mortgage or gift.
The constant effort to expand the meaning of commerce and restrict the meaning of private property are key components of the Progressive agenda, by combining an expansion of federal power with a contraction of the domain of protected private rights in the second. A faithful originalism is on solid ground when it resists the constant effort to redesign terms so as to turn a classical liberal constitution into a modern progressive one, without going through the process of formal amendment. More generally, there is no necessary connection between the conservative insistence on judicial restraint and classical liberal theory. A Constitution drafted by defenders of limited government should not by interpretation be converted into an open-ended charter of government power.
If the originalists are on sound ground on this issue, they are on far weaker ground if they think that the close examination of the written text, standing alone, is sufficient to unlock the meaning of general constitutional provisions. It is at this point, that the defenders of judicial restraint show insufficient respect to the well-developed interpretive tradition that treats any constitutional text as creating the initial presumption whose gaps are filled in by a conceptual analysis that links the basic textual provisions to the larger constitutional purposes of limited government. These ends are, of course, the control of force and fraud, the common defense, and the provision of public goods, such as roads and other infrastructure, whose creation was contemplated under the Constitution.
It is therefore necessary to recognize that virtually every constitutional text leaves unstated three critical questions for its implementation; anticircumvention rules, justifications, and remedial choices.
First, constitutional limitations are intended to prevent abuse by the political bodies. It is therefore necessary to read the text broadly enough to prevent government from enacting artful measures to circumvent the constitutional limitations on its powers. If the states cannot impose taxes on imports, they cannot be allowed to impose special taxes on importers that could achieve the same end. If the government is not allowed to regulate speech, it cannot be allowed to subject it to heavy taxation. If the government cannot take property, it cannot burn it to the ground, and leave the rubble in the possession of its former owners.
By the same token, it is critical to recognize that in the constitution (as in the ordinary law of contract and tort) the basic rules take the form of presumptions not absolute, allowing the government to justify its actions in particular cases. People should prima facie keep their promises, but not when induced by force or fraud. Individuals should not use force against others, except in cases of self-defense. One of the great vices of modern constitutional law is that the justices and the commentators often see constitutional law as a self-contained body of rules and principles divorced from the rules of private law that explain how ordinary people interact with one another.
This explicit linkage between public and private law brings two critical propositions into view. The first is that the same principles of interpretation have to be brought to bear on the great constitutional guarantees, which now become presumptions not absolutes. Historically, this was done by the articulation of systematic rules that governed the police power, which becomes the main axis along which constitutional doctrine develops on all matters of structural constraint and individual rights, even though those two words are not found anywhere in the Constitution.
The second point is that it should be possible to give principled content to the scope and function of the police power. The standard classical liberal formulation of this doctrine spoke of the need to protect the “safety, health, morals, and general welfare” of the population. Broad as these terms were meant to be, they never gave the state the general power to pass “labor laws,” which were rejected for their excessive paternalism or for their eagerness to treat competitive harm as though it were the type of wrong that the government was in a position to prevent.
The question here is how to choose and defend one consistent interpretation. All too often, the recognition that the constitutional text has some play in the joints is often taken as creating “a living constitution,” which lets the Supreme Court fashion exceptions to the original constitutional norms in ways that reflect our modern sensibilities, so that comprehensive regulation of the economy or the use of real property may properly protect against competitive harms on the one hand, or the loss of views on the other.
Unfortunately, the living constitution approach misunderstands how constitutional justifications should be fashioned. The standard exceptions in the private law are in essential outline the same today as they were in ancient Rome and the early common law. Such notions of assumption of risk and self–which lie at the root of the police power are not new conceptions introduced on an ad hoc basis. What could turn out to be novel, of course, are the types of actions that constitute the threat or use of force.
Yet matters belong in context. The ability of the government to control cyberfraud and cybertrespass should be unquestioned. In contrast, the ability of government to suppress truthful speech or to license forced entry onto the land of others (which is allowed to labor organizations under modern law) cannot be read into any principled reading of the police power. Similarly the constant effort to tell people whom they must deal with under either the National Labor Relations Act or the Civil Rights Law represent a major expansion from the earlier police power jurisprudence, which concentrated in licensing and preventing actions, like the use of fireworks that could cause public nuisances.
Third, there is nothing in the Constitution that states the remedies that should be applied in the event of a constitutional violation by the government. It is therefore necessary to decide whether specific performance should be required, whether the state should be enjoined from certain activity, or whether some measure of damages or compensation should be paid. There are no distinctive constitutional principles that govern these questions. So that the implementation of a coherent remedial structure depends on carrying over to the public context the rules that are used to organize remedies in private disputes. Once again the great difficulty of constitutional interpretation is that the text necessarily poses many critical questions to which it does not necessarily supply explicit answers.
It should not be supposed that a Constitution that hews to these principles is unable to respond to serious modern challenges. The classical liberal judges of the “old court” that operated roughly speaking between the end of the Civil War and the great constitutional transformation of 1936-1937 was able to deal with the major issues that a narrow libertarian theory cannot. The imposition of taxes, the provision of public infrastructure, the use of the condemnation power, and the regulation of monopoly are all standard exercises of government power that are inconsistent with strong libertarian theory, but which are explicitly incorporated into the Constitution—which is why this book is called “The Classical Liberal Constitution” and not The Libertarian Constitution.
What is characteristic of most of the judicial decisions of this period was their willingness to face up to the greatest challenge of their time. The general issue of rate regulation preoccupied the Supreme Court during this period, and the justices (often unanimously) worked long and hard to prevent the accumulation of monopoly power on the one hand, without committing the equally great sin of confiscating private wealth under the guise of regulation. It was the New Deal Court, with its great attachment to state-sponsored monopolies that abandoned the old system so that regulation now became the device to prop up monopoly and not to limit it. Similarly in the area of antitrust, the classical liberal judges were relentless in their pursuit of cartel and other monopoly arrangements, but were careful not to convert the antitrust laws into tools for creating and protecting monopoly power, a task that the progressive justices all too eagerly embraced. Similarly, the classical liberal justices understood the need for taxation, but were equally aware that it was essential to put limits on the structure and objects of taxation lest it become a device whereby governments could create huge transfer programs among states and among individuals that has unleashed a veritable deluge of special interest legislation today. And it was the classical liberal justices who sought for the most part to curb the use of state regulatory power as it applied to economic and land use regulation.
In making this defense of the classical liberal constitution, it is important to recognize the imperfections of a doctrine that tolerated slavery at the outset of the nation and fostered various forms of institutionalized segregation after the Civil War. Needless to say these political compromises are totally at war with classical liberal theory. Similarly, many justices before modern times used the “morals: head of the police power to expand government control over personal conduct, particularly on matters of marriage and sex of which the most egregious example is not the contemporary opposition to gay marriage, but instead remains the systematic suppression of polygamy in the territories, which led to the forfeiture of extensive Mormon holdings to the state.
It is critical, moreover, to note that the basic principles of limited government apply not only to issues of separation of powers, and federalism, but also to such matters as religious freedom and charitable associations that do not have narrow economic ends as their sole objective. Finally, it is critical to note too that there are many areas today where both conservative and progressive justices exhibit a high degree of agreement in ways that fully respect classical liberal principles.
On the structural side, the aggressive use of the “dormant commerce” clause has served to protect national markets against state balkanization even without explicit textual warrant. In my view these deviations from original intention should be respected insofar as they satisfy two conditions. First, they are by long usage embedded into the national culture, and second, they are consistent with classical liberal principles. It is this dual interplay that makes so much of constitutional interpretation difficult.
Similarly on the individual liberty side, the great success of the First Amendment is that in most ways (except for the Progressive dalliance with campaign finance regulation), the text is interpreted just as the classical liberal would have it. Speech is read broadly to avoid the risk of government circumvention. The police power justifications deal with the control of force (threats of assault or violence), fraud and defamation, and the application of the antitrust laws to prevent illegal combinations in restraint of trade. But simple public dislike of an offensive position is never justification for state power. Finally, the use of remedies is carefully guarded to avoid, for example, injunctive relief in most defamation and invasion of privacy cases, but not for the protection of business trade secrets from public disclosures.
Yet by the same token, the great failures of modern time cannot be avoided. The willingness of the Court to let ObamaCare pass constitutional muster represents a three-fold failure. There is no willingness to attack the statute for its massive interference with freedom of contract, for its massive overreaching under the commerce power, and for its disregard of the essential limits on the federal power of taxation. That statute is emblematic of all that is wrong with both the conservative and progressive traditions of constitutional law. Only an explicit embrace adoption of the Classical Liberal Constitution at all levels of government can stop the slide of the United States into long-term stagnation and political discord.
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A Comprehensive Plan is a blueprint for the future. It is a community vision that will guide the County for the next 20 years. The Comprehensive Plan will result in a set of policies that direct future growth and development. Additionally, the creation of a Plan can lead to potential strategies that will help effectively guide County leaders as they make substantive and thoughtful decisions for the community.
What are the contents of a Comprehensive Plan?
The Comprehensive Plan will outline the existing conditions of Fayette County describe future goals and objectives for development, and include an action plan on how to achieve these goals and objectives. The Fayette County Comprehensive Plan will address the following topics:
What is the planning process?
The Comprehensive Plan will follow a six step process:
1. Project Kick-Off
2. Community Engagement
3. Existing Conditions
5. Preliminary Plan Elements and Policies
6. Final Plan Document and Adoption
Who is involved in creating the Comprehensive Plan?
The development of the Plan relies on involving residents, businesses, and workers in the process to craft a community vision for Fayette County’s future.
We already have other plans. What will happen to those?
Existing plans are an important part of the Comprehensive Plan process. These plans will inform the Comprehensive Plan, and in some cases will be incorporated into the plan if the goals and vision are still consistent with the aspirations of the community today.
When will the Plan start? When will it be completed?
The initial phases of the Plan have begun with anticipated completion in December of 2021.
How can I get involved in the process?
You can get involved in all the Comprehensive Plan activities, from data collection to community visioning and mapping, to the creation of community goals and objectives. The Get Involved page of this website describes all the opportunities available to give your input, including public meetings, online surveys and questionnaires, and an interactive mapping tool. The News & Updates page will list meeting dates and times throughout the process as they are scheduled. Finally, materials from meetings, and more information detailing the Comprehensive Plan process, can be found on the Documents page.
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Welcome to the Art&Seek Artist Spotlight. Every Thursday, here and on KERA FM, we’ll explore the personal journey of a different North Texas creative. As it grows, this site, artandseek.org/spotlight, will eventually paint a collective portrait of our artistic community. Check out all the artists we’ve profiled.
In 1968, NASA launched Apollo 8 – the first manned spacecraft to orbit the moon and return to Earth. In this week’s Art&Seek Artist Spotlight, the Verdigris Ensemble, a new North Texas choral group, takes me on an interstellar journey inspired by that trip nearly 50 years ago.
It’s a Tuesday night inside Royal Lane Baptist Church in North Dallas. And the Verdigris Ensemble is rehearsing a piece called “Panda Chant.” The song’s just one part of a larger program they’re performing this spring called “Consolation of Apollo.” And “Panda Chant” has a lot going on.
Members of the choir are chanting the word “panda.” Others are chanting “duh, duh,duh, duh.” There’s some stomping, yelping and other peculiar sounds.
“Panda Chant” is by the avant-garde, American composer Meredith Monk. Verdigris’ founder and artistic director, Sam Brukhman, chose it for its cosmic sound. “It’s the closest thing you’re going to get to traveling to space,” he says.
Brukhman wants that interstellar sound to help audiences blast off and imagine life in the stars. He says a choral performance about outer space should take you out of this world.
Brukhman’s 25. He teaches choir in Forney. He started Verdigris a year ago, naming the group for the blue-green patina that can form on copper. It’s his mission to make contemporary choral music more popular by crafting programs that seem like performance art.
“We’re taking music and we’re telling a story with it,” says Brukhman. “So what we’re doing through movement and through the choice of music, we are weaving together a story and an experience that we’re taking the audience on.”
Brukhman moved here about three years ago from Princeton, New Jersey. That’s where he earned a music degree from Westminster Choir College. Other conductors spoke highly of the school choirs in Texas.
“The first time I stepped into a choir room with an advanced choir [in Texas], I was like, ‘OH MY GOD! WHAT HAVE I MISSED MY ENTIRE LIFE?!? This is crazy. This is absolutely nuts, because you don’t have this standard anywhere else in the United States.’ I mean truly, it’s amazing,” Brukhman says.
That’s how Brukhman talks, especially when he’s discussing choral music. His eyes widen, he smiles, energy spills out of him.
Brukhman is amazed by the numerous local youth choirs and adult ensembles like the Orpheus Chamber Singers. Still, he felt North Texas needed a different sort of choral group.
“Yeah, I saw the appreciation. I saw the value. And I was like, ‘We can make a difference,’” he explains. “We can make a difference, because we can create something that’s not totally being cultivated right now.”
That’s how Verdigris was born. Brukhman wanted an ensemble that didn’t sound like what you’d hear at Sunday church service. Instead of hymns, his group performs music made by composers regarded as the the Bowies and Byrnes of choral music. What inspires him?
“All different things!” Brukhman says excitedly. “Everything from folk music to music that was composed based on the resonant frequencies of our planets and our solar system to actual transcripts of the Apollo 8 mission.”
Verdigris also embraces nontraditional performance spaces. They have to bring their music to the people. In April, they will sing at the Perot Museum and the Planetarium at UT Arlington.
“He’s really great about providing an innovative way to story tell through music,” says Jonathan Greer. Greer’s part of the ensemble, but he also sings in a couple choirs across North Texas. He says there’s another reason Verdigris is unique. Brukhman is open to collaboration.
Lauren Stroh, who’s also part of the choir, agrees.
“He has this really great balance of asking for other people’s ideas, but also having a sort of framework that he’s already envisioned,” she says. “And honestly feels like hanging with a lot of friends and we’re coming up with new, creative ideas.”
Recently after a performance of “Consolation of Apollo,” I spotted an audience member who was crying. Her name’s Cone Johnson. She said the performance really got to her.
“This really hit me in my heart,” she said wiping away tears. “It was amazing.”
Johnson admits that she doesn’t attend many choral performances, but she says she was impressed by this.
Johnson says she’ll tell her friends to go to the next Verdigris performance. And that’s good news for Brukhman. Like his group’s namesake, he wants to be around long enough to add a little color and texture to the choral scene.
How does being in North Texas effect the production of your art?
Well, let’s start with where we are. We’re inside Royal Lane Baptist Church right now. This is where we rehearse. And so far most of the places we’ve performed are also churches. So that’s one thing that sticks out.
In Texas, especially in Dallas, the churches have really great acoustics. So a lot of the ideas that we’ve presented at our concerts have been based on the acoustic spaces we’re working within. And that’s something that you legitimately would have a hard time doing in New Jersey, where I’m from, or Philadelphia. A lot of those churches are really old, like hundreds of years old. And they’re smaller. But these new spaces are built for this. They’re large and they have great acoustics. They give me a lot of space to engineer interesting programming.
Also, I think North Texas affects the production of what we do because what we do something that really doesn’t exist here. So we’re trying to fill a need. Like I am programming choral performances and selecting pieces that I don’t think other would be interesting in taking on. Does that make sense? Like “The Consolation of Apollo.” It’s a piece of music that was made and performed only in the Northeast. But we’re one of the only ensembles trying to bring this stuff to the South. I guess we’re trying to exist in a genre that doesn’t really live here.
Sam, you’re the artistic director of this company. And you’re trying to bring new and modern choral music to North Texas. But what do you listen to?
Me? Personally? Oh, Hady. I listen to everything. I listen to the sorts of things you wouldn’t expect someone like me to listen to. If I were to show you my recently-listened-to playlist on my phone – (pulls phone out of pocket) – I’m going to tell you what I’ve listened to. OK, I’ve listened to everything from classical music to hip-hop…from hip-hop to straight up weird stuff, like French rap, dance or whatever.
I’m all about sound experience. To me, music doesn’t really have to have a cohesive path. It can be a bunch of tin cans bouncing around, so long as it means something. The genres I listen to are really just based on the listening experience. And actually, while I am talking about this, I am thinking about my programming for Verdigris. So when we perform the choir walks through the audience, we interact with the space, we line up in different positions, there’s choreography. All of that is about the experience.
You’re a middle school choir teacher and you lead an ensemble. How do you maintain balance?
Well…I take lots of naps. I try to just not do work all the time. But that’s hard. You know, I’ve started up a nonprofit and that takes so much time and so much focus and energy. Everything needs to come from me. There’s not really anyone else. So it takes a lot. But napping, good food, hanging out, reading and taking walks really helps.
When did you begin calling yourself a conductor?
I’m not sure I really call myself one now. I mean, I’m facilitating. But I don’t think I’m in a position to call myself a conductor, because I need more seasoning. It’s really just experimentation right now, working with things and seeing what works.
Right now, I really just think that I’m a learner. I’m just trying to figure things out.
Are you creatively satisfied?
Yes, especially when I get to do the performances. Like our most recent performance was great, because it felt a lot easier, and a lot more satisfying, because all of the singers have had at least one performance under their belt. They felt confident and it felt like we were communally making music together. So yeah, I feel really satisfied.
You moved to North Texas from New Jersey to kick start your career. The choral programs in schools were attractive and the vibrant arts scene made things seem possible for you. But what have you had to sacrifice to be here?
Oh my God, I might start crying. OK. My grandma immigrated to the U.S. from the Soviet Union in 1993. That’s the year I was born. And she used to teach piano. It was something she tried to teach me back when I was a rebellious youth, but I stopped.
The more I’ve grown and I’ve aged, I’ve realized how much of a helpful teacher and instructor she’s been to me. So I guess the biggest sacrifice that I’ve made is moving away from her.
She lives in the old Jewish part of Brooklyn and every time I visit her I think, ‘Time is running out and I need to spend time with her or I am going to regret it for the rest of my life.’ But that’s the biggest sacrifice: not being able to be with my grandma.
Do you have routines or practices that you turn to for your programming?
Yeah. It all starts with words. So I have a notebook that I write all of my ideas in. I could be writing words, poems, lyrics and names of paintings – basically anything that inspires me. From there, I sort of make a collage and I try to figure something out.
Sometimes, I find a particular work that I want us to sing and I turn to my notebook for inspiration to help fill in the gaps in the programming. Sometimes, I get ideas for things that will inform the audience. Sometimes, I am just reminded of other things I wanted to work on. But it all starts with words in a notebook. It just has to marinate.
What makes you different from other choral groups?
We approach everything from a human point of view. All of our programs are trying to tell human stories. We’re not trying to prove anything. We just are.
We’re creating programs that people can relate to. Like with “The Consolation of Apollo,” that’s about NASA’s 1968 trip around the moon and back. And a lot of the people in the audience remember that time. They were touched by the message and the use of actual transcriptions in the music, because they heard it or saw it when they were kids. It was touching for them.
I think, for us, we’re special because we’re trying to give voice to our community and to the interest of our community through the music that we sing.
Interview questions and answers have been edited for brevity and clarity.
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“Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart.
Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens.”
Carl Gustav Jung
Swiss psychiatrist, Psychologist and Founder of the Analytic Psychology, 1875-1961
Hook, line and sinker
In Australia if the traditional Food Media want to incite an online riot of opinion, they merely need to criticise Food Bloggers. It’s a story guaranteed to hit a raw nerve that is common to all bloggers: the validation of their medium. The provocation will result in debate and a frenzy of hits and backlinks to the article from bloggers, tweeters and readers who subsequently comment across many social media platforms.
But what many amateurs in the online space do not realise, is that they have deliberately been tricked into rage. The whole exercise may have been calculated to create a spike in online newspaper readership figures, to lift the number of page-views, organically boost the paper’s SEO and online influence figures. So the respondents involved will have played right into the hands of the newspapers for marketing purposes.
By publicising the story and spreading the word in social media, the bloggers and tweeters have unconsciously created sufficient free PR to yield above average traffic to the newspaper. The resulting online figures now look great to advertisers contemplating whether to pay for ad space in their publication, iPhone app or online edition.
Some might consider this calculated emotional abuse. For the paper it’s an easy win, requiring no financial investment, and with their readership looking reinvigorated, they can potentially rake in hundreds of thousands of dollars from brand media buyers. Thanks to bloggers, the sales and marketing team will likely have hit their projected targets.
These stories are known as link bait. It’s a controversial marketing ploy and is not the only time that Aussie food bloggers fall for commercial tricks.
This works through psychological manipulation. The technique in this case is known as ‘shaming’ and ‘vilifying’. Think of it as the overbearing parent who tells their children that their grades aren’t good enough. It’s bound to get a reaction from most on the receiving end of the criticism. And yet the same result can come slyly packaged as flattery, for the same purposes.
Modern Marketing Ninjas
As long time readers of this blog will know I have spent a quarter century in the business of advertising and marketing. My profession has been to make all manner of things desirable to the general public via a mixture of manipulative psychology, beautiful imagery and by generating hype. My technique uses a combination of strategy based on psychographic manipulation and lateral thinking combined with creative input.
Today anyone marketing a product, service, venue etc, faces tough times. The general public are now more sceptical of marketing imagery on TV and in print than they ever have been. They can filter their entertainment to avoid most advertising that they find intrusive or annoying. Some products have even been banned from traditional advertising media. So with marketers facing increasing sales targets from their employers, the search has been on to find a way to advertise surreptitiously.
And what exactly is this hidden advertising or guerrilla marketing? The most common ninja deployed is product placement. Take Australian Masterchef for example. The products you see being used have been provided by the brand advertiser in exchange for six figure sums to the TV production company.
This may be reinforced by advertising around the show, costing millions, paid to the TV network - whether aired on TV or their magazine’s ads or even on the Masterchef website and recipe fact sheets. The aim is that the general public will subconsciously identify branded products as being desirable or necessary next time they stock their pantry. The wealthiest brands also use product placement in Hollywood movies and popular drama or comedy TV series, reaching significantly larger audiences.
But shows like Masterchef are not on TV all year, so food brands in particular - and especially those with smaller budgets - are forced to be more creative in finding their target market.
The trending buzzword for advertisers is ‘Word of Mouth Marketing’. The power of recommendation by a friend or trusted source is now recognised as the ultimate way to convey a marketing message that will generate sales.
Magazine or newspaper Advertorials are a word of mouth option. It looks to all intents like a magazine story, it has been composed by a journalist and the staff photographer, but it’s actually a sponsored piece, a revenue stream for publications. It costs the advertiser in design, photography and media placement fees.
Advertorials are designed to trick you into thinking the ‘discerning Magazine Editor’ prefers that product/brand. Advertorials state ‘advertising feature’ or ‘promotion’ at the top of the page revealing its true nature. But even this is wearing thin with the public. So where else can advertisers create hidden influence?
There is a marketing term, “Hitting all the consumer touch points” and that now also includes product placement and advertorials or infomercials on blogs. So bloggers who have appeared in mainstream media stories, who have released details of high page view numbers, or high Twitter follower counts and a track record of influence, are the new target for marketing.
They are known generically as ‘online influencers’ and are now subject to heavy lobbying by PR companies and advertising agencies. Many of us in food blogging know it as the dreaded PR spam in marketing circles it is known as Blogger Outreach Programs and Blogger Bribes.
The attraction lies in the notion that an advertiser can covertly target the exact demographic required through a food blog. Just as they can in the food press, but with possibly an even narrower skew – such as Baker blogs having a high readership of those who also love to bake, or venue review blogs that back-link to Urbanspoon and attract people who regularly go to restaurants. Plus bloggers are more adept at using multiple social platforms including Twitter, Digg, Stumbleupon and Facebook in their broadcast mix than traditional food media, which equates to even more publicity hitting the target.
Your new BFF
So, in Advertising strategy, bloggers are now seen as cheap and easy puppets for marketing messages as compared to traditional forms of advertising. By example, many food bloggers have already shown a predilection for going to events and receiving freebies in exchange for a blog post on their attendance or promotional item, so why not cosy up to them? Brands now aim to be your BFF.
After all, most who write blog review posts, will happily spend their own money trying venues and unsuspectingly giving free PR to the venue, so in advertising terms, why not extend that to products, loyalty clubs and services too? The potential is there for a brand’s new online ‘friends’ to generate free blog advertorials and extended social media broadcast too.
For brands, blogger outreach is significantly cheaper than paying publications for the same. Plus the blogger does all the design work, copywriting and photography for free - services that cost tens of thousands of dollars to commission professionally. Giving away samples, organising an event or junket to bloggers can be much cheaper by comparison.
It’s also a way for PR agencies and Blog Harvesters such as Nuffnang, Technorati and Foodbuzz to farm bloggers in order to make money on the back of this free resource. Typically it works by charging brands for harvested email databases or for permissions received from the bloggers. Some harvesters will potentially pay bloggers a small fee lower than market value for commercial digital insertions in return.
Others companies to farm bloggers are market research companies and new hybrid harvesters who charge bloggers to be part of a directory that will build page rank and SEO plus marry your blog with advertisers and PR agencies.
It is a given that journalists’ salaries are derived from publications’ advertising revenue, and hence edited opinions can be biased. So blog readers typically cite their interest is due to content being unrestrained by editors, advertisers or a commercial publication’s particular values or politics. Marketers are aware that many of the public have eschewed papers and magazine for blogs, in search of the truth.
So blogs appear to have integrity. It is generally supposed by the public that they are not affected the way that news has been tainted. They represent Jo Average’s opinion. So when a blog broadcasts about brands, the reader assumes it is a personal and unbiased opinion and recommendation that has not been initiated by an advertiser or fuelled by supplied content.
But this is increasingly not true. A blog post can be a ‘Stealth Marketing’ brand ninja, especially where many amateur food bloggers have not publicly declared their shift to becoming professional salesmen, or pro-bloggers in exchange for gifts or money.
This is compounded by the fact that bloggers seem to be unaware of the ACCC Advertising and Selling standards stating advertisers should “ensure that consumers are aware of the fact that a commercial message is being presented”.
Bloggers are required to clearly mark that the post is a sponsored piece, as per an advertorial or infomercial is transparent about its bias. It’s possible that many PR agencies and marketers seem not to know this either or perhaps are happy to parlay the deception and puffery?
Since some food blogs have already fallen under the spell of the PR machine, the term Flogger-Blogger has emerged. By this I mean when a blog that feels to all intents as though most posts are actually subliminal ads, designed to have your friends share the good word and generate publicity for a brand by spreading the post across the internet, conversations and by email. Ultimately this is the goal of marketing through amateur bloggers.
The Seduction of Eve
I think that most Australian food bloggers have innocently entered the media as a place to air their thoughts, but appear vulnerable to the potential traps of that space. The traps I refer to are those of potential loss of integrity and falling victim to commercial manipulation. And I sense that some Food Bloggers are falling victim to Fox and Crow syndrome.
So what are the tricks to look out for? Behind most modern marketing tricks is psychology - the study of human behaviour - and how to take advantage of these insights to assist selling things.
"According to George K. Simon, successful psychological manipulation primarily involves concealing aggressive intentions and behaviours. Also, knowing the psychological vulnerabilities of the victim to determine what tactics are likely to be the most effective."
The most fundamental aspect that is taken advantage of by marketing and advertising is the human desire to feel good. It is thought that we tend to see our life as judged against other people and that our happiness is relative to this.
We compare our lot against others. Richer people do get happier when they compare themselves against poorer people, but poorer people are less happy if they compare up. That is why Marketers target our self esteem when aiming to seduce us for their purposes
Nathaniel Branden in 1969 defined self-esteem as "...the experience of being competent to cope with the basic challenges of life and being worthy of happiness". According to Branden, self-esteem is the sum of self-confidence (a feeling of personal capacity) and self-respect (a feeling of personal worth).
He also claimed that any positive stimulus or incentive will make a person feel comfortable, or, at most, better with respect to themselves for just some time.
So when a PR company, brand or Marketer approaches a blogger to promote their cause, they will – like Eve’s serpent – cajole and flatter us, tell us that we are deserving of special treatment and offer a sense of personal exclusivity that will make us feel a step ahead of others. They will talk it up with honeyed terms such as “You have been especially chosen to become a Brand Ambassador” or appeal to your desire to have something you can’t afford.
Society has been warned against this behaviour for all of time. Religion and the arts play it out as an enduring theme, cautioning against allowing our shallow desires to trip us up. Yet it proves constantly irresistible to this day, the tactic of ‘positive reinforcement’ is one of the most powerful to encourage Bloggers to generate income for others with no significant remuneration in return for their services.
A mere pat on the head
I like to think of the next trick as summed up by the adage ‘Beware Greeks bearing gifts’ the ‘Trojan Horse’ analogy. While we may warn children not to go with strangers offering gifts, bloggers seemingly also neglect to take that advice. Instead, they are fooled into dropping their guard.
A blogger’s vulnerability in this case is typically coined in psychology as using ‘reciprocity’. The trick is, when given something for free we feel obliged to return the favour. So in our circles when offered a free meal, product, event, book etc, we feel indebted to write a blog post about that gift, often without criticism or significant insight.
Like a dutiful child, we write a public thank you note on social media platforms, which form free publicity for the marketer, brand, service or venue. We take photos, design and cultivate a post – often giving away our intellectual property rights in the bargain – and with theoretically even better results for the brand than ads, because blogs communicate to exactly the right consumers for the promotion.
So the marketing goal is achieved. For virtually a fraction of the cost spent on advertising or loyalty marketing, the blogger has obligingly become a puppet, as a brand salesperson.
In return, the blogger likely receives a regular deluge of press releases with the expectation of future publication each time, with little or no further reward or remuneration for giving away many thousands of dollars of free PR. In the psychology of persuasion this is known as ‘consistency’. People want to be consistent with previous actions. If they said yes to something in the past, they’re more likely to say yes in the future.
Meanwhile the PR agency that approached the blogger in the first instance will be receiving a monthly retainer for their services and possibly project fees – but who really is doing all the work here? Who has generated the sales? Who deserves to be paid? It is the Blogger.
In some other blogging circles – particularly pro-blogging and the influential fashion, beauty and parenting blog communities – this has begun to change, with some bloggers receiving fees directly for their publicity.
Sex and greed, and power
The adage ‘Sex Sells’ referring to scantily clad women in advertising is an old cliché. But sexy is not always so literal. The psychological equation for using sexy persuasion on a blogger for the purposes of converting them to brand salesmen is greed + power. The tactic used appeals to their materialistic impulses, to narcissism and to jealousy.
The technical psych theory is sexual attraction arises when the person is stimulated through the vanity mode of narcissism. It engenders admiration for compatible personality characteristics. Excitement arises when the person is stimulated through the self-pity mode of jealousy, engendering physical intimacy and passion, which theoretically will result in eager and enthusiastic broadcast.
Relative to bloggers, for the social type person, power is channelled through jealousy. For example subconsciously: “This blogger junket will make me feel good and my friends, colleagues etc, envious – they’ll likely find me even more fascinating”, hence the blogger may unconsciously feel sexier for there is social approval and admiration from others.
For the self focused person, power is channelled through narcissism, eg. “They’ve spotted how good I am, so they’ve given me a ‘money can’t buy’ experience, I’m getting something huge for nothing”. The subconscious perception of social reinforcement makes the blogger feel powerful and that in itself is sexy to many.
The overall picture is most people, unless aware of the tactics, can be manipulated. In Blogger Outreach programs the brand they will promote is getting the blogger’s services and time for a fraction of the usual marketing budget, by making the blogger feel a bit sexier, giving them a sense of power and all by appealing to their vanity in order to make them brag. In return the blogger gets a temporary hedonistic head rush and feels an obligation to the brand when they come down off the back of their experience.
The Spin Cycle
So how do else do marketers appeal to a blogger’s deep human impulses for commercial manipulation? They use ‘Spin’.
Spin is “Making a silk purse from a sow’s ear” or “Spinning gold from straw”. It is a form of deception to make something more enticing than it may appear in the cold light of day. It takes the consumer’s aspirations and projects them on a product, venue or person.
Often putting spin on an item avoids facts and focuses on implied benefits. And when applied to politics, is termed propaganda. Using psychology to understand what pulls at the heart strings of the target market, an advertiser will know exactly how to project something to make it seem enticing and highly desirable to consumers.
Spin Doctors are primarily the creators of consumer zeitgeist, ‘future cool’, Cool Hunters and the initiators of global trends. They read public sentiment, understanding how economic movements affect public values and shape cultures. Now when something is suddenly ‘hot’ often it is because key community influencers, like bloggers, were persuaded by the hype, publicity and promotion generated by Spin.
As an example, consider the current Australian fascination for macarons. It started buzzing amongst sweet and bakery enthusiasts and was identified by Spin Doctors as a possible emerging trend within the culinary fashion for small indulgences, such as dim sum, mezze and tapas.
From here it began reaching into online food communities – sometimes via astroturfing, sock puppetry and link baiting.
Advertisers and journalists now typically eavesdrop on social media platforms, so once they picked up on the emerging vogue, the macaron buzz then made its way into commercial marketing and food media. And the coup de grace was an appearance on Australian Masterchef, which in turn exploded its popularity into popular mainstream appeal.
The concept has rippled back from the mainstream into blogging communities beyond food and across Twitter, Facebook and other popular communities. There have been a flurry of macaron shops, books, recipes and classes by those jumping on the bandwagon and finally, it has resulted in a demand for $400 macaron towers. That’s a purchase that three years ago would have sounded totally absurd and not at all enticing to the general public. And it was all in the Spin.
Nailing your colours
In my last post I stated that I feel it is time for food bloggers to nail their colours to the mast. I have witnessed the original integrity of blogging as being diluted by advertorials and product placement.
While I have my doubts about the value and quality of Blogger Outreach in Australia, it is not something that is going away. My stance with clients is that online influence and viral marketing reach in Australia comes voluntarily from bloggers perceived as having high integrity, not just whoever responds to a PR call.
Those who write commercially sponsored posts, have a duty to inform readers or subscribers that a post is an advertorial, which will allow them to determine bias.
Unless presented with a contract or express a commitment to do a piece, a blogger is not obliged to write about a Blogger Bribe they have received. And should a blogger consider publishing a sponsored post based on a product, event or reader giveaway, I feel that they ought to be entitled to ask for payment ahead of posting it. It is to all intents an advertisement for which the blogger provides the media and the content.
If you have no desire to engage with brands and no wish for your blog to be a vehicle for their sales pitch, you may already be annoyed by spam press release emails.
Because there are some grey areas regarding permissions, the ACMA recommends those who do not wish to receive commercial offers, put a non-solicitation disclaimer on your blog. Just as I have in my sidebar, under the subhead ‘email’. I placed it there because typically email is the key word a commercial email harvester is looking for.
When I receive PR spam in spite of this, typically I respond by drawing attention to the statement. In Australia, by law there should also be an unsubscribe link on the email, which I will use if I trust that it is a verified Australian PR agency. And if the spam persists, I am not above reporting the email as contravening the Spam Act 2003.
In deciding whether to participate in promoting commercial messages on your blog, consider the theory of the Hedonic Treadmill. “According to this theory, as a person makes more money, their expectations and desires rise in tandem, which results in no permanent gain in happiness”.
After years of working with brands, I find I don’t need much in the way of consumer durables and hedonistic activities to be happy. Close ties to friends and family, plus good health are the things that count most to me.
I don't merit grinding away on the treadmill to generate money for brands without being paid for it. When I come across something I like, I will tell you about it and you can trust that it was not skewed or initiated by a third party.
Most crucially, I’ve learnt that keeping things simple ultimately makes you happier and better respected. With this integrity your opinion is trusted and well regarded. And unlike free gifts it brings lasting happiness.
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Cancer is the leading disease with many victims worldwide, with around 40% of the population diagnosed with a type of cancer at some point in life. The main characteristic of the disease is its irregular and fast cell division that the body can not control, making tumor formations hard to control.
Depending on the localization of the cell division, cancer comes in different forms and attacks a variety of human organs. To curb that, scientists worldwide are trying to create a perfect formula to fight cancer by using new technology and equipment. One of which is C2i Genomics, a cancer intelligence company using AI technology that aims to monitor the disease with small amounts of blood.
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AI technology and cancer monitoring
The team of researchers in C2i Genomics invented an AI monitoring system detecting minimal residual diseases (MRD). By only taking 2-3ml of blood, patients receive complete genomic analysis that detects potential cancer cell presence. Additionally, liquid biopsy can detect cancer in the early stage. As a result, this gives enough time to stop the disease from spreading to the whole organism.
With the new AI technology, cancer monitoring of persisting cancer cells during treatment is possible. The new ultra-sensitive methods can scan the whole genome and nucleotide base pairs. By scanning the whole genome, the sensitivity of C2i Genomics’ method is 100 times greater than other alternative methods used for cancer monitoring.
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C2i Genomics has established partnerships with the leading cancer centers in the world that conduct active trials for determining cancer types. The following describes how C2i Genomics’ procedure works after a patient is diagnosed with cancer:
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Montana tribe sues feds for ending coal moratorium
By Valerie Volcovici
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Native American tribe in Montana and a coalition of conservation groups sued the Trump administration on Wednesday for lifting a moratorium on coal leases on public land without consulting tribal leaders and conducting a full environmental review.
"It is alarming and unacceptable for the United States, which has a solemn obligation as the Northern Cheyenne's trustee, to sign up for many decades of harmful coal mining near and around our homeland without first consulting with our Nation," Tribal Council Chairman and President Jace Killsback said in a statement.
The Northern Cheyenne Tribe in southern Montana said the administration had lifted the moratorium without hearing the tribe's concerns about the coal-leasing program's impact on its members and lands.
The tribe sent a letter earlier this month to Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke requesting a meeting to discuss the issue. Zinke did not respond, and signed the order lifting the moratorium on Tuesday.
In a press call on Wednesday, Zinke did not respond to a query about the Northern Cheyenne lawsuit.
Killsback said the tribe, which filed the lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Great Falls, would be harmed by lifting the ban.
"The Northern Cheyenne rarely shares in the economic benefits to the region generated by coal industry and other energy development projects," he said.
About 426 million tons of federal coal are located near the Northern Cheyenne Reservation at the Decker and Spring Creek mines in Montana, the tribe said.
However, neighboring tribe, the Crow, relies on coal production as its predominant industry and has called for the relaxation of coal regulations for years.
"A war on coal is a war on the Crow people," Zinke said on the call.
Legal group Earthjustice argued that lifting the coal moratorium imperils public health for the benefit of coal companies.
"No one voted to pollute our public lands, air or drinking water in the last election, yet the Trump administration is doing the bidding of powerful polluters as nearly its first order of business," Earthjustice attorney Jenny Harbine said in a statement.
The legal filing said that undoing the moratorium violates the National Environmental Policy Act, which requires a full environmental review prior to major policy changes.
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South Korea posts fastest growth in three quarters for Q4
Gross Domestic Product gained an adjusted 1.0% in the fourth quarter from the previous three months.
With the help and support from government spending, the South Korea economy expanded in the fastest pace in three quarters on a seasonally-adjusted basis for the fourth quarter, beating economists’ estimates.
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) gained an adjusted 1.0% in the fourth quarter from the previous three months, statistics from the Bank of Korea showed. The performance beat the 0.6% gain economists in a Reuters survey had expected.
On a year-on-year basis, the South Korea economy expanded by 3.1% in the fourth quarter, posting the largest expansion in five quarters. The growth in the last quarter of 2018 was higher than the 2.0% increase in the third quarter and better than its 2.8% estimate.
For the full year of 2018, the economy grew by 2.7%, matching the 2.7% growth the central bank had expected.
Even so, last year’s annual growth was the slowest pace of expansion the country has seen in six years. For the third quarter, the country posted its weakest quarterly year-on-year growth since 2009.
Exports account for around half of the export-driven nation’s economic growth, and it is exposed to risks from China’s stalled performance. Chinese data on Monday showed China’s fourth quarter GDP slowing to the weakest since the global financial crisis.
China is South Korea’s largest trading partner and any turbulence coming from the Chinese nation is likely to affect South Korea. Despite the South Korean government’s stimulus, the weakness in exports and glum global growth outlook casts a dark cloud over the country’s growth for this year.
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Marjorie Parham with photographer Gordon Parks. Photo provided
By Herald Staff
Mrs. Marjorie Parham, publisher emerita of The Cincinnati Herald and, and widow of founder Gerald Porter, passed peacefully in her sleep on Wednesday, April 14. She was 103.
She was born in Clermont County, Batavia and went to Batavia Elementary and High School. She attended Wilberforce University, the University of Cincinnati and Chase School of Business. Mrs. Parham worked for the federal government from 1946 until 1961. During that time she was married first to William Spillers, and they had a son, William Spillers, Jr. Later, she married Hartwell Parham. In 1954, Mrs. Parham married Gerald Porter and he founded The Cincinnati Herald, a weekly African American newspaper, in 1955. The company opened a Dayton office and Mrs. Parham began running that office in 1961.
In 1963, Gerald Porter was in a car accident. He was taken to one hospital which refused to treat him because he was Black, as stated to her by one of the nurses. Mr. Porter then was transported to another hospital. By the time he reached the second hospital, it was too late, and Mr. Porter died.
Rather than shut down the newspapers, Mrs. Parham jumped in to save the business. She closed the Dayton office and then called the White House to ask if her son could be discharged from the Army so that he could help her run The Cincinnati Herald. Bill Spillers was sent home. He and his mother ran The Cincinnati Herald until it was purchased by Sesh Communications in 1996.
A few years before selling the Herald, its office on Lincoln Avenue in Walnut Hills was firebombed. Mrs. Parham said the culprit never was caught but she believed it was someone who was upset about an editorial that had been recently published. No one was hurt, but many of the archived photos were lost.
“We still published the paper that week,” Parham said. She added that the publisher of The Cincinnati Enquirer, Harry Whipple, was the first one to call her after the bombing. He asked her what she needed to get the paper out, and stood by ready to help. “That shows the respect and admiration that she had in the media community,” said Jan-Michele Lemon Kearney, president of current Herald owner, Sesh Communications.
Mrs. Parham was active in the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA), an organization of more than 200 Black-owned newspapers across the country, and previously served as treasurer on the executive board. She also served on several boards in Cincinnati, including the University of Cincinnati Board of Trustees. Mrs. Parham was an avid golfer and loved her golf group, Les Birdies. She enjoyed travel and in her later years, often took trips with her long-time friend, John Leahr, a Tuskegee Airman, before he passed. Mrs. Parham was a member of St. Andrews Episcopal Church in Evanston.
She has been inducted into the Ohio Women’s Hall of Fame and the Ohio Civil Rights Hall of Fame. The Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber named her a Great Living Cincinnatian in 2007. In 2015, when The Cincinnati Herald marked its 60th year of publication, the city honored her with a resolution presented by Councilmember Yvette Simpson. In 2019, when the National Newspaper Publishers Association held its national convention in Cincinnati, the organization honored Mrs. Parham. Sen. Bernie Sanders was the keynote speaker and former State Sen. Nina Turner spoke as well. Dr. Benjamin Chavis, president of the National Newspaper Publishers Association, spoke about Mrs. Parham’s importance to the NNPA, the Black press, and the Black community.
“She was feisty, a brilliant businesswoman, and a mentor for me and so many others,” said Kearney. “Mrs. Parham was a staunch advocate for the Black community and believed in the importance of the Black press to provide a forum for the community’s diverse views and as a platform to tell our own story.”
Kearney added, “Above all, she was a fighter for justice.” During the civil unrest in 2001 following the police shooting of 19-year-old Timothy Thomas, Mrs. Parham paraphrased Thomas Jefferson in saying, “A little revolution now and then is a good thing.”
Current Herald publisher Walter L. White admired her tenacity. “After Mr. Porter died in1963, Mrs. Parham jumped in to run the paper with the help of her son, Bill Spillers. She hit the streets getting advertising and never let a ‘no’ discourage her,” White said.
“She was one of a kind,” said co-owner Eric H. Kearney. “She was tough as nails, and never afraid to speak her mind. At the same time, she was compassionate and had a dry wit that always made me laugh. I shall always have the utmost respect for her integrity, business acumen, and passion.”
Mrs. Parham’s family reports that she had not been ill. “She felt fine on Monday,” said her granddaughter, Dr. Rhonda Spillers Washington, “but on Tuesday, they could not wake her up.” Hospice was called in, and she passed at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, April 14, Washington said.
“We will miss her terribly,” said Jan-Michele. “We often sought her advice and always wanted to make her proud of the legacy she provided for Cincinnati’s Black community.”
Visitation will be held from 10 a.m. to noon on Friday, April 23, followed by the funeral services. The location will be Spring Grove Cemetery.
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Birds and plant volatile organic compounds
Convenors: Elina Mäntylä, Katerina Sam, Luisa Amo
Plants damaged by arthropods can call for help from predators by emitting volatile organic compounds (VOCs). When plant is damaged by herbivores, the compounds are called herbivore-induced plant volatiles (HIPVs), and when by insect egg deposition then oviposition-induced plant volatiles (OIPVs). Using these chemicals as cues, predators and parasitoids are able to detect damaged plants from a distance, before they see or smell the actual arthropods. It is possible to induce the emission of VOCs also by spraying the plant with methyl jasmonate (MeJA) which is one of compounds plants can produce when damaged by herbivores. Spraying MeJA makes the plant to think that it is damaged by herbivores and it starts to produce VOCs. The role of arthropod predators and parasitoids is well studied in this trophic level interaction but recently there has been several studies showing that also birds can smell these VOCs as a cue during foraging. For example, birds could use as cues HIPVs of birches (Mäntylä et al. 2008), apple trees (Amo et al. 2013) and pines (Mäntylä et al. 2017), and also OIPVs of pines (Mäntylä et al. 2018). Studies using MeJA to make plants attract birds have had mixed results (Mäntylä et al. 2014; Mrazova & Sam 2017; Saavedra & Amo 2018; Mäntylä et al. unpublished). We believe that now is a good time to summarize the studies of birds and plant VOCs, and to find common goals for future studies. Thanks to new methods, collecting VOCs is getting cheaper, and thus more experiments with VOC collection can be conducted.
Forest bird ecology and conservation: research advances and future directions
Conveners: Nico Arcilla, Maris Strazds
The world’s natural forests play critical roles as habitat for birds and in global climate change mitigation, yet are increasingly threatened by human activities, particularly logging and associated deforestation and degradation. Forest management for timber typically focuses on maximizing economic returns and may cause substantial losses of biodiversity, including species, habitats, and, ecosystem processes. Sustainable forest management, on the other hand, seeks to balance timber extraction with biodiversity conservation and social values. Despite efforts to encourage sustainable forest management, however, destruction and degradation of high conservation value forests continue around the world and effective interventions are urgently needed to conserve biodiversity. In this symposium, we will focus on birds as indicators of forest ecosystem integrity, especially in boreal and tropical regions with high value forests and large intact forest landscapes. We will present recent research advances in forest bird ecology and evaluate forest bird conservation strategies to date. We will consider the following and related questions: How can we reconcile competing economic and biodiversity conservation objectives in forestry? What lessons can we draw from recent research on forest bird ecology and responses to human impacts in forests? How have forest bird conservation initiatives succeeded or failed, and how can we apply this knowledge to improve conservation effectiveness and population status of forest birds? We will conclude with a concise summary of findings, recommendation, and applications to future research and conservation efforts. The proposed symposium will build our successful symposium for the 2017 EOU in Turku, Finland, with a similar theme, entitled “Forest management and bird conservation: research advances and future directions.” There, speakers presented research on the effects of forest management on birds in Belarus, Finland, Latvia, Poland, Russia, and Sweden, as well as tropical forest countries including Ghana and Peru. We would like to continue to advance bird conservation research in timber production forests by further developing these themes with EOU conference participants in 2019, when speakers will present updates and new research findings and conservation recommendations. We will review recent innovative forest biodiversity conservation and research initiatives, including Norway’s International Climate and Forest Initiative, which has invested billions of dollars in stopping tropical deforestation over the past 10 years, the University of Copenhagen’s long-term research on global forestry policy outcomes, and the Swedish University for Agricultural Science’s international research on reconciling competing economic and biodiversity conservation objectives in forestry.
From genes to behaviour: what mechanistic studies can tell us about migration
Conveners: Zoltán Németh, Cas Eikenaar
With the advancement of tracking technology, a remarkable array of migratory behaviours have been described, yet our understanding of the regulatory mechanisms facilitating the emergence and maintenance of this behavioral diversity remains relatively poor. This is surprising because genetic and physiological (e.g., endocrine, immunological and oxidative) processes are key in shaping an organism’s phenotype in response to the challenges of migration. Furthermore, understanding the regulatory processes behind the timing and expression of migratory behavior is crucial, for example, to be able to anticipate both individual and population level responses to rapidly changing environments – a condition migratory organisms face at an increasing rate across the globe. With this symposium we aim to bring together researchers interested in the mechanistic underpinnings of migratory behavior. Our goal is to provide an overview of the current state of this field as well as to identify exciting new research directions.
Immune function as a mediator of trade-offs
Conveners: Arne Hegemann, Kevin D. Matson
Ecological immunology is a young and dynamic field. It was only a couple of decades ago that evolutionary ecologists first began to seriously consider that the costs and benefits associated with the immune system might drive important trade-offs between defences against diseases and other behavioural and physiological processes that impact individual fitness. Since then, measuring immunological parameters in free-living and captive animals has become widespread in studies of ecology and evolution. Over the last several years, more than 500 papers per year have been published reporting ecological research that also involves immunology, with the majority of these studies done on birds. As a result, the role of immune function as a physiological mechanism shaping trade-offs in free-living birds has become clearer, and immune function is now recognised as an important driver of many ecological and evolutionary processes in birds. Despite this and the centrality of the immune system to the survival of birds, there has not been a symposium focusing on the avian immune system in ecological and evolutionary contexts at an EOU meeting since the one in Riga in 2011. Instead, talks on these topics have been scattered over different sessions and symposia. With this symposium, we aim to provide a platform for ecological immunologists and bring together researchers interested in how immune function shapes trade-offs in avian ecology and evolution. We will take a wide view of life-history by including survival, reproduction, behaviour, migration and other movement, as well as other physiological systems. By combining speakers and interested meeting participants in one setting, we hope for several outcomes. First, we want to create an environment that fosters new collaborations among people working on these topics. Second, we want to offer ornithologists who are not yet familiar with this research an overview of the current state of this rapidly expanding research domain. Having attracted two internationally recognised ecological immunologists from North America, we also aim at building bridges to relevant research networks in North America, where ecological immunology has a stronger standing than in Europe. Finally, putting immune function into the spotlight is particularly timely. With recent advances in tracking technologies and in our ability to measure other physiological traits in free-living animals, many new opportunities related to our symposium’s theme (immune function as a physiological mediator of trade-offs) are now on the horizon. In addition to reviewing the current state of affairs, we will also use our symposium to probe this promising future for ecological immunology.
Invasive birds in Europe: trends, drivers and impacts
Convener: Diederik Strubbe, University of Gent, Belgium
Introductions of non-native species continue to increase globally, and biological invasions rank among the top threats to biodiversity, economy and human wellbeing. Birds present an exceptional opportunity to study invasion patterns and processes, as the strong association between birds and people has resulted in an overall relatively good knowledge of invasion histories, allowing to test hypotheses about the role of various factors that drive biological invasions. Yet, while significant progress has been made in identifying when species are likely to become invasive, a better understanding of the processes and mechanisms underlying the invasion success and spread of successful invaders remains paramount for informing invasive species management programmes. This symposium aims to provide an overview of both current and future research directions for forecasting invasion success and range dynamics, identifying and quantifying impacts of invasive birds as well as options for the management of high-impact invasive birds.
Living at high elevations – adaptations and current challenges
Conveners: Sabine Hille, Fränzi Korner-Nievergeldt
Mountain ecosystems are recognised as world’s biodiversity hotspots, hosting highly specialized and endemic species which are threatened by human induced causes including climate change. Mountain regions are particularly susceptible to climatic alterations and are experiencing a faster rate of warming compared to global average. Given these expected environmental changes at high elevations, it is surprising how little is known about the life-history of characteristic bird species of high elevations. Several studies found indications that the life-history of birds of high elevation habitat may not fit into the gradient between slow and fast life history. However, for understanding how bird species and populations adapted their life-history to living at high elevations, knowledge of basic demographic parameters of populations living at high elevations, and of morphological, physiological and behavioural adaptations are urgently needed. This symposium will give an overview of what we know about the life-histories of bird species living at high elevations and present new results.
Number and distribution of birds of Northern Eurasia
Conveners: Sergej A. Soloviev, Ion Constantin
It is important to research the number and distribution of birds of Northern Eurasia for solving the problems of saving their biodiversity, creating atlases of nesting birds, updating Red Books and organizing natural areas. We evaluated the abundance of birds, dominant, rare and endangered species, their background and faunistic composition. It helped us to remove “white spots” from the information part of researching the biota of Asian part. Before research we formed the list of birds species with their status and without relative abundance data. We got information about birds distribution from deeply transformed and urbanized to native floodplain landscapes. It helped us to find main nature-anthropogenic factors which identify spatial heterogeneity of birds community of Northern Eurasia. It predicts changes of the general birds number and distribution as a result of climate change and anthropogenic influence. Collection of data on number and distribution of birds in Western Siberia has been organized since 1961. Thus, the planned discussion will promote the future integration of European ornithologists to research of birds biodiversity and community of Northern Eurasia according to the work methods and principles of the Zoomonitoring Laboratory at the Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals of SB RAS (Novosibirsk). Nowadays in the European there have been created lots of atlases of nesting birds from different rank regions. These works are significant for sanitary, epidemiological and aesthetic status of citizens of our planet. In the Russian Federation the creation of the atlas of nesting birds on the vast territory to the Urals is being completed. Large spaces from the Urals to the Pacific Ocean do not have such squares with nesting birds census. Symposium is aimed at the inventory and the creation of the database on number and distribution of birds of Northern Eurasia. The primary task is to discuss the methods and principles for the creation of the databanks and their adaptation for atlases organization. This work will allow us to optimize our research and agree on the common working procedure. The next task is the identification of “white spots” where ornithocomplex and ornithofauna studies have never conducted before. Famous works of ornithologists from the Zoological Museum of Moscow University and the Zoomonitoring Laboratory at the Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals of SB RAS (Novosibirsk) that are effective for the symposium tasks solution will be discussed.
Shifting the focus: avian life-history stages from the perspective of understudied hormonal systems
Conveners: Sara Lupi, Pablo Salmon
Organisms go through a series of life history stages that together constitute their life cycle. The secretion of hormones regulates each stage, as well as the transition from one to another. A remarkable aspect of birds’ life-history is their physiological and behavioral flexibility to match the timing of each stage to environmental conditions. However, the regulatory mechanisms that allow such flexibility are still poorly understood. Research on the endocrine control of life stages of birds has typically focused on a few hormonal axes. For example, there is extensive literature on the involvement of corticosterone and testosterone in foundational processes. However, several studies suggest extremely complex relationships between regulatory systems that may be species-dependent and vary between life-history stages. To uncover the complex array of hormones related to life-history traits in birds, recent studies have started to move the focus to newly discovered or poorly studied hormones. Research on these hormonal systems may not only bring out an extent of the complexity in life-history regulation but also offer new perspectives in the hormonal mediation of trade-offs and carry-over effects across the annual cycle. This symposium aims at presenting research on understudied hormonal axes linked with life-history variation, using an integrative and/or comparative perspective. The symposium does not try to present an extensive overview of the avian endocrine system, but rather aims at 1) familiarising researchers interested in the study of physiological mechanisms with alternative hormonal axes linked with life-history variation and 2) encourage collaborations, discussions and the build-up of improved approaches between evolutionary endocrinologists and behavioural ecologists in the understanding of the role of hormonal regulation in the different avian life-history stages.
The effects of weather on birds
Conveners: Mark Mainwaring, Andreas Nord
Birds experience an enormous variety of weather throughout their lives. Temperature, rainfall, wind and other variables combine to produce dramatically different weather conditions over temporal timescales such as within days or with changing seasons, and over spatial scales with latitude, longitude and altitude. Much of the research on the effects of weather focuses on climate change and extreme weather events, but even normal weather conditions have important effects on birds by influencing their distributions, behaviours, dispersal, reproduction, life history, ontogeny, physiology, and locomotor performance, among others. Birds adapt their behaviour, physiology and morphology accordingly, and their ability to make such changes has important fitness consequences because weather conditions directly impact their survival and reproductive success. Understanding the effects of weather on birds can therefore provide information on the selective pressures that may have led to trait evolution, as well as provide predictions for upcoming environmental change. This symposium will provide a platform for scientists from Europe and beyond to present research examining the ecological and evolutionary importance of weather for birds, while also linking with broader themes such as phenotypic plasticity, life history evolution and climate change. In doing so, this symposium will provide an authoritative overview on how weather affects birds and will therefore provide the presenters, audience members and the wider ornithological community with a chance to discuss this topical issue and the exciting areas in which they think that future research should be directed.
Urban ornithology: From large scale patterns to fine scale processes.
Convenors: Arjun Amar, Juan Diego Ibáñez-Álamo
Urban environments are rapidly expanding across the globe, and urbanization represents one of the most severe and irreversible forms of human impact. Urbanization can have negative impacts on wildlife, and urban areas typically support communities that are less diverse and have more exotic species than natural habitats in the same region. However, cities can provide opportunities for wildlife due to a high abundance of anthropogenic food, artificial nest sites and better weather conditions. Furthermore, the biodiversity that does occur in urban areas can contribute significantly to the quality of life of the human population, and there are numerous examples of its benefits, including psychological well-being, educational value, and economic value (e.g. property prices are increased in higher biodiversity areas). Given that rates of urbanization are rising globally, the need to maintain and enhance urban biodiversity has become increasingly important. The present symposium aims to highlight the implications of urbanization for birds in a broad context, from population level patterns to physiological mechanisms, thus contributing to increased human awareness and improved conservation of urban biodiversity.
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Brainstorming is one of the best parts of school marketing. The aha moments are just as great as the moments where you realize what you just said was, well, kind of silly. Because that’s brainstorming. My silly thought might lead to your aha moment, and that might lead to our next brilliant idea.
As a concept, brainstorming has been around since 1939, when advertising executive Alex Osburn laid out a few basic tenants (although he didn’t actually use the term “brainstorming” until 1953). Since then, the creative industry has twisted and expanded what it actually means to brainstorm. Sometimes that works, but many times we’re approaching brainstorming all wrong. And because of that, we’re probably missing a lot of outstanding ideas.
Let’s take a look at what Osburn outlined for us, and how we can use his fundamentals to develop great ideas and, ultimately, great content.
“Focus on quantity.”
In other words, the more ideas, the better. Eventually you’ll hit on something great, but the time spent shouting out the first few things that come to mind is not wasted. Don’t hold out until you have a great big idea, share the little ones, too.
There are no bad ideas during a brainstorming session. Ever. So instead of taking the time to call out why someone’s thought wasn’t spot on, see if you can use the bad idea to spark a good one. If you can’t, just move on. Bringing negative attention to someone in a brainstorming session is a great way to ensure they won’t share their next idea, even when it’s a great one, and it makes everyone else hesitant to speak up, too.
“Welcome unusual ideas.”
Osburn suggests looking at things from a new perspective and also removing any assumptions. Instead of being bogged down in concerns over what will work tactically, what fits in the budget or if a quirky idea will ever be implemented, just think freely.
“Combine and improve ideas.”
This is where ideas take flight. Don’t be hesitant to delve deeper into a combination of ideas to see where they can go together.
We should all run our brainstorming sessions with these rules in mind because the goal of brainstorming is to collect ideas, not instantly develop a fully vetted strategy. As school marketers, you do also have to distill those ideas to determine what’s realistic, how it fits with the strategy and if it fits in the budget. But first, you need the ideas. Just like in the craft of writing, editing should be saved until the end. Don’t censor your creativity during the brainstorming process – let the ideas flow and save the red pen for later.
Marketers from a variety of industries have insightful tips and tactics that can help improve your next brainstorming session.
Mix up your team. “We’ve found that putting people together for article brainstorming who write for clients in completely different verticals can be an excellent way of introducing some fresh thinking. Your tech writers might not be too familiar with the hot topics and recurring themes in health care, but the questions they ask might be just the stimulus that your health writers need to come up with some truly original article ideas.” – Adam Barber of Castleford Media via Search Engine Journal
Define the problem, not the solution. “While everyone gets an opportunity to think creatively during a brainstorming session, there should be a practical purpose for your gathering, or else you may end up going nowhere. When the conversation strays, remind everyone about the problem you’re trying to solve, and keep working toward that objective.” – Richard Branson for Virgin – Entrepreneur
Compile more than just a few ideas. “Don’t jump into deep discussion on the first few ideas. The idea here is to amass a big list of ideas. They won’t all be big winners, but sometimes, crazy ideas lead to great things.” – Yvonne Lyons for Right Source Marketing
Resist the urge to reinvent the wheel. “Content marketers often waste time by starting from scratch with a blank screen, rather than looking for models they can use as the basis of their current project. Save time planning your next content marketing project by looking for examples of what’s worked in the past.” – Roger C. Parker for Content Marketing Institute
Keep writing materials on hand. “You always need something to record your thoughts. If you wait and think you will remember later, too late.” – Tim Jones of Cybrix via Inc.
Cube it out. “In [the brainstorming strategy Cubing], a topic or idea is examined from six distinct viewpoints, hence the name. Describe the topic (what is it?), compare it (what is it like or unlike?), associate it (what does it make you think of?), analyze it (what constituent parts is it made of?), apply it (how can it be used?), and argue for and/or against it (how can you support or oppose it?). – Mark Nichol via DailyWritingTips
Encourage uniform participation within a group. “[Brain writing is a strategy] designed to generate lots and lots of ideas in a short amount of time. … Hand out sheets with space for a topic or keyword at the top of the page and space where ideas can be written. It can be a different topic for each person or the same for everyone. Write ideas. Pass the sheet to the next person, who adds more ideas, using the existing ideas to build off where possible. Keep going until you’re done.” – Kaila Strong for Social Media Today
Change perspectives. “Imagine being someone else—such as how your biggest competitor would think about the problem or a completely unrelated industry would think about the problem. How would a 5-year-old solve your problem? What would Picasso do?” – Anita Campbell of Small Business Trends LLC, via OPEN Forum
Mind map it. “Create a mind map – a constellation of main topics and subtopics or of related points – on a large sheet of paper, a whiteboard, or another surface that all participants can see, or simply list suggestions in roster form.” – Mark Nichol via DailyWritingTips
Try brainswarming. “To start brainswarming, write the goal or problem you need to achieve or solve on a big piece of paper and have your team sit silently and write down different ways to tackle it with your company’s resources in mind. Once the right resources are found, you’ve come up with your solution.” – Dr. Tony McCaffrey for Harvard Business Review via 99U
Allow for the incubation of further ideas. “If you’ve had a productive session, ideas will continue to occur to people for hours or days after the session. Ask everyone to write down these ideas and submit them later to record along with the main session notes.” – Dean Rieck for Copyblogger
These fun, helpful tools can get those creative juices flowing when you’re brainstorming alone, and can also help further your ideas post- group brainstorming session.
Portent’s Content Idea Generator
Just enter your topic into Portent’s Content Idea Generator and voila! Headline. And even if what it delivers doesn’t quite fit, it can help get you on the right track. Plus it’s kinda fun. Just keep hitting refresh and it’ll keep delivering new headline options!
Quandary’s Content Idea Generator
Quandary’s version of the idea generator is a little more in-depth. Once you register, you have to answer some questions about your business and customers. It’s worth the time though, since it then gives you 360 content ideas to choose from. Like Portent’s, they won’t all be a good fit (and might not even be grammatically correct) but it still can prove useful in coming up with new ideas you haven’t explored yet.
Osborn showed us how brainstorming can work, and it’s worth the time to uphold his standards (and maybe create some new ones of your own). The outcome of this type of brainstorming session is always better, and the journey is incredibly fun.
Want to use smart brainstorming to create a standout school marketing story? Learn more about working with us.
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The Top English Grammar Tips From A–Z
See Spanish definition of caos
1(confusion)caos masculinetumulto masculine
- Police say they are winning the war against violent drunks who cause mayhem in the West End of the city at weekends.
- High spirits often get out of control and lead to violence and mayhem.
- What unfolds is a riot of comic mayhem as mistaken identity leads to uproarious farce throughout.
- Nothing adds up or makes sense and the plot descends into complete mayhem and rage.
- Those still in the city described deserted streets and mayhem in the shops as people tried to stock up on essentials.
- Rebels advanced on the capital which erupted in anarchy and mayhem as armed gangs looted and fought each other on the streets.
- The funny climax, shot against the picturesque sand dunes of Dubai, is a mix of madness and mayhem.
- On two large screens there was distorted video footage of mayhem and destruction.
- My husband leaves a haven of rest and order to come home to mayhem and madness.
- They have issues boiling away inside and their only outlet is to cause mayhem in the streets.
- But during a troubled century, market mayhem occurred with sickening frequency.
- Nothing much happens to disturb our peace and, when mayhem comes along, we find that a nice cup of tea soon puts it all in proportion.
- If there is a way to cause mayhem, death and destruction, we will find it and improve on it.
- But to go from the legal mayhem of rugby union to illegal violence is a small step indeed.
- Both leaders know they are not just dealing with the mayhem on the streets: they have to keep their backs covered as well.
- During these times of course registration mayhem you undoubtedly curse the evil that is voice mail.
- Lush disco arrangement and harsh synth lines collide into dancefloor mayhem.
- Some astute observers foresaw the emerging mayhem, but solid evidence took time to accrue.
- Even while behind bars they seem capable of causing maximum mayhem.
- It's a slow boat ride that weaves though the darkness amidst illuminated animatronic scenes of pirate mayhem.
(in US)delito de mutilación masculine
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The Request: Capstone advised a group of clients on their potential acquisition of a water pipeline network in the Permian that relied on production volumes and rig activity in the region. Specifically, Capstone analyzed federal and state level regulations and legislation, along with potential policy changes as the result of federal elections, that could impact the company as well as upstream hydrocarbon producing assets and downstream water storage assets. Our diligence focused on the shifting landscape of injection regulations in the state of Texas and New Mexico, the feasibility of the proposed federal hydraulic fracturing ban, permitting restrictions and timing for environmental reviews, and potential impacts of federal lands production moratorium on assets at various stages of their life cycle.
Background: Increased regulatory scrutiny from local authorities along with risks presented by the U.S. Presidential election injected a degree of regulatory uncertainty into an industry and area that had experienced decades of certainty. Newborn seismic activity in the region had raised concerns throughout the oil and gas industry that a strict and fast-moving regulatory response could limit wastewater disposal access, increasing costs across the supply chain as operators sought alternatives. At the same time, the 2020 presidential election was beginning in earnest, and ‘frack bans’ and federal lands restrictions attracted headline coverage. Precedent indicates that some of these proposals are quickly achievable, and could present a sizable risk to acquiring and developing resources on federal lands—a point of particular concern for Permian operators in New Mexico.
Our Process: Over three weeks, Capstone conducted a thorough review of the public record of existing and proposed regulation and legislation at both the state and federal levels. We combine this research with targeted conversations with relevant current and former regulators, policymakers and advisors, and other stakeholders to assess the risks and opportunities the companies face. We used this information to quantify both the possible incremental costs for operators and possible additional delays for the siting and permitting of midstream assets.
Our Outreach: During our three-week engagement period for this project, we spoke with approximately two dozen key stakeholders, including:
- Bureau of Land Management & Environmental Protection Agency
- Senior Democratic Campaign Advisors & Various Environmental Groups
- Texas Railroad Commission
- Office of New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham & the NM Oil Conservation Division
- Geology Experts at the University of Texas’ Bureau of Economic Geology & SMU
The Outcome: Through the iterative process, Capstone held interim update calls and presentations for our clients and delivered a thorough final report identifying and quantifying the policy risks and opportunities for the company, providing clarity for the deal team’s assessment of the future regulatory landscape.
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Elastomers (elastic polymers) are used in numerous applications, including seals and tyres. Although the materials bounce back from deformation, the cumulative result over time is damage and eventual breakdown. The EU-funded MUSHE (Multifunctional self healing elastomers) project developed self-repairing elastomers based on NR. The team’s novel approach was based on reversible bonding combined with the inclusion of conductive nanoparticles. The project concept was intended to restore both mechanical and electrical function to the fatigued elastomer. The team investigated the role of elastomer-repair variables, including time and temperature. Using dielectric processes, the group worked to gain new insights into the elastomer network structure and the cross-linking system. Such outcomes will improve the development of self-repair properties in future elastomers. First, the team developed tailor-made, self-repairing, sulfur-vulcanised NR compounds. The compounds take advantage of the unique properties of di- and polysulfide bonds naturally present in such rubbers. They prepared and tested the self-repair properties of various NR compounds, each based on different vulcanisation systems. Researchers also determined the mechanical properties of both pristine and repaired rubber compounds, in relation to sulfur content and degree of cross-linking. The consortium also developed self-repairing elastomers that use conducting particles such as graphene. The team physically and chemically characterised the composites, and calculated the respective cross-linking densities based on swelling measurements. Investigators detailed the effect of graphene loading on mechanical self-repair, and evaluated the multifunctionality of selected composites. Consequently, MUSHE developed a new sulfur-cured NR compound with self-repair capability. The new material trades off mechanical performance and repair capacity, a balance that can be tailored depending on need. Mechanisms for tailoring the performance include varying the amount of sulfur in the rubber compound, cross-linking density and time of initial contact between damaged surfaces. Having developed the new compound, researchers also studied its relaxation behaviour. The team additionally developed NR-graphene composites. Although the compounds did not show the expected improvement on mechanical properties, the team did demonstrate recovery of mechanical performance and also thermal and electrical conductivity. MUSHE results represent a step towards the ubiquitous industrial usage of such compounds and the creation of new European industries.
Self-repairing elastomers, natural rubber, graphene, mechanical performance, MUSHE
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CBD pet capsules – What Are The Advantages Of CBD Pet Products?
CBD products for pets have become very popular. Pet owners have turned to CBD products to treat various ailments and health problems in pets. Doctors and scientists have discovered that CBD can be extremely helpful for animals suffering from various diseases and injuries. This is why most CBD brands have started producing CBD pet capsules that are specifically designed for pets. These capsules can be consumed orally without any side effects. CBD Capsules for pets are safe for use as they are created using hundred percent plant-based components and ingredients. You can find CBD capsules that are vegan, cruelty-free, and without any animal testing.
What are CBD pet capsules’ benefits?
CBD capsules for pets are formulated for pets so that they show good progress in pets after consumption. Most CBD capsules for pets are free of THC which makes them non-intoxicating. Pet owners can feed CBD capsules to their pets by adding them to their meals or treats. These capsules are made of natural ingredients and do not cause any side effects in animals. They are free from any added preservatives and chemicals, therefore, are completely safe. However, pet owners should make sure to check the labeling and give the dosage that is recommended. They can also consult a veterinarian for the right dosage.
Pets that suffer from injuries and health problems have to consume medicines to improve their health. These can also lead to other problems because of the strong components in the medicines. CBD capsules are mild and fast-acting. They can not only calm the body, but they can also calm the mind which can result in speedy recovery. Always purchase CBD capsules from trusted brands and pharmacies online.
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- Published on 13 May 2014
A new bill, H.R. 3508, has been put forward in the US House of Representatives by Republican and Democrat representatives (Reps. Sean Duffy (R-Wisconsin) and Tim Walz (D-Minnesota)) proposing changes to recruitment of specialists at the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), within the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
Currently, the VA is only authorized to use audiologists to provide hearing services to veterans. According to an opinion report in The Hill, “while audiology doctors are a great resource for the VA and provide adequate service for veterans, there are not enough to keep up with the demand and needs of veterans.” More veterans seek help from the VA for hearing loss than for any other disability. The demand for audiology services is also reported to be growing at nearly 10% per year and the limited resources of the VA are making it difficult to keep up with demand. Some war veterans wait weeks or even months for an appointment and some, who have sufficient resources, prefer to pay out-of-pocket for their hearing devices rather than waiting to go through the system.
The bipartisan bill aims to authorize the appointment of qualified hearing aid specialists in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) to “give both our veterans and audiologists much needed relief while conserving resources at the VA.” The idea is that VA audiologists would then be able to focus on specialized cases and complex conditions, reducing waiting times for simple appointments to get hearing aids.
H.R. 3508 has the support of the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA), the International Hearing Society, VetsFirst, Blinded Veterans Association, and American Veterans, the report adds.Source: The Hill.com
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A chatbot is a software to simulate conversation using Natural Language Understanding (NLU) that is a part of Artificial Intelligence (AI). There are three main components of chatbot; Conversation / Dialog / Flow Manager, Natural Languange Understanding / Processing (NLU / NLP), and Content / Data.
Conversation / Dialog / Flow Manager
A basic component. It is a software to decide or manage responses to users based on what the user has said as input, to place the user in a specific conversation flow, and also depends on the circumstances the user has.
Natural Languange Understanding / Processing (NLU / NLP)
NLU and NLP are similar. NLU is a piece of software of AI to decide the intents and entities of the context or sentence. NLP is about how NLU works. It converts the unstructured data to structured data with a value of confidence (from zero to one) to the intents and entities.
Content / Data
The content or data is needed to train the NLU for deciding the intents and entities. The content is sentences of a lot of (sample) conversations as input and output.
A chatbot is a conversation software with NLP. Conversation software is a piece of software with multiple if-else and switch statements. The content is templates as actions or outputs, and data to train the NLU.
I built some chatbots from scratch, but I have some tools that I used and recommend:
- Rasa. You can make conversation flows, design and train the NLU, then deploy it to your server.
- Kata.ai. It comes with beautiful UI to design the conversation flow, design and train the NLU, and many more. Seamless deployment. You don't need any server to deploy the chatbot or NLU, and it supports multiple channels such as LINE and Facebook Messenger. The NLU is great for Bahasa Indonesia because it comes with some pre-trained models.
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5 pounds 2004 Great Britain Mallard - The record breaker
Handpainted Commemorative Gold coin cover
100 limited edition
Mallard took her carriages through Grantham station at just 24mph because of permanent way work, and then accelerated to almost 60mph over the next two and a half miles up a rising gradient of 1 in 200, eventually reaching almost 75mph over the next mile-and-a-half to Stoke summit, again over a further stretch at 1 in 200. Descending Stoke Bank, the speed rose to 116mph, and then to 119mph, and then crossed the 120mph mark where it stayed for the next three miles, reaching a maximum of 126mph. The locomotive maintained a speed of between 123mph and 126mph for nearly two miles. The record-breaking run was then curtailed as the opportunity was taken to conduct a brake test from such a high speed and the train was approaching the curve at Essendine, which also included several sets of points, and it was thought unwise to take these at such a high speed.
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The municipal council of La Ferrière-aux-Etangs (Orne), a rural town of 1,567 inhabitants, will release 10,000 euros to help up to 100 families in the village to cope with rising prices.
“We propose to make this gesture of solidarity because we can see that the end of the month begins on the 10th for some families. We are not going to revolutionize everything, but we want to show that elected officials take part in the solidarity which must be exercised in the current context, ”said Vincent Beaumont, DVG mayor since 2008, confirming information from France 3.
100 euros maximum per family
The sum, which represents 0.7% of the municipality’s operating budget, will be paid to the municipal center for social action (CCAS) and redistributed at the start of the school year in the form of vouchers for a maximum of 100 euros per family. The vouchers will be usable at the butcher’s and the village mini-market, as well as at the nearest petrol station. To benefit from it, it will be necessary to justify a family quotient less than or equal to 650 and to provide bank documents.
The municipal council also invites its fellow citizens “who pay taxes” to make donations to the CCAS, deductible from the amount of taxes paid.
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Green light from EU leaders
Following the press release of the European Commission on May 18, 2018, the European Union (EU) demonstrated – once again – that it is committed to the continued, full and effective implementation of the Iran nuclear deal (JCPOA), so long as Iran also respects its obligations (see also our previous news brief).
The EU leaders, having met at an informal meeting in Sofia last week, forged a united front by giving their green light and backing to put EU countermeasures in place in order to shield the EU businesses (EU subsidiaries of US companies as well as EU businesses falling outside the US jurisdiction) from the extraterritorial impact of US sanctions and ensure EU business continuity with Iran (even if this may be contrary to the re-imposed US sanctions).
EU countermeasures on four fronts
As a consequence, the European Commission took action by proposing the following countermeasures on four fronts:
- Enable the European Investment Bank (EIB) to decide under the EU budget guarantee to finance activities outside the European Union, in Iran;
- Strengthen the ongoing sectoral cooperation with, and assistance to, Iran, including in the energy sector and with regard to small and medium-sized companies; and
- Encourage all EU Member States to explore the possibility of one-off bank transfers to the Central Bank of Iran.
EU Blocking Regulation
The goal and mechanism of the EU Blocking Regulation, dating back from 1996, was simple and straightforward: providing protection against and counteracting the effects of extra-territorial application of certain listed US sanctions against Iran (as known and valid at the time).
In order to do so, the EU Blocking Regulation includes several key provisions:
- EU businesses and persons residing in the EU being prohibited to comply actively or by deliberate omission with the listed US sanctions against Iran. However, the EU Blocking Regulation allows also EU businesses to comply fully or partially with US sanctions against Iran if their interests, or those of the EU, would seriously be threatened or damaged ( with the approval of the European Commission);
- prohibition to recognize or enforce any judgment of a court or tribunal or an administrative authority located in the US giving effect, directly or indirectly, to relevant listed US sanctions;
- entitlement to a restitution claim by allowing EU businesses and persons to seek recovery of damages arising from such sanctions from the person causing them in a European court.
The countermeasure as introduced by the European Commission basically aims to refurbish the EU Blocking Regulation by updating the list of US sanctions on Iran falling within its scope. The goal is to have the refurbished EU Blocking Regulation come into force before 6 August 2018, when the first batch of US sanctions take effect.
EU businesses set for a "clash"
Following the move from the European Commission by among others reviving the EU Blocking Regulation, the EU businesses (EU subsidiaries of US companies as well as EU businesses falling outside the US jurisdiction) dealing with Iran are set for a clash between, on one side, the re-imposed US sanctions against Iran having extraterritorial reach in the EU, and, on the other side, the refurbished EU Blocking Regulation, and will see themselves confronted with imposed conflicting (compliance) obligations and requirements. In that regard, EU businesses dealing with Iran are recommended to take a prudent and risk-based approach in view of carrying out their due diligence and compliance measures and, where necessary, seek legal advice in case of any doubts about their exposure to compliance or reputational risks.
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Do you have hope for the future of America and the World?
Help take America, and the world, from crisis to a new level of spiritual awareness!
Join us for this special online ascension activation/meditation on the US Capitol.
Thomas Jefferson called the U.S. Capitol a temple dedicated to the sovereignty of the people. Its builders called it a “Temple of Celestial Liberty.” Indeed, the U.S. Capitol was intended as a sacred space, a temple for the people.
The U.S. Capitol is a temple of ascension, one that can be used to tap into a Higher Power. Today, understanding its enlightened symbolism means everything!
In 2008 William Henry, and co-author Dr. Mark Gray, decoded the Ascension symbolism in the US Capitol. Their book, “Freedom’s Gate,” is the ultimate reference to the mystical secrets of the Capitol.
Join William and Mark for this astounding revelation and meditation on the profound meaning of the ascension symbolism in the spiritual imagery and artwork of the Capitol. Raise your consciousness and the consciousness of America to a new level.
No matter your belief system or religious affiliation you’ll find inspiration in Om the Dome. It is for any one around the world who aspires to true Freedom. It contains a powerful vision for your future and for the future of America.
Amidst the chaos, emptiness and the clear danger to the freedom of Americans, and all people of the world, there is hope. Open your mind. Open your heart. Open the door to the true spirit of peace, love, wisdom and power in Freedom’s Gate.
Om the Dome and let freedom ring.
Want to know more about the ascension symbolism in the Dome of the US Capitol. Read my articles here and here.
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By Aaron Glantz / Reveal
March 30, 2020
“I’ll be the oversight,” President Donald Trump declared last week as Congress debated the $2.2 trillion economic rescue package he signed into law Friday.
The bill, the largest stimulus ever enacted in the United States, greatly expands unemployment benefits, shores up small businesses and sends one-time checks to Americans making under $100,000 a year. It also includes unprecedented giveaways to corporate America, including a $170 billion tax break over 10 years for real estate investors and developers, such as Trump and presidential son-in-law Jared Kushner, and $500 billion in corporate bailout money to be administered by Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, which Democrats have called a “slush fund.”
True to his word, Trump balked at any congressional oversight of the money. On Friday, just after signing the stimulus, the president issued a rare signing statement saying he would treat accountability provisions of the law as “not mandatory,” citing “constitutional concerns” over the separation of powers. A requirement that a special inspector general provide information to Congress without delay, he said, “is unreasonable.”
The signing statements came amid a series of actions by the president and his political appointees that, taken together, stack the economic deck in a way that protects financial and real estate interests from the economic wreckage of the COVID-19 pandemic, at the expense of Americans who are bearing the brunt of it.
The Federal Reserve’s March 23 decision to effectively bail out commercial real estate lenders is a case in point. The Fed announced that it would purchase large amounts of mortgage-backed securities in an effort to “support the flow of credit to households and businesses.” But the board’s decision to include commercial loans in its purchases would do little for ordinary households – and a lot for real estate speculators who provide capital to shopping malls and office towers. The Fed’s spending figure was breathtaking: $50 billion a day for a week.
The decision was a windfall for real estate developers such as Tom Barrack, a close Trump friend and Trump donor who chaired the president’s inauguration committee. The day before the Fed took action, Barrack tweeted for the first time in more than three years. In the tweet, he warned of a “liquidity crisis … alongside COVID-19’s spread” that could devastate one of his core businesses: commercial real estate.
Stock in Barrack’s company, Colony Capital, had plunged since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, but shot up on news of the Federal Reserve’s announcement, ending last week up nearly 60%.
“It looks like the holders of these asset classes were saved in time,” said Sarah Bloom Raskin, a former Federal Reserve governor and deputy treasury secretary under President Barack Obama.
That same day, the Fed also announced it would start buying up corporate debt – putting the central bank on the hook for boomtime borrowing by the country’s largest corporations before their bonds collapsed to junk status.
“Many pockets of the market are being plugged up with ongoing Federal Reserve liquidity,” Raskin said, while millions of Americans are laid off and small businesses face collapse on a massive scale.
“Will households and small businesses be saved in time?” she said. “People waiting at home for checks, anxious, wondering if their checks will arrive before their bills become due, before they get sick, before they potentially lose their jobs or have their hours cut. And small businesses, too, must make decisions whether to apply for forgivable loans, whether such money can arrive in time to keep their businesses from ending.”
The week before, banking regulators from the Federal Reserve, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency had acted together to ease restrictions put in place in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, opening the door for banks to continue to pay dividends to shareholders even when they have less cash on hand.
“This makes no sense,” tweeted Sheila Bair, who led the FDIC during the housing bust. “This is unfathomable,” she added, arguing that such payouts could “weaken banks’ ability to continue lending during the crisis.”
The decision also increases the chance that banks will eventually come to Congress to ask for a bailout, said Graham Steele, a former Senate banking committee staffer and director of the Corporations and Society Initiative at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Steele pointed to a 2010 study by the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, which found that if banks’ ability to pay dividends had been shut down earlier, they would have stockpiled substantial sums of money – enough, he said, to have reduced the price tag for the federal bank bailout in 2008 by half.
Even as they shored up America’s largest corporations, banks and real estate investors, Trump’s bank regulators also joined forces, citing the COVID-19 pandemic, to smooth the way for lenders to exploit the nation’s most financially vulnerable.
Regulators including the Fed, FDIC, Comptroller of the Currency and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau jointly took action to make payday loans more widely available.
They did so without imposing any restrictions on high interest rates, late fees, or balloon payments. These practices, which blossomed after the 2008 crash with reports of interest rates of up to 300%, had been curtailed under the Obama administration after the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau found in 2013 that they “can trap consumers in debt.” Since taking office, Trump has significantly weakened the bureau, which was set up to protect consumers following the 2008 financial crisis.
“I don’t think there are a lot of people right now where a loan with a 70% interest rate and a balloon payment in two weeks would solve their problems,” Lauren Saunders, associate director of the National Consumer Law Center, told Reveal.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau responded to the COVID-19 crisis with another deregulatory action likely to harm consumers. On Thursday, the bureau granted financial institutions a reprieve on reporting data designed to track lending discrimination – which journalists, advocates and law enforcement could use to determine whether people of color with good credit are being disproportionately harmed as lending dries up during the pandemic.
Meantime, an array of planned deregulatory actions continue to move forward despite the unprecedented disruption of the pandemic – among them, the Trump administration’s plan to gut enforcement of the Community Reinvestment Act, a 42-year-old law to stop discriminatory redlining. Bryan Hubbard, a spokesperson for Comptroller of the Currency Joseph Otting, told Reveal in an email that the comment period on the proposed changes will still expire April 8 as scheduled.
This story was originally published by from The Center for Investigative Reporting, a nonprofit news organization based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Learn more at revealnews.org and subscribe to the Reveal podcast, produced with PRX, at revealnews.org/podcast.
This story was edited by Esther Kaplan and copy edited by Nikki Frick.
Aaron Glantz is a senior reporter at Reveal and author of the book “Homewreckers: How a Gang of Wall Street Kingpins, Hedge Fund Magnates, Crooked Banks, and Vulture Capitalists Suckered Millions Out of Their Homes and Demolished the American Dream” (Custom House).
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New technology for land mine detection
In Colombia, large areas are teeming with mines that are almost impossible to detect with traditional methods. In collaboration with partners from South America, engineers at the German Ruhr-Universität Bochum and Technical University Ilmenau are developing a new mine clearance technology, based on ground penetrating radar. In the long run, they are aiming at creating a handheld device that will detect different mine types on rough terrain without fail and which can be used in the same way as metal detectors. The Ruhr-Universität's science magazine Rubin has published a detailed report on the project.
In Colombia, large areas are teeming with mines. Finding them using traditional technologies is as good as impossible, because all mines are different.
In collaboration with partners from South America, engineers at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum and Technical University Ilmenau are developing an advanced method for humanitarian mine clearance in Colombia, which is based on ground penetrating radar technology. In the long run, they are aiming at developing a handheld device that will detect different mine types on rough terrain without fail.
Land mines almost impossible to detect with traditional methods
Even though Colombia has not experienced any military conflicts, many areas are teeming with land mines which had been laid by guerrilla forces and members of drug cartels. Because the booby traps were not industrially manufactured but had been assembled from various everyday objects, they are almost impossible to detect with traditional methods.
In the first step, the international research team built a number of land mines from everyday items, with empty detonators instead of explosives. They were used as templates for virtual computer models, which the engineers used to simulate the radar signal that each mine would generate.
Simulation of radar signals
The engineers analysed the simulated radar signals to identify properties that are typical for mines, but are not generated by other objects, such as stones or shrapnel. This information is fed into the analysis of the gathered radar data; this is how they set up their system to perform an automated search for properties that are typical for mines.
In theory, the method works. Now, the engineers have to get it up and running in reality and optimise it for application in a handheld device. According to their estimates, it will take another two to three years for a prototype to be completed.
Mine clearance in Colombia agreed upon
In 2015, the FARC guerrilla and the Colombian government agreed on a comprehensive mine clearance. To date, the country's military has been mainly using metal detectors to search for booby traps. However, the traps contain barely any metal, and there are many other metal objects in the ground.
"Only one in 2,000 found objects is a mine," says Dr Christoph Baer from the Institute of Electronic Circuits in Bochum, who collaborates with Jan Barowski and Jochen Jebramcik from the Institute of Microwave Systems at the Ruhr-Universität. This renders the search extremely difficult.
Baer: "All mines must be found, because it is a humanitarian project." This is why the team knows that they won't file any patents. The technology they develop is meant to be publicly available.
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Querying the Author Effectively
January 16, 2001
Being a good editor requires more than dotting i's, crossing t's, and knowing "that" from "which." Your success as an editor depends just as much—if not more—on your ability to communicate effectively with your authors through queries. New BAEF chair Hilary Powers drove this point home during the January 16 meeting. She provided guidelines on writing queries that convey your integrity as an editor as well as your respect for the author's work—both of which are essential in landing repeat assignments.
Powers, a freelance trade nonfiction editor since 1994, said one of the most important things to keep in mind is that when you're editing, you're writing. Good editors, like good writers, know their audience—in this case, the author. When writers get back an edited manuscript, "they know something has happened and expect it will be bad," Powers said. Rule number one: Write your query for someone who doesn't want to read it.
Your queries should convey two things, Powers said: emotional overtones of respect and admiration, and the precise thing you need from the author. Build into the tone of your written comments that you like the writer, respect the work, and know your job. At the same time, be as clear as possible in communicating what you need. The best queries require no more than the author's "yes"; next-best queries request something the author can easily furnish—a piece of information, an interpretation of a specific phrase, or a revision.
Position yourself as a facilitator of the writer's wisdom. "Give authors control because they feel out of control," Powers said. The attitude your queries should transmit to authors is that "you 'adjust' what they do and they 'correct' what you do," she said. For example, if you fear an edit may change the meaning of the text, add something like "Please correct me if I've misstated this."
Powers also advises putting the best face on your queries. Rather than "This is wordy," offer an edit along with "Is this OK? It's more concise." Replace "This is vague" with "I was not able to interpret this." Rather than "This is contradictory," explain exactly how the text may contradict itself, and offer an edit that may more clearly represent the author's idea.
As garbled as the text may be, it meant something to the author when he or she wrote it. Respect this. Communicate that you've added a sentence because the reader may need help following the writer's logic, not because the writer's logic is flawed. Or, in another case Powers presented, it's not that a passage doesn't make sense, it's just that a few words appear to have been inadvertently deleted. Also, always include the reasoning behind your more controversial edits. "If you don't sell the edit to the author, it's dead," Powers said.
Stay away from using "you" and "I" in queries. Focus on the text and reader rather than the personalities of author and editor. This advice is particularly useful when you suspect the author will not be happy, such as when you edit a locution used cleverly but incorrectly. Ask "Is this acceptable?" rather than "Do you like this?"
To score points with authors you've never worked with, Powers suggests accompanying heavily edited manuscripts with a cover letter introducing yourself and describing your background, mentioning anything that proves you're qualified to handle the project. Let the author know you're a team player. Say that you're pleased to be working on the book. Explain your editing process. Sum up what you've done.
For extra credit, make sure to include "queries" only meant to please or amuse the author, such as "Clever!" or "I like that!" If a writer uses a word or turn of phrase frequently in the text, use it in your queries. "If you usually call it a framazoid and they call it a whatsis," Powers said, "call it a whatsis."
Editors in the audience also offered suggestions. When Jeanne Pimentel offers an edit along with "Can you write something like this but in your own words?" she finds the author often chooses to go with her edit. Kristi Hein says that if a book needs a major overhaul, she'll edit a sample chapter to send to the author for approval before digging into the rest of the manuscript. Another way Hein gives authors a sense of ownership is by couching her rewrites in queries rather than inserting them into the text. She'll also tone down her role as editor by advocating for the reader, beginning a query with "As a reader, I...."
For more on this topic, explore the tipsheet by Powers Sample Author Queries.
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Putting Investors First
What does it really mean to put your clients’ interests first?
While the idea seems simple and straightforward, in practice it's more complex. Ultimately investment professionals can make changes that build better relationships with clients and investors, improve the bottom line of the firm’s business, and benefit society.
Putting investors first means to
- Commit to the highest ethical standards, and expect the same of others.
Action: Endorse the Statement of Investor Rights (PDF) and share Realize Your Rights (PDF) with your clients
- Adapt governance or incentive-related business practices so they align with and support putting the client first.
Action: Adopt the CFA Institute Asset Manager Code
- Focus on assessing and understanding your clients' needs and goals.
Action: Incorporate the Integrity List into your practice and raise awareness of it within your organization
- Participate in member society Putting Investors First events.
Action: Contact your local member society to see how you can get involved.
Statement of Investor Rights
When engaging the services of financial professionals and organizations, I have the right to:
Honest, competent, and ethical conduct that complies with applicable law
Globally, financial laws and regulations differ, but all investors have the right to honesty from financial professionals. Honesty does not just mean a truthful answer to your questions; it also means transparency and forthrightness on the part of the financial professional.
Ideally, the financial professional should give you all the information that affects the financial decisions you make as well as the information that pertains to the financial decisions made on your behalf.
Independent and objective advice and assistance based on informed analysis, prudent judgment, and diligent effort
Financial professionals must base decisions on:
- Thorough discussions with you about your needs and circumstances
- Thorough analysis of your needs and circumstances
- Thorough analysis of the products and services that may be used to meet your needs
- Carefully considered and supported judgments that match products and services with your needs and circumstances
My financial interests taking precedence over those of the professional and the organization
As the owner of the money or the assets in a financial transaction, your welfare must be considered before the welfare of the financial professional and his or her organization. It is through outstanding work and service to your interests that financial professionals earn your trust and continued business. Your money is paying the bills and salaries of these professionals, and your interests need to come before their personal interests.
Fair treatment with respect to other clients
Fair treatment is not always equal treatment, particularly regarding all of a financial professional’s clients. For example, other clients may have different objectives and different risk tolerances, resulting in investment portfolios that are very different from your own. You should not consider it unfair treatment when another client with a riskier portfolio earns higher returns or when another client’s less risky portfolio performs better when financial markets decline.
Fairness also means that you should not feel pressured or rushed to make financial decisions.
Disclosure of any existing or potential conflicts of interest in providing products or services to me
Advice from a financial professional should be based solely on the benefits to you, your financial circumstances, and your financial goals; advice should not be based on a financial professional’s personal interests. All financial professionals have an interest in being paid for their work, so you should always ask how the financial professional is paid (e.g., commission, flat fee, etc.) to ensure that his or her personal financial interests are closely aligned with your own.
A financial professional must clearly tell you about any existing or potential conflicts of interest. Because conflicts of interest are not always avoidable, that information must include not only what the conflicts of interest are but also the steps taken to reconcile them in your best interests if they cannot be avoided.
Common examples of potential conflicts of interest include:
- Being compensated for sales, not performance. Financial professionals are often not compensated based on how your investments perform but on how many investments they have sold to you or how much money you have invested with them.
- Selling higher-paying financial products instead of nearly identical but cheaper products.
An understanding of my circumstances, so that any advice provided is suitable and based on my financial objectives and constraints
Financial professionals must base decisions on facts directly relevant to your financial circumstances, needs, and goals. Financial advice should feel comfortable to you, and if it does not, you have the right to question financial professionals so that you understand how their advice fits you and your circumstances. The best way to make sure that you understand the advice being given to you is for the financial professional to put the plans created for you in writing. This plan is commonly known as the Investment Policy Statement. If you do not have an investment policy statement, ask the financial professional to create one. If you are just starting a relationship with a financial professional, then make sure that you and the financial professional create one together.
Clear, accurate, complete, and timely communications that use plain language and are presented in a format that conveys the information effectively
To understand the performance of a financial product, whether it is a checking account, life insurance policy, mutual fund, or another product, you must be able to understand the information provided by the financial professional or firm. Thus, you must receive communications — electronic, written, verbal, or otherwise — that make sense to you. If you do not understand the information given to you, you have the right to ask questions, request an explanation, and delay agreeing to the advice until the information is made clear.
An explanation of all fees and costs charged to me, and information showing these expenses to be fair and reasonable
You have the right to fully understand the expenses you are paying for investment services and products. This is true even if your financial product is as simple as a checking account. Financial professionals should be able to:
- Show that the fees you are paying are based on the same fee schedule as for all other clients who are similar to you
- Show that you are not paying more than other clients with accounts of similar size
- Share information about the fees and costs charged by competitors offering similar products, if such information is publicly available
Confidentiality of my information
You have the right to privacy of your personal and financial information. Only financial professionals and their staff directly involved in the investment decision-making or reporting processes should have access to your personal and financial information. Furthermore, your personal financial information should be disclosed to others only if it is required by law, such as through a subpoena, or by a regulator with lawful jurisdiction.
Appropriate and complete records to support the work done on my behalf
Financial professionals working on your behalf must document and make readily available to you:
- All information given to you
- All products discussed with and offered to you
- Any decisions that have the potential to affect or have affected your finances (including decisions in which you say no to the product or advice)
- Any and all other pertinent information
Translations of the Statement of Investor Rights
All of the following are PDF documents.
Afrikaans: Verklaring van Beleggersregte
Arabic: بيان حقوق المستثمرين
Assamese: Statement of Investor Rights
Chinese (Simplified): Statement of Investor Rights
Chinese (Traditional): Statement of Investor Rights
Czech: Deklarace práv investora
English: Statement of Investor Rights
Finnish: Sijoittajan oikeudet
French (Canada): Énoncé des droits des investisseurs
French (Europe): La déclaration des droits de l’investisseur
German: Statement of Investor Rights
Gujarati: Statement of Investor Rights
Hindi: Statement of Investor Rights
Indonesian: Pernyataan Hak-hak Investor
Italian: Carta dei Diritti dell’Investitore
Japanese: 投資家権利に 関する声明
Korean: 투자자 권리 성명서
Marathi: Statement of Investor Rights
Ndebele: Istatimende Samalungelo Womsisi
Polish: Deklaracja Praw Inwestora
Portuguese: Declaração dos Direitos do Investid
Sepedi: Statement of Investor Rights
Setswana: Polelo ya Ditschwanelo Tsa Mmeeletsi
Siswati: Semalungelo Emtjali-Timali
Sinhalese: Statement of Investor Rights
Slovenian: Izjavo o pravicah vlagatelja
Spanish (Europe): Declaración de Derechos de los Inversores
Spanish (Latin America): Declaración de Derechos de los Inversores
Swahili: Taarifa ya Haki za Wawekezaji
Tamil: Statement of Investor Rights
Tshivenda: Tshitatamende tsha Pfanelo dza Vhabindudzi
Ukrainian: Положення про права інвестора
Xhosa: Ngamalungelo Abatyalimali
Xitsonga: Xiviko xa Timfanelo
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Last updated: October 30, 2014
ICD9 Code: idiopathic urticaria 708.1; Angioedema 995.1; Hereditary angioedema 277.6
ICD10 Code: idiopathic urticaria L50.1; Angioedema T78.3; Hereditary angioedema (C1 esterase inhibitor deficiency) D84.1
Definition: Urticaria are well-demarcated, evanescent skin reactions characterized by erythematous or blanched elevations of the upper layers of the dermis, usually associated with intense pruritus.
A common distinction relevant to the etiology and treatment of this condition is duration: Acute urticaria is defined by symptom duration of <6 weeks, whereas chronic urticaria is present for >6 weeks. Angioedema, which often occurs along with urticaria, represents a similar process that primarily affects deeper subcutaneous tissue and is not usually associated with pruritus. Some conditions, such as the various types of hereditary and acquired angioedema, are associated with angioedema without concomitant urticaria.
Etiology: There are numerous potential inciting stimuli for urticaria. However, even after thorough investigation, a substantial number of patients will have no cause found. A major advance in the understanding of chronic urticaria has been the demonstration of circulating IgG autoantibodies with reactivity to the a subunit of the high-affinity IgE receptor (Fc-epsiol-RI) or to IgE itself, which have been demonstrated in about 40% of patients with idiopathic urticaria. In addition to this autoimmune urticaria, physical causes of urticaria are also common, accounting for ~15% of cases of chronic urticaria. Sub-types of physical urticaria include pressure urticaria, delayed pressure urticaria, exercise-induced urticaria, cold-induced urticaria (including familial forms), solar-induced urticaria, aquagenic urticaria, and cholinergic urticaria (typically brought on by heat). Additional causes of urticaria include drugs, biological products, animal stings and bites, and systemic diseases (including diseases characterized by abundant complement protein consumption, such as SLE). Mechanistically, some of these represent true type I hypersensitivity, mediated by IgE antibodies (e.g., reactions to foreign proteins such as insect venom). Others are caused by mast cell degranulation unrelated to IgE antibodies (e.g., reaction to radiocontrast dye). Mechanisms are not known for many stimuli. Among rheumatologic drugs, NSAIDs are probably the most common cause of urticaria and angioedema. Because they also inhibit the degradation of kinins, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors may be associated with angioedema. Although similar in gross appearance to common urticaria, the lesions of urticarial vasculitis are distinct both clinically (individual lesions persist for hours to days, as opposed to minutes to hours) and pathologically (with true vasculitis). Hereditary angioedema and acquired angioedema are a group of conditions characterized by angioedema without associated urticarial; some forms relate to absent or dysfunctional C1 esterase inhibitor.
Pathology: Histopathologic examination of urticarial lesions reveals dilatation and engorgement of capillaries in the skin and a minimal perivascular infiltrate often composed of lymphocytes and eosinophils. Different than what is see with vasculitis, there is neither destruction of the vessel walls nor obliteration of the vascular lumen.
Demographics: Urticaria is common, and ~10% to 20% of the population will experience urticaria at some time.
Diagnosis: Urticaria is a clinical diagnosis. Investigation into causes should be focused. Many inciting stimuli will be evident from a thorough history and physical examination supplemented by focused laboratory testing as appropriate. At present, tests for autoantibodies to Fc(RI) or IgE are not widely available. In the appropriate clinical setting, measurement of complement components may be of value (see Complement).
Treatment: For acute urticaria, removal of any offending agent and use of H1 antihistamines (older agents: diphenhydramine, hydroxyzine, cyproheptadine, brompheniramine, chlorpheniramine; newer nonsedating agents: fexofenadine, loratadine, cetirizine, desloratadine) are the mainstay of therapy. For chronic urticaria, H1 anti-histamines are still an important part of the therapeutic regimen because pruritus is often the primary complaint, and excessive scratching can exacerbate the problem. In severe refractory cases, full doses of H1 antihistamines with the addition of H2 antihistamines have been recommended. Inhibitors of leukotrienes, such as montelukast, have also been reported to be useful. In autoimmune urticaria, corticosteroids have been used in short courses for patients with severe disease. Inhibitors of calcineurin such as cyclosporine have also been used, as has intravenous immunoglobulin. The anti-IgE monoclonal antibody omalizumab has been effective in some cases. For patients with hereditary angioedema, attenuated androgens and plasma-derived C1 esterase inhibitor concentrates are used.
Greaves M. Chronic urticaria. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2000;105:664–672. PMID: 10756214
Leung D, Boguniewicz M. Advances in allergic skin diseases. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2003;111:S805–S812. PMID: 12618747
Bernstein JA, Lang DM, Khan DA, et a;/ The diagnosis and management of acute and chronic urticarial: 2014 update. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2014;133:1270-7. PMID: 24766875
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Sodium hydroxide or sodium hydroxide, which is also known as caustic soda, is a caustic hydroxide used in the manufacturing of paper, fabric, and detergents. Additionally, it is used in the petroleum industry in the elaboration of water-based perforation sludge.
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For the production of paper, it is used in synthesis in cellulose treatment to make rayon and cellophane. It is also used in the manufacturing of plastics, explosives, paint remover, electroplating, commercial, and household cleaners: soaps and other cleaning products, and fruit and vegetable coating in the food industry, among other uses. Used as a PH regulator in water treatment, equipment cleaning, beer manufacturing processes, sugar refining, dying processes, acid water treatment process, and petroleum refining.
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Nature is considered the biggest healer, and many scientists have proposed how beneficial the natural environment is to the body.
Every day we are encapsulating ourselves in our rooms, and thanks to the covid outbreak, we are forced to do so. But in all this, we forget about one of the most beautiful aspects of our lives - nature. Nature is considered the biggest healer, and many scientists have proposed how beneficial the natural environment is to the body, be it the fresh air from the trees or vitamin D from sunlight. Nature not only helps our physical body, but it also gives mental peace and calms our minds which a lot of us desperately need during this pandemic.
One such product of this nature is flowers. Flowers are an eternal source of beauty and joy and have been long associated with feelings like affection, love, etc. They act as instant mood lifters, and whenever we see a flower, it naturally changes the whole mood. If you are trying to reach the best florist near Baltimore MD, then you should definitely check out Josie's Florist.
How interacting with nature make us happier?
Sometimes we feel very sluggish and confine ourselves to our home. This is not good for us emotionally and we should regularly go outdoors because it can help get rid of the sluggishness in many ways:
- Enhances creativity: When we are alone in our home, our senses are dormant, as there is nothing much to adhere to. When we go outside, it stimulates our five senses and gets the creative juice flowing. The beautiful sight of flowers, their fresh smell can kickstart the brain and even help us get over the creative block.
- Good way of exercise: Whenever we are outdoors, there are several physical activities we can do. A walk through the park, some football time with the kids; all this exercise helps release dopamine in our body, and happiness is directly linked with dopamine levels thus, making us happier.
- Lowers stress levels: Most of the time, our homes are not illuminated properly, and living in darkness triggers our stress levels. When we go outside to soak some sunlight and feel some fresh air, it brings down our body's stress levels.
- Gratitude: Whenever we go outside and see the world, we realize how small we as an individual are in this cosmos and how just a small part of this biosphere is. There are hundreds of species co-living with us, which induces a sense of instant gratitude within us.
- Getting in sync: We need to remember that our body is made of natural elements like carbon and is meant to interact with other natural elements. Staying indoors prevents us from doing so, and that's why when we go outside after a long time, we feel fresh because our body is getting in sync with its natural counterpart, which is the environment.
How does the beauty of flowers make us happy instantly?
Three hormones control the happiness levels of our body: serotonin, dopamine, and oxytocin. The relation between dopamine secretion and flowers is quite historical. Our ancestors, who were hunter-gatherers, suffered a lot in winter due to a shortage of food. For them, the blooming of new flowers in the spring marked the end of their sad days and indicated an abundance of food that they get in the springs. That is why flowers trigger a special feeling in us humans.
The smell of flowers is not natural for us, and this new fragrance creates excitement in our brain, which releases serotonin. Oxytocin is also known as the love hormone, and we know how flowers act as a symbol of love and affection, thus releasing oxytocin in our bodies. What makes us the best florist near Baltimore MD, is that we believe that every human should constantly connect with nature. By keeping soothing flowers to their homes, humans can Live in sync with nature that not only helps them mentally or physically but emotionally too.
The visual impact of flowers
- Assists in healing: According to research, if flowers are kept in someone's hospital room, then the days they take to recover can decrease drastically. All the flowers bring with them an aura of warmth as they are appealing to our sense organs.
- Reduces stress: Some flowers have the natural ability to calm down a human's mind. That is why many scientists recommend keeping flowers and plants in our homes to uplift our moods.
- Color therapy: Some research concludes that different flowers of different colors can trigger certain emotions. For example, the color yellow is strongly associated with happiness, red with love, blue with tranquility, and purple with calmness. Since flowers come in so many colors, they are widely used in color therapy. It has been evident that color therapy has been beneficial in treating depression, uplifting mood, lowering stress and anxiety, and increasing a person's productivity.
- Helps in creating good moments: Flowers are used as a gift on all occasions like birthdays and weddings. It is also possible that your dear one gave you a certain flower on your first date, and as a result, every time you see the same flower, you think of that moment which makes you happy. Get the best birthday flowers baltimore md from here at josie's florist.
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A Guide to Growth Hacking Techniques
Growth hacking is a term that has been around since the early 2000s. It has been used to describe the process of taking new ideas and turning them into successful products, services, websites, apps, or businesses.
Growth hacking is usually associated with startups and small companies. Growth hackers are in charge of testing new ideas and seeing what works best for their business. They also work on marketing strategies such as SEO, content marketing, PR, and social media to create brand awareness for their products.
Growth hacking is an approach to customer acquisition and retention that every business should have. It’s a strategy that helps companies grow faster than their competition by focusing on user-centric marketing.
Tips To Growth Hacking Techniques To Boost Your Customers
Here are specific growth hacking techniques you should use for your business to increase your customer ratio. Let’s understand in detail growth hacking techniques.
1. Creating Engaging Content
Marketing initiatives increasingly utilize interactive material like quizzes, webinars, and videos. A significant victory in growth hacking is when you can persuade someone to stop, read, and interact with your material instead of your rival.
Because they are aware that it increases consumer engagement and brand loyalty, marketers adore interactive content. Both of those are crucial in promoting your business’s growth. An important piracy measure that can revolutionize your industry in 2022 is the retention rate for quizzes, which is relatively high.
2. Engage In Your Community
One of the ways that you can become a successful growth hacker is by creating a community. Earlier, there was a time when we used to send feedback through letters to companies. But now things are changed; in today’s time, people want feedback, and responses in the actual time, from the organizations, companies they interact with, and from whom they are purchasing.
It gets simpler to interact with them and answer their product queries the more you can organically engage with your actual customer; It’s an excellent technique to cultivate leads who are interested in issues relating to buying your items.
Having an online community will help you have more customers, not only existing but also future ones. It is an excellent way growth hack the recommendation process.
3. Utilize Your Social Media Advantage
Investigate sites that your rivals aren’t using to growth-hack your social media chain. You may distinguish your business from competitors and seize market share by operating an open sea zone on social media.
Another effective social growth hacking tactic is launching contests that motivate your crowds to use your goods or services and tell their friends in their network who might be interested in them. Since these problems we frequently see on social networking sites, they can increase your online exposure by gaining more fans, likes, and shares for your postings.
It takes time for growth to occur since it is a process. By implementing innovative marketing best practices & growth engineering those via iterative testing, marketing experts may shorten this timescale.
Experiments and shortcuts are not the only aspects of growth hacking. Its actual goal is to determine what your audience wants so that you can provide them with more of it. It’s the ideal way to kickstart your marketing efforts because of this.
Want more business hacking ideas, Visit Deepak Shukla, a growth hacking expert in London. He has assisted many customers in creating the growth staircase for their businesses.
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Paeonia lactiflora "Festiva Maxima". The name does give it away, this gorgeous heirloom variety is a feast for the eyes and nose. The bright white double flowers are adorned with little splashes of crimson. Flowers, very large are lovely scented. Stems tall and sturdy, may require a support to hold the abundance of blooms. This variety dating back to 1851 is a charming addition for any cottage or cutting garden.
If you remove the secondary buds at the size of a pea, the peony creates an even larger flower, which you might keep in a bowl of simply in a vase.
Cut your peonies with care, to make them last a week or more. For more information, click here.
Dates from 1851.
- Colour Palette
- From white to blush
- Flowering Period
- From Week 3 | Early mid
- Flower form
- Plant size
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- Intensely fragrant
- Flower Bud(s)
- One main flower bud and plenty of sidebuds
- Award of Garden Merit Royal Horticultural Society
- Ideal for
- The cutting garden
- Position & Soil
- Sunny and airy - soil well worked and not soggy
- Fully hardy -20ºC or depending on snow cover
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Coloured Paper: Red, Orange, Purple or Blue depending on who your kid likes the best
What we did:
I set both my four year old son and one year old daughter up with some green paint and a paper plate. I did wonder if the girl would actually want to do Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle crafts but she does love to splash a bit of paint around and also she had been seen playing with Raphael that morning. When they were happy with their painting I cut out the masks for them from some coloured paper and they stuck these on along with some googley eyes.
I asked the boy if he wanted to draw on a mouth or make ‘angry ones’ like on our Hulk Paper Plate Mask and lo and behold the angry ones won. I don’t mind as these mean more practice using a pen for him! I cut out the mouth shapes and using a pen he drew in the teeth for both his and his sister’s Turtles.
Just so you know, my son made Raphael and Leonardo and the splodgy painted Michaelangelo is the girls work. No one did Donatello because, true fact, Donatello is no one’s favourite. Both kids loved them and waited very patiently for them to dry and then played with them all afternoon. Day turned around. Win.
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AstraZeneca is a global, science-led biopharmaceutical company that focuses on the discovery, development and commercialisation of prescription medicines.
Our Purpose is to push the boundaries of science to deliver life-changing medicines. We believe the best way we can achieve our Purpose is to put science at the centre of everything we do. Science defines who we are. It is why we come to work every day and is part of our DNA. But this is only half of the story. We know that we do not have all the answers. We want to share ideas because we believe it results in better medicines. We want the way we work to be inclusive, open and collaborative. This approach runs through all that we do.
We focus on three main therapy areas – Oncology, Cardiovascular & Metabolic Disease (CVMD) and Respiratory – and we are also selectively active in the areas of autoimmunity, neuroscience and infection. To put ourselves in the best position to push the boundaries of science, we seek to leverage our combination of capabilities, which encompass both small molecules and biologics, and include immunotherapies and developing innovative delivery devices that can offer choice to patients. These are reinforced by a strong focus on personalised healthcare capabilities, which aim to match medicines only to those patients who will benefit from them. Our teams also work alongside the world's leading academic and biotech research institutions to stimulate innovation and evaluate emerging technologies such as Modified RNA and CRISPR genome editing.
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Certificate III in Office Management & Administration course aims to learn how to efficiently organize, manage and administer the office and the work place environment, including both personnel and office equipment and systems.
· Essential English for Business
· Introduction to Human Resource Management
· Introduction to Management and Leadership
· Organizational Skills
· Technology for Small Business Management
· Workplace Health and Safety
· Industrial Experience
· Completion of Basic Education OR
· Attainment of a Level 2 qualification.
· 18 years old AND ability to communicate in the language of instruction
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One of the major issues plaguing blockchain technology is scalability. As the number of users balloons and more transactions are added to the distributed ledger, block sizes eventually become a hindrance to growth as it takes longer and longer to process and confirm the transaction.
This issue leads to Bitcoin blockchain splintering on August 1st. If cryptocurrencies are going to pose a significant challenge to traditional centralised payment systems (Visa processes up to 56,000 transactions per second), they will need to find a way to leap the block size hurdle. Even platforms like Ethereum, with unlimited block size, cannot escape this contentious issue.
The Raiden Network promises a solution to Ethereum’s scalability conundrum. Named after a Mortal Kombat character, the Raiden Network, instead of processing all transactions on the Ethereum blockchain, Raiden performs as a second layer network (think Bitcoin’s Lightning Network) enabling the private exchange of messages to sign transactions. Transactions are pushed through at a fraction of a second. This protocol is an extension to Ethereum. Raiden complements the existing ecosystem and makes it far more efficient.
The Raiden protocol can handle over 1 million transactions per second without even breaking a sweat, a breakthrough that positions it as a significant threat to existing financial payment networks. Raiden network is also designed to facilitate low transaction fees, allowing for the transfer of even lower values. Thich by extension makes a worldwide decentralised economy that much more possible.
Raiden technology, in addition to facilitating crypto-based micro payments, could potentially aid in the creation of, new kinds of token systems, decentralised markets, and exchanges (doing away with third party exchanges as we know them today)
The official release for Raiden was set for March of this year then pushed back to April, no sign of it yet, however. Developers assure us that it is on its way and was more than 60% complete and we should be hearing of an Ethereum soft fork to implement the protocol soon. For now, we wait in anticipation.
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image: Krishna with Radha
“The eye through which I see God is the same eye through which God sees me;
my eye and God’s eye are one eye, one seeing, one knowing, one love.”
Meister Eckhart, Sermons of Meister Eckhart
We need to fully understand love if we wish to fall in love with the supreme love, known as “Divine Love.” Nevertheless, such an understanding is not something that happens outside this world or beyond our space-time continuum. This is because each object in this world manifests the divine and thus, we as individuals can encounter the divine in anything, anywhere and at any time.
But once this understanding happens, and it is crucial that it does happen at some point, we come to realise that the divine permeates everything. Thus, one way of defining divine love would be by falling in love with everything, as distinguished from the love of one particular object. But this definition does not sufficiently distinguish divine love from human love and the question still remains: is the nature of divine love (i.e., the love of everything) the same as human love?
Once we acquire the realisation that the divine permeates everything, then the nature or mode of our love of the divine changes dramatically. As the object of our love becomes “everything,” the manner of our loving evolves from human to Divine. This is known as enlightenment.
Divine love may begin with our loving another person, but gradually our love grows to embrace everything in the world, and as our love encompasses everything, we transcend the norms associated with human love and the manner of loving changes.
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The question of how to enlarge a room is of concern to most of the population of our country due to the fact that many people live in small apartments, and not everyone can improve the housing situation.
If the room has a balcony, then an increase in the area of the room by a few meters is possible by combining the space of these two territories. To do this, a balcony or loggia needs to be glazed. To insulate the facade, the roof of the balcony, the floor, the sides, to equip additional heat supply in the form of a warm floor or a local heater. In some cases, if there is no balcony, then its extension is possible. This practice is usually used for apartments on the first floor.
In the event that it is not possible to find additional meters, then the problem of "how to enlarge the room" goes into the plane of technical and design solutions. If the tenants do not plan any extravagant interiors, then in general, designers recommend using light colors and paints without a large pattern for small rooms. Bright spots and large decorative elements are possible only in the form of separate components, so that the decor of the room does not irritate the nervous system and does not reducespace visually. Many designers, decorating small rooms, choose white, blue, greenish, gray tones in decoration in combination with light-colored furniture, which allows them to achieve the optimal effect.
The solution for a small room should include proper lighting, which means no heavy curtains and minimal occlusion of daylight coming from the window. Heavy chandeliers are contraindicated in small rooms, so the best examples of design are often equipped with built-in lights or small shades and sconces.
Designers also give some tips on how to enlarge a room with interior items.
Firstly, the furniture for such rooms should stand along the walls or be built-in. Significantly "facilitate" the interior of light plastic chairs with thin legs, shelves and facades of glass cabinets, etc.
Secondly, mirrors and objects with mirror surfaces, which have long been considered one of the best for creating the effect of expanded space, are very relevant. At the same time, it is not at all necessary to mirror the whole wall, especially in the bedrooms. You can just hang a few small mirrors with trim or make a mirrored border under the ceiling that will reflect the light from the chandelier.
Thirdly, in a small room, at least, there should not be a large number of items in sight - everything unnecessary must be put away in cabinets, which in turn should not be wide.
Fourthly, paintings or murals used in small spaces should have a perspective view.
Fifthly, it is not recommended to use dark colors when decorating the floor. On the contrary, the flooring should be in beige, grayish tones, perhaps with a diagonal pattern that will also "expand" the room.
Thus, for those who are struggling with the problem of how to enlarge a room, we can recommend a minimalist style in the design and furnishings of the room, which will allow you to save maximum free space, air and light.
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Iceland's biggest volcano has not erupted since February 2015, but after a series of earthquakes over the past week, there are fears it could erupt again.
And this time, it might cause chaos for the airline industry.
Bardarbunga, which is under the ice cap of the Vatnajökull glacier, is “clearly preparing for its next eruption” within the next few years, University of Iceland volcanology expert Páll Einarsson told The Express. It was hit by four separate earthquakes, measuring 3.9, 3.2, 4.7 and 4.7 on the Richter scale.
In a separate interview with The Daily Star, Einarsson added that the latest tremors are part of a series that has going on for two years and is a sign that pressuring is building inside the volcano and its magma chamber.
Unlike the explosion of volcano Eyjafjallajökull in 2010, which put thousands of tons of mineral ash into the air and caused more than 10 million airline passengers to be stranded, the most recent explosion of Bardarbunga did not disrupt the airline industry. It did, however, impact the air quality in Iceland.
If Bardarbunga were to erupt, some experts believe that a similar scenario to what happened with Eyjafjallajökull could play out.
University College London professor Dr. Simon Day told The Express: “Activity could precede a large explosive eruption and consequent widespread ash fall but it is statistically unlikely."
Day added that more has to happen before a major explosion, giving it odds of 1 in 100.
“It's not very likely that the current activity will lead to an eruption breaking the ice or erupting along the rift zone," he said.
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Culture: The missing link in health research
Publish Year: 2016
Culture is essential for humans to exist. Yet surprisingly little attention has been paid to identifying how culture works or developing standards to guide the application of this concept in health research. This paper describes a multidisciplinary effort to find consensus on essential elements of a definition of culture to guide researchers in studying how cultural processes influence health and health behaviors. We first highlight the lack of progress made in the health sciences to explain differences between population groups, and then identify 10 key barriers in research impeding progress in more effectively and rapidly realizing equity in health outcomes. Second, we highlight the primarily mono-cultural lens through which health behavior is currently conceptualized, third, we present a consensus definition of culture as an integrating framework, and last, we provide guidelines to more effectively operationalize the concept of culture for health research. We hope this effort will be useful to researchers, reviewers, and funders alike.
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a zinc supplement, which is a form of zinc that is found in the skin.
The study, published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, found that the zinc supplements were effective in reducing the risk of developing type 2 diabetes. The researchers also found a link between the use of the supplements and a reduction in blood pressure.
What are the benefits of taking zinc?
Zinc is a mineral that is essential for the body to function properly. It is also a powerful antioxidant that helps to protect the cells from damage. zinc is an essential mineral for your body. Zinc helps your cells to repair themselves and to maintain their health. The body uses zinc to help it to grow and repair itself. This is why zinc supplements are so important. They help to prevent and treat many diseases. In fact, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that people take zinc daily.
What is the best way to take Z?
What is the best supplement for zinc?
Zinc is a mineral that is essential for the body. It is also a very important mineral for your brain. Zinc helps to protect your nervous system from damage caused by stress. zinc is an essential mineral in your body, and it is important for many things. The best way to get zinc in the right amount is to take a supplement that contains zinc. This is because zinc helps your cells to function properly. You can find a variety of zinc supplements on the market. Some of the most popular zinc products include:
The best zinc supplement is one that has been tested and approved by the FDA. If you are looking for a zinc-rich supplement, you should look for one with a label that says “ZINC-FREE”.
If you want to know more about zinc, check out this article on zinc and the brain.
What are the benefits of taking zinc with other supplements?
Are zinc supplements safe?
Zinc is a mineral that is found in many foods, including some foods that are high in zinc. Zinc supplements are not recommended for pregnant women, children, or people with certain medical conditions. and
. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that women who are pregnant or breastfeeding should not take zinc-containing supplements.
Which zinc is best for immune system?
Zinc is a mineral that is found in the body. It is also found naturally in foods like nuts, seeds, and fish. Zinc helps to protect the immune systems of the human body from harmful bacteria and viruses.
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TE are a global manufacturer producing a huge array of innovative connectivity and sensing products. TE’s expertise, engineering capability, and more than 75 years at the forefront of technology has resulted in their products being used across all areas of society and industry. Their products can be found from smart homes, to renewable energy, medical devices, global communications, power and utility networks, military and aerospace, and mass transportation. Aerco’s focus with TE is on their ruggedised interconnect products. This is supported by an agreement on 2 of TE’s high reliability brands, Deutsch and Polamco
Deutsch are a leading global manufacturer of interconnect solutions for harsh environments. Deutsch’s expertise focuses on key technologies all centred around providing ruggedised connectors that will perform in the most demanding of environments and where ultra-high reliability is crucial. Glass to metal seal technology is used to produce Hermetic connectors that will withstand pressure differentials of up to 15000psi without the loss of electrical performance or fluid leakage.
Fiber optic connectors using both butt joint and expanded beam technology ensure interference free communication links that can accommodate 10G Ethernet protocols. Filter connectors for the suppression of EMI/RFI are available in planar or surface mount technologies and are provided in C, LC, PI and T configurations. Transient voltage protection can also be provided.
Ruggedised circular and rectangular connectors are designed to operate under the toughest of conditions, from engine connectors working up to 260˚C to D38999 IV connectors that will meet high impact shock as per MIL-S-901 and high vibration as per MIL-STD-202. All major military specifications and qualifications are supported, notably MIL-C-26482, D38999 III & IV, MIL-DTL-83723, EN3645, PAN6432, and JN1003 & JN1034.
Under the Polamco brand TE manufacture a comprehensive range of backshells and accessories for a wide selection of ruggedised circular and rectangular connectors. Polamco was founded on high precision engineering, and their connector backshell solutions are designed to meet any application demand for water tight sealing, 360˚ RFI/EMI shielding, and/or cable strain relief.
Adaptors include band strap versions, cone clamps, constant force springs, tinel rings, conduit adaptors and heatshrink screened kits. Protective caps and stowage receptacles are also available to fit all mil-spec connectors series. Along with the backshells they can be supplied in a range of plating finishes, including RoHS compliant zinc nickel, zinc cobalt, and electroless nickel.
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When database tables are read using logical databases, you can use a special variant of the CHECK statement in the event blocks for GET events.
The statement checks if the contents of the interface work area that has been filled by the logical database for the current GET event, meets the conditions in all selection tables that are linked to the database table read.
This variant of the CHECK statement only works in conjunction with selection criteria that are linked to database tables, and should only be used for GET events.
Since the CHECK statement cannot be used until after a row has been read by the logical database, you should use this variant only if the selections provided by the logical database are not sufficient to meet your requirements, and the relevant table is not designated for dynamic selections.
The following program is linked to logical database F1S.
REPORT demo_seltab_get_event. NODES: spfli,sflight. SELECT-OPTIONS: max FOR sflight-seatsmax, occ FOR sflight-seatsocc. GET sflight. WRITE: / spfli-carrid, spfli-connid. CHECK SELECT-OPTIONS. WRITE: sflight-seatsmax, sflight-seatsocc.
After the program has been started, the selection screen appears, which the user might fill in as follows:
The list output appears as follows:
The system reads all rows from SFLIGHT that meet the selection criteria of the logical database. If these contents do not meet the selection criteria max and occ defined in the program, the system leaves the GET event before writing the contents of seatsmax and seatsocc onto the screen.
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A phase 3 clinical trial found the 3-antigen (3A) formulation of the hepatitis B virus (HBV) vaccine was more effective than the single-antigen (1A) formulation. These findings were published in JAMA Network Open.
Healthy adults (N=2838) aged 18 to 45 years were recruited for this randomized, double-blind trial. Between 2017 and 2019 at 37 centers in 6 countries across Europe and North America, participants were randomly assigned in a 1:1:1:1 ratio to receive 3 doses on days 0, 28, and 168 of the 1A-HBV vaccine or the 3A-HBV vaccine from 1 of 3 consecutive lots (A, B, and C). Immunogenicity was assessed up to day 336.
The study population consisted of 57.8% women. Participants were aged mean 33.5 (SD, 8.0) years, 91.5% were White, and median body mass index was 25.4 (IQR, 13.9-34.9) kg/m2.
Geometric mean concentration (GMC) ratios of antihepatitis B surface antigens were within the prespecified range of 0.67 to 1.50 for those who received the 3A-HBV vaccine from all lots (A vs B: 0.82; A vs C: 0.95; B vs C: 1.16).
The seroprotection rate of the pooled 3A formulation was 99.3% (95% CI, 98.8%-99.6%) compared with 94.8% (95% CI, 92.7%-96.4%) for 1A. The proportion of individuals achieving antihepatitis B surface antigen concentrations of ³100 mlU/mL was higher among 3A recipients at days 168 (55.3% vs 16.6%), 196 (95.8% vs 86.3%), and 336 (92.7% vs 74.0%).
Vaccine discontinuation for adverse events occurred among 0.5% of the pooled 3A recipients and 0.3% for the 1A recipients. Vaccine-related events included injection site pain, osteoarthritis, dizziness, and oropharyngeal pain. Any adverse events were reported by 68.0% of the 3A and 60.1% of the 1A recipients. There was 1 case of sudden cardiac death 7 days after receiving the 3A-HBV vaccine.
This study was limited by defining protection against hepatitis B infection as the seroprotection rate.
These data indicate that 3 doses of the 3A-HBV vaccine formulation is likely more protective against hepatitis B infection among heathy adults.
Disclosure: Multiple authors declared affiliations with industry. Please refer to the original article for a full list of disclosures.
Vesikari T, Finn A, van Damme P, et al. Immunogenicity and safety of a 3-antigen hepatitis B vaccine vs a single-antigen hepatitis B vaccine. a phase 3 randomized clinical trial. JAMA Netw Open. 2021;4(10):e2128652. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.28652
This article originally appeared on Gastroenterology Advisor
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By Kimberly Johnson
A large goal and focus of my trip is to evaluate cultural awareness and growth of cultural competence in the undergraduate students. So what is cultural competence and why is it so important? Cultural competence is a person’s ability to understand and accommodate the differences in others values, beliefs, and traditions. So why is my focus on the changes in cultural competence in undergraduate students? In 1-2 years these students will be responsible for the care of patients. Yes, most students will be practicing in the U.S., but our home country is titled the “melting pot” for a reason. These students will see individuals of many diverse populations on a daily basis. It is important that they are aware of cultural differences and how these differences can impact the care and overall health of individuals. As nurses, these students will be expected to provide holistic care to each one of their patients; they must cover all areas of the nursing metaparadigm (the person, environment, health, and nursing care).
Cultural competence training is difficult and complex. It would be almost impossible to prepare nursing students to provide care to all of the diverse populations they will see. One of the best ways to prepare nursing students to provide culturally competent care is through three steps.
1. They should reflect and become aware of their own personal bias.
2. They should go through cultural immersion, thus, increasing their experiences and comfort with diversity
3. They should advocate and assist patient populations in overcoming cultural barriers
These three steps are vital to the growth of cultural competence. These steps must be viewed as an ongoing process, which nurses should always view as a standard to be met. They must never forget that every patient is different and no individual will ever fit a mold.
If you are reading this, and are not a healthcare professional…
cultural competence is still applicable to you. As human beings we must always seek to see one another as valued individuals. Diversity is a gift. We can, and should learn to value differences. By following these three steps in your own life, you can grow and become more connected to the differences and needs of those surrounding you.
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One of the biggest challenges online students face is time management. It takes a particular form of self-discipline to be successful as an online learner. Fear not: those skills aren’t out of reach.[...]
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>This tree was tall. It was born as a hybrid, created to be a pulp tree for the paper industry. It grew quickly, spread its seeds quickly (we pulled out its descendants every spring), and reached for the sky amidst the other trees in our old, historic neighborhood. It fell not to a lumbering crew, but to an urban tree crew with chainsaws and ropes.
The scientist who once lived in the house across the street experimented with trees, combined the cottonwood and poplar, created a successful cross-breed for his industry and planted one in his front yard. That tree was a climber for the kids, a host for birds’ nests, and a favorite route for traveling squirrels. But in the last year or two, it was leaning, stooping like an elderly grandparent reluctant to use a walker. Every storm would drop a few branches in the yard or the street, and the family was nervous. What would it take to knock this once-stately old giant into a home? At its size, it could take two or three homes with it if it fell.
So the humans took it down before the winter winds could do it. In keeping with the legend and the memories, Chuck and I salvaged several pieces. Chuck sliced a few thin for me; I’ll take them into my classroom. My students can look at the rings, analyze the age of the tree, and imagine the history it has seen.
A teacher down the hall is an expert in forestry. She’s offered to look over the rings and help me interpret. In exchange, I’ll share the rich stories of the tree, its developers, and its fans.
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The AT91SAM7S development board provides a convenient way of experimenting with the ARM microcontroller. However the pcb is very densely populated and there are no bolt holes on the board. So in order to be able to fix the board to a base I 3D printed four support clips for the board. The pcb supplied to me had four rubber feet attached to the bottom of the board so it stands a few mm proud and made the clips so they held the board firmly without being too tight.
I also wanted to use the on-board usb bootloader which requires a few ports to be programmed manually to reset the internal programme. This reset can be achieved by bringing the TST, PA0, PA1 and PA2 high then powering the board for 10 seconds. After that TST is pulled low and the board re-powered. I used a four-pole toggle switch to these pins so that I could easily arrange for this. I therefore also 3D printed a holder for the toggle switch.
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The cleaning franchise is a smart investment in any market. Every business needs the support of the cleaning maintenance services, sanitation, and. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects a 15 percent increase in demand for commercial cleaning and janitorial service for 10 years.
Cleaning company is stable, as any commercial business has an ongoing need for service and maintenance of cleaning equipment. In the housing sector, consumer spending on laundry services remains strong. Even in a recession, consumers are willing to pay someone else to provide house cleaning services.
It can be associated with today's busy lifestyles, families with more than one working parent, and an increase in activities outside the home.
Cleaning franchises provide the services you can feel good about. By investing in a cleaning franchise, you help businesses and the people who work there flourish in an environment that is clean, safe.
You contribute to a sustainable planet by offering services of environmental cleaning and green technology. You will help busy families keep the house cleaner and allow them to spend more time with their children.
You can help businesses maintain a fleet of vehicles and other equipment to improve the safety of workers. Investing in and have a cleaning franchise does not mean you do service.
You will be responsible for maintaining business operations, including staffing, daily coordination manager, marketing assistance and serving as a liaison between business operations and franchising.
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Paper Children Online Screening Toolkit
The YouTube Originals documentary, Paper Children, tells the story of a family that flees gang violence in Honduras. When they come to the U.S. they find a confusing, inconsistent and, at times, a cruel asylum system.
Learn more about the film in our exclusive interview with director Alexandra Codina.
Watch the full 1-hour film:
As you plan your virtual documentary screening and discussion, make sure to include the online meeting platform in your plan. Below are a few options for platforms that are free and easy to use. Your SCAN staff contact may also have preferences about online meeting platforms.
|Zoom||Messenger Rooms||Skype||Google Meet|
|Participant Limit||Up to 100||Up to 50||Up to 50||Up to 100|
|Time Limit||40 minutes||None||None||60 minutes|
|Account Sign Up||Click here||N/A||N/A||Click here|
|Meeting Set Up||Click here||Click here||Click here||Click here|
|Sharing Video||Click here||Click here||Click here||Click here|
Practice makes perfect! Each platform has different features you should familiarize yourself with in advance. Consider testing the platform a few times before the meeting.
Check to make sure you know how to:
• Start and end your meeting.
• Create and share the link to join the meeting.
• Stream the film, including ensuring that the audio works for participants.
• Check that your microphone and video are working.
• Remove someone who wasn’t invited or is being disruptive.
Test your internet connection in advance.
Plugging directly into your modem will give you the best connection so attendees can hear and see you clearly. If you can’t plug in, sit as close to your router as possible.
Check your video.
Position yourself close to the camera and frame your face so your eyes are in the top third of the frame. Check your lighting and position yourself so there are no lamps or bright windows in the background. A simple, uncluttered background works best.
Practice sharing the film.
Each platform has different instructions for sharing a video in a video conference. Practice sharing the documentary in advance with another participant to ensure the audience can hear and see the film, so you don’t have to troubleshoot during the event.
Having clear goals and an outline for what you plan to cover will help keep the meeting on track.
Ask guests to mute when they aren’t talking.
This will limit background noise.
Email your SCAN staff contact or [email protected] for support.
1. Provide up to 5 minutes at the beginning of the event for participants to join. Take this time to remind participants to mute their microphones to reduce background noise.
2. Welcome participants and thank them for joining. Provide an introduction to SCAN for newcomers.
3. Show the film! The full version is an hour long. You can also show a shorter clip [coming soon!], which focuses on root causes for immigration and what happens once asylum seekers arrive in the United States.
4. Engage the audience in a discussion using our sample questions or your own. Keep in mind that SCAN is a bipartisan organization, so try to keep the conversation from becoming too partisan or focused on attacking specific politicians or parties.
5. Invite participants to take action by signing our petition to protect children and families seeking asylum. Provide next steps for newcomers if they are interested in staying engaged with SCAN, such as inviting them to join your SCAN club or Community Action Team, attend a future event or sign up for our action alert emails.
6. Follow-up by sending a thank you email to participants and reminding them to take action and plug-in to future events.
Below are some sample discussion questions to help you get the conversation going after watching the film:
• Can you relate to the family featured in Paper Children? How are your lives the same? How are they different?
• Imagine you and your family had to make the difficult decision to leave your home. What would you be leaving behind and what would you hope for?
• Did this film change your perception of asylum seekers? How does their story compare to what is portrayed in the media?
• How are children treated differently in the film than adults?
• How might this film influence your own advocacy efforts?
For a deeper dive into the film and more discussion ideas, check out the Paper Children discussion guide.
Online documentary screenings are more engaging when you invite participation. Here are ways you can engage people throughout your screening event.
Invite participants to call on Congress and the White House to stop the violations of children’s rights. You can drop this link in the chat box and encourage people to act. Invite people to complete the action several times throughout your event as some people may miss the link the first couple of times, especially if you have an active chat box.
Create Poll Questions
Polls are a great way to invite engagement during the screening and discussion.
Ideas for poll questions include:
• How closely are you following the news about migrant child’s rights violations in the U.S.?
[Answer choices: very closely, somewhat closely, not that closely]
• Is seeking asylum in the U.S. protected by law?
[Answer choices: yes, no, I’m not sure. The correct answer is yes.]
• What is one way you will help to protect children’s rights following our screening?
[Answer choices: sending an email to my members of Congress; writing a letter to the editor; getting involved with SCAN locally; all of the above]
Leverage the Chat Box
Not everyone feels comfortable speaking on a video call. Invite responses to discussion questions in the chat box. The facilitator can read responses to discussion questions to the group and invite others to comment on them.
If you are working with a SCAN staff member to organize your screening, they can create an event page to use in your promotion efforts. SCAN staff will also help spread the word to supporters in the area through our email list, website and social media. Here are other ways you can get the words out:
Invite partners to cohost
Involve other nonprofits in the community and/or student clubs to cohost your screening. Local refugee resettlement organizations, immigrant rights’ groups, ACLU and UNICEF clubs are good groups to start with. Even if they don’t opt to partner, they may agree to promote the event.
Share on social media
Consider creating a Facebook event, which enables you to easily invite friends and share regular updates to get folks excited for your screening.
Be sure to invite your networks to your screening on your different social media channels. Here are some sample posts:
• Join me for a free, online screening of @PaperChildrenDoc with @SavetheChildrenActionNetwork on [date/time]! This is a powerful story of a family seeking safety in the U.S.: [link]
• Our country’s asylum system can be nonsensical and even cruel, especially for children. Learn more during the @SavetheChildrenActionNetwork screening of Paper Children at [date/time]. Sign up for this free, online event at [link].
Social media tags
Knowing who to tag in your social media posts is crucial! Here are the tags you’ll want to use when posting about your screening:
Text your friends
A short, personalized text to your friends is a great way to spread the word. Here’s an example text:
Hi [first name]! I wanted to invite you to an online event on [date/time] I’m helping to organize. It’s a screening of a new documentary called Paper Children. It tells the story of a family fleeing gang violence in Honduras. They come to America and face new challenges with our asylum system. It’s a really powerful story! Will you join me?
[If they say “yes,” be sure to share the link to the event and any other key details.]
Writing a letter to the editor following the screening of Paper Children is a great way to reach a wider audience. Customize the sample letter below and submit to your local newspaper.
To the Editor:
Following the election and looking forward to the next four years, it’s important our nation doesn’t repeat the devastating mistakes of the last four years, especially when it comes to the treatment of children and families at our southern border.
Over the past four years, we’ve witnessed harmful federal government actions, such as separating children from their families – resulting in 666 children with missing parents – and incarcerating toddlers in order to frighten and deter fellow migrants and asylum seekers.
The COVID-19 pandemic has been used to expand anti-immigrant policies and close our southern border to children and families fleeing violence. Thousands of children have been expelled from our country without due process or regard for their health and safety. Shamefully, the U.S. immigration system now delivers punishment, rather than protection. Immigrant children – the most vulnerable of all – have suffered most.
Join me and Save the Children Action Network (SCAN) in urging the new Biden administration to fulfill its campaign promises to end family separation, reunify families, address the root causes of migration, protect the safety and well-being of immigrant children and find compassionate alternatives to detention.
Children – no matter where they are from – deserve to be safe. A new administration offers our nation the opportunity to rebuild a stronger, child-centric asylum and immigration system, and to correct past wrongs. Nothing is more important.
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This land is known for the threatening extinction of the Sunderbans and for erosion of the longest shoreline (Cox’s Bazaar) and political instability; but looking past that, Bangladesh is a treasure trove of culture, food and adventure. The heart warming, hospitable people, bustling and vibrant roads, street-shopping deals and delicious food await you.
If you’re visiting Dhaka in Bangladesh, you should know it is a very crowded capital [it is one of the densest cities in the world]. Rickshaws are the most convenient mode of transport since they can navigate through thin lanes. The climate in Bangladesh is hot from March to June; cool & rainy from June to October; and winter cold from October to March. Best time to travel: April [it’s only starting to rain typically]
Although it is slightly risky to travel alone at night, the city is quite safe if you’re moving in groups. It is advised to travel in a car if you’re visiting landmarks late at night.
This travel piece brings you the bright, colourful snippets from a country of intense diversity:
Be it Eid, Durga Pooja, Christmas or New Year’s Eve, buildings are always adorned in twinkling, festive on every street corner. I encountered the festive night life in Dhaka and it far surpassed my expectations. Foot tapping music, a woody Christmas ambiance, the scent of cinnamon in the air – it will undoubtedly pull you into cheery spirits.
Pohela Boishakh (Bengali New Year) on 14th April:
This is the celebration where you get to see true colors of our culture and heritage. First, participate in the early morning parade where celebrators walk from one spot to another, all dressed up in red and white.
Second, savour a traditional breakfast called, “Panta Bhaath and Ilish Maach” ([his is a traditional food where the cooked rice is soaked in water for the night and you are later served the rice with a crunchy/ crispy Hilsha Fish fry on the side along with chillis and onions] and finally, attend cultural concerts and plays conducted at the Dhaka University Campus.
Pohela Falgun [Welcoming Spring] on 13th February:
This is a treat for the eyes – Citizens dress up in the blossoming colors of yellow, orange and green in order to welcome the season of spring. It’s like a painted landscape.
Make sure you don’t miss out on the Durga Puja celebrations taking place around the city and traditional book fairs, SME fairs being organized throughout the year – these are events where you can mingle with the locals and really get to know the ins and outs.
The Notable Tourist Spots:
This list features famous spots that are customary to any visit to Dhaka:
Hatirjheel Bridge point: Great for if you’re looking for a good vantage point to take this city in or for a photo-op place.
Old Dhaka (Puraan Dhaka)
Puthia Palace: Surrounded by ditches, this palace is a must-visit for designers and architects, showcasing Indo-Saracenic Revival architecture.
Dhanmondi Lake: One of the relatively quieter spots in Dhaka, if you’re looking to go boating with friends and want to have a picnic in the greens, pay this place a visit.
Bongobondhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s House: This is a great historic site to give you a glimpse into the life of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the Nationalist leader in Bangladesh.
From steaks to sandwiches, biryani to sushi, everything is available at ease! Dhaka has turned into a food paradise over the last few years with the restaurateur business seeing a big boom. Here are the culinary must-haves of Dhaka:
Fuchka and Chotpoti from the street carts:
Fuchka is a Bengali speciality – a version of the spicy Indian pani puri. It is known as the heaven of food in disguise!
Price: 50-100 Taka (Fuchka + Chotpoti)
Chicken/Beef Shawarma and Lemon Mint juice
Yes I agree that their shawarmas will not be anywhere near to the ones we eat in Dubai! But it is surely delicious. When eating the shawarma, make sure you do add in the Chili paste that they serve you at the tables. Without it, the shawarma will be nothing!
Hakasa (Thai and Chinese):
Pepper Lime Squid – This tangy and slightly spicy dish will have you begging for more – if you’re a fan of Chinese cuisine and squid, you’ll love this one.
Price: 220 Taka (Good for 2 people or more)
Beef/Chicken Steak- Served with sides of mashed potatoes and steamed vegetables, the trio is the best known in town till date [slurp, slurp]!
Price: 585++ Taka (1 Person)
Yellow Submarine Café:
Waffle Fans, this café serves the most scrumptious waffles in town. Most preferred waffle? GO BANANAS!
Price: 300 Taka and Above (1 per person)
Star restaurant is well known for its traditional kababs and kachchi biryani. The Kachchi biryani is a famous Bengali delicacy cooked very differently from Indian or Pakistani biryani. So if you are a die-hard grill food lover, or a biryani fanatic, this is the place to eat at!
Price: 400 Taka and above (1 Biryani enough for 2 people)
Madchef is a cart station where you get the yummiest of sandwiches and burgers at a very reasonable price. Look out for Cheezus, the Chicken and herb sandwich.
Price: 410 Taka (Price varies according to the types) (1 sandwich/burger per person).
On a closing note, it really is true what they say there: “Life gives you endless opportunities to explore, because in Bangladesh, there is more.”
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REVIEW: THE DAVID FOSTER WALLACE READER
The risk with reverence and legacy is that something happens to our willingness to engage. The work is transformed from an organic thing into a stolid, matte monolith that so many readers will just monkey up to and cautiously touch before scampering away again. The idea of David Foster Wallace is much more daunting than the work itself, which is loving and curious, and so thoroughly alive.
Six years after his death, The David Foster Wallace Reader arrives as a somewhat complicated tome. At first blush, it feels like a looming, lifeless statue, a memorial, securing DFW's legacy as a giant of literature. But getting inside and jumping around in it, this sampler of a three decade career feels somewhat like crawling through the veins of living whale: though mind-boggling and huge, the work of DFW is a blown up version of our own mechanics. Hopefully, the Reader will prove to the leery or the over-reverent readers just how readable, how accessible DFW is. Hopefully it make those giant veins less intimidating.
For those already comfy with DFW's career, there's not much in the Reader that you won't already have in your library. There is "The Planet Trillaphon as It Stands in Relation to the Bad Thing," DFW's first published story from 1984 - a hard to read story about a young guy struggling with being altered by anti-depressants - as well as a section of Teaching Materials that one might want more of and with more context.
Beyond the obvious loss and tragedy, one selfish lingering bummer regarding the death of DFW was he was becoming more and more readable. Consider The Lobster, DFW's final collection of non-fiction, reads like a complicated person finally starting to learn how to express the enormity of his thoughts and feelings to anyone who'll listen. "Good teachers," writes DFW's mother, Sally Foster Wallace, in the introduction to Teaching Materials, "are those who so love their subject that they try with all their might and main to help students love them, too, forever." And I would use this quote to help calm anyone dreading what they see as the task of engaging with the work of DFW. It's all love, you guys. Love, and the joy and confusion and hurt that results from loving anything so much.
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We have driven past this museum plenty of times in the past few years and finally this past weekend, we had a chance to stop by and check the place out.
A little more known than the Canmore museum but still somewhat small, the Whyte museum takes you through the history of Banff. The museum focuses on the Luxton family, the Whyte family as well as the importance of the Stoney Nakoda Nations people back when Banff was just beginning to grow. Both families and the Nations people played a huge role in turning Banff into the popular tourist town it is today.
We don't want to spoil any juicy details or good stories for you so we'll let you check it out for yourself!
There are many collections of traditional clothing from the Stoney Nakoda Nations people and animal heads and furs that one of the townspeople (Mr. Luxton) used to kill and sell. Ever wanted to feel the fur of a black bear, goat or a bison? Well you can with the patches of fur next to the fur shop that Mr. Luxton had that is now set up on display.
For all the ladies, there is another room dedicated to the fashion of the 1900's. You can find a collection of women's fashionable attire including evening gowns, jewelry, shoes, handbags and lingerie (see, they even included something to keep the men entertained!).
Downstairs, there are different showings for different times. Right now until April 2011, they are selling some artwork pieces including hand blown glass and a chair made up of mirror pieces. Not too sure how comfortable that chair would be to sit up, but intriguing none-the-less especially for all you ladies who like shiny stuff!
Currently in another room, they have the "Through the Lens" collection which are digital photographs that have been taken by high school students. Although amateur, you wouldn't have guessed so with some of the pieces on the wall.
And lastly, the best part of the museum was the included 30 min tour of 2 heritage homes that belonged to Philip and Pearl (Brewster) Moore and the Whytes. The Whyte house is the original house of Peter and Catharine Whyte who founded the Whyte museum and is still sitting in the same place as it did when it was first built in the early 1900's. The house includes all the original contents belonging to the family down to the paintings, furniture and book collections.
The Moore's house was moved closer to the museum but it is the original house with the original contents as well (except for the kitchen which fell off when the house was being moved and therefore has a modern 1970's look that does not fit with the rest of the house).
Both houses are beautiful and have some incredible stories to accompany them and is a definite bonus to visiting the museum.
If the information above is out of date or we missed something, shoot us an e-mail from our contact page or leave a comment below.
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Russia’s FX reserves slip from its grasp
We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest War in Ukraine news every morning.
The Central Bank of Russia’s substantial reserves stockpile was meant to maintain the currency’s stability in the face of market panic.
The reserves — worth $630bn, as of the end of January — are made up of assets and deposits denominated in the world’s major currencies (that is, the dollar, euro, sterling and the yuan). As well as almost 2,300 tonnes of gold.
The stockpile was there so that the central bank could intervene in foreign exchange markets, shoring up the rouble in the event of volatility. There’s a Jedi mind-trick aspect to building up reserves too — if markets know you’ve got a load of them, they’re less likely to challenge you to use them.
The sanctions imposed by the US, EU and UK against the central bank are likely to render a lot, if not quite all, of these reserves useless. To understand what the CBR is, and isn’t, likely to have at its disposal when the banks open tomorrow morning, it’s worth taking a close look at what’s known as the “Data Template for International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity”.
The snapshot below was taken from the Twitter account of former Alphavillain Matthew Klein. We tried to find the official data on the central bank’s website, but it was no longer available.
Securities make up a little more than half ($311bn) of what the CBR had at its disposal. According to its annual report, these assets were mostly highly rated, with just 6.8 per cent of them holding less than an A rating.
Given their high ratings, most of them will probably be highly liquid and easy to sell in times of panic. But how does the Russian central bank turn these securities into cash in the event that it needs access to dollars or euros fast? Well, it needs to rely on global finance.
Here’s how Ousmène Mandeng, a visiting fellow at the London School of Economics and Political Science who has spent decades working in the field of central bank reserve management, explained it to us:
Foreign exchange reserves are not held by central banks. Securities and money never move, everything is external . . .
In the case of securities, central banks would ask their brokers to sell the asset in question . . . In the case of, say, a German government bond [that the CBR owns], the broker in Frankfurt will call other brokers to announce the sale and, once a price is agreed, will instruct the custodian of the security to transfer it to the buyer. Upon receipt of payment into a bank account, typically in Frankfurt, the custodian will instruct the central security depository to assign the buyer as the new owner. The central bank’s then credited the proceeds at their account with the broker.
The proceeds could then be used to instruct the broker, or foreign exchange dealers, most of whom are in London, to buy the rouble at a specific rate. The seller will usually be a Russian commercial bank. Seller and buyer may well share the same correspondent bank. Once the purchase is made, the Bank of Russia would instruct its correspondent bank to credit the seller’s account with euros.
Stopping the central bank using its securities to stabilise the rouble would, therefore, involve instructing the financial intermediaries that feature on this chain — brokers, custodians, central security depositories, foreign-exchange dealers, and correspondent banks — to freeze assets and stop acting on behalf of the central bank.
Judging by its recent behaviour, there’s much to suggest the US will be willing to do just that. In recent years, Washington has often furthered its foreign policy through what’s referred to as the “weaponisation of finance”. What that has meant in practice is using the dollar’s global dominance to cut the monetary authorities of Iran, Venezuela, and (most recently and very controversially) Afghanistan off from access to their own reserves.
There is a paradox at play here, between what the US is willing to do to its political enemies and the rules for the private sector. Sovereign immunity normally protects a foreign central bank’s assets, usually held at the New York Fed, if they are “held for its own account.” That balm has, however, been tested over the years in various US lawsuits against defaulting governments, as bondholders spied rich pickings in their foreign-exchange reserves. Yet none of those lawsuits has gone as far as the US government’s evermore frequent targeting of the central banks of its enemies.
In targeting central banks, the authorities have invoked counter-terrorist and human rights legislation, alongside the US International Emergency Economic Powers Act. The latter in particular has proven a potent measure.
The most direct way to sanction the CBR will be to put it on the so-called Specially Designated Nationals list, which despite its name includes institutions not just individuals. This would bar US entities from dealing with them. When it comes to dollar access, that would put to a stop to every step of the process outlined by Mandeng.
The second chunk of reserves the CBR holds are in the form of currency and deposits. These are worth $152bn. Of this $152bn, about two-thirds is held in official institutions. That includes other central banks, the Bank for International Settlements and the IMF.
Central banks in the Eurosystem, where about a quarter of the CBR’s assets are held, have already frozen the central bank’s accounts. The European Central Bank has said it will implement all sanctions decided by the EU and European governments. Joachim Nagel, the Bundesbank’s president, said earlier today that he “welcomes the fact that comprehensive financial sanctions have now been imposed and has campaigned for them.”
The BIS said: “[Our] policy is that the institution does not acknowledge or discuss banking relationships. The BIS will follow sanctions, as applicable.”
It’s unclear how other authorities will behave. Notably China. According to the CBR’s annual report, as of the start of 2021, 14 per cent of foreign exchange reserves were held in China — the biggest share for any one state. Almost 13 per cent of the reserves are in yuan or assets denominated in yuan.
Mandeng says that China may offer a means for Russia to continue trading with at least some parts the world:
Russia may accept payments for its exports in renminbi and increase imports paid in renminbi from China and possibly other countries accepting renminbi. As renminbi-based payments will most likely be conducted by institutions outside the immediate influence sphere of the West, this would work.
The other third of the CBR’s deposits are held at private banks. Again, it’s impossible to say what share of this $57bn is held in the US, UK or EU. But as almost 60 per cent of the CBR’s reserves are in either dollars, euro or sterling, it’s fair to guess that it’s more than half.
Financial intermediaries in the rest of the world may also not want to deal with the CBR, even if they are not directly covered by the sanctions. When the US puts you on its blacklist, it can have a chilling effect. Famously, Carrie Lam, Hong Kong’s leader, resorted to “piles of cash” after local institutions were reluctant to bank her and other city officials who came under US sanctions.
And then there’s gold, the historical favourite of central banks worldwide. Including Russia’s monetary guardian. The CBR’s holdings are large — the fifth largest in the world — and, according to industry trade body the World Gold Council, they’ve been among the biggest buyers of late. According to its annual report, the entirety of the $130bn-worth of bullion is all stored in vaults within the Russian Federation.
Holding all your gold this close to home is unusual. Most of the world’s central banks keep a large portion in vaults beneath the Bank of England’s headquarters in Threadneedle Street, or close to Wall Street, in the coffers of the New York Federal Reserve. The reason being that the City of London and New York are the twin centres of the global gold market, making it easier to buy and sell bars.
Holding the gold in Russia, and not in London or New York, will make it more difficult for the central bank to dispose of it in large quantities. At the same time, having it close to home makes it very difficult for the US, UK and EU to successfully impose sanctions on Russia’s bullion. Financial pariah it might be, but people who know the market believe it would be foolish to assume that Russia will be entirely frozen out. The lure of gold has been an ever-present throughout history — particularly in periods of geopolitical uncertainty. If Russia is selling below market rates, then we think someone, somewhere will be willing to take the risk.
We’re not going to pay too much attention to what else the CBR may, or may not, have at its disposal come the morning. SDRs or a few billions in banknotes are not going to halt a currency’s collapse.
Think differently? Thoughts in the usual place. Along with any guesses on where the rouble will end the day tomorrow.
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Daschle Wants to Make History on Health Care
Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle told a convention of health insurance executives in San Diego that health care history will soon be made.
The Association of Health Insurance Plans, called AHIP, met at the San Diego convention center. And their closing speaker was Tom Daschle, who told the convention the time had come for health care reform. But it will require a radically new model. He used the metaphor of a health care pyramid, with basic needs at the broad bottom and highly technical and expensive services at the top.
"Every society starts at the base of the pyramid and works it's way to the top until the money runs out," Daschle said. "But we start at the top of the pyramid and work our way down, until the money runs out. And the money runs out for all too many Americans."
Daschle avoided taking a position on the controversial proposal that the federal government should offer a national insurance plan to compete with private plans.
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It is the nightmare of all business owners that there will come a time when they can’t sustain their business anymore. With so many factors involved in running a business, it’s difficult to pinpoint which aspects you should focus on or what to do when things start falling apart.
Every business has a different set of needs, yet proper business management is grounded in a few principles. The following are ways in which you can prevent your business from going out of hand.
Proper Business Plan Development
A strong business plan is essential to map out the success of your business. Small business organisations actually provide resources for entrepreneurs to develop their business plans before launching their companies. If you fail to plan properly for your business, you’ll lose sight of targets and get lost along the way. Your business plan will outline your goals and activities which have clear action plans to bring in revenues.
Once you have the vision in place with your business plan and keep at it everyday, your path will be illuminated and you’ll know what to do. You’ll be able to sustain your business and turn it into a success.
Make Accurate Projections
Projections based on inaccurate data can spell big trouble for businesses. Create accurate projections on revenues and costs by reviewing your recent financial statements and market data. Prevent yourself from overestimating future revenues and underestimating future costs. Make an allowance for anything that you might have to spend more on, but ensure that you cut costs as well. Furthermore, you have to make a crystal clear action plan as to how you will generate more income from your current resources.
Every dollar you save will accumulate to a bigger amount that can add to your revenues. As you continually grow your business, you’ll have to cut costs here and there to stay afloat. Eliminate unnecessary spending or any expense that you can go without. If there is part of your business that is unprofitable, take the time to decide whether you should let it go.
Manage Cash Flow
How much cash is going in and what are the things you need to pay? List down your priority payables. Match those payables with incoming cash flow. You have to pay for those things which will ensure that your business doesn’t close down, i.e. employee wages, supplier payments, etc.
Take note of the receivables you need to collect. You can also use a spreadsheet to outline where your money should go – who to pay, when to pay them, and how much it costs.
Communicate with Creditors
It will really help you if you communicate well with creditors and get on their good side. Regularly update them if you’re going to pay late. You can also take out a loan with a lower interest rate to consolidate your debts. Try minimising the loans you take out by comparing lenders. Check out this loan comparison tool which will help you filter the best loans among hundreds of financial products.
Diversify Income Streams
It’s always advised that you generate income from more than one source. What other product or service can you offer in your business? Test it out to see if it can be a profitable source. You also have to make a back-up plan in case your business fails.
Look into more money-generating streams such as investing in stocks, bonds, or mutual funds. Allocate money in certain channels that will allow your finances to grow without you having to touch it for a certain period. This will boost your wealth and give you a passive income stream you can bank on in the future.
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Find Ways to Save Money
Always remember to save for the rainy days. You never know when you’ll have to take out a lot from your own pocket due to an unforeseen incident. Build up some cushion money for you to have something extra in case you need it in the future. You can also set up an emergency fund for your business.
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The main thing that makes unsecured loans more attractive than secured loans is the fact that they’re no security. It might be an obvious thing to highlight but it clearly matters. You won’t be weighed down by the pressure and worry associated with having collateral hanging over you and potentially being lost to the lender if you fail to make repayments. If you don’t want to take the risk of losing your collateral, you just need to opt for an unsecured loan instead. It’ll allow you to avoid any risks associated with secured loans.
Build Up Your Future Credit Score
By taking out a loan and then paying it off on time, you will help to build or repair your credit score. Many companies are dealing with poor credit, but by taking out an unsecured loan with a lender that is happy to lend to companies with poor credit, you can start to turn the situation around. Meeting regular repayment deadlines shows the world that you are able to stay on top of your financial obligations and pay off the money you owe, and that will only help your business going forward.
Why Your Business Might Want to Take Out an Unsecured Loan
There are lots of reasons why your business might take out a loan, as well as reasons not to. You shouldn’t take out a loan to cover running costs, but if you want to do other things, such as the things we’re going to discuss below, an unsecured business loan can be ideal.
Grow and Expand
Most entrepreneurs have big plans for their businesses. They want to ensure that their business is one that’s got a bright future. So if the time has come for you to grow and expand your business, you should think about whether taking out an unsecured business loan might help you to do that. It could be exactly what you need to get your business moving in the right kind of direction. It takes money and investment to grow your business and a loan might just be the ideal solution.
Take on More Clients and Customers
If your business doesn’t currently have the resources to deal with more customers and clients, it could be time to scale things up. However, that’s something that costs money, whether you like or not. Taking out an unsecured business loan could help improve the resources your business has available. It could mean hiring more people so that you have the human resources needed to take on more clients and make more customers happy. The loan will cover the costs associated with doing that and it’ll pay for itself if you’re able to improve your profits as a result.
Fund a New Marketing Campaign
Maybe it’s the case that attracting new customers to your business is where your problems lie. It’s not always easy to get your voice heard and make people aware of why they should be taking notice of your business. An unsecured loan could be used to fund a new marketing campaign that gets your message out there and makes more people interested in your business and what it’s offering. So if you have an idea for a marketing campaign that you think might work but you don’t have the financing for it, consider a loan.
Improve with Fewer Risks
The chance to improve your business in the many ways mentioned above offers you a real opportunity that you might want to grasp. Secured loans can offer the same access to financing but come with more risks to your business. With an unsecured loan, you can reap all the rewards that come with having the cash to invest in your business without having to worry about the risks adversely affecting the business in the future. The chance to improve with fewer risks attached to that chance should not be ignored or dismissed.
The Requirements for Getting an Unsecured Business Loan
There are some requirements you’ll need to be aware of before you take out an unsecured business loan. These aren’t too harsh or restrictive at all, but they are important.
24 Month Limit
When you take out an unsecured loan from Bizzloans, you have to pay the loan back within 24 months. That’s the maximum repayment term that’s on offer. Of course, that won’t be a problem for the vast majority of businesses out there. It’s important that you look at the finances closely and decide for sure that this is something your business is going to be able to do. You’ll have a chance to do this when you get a quote from us, so you’ll know exactly what you’re signing up to.
Business Bank Statements
To ensure your business is in a financial position to take on a loan of the size you’ve applied for, you’ll need to simply submit your business’s bank statements. This allows us to ensure that we lend responsibly and don’t burden you with a debt that is too much for you to take on. It’s in both your best interests and ours that you’re able to handle the loan that you take on.
To ensure everything is correct and proper, and you are who you say you are, you have to submit a photo ID. This is common practice and ensures that all financial transactions are above board and in order. It’s very easy to do and needn’t be a headache for you. Once we are satisfied with your application, you’ve provided the bank statements and we’ve checked your ID, it won’t be long before you have access to the loan you applied for.
Getting an unsecured business loan for your company could be just what it needs right now. It’s a much safer option than taking out a secured loan and you’ll be accepted much faster. Don’t hesitate to get in touch with us here at Bizzloans if you’re thinking of taking out an unsecured business loan.
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OUNIFI is an on-demand one-stop digital platform for community with a comprehensive catalog of digital contents, smart solutions, and application services dedicated to modern day learning and lifestyles. We created UX/UI design of OUNIFI web and mobile applications for students to read and borrow books, videos and audio contents. In addition, we designed and developed a back-end of OUNIFI for teachers and writers.
Solution of UX design
It is the underlying importance of E-books library that it should focus on suggesting the best selection of books available, focusing not only on the book cover images but also on the main categories.
We set up our aim to focus on a user-friendly interface and consideration of every type of user, returning users, etc. Before the user interface design process, we considered every tiny detail to give a user-friendly experience and generate user retention.
Concept of UI design
As a reading app, readability is the first priority when designing this app. We targeted to design better actions and nice looking images at the same time. We defined icons, colors, and fonts which naturally indicate the brand image based on readability. Comprehensive concept of UI design we aimed was a clear and sleek display of the whole information in order to create a modern and user friendly interface.
In addition, we defined colors of every component in order to different background color themes – white and black – of application.
Choosing the best technology
The summary of project
We aimed to design app interfaces that are clear, user-friendly, with no extra features, and only a couple of taps are needed to get what the user wants clearly.In addition, We focused on whether we could improve unnecessary connections and structure.
The main feature of our UI/UX design and development was to help users navigate information faster and more conveniently in the course of book search/lending/return. This project gave us an opportunity to focus on effective information placement and the flow of tasks.
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The VME-4145 Analog Output Board provides four high-quality analog output channels with 16-bit resolution. Each output has a dedicated D/A Converter (DAC), and can source or sink 10 mA at ±10 V. The analog outputs can be disconnected from the field wiring for off-line testing. Autocalibration and self-test are initiated by a VMEbus system reset or by execution of a software command.
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The book is launched by Yg. Bhg. Datuk Haji Mohd Nakhaie Hj Ahmad(Chairman of YADIM), Professor Muhammad Hashim Kamali (Chairman of IAIS), and Professor Osman Bakar (IAIS)
The Seminar was moderated by Professor Osman Bakar
1. Four Approaches
Almost any study of history in the Bible and the Qur’an follows one of four main and distinct approaches, which I have called “secular,” “Biblical,” “secular-Biblical,” and “Qur’anic.” In my book on the historical Jesus, I explained in detail these four approaches, but I will introduce them briefly here. Although each one of the four approaches employs fundamentally different assumptions and methods, it is not uncommon for researchers not to make clear what approach they adopt. It is also not uncommon for studies to show a mix of approaches and confused methodology, which is what the secular-Biblical approach is. Understanding these different approaches and clarifying what approach a researcher takes is critical to properly understand and evaluate their arguments.
1.1 The Secular Approach
The secular approach does not give the Bible or the Qur’an, or for that matter any other religious text, any special credibility because of its religious nature. Any scriptural text is treated like any other ancient sources whose accounts may or may not be accurate, and the credibility of any account is considered on its merits. On the face of it, the secular approach may very much sound like an objective approach and one that impartial scholars would take, as the other three approaches are faith-driven, even though the secular-Biblical approach is less so than the Biblical or Qur’anic approaches. But not to base a study on religious beliefs is no guarantee of genuine objectivity. While a secular researcher would not start off with a fundamental religious assumption, he may well use a variety of assumptionswhen dealing with various questions. The objectivity of any secular research is thus equally susceptible to the researcher’s non-religious biases and assumptions, and these can translate into flawed methodology and unbalanced arguments and conclusions. This is why, for instance, physicist and founder of the Quantum theory Max Planck once said that “a new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it.” The history of science is replete with examples supporting Planck’s observation. Those who conduct research in science share with those who do research in humanities and other non-science disciplines one serious frailty: human nature!
1.2 The Biblical Approach
The faith-driven Biblical approach considers the Bible to be the literal Word of God or at least inspired by God. Consequently, the Bible’s account of history is considered to be completely factual. The researcher who adopts this approach seeks to understand any extra-Biblical historical fact in line with what the Bible says. This reconciliation process may require coming up with a particular reading or interpretation of the Biblical text or the fact.
Setting out from the assumption that the Bible is a divine book, Biblicists who follow this approach clearly disagree with secularists who claim that the Bible contains inaccurate and wrong information and internal inconsistencies. Such claims are dismissed or explained away one way or another. Biblicists share with secular researchers the view that the Qur’an is based on the Bible and other Jewish and Christian sources and is not an independent source. I have addressed the fundamental flaw in this assumption through the introduction of concept of “contextual displacement” in Jewish and Christian religious writings.
There are four major problems with the fundamental assumption of the Biblical approach. First, there are internal discrepancies in the Bible. Second, the book contains unfactual Statements. Third, the term “Bible” is actually indefinable, as different groups of believers disagree on what books form the “Bible” and which books are non-canonical or “apocryphal.” The Bible of the Jews and the Bible according to the Christians are not one and the same. For instance, the Jews do not believe that the New Testament belongs to the Bible or that it is divinely inspired in any way. Similarly, as many as seven books in the canon of the Catholic and Orthodox churches — Tobias, Judith, Baruch, Ecclesiasticus, Wisdom, First and Second Maccabees — as well as certain parts to the Books of Esther and Daniel are considered apocryphal by the Protestants. Fourth, the superiority given to the canonical books of the Bible over apocryphal writings is untenable given the political history of the compilation of the Biblical text.
1.3 The Secular-Biblical Approach
The secular-Biblical approach is a hybrid methodology which is the result of rejecting the inerrancy of the Bible but accepting the historical accuracy of parts of it — although researchers disagree on which Biblical statements are historical — while retaining some form of faith in the Bible as scripture. A typical researcher who follows this approach may concede that little or much of the historical information in the Bible is wrong, just like a secularist does, but they still subscribe to some Biblical theology. The reason that I have distinguished this approach from the secular one is that the retained faith in the Bible can influence how the text is dealt with by the researcher.
Unlike the Biblical approach, there is nothing intrinsically wrong with this approach. But, like any approach, it is open to abuse by the individual researcher’s prejudices and/or various forms of incompetence.
1.4 The Qur’anic Approach
Finally, the Qur’anic approach, which I use in my writings, is based on accepting the Qur’an’s claim to be the Word of God which Muhammad received and communicated without any change to people. It presumes the absolute verity of the Qur’an. It seeks to understand history and everything that the Qur’an addresses in line with what this book says.
There are many who argue against the assumption that the Qur’an is the Word of God and claim that it was copied from Jewish and Christian sources. There are a number of theories as to how the Qur’an could have borrowed from other sources, but there is no shred of material evidence that this happened. Additionally, the fundamental assumption that the Qur’an is the Word of God cannot be rejected on the basis of the history of the text in the same way that the equivalent assumption of the Biblical approach can. The history of the Bible and that of the Qur’an are very different. The Qur’an was revealed over 22 years (610-632 CE) and the revealed text did not go through any development or change. Also, none of the four fundamental problems that undermine the basic assumption of the Biblical approach applies to the Qur’an.
The ultimate test for the assumption that a book is the Word of God is that it must be free of inconsistencies, inaccuracies, or mistakes. If the book is found to contain any of these flaws, then it cannot be attributed in its entirety to the all-knowing, unerring God.
Verifying the accuracy of some Qur’anic statements by comparing it with established facts, say historical or scientific, is not an approach that can be applied to every statement in the Qur’an. In fact, it can be used with a relatively small number of verses only, because most of the Qur’an talks about unverifiable metaphysical and theological issues. For instance, the Day of Resurrection and the afterlife are major themes in the Qur’an, with numerous verses dedicated to them. Yet there is no way to verify these future events. Similarly, statements about God and spiritual beings, such as the angels, are also unverifiable. This is why the belief in the Qur’an, or the Bible for that matter, cannot be completely justified rationally and would always involve accepting claims that cannot be attested, i.e. an element of faith. The Qur’an stresses in many verses that faith involves belief in the ghayb, a term that may be translated as “the unseen” or “the unknown.” Words that share the same root with ghayb include ghaba (became absent; disappeared) and gha’ib (absent). One quality of the pious is that they “believe in the unseen” (2.3). Statements about the “unseen” cannot be verified, but others can.
While it is not possible to found the belief in the Qur’an completely on reason and material evidence, because of the statements about the unseen, examining the accuracy of verifiable statements can be used to check the reliability of the book. If verifiable statements are found to be wrong or inaccurate, then clearly the Qur’an cannot be the divine or accurate book it claims to be. At best, it would be a text based on revelation, but which has been edited by man — something similar to what happened to the Bible. In this case, the unverifiable statements in the Qur’an also might well be wrong or inaccurate. This situation would undermine the Qur’anic approach completely. On the other hand, if the verifiable statements pass every test, then one can justifiably conclude that there is increasing probability that the Qur’an is the Word of the unerring God.
2. The Biblical Approach or the Qur’anic One?
Books such as the Bible and the Qur’an are far more than historical records of events and characters. Each book provides a panoramic view of this world and its history, and specific events it mentions are used to develop that overall picture. Each book sets out to answer questions about the meaning of life and the main forces behind this continually changing world — covering its past, present, and future. So in addition to the smaller historical and scientific details that can be tested against external evidence, the global view of each of these books is also something that must be considered. The secular approach also produces global views. The question is then which of the competing views makes more sense of this world, its history, and its various phenomena. For instance, the followers of the Biblical and Qur’anic approaches find the atheistic view that the universe has developed and life has emerged on their own less credible than the view of the Bible and the Qur’an that there is a Creator who created this universe and all forms of life. In the case of Jesus, for example, following the Qur’anic approach, I argue that his real role in history is accurately explained by the Qur’an’s view of the world, not the view of the Bible or any theory driven by the secular approach.
The Qur’anic approach is, of course, open to abuse like any other approach. The researcher needs to do all they can to guard themselves against such failures. In my writings, I try my best to consider in detail the arguments of the other approaches and any counter argument to the Qur’anic approach. I also make every effort to differentiate between bare facts and their interpretations according to the Qur’anic approach. These facts can then be looked at by others to examine the validity of the given interpretations and test whether a different approach gives better interpretations of these facts. I point out the similarities and differences between the Qur’an and relevant Jewish and Christian sources, and I explain and relate them to established historical facts, using the Qur’anic perceptive.
My writings are not dispassionate, neutral studies of history. I am not sure that such an attempt is possible at all anyway. There is always bound to be an element of “faith,” represented by at least one unproven or unprovable assumption, somewhere even in our most rational argument. I do, however, ensure that I make my assumptions clear and differentiate between facts and their interpretations, allowing the reader to decide whether the arguments of the book are likely or unlikely, credible or absurd. More broadly, it is ultimately to the reader to decide whether this Qur’anic interpretation of history is more consistent, convincing, and in line with established facts, or other alternatives, including the Bible’s.
I hope it has become clear now why I have answered in the negative to the questions whether using the Qur’anic approach undermines the objectivity of any research and whether studies that are based on different religious approaches can achieve the same level of objectivity and reliability.
Copyright © 2009 Louay Fatoohi
All Rights Reserved.
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This is a Key Hole Procedure done to visualize the joint and repair the torn ligaments. Most of the time it is a day case procedure. This new advancement has revolutionized surgery in the joints. This keyhole surgery is the ‘arthroscopy’ procedure.
Arthroscopy expert Dr Rex says “Arthroscopy has made procedures a lot simpler, easier and precise for us doctors. What was previously a procedure based purely on years of experience has now been given an additional eye to make it even precise and work on the nook and corners of the inaccessible areas .”
By attaching a camera to a fibre optic cable which helps project the image onto a miniature TV screen, the doctor skillfully guides the scope to the desired location and operates with minimum invasion. Unlike an open surgery which may require major cuts and incisions, arthroscopy requires only a minor cut. Hence the name ‘keyhole’ surgery. The cartilages, ligaments, tendons are visible to exactly determine the extent of injury and quickly perform the repair. Sometimes along with X rays additional tests such as MRI and CT scans will also be required.
The applications of this surgery are many and this revolutionary technique has made the dreaded word operation a much safer and simpler alternative. More and more patients all over the country are opting for arthroscopy for treating inevitable diseases such as Osteoarthritis and other old age/trauma related problems. An arthroscopy has simply given the boon of a new vision to a physician with minimum injury. This keyhole surgery holds the key to better living and a better Quality of life for patients all over the world, and all it takes for the patient is to approach us as early as possible to set things right.
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One of the main things that every child and every human being is aware of is no matter how long they live, one day or the other they have to die. They have to submit to the authority of the god. The place where they came from. This is known as the funeral. It is an event where people, relatives friends and everyone who can make it up to the place, people who've known the person who dies comes and takes part in grieving for the dead body. They pray and discuss his or her good deeds that made them happy. The sorrow that is left behind after the death is distributed amongst the people and it feels lighter.
What does the director do?
On such occasions the people living with an inn that house is not in the state to take care of everything, they are traumatized by this incident therefore they hire a funeral director. The purpose of the director is to help everyone have water, look for arrangements, look for the coffins and things that are important. They offer support to the family and guidance towards the next step. They help the family in every step and try to not make it a burden on the family. They make any announcement if there are any just in case.
The director supervises its workers who consult the family and guide the workers. The ready the coffin. The dead board which is to be attached to the grave and look to hire for a bus that will help them to deliver the coffin to the graveyard. All these tasks are to be done by the supervision of the directors and the workers.
Skills that are needed to be a funeral director
Not everyone is eligible for this job but people who hold great knowledge about the dead bodies and tasks are. They should have good communication skills and well mannered serious people. He should have outstanding organization skills since a single mistake can ruin the whole funeral. Last but the most important one is the acceptance of the different religious beliefs, not ever one os Muslim and not everyone is Hindu. Every religion has its own principles that command them to do what their religion has taught them. nhowever, the directors or the workers and required not to provoke their beliefs in and just focus on their job.
How much do they earn?
People who are working the workers or the funeral directors in Melbourne do not have a fixed salary. They are given their salary based on credit hours. The shifts of hours they've done and how many times they are demanded by people. Not every day is a funeral day however they get a salary based on the hours they invest in the job.
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Want to spruce-up your business exteriors? Consider using slate. Slate is a fine-grained, metamorphic rock that is used to create a smooth, hard surface for tile, pavers, and slab that can be used in a variety of indoor and outdoor applications.
Some characteristics that make slate a popular landscaping material include:
- It is very durable.
- Slate doesn’t absorb moisture which makes it resistant against rain, sleet, snow; slate doesn’t heave or crack like other surfacing materials.
- It holds up well to hot and cold climates, as well as temperature changes.
- Slate is comprised of natural materials, including clay, minerals, and mica, found deep in the earth.
Some ways to upgrade and utilize slate in your commercial or business landscaping are:
The driveways. You can really transform the look of your business when you use slate in the driveway. Slate is a popular option as it is quite easy to install and requires little care to keep it looking great. Furthermore, you have a vast range of color and texture choices, which means your driveway will be distinctive and unlike any other.
Your walkways. Your walkways should be an extension of your driveway or parking area, and they should beckon prospective visitors and guide them to your door. Make sure that the surface of these heavily-traveled areas represents your company in a favorable way; slate is an excellent option that looks expensive but is quite simple to implement.
In outdoor spaces. Does your business have any outdoor space, such as a pavilion or a water feature? Let these areas stand out by using slate as a border or surfacing material. Slate looks like natural stone, with a smooth, glass-like facade. This is the perfect option for improving or restoring outdoor spaces and breathing life into neglected spots.
On the stairs. Another cool way to use slate and improve the looks of your business is on your steps and stairs. If you have any risers leading up to your door, this is the perfect chance to implement the premium feel of slate; use stone or slate veneers to spruce-up concrete or wood steps and create an entry to your establishment. This single effort will make a significant difference in your company’s curb appeal.
There are numerous ways to use slate both inside and outside your business; talk to a professional about how to elevate and improve the feeling customers get when visiting your business, store-front, or company.
Talk to a Carolina Services Grounds Division for more information regarding how to enhance the exteriors of your business with slate. Use these tips for a few approaches to create a premium vibe to patrons and prospective consumers.
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Question & Answer,
Melody, I saw a video from a large Donkey Rescue Organization using a fence panel to tame donkeys. What do you think of this technique? Tina, OK.
Tina, I have seen the video. 🙁 Humans and Animals cannot learn when under the flight response. The donkey in the video is dangerous due to the flight response and being locked in the fence panel. The human is afraid for good reason. This is not the way to teach the donkey to trust the human.
Donkeys have photographic memories. Every time we step into our donkey’s world we are teaching something. Good or bad we are teachers.
Attempting to teach any human or animal when scared is impossible. The brain must be calm in order to learn. For humans and animals.
I prefer to train my students to learn donkey behavior, personality, signs of stress and relaxation, and how to set the donkey(s) up to learn and for success.
Learn how to keep the donkey calm and stop the pressure before the donkey is pushed into the stress zone of fighting or withdrawing depending on the personality.
Donkey Personality Introverted donkeys when pushed will lay down. Extroverts will rear, bite and kick. Both introverted and extroverted donkeys can stop moving their feet when stressed. The eyes are glazed over as they have checked out for a while.
Never betray a donkey, never ever hurt a donkey in any way. Never let a donkey see you the human leader watch while a human or animal hurts the donkey. The donkey will deem the human who did not stop the pain NOT A LEADER. Less is more; equine learn from the release of pressure. 🙂
Donkey 101 & 102 Video On Demand has exercises to do with the donkey for fast results. Stay On Donkey Time ®.https://donkeywhisperer.com/product/donkey-training-101-donkey-whisperer-farm/https://donkeywhisperer.com/product/donkey-training-102-donkey-whisperer-farm/
Thank you for your question,
GOD bless you and your family two and four-legged!
Melody Johnson, Trainer/Owner
Donkey Whisperer Farm ®
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ZuPreem Pure Fun Medium Bird Food, 2 lb
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Fall has so much beauty that a walk in the neighborhood is a joy. It is also a great time to plant trees. If you are inspired to choose a new tree, you are in luck.
For the maples, find a spot with some dappled shade. They do not enjoy hot spots
Liriodendron needs lots of room and protection from wind.
“Grace,” like other smoke trees, wants a warm spot and does not need shade.
Remember that new trees like a large hole where you have added compost. They will benefit from a mulch of wood chips or bark. Keep any mulch 2 to 3 inches from the trunk.
Good tree-planting time continues through October and into the first part of November before frosts hit. Enjoyment of a beautiful tree will continue for many years.
— By Barbara Chase
Barbara Chase is a Master Gardener who serves on the City of Edmonds Citizens Tree Board.
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YEREVAN (Armenpress) — Executive-Director of Jerusalem’s Institute on the Holocaust and Genocide, Co-founder and former Chairman of the International Association of Genocide Scholars Israel Charny is confident that the majority of Israelis stand with Armenia and is distressed by the ugly role of his country for selling arms to Azerbaijan.
In an interview this week with Armenpress, Charny said, “Our intellectual community and especially genocide scholars has taken a clear public stand. See for example Haaretz of two days ago for our statement calling on Israel to cease the sale of arms to Azerbaijan. However, in the present chaotic and corrupt state of government in Israel, the normal lines of good influence we had at times in the past are shut down, and we are not genuinely hopeful we can influence this irresponsible and destructive government.”
He added, “In in the past we have had considerable support from our now President Rivlin who is strongly on the side of recognition of the Armenian Genocide, but paradoxically in his illustrious position as president has less influence on the political process than he had as Speaker of the Knesset.
“Turkey under the dictator Erdogan, is clearly a serious threat to the Armenian people and in my judgment also to Israel whom he threatens ominously with his rhetoric about Jerusalem (and who continues his evil persecution of the Kurds in Syria–for he is clearly a killer).”
He said he was hopeful that Israel will change its ways. “I have no doubt that the natural majority of Israelis are with Armenia and deeply distressed by our ugly role in not limiting any arms sold to Azerbaijan from being used in any way against Armenia.’’
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All of our Minerals & Crystals are 100% Genuine Specimens & come with a Certificate of Authenticity
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RussiaSIMILAR TO SEEN: The image shows an example of the single specimen you will receive. This will be picked from our stock box graded and with a size within the minimum and maximum size range indicated. It will not be the exact specimen in the photo, the colours, shape, size and style may vary as with any natural item.
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Originally, we planned on doing a show about Joss Whedon — without Joss Whedon. We invited a scholar of his work to talk about his television and film resume, and a close friend, professor and mentor to speak on his directorial style. However, Joss was interested enough in what we’re planning to join the show! So now, it’s a show about Joss Whedon — with Joss Whedon.
More than a decade later, we’re still talking about Joss Whedon’s most influential work: "Buffy the Vampire Slayer." The witty, dark, and intriguing show that is equal parts "The X-Files" and "90210" is the most studied pop culture phenomenon in the world. Buffy, along with many of Whedon’s other works, has become hugely influential on today’s TV, and amassed enormous and dedicated cult followings.
Whedon’s resume doesn’t stop with television, as you might have heard of two movies that he directed in the past five years: "The Avengers" and "The Avengers: Age of Ultron."
This hour, we explore what makes Whedon’s work as beloved and unique as it is: how he creates the characters that continue to tug at our heartstrings and inspire legions of fans a decade later.
Joss Whedon - Writer, producer, director for film and television, comic book author and composer; founder of Mutant Enemy Productions and Co-Founder of Bellwether Pictures; creator of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Firefly"
Jeanine Basinger - Chair of the Film Studies Department at Wesleyan University and founder and curator of the Wesleyan Cinema Archives; author of I Do and I Don’t: A History of Marriage in the Movies
David Lavery - Author of Joss Whedon, A Creative Portrait: From Buffy the Vampire Slayer to The Avengers; Director of Graduate Studies in English at Middle Tennessee State University and Co-Founder of the Whedon Studies Association
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More than 30 passionate teachers, community advocates and parents attended the Longreach Anti Cyberbullying Roundtable, hosted by the Member for Gregory, Lachlan Millar.
The Roundtable, which is held in conjunction with the Premier’s Anti Cyberbullying Taskforce, discussed the issues facing Western Queensland young people.
“As a parent of three beautiful children, there’s nothing more worrying than the increasing level of bullying, and the rise of the incessant cyberbullying.
“Cyberbullying has creeped into our schools and our homes, and as a community, we need to fight against it and turn the tide.
“Nobody will ever forget the devastating story of Dolly Everett, who took her own life after vicious cyberbullying earlier this year.
“That’s why today I’ve held a anti cyberbullying roundtable in Longreach, to allow teachers, community members and parents the opportunity to share what’s happening in the region and work on methods to reduce it
“From local schools, to community groups and local police stations, many Queenslanders are implementing programs to combat cyberbullying. The Taskforce’s goal is to pull all the knowledge from around the state and share it around
“Some of the stories shared today were harrowing, but it was encouraging to hear the projects that different groups are implementing throughout Western Queensland
“I acknowledge the unique challenges students face in regional Queensland, which is why I’m committed to ensuring your voice is heard in Brisbane.
“The feedback provided today will be submitted to the Premier’s Anti Cyberbullying Taskforce” Mr Millar said.
If you were unable to attend, submissions can be made directly to the taskforce by emailing [email protected] or contacting the Gregory electorate office on 4521 5700.
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In this article :
Is it safe in Tokyo?
Why is Tokyo Safe? It is an established fact that Japan has one of the lowest overall crime rates in the world. Tokyo is no exception to that rule. Read also : How to make yard letters with cricut. In terms of violent crime, Tokyo is probably the safest of all major metropolises.
Is Japan safe to travel to? Japan is often rated as one of the safest countries in the world. Reports of crimes such as theft are very low and travelers are often stunned by the fact that locals leave their belongings unaccompanied in cafes and bars (though we certainly don’t recommend it!).
Is Japan a safe city? Japan is an amazing place, and with 772 cities in the country, it can be a pain to find the best place to live. … Japan is known for its extremely low crime rate, it ranks 25th out of all countries in the world in terms of security.
What is Oku yen?
For example, 100 million is referred to as “1 oku yen” in Japanese. See the article : How draw letters.
How much is $100 US dollars in yen?
How many yen is in one Oku yen? For numbers after “man,†“oku†and “chou†are used. For example, 100 million is referred to as “1 oku yen” in Japanese. (Please see below.) In Japanese, the number ichi (1) is placed at the beginning of the unit name, namely: “ichi man yen†(¥10,000), ichi oku yen (¥l,0000, 0000) and icchou yen ( 1.000.0000.00000).
Do Japanese talk backwards?
It may sound backwards to English speakers, because most Japanese are grammatically backwards. See the article : How to graffiti letters. Common English sentences have a subject-verb-object/complement structure, but in Japanese the verb usually appears at the end of the sentence.
What is the difference between Japanese and English? In terms of basic sentence structure, Japanese is an SOV language while English is an SVO language. … SVO stands for “subject-verb-object.†This means that the verb follows the subject, just like in English. Verbs are like a link between the subject and other parts of the sentence.
Is Japanese grammar logical? Most people find Japanese sentence structure difficult and confusing. This is completely understandable considering how fundamentally it differs from other languages, but the truth is that Japanese grammar is actually very logical – just needs to be looked at from the right angle.
Is Japanese grammar like Yoda? Not. This is not ‘backwards’. In Japanese it is the correct order. Also unlike Yoda, who doesn’t speak backwards.
How can I read hiragana faster?
5 Techniques To Speed Up Your Japanese Reading This may interest you : Original zodiac letters.
- Read more. I’ll start with the obvious. …
- Calm your inner voice. The internal sound (subvocalization) of the words in your head slows you down, and limits your reading speed to your speaking speed.
- Chew gum. Yes. …
- Clear doubts. …
- Read the words together, not alone.
How long does it take to read hiragana fluently? Some people understand it easily, but it took me 2 years to quickly read hiragana and write from memory.
Is kanji necessary for Japanese?
Of course, you don’t need to learn kanji to speak Japanese fluently. …But I think it’s important to learn kanji for several reasons. To see also : How to hang letters on wall. First, learning to speak any language involves learning to read it as well. Second, learning kanji helps you better understand new vocabulary.
What is the most used kanji in Japan? Kanji are symbolic, or logographic. It is the most common means of written communication in the Japanese language, with over 50,000 different symbols by some estimates. However, most Japanese people can get by with using about 2,000 different kanji in daily communication.
Is it okay not to learn kanji? Of course, you have to learn Kanji to have contextual memory to understand and memorize Japanese. Believe it or not when I say this, but it’s easier to learn Japanese with Kanji than without.
Are Japanese kanji important? You may not want to believe it, but kanji are very important in Japanese. They are so significant in interpreting the meaning of sentences and words. There’s not just one way that kanji can be very useful in Japanese – there are several.
How is Japanese writing written?
Modern Japanese is written in a mixture of three basic characters: Kanji — which is the ideographic symbol of China — and Hiragana and Katakana — two phonetic letters (syllables). There are several thousand Kanji characters, while Hiragana and Katakana have 46 each. To see also : How to make letters banners minecraft.
Is Japanese still written vertically? Vertical writing is still commonly used in Japan in novels, newspapers and magazines, including most Japanese comics and graphic novels (also known as manga), while horizontal writing is used more often in other media, especially those containing English references.
What writing style is used the most in Japan? Hiragana is the most commonly used standard form of Japanese writing. It is used alone or in conjunction with kanji to form words, and it is the first form of Japanese writing that children learn.
Is duolingo good for Japanese?
Japanese duolingo isn’t perfect. But it’s a fun and effective way to learn basic Japanese. Read also : How many letters hindi alphabet. If you really only have five minutes a day to study, Duolingo is probably one of the most effective ways to pass your time.
Is duolingo good for Quora Japan? It’s worth it. If you study Japanese on duolingo, you will definitely learn the language, you will learn all the kana and a decent amount of kanji. That said, it definitely won’t make you fluent.
Can you learn Japanese in 3 months? What is the Average Time to Study Japanese? By studying and speaking consistently, for about 30 minutes to an hour a day, you can speak at a conversational level in Japanese in about 3 months. … you can start speaking Japanese now. In fact, I encourage you to do so.
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Recommendations for undergraduate biology education include integration of research experiences into the curriculum, regardless of major. While non-biology majors and biology majors differ in affective characteristics, it is not clear if they differ in their incoming science process skills. We created a scenario-based assessment instrument – designed to gauge science process skills – that was accessible to nonmajors and majors. We evaluated nonmajors' and majors' open-ended responses using a rubric. We also assessed students' science identity, confidence, and attitudes with a pre-course survey. While affective differences between the populations are evident, we did not detect meaningful differences in science competency. These findings indicate that nonmajors and majors are skilled in the process of science and have the ability to engage in meaningful scientific inquiry, confirming our hypothesis that, in supporting a scientifically literate citizenry, educators must emphasize teaching strategies that target affective differences between nonmajors and majors.
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Research Article| October 01 2019
A Comparison of Nonmajors' & Majors' Incoming Science Process Skills
The American Biology Teacher (2019) 81 (8): 554–560.
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Sadie Hebert, Sehoya Cotner; A Comparison of Nonmajors' & Majors' Incoming Science Process Skills. The American Biology Teacher 1 October 2019; 81 (8): 554–560. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/abt.2019.81.8.554
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- 1 Are paintings inelastic?
- 2 Is the price elasticity of supply usually larger in the short run or in the long run?
- 3 How do you calculate price elasticity of supply?
- 4 Is art elastic or inelastic?
- 5 What are the 5 inelastic goods?
- 6 What products have inelastic demand?
- 7 What is an example of perfectly elastic supply?
- 8 What is an example of price elasticity of supply?
- 9 What is price elasticity of supply and what are its determinants?
- 10 What is the point elasticity formula?
- 11 What is the price elasticity of supply Can you explain it in your own words?
- 12 What is the formula of supply?
- 13 Is Rice elastic or inelastic?
- 14 Are luxury cars elastic or inelastic?
- 15 Is Salt inelastic or elastic?
Are paintings inelastic?
Individual works of art by Van Gogh, Rembrandt, or Picasso have a perfectly inelastic supply —there is just one original copy of each piece of artwork. Items with a perfectly inelastic supply often command a high price when demand for the item is high.
Is the price elasticity of supply usually larger in the short run or in the long run?
Supply is normally more elastic in the long run than in the short run for produced goods, since it is generally assumed that in the long run all factors of production can be utilized to increase supply, whereas in the short run only labor can be increased, and even then, Page 2 changes may be prohibitively costly.
How do you calculate price elasticity of supply?
The price elasticity of supply = % change in quantity supplied / % change in price. When calculating the price elasticity of supply, economists determine whether the quantity supplied of a good is elastic or inelastic.
Is art elastic or inelastic?
We suggest that the demand for the arts is price elastic and that art is a luxury good. Education, and learning experiences are also important factors affecting that demand.
What are the 5 inelastic goods?
Examples of price inelastic demand
- Petrol – petrol has few alternatives because people with a car need to buy petrol. For many driving is a necessity.
- A good produced by a monopoly.
- Tap water.
- Peak rail tickets.
- Apple iPhones, iPads.
What products have inelastic demand?
The most common goods with inelastic demand are utilities, prescription drugs, and tobacco products. In general, necessities and medical treatments tend to be inelastic, while luxury goods tend to be the most elastic. Another typical example is salt.
What is an example of perfectly elastic supply?
If supply is perfectly elastic, it means that any change in price will result in an infinite amount of change in quantity. Suppose that you baked delicious cookies and your costs, including inputs and time, were $3 per cookie. At $3, you would be willing to sell as many cookies as you could.
What is an example of price elasticity of supply?
A price elasticity supply greater than 1 means supply is relatively elastic, where the quantity supplied changes by a larger percentage than the price change. An example would be a product that’s easy to make and distribute, such as a fidget spinner.
What is price elasticity of supply and what are its determinants?
Supply elasticity is a measure of the responsiveness of an industry or a producer to changes in demand for its product. The availability of critical resources, technology innovation, and the number of competitors producing a product or service also are factors.
What is the point elasticity formula?
The point approach computes the percentage change in quantity supplied by dividing the change in quantity supplied by the initial quantity, and the percentage change in price by dividing the change in price by the initial price. Thus, the formula for the point elasticity approach is [(Qs2 – Qs1)/Qs1] / [(P2 – P1)/P1].
What is the price elasticity of supply Can you explain it in your own words?
Definition: Price elasticity of supply is an economic measurement that calculates how closely the price of a product or service is related to the quantity supplied. In other words, it shows how a change in price will affect suppliers’ willingness to produce the good or service.
What is the formula of supply?
Using the equation for a straight line, y = mx + b, we can determine the equations for the supply and demand curve to be the following: Demand: P = 15 – Q. Supply: P = 3 + Q.
Is Rice elastic or inelastic?
The expenditure elasticity of rice exceeds one. Other commodities are relatively expenditure-inelastic, with the exception of FAFH, which has the highest expenditure elasticity. It is noteworthy that the own-price elasticity for rice is very elastic.
Are luxury cars elastic or inelastic?
Compared to essential goods, luxury items are highly elastic. Goods with many alternatives or competitors are elastic because, as the price of the good rises, consumers shift purchases to substitute items. Incomes and elasticity are related—as consumer incomes increase, demand for products increases as well.
Is Salt inelastic or elastic?
Salt is inelastic because there are no good substitutes; it is a necessity to most people, and it represents a small proportion of most people’s budget.
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Washington—Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement on Chinese interference in Vietnamese-controlled waters:
“China’s recent aggression in the South China Sea is a disturbing demonstration of a country openly flouting international law. Under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, China’s actions constitute a violation of Vietnamese sovereignty and its legitimate rights within its exclusive economic zone (EEZ). Just as importantly, China’s behavior threatens the interests of U.S. companies operating in the area.
“Since reports broke last week that Chinese oil exploration ships have entered Vietnam’s EEZ, Vietnam has made repeated requests for their removal—requests that China has willfully ignored. This kind of harassment is a threat to Vietnam and evidence of China’s willingness to bully its neighbors. Incidents like this demonstrate China’s blatant disregard for international law and diplomacy.
“I stand with Vietnam and our regional partners in condemning this aggression. The international community must continue to uphold the rules-based order and international law. I call on China to immediately withdraw any and all ships from the territorial waters of its neighbors, and to put an end to these illegal bullying tactics.”
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This is a harrowing time for all of us.
The psychological effects brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic such as being sick of the virus, Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) or lockdown, inability to earn a living, social distancing, hunger, etc. can range from anger to post-traumatic stress.
If you have excessive and uncontrolled anger due to the current crisis that is detrimental to one’s health, here are some steps on managing one’s anger:
1. Stop. Breathe. Inhale for the count of 3. Hold for a count of 4. Exhale for a count of 7.
2. Think before you speak, take a few moments to collect your thoughts before saying anything.
3. Gentle down. If you are angry, commit your full attention to decreasing your excessive anger.
4. Use humor to release tension, lightening up can help diffuse tension.
5. Take a timeout, give yourself short breaks during times of the day that tend to be stressful.
6. Identify possible solutions, work on resolving the issue at hand.
7. Participate in regular physical activity such as exercise or dance apps that can improve mood.
8. Get enough sleep, go to bed, and get up at the same time each day.
9. Focus on positive thoughts, instead of dwelling on how angry or bad you feel.
10. Limit exposure to news media, this can heighten fears and anger about the disease.
If your anger level is high, the above-mentioned steps are not anymore applicable and despite your best efforts, you may find yourself feeling angry, irritable, hopeless or afraid or you may have trouble concentrating on typical tasks, difficulty sleeping or you may struggle to face routine chores, it is strongly recommended that you seek professional help if you feel that this is an area of concern for you.
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Methods of Measuring Advertising Effectiveness
Manual and automated methods of measuring advertising effectiveness
When I had my restaurant, I used to do a lot of advertising to try and encourage my customers to come to my venue but I was finding it difficult to track my sales and find what was working and what wasn’t.
It was already a busy place, but the figures that I had in my accounting system, told me that we need more sales to be a more profitable business.
I already had a good team in my staff, great menu, and lots of positive feedback from our regular customers. So I knew what I was doing was good, but I wanted to increase the sales, as I knew that we could be busier and not have to increase our staff numbers.
So I turned to advertising, as through the multiple workshops and business plans, this was how I could get more people to my place.
I implemented many different types of advertising; local newspaper ads with a good write up about the business, and continuing buy 1 get 1 free vouchers, to encourage people to come to the business.
Shop a dockets were a good way to bring people in, as they shopped next door at the supermarket, and then would relax over a coffee and cake, so this also performed well for a couple of years.
Now I am a figures person. How many dollars are coming in, how many customers are using these vouchers. I wanted to know the details. I used to do this manually.
- So my girls would record all the sales,
- The data was then entered into a spreadsheet
- I would then analyse and calculate the data on a monthly basis, to see the effectiveness of the campaigns.
- If the advertising campaigns were going well, and we had good returns, then it would continue.
- If the campaigns were not performing, then I would ditch it pretty quickly.
When you actually track your sales and know what is going on with the real figures, it is so much easier to make decisions.
I included my staff in these methods, so they were also aware of why they were doing this, and were fully engaged in following my procedures and requests.
Although, they were able to collect the data, my time was still taken up with the tracking and analysis
We continued with this method for a few years and then smartphones and tablets come out. Technology changes, POS systems are now apps, and I am thinking that this would be so much easier if it was automated.
Automating the methods of measuring advertising effectiveness
Looking at a spreadsheet is like looking at blocks of numbers, and it is easy to miss stuff or continually look for the same things.
Yes I could see what was going on to make decisions, but there can be so many factors that affect the spreadsheet — wrong formulas, human error at the register (not collecting the information), wrong calculations at reconciliation, etc.
What I had was good, but not 100% accurate. And this is what I wanted.
So I entered the world of software development and Maralytics was born.
Being a restaurant owner and manager is hard work, and you have so many responsibilities and duties to operate a venue. I wanted Maralytics to remove the errors, guesswork and be automated, just like a POS system does as well.
Maralytics collects the information from your POS at the customer contact point. It does everything a spreadsheet provides, but in a format that is easy to view and compare, accurately with no errors.
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Term life insurance policies provide affordable, temporary coverage. They contain no cash value and are designed for protection only. The premiums may be level for 10, 15, 20, or 30 years depending on the term period selected. Because the death benefit protection is for a limited period, the premium for term life insurance is often the lowest of all types of life insurance policies. However, after the level term period, premiums go up significantly and increase annually.
Universal life policies provide guaranteed death benefit protection. Unlike term insurance, which expires after a specified amount of time, universal life provides protection you can keep for life.
Universal life policies also offers child insurance for a low premium, or as a rider on a parent’s policy.
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Indexed universal life is a version of universal life that combines death benefit protection with the opportunity to grow cash value through an account that credits interest based upon the upward movement of stock market indexes – without the risk of investing directly in the market. The index account features a zero percent floor, which guarantees your account won’t earn less than zero percent due to poor market performance.
Your premium payments into an indexed universal life insurance policy may accumulate cash value on a tax-deferred basis. Through policy loans and withdrawals, the cash value may then by used during retirement as a source of supplemental income.
Cash value from your policy may be used for anything – from a monthly cell phone bill to a favorite travel destination.
Term policies offer a Terminal Illness Rider that pays a portion of the death benefit as a living benefit when the insured is diagnosed with a terminal illness (life expectancy of 24 months or less). Additionally, Universal and Indexed universal life policies offer a Chronic Illness Rider that pays a portion of the death benefit when the insured is certified as being chronically ill (unable to perform at least two activities of daily living, or suffering from severe cognitive impairment), and a Critical Illness Rider that pays a portion of the death benefit when the insured is certified as having incurred one or more of five specified medical conditions – heart attack, cancer, stroke, kidney failure, or major organ transplant.
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|BRITISH COLUMBIA ARTISTS|
The Vancouver Art Gallery started its
long-running B.C. Artists
series of exhibitions in 1932, shortly after opening in 1931.
Although the exhibitions were typically held annually, there were
occasional summer and Christmas exhibitions as well. Sometimes
selected works from an exhibition were sent on tour, for example
to Chilliwack and Edmonton.|
The Gallery took a 10% commission on sales from all of these exhibitions, to help defray the expenses incurred from putting on the shows, such as postage and envelopes for mailouts, printed labels & catalogues.
In 1937 the Gallery was requested to send a loan exhibition from the Sixth Annual show to Vernon. Seventy works were selected and shipped to the Okanagan. After that exhibition they were shown in Kamloops and Edmonton AB. The Editor has not yet found a separate list of the 70 works.
In 1939 the Exhibition Committee selected "40 watercolour paintings which had formed part of the 8th Annual B.C. Artists' Exhibition" to be sent to Sackville, New Brunswick, after which they went on tour in the Maritime provinces. Refer to "Maritime Art Association" for more information.
Honorable Mentions, 1939 & 1941 B.C. Artists' exhibitions
In 1945 twenty artworks were selected from the Fourteenth Annual exhibition to be toured by the Federation of Canadian Artists. These selections were noted in a copy of the exhibition catalogue on file at the Vancouver Art Gallery Library. The Editor does not know where or when the selections were exhibited.
In 1946 forty artworks were selected from the Fifteenth Annual exhibition to be toured by the Federation of Canadian Artists and U.B.C.. These selections were noted in a list from the FCA on file at the Vancouver Art Gallery Library. The Editor does not know where or when the selections were exhibited.
The pre-1950 catalogues are transcribed completely from the inaugural 1932 exhibition up to 1950, including all known annual exhibitions, summer exhibitions, and Christmas exhibitions. Five travelling shows are listed. Every artist listed in them has a biographical file in BC Artists listing every work that they exhibited. The remaining catalogues from 1951 to 1968 are referenced to all participating artists in the artist index with "BCA" and a year. Thus, for example, BCA56, for an artist who had work in the 1956 Annual exhibition, or BCA56-61 to indicate a range of exhibitions.
The selection process for the exhibitions varied over the years, and the jury or their selections were frequently a hotly debated topic in the art community. In response, the art gallery did their best by engaging professional curators to jury. In some cases almost no work was accepted, and the jury's comments in the 33rd Annual catalogue were particularly scathing about the lack of quality and originality in work entered. Up until 1945 there were only 2 BC Artists' exhibitions that were non-jury.
The second-to-last exhibition in 1967 was a juried show, and the jury of one selected only 10 out of 400 entries as being worthy of exhibition. I personally think that this probably surprised everyone. The exhibition committee would have made considerably more space available for the show than was actually required. Artists protested, of course.
For the 37th and final B.C. Artists exhibition in 1968, the art gallery threw in the towel, and exhibited one artwork - unjuried - from every artist who submitted. As a result, 473 artists showed their work, noted in the artist index or artist biographies as BCA68. It resulted in a very interesting mix of professional and amateur artists.
|1932 Oct. 5 - 30||1st Annual Exhibition|
|1933 Sept. 22 - Oct. 15||2nd Annual Exhibition|
|1933 Dec. 1 - 17||Christmas Exhibition|
|1934 Sept. 21 - Oct. 14||3rd Annual Exhibition|
|1934 ? - ?||Edmonton Exhibition|
|1934 Dec. 4 - 16||Christmas Exhibition|
|1935 Sept. 20 - Oct. 13||4th Annual Exhibition|
|1935 Nov. 22 - Dec. 8||Christmas Exhibition|
|1936 Sept. 18 - Oct. 11||5th Annual Exhibition|
|1936 Oct. 15 - 20||Chilliwack Exhibition|
|1936 Dec. 8 - 20||Christmas Black & White Exhibition|
|1937 Sept. 17 - Oct. 10||6th Annual Exhibition|
|1937 ? - ?||Vernon/Kamloops/Edmonton Travelling Exh.|
|1938 Sept. 16 - Oct. 9||7th Annual Exhibition|
|1939 Sept. 15 - Oct. 8||8th Annual Exhibition|
|1939 ? - ?||Maritimes Travelling Exhibition|
|1940 Sept. 20 - Oct. 13||9th Annual Exhibition|
|1941 Sept. 26 - Oct. 19||10th Annual Exhibition|
|1942 July 7 - Sept. 2||1st Annual Summer Exhibition|
|1942 Sept. 25 - Oct. 18||11th Annual Exhibition|
|1943 July 2 - Aug. 25||2nd Annual Summer Exhibition|
|1943 Sept. 25 - Oct. 20||12th Annual Exhibition|
|1944 July 4 - Aug. 30||3rd Annual Summer Exhibition|
|1944 Sept. 23 - Oct. 22||13th Annual Exhibition|
|1945 July 3 - Aug. 26||4th Annual Summer Exhibition|
|1945 Sept. 22 - Oct. 21||14th Annual Exhibition|
|1945 ? - ?||FCA 20 Selections from 14th Annual Exh.|
|1946 Sept. 21 - Oct. 13||15th Annual Exhibition|
|1947 July 8 - 27||Summer Exhibition|
|1947 Sept. 20 - Oct. 12||16th Annual Exhibition|
|1948 Sept. 18 - Oct. 10||17th Annual Exhibition|
|1949 Oct. 8 - 30||18th Annual Exhibition|
|1950 Nov. 28 - Dec. 17||19th Annual Exhibition|
|1958 Oct. 22 - Nov. 16||27th Annual Exhibition|
|1966 Nov. 30 - 1967 Jan. 8||36th Annual Exhibition|
1959 (Nov. 24 - Dec. 22)
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5 August 1922, Dornach
Ladies and Gentlemen,
To understand how the sort of thing we discussed last time can be maintained, we must now turn our attention to certain features in the economic process which also take a part in the determination of economic values and which at the same time show how very difficult it is to value in the economic sense that which comes into the process through the human mind and Spirit. I will give you an example, not exactly fictitious, but put in such a way that its value as an example does not depend on the specific facts on which it is based.
The following may happen. At a given time there lives a great poet, recognised as such during his lifetime and increasingly so after his death. Now one of those who concern themselves with this poet, being perhaps particularly fond of his poetry, may hit upon the following idea. “In the near future,” he says to himself, “they will make more and more of him. I know for certain — at any rate I can afford to take the risk — that in the near future, say within 20 years, they will make still more fuss about him than now. Nay more, following the habits of our time, within 20 years they are sure to set up an institution to collect his manuscripts.” From various things which he has picked up and turned over in his astute head, this man says to himself: “These things are quite sure to happen. Very well, I will begin at once to purchase autograph MSS. of this poet. For they are still very cheap.” And then one day, when he is sitting in the company of others, one of them says: “Personally I am not very keen on speculation: all I desire is to have a reasonable interest on my savings.” Another says: “That is not good enough for me. I am buying shares in such-and-such a mining concern.” He is more of a speculator; he is buying “paper” (industrial shares). But the third, namely our man, says: “I am buying up the best paper on the market. It is very cheap indeed. But I shall not tell you fellows what it is” (for it is part of the venture that he does not give his game away). “The paper I am buying will rise in value more than any other in the near future.” So he buys nothing but autographs of the said poet. And after 20 years he sells them to the archives, or to others who will sell them to the archives in their turn. He sells them for many times the amount he gave. So that he was the biggest speculator of the three!
It is a perfectly real case, only I will not give any further details now. It occurred in fact. And, you perceive, it brought about a very significant reshuffling of economic values. Now what were the factors that contributed to this reshuffling of values? In the first place, simply the prudent exploitation of the fact that the poet's reputation was growing — a growth which in the end found expression in the establishment of archives. But you must add — at any rate as to the reshuffling of values, the bringing of it all into the hands of a single man — the fact that he kept his own counsel about it, did not draw the attention of others to it; nor did they hit on the idea themselves. So he was able to make an enormous profit.
I mention this case only to illustrate how complicated the question can become, how many factors converge in the nature of value and how difficult it is to grasp them all. Thus the question arises: Is it quite impossible to grasp them in one way or another? You may say that for a considerable part of life it will be perfectly possible for men and women of sound intelligence, in the right associations, to estimate the factors, even to the extent of giving them numerical expression. But there will still be many things — things of decisive importance for a true estimate of values — which it will not be possible to grasp with ordinary common sense, unless we look for some fresh aids to understanding.
We saw how Nature, to acquire an economic value, must be transformed by human Labour — must, as it were, be combined with human Labour. There is the Nature-product. In an economic organisation based on division of Labour, the Nature-product has, properly speaking, no value to begin with. Now let us try to find our way into this picture. Values arise by the joining together of the material of Nature, if we may call it so, with human Labour. Thus, if only in a kind of algebraic formula, we may begin to approach the real “function” of value-formation. For instance, we can see at once that it cannot be a question of simply superimposing Labour upon the Nature-element. For the Labour changes the Nature-element. It cannot be a merely additive function. It will be more complicated than this. But we can hold to what we have already said; we see the economic value arise where the Nature-product is first taken over by human Labour.
Obviously the first stage in the process — in the taking-over of the Nature-product by human Labour — is direct work on the land. Therefore, when all is said, we must always look upon the cultivation of the land — in the widest sense of the term — as the starting-point of economic life. This is the condition precedent to the whole of economic life. But how is it when we go over to the other side of the economic process? I need not enlarge on it any more at this stage; it is quite evident from the preceding lectures that even such a thing as the redistribution of values plays a considerable part in the movement of economic values. How shall we find anything comparable in all these different factors? If we regard “Nature times Labour” as the value which comes up from the one side (or, as I said, whatever the right function is); then we must look for something comparable on the other side. We cannot simply compare Nature with the Spirit, for we shall find no point of comparison — least of all by way of purely economic considerations — if only for the reason that a highly subjective element here enters in.
Think of a simple village economy — a self-contained one, if you will. There have actually been such economies — to some extent at any rate — within the experience of man. It will consist, to begin with, in the things produced — we will imagine even the market and the town out of the picture. It will consist in the peasants, the workers on the land, the workers in the different trades (those who clothe the people, for instance, and a few others) but no special proletarians; such a thing will not yet exist, nor need we, on our present lines of thought, turn our attention in that direction. Whatever is relevant to the proletariat will appear in due course. But our village economy will also include the schoolmaster and the parson, or one or two schoolmasters and parsons. They — if it is purely a village economy — will have to live on what the others give them. Whatever develops there, of the free spiritual life, will in the main have to develop among the teachers and the parsons — or possibly a parish clerk will be added. Now we must ask ourselves: How does a proper valuation come about in this simple economic circuit?
There will be very little else of “free spiritual life.” We can scarcely imagine the schoolmaster or the parson blossoming out into a novelist, for if the village economy is a closed one he would not be able to sell very much. A novelist would only be able to earn, in this community, if he were able to instil into the peasants, tailors and cobblers a passion for his novels. In that case no doubt he might be able to call into being quite a little industry. But it would cost a great deal to do that. At any rate we cannot, in the ordinary way, imagine such a thing existing in our little village community. In fact, the “free spiritual life” must await certain conditions. But from the simple fact that there are the parson and the teacher and a parish clerk, we can at any rate conceive how the achievements of these spiritual workers — for they are such, in the economic sense — will come to be valued economically.
What is the requisite condition for these spiritual workers to be able to live in the village at all? It is that the people send their children to school and that they have religious needs. Spiritual needs, therefore, are the fundamental premiss. Failing such needs, even these few spiritual workers could not be there. And we shall have to ask ourselves: How will these spiritual workers economically endue their products — their sermons, for example (even these must be conceived in an economic sense), and their school lessons — with value? How will these things be valued in the whole economic circulation?
This is a fundamental question. We shall only gain an answer to this question, if we begin by imagining quite vividly what the others must be doing. They must be doing physical work. By bodily Labour they call forth economic values. If there were no need for sermons and school lessons, the parsons and teachers would have to do physical work. Everyone would be working with his hands and the spiritual life would drop out of the picture. We should no longer be concerned with the economic valuation of spiritual products. Thus we arrive at the required valuation precisely by observing that parsons and teachers are spared physical Labour. If they are to do their spiritual work, which is desired, they must be relieved from the bodily work. Here you can introduce into the line of thought something capable, at least, of a more general treatment. Suppose for example that there is only need for half as many sermons and school lessons. What will then have to happen? You cannot appoint half a parson and half a teacher. Therefore the parson and the teacher will have to spend part of their time in physical Labour. Therefore the valuation on their side will depend on the amount of physical Labour of which they are relieved. This is the measure for the valuation of their work. One man contributes physical Labour, another saves it and his spiritual achievement has a value corresponding to the amount of physical Labour which he saves himself by virtue of it. Take these two economic fields and think the thing through economically, and you will see that even a sermon must have an economic value, and moreover how it acquires this economic value. It acquires it inasmuch as Labour is saved or spared, whereas on the other side Labour has to be applied.
And now the same thing runs through the entire spiritual life. What does it signify, in the economic sense, if a man paints a picture — paints at it, shall we say, for ten whole years? It signifies that the picture acquires a value for him inasmuch as it will enable him once more to spend ten years painting another picture. He can only do so if he can save himself physical Labour for a period of ten years. Therefore the picture will have to become worth as much as would be made out of other products by physical Labour during ten years. Even if you take such a complex case as I explained at the beginning of this lecture, the same result will emerge. In all cases of spiritual production, if you try to find the concept of value you will arrive at this other concept — the concept of Labour that is saved or spared.
It was the cardinal error of the Marxists that they looked at it all exclusively from the physical side. They said that Capital is to be looked upon as crystallised Labour — as a product with which Labour has been combined. Now if an artist paints a picture, the Spirit he has painted into it during ten years is certainly combined with it, but this could at most be computed by those who believe that Spirit is the inner “work” of the human organism transmuted; which is sheer nonsense. The spiritual cannot be assimilated to the natural in that facile way. If I complete a spiritual product, it is not the point that in some way Labour is stored up in the product. The work stored up in it is economically irrelevant. Qua bodily work it may be very little. Moreover what little there was falls, in any case, under the other heading — that of physical work. What gives value to the product is in truth the Labour which it will save me. Thus on the one side of the economic process the actual doing of work, the bringing of Labour to the product, is the value-creating factor; the product absorbs Labour — as it were, attracts it, While on the other side the product rays out Labour, begets Labour; the value is the original thing which calls the Labour into being.
We have now therefore a means of comparison, namely, Labour on the one side and Labour on the other side, and we are therefore in a position to relate them, for we may say: If the value in the one case equals “Nature times Labour,” in the other we must call it “Spirit minus Labour.”
V = N,L
V = S-L
The direction is exactly opposite. Physical Labour only has meaning inasmuch as the one who wants to contribute it to the economic process actually does it himself. While what is related to the product on the spiritual side is the Labour which one man does for another. It must therefore be entered as a negative in the economic process.
It is a remarkable thing. Study the history of Economics, and you will always find that what is said is right, but only in a limited sphere. There are economists who believe that it is Labour which gives things value — the school of Adam Smith, the school of Marx, for example. But other schools give another definition, which again is right in a certain sphere. According to them, a thing becomes Capital — i.e., a source of value — inasmuch as it saves Labour. Both points of view are true. Only, the one is true of all that is in any way related to Nature, to the soil, the land; while the other is related to the Spirit. Between these two there is a third. For, in effect, neither of the two extremes is ever there in its pure form; they are only there in an approximately absolute sense. After all, even in picking blackberries (which acquires economic value only inasmuch as the workers actually go there and do it) — even here there is some spiritual work. If of two blackberry-pickers one is stupid and makes extra work for himself by picking where they are scarce, while the other finds a place where there are plenty and obtains a better yield for his Labour, the blackberries of the former worker are of less value, relatively speaking; he will not get more money for the same amount of berries. Thus, in effect, neither extreme is ever realised absolutely. Even the gathering of blackberries entails spiritual work (although we might not call it so). The work of using one's wits creates values, just as it did with the collector of autographs; at least it creates values by placing them.
Once more, then, we have Labour in the one direction and in the other, and this alone enables us to compare the economic values. But this comparing is done by the economic process of its own accord. We can at most raise it, in a certain way, into the sphere of conscious intelligence. Indeed, all that I have given in these lectures amounts to this: that we lift certain instinctive processes into consciousness.
As I said just now, we have neither of the two extremes in any absolute sense. For on the other side (V=S-L), however much a painter uses his intelligence he must still do some bodily work if he wishes to create anything of economic value. Even if he exercises clairvoyant power (a thing which you cannot grasp at all in terms of economics), even then he must still do some bodily work. Relying on his genius, it may be, he can afford to be dreadfully lazy; still, now and then he must take up the brush. Some bodily work has to be done even in this case, just as some little force of thought must go even into the picking of blackberries. (Things that take place in real life cannot be grasped merely quantitatively. They have to be grasped while they are actually happening. Therefore we can only grasp them with our concepts, if we realise that the concepts themselves need to be kept in constant movement).
It is between these two extremes that we can perceive more clearly how in the real economic life bodily and spiritual work play into one another, moving to and fro. Just as in some machine, there is a regulated backward and forward movement, so in industry bodily work from the one side and Spiritual work from the other are passing to and fro. It is in this mutual interplay from two directions that we have, as a third, that which plays into the economic process between the other two. We have the case where a man has to do physical Labour, yet by his spiritual power (using his wits) he is saved some of it. This is always actually the case, only it sometimes approximates more to the formula I wrote above (V = N,L) and sometimes more to the formula I wrote below (V = S-L). The latter, in effect, would only be fulfilled in its entirety if there could be among the consumers someone who did nothing but save himself Labour by means of his spiritual faculties. It could only be someone who was born grown-up.
In this way we can look into the economic process from this aspect of valuation, valuing what comes from Nature on the one hand and from the Spirit on the other. And at this point we can say: Where positive and negative work into one another, somehow an intermediate condition will emerge. The positive may predominate. Let us assume this for a moment. In the little village economy it certainly will do so, for in such a community there will be no widespread interest in spiritual work, beyond what is absolutely necessary. But the more life grows complicated (or, as we are apt to say sentimentally, the more “civilisation advances”) the more highly, as may be seen even empirically, spiritual work is valued. That is to say, the more is Labour saved; a negative element comes in as against the positive. I beg you to consider well: by characterising it in this way we are taking hold of a real process. It is not that physical Labour is done on the one side and annulled again on the other; that would be no real progress in the economic sense; it would at most be a process of Nature. All that is done of physical Labour helps to create values. None of it is destroyed. That which counteracts it — the saving of Labour from the other side — counteracts it only in a numerical sense. In a purely numerical sense, it affects the value of physical Labour. For this very reason, we are enabled to express in a real way what actually happens. Physical workers are active, spiritual workers are active, but the achievement in the one case is work which is positively done, while in the other it is a work which in reality signifies a saving of work. Only by this means is an effectual valuation brought about.
If I may put it so, the things are divested of their particularity and it becomes possible to grasp the process in terms of numbers, inasmuch as it is the same thing which emerges on either side and only the valuation is altered. With the advance of civilisation, then, spiritual work increases in importance, and this implies that the bodily work has a less powerful effect on the valuing process. Physical strength is of course applied, and it must be so more and more as we go forward. Even the cultivation of the soil must be made more fruitful as civilisation advances. More work must be done, in a positive sense. The point is that the physical Labour is divested, to some extent, of its value-creating power. Yet this again can only be so if those who perform the physical Labour evince a growing need for that which has to be achieved from the spiritual side. Here, once again, a human factor comes into the economic process. You cannot get round it; indeed, with the advance of spiritual life, this particular human factor makes itself felt as an objective necessity.
It is quite true that, to begin with, when there are only the parson and the teacher, there is not much of spiritual life in our village. But suppose there are two villages. In one village the parson and the teacher are mediocre people: things will go on as they are. In the other village the parson or the teacher, or both of them, are first-rate people. They will be able to stimulate all manner of spiritual interests in the next generation and, in all probability, by the time the next generation arises, some other spiritual worker is brought into the village. Now there are three of them. In this regard the spiritual has a very fertile power, which in its turn works back into economic life.
What, in the last resort, does the process signify? It signifies that precisely Labour, or rather the value-creating power of Labour, which in the purely material phase of economic life has an infinitely great value, is more and more reduced in course of time by that which comes to meet it from the other side. I cannot exactly say it is “devalued”; it is reduced numerically. In the working-together, as between all that is represented by land-work — the tilling of the soil, etc. — and that which is done from the spiritual side, we have a kind of mutual compensation. And a certain compensation is the only right thing.
Now here, again, complex conditions arise. For it may well turn out that in a given place there are too many spiritual producers; i.e., the counteracting Labour-saving power may be too strong. Then the resultant value is negative, and the people cannot all live together except by consuming one another. Thus there is a limit somewhere to this compensation process. For every economic realm there is a certain balance, in the very nature of the case, as between the production from the land on the one side and the spiritual production on the other.
And until this is understood in Economic Science — how the production from the soil, taken in the widest sense, of course, is related to spiritual production — until this problem, which has hitherto hardly been considered, is very seriously dealt with, we shall never get an economic science able to cope with our present needs.
The first thing necessary is that we should begin working on definite data, from which we may convince ourselves in an atmosphere unclouded by prejudice and agitation, how some particular area gets into an unhealthy economic condition, because it contains too many spiritual workers — and again what power of further development of culture and civilisation an area has, where that limit, of which I have just spoken, has not been reached. Progress is only possible within a given area so long as this limit, determined by the necessary compensation, of which I spoke, has not yet been reached. The task then will be to investigate those elements which still survive today from closed economies — such survivals are to be found everywhere, because we are only passing slowly into a world-economy — we must investigate those elements as to which the economy of some area is still closed; we must study the aggregate welfare of those areas in which there are comparatively few poets and painters and sophisticated industrialists, etc., and where there is still much agriculture or other activity connected immediately with the land; and then we shall have to study other areas where the opposite is the case.
From the available data, we must work out empirically such general laws as will emerge for a true theory of balance as between agriculture, or the working of the land in the widest sense, upon the one hand and spiritual work upon the other. This will be necessary. For certain regions, take what we may call the average spiritual workers (do not choose such as would falsify the whole balance) and on the other hand the average physical workers. Balance the one against the other; you will perceive how the one works compensatingly upon the other.
This is a point of cardinal importance for anyone who wishes to contribute to the further progress of Economic Science today. The fact is that this problem, which should really underlie our thinking about price and value, is scarcely anywhere correctly seen as yet. As I said yesterday to a few of those present: In Economics people are always allowing themselves to be misled into a partial instead of a comprehensive way of thinking. There is no doubt that Spengler makes some very shrewd economic observations at the close of the second volume of his Decline of the West. But he ruins these brilliant observations because he does not succeed in translating into terms of present-day economic realities what he perceives historically. He points out very justly how, in the ancient economies, the economic life which comes directly from the soil was predominant; whereas today that economic life predominates which thinks in money — and consists, therefore, properly speaking, in spiritual work. But he fails to see that these two stages of economic life, which he records historically, continue side by side to this day. The one has not replaced the other in history; they stand side by side to this day, as the most primitive abides within the most advanced. Do we not find the amoebae crawling about free in external Nature and do we not find the same thing in our own blood, in the white blood corpuscles? The different historical stages even in Nature live side by side to this day. And so it is in economic life; the most varied conditions co-exist. Sometimes indeed, in the most highly cultivated economic life — if we may call it so — it is precisely the most highly cultivated elements which return to the most primitive. Values created by our living in a most elaborated culture hark back, in a certain sense, to the state of primitive barter. Those who create their savings-of-Labour, as it were, will sometimes barter one of these for another, to satisfy certain needs among themselves. Such things occur. We often find the most primitive functions applied once again to the most highly elaborated products.
I wanted to add this remark to the present lecture, so that tomorrow I may be able to give you, as best I can, some sort of conclusion to these lectures.
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There’s a great chance, that just like us, octopuses dream when they nap. According to a new study, the octopus’s sleep cycle contains two different and distinct stages. The first stage is referred to as quiet sleep. In the second, the active stage, octopuses get twitchy and their skin flashes with exuberant colors. The new discovery was made in a lab in Brazil, where four cephalopods were spotted changing hues while snoozing. This is a major advancement towards better understanding animals, but there’s still a long way to go. One scientific mystery humans have yet to resolve is why do animals even sleep?
It is hard to research animals’ sleep because each and every species has its own sleeping habits. Scientists have been working hard for decades to try and catalog sleep across the animal kingdom. So far, sleep has been recorded in jellyfish, bees, mammals, birds, and reptiles. Researchers have not been able to find a single animal that doesn’t snooze at least occasionally. This shows that sleep is important for all living creatures, not just for humans.
Neuroscientist and diver Sylvia Medeiros caught four octopuses in order to monitor their sleep. In a lab at the University of Rio Grande, she started to track and record these four specimens’ slumber. Sylvia had to watch them during the day as, unlike humans, that’s when octopuses rest. So, what has she learned? In the first stage of sleep, octopuses look, well… sleepy. They lay motionless and pale. But, in the second stage of sleep, things change drastically. Their eyes and muscles move, while their suckers contract. Their skin’s texture changes and flashes with different vibrant colors. Medeiros said that their sleep is both rhythmic and brief. The second stage happens every hour or so and usually only lasts for about 40 seconds. So, while octopuses do have what we’d call active sleep, it actually only makes up 1% of their entire sleeping cycle.
But, what is active sleep, exactly? Well, it is similar to REM sleep in humans, where we fall into deeper sleep and have crazy dreams or uncomfortable nightmares. So, do these eight-armed creatures have dreams just like us? We can’t really be sure. For us humans, sleep in general, and REM sleep in particular is used to give our brain time to rest and get rid of any useless knowledge we’ve acquired during the day. This recent finding has led people to assume that the octopus’s mind uses its active sleep state to do the same thing. But, hold your horses, we can’t really be sure if octopuses have the ability to dream. Scientists still have a lot left to learn before they can say anything conclusive, but if we dare to dream, we’d say octopuses do too.
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- GALIMIR, Clara Marguerite P A T
- GALIMIR, Mosco P
About the Family
Mosco GALIMIR, a writer, and his daughter Marguerite, a cellist in the famous Galimir Quartet, obtained Portuguese passports from Aristides de Sousa Mendes in Bordeaux in June 1940, and they resided at the Portuguese Consulate for a period of about two weeks.
They crossed into Portugal and later sailed from Lisbon to New York on the vessel Excalibur. Mosco GALIMIR sailed ahead on May 23, 1941 and Marguerite GALIMIR left Portugal on June 21, 1941.
Testimonial of Marguerite ROLLIN née GALIMIR
Transcription of letter to David Alcalay, Yad Vashem, 4 March 1966
Mrs. Joana de Sousa Mendes, daughter of the late Portuguese Consul, asked me to write to you this letter and give you some information about this outstanding man who helped so many thousand Jews during their darkest days of Hitler persecution.
When all these helpless families, waiting and begging for visas to save their lives, found nothing but closed doors, he alone opened the doors of the Consulate in Bordeaux and with the help of his sons worked day and night giving thousands of visas, ignoring the orders of his government to apply to the Ministère de l'Etranger, because he knew that there was no time to lose. My late father, Mosco Galimir, and myself were amongst the fortunate ones to get passports and to stay in the Consulate for two weeks.
I still remember that every day at lunch, telegrams arrived from the Government of Portugal to recall him. Mr. Sousa Mendes never lost faith and hoped he [would] be forgiven for all the good deeds he did for us. But his Government did not pardon him.
During the German occupation of France, thanks to our Portuguese passports, we were protected by French authorities and not sent to concentration camps. When, a few months later, after receiving our American visa for the United States, we went to Lisbon, we had the great pleasure and satisfaction to see our great, good friend once more. He looked worried and tired. A few months later he got a stroke. We always were in close touch with his family and most of his children came to the U.S.A., as they had it too difficult in their country because of the fact that the Portuguese Government never forgave Mr. Sousa Mendes for his disobedience, and it is my personal opinion that you never will get any information from them. They certainly will be ashamed of having given strict orders concerning the granting of visas to Jews.
It is with tears in my eyes that I finish this letter, thanking you for everything you will do in order to give this great humble man an honor place in the institute for the righteous people of the world.
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By Jon Daly
"Football has the ability to build a strong heart and mind, and it is making our kids more disciplined and coordinated with their body skills as well as their mentality."
Michelle Nelson-Cox is speaking about the positive impact footy has on Indigenous communities in Western Australia.
Ms Nelson-Cox, a Whadjuk Noongar woman, is the chairperson of the Aboriginal Health Council of WA.
"[Football] is very important to have around, not only for aspiring young kids who fantasise about being an elite sportsperson, but also because of our elite sportspeople who are creating a positive profile [in the community]," she said.
A recent report by the Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre – After the Siren: The community benefits of Indigenous participation in Australian Rules Football – has highlighted the physical health, mental well being and community connectedness benefits that flow from playing football.
AFL is the second-most popular team sport among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, with almost 45,000 Indigenous players, and in WA, one in four Indigenous men play the sport.
Indigenous boys living in remote areas and playing football had 20 percent lower rates of truancy from school than those that did not play, according to the report.
In the past year adult Indigenous players reported higher life satisfaction than those who did not participate, and they were twice as likely to rate their health as excellent.
Fifty-six percent of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children who played football were assessed as being in excellent health, compared to 48 percent of children that had not engaged with the sport.
Report co-author and Senior Research Fellow, Dr Sean Gorman from Curtin University's School of Media, Culture and Creative Arts, said the report also found that AFL is an inclusive sport that offers wide accessibility irrespective of socio-economic background.
"Whether it is urban or regional areas, the role of football plays is massive, not just in terms of getting communities engaged, it is massive in terms of the way it presents a positive aspect to people's lives that are, if we look at social and economic indicators, not great," he said.
"Football is a really important social mechanism for Aboriginal people to engage their agency, but also to participate in something that all Australians love."
Dr Gorman also highlighted the important role elite-level Indigenous players held in the community.
"They are seen as significant contributors to the way Aboriginal people feel great pride and great resonance that enables them to see something other than the horrible statistics that we see time and time again," he said.
"The role they play is completely vital to the way Aboriginal people can feel proud and safe and valued, whether that is in urban, regional or remote Australia."
Ms Nelson-Cox said Indigenous sporting personalities needed to be particularly mindful that they were role models for their communities.
"They have kids that look up to them and their competitiveness in the sporting industry, and [players need to recognise their] connection to culture and must not forget that they come from a grass roots level," she said.
Dr Gorman said that for many professional Indigenous players, there was a deeper narrative associated with their participation in AFL.
"When you talk to Aboriginals about why they play they say 'I am not playing for myself, I am representing my family and my community'," he said.
"It becomes a deeper narrative, a stronger narrative, which as a broader community we need to appreciate and understand.
"This is where the report becomes so salient because it is how we connect all these disparate narratives up, and we can start to appreciate on a greater level the contribution these men and women have made over time."
One such role model is the Fremantle Dockers' woman's team Vice Captain and Noongar woman Kirby Bentley, who spoke at the launch of the After the Siren report on Thursday.
"I am still one of the most elite Indigenous female footballers in the country and for me that is not so much about saying how good I think I am. It's more about what I can do with the position I am in," she said.
The number of women's football teams has doubled since AFL Women's League was introduced this year, according to the report.
AFL is also making its mark on remote communities in the far-north of WA.
"It is an integral part of the Western Desert communities," Michael McMonigal said.
McMonigal is the program manager of Ngurra Kujungka [Inc], an non-for-profit organisation leading the development of the Western Desert's first community driven, regional sport and recreation program.
"It has a very positive influence on the community, in terms of their overall physical, mental and emotional wellbeing," he said.
"We are hoping to develop programs and pathways for these young footballers to follow in the future."
In 2003, Newcrest Mining Ltd began sponsoring the annual Western Desert League, a football competition created to benefit and engage the Martu people, the traditional owners of a large part of central WA.
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MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- We're well into harvest season, not just for farmers but for at-home gardeners. And a problem that plagued them last summer and fall hasn't gone away.
We've received several emails about it. Many of you want to know: Why is there still a canning lid shortage? And how else can people preserve food? Good Question.
Jeff Wagner learned you either need to get lucky or get creative.
Even amidst a drought, there's no shortage of fruits and vegetables at the Rosemount Farmers Market.
Preserving that purchase, however, is a different story.
"Every now and then you'll hear somebody say, 'I don't have enough lids to do my batch of canning this time,'" said Julie Backes of Pflaum Farm.
"I know last year was terrible and so I got [jars and lids] early this year," said shopper Luann Olen.
Before contacting WCCO about the shortage Marlene Harguth contacted Ball and Kerr, the top canning companies in the country.
"They both reassured me that by late summer, July, there would be plenty on the shelves," she said.
When asked she found at the store, Harguth responded with a stern, "Nothing."
It all began last year when the pandemic hit in early 2020. Stuck at home, people picked up gardening, then canning their harvest.
"That led to a supply shortage of canning lids," said Suzanne Driessen, University of Minnesota Extension food safety educator.
That supply and demand problem, specifically for the two-piece metal lid, simply hasn't gone away. The jars are reusable if cleaned properly, but the lids are not. Trying to reuse the lids is a safety issue because the seal might fail, leading to spoiled food.
"I don't want to get the whole botulism thing, I'm afraid of that," said Olsen when asked if she'd reuse a metal lid.
Are there ways to can using a different type of lid than the one that's so scarce right now?
"There are a two-piece plastic reusable lid out there," said Dreiseen.
What are some alternatives to canning while still preserving food?
"Freezing actually is the easiest method," said Driessen.
When frozen, Driessen said the shelf life for produce is eight to 12 months. Nutrients and flavor start to diminish any longer than that.
Drying out fruits and vegetables helps them last six to eight months.
"I have a food dehydrator but you can also do a lot of oven drying," said Driessen.
But proper canning still has a jarring lead, preserving food for two years or more.
Harguth said that means she'll continue scouring store shelves.
"I won't order them online because they've doubled in price," she said.
Driessen said do your research when buying lids not made in the U.S. to make sure they properly fit your jars. And if you buy the reusable plastic lids, make sure to carefully follow their instructions.
For assistance on canning and other forms of food preservation, the UMN Extension has a phone number to call at 1-800-854-1678. To learn more about it, click here.
For other tips on food preservation, click here.
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If someone asked me recently how things are going and what I thought about current world events, my response would be that everything is not as bad as the media portrays. World global humanity began to gradually emerge from the post-Covid shock that engulfed the entire globe in 2019. I accepted that there are still many significant and little issues in the world, but I looked forward with optimism to when those issues are resolved via human cooperation. Then February 24, 2022, came. The day I realized that I knew nothing about the world before it.
In 2022 I predict a number of crucial events will occur, putting global humanity in a condition of upheaval. The problems are global warming and increased levels of harmful substances in the environment, millions of refugees and the threat of hunger, military conflicts around the world, and the COVID-19 pandemic. All these issues are interconnected and begin to influence each other. Together, each of them creates a cause and effect on one another.
The peak of this volatile time was the start of a new war in Europe on February 24. When Russia, disregarding all international norms of law, attacked Ukraine unprovoked. This war set in motion mechanisms that had been dormant in Europe for the past 70 years.
Amid these global world events, we can safely assume that humanity has entered a new stage of its development and current history. However, it is not a calm stage—simply a transitional stage. What awaits people after its completion still remains unknown. Forecasts for the future are almost impossible to make. Future predictions during the crisis and transitional stages are not just impossible, but useless too. Every day there is a new forecast, and every day it is not fulfilled.
A final meeting of the "G7'' club took place in June of this year. One thing became clear; saving Ukraine and stopping Russia means the opportunity to achieve the Net Zero Emission program adopted at the Paris Climate Summit in 2018.
The world's events and military operations in Ukraine put mankind further away from meeting the 2018 Climate Summit's objectives to cut emissions, and lessen environmental strain by the intermediate date of 2030. Time is running out and there is not much of it left. We must take action immediately before we lose something we can never get back. The "G7" summit in Bavaria addressed stopping the invasion of Russia, climate change, and its negative economic consequences.
After the summit, the impression that the global human community was in a crisis "transition period" was only confirmed. Therefore, it is necessary to look for alternative models of humanity's existence during the crisis. Something needs to be changed in modern life. Some changes are already in motion on their own, and others are out of human control. What predictions can be made for the future? I understand that forecasts for the future during the transition period are particularly useless and even slow! Nevertheless, some changes are already noticeable—or what some consider “in the air.”
Revolution of Consumerism
The further spread of AI-based technologies, as well as their everyday use, will lead to an increase in the demand for goods. In addition to concerns about the employment of workers, private information security, and the acceleration of the use of AI in business. Analysts are already predicting a future decrease in the number of hours in the working week. People around the world will have more hours of leisure time. These hours free from work will have to be filled with something. The vacuum will have to be filled with goods that will have informational, virtual, and industrial sources.
A new wave of consumerism awaits humanity. This wave will be a revolution in the field of consumption. The result of radical changes in the structure of human consumption—in addition to the reduction of food in the transition period—will be a virtual space that will become one of the leading products.
Virtual space, like any other industrial site, will need its ecological and economic niche. It will be positioned as an eco-space amid worsening climatic conditions.
Historically, amateur artists hardly earn any money. However, during industrialization, the commoditization of art led to the fact that its producers began to earn millions. The virtualization of art will become a new stage in mass culture. Why pay for a product, even a few cents, when there is the possibility to create "our own '' with AI-based programs? Programs that distribute your product to millions or billions of people and are accessible to everyone. Or have the option to have products only for yourself or a separate group of confidential supporters.
A new revolution in consumerism will lead to a rapid increase in the industrial production of goods. Millions of people will be out of work due to AI technologies. Dozens of new fields of employment will also appear. As a result, during the time of transition when AI-based technologies are widely used, governments and multinational corporations will experience societal pressure from the working population.
Such pressure against the background of climatic changes and social cataclysms will create an incredible scale, and will not consider the borders of states to exist. The 21st century is the century of acceleration. In time, social discontent will pass very quickly. However, it will be dramatic in contentment. We are aware that technology is used when inventing newer technology. Resulting in a product or commodity greatly accelerating with its introduction into society, and the beginning of its industrial use or production.
Those who see living in the 21st century in accordance with the norms of the middle of the 20th century will experience the next consumerism revolution swiftly and unexpectedly. This revolution will be comprehensive and all-embracing. It will be everywhere and will affect all forms of social and private life. However, it will require a higher load on the IoT industry. This load, in turn, will become a trigger for further climate change, and its deterioration. A transitional period of climate instability will start to begin. Of course, it is still unknown what this period will be. Currently, it’s known that AI programs work near the sources and have already begun to introduce this technology into everyday life.
The result of the new revolution of consumerism will be a new society. However, it will still be an antagonistic phenomenon, where failure accompanies success. Here, complete freedom of action intersects with total coercion and more. The planet will already be evolving with new dimensions of reality, a new climate, and new ideas that have their roots in problems as old as the world.
Does this mean changes? Yes, it does! Will they become decisive for the fate of humanity? This will be decided by the active participants in the new virtual environment in the middle latitudes' semi-arid climate.
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The Northern Route
Valença to Fátima | 364 km | 17 days
This route covers Northern and Central Portugal. The scenery is beautiful and varied, and while the rural and urban landscape gradually changes along the way it is defined by the constant presence of the rivers and mountains that delineate this ancestral land, dotted with small villages, towns and cities.
The landscape between the Rivers Minho and Douro is verdant and a sea breeze blows across it. Between the Rivers Douro and Mondego the coastal plain strikes a contrast with the mountainous inland terrain.
To the south of the River Mondego the landscape undergoes a progressive transformation, eventually reaching the limestone mountains of Aire and Candeeiros. The walker will come to know a substantial part of the geography, history and culture of Portugal. A considerable stretch of the Northern Route coincides with the Portuguese Way of St. James.
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Las Vegas-based Filipino artist Gig Depio, acclaimed by critics in Nevada for his murals depicting socio-political issues in Philippine and American society, will hold his first one-man show in Manila, titled “Bring Home the Bacon: From Feudal to Neoliberal,” at the National Commission for Culture & the Arts (NCCA) Gallery in historic Intramuros, Manila.
The exhibit will be held throughout the month of June to coincide with Philippine Independence Day June 12. The reception day will be on June 21.
A dozen intense, large-scale paintings will be on display, including a 24 foo teach wide quadriptych on the influence of capitalism on Southeast Asian culture: a 16 feet wide diptych on issues surrounding immigration and the global exploitation of human labor; and a 7 foot wide work focusing on Philippine-America history at the turn of the 20th century.
“I see the show as a culmination point wherein all the major pieces I’ve painted in the past several years are in fact related to one another and are also a manifestation of my own socio-political and economic concerns,” says the artist.
The exhibit is curated by leading social realist Edgar T. Fernandez. “I am honored to be working with Egai Fernandez,” declared Depio. “We proudly share the same aspirations for Filipino artists.”
In a statement, Fernandez said “Gig’s imagery compels us to look back at history and its connection to contemporary political life. He will be using images like the Pinatubo eruption as a political message, as well as a changing landscape. I’m very much excited by this kind of work.”
Depio has mounted three solo shows in the state of Nevada and has participated in many group exhibits. Reviewing a group show of contemporary Nevada artists, Amanda Horn of the Nevada Museum of Art declared: “Gig is my favorite in the show because this has a socio-political commentary but he does it in a non-threatening way. There’s almost a cartoon-like quality to his work which makes it approachable.”
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On May 28, US president Donald Trump signed an executive order on “Preventing Online Censorship.” From the title and the document respectively we can draw to two lessons.
First: Never, ever, ever believe the title of a government document. The internal texts of congressional bills and resolutions, as well as executive branch orders, “findings,” intelligence “estimates,” etc. seldom have much, if anything, to do with their titles.
“A Bill to Protect Cats, and for Other Purposes” may or may not even mention cats outside of its opening justification paragraphs before it mutates into a swamp of of corporate welfare handouts, hidden tax increases, and Orwellian surveillance state provisions. An intelligence “estimate” or presidential “finding” that Saddam Hussein has weapons of mass destruction or that the Iranians are trying to build a nuclear weapon … well, you get how that stuff works, right?
Second: Never, ever, ever mention — at least in public — that Donald Trump is a liar. The purpose of the executive order is not to “prevent online censorship.” It’s to punish Twitter for “fact-checking” two of his tweets about voting by mail.
“Trump,” the “fact-check” title notes, “makes unsubstantiated claims that mail-in ballots will lead to voter fraud.” That’s an incredibly polite way of saying that Trump tells new stories so wildly incompatible with his previous tales that “Trump’s lying again” is the only plausible way to interpret them.
Until a few weeks ago, Trump and his party defended mail contact with voters as the only way to PREVENT voter fraud. Now Trump says “There is NO WAY (ZERO!) that Mail-In Ballots will be anything less than substantially fraudulent.”
Stripped of its empty self-congratulation and whiny victim-playing, Trump’s executive order is about the opposite of protecting free speech. It’s about “clarifying” — that is, neutering — Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996.
Section 230 protects online platforms from liability for material created by others: “No provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be treated as the publisher or speaker of any information provided by another information content provider.”
Section 230, to put it as simply as possible, allows online platforms to operate without fear of being sued into bankruptcy for the actions of their users. If I libel you on Twitter or Facebook, you can sue me, but if you try to sue them you’ll lose. They’re not responsible for what I write.
Section 230’s protections aren’t dependent on a platform “purport[ing] to provide users a forum for free and open speech,” or on that platform being truthful if it does make such a claim, as the executive order implies. Platforms are free to set their own content policies, to ban users who violate those policies, and to notice and publicly mention that a user is a pathological liar who’s lying yet again, even if that user just happens to be the president of the United States.
If it withstood court challenges (it wouldn’t), Trump’s order would use the rule-making and spending power of the federal bureaucracy to punish, not protect, free speech.
Thomas L. Knapp (Twitter: @thomaslknapp) is director and senior news analyst at the William Lloyd Garrison Center for Libertarian Advocacy Journalism (thegarrisoncenter.org). He lives and works in north central Florida.
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Golang Interview Questions
- What is the new function?
- What is vendor in the go module?
- Write a producer-consumer program using goroutine.
- Write a two routine: even and old. The even goroutine should only print even numbers and the odd goroutine will only print odd numbers. The max number will be given as an input parameter.
- What is the closure function in Golang? How to create it?
- How to access the shared variable in Golang when multiple goroutines are trying to access it? How to handle race condition?
- What is the difference between Golang's concurrency with other languages?
- What is the difference between concurrency and parellism? Which one Golang uses and how?
- How Golang concurrency is fast.
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says Alastair Humphrey, the proponent of “microadventures”. This clubs very well with the idea of “being a traveler at home” – when you treat everything with the same open mind, curiosity and fresh perspective that you carry when traveling to new places.
But why be a tourist at home? Haven’t we always lived here and know everything there is to know about the place?
Well, we can tell from firsthand knowledge that being a “traveler at home” has brought great value to the time we are not traveling. We would like to share why and what we’ve learnt from going on these “micro adventures” and adopting the “traveler mindset” at home.
“Going away” is not always an option
Work could be hectic. Finances could be tight. Elders/kids in the family might demand attention. Or you could be just too fatigued to bother with booking tickets, sit on a bus/train/boat/flight and go someplace new.
You want the comfort of home but also want to feel the excitement of travel. Well, why not “travel” in your city?
Haven’t we all marveled at the CST and the other colonial buildings in South Mumbai – when we’ve seen them in movies or photographs? Most cities (especially so in India) are blessed with an old history. Which, in our daily lives we hardly have time to appreciate. Why not take a breather, and go around town appreciating some of these marvels? We like to go on “walking tours” when we travel to new cities. Why not do a walking tour in our own city?
Doesn’t need much preparation
You won’t be stuck if you don’t pack enough food or water or the footwear is inappropriate. You are still in your city, a place you know very well. So know where you can find a quick snack, a cap, sunscreen, maybe even a new pair of shoes.
The outing won’t go too wrong even if you aren’t perfectly dressed for it.
Gives you a chance to prepare for a longer adventure
Explore the neighbourhoods of your city to practice walking on the cobbled streets in Europe.
Test your gear on these outings
The shoes you’re trying to break into?
What better way of getting used to your newly purchased camera than using it “on the field”?
Photography is a huge part of our travel. It’s imperative for us that the camera and the phone (at most times, both of these are our Asus Zenfone 3s Max) hold up through the day.
We’ve used these smaller trips to test the phone and its battery, to come up with the optimal way to use its PowerMaster App that controls how the battery drains.
These smaller trips are when we test the phone’ battery to measure how much it drains and how many photos and videos can we shoot in a day. Or what are the charging modes suitable, how we need to manage the apps to make sure the phone performs as we need it to, throughout the day.
At these times, when plans are made without any preparation time, the power bank might not be charged. The massive 5000mAh battery of this Zenfone then comes handy.
Meet like-minded people closer to home
We often meet amazing people doing cool things with their lives when we travel. How awesome would it be if we could meet such awesome people from our own city?
Needless to say, many weekend treks, heritage walks, and many many travel discussions followed over the years. More importantly, from just that one event, a wonderful friendship ensued.
There are more than enough interesting people here in our own neighbourhoods. Someone right next door might be interested in making wine, designing drones or building a bicycle – how will you know unless you go out seeking those?
Get the “wow, this is ours” feeling
“How are the Elephanta caves?”, many of our Couchsurfing guests would ask us. To which we would sheepishly reply, “we’ve never been there”. Sounds familiar, right?
Until one day, we joined another Couchsurfing guest and made that trip across the bay to the Elephanta caves. A young guy who lived on the Gharapuri Island (atop which the Elephanta caves are perched) was our guide. With great pride, he explained the meanings of the carved idols and symbols in the caves.
Listening to the stories he was narrating, we felt a strong connection to the place. All of the history, all of those events had happened right here, in a place we called home. “This is all part of our personal history”, we couldn’t help feeling.
Pride, belonging, torch bearers – were a myriad of emotions we were feeling as we left back from the Elephanta caves. We felt a powerful sense of responsibility towards protecting the Elephanta caves.
Isn’t that a wonderful feeling? Imagine when all of us develop this belonging and longing towards everything in and around our cities? Its heritage buildings, legacy institutions, iconic landmarks, its trees its gardens? Wouldn’t our “homes” become better places to live in?
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The Bible first mentioned water baptism in the time of John the Baptist. The prophet called out all the people in the region of Jordan for repentance and immersed them in the river as a gesture of their confession of sins. His cousin, Jesus, also took part in the custom. The famous scene where God affirmed His love to Jesus happened during His water baptism. But, was water baptism originated with John the Baptist? If so, how come the Pharisees, who were strictly observant with the Law of Moses, wanted to be baptized as well?
Water baptism or immersion is one of the Jewish traditions. Therefore, John the Baptist immersing people in the Jordan River was perfectly within Jewish law and practice at the time.
In Exodus 30:17-21, God commanded Moses to build a laver of bronze for washing. Before the priests could serve in the tabernacle, they had to be ritually clean. And part of the ritual was to wash their hands and feet in the laver before entering into service.
Later, when the temple was built, the ritual was passed down to everyone. They had to wash in a ritual bath for cleansing before entering the temple.
Mikveh Or Ritual Bath
According to the Talmud, there are six types of water gathering where the requirements are satisfied for ritual cleansing. First are the pits or cisterns filled with standing water, but they are considered least desirable. Next are the pits with rainwater as slightly more desirable. Moving up is the custom-built ritual bath or “mikveh,” then fountains and flowing waters. The best among the rest was the living waters found in the natural lakes and rivers.
Moreover, we can understand the Jewish practice more by studying the Hebrew word “mikveh,” or ritual bath. Mikveh means something waited for or confidence. It can also mean abiding, gathering together, and hoping.
From these definitions, mikveh is binding together with God. It is aligning into His Word and waiting for Him in confidence and hope.
Reference: One for Israel
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“BOILER-NEUTRO” is a special liquid blend of alkine material and is used immediately after acidizing a boiler. “BOILER-NEUTRO” also will attack.“BOILER-NEUTRO” has been found to be effective in knowing loose some last traces of scale that may be left in boiler and neutralize boiler at the same time.
HOW TO USE
- Drain all water treated with acid.
- Remove all loose excess scale in boiler
- Fill boiler with fresh water.
- Add enough “BOILER-NEUTRO” to bring the pH of boiler to 12 or 13. Approximately 1 gallon “BOILER-NEUTRO” TO 100 GALLONS WATER WILL GENERALLY BRING THE Ph TO 13. Slightly more may be needed depending on conditions.
- Bring water temperature up to approximately 180°and circulate for approximately one hour.
- Drain boiler completely.
- Remove all remaining loose excess scale in boiler, fill with fresh water.
- Add enough “NO-SCALE” boiler compound to bring pH to 13 and boiler is ready for operation.
The above procedure is for badly scaled boilers. If boiler is not badly scale, the amount of “BOILER-NEUTRO” needed, will be much less and it will not be as necessary to circulate for 1 hour.
For light scale, simply add enough “BOILER-NEUTRO” to bring pH of 9. Circulate for 15 minutes.
“BOILER-NEUTRO”is a highly alkaline formula. Protective goggles should be worn to protect eyes in event of splashing.
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What magic, the advancements that have occurred within the past few years in our “Developed” country! I’m astounded at the changes that have taken place in the United States within my lifetime.
We in America like to prance around and declare ourselves “Developed,” while we proclaim poorer countries “Developing” or “Less Developed.”
But terms like “The Developed World” make us seem fixed, finished, and all set. In fact, no, we sure aren’t! From year to year, innovations are revolutionizing our cities’ appearance and functioning.
Let’s take two cases in point: the WaterFire effect in Providence, Rhode Island, and the miracle of the Big Dig in Boston, Massachusetts.
1. Providence, Rhode Island’s Flaming Water.
When I moved to Providence for college in 1999, the town was atwitter with the changes that had revolutionized the city. First, the “Providence Renaissance” city planners ripped up concrete all along the city to uncover… a beautiful watery canal stretching along the main roads!
This canal was to become the centerpiece of the redevelopment of the city. The developers created a culminating round pool for the water, ending right at the base of a towering new mall they built: shiny Providence Place Mall.
Then this is where it gets really crazy: someone (a creative, somewhat kooky artist) decided to… light the water on fire. And thus WaterFire was born.
Basically, the city installed mini fireplaces all along the canal, and every Saturday during warm months, sends gondolas along the water to light them with fragrant cedar wood.
During WaterFire, dramatic music plays in the background, street vendors sell fried dough and kettle corn (mmm…), and stalls, restaurants, and the mall alike beckon the dollars of locals and visitors. Never seen Waterfire? You must. It’s amazing, and just a 55-minute Commuter Rail ride from Boston!
Though Providence still has its share of troubles, stop for a moment and take this in: Just a little over a decade ago, Providence was considered a dead city that wasn’t worth a second glance. Now people come for miles around to frolic and shop around the fire-lit waterway which, only a few years ago, was useless and invisible, choked under layers of concrete!
Oh, and that elegant luxury condo high rise in the photo to the upper right? That didn’t exist during my college years. Amazing transformation has taken place in Providence.
2. How Boston’s Big Dig is a Miracle I want to Kiss Every Day.
People groan incessantly about how expensive and lengthy Boston’s Big Dig was, but do we really get what it did? If we really understood the miracle it is, we’d be kissing it every day.
Basically, from the middle of the 1900s until just a few years ago (decades and decades!), there was a giant, disgustingly traffic-filled elevated highway smashing through the middle of downtown Boston! This highway was so loud, smelly, and scary, that (as I learned on the wonderful Context Tour of the Big Dig), buildings in Boston began to “turn away” from it, eliminating windows which faced the eyesore.
The tragedy of this was the following: Boston, once a proud ocean-loving city which was built by ocean trade, began to “turn away” from the ocean! The Central Artery was like a knife cutting us from our history… and from the beautiful sea views we used to have!
So what did the Big Dig do? It took down those tons and tons of repellant metal highway chunks and created a highway under the earth! I mean, that’s nuts. NUTS! The math, science and coordination involved in that positively boggles the mind.
Thank you, Big Dig, because you reunited Boston with her mother, the Sea! And we now have a delicious green park stretching through the city, through which we can cross from downtown to the fancy new HarborWalk!
So there you have it: We may have running water and reliable electricity (well, until the heavy snow pulls down the power lines like last week) in this here “Developed World,” but America is by no means “Developed” in the sense of being finished. How exciting that wherever we are in the world we get to witness growth, evolution, and progress!
The author, Lillie Marshall, is 6-foot-tall National Board Certified Teacher of English, fitness fan, and mother of two who has been a public school educator since 2003. She launched Around the World “L” Travel and Life Blog in 2009, and over 4.2 million readers have now visited this site. Lillie also runs TeachingTraveling.com and DrawingsOf.com. Subscribe to her monthly newsletter, and follow @WorldLillie on social media!
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load.ctl parameter file content :
INTO TABLE dummy_table_length_is_more_than_30
FIELDS TERMINATED BY ";" OPTIONALLY ENCLOSED BY '"'
TRAILING NULLCOLS( msisdn )
D:mp>sqlldr mennan/mennan@ora11gr2 control=load.ctl
SQL*Loader: Release 220.127.116.11.0 - Production on Fri Aug 2 11:52:37 2013
Copyright (c) 1982, 2009, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
SQL*Loader-704: Internal error: ulmtsyn: OCIStmtExecute(tabhp)
ORA-01480: trailing null missing from STR bind value
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This course is regarded by industry as an essential pre-apprentice course for those seeking a career within the Electrical industry. Students gain skills suited to careers across a wide range of sectors within the Electrotechnology industry. Careers include; Electrical worker, Linesperson, Renewable energy technician, Instrumentation or Automation and Control technicians.
Note: Completion of a TAFE SA course does not guarantee an employment outcome. Formal requirements other than educational qualifications (eg licensing, professional registration), may apply to some occupations.
Qualifications & Skills Covered
Certificate II in Electrotechnology (Career Start)
Students complete 12 units covering the knowledge and skills typical of those performed by apprentices in the early stages of training. 9 units are transferable into the Certificate III in Electrotechnology Electrician (apprentice) course reflecting most of the training of a first year apprentice. The content of this course includes theoretical understandings and practical tasks. Theoretical knowledge includes electrical principles, cable and component identification and Practical tasks such as house wiring, light fabrication and circuit construction. To complete the qualification you are required to complete all 6 core units and elective units totalling 140 points.
Note: Students who successfully complete only one or more units of competency but not the full qualification are eligible to receive a Statement of Attainment.
of TAFE SA graduates are satisfied with the overall quality of training.
of TAFE SA graduates would recommend their training.
* 2021 NCVER Student Outcomes Survey findings
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A correspondent writes: “I have taken to consulting the Gibbon-o-Matic as a daily oracle, as much part of my routine as the first coffee at the desk. Today’s excerpt was particularly fine, and I thought I should share it with you”.
“A philosopher may deplore the eternal discord of the human race, but he will confess that the desire of spoil is a more rational provocation than the vanity of conquest. From the age of Constantine to that of the Plantagenets, this rapacious spirit continued to instigate the poor and hardy Caledonians: but the same people, whose generous humanity seems to inspire the songs of Ossian, was disgraced by a savage ignorance of the virtues of peace and of the laws of war. Their southern neighbours have felt, and perhaps exaggerated, the cruel depredations of the Scots and Picts: and a valiant tribe of Caledonia, the Attacotti, the enemies, and afterwards the soldiers, of Valentinian, are accused, by an eye-witness, of delighting in the taste of human flesh. When they hunted the woods for prey, it is said that they attacked the shepherd rather than his flock; and that they curiously selected the most delicate and brawny parts, both of males and females, which they prepared for their horrid repasts. If, in the neighbourhood of the commercial and literary town of Glasgow, a race of cannibals has really existed, we may contemplate, in the period of the Scottish history, the opposite extremes of savage and civilized life. Such reflections tend to enlarge the circle of our ideas: and to encourage the pleasing hope that New Zealand may produce, in some future age, the Hume of the Southern Hemisphere.”
So who might the Hume of the Southern Hemisphere (with special reference to New Zealand) be? I’d say it’s this guy. But other suggestions are more than welcome.
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Nuclear plants supplying electricity to California were online during the early 2000s energy crisis and in 2020. They did not prevent outages.
- Oh, private ownership not investing in infrastructure so as to squeeze greater profits results in terrible energy grid? Capitalism is to blame? I’ve never seen anything like this before, must be fake /s
The leading causes of most power outages are problems with transmission and distribution lines — a branch falling or a fried squirrel, for example. In California, customers suffer purposeful shutoffs of power to prevent faulty wires from starting wildfires. Even 100 nuclear power plants wouldn’t prevent these outages.
Flaws in the independent system operator’s energy market also played a key role in the August 2020 power outages, just as they had 20 years earlier in the California energy crisis. Buried on page 113 of the Final Root Cause Analysis report, the grid operator admits that “Energy market practices contributed to the inability to obtain additional energy that could have alleviated the strained conditions on the CAISO grid on Aug. 14 and 15.” The report goes on to say that the independent system operator failed to properly forecast demand for the next day, and to schedule adequate power supply. The grid operator allowed the export of thousands of megawatts of power out of California, at the time it was most needed. This caused a scramble for power supplies, and for the independent system operator to call for a 1,000-megawatt outage on Aug. 14, and a 500-megawatt outage on Aug. 15.
Flawed market operations created a supply-and-demand problem.
The United States is famously obsessed with productivity, from the Protestant work ethic of our Puritan ancestors to the Horatio Alger stories we continue to see as aspirational rather than as the fantasies they are. Our dog-eat-dog form of capitalism activates a constant, underlying fear of replacement — if we’re not visibly working, someone else might swoop in and steal our job. …
We don’t want to be a burden to our colleagues. We don’t want to burn through whatever limited time off we do get (if we’re lucky). And even if we do feel sick, we’re surrounded by a pandemic — couldn’t it be so much worse? Here’s the thing. It could be, but we don’t have to personally make it so by neglecting to attend to our legitimate needs. Rather than pushing the limits further and further out, this could be a time to bring them in.
At the very least, we need the space to heal and recover when sick. And we shouldn’t stop there — we need space and at least a few moments untethered from our jobs. In a moment when life and work have bled into one undifferentiated, weekendless morass, we have ever more need for a hard stop — some excuse to rest without the fear or guilt that have become our constant companions. But employers aren’t likely to suggest that we slow down. We’ll have to make the decision to do so ourselves.
Baby Boomer Advice to Millennials
I found the stupidest post. I did it.
You heard of “imagine a guy”? This is “imagine a field trip”
No recent examples of this
You’re not allowed to dunk on NFTs now
Another centrist says the left and the right are actually the same
Twitter Is Working On A Soundboard
Inflation: Not a Demand Issue
We’re all realizing that Airbnbs kinda suck
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San Francisco's Pier Seven looks like a busy rock quarry whose workers wield skateboard pick-axes as they fly through the air doing tricks that bring the board's metal axles chiselling down onto concrete blocks intended as benches. The cost to the city for this bit of fun? $70,000.
The new library's marble benches and railings are also a popular place for youth to hammer away, often striking the nerves of older residents.
To avert further damage and soothe frayed nerves, the city is looking at building a skate board park where youth can go and harmlessly flail away.
At a meeting last week organized by Supervisor Michael Yaki, both skaters and residents voiced their concerns.
Resident Huel Washington said he has tried to talk with skaters in front of the library. "I said, 'Hey what are you doing? Can't you see you're damaging the library?'" he said.
But apparently the youthful skaters were unmoved by his words.
Marble benches have been damaged along the Larkin Street side of the library where Yaki says the costs have not yet been assessed.
"They come down on Larkin Street, fly up
in the air and chip and chip and chip at the marble,"
Police Captain Heather Fong said that she has policed skating for a decade on the Embarcadero and knows all of the problems. She sees both sides.
She said skaters do all kinds of daredevil tricks with amazing dexterity down hills and in between cars. Skaters, she said, take a lot of risks.
She also knows of the property damage that skate boarders do. "Merchants and business owners," Fong said, "have had to hire security, and they've had to spend money to repair their property."
Embarcadero resident Norman Brand doesn't like the damage. "Pier Seven is the worst place for damage and graffiti," Brand said. But he also said that skateboarding makes it unsafe for pedestrians. "I was nearly hit by a flying skateboard..."
Police can issue citations for skateboarding but enforcement has been lax. "Skateboarding is illegal on the Embarcadero, but there's no enforcement," Brand said.
So what's to be done about the problem? Views differ.
Supervisor Yaki said he doesn't think the city should spend its money chasing down skate boarders with the police. "Putting somebody in jail for skateboarding is not good," he said.
David Deery, a 23-year-old skater, said he was put in jail for skateboarding when a warrant was issued for one of his skateboarding citations. "I had to sit in jail for skateboarding," he said. But he was let off for time served when his case came up.
Fong said that it costs the city $50,000 a year to hire one full-time police officer to police skating.
"The city should consider its part and build a park where skaters and spectators can enjoy," Fong said.
San Francisco's Board of Supervisors is trying to find the right spot for a skate park--a location that will divert skaters from damaging other areas. And the board is looking to the skate community for suggestions.
Kent Uyehara, a skate board shop owner in the city, agrees with most that the park needs to be centrally located. "The number one issue is safety," Uyehara said, "but it also needs to be accessible; otherwise kids wont be able to get to it and skate it."
Tommy Guerrero, the "Magic Johnson" of skateboarders--a skate board professional of international renown--emphasized the need for a park. "The kids need somewhere to go to skate," he said.
During last year's mayoral campaign, Mayor Brown made many promises to gain support. One was to the Excelsior Youth Club. This year Brown made good on his promises to the club. The city, along with skate board shop owners, put up money to build the skate park at James Denman School, site of the Excelsior Youth Club.
The city set up a recreation center and hired a full-time recreation department. The recreation department has reported no injuries since the park opened in July. Nearly 70 skaters use the park every day.
But Park Director Daniel Perez says the park must now find a new location, since it must be removed when classes begin at James Denman School on August 26.
There is talk of moving the park to Pier Seven and Civic Center, the two areas where skaters have done the most damage.
Kevin Thatcher, publisher of "Thrasher" and "Slap," two of the largest skateboard magazines, brought skate park designs to the hearing. He is rumored to be the designer the city has picked for a new skate park.
"There could be a lot better designs than Pier Seven that would draw skaters away from Pier Seven," Thatcher said.
With the mayor backing a new park, the hearings before the board may be a mere formality. "I used to skate with Willie Brown's son way back, so I know that he's down for the cause," Guerrero said.
Moreover, funding appears to be available. Supervisor Ammiano said the city could afford as much as $30,000 for a skate park.
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Accidents can happen even if you are a careful driver. Some of the most common causes of car accidents are listed here, along with how best to avoid them.
1. Rear-ender Collisions
Almost one third of all car accidents are the "rear-ender" type. The victim usually isn’t able to do much to avoid the accident. But these can be avoided by the other driver. Staying alert and avoiding distractions will reduce the chances of being the culprit in this situation. Distractions such as conversation, adjusting the music, and checking your online hand-held device are common causes of this accident. By all means, stay off your cell phone until you come to full stop.
2. Side-impact "T-bone" crashes
Since physics implies that two bodies can’t occupy the same space at the same time, in a T-bone accident at least one (or both) drivers have made a critical error. Again, this is a case of paying full attention to what you are doing behind the wheel. Don’t assume the other drivers are going the speed limit. Look both directions before pulling out. Intersections are more dangerous, so don’t spend any extra time there. Avoid those pesky distractions.
3. Hitting a parked car
There is very little excuse for hitting any stationary object if you are paying attention to what you are doing as a motorist. But this accident is all too common. This may sound like a broken record, but avoid the distractions that take your attention away from the road ahead and you will avoid this accident every time.
4. Hydroplaning in the rain
Tires lose adhesion when you drive too fast over water in the roadway. When your tires lose traction you can no longer steer the vehicle. The simple solution, of course, is to slow down. Stop altogether if it is raining so hard you can’t see what’s ahead. But pull off; don’t stop in the middle of the road.
5. Hitting animals
Animals are unpredictable. Reduce speed, use extra caution, and be ready for surprises around any animal in or near the roadway. Especially in rutting season, wild deer, for example, can be incredibly self-destructive with their "decisions." But domesticated pets can be almost as foolish sometimes.
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China’s ambitious plans to build its own particle collider will not be worth it, Nobel prize-winning physicist Chen-Ning Yang argued in a commentary published Sunday.
Construction on the Circular Electron Positron Collider (CEPC) is slated to start in 2021. Upon its completion in six years, it would be the world’s largest particle accelerator. With a circumference of at least 50 kilometers — its exact size has not yet been decided — it would be far larger than the current record-holding machine, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at the European Organization for Nuclear Research, better known as CERN, beneath the border shared by France and Switzerland.
Such massive colliders allow scientists to study the universe’s smallest particles. The LHC in 2012 proved the existence of the Higgs boson, an elusive particle that had long puzzled scientists.
An even larger accelerator, such as the one planned by China, could collide particles at even higher energies and make discoveries that are impossible with existing colliders. However, some people in the scientific community, including Yang, do not agree with the project.
In an article published on WeChat public account The Intellectual, the Chinese-born American physicist argues that the costs of building the super collider are too high and not worth it considering China’s current situation. Yang called the high cost of the collider “a bottomless pit,” comparing it to the Superconducting Super Collider project, which cost the U.S. $3 billion before being scrapped.
Yang, who won a Nobel prize in 1957, believes the money should be used to address social problems, and argues funding the collider will result in lower budgets for other valuable scientific research.
Chances of making any big discoveries are relatively low, Yang said. The CEPC would be used to search for so-called supersymmetry particles, which he says come from “a theory without experimental basis.” Moreover, Yang foresees the collider being run mostly by foreigners and being of little benefit to Chinese scientists. “Among the prominent high-energy physicists in the world, Chinese make up less than 1 or 2 percent,” he wrote.
Wang Yifang, head of the government-run Institute of High Energy Physics (IHEP), the entity behind the collider project, replied on Monday with an article of his own, also published on The Intellectual.
Wang denied that the cost of building CEPC would be endless, adding that international investment would cover 30 percent of the total expenses. He also said that 70 percent of the work would be done by Chinese scientists. Wang believes that building a large collider will attract overseas talent, cultivate young scientists at home, and be a leap for China in high-energy science.
Also in response to Yang’s commentary, Sixth Tone’s sister publication The Paper on Monday published an article based on an interview with Rudiger Voss, head of international relations at CERN in Switzerland.
Voss said that although the Chinese project would allow physicists to study the properties of the Higgs boson with greater precision and accuracy, the experiments would be limited in scope: The energy ranges of such experiments would be confined by the length of the tunnel, which in the case of China’s plans would be circular, and thus fixed.
Plans are currently underway for a new linear collider that would be the result of an international collaborative effort, and would build on the current experiments being carried out at CERN’s LHC. The International Linear Collider project would be extendable in length, allowing for proportional increases in energy levels.
Additional reporting by Owen Churchill.
(Header image: A view of Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) Cavern at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Meyrin, Switzerland, Feb. 10, 2015. Richard Juilliart/AFP/VCG)
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Erich Fromm (1900-1980), who passed forty years ago March of this year, was a leading Marxian sociologist who made considerable contributions to U.S. sociology and to U.S. Marxism. Best known for books such as Escape from Freedom, The Sane Society, and The Art of Loving, Fromm’s account of authoritarianism and critique of mid-twentieth century “consumer capitalism” influenced millions both inside and outside of academia.
Prior to arriving in the U.S. in the early 1930s, amidst the rise of Nazism in Germany, Fromm, who was raised in an orthodox Jewish family, was a central member of the early Frankfurt Institute for Social Research. There he worked alongside Max Horkheimer on an interdisciplinary project that sought to mix social philosophy with the empirical social sciences. Having studied sociology under Alfred Weber (Max Weber’s less famous brother) at Ruprecht-Karls-University in Heidelberg, followed by training at the famous Berlin Psychoanalytical Institute, Fromm was given central responsibility for the Frankfurt institute’s attempts at synthesizing sociology and psychoanalysis.
One of the first manifestations of this synthesis was an innovative study of manual and white-collar German workers, which was led by Fromm along with Hilde Weiss. Through use of an interpretative questionnaire, Fromm and Weiss were able to reveal that while the majority of respondents identified with the left-wing slogans of their party their radicalism was considerably reduced in more subtle and seemingly unpolitical questions – pointing to what Fromm argued was evidence of an “authoritarian” character.
Although the study itself wasn’t published until the 1980s, under the title The Working Class in Weimar Germany – this was at least partly due to the breakdown in Fromm’s relationship with Horkheimer – it is clear that it shed considerable light on what transpired in Nazi Germany, as well as telling us something about the nature of the left-wing authoritarianism.
Escape from Freedom, Fromm’s most famous work, was published in 1941, after he had left the Institute (Fromm was effectively pushed out to make way for Theodor Adorno in 1939). The central theme of Escape from Freedom was that Europe, which had hitherto been marching towards greater and greater forms of political freedom, and even towards socialism, over the course of the preceding centuries, had capitulated to fascism. Fromm wanted to try to understand this process in order to explain how and why it was that Nazism had taken hold in Germany, and why so many individuals came to support Hitler.
Like most Marxist analyses at the time, Fromm focused on the role of the lower-middle classes. He argued that the decline of their socio-economic status in the face of monopoly capitalism and hyperinflation alongside the defeat Germany suffered in the First World War and ensuing Treaty of Versailles had a deep psychological effect, removing traditional psychological supports and mechanisms of self-esteem.
In an expanded Marxian account, in which ideas and emotions played an important mediating role, Fromm identified deep feelings of anxiety and powerlessness in this class, which Hitler was able to capitalize on, with his sadomasochistic messages of love for the strong and hate for the weak (not to mention a racial program that raises “true-born” Germans to the pinnacle of the evolutionary ladder), which provided the means of escape from intolerable psychological burdens experienced on a mass basis.
Fromm’s next engagement with Marxism came in the form of his The Sane Society (1955). The book is notable for its criticism of Marx, particularly of his account of revolution. Fromm argued that the famous statement that concludes The Communist Manifesto, that the workers “have nothing to lose but their chains,” contains a profound psychological error. With their chains they have also to lose all those irrational needs and satisfactions which developed because these chains were worn. Because of this, Fromm argued that we need a concept of “revolutionary humanism,” of revolution not only in terms of external barriers, but internal ones too, one that deals with the roots of sadomasochistic passions, sexism, racism, and other forms of character that aren’t necessarily going disappear immediately in a new society.
The Sane Society also contained an extended critique of mid-twentieth century U.S. capitalism, which for Fromm was an essentially bureaucratic form of mass-consumer capitalism. As part of this critique, Fromm put forward the notion of the “marketing orientation” to describe what he saw as the newly dominant form of personality that was associated with this stage of capitalism. A social psychological refraction of the Marxian notion of alienation, the marketing orientation for Fromm was one in which people experience themselves and others as commodities, literally as something to be marketed.
Fromm’s critique of contemporary capitalism continued a year later in The Art of Loving, perhaps his best-known work. Not the most obviously socialist or Marxist book (in fact, Herbert Marcuse criticized Fromm for supposedly betraying radical thought, and becoming a “sermonistic social worker”) Fromm was nevertheless adamant that “[t]he principle underlying capitalistic society and the principle of love are incompatible,” and thus that the criticism of love (which, as he understood it, referred to the antithesis of narcissistic, racist, sexist and other forms of interpersonal relations) was also a criticism of capitalism and the ways in which it mitigated against genuine forms of love that would manifest in a more human society. Fromm believed that we must analyze the conditions for the possibility of realizing love and integrity in the present society and seek to strengthen them.
It is also during the 1950s that Fromm joins American Socialist Party-Social Democratic Federation and seeks to rewrite its program. The resulting document, although rejected for this purpose, was published as Let Man Prevail (1958). It marks out Fromm’s distinctive form of Marxism, which he here calls “radical humanism” and characterizes as a democratic, humanist form of socialism. This analysis is deepened in 1960, in May Man Prevail?, an analysis of Soviet Communism that was intended to influence the move to unilateral disarmament during the Cold War.
Fromm’s most significant contribution to U.S. Marxism, however, was Marx’s Concept of Man (1961). Containing the first full English translation of Marx’s 1844 Economic and Philosophical Manuscripts, prefaced by a few short essays by Fromm, Marx’s Concept of Man helped to popularize Marx in the U.S., as well as counteract some of the more common misinterpretations of Marx.
Fromm’s contribution to Marxism continued during the 1960s, with the publication of Beyond the Chains of Illusion (1962), in which Fromm developed his Freudo-Marxism social psychological theory of social character. Fromm was also responsible for the publication of Socialist Humanism: An International Symposium (1965), an impressive global collection of humanist Marxists and socialists, largely from Eastern Europe (including many from the Yugoslav Praxis school) but also from Africa and India.
In the years that followed, Fromm was a prominent figure in the anti-War left, influencing Martin Luther King Jr. and writing The Revolution of Hope, an attempt to influence the 1968 Presidential election. Aware of criticisms of such apparent social democratic reformism, Fromm protested that “if one is not concerned with the steps between the present and the future, one does not deal with politics, radical or otherwise.” He also wrote, Social Character in a Mexican Village (1970), The Anatomy of Human Destructiveness (1973), and To Have or To Be? (1976), all of which further developed his distinctive Freudo-Marxian inspired humanist sociology.
Looking back on Fromm’s legacy today, at a point where sociologists and Marxists are increasingly returning to his work, it is clear that what Fromm left us is a nuanced form of Marxian sociology that can help account for the relations between economic life, political movements, and inner emotional dynamism that underpin many of the changes that we are witness to in the current world situation. In a situation that is rapidly moving into dangerous territory, in what promises to be a recession as deep as 1929, we could do worse today than to look to Fromm for assistance.
Kieran Durkin is Marie Skłodowska-Curie Global Fellow at University of York, and Visiting Scholar at University of California Santa Barbara, where he is conducting the first dedicated study of the Humanist Marxist tradition. He is author of The Radical Humanism of Erich Fromm, and editor with Joan Braune of Erich Fromm’s Critical Theory: Hope, Humanism, and the Future.
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