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JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685-1750):
Early definitions of the concerto as a musical genre alternatively (and ambiguously) translate the term as “disputation” and “agreement”. Nevertheless, this contradiction does give a useful sense of the formal rhetoric of the concerto: the very differentiation of instrumental forces into tutti and solo groupings generates an immediate sense of opposition, or disputation, but the composer’s task is to render this opposition productive and agreeable. Bach and the composers of his day used the term “concerto” quite promiscuously: it is, for example, one of Bach’s customary generic titles for the works we now call “cantatas” — an acknowledgment of the contrasts between instrumental and vocal, or solo and choral forces, all functioning in “concert”.
Bach’s first essays in emulating the Italian concerto took the form of keyboard transcriptions, or arrangements, of published concertos by Vivaldi and others. The transfer of the idiom from the orchestral originals to keyboard, whether organ or harpsichord, radically narrowed the range of contrast possible between the opposing sonorities, but it still afforded ample experience in manipulating the formal and technical devices of the Italians. Most important among these was the use of ritornello form as a structural principle. (In this type of form, a memorable block of music returns in various guises at strategic points in the piece as an audible musical marker, simultaneously establishing shape and coherence, through repetition, and generating considerable musical tension, by being recalled in various keys.) This principle later informs not only Bach’s grasp of the concerto proper, but virtually every genre in which he composed. Bach’s concerto transcriptions for keyboard arose during his employment as organist, and later Kapellmeister, at the ducal court of Weimar. Upon taking up duties as the Kapellmeister to the Prince of Anhalt-Köthen, in 1717, Bach was expected to compose regularly for the court orchestra, and he transferred the concerto style back to its native, orchestral habitat, now in music of his own composition.
Many of Bach’s orchestral compositions have been lost. The surviving repertory represents only a small fraction of his output. Because we know that Bach frequently recycled his own music, traces of lost concerto movements may be found in numerous cantatas, such as BWV 42 (first movement), and other large-scale vocal works, such as the Easter Oratorio (first two movements); and the surviving harpsichord concertos, in particular, are assumed to have been generated from lost originals, that would have used another instrument as the soloist.
While, for a long time Bach scholars assigned most of his chamber and ensemble music to the Cöthen years, it now seems that only the smaller part of the extant, or surviving instrumental ensemble music belongs to the Cöthen period, while the greater part was composed at Leipzig, and principally for the Collegium Musicum which Bach directed from 1729 to the early 1740s. Bach’s concertos for harpsichord were frequently performed as part of the concerts given by the Collegium, an assembly of professionals and advanced students. But the “invention” of the harpsichord concerto dates back to the Fifth Brandenburg Concerto, probably composed sometime between 1719 and 1721, and presented in 1721 to the Margrave Christian Ludwig of Brandenburg, who lived in Berlin.
The Cöthen court’s well-documented 1719 acquisition of a large harpsichord from the Berlin instrument builder Michael Mietke might well have accounted for Bach’s ground-breaking experiment. That particular instrument was of a scale and sonority that was not previously familiar to Bach. Suitably impressed by its capabilities, Bach decided to incorporate the instrument within the group of ‘concertists’ or soloists of a concerto that also included the transverse flute, a very new instrument in German orchestras at the time. The appearance of the flute was novel enough, but imagine what the court audience must have thought when the harpsichordist—previously relegated to playing chords as a continuo player—began to play solo lines. Those parts would have been essentially inaudible when played on previous incarnations of the harpsichord, but the new Mietke instrument was full-bodied and provided the opportunity for Bach to compose extended and dazzling passages for the harpsichord alone, still cutting through the accompaniment of the ripieno string players. It was only a matter of time before Bach’s propensity for self-borrowing would inspire him to transcribe concertos originally for other obligato instruments to the harpsichord. For example, the Concerto in D minor may very well have first appeared as a concerto for violin, and the Concerto in F major is simply a transcription and transposition of the Fourth Brandenburg Concerto.
The harpsichord used on this recording was made by Joop Klinkhamer of Amsterdam in 1998, and is a copy of one built by Michael Mietke in the early 18th century in his workshop near Berlin. Only three instruments by this builder have survived, two residing in Schloss Charlottenburg in Berlin (where Mietke was court instrument builder from 1697) and one fairly recently discovered in Hudiksvall, Sweden. The Swedish instrument is important since it was delivered directly to Hudiksvall from the builder, was signed by him, and has not been altered as so many harpsichords have been. This happy circumstance has led to some clarification of the two Berlin instruments. The Mietke harpsichords have a direct connection to Johann Sebastian Bach since we know that he played on both of the Berlin instruments, and that he was sent to Berlin in 1719 by his employer, the music-loving Prince Leopold of Anhalt-Cöthen, to take delivery of one of Mietke’s harpsichords. Mietke’s instruments were similar to 17th century French harpsichords, and had thinner than average bentsides, an attribute that may create a more penetrating sound. Like its antecedents, the Klinkhamer Mietke is strung entirely with brass, one of the properties of which is the naturally occurring shifts of timbre from one range to the next, making Bach’s polyphony especially clear.
Jeffrey Thomas, John Butt, and Phebe Craig
AMERICAN BACH SOLOISTS
performing on period instruments
JEFFREY THOMAS, conductor
Michael Sponseller, harpsichord
Joop Klinkhamer, Amsterdam, 1998; after Michael Mietke, Berlin, circa 1720.
Hanneke van Proosdij, recorder
P. van der Poel, Utrecht, 1991; after Stanesby Jr., London, 1725.
Judith Linsenberg, recorder
Fred Morgan, Daylesford, Australia, 1995; copy of P. Bressan, London, circa 1720.
Elizabeth Blumenstock, violin
Desiderio Quercetani, Parma, 1995; after Stradivarius.
Sandra Miller, flute
Rod Cameron, California, 1983; after Rottenburgh, Belgium, 1750.
Katherine Kyme, violin
Carlo Antonio Testore, Milan, 1720.
Carla Moore, violin
Johann Georg Thir, Vienna, 1754.
Anthony Martin, viola
Ægidius Kloz, Mittenwald, 1790.
Kenneth Slowik, violoncello
P. François Grosset, Paris, 1748.
Steven Lehning, violone
Hammond Ashley Luthiers, Washington, 1977; after 17th century European models.
Mr. Sponseller dedicates his performance on this recording
to the memory of Earl Russell.
Producer: Jeffrey Thomas
Recording Engineer: David Tayler
Digital Editing: Hanneke van Proosdij
Digital Remastering (2019): Chris Landen
Cover Art: Photo by Neil Michel (detail of harpsichord by Joop Klinkhamer, Amsterdam, 1998; after Michael Mietke, Berlin, circa 1720; from the collection of the Department of Music, University of California, Davis.)
Recorded March 1–8 1999 in St. Stephen’s Church, Belvedere, California
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The reliability of novel flexible opto-electronic devices relies greatly on the resilience of a thin ceramic oxide layer deposited on a polymer substrate. One of the most popular combinations that currently exists comprises of a thin layer of Indium Tin Oxide (ITO) on a polyester substrate, such as polyethylene terephthalate (PET). The ITO layer, generally about a few hundred nanometers in thickness, is extremely susceptible to cracking. The resistance of this layer sharply increases and it is rendered useless as this layer experiences cracking and delamination from the substrate.
Characterization of the mechanical properties of this oxide layer after deposition is extremely important. The properties of ITO deposited on glass have been earlier investigated, but these properties can be quite different than when deposited on glass as the ITO layer has an amorphous structure. A large mismatch in modulus between the polymer substrate and the ITO can also affect adhesion to the substrate and the measured hardness values. For this reason, scratch testing and indentation of the ITO-coated PET system is extremely valuable, but straightforward testing might not always be an option.
There are a number of challenges when carrying out both scratch testing and indentation on a system consisting of a thin hard coating on a soft polymeric substrate. It is essential to ensure that substrate effects do not influence the coating data.
Figure 1. Load depth curves for 3 coating thicknesses.
Figure 2. Optical micrographs of residual indents for 4 applied normal loads and 3 coating thicknesses (1000x magnification).
The techniques described in this article include nanoindentation with a spherical indenter to promote circumferential cracking of the brittle layer and nanoscratch testing to promote adhesive failure.
Want to know more? Click here to read the full article.
This information has been sourced, reviewed and adapted from materials provided by Anton Paar GmbH.
For more information on this source, please visit Anton Paar GmbH.
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LearningForLife at the “Festival für digitale Bildung”
The government of Baden-Württemberg is investing more and more in digitalization. On Wednesday, July 4, SAP was honored to participate in the Festival für digitale Bildung, a festival organized by Baden-Württemberg focusing on the future of digital learning at schools and universities.
Christian Klein represented SAP at a discussion of the educational infrastructure of Baden-Württemberg compared to America’s education infrastructure and how modern education concepts could help Baden-Württemberg become the home of new, modern start-ups. Christian also illustrated how learning concepts like openSAP can help make Baden-Württemberg run better and more efficiently.
One of the most popular booths at the festival introduced festival attendees to Snap! Snap! is an easy-to-use, graphical programming language and part of the “Learning for Life” initiative. It allows beginners to take their first steps in programming using simple graphical building blocks. Snap! also offers sophisticated abstractions, usually found only in advanced programming languages for artificial intelligence. At the booth kids could explore their creativity and use Snap! to build a watering system for plants and learn how to program a sewing machine so it sews complicated patterns autonomously.
Snap! is being introduced to American students in grade school and utilized through university. In Germany, Snap! is becoming more and more popular with both students and teachers.
It is the youth of today and their talent that shape the world of tomorrow!
At the SAP Young Thinkersbooth, young people could get to know Design Thinking techniques. The Young Thinkers invited visitors to write down their wishes and expectations of the future and post them to a board at the booth. The end-result was a fun collection of hopes and dreams.
The SAP Young Thinkers community, which is part of SAP University Alliances and the Next-Gen community, allows young people to discover their skills, find their career paths and become successful.
But learning does not stop after university and SAP is committed to the philosophy of lifelong learning!
In a workshop, visitors could explore SAP’s learning platform openSAP. openSAP is delivering free online courses in the format of MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) around SAP’s innovative solutions. The courses are accessible around the globe for anyone, at any time. Attendeescould experience the content and structure of MOOCs as well as get practical experience on how to create and deliver successful, high quality, online training courses.
SAP recently announced a series of new openSAP coursesincluding:
- SAP Leonardo – Enabling the Intelligent Enterprise
- Intelligent ERP with SAP S/4HANA Cloud
- Reimagine Customer Experience with SAP C/4HANA
- SAP HANA Data Management Suite – Strategy Talk
The Festival für digitale Bildung was a great event and fun peek into the future of digital learning.
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Who murdered Alexandra Feodorovna?
Yurovsky reportedly raised his Colt gun at Nicholas’s torso and fired; Nicholas fell dead, pierced with at least three bullets in his upper chest. The intoxicated Peter Ermakov, the military commissar for Verkh-Isetsk, shot and killed Alexandra with a bullet wound to the head.
How were Nicholas and Alexandra related?
In addition to being second cousins through descent from Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse and his wife Princess Wilhelmine of Baden, Nicholas and Alexandra were also third cousins once-removed, as they were both descendants of King Frederick William II of Prussia.
Was Alexandra related to Queen Victoria?
A granddaughter of Queen Victoria and daughter of Louis IV, grand duke of Hesse-Darmstadt, Alexandra married Nicholas in 1894 and came to dominate him. She proved to be unpopular at court and turned to mysticism for solace.
Why did Alexandra trust Rasputin?
Alexei, the heir to the Russian throne, was born with hemophilia (a disorder in which the blood does not clot normally), and Alexandra believed that mystic Rasputin possessed the ability to heal him. Thus, she granted him unprecedented access to the Russian royal family and their affairs.
What language did Nicholas and Alexandra speak?
Nicholas and Alexandra/Languages
The languages used by the Tsar and Tsarina in their private life are English and German, though they speak also French and Italian. The Tsarina did not learn Russian until after her betrothal, and though she has a good accent she speaks it very slowly.
Was Rasputin the queen’s lover?
Myth 2: He was a sexual deviant and the Queen’s lover However, though he did frequently entertain in salons, there is no evidence to suggest Rasputin was a sex-crazed maniac who had a secret affair with Russia’s queen.
Why did Russians become upset with the czar?
1- Tsar Nicholas II and his family lived a life of luxury other’s didn’t. 2- There was feudalism, the peasants of Russia( which were the largest in populations) had no say in how the government was run. 3- Heavy taxes on peasants. 4- Difficult lives of peasants, little food, hard work for noble men.
Did Nicholas and Alexandra speak English?
Nicholas II: a tsar with an accent The last emperor of Russia, Nicholas II reigned at a time when English replaced French as the language of international communication. He also used to speak English with his wife Alexandra, yet another German princess (who had English roots) – though she knew Russian pretty well.
Did Czar Nicholas have a tattoo?
Yes, Nikolai II Alexandrovich Romanov, the last czar of Russia, got a huge dragon tattoo on his arm during a trip to Japan, before he became the supreme ruler of all Russia. Nicholas got the tattoo in 1891, several years before the sudden death of his father made him czar, when he traveled to Japan.
When did Alexandra and Nicholas Feodorovna get married?
Alexandra and Nicholas were wed in the Grand Church of the Winter Palace of St Petersburg on 26 November 1894, the birthday of Nicholas’s mother, now Dowager Empress Marie Feodorovna, when court mourning could be somewhat relaxed.
Why was Alexandra Feodorovna given the name Alexandra?
Originally Princess Alix of Hesse and by Rhine at birth, she was given the name and patronymic Alexandra Feodorovna when she converted and was received into the Russian Orthodox Church. She and her immediate family were all killed while in Bolshevik captivity in 1918, during the Russian Revolution.
What kind of disease did Alexandra Feodorovna have?
A favourite granddaughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, Alexandra was, like her grandmother, one of the most famous royal carriers of the disease of haemophilia. She bore a hemophiliac heir, Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia .
What did Maria Feodorovna do to her children?
Like her sister Alexandra of Wales, Maria-Feodorovna was a devoted, doting mother who spoiled her children. She refused to let her five surviving children to grow, particularly her eldest son, the future Nicholas II. Consequently, the imperial children were completely unprepared for the role history had in store for them.
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A mild way to upcycle plastics used in bottles into fuel and other high-value products
Plastic is ubiquitous in people's lives. Yet, when plastic-containing items have fulfilled their missions, only a small amount is recycled into new products, which are often of lower quality compared to the original material. And, transforming this waste into high-value chemicals requires substantial energy.
Now, researchers reporting in ACS' JACS Au have combined a ruthenium-carbon catalyst and mild, lower-energy reaction conditions to convert plastics used in bottles and other packaging into fuels and chemical feedstock.
Global production of sturdy, single-use plastic for toys, sterile medical packaging, and food and beverage containers is increasing. Polyolefin polymers, such as polyethylene and polypropylene, are the most common plastics used in these products because the polymers' molecular structures - long, straight chains of carbon and hydrogen atoms - make materials very durable.
It's difficult to degrade the carbon-to-carbon bonds in polyolefins, however, so energy-intensive procedures using high temperatures, from 800 to 1400 F, or strong chemicals are needed to break down and recycle them. Previous studies have shown that noble metals, such as zirconium, platinum and ruthenium, can catalyze the process of splitting apart short, simple hydrocarbon chains and complicated, plant-based lignin molecules at moderate reaction temperatures requiring less energy than other techniques.
So, Yuriy Román-Leshkov and colleagues wanted to see if metal-based catalysts would have a similar effect on solid polyolefins with long hydrocarbon chains, disintegrating them into usable chemicals and natural gas.
The researchers developed a method to react simple hydrocarbon chains with hydrogen in the presence of noble- or transition-metal nanoparticles under mild conditions. In their experiments, ruthenium-carbon nanoparticles converted over 90% of the hydrocarbons into shorter compounds at 392 F. Then, the team tested the new method on more complex polyolefins, including a commercially available plastic bottle. Despite not pretreating the samples, as is necessary with current energy-intensive methods, they were completely broken down into gaseous and liquid products using this new method.
In contrast to current degradation methods, the reaction could be tuned so that it yielded either natural gas or a combination of natural gas and liquid alkanes. The researchers say implementing their method could help reduce the volume of post-consumer waste in landfills by recycling plastics to desirable, highly valuable alkanes, though technology to purify the products is needed to make the process economically feasible.
Source: American Chemical Society (ACS)
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Purdue Pharma’s history of marketing and promoting OxyContin shows what influence money has on our social framework. Offering large bonuses to their expanding sales force, giving physicians free symposiums on pain management, giving out “free” samples of the drug to patients, Purdue ran a well-funded and targeted campaign. Doctors who prescribed opioids the most were contacted and then approached by the sales representatives. The videos and literature given to the physicians were filled with proven false claims. But perhaps the most harmful was targeting non-cancerous patients for pain management. All these actions lead to OxyContin becoming the most abused opioid in the United States in a few, scant years.
One long-term consequence of OcyContin’s marketing campaign is that it gave Big Pharma a “successful” template for a model that can be used for other controlled substances. The FDA has done nothing to change their current guidelines as to the promotion and marketing of drugs, so there is nothing to prevent or change the behavior of the kind of company that had tremendous financial success with OxyContin.
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Herpetofauna is a journal of Australian and New Zealand herpetology (ISSN 0725-1424), first published in 1963 by the Australian Herpetological Society (AHS). In 1976, with Volume 8, publication was transferred to the Australasian Affiliation of Herpetological Societies, of which the AHS is a member. It usually appears twice a year, with two issues per volume.
Herpetofauna is a peer-reviewed journal publishing original papers on the reptile and amphibian fauna of Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea and Pacific Oceania. Manuscripts are invited from authors on any aspect of the herpetofauna of this region, but particularly shorter papers involving field observations, husbandry and reproduction that may be difficult to publish in larger journals. Herpetofauna especially encourages submission of manuscripts from field naturalists and non-professional herpetologists. Manuscripts may be in the form of Articles (manuscripts longer than two pages) or Notes (manuscripts of shorter length). Herpetofauna also publishes Book Reviews and Letters to the Editor. Authors do not need to be members of one of the societies in the Australasian Affiliation of Herpetological Societies.
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It’s every self-sufficient homeowner’s dream — surveying your backyard as rain pours off your roof and into your very own rain barrels for later use (like irrigation and watering plants). Here in L.A. County, where we get around 15 inches of rain annually, harvesting stormwater is an easy way to conserve a scarce resource, while simultaneously protecting the environment and saving money. It’s a triple win!
Here are a few ways you can harness rain for your own use, rather than letting it escape into the drain and out to sea:
- Install a rain barrel (or four)
- Connecting rain barrels to your gutter system is by far the easiest way to collect rainwater for your own use. Here in Southern California, a number of companies can help you set up these barrels. Currently, the SoCal Water Smart offers rebates to those who buy barrels 50 gallons and larger. Depending on how much rainwater you’d like to capture, you could see rebates of up to $350. Not bad!
- Buy a flexible rainwater pouch:
- An economical option for the space-deprived, flexible water pouches can be easily installed under decks, in crawl spaces, in parking garages or in small yards. Installing a pre-filter and flush device would remove leaf debris and other large particulates and, as with any other rainwater system, you can even add filtration devices to treat the water to EPA drinking water standards.
- Create your own rain garden:
- Typically, rainwater collects whatever nasty toxins are sitting on top of your house (like smog particulates) as it makes its way into storm drains and, eventually, the ocean. But in a rain garden, channels filled with river rocks slow down the water while vegetation helps remove debris and pollution from your roof water, including heavy metals and pathogens. As the water winds down the channel of rocks, it can help support plant life in your backyard.
- Build a fountain:
- If you really want to go all-out, try creating an outdoor fountain that’s fed entirely by rainwater. You can use harvested rainwater from your gutters to create a watery home for birds, insects, and aquatic plants.
- Take a class:
- To master the art of rain capture, consider taking a class with ARCSA — AKA the American Rainwater Catchment Systems Association. In this online course, students learn how to plan and install a rainwater filtration system, understand the local rules and regulations, make sure it all runs safely and smoothly.
These ideas might seem like a drop in the bucket but they all add up. Combined with the Safe, Clean Water Program, a grand stormwater infrastructure plan that our County leaders are developing, DIY rainwater capture projects can help us save a massive amount of rainwater every year. Share this post with the Ron Swanson in your friend group and help us #RainItInLA.
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Background. This study was to establish whether there was a difference in the characteristics of people who received a disability grant and those who did not in rural and urban samples of isiXhosa-speaking people with disability in South Africa. Sample. The sample was a convenience sample and was identified through a 'snowballing' process. Instrumentation. A demographic survey and isiXhosa versions of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) and EQ-5D, a health-related quality of life measure were utilized. Results. The sample consisted of 244 rural and 61 urban respondents, demonstrating a preponderance of physical disabilities. The groups who received or did not receive grants were equivalent in terms of age, gender, marital status and employment status. A significantly higher proportion of rural dwellers accessed the grant. The grant holders displayed significantly more problems related to mobility and to technology and policies and services relating to mobility and transport. Those who did not receive grants reported more barriers with regard to the attitudes of health workers but not with regard to any other aspect of social support. Conclusions and recommendations. The majority of men and women with disability identified in this study received the grant, whether or not they lived in remote rural or in urban areas. As there were few differences between the groups, it is likely that several non-grant holders might qualify if they were informed of the grant and applied. The role of medical doctors as 'gate-keepers' to the grant might need to be examined.
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Why is gold so important as Wealth Protection?
''I spend a lot of time wondering how the world is going to resolve the giant credit bubble problem. Right now, almost every living person, every state, every nation is a participant in the credit bubble. The world and its citizens have bought what they want, and more, on credit, and now it's 'payback' time. But nobody and no nation has enough money to pay off what they owe. Really? Then we'll just print some more of the damn currency! Are the computers working, Charlie?
How will this monster credit bubble be resolved? And when? 'This time it's different' is a phrase that finally has meaning. You see, this time it really IS different.
We know that in the past governments have tried to solve their overspending problems with credit and fiat money. We know that none of the fiat money has ever survived. But what does that tell us about the current world, a world awash in fiat money?
It tells me that there's a ghastly train wreck somewhere ahead. At some point, sanity will return to citizens of the world, and they'll start to figure it all out. If fiat money is wealth, then how can any institution print wealth? First skepticism will rise regarding fiat money -- then it will rise towards all fiat money. Somewhere along the line there will have to be a moratorium, a world moratorium regarding money. In the end, people will only trust what they can hold in their clenched fists, or what they can own outright, such as land.
Ultimately, the world always returns to what it knows and trusts. What it knows and trusts is gold. I think there will have to be new currencies that are convertible into gold. Printed paper money will be despised, and the whole fiat currency system will be denounced as a racket.
I think toward the end of the downfall of fiat money, there will be a frantic rush to accumulate gold. The great bull market in gold which has been building rather conservatively for over ten years -- will suddenly come alive and turn speculative. Just as Americans have been basically disinterested in gold, psychology will reverse and turn white hot for the yellow metal.
Speculation in tangibles -- I can see it in the rising speculative interest in works of art and in diamonds. There is a great speculative ocean bubbling beneath us.
Hundreds have turned into thousands,and thousands are now millions. Millions are translating into billions and now sovereign debt is figured in the trillions. There's a rising tidal wave of money, and most of it is fiat money. But tangible wealth is already sneaking into the mix. It's sneaking in, in the form of art pieces, collectibles, gold and diamonds. There's a madness regarding wealth and it's building into a crescendo.
Maybe a good example is Zuckerberg and Facebook. Suddenly a young man is worth $19 billion overnight. He isn't an instant millionaire -- he's an instant billionaire -- and everyone is fascinated. The pot is sizzling and it's close to coming to a boil. The Zuck is suddenly worth $19 billion,and it's all in fiat money. How solid are the Zuck's newfound riches? My bet is (if he gets the right advice) that he turns a good portion of his mountain of fiat money into gold. If he doesn't, he's crazy. But that's only the way I think. And I don't believe it will be too long before everybody thinks the way Richard Russell thinks. The immorality and insanity of fiat money and the credit bubble is coming ever-closer to it's end. At its end there will stand a pot of gold.''
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The popularity of kiwifruit in the United States has seen tremendous growth in the past few years. Sarah Deaton, Shopping Marketing Manager, NAM, of New Zealand-based grower Zespri says: “China, Europe and Japan are our largest markets, but we are seeing strong growth in places like the U.S. and the overall demand for kiwifruit has been growing globally. In the U.S. specifically, our dollar sales have seen an increase of over 28% compared with a year ago. On the other hand, kiwifruit consumption still only makes up around 1.5% of total international fruit consumption so there is plenty of room for growth.”
Year-round supply is the goal
Zespri grow their kiwifruit all over the world, with the majority of the supply being grown in New Zealand: “We have around 2,500 growers across New Zealand and a further 1,200 in our international growing locations. In New Zealand, there are around 14,000 planted hectares while there are around 3,000 in our offshore growing locations including Italy, France, Japan and Korea. Around 90 percent of Zespri’s kiwifruit is currently grown in New Zealand.”
Deaton continues: “We partner with growers in the Northern Hemisphere countries to complement the New Zealand growing season. In North America, we rely on fruit from New Zealand from May through November, and then from November through February we supply the market with the Italian-grown product. We are currently building towards ensuring a year-round supply in North America. We are conducting growing trials there to complement the Italian and New Zealand supply, although these remain in their very early stages.”
Focus on quality over quantity
The New Zealand crop this year is expected to be slightly smaller than it was last year, but Deaton says that this means that the crop’s quality will be excellent. “We had a hot, dry summer this year, which reduced our volumes a bit but made for a great-tasting crop. Our New Zealand harvest is expected to supply more SunGold than Green kiwifruit this year for the first time ever. In 2018/19 we sold 76 million trays of the green kiwifruit and we expect to supply around 69 million trays this season. For the SunGold, we supplied 65 million trays in the 2018/19 season, and expect the number to rise to 73 million this season.”
Complementary varieties and increasing demand for organic
The company’s kiwifruit varieties are SunGold, Green, Organic SunGold and Organic Green, and Sweet Green kiwifruit. The SunGold is Zespri’s proprietary variety and has a tropically-sweet flavor, while the Green kiwi has a more tangy-sweet flavor. Deaton says: “We are finding that these varieties actually complement each other rather than be mutually exclusive with regard to consumer preference – we see that many consumers are purchasing both varieties, not just one or the other.”
She adds: “Both of these varieties are also grown organically, and we have been experiencing an increase in demand for organic products in North America. We supply the North American consumers with Organic SunGold and Organic Green kiwi. We will continue to provide this option to consumers in our 2020 New Zealand season.”
Potential commercialization of Zespri red kiwifruit in U.S.
The company is assessing introducing a red kiwi variety soon – the Zespri board will make a decision on its potential commercialization this December. “The fruit has been in commercial trials recently and the feedback from consumers on the taste – similar to the SunGold with a berry twist – has been very positive. Zespri is committed to providing high-quality product so we need to consider whether the fruit performs on orchards, ensuring it is economic for growers, as well as through the supply chain so that it ends up in fruit bowls around the world in premium condition,” Deaton concludes.
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For the first time since Donald Trump took office, the Republican-led House is expected to vote this week on two immigration enforcement bills — but it’s unclear whether they will reach the president who pledged to get tough on undocumented immigrants.
The bills, introduced Thursday by House Judiciary Chairman Robert W. Goodlatte, R-Va., are stand-alone versions of provisions included in a more comprehensive enforcement measure approved by Goodlatte’s committee in May.
The Rules Committee is scheduled to consider both bills Tuesday afternoon and set the parameters for floor debate. Neither immigration bill is expected to attract Democratic votes, and moderate Republicans who favor more balanced approaches to immigration may waver.
One of the bills would seek to force cooperation from so-called sanctuary jurisdictions that decline to comply with federal immigration laws. The bill would tighten an existing statute to say local governments cannot prevent police “from assisting or cooperating.” The current statute only limits governments from hampering communications with federal authorities.
The bill, co-sponsored by GOP Reps. Steve King of Iowa, Andy Biggs of Arizona and Pete Sessions of Texas, would also establish probable cause standards for federal deportation agents to issue detainer requests for undocumented immigrants held in local jails. Some sanctuary cities do not consider detainer requests issued without an arrest warrant or probable cause.
Probable cause would be established if the federal government believes an immigrant is deportable, if they had been recently issued an order of removal, or if an arrest warrant is issued in their name.
The bill also contains provisions named for Sarah Root, a 21-year-old Iowa woman who died last year following a car crash with an undocumented Honduran who police say was driving drunk. The bill would require federal authorities to detain any undocumented person convicted of drunk driving or charged with a crime resulting in the death or bodily injury of another person.
“We owe it to the families of those who lost loved ones to take action to prevent these horrible crimes,” Goodlatte said in a statement. “They have waited far too long.”
The other measure, co-sponsored by King and Sessions, would enhance the penalties for undocumented immigrants who re-enter the United States after having been previously deported.
The legislation is named for Kate Steinle, who in 2015 was shot and killed by an undocumented immigrant with prior convictions and deportations. Steinle was killed two years ago and House action would likely coincide with the anniversary of her death.
The measures mesh with Trump’s immigration policies, which are rooted in enforcing existing laws. During the 2016 campaign, Trump vilified sanctuary cities and often mentioned by name victims of crimes committed by undocumented immigrants, including at a campaign stop in Omaha where he called Root “one more child to sacrifice on the altar of open borders.”
The bills face an uphill battle in the Senate, where Republicans have a narrow majority and eight Democratic votes are needed to advance. Cloture motions on similar immigration bills were rejected by the Senate in 2016, even though some Democrats supported the procedural moves.
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Imitation is the best kind of flattery. All creative people, whether they be writers, artists, dancers, singers or actors, know that. Think about the performers on a TV show like “The Voice,” who sometimes perform the song of a judge they are targeting. Sometimes, it is imitation that gets them on the team of their dreams. It is the same with poetry.
Once you decide to write a poem, it often feels as if you are on a quest for the perfect word, the perfect image, or the perfect idea. In many ways a poem is a treasure and the writing of a poem is a dangerous treasure hunt. You never know what you might happen upon once you start writing.
Let’s take a look at a kind of poem called the cento. Cento is a 16th-century Latin word, meaning “patchwork.” A cento is crafted from “stolen” or found sources. Each line in a cento is taken from a source and putting these lines together weaves them into a patchwork of lines.
Many people think of the cento as a sort of “collage-poem.” A collage is made by combining images, texts and textures of different mediums and sizes. Similarly, a cento is created by patching together many found lines to create a poem.
Of course, stealing is terrible and every artist must give credit where credit is due, so at the bottom of every cento is a note where the writer lists the names of his or her source texts in the order that they appear in the lines of the poem.
For your cento, you will be using the At Home section to create a poem of five to seven lines. Your lines can be phrases from articles, headlines, quotes or even photo captions. To cut and paste your cento, follow the steps below.
Hunt, or skim through the paper for lines that speak to you. Maybe your eye will settle on a sentence that uses interesting language, like a vibrant verb or a compelling adjective; maybe you will find a sentence that includes a description of an image you admire, or maybe you will find a line that refers to something that resonates with you, like a mention of a season, a color or an emotion. Keep hunting for your treasured lines. You may already have a topic in mind, or your topic may come to you once you have your lines cut out and you really examine them.
Though this poem will be your own creation, the lines are not. Take out a piece of paper, or you can use a laptop or phone and write each line down and then write down the author of the article that line came from. You will need this later.
Thieve (or Cut)
If you are working from the print newspaper, cut out the lines you have found and place them on a flat surface. Or copy them to a document on your phone.
Look at your individual lines and start playing around with their order, as you stretch them out like snippets of yarn on a table or floor. Could one line jump off another? If so, put that pair to the side. Keep finding connections. Imagine these stolen lines to be threads you are weaving together in meaning, image or emotion.
Once you have laid out your lines, think about how to put them together. If you are still deciding what your poem is about, perhaps focus on an emotion, a place or an image. Your topic is up to you. Let these borrowed words spark something creative inside you.
When you’re ready, decide what line you want to start with and what line you want to end with. Laying these lines out as a frame will get you motivated. Then, start laying out your other lines. If something seems wrong, move it around, or cut it. You may even want to look for another line to substitute for it.
Paste your lines on paper or on a document, and you have your cento. Make sure to carefully write out, or type your sources.
Congratulations. You have now written a cento with the generous help of others!
Sources for Leah Umansky’s cento, drawn from the Nov. 8 issue of At Home: At Home cover, Courtney Rubin, Anna Goldfarb, Tara Parker-Pope, Joseph Burns, Anna Goldfarb, Anna Goldfarb
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From Erik Axel Karlfeldt's collection of poems Flora and Bellona published in 1918.
Now open our gate and shut our door
for the winter winds that blow,
and joy to our heart and warmth to our cheek
with jokes and spiced drinks.
Invite the lions to come! Now woman and man
may rest from herds and flocks
and sit in silence and smile at each other
by the thundering tales of the forests.
I lay me down on the bear's skin
at the foot of the lowering hearth;
you come and go and give me little messages
from the window and life and the world.
"There is a fox in our hazel forest,
and the serpents swing at the knot."
Let the gun hang! We have enough food,
and the chicken coop has been shot.
"It freezes and the ice becomes hard as steel
on the bay in the watch of the Russians."
Tomorrow, my friend, I'll go out and punch a hole
...and bring you bent sheets.
"It glitters on the shear and the storm is over.
In the attic are our skis."
Tomorrow maybe we go out
along the convex sides of the mountain.
Tomorrow, perhaps; now we rest.
I loosen my strength belt
and lay myself at your feet in tribute,
a sleepy and hopeless hero.
I fought for my house, for its people and its fathers
spring, summer and autumn without rest.
Now I want to slumber on your lap,
as Samson slept with Delilah
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Not left? That's correct! (5)
I believe the answer is:
I believe this clue is a double definition.
'not left?' is the first definition.
('right' is the opposite to 'left')
'correct' is the second definition.
(right can mean correct)
'that's' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for right that I've seen before include "licence" , "Equitable" , "Fit" , "Fitting; entitlement" , "one side" .)
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Phew, we made it! How did you do? My response can be found here. Feel free to share your writing with me if you’d like. I’ve really enjoyed reading everything I’ve received so far!
For this week’s prompt we’ll write 500 words that describe a character by having them perform a mundane action. Your character might wash their car, but the way they wash it will bring them to life.
To best use our skills, let’s write a sentence that:
- doesn’t over-use adverbs (we can show a character’s emotions by describing their actions in detail; for example, “He wound up, gritted his teeth, and threw the sponge to the ground,” is better than, “He threw the sponge violently to the ground.” )
- uses dialogue to help build characterization
- uses action instead of internal dialogue
I recommend the Hemingway Editor for catching those pesky adverbs.
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Every man should make an appointment with an andrologist to discuss issues of intimate nature. His field of specialty includes the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of genital diseases, including erectile dysfunction, male infertility, rapid ejaculation, decreased libido and other intimate disorders. Modern andrology is a synthesis of urology, sexology, and endocrinology.
The andrologist is engaged in solving the most delicate problems. It is difficult for many men to admit this problem and make an appointment with this specialist. A comfortable atmosphere for productive communication with the doctor should be created. It is very important when discussing problems of an intimate nature. In the vast majority of cases, sexual disorders are easily corrected, you just need to contact a specialist in a timely manner. It is not recommended to postpone a visit to the andrologist, as this exacerbates the disease over time. It results in a more complicated and long-lasting course of treatment. Timely treatment will help to restore sexual function easier and faster.
Erectile dysfunction is the inability to achieve an erection. The most common cause is insufficient blood flow to certain penile vessels, ensuring its blood supply and an increase in volume to a fully active state.
Currently, about 80-90% of all cases of erectile dysfunction are associated with vascular disorders and, to a lesser extent, with hormonal imbalance and psycho-neurological conditions.
Many men often attribute their inability to maintain normal sexual function to stress, employment at work, fatigue, age, and more. However, these are just additional factors that negatively affect the penile vessels’ patency.
The main complaints of sexual dysfunction in men:
In addition to dissatisfaction, irregular sexual life or its absence results in stagnant and inflammatory changes in the genitals, as well as hormonal imbalance in the male body and other negative consequences.
As a result of the lack of regular sex life, the male body accumulates seminal fluid. Favorable conditions are created for the growth and development of various bacteria and microorganisms in the genitals that produce seminal fluid (prostate, seminal vesicles, testicles). All this leads to the development of prostate inflammation (prostatitis), as well as the seminal vesicles (vesiculitis).
The inflammatory process in the genitals cannot arise simply from hypothermia or a decrease in immunity. These are favorable conditions for the growth and development of bacteria.
As a result, it is very important to make an appointment with an andrologist in a timely manner. Earlier you consult a doctor faster you will restore erectile function. Choose the clinic, get details about this institution, make an appointment. You will see how fast it is to overcome erectile dysfunction when knowing the exact cause of ED.
Category: Health Care
Tags: Men’s Health, sexual dysfunction
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By Constance d’Angelis
Special to The PREVIEW
Studies show that high blood pressure (hypertension) can be positively affected through reducing high stress.
Patients with high blood pressure who are on blood pressure drugs but whose hypertension was difficult to manage added a special program of stress-reduction techniques. Hypertension was reduced.
Did you know that hypertension, defined as resting blood pressure persistently over 130/90-140/90, is responsible for strokes, heart failure, vision loss, dementia and kidney disease in Americans? It is imperative that blood pressure be monitored and handled in a beneficial and reliable manner. Often drugs are effective, but don’t have to be the only answer. Drug therapy can be helped by a change in lifestyle.
The 9Health Fair will offer blood pressure screenings, in addition to other tests, on April 28 from 7 to 11 a.m. at Pagosa Springs High School. Let’s promote good health for all of us.
A colleague of mine is a case in point. Elly practiced law in Florida for many years and relocated to the southwest. She was diagnosed with hypertension. Being familiar with research and willing to make whatever changes necessary to help her health, she started investigating.
Here’s some data: a study by a Medical University in South Carolina found that by emphasizing fruits, vegetables, legumes, beans, whole grains, fish and nuts, blood pressure could be lowered naturally.
Elly wasn’t going to just change her diet. She stayed on the drugs her doctor prescribed.
Elly found that increasing her fluid intake was also important. She started drinking water (in ounces) equivalent to 50 percent of her body weight, 130 pounds. She drank 65 ounces every day in the morning.
By increasing potassium through avocados and sweet potatoes, avoiding junk and processed foods, and increasing dark leafy vegetables (especially spinach), flaxseeds, fish, liver, plus two capsules of garlic per day because she doesn’t like the pungent taste of raw garlic, she helped reduce her pressure. Elly read a study from Institute of Human Nutrition and Food Science, Christian Albrechts University, Germany, extolling the virtues of cocoa. While in the cold climate, she loved the hot cocoa. Especially being from Florida.
The change that made the greatest difference was a course in mindful meditation. Elly relaxed and her stress level decreased. She watched her blood pressure do the same. Occasionally it reaches 130/90. No longer considered hypertensive, she stays on her prescribed drugs, at a lower dosage. She disclosed that she was dealing with high tension of family and friends being unkind and taking advantage of her. Her high mental and emotional tension was mirrored in her high blood pressure — hypertension.
Her calmness is obvious. She’s more social and laughs more, too. Elly is in Arizona now and connects with authentic friends, not those who want to use her for only their benefit.
Come to the high school on April 28 from 7 to 11 a.m. Get a whole battery of tests for a minimal cost of $35.
Be a volunteer
If you have a working brain and a good attitude, you’ll be perfect. Special skills? You could contribute in a particular capacity. Contact Constance: text/call (813) 373-8004, email email@example.com.
By Constance d’Angelis
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Frederick (Fred) Miller Key was born April 27, 1896 at Sidney, Ohio. He was a student at the University of Tennessee in the Engineering Department and was studying Chemistry at the time of his enlistment in the US Army. Fred Miller Key died on 21 February 1918 at Knoxville of Bronchial Pneumonia.
He was returned to his home state of Ohio and was buried at Cedar Point Cemetery, Pasco, Shelby County, Ohio.
- Rank: Private
- Date of birth: 27 April 1896
- Date of death: 21 February 1918
- County: Knox
- Hometown: Knoxville
- Service Branch: Army
- Division/Assignment: Engineers Department
- Conflict: World War I
- Burial/Memorial Location: Cedar Point Cemetery, Pasco, Shelby County, OH
- Location In Memorial: Pillar IV, Top Panel
- Contact us to sponsor Fred Key
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A severe thunderstorm is heading towards parts of the Sunshine Coast on Monday evening.
The weather bureau has issued a warning for areas including Crohamhurst, Maleny, Conondale and Borumba Dam, with possible “life-threatening flooding” caused by intense rainfall.
It comes after the weekend’s fast-moving cell that slammed the Caloundra region, snapping trees and knocking over fences.
BOM meteorologist Alex Majchrowski told sunshinecoastnews.com.au the thunderstorm moving across from out west could impact the Sunshine Coast.
“The main question mark is if the storm will still be severe by the time it gets to the Coast,” he said.
“By the time it gets to the Coast, heavy falls are more likely (than damaging winds or hail).”
The more “dangerous” thunderstorms were detected over Beenleigh, Cleveland, Peel Island, Manly, Wynnum and southern waters of Moreton Bay.
There’s also the likelihood of another severe thunderstorm on the Sunshine Coast on Tuesday with large hail, damaging winds and heavy rainfall predicted over a region spanning Bundaberg to the NSW border.
It comes as Tropical Cyclone Kimi hovered off Queensland’s north coast late Monday and was described as “unpredictable” as it changed its movements every three hours.
The cyclone has been classed as category two.
Far north Queensland residents are bunkering down, with Kimi expected to bring destructive winds and heavy rain when – or if – it makes landfall.
North Queensland residents are battening down the hatches, with a tropical cyclone strengthening to a category two storm and shifting direction a second time.
The Bureau of Meteorology says Cyclone Kimi was barrelling south about 195km north of Townsville at 1pm AEST on Monday.
Kimi is set to slow and stall between Hinchinbrook Island and Townsville and potentially weaken before crossing the coast on Tuesday.
However, forecasters warn it could still make landfall as a category two storm, packing winds up to 150km/h, on Monday night or on Tuesday.
“Considerable uncertainty remains with the future movement of the system, and a category two coastal crossing between Hinchinbrook Island and Townsville tonight or on Tuesday remains possible,” the bureau says in an alert.
Residents from Innisfail to Bowen, including Townsville, are being told to prepare for gales up to 120km/h, heavy rains and abnormally high tides.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk urged people to listen carefully to media reports and updates on where the cyclone moves.
“Everybody in the north … should be listening to the media reports very, very closely because the bureau will be giving those reports every three hours, and we’ll be giving a further update from the state government this afternoon,” she told reporters.
People between Innisfail and Ayr are being urged to get ready and secure their boats and homes in particular.
“I know we’re Queenslanders, I know we go through cyclones every single year but please do not be complacent,” Police Minister Mark Ryan said.
The bureau also warns that heavy rainfall could bring flash flooding and major river flooding to coastal and hinterland areas between Port Douglas and Ayr on Monday and Tuesday.
Mr Ryan said a flood watch was issued for waterways including the Jeannie, Endeavour, Daintree, Mossman, Barron, Mulgrave, Russell, Johnstone, Tully, Murray and Herbert rivers.
“So if you’re in those areas you need to prepare … if it’s flooded forget it, have a plan about where you’ll be travelling, bear in mind where those river catchments are, be aware that during this event you could have flash flooding,” he said.
Parts of the Wooroonooran, Girramay and Paluma Range national parks, and the Abergowrie State Forest, have been closed.
With the cyclone set to dump rain on large parts of Queensland’s interior, flood warnings have also been issued for a number of inland rivers.
The Norman and Gilbert rivers in the Gulf Country and most of the Queensland tributaries of Lake Eyre could break their banks.
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Dental implants are titanium posts that replace the root of missing teeth. They are extremely safe and have been used in dentistry for over 40 years. Once healed, your implants will look and feel just like natural teeth! Dr. Matthew Holtan is a board certified implant specialist, meaning that he is able to do both the surgical and restorative portions of the procedure himself.
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To Replace A Missing Tooth
Single tooth dental implants are designed for anyone who is missing one or more teeth. An implant is placed into the jawbone where the tooth will be positioned and acts as the root to the new tooth also known as a crown. Traditionally, this procedure would be done with two separate appointments that are scheduled 3-6 months apart. However, with new advancements, everything can be done in just one day. Dental implants are the best, longest lasting option to restore a missing tooth.
In addition to looking and functioning just like a regular tooth, implants are inserted without doing any damage to neighboring teeth. Because the single dental implant acts as a tooth root, the bone is better preserved as the dental implants join with the jaw bone, keeping it healthy and intact. Along with looking just like a normal tooth, the implant is also easy to keep clean. Having a single tooth implant will look and feel just like the natural tooth that it is replacing.
Do Implants Work?
YES! The Teeth-In-A-Day dental implant procedure has a documented long term success rate that exceeds 99% in multiple published studies.
His study on teeth-in-a-day dental implants shows a 100% prosthesis success and over 99% dental implant success.
Implants vs. Dentures
While dentures are less expensive than teeth in a day supported implants, dentures are typically poorly fitting, uncomfortable, and sometimes painful. Dentures often negatively affect your speech and sometimes have damaging psychological effects. Dental implants are permanent and offer a much better quality of life.
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This standard was last reviewed and confirmed in 2021. Therefore this version remains current.
ISO 16903:2015 gives guidance on the characteristics of liquefied natural gas (LNG) and the cryogenic materials used in the LNG industry. It also gives guidance on health and safety matters. It is intended to act as a reference document for the implementation of other standards in the liquefied natural gas field. It is intended as a reference for use by persons who design or operate LNG facilities.
Status : PublishedPublication date : 2015-06
Edition : 1Number of pages : 13
Technical Committee:Liquefied natural gas installations and equipment
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The Jr. NBA Basketball League Beijing is an exciting new partnership between the National Basketball League (NBA), the Beijing Education Bureau and Beijing Sports Bureau, creating a competitive league for boys and girls aged 15 – 18 years old. The league features 30 Beijing high schools (boys) and 18 Beijing high schools (girls) that will be branded by a NBA team, competing in an 8-game season and culminating in a single game elimination playoffs to determine the Jr. NBA Basketball League Beijing champions. The Jr. NBA Basketball League Beijing format will mirror the NBA including a team selection, Conference finals and a Jr. NBA final being played in at MasterCard Center in Beijing.
The objective of the League is to leverage the excitement of the NBA and to inspire and engage more young people to participate in basketball by having a fun, positive first experience with the game. The League will also promote common NBA, Beijing Sports Bureau and Beijing Education Bureau values as well as encouraging physical activity and healthy living.
· Lead by example: As a participant in the Jr NBA League, you are the leader. Your attitude, effort, and actions will dictate those of the participants and everyone involved. Since the members will be following your lead, it is important to set a proper example for the entire league. Lead by example and preach the skills and attitude that you project yourself.
· Express a confident demeanor and project your voice: For coaches, your players/students are looking up to you. It is important that you are confident. Also, it is very important that your players/students understand the values of this league. The clearer and more concise the values, the easier it is for the members to understand and acknowledge them.
· When no one is watching: The league should keep the members involved through times when they are not taking part in a match – update them with news about performances of other teams, news from the world of basketball and the NBA league and teams they represent.
· Compete! But be a good sport: Competition is a part of the game of basketball and is healthy. However, it should never outweigh the importance of demonstrating character both on and off the court. Practice being good winners AND good losers.
Fairness: Treat everyone fairly. Remember this does not always mean treating everyone equally. Sometimes you will need to adapt your style to the individual personalities of your teammates and coaches, as some players will respond differently.
Continually reinforce the “values of the game”: Basketball as a sport has the power to change. Let the sport do the talking – players will see how the values on the court translate off the court
· Stress the importance of working together: Basketball is a team. The League, players, coaches, referees, fans and everyone that is involved in the game of basketball is a part of a team.
· Be accountable and hold others accountable: When you work as a team, you are one part of a machine. Each person needs to be accountable for what they are doing or the machine will break down. Highlight that accountability and working together is what keeps the engine working.
· Being part of a team means showing commitment and taking responsibility: When you commit, it is written in stone. Have your players keep their word, both on and off the court. Demand excellence in everything. And have them take responsibility for their actions, knowing their actions affect the team as a whole.
· It is a game so keep it fun! : Everyone should have fun when playing basketball. The league will be deemed a success only if everyone enjoys it.
· The three Es – Encouragement, Enthusiasm and Energy – are essential: Use encouragement and positive reinforcement as your primary method of motivating everyone. Try to make a conscious effort to stay positive. Enthusiasm is contagious and must come from everyone, especially the coach/teacher. And if you are energetic and excited, then your players will reflect that approaching the game with proper attitude and effort. Focus on effort and execution rather than outcomes.
Be patient! Learning the game, coaching takes time: No one is an expert and neither are you. Be patient with yourself, with your players, coaches and referees.
Respect the game, respect the rules and respect others: League must incorporate the concept of respect from the top down. Players need to realize that basketball is a team sports, they must follow the rules on and off the court, and they should show character when dealing with others.
· Be an ambassador of the game: The League must demonstrate all the values that NBA stands for. The values should be transferred to the players through the game of basketball.
· Be a student of the game: Coaches and players should strive to learn as much as possible about the game, including rules, strategies, and history. The game is always evolving, so the best players and coaches continue to study the game. Watch games, read about the game, talk to other coaches, and continue to grow your knowledge about the game. Developing your knowledge of the game will help guide your decisions as a coach.
· Share your knowledge: By building a solid foundation and sharing your knowledge with others, you will gain respect from others.
Keep it fun: Basketball is much easier to teach and play when everyone is having fun. Keep your everyone engaged using games and competitions. Make sure to balance fun with fundamentals!
Energy and enthusiasm: Enthusiasm is contagious and must come from the coach. If you are energetic and are excited about each part of practice (particularly the less “glamorous” elements of the game, such as defense, or hustling for a loose ball), then your players will reflect that enthusiasm and approach the game with proper attitude and effort. Focus on effort and execution rather than outcomes. Encourage your players for giving maximum effort, even if the play doesn’t completely go your way.
· Encouragement and positive reinforcement: Use encouragement and positive reinforcement as your primary method of motivating your players. Motivating players by focusing solely on mistakes or criticizing them will empty their “emotional tanks,” meaning that they will not respond to teaching after a certain point, or they will lose confidence and give up. Instead, try to make a conscious effort to stay positive and fill your players’ “emotional tanks” by complimenting them when they do something well or show improvement. Encourage your players to fill their teammates’ emotional tanks, too.
· Set expectations and engage parents: Make sure to clearly set ground rules and explain expectations from the beginning. If you can, try to conduct parent education meetings because it is essential to develop some sort of good relationship with players’ parent. These meetings can give you the coach the opportunity to explain and emphasize the program mission/goals, rules and regulations and parental expectations. If you cannot conduct meetings, write a letter explaining these elements and make sure each player gives the letter to their parents. Invite the parents to attend practices and be involved as much as possible in order to get their support for the program and see the good things you are doing both on and off the court.
· Fairness: Treat all your players fairly. Remember, however, that that this does not always mean treating every player equally. Sometimes you will need to adapt your coaching style to the individual personalities of your players, as some players will respond differently to different coaching methods.
· Values: Reinforce key values that will translate beyond basketball and into players’ lives: positive attitude, respect, sportsmanship, teamwork/unselfishness, commitment, accountability, work ethic, perseverance, etc. These values all fall under the broad umbrella of citizenship, and will have a positive impact both on and off the court.
· Emphasize good and healthy lifestyles: Everyone in the league should strive to be physically fit and healthy. Personal health and wellbeing is the fundamentals of positive attitude and happiness.
· Being healthy means smart decisions on and off the court: Physical health is important but both emotional and social health is significant as well. The values of the game can serve as pillars for making smarter decisions off the court.
IMPORTANT REMINDER – The basketball and leadership goals outlined in the practice sessions can be reused based upon adapted practice sessions. Work with the players to set different goals for different elements. For example, I can set a leadership goal to start one good habit and continue it daily for a set period. That same commitment goal can be utilized – just have the players start another good habit and continue to build positive habits, both on and off the court.
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The assignment is to write an essay upon a philosopher that was not discussed in this course. I want you to find a historic philosopher whom you find interesting and summarize their philosophical view or a finer point of their philosophy. Do you agree with this philosopher? Why or why not? If you need help with starting research, I would look at the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (https://plato.stanford.edu/). The essay should be 3-4 pages in length (not counting sources, headings, cover page, etc.), double-spaced, 12 point Time New Roman font, and 1-inch margins all the way around. This is not going to be a long essay, so you are going to have to be parsimonious with your words.
DUE DATE: DECEMBER 6, 2017
USE TOPICS EXCEPT THIS LIST ABOVE :
1. Suppose someone claimed to have a device that destroyed people’s souls, but otherwise had no discernible effect on that person. How would you evaluate such a claim? Is the claim that people have souls any more plausible? Why or why not?
2. What is the purpose of consciousness? That is, why did consciousness evolve (or why was it created)
3. Let’s say that someone who knows you well believes he can predict everything you do and say within a 24 hour period. Without telling you what he’s up to, he writes down his prediction in great detail. As it turns out, his predictions are correct. Does the fact that someone can accurately predict the behavior of another show that the behavior was determined? Explain.
4. Suppose that you created an robot that was so advanced it could act independently in very complex situations. It made its own decisions and always did exactly what it wanted to do, in accordance with its programming. Would such an robot be capable of free action? Why or why not?
5. Is resurrection a more plausible view of the afterlife than reincarnation? Why or why not?
6. What does the nonbranching proposal say about split-brain patients? Are there two people present in the one body? If so, is either identical with the person who occupied the body before the operation?
7. The Bible contains many commands that seem immoral to obey. For example, Numbers 31:17 and Psalms 137:9 command followers to kill the children and babies of their enemies; I Corinthians 14:34 commands women to stay silent in church. Why do we no longer follow these commands? What does this tell us about the relationship between religion and morality? Explain.
8. What is our obligation to future generations? Must we take into account what our actions will do to them? Why or why not?
9. Are taxes for entitlement programs, such as: welfare, Medicare, and Medicaid immoral? Why or why not?
10. Suppose you are trying to make a rational choice among religions. What criteria would you use to determine which religion is best? Would those be the same criteria you would use to determine which religion is true? If not, how would they differ?
11. Is faith a virtue? Why or why not?
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With the introduction of a corporate income tax. The UAE CT regime is expected to introduce TP rules and TP documentation requirements in line with the OECD TP Guidelines.
What is Transfer Pricing?
Transfer pricing refers to the prices of goods and services that are exchanged between companies under common control. For example, if a subsidiary company sells goods or renders services to its holding company or a sister company, the price charged is referred to as the transfer price.
Transfer pricing is an accounting practice in which a particular division or subsidiary of a company charges a second division or subsidiary of the same company for goods or services. This can provide tax savings for the larger enterprise, as the companies are able to divide earnings among subsidiaries and affiliates. By using transfer pricing, companies can move tax liabilities to jurisdictions with low taxes to reduce corporate tax bills.
The transfer pricing practice can cover not only goods and services but also intellectual property such as research, patents, and royalties. It can be used both domestically and across borders; when used internationally, it can take advantage of varying tax rates in different countries.
What is Arm’s Length Price?
The arm’s length price (ALP) of a transaction between two associated enterprises is the price that would be paid if the transactions had taken place between two comparable independent and unrelated parties, where the consideration is only commercial.
Expected TP impact on businesses
Taxpayers should apply the arm’s length principle to ensure that the transactions between related parties reflect independent pricing. Such arm’s length price is fairly a market price of such commodity or service in the market. All companies would have to comply with the transfer pricing rules and documentation requirements. These transfer pricing rules would be mandatory and could also be applicable to domestic transactions
As a general practice, Federal Tax Authority (FTA) shall make an assessment and scrutinize the transfer pricing policies, documentation, inter-company and inter-group transactions, etc whether transactions are consistent with TP regulations. Business entities are subject to huge penalties for non-compliance with Transfer Pricing regulations.
Transfer Pricing Documentation
Businesses will have to comply with transfer pricing rules and documentation requirements set with reference to the OECD Transfer Pricing Guidelines.
The purpose of transfer pricing documentation is to show that the company’s related-party transactions are in accordance with the arm’s-length principle. Good transfer pricing documentation should clearly lay out how the functions, assets and risks are shared between related parties in each related-party transaction in such a way that anyone can understand, whether or not they are familiar with the company.
Documentation model under OECD guidelines
As per the OECD guidelines on transfer pricing, authorities adopt a three-tier approach for transfer pricing documentation consisting of:
- Master file– containing standardized information for all MNE group members
- Local file– is where the company documents the details of its intercompany transactions in each country. Each company files this document with its jurisdiction’s tax authority.
- Country by Country Report – Global allocation of the MNE groups’ income and tax paid, indicators of the location of economic activity within the MNE group.
TP Methods Under OECD Guidelines
The arm’s length price for a controlled transaction can be determined by selecting and applying the most appropriate transfer pricing method. OECD recognizes five main transfer pricing methods:
1-Traditional transaction method
- Comparable Uncontrolled Price Method
The comparable uncontrolled price (CUP) method establishes a price based on the pricing of similar transactions that have taken place between third parties. When comparable uncontrolled prices exist, this is a reliable transfer pricing method, and one of the most difficult to challenge.
The challenge of this pricing method is that comparable transactions can be difficult to find. Even the addition of a few small variables can differentiate the cases enough to render the CUP method insufficient for establishing an accurate price based on the available information.
- Resale Price Method
The resale-minus method bases its pricing on the resale price of a product or asset sold to a third party. But that resale price is then adjusted by subtracting the gross margin, along with additional costs associated with the purchase.
After these costs are deducted from the resale price, the resulting figure can be used as an arm’s-length price to guide the transfer pricing between two entities.
- Cost Plus Method
When no market price is available to serve as a basis for pricing, organizations can use the cost-plus transfer pricing method to set a price by calculating the standard cost of delivering the relevant goods and adding on top of that price a standard profit margin. The sum of these numbers can then be used as a fair transfer price for the transaction.
2-Transactional profit method
- Transactional Net Margin Method
When actual transaction data isn’t available, enterprises can use margin levels to establish transfer pricing. The transactional net margin method (TNMM) uses the net profits from another controlled transaction to establish a net profit that can then be applied when establishing transfer pricing for comparable, uncontrolled transactions.
Because actual transactions aren’t being used, this transfer pricing method offers extra flexibility in identifying transactions to compare to one another.
- Transactional Profit Split Method **
The profit split method is used when two parties are involved in the development of a product or some other venture in ways that make it difficult to examine each party on its own. Instead, the profit split method uses the profitability, or potential profitability, of a product or venture and develops a method of splitting profits that is fair to both organizations.
This pricing method comes with challenges, because it is based on margin levels, and the accuracy of its profit splitting may be up for debate. But in the absence of more concrete data or a clear division of roles between entities, this transfer pricing method can help parties arrive at a fair compromise.
Changes in the New Edition of the OECD Transfer Pricing Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises & Tax Administrations:
On 20 January 2022, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (“OECD”) has released a new edition of the Transfer Pricing Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises and Tax Administrations, which replaces the previous 2017 edition. The OECD Transfer Pricing Guidelines provide guidance on the application of the “arm’s length principle”, which represents the international consensus on the valuation, for income tax purposes, of cross-border transactions between associated enterprises.
The document was updated with the following issues:
- **comments on the application of the transactional profit split method.
- approach to complicated assessment of intangible assets.
- new section regarding financial transactions.
**The revision of the Guidance on the Transactional Profit Split method:
(This replaced the guidance in Chapter II, Section C (paragraphs 2.114-2.151) found in the 2017 Transfer Pricing Guidelines and Annexes II and III to Chapter II)
The revised guidance on transactional profit split method clarifies and significantly expands the guidance on when a profit split method may be the most appropriate method; The guidance describes the presence of one or more of the following indicators as being relevant –
- Each party makes unique and valuable contributions.
- The business operations are highly integrated such that the contributions of the parties cannot be reliably evaluated in isolation from each other.
- The parties share the assumption of economically significant risks, or separately assume closely related risks.
The guidance states that while a lack of comparable is, by itself, insufficient to warrant the use of the profit split method, if, conversely, reliable comparable are available, it is unlikely that the method will be the most appropriate.
Companies should select an appropriate transfer pricing method by considering several factors like availability of information, strength, and weakness of the transfer pricing method appropriateness of the method in giving nature of transactions, etc. Once the transfer pricing method and reliable comparable are found, an arm’s length range can be calculated.
The regulations may also provide an option to use methods other than approved Transfer Pricing Methods as above, provided that the Taxable Person can demonstrate a reliable measure of an Arm’s-Length price and documentation, and the suggested method satisfies the required provisions under UAE CT law.
Alia Noor (FCMA, CIMA, MBA, GCC VAT Comp Dip, Oxford fintech programme, COSO Framework)Associate Partner
Ahmad Alagbari Chartered Accountants
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Silica and titania-silica nanomaterials for high-tech applications
Functionalized and non-functionalized nanomaterials are new group of nanomaterials with unique properties resulting from exactly defined structure of these materials. Silica and titania-silica nanomaterials are characterised by desired uniform spherical particle size within the range of 30–600 nm, specific surface area within 300–1500 m2/g as well as the defined kind and content of functional groups. These nanomaterials assigned for high-tech applications, especially as nanofillers for polymer nanocomposites and as nanocatalysts.
A brief description of the technology
The process of silica and titania-silica nanomaterials manufacturing according to sol-gel process is realised in precisely defined conditions (mixing speed, temperature, pH) in water-alcohol medium by using silane and titania precursors.
This technology gives the possibility of various modification of nanosilica according to application needs. The process is waste less.
Advantages of the technology offered
The most important advantage of this technology is the possibility of steering the synthesis process enabling acquisition of unique products characterised by the properties focused on given application. The main direction of production based on volume of production is manufacturing of nanofillers for polymer nanocomposites.
The production line should contain enamel autoclave of the proper volume equipped with dosing system, heating-cooling jacket for synthesis in the temperature range 20–25 °C, solvents regeneration unit and drying unit (e.g. spray drier).
Patent application No PL 198 188 (2008): „The method of manufacturing of silica nanopowders, also functionalized”.
Patent application No PL 204 519 (2010) „The method of manufacturing of titania-silica nanopowders”.
On the Polish market there are not manufacturers of silica and titania-silica nanomaterials.
- Pilot scale production in Chemical Plant POLISH SILICONES Ltd. The manufactured sols and nanopowders were applied for the production of PVC nanocomposite in SPOLANA Works Anwil Group and for the production of nanocomposite in GEO GLOBE POLSKA Ltd.
- Awards on prestigious inventions fairs (gold medal Brussels 2005, Moscow 2007, Warsaw 2007, silver medal Genève 2006).
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One of the biggest problems with non-moving cars is simply that – they don’t move. If you need to get them from one place to another, you’ll need to get a trailer, and if you don’t have a trailer to hand, then it’s time to get the towrope out.
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Can you tow a broken down car yourself?
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Can you tow a broken down car on the motorway?
Towing on a motorway is incredibly dangerous, due to the much faster speeds of every other car on the road. The only situation where you are able to tow a car whilst on the motorway is if the car has broken down on the motorway itself. If you do need to take your broken car somewhere that would require you to use a motorway, you must make sure you have a trailer to transport it.
How to tow a broken down car
Before you start towing your car, there are a couple of legalities you need to be aware of first:
- You may only tow a manual car – if your car is an automatic you will need to call for professional assistance.
- The person in the driver’s seat of the towed car must be a qualified driver.
- You must always display an “On Tow” sign in the rear car whilst it is being towed.
- If the distance between the two cars exceeds 1.5 metres, the chain, or rope, must be clearly visible from both sides to other road users. The most common way of doing this is to tie a coloured strip of fabric so it flaps down in the middle of the rope.
- If the car is being tied by a rope or chain, as opposed to a tow bar, then the distance between the two cars must not exceed 4.5 metres.
- If you are towing after dark, the rear car must have its lights on as normal.
If you’re driving the car doing the towing, then you’ll want to make sure you drive at a maximum of 15mph. The slower and steadier you drive, the more control you will have over the two cars. Make sure you pull away gently, using the clutch to avoid a jerky start, as you’ll want to gently pull on the tow rope rather than a sharp yank – the latter could cause the rope to snap if put under too much pressure. Avoid any sudden braking manoeuvres as the second driver will need plenty of time to be able to react. Likewise if you anticipate any sudden changes of direction, make sure to warn the driver behind so they are able to turn with you. Finally, keep an eye on your mirrors to make sure everything is running smoothly.
Drivers of the rear car will need to make sure the ignition is set to the ‘on’ position as this will ensure the steering lock is off and allow you to steer the car. When it comes to steering, make sure that your steering and braking is synchronised with the lead car, and try to keep some tension in the rope at all times to avoid any jolting. Just because the lead car is in control, doesn’t mean you should be any less aware than if you were driving normally – keeping a keen eye on the brake lights and indicators of the car in front to ensure you’re prepared for anything coming up.
Other ways to move a broken down car
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What are investment analyst jobs? What is an investment analyst?
It is the investment analyst jobs responsibility to ensure that all pertinent facts are in order prior to making investment decisions.
The job is strenuous, requiring long hours and frequent travel, but the compensation and benefits package are competitive.
A majority of current respondent state that they are satisfied with their current jobs.
Additionally, it is a field with a projected high rate of growth in the coming years, making it an appealing career path for young, motivated individuals.
FAQn style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: 24px;">Q: What are the most commonly searched types of Investment Analyst jobs?
- Entry Level
- Work From Home
- Part Time
Q: What are popular job titles related to Investment Analyst jobs?
A: The most popular job titles for Investment Analyst positions are as follows:
- Investment Consulting
- Technical Investment Analyst
- Analyst Investment
- Investment Operation
- Investment Performance Analyst
- Investment Consultant
- Investment Management Analyst
- Financial Investment Analyst
- Equity Investment Analyst
- Investment Analyst Program
Q: What are the most commonly searched types of Investment Analyst jobs?
A: The top searched job categories for Investment Analyst jobs are:
- Investment Research
- Investment Sales
- Investment Management Operations
- CFA Investment
- Investment Management
- Global Investment Research
- Global Investment
- Strategic Investment
- University Investment
Q: What cities are hiring for Investment Analyst jobs?
A: Cities with the most Investment Analyst job openings:
- Los Angeles
Q: What states have the most Investment Analyst jobs?
A: State that has the most job openings for investment analysts is looking for them:
- North Carolina
- Rhode Island
- New Jersey
- New York
an investment analyst is a financial and investment professional who knows their market and products well so as to advise you on how to keep a financial position or how to buy and sell investments.
For mutual fund and financial advisory firms, analysts, the first step in finding additional investment opportunities is to evaluate the financial situation of the company that they’re working for and try to identify which clients are on the buy side.
As with most sell-side analysts, investors in addition, equity research analysts work for large investment banks that issue recommendations, with the advice to buy, sell, as well as for those companies for which they research.
Typically, an analyst will be paid less than $80,000 a year without a bonus, but those at the top can earn six figures.
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Investment analysts gather data, conduct research, and conduct analysis on a variety of assets, including stocks, bonds, currencies, and commodities. When an analyst undertakes a specific niche investment research, the focus will often falls on an industry, geographic area, or an asset class.
The research is then presented to portfolio or investment managers, frequently as part of a team in which experts from various fields can weigh their insights against one another prior to making final recommendations or investment decisions. Collaboration, as well as giving presentations and sharing information with peers, are critical components of the job.
An investment analyst collects and interprets data on a continuous basis, including company financial statements, price movements, currency fluctuations, and yield fluctuations. Additionally, macroeconomic developments are tracked, such as a country’s political sea changes, climate change and the impact of natural disasters, as well as emerging industries and service sectors.
When an investment analyst meets with the management of the companies they are researching or with similar key players, there is typically some level of direct interaction. Additionally, they may meet with stockbrokers, fund managers, and traders on the stock market. Numerous investment analysts travel frequently and may spend several years in a foreign country developing local knowledge and establishing professional networks.
As reported by Payscale in May 2020, the median investment analyst salary is slightly above $65,000. There are widespread bonus and profit-sharing plans in the company, with the bonus amount paid as much as $22,000 and shares granted to employees as much as $12,000. $1,000 to $4,000 of additional commissions are reported each year. 1 A study from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) shows that in 2020, salaries will be around $81,600, according to the number of respondents in their survey.
Salary grows with seniority. Entry-level salaries generally pay between $60,000 and $100,000, though a decade of experience can close the gap. According to Payscale, over 20 years of experience can earn $140,000.
At an important strategic level, geographical location is a differentiator.
New York City, San Francisco, and Denver all have an above-average 20% over-high figure, while Seattle, and Philadelphia show below-average salary percentages.
The most common entry requirement is a bachelor’s degree in finance or business.
It is possible to find work that will accept college graduates with competence in accounting, statistics, and economics.
Many MBAs and master’s degrees in math and financial disciplines move on to management positions like that.
Practical experience is often required for mid-level positions such as analysts and economic models, and possibly for entry-level positions in related industries as well.
In the United States, the primary designation for investment analysts is Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA).
This certification is comparable to an accountant’s Certified Public Accountant (CPA) designation.
The CFA is well-known for its three difficult exams, with pass rates in the 40% range for the first two. It is highly regarded in many sectors of the financial industry and may open the door to a variety of career advancement opportunities.
Another widely recognised certification is the Certified Investment Management Analyst (CIMA). The Investments & Wealth Institute (IWI) awards the CIMA after three years of documented industry experience, two separate background checks, successful completion of several hundred study hours, and passing two exams.
Several impressive-sounding investment analyst certifications fall squarely into the diploma-mill category. Claiming such certifications on a resume (which typically require no actual work beyond filling out a check) is more likely to cast doubt on the applicant’s judgement than to help secure an employment offer.
For an investment analyst, the most critical tool is an analytical mind with a keen sense of mathematical patterns and correlations. The investment analyst’s value to the company is determined by his or her ability to identify trends early and exploit them through the use of niche expertise.
Additionally, exceptional attention to detail and the ability to make sound judgement calls under time constraints are necessary abilities. When market conditions change unexpectedly, an investment analyst must be able to make new recommendations quickly.
Being computer literate and capable of developing advanced predictive models is a distinct advantage, as the majority of work is performed on computers.
Due to the fact that the job requires as much communication as it does number crunching, strong interpersonal and presentation skills are necessary. A significant portion of the workweek is spent creating professional-looking presentations complete with graphs and charts to illustrate the data and convey persuasive recommendations.
Career Path Ahead
There is a fairly reliable strategy for securing a starting position as an MBA ($85,000 median salary) with generous profit sharing) or bonus: a portfolio manager’s median salary rises to $87,000 with bonuses and profit sharing for career advancement to that level. 10 11 Senior portfolio manager (median salary $126,000 plus bonuses and profit sharing) or chief investment officer (CIO) ($174,000 in 2020 plus bonuses and profit sharing) are the next steps.
There are other investment analysts who do their work as independent consultants, who help investment firms raise additional funds from private investors.Only people who have been in the business for several years or who have developed a network of contacts in the industry can take this opportunity.
It is common for investment analysts to be employed by corporations like investment banks, insurance companies, buy-side firms, or hedge funds, but rare for them to work for private equity or nonprofit firms. In this field, benefits such as health, dental, and pension plans are almost universal.
Investment analysts have favourable job prospects, with the BLS projecting a 6% growth rate through 2028.
However, the type of work hours may influence it, the intensity of the workweek is brutal, with obligatory hours during the weekend and extended working hours is still quite common in countries with traditional work practises.
Nonetheless, as mentioned previously, the majority of investment analysts express high job satisfaction.
There is some gender disparity at the entry level, with men significantly outnumbering women.
This trend becomes more balanced as one moves up the corporate ladder.
The issues surrounding the imbalance are not as simple as some might assume. Males perform better on standardised math tests than females, which is likely related to cultural norms.
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The Growth of Green Investing
So-called sustainable stocks increasingly speak to big business. Are they legitimate?
So-called sustainable stocks increasingly speak to big business. Are they legitimate?
More than three years have passed since a panel of scientists convened by the United Nations issued a stark warning: to avoid the most devastating effects of climate change, the world has until 2030 to cut greenhouse gas emissions by almost half. With just under a decade left, transforming Canada’s fossil-fuel-reliant economy in line with that monumental goal requires not only political commitment and innovation but also money — possibly as much as $200 billion in capital spending over the next nine years, according to Ryan
Riordan, the director of research at Queen’s University’s Institute for Sustainable Finance. More windmills and solar panels need to be manufactured and installed, gas stations need to be upgraded with charging stations, diesel buses need to be swapped with hydrogen-powered ones, and buildings need to be retrofitted for energy efficiency. What’s not yet clear is who will pay for it all.
Governments, as wielders of the public purse, have an undeniable role in shepherding this economic transformation. But, according to Basma Majerbi, a finance professor at the University of
Victoria’s Gustavson School of Business, “the scale of the investments needed to green our economy and transition to net zero are massive, and government’s money alone is not going to do it. We really need to mobilize private-sector financing to reach these goals.”
Collectively, banks, pension funds, and other investment firms control the distribution of trillions of dollars around the world; their money managers decide whether to finance Big Tech or clean tech, oil or wind. More and more of them are considering the environmental and human rights impacts of the companies they purchase shares in — a principle known as environmental, social, and governance (esg) investing. Some experts say this growing focus on sustainable finance, including climateconscious investing, can help shift countries like Canada, almost 10 percent of whose gdp stems from an energy sector dominated by fossil fuels, toward a low-carbon economy.
Several of Canada’s big banks, including the Royal Bank of Canada, the Toronto-dominion Bank, and the Bank of Montreal, have promised to whittle their financed emissions — emissions tied to their lending, investing, and other financial activities, such as insurance — to net-zero carbon by 2050. At the same time, the banks have committed hundreds of billions of dollars in financing to help address climate change through sustainable investments or loans. In November 2020, the ceos at eight of Canada’s largest pension funds committed to consider climate and other esg issues in their investment decisions.
This growing focus on sustainable investment is forcing companies to change how they operate. Increasingly, access to capital depends at least in part on how a company manages its climate footprint, says Ravipal Bains, a corporate lawyer with Mcmillan llp. In North America, “it is becoming more expensive to run a less sustainable oil-and-gas business,” he says. In April 2021, for instance, bmo Financial Group and Gibson Energy, a Canadian oil-storage and pipeline company, announced changes to an existing loan that would tie part of Gibson’s cost of borrowing to the
company’s performance on certain esg metrics, including a new target to cut greenhouse gas emissions intensity by 15 percent by 2025.
Meanwhile, the costs of financing renewable energy projects have fallen as the technologies have gone mainstream, creating a rush to invest in these initiatives in order to meet esg objectives. In the first half of 2021, Canadian clean-tech companies listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange and the tsx Venture Exchange raised $3.09 billion in equity finance through the sale of shares, up 335 percent from the first half of 2020, according to a report by the Institute for Sustainable Finance. The competitive marketplace has also helped push financing costs down. Some oil-and-gas companies are already diversifying with renewable energy projects. “These low-carbon projects can demonstrate their progress on sustainability and also support their capital markets profile,” Bains says. Its increasing rates of return and lower climate risks make renewable energy attractive to investors who are also concerned about environmental performance.
There has been a flurry of net-zero or carbon-neutral commitments — from governments, financial institutions, and a range of companies including BlackBerry, Indigo Books and Music, and even some oil-and-gas producers such as Suncor Energy and Canadian Natural Resources — and a burst of new esg funds on offer from banks and other investment firms. But some observers worry there’s more hype than substance to the trend. In a March 2021 op-ed for usa Today, Tariq Fancy, a former chief investment officer of sustainable investing at BlackRock, compared sustainable investing to “PR spin.” Fancy warned that there’s often little difference between the funds that claim to be sustainable and others, with “irresponsible companies such as petroleum majors and other large polluters like ‘fast fashion’ manufacturing” showing up in both kinds of portfolios. In June, a study by Inrate for Greenpeace Switzerland and Greenpeace Luxembourg that analyzed fifty-one sustainable funds from those two countries found that the carbon intensities of the sustainable funds were not “significantly lower” than those of conventional funds. In August, the London-based organization Influencemap assessed 593 esg funds and found that 71 percent were “misaligned from global climate targets,” raising further concerns about smoke and mirrors in sustainable investments.
Concerns of “greenwashing” — the idea that companies can frame themselves as better climate actors than they really are — highlight a major potential pitfall for esg investment. Genuinely sustainable investing could help shift trillions of dollars toward renewable energy and other clean technologies, but only with strong parameters. So far, however, there are no stringent requirements in Canada for climate disclosures, nor is there a single set of standards for what counts as a sustainable investment — regulatory gaps that can make it hard for climate-conscious investors to know how to make the right choices.
Historically, investors have signalled their disapproval of a company or sector by simply putting their money elsewhere — by boycotting whatever it is they object to. This is the case with climate change too: some see investing in fossil fuel companies as antithetical to mitigating climate change, preferring to direct their money toward environmental sectors, such as businesses that produce wind or solar energy.
While investment in these climate solutions is on the rise, much more is needed to meet climate targets. In Canada, for instance, research by financial-analysis firm Morningstar shows funds that market themselves as sustainable accounted for just 1 percent of overall retail, or noninstitutional, investment as of April 2021, and just half of that investment, about $9 billion, was in renewable energy or other environmental-sector companies. The rest is invested in a range of companies and industries including banks, tech, and, in some cases, oil and gas.
This is why some investors are taking the fight inside companies contributing directly to climate change, first by investing in those very companies and then by using that stake to try to influence decision making. Investors have various opportunities to influence a company’s climate-related decisions, whether by writing letters to the board about tying executive compensation to emissions cuts, talking to ceos about plans to align the business with a net-zero world, or voting on shareholder proposals at annual general meetings. Jamie Bonham, the director of corporate engagement at Toronto-based nei Investments, says his company works to leverage its influence to spur emissions-reduction projects in oil-and-gas companies, for example. This pressure could have the added benefit of helping commercialize and scale up technologies like carbon capture and storage. “And, ideally, we’ll see them transform their business,” says Bonham.
However, the classification of funds can complicate this approach. In the absence of regulations or standards, it falls to individual investors to try to understand what exactly a fund is promising and whether it’s delivering. Morningstar is part of the Canadian Investment Funds Standards Committee, an industry group working to standardize how Canadian mutual funds are classified in order to create a framework for categorizing sustainable funds. But, for these types of classifications to be most effective, there needs to be a global standard for what constitutes sustainability, says Ian Tam, Morningstar’s director of investment research in Canada. There are signs that this could be on the way.
For the moment, the lack of standards even extends to requirements about reporting a company’s climate impact: currently, publicly traded companies are under no obligation to disclose their greenhouse gas emissions. Of the 222 largest companies listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange, only 150 did so in 2020, according to an Institute for Sustainable Finance report. Just sixty companies had released emissions-reduction targets, and only nine had detailed plans to reach them. In its April 2021 federal budget, the Canadian government said it would work with the provinces and territories to make climate disclosures “part of regular disclosure practices for a broad
spectrum of the Canadian economy.” In October, the Canadian Securities Administrators, an umbrella organization of provincial and territorial securities regulators, published proposed rules that would require companies to disclose both direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions or explain why the information isn’t being released. Even if the regulations allow companies to opt out of disclosing, capital markets may decide, Riordan says, with firms that choose not to make climate disclosures finding it harder to raise funds.
Bains says standardized reporting could help prevent greenwashing by making it easy to monitor and compare a company’s progress against its competitors’. Companies that can’t back up their climate rhetoric with data, he says, may then have trouble accessing capital. “Traditionally speaking, capital market investors reward companies that do what they say.”
Roopa Davé, a partner in kpmg Canada’s sustainability services practice, based in Vancouver, is part of a team working with companies to develop sustainability strategies and determine what esg data, including climate-related data, companies should ideally report and how. Assessing a company’s greenhouse gas emissions alone can be a complex process requiring expertise in science, engineering, and accounting. In a 2020 kpmg survey of sustainability reporting among Canada’s top 100 companies by revenue, 62 percent of respondents acknowledged that they face financial risks from climate change. But only 3 percent quantified those risks, says Davé.
Financial institutions are grappling with some of these challenges as they seek to understand the extent of their financed emissions — the greenhouse gases tied not to their direct operations but to their loans and investments. Vancouver City Savings Credit Union, or Vancity, has set out to reach net-zero emissions across everything it finances by 2040. It also committed to offering only responsible investment opportunities that meet certain esg criteria. While the financial co-op doesn’t finance or invest directly in fossil fuels, it does issue loans for houses, commercial buildings, and to a lesser extent, vehicles. In Canada, buildings alone account for nearly 13 percent of greenhouse gas emissions. In its 2020 annual report, Vancity estimated that the assets covered by its loans and the investments it manages on behalf of its members accounted for almost 160,000 tonnes of greenhouse gases that year — more than fifty times higher than the direct emissions from its operations.
The greatest costs would be from failing to stop the climate crisis, but companies do face risks as they transition toward a low-carbon world. According to an online post by the Bank of England about the risks of climate change to financial stability, “If government policies were to change in line with the Paris Agreement, then two thirds of the world’s known fossil fuel reserves could not be burned. This could lead to changes in the value of investments held by banks and insurance companies in sectors like coal, oil and gas.” At the same time, fossil fuel infrastructure, such as pipelines, could become stranded assets, meaning their worth could decline faster than investors expected it would.
For pension funds, which manage the money millions of Canadians will rely on in old age, understanding the financial risks of climate change and opportunities in the transition to a low-carbon economy is critical. University of Victoria finance professor Majerbi and her colleague Michael King are working with one of those funds, the British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (bci), to better understand the implications of climate change for its investments. The work could ultimately help guide bci’s investment decisions and potentially lead the corporation to shift money from riskier fossil fuel bets to new opportunities in clean tech. This type of analysis will only get better, Majerbi says, with more climate-related disclosures from individual companies about their climate risks and how they are managing them.
While some investors are further along the esg-investing gangway than others, Tam, Morningstar’s director of investment research in Canada, sees reason for optimism. “It’s a new approach to valuing stocks and understanding risk,” he says. “Eventually, it won’t even be a conversation, everyone will just be doing it.”
ainslie cruickshank has written for Scientific American, Hakai Magazine, and The Narwhal.
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On the morning of August 29 2005, one of the deadliest Atlantic hurricanes hit the US Gulf Coast. With sustained winds of up to 140 mph, Hurricane Katrina killed over 1,800 people and caused $160 billion worth of damage.
The government at the time was criticised for its slow response, particularly its failure to involve local communities in decisions about preparing for and responding to the disaster. Almost 15 years to the day, another major storm bore down on the region. Half a million people in Texas and Louisiana evacuated to escape Hurricane Laura’s “unsurvivable” storm surge and, at the time of writing, and at least six people have been killed.
I study natural disasters in order to better understand how to save lives. One of the most important strategies for reducing the risk to everyone in a community is to engage with local people at every stage of decision making.
Communities in disaster-prone regions have developed strategies over generations for dealing with extreme weather. They’re more likely to spot the warning seasons early and know how best to respond.
The impacts of natural disasters can have a lasting effect on the lives of those in affected regions too, as anyone who has lived in New Orleans over the last two decades could tell you. It’s vital the input of these communities is taken into consideration if there is to be lasting trust in the institutions that organise disaster preparation and relief efforts.
Some of my research has compared how academic experts and people living in disaster-prone areas think differently about these events. While experts studying natural disasters tend to focus on intense but infrequent events like tsunamis, there are communities around the world which have adapted to milder but more common problems like flooding.
We wanted to visit communities in both the UK and Japan, to compare how their community leaders and engineers developed counter measures to protect their local areas. These were categorised as “soft” countermeasures, like evacuation plans and early warning systems, and as “hard” solutions, such as flood defences and embankments.
Communities facing high-impact but low-frequency disasters, like tsunamis in Japan, tend to have strategies that prevent or reduce the scale of the damage with hard engineering, such as sea walls. For communities subject to low-impact but high-frequency hazards like flooding, such as those we studied in the UK, adaptation is what characterises most countermeasures, including community networks that keep vulnerable people alert to any threat.
The Joukumachi community in Hita City of Oita Prefecture, Japan was affected by torrential rain in 2017 and 2018. Though government measures were slowly enacted, with some residents evacuated to shelters and higher ground, it was interventions by local residents that allowed the community to recognise the risks early and respond quickly.
Most notably, local people used handmade rain gauges with loudspeakers that could broadcast alerts to monitor the approaching danger. This early warning system helped people prepare before the government could launch a response.
Preparing for the future
But what makes an effective response to future disasters? Our research in Sturmer, a flood-prone village in Essex, England, showed that dedicated community organising is the best defence.
Sturmer was swamped with heavy rainfall in 2001 and 2014, causing floods that wreaked a lot of damage. But these events paled in comparison to the catastrophic storm surges that devastated the region in 1953. As climate change threatens more severe rain storms in the future, the community has developed its own ways to stay prepared.
Following the floods in 2014, a flood action group was formed in the village. The group is led by members of the community and it communicates flood risk through meetings, magazines and flyers. To keep local residents aware of flood alerts, some in the group are responsible for constantly checking the daily weather forecast, as well as flood depth gauges deployed in the stream. When flooding seems imminent, the houses most at risk are provided with portable flood gates that can be deployed as and when they’re needed.
This ongoing, bottom-up approach looks very different to a reactive disaster response led by central government agencies – which are often based far away. Even the best examples of top-down management are unlikely to possess the breadth of experience and local knowledge that makes communities so effective at preparing for natural disasters.
Central governments must learn from them and ask how best they can aid relief and recovery, rather than try and impose a one-size-fits-all approach.
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Star of Gallantry
The Star of Gallantry was introduced in 1991 and is awarded for acts of great heroism or conspicuous gallantry in action in circumstances of great peril.
The medal is a gold-plated Federation Star, with the obverse having a central device of a smaller Federation Star in a field of flames.
The reverse has a central panel for recipient details on a stepped background. The suspension bar is inscribed on both obverse and reverse with ‘FOR GALLANTRY’.
The ribbon has a design of chevrons of deep orange alternating with chevrons of light orange. The ribbon is worn with the points facing upwards.
A further award is denoted by a gold-plated bar with the Federation Star on a horizontal row of flames. When the ribbon is worn alone, the award of a bar is indicated by a ribbon bar emblem in the form of a gold-plated Federation Star.
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Moisturizers are oil-based substances that include coatings such as natural and herbal oils. These substances form a layer on the skin that prevents water from getting out. They also play an important role in reducing skin dryness and increasing its softness. Scientifically, humectant is a general term used for a variety of moisturizing compounds, including:
But in the world of commerce and the world market, all the terms have changed. But In fact, moisturizer is one of the trademarks that different brands offer different definitions.
The most important factor in choosing a moisturizer is to determine the type of skin
Dry skin: No shine. The pores are hard to detect and they usually have lighter skin. In people with very dry skin, scaling and cracking can sometimes be seen.
Oily skin: This skin looks shiny, especially on the forehead, nose, chin, on the palate. Large skin pores visible These people are susceptible to acne at puberty.
Normal Skin: A condition between dry and oily. Neither shiny nor greasy to the touch. It looks damp. The pores are not large.
We suggest you read: Skin Care Routine Reviews by Dermatologists in 2021
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We accept the Bible as our only creed and hold certain fundamental beliefs to be the teaching of the Holy Scriptures. These beliefs, as set forth here, constitute our church’s understanding and expression of the teaching of Scripture. Revision of these statements may be expected at a “General Conference” session when the church body is led by the Holy Spirit to a fuller understanding of Bible truth or finds better language in which to express the teachings of God’s Holy Word.
I. THE DOCTRINE OF GOD
1. The Holy Scriptures.
The Holy Scriptures, which encompass the Old and New Testaments, constitute the written Word of God, transmitted by divine inspiration through holy men of God who spoke and wrote being driven by the Holy Spirit. Through this word, God has communicated to human beings the knowledge necessary to achieve salvation. The Holy Scriptures are the infallible revelation of the divine will. They are the norm of character, the criterion for evaluating experience, the authoritative revelation of doctrines, and a reliable record of the acts of God performed in the course of history (2 Peter 1: 20-21, 2 Timothy 3:16). -17; Psalm 119: 105; Proverbs 30: 5-6; Isaiah 8:20; John 17:17; 1 Thessalonians 2:13; Hebrews 4:12).
2. The Trinity.
There is only one God, who is a unity of three coeternal persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. This one and triune God is immortal, almighty, omniscient, superior to all and omnipresent. It is infinite and escapes human comprehension, nevertheless, it can be known through the revelation it has made of itself. It is eternally worthy of reverence, worship and service on the part of all creation (Deuteronomy 6: 4, Matthew 28:19, 2 Corinthians 13:14, Ephesians 4: 4-6, 1 Peter 1: 2, 1 Timothy 1:17 ; Revelation 14: 7).
3. The Father.
God the Eternal Father, is the Creator, Origin, Sustainer and Sovereign of all creation. He is just, holy, merciful and merciful, slow to anger and abundant in love and faithfulness. The qualities and powers of the Father are also manifested in the Son and the Holy Spirit (Genesis 1: 1, Revelation 4:11, 1 Corinthians 15:28, John 3:16, 1 John 4: 8, 1 Timothy 1:17 ; Exodus 34: 6-7; John 14: 9).
4. The Son.
God the Eternal Son is one with the Father. Through him all things were created; He reveals the character of God, carries out the salvation of humanity and judges the world. Although he is truly God, everlasting, he also became truly man, Jesus the Christ. It was conceived by the Holy Spirit and was born of the Virgin Mary. He lived and experienced temptations as a human being, but perfectly exemplified the justice and love of God. Through his miracles he manifested the power of God and they testified that he was the promised Messiah of God. He suffered and voluntarily died on the cross for our sins and in our place, rose from the dead and ascended to the Father to minister in the heavenly sanctuary on our behalf. He will return again with power and glory to finally liberate his people and restore all things (John 1: 1-3, 14, Colossians 1: 15-19, John 10:30, 14: 9, Romans 6:23, 2 Corinthians 5: 17-19, John 5:22, Luke 1:35, Philippians 2: 5-11, 1 Corinthians 15: 3-4, Hebrews 2: 9-18, 8: 1-2, John 14: 1 -3).
5. The Holy Spirit.
God the Eternal Spirit was active with the Father and the Son in creation, incarnation and redemption. He inspired the authors of the Scriptures. It infused power into the life of Christ. Attracts and convinces human beings; and to those who respond, renew and transform the image of God. Sent by the Father and the Son is always with his children, distributes spiritual gifts to the church, enables her to bear witness in favor of Christ, and in harmony with the Scriptures leads her to all truth (Genesis 1: 1-2; Luke 1:35; 4:18; Acts 10:38; 2 Peter 1:21; 2 Corinthians 3:18; Ephesians 4: 11-12; Acts 1: 8; John 14: 16-18, 26; 15: 26- 27; 16: 7-13).
II. THE DOCTRINE OF MAN
6. The creation.
God is the Creator of all things, and has revealed through the Scriptures an authentic record of his creative activity. The Lord did in six days “the heavens and the earth” and every living thing that inhabits it, and rested on the seventh day of the first week. In this way he established the Sabbath as a perpetual monument to the completion of his creative work. The first man and the first woman were made in the image of God as a crown of creation; They were given dominion over the world and the responsibility to take care of it. When the world was finished it was “very good” because it declared the glory of God (Genesis 1: 2, Exodus 20: 8-11, Psalm 19: 1-6, 33: 6, 9, 104, Hebrews 11: 3).
7. The nature of man.
Man and woman were made in the image of God, with their own individuality and with the faculty and freedom to think and act on their own. Although they were created as free beings, each one is an indivisible unit of body, mind and spirit that depends on God for life, breath and everything else. When our first parents disobeyed God, they denied their dependence on him and fell from the high position they held under the government of God. The image of God was disfigured in them and they were subject to death. Their descendants participate in this degraded nature and its consequences. They are born with weaknesses and tendencies to evil. But God, in Christ, reconciled the world to himself, and through his Spirit restores in the penitent mortals the image of his Maker. Created for the glory of God, they are invited to love the Lord and love each other, and to care for the environment that surrounds them (Genesis 1: 26-28; 2: 7; Psalm 8: 4-8; Acts 17: 24-28; Genesis 3, Psalm 51: 5, Romans 5: 12-17, 2 Corinthians 5: 19-20, Psalm 51:10, 1 John 4: 7-8, 11, 20, Genesis 2:15).
III. THE DOCTRINE OF SALVATION
8. The great conflict.
The whole humanity is involved in a conflict of extraordinary proportions between Christ and Satan around the character of God, his law and his sovereignty over the universe. This conflict originated in heaven when a created being, endowed with free will, exalted himself and became Satan, the adversary of God, and instigated to rebel a portion of the Angels. He introduced the spirit of rebellion into this world when he induced Adam and Eve to sin. Sin resulted in the distortion of the image of God in humanity, the upheaval of the created world and then its complete devastation on the occasion of the universal flood. Observed by all of creation, this world became the battlefield of the universal conflict, at the end of which the God of love will finally be vindicated. To help his people in this conflict, Christ sends the Holy Spirit and the loyal angels to guide, protect and sustain him on the path of salvation (Revelation 12: 4-9; Isaiah 14: 12-14; Ezekiel 28: 12-18, Genesis 3, Romans 1: 19-32, 5: 12-21, 8: 19-22, Genesis 6-8, 2 Peter 3: 6, 1 Corinthians 4: 9, Hebrews 1:14) .
9. The life, death and resurrection of Christ.
Through the life of Christ, of perfect obedience to the will of God, his sufferings, his death and his resurrection, God provided the only valid means to atone for the sin of humanity, so that those who by faith accept this atonement may have access to eternal life, and all creation can better understand the infinite and holy love of the Creator. This perfect atonement vindicates the justice of God’s law and the benignity of his character, because he condemns our sin and at the same time makes provision for our forgiveness. The death of Christ is vicarious and expiatory, reconciling and transforming. The resurrection of Christ proclaims the triumph of God over the forces of evil, and to those who accept the atonement assures them of the final victory over sin and death. Declare the lordship of Jesus Christ, before whom every knee will bow in heaven and on earth (John 3:16, Isaiah 53, 1 Peter 2: 21-22, 1 Corinthians 15: 3-4, 20-22, 2 Corinthians 5: 14-15, 19-21, Romans 1: 4, 3:25, 4:25, 8: 3-4, 1 John 2: 2, 4:10, Galatians 2:15, Philippians 2: 6-11 ).
10. The experience of salvation.
With infinite love and mercy God made Christ, who knew no sin, be made sin for us, so that we could be made the righteousness of God in him. Guided by the Holy Spirit, we feel our need, we recognize our sinfulness, we repent of our transgressions, and we exercise faith in Jesus as Lord and Christ, as Substitute and Example. This faith that receives salvation comes to us through the divine power of the Word and is a gift of God’s grace. Through Christ we are justified, adopted as sons and daughters of God and freed from the lordship of sin. Through the Spirit we are born again and sanctified; The Spirit renews our minds, engraves the law of love of God in our hearts and empowers us to live a holy life. By remaining in him we are partakers of the divine nature and we have the assurance of salvation now and on the occasion of judgment. (2 Corinthians 5: 17-21; John 3:16; Galatians 1: 4; 4: 4-7; Titus 3: 3-7; John 16: 8; Galatians 3: 13-14; 1 Peter 2: 21- 22, Romans 10:17, Luke 17: 5, Mark 9: 23-24, Ephesians 2: 5-10, Romans 3: 21-26, Colossians 1: 13-14, Romans 8: 14-17, Galatians 3: 26; John 3: 3-8; 1 Peter 1:23; Romans 12: 2; Hebrews 8: 7-12; Ezekiel 36: 25-27; 2 Peter 1: 3-4; Romans 8: 1-4; 5 : 6-10)
IV. THE DOCTRINE OF THE CHURCH
11. Growth in Christ.
New fundamental belief approved on July 4, 2005, at the 58th Assembly of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists.
By his death on the cross Jesus triumphed over the forces of evil. He subjugated the spirits of demons during His earthly ministry and broke their power and made certain their final destiny. The victory of Jesus gives us victory over the forces of evil that continue to control us, while we walk with Him in peace, joy, and with the certainty of His love. Now the Holy Spirit lives with us and empowers us. Continually committed to Jesus as our Savior and Lord, we are free from the burden of our past deeds. No more will we live in darkness, with fear of the powers of evil, ignorance, and the lack of meaning of our old way of life. In that new freedom in Jesus, we are more than ever called to resemble His character, communing with Him daily in prayer, feeding on His Word, meditating on that and His providence, singing his praises, gathering together in worship, and participating in the mission of the Church. As we surrender ourselves to the service of love to those around us and to the testimony of His salvation, His constant presence with us through the Spirit transforms every moment and every task into a spiritual experience (Psalms 1: 1, 2, 23: 4; 77:11, 12; Colossians 1:13, 14; 2: 6, 14, 15; Luke 10: 17-20; Ephesians 5:19, 20; 6: 12-18; I Thessalonians 5:23; II Peter 2: 9, 3:18, II Corinthians 3:17, 18, Philippians 3: 7-14, I Thessalonians 5: 16-18, Matthew 20: 25-28, John 20:21, Galatians 5: 22-25, Romans 8:38, 39, I John 4: 4, Hebrews 10:25).
The church is the community of believers who confess Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. In continuity with the people of God of the Old Testament, we are invited to leave the world; and we gather to worship and be in communion with one another, to receive instruction in the Word, celebrating the Lord’s Supper, to serve all humanity and proclaim the gospel throughout the world. The church derives its authority from Christ, who is the incarnate Word, and the Scriptures which are the written Word. The church is God’s family: we are adopted by Him as children and live on the basis of the new covenant. The church is the body of Christ, a community of faith of which Christ Himself is the head. The church is the bride for whom Christ died to sanctify and cleanse her. His return in triumph, He will present a glorious church, that is to say, the faithful of all ages, acquired through his blood, without spot or wrinkle, holy and blameless (Genesis 12: 3; Acts 7:38; Ephesians 4 : 11-15; 3: 08.11; 28: 19-20; 16: 13-20; 18:18; Eph 2: 19-22; 1: 22-23; 5: 23-27; Col. 1: 17-18).
13. The Remnant and its mission.
The universal church is composed of all who truly believe in Christ, but in recent days, a time of widespread apostasy, has been called a remnant to keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus. This remnant announces the judgment hour, proclaims salvation through Christ, and heralds the approach of His second coming. This proclamation is symbolized by the three angels of Revelation 14; coincides with the time of judgment in heaven and results in a work of repentance and reform on earth. Every believer is called to personally participate in this worldwide witness (Revelation 12:17; 14: 6-12; 18: 1-4; 2 Corinthians 5:10; Jude 3, 14; 1 Peter 1: 16-19, 2 Peter 3: 10-14; Rev. 21: 1-14).
14. The unity of the body of Christ.
The church is a body made up of many members who come from every nation, race, language and people. In Christ we are a new creation; the differences of race, culture, education and nationality, between high and low, rich and poor, men and women, we must not cause divisions among us. We are all equal in Christ, who by one Spirit has united us in communion with him and with one another. We must serve and be served without partiality or reservations. Through the revelation of Jesus Christ in the Scriptures we share in the same faith and hope, and we go out to give everyone the same testimony. This unity has its origins in the oneness of the triune God, who has adopted us as his children (Romans 12: 4-5, 1 Corinthians 12: 12-14, Matthew 28: 19-20, Psalm 133: 1: 2 Corinthians 5 : 16-17, Acts 17: 26-27, Galatians 3:27, 29, Colossians 3: 10-15, Ephesians 4: 14-16, 4: 1-6, John 17: 20-23).
Through baptism we confess our faith in the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, and we bear witness to our death to sin and our purpose to walk in newness of life. In this way we recognize Christ as our Lord and Savior, we become his people and we are received as members of his church. Baptism is a symbol of our union with Christ, the forgiveness of our sins and our reception of the Holy Spirit. It is done by immersion in water, and is intimately linked with an affirmation of faith in Jesus and with evidences of repentance from sin. Follow the instruction in the Holy Scriptures and the acceptance of his teachings (Romans 6: 1-6, Colossians 2: 12-13, Acts 16: 30-33, 22:16, 2:38, Matthew 28: 19-20 ).
16. The Lord’s Supper.
The Lord’s Supper is a participation in the emblems of the body and blood of Jesus as an expression of faith in him, our Lord and Savior. In this experience of communion Christ is present to meet his people and strengthen him. By participating in it, we joyfully proclaim the death of the Lord until he comes. Preparation for the Supper includes an examination of conscience, repentance and confession. The Master ordered the washing of the feet to manifest a renewed purification, to express a disposition to serve one another with Christian humility, and to unite our hearts in love. All Christian believers can participate in the service of communion (1 Corinthians 10: 16-17, 11: 23-30, Matthew 26: 17-30, Revelation 3:20, John 6: 48-63, 13: 1-17) .
17. The spiritual gifts and ministries.
God grants all members of his church in all ages spiritual gifts so that each one may use them in loving ministry for the common good of the church and humanity. Granted through the operation of the Holy Spirit, who distributes them among each member according to their will, the gifts provide all the ministries and skills necessary for the church to fulfill its divinely ordained function. According to the Scriptures these gifts include ministries such as faith, healing, prophecy, preaching, teaching, administration, reconciliation, compassion and selfless service and charity to help and encourage our fellow human beings. Some members are called by God and endowed by the Spirit to fulfill functions recognized by the church in the pastoral, evangelizing, apostolic and teaching ministries, particularly necessary in order to equip the members for service, to edify the church in a way that reaches spiritual maturity, and promote the unity of faith and knowledge of God. When members employ these spiritual gifts as faithful stewards of God’s many graces, the church is protected from the destructive influence of false doctrines, grows thanks to a development that proceeds from God, and is built on faith and love ( Romans 12: 4-8, 1 Corinthians 12: 9-11, 27-28, Ephesians 4: 8, 11-16, Acts 6: 1-7, 1 Timothy 3: 1-13, 1 Peter 4: 10-11 ).
18. The gift of prophecy.
One of the gifts of the Holy Spirit is that of prophecy. This gift is one of the distinguishing characteristics of the remnant church. The Bible is the standard by which all teaching and all experience must be evaluated. (Joel 2: 28-29, Acts 2: 14-21, Hebrews 1: 1-3, Revelation 12:17, 19:10)
V. THE DOCTRINE OF THE CHRISTIAN LIFE
19. The law of God.
The great principles of God’s law are incorporated into the Ten Commandments and exemplified in the life of Christ. They express God’s love, will and purpose with respect to human conduct and relationships, and are in effect for all human beings of all ages. These precepts constitute the basis of God’s covenant with his people and the norm of divine judgment. Through the work of the Holy Spirit they point to sin and enliven the need for a Savior. Salvation is only by grace and not by works, but its fruit is obedience to the commandments. This obedience develops Christian character and results in a sense of well-being. It is an evidence of our love for the Lord and concern for our fellow human beings. Obedience by faith demonstrates the power of Christ to transform lives and therefore strengthens Christian witness (Exodus 20: 1-17, Psalm 40: 7-8, Matthew 22: 36-40, Deuteronomy 28: 1-14, Matthew 5: 17-20, Hebrews 8: 8-10, John 15: 7-10, Ephesians 2: 8-10, 1 John 5: 3, Romans 8: 3-4, Psalm 19: 7-14).
The beneficent Creator rested on the seventh day after the six days of creation, and instituted the Sabbath for all men as a monument of his creative work. The fourth commandment of the immutable law of God requires the observance of the seventh day as a day of rest, worship and ministry, in harmony with the teachings and practice of Jesus, the Lord of the Sabbath. Saturday is a day of pleasant communion with God and with our brothers. It is a symbol of our redemption in Christ, a sign of sanctification, a demonstration of our loyalty and an anticipation of our eternal future in the kingdom of God. The Sabbath is the perpetual sign of God of the eternal covenant between him and his people. The joyful observance of this sacred time from evening to evening, from sunset to sunset, is a celebration of God’s creative and redemptive work (Genesis 2: 1-3, Exodus 20: 8-11, Luke 4: 16; Isaiah 56: 5-6; 58: 13-14; Matthew 12: 1-12; Exodus 31: 13-17; Ezekiel 20:12, 20; Hebrews 4: 1-11; Deuteronomy 5: 12-15; Leviticus 23:32; Mark 1:32).
We are God’s stewards, to whom he has entrusted time and opportunities, capabilities and possessions, and the blessings of the earth and its resources. We are responsible to him for his proper employment. We recognize that God owns everything through our faithful service to him and our fellowmen, and through the return of tithes and offerings for the proclamation of his gospel and for the support and development of his church. Stewardship is a privilege that God has given us to grow in love and to achieve victory over selfishness and greed. The faithful steward rejoices over the blessings that others receive as a result of his faithfulness (Genesis 1: 26-28; 2:15; 1 Chronicles 29:14; Haggai 1: 3-11; Malachi 3: 8-12; 1 Corinthians 9: 9-14, Matthew 23:23, 2 Corinthians 8: 1-15, Romans 15: 26-27).
22. Christian behavior.
We are invited to be godly people who think, feel and act in harmony with the principles of heaven. For the Spirit to recreate in us the character of our Lord, we participate only in what produces Christian purity, health and joy in our lives. This means that our recreations and entertainment will be in harmony with the highest standards of Christian taste and beauty. Although we recognize the cultural differences, our clothing should be simple, modest and neat as befits those whose true beauty does not consist in the exterior ornament, but in the unfading ornament of a calm and peaceful spirit. It also means that since our bodies are the temple of the Holy Spirit, we must take care of them intelligently. Along with the proper practice of exercise and rest, we must adopt a diet as healthy as possible, and abstain from impure foods identified as such in the Scriptures. Since alcoholic beverages, tobacco, and the irresponsible use of drugs and narcotics are harmful to our bodies, we will also abstain from them. Instead, we will dedicate ourselves to everything that puts our thoughts and bodies in harmony with the discipline of Christ, who wants us to enjoy health, joy and all that is good (Romans 12: 1-2, 1 John 2: 6; Ephesians 5: 1-21, Philippians 4: 8, 2 Corinthians 10: 5, 6:14 – 7: 1, 1 Peter 3: 1-4, 1 Corinthians 6: 19-20, 10:31, Leviticus 11: 1 -47; 3 John 2).
23. Marriage and the family.
The marriage was established by God in Eden and confirmed by Jesus, to be a lifelong union between a man and a woman in loving companionship. For the Christian, marriage is a commitment both to God and to his spouse, and this step should be given only by people who share the same faith. Mutual love, honor, respect and responsibility are the plot and warp of this relationship, which should reflect the love, holiness, intimacy and endurance of the relationship between Christ and his church. Regarding divorce, Jesus taught that the person who divorces, unless it is because of fornication and marries another, commits adultery. Although some family relationships are far from ideal, partners in the marriage relationship who fully consecrate themselves to one another in Christ can achieve a loving unity thanks to the guidance of the Spirit and the loving care of the Church. God blesses the family and it is his purpose that his members help each other to reach full maturity. Parents must raise their children to love and obey the Lord. By precept and example they should teach them that Christ is lovingly disciplined, always tender and cares for his creatures, and that he wants them to become members of his body, the family of God. A growing family intimacy is one of the characteristic features of the last Gospel message. (Genesis 2: 18-25, Matthew 19: 3-9, John 2: 1-11, 2 Corinthians 6:14, Ephesians 5: 21-33, Matthew 5: 31-32, Mark 10: 11-12, Luke 16:18, 1 Corinthians 7: 10-11, Exodus 20:12, Ephesians 6: 1-4, Deuteronomy 6: 5-9, Proverbs 22: 6, Malachi 4: 5, 6).
SAW THE DOCTRINE OF
THE FINAL EVENTS
24. The ministry of Christ in the heavenly sanctuary.
There is a sanctuary in heaven, the true tabernacle that the Lord erected and not man. In him Christ ministers on our behalf, to make available to the believers the benefits of his atoning sacrifice offered once and for all on the cross. He became our great High Priest and began his intercessory ministry on the occasion of his ascension. In 1844, at the end of the prophetic period of 2,300 days, he entered the second and last phase of his atoning ministry. This work is an investigative judgment that is part of the final elimination of sin, typified by the purification of the ancient Hebrew sanctuary on the day of atonement. In the symbolic service the sanctuary was purified by the blood of animal sacrifices, but the heavenly things were purified by the perfect sacrifice of the blood of Jesus. The investigative judgment reveals to the heavenly intelligences who among the dead sleep in Christ and therefore will be considered worthy, in him, to participate in the first resurrection. It also clarifies who among the living are dwelling in Christ, keeping the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus, and in him, therefore they will be ready to be translated into his eternal kingdom. This judgment vindicates the justice of God in saving those who believe in Jesus. Declare that those who remained loyal to God will receive the kingdom. The conclusion of this ministry of Christ will mark the end of the probationary time granted to human beings before their second coming (Hebrews 8: 1-5; 4: 1416; 9: 11-28; 10: 19-22; 1: 3; 2:16, 17; Daniel 7: 9-27; 8: 13-14; 9: 24-27; Numbers 14:34; Ezekiel 4: 6; Leviticus 16; Revelation 14: 6-7; 20:12 : 14:12; 22:12).
25. The second coming of Christ.
The second coming of Christ is the blessed hope of the church, the great culmination of the gospel. The coming of the Savior will be literal, personal, visible and worldwide in scope. When he returns, the righteous dead will be resurrected and together with the living righteous they will be glorified and taken to heaven, but the wicked will die. The fact that most of the prophecies are reaching their full fulfillment, together with the current conditions of the world, indicates that the coming of Christ is imminent. The moment when this event will occur has not been revealed, and therefore we are exhorted to be prepared at all times (Titus 2:13, Hebrews 9:28, John 14: 1-3, Acts 1: 9-11, Matthew). 24:14, Revelation 1: 7, Matthew 24: 43-44, 1 Thessalonians 4: 13-18, 1 Corinthians 15: 51-54, 2 Thessalonians 1: 7-10, 2: 8, Revelation 14: 14-20 ; 19: 11-21; Matthew 24; Mark 13; Luke 21; 2 Timothy 3: 1-5; 1 Thessalonians 5: 1-6).
26. Death and resurrection.
The wages of sin is death. But God, the only one who is immortal, will grant eternal life to his redeemed ones. Until that day, death constitutes a state of unconsciousness for all who have died. When Christ, who is our life, appears, the resurrected righteous and the righteous living will be glorified and all together will be raptured to meet their Lord. The second resurrection, the resurrection of the wicked, will occur a thousand years later (Romans 6:23, 1 Timothy 6: 15-16, Ecclesiastes 9: 5-6, Psalm 146: 3-4, John 11: 11-14, Colossians 3: 4, 1 Corinthians 15: 51-54, 1 Thessalonians 4: 13-17, John 5: 28-29, Revelation 20: 1-10).
27. The millennium and the end of sin.
The millennium is the thousand-year reign of Christ with his saints in heaven that extends between the first and second resurrections. During that time the wicked will be judged; the earth will be completely desolate, without human inhabitants, but occupied by Satan and his angels. At the end of that period, Christ and his saints, together with the Holy City, will descend from heaven to earth. The dead wicked will rise then, and together with Satan and his angels they will surround the city; but the fire of God will consume them and purify the earth. In this way the universe will be freed from sin and sinners forever (Revelation 20, 1 Corinthians 6: 2-3, Jeremiah 4: 23-26, Revelation 21: 1-5, Malachi 4: 1, Ezekiel 28:18 -19).
28. The new earth.
In the new earth, where the righteous will dwell, God will provide an eternal home for the redeemed and a perfect environment for life, love and endless joy, and to learn together with his presence. Because there God himself will dwell with his people, and suffering and death will end forever. The great conflict will be over and sin will no longer exist. All things, animate and inanimate, will declare that God is love, and he will reign forever and ever. Amen (2 Peter 3:13; Isaiah 35; 65: 17-25; Matthew 5: 5; Revelation 21: 1-7; 22: 1-5; 11:15)
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CLOSED: RFP West Coast Cooperative Research
The purpose of this Request for Proposals is to assist the fishing industry in the collection of needed West Coast groundfish data, which serves to improve the information base for fisheries management while providing assistance to the industry. Additional scientific data, both in essential fish habitat and stock assessment, is needed for the effective management of the U.S. groundfish fisheries off the Washington, Oregon, and California coasts, pursuant to the Magnuson-Stevens Act (16 USC 1801-1883) and the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan (FMP). The Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission (the Commission or PSMFC) wants to encourage and fund effective partnerships among commercial fishermen, researchers, and other stakeholders to become active participants in cooperative research and to further the knowledge base of West Coast groundfish.
Fishermen and scientists have recognized that the sum of their understanding of the fishery ecosystem is greater than their individual knowledge. The Commission and the NOAA Fisheries/ NMFS are interested in re-establishing trust and working relationships between industry and scientists. All parties would like to acquire better information on the fishery ecosystem and fish stocks. There is a desire to develop greater consensus about the criteria of effective research and viable data.
Cooperative fishery research will offer a new source of revenue to fishermen and diversify their financial base, which is important when fishing options are so tightly constrained on the West Coast. Scientists and fishermen will have the opportunity to draw on each other to answer tough questions and creatively devise research projects.Download RFP Jan. 3, 2005
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The coronavirus pandemic has put significant pressure on America's teachers. Some have been asked to weigh risks to their personal health and teach in person. Some have been asked to teach from behind computer screens and perfect distance learning. Many have been asked to do both.
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At times, you may find yourself wanting to control the Inventor camera. This may be when you are automating the configuration of parts and assemblies or maybe as part of a design review. In this blog post, we'll take a look at a few different ways to accomplish this.
The Camera object can be used in multiple document types or view types but we're going to be discussing using the camera against the active view of a part or assembly document.
The first thing we need to do is get the active camera object.
Dim oCamera As Camera oCamera = ThisApplication.ActiveView.Camera
Applying changes to the camera
When changes such as view orientation are made to the camera, they'll need to be applied to the camera for the changes to take effect. There are two methods for accomplishing this against the camera object:
- Apply: will cause the changes to take effect
- ApplyWithoutTransition: will cause the changes to take effect without a transition (instantly)
In the snippets below, you'll see that I'm using the Apply method.
The Inventor camera has multiple pre-defined view orientations which are accessed through the ViewOrientation type property of the camera object. Some of the more common orientations are kFrontViewOrientation, kRightViewOrientation..... you can probably figure out the rest. These are listed in the ViewOrientationTypeEnum Enumerator.
oCamera.ViewOrientationType = kFrontViewOrientation oCamera.Apply
The camera object has a boolean property called Perspective that can be used to control whether the camera is in Orthographic (the Perspective property is set to false) or Perspective mode (the Perspective property is set to true) .
oCamera.Perspective = True oCamera.Apply
Perspective With Ortho Faces
My favorite projection to work in Inventor is Perspective with Ortho Faces. Unfortunately, there is currently no way to set this as the default mode as you can set Orthographic or Perspective. This mode can be accessed using automation. We need to grab the ControlDefinition for the command and execute it.
Dim oControlDef As ControlDefinitions oControlDef = ThisApplication.CommandManager.ControlDefinitions If oCamera.Perspective = True Then oControlDef.Item("AppViewCubePerspectiveOrthoCmd").Execute End If
I have a rule that utilizes this that's set to the Event Triggers of New Document and After Open Document. This is my workaround until we are able to set the Projection in the Application Options \ Display tab \ Settings dialog box.
Zoom To Selected Component
When configuring assemblies, I sometimes move the camera around so the user can see what's happening. As usual, there are many ways this can be accomplished. The most direct is to select the component and then Zoom Selected.
For the example below, the assembly has a multi-value parameter named "Components". This parameter lists the various components in the assembly. This code should be treated separately from the snippets above.
Sub Main() ' Declarations Dim oAssyDoc As AssemblyDocument oAssyDoc = ThisApplication.ActiveDocument Dim oAssyCompDef As AssemblyComponentDefinition oAssyCompDef = oAssyDoc.ComponentDefinition ' Get component name Dim sCompName As String sCompName = Parameter("Components") ' Get occurrence Dim oOcc1 As ComponentOccurrence oOcc1 = Component.InventorComponent(sCompName) ' Select selected occurrence Dim oSS As SelectSet oSS = ThisApplication.ActiveDocument.SelectSet oSS.Select(oOcc1) ' Zoom Selected Dim oControlDef As ControlDefinitions oControlDef = ThisApplication.CommandManager.ControlDefinitions oControlDef.Item("AppZoomSelectCmd").Execute ' Clear Selection oSS.Clear End Sub
In future posts, I'll discuss using the Camera objects Eye and Target properties to allow even more control over the camera.
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Gerwin van der Pol
Dit artikel verscheen als: Van der Pol, Gerwin. “Spectator’s Trust as an Indicator of Film Authorship. Is Vinterberg a Film Auteur ?” Studies in European Cinema (2015): 1-16.
Department of Media and Culture Studies, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
In this article, the Trust Model is presented as a new theory to tackle the old film theoretical problem of distinguishing film directors from film auteurs. The model proposes that in certain films, the spectator becomes problematically engaged to the fiction and to certain characters. During the viewing process, the spectator experiences moral emotions like shame and guilt. Those are at first denied as a result of cognitive dissonance; but, in the end, the spectator has to face his or her own moral emotions. It is at this final phase that the spectator actively begins to search for the auteur, as the person seemingly responsible for causing those moral emotions. The auteur is then ‘questioned’ about the sincerity of his intentions and ‘asked’ for dissolving those emotions at the end of the film. The spectator accordingly begins a trust rela- tionship with the auteur. The proposed model is applied to four films in the oeuvre of Thomas Vinterberg, a famous film director on the brink of being acknowledged as a film auteur.
Key words: Moral emotions; authorship; auteur; trust; Vinterberg
Emotions instead of style: auteurism
Why do some call Thomas Vinterberg an auteur, and why do others strongly object to call him an auteur? Why is it not enough that he is a film director? Why do some films have the capacity to promote their directors to such status, and why do others not? To answer these questions, the common practice by film scholars, based on half a century of theorizing the auteur, would be to look for certain features in the oeuvre of these film-makers. But looking for certain features in and for itself is only the result of having already established the director as an auteur. A more accurate question would address the issue of the need for authors. Foucault argues that authors perform several functions in society, one of which being to take the blame for moral transgressions in society (Foucault 1977). This article traces the problem to a more personal level: why do individual spectators choose certain film directors to perform Foucault’s author functions?
Auteur theory in cinema has constantly been evolving since its conception in France in the 1950s (Thompson 2010, 38–41). The term ‘auteur’ was coined and defended by the critics of Cahiers du Cinéma, amongst whom André Bazin, François Truffaut and Jean-Luc Godard. The battle between them about who should be hailed as an author, and on what grounds, usually centred on a film’s mise-en-scene. Describing the mise-en-scene became a tool to distinguish films that were based on the same story, or to distinguish films within the same genre, or films being produced in the same studio
Although specific requirements and definitions vary greatly, directors are given the distinction of auteur for their merits mainly regarding technical competence, creating a distinguishable personality and propelling an interior meaning within their film (Sarris 1968). Eventually, the auteur is always understood as inscribing a certain ‘personal vision’ in a film (Staiger 2003). Other theorists understand the auteur as a selfish claim for authorship in disrespect of what actually always is a group effort (Sellors 2010).
Most influential on auteur theory has been the backlash by Roland Barthes, who claimed in his lecture, ‘Death of the Author’, in 1968, that a spectator should be allowed to watch a film without being aware of the author and enjoy the film for its own merits (Barthes 1977, 142–148). The lecture and subsequent article had a detrimen- tal effect on film studies, which responded with a radical and permanent switch to studying genres and their ‘ordinary’ spectators.
What is most striking is that despite the move of film studies towards popular culture, and despite the death-declaration of the auteur by Barthes, the concept of the auteur is more alive than ever. Even Barthes himself heaves a sigh saying that ‘[…] As an institution the auteur is dead […] but in the text, in a way, I desire the auteur’ (Barthes 1977, 142–148). He voices something shared by the general public: a certain emotion that somehow is a component of film viewing. That is, people are aware of the concept of the auteur, even without actually knowing the terminology and, even more importantly, without knowing the auteur.
The auteur Thomas Vinterberg?
I would prefer to introduce Thomas Vinterberg first as an ordinary director, and consec- utively show by what machinations he could be turned into an auteur. But the process of separating him from his fellow crew and addressing him either as a person or as a film-professional directly positions him within an auteur debate. Any discussion on auteurs brings with it mentioning issues of biography, fame, art movement, nationality, style, politics and work process. Thomas Vinterberg was born on 19 May 1969 in Copenhagen, Denmark. He graduated from the National Danish Film School and immediately after directed his first sucessful short film, Last Round (1993). Vinterberg received both the jury’s and producers’ awards at the International Student Film Festival in Munich that year, as well as first prize at the Tel Aviv Film Festival. Two years later, Vinterberg directed another award winning short film Drengen der gik baglæns/ The Boy Who Walked Backwards (Vinterberg 1995). The year 1995 saw the founding of the Dogma 95 movement, initi- ated by Thomas Vinterberg and Lars von Trier. The two published a manifesto including 10 rules of film-making, the so-called ‘Vow of Chastity’. These rules were supposed to cleanse the movie producing community from the reign of superficiality, the pressure of high-budget productions and so-called ‘films of illusion’. The proclamation of the Dogma 95 movement created massive media hype around Vinterberg and his Danish colleagues.
In 1996, Vinterberg directed his first feature film called De største helte/The biggest heroes (Vinterberg 1996), which won three awards at the Robert Festival. Vinterberg’s first movie that followed the strict rules of the Vow of Chastity is Festen/The Celebration. (Vinterberg 1998), The Celebration became a major success all around the globe and established Vinterberg in the community of art house directors. Among the many awards that Vinterberg won for this film was the Grand Jury Award at the film festival in Cannes. In total, Vinterberg directed 14 movies, including an independent one called
The Third Lie (Vinterberg 2000b), an experimental TV movie called D–Dag (Vinterberg 2000a), failing miserably with It’s all about Love (Vinterberg 2003) and rebounding with Submarino (Vinterberg 2010) and Jagten/The Hunt (Vinterberg 2012).
The autobiographical information focuses on the fact that he grew up in a Danish hippie community called Freetown Christiana, a commune in the heart of Copenhagen. In 1990, he married Maria Walbom, with whom he has two children. The couple got divorced in 2007; and, in 2010, Vinterberg married his present wife Helene Reingaard Neuman. In the meantime, his production company collapsed, after which he slowly retrieved his enthusiasm for film-making.
Does all of the above make Vinterberg an auteur? First of all, there is much stress on the rewards he received, as a signal of international acclaim of his work, which makes him stand out as ‘better’ compared to other ordinary film directors. Secondly, his films are shown in art houses, and are thus, connected to the concept of art cinema, which theoretically and historically usually is conflated with auteur cinema.
The ‘personal style’ argument is not a very convincing argument. The Dogma style, although personally manifested by Lars von Trier and Thomas Vinterberg, became an international group style, being copied by other film-makers. Actually, this only stresses the problem of a category like ‘personal style’: most individual film-makers become associated to ‘waves’, or groups with a similar lineage, be it nationality, historical period or style period.
As for the oeuvre: the only common feature that binds an oeuvre is either style or ‘the vision’ of the auteur. Because Vinterberg’s films are very distinct in style, the only shared feature could be the shared ‘vision’. By making an effort for finding some commonalities, one finds a special interest in the problems and beauties of family life. This, of course, explains the many interviews in papers, magazines and television programmes, which all relentlessly dig into Thomas Vinterberg’s personal life.What remains as the most important aspect of ‘auteur theory’, is not the descriptions of certain film directors as auteurs, but the effort (or drive) to get to these descriptions. Such a drive is described by Nikolaj Scherfig about the reception of Vinterberg in Denmark as Vinterberologi; a wish to discuss Vinterberg’s success, and especially what it was that went wrong after The Celebration (Scherfig 2007).
Vinterbergologi is an excellent example of sociological phenomena that must derive from personal and emotional experiences by laymen and not be predetermined by film theory. The origins of such a social phenomenon are the focus of this article: it ques- tions which emotions are triggered by what kind of aspects from a film to make its spectators look for its auteur?
Steering the discussion away from auteur film for its artistic qualities and their subsequent aesthetic emotions, I emphasize the emotion-evoking capacities of the auteur film. This is in line with cognitive film theorists, when they are discussing the relation- ship between film and emotions (Tan 1996; Smith 2003). As I claim, in the way the narration is structured, it opens up certain responses of the spectator. What it also shows is that the proof of the pudding is in the eating: only when the social emotions were evoked, a film qualifies for the status of auteur film.
As Truffaut already implied, a good film is not recognized by its content, but by its emotive force. That emotive force is moral. Although many important films have moral dilemmas as the motivation for the diegesis, my model focuses on the way the spectator becomes engaged with those morals resulting in moral problems felt by the spectator. Whereas other auteur theories claim that style is what distinguishes auteurs, I contend that it is narration that performs this function. Style can be used as part of the narration.
It is important to make the distinction of ‘narration’ as compared to ‘narrative’. Of essence is the sequence of six emotional phases that a spectator experiences. The first phase logically begins in the first second of screening time, and the sixth phase ends at the last second of screening time (and lingers on afterwards). The length and point of departure of each phase varies across all films. The first three phases almost coincide (usually within the first few minutes of a film), and are part and parcel of every fiction film. In an auteur film, however, those three phases are later recognized as a set-up for phases four, five and six.
I will introduce the model and explain it by applying it to Vinterberg’s The Celebra- tion. In the next part of my article, I will show some variants of the model by applying it to It’s all about Love and Submarino. I will also elaborate on some of the theories at stake. The more concise version of this model is: the spectator works hard to engage with the film, and in the end, his own morals become questioned in some way or another. At last, he seeks and hopes to find trust with the auteur.
The trust model and The Celebration
The Celebration tells the story of a family reunion to celebrate the anniversary of the head of the family, Helge (Henning Moritzen). What starts off as a typical family celebration soon turns into a nightmare that reveals lies and cruelty. Christian (Ulrich Thomsen), the second oldest son, first breaks the illusory happy nature of the party, when he announces in front of the group party-goers that his father Helge used to sexually abuse him and his twin sister Linda (Lene Laub Oksen), without their mother intervening. Linda recently killed herself as she could not live with the memories of her childhood. Neither the guests, nor the film spectators, know how to judge this informa- tion. Who is right; the respectable hotel owner and family man Helge or Christian, who inappropriately ruins a celebration?
At first, not even his older brother Michael (Thomas Bo Larsen) believes him and everyone wants to throw him out of the party. But Christian goes on to interrupt the celebration with recurrent attempts to convince the gathering that his father truly raped him and his sister.
Eventually, Helene (Paprika Steen), the second sister, reads out a letter from Linda, in which Linda also accuses her father of rape. Michael, who until this point refused to believe in the story of the rape and tried everything to get on good grounds with his father, realizes that everything Christian has said was true. Late at night, he goes to his father to beat him up in order to force him towards a confession. The next morning the family sits reunited at the breakfast table when the father and the mother (Birthe Neumann) enter. Helge gives a speech similar to the one Christian gave the night before and apologizes for his misdemeanour. After a short moment of silence, Michael goes up to his father and quietly tells him to leave. Christian appears to have somewhat over- come his anxiety and manages to ask his love Pia (Trine Dyrholm) to come with him to live in Paris.
All articles, reviews and books written about this film focus on the moral problems within the film. The bourgeois plea for ‘keeping up appearances’ is revealed as a facade for immorality, which is a blow to morals in general. Apart from the insecurity about morals being problematic enough, it is also difficult to face the immoral characters and immoral acts.
My argument is that the real moral problem lies in the engagement of the spectator with this immoral story world.
The Trust model
Phase 1. The experience of reality
The spectator is inclined to understand the diegesis in the light of his everyday experience of the world. We come to understand the story world by applying our embodied nderstanding of the world around us. We understand characters as human beings; we understand space and time in the film to be as space and time in our reality. Even those filmic aspects as shot-transitions that do not comply with this everyday real- ity can easily be understood through information from our film-knowledge schema that we have gradually learned in the course of our lives.
The Celebration, as the first Dogma 95 film, follows a specific set of rules, includ- ing the sole use of hand-held cameras and the sole use of music that would play on set. These rules affect the aesthetic of the movie as images are often shaky or blurry, not exactly focusing on people’s face. Hence, there is a strong harmony between the form: an amateur video, and the content: a family reunion. This harmony is very helpful when it comes to understand the movie as a real world.
Having met the main characters and starting to understand their mutual relationship, the audience can see the diegesis as a real world; a world that goes beyond the limits of the film but that they can understand. Also, Vinterberg successfully makes the world relatable to all spectators, as the archetype ‘family’ is a universal aspect of human life. The uniqueness of each individual spectator’s family is also universal and thus, provides the ‘safeness’ outlined in the second stage of the trust model. The audience both relates to and believes the world presented to them, yet feels safe knowing that the represented family is not their own.
Phase 2. The experience of fiction
Following phase one, the spectator tries to understand the film as fiction. Fiction is best understood as a choice to understand reality in a different mode. In this mode, one imagines reality in a different state. Objects attain a different functionality, for example, one can sit on a table, making it fictionally true that the table is a chair. The table becomes a prop in our game, in which tables are chairs. Beginning with Johan Huizinga, theorists have described this state in terms of ‘play’ or ‘make-believe’ (Walton 1990; Bateson 1972; Huizinga 1974; Walton 1978, 5–27). Apter makes some strong arguments for the emotions that go with this. (Apter 1992) Certain emotions that are in reality undesirable change into appetitive emotions in the play mode. Play leads to reappraisal of emotions, and to a reappraisal of actions. An encounter with a real tiger normally leads to extreme fear and flight reactions. But these feelings are reversed when we encounter a caged tiger in the zoo and pretend we are encountering this tiger in the wild. Within the fiction, the bars become leafs that can be pushed aside. We want to come as close as possible to the tiger, and we experience pleasant excitement instead of fear.
In the case of The Celebration, the understanding of the diegesis as a fiction is important to make the film bearable to the audience. Seeing the film as the mere display of the real world would make it hard to accept. Rather than facing a moral crisis, the spectator would probably reject the film and not get involved.
It is the spectator’s responsibility to regard the film as a fiction; however, the film helps the audience make this choice in a specific scene. In minute 14, Helen is brought to her dead sister’s room, and upon her entry, the audience perceives a strong sense of metaphysical presence. With the camera angles, the floating curtains and the blurriness of some images, it is easier for the spectator to distance themselves from the diegesis and accept it as a fiction.
Phase 3. The experience of characters
The spectator is a social being, and thus, inherently fascinated by and interested in other people. The spectator wants to find out who they are and what their intentions and goals are. Within seconds, we know someone, adding missing information by using stereo- types, prejudices and misjudgements, but thinking of ourselves as excellent unprejudiced observers (Kunda and Thagard 1996, 284–308).
Seeing and judging people is the beginning of getting related to them, whether they are real or fictional (Brain 2012, 329–353). We slowly become engaged to characters in film, but instead of making a conscious, well-considered choice, spectators react emotionally and biased, on the basis of looks of characters, favourable actions, certain portrayals and screen time.
The levels of engagement to characters are theorized by Murray Smith in Engaging characters (Smith 1995). He argues that we favour certain characters and become alleged to them. Not only do we like them and wish well for them, we share their morals. Smith distinguishes between three consecutive phases of engagement with characters: recognition, alignment and allegiance.
Smith argues that people must firstly recognize other people as people. This issue is less relevant in the light of this study; in live-action fiction films, the characters are always recognizable as people.
On the second level, the spectator becomes aligned with the character. This occurs when we know more about a certain character, when we come to follow that character more than another character.
The strongest engagement we can feel with a character is allegiance. Smith argues that, at this stage, we truly choose the side of that character and wish for the same outcomes as that character does.
Through the process of impression formation, we quickly come to a certain assessment of characters based on quick reasoning, emotional reactions and the use of stereotypes. In classical films, such judgements are not problematized: we are shown what those characters can achieve with their given identity. In auteur films, the problem lies in the fact that some characters are not what we judge them to be. This realization is the essence of the film, which causes phases four, five and six to occur.
Almost from the start, the spectator suspects issues in the family. For example, Michael is not on the guest list and he acknowledges having a bad behaviour when he drinks. Helen, the sister, is mad at Michael for not going to Linda’s funeral and not paying his debts. This display of the relations between the characters is important because it gives the audience a better understanding of their behaviour. The audience is introduced to the father in the 10th minute. Although Christian seems very intimidated, the father appears both nice and caring, asking his son when he will come back to live in Denmark.
Not only does the audience understand the characters as real, but the audience becomes emotionally attached to specific characters. In The Celebration, the audience very quickly engages with Christian. It is important for the concept of the moral crisis that the spectators base their allegiance to characters on very limited information. In fact, their choice of allegiance despite the limited information they have is supposed to lead to the moral crisis, showing them their own tendency to make prejudiced judgements. The constant violence, stupidity and rudeness of Michael make him act as a repelling character and help the spectator to identify Christian as the ‘good guy’. The spectators also feel aligned with specific characters such as Pia because she seems to be quite supportive of Christian. Overall, the entire set of characters who take part in this family reunion is considered as a whole; only a certain number or characters are seen as individuals. The spectator feels aligned to this group of people because they fit stereo- typical roles in a family, as people they could know or interact with, they feel aligned to the entire group as a representation of the world they inhabit. The scene where the group sings ‘happy birthday’ to Helge is instrumental in presenting this family as a typi- cal, traditional family, and as such, a good one. In the third stage, the audience must form an emotional attachment to a character or characters. Vinterberg accomplishes this quite easily by slowly revealing the emotional baggage which each sibling carries.
Phase 4. The experience of cognitive dissonance
From this phase onwards, the auteur film becomes different from other fiction films. The character we become alleged to does not act as we should expect from someone we trust to have our morals. Instead of acknowledging that this character acts immoral, we, as a result of cognitive dissonance, deny it; find other reasons for this character acting differently; and instead of distancing ourselves from this character, we become stronger alleged (Festinger 1962; Cooper 2007).
At this stage in The Celebration, the audience realizes that the family is in fact
immoral and not at all like their own family or own world. Christian’s initial speech, comically titled ‘When dad has his bath’ disturbs what was previously a relatable world. With this speech, Christian brings forth the first problem of the film; he accuses his father of sexually abusing him and his dead sister. With such a bold accusation, the audience expects that the family members will be strongly affected, but to the audi- ence’s shock, after a moment’s silence, the family resumes with the festivities as if noth- ing happened. This previously beloved family with their typical family dynamics becomes less typical and far less appealing. Although Vinterberg pushes the audience away from the diegesis in this scene, he follows it by bringing the audience right back to the family. In 36th minute, the grandfather offers comic relief that seemingly makes the family forget what just happened and lightens the audience’s mood. The spectator does not want to confront the possibility of an unjust world and comforts himself with enjoying the comical aspects of the situation.
Phase 5. Moral crisis
More difficult to cope with is the shock we get when we realize that the character we are alleged to, behaves even worse, and proves to be immoral. It becomes someone we wish we hadn’t alleged with. We can feel that moment coming, at which point, we experience autonomous moral suspense. It does not have to be shown; the sugges- tion is more than enough. Although we do recognize that the film is just a fiction, we also feel that our judgements of characters and situations were based on our everyday- life morals. The moral crisis is made of acknowledging a failing sense of judgement and the loss of a belief system. The spectator experiences shame and guilt. These moral emotions affect the Self of the spectator. To no avail, the spectator seeks support in the fictional nature of the auteur film: for moral emotions, it doesn’t matter whether they emerged in fiction or reality
In phase five, the film reveals this character to be immoral beyond the point to which we can sustain the assumption that this character is a moral character. The specta- tor comes to understand that this is a character one never wants to be alleged to, but unfortunately, that is exactly what the spectator is.
This puts the spectator in a true moral crisis, which even surpasses the fact that the film was understood as fiction. Although the character is fictional, the moral crisis of the spectator is real. The way the spectator constructed this character and became alleged to him was done in the very same way as the spectator understands people in real life. Consequently, the spectator becomes aware of the prejudiced way he judges others and the immorality of his own moral belief system. Margarethe Bruun Vaage describes a similar realization as reality check (Vaage 2012, 218–237).
To fully understand the nature of the moral crisis, a short explanation of how a moral belief system is understood within the cognitive psychological field is necessary. Morals do not exist outside persons, they are part of a psychological state that people construct and live up to during their lives. Moral is understood as a personal schema. But although a moral schema is highly personal/ subjective, in this study, I use Michael Lerner’s Belief-in-a-Just-World belief system, as a typical Western European belief system, overarching both the Judean-Christian morals as the secular morals (Lerner 1980).
The Belief-in-a-Just-World posits that the world is a just world. The main point of this belief system is to uphold this ideal image of the world as just. The consequence of every injustice occurring in this world means that there must be a reason for it, and final justifications. If someone is murdered, that does not destroy the image of the World as Just, as long as the murderer is punished. And even when the murder is never solved, we retain this image of a just world by believing that the murderer will somehow get his comeuppance.
Some injustice like starvation, war and disasters cannot be explained in this way. We have learned to accept the existence of such injustice by defining it as part of a different world order: the unjust world, of which we proclaim ourselves not to be its citizens.
Explained in this way, this belief system appears to be quite immoral in its founda- tion. In general, people live up to this belief system, unaware of its immoral base. The Belief-in-a-Just-World just explains the folk psychology of people dealing with moral issues.
What is really problematic about the moral crisis of the spectator in phase five is the realization of the spectator that either (a) his moral fault places him as an unjust person in a just world or (b) his moral fault (generated by relying on his moral system) shows the ugliness and bankruptcy of the moral system itself.
Every spectator, and every review and article about The Celebration, notices the felt abhorrence of Helge’s hideous acts. (e.g. Chaudhuri 2005, 153) This aversion is not necessarily structured by the narration: we are shocked about the fact that a well- respected citizen is capable of raping his children. The fact that we are shocked is because we know that it is a fact in our everyday world, of which the fictional character Helge rudely reminds us. But it is hardly through our engagement with Helge that we feel those moral problems. We are not allied to Helge. In some scenes, we become aligned with him, and we understand that he is well respected. But we do not become allied to him.
Two engagements, however, do cause moral emotions. In the 70th minute of the film, when Michael leads the entire family in a racist song as a response to Helene’s black boyfriend Gbatokai (Gbatokai Dakina) standing up for Christian. This horrific scene shows how immoral the diegetic world truly is. In this scene, the audience realizes that the family’s issues are deeper rooted than Christian’s speech, and that in fictively joining the festivities as spectators and recognizing the family as similar to their own family, they are now suddenly being lured into acting as racist and immoral. At first, the spectators were just as dumbfounded by Christian’s speech as the family members, being aligned with them. But whatever bond we felt with them, whatever likeness we began to find to our own family members, here, we want to draw a line between us and them; we no longer want to be part of this diegesis; and we hasten to find arguments that our morals prevent us from those racist acts. The film does give us some relief, by positioning us with Gbatokai and Helene, the righteous underdogs.
Immediately following this scene, Helene storms away from the dining room and breaks down in the bathroom, exclaiming that she can’t do this and that she is going crazy. The audience shares this desperate feeling and feels an urge to continue watching in hope of reconciliation. The film offers a glimpse of hope a few minutes later when Pia finds the letter from the dead sister that Helene has been hiding.
We have formed allegiance with Christian; the film begins with following him, focusing on him and portraying him as sympathetic. One of the reasons that the audi- ence allies with Christian is that he has to deal with the very unsympathetic presence of Michael, whom we dislike from the start. As soon as Michael sees his brother, he throws his wife and children out of the car to give Christian a lift. He shouts at his wife, in the hotel, he is at first refused because of his earlier misbehaviour. He humili- ates Gbatokai. He committed adultery with one of the maids and instead of admitting to her claim, he beats her.
What really causes the moral emotions in the spectator is the stubborn refraining from engagement with Michael. When he becomes convinced of Christian’s truth, he supports him and wants to revenge him. The spectator also comes to understand why he did not know about the truth: in his youth, he attended boarding school abroad, which saved him from being raped by Helge, but also made him an outsider to the family. But most importantly, he takes action for his opinion.
Engaging with characters that are revealed as immoral is severely problematic to our morals, but it is equally problematic to have discarded of people because of their supposed immorality and then understanding them as righteous. For example, we could have noticed in the introduction that Michael, while throwing his wife and children out of the car, actually was helping his brother and was being kind to him. What is the worth of our moral belief system, which orders us to treat others as human beings and with respect, that makes us discard of people after the first mistake they seem to make?
Phase 6. The experience of trust
In phase six, the spectator seeks trust with the auteur, which causes a search for the auteur; this search creates an awareness of the style of the film, which is the only tangible proof of his existence. Typically, the spectator will have a silent one-way dialogue with the auteur, asking questions like: are you sincere; why did you lay bare my moral vulnerability; how will you get me out of my moral crisis?
Trust has the remarkable characteristic of replacing one’s doubt concerning one’s own
actions with expectations of the positive actions of others. Because good behaviour is cen- tral, it should be at the core of the ethical philosophy. Nonetheless, the actions of others have long remained neglected in ethical philosophy because ‘[…] Kant’s unconditional morality removes the need for trust’. (Weber and Carter 2003, 145) Philosophers such as Annette Baier and Eric Uslaner have made clear that the ethical behaviour of others is also of great importance (Baier 1986, 231–260; Uslaner 2002).
The auteur defuses the spectator’s moral crisis with the way he finishes the narra- tion. This leads to a conflicting attitude: the auteur must follow through the conse- quences of the wrongful judgement into the extreme. At the same time, the auteur must, after the moral crisis has emerged, offer a way for the spectator to restore his moral. This means that the auteur film usually ends with a fatality, reckoning, complete break- down of the system, but in good spirits. Of course, it is for the spectator to judge whether the auteur proved trustworthy enough. Sometimes the film ends in such a way that the spectator feels left alone in his moral crisis, and he will feel distrust to the auteur, and will judge the auteur as insincere. This is the main reason that auteur debates are always so vehement. The feelings of trust or distrust to a director are so deeply felt that any argument about this director feels like a personal attack.
Strongly felt trust leads to the loyalty of the spectator and a lasting feeling of friend- ship. This leads to an excessive interest in everything that has to do with the auteur: interviews and biographies.
In the final phase of The Celebration, Vinterberg regains the trust of his audience. In the finale, the audience is not sure what to expect. The morning after the family is sitting around the breakfast table, joking and laughing together. Their jolly nature fur- ther confuses the audience as to the happenings of the previous evening. The first way in which Vinterberg instils trust in the audience is Christian asking Pia to move to Paris with him. In this request, the audience is seeing the possibility of a brighter future for Christian, what appears to be an almost fairy-tale ending. Vinterberg fully regains the trust of the audience through the actions of Michael. Michael finally stands up for everyone else and asks Helge to leave the breakfast table.
It’s all about engagement in It’s all about Love
The success of The Celebration (1998) created extremely high expectations for It’s All about Love (2003), expectations that the film did not meet. Neither audience nor critics offered a positive assessment of the film.
It’s All about Love (2003) tells the story of two characters fighting for their love, and ultimately, their lives in an out-of-control world in 2021. John (Joaquin Phoenix) and world-famous figure ice-skater Elena (Claire Danes) are married, but have lived apart for several years. Time has ensured that the distance between them has grown. Eventually, John arrives in New York with divorce papers demanding Elena’s signa- ture, but upon arriving, notes that unexpected events occur around his wife. Slowly, he comes to realize that there is a conspiracy going on, with Elena’s brother Michael (Douglas Henshall) revealing it, and assistant Betsy (Margo Martindale), both being the only ones to be trustworthy. Since Elena has a heart condition, she becomes a financial risk to David (Alun Armstrong) and the company that produces her shows. Thus, three stand-ins have been trained to replace her and make her superfluous. Where Elena at first seems to be a drug addict, who pays more attention to her career than to John, John comes to realize that she is drugged; blackmailed to keep secrets; and that she actually still loves John. After most of the conspiracy is revealed, David still presents himself as a kind godfather and gives Elena a farewell party, and offers a retirement. Elena and three doubles go skating at the ice rink. They are ambushed by Mr Morrison (Geoffrey Hutchings). Miraculously, Elena is the only one to survive.
John and Elena escape with Michael. In flight, John discovers that Michael is also part of the conspiracy. Michael apologizes and walks away. Michael dies in a blizzard, and later, Elena and John die too, be it in a fairy-tale snow landscape. The story is inter- mitted by images and text from Marciello (Sean Penn), John’s brother, forever circling the earth on a plane.
The story is set against the backdrop of a collapsing world, where gravity has disap- peared in Uganda; where it snows in summer; and where people die for lack of love. To the credit of the film could be said that it tries to achieve a certain mood of distance and beauty. The strange features of this future world are both frightening (because of our fear of the effects of climate change) and aesthetically impressive.
We could interpret the film as having the same structure as The Celebration. Shared features are the family reunion, the frightening façade of friendliness and the powerful father figure being revealed as pure evil. Also, the problems of engagement concentrate on the brother. Contrary to The Celebration, in which Michael turns from seemingly bad to inherently good; Michael shifts from seemingly good to inherently bad.
Although the film has all the ingredients for an auteur film in my definition, it fails in its execution. Instead of helping the spectator to engage with the diegesis, it both confuses and distracts. It shows a future world where nothing really has changed, but just some strange aspects are added to give an image of the future. Those strange aspects, people are dying suddenly from an insincere love affair; people are left dead on the streets; and the already-mentioned floating people in Africa, are all given, but not explained. Spectators accept such strange inserts within our everyday world, but need some reason for engaging with it. Such explanations do not necessarily have to be given explicitly, as long as the spectator can find some metaphorical justification, some possi- ble relation to their everyday world. For example, the climate going haywire in this film does not have to be explained, since the global warming is a current debate in our society. But how that results in people floating in the air in Uganda does need some explanation.
Because the unexplainable events constantly remind the spectator of the fictional nature, the spectator works hard to experience the film on a realistic level. The fictional nature of the film prevents the spectator from actively, and by his own initiative, playing the game of make-believe. Instead, the film presents itself as fictional, thus taking the fun out of it, and the necessity.
The engagement causes problems. In most art films, characters are presented in a narrative vacuum, in which the spectator first has to deal with people, and only later on, with the events. This film is no different, withholding crucial information and just presenting characters without background information.
We do like John because he is portrayed by Joaquin Phoenix. We also like him because the powerful thugs that pick him up at the airport look threatening, have the power to overrule all airport rules and ignore his pity for the dead people on the ground. John is, and remains, the good guy. And since we engage with him (if at all), we remain on safe moral grounds. In the beginning of the film, John is not very active: people make decisions for him. In the course of the film, he regains agency. But all the factors that warrant the spectator’s engagement to John also function to show that all those who obstruct his agency are seen in an unfavourable light. Hence, all members of the happy circus family are, from beginning to end, understood as a dangerous, conspir- ing bunch of people. The counterexample could be Betsy, who remains a good friend. But even that is no surprise, since she is presented as different from that awful circus family.
The spectator is given too much conflicting information about Elena to enable engagement. She shows too many different moods for multiple and mysterious reasons, in ever-changing, unclear circumstances. Heider and his commentators taught us that we understand people as the outcome of three mutual influencing factors: the triangle iden- tity, actions and circumstances. (Heider 1944, 358–374) But if all three are constantly changing, we withhold our judgement. (Jones 1990; Kelley 1967, 192–241; Read and Miller 2005, 124–139) It also does not help that there are three doubles, which are difficult to differentiate from her. The film sets itself a difficult task in suggesting a sincere love affair, even if ony a mythical one, based on John and a girl without an identity.
The only really problematic character is Michael, posing as an ally, family and friend to Elena, to be finally revealed as a fraud, a careerist, a conformist, betraying his loved ones. That revelation could have come as a shock. But from his first entrance, his behaviour is shaky, restless and nervous, suggesting he is not sincere. Even the camera work and editing suggest to the spectator that he is secretly talking to the circus family and plotting something evil, where John believes he is just helping him. In every respect, the film suggests to the spectator: do not trust him. And, indeed, we do not trust him, so we cannot be hurt by the revelation that he betrayed them. It is so evident that he betrayed them that we even think low of John for not figuring that out himself.
Because of the lack of engagement, and of not getting wrongly engaged, the specta- tor does not experience dissonance, nor moral crisis, nor trust. We could have experi- enced those phases had we liked and believed the paterfamilias; had we earlier seen a sincere Elena; had we not seen through Michael’s evil plans; and had we strongly been engaged to the diegesis.
It’s all about love is an interesting showcase for having all the ingredients, but lack ing in the fine art of convincing portrayal. Some faults could have easily been solved, the engagement to characters would have certainly gained by longer exposure to them; the producer’s cut of the film to 104 min was a major mistake. But also, the struggle between positioning the film somewhere between an art film and a mainstream film had a detrimental effect on this film. An overload of mystery and action – both in the diegesis as in the narration – begs for stable characters, turning the film into a mainstream film. But it becomes problematic that the film also pursues the goal of having art film anti-heroes in identity crisis and portraying them in the style of a fairy-tale, and on top of that suggesting a profundity that fairy-tales never have. The general dislike suggests that this balancing act did not work.
Submerging in an unjust world in Submarino
Submarino tells about two young brothers, who tenderly take care of their youngest brother, who is a baby. Their mother does not take care of her baby because she is con- stantly drunk. In a moment of neglect, the baby dies. The remainder of the plot shows the separate and desperate lives of the two brothers as grown-ups. We cannot help but feel sorry and revolted for them as they are shown as victims of their past, looking for redemption, but showing addictive and self-destructive behaviour.
Nick (Jakob Cedergren), the eldest, is out of prison after serving time for an assault. He drinks, lives in a shelter and hesitantly begins a relationship with Sophie, after having an impossible relationship with Mona (Helene Reingaard Neumann). He tries to help an old friend and ex-brother-in-law: Ivan (Morten Rose), who suffers from a mental sickness. Ivan kills Nick’s Sofie (Patricia Schumann) and Nick takes the blame.
The second part of the film shows us the parallel life of the younger, nameless brother (Peter Plaugborg), who is a widower and drug addict, who has difficulties in taking care of his son Martin (Gustav Fischer Kjærulff ). Nick meets his brother at the funeral of their mother. When an opportunity presents itself, his brother becomes a drug dealer to secure his son’s future, but he fails and gets caught by the police. The two brothers meet again in prison, they share their sorrow, understand each other’s misery and vain attempts to overcome the past. After that Nick’s brother commits suicide. Then finally life brightens up: Nick’s lawyer proves Nick to be innocent. Nick gets on speak- ing terms with Mona. At his brother’s funeral, he meets his nephew Martin again and the little boy finds his hope for a better future by being looked after by his uncle.
Spectators are forced to watch characters being sentenced to life in Lerner’s unjust world. It confronts the spectator with the unjust world, and puts them temporarily in this world they are used to shy away from. Not only are we confronted with this unjust world, we also come to see injustice at its most relentless, since both brothers are portrayed as moral characters. They try to do well, but are constantly reminded of their guilt.
From the first seconds of the film, the spectator is thus thrown in phase five of the Trust Model. The spectators understand the film as realism and grasp at the straw of fiction to protect them. They are presented with characters to allege with (even when they prefer not to), and this alone is enough to evoke their moral emotions.
This means that trust with the author becomes a necessity from the beginning. The felt moral crisis cannot be reasoned away by the fictional nature, and the spectators have to be rescued by the auteur. How else could they continue watching this film? If there was no trust in the auteur, the spectator would leave the theatre thoroughly depressed.
Vinterberg has to show he is trustworthy in two different ways. He has to present this unjust world convincingly as inevitable and true. And at the end, he has to present the spectator with an outcome that will restore the belief in the just world.
Spectators engage with the film because it is a cleverly built structure. Its visual style is raw, ugly and dirty, and almost monochrome, but as a narrative structure, it is elegant. Beginning and end are mirrored; the improvised baptism of the baby mirrored the brother’s funeral in church. In between, the film is first devoted to Nick’s life, look- ing for his brother and not being able to find him. Then the film goes back in time, to focus on his brother, making us notice how they live parallel lives and tragically fail to meet, like ships passing in the night. This narrative structure stresses their ill-fated lives. The tight structure convinces the spectator of the inevitability of the events, where fate will mercilessly intervene in the brother’s lives.
The relief begins when the brothers finally meet in prison. They share their emotions and hesitantly forgive each other. There are limits to what a film-maker can do in restoring our belief in poetic justice; it should not feel like a deus ex machina. Even in its happy mood, it is still restricted to the relentless nature of reality, such as the facts that Nick’s brother cannot be prevented from suicide and Nick has to have his hand ampu- tated. But this double loss breaks the doomed nature of his actions, and we can believe he somehow will be given a chance in future – getting on speaking terms with Ana and taking care of his nephew Martin.
Jagten questions the spectator’s morals in similar fashion, although with a somewhat different mix of the proposed ingredients of an auteur film. Lucas (Mads Mikkelsen) is a very sympathetic character which the spectator admires for his kindness and friendly behaviour to children. Without hesitation the spectator becomes alleged to this character. Then one of the children is said to have accused him of sexual abuse. The film remains centred on Lucas, trying to cope with the fact that the whole village sets up against him, and, after the fact that no proof seemed to exist, towards the end of the film tries to continue living as if nothing happened. The film refrains from given facts about what happened. The moral issues within the story world are obvious enough, and discussed in all the praising reviews of the film. The real issue of the film is that the spectator struggles with paradoxical moral problems: either he believes in Lucas’s innocence, thereby holding on to the allegiance, but then having to face the injustice of the world, wherein moral character has no place (thus being confined to an unjust world); or the spectator comes to the conclusion that Lucas is guilty of child abuse, and, as a conse- quence, has to face the fact that he wholeheartedly alleged to a character who is revealed to be a child abuser, and thus, proves the fault in the spectator’s moral system.
The essence of an auteur film is revealing the act of viewing by the spectator as a moral act. The moral problems spectators have with certain films are not caused by the immoral nature of the presented acts in the film. Nor can it be explained by the incon- gruence of the images throughout the film, as Carl Plantinga explains in his essay on problematic emotions in viewing – what I would call an auteur film – The Thin Red Line (Malick 1998). (Plantinga 2010, 86) As shown in Vinterberg’s case: his films are consistent in style. The incongruency lies within the spectator, not within the films. And even in a film as The Thin Red Line that does present incongruent images, that aspect is in my opinion just a minor cause for the emotions experienced, where the moral problems of the spectator would be the main explanation.
The moral crisis is caused by the act of engaging to certain people, certain ideas on the basis of the inherent belief system of the spectator. An auteur film uncovers the structural flaws within that belief system, evoking moral emotions. An auteur, as constructed by the spectator in need of absolving him, will show his trustworthiness by restoring the spectator’s morals. If the auteur succeeds in doing that, the spectator will feel relief and trust. Trust leads to the pursuit of new encounters, to maintain the trust relation, and will lead the spectator to see the auteur’s next film. This film will be viewed with more goodwill, but it does not necessarily mean the next film will re-establish the trust. The simple fact of reunion with the auteur can suffice. But too many failed films can bleed the trust dry. A true auteur will, with some consistency, make a new film by the model I have proposed. This certainly applies for Vinterberg. The Celebration was a prototypical auteur film; It’s all about love was not; and Submarino and Jagten were. After Submarino, the critics and the audience were still doubting whether to call Vinterberg an auteur. But after his impressive Jagten, which just as heavily questioned spectator’s morals as did The Celebration and Submarino, his name as an auteur has been established.
This article is an elaboration of the Trust Model as constructed in my PhD thesis. The full application of the model to the Vinterberg films has been the topic of a Film seminar on the Great Film Directors (September–December 2011). I wish to thank my enthusiastic students for their input, their research, their comments, their agreements, their disagreements and their enthusiasm: Lisa Carlson, Briony Curzon, Christina Dicioccio, Ellen Donnison, Madeline Ellwood, Sandra Espenhain, Davide Gaeta, Rebecca Gorman, Rasmus Bahrt Haulrig, Juri Horst, Alexander Lerose, Sinéad Lillis, Alejandro Lopez Sanfeliu, José Lucas Villa, Lauren Mahoney, Camille Pierre, Tatiana Rathke, Jessie Stettin, Gabriel Vivier, Rachel Weiss and Jiexin Yang.
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Simply put, the 50,000+ hour lifespan of high quality LED lights means that the initial cost of a light (bulb) is a smaller percentage of the Total Lighting Cost or "TLC" (the total cost of providing lighting to a space.) But, there is actually more to it.
However, there are also many differences that are important that can be easily seen by the naked eye. One example of this is the directional nature of the light that is produced by LED lights. This enables the energy being produced to be emitted focused in a particular direction, rather than in all directions as with most traditional light sources. One side effect of the way traditional light sources emit light is that much of the light often is emitted in a (or many) direction(s) other than that which is desired. This is extremely inefficient because much of the brightness of the light is lost in the process of redirecting the light back toward the desired direction.
Another of the most obvious differences that occurs immediately when you turn on an LED light is the simple fact that the light turns on essentially immediately. In contrast, many traditional lights can take several seconds up to many minutes to turn on, and even longer if they are turned on and off, then back on again.
So, why is this?
One of the challenges with any new technology is that it takes time for people to understand it and how it may differ from other technologies that they have previously experienced. Such is often the case with LED lighting.
Most everyone is familiar with the traditional incandescent light bulb and equally familiar with the ways that have historically been used to describe the light emitted from these bulbs. For example, if I say, "this room should have a 100 watt light bulb in it," you likely know immediately what I am referring to and have a general sense that this would be a relatively bright reading light.
However, one of the challenges created because of the dramatically increased efficiency of LED lighting is that using a traditional power measurement such as 100 watts does not offer any precise information about how bright the light drawing this much power would be. For example, our company, Leading Edge Designs, carries a 75 watt LED light fixture that is bright enough to be used as a street light - a far cry from a 100w incandescent light!
Therefore, one of the challenges faced by the lighting industry as a whole is how to consistently measure (and describe) brightness across different technologies, especially when they can be drastically different in the magnitude of intensity. Currently, one of the common ways to describe brightness that can be applied to both traditional and new technologies is to use the term "Lumen." Wikipedia defines a Lumen as "the International System of Units derived unit of luminous flux, a measure of the total 'amount' of visible light emitted by a source." (Luminous Flux is further defined here...)
This certainly seems like a reasonable unit to use, since it measures the total "amount" of visible light, and in many ways it is very useful. However, a challenge is created because Lumens actually measure the total amount of visible light emitted by a source without regard to the direction this light is emitted. Because of this, it does not accurately reflect the amount of light that actually reaches the eye of an observer. Some reasons for this are uniform across technologies, such as the amount of dust and other particles in the air, so these don't impact a meaningful discussion of how "bright" a light is, because they tend to have a relatively consistent impact on different lighting technologies.
However, there are some reasons that the total brightness of a light source doesn't reach an observer's eye that are different because of the technologies involved. The ones I'd like to focus on today are directional light and reflected light intensity.
Traditional (incandescent, high intensity discharge, etc.) lights emit light in all directions. In contrast, LED lighting is directional, meaning that all of the light energy is emitted in the direction the light is pointed (in whatever beam pattern it is designed to produce). For example, most Leading Edge Design lights are designed to emit a 120º beam pattern, so all light is directed within that 120º pattern. Traditional lights emit light in all 360º, meaning that essentially 50% or more of the light emitted is directed away from the intended illumination. Often times, light that is initially emitted in the wrong direction is reflected back generally toward the intended illumination point, however, this light looses brightness along the way, especially since some of the reflected light is reflected back into the original light source or is refracted along the way.
So, what does all of this mean? A rough rule of thumb to use is that, in order to compare an LED light source to a traditional light source, one must reduce the lumen results of the traditional light source by up to 50% or greater to account for brightness lost getting to the observer's eye. I call this "Usable Lumens." Who knows, maybe the industry will pick this term up to help better explain how two lights compare to each other. Either way, it is in part because of this difference in "Usable Lumens," that a traditional light rated at 20,000 Lumens would be observed to be less bright that a 10,000 Lumen LED light under the same conditions.
Another common way to measure light intensity that is often used in regulations such as OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) standards is the unit of measure foot-candle. I'll discuss the difference between this and a Lumen in a future post. In the meantime, you can learn more about the latest in LED light fixtures at our website, www.LED-ltd.us. Please post a comment or question on the blog, and we'll get back to you as soon as possible.
There are two basic ways that installing LED lights can save you money. The first is pretty obvious, the second one may not be quite as obvious. First, LED lights are much more efficient than conventional lighting. In order to discuss this in more detail, it is first important to understand some of the terminology used to describe the efficiency and output of a light. I will discuss a few terms here, but if you would like to learn more, you can refer to this LED terminology page.
Most people are familiar with common power usage terms (i.e. Watts) that are used to describe the amount of energy consumed by an incandescent light bulb (i.e. 60w or 100w bulb). However, what is actually important when comparing a new technology like LEDs is the quantity of light being emitted because the amount of power drawn (Watts) can be dramatically different between two products that produce the same quantity of light. A common measure of light output is Lumens, and a standard comparison would be that a 60w tungsten (traditional) bulb would output around 600-650 Lumens (for more, see this Wikipedia definition).
So, how much energy can be saved? I said earlier that LED lights are much more efficient. One way to compare this is my creating a ratio of the two terms just described - Lumens and Watts - by asking the question "How many Lumens are output for each Watt of energy consumed to generate that light?" For example, the earlier bulb I mentioned consumed 60 Watts of energy and produced approximately 600 Lumens of output. This could be described as 600 Lumens from 60 Watts, or the more standard way to describe this would be 10 Lumens per 1 Watt or 10 lm/w. As a comparison, many LED lights generate upwards of 75-100 or more Lumens per Watt, so, as you can see, LEDs are approximately 7-10x more efficient than this common incandescent bulb. Further, the technology is improving, so this efficiency is increasing every year.
Second, LED lights can save you significant cost on maintenance and upkeep. This is a broad statement and the exact amount of savings will depend on how each individual decides to maintain his or her lights. However, some basic facts are true. For example, LED lights are rated to last as long as 100,000 hours as compared to 7,500 - 20,000 for many traditional lights. Because of this, they will need to be replaced approximately once for every 5-10 changes of the traditional lights. Each change has a cost associated with it that includes the light itself, but often additional hardware such as ballasts, as well as labor, which can be significant, particularly if special equipment such as a ladder truck are required.
Other ways that installing LED light technology can save you money include reducing recycle / disposal fees (because they last so much longer), potential for government and/or utility rebates, and fewer lights because of increased efficiency of lighting.
For examples of different installations, go to this gallery.
Light Emitting Diodes, or LEDs as they are commonly referred to, use a different technology than traditional, incandescent light bulbs. LEDs, as their name would suggest, emit light. But instead of this happening through the heating of a lighting element such as Tungsten that occurs in an incandescent light, LEDs emit light through the movement of electrons and the resulting release of photons. To learn more, see this Wikipedia entry. What is important about this is that it occurs at an atomic level and requires much less energy for the light to be emitted.
As referenced earlier, another key characteristic of LEDs that contributes to their reduced energy usage is the fact that they do not radiate heat in the same way that incandescent light bulbs do. This not only is more efficient in the production of light, but also, the lack of heat being generated in producing the light means that very little or no energy needs to be consumed to cool the light or the surrounding area when the light is being used. This calculation is typically not included when overall energy savings achieved by an LED is considered, but could be significant if many lights that produce a lot of heat are replaced by LEDs producing relatively very little heat.
Increasingly, LEDs are also being referred to as Solid State Lights or Solid State Lighting, which refers to the type of computer technology that is used to drive the lights. Also, it alludes to the durable nature of the technologies used in these lights.
To learn more about LED terminology, see our terminology page.
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Telecommunications and Network Security
This chapter is supplemental to and coordinated with the Telecommunications and Network Security chapter in the CISSP Prep Guide. The fundamentals of telecommunications and network security are covered in Chapter 3 of the CISSP Prep Guide at a level on par with that of the CISSP Examination.
It is assumed that the reader has a basic knowledge of the material contained in Chapter 3 and has the CISSP Prep Guide available to provide background information for the advanced questions pertaining to the Telecommunications and Network Security chapter.
In the Telecommunications and Network Security areas we will discuss protocols, layers, firewalls, IP addressing, and other network concepts.
Advanced Sample Questions
- Which of the choices below is NOT an OSI reference model Session Layer protocol, standard, or interface?
- DNA SCP
- Which part of the 48-bit, 12-digit hexadecimal number known as the Media Access Control (MAC) address identifies the manufacturer of the network device?
- The first three bytes
- The first two bytes
- The second half of the MAC address
- The last three bytes
- Which IEEE protocol defines the Spanning Tree protocol?
- IEEE 802.5
- IEEE 802.3
- IEEE 802.11
- IEEE 802.1D
- Which choice below is NOT one of the legal IP address ranges specified by RFC1976 and reserved by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) for non-routable private addresses?
- 172.16.0.0–172.31.255.255 ...
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What would we say if we knew that Donald Trump could have prevented hundreds of thousands of Americans from unnecessarily dying in the COVID-19 pandemic? Public health experts believe Trump is responsible for 400,000 excess deaths across the country in 2020.
The way that reachers came up with the number of “excess deaths” was by estimating how many people died from March to September in 2020. Then they compare that number to the actual number of deaths.
We know that heavily Democratic counties reported their death rates, while Republican “strongholds” underreported them. Thorough reports by Democratic portions of Florida may have compensated for the underreporting in Republican areas.
New research published earlier this month in The American Journal of Public Health indicated that 4,924 excess deaths from COVID-19 were not counted in Florida. Instead, those deaths were attributed to other conditions such as pre-existing diabetes or asthma. Governor Ric DeSantis (R) appointed all of the medical examiners in the state.
A year ago, DeSantis was charged with trying to keep the coronavirus deaths secret. Last August, he mandated that COVID-19 deaths did not require a medical examiner’s certification.
Over 30,000 Floridians died in the pandemic. Many claimed that a large number of those deaths were attributed to DeSantis not allowing localities to provide their own public health measures. He ignored health experts and resisted masks and lockdowns.
Health experts said Florida could easily be on the edge of yet another coronavirus wave. DeSantis’ attitude toward spring break crowds on the beaches and in the establishments will have played a big part in that surge.
Public health economist at the University of Utah who led the research team looking at Florida’s excess deaths, Moosa Tatar said he blamed COVID-19 for most deaths. The economist noted that he focused on Florida, because the governor lifted his restrictions so quickly.
Regarding the coronavirus pandemic in Florida, Tatar said as Yahoo News reported:
‘[The impact] is significantly greater than the official COVID-19 data suggest.’
Unfortunately, each state set up its own death classification system. Yale epidemiologist Daniel Weinberger noted that his own analysis showed Florida’s “gap” between the COVID-19 virus and excess deaths was not unusual.
Weinberger sent an email to Yahoo News:
‘Some states classify a death as due to COVID if a positive molecular test was obtained, while other states allow the death to be classified as due to COVID if there is a suspicion that it was caused by COVID (even without a molecular test).’
DeSantis was criticized for being reckless. Tatar said:
‘I am sure that COVID-19 is responsible for most of these excess deaths.’
Statistician at the National Center for Health Statistics at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Lauren Rossen also analyzed excess deaths. She did not agree with the economist:
‘Florida doesn’t stand out to me.’
Florida has the second-largest population in the nation and the fourth-highest total deaths from the pandemic. It also has a significantly high number of elderly residents.
An associate professor of epidemiology at the University of South Florida Jason Salemi said every excess death should not be considered due to the coronavirus. There were individuals who may have feared catching the coronavirus or for other reasons avoided treatment rather than being infected with the virus. Salemi said:
‘You could’ve never gotten the coronavirus, delayed needed health care, and died from diabetes-related complications. That’s still indirectly tied to the pandemic. [Florida’s deaths were] kind of middle-of-the-pack.’
Salemi has a coronavirus dashboard and speaks to Florida state epidemiologists. He said:
‘I don’t think there’s anything egregious going on with the data. I would know. I am just constantly in these data.’
Andrew Stokes’ of Boston University said that elected officials in parts of the nation supporting Trump took the coronavirus pandemic less seriously than in other parts of America. He said that did not mesh with what the CDC statistician Rosen found:
‘There’s a lot of regional variation within Florida. [There were] patterns of underreporting.’
Johns Hopkins epidemiologist Justin Lessler said only heart disease and cancer caused more deaths than the COVID-19 virus, The Scientific American reported:
‘Overall, COVID-19 was the third most common cause of death in the U.S. during 2020. Given it did not exist at the beginning of the year, this should be troubling to everyone.’
Featured image is a screenshot via YouTube.
The Mueller Report Adventures: In Bite-Sizes on this Facebook page. These quick, two-minute reads interpret the report in normal English for busy people. Mueller Bite-Sizes uncovers what is essentially a compelling spy mystery. Interestingly enough, Mueller Bite-Sizes can be read in any order.
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Not only home, but the state of home is also essential. Keeping the financial investments aside, it is crucial to put in the effort to make sure your home is in a nearly perfect state.
With home and its basement comes many other problems such as water damage, leaks, and much more. And if it is left untreated, it can lead to serious health problems and damage.
So waterproofing the basement is the best option, and here is everything you need to know about interior basement waterproofing and exterior basement waterproofing.
What is interior basement waterproofing?
Interior basement waterproofing is a drain tile or weeping tile system and more than just a dewatering system. It is placed along the foundation footing at the lowest point of the structure inside the basement.
Basically, it’s a technique for controlling water that’s already gotten inside the foundation.
In simple words, it is the process of making the interior of the home free from water seepage, and in case you find a wet leaky basement, contact the wet basement repair services at the earliest.
What is exterior basement waterproofing?
Exterior basement waterproofing is more expensive as compared to interior basement waterproofing. It requires more material and more work. Basically, it’s a technique for managing water at ground level before it reaches the basement.
In simple words, it is the process of sealing the exterior of the home by a sump pump installation in order to prevent water seepage inside the house.
Choosing between Internal vs. External basement waterproofing for a dry basement
Choosing between internal and external basement waterproofing can be challenging, so here is what you need to know before making an informed decision about the foundation repair services for your residence:
Benefits of Internal basement waterproofing
- Interior basement waterproofing causes more minor disturbances to the exterior of the house.
- It reduces wall seepage and halts the floor without completely removing finished walls. Therefore, it is more economical.
- The water is easily directed outside through a discharge pump when the hydraulic pressure is relieved.
- The best thing about interior basement waterproofing is that the process can be carried out irrespective of any weather condition.
Benefits of external basement waterproofing
- The basement interior is likely to get less interrupted.
- The homeowner has nothing much to do with the preparation unless there is any requirement for landscaping components to be relocated.
- The best thing about external basement waterproofing is that it keeps your house impervious to water by applying an exterior sealant.
Keep water away from your foundation!
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Analyzing Y(nS) decays acquired with the CLEO detector operating at the CESR e+e- collider, we measure for the first time the product branching fractions B[Y(nS)→YX bJ((n-1)P)]B[X bJ(n-1)P)→Xi] for n=2 and 3, where Xi denotes, for each i, one of the 14 exclusive light-hadron final states for which we observe significant signals in both X bJ(1P) and X bJ(2P) decays. We also determine upper limits for the electric dipole (E1) transitions Y(3S)→YX bJ(1P).
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- Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)
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Please do option 1 (Federal-United States) 3-4 pages if need
a. OPTION 1 = Send a letter to an elected official (local, state or federal) that presents a well-reasoned, empirically supported position on a specific social welfare policy.
· In the letter, utilize the following as guidelines to address:
o A detailed summary of the policy including the exact policy being discussed
o An evaluation of the policy using the following questions:
§ What social problem is the policy attempting to address?
§ What is the overall goal of the policy?
§ Who are the main supporters of the policy?
§ What population is most affected by the policy and why?
§ What is the intended outcome of implementing the policy?
§ What has been the actual outcome of implementing the policy?
o What social justice theory does the policy most closely align with?
o How consistent is the policy with social work values?
b. OPTION 2 = Attend a City Council Meeting, a State Board of Education meeting, or a local school board meeting in your city and provide a three-page summary of your observations. Students may attend a City Council Meeting in small groups as opposed to going individually. In your 3-page summary, be sure to include:
· A detailed summary of WHAT WAS BEING DISCUSSED. This is key. It will not be acceptable for you to write “I don’t know,” in this part of your observations.
· What social problem that the proposed ordinances, policies, laws, actions that were discussed were aiming to address
· A summary of the outcomes of the meeting – be specific! Were any policies, ordinances, changes voted on? What was the outcome of the meeting?
· No abstract is necessary
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What is the name of boundary between India and Myanmar?
Land borders of India
|Land Border Country||Length (m) and (mi)||Comments|
|China||3,488 kilometres (2,167 mi)||Also see McMahon Line.|
|Myanmar||1,458 kilometres (906 mi)||Also see India-Myanmar barrier|
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Which country has the longest border with India?
With which country India shares longest border?
- Bhutan: 699.
- Afghanistan: 106.
- Total :15,106.7.
What is the border line between India and Nepal called?
The India–Nepal border is an open international border running between India and Nepal. The 1,770 km (1,099.83 mi) long border includes the Himalayan territories as well as Indo-Gangetic Plain.
|Length||1,770 kilometres (1,100 mi)|
|Established||1815 Treaty of Sugauli between Nepal and British Raj|
What is the name of border between India and Bhutan?
The Bhutan–India border is the international border separating Bhutan and India. The border is 699 km (434 m) long, and adjoins the Indian states of Assam (267 km; 166 m), Arunachal Pradesh (217 km; 135 m), West Bengal (183 km; 114 m), and Sikkim (32 km; 20 m).
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Is Myanmar a poor country?
The economy of Myanmar has a nominal GDP of USD $76.09 billion in 2019 and an estimated purchasing power adjusted GDP of USD $327.629 billion in 2017 according to the World Bank. … This would make Myanmar one of the poorest countries in Southeast Asia.
Is Myanmar Indian?
Myanmar (formerly Burma) was made a province of British India by British rulers and again separated in 1937.
Is there a desert in Myanmar?
Bagan lies in the desert of Myanmar and is known as a dry zone. It receives very little rain during the monsoon season, one of the fiercest weather systems in the world.
Which country has longest border?
Land border: Canada’s border with the United States is the world’s longest international border, at 8,890 km. This compares with the 6,846-km boundary between Russia and Kazakhstan and the 5,308-km frontier between Chile and Argentina.
How many countries India have?
India shares its border with seven countries namely Afghanistan, Pakistan, China, Bhutan, Nepal, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Maldives and Sri Lanka.
Neighbouring countries of India: Overview.
|Article Name||India and It’s Neighboring Countries|
|Total Land Border Of India||15,106.7 k.m.|
Which state has longest international border in India?
Bangladesh and India share a 4,096-kilometer (2,545-mile) long international border, the fifth-longest land border in the world.
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Credit Suisse, one of the world’s leading financial services companies, just released its 2018 Global Wealth Report, the most current and extensive source of information on global household wealth.
The news was almost entirely good.
Of course, real wealth is not about how much you make. It’s how much you keep.
Personal income is not a good measure. There are plenty of people earning six- and even seven-figure incomes who prefer high living and end the year with little or nothing more than when they started it.
That’s not particularly smart, in my view. But it’s their money and they are free to spend it as they see fit.
Credit Suisse calculates an individual’s wealth (or net worth) by totaling all their assets – stocks, bonds, real estate, cash, etc. – and subtracting all liabilities – mortgages, car loans, credit card balances, etc.
Since the bank’s previous report came out a year ago, aggregate global wealth rose $14 trillion to $317 trillion. That represents a growth rate of 4.6%.
There are now 42.2 million millionaires worldwide, up 2.3 million over the past 12 months. And 878,000 – approximately 40% of them – are Americans.
(I’ve heard from countless readers that they’ve crossed that milestone in the past few years.)
China overtook Japan as the nation with the second-greatest number of millionaires. (Although average wealth per adult is still much higher in Japan.)
Only a few countries saw their number of millionaires decline.
These exceptions were almost entirely countries like Turkey, Argentina and Brazil that saw their currencies depreciate sharply.
(Wealth collapsed so rapidly in Venezuela that Credit Suisse said it was unable to offer a reliable estimate.)
The U.S. has accounted for 40% of the increase in global wealth since the financial crisis in 2008 – and 58% of the rise since 2013.
This is primarily due to rising real estate values, a booming stock market and a stronger dollar.
You don’t even need a six-figure net worth to make it into the global top 10%. A net worth of $93,170 makes you richer than 90% of the world’s population.
One hundred and two million Americans – more than a third of adults in this country – made the grade.
To make it into the global top 1%, however, you need a net worth of $871,320. Still, more than 19 million Americans are in that more rarified category.
If you didn’t make the top 1% or 10%, don’t feel bad.
For one, there is still time to get there if you follow the proven investment principles we talk about here.
And two, count your blessings. If you have $4,000 to your name, you’re still in the top global 50%.
A small fraction of the world population owns a large majority of the world’s wealth, but that share has been decreasing over the last three years.
Despite what you read on The New York Times’ op-ed pages each week, global economic inequality is falling not rising.
How do you become one of the wealthiest 1% in the U.S. or the world?
Studies show that very few get there by founding a computer company in their garage, playing third base for the Yankees or selling a million hip-hop albums.
It sounds pedestrian, but the vast majority of affluent Americans got there by maximizing their income, minimizing their outgo, and religiously saving and investing the difference.
How can we be sure?
Because of extensive data compiled and analyzed by Dr. Thomas Stanley, a respected researcher and author of the mega-best-seller The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America’s Wealthy.
Stanley died in a car accident in Augusta, Georgia, three years ago, but his daughter, Sarah Stanley Fallaw, has carried on his work.
And in my column next Monday, I’ll discuss some of her most valuable new discoveries about wealth creation.
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With industries transforming into data-driven digital enterprises, the demand for IIoT solutions that can meet the customers’ business needs is on the rise. However, it is difficult to develop such customized solutions in a short span of time. Some of the obvious challenges in developing IIoT solutions from scratch are:
This simple to use and intuitive framework includes:
- Time and Budget Constraints: Developing an IIoT application requires time and budget, which most of the companies find difficult to stay within.
- Difficulty in Customizing: The customers’ and organizational requirements tend to be dynamic in today’s time, and developing an IIoT solution specific to one project does not add to the benefits.
- High Ownership Cost: The cost of developing and deploying an IIoT solution goes quite high. However, it is not just about developing the solution, but deployment support too, which requires skills and expertise. Therefore, the total cost of ownership is obvious very high.
Due to the aforementioned challenges, the industries are more and more inclining towards IIoT accelerators that can offer advanced capabilities and can ensure faster development of industrial IoT solutions on top the ready-made framework.
Utthunga’s Smart Enterprise Suite (SE Suite®)-IIOT
The SE Suite®–IIoT developed by Utthunga that simplifies IIoT implementations by enabling a framework boilerplate. It allows developing customized IIoT solutions and applications without having to code the complex modules. It is a feature-rich platform packed with fully functional and tested modules that are ready to be deployed in an enterprise-wide scale.
The features that help Javelin stand out in the crowded IIoT space are:
- Microservices based Platform: With loosely-coupled microservice components, the services are independent from each other making maintenance, testing, and deployment easy. The microservices communicate with each other using REST APIs. Microservices Actuators and Admin UI are used for monitoring the microservices.
- Rule-based Engine: The Rule-based Engine allows the users to create/customize event triggers and notifications with simple drag-and-drop functionality related to various use-cases.
- Cloud-Agnostic: A cloud-agnostic IIoT accelerator that lets the user deploy your solution on any of the cloud platforms like Azure, AWS, IBM Bluemix, GCP, etc.
- Device Management: Provides an array of device management functions ranging from provisioning, monitoring, configuring, and much more.
- Defined API: Defined APIs allowing easy integration with IoT solutions and applications.
- Data Analytics and Data Interoperability: The data gathered from devices represented in the right format and description enable data analytics and data interoperability.
- Data Visualization: SE Suite®–IIoT comes with data visualization functionality that allows the users to get a comprehensive understanding of the operations. Unlike complicated business intelligence tools, its dashboard is user-friendly helping even less skilled IT expert to analyze the data easily.
- Template-based Reports: One of the prime features of SE Suite®–IIoT is that it supports multiple report templates that allow the users to get the details in customized formats.
- Role-based Access Control: The role-based access control specifies permissions ensuring users’ read/write accessibility to various spaces. This secures crucial data from getting exposed and tampered.
- Predictive/Preventive Maintenance: SE Suite®–IIoT is capable of determine the condition when the devices need maintenance services. Also, the platform can raise various alarms and alerts using AI modeling to take preventive care of the devices at the shop floor.
Architecture of SE Suite®–IIoT
What good is an IIoT platform without access to the underlying data. The connectivity of IT and OT networks is enabled by edge nodes. In fact, Utthunga has its own Edge platform stack. Click here to know more about Utthunga’s SE Suite®-Edge Stack.
As depicted in the architecture below, the data enters the IIoT platform with the help of various ingestion modes, i.e., OPC-UA, REST, MQTT, and CSV. The data then travels via the Data Stream Engine, i.e., Apache Kafka. Once the data reaches the cache, it can be stored in the Data Stores post conversion of the raw data into appropriate models. The data stores are industry-grade scalable data systems for high volumes of data ingestion that help performing analytics in an efficient manner. The containerized design of SE Suite ® – IIoT allows it to be deployed in Public, Private, or Hybrid cloud or data centers. The SE Suite® – IIoT can be deployed on cloud as well as on-premise.
Once any application is run, the Microservices consume the relevant data from the cache using the REST APIs which are then displayed on the dashboard using HTTPS and REST. The REST APIs also allow the data to reach to the top-level CRM, ERP, and BI systems enabling crucial information processing for report generation, visualization, and analytics purposes. Utthunga’s SE Suite ® – IIoT supports server-grade Linux and Windows OS.
Why Utthunga for IIoT Accelerator?
Utthunga is widely known for its digital transformation capabilities among which SE Suite®– IIoT is a flagship IIoT Accelerator.
SE Suite®– IIoT is the perfect framework for developing robust and agile data-driven IIoT solutions for various business cases. Some of the benefits the users of SE Suite®–IIoT will derive are:
- IIoT Solution for Any Business Use Case: Develop scalable Industrial IoT solutions for any business use case using the modularized structure of SE Suite® – IIoT speeding up time-to-market.
- Accelerated Development: The development of IIoT applications get 50% faster with its ready-to-use code snippets with least number of errors.
- Smart Analytical Capabilities: Get all your crucial device data displayed on the comprehensive dashboard helping make data-driven business decisions.
- Proactive Device Maintenance: Keep a tab on all the connected edge devices with the help of edge management module.
- Applications Development: SE Suite® – IIoT allows developing a wide range of applications like Remote Monitoring System for Machine Builders, Vessel Fuel Management, Smart Utility Meter Management, and several more based on the unique demands of the customers.
Get in-touch with Utthunga to roll out your own IIoT solution in short time! Call or contact us to see a demo of our SE Suite®– IIoT, and get a comprehensive understanding of how it can be customized to meet your unique needs.
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About the Author: Melanie Griffiths is a former COMPAS DPhil student and is currently an ESRC Future Research Leaders Fellow and Senior Research Associate at the School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies, University of Bristol. She is leading the ‘Detention, Deportability and the Family: Migrant Men’s Negotiations of the Right to Respect for Family Life’ project, examining the family lives and Article 8 rights of men at risk of removal or deportation.
This article originally appeared on the blog of COMPAS: the Centre on Migration, Policy, and Society (COMPAS) is a Research Centre within the School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography at the University of Oxford.
Earlier this week my friend Amir and I went to a prison near Oxford to visit our mutual friend, Musa, who is serving a prison sentence of a few months for handling stolen goods. It’s a low security, small prison and, according to Musa, as prisons go it’s not that bad. But this prison is unusual. This prison only incarcerates foreigners, meaning that its social and legal functions go beyond ‘simply’ punishing and rehabilitating offenders.
The realisation that something special is going on begins during the long process of entering the prison for a visit. Standing outside the gates with the friends and families, the diversity of languages and passports on show are striking. Once inside, there is a heavy air of dread hanging over the visits hall, despite most of the men’s short sentences and light offences. The threat of deportation is ever present, because prisons like this one operate through a dual logic of criminal justice and migration management.
The process of forcibly removing someone like Musa from the country first requires his social mortification. Despite political promises to increase deportation rates (most recently made in the USA, by President-elect Trump), expelling inhabitants, even those with criminal records, is a complicated business. Lengthy legal processes of disentanglement and Othering are often required to make them legitimately deportable. Contrary to the seemingly straightforward indication of alterity presented by labels such as ‘foreign criminal’, ‘immigration detainee’ or ‘illegal immigrant’, in many cases people like Musa are socially embedded, long-term residents, who may even have family members (including British ones) in the country, giving them grounds to claim to belong.
Foreign national prisons – and the Immigration Removal Centres (IRCs) that offenders move onto after completing their sentences – are spaces where this messy business of boundary-making occurs: where attempts are made to separate citizen from non-citizen, the ‘good’ migrant from the ‘bad’, the deportable from those who can successfully assert a claim to belong.
Musa is still in this process of disentanglement. Although he is clinging onto the fast approaching end of his prison sentence, he knows that that might not be the end. Musa claimed refugee protection in the UK well over a decade ago and now has indefinite leave to remain, as well as a home, long-term partner and friends in Oxford. However, he also has a deportation order as a result of being branded a persistent offender. As Musa explains it, on the day his sentence ends – and not before – he will discover whether he returns to Oxford as a reformed local, or is transferred to an IRC as a foreign criminal. He is resigned to this last minute revelation, finding it impossible to predict or make sense of people’s trajectories through the migration system.
A social phenomenon
The process of forced removal works by first individuating a person; attempting to separate them from their private and family life in the UK. And yet immigration enforcement is a social phenomenon, with the boundaries of IRCs extending far beyond the incarcerated individual. In the UK, 32,000 people lose their liberty to immigration detention each year, with many more living with the threat and/or memory of such experience. If we also consider the friends, families, communities and workplaces in the UK and beyond that are indirectly affected by someone’s detention, then we see that immigration enforcement is part of an enormous number of people’s ‘social universe’, even if they are never themselves detained.
For asylum seekers and other precarious migrants, the spectre of immigration detention is a disciplining force, reminding them of their own vulnerability and encouraging docility and compliance. But immigration enforcement not only harms non-citizens. Indirectly, it affects the hundreds of thousands of Brits who are connected to ‘detainable’ people by friendship, love or blood, a topic I am researching. Shockingly, as a result of the ongoing degradation of the rights of dual- and naturalised-citizens, immigration enforcement also directly threatens a growing number of British citizens.
The conditionality of neo-citizens
The line dividing foreigners from citizens is imagined to be clear and absolute, but in reality is blurry and requires constant (re)iteration. It is also moving and increasingly, when Amir and I visit friends in foreign national prisons or detained at Oxfordshire’s IRC Campsfield House, Amir is reminded of his own precarity through the experiences of his less fortunate co-ethnics.
Amir is a refugee and although he now has British citizenship, developments such as increased rates of depriving dual and naturalised Brits of their citizenship, means that he remains precarious despite naturalising. In today’s Britain, Amir is indelibly Other, despite the identical British passports that we use as our IDs on these visits.
Campsfield House is only six miles away from COMPAS, and yet such sites, and indeed the very practice of immigration detention, remains peculiarly out of sight. Attempting to raise awareness, the Detention Forum’s online initiative #Unlocked16, undertakes an annual two month-long virtual ‘tour’ of the UK’s detention estate. Now in its third year, this social media project ‘visits’ every site of immigration detention in the UK, including Campsfield this week and prisons previously. Tweets, blog posts and an interactive weekly Twitter-based Q&A with someone currently detained, help shine a spotlight on immigration detention.
This year, #Unlocked16’s theme is ‘Friends and Family’, acknowledging that in addition to people actually detained, immigration detention affects those like Amir and the families we waited with at that prison. Fundamentally, as Musa and Amir show us, immigration enforcement is a phenomenon that goes beyond the detained individual and traditional IRC sites, and that is entering new places and encompassing new groups. This is a trend some years in the making but that is accelerating with policies that lengthen and entrench the precariousness of non-citizens (and increasingly also of new and dual-citizens), and that multiply the spaces in which immigration checks and exclusions occur.
Given the centrality of migration to the UK’s recent EU referendum and the pledges by President-elect Trump to deport millions of people from the USA, we can be certain that immigration enforcement will remain high on political agendas worldwide. We urgently need to debate the role of immigration detention in boundary making and I’d urge you, whether or not you have (yet) been touched by the practice, to explore and participate in #Unlocked16.
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Much remains unknown about the mystery illness forcing Jesse Jackson Jr. into hiding, but last night's disclosure that the congressman is being treated for "mood disorder" at an inpatient care center gives mental health experts a better sense of what he's dealing with. Troublingly, it also raises more alarms regarding the severity of Jackson's illness. Here are the new issues the disclosure raises:
Why is Jackson receiving treatment remotely? Last night, Jackson's staff cited an unnamed physician saying the 47-year-old is "receiving intensive medical treatment at a residential treatment facility." That sort of inpatient treatment is rare for mood disorders, Ian Gotlib, professor of psychology at Stanford University, tells the Associated Press. "Depression is generally treated on an outpatient basis," he told the news agency. But "if doctors were concerned about the safety of the patient or if the disorder were severe enough, they could recommend inpatient treatment." In that case, treatment typically involves counseling and prescription drugs, which Gotlib said could take weeks. But more importantly, it raises questions of whether the "safety of the patient" was considered in Jackson's case.
Gotlib's observation certainly wouldn't be the first time the issue of Jackson hurting himself was raised. On Tuesday, Chicago radio station WLS cited "two high-ranking people on the Democratic side of the aisle, in both fundraising and in the legislative branch" saying Jackson's absence from Congress is due to a suicide attempt. Notably, Jackson's father, Jesse Jackson Sr., refuted the WLS report on Tuesday night. “No, that’s not true,” he told Politico. Clearly, the longer details of Jackson's status remain unknown, the more speculation along these lines will continue.
What type of mood disorder does he have? This question remains a big unknown. According to Mental Health America, one of the country's largest mental health associations, there are four basic forms of mood disorders: "major depression, cyclothymia (a mild form of bipolar disorder), SAD (seasonal affective disorder) and mania (euphoric, hyperactive, over inflated ego, unrealistic optimism.)" Jackson's staff has not said which form of mood disorder Jackson suffers from but last night, NBC News' Phil Rogers quoted a family friend of the Jacksons attributing his problems to "severe clinical depression." The same source told NBC that Jackson was being treated for alcoholism but Rick Bryant, Jackson's spokesman, refuted the alcoholism claim while not disputing the claim about severe depression. Speaking with medical professionals, The Chicago Tribune's Deborah Shelton explains that severe depression is caused by the inability of the brain to properly regulate mood. "Common symptoms are extreme low levels of energy and motivation, as well as insomnia and altered eating habits," she writes.
Where is he? Jackson's staff has continued to keep his whereabouts a secret. It's possible that he's in Arizona—NBC's Andrea Mitchell reported yesterday that he was being treated there for alcoholism. The staff denied that substance abuse was a factor but they did not refute the other details in the report.
Why hasn't he been more forthcoming? An editorial in today's Chicago Tribune argues that Jackson's ailment is beyond a private matter at this point. "Jackson's prolonged and unexplained absence raises legitimate concerns about whether he can do the job he was elected to do. We don't see how his treatment could be compromised by providing some answers," the editors write. Others have been more sympathetic, however, such as The Daily Beast's Allison Samuels, who says mental illness "remains a taboo in the African-American community." She speaks with Dr. Gail Wyatt, a clinical psychologist at UCLA. “It is so sad that so many people of color feel they can’t come out and deal with their issues in a productive way,” Wyatt said. “They are forced to live a diminished life because our community won’t deal with this very real issue and so they don’t know how to get help." On the brighter side, Dr. Gotlib says there's a lot doctors can do to help patients with mood disorders. “The good news is that it’s clearly treatable,” he said.
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The Java™ Architecture for XML Binding (JAXB) provides an API and tools that automate the mapping between XML documents and Java objects. The JAXB framework enables developers to perform the following operations and in this JAXB tutorial we will see all of them : Unmarshal XML content into a Java representation Access and update the … Read more
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Georgia lawmakers are sounding out a kinproposal to create Education Savings Accounts to allow parents of private and home school children to pay expenses with state money. A new Georgia Budget and Policy Institute analysis shows using state money to subsidize education outside Georgia’s public schools will drain nearly $18 million from the state budget the first year and rise to $223 million in year 13.
The proposal, House Bill 243, would send state dollars to families who will opt for private or home schooling even without the savings account.
You can read the full report with its appendix to see where GBPI’s numbers come from. But, as you’ll see, the calculation is on the conservative side and the costs could rise much higher.
Georgia lawmakers have yet to ask for an official estimate of HB 243’s cost, which could be done with a fiscal note request. To calculate the minimum expected cost, GBPI analyzed available data to estimate the number of children who would begin participating in the program as kindergartners.
The cost calculations focus on kindergartners because they are automatically eligible for the proposed savings accounts and use of the accounts by older students is uncertain. The cost estimate relies on several reasoned assumptions in the absence of official state data.
- The analysis uses Georgia’s private school enrollment data from the U.S. Department Education to estimate nearly 10,000 kindergarten students already attend private school without the motivation of a savings account program. The same number of children is expected to enroll in private schools annually through fiscal year 2028.
- Enrollment in the program is capped below 20,000 students the first two years, so much of the savings account money could at first go to families of kindergarten and first grade students already in private schools.
- The analysis projects private school enrollment increases each year through 2028 for Georgia kindergartners, totaling more than 53,000 students at a cost exceeding $223.2 million in 2028.
The proposed Education Savings Account program neglects to require that private schools that get state money make important metrics available so taxpayers can evaluate the return they get on the investment. By contrast, public schools are required to report student performance and demographic information.
In the parlance of education, this proposal needs improvement and should be held back to allow state policymakers time for a proper cost-benefit analysis.
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The endorsement of Hillary Clinton and John McCain by the Des Moines Register should come as no surprise if you look at the candidates through the lens of Clarity, Preparation and Integrity. These are three key components to respect-ability. When perception of these qualities goes down, so too does our respect.
Individuals who have clarity are neither confused nor confusing when it comes to who they are and what they want. They are very clear in the goals they have set for themselves and understand what they need to do in order to make those goals a reality. If you have ever had the chance to work for or under an individual who has that clarity, you would probably agree that they are self-assured, exude positive energy and make great leaders. On the other hand, if you’ve had the misfortune to work for an individual who is confused and/or confusing in terms of what they envision, they exasperate or at the very least frustrate you and as a result command little if no respect. Typically, that type of person stands for nothing and when you discovered it, you lost respect for them that you never got back. People who possess clarity trigger our admiration.
Individuals who properly prepare do not shoot from the hip. They think long and hard about what they want to accomplish and how they will get it done. They have a plan and they execute. By doing their due diligence on the front end, they are better prepared to leads others to a positive result. By being properly prepared, they understand that even if they get knocked off course they will be able to get back on track and pick up where they left off. People who are prepared have experience, but more importantly learn from it. Those that are not prepared have no idea what their course might be and as a result when they get knocked off, they simply cannot come back because there is no plan to climb back on to. Prepared individuals bring solutions to problems. Unprepared individuals seemingly make excuses, blame or “whine” without a constructive solution. Individuals who are prepared are self-assured, exude energy and are the people that most people want to be around. People who are prepared inspire confidence.
Individuals who have integrity are the type of individuals we all want to be around! These are the individuals who do what they say they are going to do. They are the leaders who stay the course no matter what the circumstances might be because they are committed to a vision that rests soundly or core values dedicated to serving and enriching the common good. We all have come across those who talk a good game but when the “rubber meets the road,” we find that their substance is weak or nonexistent. In contrast, high integrity individuals have the judgment to know the right thing to do, the character to stand up to those who don’t do it and the courage to stop those who won’t do it. In life, we all have opportunities and challenges. It is easy to stay the course when things are going well. It is when we hit a pothole in the road that throws us off course that really tests our mettle and our commitment to ourselves and to those around us. Most people want to know that a leader will be there when the chips are down. Integrity is everything! You can spend a lifetime building it and it only takes one situation where you did not live up to your commitment to tear it down. On the other hand, people with integrity are not perfect and do make honest mistakes. But when they do, they don’t lie or pass the buck. Rather they take full responsibility for them and then take corrective action to not repeat them (think J.F.K. and the Bay of Pigs). Reputation and integrity are the foundation of the good leadership. Those, who hold that dear, will not tolerate anyone who lacks integrity. People with integrity engender trust.
Now that we have defined clarity, preparation and integrity, how do our current presidential candidates stack up? What is their “CPI Index™“? On a scale of one to 10 measure each on these values — 1 being” negligible” with 10 being “outstanding” – how do they measure up?
If we look at prior elections and prior candidates, the ones who were elected were perceived to have a high CPI index. Those with a low index fell by the wayside. Bill Clinton was perceived as being high in clarity and preparation and his (personal vs. professional) integrity mainly came into question after he had one and half terms under his belt. Al Gore was perceived as being prepared and having integrity, but alas, he just didn’t come off as clear as George Bush in 2000. John Kerry was perceived as being somewhat prepared on issues, but lacked clarity and was perceived as having “flip flop” integrity issues. Howard Dean seemed clear and to have integrity, but in lacking self-awareness of how he could turn off people, he was unprepared. George Bush possibly prevailed in both 2000 and 2004 because he was perceived as being clear and in having integrity (especially with regard to doing what he said he was going to do). And if he was perceived as being unprepared, he was perceived as being advised by people with a lot of experience and expertise (a la Ronald Reagan another high in clarity, high in integrity president).
Part of the reason for the incredible enmity toward him now is for his perceived lack of integrity as more and more information comes forth regarding decisions and policies.
As we consider the current cast of candidates from both parties, it is difficult viewing them as possessing a sustained high CPI index. On any given day any one of the qualities can appear to be lacking.
That said, it should come as no surprise that the Des Moines Register has endorsed Hillary Clinton and John McCain. McCain’s CPI index is probably the most consistently high of all Republican candidates. However his insistence on focusing on what Americans need to do instead of what they want to do without having the requisite J.F.K. persona and idealistic youth population to challenge us to: “Ask not what our country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country,” may in the end do him in.
Clinton may be lacking in clarity and integrity in the eyes of voters, but her integrity appears to be more about the maneuvers to get elected, more than what she will do once in office given in respectable record as Senator. Compared to other Democratic candidates she is perceived as off the charts in preparation especially with her husband as confidante and advisor at her side. And detrimental as his flawed personal character may appear, it pales in comparison with George Bush’s perceived flawed performance.
One person who embodies these qualities and has a high CPI index is Clint Eastwood. His high level of clarity, preparation and integrity engender deep admiration, confidence and trust. All of this adds up to immense respect which leads to his having his independent projects financed by a tight fisted community that would not green light any other director that wanted to do similar movies.
Unfortunately for us, Clint Eastwood may have the qualities to make him a great leader and who knows maybe even President, but he also possesses the common sense to not want the job. Too bad, because America can certainly use a President that could “Go ahead and make our day!”
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However, if you have purchased an item that is on backorder, your package will be held until that item is in stock. BACKORDERS usually last no more than 14 days (depending on the number of requests).
What is a back order? A back order is an order for a good or service that currently cannot be fulfilled due to a lack of available delivery. The item may not be in the Company’s available inventory, but may still be in production, or the Company may need to manufacture more of the product.
A backordered item is an out of stock product that is expected to ship by a specific date once it is back in stock. Companies often still sell products on backorder with a guarantee of shipping them to the buyer as soon as their stock is replenished.
When products are perishable or easily damaged, disruptions to back orders can lead to more spoilage or damage and impact sales potential. Ecommerce backlogs are also increasing footprint as businesses try to manage order fulfillment.
Analysts blame a combination of rising demand during the pandemic, factory closures for at least a few months last year, and now a problem getting workers to come back.
Backorder vs Preorder: How different are they? Speaking of pre-ordering, the merchandise has yet to be produced or manufactured. It helps companies plan the sale and delivery of new items for which demand is backed up. If you reorder, the goods are already on the market, but not in stock at the moment.
Restocking costs include costs a business incurs when it cannot fulfill an order immediately and promises the customer that it will be completed at a later delivery date. Post-delivery costs can be estimated directly, indirectly or ambiguously. Therefore, backorder costs typically include a friction cost analysis.
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Anyone who has owned a business or faced a difficult tax situation knows how essential accountants are to avoid financial ruin. While I have no doubt you’re familiar with some of the services accountants perform, there’s a lot more that goes into accounting than filing taxes and bookkeeping. What follows is what it takes to become an accountant, what the day-to-day looks like and how we self-regulate in the industry. As our society increasingly demands openness and transparency, the role of accountants have come more to the forefront of modern business than ever before.
Becoming an Accountant
What does it take to become an accountant? At a minimum, a bachelor’s degree in accounting for an entry level position. Typically an entry-level role lives and dies by a superiors’ delegation — actually performing the tax returns, following up to collect forms, and ultimately, gaining experience.
Some people start with their masters’ degree, or work part-time while working towards their masters. While a formal education is the key to starting an accounting career, achieving accreditation as a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) can be equally as necessary as college degrees for higher positions and other opportunities. The requirements to be certified are determined by the states and is usually a multi-day, four-part test and it’s quite rigorous. How rigorous? Less than half of the applicants pass all four parts on their first attempt. Completing the CPA process then enables accountants to set up their own business or even become a partner in a small firm.
The Day to Day of an Accountant
As a CPA working in a private practice, the typical day’s activity are dictated by on-season and off-season, i.e. January-April (tax season) and May-December (off-seasonn).
As in all business practices, end of the month activities includes the reconciling of work completed and revenues received, materials purchased and expended, payroll, accounting for work in progress and other facets particular to the business operation in question. Obviously, this is a busy time for those involved in accounting, who must take the financial information from the business operation and complete a long list of necessary actions, such as computing profit and loss, estimating taxes and maintaining the books according to accepted accounting practices. A larger version of this process occurs at the end of the business, or fiscal year, usually October through September. Then (again) January marks the dawn of a new tax season. The majority of accountants must conform their personal lives around these specific time periods as they’re usually small business owners as well.
When not specifically involved in these time-specific tasks, accountants must ensure they complete mandatory continuous training required to maintain their CPA accreditation. Training is also required to learn new critical knowledge in the areas of taxes, other federal and state regulations and accounting industry standards so they can continue to provide informed service to their clients.
Accountants have increasingly become important team members in a business operation’s strategy team. They are not only the source for financial information, but often have broad knowledge of industry practices, and state laws. They are key advisors necessary for the success of any business venture.
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There are many things to consider when deciding on a crypto blockchain. You’ll want to consider scalability, transparency, and Proof of burn. Here are some of the most important things to consider. This article will walk you through some of the most important aspects of a crypto blockchain. Read on to find out more! Once you have a solid understanding of how these aspects work, you’ll be ready to make your final decision.
Scalability of a Crypto Blockchain
Scalability is the ability of a crypto blockchain to handle large volumes of data. If a network is unable to scale properly, it will not be able to handle the increasing volume of transactions. The lack of scalability of a blockchain is a major concern for the decentralized cryptocurrency industry. There are various blockchain scalability solutions available to address this problem. This article will discuss the differences between the two types of scalability.
A crypto blockchain’s scalability is a key determinant of its capacity to handle the increased number of transactions. The number of nodes and transactions in a network determines how fast the system can process them. Bitcoin’s blockchain is scalable since new participants can join the network and increase its capacity. Furthermore, the PoW system automatically adjusts its difficulty level to accommodate any number of nodes. As a result, scalability is an essential factor when evaluating a crypto blockchain.
The ability of a blockchain to handle a high number of transactions is important when considering mass adoption. For instance, Visa can process 24,000 transactions per second, while Ethereum is limited to seven. To reach mass adoption, cryptocurrencies need to catch up with VISA’s speed. However, while achieving mass adoption is an important goal for cryptocurrencies, it is also one of the most difficult challenges to overcome. In this article, we’ll take a closer look at the key concepts behind scalability, including throughput, finality, and confirmation time.
In order to increase the capacity of a crypto blockchain, its protocols must be optimized. A single scaling solution is unlikely to provide an optimal solution for Bitcoin’s network. However, a wide variety of coins are addressing this challenge with off-chain solutions. Plasma, for instance, is a popular example of layer 2 scaling solutions. Plasma uses child chains that begin with the parent blockchain and function as independent blockchains. It can also provide similar environments for the processing of certain types of transactions, as well as enhanced security.
Transparency of a Crypto Blockchain
Blockchains are a great way to make transactions more secure. But they can also be very useful in product supply chains. For example, blockchains can help make the food supply chain more transparent and traceable. It can also help protect personal information. But the issue of privacy still remains a difficult one. For now, we will focus on two main areas of blockchain technology. Both are vital. Let’s explore each one in more detail.
Bitcoin has a huge advantage when it comes to transparency. The blockchain acts as a public ledger for all bitcoin transactions. Moreover, this technology can be customized to serve other purposes such as file storage, property ownership, asset trading, and manufacturing process verification. Despite its many advantages, blockchain is still a new technology. Therefore, many people are skeptical about it. However, it is promising, and its benefits are clear.
Proof of Work
Proof of work (PoW) is an efficient consensus mechanism that fosters a healthy closed economy by encouraging users to maintain the system’s stability and integrity. It works by requiring users to solve complex mathematical problems and uncommon arithmetic complications. PoW is also efficient in preventing DDoS attacks but requires heavy computational power and expensive equipment. Furthermore, it’s not practical for day-to-day tasks.
The main reason for this is the difficulty of computing a hash, and the difficulty is intentionally high. This forces participants to invest significant computing power in order to create new blocks. In addition, it reduces the likelihood of double-spending, a devastating attack on the integrity of the entire blockchain. This way, no one can easily copy a single unit. And since the process is difficult to duplicate, it’s a good way to discourage fraudulent activity and protect the integrity of cryptocurrencies.
Despite its drawbacks, PoW has a number of advantages for both simple and valuable currencies. It’s a proven method for maintaining a decentralized network. As the value of a cryptocurrency increases, more miners join the network, increasing its power and security. Moreover, the processing power involved in mining is so large that it’s impossible for an individual to interfere with the network. This is why Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies use proof of work as their consensus mechanism.
While proof of work is more secure and stable than Proof of Stake, the latter has a few disadvantages. The former penalizes malicious actors and network disruptions. The latter also penalizes miners’ sunk costs – time, energy, and money. In addition, it slashes validators’ staked funds, which act as an economic incentive. If a validator accepts a bad block, the staked funds are slashed.
Proof of Burn
Proof of burn is a proposed mechanism to earn mining rewards in cryptocurrencies. By mining with proof of burn, you earn lifetime privileges on the crypto blockchain. The more coins you burn, the more likely you are to earn the next block. However, this method can be expensive if you invest too much in it. You may consider investing in a different cryptocurrency instead. It is worth considering, though, that proof of burn is not suitable for all users.
Proof of burn is a method that is similar to the proof of stake but involves a more complicated process. In this case, miners spend more computing power than they have. This method is unsustainable, as it wastes resources and does not guarantee recovery of the value of the burned coins. The downside is that it has been widely adopted by the crypto community. To learn more about this method, check out this article. And stay tuned for more articles about Proof of Burn.
PoB is a consensus algorithm that allows the periodic burning of crypto coins. This allows for continued mining, as the energy of burned coins is depleted with each fresh block. This method is especially helpful for cryptos with low-energy requirements, as the burning of coins lowers energy consumption and maintains the mining capacity. That is why proof of burn is a promising method to use in cryptocurrencies. But, there are many other benefits to Proof of Burn.
Another downside to Proof of Burn is its initial investment requirement. In order to participate in this system, you must buy coins and burn them. This will require a large amount of initial investment and thousands of dollars. Unlike Proof of Work and Proof of Stake, the new method requires very low computing power and can be used to invest in alternative currencies at an early stage. This makes it an attractive option for people looking to start earning some extra money.
Security of a Crypto Blockchain
A good example of the security of a crypto blockchain is Bitcoin. This accounting ledger is shared among many computers, known as nodes. These nodes compete with each other to add blocks of transactions to the blockchain. In exchange for their efforts, nodes earn bitcoins. Nevertheless, there are also risks associated with this kind of technology. Therefore, you should take care when deciding to use a crypto blockchain. Here are some tips for protecting your information.
One of the most important aspects of a crypto blockchain is its decentralization. This decentralization of the network generates consensus between different parties. Hence, blockchain-based SSL certificates are used to ensure the security of transactions and account balances. Because of the decentralization of the network, successful attacks are mathematically impossible. These benefits have prompted many businesses to invest in crypto technology. As more people are embracing crypto, the need for increased security measures is more pressing than ever.
Despite the many benefits of blockchain technology, there are significant security risks associated with it. First and foremost, security issues can happen if one user, or a group of users, misuses the network’s private keys. Hackers may exploit a weak point in the network and gain control of more than 50% of the mining power. The second threat is that hackers can access the real-time data routed through Internet service providers. This can be a serious concern for cryptocurrency exchanges.
Blockchain technology also comes with a number of other security challenges. One of them is privacy. By decentralizing data, only certain people can access a small amount of information about a patient. Then, when that information is combined, the entire health chart would be shared. This way, a healthcare company cannot access all aspects of a patient’s record. As a result, blockchain technology may be the answer to this problem.
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One of such rare antique Hagi Chawan with wonderful milky white glaze from the 18th century, perfectly thrown and highlighted with an old gold restoration, a fantastic gintsugi (kintsugi) which makes our Hagi tea bowl even more valuable and outstanding.
Like many of the great Japanese ceramic traditions of western Japan, Hagi originated with Korean potters. Indeed, in the Momoyama era (1573-1603) and in the early years of the Edo period (1603 - 1867), ceramics like Karatsu, Agano, Satsuma, and Takatori first saw their wheels set in motion when, willingly or not, Korean potters were brought back to Japan in the "pottery wars" of 1592 and 1597-98.
The tradition of Hagi pottery is said to spring from two Korean brothers, Ri Shakko and Ri Kei, who first fired Hagi sometime around Keicho 9 (1604) in Matsumoto-Nakanokura, near Hagi in what is now Yamaguchi Prefecture. From these beginnings sprang a grand ceramic style that has been a focus of the tea world ever since.
Many Edo-Period kilns were funded by the daimyo. Lord Mori Terumoto of Hagi employed the Ri brothers of Korea, thus ensuring chadogu (tea utencils) for his personal use and as gifts. Shakko's son had the Japanese name of Yamamura Shinbei Mitsumasa, while Kei was given the name Saka Koraizaemon. They established the Fukagawa Hagi kiln. The Matsumoto Hagi kiln was established by Miwa Kyusetsu in 1663. The Saka and Miwa families continue to this day.
Great antique condition with no chips or cracks beside the professional gold repair.
Size: 7,5 cm height x 13,8 cm in diameter.
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March 12, 2014
COLUMBUS, Ohio – A new study by researchers at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center found that an interactive computer program designed as a rehabilitation biofeedback tool called ‘Embedded Arts’ is safe and well-tolerated by patients receiving occupational, recreational or physical therapy to help them recover from central nervous system injuries, including traumatic brain injuries, strokes and spinal cord injuries.
The purpose of the system is to tap into artistic and creative neural pathways during standard rehabilitation exercises. Using real-time data from biophysical sensors, the program integrates creative process within rehabilitation therapies by transforming them into art,” said principal investigator Lise Worthen-Chaudhari, an assistant professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation and associate director of the Motion Analysis and Recovery Laboratory at Ohio State.
The findings are published in the journal NeuroRehabilitation.
Researchers wanted to know if embedding the interactive arts processes within rehabilitation exercises would improve outcomes by improving patients’ attention and compliance, and enhancing clinicians’ tracking. Therapists reported that the rehabilitation biofeedback tool is useful for clinical practice and helped to motivate patients – some of whom lost track of time and focused with better attention and tenacity during difficult movements while using the technology.
“This is the first time scientific literature has considered that interactive art could be used in a medical environment,” said Worthen-Chaudhari, who has more than a decade of experience conducting clinical research of central nervous system impairment and recovery. “Using biophysical sensors, Embedded Arts transforms movement into art as part of the healing process for these patients. This enables patients to create fun, individualized images that represent their personal healing through the process of standard rehabilitation exercises.”
Interactive applications are extremely promising for use within acute neurorehabilitation, but they require more development, she said. The goal of neurorehabilitation is to improve the quality of life for patients who have suffered a brain or spinal cord injury, or who have a medical condition that affects their mobility or cognitive functions.
The 21 patients in the study were already receiving rehabilitation therapy at Ohio State’s Wexner Medical Center when they were asked to try Embedded Arts as part of their therapy sessions.
Movement of the body, measured by a motion sensor, was transformed into graphic art on a computer screen using a custom software application. Movement was detected in three dimensions and plotted in two dimensions on the computer screen as an abstract painting. The user could see the picture being drawn on the screen in real-time during the movement performance, or could view the composition after completion.
Eight inpatient therapy staff members volunteered to use Embedded Arts with their patients. These therapists played a dual role in providing qualitative data for analysis as well as executing the research. Embedded Arts was used at the discretion of these therapists with the patients they were treating during regularly scheduled acute rehabilitation therapy sessions of up to 60 minutes.
“We know that these patients need to move their bodies to help them heal, and this is an artistic process to help people move more as part of their therapy. Movement is medicine,” Worthen-Chaudhari said. “We found that patients just go ‘in the zone’ and they come up with designs that are really beautiful. Each design is someone’s healing art.”
While other interactive technologies have been studied for acute rehabilitation, most have required cognitive problem solving or memory function that may be not possible for some patients with low cognitive function. Other therapies have explored the use of Wii or other handheld controllers that may be difficult, if not impossible, for patients with paralysis to use, Worthen-Chaudhari said.
Researchers in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (Worthen-Chaudhari, Marcia Bockbrader and W. Jerry Mysiw) and the Department of Dance (Michael Kelly Bruce) at The Ohio State University collaborated on the study.
This work was supported by funding from The Ohio State University Alumni Grants for Graduate Research and Scholarship, Department of Dance Vera J. Blaine Special Projects Fund, Medical Alumni Society and College of Medicine Bennett Scholarship.
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Most of the world does not know West Papua exists. At best, they have heard about its raucous brother to the East, Papua New Guinea (PNG), which evokes images of exotic dances, feather ornaments and unfortunately, violence. Indonesian Papua (which I will refer to as West Papua, despite comprising both the provinces of Papua and West Papua) shares a similar culture to PNG but its paths have diverged due to its political history. It has been hidden from tourism for years, and it is only recently that Raja Ampat, in its westernmost corner, has become a magnet for scuba divers from all around the world. The rest of the region remains a destination for mine workers, Indonesian fortune seekers from other provinces, a few intrepid travellers and, even to this day, Christian missionaries.
Venturing outside the diving hotspot is, even for Indonesian remote travelling standards, hard work. Government permits, unreliable ferries, impossible flight connections with accident prone airlines, hotels that disappear overnight and activities that require all sorts of negotiations with local guides, fishermen and other intermediaries, to only name a few. Those who make it will be rewarded with jaw-dropping, unspoilt landscapes, that range from forests to jungles to beaches, unique endemic species and fascinating cultures that have had very limited western influence. In short, one of humanity’s most precious places.
Despite being part of Indonesia, West Papua is a world apart. Its inhabitants are racially Melanesian (like some of the islands in the South Pacific such as Vanuatu and Fiji), Christian/ animists, and culturally very different. They had very advanced agricultural practices thousands of years ago, sophisticated art techniques, a deep connection to the surrounding environment and, thanks to their relative isolation and the lack of land infrastructure, many areas have remained quite traditional. Many of their customs have been banned, such as tribal infighting, but they still happen every now and then – one of the highlights of my trip was seeing a Tripadvisor review that highlighted a hotel as ‘best place to hide in case of tribal warfare’.
This isolation has also benefitted the local fauna, with the island being home to hundreds of unique bird species, including birds of paradise, and rare animals such as the tree kangaroo. The underwater ecosystem is also beyond par, with colourful coral and many pelagic, including mantas, whale sharks, wobbegong sharks and even the rare epaulette, the walking shark.
Part 1 – Hiking the Baliem Valley
Our trip starts, like all good Indonesian adventures, with a 4am domestic flight, this time from Bali. My cousin Cristina has surprisingly agreed to join me on a trip to a part of the world she probably didn’t even know it existed. Our flight to Jayapura, West Papua’s capital, stops in Timika, the closest airport town to the Grasberg mine, the largest gold mine in the world and the second largest copper mine. Its main shareholder is the American mining company Freeport McMoran, omnipresent in the area. As we leave the plane for a quick stopover the company is everywhere – the airport bus, the seats at the airport and even the toilets have the company’s name.
Onwards to Jayapura the plane flies over miles and miles of green and nothing else. No roads, no buildings, nothing. Just the wilderness. The landing allows us to admire beautiful lake Sentani, but this time we will not have time to stay for long. As soon as we arrive, our guide, Usman, (with whom I negotiated a detailed itinerary weeks before) meets us at the arrivals gate only to take us to departures again. We are flying to Wamena, the capital of the Baliem Valley in the highlands, for a 5 day hike. The queues at the check in desks already show us we are in a different world from Bali – barefoot locals carrying huge bags of potatoes, American Christian missionaries and the odd tourist. I feel the rush of adventure all over my body. After months of planning and sleepless nights, re-doing the itinerary and trying to make flight connections work, we are finally here. A dream come true.
We spend the night at the Baliem Pilamo hotel, preparing for the adventure ahead. It offers basic but clean accommodation, and seems to be the preferred choice in town for government officials and tourists alike. In the meanwhile, Usman finds 4 porters plus a cook, Pak Martinus. All of them belong to the Dani people, one of the most populous groups in the highlands and from the same ethnic group of the areas we will be visiting. We need them to help us carry both our bags and the food we buy in Wamena, as the villages where we will be staying have very limited resources.
The journey starts with a short car drive – with the 8 of us plus the driver fitting in it. The car takes us as far as the road goes, to Kurima, and then we start walking. On this first day the path is quite easy, and we only stop to have lunch in a village, where children seem to be used to tourists passing by and they quickly offer to pose for pictures. We continue walking on until we reach Hitugi, where we will be spending our first night. Until now we have walked through a forest but it is in Hitugi that we see the majesty of the mountains in the Baliem Valley for the first time. Green hills rolling as far as the eye can see, some of them with potato field terraces, where Dani women work, despite the steep terrain. Small hamlets here and there, with thatched huts. And the knowledge that we are entering a very precious and unique world.
Our afternoon is spent visiting some nearby fields and talking to people on the roads – women carrying large heavy net bags (‘noken’) held by gripping their heads, and men naked but for the penis gourd (‘koteka’). They all greet us in Bahasa Indonesia or in the traditional form – holding one of our hands with both hands, shaking it and saying ‘wah wah wah’. On returning to Hitugi we meet the first and last foreigners we will be encountering during our trek, a group of Germans who live in Jakarta and just arrived from visiting the Korowai, in the south of Papua. The Korowai live in tree houses in the wetlands, and the Germans seem to have been walking on mud for days on end. They also seem quite surprised to see two Spanish girls by themselves.
We will all be staying in traditional huts, made of stone and mud with a thatched roof, sleeping on mats on the floor, which are surprisingly comfortable. It will be the bathing arrangements that will prove problematic for me, as the local bath house (a hut with a pool of water and a bucket) is in the middle of village and has a door that only covers half of my body – quite understandable as at 180 cm / 5.10 ft I am much taller than the average Dani. I will have to wait until everyone is asleep and have a midnight shower, the first of many.
Our next stop is Yuarima, and we will have to cross a rope bridge across the river to get there. The bridge doesn’t seem too stable and they ask us to cross it one by one and very carefully. The Danis don’t seem to be too faced by it, crossing it quickly, with flip flops and heavy loads and children on their backs. For us it seems quite a feat, and we promptly clap our hands whenever a European manages to cross it successfully. We part ways with the Germans, who are doing a shorter itinerary, and slowly start ascending the mountains. The landscape changes from fields to tall trees and dense forest, always with the river by our side.
Yuarima is more traditional than the villages we have previously seen. It is here that we first see some elders with amputated fingers. I had read about this fascinating practice in Norman Lewis’ book, ‘An empire of the east’, and I was eager to learn if it was still taking place. It is a Dani tradition to cut the upper part of a finger as a way of showing grief and mourn the dead of a relative. Based on the intensity of the grief, more than one finger can be amputated, up to 6, and afterwards the upper part of the ears can be cut as well. This practice has been banned by the Indonesian government, but it seems to still be happening in some of the more remote areas. Yuarima is also poorer, and its isolation means that medical care is limited. A number of the older people seem to suffer from ailments, but we are told the doctor can only visit every few weeks. They ask us for help but we are not carrying much more than eye drops and ibuprofen. Nevertheless, our hosts are unfailingly polite and friendly, like everyone we meet in the Baliem Valley, and are happy to just sit in silence with us.
We were planning to hike even further, to Syokosimo, but I have sprained my ankle and need help from our porters to walk every time the terrain gets steep, so we decide to go straight to Kilise. We continue crossing beautiful, lush green hills, stopping every few hours to savour Pak Martinus’ delicious nasi goreng (friend rice), one of the best I have ever tasted in Indonesia. We meet people that are walking 3 to 4 days just to get to Wamena and sell their goods in the market. They all want to stop and chat, ask about where are we from, if we are married and what are we doing there. By now I have learnt by heart the Indonesian word for tall, ‘tinggi’. Children scream it when I walk by and the elders enjoy having a proper discussion about it.
By the time we get to Kilise our hosts present us with a very strange welcome gift – a collection of German football t-shirts. After a few minutes of confusion, we understand what happened. The Germans, who are a day ahead of us, wanted to give them the t-shirts, but were too embarrassed to just offer them directly so they left them under the sleeping mats instead. We have to explain to the family that it is theirs to keep.
On our final day we walk back to Kurima. The road is crowded with Danis going to the Wamena market, and I photograph an elder dressed in traditional clothes (koteka and crown made of leaves) that seems to have the honour of being the most photographed person in West Papua. I am pretty sure I have seen him in dozens of pictures available on the internet, a theory which is further reinforced when he asks me for money in exchange for taking the picture.
Once we reach Wamena, and given we have an extra night, we decide to stay in a traditional village close to town, Obia, to see traditional dances. It is clearly done for the benefit of tourists, which tends to put me off, but we decide it is ok as we are the only ones around anyway and it doesn’t make it any less interesting. The men wear kotekas, head ornaments made of bird of paradise feathers and tusks in their nose. With spears in hand they enact traditional fights and dances. Then the women, also wearing traditional attires, grass skirts, dance and sing, and display a number of traditional artefacts as souvenirs. You can buy anything from kotekas, pumpkins to carry water, net bags and even the stone used to cut fingers.
Part 2 – Jayapura and Nabire
On our return to Jayapura, we take time to visit the local museum, which comes very highly recommended (once again, the Germans are ahead of us). The museum has a very knowledgeable curator and a comprehensive collection of local art, especially from the Asmat region in the south, known for the beauty of its carvings. It was in that part of West Papua that Michael Rockefeller disappeared in the early 60s while he was exploring the area. To this day there is still speculation over if he was eaten by cannibals or by a saltwater crocodile. Like everything in West Papua, we take it as it is. Everything seems possible here.
Jayapura is also our chance to try the local cuisine – eating in one of the restaurants by the lake Sentani, which offer beautiful views and delicious local fish spiced up with Indonesian sambal, and tasting sago soup in the local market. The sago, a starch extracted from the centre of tropical palm trees, is a staple food in the island of New Guinea and many Pacific islands, and I have to admit I am quite a fan of its gelatinous texture.
After a day of ‘rest’, we feel ready for the next adventure – our guide has suggested that we cross into the Papua New Guinea border, only a few hours away from Jayapura. People cross it every day to trade goods and Usman seems to think they will let us in easily. We decide it is a great idea and go for it, only to arrive and be told by the customs police that they cannot do our visa and we have to go to Port Moresby if we want to enter the country. After seeing my disappointed face, they kindly agree to let me put my feet on the border and have my picture taken. I get itchy feet just to think of the adventures that await on the other side. Nevertheless, the landscape between Jayapura and the border is very green and beautiful, combining both tropical and highland trees, and it is a day well spent. We also get to see a few transmigration villages on the side of the road. The ‘transmigrasi’ policy, by which population from massively populated Java moved to less populated areas of the country, such as West Papua or Kalimantan, was started by the Dutch and continued by post-independence Indonesian governments. It reached its peak in the 80s and was officially put to an end by president Jokowi in 2015, but has left semi-abandoned Javanese looking villages in the most unexpected corners of the Indonesian archipelago.
Our next stop is Nabire, famous for its whale shark sightings, as they follow local fishermen when they retrieve their nets, hoping to share the catch, and can be spotted on a daily basis. There is one resort that offers diving/snorkel packages at exorbitant prices, and refusing to contribute to the local monopoly, I decide we are going to arrange our own dive. We stay at Hotel Getz, in the centre of town, and the friendly owners help us arrange a visit to the whale sharks for the following day through a local fisherman. In the meanwhile, one of the owners’ friends, Michael, who moved here with his family from Manado, Sulawesi, offers to take us around Nabire and its surroundings. We arrive to a sleepy pier with a few local families taking selfies, and start consuming all the fruit we bought on the side of the road on our way there – soft durian that almost melts in your mouth, dry but tasty snake fruit and juicy rambutan.
The following day, the fisherman never shows up and our new friend offers to drive us to the whale shark diving spot. It starts raining heavily and the roads get flooded, so the journey takes hours and hours (especially on the way back where the driver has to swim through parts of the road is order to get the car to move). Never mind – every single hour on the road, every bump, every challenge. It is all worth it once we see the sharks. A tiny boat drops us with our snorkelling gear next to one of the fishermen’s boats and there they are, as soon as we jump into the water. They are one of the most beautiful, majestic creatures I have ever seen in my life. They are breath-taking. We just stay there, swimming and floating and admiring them while they feed and swim around. The sharks feed by absorbing large quantities of plankton and small fish, reminding me of a hoover. They also seem to be quite curious about us and get quite close, as I feel something bumping against me and I turn around to see one of the sharks. They are huge (on average 3 times my height), but yet so inoffensive and delicate. We feel hugely privileged to enjoy these moments alone with them, and they almost have to drag me out of the water so we can go back to Nabire.
Shark photos by Cristina Puech
Part 3 – Raja Ampat
We return once again to Jayapura, to fly to our final destination, Sorong, the departing point for the dive resorts in Raja Ampat. This time we are treating ourselves and stay at Papua Paradise, an all included resort for diving maniacs – all you can dive (within safety limits). The resort has beautifully built cabins over the water, with all the amenities but still blending in with the environment – including dugongs that visit our cabin every evening. The food is buffet style but delicious and plentiful and I devour their home made chocolate donuts after every dive.
The diving is the best I have done in the whole world. The abundance and diversity of the underwater life, the beauty of the corals, the visibility… and Papua Paradise’s Spanish run dive shop is the perfect companion to enjoy it. Julián, the manager, helps us tailor our dives to our interests, and our dive guide, Andy, makes every dive an exploration of the underwater wonders. We do most of our dives with a lovely Canadian couple, Jim and Christine. They travel the world following the diving seasons and take beautiful underwater photos (which have been my phone/ laptop screensavers ever since).
Papua Paradise has some impressive local dives, only a few minutes away, but also offers day trips to some of the most famous diving sites around, such as Kri Island, and the very instagrammeable viewing deck at Pianemo, overlooking the lagoons. We like Kri so much that we go twice. We dive in Melissa’s Garden, the most colourful, stunning coral garden I have ever seen. Corals come in every shape and every colour and you wonder how nature can create something so perfect. The current takes you on a tour (sometimes more like a rollercoaster ride) and you just let it show you the site and focus on admiring your surroundings. My favourite dive is Yenbuba, where you can dive at your own pace next to a wall full of nudibranchs and other macro life, such as pigmy seahorses, and on your left there is the blue, with a very strong current that attracts all the pelagic from miles around. The current is so strong and full of plankton that the visibility is limited, but for a few seconds you get to see all sorts of creatures, from huge black tip sharks to mantas and dozens of devil rays. It’s like a parade of the sea’s most stunning inhabitants.
Close to the resort lies the main reason that brought me here in the first place – a dive spot that during the right season, acts as a cleaning station for mantas. We ask to be taken there almost every day and never get tired of it. The dive consists on just holding to a rock with all your strength (the reason why it is a cleaning station is because there is a very strong current) and admiring the mantas swimming around you for as long as your air allows you, around an hour. The mantas are elegant and (I have to use this word again), majestic. I just stare in awe and have to remind myself to breathe. They are also very friendly and like to get close to us. As this dive spot is relatively far away from other resorts, it is only us there and a few other divers from Papua Paradise, which is quite rare nowadays in Raja Ampat dive sites.
At night we patrol the local coral reef, and we are lucky that in almost all our night dives we get to see the wobbegong sharks. They are semi-hidden under rock caves, and can get aggressive if you get too close, so we have to observe them from a careful distance. They remind me of an old carpet, covered in whiskers and camouflaging with its surroundings. On a couple occasions we even see the epaulettes, the walking sharks, transporting themselves slowly through the bottom of the sea. After watching BBC’s ‘Shark’ maybe 50 times, I cannot believe I get to see these rare sharks so easily. Raja Ampat is truly a treasure of marine biodiversity, and since 2007 marine protected areas have been created, among other things to prevent sharks being fished for their fins. Contributing to the park’s fees and staying in resorts that contribute to conservation programmes is of utmost importance if we want to continue enjoying this jewel.
Our trip around West Papua comes to an end, but I leave with a long list of pending places I want to visit in the region – Biak island, Manokwari to admire the birds of paradise, Korowai region to see the tree houses… The list of things to see in Papua is endless.
Arranging the trip:
- Flying: Most Indonesian airlines fly to Sorong and Jayapura from Jakarta, Bali Denpasar and Makassar. Some internal flights within West Papua can only be booked at the airport (e.g., Susi Air). Traveloka allows bookings with non-Indonesian credit cards, Garuda Indonesia is often the only Indonesian airline to allow that
- Getting around: Download the transportation apps Go-Jek and Grab, they have both motorbikes and cars and work in most Indonesian cities – Grab even translates into English the messages you get from the drivers and it can be topped up with an international credit card
- Trekking: Guides and porters for the Baliem Valley can be arranged on arrival, but we felt more comfortable doing it in advance. There are a few websites advertising tours, but they can be quite expensive – we talked to quite a few guides and compared prices. Other travellers recommend asking your hotel for reliable guides
- Travel permit: The travel permit around West Papua, the Surat Jalan, can be done at a local police station, guides are able to arrange it
- Hotels: Baliem Pilamo Hotel, Hotel Getz and other accommodation can be booked through Traveloka or Booking.com
- Nabire: You can find local fishermen to take you to see the sharks, we arranged it through our hotel
- Raja Ampat: Papua Paradise (https://www.papuaparadise.com) gets fully booked months in advanced and early booking is recommended
- Books to read
- An empire of the east: Travels in Indonesia, Norman Lewis
- Into the crocodile nest: A journey inside New Guinea, Benedict Allen
- Throwim way leg, Tim Flannery
- Indonesia, Etc.: Exploring the improbable nation, Elizabeth Pisani
- Four Corners: A Journey into the Heart of Papua New Guinea, Kira Salak (takes place in Papua New Guinea)
- Beyond The Coral Sea: Travels in the Old Empires of the South-West Pacific, Michael Moran (takes place in Papua New Guinea)
Journeys to the other side of the world: Further adventures of a young David Attenborough, Sir David Attenborough
- Films to watch
- Best documentary TV shows where West Papua features: Blue Planet, Our Planet, Shark and Tales by light (all available on Netflix)
- Women travellers
- I felt very safe travelling around West Papua as a woman, everyone was incredibly respectful and made me feel comfortable
- I felt I could dress however I wanted at all times
- West Papua is very safe as a whole and we felt at ease for the whole trip. However, it sees social unrest on a regular basis – you should monitor the situation before travelling there (The Jakarta Post is a good resource, also your embassies in Jakarta)
- Some parts of the highlands are seen by the Indonesian army as OPM (Organisasi Papua Merdeka) strongholds – you should avoid going there
- The Surat Jalan is a requirement and should not be taken lightly – the army checked our documents when we passed security controls
- There have been a number of incidents in the past where foreigners who get involved in internal political matters of Indonesia / West Papua have been deported from the country
- Climate is quite stable in the highlands all year long. We had mostly good weather and some brief, torrential rain in the evenings
- Diving is best from September to April, and the best months for mantas are October to December
- Other considerations
- Phone connection is very limited around the highlands, even with Telkomsel, which tends to work all around Indonesia
- I recommend carrying cash around the highlands to purchase souvenirs or tip local families who manage tourist accommodations
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Author(s):Altaweel MM, Gangaputra SS, Thorne JE, Dunn JP, Elner SG, Jaffe GJ, Kim RY, Rao PK, Reed SB, Kempen JH; MUST Research Group. Morphological assessment of the retina in uveitis. J Ophthalmic Inflamm Infect. 2016 Dec;6(1):33. doi: 10.1186/s12348-016-0103-2. Epub 2016 Sep 9. PMID 27613274
Journal: Journal Of Ophthalmic Inflammation And Infection, Volume 6, Issue 1, Dec 2016
BACKGROUND The objective of this study is to describe a system for color photograph evaluation in uveitis and report baseline morphologic findings for the Multicenter Uveitis Steroid Treatment (MUST) Trial. Four-hundred seventy-nine eyes of 255 subjects with intermediate, posterior, and panuveitis had stereoscopic color fundus photographs obtained by certified photographers and evaluated by certified graders using standardized procedures to evaluate morphologic characteristics of uveitis. The posterior pole was evaluated for macular edema, vitreoretinal interface abnormalities, and macular pigment disturbance/atrophy; the optic disk was assessed for edema, pallor, or glaucomatous changes. The presence of neovascularization, vascular occlusion, vascular sheathing, and tractional retinal changes was determined. A random subset of 77 images was re-graded to determine the percentage agreement with the original grading on a categorical scale.
RESULTS At baseline, 437/479 eyes had images available to grade. Fifty-three eyes were completely ungradable due to media opacity. Common features of intermediate and posterior/panuveitis were epiretinal membrane (134 eyes, 35 %), and chorioretinal lesions (140 eyes, 36 %). Macular edema was seen in 16 %. Optic nerve head and vascular abnormalities were rare. Reproducibility evaluation found exact agreement for the presence of chorioretinal lesions was 78 %, the presence and location of macular edema was 71 %, and the presence of epiretinal membrane was 71 %. Vertical cup-to-disk ratio measurement had intra-class correlation of 0.75.
CONCLUSIONS The MUST system for evaluating stereoscopic color fundus photographs describes the morphology of uveitis and its sequelae, in a standardized manner, is highly reproducible, and allows monitoring of treatment effect and safety evaluation regarding these outcomes in clinical trials.
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From recent examples such as the success of mutual aid societies in communities in response to COVID and local efforts for police reform, we have seen it time and again—those who are closest to the issues are closest to the solutions. Increasingly, nonprofits and foundations are recognizing how critical it is to engage communities in shaping strategies that impact them.
The way you engage communities has the potential to heal old wounds and build collective power, but it can also deepen mistrust and cause harm. It’s important to approach community engagement with care and consideration. If you want to engage your community to help shape your strategy, here are three tips to remember.
1. Center those who are closest to the issues.
The people closest to the issues are often community members or those who have not had power or resources to shape solutions. Centering them means prioritizing their perspective over others, such as donors, staff, or board members.
When the National Alliance for Mental Illness (NAMI) created its 2020-2025 Strategic Plan, staff started by engaging thousands of stakeholders—including members of NAMI’s more than 600 state organizations and affiliates as well as individuals and families affected by mental illness. This listening process highlighted key areas that are most challenging for people affected by mental illness and informed the development of goals where NAMI has the potential for greatest impact. These goals are 1) People get help early. 2) People get the best possible care. 3) People get diverted from justice system involvement.
The listening process also affirmed the importance of sharing and leveraging the lived experience of individuals and families affected by mental illness. According to the strategic plan, “Everything we do is ‘peer informed,’ which means that we always engage people with lived experience when we develop content, programs, and campaigns.”
2. Don’t approach stakeholder engagement as a checkbox exercise.
To engage stakeholders in ways that are relational rather than transactional, consider the following:
- Clarify your purpose, outcome, and process for engaging community. Authentically engaging community in a way that does not cause harm will require willingness to sit with complexity and ambiguity—recognizing that you will likely hear many different perspectives in one community—and flexibility to adapt your plans and approach based on what you learn.
- Understand the history with the community. Take the time to educate yourself about a community, its history, and injustices it has faced. Understand when and how community members have already been asked for input or feedback and what the outcome of that engagement was. If there have been missteps in the past that have damaged trust—either by your organization or others—acknowledge them and work to build trust.
- Take an asset-based approach. Seek to first understand the community’s strengths and assets so you can find opportunities to leverage them.
- Create space for relationship-building and feedback. Be intentional about building relationships and staying in relationship with community after the engagement. Create open channels for communication to share feedback and transparency about how decisions are made.
3. Make stakeholder engagement an ongoing, regular practice.
As you continue to engage community members, consider how you can continually adapt your practices to shift greater power and resources to community members.
In 2019, the Greater Rochester Health Foundation (GRHF) wanted to engage community members in developing a strategy for the foundation’s largest program, Healthy Futures, which works to improve the health and well-being of children ages 0-8 in the region. The foundation sought our assistance in developing a strategy for the program and engaging community members in shaping that strategy. The foundation worked to ensure the people engaged in shaping the strategy represented the racial diversity of the community and worked with partners to connect with local parents, community leaders, and young people. As a result of listening to the community, the foundation developed and is implementing a revised strategy that focuses on three levers of change:
- Sharing power so that the voices and leadership of families are at the center of strategies and decision making
- Creating equitable access and expanding the ecosystem of social emotional supports and safe play spaces for Black and Latino children
- Advancing racial diversity and equity in systems so that leaders, providers, and services are more representative and inclusive of Black and Latino children’s identities, cultures, and communities
The strategy also embodies a new way of considering the foundation’s role as a partner to the community. “We learned it is not enough to have voices at the table, we must also ensure that the table is set in such a manner that encourages, elevates and promotes shared power and influence,” the foundation says on its website. “This can be realized by valuing the lived and learned experience of the providers, partners, community, families and youth by allowing listening to be our position so that lifting, leveraging and linking can be our action.” Today, a parent advisory board is in place to help shape and implement the strategy.
Clarity and transparency on who you want to engage, why their voice is important, and how you will engage them will help you create a process for community engagement that centers respect for and accountability to the community you seek to serve. Think of community engagement as an ongoing relationship—not a one-time touchpoint—and be open to adapting your plans and approaches based on what you learn.
- National Gender and Equity Campaign/Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy’s Facilitation Guide for Community Engagement
- Building Movement Project’s Tools to Engage
- National Community Development Institute’s Sources of Power
- King County Washington’s Community Engagement Guide
- Community Wealth Partners’ Stakeholder Engagement Field Guide
Cover photo by Allison Shelley for EDUimages
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Continuous availability of financial resources, especially cash is key to the survival of every business, including yours. George S. Clason, in his book, “The Richest Man In Babylon” notes that money is plentiful for those who understand the simple laws that govern its acquisition. One such law is what I call the law of safe investment.
As a business, you must open yourself for investment and not any kind of investment but a safe investment. In the lines that follow, I present to you, among others, some five simple but crucial principles for safe investment.
- Decide on your investment objective
There are many reasons why a business may invest. While some invest to increase wealth for their owners, others invest mainly to improve their operational capacity. Knowing your objective will guide the efforts and resources to commit and also where to commit such efforts and resources.
- Make a list of firms to invest with
An investment will always be done in a particular asset and these assets are managed by firms. It is crucial to make a list of firms to invest with and more so investigate to find out how reliable they can be. Seek professional advice and endeavor to do a good assessment.
- Consider risk tolerance
Risk tolerance has to do with the degree to which you would be perturbed should you lose your investment. Whereas some will not be perturbed at all, others cannot stand losing their investment. Deciding on your risk tolerance informs the assets into which you can invest. A high-risk tolerant firm can invest in risky investments but risk-averse firms will usually consider investments with little or no risks.
- Consider diversification
In diversification, you spread your investment across a wide range of assets with different risk levels to reduce your chances of losing all your investment. Irrespective of your risk tolerance, it is vital to diversify your investment.
- Monitoring and follow-up
After undertaking all due diligence and being satisfied to commit your resources into an asset with a particular firm, you must from time to time monitor the progress of your investment. This will enable you to decide whether to discontinue the investment, reduce it or put in more financial resources.
Remember that money makes possible the enjoyment of the best the earth affords – George S. Clason.diversifyinvestinvestmentrisk
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Different types of therapy used in treatment
There are several reasons people begin using drugs, ranging from curiosity and social pressure to seeing family members use and deal with challenging emotions. The substance in question may be lawful and recommended by a doctor in some instances. You can begin to use drugs (legal or illegal) that you shouldn’t, which can lead to substance abuse.
Drug abuse can lead to addiction in some people. When this happens, having and consuming drugs becomes a full-time task that has a detrimental effect on physical and mental health.
Why Do You Seek Counseling?
Addiction involves more than just a physical dependency on drugs or alcohol. Therapists in Dallas help you when you’re at high risk of relapse even after detox because the body is no longer addicted. Relapse can be caused by several psychological and social causes, including:
- Stress, wildly unexpected life stresses, is harmful to one’s health.
- Environmental cues, such as visiting a neighborhood
- Spending time with friends who continue to use social media
Different Types of Therapy
Addiction treatment usually consists of a mix of group and individual counseling sessions to help people recover the skills they need to get and stay more so and handle different circumstances without using drugs or alcohol.
Behavioral therapy is probably the most frequently used therapeutic component of drug abuse treatment. Several practical approaches have been adapted from a general behavioral therapeutic approach. There are some of them:
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT).
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a form of therapy (CBT). CBT may be used to address several problems related to problematic drug use. CBT strategies teach people how to identify and modify their maladaptive habits.
CBT may aid in developing coping skills, identifying dangerous conditions and how to respond to them, and the prevention of relapse. This method is helpful because it can be combined with other methods. CBT skills could be used to cure co-occurring mental and physical health conditions.
Contingency Management (CM).
CM is also used to promote or strengthen sobriety and help treat various drug use disorders, including alcohol, opioids, marijuana, and substances. This approach uses material incentives as a motivator for desirable activities like sobriety maintenance.
One of the essential benefits of CM is that it can eliminate two of the most severe treatment-related problems: dropout and relapse.
Motivational Interviewing (MI).
Motivational Interviewing is a technique used to motivate people (MI). MI is a means of overcoming indifference in healing persons so that they can support their recovery efforts and modify their prescription opioid use behavior to the best of their abilities.
One advantage of MI is that, in the presence of a therapist, people in rehabilitation establish their encouragement and improvement program throughout many sessions, giving them a greater sense of control over their care.
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT).
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) is a form of cognitive-behavioral therapy (DBT). DBT may be used to treat various drug abuse issues, but it is most often used to treat extreme personality disorders, including borderline personality disorder.
DBT helps to minimize cravings, help patients prevent conditions or incentives for relapse, and learn safe coping strategies.
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Do you have a print deadline that needs the fastest possible turn-around time?
If speed is of utmost importance, here are several ways you can improve efficiency as you take your project to print:
1. Plot Your Course and Communicate Early
Early planning and communication are vital when starting a print project.
When possible, get your printer’s input early regarding design, project checkpoints, and final editing. Setting a schedule with your printer regarding design, estimated turnaround, and print presets can directly impact the speed with which your project is finished.
As soon as you coordinate these details, you’ll establish a timely framework that both parties can stick to.
2. Ask Questions Upfront
When partnering with a design professional, be sure to clarify the contract at the get-go.
Will you be paying a project fee or an hourly rate? What services are included in this fee? Clarify how long the project will take, how often you’ll review the work, and how many revisions are allowed in this agreement.
3. Allow for More Margin on Larger Projects
Professional printers are very efficient, but big projects still take time.
Designing one piece can be quick, but re-branding or crafting large-scale exhibit pieces can take a significant amount of time, especially if there is confusion about the parameters or design presets for a particular project. One costly mistake can disrupt an entire campaign, so allow extra time for big projects, and both parties will have leeway to handle hiccups in the most efficient, cost-effective way.
4. Assemble All the Elements
Attend to the precise details of copy, timeline, and photography at the get-go, and be sure those in authority have given these elements the green light before the task proceeds.
Your project will involve many pieces, and when they are aligned from the start, it will allow your design dollars to be maximized with fewer delays. While you may not have precise details ironed out, clarifying project parameters is key to finishing on time and on budget!
5. Err on the Side of Simplicity
Creativity is cool, but if swiftness is your goal, you should keep designs simple.
Don’t go overboard. If you’re short on time, design something that is easy on the eyes and uses very basic graphics, fonts, and materials. If you have templates on hand (from previous projects), consider whether you can adapt or edit these for the fastest possible output.
If you are pressed for time, consider using an online design tool. Or your professional print specialist may be willing to combine a pre-ordered template with the custom design you want. This may be the simplest (and cheapest!) way for everyone to get a project across the finish line.
6. Avoid Alterations Once a Design Has Been Sent
Check your design before sending it to the printer.
Proof everything with multiple editors before it leaves your office. Every alteration or edit can cost you valuable time. Once the design has already been received by the printing company, there should be no need to make changes unless it is vital to do so.
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Axiomtek’s IPC could be the answer to the supply chain bottleneck
As the port backlog paralyzes the global supply chain, it’s an opportunity to look into the future of unmanned ports. With Axiomtek’s latest expandable industrial system, function-rich embedded system and AI-powered edge computer, the realization of smart and automated ports will be right around the corner.
Ports around the world will continuously be overwhelmed and it has already caused severe financial loss. According to McKinsey & Co., port inefficiency costs the industry 17 billion a year. And according to the OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development), global container handling in ports could rise to four times the current levels by 2030 and five to six times by 2050.
However, in the era of 5G, IoT and AI, the much more efficient unmanned ports will be the resolution. With ships, cranes, containers, and trucks all connected, every move in the port will be smoothly coordinated as a whole. Take Europe’s biggest port, Amsterdam as an example, it already made headway. With tens of sensors around the port, the IoT could analyze and arrange the most appropriate time for ships to come in and depart, enhancing the efficiency of loading, unloading, and transportation to avoid jams and long waits. In addition, Amsterdam aims to fulfill the goal of “connected shipping”. In the future, ships will sail through the water lane in the port automatically without assistance from the pilot.
The port of Valencia installed “black boxes” on 200 cranes, trucks, and forklifts for collecting the location and status of operation data. Then the information will be analyzed and shared with staff to identify congestion and take appropriate actions. The port of Singapore receives GPS signals from vehicles to determine routes to key facilities and maintain the smooth traffic flow in the port. All in all, IoT makes ports work faster and safer and lowers the labor cost.
To process massive amounts of data from countless devices and vehicles, computing performance will be very much needed. Now, the industrial computers from Axiomtek is capable of tackling the challenge.
Computer Solutions for Smart Port Management
Axiomtek provides a variety of products for automation in different scenarios, proving applicable and trustworthy solutions.
Unmanned Gantry Cranes
By the port, on the unmanned gantry cranes, the IPC970 incorporates the AX92325 4-port GigE PoE card to connect with industrial cameras that manage guidance and capture images. AX92325 adopts M12 connectors with a locking design that are more shock resistant and improve safety. More than that, IPC 970 can be expanded with the AX92322 4-port Ethernet card to connect laser radars to measure distances and detect obstacles. The system is capable of identifying and precisely grabbing containers then moving them to designated positions.
The IPC970 is powered by the Intel® Xeon® or 10th generation Intel® Core™ processors and compatible with mainstream graphics cards such as GeForce RTX™ from Nvidia. RTX™ 3090 is already verified to be compatible and be able to booster the computing performance when necessary. In addition, it has one M.2 Key B 3042/3050 socket for the 5G module to deliver high-speed and low-latency connectivity to ensure precise crane control. Therefore, the numerous cranes could operate in a timely manner. In addition to cranes fixed by ports, the strong computing performance of IPC 970 is also able to coordinate the operation of moving rubber-tired gantries.
The IPC970 is durable even in a harsh working environment and able to ensure non-stop efficient work with anti-vibration up to 3 Grms and wide operating temperature ranges from -10°C to +70°C. In addition, it has a power input of 24V DC with power-on delay function to ensure reliable operation.
When all the containers are unloaded from the ships, it’s autonomous trucks or so-called AMRs to move them to the yard. Controlled by the AIE900-XNX, in which supercomputer-on-module NVIDIA® Jetson Xavier™ NX is suitable for running modern AI workloads, the unmanned AMRs could shortly reach the yard in order. The AIE900-XNX has four PoE ports for 3D LiDAR and optional four FPD Link-III ports for SerDes camera which empowers the ADAS for collision avoidance and pedestrian protection. In addition, the system supports the CAN bus vehicle communication protocol and optional 12/24V DC power input with ignition power control, all making it an ideal solution for autonomous trucks. It comes with an M.2 Key B 3050/3042 slot along with a SIM slot for 5G connections to enable real-time data transmissions. A PCI Express Mini Card slot is ready for the GNSS module to position coordination.
Designed for use in challenging yard environments, the AIE900-XNX has a wide operating temperature range from -30°C to +60°C and vibration tolerance of up to 3 Grms.
By the port, the automated identification system can speed up the car flow to make sure the cargo goes into the hands of customers as soon as possible and double-check the right trucks load up the right containers. As the cargo trucks go in and out through the E-Gates to ports to pick up or drop off the containers, the eBOX671-521-FL could be the key controller for identifying plate numbers and container identification numbers.
The eBOX671-521-FL offers scalable Intel® CPU choices and an option of enhancing performance with the MXM 3.1 Type A slot for interconnecting a GPU module for AI inference and image processing. Its 4-CH PoE ports could assist with multiple cameras installed on both sides of the entrance. It also supports RFID module to ensure each vehicle has been registered and approved with a specific RFID tag. More I/O ports such as HDMI port, serial ports and USB 3.1 ports are available for LED display, barrier gate control and more. It has a wide operating temperature range of -20°C to 60°C and vibration endurance for up to 3G with its strong construction to meet the requirement for 24/7 non-stop operation.
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LONDON — On-time performance at UK’s airports has fallen to its lowest level in five years.
Strong growth in passenger and commercial flight numbers have been accompanied by a reduction in on-time performance for scheduled passenger flights, said the UK’s Civil Aviation Authority.
In Q3 2015, on-time performance fell by three percentage points, from 76% to 73% across 24 airports when compared with Q3 2014.
London airports dropped from 73% in Q3 2014 to 69% in Q3 2015. Regional airports dropped from 80% to 77%. The average delay per flight across the 24 monitored airports was 15 minutes for Q3 2015.
According to TravelMole, the average delay at London Gatwick was the worst, averaging 23 minutes. The average delay at London Heathrow was 15 minutes and at London Stansted, 12 minutes.
“Airlines are accommodating the continuing strong passenger demand by carrying the extra passengers on larger aircraft, rather than increasing the number of flights significantly. However, punctuality was the worst of any summer period since 2010 – something we know many passengers will have found frustrating and an issue airlines, airports and air traffic control services should work to address,” said Tim Johnson, CAA Policy Director.
“The strong passenger demand and a drop in punctuality also underlines the importance of addressing the ongoing pressures on runway capacity in the South East and the need to modernize the UK’s airspace.”
The country’s airports saw their busiest summer ever between July and September 2015 as the number of passengers passing through UK airport terminals hit a new peak of over 78 million, according to the CAA’s latest Aviation Trends report. Rolling 12 month passenger totals passed 250 million for the first time ever.
UK airport terminals handled more than 78 million passengers, making this the strongest Q3 ever recorded and representing a 5.5% rise from the 74 million passengers recorded in Q3 2014.
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VCAPS commissioned to ensure implementation climate adaptation strategy Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Vietnamese Climate Adaptation Partnership (VCAPS), led by Dutch consultancy firm Grontmij, has been commissioned to secure the climate adaptation strategy in the urban planning of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
This commission follows the completion of the adaptation strategy for this delta city by VCAPS last year.
Ho Chi Minh City is already frequently flooded due to heavy rainfall and its low position in the Delta. Problems and risks for the inhabitants are likely to increase due to sea level rise and higher river discharges.
At the same time the population and economy of Ho Chi Minh City are growing rapidly. The city is expanding, also towards the sea.
In April 2013 the city board, the people's Committee of Ho Chi Minh City, was presented a Climate Adaptation Strategy.
Subsequently the board announced that it would apply the strategy to make the city climate-proof. In responce VCAPS made a plan of action for the board.
Assurance climate adaptation strategy
"When drafting the climate adaptation strategy the motto has always been: Vietnamese ownership and Dutch partnership. This created local support for all our activities", said Enrico Moens, team leader of the project and also program manager Climate & sustainability at Grontmij.
"Now it is important to stay determined. and see to it that the strategy is taken into account in the city's plans, projects and procedures by the different departments involved."
"We will assist the Ho Chi Minh City Climate Change Bureau that was specially set up for this task. Doing so we will use the knowledge and experience that the city of Rotterdam has built up in recent years. The goal is the overall integration of climate change adaptation in all aspects of urban developments in Ho Chi Minh City", assured Moens.
VCAPS comprises Grontmij Netherlands (lead), Witteveen+Bos, Bosch Slabbers landscape architects and Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM).
The consortium is supported by local experts. It is funded by the Dutch programme Partners for Water of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and implemented in close cooperation with the city of Rotterdam.
This news item was originally published on the website of Grontmij (Dutch only).
Also read on this site
● Climate adaptation strategy for Ho Chi Minh City officially handed over by Rotterdam City, 18 April 2013
● High level Dutch-Vietnamese delegation visits climate adaptation sites in Ho Chi Minh City by boat, 12 October 2012
● Adaptation strategy: Ho Chi Minh City moves port to the sea, 11 October 2011
Vietnam Climate Adaptation Partnership (VCAPS)
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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CHILDREN in Carmarthenshire are being urged to take part in this year’s Summer Reading Challenge which is all about science and innovation.
Visit any of Carmarthenshire’s libraries during the school summer holidays to meet the Gadgeteers.
Through an exciting book collection and accompanying activities, the Gadgeteers will help spark children’s curiosity about the world around them and encourage them to feed their imagination. They will be boggled by brilliant facts and be inspired by tales of creativity and invention.
The Summer Reading Challenge is open to all primary school-aged children aged four to 11 and combines free access to books, and fun, creative activities during the summer holidays.
Children can sign up through their local library where they will receive their Gadgeteers core pack poster. They can set a reading goal and borrow and read books of their own choice.
Children who complete the Summer Reading Challenge are presented with a certificate and a medal.
Carmarthenshire County Council’s Cabinet Member for Regeneration, Leisure Culture and Tourism Cllr Gareth John (pictured at Carmarthen Library with children from Ysgol Y Dderwen) said: “The Summer Reading Challenge is a fun initiative for families during the summer holidays, and it’s free to take part.
“It can help children to improve their reading skills and confidence before they return to school in September, and it is also a good opportunity for families to explore the range of books available at our libraries.
“With plenty of options across picture books, early readers and middle grade books,
there is lots to keep children busy.”
The Summer Reading Challenge, a unique partnership between The Reading Agency and public libraries across the UK.
Children are also encouraged to explore the dedicated Summer Reading Challenge website, where they can take part in the digital Challenge and explore various online activities.
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Planning study to optimize the dose for low-risk prostate cancer with two IMRT techniques
Purpose: The aim of this work is a comparison study of the plan quality betwe en two techniques of a common Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) was performed to optimize the dose for low risk prostate cancer. Materials and methods: Based on CT datasets of ten patients with prostate cancer treated at our institution were randomly selected for this study. To optimize the IMRT technique, Two IMRTs configurations, differing for gantry angle direction, were tested for each patient. The first technique (IMRT-S) was used as reference plan utilized a five beams configuration, standard for prostate cancer treatment in our institution, and the second technique (IMRT-OP) combining five plans with five beams for each (25 beams in total), changing beam directions every 7 sessions level (70Gy in 35 fractions) to be irradiated. Plan quality was evaluated by comparing Homogeneity Index (HI), Conformity Index (CI), monitor units (MUs) especially dose volume statistics of the Organs at Risk (OAR) from each technique. Results: For the same Planning Target Volume (PTV) coverage, the IMRT-OP plans show superior dose homogeneity and conformity in PTV compared to IMRT-S technique. Target coverage was almost similar for both techniques. The sparing of Rectum in terms of 70Gy dose was better in the IMRT-OP technique by 4.9% when compared to the IMRT-S technique. A considerable reduction in 65Gy dose to the Bladder by 3.4% was observed with the IMRT-OP. At the end Remarkable reduction of the dose received at the femoral heads between 36.31% and 53.30% always in favour of the IMRT-OP technique. Conclusion: Considering the superior quality of the IMRT-OP plan compared to IMRT-S, IMRT-OP may be the preferred modality for centres that don’t have VMAT technique for the treatment of prostate cancer, taking into account significant improvements in OAR.
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Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Department of Radiation Oncology
Asahi University Hospital
Gifu city, Gifu, Japan
Maher Abdel Fattah Al-Shayeb
Department of Surgical Sciences, Ajman University, UAE
Institute of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Medical University of Lodz, I Clinic of Gynecology and Gynecological Oncology (Lodz, Poland)
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Background: The clinical presentation and the clinical phenotypic characterization and the natural history of Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva (FOP) is diverse and the natural history of the disease is to certain extent different from one patient to another.
Methods: In a series of eleven patients age range from 0 to 16 years (eight girls and three boys), variable clinical presentations were the landmark of these patients. At birth, all our patients manifested short great toes in a valgus position. Marfan syndrome was the suggested diagnosis in three children aged 38 years and in two adult patients. A constellation of deformities such as torticollis, painful spine, and painful and marked limitation of the weight bearing zones were confusing with variable age of onset. Monophalangia associated with Marfanoid habitus, were also a prevailing clinical presentations.
Results: Our results were based up on the appearance of the earliest pathologic feature of FOP in correlation with the clinical presentation. In infants (01 year); three infants showed congenital hallux valgus and stiff spine have been encountered. In pediatric group (38 years); in this group Marfanoid habitus was the prevailing clinical picture, genetic tests showed no mutation in the FBN1 gene. Their prime presentation of progressive torticollis with simultaneous development of erythrematous subfascial nodules, most commonly located on the posterior neck and back. In pre and adult group (1016 years); four patients presented with monophalangia associated with painful movements because of the progressive heterotopic ossification of the spine and the weight bearing zones and marked elevation of alkaline phsophatase. Genetic confirmation has been perfromed in five patients manifested the classical mutation of the ACVR1 gene. The rest of the patients were assessed via clinical and radiographic phenotepes.
Conclusion: The early recognition of FOP can be performed by noticing the short halluces and thumbs at early infancy and later on the high alkaline phosphatase activity in areas of heterotropic ossification. Misconception of FOP is of common practice and eventually unnecessary diagnostic biopsies might deteriorate the progression of the condition. The detection of ACVR1 gene mutation was a confirmatory procedure. Interestingly, the timing of the onset and the location of progressive heterotopic ossifications was extremely variable and confusing among our group of patients.
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Many ICT applications involve the collection of personal information or information on the behaviour of customers, users, employees, citizens, or patients. The organisations that collect this data need to manage the privacy of these individuals. In many organisations there are insufficient data protection measures and a low level of trust among those whose data are concerned. It is often difficult and burdensome for organisations to prove privacy compliance and accountability especially in situations that cross national boundaries and involve a number of different legal systems governing privacy. In response to these obstacles, we describe instruments facilitating accountability, audit, and meaningful certification. These instruments are based on a set of fundamental data protection goals (DPG): availability, integrity, confidentiality, transparency, intervenability, and unlinkability. By using the data protection goals instead of focusing on fragmented national privacy regulations, a well defined set of privacy metrics can be identified recognising privacy by design requirements and widely accepted certification criteria. We also describe a novel conceptual framework and architecture for defining comprehensive privacy compliance metrics and providing assessment tools for ICT applications and services using as much automation as possible. The proposed metrics and tools will identify gaps, provide clear suggestions and will assist audit and certification to support informed decisions on the trustworthiness of ICT for citizens and businesses.
|Title of host publication||Privacy Technologies and Policy - 1st Annual Privacy Forum, APF 2012, Revised Selected Papers|
|Editors||Bart Preneel, Demosthenes Ikonomou|
|Number of pages||24|
|State||Published - 2014|
|Event||1st Annual Privacy Forum, APF 2012 - Limassol, Cyprus|
Duration: 10 Oct 2012 → 11 Oct 2012
|Name||Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)|
|Conference||1st Annual Privacy Forum, APF 2012|
|Period||10/10/12 → 11/10/12|
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© Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014.
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CURRENT DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
GREENPORT International Airport, Technology & Data Center | According to Dr. Ray Perryman of The Perryman Group, a nationally-recognized economics and financial analysis firm, GREENPORT INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT’s (GIA) success will, in part, be driven by its synergy with the surrounding GREENPORT INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGY CENTER (GITC), combining to create one of the largest economic generators in Austin’s history and providing Bastrop County with a new economic and financial driver. Dr. Perryman forecasts the creation of more than 300,000 new job years in the first 15 years. A Texas landmark 381-Agreement was unanimously approved by Bastrop County officials as a Public-Private Partnership to attract this privately owned massive economic development project. The Agreement provides the project with a 75% annual share of property, sales and use, and hotel occupancy tax collections within the boundaries of the project for 30-years.
Located 17-miles east of downtown Austin, GREENPORT INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (GIA) is planned as the world’s first green airport that will be fully sustainable off-grid, privately owned and operated. GIA is a greenfield model demonstration airport project incorporating existing, emerging and future infrastructure, physical and cybersecurity designs and capabilities needed in today’s global threat environment. This model will be utilized to build new airports and offer retrofit opportunities for our nation’s network of older airport facilities. GIA will include a U.S. Customs Port of Entry/Exit to improve global accessibility for the region. A privately constructed Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting facility, fully equipped with trained personnel will finally provide the region with its only emergency reliever airport capable of supporting all aircraft that utilize Austin Bergstrom International Airport (ABIA) in the event of an emergency. GIA is exclusively a private general aviation airport that will not service the commercial airline passenger or scheduled air cargo carriers that ABIA will continue to exclusively serve. GIA delivers a privately funded solution bringing missing air transportation infrastructure needed to satisfy vital air transportation capacity, safety and services to the central Texas region. GIA will meet or exceed all FAA and commercial/business aviation insurance company and aircraft operating requirements.
With the historic growth experienced by ABIA and the entire Austin region, the existing aggregated domestic and international business and corporate aviation demands are not being met. Austin Bergstrom International Airport has a finite number of takeoffs and landings that can be conducted in its most expanded configurations, that are already being implemented. ABIA was approved by Austin voters with a mission goal of providing the long-term commercial air passenger and air cargo needs of the region. It was never intended to handle all of the region’s general aviation demand that already exceeds the design and safety capabilities of the area’s smaller airports. Recurrent major events in Austin force larger general aviation aircraft to land in San Antonio, Dallas or Houston then drive to Austin. ABIA is land-locked and has only limited facilities and services for business aviation since its primary mission is to provide the long-term needs for commercial air passenger and scheduled air cargo carriers. Neither ABIA nor any of the region’s other small airports can be suitably expanded or improved to meet the existing unmet or future long-term air transportation capacity, safety requirements or aviation maintenance and service’s needs. GREENPORT International Airport will fulfill the long-term general aviation needs of the region and extend the useful life of Austin Bergstrom International Airport.
GREENPORT INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGY CENTER (GITC) surrounding the airport will provide international and domestic businesses, government entities, research and development companies, defense contractors, and educational and training/retraining operations a globally accessible, and highly-secured business campus. The most advanced demonstrations will be deployed and upgraded as new capabilities become available in this privately controlled and secured business environment. Net-zero carbon footprint, net-zero waste footprint, environmentally compatible design and operations in all phases of development and operations including the utilization, generation and management of onsite natural resources will establish new standards and demonstrate new technologies from all corners of the planet.
GITC will demonstrate an independently sustainable campus with its own privately owned and operated GREENPORT Energy and GREENPORT Communications microgrids. A diverse and distributed network of onsite clean/green/renewable distributed energy generations will be deployed and incorporate “best in class” storage capabilities. GREENPORT Energy, LLC is already in predevelopment planning for an initial phase of a planned 250+Mw solar collection and battery storage project. GREENPORT Energy is designing a revolutionary new model for a wholistic interactive private energy microgrid unlike any previous utility. Every available rooftop and available surface will incorporate both solar, rainwater collection and include storage to create a distributed network of independent generations aggregated and operated to balance point sources of net generations and plus consumptions of adjoining assets first then then expanded into the microgrid of pooled resources. Energy and rainwater are examples of environmental balancing designed to not impact offsite resources.
GREENPORT Communications is designing and will deploy a similar new ultra-highly secured privately owned and controlled communications microgrid model. GREENPORT Security will demonstrate capabilities and protections as a demonstration model for other airports and concentrated business environments.
Speed to Market
• Shovel-ready project with existing Bastrop County 381 agreement
• No public hearings or council approvals required
• No building permits or inspections required
• Favorable soil conditions reduce site work costs / time while providing ample on-site concrete materials
Advanced Infrastructure Commercial Development Site • GREENPORT is the provider of secure, resilient and advanced infrastructures as a service including communications, energy, water, wastewater, waste, natural gas, fuel, carbon offset credits, transportation, etc. leveraging best-in-class technologies • Utility scale solar and integrated commercial solar and storage being designed across the entire campus supported by advanced micro-grid and distributed storage; backed up by Bluebonnet, LCRA, ERCOT, and GREENPORT Energy LLC enabling low cost 100% renewable electricity across all phases of the project • Triple redundancy fiber network available through a GREENPORT venture with FiberLight • Constellation New Energies Natural gas infrastructures are being designed to accommodate on site biogas and green hydrogen generation • Best-in-class physical and cyber-security protection campus-wide through a GREENPORT Security Group LLC venture with ARES Security Group • EMP protection being designed into the GREENPORT energy utility, micro-grid, and project-wide buildings, equipment and infrastructures • Privately-owned international general aviation airport is part of the GREENPORT development (supporting advanced aerospace, defense, data, entertainment and other industry leaders) with all-electric on-site operations
Significant economic incentives available
Local municipal officials fully support the GREENPORT development
EASTVILLAGE | The EASTVILLAGE development is located in Austin’s 5-mile ETJ in Travis County, Texas approximately 10 miles from Austin Bergstrom International Airport and only 13 miles from Austin's CBD (a 20-minute commute).
EASTVILLAGE is located outside of Austin's regulatory controls, other than environmental review. All authority lies with Travis County and EASTVILLAGE developer’s private controls. EASTVILLAGE has been uniquely designed as a comprehensive sustainable Live-Work-Play community development. This design necessitates that the developer, with the assistance of 380 Agreement funding from the SH-130 Municipal Management District (MMD), will maintain responsibility for all the required infrastructures and services needed for an independent privately-controlled city. Many of these services will be privately developed, owned and operated with "best in class" companies or private utilities that are already engaged in this planning.
EASTVILLAGE consists of 900 total acres south of Texas Highway FM 969 with 600 developable acres and 300 acres of required impervious cover under county rules (65%-35%). All the land to the west of EASTVILLAGE consists of a large-tract residential community, Travis County parkland, and several thousand acres of floodplain land that cannot be reclaimed - leaving EASTVILLAGE as a valuable island of developable land within a sea of floodplain and undevelopable property. The absence of Austin's regulatory restrictions, private or cooperative utility service areas other than Austin's, and the existence of SH-130 MMD creates a unique opportunity to develop a privately controlled city. The EASTVILLAGE 200-acre core corporate employer high-rise district and surrounding urban village are expected to be the primary employment and tax generators that will result in lower tax rates and costs of operations/living within EASTVILLAGE than can be achieved elsewhere in the region.
EASTVILLAGE is located on the last segment of the 26-mile Gilleland Creek at the confluence with the Colorado River. This feature allows: (1) EASTVILLAGE the unique advantage to depart from normal stormwater drainage requirements and engineering design criteria by alternatively implementing "first release" design. This avoids expensive and unsightly detention ponds, while creating an aesthetically landscaped, waterscaped and irrigated environment and meeting the impervious site cover requirements allowing the developable acreage to be maximized; (2) Abundant river water, ground water are available onsite, the adjoining property has deep lakes that combine with planned campus-wide rooftop solar and rainwater collection to provide valuable water resources and sustainable power stored onsite that are unavailable elsewhere; (3) EASTVILLAGE can depart from the region-wide "drought ordinance" restrictions and develop a heavily landscaped and waterscaped community that has no competitor. The master-project requires a stormwater plan utilizing vegetated and irrigated filtration design that allows stormwater to drain from the property as fast a possible into Gilleland Creek and the Colorado River to avoid impeding upstream flows. This design allows us to remove 6+ feet of the highly fertile Colorado River alluvium soils along the 2 1/2 + miles of Gilleland Creek frontage that form the western boundary. In addition to the soil harvesting and sculpting along Gilleland Creek, deep lakes will be aesthetically created and all soils will be redeposited and compacted to perform an already FEMA approved and permitted Conditional Letter of Map Revision (CLOMR) to raise the northern portion of the property out of the floodplain. The site is already mostly out of the floodplain and has the available onsite materials to raise the building footprints by the required 2-foot of elevation under Travis County development rules.
The initial phase includes plans to privately construct the roadway and bridge extension over the narrow section of the river to interconnect Texas Highway FM 969 with Caldwell Lane and Texas Highway 71 south of the river. This provides a vitally import public health and safety infrastructure that Travis County anxiously wants and again the SH-130 MMD 380 Agreement will provide funding capabilities to accomplish this as a private project. Travis County and State of Texas officials are anxious to assist with this project and Travis County has acquired the land needed on the north Colorado Riverbank to assist with the alignment and bridge footings.
Master-project systems design is planned for all other wet and dry utilities and services to energize EASTVILLAGE. We’re ready to proceed directly to site permitting for construction which could significantly shorten timelines for a "speed to market" delivery that is not possible in Austin or other municipality's jurisdictions. Construction plans do not have to be reviewed or approved by Austin and Travis County only requires a site development permit without vertical controls. EASTVILLAGE is planned to include a master-project parking structure district instead of surface parking. Without Austin's density, height, area, parking restrictions, EASTVILLAGE desire to create a very dense urban employment, office, retail, restaurant, bars, hospitality and urban and suburban residential community in walkable or bike distances. We are engaged in discussions with major international entertainment companies that develop and operate a diversity of venues that would populate various areas of the total community including the vast Gilleland Creekside. Land resources are too valuable to waste on surface parking and accelerated build-out of this community is expected to be driven by the unavailability of development land in downtown Austin and rental rates are approximately $80-$90/sq.ft. with pass thru expenses and parking.
EASTVILLAGE is planning a private road and bridge extension that will interconnect east and southeast Travis County and the State highways.
Speed to Market • Shovel-ready project located in the SH 130 Municipal Management District • No required public hearings and council approvals • No required building permits, inspections, height or density restrictions and detention ponds • Favorable soil conditions reduce site work costs & time, availability of resources and materials • Unlimited free alluvial water for process water, dense landscaping and waterscaping
Advanced Infrastructure Commercial Development Site • EASTVILLAGE is the provider of secure, resilient and advanced infrastructures as a service including communications, energy, water, rainwater, wastewater, natural gas and waste leveraging best-in-class technologies • Utility scale solar and integrated commercial solar and storage being designed across the entire campus supported by advanced micro-grid and distributed storage; backed up by Bluebonnet, LCRA, ERCOT, and GREENPORT® Energy LLC enabling low cost 100% renewable electricity across all phases of the project • Triple redundancy fiber network available through an EASTVILLAGE venture with FiberLight • Constellation New Energies Natural gas infrastructures are being designed to accommodate on site biogas and green hydrogen generation • Best-in-class physical and cyber-security protection campus-wide through a GREENPORT® Security Group LLC venture with ARES Security Group • EMP protection is being designed into all the infrastructures at both EASTVILLAGE & GREENPORT® including our GREENPORT® energy utility, private on-site micro-grids, and all equipment and buildings project-wide • GREENPORT® is a privately-owned international general aviation airport (supporting advanced aerospace, defense, data, entertainment and other industry leaders) with all-electric on-site operations same as EASTVILLAGE
Significant SH 130 MMD infrastructure reimbursements and tax sharing incentives available Local municipal officials fully support the EASTVILLAGE & GREENPORT® developments as job creators
111 Congress Tower - High-rise Office – Redeveloped Gateway Entrance into Downtown Austin – C&A privately planned and executed the assemblage and redevelopment of the “Gateway-blocks” into downtown Austin and the Texas State Capital. Disgusted with the unsightly appearance and inappropriate land uses on five downtown city blocks, C&A privately assembled its redevelopment zone, encompassing Town Lake, First & Second Streets, Congress Avenue, Brazos, San Jacinto and Trinity Streets. This area was inhabited by liquor stores, bars, tire stores, gas station, and dilapidated buildings. Landmark businesses and property owners such as the famous Matt’s El Rancho restaurant, Salvation Army, University of Texas, the Thompson and Cherico families, and the “Tamale Stand” all agreed to sell and/or relocate in order to allow this important redevelopment to occur. C&A introduced new urban design standards, allowing closure of alleyways and introduced the “wedding cake” ordinance to allow taller buildings while preserving view corridors along the historic Congress Avenue. C&A self-imposed aesthetic design standards on these blocks requiring full size landscaping and water features along Congress Avenue and First Street. C&A partnered with the Vantage and Travelers Insurance companies in ownership and development of the centerpiece for the master-project - the 30-story One Congress Plaza, consisting of 518,325 square feet of luxury office, 225,000 square foot retail, parking garage and one-acre sunken plaza with waterfalls and transplanted 100+ year old Live Oak trees. C&A recruited two distinguished Dallas development companies to complete the three- project redevelopment: Lincoln Properties for the 100 Congress Tower block and John W. Carpenter (Las Colinas) company for the San Jacinto Tower/Four Seasons Hotel blocks.
Westgate Tower - High-rise Residential/ Office Condominium Conversion – The iconic 26-story Westgate Tower, Austin, Texas, adjacent to the Texas State Capitol Building is the very epitome of the real estate adage, “Location, Location, Location”. Charlie financed the construction of this historic building in the mid-1960’s as the Austin director for Prudential Insurance Company’s Commercial Loan Division. Twenty years later, his son Jim, assembled Canadian investors to acquire the property for redevelopment, paying off the Prudential Insurance Company loan and converting the tower into individually owned office and residential suite condominiums.
Medical Park Tower - Mid-rise Office Condominium Conversion – This 7-story 147,000 sq.ft. building adjoins Seton Medical Center, Austin’s largest medical, surgical, acute care hospital. Medical Park Tower is home to most of the medical community that serves patients at this premier hospital. Medical Park Tower was acquired in 1986 and redevelopment and conversion to privately owned office condominiums was completed in 1987.
Barton Creek Resort & Country Club | In 1975, Charlie Carpenter purchased the 1,500+ acre Marshall Ranch southwest of Austin. This beautiful tract of land had more than a mile of frontage along the Hill Country's revered Barton Creek, magnificent hilltops with 360° views and was heavily vegetated with majestic oaks and rare Madrone Trees. Additional adjoining tracts were acquired or optioned and the property was entitled for development and sale. The Barnes Connally Companies, owned by Former Texas Governor John B. Connally and Lt. Governor Ben Barnes purchased the property and went on to develop to property into the 4,000 acres Barton Creek Resort Hotel and Country Club. Today this master-planned community stands as Austin''s premier golf course, hotel and residential resort community. The Omni Barton Creek Resort & Spa is owned by KSL Resort and further development and expansion is currently underway. Read more at www.BartonCreek.com
Luxury Residential Condominium Conversion and Sales – Jim teamed with Canadian investor / developers and led the acquisition and redevelopment and condominium conversion of three premier apartment projects totaling more than 1,000 units from 1979-1983.
Regional Shopping Mall Developments – Charlie led the development of South Texas and Rio Grande Valley area regional shopping malls, 350,000 square foot El Centro Mall, McAllen Texas, the 140,000 square foot Southgate Mall, Kingsville Texas, the 261,299 Plaza Del Sol Mall in Del Rio, Texas. Each of these projects became the center of commerce in the community or region.
Retail Shopping Centers - Numerous neighborhood and local retail shopping centers statewide. Charlie developed shopping centers across the state with national, regional and local grocers, drug stores, and retailers.
Austin’s Colony, Austin, Texas - a 430-lot affordable single-family housing subdivision development and community center along the Colorado River. This project languished after the successful completion of its first phase, leaving the private wastewater treatment plant and municipal water system without adequate customers to financially support operations. Jim purchased the balance of the undeveloped subdivision and recruited homebuilders to complete this very successful and affordable residential community.
Shadow Glen Mixed Use, Residential Golf Course Community Development - Manor, Texas – Shadow Glen is an 1,800+-acre mixed-use residential golf course community, comprising 4,000+ single-family home sites surrounding the beautiful 18-hole ShadowGlen golf course and community waterpark with associated retail, office, multi-family uses, an elementary school, recreation fields and community facilities. Jim was the original developer that assembled and entitled the project, constructing 9-miles of private water supply and private wastewater facilities to serve the development and the City of Manor. Cottonwood Holdings, Ltd. is the developer and Jim remains a partner.www.ShadowGlen.com
Whisper Valley, Manor/Austin, Texas - Jim assembled, planned and entitled this 2,063-acre master- planned community, then it sold to the Taurus of Texas GP, a U.S. investment/development company of Taurus Investment Holdings, a European based global investment company. Taurus shared Jim’s passion for environmental and energy friendly development and Whisper Valley is billed as, the community of tomorrow – today. Demonstrating environmentally-friendly geothermal energy and solar systems to create zero-energy ready homes priced from the lower $200,000-$500,000. The property is located east of Austin across the SH 130 Tollway from Decker Lake, and has hilltop views of the Austin skyline, a central forested park area and will include office and retail centers.www.WhisperValleyAustin.com/
Business Industrial Park - Dessau Business Park, Pflugerville/Austin, Texas – This project is a 123- acre master-planned deed-restricted development offering fully entitled business sites for smaller service and industrial businesses. This deed-restricted business park includes, landscaped water quality/drainage and pond facilities in a parkland setting and requires solid sight-barrier fence screening around all yard areas.
Major Industrial Business Redevelopment, Austin, Texas – Jim purchased the former Celis Brewery in Walnut Business Park from Miller Brewing Company in early 2002 as part of a three-way exchange between Aus-Tex Printing & Mailing and the Austin Ballet. The Brewery underwent major demolition, equipment removal, redevelopment and conversion for Aus-Tex’s printing and mailing plant facility, and accompanying executive business and sales offices. Aus-Tex’s existing downtown headquarters at 3rd Street & San Antonio became the new home for the Austin Ballet. The redevelopment of the brewery was successfully completed within a 180-day time period in order to accomplish a tax-deferred exchange for the seller of the highly-prized downtown block.
During Jim's 40+ year real estate career, he has assisted in the creation, leadership or operation of several community, municipal, and charitable organizations. A few of these are:
Past Founder and Chairman of the Northeast Association (NEA) - Jim conceived, founded and recruited public and private interests to form this regional non-profit organization, representing a 160+ square-mile area of northeast Travis County area. Serving as the first Chairman of the NEA, Jim led the efforts to direct planning, public and private investment and to recruit and encourage growth into the preferred growth corridor east of Austin. Frustrated with the lack of attention given by the City of Austin and Austin Chamber of Commerce to the areas east and northeast of Austin, he sought to unify and concentrate private owners and resources to achieve accelerated results in these areas. The Northeast Association was established to conduct master-planning for economic and infrastructure development including this region’s future network of roadways water, sewer, stormwater drainage, dry utility services, public parks and public transportation. The NEA hired its own economic development director in Neil McDonald, who successfully conducted major industry recruitment (new Regional U.S. Post Office, Applied Materials, Samsung, etc) for its region. The NEA’s non-profit operations were supported by private capital funding through annual membership dues from area property owners, industries, businesses, and area residents. Other NEA Board and Ex-Officio members included designated representatives from each of the area’s city councils (Austin, Pflugerville, Manor and Elgin), several area school district Superintendents, 2- members from the Travis County Commissioners Court, and the area’s State Representatives and State Senator. The City of Austin adopted a Resolution on August 22, 1985 expressing its appreciation and encouragement for the NEA’s efforts in achieving the newly shared City’s goals for comprehensive planning for this region east of Austin. The success of the NEA was a factor resulting in the formation of the Greater Austin Area Chamber of Commerce with multiple local regional area councils to represent their respective area’s interests.
Past Chairman of the Biomedical & Pharmaceutical Committee for the Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce - Jim Chaired one of twelve committees created to impanel local industry representatives and business experts in that field to travel, contact and recruit international and national industries for expansion to, or trade with, the Austin region. Jim recruited and assembled his board members from University of Texas School of Pharmacy and Chairman or Presidents of major drug and pharmaceutical companies in Austin.
Founder and Vice-Chairman of St. Michael's Academy - Jim helped found and lead the private development and funding effort for this 400+ student private college preparatory high school supported by the Austin Catholic Diocese. He was responsible for site selection, acquisition, securing utility and development permit entitlements, supervised the design and construction of buildings and facilities, assisted with project financing & community fundraising, served as Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors assisting in financial oversight of school operations, hiring administrative, teaching and coaching personnel, and continued an active role as parent volunteers including he and his wife Robin’s efforts with student and school activities, events and expansion of athletic stadium and parking facilities.
Creator/Developer of Travis County Municipal Utility District #2, Cottonwood Creek W.C.I.D.'s #1, #2 & #3 - These Municipal and Water Control and Improvement Districts were established to assist in the development and provision of urban levels of utility services to facilitate growth in Manor, Texas and northeast Travis County. These Districts, with the private capital provided by the developer, accomplished the intended goals in providing new supplies of potable water, sewer and stormwater drainage improvements that have led to the explosive growth of Manor.
Advisory Board of Directors Member - Stewart Title Company of Austin (since 1985) - Jim remains an Advisory Board Member to this Texas-based international title insurance and information services company.
Past Vice-Chairman of the Austin Rehabilitation Center – The ARC was created as a community service provider to the City of Austin, Travis County and State of Texas MHMR and other service agencies in providing non-profit detoxification, treatment and rehabilitation for the drug and alcohol dependent and indigent populations that could not afford treatment and rehabilitation. Jim served as Vice Chairman of the Board and headed the procurement of land, facilities and redevelopment of a multi-family apartment project acquired from the federal government for the expansion of ARC’s facilities. He oversaw the property entitlements, development approvals, design/redesign and/or development or redevelopment of these properties into certified treatment centers and facilities for the Austin Rehabilitation Center system.
Community Redevelopment | Since the early 1980's Jim has assisted communities with regional and local community master-planning, establishment of or changes to city ordinances, building codes and the establishment of development incentives to attract and retain private investment and development capital. He has assisted in obtaining federal, state and private grants to energize the redevelopment of underemployed and/or impoverished communities. Just 9-miles north of Austin, the City of Manor was a primary focus for redevelopment and revitalization efforts as it adjoined over 4,000+ acres of he owned development land. One of the nation's largest development companies desired to partner with the Carpenter family interests in building a new master-planned residential based community and redevelop portions of Manor. The City of Austin's 7+ year condemnation effort to relocate its municipal airport to that area interrupted and held up those plans after they had already privately constructed the region's first potable municipal water well fields and 8.5 miles of storage and transmission utility infrastructure. From 1984 until 1991 development plans were frozen. In 1991, Austin residents and City Council finally voted to halt its Manor condemnation and move its airport to Bergstrom Air Force Base. Today, ShadowGlen golf course community and numerous other residential developments have risen out of that extreme abuse of condemnation authority. The availability of the privately developed potable water supply and utility infrastructure resulted in the City of Manor's incredible population growth. Read more at ShadowGlenTexas.com
1985 Texas Legislative Session – The Carpenter family assembled over 4,000-acres in northeast Travis County, beginning in 1981. Development of the property required the independent exploration, development and operation of private municipal-scale water supplies, water production, transmission and storage systems and private wastewater and storm water drainage facilities. This undertaking was completed in 1984 and the City of Manor was provided with its first publicly approved municipal supplies of water without any capital investment from the city. Jim obtained and personally guaranteed a federal Urban Development Action Grant for improvement in the City’s water system so Manor citizens could benefit from this new potable water supply. Prior misspending of federal funding by the City rendered it ineligible for the grant without Jim’s guaranty to insure that the funds would be spent in the approved manner. Jim negotiated and contracted with other privately controlled businesses to provide new wastewater treatment plant and municipal sewer services for his holdings and included the City of Manor within the certificated service area. This privately funded endeavor provided this sector of northeast Travis County sector with its first municipal supplies of utility services. Others sought to replicate this successful private utility development model bringing rural water supply companies into competition with the City of Austin over service area boundaries. Jim successfully sought legislative assistance to level the playing field and amend portions of the Texas Water Code to enable the creation of Regional Planning and Implementation Agencies (RPIAs). These quasi-public/private ventures allowed municipal entities (such as the City of Manor) to sponsor regional planning, including utility service plans, that could establish their own service area boundary controls. This enabled small municipalities and private developers to seize control of water supply service areas or wastewater service areas if they could demonstrate the ability to provide services. This legislation empowered municipalities, utility districts and private development interests the opportunity to bond together under regional utility agreements to provide comprehensively planned urban levels of services in rural areas.
1995 Texas Legislative Session – With sponsorship help from an Austin State Senator and State Representative, Jim led the successful effort to draft and introduce legislation that was passed in the 1995 Texas Legislative Session and signed into law by then Governor George W. Bush. The legislation mandated the release from the City of Austin’s 5-mile Extra-Territorial Jurisdiction for over 400 property owners, including over 4,000 acres of Carpenter family holdings. A decade earlier, Austin and State officials had requested the Carpenter’s assistance in relocating Austin Robert Mueller Municipal Airport to property that Carpenter has assembled and commenced development for a mixed-use residential community in northeast Travis County development that was underway. The Carpenter family privately and publicly agreed to voluntarily cooperate with Austin and sell the city what it needed out of the Carpenter holdings at their exact cost. However, in an act of bad faith for other area landowners, Austin rushed to strip-annex (10’ wide) several mile-long portions of land to extend Austin’s 5-mile Extra Territorial Jurisdiction (ETJ) and its regulatory controls over the region. This trapped landowners, adversely impacting their utility service options, imposing land use controls and restricting development potential in order to constrain their potential values prior to Austin initiating adverse condemnation. With the landowner’s potential land values capped as agricultural uses, the City Council then exercised eminent domain over the area and adopted an expanded footprint for the proposed airport encompassing thousands of acres, including many farms and homes. Under an extended series of indecision by three Austin city councils, these councils failed to proceed with the condemnation and development of the airport, but instead conducted three separate voter referendums over whether to move the airport or not. The FAA had already determined that Robert Mueller Municipal Airport could not be expanded because more than 38,000 citizens were already living in 65+ Ldn noise zones that are determined to be incompatible with human habitation. The third city council, in executive session, decided to drag out the voluntary condemnation effort with the Carpenter’s and the adverse taking of hundreds of other area landowners in an attempt to bankrupt the Carpenter’s development and/or landholdings so their land could be obtained below their cost. This action occurred during the height of the nation’s 1980’s Banking and Savings and Loan crisis. As banks and savings and loans were closed or taken over by the FDIC or RTC, property owner’s loans were canceled, mortgages were called and large numbers of bankruptcies, foreclosures, and evictions were caused in the Manor area since these properties could not be developed, refinanced, sold, or leased because of Austin’s pending condemnation. Jim assisted in drafting and lobbying for Senate Bill 1397 that was passed by near unanimous approval of the Texas Legislature and signed by then Governor George Bush. Jim had earlier obtained and presented to legislative official’s powers-of-attorney letters from more than 400 of the area’s affected property owners to represent their property and interests before the Texas Legislature. Senate Bill 1397 successfully forced the retraction of Austin’s strip annexations and ETJ. He personally negotiated with then Austin’s mayor for an expanded area of release of Austin’s regulatory control beyond the Legislature’s mandated 9,000±acre area of relief to include more than 20,000 acres of Northeast Travis County. This action opened that area for new growth and business expansion led by both private and small municipal communities. Carpenter was then able to repurchase much of their former landholdings that were taken over by the RTC since he had been able to maintain separate independent control over the private utility systems and service agreements. This action resulted in the successful rebooting of the redevelopment effort for the City of Manor and the highly-successful ShadowGlen golf course community. www.shadowglen.com
2019 Texas Legislative Session – With the leadership and direction of Warren Hayes and sponsorship of Texas State Representative Cheryl Cole and Senator Kirk Watson, House Bill 4694 was successfully passed and became law in June 2019. House Bill 4694 created the SH-130 Municipal Management District to allow commercial property owners to work together to supplement City and County services and improvements. Property owners identify common problems and issues in their area and use their Management District to implement solutions to those problems. Management Districts are used in three distinct contexts: (1) to support existing major activity centers; (2) to promote neighborhood revitalization; and (3) to support raw land development. Neither the City of Austin nor Travis County Commissioners Court will provide economic development incentives in any meaningful or competitive manner to attract major employers to the region. Both the City and County desire to support growth and expansion to the east of Austin in the long-designated preferred growth corridor. This area is predominantly agriculturally tax exempt or low-value open land that lacks the environmentally sensitive features or threatened or protected species that inhabit much of the Austin area. The SH 130 MMD has authority for levying a full spectrum of sales, property, business property and hotel occupancy taxes, authorizing property improvement district and other financial and economic development enhancement vehicles in lieu of City of Austin taxes. This allows the SH 130 MMD to provide privately directed 380 Agreements to share tax revenues to assist in providing funding sources to develop needed infrastructures, assets, and other incentives and to recruit desired targeted businesses, industries and employers to locate with SH 130 MMD property boundaries. Plans are underway with the Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce and Governor’s Office of Economic Development and Tourism to aggressively recruit businesses to the SH 130 MMD. The District’s current property boundaries includes approximately 1,100 acres of Carpenter’s EASTVILLAGE project out of the District’s total 1,200 acres. Warren Hayes is the owner of the other property. Authority to add other properties to the District is available with the consent of the City of Austin or another municipality that has ETJ controls. House Bill - 4694
Secured Climate Storage – This “State of the Art” climate-controlled self-storage facility is a “best in class” self-storage asset designed to meet or exceed all existing and future levels of storage customer needs. The property contains 1,201 rental units in three 4-story, one 3-story, and seventeen single- story buildings containing 277,000 square feet. The massive scale creates operational efficiencies unseen in the self-storage industry and creates market-area influence and control in one of the Austin Metro-area’s best demographic markets. Market control is accomplished through extreme barriers to entry for competition due to economic, regulatory and environmental controls resulting from the City of Austin’s annexation over the area. This region is an established zone containing sensitive environmental and geologic features that contain numerous endangered and protected species, fauna and habitat and are located within the region’s vital Highland Lakes watershed recharge zone that provide the region’s sole supplies of drinking and shared recreational uses. Secured Climate Storage (SCS) opened in June 2006 and was awarded Best Industrial Project by the Austin Business Journal in the 2007 Real Estate Awards. A privately-operated U.S. Postal Office and FedEx/UPS shipping center business was added in the leasing office and managed by the project management and served over 7,000 customers per month. With the addition of this high-traffic feature, SCS achieved 100% occupancy within months and constantly remained at or near that occupancy through each phase of expansion. The final phase expansion completed the build out of the property in 2016. The property was sold in June 2018. http://www.securedclimatestorage.com/index.htmlwww.MoveItStorage.com
Louetta Spring Plaza Retail Center and Secured Climate Storage - Spring, Texas – This retail center is located among the gated residential communities in Spring, Texas near Exxon’s new headquarters. Louetta Plaza is strategically located along the heavily traveled connector loop between the Hardy Toll Road and Interstate Highway 45. Phase 1 of the retail center is complete and leased. The impending Phase 2 will construct 3-story, 75,000 sq.ft. climate-controlled Secured Climate Storage-Spring project, modeled after the Austin facility that is planned for 2021.
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A novel statistical method for assessing effective adherence to medication and calculating optimal drug dosages.
OBJECTIVE: We derive a novel model-based metric for effective adherence to medication, and validate it using data from the INhaler Compliance Assessment device (INCATM). This technique employs dose timing data to estimate the threshold drug concentration needed to maintain optimal health.
METHODS: The parameters of the model are optimised against patient outcome data using maximum likelihood methods. The model is fitted and validated by secondary analysis of two independent datasets from two remote-monitoring studies of adherence, conducted through clinical research centres of 5 Irish hospitals. Training data came from a cohort of asthma patients (~ 47,000 samples from 218 patients). Validation data is from a cohort of 204 patients with COPD recorded between 2014 and 2016.
RESULTS: The time above threshold measure is strongly predictive of adverse events (exacerbations) in COPD patients (Odds Ratio of exacerbation = 0.52 per SD increase in adherence, 95% Confidence Interval [0.34-0.79]). This compares well with the best known previous method, the Area Under the dose-time Curve (AUC) (Odds Ratio = 0.69, 95% Confidence Interval [0.48-0.99]). In addition, the fitted value of the dose threshold (0.56 of prescribed dosage) suggests that prescribed doses may be unnecessarily high given good adherence.
CONCLUSIONS: The resulting metric accounts for missed doses, dose-timing errors, and errors in inhaler technique, and provides enhanced predictive validity in comparison to previously used measures. In addition, the method allows us to estimate the correct dosage required to achieve the effect of the medication using the patients' own adherence data and outcomes. The adherence score does depend not on sex or other demographic factors suggesting that effective adherence is driven by individual behavioural factors.
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What SAT score is a 34 ACT?
ACT to SAT Conversion Table
Is a 1200 SAT score good?
Is a 1200 a good SAT score? Yes, a score of 1200 is quite good. It places you in the top 76th percentile nationally out of the 1.7 million test takers of the SAT entrance exam. … If a 1200 isn’t strong enough to get into your dream school, consider taking a test prep course to see if you can raise your score.
Is a 900 SAT score good?
Is a 900 a good SAT score? A score of 900 is in the lower quarter. It places you in the bottom 22nd percentile nationally out of the 1.7 million test takers of the SAT entrance exam. The score indicates you’ve done a poor job answering the questions on the Math and Evidence-Based Reading & Writing sections of the test.
Is 34 ACT good enough for Harvard?
Currently, the average composite ACT score for students accepted to Harvard is 34! … So again, this means if you score less than 33, you’ll be below average compared to other applicants. If you score a 35 or higher, you’ll be above average.
Can I get into Harvard with a 33 ACT?
A 33 lands you solidly in the mid-range for average acceptance at places like Yale and Harvard, above their 25th percentile, which is 32, but below the 75th, which is 34-35.
Can I get into Harvard with a 27 ACT?
A score that means you scored better than 80% of test takers. While that’s good, it’s still not admission worthy for elite colleges like Harvard and MIT.
Is 19 a good ACT score?
Is a 19 a good ACT score? A score of 19 is a little worse than average. It places you in the bottom 44th percentile nationally out of the 2 million test takers of the ACT entrance exam. … If a 19 isn’t strong enough to get into your dream school, consider taking a test prep course to see if you can raise your score.
Can you get scholarships with a 27 ACT?
Non-residents with at least a 1340 SAT or 29 ACT and ranked in the top 10% of their class will receive a renewable scholarship.
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Celiac disease is an immune-mediated disorder triggered by ingestion of wheat gliadin and related proteins in genetically susceptible individuals. In addition to the characteristic enteropathy, celiac disease is associated with various extraintestinal manifestations, including neurologic complications such as neuropathy, ataxia, seizures, and neurobehavioral changes. The cause of the neurologic manifestations is unknown, but autoimmunity resulting from molecular mimicry between gliadin and nervous system proteins has been proposed to play a role. In this study, we sought to investigate the immune reactivity of the anti-gliadin Ab response toward neural proteins. We characterized the binding of affinity-purified anti-gliadin Abs from immunized animals to brain proteins by one- and two-dimensional gel electrophoresis, immunoblotting, and peptide mass mapping. The major immunoreactive protein was identified as synapsin I. Anti-gliadin Abs from patients with celiac disease also bound to the protein. Such cross-reactivity may provide clues into the pathogenic mechanism of the neurologic deficits that are associated with gluten sensitivity.
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Page created on September 29, 2018. Last updated on May 24, 2019 at 17:06
Circulatory shock is a circulatory disorder that’s caused by severely decreased tissue perfusion. It is a potentially life-threatening disorder because the tissue hypoperfusion results in defective supply of oxygen and nutrients and defective removal of waste-products, which damages the peripheral tissues and can lead to death.
The common clinical findings are:
- Cool skin
Unlike syncope is this hypoperfusion not improved by assuming supine position, and levels of consciousness is actually maintained until the very last stages.
There are four types of shock. Here are the most important causes of each type:
- Hypovolemic shock – loss of intravascular fluid
- Massive blood or fluid loss
- Distributive shock – redistribution of body fluids
- Acute pancreatitis
- Heat stroke
- Cardiogenic shock – inability of the heart to circulate blood
- Myocardial infarct
- Acute heart failure
- End-stage chronic heart failure
- Cardiac arrhythmias
- Obstructive shock
- Occlusion of large vessels, pulmonary embolism
This pathomechanism is for hypovolaemic shock, but it is similar for other types as well.
When a large amount of blood is lost the body wil increase the sympathetic activity to try to maintain the blood pressure. This causes tachycardia and vasoconstriction. If the blood loss is severe enough the tachycardia and vasoconstriction are ineffective in maintaining the blood pressure.
Recall that the diameter of the arteriole lumen is the main determinant of total peripheral resistance and therefore blood pressure. Due to the increased sympathetic activity the arterioles will be severely vasoconstricted. The low blood pressure and the severe constriction of arterioles decreases the amount of blood that reaches the capillaries, which causes generalized ischemia. This impaired microcirculation is fundamental in all types of shock, not just hypovolaemic shock.
Phases of shock
1. Reversible phase:
Due to arteriolar constriction is there not enough blood in the capillaries, so the capillary hydrostatic pressure is low. This causes fluid to be absorbed from the interstitium into the capillaries, which helps to maintain the blood pressure.
The skin is cool and pallor as there is vasoconstriction in the skin which shunts blood from the skin to the vital organs.
2. Compensated phase:
The little blood flow in the capillaries leads to hypoxia of the tissues. The products of hypoxic metabolism like lactate, CO2, adenosine and K+ will accumulate in the tissues. These products are vasodilators and cause precapillary sphincters to open. Little blood actually enters the capillaries due to the low blood pressure and still constricted arterioles. The circulation through the capillaries is very slow.
3. Progressive (refractory) phase:
The blood flow in the capillaries is so slow that blood stagnates and starts to clot, forming microthrombi. This is a condition called Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC). The microthrombi further impair circulation.
During this stage will there also be an accumulation of metabolic substances, lysosomal enzymes and osmotically active substances. Necrosis continues and the prognosis depends on the amount of microthrombi; the more microthrombi, the lower the chance for survival. The endothelium starts to take hypoxic damage.
4. Irreversible phase:
The irreversible phase starts when the endothelium is so damaged that causes plasma fluid starts to leave the blood and enter the interstitium. Plasma volume decreases further. At this point is there nothing can be done, and death is certain.
DIC accumulates in capillaries in all parenchymal organs. Blood volume and pressure is very low. The result of these vicious processes has reached a point where there is no recovery, multiple organ failure and death will follow.
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1 Our ambition: Support services that meet disabled people's needs
Support Services are designed and delivered to support all disabled people to live the life they choose, to have control, to make informed choices and to have support to communicate this when needed at every stage of their lives.
In the Scotland we want:
- Disabled people can participate as active citizens in all aspects of daily and public life.
- Support for independent living for disabled people of all ages, with increased say over how that support will be managed and provided.
- Delivery of high quality health, social care and third sector services, with services working together to remove the barriers faced by disabled people of all ages.
- Increased opportunities for disabled people to be fully involved in the design and delivery of services.
1. We will continue to support our transformational approach by investing in Self-directed Support. The Social Care (Self-directed Support) (Scotland) Act 2013 introduced a new approach which gives adults, children and carers more choice and control over how their care and support is delivered. Our ambition for Self-directed Support goes beyond services being person-centred: it is about true choice and control to enable everyone to have more control over their lives, with greater choice and opportunity.
2. We are working with local authorities, providers, disabled people and other partners to deliver reform to adult social care. This will consider the commissioning of residential care and the role of new models of care and support in home care. This will enable progress towards our aim to end 'time and task' based care and shift to care that focuses on achieving independent living for people who use social care services. In the summer of 2017 we will also consult on the terms of a future review of long-term care capacity. The voices and experiences of service users, including disabled people and the organisations that represent them, will be at the centre of these reforms and will shape planning and implementation and improve outcomes.
3. Building on the contribution of 'Our Shared Ambition for the future of social care support in Scotland' , we will continue to engage with disabled people and carers to develop a set of outcomes we wish to collectively achieve. This will include whether new models of delivery are required to achieve these outcomes within a challenging financial context.
4. We will work with COSLA and with disabled people and the organisations that represent them to identify ways of improving the portability of care packages where a disabled person moves between local authority areas.
5. Building on the successful establishment of the new Scottish Independent Living Fund ( ILF), through which we have safeguarded the support packages that Scottish disabled people were previously getting from the ILF towards meeting care and support costs after the scheme was scrapped by the UK Government, we will launch an ILF scheme for new users. On top of the £47.2 million a year for support of the scheme's 2,700 existing Scottish users, a further £5 million a year of new funding will be available. We are developing the new scheme in co-production with disabled people, carers, representative organisations and local authorities. The new users' fund will open within the next year, to make the right support available to allow disabled people to live a fuller, more rewarding life. This will include support to access social connections and opportunities which enable a life of meaning, purpose and belonging.
6. By spring 2018 we will have new National Health and Social Care Standards in place which put human rights, dignity, compassion and wellbeing at the heart of all health, social work and social care services across Scotland. The standards will focus on improving services and delivering person-led outcomes for all. This will make a material difference to how services for disabled people are delivered and assessed.
7. £3 million has been committed between 2015-2018 to fund the Active and Independent Living Improvement Programme which finds innovative ways to help disabled people lead healthy lives and stay in their own homes. The programme is focused on the contribution of Allied Health Professionals (including physiotherapists and occupational therapists) and in 2016-2018 it will prioritise work with children and young people, helping people get into or remain in work, supporting people with dementia, people who have musculoskeletal conditions, people who experience frailty and are at risk of falls, as well as supporting people with their overall health and wellbeing and anticipatory care.
8. The 'Our Voice' programme will support disabled people to engage purposefully at individual, community and national level to improve health and social care services (2016-2017).
9. Our 'Routes to Inclusion' project provided valuable feedback from disabled people about what is important to them, and how they want to be engaged. We will share the project findings with the Health and Social Care Joint Integration Boards to help them establish effective engagement with disabled people about their health and social care in their local areas.
10. We will commence the Carers Act on 1 April 2018 so that carers of disabled people and disabled people themselves will be better supported.
11. In December 2016, we will publish the next Mental Health Strategy which will set out our 10-year vision for transforming mental health in Scotland. The Strategy will be built around a lifespan: start well, live well, age well. Early intervention will be central, with a focus on child and adolescent mental health, and we will continue our emphasis on improving access to mental health services, so that people can 'ask once and get help fast'.
12. We will support the integration of mental and physical health treatment so that we achieve parity of esteem and reduce stigma. We have announced an additional £150 million for mental health services over five years, part of which will support access to mental health services.
13. We are committed to a review that will consider whether the provisions in the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) 2003 Act should cover people with learning disabilities and autism.
14. We will empower disabled people to know and claim their rights following the changes in the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 2015 by promoting independent advocacy and advance statements, alongside a rights-based approach in the statutory guidance on the use of mental health legislation to be in place in 2017.
15. We will work with disabled people and the organisations that represent them to develop changes to the Adults with Incapacity Act, in relation to deprivation of liberty, and to assess compliance with UNCRPD by 2018.
16. We will review policies on guardianship and consider circumstances in which supported decision making can be promoted.
Learning disabilities and autism
17. The 'Keys to Life', published in 2013, is a 10-year strategy to improve the quality of life for people with learning disabilities. With a £7.7 million investment we are improving learning disability services in Scotland. The strategy's implementation plan sets out four strategic outcomes which relate to the UNCRPD: 'A Healthy Life'; 'Choice and Control'; 'Independence'; and 'Active Citizenship'. The delivery of the Strategy is being taken forward with a wide range of partners in the statutory and third sectors and is focused on phased priorities targeted at each of the four outcomes. We will begin work early in 2017 to review progress and identify priorities for the next phase of implementation.
18. We will work across the Scottish Government to ensure we gather data on the services used to support those with learning disabilities to ensure the services they need are delivering the best outcomes to support independent living.
19. The Scottish Strategy for Autism is a 10-year strategy (2011-2021) that aims to improve access to integrated service provision, highlight good practice, and build capacity and awareness of autism in services to ensure people with autism are understood. We will begin work early in 2017 to identify gaps and priorities for 2017-2019.
20. We will work with schools, local authorities, health and social care partnerships, further and higher education institutions and employers to improve the lives of young disabled people. This includes points of transition into all levels of education - primary, secondary further and higher - education and employment. We will be mindful of young people who have faced structural inequalities and complex barriers that result in lack of employment. We will ensure that supports are in place so that they can live a life of equal participation, with the support they need. We will embed the Principles of Good Transitions, which have been endorsed by 30 multi-sector organisations in Scotland and prioritise person-centred, coordinated support.
21. We will take forward recommended solutions from the findings of the Complex Care project by March 2018. We will explore alternative solutions to out of area placements and delayed discharge for people with complex care needs. We will involve people with lived experience and their carers.
22. A National Framework for Families with Disabled Children and Young People will be produced and implemented to improve the outcomes of young disabled people and ensure they are getting the best provision and support possible. We will work closely with disabled children, young people, their families and the organisations that represent them in the development of the Framework. The timescale and format of the Framework will be informed by an engagement process taking place in early 2017 .
23. A local support and information network for parents of disabled children will be piloted from November 2016 to April 2017 and the learning materials for the pilot will be collated to demonstrate a model of parent engagement and participation that can be replicated throughout Scotland.
24. Our refreshed action plan on internet safety will be published by March 2017, which will fully consider the issues affecting disabled children in the online world. In addition to this, consideration will be given to how we can effectively address the issues affecting disabled adults online.
25. An enhanced learning and development framework for foster carers will support them to develop and enhance skills to care for all children, including disabled children, looked after in foster care.
26. The Student Award Agency Scotland ( SAAS) will work in partnership with disabled students and stakeholders to deliver an increasingly accessible application process, including improved advice and guidance, for all students with additional support needs, including disabled students.
27. From 2017 the Scottish Funding Council ( SFC) Outcome Agreement guidance will require colleges and universities to produce an Access and Inclusion Strategy that defines their inclusive practices and the impact this has on learners. As part of this work, SFC expect colleges to evidence how they use funds to support students with educational support needs, including disabled students, to ensure they have an equal chance of successfully completing their programme of study. This approach will gather outcomes by type of disability which will enable SFC to directly target interventions if required.
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- More than a billion dollars per annum allocated to mental health, alcohol and other drug services
- Record $306 million additional funding towards mental health services as part of the 2020-21 State Budget
- Key funding boosts to increasing accommodation and suicide prevention services
For the first time, more than a billion dollars per annum has been allocated to mental health, alcohol and other drug services for Western Australians.
The 2020-21 State Budget has allocated $1.013 billion to the Mental Health Commission to support services for all Western Australians, a 7.5 per cent increase from the last budget.
This includes $46.9 million for suicide prevention programs and initiatives. Suicide affects the whole community, and a whole-of-community approach is required to prevent it. The McGowan Government is committed to supporting the Western Australian community to reduce deaths by suicide. An important component is $9.77 million for Aboriginal regional suicide prevention plans in each region of WA, prioritising Aboriginal-led and locally endorsed initiatives.
Key initiatives from the McGowan Government's A Safe Place strategy have also been funded to deliver new community-based accommodation services:
- $25.1 million for a new 16-bed youth mental health, alcohol and other drug homelessness service in the Perth metropolitan area; and
- $24.5 million to establish a 20-bed adult community care unit, to provide high-level support and rehabilitation services in a home-like environment in the community.
During COVID-19, wellbeing was highlighted as an issue that is more important than ever.
As part of the McGowan Government's response to the pandemic funding has been allocated help support people already accessing mental health, alcohol and other drug services and help services adjust to the new environment, and maintain the infection control standards required during the pandemic.
An additional $62.8 million has been allocated for mental health hospital services in the public health system to manage demand, in addition to $24.4 million for the expansion of mental health facilities at Fremantle Hospital.
The McGowan Government is also upgrading vital alcohol and other drug support and treatment facilities throughout WA, which will provide local jobs, with $2.35 million over two years as part of the WA Recovery Plan. This includes the Next Step Drug and Alcohol Services, Midland Intervention Centre and community sobering up centres in Roebourne, Carnarvon, Wyndham, Halls Creek and Fitzroy Crossing
Since 2017, the McGowan Government has made substantial progress on the establishment of regional community mental health Step Up/Step Down services with $87.6 million in capital and operational funding committed up to 2023-24 and includes:
- Albany - opened November 2018;
- Bunbury - opened March 2020;
- Kalgoorlie - opening early 2021;
- Geraldton - opening early 2021; and
- Karratha - expected to open late 2021.
Other key mental health initiatives undertaken and progressed include:
- Established WA's State-wide Recovery College for mental health and wellbeing;
- $322.2 million to address methamphetamine issues in WA;
- $1.1 million for the establishment of a Great Southern Needle and Syringe Exchange Program;
- $14.7 million for an Alcohol and Other Drug Residential Rehabilitation and Treatment Service in the South-West;
- $27.1 million for the North West Drug and Alcohol Support Program to reduce the harm caused by alcohol and other drugs in the Mid-West, Pilbara and Kimberley;
- $9.77 million for Aboriginal regional suicide prevention plans in each region of WA, prioritising Aboriginal-led and locally endorsed initiatives that accommodate a culturally informed social and emotional wellbeing approach to suicide prevention;
- $1.85 million for upgrades to alcohol and other drug facilities in regional WA, including sobering up centres in Wyndham, Halls Creek and Fitzroy Crossing; and
- $914,000 to increase training for Aboriginal staff in Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) services.
Mental health, alcohol and other drug services in your local area can be found at http://www.myservices.org.au
Comments attributed to Mental Health Minister Roger Cook:
"This year, with the COVID-19 pandemic impacting all of us, mental health and wellbeing has become more important than ever and the McGowan Government is committed to ensuring people can access help and support when they need it.
"This is evident through our annual $1 billion investment - the biggest ever - into these services.
"Our message is clear, the network of hospitals and community services funded by the Mental Health Commission will be supported by this Government to provide mental health, alcohol and other drug support and treatment to all Western Australians, should they need it."
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Location: Hard Winter Wheat Genetics ResearchTitle: High resolution genome-wide association study identified genomic regions and candidate genes for important agronomic traits in wheat
|PANG, YUNLONG - Kansas State University|
|LIU, CHUNXIA - Kansas State University|
|WANG, DANFENG - Kansas State University|
|St Amand, Paul|
|LI, WENHUI - Shangdong Agricultural University|
|HE, FENG - Shangdong Agricultural University|
|LI, LINZHI - Yantai University|
|WANG, LIMING - Henan Institute Of Science And Technology|
|YUAN, XIUFANG - Shangdong Agricultural University|
Submitted to: Molecular Plant
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 7/17/2020
Publication Date: 7/20/2020
Citation: Pang, Y., Liu, C., Wang, D., St Amand, P.C., Bernardo, A.E., Li, W., He, F., Li, L., Wang, L., Yuan, X., Bai, G., et al. 2020. High resolution genome-wide association study identified genomic regions and candidate genes for important agronomic traits in wheat. Molecular Plant. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molp.2020.07.008.
Interpretive Summary: Understanding the genetics of important agronomic traits is essential for improvement of wheat cultivars. We conducted a genome-wide association study (GWAS) using 768 wheat cultivars and more than 300,000 DNA markers. We detected 395 quantitative trait loci (QTLs) for 12 important wheat traits. Among them, 273 QTL regions were precisely mapped to relatively short chromosome regions. Eight candidate genes were identified in three QTL regions for enhanced spike seed-setting and grain size. Protein sequence analysis identified 33 putative wheat genes that have high identity with rice genes affecting similar traits. Large GWAS population size and high marker density greatly improved detection and identification of candidate genes underlying a QTL.
Technical Abstract: Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is a major staple food crop worldwide. Genetic dissection of important agronomic traits is essential for continuous improvement of wheat yield to meet the demand of the world’s growing population. We conducted a large-scale genome-wide association study (GWAS) using a panel of 768 wheat cultivars that were genotyped with 327,609 single nucleotide polymorphisms generated by genotyping-by-sequencing and detected 395 quantitative trait loci (QTL) for 12 traits under seven environments. Among them, 273 QTL were delimited to = 1.0 Mb intervals and seven of them are either known genes (Rht-D, Vrn-B1 and Vrn-D1) that have been cloned or known QTL (TaGA2ox8, APO1, TaSus1-7B, Rht12) that were previously mapped. Eight putative candidate genes were identified for three QTL that enhance spike seed-setting and grain size using gene expression data and were validated in three bi-parental populations. Protein sequence analysis identified 33 putative wheat orthologs that have high identity with rice genes affecting similar traits in other QTL. Large r2 values for additive effects observed among the QTL for most traits indicated that the phenotypes of these identified QTL were highly predictable. Results from this study demonstrated that significantly increasing GWAS population size and marker density greatly improves detection and identification of candidate genes underlying a QTL, solidifying the foundation of large-scale QTL fine mapping, candidate gene validation, and developing functional markers for genomics-based breeding in wheat.
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The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) of Ghana has resolved to ban the import and sale of cosmetic products which include the skin bleaching ingredient hydroquinone, starting out from August 2016. Cote d’Ivoire first led the charge to tackle skin bleaching in Africa by banning the practice within their country.
The Ghanaian Food and Drug Authority said the decision was part of a directive from the state’s Standard Authority which is attempting to deter users of the cancer-causing chemical within the Ghanaian market.
FDA spokesperson James Lartey who confirmed the ban on the importation of skin bleaching products to news media said all products containing hydroquinone will not be allowed into the country from August of that year.
The issue of colourism which refers to the preference of lighter skin over dark skin has since taken hold even in Africa. Over 70% of women use skin lightening products in parts of Africa and the World Health Organisation has banned active ingredients of skin lighteners – hydroquinone and mercury from being used in any unregulated skin products.
To that end, the use of hydroquinone products has been banned in the United States, Japan, Australia and the European Union, putting Ghana in a very good company. Many people continue to laud the news of Ghana’s decision on social media but some others question the point of the government’s decision to intervene in what they consider a private matter.
The use of skin bleaching products cannot be categorized as private, however, because the chemical, cancer-causing elements contained in most of those products are detrimental to the health of the individual and therefore lead up to public health concerns.
In case you are still adamant on using bleaching cream, you may need to get some education, see what you are doing or about to do to yourself before you continue.
Ingredients In Skin Bleaching Products
Almost all bleaching products contain either of these three active ingredients – namely Mercury, Hydroquinone or various corticosteroids. Hydroquinone is a toxic compound easily available in 2% concentrations for cosmetic use and up to 4% or more with a physician prescription.
Hydroquinone is found in a majority of hair dyes, it is used in black and white film and its processing, it is also used in the manufacturing of rubber. Hydroquinone is not actually that bad as it is very effective in treating hyperpigmentation issues but studies have also shown that it has some carcinogenic effects when applied to the skin.
Mercury is another toxic chemical that is readily absorbed by the human body. It is often used in various skin lightening products as plain mercury, mercuric, mercurio, calomel or mercurous chloride.
A vast majority of the skin-lightening products also contain significant amounts of corticosteroids.
Dangers Of These Ingredients
- Hydroquinone reduces the production of melanin in your skin and when used for a long time can cause exogenous ochronosis (blue-black dark patches on certain areas of the skin). it can also damage the pigment cells
- It makes the skin more sensitive to the UV rays of the sun. This makes the users of skin lightening products more prone to serious sunburns and skin cancers.
- Hydroquinone also known as mutagenic is said to significantly increase the risk of diseases such as adrenal dysfunction, liver diseases and has also been connected to various thyroid disorders.
- Research has also shown that Hydroquinone has clear carcinogenic properties and is known to cause leukaemia in mice and other animals.
- Mercury-based skin lightening products can cause serious skin discolouration and hyperpigmentation along with severe scarring
- Prolonged use of mercury-based products can also affect the systemic health in that it is closely associated with psychosis, depression and kidney dysfunction.
- High-doses of corticosteroids slows down the skin cell regeneration leading to a thinning of the topmost layer of the skin or the epidermis. This makes people who use skin bleaching products more susceptible to sun damage and various pigmentation issues, it can also lead to the increased visibility of the green/blue veins of the body.
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The patient fell off his motorbike going over the handle bars and his hand got caught in the chain and back sprocket, causing severe injury to his index finger. Replantation was unfortunately not an option and stump formation was performed. Management of finger amputations varies in relation to the number of fingers amputated, the phalangeal level at which the amputation has occurred and the integrity of the soft tissue remaining. If the amputation is extensive, the detached extremity is preserved under sterile and moist condition for a possible replantation. A soft tissue graft taken from other body parts may be required in case of abundant tissue loss. The goal of surgery is to create a suitable anatomy to eventually fit a finger prosthesis if replantation is not possible.
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- French holidays: 9AM > 11:30AM or 11:45AM > 2:15PM or 2:30PM > 5PM
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Skiing lessons from 5 to 7 years old
The lessons are given in small friendly groups of no more than 6 children, in a safe and fully equipped area. Our lessons are designed to respect their pace. Our teaching is based on having fun so skiing comes naturally.
If your children have never skied before, they can make their first turns with us in a safe environment. The small groups will allow your child to learn better and quicker, so that, before you know, they will be able to explore the mountains with you.
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The Design Studio offers workshops in a variety of technical areas and tech topics for students as well community members interested in working on their entrepreneurial and passion projects. Our goal is to empower our community to make and innovate, and that usually starts with learning new skills.
From Computer Aided Design (CAD) to software development to digital fabrication, we offer workshops for all types of users, whether you’re pursuing a diploma, bachelor’s or just a STEM enthusiast from the community. Some users are seeking to become experts in design and others are looking for skills they can use to amplify impact in their field of study. Our project-based and experiential workshops are organized into series where users can participate in continuous workshops string together to get a deep dive in a specific skill, or just participate in a once-off workshop that most interest you.
Check out our calendar below to see our workshop schedule, or browse our different series to get an understanding of continuous workshops put together to focus on a specific skill
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Your mineral useful resource is an build up of natural materials through or over the earth's brown crust area. Accurately finding out the limitations of this learning resource requires examining the geology via mapping, geophysics and conducting geochemical or intensive geophysical testing of the floor and subsurface. Drilling is conducted directly being a mechanism pertaining to surveying content composition, which includes calculation of recoverable sum of drinking at the grade and quality, and determining the worth on the mineral reference.
In system, when a volume of data things can be obtained by just sampling and experimentation, it will be easier to construct a function that meticulously fits those data things. Fortunately, numerical techniques exist that can be used on the appraisal of a celebration over the assortment covered by some points (as in main drill samples), at which the function's principles are regarded. Interpolation may be the process of getting unknown prices where the simplest method requires knowledge of two point's frequent rate of change. In particular, any action y = f(x) where process of calculating any importance of y, for any more advanced value in x, is termed interpolation.
One technique of estimating missing principles is by using the "Lagrange interpolation polynomial". Inside the simplest form the degree of the polynomial is certainly equal to the volume of supplied items minus 1 . Basically, you will discover three statistical algorithms trusted to compute Lagrange interpolation: Newton's formula, Nevilles's criteria and a direct Lagrange solution. The modus operandi of choice can vary based on efficiency characteristics that include number of sample points, complication and amount of estimation from numerical glitches.
Another frequently used method of interpolation is the "Bulirsch-Stoer interpolation". This method uses a rational function, that may be, a dispute of two polynomials, like R(x) = P(x) as well as Q(x). The extrapolation in numerical the usage is superior to using polynomial functions considering that rational features are able to estimate functions with sample things rather good (compared to polynomial functions), given that you will discover enough higher-power terms inside the denominator to account for near by sample details. This type of party can have remarkable reliability.
The "Cubic Spline interpolation" is also intensely used in gold mining reserve opinion. In statistical analysis, the spline interpolation is a form of interpolation using a special type from piecewise polynomial called a spline. This method provides a great deal of smoothness for interpolations with considerably varying data. As a matter of fact, back many years ago people drew smooth figure by sticking nails on the location of computed factors and inserting flat groups of metallic between the fingernails or toenails. The rings were then simply used since rulers to draw the specified curve. The bands of metal were known as splines, which can be where the brand of this interpolation algorithm comes from.
With unique types of interpolation techniques readily available, which approach to choose? there exists often interpolation formula
choosing amongst these codes and there are indeed many ways to skin a cat. One generally accepted collection criteria draws on the number of tune points where cubic spline algorithm might be preferable you should definitely enough selecting points can be purchased. If a celebration is hard to reproduce then your Bulirsch-Stoer interpolation may be suitable. Lagrange interpolation is useful every time medium to large number of group points can be obtained.
The above signifies a first part of mining reserve estimation. Several other tasks supports minimizing evaluation errors, computing optimal sampling distances, mass grade estimates, contour mapping, estimation of the size of the recovery place are also section of the process of preserve estimation. Every single task contains a numerical choice and methods are available to compute success.
Mineral such as in general is the process taken on in the undertaking of finding commercially viable concentrations of ore to mine at a profit. In our process reserve estimation is mostly a much more intensive, organized and efficient form of mineral such as. The use of utilized mathematics interpolation algorithms on mining source estimation offers the industry with computer expertise, reduced labor intensive tasks to manageable products, and alternatives which also would be really hard to accomplish.
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Former prisoners are helping former prisoners break in to college courses. The Urban Scholars Union is a relatively new organization created by ex-cons for ex-cons looking to better themselves through education.
USU’s President Cesar Garcia said they started 18 months ago at San Diego City College to help “justice impacted” students succeed.
“[We want to] empower them and motivate them to be productive members of society,” said Garcia.
“We’re not monsters that they make us out to feel and make us out to be,” said San Diego City College student Ryan Rising. “We’re humans that made poor choices.”
Rising spent 15 years behind bars for carjacking and attempted extortion but will matriculate to Cal Berkley on a scholarship after earning his Associate’s at City.
“I’m super proud of myself,” he said.
Garcia, who served seven years for a list of crimes, said the USU provides a space for former prisoners to get help, guidance, and support.
The organization recently expanded to Southwestern College and is working on helping students at Mesa and Grossmont Colleges.
USU also recently received its largest donation to date. Current prisoners at Donovan Correctional in Otay Mesa donated $2,000 to USU for scholarships and grants for former prisoners.
“It just goes to show you how we do look out for each other,” said Garcia.
“We just need go out and advocate to erase all these stigmas,” said Rising.
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Cube: F=6 V=8 E=12 6+8=12+2 14=14
Work Step by Step
Count the faces, vertices, and edges in a regular polyhedron, I used a cube. Then, apply Euler's equation (V+F=E+2).
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From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :
Prelims level : SEATO and SENTO
Mains level : Paper 2- India-Pak relations
The article explains evolution of Pakistan’s approach towards forming alliances and maintaining strategic autonomy against the backdrop of U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.
New dynamic Pakistan has to face
- As the US withdraws its troops from Afghanistan, Pakistan is eager to build a relationship with Washington that is not tied to US stakes in Afghanistan.
- Pakistan does not want to be totally alienated from U.S. in the new geopolitical jousting between the US and China.
- How Pakistan copes with the new dynamic between the US and China as well as manages the deepening crisis in Afghanistan would be of great interest to India.
Striking the balance between autonomy and alliance
- Autonomy is about the basic impulse for enhancing the degree of one’s freedom.
- Alliances are about coping with real or perceived threats to one’s security.
- Both are natural trends in international politics.
- Joining an alliance does not mean ceding one’s sovereignty.
- Within every alliance, there is a perennial tension between seeking more commitments from the partner in return for limiting one’s own.
Explaining Pakistan’s approach to alliances
- Pakistan’s insecurities in relation to India meant it was eager for alliances.
- And as the Anglo-Americans scouted for partners in the crusade against global communism, Pakistan signed a bilateral security treaty with the US and joined the South East Asia Treaty Organisation and Central Treaty Organisation in the mid-1950s.
- Rather than target Pakistan’s alliance with a West that was intensely hostile to Beijing in the 1950s, Chinese premier Zhou Enlai saw room to exploit Pakistan’s insecurities on India.
- While Pakistan’s ties with the US went up and down, its relationship with China has seen steady expansion.
- Pakistan’s relations with the US flourished after the Soviet Union sent its troops into Afghanistan at the end of 1979.
- The US and Pakistan reconnected in 2001 as Washington sought physical access and intelligence support to sustain its intervention in Afghanistan following the attacks on September 11.
- Now the US wants Pakistan to persuade the Taliban to accept a peaceful transition to a new political order in Afghanistan.
Pakistan’s ability to adapt to shifting geopolitical trends
- Pakistan worries that its leverage in U.S. will diminish once the US turns its back on Afghanistan and towards the Indo-Pacific.
- Pakistan does not want to get in the Indo-Pacific crossfire between the US and China.
- It would also like to dent India’s growing importance in America’s Indo-Pacific strategy.
- India should not underestimate Pakistan’s agency in adapting to the shifting global currents.
- Pakistan has been good at using its great power alliances to its own benefit.
Three problems that complicates Pakistan’s strategic autonomy
- 1) Relative economic decline: Pakistan’s expected aggregate GDP at around $300 billion in 2021 is 10 times smaller than India’s.
- 2) Obsession with Kashmir: Pakistan’s enduring obsessions with separating Kashmir from India, and extending its political sway over Afghanistan; both look elusive despite massive political investments by the Pakistan army.
- Unsurprisingly, there is a recognition that Pakistan needs reorientation — from geopolitics to geoeconomics and permanent war with neighbours to peace of some sorts.
- 3) Using religion as political instrument: Turning Islam into a political instrument and empowering religious extremism seemed clever a few decades ago.
- However, today those forces have acquired a life of their own and severely constrain the capacity of the Pakistani state to build internal coherence and widen international options.
It will be unwise to rule out Pakistan’s positive reinvention; no country has a bigger stake in it than India. For now, though, Pakistan offers a cautionary tale on the dangers of squandering a nation’s strategic advantages — including a critical geopolitical location that it had inherited and the powerful partnerships that came its way.
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No discussion about American music can be complete without a discussion about Memphis. Memphis is, hands-down, home to much of what we know as modern American music. Soul, gospel, rhythm and blues, rock ‘n’ roll, and other genres of music all have their roots in the city. Three specific landmarks exist in the city as a tribute to Memphis music history heritage: the Blues Hall of Fame (421 S. Main Street); Rock and Soul Museum (191 Beale Street); and the Stax Museum of American Soul Music, at 926 E. McLemore Avenue at the site of the original Stax Records.
The Memphis Music History is as old as the city itself. At the beginning of the last century, Memphis was a convergence of African-American commerce and culture. Traditional spirituals handed down from generations of enslaved blacks to free people became the foundation for the blues and artists like W.C. Handy. Handy is often called the “Father of the Blues,” having brought his band to Memphis in 1909 to play in the clubs on Beale Street to showcase this distinctive style of music.
The genres (and artists) of Memphis
Memphis is host to many who have come through the city to play Beale Street or make their mark in “Bluff City.” Along with Handy and the blues came the introduction of the electric guitar in 1945 (after World War II) and with it, the advent of a newer form of music called rock ‘n’ roll. Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, Roy Orbison, Johnny Cash and others recorded tracks in the famous studios of Memphis and further solidified the city’s influence on the music of this country.
Sun Studio and Stax Records
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Two of the best locations to visit Memphis Music History are Sun Studio and Stax Records
Sun Studio, located at 706 Union Avenue, was started by one of the fathers of rock ‘n’ roll, Sam Phillips, in 1950. It was the commingling of the Memphis Recording Service and Sun Records that formed Sun Studio, and until 1969, it was the producer of acts and artists such as B.B. King, Ike Turner, Jerry Lee Lewis and of course, the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll, Elvis Presley. The studio’s claim to fame is that it is where the first rock ‘n’ roll record was produced: “Rocket 88,” in April 1951.
Stax Records was born in 1957. The original Stax was named Satellite Records until it changed its name to Stax in 1961. The company brought to the forefront American and Memphis soul, as well as gospel, funk and the “Delta” blues. Its most famous act was Otis Redding, and after his death in 1967, the studio struggled to stay in competition with Detroit’s Motown.
The music of Memphis has evolved from its long, rich history. The legends of the past have created a legacy that newer artists can only hope to imitate but never really duplicate. A walk along Beale Street should invoke the memory of the great musicians who have come to and played in Memphis. It is also a great place to connect with the city’s musical past, present and future!
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Sea ice in the coastal regions of the Arctic may be thinning up to twice as fast as previously thought, according to a new modeling study led by University College London (UCL) researchers.
Sea ice thickness is inferred by measuring the height of the ice above the water, and this measurement is distorted by snow weighing the ice floe down. Scientists adjust for this using a map of snow depth in the Arctic that is decades out of date and does not account for climate change.
In the new study, published in the journal The Cryosphere, researchers swapped this map for the results of a new computer model designed to estimate snow depth as it varies year to year, and concluded that sea ice in key coastal regions was thinning at a rate that was 70% to 100% faster than previously thought.
Robbie Mallett (UCL Earth Sciences), the PhD student who led the study, said: “The thickness of sea ice is a sensitive indicator of the health of the Arctic. It is important as thicker ice acts as an insulating blanket, stopping the ocean from warming up the atmosphere in winter, and protecting the ocean from the sunshine in summer. Thinner ice is also less likely to survive during the Arctic summer melt.”
“Previous calculations of sea ice thickness are based on a snow map last updated 20 years ago. Because sea ice has begun forming later and later in the year, the snow on top has less time to accumulate. Our calculations account for this declining snow depth for the first time, and suggest the sea ice is thinning faster than we thought.”
Co-author Professor Julienne Stroeve (UCL Earth Sciences) said: “There are a number of uncertainties in measuring sea ice thickness but we believe our new calculations are a major step forward in terms of more accurately interpreting the data we have from satellites.
“We hope this work can be used to better assess the performance of climate models that forecast the effects of long-term climate change in the Arctic – a region that is warming at three times the global rate, and whose millions of square kilometers of ice are essential for keeping the planet cool.”
To calculate sea ice thickness researchers used radar from the European Space Agency’s CryoSat-2 satellite. By timing how long it takes for radar waves to bounce back from the ice, they can calculate the height of the ice above the water, from which they can infer the ice’s total thickness.
In the new study, researchers used a novel snow model previously developed by researchers at UCL and Colorado State University, SnowModel-LG, which calculates snow depth and density using inputs such as air temperature, snowfall, and ice motion data to track how much snow accumulates on sea ice as it moves around the Arctic Ocean. By combining the results of the snow model with satellite radar observations, they then estimated the overall rate of decline of sea ice thickness in the Arctic, as well as the variability of sea ice thickness from year to year.
They found that the rate of decline in the three coastal seas of Laptev, Kara, and Chukchi seas increased by 70%, 98%, and 110% respectively, when compared to earlier calculations. They also found that, across all seven coastal seas, the variability in sea ice thickness from year to year increased by 58%.
Sea ice in the coastal seas typically varies from half a meter to two meters thick. Increasingly, the ice in this region is not surviving the summer melt. The faster thinning of sea ice in the coastal Arctic seas has implications for human activity in the region, both in terms of shipping along the Northern Sea Route for a larger part of the year, as well as the extraction of resources from the sea floor such as oil, gas and minerals.
Mallett said: “More ships following the route around Siberia would reduce the fuel and carbon emissions necessary to move goods around the world, particularly between China and Europe. However, it also raises the risk of fuel spillages in the Arctic, the consequences of which could be dire. The thinning of coastal sea ice is also worrying for indigenous communities, as it leaves settlements on the coast increasingly exposed to strong weather and wave action from the emerging ocean.”
Mallett, Professor Stroeve and co-author Dr Michel Tsamados (UCL Earth Sciences) spent several weeks investigating snow and ice in the Arctic onboard the German research vessel Polarstern, which explored the central Arctic Ocean in 2019 and 2020.
Reference: “Faster decline and higher variability in the sea ice thickness of the marginal Arctic seas when accounting for dynamic snow cover” by Mallett, R. D. C., Stroeve, J. C., Tsamados, M., Landy, J. C., Willatt, R., Nandan, V., and Liston, G. E, 4 June 2021, The Cryosphere.
The study was funded by the UK’s Natural Environment Research Council, the European Space Agency (ESA), and the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
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Truly appreciate the things your company does. It truly helps people with certain deadlines and a hectic life they have.
Paper to Review: Mullet, H. G., & Marsh, E. J. (2016). Correcting false memories: Errors must be noticed and replaced. Memory & Cognition, 44, 403–412.
The “effective-learning” assignment will test your ability to think, generate hypotheses, and, in general, apply psychological science. The task will be to read a paper referenced in the “A guide to Effective Studying and Learning” by Matthew G. Rhodes, Anne M. Cleary, & Edward L. DeLosh. Then you will write a brief (about 400 words) summary of the paper. In this summary, outline what the hypotheses were, what the methodology was, what the results were, and what are the implications of these results. You will then write an additional analysis (about 200 words) about how one could take the results of that study and use it to improve the efficiency of their own learning. In this second section, consider what the data show and how learners can apply those results to make themselves better learners. Think about this last section as a “letter to grandma” in which you explain how a particular memory/learning technique can be incorporated into your own learning. This section should be in simple language that anyone can understand.
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This requires the support of all coffee shops, manufacturers, waste companies, local authorities and customers to each take responsibility in order to have an impact on this global issue.
Our paper cups come from card made of sustainable wood pulp from Northern Europe and our cups are recyclable.
Puccino’s sites are generally located at travel locations, at the start of our customers’ journeys which presents a challenge in how our cups can be recovered. We anticipate that one day recovery will become more readily available, but until that time we work with our industry partners to make use of all coffee companies stores where any Brands coffee cups are welcome to be left where they will be recovered for recycling.
We continue to support and work with the innovators in this sector who manufacture our cups and we continue to remain open to sustainable changes.
This is an important topic for everyone, and we are no exception. As a business we will not be reactionary in change as this does not help tackle the issue. Instead we have developed a sustainability strategy where we will continue to explore the changes the industry, public and of course we need to make. Our commitment is to be 100% material responsible for every product we handle by 2025. This will be achieved through a planned approach of reducing single use plastic (SUP), reuse and recycling.
Our water bottles are PET which can be recycled back into bottles, roads and other functional products. We continue to reduce where possible other plastic products such as cutlery which we have changed to a sustainable wooden product and straws which have moved over to paper.
Our Supply chain policy for offsite prepared products requires all suppliers to work towards decreasing their impact on the environment. It may not be feasible for 100% of products to move away from plastic so we offer the option to donate to the charity Social Plastic for each product sold.
The Social Plastic Foundation is a charity established to support, enhance & grow the world’s Social Plastic recycling ecosystems. These are recycling communities in developing regions that utilise The Plastic Bank’s recycling reward & incentive platform to improve livelihoods while preventing ocean plastic.
Did you know that used coffee grounds can be used to help fertilise your garden plants? All of our locations offer a free coffee grounds collection service.
What to do? Bring in a reusable container at the start of your day and on your return journey pop in to collect your container. Ground used coffee is also a great deterrent for slugs and snails.
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BREAK DOWN OR BREAK THROUGH
The world is breaking, down or open, or both. We stand at a major bifurcation point, like never before seen in our human story. It is an inner and outer breaking point, a point of maximum stress (for that is what "bifurcation point" actually means). A point when we the "system" (whichever system we're talking about, it could be a physical thing like a piece of metal or a psychological thing like the ego-mind or a biological thing like a cellular organism or a collective thing like a species) is under severe pressure to evolve.
But this evolution is not guaranteed. The system could totally break down and devolve. It could collapse into insanity or chaos. It could fall into further unconsciousness, fear and hysteria. It could only barely survive. Or it could start the process of breakdown and at the critical point break through to a new level.
Each of us holds this bifurcation point within. And each of us is called to listen from a deeper place to what is demanded by the reflection of the outer world. Do we continue to operate from a divided state, a state of fear and panic and noisy narratives that lock us into armored perspectives and narrow pedestals? Or do we open so wide that we can hold the totality of the mess, the loss, the grief, the horror and the agony in that openness, and then remain as this openness come what may? Can we truly take up the invitation for an inner revolution of consciousness?
Today, my heart weeps for those whose lives are torn apart by ruthless acts that strip them of true sovereignty. Today, a well of sorrow for the insanity that floods humanity and keeps on coming. Today, a whisper of light on the horizon of darkness as the potential for transformation and evolution beckons.
May we each rise up in our deep hearts and remember who we really are. And live as that, in the face of all that comes.
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ArcelorMittal Europe outlines plans for 30% carbon reduction by 2030
Steel and mining giant ArcelorMittal Europe has announced plans for a CO2 roadmap to reduce its total emissions by 30% by 2030.
The target for ArcelorMittal Europe builds on its commitment to be carbon-neutral across its European operations by 2050, made in May 2019.
The firm’s new strategy outlines three pathways to the reduction, including using clean power steelmaking, circular carbon steelmaking and carbon capture and storage (CCS).
ArcelorMittal Europe said the strategy was made in support of the European Commission’s Green Deal for the continent which was unveiled at COP25 in Madrid last week.
It said in a statement that “supportive policy to ensure a global level playing field” was key to the success of the roadmap and “the right market mechanisms are a critical part of enabling the deployment of low-emissions steelmaking”. This includes a just transition fund for research and development into green technologies, and a carbon border adjustment to the existing EU Emissions Trading System.
ArcelorMittal Europe has already begun work on its carbon neutrality programme. It has invested €65m in reducing iron ore with hydrogen at its Hamburg site; undertaken an industrial pilot of using waste CO2 to be reinjected back into the blast furnace, reducing fossil fuels; and a waste gas capturing project that converts produce from the blast furnace and turns it into bio-ethanol.
Additionally, construction of a carbon capture and storage pilot project, 3D, will begin at ArcelorMittal Dunkirk in 2020, and will be able to capture 0.5mtCO2 an hour from steelmaking gases by 2021.
ArcelorMittal Europe’s chief executive Geert Van Poelvoorde said: “We are committed to the decarbonization of the steel industry, in line with the objectives of the Paris Agreement and the European Union’s commitment to net-zero by 2050 as announced in the Green Deal this week.
“We’ve spent the last few years testing a range of technologies and now is the time to scale up and put them into action, with the support of the EU and member states, to ensure we are able to fully decarbonise.”
The news follows on from global metal and engineering group Liberty House’s plans to have carbon-neutral operations by 2030. In order to achieve carbon neutrality, the firm is producing steel using renewable energy and placing a focus on recycling scrap over using virgin materials.
A report by CDP this summer claimed the global steel sector is facing a vicious cocktail of climate impacts that could see water scarcity, global warming and an increased carbon price place more than 10% of the sector’s economic value at risk.
Failure to mitigate climate impacts and deliver a low-carbon future will have huge impacts on the future performance of the sector, according to the report. CDP found that 14% of the companies’ potential value is at risk as a result. This occurs in a scenario where a global carbon price reaches $100 by 2040; approximately 86% of the sector’s Scope 1 and 2 emissions are covered by existing or planned carbon prices that are much lower than this value.
The report also highlights how four companies (ArcelorMittal, Baoshan Iron & Steel, Beijing Shougang and Inner Mongolia Baotou Steel) have partnered with Lanzatech, a firm which recycles industrial waste gases and other waste streams into ethanol-based aviation fuel. The fuel is already being used by airlines such as Virgin Atlantic, which has already been trialled on commercial flights.
© Faversham House Ltd 2022 edie news articles may be copied or forwarded for individual use only. No other reproduction or distribution is permitted without prior written consent.
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An academic journal is a written periodical print where scholarship related to a certain academic field is published. Academic journals are open and permanent platforms that allow for criticism, scrutiny, and expression of research on any subject. They are usually peer-reviewed or accepted by other academics. Academic journals are also called scholarly publications or academic treatises. Based on the editors’ preferences, the journal’s scope can be very wide or very narrow.
Journal is one of the words that are often used interchangeably with academic documents. Journal usually refers to scientific, philosophical, or literary works that address the scientific world and its challenges. The term “journal” refers to written texts that are published to further research and research in a field or to teach, scholarship, and research.
Journals can be divided into two types: business journal and scientific journals. A business journal is mostly concerned with business events and trends, practices, management issues including pricing, sales, marketing, supply chain and financing. A scientific journal, however, is concerned with scientific discoveries or research works. Scientific journals are usually peer-reviewed and are accepted by other scientists.
Recent research has revealed that accounting Journal has a substantial influence on scientific papers being accepted for scientific research publishing. Accounting Journal is considered a gatekeeper for science publishing. Accounting Journal has witnessed a significant decrease in the number of scientific journals that have been published over time. One reason is that most of the accounting Journal articles aren’t relevant to accounting, and the article approval process of Journal is a challenge.
A new trend is for businesses to submit their own journal entries for their accounting. This leads to an increase in the amount of new entries to the accounting Journal. Some companies use the Journal as their platform for internal communication. The Journal has seen a significant increase in pages that contain financial transactions over time. The majority of financial transaction data are retrieved from the internal accounting system of the company. However, some companies may require access to the internal bank records in order to get the information from the financial transaction information.
Companies must make their own journal entries for many reasons. Journal entries help the management of the company to keep track of its expenses and activities. Journal entries can also be used to record accounting transactions as well as auditing for auditing purposes. These journal entries are used to ensure that there aren’t errors in recording financial transactions for tax reasons.
This system for journaling has an advantage over the traditional ledger system in that journal entries can be converted into electronic format using accounting software. The journal can be converted into electronic format by using accounting software. This will ensure that the journal is accurate and free from mistakes. The converted data can be supplied to auditors and the results of the audit can be compared with the original data without problems. If there is a difference between the recorded and converted data auditors are able to easily figure out the difference and find out whether the recorded data should be revised or updated. Journaling is a great way to keep the track of accounting transactions within the company.
As the size of an organization expands, it becomes very difficult to maintain the daily diary entries. Due to this, the pages of journals will increase as the business’s growth. Therefore, when creating journals for a business, it is best to keep a note that a journal entry will increase the size of the journal, and so it should be created in conjunction with the growth in size of the business. In addition, when writing the journal entry , it is advisable to remember that the journal entry should not include entries made in the general ledger. If any of the general ledgers is missing from journal entries, it will not be possible for the month to be an entry in the journal.
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Clutch schedule for an eight-speed transmission
Simscape / Driveline / Transmissions
The 8-Speed block consists of four planetary gear sets and five clutches. The base shaft connects to the:
Planet gear carrier of the second planetary gear
Other gears through three clutches that determine the power flow path.
The follower shaft connects to the planet gear carrier of the first and fourth planetary gears. The other two clutches serve as brakes, grounding various gears of planetary sets two and three to the transmission housing.
This diagram shows an eight-speed transmission. The labels for the gear components are superimposed on the input and output gears. The table lists the gear and clutch components that are labeled in the diagram.
|P.G.1–P.G.4||Planetary gears, 1–4|
|C||Planet gear carrier|
|C–E||Forward clutches that control the power flow path|
|A–B||Forward, braking clutches|
Drive Ratios, Clutch Schedule, and Power Flow
The drive ratio between the transmission input and output shafts follows from the elementary gear ratios specified for the gear blocks. The elementary gear ratios are
NRx is the number of teeth in the planetary ring gear x, where x = 1, 2, 3, and 4.
NSx is the number of teeth in the planetary sun gear x, where x = 1, 2, 3, and 4.
The table shows the clutch schedule, drive-ratio expressions, drive-ratio default values, and the power-flow diagrams for each gear of the 8-Speed block. The schedule and gear ratios are based on the manufacturer data for the GM 8L90 eight-speed automatic transmission.
The letters in the clutch schedule columns denote the brakes and clutches. A value
1 denotes a locked state and a value of
an unlocked state. The clutch schedule generates these signals based on the Gear
port input signal. The signals are scaled through a Gain block and used as actuation
inputs in the clutch blocks.
The power-flow diagrams show the power flow paths between input and output shafts for each gear setting. Power flow is shown in orange. Connections to the transmission housing (a mechanical ground) are shown in black.
|Gear||Clutch Schedule||Drive Ratio Equation||Default Ratio||Power Flow|
Gear — Numerical input for the gear
Specify -1 for reverse, 0 for neutral, and 1–8 for the forward gears.
B — Base interface
Conserving port associated with the base shaft.
F — Follower interface
Conserving port associated with the follower shaft.
Initial gear — Gear state at the beginning of simulation
Neutral (default) |
Sets the initial engagement or disengagement of the clutches using the clutch schedule. When the transmission is in neutral, there is no power flow from the base shaft to the follower shaft.
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City of Takoma Park Receives Community Change Grant from America Walks
Takoma Park, MD – City of Takoma Park is honored to receive one of the 19 Community Change Grants awarded by America Walks for use in 2020. The program, now in its fifth year and supported by organizations such as the Centers for Disease Control, Lyft, the National Center on Health, Physical Activity, and Disability (NCHPAD), Oregon Walks, and WalkBoston, provides funds that support grassroots efforts aimed at creating safe, accessible, and enjoyable places to walk and move. Read the entire Press Release here.
Takoma Park Safe Routes to School envisions a one mile themed sensory/fitness route titled “Walk in Someone Else’s Shoes.” The route intersects with two elementary schools and one middle school, Takoma Park Community Center and Library and Takoma-Piney Branch Local Park. Students, teachers, and parents can begin the route at any point to enjoy a 15-30 minute walk enhanced with fitness activities and themed exercises. Pavement markings will be stenciled with paint or pre-made decals.
The proposed messaging will relate to inclusion, mindfulness, and kindness while the fitness prompts to engage the walkers in bursts of activity.
- For example, users may be prompted to do five jumping jacks and with each one say something kind about someone.
Students today, especially in Takoma Park, have the advantage of growing up in an era marked with;
- increased tolerance,
- acceptance, and
- understanding of differences in race, gender, or ability.
However, we still struggle as a nation to address equity. The themed-route, “Walk in Someone Else’s Shoes,” provides a safe space for dialogue and exploration of these issues. Using the route together as a class, family, or group of friends gives walkers a break from the routine and a time to move forward, both physically and emotionally. The planned route is ADA compliant.
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Opposing dictators and imperialism
In the fight for national self-determination, Marxists don't argue that masses of the oppressed nation forego the struggle for other rights.
THERE'S BEEN a sharp debate in recent weeks about what attitude the U.S. left should take toward the post-election protests in Iran. Many who defend the election results and criticize the protests have claimed the protests are CIA-inspired--but have offered no proof. Nor have they offered any convincing evidence that the elections were legitimate.
The critics of the protests in Iran base their arguments on flawed methodology: that anti-imperialists must uncritically defend regimes that are targeted by U.S. imperialism; and that workers and oppressed people in such countries who resist their oppression are imperialist dupes.
Of course, it's axiomatic that socialists must unconditionally oppose U.S. intervention in Iran. It's been targeted by the U.S. ever since the Shah was overthrown in the 1979 revolution. Thus it's necessary to take a strong stand against U.S. (and Israeli) interference in Iran's affairs.
Yet in opposing imperialism, we do not thereby ignore class divisions, or subordinate class to national interests. The bourgeoisie, or capitalists, of an oppressed nation have historically been the most wavering, least consistent promoters of the fight against imperialism--and all too willing to make deals with imperialist powers. The working class, on the other hand, has an interest in linking the struggle for national freedom with more far-reaching social and economic goals.
In the history of nationalist movements, bourgeois nationalists of the oppressed nation use nationalist ideology to bind the population to their own needs and interests. The nationalists argue that any social demands that interfere with "national unity" must be set aside. Workers mustn't fight for a shorter workday, for the right to form unions, and oppressed groups must not fight for their rights--because it will jeopardize "national unity" in the fight against the foreign foe.
This has certainly been the case in Iran, where the Islamic republic has used nationalism and the threat of U.S. imperialism to smash the left and suppress the working class, national minorities and women's movements. The regime is currently torturing participants in the June protests to extract forced confessions in which demonstrators "admit" to being tools of foreign powers.
The left's debate on how to approach this situation isn't new. Those in the Stalinist tradition have long argued that the working class of an oppressed nation must subordinate its own independent organization and its own class interests to the unified struggle of "all classes" against the oppressor nation.
This policy was applied by Stalin himself--with disastrous results--in the first Chinese revolution in the late 1920s. Leon Trotsky rightly pointed to the wavering, unstable character of the Chinese bourgeoisie and its organization. According to Trotsky, the Koumintang feared the workers and peasants of China more than it feared imperialism.
"The Chinese bourgeoisie is sufficiently realistic and acquainted intimately enough with the nature of world imperialism," Trotsky writes, "to understand that a really serious struggle against the latter requires such an upheaval of the revolutionary masses as would primarily become a menace to the bourgeoisie itself."
Yet Stalin demanded that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) completely subordinate itself to the Koumintang and restrain the working-class struggle in order not to alienate Chinese capitalists. Indeed, Koumintang leader Chiang Kai-Shek dismantled a general strike in Hong Kong in 1926, eliminated the trade unions and arrested Communist leaders.
In spite of all this, the Communist International's China representative, Mikhail Borodin, could still say, "the present period is one in which the communists should do coolie service for the Koumintang." Chiang proceeded to use Russian training and arms to turn on the Chinese working-class movement and drown it in blood a year later.
HISTORICALLY IN the Marxist, as opposed to Stalinist, movement, the fight for national self-determination has been seen as a democratic task, along with the fight for universal suffrage and freedom of assembly. But Marxists never argued that, in the fight for national self-determination, the masses of an oppressed nation must forego the struggle for other rights as long as they are threatened by imperialism.
Yet this is exactly what some of the critics of the movement in Iran are saying. Stansfield Smith, a defender of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad against the protesters, criticizes Canadian socialist John Ridell for publishing articles about Iran's labor movement.
"Your printing of articles from workers' struggles against the government of Iran right in the middle of an imperialist campaign against Iran strikes me as quite insincere," Smith writes. "Is this not participating in the imperialist campaign in a back-handed way?"
By this logic, Iranian workers should refrain from fighting for their rights because, by doing so, they are "participating in the imperialist campaign." According to this view, imperialism renders as reactionary all struggles for a radical transformation of society in countries under the threat of imperialism. This is nothing if not Iranian government propaganda.
Marxists do not necessarily link their opposition to imperialism to political support for a particular regime. Indeed, we argue that the struggle against imperialism will be stronger if it is based not on the narrow interests of an oppressive ruling clique, but on the struggles of workers, poor peasants, women and national minorities. For example, Saddam Hussein, given the repressive and paranoid nature of his regime, was incapable of leading a strong resistance against the U.S. invasion in 2003.
A similar point can be made in regard to Iran's regime. The Iranian ruling class has systematically repressed the left, the workers' movement, the women's movement and the struggle of national minorities. Nevertheless, Ahmadinejad and his circle present themselves as staunch defenders of Iran against imperialism. They are quick to use nationalist rhetoric to defend themselves against criticism and opposition within Iran, and denounce their opponents as agents of imperialism. At the same time, however, Iran's ruling class is perfectly happy to make deals with the U.S. in Afghanistan and Iraq.
In the event of a military attack on Iran, the left of course must defend Iran, no matter who is in power. Our method, however, is not one of uncritical support for the regime. As Trotsky wrote of Chang Kai-Shek in the late 1930s when China was being conquered by Japan:
"The Japanese worker must say: 'My exploiters imposed this dishonest war upon me.' The Chinese worker must say: 'The Japanese robbers imposed this war of defense upon my people. It is my war. But unfortunately the leadership of the war is in bad hands. We must survey its directions severely, and we must prepare to replace it.'"
As consistent anti-imperialists, we do not pick and chose what countries we defend against a U.S. assault. We do not, however, in our desire to expose the reality about U.S. imperialism, allow ourselves to ignore the truth when it comes to discussing the nature of the regimes under U.S. attack.
The U.S. justified the 1989 invasion of Panama on the grounds that a drug-running military dictator, Manuel Noriega, was in charge. We rightly pointed out that the U.S. had no problem with drug-running military dictators provided they willingly subordinated themselves to Washington, and that these weren't the real reasons the U.S. invaded. We did not, however, pretend that Noriega wasn't a drug-running military dictator.
Do the critics of Iran's opposition recognize the possibility that an Iranian activist can oppose both the repressive regime at home and U.S. imperialism abroad? Is it not possible to agree with Hamid Dabashi that the "story of modern Iran is one of defiance and rebellion against both domestic tyranny and globalized colonialism"? Is it possible for critics of U.S. imperialism to walk and chew gum at the same time?
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Calgary, AB – The Hotchkiss Brain Institute (HBI) nerve repair and regeneration facility at the University of Calgary’s Faculty of Medicine is receiving $2.3 million in funding from the Canada-Alberta Western Economic Partnership Agreement (WEPA), the University of Calgary, and Integra LifeSciences Corporation.
The funding is intended to enable researchers at the institute to access new resources needed to pre-clinically test new nerve regeneration technologies. The ability to perform these tests will play a key role in enhancing the institute’s capacity to efficiently translate discoveries into marketable products.
“Integra is extremely honored to have the opportunity to partner with the Hotchkiss Brain Institute to further explore the potential applications of regenerative medicine in treating the neurosurgical patient,” said William MacDonald, president of Canada Microsurgical, a subsidiary of Integra LifeSciences Corporation. “We look forward to a stimulating and productive partnership with the HBI.”
“At the HBI, we are working towards discoveries that will improve the lives of people suffering from nerve and spinal cord damage,” says Dr Samuel Weiss, the institute’s director. “The investments from government and industry in this new facility will help us develop and commercialize technologies that will lead to new ways of preventing, diagnosing and treating neurological conditions.”
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