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Is it because it appears on so many school reading lists that Jane Eyre is a favorite with adapters into other mediums? Or is it because it is, as it was for its author, the great wish-fulfillment fantasy: Plain, orphaned, maltreated governess gets to marry, against all odds, the rich, remote, romantic dream man? Or is it just feminism avant la lettre?
Charlotte Brontë’s novel is not very different from typical gothic thrillers – everything from a sadistic schoolmaster to the arsonist madwoman in the attic. But it does have genuine artistic appeal, or at least did have until John Caird and Paul Gordon turned it into this deplorable musical, which queers even happy memories of the original.
Gordon’s music is anti-music: a gray, soggy mush that repeats and repeats its tuneless phrases ad nauseam. It is mostly recitative posturing as song, and almost makes Seussical sound good by comparison. Pile onto this lyrics by Gordon and Caird (the latter also perpetrating book and direction), in which trite sentiments and predictable rhymes are trotted out and reiterated like marvels of eloquence. In three hours, the show drags itself through much of the novel’s length, though none of its depth or heights.
One’s heart goes out to the Jane of Marla Schaffel, who sings and acts decently but has to be onstage nearly all the time watching and hearing this godawful stuff. James Barbour, formerly Beast in Beauty and the Beast, is a beastly Rochester. With his hair carefully tousled and glued into place, a loutish persona and a slack-jawedly cretinous look, singing that is either pallid or bellowing, he is more buffalo than Rochester. His best moment is when he portrays a gypsy fortune-teller in drag, but even that, short as it is, palls before it’s over.
Stout Mary Stout does stoutly by Mrs. Fairfax, but Elizabeth DeGrazia, for all her piercing soprano, is a stilted, bloodless Blanche. In fact, the supporting players are mostly of the provincial church-basement variety, and the chorus that hangs around singing some of Jane’s private thoughts in the first-person singular while she stands helplessly by is a mirthless joke.
Jane sings things like “It’s twelve o’clock in the pitch-black night / I can’t contain my wanderlust / I seek a new adventure / And search the skies because I must.” Little Jane’s coeval, the doomed Helen (played by an actress looking easily 30), intones: “Forgiveness is the simplest vow / Forgiveness of all their crimes / Is your deliverance now.” And here’s a chorus of arriving party guests: “Galloping up to the Drive / All of the beautiful people arrive / The cream of the crop / Clippity-clop.” Eat your heart out, Stephen Sondheim!
The action is mostly in the top-heavy stagecraft: fancy revolving or stationary screens sprouting elaborate, sometimes blurry projections; furniture, etc., flying in from all over; and a hyperactive turntable relentlessly moving everyone and everything around. (Sets by John Napier, lighting by Jules Fisher and Peggy Eisenhauer, all usually better than this.) The only things not moving in the least are the story and the characters. To err is human, to Eyre like Caird and Gordon unforgivable.
It must be said for Edward Albee’s Tiny Alice (1964) that with every reseeing it grows and grows – more repulsive. At its premiere, Philip Roth reviewed it as a homosexual daydream in which the hero is presented as “an angst-ridden priest, tempted and seduced by the overpowering female, only to be betrayed by the male lover and murdered by the cruel law.”
In his biography of Albee, Mel Gussow quotes the playwright: “The only play I’m … really indifferent to is Tiny Alice… . I don’t know whether it holds together intellectually.” And upon seeing the current production, as originally mounted at Hartford Stage in 1998, Albee said to himself, “Come on, you childish, foolish young playwright fond of the sound of your own voice.” Foolish especially because, amid all that grandiose palaver, the voice had nothing to say.
Now, however, thanks to Gussow’s book, we can deduce that the billionairess and her lawyer lover in the play are not so much the threatening female seductress and her other man as young Edward’s adoptive parents: the possessive, tentacular woman and her distant, ineffectual husband who adopted the baby that became Edward Albee. The cynical Butler (some characters have generic names) is harder to interpret – perhaps the stand-in for various latent or actual homosexual partners in the boy’s and, later, young man’s experience. This does not invalidate Roth’s assessment; it merely redirects it to events farther back in Albee’s development.
The work, in any case, remains hopeless, what with Albee’s self-deluded notion of orotundity and convolution as proofs of a superior style, as in the near-illiterate “wonders that may befall a man least when he is looking, least that he would have thought.” The play’s sexuality is always sadomasochistic, emphasized by Mark Lamos’s heated direction. Miss Alice is brutally bent over a tabletop and ravished from behind by her hated lover, Lawyer. Lay brother Julian (the word lay is punned on ad nauseam) is seduced by Miss Alice in grotesque fashion. Butler and Lawyer, presumably former lovers, acidly address each other as Darling and Dearest. The Cardinal and Lawyer trade venomous invective, as do also Miss Alice and Lawyer. Julian reminisces erotically about a horse groom whose hands were covered with hair, which prompts a suggestive discussion with Miss Alice about male body hair.
She and Julian have just returned from horseback riding, and he is still fiddling with his riding crop. When she inquires whether he would whip her with it, and his sickly laugh implies refusal, she complains: “Nobody does things naturally anymore… . A man takes a whip to you – a loving whip, you understand – and you know, deep and sadly, that it’s imitation… . No one has the natural graces anymore.”
The religious symbolism about infinite worlds boxed within one another, and Miss Alice as the fleshly surrogate of an invisible but ominous Alice to whose heavy breathing the dying Julian is abandoned, strikes me as pretentious hokum to overlay the sexual antics. Richard Thomas does nobly by Julian, and lovely Laila Robins, our most under- and misused actress, struggles valiantly with Miss Alice, all to no avail. What is said about Lawyer applies also to Author: “Give him the most sophomoric conundrum, and he’ll bore you to death.” Tiny Alice is just another shaggy God story.
Directed by John Caird and Scott Schwartz at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre.
Directed by Mark Lamos at the Second Stage Theater.
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Structure of Crater Flat and Yucca Mountain, Southeastern Nevada, as Inferred from Gravity Databy H. W. Oliver, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, United States,
K. F. Fox, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, United States,
Abstract: Existing gravity data in the vicinity of Yucca Mountain and Crater Flat have been examined to determine if these data support only the caldera model or if they support other geologic models such as for a high-angle graben or detachment fault. The west to east isostatic gravity profile reduced for a density of 2.0 g/cm3 shows a gravity low of about 20 mGal centered only 2 km from the eastern edge of Crater Flat relative to a gravity high over the eastern boundary of Yucca Mountain. In the western part of Crater Flat, isostatic anomalies rise about 50 mGal across the flat, reaching a maximum gradient of 9 mGal/km about 3 km east of the Bare Mountain range-front fault. Computer modeling of these data indicate that a model that consists of a detachment fault that dips to the west at 12° under Yucca Mountain and intersects a 27° east-dipping Bare Mountain fault fits the observed gravity data generally as well as the caldera model.
Subject Headings: Radioactive wastes | Data processing | Light rail transit | Geological faults | Computer models | Mountains | Waste disposal | Domain boundary | Nevada | North America | United States
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Formerly listed as: ENGL-01 | WAGS-12
Wendy H. Bergoffen (Section 01)
(Offered as ENGL 153 and SWAG 112.) This course will examine the emergence of the “New Woman” as a category of social theory, political action, and literary representation at the turning of the twentieth century. Early readings will trace the origins of the New Woman as a response to nineteenth-century notions of “True Womanhood.” Discussions will situate literary representations of women in larger cultural events taking place during the Progressive Era–debates over suffrage as well as their relationship to issues of citizenship, immigration, Jim Crow segregation, urbanization, and nativism. The course will focus on texts written by a diverse group of women that present multiple and, at times, conflicting images of the New Woman. Close attention will be paid to the manner in which these women writers constructed their fictions, particularly to issues of language, style, and form. Readings will include texts by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Kate Chopin, Edith Wharton, Pauline Hopkins, Anzia Yezierska, and Sui Sin Far.
Preference given to first-year students and sophomores. Limited to 15 students. Fall semester. Visiting Lecturer Bergoffen.
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SpaceX says they fixed a problem with the helium pressurization system that destroyed a Falcon 9 rocket last year. The company pushes the boundaries of rocket science, creating an occasional jaw-dropping fireball in the process. But will the risk-reward equation change when SpaceX starts flying astronauts?
Axiom Space, a recently formed company headed by former ISS program manager Mike Suffredini, plans to send an astronaut to the ISS in 2019 and connect a large multipurpose habitat there in 2020.
TeamIndus, India’s only entry for the Google Lunar XPRIZE, just announced their launch contract with ISRO. If successful, TeamIndus would be the first private company from India to land a craft on an extraterrestrial body.
Two years after a devastating explosion, Orbital ATK is set to return its Antares rocket to flight. The commercial spaceflight company discusses its upgraded launcher, Cygnus supply spacecraft, and future ambitions, which include cislunar space.
SpaceX and the Blank Slate
Starting anew vs. tried and true
SpaceX's plans to colonize Mars differ considerably from NASA's Journey to Mars ambitions. But direct comparison is difficult. SpaceX is able to wipe the slate clean and start fresh with a bold new approach to humans in space. NASA has no such luxury, and must use existing pieces and people to make their goals a reality.
After much anticipation, Elon Musk revealed his plans to colonize Mars. Here are the details, some questions yet to be answered, and a few thoughts on how this could change the way we think about human spaceflight.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket exploded on the launch pad at Cape Canaveral this morning. Here's what we know and don't know.
Posted by Jason Davis on 2016/07/20 12:35 CDT
Four days of cargo craft mania came to a close at the International Space Station this morning, as astronauts Kate Rubins and Jeff Williams snagged an approaching SpaceX Dragon vehicle and berthed it to the laboratory's Harmony module.
Yesterday in West Texas, Blue Origin launched its New Shepard spacecraft on its sixth suborbital test flight. The capsule normally descends using three parachutes, but on Sunday, just two were used to show the spacecraft could still land safely in the event of a parachute mishap.
Posted by Jason Davis on 2016/06/15 06:41 CDT
SpaceX placed two communications satellites into orbit today, but the company's attempt to go four-in-a-row on first stage drone ship recoveries fell short.
This afternoon, NASA started a fire aboard a trash-filled cargo spacecraft, but it was all in the name of science. Engineers at the agency's Glenn Research Center are studying how large-scale fires spread in space.
SpaceX continued its impressive string of first stage recoveries today, sticking a Falcon 9 drone ship landing during the successful launch of THAICOM 8, a communications satellite.
Posted by Jason Davis on 2016/04/08 11:56 CDT
Follow along with The Planetary Society as SpaceX launches a Dragon spacecraft to the ISS and attempts to land a used booster rocket on a drone ship in the ocean. Liftoff is scheduled for 4:43 p.m. EDT (20:43 UTC).
Tomorrow afternoon, SpaceX plans to launch its Dragon cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station for the first time since a catastrophic accident last June.
This Friday, SpaceX plans to launch a Dragon cargo spacecraft to the ISS. Packed inside Dragon's trunk is a new inflatable station module called BEAM, the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module.
Here's a photo roundup from last night's Atlas V launch, which sent a Cygnus cargo craft on its way to the International Space Station.
Posted by Jason Davis on 2016/03/22 06:32 CDT
Just days after receiving three new crew members, the ISS is about to become a veritable shipping hub, as three cargo ships launch to the orbital laboratory in as little as three weeks.
SpaceX overcame high propellant temperatures, a boat too close to the launch pad, and pesky weather to launch a communications satellite into geostationary transfer orbit this evening.
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The Greater Houston Partnership on June 29 unveiled a strategic regional blueprint for leading the global energy transition, which the group said will solidify Houston’s role as the global energy capital in a low-carbon world.
The partnership, which represents approximately 900 member organizations and one-fifth of the region’s workforce, developed the comprehensive plan to guide the Houston Energy Transition Initiative. The plan was also developed in conjunction with the Center for Houston’s Future and McKinsey with input from more than 60 leaders of industry, investment, government and academia, according to a release from the group.
“The energy transition presents tremendous opportunities for Houston to leverage our energy leadership to accelerate global solutions for a low-carbon future,” commented Bobby Tudor, chair of the initiative and chairman at Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co. (TPH), in the release.
In recent weeks, more than 35 companies operating in Houston, including a number of notable energy firms, have signed on to a letter of support for the Houston Energy Transition Initiative.
“Houstonians have a long history of solving the world’s greatest challenges,” Tudor continued. “Today, Houston is poised to lead the effort to meet growing global demand for energy while simultaneously dramatically lowering climate-changing greenhouse gas emissions. I believe Houston has the expertise and drive to lead the global energy transition.”
Watch a recent interview with Boddy Tudor discussing Exxon Mobil’s Proposed Carbon Capture Project for Houston.
The Houston Energy Transition Initiative strategic plan highlights actions across value chains in three domains:
- Jumpstart and scale up emerging carbon-reduction sectors where Houston has a distinct advantage;
- Focus on attracting and supporting companies in New Energy industries including wind energy, solar power and biofuels, along with advancing the renewable natural gas and low-carbon LNG value chains; and
- Deploy cross-cutting initiatives to attract and grow companies in additional energy value-chains, ranging from electric vehicle systems to the decarbonization of natural gas and oil, from petrochemicals to nature-based solutions, and from energy efficiency technologies to geothermal energy production.
In a report accompanying the announcement, McKinsey analysis estimates that as many as 560,000 jobs could be created by 2050 in the region by supporting these low-carbon technologies, industrial investments, innovation eco-systems, government policies and reskilling of talent.
“I am pleased to see the concerted and collaborative momentum that now exists in Houston around energy transition,” added Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner in the release. “In leading the transition, our city will build upon its long history in the energy and chemical industries, provide new opportunities for our workforce, and leverage our assets and existing expertise.”
Examples of Houston Energy Transition Initiative opportunities include carbon capture, use and storage, hydrogen production and application, the circular economy (specifically plastics recycling) and energy storage solutions including battery technology. Exxon Mobil’s proposal for a $100 billion carbon capture innovation zone centered along the Houston Ship Channel is also an example of the kind of major investment envisioned in this part of the strategy.
2022-08-17 - U.S. independent oil and gas producers EOG, Comstock and Murphy Oil reported A&D in the Midcontinent, Rockies, Haynesville Shale and offshore amid a sporadic first half of dealmaking.
2022-06-21 - “There’s lots of running room” in the Marcellus Shale for operators developing from an ESG perspective, Randall Wright, president of Wright & Co Inc., told DUG East attendees.
2022-06-28 - The $627 million deal adds 86 net locations in the Permian Basin and boosts Earthstone Energy’s production by an estimated 26%.
2022-06-28 - Because oil and gas will still be part of the energy mix, executives said it also makes sense to incentivize lower-carbon basins like the Bakken.
2022-06-28 - Imperial and Exxon Mobil agreed to sell XTO Energy Canada, a jointly owned shale producer in Western Canada, in an all-cash transaction to Whitecap Resources.
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29 June 2022
“These are museum-class bonsais,” Ben Gaglioti says as we walk through an elfin forest. Gaglioti, a University of Alaska Fairbanks ecologist, has led me into another landscape I have never seen in Alaska. This terrace of spongy ground above the rainforest is home to trees that Dr. Seuss might have dreamed up.
22 June 2022
To the woman wearing earbuds and sitting next to me in seat 7E: I’m sorry; I did not get to shower before boarding the plane after 12 days of accompanying four scientists in the hills north of Lituya Bay. I will try to keep my arms pinned to my side and lean toward the window.
12 August 2021
We were on the Yakutat Forelands — a sweep of forested lowlands left behind after glaciers retreated from the landscape hundreds of years ago. Taking steps that felt like walking on a trampoline, we moved through a pine grove in a few-acre spread of open green muskeg.
19 February 2021
A “ghost forest” exposed as La Perouse Glacier in Southeast Alaska retreated. In the past, the glacier ran over the rainforest trees. Two people are also in the photo. Photo by Ben Gaglioti.
4 December 2020
A coal spoil landslide in southeastern Wise County, Virginia, appears traceable to a faint scarp visible in the spoil pile in a 2017 lidar dataset. The slide pre-dates October 2019 Google Earth imagery and post-dates the 2017 lidar data acquisition.
2 October 2020
On the first day of October, a little girl pulls on her rubber boots and rushes outside into crisp fall air. She knows the days are getting shorter, but she doesn’t realize Alaska is a week past the autumnal equinox. On the equinox, the sun appears to sit over Earth’s equator, causing days and nights to each last about 12 hours everywhere in the world. It is time for Alaskans to start paying the bill for all that summer daylight.
9 September 2020
While wandering middle Alaska this summer, I noticed orange spruce trees along the entire length of the Denali Highway, from Paxson to Cantwell. In what looked like a dendrological case of frostbite, tips of every branch were afflicted with something. The real show happened when the wind blew: An entire valley glowed apricot. After the wind died, a Tang-like orange powder floated on rivers and puddles. It was as if someone had pepper-sprayed the Denali Highway.
4 June 2020
Green and spongy, glacier mice are not really rodents at all. They consist mostly of moss, and are the subject of a recent published study. Two of its authors are former Alaska graduate students, who met and fell in love in the company of the little green pincushions.
A new paper presents the first clear evidence that the relationship between fog levels and vegetation status is measurable using remote sensing. The discovery opens up the potential to easily and rapidly assess fog’s impact on ecological health across large land masses — as compared to painstaking ground-level observation.
29 August 2019
Since 1996 “100,000 students have walked the halls, tested in the labs, and hiked these trails,” observed Rep. Deb Haaland.
22 July 2019
Worldwide, there are about 3,000 species of dragonfly. Thirty types live in Alaska. The largest in the state is the lake darner, a cool blue dragonfly that turns dark when the air is chilly.
3 April 2019
Last week, two 6th grade scientists and one 12th grade scientist took a trip to downtown Albuquerque to share the story of ongoing Rio Grande field science with city councilors and county commissioners….and, wow, did these students do a tremendous job!
28 March 2019
Like a climate chameleon, California turned brown during the 2012–16 drought, as vegetation dried or died off. But the change wasn’t uniform. Large areas of the northern part of the state were not severely affected, while Southern California became much browner than usual…
11 March 2019
Yakutat, Alaska, once found quirky fame as a surfing destination for the adventurous. Now, residents are looking into capturing wave energy to provide the town’s power.
21 September 2018
Leaving cloven hoofprints from the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta to the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, more than 3,500 muskoxen live in Alaska. All of those shaggy, curly-horned beasts came from one group of muskoxen that survived a most remarkable journey in the 1930s.
27 July 2018
It’s midsummer, a good time to slip a canoe onto the Yukon River.
22 June 2018
Just outside my window here at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, workers are drilling into the asphalt of a parking lot using a truck-mounted rig. They twist a hollow bit 25 feet into the ground and pull up hard, clear evidence of why the blacktop is sinking.
6 April 2018
“The bottom line is salmon — and the marine, freshwater and terrestrial ecosystems that support them — would be better off without us.”
23 March 2018
People use this forest for recreation, education, and for some it even has spiritual meaning. The cottonwood tree, specifically is held sacred in many tribes of the southwest.
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Tooth enamel erosion and restoration
What is tooth enamel erosion?
Tooth enamel is the hard coating of the teeth. If this gets worn away it is called tooth enamel erosion or dental erosion.
What causes tooth enamel erosion?
Acid in food and drink attacks the enamel on the teeth and is the main cause of dental erosion. Saliva in the mouth works hard to get rid of acid from the mouth to protect the teeth. However, over time too much acidic food and drink, and problems with tooth brushing, means saliva's repair work cannot cope, and slowly little bits of enamel are eroded away.
To begin with teeth may look more stained, but further exposure of the dentine beneath the enamel makes teeth more sensitive and painful when exposed to hot, cold or acidic food and drink.
Some other causes of tooth enamel erosion include:
Does tooth enamel restore or repair itself?
Saliva does its best to stop acid attacking the teeth so that the enamel can repair itself.
Can tooth enamel erosion be reversed?
Once your dentist detects signs of tooth enamel erosion they may recommend extra oral hygiene measures, such as mouthwash, fluoride varnish treatment or a different toothpaste to help halt it.
Diet changes may also be recommended.
What can I do about tooth enamel erosion?
The Oral Health Foundation recommends these steps to help prevent dental erosion:
- Limit acidic and sugary food and drinks to main mealtimes
- Use a straw with acidic cold drinks to keep them away from teeth and don't swish them around the mouth before swallowing
- Have some milk or cheese after your meal to help counter the acid
- Chew some sugar-free gum after eating to encourage saliva
- After brushing your teeth, let their mineral content recover for at least an hour before having acidic food or drink
- Brush teeth correctly twice a day, especially last thing at night.
How is tooth enamel loss repaired?
If erosion is advanced, restoration treatment may be recommended using a bonded filling material or veneers.
How much does tooth enamel restoration cost?
This will vary depending on how much work needs to be done, whether it can be done by an NHS dentist, and may differ from dentist to dentist and where you live if it is a private treatment.
Veneers are usually considered a cosmetic procedure and not an NHS treatment.
Get a written quote before going ahead with restoration work.
Is dental erosion all I have to worry about to protect my teeth?
No. Erosion from acids is just one way the teeth are attacked. Abrasion also affects the surface of the teeth, and this may be due to reasons such as grinding teeth and brushing teeth too hard.
Allowing plaque and tartar to build up on teeth also makes them more susceptible to attack and problems.
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2.5 hours - 1 x 1 hour class and 1 x 1.5 hour seminar per week - or 6 hours private study for cloud (online) students
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This interdisciplinary unit examines a determinants approach to health and wellbeing, including: the complex range of interactions that influence the health of individuals and populations; the determinants of selected health issues in urban and rural Australia, as well as in global contexts, and explores a range of models and approaches and their impact on health outcomes.
Topics include: contemporary understandings of health; social, biological, natural environments and employment as determinants of health; understanding health research; indigenous health; the evolution of health promotion; social exclusion and global perspectives on health and healing.
Readings review (800 words) 20%, assignment (1200 words) 30%, examination (2 hours) 50%
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At each nursery our practitioners in the room are baby specialists and operate a 1:3 ratio.
Our Baby Rooms are spacious and carefully planned so that our children are nurtured and provided with a safe, calm and responsive atmosphere to develop positive attachments and form their first relationships with other adults and peers and this reinforces and develops key attachments which are vital for their personal, social and emotional development.
Our babies are provided with a wide variety of sensory activities to stimulate them and encourage their curiosity and exploratory impulses as they make sense of the world around them. Practitioners support babies' in-built language abilities by talking and listening to them and tuning in to their needs. Our nurseries are both Sing and Sign affiliated and practitioners use signing to support baby communication through “say it and sign it”.
At Kiddlywinks we follow your babies’ routines at home as much as possible which we take from you during the settling sessions.
The babies have their own designated sleep room which is attached to our baby room.
We provide messy and textured play activities to introduce our babies to new experiences which use all their senses. This could include; play dough, shaving foam, jelly, dry rice, wet and dry pasta, “gloop”, paint, sand and water play. We offer simple problem solving and schematic activities to encourage babies to explore and learn through repetition and positive experiences. Our babies are encouraged to learn through positive reinforcement and praise, and the activities we provide allow for this to happen at all times. We provide plenty of books with quiet places where conversations and book sharing can take place. Babies listen to music, songs and rhymes (repetition is helpful) and make music, all of which are beneficial activities for developing speech, language and communication skills. Music is powerful because babies learn to listen out for different parts of the song. We offer a selection of instruments for older babies to shake or bang. Games (e.g. peek-a-boo) help a baby to learn about turn-taking in conversation.
Mirrors are a useful resource and are used in games that focus on the baby's face or features.
We take the babies to our garden or learning meadow outdoors to enjoy the fresh air and to introduce them to the world around them. At our Penrith nursery our budding explorers are provided with an abundance of walks within the local community such as the local park, cafes, pet stores and the local town and library. Whilst over at The Meadows babies enjoy rural walks and visits to Rheged to explore soft play and engage socially in the hustle and bustle of the community.
Regular baby weaning and nutritious snacks and drinks are provided for the babies during the morning and afternoon sessions, as well as individual children having their bottles as per their home routine.
We have daily reports that can be accessed through our nursery diary App that give you information about nappy changes, food, activities they have done and any other information required.
An individual learning journal is maintained for each child by their key people, and their individual targets and progress will be recorded through this. All of the babies in this room are provided with well planned activities that are tailored to their abilities and individual needs, which enables them to grow in confidence and feel secure in the environment.
Your baby will enjoy being able to explore:
- A cosy area for snuggling and books
- Creative play (finger paint and gloop)
- Sensory play including music and sounds
- Treasure baskets filled with natural materials
- Physical play as they become more mobile
Little Nurture Group at Penrith
Buttercups Suite at The Meadows
18 Months to Rising 3 years
Moovers and Groovers Suites at Penrith
Daisies exploration Studio at The Meadows
Our spacious carefully planned environments provide a vast array of free flow access to provide plenty of room for young children to explore and mix together while learning through play.
Our Toddler Rooms are fun and set in a sensitively stimulating and safe environment where children are supported and encouraged to learn and develop at their own pace. It consists of defined areas which are well resourced and suitable for the age and stage of the children in the room. Activities are planned to meet the individual needs of our children while simple challenges help to develop self-esteem and foster a sense of accomplishment as they progress across all areas of learning.
As the children in the baby room progress, children begin to show an increasing independence and obvious pleasure in moving, communicating and learning through play, children become ready for new challenges and increased social engagement as they begin to develop their skills and abilities in enjoying playing with other children. Children reach this milestone at different times and as a result we plan transitions for children into the toddler room when they are emotional ready to do so. This can be any time from 18 months onwards Through discussion with parents we will arrange inductions for the child to gently introduce them to the toddler rooms and carefully take the lead from the child to make transitions smooth and happy for them.
In the toddlers room children have a slightly more structured routine to their day whilst learning through a wide range of fun activities and experiences planned for their continued learning and development by all the toddlers’ teachers but particularly their key person who will get to know them really well.
Around this age children display a greater competence at moving and talking and pretending. They are amazingly self motivated and have a built in natural desire to be curious and inquisitive. As they are given freedom to explore and experiment, they learn through first hand experiences whilst they make sense of not only themselves as a unique person but of the world around them. They also show increased confidence in themselves and their skills at making relationships, learning about emotions, and the impact they have on others and the pleasure of beginning to engage in two way play with a like minded friend.
The general routine of the Toddler room incorporates time for music and movement sessions, developing social routines and life skill, outdoor play, quiet time, cookery, creative play, independent free play, as well as adult led activities that ignite new interests and maximise learning potential.
The children in the toddler room are able to explore, investigate and learn throughout their day without pressure and at their own pace. Dependant on which nursery they attend they all get time in the nursery’s garden, learning meadow, mud kitchen and soft surfaced activity play courtyards. These environments and resources will provide them with an outdoor extension to their indoor activities.
Our local community is very important to us and we make use of the many opportunities that are available to us. The children will be involved in regular walks around the local community and engage in outings to the local, shops, cafes, green spaces and businesses. They will also have the opportunity to partake in activities that are provided by outside professionals such as Sing and Sign, Zoo Lab and local services like the police and fire service visits.
Busy little people often still require sleeps and under the watchful eye of their designated team children can rest and refuel using our toddler beds, in preparation for their next adventure!
At this age some children will be experiencing the change from nappies to potties and toilets.
The Nursery team can support you during this time of transition and work together to support the unique needs of your child. We also provide books that parents can borrow to introduce their child to Potty Training.
Whatever the challenge, you can be assured that our staff are well trained, motivated and committed and work alongside parents/carers during this transition.
Moovers and Groovers at Penrith
Daisies Exploration Studio at The Meadows
Rising 3 years - 5 years
Pre School Suites at Penrith
The Primroses at The Meadows
The Pre-school suites provide environments that promote curiosity, wonder and awe, where children can take their own ideas and follow their own interests whilst carefully skilled practitioners sensitively teach and enable children to extend their knowledge and skills. It provides a busy, friendly environment in which children have the opportunity to form friendships and build on their knowledge and understanding.
We provide activities for the children that enable them to develop skills which will be used in later life, namely social and communication skills.
We take a holistic approach to learning, recognising that children often cover lots of areas of learning in the course of doing one activity. We support children to be successful in their early literacy skills by ensuring they are immersed in a “language rich” environment. This includes interest tables, areas for children to mark make and “write” throughout the provision so that they are able to understand the value of communicating through the written word.
We have a two way community library and select a “Book of the Month” to spark children’s interest in literacy and plan exciting, educational and stimulating activities around this to inspire children too. Social skills are further enhanced but we ensure that children’s unique and individual personalities are celebrated to enable them to have the confidence to contribute within the room, to make friendships and to engage with adults. Of course, our educational approach is combined with care and attention to every child. We encourage and support children to explore arts, music, dance and technology to develop their learning further. We provide opportunities for children to be excited about mathematics and science, to problem solve and find things out for themselves, as well as enriching and scaffolding their learning.
Our approach and rich learning environments ensure that the seven key areas of learning within the Early Years Foundation Stage are fully covered. Children have individual assessments throughout the year which monitors and reviews their progress and gives us the opportunity to include you in how, together, we can continue to ensure that they make progress during their time at our nursery - supporting their future. We make learning fun so that our children feel positive about learning and feel confident and competent, as this will enable them to succeed at school and beyond.
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Large Adenoids: Problems They Cause & Treatment
Unlike tonsils which are located in the back of the mouth, adenoids are located in the back of the nose. In spite of the different locations, adenoids are essentially still tonsils and play a similar role to them as well. A little known fact is that we all have tonsils in the back of the tongue as well called lingual tonsils! The adenoids generally regress in size with age to the point they can be quite small in adults. However, it is not unusual for children to have enormous adenoids (including tonsils) the size of walnuts and even ping pong balls.
Due to reduced nasal airflow.
Due to reduced normal mucus flow into the throat.
Due to physical blockage of the eustachian tube.
Due to sudden excessive drainage into throat when some of the backed up mucus in the nose manages to escape into the throat.
The reason how it can cause all these problems is due to the location. Given its location in the very back of the nose (against the back wall in fact), it is immediately behind the eustachian tube. If the adenoids become large, they can physically block the eustachian tubes resulting in great difficulty in getting the ears to pop (if at all) resulting in a persistent clogged ears.
Furthermore, given the nose normally produces as much as several litres of mucus/fluid to humidify and warm the air that is breathed, if the adenoids are large, all that mucus backs up in the nose as it is not able to easily drain into the throat resulting in symptoms of runny/snotty nose, allergies, and colored nasal drainage from the front of the nose. Not only do large adenoids prevent normal mucus production from flowing into the throat, it also prevents air movement as well causing symptoms of nasal obstruction and congestion as well as a nasal sounding (hyponasal) speech. Pinch your nose and talk (go ahead and do it now)... you will notice that because of reduced nasal airflow, you will now have nasal obstruction, congestion, and a nasal quality speech. If you release your pinched nose, all these symptoms immediately disappears!
Given the location of the adenoids in the back of the nose, the only way to directly visualize the adenoids is by endoscopy which can be performed comfortably in children as young as 5 years of age as well as adults in the office without sedation. One can also obtain a X-ray, though given the radiation exposure, that is not generally recommended.
Watch a video of a child undergoing just such an endoscopic exam:
Here is an actual video footage of what is being seen on endoscopy in a teenager who has adenoids the size of a golf ball. Picture shown to the right.
The adenoids are the pink cauliflower-looking-like ball hanging down from the top.
There are essentially two interventions that can help with large adenoids thereby resolving symptoms a patient may have.
The first is medical management using steroid nasal sprays which can be prescribed as young as 2 years of age. This medication has been shown to shrink the adenoid tissue over 2-3 months. Read a research abstract here and Cochrane review here.
The second option is surgically removing the adenoids (adenoidectomy). This surgery is performed outpatient under general anesthesia and takes about 10 minutes to perform. It is performed through the mouth so there are no incisions made on the face, nose, or neck. The adenoids are removed by several different methods depending on the surgeon and may involve use of electro-cautery ablation or curette. Watch a video here of an adenoidectomy being performed by suction cauterization. Coblation may also be used in some situations as depicted in the illustration below. Recovery is generally fairly quick (~3-5 days).
For more information on tonsillectomy, click here.
If adenoid hypertrophy leading to nasal obstruction is not addressed, it may lead to actual facial deformity called adenoid facies as well as malocclusion.
If your adenoids are affecting your quality of life, please contact our office for an appointment.
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Why do we hunt turkeys? I sometimes ask myself that very question. Every spring I go after them, and every spring I seem to find myself using language that would make a sailor blush and vowing to give it up. It’s not as though I’ve never been successful at it, but they are one of the most frustrating critters to hunt. Maybe it’s me.
But it’s the challenge that makes them worth it, isn’t it? If it was easy, it wouldn’t be as much fun.
The wild turkey is a great symbol of our hunting heritage. If Ben Franklin had had his way, it would be our national bird, supplanting the bald eagle. Each spring hunters from all over this great land head to the woods in search of a longbeard. Some of us are motivated by a strong desire to spend time outside after a long winter. Others are after the thrill of the hunt. Me? I’m out for blood.
It always seems that something weird happens during turkey hunting. My favorite was when I pelted one at less than 20 yards. I shot him right in the face. Woo-hoo! Turkey down! I stood up and so did the turkey. Wait, I hit him hard. He was flopping around, feathers flying…dead bird, right? Wrong. You’ve got to be kidding me! I hate turkeys. I hate them every year. Will I hunt them every year? You betcha! It’s Not Easy!
One tactic you hear often is finding birds on the roost. Here’s what Realtree.com turkey blogger Steve Hickoff had to say about finding the roost.
“Start by slipping into an area in mid-afternoon where you’ve heard birds before–or maybe just by targeting decent habitat. Scout open areas positioned not far from stands of big-branched trees,” Hickoff said. “Sit calmly and quietly, listening as turkeys move into a likely roosting spot.
“You’ll hear wing beats as they fly up; maybe even soft calling or gobbling as turkeys approach roost trees,” Hickoff said. “With any luck you’ll see them do this. Once in the trees, birds will often move from branch to branch, wings noisily flapping as they reposition.
“Okay, you know where turkeys sleep. Let night fall then sneak out of there, he said.”
Calling all birds and other gear
There are a lot of similarities between hunting waterfowl and hunting turkeys. Calling can make the difference. You can easily over-call to a turkey, just the same as you can to a flock of ducks or geese. The only way to know is to go and gain valuable experience, both by hunting and scouting.
There are about as many call makers out there for turkeys as there are waterfowl and just about every hunter has his/her favorites. The goal is the same, however. You want to try to sound like a real bird.
Turkey hunting vests have sure come a long way. It seems every year, someone’s got a new turkey vest that promises to be the latest and greatest. I have to admit, I finally found one I like. The Thunder Chicken vest from ScentBlocker/Robinson Outdoors Products fits well, has more than enough storage and is convenient to use in the field. Hard Core blood brother Michael Waddell put his name behind it and that says something. He’s a certified nutcase for turkey hunting and a vest he uses has to work. The Thunder Chicken flat-out works. That’s an honest assessment too.
Decoy or not to decoy
There are several schools of thought when it comes to decoying turkeys. One prominent turkey killer I know said that using a decoy can ruin a hunt because once the live birds see the fake ones, they often don’t come in close enough.
However, we’ve all seen footage of toms thumping jake decoys and there is the notion that once the bird fixates on the decoy, it isn’t looking at you, giving you the chance to level it with your shotgun or bow.
Where I hunt, a tactic I use quite often is to place the decoys behind me and slightly uphill of my position. I like to hunt a field with a wooded hill next to it. The turkeys are often in the field, or come out across it. They see the decoy and hear the calls and start into the woods or up the hill, only to be intercepted by a load of #6 shot right in the kisser. Well, in theory anyway. It works though. I’ve had success with the decoys in front of me too, but not quite as much as I do with the dekes behind me, especially when I’m hunting alone.
One thing that has me excited and confident in the future is the knowledge that Hard Core is applying all that they know about decoys to turkey decoys. The Widow Maker hen decoy is flat-out awesome. It’s a tough, realistic decoy that will fool the toughest old tom. The future looks very bright for Hard Core turkey hunters.
Additionally, Hard Core has pruners, machetes, folding saws, and shovels that will fit in so very well with hunting gobblers. Need to brush yourself in? No sweat. Clear a shooting lane? Not a problem. And all of it is made with the Hard Core commitment to quality. Go to the Hard Core website for more information.
Turkey hunting can be frustrating, but it is a great pastime and is highly addictive. For many, it is the only option for breaking out of the winter blues and getting back out into the woods after a long winter. For Hard Core hunters, it is another season and another bird to chase. It’s Not Easy, and that’s just the way we like it!
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Possibly one of the most surprising and imaginative proposals of recent years. Toyi are packages of 32, 64 or 640 pieces. In fact, they are pieces, containers, tapes, rubber bands, buttons… things that were launched at some point and that this Turkish entrepreneurial company has recovered, cleaned and grouped so that, in each package there are necessary items to convert those pieces in a toy. Of course, it must be the boy or girl who with his ability and imagination builds an object that allows him to play. And is that Toyi packs come without instructions. It is about the user transforming the pieces into a game from freedom and creativity, without rules and without a structured game.
Toyi’s values are those of the 21st century: recycling, empowerment, creativity, imagination and equality, because anyone can do the same thing that Toyi offers without buying its innovative pieces packs, which incidentally cost €20, €35 and €295 . Of course, this company has attracted the attention of the media specialized in innovation and business issues.
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How much influence does government spending play in the affairs of the financial markets? First, as the size of government expands, its debt rises. Second, when the amount of money needed to continue government functions surpasses what its revenue will support, deficit spending results. Third, when deficit spending occurs, the debt accelerates.
One solution to continue to carry on 'things as usual' is to increase taxes, and that's precisely where the conflict resides. With a finite amount of capital in the system, as taxes rise, money is extracted from the private sector and private sector growth is stymied. To combat this, the money supply may be increased. However, if the money supply increases at a rate faster than economic growth, inflation may result. Therefore, increasing the money supply in a slow growth environment, as we have today, may prove hazardous.
Every country travels down its own fiscal path."However, there may come a time when they reach the point of no return. Has America reached this point? Here are the numbers; you decide.
Let's use some rough assumptions to examine the issue. Currently, America's "on balance sheet" debt is around $15 trillion. However, you cannot ignore the "off balance sheet" debt which includes Social Security and Medicare Parts A, B, and D, which is somewhere around $90 trillion. Therefore, for our purposes, let's place the total debt at around $105 trillion. With annual revenue of approximately $2.2 trillion and expenses around $3.6 trillion, the annual shortfall is in the vicinity of $1.4 trillion. With an income and expense growth rate of 2.0% and an average interest rate of 2.25% on the outstanding debt, you can easily see how the debt grows over time.
At some point, our creditworthiness could decline further, and although supply will be abundant, demand for our debt may not be. If demand does dry up, there will not be enough money to continue operating and default would be inevitable. The effect on the private sector? Default would send global markets spiraling downward and the fallout would be severe. If you think Greece's problems had a serious effect on global financial markets, I shudder to think what a widespread American default, or even the hint of such, would do.
The only thing we can do to fix this is reduce spending, lower taxes to stimulate economic growth,and grow our way out of this. Even so, it's going to take decades to climb out of this hole. What a legacy for our children, grandchildren and even great grand children!
Take care and have a great week!
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Prepare Your Vehicle’s Winter Survival Kit
Posted By News On @ 6:26 am In Today's Local News | Comments Disabled
Winter is almost here and that means blowing snow, icy roads and freezing conditions. Being prepared for this type of weather is essential in Southeast Iowa. The following tips should be considered this winter season: If you must travel, make sure your car is stocked with survival gear like blankets, a shovel, flashlight and extra batteries, extra warm clothing, set of tire chains, booster cables, quick energy foods and a brightly-colored cloth to use as a distress flag. Keep your gas tank full to prevent gasoline freeze-up. If you have a cell phone or two-way radio, keep the battery charged and keep it with you whenever traveling. Also, make sure someone knows your travel plans. To find out more winter safety tips, go online to weather.com and click on severe weather.
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Argentina Urges Foreign Role in Paper Mill Dispute
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina Argentine President Nestor Kirchner urged all sides Wednesday to try to resolve a dispute over two paper mills being built in neighboring Uruguay that have raised environmental concerns.
Kirchner called on Spain and Finland to intervene since the mills are being built by companies from the two European countries.
Kirchner also urged the two companies, Finland's Botnia and Spain's Ence, to be open about the possible environmental impact of the plants and called for further studies to assess that.
Argentina opposes construction of the plants, charging that the $1.7 billion project would damage the environment along the Uruguay River, which separates the two South American countries.
Relations between Uruguay and Argentina have been strained by the project, which represents the biggest private investment ever in Uruguay.
"The Finnish government ... has stayed quiet, and it should be helping to resolve the matter," the Argentine president said at the government palace in Buenos Aires.
Kirchner said Spain's government should also get involved.
Last week, the World Bank's private sector arm said it would withhold approval of about $400 million in funding for the two mills, saying it wanted to further examine the social and environmental impact before deciding whether to proceed.
Argentina argues that the plants violate bilateral accords while Uruguay says months of protests on the Argentine side of the border by demonstrators blocking roads have caused about $400 million in economic losses.
Kirchner's government has not stopped the protests, but on Wednesday he said he did not support them and urged the environmentalists to call them off.
For its part, Paraguay called for a meeting with Argentina over concerns that three Argentine paper mills could be contaminating a border river.
"If the paper mills are polluting (the river), we urge Argentina to take the necessary measures to make sure these plants do what is necessary to eliminate these residues," Paraguay's Deputy Foreign Minister Emilio Gimenez said.
(Additional reporting by Daniela Desantis in Asuncion)
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What Are We About?
Welcome to Leon Math!If you want to be successful in this class, you must commit now to the following:
- taking notes and paying attention in class
- doing every assignment
- asking questions
- reviewing notes and assignments for about 15 minutes per day
- seeking additional help early if you need it
Here are some great ways to get additional help:
- ask questions in class
- find a classmate who you can call or text for extra help
- make an appointment to meet with me after school
- check out some of the links listed in Students Resources here on this website
- ask me for recommended personal tutors
Your attendance is CRITICAL! I know people get sick, and I know that students attend activities outside of school. However, nothing can replace the one-to-one attention and face-to-face instruction I can offer you in class. Miss as little as possible: school is your job for now; treat it that way.If you are out of class, be sure to log into Canvas to check for announcements, notes, and assignments that you missed. Make an appointment to meet with me as soon as possible in order to clarify any misconceptions or to make up missed work.
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The altar of repose is an altar in a Roman Catholic or Anglo-Catholic church used as the place where the Communion hosts, consecrated in the Mass of the Lord's Supper, are reserved for Holy Communion on the following day, which is Good Friday, the day on which the death of Christ is observed liturgically and Mass is not celebrated, so communion must be given from Hosts consecrated on the previous day.
The Roman Catholic Church does not prescribe that the place of reservation should have an altar, requiring only that "the Blessed Sacrament should be reserved in a closed tabernacle or pyx". Indeed the Church's rules on the matter envisage no more than a single altar in the church.
In the Mass of the Lord's Supper sufficient hosts are consecrated for the faithful to receive Communion both at that Mass and on the next day. The hosts intended for the Good Friday service are not placed in the tabernacle, as is usual, but are left on the altar, while the priests says the postcommunion prayer. They are then carried in solemn procession to a place of reservation somewhere in the church or in an appropriately adorned chapel. The priest uses a humeral veil while carrying them to that place. The procession is led by a cross-bearer accompanied by two servers with lighted candles; other servers with lighted candles follow and a thurifer immediately precedes the priest. The Blessed Sacrament remains in the temporary place until the Holy Communion part of the Good Friday liturgical service.
Roman Catholic piety has made Holy Thursday a day of exceptional devotion to the Blessed Sacrament, and the place where the Sacrament is reserved is a focus point for the love and aspirations of the faithful. Eucharistic adoration is encouraged at the place of reservation, but if continued after midnight should be done without outward solemnity.
After the Good Friday service, the Blessed Sacrament remains available as viaticum for the dying and for Communion given on Good Friday at the service called The Celebration of the Passion of the Lord. While the Blessed Sacrament remains in the temporary tabernacle, a lamp or candle is kept burning before it.
Mention of the altar of repose and the procession to it is not found before the close of the fifteenth century. The reservation of the Consecrated Species in the Mass of Holy Thursday, spoken of in earlier liturgical works, was for the distribution of Holy Communion, not for the service on the following day.
- ↑ Holy Thursday Evening Mass of the Lord's Supper, 55
- ↑ Holy Thursday Evening Mass of the Lord's Supper, 57
- ↑ Missale Romanum, Feria V in Cena Domini, 35-36
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Missale Romanum, Feria V in Cena Domini, 38
- ↑ Missale Romanum, Feria V in Cena Domini, 37
- ↑ Holy Thursday Evening Mass of the Lord's Supper, 56
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The New Scientist tells its readers: “Next time you are organizing a cheese and wine party, don’t waste your money on quality wine. Cheese masks the subtle flavors that mark out a good wine, so your guests won’t be able to tell that you are serving them cheap stuff.”
Of course, we can tell you something that will stand up to flavorful cheese, but more on that in a moment.
Decanter magazine – the prestigious British wine publication – has a great lead on its version ofo the story, beginning “to some, it will be like saying Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers were out of step. But new research has revealed that cheese and wine do not make the perfect pair.”
Then it gets to the truth, noting:
Despite debunking the tradition, the news does not come as a shock to those in the business of wine and food matching.
“What amuses me is that people need scientists to tell them this,” said Decanter contributing editor and leading food and wine writer, Fiona Beckett. “Anyone who actually enjoys their wine will know that cheese will ruin their favorite wine.”
Beckett, who runs her own website on food and wine matching, said that wine lovers should pick one or two cheeses to have with their wine and not plump for a wide selection.
So what’s the alternative when you want to serve a wide range of cheeses? Flavorful beer, of course.
Last year, Janet Fletcher of the San Francisco Chronicle tackled the subject, writing: “After several weeks of ‘research,’ including two marathon tastings, I’m convinced that beer as a partner for cheese rarely stumbles.”
She talked to Garrett Oliver, Brooklyn Brewery brewmaster and author: “With wine, you’re almost always working just with contrasts. That’s not as satisfying as also working in some harmonies,” he said.
Lucy Saunders, a Wisconsin-based beer writer, also offered advice. “It’s useful to think in terms of four things: hops bitterness; malt sweetness or breadiness; the level of carbonation, and extra flavors added to the beer,” she said.
Several years ago, Saunders worked with Wisconsin’s Milk Marketing Board on its 16-page full color “Sampler’s Guide To Wisconsin Specialty Cheese and Craft Beer.” The pamphlet featured tips on pairing beer and cheese, tasting tips and recipes.
Some of the suggested pairings:
– Mascarpone, a soft Italian-style cheese, with a Belgian-style Saison. The tangy beer will contrast nicely with buttery richness of the Mascarpone.
– Fresh Mozzarella and and a dark lager. Another nice contrast: In this case dark malts and sweet dairy flavors.
– Monteray Jack with Jalapeno and a bottle-conditioned winter warmer. A big, malty beer will stand up well to the hot peppers and Monterey Jack. A great combo in front of a roaring fire.
– Smoked Gouda and bock beer. Another beer for cool days, smooth yet with enough toastiness to take on the mild smokiness of the cheese.
– Gruyere and witbier. The spices of the Belgian white beer – coriander, orange peels and other ‘secret” choices – should meld well with the earthy, nutty Gruyere. Substitute Swiss cheese if you want.
– Aged Cheddar and stout. A big stout, with lots of chocolate and black malts so that it hints of coffee, should be handle the the complexity of a well aged, still sharp Cheddar.
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BitsBlog posts analysis of this article on FrontPageMagazine.com. The article details some of Theresa Heinz Kerry's charitable contributions as a window into what issues are really near and dear to the Kerry's hearts.
The Tides Foundation is a major source of revenue for some of the most extreme groups on the Left. Tides allows donors to anonymously contribute money to a host of causes; the donor simply makes the check out to Tides and instructs the Foundation where to forward the money. Tides does so, for a nominal fee. Drummond Pike told The Chronicle of Philanthropy, “Anonymity is very important to most of the people we work with.” That becomes understandable when one views the list of Tides grant recipients. And who are the beneficiaries of this money?
Here is the tip of the iceberg:
Tides established the Iraq Peace Fund and the Peace Strategies Fund to fund the antiwar movement. These projects fueled such hysterical protest organizations as MoveOn.org, the website that recently featured two separate commercials portraying George W. Bush as Adolf Hitler. [emphasis mine]
According to FrontPage:
Teresa Heinz Kerry has financed the secretive Tides Foundation to the tune of more than $4 million over the years. The Tides Foundation, a “charity” established in 1976 by antiwar leftist activist Drummond Pike, distributes millions of dollars in grants every year to political organizations advocating far-Left causes. The Tides Foundation and its closely allied Tides Center, which was spun off from the Foundation in 1996 but run by Drummond Pike, distributed nearly $66 million in grants in 2002 alone. In all, Tides has distributed more than $300 million for the Left.
Read the article (and check out BitsBlog's analysis) to find out just how many organizations you love to hate are bankrolled by Heinz Kerry. You'll be amazed at just how many there are.
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|Swedish term or phrase: Tillståndsdiagram|
|In a computer programming language they refer to the "tillståndsdiagram". Is it correct to say "condition diagram", or should it be "permissive diagram"?|
skick state, state (condition) of things;
i dåligt (gott) tillstånd in bad (good) condition (illa resp. väl underhållen, isht om hus repair);
i fast (flytande) tillstånd in solid (fluid) form;
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Albion » KD23
The KD23 with the 12 cylinder 14.64 litre oil engine was said to have performance which was far ahead of any other heavy vehicle on the road in Britain when used on long distance haulage between Scotland and England in 1951. The engine was mounted under the chassis (as on Bussing trucks), which meant that a straight frame could be used. The drawback of this was that in order to give the engine sufficient ground clearance for overseas conditions, the frame was much higher than usual, and the tyres were very massive 13.00x20. When initial testing work in Britain was completed, the KD23 was sent to South Africa late in 1951 for testing on the sort of duties for which it was designed. On being shipped back to Glasgow, the engine and other major components were stripped down for examination, but Leyland had other plans for their new subsidiary and the remains of this amazing vehicle were eventually broken up.
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The graphic above tells in one way the story of Wales' coronavirus outbreak.
The purple line uses a seven-day average of coronavirus cases to show how the outbreak rose to a peak on April 9, 17 days after lockdown was announced, when 390 people were diagnosed with Covid-19 on one day.
It then shows how the number of cases being diagnosed dropped more slowly, hit a plateau and then fell again to where we are today - seeing the same levels of cases we first saw before lockdown was announced on March 23.
The yellow line below it shows the number of deaths officially linked to coronavirus by doctors on death certificates following a similar path.
Yet there is also much that this simple line cannot tell us - how the picture has differed across Wales and how many deaths and how many cases have simply never appeared on the official statistics.
That week when Wales saw the greatest loss of life officially linked to this rapacious virus was the week that ended April 17 - meaning those deaths were happening just days after the highest numbers of cases were being diagnosed.
Given what we know about how the length of time, often several weeks, the course of the virus takes, what does this tell us about the state of our awareness of and response to the virus at the time?
It possibly paints a picture of a health and care system lacking testing capacity, grappling to understand what it was up against, desperately trying to do what it could to save lives but lacking the tools to get ahead of the virus and get a picture of what was happening in the community.
In that fateful week - week 16 of the 52-week ONS calendar for recording mortality - 254 of those deaths were in hospitals and 132 in care homes.
Many of those elderly people in care homes would never have been diagnosed. Testing was not offered widely in care homes until May 16. It is also possible that some of those in hospital, at that stage, had not been diagnosed until recently before their death.
Yet the story of coronavirus in Wales is not just a national story. It is also the story of communities and of regions - areas hit at different times and in different ways by the virus.
This short clip is made up maps showing the rate of cases in each council area of Wales on each day since the first patient was officially diagnosed in Swansea. It is a more confusing picture - because it tells a lot of different stories at the same time.
This shows more clearly that slow ebb away of coronavirus cases in Wales' overall cases masks very different stories in north and south Wales - and markedly different courses in the urban and rural areas of Wales.
Our reporter Laura Clements has already written about the one area of Wales that had very few cases of coronavirus, Ceredigion, and asked what roles geography and the simple but effective contact tracing system set up Ceredigion council played in this.
The focus has been intensely on north Wales in recent weeks. A rise in cases in late May has been followed by the largest numbers of recent deaths being seen in the Betsi Cadwaladr health board.
Increased testing has been suggested as a reason, although this would not explain why there had also been more deaths in recent weeks than in south Wales. An older population and close clusters of care homes also have been proposed - but that would not necessarily explain the timing.
This chart, which compares three of the worst outbreaks in south Wales - Newport, Cardiff and Rhondda Cynon Taf - with Denbighshire, suggests the question we should be asking is what happened in early May to cause case levels to start rising in Denbighshire (and neighbouring areas of north Wales).
Until then, the trajectory of cases had followed a very similar pattern, albeit at a slightly lower level and a few days behind, to the south Wales areas.
Yet this chart suggests that Denbighshire saw a dramatic escalation of cases to hit a much later peak on May 21 - six weeks after the southern regions.
The Welsh Government's answer in recent weeks has been that testing has played a huge part in the fact that there have appeared to be so many cases in north Wales.
The level of testing in late May and early June certainly far outstrips the number of tests that were being done early on in the outbreak.
People who fear they have the symptoms in north Wales today can far more easily get a test than was the case in March and early April when hospital intensive care units in south Wales say they were a week away from being overrun.
On May 21, the day Denbighshire's outbreak appears to have peaked, there were 182 tests done in the north Wales council area (which has a population of 95k). In comparison on the day of its peak on April 7, there were 39 tests done in Newport (population 153k).
The number of deaths where Covid-19 was mentioned on the death certificate, as recorded by the Office for National Statistics, in the respective areas is ultimately a far more unbending guide to when the virus was spreading most rapidly.
This chart compares the deaths (in purple) seen in four of the hardest-hit south Wales local authorities (Cardiff, Newport, RCT and Merthyr) with (in yellow) four of the worst-hit north Wales council areas (Wrexham, Denbighshire, Conwy and Gwynedd).
By putting four local authorities together it removes some of the jumps that can be seen from week to week in smaller areas with fewer people. These figures are adjusted for population size to be comparable and show the number of deaths week by week.
This cleary shows that the virus was spreading fastest in south Wales in March and April. It even appears that that both areas saw the greatest spread of the virus at the same time, March to early April as the highest level of deaths in both areas were in the middle of that month.
However the question still remains as to why the number of deaths and cases in north Wales did not fall as they did in the south. The recent outbreaks at the 2 Sisters poultry processing plant on Llangefni and Rowan Foods in Wrexham, as well as the fact deaths are now higher in the north than the south, suggests there is more of the virus circulating in the community in north than south Wales, and the testing is just much more effective at highlighting it.
If there is one other question that the figures put out by the ONS and public health bodies throw up, it's to ask how bad have been the problems in our care homes.
This scatter chart compares an area's population with the number of care home deaths since early March. If an area is above an imaginary diagonal line from corner to corner, it's had unusually high levels of deaths in care homes compared to other local authorities this year.
Merthyr Tydfil, Blaenau Gwent, Monmouthshire, Powys - and also Carmarthenshire, Newport and Rhondda Cynon Taf all stand out.
Yet the heartbreaking scale of the loss of life due to Covid-19 becomes clearer when these numbers are compared to an average year.
To look at just a few of of these, this year Merthyr Tydfil has had 79 deaths in care homes since late February. In a normal year, there would be just 15 deaths in care homes in Merthyr in that time, according to the ONS five-yearly average.
Carmarthenshire has has 223 deaths in care homes since early March where it would normally have just 120. Powys has had 198 deaths in care homes in the last 14 weeks where it would normally have just 86.
And many of these excess care home deaths are almost certainly not recorded on the either the ONS or the Public Health Wales figures as being linked to Covid-19.
According to the ONS, Merthyr has only seen 28 Covid-19 deaths in care homes this year, Powys has only seen 46 and Carmarthenshire 39.
We're told that Wales has had a true death toll linked to Covid-19 of 2,317, according to the latest figures published by the Office for National Statistics.
Yet is clear that the real toll is higher. There have been 2,592 people die in care homes in Wales since the end of February this year. In a normal year, that would be 1,602.
That is an excess death toll of 910 - and only 656 of them have been linked to Covid-19.
It suggests that looking at care homes alone, the deaths of at least another 254 more people may well be linked to this devastating pandemic, whether through the virus itself or being unable to receive lifesaving care for other conditions.
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Microsoft's Internet Explorer 5 has a newly discovered security hole that allows anyone with access to your computer the ability to see where you've been online.
The breach was uncovered by ZDNet's AnchorDesk Technical Director Jon DeKeles and confirmed by Microsoft. DeKeles says your Web surfing is easily exposed if you browse with IE 5 on a Windows 98 platform.
How it works:
You legitimately go to a secure Web site, giving your login and password. You cruise the site. The pages you visit are stored in your cache. You log off and leave your computer thinking you're safe. But you're not. The next person who sits at your machine can easily return to those sites. When prompted for your password, the snoop merely presses "cancel," the "back" button, the "forward" button, and presto -- he can go wherever you've been online.
DeKeles says the Web site must be using Unix' "htaccess".
DeKeles consulted with other ZDNet technical experts Monday to confirm the security breach. Mike Nichols, Microsoft's US Product Manager for Windows, confirmed the problem.
Microsoft does not yet have a fix, and is investigating whether it affects IE 5 on Windows NT.
A quick fix: Clear your cache whenever you leave your machine.
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What we do?
The Family Resource and Youth Service Centers were created as part of the Kentucky Education Reform Act. The purpose of the centers is to enhance students abilities to succeed in the school by assisting children, youth, and families in meeting some of their basic needs. The services are for all children, youth, and their families as well as senior citizens who reside within the community they reside.
We're housed in the elementary building.
Contact Us: (859) 261-3223
Anyone interested in being a volunteer chaperone must fill out the volunteer application and meet approval before he/ she may chaperone a school event. To apply for approval pick up an application, fill it out and return it to the Family Resource Center. Please allow up to 4 weeks for approval.
|Services include but are not limited to ...
- Referral assistance for child care, preschool, and after school care.
- Health and education services for new and expectant parents.
- Education to enhance parenting skills and education for pre-school parents and their children.
- Health Services or referral to health services.
- Support Services
- Employment counseling, training, and placement
- Summer and part time job development
- Drug and alcohol counseling
- Family crisis and mental health counseling
The mission of the Ludlow Family Resource/Youth Service Center is to promote the flow of resources to support and strengthen families through establishing linkages among existing services within the community. The center will maintain a partnership among parents, educators, social service agencies, and local citizens in a collaborative effort to enhance the growth and development of the individual members of the family unit.
Find out more about the Born Learning Academy, a series of workshops for parents with children ages birth to 5 years. Click HERE for dates and details!
The Family Resource Center is made possible through a grant but donations of time and clothing, household items and money are always welcomed. Without the generosity of our staff and community members we would not be able to provide our students with the things they need most. Thank you!
Contact Cathy Pedro, FRYSC Director, for more information about our programs..
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Surprise, surprise: research shows that patients understand their health records better when they are not full of abbreviations. The study, published in JAMA Network Open, showed improved comprehension when certain abbreviations and acronyms were spelled out. Although study subjects had previous exposure to healthcare organizations, their initial understanding of some common abbreviations was below 40%. Looking at a set of 10 common abbreviations, expanding them increased comprehension from 62% to 95%. The authors urge clinicians to consider that patients may not understand abbreviations and medical terminology. Abbreviations aside, it’s important to understand the low level of health literacy across the US and the need for most patient-facing communications to be written at or below the sixth-grade level.
I recently had another trip into the Patient Zone, and even as a healthcare provider, I found some of the things I encountered confusing. I know how to navigate the system and I still have a post-visit issue that remains unresolved three days later. The office was running significantly late, so I got to listen to quite a few inappropriately overheard conversations. One involved a staffer who kept confusing two “sound-alike” medications to the point where I wanted to step out to the clinical station and correct her. Losartan is for blood pressure, Loestrin is an oral contraceptive. I later found out that she wasn’t working in her usual clinical location because they had floated people to the office to cover shortages. Still, I hope that no one was harmed on their watch. I received some wonky directions from people in the office and it makes more sense if they were temporary staff, but the average patient might not know to question it.
I’m also trying to put myself in the shoes of patients who are receiving immediate lab results via their patient portal accounts. The clinician I saw warned me, “you’ll probably see your results before I will” and she wasn’t kidding. Barely six hours after I left the office, I started receiving a flurry of “new result available” alerts. I’m not sure how the labs were ordered, but each component of the blood work was coming back as an individual result with its own notification. It was unnerving to say the least, especially since the ones I was really waiting for weren’t among the first to return. As a physician, I know what the results mean, but as a patient I can imagine it might be very frustrating. My guess is it won’t be until sometime next week before I receive an official interpretation, once all the results have returned. I’ll be interested to see how the rest of the process goes, and if my pharmacy benefit manager will ever sort out the erroneous script that was sent. I tried to resolve it, but they were never able to find the provider’s name in their system (despite me being able to see the erroneous script from the patient-side login) so I’m betting at some point I wind up driving to the office to pick up a paper script and fax it in myself.
Needless to say, there’s a long way to go for some healthcare organizations to really embrace the idea of patient-centered design. There have been a lot of healthcare futurists over the last decade who have said that patients will vote with their feet and drive their healthcare dollars towards organizations that deliver care that is personalized and consumer friendly. Pre-pandemic I still saw the majority of patients choosing their care based on insurance coverage with very little consideration of quality metrics or anything else. Now, with all the staffing shortages and physicians leaving patient care in droves, patients seem to just be getting in wherever they can. In my area, one of the largest health systems has over 4,000 patients on its wait list for a particular specialty, which now refuses to accept any referrals from outside the health system. That doesn’t seem terribly patient-centric to me. The organization blames its inability to recruit for the shortage of clinicians. I guarantee that if they raised their salaries above 25th percentile they’d be able to recruit.
After reflecting on these recent experiences, I wasn’t sure I was in the right frame of mind to read yet another article about a “man on a mission” in healthcare. One of my shoe-loving friends has a huge crush on Glen Tullman though, so I figured I better keep up so she and I have something to chat about. The premise of Tullman’s latest venture, Transcarent, is leveling the playing field for patients as they try to meet their healthcare needs. He calls out the fact that the health insurance industry is one that doesn’t operate in the best interests of its customers. The article calls out the fact that when insurance companies profit, each dollar represents care that patients didn’t receive. Tullman proposes giving those dollars back to large, self-insured employers who are footing the bill for coverage.
It will be interesting to see if Transcarent is able to succeed where other companies have failed. Haven tried to do this a few years ago for employees of Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, and JPMorgan Chase. So far, more than 100 companies have signed up, eager to see savings on their healthcare spending. Transcarent makes its money by taking a cut of that savings, which is achieved through pre-negotiated pricing for services as well as by directing patients to lower-cost alternatives. Corporate customers are gravitating to the approach as are health systems, some of which are financially backing the endeavor. Walmart is jumping in with a recent agreement to become a preferred provider, offering primary care, mental health, and dental services. The article was enough to hook me, so I’ll be following along as the company expands. They’ve already hired some really smart people, and I’m eager to see if they’ll be able to move the needle.
Happy 19th Birthday HIStalk! I didn’t have time to do proper pastry therapy, so this option from my neighborhood Costco will have to do. Even though white cake is my favorite, you really can’t go wrong with a cake that is filled with their signature mousse.
What’s your favorite birthday pastry? Leave a comment or email me.
Email Dr. Jayne.
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King’s Water Centre has launched four policy papers that explore how we can ensure we have a just and sustainable water future.
In 2020, 2 billion people (26% of the global population) did not have access to safely managed drinking water and 3.6 billion (46%) lacked safely managed sanitation.
The policy papers look at how water policy should be tied to human rights to ensure everyone has access to clean water, sanitation and adequate food.
They also explore the need to acknowledge the true value of water, which encompasses its financial value and its cultural impact, as well as introduce a new knowledge database which will help us understand how dams impact the environment.
Focusing on these issues are vital in order to meet the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals – in particular Sustainable Development Goal 6, ‘Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all’.
We’re excited to launch our King’s Water Centre policy brief series. This series aims to inform and provide clarity on the water challenges that societies face. The briefs offer an opportunity for King’s academics to work with our research stakeholders to figure out the knowledge and insights that are truly valuable and practical in solving these challenges. The series is a way for us to connect further with the communities we’d like to work with and co-produce relevant research. We hope that these briefs will help policy decisions and aid answering some of the pressing questions related to water and sustainability.” – Naho Mirumachi, King’s Water Centre Co-director
King’s Water Centre is launching the series at an event on 7 July.
Read the policy paper briefs
Homelessness, water insecurity, and the human rights to water and sanitation
Looking at how normal human functions have been criminalised and are surrounded in shame and stigma, this paper argues that homelessness is not only a problem of public health and urban planning, but of water policy as well.
Authors: Katie Meehan (King’s Water Centre, King’s College London), Marianne Odetola (Department of Geography, King’s College London), Alison Griswold (Department of Geography, King’s College London)
Interlinking the human rights to water and sanitation with struggles for food and better livelihoods
As large scale industrial agriculture puts pressure on water resources, indigenous and marginalised communities will be the ones most affected. This paper argues that a human-rights approach to water policy is needed to prioritise communities over corporate activities.
Authors: Naho Mirumachi (King’s Water Centre, King’s College London), Alison Griswold (Department of Geography, King’s College London), Lyla Mehta (Institute of Development Studies), Shiney Varghese (Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy), Claudia Ringler (International Food Policy Research Institute)
Valuing water: a difficult but crucial step towards greater water justice
When it comes to valuing water, finances are just one part of the overall picture. In order to understand it’s true value and to ensure that water policies are inclusive, this paper looks at how water’s cultural, wellbeing and environmental benefits also need to be taken into account.
Authors: Ana Manero, Crawford School of Public Policy (Australian National University), Naho Mirumachi (King’s Water Centre, King’s College London), Lucy Everitt (Department of Geography, King’s College London), Andre Müller (Adelphi)
Environmental intelligence for managing dams and their catchments
The Global Dam Watch (GDW) have created their knowledge-base, a collection of databases and tools to enable the curation and analysis of dam data, which will give a full understanding of both the benefits and the effects that dams have on land and water ecosystems.
Authors: Mark Mulligan (Department of Geography, King’s College London), Arnout van Soesbergen (Department of Geography, King’s College London), Lucy Everitt (Department of Geography, King’s College London)
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Region: South Pacific
Subject: Native Life
Samoa, wedding, south seas, island, feast, village, tribal circle, the groom, the chief, father of the bride, chiefs greet, shake hands, guests arrive, large sea going canoe with many oarsmen, Kava drink is prepared, woman with tub, Macropiper Methysticum pepper root mixed with water, large grass hut, Kai Kai, food, pickled beef, people bringing barrels, preparing food, dancing, bridal couple, they kiss, dancing, Head Knife dance, bride dances,
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Lt Governor also laid the foundation stone for redevelopment of Polo View Road as a pedestrian walkway to provide better ambience and shopping experience to the citizens. He informed that a systematic effort to improve the cities in J&K has been long overdue and the state is working on this much-awaited transformation by improving urban services, creation of urban infrastructure and improved system of urban governance to make the cities ecologically sustainable, economically productive and socially equitable. Smart City is a people’s movement to make the cities sustainable, efficient to provide improved services to the citizens. They need to come together and realize the dream of Smart City by working in cohesion. The enlistment of Srinagar city in the UNESCO world creative cities network under the Craft & Folk Arts category is a proud moment for all. It is the collective responsibility of all the stakeholders associated with crafts and art to strengthen it and also revive the traditional handloom and handicrafts.
Other projects including the Control Room of ‘Adaptive Traffic Control System (ATCS)’ costing ₹12.76 crore; Vehicle Mounted Manhole Desilting Machine and snow clearance machines have been dedicated to the citizens of Srinagar to strengthen the city’s infrastructure and to ensure efficient services are delivered in a sustainable manner.
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Oklahoma City-based Hobby Lobby, and it’s sister company Mardel, Inc., will defy a federal law that requires employee health care plans to provide insurance coverage for types of contraception that the firm’s owners consider to be “abortion-causing drugs and devices,” an attorney for the company said Thursday. Hobby Lobby has decided that providing birth control, specifically Plan B, or the morning after pill, to their employees through their insurance is in violation of their religious freedom under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA).
To deny insurance coverage for this form of birth control based upon their religious beliefs is actually violating employee’s religious freedom by forcing the employers beliefs upon those of their employees. Hobby Lobby is free to practice their own beliefs…. If they do not support this method of birth control, then they are able to make their own choice to not use it. But do not skew the law to fit one’s own personal ignorance. This refusal to comply can result in fines of up to $1.3 million a day.
After the for-profit companies was ruled against by the U.S. District Court in November, Hobby Lobby attempted to file an appeal with the Supreme Court only to be denied by Justice Sonia Sotomayor. She simply refuses to hear the case.
The contraception that Hobby Lobby opposes is a form of birth control, not an abortion pill. In order to abort a fetus, well, there must be a fetus. The egg may not even be fertilized at this point. But if so, it has not yet implanted to the wall of the uterus, which occurs on or about day 8. When taking this form of birth control, the zygote would still be in early stages of cleavage, or cell division, and is not yet considered an embryo, but is called a blastocyst. The human blastocyst comprises 70-100 cells. There are more cells in the skin scratched off of your nose than there is in a blastocyst. It is not human life at this stage. It is not until between days 10 to 14 that a “pregnancy” becomes established.
According to Planned Parenthood, the Morning-After Pill is NOT an abortion pill and works in this manner:
One type of emergency contraception (Plan B One-Step, Next Choice, Levonorgestrel Tablets) is made of one of the hormones made by a woman’s body — progestin. Another type (ella) blocks the body’s own progestin.
Both types of emergency contraception work by keeping a woman’s ovaries from releasing eggs — ovulation. Pregnancy cannot happen if there is no egg to join with sperm.
You might have also heard that the morning-after pill causes an abortion. But that’s not true. The morning-after pill is not the abortion pill. Emergency contraception is birth control, not abortion.
If the courts were to rule in favor of Hobby Lobby, then it would open the door and allow companies to violate the rights of their employees for any reason they see fit due to “religious beliefs.” Some religions do not consume pork, for example. If the owner of a business follows this religion, they would then be able to mandate that their employees are not allowed to eat pork.
Thankfully the courts understand that the “freedom of religion” allows one the freedom to choose and follow any religion they so desire. Freedom of religion does NOT allow anyone, whether employer or not, to restrict equal treatment of their employees due to their own religious beliefs.
Veracity Stew: Hobby Lobby Defies Court, Will Deny Contraception to Employees
SCOTUS: APPLICATION FOR INJUNCTION, HOBBY LOBBY STORES, INC., ET AL., v. KATHLEEN SEBELIUS, SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, ET AL.
Think Progress: Hobby Lobby Must Cover Contraception For Employees, Judge Rules
MSN: Hobby Lobby decides its religious principles are worth $1.3M a day
Think Progress: Hobby Lobby To Deny Contraception To Employees, Ignoring Court Order
Planned Parenthood: Morning-After Pill (Emergency Contraception)
Fetal Development: First Trimester
Wikipedia: Cleavage (embryo)
IUPUI Dept. of Biology: Human Reproduction and Development
def shepherd: Hobby Lobby: Evangelical-Led Business Files Suit Against HHS Mandate
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A Word On Food: Turkey
The first time we rolled down Highway 1 in the Florida Keys was 1971. Sometimes you would not see an oncoming car for 10 to 15 minutes. The darkness on those narrow bridges we crossed was nearly overwhelming.
But above us the constellations came through. The starlight was an explosion of skyward imagery that guided us forth. Now we drive across these islands on the same highway and struggle to find a gap where you hope to find the darkness once again and the attendant miracle of the stars. Returning here, I am reminded of the words of ancient Heraclitus, “No man ever steps in the same river twice for it’s not the same river and he’s not the same man.”
When we got near Mile Marker 7 as we headed home for Christmas, we saw a glow to the west and wondered, what was burning? And then we theorized it might be the illumination of Key West glowing in the winter night. I marveled at the human beehive of the Island City, how the congregated souls assembled a vibrant culture over the past three centuries. Like many families, the holiday is defined by faith but made evident of it through the traditions of the foods we make to celebrate the cosmic and like those stars, the celestial.
With us, it would be a roasted turkey as our selected feast item this year. It is not our tradition to have turkey at Christmas. We had the best intentions to have turkey on Thanksgiving as we have every year of our lives. But all we saw of turkey in November was the stripped carcass of a once, faith assures me, plump bird.
We had been invited to a party at the beach and we were detained in traffic. Our fellow partygoers did not mean to leave us without, but at a big party as this one was, no one was at fault for not being aware of who was there and who was not.
It was our duty to bring the ham and bring the ham we did. Completed with a lusty rum and pineapple-raisin glaze. As we set it down next to the bony remains of the turkey it dazzled the still hungry Thanksgiving revelers. I slid my carving knife out of its leather case and into the haunch of a rosy pig part. Thanks for giving Mr. Pig!
With a month between the holidays of Thanksgiving and Christmas, our loss of the annual turkey’s goodness only intensified, so the decision over roast pork or prime rib gave way to roast turkey! And if there was any wavering indecision it was quickly quelled in that, not only would we be reclaiming the gap in our turkey intake, but probably more importantly the stuffing, the mashed potatoes and my wife Janet’s gravy! She learned to cook at her mother’s side and she learned well. Her gravy is true and magical. The kind of dish a devoted son exhorts his loving wife to learn.
When turkeys were introduced to Europe from the New World, they became the dish of royalty and high society. The novelty of the large birds wowed them! Chefs flavored the birds with luxuries including foie gras and truffles.
Back here in America, it is the white meat that finds the most favor these days. Now the birds have been bred to have such large breasts that the male is unable to fertilize the eggs of the female in the natural mating position. Today’s turkey eggs are fertilized by artifical insemination.
I didn’t know that. What I also didn’t know until recently is that the Sesame Street character ‘Big Bird’ is bedecked in turkey feathers that are dyed bright yellow.
I wonder... are Bert and Ernie on to this?
RECIPE FOR TURKEY BRINE
Brining birds has become more and more common. Wonder why? It is successful! It keeps the breast meat moist during the long process of getting the meat done. My friend Mario Batali is a briner. Are you?
Yield: Enough for 1 breast from a 20 pound bird
1 ¼ Cups kosher salt
1 ½ Cups sugar
2 Bay leaves, broken
1 Medium onion, peeled and halved
6 Whole allspice berries
6 Juniper berries
1 Turkey Breast, well rinsed
Place salt, sugar and 1 quart hot water in a large deep pot and whisk until salt and sugar crystals dissolve. Whisk in 4 quarts cold water. Pin bay leaves to onion halves with cloves and add them to brine. Add the Allspice and Juniper Berries.
Let mixture cool to room temperature.
Add turkey breast, placing a large heavy pot or sealed zip-top bag filled with cold water on top to keep breast submerged.
Place pot in refrigerator and marinate overnight.
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Information technology is now the technology of the present and the future. State simply, information technology (IT) means the rapid assimilation and manipulation of information through communication channels such as wireless, phone lines, and so on, it’s processing through computers, mini-computers, and micro-computers.
This is the age of much higher tech everything will soon be connected and it will change your life. In the very near future, a typical day may start with the coffee or tea-maker checking your schedule and making the brew at 6 am. The microwave toasts your bun left the night before and programmed just as you like it to be. In the bathroom, you can read the day’s headlines over the morning mirror as you share and brush your teeth, both of which can be done to perfection using the programmed equipment. At the office, your assistant prints out the files required for the day, along with the times and places of appointments and meetings to go with them. In the care, the auto computer has been loaded with the times and places of the appointments from the office assistant’s computer, and it will call out directions and monitor likely road jams, as you pass through town.
In Bangladesh too after a slow start, the IT revolution has caught on. And by the today, there is an estimated 300,000 installed base of PC’s including servers. The main agencies and the catalysts of the IT revolution have been vendors such as IBM, NCR (bought over by Leads Corporation in Bangladesh). Cipro, Beximco Computers, International Office Equipment’s and many others, at present the concerned agencies are regulated by the Bangladesh Computer Society (BCS), the Bangladesh Software Information Society (BASIS) and the Internet Science Association of Bangladesh (ISPAB).
NIIT was founded in 1981 with headquarters in New Delhi and has grown to be the 6 largest IT Company in India. Its revenues in 1997-98 rose to over, 150 of 26 nationalities in 20 countries. The IT education and training business in India has been pioneered by NIIT in 1982, and its GNIT curriculum is offered in 10 countries, including Bangladesh. Its training services include the four year GNIIT program, which is aimed at creating, software professionals able to cope with the computer technologies of the 21st century. NIIT also offers, besides conventional classroom, training, the NIIT which is series of comprehensive learning programs on internet methodology.
- Essay on Information Technology and Bangladesh
- Paragraph on ICT/Flourishment of ICT
- Short Paragraph on Internet
- Composition on Use of Internet
- Dialogue Between You and Your Friend About the Importance of Learning Computer
- Paragraph on Internet
- Essay on Internet and the Teenagers Or Internet: Uses and Impacts on Social Life
- Composition On My Hobdy (Surfing Internet)
- Dialogue Between Myself and My Friend About the Usefulness of Computer
- Essay on Impact of Technology on Education
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What is a tutor house?
If you mean 'Tudor', their facades often tall-pitched cross gables, gable roofs, heavy dark diagonal or vertical beams set into light colored plaster, and a patterned stone or brick chimney. Tudor style home plans draw their inspiration from medieval English half-timbered cottages and manor houses.
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Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman’s 2010 film Howl starred James Franco as poet Allen Ginsberg, but artist Eric Drooker’s animation of the titular poem was a highlight of the film. No stranger to Ginsberg (he illustrated the 1996 volume Illuminated Poems), Drooker layers the ghostly clothes of jazz and sculpts the towering, bullheaded Moloch, vast stone of war. The multimedia exhibit The Art of Howl shows how poetry becomes motion, with character design drawings, storyboards, animation key frames and concept art, Ginsberg’s own photos, and images from the subsequent graphic-novel adaptation, as one of the best minds of a generation interprets another.
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Young women who drink alcohol every day may be raising significantly their risk of breast cancer, according to US research published Wednesday.
Each alcoholic drink a woman takes daily from when her menstrual periods start until her first full-term pregnancy ups her lifetime risk of breast cancer by 13 percent, said the study in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
The findings were based on a survey of 91,005 mothers in a major US health study from 1989 to 2009.
The researchers also found that each additional daily drink -- whether beer, wine or hard liquor -- raised the risk of proliferative benign breast disease by 15 percent.
The presence of these noncancerous lesions also contributes to raising breast cancer risk, according to experts at the Washington University School of Medicine.
Breast tissue cells are particularly susceptible to cancer-causing changes in youth because they grow rapidly and proliferate during adolescence and beyond, researchers said.
Another factor is the lengthening time period between the first menstrual period and the first childbirth, a trend which is likely to continue.
"Reducing drinking to less than one drink per day, especially during this time period, is a key strategy to reducing lifetime risk of breast cancer," said study author Graham Colditz, associate director for cancer prevention at Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine.
Previous research has found a link between drinking alcohol in adulthood and higher breast cancer risk.
"More and more heavy drinking is occurring on college campuses and during adolescence, and not enough people are considering future risk," said Colditz.
Health authorities say about one in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime.
Risk factors include advancing age, family history of breast cancer, having dense breasts, early menstruation, late onset menopause, having a first child after age 30 or never having children, obesity and alcohol use.
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Contacts Windows JCPS WEBMAIL
The Easiest Way to Add a Contact 1. Open a received Right click on the senders address. 3. Select Add to Contacts from the drop down menu.
A New Contact window opens. 1. Edit the information in the Display Name field. 2. Enter text in the following fields: Last Name, First Name. 3. The address should have automatically been entered in the Address field. 4. Click Save and Close button.
Method 2: To Add a Contact A pane with buttons are located to the left. Click the CONTACTS button. A new window opens.
Located in the toolbar is the word: New. Click the New button. A new window opens.
Enter text in the following fields: Last Name First Name Display Name Address
HINT By entering additional information, Contacts can be used as a personal address book which can be accessed anytime, anywhere, via the Internet.
After the information is entered: Click the Save and Close button.
To Use Contacts: Method 1 In Webmail, a button pane is located to the left. Click the Contacts button. A new window opens.
In Contacts, double click on the dark blue bar that contains the name of the person you are sending the . A new window opens.
At the top of the window is a toolbar. Click on the icon: Send Mail to Contact. (Icon image is a sheet of paper, with an envelope in front of it.) A new message opens, addressed to the recipient.
Method 2: Open a New Message. Type the recipients name in the To field. Click on the Check Name icon. The resolved name appears above the To field.
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In VPS Hosting, a provider basically gives back-end access to his users and enables them to allocate the resources required for their website, such as disk space, memory, and processing power.
When you are on a VPS (Virtual Private Server), you know that several other websites have also been hosted on your server, much like Shared Hosting. But here you won’t have to compete for resources, as virtual compartments are set up for different users and resources are allocated according to their preferences.
Another vital feature that VPS provides is root access. With root access, you can have total control over your VPS account. From configurations to software installations, you have the freedom to do it without having to worry about the “approved list.” Further, root access allows you to handle all actions from the interface of your control panel application.
Managed and Unmanaged VPS Hosting
Web hosting is much more than just resources. Facilities, such as software updates, virus scans, performance monitoring and automated backups are also equally crucial.
A Managed VPS Hosting provides you with all these things, and so is a good option for those who are new to the technical side of managing a website or a blog. All a customer has to do is generate content for the site as the backend work is taken care of, which is a huge support, as this includes:
Container login and container boot related issues
Issues related to Hardware and deployment of VPS
Investigating Network related issues
Investigation, findings and possible solutions for hacking attempts
Setup and re-installation of VPS
Reverse DNS setup
Core OS updates and patches
Installation and support of core software packages
Security: Protection from spams and viruses, password safety, IP Blocking and secure FTP access
10.Control Panel Features: Assistance in initial installation, service optimization, version upgrade, repair of cPanel installation, help in automatic update and backup creation task.
Unmanaged Hosting, as the name goes, comes with no additional service. It is good for people with the technical know-how of managing the tasks on their own.
This type of hosting does not necessarily leave the user without any means of support. In case of technical glitches, the service provider may offer tech support. Unmanaged Hosting is the cheaper one of the two, for obvious reasons.
The significance of VPS Hosting is known for offering the best of Shared and Dedicated Servers. Your website has its own allocated resources, so you will have a lesser downtime, a faster website, lesser costs compared to a Dedicated server, and more flexibility to customize the server to suit your needs.
However, when choosing a VPS Hosting plan, the user would require some technical knowledge, as he will need to handle the backend of running the site, such as setting up resources allocated on his website.
VPS: Cloud-based or Dedicated
A Virtual Private Server has two forms.
A physical server split into micro-servers
Cloud-based VPS in which multiple servers are clustered together
In the first option, if the physical server crashes, it affects all the VPSs within that server. If one VPS gets hacked, all the others may also get compromised.
In the second option, failure of one server will not cause other VPSs to lose data, since the data can be shifted to another server.
Why choose VPS Hosting for Your Website?
Virtual Private Server may not be a great option for all websites, especially websites which have been started from scratch. Consider the varied features VPS Hosting solutions have to offer before you conclude whether this would be a worthy option for your website. Following are some of the reasons to consider a VPS plan for your website.
Your website is growing: After you host a website, it will eventually grow. From few visitors a day, there will soon be thousands of them. And despite putting in all the efforts in optimizing your content, the site won’t be doing any better. When you arrive at such a point, you might think about migrating to a VPS.
To get more control: When you have Shared Hosting, you will not have enough control over the operating system, storage, RAM, and the control panel. Unlike with a VPS, you get to manage all those aspects.
A Dedicated Server is above your budget: As we already know now, a VPS hosting is a fine blend of Shared Hosting and a Dedicated Server. It can contain growing websites’ demands, which a Shared Hosting can’t do, at a lesser cost than that of a Dedicated server.
Remember, VPS is not a poor man’s alternative to a Dedicated server. It is a matter of how the hardware is put to use. A Dedicated server caters to one client; and a VPS provides several users the advantage of a dedicated setup, although on a single server.
VPS resources: Each Virtual Private Server, though residing on a single server, has its own disc space, bandwidth, operating system, and RAM. A Shared server that consists of Virtual Private Server provides a dedicated space to every account holder. Only he can use the allotted virtual environment and it would in no way affect other VPS on the server.
With the excellent resources VPS Hosting offers, it is ideal for testing of ideas in the development stage, without having to pay too much hosting cost. Unmanaged VPS Hosting will serve your purpose. However, as mentioned earlier, a Managed Virtual Private Server solution transfers all the burden of the hardware, software, maintenance work, and backups on the host, which leaves you with a lot of time for your main business.
Companies offer VPS Hosting packages for all levels of businesses and their needs. It is for you to compare the packages available online and look for the features which your website needs most. Only then will you be able to make the best use of the VPS power.
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Will lawyers are trained to help families feel more confident about their future. However, everyone makes mistakes – lawyers included. And many times, the mistake is a human error – one that could have been easily avoided if the attorney would have paid more attention.
Luckily, we live in a time of technology – a time when a human error can be sidetracked with the use of technology. Sometimes, the problem is very small, but it’s still one less mistake to deal with later on. Here is how technology can help will attorneys.
1. Paper Documents vs. Computer Data
As a will attorney, you will have to sign a few papers here and there. Sometimes, there may be even more papers, depending on how many family members you are covering. If you still work with the paper system, you can get lost in all the files sitting on your desk and you may end up losing crucial signatures – signatures that could have determined whether someone gets part of the assets or not.
Technology can prevent this from happening. For instance, most companies in Waldorf already use digital documents, as a means to combat inefficient paper use. Nowadays, Waldorf will lawyers simply send a PDF document, using electronic signatures rather than the classic pen-on-paper one.
If paper documents are still used, will lawyers can scan them and store them on a computer. This way, even if a document gets lost, there will be a digital copy of it in a secure place.
Law companies are reliant on communication, especially when putting a will together. Whether they need to communicate with their clients or other representatives of the law, poor communication may come at a steep price.
As a will lawyer, you will have a lot to talk about with your clients. Sometimes, you may even need to schedule a face-to-face meeting. It’s expected of you, especially when it comes to creating a bond of trust with your clients. You can go with a classic phone call, but as you cannot see the other person’s face, it can seem impersonal.
However, technology can help break down barriers of communication, preventing any failures coming from asking insufficient questions. With the use of video conferencing apps or translation tools, technology can make sure all the right questions are asked at the right time.
3. Law Errors
An average of 16% of malpractice claims are caused by law errors, often led there by human mistakes. This can be a document or drafting error that happens because of inadequate knowledge of the law or failure to obtain the correct advice at the right time.
Technology will help decrease these errors through the use of AI systems and various apps. For instance, lawyers can use systems where they can put down the circumstances of a client, triggering Advisor Alerts if there are some changes in the will.
For instance, if one of the beneficiaries passes away, gets married, or somehow changes their status, the AI will draw that information from the system and make the update in the case.
4. Document Automation
Aside from digitalization, technology can help attorneys in one more regard: business automation. At first, this might not sound like something very important – but we have already established that as a will attorney, you will have many documents to handle out there. Some of those documents simply involve the technicalities of your job, which means they may not be that different from one another.
Writing all of these documents from scratch can take a lot of your time, which is why technology can turn out very helpful. When you are rushing to write a document, you could easily skip a clause or make an error in a document due to negligence.
Technology can help prevent that if you use document automation software. This can automatically create document templates for your case, whether you are drafting a will or preparing the documents to hand down the assets.
Plus, this technology can save you a lot of time when it comes to proofing and data entry. Not only will this spare you any costly errors, but it will also give you more time to do what you know best: exercising the law.
The future has come a long way, and lawyers can already see the difference. Will attorneys, in particular, have to deal with numerous clerical kinks – so, technology can be there to help them out.
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Remote sensing in support of artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) policy development, implementation and evaluation
This project is being settled in the frame of a wider study that aims to support: (1) national and regional artisanal and small-scale mining (ASGM) policy development and evaluation; (2) environmental risk assessment in aquatic environments affected by ASGM activity; (3) the further development of the guidance for national action plans (NAPs) on ASGM; and (4) the monitoring guidance work advanced by the Secretariat of the Minamata Convention for the effectiveness evaluation. Guidance is provided in the form of a technical background-document that discusses the influence ASGM activity has on the aquatic environment; discusses the benefits and challenges in using remote sensing technologies and in-situ environmental monitoring of mercury (and related support parameters) in water, sediment and selected biota, individually and together; and suggests a strategy and methods for ASGM site-identification and prioritization, as well as, environmental sampling, chemical analysis and data-treatment, including SOPs, in support of the study's objectives.
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Yes, that's right. Not many people celebrate August 2 as the anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, but it is. The Continental Congress approved the Declaration on July 4, 1776, by unanimous voice vote, and also voted to have it printed. But only John Hancock, president of the Congress, signed it that day in order to authenticate it for printing and publication. It was not until August 2 that most of the members could gather to examine and sign the Declaration, and some who could not be present signed it even later. Only by August 2 had the Declaration been engrossed (prepared as an official document in a large, clear hand) on parchment, with its title changed from "A Declaration by the Representatives of the United States of America in General Congress assembled" to "The Unanimous Declaration of the Thirteen United States of America." The National Archives has more on the evolution of the nation's first document.
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Thank you for registering for our live event (via Zoom) “Reducing Packaging Footprint – Creating Sustainable Solutions” hosted at 12PM ET on March 17.
PICC and PICC Foundation are thrilled to host the second event in our sustainability series featuring the newest technologies in sustainable packaging. Only about 10% of all materials are recycled. Our events address technological gaps, looking for the next best solutions. So, how do we innovate to reduce packaging footprint?
Almost everything that we use is packaged. This event is intended to the food and beverage, healthcare, fashion, electronics, all industries which ship/mail goods, and anyone who cares about sustainability.
PROGRAM (in progress):
- Fireside Chat:
- Moderator: Karina Sotnik, Founder/CEO, WorldUpstart & Advisory Board Member, PICC
- Michael Waas, VP, North America, TIPA Compostable Packaging
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- Gina Herrera, Sr. Director, Brand Partnerships, TerraCycle
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A Zoom link will be sent on March 15, followed by reminders.
We thank our promoting partners Delaware Sustainable Chemistry Alliance, Circular Philadelphia, Philadelphia’s Fashion Incubator at Macy’s and Rutgers Food Innovation Center.
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You can do the basic formatting of a Texinfo file with the shell
tex followed by the name of the Texinfo file. For
TeX will produce a DVI file as well as several auxiliary files containing information for indices, cross-references, etc. The DVI file (for DeVice Independent file) can be printed on virtually any device, perhaps after a further conversion (see the previous section).
tex formatting command itself does not sort the indices; it
writes an output file of unsorted index data. To generate a printed
index after running the
tex command, you first need a sorted
index to work from. The
texindex command sorts indices.
texi2dvi, described in the previous section, runs
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tex outputs unsorted index files under names following a
standard convention: the name of your main input file with any
‘.texi’ or similar extension replaced by the two letter index
name. For example, the raw index output files for the input file
foo.texi would be, by default, foo.cp, foo.vr,
foo.fn, foo.tp, foo.pg and foo.ky. Those
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Instead of specifying all the unsorted index file names explicitly, it’s typical to use ‘??’ as shell wildcards and give the command in this form:
This command will run
texindex on all the unsorted index files,
including any two letter indices that you have defined yourself using
@defcodeindex. You can safely run
‘texindex foo.??’ even if there are files with two letter
extensions that are not index files, such as ‘foo.el’. The
texindex command reports but otherwise ignores such files.
For each file specified,
texindex generates a sorted index file
whose name is made by appending ‘s’ to the input file name; for
example, foo.cps is made from foo.cp. The
@printindex command looks for a file with that name
(see Printing Indices and Menus). TeX does not read the raw
index output file, and
texindex does not alter it.
After you have sorted the indices, you need to rerun
tex on the
Texinfo file. This regenerates the output file, this time with
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Finally, you may need to run
tex one more time, to get the page
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To summarize, this is a five-step process. (Alternatively, it’s a
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texon your Texinfo file. This generates a DVI file (with undefined cross-references and no indices), and the raw index files (with two letter extensions).
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Children walk on flooded Calmette Street in downtown Ho Chi Minh City. The city is considering a plan to build underground water tanks and dig lakes to store rainwater in a controversial effort to tackle inundation. Photo: Diep Duc Minh
Thien, a resident of the Le Thanh Apartments in Ho Chi Minh City, said the streets surrounding his home flood whenever there is rain or high tides, and the inundations have become more serious over the years since he settled there in 2011.
“I have to hang my shoes on the motorbike and wade through the floods when going to work. The situation is no better when I come back in the afternoon.”
“Sometimes I fell in the water. But I feel more pity for the children wading in the water following their parents on the way to school. Some children fell and their clothes and books all got wet,” he said.
In an effort to tackle the worsening inundation caused by urbanization and rising sea levels, city authorities are considering a controversial plan to dig ponds, small lakes and underground water tanks around the city to drain water.
At a recent conference, city mayor Le Hoang Quan warned about worsening flooding in the city due to the impacts of climate change, saying the city can only mitigate damages.
“The Mekong Delta will suffer the most when up to 30 percent of the area is affected by rising sea levels in 2050. HCMC is no exception and nearly 700 square kilometers (270 square miles) will be affected.”
He said city dwellers will have to “live with floods because it will be impossible to totally solve inundation.”
A 2013 study by the National University Ho Chi Minh City's Geoinformatics Center also found that parts of the southeastern region and the Mekong Delta are sinking, with HCMC suffering the most.
Researchers found the city has been sinking since 1996, with the speed increasing gradually since 2004. Many sections of the city are sinking by up to 20 millimeters (0.8 inch) a year.
According to the city Department of Natural Resources and Environment, many neighborhoods will sink a further 12-20 centimeters by 2020.
Besides geological factors, the surface is sinking also due to urbanization and dwindling groundwater, according to the agency.
Slow to react
In 2009, the central government approved a plan to drain water in HCMC but little work has been done so far.
According to HCMC People’s Committee, the plan was not carried out fully because it is a major project while the city has been unable to disburse money for it due to economic difficulties.
Due to the slow process, the plan’s cost has increased from VND11 trillion to VND57.8 trillion.
By late last year, only 31 of 149 km of dikes along the Saigon River have been built and only one of nine large sewer valves envisioned has come into operation.
With the rainy season coming next month, HCMC authorities need to rush to prevent inundation that will hit an apex when the rainy season meets with high tides.
Last week, the HCMC People’s Committee instructed all districts to facilitate projects to construct and upgraded dike systems and sewer valves and dredge drainage canals.
Early last month, city authorities asked the Ministry of Planning and Investment to categorize a VND16 trillion (US$759 million) project to tackle inundation in HCMC as one that can use the World Bank official development assistance.
The project, expected to be implemented from 2015-2020, includes training the staff and solving inundation along the Tham Luong and Ben Cat canals and in the city center.
From 2011-2013, the city spent more than VND8 trillion ($379 million) in battling inundation.
According to Do Tan Long, head of the drainage management branch at the HCMC Center for Flood Control Program, relevant agencies have agreed with the center’s plan to build ponds and underground water tanks.
The plan will be submitted to the HCMC People’s Committee for approval in May, he said.
“This is an open plan that does not have a fixed number of ponds and tanks. Maybe dozens or hundreds of them based on the amount of rain water that the current sewer system cannot drain in a short time.”
Long said the ponds and tanks can be built in parks or empty spaces near apartments in the city center, where land is very expensive.
“Meanwhile, we can dig small lakes in the outskirts like in Binh Chanh, Thu Duc and District 12 which can become part of eco-tourism areas,” he said.
The draft plan aims to temporarily store rainwater as dozens of canals in the city have been filled by urbanization.
According to the Center for Flood Control Program, 47 canals with a total area of 16.4 hectares (40.5 acres) have disappeared over the past decade.
The water storage capacity of the city’s lakes and ponds grew ten times smaller from 2002-2009 and continuing urbanization in outlaying districts are creating new inundated areas, the center said.
If the plan is approved, a large underground tank of 4,000 square meters will be built at Tan Binh District’s Bau Cat Park as a first step.
Besides small underground tanks in the city center, there will be 30 small lakes in the city’s outskirt. The plan aims to reduce 30 percent of inundation citywide.
Ho Long Phi, director of the HCMC Center for Water Management and Climate Change, said the plan is a good solution for flooding in the city.
“The plan aims to drain rainwater naturally and correct the previous mistake of installing sewers to replace canals,” he said.
However, he said it will be a difficult plan because it may affect many residents’ land.
“Governmental offices should be a good example by setting aside their land for the plan,” he said.
Meanwhile, Pham Sanh, an urban development expert at the HCMC University of Transport, is suspicious about the effectiveness of the plan.
“There is not enough land in the city center for ponds while digging lakes in the outskirts will not be effective in reducing inundation in the city center.”
He said the city should install larger sewers to facilitate rainwater drainage.
“Besides, cement sidewalks should be replaced with materials that can absorb water and more trees should be planted for faster water draining.”
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We live in a universe that’s characterized by uncertainty. We can’t know what’s going to happen next. We can guess with a reasonable degree of certainty, based on historical observation, but even a great degree of certainty contains a degree of uncertainty as well.
So we get to make a choice here. We can either be cool with uncertainty (which is freedom), or we can struggle against it (which is hell).
Our conditioning tells us that we need to know. We need to have proof or some indication that things are going to be OK in order to feel peace, confidence, competence, readiness, lightness, enthusiasm – all the feelings that activate creative genius and permit us to create miracles.
Surrendering into uncertainty is not the same as giving up. Paradoxically, it’s just the opposite. In this context, to surrender means to relinquish the struggle or fight against the nature of what is (uncertainty), in order to work masterfully with it, and therefore to benefit from it, with least effort. So not only is it NOT passively giving up, it’s the wisest choice of action.
Every day you can recite this mantra to yourself as a reminder that you don’t need to know what the outcome will be, and that you get to celebrate the fact that the unknown gives excitement to this life.
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Chinese President Hu Jintao rode the Beijing metro system [June 25] to test the capital's transport preparations for the upcoming Olympic Games.
Wearing a white sleeved shirt, he stepped onto a China Railways High-speed (CRH) train that shuttles between the Beijing South Railway Station and the neighboring Tianjin Municipality.
"The high-speed trains have been a milestone in the history of China's railway development," he told rail officials and stewards while on board. He stressed the need to provide safe and fast service during the August Games.
The inter-city shuttle will transport Olympic spectators, athletes and other passengers during the Games. Some football preliminary matches will be held in Tianjin.
When arriving back to the Dongzhimen metro terminal in the capital's downtown, Hu purchased a ticket from an automat machine and test rode the new line to the Beijing Capital International Airport.
"Beijing's metro system has developed quickly by extending its length and coverage. The system has made a great contribution to easing the traffic pressure.
"The metro's administrators should provide safe, comfortable and fast transportation for both the Olympic personnel and ordinary citizens during the Games, since visitors from home and abroad will increase a lot."
After the 20-minute ride, Hu reminded waitresses serving in the main hall of the newly-built terminal three at the airport to keep in good order and provide decent service, as the spectacular Norman Foster-designed structure was the "first gate of the country" that most foreigners saw.
Hu told some foreign passengers waiting in the terminal that China would "open its arms to welcome all the friends of the world to come."
He also inspected the main tower of the airport which handled thousands of flights daily and was delighted to know that parking bays for aircraft had been increased from 164 to 314.
"All the transportation systems prepared for the Games should do their last-minute checks and secure safety and speed as the host city promised to the world. The preparations should satisfy all visitors and benefit local residents."
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Siddhamrita Surya Kriya – An Overview
There are two paths to awakening, of ascent and descent. Ascent is challenging and requires supreme efforts; for e.g. traditional pranayama involves purification of body-sheaths, gathering within (step per step) the life-force and then raising it into the brain. Siddhamrita Surya Kriya, is a path of descent like ‘divine grace’ – easier and supremely more fruitful. The life-force is channeled into the brain, from the readily available source, the sun. It descends, purifying and vitalizing all aspects of our being in the process. The work is done by the sun; all we have to learn is to channelize it within. An excellent kriya for the present times, as it utilizes the best asset of man today: the brain (the root of the body-tree); shared with almost 90,000 practitioners in last 6 years to avail almost miraculous results in bringing a sense of well-being, treatment of many serious diseases and spiritual evolution.
This actually comprises of 7 stages which involve various esoteric practices viz. Khechari, Shambhawi, Nauli, Kriya Kundalini Pranayama etc. The third stage culminates in the attainment of a completely healthy state of physical existence. The Seventh stage is proposed to culminate in the advent of the superhuman consciousness. However, this kriya is not Sun Bathing, Sun Gazing or a form of Sun Salutation, it is rather purely a meditative technique based on Sun.
SSKYoga -A Miraculous Boon
Swami ji, once while camping at Sharti completed his daily routine a little early and came out of his room. It was just then that the Sun had started peeping up over the high mountains. There was some special charm in the Sun that day or probably he was inspired by some inner urge so that as soon as his eyes caught the glimpse of rising Sun they stayed glued to that for quite a few minutes. And in those few minutes he experienced such an immense joy, peace and a strong flow of energy in Sushumna which he had earlier felt only in deep meditation. He got the clue. For many long years he had been asking people to breathe through eyes but no one could ever understood how. And he for himself was enjoying the practice but was unable to convey it to others as the very idea of using eye for something different than its job of seeing was unacceptable. He recalled the great thinker Arvind who had once said, “if only we could find out some food full of light we may progress to the next step of human evolution and transform our this very body into a divine glowing one. ” And lo, here just in few minutes he was full by merely using his eyes. Eureka! He may have shouted as was he so delighted by this enlightenment. He understood at once that time has come for the commencement of next long awaited human evolution, Man to Super Man.
It was an early day of May in 2002. Initially he told few of his sincere disciples to check out this finding for themselves. They too were excited by the idea and started regular practice just to figure out that it was much more than mere food. It was soon confirmed when back in Malke Ashram, two months after the discovery while the name Siddhamrit Surya Kriya Yog wasn’t yet coined and even the methods were not properly systematized, few families came to visit him. Most of those visitors were very much devoted and dedicated to Sadhna, so Maharaj Ji told them about this new invention and asked them to practice along with him in the evening which they did. And for surprise of them as well as all others there a lady, who was in great suffering due to hectic journey and exertion which has caused severe body ache and invoked migraine in her and was already maintaining low BP, recovered completely in that half hour of practice. Everybody was amazed at the instant healing and Maharaj Ji had the insight to further the experiment with more than hundred people of different age, gender, life style and diseases. It was in September 2002 during the ‘Navratri Sadhna Camp’. In the very first sitting even without knowing what they were doing, all the people felt energized and relaxed at both physical and mental level. Especially the old and diseased felt a significant improvement in their problems whatsoever. Since then thousands of people worldwide have reaped the benefit of this practice in a variety of diseases both mental and physical and also spiritual. Most common diseases such as weak eye-sight, body pain and weakness, common cold and cough, headache, constipation and other digestive disorders, menstrual disorders, skin allergy and sleeplessness were the first ones to be improved. While chronic diseases such as diabetes, asthma, migraine, sinusitis, blood pressure problems, rheumatic pain, primary leprosy (white spots over skin), depression, hypertension, phobia and many other mental and physical problems showed notable recovery after few months of regular practice.
“Only a healthy body may have a healthy mind and that healthy mind is the basis of any spiritual development” Maharaj Ji often says. And also that, “Spirituality or Religion doesn’t mean following a particular faith or dogma or sect or performing certain rituals, it means seeing the one spirit in all and help in its overall development as per the divine plan.” He quotes various scriptures as evidence which talk about divine body or Superman hood and exemplify lives of saints as proof who transformed their very physical body into divine one and left no trace of it behind. Obviously this firm belief and extensive introspection made him evolve this hidden knowledge in form of SSKY for overall development of human race.
Siddhamrit Surya Kriya Yoga (SSKYoga), this name completely conveys the process and the goal of this sadhana. ‘Siddha’ stands for divine or top most, the top of head which is called ‘Sahasrara’ also called as ‘Siddha Kshetra’ and from their all the fluids of life are being secreted to nourish the body and provide energy to perform all the mundane activities. In scriptures it is named ‘Amrit’ while doctors & scientist name it hormones or juices and consider essential for life. ‘Surya’ as we all know is the ultimate source of energy and the basis of our this whole universe but in the body also we have an energy center located in naval region and that is also called as ‘Surya’ of the body. Normally, this sun or the energy center in the body is dormant or very dull so that body is unable to get rid of all the mud and muck and rather keep on storing it as a resultant of food and other intake through our sensory organs. Once awaken this sun may set all these garbage ablaze. And then this sun may not be limited to naval region only, it will rather expand to cover the whole body and will reach till the Siddha Kshetra in the crown of head. Then this heat will increase the secretion of nectar which in turn will further fuel up the heat so they both will feed each other. In this condition body will not require any food or alike from out side and would truly be called as self sufficient or ‘Poorna’ then this very body would transform into divine one and merge into that. But as we have seen this can not happen on its own but some action or ‘Kriya’ is required for that. This is what SSKY aims at, adjoining of Shiv & Shakti or Siddha Amrit & Surya through action ‘Kriya’. This may also be called as awakening and advancement of Kundalini.
Swami Ji has divided this SSKY in seven distinct stages, the first three of which aim at holistic health (physical, mental & social) and require very less time and efforts while remaining four are designed for spiritual development and require complete devotion and strong determination. The best aspect of this sadhna is that anybody can do this with equal ease in spite of the differences in health, environment and mental development. The people who are in poor physical condition may omit the postures and mudras if unable to perform and they may do the practice sitting on a chair or a bed depending upon their health and reap the benefit while the mentally incompetent or handicapped may be guided by their attendant and still benefit equally. On the other hand, the people with sound body and mind may opt for regressive training and may serve the society with SSKY in addition to their personal practice which will add fuel to their spiritual evolvement as well. The steps are described below in brief…..
Anyone and everyone can start at this level. The best option for a novice is to join a week long camp held either in their own city or in ashram to get the insight about SSKY. At this initial step half hour at a time is enough but regular practice of both times (morning & evening) is essential. The ideal time for practice is when Sun has just turned orange in the morning and when it is bearable in the evening. One should sit in any comfortable posture keeping the spine erect with bare minimum clothes on the body. Closed eyes and bare head must be directly exposed to Sun. One important precaution to note is that one must have empty or light stomach for this practice.First of all palming and few other eyes’ exercise are recommended to relax and strengthen the eyes which are the primary vehicle of light to enter the body. Then three step breathing technique is practiced to achieve complete yogic breathing. Agnisar also stimulates the light absorption till deep down in body. After this Shakti Mantra and Surya Gayatri Mantra are chanted in different postures and gestures. Finally lie prone and rest in Shithilasana.
This simple practice works wonderfully in correcting digestive disorders, deepening the sleep, improving eye sight, healing headache and other body pain, recovering weakness and many other disease physical or mental. Tension and depression also get cured especially by getting deep sleep and developing a strong stomach.
Once through with the step one and after reaping all its benefits one may advance to the second level. The initiation for this step is generally given in ashram in routine workshops as there are certain tests to qualify beforehand. One may enter this level in much more or much less than six months depending upon the physical & mental state and also the experiences gathered through SSKY. This level requires at least nine months of regular practice for one hour twice a day.In addition to the practices taught in level one aura cleaning and energizing techniques are introduced at this level. Exercises of ear, tongue and neck are also added. Agnisar is increased in repetition upto 500 times and gestures are also modified. The main addition at this level is slight opening of eyes. Starting with a single minute, time of keeping the eyes open is gradually increased by one minute every week till one reaches to half our of practice with half open eyes and that too without blinking.
Regular practice removes the dirt and filth long collected in nerves and opens them up to receive the pure energy. This loosens the grip of all diseases and ailments. Body shows improvement even in long term & chronic diseases. Now Sun rays penetrate the body a little deeper and help in getting rid of anger, lust, greed and other such wicked temperaments. Need for food and sleep gradually decreases but concentration and inner peace step up.
Once the eyes remain steady for half our in slightly open position one may look for level three. This may be called as transition level as here one may choose to just stay as a physically, mentally and socially healthy personality or may dare to tread the unbeaten path of self realization by advancing to next levels.
The initiation for this level is granted only in special session held for the purpose but before that it is indispensable to attend at least one special meditation workshop here in ashram.At this level exercise of sense organs are more emphasized. Agnisar is slowly augmented to 1000 repetition now with Ashwini Mudra and practice of Nauli is encouraged. Chanting of Aakar, Eekar & Uukar are given preference to the mantra. Even the importance of gestures is also reduced at this level. Eyes are wide open and turned upwards in Shambhavi Mudra. Mukha-Pan is also introduced here. Full yogic breathing must be perfected to obtain the complete results.
One and a half hour of regular practice for one year both time makes the body free from all sort of diseases and malady. Enhanced amour propre & self confidence & inwardness change the complete personality in and out. At this stage the practitioner is able to listen to divine sounds (Naad) within and also get the hint of ever flowing nectar (Rasa) more clearly. This experiences open the door of the other world for the aspirant and he acquires energy from these divine experiences so that his dependence over food reduce remarkably.
Step Four to Seven:
These steps are meant only for serious practitioners who want to achieve the goal of life in this very life. This requires extensive practice with devotion and dedication without any expectation. It includes various techniques of different system such as Hath, Raj, Gyan, Bhakti and many other yoga systems. Such a man of action gradually reaches beyond the limit of hunger, thirst, heat, cold, pain & grief and finally merges into the ultimate becoming one like him.
THOUGH THIS ALL SEEMS VERY EASY BUT STILL THERE ARE LOTS OF INTRICACIES INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS SO ITS IMPORTANT TO LEARN THIS FROM THE AUTHORITY AND PRACTICE UNDER THEIR GUIDANCE TO SURELY ANT COMPLETELY BENEFIT FROM THIS.
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Volume 11, Number 3
NIDA-Funded Studies Shed Light on Neurobiology of Drug Craving
By Michael Muller, NIDA NOTES Staff Writer
How do environmental cues trigger drug craving in a recovering drug abuser? Is it possible to block the effects of those cues? These are key questions faced by clinicians and researchers wrestling with the problem of relapse to drug use. The answers may lie within the extended amygdala, a neural circuit that connects several structures in the lower front of the brain.
"We've known for some time that elements of the environment become tied to drug use and prompt drug craving," says Dr. Roger Brown of NIDA's Division of Basic Research. "Now, NIDA-supported investigations of the extended amygdala are telling us how this happens. They're a new and exciting approach to the issue of relapse, and this information may be important for treatment compliance."
The work of Dr. Athina Markou and Dr. George Koob at Scripps
Research Institute is helping to explain why drug abusers relapse
and how to keep them from relapsing.
The extended amygdala is part of the limbic system - a seat of memories and emotions - and is connected to other brain systems as well. "We believe that it is in the extended amygdala that memories relating to drug abuse are transformed into craving to use a drug again," says Dr. George Koob, director of the Division of Psycho-pharmacology in the Department of Neuropharmacology at the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California.
How do memories give rise to craving? "Imagine a drug user who usually buys cocaine at a particular subway stop and typically experiences a drug effect shortly after the purchase," says Dr. Koob. "Eventually, the subway stop - normally a neutral part of the environment - becomes linked in the mind of the drug user to the positive rewarding effects of cocaine." Later, even after successful treatment for drug abuse, the sight of the subway stop can bring on craving for cocaine. That is, the subway stop has become a conditioned stimulus that may trigger relapse.
"Basically, we are investigating the extended amygdala and adjoining structures to figure out why drug abusers relapse and how to keep them from relapsing," says Dr. Koob. "These studies are giving rise to a better understanding of the neuro-circuitry of craving, which is getting us closer to our goal." Chronic drug use and conditioning may bring about changes that can be detected by brain scans, and these changes might be reversible through medication, psychotherapy, or both, he says.
Dr. Koob and his colleagues began their investigations of the extended amygdala by first determining whether it plays a role in the effects of drugs. Those investigations built on research by Dr. David C.S. Roberts, currently of Carleton University in Ottawa, and others. The research took two approaches.
In the first approach, the researchers inactivated the dopamine component in areas of the extended amygdala in rats after training them to self-administer cocaine. These rats significantly reduced the amount of cocaine they gave themselves. Dopamine is a chemical messenger associated with pleasure and movement. Cocaine prevents the brain cells that release dopamine from collecting it again. The resulting high levels of dopamine overstimulate the dopamine receptors - the molecules to which dopamine binds - causing the cocaine "high." This process accounts for cocaine's addictive effects, scientists believe.
Inactivation of the dopamine component of the extended amygdala reduced the rewarding effects of cocaine, an indication that the extended amygdala may be important in processing information about the rewarding effects of the drug.
In the second approach, Dr. Koob and his colleagues studied the effects on cocaine self-administration in rats when dopamine receptors in various areas of the extended amygdala were blocked by cocaine. The investigators found that the rats compensated by giving themselves larger amounts of cocaine. This research provides further evidence of a role for the extended amygdala in the rewarding effects of the drug.
"This basic neuroscience research showed us that the structures believed to form the extended amygdala not only resemble each other in design but may have similar functions," explains Dr. Athina Markou, Dr. Koob's colleague at Scripps.
Now, the Scripps investigators are pursuing lines of investigation to determine if the extended amygdala also plays a role in linking environmental stimuli to both the rewarding effects of drugs and to withdrawal.
In a series of collaborative studies with Dr. Barry Everitt from Cambridge University in England, the Scripps investigators have begun to examine the role of the basolateral nucleus (BLA) of the amygdala - a small adjoining brain structure that sends information to the extended amygdala - in conditioned drug effects, those triggered by environmental cues. In a study currently in progress, rats are exposed to light and sound cues during withdrawal from morphine. Later, when presented with the light and sound cues only, rats with inactivated BLAs are significantly less likely than rats whose BLAs are not altered to experience withdrawal. In other words, the BLA seems to play an important role in linking environmental cues to withdrawal.
In recent years, Dr. Everitt, Dr. Trevor Robbins, and other researchers at Cambridge University have found that inactivation of the BLA in rats disrupts the association of environmental stimuli with the rewarding effects of food, water, and sex. Today, Dr. Markou, in collaboration with the Cambridge researchers and with the support of a NIDA Career Development Award, is developing an animal model based on the design of the British studies for studying whether the BLA plays the same role with drugs.
Dr. Markou and colleagues have found that inactivation of the BLA interrupts the association between light and the rewarding effects of cocaine. Thus, the BLA appears to link environmental stimuli not only to withdrawal, but also to the positive effects of drugs.
"Our research is still in the early stages," Dr. Markou says. "First, we have to develop a model that allows us to study the formation of these associations. Then, we will continue to investigate the neurobiology and psychopharmacology underlying these associations and the effects of these associations on motivated behaviors."
"These findings are very exciting because they help us understand relapse behavior," says Dr. Koob. "What we're learning about the extended amygdala and its connecting structures is allowing us for the first time to identify the neurocircuits involved in conditioning processes." "We're working from the perspective of drug abuse, but the results apply to a wide range of compulsive behaviors that disrupt and destroy a great many lives each year," says NIDA's Dr. Brown. The research may help explain the neurobiological mechanisms and brain changes associated with compulsive overeating, alcohol abuse, drug addiction, smoking, compulsive gambling, and other behaviors driven by reward, withdrawal effects, and elements in the environment, he says. "This research also focuses on learning and memory," he says. "There are relatively few people working in this area of drug abuse research."
Alheid, G.F., and Heimer, L. New perspectives in basal forebrain organization of special relevance for neuropsychiatric disorders: The striatopallidal, amygdaloid, and corticopetal components of the substantia innominata. Neuroscience 27:1-39, 1991.
Caine, S.B.; Heinrichs, S.C.; Coffin, V.L.; and Koob, G.F. Effects of the dopamine D-1 antagonist SCH 23390 microinjected into the accumbens, amygdala or striatum on cocaine self-administration in the rat. Brain Research 692:47-56, 1995.
Everitt, B.J.; Schulteis, G.; and Koob, G.F. Attenuation of conditioned opiate withdrawal following excitotoxic lesions of the basolateral amygdala. Abstract presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Washington, DC, 1993.
Koob, G.F.; Robledo, P.; Markou, A.; and Caine, S.B. The mesocorti-colimbic circuit in drug dependence and reward - A role for the extended amygdala? In: Kalivas, P.W., and Barnes C.D., eds. Limbic Motor Circuits and Neuropsychiatry. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, Inc., 1993, pp. 289-309.
Markou, A.; Weiss, F.; Gold, L.H.; Caine, S.B.; Schulteis, G.; and Koob, G.F. Animal models of drug craving. Psychopharmacology 112:163-182, 1993.
Roberts, D.C.S.; Koob, G.F.; Klonoff, P.; and Fibiger, H.C. Extinction and recovery of cocaine self-administration following 6-hydroxy-dopamine lesions of the nucleus accumbens. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior 12:781-787, 1980.
Whitelaw, R.B.; Markou, A.; Robbins, T.W.; and Everitt, B.J. Self-administration of intravenous cocaine under a second-order schedule of reinforcement: Effects of lesions of the basolateral amygdala. Abstract presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA, 1995.
From NIDA NOTES, May/June, 1996
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Over lunch at the ISM conference, T. Boone Pickens, who is 85 years old but sharper than most people half his age with his wicked sense of free market humor, talked about the state of the energy market and shared his thoughts on the future of natural gas use and fracking.
Here are some of the highlights from the start of his talk on framing the opportunity for natural gas:
- OPEC has “social commitments” which require its member countries to keep the price of oil above $100 per barrel (Iran wants it over $120 per barrel).
- Half of imports (half of oil in the US) comes from OPEC – it goes to the East Coast and Gulf Coast.
- The price it comes in at is the OPEC price.
- This price has influence on oil produced in the US (west Texas intermediate —WTI).
- The Brent North Seas price is the OPEC price.
- The WTI price and Brent price are about $10 apart – WTI is 10 percent cheaper than Brent.
- Natural gas has a larger arbitrage. In the US it is 75 percent cheaper than it is in Europe and Asia.
- 70 percent of oil ends up in transportation fuels (and diesel prices are rising higher than inflation).
- Natural gas is 30 percent cleaner than diesel.
And here are some of T. Boone Pickens’ one-liners:
- Obama “thinks the DOE invented fracking” – horizontal holes, essentially – but Halliburton did it over 30 years before Obama believes the Department of Energy pursued it. The longest fracking hole is 27,000 feet (in Russia).
- Almost as funny as PJ O’Rourke: “Russia has the longest horizontal well, oil production, vodka, and caviar. Then you run out of their list of resources fast.”
- A libertarian at heart: “Do not have government build infrastructure. Do not have government build everything.”
- We are the only country in the world with “freehold minerals.” This means that mineral rights goes with the surface in America. In contrast, “take Poland or most parts of Canada,” both countries in which the mineral rights are owned by the government/province.
Stay tuned for more to come from ISM.
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FDA may ban online vaping sales
The Food and Drug Administration is considering a ban on the online sale of e-cigarettes, Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said at an Axios News Shapers event this morning. New limits on flavored products are also on the table, he said; the agency will release new data about teen vaping and announce its next steps in November.
Why it matters: Gottlieb has consistently said e-cigarettes can be a safer option for adults who smoke cigarettes, but that the products are "too appealing" and "too accessible" to children and teens. Regulations to ban or at least curb online sales or flavored products could come soon, Gottlieb said today.
- The FDA in November also is planning to release new e-cig usage data, which will show that year-over-year usage among high schoolers has risen by at least 80% (. It also will detail middle-school usage increases, which is lower than the high school figure but still quite high.
- The vaping companies aren't tipping their hands, but expect them to suggest tech-based age verification solutions for both point-of-sale and online purchases. But it would be impossible for them to guarantee either one — the former because they can't really control a retail counter, and the latter because they can't effectively stop online resale. So it's really a question of what level of "proof" Gottlieb is really going to require to stem what he today termed a "public health emergency."
- NJoy, an early e-cig company that went bankrupt in 2016 after having been valued at around $1.2 billion by private investors like Fidelity, just raised $49 million in new equity funding, per an SEC filing. Unclear if there are any new investors beyond Homewood Capital, which bought NJoy out of bankruptcy, but there is a new CEO whose last job appears to have been running a Los Angeles-area landscaping company.
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But seriously, our foundation design looks like Eastern European public art:
That top section is a grade beam, and the long/wide sections are pinned to ledge. In fact, nearly every one of the footings will be pinned to ledge. (For you flatlanders out there, ledge is the rocky substrate frequently lurking below the topsoil in hilly regions like New England.)
So far they've formed most of the footings, and the plan is to pour the footings early next week and then pressure-wash the whole area to clear away the organic material (AKA dirt). The piers will get formed and poured after that.
Ted will surely post more about the hows and whys of our foundation, and we'll put up pictures as well.
Ordinary houses breathe through leaky joints and poor seals, losing heat and wasting energy. But our house won't leak, so we'll use a heat recovery ventilator (HRV) to admit fresh air and expel stale air, transferring heat from one stream to the other.
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View of the entrance to the Senate House—usually called a Bouleuterion but also called a Gerontikon (Council of Elders) at Nysa. In the foreground is part of the porch of the Bouleterion.
The structure is almost square, with a semi-circular interior seating area. It had a capacity of about 700 people. This version of the Bouleuterion was constructed in the second century AD. In the front was a two-story scaenae frons.
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From IWU Magazine, Spring 2013 edition
Leading the Way to Better Health
Stephanie Whyte ’91 is new chief health officer for Chicago schools.
A familiar face will be leading the Chicago Public Schools’ efforts to improve student health. Stephanie Whyte, a CPS graduate herself, is the district’s new chief health officer. The recently created role will oversee critical student health programs within CPS and collaborate with the Chicago Department of Public Health.
“I am excited to have Dr. Whyte as part of the CPS team. We know through research that the overall health and well-being of our students is critical to ensuring their attendance, attentiveness and classroom achievement,” said CPS CEO Jean-Claude Brizard. “Her appointment as chief health officer will fulfill a key element of CPS’s efforts to promote wellness and academic student achievement.” The nation’s third-largest school system, CPS serves about 405,000 students in more than 675 schools.
Whyte, who graduated from Illinois Wesleyan in 1991 with a degree in biology, also holds degrees in medicine and business. She earned her M.D. in 1996 from Fitch University of Health Science/The Chicago Medical School and completed a residency in pediatrics at Louisiana State University Medical Center. In 2009, she earned an M.B.A. with a focus on public and nonprofit management from St. Xavier University. She is a board-certified pediatric physician and fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
The chief health officer position is part of the Healthy Chicago initiative, which defines citywide health and wellness priorities such as obesity prevention, HIV prevention, tobacco use, chronic disease management, healthy homes and adolescent health. Whyte will be spearheading the Healthy Schools component of the initiative, focusing on areas such as asthma, teen pregnancy and motherhood, school bullying and sexually transmitted infection and disease prevention.
Prior to joining CPS, Whyte served as medical director for the Mobile CARE Foundation, which operates mobile medical units that bring needed asthma care and education to hundreds of students each year at dozens of schools and Head Start sites across Chicago. She has served on local, regional and national advisory boards and as a spokesperson for the Respiratory Health Association of Metropolitan Chicago’s Asthma Education Campaign targeting African-American communities.
Research shows the health of students is a key factor in attendance, engagement and academic performance. Students who require more frequent and intricate medical services will often experience a higher incidence of school absences, which can translate, over time, to a decrease in educational outcomes.
“I am honored to serve in a capacity that will focus on and promote the indisputable link between healthy students and schools and academic achievement,” Whyte said. “I look forward to working with the leadership team to positively impact student health and increase achievement in the classroom.”
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Users are required to read the "IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO USERS" before they use the Lightning Information Service on this Website.
Basics of Lightning
1. There are two common types of lightning i.e. cloud-to-ground and cloud-to-cloud lightning. Cloud-to-ground lightning occurs when there are electrical discharges between cloud and ground. Cloud-to-cloud lightning is mainly cloud flashes, which are electrical discharges within a single cloud or between different clouds. Cloud-to-cloud lightning are usually, but not always, a precursor to the potentially more dangerous cloud-to-ground lightning.
2. Most lightning strokes occur within 5-6 km of a thunderstorm cloud. In the absence of a thunderstorm in a location, lightning strokes from a distant thunderstorm cloud more than 10 km away could still affect that location. More information on thunderstorms and lightning is available at http://www.nea.gov.sg/training-knowledge/weather-climate/lightning-thunderstorms. MSS Lightning Information Service (LIS) Website
3. The information on the MSS's Lightning Information Service (LIS) Website (http://www.weather.gov.sg/lightning) is based on data from MSS's Lightning Detection System (LDS). The LDS comprises a network of four lightning sensors located islandwide that detects cloud-to-ground and cloud-to-cloud lightning strokes. MSS's LIS Website displays cloud-to-ground and/or cloud-to-cloud lightning strokes within the last 30 minutes. The information is updated at 5 minute intervals.
4. The average location accuracy of the LDS for cloud-to-ground lightning detected within Singapore when all the sensors are in operation varies from about 200m within the LDS network to about 1-2km near the LDS network boundaries in particular the western and eastern ends of Singapore. For cloud-to-cloud lightning, the average location accuracy is around 2 km. The location accuracy is reduced when not all the sensors are in operation. The actual location of lightning strokes may thus differ from the position displayed on this Website, within the range of the lightning location accuracy.
5. The lightning detection efficiency of the LDS for detection within Singapore is estimated to range between 90% and 95% when all sensors are in operation. The detection efficiency is reduced when not all the sensors are in operation. There is thus no guarantee that all lightning occurrence can be detected, and false detection of lightning strokes by the LDS may also occur.
6. The display of lightning and related information on this LIS Website is dependent on the computation and communication time. There is normally a delay of a few minutes in the data that is displayed. The reliability and availability of the information is also dependent on telecommunication and power services, which could disrupt or cause an interruption in the display of information on the LIS Website.
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Lately it's become fashionable especially among the highly credentialed to question whether it's really "worth it" to go to college. A recent report from the Harvard Graduate School of Education proposed deemphasizing college as the primary goal of our education system in favor of "multiple pathways" for students. Earlier this month, New York Magazine devoted almost 4,000 words to profiling venture capitalists (and college graduates) James Altucher and Peter Thiel and their efforts convince Americans that they'd be better off skipping college. Thiel is even creating a $100,000 fellowship for young people who agree to delay going to college in favor of an internship.
Make no mistake, there is widespread dissatisfaction with higher education. According to a new survey released by the Pew Research Center, only 40 percent of Americans felt that colleges provided an "excellent" or "good" value for the money. At the same time, 86 percent of college graduates still felt the investment was a good one for them.
To understand these competing views, you have to juggle a few different ideas at once. First, there are plenty of problems with higher education poor quality, even at brand-name schools, and out-of-control costs are two of the biggest. College presidents themselves shared some of these concerns and others with the Pew researchers. Second, it's true: College isn't for everyone. There are plenty of rewarding and important jobs and careers that do not require college. And due to the sluggish economy, there may in fact be more graduates than the current job market needs, or a temporary "college bubble." Jobs for recent grads are harder to find, and salaries are lower, but that won't last forever. And in spite of all of this, the data make clear that getting a college education is still a good idea college graduates earn more, and are more likely to have a job in the first place and is especially important for some Americans.
Anti-college sentiment is nothing new. Mark Twain admonished us not to let schooling interfere with education, and we've always celebrated the maverick who blazes their own path. These days, it's Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, Microsoft's Bill Gates, or Apple's Steve Jobs all college dropouts who are held up as evidence of why all that time sitting in class is better spent elsewhere. Perhaps, but it's also worth remembering that their companies are bursting with college graduates. And what about all the people who didn't finish college and are not at the helm of a wildly successful venture?
Nobody spends a lot of time highlighting their stories, but let's not lose sight of what happens to them. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in 2010, the median weekly earnings for someone with some college but no degree were $712, compared to $1038 for a college graduate. That's almost $17,000 over the course of a year and there is an even bigger divide for those with less education. College graduates are also more likely to be in jobs with better benefits, further widening the divide. Meanwhile, in 2010, the unemployment rate was 9.2 percent for those with only some college and more than 10 percent for those with just a high school degree, but it was 5.4 percent for college graduates. The economic gaps between college completers and those with less education are getting larger, too.
It's also odd to talk down college which is the most effective social mobility strategy we have at the very time Americans are becoming concerned about income inequality. Ron Haskins of the Brookings Institution found that without a college degree, only 14 percent of Americans from the bottom fifth of parental income reach the top two-fifths. But if they complete college, 41 percent of this same group can then expect to make it to the top two-fifths. Haskins' data also shows the extent to which debates like this are a luxury of the privileged, because their children enjoy much more of a safety net and the risks are different for them. In other words, children from low-income families gain more by going to college than children of the wealthy lose by not going.
So here's the key takeaway: Education gives you choices. Assuming you don't pile up mountains of debt that constrain your career options (and that outcome is avoidable) or go to a school where just fogging a mirror is good enough to get a diploma, there are not a lot of downsides to going to college. The stories of entrepreneurs who bootstrapped themselves are exciting but most of us are not a Gates or Zuckerberg. So before heeding the advice of the college naysayers, make sure you understand the stakes and the odds. Or, here's a good rule of thumb instead: When people who worked hard to achieve something that has benefitted them start telling you that it's really not all that important or useful beware.
Disclosure: I'm a member of the Visiting Committee for the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
Andrew J. Rotherham, who writes the blog Eduwonk, is a co-founder and partner at Bellwether Education, a nonprofit working to improve educational outcomes for low-income students. School of Thought, his education column for TIME.com, appears every Thursday.
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Henna is recognized as a dye plant, a cosmetic, a cosmetic, a medicine and a measure of protection from evil influences. Customarily applied for ceremonial occasions and celebrations, it is used on the parts of the body most associated with external sensory contact – the hands, the feet, and the hair.The Indian mehindi tradition
Henna is believed to be brought to India by Persian horses as early as A.D. 712 and has been harvested in Rajasthan since around 1476! The use of mehndi or henna became a significant part of Indian folk art used on new brides to distinguish them from unmarried young virgins. Needless to say it flourished thereafter as a decorative art in India. Hindus consider mehndi as very dear to Lakshmi, Goddess of Wealth and Fortune, and associate the henna bush with luck and prosperity.
Henna is used by many cultures namely; Indian, Pakistani, North African, Arabian, Yemenite, Egyptian, Greek, Hebrew, Latin, Sumatran, Taiwanese, Turkish, Javanese Armenian Christian and many, many more. Over centuries each culture used the art of picture to symbolise various aspects in their lives. Below is a list of symbolisms associated with some common designs incorporated in the art of henna.
- Flowers : vitality
- Waves/water : abundance
- Checkerboards : playful mood
- Peacocks/parrots : longing for a departed lover, loving nature
- Eyes : power to protect
- Vines : spirit of dedication, high spirited, productive
- Orange blossoms : purity, chastity, generosity: traditionally worn by brides
- Paisley : abundance
- Yin-Yang : balance in life
- Chalice : continuity, represents God as the unbroken line
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A new state law extending in-state tuition benefits to undocumented students is expected to benefit about 34 students in the University of Colorado system. Among them: Marco Dorado, a student body president.
Dorado mostly kept quiet about his family's immigration status last year when he was volunteering as a legislative affairs director for the CU Student Government. He advocated for Senate Bill 33 -- legislation also known as ASSET -- telling state legislators that Colorado was losing talented students to New Mexico where undocumented students can qualify for in-state rates.
But what he didn't mention was that he just so happened to be one of those students who attended college in the neighboring state, paying about $5,000 a semester for tuition and housing because he couldn't afford the roughly $30,000 out-of-state tuition tab at CU.
Now, a family is sponsoring his education and paying the out-of-state rate on his behalf. But, just last week, he said, he got an email from the school saying he'll qualify for in-state tuition because of the new law. Rates for Colorado students next year will be $8,760.
Dorado spent his freshman year in college at the school in New Mexico before coming back to Colorado -- his "home state" where he's lived since he was 2 years old. He's undocumented, he said, because his parents immigrated from Mexico and overstayed a visa.
However, recently Dorado qualified for the "Deferred Action Program for Childhood Arrivals," a temporary benefit that allows him to get a Social Security number. He also got a driver's license and is spending the summer interning at a financial services firm.
"I do as much as I can with the opportunities I'm presented with," he said.
Last spring, his peers elected him to be president for external affairs -- one of the highest positions in the CU Student Government.
The platform he ran on was one that emphasized inclusion.
"I think the mark I want to leave at CU is for it to be a place of inclusion," he said. "Before I came to CU, I was just kind of living in the shadows. When I got here -- people looked beyond my status. It's not just about being a place of inclusion for people who are undocumented, but for those who come from all kinds of different backgrounds. I want this to be a place about valuing people for who they are as opposed to judging them for things that are out of their control."
While at Thornton High School, Dorado was a student in the International Baccalaureate program, which is academically rigorous and preps students for college. However, upon graduation -- unlike his peers in the program -- he had few options for college because of his residency status.
Recognizing the controversial nature of immigration legislation, Dorado said over the past couple of years, he didn't take arguments against ASSET personally.
Frank McNulty, R-Highlands Ranch, served as Speaker of the House in 2011 and 2012 when the Republicans were in control and was opposed to the ASSET legislation. Reached last week, he said he believes immigration reform needs to be addressed at the federal level and he couldn't justify lower tuition rates for illegal students when there's so little state funding for public higher education.
"I hope that Congress figures out immigration reform because the system is broken," he said. "The question in front of me was 'Do we put these kids ahead of other Colorado kids -- and the answer to me was 'No.'"
State Sen. Lois Tochtrop, D-Thornton, serves the district where Dorado grew up. During the past legislative session, she voted in favor of the ASSET legislation. However, she voted against an earlier version because of what she said were flaws with how it was written -- though she couldn't remember specific concerns she had with the 2009 version.
After hearing about Dorado becoming student body president at CU, she said he's "exactly the kind of person we had in mind when we passed this legislation."
The law requires that for students to qualify for in-state tuition, they must have graduated from high school or have earned a general education diploma. They must also declare their intention to pursue legal immigration status.
Tochtrop said the new law will help Colorado retain talented students -- like Dorado -- who will get good jobs and contribute to the state.
Dorado is the first in his family to pursue college.
"I was always really school-oriented," he said. "The older I got, the more important it became to me and the more I understood that my parents sacrificed so much."
His mother works in housekeeping and his father is in the construction industry. Where his family is from in Mexico, college was far out of reach and most kids grew up and worked on farms.
Dorado expects the path to college will have fewer roadblocks for his younger sister, who was born in Colorado and thus has citizenship.
"I've found the one thing that's best at changing minds and changing hearts is sharing your story," he said.
Contact Camera Staff Writer Brittany Anas at 303-473-1132 or email@example.com.
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With so many AI tools available, it can be a challenge to integrate everything into a productive platform. Orly Amsalem of cnvrg.io joins Frederic Van Haren and Stephen Foskett to discuss the challenges of managing data and resources for AI training, development, management, and deployment. Orly discusses her journey from software development to AI and the challenges people face. Many in the AI community are following the same path, and are looking for tools like cnvrg to help them bring AI to their day to day work. AL blueprints, provided by cnvrg and the community, can help developers and data scientists get started with AI projects. In a recent survey, only 10% of developers said training was their main challenge; nearly every one said that deploying a model to production was the biggest. Orly then discusses the main bottlenecks to MLOps in production and how to break through and normalize AI in the enterprise.
- Frederic: When do you think AI will diagnose a patient as accurately as (or better than) a human doctor?
- Stephen: Is MLOps a lasting trend or just a step on the way for ML and DevOps becoming normal?
- Eitan Medina, Habana Labs: If you should choose something for AI to do for you in your day-today life, what would it be?
Gests and Hosts
Orly Amsalem, VP of AI Innovation & Business Development at cnvrg.io. Read “Five Ways to Shift to AI-First” here.
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Kepler Mission Manager Update
October 14, 2009
It has now been five months since Kepler science operations began. The Kepler spacecraft continues in its drift-away, heliocentric orbit, and continues in its science data collecting attitude. The Kepler team is approaching another monthly download of science data. The next scheduled download is planned for Oct. 17-19, 2009. Further analysis had been completed on the Safing events that Kepler experienced on June 15, 2009, and July 2, 2009. The cause has been further isolated to a low voltage power supply, whose upsets cause the central RAD750 processor to reset. The resets were not caused by any problem with the RAD750 processor unit itself.
Last week, the team performed two semi-weekly spacecraft contacts. This “engineering” contact utilizes the vehicle’s X-Band transmitter and the omni-directional antennas to give us a relatively low bandwidth connection (typically ranging from 2 to 8 kbps). Although insufficient to downlink the extensive science data being collected and stored onboard, this connection has the benefit that we do not have to leave the science attitude and hence can continue to collect science data as the operations team checks out the vehicle. These contacts typically last about 8 hours, during which time onboard logs are downlinked, along with a small portion of the science targets that have been chosen to give us a quick look at the instrument performance in case any adjustments need to be made. These contacts also give us the opportunity to upload new command sequences, software patches or parameter updates, if required.
Meet the Kepler Team - Bill Wohler
Why I joined the Kepler Team
I was tired of working for start-ups, so I began to paint my parachute and the color that emerged was that I should apply my software skills in
a field that I was passionate about--such as astronomy. I joined the team at the end of 2006 to develop the SOC pipeline and am now working on a project that is contributing to mankind's knowledge. What could be more rewarding than that?
While Jon Jenkins was growing up in the shadow of Kennedy Space Center’s Vehicle Assembly Building, Bill was growing up in the shadow of Ames' Hangar One. As a child, his passion for astronomy was fueled by fieldtrips to Ames, where he peeked inside the 40x80 wind tunnel, and
strolled on the tarmac while a U2 took off.
Bill received his undergraduate degree in Computer Science and Mathematics at the University of California, Davis, and started out his career in 1985 at SRI followed by SAP while he lived in beautiful Heidelberg, Germany. By 1993, California was calling him back. He took a year to get home while traveling through Asia and Australia.
He has worked for several start-ups and has been programming user interfaces in Java since 1997. He joined Orbital Sciences Corporation in
2006 when he began working in the Kepler SOC.
Bill has played in three Ultimate Frisbee World Championships: the first for the German National Team and the next two for the Geneva Wizards. He now lives in Palo Alto with his sweetheart of many years, Lori Heyman, and wishes he had more time to sail, dive, hike, cycle, brew, and write open source software.
Kepler Job Description/Role/Duties
Bill Wohler is a senior principal software engineer for the Kepler SOC who enjoys working in the Java programming language. He is responsible for most of the user interfaces in both application form and on the web as well as a smattering of the pipeline modules. He maintains the SOC's software repository in Subversion and the continuous build system on Hudson. He also keeps the SOC productive and happy by managing the delivery of Peet's coffee to the team and supplying the Kepler barbecues with his homebrew.
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Southeast Asia: "This is the 2nd book in the series devoted to telling my life's story. The first dealt with my religion, history, politics, and art until the arrival of the Europeans in 1511 CE. Although the first book focused upon many aspects of my culture, this book deals primarily with the political history of my area in the last half millenium.
On the surface, this unusual work seems to be a history book. Because I am the narrator, the book could also be considered an autobiography. Perhaps it is most accurate to view this literary piece as historical fiction as cultures, nations and even the international business community, a.k.a the Cartel, voice their unique perspectives.
The work begins by examining my special Southeast Asian civilization prior to the Europeans. The remainder of the work is divided into 4 parts.
'Part V: The Aryans: Europe’s Ancestors' explores the nature of the Aryans, ancestors of European culture. The time period is roughly prehistoric to 1500 CE.
'Part VI: The European Invasion' examines the historical events surrounding the colonization of my Southeast Asian territories – roughly 1500 to 1900.
'Part VII: Breaking Free from Western Colonialism' deals with the process by which each Southeast Asian country attained freedom from their colonial oppressors (≈1900 to 1990).
'Part VIII: A View from the New Millennium' examines what has happened to each Southeast Asian nation in the last quarter century (≈1990 to 2014).
For more details, check out the Chapters. The webpage contains links to the text. This the 1st edition was completed on October 24, 2014.
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Sunday, July 11, 2004With mobiles starting to dominate our daily lives, there is growing interest in the idea of TV on the phone.Mobile TV has been tried before, never with much success.There is the problem of getting decent reception while you are on the move, let alone the issue of battery life and watching programmes on a tiny screen.A method called time-slicing means that at least the receiver is not on all the time."Time-slicing is a way of making the device's battery last a lot longer because it isn't running all the time," explained Mr Squires of Nokia."What's actually happening is that the programme it's receiving is being sent to it in very intense bursts of data, and between those bursts it allows the device to completely shut down, apart, obviously, from the screen and the sound."To the user it looks like the programme is being received constantly, all the time, but in fact the device is in a sleep state for the majority of the time."Receiving the programme in short, high-speed bursts means that the signal is received a few seconds before it is needed, and that buffering means that the device can also cope with short breaks in reception. So if you go under a bridge, you will not lose the picture.Korea and Japan are way ahead of the game and have been testing several methods of reception for a couple of years.The existing Korean 3G network is fast enough to stream live TV. It is basically broadband TV on your mobile.
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Workplace Diversity in Australia
Venue: Sebel Surry Hills
|Event Date/Time: May 24, 2012||End Date/Time: May 25, 2012|
16-17 May 2012
Sebel Surry Hills, Sydney
Australia has an increasingly highly diverse population, and this diversity should be reflected
across the Australian workforce across all industries, at all levels. Whilst there have been
significant improvements in representation and available opportunities, there is still
considerable scope for improvement. Many organisations have yet to ensure that their workplace is
inclusive and supportive of all employees, regardless of their gender, culture, age, sexuality,
disability, ethnicity or faith. This is despite the considerable business benefits of diversity,
such as increased innovation, access to a larger talent pool and improved morale.
To ensure that the goal of a truly representative workforce is met, an active diversity strategy
must be present in all aspects of the workplace; training and recruitment, organisational
culture, flexible work practise, leadership and management and development opportunities.
Difficult issues, such as unconscious bias and stereotyping, must be openly addressed and
challenged to build a positive and inclusive organisational culture.
At this one-day forum, delegates will hear case studies from experienced professionals about
their efforts to promote workplace diversity. Delegates will learn about:
• Building diversity requirements into the recruitment process
• Addressing age discrimination: would you hire someone over fifty?
• Creating an inclusive and harmonious organisational culture
• Making the business case for diversity and flexibility
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Choosing a low VOC paint for your family’s health has never been so easy. VOCs or volatile organic compounds, are the unhealthy chemicals within paint.
VOCs have been an essential part of the makeup of paint for decades. New interest from the public in the promotion of a healthy indoor environment has increased manufacturers’ interest in creating new products.
Low VOC paint varieties have become a more available and attractive option in recent years. These products range from low VOC paint to zero VOC paint.
What is Low VOC Paint?
A VOC, volatile organic compound, is a chemical element that solidifies paint. These compounds help transform paint from a liquid to a solid color on the wall.
These chemicals evaporate into the air as you paint in a process called off-gassing. This is why certain paints have a very strong new paint smell. Most of the VOCs evaporate into the air, but not all of them.
According to the Environmental Protection Agency the paint can release VOCs over years and create air pollution inside your home.
Paint VOC Levels Chart
New environmental regulations and consumer interest has led manufacturers to produce paint products with lower quantities of volatile compounds.
Standard VOC levels are set by the federal government of the United States. Paint companies create low VOC and zero VOC levels to comply with the stricter state VOC regulations for paint.
|Standard Paint||Less than 250 grams per liter for flat or matte paint.|
Less than 380 grams per liter for glossy finishes.
|Low VOC Paint||Less than 50 grams per liter|
|Zero VOC Paint||Less than 5 grams per liter|
Zero/Low VOC Paint vs Regular Paint
Whether you use low VOC paints or traditional paint products for your home is an important decision. There are many factors to consider including durability, cost, and level of chemical sensitivities.
Most low VOC paints are as durable as regular paint. Look for the Green Seal Standards to find low VOC paint that has a standard level of washability, opacity, and scuff resistance. The higher the sheen, the higher the VOC levels but also the more durable it is.
Colorant adds VOCs to both low VOC and regular paint. Unless a company is using a VOC free colorant, any pigment in the paint tinting process will increase the level of VOCs.
Therefore, if you live with someone who has breathing difficulties, it is best to use white paint that has no added colorant.
Some low VOC paints and zero VOC paint will cost more than traditional paints. Also, you will need to paint your room more often. Low VOC paints and zero VOC paints will not last as long as traditional paint.
Traditional paint has toxic chemicals that reduce indoor air quality. VOCs have been linked to dizziness, headaches, higher levels of asthma and allergies.
If you or someone in your family struggles with significant health issues, consider using low VOC or zero VOC paint. Low VOC paint is also a good choice if your paint project is a room for children or the elderly.
The Pros and Cons of Low VOC Paints/Zero VOC Paints
Here are some factors to consider in deciding to use paints with less VOCs or traditional paint.
- Health benefits – Low VOC paint/zero VOC paint improves the air quality in your home.
- Odors – Low VOC paint/zero voc paint do not have as much odor as traditional paint.
- Drying time – Most low VOC paints have a shorter drying time than regular paints.
- Cost– The zero VOC and low VOC paint price is more than for traditional paint.
- Coverage – Low VOC paint/zero VOC paint will not last as long as traditional paint. Therefore, you will need to paint the area more often to maintain a crisp-looking room.
- Toxins – Some low VOC paints contain other harmful toxins beyond VOCs that are harmful for your health. Therefore, it is important to explore each low/zero VOC paint to decide which is best for you.
The Best Low VOC Paint and Zero VOC Paint Options
We have done the research to bring you a list of low VOC and no VOC paint. These include conventional paint brands and natural paints like chalk and milk paint.
This is a zero VOC paint with thousands of color options to consider. It uses a Gennex Color Technology which is a zero VOC colorant.
In addition to its zero VOC formula, it is a one coat paint. It is a paint and primer combination that is 100% acrylic.
This paint comes in four different sheens, matte, eggshell, satin, and semi-gloss. It covers 350-400 square feet per gallon and dries to the touch in one hour.
Aura Paint Basics
- 4 sheens: matte, eggshell, satin, semi-gloss
- Primer and paint combination
- Zero VOC paint
- Dries to the touch in 1 hour, recoat 1 hour
- Mildew resistant
Super Paint with Air Purifying Technology is a water based paint that is also zero VOC and Greenguard Gold Certified.
This paint is unique in that it has odor eliminating technology that breaks down unwanted smells. Also, it is a mold and mildew-resistant paint with over 540 colors.
Super Paint Basics
- 3 sheen options: flat, satin, semi gloss
- 2 sizes: 1 gallon and 5 gallons
- Zero VOC paint
- Odor eliminating capabilities
- Mold and mildew resistant
This is a water based paint with zero VOCs. This particular paint works well in rooms with high moisture like bathrooms and kitchens.
It comes in four different sheens: flat, eggshell, satin, and semi gloss. Each gallon covers around 300 square feet and takes about 2 hours to dry.
Glidden Premium Basics
- 4 sheen options: flat, eggshell, satin, semi gloss
- Drying time 2 hours
- Durable enough to scrub
- Zero VOC paint but colorant will add some VOCs
- Covers 300 square feet per gallon
Valspar signature is a 100% acrylic latex paint that has the added benefit of a paint and primer combination.
It is a low VOC paint that is Greenguard Gold Certified. It has scuff shield protection that stands up to scuffs and stains.
The color of this paint stands up to fading over time. There are four different sheen levels, eggshell, flat, satin, and semi gloss and covers from 200-400 square feet.
Valspar Signature Basics
- 4 available sheens: eggshell, flat, satin, semi gloss
- Covers 200-400 square feet
- Scuff resistant technology
- Low VOC formulation
- Drying time 1 hour, 4 hours to recoat
Ecos Paint is a non VOC paint as well as a non toxic paint. This means that the paint is formulated without the addition of harsh chemicals.
It is a water based paint and covers more per gallon than traditional paint. For example, it covers around 560 square feet to the average 300-400 square feet.
In addition, there are hundreds of color options from which to choose and three sheen options.
Ecos Paint Basics
- 3 sheen options: matte, eggshell, semi gloss
- Covers around 560 square feet per gallon
- Zero VOC paint
- No toxic chemical additives
- Hundreds of color options
Clare paints came onto the scene in 2018 with a pared down style and minimalist aesthetic. It features a zero VOC paint formulation and colorants.
It is Greenguard certified which means that a third party has verified the zero VOC formulation.
In addition, they have low waste packaging and low cost production methods that make them a good choice for people who want a more eco-conscious option.
Clare Paint Basics
- 2 sheen options: eggshell and semi gloss
- Coverage is between 375 – 425 square feet per gallon
- Zero VOC paint
- Eco-friendly option
- Modern color option
- Self priming
The Real Milk Paint Company is a zero VOC paint powder that is made from an organic milk compound. It is a matte paint that works well on many surfaces including wood, concrete, and drywall.
This paint has no odor. Also, it is the right kind of paint if you want to distress furniture for a farmhouse look.
The Real Milk Paint Basics
- 1 sheen available: matte
- Zero VOC paint
- Suitable for many surfaces
- 4 sizes, including a sample size
- Covers 280 square feet per gallon
This is a paint company that is based in the UK with providers across the United States. All of the paints are water based and have low VOC formulations.
It is available in several finishes from very matte to full gloss. The colors are prized for their beauty and connection to history.
It is washable and resistant to scuffs and staining. This paint dries to the touch in 2 hours.
Farrow & Ball Basics
- 6 finish options: dead flat to full gloss
- 3 sizes: 100ml, 2.5 L, 5 L
- Dries to the touch in 2 hours, recoat in 4 hours
- Low VOC paints
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)FAQ
Does low VOC paint make a difference?
Low VOC makes a difference in the air quality inside your home. Because while some VOCs evaporate as you paint, the paint will still off gas for years later. Therefore, by using low VOC or zero VOC paints, you will lessen the quantity of toxins in the home.
What is the standard for low VOC paint?
To be considered a low VOC paint, the VOC level is 250 grams per liter for matte and 380 grams per liter for gloss paints. Some states have more strict levels of VOCs to be considered low VOC paint.
What level of VOC is safe?
The level that is considered safe differs for each person as some people have health problems that make VOCs more problematic. It is known that the pollutants are 2-5 times more inside than outside the home. You can reduce the amount of VOCs inside by using low VOC or no VOC paints, reducing pesticide use, aerosol sprays, and certain cleaners and disinfectants.
Is low VOC paint eco friendly?
VOC paint is not always eco-conscious. However, there are certain paint brands like Clare paints that utilize low waste production and eco-conscious packaging.
Paint companies have made great strides in recent years in developing paints with fewer VOCs.
These paints are more durable and long-lasting than previous formulations. These paints are not right for everyone, but they have more universal application than some people think.
In addition, you can feel good about the health benefits they bring for yourself and your family.
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Scientists at UCL (University College London) have measured responses to pain in the brains of premature babies and have shown that they are likely to experience ‘true’ pain rather than simply displaying reflex reactions.
The paper, published today in The Journal of Neuroscience, illustrates that routine care procedures for premature babies, such as heel-lancing for blood tests, can cause pain in premature infants. This study, undertaken on infants in the neonatal unit at the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson and Obstetric Hospital, is the first direct scientific measure of pain in premature babies.
Professor Maria Fitzgerald, UCL Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, who led the team, said: “The uncertainties regarding pain management in preterm infants have been increasingly highlighted in recent years and there is a lack of basic information about effective methods of pain control in the youngest patients. As a result, while considerable effort is made to provide clinical pain-control in babies undergoing invasive procedures, this remains suboptimal in many units.
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Researchers from the University of Hamburg in Germany, in collaboration with colleagues from the University of Aarhus in Denmark, have synthesized a new superconducting material by growing a few layers of an antiferromagnetic transition-metal chalcogenide on a bismuth-based topological insulator, both being non-superconducting materials.
While superconductivity and magnetism are generally believed to be mutually exclusive, surprisingly, in this new material, superconducting correlations...
Laser-driving of semimetals allows creating novel quasiparticle states within condensed matter systems and switching between different states on ultrafast time scales
Studying properties of fundamental particles in condensed matter systems is a promising approach to quantum field theory. Quasiparticles offer the opportunity...
Among the general public, solar thermal energy is currently associated with dark blue, rectangular collectors on building roofs. Technologies are needed for aesthetically high quality architecture which offer the architect more room for manoeuvre when it comes to low- and plus-energy buildings. With the “ArKol” project, researchers at Fraunhofer ISE together with partners are currently developing two façade collectors for solar thermal energy generation, which permit a high degree of design flexibility: a strip collector for opaque façade sections and a solar thermal blind for transparent sections. The current state of the two developments will be presented at the BAU 2017 trade fair.
As part of the “ArKol – development of architecturally highly integrated façade collectors with heat pipes” project, Fraunhofer ISE together with its partners...
At TU Wien, an alternative for resource intensive formwork for the construction of concrete domes was developed. It is now used in a test dome for the Austrian Federal Railways Infrastructure (ÖBB Infrastruktur).
Concrete shells are efficient structures, but not very resource efficient. The formwork for the construction of concrete domes alone requires a high amount of...
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The manual for my Osburn 1800i states that the max temp should be 840 at the cook top. Cook top as defined by the manual is the set of louvers that direct the blower air flow just above the door. That cook top is a removable peice of very heavy stamped steel. NO WAY that thing will ever get to 850. So I asked Osburn, and they stated in words clearly translated from French to English... Temp should be typically 500 on the surface under the cook top, with a 650 max.
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Help support New Advent and get the full contents of this website as an instant download. Includes the Catholic Encyclopedia, Church Fathers, Summa, Bible and more all for only $19.99...
Abbé, missionary and author, b. at Lyons, France, 4 November, 1826; d. in France, June, 1886. In the spring of 1846, before completing his seminary studies and when not yet twenty years of age, he left France in response to an urgent appeal for missionaries to help develop the Church in the wilds of Texas, then rapidly filling up with American and European immigration. He went first to St. Louis, where he spent two years completing his theological course, studying English and German, and gathering knowledge of missionary requirements. In May, 1848, he was assigned to duty at the new German settlement of Castroville in Texas, from which he was transferred later to Brownsville. The war with Mexico was just concluded; raiding bands of Mexicans and rangers were ravaging on both sides of the Rio Grande, while outlaws from the border States and almost equally lawless discharged soldiers filled the new towns, and hostile Indians hovered constantly in the background. A cholera epidemic added its horrors. Nevertheless the young priest went bravely to work with such energy that he soon became an efficient power for good throughout all Southern Texas. In 1850 he visited Europe and was received by the pope. Returning to Texas, he continued in the mission field two years longer, when he returned to France with health broken and was appointed titulary canon of Montpellier. When the French troops were dispatched to Mexico in 1861 he was selected to accompany the expedition as almoner to the army and chaplain to the Emperor Maximilian. After the return to France he devoted his remaining years to European travel, study, and writing, and the exercise of his ecclesiastical functions. In 1882-3 he again visited America.
Among his numerous works dealing with travel, history, and theology, may be noted: "Journal d'un missionnaire au Texas et au Mexique" (Paris, 1857); "Voyage dans les solitudes américaines" (Paris, 1858); "Histoire du jansénisme"; "Histoire du Mexique" (Paris, 1868); "Souvenirs d'outre-mer" (Paris, 1884). His principal works have appeared also in English translation. In regard to his much-controverted "Manuscrit pictographique americain" (Paris, 1860), an examination of the supposed Indian pictographs leaves no doubt that in this case the unsuspecting missionary was grossly deceived.
APA citation. (1909). Emmanuel-Henri-Dieudonne Domenech. In The Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05102a.htm
MLA citation. "Emmanuel-Henri-Dieudonne Domenech." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 5. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1909. <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05102a.htm>.
Transcription. This article was transcribed for New Advent by Gerald M. Knight.
Ecclesiastical approbation. Nihil Obstat. May 1, 1909. Remy Lafort, Censor. Imprimatur. +John M. Farley, Archbishop of New York.
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President Obama yesterday rightly slammed opposition to the US-Iran deal that was reached over the weekend. The critics, unfortunately given far too much time by the media, are in a frenzy to stop the deal. They’re using extreme and overblown rhetoric and throwing everything that they can into the mix. It’s Munich! Iranian suitcase bombs will be blowing up in New York! We can’t negotiate with terrorists! What about human rights?! And so on.
But the accord is a done deal, and its effects are already being felt. The Iranian currency, the rial, is strengthening, and oil prices are falling. The Europeans are already talking about meeting in January to ease sanctions on Iran further. And for the rest of the world it’s sinking in: for the first time in thirty-four years, there’s a chance that the United States and Iran might do more than strike a limited deal to wind down Iran’s nuclear program. It’s possible that the two countries could reach a détente, and work together on problems from Syria and Afghanistan to terrorism, world energy problems, and—believe it not!—even Palestine.
Of course, it’s early—but there’s no going back now. The US-Iran accord has the potential to be a transformational event. Let’s count the ways.
First, it can vastly change the world oil market, and that’s a big part of the reason why Saudi Arabia is so worried. Iran’s oil output, at about 1 million barrels a day now, could almost instantly rise to 2.5 million b/d, and from there it could go up significantly, to as much as 4 million b/d or more. Already, world oil companies are quietly jockeying to take advantage of an opening in Iran, which needs hundreds of billions of dollars in investments to rebuild its production facilities, pipelines, export facilities and refineries. That’ll be good news for China, India, Japan and other consumers in East Asia, and along with rising output in recovering Iraq and Libya, it’ll add a lot to world production. Prices will fall, and among OPEC countries it’s Saudi Arabia that will have to absorb the shock. Saudi Arabia will be faced with the choice of getting far less for its exports, per barrel, or cutting back on its own production to keep prices stable. So, if you thought that Saudi opposition to the Iran deal was only about the Sunni-Shiite struggle for power in the Middle East, well, there’s more to it.
The accord is transformational in other ways, too. It changes the ground rules of the whole region. If Iran winds down its nuclear program, it will reap vast rewards in terms of expanded trade, investment and business with the rest of the world. That will help moderates in Iran—including the business class, led nominally by Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, the billionaire mullah and former president—to gain momentum over the remaining ideological radicals who seek confrontation and who are still animated by the extreme-Shiite ideology that was put forward by the founder of the Islamic Republic, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. Every dollar, mark and yen that flows into Iran will bolster Iranian moderation and help Iran back away from its less-than-reasoned confrontational stance. So in conflicts in Syria, Iraq, Palestine, Bahrain, Afghanistan and elsewhere, where Iran has a role to play, Tehran could become a force for a peaceful, negotiated solution in partnership with the United States and the rest of the world. It’s already partially evident in Syria, where Iran could play an important role in the upcoming peace conference in January.
The elimination of Iran as a regional bogeyman could kick the props out from under the huge American military buildup in the Persian Gulf, Central Asia, the Indian Ocean and the eastern Mediterranean. Why ships tens of billions of dollars in weapons to Saudi Arabia and the Persian Gulf kleptocrats and maintain bases in Bahrain, Qatar and elsewhere when there’s no regional military threat? It will be harder for the US military-industrial complex to justify those sales, and for the Pentagon to justify its bases, when Iran is a cooperating actor.
Despite the bluster in Israel and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s nervous breakdown over the accord, eventually the normalization of Iran’s role in the region will make it a lot harder for future Israeli voters to justify their own armed-camp approach to the region. It will be much easier for Israel to think about a just settlement of the Palestinian issue if and when Iran is no longer a threat.
As for Russia, well, the US-Iran deal will be a concern, too. For decades, Moscow has taken advantage of the breakdown in US-Iran relations by building economic and military ties to Iran and using the churning regional crisis to its advantage. Now Russia will have to recalculate. And not just on political and military issues: if Iran re-enters the world community, it will compete with Russian gas sales worldwide, directly challenging Russia for the in the European and Asian gas markets. One way Russia can use the accord for its advantage, though, has already emerged: Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said that now that Iran won’t be a nuclear threat, the United States and NATO can forget about putting an anti-missile system in Eastern Europe, since the last remaining, thin rationale for that was to deal with supposed missile threat from Iran.
This only begins to cover the possible transformation stemming from the accord. It has huge implications for domestic politics, too, since American neoconservatives have puffed up Iran into a global bogeyman to justify all sorts of shenanigans, and they are about to lose that “big time,” as Dick Cheney might say. Watch for neocons to make their own “pivot” to Asia, warning about the rise of China and the need for the United States to confront the Chinese worldwide.
Katrina vanden Heuvel says the Republicans are waging war on the poor.
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Dr. King also fought against gun control. Restrictive gun laws were used to keep black families essentially defenseless and King worked against those laws. Here's more from Conservative Daily News:
Today is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Like every year, there will be discussion of his life and achievements. I wish to tell a different story: the story of his struggle against racist gun control laws.There's a little more at the link. I'd include a quote from Dr. King but his greedy family would probably send me a six figure bill, just as they did the foundation that built his memorial because they used his words on the "frozen in Carbonite" monument in D.C., words that it turns out were taken out of context and will have to be corrected at great cost. I wonder if they have to pay the family another fee?
Dr. King, who was a registered Republican, kept guns at home for self-defense. He applied for a permit to carry a handgun, but was denied by authorities in Alabama. Like most states at the time, Alabama had a “may-issue” carry permit system, which allowed authorities to deny a permit for any articulable reason. These gun control laws, in the South, constituted the first Jim Crow laws. As Justice Clarence Thomas noted in the U.S. Supreme Court’s Heller decision, the original intent of the 14th Amendment, passed during Reconstruction, was to guarantee First and Second Amendment rights- and the natural right of self-defense- to newly-freed black people. I noted the irony of Herman Cain, a black man who lived during Segregation, making a “states’ rights” argument about gun control antithetical to this cause.
There is another gun control issue which must be raised, in relation to Dr. King. In order to understand it, one must understand the extraordinary lengths black people had to go to in order to acquire firearms in that time period. Few dealers were willing to sell firearms to blacks; among those few were pawnbrokers, who also commonly sold firearms in that time period. Since much of their clientele was black (pawning was generally the only source of credit for blacks back then), pawnbrokers were more amenable to selling guns to them.
For black families who didn’t have access to an agreeable pawn shop dealer, the options for buying guns were very limited: Finding a sympathetic white person to act as a strawman to buy guns for them; pooling money with other families to travel to a gun store in a Northern state; or by mail order.
All of these activities were prohibited by the Gun Control Act of 1968. This act instituted an exceptionally restrictive licensing scheme for gun dealers- a scheme which required a special license to act both as a gun dealer and pawnbroker; it banned the interstate transfer of firearms except between licensed dealers; and it banned mail-order, out-of-state, and straw man purchases.
An historical point must be noted here: The assassination of Dr. King fueled the passage of the ’68 GCA. Let me state that again: Dr. King’s assassination was used as political ammunition to pass a gun control law intended to frustrate black people from buying guns for self-defense.
I'm sure the Jefferson, Roosevelt, and Lincoln families got big bucks for their famous ancestor's words as well.
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Uses: The smaller E. cladocalyx var. nana Dwarf Sugar Gum grows to approx 12m and is a good choice for smaller gardens or spaces. Displays of creamy white flowers in spring and summer.
This species of eucalyptus is a recognised breeding habitat for the endangered Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoos. Growing or retaining stands of these trees will encourage the return of these birds.
This plant is indigenous to the following botanical regions of South Australia.
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For detail on these regions refer to the user guide.
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A typical construction project involves many moving parts and pieces. Without proper management of those pieces, the results can be full of disorganization and chaos. That isn’t healthy, and doesn’t bring the satisfaction that should come with a project. The process of starting and implementing a capital facility project does not have to be this way. It can actually be FUN! Having a structured process at the onset can minimize the emotional swings of a project and keep it on track. As is true of many complex undertakings, the end often depends on the beginning –
– which is why at Third Lens we focus initially on a stage called “Project Launch”.
We believe an effective launch is key to successful delivery of a project. Bridging the strategic plan phase and the design phase, the launch phase defines the project and gives the organization a chance to make any changes with a minimum investment of funds. Before any design is put on paper, the first piece of dirt is moved, or a single brick is laid, the launch phase has to be completed. The Project Launch phase focuses on the organization and planning components of the delivery process. It sets the project expectations and defines the project scope, cost and other parameters.
The end work product of this phase is a fundraising package that details the scope, cost and schedule for the project.
Once the project launch phase is completed, then you can move into the next phase of the project.
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Hello Susan, I'm Dr. Deb and I'll do my best to help you today. I'm sorry about this concern for Missie.It's certainly possible that a change in diet could trigger looser stools. I don't worry too much about the change in color unless it's black, lots of blood or white. And the mucous/slime reflects intestinal irritation and is nothing to worry about either. There are other possible causes of diarrhea, of course, including:
1. internal parasites such as whipworms, hookworms, giardia for example. Stool samples are not always positive when these parasites are present since eggs are not shed in every sample. So, a positive is a positive but a negative is not necessarily a negative, if that makes sense. 2. dietary indiscretion..she ate something that is irritating her intestines as it passes through. 3. inflammatory bowel disease 4. ingestion of spoiled or rotten food 5. viral or bacterial infections.
6. Systemic disease ...and this is just a partial list. If she is otherwise acting fine, then you may be able to treat her symptomatically for a few days and she will get past this.
1. Continue to feed a bland diet as you have been. My ratio is 1 part boiled chicken to 4 parts 20-minute white rice. Feed only a small amount of one time, 3-4 times through the day. I would not feed any regular dog food.
2. If she is not currently taking any aspirin or nsaid products and is not vomiting, then you can give Regular Strength Pepto Bismol. The dose would be 1/2 ml/lb 2 times a day. For example, if he weighs 20 lbs, then you would give 2.0 teaspoons at each dose ( 5 mls=1 tsp). It may change the stool color to a gray-black or greenish color though so this shouldn't concern you if it happens.
Pepto bismol should not be given to vomiting dogs since it contains salicylates (the active ingredient in Aspirin) which can irritate the stomach.
3.Consider probiotics such as Forti-flora.These may be available at local pet/grain stores.
It is possible that she will need stronger anti-diarrheal drugs from your vet if the stool doesn't start to firm up within a day or so. If you have to have her seen, I would also take a stool sample to be evaluated, if possible.
I hope this helps
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It’s possible that, after he plowed his ship into an iceberg, Captain Edward John Smith of the RMS Titanic paused to worry if he’d remembered to unplug the coffee maker. But it’s not likely.
Smith, after all, had real problems. His ship was sinking, and that probably absorbed most of his energy.
Many would say the American economy has also hit an iceberg. It’s purportedly sinking under a mountain of bad debts and soaring unemployment. As a new president takes charge, one would expect him to focus exclusively on righting the ship.
Not quite. Oh sure, Barack Obama mentioned the economy in his inaugural address, and sure, he intends to spend hundreds of billions, maybe even a trillion dollars, to “stimulate” it. But the new president’s mind seemed to be elsewhere. He apparently wanted to focus on bigger, longer-term problems.
“Our economy is badly weakened, a consequence of greed and irresponsibility on the part of some, but also our collective failure to make hard choices and prepare the nation for a new age,” Obama announced. Sounds as if he -- or at least his speechwriter -- has been reading Andrew Bacevich.
In his new book “The Limits of Power: The End of American Exceptionalism,” Bacevich takes Americans to task for our lifestyle choices. The author is a professor at Boston University and a retired Army colonel, and the book aims to explain America’s foreign policy failures in recent decades.
Bacevich points the finger at domestic economics. Our desire to buy bigger things, better things and ever-more things, he writes, is bringing the country to ruin. It forces us to borrow (from China) trillions of dollars we might never be able to pay back and to be involved militarily in a region (the Middle East) we’d be better off avoiding.
There’s a case to be made here. Most Americans could stand to lose a few pounds around the waistline and a few pounds of electronic gadgets around the house.
Bacevich’s proposed solution, however, seems less sweeping than his stated problem. To save itself, he writes, the U.S. should focus on twin goals: getting rid of nuclear weapons and battling global warming.
But how is getting rid of nuclear weapons going to help? It’s difficult to see how junking the U.S.’s remaining 6,000 or so warheads (down from 23,000 at the height of the Cold War) is going to convince people to stop buying iPods and sneakers that are made in China.
As for global warming, well, like Captain Smith’s coffeemaker, it’s the sort of issue we worry about when things are going well, but have little need to be concerned with if things are going poorly. The sinking of the Titanic was going to eliminate any damage a melting coffee pot might cause. And the sinking of our economy is doing the same thing with the supposed causes of global warming.
Look no further than gas prices. Over the summer fuel cost $4.50 per gallon, and it looked as if prices would never stop soaring. Today you can fill up for $1.85. That’s because gas prices are driven by the law of supply and demand. Today’s recession has slashed consumption and, thus, prices.
Of course, as consumption of gasoline has dropped, so has the emission of the CO2 that supposedly warms our atmosphere. So if global warming is indeed a problem, a recession should be just what the doctor ordered. And the longer and deeper the recession is, the better. That would be a Bacevich-style solution, a lifestyle change that would end up improving conditions in the U.S.
Obama may have read the book, but apparently failed to digest the message. “With old friends and former foes, we will work tirelessly to lessen the nuclear threat, and roll back the specter of a warming planet,” he announced in his inaugural. Still, (wisely) he backed away from the bigger message. “We will not apologize for our way of life, nor will we waver in its defense,” Obama added.
That’s what the economic “stimulus” package is about: Getting our economy growing again. No, the stimulus plan that lawmakers are considering certainly isn’t the best way to do that. But politicians of all stripes agree that getting the economy growing again is critical.
Our country has a serious problem, and it’s time to set the pieties of environmental activists aside. That’s why our new president favors economic growth -- even it that ends up generating more CO2.
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Join us for the inaugural Mandarin Storytime at Subiaco Library. We will be holding a Mandarin Storytime session on the first Wednesday of every month.
The Mandarin Storytime session will include Mandarin storytelling with simple translations in English, one or two Mandarin phrases, singing in Mandarin and a cultural experience provided by the Confucius Institute from UWA. This session is suitable for children aged from three to twelve.
This is a perfect opportunity to experience stories in a different language and learn some Mandarin phrases.
Please be sure to book a ticket for every person attending including children.
This session will be held outside in the park by the museum in the shade of the trees. Bring along an afternoon snack to enjoy while you listen to the stories and join in with the rhymes.
NOTE: Please do not attend Subiaco Library if you are feeling unwell, you are most welcome to cancel your free ticket at any time and re-book into future upcoming events when you are feeling better and are symptom free. We ask that all visitors maintain good hand hygiene and utilise the hand sanitiser and hand washing facilities available when attending events. Please maintain social distancing when attending events and if you have any concerns raise them with our friendly staff.
Getting to the event: Subiaco Library has limited parking bays available at the rear of the building including two accessible parking bays. Three hour ticketed parking is available behind Subiaco Church off Rowland Street. For more information on getting around Subiaco visit the city’s website.
Access and inclusion: Subiaco Library is wheelchair accessible for additional information please contact Subiaco Library on 9237 9300.
Ticket information: You are not required to bring a ticket with you however, names will be checked at the door.
More information: For more events and programs at Subiaco Library visit the City of Subiaco events calendar, follow the Subiaco Library on Facebook or join the Cultural Services e-newsletter database by emailing email@example.com
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10 Cities That Are Reinventing The Relationship With Their Rivers
As technology and infrastructure improved, rivers became less and less important and more and more forgotten about. We look at 10 cities reconnecting with their rivers.
We are living in an era in which for the first time since the industrial revolution we are witnessing a complete shift in the way the relationship between the city and nature is represented in our cities. Architects, planners, landscape designers, artist, politicians and society are getting together to find ways to reintegrate nature into the cities through their often forgotten rivers.
Some are pushing away infrastructure or rediscovering abandoned industrial riverside heritage to reintroduce nature and increase the quality of life of the surrounding areas. Other are taking it to a completely new level – thinking of a resilient future relationship with their rivers due to the present climate change impact.
We have selected 10 cities that found a way to improve their quality of life and reintroduce nature back into the heart of the city through reinventing the relationship to their rivers.
10 Cities That Are Reinventing The Relationship With Their Rivers
10. Seoul, South Korea – Cheonggyecheon River Project by SeoAhn Total Landscape, completed in 2005
Before becoming a major public gathering place for the people of Seul in 2005, the Cheongycheon River was a highly polluted covered wastewater canal surrounded by elevated and at grade infrastructure dividing the city. The redevelopment of over 11km of the river canal and the destruction of the surrounding infrastructure has not only allowed rediscovering the qualities of the river but also to reinvent the way people relate to it.
WATCH: Cheonggyecheon River in South Korea – Best restored river in the world, possibly
The intervention transformed the whole urban experience into a pedestrian friendly, river experience full of activities. The project was designed to address the different levels of the river throughout monsoon season and the rest of the year but is also seen a symbol of the future unification of North and South Korea.
9. Ljubljana, Slovenia, – Ljubljanica river regeneration project, by BB arhitekti, Atelier arhitekti, Urbi, Atelje Vozlič, Dans arhitekti, Trije arhitekti and Boris Podrecca. , completed in 2011
At the beginning of the 20th century, the banks of Ljubljanica River started decaying due to aging infrastructure and the construction of car purposed areas. The river flows directly through the old city center and the deprivation started having a serious negative influence on its vitality.
Realizing the risk of urban deprivation due to the low quality and inaccessibility to the river, the city council decided to invest 20 million euros in the redevelopment of a central portion of Ljubljanica River and recreate its forgotten benefits on the city’s quality of life. The result is a revived city center, additional public spaces by the river and reversing the tendency of urban sprawl evoked by the undermining of the natural qualities the river brings to the city.
8. Madrid, Spain, Manzanares river, RIO Madrid project by West 8, completed 2011
Before the completion of the West 8’s project in 2011 the Manzanares river was enveloped on both its banks by high-speed roads. Access to the river was impossible and its valuable recreation qualities buried for the sake of the car. RIO Madrid consisted of drastic measures to bring the river back to the city.
The project cost skyrocketed at 280 million euros to bury the highway and create a stretch of public spaces, parks and bridges to give a new face to the river and recreate the link with the city. It has successfully proven to have increased the quality of life in all surrounding neighborhoods and become a major attraction public space for everyone in Madrid.
7. Paris – the transformation of the Seine river banks – “Berges de seine”
Paris is one of the world’s densest cities, with an enormous protected by UNESCO World Heritage Site along the river Seine. Its riverbanks became an automobile corridor in the 60’s when its right banks became exclusively reserved for cars. And it wasn’t until 2001 that the city authorities decided to introduce a temporary way to bring back Parisians to the river where in the past activities flourished and people lived with the river.
The initiative is called Paris plages and consists of closing sections of the lanes running along the river and transforms them into vital public spaces for a month. The success of this annually reoccurring project has pushed through the opposition and in 2012 the city closed large parts of the dedicated to cars banks and transformed them into permanent public spaces that are changing the relationship of Parisians to their river and increasing the value this world heritage site.
6. Tanghe River, Qinhuangdao City, Hebei Province, China, The Red Ribbon Park by Turenscape, completed in 2008
In the case of this project, the river banks weren’t transformed from the industrial history but rather saved from the fast-growing urban development and given a new life with very little interventions. The Red ribbon park creation came just on time to handle the growing need for public space and encroaching urban development.
Before its transformation, it was a rich natural environment which was though inaccessible and dangerous to be used for recreation activities. It was taken over as a trash dump by the adjacent beach town and unsecure due to the shantytown spread.
The major design element – the red ribbon runs through the whole park. It was conceived to integrate lighting, seating and boardwalk as the design team was aiming at preserving the natural habitats while at the same time create opportunities for recreational activities.
Since its completion in 2008 the surroundings of the park have urbanized and the population has higher demands for the maintenance of quality of the natural environment. The Red Ribbon Park responds to both the demands of nature and the public giving a place for them to interact safely.
5. Lyon, France – Rhone river redevelopment project, by In Situ Architectes Paysagistes, completed 2007
Rhone River’s history is similar to Bordeaux’s Garonne River, ruled by the automobile and port industry in the past. In 2003, the city council launched a competition searching to create a place along the river that brings people closer to nature and relate to the river while being a meeting place offering a variety of activities. In situ Architectes Paysagistes developed the winning proposal for the redevelopment of 5km of parking spaces and high-speed lanes into a riverfront landscape integrating a variety of activities all along.
During the design process, a major input was taken from the community participation to assure the final result responds to all needs of the city. Now it offers fishing points, bike rentals, relaxation points, public spaces, a major element – the steps terrace at the Guilloètire bridge as the entrance to the old city center.
Parking and cars are banned from site allowing only cycling and walking as the stretch is also a part of the European cycle path running from Geneva Lake to the Mediterranean coast. The project was completed in 2007 and immediately became a preferred place for Lyon’s inhabitants linking the city to the river and creating a new relationship with the Rhone.
4. Bordeaux, France – restoration of the left banks of the Garonne river by Michel Courajoud, completed in 2009
As many of the listed cities, Bordeaux’s Garonne river banks were previously devoted to industry. On the left riverbank of the Garonne River in the 1700s, the “Port de la Lune” was located together with a stretch of 4.5 km of adjacent industry along the river right next to the city center. At the beginning of the 20th century, the industrial activities were abandoned and taken over by parking spots.
By the year 2005 these ex-industrial areas had no sense of space or meaning. That is when the city saw the potential of transforming it into a vital public space to invite the river back to the city and the people back to the river. In the core of the project was first the creation of a tramway in order to leave more space for pedestrians along the river. Once that was achieved the Major of Bordeaux wanted to create a connection from the river to the adjacent neighborhoods and the opposite banks of the river.
He chose the proposals of Michel Courajoud whose aim was to keep the sense of port in a new urban reality achieved by preserving the elements of the old port into the design. With the beginning of the clearance of the area for the construction works people instantly started reaching to the river as “they felt naturally drawn to water” says Courajoud. The most famous feature of the project is the “water mirror” which is the largest reflecting pool in the world. Completed in 2009 these new public spaces have increased the quality of life and provided a completely new urban experience – one close to the river.
You can see this project in more detail here.
3. Moscow, Russia – Moskva riverfront regeneration project by Project Meganom consortium 2015
In the search to provide a better quality of life, Moscow starts following the example of other cities rediscovering the added value of the river as part of city’s public spaces. The first step towards reintroducing the river as a public space was taken with a 1 km transformation. The stretch of parking and traffic lanes were substituted by a pedestrian friendly riverside boardwalk with inviting urban furniture, an alley of painters, fountains, an outdoor performance stage, and activities designed for each season.
The next step towards bringing Moscow’s life to the river has been taken with the winner project in the international competition 2015. Project Meganom consortium proposed a program for the regeneration of the whole river in Greater Moscow in order to create the green backbone for the future of the capital. The project consists in the creation of public spaces along the river, developing tourism and water transportation through the location of ports linking to the neighborhoods.
WATCH: A planning and design overview of Moskva riverfront regeneration project
There is also an idea to naturalize certain sections of the rivers. According to architect Alfonso Vergara- a member of the jury – “if the project is successfully realized Moscow can be a referent for other megacities in the world.”
2. Singapore, Kallang River – Bishan Park by Atelier Dreiseitl, completed in 2012
The project to transform the Kallang river park emerged from the necessity to find larger flood capacity of the canalized Kallang River but also from the initiative of the city to enrich the drainage functions of the canals. The project is part of “ABC water” – coming from Active, Beautiful, Clean waters aiming to create vibrant community gathering spaces accommodating the drainage functions of the river at the same time.
The 2.7km canal was removed to leave space for the naturally meandering river allowing space for its flood capacity to be naturally accommodated while providing access to the river during all of its level changes. From the canal’s destruction, a lookout hill was built to serve as a viewpoint to the newly invited nature. The result is a complete makeover of the way people can relate to the water. It bonded the previously separated communities through the numerous activities the park provides today.
WATCH: Kallang River at Bishan Park
1. New York, the Hudson river estuary – Rebuild by Design, the Dryline (BIG U), by BIG, in construction
The reason for New York’s need to rethink the relationship with the Hudson River estuary isn’t only the need for public spaces and proximity to the water but the climate change effects that were severely felt due to Hurricane Sandy. BIG’s design team won the 2014 international competition in search of a resilient solution to protect New York from the rising risks of floods due to climate change.
Their proposal is an amazing combination of the mentioned above projects but with an upgrade – flood protection. Their solution incorporates a 12km “social infrastructure” to create space for activities and public spaces close to the river which is designed to double as a flood protection wall for future disasters.
WATCH: The Dryline – BIG’s vision for New York City
The U ribbon wraps Manhattan in a series of linked landscaped interventions acting as a natural absorbent of eventual high waters while the rest of the time providing a completely new experience surrounded by nature and water a step away from the dense skyscraper reality of Manhattan. If the city finds the budget to build this innovative and multifunctional flood protection it might not only resolve the problem with sea level rise but also provide a new approach on how to reinvent the way our cities interact with their rivers for years to come.
These cities are just a few examples of a new paradigm revealing diverse approaches to how cities should interact with their rivers. They clearly show the need to integrate rivers carefully into their future vision in order to provide the necessary and more demanded public spaces close to nature in our urban reality.
Looking for creative solutions to reinvent the functions of the rivers, naturalize them or give them the necessary space and value isn’t making a step backward, but rather a step towards a sustainable and resilient future.
Do you think we’ve missed another great example? Share it with us in the comments below!
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[thal-een, -ee-in, fthal-] /ˈθæl in, -i ɪn, ˈfθæl-/
any of a group of compounds formed by treating phthalic anhydride with phenols, from which certain important dyes are derived.
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any of a class of organic compounds obtained by the reaction of phthalic anhydride with a phenol and used in dyes
phthalein phthal·ein or phthal·eine (thāl’ēn’, thāl’ē-ĭn, thā’lēn’, thā’lē-ĭn)
Any of a group of chemical compounds formed by a reaction of phthalic anhydride with a phenol, from which certain synthetic dyes are derived.
(thāl’ēn’, thā’lēn’, fthāl’-)
Any of a group of chemical compounds formed by a reaction of phthalic anhydride with a phenol. They are used to derive certain synthetic dyes.
[thal-ik, fthal-] /ˈθæl ɪk, ˈfθæl-/ adjective, Chemistry. 1. of or derived from . phthalic phthal·ic (thāl’ĭk, fthāl’-) adj.
noun 1. Chemistry. any of three isomeric acids having the formula C 8 H 6 O 4 , especially the ortho isomer (orthophthalic acid) a colorless, crystalline, slightly water-soluble solid used chiefly in the manufacture of dyes, medicine, and perfume. 2. . 3. . /ˈθælɪk; ˈfθæl-/ noun 1. a soluble colourless crystalline acid used in […]
noun, Chemistry. 1. a white, crystalline, slightly water-soluble solid, C 8 H 4 O 3 , used chiefly in the manufacture of dyes, alkyd resins, and plasticizers. noun 1. a white crystalline substance used mainly in producing dyestuffs. Formula: C6H4(CO)2O phthalic anhydride n. A white crystalline compound prepared by oxidizing naphthalene and used in the […]
[thal-in, fthal-] /ˈθæl ɪn, ˈfθæl-/ noun, Chemistry. 1. any of a group of compounds obtained by the reduction of the phthaleins.
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Safe use of your PC
The online world is becoming more and more dangerous today. This is not surprising, because cybercrime is gold business† Not only by ignorant persons in phishing emails, but also by stealing data and then reselling it to other parties. Though chats in games cybercriminals are trying to get along these days.
It is therefore important to keep your data as secure as possible. Norton 360 for Gamers is a great tool for that because the service offers multiple layers of advanced security to protect you from phishing† In addition, the software monitors whether your PC communicates with other computers and blocks access when an unauthorized source attempts to obtain data.
If a party eventually manages to grab your data, you’ll quickly figure it out with Norton 360 for Gamers. The service keeps an eye on the Dark Web. Information appears with your personal information, including you gamer tag or usernames in games, Norton notifies you immediately. That way, you can prevent unpleasant characters from speeding up your accounts.
Infinite access with a VPN
Another way to keep your data is to use a VPN. This way, your PC connects to a remote server, which then connects to the rest of the Internet for you. This way, your computer is protected and your IP address and location cannot be tracked by third parties.
So you can surf the internet safely, but it also offers other benefits. For example, if you connect to a server in the UK, other services will also think you are in that country. As a result, you can access all the content in the country with streaming services, such as Netflix or Amazon Prime Video. So if you want to enjoy even more movies and series with streaming services, you can easily do so thanks to Norton 360 for Gamers.
This applies not only to streaming services but also websites. For example, you will probably come across a video on YouTube that cannot be seen in the Netherlands because of the rights that apply to the video. By turning on VPN in another country, you can watch that video without any problems.
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Norton 360 for Gamers is not only named because it will ensure that your gaming accounts remain in their possession, but also for another reason. With the service you also get access to the so-called Game Optimizer.
What this software does is allocate your processor’s resources to a game you’re playing. That way, you can get the most images per second from your games and make sure that your fps is not much lower due to a program running in the background, for example.
Game Optimizer works especially well for processor-heavy titles. Think of MMOs, but also games with big open worlds that we see more and more. With the software, for example, in Red Dead Redemption 2, you can achieve a higher frame rate at the touch of a button.
Save your files without any worries
Where all important papers and documents used to be stored in physical folders, most people today simply store their files digitally. And it makes sense, because if you need to send data, for example, we do it via e-mail and not by fax.
There is only a danger that you could lose your data in one fell swoop if your PC or laptop dies. Therefore, saving your most valuable files to another disk is definitely not a bad idea. If you want to make sure you never lose your files, you can use 50 GB Cloud Backup from Norton 360 for gamers. That way, you never have to worry about your PC suddenly crashing and the screen going black.
Never forget your passwords again
With all the services that can be found online today, you also need to create a new account pretty much every day. However, to keep your data safe, it is not wise to use the same login information for all sites and programs. If your data is stolen once, all your accounts are suddenly in danger.
But on the other hand, it is not easy to remember all your passwords, let alone when you need to put more special characters, numbers and capital letters in your password. Fortunately, Norton 360 for Gamers allows you to securely store your passwords instead of typing them on Post-Its and pasting them onto your screen. With Password Manager, you can keep your complex passwords secure, including other sensitive information, such as your credit card information or social security number.
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Memorial Day roll call honors 148,000 veterans
The names are whisked away by the hot, gusting wind as soon as they are spoken, forgotten in the stream of the next name and the next name and the next name. Fuller, Addison. Fuller, Mary. Furlong, John.
The story of America could be told through these names, tales of bravery and hesitation, of dreams achieved or deferred and of battles won and lost.
Taken alone, they are just words, identities stripped of place and time, stripped of rank and deeds and meaning.
But they are not taken alone. They are taken together — 148,000 names, representing the entire veteran population of Riverside National Cemetery, a roll call of the dead read aloud over 10 days by more than 300 volunteers.
They read in pairs, rotating through 15-minute shifts in the beating sun, in the chilly desert night and in the pre-dawn hours thick with mosquitoes.
Some time on Memorial Day, they will read the last name on the 2,465th page... http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090524/ap_on_re_us/memorial_day_naming_the_dead
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The non-psychoactive, highly therapeutic compound referred to as cannabidiol (CBD) has opened up a new channel of alternative therapy for pets. Every CBD company focuses on a distinct side of a dog’s well being. Innov8tion’s focus is to calm your favourite pup and relieve them from any ache. As canines age, we are able to often testify to the fact that their health issues increase, very like visits to the vet.
Clear-Cut Systems For Cbd Oil For Dogs Explained
are therapeutic applications from CBD & THC, but proper now we just don’t know. Besides within the 3 states listed, you can get loads of CBD oil advise from the teenager working at your native pet retailer, however not out of your vet. I not too long ago attended a well being truthful and simply half the products there had some CBD oil connection……all the things from honey to lube. So many of us making an attempt to make a buck on the CBD oil wave. Without testing and appropriate regulation all we’ve got is snake oil.
Though CBD appears to cause few unintended effects, Andre points out that hashish does work together with some drugs. So it’s essential that you simply and your veterinarian be alert to any changes cbd for dogs anxiety in your pet. Like many drugs, cannabinoids are metabolized by the liver, so combining CBD with different drugs could enhance the effects of these prescription drugs.
There is no clear-lower single quantity that may tell you how a lot CBD you need to be giving your pets. It’s best to follow similar steps as those that you would follow when consuming your own CBD oil. Individual products will provide you with really helpful serving sizes and instructions on how to administer their respective juices, oils and gummies. These estimated servings are meant to set a mean size that shall be sufficient for those falling between novice and average CBD usage. Those that have used CBD products for years and have had time to construct a tolerance to it can doubtless need to find out their very own personal serving measurement.
It isn’t that vets think marijuana products, both THC or CBD, are a panacea to all health issues for canine and different animals. Instead, the lack of solid information about these medicine has created an unregulated atmosphere where many pet homeowners are simply running the experiments themselves, sometimes with harmful consequences.
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For CBD drops, this can be administered straight into your dog’s mouth or you possibly can mix it along with your pet’s meals. The problem with mixing together with your canine’s meals is that in case your pet would not have the appetite you will not be capable of give the full dose of the CBD oil to your pet.
After the passing of the 2018 Farm Bill, a lot of new cannabis startups have come to try their hand at the CBD trade. And although a lot of them have some neat merchandise in an array of supply strategies, the market has grow to be oversaturated with those that claim they’ve a mural treatment for our furry best associates.
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Inflammatory issues are a quite common incidence in dogs. From the gastrointestinal tract to the cardiovascular system to the skin and the respiratory system and a complete lot more, these circumstances may also carry discomfort to your beloved pet. And since irritation is nearly at all times accompanied by pain or discomfort, addressing inflammatory situations means enhancing the efficiency of each day actions of your canine.
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What Is Er Diagram And Purpose Of It?
- Entities as Words
- Drawing an ERD for Database Design
- Entity Relationship Diagram Symbols and Notations
- Diagrammatics for Documentation
- Physical Data Models
- Cardinality of an Employee and His Department
- A Novelist's Guide to the World Wide Web
- ER Diagrams
- Entity Sets and Relationship
- Entity Relationship Modeling
- An Entity Relationship Diagram
- ER Diagrams for Database Development
- A Diagram of an ER
- Visualizing and Manipulating Entities in Design
- Double rectangle representation of weak entity type
- Enhanced Models for Database Design
Entities as Words
Entities act upon each other. Think of relationships as words. The student might register for a course.
Drawing an ERD for Database Design
The database is an essential part of the software systems. ER diagram is used in database engineering to produce high-quality database design. Communication is provided by an ER model.
Are you looking for a tool that will help you create data models quicker? ERD is an editor for database design. It is an award-winning modeler and yet it is completely free.
varchar for a string and int for a number are examples of attributes that describe the kind of attribute they are. It is important to ensure the use of types that are supported by the target RDBMS when drawing an ERD. A foreign key is a reference to a primary key.
It is used to identify relationships. Foreign keys can be used. Multiple records can share values.
A foreign key is used in referencing another entity in the ER diagram example below. A relationship between two entities is a sign that they are related. A student might enroll in a course.
Entity Relationship Diagram Symbols and Notations
ERD stands for Entity Relationship Diagram and is a diagram that shows the relationship of entity sets in a database. ER diagrams help to explain the logical structure of databases. ER diagrams are created from three basic concepts.
The ER model is a high-level conceptual data model diagram. The ER model helps to analyze data requirements. The ER Model shows the relationships between real-world entities.
Creating an ER model in the database management system is considered a good practice. The symbols which are used in the Entity Relationship Diagram Symbols & Notations are diamond, rectangle and oval. The ERD diagram has some sub-elements that are based on the main elements.
ERD symbols and notations are used to represent data that is related to each other. An entity set is a group of entities. It may contain entities that share the same attribute values.
Entities are represented by their properties. All attributes have their own values. A student entity may have a name and age.
Diagrammatics for Documentation
When documenting a system, look at it in multiple ways to understand it. ERD diagrams and data flow diagrams are used to show the contents of a data store. They help us to see how data is connected in a general way, and are useful for building a database.
Physical Data Models
Entities interact with each other in relationships. A customer buys software online, for example, with a relationship marked with a verbs. If an entity connects the occurrences between two different entities, it is called a recursive relationship.
A department manager may be the supervisor of his subordinates or one of them. One or more instances of the entity A are associated with one or more instances of the entity B. A company may cooperate with different part-time workers, while a freelancer may offer part-time services to several companies.
The physical data model gives users guidance on how to construct their systems and associated data, and assigns more detailed technical details to each entity. logical data models are used for physical data models. You can save it on the Edraw team or personal cloud, print it out in different paper sizes, share it on your social networking platforms, or export it to a wide range of different formats.
Cardinality of an Employee and His Department
An entity is a real-world item that is not created by another. Each row of a table is a representation of an instance of that entity. An attribute is a property that describes the entity.
A relationship is the association that describes the interaction between entities. Cardinality is the number of instances of one entity that can be associated with another. There may be one-to-one, one-to-many, or many-to-many relationships.
Let's consider two real-world entities, an employee and his department. An employee has a number, name, and department number. The department number and name can be defined as attributes.
A Novelist's Guide to the World Wide Web
A writer named Dinesh Thakur helps clients from all over the world. Over a thousand posts, over a hundred eBooks, and over a thousand blogs have been written by Dinesh.
Some people may be confused about how to use a connector. It is easy. You can see that the entity shape has lots of green marks if you move the connector towards it.
The red mark indicates that the two have connected. A table is used to represent entities. They are an essential part of the diagrams.
The attributes related to the entity are listed in the table. They are also called fields. Keys are used to categorize.
The ER diagram needs tables to be more efficient. The keys are used to link tables. There are two types of keys.
The components of non-software and software systems are documented in the program. The behavior and other structural information are represented in two separate diagrams. The composition association relationship is a form of aggregation and was named in the latest edition of the software.
Entity Sets and Relationship
An entity set is a collection of entities. Entities with similar values may be included in an entity set. A teacher set may include all the teachers of the school from all faculties, while a student set may include all the students of the school.
The entity set does not need to be disjoint. There is a range of values that can be assigned to attributes. A student's name cannot be a numerical value.
It has to be written in the alphabet. A student's age can't be negative. 1.
Key is an attribute collection of attributes that uniquely identifies an entity. The roll_number of a student makes him identifiable. 2.
A combination of attributes is called a composite attribute. The student address is a part of a larger address that includes pin code, state, and country. There are 4.
Entity Relationship Modeling
TheEntity Relationship is a great-levels conceptual information model diagram. The idea of true-entire world entities as well as the relationship between the two are what makes Entity-Relation product. ER modeling helps to evaluate details demands to produce a data bank.
It is a very good practice to complete ER modeling before you start using your data source. An entity might be a person, a celebration, or a concept. The features of organizations should have a characteristic.
An Entity Relationship Diagram
It is important to have a good Entity Relationship design at the beginning to make a database. Let's learn about an Entity Relationship Diagram and how to create one using a professional tool. An employee, a student, a car, a building, a course, or an action could all be considered entities.
Several entities are combined together by sharing common attributes and values. Students in a university are an entity of various individuals. They are in a class, which can be any class.
All kinds of characteristics related to an entity are defined by attributes. It is a single property that explores an entity, letting us know what data is in it. An ellipse is used to depict an attribute in an Entity Relationship Diagram.
A relationship is a way of connecting two or more entities. They are used to identify which entity depends on other entities. Tom and Chemistry are linked with a relationship that depicts Tom studies Chemistry.
Cardinality is a vital component in an Entity Relationship Diagram. It helps us understand how two or more entities are linked. There are different types of cardinalities in an ER diagram.
ER Diagrams for Database Development
The structure of the database is represented by an Entity-Relationship Model. ER Modelling is a process that requires you to analyze all data requirements before you implement your database. Peter Chen proposed ER Diagrams in 1971 to create a uniform convention that can be used as a conceptual modeling tool.
There were many models presented and discussed, but none were suitable. Charles Bachman offered data structure diagrams that inspired his model. The ER diagram is used to describe the conceptual design of databases.
A Diagram of an ER
EER uses a program. The acronym for Unified Modeling Language is UML. The class diagrams show the entities.
Visualizing and Manipulating Entities in Design
The design phase can be opened up to non-technical stakeholders by being able to graphically view and manipulate your entities. They don't need to learn database development to understand what's happening. An ERD is easy to use and allows them to contribute their business knowledge to the design.
Business and technical people should be able to understand a logical data model. The ERD provides a common language to use. Tools can automate the process of creating a database once you have an ER diagram.
Double rectangle representation of weak entity type
A double rectangle is used to represent a weak entity type. The total participation of weak entity type is always. The strong entity type has a double diamond relationship with the weak entity type.
Enhanced Models for Database Design
Conceptual and physical ER diagrams are available. The foundation for logical data models can be found in conceptual diagram models, as can the relationships between ER models. Generalization and specialization are not the same.
Generalization combines entities that are lower in level into one that is higher. High-level entities are divided into lower levels. Two entities are treated as one entity.
EER diagrams are perfect for taking a more detailed look at your information. When your database contains a lot of data it is best to use an enhanced model to understand it. The diagrams make it easy to design your database.
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Mobile and internet apps have seen substantial innovation as a result of technological advancements. Companies employ widely used frameworks, libraries, and tools to give valuable output to their customers. Frameworks are recognized as a necessary component in the development of interactive web applications. The frontend is in charge of the user experience, whereas the backend is in charge of making an application operate. Backend frameworks are collections of server-side languages that aid in the creation of a website’s server configuration. When developing websites, it’s vital to choose the right technology; otherwise, your app’s usability will suffer.
What Exactly are Backend Frameworks?
Backend (server-side) programming language libraries, Backend frameworks make it easier to create a site’s backend structure. They provide pre-designed solutions for creating an excellent website or app. They provide programmers with the advantage of eliminating the need to develop and construct everything from scratch. In this way, programmers may concentrate on the more visible features they wish to integrate and get things done quickly. Most backend frameworks are documented in many languages and offer unique functionality. If you find this domain interesting, you can always choose any top back end development course and start your career in this.
Your choice of the framework will be determined by the language you choose and if a particular framework can accommodate the features you want to integrate. Backend web frameworks aid programmers in the speedy and systematic construction of applications. They feature readily available tools and modules that allow designers to create the essential architecture and flow of the application. It eliminates the requirement for everything to be designed and configured. In short, these frameworks allow you to focus on documenting your project rather than reinventing the wheel.
What are Web Frameworks and What are their Different Types?
A website’s two major roles are server-side and client-side.
A server-side web framework’s design allows for the building of landing pages, basic pages, and various forms. They have the ability to display output data and improve security in the event of a web assault.
Such a framework is focused on minute and important aspects, without which the application would be unable to function properly. All of these important characteristics make the backend web development process easier.
You may simply update and implement a new user interface using a client-side framework. It just takes into account work done in the browser and has nothing to do with business logic.
Top Frameworks for the Backend
Backend frameworks play a significant part in the creation of applications for a wide range of organizations all around the world. However, finding the proper framework for the right project can be challenging. Because of the numerous options available as far as the most popular backend frameworks are concerned. Let’s have a look at a few of the most popular backend frameworks:
Django has long been renowned as a high-level Python framework that integrates several libraries. Because this framework is ideal for practically any project, it is commonly used by developers to construct excellent apps.
One of Django’s advantages is that it allows you to move rapidly and efficiently from concept creation to project completion. Furthermore, by automatically securing the website, it assists developers in avoiding typical security blunders. To do this, Django manages the account and password without writing sensitive information to cookie files, which may be stolen.
Furthermore, because it is not packed with extra features, this framework is extremely quick. Django may minimize the amount of code used in web applications, making them easier to create and faster to develop.
2. Spring Boot
Spring Boot working is based on Java for creating server-side web or other apps aimed at making microservices more accessible. According to the creators, it may be used for both normal WAR and standalone Java projects.
Spring Boot is used by MIT, Platform, Zillow, TransferWise, and Intuit, among others. Spring Boot is a Spring plugin that makes development, testing, and deployment easier. The platform has both types of databases, including the in-memory & built-in.
Python is used to create the Flask web development framework. It’s simple to understand and use. It is “beginner-friendly” because it has no boilerplate code or dependencies that might detract from an application’s essential function. Flask is a micro-framework since it is lightweight and only includes the components that are required. It just provides web development components like routing, sessions, request processing, and so on. Other functions, such as data management, can be handled by creating a new module or using an extension. This method eliminates unnecessary boilerplate code that isn’t even used.
Laravel is largely used by Laravel developers to create bespoke PHP web applications. This web framework takes care of a number of issues that are difficult to solve on your own, such as HTML templating, authentication, and routing. Because it’s written in PHP, it’s entirely server-side, focusing heavily on data processing and adhering to the Model-View-Controller design pattern. A framework like React may place a premium on user interaction and flashy features, while Laravel just provides a strong basis on which you can develop, and it does it correctly.
Programmers may bootstrap the newest models, controllers, and other application units using the command-line tool Artisan. Laravel has powerful database tools such as the Eloquent ORM (Object Relational Mapper) and built-in tools for database migrations and seeders. Data visualization is supported by the Blade template engine and expanding layouts without disrupting the application’s functionality and speed.
Express, the most popular Node web framework, serves as the foundational library for a number of other prominent Node web frameworks. Despite their simplicity, programmers have designed suitable middleware packages that focus on virtually every web development difficulty. Libraries manage user logins, sessions, cookies, POST data, URL parameters, security headers, and other data. Express Middleware includes a list of Express-managed middleware packages as well as a list of a few prominent third-party packages.
Due to their excellent properties, all of the frameworks described above are projected to stand out in the coming year. You can check out the KnowledgeHut back end development course. Its goal is to highlight the most popular and promising frameworks for developers to explore. Every day, new, more efficient, and simpler kinds of development emerge. As a result, keeping up with backend framework improvements requires professional recycling.
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It’s so simple – and it works. What looks like a large flowerpot is actually a water filter that removes E. coli and other harmful bacteria. Pour in contaminated water, and the clay filter makes it drinkable at a rate of one to three litres per hour.
“They’ve been extensively tested and shown to be very effective at removing bacteria from water and reducing cases of diarrhea,” says Diana Nicholson, a master’s student in engineering and international development.
The filter becomes more effective the more it’s used. As its pores become clogged with trapped bacteria, they prevent even more bacteria from passing through. The filter needs to be scrubbed occasionally to prevent the pores from becoming completely blocked. Although the filter is effective at removing bacteria, it can’t remove contaminants like arsenic, which occurs naturally in the water in countries such as Bangladesh, India and Nepal.
The filters are made of three ingredients: clay, rice hulls and water. The hulls are donated by a wild rice farmer in Manitoba. Nicholson mills the hulls down to less than a millimetre long. She then mixes the hulls with clay and water, forms the mixture into discs and heats them in a furnace.
“The rice actually burns out during the firing process, so it makes the clay porous for the water to flow through,” says Nicholson. “You want to have enough rice so the water will go through, but you don’t want to have too much, because if the pores are too big, then it won’t filter out the bacteria.” A silver nitrate coating on the filter acts as a disinfectant.
Nicholson is using a recipe from Resource Development International Cambodia that includes rice hulls and locally produced, unfired clay bricks. “We’re taking a waste product and turning it into a filter,” she says, adding that filters can also be made from coffee husks or sawdust, depending on what’s locally available. A filter system, including the flowerpot, costs about $10, and the filter itself lasts for about two years with daily use. She is looking at adding carbon fibres to the clay to strengthen the filters.
As a high school student, Nicholson became interested in water issues in developing countries. “What really inspired me is the fact that people still die from diarrhea today,” she says, adding that 88 per cent of cases are caused by unclean water and improper sanitation. “My brain can’t comprehend how that’s possible, how people can die from something that’s so easily preventable.”
The World Health Organization says up to five million cases of cholera occur annually, resulting in 100,000 to 120,000 deaths. Since cholera bacteria resemble E. coli, Nicholson says, “I’m hoping to be able to infer that, because the filters can remove E. coli, they should be able to physically remove cholera as well.” The water filters are easy to use and transport, making them ideal for parts of the world affected by flooding.
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For The Birds
A downloadable game for Windows
For The Birds is a simple simulation/ toy in which the player controls a "boid" bird and can plant "boidtrees" by pecking at the ground.
Information on boids can be found at http://www.red3d.com/cwr/boids/.
MUSIC: "Wind Tunnel" by Cory Gray, provided by http://freemusicarchive.org/
Fly through the air with WASD/ Arrow keys
On the ground, hop with left and right, take off with up, and plant a tree with down.
Zoom with the mouse wheel
F1: View Controls and Debug info
F2: Add 10 boids to the simulation
F3: Remove 10 boids from the simulation
F4: Reset the simulation
F5: Toggle VSYNC ( Prevents screen tearing and limits FPS )
F6: Allow only ONE tree to grow at a time. ( Your computer will thank you )
F7: Automatically toggle camera zoom
F8: Act like the other boids
Created by nanimonull
Download For The Birds.zip and extract it wherever you wish, and then run For The Birds.exe to play the game!
For your convenience, controls are available in README.txt.
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With all the new technology being developed lately, it’s common to worry about job security, especially when we consider that robotics and automation are bound to eventually replace a lot of workers. In fact, it’s pretty common to find businesses automating tasks that we once performed by humans.
Not only are machines more reliable, they’re also unhindered by things like fatigue and stress, which essentially minimizes the margin of error.
Coupled with the Covid-19 pandemic and the migration of business to the online landscape, job security is now more important than ever.
Negative media portrayals of automation and robotics have created a lingering sense of unease when it comes to technology replacing humans, but these new developments may not be as bad as many people think. Here are some reasons why we should be more open to the evolution of technology:
History Shows Otherwise
Disruptive technologies have not only replaced older, obsolete technologies, but they have also created new job opportunities. In fact, history shows that the economy has consistently adjusted to technological advancements.
These new pieces of technology even ended up creating new industries of their own. Just look at how the motor-powered vehicle completely replaced the horse-drawn carriage.
The same rings true for information technology. It’s amazing how something intangible like information birthed this industry. Many industry giants are built on information alone, such as ride-hailing services like Uber and Grab. Services like these don’t own their own fleets, yet they provide transportation for their clients.
New Jobs for the New Era
If there’s one thing that’s as inexorable as the passing of time, it is the progress of technology. Sometimes it just takes a catalyst to initiate that shift.
The Covid-19 pandemic we’re currently enduring is a prime example of this. Seeing as people are confined within their homes, there is now an increased dependence on the internet.
Industries across the board are using the internet to get work accomplished, and there is an increased demand for freelancers, digital marketing experts, and cybersecurity specialists.
It’s All a Matter of Perspective
As previously mentioned, technology will continue to develop, whether we like it or not. Progress may be beyond our control, but what is under our control is our ability to find creative ways to synergize with evolving tech.
Whether it’s in finding new career paths, or offering services that are vital to automation, there are many things that we can do to prepare for the advent of automation.
Services like PostgreSQL Backup and Recovery with WAL are bound to flourish in an automation age due to our increasing reliance on data and data security.
Programmers, software engineers, and even repair technicians who specialize in repairing robots are bound to find a place in all of this. Evolving alongside technology is a matter of perspective and preparation.
While robots aren’t out for our jobs, adapting to the times will create new and exciting opportunities for everyone.
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Sunday, June 28, 2009 at 4:58 PM | By: Taffy
"Loyalty's Web' by Joyce DiPastena
Do you enjoy medieval stories? Romance? Intrigue? Sinister plots? Than "Loyalty's Web" by Joyce DiPastena is a story you will want to read.
King Henry II of England has just finished crushing a rebellion his sons have started. Peace treaties have been signed and barons whose loyalty were to the Princes have been pardoned-for now.
To make sure princes and barons are following the terms of the treaty, the King has sent the Earl of Gunthar to stay with the Laurants. Not many are happy to see the kings representative and several assassination attempts are tried.
As Gunthar tries to ensure the peace treaty is kept, he also must solve the mystery of who is trying to kill him, find a spy or two, fall in love and get out of being betrothed. Throw in several plot twists and you have quite a story that must be read to the very last page.
From the start of the book the reader is immersed in the a story set in medieval times. Ms. DiPastena wove history and storytelling well.
The characters were lovable and despicable and I found myself wanting the bad guys to be taken care of RIGHT NOW! I felt along with the characters as they faced their conflicting desires of love and loyalty. The webs of both are hard to unravel once they are intertwined.
Every character had a goal and tried to reach that goal in whatever way they could. And each character had great personality, depth and faults. It was interesting to watch where their paths led them.
An enjoyable read!
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STORRS, Connecticut — As temperatures are expected to surpass the 90s across Connecticut this week, farmers have to work even harder to keep farm animals, crops, and themselves safe from these hot conditions.
The conditions call for special heat protocols at the farms, especially since we are officially in a heat wave.
"Fans, misters, clean fresh bedding, plenty of freshwater and fresh feed," said Mary Margaret Smith, Executive Program Director of Farm Units for UConn. "For beef cattle and sheep, we provide them with both natural and artificial shade."
At Horsebarn Hill at UConn, Smith and the farm staff make sure the cows and sheep are beating the heat.
"The most important thing for the animals is if the temperature drops below 70 degrees at night, they have a chance to recover overnight a little bit, just like we do when we go home to the air conditioning," said Smith.
The barns can get around 80 degrees in these hot conditions.
Staff work around the clock to monitor all animals to make sure they're not showing signs of heat stress, which can include panting and in cows, decreased milk production.
"Everybody is allowed to take whatever they need for breaks to avoid heat exhaustion and plenty of drinks, everybody always has a drink with them," said Smith.
Just down the road at Shundahai Farm, farm manager Daniel Goldstein’s job gets even harder as the sun keeps beating down.
"The biggest thing is keeping the foods irrigated and staying on top of the management," said Goldstein.
He says when conditions are this hot, the crops need even more attention.
"Especially in these greenhouses they use a ton of water. It’s so hot but we do a lot of mulching to keep the ground covered," said Goldstein.
The tomatoes and lettuce are especially vulnerable to the scorching conditions, but with extra water and care, they'll be just fine.
Like the crops Goldstein cares for, keeping himself safe is muscle memory.
"I’m usually wearing a wide brim hat which usually helps keep the sun off my head. I find the biggest thing for me personally is to keep the sun off my skin, that’s why I’m wearing my long sleeves and pants," said Goldstein.
While most people are at the pool or in the AC, these farmers are business as usual, keeping our community fed, regardless of the weather.
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The number of Vietnam veterans in that movement was small — a tiny proportion of those who served — but Vietnam veterans forged the first links between Klansmen and Nazis since World War II. They were central in leading Klan and neo-Nazi groups past the anti-civil rights backlash of the 1960s and toward paramilitary violence. The white power movement they forged had strongholds not only in the South, but also in the Pacific Northwest, Colorado, California and Pennsylvania. Its members carried weapons like those they had used in Vietnam, and used boot-camp rhetoric to frame their pursuit of domestic enemies. They condoned violence against innocent people and, eventually, the state itself.
Before his 1979 discharge for distributing racist literature, Mr. Miller served for 20 years in the Army, including two tours in Vietnam and service as a Green Beret. Later that year he took part (but was not charged) in a deadly shooting of Communist protesters in Greensboro, N.C.
In 2009, the Department of Homeland Security issued a nine-page report detailing the threat of domestic terrorism by the white power movement. This short document outlined no specific threats, but rather a set of historical factors that had predicted white-supremacist activity in the past — like economic pressure, opposition to immigration and gun-control legislation — and a new factor, the election of a black president.
The report singled out one factor that has fueled every surge in Ku Klux Klan membership in American history, from the 1860s to the present: war. The return of veterans from combat appears to correlate more closely with Klan membership than any other historical factor. “Military veterans facing significant challenges reintegrating into their communities could lead to the potential emergence of terrorist groups or lone wolf extremists carrying out violent attacks,” the report warned. The agency was “concerned that right-wing extremists will attempt to recruit and radicalize returning veterans in order to boost their violent capabilities.”
The report raised intense blowback from the American Legion, Fox News and conservative members of Congress. They demanded an apology and denounced the idea that any veteran could commit an act of domestic terrorism. The department shelved the report, removing it from its website. The threat, however, proved real.
Mr. Miller obviously represents an extreme, both in his politics and in his violence. A vast majority of veterans are neither violent nor mentally ill. When they turn violent, they often harm themselves, by committing suicide. But it would be irresponsible to overlook the high rates of combat trauma among the 2.4 million Americans who have served in our wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the full impact of which has not yet materialized. Veterans of those conflicts represent just 10 percent of those getting mental health services through the Department of Veterans Affairs, where the overwhelming majority of those in treatment are still Vietnam veterans.
That Mr. Miller was able to carry out an act of domestic terror at two locations despite his history of violent behavior should alarm anyone concerned about public safety. Would he have received greater scrutiny had he been a Muslim, a foreigner, not white, not a veteran? The answer is clear, and alarming.
While it may be true that a very small number of veterans of the Vietnam war became involved in the white supremacy movement -
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NCD Child is a global multi-stakeholder coalition, established in 2011 from a child-focused working group of the NCD Alliance. It champions the rights and needs of children, adolescents, and young people who are living with or at risk of developing non-communicable diseases (NCDs). NCD Child is a leading voice engaging in NCD advocacy through education, awareness-raising, and broad participation in the global health and development discourse.
NCD Child’s Secretariat is hosted at the Centre for Global Child Health at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The SickKids Centre for Global Child Health provides a dedicated hub for global child health-focused activities and connects researchers and health-care professionals around the world. Prior to 2020, the Secretariat was hosted at the American Pediatric Association from 2014 to 2019.
Purpose and objectives of consultancy
NCD Child is completing the final year of a three-year Strategic Plan (2020- 2022). NCD Child is seeking a strategic planning consultant to review the current strategic plan and support the development of an updated three-year strategy for the period of 2023-2025 to guide NCD Child’s work. This work will be carried out through discussions with NCD Child leadership, select partners and collaborators.The strategic planning process will have the following objectives:
- Conduct a High-Level Review: A high-level review of NCD Child’s previous work, including an assessment of the progress of NCD Child against the four strategic pillars of the current Strategic Plan (2020-2022). The review should identify key areas for further development, based on an understanding of the current global NCD space, including anticipation of future trends and mitigation/adaptation measures based on COVID-19 realities and funding streams between 2020-2022.
- Develop Framework: Based on the results of the review, create a draft outline for the new strategic framework (2023-2025), including updated strategic objectives for consultation and discussion. This document will form the basis for consultation.
- Conduct Consultations: Facilitate stakeholder consultations on the draft framework and incorporate feedback into a finalized strategy document for discussion with NCD Child Secretariat and Executive Committee.
- Submit Final Strategic Plan: Present the strategic plan for 2023-2025 to NCD Child’s Executive Committee and Governing Council for ratification and adoption.
The consultant is at liberty to propose methodology that would adequately result in the expected deliverables outlined in this request for proposal (RFP). Ideally, the consultant will employ qualitative methods to gain information and perspective from appropriate documents and selected stakeholders. A participatory approach together with critical reflection by the Executive Committee, Governing Council, Secretariat and key stakeholders will make the process meaningful.
The following steps are highly recommended for the process:
- Review NCD Child’s vision, mission, core values, and strategic goal and objectives
- Review relevant NCD Child documents including policy documents, reports, web materials, courses/workshop details, all publications, and other related documents
- Conduct consultative forums/interviews with relevant stakeholders including NCD Child Governing Council/ Executive Committee members, secretariat staff, donors, and other stakeholders
- Assess and analyze data, and identify strategic areas, strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats in the implementation of the current strategic plan to inform the development of the new strategy
- Identify the implications of the proposed strategic plan in terms of operations and system
- Present findings and draft strategic plan to Executive Committee
- Draft and finalize the strategic plan based on feedback from members of NCD Child’s Executive Committee and/or Governing Council
- Submit final strategic plan
- High-level review document outlining the implementation of the current strategic plan, gaps and opportunities
- Draft strategic framework for consultation
- Final strategic plan
The review and draft strategic framework development is expected to be completed in 30 working days from the date of the signing of the contract. All other activities will be completed as per outlined timelines:
- Consultant reviews and evaluates past strategic plan and outcome
- Consultant drafts strategic framework
- Results of evaluation and proposed strategic framework shared with NCD Child Executive Committee
- Executive Committee meets to discuss review and shares feedback
- Consultant revises strategic framework based on feedback
- Share review and framework with NCD Child Governing Council for feedback
- Feedback from Governing Council shared with Consultant
- Consultant revises framework based on feedback
- Submission of final strategic plan by October 15, 2022
Competencies, experience and skill requirements
- Demonstrated track record of successfully facilitating participatory strategy development
- Demonstrated experience in facilitating organizational development of non-profit organizations, including in relation to the development/revision of organizational structures
- Ability to work collaboratively with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders around the world
- Knowledge of the global health sector and/or the global NCD community
- Clarifying questions to be submitted by March 9, 2022
- Response to questions: March 15, 2022
- RFP Submissions Deadline: Midnight Eastern Standard Time (12 a.m. EST), March 25, 2022
- Contract awarded: April 15, 2022
- Work plan due: May 6, 2022
- Budget: USD $30,000 maximum
All applicants will need to include in their proposals
- Their approach to delivery of the strategic planning objectives described above;
- Past experience working with similar organizations, including global health and NCD-related programs;
- The methods/philosophy that will be used to facilitate the strategic planning process;
- How the planning results will be captured/reported; and
- The overall fee for this project.
This project will be tendered at the discretion of the NCD Child Executive Committee. The Executive Committee will review and make a decision based on experience in the sector, plan to meet the proposal outcomes and best overall value for the product. Nothing in this request for proposal mandates that NCD Child is obliged to award a contract under this RFP.
Thank you for your interest. Should you have any questions and/or comments, please contact the NCD Child Secretariat at [email protected].
Please submit your quote via email to [email protected] no later than 12 a.m. EST on March 25, 2022.
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raymond — In a May 19th press conference at Hinds Community College, Republican candidate Haley Barbour put workforce training on the political agenda that is shaping this year’s governor’s race.
Addressing the media, business leaders and supporters gathered at the Eagle Ridge Conference Center, Barbour outlined a few of the changes that he thinks Mississippi needs to make to its training infrastructure. The key component involves integrating federal and state efforts to maximize the investments we’re making in workforce training — an issue that is near and dear to me, personally, and one that is vital to a robust economy and prosperous communities.
In the late 1980s and early 1990s, I saw the importance of strong training programs in my work with an automotive supplier with several manufacturing facilities in Central Mississippi. Now, as a member of the State Workforce Development Council, I’m involved in insuring that new and existing businesses can find skilled Mississippians to meet their personnel needs.
Workforce training programs help employers be more competitive and keep jobs in Mississippi. They also help workers upgrade skills and earn more money to support their families. Workforce training is both an economic development issue and a quality of life issue.
And education, including workforce training, is the most important issue facing Mississippians today.
Our state has lost manufacturing jobs by the tens of thousands in recent years. Many of these jobs were low-wage and low-skill, and they left the state to be filled by cheaper labor somewhere else in the world. They are not likely to come back.
So, for these displaced workers to have a chance at employment, their skill level must be upgraded. Unfortunately, under the present system the efficiency of workforce training in the state is a fair target.
Piecemeal efforts to deliver training have led to a number of overlapping and uncoordinated programs administered by different agencies. The result? Unnecessary frustration for the businesses that need help in meeting their employees’ needs
The current system of state-supported workforce education came into existence with passage of the Workforce Education Act of 1994. That act created a local workforce council at each of the state’s 15 community colleges. Members of the local councils represent area employers and are charged with advising the colleges about training needs within the district. One member from each district council is asked to serve on the State Workforce Development Council.
Over the past few years, the Legislature has funded the state workforce training program with about $12 million each year. Employers make their training needs known, and the community colleges facilitate in meeting those needs. Though the budget is modest, this system works very well and has been used as a model by other states.
However, not all state workforce training dollars are dispensed through the community colleges. At least six state agencies get some amount of funding to provide workforce training. Though these agencies have the best of intentions, the fragmentation, by definition, leads to absence of a coordinated effort.
Onto this already crowded playing field came the federal government to establish a new entity to provide worker training with the Workforce Investment Act of 1998. It created a workforce investment board in each state to oversee the dispensing of federal training dollars.
There are differences between the operation of the state and federal workforce training programs. The state dollars are targeted to help employers train groups of workers for jobs. On the other hand, the federal dollars are targeted toward the individual. Though that difference might seem small, in practical application it is a wide gulf.
The difficulty in complying with federal regulations can be easily understood by anyone who has ever prepared their own tax return.
During the past year there has been an attempt to coordinate the two workforce boards. Members have made an effort to find areas where cooperation could improve effectiveness.
Very capable men who, I believe, have the state’s interest at heart lead these boards: Gulfport banker George Schloegel chairs the federal Workforce Investment Act (WIN), and the State Workforce Development Council is led by industrialist George Walker of Clarksdale.
And though change always moves slowly, progress has been made to coordinate efforts and produce a more effective workforce training result for Mississippi.
Haley Barbour’s proposal to integrate these boards and unify the workforce training initiatives and resources in our state is an idea worth considering. Mississippi is in dire need of better training for our workforce in order to compete for the high-tech jobs of the global economy.
Whether his campaign for governor is successful or not, Barbour’s proposal places workforce training on the political agenda. The increased awareness that will result from debating how training can be more effectively delivered is a win for workforce education in our state.
Thought for the Moment — When any of you sin in that you have heard a public command to testify and — though able to testify as one who has seen or learned of the matter — does not speak up, you are subject to punishment. — Leviticus 5:1
Joe D. Jones, CPA, is publisher of the Mississippi Business Journal. Contact him at firstname.lastname@example.org.
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Daniel Pink, best-selling author of A Whole New Mind, uses four decades of behavioral research to reveal why the traditional approach to high performance backfires on
most organizations. In a provocative and entertaining presentation, audiences will see how many common organizational incentives often go wrong—and can reduce both creativity and satisfaction on the job. Participants will learn that the people who do
what they do because of enjoyment of the task itself routinely outperform those who
are motivated by external rewards. With examples from cutting-edge companies and intriguing experiments around the world, audiences will learn the three key ingredients of intrinsically-motivated high performers—and demonstrate how organizations can create contexts that tap our deepest motivations to produce the highest results.
In this engaging presentation, Pink will:
- Explain the dangerous mismatch between what science knows and what business does
- Show, with real-life examples, why Motivation 3.0 — built on autonomy, mastery, and purpose — is much more effective than the 20th century approach to motivation
- Demonstrate and explain techniques like FedEx Days and autonomy audits that can help put these ideas into action
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Pomegranate juice contains more than 100 phytochemicals. The pomegranate fruit has been used for thousands of years as medicine.
Today, pomegranate juice is being studied for its many health benefits. It may help with cancer prevention, immune support, and fertility. Pomegranates are a good source of fibre as well as vitamins A, C, some B vitamins and minerals such as calcium, potassium and iron.
Research suggests the pomegranate in its various forms offers the following benefits: Helps protect against heart disease, Anti-inflammatory properties, Lower high blood pressure, Help with erectile dysfunction, Protection against certain types of cancer, including prostate cancer.
Recommended intake: Take 30-100 ml of juice 3 times a day, either undiluted or mixed with other juices. Shake well before use. Once opened, keep refrigerated and use soon.
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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- adj. Able to see distant objects better than objects at close range; hyperopic.
- adj. Capable of seeing to a great distance.
- adj. Planning prudently for the future; foresighted: large goals that required farsighted policies.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- adj. Being unable to focus with one's eyes on near objects; presbyopic.
- adj. Being considerate about the future with respect to one's own plans or deeds; showing anticipation.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- adj. Seeing to great distance; hence, of good judgment regarding the remote effects of actions; sagacious.
- adj. Hypermetropic.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Seeing to a great distance; seeing objects more clearly at a distance than near at hand; hyperopic or presbyopic.
- Looking far before one; considering carefully the probable results of present conduct or action; prescient: as, a far-sighted statesman; far-sighted policy.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adj. able to see distant objects clearly
- adj. planning prudently for the future
Sorry, no etymologies found.
These people are not "farsighted" but criminally shortsighted.
The region, more than any other part of the country, needs that kind of farsighted investment, but instead it is treated to the shortsighted policies of the Southern politicians of the past.
This is really what I think secretaries of state should be doing, which is a kind of farsighted look into how the United States is going to implement its foreign policy agenda in the 21st century. "
There's a good argument to be made, and Krugman and others are making it, that the President's plans are all well in good but maybe a little too farsighted.
The more farsighted of the Palestinians no doubt realize this, which is why they have to keep the issue alive. john says:
Expecting him to be more morally farsighted than his time is not unreasonable.
Stuff like this is not going to happen without farsighted technical vision from real scientists in control of the direction of NASA, not just politicians with good connections to the Whitehouse.
A few farsighted Jewish people realize this and stand opposed to intervention.
No group articulated this revisionist interpretation of Desert Storm with greater fervor and persistence than the very same militarists mostly but not exclusively Republicans who in 1991 had cheered President Bush as a courageous and farsighted statesman.
In the heyday of liberal optimism during the Clinton years, it was easy to point to the most attractive forces driving globalization forward: new technologies, the spread of political freedom, the power of market economics, the creation of common interests between nations, even the wisdom of farsighted politicians.
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Red Bull Creation
Meet The New Generation Of Inventors And HackersRed Bull Creation is an "innovation competition" that challenges 200 contestants to build an invention around a piece of hardware, and to display it publicly in a creative fashion.
The competition is in the official judging stages right now, and soon the Top 6 winners will be announced. Then, on June 12-16, they will participate in a live-build exhibition in Brooklyn's McCarren Park. The theme will only be announced at the beginning of the competition, and the six teams will have to use their ingenuity to build something in 72 hours with Red Bull's as-yet-unknown materials and equipment. There will be two $5,000 cash prizes for Judge's Choice and Teams' Choice.
This year, the hardware used in the initial competition was a TurBULL Encabulator, a Red Bull-designed circuit board used to create LED lighting art. Check out what some of the most innovative teams have done with it so far.
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sentP; and which should carry to those also, to whom they were to preach, the evidence that God was with them. Nor did they do
Yet it is observable, that one very important act they in the mean time did, which we cannot suppose to have been done without the concurrence of that Spirit, who was promised to be their guide into all truth. I allude to the nomination of a successor to Judas Iscariot; in which, upon any interpretation of the gift of the Holy Ghost on the day of Pentecost, which would suppose that till then the Apostles were without his assistance and direction, they would appear to have acted in defiance of their Lord's instructions: but in which, according to the view now suggested, there will be no real anomaly.
The visible demonstration of the Spirit, in its first exhibition on the day of Pentecost, corresponded to its subsequent manifestations. It was in every case an external evidence vouchsafed to the new converts, or to those in whose presence it took place.
P John xx. 21.
may not always have been afforded for the same purposes, nay it clearly was not so. In the case of its descent upon the Apostles themselves, it was to them the seal of their apostleship; the signal from on high, which they had previously been instructed to look for, that from that time they were to enter on the execution of their office: and so they received it. Peter immediately, and then for the first time, preaching Christ Jesus to the assembled multitude. To the assembled multitude it was, what they had so often asked from the blessed Jesus himself, a sign from heaven 9 of the Almighty's favour and presence with the apostles. In the case of Cornelius, upon which I shall say more presently, it was to Peter, when combined with the revelation already made to him, in the vision of clean and unclean meats, a sign and conclusive evidence, that the Gentiles also were to be admitted to the covenanted mercies of the Gospel. In the case of the Samaritan converts, and of others, who after Baptism re
q Luke xi. 16.
ceived a visible manifestation of the Spirit, at the prayer and with the imposition of the hands of the Apostles; it would seem, that more than one important purpose was answered, and each, wholly independent of that gracious and ordinary gift of the Spirit, which we claim for Baptism itself.
It was for instance of the highest importance to the new converts to be assured, that those who had hitherto preached to them, (the fugitives from the persecution carrying on at Jerusalem,) were not insulated teachers, but indeed the members of an extended community, under the rule and guidance of persons, yet more highly favoured of God, than those from whom they had already received their admission to the church; and that they also should have that external and sensible confirmation of the divine commission of the Apostles, which, they had probably been already taught, had been afforded to the first converts on the day of Pentecost. It was a confirmation to them of the
promises made, and the doctrines promulgated to them by their first teachers.
It was further probably of the highest importance towards the maintenance of a due subordination in the church itself, that its superior rulers should be able, in its early establishment, and that with visible demonstration of God's agency by them, to effect that for the converts, which the inferior teachers could not pretend to. And a tendency to similar, though we pretend not to equal effects, may be observed in the apostolic rite of confirmation, as it is still administered in the church.
Now with these views of the purposes, for which the visible and extraordinary effusion of the Spirit was vouchsafed to the primitive Christians, the annexation of the ordinary gift to Baptism in no way interferes: and the gift of the Spirit spoken of in the text, being manifestly that visible and extraordinary effusion peculiar to the apostolic times and apparently vouchsafed in the presence of the Apostles only, we cannot conclude, that, because in their absence the Holy Ghost had not been thus given, the converts had not received his gracious and ordinary influence in Baptism,
according to the promises in other passages annexed to the rite.
Were it the object of the present course to take a full view of the doctrine of the sacraments, the baptism of the eunuch by Philip would next present some important topics of discussion. But the necessity of compression forbids my doing more than to notice the valuable testimony borne in it to water Baptism; and the confirmation it affords us of the fact, that no inference, in opposition to doctrines established upon other grounds, can safely be drawn from omissions on the record, in 'any particular instance, of particular points however apparently important. For if so, then was repentance not required of the eunuch, for it certainly is not mentioned. But it is undoubtedly implied, in the very act of acceptance of the new religion: nor was it possible for the eunuch to come to Baptism without that conviction of the truth, however produced, which in itself must include repentance, in its only applicable: sense; when spoken of as an universal qualification for admission to the Christian church. The
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30113 Lady Bird
One of the most popular and beloved insects in the world. Bringing good luck and nice weather.
The Ladybird has many myths and tales attached to it – myths from all over the world. A common myth is that the number of spots on the ladybird's back, indicates how old it is. In Northern Europe it is said that if a ladybird lands on your hand and you blow it away, you will have a wish granted.
In Denmark there is a rhyme that asks the ladybird to fly to the sky and ask the Lord for fairer weather in the morning, and it is tradition for children to say the rhyme when they come across a ladybird.
In Italy it is considered good luck if a ladybird flies into your bedroom.
In central Europe it is said that if a ladybird crawls across a young woman's hand, she will be married within the year.
As you can see, there are only good things associated with the ladybird and it is the reason for countless smiles and laughs each spring all over the world.
The mobile is a part of our "Click-a-Mobile" series. This mobile is mounted on strings and pre-assembled with the hanger system - you just need to "click" the single elements together.
Other mobiles in the "Click-a-Mobile" series:
Kitty Cats (FM-30112)
Design: Frede Fabek/Aase Flensted
Size: 55 x 40 cm
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Scholarship Mom Tip #71: Clean up your social media use
Students should check and clean up their social media use before applying for college and scholarships
Students and their social media use is currently a hot and important topic in the college world. Encouraging students to “Google” themselves by searching for their own name is the first step in determining if they need to clean up their social media presence.
College admissions reps and scholarship judges freely admit they check up on students via social media, some even after award and admissions decisions have been made.
Parents can set up a free “Google Alert” which sends them an email when their student’s name shows up in search results. However, students are encouraged to do this for themselves, as they are the ones who are in control of their social media use and presence.
Students can use social media to their advantage by sharing their hard work, community service, and desire to get into college, as well as win scholarships. Have you ever Googled yourself or your student?
Related articles:Read all of the Scholarship Mom Tips here.
Learn more about winning college scholarships
Check out Monica’s guide for parents on Amazon: How to Win College Scholarships: A Guide for Parents in 10 Easy StepsParents – Want more tips? Don’t miss the Parent College Coach Tips here!
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prov356 wrote: Links to documented occurrences, please. Until then, never heard of it.
That's like saying if it isn't on the internet it never happend , and that everything on the internet is true because.... well... it's on the internet!
I take everything including some stuff I get from here with a grain of salt. Every circumstance with living creatures (fish) can vary, as well as somebodies aquarium. Just as with any other product that is manufactured, not all are created equal. Defects happen even in the glass manufacturing business, and by viewing some of the articles that are in the library, who's to say an aquarium somebody has purchased isn't one that was made at home by another person possibly without a tempered bottom.
I have a 40-50lb rock that is going in my next tank and has some very rough points that jut out. Removing this from the previous tank when breaking it down while it was wet was a task in itself, all the substrate had been moved away underneath it from the Mbunas. I would rather trust the few dollar piece of plastic that was underneath it than chance breaking the glass from it slipping and causing what water was left to spill out damaging other stuff. Call me scared of what might happen by dropping a rock in my aquarium... sure I'll take that tag gladly.
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Indonesia Steps Onto the Stage
Every investor wants to buy into winning trends early. Fauzi Ichsan, senior economist at Standard Chartered Bank in Jakarta, says that the frontier market of Indonesia presents such an opportunity.
Indonesia, Asia’s second-largest oil producer behind China, has both a strong economy and a stable currency. Its economy is growing at 6.5 percent a year, Ichsan says, and its debt is low -- only 26 percent of gross domestic product. “Indonesia is the world’s third-largest democracy, after India and the U.S., and that democracy has surprisingly allowed the country to achieve political stability over the last 10 years and develop economically,” says Ichsan.
A big part of Indonesia’s attraction: Despite its commodity exports, its economy is focused mainly on the domestic market. Because it does not depend on exports of manufactured goods to the same extent as China, it’s much less vulnerable to an economic slowdown in Europe and the U.S. than China and other export-oriented economies in Asia are. Consumer Class
Driving Indonesia’s economy is a young, fast-growing middle class snatching up as many cars and TVs as their rupiah will allow. About two million people in the world’s fourth-most populous nation are abandoning the countryside every year and moving to cities. There, they work in factories, providing cheap labor to Indonesia’s nascent manufacturing sector.
So rapid is the growth that a Standard Chartered Bank report, which Ichsan helped author, says the country will move into the front rank of world economies over the next decade. That would make it one of the top 10 economies by 2020, and one of the top six economies by 2030. Ichsan says an impetus to its growth will likely be a hike in its sovereign debt rating, which rose to one notch below investment grade in the past year.
Lewis Kaufman, manager of the Thornburg Developing World Fund, is also optimistic about Indonesia. His fund has 9.7 percent of its assets invested there, a relatively high amount compared with other emerging market funds. Part of the appeal for Kaufman is Indonesia’s strong currency. Indonesia’s central bank has said a stronger currency will reduce inflationary pressure by lowering the costs of imported foodstuffs. Because exports are only about 20 percent of GDP, the bank feels no pressure to keep the rupiah weak to stimulate overseas sales.
Since the start of the year, the rupiah has gained about 2.5 percent, even though the country’s central bank cut its benchmark interest rate from 6.75 percent to 6.5 percent last month. “Ultimately, as a dollar-based investor, we think the currency outlook for Indonesia is robust, whereas it’s more questionable for a country like India,” Kaufman says. For Kaufman, a rising rupiah makes his investments in Indonesia more valuable. He adds that the rupiah has been supported by inflows of foreign direct investment, which should keep the currency rising modestly in the months ahead.
Kaufman is buying into Indonesia’s consumer sector through such companies as PT Indocement Tunggai Prakarsa, a cement producer. The company is running at about 75 percent capacity, he says, and growing between 6 percent and 8 percent a year. Indocement’s profit margins are among the highest in the world, thanks to the fact that it is one of the three cement companies in Indonesia that control 90 percent of the market. High Valuations
Banks will also benefit from a growing consumer class, so Kaufman owns PT Bank Mandiri. It has a loan-to-deposit ratio of 70 percent, he says, compared with European banks, whose ratio is closer to 120 percent. “Because of the level of consolidation in the Indonesian banking market, banks don’t have to lever up to drive the return for shareholders,” says Kaufman. “Instead, they are able to benefit from high growth and a relatively profitable banking environment.”
While Standard Chartered’s Ichsan says Indonesia is early in its economic ascent, that doesn’t mean its market is undervalued. Guy Uding, co-manager of the ING Emerging Countries Fund, says Indonesia represents only 3 percent of his fund’s assets because “valuations are rich.” In late October, Indonesian stocks traded at about 15 times earnings, compared with 11 times earnings elsewhere in Asia, he says.
Another drawback for the investors is the relatively low liquidity of shares, says Uding. PT Astra International, an auto conglomerate and the largest company in the JSX composite index, trades around $30 million in daily volume, he says. “Because of liquidity issues you are forced to trade only four or five stocks if you are an institutional investor,” he says. “That makes it difficult to have a sector allocation.”
Uding, like Kaufman, agrees that Indonesia will be an outstanding investment over the long term. “You have an economy growing at 6 percent, that has very high foreign exchange reserves, is not reliant on exports, and domestic demand is picking up.” That’s hard to beat.
(Charles P. Wallace is a freelancer based in Manhattan.)
To reach the editor responsible for this story: Nikhil Hutheesing at firstname.lastname@example.org
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Did you know that you could finance many common household electronic items without having a credit check run? Many people dont realize this until they take a few minutes to think about it. Places like Rent To Own and other buy here pay here businesses are set up to sell a wide range of things including electronics to people who either have poor credit or dont want their credit run for other reasons.
Some of the things that you can finance this way include desktop computers, lap top computers, televisions, cameras, DVD players, game systems and radios. As a matter of fact, just about anything electronics related that you could think of is probably available.
Here is how most of these places work. You bring in proof that you have an income, usually in the form of pay stubs from a job, a list of a few people you know with their phone numbers and sign a contract. Some places require a down payment while others dont. You then make weekly or bi-weekly payments until the item is paid off.
While this all sounds pretty good, there is a catch. You usually end up paying a great deal more for whatever it is you are buying than if you were able to just walk into a store and pay for it. You will pay a finance charge plus usually a bunch of other fees, A quick way to see exactly how much an item is going to cost you is to multiply the amount of each payment times the total number of payments. Then subtract the actual cost of the item and you can see how much borrowing is going to cost.
Here is an example. If your payments are $20 a week for 20 weeks, the total amount that you are paying is $400. If the item sells for $250, then you are paying $150 in interest and fees. This can get pretty expensive, so make sure you understand all of the fees and terms before signing a contract.
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Jonathots Daily Blog
You have just received delivery of your new little baby girl or boy, with sufficient pounds and accompanying ounces.
You are thrilled.
You are ecstatic.
You feel as if you are the founder of procreation, and maybe the first person that ever completed the task sufficiently. Now–the next step is to pull out the instructions. They should read:
“We guarantee arrival, but the contents may have shifted during shipment.”
“Does not include batteries.”
Yes, what you have received is a being who is not yet human. Perhaps you thought the unit should arrive completely assembled and energized by the correct emotional, spiritual, mental and physical electricity to make it function well and be successful.
Not so, Joe.
Your little he or she, to some degree, remains an “it” until you learn how to insert the correct charge to make your wonder child truly wonderful. By the way, here are the batteries:
No child is born with them, but without them, you have all the parts but they don’t chug the choo-choo. Shall we define?
Empathy: “I can feel what other humans are feeling.”
Appreciation: “I am grateful for what has been provided.”
Children do not come with these installed. They are born “beings”–being hungry, fussy, thirsty, self-involved, unaware and ignorant.
To achieve the status of human depends on you. This pursuit is more important than piano lessons, soccer, new shoes or a college education. Without the batteries, your little bundle of joy will fail to deliver much happiness to the world around, and therefore end up defensive and cynical instead of hopeful.
So how do we, as parents, install the batteries of empathy and appreciation into our offspring?
If you will join me over the next eight Mondays, I will take you on an odyssey to uncover how this can be accomplished at the varying stages of development. It will not be complicated; it will be frighteningly simple, but it shall require your faithful attention.
All aboard! Let’s try to become proficient with our special delivery.
The producers of jonathots would humbly request a yearly subscription donation of $10 for this wonderful, inspirational opportunity
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