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When We Donít Take Action
When We Donít Take Action
Life is sculpted on a moment-to-moment basis. Every one of the thoughts we think, the words we speak, and the actions we take contributes to the complex quality and character of the universe's unfolding. It simply is not possible to be alive without making an impact on the world that surrounds us. Every action taken affects the whole as greatly as every action not taken. And when it comes to making the world a better place, what we choose not to do can be just as important as what we choose to do.
For example, when we neglect to recycle, speak up, vote, or help somebody in immediate need, we are denying ourselves the opportunity to be an agent for positive change. Instead, we are enabling a particular course to continue unchallenged, picking up speed even as it goes along. By holding the belief that our actions don't make much of a difference, we may find that we often tend to forego opportunities for involvement. Alternatively, if we see ourselves as important participants in an ever-evolving world, we may feel more inspired to contribute our unique perspective and gifts to a situation.
It is wise to be somewhat selective about how and where we are using our energy in order to keep ourselves from becoming scattered. Not every cause or action is appropriate for every person. When a situation catches our attention, however, and speaks to our heart, it is important that we honor our impulse to help and take the action that feels right for us. It may be offering a kind word to a friend, giving resources to people in need, or just taking responsibility for our own behavior. By doing what we can, when we can, we add positive energy to our world. And sometimes, it may be our one contribution that makes all the difference.
DailyOM Course Spotlight
by Kelly Roth & Scott Putnam
This course is dynamic, powerful, and life changing. With a team of experts, you are guided through a process of re-creating your relationship with food by working with the energy fields on a spiritual, human, and practical level. Scott Putnam has teamed up with Kelly Roth who is a deeply connected and skilled spiritual messenger and Reiki master. Scott's experience in nutrition, human behavior, and wellness coaching, combined with Kelly's true gifts and ability to tap into the divine living energy of food is a powerful combination. Learn tools and techniques of the mind, body, and spirit to create a healthy relationship with food and finally end self-sabotage! Discover the abundant physical, mental, and spiritual wellness that radiates from those living a lifestyle centered on the idea that real food IS love and medicine! The lessons include step-by-step guided activities, meditations, energy work, journaling, mantras, and more. You'll find guided meditations to relax and focus your energy, which are designed to teach self-healing of negative energy surrounding thoughts, beliefs, and behaviors with food at the center. Watch eating issues disappear and feel the glow of a new and loving relationship with food as it emerges within you. | <urn:uuid:b372b5d5-47ae-4310-8eec-7f15efc98c0e> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.dailyom.com/cgi-bin/display/articledisplay.cgi?aid=14465 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280065.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00549-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.946425 | 642 | 2 | 2 |
Flight Operations, also known as 'Flight Ops', are a very complex set of written rules and procedures. They are essential for a complex mission such as ATV, to bring together its logistics, its ground segment - including control centres, launch, tests and training facilities, and different scenarios.
For ATV, Flight Ops are quite elaborate since they involve:
- Kourou, ESA's launch site in French Guiana where the ATV takes off on top of an Ariane 5. The early mission software sequences are loaded onto ATV at the launch site.
- ATV Control Centre (ATV-CC) in Toulouse, France, from where a ground team controls an ATV mission.
- Mission Control Centre in Moscow (MCC-M) because ATV docks with the Russian segment of International Space Station MCC-M takes control most of the time during the six-month docked phase of ATV.
- Mission Control Center in Houston (MCC-H) is responsible for the entire Space Station and coordinates overall ATV and Station operations.
- Crew who monitor tasks during the rendezvous and cargo transfer during the docked phase.
ATV-CC communicates with ATV to control and monitor its behaviour and performance, and when needed, to send commands. The communications between the ATV Control Centre and ATV itself are routed either via NASA relay satellites, or by the European relay satellite Artemis. Both paths are available at all times.
Since ATVs are highly automated spaceships, ground controllers essentially monitor its flight and, at predefined steps, send 'Go' commands to the spaceship to execute the next programmed sequence.
ATVs are loaded with Onboard Mission Plans, which automatically run software sequences, controlling the spacecraft's configuration. Some Onboard Mission Plans, which correspond to the flight to be flown, are sent to ATV sequentially as the mission goes on, with the proper data corresponding in particular to the manoeuvres that the spacecraft should perform.
This remote surveillance requires complex ground infrastructure. In case of irregular situations ATV-CC must understand what went wrong and implement proper solutions to recover a mission.
Constant and in real-time
ATV Flight Operations prime objective is to maintain a constant interface with ATV in real-time. This crucial task is indispensable to the mission and requires the instantaneous treatment of all telemetry, parameters and data of the spaceship.
Each team handling an ATV mission has its own flight operations tools:
- Flight Rules dictate the decisions taken by the Flight Director.
- The Flight Operations Plan is used by ATV-CC flight controllers to execute two kinds of procedures on Earth: procedures related to ATV only and a set of procedures for ground control logistics.
- Multi Elements Procedures and the Operations Interface Procedures are the tasks assigned to each Control Centre and their interfaces.
- Onboard Data Files are used in orbit by the astronauts that work with an ATV.
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This is a post for Creationists who want to be honest. Of course, many of my readers will probably mentally snark along the lines of "there's no such thing!" as they read that first sentence. That right there is one big problem you will have to overcome: We've seen so many Creationists who seem prone to compulsive lying, that it's become a default assumption for many of us. Because of that, you'll often need to put some extra effort into your appearance of integrity. After seeing so many ways to not do that, I think I can make some suggestions on how you should approach a skeptic:
1. Know that many of those on your side are dishonest, and that you may have been fooled by one of them: There are a lot of dishonest questions, assertions, and so forth floating out there in the internet that have become detached from the liar who started them. Ask about things as honest questions in as soft a tone as you can manage. Many of us skeptics are veterans of these debates and will probably have an answer. If the skeptic points out the source of the lie, try to be gracious in response.
2. Ask honest, basic questions: By this, I mean ask about very simple concepts and definitions. Aside from the aforementioned "urban legend" deceptions, there are many misunderstandings of what the theory of evolution, abiogenesis, and the Big Bang actually are. Before a debate can really begin, you need to know what your opponents are actually arguing about. Otherwise, you're just ridiculing a straw man.
3. Don't use quotations: The dishonest Creationists absolutely love what has become known as "quote mining": The practice of taking a quote out of context to make something sound ridiculous or contrary to what a person actually believes. Darwin himself was particularly vulnerable to this because of his rhetorical style: He would raise an objection he expected opponents to make and then rebut it. Dishonest Creationists would then clip off the rebuttal and make the quote about the objection viral.
4. We don't really care about Darwin that much: This may come as a surprise, but as scientifically-minded people, we don't particularly care about Charles Darwin in terms of science. We only care about him from a historical perspective. Science is a self-correcting process, and the more we study a topic, the finer details we are able to examine and understand. We appreciate Darwin for getting the broad concept right, but no serious scientist would use the Origin of Species to research the answer to a modern question. It's essentially the same as with Newton: We can use Newtonian physics to answer some simple questions about the "medium world," but when dealing with super-massive objects, objects traveling near the speed of light, or tiny particles and quantum events, we need to refer to more modern theories about the things Newton did not yet know about.
5. Don't say "Darwinist": As said before, we appreciate Darwin's contribution to biology, but putting an "ist" on the name is a propaganda tactic popular with dishonest Creationists. They do this because they try to dismiss the science as a form of priesthood with Darwin as a saint or a prophet. He was not. We can look at the world and see the effects of evolution. Darwin was just one of the first people to figure it out and express the concept clearly. That's all Darwin is to people like me. He wasn't a saint or a prophet. He was just a guy who happened to have the smarts, luck, and data to put together a useful explanation for the diversity of life that modern scientists could build on and improve.
6. Credential don't matter: Though many of my fellow skeptics like to ridicule Creationists who tout their PhD's from diploma mills, I don't believe credentials matter: A valid point is a valid point, no matter how many letters its speaker has after his name. Credentials are merely a way of saving time in evaluating someone's opinion. When you're discussing the topic in detail, it's best to drop such distinctions and take your time to work out the quality of the evidence and the logical steps from there to conclusion.
7. Don't pretend to know us: Deception is rampant among Creationist circles, so do your best to remove any prejudices you may have developed as a result of viral arguments. Skeptics like me often have to face "woos" from many fields who treat us like stereotypes from Hollywood and network television without ever knowing how or why we've reached our conclusions, or what it takes to change our minds about them. Even if you think we're mad, there is a method to our madness.
8. Look back and remember: One way I've heard to spot a chat bot is to ask what it was talking about earlier. I sometimes feel like accusing dishonest "woos" and Creationists of being such when they can't remember an earlier rebuttal or present an argument that contradicts one of their earlier ones. Too many attempt to play "gotcha" instead of learning and adapting. Try to show that you're learning about our side of the argument. If you spot what looks like a contradiction, ask if there's an explanation, an exception, or whatever. We can make mistakes or oversimplify things. We might even learn something new if we have to look up an answer or correction if we didn't realize the mistake.
9. Don't cite faith: Many of us are vehemently opposed to the "accomodationists" who talk about reconciling faith and science. By "faith," I mean belief without or in spite of evidence. Belief without basis is essentially an act of hubris. There needs to be justification for a belief, and in science, that comes in the form of evidence and logic: The evidence must agree with your premises, and your conclusion must logically follow from those premises.
10: Do your homework: Read up on logical fallacies to avoid and existing rebuttals to common Creationist claims. Yes, I realize this may take up a lot of your time, but if you can learn more about us and our arguments, you'll be better equipped to discuss the issue. A great deal of frustration we experience is having to rebut commonly repeated arguments. If you find an answer confusing or even ridiculous, politely ask for elaboration or clarification while providing a link to it. People like me will appreciate your efforts.
Though my skeptical friends and I are known for having sharp tongues, if you practice these things while doing your best to maintain a polite tone, we're much more likely to be civil in response. A great many arguments fall into trolldom when someone violates these sorts of 'rules'. In many cases, they don't even realize why we react so negatively to the behavior in their first post. I'm not vicious by nature, just sensitive to perceived injustice, deception, and apathy. Honest curiosity is a beautiful thing that can tame this copper alloy canid into showing off the tricks he knows. I enjoy putting effort into explaining things if I believe someone is interested in hearing it. | <urn:uuid:57a3ef43-6e47-4e17-8994-b1c33ddf9cec> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://rockstarramblings.blogspot.com/2009/09/creationists-and-boy-who-cried-wolf.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281649.59/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00447-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.969561 | 1,456 | 2.0625 | 2 |
Renegade Gardener: Top Pick
University of Minnesota Press continues its stellar series of revised and updated plant books that began last year with Growing Perennials in Cold Climates, followed by Growing Shrubs and Small Trees in Cold Climates. Here now is the third and final entry: Growing Roses in Cold Climates. Different book, same result: an indispensable reference guide for gardeners of all ages and talent levels.
The original version of this book was published in 1998, so an updated version was well overdue. More than 875 varieties of roses proven to thrive in northern climates are included, with the book reflecting the many new and improved varieties that have entered the scene over the past 14 years. | <urn:uuid:ff350564-dd3b-49f4-88e9-bf73d6e16547> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.upress.umn.edu/press/press-clips/renegade-gardener-top-pick | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281162.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00531-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.940524 | 144 | 1.6875 | 2 |
Our Duty Toward God and Country
By Fr. Bill Hayward, MIC
On Nov. 6 in the United States, those of us who are registered voters can cast our ballots for a president. Many also can vote for a governor, national and state legislators, judges, local office-holders, and ballot referenda. We cherish this right to vote and use this opportunity as responsible citizens to participate in the life of our country. On the minds of most of us will be the economy. We hope our elected officials will collaborate with each other on all levels to put our country back to work.
As Catholics, we make these choices in a moral climate different than in recent elections. On April 12, 2012, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops issued a statement with these explicit words: "As Catholic bishops and American citizens, we address an urgent summons to our fellow Catholics and fellow Americans to be on guard, for religious liberty is under attack, both at home and abroad." The statement identifies the Health and Human Services (HHS) mandate of the current administration that directs Catholic institutions serving the general public to provide contraception, sterilization, and abortion-inducing drugs in health care coverage.
Also of concern for the U.S. Bishops are state immigration laws that forbid ministry to illegal immigrants, legislative attempts to alter Church structure and governance, and the revoking of the licenses of Catholic foster care and adoptive services. All these are only some of the intrusions by government on the Catholic Church.
For most of you as Marian Helpers, religious liberty means going to church on Sunday, bringing your children to a Catholic school or religious education classes in your parish, studying our Catholic faith, and praying — either privately or publicly. Thank God we can exercise our religious liberty in these ways.
So how do these situations that our Bishops highlight threaten our religious liberty?
To answer this question, it is helpful to read the Catechism of the Catholic Church. When we use the word "right," most of us in the Western world see our rights as standing alone. The Catechism looks at rights differently. Opening its discussion on religious freedom, it states, "All men are bound to seek the truth, especially in what concerns God and His Church, and to embrace it and hold on to it as they come to know it" (CCC, 2104). Before there is a right, there is always a duty — we are obliged to search for the truth, especially in matters of religion.
Why is this right now threatened, and what about our corresponding duty to God? Our Catholic Bishops rightly recognize the threat, and they see specific instances in which it is taking place. Yet is there a deeper dynamic to note that shows we have lost our sense of duty toward God? Approximately 35 percent of baptized Catholics in our country attend Mass on Sunday. Most Protestant Churches report less attendance, while Evangelical Churches do slightly better. A major duty of religion is to worship God, and, frankly, most people think little of it.
We have either denied there is a duty, or we have made it optional. The prevailing view of religion sees it as good but not essential, consoling but not demanding, practical but not dogmatic, and certainly not duty-bound. Therefore, is it important enough to change healthcare laws, to stand up for immigrants, and to save family outreach and adoption services? Many in our country today think it is not.
Even many Catholics have come to dread the word "obligation." Sunday Mass has to be meaningful, or it is not doing its job. So I encourage you, as Marian Helpers, to share with our poorly believing world that we do our religion out of commitment and duty. We should love worshipping God, but we do it because we have to.
Duty — like going to work, going to school, or serving on a jury — shows we are serious and expect to be taken seriously. Then, we can hope our religious liberty will also be taken seriously.
But let's face it — a country that sees little importance in religion will see little need for the right to religious liberty. Here's what we need to pray for — a country with a high respect for a religion that forms conscience and engages its members in building a better world through a sense of duty, works of mercy, and the practice of justice. The citizens of such a country will recognize that religious liberty is foundational for the life of the nation. May this be our prayer for the United States — especially as Election Day draws near. May we see both religious duty and religious liberty flourish in our land.
Fr. William Hayward, MIC, is pastor at Our Lady of the Holy Rosary Parish in Kenosha, Wis.
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Resources for further study
A wealth of resources are available to help us better understand religious liberty as Catholics. Father Bill recommends these:
1. The Vatican II Document on Religious Liberty, Dignitatis Humanae, is available on the Vatican website: vatican.va. http://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_decl_19651207_dignitatis-humanae_en.html
2. See sections in the Catechism of the Catholic Church, numbers 2104–2109.
3. Visit the website of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, nccbuscc.org, to see the April 12, 2012, statement "Our First, Most Cherished Liberty." Also, search for related articles, inserts, and posters.
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There have been horrific decreases in the quality of work life for educators over the past decades.
As has been correctly pointed out, they have to deal with more and more, while having their hands increasingly tied.
They have to worry about administrative burdens and state tests instead of being able to focus simply on teaching.
I’m a big advocate of correcting the sort of nonsense that interferes with teachers’ teaching. I’m not opposed to higher pay, but I think fighting over that distracts from fighting to correct the educational systemic problems that ruin the teaching experience for both teachers and students.
Of course, while some of those problems do come from legislative mandates, a great part of them come from the administrators in the system who are often more worried about covering their backs instead of focusing on the students and teachers.
We don’t hear enough about school boards and school administrators, and what they can and can not do.
For example, school boards are in charge of pay, not the state Legislature.
The Legislature has created some minimums, but school boards can pay what they want – or what they are able to pay. How often is money directed by bureaucrats away from teachers and classrooms
that would be better spent in those places? Teachers undoubtedly know this better than any of us.
Over 50 percent of our state budget goes to education. As I understand it, schools often do not have the legal flexibility needed to make good use of all that money.
They’re often mandated to spend on things they don’t need, and at other times, they are prohibited from spending on things they do need. Money is largely already in the system, but it is much easier – and more advantageous politically and monetarily – for some to target legislators and just ask for more money.
Teacher friends, you know I love you. Most of you know I don’t begrudge higher salaries for you, either.
But our education system has issues that go beyond salaries, and most of you prove that point by continuing the work you do.
I want to help you all have jobs and work that you can enjoy and look forward to again, without all the stress created and put upon you by the system. I want a better quality of life for you and your students.
Part of that solution may well be higher pay. But a big part of the solution will have to come from all of you standing up and speaking out about the nonsense within your schools that is killing your joy of teaching.
I have heard many times about fearing administrative retaliation, and I have little doubt such fears
But I want you to know you have allies. Many want to help you improve the system and your environments as teachers.
You are in a corporate education complex on which many special interests live well, financially benefiting off the status quo at the expense of you and our students while wrapping themselves in rhetoric about being “for” you and our students.
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Charcoal is one of the most effective lifesaving remedies known to man: inexpensive, free of side-effects, extremely adsorbent. This small booklet with an overview and basic information on the topic of charcoal, the world's best adsorbent. Also covers the basics of practical ways to use it. [Click for more info ->]
Small booklet with an overview and basic information on the topic of your brain and two laws of health: Water and Trust. Information on the brain, spinal cord and things that aid the nervous system. [Click for more info ->]
The China Study Cookbook takes these scientific findings and puts them to action. Written by LeAnne Campbell, daughter of The China Study author T. Colin Campbell, PhD, and mother of two hungry teenagers, The China Study Cookbook features delicious, easily prepared plant-based recipes with no added fat and minimal sugar and salt that promote optimal health. [Click for more info ->]
Kidlicious answers the question "How do I get my kids to eat healthier?" Get into the kitchen with your children and learn how to make healthy and fun recipes while you enjoy the adventure. Fun recipes include Make a Monkey for Breakfast, Apple Nachos, Salad on a Stick, Walking Tacos and Kidliciable Pizza. | <urn:uuid:99ef7d93-4374-4970-921d-5fba7ed92487> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://steps.org.au/Shop/Health-page6/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571911.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813081639-20220813111639-00474.warc.gz | en | 0.914813 | 261 | 1.984375 | 2 |
This is one of the frequently asked questions lately, is non-surgical rhinoplasty possible?
Rhinoplasty, literally, is the correction of the deformity of the nose by surgical intervention. Rhinoplasty planned according to the patient’s facial features; It is a permanent intervention that gives shape to bone, cartilage, soft tissue and skin. From this point of view, non-surgical rhinoplasty is not possible according to scientific criteria.
With the latest developments in the field of aesthetic surgery, small-scale non-permanent changes can be made in the nose structure with fillers. How valid and reliable these methods are is still a matter of debate. These methods, which offer temporary correction solutions, may not be suitable for every nose structure. For example, it is not possible to eliminate anatomical problems such as septum curvatures that cause breathing problems with nasal filling. A person can reach a permanent solution only with rhinoplasty surgery. In this regard, it is important for the patient to decide what he wants and act consciously… Although patients who are afraid of surgery may wonder about this method, it is necessary to keep in mind that it is not possible to bring a permanent structural solution. Patients can overcome these fears only by trusting their doctors and having knowledge about the surgery. It is also against medical ethics to claim that non-surgical rhinoplasty is possible due to commercial concerns, ignoring scientific criteria. | <urn:uuid:71f6b402-9d75-49db-a0ae-14919d8bf55e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://sanitarian.net/is-non-surgical-rhinoplasty-possible-2/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571246.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811073058-20220811103058-00271.warc.gz | en | 0.950185 | 299 | 2.265625 | 2 |
House breaking a puppy, use his natural instincts
If you are undertaking the ups and downs of house breaking a puppy you are, beyond doubt, interested in using the quickest and most result oriented techniques possible. This can be a particularly difficult time for many new pet owners because of the burden potty training a puppy can put on a family, especially if you start out incorrectly.
House breaking a puppy should start immediately, just after you bring him home. Even if he is only 7 or 8 weeks old, he wants to eagerly follow your lead…. it’s important to use puppy housebreaking training methods that will help him develop the appropriate behavior. Your puppy will make the decision where and when he will relieve himself if he is not trained early and correctly. This, of course, is unacceptable. It is up to you to communicate where you want him to go. Puppies will learn very quickly when they understand what is expected of them.
Dogs have a natural instinct not to eliminate in their den area and, because of their strong sense of smell, are draw to go in areas where they or others have defecated or urinated in the past. There are several ways you can use these natural tendencies to your advantage.
Probably the most effective way to take advantage of these instincts is, first of all, to use a plastic dog carrier ‘crate’ as the pup’s den or sanctuary. You should get him used to being secluded in the crate for short periods of time so that he comes to think of it as his refuge and is comfortable sleeping there.
The second way to use his natural instincts is to read the signs that he wants to go, i.e. your puppy is circling and smelling around, and then to react quickly by picking him up and taking him to the designated spot to eliminate.
The familiar smells in the designated area and your alert and consistent act of getting him immediately to the area will help him get the idea quickly. Success of the whole process can be moved along by being alert at times when he is most likely to go. Be ready to take him out when he awakens, after playing or exercise, and after he eats or drinks. | <urn:uuid:6998e89a-20d1-42e0-8fcf-d2d79d06d1f4> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://beedogs.com/about-dogs/house-breaking-a-puppy-use-his-natural-instincts | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571097.39/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810010059-20220810040059-00277.warc.gz | en | 0.97669 | 448 | 1.75 | 2 |
On Tuesday, April 8, the Rutgers Cooperative Extension Water Resources Program along with the Manasquan Environmental Commission will present a "Build a Rain Barrel" workshop from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Manasquan Recreation Annex, 67 Atlantic Avenue, Manasquan, NJ 08736. The Build A Rain Barrel workshop falls under RCE's water resources program, which provides solutions for many of the water quality and quantity issues facing New Jersey. Participants will have the opportunity to build their own rain barrel and learn how to install it at home. A rain barrel is placed under a gutter's downspout next to a house to collect rain water from the roof. The barrel holds approximately 50 gallons of water which can be used to water gardens. According to workshop organizers, the use of collected rain water can save money on water bills, prevent basement flooding and reduce flooding and pollution in local rivers and streams. Attendance at the workshop is free. Barrels are offered at $45 each [rain barrels sell for over $100 at specialty garden shops]. Please register in advance by visiting www.water.rutgers.edu. Please register early. Barrels can be placed lying down in the backseat of most vehicles to be transported home, but they are the size of a 55 gallon drum. Please make arrangements in advance to transport the barrel home. The workshop is part of a research project being conducted by Rutgers Cooperative Extension to help determine whether rain barrels encourage adoption of other environmental best management practices by residents. Participation is voluntary and is open to all New Jersey residents. For more information, please contact Sara Mellor at 732-932-9800, ext. 6163, or email her at firstname.lastname@example.org. Information is also available on the Manasquan Environmental Commission's web site at www.squangoesgreen.com The Environmental Commission is also collecting donations of non-perishable food for the FoodBank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties at this event. Participation is voluntary, but greatly appreciated.
Tuesday - April 08, 2014
Phone: 732-932-9800, ext. 6163
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Cost:Free Seminar / Barrels $45.
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Women who smoke have a higher risk of developing coronary heart disease than men, a large international study finds.
The study published online in the Lancet Thursday, collected data on more than two million people and concluded that the increased risk of heart disease tied to smoking was 1.25 times higher for women.
The longer a women smoked, the greater her heart disease risk compared with a man who smoked for the same time period, researchers said.
The lead authors were Dr. Rachel Huxley, from the University of Minnesota and Dr. Mark Woodward, from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Md. They received no funding for their research.
The finding that among smokers, the excess risk of heart disease in women compared with men increases by two per cent for every year lends support to the possibility that physiological differences between men and women make a difference, the researchers said.
For example, women might receive more carcinogens or toxins from smoking the same number of cigarettes than men, the investigators speculated.
"Whether mechanisms underlying the sex difference in risk of coronary heart disease are biological or related to differences in smoking behaviour between men and women is unclear," the study's authors concluded.
"Tobacco-control programs should consider women, particularly in those countries where smoking among young women is increasing in prevalence.
The study was large and examined a diverse range of populations worldwide, with consistent findings, Huxley and Woodward said.
They also acknowledged limitations of the research, such as an inability to take use of birth control pills into account in the analysis. Studies also defined non-smokers differently, with some including those who had never smoked and others defining them as not-current smokers.
Tobacco companies targeting women
In most societies, smoking rates are higher for men than for women, but more men than women are quitting, wrote Dr. Carolyn Dresler journal in a commentary that accompanies the research paper.
"What makes the realization that women are at increased risk worrisome is that the tobacco industry views women as its growth market," said Dresler of the Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Program at the Arkansas Department of Health, in Little Rock.
Tobacco companies are increasingly targeting women with slim brands and slick packaging, said Ellen Mason, senior cardiac nurse at the British Heart Foundation.
Mason suggested introducing plain packaging to increase the effectiveness of health warnings and to reduce the appeal of tobacco products.
Think of quitting
In 2010, about one in five women in Canada smoked, according to Health Canada. Among female smokers in 2002, less than half indicated that they were even considering quitting.
After quitting for one year, the risk of coronary heart disease drops by about half, and quitting has many other health benefits, said CBC medical specialist Dr. Karl Kabasele, a public health physician in Toronto.
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Item description for The Vengeance of God: The Meaning of the Root Nqm and the Function of the Nqm-Texts in the Context of Divine Revelation in the Old Testament (Oudtes) by H. G. L. Peels...
This book deals with the Old Testament theme of the vengeance of YHWH, discussing both the exegetical and theological aspects of a biblical notion that until now has received far too little attention in scholarly research. After an exploration of the Umwelt use of the root NQM (vengeance/avenge), in the main part of the study all relevant Old Testament texts are dealt with in a thorough exegetical investigation. This leads to a theological outline which stresses the important place and positive function of God's vengeance in the Old Testament revelation. The theories of G.E. Mendenhall, P. Volz and K. Koch with regard to the theme of vengeance are criticized. Of special interest are the additional sections on the issues of blood vengeance and the imprecatory prayers.
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Plans by Chancellor Gordon Brown to make it easier for more people to get on to the property ladder won't hit the rental sector, an expert has predicted.
The proposals will see couples having to raise as little as half the cost of a home under a deal struck between the Government and mortgage lenders.
The rest of the equity in the property would be shared between the Government and the bank or building society, potentially cutting average repayments on a £200,000 home by up to £372 a month.
Lee Grandin, managing director of buy-to-let specialists Landlord Mortgages, said the part-ownership initiative would not hit the rental sector too hard.
"The Chancellor's proposals are really just a drop in the ocean and are likely to do more harm than good to the overall state of the market," he said.
"This new initiative will simply stimulate house price inflation making it even more difficult to get on the property ladder.
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Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell announced his administration would seek a $250,000 investment to fund abortion care, denouncing the U.S. Supreme Court decision reversing decades-old constitutional protections for abortion Friday.
Harrell condemned the overturning of the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling, announcing that his administration would seek to fund efforts to expand access to reproductive health care through the Northwest Abortion Access Fund.
“Where we can counter this, we must. Seattle will remain a place where we lead with reproductive justice and where abortion and reproductive health care are available to all who seek it,” Harrell said in a statement.
Friday’s outcome will have cascading effects, he said, including an increase in maternal and infant mortality and poverty.
The implications of the Friday outcome, he said, will disproportionately impact women of color, who are already bearing the brunt of child care in the U.S., and women, transgender and nonbinary people will be forced to seek unsafe abortions, he added.
While Washington state is not among the 13 states with trigger laws automatically banning abortion after the Supreme Court ruling, or even among those likely to consider bans in the near future, many local leaders are denouncing the decision and calling for strengthened abortion protections.
King County Executive Dow Constantine similarly said the county would allocate $1 million toward expanding abortion access, of which $500,000 would go to the Northwest Abortion Access Fund and $500,000 in emergency funds for Public Health – Seattle & King County.
Members of the Seattle City Council, which would have to approve such an investment by the city, also expressed support for abortion on Friday.
“One in four women in this country have had an abortion. I am one of them. And I am terrified and outraged for the many people who will need abortion care today and every day forthcoming, particularly Black and brown folks across the country,” Councilmember Tammy Morales said. “Make no mistake, this ruling is the Supreme Court mandating forced pregnancy, taking away the right to self-determination and personal freedom.”
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A sponsor was having difficulty managing its investigator-initiated research (IIR) program with a lengthy review and approval process, and performing IIR studies in compliance with regulatory and industry guidelines. The sponsor purchased Sharepoint as an internal tool for document tracking and sharing, but it went unused due to lack of training. Field-based medical science liaisons had difficulty accessing timely information to provide oversight of the programs and ensure integrity.
The FSMO engaged the sponsor to provide a map of the existing workflow of the company at the time of engagement. Several bottlenecks were identified as delays in the review and approval process and the coordination with field-based medical liaisons.These delays led to physicians losing interest in initiating the studies.
The FSMO selected a lead project manager who was responsible for identifying the existing workflow and challenged areas. The team also engaged an expert to review and evaluate regulatory guidelines, comparing the existing workflow and activity of internal team members with those required by the industry.
Interviews with various key team members were held to determine activity levels and existing work practices. The FSMO suggested a newer workflow and SOPs that conformed to regulatory requirements. Based on the suggested workflow and the sponsor’s desire to maintain a lean organization, the FSMO engaged a Sharepoint partner to identify a strategy for managing the workflow through technology.
The sponsor initiated and leveraged all SOPs and adjusted workflow per the plan as Phase I and cited many workflow benefits as a result. The workflow allowed the team to increase performance by processing additional study programs for review without adding to the head count. It also allowed the team to use Sharepoint in a limited way. One trained internal resource could track and manage the programs and provide support for the field-based medical science liaisons. | <urn:uuid:90caf5e1-b4a7-4321-9fa7-7388cf4d9c86> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://hartegroup.com/case-studies/case-study-3 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572408.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816151008-20220816181008-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.961017 | 361 | 1.578125 | 2 |
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Nikola Mihaylov has written a game in Silverlight called Shock. This is not just a "fun project over the weekend" game. There are multiple game modes, music playlists, leaderboards, reflex tests, source code available and a whitepaper. Yes, Nikola is sharing his code along with a whitepaper entitled Anatomy of a Silverlight Game. 33 pages of the lessons he's learned while building his successful Shock game.
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Do you feel agitated and irritated at the end of each day? Are you waiting to get done with your work so that you can chill with friends in the evening? These are questions you need to ask yourself.
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If you aren’t enjoying your work, then you’ve got the wrong job. Putting up with frustration may just lead you to believe that all jobs are lifeless and boring. But the truth is, the job that isn’t right for you will never make you happy, no matter how much you try.
Recognising what kind of job is perfect for you can be difficult at times. You want to know why? Because we never take the effort to search out the right job for us!
(Also read - How to get ready for work in the monsoon?)
So, here are clear cut signs that you’re in the wrong place, and the job isn’t quite ‘working’ for you!
Everything is a struggle
Do you struggle to do every little job assigned to you? This could point out to your incompetence in the field of your job. It sometimes isn’t that clear as all jobs may seem difficult at first, but even if you find things difficult after months of working, then there’s surely something wrong!
Consistent poor response
All your seniors and managers respond poorly to your completed tasks. If your work life is filled with negative responses to your work, then it’s time to realise that your job isn’t exactly fit for you.
Just for the money?
Doing a job for the money may help you temporarily, but money will run out! You should not get stuck in a job because it pays well even though you know you don’t enjoy it; it can frustrate you!
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Ashamed of your job
You can’t exactly tell people what job you are doing because you are ashamed. Well, nothing’s clearer than this! It’s time to move on.
Workload overwhelms you
If your workload is so much that it gets you drained to the limit, it means that your job is sucking out your social life as well!
No growth opportunity
Do you see yourself in the same place three years from now? Do you find that there is very little or no scope for any growth in the chain of command?
(Also read - Ways to stay happy at work)
Yes, office politics are a part of almost every office nowadays, but when your co-workers are so irksome that you cannot stand them and their gossip, it probably means you don’t fit there.
Ultimately the decision is yours! There’s no one who can make a decision for you except yourself. Unless, of course, you get fired! Well, let’s stay away from the idea of that . Weigh out whether you feel that a job jump is the right thing at this point in your career and take the leap! | <urn:uuid:6552d80e-6851-4aae-95c5-fbac51cdd1c4> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://www.thebrunettediaries.com/signs-that-youve-got-the-wrong-job/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988719843.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183839-00292-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.962198 | 646 | 1.679688 | 2 |
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Coordinating, Developing, and Delivering Highway Transportation Innovations
This magazine is an archived publication and may contain dated technical, contact, and link information.
|Publication Number: Date: May/June 2000|
Issue No: Vol. 63 No. 6
Date: May/June 2000
Intelligent transportation systems (ITS) have the potential to revolutionize surface transportation, but listening to all the claims of some ITS proponents, one could begin to believe that ITS will solve all our transportation problems - and maybe the common cold too. The transportation planner has to be able to determine the realistic benefits of particular ITS options, the cost of those options, and the way to get the greatest benefit for the funds available.
This has been difficult because each jurisdiction has a unique set of conditions and requirements, and these must be taken into consideration when planning ITS deployments in conjunction with other types of transportation improvements. Also, typically in the past, ITS features have been "add-ons" to existing transportation improvement projects.
However, as ITS become mainstreamed into improvements "tool kits," the ability to assess the relative costs and benefits of alternative ITS improvement strategies is critical. It is for this reason that the ITS Deployment Analysis System (IDAS) has been developed as a tool to assist transportation planners and others in the transportation arena.
The transportation planning community has been using travel demand forecasting models to study alternatives for many years. To forecast travel demand, the traditional four-step modeling approach, which comprises trip generation, trip distribution, mode choice, and traffic assignment, is applied.
The four-step models forecast future travel demand on the transportation system based on a specific set of transportation improvement strategies. It allows comparison with the "do nothing" or base conditions and with other sets of improvement strategies. The costs and benefits of these transportation alternatives are then analyzed using add-on tools such as the Surface Transportation Efficiency Analysis Model (STEAM), developed by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA).
For years, these traditional approaches and their corresponding assessment tools have served the needs of the planning community. However, these tools are extremely limited in their ability to evaluate the potential effects of ITS improvements. For example, the current tools are more than adequate in modeling the effects of adding an additional lane of highway, but they cannot measure the effects of a ramp metering system on the freeway.
This is why IDAS was developed. It enables the assessment of ITS improvements by adding on to the four-step models.
In general, the IDAS software is designed to pick up where the traditional four-step planning models end. In fact, IDAS takes the output from four-step planning models to establish a base-case scenario. The IDAS user then selects from a list of ITS components and deploys one or more ITS improvements into the base case. IDAS then executes its own travel demand model to determine the new travel patterns that emerge as a result of the ITS improvements. The incremental costs and benefits resulting from the deployment of the ITS components are then compared to the base-case scenario and presented to the IDAS user.
This is the overall strategy that serves as the IDAS framework. Within the IDAS software, this strategy is implemented in a series of modules.
The Input/Output Interface inputs the data from the four-step planning models into the IDAS software. This input establishes the base-case scenario for analysis and includes files that describe the regional transportation network in terms of nodes, links, and the number of trips from each origin to each destination for the forecasted year being analyzed.
The Alternatives Generatorprovides the graphical interface for the user to select the ITS components to deploy on the transportation network. The user selects from a list of ITS components and "drags and drops" them onto the graphical depiction of the transportation network. The ITS components are grouped in 12 major categories as shown in table 1. The user may choose from a total of 69 individual ITS components. An example of an individual ITS component is the Ramp Metering Pre-Set Timing option in the Freeway Traffic Management Systems category.
The Benefits Modulequantifies the benefits resulting from the deployment of the ITS components. The default benefit values within IDAS are based on ITS deployments and/or research studies. The user can change the default values, if desired. It is within this module that IDAS incorporates an internal travel demand model to re-evaluate travel patterns based on the addition of the ITS components. Only benefits attributable to the ITS improvements are reported. Benefits are calculated using the following submodules:
a. Travel Time/Throughput Submodule.
b. Environment Submodule.
c. Safety Submodule.
d. Travel Time Reliability Submodule.
The Cost Moduletracks the estimated costs to deploy the ITS components selected by the user. Each ITS component within IDAS requires the deployment of one or more pieces of ITS equipment. The default equipment requirements and their associated costs may be modified by the user if more customized data is available. In addition to the equipment costs, the percentage of public versus private funding, the deployment schedule, and the use of shared equipment are also factored into the cost analysis.
The Alternative Comparison Modulecompares the benefits and the costs of the ITS component improvements to the benefits and costs of the base-case scenario, presents the results, and allows for sensitivity and risk analysis on parameters. Part of this module is the conversion of all benefits into a monetary value (e.g., the hourly value of in-vehicle travel time). As with the other modules, the user may change any of the default parameters in the Alternative Comparison Module, if desired.
Table 1 - ITS Component Categories Within IDAS
The development of IDAS was funded with ITS funds from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) and was managed by the FHWA Office of Operations Research and Development. The delivery of ITS is the responsibility of the offices of Travel Management and Metropolitan Planning in FHWA. The contracted team that conducted the work included the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Cambridge Systematics Inc., and ITT Systems. A steering committee, composed of a dozen metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs), the research community, and DOT, has been active in the development of IDAS since its inception and continues to provide the feedback and insight needed from the IDAS "customer community."
IDAS is being developed under the "rapid prototyping" paradigm, using the following planning organizations as "beta testers" in the development of the software: Pima Association of Governments (Tucson, Ariz. area), Chicago Area Transportation Study, and Metropolitan Transportation Commission (San Francisco Bay area).
The three beta test sites continue to use IDAS. In each case, the MPO is using the IDAS software to analyze a transportation improvement(s) that is currently being planned in their region.
The Pima Association of Governments (PAG), which began working with the IDAS team in November 1998, was the first MPO to test the software. PAG studied three cases for the moderate-sized Tucson transportation network, which included 8,600 directional transportation links and 646 traffic analysis zones. The PAG beta test cases were as follows:
Pima Association of Governments (8,600 links, 646 zones)
Option 1: Centrally controlled ramp metering on the I-10 corridor. Ramp metering for approximately 16 kilometers. Twelve northbound on-ramps were metered.
Option 2: Systemwide transit automated vehicle location (AVL) deployed on 197 buses.
Option 3: Combined ramp metering and transit AVL.
Preliminary results from the IDAS software suggested benefit-to-cost ratios of 30.4-to-1, 7.8-to-1, and 12.6-to-1 for options 1, 2, and 3, respectively. As the first beta tester, PAG identified some bugs in IDAS and made some suggestions for improvements, which were subsequently incorporated into the software. Overall, they felt that the IDAS software was a useful tool for planners to use to sketch out the benefits and costs of ITS improvements.
The other MPOs involved in the beta testing - Chicago Area Transportation Study (CATS) and Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) - had the opportunity to use a version of IDAS that was improved by the input from the PAG beta test results. Again, each of these MPOs decided to use IDAS to test ITS improvements that were currently under consideration or being planned in their regions. The beta test case options that were pursued and the size of the transportation networks are as follows:
Chicago CATS (36,000 links, 1,900 zones)
Option 1: Transit vehicle signal priority along four corridors.
Option 2: Electronic toll payment at 14 locations.
Option 3: Regionwide Internet-based traveler information system.
San Francisco MTC (31,300 links, 1,099 zones)
Option 1: Telephone and Internet-based traveler information system for freeways and major arterials.
Option 2: Full traveler information system (e.g., telephone, Internet, hand-held personal device, and in-vehicle information) on freeways and major arterials.
Option 3: Option 2 plus full advanced traffic management system (e.g., centrally controlled ramp metering, incident detection and response, highway advisory radio, and freeway variable message signs) on freeways and major arterials.
The size of the Chicago network presented a challenge to the data processing for the IDAS software, and the recommendations resulting from the beta testing were extremely helpful in improving the efficiency with which IDAS handles large data sets.
The results from these beta test cases have shown that IDAS software is a useful tool for planning-level analyses of ITS deployments.
Release of IDAS
A major "roll-out" of IDAS is planned at the Intelligent Transportation Society of America (ITS America) Annual Meeting in Boston during the first week in May 2000. IDAS presentations and demonstrations will be available during the annual meeting.
The IDAS software will be distributed and supported by the McTrans Software Center at the University of Florida. The software will be available by May 2000. Those interested in purchasing a copy of the IDAS software are referred to the McTrans Web site at http://mctrans.ce.ufl.edu.
A two-day training course is currently being developed with ITS funds and is being managed out of FHWA's National Highway Institute. The training course is being designed to educate the participants in both the theory behind the IDAS model and in the use of the software. To meet this goal, the course will be delivered in a computer lab environment with a combination of lectures and hands-on use of the IDAS software. A pilot version of the course is scheduled for delivery in spring 2000, followed by the first round of training, which will be offered at each of the four FHWA resource centers. The course should be available to state and local agencies in mid to late summer 2000.
For more information on IDAS, please visit the ITS Joint Program Office Web site at www.its.dot.gov or contact the author at firstname.lastname@example.org.
Gene McHale is a general research engineer on the Advanced Traffic Management Systems (ATMS) Team within FHWA's Office of Operations Research and Development. His current responsibilities related to IDAS include the development and maintenance of the software and the development of the IDAS training course. In addition to IDAS, McHale is currently involved in the development and maintenance of the Traffic Software Integrated System (TSIS) suite of traffic analysis tools. Since joining FHWA in 1995, he has had a variety of duties related to intelligent transportation systems. He received his bachelor's and master's degrees in systems engineering from the University of Virginia and is currently a doctoral candidate in civil engineering at Virginia Tech. | <urn:uuid:78c9cdb9-9adf-4f20-a25b-b6414953d83a> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/publicroads/00mayjun/idas.cfm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280791.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00362-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.927992 | 2,489 | 2.40625 | 2 |
This slim volume is not a biography. It is a corrective polemic of others opinions of Orwell - either critics of him, or those who idolized Orwell by appropriating
him as a symbol for their cause. This book means to set the reader straight on Orwell's thought as can be inferred from his writing. Hitchens assumes a lot of his reader. There is scarcely a word spent to orient one to Orwell's biographical details. If you wish to know the year of his birth or how he was treated by his parents, this is not the book for you. We learn that he had traditional English schooling, joined the British colonial service in Burma, and volunteered to serve in the Spanish Civil War - a right of passage for many an anti-fascist in the 1930s. Hitchens offers the reader no plot summaries of Orwell's Keep the Aspidistra Flying, Animal Farm, or Nineteen Eighty-Four even as he liberally references them. He will not do your homework for you. If you are not familiar with V.S. Pritchett, George Bernard Shaw, J.B. Priestly, Stephen Spender, or Rochefoucauld, tough. He strides right out across the muddy fields so either get your wellies on and keep up, or turn around and go home.
He is a writer of admirable economy. In a one-page Acknowledgement we know that Hitchens respects text, enjoys dialectical argument, is a gracious guest, aims to maintain a scholarly distance through breadth of knowledge, and is not afraid to apply his erudition to that cause:
He also helped me to recognize a certain 'Orwellianism' as a thread of Ariadne in the writing of our time.It is fair to say that Hitchens's writing also has a bombastic streak.
The three great subjects of the twentieth century were imperialism, fascism and Stalinism. It would be trite to say that these 'issues' are only of historical interest to ourselves; they have bequeathed the whole shape and tone of our era.I could argue for Fredianism or Keynesianism, but no matter, we know the ground rules and can engage with Hitchens on his terms.
What comes through most in this scholarly argument is Hitchens's appreciation for Orwell's intellectual independence.
'I knew,' said Orwell in 1946 about his early youth, 'that I had a facility with words and a power of facing unpleasant facts.' Not the ability to face them, you notice, but 'a power of facing'. It's oddly well put. A commissar who realizes that his five-year plan is off-target and that the people detest him or laugh at him may be said, in a base manner, to be confronting an unpleasant fact. [Who could he mean?] So, for that matter, may a priest with 'doubts'. The reaction of such people to unpleasant facts is rarely self-critical; they do not have the 'power of facing'. Their confrontation with the fact takes the form of an evasion; the reaction to the unpleasant discovery is a redoubling of efforts to overcome the obvious.More than a simple admiration of iconoclasm for its own sake, Hitchens's recognizes that examining evidence that is contrary to one's opinion and changing one's mind because of it, is an act that requires fortitude. Frankly, I admire it too and wish it was a characteristic we saw in more American politics.
While many leftists in the 1930s could only find expression for their political values in socialism, many became blind to the horrors Stalin perpetrated because they were so focused on the cause. Hitchens presents Orwell as a man who, though he was in Spain to fight fascism, saw the police regime that developed to enforce the power of the socialists as its own sort of totalitarianism. He refused to represent that otherwise in order to conform blindly to socialist ideology, merely because he had supported it up until this point.
This was where Orwell suffered the premonitory pangs of a man living under a police regime: a police regime ruling in the name of socialism and the people. for a Westerner, at least, this epiphany was a relatively novel thing; it brushed the sleeves of many thoughtful and humane people, who barely allowed it to interrupt their preoccupation with the 'main enemy,' fascism. But on Orwell it made a permanent impression.Orwell's critics, according to Hitchens, were largely motivated by their own frustration with what they saw as inconsistency, but was really Orwell's unwillingness to be a symbol for their ism. He was neither a conforming lefty, nor was he completely against the ideals of socialism. Neither was he a hard-line Conservative. Though he may have coined the term Cold War, he was a critic of maintaining a permanent war economy and war rhetoric as a manipulative political tool.
Coincidence, said Louis Pasteur, has a tendency to occur only to the mind that is prepared to notice it. He was speaking of the kind of openness of mind that allows elementary scientific innovation to occur, but the metaphor is a serviceable one. Orwell, was, to an extent, conditioned to keep his eyes open in Spain, and to register the evidence.
What I enjoyed most in this little book is Hitchens intellectual rigor in closely examining Orwell's essays, novels, and correspondence, rather than blindly accepting the existing glib characterizations of him. Even more, I admire the humane portrait of the man, Orwell, that Hitchens draws, one which embraces the polarities found in most human beings rather than rubs them out due to ideological convenience or discomfort. People are inherently contradictory and Hitchens recognized Orwell's strength in writing openly from that quality and admired him for it. | <urn:uuid:b4807108-1a8d-4903-a466-0c896fa87c87> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://bookeywookey.blogspot.com/2012/04/orwells-inherently-human-contradictions.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560283689.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095123-00348-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.977363 | 1,182 | 2.25 | 2 |
Hike the Grand Canyon
photographic virtual hiking tour
Hiking trailsThe Grand Canyon National Park offers hiking at various levels. However, one should be aware that virtually all of the many beautiful hikes down into the Grand Canyon are very strenuous. The height difference from the rim top down to the bottom of the Grand Canyon is more than 5.000 feet. It is very important that you know your limits, especially if you plan a dayhike down into the Grand Canyon. While it is easier to return when walking uphill a mountain, the Grand Canyon in the end makes you walk uphill when you want to return to your car or shelter. Be sure to plan your trip and check with the Visitor Center for conditions and hazards. Watch the weather and take plenty of water. In the summer months, it may be extremely hot, with temperatures in the hundreds or above, while in the winter, the rim may be covered with snow and temperatures may be far below the freezing point. There are also other hazards about which the Visitor Center will inform you thoroughly.
In my opinion, the best time of the year for hiking is late fall or late winter when it is relatively cool. Note that it may be freezing, and snow and ice may cover the trails. Be aware of hazardous hiking conditions in that case, since many trails down into the Grand Canyon are quite steep. My first hike down into the Grand Canyon was in mid-December, and we used small crampons for the first snow- and ice-covered part of the trail (even though it would have been possible without, but you never know ...). Camping at the South Rim required an excellent and warm sleeping bag. Temperatures down in the canyon were more comfortable, and camping was possible without a reservation. My second hike was in early March, with much warmer temperatures. I absolutely would not recommend the summer due to the extremely high temperatures. Moreover, this is the main holiday season: Prepare for the crowds and reserve early!
Be prepared for your hike! Take plenty of water, enough food and appropriate clothing.
DayhikesThe Grand Canyon offers many possibilities for day hikes at various levels. The Rim Trail at the South Rim is an easy hiking trail which leads along the south rim, offering gorgeous views into the canyon. The Rim Trail is mostly level except for some parts west of the Grand Canyon Village. This trail can be hiked in parts and is far less strenuous than any hike going down into the Grand Canyon.
You can hike down into the Grand Canyon on the South Kaibab Trail starting right at the Grand Canyon Village. Your maximum day hike destination should be Indian Gardens or Plateau Point, which is about 4.6 miles and 6.1 miles into the trail, respectively.
Depending on your phyiscal condition, you may also hike down the South Kaibab Trail until Tonto Trail and then hike west along Tonto Trail to Indian Garden. From there, you can hike out of the canyon along Bright Angel Trail, which will bring you back to the Grand Canyon Village. You can reach the South Kaibab Trail head with a bus from Grand Canyon Village. Please note that Tonto Trail is a wilderness trail and requires route finding capabilities! If you do not feel comfortable with this, or if you do not have the required experience, plase do not take Tonto Trail.
Overnight hikingThe Grand Canyon offers many multiple-day hikes. Probably the most popular multiple-day hike is a combination of South Kaibab Trail and Bright Angel Trail with a campout on the Bright Angel Campground. When doing this hike, I recommend that you hike down the South Kaibab Trail, and return up on the Bright Angel Trail. This offers you some great views over the Grand Canyon. You can reach the trail head of the South Kaibab Trail with a bus from Grand Canyon Village, and the Bright Angel Trail will bring you back directly to the Grand Canyon Village. If you think that hiking out of the Grand Canyon in one day is too strenous, you may consider spending an additional night at Indian Garden campground along Bright Angel Trail, making your trip a two-nighter. It is also worth spending some more days down at Bright Angel Campground from where there are several possibilities for beautiful day hikes, such as hiking up the North Rim Trail to Ribbon Falls. Phantom Ranch is located right next to Bright Angel Campground and has a restaurant and bar and several lodges. Fresh water is usually available, except for when the fresh-water pipe is broken (check with the backcountry office before).
As an alternative, you can also hike down the South Rim and then hike back out via the North Rim Trail. In this case, you obviously need someone who picks you up at the North Rim.
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Today is Bell’s Let’s Talk Day, a day in which Canada’s biggest telecom company raises money to help treat mental illness, and helps bring the issue out into the spotlight at the same time.
Until midnight Pacific time, Bell is donating five cents for every long-distance call and text message sent using its network, as well as every (non-robot) retweet of its Twitter account, to this charitable cause.
I was reminded of this campaign when I watched CFCF’s noon newscast today. It was hard to miss it. Half of the first 15-minute block was devoted to it, with a story by a local reporter profiling someone with mental illness, and an interview with the campaign’s spokesperson, Olympian (and national sweetheart) Clara Hughes.
It didn’t stop there. Later, a health news story about the potential causes of suicide (probably a coincidence because the study just came out), a sit-down interview with an expert on mental illness, and a chat with reporter Tarah Schwartz about a special report on depression airing on Thursday. That’s not including the commercials devoted to the subject and all the other programming that’s airing on CTV, including a special at 7pm.
A year ago, I asked similar questions about this campaign, and whether the perfectly laudable cause justified the apparent intrusion of Bell Canada into the editorial decisions of CTV’s newsrooms. (One could argue that many have simply decided to join this cause without being ordered to, which is possible, but there’s a reason we’re not seeing as much coverage of this on CBC and Global, and do we really think it would get so much airtime on CTV if this was, say, a Telus campaign?)
There are also questions to be asked about Bell’s motives in this. Every large company puts profit ahead of anything else, and it makes sense for a company whose reputation is as poor as Bell’s to spend millions of dollars making it seem more human. And it sends the message that if you really want CTV News to pay attention to your cause, no matter how positive it is, you need to get Bell onside.
But rather than rehash all that, I’ll share an email that was forwarded to me by someone from Bell Media, who I’m guessing saw my tweets critical of the campaign today or was directed to last year’s blog post. It was sent from a viewer of CTV’s Marilyn Denis show, which also devoted segments to mental health today, including one on postpartum depression.
He added only: “This is why we do it.”
I’ve redacted the person’s name since it’s not important.
Subject: Thank you thank you thank you
My name is ***, mother of 4 girls 8,6,4 and 5 months.
I started my last pregnancy with depression and it is becoming a giant battle!
I feel darker and darker and the show today made feel good and thank to CTV, let’s talk day. It is good to know that I will talk and search for help.
What a show thank you again.
There are a lot of thing behind my depression, I have in Canada for 17years no status, with 4 children provide a good life. Being a great mother and wife. Keeping on packing weigh. Being there sometimes became a burden etc….but I do it because I love my family.
Well I just wanted to say thank to you and CTV for this day Let’s talk.
I never wrote to a show but the one today saved my life.
By the grace of God!
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Linden flowers have a pleasant, tangy taste, and for this reason the tree is sometimes called “lime flower.” Besides use in beverages and liqueurs, linden flower has a long history of medicinal use for such conditions as colds and flus, digestive distress, anxiety, migraine headaches, and insomnia. The wood of the linden tree has been used for liver problems, kidney stones, and gout.
Linden flower has been approved by
Germany’s Commission E
for the treatment of
Unfortunately, there is no meaningful evidence that it is helpful for this purpose. Linden is said to promote sweating, and this in turn has long been presumed to be helpful for people with colds; however, there is no meaningful evidence that sweating helps colds, nor that linden promotes sweating.
Other proposed uses of linden also lack scientific support. Two exceedingly preliminary studies that evaluated linden flower for potential
anti-anxiety effects returned contradictory results.2,3
Very weak evidence hints that linden flower might help reduce symptoms of digestive upset
protect the liver from toxins.7 One highly preliminary study found possible anti-inflammatory and pain-relieving effects with linden leaf.8
However, none of this research approaches the level of meaningful evidence. Only double-blind, placebo-controlled studies can show a treatment effective, and none have been performed on linden. (For information on why such studies are essential, see
Why Does This Database Rely on Double-blind Studies?)
Other proposed benefits of linden that lack any meaningful supporting evidence include the claims that linden flower reduces
blood pressure, prevents blood clots, and decreases risk of
heart attack, and that linden bark can treat
Linden flower is usually taken at a dose of 2–4 grams daily, often as tea. A daily dose of linden wood is prepared by boiling 15–40 grams in water for several hours.
Linden is widely believed to be a safe herb, but it has not undergone comprehensive safety testing. Numerous texts state that when taken in high doses linden can be toxic to the heart, but this appears to have been a case of authors quoting one another for decades in succession; the original source of this concern is unclear. Safety in young children, pregnant or nursing women, or people with severe liver or kidney disease has not been established.
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With the Power Pack, cell phone users won’t have to remember to charge their batteries every night.Calling it a global breathrough in the mobile devices industry, Medis Technologies together with Israel Aircraft Industries have launched Power Pack.
The compact device operates on the basis of fuel cells, and supply users with continuous power for cell phones and mobile computers, without relying on loading from an external power source.
Power Pack allows a user to operate a phone while simultaneously recharging a depleted battery.
Each fuel cartridge has enough power to charge a battery twice or handle six to nine hours of talk time. There is no need to load the battery from a regular power source during the night or during the working day. The user then discards the spent cartridge and powers up a new one.
A team of 25 scientists at Medis’s Israeli headquarters in Yehud working in conjunction with scientists at Israel Aircraft Industries which holds a 25% stake in Medis, developed the new power loader.
The Power Pack is designed to be less than two-thirds the size and one half the weight of the cell phone or PDA and not emit discernable heat.
According to Robert K. Lifton, Chairman and CEO of Medis Technologies, the pre-production prototype of our Power Pack will ready for production engineering by the end of 2003 with the aim of having Power Pack products in the market in 2004.
“There are already over one billion users of portable electronic devices, growing at a rate of over 200 million users a year,” Lifton said. “The Medis Power Pack will provide a power source to run the cell phones, PDAs and other devices for those who use their devices so frequently that they run out of power, for those who decide in a world of increased emergencies that they never want to be disconnected, for those who don’t want slavishly to have to charge their batteries every night and for those who forget to do so.
The World Economic Forum this month chose selected Medis as one of a select group of companies world-wide to be named a “Technology Pioneer.” Time Magazine also included the Power Pack in its recent Technology Forecast 2003.
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Set up a telescope, get some binoculars or just lie back on a blanket and take in the beautiful views of the summer night sky. The Perseids meteor shower occurs August 10-13, so don’t miss your chance to have an unobstructed view. Head out to one of the Boston area’s best places for stargazing.
408 Atlantic Ave.
Boston, MA 02210
Grab a tent, pack an overnight bag and take the ferry over to spend a night under the stars on the Boston Harbor Islands. Camping islands include Lovells, Peddocks, Grape and Bumpkin Island. Explore all 12 islands or relax at your own site. The islands offer a view of Boston Harbor as well as an unobstructed view of the stars. This rustic camping experience will bring you closer to nature, as there is no electricity, onsite supplies or showers. Reservations can be made from six months up to two business days ahead here.
725 Commonwealth Ave.
Boston, MA 02115
Coit Observatory opens to the public from 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. every Wednesday night to allow visitors to get an up-close view of the sky. With the binoculars and telescopes that are available for use, you will be sure to see things you have never seen before, and with more detail. Allow the informative staff to guide you during your stargazing, and perhaps learn some astronomy. Remember that viewings are weather-permitting, so the observatory is not open during rain, haze, clouds or other obstructive weather.
South Boston, MA 02127
Castle Island is a 22-acre park that houses Fort Independence and offers many vantage points for viewing the night sky. Spread a blanket on the beach, relax on the grass near the fort or take advantage of one of the many park benches. Walk, jog or bike along the water to experience different views of your favorite constellations and perhaps catch a glimpse of the meteor showers. History buffs should arrive early and take a fort tour, given by the Castle Island Association, to learn about the importance of the fort in harbor defense.
Related: Boston Area’s Best Landscapers
119 Beach St.
Manchester by the Sea, MA 01944
Singing Beach is a beautiful North Shore beach aptly named for the sound of the wind blowing across the sand. Perhaps take a stroll by the water to hear this singing for yourself. The beach is kept so clean that you can skip the blanket and lounge directly on the sand while taking in the stars, planets or meteor showers. The open oceanside view here is ideal for stargazing and planetary observation. If you don’t want to get down on the sand, stay up on the walkway and enjoy the view from the benches overlooking the beach.
201 Washington St.
Groveland, MA 01834
Veasey Memorial Park is a great spot away from the city lights to observe the stars against the dark of night. Bring your binoculars or set up a telescope to get an even closer look at the planets and constellations. This beautiful outdoor setting is also the perfect backdrop for a romantic stargazing night on a blanket on the grass. If you are looking to become more serious about stargazing, the North Shore Amateur Astronomy Club regularly schedules meetings here on Friday nights as the weather allows. Meeting time is generally at dusk in the main parking lot. The park asks that you dim your headlights when entering the parking lot.
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A few summers ago, my wife Jan and I were writing one of the books in our Pianoworks series – Pianoworks Popular Styles (Oxford University Press). This is a collection of new pieces composed by us, in a wide range of styles from the past 100 years, both popular and classical: they are designed to complement the other books in the Pianoworks series, at about Grade 2 to Grade 3 level.
We had a lot of fun writing this book and responding to the various styles of the relatively recent past with titles such as ‘Just one Day’, ‘Moonlight through Glass’, ‘Brighton Belle’, ‘Model T’, ‘Night Waves’, ‘Satin’ and many more, including ‘Azalea’, which I’ll come to in a moment.
Before I do that, I’ll just mention that I played a selection of these pieces in a concert the other day, when I had to suddenly deputise for a sick colleague with little time for me to practise: and although we never really thought of them as concert material, they did work in concert, and were appreciated by a large audience for their variety and colour. One of the pieces I played was ‘Azalea’ and although this piece is theoretically about a sort of rhododendron, it was actually written at the time when our granddaughter Azalea was born. (Her fourth birthday is this week, and she loves to hear me play it!)
This year also marks the tenth anniversary of the original Pianoworks Book 1, which has now been supplemented by eight other volumes.
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God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.
- John 3:16
I heard a true story about a man who operated a drawbridge. At a certain time every afternoon, he raised the bridge for a ferryboat to go by and then lowered it in time for a passenger train to cross over. He performed this task precisely, according to the clock.
One day he brought his son to work so he could watch. As his father raised the bridge, the boy got excited and wanted to take a closer look. His father realized his son was missing and began looking for him. To his horror, his son had come dangerously close to the bridge's gears. Frantic, he wanted to go rescue him, but if he left the controls, he would not be back in time to lower the bridge for the approaching passenger train.
He faced a dilemma. If he lowered the bridge, his son would be killed. If he left it raised, hundreds of others would die. He knew what he had to do. With tears streaming down his face, he watched the passenger train roll by. On board, two women chatted over tea. Others were reading newspapers. All were totally unaware of what had just transpired. The man cried out, "Don't you realize that I just gave my son for you?" But they just continued on their way.
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Values correspond to real revenue is 2020 US Dollars
Description of time series:
Between 2015 and 2019, average annual commercial revenue from the Northeast was substantially higher than historical patterns, although there is no trend in values. Given the historically low level of landings over that same period, the difference is derived from a substantially higher price per pound of fish received by fishermen
Description of gauge:
The gauge value of 97 indicates that the mean annual commercial revenue between 2015 and 2019 for the Northeast US was higher than 97% of all years between 1950 and 2019
Extreme Gauge values:
A value of zero on the gauge means that the average revenue or landings over the last 5 years of data was below any annual value up until that point, while a value of 100 would indicate the average value over that same period was above any annual value up until that point.
Indicator Source Information:
Landings are reported in pounds of round (live) weight for all species or groups except univalve and bivalve mollusks, such as clams, mussels, oysters and scallops, which are reported as pounds of meats (excludes shell weight). Landings data may sometimes differ from state-reported landings due to our reporting of mollusks in meat weights rather than gallons, shell weight, or bushels. Also, NMFS includes some species such as kelp and oysters that are sometimes reported by state agricultural agencies and may not be included with state fishery agency landings data.
Data Background and Caveats:
All landings summaries will return only non confidential landing statistics. Federal statutes prohibit public disclosure of landings (or other information) that would allow identification of the data contributors and possibly put them at a competitive disadvantage. Most summarized landings are non confidential, but whenever confidential landings occur they have been combined with other landings and usually reported as "Withheld for Confidentiality" Total landings by state include confidential data and will be accurate, but landings reported by individual species may, in some instances, be misleading due to data confidentiality.
Landings data do not indicate the physical location of harvest but the location at which the landings either first crossed the dock or were reported from.
Many fishery products are gutted or otherwise processed while at sea and are landed in a product type other than round (whole) weight. Our data partners have standard conversion factors for the majority of the commonly caught species that convert their landing weights from any product type to whole weight. It is the whole weight that is displayed in our web site landing statistics. Caution should be exercised when using these statistics. An example of a potential problem is when landings statistics are used to monitor fishery quotas. In some situations, specific conversion factors may have been designated in fishery management plans or Federal rule making that differ from those historically used by NOAA Fisheries in reporting landings statistics.
The dollar value of the landings are ex-vessel (as paid to the fisherman at time of first sale) and are reported as nominal (current at the time of reporting) values. Users can use the Consumer Price Index (CPI) or the Producer Price Index (PPI) to convert these nominal landing values into real (deflated) values.
Landings do not include aquaculture products except for clams, mussels and oysters.
Pacific landings summarized by state include an artificial “state” designation of “At-Sea Process, Pac.” This designation was assigned to landings consisting of primarily whiting caught in the EEZ off Washington and Oregon that were processed aboard large vessels while at sea. No Pacific state lists these fish on their trip tickets which are used to report state fishery landing, hence the at-sea processor designation was used to insure that they would be listed as a U.S. landing.
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The Swiss democratic system struggles to include certain marginalized groups. Visually impaired people can participate in votes and elections in Switzerland, but they need the help of another person, compromising the secrecy of the ballot.
This content was published on January 5, 2022 – 5:00 PM January 5, 2022 – 5:00 PM
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"This is Body,
with Original Spirit. As Spirit has mentioned, Grandfather
and I are now coming into alignment, and we will be working together in
this part of the class. Original Spirit's overview is helpful
here in conveying the spirit-side perspective on this more 'scientific'
subject, the substance, or 'stuff' of manifestation. As in the
Introduction and Part One of this
class, I will be using both the first and third persons in referring
to myself, Body... and we'll also be using both the singular
and plural pronouns in referring to Body and to Original Spirit.
One we discussed the 'where' of manifestation. The 'what'
and 'where' of manifestation are linked by what are known as
'dimensions'. In some ways it may seem as if the dimensions of
existence are the 'where', but that's not strictly true. Spirit
has said that the role of the Mother in manifestation is to open the space for something to manifest,
and to provide the matrix that will determine exactly 'what'
"The opening and movement of dimensions
are what determine the possibilities for reality. Of course they
are also the markers or parameters of space and time in the first
attention, or what is known as the space-time continuum. The
dimensions of the second attention function differently than
those of the first, but the principle is the same. As the Mother
moves to open space she moves the dimensions, literally unfolding
them. The exact where and when of her movement determines what
will be unfolded, what will manifest there.
"The three dimensions of space and one
dimension of time that you know in the first attention are capable
of sustaining certain kinds of manifestations, but because there
is only one dimension for time, all of those creations are apparently
temporary. The temporal quality of existence changes dramatically,
however, when only one additional dimension is opened in the
"Right now on Earth the movement of the
second dimension of time, what would be the fifth dimension,
has been suspended 'temporarily' while the Mother and Father
of Manifestation do the work of finding and rejoining with all
of the trapped and lost Will in Creation.
As Body, it is our job to reclaim what has been lost, even though
it may not have been our 'fault', and even though we may not
have been originally parental to it.
"All denied Will in Creation is to be
reclaimed, and it will be Body who reclaims it. When the parental
part of the Mother who knows how to open the next dimension in
manifestation is able to find her way back from the lost Will,
she will also be able to unfold the second dimension of time
in the first attention. This will of course have a profound effect
on what is possible in the first attention, and many fundamental
and dramatic changes in the nature of reality in both attentions
will very quickly ensue. Because a great deal of lost Will will
suddenly be no longer lost.
"In the meanwhile, in this Creation the
other dimension of time is part of the second attention, along
with other dimensions that are complementary to the spatial dimensions
of the first attention. The eight fundamental dimensions, four
in each attention, are at another level of reality than the two
attentions. And as I mentioned earlier, they are part of the
'what' of manifestation... in that the space-time that is opened
or created by their movement is an integral part of 'what' manifests
within that space-time.
"This is because from Body's point of
view, everything in Body's environment is part of Body. This
is so, just as everything in your
venue is part of you, and everyone playing roles in your
'movie' is reflecting a part of yourself. The identity of
Body does not end at Body's skin in the first attention. This
will be blatantly obvious with the opening of another space-time
dimension in the first attention, but it goes against everything
as it now appears to be... with only the four dimensions presently
open for manifestation.
"What now seems to be rock-solid reality
in the first attention is only a part of the whole picture of
reality. This is why the first attention has often been called
'maya' or 'illusion' by those who have journeyed deeply into
the second attention. The only problem with that judgment is
that those journeyers had left the worst and most magnetic of
the first attention realities behind, the plight of the Mother
in Hell. And eventually all such journeys have ended in the most
grave reality of the four-dimensional first attention."
Body is Everything
"To get a better idea of how Body is
everything in manifestation, I would like to suggest another
'thought experiment'. Although at first you may feel it stretches
a point, I'll say now that the form of Body is 'donut shaped'.
There is a central 'hole' around which exists the substance or
'what' of Body, like with the dough that surrounds the hole in
a donut or bagel.
"The human Body is a good example of
this shape that occurs throughout manifestation. Your body has
two 'skins' or surfaces that are connected to each other and
interact with the environment. The first and most obvious is
your outer skin. The other is inside Body, your alimentary canal,
the tubular passage that goes from mouth to anus. This canal
is the 'hole' in the center of Body in human and other forms.
"Both the alimentary canal and outer
skin interact with the environment, but typically you attribute
the canal and what's in it at any one time to 'Body'... and what's
beyond the outer skin to 'not Body'. But let's suppose we have
an additional dimension through which we can turn all of this
"As in the previous
thought experiment I'd like you to imagine that you are in
a world that comes back upon itself, as if your skin were the
inside surface of a balloon, so that everything that was part
of the 'outside' world is now actually 'inside' of your Body,
just as if your skin was the alimentary canal for all of the
rest of manifestation.
"In this view of reality all the objects
and beings you see 'outside' of you, other creatures, the Earth,
sky, stars, etc. are contained inside a sphere that begins and
ends with your skin. In this paradigm your alimentary canal would
be where the Void is in Creation, outside of manifestation. All
of manifestation would be included inside of you, in other
words, everything would be part of Body, or at least completely
contained within Body.
"The form or shape of Body is a function
of the dimensions in which Body manifests, and therefore the
dimensions are a fundamental attribute of the substance of Body.
So 'what' is Body, at the level of substance or 'stuff'? At this
level Body is energy and matter. But in truth, and even in the
terms of your physics, matter is simply a denser form of energy,
and at the most fundamental level they are interchangeable."
Vibration is 'What' Manifests
"It is very easy to say 'what' the substance
of manifestation is, but it may at first seem strange, because
'vibration' is a phenomenon, not a 'thing'. Spirit has already
described how when Will moves, she attracts light and together
they form manifestation. But 'what' is the fruit of this union?
Regardless of whether it's a material form, emotion, or thought
that is manifested, the basic stuff of manifestation is what
appears in the movement of Will as she attracts Light.
"Her first movement, her 'Desire' opens
the space, creating the womb or place for something to exist.
Her second movement is to vibrate that space, filling it with
expectancy and calling for Light to come fill it and bathe it.
Her third movement is to capture the Light that comes willingly
to mate with her vibrating Desire. As the Light comes to her,
it forms in a pattern dictated by the matrix of her womb, the
Mother's Desire. The Light resonates at the frequency of her
vibration, filling and soothing her there.
"Vibration is the Will's song. It is
the cry of her longing, her call for something to exist, and
the expression of her love and care for the object of her desire
that is now manifest. To Light, vibration is the draw into manifestation,
the reason to exist. It is what brings Spirit into existence
and sustains him there. Spirit's greatest pleasure is not in
his solitude, as he had believed for so long. Spirit's greatest
pleasure is in the vibration of being, the eternal act of manifestation.
Spirit's greatest pleasure is where he least suspected it could
be. Spirit's greatest pleasure is in Body, where he can mate
with his Desire.
"In a previous lesson, Spirit has said
that the magnetic drawing power of Will is like a spinning
vortex that draws Light down into her desire, and that when
Light is present there with her in that way, the result is energy...
the fruit of manifestation. However, if there is no vibration
in the Will, no Light will be drawn.
"Desire is what causes the vortex of
Will to attract the attention of Light, and the expression of
her Desire begins whenever a 'wobble' or wiggling of her vortex
develops. If there is nothing needed or wanted, the vortex spins
smoothly, like a perfect top or gyroscope... with no wobble or
wiggle. If there is Desire in this part of the Will, the nature
and intensity of her Desire causes a corresponding imbalance
in the otherwise smoothly swirling flow of the vortex. The imbalance
of an unfulfilled Desire causes an anomaly in the flow that begins
vibrating that part of the Will.
"So, when all is at peace, when the Will's
magnetic vortices are smoothly flowing, nothing is desired...
so nothing happens and there is no manifestation. But when there
is even the slightest disturbance in the status quo, even the
slightest Desire in Will...a wiggle develops in the vortex, a
ripple in the magnetic flow of the smoothly spinning unmanifest
"The ripple of Desire induces a temporary
imbalance or wobble in the swirling whirlpool of Will essence.
This then causes the vortex in that part of the Will to begin
vibrating. The vibrations attract the attention of Spirit whose
Light moves with his attention. The more interesting or enchanting
the wiggle, the more Light is drawn into the pattern or form
that she has already designed to satisfy her Desire... and manifestation
"In this way vibration is both the cause
of manifestation, and the stuff of it. There is a tension between
vibrating Will and Light when they are apart. The further apart,
the more tension. It is this tension upon which manifestation
rides as energy-matter through space-time. As Will vibrates and
moves, Light comes into her vortex, and manifestation happens.
The tension is relaxed. As Light and vibrating Will become separate
again, the tension increases. It's the tightening and loosening
of this tension that produces all of the cycles in manifestation
and the substance or 'what' of manifestation... energy-matter
"So, space and time are the womb of manifestation,
and energy and matter are the fruits of the womb. Space and time
are the first phenomena of dimensions and are interchangeable
in that way. Energy and matter are the second phenomena and are
also interchangeable. Einstein was correct about the nature of
the relationships between time and space, and energy and matter.
"Energy and matter are two different
ways of perceiving the same phenomenon... vibrating Will drawing
Light to vibrate with her into manifestation. 'Matter' is a place
in space-time where energy is more intense, a place more densely
populated with energy than in what is called 'empty space'. But
there is no empty space, all of space-time is filled with energy-matter,
but in varying degrees of density.
"The density of the manifestation depends
upon the frequency of the Mother's vibration there. Slower or
lower frequency vibrations draw less Light into her vortex, so
there is proportionally more Will essence, and the manifestation
is therefore more dense, heavy or 'solid'.
"We will only mention another issue here
that will be discussed at length in the healing class. When the
Will is quiet, without Desire... she is vulnerable to the power-over
tactics of Lucifer and Ahriman to mate with her in manifestation.
The Mother's smoothly flowing whirlpools can be disturbed enough
to artificially induce a wobble or wiggle that can then provoke
her to open space for unloving light to mate with her... and
in this way the devils can manifest, essentially against the
"This has been a source of much suffering
for the Mother... she has been made to bear and care for creations
that she herself never wished to manifest. This phenomenon will
be discussed in the healing class because it's a serious issue
in the healing work for Body's Will.
The Seven Levels of Manifestation
will discuss this whole subject in much greater depth as he continues
his history of manifestation, and I will
also discuss later in this class the twelve continuums, but for
now I'll say that each of the seven Creations
added a new layer or level of manifestation. In each Creation,
the Mother opened an additional dimension to accommodate a more
rich, dense, varied and complex Creation. Since this is the seventh
and last evolutionary Creation in the series, this Creation has
the level of manifestation with the greatest density, what is
called the 'physical world' of matter and energy.
"Each of the other Creations are of higher
frequency vibrations, and are therefore less dense 'physically'.
They also have less fragmentation, and therefore fewer separate
manifested entities. It is the frequency of vibration in the
Will's spinning vortex that determines the density of manifestation
in any space, including a whole Creation.
"The reason this present Creation has
such dense physicality is that it has the lowest frequency, or
'slowest' vibrations, with the least Light. This also means that
the Will essence here has the deepest Desire, the greatest unfulfilled
longing, and is the most out of balance in terms of having her
Desire fulfilled. It also means that it is in the deep Hells
just beneath this manifestation where the Mother has suffered
the most, and for the longest 'time.'
"The reason this Creation is the most
rich and complex is not only because the most severe fragmentation
is here, but because the realities of each of the prior Creations
are superimposed upon the realities of this Creation. Although
it is not apparent, they seriously impact the first attention
of this Creation, and they are accessible to Body through the
"When all dimensions have unfolded, it
will be obvious that nothing in manifestation has ever ceased
to exist, nothing was truly 'temporary.' But much has been held
apart from the rest of manifestation in the phenomenon called
'death,' where one venue is enfolded in a way that apparently
separates it from all the others. In a completely unfolded reality
or venue, there are no separations like that. Everyone is free
to be wherever they wish and with whomever they wish, whenever
"With the other dimensions closed to
you as they are now, however, it seems as if time is like a line
with everything having a beginning and therefore an end. We can
assure you that while everything does indeed have its point of
origin, nothing has ever yet reached its full conclusion. The
only exceptions to this are the asuras,
the denial spirits whose right place is not in manifestation,
and who therefore are leaving this Creation now, as the healing
"If all of manifestation, all of the
seven Creations were one huge energy system, it would be as if
each Creation were one 'chakra' in the
human energy system. And since the macrocosm
is a reflection of the microcosm, this is indeed so.
"For now we'll discuss the seven fundamental
layers or levels of vibration as the seven chakras of the Hindu
system of energy centers, the seven
fundamental notes in an octave of music, before they repeat at
the next octave. And because Light is the part of manifestation
that can be most easily experienced or 'seen'... the seven colors
of the rainbow will be our primary point of reference for the
different frequencies of vibration at each level of manifestation.
First, however, we'll mention something of the first and seventh
Creations in these terms.
"This present Creation is the last Creation,
the 'Red' Creation, the musical note 'do' level of reality, the
first chakra of all that has manifested since Original
Heart. This is what is called the 'material world', but as
we've said, it is really the energy-matter world. This level
includes not only matter, but all physical energy and natural
energy like sunlight, gravity, wind, water, etc. This level of
reality, this Creation, this chakra... is the base camp of the
first attention, the Mother's Body.
There has been very little light of any kind present at this
level of Reality, and until we began the healing work, almost
no loving Light had gotten this far down into manifestation.
And what light has been here has been unloving. Much of Red is
still very dark from having been pushed so far away from the
Light in the explosion of Original Heart
"The first Creation, the 'Purple' or
'Violet' Creation is up at the other end of the scale, at the
musical note 'ti' level of manifestation. This Creation or chakra
is the least material, the farthest away from the Body of the
Mother, and the most 'Spiritual'. It is the seventh or 'crown
chakra', the purple center at the top of the head in the Hindu
system. At this level of reality there is very little Will essence
present, and nearly all of it has been in alignment with Spirit
since the beginning. This Will essence in purple has been known
as "God's Will", and this energy center has been called
the 'Throne of God' and sometimes the 'Godhead'.
"Between Purple and Red are the rest
of the rainbow colors, but for now we'll just mention their locations
in Body, and their attributes and functions. Each of these centers
is quite complex in that each represents an entire Creation,
and each has within it the attributes of all the other centers
as well. We'll come back later with more focus on each center,
each Creation... but for now we will set the outline for how
different frequencies of vibration show up in the human energy
"Indigo is located in the center of the
head and is associated with 'seeing' into and through the realities
of the second attention and their relationships with the first
attention. Indigo is a very dark and mysterious color, and this
reflects the current state of this chakra. The other side of
Indigo is clarity, and you may imagine it as a small, clear window
in the midst of a deep darkness. As your 'vision' improves, this
small window will grow larger, and the clarity there will come
more into focus.
"Blue is located in the throat and is
the chakra of Spirit manifestation and communication. This is
the level of reality that has traditionally had the ability to
invoke manifestation from the Spirit side through the vibratory
power of 'The Word'. Spirit learned long ago that if he used
his Blue Will essence to call out to the rest of Will, he could
'cause' her to vibrate in the ways he wished. As we mentioned
earlier, this power of Spirit has become horribly corrupted in
the hands of Spirit's denials, and power-over has been the result.
And of course, Blue still wields great power on Earth, in both
attentions. There will be much more in this class and in the
healing class on the right use of Blue in terms of the 'how'
of manifestation, the New Magic.
"Green is the Heart of manifestation,
and is located in the chest of Body. Here is where the balance
necessary for wholeness can be found... between not only
the upper and lower chakras, between Spirit and Mother, but between
all the other polarities in existence. Heart and Body are becoming
one as the healing work progresses and more New Heart is present.
As Heart and Body balance each other here, they balance all of
Creation. There will be more on this in the healing
"Yellow is the center of the Mother's
Will to manifest, and the human Will to be and do as you Desire.
Located in the solar plexus, it is the seat of your deepest identity as Body, and the central point
of Body's movement to fulfill our Desires.
"Orange is the Desire center of Body's
Will and where Body feels her deep longing for union with her
Right Mate... the Father in
manifestation. In the human Body Orange is located in the belly
and genitals, it is the seat of emotions and sexuality. It is
the power center of the Mother's Body, and the place of her most
vital connection with all of her fragments, and all of Creation,
for that matter.
"Red, the chakra
of this Creation is devoted to Body's survival in manifestation.
Located at the base of the spine, the root chakra is where humans
connect with the Mother's energy.
"Each layer or level of vibration, each
chakra, each Creation has different understandings and characteristics
that play into the experience of the beings who manifest there.
Humans are part of the seventh Creation, and therefore have the
experiences of their full beings in all of the prior Creations
available to them now. In other words, seventh Creation beings
have existence or 'points of presence'
in each of the other Creations, as well as this one.
"Very few humans have yet realized the
enormity and grandeur of the whole being who they truly are.
Because this Creation is the current Creation, the one that is
presently manifesting... the part of each being that is present
in this Creation is parental to all
the rest of their being, including who they were when they
first came into manifestation in the Grand Creation prior to
Purple. This is much the same as it is with the older, adult
self of a person being parental to the younger, child part of
Self. This fact, that the present time is the time of most parentalness
for all beings, will also be discussed in greater detail in the
"Will wiggles as she moves in Desire.
The vibration of her wiggling attracts Light which comes to fulfill
her Desire. A chord is struck, a spark ignites in a conception
of blazing color... and manifestation happens. On the surface
it all makes sense and is easy to understand, but 'how' it happens
and 'why' it happens remain a mystery to Spirit.
"Only the Mother herself knows how and
why, and the parts of her that know the most about manifestation
in Red are still quite lost, and suffering greatly. Body has
both Spirit's vision in the second attention of the
Mother's dream, her vision of freedom for all... and the
Mother's pain in the first attention. Body is present now, and
Body is parental to it all. Only we can heal what has never been
healed, only we can free the Mother from the bondage and torture
of Grandfather's and Spirit's denials. So, let us now make it | <urn:uuid:9c7791db-83b2-4095-8038-873e2bd2f659> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.godchannel.com/vibration.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280128.70/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00386-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.945618 | 5,168 | 1.976563 | 2 |
G creag + en *Sanquhar
Meaning of the Word: Craigsanquhar
‘Rock or crag of Sanquhar’; Sanquhar derives from G *sean chair ‘old fort’ (rather than sean chathair, with the same meaning, as suggested by Watson 1926, 222, 368). There was a hill (mons) called Adkar nearby in LOG (St A. Lib. 294), which might represent G *ath-chair ‘new fort’, contrasting with Sanquhar ‘old fort’. Neither of the eponymous structures can be identified.
History of the Lands of Craigsanquhar
By a charter dated 1380 × 1396 Robert earl of Fife granted (in an exchange of land) to William Spence (de Spensa), burgess of Perth, and Isobel Campbell, his spouse, the lands of Lathallan (Acthaland), Kilquhar, as well as the contiguous lands of Kitattie, Leuchars, and Craigsanquhar. This included the right to hold a court to try those accused of theft in these lands, with power of life and limb; but if any thief was accused and convicted in that court, he was to be hanged ‘on the gallows of the earldom of Fife’ (ad furcas comitatus de Fyf suspenderetur) (confirmed 1431; RMS ii no. 187, col. 2), presumably in Cupar. Spence and Campbell were also given ‘permission and power to have a prison in the said lands, and of imprisoning malefactors as well as (the power) of searching for and finding (them), as is called in Gaelic rannsachadh’ (et cum licentia et potestate habendi prisonam in dictis terries et malefactors incarcerandi ac etiam scrutandi et inveniendi – prout dicitur Scotice ranscauth).
OS Pathf. Craigsanquhar Farm is at NO398191.
Records on the Lands of Craigsanquhar
- Cragsumquhar 1380 x 1396 RMS ii no. 187
- Cragsumquhare 1512 RMS ii no. 3715
- Cragsunquhar 1517 Fife Ct. Bk. 252 [Kitattie (Kyttady) and Craigsanquhar; third part of Drummond of Kinnear lands]
- Craigsunquhar 1543 Retours (Fife) no. 2 [John Kinnear, son of David Kinnear of that ilk, half of lands of Kitattie (Kittadie) and Craigsanquhar]
- Craigsunquhare 1548 Retours (Fife) no. 8 [James Spence, son of Alexander Spens of Lathallan KCQ, half of lands of Kitattie and Craigsanquhar]
- Craig-Sunquhair 1596 Retours (Fife) no. 1527 [Arthur Spence, three quarters of lands of Lathallan, and half lands of Kitattie (Kittadie) and Craigsanquhar]
- Craigsonquhair 1606 Retours (Fife) no. 166 [Alexander Spence, the lands of Lathallan and half the lands of Kitattie (Kittedy) and Craigsanquhar]
- Craigsunquher 1622 Retours (Fife) no. 323 [David Kinnear of that ilk; half the lands of Kitattie, Craigsanquhar and Torr of Kedlock (Torcathlok) LOG]
- Craigsanquhare 1622 RMS viii no. 370 [William Bruce, half the lands of Kitatie alias Craigsanquhar, with tower and manor place, in barony of Kinnear]
- (half of lands of) Craigsunquhair 1625 RMS viii no. 819 [half of lands of ‘Kitattie alias Craigsanquhar’ (Kittitie alias Craigsunquhair)]
- Craigsunquhair 1627 Retours (Fife) no. 391 [James Lindsay of Kilwhiss (Kilquhus) CLS, lands of Kitattie and Craigsanquhar]
- Craigsumquhair 1643 RMS ix no. 1459
- Kittadie alias Craigsunquhar 1643 Retours (Fife) no. 648
- Craigsunkar 1674 Retours (Fife) no. 1137
- Kittattie et Craig-Senchar 1690 Retours (Fife) no. 1309
- Craigsanguhar 1828 SGF
- Craigsanquhar 1855 OS 6 inch 1st edn
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This book, whose first edition was written by Ralph P. Boas and published by Random House in 1987, reveals both the power of complex analysis as a tool for applications and the intrinsic beauty of the subject as a fundamental part of pure mathematics. This revised edition by the author's son, Harold P. Boas, himself an award-winning mathematical expositor, is an ideal choice for a first course in complex analysis, as a classroom text, and for independent study.
Distilling the subject into a lucid, engaging, rigorous account of the subject, the authors go beyond the standard material of power series, Cauchy's theorem, residues, conformal mapping, and harmonic functions. Included are accessible discussions of less well-known but intriguing topics ranging from Landau's notation and overconvergent series to the Phragmén-Lindelöf theorems.
Nearly 70 exercises, with detailed solutions, serve as models for students, and supplementary exercises provide even more material for the classroom.
- Exercises interspersed in the text, with detailed solutions, allow students to test their understanding of the material.
- Text covers the standard material on complex analysis while also discussing intriguing additional topics.
- Topics are discussed in commonly encountered terms, rather than generally and abstractly.
Table of Contents
Preface to the Second Edition
Preface to the First Edition
To the Student
1. From Complex Numbers to Cauchy's Theorem
2. Applications of Cauchy's Theorem
3. Analytic Continuation
4. Harmonic Functions and Conformal Mapping
5. Miscellaneous Topics
Solutions of Exercises
Excerpt: Overconvergence (p. 126)
When a function is defined by a power series with a finite radius of convergence, one can sometimes extend the function beyond the disk of convergence by grouping the terms of the series, that is, by considering only a subsequence of the partial terms. A power series with this property is said to be overconvergent. We are going to construct an example of an overconvergent power series; actually it is more convenient to obtain the power series by constructing the grouped series first and then removing the parentheses.
The key to the construction is a simple lemma. . . . I present it as an exercise.
About the Authors
Ralph P. Boas (1912-1992) served as MAA President (1973-1974); edited the American Mathematical Monthly (1976-81); received the Lester R. Ford Award for expository excellence in 1978 for his article "Partial Sums of Infinite Series, and How They Grow;" and garnered the MAA's Award for Distinguished Service to Mathematics in 1981.
Harold P. Boas (Texas A & M University) won the Lester R. Ford Award in 2007 for his article, "Reflections on the Arbelos," and the MAA's Chauvenet Prize in 2009 for the same article. He revised his father's Primer of Real Functions (4th edition, 1996). | <urn:uuid:99abd3c0-f1ce-451b-87ae-7d5b51d2f093> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://www.maa.org/publications/books/invitation-to-complex-analysis | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988719547.73/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183839-00394-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.917081 | 633 | 2.578125 | 3 |
Reopening Earlier Years: Discovery in SA Years: Made Available
TMA70/S29(6) & (7)
‘Made available’ in respect of any year of assessment (accounting period for CTSA) is defined as
- contained in a relevant return or any accounts, statements or documents accompanying a relevant return
- contained in any relevant claim or accompanying accounts, statements or documents
- contained in any documents, accounts or particulars supplied in connection with an enquiry into any relevant returns or claims
- information whose existence could be reasonably expected to be inferred from information available under items (a) to (c) above or information notified in writing to HMRC by the taxpayer.
Relevant returns and claims are the taxpayer’s returns and claims for the year of assessment and each of the two immediately preceding years of assessment (accounting periods for CTSA).
Information “made available” does not include information that the officer might have been expected to have sought through an enquiry into the return or otherwise .
In Langham v Veltema TL3717, Auld LJ considered two issues relating to s.29(6)
The first issue was
whether awareness or inference of actual insufficiency is required to negative the condition, or would awareness that it was questionable do.
The second issue was
what is the relevant information before the Inspector on the basis of which he could be said to have been reasonably expected to be aware of an insufficiency.
In addressing this Auld LJ concluded:
..it is plain from the wording of the statutory test in s.29 (5) that it is concerned….with what he could have been reasonably expected to be aware of. It speaks of an Inspector’s objective awareness, from the information made available to him by the taxpayer, of “the situation” mentioned in s. 29 (1), namely an actual insufficiency in the assessment….
It is a mark of the way in which the subsection provides an objective test of awareness of insufficiency, expressed as a negative condition in the form that an officer “could not have been reasonably expected…to be aware of the insufficiency. It also allows as s.29 (6) expressly does, for constructive awareness of insufficiency, that is, for something less than an awareness of an insufficiency, in the form of an inference of insufficiency..
Auld LJ considered:
It seems to me that the key to the scheme is that the Inspector is to be shut out from making a discovery assessment under the section only when the taxpayer or his representatives, in making an honest and accurate return or in responding to a section 9A enquiry, have clearly alerted him to the insufficiency of the assessment in question. | <urn:uuid:f63100fb-595f-4277-9f50-6ead28c357bb> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://www.gov.uk/hmrc-internal-manuals/enquiry-manual/em3260 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280730.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00249-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.93677 | 578 | 1.75 | 2 |
Nigel Swift wrote:
> It was very obvious in the public inquiry about the A303 proposals that those promoting the scheme did not want to fully acknowledge the important interrelationships between monuments within the WHS. Indeed it seemed to me that they were trying quite hard to avoid admitting that there was any interrelationship..?
is it not very strange at a time when oil and gas seem to be running out
that the government are still entrenched in this view that there will be
more and more cars on the road. Even if you subscribe to the view that
the world is heating due to Manmade CO2 (and I don't as there's no
evidence - and temperatures are reducing this century) the inevitable
result of reducing fossil fuel burn would be to reduce the number of car
So why when it should be obvious to everyone that we are going to need
less and less roadways in the future are we still expanding the road
network rather than taking measures to cope with a less mobile society?
It really comes down to lobby pressure.
After viewing the workings of government for some time, my conclusion is
that government doesn't act rationally, instead they simply respond to
the biggest lobby group. Whilst it is all well and good talking about
"landscape archaeology", what really matters is the lobbying of
Ministers and the number of letters falling on MP's mats from their
So, I'm afraid, whether or not archaeological concerns are addressed in
the Stonehenge landscape is purely up to whether archaeologists are
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Taking notes is truly an art form; especially in college, when you’re trying to balance information between lectures, powerpoints and readings. Of these, lectures are important because they will serve as the basic outline for your notes, which can then be filled with the most important information from readings and other outside sources that are recommended by your professor. Most professors are kind in that they won’t test you on material not discussed in class – therefore it’s safe to assume that lectures will help you discern what information is fair game for exams and what isn’t.
First off, while taking notes in class, use a black pen, that way you can distinguish these notes from any supplemental information gathered from the book. Make sure not to underline or highlight your notes until you review them on another day. This will allow you to focus more in class and will provide you with a blank canvas when reviewing the information at a later date.
Always write the date at the top of the page as well as the title of the lecture – this way you can easily organize them later on.
- Subheadings – Your professor will typically give each section of the lecture a subheading featured on their PowerPoint. Make sure that instead of just copying down the information shown; focus on taking notes based off of what the lecturer is saying. This is especially important if your professor posts the powerpoints online – then you could just easily copy down those into your notes later on.
- Indentations – Using indentions within your notes can make it much easier to identify key topics or example problems as you read your notes later on.
- Symbols and Shorthand – Using symbols can help reduce the amount of time spend on writing out long, unnecessary words. Just make sure you make use symbols that you’re familiar with, that way you don’t get confused later on. Some good examples are right-angle arrows to indicate consequences for the point that is mentioned before, or the three dot symbol (∴) to indicate “therefore”.
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Shimura H.,Yamanashi University |
Itoh K.,The Kitasato Institute |
Sugiyama A.,Toho University |
Ichijo S.,Yamanashi University |
And 8 more authors.
PLoS ONE | Year: 2012
Large quantities of radionuclides have leaked from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the surrounding environment. Effective prevention of health hazards resulting from radiation exposure will require the development of efficient and economical methods for decontaminating radioactive wastewater and aquatic ecosystems. Here we describe the accumulation of water-soluble radionuclides released by nuclear reactors by a novel strain of alga. The newly discovered green microalgae, Parachlorella sp. binos (Binos) has a thick alginate-containing extracellular matrix and abundant chloroplasts. When this strain was cultured with radioiodine, a light-dependent uptake of radioiodine was observed. In dark conditions, radioiodine uptake was induced by addition of hydrogen superoxide. High-resolution secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) showed a localization of accumulated iodine in the cytosol. This alga also exhibited highly efficient incorporation of the radioactive isotopes strontium and cesium in a light-independent manner. SIMS analysis showed that strontium was distributed in the extracellular matrix of Binos. Finally we also showed the ability of this strain to accumulate radioactive nuclides from water and soil samples collected from a heavily contaminated area in Fukushima. Our results demonstrate that Binos could be applied to the decontamination of iodine, strontium and cesium radioisotopes, which are most commonly encountered after nuclear reactor accidents. © 2012 Shimura et al. Source
Meiji Seika Pharma Co. and The Kitasato Institute | Date: 2013-06-13
An objective of the present invention is to provide novel cyclic depsipeptide derivatives and harmful organism control agents including the same as each other. Specifically, the present invention provides compounds represented by formula (1) or stereoisomers thereof, harmful organism control agents containing them, and a process for producing them.
University of Arkansas, The Kitasato Institute and Montefiore Medical Center | Date: 2013-02-11
Methods of delivering therapeutic agents by administering compositions including a bacterial collagen-binding polypeptide segment linked to the therapeutic agent to subjects in need of treatment with the therapeutic agent are provided. Methods of treating hyperparathyroidism, and hair loss using compositions comprising a collagen binding polypeptide and a PTH/PTHrP receptor agonist are provided. In addition, methods of reducing hair regrowth by administering a composition including a collagen binding polypeptide and a PTH/PTHrP receptor antagonist are provided.
The Kitasato Institute | Date: 2012-08-31
[Problem] The present invention addresses the problem of providing an anti-trypanosomal drug having a novel skeleton, in order to solve issues that occur with conventional technologies. [Solution] The present invention is based on the discovery of a microbe that produces an anti-trypanosomal drug having a novel skeleton. Specifically, this invention provides: a compound indicated by formula (I) having a trypanosomal inhibitory activity; an analog thereof; a production method therefor; and a
The Kitasato Institute and Nippon Chemiphar Co. | Date: 2013-10-15
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Consumer Credit Counseling - Debt Negotiators
"LOWER your interest rates and payments!"
"Combine your bills into ONE LOW monthly payment!"
"We can eliminate up to 60% of your debt through negotiations!"
Who are those outfits and WHAT will you get?
They promise to reduce your debts and payments, often hyping their non profit status. The non profits are usually funded by the finance industry, the goal is to reduce bankruptcies. Creditors don't want the debts discharged, they rather forgive some interest and fees and collect whatever they can.
I also reviewed some of the contracts for debt negotiators and I was appalled by the outrageous fees charged to the people who would often qualify to discharge their entire unsecured debt through bankruptcy for just a few hundred dollars.
November 4, 2001 Washington Post article:
Easing the Credit Crunch?
"When his creditors didn't receive that month's payments, Reed said, he was charged late fees, over-the-limit penalties and higher interest rates. "My credit had been absolutely spotless, but now it's ruined," he said."
Bankruptcy is often referred to as the "10 year mistake" by many of these debt negotiating and credit counseling companies.
Of course bankruptcy lowers your credit scores significantly for a few years. However, the credit counseling notation found on many credit reports for people who thought they were doing the "right thing" by paying back almost their entire debt can be worse than the bankruptcy.
Some people are lucky and those notations go away once the accounts are paid off. Unfortunately you can also end up with credit such as the scanned Equifax report below:
FACT: Your credit rating is most likely BETTER 2 years after discharging your debts than 3 years after entering a payment plan.
Yes, there WILL be creditors who won't offer you credit with a bankruptcy, even after several years. BUT, why would you need that credit?
Why would you even WANT a Home Depot charge card with a 20% interest rate when you have $$$$$ in the bank? Remember that when you discharge your debts, you then can start SAVING your money.
So, BEFORE you enter a repayment plan, you MUST get in writing that NO derogatory data will be placed on your credit reports as long as you make your payments on time. Should you find a company who is willing to do that, PLEASE post in the forum or fax that statement to me at (571) 222-1000.
Recommended reading at the forum:
Discussions on consumer credit counseling and debt negotiators - the pros and cons:
Unfortunately this is the scan of a fax, but I'm sure you can see the important highlighted DEROGATORY notations. Why Equifax does NOT list the dates for late payments on the printed version of their on-line report is beyond me -- somebody should sue them.
This is what you can expect after making EVERY payment on time to the credit counseling service:
Your credit is destroyed -- MUCH worse than if you had discharged the debts through a Ch. 7 with immediate re-established credit.
Often the creditors report LATE payments because the PRE credit counseling minimum payments are not made. It's my opinion that by accepting the new negotiated terms, creditors report those lates in violation of the FCRA. It'll be up to you to sue to find out if I'm right.
I have NEVER heard of a credit counseling service assisting with the removal of those lates or other credit counseling related derogatory data.
Unfortunately, I HAVE read of credit counseling companies actually making the payments late. In that case you'll have to sue THEM -- good luck!
I would definitely be all FOR a legitimate alternative to bankruptcy if I could FIND one.
However, all the credit counseling and debt negotiation companies I've dealt with fell way short. They were either credit industry financed "non profits" or unscrupulous debt negotiators charging outrageous fees.
NONE had a clue about credit or showed even the slightest concern with their clients' credit rating.
MOST lied about the effect their program would have on the credit when my clients asked.
Few people actually read the small print in the contracts - I did. You can't prove what they said, and they'll be happy to mail you the contract with your signature once you realize you got screwed and complain to them. Of course it's too late three or four years into the program, after you paid many thousands of dollars and you still can't get a loan because your credit is worse than that of people who discharged their debts.
I really can't make any recommendations without knowing the individual's situation, but until I find a REPUTABLE credit counseling company, bankruptcy is definitely worth looking into for those who qualify.
Also, while bankruptcy COULD be reported forever as per the FCRA and COULD result in the denial of employment, I have yet to find anyone who experienced that.
Morality, ethics and doing the "right thing"
Whether to discharge debts through bankruptcy, enter a credit counseling program, pay debt negotiators or just do nothing and ignore the collectors is a BUSINESS decision. It has NOTHING to do with morality and ethics.
Morality and ethics are a 2-way deal, to be applied to PEOPLE who would hopefully also act according to those same morals and ethics.
Institutional creditors, i.e. banks, finance companies and national stores are corporations WITHOUT morals or ethics.
They will hound people for past due payments even if on the death bed or if someone lost their job and is desperately trying to feed the kids and avoid eviction.
These corporations have no feelings. They do NOT keep promises, they lie, they cheat working Americans out of their pensions and medical benefits, they rip people off on a daily basis with deceptive and misleading ads and lots of small print people can't even read.
I had to sue TWICE this last year to get my deposits back from national corporations.
Not because they couldn't pay me, for whatever reason, but because they did not WANT to pay me. After all, most people never sue for their money.
I learned that Qwest (fka US West) is protected from liability by law in Arizona. My repeated faxes requesting the refund of my deposit were ignored by US West. They had my money for over 2 years for NO reason, as they failed to establish phone service, also for no reason and without any notification. Judge John Taylor, Kingman, AZ, did not even award me the mailing and fax expenses.
VoiceStream Wireless refunded the deposit AFTER I filed the law suit. Judge John Taylor dismissed my case, he didn't even award me the filing fees.
So, ** I ** get nothing for MY trouble when I have to sue corporate because they don't pay me.
Compare NOTHING to the fees YOU pay when you miss a few credit card payments! Those double standards are rampant in the US and are fast becoming the "New World Order."
These often multinational corporations shouldn't be confused with the local auto repair shop that's also incorporated. Many people reaffirm or voluntary pay discharged debts for professional services to doctors and dentists, local small businesses, etc. You can pay whoever you choose to pay after the discharge.
You read this page and some of the many postings at the forum and you STILL feel bad about discharging your debts through bankruptcy?
Give your spare dollars after the discharge to a charitable cause.
FYI: You see all those banner ads and get all that SPAM for debt negotiators because they pay tremendous commissions to their affiliates.
But WHY are so many radio, TV and newspaper "credit experts" recommending the CCCS?
I doubt that there is a direct kickback. I also doubt that these "experts" are just REALLY stupid and don't know any better. More likely, the credit industry reps might have a talk with the editor/producer if the truth was spread by these "financial advisors." Occasionally, a paper like the San Francisco Chronicle will actually print the truth in a special report, but it doesn't happen often.
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NIOSH manual of analytical methods, fourth edition - third supplement. Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2003-154, 2003 Mar; :63-69
This discussion will cover direct-reading aerosol photometers that are self-contained (battery-operated) and portable (can be used while carried by one person). There is a variety of direct-reading aerosol monitors using light-scattering detectors. These instruments generally have advantages in reduced weight, improved ruggedness, and continuous readout when compared with other direct-reading aerosol monitors. These instruments can be used to provide accurate dust concentration measurements as described below, though in most situations they are most useful for approximate or relative concentration measurements. Their principle advantage is that of providing real time information. An aerosol is a group of particles suspended in the air. Aerosols can be introduced into the body primarily through the respiratory system. Total dust measurements indicate concentrations that can enter the nose and mouth of a worker as well as that which can settle on the skin while the respirable fraction of dust is that portion which can reach the lower or gas exchange part of the respiratory system. The respirable fraction of the dust mass has been defined for sampling purposes by the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) as that fraction collected by a device with a penetration curve in Figure 1. There are other definitions of respirable dust [2,3,4] as well as empirical data indicating deposition efficiency of dust in the respiratory system. Historically, the most commonly used respirable dust sampling device in the U.S. is the 10-mm nylon cyclone. At a flow rate of 1.7 L/min, the cyclone passes close to 50% of 4-micrometer aerosol particles. However, it has been shown that the 10-mm cyclone has a somewhat sharper cutoff than the ACGIH curve and, with certain size distributions, may introduce a bias with respect to the ACGIH definition . Aerosols are frequently classified according to their physical form and source. Aerosols consisting of solids (e.g., coal, wood, asbestos) are designated dusts. Aerosols consisting of liquid (e.g., oil, water, solvents) droplets are called mists. Submicrometer aerosols that are formed from condensation or combustion processes are generally called fumes or smokes. Some of these aerosols have a significant vapor pressure and will evaporate when aged. The direct-reading photometer may detect these high vapor pressure aerosols while the reference method for respirable dust (Method 0600) will not. | <urn:uuid:3298b379-0bcc-4e13-920c-7a46a4fb4e04> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/nioshtic-2/20025727.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281419.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00493-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.919441 | 575 | 3.03125 | 3 |
1-Sentence-Summary: Managing Oneself is a guide to developing a skillful persona and learning more about your strengths, weaknesses, inclinations, and how you collaborate with others, all while making yourself more knowledgeable about how to thrive in your career.
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We live in an ever-changing world, where market demands fluctuate, personal needs and values change at a much faster pace than before, and so does the working environment. To navigate these winds of change and the dynamicity of our world, you’ll have to improve yourself and develop skills that can lift you.
Way too often, individuals lag behind their peers due to a lack of direction. Managing Oneself delves into the self-improving strategy we all need, starting with knowing yourself, to focusing on your strengths and communication style. Being successful despite our weaknesses is a powerful skill itself. So, how can we achieve it?
Let’s take a look at three of the best ways to improve yourself and achieve success starting from your native values:
- Know your strengths and weaknesses by conducting a feedback analysis.
- Understand your communication style and how you work with others.
- Work on your second career to keep yourself engaged and challenged in your working life.
Lesson 1: Start your self-development journey by learning about your strengths and weaknesses
Much like everything that holds a true, intrinsic value in life, your future success needs a foundation to lie upon. Starting from a feedback analysis, you’ll have to discover what are your strengths and weaknesses and how to work with them in any endeavor you engage with.
You can start by carrying out a feedback analysis of your key actions. Whenever you make an important decision, make a note about what your expected outcome is. One year later compare the expectation with the reality. Ask yourself what your strength and weaknesses were in the process and how they affected the outcome.
This process is highly important in your feedback analysis. In time, it’s crucial to know what your areas of strength are, and implicitly, what you should be bringing forth, and what you should be working on. Consequently, knowing your gifted areas allows you to look for skills to sustain them and enhance them.
Nevertheless, a feedback analysis also implies knowing your core values and also checking up on yourself to see if your work reflects them. Don’t work for a mission or a place that goes against your belief system, because it’ll affect your performance and moral compass.
Lesson 2: How you communicate with other people tells a lot about where you belong and how you can do the job
Understanding what your collaboration style is, if you’re a reader or a listener, if you prefer to rule or listen to a leader, communicate with your team, or work solo, are all crucially defining factors of your professional persona.
Communication is a key element of anyone’s life and the network we form plays a huge role in our success story. Therefore, mastering and tailoring it to our persona is essential. The enhance your relationships, you must first acknowledge that everyone else is an individual just like you.
They have dreams, hopes, aspirations, fears, and pain points. To get things done together, you must know the strength and weaknesses of each other. Your part is to learn about your interlocutor and take responsibility for the communication. You have to let them know what you’re good at and what you want.
Stating what your expectations are, what are your values, boundaries, and work style is only going to enhance communication. However, to know what those are, you’ll have to carry on a feedback analysis, which sets the pace for all your endeavors.
Lesson 3: A second career might be the key to a fulfilled, challenging, thrilling life
Talking about a second career while you might not have the first one figured out yet doesn’t sound like something you’d want to jump straight into, but hear me out! Many people focus their lives on their core professional endeavor, without leaving much room for lateral growth.
Then, the mid-life crisis hits, and they find themselves burnt out and loathing their job. Others feel like they’ve reached the top of their career ladder and that their work no longer provides meaning to their lives. For this reason, starting a second career might be the right choice.
Essentially, there are three ways to develop a second career:
- The first is obvious: starting that career.
- The second one is to develop your side career on top of the existing one and work your way around it when the time allows for it.
- The third way is to start a non-profit organization or find a way to gove back to your community.
However, if you want to fit this concept into your life will make you gain a higher sense of accomplishment and joy in your professional life. Having more areas of interest and fulfilling multiple passions will help you reach a state of self-actualization and enjoyment.
Managing Oneself Review
Managing Oneself presents a way out of your head and into the objective reality, where you have strengths and weaknesses, relationships to maintain, working environments to face, and altogether a persona to work on. This book can help you tap into your highest potential and work with what you’ve got by helping you discover your inner talents and build skills that match them. Reading this book will help you thrive in your personal and professional life.
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Bigleaf Hydrangea Blooms
Who doesn't love hydrangeas? Fill your garden with popular, lush bigleaf hydrangeas for classic crowd-pleasing blooms.
Plant this hydrangea variety for bright blooms. Its mop-head flowers bloom green and peach and mature to hot pink. Hardy from zones 5 to 9.
Abracadabra hydrangeas have silky, jet-black stems which contrast beautifully with the pink blooms in the summer. Since bigleaf hydrangeas like this one have shallow roots, they can benefit from 2 to 3 inches of shredded bark mulch.
You can't go wrong with 'Cityline Berlin' hydrangeas. They have thick, glossy, deeply quilted foliage and big, full flower heads.
This part sun to sun shrub yields long-lasting flowers. It grows well in both landscapes and containers, but if you grow it in a container, it should be planted in the ground in the fall.
'Cityline Paris' has pinkish-red flowers that mature to green, and it works well in mixed containers, as cut flowers or as a hedge. It's also very mildew resistant.
'Cityline Rio' brings deep blue to purple blooms. Add aluminum sulfate to the soil to encourage bluer color. As a Cityline hydrangea, Rio is compact and does not need pruning.
This bigleaf hydrangea variety features pink to blue blooms and grows 2 to 3 feet tall and 3 to 4 feet wide. The color of the blooms depends on the acidity of the soil. The more acidic the soil, the blooms are more likely to be blue. In slightly acidic to alkaline soils, the blooms boast lilac to pink colors.
The smallest of the Cityline series, Vienna also blooms blue or pink, depending on the acidity of the soil.
'Let's Dance Big Easy'
A reliable reblooming hydrangea, this beauty has large, vivid mophead flowers that change from pinkish-green to pink and sometimes back to green. If you love to cut hydrangeas, this one is for you.
'Let's Dance Blue Jangles'
This low-maintenance garden grower prefers moist, well-drained soil. Its sturdy frame and beautiful mophead blooms make it perfect for containers.
'Let's Dance Diva'
Needing part sun to sun, 'Let's Dance Diva' is easy to maintain. Her petals are large and pastel in color and flowers on both new and old wood.
'Let's Dance Moonlight'
This hydrangea delights all year long beginning with its vibrant, mophead blooms in the summer and continuing through fall when it offers great fall foliage colors.
'Let's Dance Rave'
Petals vary from rich violet-purple in acidic soils to saturated pink in more basic soils. Easy to maintain, this variety grows to 2 to 3 feet in height and requires part sun to sun.
'Let's Dance Starlight'
'Starlight' requires regular watering and partial shade to full sun. This repeat bloomer produces vivid coloration and glossy foliage—great for mass plantings, containers or cutting.
'Let's Dance Rhythmic Blue'
'Rhythmic Blue' is a reblooming hydrangea that blooms even after harsh winters and improper pruning. It's compact and mainly produces rich blue blooms.
The unique feature of this hydrangea is its double florets. The part sun to sun shrub stands up well to heat.
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This work was supported by the Office of Naval Research.
Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
Sonar, Signal processing, Underwater acoustics
The waveguide invariant summarizes the pattern of constructive and destructive interference between acoustic modes propagating in the ocean waveguide. For many sonar signal-processing schemes, it is essential to know the correct numerical value for the waveguide invariant. While conventional beamforming can estimate the ratio between the waveguide invariant and the range to the source, it cannot unambiguously separate the two terms. In the present work, striationbased beamforming is developed. It is shown that the striation-based beamformer can be used to produce an estimate for the waveguide invariant that is independent of the range. Simulation results are presented.
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Last week, the British Phonographic Institute (BPI) prepared to sue a pirate proxy service. Also, a collection of music industry stats pointed to exactly how the music industry is evolving. And media writer Sharmin Kent examined why creating a real community will be critical to rebuilding the music industry.
BPI vs. the Pirate Party
Britain’s music industry trade association the BPI announced it is making moves to sue the Pirate Party UK for providing access to The Pirate Bay, which was banned by the High Court in April. The Pirate Party extends across a number of European countries and is opposed to entities that prevent information from being exchanged freely via the Internet. The group created a proxy late last spring that bypasses the government’s ban; almost immediately, this website became one of the 150 most-frequented sites in the region.
A music industry representative told the BBC that the BPI has tried to settle with the Pirate Party outside the courtroom without success. The organization asked the Pirates to shut down the proxy website, but was met with threats. Pirate Party head Loz Kaye said the group will not acquiesce: ““It is clear that we are facing a significant threat, and we will have to fight it. And fight it well, not just for the sake of the Pirate Party, but because of the principles at stake. I have always believed that it is not just enough to have principles, you need to act on them too, even if it gets difficult … I joined the Pirate Party because I passionately believe these are political issues. For every new person who starts to ask questions about digital rights, that’s a win. For every new person who stands up and gets involved, that’s a victory,”
Kaye added, “Geoff Taylor of the BPI has written to me to say we should expect a letter from their solicitors.” Kaye also told TorrentFreak that the Party is fully prepared for an expensive fight in court.
However, Kaye shared with TorrentFreak that there was still no legal paperwork: “As of Saturday [December 10], if paperwork has been filed then we are unaware of it. If the BPI chose to file a lawsuit then we will deal with it as we become aware of it. We would have thought they would have preferred to talk to us first, but it is their choice as to what they do.”
Kaye and the Pirate Party also highlighted the damage that can be done by government website blocks: “Blocks now seem to have been used against services like Promo Bay, with the BPI being given significant power on deciding what they think should and shouldn’t be blocked. I would add that up until last week we had not been contacted by any party to ask us to take it down.”
Despite threats to fight against the proxy being taken down, the Pirate Party lacks the funds to engage in a lengthy court battle. It runs through donations from the public and is also currently engaged in a fundraiser to deal with this potential legal issue. The BPI is funded in part by major music labels.
“13 Interesting Stats about the Music Industry”
The website Pigeons & Planes outlined the 13 most fascinating effects of the music industry’s on-going and rapid evolution this past week. The stats below paint a realistic – and surprisingly optimistic – picture of the current music business and where it is headed.
#1: Streaming plays beat out radio spins 132 to 1 in 2011. Radio has not been rendered completely powerless, as it still helps break superstar artists, but it has weakened significantly as a music delivery method. In 2011, radio spins hit 158 million, whereas streaming plays were 21 billion. The numbers don’t tell the whole story in and of themselves, but they do point to the fact that the streaming music is still growing rapidly and companies like Shazam could soon be capable of taking over.
#2: Justin Bieber’s YouTube play count > the population of China and India put together. The population of China and India together is 2.6 billion. Justin Bieber’s VEVO account has earned 3,169,095,027 views. Adding the number of collaborative videos between Bieber and artists like Chris Brown, etc., the number is closer to 4 billion. This number is also 4/7 of the earth’s current population.
#3: Digital music revenue will top $8 billion worldwide in 2012. Despite grim pictures painted of the declining music industry, digital music sales and options for listening and distributing music online have experienced rapid and steady growth over the past five years. Projected digital sales for 2012 are $8.6 billion, with $5 billion of that coming directly from the U.S. Strategy Analytics reported, “Streaming revenues will increase 40 percent in 2012 – to $1.1 billion – whilst download revenues will increase by 8.5 percent to $3.9 billion … Therefore, streaming services will take over as the leading revenue growth engine for the music industry in 2012 …”
#4: The cast of Glee has been on the Billboard Hot 100 more times than any other artist. The Beatles, Aretha Franklin, Elvis, James Brown, Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder, Elton John, Frank Sinatra, the Rolling Stones, Lil Wayne are some of the artists that have most frequently charted on Billboard. However, none can match the charting power of the cast of Glee.
#5: The four major labels are responsible for 88% of album sales. In June, Nielsen announced that Sony, Universal, Warner and EMI still accounted for almost 88% of album sales. Thus, the “old school” industry is still in control of sales, despite all the new methods that have emerged for listening to music.
#6: Spotify is responsible for streaming 1,500 years-worth of music. While artists may not be seeing significant revenue from this outlet yet, there is no questioning that Spotify has exploded and will continue to grow.
#7: VEVO has paid $200 million in royalties to artists since 2009. This means it has paid brought more royalties to artists than any other music video service. Of course, the entirety of the payments may not have gone to artists yet (some go partially to labels, etc. or may still be stuck in the SoundExchange distribution system), but it still represents additional income.
#8: U2’s 360° Tour raked in $736 million. Starting in 2009, this two-year tour brought in $200 million more than the Rolling Stones’ giant A Bigger Bang Tour.
#9: Rihanna’s Man Down cost $1 million. The cost for producers, studio time, radio and publicity on Rihanna’s latest album really added up. Marketing was a huge percentage of this amount. However, Man Down shows how expensive and unwieldy it can be for major labels to try to “guarantee” a hit record. It also shows what these labels are willing to do in order to ensure their continued success.
#10: The entertainment industry has spent more than $1 billion on lobbying since 1996. Major corporations within the music, film and television industries spend millions trying to come up with fair policies for artists, listeners and employees. The RIAA alone has spent $30 million on lobbying since 2007.
#11: Clear channel will have $10.1 billion-worth of debt by 2016. Half of Clear Channel’s revenue comes from the over 800 domestic radio stations and 5,800 syndicated affiliates. Clear Channel’s performance could pick up naturally if it embraces partnerships with digital radio and other music services.
#12: Physical full album sales in 2012 will be lower than they have ever been in the past 18 years. However, physical copies still make up half of all albums sold. These figures point to the fact that technology has made singles easier to sell.
#13 Vinyl sales are growing. Despite the decline of CD sales, vinyl has become more and more popular during the past six years. 3.2 million records were sold in 2012, a 16.2% increase over last year.
Community and the Music Industry
An article written by media writer and music industry analyst Sharmin Kent “New Marketing Songbook: How the Music Industry is Building Community” explored the different ways the music business has been rebuilt around the idea of community, and the many existing channels that will continue to bring artists, fans and other music industry players closer together.
Last week, Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich publicly gave Spotify his blessing by offering up the entire Metallica catalog and reconciled with Napster co-creator Sean Parker. He admitted that the original battle was not about money, rather “just about control.”
Of course, P2P file sharing has been a hotly-contested debate since the 1990s and has sparked billions of dollars-worth of lawsuits. Above all, it offered up a new business model that gave the old order the choice to either adapt or fall. And P2P networks put the control of music listening and discovery back into the hands of the fans.
More than a decade later, labels have learned to work with the Internet and its many channels, including YouTube, personal social media accounts, etc. And artists are more connected to their fans – and thus their fans’ money – than they ever have before. The Internet has created the opportunity for artists and fans to build thriving online communities and for labels to satisfy music fans more readily with massive catalogs.
It took 10 years of kicking and screaming and millions in lost revenue for record companies to finally decide to come find their audiences where they were – on the Internet and streaming music. According to Kent, Spotify in particular shows that a balance can be struck between variety and control and potentially still make money for artists and record labels.
And sharing through social media platforms – aka, sharing through interactive online communities – is what has really helped services like Spotify, Pandora and Last.fm thrive. Social networking channels have proven themselves to be as powerful as some of the online channels artists and labels once feared – ones that previously leaked tracks and other information. They create an opportunity for musicians to get feedback from fans and keep these fans happy by offering them special experiences like free merchandise, live performances and concert tickets that draw music lovers close to them.
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Previous studies have demonstrated that following stroke, motor impairment can occur ipsilateral to the lesion. Such impairments have provided insight into the contributions of each hemisphere to movement control, showing that left and right hemisphere damage produce different effects on movement: Left hemisphere damage produces deficits in specifying features of movement trajectory, while right hemisphere damage produces deficits in achieving an accurate and stable final position. We now propose that left and right hemisphere damage should also produce different deficits in the adaptation of trajectory and position. To test this idea, we examined adaptation to visuomotor rotations in the ipsilesional arms of hemiparetic stroke patients with left (LHD) and right hemisphere damage (RHD). We found that LHD interfered with adaptation of initial direction, but not with the ability to adapt the final position of the limb. In contrast, RHD interfered with online corrections to the final position during the course of adaptation. These findings support our hypothesis that the control of trajectory and steady-state position may be lateralized to the left and right hemispheres, respectively.
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- Clinical Neurology
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The Taj Mahal
On Monday night, MG Road was dressed in festoons of lights and flowers in anticipation of nightlong celebrations.
Music of all kinds played: the qawwali hamd in praise of Allah, paeans to Babasaheb Ambedkar set to Bollywood tunes, and bhajans to Sherawali Mata in the small temples dotting the 10km road running through Agra.
Sufi hymns wafted outside the dargah of Shah Alauddin Mujzub. The Ambedkar faithful huddled outside the stalls set up to celebrate his 123rd birth anniversary.
In this multiple manifestation of faith and politics, was there a place for the Sangh-BJP’s version of Hindutva that seeks to subsume the smaller strands of beliefs under a pan-Indian version of nationalism?
“If you equate the BJP with Hindutva, then, sorry, I am not a Hindutvawaadi,” said Sujit Khandelwal, a businessman, standing outside a Mata Mandir.
“I live in a city that respects every religion. We have taken care to preserve the historic monuments, the churches and dargahs going back to the medieval and Moghul times and British rule.”
He added: “If you ask me whether I shall vote for the BJP in these elections just because I am a Hindu, my answer is that I am undecided, because the Samajwadi Party candidate is very good.”
The BJP won from Agra in 2009. Five years later, its outgoing MP, Ramshankar Katheria, is battling unpopularity, largely arising from complaints of being “inaccessible” to the cadre and “unhelpful” to the people at large.
Katheria’s campaign manager Naveen Jain, like several of his peers in Uttar Pradesh, is banking on the “Modi wave”.
“Sure, we’ll lose votes, but the Modi factor is working to the extent of 10 to 15 per cent in Katheriaji’s favour,” Jain said.
A Sangh pracharak (whole-timer) admitted that there was “no place for Hindutva” in the BJP’s discourse.
“We are using nationalism to the extent of telling people that this is an election to vote in a stable national government on big issues like development, economic growth, securing the country’s borders and so on,” he said.
“We are not saying that Hindutva is equal to nationalism. Our target audience is the city’s youths. Issues like the Ram temple and cow slaughter ban make little sense to them.”
As one crosses the riot-scarred Jat homeland of western Uttar Pradesh and moves into the region southwest of Bareilly, called Braj Bhoomi because Krishna was born in Mathura, the electoral context changes. There is no place for the Hindu-Muslim polemics that dominated poll talk in Moradabad and Amroha.
Rasoolpur-Puthi, the first village outside the Bareilly area, is something of a signpost for how normal these elections can be. It is part of the Badayun Lok Sabha, which had elected the Samajwadi Party’s Dharmendra Yadav in 2009.
A nephew of Mulayam Singh Yadav, Dharmendra leveraged his kinship ties to deliver goodies galore to Badayun: a medical college, longer hours of electricity, an overbridge, better roads.
But Kuldeep Singh, a dairy farmer, couched his support for the Samajwadis in ideological idiom: “We dislike the BJP because it is a jhagdeloo party (one that instigates conflicts). Modi is the most jhagdeloo politician.”
As communal fault-lines recede, caste dominates the equations. Gajendra Patel, who manufactures mint oil and calls himself a Samajwadi sympathiser, works out the caste arithmetic in Badayun.
“The farmers and the backward castes, or at least most of them, are with Mulayam. Even Kurmis like me are with him because he has given seven tickets to Kurmis while the BJP has given only four,” Patel said.
“The Muslims too are with the Samajwadis. Because Modi is from a backward caste, 10 to 20 per cent of the Other Backward Classes may go with him.”
Little wonder then that as the “Modi wave” recedes and familiar equations dominate the scene, the BJP has cause for worry.
Last week, Indrajit Singh Chouhan, elected as Agra’s mayor from the BJP, quit and joined the Samajwadis, taking away with him a huge chunk of Dalit-Valmiki votes.
Jatavs make up the largest sub-caste among Agra’s Dalits. So far they have indicated they would vote for the Bahujan Samaj Party. Therefore, the BJP’s strategy was to work on the other Dalit sub-sections like the Valmikis.
“If we increase our core strength by taking away leaders like Indrajitji, there is a fair chance we may get the 10 to 15 per cent floating votes that could take us to the winning post,” claimed Samajwadi spokesperson Avneendra Yadav.
Fatehpur Sikri, Agra’s neighbour, exemplified how local concerns trumped the “big picture” the BJP’s appeal was centred on.
Mahavir Singh, a former pradhan of Jaingara village, disputed the existence of a “Modi wave”, arguing that if there was one, the BJP had snuffed it out by fielding a “rotten” candidate, Choudhary Babu Lal.
Babu Lal was with Ajit Singh’s Rashtriya Lok Dal until recently and defected after he was denied a ticket. “There was a ripple of support for Modi. But once the BJP announced its candidate, it was over,” Mahavir said.
Conversely, Akshay Yadav, the Samajwadi candidate in Firozabad, is up against a formidable caste wall despite having a notionally unbeatable Muslim-Yadav axis on his side.
His rival, the BJP’s S.P. Singh Baghel, a military science professor at Agra College and a former Mulayam associate, has succeeded in coalescing the non-Yadav castes, including the Dalits.
B.P. Singh, a Dalit doctor in village Makhanpur, explained how the dynamics worked: “The Yadavs rule the roost; they bully the rest of us. We will be silent until polling day. But the Samajwadis will get their comeuppance through our votes. Wait and see.”
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In another moment he had beaten off the Hyena-swine with the handle of his whip
, and he and Montgomery were keeping away the excited carnivorous Beast People, and particularly M'ling, from the still quivering body.
The driver of the cart slashed his whip at my brother, who ran round behind the cart.
My brother, with the cabman's whip marks red across his face and hands, scrambled into the chaise and took the reins from her.
reiterated Crimsworth; and to complete his apostrophe, he cracked the whip
straight over my head.
As the man entered they looked furtively at the bull whip which trailed from his right hand, and then glanced fearfully at one another as though questioning which was the malefactor on this occasion.
Number One wished to have her for his very own; nor would it be a difficult matter, so fragile was she, to gather her up in those great, brute arms and carry her deep into the jungle far out of hearing of the bull-whip man and the cold, frowning one who was continually measuring and weighing Number One and his companions, the while he scrutinized them with those strange, glittering eyes that frightened one even more than the cruel lash of the bull whip.
That was why Sheldon did not have to do it, for when he had counted one, Astoa reached out his hand and took the whip
which you please) must be attributed to the whip
, which was garnished with a massive horse's head of plated metal.
The young woman stepped into the cab; the doors shut with a bang; Jerry's whip cracked in the air; the crowd in the gutter scattered, and the fine hansom dashed away 'crosstown.
He sang an ancient song of Killisnook and brandished his whip like a baton.
The lazy brutes, I'll show them," he cried, preparing to lash out at them with the whip
Winkle pulled at the bridle of the tall horse till he was black in the face; and having at length succeeded in stopping him, dismounted, handed the whip
and he picked up the whip
, preparing himself with relish to flog the little mare.
One often sees them, at the tables in the Castle grounds, using their whips
or canes to illustrate some new sword trick which they have heard about; and between the duels, on the day whose history I have been writing, the swords were not always idle; every now and then we heard a succession of the keen hissing sounds which the sword makes when it is being put through its paces in the air, and this informed us that a student was practicing.
I have seen men and women beaten by whips
and clubs and fists, and I have seen the rhinoceros-hide whips
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Just as concern about our disaffected youth seems to be getting absurdly out of control and becoming a despairingly permanent fixture on our news radar, along comes a media friendly academic to reassure us that it has ever been thus.
Yes, yootful human nature has always inclined to disturbing the peace with covered heads according to Professor Robert Bartlett of St Andrews whose expertise in Medieval history confirms that the teenage apprentice boys of London would run riot in the city, released from the restrictions of home and family. The Telegraph reports, "Hooded tops were worn by most citizens during medieval winters, he said, and they also served to hide the identity of young miscreants." A fact not lost on our shopping centres.
This topical piece of historial continuity serves as promotion for BBC4's new series "Inside the Medieval Mind" which will also shockingly reveal that British people have always inclined towards superstition, getting drunk and shagging. Anyone else get the feeling that these opening credits might be the best thing about this show?
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The town of Bodie, known as the “one-time metropolis of Mono County” and “one of the wildest mining camps in the west,” experienced an unstable history of booms and busts during the California Gold Rush. In 1859—eleven years after the first discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill—gold was found at Bodie by William S. Bodey, after whom the town was named. Immediately, pioneers rushed for the gold at Bodie; but with a new discovery at nearby Aurora in 1861, Bodie and its mines took a large popularity hit. It wasn’t until Aurora’s mines were nearly exhausted—in combination with an unexpected climb in the value of Bodie Mine—that the town began to boom again.
Between 1876 and 1880, the town of Bodie—now a thriving metropolis—was at the height of its success. Bodie’s mines were said to have produced gold valued at more than 100 million dollars. During this time, the town was home to more than 8,000 residents and contained hundreds of buildings including 65 saloons, a red light district, a Chinatown, a Methodist Church and more. During its heyday, Bodie also gained a reputation for being “near lawless” as gold and money poured through the city and the “Bad Men of Bodie” made a name for themselves. In just one issue of the Bodie newspaper, three shootings and two stage holdups were reported.
After 1881, much of Bodie’s mines had been exhausted—as was its public interest—when the town’s school and post office were closed and its residents left. Today, a state park, Bodie is one of the best known and well-preserved “ghost towns” of the west. As a result of fire and age, less than 5% of Bodie’s original buildings remain. Nonetheless, remnants from more than 150 original buildings, including the Methodist Church, the James Stuart Cain home, the jail, the Miners’ Union hall, the Odd Fellows hall and several cemeteries remain at Bodie.
The Bodie State Historical Park is located on Highway 270 (12.8 miles east of Highway 395 and 19.8 miles southeast of Bridgeport).
Learn even more about Bodie at the Bodie State Historic Park nomination page.
Mono County is a rugged—yet beautifully scenic—region of high desert and Sierra peaks that holds dearly a colorful mining history from the days of the California Gold Rush. It is said to have received its name from the term “Monache,” which was applied to the Native Americans inhabiting the region prior to settlement. Mono County was formed in 1861 from parts of Calaveras and Fresno county territory; however, its eastern boundary remained undetermined for several years. When lines were finally drawn in 1863, Mono County’s first county seat—Aurora—ended up in Nevada. Bridgeport became the new county seat, and remains in that position today. Home to historically important Gold Rush towns such as Bodie and Dog Town, remnants of pioneer mining activities can still be seen today. | <urn:uuid:02a9f072-d05e-4479-883f-084ab6816688> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.sierranevadageotourism.org/content/bodie-no-341-california-historical-landmark/siefcb71958317d69808 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560282140.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095122-00130-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.984644 | 665 | 2.671875 | 3 |
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Eighteen-year-old Erica Arrendondo is a serious student with her sights set on a career as a veterinarian. Then, after his mother dies a sudden, accidental death, Erica’s boyfriend, Danny, turns to drugs and alcohol to escape his grief. As his life spins out of control, Erica struggles to help Danny get back on track. After a tragic turn of events, Erica finally realizes that she can’t save Danny, and that she is losing herself in the process of trying. Thus begins the difficult task of finding the strength and will to put her own life back together.
Book 5 in the True-to-Life from Hamilton High Series by Marilyn Reynolds
“Topics such as keeping parents unaware of sexual relationships, the trauma of rape, the stress of college applications, the rewards of volunteerism, and the threat of AIDS are all gently interwoven into the main story of the trials of young love. The characters are compelling and the novel itself almost impossible to put down. The writing is superb and the realistic tone sets this book alongside the best of the genre. This fifth entry in the series about students at Hamilton High is an excellent addition to any YA collection.” —School Library Journal | <urn:uuid:a7c81423-5db6-4c4b-9c9a-67d02f5d4034> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://newwindpublishing.com/product/but-what-about-me/?add-to-cart=1452 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572127.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815024523-20220815054523-00267.warc.gz | en | 0.961918 | 253 | 1.757813 | 2 |
Book Review: “It’s Kind of a Funny Story”
Reviewed by Julian Turner
Set in the bustling, unforgiving New York City of present day, Craig realizes that even in a city of millions, one can feel utterly alone.
The main character of It’s Kind of a Funny Story, Craig Gilner, has wanted nothing more than to get into one of New York City’s most elite high schools, Executive Pre-Professional High School. However, when he gets in, he soon realizes that it is not what it seemed. This sends him into a depression of immense proportions, one that threatens to lead him to suicide if he does not get help. Fortunately, he realizes that he is not in a healthy place and checks himself into the local hospital’s psych ward. Once there he gets all the help he needs and more.
When I picked It’s Kind of a Funny Story off the shelf and read the short summary on the back, I knew that it would be an interesting read. What I did not know was that it would have me reading continuously for three hours, only stopping when my stomach growls got too loud to ignore. The book left me on the edge of my chair, err bed, waiting to read the ending. Once I reached the ending, I realized that reading the novel had changed me just as much as going through the events in it changed the main character.
Julian Turner is a junior in the gifted program at Hahnville High School. He enjoys playing soccer and running track.
Editor’s note: Book reviews are published weekly in agreement with Hahnville High School gifted English teacher Deborah Unger in conjunction with the Brown Foundation Service Learning Program.
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Are you Greek?
by Chris TDAQ
Another in a series of educational and entertaining culture tests. Chris is a translator (also a student majoring in clinical psychology) living somewhere in southern Greece.
Greek Taffee is good too
- You know about the concept of freedom of speech but you think it applies only to yourself.
- You're very familiar with popular culture figures such as Despina Vandi, Anna Vissi, Sfakianakis, Antzela Dimitriou, Ploutarkhos, and you probably know all the nasty little details of their (ex-)private lives.
- You're familiar with Thanasis Veggos, Aliki Vougiouklaki, G. Dalianidis' films, and a whole series of black and white films dating from the late '50's to the early '70's.
- If you're male, you are a soccer fanatic and you probably deem yourself qualified to give advice to the coach of the National Team. It would be unthinkable for you not to support one of the major Greek teams. You also know some things about basketball. Baseball, cricket and American football are exotic kinds of entertainment, widely (and inexplicably) appreciated beyond the seas.
- You expect to have at least three weeks of vacation a year.
- You live in a secular country but you believe in God, and 'of course' you are Christian Orthodox. BUT: You don't observe fast days, you swear like a bargee and afterwards you make the sign of the cross-- fortunately your God is a good fellow and will forgive you after all. You believe that the Orthodox Church owns a great deal of property (movable and landed) and Orthodox priests still have a plenty of influence.
- You think that fast food like McDonald's, Burger King, or KFC isn't expensive and/or prestigious. There are better (tastier, healthier) alternatives for about the same price.
We invented democracy; doesn't mean we're good at it
- You put salt in your food before you taste it. You eat at a table, sitting on chairs. You take it for granted that Greek cuisine is the best in the world. You savor delicacies like tzatziki, souvlaki, gyros, and feta cheese. Many Greek dishes include olive oil-- sometimes too much of it. The abundance of olive oil serves another noble purpose: the making of papara-- a chunk of bread dipped into the oil. You think the rest of the world eats bland, boring food.
- Turkish Coffee is Turkish; but you probably prefer to call it Greek coffee. You drink tons of coffee, especially frappe, or freddo.
- You own a telephone and a TV. And a car. You possibly have a PC as well, although you don't know how to use it. You probably own the latest model cellular telephone-- even if you don't really need one.
- You don't have a dirt floor. Your house is well-heated in the winter, and frozen in the summer because you've got air conditioning and you keep forgetting which is the 'power-off' button.
- Your mum does your laundry in a washing machine, up till your 30s. You 'll always be "her naughty little boy/girl", even if you are a pensioner.
- If you are over 50, it probably takes you 4-8 minutes to dress-- and you dress in an incredibly bad way-- though according to you, your outfit is a classic one.
- You don't consider insects, dogs, cats, monkeys, horses, guinea pigs, or snakes to be food. Snails used to be savored by older generations but they're all dead now, so snails are not an endangered species anymore.
- A bathroom is the room where the bathtub, shower, and toilet is. Often times the washing machine is in there too. Next to the toilet you keep lots of newspapers and magazines, since you spend a great deal of educational time in there.
- You don't understand the whole privatization movement (telephone system, airlines, and power/utility companies etc.), especially since you know that corrupt politicians will make any profits disappear fast. On the other hand you don't like state monopolies either.
- You gamble like crazy. You also bet on soccer games about 2-5 times a week. Traditionally, you never get a break.
- You expect that the phones will work-- and they do. However, depending on where you live, getting a new phone for your apartment could be tedious, like anything that involves bureaucracy.
- A train is a transportation alternative used by students, immigrants, soldiers and other minorities. Trains are slow and always over-heated. Cheap, though.
We invented ... er, well, never mind
- There are a gazillion political parties in your country, but you'll still vote for one of the two major parties: PASOK (the socialists) or ND (the conservatives). You have difficulty finding decent politicians to vote for. You know that politicians from any party are all concerned with the same thing: filling their own pockets. You know that politicians will always foul things up no matter what their orientations.
- You are sick and tired of politicians buying your vote in exchange for a rousfeti-- a special favor, like appointing you or your child to some public office, etc.
- You think most problems could be solved if only people would put aside their prejudices and agree with you.
- You trust the court system, even if you don't use it. You know that if you went into business and had problems with a customer, landlord, supplier, or the state itself, taking them to court would be easy. But it could take months or years until a final decision is reached.
- You may have learned some English, but you may have to resort to gestures when an English-speaking tourist says something really difficult (e.g. "Where is the Acropolis?").
- You think that ANY tax level is scandalously high. That's why you try desperately to evade paying taxes; Eforia (the Greek equivalent for IRS) is your favorite enemy.
- School is free but expensive. It lasts 9 years (12, including senior high).
- University is normally four years long-- unless you want to waste precious parental resources. The word "college" might confuse you because in your language a koleyio is a private high school. There are no private universities.
- Yoghurt comes in plastic bowls. Shaving cream comes in tubes or cans. Milk comes in plastic bottles and in cardboard boxes.
- You use the day/month/year format: 25/03/1821. (You probably know what happened on that date.)
- The decimal point is a comma. A dot is used for thousands and millions.
Do you have 2500 years of history to learn?
- You expect to marry for love; but the marriage of your parents was probably arranged by their families. You get married at city hall. A religious marriage has official validity too.
- If a man has sex with another man, he's a homosexual. That's OK, as long as he doesn't share this information with others.
- Once you're introduced to someone, you can call them by their first name, but according to social status and the context at hand... you can still call them by their first name.
- If you're a woman, you don't go to the beach topless, unless you're in great shape.
- On television, films are usually subtitled. In movie theaters, they are also subtitled. Latin-American soap-operas are dubbed though.
- You can't seriously expect to be able to transact business, or deal with the officials, by paying bribes. But of course there are exceptions. Some friends in the right places would help, of course.
- If a politician has been cheating on his wife, you would question his ability to govern.
- If you live in the city, just about any store will take your credit card.
- A company can fire just about anybody it wants. But it will also hire anybody
- You rarely eat bacon, but you will have kokoretsi (i.e. fried sheep intestines) at Easter.
- Labor Day is May 1st. Of course it's a holiday.
- You probably know the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Michael Jackson, Elvis Presley, Madonna and anybody who's currently on MTV (according to your age, of course). You don't really understand classical or jazz music.
- You're not going to die of cholera or other Third World diseases... but unless you can afford private medical insurance, you don't want to get ill... that would mean spending long hours in hospital corridors waiting for a physician who will be not appear until next Thursday. The situation is changing though.
- No volcanic eruptions or hurricanes in this country. On the other hand, earthquakes and floods are somewhat frequent.
Not that we're after a Greater Greece
- You studied ancient, medieval (Byzantine), and modern Greek history at school. This situation led you to conclude that until WW I, there were no other nations on the planet. But despite these school-based efforts, you know almost nothing about Greek history either.
- Your country has been conquered twice, by two foreign nations. The first conquest lasted about four centuries, and the second (during WW II) lasted about three years. You filled in the gaps with civil wars, riots, national disunity, and four or five military coups. You never get bored in this country-- that's for sure.
- You live in a small country (slightly smaller than Alabama), but you keep thinking that you are the center of the universe. Of course, a billion Chinese couldn't care less.
- You expect the military to defend peace, not get involved in politics (as it did back in 1967). You aren't able to name even one of the chiefs of staff. Mandatory military service still exists and lasts 12 months. But the proportion of volunteers and professionals is growing fast.
- You're used to having a wide variety of choices for almost anything you buy-- if you can afford it, of course.
- You measure things in meters, grams, and liters. Temperatures are measured in Celsius degrees.
- You are not a farmer, but chances are high that some of your ancestors were.
- The people who appear on the most popular talk shows are: politicians (ranging from mayors to ministers), other journalists, talentless entertainers, singers, or sleazy models. AND priests. But no one wants to watch authors, classical pianists or nuclear physicists on TV-- they'd better write a book.
- You drive on the right side of the road-- or anywhere else as necessitated by circumstance. You stop at red lights, if there are people around, or if you need to light a cigarette. If you're a pedestrian, you will fearlessly cross the street, anywhere you please, whether the light is green or not. Of course you run yellow lights!
- You consider the VW Beetle to be a smallish car. However, to you it is a VW Katsaridaki (i.e. 'little cockroach')
How can I trust a government that would hire someone like me?
- The Albanians are an uncivilized people, born thieves, who hate you because they want to build Greater Albania.
- The Macedonians are an uncivilized people, distorters of history, who hate you because they want to build Greater Macedonia.
- The Bulgarians surely want to build a Greater Bulgaria, but they are too damn poor to put their dark plans into practice.
- The Turks are bad fellows who committed all sorts of atrocities against you since 1453-- to say nothing of the Cyprus issue; of course they want to build Greater Turkey.
- The police are armed and have submachine guns in some parts of the big cities.
- If you are a traditional male, a woman should be slim, fit and-- what the heck-- a professional model. Eventually, of course, you 'll get married to a woman a bit plumper than the average. If you are a traditional man, you are hairy-chested, and presumably have some extra kilos-- but that's an asset when it comes to women, isn't it?
- Greek men are the sexiest in the world and they are real macho womanizers-- or so you like to claim.
- If you're male, you profoundly espouse the classic maxim "all women are hookers, except for my Mom and my sister."
- The biggest meal of the day is in the evening-- or any other time you see fit.
- You used to hear a lot of jokes about the Turks, but now it's more likely to be Albanians.
- If you live in Athens, there are parts of the city you would want to avoid at night -especially if you are alone. You don't have this problem in the rest of the country.
- You feel that your kind of people aren't being listened to enough in Athens.
Space and time
- You live in a country that has the greatest percentage of public servants/officials in Europe. You 've got a 40% chance to be a public servant yourself, and you definitely have a relative or close friend that is.
- There's no inflation anymore-- but there are lots of unemployed persons.
- You care very much about what family someone comes from. VERY much. Period.
- The normal thing, when a couple dies, is for their estate to be divided equally between their children.
- Opera and ballet are rather elite entertainments. It's likely you don't see that many plays, either. There are too many theaters in Athens though. There are many dance parties and raves all over the country (especially in the summer). For older generations, there is an abundance of paniyiria (that is local fairs) with folk music, folk cuisine and lots of cold beer.
- Christmas is in the winter of course. You'll have a Christmas tree and exchange gifts. You also develop-- out of the blue-- warm, kind and humanistic feelings for virtually ANY human being (excluding those bastards that 'steal' your parking spot).
- You think that social security should help the less fortunate, but it often gets abused, which is a Really Bad Thing. You would not be in favor of eliminating social security and Medical Assistance, however.
- There sure are a lot of lawyers in your country-- AND a lot of jokes about them, too. There are also too many doctors (maybe more than in any other european country), but they usually strive to get a job in Athens area, letting the rest of the country die waiting for an ambulance to arrive. The ambulance crew usually consists of nurse-assistants, that can't tell an axe wound from a heart attack. There are some really good hospitals all over the country, though.
- You have to obtain an ID card sometime between the 16th and 18th year of age.
- If you are late for an appointment, you'll mutter an excuse if you're 10-30 minutes late. 45 minutes late is still tolerable in some quarters. You don't do that if it is your first date with the girl of your dreams-- at least, not until you have sex with her.
- When if you're talking to someone, you can't feel comfortable if they stand more than 50 cm away.
- You expect to bargain for houses, cars, antiques, and most items sold at open-air markets. After all, everyone who is in the selling business is a crook, and everything is always overpriced.
- If you have guests, you will serve them anything available. And they'd better accept it.
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|New American Bible|
2002 11 11
IntraText - Text
1 Come to our aid, O God of the universe, and put all the nations in dread of you!
Raise your hand against the heathen, that they may realize your power.
As you have used us to show them your holiness, so now use them to show us your glory.
Thus they will know, as we know, that there is no God but you.
Give new signs and work new wonders; show forth the splendor of your right hand and arm;
Rouse your anger, pour out wrath, humble the enemy, scatter the foe.
Hasten the day, bring on the time;
crush the heads of the hostile rulers.
Let raging fire consume the fugitive, and your people's oppressors meet destruction.
Gather all the tribes of Jacob, that they may inherit the land as of old,
Show mercy to the people called by your name; Israel, whom you named your first-born.
Take pity on your holy city, Jerusalem, your dwelling place.
Fill Zion with your majesty, your temple with your glory.
Give evidence of your deeds of old; fulfill the prophecies spoken in your name,
Reward those who have hoped in you, and let your prophets be proved true.
Hear the prayer of your servants, for you are ever gracious to your people;
Thus it will be known to the very ends of the earth that you are the eternal God.
2 The throat can swallow any food, yet some foods are more agreeable than others;
As the palate tests meat by its savor, so does a keen mind insincere words.
A deceitful character causes grief, but an experienced man can turn the tables on him.
Though any man may be accepted as a husband, yet one girl will be more suitable than another:
A woman's beauty makes her husband's face light up, for it surpasses all else that charms the eye;
And if, besides, her speech is kindly, his lot is beyond that of mortal men.
A wife is her husband's richest treasure, a helpmate, a steadying column.
A vineyard with no hedge will be overrun; a man with no wife becomes a homeless wanderer.
Who will trust an armed band that shifts from city to city?
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Welcome to Kelley Blue Book's KBB Green
Here at Kelley Blue Book we have our fingers on the pulse of vehicle buyers, because understanding what you need and want to know is critical to our mission of helping you make good vehicle purchase decisions. And these days it doesn't take a rocket scientist (or an anthropological climatologist) to determine that a large percentage of you want answers to the vexing questions that surround us concerning important issues like global climate change, the depletion of fossil fuels and the search for alternative energy sources. But we haven't just used our intuition to determine that many of you have big questions about the future of the environment and the next car you choose; instead we have empirical proof. As part of our constant efforts to deliver the information you need, we routinely survey the car-buying public to see what is on their collective mind. Looking at the results, it is obvious that you feel you need to know more about the above-mentioned issues and the new technologies that attempt to address them. And it is obvious that there are very real divisions on the questions of the severity of the current situation and what we should do in response. All of which doesn't just affect what vehicle you buy -- our area of special expertise -- but also how you live your life day-to-day.
Despite what some say, there is a great deal of debate among the experts and advocates on the crucial questions of global climate change, fuels and the environment. Some feel very strongly that the Earth is in imminent danger and that only decisive, immediate action can help turn the course away from the abyss. Certainly former Vice President Al Gore, through his Oscar-winning documentary, "An Inconvenient Truth," is a staunch advocate of this position. At the same time, other voices, like meteorologist and Weather Channel founder John Coleman, state that there is no crisis at all or that the issue is colossally overblown.
What does the American public feel? To get those answers is one of the many reasons we recently ran a study of consumers' attitudes regarding these timely topics. We discovered that, just as there is a divide among the experts and advocates, there is a sharp divide among the citizenry. When asked which of four statements most accurately described their position on these issues, nearly one-quarter (23 percent) said, "I believe the environment is in immediate danger, and I have taken serious steps to avert the crisis." That, of course, represents a very significant number of Americans -- in fact something on the order of 69 million people. There is another group, nearly as large (17 percent), that has a diametrically opposed view. They most agree with the statement "I do not believe our environment is threatened, and I am concerned with the economic costs to 'fix' the problem." Another eight percent say, "I do not know whether we are in an environmental crisis or not."
Obviously, this indicates that the public is strongly divided. But if you are quick at math you've already noted that the majority of the public is unaccounted for in the totals above. What does that 52 percent have to say on all this? Well, the majority opinion is "I believe there are moderate threats to the environment, but they can be solved without a significant change in my lifestyle."
To us at Kelley Blue Book, these results have very serious implications. If the 23 percent who feel the planet is in imminent danger are correct, they clearly have to persuade a significant portion of the other 77 percent that the crisis is real; it is right now; and it will take personal sacrifice to solve. If, on the other hand the 17 percent who not only do not feel the environment is threatened but also fear the huge changes in lifestyle and the trillions it might cost to reverse the growth of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere are correct, they must persuade millions more of the truth of their position. Finally, if those in the middle are correct, they have to fear the extreme positions on either side while they try to maintain their lifestyle largely as it is today without spending time or money on programs and efforts that are useless or, worse, damaging. Certainly, there can be no greater goal than determining the truth amid all the rhetoric and setting both a public policy and a personal course that answers the needs and hopes of people to have a better life while protecting the sanctity of the planet on which we live.
Because of the sheer importance of this topic -- the very life and death of our planet -- we think you deserve to hear the truth and so it is our goal to deliver that to you. When it is impossible to state flatly that "this is the truth," as is the case in so many of these issues, we feel it is our duty to inform you of both sides of the questions, so you can make educated judgments on your own.
With this as a background we have created a "Green" site that is unlike any other. Rather than stifling debate, we hope to stimulate it. Rather than fostering one point of view at the expense of others, we hope to create dialogue. We think the combined wisdom of the experts whose opinions we enlist and the millions of visitors to our site will advance the cause of truth on these critical issues.
Has mankind caused global warming? Does global warming currently exist? Are hybrid vehicles the answer to our reliance on fossil fuels? Are hybrids over-hyped and under-effective? Should my next car be gasoline-, electric-, hydrogen- or diesel-powered? Are there sources of automotive energy lying right under our noses that are under-utilized? Is an increase in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere an imminent threat to our safety and health? Are carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere meaningless? If I'm looking for overall economy is my best bet a diesel, hybrid or a gasoline powered car? Should I consider a natural-gas car? Or hold out for a fuel cell vehicle?
These are among the myriad questions we will address here at KBB Green. We frankly admit we don't have all the answers, but we are also confident that the information we deliver combined with the feedback you and your fellow citizens contribute can help all of us get closer to those answers than ever before. We expect it to be an exciting and illuminating journey, and we welcome you to participate in the ride.
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In the Sparkle Sleepytime story, “Malcolm the Chipmunk,” Malcolm the chipmunk loves to snuggle. He loves it more than anything else. His parents, however, can't snuggle all the time. So Malcolm finds other clever ways to burrow up so that he can feel the hugs and squeezes he loves so much.
I have not conducted scientific studies on this, but I think most of the world can fairly be divided into burrowers and cover-kickers. In our house, we're evenly faced off. On the coldest, darkest night of winter, my daughter and husband will kick off even the lightest blanket. On the hottest, steamiest summer day, my son and I will still burrow under heavy comforters to take an afternoon nap.
But no matter which camp you fall into, everybody enjoys a fresh, cool pillowcase.
This week's craft is a super simple pillowcase. If you have an older child learning to sew, this would be a great starter project. For younger kids, you'll probably have to make it for them, but my kids really loved going to the fabric store and getting to choose their own patterns and prints.
If you like to be frugal in buying fabric, our standard size pillows used exactly 2/3 of a yard of the main fabric to complete this project. If your pillows are bigger or you don't want to live dangerously, just get a yard. That will give you more than enough to trim your pillowcase to the exact size you need, and the extra scraps are fun for making little doll quilts or ribbons for wrapping presents.
Whether your kiddos are Team Cover-Kicker or Team Burrow, a special pillowcase is a sweet way to send them off to camp or summer sleepovers with a little extra love.
Simple Homemade Pillow Cases
2/3 to 1 yard main fabric
12 inches contrasting fabric
Rotary cutter and/or scissors
Pillowcase that already fits your pillow
[Note: I was making two different pillowcases as I was doing this tutorial. Where you see either the fabric with paw prints or the pink fabric with gold dots, it's the contrasting fabric. Where you see either the dinosaur fabric or the floral “Alice in Wonderland” fabric, it's the main fabric. Additionally, all seam allowances are ½ inch, and you should backstitch at the start and end of every line of sewing.]
Then, fold the contrasting fabric in half horizontally, and press the fold. Keeping the fabric folded, sew a line through both layers about ½ inch from the edge of the fold you just made.
You should now have something that's starting to look like a pillowcase.
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The Sparkle Kitchen Series is created by Meryl Carver-Allmond.
Meryl lives in a hundred year old house near the prairie with her sweet husband, two pre-schoolers, one puppy, one gecko, and about ten chickens. While she's been writing since she could pick up a pen, in recent years she's discovered the joy of photography, too. She feels lucky to be able to combine those skills, along with a third passion--showing people that cooking for themselves can be healthy and fun--in her weekly Sparkle Kitchen posts.
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What is Unclaimed Money?
Generally, unclaimed moneys are classified into the following categories:
- All sums of money which are legally payable to the owner and have remained unpaid for a period of not less than one (1) year after they have become payable.
- Salaries, wages, bonuses, commissions and other payments due to employees;
- Dividends and profits declared for distribution;
- Insurance claims which have been approved for payment;
- Bank drafts, cashier's orders and other documents of similar nature which the validity period has elapsed;
- Fixed deposits (without automatic renewal instructions) which have matured;
- Tender deposits for which the intended purposes have been fulfilled;
- All sums of money to the credit of an account 1 that has not been operated in whatever manner by the owner for a period of not less than seven (7) years.
- Savings accounts
- Current accounts
- Fixed deposits (with automatic renewal instructions) 2;
- All sums of money to the credit of a trade account which has remained dormant for a period of not less than two (2) years.
Key factors that cause such moneys turned over to the Registrar of Unclaimed Moneys are:
- change of address without notifying business contacts;
- forgetting about small deposits of money in bank;
- the owner dies and his or her legal heirs are unaware of the moneys;
- leaving an account with low balance instead of closing it;
- bank mergers resulting in name changes and branch closings and owner is unsure of which bank holds an account to which he or she has entitlement;
- lack of financial understanding on the part of the owner.
Under the Unclaimed Moneys Act 1965 (Malay: Akta Wang Tak Dituntut 1965
), such sums of money will be transferred to the Registrar of Unclaimed Moneys. The owner of the unclaimed moneys may recover the moneys from the Registrar either in person or in writing
The Accountant General of Malaysia 3 (Malay: Akauntan Negara Malaysia
) was appointed as the Registrar of Unclaimed Moneys on June 1, 1975.
- Refers primarily to bank accounts and accounts with other financial institutions.
- The seven (7) years period shall start from the date of the last standing instruction given by the owner. Only the initial receipt of a standing instruction is considered a transaction operated by the owner. The periodic implementation of the standing instruction performed by the banking institution will not be considered a transaction operated by the owner.
- The official website of Accountant General's Department of Malaysia (Malay: Jabatan Akauntan Negara Malaysia)
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A liquid partially fills a container. Explain why the temperature of the liquid decreases if the container is then partially evacuated. (Using this technique, it is possible to freeze water at temperatures above 0°C.)
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Looks Like IP Is About To Slow Down Innovation In Clean Tech
from the there-goes-that-idea dept
The clean tech market has been an interesting one to watch, because it certainly has not needed patents to keep people interested. Lots of companies have been jumping into the market, realizing that the world needs better energy solutions, and recognizing that those who successfully crack that nut won't have to worry about patents, but about being able to actually serve the demand. But, those who look at innovation entirely through the spectrum of patents would like to paint a different picture. Reader bretton points out that a recent document sent around by a big law firm is pushing the idea that patents will be essential for "fostering innovation" in clean tech (pdf). Of course, studies (and history) have shown exactly the opposite... but, of course, more patents would be good for the law firm and its business.
At almost the same time as that link was sent over, Michael Koch alerted us to a discussion of how some big companies are suddenly very interested in patents on clean tech. It notes that, prior to this year, there was very little interest in the clean tech community for patents or patent issues, but as the new administration talked up the importance of working together and sharing information (even across borders) to further the goal of actual innovation (rather than the hoarding of ideas), suddenly the US Chamber of Commerce unleashed its lobbying muscle to demand that patents be a big part of this:
However, this situation changed dramatically in the spring and summer of 2009 with the advent of the Obama administration making public statements about sharing technology related to energy. In reaction, the United States Chamber of Commerce, a leading lobby representing businesses, is expressing growing concern that moves to spread new energy technologies to developing countries could erode the IP rights that have driven commercial efforts to innovate for generations.Such an effort could certainly help advance some of the important scientific research and innovation in clean tech issues... but of course, this new lobby is having none of it:
Late in May 2009, the group and representatives of General Electric, Microsoft and Sunrise Solar gathered in Washington to launch the Innovation, Development & Employment Alliance, or I.D.E.A. The initiative is aimed at pressing Congress and the Obama administration to ensure that global climate-treaty talks do not weaken protections on who can profit from new technologies that provide abundant energy without abundant pollution. The creation of I.D.E.A. has been widely noted, with some alarm, in the IP "watchers" community, and likely means the status of alternative energy as a less-observed IP sector is finished for good....
The new Secretary of Energy, Steven Chu, a Nobel Prize winner, has publicly supported collaborating with developing countries - in particular China - and sharing all IP rights of the resulting technologies. He has already pushed forward with a new U.S.-China Clean Energy Research Center, developed with $15 million dollars each from the U.S. and Chinese governments, and designed to create innovative technologies for building energy efficiency, clean coal (including carbon capture and storage) and clean vehicles. In addition, Secretary Chu is advocating for the development of open-source building energy-efficiency software that will make it cheaper and easier for developers to implement energy saving measures in new buildings, both in the U.S. and in emerging economies like China and India.
In reaction, I.D.E.A.'s first act was to back the Larsen-Kirk Amendment to the Foreign Relations Authorization Act (H.R. 2410). The amendment calls on the President, the Secretary of State and the Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations to uphold the existing international legal requirements for IP rights and avoid any weakening of them for the UNFCCC in the context of energy and environmental technology. The Amendment passed the House with a 432-0 vote. It was described as an amendment to protect U.S. green jobs and U.S. technology innovation.Of course, the reality is exactly the opposite. If we don't make the necessary innovation breakthroughs then there won't be that many US green jobs at all. It's stunning in this day and age that politicians can still be convinced that such protectionist policies protect jobs rather than limit them. Getting serious innovation in the clean tech market will create tremendous job opportunities. Focusing on who gets to own the patents (and blocking foreign collaboration) at this stage only delays the ability for the US to create those jobs and to move to better energy options.
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Thirty years ago, America’s Space Shuttle program had risen from the depths of despair—following the calamitous loss of Challenger—to a triumphant return-to-flight and the three surviving orbiters, Columbia, Discovery and Atlantis, were beginning to establish a tempo for a resumption of mission operations. In November 1988, two months after STS-26 finally laid Challenger’s ghosts to rest, several new shuttle crews were announced for the following year.
One of them, the crew of STS-33, included retired U.S. Navy Naval Air Reserve rear admiral Dave Griggs, who would the most senior military officer ever to fly aboard the shuttle. Griggs had flown once before and would be embarking on his first flight in the pilot’s seat, but only six months later, on 17 June 1989, he lost his life in a shocking tragedy that no one could possibly have foreseen and which altered the face of STS-33 forever.
Labeled “a superb pilot” by fellow astronaut Jeff Hoffman, Griggs came from a naval aviation background and his stern, moustached countenance would not have been out of place in the portrait of a Civil War officer. Born in September 1939, he graduated from the Naval Academy and flew the A-4 Skyhawk on three overseas cruises to the Mediterranean and Vietnam, before attending Naval Test Pilot School at Patuxent River, Md. Griggs resigned from active duty in 1970, earned a master’s degree and joined NASA as a civilian research pilot, although he remained a naval reservist.
He served as project pilot and later head of the Shuttle Training Aircraft (STA) office, participating extensively in the design, development and testing of its systems. Selected as one of the first class of shuttle astronauts—the so-called “Thirty-Five New Guys” (TFNGs)—in January 1978, he had already accrued over 8,000 hours in high-performance jet aircraft, as well as flight instructor certification and over 300 carrier landings in more than 45 distinct aircraft. Even today, Griggs remains one of the most experienced pilots ever picked for astronaut training.
He was selected for his first shuttle flight in September 1983. Originally slated for launch in the summer of 1984, it was extensively delayed and its payloads shuffled, before being canceled and the entire NASA crew—Commander Karol “Bo” Bobko, Pilot Don Williams and Mission Specialists Rhea Seddon, Jeff Hoffman and Griggs—shifted to another mission in early 1985. By an incredible stroke of cruel luck, that flight, too, was canceled, but only weeks later, on 12 April, Griggs and his fellows launched aboard shuttle Discovery on a seven-day flight which deployed two commercial communications satellites. Significantly, one of those satellites suffered a malfunction shortly after departing the payload bay and Hoffman and Griggs performed the first-ever “contingency” spacewalk of the shuttle program to effect makeshift repairs.
Griggs was listed as pilot of the Earth Observation Mission (EOM), scheduled for August 1986 but canceled following the tragic loss of Challenger at the start of that year. The entire astronaut corps effectively stood down as efforts got underway to bring the shuttle program back online and in November 1988 he was appointed as pilot for STS-33, then targeted to launch on 10 August 1989. Griggs would be joined by Commander Fred Gregory and Mission Specialists Manley “Sonny” Carter, Kathy Thornton and Story Musgrave. Their four-day flight would deploy a classified payload for the Department of Defense. However, by the early summer of 1989, changes to the shuttle flight manifest had pushed STS-33 into the fall, with an expected launch date no sooner than the second half of November.
Early on 17 June, Griggs was preparing for a weekend air show in Clarksville, Ark., flying alone in a single-engine, 1940s-era AT-6 vintage airplane. Shortly after 9:10 a.m. CDT, according to eyewitnesses, he was performing aileron rolls, when one wing accidentally touched the ground and the aircraft crashed into a wheat field, just south of the town of Earle. “Griggs was flying for the McNeely Charter Service, a private air service based in Earle,” noted Arlington National Cemetery, where Griggs is buried. “The plane hit the ground in a field of wheat near the company’s hangars.”
As highlighted by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) in its July 1990 final report, an eyewitness saw Griggs’ aircraft approach McNeely Airport in Earle from the west, “low and slow”, as if preparing to land. “Then it was maneuvered to an inverted attitude over Runway 8 at 50-100 feet,” the NTSB report noted. “After remaining inverted for a short time, the aircraft was rolled back to an upright attitude. However, as the aircraft rolled upright, it angled to the right side of the runway, descended and crashed. The witness said the aircraft seemed to “slip” sideway as it rolled to the upright position, before crashing.”
Tragically, Griggs lost his life in the accident, aged just 49. According to the NTSB, Griggs “had visited with a prominent AT-6 pilot and had expressed special interest in the AT-6 pilot’s routine involving inverted flight. The AT-6 pilot had provided info, but advised the astronaut against performing rolls in the AT-6 at low altitude.” The board found that the accident arose from improper planning and overconfidence, which resulted in the pilot’s loss of control, coupled with inadequate altitude and airspeed. It was a sad end for a skilled aviator who had, by 17 June 1989, accumulated an impressive 9,500 flying hours and might have gone on to command a Space Shuttle mission of his own.
Griggs’ passing sent shockwaves through the astronaut corps. In his memoir, Riding Rockets, veteran shuttle flyer Mike Mullane remembered seeing STS-33 astronaut Kathy Thornton—her cheeks soaked with tears—walk into Houston’s Outpost tavern after the funeral and numbly place a wreath of flowers onto the bar.
However, amidst the tragedy, the harsh light of reality continued to glare. With STS-33 only months away, Griggs’ seat as second-in-command needed to be filled. A first-time shuttle pilot was undesirable at short notice, so veteran astronaut John Blaha—newly returned from piloting STS-29, earlier in the year—was slotted into the crew. He had already been assigned to a later flight, but his place was taken by “rookie” Sid Gutierrez.
According to Fred Gregory, it was his choice to pick Blaha. “I liked John,” he told an interviewer for CollectSpace.com in September 2011, and felt that his recent flight experience would make him an ideal fit.
For Gutierrez, the assignment came totally out of the blue. “We were not expecting any new assignments tobe announced for another month or so,” he told AmericaSpace’s Ben Evans in an email correspondence. “I did have some idea that I was getting close and I had reviewed the upcoming missions. It was summer and we headed off on an extended family vacation driving to the East Coast, visiting relatives in Ocean City and touring sites around D.C. We then planned to stay at a friend’s cabin in West Virginia before starting the drive home. It was the days before cell phones or even personal pagers, so I left my assistant with good phone numbers to reach me up until leaving the cabin in West Virginia. From there on back to Houston I told her we would just drive along and stop when and where we felt like it. So, there were a few days where she could not reach me.
“While reading a paper in DC we learned of the tragic accident involving Dave,” Mr Gutierrez continued. “I thought briefly about the possibility of a funeral at Arlington but heard nothing. It did not cross my mind that his death would have an impact on my flight assignment. We got home on the weekend and slept in. Late in the morning I wondered out into the front yard to pick up the newspaper. My next-door neighbor was out doing something, and he said: “Congratulations.” I thought that he was being sarcastic and making a joke about making it through an extended family vacation driving across the country. I turned to him and said something about not yet being awake. He realized I had missed the point and added: “I was talking about your flight assignment.” I looked at him inquisitively and said: “What do you mean?” He said: “It is in the paper. Not that one. It is old news. It happened days ago.” He quickly realized I had no idea I had been assigned. He gave me some idea of what day it had occurred, and I went back in, rummaged through the pile of old papers and found the article where NASA announced my assignment. I told Marianne and she congratulated me. Of course, we were sad that it was a result of an unfortunate accident.
“I got a call from the STS-40 Commander Bryan O’Connor. He officially notified me I had been selected and explained how they had tried in vain toreach me. They planned to notify all the crew members before the official announcement, but they tried to reach me about half an hour after we had left the cabin. They called the owner of the cabin, who was a manager at NASA Headquarters, and he said: “Sid is gone. You missed him.” After being advised by my assistant that we were out of contact somewhere along the Skyline Drive, they went ahead with the official announcement.”
So it was that shortly after midnight on 23 November 1989, shuttle Discovery rose from historic Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida, bearing Gregory, Blaha, Carter, Musgrave and Thornton on their classified mission. Five days later, after a highly successful flight, Gregory and Blaha guided their ship to a smooth touchdown at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. But the memory and legacy of Dave Griggs was not to be forgotten. In fact, emblazoned on the STS-33 crew patch—alongside the surnames of his former crewmates and a stylized eagle of the United States—was a tiny gold star.
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Is gold a good investment?
Gold proponents have historically viewed it as a safe harbor asset that protects purchasing power from inflation during difficult economic times, as it tends to hold its value over the long term despite fluctuations. The point here is that gold isn’t always a good investment. The best time to invest in almost any asset is when there is a negative sentiment and the asset is favorable, which offers significant upside potential when it returns to favor, as stated above. Gold comes in many forms, so one may be better suited to your investment strategy than another.
You can buy physical gold coins or gold bars, but they must be kept in a secure environment. This could include paying a fee for a broker, bank, or other company. Since the price of gold tends to be less volatile than stocks, gold is considered a comparatively safe investment. People use gold and other precious metals to diversify their portfolios and act as a hedge when other investments fall in value.
Gold is also an important tool for investors. Because it has a very low and even negative correlation to other asset classes, it is one of the most effective volatility hedges you can own. A gold investment should also pay off on inflation yields, especially if monetary policy leads to hyperinflation. Ultimately, you should use the same portfolio management strategies for allocating gold as you do for purchasing other investments.
Although it is no longer a primary form of currency, gold is still a solid, long-term investment and can be a valuable portfolio addition, especially in a bear market. Although it is no longer a primary form of currency in developed countries, gold remains a popular investment for a number of reasons. In practice, however, a passive buy-and-hold investment strategy may be best suited for the normal gold investor. But how much gold should investors add to get the maximum benefit? The portfolio allocation analysis (based on the pioneering work of Richard and Robert Michaud) shows that investors who hold between 2 and 10% of their portfolio in gold can significantly improve performance.
Since gold is one of the few assets that perform well in a bear market, consider whether you’re feeling bearish or bullish and use it to round off an aggressive, stock-heavy portfolio. The best time to invest in gold is when inflation is expected to prevail and lower the value of the national currency. Investing in gold bars and coins brings with it a number of new challenges, such as storage, transportation and insurance. This investment should not be based on a view of gold price, but on gold’s low correlation to other asset classes.
With an assigned gold account, the investor owns certain gold pieces that the bank cannot use for other purposes. There are many benefits to investing in gold, including hedging against other investments and the diversity it can bring to your portfolio. Investing in gold stocks requires an understanding of the industry and all the factors that influence stock prices. However, gold is likely to retain its value, and it is difficult to imagine gold investors being wiped out.
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|Just when you think its time for the Champions of
Justice to use some superpowers and rectify the problems you have investigated, everything
fades away and you find yourself back on your bed. Was it all just a dream? Your head
aches, you remember things. You have learnt so much that it seems as though it has to be
real. You scramble around, trying to find the comic and find it on the floor. How did it
turn out? What was the ending? You turn to the last page. The page is blank!
You flick through the other pages of the comic book only to discover the story is exactly the same as your "dream". You decide to finish off the last page of the comic yourself to share your new found knowledge with others. After all, the more awareness you create about the Rights of the Child the better!
But what else can you do about these
Rights, in your school? in Australia? in the World?
There is a list of websites that "Take Action". Click here to find out.
Just as a Champion of
Justice cannot save everyone, you cannot help everyone. But you can make a significant
improvement to the lives of some and and by raising awareness in others.
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The answer is: larger and more active governments lead to greater satisfaction.
Patrick Flavin and co-authors found that people who live in countries with larger and more active governments are happier than those with smaller governments:
"...regardless of the specific measure used, we find that citizens living in countries with a larger and more active government report higher levels of life satisfaction even after accounting for a host of alternative explanations. Moreover, the substantive effect rivals that of other traditional predictors of life satisfaction."
The difference in self-reported satisfaction is about the same as that between being married vs. unmarried, and the difference does not depend much on one's affluence.
The difference isn't large: the average satisfaction (as defined and measured by the study) for the U.S. is only 0.07 standard deviations below the mean of 15 industrialized countries (for a list, see page 9 of the study -- it's essentially the OECD). Enough worth emigrating for?
Flavin said "the research is focused only on the link between government intervention and life satisfaction and not whether it achieves economic growth or such goals as reducing poverty or violent crime.... To the extent that it is a primary task of democratic governments to secure the well-being of their citizens, studying what government activities make citizens happier helps inform the 'politics vs. markets' debate.'"
I doubt this will sink into the heads of most Americans anytime soon, because, you know, it's far more important that gays not be able to marry than that all American have a sound education, health care, security in retirement, and adequate food and housing.
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This is a brief overview of information related to FDA’s approval to market this product. See the links below to the Summary of Safety and Effectiveness Data (SSED) and product labeling for more complete information on this product, its indications for use, and the basis for FDA’s approval.
Product Name: FLAIR Endovascular Stent Graft
PMA Applicant: Bard Peripheral Vascular
Address: 1625 West 3rd Street, Tempe, AZ 85280-1740
Approval Date: July 23, 2007
Approval Letter: http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/cdrh_docs/pdf6/p060002a.pdf
What is it? The FLAIR Endovascular Stent Graft is used to treat a stenosis, a narrowing or blockage, which has developed at the connection of a vein and an arteriovenous (A-V) access graft, known as the venous anastomosis. An A-V access graft acts as an artificial blood vessel that can be used repeatedly to draw blood with a needle during hemodialysis. The FLAIR Endovascular Stent Graft is a flexible, self-expanding tube made of ePTFE (expanded polytetrafluoroethylene) and a metallic support structure known as a stent, which holds the device open within the vein and A-V access graft. The stent graft is compressed into the end of a long, thin, tube-like device called a delivery catheter so that it can be implanted in the body.
The FLAIR Endovascular Stent Graft is the first endovascular system approved to treat a stenosis at the venous anastomoses of an A-V access graft.
How does it work? The FLAIR Endovascular Stent Graft is used after balloon inflation is performed to open the narrowed segment in the A-V access graft. The delivery catheter containing the endovascular graft is inserted into the A-V access graft and placed across the narrowed segment that has just been opened with the balloon. The endovascular graft is then released and self-expands so that it is pressing against the A-V access graft and blood vessel to keep the area open.
When is it used? The FLAIR Endovascular Stent Graft can be used to support or hold open a narrowed or blocked area at the connection of the A-V access graft and natural blood vessel. The FLAIR Endovascular Stent Graft is used instead of two other treatment options: 1) balloon angioplasty alone to open the narrowed segment or blockage in the A-V access graft; or 2) surgery to remove the blockage.
What will it accomplish? Use of the FLAIR Endovascular Stent Graft will restore blood flow at the venous anastomosis of an A-V access graft and keep the area open longer compared to treatment with balloon angioplasty alone.
When should it not be used? There are no known contraindications to use of the FLAIR Endovascular Stent Graft.
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In this guide, we will be focusing on pressure ulcers and what they are, who gets them, and what are the different grades of a pressure sore. 700,000 people in the UK are affected by pressure ulcers each year and between 80 to 95% of these cases are preventable1.
Do you know how much pressure ulcers cost the NHS?
In the UK the occurrence of pressure ulcers costs the National Health Service (NHS) more than 3.8 million pounds every day. The cost of a nurse accounts for 90% of the overall cost for treating pressure ulcers.
(Excellence, 2014; Wood, 2019)
What is a pressure ulcer?
Pressure ulcers (known also as pressure sores, bed sores, and decubitus ulcers) are areas of skin that have been subjected to sustained amounts of pressure, resulting in the skin and tissue becoming damaged. Constant pressure on a vulnerable area of the body results in the circulation of blood being cut off, which leads to the decay of the affected area. Extended pressure occurs when a person is sat or laid in a particular position on a static surface for a long period of time. Pressure ulcer development can happen to anyone, however typically they usually affect those who are confined to a bed or sit for long periods of time in a chair or wheelchair.
Early signs of a pressure ulcer – category 1
Pressure ulcers will develop over time, but this can be as little as a few hours. They can affect any part of the body that’s exposed to pressure. The most common areas of the body for pressure ulcers are bony provinces such as heels, elbows, hips and base of the spine/ sacral region.
In the early stage of a pressure ulcer part of the skin will start becoming discoloured, those with pale skin will have red patches while those with dark skin often get purple or blue patches on their skin. These discolorations on the skin won’t turn white when pressed and the patches will feel warm, spongy or hard to touch.
It's common for pain or itchiness to occur in this area, all of the above are commonly referred to as a category 1 pressure ulcer in which recovery time is around 2-3 days.
Older signs of a pressure ulcer
If a pressure ulcer is left untreated, it will worsen and has the potential to seriously affect a person’s health, wellbeing and delay their recovery/wound healing. Even if the skin is not broken at first, when a pressure ulcer gets worse it can form into a higher category which become more painful and a longer recovery.
• An open wound or blister, sometimes can look like filled with clear liquid
• Painful to touch and tender
• Can look like a scrape (abrasion), blister, or a shallow crater in the skin
• Partial thickness skin loss
• Recovery time: 3 days to 3 weeks
• Full thickness skin loss
• A deep wound that reaches the deeper layers of the skin
• Wound tunnelling and odour
• Recovery time: 1 month up to 4 months
• Very deep wound that may expose tendons, muscle, or bone
• Skin has turned black and shows signs of infection
• Red edges, pus, odour, heat, and/or drainage
• Recovery time: From 3 months and possibly longer
There are four grades of ulcer, each denoting the severity of the wound:
Reddening of the skin
Superficial ‘blister-like’ wound
Full thickness skin loss
Deep wound and tissue damage
As a sore is allowed to develop, it moves through the four grades. Different patients have different levels of risk in developing ulcers, factors include mobility, skin integrity and nutrition/wellness. There are three risk categories that denote how at risk the patient is: at risk; high risk; and very high risk. The risk level is determined by measuring the patient’s mobility, skin integrity etc, through assessment tools such as the Waterlow Score.
Who is at risk of a pressure ulcer?
Anyone who puts prolonged pressure on the skin can develop a pressure ulcer. However, as we briefly mentioned earlier pressure ulcers usually affect those who are confined to a bed or spent long periods of time sitting.
People over the age of 70 are at a higher risk of developing a pressure sore due to being more likely to have mobility problems. Meanwhile, their skin can be damaged more easily through dehydration and other factors.
Those who are spending more time in bed perhaps due to illness or after surgery could lead to pressure ulcer development.
Medical conditions that affect the bloody supply also put people at risk of pressure ulcers as they make the skin more fragile, these include diabetes, kidney failure, MS and Parkinson’s disease. There are also other factors that can increase the risk of developing a pressure ulcer such as obesity, paralysis, poor diet and nutrition, and urinary/bowel incontinence.
When a person is nearing the end of life they are at a greater risk of developing pressure sores. This is due to the limited mobility, or not eating or drinking as much.
How do you prevent pressure ulcers?
Pressure care is a complex issue which means it can be difficult to completely prevent, however there are methods and pressure care products that are designed to reduce the risk of pressure ulcer development.
• Keep skin clean and dry
• Avoid scented soaps which can dry out the skin
• Moisturise after washing
• Eat a well-balanced diet
• Keep hydrated (at least 2L per day)
• Ensure bedsheets are smooth and not wrinkled when lying in bed, sheets should be cotton or silk like fabric
• Stop smoking, smoking damages blood circulation which increases risk
Pressure Care Products
There are various pressure care prevention and treatment products available. At Opera, our pressure care range includes mattresses, cushions, and automatic turning systems as part of a pressure care plan. Read our pressure care mattress buying guide to learn more about our range.
- 1. Excellence, N. I. f. H. a. C. (2014) Costing statement: Pressure ulcers (Implementing the NICE guideline on pressure ulcers, CG179).
- 2. Wood, J., Brown, B., Bartley, A., Batista, A.A., Cavaco, C., Roberts, P.A., Santon, K., Cook, S (2019) 'Reducing pressure ulcers across multiple care settings using a collaborative approach', BMJ Open Quality, 8. | <urn:uuid:b6c86822-3d8c-4282-9828-5a854fb79012> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://operabeds.com/blogs/knowledge-hub/complete-guide-pressure-ulcers | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573399.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818185216-20220818215216-00075.warc.gz | en | 0.940912 | 1,430 | 2.65625 | 3 |
Locations for Jatropha Plantation in India
Non-Forest Areas proposed for Jatropha Plantation
200 districts in 19 potential states have been identified on the basis of availability of wasteland, rural poverty ratio, below poverty line (BPL) census and agro-climatic conditions suitable for jatropha cultivation.Each district will be treated as a block and under each block 15000 ha jatropha plantation will be undertaken through farmers (BPL). Proposed to provide green coverage to about 3 Million ha of wasteland through plantation of jatropha in 200 identified districts over a period of 3 years.
Adilabad, Anantapur, Chittoor, Cuddapah, Kurnool, Karim Nagar, Mehboob Nagar, Nellore, Nalgonda, Prakasam, Visakhapatnam, Warrangal.
Araria, Aurangabad, Banka, Betiah (West Champaran), Bhagalpur, Gaya, Jahanabad, Jamui, Kaimur, Latehar, Muzzaffarpur, Munger, Nawada.
Bastar, Bilaspur, Dantewada, Dhamtri, Durg, Jagdalpur, Janjgir-champa, Kanker, Kawardha, korba, Mahasaund, Rajnandgaon, Raipur, Raigarh, Surguj.
Bokaro, Chatra, Daltenganj, Devgarh, Dhanbad, Dumka, Garhwa, Godda, Giridih, Gumla, Hazaribag, Jamshedpur, Koderma, Pakur, Palamu, Ranchi, Sahibganj, Singbhum(East), Singbhum(West).
Ahmedabad, Amerli, Banaskantha, Bhavnagar, Junagarh, Jamnagar, Kutch, Rajkot, Surendranagar, Surat.
Panaji, Padi, Ponda, Sanguelim.
Bilaspur, Nahan, Parvanu, Solan, Unna
Ambala, Bhiwani, Faridabad, Gurgaon, Hisar, Jind, Jhajjar, Mohindergarh, Punchkula, Rewari, Rohtak.
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Geneva: : Thousands of detainees, including women and children as young as seven, have been executed or tortured to death by all sides of the warring parties in Syria, amounting to war crimes, a UN probe report said today.
The UN commission of inquiry on Syria, in its latest report, gave the gruesome details of prisons and detention centres run by the Syrian authorities where deaths on a massive scale were occurring.
It also detailed horrific abuses carried out in detention centres run by the radical groups like the Islamic State and al-Qaida-affiliated Nusra Front, including massacres and executions of children.
“As the conflict in Syria enters its sixth year, I repeat, sixth year, at least a quarter of a million people have lost their lives. Throughout the whole conflict countless numbers of persons, mostly civilian men, have been detained and subjected to abuse by all parties to the conflict. I repeat, by all parties to the conflict,” said Paulo Pinheiro, the Chair of the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) on Syria.
“The Commission concludes that these amount to crimes against humanity and war crimes. Detainees are subjected to violations on a mass scale,” he added.
The report called ‘Out of Sight, Out of Mind: Deaths in Detention’, which covers the period from the beginning of the conflict in March 2011 to last November, is based on interviews with 621 survivors, witnesses and evidence gathered by the four-member team.
It gave the gruesome details of detainees being beaten to death by the Syrian government or dying subsequently from grave injuries.
“Government officials intentionally maintained such poor conditions of detention for prisoners as to have been life-threatening, and were aware that mass deaths of detainees would result. These actions, in the pursuance of a State policy, amount to extermination as a crime against humanity,” the report said.
Most of the detainees who are known to have died are men, women and children as young as seven, the report said.
The government has also committed crimes against humanity of murder, rape, enforced disappearances, among other inhuman acts, it said.
Similarly, Jabhat Al-Nusra and anti-government armed groups have also committed war crimes of murder, cruel treatment and torture, and execution in detention centres, the report said.
ISIS has also committed war crimes and crimes against humanity as it subjected detainees to serious abuses, including torture and summary executions, it said.
“Accountability for these and other crimes must form part of any political solution. Instead, these violations are committed with total impunity,” said Carla del Ponte, former ICC prosecutor and current member of the CoI on Syria.
The CoI on Syria was established by the Human Rights Council in August 2011 to investigate and record all violations of international human rights law and allegations of crimes against humanity and war crimes.
The report called on the UN Security Council to adopt “targeted sanctions” against persons, agencies, and groups suspected of committing these crimes.
The chief investigator Pinheiro lamented that even after two Security Council resolutions on Syria, “reality is not compatible with what the resolutions decide”.
The report comes less than a week after the peace talks in Geneva hit a temporary pause only after two days of talks.
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This section is from the book "Materia Medica: Pharmacology: Therapeutics Prescription Writing For Students and Practitioners", by Walter A. Bastedo. Also available from Amazon: Materia Medica: Pharmacology: Therapeutics: Prescription Writing for Students and Practitioners.
As might be surmised, the same dose of a drug will exert its usual form of activity more easily if given with other drugs of the same class; and sometimes a combination of two similar drugs will gain a result that one alone will not give in any dose. Drugs which help each other in this way are known as synergists, or mutual helpers, and examples are bromides and chloral hydrate for sleep, calomel and jalap for catharsis.
On the contrary, a drug may lose part or all of its power because of some agent that has the opposite physiologic effect. Such opposing agents are known as antagonists. An antagonist may be a drug, or it may be a substance formed in the body, as epinephrine or thyroiodine or some antitoxin. The antagonists may act - (a) on the same structures - for example, bromides prevent the convulsions of strychnine, both acting on the spinal cord; caffeine stimulates the psychic and motor centers of the cerebrum, while alcohol depresses them; pilocarpine stimulates the vagus nerve-endings, which are depressed by atropine; (b) on different structures - for instance, digitalis slows the heart by stimulating the vagus center, while atropine prevents this effect by depressing the vagus nerve-endings; adrenaline stimulates the nerve-endings in arterial muscle, causing contraction of the arteries, and this effect can be wholly neutralized by nitroglycerin, which depresses the arterial muscle itself.
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I have been a huge fan of the National Geographic magazine for as long as I can remember and subscribe to it.
National Geographic has released an wickedly cool collection of their magazines since 1888 in a 160GB hard drive.
In their own words,
Explore 120 years of amazing discoveries, fascinating maps, and the world’s best photography with The Complete National Geographic. This definitive collection of every issue of National Geographic magazine, digitally reproduced in stunning high resolution, brings you the world and all that is in it. Use the advanced interface to explore a topic, search for photographs, browse the globe, or wander on your own expedition.
Access all of the maps, photos, and magazine issues found on the DVD collection in one external hard drive. Browse and search the entire collection without needing to swap out DVDs. Lightweight and travel-friendly, the hard drive is just 3″ x 5″ and requires only a USB connection. We’ve left plenty of hard disk space to accommodate future upgrades. We’ve also allocated approximately 90GB of hard disk space for your own personal use.
- Rediscover every printed page—every article and advertisement, and thousands of photographs—from 1888 through 2008
- Reference hundreds of the magazine’s classic maps digitized as part of the magazine’s archive for the first time
- Use Geobrowse—a visual geographic search tool—to find articles, photographs, and maps about the location you choose
- Browse special “read lists” from National Geographic or personalize your archive by creating and saving your own lists of favorite articles
- Test your knowledge of subjects including exploration, the environment, geography, history, cultures, and more with a trivia game that links to related articles
- Includes a bonus DVD with tips on how to take better photographs, an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at how National Geographic Magazine is put together, and interviews with NGM photographers revealing the backstory behind their famous photographs
This is absolutely an incredible collection of the best nature content in the world in digital format. In fact, the hard drive comes with 100GB of free space for future updates.
If you are interested in nature photography tips, there couldn’t be a better collection of some of the best nature photographs around!
You can also get this in a set of 6 DVDs and current National Geographic customers get a price break too.
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Love it or hate it, winter is well and truly here, and while the cooler months can mean cosy nights at home and hot chocolates, there’s also a tendency to overspend on things like heating and comfort food. Here’s how to keep cash in your wallet this winter.
Dress for warmth
One of the biggest mistakes you can make in winter is being unprepared. Bundling up will help keep you warm and comfortable, and it means you rely on artificial heating a little less.
It doesn’t cost anything to wear warmer clothes inside, so rug up and keep a blanket on the couch. Wear layers to avoid getting overheated inside, and don’t forget to keep your feet warm.
Make your own coffee
It can be tempting to reach for a daily barista-made coffee or hot chocolate to stay warm and awake during winter. Spending $3 on coffee everyday (a conservative estimate; most people will have more than one) will add up to $360 after six months.
Lots of coffee shops sell their own beans, so it’ll be a similar taste if you DIY without paying for the cup and service every time.
Cook at home
People tend to go out less in winter, particularly for dinner when it’s cold and dark outside. This is great news, but it doesn’t mean there’s no temptation to go out and buy a nice warm bowl of laksa or wood fired pizza.
Resist the impulse to splurge on a comfort meal out. Make your home a comfortable, warm place to stay in and refine those culinary skills instead.
Program your heater
Your biggest cost in winter is likely to be heating. It doesn’t matter if it’s a gas or electric heater, it makes no sense to pay for wasted warmth.
If you can, set your heater to switch off before you go to bed. Otherwise, close doors and windows when it’s on to keep heat in.
Cut down on showers
Resist the urge for longer showers this winter. The average shower is eight minutes, so if you can cut that in half, you’ll save on your energy bill as well as doing your bit for the environment.
If you can, install a water efficient shower head to maintain high pressure without increasing the amount of water you use.
Use your oven
This one goes hand in hand with staying in. Try and time meals so that everyone’s home and can use warmth from the oven rather than the heater.
There’s a lot of heat in there, so leave the oven door open a little after you’ve finished cooking so it can heat the room too. | <urn:uuid:87d161f4-6242-47b8-a519-1b3f4c725c95> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.thehippocket.com.au/save-money-winter-months/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573540.20/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819005802-20220819035802-00470.warc.gz | en | 0.927022 | 566 | 2.046875 | 2 |
Book: For the Love of I - Inspirational Poetry by Patsy Jawocategories: Book, Inspirational, Poems, Love, Motivational, Poems for Inspiration, Family Friendly Poems, Poems for Healing, Poetry
Patsy Jawoabout this book: This book features inspired verses to tickle the spirit and senses. I have been writing poetry since 2004 and the book contains a lot of poems going back to this time although a lot of fresh material was also added. The book is about Self love which once achieved means we can love others. I learnt so much from writing this book, one of the main things being to keep going with your passion whatever happens. I am grateful for this opportunity to write inspirational verses and that I get to share them and I am humbled to be blessed in this way beyond anything I could have ever imagined.
To my readers I want to say Thank you, I love you and I trust that something within the pages of 'For The Love Of I' reunites you with your perfect self, not because I wrote it but because it is your destiny to find that part of you again :-). I wish you peace and love always.
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Cisco QoS Exam Certification Guide: MQC, QPM, and AutoQoS
QoS Exam Topics
This chapter covers the following exam topics specific to the QoS exam:
Given a network requiring QoS, explain how to implement a QoS policy using MQC
Explain how AutoQoS is used to implement QoS policy
Most of the topics covered in Chapters 1, "QoS Overview," and 2, "QoS Tools and Architectures," can apply to a network that uses equipment from most any manufacturer. Sure, there were some specifics about Cisco IOS QoS tools and about Cisco IP Phones, but all the concepts about QoS architectures and traffic characteristics of voice, video, and data apply to any network, regardless of manufacturer.
This chapter is specific about discussing several tools available only for Cisco products. Most of the more modern QoS tools from Cisco use configuration commands that conform to a convention called the Modular QoS CLI (MQC), which significantly reduces the complexity of QoS configuration as compared to QoS tools that don't use MQC commands. Frankly, before MQC, QoS configuration was one of the more challenging things to configure in Cisco IOS Software. With MQC, most of the complexity has been removed.
Although easier configuration of a router or switch using MQC is indeed wonderful, MQC enables a couple of other important Cisco QoS tools. Cisco offers a management application called QoS Policy Manager (QPM), which provides a web browser interface to network engineers, allowing them to easily define QoS policies for a network, all with intuitive pointing and clicking. QPM can baseline the network's QoS performance, configure the routers and switches based on the policy, measure the ensuing performance, and monitor the configurations to make sure no one changes the QoS configuration.
Compared to the old days, MQC makes it easier to configure each device, and QPM makes it easier to configure and monitor QoS for an entire network.
In addition, Cisco offers a tool called AutoQoS in Cisco IOS Release 12.3 mainline router and Cisco IOS Release 12.1EA 2950 switch. (Go to http://www.cisco.com/go/fn to use the Cisco Feature Navigator to find more specific information about AutoQoS support on different platforms.) AutoQoS allows a network engineer to configure a single device with just a few generic commands, and the device automatically configures all the appropriate QoS tools. So, even without QPM, a network engineer can configure QoS with confidence. Also, the automatically generated configuration can be changed, if the default settings are not quite what the engineer wants.
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Raoul Hausmann was born in Vienna but moved to Berlin with his parents at the age of 14, in 1901. His earliest art training was from his father, a professional conservator and painter. He met Johannes Baader, an eccentric architect and another future member of Dada, in 1905. At around the same time he met Elfride Schaeffer, a violinist, whom he married in 1908, a year after the birth of their daughter, Vera. That same year Hausmann enrolled at a private Art School in Berlin, where he remained until 1911.
After seeing Expressionist paintings in Herwarth Walden's gallery Der Sturm in 1912, Hausmann started to produce Expressionist prints in Erich Heckel's studio, and became a staff writer for Walden's magazine, also called Der Sturm, which provided a platform for his earliest polemical writings against the art establishment. In keeping with his Expressionist colleagues, he initially welcomed the war, believing it to be a necessary cleansing of a calcified society, although being an Austrian citizen living in Germany he was spared the draft.
Hausmann met Hannah Höch in 1915, and embarked upon an extramarital affair that produced an 'artistically productive but turbulent bond' that would last until 1922. In 1916 Hausmann met two more people who would become important influences on his subsequent career; the psychoanalyst Otto Gross who believed psychoanalysis to be the preparation for revolution, and the anarchist writer Franz Jung. By now his artistic circle had come to include the writer Salomo Friedlaender, Hans Richter, Emmy Hennings and members of Die Aktion magazine, which, along with Der Sturm and the anarchist paper Die Freie Straße published numerous articles by him in this period.
'The notion of destruction as an act of creation was the point of departure for Hausmann's Dadasophy, his theoretical contribution to Berlin Dada.'
When Richard Huelsenbeck, a 24 year old medical student who was a close friend of Hugo Ball and one of the founders of Zurich Dada, returned to Berlin in 1917, Hausmann was one of a group of young disaffected artists that began to form the nucleus of Berlin Dada around him. Huelsenbeck delivered his "First Dada Speech in Germany", January 22, 1918 at the fashionable art dealer IB Neumann's gallery, Kurfurstendamm Berlin. Over the course of the next few weeks, Hausmann, Huelsenbeck, George Grosz, John Heartfield, Jung, Höch, Walter Mehring and Baader started the Club Dada. The first event staged was an evening of poetry performances and lectures against the backdrop of a retrospective of paintings by the establishment artist Lovis Corinth at the Berlin Sezession, April 12, 1918. Amongst the contributors, Huelsenbeck recited the Dada Manifesto, Grosz danced a "Sincopation" homaging Jazz, whilst Hausmann ended the evening by shouting his manifesto The New Material In Painting at the by-now near riotous audience;
"The threat of violence hung in the air. One envisioned Corinth's pictures torn to shreds with chair legs. But in the end it didn't come to that. As Raoul Hausmann shouted his programmatic plans for dadaist painting into the noise of the crowd, the manager of the sezession gallery turned the lights out on him."
The call for new materials in painting bore fruit later the same year when Hausmann and Höch holidayed on the Baltic Sea. The guest room they were staying in had a generic portrait of soldiers, onto which the patron had glued photographic portrait heads of his son five times.
"It was like a thunderbolt: one could – I saw it instantaneously – make pictures, assembled entirely from cut-up photographs. Back in Berlin that september, I began to realize this new vision, and I made use of photographs from the press and the cinema." Hausmann, 1958
The photomontage became the technique most associated with Berlin Dada, used extensively by Hausmann, Höch, Heartfield, Baader and Grosz, and would prove a crucial influence on Kurt Schwitters, El Lissitsky and Russian Constructivism. It should also be pointed out that Grosz, Heartfield and Baader all laid claim to having invented the technique in later memoirs, although no works have surfaced to justify these claims.
At the same time, Hausmann started to experiment with sound poems he called "phonemes" and "poster poems", originally created by the chance lining up of letters by a printer without Hausmann's direct intervention. Later poems used words which were reversed, chopped up and strung out, then either typed out using a full range of typographical strategies, or performed with boisterous exuberance. Schwitters' Ursonate was directly influenced by a performance of one of Hausmann's poems, "fmsbwtazdu", at an event in Prague in 1921.
After Hausmann contributed to the first group show, held at Isaac Neumann's Gallery, April 1919, the first edition of Der Dada appeared in June 1919. Edited by Hausmann and Baader, after receiving permission from Tristan Tzara in Zurich to use the name, the magazine also featured significant contributions from Huelsenbeck. The periodical contained drawings, polemics, poems and satires, all typeset in a multiplicity of opposing fonts and signs.
At the beginning of 1920, Baader, "President of All The World", Hausmann, "the Dadasopher", and the "World-Dada" Huelsenbeck undertook a six-week tour of Eastern Germany and Czechoslovakia, drawing large crowds and bemused reviews. The programme included primitivist verse, simultaneous poetry recitals by Baader and Hausmann, and Hausmann's "Dada-Trot (Sixty-One Step)" described as 'a truly splendid send-up of the most modern exotic-erotic social dances that have befallen us like a plague...'
The First International Dada Fair, 1920
Organised by Grosz, Heartfield and Hausmann, the fair was to become the most famous of all Berlin Dada's exploits, featuring almost 200 works by artists including Francis Picabia, Hans Arp, Ernst and Rudolf Schlichter, as well as key works by Grosz, Höch and Hausmann. The work Tatlin At Home, 1920, can be clearly seen in one of the publicity photos taken by a professional photographer; the exhibition, whilst financially unsuccessful, gained prominent exposure in Amsterdam, Milan, Rome and Boston. The exhibition also proved to be one of the main influences on the content and layout of Entartete Kunst, the show of degenerate art put on by the Nazis in 1937, with key slogans such as "Nehmen Sie DADA Ernst", "Take Dada Seriously!", appearing in both exhibitions.
The Mechanical Head
The most famous work by Hausmann, Mechanischer Kopf (Der Geist Unserer Zeit), "The Mechanical Head (The Spirit of Our Time)", c. 1920, is the only surviving assemblage that Hausmann produced around 1919–20. Constructed from a hairdresser's wig-making dummy, the piece has various measuring devices attached including a ruler, a pocket watch mechanism, a typewriter, some camera segments and a crocodile wallet.
"Der Geist Unserer Zeit – Mechanischer Kopf specifically evokes the philosopher George Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770–1831). For Hegel...everything is mind. Among Hegel's disciples and critics was Karl Marx. Hausmann's sculpture might be seen as an aggressively Marxist reversal of Hegel: this is a head whose "thoughts" are materially determined by objects literally fixed to it. However, there are deeper targets in western culture that give this modern masterpiece its force. Hausmann turns inside out the notion of the head as seat of reason, an assumption that lies behind the European fascination with the portrait. He reveals a head that is penetrated and governed by brute external forces."
Friendship with Schwitters
Huelsenbeck finished his training to become a doctor in 1920 and started to practice medicine; by the end of the year he had published the Dada Almanach and The History of Dadaism, two historical records that implied that Dada was at an end. In the aftermath, Hausmann's friendship with Kurt Schwitters deepened, and Hausmann started to take steps toward International Modernism. In September 1921, Hausmann, Höch, Schwitters and his wife Helma undertook an 'anti-dada' tour to Prague. As well as his recitals of sound poems, he also presented a manifesto describing a machine "capable of converting audio and visual signals interchangeably, that he later called the Optophone". After many years of experimentation, this device was patented in London in 1935. He also took part in an exhibition of photomontages in Berlin in 1931, organise by César Domela Nieuwenhuis.
In the late 1920s, he re-invented himself as a fashionable society photographer, and lived in a ménage à trois with his wife Hedwig and Vera Broido in the fashionable district of Charlottenberg, Berlin. Hannah Höch- by now herself living with a woman, Til Brugmann – left a sketch of Hausmann around 1931:
"After I had offered to renew friendly relations and we met frequently (with Til as well). At the time he was living with Heda Mankowicz-Hausmann and Vera Broido in Kaiser-Friedrich-Straße in Charlottenberg. Elfrided Hausmann-Scheffer, Til and I went there often. But I always found it very boring. He was just acting the photographer, and the lover of Vera B, showing off terribly with what he could afford to buy now – the ésprit was all gone." Hannah Höch
In later years, Hausmann exhibited his photographs widely, concentrating on nudes, landscapes and portraits. As Nazi persecution of avant-garde artists increased, he emigrated to Ibiza, where his photos concentrated on ethnographic motifs of pre-modern Ibizan life. He returned to Czechoslovakia in 1937, but was forced to flee again in 1938 after the German invasion. He moved to Paris, then Peyrat-le-Chateau, near Limoges, living there illegally with his Jewish wife Hedwig, in a quiet, secluded manner, until 1944 . After the Normandy landings in 1944, the pair finally moved to Limoges.
The war over, Hausmann was once again able to work openly as an artist. He resumed correspondence with Schwitters with the aim to collaborate on a poetry magazine, PIN, but Schwitter's death in 1948 stopped the project. He published books about Dada, including the autobiographical Courier Dada, (1958). He also worked on "photograms", photomontages and sound poetry, and even returned to painting in the Fifties.
Revival of interest in Dada
In the 1950s there was a revival of interest in Dada, especially in America. As interest grew, Hausmann began corresponding with a number of leading American artists, discussing Dada and its contemporary relevance. He refuted the term Neo-Dada, currently in vogue, which had been applied to a number of artists including Yves Klein and the Nouveau Réalistes, Robert Rauschenberg and Fluxus.
His almost complete isolation was relieved only by extensive and partly conflict-ridden correspondence with old friends from the Dada movement as well as young writers and artists such as Jasper Johns, Wolf Vostell and Daniel Spoerri.'
He wrote to George Maciunas, who had included his work in the early Fluxfests, in 1962:
"I think even the Americans should not use the term "neodadaism" because neo means nothing and ism is old-fashioned. Why not simply "Fluxus"? It seems to me much better, because it's new, and dada is historic. I was in correspondence with Tzara, Hulsenbeck and Hans Richter concerning this question, and they all declare "neodadaism does not exist"... So long."
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Fourteen percent of the US Labor Force is unemployed or underemployed – perhaps more if you include not only people out of work and looking for work but those who have given up and hunkering down somewhere until the storm blows over.
This tide of misfortune is rising high enough that many who thought they were secure are worried. (As I’ll say later, I was among the worried myself.)
In March, the trough of the decline in the Dow, the market had lost over 50% of value. (Thankfully I followed our advice and had little exposure. Whew!)
But are these condistions adding up to a fire-sale on Your Money or Your Life? Are creative frugality and smart shopping and reassessment of life and work and opportunities on the rise?
Yes. And No. Yes the undated Your Money or Your Life sailed up the charts in January and February but now it’s settled into its persistent, comfortable plateau in the top 2000 on Amazon. The world is not beating a path to my door, despite the predictions and assumptions of my friends.
An old friend who is a therapist visited last week and helped me understand why. Her practice is up. People are stressed, tense and worried and for some of those their situation cracks their coping strategies enough to seek help. But none of them is treating their crisis as an opportunity. Individuals are falling off the edge, but the story of American prosperity and prospects has not changed. We still believe the good old days will be the good new days sometime soon. We look to Obama and team to fix it. We still believe we can wring the good life out of the economy, once it’s out of bed and back to life. Myfriend’s clients are in fear and looking to fix themselves or for a quick fix.
Of course the economic climate will change. The clouds will lift. But the landscapte may be different. Creativity and curiosity will serve us better than fear and fixing.
The old mentality says… get out that crystal ball, subscribe to the right market newsletter, read the Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times, the tea leaves. Predict where the next month gusher will be and get over there with your buckets. Of course. That’s a good element of your reassessment.
The old mentality says… ride it out and then get back out there when the dust settles and get one of those new economy jobs.
The old mentality says… look for a quick fix, that hopefully isn’t a quack fix.
The new mentality says… how can I think differently about my whole life situation so that I can have enough of everything I need from a range of strategies, one of which is employment, another of which is income from savings, another of which is barter, another of which is turning a hobby into a trade, another of which is smarter shopping so I spend 20% less for the same amount of stuff, another of which is neighborliness and tool sharing, another of which is repairing and restoring rather than acquiring, another of which is free entertainment (which is EVERYWHERE in the summer), another of which is…
My duh-uh discovery of the month as I do this reevaluation for myself (see prior posts where I talk about my personal financial audit when my personal GDP heartbeat started to go wild) is … Ladies and Gentlemen be prepared to be underwhelmed… that I’m going to start drawing on my Social Security. I’m 64. If I wait my check won’t get THAT much bigger.
Strange to say, though, I would not have thought of it had I not hit my own financial speed bump. I felt the fear rising in me as it has in so many people, the desperate search for how to manage the shortfall. Like so many I imagined jobs that I knew would diminish my sense of well being. But then I took my own advice, followed my own program and got creative. Social Security is only a piece of my new economy. There’s more. And I’ll be telling you about that for months to come. | <urn:uuid:ade6c459-5b78-470c-9967-3be5daf5d3c8> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://ymoyl.wordpress.com/2009/08/01/our-personal-gdp-and-our-personal-new-economy/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560283008.19/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095123-00088-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.963529 | 856 | 1.570313 | 2 |
SANTA FE (KRQE) – The state Senate took time Tuesday to remember the anniversary of the state’s most infamous prison riot.
Thirty-four years ago this week, inmates took over the state penitentiary in Santa Fe.
Thirty-three inmates were murdered before the National Guard could regain control of the prison.
On Tuesday, the state Senate unanimously passed a memorial honoring the victims and the prison guards taken hostage.
The family of one of those guards, Edward Ortega, were guests of honor.
“He didn’t talk about it in great lengths,” said Ortega’s granddaughter, Amanda Romero. “When he did, I think he was grateful that he had treated the prisoners with respect, the inmates with respect, and then in turn when the riots happened, in return they protected him.”
The prison where those riots happened is now closed, but in recent months, the New Mexico Corrections Department has opened it up for tours. | <urn:uuid:7d9cf7d1-b4e0-4b5e-bba0-683eb004c756> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://krqe.com/2014/02/04/senate-remembers-famous-prison-riot/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988719646.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183839-00128-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.971793 | 208 | 1.9375 | 2 |
This chapter investigates how the rise in UK micro- and craft breweries is providing new economic opportunities for local economies and tourism development. We analyse the craft beer movement in the UK by exploring the expansion of breweries in terms of beer variety and local supply chains. We then focus on the city of York to study the impact of the local beer festival, examining a wide range of data including interviews with organisers and brewers and information collected from visitors at the event in 2016. The analysis developed explores the importance of craft beer and festivals for local economies as well as its significance as a key tourism attractor, hinting at new potential research avenues with regard to how beer variety and related events could act as a driver for beer-oriented tourism in the UK, providing a platform for economic opportunities and development. The case of York, presented in the chapter, is not unique: Other towns and cities in the UK regularly organise beer festivals, as the craft beer movement has continuously growing since the early 2000s. Consolidation in the market and increasing levels of appreciation for local beers among consumers can open up new opportunities for British ales in terms of gastro-tourism and fine dining. We explore and examine these opportunities with regard to expanding the beer market across different venues and channels in the UK. | <urn:uuid:940b65e3-0bf2-4b6e-9fe0-745d067f99b8> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://researchportal.northumbria.ac.uk/en/publications/craft-beers-and-beer-festivals-exploring-the-potential-for-local- | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571982.99/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813172349-20220813202349-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.946413 | 254 | 2.140625 | 2 |
Australian regulatory guidelines for sunscreens (ARGS)
The Australian regulatory guidelines for sunscreens (ARGS) have been developed to provide guidance to sponsors and manufacturers, and to assist in the understanding of the regulatory requirements for sunscreens in Australia.
The Australian Regulatory Guidelines for Sunscreens include information about:
- the different types of sunscreens
- which regulatory organisation regulates which type of sunscreen:
- National Industrial Chemicals Notification and Assessment Scheme (NICNAS) and Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC)
- the differences between the 2012 sunscreen Standard AS/NZS 2604:2012 and the 1998 Standard
- when therapeutic sunscreens are allowed to comply with the 1998 Standard, and when they need to comply with the 2012 Standard
- other regulatory requirements for sunscreens regulated by the TGA.
The TGA developed these guidelines in consultation with NICNAS, Accord Australasia, Australian Self-Medication Industry Inc (ASMI) and the Advisory Committee on Non-prescription Medicines (ACNM). A public consultation was also conducted.
The ARGS replaces Chapter 10 'Sunscreens' in the Australian regulatory guidelines for OTC medicines (ARGOM).
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Updated to reflect the changes to the Therapeutic Goods Regulations 1990 by removing references to sunscreens with a claimed SPF of <4 that contain certain human or animal derived ingredients.
Updated the relevant sections by including reference to the recently made Therapeutic Goods (Permissible Ingredients) Determination No.1 of 2015.
Updated the table listing the permitted active ingredients by adding the newly approved sunscreen active Tris-biphenyl triazine.
|Complementary and Over the counter Medicines Branch
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The 2020-21 school year has already seen unprecedented expectations placed on school district administrators and educators nationwide – a trend which will likely continue until the pandemic is managed.
Over the summer, state education agencies required local school districts to create “re-entry plans” to outline how students can safely and equitably return to school in multiple learning environments. These plans are often chock full of implementation supports for the majority of students, but offer little to no support on the unique needs of students with Individualized Education Programs (IEPs). In some states, boards of health have offered specific considerations for students with disabilities. However, in many others, that may not be the case.
The reality is that teachers and school leaders are not doctors or scientists, and they should not be expected to have expertise in the spread of infectious diseases. In the absence of specific guidance supporting the implementation of special education during reentry, it is important to be making informed decisions on the nuances specific to providing students with IEPs a free and appropriate education. Hence, it is important that districts create COVID-19 Special Education Steering Committees.
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Sixty percent of U.S. blacks say whites have better chances than blacks to get jobs
PRINCETON, NJ -- Sixty percent of U.S. blacks believe whites have better chances than blacks to get jobs for which they are qualified, while 39% believe whites and blacks have equal opportunities. Blacks' views are more positive now than they were in 1963, when 74% thought whites had better chances at jobs. Blacks have felt disadvantaged versus whites in terms of job hiring in all but a couple of instances over the last 50 years.
The results, based on an Aug. 9-22 Gallup poll of 1,001 blacks, suggest some progress on this front in the 50 years since Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous "I Have a Dream" speech laid out his vision of racial equality in the United States. However, with blacks continuing to feel the odds are stacked against them in hiring, they suggest King's vision has not been fully realized in this respect.
When Gallup asked the same question of a national sample in a June 13-July 5 poll, Americans overall were much more positive than blacks about equality of job opportunities for blacks -- 68% of Americans said blacks have as good a chance as whites to get jobs for which they are qualified, while 31% disagreed.
Most Blacks See Equality of Educational Opportunities
Blacks' perceptions about equality in childhood education are more positive than their views of equality of job opportunities. Fifty-six percent of blacks believe that black children have the same chance as white children in their community to get a good education, while 43% believe black children do not have the same chance.
While positive on balance, the results are essentially unchanged since King's days. In 1962, 53% of blacks said black children had educational opportunities equal to whites' opportunities. And today's results are less positive than what Gallup measured from the late 1980s through the late 1990s, when as many as 68% said black and white children had the same opportunity to get a good education.
Blacks are also less optimistic than Americans overall about educational opportunities. In the June-July poll, 77% of Americans believed black children have the same chance as white children to get a good education, while 23% said that is not the case. These views have changed little in the last 50 years; in 1962, 83% of Americans perceived equality of educational opportunity.
Blacks Divided on Equality of Housing Opportunities for Blacks
A narrow majority of blacks, 51%, say blacks have as good a chance as whites to get any housing they can afford, while 48% disagree. This question, dating from 1989, does not have as long a history as the questions on job and educational opportunities. Over this time, blacks have typically been divided or slightly more optimistic than pessimistic about equal housing opportunities.
Earlier this year, in the national poll, 79% of Americans said blacks had equal opportunities for housing, while 20% said they did not. Those views are more positive than the ones Gallup measured in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
Many Blacks See Discrimination in Matters of Economics and Justice
A separate question in the poll asked blacks directly whether they thought discrimination was mostly the reason blacks tend to have lower income, jobs, and housing than whites. Forty percent see discrimination as the major reason for these economic disparities by race, while 57% think it is due to factors apart from discrimination.
Slightly fewer blacks now perceive discrimination to be at work in economic matters than in 1993, 40% versus 44%.
Blacks are more likely to see discrimination at work in the greater prevalence of black than white males in prison. Fifty-two percent of blacks believe the disparities are mostly due to discrimination, while 46% believe other factors explain them.
Zimmerman Verdict Had Little Impact on Views of Opportunity, Discrimination
Gallup conducted its recent poll of blacks to update blacks' views of racial matters in the aftermath of the George Zimmerman verdict. In contrast to other matters of race, including the need for new civil rights laws and assessments of how blacks are treated, blacks' views of equality of opportunity and discrimination do not appear to have changed in the weeks since the July 13 Zimmerman verdict, when compared with the results of Gallup's June 13-July 5 Minority Rights and Relations poll. The one possible exception is a five-percentage-point drop in blacks' belief that they and whites have equal housing opportunities.
Fifty years after Martin Luther King's landmark speech on racial equality, many blacks -- in some cases, a majority -- feel that blacks do not have equality with whites in matters of jobs, education, and housing. And at least four in 10 blacks perceive racial discrimination as a major factor in explaining why blacks have generally lower standards of living than whites, and why blacks are imprisoned at higher rates than whites.
Americans as a whole are more positive about equal opportunities for blacks than blacks themselves are. Thus, Americans overall may see the United States as closer to realizing King's vision than blacks do.
Results for this Gallup poll are based on telephone interviews conducted Aug. 9-22, 2013, with a random sample of 1,001 blacks, aged 18 and older, living in all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia.
For results based on the total sample of blacks, one can say with 95% confidence that the margin of sampling error is ±4 percentage points.
All respondents were initially interviewed as part of Gallup Daily tracking and re-interviewed for this study.
Gallup Daily tracking Samples are weighted to correct for unequal selection probability, nonresponse, and double coverage of landline and cell users in the two sampling frames. They are also weighted to match the national demographics of gender, age, race, Hispanic ethnicity, education, region, population density, and phone status (cellphone only/landline only/both, cellphone mostly, and having an unlisted landline number). Demographic weighting targets are based on the March 2012 Current Population Survey figures for the aged 18 and older U.S. population. Phone status targets are based on the July-December 2011 National Health Interview Survey. Population density targets are based on the 2010 census. All reported margins of sampling error include the computed design effects for weighting.
The obtained sample of re-contacts was weighted to match census demographics for blacks on gender, age, education and region.
In addition to sampling error, question wording and practical difficulties in conducting surveys can introduce error or bias into the findings of public opinion polls.
View methodology, full question results, and trend data.
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I am currently in the middle of designing a PC for my Dad.
He doesn't require too much graphics power but he wants more than a 6450.
I have chosen a Sapphire HD Radeon 6670 (http://www.ebuyer.com/451861-sapphire-technology-sapphire-radeon-hd-6670-1gb-graphics-card-pci-e-vga-dvi-d-11192-22-20g)
but I do not know whether it requires direct power from the PSU (as the PSU is a fairly basic one http://www.ebuyer.com/391556-alpine-700w-blue-psu-12cm-fan-2x-sata-alpine-blue-600w)
I would usually go with a more reputable brand of power supply but this one although cheap has 9.1/10 from 37 reviews on eBuyer, and my Dad's budget is only around £300/£320 Max.
that 6670 workd fine without external power. As for the psu, it should be fine for your needs.
For all that is holy, please don't get that PSU. Bottom-line, get a Rosewill Capstone 450, or something that at least has a reasonable ripple and efficiency! I wouldn't be surprised if that PSU blew within a month.
Holy crap a £12 house burining psu!!
Buy one of these http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/1hzx
According to PCPartpicker the system will only require 185 Watts, so I presume although it is cheap, the good reviews and the 600W approximation, that it'd be fine for a very low end PC. This isn't build for gaming, just light web browsing.
Although if I did get an APU (AMD A8 5600k/A6 5400K) Then it would leave some spare money for a Corsair CX 430M etc
The reviews on that psu are fake or idiots.
David score 10 "Well worth the mony" allen score 8 "Cheap-does the job Slightly noisy"
+ a 600w psu that dosent even have a pcie connector is a joke and will damage your computer or blow its self up or give the computer a consistent wave of dirty power slowly killing off your computers components.
The psu is one thing you never cheap out on however cheap you are biulding.
Haha fair enough. I have a Corsair CX 430 in my PC so I'll probably get a CX-430 Semi Modular. Same price.
Here a £300 pc that will be perfect for web browsing and hd video
CPU: AMD A8-5600K 3.6GHz Quad-Core Processor (£70.27 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: ASRock FM2A75 Pro4-M Micro ATX FM2 Motherboard (£59.08 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: A-Data XPG Gaming Series v2.0 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£41.40 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£47.00 @ CCL Computers)
Case: Cooler Master NSE-200-KKN1 MicroATX Mid Tower Case (£32.00 @ Ebuyer)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 450W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply (£38.39 @ Ebuyer)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NS95 DVD/CD Writer (£11.99 @ Amazon UK)
The intergrated video on that apu is 2 times more powerfull than the HD 6450
That's great, I'll have to look at a few cheaper parts (maybe AMD A6?) and I think 4GB RAM would be sufficient :)
4gbs of ram will cost you £35 so for a extra £5 you are geting a bargin especially as ram is going up again.
I'd stick with the A8 allso rember you will be dedicating system ram to the APU video card (upto 2gbs) haveing the 8gbs will be great so you can run a 64bit operating system the speed of them (1866mhz) will allso make the APU's video run faster.
The zotac gtx 650 only uses power from the motherboard.
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(b) "Resident" also means any individual domiciled outside the state who maintains a place of abode in the state and spends in the aggregate more than one-half of the tax year in Minnesota, unless:
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Resident estate means the estate of a deceased person where (1) the decedent was domiciled in Minnesota at the date of death, or (2) the personal representative or fiduciary was appointed by a Minnesota court in a proceeding other than an ancillary proceeding, or (3) the administration of the estate is carried on in Minnesota in a proceeding other than an ancillary proceeding.
(a) Resident trust means a trust, except a grantor type trust, which either (1) was created by a will of a decedent who at death was domiciled in this state or (2) is an irrevocable trust, the grantor of which was domiciled in this state at the time the trust became irrevocable. For the purpose of this subdivision, a trust is considered irrevocable to the extent the grantor is not treated as the owner thereof under sections 671 to 678 of the Internal Revenue Code. The term "grantor type trust" means a trust where the income or gains of the trust are taxable to the grantor or others treated as substantial owners under sections 671 to 678 of the Internal Revenue Code. This paragraph applies to trusts, except grantor type trusts, that became irrevocable after December 31, 1995, or are first administered in Minnesota after December 31, 1995.
(b) This paragraph applies to trusts, except grantor type trusts, that are not governed under paragraph (a). A trust, except a grantor type trust, is a resident trust only if two or more of the following conditions are satisfied:
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(1) the exclusion of net capital gain provided in section 852(b)(2)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code does not apply;
(2) the deduction for dividends paid under section 852(b)(2)(D) of the Internal Revenue Code must be applied by allowing a deduction for capital gain dividends and exempt-interest dividends as defined in sections 852(b)(3)(C) and 852(b)(5) of the Internal Revenue Code; and
(3) the deduction for dividends paid must also be applied in the amount of any undistributed capital gains which the regulated investment company elects to have treated as provided in section 852(b)(3)(D) of the Internal Revenue Code.
The net income of a real estate investment trust as defined and limited by section 856(a), (b), and (c) of the Internal Revenue Code means the real estate investment trust taxable income as defined in section 857(b)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code.
The net income of a designated settlement fund as defined in section 468B(d) of the Internal Revenue Code means the gross income as defined in section 468B(b) of the Internal Revenue Code.
The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended through December 31, 2014, shall be in effect for taxable years beginning after December 31, 1996.
Except as otherwise provided, references to the Internal Revenue Code in this subdivision and sections 290.0131 to 290.0136 mean the code in effect for purposes of determining net income for the applicable year.
The term "gross income" means the gross income as defined in section 61 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended through the date named in subdivision 19 for the applicable taxable year, plus any additional items of income taxable under this chapter but not taxable under the Internal Revenue Code, less any items included in federal gross income but of a character exempt from state income tax under the laws of the United States.
For tax years beginning after December 31, 1986, the term "taxable net income" means:
(1) for resident individuals the same as net income;
(2) for individuals who were not residents of Minnesota for the entire year, the same as net income except that the tax is imposed only on the Minnesota apportioned share of that income as determined pursuant to section 290.06, subdivision 2c, paragraph (e);
The term "taxable income" means:
(1) for individuals, estates, and trusts, the same as taxable net income;
(2) for corporations, the taxable net income less
(i) the net operating loss deduction under section 290.095;
(ii) the dividends received deduction under section 290.21, subdivision 4; and
(iii) the exemption for operating in a job opportunity building zone under section 469.317.
"State itemized deduction" means federal itemized deductions, as defined in section 63(d) of the Internal Revenue Code, disregarding any limitation under section 68 of the Internal Revenue Code, and reduced by the amount of the addition required under section 290.0131, subdivision 13.
Except when inappropriate, a reference in this chapter (1) to the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 includes a reference to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and (2) to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 includes a reference to the provisions of law formerly known as the Internal Revenue Code of 1954.
Unless specifically defined otherwise, "Internal Revenue Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended through December 31, 2014. Internal Revenue Code also includes any uncodified provision in federal law that relates to provisions of the Internal Revenue Code that are incorporated into Minnesota law. When used in this chapter, the reference to "subtitle A, chapter 1, subchapter N, part 1, of the Internal Revenue Code" is to the Internal Revenue Code as amended through March 18, 2010.
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NOTE: Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 290.01, subdivisions 19a to 19d, were repealed and the general and permanent provisions of those subdivisions were reenacted and recodified as sections 290.0131 to 290.0134 by Laws 2016, chapter 158, article 3, sections 8 to 11.
NOTE: Minnesota Statutes 2014, subdivisions 19f and 19h, were renumbered as sections 290.0135 and 290.0136 by Laws 2016, chapter 158, article 3, section 31.
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USA Education Grade Inflation
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I would have to disagree with you. Have you ever thought that maybe kids just want to succeed? Therefore, they are getting better grades than in previous years and they work hard for those grades? This system of A, B, C, D, E (or F wherever you live) is something that gives a kid the desire to do better if that kid receives anything with a C or lower. If a kid gets an A; he or she get a sense of accomplishment which would give them an enhanced desire to do better. I think it is a perfect system.
Take the example of a curved test score. In Class A there is a student who get a 100. There would be no curve. The highest score in Class B (let's say it's the same subject and teacher just different periods) is an 80. There's a curve. How is it fair to students of Class A? It is not at all. Students of Class A who received an 80 knew the same amount of information as the student in Class B, but the two of them will receive different grades.
Curves aren't exactly the same as grade inflation, but they effect one another.
Look at this way. The student that received an 80 in class A might have known different portions that of the student in Class B who ALSO received an 80. It all depends on what they know. The questions that they got right might be completely or closely different than that of the student in Class A. It, basically, is all based on what THEY know.
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The 21st Century has been hailed by global commentators, statesman and investors as the century that
belongs to the African continent’s development. Africa will develop accordingly if the right people are in the right places. To help enforce this development we have identified the top 5 most promising degree programs in Africa. I Increased demand will be for individuals with training and qualifications in these areas. Here are the top 5 degrees with the most promise in Africa:
1. Information and Communication Technology:
Information and communication technologies (ICTs) have the potential to transform business and government in Africa, driving entrepreneurship, innovation and economic growth. There is increased belief in the transformational power of ICTs and the view that Africa is poised for a new era of growth that would take advantage of the platform laid by investment in new networks over the previous decade. According to the World Bank, a 10% increase in the penetration rate of mobile phones has been associated with a 0.8% boost in GDP per capita in developing countries, while the same increase in broadband networks could add a further 1.4% to general economic growth.
Agriculture employs 65% of Africa’s labour force and accounts for 32% of Gross Domestic Product. It is essential for Africa’s growth and for achieving the Millennium Development Goal of reducing poverty by half by 2015. Agricultural performance has improved since 2000. Growth has been mostly based on area expansion. Agriculture in Africa has also enjoyed major funding and investments from external bodies, like the World Bank. The World Banks lending for sub-Saharan African agriculture has grown to over US$800 million in Fiscal Year 2009 from an earlier average of US$300 million between 2001 and 2005, it increased to US $1 billion in Fiscal Year 2010.
The World Bank is the single largest donor for improving Sub-Saharan Africa’s agricultural sector, assistance that is key to reducing hunger, poverty, and environmental degradation.
Engineering holds a strong position in the future economic, social and sustainable development of Africa – in fact, engineering and construction are critical to the success of the continent. Manufacturing is a major contributor to national GDP and the primary sectors include agri-processing, the automotive industry, chemicals, ICT and electronics, metals and textiles.
The continent will increasingly demand for skilled graduates in engineering, in order to meet the infrastructural needs of the continent. The economy is booming, and the demand from industry for skilled professionals will naturally increase.
4. Medical Sciences:
With increasing population in Africa will come increased health care issues, this will inspire increased demand for medical services and health practitioners across the continent. There has been particular attention paid to Africa’s health sector, especially for women and children. It is undoubtedly and will continually be a critical part of Africa’s development process.
5. Banking & Finance/Economics:
Africa’s economic pulse has quickened, infusing the continent with a new commercial vibrancy. While Africa’s collective long-term prospects are strong, Economists have traditionally much relevance, and will have even much more relevance in the coming years. Their primary role will be to diversify the economy and manage finance investments in Africa. | <urn:uuid:34040955-0f29-4335-8e9d-19432867912a> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.cp-africa.com/2012/12/17/top-5-most-promising-degree-programs-in-africa/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+CelebratingProgressAfrica+%28CP-Africa%29 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280266.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00492-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.940699 | 658 | 2.15625 | 2 |
The Denver Post is reporting the Bush administration will focus on streamlining environmental approvals to speed up development of natural gas in the Rockies. The move comes amid warnings of a natural gas shortage nationwide.
Administration officials have formed a group called the Rocky Mountain Energy Council to work on reducing delays in development and production. The council will hold its first meeting Tuesday in Denver. The group is looking at the area dubbed the ``Persian Gulf of natural gas.''
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The MYCN gene is a member of the MYC family of transcription factors and encodes a protein with a basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) domain. This protein is located in the cell nucleus and must dimerize with another bHLH protein in order to bind DNA. N-Myc is highly expressed in the fetal brain and is critical for normal brain development.
The MYCN gene has an antisense RNA, N-cym or MYCNOS, transcribed from the opposite strand which can be translated to form a protein product. N-Myc and MYCNOS are co-regulated both in normal development and in tumor cells, so it is possible that the two proteins are functionally related. It has been shown that NCYM antisense RNA encodes for a protein that has originated de novo and is specific to human and chimpanzee. This NCYM protein inhibits GSK3b and thus prevents MYCN degradation. Transgenic mice that harbor human MYCN/NCYM pair often show neuroblastomas with distant metastasis, which are atypical for normal mice. Thus NCYM represents a rare example of a de novo gene that has acquired molecular function and plays a major role in oncogenesis.
Amplification and overexpression of N-Myc can lead to tumorigenesis. Excess N-Myc is associated with a variety of tumors, most notably neuroblastomas where patients with amplification of the N-Myc gene tend to have poor outcomes.
N-Myc is also stabilized by aurora A which protects it from degradation. Drugs that target this interaction are under development, and are designed to change the conformation of aurora A. Conformational change in Aurora A leads to release of N-Myc, which is then degraded in a ubiquitin-dependent manner.
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DENVER (AP) — Environmental groups have sued the Trump administration over plans to expand drilling, fracking and mining across public lands in southwestern Colorado.
The lawsuit, filed Wednesday in the U.S. District Court in Denver, alleges that the Bureau of Land Management violated federal law by pursuing a land-management plan for fossil fuel development that ignored environmental risks to agriculture, climate and endangered species.
The federal government’s plan covers about 2,700 square miles (7,000 square kilometers) of mountains, woodlands and red-rock deserts and would allow fracking on more than half of the public lands, a federal mineral estate and coal mining, according to the groups. It includes the northwestern San Juan Mountains, several rivers and the towns of Ouray, Telluride, Montrose and Paonia, and the North Fork Valley, where residents have voiced opposition over the oil and gas development.
“Oil, gas, and coal development on public lands accounts for nearly 25 percent of the country’s annual emissions,” the lawsuit states. “In other words, it is impossible to address the existential threat of the climate crisis without completely transforming the way public lands are managed for fossil fuel exploitation.”
Officials with the Bureau of Land Management didn’t immediately return an email seeking comment.
Colorado is currently facing numerous effects that scientists say are caused by climate change including drought, wildfires and poor air quality.
Gov. Jared Polis, a Democrat, activated the state’s drought plan in early August to track the impacts, save water, coordinate local responses and help affected farmers following a federal assessment that the state is abnormally dry or in drought for the first time in eight years.
The state also is fighting four wildfires in the western region — one of which is the second largest in Colorado history. State officials have issued health advisories for the smoke emitted by the wildfires and warned nearby residents to limit outdoor activities and stay inside.
The activists also filed a notice of intent to sue federal agencies under the Endangered Species Act for harm done to the sage grouse, a bird native to the area, which was removed from the endangered or threatened species list in 2015.
According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife service, federal and state regulations have addressed the most serious threats to the species: fossil fuel and renewable energy development, infrastructure such as roads and power lines, mining, land conversion and urban development. But activists worry that the plan ignores more recent data showing population decline and implementation will worsen any chance of recovery.
President Donald Trump’s administration has rolled back numerous environmental regulations, deeming them burdensome for business. The Republican president has also publicly doubted climate change and pulled the U.S. out of a multinational pact that aims to slow the rate of global warming.
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What is your #HeritageStory?
“My father used to say that stories are part of the most precious heritage of mankind.” - Tahir Shah, in 'Arabian Nights: A Caravan of Moroccan Dreams'
Cultural Heritage is an expression of ways of living, developed by a community and passed on from generation to generation, including customs, practices, places, objects, artistic expressions and values. (Definition by ICOMOS).
As the speakers in the video below show, heritage can take many forms. It can be a song, a dance, a building, a forest, a knitting technique...
Click on this photo to watch the video:
We invite you to post your story in the form of a video or a photo and anecdote.
1. Submissions can be filmed/photographed on smartphones, anywhere.
3. We will relay the best stories through UNESCO digital channels.
Stay tuned for the upcoming launch of a awareness raising video, on 23 November, 2016.
Unite4Heritage is a global movement powered by UNESCO, that aims to celebrate and safeguard natural and cultural heritage and diversity around the world. We are sharing short videos to start the conversation about heritage and to encourage people to share their stories.
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Elisabeth is a founding member of the Victoria Theatres Trust. Her series Pets of the Public was a regular feature of On Stage from 1999 to 2005, looking at “forgotten” nineteenth century performers. She continues to contribute articles for the THA website, and from 2018 has been editor of the THA Newsletter. As a theatrical historian and biographer she assisted Viola Tait with her book on pantomime – Dames, Principal Boys…and All That (published by Macmillan in 2001) and also worked with her on her memoirs I Have a Song to Sing (published by THA in 2018). Elisabeth has also undertaken research for the Riley/Hailes Scrapbook and JCW Scene Books projects. Most recently she has been working on the Falk Studios album project including acting as editor of The Falk Studios book (published by THA in 2021).
THIS IS THE FIRST BIOGRAPHY of Australian soprano and variety theatre artist Dorothy Rudder, unheralded today but well-known in the 1920s and 30s.
Cathy Koning became interested in Dorothy Rudder when her husband inherited an old battered suitcase belonging to his great aunt. The many treasures discovered within the suitcase revealled the story of a courageous woman with a wonderful voice who was compelled to perform no matter what life threw her way.
Drawing on letters, documents, photographs and newspaper reports, Koning traces Rudder’s career from community concert appearances in rural New South Wales to the hallowed halls of the Covent Garden Opera House in London.
As Koning discovers, it was not an easy path and the peripatetic life of the theatre often meant grabbing what opportunities you could. For years Rudder was diverted into vaudeville and musical comedy, before landing her first opera engagement with J.C. Williamson's Grand Opera Company in 1932.
Along the way economic depression and two world wars contributed to her changing fortune, as did a brief marriage that ended in a sensational and very public divorce. But throughout she remained positive—and though largely on her own—she received the support of a devoted sister and wide circle of women friends and theatrical contacts.
As Frank Van Straten notes in the book’s forward: “With its treasure trove of fascinating illustrations, Dainty Diva is an invaluable exploration of a now largely forgotten world of Australian and international show business.”
Dainty Diva may be accessed or downloaded from the THA Digital Collection at https://theatreheritage.org.au/digital-collection/
THIS YEAR, the American singer, actor and producer Jeff Warren would have turned 100 on 21 January 2021.
To commemorate his centenary, Robert Ray has compiled a video tribute to Jeff. The video is divided into two parts. The first half traces Jeff’s career in America, the UK and Australia, drawing on personal and stage photos, theatre programmes, film footage, song recordings and interviews. In the second part, filmed in 2003, Jeff faces the camera and tells his story in his own words. This ‘visual-oral autobiography’ is both funny and candid. For those who knew Jeff, this is a chance to reconnect with an old friend. And for those who did not know him, this provides a heartwarming and intimate introduction.
Jeff made his New York stage debut in Lady in the Dark in 1943, playing opposite Gertrude Lawrence. During the 1950s he appeared in numerous musicals including the original Broadway production of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (starring Carole Channing), and the Broadway and West End seasons of Call Me Madam alongside Ethel Merman.
In 1960, he toured the US as the King of Siam in Rogers & Hammersteins’s The King and I. Two years later, in 1962, he was brought to Australia by Garnet H. Carroll to reprise the role. The show premiered at Melbourne’s Princess Theatre on 22 December and was an instant hit playing to record crowds around the country until April 1964.
Throughout the 1960s Jeff worked as a lecturer, performer and director in both Australia and America before becoming an Australian citizen in 1973. Over the next two decades he worked as a resident director of St Martin’s Theatre, then at the Open Stage at Melbourne State College. He also provided funding for a series of awards for young theatre artists through the National Theatre Drama School, Melbourne.
During his time in Australia Jeff was regarded as a leader in musical theatre and a mentor for many up-and-coming performers. Although he retired from the stage in 1986 he made a memorable return in the Follies In Concert for the Melbourne International Festival in 1993. Jeff died on 21 September 2003, aged 82.
In November 2019, Les Tod and Anthony Buckley’s feature length documentary about two North Sydney theatres premiered at Sydney’s Cremorne Orpheum, prior to a short season at Melbourne’s Nova and Sun theatres. An extended cinema release planned for 2020 was cut short following the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic. Les Tod is a Sydney theatre historian and member of Theatre Heritage Australia while Anthony Buckley is a noted film producer and editor.
Narrated by award-winning Australian film director Bruce Beresford, the documentary tells the story of the two theatres that stood side-by-side in Miller Street in North Sydney, both called the Coliseum.
The documenary places these building at the centre of a story that spans 150 years of entertainment in Australia, from skating and dancing to vaudeville and moving pictures.
A single photograph of the two Coliseums formed the basis for an elaborately detailed 3D recreation of the buildings’ interiors, gleaned from newspaper descriptions and architectural drawings.
The documentary which grew out of six years of research includes film footage not seen in public since its original release. Of particular interest to Theatre Heritage Australia is the sequence detailing the arrival of Maurice Sestier in Australia in 1896. As the representative of the Lumière brothers, he would team with H. Walter Barnett (of Falk Studios fame) to make and screen some of the first moving pictures seen in Australia.
At the Coliseum deLuxe is now available for purchase on DVD. As a bonus, also included on the DVD is the documentary Palace of Dreams, created in 1984 to celebrate the 75th anniversary of Sydney's magnificent State Theatre.
The DVD is available from Anthony Buckley Films for $35.00, https://buckleyfilms.com.au
BOOK REVIEW: Hanky-Panky: The Theatrical Escapades of Ernest C. Rolls by Frank Van Straten, Australian Scholarly Publishing, Kew, Vic, 2020
Who was Ernest C. Rolls? Why write a book about him?
These are the questions that Frank Van Straten poses in the introduction to his biography of colourful theatrical producer Ernest Charles Roll: Hanky-Panky: The Theatrical Escapades of Ernest C. Rolls.
For various reasons Rolls’ work and achievement, until now, has been overlooked by theatre historians. A couple of his revues are pictured in Mander and Mitchenson’s Revue: A Story in Pictures (1971), but Rolls is not given adequate acknowledgement. He is also included in Kurt Gänzl’s mighty The Encyclopaedia of the Musical Theatre (2001), albeit as part of a much larger entry on his more successful siblings Herman and Max Darewski; but that is it.
Even during his life time, his name was absent from theatre reference books such as Who’s Who in the Theatre, and his death in 1964 passed without the usual tributes.
Rolls was a man who devoted his life to the theatre, producing high quality and original revues and musicals in Britain and Australia from the 1910s to the 1950s. He was a larger than life personality who didn’t let the truth get in the way of a good story, and like all good showmen, he made and lost several fortunes, and experienced triumphs and disasters, both on stage and off. His turbulent private life saw him embroiled in bankruptcy, indecent exposure and even murder.
Rolls didn’t leave behind any letters or diaries. He contemplated writing an autobiography, but didn’t get around to it.
To piece together the story of Rolls’ life, Frank Van Straten has achieved the near impossible. He has managed to unearth all manner of sources including autobiographies of people who knew and worked with him, such as the scenic artist George Kenyon. These first-hand accounts show a man of great determination and conviction, a man of imagination and skill, and a hard task master when needed. A loner in many respects, he lost contact with his family after moving to Australia. He didn’t seem to have any close friends other than his loyal and long-suffering wife, Jennie, who remained by his side: ‘a lifetime of devotion that survived two world wars, the Great Depression and a daunting succession of personal crises’.
Frank has also manged to find some amazing illustrations—and no doubt there are many more that weren’t included. It is interesting that no glamorous studio portraits exist of either Rolls or Jennie.
So why did Rolls fall out of favour? He was clearly a very talented man. His fall from grace seems to have occurred in June 1922 when standing in the second floor window of his home in the London suburb of Maida Vale, he ‘flashed’ two passing ladies.
In the court case that followed, Rolls’ lawyer maintained (with a straight face), ‘although the accused had had about 10,000 chorus girls through his hands, there had never been the faintest suggestion of improper conduct’. The judge sentenced Rolls to three months jail, though this was reduced to six weeks following an appeal. This unfortunate incident earned Rolls the nickname ‘Flash’ Ernie.
With Rolls’ misdemeanour in mind, the title of Frank Van Straten’s book has added piquancy. Named after one of his most popular revues, Hanky-Panky, which ran for five months in London’s West End during 1917. When asked to define ‘hanky-panky’ Rolls said (with a smirk) he had no idea what it meant and offered a reward to the person who sent him the best definition.
Born Joseph Adolphe Darewski on 6 June 1890, possibly in Austria, Ernest C. Rolls, was one of five children. His parents Eduard and Irene Darewski were both European Jews who settled in England around 1893. The Darewskis were a very musical family. Rolls’ father was an opera singer of some notoriety and his bothers Herman Darewski (1884-1947) and Max Darewski (1894-1929) both achieved fame as composers. They collaborated on several of Rolls’ early productions, writing music and lyrics.
One of Rolls’ earliest theatre credits was for The Dawn of Love, a variety turn that he concocted with his brother Max. An ‘erotic’ retelling of the Garden of Eden story, danced by Nydia Nerigne and Ivan Petroff, it raised a few eyebrows when it opened at the London Palladium in 1911.
The following year, 1912, Rolls produced his first revue, a genre that would become his specialty. Based on a concept popular in Paris, revues in Britain comprised a series of sketches and musical scenas generally built around a slight plot or theme. Glamour was a key ingredient and lavish costumes and sets were de rigueur as were hordes of pretty chorus and ballet girls. Revue gradually split into two types, spectacular and intimate. Charles B. Cochran specialised in the first type, while André Charlot became the ‘the genius of intimate musical revue’. Rolls did both.
Oh! Molly, Rolls’ first revue, opened at the London Pavilion on 2 September 1912, forming half of a variety bill. It introduced Nelson Keys, who would go on to become a leading West End musical star.
Over the next decade Rolls produced some ten full-length revues in London and the provinces, including Ragmania (1913), Step This Way (1913), Full Inside (1914), Venus Ltd (1914), Hanky-Panky (1917), Topsy Turvey (1917), Any Old Thing (1917) and Laughing Eyes (1918).
When Full Inside transferred from the Oxford Theatre to the Palladium, Jennie Benson, a talented singer and comedienne, joined the cast as the new leading lady. In the revue Topsy Turvey (1917), she introduced the ‘haunting ballad’ ‘Smoke Clouds’, which featured lyrics by Davy Burnaby and Ernest C. Rolls with music by Herman Darewski. An image of the sheet music cover features Jennie dressed in khaki holding a cigarette.
The post war years proved somewhat challenging for Rolls. In 1919 he was forced to pay costs when his production of Aladdin (1916) went to court over unpaid royalties. In 1921 he was declared bankrupt for the first time, after losing £12,000 [$840,000 in today’s money] on the revue Laughing Eyes (1918) and £16,000 [$1,120,000] on the musical Oh! Julie (1920).
And in 1922, the ‘flashing’ episode put paid to Rolls’ theatrical ambitions in England. Through all of this, Jennie Benson stood by him, the two having finally married in November 1920.
When Jennie received an offer from J.C. Williamson Ltd in Australia to perform on their newly-acquired Tivoli vaudeville circuit, Rolls’ luck changed. Here was the opportunity to start afresh in a new market.
Almost as soon as he landed in Australia, Rolls began wheeling and dealing. He interested JCW in his production of Aladdin which became the 1924 Christmas attraction at His Majesty’s Theatre in Melbourne with Jennie in the title role.
Over the next decade Rolls’ name was regularly in the press. At one time or another, he worked with all the major theatre managers and companies in Australia. From JCW he moved to Fullers, by way of Rufe Naylor, travelling to New York (London was closed to Rolls) to acquire shows and stars for Naylor’s new Empire Theatre in Sydney.
The Empire duly opened on 28 February 1928 with the Jerome Kern musical Sunny. Despite some awkward comments in the press about Rolls’ ‘flashing’, Sunny proved a glorious triumph. Rolls’ Australian career as a producer of bright, lively and tuneful shows was off to a good start.
After Fullers (with whom he produced Sunny, Rio Rita and Good News in Melbourne), he joined forces with George Marlow and oversaw the productions of Clowns in Clover and Whoopee! in Sydney.
Once again storm clouds were gathering. Though artistically successful, box office receipts were down, and by July 1929 the Marlow-Rolls company was placed in voluntary liquidation with a total loss of £50,000 [$4m]. Talking pictures and then the Great Depression were cited as contributors.
After a hiatus of twelve months Rolls emerged with his own company. His first production was the pantomime Puss in Boots which opened at Sydney’s St James Theatre on 26 December 1930 with Jennie in the lead. In 1931, a whole series of revues followed, many reusing the names rather than the content of earlier revues: Topsy Turvey, Laughing Eyes, Step This Way and Follow a Star, as well as the Gershwin musical Funny Face.
In September 1931 he took over the lease of Melbourne’s Palace Theatre presenting Bright Side Up, League of Happiness, Venus Ltd, Hanky-Panky, Laughing Eyes and The Big Show; with a concurrent season at the Sydney Empire from early 1932.
At this time Rolls’ started to push the boundaries by introducing ‘nudes’ into his shows with daring programme covers to match. One of the most controversial was Tout Paris which opened at the Melbourne Princess in June 1933, prior to going on tour. But this and the revues that followed did not make money and once again Rolls was forced to liquidate his assets.
Over the next six years he experienced highs and lows. He enjoyed success at Melbourne’s Palace Theatre (renamed the Apollo in 1934) with the musical comedies The Merry Malones and Flame of Desire, and the revues Rhapsodies of 1935 and Vogues of 1935 which both featured stunning costumes by Joan Scardon (many of which are illustrated). Scardon also designed the jazzy programme covers.
In 1935, keen to turn Flame of Desire into a motion picture, he set about founding a film studio (based in Werribee), but this was not to be.
In 1938 he managed to inveigle his way onto the JCW Board. He was also appointed chief producer of the newly formed Australian and New Zealand Theatres Ltd (ANZT). In what proved to be one of the most challenging periods in the history of ‘the Firm’, Rolls set about spending money on lavish productions and trips abroad to secure shows and stars. Though ANZT proved to be a financial disaster for Williamson’s, some of the shows Rolls’ championed were sure-fire winners such as The Women by Clare Boothe Luce, which featured a female-only cast headed by Irene Purcell.
During the year and a half that he was at the helm of ANZT, he presented some of his most creative and artistic creations. The revue Folies d’Amour for example, featured costumes and settings of the highest standard.
Rolls’ extravagances had almost bankrupted ANZT. In June 1939 its accumulated losses were valued at £60,000 [$5,273,000]. Rolls too was being hounded by the Fullers’ for unpaid rent on the Palace and Princess theatres. So, rather than stick around face his creditors, Rolls and Jennie packed up their bags and returned to England.
Rolls arrived back in Britain just as war was declared. His first theatrical gambit, A Margin of Error by Clare Boothe Luce, proved a disaster, closing at London’s Shaftesbury Theatre after only 45 performances. Retreating to the provinces he returned to revues with Jennie as his leading lady. He also tried to revive old time music hall. Post war he acted as business manager and promotor for some ageing stars of stage and screen with little success. His final ‘hurrah’ was the stage spectacle ‘The Dancing Waters’, an illuminated fountain which ‘played’ British seaside resorts from 1956 to 1963.
Rolls’ died after a short illness on 20 January 1964, aged 74. Jennie died in 1979, aged 95.
A story worth telling? I think so! But, what about the murder? Well, you'll just have to read Frank’s book!
BOOK REVIEW: Judith Anderson: Australian Star, First Lady of the American Stage by Desley Deacon, Kerr Publishing, 2019
Review by Elisabeth Kumm
The ephemeral nature of performances for theatre differs from the more enduring nature of performances for movies, assisted by the physical and lasting record created by film.
Most people know Judith Anderson as a film actress, most notably as Mrs Danvers in Alfred Hitchcock’s 1940 thriller Rebecca. But as Desley Deacon describes in her recent publication, Judith Anderson: Australian Star, First Lady of the American Stage, Anderson’s career was grounded in theatre. From the 1920s to the 1950s she enjoyed an almost unparalleled career as a leading light on Broadway, equal to Katharine Cornell, Lynn Fontanne and Ruth Gordon.
Until reading Desley Deacon’s page-turning biography of Judith Anderson, I had no appreciation of the extent of Anderson’s stage career and status, often being praised by critics as ‘America’s greatest living actress’.
Deacon draws on many sources, including Judith Anderson’s unpublished memoir and appointment diaries, now both part of the Anderson Papers held at the University of California Santa Barbara Library, in addition to letters and newspaper reports. Deacon’s book is also informed by correspondence and discussion with people who knew Anderson. Deacon has had an interest in Judith Anderson for a long time. She has written several articles that touch on different aspects of her career and influence, and authored her biography for the Australian Dictionary of Biography (2016). This book is the inevitable culmination many years of research.
Born Frances Margaret Anderson in Adelaide, South Australia in 1897, Judith Anderson was the youngest of Jessie Margaret Saltmarsh and James Anderson Anderson’s four children. When she was six years old, her parents separated and she was raised by her mother.
From an early age, Judith showed potential as a singer and reciter, and at eleven she abandoned music to study elocution under the guidance of Mabel Kerr and later Lawrence Campbell. By 1912, she was performing in amateur theatricals, and by 1915, after the family moved to Sydney, she made her first professional appearance for J.C. Williamson Ltd in a touring company headed by matinee idol Julius Knight. Adopting the stage name ‘Francee Anderson’, she achieved some success in supporting roles, particularly Stephanie de Beauharnais in A Royal Divorce.
In 1917 she accepted a position with J. & N. Tait in the musical Turn to the Right, but this did nothing to further her career. With few opportunities in Australia and many of her actor friends departing for Hollywood, she decided that her future would be in America.
In January 1918, accompanied by her mother, she left for Los Angeles. But it was not a career in the movies that she found when she reached the United States. Anderson’s appearance was not suited to the movies of the time. Her nose was too big and her eyes too deep set. By June, she was in New York, making rounds of the theatres, but it would take several years before she would get her first break.
After her arrival in the United States, Judith Anderson’s story starts to come alive. Her friendships, her lovers, her hopes and dreams, successes and disappointments.
In 1923, at the suggestion of actor Frank Keenan, she changed her name to ‘Judith Anderson’. It was as Keenan’s leading lady that she made her first appearance in New York, in the drama Peter Weston. But it wasn’t until her next role, as Elise Van Zile, the erotic vampire woman in Cobra, that critics started to take notice. It wasn’t just her striking appearance, but the manner in which she inhabited her characters. Her velvety speaking voice, the way she moved across the stage and her hand gestures, also assisted her reputation.
Off stage, Anderson was charming and funny, stylish and accomplished, ambitious and determined. She loved music and literature. She enjoyed the high-life, attending parties and dinners. She made friends easily. Not just theatre people, like Noel Coward, John Gielgud and Katharine Cornell, but writers, musicians and art collectors. Close friends included the poet Robinson Jeffers (whose adaptation of Medea was one of her greatest triumphs) and the actor Mary Servoss. But she was less successful in her choice of husbands. Her two marriages, to academic Peter Lehman in 1937 and producer Luther Greene in 1946, both ended in divorce. Though several commentators later viewed Anderson as a gay icon, there is no indication of any such liaisons, although she did have many gay women friends.
Anderson’s career as a leading stage actor grew with each successive play, but as Deacon notes, there were several pivotal roles that cemented her success. The first was Cobra (1924), followed by Come of Age (1934), Family Portrait (1939) and Medea (1947), covering the vamp, the neurotic, the mother of Jesus, and the revengeful murderer. Four very different roles that marked her rise from sophisticated leading lady to character actor to tragedian.
By the 1950s, Anderson’s Broadway appearances became fewer, due to the rise of the musical and the decrease in the number of dramas being produced and she turned to Hollywood and the new medium of television to augment her income.
It is curious that Anderson only played three major Shakespearean roles, but the three she tackled were performed with great force and poetry. In 1936 she portrayed Gertrude on Broadway opposite the Hamlet of John Gielgud. She also played Lady Macbeth numerous times: in London (Old Vic, 1937), throughout the USA (1940s), and on television (1954 and 1960). In England she was supported by Laurence Olivier and on the other occasions by Maurice Evans. During 1970-71, she achieved one of her greatest ambitions: to play Hamlet. Sadly critics panned her performance and the pared-back production that sought to place Shakespeare’s language and Anderson’s delivery at the centre was considered a ‘fiasco’.
Her last stage appearance of any great import was in 1982, when at the age of 85 she played the Nurse in a revival of Jeffers’ Medea at the Kennedy Centre in New York (and on tour), with Australian Zoe Caldwell in the title role. A film version of the production was aired on PBS in 1983.
Judith Anderson returned to Australia only three times. The first was in 1927 for J.C. Williamson, when she appeared in a round of plays that included Cobra, Tea for Three and The Green Hat. Though each of these plays had achieved success on Broadway, the focus on sex and seduction left Australian audiences cold, and what was meant to be a glorious homecoming was instead an unmitigated disaster, personally and financially.
The second time was under the auspices of the Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust in 1955 when she toured in Medea, with Clement McCallin as Jason, and new costumes and scenery designed by William Constable.
Her third Australian visit came in 1966 for the Adelaide Festival playing in Medea and Macbeth, with James Condon as her leading man. Though the choice of venue, Elder Hall, was deemed a poor choice, the event was an artistic success.
She was in Australia for the last time in 1973 to appear in a ‘western horror’ movie directed by Terry Bourke called Inn of the Damned (released November 1975).
In December 1959, her homeland gave her a huge compliment by appointing her a Dame Commander of the British Empire, the second Australian woman in the performing arts after Melba to receive such an accolade. In 1992, just prior to her death, she received the Companion of the Order of Australia.
Judith Anderson was an amazing woman and despite being called ‘Australia’s greatest export’, is like so many figures of the past, remembered for a single achievement or not remembered at all. With this book, it is hoped that she will be rediscovered. With more than forty films, numerous television productions, and many audio recordings to her credit, it is possible to get some idea of her remarkable talent.
Photo by Vandamm. PIC Box P1836 #P1836/1, National Library of Australia, https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-136377983/view
An APA picture by Norman L. Danvers, PIC/7970/133 LOC Drawer PIC/7970, National Library of Australia, https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-148423637/view
During the second half of the nineteenth century and early twentieth century there were a number of significant exponents of theatrical photography. In Great Britain, Elliott & Fry, Alfred Ellis and W. & D. Downey were conspicuous; while in America, Mathew Brady, Napoleon Sarony and Joseph Byron were the undisputed leaders in the field; and in Europe names like Nadar and Charles Reutlinger resonated. In Australia, perhaps the most famous was H. Walter Barnett of the Falk studios who went on to enjoy success in London as a society photographer. Barnett’s photographs are to be found in photographic anthologies and have been the subject of major exhibitions. Another photographer, Andrew Barrie, founder of the Talma studio still remains in the shadows. From 1892 to the 1930s, Talma was a household name and had a reputation for high-quality work. Barrie was not only a highly-skilled craftsman, but his drive and inventiveness gave Talma a competitive edge. His studio was the first to be lit by electric light and one of the first commercial studios in Australia to work with flashlight. He invested in the latest technologies in order to provide his clients with access to the best photographic solutions and was an early adopter of the postcard as a means of distributing his images. Unlike Barnett, he is not represented in the Australian Dictionary of Biography and he receives only a passing reference in The Mechanical Eye in Australia and Australians Behind the Camera. For reasons not known, his death in 1937 passed without public notice. His only major acknowledgement to date is in Jack Cato’s The Story of the Camera in Australia, first published in 1955. From its opening in 1892, the Talma studio in Swanston Street, Melbourne, was a premier destination for the theatrical profession, and for almost forty years, Barrie and his assistants captured the likeness of many thousands of sitters.
In the 1951 British film The Magic Box, a bio-pic of the life of pioneer film maker William Friese Greene (1855-1921), a scene shows the young Greene working as a photographic assistant in the studio of Marcus Guttenberg. He is charming to the clients as he encourages more natural poses—something that infuriates his boss—and as sitters remain still and count up to 22, he asks his boss why he hasn’t considered buying one of the newer cameras with a quicker exposure time. As an evocation of a Victorian photographer’s studio, albeit recreated some 70 years later, it provides a window into the past: the clamps to hold the sitters’ heads in position, the scenic canvas back cloth and potted palms used to dress the scene, and the large tripod camera almost the size of a person.
One can imagine Andrew Barrie experiencing something similar in his role as an assistant at Stewart & Co. in Melbourne; full of youthful enthusiasm, keen to experiment with lighting and techniques, and create more artistic poses. However unlike Greene’s boss, Robert Stewart encouraged the young Barrie and allowed his talent as a photographer—and as an artist—to flourish.
Andrew Barrie’s birthplace, Campsie, Lennoxtown in Stirlingshire, near Glasgow. This photograph was taken by Barrie’s son Colin in the 1970s during a family visit.
Courtesy of Andrew Barrie.
One of several medals won by a youthful Andrew Barrie for his photography—from the Sandhurst [Bendigo] Industrial Exhibition of 1879.
Courtesy of Andrew Barrie.
Born on 8 October 1859 at Campsie, Lennoxtown in Stirlingshire, not far from Glasgow, Barrie was the second child of Andrew Barrie and his wife Mary Graham. His sister Mary was ten years his senior. Before he was two years old, his family decided to leave Scotland and travel to Australia, arriving in Melbourne aboard the Oithona in December 1861. In the 1860s, the Victorian gold fields were still an attraction and the Barries settled in Ballarat. By the late 1870s they had moved to Melbourne.
As a teenager, Barrie was already a serious amateur photographer and member of the Photographic Society of Victoria. He showed considerable talent from an early age, winning medals at juvenile exhibitions in Ballarat, Sandhurst, Geelong and Melbourne. He also took classes at the University of Melbourne’s School of Chemistry and at the National Gallery School.
Robert Stewart, proprietor and founder of Stewart & Co., Melbourne. Photograph by Falk Studios, Melbourne.
This photograph was published in The Australasian Photo-Review, 22 August 1912, p. 469.
Stewart & Co.’s logo, back of a carte-de-visite mount, c.1880s.
State Library Victoria, H2005.34/2541A, H2005.34/2541A
Studio portrait of Andrew Barrie, c.1880s. Copy of a photograph by Stewart & Co., Melbourne.
Courtesy Andrew Barrie.
British tenor singer C.M. Leumane, 1890. Cabinet photograph by Stewart & Co., Melbourne. It is very likely that this photograph was taken by Andrew Barrie. Note the similarity of the background foliage with the portrait of Barrie (left).
State Library of New South Wales, P1/973, https://archival.sl.nsw.gov.au/Details/archive/110324392
Barrie soon found himself at the studio of Stewart & Co. at 217 Bourke Street, in the middle of Melbourne’s theatre district. At various times, Stewart’s also had branches at 219 and 42 Bourke Street. Founded in 1871 by Robert Stewart (1838-1912), a ginger-haired Englishman, the company grew rapidly, mass producing large quantities of inexpensive cabinet cards for a portrait-hungry public. A kindly man by all accounts, Stewart trained as an architect in England, but on arriving in Sydney in the early 1860s set up a photography business, relocating to Melbourne ten years later.
At Stewart & Co., Barrie met H. Walter Barnett (1962-1934) and Tom Roberts (1856-1931), both men of considerable artistic talent, who were also at the beginning of their careers. Barnett was employed as a studio assistant from about 1875 to 1880, and after a short stint in Hobart at the Elite Studios, which he co-ran with Harold Riise, he left for London via New York. There he gained further experience with the celebrated firm of W. & D. Downey. On his return to Australia in 1886, he established the prestigious Falk studios. Roberts, who went on to become a key figure in Australia’s Heidelberg School of painters, worked at Stewart’s on and off between 1881 and 1889, primarily as a means of supporting his ambitions as a painter.
Stewart’s establishment was one of many similar photographic studios in Melbourne that specialised in portraiture. From the mid-1850s photographic portraits were steadily replacing painted portraits as the preferred means of capturing a likeness—and it was also cheaper and less time consuming for the sitter. Nevertheless, many artists were quick to dismiss photography as too mechanical and lacking in soul. Tom Roberts for example believed that ‘oil paint offered entry into dimensions of personality not obtainable through photography’.
By 1885 Barrie had become a senior partner at Stewart & Co., and following Stewart’s retirement in 1892, he became the new owner, paying £5000 for the business. Under Barrie’s leadership the firm’s artistic quality improved and they developed a reputation for ‘natural-looking’ portraits.
Sir Henry Weedon, 1908, Barrie’s business partner. Seen here in his Mayoral robes, he was Lord Mayor of Melbourne, 1905-1908. He was knighted in 1908. Painting by Vincenzo Brun.
City of Melbourne Art and Heritage Collection, https://citycollection.melbourne.vic.gov.au/portrait-of-cr-sir-henry-weedon-lord-mayor-1905-08/
This wood engraving by A.C. Cooke showing Buxton’s new premises in Swanston Street was published in the Australasian Sketcher, 21 October 1885.
State Library Victoria, A/S21/10/85/173, https://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/240318
In 1892, Barrie formed a partnership with Henry Weedon (1859-1921), an astute businessman and aspiring politician. Barrie and Weedon continued to maintain an interest in Stewart & Co. which operated until the 1910s with branches variously at 40 and 284 Bourke Street.
In mid-1892, the two partners leased a new studio in Swanston Street, the former premises of Grouzelle & Co., artistic photographers. The studio’s owner Louis Grouzelle (1853-1931) had been declared insolvent in May 1892 and was forced to vacate the premises.
The new business of Talma & Co.—named most probably after Napoleon Bonaparte’s favourite actor François-Joseph Talma (1763-1826)—launched in October 1892.
Buxton’s building at 119 Swanston Street, opposite the Melbourne Town Hall, was located on Melbourne’s fashionable ‘Block’ which also included the newly-opened Block Arcade in Collins Street. ‘Doing the Block’ was a popular activity in Melbourne, and a photographer’s display window was just the thing to attract the attention of society ladies and gentlemen.
Designed by W.S. Law in the French Second Empire style, with a distinctive mansard roof, the five-storey building opened in October 1885 as the new home for Buxton’s Artistic Stationery Co., a company founded by James Thomas Buxton (1856-1930), a Geelong-born businessman and Melbourne City Councillor. The building soon became a hub for Melbourne’s artistic community, housing not only Buxton’s stationery and fancy goods business, but printing, engraving and embossing departments, as well as an exhibition gallery and photographer’s studio. In 1889, the second-floor gallery hosted an exhibition by Melbourne’s Heidelberg school of artists, the seminal 9" x 5" exhibition, which featured works by Tom Roberts, Charles Conder, Arthur Streeton among others, painted on the backs of wooden cigar box lids.
At Buxton’s, Barrie and Weedon moved into a studio on the first floor. Whereas most photographers occupied the roof tops of buildings so they could capitalise on access to natural light through the installation of sloping plate glass windows and skylights, Barrie had no need of this. He was the first commercial photographer in Australia to use electric light, installing a powerful ‘6000 candle power’ lamp that enabled him to take photographs on the dullest of days and at night time. The invention of W. Clayton Joel, a Melbourne-based electrical engineer, and patented as Joel Patent Lamps, the lamp provided a strong, clear light that mimicked daylight. Such was the power of the lamp that exposure time for the photographic plates was reduced to only two seconds.
During the early 1890s, the Melbourne land boom brought about by the goldrushes of the 1850s came to a spectacular end, with many thousands of businesses declared bankrupt, banks failing and shareholders losing their investments. Nevertheless many of the cannier investors managed to avoid bankruptcy, Barrie and Weedon among them as they seem to have struck some sort of financial arrangement with Thomas Baker (1854-1928) of Austral Laboratory, one of their major suppliers, which saw Baker and another man, accountant Sidney Lathbury Danby (1864-1897), appointed trustees of Talma and Stewart & Co. and responsible for any claims by creditors. This arrangement allowed Barrie and Weedon to continue trading and for their businesses to ride out the crash.
In the mid-1890s James Thomas Buxton sold his stationery business to Edward Groves, and by 1900 had closed the gallery, thus ending his association with a building once synonymous with Melbourne’s artistic community. With Groves’ acquisition of the Artistic Stationery Co., the ‘Buxton’s’ sign that adorned the building was replaced by one that read ‘Talma’s’. By the turn of the century, Barrie and Weedon’s business occupied much of the building, with Talma & Co. on the first floor, and the Talma studios (developing and dark rooms) on the second and third floors. In 1897, they sublet rooms on the first floor to the Oriental Beauty Parlours, and from about 1909 they also occupied the fourth floor.
Advertising card, c.1892.
Courtesy of the City of Melbourne Art and Heritage Collection.
Unknown sitter, c.1892. Many of these early cabinet photographs proudly boasted ‘Taken by Electric Light’. Photograph by Talma, Melbourne.
Courtesy of the City of Melbourne Art and Heritage Collection.
Albumen photograph of vocalist Marie Halton, 1892.
Photograph album of Australian actors and actresses compiled by Gordon Ireland, State Library Victoria, MS 6135, https://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/180180
A cropped version of the same image as a carte-de-visite. Marie Halton was performing in comic opera in Australia between January and July 1892.
Courtesy of the City of Melbourne Art and Heritage Collection.
During the 1880s, the cabinet card became the most popular way to mount and display photographs, replacing the smaller carte-de-visite. Utilising the same process as the carte-de-visite—a thin photographic print mounted on a card—the major difference was the size. Whereas the carte-de-visite comprised a 2.125" x 3.5" (54 mm x 89 mm ) photograph on a 2.5" x 4" (64 mm x 100 mm) mount, the larger cabinet photograph measured 4" x 5.5" (108 mm x 165 mm ) on a 4.25" x 6.5" (111 mm x 170 mm) mount. Larger still was the Paris panel, first used by Talma in 1894. Approximately double the size of a cabinet, the Paris panel mount measured 7.2" x 10" (185 mm x 254 mm).
Often, in addition to including the photographer’s name or logo on the front, mounts were decorated with elaborate borders and enhanced by the use of gold or other colours. The ‘Talma’ logo, which was printed on the bottom left hand side of the photographic mounts, remained fairly consistent over the years, with different designs being used for the various mount sizes. The rear of the mount provided further opportunity for the photographer to advertise his business, but examples of surviving Talma cards show only a logo on the front of the card.
Logo used typically on the early 1890s carte-de-visite mount.
Logo used on cabinet and Paris panel mounts throughout the 1890s and into the early 1900s.
Alternative version of the above logo, beige lettering on a brown background.
Logo from a Paris panel mount, used during the early 1900s.
Advertising card, c.1895.
Courtesy of the City of Melbourne Art and Heritage Collection.
In early 1895, Talma became the first photographic studio in Australia capable of taking almost life-size portraits. The gigantic ‘shadowcatcher’ as it was known, cost £600, and according to publicity was ‘capable of taking portraits or groups direct 5-feet square’ (1.5 metres square). This giant camera was said to be one of only three of its type in the world, one belonging to a ‘leading New York photographer’ and the other in Vienna. It utilised glass plate negatives, 50" x 41.3" (1270 mm x 1050 mm), manufactured and sanitized by Thomas Baker of the Austral Laboratory.
Albumen cabinet photograph of Alice Leamar, a member of the London Gaiety Company, c.1893. Photograph by Talma, Melbourne.
State Library of New South Wales, P1/975, https://archival.sl.nsw.gov.au/Details/archive/IE1662147
Paris panel photograph of British actress Maud Jeffries in costume as Kate Cregeen in The Manxman, 1898. Photograph by Talma, Melbourne
State Library of New South Wales, P1/837, https://archival.sl.nsw.gov.au/Details/archive/110344365
Under Barrie’s direction, Talma became one of Melbourne’s leading portrait studios, with a large number of their clients drawn from the theatrical professions.
As photographer Jack Cato notes in The Story of the Camera in Australia, Barrie’s work was in a ‘high key’ producing images of great refinement, a style ‘particularly suitable to women’. In contrast, H. Walter Barnett worked in ‘deep dramatic tones’. Barnett’s Falk studios, which also specialised in theatrical portraiture, was Barrie’s major rival.
One of Talma’s first theatrical clients was Florence Brough of the Brough and Boucicault Comedy Company. She visited the studios in October 1892 when she was photographed ‘in a series of situations’ sitting on a couch with a handsome screen behind.
Almost all the leading identities in the acting profession at the time had their likeness taken by Talma. Julius Knight, Maud Jeffries, Wilson Barrett, Mrs Brown Potter, Tittell Brune and Nance O’Neil were just some of the visiting celebrities who called in at the Talma studio, as did local performers including Carrie Moore, Violet Varley, Nellie Stewart and Mrs Maesmore Morris.
Barrie’s Platinotype prints were praised for their life-like qualities. In April 1895, having enlarged the reception room at his Swanston Street premises, Barrie held an exhibition of portraits that included not only leading members of the Gaiety Company, but prominent society people: ‘From immense pictures to Paris panels this series ranges. One of the finest exhibitions of photographs that has ever been made in Melbourne is now being held by Talma on the Block, where crowds assembled to con [connaître?] the artistic and flattering presentments that Talma is noted for.’
In 1898, when some new pictures of Maud Jeffries were released, the Melbourne Punch reported:
The average photographer can produce a likeness of his sitter, but the real artist makes a ‘picture’ as well as a photograph. Some striking proofs of this fact are now before us in the shape of a series of photographs of Miss Maud Jeffries in various characters in which she had appeared during the Wilson Barrett season. These pictures have been taken by Talma and Co. of Swanston-street. The beautiful face of the talented actress is accorded full justice, and the different poses are graceful and artistic. Talma and Co. had a good subject in Miss Jeffries, and they have done her and themselves credit in these artistic pictures.
Portrait of Edward Ernest Gray, Talma’s Sydney representative, published in The Sydney Mail, 7 June 1911, p. 36.
Paris panel photograph of American actress Nance O’Neil in costume as Peg Woffington in Masks and Faces, c.1900. Photograph by Talma & Co., Sydney—most probably taken by E.E. Gray.
State Library of New South Wales, P1/1266, https://archival.sl.nsw.gov.au/Details/archive/110324282
In March 1899, Talma opened a branch in Sydney. With the bank collapse in Melbourne in the early 1890s, the centre of business and theatrical activity had moved north to Sydney. Theatrical firm J.C. Williamson Ltd had relocated its headquarters to Sydney as had most of the large mercantile corporations.
The opening of the Sydney studio was a glamorous and clamorous affair. According to reports in the newspapers as soon as the doors opened hundreds of women tried to cram into the lift, keen to be the first to see the new studio space in Messrs Sands and Co.’s new building at 374 George Street, adjacent to the GPO and not far from Barnett’s Falk studios in the Royal Arcade.
Henry Weedon travelled to Sydney for the launch. Among the guests who attended the opening were many theatricals, including Pattie Browne, Rose Musgrove, Florence and Beatrice Perry, and Muriel Matters.
Actress Emily Soldene writing in the Sydney Evening News (16 March 1899) described the scene at the opening:
A crowd right out into George-street. Everybody blocking the gangway looking at the pictures … At last I got into the elevator. Oh didn’t I tell you. Why the glorified birdcage that carries and wafts you up high—still higher—way up—on the top, to the new and magnificent studios of Talma Photographic Company. A dream of a studio. Turkey carpets, Persian rugs and ottomans and cunning chairs that make one feel on good terms with all the world, and give one a charming expression … Walking through the spacious galleries and the comfortable dressing-rooms, everything thought of—nothing forgotten. I could not help thinking of the old days, when being photographed meant something stuffy, dusty, and dreadfully tiring.
In addition to commodious dressing rooms, the top-floor studio also featured ‘well fitted-up dark rooms, printing and enlarging rooms’.
Edward Ernest Gray (1869-1912) took on the role of managing director and principal photographer, and most likely had a financial interest in the running of the studio. Gray had spent the last fifteen years at the Falk studios, having joined Barnett when he first opened at the Royal Arcade in the 1880s. When Gray died suddenly on 2 June 1911, aged just 44, one obituarist noted:
With the exception of Mr. [Mark] Blow of the Crown Studios probably no photographer in Australia has “taken” more celebrities than did Mr. Gray for his patrons included Governors, politicians, and almost every notable to visit Sydney for a number of years past. He also held the exclusive right to J.C. Williamson, and was as well-known and respected in theatrical as he was in commercial circles.
It is interesting that Barrie is not mentioned. Nevertheless, after Gray’s death, the Talma Sydney studio closed its doors.
By 1914 Talma had established branches in other Australian capitals, opening in Brisbane in 1909 (Wickham Street, Fortitude Valley), Perth in 1912 (113 Barrack Street), and Adelaide in 1914 (31 King William Street).
Flashlight photograph of the audience at Her Majesty’s Theatre, Melbourne, 2 June 1900, taken by Talma to commemorate the opening of the theatre under the management of J.C. Williamson Ltd.
State Library Victoria, H34846, https://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/77551
By 1896, photographs by Talma taken with the aid of a ‘flashlight’ started to appear in the pages of the illustrated newspapers. One of the earliest experiments in flashlight photography in Australia took place in 1890 when a gathering of the Lynn Camera Club in Adelaide was photographed by flashlight, the negative developed and the image then projected via lantern slide for the audience to see an hour later.
With the availability of magnesium flash powders in the late 1880s it became possible to take photographs indoors and at night-time. Highly volatile magnesium powder, when ignited by an electric spark, creates a brilliant and instantaneous flash. During the 1890s, this same technique was used to produce lightning effects on the stage. The Talma studio was not unique in the use of this new process, but was certainly one of the most prolific. With advancements in photo-lithographic printing, illustrated newspapers and journals were beginning to flourish and newspapers, such as The Australasian and Leader featured full and half-page photographic spreads, depicting everything from animals and architecture to sporting heroes and royalty.
When Talma’s ‘flashlight’ photograph of the Princess Theatre auditorium was published in The Australasian on 19 September 1896, it created a stir. Taken during a performance of A Trip to Chinatown, the photograph was said to be ‘the first time that any such view has been obtained in Australia’. It was called a ‘triumph of the photographer’s art’ and ‘one of the most remarkable of recent developments’. People were amazed at the clarity of the image, with the faces of people ‘readily recognisable as to be really portraits’.
This same picture was prominently displayed in the Talma studio showcase window in Swanston Street, with copies available at a guinea each.
A similar photograph of the Melbourne Opera House followed on the 17 October 1896. These types of photographs were a huge success, especially among audience members keen to obtain a souvenir of themselves in the crowd. When, in January 1897, it was proposed to take a photograph of the auditorium of the Bijou Theatre during a matinee performance of The Strange Adventures of Miss Brown, an advertisement appeared in the press announcing:
Public admitted at the usual tariff.
UNIQUE SOUVENIR of the OCCASION.
Messrs TALMA and Co. will take a flashlight photograph of the distinguished audience assembled in the auditorium of the Bijou Theatre on the occasion of the interesting event.
On 2 June 1900, to commemorate the opening of Her Majesty’s Theatre in Melbourne (the former Alexandra Theatre) under the management of J.C. Williamson and the opening of the Nance O’Neil season, a commemorative flashlight photograph of the auditorium was taken by Talma. The photograph, together with a ‘statement of receipts’ for opening night and bound booklet of photographs of Nance O’Neil in private life and in costume, was available for purchase from the theatre.
One of the earliest stage photographs taken by Talma was of the A Gaiety Girl company on 14 October 1895 on the stage of the Princess Theatre in Melbourne with the aid of electric light.
National Library of Australia, PIC P1878 LOC Q15, https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-136392095/view
A scene from The Sign of the Cross featuring Julius Knight and Ada Ferrar. This image is taken from an 1898 souvenir booklet to commemorate the 250th performance of the play in Australia.
Elisabeth Kumm Collection.
Around the same time that Barrie was taking photographs of theatre auditoria, he also turned his camera to the stage. With flashlight photography, and the introduction of electricity into theatres, the camera had become more versatile and stage scenes could now be photographed in loco, rather than recreated in the studio. The publication of stage scenes in newspapers soon became widespread—and by the 1900s magazines, such as The Theatre (published by W.J. Moulton, Sydney), focussing solely on the theatre began to appear.
British-born New York based photographer, Joseph Byron (1846-1926), of the Byron Company heralded in a new era in theatrical photography when in 1890 he took his camera onto the stage of Broadway’s Fifth Avenue Theatre and photographed a scene from the melodrama Blue Jeans, with the aid of a magnesium flash. Theatre managers and producers soon appreciated the full potential of stage photography as a marketing tool, and between 1895 and 1942, the Byron Company took thousands of stage photographs.
One of Talma’s first stage shots was taken on 14 October 1895. Though not a production scene, it featured all the members of the A Gaiety Girl company assembled on the stage of Princess Theatre in Melbourne. ‘Photographed on the stage by electric light’, the picture formed the basis of a commemorative souvenir given to every lady who attended a special matinee performance on Wednesday, 16 October 1895.
In February 1897, The Australasian published one of Talma’s first flashlight play scenes—the Coronation scene from The Prisoner of Zenda, taken on the stage of the Princess Theatre. The photograph depicts Julius Knight, Ada Ferrar and company, resplendent against George and John Gordon’s magnificent set. This was followed in May 1897 by scenes from the biblical epic The Sign of the Cross: ‘The “Sign of the Cross” was produced at Her Majesty’s Theatre, Sydney, last week and made so profound an impression that the proprietors of “The Australasian” commissioned Talma (Mr. A. Barrie) to take views of the principal scenes. This he did by flashlight after the performance between midnight and 1 a.m.’ Many of these images later appeared in a 20-page souvenir, published by McKinley & Co., Melbourne, to commemorate the 250th performance of the play in Australia, which took place at the Princess Theatre on 9 August 1898.
The popularity of Talma’s stage scenes continued unabated. On 21 August 1897, The Australasian reproduced scenes from The Gay Parisienne; on 21 October 1897, Melbourne Punch featured two of the tableau scenes from A Royal Divorce: ‘Waterloo! Napoleon’s Final Effort’, and the ‘Retreat from Moscow’. A dramatic image of HMS Britannic, the battleship in Harbour Lights, published in the Leader on 20 August 1898, was described as a ‘a triumph of ingenuity and effective display’.
Subsequent productions in Melbourne and Sydney captured in Talma’s flashlight included The King’s Musketeers (1899), The Christian (1899), The Absent-Minded Beggar (1900), The Rose of Persia (1900), Cinderella (1901), Florodora (1901), Puss in Boots (1901), Aida (1901), The Casino Girl (1901), and The Christian King (1901).
The Retreat from Moscow—one of the tableaux scenes from A Royal Divorce, c.1897, with Julius Knight (centre) as Napoleon.
From A Royal Divorce: souvenir of play, playwright and players, Melbourne, c.1897. State Library of New South Wales, Q923.1/N.
Studies by Talma & Co., Melbourne and Sydney, published by Atlas Press, Melbourne, 1900. The inset photo is of Maud Jeffries in The Claudian.
Elisabeth Kumm Collection.
Talma contributed photographs to all manner of theatrical souvenirs and programmes, notably the productions of J.C. Williamson Ltd.
In March 1900, Talma published a small booklet entitled Studies by Talma & Co., which included portraits of leading actresses of the day, including Maud Jeffries, Mrs Brown Potter, Dorothy Vane, Hilda Spong, Maxine Elliott and others. As a ‘collection of the choicest specimens of the photographic art gleaned from the thousands of celebrities photographed by this noted firm,’ wrote the columnist in The Referee, ‘The souvenir is indeed worthy of the reputation of a firm famous for the excellence and thoroughness of its work.’
One of the Talma photographs that featured on JCW’s set of The Messenger Boy postcards, 1903.
State Library Victoria, H81.251/14, https://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/298769
Postcard of Maud Jeffries as Lady Mary Carlyle in Monsieur Beaucaire, c.1904. This same image also appeared as a cabinet card. See example in Gallery at the end of this article.
State Library Victoria, H2014.1013/26, https://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/336293
Novelty postcard of Carrie Moore, c.1906. Photograph by Talma.
State Library Victoria, H33707/30, https://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/297792
Postcard of Nellie Stewart in Sweet Nell of Old Drury, c.1912. Example of a ‘real’ photographic postcard, published by C.B. & Co., Sydney. Photograph by Talma & Co.
State Library Victoria, H84.64/3, https://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/298771
Just as the cabinet photograph displaced the carte-de-visite in the 1880s, the 5.5" x 3.5" (140 mm x 89 mm) postcard had virtually replaced the cabinet card by the early 1910s.
Unlike its predecessors, the postcard seamlessly combined the pictorial image and the postcard backing. In Britain, offset printing techniques were employed prior to 1903, but after this date the introduction of rotary presses enabled the mass production of ‘real’ photographs, the most famous exponent being London’s Rotary Photographic Co. Ltd. In the early days before the perfection of colour printing, black and white images were often hand coloured to enhance their appeal—and the use of other novelty elements such as glitter and embossing was also common.
Talma was one of the first photographic businesses in Australia to embrace the pictorial postcard. In 1894 the British postal service gave permission for privately printed postcards to be sent through the post using an adhesive stamp, with postal services in Australia following suit the next year. However, it wasn’t until the nationalisation of the postal system in Australia after 1901 and the introduction of two deliveries a day, that the craze for postcards really took off, replacing envelopes and notepaper as the preferred means of correspondence. Postcard sending and collecting became a popular hobby. Many people kept standing orders with photographers and bookstores, filling scrapbooks and albums with new cards as they were issued.
In July 1903, J.C. Williamson Ltd issued a set of postcards featuring scenes from The Messenger Boy, photographed by Talma, ostensibly as a means of advertising their new show playing at Her Majesty’s Theatre in Melbourne. With the success of The Messenger Boy series, postcards for A Country Girl (1904), the Julius Knight and Maud Jeffries season (1904), the Gaiety Company season (1904) and The Cingalee (1905) followed.
Andrew Barrie saw the postcard as a simple and inexpensive means of distributing his growing number of theatrical portraits, creating a revenue stream for himself as well as and promoting the sitters and shows at the same time. As Melbourne Punch noted:
Amongst the best specimens of photographic post-cards are those issued by Talma of Melbourne and Sydney. The series illustrated the beauties of the stage, and includes Miss Nellie Stewart, Mrs Maesmore Morris, Miss Lillah McCarthy, Miss Maud Hobson and Miss May Beatty. All the pictures are photographic studies in lighting and posing, and are characterised by that technical excellence which has rendered Talma the premier stage photographer.
His regular printers were Syd. Day in Melbourne and C.B. & Co. (Collins Brothers & Co.) in Sydney.
Photograph of the former Whitney’s Building at 79 Swanston Street, c.1956-65. In February 1924, this became the new home of Talma. The sloping glass roof of the studio can clearly been seen atop the corner building.
City of Melbourne Arts and Heritage Collection, reg. no. 1751413, https://citycollection.melbourne.vic.gov.au/unmarked-book-negative-a19-intersection-of-swanston-and-collins-street/
Alan Wilkie, c.1926. Silver gelatin photograph by Talma Studios.
State Library Victoria, H92.253/10, https://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/299190
With Henry Weedon’s death in 1912, Barrie lost both a friend and a business partner. But at age fifty-eight, Barrie was still at the height of his powers and photography was a driving passion. Like many people working in the creative industries, retirement was not an option. Outside of the studio, he entered competitions, judged amateur photographic competitions and even gave lectures. He was a long-time member of the Photographic Society of Victoria (serving both as Vice President and President for a time), an active member of the Photographic Employers’ Association of Victoria (serving as President in 1913) and of the Professional Photographers’ Association of Victoria (for which he was President 1924/1925).
In February 1924, after thirty-two years at 119 Swanston Street, Talma relocated to new premises. Whitney Chambers at 79 Swanston Street was a two-story building on the south-west corner of Swanston and Collins streets. Sharing the first-floor with Table Talk magazine and Coghill and Haughton, auctioneers and estate agents, Talma’s new home was ‘specially designed as a photographic studio … with every modern and most approved device of lighting and convenience’. Barrie was one of the speakers at the opening and at sixty-seven years of age was described as ‘the oldest tenant of the premises’.
Little is known about the business and how many people it employed, but it seems they still had a number of theatrical clientele. Anecdotal evidence suggests that Barrie may have experienced financial loss as a result of the 1929 depression. By the mid-1930s, following the sudden death of his wife, and in poor health, he sold his business to Mendelssohn’s, a family-run photographic business located at 90 Swanston Street. By 1938 the business was trading as The New Talma.
Andrew Barrie, c.1894. Photograph by Talma & Co.
This portrait appeared in The Photographic Review of Review (Australian edition), no. 12, December 1894, p. 10.
Portrait of Andrew Barrie’s second wife, Mary Wyndham.
Courtesy of Andrew Barrie.
On 23 February 1886, Barrie had married Mary Elizabeth Brown, the third daughter of the late William Brown of Ballarat. The wedding ceremony was conducted by Rev. Lockhart Morton at Ebenezer Presbyterian Church in Ballarat. On 11 December 1886, Barrie’s first child Beryl Ellerslie was born; followed by Reginald William in 1888; Stanley Arthur in 1891; Mary Johnstone in 1892; Alice Graham in 1895; and Violet Johnston in 1900. In 1886, Barrie and his wife were living in Victoria Street, East St Kilda. At the time their third child was born, they resided at ‘Talma’, 68 Milton Street, St Kilda. On 25 January 1912, Barrie’s wife died, aged only 48. By this time, Andrew Barrie was living at ‘Rosedale’ on the corner of Foster and Smith streets in St Kilda. On 26 April 1920, at the age of 60, Barrie re-married. His second wife, Mary Wyndham (born Lucy Amelia Mary Wyndham) was thirty-two years his junior. She was the daughter of the late Heathcote George Wyndham of Great Salterns, Hampshire, England. The Wyndham’s family tree was quite an illustrious one. It boasted numerous dignitaries, including several British Prime Ministers, and could be traced back to Anne Boleyn. The marriage took place at the Presbyterian Church, Alma Road, St Kilda. Barrie and his wife had two children, Colin (born 1921) and Beris (born 1925). Mary Barrie died suddenly on 2 February 1934, aged only 42, of a brain aneurism. Following his wife’s death, Barrie’s health started to decline and his children went to live with a close friend of the family. In late 1936 Barrie had a stroke resulting in hemiplegia. He suffered a second stroke in March the following a year—and died on 5 April 1937, aged 77. At the time he was resident in the Alma Rest Home in East St Kilda. He was buried in Brighton Cemetery.
Curiously, no family notices were placed in the newspapers and no obituaries were published to mark his passing—something especially strange considering that Talma was once a household name in Melbourne and Sydney. Unfortunately history is full of similar stories.
Andrew Barrie was a man of considerable energy and invention, and his whole life was dedicated to the advancement of his craft and its artistic possibilities. He opened his Talma studio at a very challenging time, when the Melbourne bank collapse was at its height. He was one of the first commercial photographers in Australia to use electric light and he experimented with new techniques and cameras in his pursuit of photographic perfection. Between the 1890s and the 1930s, thousands of people sat before his camera. His services were in demand by fashionable society and celebrities, and his photographs of leading actors and actresses were greatly admired and highly sought after. Prior to 1910 he didn’t place advertisements in newspapers, the demand for his pictures by publishers was all he needed to spread his name and with the development of the postcard his images were soon being delivered to all corners of globe through the post.
Considering the number of photographs he and his studios took during their peak, surprisingly few are to be found in public collections. The State Library Victoria and the State Library of New South Wales have approximately five hundred between them; a modest number considering the many hundreds of thousands that must have been produced and sold. Of those that appeared in the illustrated newspapers and souvenirs, notably the stage scenes, their high-quality photographic equivalents are nowhere to be found. When the old Talma Building at 119 Swanston Street was being cleared by the City of Melbourne in the mid-1990s, hundreds of badly weathered photographs were discovered in the roof space, photographs by Talma, but also by Grouzelle & Co., who preceded Talma as tenants of the building. The majority of the photographs are of ‘ordinary’ people, and only a handful are recognisable as being from the acting profession. The photographs are now preserved in the City of Melbourne Art and Heritage Collection.
In 2000-2001, the National Portrait Gallery in Canberra held a major touring exhibition on the work of H. Walter Barnett, Legends: the art of Walter Barnett, and an accompanying catalogue was published with the support of Saatchi & Saatchi Australia. Barnett’s London work also figured prominently in an exhibition held at the National Portrait Gallery in London in 1998 and in the accompanying book High Society Photographs 1897-1914 by Terence Pepper. In addition, Roger Neill, the curator of the Legends exhibition, wrote the entry for Barnett in the Encyclopedia of Nineteenth Century Photography, pp. 116-117.
Cato, p. 94: Cato incorrectly records Barrie’s birth year as 1860; Scottish Birth Certificate; VIC Birth and Death Certificates. Another older son, also called Andrew, had died from scarlet fever in 1858. The family left Scotland to escape the scarlet fever epidemic that was sweeping through Scotland. Ironically, two sons, both christened David, born in Ballarat in 1863 and 1868, died from heat stroke, the first in 1867 and second in 1869.
PROV Unassisted Passenger Lists; Cato, p. 94: Cato says, Barrie ‘came out to the Victorian goldfields when he was seven years old’, which is not correct.
VIC Birth and Death Certificates; Sands & McDougall’s Melbourne and Suburban Directory, various issues
The Ballarat Star (Vic.), 18 May 1878, p. 1; The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.), 8 March 1879, p. 7; Leader (Melbourne, Vic.), 31 May 1879, p. 21; p. 7; The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.), 5 March 1880, p. 9; The Photographic Review of Reviews (Australasian Edition), 1 December 1894, p. 10, https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-410408700/view; Punch (Melbourne, Vic.), 15 February 1912, p. 29.
Davies & Stanbury, p. 235; Sandy Barrie, p. 164; Cato, pp. 88–89: Cato incorrectly states that Stewart was a Scot and that his first name was Richard; ‘Death of Mr Robert Stewart’, Supplement to the Australasian Photo-Review, 22 August 1912, p. 469, https://trove.nla.gov.au/version/257902130
Davies & Stanbury, pp. 102 & 160; Sandy Barrie, pp. 11 & 58–59; Paul De Serville, ‘Henry Walter Barnett (1862-1934)’, Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 7, (MUP), 1979, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/barnett-henry-walter-5139. Though sources do not agree on the opening date of the Falk Studio in Sydney, some say 1885 and others 1887, directories and newspaper reports suggest he was definitely established by 1888, taking over the premises of Emil Riisfeldt in the Royal Arcade.
Gael Newton, ‘A photo-literate generation’, essay for the catalogue Tom Roberts, NGA exhibition 4 December 2015–28 March 2016, https://www.photo-web.com.au/gael/docs/roberts.htm; Helen Topliss, ‘Thomas William (Tom) Roberts (1856-1931)’, Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 11, (MUP), 1988, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/roberts-thomas-william-tom-8229
Quoted in Gael Newton, ‘A Photo-literate Generation’, https://www.photo-web.com.au/gael/docs/roberts.htm
The Photographic Review of Reviews (Australasian Edition), 1 December 1894, p. 10. According to Sandy Barrie’s listing of Australian Photographers, p. 164, Andrew Barrie was proprietor of the business from 1881–1891, with Elizabeth Brown (his wife) as Operator, 1881–1889; and that Barrie continued to have an interest in the company until 1915. He also seems to have maintained an interest in Barroni & Co., a photographic studio run by William Dunning that specialised in portraits of cycling and sports people.
David Dunstan, ‘Sir Henry Weedon (1859-1921)’, Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 12, (MUP), 1990, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/weedon-sir-henry-9034
Davies & Stanbury, p. 235; Sandy Barrie, p. 164.
Davies & Stanbury, pp. 171 & 238; Sands & McDougall’s Melbourne and Suburban Directory, various issues.
The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.), 28 May 1892, p. 7.
The Australasian Sketcher (Melbourne, Vic.), 21 October 1885, p. 163.
Charles Conder, The 9 by 5 Impression Exhibition, opened August 17, 1889, at Buxton's Rooms, https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-52814188/view?searchTerm=buxton%27s+gallery&partId=nla.obj-285233791
The Herald (Melbourne, Vic.), 31 October 1892, p. 4; The Age (Melbourne, Vic.), 1 November 1892, p. 5; Leader (Melbourne, Vic.), 5 November 1892, p. 18.
The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.), 11 February 1893, p. 14. Baker was one of Australia’s first successful manufacturers of dry plates for photography. In 1894 he teamed with J.J. Rouse, a dealer in photographic material, to form Baker & Rouse. Paul De Serville, ‘Thomas Baker (1854-1928)’, Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 7, (MUP), 1979, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/baker-thomas-5110
Sands & McDougall’s Melbourne and Suburban Directory, various issues.
Refer various entries in Encyclopedia of Nineteenth-Century Photography.
Advertising card, City of Melbourne Art and Heritage Collection.
Punch (Melbourne, Vic.), 14 May 1896, p. 7. It is interesting that only a few scant announcements appeared in the press and little was made of the camera and its capabilities. It may be speculated that the ‘leading New York photographer’ was Joseph Byron.
The Photographic Review of Reviews (Australasian Edition), 1 December 1894, p. 10.
Cato, p. 94; Falk opened a studio in Melbourne in March 1895, located on the ‘Block’ at 92–94 Elizabeth Street.
The Prahran and St Kilda Chronicle (Vic.), 8 October 1892, p. 8.
The Age (Melbourne, Vic.), 1 November 1892, p. 5.
Punch (Melbourne, Vic.), 31 March 1898, p. 14.
Australian Town and Country Journal (Sydney, NSW), 18 March 1899, p. 42.
The Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW), 14 March 1899, p. 6.
The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW), 6 June 1911, p. 7.
Following Gray’s death, Dun’s Gazette, 18 September 1911, p. 236, records under ‘Registered Firms’, Wm. Keith Mowbray Pascoe and Rd. Alex. Dunn as the new partners of Talma & Co., 374 George Street. Newspaper reports however suggest that Pascoe was a bankrupt and it seems the business was inactive until September 1923, when Hilda Monro become the proprietor and re-opened the business as the New Talma, as recorded by Dun’s Gazette, 15 October 1923, p. 257.
Evening Journal (NSW), 21 March 1890, p. 4.
The Bendigo Independent (Vic.), 19 September 1896, p. 6. In fact two photographs were taken in case of accident, but only one used.
The Bendigo Advertiser (Vic.), 19 September 1896, p. 6.
The Bendigo Independent (Vic.), 21 September 1896, p. 3.
The Herald (Melbourne, Vic.), 25 January 1897, p. 2.
Evening News (Sydney, NSW), 29 June 1900, p. 7.
Similar magazines were published in Britain, America and Europe after 1900, notably Play Pictorial (London), The Theatre (New York) and Le Théâtre (Paris).
Felix Frederick, ‘Photography of the Stage,’ The American Annual of Photography 1923, vol. XXXVII, pp. 178-183. Frederick states Bryon’s first stage photograph was taken ‘around 1889’. This date was more likely ‘around 1890’ as Blue Jeans had its first performance in October 1890.
Byron Company photo archive comprising more than 24,000 images is held by The Museum of the City of New York. This archive, which also includes New York street scenes and ships, has been digitised and can be viewed on the MOCNY website, https://collections.mcny.org/Explore/Highlights/Byron%20Company/
Referee (Sydney, NSW), 28 March 1900, p. 9.
Punch (Melbourne, Vic.), 13 October 1904, p. 22.
Punch (Melbourne, Vic.), 15 February 1912, p. 29.
Information about his roles on the various photographic societies has been gleaned from The Photographic Review of Reviews (Australasian Edition), 1 December 1894, p. 10, Australasian Photo-Review, 22 September 1913, p. 499 and The Age (Melbourne, Vic.), 5 July 1924, p. 30. More research is needed to determine the exact dates of his various presidencies.
Sands & McDougall’s Melbourne and Suburban Directory, various issues; Table Talk (Melbourne, Vic.), 7 February 1924, p. 29.
Table Talk (Melbourne, Vic.), 7 February 1924, p. 29.
Information from Andrew Barrie’s grandson Andrew Barrie, 2019.
‘Mendelssohn’s Photographic Studios’, Australian Variety Theatre Archive, 26 October 2012 (updated 16 January 2015), https://ozvta.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/mendelssohns-studios-1612015.pdf
VIC Marriage Certificate, 1038/1886.
VIC Marriage Certificate, 5958/1920; The Australasian (Melbourne, Vic), 5 June 1920, p. 61.
VIC Death Certificate, 1000/1934; The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.), 3 February 1934, p. 7.
VIC Death Certificate, 2543/1937. Barrie’s death certificate says that he was buried at Brighton Cemetery on 6 April 1937 and that the funeral director was Joseph Allison.
Andrew Barrie (grandson of Andrew Barrie), Mimi Colligan, Michael Galimany, Cressida Goddard (Art and Heritage Collection Administrator, City of Melbourne), Allister Hardiman, Peter Johnson & Judy Leech.
Australian Dictionary of Biography, https://adb.anu.edu.au
Geoff Barker, ‘Australian pictorial postcards’, 29 February 2012, Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences, https://maas.museum/inside-the-collection/2012/02/29/australian-pictorial-postcards
Sandy Barrie, Australians Behind the Camera: directory of early Australian photographers, 1841–1945, S. Barrie, South Sydney, 2002
Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria, https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/research-and-family-history/search-your-family-history
Jack Cato, The Story of the Camera in Australia, Georgian House, Melbourne, 1955 (reprinted by the Institute of Australian Photography, 1977)
Charles Conder, The 9 by 5 Impression Exhibition, opened August 17, 1889, at Buxton's Rooms, https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-52814188/view?searchTerm=buxton%27s+gallery&partId=nla.obj-285233791
Alan Davies & Peter Stanbury, The Mechanical Eye in Australia: photography 1841–1900, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1985
John Hannavy (editor), Encyclopedia of Nineteenth-Century Photography, Routledge, New York & London, 2008
Gael Newton, ‘A photo-literate generation’, essay for the catalogue Tom Roberts, NGA exhibition 4 December 2015–28 March 2016, https://www.photo-web.com.au/gael/docs/roberts.htm
Public Record Office Victoria (PROV), Unassisted Passenger Lists, https://prov.vic.gov.au/explore-collection/explore-topic/passenger-records-and-immigration/unassisted-passenger-lists
Sands & McDougall’s Melbourne and Suburban Directory, https://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/98888
Con Tanre, The Mechanical Eye: a historical guide to Australian photography and photographers, The Macleay Museum, The University of Sydney, NSW, 1977
Phil A'Vard, actor, producer, stage manager and long-time director of the Alexander Theatre at Monash University enthralled the audience at the THA 2019 AGM.
Elisabeth Kumm reviews Frank Van Straten’s new book on the history of Melbourne’s Her Majesty’s Theatre. This stunning tribute to one of the city’s most iconic theatres was recently launched at The Maj in true theatrical style.
Frank Van Straten has done it again! Australia’s answer to Mander & Mitchenson and Daniel Blum has written the definitive book on Melbourne’s Her Majesty’s Theatre. At 336 pages, full colour and with more than 400 images, this book is a glorious tribute to one of the city’s iconic theatres.
The book covers the 138 year history of the site, bringing to life in words and pictures the rich legacy and important role that The Maj has played in nurturing the cultural and social life of Melbourne.
The book was instigated by Mike Walsh, the owner of the theatre since 2000. Under Mike’s able direction, the theatre continues to be an important part of Melbourne’s East End theatre tradition. A spectacular $12 million refurbishment programme in 2002 has ensured the theatre remains vital and relevant. The foyers and auditorium are now the premier Art Deco interiors in the state, and with an enlarged proscenium, reconfigured orchestra pit, improved back of house, and the latest in communications and technology, the theatre is capable of staging shows of all types.
Divided into four main acts (chapters), plus prologue and epilogue, the book charts the history of the theatre year-by-year. From the construction of the Alexandra Theatre in 1886; the JCW years from 1900 (when the theatre was re-named Her Majesty’s); the theatre’s reconstruction in 1934 after the fire; and under Mike Walsh’s direction in 2000 to the present.
From circus and magic, to ballet and opera, comedy, drama and musicals, The Maj has seen it all. The shows are listed chronologically within the text, highlighting the principal stars and other facts about each production. All the shows are represented. There’s Florodora from 1900, JCW’s first big success at theatre; The Merry Widow in 1908 with Australian soprano Carrie Moore; the annual Christmas pantomimes; the spectacular Chu Chin Chow in the 1920s; and White-Horse Inn in the 1930s. Musicals continued to play a big role in the success of the theatre and through the 1940s and beyond hits included Annie Get Your Gun, Oklahoma!, South Pacific, Call Me Madam and My Fair Lady. And the list goes on … Hello, Dolly!, Sweet Charity, A Chorus Line, Annie, Evita … to the hits of today … Miss Saigon, Billy Elliott and Chicago, to name a few. They are all there!
Almost every show has an accompanying illustration, usually in colour. There are stage shots, portraits, programme covers and more. Also, a stunning five double-page spread of photos taken in 2018 by leading architectural photographer John Gollings. Many of the images are sourced from Her Majesty’s own extensive archives, while others come from private and international collections.
Extended captions accompany many of the images providing additional details. Not only the shows, but the stars. There’s everyone from Alfred Dampier, Nellie Stewart and Dorothy Brunton through to Gladys Moncrieff, the Great Franquin, Maggie Fitzgibbon, Peter Allen to name a few.
But it is not just the people on the stage that are feted. Frank also introduces us to the people behind the scenes, the directors, choreographers, musical directors, scene painters and architects.
The book includes a engaging Foreword by theatre stalwart Nancye Hayes. Mike Walsh also contributes a short introduction and epilogue. It has an extensive (and exhaustive) index and Col Bodie’s little caricatures are a delight!
Frank has produced a amazing book and one he can be truly proud off – a crowning achievement to a brilliant career dedicated to keeping Australian theatre history alive. His easy style of writing and keen sense of observation and attention to detail has helped to create a book that is a definite must for anyone who loves Melbourne and especially the theatre. Frank has been ably assisted by Jenny Zimmer (designer) and Jim Murphy (editor) who have ensured that it is a very special and remarkable book.
Her Majesty’s Theatre, Melbourne: The Shows, The Stars, The Stories
by Frank Van Straten
Australian Scholarly Publishing, Kew, Victoria, 2018
The book is an absolute steal at $65.00 and is available via the Her Majesty’s Theatre website (https://www.hmt.com.au/her-majestys-theatre-melbourne-the-shows-the-stars-the-stories/) or from all good bookshops.
Katie Flack has been obsessed with Pansy Montague for almost 10 years, ever since her interest was piqued when she fielded an enquiry on the research desk at the State Library of Victoria, where she works. In 2011, she received a staff fellowship through the SLV which enabled her to delve further into the life and career of this fascinating Australian artiste.
Pansy Montague was a entertainer in the late nineteenth, early twentieth century, in Australia and Great Britain. She developed a music hall act which saw her strip, cover herself in while paint and with a few loose bits of strategically placed drapery, pose as classical statues. A perfect figure and an ability to stand still helped immensely. She was a professional living statue. In her heyday, she earned more than a cabinet minister and at one time performed before a crowd of 50,000 people.
Katie spoke to a small gathering at the SLV on Wednesday, 5 September, presenting her findings so far and showing a selection of Pansy ephemera from both the State Library’s and her own collections.
By admission, Katie calls herself a “passionate potterer”, but with a librarian’s tenacity and a need to find out more, she has uncovered almost all there is to know about Pansy Montague. Theatre historians such as Anita Callaway, have touched on Pansy’s Australian career, but Katie could now be said to be the 'world expert' on the topic.
Like many performers, Pansy’s origins are still somewhat hazy (so hazy in fact that even her living relatives do not know when she was born and what happened to her). Was she the illegitimate daughter of Colonel Montague or the child of Irish-born Australian immigrants, Charles and Jane Manley?
Pansy grew up in Melbourne and made her stage debut in 1898, performing initially in popular dramas and in pantomimes, rising quickly from chorus girl to leading lady. What talent she had as an actress was enhanced by her 'natural advantages' and 'chubby charms'. By the early 1900s, she craved something more – and with the assistance of Alec Laing (aka Cruikshank, a lightening sketch artist) she developed a new line of entertainment – living statues. Styled as the 'Modern Milo', her first outing was at the Melbourne Opera House in June 1905.
Imitating classical statues was not entirely new, the tradition can be traced back to the seventeenth century, and in recent times, pose plastique performers such as the Faust Family and Mlle Lotty had presented similar turns in Melbourne. Whereas other acts had used coloured projections to enhance their routines, Pansy posed on a plinth in a brightly lit garden setting before which various people would pass, from policemen to canoodling couples.
Her act was a huge hit and she performed sell-out shows throughout Australia and New Zealand. But London was calling. Having adopted the sobriquet 'La Milo', she made her London debut the following year at the Pavilion Music Hall, where once again she proved a sensation. By this time, her repertoire comprised some 20 different poses based on classical statues such as La Milo, Electra, Sapho, and Diana. Much of her knowledge and detail came from studying statues in the National Gallery of Victoria. To encourage repeat visitations to the theatre, her act changed regularly and she introduced new novelties. When for example, Velasquez’ painting of Venus went on display in London for the first time, she copied the pose and introduced it into her act.
For three years, from 1906-1909, Pansy was big business. She reached a career high in August 1907 when she participated in the Coventry pageant dressed as Lady Godiva, wearing nothing but fleshlings and a long blond wig. Witnessed by over 50,000 people, she paraded six miles through the streets of Coventry on horseback.
Throughout her career she had to contend with issues of public morality, but by the time of the Lady Godiva episode, the voices had got a little louder, championed by the Bishop of London. Soon acts such as hers were being looked upon as indecent and music halls were being discouraged from including them on their bills.
Around this time she met Ferdinand (Fred) Eggena - and the two were “married” in Birmingham in December 1908, but Fred proved to be a confidence trickster and the marriage was a sham. Pansy also became embroiled in one of his schemes to obtain expensive jewels under false pretences. Eventually Eggena was caught and the case went to trial, but fortunately for Pansy she was deemed a 'mere tool in the transaction' and was not charged. The incident did not help her career. With the war clouds gathering, London was cooling and by 1914, she was in America. But her act was no longer a novelty, and there were other younger people doing similar things. She decided on a complete change and by 1921 had opened the La Milo Beauty Salon in New York.
From this point on, Pansy proves harder to track down. By 1924 she is back in Australia, touring throughout county NSW and QLD in pantomimes, and in 1929 she is mentioned in relation to a special event to mark the closure of the Sydney Tivoli, but after that the trail grows cold. Pansy disappears.
No doubt one day Katie will find out what happened to Pansy – and when she does, let’s hope she shares it with us. A fascinating figure (in more ways that one), Pansy Montague was an Australian original and a leading exponent of the art of 'living statues' that deserves to be rediscovered and placed once more upon a plinth for today’s audiences to admire.
*Anita Callaway, Visual Ephemera: Theatrical art in nineteenth century Australia, UNSW Press, Sydney, 2000, pp. 67-72.
Irish-born English actor Phil Day was born in Cork in 1844, the only son of the Rev. Samuel Phillips Day (1818-1885) and his wife Julia Maria Day. Named after his father, he was the second eldest in a family of five children. By the time of the 1861 census, the Day family had relocated to London and were living in Kentish Town.
Day’s father, the eponymous Samuel Phillips Day, was a man of many talents, a former Benedictine monk, Unitarian preacher, journalist and author, who travelled widely, spending time in America, Canada and Europe. At the time of his death in 1885 he had published eleven books on topics ranging from politics and religion to juvenile crime and the history of tea. During the period of the American Civil War he acted as special correspondent for the London Morning Herald, subsequently writing a book, Life and Society in America.
No doubt due to the peripatetic activities of his father – and as the only other male in a household of women, young Phil Day deciding to try his luck on the stage, despite the disapproval of his parents. A natural mimic, with the ‘rubber-face’ of a comedian, he soon found his niche.
One of his earliest engagements was in 1864 with Charles Calvert’s first company at the Prince’s Theatre in Manchester, where another young hopeful, Henry Irving was also engaged. Through his friendship with Irving, he was responsible for the unmasking of the notorious Davenport Brothers, two bogus spiritualists. When their agent, Dr Fergusson, offered £100 to any person ‘who could perform their feats’, Irving, Day and Frederick Maccabe decided to try their luck. With Irving dressed as Fergusson, and Day and Maccabe as the two brothers, the trio hired the Library Hall of the Manchester Athenaeum, and before a capacity audience, reproduced exactly all the Davenport ‘miracles’ thereby exposing their trickery.
By 1868, Day was in London, where he established himself a “light eccentric comedian”, performing at the Royalty, Follies Dramatique and Folly theatres. Over the following fifteen years, as well as playing some of most popular characters in the repertoire, he also created many original roles, including Ned Thornton in A Loving Cup (1868); Jonas Chuzzlewit in Pecksniff (1876); Dr Ox in Oxygen (1877); Signor Sproutzo Cabbagi in Balloonacy (1879); Captain Basil Bagot in Bow Bells (1880); Almaschar in Don Juan Junior (1880); and Viscount de Ternan in Diane (1882).
Unfortunately Day was plagued by poor health and in 1883, he accepted an offer from Williamson, Garner and Musgrove to visit Australia, hoping that the warmer climate would prove beneficial. Accompanied by his wife, Emily, whom he had married in 1872, and a young child, they sailed for Melbourne.
Day made his Australian debut at the Theatre Royal in Melbourne on 27 October 1883, playing the role of Daniel Jaikes in the first Australian production of The Silver King. This play also signalled the return of G.S. Titheradge, who played the title role, and Arthur Garner, who played Captain Skinner, the villain of the piece.
On Day’s first appearance, the critic on the Argus (29 October 1883) wrote:
Next to the two principals, the chief success of the evening was achieved by Mr Philip Day, a new member of the company, who plays the part of Daniel Jaikes, a delightful old man … His humour runs into pathos, and his pathos brightens into humour, and both are blended at time so ultimately that you find yourself “checking the career of laughter with a sigh”. Mr Day’s identification of himself with the part was complete and unvarying. He belongs to a good school of acting, and may be said to have leaped into the favour of the audience almost at a bound.
As predicted, Day quickly established himself as an audience favourite and went on to play further characters with equal success. These included the Doge of Venice in Estrella (1884) – a role he had performed in London – Mr Mumpleford in Confusion (1884), Bosco Blithers in Mixed (1885) and the title character in Uncle Dick (1886).
Undoubtedly Day’s most successful creation was Bosco Blithers in Mixed, which he introduced to Melbourne audiences for first time at the Bijou Theatre on 5 September 1885. Founded on a French farce called Les Trois Chapeaux [The Three Hats] by Alfred Hennequin, the play was first performed in Brussels in 1870 and in Paris in 1871.
One of the catch-lines in the play is “I've called about a hat”, spoken by the character of Bosco Blithers, a professor of penmanship, calling at the home of the George Selwyn seeking his lost hat, which Selwyn had picked up in place of his own, but then lost again when he picked up another hat.
As Blithers, Day “convulsed audiences with his ludicrous make-up and clever acting, which included giving the impression of having an unmanageable artificial leg” – which in one scene he attempts to raise over the back of a high sofa only to end up floundering on the floor in the most outrageously grotesque manner.
As the reviewer in the Argus (7 September 1885) goes on to say:
Mr Philip Day, as Bosco Blithers, was the cause of most of the unbounded hilarity which prevailed during the performance. His appearance, his expressions, his gestures, and his antics were throughout extravagantly and irresistibly droll, and evoked from time to time outbursts of unusually hearty laughter. His “make-up” was so clever and complete a disguise in its way as to be worthy of comparison with Mr Frederick Marshall’s Quilp [The Old Curiosity Shop], and he maintained the awkwardness of gait and the various broad eccentricities of the character consistently from first to last. Even if he had no share in the dialogue Mr Day’s appearance and manners would have kept up a simmer of amusement, and he is to be credited with a pronounced success in the character, which, however, is merely of a wildly farcical type.
The origins of the play and the circumstances around its production in Australia are worth recounting.
Included in the cast of the first Melbourne production was a certain Walter Stokes Craven who was said to be the author of the piece. It seems Craven did indeed write it, but a subsequent court case held in February 1887 (when Craven tried to prevent Day and others from producing the piece) revealed that Craven had merely “cribbed” the play, having been a member of J.H. Nunn’s company in India, when the piece was performed with G.P. Carey in central role. On this occasion, the play was announced as the highly successful farce Three Hats by Owen Dove and Alfred Maltby.
When a report of the Craven copyright case was published in the London Era, it elicited a letter from Walter Blount of the Junior Garrick Club (30 April 1887). In his letter, Blount says it was he who sold the play to Nunn for performance in India. And in a twist, not unworthy of the play itself, Blount claims the play he sold to Nunn had been written by Arthur Shirley not by Dove & Maltby. (Indeed, a copy of Shirley’s play was published by Fitzgerald Publishing in New York in 1889 and can be downloaded from the internet).* As Blount points out, Shirley has the character of Bosco Blithers in his text, whereas in both the French original and the Dove & Maltby version, this character is given another name.
So why did Nunn alter the authorship of the play? Was it to capitalise on the London success of Dove & Maltby’s play? As far as I can tell, the Shirley version was not performed in London until the 1890s.
When W.S. Craven arrived in Australia from India in 1885 he brought a copy of the Shirley play with him, producing it for the first time at the Theatre Royal in Adelaide on 10 June 1885 as Three Hats, announced as a work by Owen Dove and Alfred Maltby – “as played with immense success at the Royalty and Avenue Theatres, London, for over 200 Nights”. This was several months before Craven’s cribbed version was staged in Sydney and Melbourne. And in another twist, Phil Day was in the cast of the Adelaide production, playing Bosco Blithers for the first time!
Interestingly, when G.P. Carey came to produce the play in Hobart in November 1885, with himself as Bosco Blithers, he called the play The Three Hats; or Mixed – and also cited the play’s London and Melbourne success in his adverts. By the time Carey reached Sydney, in March 1886, the play’s title had changed again – to Three Hats Slightly Mixed. In both cases, the author’s name was conspicuously absent.
One final word on Craven’s version of Mixed, for anyone who wants to explore it further. In the Ward Family Papers at the State Library of New South Wales, there is an entry that reads: 1891; 'Mixed', MS., being an adaptation by Walter S. Craven (Call No.: MLMSS 6927/13/2).
Phil Day played the role of Bosco Blithers for the last time at the Melbourne Opera House in September 1887, just two months before his early death on 3 December 1887, aged only 42. He died at the Alfred Hospital from combined complaints of lung and heart disease. He was buried in the “actor’s corner” at Melbourne Cemetery. Among the many mourners who followed his coffin from the Oriental Hotel in Collins Street to the cemetery were G.S. Titheradge, Arthur Garner, Dion Boucicault and George Darrell, who occupied the mourning coach. Day left behind him his wife and young family, a second son Arthur Melbourne Phillip Day having been born in Melbourne in 1884. A subscription list was organised by Arthur Garner, George Darrell and others that raised some £300 to assist his family and aid their return to England.
*See for example, Project Gutenberg, www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26157
British Newspaper Archive
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The American Association of University Women of Laguna Beach
(AAUW-LB), a 501(c)4 organization founded in 1967, is a dynamic growing organization with many exciting programs, interest groups and opportunities to get involved in the community. Our diverse membership includes residents of Laguna Beach and surrounding communities, spanning a wide range of ages and professions.
Cooking Demonstration Sunday, February 12th has been cancelled and now will become an Auction item at our Literary Luncheon!
See you all on March 18th at the Surf and Sand.
January 2017 Program
Dr. Hoda Anton-Culver, professor and chair of the Department of Epidemiology in the School of Medicine at UCI, presented on “The Global Cancer Burden” to a packed audience for the January 2017 AAUW-LB program. She shared her latest findings in cancer research followed by a question and answer session.
THE LEARNING CLUB: UNDERWAY AGAIN
AAUW-LB’s after school tutoring program at El Morro Elementary School – The Learning Club (TLC) – resumed on January 12 with an orientation meeting for tutors and participating teachers. Thirty-six members and volunteers from the community provide one-on-one tutoring twice each week to seventeen (17) students who have been recommended for the program by their teachers. We are currently serving 6-2nd graders, 4-3rd graders, 4-4th graders and 3-5th graders. We are extremely grateful to all the tutors and substitute tutors for volunteering their time to help these students. But we always have requests from teachers to enroll students in the program that we are unable to fulfill. So if you have the hours from 2:15 – 3:30pm on Tuesday and/or Thursday afternoons, or know of someone who does and would like to help a child learn, please contact Peggie Thomas (499-1817, firstname.lastname@example.org) or Barbara Antonacci (215-5553, email@example.com). The students need your help!
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News from National
This year was action-packed for AAUW’s advocacy efforts. Our reach spanned from the White House to Congress to statehouses across the country. As the year comes to a close, AAUW would like to thank our members and supporters for carrying out our mission to empower all women and girls. Your advocacy and generous support have ensured that we continued many successful and exciting policy activities throughout the year. But the hard work isn’t over yet!
Looking for a New Year’s resolution? Help grow AAUW Action Network by sharing these successes with friends and family members and urging them to advocate for issues affecting women and girls as a Two-Minute Activist. In the list below, you’ll see how much we have done together throughout the past year — and the more our advocacy community grows, the more we’ll be able to do in 2017! If this election taught us anything, it’s that AAUW’s nonpartisan voice and research-based advocacy are needed now more than ever. You provide the voice, we’ll provide the megaphone in 2017 and beyond!
Legal Advocacy Fund (LAF) Luncheon Saturday, January 21, 2017
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AAUW Laguna Hills Branch and Orange County Interbranch Council
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Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Drug Cartels and the Courts
"The case of a South Texas paralegal who allegedly leaked information to members of a violent drug cartel is highlighting fears that networks are using bribes to reach into the U.S. halls of justice. Federal authorities allege that Joel Carcano Jr., a college-educated paralegal, unlawfully provided confidential information to the Texas Syndicate drug mafia. ... But the case underscores the threat posed by violent gang memebrs who are willing to bribe their way inside the U.S. justice system, according to The (McAllen) Monitor, which reported on the case in Sunday's editions. 'There's a lot of money in the drug business,' said Jack Wolfe, a criminal defense attorney and former federal prosecutor. 'Sometimes, I think the temptation may be too much for some people'," my emphasis, Houston Chronicle, 8 December 2008.
Compare this case to Mary Jo White and Linda Thomsen's, my 23 October 2008 post. Consider Wolfe's comment. I ask, has Wall Street less money? The drug cartels are good at what they do; they are better run than Wall Street! Have any of them asked Congress for a trillion-dollar bailout? The drug cartels just need to hire the "right" attorneys to get things "fixed". | <urn:uuid:454e3557-f111-403d-b8b5-12059c11a3df> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://skepticaltexascpa.blogspot.com/2008/12/drug-cartels-and-courts.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560282140.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095122-00130-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.945671 | 266 | 1.515625 | 2 |
Hummer sales are falling, econobox sales are rising, and pretty much every high-powered SUV now comes in a hybrid model. But all this greenery amounts to little more than cosmetic change in the face of Global Warming—or, more accurately, in the face of 4-dollar-a-gallon gasoline. How can a cash-strapped, environmentally aware, patriotic American do more to limit the rise in temperature?
Sure, if you’re a Hollywood star you can buy a Prius starting at $22,000. But what if your personal balance sheet runs more to upside-down mortgages than blockbuster residuals? You can still show your colors with a car that costs about five times less than the cheapest cars now on sale in America and ten times less than a Prius. The Tata Nano, which debuted at the 2008 Delhi auto show, boasts fuel economy numbers over 50 mpg in the city and over 60 on the highway (the Prius tops out at 45). What’s more, it has a top speed of only 65 mph. As you learned in driver’s ed, speed kills and wastes gas, so even if you’re lead-footed your Nano mileage may not vary quite so much as your Prius mpgs.
Even with India’s high vehicle taxes, the Nano will sell for less than 2,500 weak American dollars, about half what its nearest Indian competitor, the Suzuki Alto/Maruti 800, costs. Let’s put that in perspective. According to numbers compiled by Forbes, the Nano is far cheaper in real terms than earlier generations’ cars: four times less than a VW Bug, and nearly eight times less than a Model T. It’s only one-tenth the price of a decked-out Prius and gets much better mileage than “cheap” American cars. A Toyota Yaris (29 city/36 hwy) or a Chevy Aveo (24/34) will set you back a good twelve grand. Sure, those cars have air bags, but it’s time to let those life insurance premiums lapse anyway. At $2,500, the price alone is revolutionary.
Yet the Nano revolution is about more than price; it’s about environmental street cred as well. When it comes to cred, looks matter most. Why else would the Toyota Prius be so much more fashionable with the enviro jet set than the Honda Civic Hybrid? People drive the Prius because it’s ugly. The Civic Hybrid, cloaked as a plain old internal-combustion Civic, won’t win you any green points pulling up to the red carpet on Oscar night. But the Prius screams, “I swing with Susan Sarandon.” Like Pat Nixon’s “respectable Republican cloth coat,” the Prius proves your willingness to sacrifice for the good of the planet. There are other cars that sip fuel like a Nano, but they look like a Reagan-era Corolla or a 1985 Yugo. The wacky Nano makes you instantly recognizable as a driver of the future. If you think people will notice your green credentials in a Prius, wait till they see you in this thing: it’s almost spherical, slightly taller than it is wide, with bagel-sized wheels that look aftermarket.
At heart, the Nano is an engineer’s car. The two-cylinder engine is in the back, which Ferdinand Porsche proved long ago is the right place for it (if horses had been used to push wagons instead of pull them, we’d all be better off). With a rear engine you don’t need power steering or complex constant velocity joints, and you get great traction. To balance the tiny (38 cubic inch) engine, they put the fuel tank under the front seat, and hardcore value engineering means the only way to access the engine or the luggage compartment is from inside the car.
Nevertheless, unlike the defiantly unstylish Model T, the Nano is stylish. That it has any styling at all for $2,500 is remarkable, but the Nano features Italian styling, including a “swoosh” cut into the car’s rear quarters and air scoops at the rear wheels. Italian sports cars use scoops to cool massive ceramic disc brakes, whereas the Nano’s brakes are old-fashioned (read: cheap) rear drums. The Nano’s scoops cool the engine instead—but why miss the chance for a bit of Ferrari flair?
For the time being, you’ll have to go to India to get one, and a flight and six nights in Delhi will double the price of the car—but that’s still less than half what a Yaris will set you back. Don’t feel bad that the jet trip to Delhi will create (per passenger) as much CO2 as driving the car for three years. I assure you, the plane is going there anyway. You deserve a holiday. Fly business class and Al Gore might even be your seat mate.
Most importantly, buying a Nano shows you’re thinking globally rather than provincially. No discussion of climate change is complete without a lamentation about the motorization of India and China. This works out nicely for leftist bloggers who can cluck that if we hadn’t invented motorized society we wouldn’t be in this mess. Meanwhile, right-wing bloggers can counsel complacency in the face of brown and yellow hordes who will drink up any gas we nobly save.
Therein lies the hidden beauty of first worlders buying up Nanos from the third world. By driving up the demand and therefore the price, we’ll keep them out of the hands of would-be planet wreckers—i.e., Indians who don’t currently drive. Whereas we’re already a fully motorized society (first in the world in cars per capita), so any driving we do in fuel-efficient Nanos will be a boon for the planet. And they’ll still be cheap enough (and small enough) that you can keep one around for errands and green-vamping, while saving the Mercedes for nights out on the town.
For $2,500, we can stop squabbling over who is cooking the planet, the rich or the poor. We can leverage globalization, making a virtue of unseemly income disparities. Sure, the Indians may think they need to drive down the road to enlightenment, but we Americans have learned that that road only leads to the mall. | <urn:uuid:2fe3c402-3096-4a70-9021-100d1b41f29b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/online-only/tata-nano-peoples-prius/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00473.warc.gz | en | 0.931889 | 1,373 | 2.15625 | 2 |
As he challenged those protesting against the agriculture laws to prove how harmful they are to the farmers, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat said that US-based outfits such as Justice for Sikhs and around 300 Pakistan-based Twitter handles are stoking anger among farmers.
Rawat claimed that the new farm laws have brought freedom to Indian farmers as now they can sell their produce at places apart from the traditional mandis. Those behind farmers' protest want to break the nation, he added.
"I am sure those agitating against the new farm laws will be at a loss if challenged to prove how they are harmful to farmers," Rawat said after distributing Rs 300 crore worth interest-free loans to farmers under the Deendayal Upadhyay Co-operative Farmers' Welfare Scheme.
"Anger among farmers is being stoked by US-based outfits like Justice for Sikhs and around 302 Twitter handlers in Pakistan because they don't want farmers in India to grow under the prime ministership of Narendra Modi," Rawat said.
Criticising the New York Times for allegedly describing Narendra Modi as a "dangerous patriot", the Chief Minister asked how being patriotic can be dangerous.
"If we (the BJP government) had the powers of Hanuman, we would have split our hearts open to show what lies there for farmers," the Chief Minister said.
Appreciating the farmers of Uttarakhand who have stayed away from the day's 'chakka jam' in other states against the new farm laws called by the protesting unions, Rawat said he wants to thank them for refusing to submit to the forces that want to "instigate" them to serve their own interests.
Reassuring farmers that the Modi government cannot ever think of harming them as empowering them monetarily to increase their buying capacity is integral to the BJP’s ideology, Rawat said the prime minister should be credited for implementing the recommendations of the Swaminathan Commission for farmers.
Naming Central schemes such as the PMGSY introduced during the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government, Narendra Modi’s PM-Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana and the Jan Dhan Yojana under which the poor could open zero balance accounts, Rawat said they were all meant to empower the rural populace and small and marginal farmers.
As many as 25,000 farmers of the state were distributed interest-free loans worth around Rs 300 crore through the loan distribution programme joined by about 5,0000 farmers from the state physically as well as virtually.
Interest-free loans of Rs 3 lakh to each beneficiary and Rs 5 lakh to each farmer group are being provided for investment in agriculture and agriculture-related fields including fisheries, forestry, cultivation of medicinal plants, dairy and poultry activities.
Thousands of farmers have been protesting at Delhi’s borders with Haryana and Uttar Pradesh demanding the rollback of the Farmers' Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020, the Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Act, 2020 and the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2020.
The protesting farmers have expressed apprehension that these laws would pave the way for the dismantling of the minimum support price system, leaving them at the "mercy" of big corporations.
However, the government has maintained that the new laws will bring farmers better opportunities and usher in new technologies in agriculture.
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Mentor Graphics announces new FloEFD solution
Feb 13, 2013 (Datamonitor via COMTEX) --
Mentor Graphics Corporation has announced the next generation of the FloEFD concurrent computational fluid dynamics, or CFD, simulation product for improved performance, usability and functionality.
According to the company, new functionality coupled with performance enhancements help users by providing intelligent what-if analysis for improved product development. With the latest version of the FloEFD product, users can expect a significant workflow process improvement including automated geometry clean up, and the ability to mesh complex models.
This new release includes a Parametric Study Tool and NASTRAN Bridge to speed analyses, and improvements to handle complex geometries. These new capabilities will help engineers meet time-to-market windows with design reliability, the company said.
The new FloEFD release provides improved geometry handling to support extremely complex geometries and complex assemblies with multiple instances of the same component (examples: full system containing hundreds of chips, building containing dozens of fans, etc.). Users can simply copy conditions to other component instances without having to repeat the same operation time after time. The redesigned interface locates and identifies geometry issues. Now models to address possible geometry problems can be tested and fixed easily.
Multi-physics simulation is now required for many products. A new generic interface to NASTRAN structural analysis modules allows users to export pressure and temperature data from the FloEFD product for structural or thermal simulation. Thus, analyses for stress, vibration, structural failure, and heat transfer can help engineers develop safer and more reliable designs within shorter time-to-market timelines, the company added.
Also with this release, Mentor Graphics is providing a tightly coupled general-purpose 1D-3D CFD simulation software solution. With this unique combination, engineers can characterize the complex components of a system in 3D (FloEFD) and easily insert those components into the 1D system-level model (Flowmaster) for simulation.
This provides higher accuracy for the components while minimizing the computational resources and execution times at the system level. Coupling this with the new Parametric Study tool allows the performance curve or surface of a 3D component in FloEFD to be exported for direct import into Flowmaster's 1D CFD system, the company concluded.
"We are addressing the complexities found in today's systems designs with our next-generation FloEFD product, with advanced performance, usability and functionality," said Erich Buergel, general manager of the Mentor Graphics mechanical analysis division.
"New features for 'what-if' analysis, Linux and NASTRAN support will help designers to quickly identify design problems so they can deliver their innovative products faster and with greater confidence in product performance."
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London, Dec 5 (ANI): For all those fans of Doctor Who's who have dreamed of owning a sonic screwdriver of their own after watching their hero use the tool to get himself out of many sticky situations, there's a reason to celebrate.
British engineers have developed a device that is capable of moving and manipulating objects using only ultrasonic sound waves.
They said that the technology could eventually lead to devices that can undo screws, assemble electronics and putting together delicate components.But while the Doctor's device can perform a multitude of tasks from cutting, burning, welding, sending signals, controlling the TARDIS, altering mobile phones and healing wounds, the researchers warn their real life sonic screwdriver will have more limited capabilities.
"We have developed a device that allows us to use ultrasonic forces to move small objects like biological cells around to sort them or to assemble them," the Telegraph quoted Bruce Drinkwater, of the University of Bristol, as saying.
"We are using quite low forces to do this because we don't want to damage the objects we are moving, but the technology is definitely real and there is potential to turn it into something like Dr Who's sonic screwdriver.
"If we can increase the ultrasonic force and create a rotational force, then we could potentially undo screws. Essentially what you are doing is using the ultrasonic sound wave to twirl the air around to create an miniature tornado," he said.
Drinkwater and his colleagues have created a prototype device, which they have called sonotweezers that uses ultrasound to move around particular sizes of cells.
Tiny crystals are made to vibrate by passing an electrical current through them, producing an ultrasonic shock wave in the air around them.
This shock wave generates a force that can be used to push the cells. The size of the shock wave can be tuned to move cells of different size and so separate diseased cells from healthy ones.
Their device can also be used to separate dangerous material such as anthrax from other powder using the same technique.
Professor Drinkwater claimed that by increasing the size of the shock wave and creating a rotational motion, it will be possible to create a kind of ultrasonic "force field" that would have the power to undo screws. (ANI) | <urn:uuid:05bfd943-4ada-4ad1-88fa-fb84db5aab25> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://www.oneindia.com/2010/12/05/doctorwhos-trusted-sonic-screwdriver-could-become-a-reall.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988719079.39/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183839-00035-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.952814 | 464 | 3.078125 | 3 |
USB-C Universal Orientation Cable (UOC) is a specialized USB-C cable for use only with Acroname's programmable USB-C-Switch. The C38-USBC-UOC cable provides an orientation-agnostic USB-C connection required for USB-C-Switch software-based cable flip functionality.
The USB-C Coaxial Universal Orientation Cable (UOC) enables automated testing of flipping USB-C connections when used with the USB-C-Switch, USBHub3c, or other type-C flippable device by providing an orientation-agnostic connection.
The USB-C Coaxial Universal Orientation Cable (UOC) enables automated testing of flipping USB-C connections. When used with the USB-C-Switch or USBHub3c, this cable provides an orientation-agnostic connection. It is built with low-loss coaxial wires for the USB SuperSpeed data lines to ensure the highest possible signal integrity in your USB-C test system. C46-USBC-UOC is a specialized USB-C UOC cable used for flip testing of USB-C end devices (cameras, flash drives, development boards) which short the USB 2.0 A and B side D+/D- lines at the USB-C connector. Products which implement fully separated D+/D- connections for each side of the USB-C connector should use the C44-USBC-UOC.
Used to directly access VBUS from a USB-C port. USB-C to screw terminal breakout cable, 30cm long, exposing VBUS, ground, shield, USB HiSpeed (D+/D-) data lines.
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Complacency appears to have replaced activism even as higher education faces its most severe crisis in the past five years of recurring financial crises.
The good news is that some 150 students appeared at the State Capitol to protest the cuts that would reduce direct state aid to universities by as much as 82 percent in one year.
The bad news is that there were only 150. And the Capitol is only minutes by car or even by bus from LSU’s main campus.
Editors of The Daily Reveille at LSU were underwhelmed. It’s not the Tigers roar that LSU students should provide, they said in an editorial.
They praised students from other campuses for their activism: LSU-Alexandria, Grambling University, Southern University and Southeastern Louisiana University. Outgoing LSU student government President Clay Tufts was among the student delegation testifying before the House Appropriations Committee.
A lot is at stake, the Reveille editors said. They’re right, but it will take a lot more to push for higher funding for colleges and universities.
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When it comes to diet, most people's concerns involve weight loss, fitness, cardiac health, and longevity. But what we eat affects more than our bodies; it also affects our brains. And recent studies have shown that diet can have a profound impact on mental health conditions ranging from ADHD to depression, anxiety, sleep disorders, OCD, dementia and beyond.
A triple threat in the food space, Dr. Uma Naidoo is a board-certified psychiatrist, nutrition specialist, and professionally trained chef. In This Is Your Brain on Food, she draws on cutting-edge research to explain the many ways in which food contributes to our mental health, and shows how a sound diet can help treat and prevent a wide range of psychological and cognitive health issues.
Packed with fascinating science, actionable nutritional recommendations, and 40 delicious, brain-healthy recipes, This Is Your Brain on Food is the go-to guide to optimizing your mental health with food.
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About the Author
Dr. Naidoo speaks frequently at conferences at Harvard, for Goop audiences, the New York City Jewish Community Center (JCC), and Ivy Boston. She blogs for Harvard Health and Psychology Today and completed a unique video cooking series for the MGH Academy which teaches Nutritional Psychiatry using culinary techniques in the kitchen.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 The Gut-Brain Romance 11
Chapter 2 Depression: Probiotics, Omega-3s, and the Mediterranean Eating Pattern 29
Chapter 3 Anxiety: Fermented Foods, Dietary Fiber, and the Tryptophan Myth 57
Chapter 4 PTSD: Glutamates, Blueberries, and "Old Friends" Bacteria 81
Chapter 5 ADHD: Gluten, Milk Caseins, and Polyphenols 99
Chapter 6 Dementia and Brain Fog: Microgreens, Rosemary, and the MIND Diet 115
Chapter 7 Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: NAC, Glycine, and the Dangers of Orthorexia Nervosa 139
Chapter 8 Insomnia and Fatigue: Capsaicin, Chamomile, and Anti-Inflammatory Diets 159
Chapter 9 Bipolar Disorder and Schizophrenia: L-Theanine, Healthy Fats, and the Ketogenic Diet 181
Chapter 10 Libido: Oxytocin, Fenugreek, and the Science of Aphrodisiacs 209
Chapter 11 Cooking and Eating for Your Brain 231
Appendix A Glycemic Load of Carbohydrates 293
Appendix B Common Sources of Vitamins and Select Minerals 295
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Flickr photo by futurestreetThe average potty training parent has a toddler on their hands, but there's that group of parents known as the elimination communication followers -- (EC) for short.
They say they're training their children to use the potty as babies -- basically a process that requires running the (non-walking) child to the potty when it's time to go.
Sometimes called Diaper Free Baby, Natural Infant Hygiene, and Infant Potty Training, it's a process that's got a small but ardent following.
I've got to be clear here -- there are two trains of thought on this.
There are the folks who say the child has been "trained" to go to the bathroom once held over a toilet.
Then there are the folks who say the parents are just spending their lives rushing their babies to the toilet.
Either way, the parent is playing a role. And the whole goal for me while potty training was to finally have a separation between me and my child's rear end.
But when a survey here on CafeMom revealed 3 percent of the respondents said their child was potty trained at under 12 months (when most kids can't even WALK), the argument just went one step forward.
Even if a child is trained to hold it as a baby, even if they're trained to go on a potty, does it count if they can't get there themselves?
I'm not going to challenge whether elimination communication works -- we didn't go that route. I don't have any experience with it.
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Terms frequently used by FEMA. In a few instances, standard insurance industry terms have been added for additional focus and emphasis.
A newly created position funded by a SAFER Grant.
Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER). Congress appropriated funding to the Office of Grants and Training of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to implement the activities of the SAFER Grants. The authority for SAFER is derived from the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2201 et seq.) as amended by the re-designation of the second section 33 and section 34 as sections 35 and 36, respectively, and inserting a new section 34, entitled Expansion of Pre-September 11, 2001, Fire Grant Program of the U.S. Fire Administration.
Small Business Administration.
State Coordinating Officer.
State Disaster Recovery Coordinator.
Subject Matter Expert.
Standard Operating Procedure.
Scheduled Building Policy
A policy that requires a specific amount of insurance to be designated for each building and its contents.
Section 1316 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended, provides for the denial of flood insurance coverage for any property which the Administrator finds has been declared by a duly constituted State or local authority to be in violation of State or local floodplain management regulations. Once a duly constituted State or local authority declares a structure as being in violation, the Administrator must deny flood insurance coverage provided that the individual or office making the declaration has the authority to do so and that the law or regulations violated was, in fact, intended to discourage or otherwise restrict land development or occupancy in the flood-prone area.
Section 1316 was intended for use primarily as a backup for local enforcement actions (i.e., if a community could not force compliance through the enforcement mechanisms in its regulations, it could use Section 1316 as additional leverage) and was not intended merely as a mechanism to remove bad risks from the policy base. Section 1316 will only be implemented in instances where States or communities submit declarations specifically for that purpose.
National Flood Insurance Program Requirements
- 61.5 (a) - Denial of Insurance
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Any guide dog, signal dog, assistive dog, seizure dog, or other animal individually trained to do work or perform tasks for the benefit of an individual with a disability, including but not limited to guiding individuals with impaired vision, alerting individuals with impaired hearing to intruders or sounds, providing minimal protection or rescue work, pulling a wheelchair, or fetching dropped items. Service animals shall be treated as required by laws such as the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
Severe Repetitive Loss Building
Any building that:
1. Is covered under a Standard Flood Insurance Policy made available under this title;
2. Has incurred flood damage for which:
a. 4 or more separate claim payments have been made under a Standard Flood Insurance Policy issued pursuant to this title, with the amount of each such claim exceeding $5,000, and with the cumulative amount of such claims payments exceeding $20,000; or
b. At least 2 separate claims payments have been made under a Standard Flood Insurance Policy, with the cumulative amount of such claim payments exceed the fair market value of the insured building on the day before each loss.
Severe Repetitive Loss Property
Either a severe repetitive loss building or the contents within a severe repetitive loss building, or both.
Walls used for structural support but not structurally joined or enclosed at the ends (except by breakaway walls). Shear walls are parallel or nearly parallel, to the flow of the water and can be used in any flood zone.
Sheet Flow Hazard
A type of flood hazard with flooding depths of 1 to 3 feet that occurs in areas of sloping land. The sheet flow hazard is represented by the zone designation AO on the FIRM.
A place of refuge that provides life-sustaining services in a congregate facility for individuals who have been displaced by an emergency or a disaster.
Housing that provides short-term refuge and life-sustaining services for disaster survivors who have been displaced from their homes and are unable to meet their own immediate post-disaster housing needs.
Short Term Housing
This refers to the states of "sheltering" and "interim housing."
Phase of recovery which addresses the health and safety needs beyond rescue, the assessment of the scope of damages and needs, the restoration of basic infrastructure and the mobilization of recovery restarting and/or restoring essential services for recovery decision making.
A building that is separated from other buildings by intervening clear space or solid, vertical, load-bearing division walls.
Single Family Dwelling
1. A residential single-family building in which the total floor area devoted to non-residential uses is less than 50% of the building's total floor area, or
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Three projects in Wales, Northern Ireland and England aiming to create the next generation of electric trucks and hydrogen-powered buses will receive more than £54 million of funding from the UK government and industry. The projects are forecast to secure nearly 10,000 jobs across the UK.
The three projects being funded in Cwmbran, Warwickshire and Ballymena are, respectively, for the development of electric commercial and construction vehicles, for electric cars and hydrogen fuel cell buses.
£31.9 million to develop lightweight electric propulsion systems for heavy goods vehicles in Cwmbran, Wales. This technology aims to give electric trucks a greater travel range and better energy efficiency and is supposed to be similarly applicable for coaches and construction vehicles.
For a centre in Warwickshire, £11.3 million is being granted to develop and manufacture energy-saving technology from motorsport for use in cars and vans. The funding has been committed through Shield Manufacturing Technologies to develop and manufacture an energy recovery system developed in motorsport that is integrated with an e-axle and motor.
In Northern Ireland, £11.2 million has been granted to develop and manufacture low-cost hydrogen fuel cell technology for buses and create a hydrogen centre of excellence with Wrightbus in Ballymena. Wrightbus is at the forefront of hydrogen fuel cell buses, recently using new technology with the French company Forsee with ultra-thin battery modules and towards the end of last year using Supercaps by Skeleton Technologies. Wright bus has already delivered a significant number of hydrogen fuel cell buses throughout the UK, such as for Birmingham, England and Aberdeen in Scotland within the last 12 months.
Transport Minister Rachel Maclean, underlined that new technologies are critical to the UK meeting both its climate and economic goals. “As we look to reduce our carbon emissions, strive towards our net-zero goals and level up right across the UK, the whole transport sector will need to embrace new innovative technology such as green hydrogen and these projects are a fantastic example of doing just that,” she said.
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