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Here we are in Weimar, one of the major courts in the area in which Johann Sebastian rose to fame. His move to Weimar, 40 miles to the north of Mühlhausen, was a significant step in his career, both financially (his salary was doubled) and professionally. Bach had been here before, for a very brief period as violinist in 1703, and we already met one of the dukes of Weimar, Johann Ernst, who died in 1707. Weimar, uneasily governed by no fewer than two dukes, was now governed by the formadible looking duke Wilhem Ernst (picture on the left) and since 1709 also by his nephew and successor of Johann Ernst, Ernst August (smaller picture on the right). Wilhelm Ernst (1662-1728) was a Lutheran ruler and a sponsor of the court music. He hired Bach as organist and member of the orchestra, and encourgaged Johann Sebastian to exploit his unique talents for the organ. Bach was also on friendly terms with Ernst August (1688-1748) and his younger half-brother Johann Ernst Jr. (1696-1715). In the long run, Johann Sebastian ran into some trouble with this double loyalty, because there were lots of tensions, intrigues, and even open hostilities between the courts of the two dukes, Wilhelm Ernst and Ernst August. Especially, Johann Ernst Jr., who died when he was only 19 years old, was musically gifted. He took composition lessons from Bach's friend and relative in Weimar Johann Gottfried Walther. Johann Ernst also had the the good idea to make a trip to Amsterdam, to return in 1713 with a rich collection of Italian music. Johann Sebastian Bach made various organ transcription of the Italian material, and particularly Vivaldi's 1712 collection of concertos, L'Estro armonico had a profound influence on Bach's style of composition. This was in fact a decisive moment in Bach's development: from now on he combined his earlier counterpoint style, with its northern German and French influences, with Vivaldi-like harmonic planning and thematic development.
Bach was only 23 now, relatively well-paid, and married to Maria Barbara. Soon upon their arrival in Weimar (1708), their first child, Catharina Dorothea, was born. Unlike Wilhelm Friedemann (born on 22 November 1710) and Carl Philipp Emanuel (8 March 1714), she was not raised to become a great composer. Although we get the impression of a happy incipient family life, the Bachs also lost the twins that Maria Barbara had given birth to in 1713. Some of the children had famous godfathers, such as Georg Philipp Telemann, director musices in Frankfurt am Main since 1712. He had a friendly relationship with the Bachs and was the godfather of Carl Philipp Emanuel.
Throughout his life, Bach was preoccupied with the improvement of organs, and also the organ of the Weimar court chapel was remodelled by Heinrich Trebs on Bach's instructions. Particularly in the period 1708-1714, Bach is supposed to have been concentrating on organ playing and composing: most of his major organ compositions stem from the Weimar period. We are not completely certain, however, about his activities in other realms during those years. Cantata composition was not neglected, because in 1713 the 'Hunt' cantata Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd, BWV 208 was performed at nearby Weissenfels for the local duke. This was Johann Sebastian's first secular cantata, and also the first cantata in the new Italian style with recitatives and da capo arias. Duke Christian of Saxony-Weissenfels, incidentally, was an extravagant despot, who brought his dukedom in serious crisis. Bach never hesitated to seek the favors of such hunt-loving tyrants if he thought that he could improve his position. This great hunter of Weissenfels was addressed as "gentle Christian" and "good shepherd" in Bach's homage cantatas.
In 1713, Bach had the opportunity of succeeding Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow, former teacher of Handel, at the Liebfrauenkirche in Halle. Bach gave an organ concert here and perhaps a performance of the cantata Ich habe viel Bekümmernis, BWV 21 (this is highly controversial). He was also locked into a room to write a cantata on the spot on a text by his local supporter, the Halle pastor Johann Michael Heineccius. He was lodged in the best hotel, Zum goldenen Ring, where, according to the surviving invoice, food, tobacco and spirits were lavished on him. Most important of all, he was offered the job, but decided to stay in Weimar when duke Wilhelm Ernst doubled his salary. Eventually, Wilhelm Ernst appointed him Konzertmeister on March 2, 1714. As we saw before, Bach was a rather earthly human being in his career behavior. He also had to support a growing family, including Maria Barbara's unmarried sister, Friedelena Margaretha, who was an often overlooked member of the Bach household till her death in 1729.
In his new function, Bach had to write one cantata per month (in Leipzig, later on, he wrote one cantata per week during certain periods). These were cantatas in the new Italian style that Bach had adopted in 1713. Most texts were written by Salomon Franck (1659-1725), senior consistorial secretary, court librarian and director of the numismatic collection at Weimar. Other Bach cantata texts (of both Weimar and leipzig) were written by Georg Christian Lehms and Erdmann Neumeister. Neumeister (1671-1756) was senior pastor of the Hamburg Jacobikirche since 1715 and initiator of a modernizing reform of cantata texts:
Bach's fame began to extend far beyond Weimar in these days. One of the most important writers on music, Johann Mattheson (1681-1764) of Hamburg referred to Bach as "the famous organist of Weimar" in his book Das Beschützte Orchestre. Hamburg, 1717. Another indication of Bach's growing fame is the anecdote of the contest with the famous French court keyboard virtuoso Louis Marchand (1669-1732). According to the legendary story, Bach travelled to Dresden in the fall of 1717 to meet Marchand for a harpsichord contest. Marchand was so impressed by Bach's reputation that he never showed up.
Bach's fame also attracted more and more students, such as Johann Tobias Krebs and J.M. Schubart (no family, the later successor of Bach in Weimar). The circle of students also included Bach's relatives Johann Lorenz and Johann Bernhard.
Bach's job in Weimar ended in a rather dramatic way. Since he was close to the co-regent Ernst August, the other duke, Wilhelm Ernst, forbade Johann Sebastian any musical service to his rival. Stubbornly, Bach refused to comply and was passed by for the function of Capellmeister when the old one, Johann Samuel Drese, died in 1716. Drese was succeded by his insignificant son Johann Wilhelm and the great Bach was not even short-listed. Bach was offended and abruptly stopped his production of cantatas that year (1716), which casts some doubt on the idea that Bach produced his church music only to the honor of God. Fortunately, Bach made a great impression on Leopold von Anhalt-Köthen with his wedding music for Leopold's sister, when she got married to Ernst August. Bach received a job offer (this time as Capellmeister) from Leopold, but Wilhelm Ernst refused to let Johann Sebastian go to the brother in law of his rival Ernst August. Bach was even arrested and imprisoned for a month (November 6 - December 2) before he was dismissed "without honor". Bach could move to Köthen now. This is the incredible conclusion of one of the most creative episodes in the history of western music.
Bach wrote most of his major organ compositions in Weimar, for instance, the Orgel-Büchlein, all but the last of the so-called eighteen "Great" chorale preludes, and most of the preludes and fugues. Many harpsichord compositions were started in Weimar (for instance, part of Das Wohltemperierte Clavier I). Most of the orchestral and chamber works of this period did not survive, unfortunately, except perhaps in the form of later adaptations, like the Brandenburg Concertos 1 and 6.
Go back to Mühlhausen
Go to the map or to the J.S. Bach Tourist (Weimar).
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Moon rocks that astronauts brought back to Earth more than 40 years ago are revealing new secrets today. They're unlocking an era of the moon's history, 3 to 4 billion years ago, when carbon monoxide-fueled fires spewed forth from our planet's only natural satellite, according to a new study in Nature Geoscience.
Tiny nodules of glassy material in moon rocks brought back from Apollo 15 and Apollo 17 show signs of ancient fire flows, much like we see in Iceland today. That means that at one point after its formation, the moon was volcanically active, with flows of magma spewing out of vents in its surface. When that basalt lava reached the surface, it often cooled into glass.
The volcanic history of the moon was already known. The part that's new—confirming that this activity was driven by carbon monoxide gas—gives astronomers new insight into how the moon formed. Knowing what fed the gassing within the volcanoes takes scientists one step closer to understanding how the moon got there, and gives us a vivid image of a hellish moon at a time when Earth was itself inhospitable.
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Magnetically Oriented Collagen Hydrogels for Directing Neronal Growth
The ability to manipulate and direct neuronal growth has great importance in the field of tissue engineering, both for neuronal repair and potential medical devices. Since mammalian neurons have limited regeneration abilities creating scaffolds for enhanced regeneration is beneficial. Moreover, guiding and directing neuronal outgrowth can enhance neuronal repair and recovery. Previous studies, including in our lab examined nanoparticles for enhancing neuronal regeneration. Here, we designed a 3D collagen gel-scaffold for neuronal cultures. We further modulated the gel system to create alignment of collagen fibers for directing neuronal growth using nanoparticles.
A collagen hydrogel system was chosen as a 3D ECM analog to best mimic the natural environment of cells. The gels mechanical properties were examined and tuned to achieve desired properties similar to nervous tissue. We compared the neuronal growth in 3D to a 2D model and showed that neurons grown in 3D collagen gels develop significantly longer dendritic trees and neurites. To manipulate neuronal growth we developed a method to align collagen fiber matrix by incorporating magnetic nanoparticles within gels, and exposing the gel to an external magnetic field We showed fiber directionality by analysis of light microscope images via Fast Fourier transform (FFT) and by SEM imaging. We grew neurons in aligned gels for 7 days and followed regeneration process of single cells for up to 7 days. For this purpose we used both primary leech (Hirudo medicinale) neuronal culture, and PC12 as a mammalian analog. Using a designed Matlab script we evaluated cellular direction of growth and compared it to collagen matrix orientation. We further measured morphometric parameters of neuronal growth. Using aligned gels we've elongated and directed neuronal growth coinciding with collagen matrix orientation. We also found aligned gels initiate neurite growth patterns similar to growth in 3D control gel.
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If you’re up for a true adventure and are OK with getting a little dirty in the process, a trek in pursuit of seeing one of the last remaining mountain gorillas in the world would certainly be one for the books. At this point, Mountain Gorillas can be found in the Virunga Mountains in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Rwanda, and Uganda, but it’s Uganda that holds 60% of the total mountain gorillas left in the world. About 400 of them reside in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, a designated UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Finding an experienced local guide is critical for a journey like this, since you’ll be bushwhacking through some of the most remote jungle on Earth, possibly for the entire day. Once the gorillas are located you’ll have time to observe, take photos and ask questions. Beware any companies that might allow you to get too close to them, as they’re highly susceptible to human disease and can get violent if they feel threatened. No tour company should allow you to eat or drink around the gorillas for the same reasons.
If you do choose Uganda for your gorilla trekking journey, keep in mind that the country has two significant dry seasons: June to September and December through February. The remaining months make up the vaunted wet season. Though you’re able to trek all year long, attempting it during the dry months is recommended for many reasons — flash floods, rained-out trails, etc.
There’s a high demand for gorilla permits, so try to get yours as early as possible. It’s advised to obtain them no less than six months in advance of your trip time, especially during high season. The cost for non-residents is $600, and you can secure one through a reliable ground tour operator in Uganda or through the reservation office at the Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA).
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Fates of Live Trees Retained in Forest Cutting Units, Western Cascade Range, Oregon
Canadian Journal of Forest Research
NRC Research Press
Live trees, standing dead trees, and downed logs have been retained in some forest harvest sites in the Pacific Northwest to fulfill various ecological objectives. To assess the fates of retained trees following partial cutting of mature forests in the central western Cascade Range in Oregon, we inventoried standing live and dead trees and toppled trees in 21 cutting units in 1993 and 2001. In 1993, 1–10 years after cutting, an average of 65% of the initially retained trees (average of counts for all sites) were alive and standing, 12% had been toppled or topped by wind, 13% had become snags by natural processes, and 10% were converted to snags by management action, including cutting, blasting, girdling, and inoculation with fungi. By 2001, when cutting-unit ages ranged from 9 to 18 years, 54% of the retained trees were alive and standing, 10%–21% had been toppled or topped by wind, 11%–22% had become snags by natural processes, and 14% had been converted to snags by management action. The highest levels of mortality occurred at sites with abundant intentional snag creation and (or) prescribed fire following harvest. The rate of mortality due to windthrow declined over time, possibly because the remaining trees were more windfirm.
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Since the changeset #21323, garbage files named as bug60503430*.tmp
will be generated in the tmp directory, whenever running scala programs.
It is not so nice, IMHO.
File.scala has the following code,
// this is a workaround for
// we are using a static initializer to statically initialize a java
class so we don't
// trigger java.lang.InternalErrors later when using it concurrently.
val tmp = JFile.createTempFile("bug6503430", null, null)
val in = new FileInputStream(tmp).getChannel()
val out = new FileOutputStream(tmp, true).getChannel()
out.transferFrom(in, 0, 0)
I'm not familiar with JDK bug #6503430, but is it impossible to
delete that tmp file after calling tranferFrom method?
That bug entry has the following comment,
CUSTOMER SUBMITTED WORKAROUND :
Before starting your application, add a single-threaded piece of code that
calls FileChannel.transferFrom() from another FileChannel to ensure that
the initialization is done correctly. After that, all subsequent
invocations will work fine.
It seems to me that there is no problem to delete tmp file after the
by FileChannel.tranferFrom(), according to that comment.
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For many women, working from home during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic has given them, a better chance at managing work life balance , but for others, it has only served to highlight the inequalities between men and women when it comes to balancing household chores and work demands. Now that there is some optimism given the vaccine roll-out, we may see more women heading back to work, but the question is, how will it affect women who value having careers and a balanced home life?
“Many women want it all. They want a career, while at the same time wanting to be a good partner and mother. While we are by nature great multitaskers, when attempting to juggle so many balls in the air, eventually something has to give,” says Christelle Colman, MD of Elite Risk Acceptances, a subsidiary of Old Mutual Insure.
As the country observes Women’s Month this August, it is important to spotlight gender inequality, unequal access to child care, return to in-person work mandates and vaccine access, which are among the many issues surrounding the return to work question for women.
Research suggests that the flexible working hours adopted whilst working from home, may increase work/family conflict by increasing the domestic responsibility burden for women, especially those with young children.
“Whereas the aim of introducing flexible working hours is to improve work/life balance, it did not necessarily result in advancement of women’s careers to senior levels. The benefit to organisations was simply the retention of women at lower management levels,” says Colman.
Now, interestingly, across the world, there are signs the pandemic could push more women to the sidelines. Millions of women in the United States alone dropped out of the workforce during the pandemic — often to take care of their kids due to a lack of other options. They could now be facing the possibility of earning less when they return. In fact, in September 2020, 863 000 women decided to quit their jobs compared to 168 000 men, as mothers across the income spectrum were forced to take on additional child care responsibilities as schools and day cares closed. Returning to work after time off means incurring new child care costs as well as the very real prospect of a reduction in salary. A double whammy if you will. Already before the pandemic, it was estimated it would to take 150 years to close the gender inequality gap between women and men, according to the World Bank. There are now signs that the Coronavirus pandemic could push more women to the side-lines, exacerbating an already alarming trend of gender inequality.
Does this mean that women will have to choose between having a career or having a work/life balance?
“No, it does not. Remember, it is important to be realistic in order to be successful,” says Colman, adding that it is possible, even amidst a post-pandemic world, to maintain a healthy work-life balance while in pursuit of breaking through the corporate gender imbalance.
Below are Colman’s top tips on how to return to work in light of the added pressure women face in balancing work and life from the kitchen table or home study.
- Have the discussion about work, at work
It is important for organisations to have the gender discussions now and to not shy away from doing so. It is up to women to ensure that they are not out of sight and out of mind, to embrace technology and ensure connection at the correct level with decisionmakers. If you are concerned about returning to work, speak up.
- The power of leveraging your network
Firstly, make time and effort to join a female networking club. Here you will find likeminded women to network with, who will also understand your unique challenges as a woman in business and they will provide support through trying times.Secondly, up your professional social media game by expanding your network by reaching out to people you admire for virtual coffee chats and to engage in the plethora of digital industry events. Make an effort to connect and grow given that so much of our world is now around personal connection online. Doing this may open up new opportunities for you.
- Get up, dress up and show up!
Being a working mother means that we have no time. If you are clear on your personal fashion style and you keep it simple, your life will be so much easier. But be careful of falling into the trap of working remotely in sweats and hoodies. Never before has appearances been more important. Yes, you can switch the camera off, but as a professional you are losing out on the most fantastic opportunity to build your personal brand. Get up, dress up and show up. In a world where we are disconnected, using the gift of shared screen time is a precious one you should not disregard. | <urn:uuid:7beea09d-afb2-430c-a342-4748954ca68b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://eliterisk.co.za/2021/08/01/womens-month-covid-19-and-returning-to-work-can-women-have-it-all/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572408.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816151008-20220816181008-00673.warc.gz | en | 0.966086 | 987 | 2.171875 | 2 |
is to improve the resilience of communities and natural ecosystems by restoring landscapes in a sustainable way.
In a nutshell, our approach is based on a foldable structure made from biodegradable cardboard fibres, applied on a slope and filled with local soil to function as a terracing structure. Inside the product are both pioneer seeds and nutrients added during the
production process. The rooting systems have time to develop due to the short-term protection of the biodegradable structure in the vulnerable phase of vegetation development. When there is a sufficient rooting system, the cardboard decomposes and adds
Due to overgrazing, deforestation and unsustainable agriculture, soils get degraded and vulnerable to erosion. Water can not infiltrate the soil and seeds get flushed away by the rain.
By nesting seeds inside our cardboard structure, the roots can develop without being flushed away by the rain. The honeycomb structure creates a natural terrace to stop erosion and improve water infiltration.
Due to the absorbing qualities of the carboard fiber, it is possible to impregnate extra nutrients into the material, stimulating growth in the first stage of development
Cardboard is a biodegradable material and will decompose when the plants are strong enough.The new plants will continue the anti- erosion function by stabilizing the soil with their roots. Creating natural erosion buffers in between farmland, kickstarting a new ecosystem.
New vegetation and agricultural waste from sustainably managed land can be used as biomass to produce new Ecosystem Kickstarter products, stimulating a local and circular economy.
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She went to a doctor when she was seventeen after her breasts started to hurt a little before periods. That doctor said many women have lumpy breasts. The doctor also said there wasn’t anything to do about it. That’s a common doctor’s response when there isn’t a drug handy to prescribe. Instead of searching for a cause and resolving it, patients are usually told that they should “learn to live with it.”
Women find they have to sleep on their chest before their periods, it hurts so badly. In addition, if a lover even touches the breasts… well, it makes sex tricky.
Who is Dr. Myers & What does he have to do with fibrocystic breasts?
Dr. John Myers was a pioneer in the clinical uses of minerals, starting in the 1930s and 40s. He worked out a treatment program for fibrocystic breast disease that substantially reduced or eliminated both the cysts and the symptoms for a very large majority of women.
What is Dr. Myers’ treatment?
Mostly, iodine. However, he applied iodine in different ways according to the severity of the condition. Dr. Myers recommended iodine swabbed into the vagina followed almost immediately by intravenous injection of magnesium. He found that placing the iodine as close to the ovaries as possible got the best results. In less severe cases, the women swallowed the iodine, along with magnesium, vitamin E, and vitamin B.
Dr. Myers had doctors bring volunteer patients with severe fibrocystic breast disease to his seminars. He’d have the doctors check them, treat them, and check them again a few minutes afterward. They’d improve. No one could argue with results like that. Frequently, the pain clears up, swelling is gone, and the cysts become considerably smaller, but they may go away completely. A lot depends on how each individual responds to the treatment.
Where do I start?
- Start with a source of iodine. Lugol’s solution was good in the past but the modern version is weaker and requires a prescription. Another option is to buy Iodoral, a tablet form of iodine and iodide. It does NOT require a prescription. You would start with 50mg, two to four times daily for four to eight weeks. We offer Iodoral 50mg. Then you may start reducing the amount. We offer Iodoral 12.5mg for people who need less. If you discover that the pain or bumps return, push the amount back up.
- Use a good multi-vitamin and multi-mineral supplement. The calcium and magnesium are very important – and so is the vitamin E. We suggest Alpha Base by Orthomolecular.
- Finally, use a quality progesterone supplement. We suggest transdermal creams that deliver approximately 20mg per dose. See this article about Transdermal Progesterone for details
Once resolved, the fibrocystic condition should not return – unless you stop the supplements. A daily Iodoral with a multivitamin and cycled progesterone can can be very helpful in relieving these kinds of problems.
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STEM skills at center of thinkers' flight
Published 7:34 pm, Wednesday, June 12, 2013
About 130 entrepreneurs, engineers and academics boarded a British Airways flight in San Francisco on Wednesday afternoon, tasked with tackling an intractable problem during the 11-hour flight to London: The global gap in science, technology, engineering and math skills.
The mile-high brainstorming session, the airline's inaugural "UnGrounded" event, brought together thinkers from Craigslist, Google X, Stanford University, the Clinton Global Initiative, Andreessen Horowitz and other Silicon Valley powerhouses.
They were divided into four groups, each asked to come up with concrete solutions to one of four problems by the time they landed: getting more women to specialize in science, technology, engineering or math (STEM); expanding learning opportunities and jobs in these fields for emerging markets; addressing the skills gap in the United States; and expanding STEM generally, by integrating it into other disciplines.
Junket with a goal
Let's get one thing out of the way: Was this a junket designed, as much as anything, to generate heaps of positive press about British Airways? Yes.
But that doesn't change the fact that this is also a real problem crying out for fresh thinking.
While American students are lagging their international peers in all areas, they're considerably further behind in math and science. They ranked 25th in math, 17th in science and 14th in reading among 34 industrial nations, according to the latest research from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
Shortage of graduates
A Microsoft report estimated that the U.S. economy generates 120,000 new computer science jobs every year, but only 40,000 graduates in the field. Meanwhile, women comprise more than half of the workforce, but make up only about a quarter of tech professionals.
A point continually stressed during panel discussions ahead of the Wednesday flight is that STEM training is not merely about landing a job at Google or Facebook. Understanding the Web, apps and software has become a critical part of every industry now, including the creative arts. Coding is all but a part of modern literacy.
The immediate problem is that the skills gap makes it more difficult - and expensive - for companies to hire the workers they need to quickly develop products and expand, potentially limiting economic growth here and abroad. This is why the tech industry is pushing so aggressively for comprehensive immigration reform that would make it easier to hire qualified workers from abroad, the chief aim of Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg's FWD.us lobbying group.
But perhaps the bigger issue is that the critical problems of the 21st century - the need for renewable energy, environmental degradation, population growth, food shortages, new diseases and old ones - all demand deep technical skills and understanding.
"Innovation talent is the engine that drives the whole system," said Marguerite Gong Hancock, associate director of the Stanford Program on Regions of Innovation and Entrepreneurship and a member of the UnGrounded advisory board.
If we can foster it, we can "bring creative solutions to the world's biggest problems," she added. "It is the critical question."
But did she expect real solutions by the time the plane touched down?
"I don't know, but that is the delicious possibility," she said.
Plenty of ideas
Participants certainly came equipped with ideas.
Megan Smith of Google X, the search company's R&D factory for moon shots like self-driving cars, arrived with three proposals in her back pocket: providing training opportunities that would invite more midcareer workers to move into STEM professions; handing a green card to anyone who graduates with a STEM degree from an American university; and replicating the model of Harvey Mudd College, where 40 percent of computer science majors are now women.
The Claremont (Los Angeles County) school dramatically increased the number of women enrolling in the field by, among other things, establishing tracks geared toward beginners and sending students to conferences focused on women in computing. There they can find role models who can defy the industry's pasty male stereotype, and highlight the challenges they confront in the field.
"For young people, but especially for young women, if they understand how impactful this stuff is, they'd be more drawn to this work," Smith said.
One of the biggest obstacles to improving STEM skills is the rigidity of public policy surrounding education, which is why participants were advised to propose ideas that work around the laws.
But Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, who had planned to join the flight until last-minute scheduling changes, said it's clear we have to hire more teachers and improve curriculum to get students engaged in math and science early in their educations.
"You've got to get these kids in middle school, or you can't get them back on track," he said.
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I think that death penalty is too cruel. In spite of the fact that somebody kills someone it does not matter that our society has rights to kill too. It means that we are murderers too. I believe that istead of death penalty it's better to give them life sentence. Because life without freedom, it is the worst think in our life. Also, we knew such situations were suffered innocent people and it is awful. That's why, before talk about every kind of death penalty, we must think about the meaning and the reason of this punishment.
First off I think my opponent has taken the wrong stand and should not be con since your argument is for abolishing the death penalty whereas the con in this debate is not to abolish the death penalty. With that in mind I will debate for the con even though it says I'm for. The death penalty should not be abolished some monsters out their deserve to die simple as that, child murderers, serial killers, terrorists, mass murderers and many other inhuman beings deserve the death penalty. To say that makes us no better than them is a completely false argument because we are stopping a very severe evil. These people who commit these acts worthy of the death sentence aren't human they are remorseless killers and fiends who committed horrendous acts against others. Ending their lives is what they deserve for their actions.
Nowadays I know that in our world to exist violent killers are so dangerous and despite the fact the right way for them is life sentence. Moreover the death penalty is the easiest solution to get away from the problems that they have done. Also escape of the solution is not easy to do. Although if it will happen, it's better than death of guiltless person and such of situations was in the world where suffered innocent people. I recommend you to watch the speech of Bryan Stevenson "We need to talk about injustice" on ted.com and after this video I hope that you will think deeply and change your mind in a good way.
So say the unthinkable happens and someone you love and care for is viciously killed by someone who had killed before and will kill again, this person gets caught though, are you saying you would rather this person get a life sentence instead of the death penalty? Also say a murderer who was eliglbe for the death penalty but got life instead, while in prison proceeds to kill a guard in cold blood this guard had a family and friends that had this murderer gotten the death penalty instead would not be mourning the loss of a loved one. You say life in prison is worse than death? I know prisons are bad but getting 3 square meals a day a roof over your head and bed that's better than what the homeless and poor get yet these vile people who killed for the sake of killing are getting to live out their lives even though they took the lives of others. Now I'm not saying all murderers deserve the death penalty but there are people out there who commit such atrocious acts of violence they do not deserve to live they are the embodiment of evil that would keep killing until they are dead. These people who deserve to face the death penalty do so not because they made some mistakes in life they do so because they killed innocent people and destroyed families lives.
look! Nowadays almost every State in the U.S has life in prison without parole. Moreover, states without death penalty have much lower murder rates. Unlike decades ago, a sentence of life without parole generally means exactly what it says - convicts looked away in prison until they die. Why you do not think about public works instead of giving them death penalty? The most imporant thing of giving those public works instead of giving them death penalty? The most important thing of giving those public works is government will have a benefit. For example some countries work on this system and by this they get benefit from prisoners. Why do we have to kill them when they can do such kind of things? Inspite of the fact we are not lose our humanity too. Many family members who have lost their relatives to murder feel that the death penalty will not heal their wounds nor end their pain, and the extended process prior to executions can prolong the agony experienced by the family. Funds now being used for the costly process of executions could be used to help families put their lives back together through restitution, crime victim hotlines, and other services addressing their needs. Also, when the death penalty is administered by systems and Governments that are sometimes discriminate against the poor, the mentally ill, religious minorities, women and even children it cannot be allowed to continue and must be abolished. Some people are lost forever and in my point of view some murderers and other perverted people will suffer more in jail. that's why, capital punishment is a soft realise!
Yet there is the major issue now of overpopulation in prisons in America so certain criminals are being let out due to that issue so people who are in prison for a life sentence with good behaviour and "rehabilitation" they are being released and causing more of a danger to society again. So you're saying we should put these prisoners to work instead? In other words the government gets cheap or free labor while screwing over the little guy and taking away work from the people who actually need the work and money. How is allowing a monster to work helping anyone? Answer? It isn't. Giving them the death penalty is what these inhuman people deserve for the unspeakable crimes they have committed. We do not lose our humanity in taking the life of a person who has committed acts of such evil, we are protecting future victims and punishing this person or crimes worthy of death. Also many families also want the person who took their loved one away to die, their will always be families who have lost a loved one to a murderer who would rather them rot in jail than death whereas there will also be many who want that person to die for stealing the life of their loved one or ones. Also the cost itself is debatable as well, all agree the initial cost of the death penalty process is quite expensive but in the long term life in prison can cost even more. Also there are laws protecting mentally challenged people and children from being given the death penalty so your argument there is invalid. Also by the sounds of it the governments you are talking about there are corrupt ones anyway which even if they didn't have the death penalty would still scurry off certain people and have them killed in secret anyway. That is not the death penalty it is an assassination that even if the death penalty was abolished would still happen anyway. In America you get judged by a jury of your peers you have evidence brought before the court to prove your guilt and even when found guilty are still given certain rights which protect you. Death is never the soft release death is the final release and most of these criminals would rather life in prison than the death penalty and the ones who don't care are the ones where life in prison wouldn't cause them any suffering anyway because they don't feel like we do they are inhuman. In the end the death penalty shouldn't be abolished it is a punishment reserved for those certain monsters that commit such evil acts that letting them live is the crime. In conclusion I believe I have given enough reason to show why the death penalty should not be abolished. | <urn:uuid:8727a685-e7ec-41bb-a6ec-80bfe7d17977> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.debate.org/debates/death-penalty-should-be-abolish/2/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281574.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00016-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.978968 | 1,471 | 1.90625 | 2 |
The Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 was signed into law one year ago today. This complex legislation addresses a wide range of product safety issues, many of them aimed at keeping children safe. Provisions of the new Act and new standards will be coming into effect gradually over the next few years. But on this day, the anniversary of the Act, several new provisions go into effect. Here's our take on the new requirements:
Reduced lead levels: Total lead content drops from 600 parts per million (ppm) to 300ppm and surface coatings and paint drops to 90ppm allowable lead. While children are exposed to lead from a wide variety of sources -- the most pervasive is in housing stock -- lead poisoning is cumulative, so even a small amount of lead from a toy or necklace adds to what the child has already been exposed to. The American Academy of Pediatrics has repeatedly addressed the risk lead poses to our children and the fact that there is no safe level of lead. CPSC has put in place exemptions to the lead testing requirement and continue to offer guidance on this issue.
Higher civil penalty limits: The CPSIA gives CPSC's ability to fine companies for violations real teeth by raising the limits from a $1.8 million maximum to $15 million. This larger potential penalty might just encourage more manufacturers to play by the rules, rather than accepting small penalty amounts as the cost of doing business.
Tracking labels on children's products: Every time there is a recall of a children's product, especially one that goes back many years, KID and probably CPSC and the company gets many calls and emails -- is my product part of the recall? Older models often have no identifying markers that can show with certainty which products are recalled and which are safe. With the new tracking labels, not only will consumers be able to tell more easily if their item is recalled, but manufacturers will be able to target recalls more narrowly since identical looking items can be sorted by the information on the tracking label. We applaud all the hard work manufacturers are doing to comply with this important safety measure.
Catalog labeling: With more shopping done through the mail or online, CPSIA will now require that the same warning labels that appear on the front of the package when you buy a toy in the store must also appear in the print catalog and on the internet. This allows parents to consider that safety information before they purchase a toy, rather than after the fact.
In addition, two new mandatory standards for bath seats and infant walkers will be out within the next few weeks for comments. The CPSIA, in a section named after Danny Keysar whose parents founded KID, requires CPSC to draft and publish new mandatory standards for infant and toddler durable goods. | <urn:uuid:6e4f0d3d-d2b5-4e3e-890d-107616b337ff> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://kidsindanger.blogspot.com/2009/08/happy-birthday-cpsia.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280763.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00511-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.965156 | 556 | 2.390625 | 2 |
Published: September 12, 2010
WASHINGTON — The poet Allen Ginsberg, who died in 1997, adored life, feared death and craved fame. These obsessions seemed to have kept him, despite his practice of Buddhist meditation, from sitting still for long. He was constantly writing, teaching, traveling, networking, chasing lovers, sampling drugs, pushing political causes and promoting the work of writer friends.
“Beat Memories: The Photographs of Allen Ginsberg”: Neal Cassady and Natalie Jackson in San Francisco, in the show at the National Gallery of Art in Washington. More Photos »
In the early 1950s he began to photograph these friends in casual snapshots, meant to be little more than souvenirs of a shared time and ethos. Years later his picture taking — often of the same friends, now battered by life or approaching death — became more formal and artful, as if he were trying to freeze his subjects’ faces and energies, and to show off his photographic skills, for the history books.
Nearly 80 pictures, early and late, many with handwritten inscriptions, are on view through Thursday in “Beat Memories: The Photographs of Allen Ginsberg” at theNational Gallery of Art here. Some are familiar; others rarely seen. As arranged by Sarah Greenough, the senior curator in the museum’s department of photographs, they form a continuous narrative. In the space of two small galleries we watch legends take shape, beauties fade, an American era come and go.
Ginsberg began his photographic chronicle of what would become the Beat generation in earnest in 1953, when he was in his late 20s and living on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. He had known the group’s crucial personalities — William S. Burroughs, Gregory Corso, Jack Kerouac and their communal muse Neal Cassady — since his student days at Columbia. He regarded them collectively, himself very much included, as a new literary vanguard. The work they were doing in the early ’50s seemed to confirm his faith. And his early pictures, taken with a secondhand Kodak, project a buoyant confidence.
We see figures who would soon enough become cultural monuments still vital and mercurial. In one much-published picture Kerouac, smoking and brooding, is already a romantic hero, but in another he’s a mugging cut-up on an East Village street “making a Dostoyevsky mad-face,” to quote Ginsberg’s caption.
And we also see a surprisingly seductive version of Burroughs. The world would come to know him as a dour presence in business suits and Burberry raincoats, but Ginsberg photographed him lying in bed like a half-nude odalisque eyeing the camera. When the picture was taken, the two men were briefly living together as lovers, with Burroughs deeply smitten, and Ginsberg primarily focused on editing Burroughs’s new novel, “Queer.”
By December of 1953 there were major shifts. Burroughs left for Morocco. Ginsberg hit the road for adventures in Mexico and Cuba, eventually landing in San Francisco. There in 1954 he met the teenage Peter Orlovsky, who would become his life partner. The relationship proved extremely complicated, but Ginsberg’s initial photos of his new mate have a distinct glow of tenderness that extends to pictures of other San Francisco friends. It’s as if the Summer of Love had arrived a generation early.
When Ginsberg first read his lacerating anti-establishment poem “Howl,” to a San Francisco audience in 1955, he found himself instantly famous. After “Howl” appeared in book form, he was notorious. United States Customs officials seized a second printing of the book and charged its publisher, the poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti, with selling obscene literature. Ferlinghetti was acquitted, but the 1957 trial put the Beat phenomenon squarely on the countercultural map. (A film titled “Howl,” which both documents and dramatizes the censorship incident, opens in New York this month with the promotional slogan: “The obscenity trial that started a revolution; the poem that rocked a generation.”)
Ginsberg was out of the country during the flap, wandering here and there, photographing wherever he went. We see his portraits of Burroughs and Paul Bowles in Tangier, then of Corso in Paris. By 1962 Ginsberg and Orlovsky were in India, taking drugs, chatting up holy men. With his full beard and long hair, Ginsberg looked like a proto-hippie at this point, but he was also still an avid sightseer, a kind of cultural tourist, snapping shots of erotic sculptures on Hindu temples.
After the mid-’60s the production of photographs drops off for almost two decades. There are some fine pictures still: one of Orlovsky doing a nude handstand on an old farm he and Ginsberg had bought in Cherry Valley, N.Y., and a final portrait of Kerouac in his early 40s, bloated, alcohol soaked, almost unrecognizable. But at some point Ginsberg lost a couple of cameras and was too busy to replace them. He let photography go.
Two decades later, though, he picked it up again in a serious way. In 1983 he came across pictures from the ’50s he had long forgotten about, many in the form of undeveloped negatives or cheap drugstore prints. He realized he was holding history in his hands. And, more aware than ever of the passing of time and of the increasing stature the Beat movement had earned, he wanted to preserve that past, and to extend it through photography.
So he bought a new camera. He consulted experts — Berenice Abbott, Robert Frank — about picture taking and printing. He reprinted old images in larger formats and with lots of blank marginal space for written annotation. (The captions on all his photos, however early, date from the 1980s onward.) Soon he was exhibiting and, not a minor consideration for a person who supported many old friends, selling work. Photography became a full-fledged second career.
Roughly half of the pictures in Washington date from the 1980s and 1990s. Most are conventional solo portraits, interesting because the sitters — a glum white-haired Corso, a tousled, tired Yevgeny Yevtushenko — are of interest, but also because of Ginsberg’s fine, avid eye, which was present from the start. Only Orlovsky is seen in a group shot. In a wrenching 1987 picture, he sits protectively with his mother and a haunted-looking brother and sister, all of whom suffered from mental illness.
Ginsberg was always eager to photograph pop stars, and there’s a portrait here of Bob Dylan, who was also a friend and collaborator. But the celebrity Ginsberg cared about most in the end was himself, and we get a couple of late-career images of him in this show. In one, a self-portrait from 1991, we see him, grizzled, paunchy and nude, reflected in a motel-room mirror. In a second, from 1996, taken — by Ginsberg himself? by someone else? — on his 70th birthday, he stands in front of his Lower East Side kitchen window, nattily dressed, self-possessed, fresh from a star turn at an exhibition devoted to Beat culture.
My favorites among the later photographs, though, are three of a different kitchen window in an earlier apartment, this time with no one in sight and Ginsberg present only behind the camera. He shot the pictures in different years in the 1980s, but apart from changes of season the view is the same: the window with a cluttered table in front of it, and outside a tenement backyard with scrappy trees, facing walls and patches of sky above.
Basically these are still lifes; undramatic, domestic, emblems of circling time. Or maybe you could think of them as images of everyday altars. In an inscription across the bottom of one he wrote, “I sat for decades at morning breakfast tea looking out my kitchen window” and “one day recognized my own world, the familiar background, the giant wet brick-walled Atlantis garden.” It’s a different world from the one we see in the rest of the show, plain, calm and unstriving. In art, Ginsberg sat still for a while.
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Borobudur Temple is a 9th-century Mahayana Buddhist monument near Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia. The monument comprises six square platforms topped by three circular platforms, and is decorated with 2,672 relief panels and 504 Buddha statues. A main dome, located at the center of the top platform, is surrounded by 72 Buddha statues seated inside perforated stupa.'
The monument is both a shrine to the Lord Buddha and a place for Buddhist pilgrimage. The journey for pilgrims begins at the base of the monument and follows a path circumambulating the monument while ascending to the top through the three levels of Buddhist cosmology, namely Kāmadhātu (the world of desire), Rupadhatu (the world of forms) and Arupadhatu (the world of formlessness). During the journey the monument guides the pilgrims through a system of stairways and corridors with 1,460 narrative relief panels on the wall and the balustrades.
Evidence suggests Borobudur was abandoned following the 14th-century decline of Buddhist and Hindu kingdoms in Java, and the Javanese conversion to Islam. Worldwide knowledge of its existence was sparked in 1814 by Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, then the British ruler of Java, who was advised of its location by native Indonesians.
Borobudur has since been preserved through several restorations. The largest restoration project was undertaken between 1975 and 1982 by the Indonesian government and UNESCO, following which the monument was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Borobudur is still used for pilgrimage; once a year Buddhists in Indonesia celebrate Vesak at the monument, and Borobudur is Indonesia's single most visited tourist attraction.Note :- Kindly g+1 this post if you found it useful | <urn:uuid:307affee-0fc9-42b3-beda-f52a7a324401> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://cheatssoul.blogspot.com/2012/01/contoh-text-report-example-of-report.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988719468.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183839-00529-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.949676 | 370 | 3.484375 | 3 |
This project came about in an odd way. Where I work, we have an arcade club. Basically, a group of guys get together and play old school video games. The only problem is I am the only guy in the club that has an arcade we can use. So, after getting tired of hosting the arcade club every time we wanted to play, I started thinking about how to make an arcade portable. I finally arrived at the conclusion to make one into a briefcase. Also, I watched Iron Man 2 and saw Tony Stark put the Iron Man suit into one, so I figured I could put an arcade into one.
I started with an idea of having a bartop style arcade that would break down into a portable . After that idea sank in the planning phase, I thought about just placing an arcade within an old style (80's) briefcase. After finally finding one at goodwill for around $5, I could begin the project.
After gutting the briefcase, I started try to figure out the layout and how the components would fit into the case. I then took apart my LCD monitor to mount within the briefcase. The LCD I used has an external power supply of 12 volts. This is important for ease of powering the briefcase arcade. The monitor had metal brackets to attach to the inside of the plastic case. I simply reused these to mount the monitor within the briefcase. After figuring out that I would need to lengthen the cables for the monitor to fit within the case, I realized I could flip the monitor upside down and not have to change any cables, etc. I would need to change a setting within Raspberry Pi to flip the monitor 180 degrees. This is a simple change that you can implement within the config file.
After acquiring the briefcase, I had to think about what computer would be able to run within the case. Fortunately, I had a raspberry pi sitting around after I no longer needed it for streaming. This would be perfect for the briefcase arcade, now formally known as the Briefcade. So, with the small computer in place, I needed to work out the joysticks and buttons. Using the traditional joystick and buttons I used for my last arcade build would not fit within the form factor I had to work with, within the Briefcade.
I searched on the internet and found the smallest joystick (height) and button were Sanwa style. After receiving these in the mail, I still had an issue with height of the joystick. With the balltop placed on the joystick shaft I could not close the Briefcade with the monitor in place. I finally had to settle on leaving the joystick balltop removed while the case is closed. This isn't too inconvenient but not optimal...
I then had to create the control panel. I first cut the holes for where I wanted the joystick and buttons. I wanted be able to open up the panel to access the computer, wiring, etc. I made the "main" board (Joystick and Gameplay buttons) the area that can be lifted, and the other buttons (Exit, 1 player start, and coin up), the non moving area.
After making the cuts and holes, I mounted joystick and buttons. I then found out the level for the joystick to function, i.e. move around and not scrap the bottom of the case, and also be able to close. After getting the height correct, I made mounts to hold the control panel in place, and then screwed all of these within place. Then I mounted the hinge to be able to open the control panel.
The next step was figuring out controller input from the control panel. With my last build I went with the iPac controller that you wire in the buttons and connect to your PC with USB or PS/2. The Raspberry Pi however has a GPIO (General Purpose Input and Output). With this you can send signals to the PI. The layouts of ground, +5 V, etc. can be found on the Pi wiki page. I found my correct model, and went about wiring all the buttons and joystick up to the proper inputs with these 40p dupont wires. These are great as they connect up to the GPIO pins perfectly. Once I got the connections up, I then worked with a Linux script that takes the GPIO inputs and translates them into keyboard presses. With this, you can then create the correct inputs for MAME emulator.
The Raspberry Pi has a lot of support and a great community. There are several builds of Linux that will run MAME on the Pi. I used Shea Silverman's PiMame. This has a great menu, easy setup, and terrific support. After getting this setup and running, I had to do some minor tweaks to get the controls working correctly.
My last step was power for the Pi and monitor. My monitor uses 12v to be powered, and the pi required 5v. I made a hole on the side of the Briefcade I was able to use a female power connector. The incoming wires then go to a switch I bought at RadioShack that has a nice On Off sign on top. I then split the wires, with one pair going directly to the monitor, and the other going into a USB car charger. The USB car charger is the kind that plugs into your cigarette lighter.. These convert the voltage from 12v to 5v.
|Here is all the internals for the Briefcade|
Here is the finished product. The Briefcade or Arcase or Businesscade. I personally like the Businesscade but most people call it the Briefcade, so I will go with that.
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Latest transatlantic GM trade row recedes
The European Commission announced on Monday it has approved a method to detect illegal genetically modified maize variety BT10 in corn batches. Biotech manufacturer Syngenta announced the detection process after the EU earlier this month banned all imports of American corn gluten animal feed unless they could be certified free of BT10 (EED 15/04/05). A Commission spokesman said the method would be used by all US exporting authorities, and by EU member states concerned about US maize imported before the new requirements took effect. See detection method.
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|Publication number||US6408399 B1|
|Application number||US 09/256,908|
|Publication date||Jun 18, 2002|
|Filing date||Feb 24, 1999|
|Priority date||Feb 24, 1999|
|Publication number||09256908, 256908, US 6408399 B1, US 6408399B1, US-B1-6408399, US6408399 B1, US6408399B1|
|Inventors||Larry Douglas Baughman|
|Original Assignee||Lucent Technologies Inc.|
|Export Citation||BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan|
|Patent Citations (13), Referenced by (27), Classifications (10), Legal Events (7)|
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet|
This invention relates to computer systems, and more particularly to computer systems utilizing standby computers to provide back-up for an active computer.
Some computerized applications, such as those implementing a billing information system, require high operational reliability, because processing is ongoing and the input data is subject to frequent revision. For these applications, the availability of continuously functional hardware and the accurate backup of data is critical. To insure against data loss and protect against hardware failure, such applications are often implemented with a high-availability computer system. A high-availability computer system should function virtually all the time, or, at least, more often than normal computer hardware reliability factors typically allow.
To achieve the desired reliability, high-availability computer systems are known to use two computers running substantially in parallel (duplex systems). In a duplex system, one computer in the pair is active and performs the system's processing and data handling functions, including the modification of existing data and the addition of new data. The other computer, which replicates the processing capabilities of the active computer and has access to the same (or equivalent) data, is maintained in a standby mode, ready to assume the active state in the event of a problem with the active computer. To effectively implement a transition from standby to active, all data available to the standby computer must be current, reflecting all changes made by the active system.
An illustrative case of a known duplex system is shown in FIG. 1. Computers 1 and 2 are connected via a network 5. The internal disks 3 and 4 on each computer 1 and 2, respectively, store the data for the system. One method for maintaining synchronized data in such a duplex system is writing the data to storage devices 3 and 4 in each computer, 1 and 2 respectively, at each processing step, i.e., whenever data is accessed, transferred or modified. The data for the system shown in FIG. 1 may be stored in replicated directories which reside on the internal disks 3 and 4. Any modifications made to files in a replicated directory on the active computer are mirrored to the same directory on the standby computer.
For example, when computer 1 is active, and data is written to a file, it is actually written to two files, one on disk 3 and one on disk 4. Each file has the same name and, if the system is working correctly, the files are identical. Mirroring is accomplished by sending commands across the network 5 to which both computers 1 and 2 are connected.
This method of replication results in disadvantageously long transitions and unreliable data back-up. Transitions are time consuming because the data replication function ties state transitions to system management. To invoke a transition without compromising data replication, the system manager (a software entity) must notify each application in the system of a change in system states. This notification is typically done in a prescribed sequence, and the system manager waits for a reply before notifying the next application in the sequence. Before sending the reply, the application completes its processing steps, which involves writing and replicating data. Replication, in turn, requires transporting information across the network 5, which takes time and creates an opportunity for data loss during transmission. This results in lengthy state transitions (e.g. standby takeover of active's duties). Due to an application's need for frequent and immediate access to data, a long takeover time creates an unreasonable risk of data loss.
The typical duplex system, as shown in FIG. 1, also provides no data back-up when the system is running simplex. Each computer (1 or 2) stores data to its internal disk (3 or 4), respectively. When one of the computers 1 or 2 stops, either due to a manual command or a failure, the remaining computer writes data to its internal disk. It is a distinct disadvantage of known high-availability systems that, in the simplex mode, no data back-up exists.
In accordance with the principles of the present invention, there is provided a system for monitoring and maintaining multiple computers operating substantially in parallel, each of which can assume an active state, a standby state or a stopped state. In the active state, the applications (software) residing on the computer are running and ready to accept and process data. In the standby state, certain applications are running, however, data is not accepted or processed. A primary function of a computer in the standby state is to monitor the other computers in the system and itself, and to assume an active state when necessary. In a stopped state, the applications responsible for processing data are not running. This state may be the result of a manual request entered by the operator or of a system failure.
Data storage for the system is accomplished with shared, external storage devices. Each computer has equal access to the shared storage device arrangement; however, only one computer may write to it at a time. The external storage devices are configured to mirror each other; that is, the physical disks are linked together as a single logical disk by a disk manager. To the computers, these mirrored pairs appear as a single disk. The disk manager keeps mirrored pairs identical: all data updates go to both disks. In the event that one member of the pair fails, the active computer continues to operate with the disk manager making use of the remaining functional disk. When the failed disk is replaced, the disk manager brings the new disk up to date with its partner. In addition, any number of disks may be used to meet the storage needs of the system. In an exemplary embodiment, each additional disk has a backup, creating mirrored pairs.
The computer states are controlled by a software implemented system manager which determines when a system state transition should occur and then invokes the transition. The system manager resides on each computer in the system and any system manager may take action. A transition determination is based upon the state of the data processing applications on each computer, the data processing applications on the other computers in the system, and the states of the external storage devices. When a system is running duplex, a copy of the system manager runs on each computer. The copy running on the standby system monitors the data processing applications on its partner—the active system. If its partner becomes inactive, the system manager transitions the local (standby) system to active. The copy running on the active monitors the standby for a stopped state, in which case it issues a periodic alarm to warn the system administrator that the system is now running simplex (no backup).
In an exemplary embodiment, the system manager uses a software entity to query the states of applications running on its own (local) and other (remote) computers and the states of the external storage devices. The state information is returned to the system manager which takes action based upon predetermined state information criteria.
A more complete understanding of the present invention may be obtained from consideration of the following description in conjunction with the drawings in which:
FIG. 1 depicts a prior art duplex system;
FIG. 2 depicts an exemplary system hardware architecture according to the principles of the present invention;
FIG. 3 depicts an exemplary functional diagram according to the principles of the present invention; and
FIGS. 4A, 4B and 4C are decision tree diagrams for an exemplary system management function according to the principles of the present invention.
A high-availability computer system according to the principles of the present invention comprises multiple computers operating substantially in parallel, with one computer active and at least one computer standby. A method and apparatus are provided for transitioning the standby computer to an active state. By providing multiple, shared, external storage devices which appear as one disk to applications processing data (application processes) running on either computer and by separating state transition and data mirroring functionality, a system according to the principles of the present invention achieves a greater level of operational readiness than in the prior art.
For a better understanding of the invention, the first section hereof describes an exemplary system hardware architecture, along with the application processes which run on the system. The next section describes the functionality of a system according to the principles of the present invention. The functionality is implemented with a disk manager for ensuring data replication on the shared external devices, a system manager for monitoring application and hardware states and for causing a state transition, and an execution manager for grouping applications and for transitioning computer states. The final section describes exemplary decision criteria carried out by the system manager to control the system states.
Referring now to FIG. 2 there is shown an exemplary hardware architecture 50 for carrying out the method of the invention in a duplex system. It should be noted that this is only an illustrative embodiment and the invention can be adapted to work with more than two computers and two shared disks. In an exemplary embodiment, computers 10 and 11 are desk top computers which may include a main processor system, a monitor and interactive input devices, such as a keyboard and a mouse. Each system typically includes a central processing unit (CPU), ROM and RAM memory, cache memory, a hard disk storage device, a floppy disk drive, graphics and audio cards, a network interface card, and a power supply, all interconnected using a conventional architecture. The computers 10 and 11 are operable to execute the method of the invention which may be stored as computer executable code in ROM, RAM, hard disk storage or any other type of memory which may be convenient.
Computers 10 and 11 are connected to external storage devices 12 and 13 via a suitable interface connection 14, such as a Small Computer System Interface (SCSI). Each computer 10 and 11 is configured to read from and write to each storage device 12 and 13; that is, each shared disk 12 and 13 is accessible to either computer when that computer is active. With this architecture, following a transition of a standby computer to active, the new active computer has access to all data that was processed and stored by the former active computer. Although the shared disk storage 12 and 13 is accessible by each computer 10 or 11, only one may write to the shared disks 12 and 13 at a time.
In an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, each computer 10 and 11 in the system of FIG. 2 runs UNIX® as its operating system, although the method of the invention may be implemented with other operating systems, such as Windows 95,® Windows 98® or Windows NT.® In a UNIX® based system, the external storage devices 12 and 13 are “mounted” to be accessed by either computer 10 or 11. Mounting a disk is a UNIX® defined process that enables a computer to read from and write to a disk. Mounting is fully explained in any UNIX Administrator's reference, such as UNIX System V Release 4: System Administrator's Reference Manual, Joyce V. Redal (Prentice Hall, 1990), which is incorporated herein by reference. The shared disks 12 and 13 are mounted for writing by the active computer, and the active application process has access to both disks 12 and 13.
For purposes of this description, application processes are the processes run by data processing software, as opposed to the procceses run by software responsible for system management. In the system of FIG. 2, such application processes may be stored locally on disks 15 and 16. These application processes read and write data to the shared storage devices 12 and 13, as will be described below. Application processes are started when the host computer is in an active state; that is, they run when they reside on the active computer. As a result, application processes do not have to be informed of computer states and can assume that the computer they reside on is in an active state. This eliminates the need for each application process to be notified of system states during a transition, which notification results in long transition times.
Referring now to FIG. 3, a functional diagram of a duplex system 99 according to the principles of the present invention is shown. The functionality represented by the blocks of FIG. 3 are carried out as computer implemented instructions operating in the hardware architecture of FIG. 2. Thus, where it is stated that a particular software entity functions to mirror data, what is meant is that the computers 10 or 11 of FIG. 2 executing the instructions comprising the software entity operates to mirror data to the external disks 12 and 13.
In the system 99 of FIG. 3, a disk manager 107 and 117 resides on each computer 10 and 11 to manage file manipulation on the shared disks 12 and 13. The disk manager 107 and 117 also causes the shared disks 12 and 13 to appear to the active computer as a single logical storage device. Thus, as the active computer writes or modifies data, the disk manager 107 and 117 replicates the data to both storage devices 12 and 13. The disk manager functionality is available in a number of commercial software packages, one of which is manufactured by Veritas Software Corporation (Veritas). A complete description of Veritas's disk management and data handling functionality can be found in the Veritas Volume Manager—System Administrator's Guide and in Veritas File System—System Administrator's Guide, which are sold with their respective software by Veritas Software Corporation, and which are incorporated herein by reference.
When the disk manager 107 and 117 is implemented with Veritas software, disk access is controlled utilizing importing and deporting disk groups. An imported disk group may be accessed for use by a computer, but a deported disk group may not. Importing and deporting disk groups is described in the above references.
Still referring to FIG. 3, a system manager 120 and 130 is also implemented in each computer 10 and 11 in the system 99. The system manager 120 and 130 insures that there is one computer in the active state at all times and invokes a transition of computer 10 or 11 to an active state if necessary. A secondary responsibility of the system manager 120 and 130 is to warn a system administrator via periodic alarms when the system is operating in simplex mode (one computer active with no standby available). The system manager 120 and 130 also checks for and corrects errors, such as both computers 10 and 11 assuming an active state, no computer 10 or 11 in an active state, the active computer unable to access the shared disks 12 and 13, and a non-active computer with access to the shared disks 12 and 13.
In an exemplary embodiment, each system manager 120 and 130 comprises a state manager and a state querier, as illustrated in FIG. 3. Since the system manager 120 and 130 resides on each computer 10 and 11, there are two state managers 101 and 111 and two state queriers 104 and 114. The state queriers 104 and 114 are configured to run at all times on both of the computers 10 and 11 in the duplex, even in the stopped state. The state managers 101 and 111 run in the active and standby states. The state managers 101 and 111 make decisions and carry out actions based upon state information obtained from state queriers 104 and 114.
State manager 101 obtains local state information form its local state querier 104 and remote state information from state querier 114 residing on the remote computer 11. On request, the state querier 104 determines the state of the application processes 105 on its local computer 10 (the computer it is running on) and of the shared disks 12 and 13, and reports the state information to state manager 101. The state information it reports is both application process 105 states and the state of the shared disk storage 12 and 13 relative to state manager's 101 host computer 10. The application process 105 state information may be active, standby or stopped, and disk state information may be accessible or nonaccessible (mounted or unmounted in a UNIX environment).
The state manager 101 and 111 may be implemented using a class library 103 and 113 (hereafter “GetState”) which provides a library interface for sending state information requests to state queriers 104 and 114 and retrieving the replies. GetState 103 and 113 may be written in any object oriented language, such as C++, and it possesses sufficient functionality to ascertain the states of its host (local) computer and its partner (remote). There are two functions within the class: one to get the disk state of the shared disks 12 and 13; and one to get the state of the application processes 105 and 115 running on the computers 10 and 11. The functions will return a value indicating whether an application is active or standby or if a disk is accessible or inaccessible. If no value is returned for a predetermined time interval, GetState assumes that the application is stopped and the disk is inaccessible.
As shown in FIG. 3, execution managers (EMs) 102 and 112 are provided for managing the execution of application processes 105 and 115 and state managers 101 and 111 residing on the computers 10 and 11, respectively. EMs 102 and 112 group applications according to their function. Those that are responsible for data processing (application processes) are in one group and those that are responsible for state management are in another. EMs 102 and 112 have no control over the execution of the state queriers 104 and 114, because state queriers 104 and 114 run all the time, regardless of system states. Therefore, state queriers 104 and 114 are not grouped by the EMs 102 and 112.
EMs 102 and 112 have defined states that tie to the computer (10 and 11) states. When a computer 10 and 11 is in the stopped state, its EM (102 or 112) is Shutdown. When an EM (102 or 112) is Shutdown, none of the groups are running; however, state querier (104 or 114) continues to function. EM (102 or 112) assumes an Administrative state when its computer (10 or 11) is in the standby state. In an Administrative state, an EM (102 or 112) has the state management group (i.e. the system manager 120 and 130) running, but no application processes (105 or 115) running. EM (102 or 112) assumes a Running state when its host computer is active. When EM (102 or 112) is Running, application processes (105 or 115) are running and processing data and the system manager 120 and 130 is also running.
The state managers 110 and 111 communicate with the EMs 102 and 112 to cause state transitions. For example, in computer 10 the EM 102 is responsive to the state manager 101 for implementing state transitions. Application processes 105 are in turn linked to the just described EM states. To transition states, the state manager 101 simply commands the EM 102 to transition states and the application processes 105 respond accordingly. Advantageously, the state manager 101 never advises an application process 105 of state information or instructs an application process 105 to transition states.
When a transition occurs, the shared disks 12 and 13 are made available to the transitioning computer. Referring again to FIG. 3, Disk Ready 109 and 119 is provided in each computer 10 and 11 for making the shared disks 12 and 13 available when transitioning a computer to the active state. Similarly, when transitioning from the active state to the stopped state, Disk Release 108 and 118 causes the active system to forfeit access to the disks 12 and 13 so that they are available to the newly active computer. Disk Ready 109 and 119 makes the shared external disks 12 and 13 available to its local computer 10 or 11. When the disk manager 107 and 117 is implemented with Veritas software and the operating system 106 and 116 is UNIX®, Disk Ready 109 and 119 instructs the disk manager 107 and 117 to import the disks 12 and 13, and, once the disk is imported, the disk manager 107 and 117 instructs UNIX® 106 and 116 to mount the disk. When a computer 10 or 11 forfeits access to the shared disks 12 and 13, Disk Release 108 and 118 instructs UNIX® 106 and 116 to unmount the shared disks 12 and 13 and the disk manager 107 or 117 to deport the disks 12 and 13.
To invoke a transition of computer 10 from the active to the stopped state and of computer 11 from the standby to active state, for instance, as the result of a user command entered into computer 10, EM 102 residing on computer 10 first stops the application processes 105 on computer 10 by transitioning to an Administrative state. Next, the shared disks 12 and 13 are released by computer 10 using Disk Release 108 as discussed above. Then, EM 102 stops the processes of the state manager 101 putting EM 102 on computer 10 in the Shutdown state. The state manager 111 on computer 11 next detects that computer 10 is stopped and uses Disk Ready 119 to make the shared disks 12 and 13 accessible to the application processes 115 on computer 11. Then, state manager 111 issues commands to its EM 112 to start the application processes 115 so that computer 111 is active.
Referring now to FIGS. 4A, 4B and 4C as well as FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 there are shown exemplary decision trees implemented by a state manager to determine which computer 10 or 11 of FIG. 2 should be active. By implementing these decision trees, one computer is maintained in the active state and only the active computer writes to the shared storage devices 12 and 13. When a querying computer determines that it is not active and it does not expect its partner to be active, the querying computer will transition itself to active. When a querying computer determines that an error exists, such as more than one computer is active or a standby computer has mounted the shared disks, the querying computer will take corrective action by re-booting the computer responsible for the error.
The high-level operation of a state manager 101 is shown with reference to FIG. 4A. For purposes of this discussion, computer 10 is local; that is, the decision trees describe state manager 101 running on computer 10. State manager 101 first checks the state of the computer on which it resides, as indicated in process box 20. If the local computer 10 is in a standby state, as shown in state circle 21, state manager 101 will follow the decision tree shown in FIG. 4B. Otherwise, if the local computer 10 is in an active state, as indicated in state circle 22, state manager 101 implements the decision tree shown in FIG. 4C. State manager 101 does not monitor its local computer 10 for the stopped state.
Referring to FIG. 4B, there is shown the decision tree followed by state manager 101 when its host computer (local computer 10) is in a standby state, as indicated by state circle 21. State manager 101 checks the state of the shared disks 12 and 13 to see if they are mounted by the local computer 10, as indicated by decision block 23. If the disks 12 and 13 are mounted by the local computer 10 (indicating an error), the local computer 10 is rebooted according to predetermined instructions (shut down and started again) to correct the error, as indicated by process block 301, and state manager 101 returns to process block 20. When the shared disks 12 and 13 are not mounted by the local computer 10, state manager 101 checks the state of an application process 115 running on remote computer 11, as shown at 302. If the remote application process 115 is active, as shown in state circle 313, the system 99 is properly running duplex and the local computer 10 does nothing, at 314. State manager 101 then returns to process block 20.
If the remote application process 115 is stopped (the local computer 12 is still standby), as in state circle 303, state manager 101 checks the status of the shared disks 12 and 13 in decision block 304. If the shared disks 12 and 13 are mounted by the remote computer 11, the remote computer 11 is rebooted as indicated by process block 305 and state manager 101 returns to process block 20. This reboot corrects the erroneous mounting of the external shared disks 12 and 13 by the stopped computer 11. This also insures agreement between the remote application process 115 state and the state of the external shared disks 12 and 13. If the remote computer 11 is stopped and the shared disks 12 and 13 are not mounted by the remote computer 11, the local computer 10 will transition to an active state, as at 306, before returning to process block 20.
Still referring to FIG. 4B, if the remote computer 11 is standby (i.e., both computers 10 and 11 are standby), as shown in state circle 307, the status of the shared disks 12 and 13 are checked in decision block 308. If the shared disks 12 and 13 are mounted by the remote computer 11, the remote computer 11 is rebooted 312, since a standby computer should not mount to the shared disks 12 and 13. State manager 101 then returns to process block 20.
If the shared disks 12 and 13 are not mounted by the remote computer 11, state manager 101 queries whether the computer on which it resides is preferably active, in this case local computer 10, as indicated in decision block 309. The preference is a design choice. If so, state manager 101 starts the application processes 105 (via the EM 102) on the local computer 10, making the local computer 10 active, as at 310. Once the transition occurs, the decision process starts over again at process block 20. If the local computer 10 is not preferably active, no transition takes place, at 314, and the state manager 101 again checks the local state, at 20.
Referring now to FIG. 4C, there is shown the decision tree followed by state manager 101 when the local computer 10 is active, as indicated by state circle 22. State manager 101 first checks to see if the shared disks 12 and 13 are mounted by the local computer 10, as shown in decision block 24. If they are not mounted by the local computer 10, the local computer 10 is rebooted, as indicated in process block 402, and state manager 101 returns to process block 20. This reboot causes the local computer 10 (active) to mount the shared disks 12 and 13. If the shared disks 12 and 13 are mounted by the local computer 10, the remote computer 11 is checked for its state at 403.
If the remote computer 11 is stopped (indicating that there is no standby) as at 404, the status of the shared disks 12 and 13 are checked 405. If the shared disks 12 and 13 are mounted by the stopped remote computer 11, the remote computer 11 is rebooted to correct the error, at 406, and state manager 101 starts over at process block 20. Otherwise, if the shared disks 12 and 13 are not mounted by the stopped remote computer 11, state manager 101 determines whether a pre-determined amount of time has passed since a NO_STANDBY alarm has been issued, as indicated in decision block 407. The NO_STANDBY alarm alerts that there is no standby computer to provide backup because the remote 11 is stopped. If the pre-determined amount of time has passed without an alarm issuing, state manager 101 causes an alarm to issue, as at process block 408. State manager 101 then returns to process block 20. If the pre-determined amount of time has not passed, state manager 101 will start the decision tree over again, at 20.
If the remote computer 11 is in standby (computer 10 is still active), as in state circle 409, state manager 101 checks the status of the shared disks 12 and 13, as indicated in process block 410. If the shared disks 12 and 13 are mounted by the remote computer 11, an error condition exists and the remote computer 11 is rebooted as in process block 412. If the shared disks 12 and 13 are not mounted by the remote computer 11, then there is no error state and state manager 101 does nothing 411. Process control then returns to process block 20.
If the remote computer 11 is in an active state, as indicated by state circle 413, an error condition exists because both computers 10 and 11 are active. The local computer's 10 state manager 101 checks the state of the shared disks 12 and 13 in decision block 414. If the shared disks 12 and 13 are mounted by the remote computer 11, the local computer 10 is rebooted 416. The local computer 10 should reboot to a standby state to correct the error condition, and its state manager 101 returns to process block 20. If the shared disks 12 and 13 are not mounted by the remote computer 11, then the remote computer 11 is rebooted, in process block 415 before state manager 101 returns to process block 20. Similarly, this reboot causes the remote computer 11 to assume the standby state, since the local computer 10 is active and has properly mounted the shared disks 12 and 13.
The invention provides a system and method for operating a standby computer. Each computer in the system is connected to shared, external storage devices. These devices appear as a single device to the active computer, facilitating the replication of data to each device. Each computer runs a system manager operable to ascertain the state of application processes running on the system manager's host computer, the other computers in the system, and the external storage devices. According to predetermined state information criteria, a standby computer transitions to active at which time it reads and writes to the external devices. The system manager also determines if certain error conditions exist and instructs the erroneous computer to reboot to correct the error condition.
It is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the illustrated and described forms of the invention contained herein. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various changes may be made without departing from the scope of the invention and the invention is not considered limited to what is shown in the drawings and described in the specification.
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Start: Lech am Arlberg – Schmelzhofwiesen on September 18th from 05:00 a.m.
From the Book: Die Gordon Bennett Ballon Rennen
(The Gordon Bennett Races) by Ulrich Hohmann Sr
With the victory of the team Starkbaum/Röhsler in 1993 the hosting of the race 1994 had returned to Austria. The municipality of Lech am Arlberg, venue already in 1989, 1990 and 1991 and thus equipped with enough experience, had spontaneously declared also to be prepared for 1994. Lech am Arlberg is in a high mountain region, starts at night in the high mountains are not without their problems, which often leads to the fact, that nations with little experience in gas ballooning like France, Australia, Sweden, Japan, Canada or Great Britain do not take part in the race for safety reasons. But nothing can be done. The rules lay down the hosting in the country of last year’s winner and Austria simply is a country in the mountains with little alternatives.
From the beginning, the race was ill starred, it really didn’t look nice. Already when traveling there on Thursday, the competitors had to fight with thunderstorms, hail and torrential rain. During the night to Friday, Lech am Arlberg experienced the first snowfall that autumn. Not heavy enough, to open the ski lifts, but the mountains all around were quite "sugared". The mood was correspondingly lousy. The meteorologist, Dr. Herbert Pümpel, later stated, that he had been close to cancel the race. Occasional brightening was observed, but all in all Saturday also brought no significant improvement of the weather.
Had there been a cancellation of the race before? – No, but twice a postponement, but only one for weather reasons. – What would happen, if a race was cancelled? Or, to be more precise: Would the winner of the last year keep the cup for another year? – Yes, according to the rules of 1905, but old Gordon Bennett had only declared acts of God as reasons for cancellation.
Whatever he may have meant with that, bad weather was not an act of God in those years, when balloons flew at any kind of weather. Otherwise, there would not have been five people killed in the race of the year 1923. So should the year 1994 enter the history of the races as the first year of a cancellation for weather reasons?
When studying the charts and prognoses, Dr. Pümpel discovered a "window". Just very small and at an impossible moment, but it should come for sure. In a word, launch began Sunday morning at 5 a.m. The last balloon just took off at dawn break. So in this connection, the 38th Gordon Bennett Race is something new. Never before a race was launched at this time of the day. The national anthems played for the fire brigade and the Red Cross as the only spectators did not create a solemn atmosphere. Those who remained on the field waved a quick "good flight and soft landings" to the crews and rushed back to the hotel to warm up. At the launch field at that time, several degrees below the freezing point were measured.
The theory for the flight, as created by the meteorologist, was quite clear, but unfortunately did not come true: Snow covered hill slopes make the air sinking, this air meets the warmer river Lech in the valley, who will take it with him pushing the balloons out of the mountains at Füssen. Here, they will meet the gradient winds of the low pressure area "Iphigenie", which there, supported by the Alps as buffer, turn from northwest via west to southeast, driving the balloons across Germany to Poland. Terminal station then would have been the Baltic Sea.
The first half of this theory came true. About five hours after launch, all balloons were at the upper end of the valley of river Lech, but already there, they were no longer on the north side of the valley, but much farther south. Obviously, St. Peter had opened the "window" a little too wide, no cold airflow moved to the valley any longer, the slopes were in bright sunlight, and now it became accordingly thermal. The ridge of the North-Tyrolean Chalk-Alps was crossed, now they were in the much more narrow valley of the Inn, and further on in their heading to the east, higher obstacles were threatening. In the lee of the mountains, the balloons proceeded very slowly. One pilot even reported: "Stand up party over Innsbruck".
Logically the first landing reports came in from the valley of the Inn at about 2 p.m. During the afternoon, four other crews also landed. Their landing spots were all still in Austria, the longer they flew, the more to the south. The gradient winds did not think of turning.
Another four competitors preferred to land before midnight, already being across the border to Italy. For the rest of the balloons, the real first night began, and the higher they climbed, the farther they proceeded south. It moved quite quickly up there, and soon they could see the Gulf of Genoa and the Mediterranean Sea ahead of them. The more easterly the balloons were, the more the could proceed into the upper leg of the "Italian boot." But the sea itself was a barrier difficult to cross.
Two balloons had given up to decreasingly slow flight quite early: Joschi Starkbaum, the serial winner and Karl Spenger, taciturn experienced war-horse. Both soon had gained altitude, entering the southerly drift quickly, and already approaching the sea when all the others were still in the mountains. Joschi Starkbaum and his son Roland as co-pilot stood in front of the shore at 4 a.m. and landed at this time near Genoa.
Karl Spenger and Christian Stoll flew on in the direction to Corsica. 69-year-old Karl Spenger wanted to know it once again, 10 years after his victory in Zurich. With an experience from 12 Gordon Bennett Races and many other long distance flights, he could assess the risk. He scratched the island of Corsica, direction Sardinia. (He might also have accepted Sicily or North Africa). At Monday noon, he had reached the west coast of the island in the North, over flew the island until the Thyrrenic Sea in the east became visible. At 3:20 p.m. (local) the balloon touched ground at Jerzu on Sardinia, 825.14 kilometers from Lech am Arlberg as the bee flies, nearly 450 kilometers more that rank second, who had covered 375.74 kilometers and landed just 5 hours before.
At the awards banquet next Friday, Karl Spenger confessed, that crossing the sea had been discussed and agreed between the two crewmembers already before take-off. A brand new envelope and a lightweight net of the balloon created the conditions for that. Those two pilots would not have cared, if the water ahead to fly over would be the Baltic or the Mediterranean Sea.
You have to recall far back in the history of these races, to find a similar superior victory with more than double the distance between rank 1 and 2: Theo Schaeck/Emil Messner from Switzerland in 1908 and in 1925 Belgians Alexander Veenstra/Philippe Quersin. In both cases, the enormous distance was created by a flight across the sea. In 1908 it was the North Sea, in 1925 the Gulf of Biscay, and now in 1994 the Mediterranean Sea.
And there is another curiosity: Switzerland gains its fourth victory in a Gordon Bennett Race this year. Three of them (1908, 1922 and 1994) came into being with after flights across the sea, only Karl Spenger's first victory in 1984 (with Martin Messner as co-pilot) ended without a crossing, but on the shores of the Atlantic Ocean.
What had happened to the other crews? The coast of the province Liguria in Italy is not very rich with landing fields. You have to take, what you may get. Silvia Wagner/Thomas Lewetz considered a hill slope full of trees to be adequate. The trees swallowed the balloon, but without a single tear, the envelope came to the ground. But it was impossible, to pick it up there, even with an off-road vehicle. So one part of the chase crew organized a helicopter mission, while the rest sat down next to the balloon for a picnic. There was enough left to eat and drink. During the flight, Silvia is responsible in the basket for preparing the meals, but she herself is unable to eat a single mouthful.
After three hours, the helicopter came and found the balloon guided by radio from the ground. Carefully the helicopter then pulled the whole stuff past the treetops to a free place.
Joschi Starkbaum and his son Roland did not need help from the air, but had to use a heavyweight Caterpillar tractor. So the chase crew presented to Joschi a toy model of the same type as a souvenir, which now shall get a dignified place in his collection of cups. Some excitement was created by a rashly triggered search and rescue action, caused by the upcoming rumour, that the crew Fürstner/Huber was seen over the Gulf of Genoa. Even if "too soon and unnecessary" is always better as "too late and without success", such actions should better be coordinated with the competition officials.
So finally, everybody came back to the ground safe and unhurt, the race of 1994 ended without further problems.
In 1995 the 39th Gordon Bennett Race will therefore be held in Switzerland, country of the actual winner, perhaps in Wil on September 9th. All races in this country had always been perfectly organized and outstandingly performed. It will be the 6th race from Switzerland, after Zurich 1909, Geneva 1922, Basel 1932, Zurich 1984 and again Geneva in 1985. Something, stormy low pressure area "Iphigenie" had almost prevented ended with an unusual success.
Before we let the winners report from their flight by themselves, they should be introduced. Erwin A. Sautter answers the question: "Who are the balloonists Spenger/Stoll"?
Today pretending to be "retired", Karl Spenger from Wil (SG), born December 26th, 1925 is a successful businessman in electrics, who became involved in ballooning by Alfred Nater (Bazenheide SG). With more than 3300 hours in the willow basket, the aeronaut from the "Fürstenland" region, who there established his own filling station for gas balloons at Bronschhofen and started developing lighter envelopes and baskets, is one of the captains in gas ballooning with literally most of experience.
For his researches on improving the technique of building balloons, the FAI rewarded Spenger with the Tissandier Diploma in 1970. Since 1983 he wasn’t missing at any Gordon Bennett Race, winning in 1984 (co Martin Messner) and 1994 (with Christian Stoll); also the Spenger team was rewarded with the silver medal (1986; 1987) and bronze (1985; 1990) twice each.
Before the flight from Lech, "inventor" Spenger tested his new HB-BZH on a night flight of 19 hours and more than 780 kilometers between Bronschhofen near Wil (SG) and Kulcs/Dunaujvaros in Hungary on August 16th and 17th, from where the crew then returned "relieved" of their instruments, radios, boots and jackets.
This was followed by two flights within the 33rd International High Alpine Ballooning Week at Mürren (Grand Prix Schilthorn) from Stechelberg (August 30th and September 5th) with landings at Kleinreifling in Austria and near Arbizzano in Italy. The new "Model Spenger" of 1050 m³ had stood its tests and captain K.S. was well prepared for a big race from Lech am Arlberg.
Gardener, balloonist and doctor of natural sciences Christian Stoll from Münchenstein in the Basel area, born may 8th, 1945, started in his first Gordon Bennett Race as co pilot of Fröhlin from Bregenz in 1988, to change to the basket of Karl Spenger in 1990 to win the cup in 1994 with the flight to Jerzu on Sardinia.
The bio-technologist from Basel came to ballooning by Dr. Rolf Gross (1921 – 1994) and won the Grand Prix Schilthorn several times. In 1994 Stoll was elected successor to retired hotel manager Ruedi Meyer from Mürren as president of the international Spelterini-society.
Here now is an extract from the flight report of Spenger/Stoll about the "Altitude safari from Lech (Austria) to Jerzu (Sardinia)", summarized and commented by Erwin A. Sautter.
When Karl Spenger, aged 69, and Christian Stoll, aged 49, prepared for a rip-out landing after a flight of 31 hours in the carefully equipped gondola of new HB-BZH (1050m³) above Jerzu (690 m above sea level) on the afternoon of September 19th, 1994 and then got stuck 30 meters beside a road on a row of rocks, they "were very happy to have landed on Sardinia". They had covered a detour from Lech am Arlberg to the east coast of this island in the Tyrrenic Sea with the north wind, which to use was urgently advised against before launch: "Stay clear of the South; no wind in the Alps, bad weather on their south slopes."
Perhaps Spenger/Stoll remembered the forecasts of the Swiss meteorologists: "The weekend will be gray north of the Alps. Occasional rain, more on Saturday than on Sunday and more on the north slope of the Alps than in the plains. Only in the Valise and on the south slope of the Alps weather starts already improving on Saturday and also on Sunday it will be dry and at least occasional sunny there. On Monday a high-pressure ridge will cross our country to the east. (Tages-Anzeiger September 17th 1994)
Anyhow, after a good breakfast and a marvel at the freshly snow covered mountains at the valley of Bischabel, co-pilot Stoll remarked a turn of winds of nearly 80 degrees: "We turn into the mountains, not bad, the South seems better as forecasted". Zurich ACC-supervisor Roland Altenburger knew the position of HB-BZH at 15:30 over Val Venosta north of the Stilfserjochs. Spenger/Stoll on their way to Rome?
At midnight the crew is in 12.000 feet above Milan: "We cross the brightly illuminated city of Milano, directly above the central station, wonderful, from time to time fireworks and a laser-show". At witching hour the gardener from Münchenstein quotes the folk song "Dear moon, you move so quiet..." Magic of ballooning. But then the question of the navigator: "Direction of southern France or Spain? " Later, at 3:50 a.m.: Corsica?"
At 4:00 a.m. it sounds: "Every hand on deck": HB-BZH falls with 3 meters per second towards the coast at the Gulf of Genoa down to 870 meters above sea and has to make see reason by sacrifices of sand. Three hours later the two aeronauts know: "We will fly to Corsica, Sardinia or even Africa." At 9:05 a.m. this entering can be found: "Runway in sight, Ajaccio? We navigate using the great scale Jeppsen-map, no problem." At 11:00 a.m.: We fly directly in the direction of Sardinia. Who else may still be in the air and where are they?" (At that time, Austrian mixed-crew Wagner/Lewetz and German Eimers/Landsmann had not landed).
On 5.800 meters above the independent region of Sardinia – half as big as Switzerland – first observations about possible landing spots on this island, already visited by Phoenicians, Greeks and Romans, are made, like: "Sardinia is unique and wonderful, very barren, rocky and almost uninhabited in the higher regions." The aeronauts would become right. Meanwhile, the controller at Cagliari insists in a quick descent. On 2.700 meters, they manage to stabilize and looking for green, harvested meadows start.
Then everything comes quick: "The wind pushes us towards a little row of rocks, where we stand safely about 30 meters from the road. The rip-out panel is on the wrong side and the flying wires get caught in the rocks. But soon spectators and helpers are in this abandoned area, they had seen us from the little town of Jerzu. We are extremely happy, that we landed on Sardinia."
Jerzu (422 m) is about 10 kilometers south of Lanusei, agricultural center of the region of Ogliastra, and not far from the ferry harbor of Arbatax, from where boats leave for Olbia und Genoa. Jerzu, a little village on the slopes of the Pizzo Corongiu (1008 m) was mentioned in no guidebook till today; by the landing of HB-BZH on September 19th 1994 in this deserted area, "where silence talks" (dove parla il silenzio) the village became a focal point in aeronautics. | <urn:uuid:b8a6fec6-2377-4fb6-80f8-cc6bd4d2911e> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://www.fai.org/news-of-records/426-cia/cia-gbennett-history/35554-event2633-gordon-bennett-1994 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988720972.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183840-00250-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.964445 | 3,706 | 1.789063 | 2 |
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I recently had the opportunity to talk with Ansh, a Google Security Engineering Intern.
What first got you interested in cybersecurity, and what was your cybersecurity education before the internship?
"I was always fascinated with technology as a child. I knew I wanted to do something in the field of Computer Science. Still, I did not have a clear idea until a seminar in high school in January 2016 by the Indian School of Ethical Hacking where the speaker demonstrated how to hack a Wi-Fi network. I was intrigued by the prospect of getting paid to tinker and hack systems legally and I have kept trying to learn new things about the field ever since. I started using Linux and watching YouTube tutorials on hacking trying to absorb as much knowledge as possible."
What was the interview process like, and what steps did you take to prepare for the interview?
"There were multiple rounds of interviews testing my knowledge across a wide range of domains including but not limited to networking, operating systems, penetration testing, and security policies. To prepare for the interview, I focused on reinforcing my basics and keeping up to date with security trends."
At an elevated level, what are some projects that you were assigned during your time at Google?
"In my first internship with Google, I created an on-demand cloud-based testing platform for Threat Detection scripts that eliminated the need for manual testing and reduced the testing time to 60 seconds."
"Currently, I am working on performing Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) based investigations to determine how an external attacker would attempt to attack Google."
What advice do you have for someone looking for a cybersecurity internship, specifically, a FAANG internship?
"Regardless of whether someone pursues a FAANG internship or not, it is crucial to demonstrate your skills through projects, competitions, and CTFs. I started by creating automation tools in cryptography and doing cybersecurity research. Certifications are advantageous but not a hard requirement."
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Humankind’s relationship with hangovers has been a tempestuous, 10,000-year affair. No matter how bad alcohol treats us, or however many times we utter the mythical words “never again,” we just can’t help but come back for more.
Ironically, while we know what causes hangovers — an unholy trilogy of lack of antioxidants, inflammation, and dehydration — and though we have been dealing with them for millennia, we’ve yet to come up with a bona fide cure for the morning after.
According to Market Watch, products commonly taken for hangovers, like Alka-Seltzer and over-the-counter pain relievers such as aspirin and ibuprofen, carry a combined market value of over $4 billion.
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The herbal and dietary supplement market, which includes hangover treatments like PartySmart and Drinkin’ Mate, hit $1.6 billion in value in 2017. Neither of these figures takes into consideration the sports drinks market, which contains some of the most popular hangover solutions.
Remedies haven’t always been so palatable. Ancient Assyrians cured the effects of overconsumption with a mixture of ground birds’ beaks and myrrh. In Rome, a smorgasbord of fried canary, raw owls’ eggs, and sheep’s lungs was thought to be just the ticket.
In 19th-century New England, sufferers swore by the Prairie Oyster, a combination of raw egg, Worcestershire sauce, tomato juice, vinegar, hot sauce, salt, and black pepper. Meanwhile, in actual England, warm milk mixed with a healthy serving of fireplace ashes was a common remedy.
In the 1930s, bartenders at New York’s Ritz-Carlton hotel swapped out those ashes for Coca-Cola. You drink it, they claimed, then “take a little nap and after that, you feel wonderful.”
The fact that none of these “cures” remain common proves that, in addition to sounding disgusting, none of them actually worked. American writer Dorothy Parker declared that “the best way to avoid a hangover is to stay drunk,” and, to her point, the ancient Scottish remedy “hair of the dog” remains popular. There are glitches to this plan, though. Having a boozy drink while hung over may rid your present-day pain, but you will be right back where you started tomorrow. Also, people have lives to live and jobs to go to.
To help you navigate the treacherous, head-splitting seas of hangover relief, we decided to test some of the most common non-alcoholic cures.
The investigation was completely unscientific, but we did try to keep things as consistent as possible. All remedies were sampled by this (now broken) writer. Each was consumed prior to eating and following an evening of merriment that didn’t quite reach the point of not remembering what was said or done, but having consumed enough to feel equally bad because of the fact I could.
Some might tell me that the only cure for a hangover is not drinking. To them, I borrow the words of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and point out that, “It’s easy to be wise after the event.”
Here are the best non-alcoholic drinks for curing a hangover, rated and ranked.
6. Irn Bru
Each of us has one nostalgic drink that carries no medical benefits but makes us feel better about the sorry state we’re in. For me, it’s Irn Bru.
While those outside Scotland may not have heard of the wonderful, toxic-looking orange concoction, Irn Bru is the nation’s leading soda, and the go-to drink for many when it comes to battling a hangover.
“You should really have it in the fridge now, chilling in anticipation of tomorrow,” Gregor Kyle wrote in a December 2017 Glasgow Live feature, “Glasgow hangover cures that will save your New Year.” He added, “Don’t bother with tea or coffee in the morning, the Bru will get you through.”
When sampled as part of this experiment, Irn Bru did nothing to cure the numerous physical complications of my hangover. The banging headache? That called for Advil. The dehydration? A few gallons of ice-cold water. It did help ease some of the mental anxiety, though, and the drink’s hefty serving of caffeine was a useful antidote to my tiredness.
Gatorade is packed with electrolytes, which help your body rehydrate by telling it to maintain fluids. It ought to be a great tool for replenishing the body after a night’s drinking, but Gatorade is flawed by a cloying, almost drying mouthfeel. This only compounds the cotton mouth sensation that is arguably one of the worst after-effects of a heavy night drinking.
Though science was telling me that Gatorade was rehydrating my hung over body, a pounding head and Sahara-esque mouth begged to differ. Extra water and Advil were necessary, though I did find that Gatorade energized me, which is strange given that it contains no caffeine. It was likely a placebo due to the drink’s association with sports and athletes, but it did help drag me into a place where I felt like I might actually be able to tackle the day, after all.
4. V8 Hydrate
Made using a sweet potato juice base, V8 Hydrate comes in three flavors: Strawberry Cucumber, Orange Grapefruit, and Coconut Watermelon. By far, Strawberry Cucumber is the most palatable, though the faint sweet potato aroma and flavor make for a slightly bizarre experience.
A newcomer on the market, V8 Hydrate offers many of the same remedies as Gatorade: It’s isotonic and contains electrolytes, meaning it will definitely help your body rehydrate. V8 Hydrate isn’t as sweet as Gatorade, however, nor does it have the same drying mouthfeel.
Claims that each 8-ounce can offers one of your daily servings of veggies made me feel better about my hung-over state, and I was eager to try and tackle the hangover with this drink alone. But when the headache hadn’t subsided after one hour and two cans consumed, I turned, once again, to Advil.
3. O2 Oxygenated Natural Recovery
You may recall Formula AM, a drinks brand marketed as a hangover cure that launched in 2011. The brand changed name and target audience in 2014, relaunching as O2 Oxygenated Natural Recovery. Its formula remains the same and the drink still offers all the same hangover-fighting goodness as the original.
A blend of electrolytes, caffeine, and oxygen, O2’s biggest advantage over other sports and energy drinks is that third ingredient, oxygen. It contains seven times as much oxygen as plain old, natural water. Though you may think it’s H2O your body craves when you’re hung over, oxygen is a crucial addition because it helps you process toxins faster.
It was a tall prospect to finish the large 16-ounce serving of O2, but by the time I had, I felt re-energized. My headache was quickly subsiding, and the hangover was definitely fading away. I probably could have gone without Advil and still felt fine with this one. (Full disclosure: I also had Advil. I was suffering, O.K.?)
Described by one website as “the thinking person’s hangover cure,” kombucha not only tackles the immediate difficulties of a hangover, it also offers some long-term benefits that could be beneficial for those whose social lives involve regular imbibing.
Antioxidant-rich, kombucha helps the liver detox. It is also a rich source of probiotics, which settle the stomach and aid digestion and inflammation.
Within a short period of time, kombucha left me feeling refreshed and replenished. I still regretted the previous night’s overindulgence, but at the same time felt good that I was tackling it in a healthy way. After finishing a bottle of GT’s Cayennade — chosen because cayenne pepper is also meant to carry hangover-curing benefits — my hangover and headache had significantly subsided.
If you aren’t familiar with kombucha, the liquid’s suspended particles and sometimes challenging flavors might not make a hangover the best time to try your first. If you drink it regularly, however, and are aware of all of its health benefits, reaching for a “‘buch” will instantly help with both physical and mental challenges.
First introduced as a rehydration drink for sick infants and toddlers, Pedialyte is now a popular form of hangover prevention and relief for adults. The brand recognizes and actively embraces the dual function on its website, noting that “it can help with the dehydration you may experience after a couple of cocktails.”
A staple at bartenders’ conventions like Tales of the Cocktail, Pedialyte comes in a variety of forms ranging from 1-liter bottles to powders and freezer pops. Unlike many other drinks tasted for this article, those who champion Pedialyte encourage drinking it before bed to prevent the hangover, as well as in the morning to try and revive you from one.
Pedialyte claims to pack in two times more electrolyte sodium than other sports drinks, while containing less than half the quantity of sugar. But its syrupy consistency means that a good chilling is ideal before drinking.
I sampled Pedialyte at the end of a night and woke up the next day feeling headache-free and surprisingly good. Pedialyte couldn’t help with the tiredness, nor did it cure some of the lingering mental anxiety, but apart from that, my hangover was nonexistent.
Pedialyte’s only drawbacks include the unease at having to buy it from the kid’s aisle in drugstores, and that it can be surprisingly difficult to remove its foil cap (no, really).
My advice? Be sure to stock the fridge and remove that foil before you head out. You’ll thank yourself in the morning.
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Government says that there is need to fully exploit the beef industry in the country owing to its potential to greatly contribute to national development.
Namwala District Commissioner Mary Sakala says it is of great concern that the beef sector has not performed to its expectations despite its huge potential in most parts of the country such Namwala district.
Ms. Sakala noted that many small and emergent cattle farmers who do not have requisite modern technical skills to enhance their productivity and quality of their animals, needed support.
She observed that the beef industry in the country is also not well coordinated due to weak linkages among value chain players ranging from input suppliers, producers, suppliers and processors to retailers.
ZANIS reports that the District Commissioner said this yesterday during a workshop for the project entitled: “ strengthening the Organisational capacity and advocacy voice of small and emergent beef producers for imported productivity, Market Access and income in Namwala and itezhi tezhi.”
She has since appealed to the Beef Association of Zambia (BAZ ) to take a leading role of coordinating and advocating for an enabling policy environment for all the industry players other than providing requisite market information and technical support.
Ms. Sakala further said that the voice of beef farmers is not present in the District Development Coordinating Committee (DDCC) or even in the District Farmers Association, despite many issues that require dialogue and policy advocacy in order to move the beef industry forward. | <urn:uuid:ddf0abde-c077-4056-899f-58339b11b86c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.lusakavoice.com/2015/08/22/beef-industry-has-potential-to-national-development/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571993.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814022847-20220814052847-00668.warc.gz | en | 0.958085 | 298 | 1.648438 | 2 |
Keele researchers helping GPs support patients with pain-related distress
A team of researchers at Keele University working with colleagues at the Universities of Southampton and Royal Holloway have developed a new framework for GPs to help them better support patients who are suffering distress associated with persistent pain.
Led by Professor Carolyn Chew-Graham, the study looked at the perspectives of both GPs and people with persistent musculoskeletal pain, to explore their understanding of how their condition might cause them to experience distress or depression.
The goal of the qualitative study, which has been published today in the British Journal of General Practice, was to understand how people with persistent pain and GPs distinguished between distress and depression, and to improve interactions between GPs and these patients in order to make consultations more effective and improve outcomes for the patients.
The study involved interviews with both GPs and people with persistent pain, the contents of which were then analysed, and themes identified.
Most participants described challenges they faced in distinguishing between distress and depression in the context of persistent pain, but also described strategies they had to help them make a distinction.
Some of the patients interviewed described how acceptance of their situation was key and involved optimism about the future and creation of a new identity, while some GPs expressed ‘therapeutic nihilism’, with uncertainty about the cause of pain and how to manage people with both pain and distress in primary care consultations. GPs have a role to play in supporting the person come to terms with their pain, explore how the person feels about the future, and support them to adopt self-management strategies.
GPs described the importance of identifying and building on optimism with patients which can then help the patient to move forward and work towards a beneficial outcome from their consultation.
The research team and the Patient Advisory Group devised a framework that might help GPs managing people with persistent pain, which places optimism and recognising the impact of pain on patients at its heart.
Helen Johnson, patient co-investigator said: “Persistent pain is very difficult to accept and come to terms with. At first, you look for why this is happening to you and medication to help. You can spend a long time either in denial or trying to 'get better.'
“Whilst contributing to, and being involved in this research, I have seen many similar thoughts amongst the people with pain who were interviewed (regardless of their pain's origin) and they seem to experience many of the same feelings, anxieties, hopelessness and frustrations as I do.
“I believe this research is useful in that it looks at the whole person and focuses on how people with pain can guide their own treatment and how their General Practitioner can help. This research has highlighted that people with pain are not all categorised as depressed and given antidepressants, but that the GP understands and supports people with pain to enable them to function as well as possible.”
Professor Carolyn Chew-Graham, lead author from Keele University, said: “This work is timely as there has been much criticism of the recent National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guideline for assessment of chronic pain and management of chronic primary pain which highlights the importance of patient-centred care and shared-decision-making, little advice about how to do this was included, and the reduction in management options has been highlighted including reduction of medication options and decommissioning of pain clinics.
“The challenge is that these recommendations and possible consequences come at a time of unprecedented workload in primary care. Our model offers a model which might help GPs manage consultations with people with persistent pain and distress.”
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Ergonomics is the science of fitting the job to the worker. It facilitates maximum productivity, consistent quality, and long-term worker health and safety by acknowledging, identifying, and reducing or eliminating ergonomic risk factors which pose biomechanical stresses (force, repetition, awkward postures, static positions, contact stress, vibration, and cold temperatures) to the worker. A well-designed workstation improves human performance by eliminating excessive, non-productive motions and thereby improving worker efficiency and cycle times. This translates into increased productivity and increased profit margins.
By investing in a more efficient process, industries also invest in a healthier workforce. This means decreased worker's compensation costs, lost time injuries and retraining/replacement expenses.
A specially trained physical or occupational therapist conducts an on-site assessment of work activities, identifies risk factors, makes recommendations for controls, and re-evaluates the effectiveness of changes implemented.
We generate a comprehensive report that provides a focus for improving ergonomics, developing an ergonomics program, and decreasing risk factors in your company's work environment.
Occupational Rehabilitation is a two - to four - week program that offers a comprehensive, multi-disciplinary and goal-oriented approach to getting the worker back on the job. The occupational rehab environment is structured to gradually increase the worker's productivity while managing work-related symptoms and promoting individual responsibility for recovery. Occupational rehab can be combined with appropriate modified duty.
Contact also is maintained with employers, insurance companies and external case managers.
Work Conditioning is a 1-2 week program that is designed to be a brief physical "tune-up." If during the initial evaluation, the worker demonstrates abilities consistent with critical job demands but has poor understanding of body mechanics and/or low endurance to tolerate a full work shift, he/she would be considered an appropriate candidate for a work conditioning program.
Our work conditioning program emphasizes aerobic conditioning, use of good body mechanics, and safe work practices. It can be 3-4 days per week and 3-4 hours per day, based on the worker's needs. Work conditioning is frequently combined with appropriately modified duty.
Work hardening is a concept that was developed to bridge the gap between the acute stage of an illness and eventual return to work. Its purpose is to return the injured employee to productivity quickly and safely, and to teach the employee how to decrease the risk of another injury.
Our work hardening program offers a comprehensive, multi-disciplinary, and goal-oriented approach to worker rehabilitation. Work hardening clients have sometimes been off work for weeks, months, or even years. The original injury has often healed, but the worker may have lost strength, range of motion, and/or confidence in his or her ability to return to work. Often, the worker will still have pain or other symptoms with certain movements or positions. The work hardening environment is structured to gradually increase the worker's productivity while managing related symptoms.
The rehabilitation process begins with an initial assessment of the worker's current tolerance to a variety of work tasks and static postures. This one-day evaluation is completed by an occupational therapist and a physical therapist. The worker is also evaluated by a rehabilitation psychologist (to evaluate related psychological issues such as fear of re-injury and potential barriers to return to work) and a physiatrist (a medical doctor specializing in physical medicine who oversees medical management of the rehabilitation process).
Information gained is then compared to the worker's diagnosis and regular job demands and used by the multidisciplinary team to make return to work recommendations or to plan an appropriate course of treatment for successful return to work.
If deemed appropriate, the worker will enter the work hardening program. Our typical program is 4 days/week, 4 hours/day and can be combined with appropriate modified duty.
Initially, the program focuses on general conditioning activities as well as stretching and strengthening exercises specific to the individual's diagnosis and level of tolerance. As the program progresses, a greater amount of time is spent performing more work specific tasks. The pace and intensity of the rehabilitation program is gradually increased until the worker is performing at a functional level that is consistent with job demands or has maximized potential for improvement. Workers are also taught appropriate strategies for injury management and prevention of reoccurrence.
While in the program, weekly contacts are maintained with the worker's insurance company/rehab nurse to update them on worker's progress and plan. The employer is involved as needed to coordinate modified duty and facilitate return to work.
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The Inheritance of Loss Essay.
On page 280, of the book, (Desai, 2006) “Inheritance of Loss” by author Kiran Desai, we learn that the house looks nothing like what Gyan’s future is supposed to resemble, including the manner of his dress, the way he spoke and the way he acted did not represent what he was to become in his future. His family had sacrificed everything in their lives to make certain that Gyan was successful in his life. They wanted him to look the part of a winner as one that was groomed for success.
Gyan’s family had gambled everything on him and he did need to look the part. Everyone in Gyan’s family had to sacrifice what they needed for Gyan, who they relied on to make money and then to care for the things that they had put on hold for a later date, which included the marriages of family members and his grandmother‘s teeth, according to the time in which Gyan could offer them the things they needed.
They would remain patient until that great day and at that time their sacrifices would pay off to each of them and they could by proud of Gyan.
Sai wasn’t at all sure what she should do, now. She did feel shame toward Gyan because he had never told her about the enterprise, as he stood silent and hoped that she would see this as dignity, on his behalf. She had begun to feel bad about herself, now as she gained this knowledge about Gyan because now, she was directly connected to this enterprise. She felt awful, now that she knew about this secret. The dilemmas and stresses were now out in the open. | <urn:uuid:44a2df8c-ac11-49bb-9f84-0931d58791ec> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://customuniversitypapers.com/2019/12/18/the-inheritance-of-loss-essay/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573163.7/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818033705-20220818063705-00066.warc.gz | en | 0.996577 | 359 | 2.109375 | 2 |
County investigating possible water ordinance violators
September 25, 2013
San Luis Obispo County code enforcement staffers are investigating a dozen reports of people violating a temporary water ordinance that prohibits the planting of new vineyards in the Paso Robles groundwater basin area under most circumstances.
On Aug. 27, the Board of Supervisors adopted the urgency ordinance that prohibits new development and the planting of crops in the Paso Robles Groundwater Basin area unless proposed projects save as much water as they use. For example, if a property owner converts a golf course into a vineyard, which would use substantially less water, the conversion and new planting would not violate the ordinance.
Shortly after the ordinance went into effect, residents began turning in their neighbors for allegedly planting vineyards in the dark of night. The complaints have resulted in 12 investigations.
The new ordinance says that new vines had to be planted by Aug. 17 unless the property owner had a contract in place to purchase the vines, which could cause an economic hardship if broken.
If county staffers determine a property owner violated the ordinance, it is likely the farmer would be ordered to remove the crops.
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The 1976 Tangshan Earthquake
by Wang Fang,
State Seismological Bureau of China
Beijing, People's Republic of China
The Tangshan People's Bank. This four-story concrete and brick building collapsed completely during the earthquake.
The Chengli Bridge in Tangshan crumpled during the earthquake.
The Tangshan earthquake of 1976 was one of the largest earthquakes in recent years. It occurred on July 28 at 3:42 a.m., Beijing (Peking) local time, and had magnitude 7.8 (revised to 7.5), focal depth of 15 kilometers, and an epicentral intensity of XI on the New Chinese Seismic Intensity Scale; it caused serious damage and loss of life in this densely populated industrial city. Now, with the help of people from all over China, the city of Tangshan is being rebuilt.
Tangshan is located in northern China, 150 km east of the capital, Beijing. Chinese seismologists had for a long time noticed that this region showed characteristics likely to produce major earthquakes. Indeed, this kind of tectonic activity in northern China is comparatively common.
The Yan Shan fold-fault zone runs in an east-west direction and lies north of the Tangshan region; to the south, there are several subparallel northeast-trending fault zones; the Shanxi fault depression structural belt, the Taihang piedmont fault zone, the Cangdong fault zone, and the Tangcheng-Lijiang fault zone. The Tangshan region is at the junction of the Yan Shan fold-fault zone and the Cangdong fault zone.
Seismic activity in northern China is relatively high. Many strong earthquakes have been recorded there over the centuries. The fourth period of high seismic activity began in 1815 and is still continuing.
Since the 1966 Xingtai (425 km southwest of Tangshan) earthquake, there have been frequent events with magnitudes greater than 6. They include the 1967 Hejian (225 km southwest of Tangshan) earthquake (M=6.3), the 1969 Bohai earthquake (M=7.4), the 1975 Haicheng (400 km east of Tangshan) earthquake (M=7.3), and the 1976 Horinger (550 km west of Tangshan) earthquake (M=6.3). Thus, the Tangshan earthquake came in the wake of a continuous and gradual intensification of seismic activity in northern China.
Since 1972, possible precursory anomalies have been observed regularly in northern China. The seismic activity of the Yan Shan belt presented obvious anomalies, such as: diminution of frequency of small earthquakes, regular distribution of the first motion of small earthquakes, formation of a seismic gap, decrease in the ratio of P- and S-wave velocities (Vp/Vs) and in b-value (a measure of the frequency of earthquakes of a given magnitude).
Sand and water gushed from the ground and spread over large tracts of farmland.
A large area of the southern piedmont of the Yan Shan belt uplifted from 1970 to 1975. About 1973, anomalous variations in surface deformation, radon content in water, gravity, telluric currents, geomagnetism, and so forth were observed at stations and observatories located between Beijing and the Bohai coastal region, and at stations in southern Liaoning Province.
After the 1975 Haicheng earthquake, these variations appeared again in southern Liaoning Province, and they continued to develop after some pause in the Beijing-Tianjin-Tangshan area.
Based upon a joint analysis of tectonic conditions, seismicity, and precursory observations in June 1974, it was forecast that earthquakes ranging in magnitude from 5 to 6 might occur within 1 or 2 years in the Beijing-Tianjin area and in the northern districts above Bohai Bay.
Based on these considerations and the fact that most of the stations showing anomalies were in eastern Hebei Province and southwestern Liaoning Province, the following new propositions were made in January 1976 by the States Seismological Bureau: "earthquakes of magnitude 5-6 may still occur this year in the Beijing-Tianjin-Tangshan area and the Bohai-Zhangjiakou region" (Zhangjiakou is 310 km northwest of Tangshan) and "special attention should be paid to the regions between Tangshan and Chaoyang (225 km northwest of Tangshan) and between Beijing and Tianjin."
After the Haicheng earthquake of February 1975, earthquake swarms and moderate earthquakes occurred frequently in northern China at Miaodao in Shandong Province, Horinger in Inner Mongolia, Daichen (170 km southwest of Tangshan) in Hebei Province, and Taiyuan in Shanxi Province.
This created problems in the analysis and evaluation of the seismic regime. Were the above-mentioned anomalies a result of the Haicheng earthquake? were they related to the earthquake swarms and moderate earthquakes? or were they the precursory phenomena of an impending great earthquake?
In the light of China's experience, no definite conclusion could be drawn. It was true that some abrupt anomalies, such as large amplitude variations of groundwater level and anomalous animal behavior in some places, had been observed a few days before the Tangshan earthquake, but these anomalous phenomena occurred so late and were so inconclusive that a short-term prediction was impossible.
The zone of maximum destruction (meizoseismic) of the Tangshan earthquake is elliptical in shape, is about 47 square kilometers in area, and includes the city of Tangshan and extends to its southern suburb along the Beijing-Shanhaiguan railway. According to the New Chinese Seismic Intensity Scale, which corresponds approximately to other 12-degree scales, its intensity was XI.
In this region, structures were generally destroyed; all ordinary buildings lay in ruins, and some strongly built structures suffered serious damage. Rails were bent, and highway bridges were broken or collapsed. The belt of surface faulting related to seismogenic structures ran through this region to a length of more than 8 km, trending northeast, subparallel to the major axis of the meizoseismic zone. Walls, buildings, roads, and canals where the fissure zone passed were sheared.
The 370-km2 region of intensity X is also approximately elliptical in shape and trends northeast. About 80 percent of all dwellings and almost half the industrial buildings were destroyed. Fountains and mud volcanoes were formed. Almost all irrigation wells ceased to function.
The region of intensity of IX is rhombic in shape, has an area of about 1,800 km2, and also trends northeast. Most of the dwelling houses suffered damage, and 40 percent of them collapsed. Half of the industrial structures were destroyed.
Because the southern part of this region is close to the seashore, the ground condition there is rather poor, having water-saturated silt interlayers. Ejection of water and sand was comparatively common; the observed maximum diameter of mud volcanoes was 3 meters. The ejected sand covered large tracts of farmland; sagging and fissuring of the ground surface were also severe.
The region of intensity VIII extends southeastward and has an area of about 7,300 km2. Because most of the buildings in this region were very old and nonearthquake-resistant, destruction was also comparatively serious.
The region of intensity VII has an area of about 33,000 km2. Destruction here was on a lesser scale; a small number of old houses collapsed, and most buildings suffered some degree of damage.
The damage to buildings and structures caused by this earthquake was obviously influenced by the ground conditions. In the northern part of the region, the depth to bedrock is comparatively small; the ground condition, which is good, generally belongs to the I or II category in the Chinese building code; and, therefore, damage was relatively light.
However, the overburden in the southern region is comparatively thick, mostly consisting of sandy or puddly soil, and the water table is high. Thus, damage was quite serious, especially for constructions with longer natural periods of vibrations.
Although Yutian Province is situated in the zone (isoseismal) of intensity VII, structures suffered practically no damage because of good ground conditions and shallow overburden. However, in Tianjin city, which is also located in the zone of intensity VII, destruction was similar in that in regions of intensity VIII because of thick alluvial deposits and the high water table. These are obvious examples of the influence of ground conditions on seismic destructiveness.
For different types of earthquakes, the precursory phenomena are different. The precursory phenomena of the Tangshan earthquake differed from those other earthquakes. For the Tangshan earthquake, there were no obvious foreshocks, and other precursory phenomena were either obscure or occurred too late and were of short duration and scattered distribution. Therefore, in earthquake prediction, the types of precursory phenomena of different earthquakes, their morphology and differences in the process of development, must be taken into consideration. Simple imitation will lead to erroneous judgement.
Many elements may contribute to the precursory phenomena of earthquakes. For example, when earthquakes occur successively in the same region, anomalous phenomena connected with them influence each other and are intermingled. This made it difficult to predict the Tangshan earthquake.
Under such conditions, it is important to distinguish the precursors for one earthquake from the aftereffects of preceding earthquakes and to discriminate among the precursory effects belonging to different earthquakes.
Insufficient research on seismogenic structures of this region was the main cause of the difficulties in the assessment of seismic risk of the Tangshan region before the great earthquake of 1976. Tectonic conditions play an important role in the assessment of seismic risk. Surface faults only reflect tectonic movements of the corresponding geologic age and this cannot be used to infer deep structures. Therefore, Chinese seismologists are putting emphasis on studying the conditions of the deeper parts of the Earth's crust in their current research into earthquake genesis.
The basic seismic intensity to be expected at a site is an important basis for the design of earthquake resistant buildings. Because the basic seismic intensity of Tangshan had been underestimated, the city suffered serious damage during the great earthquake.
Buildings designed to cope with the expected basic seismic intensity of a given area should not suffer structural damage during the earthquake. They should be serviceable, having few or no repairs needed.
Because it is still difficult to asses basic seismic intensity accurately, the possibility of accidental strong earthquakes should be taken into account in earthquake-resistant design. Nevertheless, the probability of an accidental occurrence of a strong earthquake is very small, and, generally, it is uneconomic to design against it.
A reasonable compromise is to lower the standard of earthquake-resistant measures, allowing for a certain degree of damage, but safeguarding personnel and important industrial equipment. That is to say, the design principle should be to avoid destruction during earthquakes by using a strength corresponding to design intensity: buildings should be able to withstand the impact of earthquakes with intensities one or two grades higher than expected.
Under present economic conditions, it is a difficult problem to design structures that can sustain a heavy impact such as the Tangshan earthquake. But it may help to increase structural unity, especially by strengthening the joints of structural elements and by selecting malleable structural types and construction materials with high strength.
(Editor's note: This article uses the Pinyin system of spelling Chinese names and places, which is now the Chinese Government's official transliteration system. The word Pinyin means "phonetic spelling.")
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Hey guys. It is Dr. John with Friends & Family Health Centers in Birmingham, Alabama. Today, I'm going to be talking about the mechanism of healing and how the body actually gets better. The first problem that we have to address to get people better is usually symptoms. We live in America, so that is our culture is that we're symptom-based. That what I'm trying to change. What that goes into, it goes into headaches, migraines, low back pain, arm pain. You know what I'm talking about, everyone experiences it. Then you have organ issues. So how we look at the organ systems is we do blood work in our office. We look at the body biomechanically and we look at it metabolically and so we put those together and we begin to help people through chiropractic, we do muscle work, we do blood analysis, we have some other therapies that are really fantastic in the office.
I typically want to see a pretty good result with our patients pretty fast so I want to see them get better quicker. I want to see us be better at our craft and help people faster but ultimately get them through the symptomatology or that symptomatic state and then get them beyond that so they can get back to their life that they want to live. If they decide to continue care beyond that, awesome, which that's what we encourage. If they decide to come back after symptoms come back, that's great too. I like for people to continue to make improvement in their life because the symptoms are always gonna come back. The symptoms truly don't mean anything other than warning signals telling you there's a problem. If they're ignored long enough, they turn into bigger, badder problems so take care of them right now and then moving forward.
If someone has a problem, what I want to do is I want to number one, assess it. I want to say, "Okay, what do I need to do when a patient comes in?" I need to assess what the problem is, where did it come from, how long it's been there, and what we need to do to move forward. If it is a shorter term problem, if it is more of an acute issue, it's not been around that long, we typically can make a full recovery pretty quickly. If it is a chronic issue, you can still help the patient in the sense of getting that symptomatology to decrease, but depending on the condition of their spine and some other aspects of their health, that might be a managed issue. If you have an older adult that has more problems, typically it's not just one issue at that point. You get a single issue and as you trek through life, you have one that turns into two that turns into three that turns into four issues and they all meld into the mixture of that.
That's one of the reasons why I always people continually take care of yourself. Continually what we call is our 5 Foundations. You can check out those videos. I follow those myself. If you follow those throughout your life, you will have less problems, and so when someone goes to figure out what's going on with you, it will be a lot more simple. If you just manage things with outside-in mechanisms like medicine, surgery, all those other guys that are man-made. I'm not talking bad about medicine, I'm just saying that you should try and use it as little as possible. Your goal in taking care of yourself should be that you never get to medical care. Thank God we have it because it's absolutely necessary. If I get into a car accident, I absolutely want to have medicine. My whole point in that is saying if you can go throughout your life without outside-in interference, then you're gonna have a better fruitful life, especially if you have foundations, values that you follow that are health-centered that can get you from birth to death in the best shape as possible.
Okay, so what I'm going to talk about is the beginning. Let's say someone comes in with a problem, we're gonna just say it's a very simple issue with low back pain. Typically when someone comes in, we're gonna figure out what's going on with them and then we're going to go ahead and start treatment of some kind. I personally love manipulation. The reason I love manipulation of the spine and of the body is because the research shows that you truly… You activate the brain, you activate the cerebellum, you activate… You truly activate the brain and getting the body better when you get it to move. Usually whenever there's an area in your body that's not moving, that's where symptomatology comes from, so low back pain, numbness, tingling, burning. All those things, all those symptoms that people experience, they're warning signs saying there's a problem, you have to pay attention to it. Those warning signs need to slowly begin to downgrade with each session or each adjustment that you have, and so what I mean by that is you get the low back to move and you have a window that you get better. It's 12 to 36 hours. Honestly, it's around 24 hours.
I would say that's what the average is that we see in our clinic is that the symptoms will reduce. Those symptoms don't go away because there's no way that one adjustment is going to completely get rid of whatever problem that anyone comes in with because it is one adjustment. Even though it's really powerful, it's still one adjustment. You'll get about 24 hours and you feel better. There has to be some time that takes place. If someone comes in on like a Monday for instance, we do an assessment, we do a treatment. We want to see them roughly… Not too far away, but not too close either. About two days is a good time frame so a time frame of Wednesday if they came in on a Monday, is we are able to then interrupt that dysfunction of area of mobility and get it to move again through that manipulation. Once again, getting that area to move better, that sensation is able to understand in the body what's going on in that area, healing mechanism takes place. The brain, you literally with every adjustment, you're literally turning on your cerebellum and when you turn on your cerebellum you ramp up the other areas in a good way of the brain and that mechanism takes place.
That's the other reason why when someone does get an adjustment or they get a treatment session here is that we want to encourage them to move. We want to encourage them to hydrate. We want to encourage them to make sure they don't put anything inflammatory into their body so we can actually give them what they need and the reason why they came to us, we want that to happen as fast as possible.
The second session, second adjustment, I can tell what worked, what didn't. We pick up on that second visit where we left off on the first and we typically will see that that patient gets better from anywhere from 24 to 36 hours. It's a little bit different. This pattern continues to grow. Once again, it's also dependent on is the patient moving. Are you guys making sure that you're eating clean foods? Are you taking supplements that actually decrease inflammation? As they continue down that, through about 12 visits, about 12 visits you should see that incrementally, this patient is getting better, you're getting better. The one or two times this will happen between visit 12 and 18 is that you'll see that they will regress.
Typically when people regress, they're not really regressing. It could be that they're fighting something. They could have a cold, they could be dehydrated, they could be under a high amount of stress. They may have went and worked out because they felt good enough to actually do that and they did more than they were supposed to and they said, "Okay, well, the body just let them know that's a problem. You need to slow down." The whole thing is that I want you guys to know and understand is that it's not always a linear process. It's truly like you can take three steps forward, two steps back, three steps forward, four steps back. It does, and you should see a forward progress but just know that it takes time. Changes in the body take time and it's usually slow. It's usually not very fast. 1% change I would take any day of the year over 50% change because the slower that you actually incrementally build, you're building stability. The faster you build change, you're actually creating instability and it's not very strong. It's not a very strong structure. What you want to do is build health slowly. If you build health slowly, you're going to be rewarded a lot more efficiently later on down the road.
One thing that I want you guys to understand is that just getting rid of your symptoms is not really necessarily health. They're truly the last thing to show up, so if you have them go away, then you have to make sure that you have a plan after to make sure that they don't come back. That is the exact reason why we have talked about the 5 Foundations of Health. If you begin to learn about those and you begin to follow those, then we can actually have a medium for you to move forward beyond that and begin to have a true increase in energy, increase in sleep or efficiency of sleep, and begin to implement good behaviors in your life so you actually not only are asymptomatic or don't have headaches or don't have low back pain or don't have indigestion problems or digestive issues, you truly are living a life of optimal function. That should be the goal. The goal should be that you make it through your life with less health issues than health issues. The goal should be that you're not a statistic of the American healthcare system. The goal should be that you live your life to the fullest every day.
I was thinking about this the other day is that health is the only thing that you have control of. No one's ever going to be able to give you your health. You have to pay attention to it. If you have symptoms showing up, you have to make sure that you pay attention to them. If you ignore them for whatever reason, you use natural methods or unnatural methods, if you ignore them that way, they're only going to get worse. Symptoms are actually pretty intelligent. Actually, they're fantastically intelligent and you have to say, "Okay, I have to pay attention to those. I have to get them to go away." Once you get them to go away, you then move forward even beyond that in taking care of yourself so you can live the fullest life of health and function and whatever that is to you, you live that life to the fullest. Hopefully, you've learned something from this today. Thank you so much.
How Archetype Is Positioned To Be Americas # 1 Natural Health and Movement Center.
Vaccinated or Not: This post is basic health recommendations that you need to be healthier and improve your quality of life.
Natalies story of how she was terrified to visit a chiropractor, until she realized the benefits and relief it provided for her chronic back pain.
This is the most common response I hear any time I ask to see a patient’s blood work. They have been told that everything is normal, yet they still feel awful. How could this be the case? This post is specifically about why medical and functional blood analysis is different and absolutely needs to be understood | <urn:uuid:0b44b960-3fa8-4798-83af-e97b19682a94> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://archetype.health/post/mechanism-of-healing | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571719.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812140019-20220812170019-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.978726 | 2,438 | 1.890625 | 2 |
Homeopathy fails to do anything…and that’s probably the best thing about it.
“Homeopathy was devised by a German doctor named Samuel Hahnemann in the late eighteenth century. At a time when mainstream medicine consisted of blood-letting, purging and various other ineffective and dangerous evils…homeopathy would have seemed fairly reasonable.”
In short, homeopathy was indeed a positive step forward in the world of medicine at a time when the cure was often worse than the affliction. If it wanted a fancy sounding term for its labels, it could have quite respectably plastered ‘Non-Iatrogenic’ (‘fails to do any harm to patient’).
As such, a contrived non-cure that did next to nothing would achieve superior results in the end versus the status quo of active aggravation. In addition, the placebo effect as well as well ‘holistic’ treating the emotions and lifestyle likely brings further relief and benefit to the patient. And there are social advantages to the support for homeopathy. Minute tinctures of natural ingredients can be less expensive than proper medical compounds (lowering the cost of medical care). Also, a big concern is modern cultures over-use of anti-biotics which has a long term result of reducing their efficacy. So any patient who chooses a homeopathic alternative instead of popping the latest ‘cillin with every chest cold will allow their immune system to heal itself and preserve the power of real anti-biotics for more serious infections. | <urn:uuid:4791d81a-3f44-4c44-a86a-220daab2746f> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://brucelynnblog.wordpress.com/2011/02/18/homeopathys-non-itrogenic-powers/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281746.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00281-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.957103 | 320 | 2.53125 | 3 |
The St. Petersburg International Center for Preservation officially opened on June 28, 1995. The center—founded jointly by the Getty Conservation Institute, the Russian Academy of Sciences, and the city of St. Petersburg—will provide opportunities for collaborative research and for information exchange about the latest findings in conservation, as part of an effort to help preserve the cultural heritage of St. Petersburg and its neighboring cities.
Tipper Gore, wife of U.S. Vice President Al Gore, was the honored guest at the center's opening ceremony. Also present were Zhores Alferov, Vice President of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Vladimir Yakovlev, Deputy Mayor of St. Petersburg; Miguel Angel Corzo, Director of the GCI; Esther Coopersmith, Chair of the St. Petersburg International Center for Preservation; Vladimir Lapin, Director of the Russian State Archives; and Jane Slate Siena, Head of Institutional Relations for the GCI.
The center is incorporated in the United States and registered in Russia as a nonprofit charitable organization. As a founding partner of the center, the GCI is working with professionals in Russia to develop critical pilot programs in preventive conservation and is also leveraging its own contribution by attracting resources from other foundations and corporations.
Conservation needs throughout Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States are diverse and require new approaches to collections and building management. These include strategies that seek to prevent further deterioration of objects and that stabilize and protect entire collections and groups of historic buildings. Research and training are also needed in environmental standards and monitoring, exhibition installation, facilities development, collections management, emergency preparedness, and the safe handling and storage of artworks, archives, and library materials.
The center's programs began in March 1996 with Security Seminar I, designed to address the urgent problems of safety and protection of collections. Seminar leaders were Wilbur Faulk, Director of Security, the J. Paul Getty Trust; J. Andrew Wilson, Assistant Director of Fire Protection, the Smithsonian Institution; and Oleg Boev, Chief of Security, the Hermitage State Museum. Programs are also under way in environmental research, cultural heritage tourism, and preventive conservation, in collaboration with Russian and foreign partners, including the government of the Netherlands. | <urn:uuid:865a9b15-7575-45ad-983b-5bec551fe6ca> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://getty.edu/conservation/publications_resources/newsletters/11_1/gcinews5_1.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280929.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00429-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.946874 | 451 | 1.96875 | 2 |
BEIJING (AP) — Wu Qingjun is no dissident. In fact, this activist's pet issue — China's claim over a set of islands controlled by Japan — aligns him squarely with Beijing's government. But that didn't stop authorities from sending four agents to tail him.
As Beijing continues a tense war of words with Tokyo over a set of islands in the East China Sea, it is quietly reining in anti-Japanese activists at home, trying to keep them from staging protests that could threaten relations with Tokyo or even backfire into criticisms of China's communist government.
The government's sensitivity over protests that took place in several Chinese cities on Sunday over the set of islands — known as Diaoyu in China and Senkaku in Japan — reflects its perpetual fear that allowing its people too much freedom to hold protests — any protests — could snowball into domestic dissidence.
The four state security agents sent to watch over Wu ahead of a planned protest in his hometown of Changsha in southern China tailed him for 24 hours, ending their surveillance only after the protest was well over. He was thwarted in his plan to deliver calcium pills to the local military base in a gesture aimed at telling his government to show more fortitude in the dispute.
"They need to have a stronger backbone," Wu said. "Our government has failed to protect its own interests."
Veteran activists involved in previous anti-Japanese campaigns say police have prevented them from taking part in protests in several Chinese cities this past week and that they remain under watch. The government has warned boat captains not to take any campaigners to the islands, where like-minded Chinese from Hong Kong landed on Aug. 15 in a move that raised diplomatic tensions.
Beijing is especially averse to activism ahead of a generational handover of power in the Communist Party later this year, and dislikes being portrayed as soft in defending Chinese territorial interests.
Territorial disputes are common among East and Southeast Asian nations as they vie for control of fishing grounds and natural resources. South Korean President Lee Myung-bak recently angered Japan by visiting a disputed island in the Sea of Japan claimed by both countries, prompting Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda to send Lee a letter of protest.
On Thursday, a South Korean diplomat in Tokyo attempting to return the letter was stopped by Japanese authorities from entering the Foreign Ministry building.
Japanese Foreign Ministry spokesman Masaru Sato said returning a signed personal letter from a national leader is "simply impossible" and "extremely impolite and unheard of."
The United States on Thursday said it was "uncomfortable" that two valued U.S. allies were in dispute and urged them to resolve it peacefully.
"It's obviously not comfortable for us when they have a dispute between them. So our message to each of them is the same: Work this out, work it out peacefully, work it out through consultation," State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland told a news conference in Washington.
Tensions over the Diaoyu islands between Japan and China flared again this year when the outspoken Tokyo governor floated a plan to purchase the islands from private ownership to solidify the state's claim. The U.S. reiterated its support of Japan's claim over the island on Wednesday.
In China, the state-run media have been in full battle cry and authorities have not banned online discussions about the islands dispute, but activism is being kept under tight control.
"We are considered an element of social unrest," said Li Nan, an anti-Japan activist in Beijing who says he is constantly questioned by police about his plans.
The state-run media praised Sunday's protests in China as spontaneous acts that inspired patriotism and showed national unity, but condemned the violence that accompanied them. In some cities, Japanese restaurants were vandalized and Japanese-brand cars, including a police car, were smashed by angry protesters.
"Regrettably, a few people did stupid things," read an editorial in the state-run China Youth Daily, adding that photos of the acts "hurt the patriotic protests and hurt the national image of China."
A Wednesday editorial in the Global Times urged the public not to blindly boycott anything Japanese because of the bilateral economic interests between the countries.
"As long as we can keep the political stability, time will be on our side. Don't overreact and fall into the other's trap," the newspaper said.
The U.S-based China Digital Times, which tracks the Chinese online media, said Chinese media have been told to play down the anti-Japanese protests and not to circulate photos of vandalism during the protests. The Associated Press could not independently verify the information.
Wu, the activist from Changsha, said he knew police would be visiting him when the word started to spread last week online about the planned protest.
To save himself from the trouble of explaining the appearance of police to his neighbors, Wu said he decided to check into a hotel and inform the police of his whereabouts.
"I'm not hiding or fleeing," said Wu, whose past experience told him the police would find him anyway.
"There is a price to pay to defend the Diaoyus, that is to lose some freedom and some privacy," Wu wrote on his microblogging account, apparently in defiance of police warnings against posting online.
Wu said he still gets calls from police asking if any further protests or activities are planned.
In Beijing, Li said he has been told not to attempt to travel to the islands. "It has become impossible," Li said. "The biggest obstacle for groups defending the islands comes from the government."
"The Chinese government is not used to any grass-roots organization, whether it is for environmental protection or AIDS," Li said. The government is suspicious of such groups' motives, he said.
And it does not help that the activists are grumbling about what they see as the government's failure to act even though its public stance on the island chain is the same as theirs.
"The government has no strategy to deal with the dispute with Japan. But whenever there are internal protests, it is quick to take action to ensure order," Li said.
Associated Press writers Sam Kim in Seoul, South Korea, Mari Yamaguchi in Tokyo and Matthew Pennington in Washington contributed to this report.
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Kinesiology major and Tidewater Regional Coordinator for the Virginia Industrial Hemp Coalition Emmanuel Ajibola ’15 is working to bring a student chapter of the organization to campus.
The group supports legislation allowing the industrial production of hemp — a variety of cannabis — in Virginia.
“We’re the only nation that’s not on board with growing it,” Ajibola said. “It’s completely sustainable. The products you get from it are biodegradable. I think that ties into a lot of stuff we’re doing on campus with sustainability. I think this is an avenue that everyone on campus should be looking at, should potentially get involved with.”
Virginia House Bill 1277 is the “Virginia Industrial Hemp Farming Act”, which recently passed in the Virginia General Assembly. Senate Bill 955 is its sister piece of legislation and will soon be introduced to the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources.
“House Bill 1277 calls for the Commissioner of Agriculture to establish a program of licensure to allow persons to grow industrial hemp in the Commonwealth under applicable federal laws, as well as to promote research into the development of industrial hemp, and commercial markets for Virginia grown industrial hemp and hemp products,” the VIHC website states.
The HB 1277 bill was passed in the House Feb. 4 after being voted on for the third time, with 98 “Yea” votes.
Executive Director of the VIHC Jason Amatucci said that the biggest impact House Bill 1277 carries is economic.
“This is a jobs bill and the more we drag our feet, the more we water this bill down stripping all the legal protections for our farmers and our industry,” Amatucci said in an email.
Ajibola said that education is a crucial step in facilitating pro-hemp legislation.
“I don’t think anyone knows the true value of hemp in general, or that it has so many applications,” Ajibola said.
Hemp was historically one of Virginia’s oldest cash crops. However, it is currently illegal to grow. This is because drug laws in Virginia do not distinguish between high THC and low THC varieties of cannabis. Hemp’s high THC cousin is marijuana, which is nearly 20 percent THC, while hemp is 0.3 percent THC. As a result, hemp has zero psychoactive effects.
Ajibola is working with chemistry professor Gary Rice to demonstrate the versatility of hemp as an alternative fuel source. Rice will be providing Ajibola with the physical resources and chemicals necessary to produce a batch of hemp biodiesel for demonstration purposes. The duo hopes to begin working in early February.
“It’s actually a relatively simple process for which you can find recipes online to do even in your own kitchen,” Rice said. “I wouldn’t advise [this] given the chemical hazards.”
Ajibola, Rice and Amatucci said they attribute the stagnation of legalizing industrial hemp production to conservative Virginia politics punishing the plant for its relation to marijuana.
Rice echoed some of the evidence the VIHC provides for that claim.
“Growing hemp is extremely ecofriendly, requiring minimal cultivation, fertilizers, or herbicides compared to most biofuel alternatives,” Rice said in an email. “The broad range of uses — including even as a plant protein source in diets — is amazing.”
The VIHC cites Canada’s example of how hemp could bring new agricultural and research jobs to Virginia. In Canada, industrial hemp production is a $1 billion dollar industry. It has been shown to remediate soil, clean air, and yield four times more paper pulp per acre than trees.
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Saturated-Unsaturated Flow in Radial Directions Generated by an Injection Well1
- D. K. Babu2
The paper investigates water movement under saturated-unsaturated flow conditions. The flows result from a vertically placed line source that injects water at a constant rate into radial directions in space. Soil water diffusivity is assumed to vary as a positive, arbitrary power of water saturation. Singular perturbation methods are applied to derive an analytical form of the solution as a power series in the perturbation parameter. The solution so concentrated is freed from singularities and breakdowns, and is therefore uniformly valid at all points of space and time. Explicit formulae are derived for the location of the wetting front as well as for the transition face between saturated and unsaturated flow regimes. Several cases of the diffusion function and injection rates are illustrated in the form of graphs. Relevance of the analysis to problems of flushing out dissolved salts from soils is briefly commented on.Please view the pdf by using the Full Text (PDF) link under 'View' to the left.
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Delaware, while not the smallest of the United States of America, was the first state to ratify the US Constitution. Delaware is bordered by the states of Maryland, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey.
Despite being only a hundred miles long and less than thirty miles across at its widest point and covers 2,489 square miles, Delaware is a surprisingly complex and diverse state. The C&D Canal, which bisects the state two-thirds of the way up, serves as a sort of internal Mason-Dixon Line, separating the more urban and industrialized northern portion of Delaware from the more rural "slower, lower" southern part.
You might be from Delaware if you once thought that you might have a White Christmas... and then it rained.
The weather in Delaware varies greatly from season to season. Summers are almost always hot, very humid, and unpleasant. The air quality is accordingly poor, but no more so than surrounding counties. Winters, although it rarely snows heavily, can get bitterly cold. Spring and fall are generally the nicest seasons, although snow storms can arrive in April, and heat waves can hit in late November. Delaware weather is unpredictable, the only real way to prepare would be to carry an umbrella and pray for sunshine. Average monthly temperatures range from a high of 85.6 degrees to a low of 23.2 degrees.
Due to its location as a border state lying between the North and South, people from Delaware have American English accents which vary accordingly based upon location and environment. Southern accents begin to be encountered below the C&D Canal, and increase in volume the further south you go.
Commercial airline service into the state of Delaware is limited, but areas of the state are reasonably close to major international airports in either Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, or the District of Columbia.
The Amtrak station in Wilmington is a major stop on the system's Northeast Corridor, with frequent high-speed connections throughout the day to NYC, Boston, and D.C. The station is located on Front Street between French and Walnut Streets in downtown Wilmington. It has one inside level which has stores, a cafe, Amtrak and SEPTA ticket offices, a car rental office, and a post office; passengers board their trains on the second story train platforms. It is served by Amtrak trains along the Northeast Corridor going south to Baltimore and Washington, D.C., and going north to Philadelphia and New York. It is also served by SEPTA's R2 Regional Rail Line with service to Philadelphia and Newark, Delaware. Like all stations in Delaware, SEPTA service is provided under contract and funded through DART First State, which also provides extensive local bus service.
Greyhound has a limited number of bus terminals throughout the state. There is also "Chinatown" bus service from Dover, Smyrna, and Wilmington to New York City, Albany, Baltimore, and VA which operates throughout most of the day.
Cars are the main mode of transportation, except in the city of Wilmington, where ample mass transit is available. DART First State is the primary public transportation system that operates throughout Delaware. Although most of its routes run in and around Wilmington and Newark in New Castle County, DART also serves Dover (in Kent County), and Georgetown in Sussex County, and has one route running into New Jersey, which connects with New Jersey Transit buses, and one route into Elkton with connection to the dial-a-ride service of Cecil County.
DART provides connecting service with the R2 Newark line of SEPTA Regional Rail, which travels between Philadelphia and Wilmington, with a few trains continuing on to Newark. The Delaware Department of Transportation subsidizes Regional Rail operations into Delaware.
Delaware has beautiful beaches. The more popular ones are:
You can gamble 'til your heart's content
There's also quite a bit of small town charm, like:
Delaware is well known for having no sales tax. Most Delawareans shop at malls or strip malls with big box stores. Notable malls include:
In addition to the beaches, gambling, and shopping, Delaware has many small and unique historical places and museums. Some things to check out would be:
In New Castle County:
In Kent County:
In Sussex County:
Delaware has many excellent restaurants and a surprising number of brewpubs for a small state, including Dogfish Head in Rehoboth Beach and Iron Hill (in Newark and along the Riverfront in Wilmington).
As the location of the University of Delaware, Newark is the home of a number of bars and restaurants popular with college students and locals. One such restaurant is Klondike Kate's (on Main Street). Ask for a tour of the jail cells in the basement, dating from the late 1700s. The Deer Park (also on Main Street) is a long standing Newark institution with a rich history. Although the current building dates from 1847, there has been a tavern on the site since colonial times. Edgar Allan Poe once stayed at the St. Patrick's Inn, which formerly stood on the same site. Legend has it that he put a curse on the building and the city after falling in the mud outside the hotel. Due to the site's association with Poe, the symbol of the Deer Park is a raven, and there is a wooden raven on display in the main dining room.
In the city of Wilmington, Trolley Square, about one mile from downtown along Delaware Avenue, is widely popular with locals in their 20s-30s. Among the bars in Trolley Square, The Logan House is arguably the most popular drinking location. Just outside of the city on Route 52 in Greenville is Cromwell's, which has quality pub style food and a comfortable ambience.
Some brewpubs include:
Do not drink and drive in Delaware, the penalties are very harsh.
Staying safe in Delaware is a matter of staying smart. In Wilmington, city officials and downtown merchants have formed (armed with two-way radios but not guns) private security patrols that wander the restaurant and entertainment districts in the downtown area to supplement the city police. Most restaurants will summon a security person to escort you to your car if requested. In the city of Wilmington it is best to apply common sense and pay attention to your surroundings(as it is anywhere); listen to your inner voice. If it's telling you that you've wandered into a bad area, you probably have. In general, it's best to avoid walking alone after dark in the downtown area. Interestingly enough, Wilmington has one of the highest concentrations of remote security cameras of any city its size. Of course, these cameras are best at identifying criminals after the fact, so don't take much comfort in their presence.
Despite the above advice, Delaware has less crime than most other states due to its small population. A visit anywhere in the state is safe. Like everywhere else, common sense needs to be used. Outside of Wilmington, there is little to worry about outside of leaving your windows down when it starts to unexpectedly rain. | <urn:uuid:13f8c30c-c161-4e42-8969-7588841fb1ae> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://www.resumesanta.com/travel_guide/us_states_travel_guide/Delaware_Travel_Guide.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571472.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811133823-20220811163823-00670.warc.gz | en | 0.961082 | 1,447 | 2.46875 | 2 |
Bankruptcy Information Center
Helpful Information: Debt Relief, Foreclosure and Bankruptcy
Welcome to our Bankruptcy Information Center. In this section of our website, you will find information on a number of topics related to bankruptcy and debt relief in the U.S. You can find out more about the different types of bankruptcy relief that may be available to you, as well as alternatives to consider. We even dispel common bankruptcy myths and offer answers to some of the most common bankruptcy questions. Whether you are considering filing for bankruptcy, are looking for a local debt relief law firm or are simply interested in finding out more about this subject, you can find the help you need on this website.
Here, we have highlighted some of the primary topics covered by our information center. You can read basic information about these below or can click on the corresponding links to be directed to a page on that specific subject.
Bankruptcy: An Overview
Bankruptcy is a broad subject that, due to its complexity, can be easily misunderstood. There are different types of bankruptcy to consider as well as specific advantages or disadvantages associated with filing. In this area of our site, you can find out more about how bankruptcy may affect you, whether you need an attorney and what will happen when you file. Read more about bankruptcy.
Chapter 7 Bankruptcy
One of the most common types of bankruptcy, Chapter 7 involves the liquidation of assets to pay creditors. Though the term "liquidation" is used here, this does not necessarily mean that a debtor will lose all of his or her assets and property. Much of this is actually protected under state and federal bankruptcy exemptions. Read more about Chapter 7 bankruptcy.
Chapter 9 Bankruptcy
Chapter 9 bankruptcy is a less well known form of bankruptcy that applies to municipalities, including cities, counties, towns and school districts. The municipality will have the opportunity to reorganize their debt in order to repay creditors. Read more about Chapter 9 bankruptcy.
Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
A form of bankruptcy most often utilized by businesses, Chapter 11 bankruptcy is a form of reorganization in which a business or corporation is able to remain open and conduct operations while under the protection of the bankruptcy court. They will restructure their finances in order to repay creditors over time. Read more about Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
Chapter 13 Bankruptcy
Chapter 13 bankruptcy involves the reorganization and repayment of debt over a period of time, usually three to five years. The amount to be paid will be calculated based upon the debtor's disposable income, which is calculated by deducting necessary expenses from the debtor's income. A key benefit associated with this type of bankruptcy is its ability to help a debtor save a home from foreclosure. Read more about Chapter 13 bankruptcy.
Bankruptcy and Your Debt
If you file for bankruptcy, how will your debt be affected? This is an extremely important factor to consider before you file your petition. Bankruptcy may not discharge all debt, and it will therefore be important to understand how your secured and unsecured debt will be impacted. You can also find out how specific types of debt, such as taxes or a home loan, may be affected. Read more about bankruptcy and your debt.
Bankruptcy and Your Property
Finding out what will happen to your property and assets during bankruptcy is a key issue to look at if you are considering filing a Chapter 7 or Chapter 13 petition. Contrary to popular belief, even under Chapter 7 bankruptcy much of your property will be protected from liquidation. All property and assets are typically protected under Chapter 13 bankruptcy. Read more about bankruptcy and your property.
Bankruptcy and Foreclosure
Facing foreclosure is a frightening situation. You may wonder where you will live or what options you have to save your home, and this is one of the issues that a bankruptcy attorney can address for you. You can find out whether filing for bankruptcy will enable you to save your home or possibly work out an alternative to foreclosure, such as a short sale or deed in lieu. Read more about bankruptcy and foreclosure.
Constant phone calls, threatening letters and outright harassment or abuse by creditors can take its toll on any debtor. If you have been subjected to any form of creditor harassment, you have rights. In some situations, a creditor or debt collector may actually be acting in violation of the law, and you may be entitled to financial damages. Read more about creditor harassment.
Common Bankruptcy Questions
Because it is such a broad subject, you may have a number of questions about bankruptcy. You can find answers to your most pressing questions about bankruptcy, debt relief, your legal rights and various other important topics. If you still want to learn more, you can also connect with a local lawyer who can directly address your questions and concerns. Get answers to your bankruptcy questions.
Finding the Right Bankruptcy Attorney
True, it can be difficult to find the right attorney to address your bankruptcy needs. Listening to recommendations from friends and family and visiting our directory will enable you to compare multiple law firms in your area until you find the attorney who has the qualifications that are important to you. Read more about finding the right bankruptcy attorney.
State Bar Associations
The bar association in your state may prove to be a helpful resource if you are looking for more information on a specific bankruptcy lawyer. You can file a complaint or can review an attorney's record to determine whether they have had any disciplinary actions taken against them. You can find links to all the state bar associations in the U.S. by clicking here.
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Test your knowledge of the animal kingdom by seeing how many of these fascinating animal facts you know.
1. Pandas spend 14-16 hours a day eating bamboo.
2. Sea otters will hold each other’s paws when sleeping so they don’t drift apart.
3. A chinchilla’s teeth can grow up to 12 inches a year.
4. Anteaters eat 35,000 ants per day.
5. Most bats can’t walk because their leg bones are too thin.
6. Hedgehogs have about 5,000 spikes on their bodies.
7. A group of owls is called a parliament.
8. Humans can smell skunk a mile away.
9. Leopard seals don’t have ears.
10. A cheetah’s tear lines evolved to help protect their eyes from the sun and see long distances.
11. A baby giraffe can walk in under a half hour after birth.
12. Seahorses mate for life.
13. Galapagos tortoises can live to over 150 years.
14. Zebras have black skin under their stripes.
15. A narwhal has two teeth, with one growing into a 9 foot tusk in males.
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Pass LD 1181
Protecting pregnant mothers and our children from harmful chemicals seems like an issue everyone can agree on. The Legislature is presently considering a bill — LD 1181, An Act to
F urther Strengthen the Protection of Pregnant Women and Children from Toxic Chemicals. This bill would move us closer to getting bisphenol A and other toxic chemicals out of our food supply. It would require the largest food manufacturers to report their use of Maine’s priority chemicals, including BPA, in their packaging.
The Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association, which represents more than 7,000 households and 420 certified organic food producers, encourages people to contact their legislators in support of LD 1181.
In the past, Maine has seen large manufacturers respond to market restrictions and public pressure by abandoning their use of harmful chemicals like BPA. This has been evident with reusable plastic containers, as well as infant formula and baby food packaging.
The same is possible with canned food. Large companies such as Campbell’s Soup Company or Del Monte Foods can demand BPA-free cans or jar lids at an affordable price. Then, smaller food producers, including Maine’s food businesses, could also access BPA-free packaging at an affordable cost.
Maine parents have a right to know what is in the food they serve their children. And Maine’s small food producers will benefit from the market influence of billion-dollar food manufacturers. Passing LD 1181 is a win-win for Maine families and businesses.
Cell phone curse
My compliments to Linda Harvey for her May 25 BDN letter titled “Compassionate society?” The letter referred to people who drove by her 92-year-old mother who had fallen on the sidewalk.
The people who failed to stop to help her mother were probably texting or talking on a cell phone. The curse of our society.
Richard W. Sykes
I was astonished at Gov. Paul LePage’s inference that cigarette smokers are “responsible.” Responsible for what? Littering our Earth with cigarette butts? I pick up the garbage in my neighborhood, and most of it is cigarette butts.
I’ve named these irresponsible smokers “mindless flickers.” Last I heard, littering is a crime. I challenge all cigarette smokers to dispose of their butts responsibly.
While I’m on the subject of litter, please do not celebrate anything by releasing balloons into the air. They end up in the ocean and are misconstrued as food by ocean dwellers because they can look like jellyfish. Seals, birds, turtles and other sea life have washed ashore, strangled to death from balloons, plastics and other man-made stuff that can’t be digested.
Property tax increases are coming to some of Maine’s residents who are the least able to pay more, and most of whom have no control over these increases.
Here are some numbers from Addison: According to a BDN story, residents voted at a town meeting to build a new fire station. The total cost will be more than $700,000 if one considers the amount of interest that will be paid on the loan. This will also result in an increase of about 2.5 percent to property taxes, according to a brochure from the fire department.
SAD37’s 2013-14 budget increase for the town of Addison proposed an additional $168,000, an increase of almost 10 percent, according to superintendent Ron Ramsey who spoke at an Addison town meeting earlier this month.
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Middleton today used his bank's annual results to launch a barely veiled attack on financial regulation. 'We are in an era of escalating regulation, often as a reaction to sudden or unexpected events...e must avoid a regime that simply increases the costs of doing business, which ultimately leads to higher prices and could constitute a barrier to entry and depress competition,' he said.
It is clear that Middleton has a number of targets in mind. First there is the Financial Services Authority. Middleton takes the precaution of saying that Britain clearly needs 'an effective and independent regulator such as the FSA in the UK'. Indeed it does. But the Barclays chairman is clearly warning the FSA that it should use its powers with caution.
The second overseer that Middleton may have in mind is the Government itself. Trade Secretary Patricia Hewitt is still sitting on the Competition Commission's report on small business banking, submitted to her last October. Banks have consistently said that any increase in regulation may feed through to higher costs for customers, and Middleton appears to be reiterating this message.
Third, there is the Basel Accord, an international bank regime being cooked up by regulators around the world. It is taking years to draw up, and has been highly criticised as failing to satisfy any meaningful cost-benefit analysis.
Given Middleton's background and silver tongue, when he speaks it is worth listening. The warning beneath today's remarks is clear.
All regulation carries a cost. The more rules are imposed on banks, the more potential there is for customers to suffer and for innovation to be stifled.
Tough decision for the Iron Chancellor
THE implicit message in Wednesday's quarterly Inflation Report from the Bank of England is that we are halfway through the business cycle and we have had the good bit.
For the past few years the growth of consumption has outstripped growth in output and signs of this have been all around us. Household borrowing has soared, imports of consumer goods have gone the same way, house prices have roared ahead, manufacturing has been under the cosh and there has been a spectacular and sustained surge in retail spending.
This has not been a bad thing on balance, for without the spending drive the economy would probably have slipped into recession, given what has been happening overseas.
But the difficulty is that we cannot go on spending more than we produce and expect the economy to stay on even keel. At some point there has to be an adjustment, or rather a sustained period of adjustment, during which time the sector comes back into balance. If this is not achieved the economy will run faster and faster until consumers can borrow no more and inflation will re-ignite just as consumer spending tails off. It used to be known as stagflation - no growth, but no price stability either.
So we all believe in adjustment to restore the balance - at least in theory. In practice, however, it is going to be a remarkably difficult trick for the Bank of England to pull off because for balance to be restored consumption will have to run behind output for a considerable time. In other words, while this adjustment is taking place the economy may continue to grow but it isn't going to feel like that.
A further interesting aspect is that the squeeze on the consumer will probably take place in the run-up to the next General Election, which will probably also be when voters are grappling with higher taxes to fund the National Health Service, transport, education and the like. They may even be beginning to feel a little surly and tempted to take it out on the Government at the ballot box.
That could make life tough for Iron Chancellor Gordon Brown, whose hopes to become Prime Minister do rather require Labour to stay in office. But the only tool left to him really to mitigate the adjustment problem and buy himself a bit of time might be to edge upwards the inflation target from its current 2.5%.
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Geelong, located just west of Melbourne, is a good place for installing a solar PV system. Victoria offers Standard and Transitional Solar Feed-in Tariff incentives for solar PV. Additionally, with electricity rates rising, the price of solar PV falling, and up-front rebates available through the Federal Solar Credits scheme, now is a great time to find the best solar power deals in Geelong.
Advantages of having a solar power system in Geelong
Benefitting financially from Geelong’s sun
Geelong rooftops see an annual average around 3.7 hours of sun per day. 3.7 hours of peak sun will generate approximately 5.55kWh for a home or business with a 1.5kW solar PV array (this number will increase in summer, and be lower during the winter). A 3kW system will produce around 11.1kWh per day, and a 5kW system will generate around 18.5kWh per day.
Power consumption vs solar PV generation in Geelong
In order to find the best deals on solar power systems in Geelong, or anywhere in Australia, you must first understand how much power your home or business uses on a daily basis. Energy use depends on the number of occupants and energy usage patterns. However, as a basic example, the average 3-person home uses an annual average of about 20kWh per day. The average home’s electricity consumption will be mostly offset by the output from a 5kW solar power system.
Victorians receiving the state’s 25c/kWh Transitional Solar Feed-in Tariff (for systems of 5kW in capacity or smaller), the wisest financial choice is to attempt to export as much solar power to the electricity grid as possible (as opposed to ‘self-consuming’ the solar power). For those receiving the state’s ‘1-for-1’ Standard Feed-in Tariff (for all types of renewable energy generation, including solar PV systems greater than 5kW in capacity), controlling the timing of electricity use is not imperative; a general strategy of reduced electricity use is best.
Up-front Federal Government Solar Rebates for Geelong
The next step in finding the best solar PV system deals in Geelong is educate yourself about your eligibility for Federal and State incentive schemes. Victorian residents are eligible for both a Federal government ‘rebate’ and Victoria’s Feed-in Tariffs.
The amount of the Solar Rebate available to someone who has a solar PV system installed is based on the number of sun-hours that the installation location can be expected to receive. Under the Federal Government’s Solar Credit Scheme, households are granted Renwable Energy Certificates (RECs, also known as Small-scale Technology Certificates or STCs). How many STCs are granted depends on location, system size, and the certificate price agreed on between the customer and solar installer. STC prices rise and fall with supply and demand, but solar installation companies can set a rate in deals with individual customers during negotiations. (STC prices are disclosed in Solar Choice’s Solar Quote Comparison sheets.)
Geelong is located in REC Zone 4. A 5kW solar PV system installed in Geelong would generate a base number of 88 STCs. When the Solar Credit REC Multiplier (currently 3x until 1 July 2012) is applied, however, the total number of STCs generated is (88 + 54 =) 142. If the STC price is $30, a discount of $4,260 off the up-front price of the system applies. Solar PV system prices in Australia are currently reaching unprecedented lows due to increased competition and an oversupply of stock globally. These factors, in combination with the Federal discount, have made solar systems attractive investments for homes across the country. Victoria residents also enjoy the additional support of Victoria’s Feed-in Tariffs, which improve system return on investment (ROI) and shorten payback periods.
Saving money on electricity bills in Geelong
All grid-connected Victoria residents may benefit from having a solar PV system installed in two ways:
– Avoiding purchase of electricity from the power grid/electricity retailers by consuming solar power as it is generated (“self-consumption”). For this to work, the premises with the system must be occupied, or the appliances scheduled to run during the daytime hours when the system is producing power. When solar power is self-consumed, its value to the user is effectively equivalent to that of electricity from the grid.
– Under Victoria’s Transitional and Standard Feed-in Tariffs, electricity bills may also be credited for solar electricity ‘exported’ to the power grid. When electricity is exported on the 25c/kWh Transitional Feed-in Tariff, its value is greater than that of electricity bought from the power grid. Through the Standard Feed-in Tariff, the value of exported solar power is equivalent to that of electricity purchased from the grid.
Bear in mind, however, that as the cost of electricity rises, the Standard Feed-in Tariff will become more advantageous than the Transitional tariff. The Standard FiT guarantees that those who export solar to the grid will be paid a rate equivalent to what they pay for electricity from the grid. For the time being, however, the Transitional Feed-in Tariff gives a potentially better return on investment (ROI), given that the home or business that operates the system attempts to export as much solar power as possible. (Read more: The economics of 1-for-1 Solar Buybacks vs Solar Feed-in Tariffs.)
Finding the best solar PV power system deals in Geelong
Solar Choice, as Australia’s free Solar Energy Brokering and advice service, matches up potential solar PV customers with installers who service their area. We provide comparisons of Solar Quotes for solar system installers nation-wide, including Geelong. Solar Choice is uniquely positioned to identify the best solar PV power system deals on offer and facilitate our customers to find the solar system that best suits their needs and budget. Request a Solar Quote Comparison today by filling out the form to the right of this page, or call us on 1300 78 72 73.
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1. Download the Solar Choice Geelong Solar PV ROI (Excel file) calculator
2. Request a Solar Quote Comparison of the solar system installers in Geelong to obtain system prices,
3. Visit SwitchWise or a similar site to find the best deal on solar electricity,
4. Find out which electricity retailer is offering the best Solar Feed-in Tariff rate in Victoria,
5. Alter the variables in the light blue boxes (system size, system price, etc) in column B to calculate system Return on Investment (ROI).
(You may also open the file in Google Docs if you have a Google account.)
*Calculator outputs are indicative only–please keep in mind that electricity rates, as well as Victoria’s Feed-in Tariff rate, may change over time.
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The London College of Fashion (LCF) at the University of the Arts London has teamed up with Microsoft for a new custom co-curriculum to help foster the next generation of fashion talent.
LCF’s “Future of Fashion Incubator” uses cutting-edge Microsoft technology and influential mentorships to create collaborative educational environments. The program seeks to spark creativity and meaningful innovation, allowing this select group of students to bring their vision of the future of fashion to life.
The Incubator is a short-term intensive program, where top students from LCF’s Fashion Business School, School of Design & Technology, and School of Media & Communication, collaborate in six multi-disciplinary groups. Over the course of the semester, students attend workshops and explore various Microsoft technologies and their impact on the fashion industry
– including Mixed Reality/3D, the Internet of Things, and Artificial Intelligence – before selecting one concentration of study.
Once their concepts have been established, the teams consult with Incubator Ambassadors Charli Cohen, Hayley Elsaesser, Sofia Barattieri, Natasha Franck and Bia Bezamat, from a range of fashion perspectives to develop ideas into prototypes that will drive digital transformation and forge new frontiers within the industry. The program culminates with an unveiling event alongside the LCF BA18 exhibition in June.
“Collaborating with Microsoft to empower our students with emerging technologies across courses through this project is incredibly exciting.” said Matthew Drinkwater, head of fashion innovation agency at London College of Fashion. “Fusing business ideas with mixed reality, artificial intelligence and machine learning, ultimately, will allow a pathway to creating
the digital designer business of the future.”
“It has been amazing to partner with London College of Fashion and their Fashion Innovation Agency, to push the boundaries of how technology can really drive impact and foster alternative creative thinking in fashion,” added Maruschka Loubser, senior global marketing manager at Microsoft. “The future of the industry is enrolled here, and we want to empower them to make a purposeful difference — not just now, but also when they enter the industry.” | <urn:uuid:2d46876c-a7fa-4488-bf46-f0cd27434bb5> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://mr-mag.com/microsoft-teams-up-with-the-london-college-of-fashion-on-education-program/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570977.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809124724-20220809154724-00470.warc.gz | en | 0.930141 | 453 | 1.75 | 2 |
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Continuous Improvement Plan
The Continuous Improvement (CI) Plan is a sequence of steps (taken one after the other) to improve the existing system for better results. The steps begin with the analysis of available data based on past history of trends and their practical impact as observed in the past. Later on identifying the possibilities of improvement, implementation and review of the feedback. The cycle keeps on revolving in a circular manner that’s why the Improvement is said to be Continuous.
According to Kaizen (2017), the CI Plan considers the existing Standard framework of processes going on in the organization, and revolves around a basic model –“Identify, Plan, Implement, and Review”. In the manufacturing and Business, the concept of Continuous Improvement is formalized by Lean, Agile and Kaizen Methodologies. Based on four fundamental stages, the most popular among the three is Kaizen Management Concept which elaborates each step in more extensive manner.
According to Kaizen Management Philosophy and Implementation Strategy, the Continuous Improvement Cycle can be described as a method of uplifting the quality of work culture in companies to produce a better output and minimizing the wastage.
THE CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT PLAN
The process of CI Plan keeps on going in a cyclic manner passing through all the steps one-after-the-other because the chances of improvement are always there in every company. The CI plan includes seven major steps (Kaizen 2017) :
1. Identifying the Problems: For improvements in cu
ent situation, we need to find out the problems. In Latino Engineering case, the complaints of customers can be used to identify the problems in cu
ent situation. As the company began to receive many complaints from its clients just within 12 months of handover, the complaints of customers need to be addressed seriously. The complaints are: Defective Engineering Equipments, Poor design and Development follow up, too long turnaround time for issue resolution, Non responsive customer care support, and delivery of wrong engineering equipment.
2. Develop Measures to Counter: Once we know the problems, it is easier to go in depth of each and every problem to find out their root cause. As Medinilla (2016) postulates that ‘’The problem of defective engineering equipments and poor designing can be solved by focusing on the framework of designing and manufacturing unit, Longer Turnaround time for issue resolution can be sorted out by Servicing Units, and Non responsive Customer care response can be co
ected by Improving the Customer care services and the concerned departments. For each and every department specific measures must be implemented to deliver quality work”.
3. Determine Root Cause: According to Medinilla (2016) “Behind each problem, there is a Primary cause. It can be inefficient design, inefficient testing, lazy staff, lack of resources, lack of facilities, or low salary”. All the problems must be deeply studied in an elaborate manner to find out their link into their probable root cause.
4. Hypothesize Solution: After determining the root cause, we can find out an approximate solution to each cause. By making a list of all the points of solution, we can plan to implement it.
5. Test Hypothesis: The implementation of solution can be tested by estimating the output. An idea can be proposed about estimate performance of improved product. The actual results may be a little high or low to the approximate hypothesis.
6. Implement Solution: The proposed solution must be implemented to respected departments. And the performance should be recorded with feedback.
7. Standardize the work: The newly implemented policies and solutions must be abso
ed in the organization and its work culture. Sufficient training must be imparted to the concerned departments regarding time management, and delivering quality services to the client(Wheeler 2016).
As Kaizen (2017) proposed, “By continuously observing and implementing best practices , the companies can find out various ways to continue their routine activities normally along with analyzing the business opportunities that can be along the way”.
1. The Analysis is time bound: To improve the efficiency continuously, many innovative ideas may require more time for analysis and implementation. But as we have only three months to co
ect the situation, we may go out of time.
2. Imposing extra work on employees can overload them: Loads of work can make the work culture boring and uninteresting (Gerard 2017).
3. Project cost may go high: Using modern techniques and tools to analyze the project may increase the cost of production which may lead to an overall increase in prices of equipment. And initially, the market not being in favor, may cause low demand as well. It requires efficient Resource planning, Cost estimation, Budgeting, Cost Control measures using cost control software tools, to avoid cost ove
uns (Cleopatra Enterprise 2017).
4. Employees if not ready to learn new technologies, may prove inefficient, outdated and incompetent (Gladwell 2002).
Collect relevant data from past years Review the cu
ent Performance Analyze & Compare the data in form of trends Identify the present challenges Identify Root causes Plan Improvement Strategies Implement Feedback.
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Exposure and Management Consultant of K.E.M.P Group and Associates, LLC, Kurt Lucien, is using the influence of social media in a personal branding campaign that is attracting a lot of responses. He deployed a technique known as Exposure Authority Branding to help position himself as a leader in the marketing & management consulting marketplace.
Due to numerous recent successes, Lucien was nominated to take part in this one-of-a-kind campaign based on the science of movie advertisements design psychology.
When asked about his thoughts of being included – Mr. Lucien replied, “It’s a pleasure being included in this unique personal branding exercise,” Business Owners are constantly struggling to find a way to stand out from the competition and get more customers. The old way was to only spend a fortune by trying to get their site ranked in Google, or even throw away thousands of dollars a week on advertising, but there is a new way of capturing your prospects attention that your competitors have not tried yet.”
The idea of Exposure Authority Branding is based on Hollywood movie advertisements designs, and the thinking behind them. Entrepreneurs can use the same concepts in their social media branding campaigns.
There is a growing importance for entrepreneurs and professionals to be viewed as an authority, or even a celebrity, in their industry.
The exposure authority branding concept, aids with that problem by using certain queues that will influence viewers to see the subject in the images as an authority.
Lucien stated, “There are some complex mindset techniques used to influence you to see a movie. Their goal is for the movie advertisements to become one and the same with the movie. For example, there are shared components featured on every well-designed movie poster. I’ve incorporated the same ones to increase my business’s brand and image. I’m thrilled to help innovate this new division of the personal branding world.”
About Kurt Lucien:
#1 International Best Selling Author, International Speaker, Exposure and Management Consultant. Kurt Lucien is a serial entrepreneur and business contributor for Business Innovators Radio, Business Innovators Magazine, Small Business Trendsetters, CNN iReport, and USA Today. He is also the founder of K.E.M.P Group And Associates, LLC., President of Karitsu, Inc., as well as, an Educator and Advocate for small businesses. Kurt has also traveled the world speaking, educating, and enlightening his audiences.
About K.E.M.P Group And Associates, LLC:
Lives by their mission of helping business-owners become more competitive, expand their brands, grow their companies and achieve their business goals, by providing clients with Strategic Consulting, In-depth Research, Focused Competition Analysis and forming a Comprehensive Business Growth Blueprint all geared towards getting more brand exposure, saving money on recurring expenses, and growing their business by getting new customers, having their current customers purchase more frequently, and simply getting more referrals.
Lucien’s branding campaign can be seen on the Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/TheSuccessDirector, and more information about the K.E.M.P Group And Associates, LLC can be found at http://ExposureMarketingCompany.com
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"It's great being in freedom loving Afghanistan to congratulate the Afghanis in person on the freedoms they now love..." "No sudden movements, Okay?" 6 March, 2006.
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George Bush, President of the United States, stands beside Hamid Karzai, President of Afghanistan, making a speech in which he congratulates the people of Afghanistan on their new-found freedoms. They are surrounded by goons in dark glasses who remind each other not not make sudden movements. This cartoon demonstrates the awful irony between President Bush's perception of freedom and the actual hair-trigger tensions of the situation.
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This past summer Adam Duran, an undergraduate at New Mexico State University, was tasked with coming up with a way to make an accessibility tool for visually impaired students.
Adam and his mentors weren't planning to create this app at first, but after looking at the problems they could solve they noticed that the larger issue was writing, not reading. Writing in Braille is difficult because the equipment is expensive and awkward. A braille keyboard is based around 8 keys and it's built into expensive custom hardware. If they could find a way to replace the hardware with a tablet then they'd be able to get the equipment into the hands of far more students.
But the problem with trying to type on a touchscreen is that there is no tactile feedback. You can't tell based on touch whether your finger is on a button or on whitespace. This means that even the best typist needs to occasionally look at the screen and make sure their fingers are hitting the right keys. Naturally a visually impaired student will have trouble with this.
What the team ended up doing was developing an app that adapted to the user rather than have the user adapt to the app. The app is designed to duplicate a Braille keyboard, which has only 8 keys. But instead of having the user find the keys, the app finds the user's fingers. You can watch the demo video for more detail.
This is a concept that won't work so well with a traditional keyboard, but clearly it works on the more limited design. It's a rather clever way to get around the fact that a touchscreen doesn't offer tactile feedback.
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Mr Big of Bankstown: The scandalous Fitzpatrick and Browne affair
When an article printed in a local newspaper in 1955 resulted in the gaoling of rough-hewn Bankstown businessman Ray Fitzpatrick and trouble-making journalist Frank Browne, one of the most extraordinary legal cases in Australia’s history unfolded. Mr Big of Bankstown mixes bribery, corruption, violence and power-wrangling, to reveal the Underbelly of 1950s Australia.
Fitzpatrick’s penchant for rorting the system and Browne’s reputation for fiery verbal attacks got the pair in trouble when they used Fitzpatrick’s newspaper to teach MP Charles Morgan a lesson. In an unprecedented use of parliamentary privilege, Fitzpatrick and Browne were imprisoned solely on a vote of the House of Representatives – without charge, trial or legal representation for making unsubstantiated and erroneous claims.
Amongst the business rivalries and factional politics of post-war Bankstown, the Fitzpatrick and Browne affair pitted the right to free speech against parliamentary privilege.
Shortlisted – 2012 NSW Premier’s History Awards (New South Wales Community and Regional History Prize)
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Censored and ‘Obscene’ in Solitary
After a huge hunger strike to protest the state prison system’s inhuman conditions, California is threatening to ban any written material deemed “oppositional to authority and society.”
Last week, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation proposed sweeping new regulations for mail going both into and out of the state’s prisons and jails. Coined “obscenity regulations,” on face value they appear to ban material that “depicts or describes sexual misconduct.” Yet, if you scroll further down the long, technical parameters laid out on CDCR’s website you’ll find they’re casting a much broader net—such as censorship of any material deemed “oppositional to authority and society.”
“There’s a lot of non-sexual speech that will be banned if these regulations are put into effect,” says Paul Wright, Director of Prison Legal News. “This isn’t a new tactic, for hundreds of years the guise of ‘obscenity’ has been used to crush political speech, not just among prisoners, originally it was used to punish criticism of the church.”
It’s no coincidence that these enhanced restrictions are coming from California, where 29,000 prisoners went on hunger strike for 60 days last year in a historically unprecedented protest against inhumane prison conditions—namely prolonged solitary confinement. A large part of the hunger strike’s success in capturing international attention had to do with the ability of activists, lawyers and family members to get out the voices and opinions of the men inside who initiated the strike, at least in part through written correspondence. Under these new regulations, letters like those might not make it through next time.
“These prisoners are essentially being punished for trying to alert the media to conditions of extreme solitary confinement inside California’s prison,” says Peter Sussman, a retired journalist who fought for years for media access to prisoners. “The California hunger strike was successful at educating the public because information got in and out—CDCR wants to make sure they cut off every channel of communication, that this never happens again.”
Marie Levin is the sister of Sitawa Nantambu Jamaa (aka Ronnie Dewberry), who’s been isolated at Pelican Bay State Prison in Northern California for over a quarter of a century. It was not a violent act that landed Jamaa in the “hole”—23 hours a day in a windowless cell, no contact visits and zero phone privileges. It was being validated as a “gang-associate” and singled out for state’s harshest punishment, Jamaa asserts, based solely on his political views.
“My brother still has the liberty of getting his ideas out through his writings,” says Levin, “that’s basically all he has left. I can’t imagine how he would handle losing that.”
Jamaa writes for the San Francisco Bay View newspaper, a likely candidate for censorship if these new regulations are passed. In fact, any publication that has printed criticism of CDCR’s policies, from the Abolitionist to the New York Times, can be deemed “oppositional to authority” and banned under these new regulations.
“I can’t imagine this will stand under judicial inquiry,” says California Attorney Charles Carbone, “anyone who knows the law will raise an eyebrow when they look at these documents— they’re constitutionally outrageous—we have a long history in this country of U.S. Supreme Court precedents that protect freedom of speech…these regulations are begging for a lawsuit of the highest order.”
“CDCR says they are shifting from a system of gang-validation based on mere association to a conduct-based system,” Carbone continues, “where a prisoner actually has to do something to be deemed a dangerous gang member. But they are leaving a pretty big back door open here that will allow them to use the same flimsy evidence—a letter, a photograph, a book or newspaper—to justify placement in long-term isolation. Actually, these regulations are potentially worse because they can call something a prisoner writes ‘contraband’ and justify sanctioning them as well.”
“It’s actually quite cyclical,’ says Carbone. “Many prisoners in long-term isolation have become politically radicalized because they have lived in the harshest conditions the state has ever imagined. The system takes men and puts them in conditions that radicalize them, then uses their radicalism (in the form of written material) as an opportunistic way to justify further isolation.”
“You could say that many people are warped when they go into prison,”notes Sussman, “but we are then putting them in a situation that places them in permanent opposition to society. When they get out they will act out whatever was done to them in various ways.”
On Tuesday, Marie Levin went to a hearing in California’s capitol Sacramento, standing beside many other family members, activists and lawyers to voice her opinion on how these proposed regulations will effect her brother, her family and society at large. “It’s important for the public to judge for themselves,” she says. “If these guys are really are the ‘worst of the worst,’ then what does CDCR have to hide? Why are they so threatened by their voices? Let the public be the judge.”
“There’s no public safety issue being served here,” concludes Carbone. “These regulations will decrease transparency by killing speech—prisoners are the eyes and ears of the public inside these public institutions.”
Journalistic access to prisons and prisoners has been slowly chipped away for decades. Under current California law, media may not conduct face-to-face interviews with prisoners unless approved by the prison administration, a rare event. Even during CDCR’s tours journalists are only permitted to speak with prisoners that have been vetted and handpicked by prison officials. Which raises the question: are CDCR’s new regulations meant to protect the pubic from dangerous criminals, as they claim, or to cover up abuses and squelch dissent?
“The big thing is how prisons are run,” continues Wright. “There’s little to no oversight or government accountability—the result is a huge amount of corruption and malpractice. Prisoners dying form medical neglect, horrible treatment of the mentally ill, rampant abuses…all of this is obscured. It’s often only prisoners that can give the public even an inkling of what’s really going on inside.”
“The news media is—now more than ever before—the court of last resort,” continues Sussman. “The more restricted their access to prisons and prisoners becomes, the less effective the press will be in its oversight role. This, in turn, hampers the public’s ability to shape government policy, evaluate prison practices, correct abuses and generally reassess our costly…system of criminal justice.”
Learn more about CDCr’s so-called Obscenity Regulations:
VIDEO: Fight Prison Censorship, Free Prisoner Voices! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_TOf5q9r_8
FACT SHEET: CDCR Proposed Censorship Regulation Changes https://prisonerhungerstrikesolidarity.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/fact-sheet-for-cdcr-censorship-regs.pdf
LEGAL ANALYSIS: Analysis of Proposed Contraband Regulations https://prisonerhungerstrikesolidarity.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/legal-analysis-of-the-proposed-contraband-regulations.pdf
LETTER FROM MAJOR LAW FIRM: OPPOSES NEW RULES THAT COULD BAN SF BAY VIEW FROM ALL CA PRISONS https://prisonerhungerstrikesolidarity.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/legal-analysis-of-the-proposed-contraband-regulations.pdf | <urn:uuid:09d97ff6-ad48-48e2-a996-b9fc54e42ca6> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://prisonerhungerstrikesolidarity.wordpress.com/2014/06/22/excellent-article-cdcrs-attempt-to-silence-prisoners-ban-critical-oppositional-publications/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281746.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00288-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.943575 | 1,766 | 1.765625 | 2 |
Location Based Minimal Overhead Shortest Path Routing Protocol in MANET
A Mobile Ad hoc NETwork (MANET) is one consisting of a set of mobile hosts capable of communicating with each other without the assistance of base stations. Mobile ad hoc networks are self-organizing and self-configuring multi hop wireless networks where, the structure of the network changes dynamically. Since a destination node might be out of range of a source node, a routing procedure is always needed to find a path, so as to forward the packets appropriately between the source and the destination. This paper suggests an approach to minimize the routing overhead and focuses to on finding the shortest route to deliver the packet from source to destination and also minimize the time delay for finding the route. | <urn:uuid:7f761210-0a31-4139-a089-da2a03b93e94> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://www.techrepublic.com/resource-library/whitepapers/location-based-minimal-overhead-shortest-path-routing-protocol-in-manet/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988718309.70/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183838-00404-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.930161 | 152 | 2.984375 | 3 |
Written by Robyn Wright ’13
Last week in Election 2012, we went back in time and looked at the history of marriage in the United States. In order to fully understand the debate of legalizing gay marriage, we had to go all the way back to 1705.
A key trend was noticed throughout history; whether it is women’s rights, Native American marriage, interracial marriage, or gay marriage, it is the same argument used over and over again: God made the world this way, and that is how it must remain.
Before the Supreme Court case of Loving vs. Virginia, trial judges had ruled God had put different races on different continents for a reason and that a black woman was forbidden to wed a white man. Today, the argument is God separated the sexes for a reason, so gay men or women are forbidden to marry each other.
The key idea to take away from lecture this week is that marriage in this nation’s history has always been a state-created and state-run business. Having power over who can marry and who cannot is a method by which a government can control its people.
If black women were to have mixed-race children, they would then be able to inherit their father’s property. This was, under no circumstances, allowed to happen. Therefore, interracial marriage was deemed unnatural and unlawful. History disagrees with what is and isn’t natural.
Part of “civilizing” Native Americans involved persuading them to embrace a new concept of marriage. In different tribes, there are records of men marrying men and women marrying women, and when it came to divorce, women could simply move their tipi elsewhere while their husband was away.
Our country is supposed to be a symbol of freedom, but if we deny citizens the right to love, we are denying life’s greatest joy. | <urn:uuid:6ee3b869-6d67-4652-937d-625c7f4d476d> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://blog.knox.edu/election2012/?p=204 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560282926.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095122-00401-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.976448 | 384 | 3.703125 | 4 |
Biopolymers for Medical Applications PDF Free Download
Plastics in Medical Devices is a comprehensive overview of the main types of plastics used in medical device applications. It focuses on the applications and properties that are most important in medical device design, such as chemical resistance, sterilization capability and biocompatibility. The roles of additives, stabilizers, and fillers as well as the synthesis and production of polymers are covered and backed up with a wealth of data tables.
Since the first edition the rate of advancement of materials technology has been constantly increasing. In the new edition Dr. Sastri not only provides a thorough update of the first edition chapters with new information regarding new plastic materials, applications and new requirements, but also adds two chapters – one on market and regulatory aspects and supplier controls, and one on process validation. Both chapters meet an urgent need in the industry and make the book an all-encompassing reference not found anywhere else.
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The road to independence was not a simple tale of civil disobedience.
In America's past, efforts by disadvantaged citizens to secure greater political influence have been met with violent repression.
Despite President Salva Kiir and Vice-President Riek Machar’s calls for calm, hundreds have been killed and thousands displaced in renewed fighting in Juba.
Oscar nominated documentary The Look of Silence follows an optometrist whose brother was killed in Indonesia's 1965 massacre. But to understand the bigger picture, viewers should watch its prequels.
A growing field of policy analysis now focuses on reducing armed violence. Remarkable consensus has emerged at high policy levels around the basic elements of an approach to reduce violence.
South African students have won a pyrrhic victory in their battle for free university education. Will students and their institutions ever be able to interact without violent conflict again?
Whether it's the Islamic State, the Ku Klux Klan – or, yes, even American political parties – groups use music in many of the same ways, for many of the same reasons.
Whenever the crisis in Burundi is discussed, the economy is often overlooked, even though it is central to understanding the backdrop to the most severe crisis since the end of the civil war. | <urn:uuid:74d57943-6cc1-4a5c-8f4f-2b023da3984c> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://theconversation.com/au/topics/political-violence-20501 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280266.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00503-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.959457 | 258 | 2.234375 | 2 |
This staff advisory opinion addresses whether the sale of interests in your client's proposed chain of restaurants triggers the Franchise Rule's disclosure obligations.
In your letter, you state that an unidentified individual ("Owner") will own a majority interest in a chain of six restaurants, each of which will be incorporated separately. Family members and friends of the Owner, as well as other private investors, will own minority interests in several of the corporations. You further state that the Owner also owns a corporation that holds the registered trademark under which all of the restaurants will operate. The trademark holder will license use of the trademark, on a non-exclusive basis, to each of the restaurant outlets, as well as license the use of other intellectual property including "trade dress, recipes, etc."
You now seek advice on several questions concerning the ownership of interests in a franchise. Assuming that each of the proposed business arrangements satisfies the three definitional elements of a franchise, you ask whether the Franchise Rule applies where:
- The franchisor and each franchisee are owned by identical investors;
- The controlling interests (more than 50%) in the franchisor and the franchisee are owned by the same investors, with certain franchisees having additional minority investors;
- The group that owns the franchisor owns less than 50% of a franchise, but still more than any other single investor in such franchisee; and
- The group that owns the franchisor also has exclusive control over the operation of the franchisees by written contract.
You should know that, as a matter of policy, the Commission's Franchise Rule enforcement staff will not issue any staff opinion on the ultimate issue whether, under a specific set of facts, a business relationship is covered by the Franchise Rule. In this instance, we will assume that the Franchise Rule applies to the underlying business arrangement, but will focus on ownership issues, as requested.
II. SALES TO FRANCHISOR "INSIDERS" ARE NOT EXEMPT
The four questions you pose raise essentially two issues:(1) whether a franchisor's ownership interest in a franchise bears upon the application of the Franchise Rule; and(2) assuming it does, whether the Rule's application differs depending upon the level of ownership interest in the franchise outlet by either the franchisor or the franchisee. We conclude that the level of interest in the franchised outlet owned by either the franchisor or franchisee is irrelevant in determining the Rule's application to a franchise sale.
Under the Rule, there is no exemption or exclusion for franchise sales to "insiders;" namely, sales to the same individuals or entities that either own the franchisor, are employed by the franchisor, or are otherwise associated with the franchisor. That said, we note that the Commission in its ongoing Rule amendment proceeding is considering an exemption for franchise sales to the franchisor's officers and owners. On this issue, the Commission stated in its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking:
There does not appear to be any need for disclosures in such circumstances because we can reasonably assume that the prospective franchisee already is familiar with the associated risks. Further, in some instances, a company may wish to offer units to its owners or directors only. If not exempt, these companies would have to got through the burden and expense of creating a disclosure document for isolated sales to company insiders.
64 FR 57294, 57322 (October 22, 1999).
Although the Rule could change in the future to exempt insiders, that is currently not the state of the law, and Commission staff cannot create Rule exemptions through staff advisory opinions. Accordingly, we would encourage you to participate in the ongoing rulemaking effort, if you believe that an exemption should be created by the Commission, as proposed above.
A prospective franchisee therefore must receive the pre-sale disclosures required by the Rule, regardless of his or her level of interest in the franchise. The term "franchisee" is defined as "as person who participates in a franchise relationship as a franchisee, . . . or (2) to whom an interest in a franchise is sold." 16 C.F.R. § 436.2(d)(emphasis added). Unless otherwise specifically excluded or exempted from Rule coverage, all franchisees who participate in the relationship as a franchisee or who obtain an interest in a franchisee should receive disclosures. Any percentage of interest in a franchise will qualify the purchaser as a franchisee. Accordingly, in determining the Rule's application to a franchise sale, the extent of the individual franchisee's ownership interest - be it more or less than 50% - is irrelevant.
Finally, you ask whether the franchisor's control over a franchisee makes a difference. Control, unlike ownership interest, is a relevant factor in determining application of the Rule. One of the three elements of the Rule's definition of a franchise is significant control or assistance. If a franchisor's exercise of control over the franchisee is "significant," which can only be determined on a case-by-case basis, then that element of the definition will be satisfied. As noted above, you already concede for purposes of this advisory that the "control" element is satisfied.
It appears to us, however, that you may be using the word "control" in this instance as a proxy for ownership and are asking whether a franchisor that controls a franchisee (even if the franchisor does not actually own the franchisee) must still provide disclosures under the Rule. As noted above, the fact that a franchisor might have some interest in the franchised outlet - be it complete ownership or a controlling interest - is simply irrelevant under the Rule.
Please be advised that our opinion is based on all the information furnished in your request. This opinion applies only to your client and to the extent that actual company practices conform to the material submitted for review. Please be advised further that the views expressed in this letter are those of the FTC staff. They have not been reviewed, approved, or adopted by the Commission, and they are not binding upon the Commission. However, they do reflect the opinions of the staff members charged with enforcement of the Franchise Rule.
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Peter Jackson Explains Why He's Filming The Hobbit at Groundbreaking Frame Rate
Writing from the set of The Hobbit, Peter Jackson took to Facebook Monday to blog his thoughts on filming at 48 frames per second -- the increased frame rate championed by folks like James Cameron, who will use it to blow minds in Avatar 2 and 3. Jackson is currently filming The Hobbit in 3-D at 48 fps instead of the industry standard 24 fps, and as a result, the Lord of the Rings follow-up will be the first wide release to pave the way into a brave new digital world of filmmaking -- whether or not theaters around the world are ready for it.
"We are indeed shooting at the higher frame rate," wrote Jackson, enthusiastic about the increased picture clarity and reduced eye strain that shooting a 3-D film at 48 fps allows. "The key thing to understand is that this process requires both shooting and projecting at 48 fps, rather than the usual 24 fps (films have been shot at 24 frames per second since the late 1920s). So the result looks like normal speed, but the image has hugely enhanced clarity and smoothness."
Although most films are currently shot at 24 fps and have been for years, Jackson explains that there's no good reason for filmmakers to remain hampered by the reduced frame rate now that digital technologies have reduced the cost of filmmaking. The biggest issue, for Jackson and other filmmakers who follow suit, is that theaters with digital projectors will have to make adjustments in order to project 48 fps films.
"We are hopeful that there will be enough theaters capable of projecting 48 fps by the time The Hobbit comes out where we can seriously explore that possibility with Warner Bros.," he continued. "However, while it's predicted that there may be over 10,000 screens capable of projecting The Hobbit at 48 fps by our release date in Dec. 2012, we don't yet know what the reality will be. It is a situation we will all be monitoring carefully."
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Pixeldust Studios, an Emmy Award-winning digital animation, visual design, and production company, has produced 200 animated sequences that will be featured throughout the new, five-part, mini-series event “Alien Deep with Bob Ballard,” premiering this month on the National Geographic Channel.
A promo of this work can be found at: http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/videos/alien-deep-wrecks-of-the-abyss/ For “Alien Deep with Bob Ballard,” Pixeldust Studios was charged with conceiving and producing dramatic and highly detailed animations depicting everything from the depths of the Earth’s deepest seas, to landscapes on Mars. Rogue waves, ancient shipwrecks, dwellings for human beings built atop oil rigs and the Hawaiian Islands emerging from the Pacific Ocean are just a few examples of these compelling animated sequences. Pixeldust Studios’ primary creative assignment for the “Alien Deep” project was to create complex 3D and VFX shots and photorealistic and stereoscopic animations that would seamlessly blend in with the overall vision of the series producer.
These animations ranged from lighting up the deepest parts of the ocean, to riding the global ocean conveyor belt, to seeing the Hawaiian Islands teaming with underwater sea life, to depicting human beings settled on Mars.
The most significant challenges were creating the various ocean simulations that the Pixeldust team had to deliver, which ranged from calm water to the worst storm ever. Pixeldust artists were challenged with creating shots that appear underwater and shots that appear in zero gravity/outer space. To accomplish these tasks, Ricardo Andrade and his team used bathymetric data to visualize the underwater topography in 3D. The team then rendered out 32-bit EXR image sequences, which gave them the ability to completely control water depth and water density.
The artists used Next Limit’s Realflow to generate "perfect storm" water and ocean simulations. Realwave dynamic systems inside Realflow were used to simulate rogue waves and splashes, rendered with the Mental Images’ Mental Ray renderer. Rendering out 32-bit EXR files in separate passes (color, reflection, refraction, foam), the team was also able to create realistic stormy oceans. The bathymetry data was enhanced with additional texturing and displacements in Autodesk’s Maya and e-on Software’s Vue.
Pixeldust utilized a specialized camera that was connected directly into Maya and recorded the camera operators’ movements, so they could be translated into a 3D scene. This gave the team control to create organic and natural camera moves. The Gamecaster True Virtual 3D camera syncs with native software (Maya) for animating cameras in the scenes.
Finally, Vue helped the artists achieve wide Hawaiian shots and underwater shots with plant growth via the software’s ecosystems.
Pixeldust also made efficient use of Maya dynamics, particle systems, fluids and Mental Ray and Pixar’s Renderman rendering techniques for the project. Other tools included Pixologic’s ZBrush, Andersson Technologies’ Sytheyes, and Adobe’s After Effects and Photoshop. “Ricardo and his team at Pixeldust Studios certainly had their work cut out for them with the large number of highly complex graphics required for this series,” comments Stephen Hunter, executive producer of the series for the National Geographic Channel. “Water replication is one of the most difficult things to accomplish with computer animation, so a great deal of work was involved to get everything right. The end result enhances the viewer experience of this ambitious documentary.”
Ricardo Andrade, founder and executive creative director of Pixeldust Studios, says, “The producers of this extraordinary mini-series presented us with an enormous wealth of data. We were challenged with translating some of this data into amazing, underwater landscapes. For example, we created a fly over of Hawaii with the islands emerging from the water, we recreated a number of historic shipwrecks from ancient Greek and Roman times, and we imagined futuristic dwellings on Mars in which human beings might live.” Andrade points out that especially demanding were the super complex fluid simulations they devised, which ranged from massive rogue waves in the oceans to tiny waves that appear in a teacup held by Dr. Ballard. “Our other animations presented geologically-correct underwater mountains, debris that appears to ‘rain’ down into the water from shipwrecks above, and a variety of Earth views looking down through clouds from outer space.”
Isa Alsup, a renowned 3D stereographer and visual effects artist whose credits include the 3D versions of the feature films “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides,” “Green Lantern,” “Conan,” and “Dolphin Tale,” worked with Pixeldust Studios on the “Alien Deep” episode titled Fires of Creation.
“Pixeldust wanted their already beautiful work to give the audience an impact-filled 3D experience in the stereographic version for this episode,” states Alsup. “In particular, we worked to ensure that our submarine scenes had a genuine ‘being there’ feel.’ We worked on our landscape and underwater flyovers to make them appear magical, with a hyper-real feel that can best be experienced using 3D animation and 3D stereo presentation. Also, having our audience ‘flying’ through the clouds in 3D stereo brings a real Superman moment to the show.” The biggest challenge facing Pixeldust was rebuilding the 2D shots as 3D stereo, throwing away all the depth of illusion tricks used by traditional VFX artists in their work. “On a really short schedule, we were able to deliver all the shots re-mastered in 3D stereo, without using 2D to 3D conversion and with few differences,” adds Alsup. “Then we made sure the 3D stereo version was better than the original. The shots we delivered were uniformly magnificent." | <urn:uuid:89565d5a-5512-418c-84c9-d9f170b7c775> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.cgw.com/Press-Center/In-Focus/2012/Pixeldust-Studios-Creates-Animated-Sequences-For.aspx | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280310.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00181-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.943386 | 1,290 | 2.21875 | 2 |
Now more than ever, we understand that a lot of learning happens outside of the classroom. Having fun, educational places to go in Garden City is a great resource for hands on learning. A child that is learning while having fun is almost as good as sneaking vegetables into their mac and cheese. You’ll find that this community has a wealth of historic information and present-day activities. Here are some of our favorite stops to incorporate fun educational places into your day in Garden City!
The Lee Richardson Zoo
This premiere attraction is at the top of the list. The Lee Richardson Zoo has over 300 native and exotic animals in meticulously landscaped habitats. The habitats are arranged by region. You can quiz your children on where each region is on the map and what the climate is. From bull horns to ostrich beaks, the family can learn the names of unique animal body parts. If you are ready to take your knowledge to the next level, The Lee Richardson Zoo offers educational programs like guided walking tours led by trained staff and volunteers. The Finnup Center for Conservation Education has pre-designed programs to educate children on a variety of biofacts and conversation knowledge.
The Finney Library
We all know that there is plenty of knowledge hidden on the shelves of libraries. The Finney Library is a hotspot for fun and engaging activities for all ages. Imagine taking your toddler to an interactive storytelling and being able to drop off your teenager for craft time at the same place. The event calendar at Finney Library is always full of educational activities. If you want to have a family trip to the library, then try out a scavenger hunt. This printable scavenger hunt is a great way to get everyone involved in opening books and reading. Yes, it’s almost like tricking your children into having fun while reading. Seriously, the Finney Library makes education look fun!
The Windsor Hotel
This downtown hotel is a Garden City icon. After being constructed in 1889, The Windsor Hotel had its glory days as a luxury hotel and has transformed into a symbol of history in Garden City. Now, the current owners, Finney County Preservation Alliance, have set their eyes on a bright future of renovation. They are conveniently located across the street from Stevens Park; and they offer tours on Food Truck Fridays. Take your whole family for a glimpse of the past and to see the inside of an 1800’s luxury hotel. The educational tours are a compelling way to raise funds for the preservation of this relic.
The Finney County History Museum
This community museum is a hallmark feature of Garden City’s history. The Finney County History Museum has worked hard to preserve and display the historical events that shaped this community. Permanent exhibits include ‘C.J. Buffalo Jones,’ ‘Spirit of the Plains,’ and ‘Take Stock in Finney County.’ Buffalo Jones was a founding member of Garden City and the first game warden of Yellowstone National Park. The whole family can learn more about his legacy and what life on the plains used to look like. Additionally, the Finney County History Museum has traveling exhibits that change twice a year. They host everything from period-costumes to 1900’s gun collections. If your family is interested in tracking down your Garden City roots, they have a research library full of family genealogies and photographs. It is worth it to add the Finney County History Museum to your educational itinerary.
The Garden City Arts Museum
There are some people in the family that need a real hands-on activity to get the educational juices flowing. The Garden City Arts Museum is the perfect place for kinesthetic, or hands-on, learners. Take your children to the art gallery to learn the art of critiquing a beautiful painting. We know we could use some tips on that one! Not only do they have a gallery that regularly showcases artistic masterpieces, but they want to teach you how to make them.
The Arts Museum has an amazing schedule jam-packed with opportunities to create your own work of art. Children up to age 14 can participate in an in-studio art camp. These camps teach skills with a variety of mediums from paint to polymer clay. The whole family can get involved in an art kit that can be taken home and constructed in your own home.
For the older kids, sometimes referred to as adults, there is an inspiring range of art projects to take on. The Garden City Arts Museum is willing to teach you how to pour acrylics, craft with resin, design jewelry, and paint with watercolors. They are an awesome resource of artistic knowledge for Garden City.
The Sandsage Bison Range
Last, but certainly not least, the largest bison range in Kansas. The Sandsage Bison Range is an incredibly unique experience that is a short drive from the center of town. The Bison Range has a history of preservation and growth. The thoughtful care that has gone into managing the Sandsage Bison Range is shown in dedicated and knowledgeable volunteers. Everyone can learn something from the graceful and majestic presence of these beasts. These bison have prehistoric ancestors and have evolved over millennials to be the hearty animals we know today. Thankfully, the Sandsage Bison Range offers tours during the warmer months. They can answer all of your nature preservation questions with a reservation for one of their walking tours. | <urn:uuid:8f1a37cb-8612-454b-a417-e77844ad00f4> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.visitgck.com/6-fun-educational-places-to-go-with-the-whole-family/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572161.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815054743-20220815084743-00470.warc.gz | en | 0.955371 | 1,096 | 2.5 | 2 |
روان رنجوری، روزانه، و نشانه های افسردگی: بررسی تعدیل و اثرات واسطه ای
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Publisher : Elsevier - Science Direct (الزویر - ساینس دایرکت)
Journal : Personality and Individual Differences, Volume 42, Issue 7, May 2007, Pages 1367–1378
This study examined the relationship between the personality trait neuroticism (N) and daily hassles in the development of depressive symptoms. Seventy-seven college freshmen completed self-report measures of N, daily hassles, and depression at 3 time points during the academic year. Models of moderation and mediation among N, hassles, and depressive symptoms were examined using regression analysis. High-N individuals were more likely than low-N individuals to develop depressive symptoms under exposure to hassles. Additionally, daily hassles partially mediated the relationship between N and depressive symptoms. Taken together the results of this study indicate that (a) high levels of N exacerbate the effect of daily hassles on the development of depressive symptoms, and (b) a portion of the effect of N on depressive symptoms may be attributed to differential exposure to daily hassles.
It has long been postulated that personality traits may serve as vulnerability factors in the development of depressive symptoms by affecting the manner in which individuals perceive, react to, or cope with stressors. This view holds that individual differences in cognitive, affective, or physiological response to environmental events can predispose some individuals to experience psychological distress, which over time may lead to the development of psychopathology (see Clark, 2005). 1.1. Neuroticism as a vulnerability to depressive symptoms Neuroticism (N) is a higher-order personality dimension related to poor stress coping, irrational thinking, poor impulse control, worry, and high negative affect (Costa & McCrae, 1992). Neuroticism is a strong predictor of psychological problems, especially those related to affective disturbance (Watson, Gamez, & Simms, 2005). Neuroticism is related to the various manifestations of depression. Prospective studies show that high premorbid levels of N predict the first incidence of depression (Hirschfeld et al., 1989), as well as recurrences (Kendler, Neale, Kessler, Heath, & Eaves, 1993). Roberts and Kendler (1999) found that the genetic factors that contribute to N account for close to half of the genetic variance of unipolar depression, and conclude that N is an expression of an underlying genetic vulnerability to this disorder. Data from non-clinical samples also provide evidence that N serves as a trait vulnerability for both anxiety and depression (Clark et al., 1994, Krueger et al., 1996 and Trull and Sher, 1994). Gray’s (1982) behavioral motivation model suggests that N is related to activity of the behavioral inhibition system (BIS). The BIS is proposed to initiate passive-avoidant behavior in the presence of threatening or conditioned aversive stimuli, novel stimuli, and perceptual cues signaling the absence of positive reinforcement. Thus, high N levels are hypothesized to be related to heightened vigilance towards punishment cues and a slowed rate of habituation towards aversive stimuli. This can consequently lead to an increase in distress and greater risk for development of depressive symptoms. | <urn:uuid:9db6de9d-69ef-47ad-b4ce-4faf0754a8d2> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://isiarticles.com/article/35237 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280483.83/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00302-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.865048 | 853 | 2.15625 | 2 |
Princess Cruises was still taking bookings on the Diamond Princess
last week despite a two-day fire that inflicted significant damage
on the vessel as it was being completed at a Japanese shipyard.
The cause of the fire had not been determined as of press time.
The 113,000-ton, 3,100-passenger vessel was scheduled to enter
service on June 19 in Alaska.
The Diamond Princess is the first of two ships ordered by
Princess parent P&O Princess Cruises from the Mitsubishi Heavy
Industries shipyard in Nagasaki, Japan.
“The extent of the damage is not as yet known, but appears to be
significant,” according to a statement from P&O headquarters in
London. “It will take some time to assess the extent of the damage
and any consequent delay to the scheduled delivery.”
A Mitsubishi spokesman told Reuters that it was unclear whether
the ship could be salvaged.
“Until a full assessment can be made of the damage, we’re not
making a decision on how it will impact the ship’s first season in
Alaska,” Princess spokeswoman Julie Benson said. “If we need to, we
can very easily move Diamond passengers to our new Star Princess,
which will operate the exact same itinerary only a day later. And
we do have space on the Star Princess.”
The Diamond and Star ships are scheduled to operate Inside
Passage cruises roundtrip from Seattle next summer.
P&O Princess said it has contracts with the shipyard and
insurance policies to shield the company from major losses in the
event of extensive damage or a delay in delivery. Mitsubishi also
The Diamond Princess, with construction costs estimated at $450
million, was designed as the largest ship in the Princess
The second ship under construction at Mitsubishi, the Sapphire
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The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is suing Valve over its Steam refund policy, which it contends is in breach of Australian law.
Valve does not provide refunds for any products purchased on its massive US-based digital distribution platform, Steam. However, Australians are guaranteed refunds for faulty goods under Australian Consumer Law:
The ACCC alleges that Valve made false or misleading representations to Australian customers of Steam that:
- consumers were not entitled to a refund for any games sold by Valve via Steam in any circumstances;
- Valve had excluded, restricted or modified statutory guarantees and/or warranties that goods would be of acceptable quality;
- Valve was not under any obligation to repair, replace or provide a refund for a game where the consumer had not contacted and attempted to resolve the problem with the computer game developer; and the statutory consumer guarantees did not apply to games sold by Valve.
There are more than 75 million gamers actively using Steam. According to worldwide Steam sales by region, Australia and New Zealand accounted for 5 percent of Steam’s total sales in 2013.
Steam's refund policy states, “As with most software products, unless required by local law, we do not offer refunds or exchanges on games, DLC or in-game items purchased on our website or through the Steam Client.” [Emphasis added.]
ACCC Chairman Rod Sims said Australian Consumer Law applies to any business providing goods or services within Australia.
“Valve may be an American based company with no physical presence in Australia, but it is carrying on business in Australia by selling to Australian consumers, who are protected by the Australian Consumer Law.
“It is a breach of the Australian Consumer Law for businesses to state that they do not give refunds under any circumstances, including for gifts and during sales,” said Sims. “Under the Australian Consumer Law, consumers can insist on a refund or replacement at their option if a product has a major fault.
“The consumer guarantees provided under the Australian Consumer Law cannot be excluded, restricted or modified.”
Valve's Doug Lombardi has responded, saying the company intends to fully cooperate.
“We are making every effort to cooperate with the Australian officials on this matter while continuing to provide Steam services to our customers across the world, including Australian gamers.”
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In general, the sun rises in the east and sets in the west because of the Earth's eastward spin. However, depending on where the observer is in relation to the equator and the time of year, the sun rises and sets either to the north or to the south of due east and due west. In fact, it is only on two days, the spring and fall equinoxes, that the sun rises due east and sets due west.Continue Reading
The Earth spins around its axis once every 24 hours, and it is this motion that makes the sun, the moon and the stars appear to rise and set every day. However, because the Earth is inclined at an angle (23.5 degrees), its poles tilt towards or away from the sun depending on the time of year. For an observer in the Northern hemisphere, this means that in summer, the sun rises in the northeast and sets in the northwest, while in winter, it rises in the southeast and sets in the southwest.
On the day of the summer or winter solstice, the sun rises and sets at its most northern or southern location. How far north or south the sun appears on the horizon on any give day depends on latitude. For example, as one travels farther north in winter, the sun rises and sets farther to the south. In fact, beyond the Arctic Circle, there are days in December when the sun never rises above the horizon, conversely there are days in June when it never sets.Learn more about Hours, Minutes, & Seconds | <urn:uuid:5925c8d2-572f-42cc-8451-9177023b96e8> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://www.reference.com/science/directions-sun-rise-set-c56d608ec852fb9b | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280835.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00042-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.958987 | 311 | 3.875 | 4 |
Tenth Confirmed Human Case of EEE Kills Freetown Man
FREETOWN — The tenth human case of Eastern Equine Encephalitis in Massachusetts has killed a man in his 70’s from Freetown.
The wife of 78-year-old James Longworth told WCVB her husband was in a coma for three days before passing away on Thursday.
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) announced Friday that lab tests have confirmed the case. The hospital has reported to DPH that the patient died as a result of his illness.
DPH has also confirmed a second human case of West Nile virus, a man in his 50s from Plymouth County.
There are 35 communities now at critical risk, 40 at high risk, and 128 at moderate risk for the EEE virus in Massachusetts. A map of the state’s current EEE risk levels can be found here.
“We continue to emphasize the need for people to protect themselves from mosquito bites,” said Public Health Commissioner Monica Bharel, MD, MPH.
“The unusually warm weather expected this weekend will increase outdoor activity among people and mosquitoes. It is absolutely essential that people take steps to avoid being bitten by a mosquito.”
In addition to the 10 human cases of EEE this season in Massachusetts, there have also been eight confirmed cases of EEE this year in animals - seven horses and a goat. Two people have died from EEE.
State officials continue to remind residents throughout the Commonwealth to take personal precautions to prevent mosquito bites. Residents can learn more about EEE and ways to protect themselves on DPH’s website.
EEE is a rare but serious and potentially fatal disease that can affect people of all ages. EEE occurs sporadically in Massachusetts with the most recent outbreak years occurring from 2004-2006 and 2010-2012. There were 22 human cases of EEE infection during those two outbreak periods with 14 cases occurring among residents of Bristol and Plymouth counties.
EEE virus has been found in 421 mosquito samples this year, many of them from species of mosquitoes capable of spreading the virus to people. An additional 76 mosquitos have tested positive for WNV.
As previously announced, the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources (MDAR) is conducting aerial spraying for mosquitoes tonight and through the weekend in parts of Bristol and Plymouth counties. As always, aerial spraying is weather and equipment dependent and falling evening temperatures will affect the ability to conduct an effective spraying operation.
Residents are encouraged to visit the DPH website at www.mass.gov/eee for the latest updates on spraying in their communities.
The DPH offers these tips to the public to avoid EEE or West Nile Virus infection:
Avoid Mosquito Bites
Apply Insect Repellent when Outdoors. Use a repellent with an EPA-registered ingredient (DEET (N, N-diethyl-m-toluamide), permethrin, picaridin (KBR 3023), oil of lemon eucalyptus [p-methane 3, 8-diol (PMD)] or IR3535) according to the instructions on the product label. DEET products should not be used on infants under two months of age and should be used in concentrations of 30% or less on older children. Oil of lemon eucalyptus should not be used on children under three years of age.
Be Aware of Peak Mosquito Hours
The hours from dusk to dawn are peak biting times for many mosquitoes. Consider rescheduling outdoor activities that occur during evening or early morning in areas of high risk.
Clothing Can Help Reduce Mosquito Bites
Wearing long-sleeves, long pants and socks when outdoors will help keep mosquitoes away from skin.
Mosquito-Proof Your Home
Drain Standing Water. Mosquitoes lay their eggs in standing water. Limit the number of places around your home for mosquitoes to breed by draining or discarding items that hold water. Check rain gutters and drains. Empty unused flowerpots and wading pools and change the water in birdbaths frequently.
Install or Repair Screens. Keep mosquitoes outside by having tightly-fitting screens on all of your windows and doors.
Protect Your Animals
Animal owners should reduce potential mosquito breeding sites on their property by eliminating standing water from containers such as buckets, tires, and wading pools – especially after heavy rains. Water troughs should be flushed out at least once a week during the summer months to reduce mosquitoes near paddock areas. Horse owners should keep horses in indoor stalls at night to reduce their risk of exposure to mosquitoes. Owners should also speak with their veterinarian about mosquito repellents approved for use in animals and vaccinations to prevent WNV and EEE. If an animal is suspected of having WNV or EEE, owners are required to report to DAR, Division of Animal Health by calling 617-626-1795 and to the Department of Public Health (DPH) by calling 617-983-6800. | <urn:uuid:dcc0e75a-23ce-4bb6-ab1d-50523c707ebc> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://wbsm.com/tenth-confirmed-human-case-of-eee-kills-freetown-man/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00474.warc.gz | en | 0.949317 | 1,043 | 1.71875 | 2 |
Manhattan Scientifics executed an agreement to collaborate with The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (MDACC) to advance, demonstrate and validate a breakthrough technology developed by Edward R. Flynn, PhD, for the very early detection of cancer. Dr. Flynn is the founder and chief scientist of MHTX’s subsidiary, Senior Scientific LLC.
Senior Scientific is seeking to commercialize this patented non-invasive technology using ultra-sensitive magnetic detectors to locate, identify and measure tumors thousands of times smaller than detectable using current technologies.
Manhattan Scientifics, Inc., together with the National Institute of Health, financed the development and construction of the new medical instrument that may become the next important evolutionary step in cancer diagnostics, which we believe will provide a dramatic advance beyond PET, MRI, CT and X-ray.
Senior Scientific selected MD Anderson to test the new system because of MD Anderson’s advanced cancer research facilities and the shared goal of bringing Senior Scientific’s technology from "bench to bedside.”
MD Anderson is collaborating with Senior Scientific to test the technology because of its potential to avoid false positives and provide the ability to detect cancer years earlier than other approaches. In many cancers, early detection is the key to cure.
Senior Scientific’s technology uses iron oxide nanoparticles and biomarkers to target specific cancer cell receptors. The instrument is used to rapidly magnetize, and then detect, the nanoparticles that have found cancer cells. The resulting measurement is specific to the targeted cells and is much more sensitive than existing technologies.
Following two years of informal collaboration, MD Anderson and Senior Scientific have now inked a deal to formally collaborate on this technology seeking a path toward FDA approval and human diagnostic applications. Under the collaboration agreement announced today, Senior Scientific will supply a next generation instrument to MD Anderson during the first quarter of 2014. MD Anderson will be the first institution to use the new technology in its cancer research programs.
Dr. Flynn said, "Cancer remains the second most common cause of death in the U.S., accounting for nearly one of every four deaths. Our formal collaboration with MD Anderson brings to fruition years of research from our MHTX team. I am excited to reach this important milestone which places our ground breaking technology into the skilled hands of the physicians and researchers at MDACC to help fight Cancer, the emperor of all maladies." | <urn:uuid:f851f9ec-7434-4145-8278-fa2840d59e5f> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.azonano.com/news.aspx?NewsID=29252 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280791.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00365-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.927434 | 484 | 1.71875 | 2 |
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LOCATION.--Lat 44°37'51.6", long 91°58'16.8", in NW1/4, SW 1/4 sec.21, T.25 N., R.13W., Pepin County, Hydrologic Unit 07050005, on right bank in Durand, downstream side of U.S. Highway 10 bridge, and 9.5 mi downstream from Red Cedar River.
DRAINAGE AREA.--9,010 square miles.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--July 1928 to present.
REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 785: 1930, 1934(M). WSP 875: 1930 (monthly and yearly runoff). WSP 925: 1938. WSP 1508: 1929(M), 1932. WDR WI-82-1: Drainage area.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and crest stage gage. Datum of gage is 692.67 ft above NAVD88. Prior to Oct. 29, 2007, located about 1000 ft. downstream, on left bank 75' downstream from old hwy 10 bridge at datum 694.59. Prior to Dec. 9, 1930, nonrecording gage at bridge 1400 ft downstream at datum 694.59.
REMARKS.--Flow regulated by powerplants, Moose Lake, Lake Chippewa, Rest Lake, Flambeau Flowage, and Lake Wissota on Chippewa and Flambeau Rivers. Gage-height telemeter and data-collection platform at station.Flood Stage was changed from 11.0 ft. to 13.0 ft. when the gage was moved.
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Whoa... guys...chill out!!! Some of you have been going at it most of the night, I see. Nothing is that important...., nothing worth getting that worked up about.... Have a beer..., hell..., have two beers. Kick back in that easy chair. Click your heels together three times and recite THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME. THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME. Soon you'll be back in Kansas with Toto and Auntie Em. Try it..., it really works!!!
OK, you're feeling better already, aren't you???
Now that we're all nice and relaxed, let's try and sort through things: The CIA came into being in 1947. It was a direct offshoot of the OSS (Office of Strategic Services). We're all in agreement ??? Good! The OSS came into being during WWII to coordinate the activities of the various military intelligence agencies (ie. Army Intelligence, Naval Intelligence). We're still in agreement??? Just checking... Now focus on the word "coordinate." Army Intelligence was a completely separate entity in its own right, and wouldn't necessarily share any of its information with any other internal intelligence organization. Particularly, I cannot see Army Intelligence sharing information on such grave, incriminating matters involving a previous historical war. But you see, neither the OSS or the CIA were in existance during WWI. This is an important point..., take notes.
In 1948, during a CIA interrogation, Heinrich Mueller related a story told to him by a certain Dr. Walter Schreiber during a bacteriological warfare conference in Berlin in 1944. Dr. Schreiber was head of the German Army Medical Corps, and in 1927, traveled to the US to meet with his American counterparts at a conference on germ warfare. At this conference, his American counterparts admitted their culpability in the Spanish Influenza outbreak of 1918. Spanish Influenza was intended to decimate the ranks of the German Army, but the German Army had already surrendered, and the disease came back on the American troops, who were then re-stationed back in the US at the end of the war...The disease first started appearing in very isolated areas, and then spread and evolved into one of the worst pandemics in human history.
We would then come to the issue of documentation. Dr. Makow says that Mueller"s historical papers, which were quite voluminous (850,000 pages) were retrieved through the Freedom of Information Act. Who actually retrieved these documents is left somewhat vague by Makow, or my recollection may be somewhat limited. In any event, minor point... The main issue is that Makow says he reviewed these documents at the National Archives, and found them to be of considerable scholarly content. And the shere voluminous nature of this kind of scholarly documentation points far away from any type of forgery...
That would finally lead to the question: How and from whom were these supposedly secret papers obtained? Again, Makow is somewhat vague here. Makow says that Mueller's papers were left with a certain "Gregory Douglas." This name, according to Makow, is likely a pseudonym for Mueller's nephew, with whom he was known to have left his papers. How were these papers acquired from Mueller's nephew? Remember that Germany was under military occupation/rule and access to any archival information was unlimited by Allied forces. Or Mueller's nephew or family may have eventually released these important historical papers. In any event, they now apparently reside in the US National Archives (National Archives and Records Administration
). In closing, I will repeat an excerpt from Dr. Makow's article, cited in an earlier thread:
Is Mueller credible? In my opinion he is. Gregory Douglas apparently is a pseudonym for his nephew with whom he left his papers. Normally a hoax would not run to thousands of pages. The Interrogation is 800 pages. The Memoirs are 250 pages. The microfilmed Archive apparently covers 850,000 pages. Finally, the material I have read is incredibly well informed, consistant and full of plausible revelations.
I am deeply sorry to have ruffled your feathers ... this is ordinarily not my way.... You're a big girl. You can take it. It comes with the turf...
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The obscure Coppock brand of electric guitars first surfaced in 1994, with the publication of Electric Guitars & Basses: A Photographic History, by guitar historians George Gruhn and Walter Carter. And though it was loaded with lovingly detailed information about many rare guitars, one photograph the authors highlighted – on the book’s table of contents – was of an electric lap-steel with an enigmatic logo on the headstock and an aesthetic profile that lent hint it was no Fender or Gibson. Perhaps, though, what most justified its prominent inclusion was its green-and-yellow plastic-sheathed body with art-deco motif.
The accompanying caption revealed that the otherwise well-informed Gruhn and Carter apparently knew next to nothing about the instrument. Indeed, their brief text offered no specific information whatsoever about the guitar (or its origins), instead, merely noting the obvious – that the Coppock was an obscurity whose appearance hinted at inspiration via instruments produced in earlier decades by two pioneering Los-Angeles-area builders – the National String Company and Electro String (i.e. Rickenbacker).
A decade later, speculation erupted online about that Coppock guitar, with nearly every contributor confessing ignorance about the instrument and its origins. One Canadian blogger guessed that perhaps Coppock was that old “English importer of musical instruments” known as “J.T. Coppock (Leeds) Ltd.” Another, from Massachusetts, took Gruhn and Carter’s thought one step further, guessing, “…it looks like a National product branded for Coppock.” Then a U.K. player chimed in with, “… it’s entirely possible that it’s a knock off of a [National] New Yorker [lap steel].” Another, from San Francisco, said, “This instrument may well be a European copy of a National.” Others suggested the color of its knobs hinted at its country of origin, or that it was made by Guyatone or some other Japanese maker of the ’50s.
So things stood until March of 2009, when another Coppock instrument surfaced for sale in Seattle. Only this time, it came with a solid story supporting its provenance. The seller, Terry Davis, happened to be the instrument’s original owner, and subsequent research unearthed the back-story about the instruments and their maker.
John Lee Coppock was born in Minnesota in 1899, and in 1911, his family moved west to the hamlet of Peshastin, Washington. Located in the Cascade Mountains (east of Seattle), Peshastin was apple-growing country and the Coppocks acquired a sizable orchard along the Wenatchee River. In time, John picked up the guitar and his brother, Paul, took up singing, and they performed around the area as a duo. In 1916, John heard a Hawaiian record playing in a music shop and was enchanted by its exotic sounds. Borrowing his aunt’s Spanish guitar and using a bicycle wrench as a tone bar, he began teaching himself lap-steel techniques.
In 1917, a Hawaiian group performed in Peshastin, and Coppock was further inspired. After much practice (and acquiring a new Gibson guitar), he and some pals formed the Coppock Quintet, and started playing locally. But in 1923, Coppock moved to California, where he eventually performed with Roscoe Karns’ Bird of Paradise (an island-themed stage production), with Dick McIntire, and with Irene West’s show. By ’25, Paul had joined him in Hollywood, and they formed Coppock’s Hawaiians (with native ukulele ace Dave Mahuka), and became peers with some of the most famous Hawaiian steel guitarists of the era, including the early master, Sol Ho’opi’i.
Ho’opi’i and Coppock’s groups both made a bit of history that year, when they cut recordings for the Hollywood & Sunset Records family of labels, which were one of the very first half-dozen active labels in Los Angeles. Recorded at Sunset’s headquarters (66151/2 Santa Monica Blvd), Coppock’s 78-r.p.m. disc (Sunset Records #1162) – “Tie Me To Your Apron Strings Again” and “The Prisoner’s Song”- was originally sold exclusively through the Kress department-store chain, and that limited distribution mode surely helped them to be acknowledged today as among the rarest 78s from the West Coast.
Out of print for eight decades, those recordings by Coppock’s Hawaiians (which mistakenly credited Mahuka as vocalist rather than Paul) finally resurfaced in 2007 on a compilation CD produced in the United Kingdom by Grass Skirt Records (GSK 1002). And, interestingly, though the folks who produced it and penned the liner notes are experts, even they had to admit that, “Almost nothing is known about Coppock’s Hawaiian Quartet… the band is a total mystery.”
Well, that mystery has been solved. During his Hollywood years, “Johnny” Coppock befriended many top musicians (including other Hawaiian stars like Andy Iona and cowboy stars the Sons of the Pioneers), played many prominent gigs, and even auditioned for the movies and a position with the Paul Whiteman Orchestra. In 1929, he married Verna Mae Palmer, and before long, Coppock opened an instructional studio in a rental house on Long Beach Boulevard in the Southgate neighborhood of L.A. Not long after, Coppock acquired one of National’s metal-bodied resonator guitars, and by ’31 he (and everyone else in his newly-reconstituted band) was playing them. Around this time, the Coppock String Group began performing on area radio stations (including KFVD in San Pedro) and his theme song was always “Imi Au Ia Oe.”
Meanwhile, Coppock took an interest in the new electrified instruments being produced in L.A. by Adolph Rickenbacker, and one photo shows his group with (among other instruments), two Rickenbacker amplifiers, a “Frying Pan” lap steel, and two Rickenbacker Spanish Electrics – including one of only two archtop/f-hole Electro Artist models reportedly ever made.
In addition to taking on music students and performing live, on radio, and in recording sessions, the ever-ambitious Coppock began experimenting with the manufacture of electric Hawaiian guitars. Coppock’s son, Donovan (b. 1933), recalled his father always proudly stating that he had completed the making of a desk-sized triple-neck console lap steel, just prior to Don’s first birthday. By that point, Coppock had moved his studio to a house at 7029 Santa Fe Avenue (and then to 2819 Gage Avenue) in Huntington Park, and began making guitars he sold to his students. Don recalls that at some point, his dad’s group took a road trip east that included tour stops in Durango, Colorado – and Cleveland, Ohio, a hotbed of the Hawaiian craze and home base of the Oahu Publishing Co.’s Honolulu Conservatory of Music.
Coppock was, according to his son, a very forward-thinking man who took an interest in using new materials to build his instruments. He even went so far as to study at the nearby Plastics Institute, which helps explain the extravagant usage of various plastics as coatings on his guitars. At some point, he made a few two- and three-neck guitars that bore a resemblance to National’s ’38 Grand Console. But of even greater significance is the fact that in the ’30s, Coppock apparently built one of the first solidbody electric Spanish guitars in history, constructed of a radical substance – a thick slab of clear Lucite or plexiglass.
Then, when the U.S. entered World War II in 1941, and Coppock could no longer get mahogany from the Philippines, he had to substitute inferior Honduran mahogany for his guitars’ bodies. Frustrated by that turn of events, he stopped making guitars for several years. Long story short; after working for a couple years at the shipyards, in 1944, Coppock and his young family moved in with his aging parents back in Peshastin, and they all carried on working the apple orchard. Even though Coppock also eventually got a job with E.L. Sawyer’s Peshastin Box & Lumber Company (where he apparently acquired superior pine boards for some guitar projects), he never gave up on music, performing locally, and also repairing other local musicians’ instruments in his wood shop. He also took on his first local student, Austin Riley, who initially learned on an old acoustic. At that time, Coppock was playing an electric lap steel he’d built for himself, which fascinated Riley.
A few months later, Coppock offered to build Riley an electric lap steel, and he selected a design from a few Coppock had sketched out. Before long, Riley had his own instrument (plus an amplifier built by another Peshastin neighbor) – and a wild thing it was! Constructed with a thin (1.25″) body whose (probably alder) core was sheathed with vertically aligned black-and-white plastic panels, the guitar also had a 25″-scale neck and clear plastic knobs.
The instrument had sleek lines that were undeniably reminiscent of the black-and-white, vertically aligned, ’35 National New Yorker lap steel. What the new Coppock guitar also shared was a design element around the bridge and pickup that is clearly reminiscent of National’s distinctively shield-shaped logo.
Meanwhile, circa 1950, Coppock tried to teach his son to play bass so they could perform together. And even though his father made him a one-off tubular electric stand-up bass, Don never really had the knack for it. At least the instrument didn’t go to waste though; a photo from a year or two later shows another local kid playing it with a group of Coppock’s other students.
One of Coppock’s last students was Terry Davis, a local kid who began taking lessons in 1954 or ’55 in his teacher’s crowded shop. “It was just a mess,” Davis recalled in a recent interview. “There were parts of electric guitars all over the place! We’d sometimes have to move things just to play.” In time, Davis’ parents rewarded him by having Coppock build him a lap steel – an instrument that was essentially identical to Riley’s, but with a standard 221/2″ neck, like all other lap steels Coppock was making (including a new one for himself). | <urn:uuid:77452e73-fc6f-4ffb-b5cb-2fbd058cfc5c> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.vintageguitar.com/3905/coppock-guitars/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560279915.8/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095119-00280-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.976166 | 2,324 | 2.234375 | 2 |
Flash back to October 8, 2005: Stanford Racing Team's “Stanley”—a tweaked VW Touareg with robotic innards—kicks up a cloud of triumphal dust as it crosses the finish line at the DARPA Grand Challenge in Primm, Nevada. Stanley was the first of four unmanned vehicles that day to complete a 132-mile desert course replete with rocks, treacherous inclines, and cliff-side hairpin turns. Though Stanford's team grabbed the $2 million top prize, the event represented a collective victory for autonomous vehicle developers. After Stanley and its cohorts proved their mettle, self-driving cars started to seem less like a Jetsons-inspired pipe dream and more like the automotive wave of the future.
DARPA is upping the real-world ante with this year's Urban Challenge, held in Victorville, Calif. The field of 11 robotic finalists won't just need to steer, turn, and brake successfully to navigate the 60-mile course; they'll also have to obey traffic laws and signals, negotiate merges on lane-marked roads, and carry out simulated battlefield supply missions. The race organizers' immediate objectives are military—Congress has pledged to replace one-third of its operational ground fleet with autonomous vehicles by 2015—but if this year's entrants can pull off bravura performances, the civilian implications will be enormous. Robotics engineers envision a new generation of computerized cars that will redefine the term “autopilot,” ferrying passengers unassisted from point A to point B, maintaining ideal speed at all times, and braking for dogs and bikes faster than any human driver ever could.
The first vehicle to complete the course will win $2 million, and second- and third-place finishers will bank $1 million and $500,000 respectively. Flag fall will take place at 8 am Pacific time tomorrow—stay tuned for up-to-the-minute live coverage of the race.—Elizabeth Svoboda | <urn:uuid:cab850a1-48c0-432d-98ae-6557ac0292d2> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://popsci.typepad.com/popsci/2007/11/darpa-urban-gra.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560282202.61/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095122-00547-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.931298 | 403 | 2.5 | 2 |
Sydney dominates Australia's "creative industries", a new report has found, reaping a disproportionate share of the $45 billion-a-year sector thanks to its strengths in marketing, media, design and IT.
Almost 40 per cent of those employed in creative jobs in Australia are based in NSW, a report by consultancy, SGS Economics and Planning, has found. Next highest was Victoria with 28 per cent.
NSW’s creative workforce numbered 232,000 in 2011 which was 7.8 per cent of the state’s total employment. That compared with the national average of 6.2 per cent.
Within the creative industries, music and performing arts, software development and design and visual arts had experienced the strongest real annual output growth over the previous five years. Film, television and radio had remained stable, but the writing and publishing sector had experienced significant decline.
SGS Economics and Planning estimates creative industries added more than $45 billion to Australia’s gross domestic product in 2011-12 and generated annual exports of $3.2 billion.
Terry Rawnsley, an economist at SGS Economics and Planning, said Sydney was especially strong in marketing, media and publishing.
“These types of firms don’t grow everywhere, they are attracted to a few different things especially access to skilled labour,” he said.
“Sydney has a critical mass that helps attract creative businesses”
Sydney now has several creative industry employment hubs including Surry Hills and Macquarie Park.
“There is an agglomeration of clustering effect,” Rawnsley said.
“These businesses often like to be in what’s perceived to be a creative environment, a hip and happening place where workers can mix, not only with people from their own industry, but also with people from related industries.”
A recent study by the City of Sydney found almost a quarter of the workers in Surry Hills, Redfern and Moore Park were employed in the creative sector.
Rawnsley said the public amenity that comes with Sydney’s creative industries has broader economic spin-offs.
“It helps attract skilled labour from across the world because there’s a lot happening and the creative industry is a big part of that,” he said.
NSW was home to more than 47,000 creative businesses in 2011, the report found. The largest proportion were in software and interactive content development (41 per cent) followed by design and visual arts (18 per cent) and music and performing arts (12 per cent). It also found creative workers were relatively well paid compared to those employed in other industries.
SGS’s analysis showed about 40 per cent of creative workers are “embedded” in non-creative sectors. On average, these embedded creatives earned an even higher income than those doing creative professions within creative industries.
“This pattern was found particularly evident in Sydney and the ACT,” the report said. “This implies a strong demand for creatives embedded in non-creative industries.”
In NSW four major industries of employment for these embedded creatives were wholesale trade, manufacturing, financial and insurance services and professional, scientific and technical services.
The study measured the economic value of music and performing arts; film, television and radio; advertising and marketing; software development and interactive content; writing, publishing and print media; design and visual arts; and architecture. | <urn:uuid:4cf6b88c-0c55-4f7d-b261-a40cbe1f0207> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.smh.com.au/national/about-us/nsw-dominates-creative-industries-report-20140629-zspzy | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560279489.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095119-00009-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.9646 | 726 | 1.78125 | 2 |
NetGuardian 216 SMS: Report Alarms to phones and Text Message Receivers
The NetGuardian 216 SMS uses text message technology to transmit SNMP traps to your SNMP manager, or to your cellular device as alarms become active.
Receive text message alarms via GSM/CDMA
In the diagram above, the NetGuardian 216 SMS is sending direct SMS text messages to a cell phone. It is also transmitting specially encoded messages to an SMS Receiver. The SMS Receiver can accept text messages from many NetGuardians, then transmits them via DCP or SNMP to your SNMP manager. This approach gets rid of the need for third-party data providers or to open your firewall to potential security threats.
With SMS, you can send realtime alerts to your technicians, warning them of potential service outages, or any other danger to reliable up-time. If your site doesn't currently have a mode of communication, or simply needs a mode of backup communication, the NetGuardian 216 SMS is an affordable option for monitoring remote sites.
The NetGuardian 216 SMS supports both CDMA and GSM, allowing you to bring your own SIM card with a real phone number and get notified of alarms right away. Paired with the SMS Receiver, you can send your SNMP Traps to your master station. The SMS Receiver is a flexible device that can accept both CDMA and GSM connections natively.
If you're looking for a backup communication method in case of LAN failure, the NetGuardian 216 SMS can switch to use SMS from LAN and is a great addition to your network monitoring system. With this intelligent switching, you also don't have to worry about duplicate or nuisance alarms. It's an effective way to stay in the know of what's going on at your remote sites.
An affordable option to monitor sites in your network
- Wireless CDMA/GSM - Report alarms via SMS (plans starting at $2.35 per month), either direct to your mobile phone or to your alarm master via the SMS Receiver.
- Right-size capacity for small sites: 16 discrete alarms, 2-8 analog inputs, 2 controls and 1 terminal server port.
- No third-party data services required.
- Reports alarms to your phone, any SNMP manager, or the T/Mon Remote Alarm Monitoring System.
- Build options include back panel cellular modem, serial port, or POTS modem.
- Reports to a lot of SNMP managers - great for reporting alarms to different departments.
- 4-threshold analog monitoring (Major Over, Minor Over, Minor Under and Major Under).
- Terminal server port for LAN access to switches, routers, PBXs and other serial-interface devices.
- Intuitive Web Interface GUI (via LAN).
- Automated 24/7 Email Alerts via LAN.
- Alarm alert messages (SMS) to your cell phone.
- Logs Local Events, so you can track trends and locate recurring network problems.
- Optional dual -48 VDC or 110 VAC power input.
- Compact rack mount form factor .
- Security: Encrypted SMS messages between the NetGuardian 216 and SMS receiver, without any IP routing involved.
- Will only send reports when alarms occur; however, keep alive, or "heartbeat", messages can be configured.
- Comes with single rack ear (2nd Ear optional, recommended)
- Free lifetime firmware upgrades.
- Windows-based configuration backup utility: Stores and restores all your configuration files for mass re-loading.
- Optional POTS modem supplies alternate path reporting to pagers & T/MON.
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Nymbler is the smart baby name guide that responds to your personal taste.
Nymbler makes name connections with insights from baby-naming expert Laura Wattenberg, author of The Baby Name Wizard.
WittieInspire Nymbler with Wittie
A boy's name of English, Flemish and Polish origin. Wittie has never been a common name in the United States. Meaning: Polish: life. English: a form of Whit. Flemish: a short form of DeWitt.
U.S. popularity statistics:
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So, here we are - a week away, and regardless of what happens in the presidential election, change of a historic nature is going to happen. Many of the proposed legislative changes that may result (the Paycheck Fairness Act, the ENDA, etc.) give me cause for pause as a business person due to increased governmental oversight. Oddly enough, I'm OK with most of the employment-related ones as a HR pro.
The reason I'm OK with those proposed changes as a HR pro? Every company I've ever worked for has always strived to be better than the law in those areas. No situation is ever perfect, but when good people try to do the right thing, increased legislation isn't generally a big deal in the employment law arena. There's always some cost to defend frivolous claims, but hey, that's business. The laws are consistent with how most of us treat people (which is to say fairly), and laws generally get written for 10% of the population. Play on.
But, there's one bill that is in direct opposition to treating employees fairly, even though the name suggests otherwise - The Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA). Proposed by the Democratic party, the EFCA will actually remove the right to a confidential vote for/against a union representing workers in the workplace. It doesn't give rights to individual employees, it actually takes them away.
Is that American? You make the call. I'm moderate in a lot of things, and the only way I can say that's American is that a huge special interest group (the unions, surprise!) has funnelled hundreds of millions of dollars to the Democratic party to make this special interest law a reality.
If it passes, we only need to look to our friends across the pond, and to Margaret Thatcher, to see what happens next. Why am I bringing up Margaret Thatcher? She was another historic election winner, serving as the Prime Minister of England from 1979 to 1990, and remains the first and only woman to date to hold the post. Sound familiar?
Claire Berlinski isn’t an expert on labor unions, she’s an expert on Margaret Thatcher. Learn from history in Berlinski's great article in the City Journal regarding Thatcher’s 1980 Employment Act. Berlinski writes:
When Thatcher was elected in 1979, Britain had just endured a winter of discontent—a season of strikes and trade union agitation so severe that the nation stood effectively paralyzed. Food supplies were interrupted, whole industries choked, and exports fell. “We don’t want to increase our trade with you,” said the Soviet trade minister to his British counterpart. “You’re always on strike.” Rubbish piled up on the streets that winter; at one point, so did human corpses. This was what had become of a nation that was once the world’s greatest trading power.
For obvious reasons, Thatcher put reform of the trade union law at the top of her agenda. Among the key provisions of Britain’s 1980 Employment Act was a change in the way government would recognize unions. At the time, workers voted to join unions—or not—in public, by voice vote. Dissenters suffered harassment and physical intimidation. Henceforth, Thatcher decided, new union membership agreements would require approval by means of a secret ballot in order to protect rank-and-file workers from bullying by union organizers. If allowed to vote secretly, she believed, ordinary workers would not vote for policies against their long-term interests—such as pay raises so incommensurate with production as to render British businesses uncompetitive, or strikes so prolonged as to make even the Soviets unwilling to buy British goods.
I don't claim to know the impact of the EFCA on the economy. I know the law is bad for employees and companies, in that order. It's a classic special interest, overreaching grab that runs counter to many things the Democratic party has always stood for. Remember what it means to you and your employees when you vote as a HR pro.
If the EFCA is signed into law? I suspect we'll see another change agent down the road who rises and restores the right to a confidential vote for/against union representation back to the employee.
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Sunday's letters: Couldn’t spare four minutes?
Really? Four minutes and 10 seconds could not be found for the poet laureate of South Carolina, Marjory Wentworth, to read her poem at Gov. Nikki Haley’s inaugural ceremony? Gov. Haley could not shave this small amount of time off her 40-minute walk down the Statehouse steps?
The poem, a tradition in today’s inaugural ceremonies, is eagerly awaited by many. Who, if they are a certain age, can forget Robert Frost’s reciting of “The Gift Outright” at John F. Kennedy’s swearing in? Shame on you, powers that be.
Yes, perhaps Wentworth’s poem, “One River, One Boat,” is a little edgy, a bit painful and uncomfortable, but it is spot-on honest. Could it be that the powers that be objected to the lines “Here, where the Confederate flag still flies beside the statehouse, haunted by our past, conflicted about the future”?
We are one people in one boat, and therein lies our strength. Learning from our past gives us fortitude to face our future. Bravo, Marjory Wentworth, for writing this lovely poem, and to James Clyburn for reading it into the record.
This is regarding Bon Haven, the Clevelands’ home, inheritance and heart of hearts.
Let us try the shoe on another foot. Suppose someone owned a magnificent, lovingly restored home in, say, Hampton Heights. Suppose some change in fortune necessitated the sale of this house. Suppose the owners tried for years to find an appropriate buyer, one with the means and the will to save the now neglected home. And then, from on high, came the Board of Architectural Design and Historic Review with the pronouncement, “Your buyer wants to put in new windows, so you can’t sell to him.”
Spartanburg loves beautiful old houses. The saving of the DuPre House was a great idea. Unfortunately, our funding and our resolve were not commensurate with the resources required to rescue it. Thank goodness the Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine had a dollar to buy that one from us.
Many of us have grown up marveling at the beautiful and mysterious old home on the corner of Church and Asheville Highway, the one that disappears in the trees in summertime and re-emerges in the fall. Many in this town have enjoyed its gracious hospitality.
Who among us has paid a penny for this privilege? Let those who have paid the price, and who love it beyond measure, now save it. We have no right to interfere.
I have known Dexter Cleveland since we were children, and I know of few people who love family history and preservation more than he does. Before we had a historic district in Spartanburg, he was preserving store/office buildings on Magnolia and Main streets. He has worked tirelessly to maintain Bon Haven over the years and has promoted it (sadly unsuccessfully) to many entities for adaptive re-use here.
I join those who admire Bon Haven. It is a wonderful example of Second Empire architecture. but I also admire and support Dexter Cleveland, who, in order to “save” Bon Haven, has made what I’m sure was a very hard decision: to sell it to someone who obviously loves it enough to rebuild it and preserve it in Mississippi. | <urn:uuid:cc12e0fc-4cd2-492e-9268-ec7175917f59> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.goupstate.com/story/opinion/letters/2015/01/18/sundays-letters-couldnt-spare-four-minutes/30084066007/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570692.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20220807181008-20220807211008-00673.warc.gz | en | 0.965366 | 748 | 1.71875 | 2 |
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Samba-TNG is a fork of Samba. It was derived from the same code but is being developed independently.
The most important reason: differences of opinion on the overall software architecture. While the two projects share a large common codebase, there are some important differences in the way some bits are put together.
We are also less formal than the Samba Project in software engineering. See the next question….
Samba is a large, well-established project with a great deal of corporate interest and involvement. As such, they have to be very careful when making large changes to their code. This has led to the attitude that the code repository should be kept pretty much in working condition at all times, making it difficult to implement experimental changes and improvements.
The Samba-TNG project started in late 1999 as a separate CVS branch of the Samba code, specifically to allow some of the more experimental code ideas to be fleshed out and tested without affecting the stability of Samba as a whole. Specifically, developer Luke Leighton had many new ideas about the design of the domain controller code, some of which were considered either too risky or too controversial for the main development codebase. Thus, the Samba-TNG branch was initially his playground for trying out these ideas.
In October 2000 the project was moved to its own servers, mailing lists, etc. and the world heard about the “Samba fork”, which by then was actually old news.
While there is rivalry between the two projects, it is not hostile. On the contrary, code is frequently synchronized between the two projects in areas where we agree. We also routinely refer prospective users to Samba in cases where it would better fit the user's needs.
See this message from Andrew Tridgell for the “other side” of this story.
If you just want a file and print server, use Samba. They have a lot more developers than we do (so far!) and are able to support a much wider range of platforms and situations. At present we are neither willing nor able to try to outrun Samba in file and print serving; it is simply not our focus.
If you want a replacement for an NT primary domain controller, you can use either project. The main philosophical difference is that the Samba project wants to produce a Unix server capable of acting as an NT domain controller, whereas the Samba-TNG project wants to basically be an NT domain controller running on Unix. The other difference is that Samba-TNG is somewhat more advanced in terms of protocol support, although Samba is catching up and may be ahead in some areas.
If you want an NT domain controller running with an LDAP backend, optionally integrated with your LDAP-based Unix user database, you probably want to use Samba-TNG. Samba has some experimental support for this, but Samba-TNG has had it working for much longer so it is more mature.
We're really getting closer. Just having released the first beta version we are looking forward to getting feedback in order to improve our code. Nevertheless, many people have good luck running TNG in production.
Yes, you can. One of our users did it with LDAP and latest CVS.
See examples/hechenberger directory in CVS for useful scripts and hints. He migrated the whole domain with all users and groups without having to rejoin client machines or creating users and groups from scratch.
We have two mailing lists for bugs, tng-users and tng-technical. If you suspect you may just be doing something wrong, you probably want tng-users. If you know what you are doing and think you've found a genuine bug, use tng-technical.
(Don't worry if you pick the wrong list; most of the developers read both.)
See the next three questions….
Download the CVS branch code (see the CVS page) and familiarise yourself with the general architecture. Like all large software projects there are many idiosyncrasies in the Samba code. You will not be able to contribute significantly until you have figured some of these out (string handling is a big one).
To coordinate with the rest of the world you will need to keep up with the tng-technical list. For minor patches, just work something up and post it to the tng-technical list, along with an explanation of what it does or fixes (if it isn't obvious, like a help text typo). For major work, you should generally start by posting an informal design spec to tng-technical, for feedback; then go from there.
To contribute code to Samba-TNG, download the CVS branch code (see the CVS page) and start hacking. You probably want to join the tng-technical list to discuss changes. When you have a patch ready, mail it to the tng-patches list.
Maintain it for us, and we'll be grateful. Like almost all programmers, we would rather write code, and there are only so many hours in a day.
Luke Leighton wants to rewrite Samba-TNG to use the same approach Microsoft used when writing the NT networking code – using an IDL compiler to automate the RPC parsing code. He has wanted this for a long time, but there wasn't a suitable free IDL compiler available. Luke recently discovered the FreeDCE effort to provide a free implementation of DCE/RPC on Unix. He and others are now working on (or at least talking about) rewriting TNG to use FreeDCE.
The benefits to doing so: faster development, more correct code, fewer bugs, and the warm fuzzy of doing something just like Microsoft. (: Oh, and a framework for building other projects on similar foundations, like an Exchange server. The drawbacks: a lot of man-hours to rewrite what we already have. | <urn:uuid:05f19ffa-aade-4afd-ad88-90de1b1f57f9> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://wiki.samba-tng.org/doku.php/pages/faq | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560284411.66/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095124-00458-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.951423 | 1,266 | 1.90625 | 2 |
How to wire an electric choke for Holley or Edelbrock carburetor
The electric choke has two wiring connections, one positive and one negative. The negative lead should go to any good engine ground. The positive should go to any circuit that is hot ONLY when the engine is running. DO NOT CONNECT THE POSITIVE LEAD TO THE DISTRIBUTOR SIDE OF THE COIL. The positive lead should be used in conjunction with a 10-amp fuse.
The same wiring scheme can be used with the Edelbrock carburetor.
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Skin problems are among the primary reasons to bring a pet into the veterinarian. A general veterinarian can identify and treat a variety of common skin conditions. Certain diseases and injuries may require a veterinary dermatologist in order to ensure your pet receives the optimal level of care. A veterinary dermatologist's concentration is upon the diagnosis and treatment of disorders related to the ears, skin, mouth, hair, and nails, in addition to allergic disorders in pets.
No matter breed-type or size, any dog or cat can be susceptible to the risk dermatologic problems and may require the help of a specialist. These include skin problems associated with allergies, skin cancers, parasite infections, infectious diseases, systemic diseases, hormonal diseases, nail diseases and ear infections. | <urn:uuid:975147e1-d52a-487f-b5ea-6b3c1b4ebbdd> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.santaclaraanimalhospital.com/p/veterinarian/dermatology/eugene-or-97404/santa-clara-animal-hospital-4444 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560279189.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095119-00053-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.908549 | 148 | 2.40625 | 2 |
Viewing Pippi21's Garden Diary: Bulbs to be moved after blooming
Friday, April 6, 2012
It's bulb moving time!
I looked over the tulip bulbs that are planted in the garage bed and front bed and realized that there are some that need to be moved elsewhere after they are finished blooming. I want to move anything that is not pink or purple colors. Planted at the end of garage bed are some red tulips and in front of garage are some that are apricot color. There is also one bulb that is red with yellow. Don't recall planting that one. Another tall red in the front flowerbed in front of columbines. I think I will move them to either the sunroom or rose garden bed, probably be easier to dig in the rose garden bed. I will try to find some way to mark them so I'll remember which ones to move.
Order some more pink and purple tulip bulbs in late summer for Fall delivery.
Check Becky and Brent's catalog, also the hardback book on tulips.. | <urn:uuid:54f7bcbf-fd56-4de4-9225-9ea66630dd23> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://davesgarden.com/community/blogs/t/Pippi21/16579/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560279368.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095119-00329-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.966479 | 221 | 1.546875 | 2 |
Since weight loss is subjective, factors such as age, weight, height, gender, and activity level need to be considered to reach a goal weight. A few simple calculations can create a rough idea of the caloric deficit needed for weight loss, as well as the amount of physical activity required.Continue Reading
The first calculation that needs to be done is the is the Harris Benedict Equation and the Basal Metabolic Rate formula. A BMR is the amount of calories needed to maintain body weight if a person slept all day, while the Harris Benedict Equation factors in energy usage based on activity level. In addition, this number is required in order to determine the caloric deficit needed for weight loss.
The BMR equation differs based on gender.
For females: 655 + (4.35 x weight in pounds) + (4.7 x height in inches) - (4.7 x age in years)
For males: 66 + (6.23 x weight in pounds) + (12.7 x height in inches) - (6.8 x age in years)
Next, activity level must be calculated. For sedentary activity, multiply BMR by 1.2. For activity done 1-3 times a week, multiply BMR by 1.375. For 3-5 times, multiply by 1.55. For 6-7 times, multiply by 1.725. For activity done 8+ times a week, multiply BMR by 1.9.
One pound is roughly 3500 calories. To lose one pound a week, a deficit of 500 calories needs to be created every day of the week. This can be done by burning 500 calories during cardio, or more realistically, subtracting 250 calories of food and burning 250 calories during cardio.
Calories burned are dependent on a person's stature as well as the speed, incline, and time of the workout. The heavier the person, the more calories burned. For example, a 140 pound adult running for 20 minutes at 7 miles per hour on a treadmill will burn 260 calories while a 170 pound adult would burn 317 calories.Learn more about Fitness & Exercise | <urn:uuid:1068e7bb-99a7-48a4-852c-99709390b16a> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://www.reference.com/health/long-should-run-treadmill-lose-couple-pounds-c1d7c78f23f6545c | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560279410.32/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095119-00171-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.922505 | 435 | 3.3125 | 3 |
Sound may be your next deadly threat.
The European Space Agency’s Large European Acoustic Facility (that’s LEAF for short) has a 36-foot wide by 54-foot high wall of sound designed to simulate the noise of a rocket launch. But at 154 decibels, a person couldn't withstand the power of the force -- and would ultimately perish from it, the agency said. It’s not meant as a weapon, however, but rather designed to stress-test pricey satellites before attaching them to actual rockets.
Much of today’s tech can be worn, but with new wearables coming out daily, what will that future really look like? CNET has some well-informed predictions, thanks to interviews with several tech leaders. In terms of smart watches, Qualcomm’s CEO-elect Steve Mollenkopf says that field will be driven by health and fitness bands which will continue to evolve. Other companies are working on noninvasive blood chemistry sensors that transmit data along laser beams, the site reported. Another neat innovation: Smart buttons that change the color of a fabric when pushed.
The days of the mix tape cassette are long behind us, but with music mixing apps, you could make your valentine a love album nonetheless. The Djay app is a great tool for both beginners and seasoned mixers, according to mashable.com. The turntable design shows off album art, and leaves out unnecessary buttons and cheesy effects. Have fun clicking around and testing out features to get comfortable, and experiment with transitions to vary your mixes. The cost? $19.99.
Too much? Try VirtualDJ Home. It’s not as easy to use as Djay but it's free, just like the best thing in life -- love.
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Supporting Inclusive Economic Recovery
Colleges are the biggest delivery agent of Modern Apprenticeships, supporting 11,534 students
Colleges supported the delivery of Foundation Apprenticeships for 4,240 Senior Phase pupils across every region in 12 industry sectors
Since 2019, 28% of pupils who achieved a Foundation Apprenticeship went on to college
24% of students are enrolled in STEM subjects in colleges
Nine colleges are STEM Assured, accredited through the STEM Foundation
19,668 people were enrolled on Flexible Workforce Development Fund programmes.
The £17m fund allows employers to access training and development opportunities in colleges to fill identified skills gaps, upskill, and retrain their workforce.
92,186 enrolments are linked to industry
Care has the highest number of enrolments linked to industry
77,103 students are studying as part of their occupation
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Sounds like the makings of a great summer blockbuster movie. But these issues were Emily Baldwin’s reality last summer.
Using her New Global Security Fellowship award, the sophomore worked part-time in a mentorship program that she designed, combining her interest in both computer science and international relations. She assisted staff at Sandia National Laboratories in the International Safeguards and Technology Systems Department on a variety of different projects in support of Sandia’s global security mission.
Sandia develops science-based technologies aimed at national and global security, with a focus on information systems related to international arms control, nuclear nonproliferation, and counterterrorism.
“The majority of my work explored cryptography and its application in an international and political realm,” she said. “Each of the various projects was incredibly interesting.”
One of her main jobs was helping to configure a Virtual Private Network (VPN) test scenario with contacts at Comissão Nacional de Energia Nuclear, Brazil’s national nuclear authority. The work was in preparation for future use in setting up a shared VPN surveillance system between Brazil and Argentina to transmit public health information. She also was involved with a committee of the Nonproliferation and Cooperative Threat Reduction Center, surveying departmental websites as part of cyber security analysis. | <urn:uuid:b33154c4-d197-414f-a052-86af9e89da9c> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://wheatoncollege.edu/quarterly/section/around-the-dimple/page/2/?issue=winter-2012 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560285001.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095125-00307-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.937165 | 269 | 1.78125 | 2 |
I hear a lot of personal stories about how alkaline ionized water helps people in many ways. I also hear a lot of stories about how alkaline ionized water changes lives (I have one myself). But every once in awhile I receive a call that provides incredible inspiration, and it is my privilege to share this one with you.
I have a great deal of respect for the medical profession, because my father was a wonderful physician. However, I have come to learn over the years that western medicine doesn’t begin to have all the answers. In fact, I believe our medical system is failing badly in terms of providing health care through preventative medicine. Instead of launching into negative territory, I want to relate this wonderful story of a family physician that has made a difference.
A couple of months ago, a physician from Quebec ordered a water ionizer for his personal use after reading about the benefits of the water. Shortly thereafter, one of his patients called and purchased the same unit.
Fast forward to this past weekend and the physician contacted me in order to obtain another water ionizer unit for a relative that has been diagnosed with ovarian cancer. I began to explain to the doctor that the unit might offer some real hope based upon the personal stories that I have been involved with. The doctor politely indicated that he understood which I assume was to spare him the pain of listening to me. He then asked me if I remembered the patient that obtained the second unit a couple of months ago. I said I did, and then the doctor told me the following story.
It turns out that his patient had stage four liver cancer and the oncologist working on the case had informed the patient that there was nothing more that could be done. In fact, palliative care service had been applied for to assist the patient. If you have any experience with palliative care, you know exactly where this was heading.
The patient reported the news to his family physician, and inquired if the doctor was aware of anything that might give him hope. The doctor explained to the patient that he had been researching water ionizers on the internet and that the patient might want to do some research on his own. The doctor explained that he had learned from his research that there was reason to believe that the machines might be able to reduce acid levels in the body. He also explained that cancer thrives in an acidic environment, so anything that could help reduce acid levels might help. For professional reasons, the doctor left it at that, but he did tell his patient that he had ordered one of the machines for his own home. The cancer patient contacted me shortly afterward to order a water ionizer without ever mentioning his situation.
It turns out that over the past two months, the patient started feeling better and better. In fact, the patient had returned to working on his hobbies and had just returned from a vacation.
As the cancer had progressed, tests had shown that the patient’s liver enzyme count has increased as time went on. Since the patient started drinking the ionized water, the enzyme count has been dropping. The doctor informed me that both he and the patient are filled with hope, and that they were anxiously awaiting the results of a new MRI test that is scheduled in a couple of weeks.
The doctor also passed on to me that all the members of his family have now obtained water ionizers. That is not an endorsement of course, but it certainly sends a clear unspoken message.
I wish that I could use the physician’s name, as he is a hero in my eyes. Unfortunately, any mention of his personal information could pose a threat to the physician’s career. The College of Physicians would undoubtedly investigate this type of “unprofessional conduct”, despite the fact that the physician’s only involvement was to direct the patient to do his own research.
I have the urge to blast away at the medical profession for their archaic methods of dealing with the new awareness towards health care, but I would rather just end this on a happy note. Bravo doctor!
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A clinical trial has provided evidence that a high street cosmetic anti-ageing product does indeed reduce wrinkles and improve the appearance of sun-damaged skin.
Scientists at the University of Manchester recruited 60 volunteers, some of whom were treated with No7 Protect & Perfect Intense Beauty Serum while others received a placebo (dummy treatment).
Their findings, which appear in the British Journal of Dermatology, show that 70 per cent of those using the anti-ageing product had significantly fewer wrinkles than those using the placebo after 12 months of daily use.
The study follows the team's previous discovery that the product stimulates the production of a protein called fibrillin-1, which promotes skin elasticity.
Lead researcher Professor Chris Griffiths noted that 'very few' over-the-counter anti-ageing products have been tested in rigorous trials.
'Our findings demonstrate that a commercially-available cosmetic can produce significant improvement in the appearance of facial wrinkles following long-term use,' he said.
'It is rare for such benefits to be reported for an over-the-counter anti-ageing product and this study paves the way for larger studies with more statistical power.'
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The Livingston Parish Chamber of Commerce hosted the third Student Business Conference on Friday, Nov. 16 at Carter Plantation. Juniors from Doyle, Holden and Maurepas high schools learned real-world career skills in the areas of ethics, communication and teamwork from local business leaders.
Students were divided into three groups and rotated through classes taught by business professionals from the Chamber’s Business & Education Committee and other volunteers from the business community. Sessions included lessons on preparing for a job interview, navigating ethical dilemmas and accomplishing goals in a team.
Livingston Parish Chamber of Commerce President and CEO, April Wehrs said that the conference not only benefits students but also the business community. “Business leaders have been challenged by job applicants lacking soft skills. Equipping these students with those skills will help them in their future careers and help businesses fill their personnel gaps.”
The half-day conference concluded with an open forum panel with business professionals representing a wide variety of industries including entrepreneurial, medicine, law, non-profits and more. Students took advantage of an opportunity to ask the panelists about how to prepare for their prospective careers and the types of challenges and opportunities they may have in their career.
Livingston Parish Schools Career and Technical Education Coordinator, Staci Polozola, said that the students learned a lot from the event. “They were especially engaged with the panel of professionals. They asked insightful questions that are going to help them prepare to move into the next step of their career paths.”
The event was sponsored by Neighbors Federal Credit Union. Twenty members of the Business and Education Committee and the business community volunteered to prepare and run the event. Nine business professionals also donated their time to sit on the panel. Shannon Bernard, Business and Education Committee Chair, said she is grateful for the hard work of the committee. “Our committee members invest time
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Gunshots rang out one recent evening in the western Iraqi town of Haditha as local tribesmen in pickup trucks celebrated their capture of a handful of militants belonging to the al Qaida splinter group known as the Islamic State.
Said Abu Faraj, 67, held his cell phone into the air so a caller could listen in on the festivities – a rare instance of Sunni Muslims pushing back against the extremists who claim to be their defenders against the Shiite-dominated government of Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki.
Loudspeakers announced that the militants were in custody. The tribesmen played patriotic music from the 1980s, with lyrics saying that an Iraqi fights to the death to defend what he loves.
“You hear this?” Abu Faraj asked. “Gunfire and songs.”
For now, such scenes are an anomaly in the vast swaths of territory that are included in the Islamic State’s self-proclaimed caliphate. But the Haditha example and other nascent resistance campaigns in northern and western lands signal growing divisions among Sunnis over how much trust should be placed in a group whose harsh brand of Islamism represents only a minority of Iraq’s Sunnis.
Even Sunnis who tentatively welcome the Islamic State’s help in overthrowing what they view as an American-installed, sectarian political system privately express concern that the extremists are pursuing the same strategy they used in neighboring Syria, where they hijacked and eventually routed a more mainstream, nationalist rebel movement. The civil war next door paved the way for today’s cross-border caliphate, which encompasses nearly all of eastern Syria and roughly half of Iraq.
On this side of the border, the Islamic State is working in tandem with sympathetic tribes, members of Saddam Hussein’s former Baath Party, old-regime intelligence and military officers, and homegrown Islamists. These backup groups undoubtedly are wary of the jihadist powerhouse at the vanguard of the insurgency, especially amid increasing reports that the extremists have executed some erstwhile Sunni comrades for failing to pledge allegiance to “caliph” Abu Bakr al Baghdadi or for refusing to abide by his harsh brand of Islamic law.
And yet most Sunni rebels are still reluctant to speak out against the Islamic State, whether out of fear of retribution, out of gratitude to a force that’s humiliating their archenemy Maliki, or out of the belief that a united Sunni front is the only hope for taking the ultimate prize: Baghdad.
“The presence of other factions at this stage is normal and necessary and most welcome, on condition that each faction respects the boundaries of the others,” said Abdel Rahman al Fallahi, a colonel from Saddam Hussein’s army who is now fighting alongside the jihadists and other Sunni rebels near the western city of Ramadi. “But one faction shouldn’t pressure others into giving their allegiance or retaliate against them if they don’t. We are afraid that this might be the beginning of the divide between the Islamic State and the other factions.”
The developing rifts have been documented, cropping up in Arabic-language news reports or in the findings of human rights groups and academics who closely track the conflict.
One example is from Duluaiya, about an hour’s drive from Baghdad, where Sunni tribesmen balked last month when the Islamic State asked them to turn over government soldiers and police for execution, according to the most recent United Nations report on violence in Iraq. The locals launched a counteroffensive and fighting in the town continues, pitting the tribesmen against both Shiite-led government forces as well as the Sunni extremists of the Islamic State.
Perhaps the most egregious case study is the northern Sunni village of Zowiya, where earlier this month residents tried to repel an Islamic State incursion and were punished with a merciless campaign of deadly mortar fire and house demolitions that the extremists hailed as “purification.” The group held up the destruction of Zowiya as a warning for any group that attempts to resist the caliphate, but the incident is drawing a backlash from some of the Islamic State’s allies.
A Sunni rebel who gave his name as Khaled al Iraqi, a major in the former regime’s army who now belongs to an insurgent faction called the Islamic Army, said “now is not a good time for picking a fight” with the Islamic State, which he fights with in Sharqat, in the northern Saladin province. But he was unsettled by the brutality in Zowiya and thinks the jihadists risk overplaying their hand.
“Although the Islamic State has not pressured any of our members into giving allegiance or attempted to detain them, we disagree on many things, for example about what happened in Zowiya,” he said in a phone interview. “We told them that destroying the homes of Iraqi citizens the way they did would only give rise to hatred and indignation in a population that they hope would support them. And it’ll cause them long-term problems in the future.”
U.S. and Iraqi officials have said that exploiting the burgeoning rifts could be one part of a counterterrorism strategy to halt the Islamic State’s advance. The problem with that idea, however, is that the political climate is far different now from 2006 and 2007, when the U.S. military recruited disgruntled Sunni tribes to help them fight al Qaida-allied militants in a project dubbed the “Sons of Iraq,” known in Arabic as the “Sahwa,” or “Awakening.”
In 2008, U.S. forces handed over the paramilitary project to the Maliki administration, which failed to live up to its promises to keep paying the fighters and to incorporate them into the state’s security forces. In the years since, as Maliki has pursued even more sectarian policies that alienated ordinary Sunnis, the word “Sahwa” has become synonymous with “collaborator” or “sellout.” While Sunni tribes might eventually turn on the Islamic State, that doesn’t mean they’ll drop their preexisting battle against the central government.
“In 2006, Anbar fought terrorism and what did it get in return? Arbitrary detentions, siege, the depriving of the people of their most rights, and the killing of people for their beliefs,” said Abdul Hameed al Jumaily, an imam who preaches at the Furqan Mosque in Fallujah, which is under Islamic State control. “No one trusts this government and this system anymore.”
He added that U.S. officials have themselves to blame for the spread of extremism because they dismantled military institutions and abandoned their few Sunni allies to the mercy of Maliki: “They handcuffed Iraq, threw it to the ocean and asked Iraq not to get wet.”
Maliki’s undermining of the Sahwa movement, along with a laundry list of other grievances Sunnis have racked up under his rule, means that a revival of such a strategy is a non-starter, according to analysts who study the conflict. Only a true overhaul of the Iraqi political system that results in a more inclusive, sectarian-neutral government stands a chance of separating Sunni rebels who support a republic from the jihadists who seek a theocracy, Iraq observers said.
“Most Sunnis maintain their suspicious view of the Shiite-dominated government in Baghdad, but they do not see ISIS as a good alternative,” Harith al-Qarawee, a political scientist who researches sectarianism and political transition in Iraq, wrote this month in an essay on Sunni divisions for the online Middle East journal Al Monitor. ISIS refers to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, as the group was formerly called.
“It is true that ISIS has largely invested in the sectarian tension in Iraq and the region, but its objectives go beyond the Iraqi borders or the major concerns of Iraq’s Sunni community,” al-Qarawee continued. “Through its simultaneous involvement in Syria and Iraq, ISIS established its distinct entity and identity with an agenda that is largely indifferent to Iraqi politics.”
Maliki has remained defiant against calls that he relinquish his post as a first step toward national reconciliation, dashing what scant hope remains to bring Sunnis back into the political process and to weaken the insurgency. Iraqi political and tribal leaders, both Sunni and Shiite, have said in interviews that the crisis has spiraled past most any scenario but a protracted civil war. And as the conflict grinds on, it’s doubtful that the Sunnis’ already fraying insurgent alliance could remain intact, raising the specter of a Syria-style free-for-all.
In the past week, several Sunni blocs – with the exclusion of any group with ties to the government – held crisis talks in the Jordanian capital of Amman with the goal of creating an umbrella for what they call “the revolutionaries” fighting the Maliki regime. During the talks, according to news reports and interviews, the members clashed over the role of the Islamic State. The summit’s final statement reiterated Sunni demands, but made no mention of the single most powerful faction in their rebellion.
Former Saddam-era general Mustafa Kamil Shibib watched news of the meeting from his palm-ringed estate in the Doura district of south Baghdad. As the former leader of a 2,000-man Sahwa militia that drove al Qaida from this area in 2008, he would be persona non grata at such a gathering, whose participants view him as a traitor for collaborating with the U.S. military and Iraqi government.
Shibib said that he’d fight the extremists “again and again,” but admitted that he felt a tinge of guilty pleasure in watching his old foes deal some payback to the Maliki regime, which he considers dangerously sectarian and strategically inept for dumping the Sahwas, the only Iraqi force with proven success in the fight against al Qaida.
His rival Sunni rebels might be feeling victorious now with their land grabs and waves of new recruits, he said, but the hour is approaching when they’ll regret their decision to join forces with the Islamic State.
“ISIS is the devil,” he warned, “and companions of the devil will have hell to pay.”
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Retirement with dignity was denied to core provisions of the Voting Rights Act. If ever a statute rose to iconic status, a super-statute amid a world of ordinary legislation, it was the Voting Rights Act. In the course of not quite half a century, the Act was pivotal in bringing black Americans to the broad currents of political life.
What Lyndon Johnson introduced to America as the crown jewel of the civil rights era has now been struck down by the Supreme Court as timeworn, no longer constitutionally responsive to the America that the Act itself helped create. According to the Court in Shelby County v. Holder, requiring certain jurisdictions to obtain Department of Justice approval before altering voting procedures because of civil rights era concerns could no longer be justified. Shelby County, Alabama, for instance, was still subject to administrative preclearance because less than 50 percent of its citizens voted in the 1964 presidential elections. For the Court majority, that was simply too long ago.
The Court’s unromantic constitutional ruling should prompt rethinking whether the regulatory model of prior federal approval of voting changes is truly responsive to the voting problems of today. The critical assumptions of the challenged provisions of the Act corresponded to a world in which overt racial exclusion meant that black citizens faced first order impediments to just getting registered to vote, and where only the federal government could assume the responsibility to challenge the persistence of Jim Crow. Different times call for different measures and the Court’s decision, however wrenching, should compel taking stock of what has changed.
When passed in 1965, the Act was the most vibrant of the civil rights laws. Section 4 singled out the states based on votes cast in the 1964 presidential election—a convenient category that included the core of the Confederacy. Within those jurisdictions, literacy tests and other such “devices” were banned, and under Section 5 those states would have to obtain approval in Washington (“preclearance”) before trying to rejigger their election practices. The combination of Sections 4 and 5 paved the way for the modern black franchise by putting the political heart of Jim Crow under federal receivership. Section 5 concentrated enforcement power exclusively in the federal government that would administer this complex system.
The overt racial practices that prompted this historic legislation passed from the scene, a tribute to the effectiveness of the Act. But preclearance was always a defensive mechanism designed to lock in gains, not to innovate under changed circumstances. As black political mobilization took off, Section 5 receded. The preclearance structure played only a bit part in the 1980s, when newer provisions of the Act were used to allow minority candidates to win office in minority-dominated districts. When voting struggles over voter ID and restrictions on early voting moved to the partisan battleground states in the last decade—in states such as Ohio, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Colorado, Florida—Section 5 was not implicated. By the time of the Court’s decision in Shelby County, preclearance under Section 5 had prominence primarily as an added partisan wedge in decennial redistricting battles.
In the past 12 years, only 70 or so objections had even been lodged under the Act. For Chief Justice Roberts, that confirmed the Act had run its course; for Justice Ginsburg in dissent this proved how successful the Act continues to be in preventing backsliding—each a counter-factual incapable of disproof.
Where to now? Preclearance under Section 5 survives, but only as an empty shell without the Section 4 trigger. One could try to salvage Section 5 by finding a new trigger corresponding to events of the past 50 years. For champions of the status quo, the invitation was just to find some modern equivalent that would yield the same old—the Court offering a fool’s errand to a dysfunctional Congress.
Notably, that was not President Obama’s reaction. A former law professor and shrewd political analyst, the President looked beyond the past to ask “Congress to pass legislation to ensure every American has equal access to the polls.” This is not a description of a renewal of the geographically bounded Section 5 but a wise acknowledgment, based on experience, that Ohio is as likely to mess with the right to vote as any state in the South, and that modern times need modern remedies.
It is time to look beyond the race discrimination model, just as the President intimated. In the less heralded voting case this term, Arizona v. Inter Tribal Council of Arizona, Inc., the Court struck down an attempt by Arizona to require all prospective voter registrants to provide some verification of citizenship. Arizona’s claimed interest in stopping illegal aliens from voting ran headlong into a congressional requirement that required states to use a standardized voter registration form for federal elections, one that had no such citizenship verification. Writing for seven members of the Court, Justice Scalia gave the most expansive account to date of federal power under the Elections Clause, Article I, Section 4 of the Constitution, which provides: “The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations ….”
Unlike the issue in Shelby County, the Elections Clause is an affirmative grant of federal power over all federal elections, rather than a limited remedial mandate under the anti-discrimination norms of the 14th and 15th amendments. Per Justice Scalia: “all action under the Elections Clause displaces some element of a pre-existing state regulatory regime, because the text of the Clause confers the power to do exactly (and only) that.” In the pithy words of Judge Richard Posner, when acting under the Elections Clause, “Congress was given the whip hand.”
A new Elections Clause approach would forgo the attempt to freeze the status quo by forcing prior federal approval. Instead Congress could create a system of disclosure, as under the securities laws, making sure that all changes in voting practices for federal elections are recorded electronically with a suitable federal agency. States could implement the change after having some state official attest to why it was needed, and what would be its likely impact on voter registration, turnout, or ease of administration. This would force transparency and accountability on administrative conduct prompted by partisan or other malevolent objectives.
The advantages over the VRA are significant. First, the new approach would not be triggered by racial concerns, would not be geographically confined and would not be limited to specified practices, or even to an attempt to lock in the status quo. Second, the burden on election officials would be limited: Election administrators would be required only to electronically submit a short account of what they are actually doing. There would be no preclearance in the Section 5 sense; all changes could be implemented immediately subject to subsequent challenge and potential court injunction. Yet the combined effect of these modest provisions would be to lessen the litigation burden on those challenging suspected official misconduct—that is, mainly the candidates, individuals, and organizations that believe they are adversely affected. The critical work of spotting changes would be greatly simplified and the burdensome discovery task of establishing the state justification for conduct would be eliminated. State officials could be challenged either on the grounds that the stated reasons were pretextual or that there was insufficient correspondence between the stated aims and the means selected—either of which could be effectively scrutinized even under the relatively forgiving rational relations standard of judicial review.
Perhaps most significantly, like the securities law approach, this disclosure plus ex post challenge regime allows both private and public enforcement. In 2012, for example, almost all the efforts to ratchet up voter identification requirements or shorten voting times were defeated, almost all by private parties or public interest organizations. The Justice Department was a secondary player and the preclearance provision of the VRA was rarely implicated in the battleground arenas. At the same time, this proposal (as well as the Court’s ruling in Shelby County) leaves unaffected other parts of the VRA as well as direct constitutional challenges.
In 1965, there were few actors other than the Department of Justice could come to the rescue of beleaguered minority voters. Today that is no longer the case. A strategy aimed at relieving the litigation burden on after-the-fact challenges should not only ease the burden on private enforcement but create a corresponding deterrent effect on wayward state officials.
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‘What makes an Argentine?’
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What is the nature of the Argentine?
Does the national character boil down to the tango? The love of futbol? The steaks?
It’s a good time to ask. This year, like Mexico, Argentina is marking 200 years of independence. In the video feature above by BBC Mundo (in Spanish), regular Argentinos on the streets of Buenos Aires are asked, ‘What makes an Argentine?’ (Or ‘Argentinean’; both terms remain in common usage.)
‘We’re passionate, grumblers, and we can endure a lot from what can be seen,’ says the first woman interviewed in the clip.
‘We’re nostalgic, we’re sad,’ says an old man, almost trailing off.
‘We can talk about language, for example,’ says another gent. ‘We do not speak Castilian [Spanish], we speak Argentinean. Indeed.’
Another man argues that Argentina is integrating itself more into a Latin American identity, ‘more American,’ as he puts it, while the final voice, a woman identified as a history teacher, sums up her national identity this way:
‘Common. We are not special. We are different than the rest like other countries are different than the rest. Perhaps we might think sometimes we are special, but the truth is we are not. We are common people.’
— Daniel Hernandez in Mexico City
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RUBEK: When I first found you ... I knew at once I would make use of you for my life's work. You were what I required in every respect. I was young then--with no knowledge of the world--and I thought that The Resurrection would be most beautifully rendered as an innocent young woman, not yet corrupted by life, awakening to light and glory without having to put away from her anything ugly or impure. [Pause.] You have said that I cannot expect you to be the same woman I knew all those years ago. Well, I am not the man I once was either, Irene. In the years that followed your departure, I became schooled in the ways of the world. My vision of "The Resurrection Day" evolved--became more ... complex. Your solitary, unsullied figure no longer expressed my conception, and I ... I made modifications. I looked at the world around me ... and I had no choice but to include what I saw. Women and men as I knew them in real life. At the base of the sculpture, I created fissures in the ground, and from this hell-mouth, there are now men and women with dimly-suggested animal faces, swarming up around the child, pulling her down as she tries to rise up into the heavens. I had to include myself, you see. I had to put a little bit of myself into the girl--that glorious figure who can't quite free herself from this earth--who reaches with her hands for the heavens, for perfection, tortured by the knowledge that she will never attain her goal, never escape, that she will remain forever imprisoned in this ... this hell! [Pause.] I am an artist, Irene. And try as I may, I shall never be anything else. | <urn:uuid:42723c83-b3df-42c9-afa9-1d44d363f74d> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://monologuearchive.com/i/ibsen_010.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280872.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00318-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.984795 | 369 | 1.5 | 2 |
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1. Woe to the drunkards of Ephraim proudly adorned, to that fading flower of luxurious beauty on the head of a rich valley - all are dizzy with wine.
2. Look, the Lord is sending a powerful and strong one. Like a downpour of hail, like a destructive tempest, like flooding water in torrential rain, he will cast it down to the ground -
3. that proud ornament of the drunkards of Ephraim. He will trample it underfoot -
4. that fading flower of glorious beauty on the head of a rich valley. It will be like an early fruit which ripened before summer: as soon as someone sees it he picks it, and while it is yet in his hand he eats it.
5. On that day, Yahweh Sabaoth will be a glorious ornament, a diadem of beauty, to the remnant of his people.
6. He will be a spirit of justice to him who sits in judgment, a source of strength to those who turn back the enemies at the gate.
7. But they also have erred through wine, reeling and stumbling from strong drink. Priests and prophets stagger, befuddled with wine, reeling when seeing visions, stumbling when rendering decisions.
8. All the tables are full of vomit; there is not a spot without filth.
9. "Who does he think he is teaching? Who does he think listens to him? Babies just weaned from their mother's milk? Babies just taken from their mother's breast?
10. Who cares to hear his 'Keep quiet, keep quiet! Wait a little, wait a little!'
11. Yes, surely with stammering lips and in a strange tongue, he will talk to this nation,
12. he who once said to them, "This is rest, give rest to the weary"; and, "This is repose." But they would not listen.
13. That is why Yahweh now says: Keep quiet, keep quiet! Wait a little, wait a little! So that when they have to go forward, they will instead fall backward; they will be injured and snared and taken captive.
14. Therefore, listen to the word of Yahweh, you scoffers who rule these people of Jerusalem.
15. Because you make a boast, "We have made a covenant with death, we have made a pact with the netherworld. When the flood passes by it cannot harm us, for we have made lies our refuge and falsehood our hiding place."
16. Therefore the Lord Yahweh says this: See, I lay in Zion a granite stone, a precious stone, a sure foundation; he who relies on it shall not be put to shame.
17. I will make justice the measure and righteousness the plumb line. Violent hail will sweep away your refuge of lies and raging waters will overflow your hiding place.
18. Your covenant with death will not stand, your pact with the netherworld will be annulled. When the overwhelming flood passes, you will be crushed by it.
19. Morning after morning, by day and by night, the scourge will seize and crush you. If you understood this message, you would be terrified.
20. "The bed will be too short to stretch out on, the blanket too narrow to wrap around you."
21. Yahweh will arise as on Mount Perazim, he will rouse himself as in the Valley of Gibeon, to work his work - his singular work; to do his deed - his strange deed.
22. Put an end to your mocking, or your bonds will be tightened, for I have heard the destruction decreed against the whole earth by the Lord Yahweh Sabaoth.
23. Listen to my words, pay attention and understand what I say.
24. Does the plowman do nothing but plow, loosen the earth, pulverize the clods with a harrow?
25. After leveling the soil, does he not begin to sow caraway and scatter cumin, wheat and barley and put spelt as the border?
26. For his God instructs him on what to do, he gives him guidance and discretion, too.
27. For caraway is not threshed nor cumin crushed, but caraway is beaten with a stick and cumin with a rod.
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The main objectives of the study were to (1) see whether the household circumstances of people aged 50 years and over with cancer, and trends in these, differ from those of the rest of the population and (2) whether living arrangements and presence and health status of a primary coresident are associated with place of death among older people dying of cancer and those dying from other causes. The design included prospective record linkage study of people aged 50 years and over included in a 1% sample of the population of England and Wales (the Office for National Statistics Longitudinal Study). The main outcome measures comprised family and household type, and death at home. The household circumstances of older people with cancer were very similar to those of the rest of the population of the same age and both showed a large increase in living alone, and decrease in living with relatives, between 1981 and 1991. The primary coresident of cancer sufferers who did not live alone was in most cases a spouse, with much smaller proportions living with a child, sibling or other person. In all, 30% of spouse, and 23% of other, primary coresidents had a limiting long-term illness. Compared with people who lived alone in 1991, odds of a home death among those dying of cancer between 1991 and 1995 were highest for those who lived with a spouse who had no limiting long-term illness (odds ratio (OR) 2.52, 95% confidence interval (CI) 2.15-2.97) and raised for those living with a spouse with a long-term illness (OR 2.14, CI 1.79-2.56) and those living with someone else who was free of long-term illness (OR 2.13, CI 1.69-2.68). Higher socioeconomic status, both individual and area, was positively associated with increased chance of a home death, while older age reduced the chance of dying at home. The changing living arrangements of older people have important implications for planning and provision of care and treatment for cancer sufferers. | <urn:uuid:e5e6d2d6-3cb8-43de-8340-3de46144599d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15266318/?dopt=Abstract | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573029.81/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817153027-20220817183027-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.972964 | 410 | 2.125 | 2 |
UK workers are the most uncertain when it comes to job security, according
to a new worldwide poll.
Job confidence in the UK has dropped to a new low in the past eight months,
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Thinking about herpetological field work in Thailand brings back a lot of memories. One of the most vivid is arriving at small village on the Gulf of Thailand side of the peninsula and being greeted by two local men with burlap bags filled with snakes, they had more than 50 snakes in the genus Cerberus. When we asked them how they collected them, they explained they gathered them from the mud flat by scooting around on a board and picking them up. We then inquired how long it took to collect the snakes, and they replied, “about half an hour.”
The evidence now suggests that snakes in the genus Cerberus may be the most abundant aquatic snakes on the planet. They have an unusual coastal distribution that extends from the vicinity of Mumbai, India to Paula, Micronesia a distance equal to about 20% of the Earth’s circumference.
The scientific community first became aware of the snakes now placed in the genus Cerberus through a drawing by Patrick Russell in his 1796, two volume, An Account of Indian Serpents, collected on the Coast of Coromandel. Russell applied the local Telugu name to the snake, the bockadam. Cerberus has a long and debris-filled nomenclatural history. This is highlighted by the fact that 16 species of Cerberus have been described since 1799, with at least 44 combinations of names applied to species within the genus. Gyi’s (1970) review of the homalopsids recognized three species, one of which had two subspecies. Cogger et al. (1983) placed Homalopsis australis Gray in the synonymy of Hydrus rynchops Schneider and reduced the number of recognized species to two.
Alfaro et al. (2004) analyzed 2338 mtDNA bp from 21 localities and recovered five clades of Cerberus: a South Asia clade (India and Myanmar), a Greater Sunda Island-Sulawesi clade, a Thai-Malay Peninsula, Gulf of Thailand clade, a Philippine clade that included C. microlepis, and an Australopapuan clade, that is quite divergent (0.06 – 0.12) from the Asian clades (the Asian clades are 0.02–0.06 divergent from each other).
In an examination of 22 homalopsid species using three mitochondrial and one nuclear genes, Alfaro et al. (2008) recovered Cerberus as monophyletic. Using Markov Chain Constant Rates (MCCR) to test the times of divergence Cerberus appears to have separated from its sister the puff-faced water snakes of the genus Homalopsis about 14 MYA, while the Asian Cerberus clade diverged from the Australopapuan clade about 3 MYA.
Top to bottom: C. australis, C. dunsoni, C. microlepis, C. rynchops (photo by A. Lobo),
Murphy, Voris, and Karns (2012) have now reviewed the nomenclature of the genus and define species based upon morphology and previously published molecular evidence. Three species have been recognized by recent workers, this paper recognizes five species: a South Asian C. rynchops (Schneider 1799); the Southeast Asian-Philippine C. schneiderii (Schlegel 1837); the freshwater Philippine endemic C. microlepis Boulenger 1896; the Australopapuan C. australis (Gray 1842); and C. dunsoni a new species from Micronesia. They also select a lectotype for Homalopsis schneiderii Schlegel based upon a figure published in 1837 and restrict the type locality for this species to Timor. They also discuss the evidence for a population of Cerberus australis in Indonesia, west of Weber’s Line. | <urn:uuid:fd06a00b-ea34-40e4-bd6d-3e34a4b73ee4> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://squamates.blogspot.sg/2012/09/the-bockadams-of-genus-cerberus.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988720972.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183840-00250-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.909225 | 804 | 3.28125 | 3 |
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Larry Woody, Outdoors Writer
Dec 15, 2015 at 2:44 PM
Last week I fished a river that was teeming with trout. In just a couple of hours I strung a limit of seven rainbows, and released twice that many more.
I wasn't wading some remote wilderness stream, accessible only by pack-mule. I was fishing from the banks of Stones River below Percy Priest dam, with interstate traffic rumbling nearby.
I had the river virtually to myself. There was one other fisherman casting for stripe near the dam, and I met another coming in as I was going out.
The Stones River trout were stocked by the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, part of two million keeper-size rainbows released every winter in waters across the state.
The TWRA website (tnwildlife.org) lists the tentative stocking schedule, which is also posted in the 2014 Tennessee Fishing Guide. There are trout-stocked waters within a short drive of every Middle Tennessee fisherman.
Nowadays I fish for stockers primarily in the Stones River and Marrowbone Lake. In the past I've caught them in Mill Creek, Calfkiller Creek, the Obed River, Bucksnort, Pine Creek and Caney Fork.
The first rainbows I caught, some 50 years ago, were stocked in the upper reaches of the Sequatchie River. Prior to that, the only trout I'd ever seen on were in the pages of Outdoor Life and Field & Stream.
Having grown up on a steady diet of farm-pond bass, bluegills and bullheads, landing a dazzling, tail-dancing rainbow trout was a breath-taking experience. Catching your first trout is like getting your first smooch from the prom queen, only better -- you don't have to buy the fish a corsage.
Wading the sparkling, icy Sequatchie and cleaning my speckled beauties on its fern-choked, mossy banks, I felt like my outdoor-writing hero, Ted Trueblood.
The TWRA's stocking program gives average anglers an opportunity to catch a relatively-exotic fish. Fishing for wild trout tends to be demanding in terms of tackle and travel, as well as challenging. Negotiating slippery river bottoms, reading the water, and matching the hatch with wispy flies on the end of a spider-web leader is not for everyone.
Hatchery trout are more accessible and less fickle.
A trout license is required to fish for trout, whether the fish are kept or not. The fee supports the TWRA's trout hatcheries, and related stocking expenses. A Sportsman's License or Lifetime License covers the trout license.
Once a seven-fish limit is on the stringer on in a creel, the angler can continue to fish, but all additional fish must be released. Culling -- replacing a smaller trout on the stringer with a bigger one -- is discouraged, because the once-strung fish probably won't recover.
The stocked trout are intended to be caught and kept for consumption. Not many survive the warming springtime waters, although some do.
Once dumped into the water, hatchery trout tend to remain in that area for awhile and are easily -- some feel too easily -- caught. Gradually, though, they disperse and become more like wild fish.
I caught my Stones Rivers rainbows on Trout Magnets -- tiny jigs with colorful plastic tails -- but small spinners are effective, as are salmon eggs, yellow corn and an array of commercial trout baits.
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The groundwork was laid during the summer, with the hiring of new staff members and the revision of curriculums. And when classes begin on Tuesday, the work on the transformation of the Randolph schools will begin in earnest.
“We are celebrating the beginning of the revival of the Randolph Public Schools,” School Superintendent Richard Silverman told teachers and other staff members during a pre-opening meeting on Wednesday.
“We have a mission to change education in Randolph,” he said.
With the money from a $5.5 million Proposition 2½ override approved by voters in the April 1 town election, 60 new staff members have been hired, most for new or restored positions.
In the elementary schools, librarians, reading teachers, special-education coordinators and literacy coaches have been added. Every day, students will have a class in either music, art or physical education.
A librarian has also been restored at Randolph Community Middle School, and world language classes have been restored.
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HAMBURG, N.Y. — The universe has inspired humanity from artists to philosophers to the common observer. It is both incomprehensibly large and breathtakingly beautiful and we can all benefit from peering into the sky.
That's why Penn Dixie Fossil Park in Hamburg is briefly diverting from their explorations underground to look upward as they sponsor stargazing events this summer.
"We have an excellent horizon," said Ernie Jacobs who heads up the Astronomy Program at the park. "This is a 54 acre park, it's wide open and pretty much 360 degrees around. We have a great horizon, which makes this an excellent place to do stargazing."
The park will have telescopes available, or if you're an amateur astronomer yourself, you can bring your own. And don't forget your sense of wonder.
"Definitely your curiosity, we welcome people to bring their telescopes, especially if they're people who are struggling to use their equipment," Jacobs said. "So we encourage them to come, and if you want to bring your equipment for that purpose, try to come before sunset so we can work with you in daylight to provide some assistance and try to get you up to speed with your equipment. "
A good telescope these days is not too expensive, but for the neophyte stargazer, Jacobs says a good start is very simple.
"Start with a pair of binoculars, learn your way around the night sky, they're portable, they're affordable, and they're good quality," Jacobs said.
Jacobs believes that the knowledge we've gained from beyond the Earth has also helped us understand and connect to life here on the planet.
"The elements that comprise the things that Earth and life on Earth are made of were formed inside the cores of now dead stars," Jacobs said. "So we are actually part of the universe, we're connected to it and in a sense, all life and all things on Earth are connected to ourselves. "
Watching the stars is simple yet wondrous and even transformative, says Jacobs.
"So I'm going to quote one of our members, one of our board members in fact. He says, 'Looking through a telescope and seeing Saturn changes your life.' I may have butchered the words exactly, but that's the concept, and I agree with that sentiment," Jacobs said.
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In today’s post, I will give you Advantages and Disadvantages of Shared Hosting, Web Hosting & Shared Server If you want to get full information about it, then keep reading this post.
Shared Hosting is one of the most used web hosting types in India. It is good to choose the web hosting according to your need, but before selecting the web hosting of any company, you should see all the positive and negative aspects of that web server.
Without a doubt, shared hosting is popular as well as a good option for new bloggers. Let me tell you when the benefits of shared hosting are as much as the disadvantages and today I am going to discuss with you the advantages and disadvantages of shared hosting.
Whenever you buy a shared hosting for a blog or website, these things will definitely remain in your mind, so you will read these things carefully.
Advantages And Disadvantages Of Shared Hosting (Infographic)
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Shared web hosting is very easy to setup, while in contrast dedicated hosting takes time to setup. At the same time, technical knowledge is also needed. It can be fully functional within minutes of purchasing shared hosting.
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As the name suggests, shared website hosting is shared with many other blogs or websites, so shared hosting is much cheaper than other hosting options.
Apart from the price, you do not have to pay anything separately for its maintenance, everything is included in the purchase price itself. So you do not have to take tension for maintenance and for this you do not have to pay anything separately.
3. Best Option For Small Website!
Your webhosting is shared with other websites as well as the resources of your server are also shared. Shared hosting is a good option, because small resources are not required to run small websites.
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Shared web hosting provides limited resources, therefore websites or blogs that require a lot of resources, it is not a good option for them and it can cause a lot of problems.
if the website of that server also crashes, then other websites also have to face the consequences. If your website is big, which needs more resources, then you should buy VPS or dedicated web hosting.
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Normally all web hosting companies do not provide you a static IP address, so the problem may occur. When you need a static IP. This often happens with eCommerce sites. You can get static IP from web hosting company but for this companies charge extra money from you.
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If you use Shared Web Hosting, a static website like Portfolios etc. are created, so there is no problem in this. But if you create a dynamic website. Like Blog etc., it is not right for you. Because here when you create 100+ posts and pages. So your website starts being Slow.
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The BBC tried to organize a seismic event by having 50,000 people in one place jump at the same time. A kilometer away it registered as a .6 on the Richter scale, according to the video below by Vsauce.
What would happen if everyone on Earth jumped at exactly the same time in the same place? Would it cause an earthquake or knock earth off of its axis?
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As you may or may not know, our province, British Columbia is by the coastline. We are lucky to have fresh seafood year round. Hence, every May of each year, just at the beginning of summer, is Spot Prawn season. This past Sunday just happens to be our annual Spot Prawn Festival at Granville Island’s Fisherman’s Wharf. A couple concerns actually surfaced in my mind as I prepared to visit the always bustling Granville Island.
Spot Prawn Festival Concerns
First of all, I was very curious to learn about how sustainable was the practices of Prawn fishing. I learned about the overfishing of certain sea creatures around the world in the past. So, I was very happy to see a booth talking about some of the sustainable practices of Spot Prawns fishing. To begin, the booth had a game that taught us about which size and types of the Prawn were legal to keep and set free. For example, you must set free the Prawns with roe (eggs) and were too small.
Secondly, I was thinking about all the waste that was going to pile up at festivals. (I even brought my reusable shopping bag and snack bags along.) Prawn and seafood chowder with a fresh bun came with the purchase of a pre-bought online ticket. After I finished my bowl of chowder, I was looking for the correct disposal bins. Normally, at the other festivals that I participated in, there would be a recycling bin, a compost bin and then, a trash bin. I was expecting to separate my leftovers. Oddly enough, there were only two compost bins. Therefore, I quickly asked one of the workers there for guidance. She told me that the bowl and even the spoon was compostable as they were made of corn! My jaw dropped. Really? I surely hoped so and my container joined the rest of them. I also noticed that no one was selling bottled water! That was wonderful!
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Self-confident people are admired by others and inspire confidence in others. They face their fears head-on and tend to be risk takers. They know that no matter what obstacles come their way, they have the ability to get past them. Self-confident people tend to see their lives in a positive light even when things aren't going so well, and they are typically satisfied with and respect themselves.
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Parking up the wrong tree?
Last week, the Woodburn City Council hosted the first full public discussion of something that has been in the works for much of this year:?a new nuisance ordinance that would place some limits on where residents can park on their own property.
Though the Woodburn Development Ordinance (WDO) already does this, it cannot be applied retroactively to existing uses. Which means that properties that predate that particular provision of the WDO?are effectively exempt from it.
A resident could simply claim that he, and his father, and his fathers father, and so on, had been parking in that same spot on the front lawn since before the Great Depression, and be perfectly in keeping with the law.
This concerned some residents, who implored the City Council to draft an ordinance that would be more enforceable in combatting what they deem eyesores that can reflect poorly on the entire neighborhood.
We must stress that the discussion, at this point, is somewhat academic. Though a proposed ordinance was presented July 14, numerous and occasionally contradictory revisions were suggested by councilors, so we dont know exactly what the final product will look like.
Nevertheless, last weeks discussion was interesting, exploring the age-old conflict between two competing value systems: individual freedom versus the societal good.
We agree with Councilor Jim Cox and others that the city has an interest in and a right to some authority over the aesthetics of the properties within its borders.
However, we also see merit in the concerns expressed by other councilors, that the city must tread carefully in order to not step outside its bounds. Government overreach is always a real danger whenever an agency considers setting forth rules dictating what a person can and cannot do on his or her own land.
But some of the comments we found most compelling last week came from local residents like Durrell Crays. Crays pointed out that the city has ordinances already on the books that are not being enforced, at least not consistently, and not in certain parts of the city.
We confess to having been somewhat perplexed by the Good Neighbor campaign the city held last month. During the campaign, police and code enforcement officers traveled throughout the city, pointing out potential violations and educating residents about local laws ... which is sort of what we thought the code enforcement division does anyway.
We think the citys desire to maintain a certain standard of aesthetics is laudable. But no government has ever been able to simply legislate disorder out of existence, and we doubt Woodburn will be any different.
The passing of a law implies a commitment by that government entity to carry out, uphold and, if necessary, enforce said law.
A change of this magnitude also brings the responsibility to undertake a broad and rigorous public information campaign, explaining not just that the change is happening, but why it was deemed necessary.
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Before the BIOS can detect any piece of hardware the drivers must be loaded. The best place to get the most current drivers is the manufacturers website. If you received CD ROMs with your purchase there should be a driver disc there also. You could load that one first just get it started then go to the manuf website.
Another thing you can check is Device Manager. Device Manager will show all of your hardware. Find your CD ROM device in Device Manager, right click on it and update drivers. This should take are of your problems.
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Since the early 1900’s, psychologists have employed testing in an effort to quantify people’s intelligence, preferences, and behaviors. Today these assessments--called psychometric tests--are used in schools, the military, mental health clinics, psychotherapists’ offices, correctional facilities, and in corporations.
Market analysts commonly use psychometric testing to determine people’s preferences for products, packaging, and branding. A consumer might be asked, for example, if he or she prefers one product color to another, or which packaging type they are most likely to purchase.
Employment specialists use these tests to determine if someone is a good fit for a job. For example, personality, intelligence, and aptitude tests can be used to capture specific preferences and skills for required tasks and responsibilities. Those preferences are then matched by the employer to particular job functions.
Clinical psychologists use psychometric testing to determine the extent to which someone is affected by a condition such as a death in the family or post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Questions are crafted by the psychometrician that quantify the effects of these emotions on personal attitudes and behavioral motivations, so that the therapist has a baseline to begin treatment.
Psychologists and counselors use these tests when working with substance abuse, behavioral disorders, and with those accused of crimes, to determine behavioral motivations. Tests used in substance abuse counseling are designed to uncover, for example, frequency of use of alcohol and drugs, and precipitating factors for use.
Psychometric tests are used to assess the level of parent-child bonding that has taken place after an adoption as well as to gauge someone’s attitude toward people with disabilities. They also are used to measure the effects of sleeplessness or anxiety on decision making.
Tests can be given in groups such as teams at work or classrooms, or to individuals in a counseling session, and range from multiple-choice exams to question-and-answer open-ended questionnaires. All psychometric tests use a scoring system to quantify the traits and aptitudes they are measuring.
Many different measurement theories and statistical analysis models are used for scoring psychometric tests. The application of statistical analysis in psychometrics gives validity to the tests. Validity is understood as consistency in test results and among subjects in different populations and over time. Many different types of validity are measured, including content validity, validity of construction, and validity of criterion, to name just a few.
Understanding the statistical concepts and the theories of measurement--such as the classical test theory, item response theory, factor analysis, and multidimensional scaling--are not within the scope of this article. However, a basic understanding of the predominant modern psychometric tests and their principles is important.
Categories of Psychometric Tests
Psychometric tests most often fall into two primary categories:
- Attitude, personality, and interest tests are designed to measure an individual’s “typical” performance. These open-ended tests have no right or wrong answers but are instead subjected to standardized psychological analysis and comparison for each test.
- Aptitude or ability tests are designed to measure what is called a person’s “maximum” performance. Aptitude tests are timed and require subjects to choose from multiple-choice options with right and wrong answers, known as closed-ended tests.
Psychometricians define a number of different types of tests to create a better understanding of what is being tested and the data being measured.
Following are some of the commonly defined types of psychometric tests:
-Personality. Personality tests measure unobservable psychological factors such as an individual’s attitudes, values, beliefs, and behaviors in relation to others.
- Interest - Interest tests or interest inventories measure a person’s preferences and motivations, including what types of activities a person enjoys, the products he or she are most likely to purchase, and motivational factors such as things that make an individual feel happy versus neutral.
- Aptitude - Aptitude or ability tests measure an individual’s attained skill level in any number of subjects such as mathematics, reading comprehension, or problem solving. Aptitude testing is also known as educational testing.
- Intelligence - Intelligence tests are designed to measure, through a refined testing process combining various approaches to aptitude testing, a person’s innate level of intelligence.
- Achievement - Achievement tests are a form of aptitude testing that measure maximum performance of learned skills.
- Occupational - Occupational tests are a combination of aptitude and interest tests utilized in social service agencies, career counseling, high school counseling, and in recruitment and employee development.
- Behavioral - Behavioral tests are a part of personality testing used in determining why people make decisions, environmental factors that precipitate behaviors, how people react to consequences, and how they learn. They are often used in substance abuse counseling, correctional facilities and mental health centers; as well as when testing children for behavioral disorders.
- Creativity - Creativity tests use pictures, drawing and sentence completion to measure thought processes. They are used in early childhood development testing such as in preschools and kindergartens, in private counseling such as art therapy, and in school counseling in determining special needs education and giftedness.
- Neuropsychological - Neuropsychological testing includes clinical testing for an individual’s perceptions, sensory functions, cognitive functions, and motor functions. These tests are applied to patients with mental or behavioral disabilities, brain injuries, those suffering from depression or trauma, and other clinical applications. Neuropsychological assessment is often administered in batteries, or groups of tests designed to cover all possible areas of brain impairment.
Common Tests and What they Measure
Psychometric tests exist to quantify almost every facet of the human condition. Although there are hundreds in use, the following lists some of better known tests:
- Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) and Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC) - The Wechsler scale is the most commonly used clinical tool for testing adult, adolescent and childhood intelligence quotient, or IQ.
- Bender Visual-Motor Gestalt Test - This test is used to assess development of visual-motor skills in people with brain injuries and learning disabilities.
- Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) - The MMPI is one of the most commonly used tests to measure personality. It uses true/false questions measured against a series of scales to diagnose aspects of an individual’s personality such as need for control, emotional sensitivity, perception of health, and other factors. A number of variations of this test exist.
- California Psychological Inventory (CPI) - The CPI is very similar to the MMPI but is made up of 240 questions in addition to the MMPI’s 194 questions. The CPI is designed to test the personality traits of “normal” individuals.
- Rorschach Inkblot Test - One of the oldest psychometric tests in existence, this test is also referred to as the Rorschach test or the inkblot test and is used to analyze an individual’s personality and creative and emotional thought patterns.
- Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) - The TAT test is also known as a picture interpretation test, used to determine personality, motivations, and problem-solving abilities. It is widely accepted as a tool to understand a person’s subconscious or repressed thoughts. The TAT test and the Rorschach tests are both known as projective psychological tests.
- Sentence Completion Test - In sentence completion tests, individuals are given the beginning of a sentence (called a stem) and asked to complete the sentence. These tests are designed to give insights into a respondent’s personality, preferences, attitudes, motivations, and mental state. These tests are used in marketing, career counseling, and for psychotherapeutic assessments.
- Goodenough-Harris Draw-A-Person Test - Variations of this test are used to measure childhood and adolescence intelligence, thought processes, and development. Children are asked to make three different drawings: a man, a woman, and themselves. The test is then scored based on an established quantitative scoring system consisting of analyzing 14 different aspects of each drawing, such as presence or absence of limbs and proportion of body parts.
- House-Tree-Person Test - Another test for creativity, intelligence, and development in children, the subject is asked to draw a house, a tree, and a person on three different sheets of paper. They are then asked specific psychological questions about each drawing.
- Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale - Based on one of the oldest and most reliable tests for intelligence and development in children, the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale is commonly used on people of all age groups to test for learning disabilities, mental retardation, developmental delay, and giftedness. The test scores four areas of cognitive ability designed to assess an individual’s problem-solving skills.
- Strong Interest Inventory - The Strong Interest assessment is the most commonly used psychometric test to aid people in educational and career decision making. It measures people’s interest in four categories: general occupational themes, basic interest scales, personal style scales, and occupational scales.
- Career Interest Profiler - This assessment can be found in a number of different forms but is designed to correlate a person’s interests and personality to careers.
- Career Values Scale - The Career Values Scale is commonly used in career testing to determine personal values of an individual that might influence his or her career choices and levels of satisfaction in certain jobs.
- Work Personality Index (WPI) - The WPI is another test considered reliable to measure a subject’s personality in relation to career effectiveness. The WPI measures 17 distinct personality traits in relation to job performance.
- Myers-Briggs Type Indicator - The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator is one of the best-known personality tests. It measures psychological preferences in people in how they perceive themselves, their environment, and how they make decisions. It uses a four-part matrix to assign 16 different personality types to individuals and goes on to explain how these types interact with each other.
- Individual Style Survey - The Individual Style Survey is a reputable but broad psychometric test for how individuals respond to others and to their environments. It categorizes people in one of four major style groups (dominant, influencing, harmonious, cautious) and in one of two major orientation groups (people/task or introspective/interactive). The subject rates him or herself and asks three other people to rate him or her using the same categories.
To learn more about psychometric testing and careers in Psychometrics, request information from schools offering degree programs in psychometry or related psychology degree programs. Also, learn more about the psychologist licensing process and the requirements for licensure in your state.
Tips for Test Takers
According to the British Psychological Society, the following tips should be helpful for anyone asked to take a psychometric test. In addition to these tips, a test taker should ask him or herself what purpose the test is serving, who is delivering the test, and what the test taker (and administrator) hopes to get out of the test.
- Answer questions honestly - Trying to outsmart a test or over thinking what a tester might be looking for will skew the results of the test. Tests have built-in questions that quantify consistency to try and eliminate deceit.
- Don’t spend too much time on any particular question - Your first thought or initial response is typically the best and most accurate answer. If you are stuck on a difficult question, move on.
- Do not worry about not finishing the test - Most personality tests are scored only on the number of questions answered.
- Work as quickly and accurately as possible - Some tests score both speed and accuracy. Aptitude tests typically have set time limits.
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