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New technology developed by UC Berkeley bioengineers promises to make a workhorse lab tool cheaper, more portable and many times faster by accelerating the heating and cooling of genetic samples with the switch of a light.
This turbocharged thermal cycling, described in a paper published July 31 in the journal Light: Science & Application, greatly expands the clinical and research applications of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test, with results ready in minutes instead of an hour or more.
The PCR test, which amplifies a single copy of a DNA sequence to produce thousands to millions of copies, has become vital in genomics applications, ranging from cloning research to forensic analysis to paternity tests. PCR is used in the early diagnosis of hereditary and infectious diseases, and for analysis of ancient DNA samples of mummies and mammoths.
The huge impact of the PCR test in modern science was recognized in 1993 with a Nobel Prize in Chemistry for its inventors, Kary Mullis and Michael Smith.
Using light-emitting diodes, or LEDs, the UC Berkeley researchers were able to heat electrons at the interface of thin films of gold and a DNA solution. They clocked the speed of heating the solution at around 55 degrees Fahrenheit per second. The rate of cooling was equally impressive, coming in at about 43.9 degrees per second.
“PCR is powerful, and it is widely used in many fields, but existing PCR systems are relatively slow,” said study senior author Luke Lee, a professor of bioengineering. “It is usually done in a lab because the conventional heater used for this test requires a lot of power and is expensive. Because it takes an hour or longer to complete each test, it is not practical for use for point-of-care diagnostics. Our system can generate results within minutes.”
The slowdown in conventional PCR tests comes from the time it takes to heat and cool the DNA solution. The PCR test requires repeated temperature changes – an average of 30 thermal cycles at three different temperatures – to amplify the genetic sequence, a process that involves breaking up the double-stranded DNA and binding the single strand with a matching primer. With each heating-cooling cycle, the amount of the DNA sample is doubled.
To pick up the pace of this thermal cycling, Lee and his team of researchers took advantage of plasmonics, or the interaction between light and free electrons on a metal’s surface. When exposed to light, the free electrons get excited and begin to oscillate, generating heat. Once the light is off, the oscillations and the heating stop.
Gold, it turns out, is a popular metal for this plasmonic photothermal heating because it is so efficient at absorbing light. It has the added benefit of being inert to biological systems, so it can be used in biomedical applications.
For their experiments, the researchers used thin films of gold that were 120 nanometers thick, or about the width of a rabies virus. The gold was deposited onto a plastic chip with microfluidic wells to hold the PCR mixture with the DNA sample.
The light source was an array of off-the-shelf LEDs positioned beneath the PCR wells. The peak wavelength of the blue LED light was 450 nanometers, tuned to get the most efficient light-to-heat conversion.
The researchers were able to cycle from 131 degrees to 203 degrees Fahrenheit 30 times in less than five minutes.
They tested the ability of the photonic PCR system to amplify a sample of DNA, and found that the results compared well with conventional PCR tests.
“This photonic PCR system is fast, sensitive and low-cost,” said Lee, who is also co-director of the Berkeley Sensor and Actuator Center. “It can be integrated into an ultrafast genomic diagnostic chip, which we are developing for practical use in the field. Because this technology yields point-of-care results, we can use this in a wide range of settings, from rural Africa to a hospital ER.”
The study lead author is Jun Ho Son, a UC Berkeley postdoctoral researcher in Lee’s lab.
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Leon Theremin, inventor of the first widely-used electronic musical instrument that bore his name, is now in his own comic book.
Now, the plot is a bit … unexpected.
Time travel is real and scientist/inventor Leon Theremin just discovered it. The journey from scientist to super spy is shorter than you think. It all starts here. The first chapter in the new series by Curt Pires, creator of the critically acclaimed “LP”, and art sensation DALTON ROSE, the creator of “PHABULA” and artist of “SACRIFICE”.
There is a missed opportunity, it seems, as the mysterious real life of Leon Theremin is stranger than fiction, involving the invention of listening devices and abduction by the Soviet Union, among other episodes. So many holes dot accounts of his life that it seems a fictionalized account would be perfect. Instead, we get a sort of James Bond Doctor Who Buck Rodgers thing. If they’re going to go there, I would want to see Theremin somehow incapacitate people with musical performances or something. But check out Theremin sporting a ray gun.
I had already intended to pick this up, but author Curt Pires himself stops in to set the record straight. It seems we do, in fact, get some of the historical episodes:
I actually think people will find a lot to like if they give the book a chance. We did quite a bit of research. The book includes Leon’s historical meeting with Lenin, the development of the instrument itself , along with all that Buck Rodgers ray gun stuff you mentioned.
Count me in, then; yes, I’ll give it a go. On order already.
And I’m ready for The Amazing Adventures of Don Buchla and His Flying Saucer.
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Egypt’s ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi said he has refrained from eating in prison, fearing for his life, in a trial session on Saturday, an eyewitness said.
The former president, ousted by the military in July 2013 following mass protests against his rule, addressed the court saying he faced “five incidents inside prison which posed as a direct threat on his life,” the eyewitness said.
If Morsi had eaten the food he was offered in prison on July 22, he reportedly told the court, it would have led to a “crime”.
The former president requested that he be inspected by a medical committee due to his “worryingly low blood sugar”. He also called for a meeting with his defense team to inform them of threatening “incidents” he faced.
Morsi, who became Egypt’s president in June 2012 after the first democratic elections in the country, is facing trial alongside 10 others, including two of his aides over accusations of leaking classified national intelligence to the Qatari intelligence. The trial was adjourned until Sunday.
Held in custody since his ouster, Morsi has faced five separate trials and was convicted in three of them.
He was sentenced to death in a prison escape trial and was sentenced to life in prison for an espionage case in June, both by the same judge.
In April, the former president was found guilty of show of force and detention associated with physical torture of protesters during deadly protests in 2012. He was sentenced to 20 years of maximum security prison.
All three sentences are not final and are subject to appeal.
He is facing another trial for insulting the judiciary.
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Make a perfect resume: For any job posted, there are many resumes that are submitted. Human Resources has the arduous task of filtering though the resume. In order to get selected you have you be sure your resume highlights the relevant work experience and skills or you may not make the cut. Do not make common resume mistakes that people make as this will give an indication that you are not serious about this application.
Prepare for your interview: So you have landed an interview for your dream job but are not sure if you will be able to crack the interview? How do you prepare for the interview? Note down things you want to say during the interview. Prepare for common questions. Be prepared for technical questions.
Highlight your skills: An interview is the best time to showcase your talent, skills and abilities. If you have prepared well, you will be able to guide the interviewer in such a manner that you are able to highlight your strength and use your weakness to your advantage. Focus on all types of skills – technical, analytical and soft skills. People tend to ignore the importance soft skills during an interview which can be a big mistake.
Thank the Interviewer: This is your last opportunity to show why you are the best candidate for this position. For this use the thank you letter to convey that you were listening during the interview, if there is any follow-up item be sure to include those (such as links to your portfolio, website, etc.). Thank the interviewer for the time and
Impress during your internship: Several companies extend full-time offers to their interns before they consider new applicants. This is beneficial for them as they get an employee who is trained for the task they expect him / her to do after joining. However only the top performing interns are typically hired back. If you have landed an internship, it is your responsibility show your abilities and skills and convert this internship opportunity in to a full-time position.
Importance of professional network: Many people only look at traditional ways to get a job such as applying to job opening on company’s site and on job boards and ignore the best way to get a job, leveraging your professional network. One must learn how to build a professional network and use it for job search. Several openings are never published as they filled by references and recommendations.
A Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) works under the supervision of doctors or registered nurses to provide care for patients who need medical attention due to a sickness, injury or disability. Some states refer to LPNs as Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN). An LPN typically needs to pass the National Council Licensure Examination after a two year training.
A Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) works under the supervision of other nursing staff to provide basic patient care. While the exact responsibilities vary from state to state and the place of work, some of the common duties are to groom, bathe, dress the patient and perform activities like change linens, help in moving patient etc.
Pharmacy technicians work under the guidance and supervision of Pharmacist. Their roles and responsibilities may vary by their work environment but ate typically required to help pharmacists fill prescriptions for customers or doctors. A certification or diploma is required in most states to become a Pharmacy technician.
Actuary often require certifications and possess degrees in Mathematics or Statistics and are commonly employed in the Insurance industry. They work to assess the likelihood of an event occurring and the associated risk which aides in the deployment of policies for business and clients.
Architect often require degree in architecture, and have to pass a licensing exam known as the Architect Registration Exam. Architects design buildings, homes, bridges and various other structures. They often tend to specialize in a sub-field. Architects are typically known for their design style and work and often aim to have a marquee project.
Paralegals, sometimes also referred to as legal assistants, provide various tasks to assist a lawyer. Some of the common duties a Paralegal is expected to fulfill is conduct legal research, draft legal documents, organize documents, etc. A certification may help but is often not required to become a Paralegal.
Police Officers typically are required to complete a high school diploma to college. Training and licensing may also be required based on the place of work. This job can be physically demanding and often dangerous. Police officers play an important role in maintain law and order and protect lives and property.
Teachers are the backbone of any civilized society as they train and educate the future generations. Common responsibilities of a teacher are to teach a class, prepare and grade tests, prepare assignments, monitor a student’s progress and much more. A teacher may also have several administrative duties bases on the setup he or she works in.
Civil Engineers often require a degree in Civil engineering and may need a license based on the location of work and services provided. Commonly civil engineers help design, construct and operate infrastructure and building projects. They may work indoors or at constructions sites depending on the project and the state of the project.
Computer Engineer are often people who graduate with a degree in Computer Engineering or Computer Science. The work responsibilities are often wide ranged as computer engineers are employed in several industries from. The work environment is also varied but is often some kind of laboratory or an office.
Electrical Engineer work in wide range of setup and work on a wide range or projects such as designing, developing and testing electric motors, power generators, transmission systems, electrical circuits, etc. In order become an electrical engineer once typically has to complete a degree in electrical engineering.
Software Engineer also known as software developer typically have degrees in computer since or some form of training in programming language. While these are not required, they are something employers look for in software engineers. The work environment is typically in offices and often casual clothing. Several software engineers also work remotely.
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The state with a lot on its plate
Nice set of letters, and numbers ... the Roads Minister, Carl Scully, unveils the first of a new generation of licence plates. Photo: Kate Geraghty
Some time tomorrow, a NSW driver will pay $32 for four letters, two numbers and a small piece of motoring history.
After 53 years, the state is changing its number plates from three letters and three numbers to the new combination - two letters, two numbers, two letters. The bright yellow background is being retained.
The first plate to be sold to the public, expected to occur at the Penrith Roads and Traffic Authority tomorrow, will be AA.00.AB. But the first plate in the series- AA.00.AA - and the 99 following it will be kept by the RTA, which always keeps the first 100 for promotional and fund-raising purposes.
The six-character plates were introduced in 1951 with three letters and three numbers, divided by a single dot.
The change is not driven by fashion, but by necessity. The possible combinations were almost exhausted.
The Roads Minister, Carl Scully, was quick to reassure the RTA "we will not go to the last gasp - there will be a changeover".
The new system offers 31.6 million possible configurations, and is expected to last until 2050. The RTA expects 375,000 of the standard issue plates to be sold each year.
It is the fourth time in NSW's history that the number plates have changed format. The first plate was introduced in 1910 and featured only numbers.
In 1937, numeric plates were replaced with two-letter and three-number plates using white characters, a system that lasted until the 1951 format was introduced.
As that system dies, collectors can forget about scoring the last in the series. ZZZ 999 is reserved for Commonwealth vehicles.
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This A. Lange & Söhne Aviator’s watch is rated 9 out of 10. It comes with certificate from the Lange museum dated in June 2016. The archive indicated that this watch was made in December 1940, with the following description:
“Diameter of the movement 48mm, brand ALS, 16 jewels, index spring fine adjusting device, ebauche for an airforce observation watch with hands for indication of hour, minute and second (large hand) from the centre of the dial, checking on acceptance on 6.12.1940 on lever 3 of completion, the movement had been delivered for completion as an aviator’s wristwatch to the company Comp. Steinbiss, Schwabisch Gmiind. Original movement dial and hands in an original aviator’s wristwatch case, case No. 210 xxx, luminous dial and hand, a triangle with two dots instead of number “12”.
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FORTUNE -- Sometimes it seems like the world is collapsing around us: young people have no work ethic, there's a leadership vacuum in corporate America, schools are in crisis, technology is destroying the way we communicate, and our country's prosperity is under attack.
But when you look closely at each of these new and pressing dangers, you begin to realize that they've all been cited before. As far back as the fourth century B.C., Plato complained about the lack of respect and discipline among youth. Our so-called educational crisis and dissolute business leaders have made headlines from the 19th century on, from the savings and loan debacle, the Enron scandal, and the most recent financial collapse in 2008.
New technologies have long seemed harbingers of disaster, from the locomotive, telegraph, radio, and television, to today's Internet and mobile devices. And before China threatened to destroy the American way of life, it was Japan buying Rockefeller Center that struck fear into the hearts of corporate and political leaders.
"The same rumors, the same story, the same fact gets recycled as new every few years. If you look at these things, it's not random or luck," says Jonah Berger, a marketing professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and author of Contagious: Why Things Catch On. "It's almost the same story with new parts being played."
So why do these five story lines continue to haunt our public discourse, raising alarm and making headlines over and over again? Moreover, why don't we recognize that they're the same tales, merely recycled and freshened up with current-day facts? The answer can be found in the common elements of these alarmist notions, and our own psyches.
All five themes appeal to our anxieties and fears over the future, whether it's our own prosperity or the financial security of the world our children will inherit.
Anything that appeals to our emotions is more powerful than something that appeals to our intellect because of the way human beings are wired. Anxiety in particular is an emotion that prompts us to take action -- such as sharing an alarming news story -- as opposed to sadness, which is a more passive emotion. An analysis of 7,000 New York Times articles found that the ones that make the most emailed list are more likely to trip our anxiety alarm, Berger says.
These narrative threads tap into our core drive to survive, says Sally Hogshead, author of the forthcoming book How the World Sees You. "These are age-old themes. If we go back 2,000 years, we'd have them," she says.
Moreover, these five story lines are broad enough to touch on topics that surface frequently in the news, public policy, and even conversation; issues like the job market, business and political leaders, our children, technological advances, and the global economy.
"These are topics that come up often, so they trigger these related memes," Berger says. "One thing can remind us of other things."
Our brain finds comfort in those reminders. It's a mental shortcut known as a heuristic, which we use to make sense of the environment efficiently, says Kevin Fleming, founder of Grey Matters International, a neuroscience-based consulting firm.
"There are a finite number of experiences as a human being, so when we tell stories about those experiences, that's how we connect," notes Annette Simmons, author of The Story Factor, who calls the five ideas "teddy bear stories" because of how loyally we cling to them. "You try to tug someone's teddy bear away and they might just bite your arm off."
Indeed, if we are given evidence that contradicts the story lines -- such as productivity data that shows young people can rival older workers -- we are more likely to discount the new information than to change our perspective. Psychologists call this a confirmation bias: we give greater weight to data that confirms our already-held beliefs.
"The brain is a sense maker; it wants to come up with patterns and come up with a model that will allow it to snap judge," Fleming says.
As for why we don't realize that these ideas are recycled stories, the answer is simple: we are different, even if the stories are the same. The environment is different this year, and we are older, in different roles, with different perspectives.
So if you were entering the workforce in the mid-90s, when Baby Boomers complained bitterly about slacker Generation Xers, you may have ignored those criticisms or discounted them as untrue. But now that you're seeing Millennials tromp through offices, wearing flip-flops, and glued to mobile devices, it seems like a fresh observation to decry the lack of work ethic among today's youth.
"You didn't listen to the story the first time around, but now it's relevant," Berger says. "Now you pay more attention."
The same goes for parents who worry that schools today are crumbling. They may have not cared as much about education before procreating. Or middle-aged workers look at their measly 401(k) fund and worry about China’s growing prosperity because they're now closer to retirement than they were a decade ago.
A psychological phenomenon known as attribution bias also comes into play here. When we try to make sense of behaviors or the world around us, we give ourselves too much credit and we discount others' contributions or worth. That's why everyone is likely to rate their intelligence as above average.
"We will minimize our own sense of fallibility, inflate our own positives, and do the opposite for others," Fleming says. "You see this generationally."
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We are pleased to honor Dr. Saltzman as the next Mines Medalist. The impact of his research in biomedical engineering can change lives and is the epitome of what the Mines Medal was created to honor.
Rapid City, SD (PRWEB) June 25, 2014
W. Mark Saltzman, an expert in biomedical engineering, drug delivery, tissue engineering and gene therapy, has been named the 2014 Mines Medalist by the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology.
Saltzman, Ph.D., is the Goizueta Foundation professor of chemical and biomedical engineering and the chair of the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Yale University. He becomes the sixth Mines Medalist to be named by the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology, which founded the national award in 2009 to recognize scientists and engineers who have demonstrated exceptional leadership and innovation.
The Des Moines, Iowa, native graduated with a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from Iowa State University in 1981. He attended graduate school at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he received a master’s degree in chemical engineering in 1984 and a Ph.D. in medical engineering in 1987.
He was appointed assistant professor of chemical engineering at Johns Hopkins University in 1987 and promoted through the ranks, becoming a tenured full professor eight years later. In 1996, he was named the first BP Amoco/H. Laurance Fuller Chair in Chemical Engineering at Cornell University. Saltzman moved to Yale University as the Goizueta Foundation professor of chemical and biomedical engineering in 2002 and became the founding chair of Yale’s Department of Biomedical Engineering in 2003.
“We are pleased to honor Dr. Saltzman as the next Mines Medalist. The impact of his research in biomedical engineering can change lives and is the epitome of what the Mines Medal was created to honor. Collaborative, multidisciplinary research such as that Dr. Saltzman often initiates is something we value very highly at the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology,” said President Heather Wilson.
Recognized widely for his excellence in research and teaching, Saltzman is a recipient of the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation Teacher-Scholar Award, the Allan C. Davis Medal as Maryland’s Outstanding Young Engineer, the Controlled Release Society Young Investigator Award and Iowa State University’s Professional Progress in Engineering Award.
“I am delighted to be receiving this award. I admire the mission of the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology to provide affordable, rigorous education in areas of national need with a focus on the student experience. The school’s mission is right on track with the needs of students and the needs of our country,” Saltzman said.
He has been a fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, the Biomedical Engineering Society and the National Academy of Inventors and served as a member of the Connecticut Academy of Science & Engineering. He has delivered over 200 lectures throughout the world, including the Britton Chance Distinguished Lecture in Engineering and Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and the Distinguished Lecture of the Biomedical Engineering Society.
Saltzman’s extensive work has been described in over 250 research papers and patents, and he has authored the textbooks Biomedical Engineering, Tissue Engineering and Drug Delivery.
His nominator, T. Kyle Vanderlick, dean of Yale’s School of Engineering and Applied Science, said, “Professor Saltzman has been at the forefront of developing materials and methods for controlled drug delivery, tissue engineering and gene therapy. His work has addressed the treatment and prevention of disease and the treatment of illness and injury. In addition to his impact on improving the human condition as a result of his research, he is an inspiring educator, mentor and colleague.”
He will be presented with the award during the Oct. 2, 2014, Mines Medal Dinner and Award Ceremony to be held at the Rushmore Plaza Civic Center.
Previous medalists include Dr. Anna Balazs, 2011 recipient and Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh; Dr. Diana Wall, 2012 recipient and University Distinguished Professor and director of the School of Global Environmental Sustainability at Colorado State University; Dr. Lee Rybeck Lynd, 2011 recipient and professor of engineering and adjunct professor of biology and earth science at Dartmouth College; Steven Squyres, 2010 recipient and Cornell University astronomer and principal scientist for NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover missions; and Dr. Cindy Van Dover, 2009 recipient and chair and professor of Duke University’s Division of Marine Sciences and Conservation and director of the Duke University Marine Laboratory.
For additional information about the Mines Medal: http://www.sdsmt.edu/About/Mines-Medal/.
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The pituitary gland makes and releases hormones into the bloodstream. Most pituitary tumours are benign. Benign pituitary gland tumours are also called pituitary adenomas.
The pituitary is a small gland that lies in a hollow, just behind the eyes. It controls many body functions by making and releasing hormones into the bloodstream.
The pituitary gland is part of our endocrine system. So pituitary gland tumours are also called endocrine tumours.
Types of pituitary tumours
Pituitary tumours can be put into 2 groups depending on whether they make hormones or not.
The symptoms you have depend on whether the tumour makes hormones or not.
Pituitary tumours that don’t make hormones
Pituitary tumours that don't make hormones are usually larger than tumours that produce hormones. They can press on the nearby optic nerve and cause changes to your eyesight. They can also affect the normal pituitary gland tissue so that you have changes in the levels of hormones.
Pituitary tumours that make hormones
There are a number of different types of pituitary tumours that make hormones. These tumours can cause quite unusual symptoms depending on the type of hormone they produce.
Prolactinomas make a hormone called prolactin which regulates the milk production after pregnancy. They are the most common type of functioning pituitary tumours.
Prolactinomas can cause:
- loss of sex drive
- difficulty getting an erection
- increased milk production in the breasts of women
Tumours that make growth hormone can cause a condition called acromegaly. Symptoms of acromegaly include:
- growth spurts in young people
- overgrowth of hands, feet and lower jaw in adults
ACTH stands for adrenocorticotropic hormone. ACTH stimulates the adrenal glands to make another hormone called cortisol. Tumours that make ACTH can cause a number of symptoms that are known as Cushing’s syndrome. Symptoms include:
- weight gain
- red and rounded face
- high blood pressure
Pituitary tumours that make TSH can cause:
- weight loss
- tremor (shaking)
- a fast heart beat (palpitations)
How common it is
About 8 out of every 100 brain tumours (8%) diagnosed in England between 2006 and 2010 were pituitary tumours.
Most pituitary tumours are benign (not a cancer). They usually grow slowly and tend not to spread.
What tests will I have?
Your doctor examines you and checks your symptoms. You also have tests to diagnose a pituitary tumour. This helps your doctor plan the treatment. The tests you might have include:
- blood tests
- MRI scan or CT scan
The treatment you need depends on the type of pituitary tumour you have. It also depends on how well you are and your symptoms.
Pituitary tumours usually grow slowly over some years. So for a small tumour that isn’t causing symptoms, your doctor might monitor you with regular MRI scans. This is called active monitoring. You then have treatment if there are signs that the tumour is growing or starts to cause symptoms.
Surgery is the most common treatment for pituitary tumours. A highly specialised doctor (neurosurgeon) removes as much of the tumour as possible.
Your surgeon passes a tube into your nose to remove the tumour. This operation is called an endoscopic transphenoidal resection.
Radiotherapy uses high energy x-rays to kill tumour cells. You might have radiotherapy after surgery to kill any tumour that has been left behind.
You may have a type of radiotherapy called external beam radiotherapy or stereotactic radiotherapy.
For some types of pituitary tumours you might take drugs to reduce hormone levels. For example for a prolactinoma, you may take a drug called cabergoline. It stops the pituitary tumour from making the hormone prolactin.
This won’t get rid of the tumour but helps to reduce the symptoms.
You have hormone replacement tablets if you had all or most of the pituitary gland removed during surgery. Hormone replacement includes:
- thyroid hormones
- the sex hormones oestrogen and androgen
- growth hormone
You have hormone replacement as tablets, injections or patches.
If your pituitary tumour comes back, you might be able to have more surgery or radiotherapy. Your doctor might also suggest a chemotherapy drug called temozolomide.
You have regular appointments with your doctor or nurse after treatment finishes. Your doctor examines you at each appointment. They ask how you are feeling, whether you have had any symptoms or side effects, and if you are worried about anything. You might also have MRI scans on some visits.
How often you have check ups depends on your individual situation.
Coping with pituitary tumours
Coping with a diagnosis of a brain tumour can be difficult, both practically and emotionally. It can be especially difficult when you have a rare tumour. Being well informed about the type of tumour you have, and its treatment can make it easier to cope.
Research and clinical trials
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Humour without borders
Star comedian Bülent Ceylan thinks little of generalizations, but a lot of humour’s power to connect.
One of the characteristics often said to be typical of Germans is a lack of humour. Probably no one knows exactly how this ever came about. But surely that era in which we, meaning our whole nation, were mainly perceived as aggressive is partly to blame. One thing I like to emphasize in my comedy shows is what I basically think about such gross generalizations – and that is: nothing at all!
A man in lederhosen eating a knuckle of pork and sauerkraut with a tankard of beer is also a typical image people all over the world have of us, but in fact it is not typically German, fortunately. Where I live, in Mannheim, we’d be very concerned about someone who was like that! The classification is rather arbitrary after all, more like a caricature.
There can be no doubt about it: laughing is good for you. And no matter how that laughter is produced, it is always legitimate, whatever is behind it. A joke need not always be profound to be funny; when we make fun of something or find something funny, there doesn’t always have to be a great significance to it. The best example is the so-called “mad days” in Germany. Carnival, the Fifth Season of the Year, especially in the Rhineland, puts a big smile on people’s faces over the course of almost a week. During that time they radiate cheerfulness and forget their everyday worries. Humour is one of the best remedies for that anyway.
As long as there is a need for things that make us laugh, cheer us up for a while, then humour will play an important role in our lives. Life is a matter of give and take, and just as there are people who like to be made to laugh, so too there have to be people who make others laugh. Some occasionally do this at work, at home or among friends, while others have so much talent that they go on stage and earn a living at it. In Germany a lot of people are now doing this, and over recents years individual humorous input has clearly increased thanks to the frequency of comedy and cabaret shows in all the media, to the long tradition of old-school humorists and farce on German stages as well as to the new possibilities for entertainment offered by videos of mishaps on social media. People in Germany have become accustomed to having something to laugh about at every corner – if they want to.
We can experience this on a daily basis in the most varied of ways and on the most diverse levels, so we will always find something to laugh about. We will at least smile at a joke, even if others find it side-splitting, and we will repeat jokes we particularly like, even if others find them silly. Humour is always personal, dependent on one’s own particular mindset. Rarely will everyone find the same gag funny. That’s something I often notice during my stage shows.
And it doesn’t matter where I am or in what surroundings. Just as a rainbow can move even the greatest sourpuss to a brief “ah” of enthusiasm, so too humour can rise above prejudices and class-related differences and connect people – like music or a baby’s smile. And what is more, it does so across borders and frontiers! ▪
Bülent Ceylan is one of Germany’s most successful comedians. The son of a German mother and a Turkish father, he was born in Mannheim in 1976. Today his comedy shows fill the largest venues. He particularly likes slipping into different roles, like that of the ever bad-humoured caretaker “Mompfreed” (Manfred), to expose German and Turkish prejudices and clichés about one another with lots of charm and wit. And no one speaks Mannheim’s singsong dialect more attractively than he does. | <urn:uuid:51876def-9de2-4f40-937a-ace8c6966b5b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.deutschland.de/en/topic/life/society-integration/humour-without-borders | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572581.94/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816211628-20220817001628-00074.warc.gz | en | 0.969893 | 841 | 1.78125 | 2 |
On November 2, 2016 the Chicago Cubs defeated the Cleveland Indians to win the World Series. This might not seem significant. After all, a team wins the World Series every year, right? But looking at the Cubs’ history reveals how important it is.
The Cubs hadn’t won the World Series since 1908. They hadn’t even appeared in the World Series since 1945. Many fans attribute this 71-year absence to “the curse of the billy goat.” Legend has it that during the ’45 Series, local tavern owner Billy Sianis tried to buy a ticket for his pet goat. Angered that his goat was not admitted, he pronounced, “Them Cubs, they ain’t gonna win no more.”
This may seem ridiculous. But during the last 71 years, there were several times the Cubs were poised to win the pennant only to have a run of unexplainably bad luck. Cubs fans know their history as a team. The ’16 Series is more than a championship to them; it represents the lifting of a long-standing curse.
The historical context of the Chicago Cubs helps us interpret their World Series championship. Without that context, we won’t understand the full significance of their victory.
Historical context helps us understand what happens in the world of sports. More importantly, it helps us interpret what happens in the Bible. This is especially true with the prophets. The Bible contains several books of prophecy. Without an awareness of their historical context, we will be hopelessly lost in our attempts to interpret them.
“Historical context” refers to the circumstances surrounding an event. It prompts us to ask, “What was happening when this book of the Bible was written?” Such a question sheds light on the original meaning of Scripture and guides us to properly interpret Bible prophecy.
Old Testament Prophets
There are several books of prophecy in the Old Testament. Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Daniel are the Major Prophets. Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi are the Minor Prophets.
Each book begins with a statement that locates the prophet’s ministry in a specific historical setting. We must interpret their prophecies in light of what was happening in their day, not our own. We must bear in mind the situations they faced and the events that loomed near on their horizon.
Most of the prophets ministered in times of religious apostasy and political uncertainty. In all things, they sought to advise Israel and Judah in light of their present situation. It is best to first seek the fulfillment of their prophecies in events that have already passed. Some historic moments in Bible history include:
- The Assyrians destroying Samaria and taking Israel captive (722 B.C.)
- The Babylonians destroying Jerusalem and taking Judah captive (587 B.C.)
- The Jews returning from exile in Babylon (538 B.C.)
- The Romans destroying Jerusalem (A.D. 70)
Book of Revelation
Revelation is the only book of prophecy in the New Testament. But it is arguably the most difficult book of prophecy to interpret in the entire Bible! However, much of the difficulty fades when we consider its historical context.
The book begins, “John, to the seven churches in the province of Asia” (1:4). These churches lived under the Roman Empire. During the first century, emperors began declaring themselves gods. Citizens were forced to pledge allegiance to the emperor by worshiping him at local shrines or temples. Anyone who refused was labeled a traitor and persecuted as such.
John identifies these seven churches as the church in Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea. Each church faced its own difficulties and hardships. We must remember John was advising them in light of their present situation.
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I must say that Fedy is a must have tool or application for Fedora users. Fedy is a simple program that helps us to install various applications which are not available through Fedora repository. For example, Fedy lets us to install Adobe Flash Plugin, Oracle Java JRE or even install Google Chrome in a single click.
Fedy lets you install multimedia codecs and additional software that Fedora doesn’t want to ship, like mp3 support, Adobe Flash, Oracle Java etc., and much more with just a few clicks.
How to install Fedy on Fedora 22 Workstation
I have created a quick video tutorial on how to install Fedy on Fedora 22, you may want to have a quick look.
Open Terminal and paste this command to quickly install Fedy on Fedora
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This lesson will examine the social learning theory of personality that combines learning principles, cognition, and the effects of social relationships.
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We learn to expect a response or a consequence following a behavior; from this, we learn to anticipate the response if we engage in a behavior.
Costs/benefits have different values depending upon the individuals.
Belief in our own ability to perform a behavior, that we are competent to accomplish specific tasks
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Commentary on Proverbs 1:1-7; 3:1-8; 8:22-36; 10:1-12; Ecclesiastes 1:1-18; 2:18—3:8
Wisdom Literature Worship and Preaching Series
Introduction: The following commentary and worship “Wisdom Literature” worship and preaching series is designed for congregations that follow the Narrative Lectionary (NL) during the normal North American congregational program year (September-May). Because the Bible contains many texts and books that are not “narrative texts” or “texts arranged narratively,” the NL delves into some of those non-narrative texts in summer.
Week 1: June 30, 2013
Reading: Proverbs 1:1-7 or 1-19
Gospel: Luke 6:47-49
The first week of this series is a chance to introduce the biblical concept of “wisdom” and “wisdom literature.” Preachers and worship planners can introduce basic concepts such as what wisdom literature is, how wisdom literature speaks for and about God, and how wisdom is a means through which God is known and through which God works.
In the Bible, there are three (perhaps four) books of wisdom. Proverbs is a wisdom book that has a positive, or optimistic view of wisdom. Ecclesiastes and Jobs are wisdom books that take a more pessimistic, questioning, or negative view of wisdom. Because there are wisdom poems in the Book of Psalms, some consider Psalms as a partial wisdom book (see Psalms 1 and 73 as examples).
In this series, we spend four weeks considering the positive outlook of Proverbs and two weeks considering Ecclesiastes.
Like many biblical books, Proverbs opens with a passage that characterizes the message or aim of the book. Proverbs 1 contains two verses that could be understood as theme verses: verse 7 (“the fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge”) and verse 3 (“for gaining instruction in wise dealing, righteousness, justice, and equity”).
These two theme verses cast the purpose of the book as inquiry into the way God’s good creation works — more specifically, this is an inquiry into the way that human existence works. It is a book of practical wisdom about how to live a wise life.
The book states that God has made knowledge of some things available to anyone who studies creation. While this knowledge is not exactly the “natural law” of later Christian tradition, there is some similarity between that later formulation and the view of wisdom in Proverbs. The book values practical wisdom as wise advice for daily living. The book also bears witness to the godly virtues of “righteousness, justice and equity” as qualities that can be accessed — at least to some degree — through human reason.
But there is a caveat! That caveat is that the pursuit of such practical wisdom needs to keep a focus on “the fear of the Lord.” This latter concept is difficult to translate into modern metaphors. For a little context, the reader might take a look at Deuteronomy 14:22-23 or Psalm 130, to get a sense of the range of meaning of the phrase. Perhaps the phrase could be loosely rendered as “true appreciation for the Lord.” The idea is less about the emotion of fear, than it is about a disposition towards God, God’s authority, and God’s goodness.
The book claims that even though much laudable and useful practical wisdom is available by simply studying the world and paying attention to human experience, the place to start to become truly wise is in a right and true appreciation of Israel’s Lord, who “created me and all that exists.”
- “Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise”
- “This is My Father’s World”
- “Earth and All Stars”
Week 2: July 7, 2013
Reading: Proverbs 3:1-8 or 1-18
Gospel: Luke 12:29-31
One of the themes — or rhetorical conceits — of wisdom literature is that it finds value in framing truth dualistically. That is, it often contrasts virtue-vice pairs: wisdom and foolishness; the wise and the fool; light and darkness; knowledge and ignorance; understanding and vanity; goodness and evil.
One must take great care when approaching these dualistic constructions. There can be a temptation to divide everything too neatly into two, distinct camps. In truth, as the rest of the Bible indicates, reality is more complicated than that. Individual people are mixtures of wisdom and folly, goodness and evil, light and darkness.
What the book of Proverbs does is set up these dualistic pairs as archetypes — generic models that are useful to frame problems and pose questions. And if the reader keeps in mind that these pairs are only types that help frame practical-living problems, then the reader can “grow in wisdom” from these types. But if one pushes these interpretive frames too far (I am reminded of the old joke, “There are two types of people . . . those who divide everything into two types and those who don’t”) then they can be very reductionistic.
The verses for the second Sunday of this wisdom series cast the conversation in terms of a parent’s wise advice to a child: “My child, do not forget my teaching.” At the most simple level, the metaphor of the parent teaching the child reinforces family as the most important building block of every society. Our first teachers are our parents. The love and instruction of father and mother (“Honor your father and your mother,” the commandment goes) are therefore the most important and most basic building block of society. God imparts knowledge and instruction through good parents.
Here, the wise teaching of ideal parents is condensed. The parents teach the child to pursue virtue rather than vice. These virtues — loyalty and faithfulness — are in other parts of Scripture assigned to God. As God’s followers seek to imitate God’s characteristics, we incarnate God’s very character. The text makes a link between “trust in the Lord” and imitating, incarnating God’s characteristic traits.
But perhaps the most important lesson in this week’s assigned text is in the exhortation to “trust in the Lord with all your heart” rather than “relying on your own insight,” or rather than being “wise in your own eyes.” The point is a simple one: The human heart, the human will, the human mind — these are good gifts. But in and of themselves, they are untrustworthy. Do not trust your own heart! It will lead you away from God. Rather, trust God’s word.
This message is profoundly counter-cultural.
In North America, we are always told to “be yourself,” “follow your heart,” “live your dreams.”
But Proverbs knows that the human heart often (not always) sets its desires on the wrong thing. Or, to put it differently, once the human heart sets its desires on something, the human will can often justify cutting corners and committing little sins in order to satisfy those desires.
Desire itself cannot be the ethical standard. Trust in God, the Proverb says. Not yourself.
One is reminded here of the rhetorical conceit of the passage — the instruction of a parent to a child. Do you remember when you were a teenager and thought you knew everything? So does the teacher of Proverbs! And that teacher has learned an awful lot since the day when he or she thought he/she knew everything. And the most important thing learned is this: I don’t know enough to guide my own life. So as for me and my house, we will trust the Lord.
- “Children of the Heavenly Father”
- “Great is Thy Faithfulness”
- “Holy Spirit, Truth Divine”
- “O God our Help in Ages Past”
Week 3: July 14, 2013
Reading: Proverbs 8:22-36
Gospel: Luke 8:22-25
The selected passage for this week’s worship and preaching is a famous passage. It is famous for many reasons. But it is especially famous for casting wisdom as a creature that God created before anything else. “The Lord created me at the beginning of his work, the first of his acts of long ago.”
Also in these opening nine chapters of Proverbs, wisdom is pictured as a woman (“Woman Wisdom”). In contrast, folly is also pictured as a woman (“Woman Folly”).
Some have wondered if this metaphor isn’t a useful counter-image to the Bible’s relentless imaging of God as Father, Warrior, Judge, King, and so on. If so, it is important to recognize that God transcends human gender — both the male gender and the female gender — and to recognize that according to Gen 1:26-28, both “male and female” are equally “in God’s image.”
But there is also another thrilling point in this week’s lection: God has imbued creation itself with wisdom, with order, with logic, with discernible design.
Wisdom is both the means by which God created the good creation and is also the design that God built into creation. God’s creation is trustworthy!
We so often take for granted how genuinely miraculous our trustworthy, ordered creation is. The spinning spaceship that is Planet Earth — a small orb of safety spinning through an unimaginably vast creation — is a miracle of trustworthy love. And it is a sign of God’s love and commitment.
One final note: God, and God’s partner “Wisdom,” rejoice in creation. “I was daily his delight,” Wisdom cries out, “rejoicing before him always, rejoicing in his inhabited world and delighting in the human race.”
God not only created “me and all that exists,” God rejoices in and is irrevocably committed to the beloved creation. God delights in you and me. God rejoices in all things great and small.
- “All Things Bright and Beautiful”
- “How Great Thou Art”
- “Holy, Holy, Holy”
- “Thy Strong Word”
Week 4: July 21, 2013
Reading: Proverbs 10:1-12
Gospel: Luke 6:37-38
The text of the fourth week of the worship and preaching series on biblical wisdom literature contrasts by-now familiar pairs of terms: wise and foolish; wickedness and righteousness; the righteous and the wicked. But some new terms are introduced: poverty and riches; prudence and shame; blessing and violence; and integrity and perverseness.
As in past weeks, the lesson casts the reader as a child who can gain wisdom from an older mentor — perhaps a parent.
Especially important for this week’s reading is the concept of how one gains wealth, and reflection on the practices that one might pursue to accumulate wealth.
A first point is about how one accumulates wealth. The passage urges something like the old Protestant Work Ethic. “A slack hand causes poverty, but the hand of the diligent makes rich. A child who gathers in summer is prudent, but a child who sleeps in harvest brings shame.”
These truisms — because that is what they are — commend the virtue of steady, hard, diligent work.
We should probably admit that there is “truth in these proverbs” rather than trying to assert that these proverbs are always and in every circumstance true.
Any human being can relate an anecdote about when hard work wasn’t enough, or when diligent effort didn’t pay off. And we will see in the next few weeks that the preacher in Ecclesiastes knows that the race isn’t always to the swift nor the victory to the strong.
But one does find in Proverbs at least the seeds of a work ethic. Some have wondered if the Bible contains a work ethic, or a theology of work and vocation. The answer is yes. And that ethic and theology are found in Proverbs. There is value in a job well done. There is pride to be taken in a challenge tackled and accomplished. These are not profound theological truths. But they are the sort of life lessons that will serve one well. Or, to put it conversely, if one fails to learn these lessons, one’s life will be far less rich (pun intended).
A second and related point that the text makes warns against the allure of easy money.
“Treasure gained by wickedness does not profit, but righteousness delivers from death.” The life of one who is forever chasing after the quick buck, the easy victory, and sweatless reward, is a life of disappointment.
Are you counting on winning the lottery to fund your lifestyle into old age? Not a wise choice.
The entire allure of gambling might be called into question by this text. Gambling has been called by one wit a penalty on those who cannot do math. And by another as a voluntary tax on stupidity. But gambling is an allure because it promises not only a quick win, it also gives a rush when the pot is won. Addiction to gambling ruins family, lives, communities.
But the point isn’t just gambling — it is the allure of the easy dollar. That allure leads first to foolish behavior and then can also lead to criminal behavior. The old saying that “crime doesn’t pay” is a faithful translation of this text.
But one more truly profound bit of wisdom is commended by this text. That is the wisdom that helps us to reflect on how much damage we can do with our tongues.
Throughout the book of Proverbs, the teachers are consistently warning against the sins of the tongue, the mouth, and the lips. “The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.” And “lying lips conceal hatred, and whoever utters slander is a fool. When the words are many, transgression is not lacking, but the prudent are restrained in speech.”
No book of the Bible takes the commandment to “not bear false witness against your neighbor” more seriously than Proverbs.
We can do great damage with our words. But we can also do great service. Words hurt, shame, alienate, judge, tear down and damage.
But words also heal, build up, honor, reconcile, and forgive.
Words do not merely signify meaning. Words actually can do things. Think of the power in these direct words of speech, spoken sincerely from one person to another: I love you. I miss you. I forgive you. I promise. I am sorry. Such words do things that need doing.
And one more: “I baptize you in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.” Now there is a word that saves!
Week 5: July 28, 2013
Reading: Ecclesiastes 1:1-18
Gospel: Luke 12:22-23
The fifth week of this preaching series is marked by a shift — to a new book, with a new tone and a more pessimistic view of wisdom.
As noted in the series introduction, Old Testament wisdom literature has two basically contrasting genres of wisdom literature. The book of Proverbs and the wisdom psalms of the Psalter have a fairly optimistic, positive view of what can be known about wisdom and about the prospects for living a wise life. They represent the student in the front row who is eager and gives it her all: the hand-raiser, the curve-buster, the Hermione Granger in the class.
The books of Ecclesiastes and Job, on the other hand, represent more of a Charlie Brown type of worldview. The authors of these latter two books have seen Lucy snatch the football away one too many times. The worldview here acknowledges that while knowledge and effort and skill are worthy, “the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor favor to the skillful; but time and chance happen to them all” (Ecclesiastes 9:11). The town where the authors of Ecclesiastes and Job dwell should not quite be named cynical or jaded, but one can see them from there.
This week’s text features the famous opening verses of the book of Ecclesiastes: “Vanity of vanities, says the Teacher [or “preacher”], vanity of vanities! All is vanity.” The meaning of the Hebrew word hevel, which is translated by the NRSV as “vanity” is much discussed. The base meaning seems to be “vapor” or “smoke.” I once heard an engaging Old Testament scholar on this passage. He reached into his suit pocket, pulled out a cheap cigar and lit it. He blew a long stream of smoke and declared “This is what hevel is.” And the preacher of Ecclesiastes says this also is what life is.
The book explores the limits of what we can know or achieve. The title of Ernest Hemmingway’s novel about the non-love-affair of an impotent wounded soldier and a promiscuous noblewoman — The Sun Also Rises, which is inspired by Ecclesiastes 1:5 — can be taken as a faithful interpretation of the preacher’s viewpoint.
One helpful way to think about the book of Ecclesiastes is to think of it as the memoir of a thinker who adopted and considered a series of what we might call “philosophies” or “lifestyles” — all in search of meaning in life. In the end, the preacher is disappointed by each: all are “vanity.”
The preacher describes how he searched for “wisdom” (1:12-17), only to discover “a chasing after wind.” He tried out hedonism and greatness, making “a test of pleasure” (2:1) and “made great works (2:4), discovering again that “all was vanity” (2:11). So he made a test of “folly” to see if there is value in the opposite, but “the same fate befalls all of them” (2:14). And so on.
All lifestyles, philosophies. All ideologies and passions. All art and achievement are — when measured against the absolute realities of death, (mis)fortune, time, accident, and fate — vanity. Smoke. A chasing after the wind.
So what does a Christian preacher do with what might seem like a downer of a worldview?
First, recognize the power of this outlook to “preach the second (theological) use of the law” — as some in the Lutheran tradition call it. That is, this text offers a penetrating critique of the false gods that we would worship in place of the one true God of the Bible. As Martin Luther had it, whatever we “fear, love and trust” the most — those things are our gods. If we pursue our achievements, or money, or fame, or family, or hobbies, or sex, or youth, or power, those are our gods. And, according to Ecclesiastes, all of those things are “vanity” and a “chasing after the wind.”
My colleague David Lose has taught me that artists are always the best preachers of the law — exposing our desires and delights and telling the truth about our loves and lives. Let the ancient artist know as “the preacher” turn his forensic stare at the “penultimate” things that we set up in our lives and treat as “ultimate.” Let him knock those things — and us — off the throne.
And then reiterate the promise of the Old Testament. “Hear, O Israel: The Lord is our God, the Lord alone” (Deuteronomy 6:4). In Jesus Christ, the God of Israel draws near to us. Taking on flesh and taking up our burdens. Measured against eternity and death, we are but smoke. But Jesus “breathed on them and said to them, ‘Receive the Holy Spirit’” (John 20:22).
Living in the Spirit, we are a new creation. Living in Christ, we have life.
- “Lord of All Hopefulness”
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- “Spirit of God, Descend upon My Heart”
- “We Were Baptized in Christ Jesus”
Week 6: August 4, 2013
Reading: Ecclesiastes 2:18–3:8
Gospel: Luke 16:12-21
Last week, the preaching series on wisdom literature took a turn toward pessimism and negativity. Or, some would say, a turn toward realism and the penetrating diagnosis of the law.
In the commentary on last week’s lesson, I suggested that the preacher of Ecclesiastes takes up and tests a series of worldviews, philosophies, or lifestyles. Each of these, the preacher concludes, are “vanity” and “a chasing after wind.”
So is there nothing worth living for? Should we be measured against the compass points of death and eternity and therefore always found wanting and empty? Like Lee Corso analyzing a college football game, the preacher says, “Not so fast, my friend!”
Just because ultimate questions and concerns will always be beyond our grasp, writes the preacher, that does not mean that penultimate conclusions are completely worthless.
In this week’s reading, two such penultimate goods or values are named.
First, there is the good of what we might call the living arts of loving one’s work, one’s family, and one’s food. There is value, the preacher says, in finding joy in the ordinary things of life.
In fact, one of the most important arts of living, the preacher is telling us, is the art of finding joy and love in the ordinary.
“There is nothing better for mortals than to eat and drink, and find enjoyment in their toil. This also, I saw, is from the hand of God; for apart from him who can eat or who can have enjoyment?” (Ecclesiastes 2:24-25).
In this passage, note that the art of finding joy in the ordinary is paired with the art of living in the presence of God. Because God is present, infusing each breath of creation with the renewing power of the Spirit, joy can be found in the most ordinary stuff of daily life.
Similarly, later in the book, the preacher speaks of the value of finding love in friendship and family. “Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. For if they fall, one will lift up the other. . . . if two lie together, they keep warm. . . And though one might prevail against another, two will withstand one” (4:9-11). And: “Go, eat your bread with enjoyment, and drink your wine. . . Enjoy life with the wife whom you love. . . Whatever your hand finds to do, do with your might” (9:7-10a).
Jesus seemed to make a similar point in his parable about the foolish farmer whose life was required of him the very moment he had finished building and filling his barns.
A second bit of wisdom that the preacher offers is the wisdom that teaches that there are many seasons in human life. The variety of seasons can enrich one’s appreciation for the fullness of life. Or at least the variety of seasons can teach one to find joy in the ordinary moments and seasons. The creation that God has fashioned includes ups and down, sunrises and sunsets, joys and sorrows, life and death:
For everything there is a season,and a time for every matter under heaven:
A time to be born, and a time to die;
A time to plant, and at time to pluck up what is planted;
A time to kill, and a time to heal
A time for love, and a time to hate;
A time for war, and a time for peace.
God has “made everything suitable for its time; moreover he has put a sense of past and future into their minds” (3:11a).
This most famous of the preacher’s wisdom invites us to live life from the perspective of eternity. Recognizing that neither highs nor lows last, that harvest requires sowing, laughter can follow weeping, and silence can lead to speech.
God has created us in time and with a sense of time. St Augustine said that “our hearts are restless until they rest in thee.”
The great poet George Herbert, likened the human sense of time to a pulley that draws us nearer to God. Herbert imagines God pouring blessings into humanity, like water from a glass:
When God at first made man,
Having a glass of blessings standing by;
Let us (said he) poure on him all we can;
Let the worlds riches, which dispersed lie,
Contract into a span.
Herbert continues to narrate the pouring out of God’s blessings on humanity: strength, beauty, wisdom, honor, pleasure. But one blessing God did not grant humanity–the blessing of “rest.”
For if I should (said he)
Bestow this jewell also on my creature,
He would adore my my gifts in stead of me
Yet let him keep the rest,
But keep them with repining restlessnesse:
Let him be rich and wearie, that at least,
If goodnesse leade him not, yet wearinesse
May tosse him to my breast.
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When European notions about angels and demons were exported to the New World, they underwent remarkable adaptations. Angels and demons came to form an integral part of the Spanish American cosmology, leading to the emergence of colonial urban and rural landscapes set within a strikingly theological framework. Belief in celestial and demonic spirits soon regulated and affected the daily lives of Spanish, Indigenous and Mestizo peoples, while missionary networks circulated these practices to create a widespread and generally accepted system of belief that flourished in seventeenth-century Baroque culture and spirituality. This study of angels and demons opens a particularly illuminating window onto intellectual and cultural developments in the centuries that followed the European encounter with America. The volume will be of interest to scholars and students of religious studies, anthropology of religion, history of ideas, Latin American colonial history and church history.
Fernando Cervantes is Reader in History at the University of Bristol. He is the author of The Devil in the New World: The Impact of Diabolism in New Spain (1994). Andrew Redden is a Lecturer in Latin American History at the University of Liverpool. He is author of Diabolism in Colonial Peru, 1560-1750 (2008).
Introduction Fernando Cervantes and Andrew Redden; Part I. From the Old World to the New: 1. The devil in the old world: anti-superstition literature, medical humanism and preternatural philosophy in early modern Spain Andrew Keitt; 2. Demonios within and without: Hieronymites and the devil in the early modern Hispanic world Kenneth Mills; 3. How to see angels: the resilience of Mendicant spirituality in Spanish America Fernando Cervantes; Part II. Indigenous and Afro-American Responses: 4. Satan is my nickname: demonic and angelic interventions in colonial Nahuatl theatre Louise Burkhart; 5. Vipers under the altar cloth: Satanic and angelic forms in seventeenth-century New Granada Andrew Redden; 6. Where did all the angels go? An interpretation of the Nahua supernatural world Caterina Pizzigoni; Part III. The World of the Baroque: 7. Angels and demons in the conquest of Peru Ramon Mujica Pinilla; 8. Winged and imagined Indians Jaime Cuadriello; 9. Psychomachia Indiana: angels, devils and holy images in New Spain David Brading.
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If the date on the check is more than 180 days old, the check is stale. There are a few ways you can determine if a check is stale-dated, whether you received the check or have concerns about a check you’ve written. Let’s look at what to know about stale-dated checks and what you can do if you’re holding onto one. This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks.
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Pictured are Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Judge John P. O'Donnell (in sky blue tie), former Cleveland Police patrolman Michael Brelo (in blue shirt), Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Tim McGinty (in red-pink tie with polka dots), 137 shots unarmed Cleveland police fatal shooting victim Malissa Williams (in white shirt), and 137 shots unarmed Cleveland police fatal shooting victim Timothy Russell ( in dark blue sweatshirt).
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The activists gave speeches and called for systemic changes as to heightened murders in Cleveland by police of innocent Black people, particularly over the past five years.
They also counted in unison beginning with the number one and ending at 137, the number of bullets police used in their killing pursuit of Williams and Russell, both homeless, and neither wanted by the law.
"This is an indictment against Black community," said Coleman, a former biology teacher and blogger. "Malissa Williams, Timothy Russell, Tamir Rice, Brandon Jones and Kenneth Smith, to name a few."
Williams 30, and Russell, 43, were gunned down by 13-non Black Cleveland cops slinging 137 bullets the night of Nov 29, 2012 and following a high speed car chase from downtown Cleveland to Heritage Middle School in neighboring East Cleveland.
There the two unarmed Blacks were ceremonious killed with since fired cop Michael Brelo jumping aboard the hood of the 1979 Malibu Classic driven by Russell and for which Williams was a passenger.
Brelo, who was subsequently charged and later acquitted of two counts of manslaughter in a bench trial before Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Judge John O'Donnell, fired 49 bullets into the then stationary car. The other 12 police officers escaped prosecutor per lobbying from county prosecutor Tim McGinty, who lost reelection this year to Micahel O'Malley with help from Black voters.
O'Donnell was also called to task by the Black community after his controversial verdict that sparked community protests and racial unrest.
And community activists reiterated their discontent with O'Donnell at the anniversary event on Tuesday.
"We made sure that Tim McGinty was ousted and Judge O'Donnell lost his bid for the Ohio Supreme Court." said Al Porter on behalf of the Black on Black Crime group he leads.
In addion to Coleman and Porter, other community activists that spoke include Genevieve Mitchell, Ken Bender, Terry Tolefree, Donnie Pastard, Susan Schnur, and Donna Walker Brown.
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Ninety international donors have begun a one-day meeting in Paris to pledge funds to help lift the Palestinian economy and underpin the Middle East peace talks.
But is mobilising financial and political support for the Palestinian Authority enough to stop the worsening economic crisis in the West Bank and Gaza Strip?
The economic well-being of the Palestinians is widely seen as an essential pre-condition for the building of a viable and successful Palestinian state.
We explore the Paris conference and its chances of success, especially as the situation in the Gaza Strip continues to deteriorate.
The development plan presented by Salam Fayyad, the Palestinian prime minister, has won the support of the World Bank, but it relies on the gradual shift to development projects under a scenario that has Israel easing restrictions and enabling the private sector to recover. Can the Paris conference kickstart this process?Watch part 1 of Inside Story on YouTube
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Landscape in Literature.
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Overview: November is National Pet Cancer Awareness Month and MedVet ran a campaign on social media to engage and educate our audience about cancer in pets. Medical Oncology and Radiation Oncology are unique life-saving services that MedVet hospitals offer to pets.
Goal: See a 15% increase from last month in Shares and Interactions. (Last month we had 8,074 Interactions and 1,464 Shares, so our goal is 9,286 Interactions and 1,683 Shares).
Results: We did not meet our goal. We had 3,428 Interactions and 501 Shares on our Facebook posts for this campaign. For comparison, our October campaign had 2,040 interactions and 850 Shares and was for only 10 days rather than 30 days like this campaign.
Our overall numbers were down for the month of November. All our Facebook posts had 6,334 Interactions and 1,168 Shares. Compared to October, overall we saw a 19% decrease in Interactions and Shares.
I think I underestimated how Share-worthy the Pet Cancer Awareness Month content was. I was surprised at how few Shares and Interactions Titan’s video received as well as some of the infographics. I think perhaps information on pet cancer is less “shareable” than information on keeping your pet safe over the holiday.
In the future, I’m going to prioritize Facebook content about pet owner safety information that’s holiday focused. My next campaign will be focused on the 12 Dangers of Christmas (it’s a veterinarian’s take on the classic 12 Days of Christmas, get it?)
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SBS 301 Cultural Diversity/Prof. Koptiuch Fall 2014 Personal Memory Ethnographies
I was nervous about being in Harlem because I thought it was a “dirty and dangerous” place. I don’t believe I would have gone there on my own if not for a high school class field trip. New York City has always been a melting pot’s melting pot. The diversity of the United States is best represented in this one city. But living not far from the city in 1984 represented the opposite of diversity for me.
I grew up in upper middle class Long Island, New York. My parents held moderately liberal viewpoints. I visited New York City with them weekly for much of my childhood and I remember questioning my parents about the people I saw who “looked different” from myself, but I accepted the fact that The City was filled with all kinds of different people. My own community was another story. There, daily life was obscenely white.
I had stereotypical expectations of a school in Harlem. Now I was going there on a day trip with the students from my social studies class. I would be face-to-face with those kids. My class was studying the different social, architectural, and psychological aspects of Manhattan and once per week we would travel together on the train into The City to experience a different area or attraction. We took the Long Island Railroad from our affluent urban community into the heart of Manhattan, then the subway to Harlem. Standing outside the gray high school building on the litter free upper eastside sidewalk, the surprises were just beginning. The streets and buildings were remarkably clean for an inner city neighborhood. The high school was beautiful. The huge brick building was just as modern, clean, and well equipped as my own. My classmates and I were each paired with a student and we were supposed to follow them through their day’s class schedule. My student partner Shonda, was wonderful, kind, and welcoming.
“What did I just see? I am walking through the hall to social studies and I see these two white dudes. What the fuck was that? I don’t remember anyone saying anything about white kids coming to our school. They looked pretty tight, nice clothes, must be rich. They can’t live here. What building did they move into? They didn’t look like they’re related. That means two families. Fuck man. What the hell is going on?”
What struck me the most was the feeling of being so different from everyone around me. Walking through the halls and sitting in classes, I was the complete focus. I was the alien, the curiosity. For the first time in my life I was the minority. Was this part of what it felt like to be black in a white world?
“Now I see a white girl in my social studies class. She looks scared. The teacher said she is part of a group from a high school in Long Island. They’re here with a class that learns about The City. I’m sure these white kids can learn plenty about what it’s like to be us. One day don’t make you black man, or poor. They don’t know. They’ll never know.”
I couldn’t help but be moved and compare my experience (in a very small way) to the black people who endured the racism in the 1950’s and 60’s. I wanted to understand how it felt to be different based on the color of my skin but I was also very afraid of how I would be treated.
“So I talked to her. She’s not bad. She was pretty excited to talk to me and my friends. She said her social studies teacher is a pain in the ass too. She’s cool I guess. I’m still not sure why they came but I guess they’re ok.”
I had built up some anxiety over my expectations of what I was walking into on this trip to an all-black high school. What surprised me was the kindness and respect with which the sutdents treated us. They did not look down upon me. They welcomed me.
The students behaved exactly like those I left in my own school. Laughing and chatting, the kids jammed the stairways as they rushed to their next class. If I had looked down at my feet and not at the student’s faces I would have sworn the noisy stairwells and crowded classrooms were mine. The only distance I felt was my own. I had created an expectation of separation between myself and these students which did not exist. These kids were welcoming even if the cold desk chairs weren’t.
“There’s 12 of them. Some boys, mostly girls. They were sitting at a table with their teacher and some of our kids in the cafeteria. They don’t look as scared as they did a couple of hours ago. Man they were shittin their pants then. They’re all smiling and laughing now.”
Why did I believe that Harlem was so different from my own community? I’m sure it was the reason my teacher brought the class to the Harlem high school. He wanted to expand our current white, teenage experience. I failed to appreciate the impact of the racial conflicts that were occurring within the decade surrounding this visit. Science and literature were exploring racism. In the early 1980s genetic differences between the races were being proposed. (These differences have since been proven unfounded.) “The Bell Curve” was published, widely read, and discussed as a basis for scientific racism.
“I guess we do have some stuff in common. I don’t want to go to their school though. Maybe if we could hang with these kids, since they’ve been here, but if not, no way I’m going there.”
The race riots that occurred during the 1990s would have reinforced my fear of the black community if not for my positive experience in Harlem. The LA race riots in 1992, which were spurred by the Rodney King beatings, were an unavoidable subject. Television coverage of the damage, both material and physical, was horrifying. The Crown Heights riots in New York City the year before were less publicized but even more so locally influential. Both occurrences should have helped shine a light on racial conflicts and the importance of peaceful solutions, but the shooting of, a 23 year old unarmed immigrant form Guinea, Amadou Diallo in 1999 in New York City by four police officers still shocked the community. The shooting was found to be unwarranted, but the officers were exonerated of the charges. For white Americans, events like these validated a climate of fear of blacks.
Racism pervaded my existence and yet I had no awareness of how it shaped my obscenely white world. Perhaps that is why my class trip to a Harlem high school has stayed with me for so long and continues to influence my adult life. It changed me. Since then I have aspired to treat everyone with the same respect the Harlem high school kids gave me because their actions envisage the ideal of a more humane world.
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NEWARK, N.J. -- Newark Liberty International Airport is going to the dogs -- the bomb-sniffing kind.
The Transportation Security Administration said it has added about two dozen dogs to monitor passengers coming in and out of the airport around the Super Bowl. Tens of thousands of extra travelers are expected to visit the region for the game.
Neighboring LaGuardia and John F. Kennedy airports aren't adding any additional K-9s for the big game.
On Saturday morning, Feb. 1, TSA agents demonstrated how the dogs can sniff out many different types of explosives. Once they do, they're trained to sit rather than attack, so as not to raise suspicion or create a panic.
The dogs are mainly Labradors or Lab mixes, which are considered a good hunting breed and people-friendly. TSA spokeswoman Lisa Farbstein said the dogs undergo 12 weeks of training, which costs about $200,000, factoring in food, vehicles and salaries for trainers.
Dogs have been used in cargo areas for some time, but have just been introduced recently in passenger areas at Newark and JFK airports. JFK has one dog and Newark has a handful, Farbstein said.
The TSA has also added 200 screeners at Newark to handle the larger volume of travelers, and Farbstein said TSA agents from LaGuardia Airport will be performing screening on train passengers at New York Penn Station and New Jersey's Secaucus Junction on Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 2.
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Nanoscale Interconnects Fabricated By Electrical Field Directed Assembly of Nanoelements
The invention provides a fast, scalable, room temperature process for fabricating metallic nanorods from nanoparticles or fabricating metallic or semiconducting nanorods from carbon nanotubes suspended in an aqueous solution. The assembled nanorods are suitable for use as nanoscale interconnects in CMOS-based devices and sensors. Metallic nanoparticles or carbon nanotubes are assembled into lithographically patterned vias by applying an external electric field. Since the dimensions of nanorods are controlled by the dimensions of vias, the nanorod dimensions can be scaled down to the low nanometer range. The aqueous assembly process is environmentally friendly and can be used to make nanorods using different types of metallic particles as well as semiconducting and metallic nanaotubes.
BUSNAINA AHMED [US]; YILMAZ CIHAN [US]; KIM TAEHOON [US]; SOMU SIVASUBRAMANIAN [US]
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24th Annual Ezra Jack Keats Minigrant Program Awards
Teachers and Librarians at Public Schools and Libraries Across 26 States
Minigrants Put Funding Directly into Hands of Educators
Whose Programs Reach Beyond the Basic Curriculum To Inspire
NEW YORK—May 30, 2012—This is the 24th year that the Ezra Jack Keats Foundation has awarded Minigrants to teachers and librarians at public schools and libraries across the United States. A total of 50 grants were awarded to educators in 26 states with each recipient receiving up to $500 for specific programs that they have planned for the next academic year.
Since 1987, the Foundation, founded by the late Caldecott Award-winning children’s book author and illustrator Ezra Jack Keats, has provided more than half a million dollars in support of programs spanning the 50 states and the U.S. Commonwealth. To receive an award, educators must have applied for funding for specific programs that foster the love of learning, enhance creative expression and optimize interaction between educators and students.
“Direct funding to educators is especially important now as public library and school budgets continue to be slashed at unprecedented levels,” says Deborah Pope, Executive Director of the Ezra Jack Keats Foundation. “It is essential that outstanding teachers and librarians have the resources to create special programs that reach beyond the standard curriculum—programs that inspire and encourage their students in a creative and cooperative context.”
Among the programs supported by Ezra Jack Keats Minigrants this year are:
- Visual Learner’s Workshop for Students in Grades 9-12: A series of after-school workshops during which students who learn best by doing rather than listening will make pictures, charts, posters, and arts and crafts to study subjects as diverse as ESL and Ecology.
- Anti-Bullying Campaign By Children and for Children: Elementary school children will be engaged in ongoing activities to sensitize them against bullying or being bullied. Sessions will include puppet shows, games, and movies, which will all be conceived and created by children to be shared with other children.
- Summer Library Mosaic Workshop: Groups of students will work together to make mosaic stepping stones based on children’s books for a community garden benefiting themselves and the people in their neighborhood.
- Intergenerational Reading Studies: Children in grades 4-6 will be matched up with senior citizens to create their own books of poetry, with illustrations, to then share with the group.
Evolution of the Minigrant Program
Public education is one of the greatest legacies of our country, one that benefits children from every walk of life. For Keats, it was at public school that he received his greatest encouragement to pursue his vocation as an artist and at the public library that he found a haven that introduced him to the wonders of art history. To offer a similar experience to new generations, the Ezra Jack Keats Foundation created the Minigrant Program.
To learn more about the Ezra Jack Keats Minigrant Program and to view a complete list of award recipients visit www.ezra-jack-keats.org/section/ezra-jack-keats-mini-grant-program-for-public-libraries-public-schools.
About The Ezra Jack Keats Foundation
The Ezra Jack Keats Foundation supports arts and literacy programming in public schools and libraries across the country, with the goal of bringing the joy of reading and learning to all children while highlighting the importance of diversity in children’s books. In addition to the Minigrant Program, the Foundation has given the Ezra Jack Keats Book Award annually since 1985 to an outstanding new writer and new illustrator of children’s picture books that portray the universal qualities of childhood, a strong and supportive family, and the multicultural nature of our world. The Foundation also sponsors the Ezra Jack Keats/New York City Department of Education Bookmaking Competition for grades 3-12, among others. For information about the Foundation please visit www.ezra-jack-keats.org. | <urn:uuid:a370e179-01fb-4ed6-a1f2-73fb1d062ed1> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.ezra-jack-keats.org/press-release/2012-mini-grants-awarded/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560279224.13/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095119-00475-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.946123 | 877 | 2.53125 | 3 |
But today, I see within us all (myself included) the replacement of complex inner density with a new kind of self-evolving under the pressure of information overload and the technology of the “instantly available”. A new self that needs to contain less and less of an inner repertory of dense cultural inheritance—as we all become “pancake people”—spread wide and thin as we connect with that vast network of information accessed by the mere touch of a button.
But the truth is most of our information tools still have a fuzziness built into them that can, in Richard Foreman’s words, “often open doors to new worlds.” It really depends on how you choose to use the tool. Personally, I have two modes of using Google: one very directed and goal-oriented, the other more open-ended and exploratory. Sometimes I use Google to find a specific fact: an address, the spelling of a name, the number of neurons estimated to reside in the human brain, the dates of the little ice age. In those situations, I’m not looking for mistakes, and thankfully Google’s quite good at avoiding them. But I also use Google in a far more serendipitous way, when I’m exploring an idea or a theme or an author’s work: I’ll start with a general query and probe around a little and see what the oracle turns up; sometimes I’ll follow a trail of links out from the original search; sometimes I’ll return and tweak the terms and start again. Invariably, those explorations take me to places I wasn’t originally expecting to go—and that’s precisely why I cherish them. (I have a similar tool for exploring my own research notes—a program called DevonThink that lets me see semantic associations between the thousands of short notes and quotations that I’ve assembled on my hard drive.)
which I thought was relevant to Clearspace (the word serendipitous comes up more often than you’d think in product conversations) because it shows how search is more than just a directed, singular focus kind of activity that lots of people assume it to be. The first quote is telling too: all the iPhoning, Facebooking, Twittering, Flickring, Clearspacing and Emailing leaves us stretched thin: when was the last time you sat down to read something or write something longer than a single page? | <urn:uuid:ee7068d3-7c55-45ac-a433-d7e1c3394200> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://cephas.net/blog/2008/06/11/pancake-people/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988718866.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183838-00003-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.940946 | 534 | 1.507813 | 2 |
New York University (NYU) just announced that their brand new super efficient CoGeneration power plant is now fully operational. NYU has been making their own power since the ’70s — the university is one of the largest groups in Manhattan to do so — and were ordered by the city to cut emissions on their power generation. NYU obliged by replacing their 30-year old oil-fired CoGeneration power plant with a $125 million power plant underneath a plaza at 251 Mercer Street. The new plant is 90 percent more effective than their old plant, creates 23 percent less carbon dioxide emissions and will give the university twice the power output.
The new plant will provide electricity for lights, elevators and computers for 22 of NYU’s buildings and steam for heating and cooling water for 37 buildings. The university chose to switch from oil to natural gas for emissions reasons — we’d have recommended they put windmills and solar panels on their rooftops instead, but we’ll take the emissions cuts, for now. The new power plant burns gas to fire a generator that creates electricity, waste heat is then used to boil water to create steam which turns another turbine to create more electricity, finally waste steam from the steam generator is used to heat hot water in the winter or run a chiller in the summer time to fire up air conditioning units. The multi-part process makes sure that every bit of energy is salvaged and generates 13.4 megawatts of electricity. Here’s a great diagram showing how the system works.
“This CoGen plant is unique in New York and certainly around the country because of its efficiency,” said John Bradley, assistant VP for Sustainability, Energy, and Technical Services at NYU. “NYU’s CoGen will be well into the 90 percent range of efficiency, where a typical boiler plant is 50-60 percent efficient.” The plant is the major cornerstone of NYU’s 2010 Climate Action Plan (CAP) which sought to reduce the university’s carbon footprint. CAP was jump started by New York City Mayor Bloomberg’s PlaNYC Climate Challenge which asked all city colleges and universities to cut their carbon emissions voluntarily by 30 percent by 2017.
WHY THIS MATTERS
By upgrading their oil-fired power plant to a natural gas plant, NYU is able to increase their power efficiency by 90 percent and reduce their CO2 emissions by a whopping 23 percent.
Via New York Times
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In September Ecuador’s president, Rafael Correa, delivered on an electoral promise and refused to renew Washington’s decade-old, rent-free lease on an air base outside the Pacific coast town of Manta, which for the past ten years has served as the Pentagon’s main South American outpost. The eviction was a serious effort to fulfill the call of Ecuador’s new Constitution to promote “universal disarmament” and oppose the “imposition” of military bases of “some states in the territory of others.” It was also one of the most important victories for the global demilitarization movement, loosely organized around the International Network for the Abolition of Foreign Military Bases, since protests forced the US Navy to withdraw from Vieques, Puerto Rico, in 2003. Correa, though, couldn’t resist an easy joke. “We’ll renew the lease,” he quipped, “if the US lets us set up a base in Miami.”
Funny. Then Washington answered with a show of force: take away one, we’ll grab seven. In late October the United States and Colombia signed an agreement granting the Pentagon use of seven military bases, along with an unlimited number of as yet unspecified “facilities and locations.” They add to Washington’s already considerable military presence in Colombia, as well as in Central America and the Caribbean.
Responding to criticism from South America on the Colombian deal, the White House insists it merely formalizes existing military cooperation between the two countries under Plan Colombia and will not increase the offensive capabilities of the US Southern Command (Southcom). The Pentagon says otherwise, writing in its 2009 budget request that it needed funds to upgrade one of the bases to conduct “full spectrum operations throughout South America” to counter, among other threats, “anti-U.S. governments” and to “expand expeditionary warfare capability.” That ominous language, since scrubbed from the budget document, might be a case of hyping the threat to justify spending during austere times. But the Obama administration’s decision to go forward with the bases does accelerate a dangerous trend in US hemispheric policy.
In recent years, Washington has experienced a fast erosion of its influence in South America, driven by the rise of Brazil, the region’s left turn, the growing influence of China and Venezuela’s use of oil revenue to promote a multipolar diplomacy. Broad social movements have challenged efforts by US- and Canadian-based companies to expand extractive industries like mining, biofuels, petroleum and logging. Last year in Peru, massive indigenous protests forced the repeal of laws aimed at opening large swaths of the Amazon to foreign timber, mining and oil corporations, and throughout the region similar activism continues to place Latin America in the vanguard of the anti-corporate and anti-militarist global democracy movement. | <urn:uuid:66248872-0fdc-496f-9dcc-3f953972a12d> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | https://www.thenation.com/article/muscling-latin-america/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988718866.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183838-00002-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.940527 | 612 | 2.234375 | 2 |
Mechanical behaviour of thermally bonded bicomponent fibre nonwovens: experimental analysis and numerical modelling
thesisposted on 09.01.2020, 11:48 authored by Emrah DemirciEmrah Demirci
In contrast to composites and woven fabrics, nonwoven materials have a unique web structure, which is composed of randomly oriented fibres bonded in a pattern by mechanical, thermal or chemical techniques. The type of nonwovens studied in this research is a thermally bonded one with polymer-based bicomponent fibres. Such fibres have a core/sheath structure with outer layer (sheath) having a lower melting temperature than that of the core. In thermal bonding of such fibres, as the hot calender with an engraved pattern contacts the fibrous web, bond points are formed thanks to melting of the sheath material. Molten sheath material acts as an adhesive while core parts of the fibres remain fully intact in the bond points. On the other hand, web regions, which are not in contact with the hot engraved pattern, remain unaffected and form the fibre matrix that acts as a link between bond points. With two distinct regions, namely, bond points and fibre matrix, with different structures, nonwovens exhibit a unique deformation behaviour. This research aims to analyse the complex mechanical behaviour of thermally bonded bicomponent fibre nonwoven materials using a combination of experimental and numerical methods. A novel approach is introduced in the thesis to predict the complex mechanical behaviour of thermally bonded bicomponent fibre nonwovens under various threedimensional time-dependent loading conditions. Development of the approach starts with experimental studies on thermally bonded bicomponent fibre nonwovens to achieve a better understating of their complex deformation characteristics. Mechanical performance of single bicomponent fibres is investigated with tensile and relaxation tests since they are the basic constituents of nonwoven fabrics. The fabric microstructure, which is one of the most important factors affecting its mechanical behaviour, is examined with scanning electron microscopy and X-ray micro computed tomography techniques. At the final part of experimental studies, mechanical response of thermally bonded bicomponent fibre nonwovens is characterised with several mechanical tests. (Continues...).
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I use the following command:
perl script/myapp_create.pl model DB DBIC::Schema DB::Schema create=st
+atic dbi:Pg:dbnamgre=Advent.db postgres
The Pg Database advent has a table named people,but the created result table model'name is person.pm.
I want to know what's wrong. I find the document perldoc DBIx::Class::Schema::Loader, there may be a default map about table name and model name. I can't sure.
1. What about mine?
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New Delhi: Project management has emerged as the most preferred option among Indian technology professionals to upgrade their skills in 2017, a recent survey has found.
- Project management as skill has received maximum investment, survey finds
- Degrees not in line with industry needs, says report by Simplilearn
- Huge number of graduates go for certifications to get job ready, it adds
The survey, titled 'In Demand Tech Skills for 2017', was conducted by the Career Data Labs team of the global professional training company Simplilearn among 7,000 Indian technology professionals to map their career preferences and skilling priorities for the next year.
Among white-collared professionals including architects and engineers, project management is the skill that has received maximum investment, making it the most in-demand, followed by big data and analytics, cyber security and digital marketing, the survey has found.
Of the 7,000 respondents, 54 per cent fall in the age group of 25-30 years, 28 per cent in 22-25 years, 16 per cent in 30-35 years and the rest in 35 years and above.
"There is a clear concentration of roughly 30 per cent of professionals who opt for upskilling in the age range of 22-25, which is immediately after completing their university education," Simplilearn chief business officer Kashyap Dalal said.
"This further highlights that our degrees are not in line with industry needs, and a huge number of graduates go for certifications to get job ready. 54 per cent of professionals who go for upskilling are in the age range of 25-30, which is the time when most professionals start getting more serious about building a career and fast-tracking their career growth."
As per the findings, 63 per cent of the professionals surveyed belong to IT and services while 15 per cent are from the computer software sector. The rest belongs to sectors such as telecommunications, financial services, management consulting, marketing and advertising and oil and energy.
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Lesley Williams is forced to leave Cherbourg Aboriginal Settlement and her family at a young age to work as a domestic servant. Apart from a bit of pocket money, Lesley never sees her wages – they are kept 'safe' for her and for countless others just like her. She is taught not to question her life, until desperation makes her start to wonder, where is all that money she earned? So begins a nine-year journey for answers which will test every ounce of her resolve. Inspired by her mother's quest, a teenage Tammy Williams enters a national writing competition. The winning prize takes Tammy and Lesley to Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch and ultimately to the United Nations in Geneva. Told with honesty and humor, Not Just Black and White is an extraordinary memoir about two women determined to make sure history is not forgotten.
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Amanda is the director of the Riverbend Community Math Center. I first met her in Washington DC folding origami with elementary school children. Like all great educators there is an intensity about the way she inspires students in her midst. She really listens to their discoveries and imparts a hunger and an urgency. Somehow she couples this with zen-like calm 😉
Malke explores the intersection of mathematics and dance. “Math in your feet” is the most physically dynamic mathematics initiative with children creating their own dance. I am a little biased because we are writing a book together for young children: “Socks are like Pants, Dogs are like Cats.” The book is all writen, we just need to find the right Book illustrator for it now!
Maria is the founder of the Math 2.0 Interest Group which is helping math education communities talk to one another through frequent webinars. She is also co-author of the joyous “Moebius Noodles – Adventurous math for the playground crowd.”
Visit her web site here.
James Tanton has a vision of mathematics education identical to my own. He introduces tough, engaging problems to his students (lucky students!) and offers videos to inspire teachers. His natural “centre of gravity” is in high school. Visit him here.
The statistics gave a 1-2 punch:
1) Students of first year teachers perform 3% lower than average students. Students of second year teachers are nearly as strong as long-term teachers.
2) Teacher demographics show that the number of first year teachers in the workforce has recently risen from 3% to 6.5%:
It was more than just the raw statistics that were impressive. Deborah was a strong apologist for the need for change:
The U.S. does not have a professional system for preparing, licensing, or improving the quality of teaching.
When I lamented the choice of beauty versus pedagogy he immediately responded that I didn’t have to choose – that I only had to add on a little bit at the start of my story – that I was blinded by fog.
My cherished Aesthetics were not lost – just postponed by 5 minutes.
This little vignette shows a man deeply connected to what works and how to get the best out of students (and his peers.)
Henri’s web site is here.
Math is important because it’s a skill of life. Everything you do is connected to mathematics. It’s the discipline of nature. Understanding maths makes you a better person in terms of how you solve problems. You cannot get away from it
Algebra is a skill of understanding patterns.
80% of careers require some amount of quantitative literacy.
Listen to a radio interview with her here.
Julia Brodsky is a founder of Art of Inquiry which is a stimulating enrichment program for students aged 6-9. Visit the Art of Inquiry here.
Asmita Sodhi introduced one of her father’s favourite puzzle designs… He called it Pentomino Sudoku… but pronounced it “Pento-meano Sudoku” Asmita relates with a smile. Amar died during Asmita’s mathematics PhD program in Dalhousie. Here is a tribute of her father by Terry Pike – Western School District, Newfoundland:
Many, many teenagers experienced the fun of mathematics because of the efforts of Dr. Sodhi. Many teenagers from small communities came to spend social time with others who shared those interests and aptitudes. In those workshops, they were not unique and different “math brains and geeks”, they were one of dozens and dozens who showed each other that there are many places for lovers of Math fun! [Dr. Sodhi] gave that gift and left that legacy to many of our next generation of leaders in his adopted home of western Newfoundland. We are the richer for his gentle ways, innovative community outreach workshops, and willingness to share his time and skills with his own children and other people’s children, also. In my estimation, it is a wonderful epitaph of high esteem to be remembered as a generous man.
William G. McCallum
William McCallum is the architect of the Common Core Curricular Standards which have (as of 2015) been adopted by 43 states. I was quite skeptical until I sat next to him at an event in Washington DC. The Common Core Curricular Standards are goal posts. They do not say how to reach the goal. They are not a curriculum.
People may quibble about the details – like whether binary ought to be taught in junior high, but in the grand scheme, this is not as critical as establishing a good set of goal posts.
There is already good consensus with 43 states adopting the Common Core in the USA. Let’s not hesitate to adopt Common Core so that we have a baseline (i) from which to measure performance (ii) to change when evidence indicates a superior Common Core version 2.
Joshua is an able leader of this inspired initiative. Many of the table activities are designed by him, and they are magnificently crafted hierarchical exercises which allow students of different ability to jump right in.
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The intensity and meaningfulness of aesthetic experience have often been described in theological terms. By designating basic human emotions as rasa, a word that connotes taste, flavor, or essence, Indian aesthetic theory conceptualizes emotional states as something to be savored. At their core, emotions can be tastes of the divine. In this book, the methods of the emerging discipline of comparative theology enable the author’s appreciation of Hindu texts and practices to illuminate her Christian reflections on aesthetics and emotion.
Three emotions vie for prominence in the religious sphere: peace, love, and fury. Whereas Indian theorists following Abhinavagupta claim that the aesthetic emotion of peace best approximates the goal of religious experience, devotees of Krishna and medieval Christian readings of the Song of Songs argue that love communicates most powerfully with divinity. In response to the transcendence emphasized in both approaches, the book turns to fury at injustice to attend to emotion’s foundations in the material realm. The implications of this constructive theology of emotion for Christian liturgy, pastoral care, and social engagement are manifold. | <urn:uuid:84f2faa9-9331-4e8c-a0c7-065a77094fdf> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.fordhampress.com/9780823257393/tastes-of-the-divine/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571234.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811042804-20220811072804-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.921159 | 219 | 2.109375 | 2 |
RICHARD P. PHIPPS
PHIP at BPHVAX.BIOPHYSICS.ROCHESTER.EDU
Wed Jul 28 08:49:51 EST 1993
In fact that is a question no one in our little
> immunology/complement group can adequately answer: whether or not
> fibroblast have Fc receptors?
> Anyone, please feel free to correct!
> haviland at kids.wustl.edu
Fibroblasts should not express Fc receptors. As a matter of fact, people
who isolate fibroblasts use the absence of Fc receptors as one identifying
criteria of fibroblasts in all tissues and species I know of.
University of Rochester Cancer Center
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Frances and Rishi were given a bag of lollies.
They shared them out evenly and had one left over.
Just as they had finished sharing them their friends Kishan, Hayley and Paul came along. They wanted some lollies too so the children shared them out again between all of them. This time they had two lollies left over.
How many lollies could there have been in the bag?
Once you've had a chance to think about it, click below to see how three different groups of pupils began working on the task.
Sarah, Danielle and Sally said:
We also notice that $7$ works and $27$ works, as well as $107$."
Poppy began like this:
If the two children end up with one lolly it must be an odd number of lollies. Then three more children come making the total number of children $5$. Say they had $1$ lolly each when they shared them, the number of lollies would be $7$ because $1$ times $5$ is $5$ add on $2$ for the left over ones and it makes seven. If we carry this on to $10$ lollies each it shows:
Here is the start of Phoebe and Alice's work:
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The Earth Journalism Network’s biodiversity fellowships are one of three components of our three-year Biodiversity Media Initiative, which aims to support media reporting on threats to wild species and novel conservation approaches.
Each fellowship program will take a group of journalists to an international conference that focuses on biodiversity and conservation issues. Selected participants will be able to use the conference to develop sources and story ideas, network with other journalists, and report on news from conservation organisations, governments and researchers.
The Biodiversity Media Initiative runs from 2016-2018 and is funded by the Arcadia Fund.
- The first fellowships, in 2016, will take journalists to the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Hawai’i. Funding for the 2016 Fellowships will also be supplemented by a grant in support of indigenous journalists provided by the Full Circle Fund of RSF Social Finance.
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So the thought for today is to eat better and continue exercising. It’s a lovely day so I did a 3.7 mile loop of the park this afternoon. As for healthy eating, I like the advice of:
- cutting out junk food, processed foods, sugars…[including the dreaded High Fructose Corn Syrup]
- eating more colorful and fresh foods
- eating in moderation [drinking more water as I might be thirsty rather than hungry]
I found a nice web page called Healthy Eating Easy Tips for Planning a Healthy Diet and Sticking To It from Helpguide.com that provides some common sense advice.
I had a weird diet day today. I slept in this morning so ate fewer meals. I’m not sure how that ranks in the BMR [Basal Metabolic Rate] calculation. Given my 3-5 days/week of moderate exercise activity, I can eat about 2150 calories each day. The Fat2FitRadio.com calculation is described as:
The chart shows the number of calories that you should eat on a daily basis to reach your goal weight. At Fat 2 Fit Radio we advocate eating like the thin, healthy person that you want to become. The calorie levels …create that all important caloric deficit that is required to get you to your goal weight in a safe manner. Once you reach your goal weight, you will continue eating the same number of calories for the rest of your life to maintain that weight. You’ll never be on a diet again.
Based on how much activity you do on an average day, the [calculation provides] the number of calories that you will be able to eat at your goal weight. If you start eating those calories right now (eating like the thinner you), you will eventually become that thinner person.
Given that I woke up late today, I only ate 2 meals and consumed approximately 650 calories today….. is that bad? I don’t know….
Also, the Helpguide.com article mentioned that we should avoid sugars in any form. My breakfast this morning comprised a fruit shake made from frozen mangoes, Zico Coconut Water, and Optimum Nutrition – 100% Natural Oats & Whey Chocolate. The Optimum Nutrition protein drink is very tasty. The label says, however, that it contains 8 g of Sugars in the form of honey powder and evaporated cane juice powder. I’m guessing that is not good news but I’m very fond of it. The Livestrong.com site has an article titled Health Risks of High Fructose Corn Syrup that sums up many of the concerns about High Fructose Corn Syrup [HFCS]. Among other things, it notes that the human body process regular sugars differently than HFCS.
A couple of excerpts from the Health Risks of High Fructose Corn Syrup article:
The human body does not process HFCS the same way it processes sugar. Fructose requires a different metabolic pathway than other carbohydrates because it skips glycolysis, or normal carbohydrate metabolism. Because of this, fructose is an unregulated source of “acetyl CoA,” or the starting material for fatty acid synthesis. Furthermore, by ingesting HFCS, a vicious cycle can ensue. This is because eating HFCS can increase the feelings of hunger.
Liver Disease & Metabolic Syndrome
Metabolic syndrome is a combination of conditions that increase the risk of heart disease, stroke and diabetes. Metabolic syndrome includes elevated insulin levels, excess body fat, abnormal cholesterol levels and increased blood pressure. The journal, “Hepatology” noted in June 2010, “The rising incidence of obesity and diabetes coincides with a marked increase in fructose consumption and is higher in individuals with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.” Furthermore, fructose consumption is a contributing environmental risk factor for increased fibrosis of the liver.
Read the entire article at: http://www.livestrong.com/article/259181-heath-risks-of-high-fructose-corn-syrup/?utm_source=popslideshow&utm_medium=a1
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“Every man stamps his value on himself. Man is made great or small by his own will.” ~ JCF von Schiller
“ The most precious gift we can offer others is our presence. When mindfulness embraces those we love, they will bloom like flowers.” ~ Thich Nhat Hanh
12. Let Metta be the motivation for your Actions
If you cultivate Metta (the practice of loving-kindness) in your heart, you will succeed. The Intention that is the motivating force behind your actions is paramount. Start from a position of pure and altruistic Love.
“A positive future cannot emerge from the mind of anger of despair” ~ HH, the Dalai Lama
“Kindness in giving creates Love.” ~ Lao Tzu
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The world is printing less, but the paperless society remains largely a myth as page volume from printers was 2.98 trillion 2012, down 1.5 percent from 3.03 trillion in 2011, according to IDC data.
IDC's stats provide a nice reality check on the status of printing. Sure, you can cover New York City 237 times with the volume of pages printed, but digital workflows are making a dent. IDC is projecting that global page volume will remain flat for 2013 to 2017.
Printer vendors maintain that the explosion of digital content means more printing. However, developed markets are printing less and page volume is being held flat by growth in emerging markets. Incremental page volume is also starting to come from mobile devices.
Asia Pacific excluding Japan will be the leader in printed pages by 2015 with India and China leading the way. Today, the U.S. prints the most pages.
Among the moving parts:
- Mobile printing is gaining traction in developed markets. About half of smartphone and tablet users will use office printers by 2015.
- Today, half of smartphone users and 35 percent of tablet users don't know how to print from their devices.
- Asia Pacific excluding Japan had 10 percent page growth followed by Latin America, up 6.7 percent. Europe, Middle East and Africa print pages fell 0.72 percent.
- Black and white laser printers will continue to have the most share, but volume will slow. Color laser print pages are expected to grow.
- Multi-function printers had 2 percent growth in page volume globally, but developed regions showed 4.2 percent decline. Emerging markets had growth of 13.2 percent.
- HP is the top printer maker followed by Canon and Xerox.
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We know the psychological harms caused by doing time in prison. But those negatives also filter down to the children of people behind bars. A recent study shows that the incarceration of a parent may affect the health of children as much as or more than divorce or even the death of a parent.
Kristin Turney, Ph.D., a researcher from the University of California, Irvine, presented her findings at the 109th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association in San Francisco. She argues that having a parent in prison is independently associated with negative health outcomes for children.
There appears to be a link between having a parent in prison and issues like learning disabilities, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), behavioral problems, and social or developmental delays in children. Researchers will need to study the issue further to prove that the incarceration of a parent is causing these disorders.
“This study finds that, for at least some health conditions, there's a relationship between parental incarceration and children's health. But incarceration isn't equally related to all of children's health conditions,” said Turney.
Turney looked at several factors of overall health, including any learning disabilities, anxiety and depression, obesity, activity limitations, and chronic school absences.
Obesity affected the largest number of children in the study, nearly 16 percent. Asthma, learning disabilities, and ADHD were also common. Children with a parent in prison were also more likely to have ADHD than children affected by divorce or the death of a parent.
Stress was especially common in children with parents behind bars. Incarceration appeared to most strongly affect “those that have strong stress-related pathways, suggesting that the stress of incarceration [spreads] to children of the incarcerated,” Turney said.
No Man Is an Island
“It's common to think about incarcerated individuals as being social isolates. But incarcerated individuals are connected to families. They're romantic partners. They're fathers. And their incarceration can have spillover effects for those connected to them,” Turney said.
Turney used data from the 2011-2012 National Survey of Children’s Health, which included more than 95,000 children younger than 17 in the U.S.
“There has been a growing body of literature that studies how parental incarceration affects the well being of children. But this is the first study that broadly considers a wide array of physical and mental health outcomes in children,” Turney said.
This study is just the first step. Because people who go to prison tend to be from socially disadvantaged groups, it could be that hardships like poverty and lack of access to education — not parental incarceration, specifically — are causing the children's health problems.
“First, and importantly, we need to know if parental incarceration has a causal effect on children's health,” Turney said.
Since the 1970s, incarceration rates in the U.S. have skyrocketed. Today, there are more than two million adults behind bars in the U.S., the study reports.
Combating the Risk
“Children of incarcerated parents face many risks,” Turney said. “But, given that incarceration is unequally distributed across the population and instead concentrated among minorities and those with low socioeconomic status, this means that some children are disproportionately exposed to parental incarceration.”
However, there are ways combat the increased risk of disease for children with incarcerated parents.
“Both physicians and psychologists should consider screening children for parental incarceration. Parental incarceration is a risk factor for poor health outcomes,” Turney said.
If researchers find proof that parental incarceration causes health problems in children, “this might suggest that the criminal justice system may be a point of intervention,” Turney said.
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High Trans-ethnic Replicability of GWAS Results Implies Common Causal Variants (PLOS Genetics)Figure 7 from the paper shows the strong correlation (with slope = 1) between odds ratios in East Asian and European discovery samples. (Click for larger version.)
Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have detected many disease associations. However, the reported variants tend to explain small fractions of risk, and there are doubts about issues such as the portability of findings over different ethnic groups or the relative roles of rare versus common variants in the genetic architecture of complex disease. Studying the degree of sharing of disease-associated variants across populations can help in solving these issues. We present a comprehensive survey of GWAS replicability across 28 diseases. Most loci and SNPs discovered in Europeans for these conditions have been extensively replicated using peoples of European and East Asian ancestry, while the replication with individuals of African ancestry is much less common. We found a strong and significant correlation of Odds Ratios across Europeans and East Asians, indicating that underlying causal variants are common and shared between the two ancestries. Moreover, SNPs that failed to replicate in East Asians map into genomic regions where Linkage Disequilibrium patterns differ significantly between populations. Finally, we observed that GWAS with larger sample sizes have detected variants with weaker effects rather than with lower frequencies. Our results indicate that most GWAS results are due to common variants. In addition, the sharing of disease alleles and the high correlation in their effect sizes suggest that most of the underlying causal variants are shared between Europeans and East Asians and that they tend to map close to the associated marker SNPs.
Long live "beanbag genetics"! :-)
A Defense of Beanbag Genetics
My friend Professor Ernst Mayr, of Harvard University, in his recent book Animal Species and Evolution1, which I find admirable, though I disagree with quite a lot of it, has the following sentences on page 263.
The Mendelian was apt to compare the genetic contents of a population to a bag full of colored beans. Mutation was the exchange of one kind of bean for another. This conceptualization has been referred to as “beanbag genetics”. Work in population and developmental genetics has shown, however, that the thinking of beanbag genetics is in many ways quite misleading. To consider genes as independent units is meaningless from the physiological as well as the evolutionary viewpoint.... In another place2 Mayr made a more specific challenge. He stated that Fisher, Wright, and I “have worked out an impressive mathematical theory of genetical variaion and evolutionary change. But what, precisely, has been the contribution of this mathematical school to evolutionary theory, if I may be permitted to ask such a provocative question?” “However,” he continued in the next paragraph, “I should perhaps leave it to Fisher, Wright, and Haldane to point out what they consider their major contributions.” While Mayr may certainly ask this question, I may not answer it at Cold Spring Harbor, as I have been officially informed that I am ineligible for a visa for entering the United States†. Fisher is dead, but when alive preferred attack to defense. Wright is one of the gentlest men I have ever met, and if he defends himself, will not counterattack. This leaves me to hold the fort, and that by writing rather than speech.
Now, in the first place I deny that the mathematical theory of population genetics is at all impressive, at least to a mathematician. On the contrary, Wright, Fisher, and I all made simplifying assumptions which allowed us to pose problems soluble by the elementary mathematics at our disposal, and even then did not always fully solve the simple problems we set ourselves. Our mathematics may impress zoologists but do not greatly impress mathematicians. Let me give a simple example. ... | <urn:uuid:f86cdd89-b8fc-433d-aa6e-35cf24816a99> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://infoproc.blogspot.com/2013/06/beanbags-and-causal-variants.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280835.60/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00472-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.961047 | 789 | 2.296875 | 2 |
Conrad Moffat Black, Baron Black of Crossharbour, PC, OC, KCSG (born 25 August 1944) is a historian, columnist and publisher who was for a time the third biggest newspaper magnate in the world. Black was convicted of criminal fraud and obstruction of justice.
- We must express the view, based on our empirical observations, that a substantial number of journalists are ignorant, lazy, opinionated, and intellectually dishonest. The profession is heavily cluttered with aged hacks toiling through a miasma of mounting decrepitude and often alcoholism, and even more so with arrogant and abrasive youngsters who substitute 'commitment' for insight.
- Black, Conrad et al, "A Brief to the Special Senate Committee on the Mass Media from the Sherbrooke Record...", 1969 : Despite Black's involvement in press ownership, he heaped scorn on journalism
- Since biblical times, and probably before, the wealthy have been envied and condemned.
- In: Clark, Andrew "At some level, he's still asking the same question as he was when he was seven or eight - who am I?" The Guardian, March 16, 2007
- At the time of his fraud trial in 2007, Black was aware of the disdain much of the public held towards him because of his wealth.
"The world according to Conrad Black", 2007
Olive, David (compiled by) "The world according to Conrad Black" Toronto Star, March 11, 2007
- [The] swarming, grunting masses of jackals...
- On investigative journalists:
- The bedraggled warhorse of American blowhardism.
- On journalist Norman Mailer
- Those who would retain his services should confine him to subjects better suited…to his sniggering, puerile, defamatory and cruelly limited talents.
- On Canadian author John Ralston Saul
- Like all fads, corporate governance has its zealots
- On corporate governance, in May 2003
- Greed has been severely underestimated and denigrated – unfairly so, in my opinion.
- On avarice
- It is galling to see such mendacious hypocrites as Kennedy and Biden at the Senate Judiciary Committee sitting in judgment on distinguished jurists.
- On U.S. Democratic senators opposed to the appointment of Robert Bork to the U.S. Supreme Court, in 1988.
"Conrad Black", Slate, August 31, 2001
Plotz, David "Conrad Black", Slate, August 31, 2001
- An overgenerous reinsurance policy for an underachieving people.
- About Canada's social welfare system
- A jumped-up little twerp [and a] prime candidate for exorcism
- Characterisation of the Bishop of Calgary for backing a strike at Black's Calgary Herald newspaper.
The Establishment Man by Peter Newman
- I tended, even from my early years, to look at the world from a slightly different vantage point. Although I might have had trouble articulating it at the age of 10, I wasn't unduly convinced of the durability of the Anglo-Saxon world as we had come to know it in the postwar period, a world of latter-day materialism advancing around the globe on the wongs of the English language and the American dollar. I had a sneaking suspicion that we were living in a bit of a fool's paradise...
- I had never heard of [Walter] Young before, and I do not expect to hear from him again.
- on a reviewer of his biography of Maurice Duplessis
- Black condemned the 1966 decision made by Harold Wilson to pull out of the Persian Gulf and scrap the Royal Navy's aircraft carriers. He regarded the resignation of Christopher Mayhew, Minister of Defence for the Navy as "the last resonance of good sense in that country until Maggie Thatcher came in."
- Perhaps Archbishop Paul-Émile Léger suffered from what they call in French a taste for the sensational. He was like one of those matadors who, as the cadence of the oles gets more and more rapid, are always trying to find something more daring to do. He grew hasty in his desire to produce new spectacles and maybe did a few ill-considered things. But on the whole I remain impressed with him.
- on one of his mentors
- Having read all the other works on the same subject, including M. Rumilly's recently published effort; having spent innumerable days and evenings in the dusty and poorly-illuminated archival chaos of Maurice Duplessis's basement, and having conscientiously revised the original version of this thesis in conformity with many objections, some of which were uninformed and unjust, I am unpretentiously conscious of presenting herewith the definitive work in its field, in any language.
- on submitting his revised MA dissertation in history to the faculty of Université Laval
- The present government of Quebec is the most financially and intellectually corrupt in the history of the province. There are the shady deals, brazenly conducted, and the broken promises, most conspicuously that of last October to retain Bill 63... The government dragged out the ancient and totally fictitious spectre of assimilation to justify Bill 22 and its rejection of the right of free choice in education, its its reduction of English education to the lowest echelon of ministerial whim, its assault upon freedom of expression through the regulation of the internal and external language of businesses and other organizations, and its creation of a fatuous new linguistic bureaucracy that will conduct a system of organized denunciation, harassment, and patronage... There is a paralytic social sickness in Quebec. In all this debate, not a single French Quebecker has objected to Bill 22 on the grounds that it was undemocratic or a reduction of liberties exercised in the province. The Quebec Civil Liberties Union, founded by Pierre Trudeau, from which one might have expected such sentiments, has instead demanded the abolition of English education, and this through the spokemanship of Jean-Louis Roy, who derives his income from McGill University.... It is clear that Mr. Bourassa... is now going to try to eliminate the Parti Quebecois by a policy of gradual scapegoatism directed against the non-French elements in the province... The English community here, still deluding itself with the illusion of Montreal as an incomparably fine place to live, is leaderless and irrelevant, except as the hostage of a dishonest government. Last month one of the most moderate ministers, Guy St-Pierre, told an English businessman's group, 'If you don't like Quebec, you can leave it.' With sadness but with certitude, I accept that choice.
- radio broadcast on 26 July 1974, the day Black left Quebec for good
- Bud (McDougald) was a true Darwinist, so in his view, when he died--to the winner should go the spoils. It was a free-for-all. A lot of people, Nelson Davis for one, used to ask me what Bud would have thought of the somewhat unseemly scramble that went on after he died. I suspect it would have flattered him. Had he wanted an orderly succession, he would have organized one. He certainly told Monte and me that he wanted us to take over--but he told a few other people the same thing. Bud was very skillful at presenting the carrot and making sure it wasn't within anyone's grasp.
- on the ill-planned succession at Argus Corporation in 1978
- All those pent-up forces of envy and disbelief finally showed their true colours instead of masquerading in the deceitful fashion they have used since I took over at Argus... there is something about the Canadian mentality that cannot stand an unbroken string of successes, unless it comes after a long life or after evident ordeal. No one begrudged Terry Fox getting the Order of Canada and no one boos any more when E.P. Taylor wins the Queen's Plate. But present Canadians with too much success too soon and it's just unbearable. That's how it works in this country.
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By adding electronics and computation technology to a simple cane that has been around since ancient times, a team of researchers at Columbia Engineering have transformed it into a 21st-century robotic device that can provide light-touch assistance in walking to the aged and others with impaired mobility.
A team led by Sunil Agrawal, professor of mechanical engineering and of rehabilitation and regenerative medicine at Columbia Engineering, has demonstrated, for the first time, the benefit of using an autonomous robot that “walks” alongside a person to provide light-touch support, much as one might lightly touch a companion’s arm or sleeve to maintain balance while walking.
Unbalance in their walking
Their study is published today in the IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. The light-touch robotic cane, called CANINE; acts as a cane-like mobile assistant. The device improves the individual’s proprioception, or self awareness in space; so during walking which in turn improves stability and balance.
“This is a novel approach to providing assistance and feedback for individuals as they navigate their environment,” said Joel Stein, Simon Baruch Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and chair of the department of rehabilitation; also regenerative medicine at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, who co-authored the study with Agrawal.
“This strategy has potential applications for a variety of conditions; so especially individuals with gait disorders.” To test this new device, the team fitted 12 healthy young people with virtual reality glasses that create a visual environment that shakes around the user both side to side and forward backward to unbalance their walking gait.
The robotic cane
The subjects each walked 10 laps on the instrumented mat; both with and without the robotic cane; so in conditions that tested walking with these visual perturbations. In all virtual environments; which is having the light touch support of the robotic cane cause all subjects to narrow their strides. The narrower strides, which represent a decrease in the base of support; also a smaller oscillation of the center of mass; indicate an increase in gait stability due to the light touch contact.
“The next phase in our research will be to test this device on elderly individuals; also those with balance and gait deficits to study how the robotic cane can improve their gait,” said Agrawal, who directs the Robotics and Rehabilitation (ROAR) Laboratory. “In addition, we will conduct new experiments with healthy individuals; where we will perturb their head neck motion in addition to their vision to simulate vestibular deficits in people.”
While mobility impairments affect 4% of people aged 18 to 49; this number rises to 35% of those aged 75 to 80 years, diminishing self-sufficiency, independence, and quality of life. By 2050, it is estimate that there will be only five young people for every old person; as compare with seven or eight today. “They will need other avenues of support for an aging population,” Agrawal noted. “This is one technology that has the potential to fill the gap in care fairly inexpensively.” | <urn:uuid:1cd5bd27-a560-41a6-a5a9-ab659ab6ab23> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://news.medsbla.com/medical-news/science-and-technology/robotic-device-can-provide-light-touch-assistance-in-walking/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571198.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810161541-20220810191541-00266.warc.gz | en | 0.948232 | 646 | 3.109375 | 3 |
Feb. 29 is returning to our calendars for the first time since 2016. Adding an extra day is known as a leap year, a corrective measure that keeps our calendar synchronized with the seasonal year.
It takes earth 365.242189 days to orbit the sun. The extra day is needed so that we don’t eventually celebrate Christmas in summer. Three criteria must be met for a year to be a leap year:
• The year must be evenly divisible by four.
• The year is also evenly divisible by 400.
• But if it can also be divided by 100, it is not a leap year. | <urn:uuid:0f6ff697-6126-4619-aeb7-6639e0125bbe> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://theojt100.com/happy-leap-year/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572215.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815235954-20220816025954-00669.warc.gz | en | 0.948164 | 128 | 3.546875 | 4 |
The franchise agreement is a legally binding document spelling out the rights and responsibilities of both the franchisor and franchisee.
Before signing the franchise agreement, you should obtain as much information about the franchise as possible. To help you with this, the Franchising Code of Conduct (Franchising Code) requires that franchisors give you, the prospective franchisee, a copy of the Franchising Code, a disclosure document and a copy of the franchise agreement in its final form. These documents need to be provided to you at least 14 days before you start, renew or extend a franchise agreement or pay a non-refundable deposit.
As a prospective franchisee, it's important to understand what is being offered and your rights and obligations under the Franchising Code. You should also be aware that a franchise agreement only gives you the right to operate that business for the life of the franchise agreement. There is no guarantee that the agreement will be renewed, unless specifically negotiated under the agreement.
Run through these questions before you sign an agreement:
What are the details of the business?
- Do you have all the relevant information on the business?
- What is the track record of the franchisor?
- Does the franchise have a strategic plan and what are the plans for the future?
- What is the success rate of other franchisees in the same business?
- Will you have an exclusive territory?
What is included in the sale?
- Does the sale include the use of business name, products, reputation/goodwill, site location, advertising budget or back-up assistance?
- What are your intellectual property rights and obligations?
- What are the terms of sale of goods? Can you purchase them from outside the franchise network?
- Are there any other expenditures that you may be required to make later, such as for refits?
What are your rights and obligations?
- What are your occupational health and safety obligations?
- What are your obligations upon termination of the franchise?
- Are there guidelines/costs when you sell the franchise?
- Are the operating procedures, employee responsibilities, and standards spelled out in the franchise operating manual? Can the franchisor change the requirements in the operating manual at any time?
- If you have a retail lease, is it in your name or the franchisor's name? Does the term of the franchise agreement differ from the term of the retail lease?
What fees do you need to pay?
- An initial franchise purchase fee?
- Franchise renewal fees?
- Franchise service fees/royalties?
- Advertising fees?
- Transfer fees?
- Training fees?
- Payments to a third party?
- How are dispute resolution costs shared?
What to do?
- Refer to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission's website for the following resources:
- Find out about buying a franchise in your state or territory.
- Read the Working with contracts guide for information on contracts.
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Primary school teachers' use of digital resources with interactive whiteboards: the Australian context
Maher, D, Phelps, R, Urane, N & Lee, M 2012, 'Primary school teachers' use of digital resources with interactive whiteboards: the Australalian context', Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, Vol. 28, no. 1, pp. 138-158.
Article available on Open Access
As interactive whiteboards appear in increasing numbers in primary classrooms, questions will continue to be asked about the effectiveness of these devices in supporting teaching and learning. It is not the board itself, however, which is likely to make a difference to student learning outcomes, but the resources which teachers choose to use in conjunction with their board. This study investigated what digital resources Australian primary school teachers areusing when teaching with interactive whiteboards and the factors affecting their choice of such resources. Data were collected from 116 teachers from 13 primary schools in regional and metropolitan areas via an online survey and follow-up focus groups. While flipchart software plays an important role in delivery of lessons, a broad range of resources, particularly online, interactive and multimedia resources are utilised. National, pedagogical and curriculum relevance are critical influences on Australian teachers’ resource choice and word-of-mouth plays a dominant role in influencing patterns of use. There are important implications from the study for teachers, school leaders, teacher educators and producers of digital resources. | <urn:uuid:1e555f67-5700-4d51-a3d5-ddce8b06a970> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://epubs.scu.edu.au/educ_pubs/634/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280791.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00359-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.923572 | 288 | 2.859375 | 3 |
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BBN LISP was a dialect of the Lisp programming language by Bolt, Beranek and Newman Inc. in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It was based on L. Peter Deutsch's implementation of Lisp for the PDP-1 (called Basic PDP-1 LISP), which was developed from 1960 to 1964. Over time the language was expanded until it became its own separate dialect in 1966.
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For people who hate trips to the dentist (so, pretty much everyone), some good news: New research in Science Translational Medicine shows that lasers can help to regrow parts of broken teeth. One day, perhaps, lasers could make fillings, crowns, and other painful reasons to visit your dentist things of the past.
Earlier research suggested lasers could help regenerate heart, skin, lung, and nerve tissues. The reason is that low levels of laser light can apparently trigger chemical reactions that promote wound healing, reduce inflammation, and treat pain, among other effects. For instance, red light can accelerate hair growth.
For this new study, scientists at Harvard University and their colleagues focused on dentin, the tissue that makes up the bulk of human teeth. Dentin is harder than bone but softer than the enamel that coats teeth. When a tooth is damaged, dentists protect it with fillings, crowns, and veneers made of ceramics and other synthetic materials. But the scientists wanted to coax dental stem cells into regenerate dentin.
Rather than implanting modified dental stem cells into people or injecting chemicals to control dental stem cells in patients, the researchers wanted to find out whether they could activate proteins known as growth factors that are already in the body and use them to manipulate dental stem cells. The solution, of course, was lasers.
Laser light generates chemicals known as reactive oxygen species, the researchers think, and those chemicals activate a growth factor called transforming growth factor beta-1 (TGF-b1) in the body. This molecule in turn can stimulate dental stem cells to repair teeth. TGF-b1 is a member of a family of growth factors that is present in many other tissues, such as the skin and bone. That means it's possible that lasers could be used for regeneration here as well.
In experiments, the investigators used drills to damage molars in rats, removing pieces of dentin. They next shone lasers on the tiny, exposed teeth and the soft pulp underneath them, and applied temporary caps on the molars. Twelve weeks later, high-resolution x-ray imaging and microscopy confirmed enhanced formation of dentin.
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Recorded Session: Becoming a Technical Project Manager
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With everything going on in life: kids, doctor appointments, car repairs, reality show auditions, aren’t we ALL really project managers??? No, we are not. "Doing several related things" isn’t a project, and being in their general vicinity isn’t project management.
Successful project managers in the Drupal world require both soft skills and technical skills. Lacking either, we become panicked appointment setters who scurry from stakeholder to developer like bewildered apes.
Promet's project manager, Johnnie Fox joined a project manager from Get Pantheon to cover what skills are needed, how to really figure out what you are good at, and what to add to your toolbelt.
- Project lifecycle management
- Agile, Waterfall, and Phased Polaron Methodologies
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If you are a beginner, this recorded session will give you an expert’s perspective on project management. You will garner the respect of all around you. You will gain authority where once there was only derision. Your words will command a respect usually entrusted only to revolutionaries, iconoclasts, and bartenders. Your projects will be overflowing with laughter, back-slaps, moments majestic and intervals sublime. | <urn:uuid:f0fdcfca-db1b-43f4-aad3-035b4ac46dfd> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.prometsource.com/blog/recorded-session-becoming-technical-project-manager | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571909.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813051311-20220813081311-00274.warc.gz | en | 0.907441 | 326 | 1.632813 | 2 |
The goal of the Gitanyow Huwilp Society is to establish government to government agreements over time to form the foundation of a modern day treaty through an Incremental Treaty Approach, on behalf of the Gitanyow Huwilp membership.
The Gitanyow Huwilp Society, established in 1993, was formed to represent the Gitanyow Huwilp. Mandated by our people, our mission is to protect the Lax 'Yip for the Wilp membership through land protection.
The Gitanyow have never supported the current Canadian “Land Selection” Treaty model.
"Through government to government agreements we are able to benefit from the resources from the Lax Yip without ever having to sacrifice any land, thus extinguishing the Gitanyow reliance on the Indian Act, ultimately creating a fully self reliant system in which the Gitanyow are sustained through the resources on the land."
- Glen Williams, Simogyet Malii, President
Gitanyow Hereditary Chiefs Office
PO Box 148
Kitwanga BC V0J 2A0
4581- 4th Avenue
Gitanyow IR 1
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Before the application of hair toner an allergy test should be done. This test will be performed 24 hours in advance of the toner application and consist of a small amount of the toner mixed with developer being applied to the inside of the elbow. If irritation occurs in this area during the next 24 hours, the toner should not be used as it could cause an adverse allergic reaction on the scalp. Once the allergy test has been performed with no sign of allergy, the hair will be lightened. Generally this is done with the use of hair bleach. After the hair has been processed with the bleach, it will be rinsed thoroughly in preparation of the toner application.
Toner is mixed with a developer in a 1:1 ratio immediately before use. This mixture cannot be created in advance because leaving the toner and developer in a sealed bottle will create a chemical reaction causing gas to build and eventually explode, rupturing the bottle. The toner and developer mixture is applied evenly to the hair from the roots to the tip. During this process, the hair will be checked every five minutes or so by wiping the toner off a small piece of hair with a damp cloth and visually inspecting the colour. If the hair has not reached the desired colour, the toner will be reapplied and this process will repeat every five minutes until all of the unwanted pigment has been neutralised. Check the hair often during this process, otherwise the hair could absorb the colour of the toner. This is the reason why many white-haired women end up with a blue tint after a visit to the hairdresser. | <urn:uuid:4d41e39e-9ec4-4a81-b75f-6306ed9c601f> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.ehow.co.uk/how-does_5150514_do-hair-toners-work.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280221.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00234-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.94744 | 598 | 2.34375 | 2 |
Bhopal : Street vendors are an integral part of the Indian lifestyle in both urban and rural areas. The street vendors calling out in his special way from the street is recognized by every household. The buyer hears his voice and comes out to make purchases. His voice becomes a habit with people.
During lockdown in Corona, no one heard the voice of the street vendor, be it a vegetable or fruit seller or anyone else. The purchaser somehow bought essentials, but the street seller became unemployed. This class constitutes a large number and is required more. Both Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan always stay connected with ground reality.
Understanding the reality of street vendors, Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi announced the Pradhan Mantri Atmanirbhar Swanidhi for this section to provide working capital to a large population of urban street vendors. Under this scheme, working capital of Rs. 10 thousand will be made available to registered urban street vendors. Interest subsidy will be provided by the central and state government.
Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan implemented this scheme of the poor in Madhya Pradesh first. The registration process was done through the Urban Unorganized Workers Portal. As of June 29, 8 lakh 15 thousand 890 street vendors have been registered. Documents of registered vendors are being scrutinized. Street vendors will start getting loans from July 3. A target has been set to disburse loan of more than Rs one thousand crore in Madhya Pradesh. This scheme is being implemented in all 378 urban bodies. Vendors who have been selling goods in urban areas before March 24, 2020 will be included in the scheme. This benefit will be provided to those who possess a town vending certificate and identity card. Such street vendors, who have migrated to other places due to Corona pandemic and have returned will also be eligible for the scheme.
Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan had started the registration process by launching the Chief Minister’s Urban Unorganized Workers Integrated Portal on June 6 itself. A state-level committee has been set up in the Urban Development and Housing Department for the implementation of the scheme. The process of bank-wise target setting and implementation of the Pradhan Mantri Atmanirbhar Swanidhi Yojana for street vendors has been ensured in the State-level Bankers Committee meeting held on june 23 under the chairmanship of the Chief Minister.
The registered street vendors include, about 28.36 percent vegetable vendors, 10.27 percent vendors dealing in clothes, 7.23 percent in fruits and 6.84 percent in food and beverage business. Among registered street vendors, 62 percent are male and 38 percent are female.
Chief Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan has given strict instructions to officials to ensure that that the eligible vendors do not have to wander to avail benefits under the Pradhan Mantri Atmanirbhar Swanidhi Yojana. Shri Chouhan felt the agony of the street vendors and ensured necessary arrangements for them to resume their trade. A budget provision of Rs 25 crore has also been made for the implementation of the scheme.
Chief Minister Shri Chouhan has also decided to launch the Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana National Urban Livelihood Mission in all 378 urban bodies with an aim to provide employment opportunities to urban women through self-help groups. At present, the scheme is being run in only 120 urban bodies. The Chief Minister has said that this mission will provide means of livelihood to the urban poor through capacity building, self-employment, skill training, social security and cultural development. In this mission, shelters for the homeless and hawkers corners for the street vendors will be developed. Under the scheme, grants and loans will be made available to self-help groups. The government will also arrange for the marketing of the commodities made by them.
Chief Minister Shri Chouhan wishes that no person of the state should bear the pain of being unemployed. Shri Chouhan has only one objective which is public welfare. To put his into effect he engaged in regular communication and discussion. He has introduced several schemes based on the suggestions given during the panchayats of different sections. | <urn:uuid:ee98cab0-700a-467e-a832-d026862d2d8e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://indiaeducationdiary.in/madhya-pradesh-voice-of-the-street-seller-will-be-raised-interest-free-loan-of-rs-10-thousand-to-roadside-vendors/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572089.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814234405-20220815024405-00076.warc.gz | en | 0.955449 | 854 | 1.523438 | 2 |
I’m Mustafa Abdul-Baset Abdel-Samad Ahmed Al Ghanimi, a member of ISIS’s media staff. My suspicions of the Islamic State started showing in late 2015, when I was photographing one of its invasions of Ramadi City, and found my little brother, who was born in 1995, involved in the fighting, wearing a suicide vest. I asked him why he was wearing it. He replied saying that it was a precaution against being arrested.
Meanwhile, things were getting heated in the battlefield. ISIS fighters were trying to break into a building where government forces were stationed. While zooming in and getting closer to the crossfire emplacement, a large explosion occurred and the fighters cried out: “He did it!” They meant, my brother, the bomber. I took a picture of the explosion that was broadcast by ISIS and named “Azm al-Kamah 2.”
I was born in 1992, in Basrah, Iraq, a middle child to a family consisting of a father, two wives and 11 sons. We left Basrah in 2003, after the United States invaded Iraq. Our family had close ties to the former regime. My father was a clan leader and he was working in the government sector as a liaison officer. When my uncle was killed during the invasion, my father decided to move to Al-Fallujah, where we have acquaintances and relatives. Fallujah remained very loyal to Saddam Hussein’s regime, even after its fall.
Our family participated in the resistance against the American occupation. My older brother was killed in the first battle of Fallujah in 2004. He was fighting on the Jihadis’ side. My father was all for fighting until Isis came into the picture.
By then, we had already moved to Ramadi city, where many displaced families took refuge, as Al-Fallujah had turned into a perpetual war zone. The Islamic State had begun its activities, especially following Al-Qaeda’s defeat and the killing of Abu-Mus’ab al-Zarqawi. We, the young men, began receiving ISIS’s press releases, especially after the outset of the events in Syria.
In al-Bukamal, killing civilians became a daily routine, along with violations of Sharia Law.
I still remember the first video that lured me to the Islamic State. It showed members of the organization slaughtering Christian Syrian pilots and was named “For the Hatred of Non-believers.” That tape made me realize the importance of media in this war, and afterwards I decided to be a media staff member. At that time, we were filled with feelings of humiliation and defeat, and these tapes revived the spirit of victory in us.
Sunni cities began to rebel against the government. Everyone participated in sit-ins in squares, including ISIS elements, who found a chance to bear down on everyone. Government forces did ISIS a great service when they opened fire on protesters. It led many to take up arms and confront the army.
At the beginning, sit-ins were political. The most important one was held after Rafi’ Al-Issawi’s companions were arrested. I was in charge of photographing it. ISIS used the chaos that prevailed to take control of the southern section of Ramadi where I was appointed as a press attache.
I was responsible for distributing Al-Naba magazine and releases, and editing content for the giant street billboard screen, which played battle scenes in Syria. ISIS was fully cognizant of the impact of the tapes they were releasing, and their capacity to charge people emotionally.
We were a group of defeated young men. We found in the uprising a chance we had long been looking forward to.
For the record, whole families took part in the fighting.
The media played a key role in the ISIS’s wars. Media professionals had a unique position. They sent me to Mosul which was under the ISIS’s control. There, I attended an information workshop that offered photography sessions as well as knowledge on uploading content onto computers, providing medical services, and finally Islamic lessons.
It was then that the battle took place in which my little brother carried out a suicide bombing. Even though I felt so sorry for him back then, I was still not convinced of leaving ISIS.
All my brothers were members of ISIS and they all were killed except for one who remained in al-Baghouz. I have no idea what happened to him there.
As for myself, I left Syria as soon as the cities started to fall under the control of the army and the Popular Mobilization Forces in 2017. I left with my mother, my two wives and children.
I arrived in al-Bukamal city where ISIS placed me in jail for my lack of commitment. That is when I became suspicious of the organization.
In al-Bukamal, killing civilians became a daily routine, along with violations of Sharia Law. Excommunication (takfir) was done by fatwas (religious ruling) of Ahmad ibn-Hanbal, Ibn-Taymiyyah and Muhammad ibn Abdul-Wahhab.
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Abstract: The project of a digital Atlas of Antarctic Sea Ice Drift aims at providing a comprehensive view of sea ice motion around Antarctica as a reference for ocean and climate modeling. It also provides statistics on the state of sea ice cover for weather forecasting models and ship routing.
The Atlas is based on data covering almost two decades starting at 1979, and focuses on sea ice variability ... over periods ranging from submonthly to interannual. The data analysis takes advantage of algorithms developed for ice drift using data from passive microwave sensors on polar orbiting satellites as well as on drifting buoy data gathered within various national programs and within the International Programme for Antarctic Buoys (IPAB).
The graphical presentations involve various combinations of sea ice variables, periods and years, being commonly geo-referenced in a geographic information system. They also comprise ice concentrations from SSM/I and weather data from NCEP Reanalysis.
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Dataset Originator/Creator: Carolin Schmitt, Christoph Kottmeier, Stefanie Wassermann, Mark Drinkwater
Dataset Title: Atlas of Antarctic Sea Ice Drift
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Start Date: 1979-01-01
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The work was performed at the Institut fur Meteorologie und Klimaforschung,
Universitat Karlsruhe by funding of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
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When it comes to your kids, keeping them snack-happy and satisfied doesn’t have to be difficult. Nakd bars are a perfect replacement for chocolate and crisps, giving them the sweetness they crave without any nasty additives or preservatives. We love creating bars that are crammed with tasty fruits and other natural ingredients, giving them one of their five a day to keep them happy and healthy!
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Tasmania Endemic Birds and Mammals Tour - 28 January to 6 February 2023
(includes Southern Ocean pelagic, Maria Island excursion and Tasmanian Devils)
Also available with optional pre-tour flight to Melaleuca for Orange-Bellied Parrots
Fri 27 Jan -Optional - Arrive Hobart
1. Sat 28 Jan -Optional extra day - Melaleuca flight Start of tour with dinner and orientation
2. Sun 29 Jan -Bird in Hobart - travel Eaglehawk Neck.
3. Mon 30 Jan -Pelagic birding.
4. Tue 31 Jan -Maria Island excursion
5. Wed 1 Feb -Hobart to Bruny Island.
6. Thur 2 Feb -Full day Bruny Island.
7. Fri 3 Feb -Bruny Island to Mt Field area.
8. Sat 4 Feb -Mt Field area to Cradle Mountain area.
9. Sun 5 Feb -Cradle Mountain area.
10. Mon 6 Feb -Cradle to Launceston and depart.
B- breakfast; L- lunch; D-dinner.
OPTIONAL PRE-TOUR EXCURSION ( only available if joining main tour )
Arrive in Hobart – Friday 27th Jan 2023
In order to join the Melaleuca excursion tomorrow, you will need to make your way to Hobart today and so you are free to arrive at any time that suits your travel plans. Please make your own way to your hotel (please see notes at the end of this itinerary) You may wish to book into the same hotel that the remainder of the participants will be staying at, so please discuss this with the office, who will be able to help you. Please note that no activities have been planned for today, but if you plan to arrive early and would like advice on options for the day, please contact our office.
Meals Included: None.
Day 1. Pre-tour excursion Saturday 28th Jan 2023 - Orange-bellied Parrot flight to South West Wilderness.
Today, in a pre-tour excursion, we will leave civilisation behind us and embark on a spectacular flight (weather dependant) to Tasmania’s remote South West World Heritage area. Inaccessible by road and breathtakingly scenic, this is one of the most remote areas in Australia and is famed, not only for its unspoilt wilderness and clean air (arguably the cleanest in the world), but also for its birdlife.
At Melaleuca, we have a chance to see one of Australia’s rarest birds, the critically endangered Orange-bellied Parrot. With less than 50 individuals left in the wild, this vivid parrot is teetering on the brink of extinction. Other specialties we hope to see are the elusive Eastern Ground Parrot, Striated Fieldwren, the delightful Southern Emu-wren, and the aptly named Beautiful Firetail. The area is also rich in history and we will learn of the fabled adventurers who braved this region in a bygone era. When we return from Melaleuca, we will join the other tour participants at 6:30pm for a welcome dinner and orientation.
Please note that this flight is weather dependent and if cancelled, you will have a free unguided day to explore Hobart, or we can organise some additional guided touring around the Hobart area for an additional price of $300 per person. We will be unable to reschedule the Melaleuca trip within the main timeframe of the tour unless everyone elects to take this as an optional extra.
Accommodation: Hobart Hotel (en suite rooms). Meals Included: L, D.
MAIN TOUR ITINERARY BEGINS HERE
Saturday 28 January 2023 Arrive Hobart.
Today has been set aside as an arrival day so you are free to arrive at any time that suits your travel plans. Please make your own way to the hotel in the city (please see notes at the end of this itinerary) and we will meet at the hotel at 18:30 for a brief orientation and welcome dinner. Please note that no activities have been planned for today, but the tour has been designed to start on a Saturday to afford the opportunity for you to visit the renowned Salamanca market, which operates between 8am and 3pm. If you plan to arrive early and would like advice on other options for the day, please do contact our office.
Accommodation: Hobart Hotel (en suite rooms). Meals Included: D.
Day 2. Sunday 29 January 2023. Hobart reserves and drive to Eaglehawk Neck.
Today we begin our explorations of spectacular Tasmania by visiting several reserves in the Hobart area including Mount Wellington. This mountain, at a height of 1270m (around 4,150 feet), affords spectacular views of the city and surrounding landscape on a clear day. Here we will also take a walk through a fern glade with towering tree ferns where we have our first chance to see the endemic and rather shy Scrubtit as well as Tasmanian Scrubwren and the stunning Pink Robin. Further endemic highlights we will look for today include Green Rosella, Tasmanian Native Hen, Black Currawong and Yellow Wattlebird. In the early afternoon we will enjoy the scenic drive to Eaglehawk Neck. On arrival we will bird some of the areas of interest enjoying the spectacular sea cliffs and breathtaking scenery typical of the area. We may well see Yellow-throated Honeyeater as well as a range of more widely distributed species including White-bellied Sea Eagle and Blackfaced Cormorant.
Accommodation: Hotel on Tasman Peninsula (en suite rooms). Meals included: B, L, D.
Day 3. Monday 30 January 2023 Southern Ocean Pelagic.
This morning we will board a charter vessel (weather permitting), making our way into the vastness of the Southern Ocean in our quest for pelagic birds. High species diversity and the nearness of the continental shelf have earned Tasmania an international reputation as an excellent place to see pelagic species. Not long after we depart Pirate’s Bay, we will encounter Short-tailed Shearwater in considerable number as well as our first albatross species. This is one of the finest places on the planet to see a diversity of albatross and Wandering, Royal, Shy, Black-browed, Campbell and Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross are all possible. With land still in sight we will reach the continental shelf and begin to lay a berley trail from the back of the boat. Possible petrels include White-chinned, Great-winged, Grey-faced, the striking White-headed, Gould’s, Cook’s and Mottled. Shearwater diversity is also good with Hutton’s, Fluttering, Sooty and Short-tailed Shearwater all possible. Wilson’s, Grey-backed and White-faced Storm Petrels and Fairy Prion are also regularly seen. There are often surprises in store, and with 30 plus species possible in these waters, there is bound to be something to delight everyone. Mammals we may encounter include Australian Fur-seals, Hump-backed Whale, Common and Bottlenose Dolphin. There will also be a chance to visit some nearby geological formations and if time permits explore Tasman National park before heading to our hotel.
Accommodation: Hotel on Tasman Peninsula (en suite rooms) Meals Included: B, L, D.
Day 4 Tuesday 31 January 2023 Maria Island excursion:
We leave this morning to travel up the East Coast to Triabunna, where we shall take the short 30 minute ferry ride across to Maria Island, an island with a rich history, a World Heritage Listed Probation Station, fossil cliffs and a great array of wildlife. On the trip across the Mercury Passage (named after the ship carrying the explorers that landed on the Island), we shall look out for seals, dolphins, orcas and also for whales that sometimes use the passage on their migration. Maria is a fascinating island with a wide variety of bird and mammal species, several of which were introduced in the 1960s. Of the mammals, we can expect to see Forester Kangaroo, Tasmanian Pademelon and Bennett’s Wallaby, Common Wombat and possibly Tasmanian Devil as the island was chosen as home for an insurance population of Devils that are free from the devastating Devil Facial Tumour Disease. Maria Island has an abundant bird assemblage, with 11 of the 12 Tasmanian endemics occurring here. We shall use our time to stroll slowly around the northern part of the island, with the chance of seeing some outstanding scenery, and a large number of bird species including Cape Barren Geese, Australasian Pipit and Skylarks on the grazed grasslands and Forty-spotted Pardalote, Swift Parrot, Black Currawongs and several species of honeyeaters in the wooded areas. We shall enjoy a picnic lunch on the island. In the late afternoon, we will head back on the ferry and return to Hobart. Depending on the mood and weather we may opt for some spotlighting after dinner in a Hobart reserve to search for Southern (Tasmanian) Bettong, Tasmanian Pademelon, Bennett’s Wallaby and Brush Tailed Possum. In our searching we may also encounter Tawny Frogmouth.
Accommodation: Hobart Hotel (en suite rooms). Meals Included: B, L, D.
Day 5. Wednesday 1 February 2023 Hobart and Bruny Island.
Depending on our timing and conditions we may opt to start our day in reserves around Hobart or alternatively venture directly down to Bruny Island. Situated 40km south of Hobart, Bruny Island is separated from the Tasmanian mainland by the D’Entrecasteaux Channel and accessed by a vehicle ferry. The ferry trip takes approximately 15 minutes where one can enjoy some wonderful scenery and possibly Little Penguins or dolphins alongside the ferry. This afternoon we will visit Bruny’s southern coastline to view the second oldest lighthouse in Australia, and search for species such as Tawny-crowned Honeyeater, Olive Whistler and Yellow-tailed Black-cockatoo. Here we also have a chance to see the Tasmanian subspecies of Short-beaked Echidna, one of Australia’s two egg-laying mammal (montreme) species. After dinner tonight, we will visit the Little Penguin and Short-tailed Shearwater colony to view these species at their burrows.
Accommodation: Cottage style accommodation near and at Inala, south Bruny Island (en suite cabins) Meals Included: B, L, D.
Day 6 Thursday 2 February 2023 Bruny Island.
Today we have a full day to explore Bruny Island. We will start the day birding at ‘Inala’, a privately owned 1,500 acre wildlife sanctuary which is home to all 12 Tasmanian endemic bird species, including one of the largest known colonies of endangered Forty-spotted Pardalote. Strong-billed, Yellow-throated and Black-headed Honeyeaters, Dusky Robin and Green Rosella are also regulars here. Several hides and platforms have also been built around the property which provide close views of some very special species, including a variety of raptors. At this time of year, we can expect to see the endangered white colour morph of Grey Goshawk, White-bellied Sea-eagle, Brown Goshawk, Brown Falcon and if we are lucky, Wedge-tailed Eagle. We will also visit a variety of habitats on the island, from coastal beaches for Hooded Plover, Pied and Sooty Oystercatcher, Pacific and Kelp Gull, to rainforest areas in search of Pink Robin and the endemic Scrubtit, Tasmanian Scrubwren and Tasmanian Thornbill. Tonight, we will take an evening drive in search of Tasmania’s nocturnal marsupials. We are likely to see some species which are now restricted to Tasmania including Eastern Quoll (a relative of the Tasmanian Devil) and Tasmanian Pademelon. Bennett’s Wallaby and Brush-tailed Possum are also common here and rare golden/white colour morphs of both these species can sometimes be found. If we are lucky, we may also see Long-nosed Potoroo and some nocturnal birds like Tawny Frogmouth and Tasmanian Boobook.
Accommodation: Cottages at and near Inala, south Bruny Island as above. Meals Included: B, L, D.
Day 7. Friday 3 February 2023 Bruny Island to Mt Field area.
This morning we will depart Bruny early for Mount Field National Park. This area is an excellent back up site for our endemic target species, notably Scrubtit and Black Currawong, and is also a great place to experience a range of habitats from fern gullies with waterfalls, to alpine heathland and cool temperate rainforest boasting some of the tallest Eucalyptus in Australia. Today we have our first chance of seeing the bizarre Platypus, the other species of Australian monotreme. In the late afternoon we will make our way out of the park to a nearby settlement where we will overnight.
Accommodation: Mount Field/New Norfolk area (en suite rooms). Meals Included: B, L, D.
Day 8. Saturday 4 February 2023 Mt Field area to Cradle Mountain area.
This morning we will leave the Mt Field area and travel north to Cradle Mountain National Park. While today is largely a travel day, we will enjoy some lovely scenery and stop en route to bird and stretch our legs.
We will arrive at our accommodation near the National Park in the late afternoon. This accommodation has been chosen as it offers a chance of seeing one of Australia’s most threatened and charismatic mammals in the wild and at close range. Having become increasingly rare this is one of the only places left where one has a reasonable chance of seeing Tasmanian Devils. Here the owner places meat down for the devils at dusk and, with any luck, they will come in to feed after dark. Spotted-tailed Quolls also come to the verandas to feed and this is an excellent opportunity to view and photograph these elusive creatures.
Accommodation: Lodge near Cradle Mountain (en suite cabins). Meals Included: B, L, D.
Day 9 Sunday 5 February 2023 Cradle Mountain area.
Today we have a full day to explore the area around Cradle Mountain and parts of northern Tasmania. This should provide a good chance to see more of Tasmania’s endemic bird species which we may have missed previously, such as Black Currawong and Yellow Wattlebird. In addition to the great birding we can view endemic Tasmanian rainforest flora with ancient Gondwanan connections such as Pencil and King Billy Pines, Myrtle and the famous Fagus (Nothofagus gunnii) which is Tasmania’s only deciduous tree. This is also a good area to view Common Wombat. We will also have a good chance of viewing Platypus, one of Australia’s most bizarre mammals. We will retrain to our small lodge for another opportunity to view Tasmanian Devils and Spotted-tailed Quoll from our cabins.
Accommodation: Lodge near Cradle Mountain (en suite cabins). Meals Included: B, L, D.
Day 10. Monday 6 February 2023 Launceston and depart.
This morning we travel to Launceston after breakfast where you will be able to connect with a flight of your choice to one of the capital cities. If time permits, we will visit some wetlands en route where there is a chance to view several wetland species including Purple Swamphen, Spotless Crake, Australian Shelduck, Black-fronted Dotterel and Little Grassbird.
Please note that flights from Launceston should be made from around 15:00 as the guide will deliver those clients there around 14:00. The guide will then be flying to King Island so clients will need to make their own arrangements if they wish to return back to Hobart.
Meals Included: B.
Group size: 6-8 participants and 1 Inala guide.
2023 Tour Price: AUD$ 5,885 per person twin share. Single supplement: AUD$1,050
Tour Price with pre-tour excursion: AUD$ 6,385 per person twin share. Single supplement: AUD$1,050
(Pre-tour excursion only available if joining main tour)
These prices are based on the current rate of GST and may need to be adjusted if there are significant changes.
Inclusions: 9 nights en-suite accommodation, specialist guiding and transport for day and night tours as outlined above, all meals as outlined in the itinerary, activities outlined in the itinerary (including the pelagic cruise and Maria Island excursion), National Park entry fees, Bruny Island ferry fares, GST (=VAT).
Exclusions: international or domestic Australian airfares, airport transfers on arrival, accommodation on the night before the Melaleuca excursion and breakfast on day 1, alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages and expenses of a personal nature (snacks, travel insurance, internet, laundry, tips etc).
Please note: Additional services: We are able to arrange either self-guided or guided extensions to other parts of Tasmania or Australia to compliment this tour. Please enquire at the Inala office and we will happily cater for you through our licensed travel agency.
Arrival in Hobart: There is a regular shuttle bus service between Hobart airport and the main hotels in the city. Details on the costs and timing of the shuttle can be found on the Skybus website. Alternatively, you may wish to take a taxi to the city – there is no need to pre book these, they are readily available outside the terminal building.
Meals and drinks: Breakfast generally consists of a continental style breakfast with cereal, fruit and yoghurt and tea/coffee. Full cooked breakfast is not generally offered at most locations. Lunch will generally consist of a packed lunch style meal eaten in the field, with sandwich/filled roll, fruit, and a drink. Dinner is usually two course and consists of several options for main with the choice of either an appetiser or dessert. Drinks (soft and alcoholic) are generally not included but at lunches and breakfasts juice may be made available.
The itinerary: Whilst we aim to follow the itinerary as planned, please note that the itinerary provided should only be used as a guideline. Depending on individual trip circumstances, weather, and local information, the exact itinerary may not be strictly adhered to. The guides reserve the right to make changes to the itinerary as they see fit.
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When you’re first getting started in the wide world of fishing, the key is to keep it simple. The most basic fishing pole setup beginners need is called a “rod and reel combo.” This means that the rod, reel, and sometimes fishing line, come pre-assembled for convenience and are already properly paired together. While combos aren’t considered the highest performance option, that’s okay since your goal is learning first, then performance later.
To help prepare you for what to expect when shopping fishing pole setup beginners need, this article will break down the basic anatomy of a spinning rod and reel, two primary components of beginner fishing gear.
The long stick-like component that feeds the fishing line from the reel, along the rod, and through the tip. You’ll leverage the rod for casting and retrieving techniques. A basic fishing rod setup includes:
- Tip - the top of the rod
- Guides - the rings attached along the length of the rod to guide the line
- Reel seat - the section where the reel attaches to the rod
- Handle or grip - the lowest part, where you hold the rod
- Hook keeper - a small metal part to secure your hook when not fishing
The brains of the operation. The main function of this cylindrical device is to wind and stow the fishing line, but many also have features that aid in casting and retrieving techniques such as:
- Body - the main brain of the reel that houses all the inner-workings
- Spool - the part that freely rotates and holds the fishing line
- Handle - the part you crank to reel in line (and hopefully fish!)
- Bail - the c-shaped metal part, flip up to release the line for casting then flip down to lock and reel
- Drag knob - typically on top of the spool, twist to adjust the desired amount of friction, or drag
Now that you know the basics of a fishing rod setup beginners need, take a moment to learn a few tips on buying a rod or must-have beginner fishing gear. Tight lines and happy fishing! | <urn:uuid:7e19d201-4f96-418a-8033-8dd6b7140e7f> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.takemefishing.org/blog/october-2020/fishing-pole-setup-for-beginners/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570741.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808001418-20220808031418-00070.warc.gz | en | 0.906592 | 443 | 2.078125 | 2 |
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Philip Kaplan proposes that instead of worrying about low-probability risks, an entrepreneur should just power on ahead and sign whatever the client asks:
This lesson in total disregard for risk served me well. They say entrepreneurs are risk takers. I think of myself as too lazy and irresponsible to fully understand the risk.
It works for me.
I’m not sure what the lesson is here.
I think this falls squarely in the "very dangerous, easily misunderstood lesson" category.
If you met someone who crossed the road with his eyes closed his whole life, and said "no need to worry about crossing the road, just close your eyes and go right ahead - it's worked for me so far" you wouldn't take that advice seriously.
Now, the reality of entrepreneurship is that standing on the side of the road worrying about the cars costs more than just crossing, and if a car does hit you it won't necessarily cost you your life. So, it makes sense to just decide and go with it rather than worry about things too long.
However, that doesn't mean that you should take risks on casually and naively. The best entrepreneurs are risk-takers in the sense that they will take measured, calculated, mitigated risks for the chance of good rewards. They are not risk-seekers, they will not seek out unnecessary risks, nor will they naively accept every risk that comes their way.
In the examples he cites, Philip had an experienced entrepreneur looking over his shoulder, and also used his own gut feeling to help him make the decisions. What's not mentioned in this anecdotal article is all the deals he rejected before they even got to the contract stage, because he had a bad feeling about them.
As a smart founder, you need a bias towards making decisions, and you need to be willing to take calculated risks (ideally risks with a small, limited downside and a large, unlimited upside). But you should still think through what risks you are taking on, and do whatever you reasonably can to minimise those risks.
In other words, don't wait until you have a live GPS map of all the traffic before crossing, but do open your eyes and look both ways.
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Queensland is baking in heatwave and drought conditions. The monsoon failed last year and western Queensland farmers are in dire circumstances. Here on the coast the water table has fallen to the lowest I have ever seen and there is no sign of the monsoon any time soon.
The Bureau of Meteorology seasonal outlook advises that the El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) indicators remain within neutral bounds: sea surface temperatures are close to their long-term average while weak cool anomalies have appeared in the Coral Sea. This all means a drier than normal season is more likely for large parts of eastern Australia.
At this time of the year you seldom see sunrise because of rain, now dust and smoke haze are creating spectacular sunrises and sunsets: such as this reflecting-sunrise at Coquette Point this morning 5.46am.
The cassowaries are seeking out cool places to rest in the heat of the day and every day Snout brings his chick into a small pond behind the nursery. The chick runs ahead and drinks deeply before Snout stirs up the water.
The chick hops in beside dad and they both cool off in the water. Then Snout get serious about cleaning his feathers. The chick watches his father intently.
Snout washes behind the chicks ears and encourages him into the water.
The chick bobed up and down in the water enjoying itself and did not notice that Snout had decided to leave. In a panic it ran from the water and caught up with Dad. They dried off in the sun before they left for the rainforest.
The matriarch Jessie is still feeding at the Damson Plum every day.
She crosses the road from 27V visits all the fruiting trees then returns the way she came.
Q still hold to the river side and this morning as I came back from my walk I saw him standing out on the sandbar picking at fiddler crabs.
As soon as he saw me he disappeared into the mangroves. Poor Q is harassed by Jessie and Snout and is very timid.
At the moment the cassowary scats consist mainly of the Damson Plum and a few Native Olives; this scat is from the chick.
The Pied Imperial Pigeons are still the birds mostly responsible for the bounty of plums on the forest floor.
From a distance the PIPs look like snow on the branches of the Damson.
20 to 30 PIPs are feeding on the Damson's sweet fruits at any one time.
This week King tides up to 3.38 m and lows of 0.17 m have flushed the river and as there has been no rain the water is clear and bait-fish can be seen jumping and swirling in the shallows.
The tide starting to rush into the mouth of the Johnstone River pushed by a fresh nor-easterly. Here the highest mountain in Queensland, Mount Bartle Frere, dominates the skyline. Normally, at this time of year, Bartle Frere is clothed in cloud and mist and the waters of the Johnstone River are turbid from runoff.
What better way to spend the first days of the New Year than to walk on the beach at Coquette Point. To my delight I found four Ruddy Turn-stones searching for crustaceans in the mud around the mangrove roots and in the sand on the flats. They arrived early in the week when I took these photos and I saw them again in the same area this morning.
I have only seen one Ruddy turn-stone at Coquette Point before, however, it is on Billie Gill's bird list for Coquette Point sightings 1966 to 1970.
In breeding plumage the chest patch turns black with two black bars, one in a distinct circle from wingtip to wingtip and the other around the neck. The wings change from turtle-shell to a deep chestnut complementing there bright orange stocky legs. Many shorebirds still carry their breeding plumage when they arrive in late Winter. Ruddy turnstones breed in the Arctic and sub-Arctic regions and are known to travel over 76,000 kilometres in their migratory journey.
Ruddy turnstones populations are strong and although they are not at the moment endangered or vulnerable the wider populations of all migratory shorebirds are falling and of concern.
On the outer sand banks Crested terns were resting with some juveniles, one Caspain tern and nine Little terns. In the waters off shore, more little terns were fishing they were too far out to photograph, however I could hear their distinct call. Some of the little terns were in non breeding plumage.
A little tern arrived with a fish and dropped into shallow water and appeared to be mating with another tern in the water. Unfortunately I could not get camera focus on the little terns, it was all happening too quickly.
It was good to see that the King tides did not come near the top of the dune. A good cover of casuarinas and pig-weed has now stabilised the dune and sand is continuing to build at the top of the dune.
What is disappointing is that people are still ignoring the 'no dog' and World Heritage signs and walking dogs into the World Heritage migratory shorebird habitat and directly across the rookery. Of course I spoke politely to them all.
Two very large dogs ran right across the rookery then straight at me before their owners could call them to heel.
The dog on the right, although on a lead, ran at me growling before the owner could restrain it.
Not only are dogs devastating for migratory shore-birds but large unrestrained dogs are a real danger to people walking on beaches, particularly children, and now in the school holidays it is an accident waiting to happen.
This morning I also saw large numbers of eastern curlews and Pacific golden plovers.
There were many groups of plovers spread out over the sand flats.
A pair of pied oyster-catches were feeding on the edge of the pools.
Casuarina equisetifolia is in flower behind the dunes at the end of Coquette Point and the early morning sun's rays lit the catkin-like inflorescences and turned them to gold. Casuarina species are a food source for the larvae of hepialid and noctuid turnip moth.
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Quoted words from a friend, Lamont: “I thought about the hills in our life that seem like mountains at the time but when we get to the top we see it was for our good that we had to climb them. I’m climbing some hills right now in my life but I know in the end I’ll be better for it. I hope you too can cross over the hills that seem like mountains and be the better for it.”
I am stubborn. I do not like to admit when I am climbing a mountain, especially when it feels like the mountain has the better part of me.
I can easily say things like: don’t give the mountain the better part of you – or – there are always going to be easy trips down and difficult trips back up (resulting in easy trips back down again).
But, when you are living in the middle of the difficult excursion up a mountain, lifting the foot once more over a tiny bump in the path can feel like a slippery slope, especially when it seems there is no strength left to balance it all out.
I treasure what my friend said, “in the end I’ll be better for it.”
That is the silver lining in the dark cloud, what we learn from challenges. What we learn from heart break. What we learn from the difficult climb to our destiny.
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Demonstrators marched in Russian cities on February 25 to commemorate slain Kremlin critic and former Deputy Prime Minister Boris Nemtsov.
Rallies were held in numerous cities across Russia ahead of the third anniversary of Nemtsov's murder, which drew international condemnation and highlighted the dangers faced by Russians who oppose the Kremlin.
Nemtsov, a vocal critic of President Vladimir Putin, was shot dead on a Moscow bridge overlooking the Kremlin on February 27, 2015.
Thousands marched in central Moscow in a demonstration featuring placards with slogans such as "Democracy is the right to kick out authorities" and "I'm against the annexation of Crimea," a reference to Russia's 2014 seizure of the Ukrainian peninsula on the Black Sea.
One group of protesters carried a banner that read "Retribution is inevitable: We won't forget, we won't forgive."
Some demonstrators chanted "Putin is a thief" and "We are Boris Nemtsov."
One Russian group that monitors crowd sizes at public demonstrations estimated that as many as 7,600 participated in the Russian capital, while Moscow police put the figure at 4,500.
Kremlin critics frequently accuse authorities of underestimating crowd sizes at protests in order to portray them as marginal events.
Prominent liberal opposition politicians attended the Moscow demonstration as well. They included Grigory Yavlinsky and Ksenia Sobchak, who are running for president in a March 18 election that is all but guaranteed to hand Putin a new six-year term.
One demonstrator in Moscow, who gave his name only as Vadim, said he was "protesting against a dictatorship."
"You have to do something, take at least one step to make things better," Vadim, who said he is a pensioner, told RFE/RL.
Organizers in St. Petersburg, meanwhile, said nearly 2,000 people turned out to commemorate Nemtsov. Authorities said 350 people participated.
In the Urals city of Yekaterinburg, activists said police attempted to detain a protester who was waving a Ukrainian flag but that his fellow demonstrators prevented them from doing so.
Earlier on February 25, dozens of Nemtsov's supporters marched in the Siberian city of Novosibirsk and the capital of Russia's Tatarstan region, Kazan, on February 25. In Novosibirsk, demonstrators staged a rally at a monument to victims of political repression.
Two liberal activists were reportedly detained by police in St. Petersburg as the made their way to the demonstration, while two members of a nationalist group were reportedly detained by Moscow police as they approached the site of the march in the capital.
In July, a Moscow court found five men from Russia's North Caucasus region of Chechnya guilty of the murder and sentenced them to lengthy prison terms.
But relatives and associates charge that his assassination was ordered at a higher level. They say justice will not be served until the person or people who ordered the killing are identified and prosecuted.
As with previous high-profile killings -- including the murder of investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya in 2006 -- government critics have voiced suspicion that the culprits will never face justice because an honest investigation could lead to figures who are close to Moscow-backed Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov or to Putin's inner circle.
The February 25 demonstrations come just days after Moscow's mayor said a plaque honoring Nemtsov will be mounted on the apartment building where he lived in the Russian capital.
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin wrote on Twitter on February 22 that the decision to mount the plaque was made following a request from a presidential candidate Ksenia Sobchak.
Moscow authorities had previously prevented activists from installing a similar plaque on the bridge where Nemtsov was shot dead, where supporters have established a makeshift memorial to the slain politician.
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The need for real estate to provide a positive social and environmental impact has never been so pressing: according to the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, buildings account for up to 40% of energy use in most countries.
Too few developers and investors are providing the right buildings consistent with the COP26 and UN targets on global warming and sustainable development. They need encouragement, and one of the big changes that could help bring this about is the introduction of a consistent valuation methodology related to green and sustainable metrics.
Current valuation methodologies are based around cashflows. There is nothing in the valuation formula that looks at the impact of that building on its occupiers or society at large. If the only measure of success is a financial yardstick that is purely based on cashflows, that only encourages behaviour that is purely aligned with producing cashflows for investors.
If you want to encourage sustainability, it is vital that one adjusts the valuation framework to recognise the additional value provided by this infrastructure.
Compare, for example, two buildings delivering different social and environmental impacts. One is an office building that has been developed for £300m and is yielding a cashflow of £15m. The other is a Therme wellbeing resort, which has been developed, say, for £300m and is producing a similar cashflow of £15m. Based on cashflows, those buildings are both yielding around 5% and valued similarly. Is that right?
There is nothing in the valuation formula that looks at that building’s impact on society
The benefit of the office building is limited to the small number of people who are occupying it, while for Therme Manchester, we are forecasting two million visitors each year, which is probably 600,000 to 700,000 unique users. And those people change from one year to the next. As it’s a social infrastructure asset, surely Therme Manchester should have a yield premium?
The financial industry has made much progress in defining environmental and sustainability goals. Green loan principles and sustainability linked loan principles provide a useful framework for the underwriting of finance allocated to green initiatives or to meeting sustainability targets. However, the rules are not entirely clear, and each financing institution must define its own detailed underwriting criteria.
In the real estate sector, several frameworks from the broader industry can be used to value the social and environmental impact. Examples include the best-practice methodologies endorsed by HM Treasury and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development or the extensive toolkit developed by the New Economics Foundation to measure social and environmental value. But there are too many standards setters and too much heated debate about who owns the subject.
It is high time for a review of the Red Book so that it is brought into line with recent environmental, sustainability and human wellbeing goals.
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Answer probably about 20 years of age
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Common Requirements for Use Cases
When reviewing the above use cases, it can be noted that there are several requirements that are common across the different use cases. Some may be only partly applicable, while others are always applicable.
Figure 2. Several requirements are common across diverse DPI use cases.
The system being used to execute DPI applications should not be visible to the traffic passing through. This means, assuming no action is taken, that all traffic and packages passing from left to right will not notice there is an inspection system in between.
That extends also to packets that would normally be used to configure networks, such as routing information protocol (RIP) and border gateway protocol (BGP) packets, even though there is frequently a switching device present inside the inspection system.
The inspection system must have enough bandwidth available so all traffic coming from left or right can be passed through, to avoid the inspection system being a bottleneck in itself, causing network congestion and, most undesirable, becoming visible as a function in the network as a result of that. This requirement has follow-on requirements such as high (enough) processing capability, low latency, high availability and scalability.
High (Enough) Processing Capabilities
Analyzing data connections based on single or multiple packets is not an easy function. If additionally, content needs analysis in order to protect applications from injected malicious content, the performance requirements are very high. This, paired with the fact that application profiles typically are held in a large in-memory database, this calls for highest-end computing and high memory capacity in the system.
Splitting up connections (load balancing) across multiple entities as described above, eases this load to a level where real time processing becomes possible. Still massive compute capabilities together with enough memory for the in-memory database of fingerprints is required.
Low latency, so a minimal time loss inside the inspection device, is an important requirement. After all, first, the system should not be visible in the flow, and some connections such as VoIP are very susceptible to latency. Second, latencies add up, creating slowness in connections, and causing bad user experiences.
An inspection device should be operational at any time in order to ensure complete coverage of what needs inspecting. Additionally, these machines are inside a connection, so any unavailability causes unavailability of certain connections, which, in the worst case, can result in loss of revenues.
Users today expect 24x7x365 availability, and, in some countries, even have legal rights to this. In 2010, Finland was the first country to make broadband a legal right for every citizen. And in 2013, Germany's Federal Court of Justice stated that Internet connection is a modern necessity, on par with the right to mobility, such that people can sue their Internet providers for damages if connection is lost.
DPI applications are monitoring Internet traffic, which keeps growing with double-digit percentage rates all over the world. As a result, DPI devices must be able to easily adapt to these growing bandwidth requirements, preferably seamlessly.
This needs to be a given for many years to come, so an architecture is needed that allows gradual adjustments in line with the growing requirements.
Next: Solution Architectures
Terminology used in this article:
Before starting to explain the requirements, definition of several terms that will be used going forward to ensure a common understanding and clarity of the following discussion is necessary.
When discussion DPI applications, there is always a client (or internal) network side, and an external network, e.g. the Internet, which the packets pass through to reach the opposite side. The internal network normally is termed “left” side, and the open network will be called “right” side.
A packet flow is the complete communication between an entity on the left side (example: an Internet browser on a PC) and an entity on the right side (example: a web server delivering the web page with dynamically generated content coming from a database).
In the application of DPI, load balancing means distributing packet flows over multiple inspection devices, while ensuring that a given flow will always go to the same inspection device, thus allowing that device to analyze a complete conversation between entities rather than single packets.
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Evaluating the RTT Finalists
The Race to the Top finalists – 15 states plus the District of Columbia – do not have an equal chance of actually winning a Round One grant in the $4 billion competition.
Like a presidential candidate who interviews many more vice presidential candidates than actually are under serious consideration, I suspect the Education Department was intentionally over-inclusive. A likely scenario is for a half dozen or so winners in the end, with the rest invited back to apply in Round 2, for which applications are due by June 1, 2010.
The Education Department tipped its hand when it indicated today that “no more than half of the money will be awarded in phase 1 to ensure a robust competition in phase 2,” a practical consideration I predicted in a pre-announcement analysis in City Journal.
I would sort the finalists in three groups: three “highly competitive” states (Florida, Louisiana, Tennessee), three “competitive” states (Colorado, Georgia, and Delaware), and 10 likely Round 1 losers (D.C., Illinois, Kentucky, Massachusetts, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and South Carolina).
The “highly competitive” and “competitive” applications alone could use up almost $2 billion of the $4 billion available. Another small state might be squeezed in, but it would be difficult to grant full awards to these six states and also award a large state like New York $700 million or so.
Over the past decade, Florida has consistently been among the nation’s most aggressive education-reform states. Among the pluses: Florida’s excellent accountability system for schools; a longitudinal database containing student data from pre-K through age 20; a strong charter-school law; special-education vouchers; and a tax-credit program for corporate donations to private-school scholarship programs. Florida’s application also provided the best “gap analysis”—that is, it identified precisely the next steps that the state would need to take to meet its Race to the Top expectations.
Louisiana, meanwhile, has been using a value-added model to track student achievement for three years. It has also participated in the development of the Common Core Standards initiative; created alternative-certification routes that allow organizations other than education schools to give teachers credentials; improved its teacher pipeline through strong partnerships with the New Teacher Project and Teacher for America; and experimented with performance-based compensation in 41 school districts.
The Tennessee Value-Added Assessment System (TVAAS) has amassed 18 years of longitudinal data on student progress—an important advantage, given the importance that Race to the Top places on data. Tennessee Governor Philip Bredesen, a Democrat, also pushed through a strengthened charter-school law and a law requiring districts to base at least 50 percent of their teacher evaluations on student test results and 35 percent on data from TVAAS.
Colorado, already had a number of innovations in place before applying. They included Denver’s Pro-Comp plan, widely viewed as the nation’s most comprehensive teacher-performance pay system; statewide open enrollment (meaning that students can attend public schools in other districts); a standards-based assessment and school accountability system; and a strong charter-school law with no cap and with funding for charter-school facilities.
Georgia has a strong track record of reform, including an overhaul of the state’s performance standards; redevelopment of state exams; uniform standards for high school graduation; and a law that has led to the approval of 27 alternative providers of teacher certification. Georgia also has one of the strongest charter-school laws in the nation, including no cap.
Delaware offers an opportunity to implement Race to the Top reforms in a relatively small state, with just 126,800 students. One of just 11 states that meet all ten of the Data Quality Campaign’s “essential elements” for state data systems, Delaware already has a longitudinal system in place that links student test results to individual teachers. The state also has a uniform system for evaluating educators, providing consistent ratings across districts.
The remaining states are not out of the running, but they clearly are less worthy than the top six states. D.C., and Rhode Island offer charismatic educational leaders but weak track records. Massachusetts has strong standards and high NAEP test results, but a weak charter-school law with multiple levels of restrictions. New York has a very strong application, but it’s data firewall is still on the books and it has been unable to lift its charter-cap in the midst of various unrelated but distracting political scandals. Ohio has failed to ensure quality in its chartering authorizing. Illinois may be home to the President and where the Education Secretary cut his teeth, but it simply is not a first tier state in this application process.
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Vista / Win7 / Win8 / WinXP
You can use it to record the contents of your screen and audio input devices, such as microphones.
- Records anything you see on your screen.
- Records sound from your microphone.
- Supports hotkey to start, pause, stop recording.
- Capture any part of the screen, even the entire desktop.
- Choose output video codec, framerate, audio codec, frequency.
- Mouse cursor recording can be turned on or off, true shape of the cursor is recorded.
- Show flashing rectangle when screen recording.
- Easy to use and user-friendly interface.
free screen recorder record monitor
1License and operating system information is based on latest version of the software.
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The music known as jazz — however you choose to define it — has cherished its reputation as free-wheeling, radical in its approach to established texts, a music for those who knew there were worlds of experience beyond the canon. And much of that remains true. So it is an unpleasant irony that some people associated with jazz have been less than open in their acceptance of artists who didn’t fit their narrow criteria for acceptance. The wrong color? Ethnicity? Sexual preference? Gender?
Women have been accepted on the bandstand for more than the last century — as singers. Even then, they were treated with condescension, mockery, derision. “Do you know the one about the chick singer who taps at your door . . . ?” But even the most rigidly patriarchal musicians and club owners have accepted singers as necessary parts of the Show.
But women instrumentalists and improvisers have only recently begun to gain anything but a grudging acceptance — and by that I mean acceptance from their male peers. Lovie Austin, Dolly Jones, Mary Lou Williams, Marian McPartland, Mary Osborne, Marjorie Hyams, Melba Liston, and Vi Redd come to mind as twentieth-century pioneers, facing discrimination, subtle and overt, that should have never happened. “Can she play?” should have been the only question, but it often was never asked. And “all-women” bands, no matter how compelling their music, were — at best — regarded as freakish, the improvising equivalent of Dr. Johnson’s lady preacher. Sherrie Maricle and others might tell us that the situation is improving . . . but how slowly?
The film will be screening for one week, starting May 10, at the Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center at Lincoln Center, New York City. Tickets can be purchased here.
For information on this beautiful photograph — an updating and homage to Art Kane’s portrait, fifty years earlier, click here.
I hope to see you at the screening!
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Two 1-inch (2.5 cm) wood slats
5-watt, 12-volt solar panel
Soldering iron and solder ¼-inch (6.35-mm) plastic mono plug
Cigarette-lighter Y adapter
12-volt 12AH rechargeable battery
Solar DC charger controller
4 feet (1.2 m) of 18-gauge wire
15-amp DC panel meter
Two female terminal disconnects
Check online to discover your home’s latitude. This is the angle at which you’ll mount your solar panel.
Cut six pieces of plywood for the box. The lid should be slightly larger than the solar panel. Trim the top edges of the side, front, and back pieces to the appropriate angle. Cut the bottom to fit.
Drill a hole in each side panel for airflow: one in the back panel for the controller and battery cords, and one in the lid for the solar panel’s cord. Then nail the wooden slats to the lid and mount the solar panel to it. Assemble the box with a hinge for the lid.
Snip off the cigarette-lighter plug and solder the ¼-inch (6.35-mm) mono plug onto the Y adapter. Insert the mono plug into the controller’s 12-volt output.
Connect all four power leads from the battery and the solar panel to the controller’s input terminals. Hook up the 15-amp DC panel meter to the controller’s input terminal for the panel.
Test all connections with the meter. Connect the red wire with a female-terminal disconnect to the battery’s positive terminal, and connect the black wire to the negative terminal.
Place the station in the sun with the solar panel pointed south (north if you’re in the southern hemisphere). Plug something in!
This project was excerpted from The Big Book Of Hacks: 264 Amazing DIY Tech Projects, a compendium of ingenious and hilarious projects for aspiring makers. Buy it here. And for more amazing hacks, go here. | <urn:uuid:2b7366fe-4808-4375-b6d3-d599ea7ce4ee> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.popsci.com/diy/article/2013-01/make-your-own-diy-solar-charger/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571989.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813232744-20220814022744-00474.warc.gz | en | 0.785841 | 482 | 1.96875 | 2 |
£20million prize for innovations in Carbon Capture and Storage technology
Below is a press release from the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) on the launch of its new Carbon Capture and Storage innovation competition.
“Energy secretary Edward Davey is launching a competition worth up to £20 million to fund the development of innovations in Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) technology.
Bids are being invited to develop better and cheaper CCS components and systems for pilot scale demonstration. These will support the development of CCS, which is crucial if the UK is to meet its climate change targets and reduce emissions.
The innovations could be incorporated into the UK supply chain and reduce the cost of future commercial CCS deployment in the UK, for an industry which is estimated to be worth as much as £6.5 billion a year by the late 2020s.
This £20 million competition will complement the £1 billion the UK has separately committed to funding commercial scale CCS projects, under DECC’s CCS Commercialisation programme. A competition for that programme will be launched in the coming weeks.
Edward Davey said:
“Carbon Capture and Storage will play a vital role in ensuring we develop a low carbon energy mix. We are helping to create a new industry in the UK and are well placed to become a world leader.
“The UK’s first carbon capture pilot, opened at Ferrybridge last year, is an early example of what CCS means in terms of jobs and growth. More than 20 UK based companies provided parts and services to the project.
“By supporting research and development, this £20 million competition is an important step towards making cost competitive CCS a reality by the 2020s.”
The £20 million announced today is part of a four year, £125 million Government-led CCS research and development programme. This cross-Government programme is delivered by the Department of Energy and Climate Change, the Technology Strategy Board, the Energy Technologies Institute and the Research Councils.
Jeff Chapman, CEO of the Carbon Capture and Storage Association, said:
“CCS has the potential to make massive reductions in our national CO2 emissions in a very cost-effective manner. This R&D funding is most welcome to help optimise the technology, save costs and put the UK into a strong competitive position in world markets.”
Philip Sharman, Chair of the UK’s Advanced Power Generation Technology Forum, said:
“This £20 million competition is another firm step forward for the UK CCS Industry. Innovation and developing new CCS technology is vital to keeping up the momentum to create a commercial CCS market by the 2020s. I’m sure that I speak for most of our APGTF members in saying that we welcome this announcement today and the Government’s commitment to work with us to get us there.”
1. All documents for the £20M CCS Innovation competition can be found on the £20 million innovation competition web page.
2. Briefing days for potential applicants to the £20M CCS innovation competition will be held on 26 March 2012 and 30 March 2012, in London. To register, please e-mail: email@example.com.
3. DECC recently published a notice about the £1bn CCS Commercialisation programme in the Official Journal of the European Union inviting organisations to register an interest. Prime (or lead) contractors or consortium members are invited register, with one registration required per proposed bid/consortium (DECC does not have a preference as to which consortium member registers on behalf of a consortium). All registrations must be made by 13th April 2012. To register a bid, interested parties should email firstname.lastname@example.org. The £1bn competition will be launched shortly and is separate from the £20M CCS Innovation competition.
4. The cross-Government £125M CCS R&D and Innovation Programme covers the current spending period from financial year (FY) 2011/12 until FY2014/15. This investment will fund:
• Fundamental research at our world class universities, and develop greater understanding of CCS
• Development of better, cheaper components to reduce the cost of CCS
• Pilot-scale capture projects, to test these components and systems before they are incorporated into commercial-scale projects
5. The Government’s Low Carbon Innovation Co-ordination Group (LCICG) brings together major public-sector backed funders in the UK to work together to coordinate their activities and to maximise the impact of government investment. Its core members include DECC, BIS, the Carbon Trust, the Energy Technologies Institute, the Technology Strategy Board, the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, the Scottish Government and Scottish Enterprise. Several other organisations, included the other Devolved Administrations, are represented as associate members.
6. Please see the following links for more information about our R&D £125M and innovation programme partners:
Technology Strategy Board
Energy Technologies Institute
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New Year's partygoers wearing Apple Watch will have 'most accurate watch in the room'Apple's attention to detail encompasses the accuracy of the Apple Watch as a timepiece, thanks to a complex proprietary system of servers, satellites and more, making it one of the most accurate watches in the world.
The accuracy of the Apple Watch time was highlighted by Apple vice president Kevin Lynch in an interview with Mashable published Wednesday. In the interview, Lynch provided a number of details on how Apple ensures accuracy of its wearable lineup, including:
- Apple has 15 Network Time Servers around the world
- Each building connects to GPS satellites that gather time info from the U.S. Naval Observatory
- A user's iPhone connects to the servers, which then sends time data to the watch
- Unique hardware in the Apple Watch makes it four times more accurate at telling time than the iPhone
- The Apple Watch also compensates for delays in sending data
- In testing, Apple uses high-speed cameras that look for latency in a watch face's second hand
"With New Year's coming, those who have the Apple Watch will be the most accurate watch in the room," Lynch told Mashable.
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Want to know how to save more than $2 BILLION and 1.7 million metric tons of CO2 with just a flick of a wrist? Read to the bottom…
With the rise of cloud computing and the explosion of mobile data, we are facing an unsustainable rise in power use: data centers today are estimated to consume about 1.5% of the world’s energy power, resulting in an annual cost of $27 billion according to IDC. The way things are going, these numbers could double by 2014.
But why are datacenters using up so much energy? Well the rise of the smartphone and tablets, the mobile revolution, is driving the cloud revolution, which in turn is fueling incredible demand for Intel Xeon processor based servers, Intel’s loveliest, juiciest (and most expensive) Intel Architecture chips.
But the chips themselves can’t be drinking $27 billion worth of juice? That would be an enormous bar tab. No, the datacenters of today are inefficient and frankly a bit ’20th century’.
They spend about 40-50% of their energy use on things like cooling, and another big chunk on things like UPS (uninterruptable power supplies), and only about a 1/3 of the electricity delivered to the datacenter actually makes it into the server, where the lovely Xeon processors gently cajole the electrons into production.
The datacenter is a factory, a factory for computing. So any energy that doesn’t go into the server, is WASTED.
This is why Intel has created a guide to building servers that can run at higher temperatures. higher temperatures mean no air conditioning, and no air-conditioning means MUCH lower electricity bills – OR MORE INTEL XEON BASED SERVERS! (Which is my preferred option). You can also choose to cool using fresh air (from the outside) instead of using air conditioners. Using an economizer (a big fan) can save some serious money.
We also have a small number of uber-elite-boffins that help governments and very very large customers design better, more efficient datacenters. They then write up their experiences in the form of white papers so everyone else can benefit from their massive experience. My buddy Leif Nielsen is just such a guy, a Datacenter Architect – see some of the white papers he has worked on with Korea Telecom and a Vietnamese datacenter in Danang.
Higher Ambient datacenters or HTA datacenters can run at 81°F [27°C] or higher – we even have a customer that is running one at 122°F [50°C], but 81°F [27°C] to 104°F [40°C] seems to be the fashion these days.
Remember, higher temperatures = less cooling = lower energy usage.
HTA Examples :
- • Facebook retooled its Santa Clara, CA data center to operate at 81°F [27°C]. Their annual energy bill fell by $229,000 and the company earned a $294,761 energy rebate from the federal government .
- • Intel’s New Mexico Proof of Concept data center included 900 production servers with a 100 percent air exchange at up to 92°F [33°C] with no humidity control and minimal air filtration. This generated an estimated 67 percent power savings, equal to savings of $2.87 million in a 10MW DC .
- • Yahoo’s Computing “Coop” is a data center that operates without chillers, and requires water for cooling for only a handful of days each year (an estimated PUE 1.08). A 100 percent natural air flow results in an average of less than 1 percent of the buildings’ total energy consumption used for cooling .
Another way of saving costs is to get rid of the UPS. They are massive banks of batteries that the datacenter will use should the power from the street fail. But they are expensive and take up a LOT of room. So, let’s get rid of them.
Isn’t this fun? We just got rid of the air conditioners, and now we are getting rid of the UPS’s too. Together those items typically use up as much space as all the servers in the datacenter. So getting rid of them frees up space and energy for (yep, you guessed it) MORE SERVERS!
But what happens if the power fails? No worries – Intel to the rescue again. Future servers will have batteries INSIDE the servers, just like a laptop does. If the power fails, the servers can use a technology called ‘Intel Node Manager’ to automagically switch to the internal battery and if you like, turn to a lower power setting, just like your laptop does when you pull the plug out.
But Node Manager can do much more, like a car that monitors your fuel efficiency and reports your MPG’s back to you, Node Manager can monitor your electricity usage, for individual servers, racks, rows of racks, or even entire datacenters! But unlike your car, you can use Node Manager to IMPOSE a particular power state on your servers if you so wish. You can even save about 30% of your power using Node Manager without sacrificing performance. Read more about how BMW, Baidu, Oracle and China Telecom are using Node Manager here and here.
So, how do you save $2.16 Billion with just a flick of your wrist? Well easy. Just convince all the IT managers in the world to raise the temperature of their datacenters by just 5C. Turn up that thermostat.
This would result in:
- • $2.16 billion in immediate annual power savings .
- • Eight percent decrease in worldwide data center power consumption .
- • 24.3 billion kWh saved. Roughly equivalent to more than a month of total energy consumption by Spain, South Africa, Australia or Taiwan .
- • A CO2 reduction equivalent to 1.7 Million metric tons of CO2; this is the same as carbon
sequestered by 43 million tree seedlings grown for 10 years .
Intel IT uses a lot of these techniques to make our own datacenters (we have 91) more efficient.
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By Thomas Neuville
As a state senator for 17 years, I regularly had to make decisions that balanced our right to personal freedom against the state's wish to further regulate us and limit our freedom. For many years, I did not support the concept of a "primary" seat belt law, which would allow police to stop vehicles and issue citations when the only offense was the failure to wear a seat belt. I reasoned that requiring a seat belt for adult drivers and passengers was going too far in taking away personal freedom and choice, and undermining personal responsibility.
Ultimately, I changed my position, so long as the seat belt offense would not be listed on a person's traffic record. (I didn't want failure to wear a seat belt to cause loss of car insurance.) I came to believe that the primary seat belt law would send a strong educational message to drivers -- especially young drivers -- that wearing a seat belt would save their lives someday.
Before Minnesota passed the primary seat belt law, I authored another bill designed to reduce accidents and highway deaths among our youngest drivers. That bill -- which became the "graduated driver's license" or "provisional license" law -- restricted the driving privilege for 16- and 17-year-olds. The law recognized that young drivers needed more experience on the road before they receive full driving privileges.
It provided that 16-year-olds could not drive between midnight and 5 a.m. for the first six months after receiving their license, unless they were returning home from work or a school activity and had another licensed driver riding along who was at least 25. The restrictions also prohibited the new driver from having more than one passenger under age 20, unless they were members of the driver's immediate family. For the second six months, the driver could have no more than three passengers under age 20 who were not family members.
The law was patterned after similar measures in Florida and Wisconsin. Those states saw a reduction of 9 percent to 15 percent in traffic accidents and fatalities involving young drivers within one year of passing the law. I presume that the same results occurred here in Minnesota.
Unfortunately, we cannot prevent all such accidents. The tragic accidents in Lewiston-Altura and Cambridge, both involving young drivers and passengers, reminded me of why I authored the graduated license bill and changed my position on the primary seat belt law. In each of these cases, the young people who died had failed to wear their seat belts. The driver in the Cambridge accident appears to have violated the provisional driver's license law in multiple ways.
These laws will not prevent all accidents involving young drivers. However, I can't help but wonder if some of those passengers would have survived if the driver had obeyed the law.
I am no longer in the Legislature. I have been serving as a District Court judge in Rice County for the past two years. I now deal with juvenile traffic offenders face to face. I have lectured and fined 16- and 17-year-old drivers who failed to wear their seat belt or who were caught driving after midnight with other young passengers. I warn them that they will lose their license altogether if they come before me again with another traffic offense. But does my lecture really sink in?
This is where parents are needed.
The law, used properly, can be a strong educational and motivational tool. Parents need to tell their children, who are eager for the freedom of their first driver's license, that driving is a privilege and responsibility, not an absolute right. Tell them what the law is, and why it's important to obey it. Don't let 16-year-old children have the car after midnight.
I have also had adult drivers appear before me and contest the constitutionality of the new primary seat belt law. They make the same arguments that I did when I was in the state Legislature. They tell me that nobody is at risk, except themselves, if they choose not to wear their seat belt. I tell them that I understand their argument. It's a pretty good "political" argument -- one that I used to make -- and they should run for the Legislature if they want to make that argument. But now it's the law.
Driving on our highways is not a right, it's a privilege. Those who want to exercise that privilege must wear a seat belt. The tragic accidents of recent days prove that the law can save many lives if we obey it.
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The laser beam parameters, the function and precision of mechanical and numerical control system of laser cutting machine directly affect the efficiency and quality of laser cutting.The smaller the focal length of the focusing lens, the smaller the diameter of the central spot.Fiber laser cutting machine is a laser cutting machine with fiber laser as the light source.
Gemma laser cutting machine manufacturer is a high-tech company dedicated to providing laser intelligent equipment solutions to users around the world.Similarly, the cut surface cut with an electronic pulse laser has a clear upper and lower part.The difference is that the pattern on the upper part of the e-pulse laser cutting surface corresponds to the frequency of the electronic pulse: the higher the frequency, the higher the frequency of the electronic pulse, the more accurate the pattern and the smaller the external frequency.The fineness and finish of the cutting surface are related to the cutting speed.
With the development of metal processing industry, the advantages of laser cutting machine are more and more obvious, and the proportion of laser cutting machine is more and more important.
The laser cutting machine is suitable for the electric industry thin plate parts cutting and the installation of complete electrical parts, suitable for the double motor double transmission and helical gear rack transmission, under the condition of high speed cutting, guarantees the good cutting precision, is 1~4mm thick thin plate processing good cutting object.
Due to dirty or damaged lens, optical deviation is serious, at this time it is necessary to clean or replace the lens.Fiber laser cutting machine is a laser cutting machine which takes fiber laser as the light source and adjusts the optical path at a new Angle.Using laser equipment to cut 1:1 hole is a good solution.The larger the aperture, the better the cutting effect.The optical fiber laser cutter feels appropriate and USES the optical fiber laser generator as the light source of the laser cutter.When the laser cutter is insufficient to cut the holes, irregular round holes and too many breakpoints occur.In the electrical products of laser cutting machine, laser welding parts account for more than 30% of the whole parts.
Laser Non-Absolute Laser Cutting Machine Analysis Fiber laser cutting machine is a kind of laser cutting machine with fiber laser as the light source.Smooth cutting surface: laser cutting surface without burr, can cut all kinds of thickness of the board, and the section is very smooth, no secondary processing can produce high-grade food machinery;Secondly, material saving: laser processing feels appropriate, and the use of computer programming to customize substandard products, greatly improving the utilization of materials, reduce the production cost of food machinery. | <urn:uuid:af89ab5a-eec9-4e5d-a74c-06dfb5259e61> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.draaiwegkerk.nl/news/laser-cutting-plays-a-promin.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00474.warc.gz | en | 0.885586 | 534 | 2.3125 | 2 |
The Constitution guarentees us, as American citizens, the freedom to practice whatever religion we choose in whatever manner we choose. But are we free not to worship? Political officials are required to swear in. The Pledge of Allegiance states that we are "One nation, under God." Although we are not required to run for public office or salute our country, shouldn't the Constitution allow us these privledges without mandating that we all believe in a higher power in order to do so?
Contrary to popular belief, Americans with Atheistic beliefs are not terribly sparse; approximately 11% of Americans claim to have no religious beliefs. Although school prayer is not legal in most states, many school boards (like mine) require a thirty second Moment of Silence, which is to be used for "silent reflection." In other words, to pray.
Although we must be sure not to abolish the rights of those who do choose to worship, we must be aware that there are people who wish to worship in various ways or not at all.
E-mail me for more information on school prayer (it will be on the site soon, but it will take a while).
List of Banned Challenged Books
The First Amendment
Quotes on Censorship
Banned Book of the Month
Education for a Sustainable Future
Contribute to Page 451
Threats to Free Speech
The Childrens' Book Controversy
Freedom of Religion?
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Our governance structure enables our Trust to deliver the core functions of governance whilst ensuring we comply with charity law, company law, and the trust's funding agreement. The Trustee board and committees hold a balance and diversity of knowledge, skills and experience which enables them to be effective. Our governing body works in collaboration to make a valuable contribution to our children’s education, opportunities and futures.
The Chair of the Trust is: Dr Deborah Absalom. The Trustee with responsibility for safeguarding is: Ms Alison Mullan
The Role Of Our Members
The members of an academy trust are the guardians of the governance of the Trust. They have a limited and distinct role. The Members can control changes in the Articles and other fundamental decisions relating to the Trust. Although the Board of Trustees has legal responsibility and ultimate accountability for the Trust, Members will keep themselves informed about how the Board is performing and have an awareness of when they may need to exercise their powers to ensure effective governance.
The Role Of Our Trustees
The Trustees are also the company directors and have ultimate accountability for the schools and the Trust. Our Trustees' combined skills offer a wealth of experience to support the Trust in its activities. The Board of Trustees manages the business of the Trust and focuses strongly on the three core functions of governance:
· Ensuring clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction
· Holding executive leaders to account for the educational performance of the Trust and its pupils, and the performance management of staff
· Overseeing the financial performance of the Trust and making sure its money is well spent
The Role Of Our Local Academy Committees
The Local Academy Committees exist at each school to ensure a link is formed between the Trust’s governance structure and the school local communities. The Local Academy Committee is focused on the day-to-day life of the school, the development of learning and listening to the parental and community voice. Each Local Academy Committee is accountable to and must serve its community. | <urn:uuid:e65032ca-5cb9-43a9-9d1d-3f1ec4e17d4e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.woodlandacademytrust.co.uk/us/governance/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573744.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819161440-20220819191440-00470.warc.gz | en | 0.948947 | 405 | 1.867188 | 2 |
It’s Nantucket’s party, and they can ban helium balloons if they want to.
Residents of the island this week voted to prohibit the use of the floating party favors, a measure supporters said would protect marine animals who often mistake the deflated balloons for food.
But though the measure passed handily at Tuesday’s Town Meeting, many think it goes too far in service of a goal that could have been achieved through education about responsible use and disposal.
To those in the town’s small party industry, the debate mirrored the national discussion over how to prevent gun violence.
“Guns don’t kill people; it’s the people using the guns,” said Bobby “The Balloon Wizard” Lamb, a children’s entertainer who makes balloon animals at party functions.
“Personally, it’s not going to affect me a lot, because I’m a balloon twister and I don’t use helium,” Lamb said, adding that his art relies on biodegradable balloons. “But I think it’s extreme. I feel really bad for other businesses.”
The amended town bylaw, passed by a count of 314-103, means people will no longer be able to sell or use any type of balloon that can be inflated with “lighter-than-air gas,” such as helium. The measure covers plastic, latex, and Mylar balloons.
If visitors import balloons to Nantucket, they will have to toss them in a plastic trash bag and bring them to the town landfill.
Nantucket Town Clerk Catherine Flanagan Stover said a violation of the law would lead to a $50 fine. She did not know who would enforce the ban, but the town is working on materials to inform the public and vacationers about the rules.
Before it takes effect, the measure needs the approval of the state attorney general’s office. That’s routine procedure for any bylaw change made at a Massachusetts town meeting.
The proposal divided residents at a discussion Tuesday night, which marked the second day of Nantucket’s annual Town Meeting.
Scott Leonard, director of operations at the Nantucket Marine Mammal Conservation Program, worked on the proposal for two years.
Leonard said stray balloons may seem like they’ve floated away for good, but descend to the ground when they deflate. Marine animals, including birds, turtles and fish, sometimes eat balloons they’ve mistaken for food.
“This will help maintain a healthy ecosystem,” said Leonard. “It’s an easy behavior to fix, and we have fixed it here.”
Sarah Oktay, a Nantucket environmental advocate, said she and her colleagues pick up thousands of balloons every year.
“They’re just annoying. There are other ways to celebrate,” said Oktay, who is co-captain of Nantucket’s Clean Team, which combs beaches for debris on select Saturdays.
“We are on the frontline of balloon cleanup,” she added.
Both Leonard and Oktay said Nantucket could set a precedent for other cities and towns. That’s important for Nantucket, because a lot of trash floats to the island from Cape Cod. Nantucket also has a ban on polystyrene foam and single-use plastic bags.
“We act as a final resting place.” Oktay said.
Brian Glowacki, a lifetime Nantucket resident who voted against the new law at Town Meeting, said he agreed with the goals, but they could have been achieved more simply.
He argued that the town should educate people about the proper way to dispose of helium-filled balloons, rather than putting an end to their use.
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Ebola Zaire panic
poets at ccmail.orst.edu
Mon Jul 24 11:32:48 EST 1995
"Robert Morrell Jr." <bmorrell at isnet.is.wfu.edu> wrote:
> That is a matter of semantics, not science.
That is exactly my point. There is nothing wrong with getting the
attention of the lay public by using picturesque speech. The danger,
especially in infectious diseases, is to blur the line between good
scientific data, and blind speculation. There are many different
kinds of viruses, all with different properties. Disease outbreak
control strategies, therefore, will differ depending on the virus
causing the disease.
I try very hard to remove anthropomorphic references in my papers and
presentations. It is extremely difficult. Another post pointed out
viral replication "strategies" fits into that category. I guess
"mechanisms" would be better.
> Stalk can mean to lie in wait
> for a victim, or put yourself (through action or adaptation) in just the
> right place to get the victim.
> Clearly viruses do exactly that.
Actually, very few viruses do exactly that. Parvoviruses are extremely
resistant to inactivation, as are poxviruses (which is one of the
contributing factors why smallpox was so easy to erradicate), but
most viruses, especially enveloped viruses, are sensitive to
environmental degradation, hand washing, and must be actively spread,
by a host or vector, to another host. That's why you probably won't
catch herpesvirus from a toilet seat.
Thanks for an interesting discussion. I think the tomato subject,
however, would fit more in a fruit or vegetable newsgroup.
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When our kids were young, Amber and I decided to let the Santa story run its course. Our kids believed that Santa was involved with Christmas and that he somehow magically arrived every Christmas and left all sorts of gifts with cards written with hand-writing remarkably similar to Mum’s.
Santa evokes a broad spectrum of responses from Jesus-following families.
A number of years ago, I read a very helpful article by a pastor from across the pond. I found it has helped me in deciding what to do with cultural issues that crop up all the time. So, I have borrowed heavily from him for this article as there is no point in trying to improve on a good job! Santa is one of those cultural issues. When it comes to him, we have three options: We can reject it, we can receive it, or we can redeem it.
Reject, receive, redeem?
On the one hand, to entirely reject it is to run to the risk of isolating our kids unnecessarily, particularly when, eager to share this new inside information, they announce to their nursery class that “Santa does not exist!” There are many, far more significant issues that our families will need to courageously stand up for. Do you really want Santa to be one of them? I know someone who teaches at a ‘Christian’ school where everything in the realm of fantasy is completely banned. I’m not sure that is a heathy model.
On the other hand, to simply receive and completely encourage the whole narrative doesn’t feel right because there is a whole lot of myth layered upon a true story. I understand why some parents are wary of this. How do our kids then tell the difference between the historical events of Jesus’ birth – angels appearing to shepherds, wise men following a star and so on – and the chubby guy with a white beard and a red suit leading flying reindeers through the night sky? We place a high value on truth and openness and we ask our kids to do the same. Speaking to, and behaving with, the kids as if Santa is 100% real could undermine this value. Why should they believe us when we tell them about Jesus who raised the dead and fed 5000 people with nothing more than the contents of a lunch-box?
There is a third way: redeem Santa. How can we do that? It’s quite simple really. The original Santa was a real person. He was actually quite an amazing person. But more about him in a moment. Talk to the kids about fantasy. Many people love to dress up and act like someone else: Princess Elsa, Spiderman, Iron Man, Frodo Baggins (must throw in a Lord of the Rings reference) and, of course, Santa! Engage the imagination. Not only is it fun, but I think it is an important part of their development.
So who is the original Santa?
Here is a summary of his life I borrowed from the aforementioned article:
Nicholas was born in the third century in Patara, a village in what is now Turkey. He was born into an affluent family, but his parents died tragically when he was quite young. His parents had raised him to be a devout Christian, which led him to spend his great inheritance on helping the poor, especially children. He was known to frequently give gifts to children, sometimes even hanging socks filled with treats and presents. Perhaps his most famous act of kindness was helping three sisters. Because their family was too poor to pay for their wedding dowry, three young Christian women were facing a life of prostitution until Nicholas paid their dowry, thereby saving them from a horrible life of sexual slavery. He did this, it is said, by dropping a sack of gold coins through their window for three nights in a row.
A Bishop and Saint
Nicholas grew to be a well-loved Christian leader and was eventually voted the Bishop of Myra, a port city that the apostle Paul had previously visited (Acts 27:5-6). Nicholas reportedly also traveled to the legendary Council of Nicaea, where he helped defend the deity of Jesus Christ in A.D. 325. Although the council was very important, at times things got violent. The story goes that Nicolas got so agitated at one point that he got up and slapped the main guy proposing that Jesus, the Son, was not eternal. Yes, that’s right, St Nicholas – later to be immortalised as Santa – got up and slapped a guy. I wish there were a couple Christmas Cards with that image.
Following his death on December 6, 343, he was canonised as a saint. The anniversary of his death became the St. Nicholas holiday when gifts were given in his memory. He remained a very popular saint among Catholic and Orthodox Christians, with some two thousand churches named after him. The holiday in his honour eventually merged with Christmas, since they were celebrated within weeks of one another.
During the Reformation, however, Nicholas fell out of favour with Protestants, who did not approve of canonising certain people as saints and venerating them with holidays. His holiday was not celebrated in any Protestant country except Holland, where his legend as Sinterklass lived on. In Germany, Martin Luther replaced him with the Christ child as the object of holiday celebration, or, in German, Christkindl. Over time, the celebration of the Christ child was simply pronounced Kris Kringle and oddly became just another name for Santa Claus.
The legends about Santa Claus are most likely a compilation of other folklore and paganism that were built up over the years. For example, there was a myth in Nicholas’ day that a demon was entering people’s homes to terrorise children and that Nicholas cast it out of a home. This myth may explain why it was eventually believed that he came down people’s chimneys. Also, there was a Siberian myth (near the North Pole) that a holy man, or shaman, entered people’s homes through their chimneys to leave them mushrooms as gifts. According to the legend, he would hang them in front of the fire to dry. Reindeer would reportedly eat them and become intoxicated. This may have started the myth that the reindeer could fly, as it was believed that the shaman could also fly. This myth may have merged with the Santa Claus myth, and if so, explains him traveling from the North Pole to slide down chimneys and leave presents on fireplace mantles before flying away with reindeer. Who knows for sure?
The Father Christmas idea dates back to the 16th century England during the reign of Henry VIII. Then he was pictured as a large man in green or scarlet robes lined with fur. He typified the spirit of good cheer at Christmas, bringing peace, joy, good food and wine and revelry. As England no longer kept the feast day of Saint Nicholas on 6 December – being a protestant country and all that – the Father Christmas celebration was moved to the 25th of December to coincide with Christmas Day.
In the Victorian era Father Christmas became the emblem of ‘good cheer’. Back then his his physical appearance was associated with the famous image of John Leech’s illustration of the “Ghost of Christmas Present” in Charles Dickens‘s festive classic A Christmas Carol (1843), as “a great genial man in a green coat lined with fur who takes Scrooge through the bustling streets of London on the current Christmas morning, sprinkling the essence of Christmas onto the happy populace”. Thanks Wikipedia!
In the early twentieth century, shops began having Santa Claus present for children during the Christmas season. Children also began sending letters to the North Pole as the legends surrounding an otherwise simple Christian man grew. Finally, in the 1930’s, the Coca-Cola company got hold of the Santa legend and created the image of the large, cheery guy in a red suit – drinking Coke, of course.
In summary, Saint Nick was a wonderful man who loved and served Jesus faithfully. So, I think you can safely include him in your Christmas traditions to remind us of what it looks like for someone to live a life of devotion to God for the sake of others. Enjoy some of the myth, but inspire your kids with the truth. They might thank you for being both honest and fun, which might just be what Jesus wants.
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Photoediting encompasses the various processes of altering digital photos, whether they have been traditional photo chemical photos digital photos, or photographs published on newspaper. Along with the aesthetic value of a film, editing could have a substantial effect on its own functionality and utility as being a source for communication and information.
There are many unique methods used in photoediting. A Range of editing programs are accessible, including Photoshop, Microsoft Front Page, Corel Paint Shop Express, and Macromedia Freehand. These are the most widely used photo editors and are useful in providing basic photo editing, however it isn’t vital to own each one these programs installed as a way to edit digital photos.
Photoediting is usually used to earn a photo more visually appealing, to adjust the magnitude of a photo, to get rid of unwanted background objects from the photo, or to add special photos collage maker online effects into the photo. A professional photo editor online photo editor may also be applied to correct image issues or to offer different services such as image editing or resizing of photos.
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The Balasan Initiative for Human Rights is an independent, non-partisan Palestinian human rights initiative duly registered in Palestine, founded with the objective of promoting human rights across the occupied Palestinian territory, indiscriminately and as set forth under international law. Through legal advocacy, research and policy planning, we seek to challenge the policies that allow the injustice to persist in the occupied Palestinian territory, while also shedding light on the effects of the current situation on the Palestinian Christian components.
Founded by young Palestinian Christians, the Balasan Initiative aims at creating and raising awareness on the narratives, hopes and experiences of Palestinian Christians, and the primordial objective of solidifying their presence in their homeland, Palestine, by directly addressing root causes of immigration and fragmentation. u
*Balasan is the Arabic word (found also in the Holy Bible) for a tree that has existed in Palestine for thousands of years, which leaves were used to extract a healing balm to cure wounds and illnesses. The name is inspired by the vision that the respect for human rights and justice are a cure needed to end violations and suffering, and restore the humanity and dignity of all people.
The Balasan Intitiative strives for the indiscriminate protection, respect and fulfillment of the rights of the Palestinian people, as enshrined under international law, to live in dignity, justice and peace.
The Balasan Initiative also endeavors for a solidified presence of Palestinian Christians in their homeland Palestine, as an inseparable, vibrant component of Palestine’s social fabric throughout history.
- Promoting human rights in Palestine as set forth under international law through legal advocacy, research and policy planning in international fora.
- Awareness- raising on the effects of the current situation on the Palestinian land and people with creative tools of communications and field-visit programs.
- Capacity-building for young Palestinians on advocacy and policy-planning as tools of empowerment.
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Are Republican women more feminine looking compared to their Democratic counterparts? A new study suggest yes.
According to two researchers from the University of California, Los Angles (UCLA), female politicians who identify as Democrat are less likely to have stereotypically feminine features.
"Female politicians with stereotypically feminine facial features are more likely to be Republican than Democrat, and the correlation increases the more conservative the lawmaker's voting record," said lead author Colleen M. Carpinella, a UCLA graduate student in psychology.
Researchers instructed volunteers to compare each representative's face to normal face on more than 100 different features including the shape of the jaw, the location of eyebrows, the placement of cheek bones, the shape of eyes, the contour of the forehead, the fullness of the lips and the distance between such features as the bottom of the nose and the top of the lip.
The study will be published in the peer-reviewed Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, and researchers also assessed the participants' ability to guess part affiliation. According to the researchers, "When the undergraduates guessed that a politician was Republican, their judgments were 98 percent more likely to be accurate for women with the highest rankings for femininity; the accuracy of their judgments increased the more feminine the politician's face. When the undergraduates guessed that a politician was Democrat, their judgments were 58 percent less likely to be accurate for more feminine-looking women, and the accuracy of their judgments decreased the more feminine the politician's face."
Furthermore, the study supports mounting evidence that suggest voters may use shortcuts when forming impressions about political candidates.
"We weren't looking at hairstyle, jewelry or whether a person was wearing makeup or not," Carpinella said. "We wanted to get an objective measure of how masculine or feminine a face is, based on a scientifically derived average for male or female appearance."
Researchers assumed since the Republican Party is associated with traditional sex roles, Republican male politicians would also exhibit more masculine features through their appearance. Conversely, the theory did not hold among men.
"It may be unnecessary for Republican men to exhibit masculinity through their appearance," Carpinella said. "Their policy advocacy and leadership roles may already confer these characteristics on them."
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Distance from Bulgaria to Budapest
Distance from Bulgaria to Budapest is 733 kilometers. This air travel distance is equal to 455 miles.
The air travel (bird fly) shortest distance between Bulgaria and Budapest is 733 km= 455 miles.
If you travel with an airplane (which has average speed of 560 miles) from Bulgaria to Budapest, It takes 0.81 hours to arrive.
|GPS Coordinates (DMS)||42° 44´ 1.9680'' N |
25° 29´ 8.9880'' E
Bulgaria Distances to Countries
|Distance from Bulgaria to Spain||2,430 km|
|Distance from Bulgaria to Ivory Coast||4,951 km|
|Distance from Bulgaria to Algeria||2,693 km|
Budapest is located in Hungary.
|GPS Coordinates||47° 29´ 52.4760'' N |
19° 2´ 24.8640'' E
Budapest Distances to Cities
|Distance from Budapest to Sofia||631 km|
|Distance from Budapest to Karlovo||705 km|
|Distance from Budapest to Samokov||675 km|
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As we get older, some exercises can be more detrimental than beneficial to our bodies even if you are in peak physical condition. As we age dehydration occurs more rapidly, muscle formation changes, joints become more fragile and overall we are not as agile and flexible as we were is our 20’s, 30’s and 40’s. In the event we do injure ourselves, healing generally takes a longer period of time. With these considerations it is important to look for a method of exercise to help support the body and mind as we age. This is where yoga comes into the picture. Yoga is not one of those exercises that should be avoided when you are over 50. In fact more and more research is supporting the benefits of yoga for the over 50’s.
Why is yoga so good for the over 50’s?
Yoga can provide physical and mental benefits, in fact the benefits of yoga are endless. One of the main reasons yoga is so good is that it is customisable. This makes it suitable for people of all ages, fitness levels and abilities. Yoga may assist in improving circulation, flexibility, respiration, energy and strength.
In addition yoga is helpful in relieving stress. With regular practice yoga can help you move through difficult times in life through creating a sense of calm, presence and mindfulness even if you are experiencing pain and hardship.
Yoga also teaches breath awareness known as pranayama and with the use of a variety of breathing techniques is one of the aspects that make yoga so effective.
Lets go into some of the benefits of yoga for the over 50’s.
Low impact exercise
Yoga is a low impact workout. It doesn’t put any undue stress or pressure on joints and bones. It creates resistance, stretches, relaxes the muscles and provides some cardio training. Experts recommend low impact training for the over 50’s because it puts less strain on joints and bones.
Improves flexibility and range of motion
The nature of yoga moves naturally improves your flexibility and range of motion in the joints in a gentle and progressive manner. This is important as we get older, because our flexibility naturally declines as we age, this may in turn start to impact on range of motion. If you are just starting out be patient and don’t get frustrated if it takes time before you see any improvements. If you practice yoga a few times a week you will start to see an improvement
Supports brain/mental health
Yoga is very beneficial in reducing stress and supporting mental health. The practice of yoga naturally helps you emotionally and mentally because the breathing and focus that takes place during the session. Breath work helps to breathe away anxiety. Yoga improves posture and how he body feels. People have experienced reduced stress and anxiety melting away after including yoga in their lifestyle.
On a technical note, yoga is thought to release a chemical called Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) in the thalamus. This chemical can help to suppress the neural activity that causes anxiety. Yoga helps people learn to relax and deal with stress in a less reactive way. This occurs because the levels of cortisol (stress hormone) decrease, creating calm in the individual. Another way that yoga helps to improve mental health is through the physical aspect which involves stretching. Stretching is relaxing and creates benefits such as increased blood flow. It releases the connective tissue which means we move better. When we move better we feel better. Feeling good improves mental health.
Supports cardiovascular health
Yoga supports cardiovascular health by improving lung capacity, respiratory function and heart rate. It also boosts blood circulation, builds muscle, and decreases inflammation. A reduction in stress is another important aspect that can assist in cardiovascular health. Research has indicated that yoga is linked to the lowering of cardiovascular disease risk factors and it was found that there was very little difference between yoga and other forms of exercise when it comes to decreasing the risk factors.
Protects against joint and back pain
Yoga protects against joint and back pain through proper body alignment and good posture. This helps maintain the spines natural curvature. Yoga helps to promote the release of synovial fluid that helps to lubricate the joints in the body. It helps to strengthen the muscles around the joints, this helps to keep us mobile as we age.
Pelvic and core strength
Yoga helps to stretch and strengthen the muscles on both sides of the body at the same time. Regular practice will bring the head, shoulders and pelvis in correct alignment. It improves posture and balance.
Looking for local yoga classes.
When looking for yoga classes that are specifically tailored for the over 50’s may seem few and far between. It has been said that many over 50’s don’t like being separated within the yoga classes and will often not attend these specific classes. In the event you do not have any specific classes, beginners classes are a great place to start. If you have any injuries or health concerns it is always a good idea to let the instructor know and they will be able to instruct you with any modifications that are specific to you. It is always important to remember that everyone is different and their bodies will have different needs and capabilities. Work at the pace you body is comfortable at.
In conclusion, yoga is a great exercise for the over 50’s. It has many benefits, but due to the ease that a yoga session can be modified makes it a practical choice for the over 50’s. Yoga provides many benefits for the over 50’s as it is a form of low impact exercise that will support the joints and bones as we get older. Yoga will assist in strengthening the muscles and joints. It will promote flexibility, balance, strength and mental and emotional well being. It has been found through research to help reduce a number of factors that can lead to cardiovascular disease. The benefits of yoga to the over 50’s is many and it can be said that yoga for the over 50’s is a wonderful way to promote, maintain and support your physical and mental health through the twilight years.
Thank you for taking the time to read this article, I hope you found it useful. If you have any questions or comments please be sure to leave them below.
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Beautiful and tactile 19th century Lignum vitae ships Bullseye with Sailors ropework decoration. These Bullseyes would have been used in the rigging on masted ships and had to endure extreme weather and high tension ropes. No wonder they where made of a superior wood such as Lignum Vitae also know as Ironwood because of its strong qualities. A good decorative piece for the coastal home or treen collection.
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Both SINFONI and GRAVITY are part of the instrument suite employed in the discovery and characterization of the Galactic Center Black Hole, which led to the Nobel Prize 2020 in Physics.
SINFONI revolutionized the spectroscopy of stars close to the Galactic Center black hole and the kinematic studies of galaxies at the peak of galaxy formation a few billion years after the Big Bang. It consists of an integral field spectrometer coupled to an adaptive optics system. Integral filed spectroscopy is a technique to simultaneously record an image and the spectrum for every pixel of the image, and adaptive optics corrects the blurring due to the Earth’s atmosphere. The development of SINFONI catapulted integral-field units to the leading design choice of imaging spectroscopy for all large telescopes, including also the ESO-ELT, a 40m-class telescope currently under construction.
The next major technological breakthrough came with GRAVITY, which combines the light of all four VLT telescopes interferometrically. This allows astronomers to use the four telescopes simultaneously as a virtual 130m telescope achieving milli-arcsecond resolution – sharp enough to detect houses on the moon, if there were any.
With the Tycho Brahe Medal, which is awarded in recognition of the development or exploitation of European instruments or major discoveries based largely on such instruments, the EAS recognizes that Frank Eisenhauer was the leader and driver in the design and development of these complex and innovative instruments and has been a key figure in their scientific exploitation.
Frank Eisenhauer studied physics at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and obtained his PhD in 1998 from the Ludwig Maximilian University Munich. He is currently a Senior Research Scientist at MPE and Adjunct Teaching Professor at TUM. From 1998 to 2004 Dr. Eisenhauer was leading the development on the world’s first adaptive optics assisted integral field spectrometer on an 8m-class telescope, SINFONI. He then became the leader of the GRAVITY instrument to combine the light from the four 8m VLT telescopes, which is operated at the VLT since 2016. The instrument is currently further developed into GRAVITY+, enhancing its capabilities and sensitivity. The Ieader of this project is again Dr. Eisenhauer. | <urn:uuid:1763565f-ecf7-4377-a49d-de26ad60edf0> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.origins-cluster.de/news-preview?tx_news_pi1%5Bnews%5D=148&cHash=c7456efd37f5019f716e55f7a748c964 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571987.60/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813202507-20220813232507-00269.warc.gz | en | 0.930414 | 484 | 3.203125 | 3 |
This is an easy step to step guide to cleaning a car. These easy to follow steps are a sure way to have your car sparkling in a small amount of time. For best results, wash your car in a shady spot or on a cloudy day to avoid leaving spots as the water evaporates.
Cleaning the Outside
1Assemble the cleaning supplies and organize them near you so you know where everything is.
2Park your car in a shady area and allow the paint to cool, if possible.
3Pour some soap into a bucket with the hose running until the water gets soapy and bubbly. Use soap designed for car washing. Other detergents will wash the wax off as well.
4Rinse off the car to remove any loose dirt, dust or grime.
5Place a soft cloth into the soapy water and begin to wipe down the car in small sections. Start at the top and work your way to the bottom.
6Always rinse your washcloth or sponge with the hose before putting it back into the soapy water.
7Rinse the car with a hose and clean water after you wipe down a section.
8Clean the wheels with a small rag and the soapy water.
9Rinse the wheels and remove all of the soap.
10Dry the car with a cloth.
11Apply a polish to a clean buffer pad. This ensures that the polish will scrub off the oxidation that wax cannot remove. There are not many people whom have buffer pad at home. If you do, you can use it; however, this step is not necessary, so you can also skip this step.
12Buff the entire car and then apply wax by hand. (It is a good idea to get a high quality wax for a good gloss.)
13Apply tire shine and be careful to avoid overspray.
14Use a trim preservative like Back-to-Black and apply to your trim.
Cleaning the Inside
1Vacuum all floor carpets, seats, and use a narrow end extension to get into the cracks.
2Clean the windows with non-ammonia glass cleaner and a dry soft cloth. Roll each window down a little to reach the "muck" at the top. Use crumpled newspapers to polish the glass when it's dry.
3Wipe the dashboard, steering wheel, and interior trim with a damp cloth or mild cleaner. It may be useful to use a cotton swab to be able to reach small spaces such as coin holes.
4Get rid of stains in dashboard by using unused shampoo. Just like when you brush your teeth, use a toothbrush, put a little bit of shampoo on the toothbrush and start to brush the stains off from the dashboard in a circular motion. If you do it in a horizontal line motion, it will not be as clean as with the circular motion.
5Polish the car seats. Polish the car seats, means that you need a piece of dry-clean cloth to use it with the special formula for car seats. It will make your car seats shine and getting rid of some stains in the seat.
How long does it take to clean a car?wikiHow ContributorIt depends on how fast your cleaning pace it but usually it would take about an hour to do the outside properly and about half an hour to do the inside. If the inside is really messy, this might take longer.
How do I avoid streaks and watermarks when washing my car?wikiHow ContributorTry to stay away from soap. Soap has oil which makes marks on the car. Use a solution specially made for washing your car to avoid streaks and watermarks.
How can I clean seat dust if I have no vacuum?wikiHow ContributorSweep the dust out with a broom, or brush over the seats with a rough, dry washcloth. Do this towards the ground outside your car so as little as possible gets on the floorboards. This won't work as well as a vacuum, though. Buying a small hand held vacuum (about $15) is the best option.
Does using spray-on wax at a self-serve car wash shine the car more than manual wax?wikiHow ContributorNo, hand held wax always has a longer-lasting effect on the car's coat. Liquid wax should be considered as a touch-up option in between waxing periods.
|This video shows how to clean the interior of the car, showing instructions slightly different than that described in the text steps above.|
- To clean windows without any expensive cleaning agents, use a solution of half water and half vinegar and wipe windows down with newspaper. This will leave your windows with a streak free shine. You may also use a paper coffee filter. This does not streak your windows.
- Never use damp cloth on car seats. It will make the leather's condition becomes worse.
- When cleaning your exterior be sure to spray water in any cracks, (ex. Under headlights and taillights). This will remove any unseen grime.
- To help keep your car clean, use little trash bags that hang on the back of your chair.
- Rather than using expensive car shampoo, you can use any shampoo to wash your car, it will cut 2/3 of you budget.
- When cleaning your exterior, be sure to spray water in any cracks. It will remove any unseen grime.
- Use sandpaper on delicate parts of your car. It helps prevent mildew and rust. Remember that nothings beats a good rub to remove dirt.
Things You'll Need
- Car Soap
- Window Cleaner
- Trim Cleaner
- Tire Shine
- 10-12 Rags
- Paper Coffee Filter
- A toothbrush
- Car seat Cleaner
- Dry-clean piece of cloth
- Unused shampoo or just regular shampoo
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Aug. 6 to Aug. 12
The “iron typhoon” (鐵颱) caused the sky to turn black for three days. The wind blew wildly and rain seemed to fall endlessly from the sky. When a river overflowed, it swallowed the fields and turned the land into a vast lake. Water, rocks and sand flooded a village, and the lower-lying parts were completely submerged. The current spread livestock in all directions, and most people lost all their property. Even the terrain changed. The river shifted 300 meters to the west, the old sandbanks disappeared and sediment created new ones, some of which measured three stories high.
This is an account by residents of Hsihu Township (溪湖) in Changhua County on the Great Flood of 1898 (戊戌大水災). Taking place on Aug. 6, it is one of three major floods this week in history to wreak havoc on central and southern Taiwan.
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The next one, on Aug. 7, 1959, caused over 1,000 deaths and disappearances and is ranked among the deadliest natural disasters in Taiwan since World War II. The Aug. 8, 2009 floods caused by Typhoon Morakot are probably still relatively fresh in most people’s minds and will not be discussed in this column.
ORIGIN OF A SNACK
Before discussing the 1898 flood itself, the disaster is widely believed to have led to the creation of one essential Taiwanese street food: bawan (肉圓), translucent disk-shaped dough filled with pork and bamboo shoots.
Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
This story was most recently recounted in May by a Changhua County Cultural Affairs Bureau publication. Since the flood had drenched all the firewood and destroyed most people’s stoves, the locals had nothing to eat but sweet potatoes. Nor could they make the usual glutinous rice snacks to appease the spirits during Ghost Month.
After the flood, Fan Wan-chu (范萬居), a spirit medium and scribe at a local temple, became possessed by a deity. While under a trance, he wrote down a recipe that used sweet potato powder and vegetables to create a delicacy that resembled glutinous rice cake, so villagers could worship and distribute them as disaster relief. Over the generations, bawan developed into the form we know today. Fan’s great-grandson continues to sell bawan in the same area.
The local Jhuoshuei River (濁水溪) had a long history of flooding. Sediment accumulation caused the river to change course often, and every course change meant flood. Qing Dynasty records show 11 disasters between 1749 and 1792, as well as 1892 and 1893. Records also show that an entire village had to relocate in 1806. However, none of these reports were very detailed, writes Chang Su-fen (張素玢) in the book 300 Years of the Jhuoshuei River (濁水溪三百年). The 1898 flood, on the other hand, was carefully documented by the Japanese colonizers.
Photo: Liu Hsiao-hsin, Taipei Times
This flood was a combination of heavy rains brought by a typhoon and one of the river’s tributaries dyke breaking, leading to a complicated series of course shifts and finally the bursting of the riverbank. The devastation was not only brought by the water but massive sediment accumulation, leading to an exodus of the affected areas. Official records show 182 casualties with 6,165 houses completely destroyed and 5,045 partially ruined. The flood significantly transformed the area’s terrain, leading to much resettlement.
Siho resident Yang Hsing-hsin (楊興新) recalls that his entire village scattered in all directions, but his family eventually returned after more than 10 years since they still owned the land there.
Chang writes that the flood left a deep impression on the area’s residents as the affected families were mostly able to clearly describe the events and their ensuing fates, even when they had only heard it from older relatives. She cross-checked the accounts with those of other neighbors and found that they mostly matched.
GUANYIN ON THE DRAGON
Chiayi County’s Pitzu Village (埤子村) was one of the most seriously affected villages during the 1959 floods, as it was located right by the Chianan Irrigation Canal (嘉南大圳) as well as at the head of a tributary to the Beigang River (北港溪). The levee burst in the wee hours of Aug. 8, destroying the entire village of 60 households.
In the past, the water behind the levee would rise slowly, giving residents time to collect their items and evacuate. But this time, the levee beyond Pitzu broke first, and the accumulated water simply crashed right through Pitzu’s levee, immediately destroying to nearest 20 houses, leaving just a flat bed of sand. All the farm animals were lost — including water buffalo — save for six geese and three chickens.
This disaster was caused indirectly by Typhoon Ellen, which caused Tropical Storm 81 to change course toward Taiwan. The storm landed near Budai Township (布袋) in Chiayi County and soon weakened and disappeared — but not without causing massive rains. Reports show that rainfall in central and southern Taiwan on Aug. 7 alone almost reached the area’s annual levels.
Changhua City and its surrounding townships also suffered great damage as 1,102 meters of the Dadu River’s (大肚溪) left bank burst, leaving the entire city flooded. The shallowest areas were 3 meters deep. The water did not recede until the morning of Aug. 9.
This flood was far more devastating than that of 1898, affecting an area of 1,365 square meters and 30,000 households. More than 1,000 people died or disappeared, with 27,466 houses destroyed and 18,303 partially collapsed.
Legend had it that a popularly worshiped picture of Guanyin riding a dragon in a storm, which could be seen in many Buddhist, Taoist and other folk temples between 1960 and 1980, originated from a photo taken during the flood as the goddess of mercy and compassion arrived to save the people. However, it was later proven that it was a copy of a 1890 Japanese painting.
Taiwan in Time, a column about Taiwan’s history that is published every Sunday, spotlights important or interesting events around the nation that have anniversaries this week.
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Demand for Taiwanese migrant workers in Singapore is booming: there are more than a thousand jobs on many Web sites, with advertisements for cabin crew, executive assistants, engineers, credit analysts, even auto mechanics, all at far more than they could earn in Taiwan. Most of us think of Taiwan as place that absorbs migrant workers, but we are also a place that is increasingly sending them out. This has important ramifications for the future of Taiwan. Last week, the government issued another one of its periodic warnings that certain overseas employers are actually enslaving Taiwanese into conducting Internet and phone scams,
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Book DescriptionThis volume presents a selection of paintings, poetry, essays, and ephemeral writings by the Chinese American modernist Yun Gee (1906?1963), together with essays about the artist. Yun Gee arrived in San Francisco from Guangdong Province at the age of fifteen and within a few years established himself as one of the city?s most daring avant-garde painters. But all of his astonishing efforts with the brush and palette ran up against an intense anti-Chinese sentiment. He seemed never to escape the high social price of being Chinese?not in San Francisco, Paris, or New York, where he ended his days. This collection of writings and images represents the eclectic interests and disappointed hopes of a man who was by turns a political revolutionary, cultural radical, social visionary, teacher, inventor, painter, and poet. As a unique collection of materials documenting the expressions of an Asian American artist of the first half of the 20th century, this... | <urn:uuid:8ce81c2f-f069-4838-be80-380a66d10204> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.libring.ru/books/143951 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280791.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00355-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.881371 | 321 | 2.0625 | 2 |
Throughout April, COVID-19 showed no signs of stopping. The U.S. now has 1,000,000 of the world’s total Coronavirus cases. Public safety reported increased 9-1-1 call volumes in highly impacted areas. New York City has 9-1-1 calls every 15.5 seconds, citing a higher rate of cardiac arrests and respiratory failures.
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To determine the use of eye care services by type of provider (ophthalmologist, optometrist, and non-ophthalmologist physician) in the Medicare population.
As a basis for characterizing eye conditions and ophthalmic services among a population 65 years of age and older, 1991 claims from a representative 5% sample of Medicare beneficiaries were analyzed using a previously described classification scheme.
Analysis was specifically conducted by type of provider as well as by the service provided.
Almost one half of the approximately 30 million Medicare beneficiaries 65 years of age or older received eye care services in 1991, resulting in more than 35,000,000 visits (claims).
Ophthalmologists provided services to 71% of this eye care population, and optometrists to 22% ; 36% of this population received ophthalmic-related services from other providers, and 14% from only other providers (commonly for eye lid dermatitis and tumors).
Cataract was the most common condition, accounting for 41% of visits to ophthalmologists (and 1.2 million cases of surgery), glaucoma accounted for 19% of visits, and retinal diseases for 14%. The visit percentages for optometrists are 58%, 8%, and 11%, respectively.
Ophthalmic examination and evaluation accounted for 63% of the 28,000,000 paid ophthalmologists'procedures, and 58% of the 5,500,000 optometrists'procedures. (...)
Mots-clés Pascal : Soin, Oeil pathologie, Optométrie, Spécialité médicale, Epidémiologie, Consultation, Etats Unis, Amérique du Nord, Amérique, Homme
Mots-clés Pascal anglais : Care, Eye disease, Optometry, Medical specialty, Epidemiology, Consultation, United States, North America, America, Human
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Definitions for falun gong
This page provides all possible meanings and translations of the word falun gong
a spiritual movement that began in China in the latter half of the 20th century and is based on Buddhist and Taoist teachings and practices
A spiritual practice founded in China by Li Hongzhi (u674Eu6D2Au5FD7) in 1992.
Falun Gong or Falun Dafa is a spiritual discipline first introduced in China in 1992 through public lectures by its founder, Li Hongzhi. It combines the practice of meditation and slow-moving qigong exercises with a moral philosophy. Falun Gong emphasizes morality and the cultivation of virtue in its central tenets of Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance, and identifies as a qigong practice of the Buddhist school, though its teachings also incorporate elements drawn from Taoist traditions. Through moral rectitude and the practice of meditation, practitioners of Falun Gong aspire to better health and, ultimately, spiritual enlightenment. Falun Gong emerged at the end of China's "qigong boom"—a period which saw the proliferation of similar practices of meditation, slow-moving exercises and regulated breathing. It differs from other qigong schools in its absence of fees or formal membership, lack of daily rituals of worship, its greater emphasis on morality, and the theological nature of its teachings. Western academics have described Falun Gong as a qigong discipline, a "spiritual movement" based on the teachings of its founder, a "cultivation system" in the tradition of Chinese antiquity, and sometimes a religion or new religious movement.
The numerical value of falun gong in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
The numerical value of falun gong in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
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