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Märklin Holding GmbH History
Telephone: (49) 7161 608-0
Fax: (49) 7161 608-550
Incorporated: 1888 as Gebr. Märklin
Employees: 1,460 (2004)
Sales: EUR164.4 million ($206.4 million)
NAIC: 339932 Game, Toy, and Children's Vehicle Manufacturing
True-to-Life and Practical Modeling. With our models we strive to achieve an optimal synthesis between original details and practical robustness, taking the model size into account. This is not a rigid process, but it always results in more sophisticated models, due to improved materials and refined production techniques.
- Tinsmith Friedrich Wilhelm Märklin and his wife Carolyn start a toy making business.
- Two of the founder's sons take over the business and name it Gebr. Märklin.
- The company presents the first standardized wind-up train running on sectional track.
- Märklin introduces electric table top model railroads half the size of common models.
- The company launches the smallest mass-produced electric model train system under the "mini-club" brand.
- The electronic control system "Märklin Digital" enables independent multi-train operation.
- Management company Märklin Holding GmbH is established.
- Märklin takes over German competitor Trix Modelleisenbahn.
- The company launches a model of Harry Potter's Hogwarts Express train.
Märklin Holding GmbH is the management company of Germany's number one model train manufacturer. From the imperial train of German emperor Wilhelm II to modern high-speed Intercity Express trains, Märklin has built a true-to-life model of the most famous locomotives and the most mundane wagons imaginable. The company makes the whole range of locomotives and rolling stock for all common gauge sizes. The detail-rich, all-metal historical and modern trains of the upscale and expensive Märklin brand have found a loyal following among mainly male railroad enthusiasts in Germany and abroad. Nuremberg-based subsidiary Trix makes gauge N-sized mini-trains which are marketed under the "Trix" brand name. Märklin also makes a small number of limited edition models of cars, ships, and vintage toys. Märklin puts out about 300 new products each year, ranging from $175 two-train starter kits to limited editions of collector's items made of precious metal that cost tens of thousands of dollars. Headquartered in Göppingen near Stuttgart, the company has manufacturing plants in Germany and Hungary and sales subsidiaries in Switzerland, the Netherlands, Belgium, France, and the United States. Exports account for almost 30 percent of total sales. Märklin is still owned by descendants of company founder Friedrich Wilhelm Märklin and his later business partners who established the firm in the second half of the 19th century.
Toys for Boys and Girls in the Late 19th Century
In 1859, tinsmith Theodor Friedrich Wilhelm Märklin started a toy making business in Göppingen, a city in the German state of Württemberg, where he had lived and worked since 1840. His product line consisted of miniature cooking utensils and other accessories for dollhouses made of lacquered tinplate. His second wife Caroline Hettich, whom he had married in the same year, played a crucial part in the business. While Friedrich Wilhelm skillfully crafted the toys, Caroline took on the role of the traveling saleswoman, a rare task for a woman at the time. She traveled extensively through southern Germany and Switzerland and brought in so many orders that only a few years after its foundation the business had to move to larger premises. However, her husband's sudden death after an accident in 1866 left Caroline running the family business just by herself for the next twenty years. Although she remarried two years after Friedrich Wilhelm's death, her new husband did not lend her the support she had hoped for. Despite her determination, high energy, and organizational talent, it took continued hard work and extreme hardship to keep the business going until her three sons were old enough to take it over.
When her sons reached the critical age, none of them--it seemed--was interested in the family business. After her second husband had died in the 1880s, Eugen Märklin, one of her sons who had a well-paid position in another business, decided to take over the toy workshop as a side line. In 1888, he and his brother Karl established the unlimited trading company Gebr. Märklin & Co., which included their mother's business. Three years later, Märklin took the opportunity to acquire the Ludwig Lutz toy factory in Ellwangen, which had gained a reputation for beautifully crafted technical tinplate toys. Many of the factory's highly skilled workers accepted Märklin's offer of continued employment if they moved to Göppingen. Besides miniature kitchen utensils for doll houses and toy ovens, the company's product range now included tiny merry-go-rounds, doll carriages, wagons, carts, and boats. However, it was a model train Märklin introduced at the 1891 Leipzig Spring Fair as a novelty that determined the company's fate for the next century. Caroline Märklin died three years after this fateful decision that put the business she had run for over two decades on the track to lasting success and worldwide fame.
Model trains were nothing new at the time. However, Märklin's clockwork-driven wind-up train ran on a sectional track whose shape could be changed. The company was also the first manufacturer to introduce a standardized gauge size that made it possible to continuously add pieces such as additional wagons or track to an expanding system. Märklin's train was a major attraction at the fair and positioned the company as a leading manufacturer in the evolving model train market, which proved relatively stable even after the heyday of the railroad had long passed. While the Märklin brothers worked on finding the right balance between detail-rich handmade models and low-cost mechanical mass production, the company's range of technical toys for boys expanded at the cost of the traditional line of toys for girls. As with the latter, the company emphasized a wide variety of accessories. In 1892, another business partner, Emil Fritz of Plochingen, joined the firm. Three years later, the business moved to a new location, which it outgrew within five years.
Märklin's clockwork-driven model trains were followed by methylated spirit-fueled steam locomotives. The latter ran longer than clockwork-driven models which started off at a great speed but got slower and slower with every round until they stopped when the spring had lost its tension. Spirit-fueled steam locomotives, however, heated up quickly and could not be controlled in any way. They ran very fast until all the fuel was burned and sometimes tipped over in curves. Spilled fuel could then break into flames when it touched the hot body of the locomotive, a security risk that was not appropriate for children's toys. The solution was to build models that could run on electric power. Even before Göppingen's first power station began to generate electricity, Märklin introduced toys that were powered by electricity. In 1895, the company launched the first electric model tram, followed by a number of electric model trains.
Focus on Model Trains: 1920s and 1930s
At the turn of the 20th century, Märklin moved into a brand-new 6,000-square-meter factory building in Göttingen's Stuttgarter Strasse. Around the same time, the dimensions Märklin had used for gauges and model scales were adopted as international standards. To finance the next stage of growth, the company owners decided to invite another partner, Richard Safft, into the business in 1907. One year later, it was renamed Gebr. Märklin & Cie. In 1911, a new office building six-storeys high was added to the factory. By 1914, the company employed about 600 workers.
The early years of the 20th century saw Märklin's range of products expand very rapidly. Eugen Märklin's business partner Emil Friz, who was driven to make the company the world's largest toy manufacturer, added ever more articles to Märklin's range of products. Toy-sized models of the latest technical innovations took a prominent place in Märklin's output. For example, by 1909 the company manufactured as many as 90 different models of steam engines. Märklin also began to put out large catalogues which were mailed to various toy dealers. In 1914, the company launched the first metal construction set for boys, which remained a popular item until the 1960s. The kits were often used to build bridges, cranes, and ramps for their model trains. Because of the cyclical nature of the toy market, the company complemented its extensive range of toys with various household goods and "summer articles." The beginning of World War I in 1914 suddenly interrupted Märklin's growth. The company was cut off from export markets. Many employees were drafted into the military, and the firm was ordered to produce war goods.
The postwar years brought organizational changes. After Emil Friz' death in 1922, Märklin was transformed from an unlimited trading company into a limited liability company. One year later, Eugen Märklin's son Fritz Märklin entered the family business. In 1926, the son-in-law of Emil Friz, Max Scheerer, joined the executive management team. Nine years later, Eugen Märklin retired and was succeeded by his son Fritz.
Because of Märklin's solid position in the domestic market, the company came out of the difficult postwar years fairly well despite hyperinflation, low consumer budgets, and mass bankruptcies. However, to make better use of limited resources, Märklin's range of products was slimmed down. In regards to model trains, the number of gauge sizes was reduced. The company also focused more and more on model trains that were based on actual locomotives and wagons. The new German state-owned railway company Deutsche Reichsbahn, which had been founded in 1920, was Märklin's main source of inspiration. In 1926, the company switched power supplies for electric model locomotives from the German household current of 220 Volts to a 20-Volt system, which was much safer for children. In 1929, the growing popularity of Märklin products was reflected in the size of the company's workforce which--with 900 workers--had greatly exceeded pre-war levels.
At the beginning of the 1930s, one of Märklin's major competitors in Germany, the Bing company, withdrew from the toy business. When the new Nazi government tightened raw material supplies for manufacturers of consumer products, Märklin's reaction was a stroke of genius. In 1935, the company launched a new line of electric table top model railroads that were half the size of common models, creating the so-called H0 gauge measuring just 16.5 millimeters. The new H0 series not only cut the raw material needed for production in half but also became an instant bestseller. One of the reasons might have been that the H0-sized model trains could easily be set up on table tops and did not require as much space in a child's bedroom. In 1938, Märklin introduced a remote control that made it possible to reverse the direction in which a model train was running. During this time, models made to gauge 1 size, as well as many products not related to model trains, were phased out. With the beginning of World War II in 1939, the production of civil goods was again replaced by war goods.
Innovations Drive Growth after World War II
Märklin's factory was left untouched by World War II. Soon after the war had ended, model train production was taken up again in Göppingen. With many German cities in ruins and buying power severely reduced, the first batches of model trains were shipped abroad. Managing director Richard Safft died in 1945 and was succeeded by his son Herbert. Two years later, the last managing partner of the second family generation, Eugen Märklin, died. His son Fritz continued as managing director until his death in 1961. In the postwar years, the company followed a dual strategy based on the fact that there were different kinds of customers: adult collectors who put their model trans on display rather than in a "model train landscape," adult model train enthusiasts who were involved in building and expanding their own "living room railroad," and boys who just wanted to have fun playing with Märklin's locomotives and wagons. While sticking with the idea of making true-to-life model trains, the company also wanted them to be easier to handle as toys. Märklin focused on expanding the range of products for the 00 and H0 gauges and dropped the entire gauge 0 program. Production methods switched from lacquered tinplate modeling to zinc and plastics die casting, which allowed even more detailed models. As the postwar reconstruction period gave way to the German "economic miracle," Märklin's sales exploded. At the end of the 1960s, the company relaunched a model train series in the traditional gauge 1 size.
The 1970s and 1980s saw Märklin launch a number of major product innovations and expand into new geographical markets. In 1972, the company introduced the world's smallest mass produced electric model train system under the "mini-club" brand at the Nuremberg Toy Fair. The fully functional mini-train, which was 220 times smaller than the original and ran on 6.5 millimeter-wide gauges, was included in the Guinness Book of World Records not only for its small size but also for breaking the world record in uninterrupted operation. A Märklin "mini club" train managed to run 720 kilometers in 1,219 hours. In the late 1970s, Märklin boosted its international marketing and distribution network by establishing subsidiaries in Switzerland, Belgium, France, and the United States. At the end of the decade, the company launched a solar powered "mini-club" train. In the 1980s, Märklin trains entered the electronic age. Launched in 1984, the electronic control system "Märklin Digital" enabled independent multi-train operation with or without the help of a computer. Theoretically, the new system was able to manage up to 80 locomotives and 256 switches within one circuit. Three years later, the company put out a prototype of a locomotive with an inbuilt video camera that beamed pictures onto a monitor. Innovations notwithstanding, in the second half of the 1980s Märklin's sales stagnated and profits vanished, partly due to the company's single-minded focus on adult railroad hobbyists.
Expansion and New Marketing Strategies in the 1990s and 2000s
In the early 1990s Märklin was able to overcome the stagnation of the late 1980s. The company acquired three new production sites and launched a comprehensive marketing campaign. The 1990s began with an unexpected expansion of Märklin's domestic market when East Germany was reunited with the western part of the country. Märklin acquired a toy factory in Sonneberg in the eastern German state of Thuringia and moved its production of rolling stock there. Another production subsidiary was established in Györ, Hungary, where 100 employees assembled small parts, railroad tracks, and switches. Later in the decade, in 1997, the newly established management holding company Märklin Holding GmbH took over Nuremberg-based model train maker Trix Modelleisenbahn GmbH & Co. KG. It took three years of major investments and modernization until the manufacturer that had carved out a market niche with gauge N-sized mini-trains, and with which Märklin had cooperated in special projects since 1978, broke even in 2000. In addition, the company launched a joint marketing initiative with specialized toy retailers, the Märklin Student's Club for children, and the Märklin Insider Club for adult customers who received a club magazine and were able to buy exclusive models. The company even opened its own model railroad museum in Göppingen. A new advertizing campaign featured fathers and sons playing together with Märklin model trains. The combined effect of all these measures was a period of dynamic growth that lasted until the second half of the 1990s, when sales began to stagnate again.
At the end of the 1990s, Märklin found itself in the middle of a crisis that was partly self-made. Old-fashioned production methods and long waiting times for electronic parts caused a backlog of orders, some of which were not filled until months after the promised delivery date. About 10 percent of them were not filled at all. In 2000, Märklin produced losses for the first time in many years. The company eliminated 400 products from its catalogue, cut the time for new product development, and updated production technologies. The Trix production was moved to a new site, the tool-making workshop spun off, and the workforce cut in half. However, the company had to face additional problems, including decreasing interest of Germany's specialized toy retailers in model trains, lower consumption spending, and competition from electronic toys and video games. To win back the interest of teenage boys, Märklin put out models of high-speed Intercity Express (ICE) trains along with historical product lines. The company's model of the bright red Hogwarts Express train that the title hero of the popular Harry Potter novels took to school became a bestseller in the 2003 Christmas shopping season. Märklin made about 60 percent of its annual sales during this period each year.
By 2004, Märklin was back on track. More than 110 years after the first Märklin model trains were sold, they had become collector's items. The various Märklin fan clubs counted over 120,000 members and roughly two-thirds of the company's output was purchased by collectors. Confronted with a stagnating domestic market, further expansion into the world's biggest market for model trains--the United States, where Märklin's market share was lower than 2 percent--was declared one of the company's major goals at the beginning of the 21st century. Fred Gates, president of the company's U.S. subsidiary in New Berlin, Milwaukee, summed up his take on Märklin's future when he told Playthings in November 2002 that there will be model trains as long as there are trains in the real world.
Principal Subsidiaries: Gebrüder Märklin & Cie; Trix Modelleisenbahn GmbH & Co. KG; Märklin-Vertriebs AG (Switzerland); Märklin B.V. (Netherlands); Märklin S.A.R.L. (France); S.A. Märklin N.V. (Belgium); Märklin, Inc. (United States).
Principal Competitors: Gebr. FLEISCHMANN GmbH & Co. KG; ROCO Modellspielwaren Ges.m.b.H.; Tillig Modellbahnen GmbH & Co. KG; Lionel LLC; Bachmann Industries; Kato USA, Inc.
- "An der Modelleisenbahn wird nicht gespart," Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, September 28, 1994, p. 27.
- "Märklin rutscht erstmals seit vielen Jahren in die Verlustzone," Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, October 17, 2001, p. 25.
- "Märklin verkleinert Sortiment und organisiert sich neu," Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, October 8, 1999, p. 20.
- Rovito, Rich, "Local motives," Business Journal-Milwaukee, December 8, 2000, p. 3.
- Wassener, Bettina, "Big Boys Put Marklin on Track," Financial Times, February 12, 2004, p. 8.
- Weiskott, Maria, "Successful Training: Marklin Wind-up Train Launches Company on Fast Track," Playthings, November 2002, p. 7.
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Community support services (CSSs) enable persons coping with health or social problems to maintain the highest possible level of social functioning and quality of life. Access to these services is challenging because of the multiplicity of small agencies providing these services and the lack of a central access point. A review of the literature revealed that most service awareness studies are marred by acquiescence bias. To address this issue, service providers developed a series of 12 vignettes to describe common situations faced by older adults for which CSSs might be appropriate. In a telephone interview, 1152 older adults were presented with a series of vignettes and asked what they would do in that situation. They were also asked about their most important sources of information about CSSs. Findings show awareness of CSSs varied by the situation described and ranged from a low of 1% to 41%. The most important sources of information about CSSs included informational and referral sources, the telephone book, doctor's offices, and through word of mouth.
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Birds and wildlife fascinate me. I enjoy observing them and photographing them wherever I go. I share what I learn here.
Photos of a Limpkin Family in Florida
If you live in Florida or visit there, you'll love the variety of birds you'll see. The limpkin lives in swampy areas or near water. Considered somewhat reclusive, it's not hard to spot one in Central Florida. I'm not sure why it's considered a shy bird.
I'm fortunate to live in a retirement community in Florida which has plenty of habitat for wild birds like the limpkin. Living here has turned me into an avid birdwatcher. I keep my camera with me at all times so I can capture the scenes that make Solivita such a beautiful place for animal lovers.
Here I'll profile a family of limpkins, an ordinary, even nondescript bird, that can be fascinating as you observe it more closely and learn about its life. The photos shown here are my own pictures taken with a Canon SX20 IS.
Here's a Limpkin Parent with an Almost Grown Chick
Seeing the Limpkin Family
Today while playing the Cypress Course in Solivita, we were privileged to spot a family of limpkins. It was hard to get a count of the fuzzy chicks as they kept moving around. Both parents were present and feeding the babies with freshwater mussels along the edge of the lake. From the number of mussel shells scattered on the shore, I’d say it was a regular feeding area for these large brown birds.
When I first saw these rather plain birds, I looked them up in a Florida birding guide and found they were called limpkins. The name comes from their somewhat awkward, halting gait. The book said they are reclusive and usually hidden away in the deep swamps. I guess the Solivita limpkins didn’t read the same book, as over the seven years that we’ve been in Florida, we see them regularly in open areas around the water.
They have a striking call that can be rather annoying if a love-lorn limpkin decides to hang out in your yard while calling incessantly for a mate. The fortunate part is they quickly pair up and proceed to the nesting stage of their relationship which is much quieter. This is the first time I got to see the limpkin chicks.
Looking super-cute and huggable, they seem like the avian equivalent of teddy bears.
Here are a series of photos showing the parents feeding the limpkin chicks. I think there were about six or even seven babies in this family. Fortunately, I had my camera handy in the golf cart and was able to get these photos while the guys were teeing off. Don’t worry, I didn’t delay play at all.
Notice all the shells along the shore where the limpkins and chicks have been feeding.
Limpkin Family - A Photo Series by Virginia Allain
Description of the Bird
The parent has a sleek profile with milk-chocolate brown feathers and white spots across the body. On the long neck, the white appears more as flecks in with the brown. It has long legs for wading with knobby knees.
It has a yellow beak. The beak is quite long but not as curved as the ibis beak. The long beak works ideally to pick up mussels in shallow water and force them open.
The baby limpkin is a brown fluff ball. It shows the knobby knees and legs that will grow quickly. The baby shown here has lighter coloring around the beak and eyes but many of the chicks are dark around the face.
My Photos for Identifying Florida Water Birds
- Identify the Water Birds
It can be confusing to tell the Florida water birds apart. Here are tips on what to look for so you can distinguish by size, markings, beaks and even behavior.
You'll Want a Good Guide to Learn the Names
What Do Limpkins Eat?
I'm still not sure how the limpkin opens these fresh water mussels. Possibly the beak is strong enough to pop it open. They aren't broken, just open and empty after they has been feeding.
The photo shows the limpkin parent with a mussel in its beak feeding the chick. On the ground you'll see the mussel shell.
Both parents participate in feeding their brood.
Video of the Limpkin Feeding a Young Bird
Video of a Limpkin Calling
Usually the limpkin is pretty quiet and reclusive bird. During the mating season, they seem to call quite a bit. Once they settle down with a nest and later chicks, they are quiet again.
Our neighbor says they wake him up with their calls. I must be a better sleeper than he is.
Have You Seen or Heard Limpkins?
Older Limpkin Chicks - With Their Parents (Photos by Virginia Allain)
You Can Even Get Limpkin Babies on a Postcard
Limpkins on the Roof
This content is accurate and true to the best of the author’s knowledge and is not meant to substitute for formal and individualized advice from a qualified professional.
© 2011 Virginia Allain
Have You Seen a Limpkin?
Virginia Allain (author) from Central Florida on May 05, 2015:
Birds are so hard to photograph. Fortunately I have lots of zoom on my latest camera.
BarbaraCasey on May 05, 2015:
I live on a very small Florida lake (kind of a large pond) and Limpkins haven't made their way here, but yesterday a mommy moorhen arrived with 3 chicks. Your photos turned out waaaaaay better than mine. Very cool.
Stephen J Parkin from Pine Grove, Nova Scotia, Canada on May 05, 2015:
Beautiful photographs and a very informative Hub. Well done.
Lorelei Cohen from Canada on May 04, 2015:
What a beautiful place to live so close to and I too have never seen this pretty birdie before. Sweet how you managed to catch so many great photos of these birds.
Nancy Carol Brown Hardin from Las Vegas, NV on May 04, 2015:
I love these photos, the limpkin is actually pretty in a quiet way. I like their shape and coloring, and the babies are adorable. I'm grateful to get to see these photos, because I don't get to see much in the way of wildlife, unless you count the feral kitties in the neighborhood, which I glimpse occasionally. Thanks for sharing your beautiful photography, Virginia.
jenny-archer-9 on December 17, 2012:
Never heard of a 'Limpkin'..if I'd been asked probably would have thought it part of a car engine!!
Virginia Allain (author) from Central Florida on November 19, 2012:
@Brandi Bush: They are rather reclusive, mostly living is swampy areas. We are fortunate to see them on the golf course and even along the lake behind our house.
Brandi from Maryland on November 18, 2012:
These limpkins are so cute! Not sure if I've ever heard of a limpkin...and I lived in Florida for several years. Thanks for sharing! :)
jasminedessy on August 16, 2012:
I never see a Limpkin but nice picture ..
I really like it & love it
julieannbrady on February 18, 2012:
Ah, I had no idea you lived in Florida? Why did I think you lived in New York? You have tickled my fancy with your delightful pictures of the Limpkin chicks ... kind of sounds like a good name for us semi-retired Florida chicks, you know? Hugs!
anonymous on January 21, 2012:
thank goodness... i finally found out what kind of bird was making all that sound in the middle of the night... so it should end after mating season... i hope... its driving my husband and i insane.....
nyclittleitaly on January 02, 2012:
I just bought a place in South Florida however I never did see a Limpkin.
Brian Stephens from France on November 12, 2011:
Nice photographs and a great subject, love anything to do with nature and different species.
gottaloveit2 on November 10, 2011:
What darling birds! Love to see new (to me) wildlife.
Lisa Auch from Scotland on November 10, 2011:
Never heard of Limpkins before, how wonderful they do remind me of a "Heron" that we have in Scotland, very similar indeed!
traveller27 on November 10, 2011:
Great photographs! I don't think I've ever seen any Limpkins.
Barbara Walton from France on November 10, 2011:
Lovely photos. Didn't know what a Limpkin was before, but I do now! Many thanks.
Virginia Allain (author) from Central Florida on September 25, 2011:
@SaraLynn LM: I've never offered my limpkins a glass of chardonnay. They might like it with their mussels too.
Joan Haines on September 25, 2011:
I've seen pictures of these birds before, but didn't know what they're called. Limpkins!
SaraLynn LM on June 08, 2011:
Very sweet lens.. the fuzzy little babies are so cute! The Limpkins eat very well.. mussels are delicious! I like mine with a glass of Chardonnay :-)
Ann from Yorkshire, England on May 25, 2011:
wonderful! I don't know these birds at all but I am enchanted by your photos. Angel blessed and featured on my wild bird lens for those published in May
dustytoes on May 24, 2011:
Wonderful pictures - and I love those fuzzy baby Limpkins. Thanks for sharing your wildlife with us. Blessed!
anonymous on May 24, 2011:
Awe how Cute, they are so Precious and they are hard to find them. This is an Awesome Lens!!
Peggy Hazelwood from Desert Southwest, U.S.A. on May 23, 2011:
I'd never heard of limpkins. Great photos! Love the baby birds.
gypsyman27 lm on May 23, 2011:
I have and this is a good lens showing this elusive bird. Very nice work, and you have good karma, that's why this was presented to you. See you around the galaxy... | <urn:uuid:6011a1bf-fa65-4c31-b390-bee87550b712> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://discover.hubpages.com/animals/limpkin-chicks | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570767.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808061828-20220808091828-00468.warc.gz | en | 0.96502 | 2,223 | 1.5 | 2 |
Articles: Essays on Sikh
Values: Name of My Lord
Name of My Lord
Recitation of the Name of God
Jaap means �recitation.� It is repeating the name of
God. It may be verbal or mental. We start with verbal Jaap and develop
it into the mental one. Verbal Jaap is the starting or gross stage of Jaap.
In it, there is so called a perceptible Naam (perceptible name of God -
you know you are reciting it).
Ajapaa-Jaap is a Jaap (recitation) without doing Jaap.
In this, recitation of the name of God (Jaap) becomes a habit. It is a
Jaap without effort - an effortless Jaap. The Jaap of the Name (Naam -
name of God) keeps going on verbally, or silently in the mind. Whatever
might one be doing, the act of Jaap is there. The constant Jaap leads to
Ajapaa-Jaap. This is the middle i.e. subtle stage of Jaap - imperceptible
Naam: the recitation becomes automatic like a habit.
Simran is remembrance. The mind gets filled with the
constant remembrance of God, and there is no more recitation of His name
(Waheguru). Only the remembrance of God is left - an unbroken thought of
Him. God is always in the mind regardless of what one might be busy with.
It is an advanced stage of the seeker - practitioner (one reciting the
Naam). It is the third i.e. transcendental stage of the Jaap. This is the
Naam beyond perception (recitation without knowing it - Just the thought).
Dheaan is meditation - contemplation on God. It is thinking
about God and is different from Jaap - recitation of His name. Dhean is
the process of thinking about Him may be with changing thoughts.
In the Naam-Jaap, there is recitation of the name of God,
and it stays the same without any change. The mind keeps set on God. The
mind is set on the Name as it is, without its modification - no changing
thoughts about Him, no thinking about various aspects of the Name.
From time to time and depending on the level of advancement,
all these stages (starting, middle, advanced) keep overlapping each other,
to lesser or greater extent, when doing the practice of Naam - Naam-Jaap.
In whatever form - gross, subtle, or transcendental, all is the play and
flow of Naam (vibrating or active Naam), may be it is in its perceptible,
imperceptible, or so-called �beyond even imperception� form. We may or
may not be able to comprehend it, but there always is manifestation of
Naam is the Gurmantar - formula given by the Guru (Prophet)
and for the Sikhs, it is the word �Waheguru.� It means, �the wonderful
one who removes ignorance� i.e. the giver of the light of God - His knowledge.
It is also called �Shabad� or �Word.� The word �Waheguru� not combined
with any other word is for the Sikhs to recite - to do Jaap. Only the word
�Waheguru� is the Naam. The pure Naam-Jaap is recitation only of the word
�Waheguru.� In the Sikh world, �Naam-Jaap� pertains to recitation
of the word �Waheguru.�
It is another story that some, even the advanced practitioners
like established saints, combine �Waheguru� with �Satte-Naamu� (True Name)
etc. for their recitation i.e. �Satte-Naamu - Waheguru,� and advise their
followers to do the same. �Satte-Naamu� qualifies �Waheguru.�
It is the question of one�s faith, and practically is okay with whatever
word Waheguru is combined. The central word is �Waheguru� and it has to
be there. In the Sikh faith, without the word �Waheguru,� it is not
the �Naam-Jaap,� or Jaap of Naam. For the pure Naam-Jaap, nothing should
be added to the word �Waheguru.�
Mool-Mantar is the basic, or fundamental formula and
Ikk-O-Ankaar Satte-Naamu Kartaa Purukhu Nir-Bhaao
Nir-Vaaeru Akaal Moorat-e Ajoonee Saae-bhann Gur-parsaad.e
We have to be careful; the word is �Bhann� and not �Bhang.�
�Saae bhann� means �Created by His own Self.� �Bhang� is Indian-hemp i.e.
marjuana, a drug - a habit forming intoxicant.
God is all pervading, the truth (immortal), the doer,
fears none, without animosity, unbound by the time (above the birth and
death), above reincarnation or transmigration, is self-created, and is
realized by His grace.
�Reincarnation,� is a man or woman getting reborn as a
man or woman after his or her death. Transmigration is when a man or woman
gets reborn as some other animal after his or her death.
Some believe, the Mool-Mantar is -
Ikk-O-Ankaar Satte-Naamu Kartaa Purukhu Nir-Bhaao
Nir-Vaaeru Akaal Moorat-e Ajoonee Saae-bhannn Gur-parsaade� Jappu. Aade
Sachu Jugaad Sachu. haaebhee Sachu.Naanak hosee bhee Sachu.
According to the Sikh philosophy, God does not incarnate
- born in the form of a man. As well, He never transmigrates - does not
change His form into different species.
God is all pervading, the Truth (immortal), the doer,
fears none, without animosity, unbound by the time (above birth and death),
above reincarnation or transmigration, self-created, and is realized by
His grace. �Jappu� - (Recite it). He is primordial (from before the beginning
of the world), the Truth, from the time immemorial. He is the Truth (immortal).
Nanak, He shall ever be the Truth!
Mool-Mantar is also for Jaap. Its Jaap is the �Jaap of
Mool-Mantar,� and not �Jaap of the Naam.� Mool-Mantar is the description
of the word �Waheguru� (God). In general, the people call �Naam� to every
Shabad - The Holy Hymn
The Jaap of a Shabad, Slok, Paurree, or a Tukk - will
go after the name of that i.e. �the Jaap of Shabad (Hymn),� the Jaap of
Paurree (a type of verse),� �the Jaap of Slok (a sort of poetry),� or �the
Jaap of Tukk (a line)� etc. Although not approved, the self- oriented Jaap
of a Shabad is very common. Mostly, a suitable Shabad is recited for the
fulfillment of some desire. Selfless Jaap of a Shabad is also widely practiced.
Amrit-Velaa - Early Morning Hours
Ambrosial hours - the divine time. It is the last 3 hours
of the night i.e. very early in the morning - 3 A.M. to 6 A.M.; before
the sunrise. Many practitioners, or saints get up at 2 A.M., or even soon
after the mid-night. This is soothing and calm time, and most suitable
for the Naam-Jaap - recitation of the name of God. Commonly, the people
practice Naam at the junction of different times -
Many people consider the union-times auspicious, or more
effective for the Naam-Jaap. The early morning is understandable, more
calm and peaceful, but what with the other times! Sikhs do not get bound
down by the time.
Union of the night with the day - Amritvela, ambrosial hours,
3 A.M. to 6 A.M. It ends with the sunrise.
Noon - Union of the forenoon with the noon. Rising day meets
the falling day.
Evening - Union of the day with the night. The sunset time.
Midnight - The times of union of the rising night with the
Mala - Rosary
Mala - a rosary is a string of beads. It is usually used
to keep a count of the Jaap. Generally, keeping the count of a Jaap is
not considered great.
Keeping a count of Jaap helps to organize the Jaap session
according to the available time, and the time-length (duration) fixed for
doing it. Though, the self-oriented Jaap (selfish, to fulfill a wish) is
not approved, many do the Jaap of a Shabad - Hymn etc., keeping a count
of it with an aim to get some boon.
Others keep the count even though they have no motive.
A Mala keeps the mind engaged, reminds for the Naam-Jaap, and is a sign
for the others not to gossip with the person.
A regular mala has 108 beads (following the tradition
of astrology, 12 stars - planetary houses, and their 9 time-positions:
12 X 9 = 108. The Sikhs do not believe in such things).
Simarna is a wrist size band of 36 beads, 1/3 of the regular
size of mala. Mostly, it is not used to keep any count of Jaap, and is
easy to work when one is active i.e. walking, traveling etc.
PRACTICE OF JAAP
It is right (correct) in any way you recite the name of
God, because there is no set or a single method of doing it. Although,
basics are the same in general, almost every instructor has a personal
of practicing the Naam-Jaap, or will modify it according to his own experience
or some motive, may be selfish - to put his or her own stamp on it. The
only thing is to take a start, and the help comes from the Almighty in
one or the other way. If there is a problem, consult any practitioner of
In pursuing a good cause, there can never be any wrong
(error), and so no one ever needs to worry about committing a blunder or
a sin when doing Jaap without instructions from any adept. The Gurbani
is the instructor of the Sikhs. When doing its Jaap, Naam takes away sins,
and does not add to them, one may do it in any way. Guru ji bestows on
everyone the right to do the Naam-Jaap. By practicing it, the Guru�s orders
get followed. The Jaap should be done with concentration, and all other
things should be ignored. Anybody fixing conditions for doing it
commits a blunder and a gross wrong.
Important is concentration, not the methods, and this
is the fundamental must for resorting to the Jaap of His name. We should
go slow but steady, and need to be regular in our practice of the Naam
Jaap. The time allotted for each session should be increased gradually
so that the mind and body are without strain. We have to go on in sehj
- a relaxed way (equipoise, tension-free), and need not be stubborn (obstinate)
for our any goal or practice. In doing Jaap, we should move to the next
step when we are well versed at the level we are.
According to the occasion and need, instructions are modified.
The sequence of different steps and their contents may as well get affected
to simplify the subject in an effort to make it easily understandable and
Every technique of the Naam Jaap is nothing but an effort
to achieve concentration on recitation of the Naam - �Waheguru.� There
are a few preliminaries for practicing the Naam -
Practice of the Naam
The foundation of Jaap is an ethical life. Jaap itself elevates
the man. The desire for an ethical life and Naam Jaap is stimulated and
more easily attained in association with a good Sangat - company of the
God-oriented people. One has to be humble, compassionate, truthful, sincere,
and honest. He or she should have an honest avocation, do selfless service
(sharing), and be selfless with universal love and other good traits. One
should be tolerant, adjustable, accommodating and understanding. One should
forgive and forget. These qualities are essential to achieve calmness and
to stay in peace.
In the morning, use rest room - bathroom, brush the teeth,
bathe or wash up with cold or warm water depending on your habit or health,
put on loose clothes as per season and weather. You may take bed tea if
you have the habit. Most of the practitioners stay empty stomach.
Sit down straight back, cross-legged on a thick soft
padding, at any calm place, facing any direction. The hands should be resting
in the lap with the fingers slightly and lightly crossed.
If, due to some infirmity or handicap, it is not possible
to sit cross-legged, or on the hard surface e.g. a floor, use any other
seat. A suitable chair may be helpful - it is not a luxury but a dire need.
When sitting cross-legged, never allow your feet and
legs to start tingling or to become numbed. This is caused by pressure
on the blood vessels and nerves, and can prove harmful - cause weakness
of the limbs (paresis). Get up if tingling comes up, move about, and sit
down again when it clears up.
Environment. The place should be tidy and clean, and you
may keep flowers there, or use a fragrance if you like it. If you have
this facility at home, the best place to sit is the room reserved for Guru
Granth Sahib - the Sikh Holy Book. Many of the Sikhs have pictures of the
Gurus in their prayer rooms. It is a personal choice and understanding.
For the Sikhs, the pictures of the Gurus are not for worship, but provide
the ideal role models. These sanctify the environment, boost morale and
create a base for imagination. Such things give the place an aura of Naam
- spirituality. Right on entering such a room, one becomes eager to sit
down for the Jaap.
The pure Gurbani Kirtan: devotional singing. Prerecorded
Kirtan without any katha i.e. sermons (preaching), may enhance the effect
of environment. The instrumental music may be more helpful. Be still, calm
and quiet. The volume should be low enough not to interfere with the Jaap
Before starting the Naam-Jaap, vocal recitation - may be
singing of �Waheguru,� or �Satte-Naamu - Waheguru,� or some Shabad - Hymn,
or Gurbani Parmaans - quotations from the Scriptures, for a while, sets
up mood for the Naam Jaap session.
If distracted during the Jaap, may be by sleep, for some
time do the loud recitation of the Naam �Waheguru,� may be after washing
your face, and if needed by standing up.
When doing the Naam-Jaap, for concentration bring into the
mind (visualize) as many things related to the Jaap as possible. Develop
the habit of feeling the presence of Waheguru - God. Try to perceive the
sound or imaginary sound of the word �Waheguru.� The word Waheguru vwihgurU
vwihgurU itself, or the symbol �Ik-Onkar� both written as in Gurmukhi
<> - may be imagined fixed at a point slightly above and between the
inner ends of the two eyebrows - Mid-Brow Point.
Anyone professing another faith may replace the prophet,
place of worship, mantra for Jaap, and the symbol to focus on, with the
one of his or her own choice. The basic essence of the method of recitation
will remain the same for everyone. One may make selections and modifications
as per one�s own personal discipline, need and demand of the faith.
There are so many ways to do the Jaap of the Naam, and
here is the one commonly practiced.
Fold your both hands, bow to the Guru or Guru Granth
Sahib, and pray, �Lord, bless me with the Naam and concentration on it�
etc. Constantly feel that you are in the presence of the Guru. Some may
have their own choice of the Guru - Guru Nanak, Guru Gobind Singh etc.
When imagining the Guru, feel that he is there before you. You may bow
to the Guru Granth Sahib in a Gurdwara you visit, but this is your choice.
Perceive the presence of God at all the times.
You may start with vocally reciting �Waheguru, Waheguru,�
without any restraint or inhibition. It may be with or without a Mala -
rosary, or a musical instrument. Gradually, recitation will become without
any Mala, or instrument, and ultimately it will become mental, without
making any sound. The musical instruments will enhance the atmosphere of
the Naam. The Naam-Jaap in a company (with the Sangat) gives incentive
for reciting the name of God. All such things help to bring together the
scattered thoughts. The recorded music, especially instrumental, may be
played. Music helps to relax and concentrate the mind. The soft and subtle
music is elevating.
Sit down properly, as per your convenience. Do the Jaap of
�Waheguru,� speaking out the Word (loudly), hearing the voice, and concentrating
on it. In the background, God is always there in the mind. When well practiced,
go to the next step.
Sit down properly. Do Jaap of �Waheguru� in a whisper, lightly
focusing both eyes at the tip of the nose. When practiced, close your eyes
when focusing. Try to hear your whisper, concentrate on the whispered word
�Waheguru,� and keep God in the mind. When well practiced, move to the
Whenever focusing eyes at any point, do so free from
stress and strain on them, and turn them in very lightly. Turning eyes
in too much, and with strain, will lead to headache.
Sit down properly. Do the silent Jaap of the Naam �Waheguru�
at the level of your throat (in the throat).
If you can, concentrate on the imaginary sound of the
Focus your closed eyes at the bridge of your nose (where
the bridge of glasses stays normally). When well practiced, move to the
Silent Jaap of �Waheguru.� Recite �Waheguru� in your
heart (mentally), without making any sound.
Concentrate on the Shabad (Word) �Waheguru,� and its
Focus your closed eyes on the space between your two
eyebrows, and slightly higher up - Mid-Brow Point, where the women put
on Bindi - a small colored disc or color-mark.
Link the Jaap to breathing -
When inhaling - breathing in, mentally say �Wahe.�
When exhaling - breathing out, mentally say �Guru.�
When well practiced, move to the next step.
Place Ik-Onkar, as written in Gurmukhi <>
at the mid-brow point - a little higher to the inner ends of the both eyebrows.
Focus both the eyes on it.
Do silent Jaap of �Waheguru� linked to breathing -
Concentrate on <>
Ik-Oankar, on �Wahe� plus �Guru�� and on their imaginary sound (if you
Completion of the Jaap
Continue the Jaap for your fixed (allotted) time-period.
Increase the time of your sittings very gradually. Do not let your
legs to tingle or sleep.
Bow at the feet of the Guru, Guru Granth Sahib, and thank,
� Thanks my Lord for blessing me with the Naam, and for concentration on
Do five malas: rosaries, of the �Waheguru� recitation,
saying it mentally or verbally once at each bead.
Do one mala of Mool-Mantar.
Bow to the Guru, Guru Granth Sahib, once again, and thank
for the boon of Naam, and ability to do its Jaap.
Sangat - Congregation
This session of your Jaap is over.
Company of the other practitioners of the Naam, boosts
morale and creates eagerness to do the Jaap. It is usually done in the
presence of Guru Granth Sahib. It may be -
To clarify any point regarding the Naam Jaap, it is best
to consult some local Naam practicing Gurmukh - God-oriented person. The
study of any advanced material, if available, is also suggested.
by recitation of the name of God
Verbal Jaap - Doing the Jaap loudly, mostly by singing together.
Gradually, gusto and tempo of singing fast and with force is reached, and
after that they slow down equally gradually. Such ebbs and tides of singing
continue in the form of Naam-Jaap with Kirtan (devotional singing) of the
selected Hymns. Mostly, the word �Waheguru,� is mixed with �Satte-Naamu
- Waheguru,� the suitable Shabads, Gurbani quotes, and stanzas from the
Gurbani. It is accompanied by the forceful musical instruments, especially
drums, chhaenae (bronze discs) - cymbals, chimtaae (long iron calipers
- tongs), khartaals - wooden strikers, etc. Harmonium is a common instrument
for Kirtan - devotional singing. The lead may be given in turn by different
individuals or groups, and session may continue for one to several hours,
or even overnight called Raaen-Sabaaee Keertan - Keertan for whole of the
night (night vigil).
Loud singing of Gurbani - the Scriptures, immediately lifts the mind to
the level of leentaa - attachment to the Naam. For reaching precise concentration,
mental (silent) Jaap has its own significance and value.
Mental Jaap - In the Sangat, the Jaap after it becomes soft,
becomes a silent Jaap. After ending the silent Jaap, it goes into gusto
once again, and is tapered down to stop.
Real attainment by remembering God is His Darshan - seeing
Him: realization. A realized person surrenders to the will of the Lord,
and peace prevails on him or her. He or she is no more agitated, irritated,
angry, disappointed, dejected, abandoned, and stays detached from the worldly
attachments. Besides this state of mind, all other attainments are
supernatural. Even these come to a God-oriented person through Naam-Jaap
(recitation of His name), although he may reject these. Such an evolved
and saintly fellow is emancipated even when alive.
Attainments by doing the Naam-Jaap are the same for everyone,
but there are individual variations and experiences. These are modified
mostly by the faith (belief) one has in one or the other thing. It is not
considered of a great merit to work to attain unusual powers intentionally.
Depending on what you deserve, some of these will come automatically, but
the adepts advise to refrain from displaying them. These can cause ego
which is detrimental to the God realization.
The greatest miracle achieved is that the practitioner
of the Naam attains peace, and becomes socially
oriented and ethical with love for the human beings,
God, Guru, and Gurbani. He submits to the will of God and attains the peace
One should go into total contentment if one achieves mental
peace, and attains surrender to God. No one should get disappointed that
one did not meet God (see Him) even in spite of one�s intense Naam-Jaap.
Seeing or meeting God is -
All these go together and boil down to �God realization -
seeing the Lord.� God has no visible form, and He is seen through
third-eye: eye of knowledge - becoming aware of him (His realization).
Realization that He is the Doer, is everywhere, and is in
Staying constantly connected to God.
Seeing God in everything.
Absolute peace of mind, and total surrender to the will of
A firm belief that all the humans are equal, the same and
extension of the Lord.
Development of the selfless love, and selfless service to
Becoming humble, compassionate, truthful, honest, and sincere.
The following are some supernatural attainments that we
generally consider as the usual attainments by the Jaap of the Naam - recitation
of the Name of God. In fact, a true seeker, does not care for such powers,
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Antonin Scalia Doesn’t Think The Constitution Protects Women’s Rights
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia says if women want equality, they have to fight for it legislatively because it’s not guaranteed in the Constitution (via Political Wire). He tells California Lawyer he believes in “enduring” Constitution, not an “evolving” one.
“Certainly the Constitution does not require discrimination on the basis of sex. The only issue is whether it prohibits it. It doesn’t. Nobody ever thought that that’s what it meant. Nobody ever voted for that. If the current society wants to outlaw discrimination by sex, hey we have things called legislatures, and they enact things called laws. You don’t need a constitution to keep things up-to-date. All you need is a legislature and a ballot box. You don’t like the death penalty anymore, that’s fine. You want a right to abortion? There’s nothing in the Constitution about that. But that doesn’t mean you cannot prohibit it. Persuade your fellow citizens it’s a good idea and pass a law. That’s what democracy is all about. It’s not about nine superannuated judges who have been there too long, imposing these demands on society.”
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LNDIR(1) BSD Reference Manual LNDIR(1)
lndir - create a shadow directory of symbolic links to another directory tree
lndir [-e exceptfile] [-s] [-i] fromdir [todir]
The lndir program makes a shadow copy todir of a directory tree fromdir, except that the shadow is not populated with real files but instead with symbolic links pointing at the real files in the fromdir directory tree. This is usually useful for maintaining source code for different machine architectures. You create a shadow directory containing links to the real source, which you will have usually mounted from a remote machine. You can build in the shadow tree, and the object files will be in the shadow directory, while the source files in the shadow directory are just sym- links to the real files. This scheme has the advantage that if you update the source, you need not propagate the change to the other architectures by hand, since all source in all shadow directories are symlinks to the real thing: just cd to the shadow directory and recompile away. The todir argument is optional and defaults to the current directory. The fromdir argument may be relative (e.g., ../src) and is relative to todir (not the current directory). Note that RCS, SCCS, CVS and CVS.adm directories are not shadowed, in ad- dition to any specified on the command line with -e arguments. If you add files, simply run lndir again. New files will be silently ad- ded. Old files will be checked that they have the correct link. Deleting files is a more painful problem; the symlinks will just point into never never land. If a file in fromdir is a symbolic link, lndir will make the same link in todir rather than making a link back to the (symbolic link) entry in fromdir. The -i flag changes this behavior. The options are as follows: -e exceptfile Add the specified file to the list of excluded files/directories. This is effective in all directories searched by lndir. This op- tion may be specified as many times as needed. -s Suppresses status messages normally output as lndir descends into each subdirectory. -i Causes the program to not treat symbolic links in fromdir spe- cially. The link created in todir will point back to the corresponding (symbolic link) file in fromdir. If the link is to a directory, this is almost certainly the wrong thing. This option exists mostly to emulate the behavior the C version of lndir had in X11R6. Its use is not recommended.
The program displays the name of each subdirectory it enters, followed by a colon. The -s option suppresses these messages. A warning message is displayed if the symbolic link cannot be created. The usual problem is that a regular file of the same name already exists. If the link already exists but doesn't point to the correct file, the program prints the link name and the location where it does point.
find(1), ln(1), patch(1)
lndir was first distributed as part of X11. This version first appeared in OpenBSD 1.2.
The patch(1) program gets upset if it cannot change the files. You should never run patch(1) from a shadow directory anyway. You need to use something like $ find todir -type l -print | xargs rm to clear out all files before you can relink (if fromdir moved, for in- stance). Something like $ find . \! -type d -print will find all files that are not directories. MirOS BSD #10-current February 11, 2016 1
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Over deze norm
1.1 This practice covers the types of and preparation of containers found most suitable for the handling of aviation fuel samples for the determination of critical properties affected by trace contamination.
1.2 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as standard. No other units of measurement are included in this standard.
1.3 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use. For specific warning statements, see , , , , and .
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Technica undertakes a rigorous development process before products release. The company is also firmly committed to continuous improvements after release to insure performance to the highest standards, hence, specifications are subject to update without notice.
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Statement by the Treatment Action Campaign, the HIV Clinicians Society of Southern Africa, the Rural Health Advocacy Project, the Rural Doctors Association of Southern Africa, SECTION27 and Médecins Sans Frontières
There have been ongoing shortages of antiretroviral medicines, specifically tenofovir (TDF) and abacavir (ABC) since March in facilities across South Africa. These shortages are compromising the health of patients taking these medicines. We call for urgent resolution of the shortages and for an enquiry into their cause.
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Under specific circumstances, an employer may obtain a work visa to hire a foreign worker if a qualified U.S. employee cannot be found in Guilford County North Carolina.
The United States can only issue a predetermined number of work visas each year for each occupation. Work visas must be renewed regularly or they will expire.
Acquiring a Work Visa in Guilford County North Carolina
Foreign citizens may seek to apply for a work visa in collaboration with another USCIS petition. Examples include student or fiancé visas; however, a concurrent petition is not required to work in Guilford County, North Carolina.
Work visas, like all visas, are the initial step toward U.S. citizenship.
Work Visa Lawyers Are Accessible in Guilford County
Depending on the employer, a foreign worker may be required to provide evidence of a valid passport, evidence of binding ties to a residence outside the U.S., and submit to an interview at the U.S. embassy or consulate in the foreign workers home country to prove they are legally allowed to work in Guilford County North Carolina.
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Meeting customer core needs during Irregular Operations (IROPS) is a critical problem for airports, airlines, and aviation service providers. IROPS are events that disrupt optimized flight schedules and negatively impact the normal flow of passengers through the air transportation system. In the wake of the weather-related multi-hour disruptions in 2007 and 2008, several workshops (including the September 2007 DFW IROPS Workshop, the July 2008 DFW Regional Diversion Airport/Airline Workshop, and the January 2008 ACI-NA IROPS Workshop) were held to proactively address these challenges and set the stage for communication, collaboration, and coordination and identify best practices within the industry. These workshops identified potential actions for improvement, among which included:
- Airlines, airports, government agencies, and other system partners should update contingency plans, and should include sufficient collaboration;
- Communication among these parties should be collaborative, coordinated, and on-going; and
- Service providers (e.g., concessionaires, ground transportation) should continually evaluate the level of services provided in meeting customer needs during IROPS.
To address these actions, a national task force appointed by the Secretary of Transportation met over a period of 10 months and produced model contingency plan recommendations in November 2008. This task force included government employees, representatives of airlines, airports, and consumer groups. The task force produced a recommended Model Plan for Lengthy Airline Onboard Ground Delays. The U.S. Department of Transportation also established regulations for Enhancing Airline Passenger Protections, which requires air carriers to develop individual contingency plans at the large and medium hub airports they serve. Contingency planning for large, medium, and small airports, using a collaborative and coordinated approach among key airport stakeholders, is essential to address current and evolving aviation challenges that disrupt the normal flow of passengers through the air transportation system. Further research is needed to provide additional assistance in this area.
The objective of this research is to prepare a practical airport guidebook for commercial passenger service airports of all sizes to develop, continually evaluate, and/or update their contingency plans for procedures pertaining to IROPS that may cause significant disruptions to customers. This research will assist aviation system partners in improving their response to customer care during a broad array of IROPS conditions and will devise a step-by step template in the form of an interactive CD for the preparation of contingency plans that include necessary communications, collaboration, and coordination to address customer needs. A specific focus on the needs of smaller airports will be included in the development of the guidebook.
A status update document
is provided as a preliminary tool to assist airports in formulating their IROPS contingency plans. Additionally, a cover note
from the FAA Deputy Associate Administrator for Airports, Catherine M. Lang, is provided in support of the project and anticipated research results. Report 65
has been published. The contractor's final report
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How does this affect infertility in females?
It is theoretically possible that hemochromatosis, if left untreated, can contribute to infertility in both males and females. The best way to avoid potential problems or infertility in this situation is early detection and treatment and management of iron levels to keep them within normal range. A full evaluation for each case of infertility would be required to find out what the actual cause is in that case.
Mark Wurster, MD
Former Clinical Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine
College of Medicine
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Alibata – a term coined to mimic the first two (2)
letters of the alphabet in a region in southern Philippines –
was used primarily to record business transactions, love letters, and
other personal matters around 1000-1200 AD.
Languages of the Philippines
Presents a list of dialects found all over the Philippines
A Philippine Folktales, Myths and Legends Page
Official web site of the University of the Philippines Creative Writing
PinoyLit, A Philippine Literature Page
PinoyLit provides information on Filipino writers, and illustrators,
their lives and their work. You can also find a few Philippine short
stories, novels, essays, children's literature, myths, legends, folk
tales and folklore, and even chapter summaries of the Noli
Me Tangere and the El Filibusterismo.
The Best Philippine Short Stories
The Best Philippine Short Stories brings the best in Philippine
literature. In spite of its name, poems, essays, artwork, and cartoons
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The school fosters students’ independence, kindness, mercy, tolerance, confidence and self care through daily life practice. Parental activities in charity events and social services to experience the happiness of helping others are encouraged. Extra-curricular activities like visits to science museum, post office, supermarket, farm, etc. are arranged. Children’s learning interest can be stimulated by taking part in school activities and experiencing the society.
- Moral education is instilled in students’ everyday life. Students are required to keep regular hours of study and rest, and morning exercises are arranged to strengthen their physical fitness.
- Table manners are taught to nurture good living habits. Students will learn how to clean up the table and wash the dishes.
- Collaborative activities like music performance, drama performance and sports games are arranged to foster students’ team spirits, organizing ability and collaborative ability.
English is the first language in school. Through games and project-based learning to interact, to explore, to observe and to think, children’s language ability will be stimulated. Although children are studying in China, they are surrounded by an English speaking environment which offers them chances to use English.
Authentic English teaching materials are used to help students learn how to communicate and deal with real-life situations in the United States and other English-speaking countries. Interactive activities and learning tasks are designed to simulate everyday life abroad.
Games and project-based learning are adopted in the learning of Chinese. Through active exploration, students are motivated to think and are willing to express. Meanwhile, children’s reading and speaking abilities are developed through picture books reading, sharing as well as “Corner Time” activities.
Online reading and speaking games are adopted in the learning of Chinese, which stimulates students’ interests to think and express. Martial arts, tea ceremony and Chinese traditional music are taught and Chinese festivals celebration activities are held to deepen students’ understanding of the traditional Chinese culture.
In addition to English and Chinese, students are required to learn a third language. Options include Spanish, French, Russian and Japanese. Communicative language tasks, games and movies are used to develop students’ language ability.
Maths & Logic
Through hands-on activities by integrating abstract mathematical and logical concepts into maths games, deductive reasoning, data collection, problem solving, presentations and other approaches, children can realize the mystery of maths. Besides, the conceptual frames will be materialized for cognitive reinforcement purpose. By means of these two approaches, children’s maths and logic intelligences can be fostered.
Diversified math activities which integrate knowledge of other subjects are adopted to teach students to solve math problems in daily life. Games, models and videos are used to foster students’ strong sense in number, symbol, space and measurement. Group work is highly valued in the learning process.
Science & Technology
Children will be guided to carry out scientific exploration, to experience the science in life and to realize the achievements brought to human life by science and technology. At the same time, children are encouraged to observe the nature, to care about the surroundings, and to explore the mystery of nature from a scientific point of view.
In Creative Design and Technology Center, Creative Media and Art Center and Creative Learning and STEM Library, students will learn science, technology, engineering, mathematics (STEM) and integrate interdisciplinary knowledge to conduct Computer Assisted Design (CAD), Computer Assisted Manufacturing (CAM) and Computer Multimedia Production. Students can design and produce their own robots, electronic musical instruments, clocks, toys, decorations, animations, films, etc. It nurtures students’ ability to create and innovate.
Art & Music
Project-based learning is carried out through music, dancing, drawing and other different forms of art activities. It helps children understand and respect the diversity of culture and arts, and helps develop open and wide perspectives.
To stimulate students’ musical and art talents, in regular music lessons and regular art lessons, each student is required to join one of the orchestras and one of the art teams respectively. Orchestras include Brass band, String band, Chinese orchestra and Percussion band. Art teams include photography club, movie club, dance club, drama club, etc. In addition, in extra-curricular activities arranged after regular lessons, each student is required to take part in one or two musical specialized trainings and art specialized trainings respectively. Music trainings include western instruments and Chinese instruments. Art trainings include Chinese paintings, photography, dance, drama, etc.
Good health is the foundation of all kinds of learning. Children will enjoy various physical activities every day. Children’s physical fitness can be enhanced through physical education.
To enhance students’ physical fitness, each student is required to join one of the sports teams in regular sports lessons, including golf team, tennis team, volleyball team, basketball team, etc. In extra-curricular activities arranged after regular lessons, each student is required to take part in one or two sports specialized trainings. Options include golf, tennis, martial arts, swimming, basketball, etc. | <urn:uuid:9b16f096-3320-4cf1-a04f-e3d9fb054982> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://www.pischool.org/princeton-forest-kindergarten-shenzhen-academic/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571234.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811042804-20220811072804-00078.warc.gz | en | 0.944281 | 1,078 | 3.65625 | 4 |
Powerful strategies for sales proficiency in ever-changing situations
When sales people are promoted, change jobs, or face new business environments, they inevitably need to learn new skills quickly. Their livelihoods depend on getting up to speed quickly; their bosses have no patience for delayed results.
Sales guru Jill Konrath offers both new and experienced salespeople a plan for rapidly absorbing new information and mastering new skills by becoming agile sellers. Listeners will learn the mindsets, learning strategies and habits that they can use in crazy-busy times to start strong and stay nimble. From time management tools to personal motivation and resilience strategies, Konrath teaches sellers how to get more done in less time, regardless of the environment.
Listeners who loved the no-nonsense advice in Konrath’s SNAP Selling and Selling to Big Companies will find Agile Selling equally valuable.
©2014 Jill Konrath (P)2014 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved. Recorded by arrangement with Portfolio, a member of Penguin Group (USA) LLC, a Penguin Random House Company.
To the point, instructional, insightful. I have been in the sales game a long time but learned so much especially about competing against the "status quo" and about being prepared and practiced.
Please, please, please hire someone new to narrate the book. I am sure there are good tidbits of information but I couldn't listen to this narrator.
If it is not the same narrator.
AWFUL. Made listening to the book boring and I listen to books and podcast ALL day. I couldn't keep my thoughts on what was being said.
I did finish the book but whereas I usually finish one quickly I got bored with this one and even stopped and listen to 2 other books before coming back to finish this one. There were a few tidbits of information but I wouldn't recommend this to any of my business friends to listen to.
Read this now. This is loaded with the most up to date tactics, skills and techniques you need to deliver real value to your customers and your organization. One of the best investments you can make in yourself and your team.
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Downsizing to a smaller home is one of the choices available to ‘empty nesters’. As I reflected on the concept, I thought a more appropriate title for this article might be rightsizing. It’s a word (and spin) that some companies use as they reduce their workforces. According to Google, it began to appear in print in 1983 or ’84 with its popularity peaking around 2000.
Consultant and author Aldonna Ambler says there’s a fundamental difference between ‘right’ and ‘down’ sizing: one is proactive and the other reactive. Because it’s our job to help our clients make good decisions, I’d like to think we’re taking the more proactive approach to the question. Companies that successfully reduce their employee count are able to do so because of careful planning. The same holds true for those considering the transition from a home they’ve lived in for years. This is especially important because more than half of people polled by the National Council on Aging have been in place for more than twenty years.
According to the NCA’s most recent (2015) State of Aging survey, 75% of older adults plan to remain where they are for the rest of their lives. This correlates closely with our own anecdotal evidence that virtually all of our clients hope to remain in their homes until their death. There are a number of ways to achieve that end economically. Some possibilities for rightsizing include moving to a smaller home, locating a roommate with whom you share costs, moving to a co-housing community where you own a small home but share community spaces or even using Airbnb to rent out a room from time to time.
Planners used to think of retirement income as a three-legged stool consisting of a company (or union) -provided pension, Social Security and personal savings and investments. These days, very few people have pensions they can count on, so a more apt description might be a ladder involving multiple steps/resources such as getting a part time job, renting out a room (or taking in a roommate), removing cash from whole life insurance policies or taking out a reverse mortgage on the home in question.
There was a time when a reverse mortgage, more accurately described as a Home Equity Conversion Mortgage, was a poor choice. New government regulations have made it a much more sensible option. Because of newly mandated insurance coverage, closing costs are fairly high but you can arrange a steady monthly income or allow a line of credit to grow. Regardless of how you access your equity, that insurance means that you’ll never face being forced out of your home. These improvements have led to a rash of ads on late night TV, so let me pause here to make a suggestion: never buy anything – especially a financial product – based on an ad featuring someone who used to be famous. Your planner will be a much better resource for help with a decision like this than anyone answering the phone in a call center.
What might it take to remain in your current home until death? Some obvious issues are mobility – will you be able to move around a home with narrow doorways and steep stairways? Bathing – will you be able to step in and out of a traditional tub? Meals – how long will you be able to shop for and prepare your own meals? How about dressing, using the bathroom and even continued continence? While not very pleasant to think about, maintaining these Activities of Daily Living constitutes one of the challenges to remaining in your home through your entire life.
On the positive side, there are many kinds of assistance available to help compensate for diminished capabilities. Eldercare Services are available from a variety of sources including both non and for -profit agencies. Perhaps you have a friend or relative who can help but might need a break from time to time? Adult day care and respite care may be able to reduce the work load. The national Meals on Wheels program can provide at least one hot meal per day and at least one point of personal contact too.
It is even possible to remain in your home if health issues become insurmountable. Hospice is a service which can often provide palliative care in a residential situation, in addition to the more robust services available in a hospital or a dedicated hospice campus.
Although most people would prefer to remain in their home, sometimes it’s just not feasible. When home care ceases to be enough, people find themselves considering assisted living. While such a facility isn’t the same as living in your home, you do have your own apartment with your own furnishings. In order to make life easier, many services are available on site. These include meals in community (or your room), reminders to take your medicine and even field trips. Should more regular medical care be required, you must go a step further – to a nursing home. These are usually a more confining alternative, along the lines of a two person hospital room with little allowance for personalization. It’s also possible to find an institution that offers assisted living with a transition to nursing care, all in one facility. Known as Continuing Care Retirement Communities, these include a very wide range of living options and services within a single entity and deserve a description all their own. Here’s a link to an article on that specific topic.
Should a move to one of these communal living arrangements begin to make sense, there is a systematic way to compare them. Courtesy of the US government, you can turn to the Medicare website where you can sort by ZIP code, then by the results of health care inspections, staffing, quality measure or, simply, an overall rating from 1 to 5 stars. According to the Wall Street Journal, around 1100 of the nation’s 15,600 nursing homes are owned by local governments. This might be important for those rightsizers who aren’t wealthy. Just like Medicare, costs are subsidized by tax revenues, tending to make these facilities less expensive than those which are privately-owned.
Most veterans of military service have a range of additional types of support available, from medical services at a VA facility to financial assistance known as Aid and Attendance for those trying to remain in their home. As far as I know, there is a veterans service officer in every county in the United States. Unfortunately, there are nearly as many dubious agencies that will charge you for services, including completing forms, that the Veterans Administration provides free. These local representatives are veterans themselves and are available to help with any of the numerous VA-provided services that are available.
In an Op-ed piece in the LA Times, physician Haider Warraich (who has written a book on the subject) states that being allowed to die at home, even with the assistance of Hospice services, is far from assured. It depends on the type of disease, where the patient lives and sometimes even race. One way to help ensure that your wishes are carried out is to update your estate planning documents, especially the living will (advanced directive), a durable power of attorney (which remains in force even in the event of your incapacity) and the naming of a health-care representative. While we recommend that you make an appointment with an attorney to be sure the documents express your precise wishes, there may be low cost or even free alternatives through your local library.
Perhaps even more important than the documentation is the clear communication of your wishes to your family. There was a time when children never moved far from home and families were in regular face-to-face communication. In the modern age, social media is likely to have replaced that personal element and your kids – the ones who may actually be making these decisions for you – could be years out of touch with your wishes. Here again, your planner may be able to facilitate things by guiding the discussions and clarifying questions as they arise. These are not necessarily easy conversations to have but they’re extremely important ones. | <urn:uuid:82dd2b86-bd97-4211-9e28-1cf2054731dc> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.wwafp.com/blog-01/rightsizing | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571472.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811133823-20220811163823-00671.warc.gz | en | 0.968966 | 1,636 | 1.71875 | 2 |
A young student at Pace University recently asked me a great question: What would you do differently if you’d known at the age of 16, what you know now?
I answered the question on the spot but it struck a chord to such an extent that I gave it even more serious thought ever since. So, now if I could go back in time, I think there are five key elements that I wished I had known at 16.
One big lesson I’ve learned is all about trust. As a naïve 16-year-old I had a dream of building a huge Internet business. I knew it would mean lots of hard work. I knew it would mean spending nights at the office. I knew it would mean making personal and family sacrifices. I knew I had the drive and determination—and the ability—to make it to the top.
I also knew I’d make mistakes along the way. But there’s nothing quite as disappointing as when you make mistakes and trust the wrong people, whether professionally or personally. I wish I’d known as a 16-year-old that there would be such people who took advantage of your high profile. I would definitely have been more cautious in that regard. I wish I’d known there would be people who faked who they are. Greed makes people do many evil things. I wish I knew that.
I’ve definitely learned to be more careful in whom I trust and I now have a closer inner circle. I have their backs and they have mine. At the same time, I’ve not lost my willingness to take a chance on people. Trust is something you can’t buy and in my 15 years of business experience it’s worth the risk of being disappointed.
Never lose faith in what you are doing. If you don’t believe in yourself and your vision how can you expect others to share and participate in your dream? You also need to know when to call it quits and when to double down. You need to be able to separate emotion and logic. Emotion is driven by your ego and logic is driven by your inner intuition.
Emotion is built on ego and having an emotional commitment to a particular strategy can get you in big trouble if you pursue it in defiance of negative results. When making decisions you have to apply logic and get rid of any emotional attachment. Have faith that you will ultimately get the outcome you desire. Be passionate about the end result and not passionate about the minutiae of the process.
There’s no quick, easy road to success. As you make your journey expect to be tackled and knocked down. If you’re playing football you know that there are many times in a game that you will get brought to the ground en route to a touchdown. In life, and in business, it’s just the same.
Every journey has its ups and downs and I’ve certainly had my share of setbacks. But I accept them, embrace them, overcome them and move forward. That’s what makes a real winner. For every time your knocked down, you get up no matter how painful.
I know in my heart that I conduct myself with honesty and integrity. I can’t act any other way as I’m a firm believer in Karma. Yes, as an entrepreneur I’ve been blessed with significant financial success. But, to me, that’s not what it’s all about. True happiness comes with a sense of purpose, a sense of accomplishment, and the satisfaction of helping others.
I also believe that you should count your blessings, and not your problems. When things go wrong you remind yourself that you have a greater purpose in life. You should always conduct yourself in such a way that if someone speaks ill of you, the people who truly know you will not believe a word of it.
Most people believe in revenge, especially if their trust has been shaken. But that’s just negative energy. My advice is not to let thoughts of revenge consume your day because that only detracts from your ultimate happiness.
What I didn’t count on, when I was 16, was what could happen when I’d become successful and was no longer an invisible teenager; what could happen when the public spotlight shines on you and everyone wants a piece of you?
It used to be that the glare of publicity was focused on TV and movie stars but today it seems to be sexy to be a successful entrepreneur. Today, entrepreneurs have been thrust into the limelight. That can be good and bad. While it gives one the audience to share positive messages it also opens you up to unwarranted attacks.
It’s sad when people are envious of your success and want to tear you down. But I’ve discovered that the more successful you become, the more you have to watch your back. In fact, I think someone should make a T-shirt that says: “For every back, there is a knife.”
There seems to be a whole slew of people who want to tear you down and take something from you whether it’s your money or, more importantly, your reputation. It could be the media, business rivals, people with a political agenda or even so-called friends. I’ve never understood that attitude. I’ve always believed in trying to surround myself with people who were rooting for my success and I’ve always believed in acknowledging and celebrating the successes of others.
What matters most is being able to hold your head high and live your life in a way that makes your mother and father proud. There’s no better feeling than that.
That’s also good advice for any 16-year old.
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Novice to Expert: 6 Steps to Learn Anything, Increase Your Knowledge, and Master New Skills
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Aerodynamic Measurement Technology Award
The Aerodynamic Measurement Technology Award was approved by Board of Directors in 1995 and is presented for continued contributions and achievements toward the advancement of advanced aerodynamics flowfield and surface measurement techniques for research in flight and ground test applications.Beginning in 2017, this award is presented biennially (in odd-numbered years) generally at the AIAA Aviation and Aeronautic (AVIATION) Forum.
Nomination Deadline: 1 October
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Jenny Blazing and Carin Walsh: Turning Point, a compelling art exhibit calling for action to quell the climate crisis, is on view in the Frankie G. Weems Gallery September 2 – October 1, 2021.
The exhibit features the innovative work WALSH/BLAZING, Changing Worlds Now. This collaborative multimedia and video/sound installation weaves a powerful personal story, urging viewers and their families to reflect on their own relationships with the climate crisis. In addition to Changing Worlds Now, the gallery exhibition presents a variety of works by Durham based artists Jenny Blazing and Carin Walsh, including mixed media paintings, found object sculptures, audio video collage, and participatory assemblage, all curated to speak to the urgent need for climate action.
Over the past decade, humanity has witnessed a proliferation of climate-related disasters across the world. Storms have become stronger, wildfires more intense. Sea ice is melting at a higher rate as the earth grows hotter. Scientists often describe our position as nearing a “tipping point” at which we teeter at the precipice of an irreversible cascade of ecosystem collapse. Turning Point presents a different view of our role in this crisis. It presents the inescapable truth of where we stand, laying bare the symptoms exacerbated by the warming of our planet and the catastrophic consequences we face if we ignore them. However, it also offers an optimistic reminder that we are not passive observers of this disaster, but active agents with the ability to change course and build a safer and healthier future. Blazing and Walsh present a hopeful message that while the climate is approaching a tipping point, our society is at a turning point. At this unique moment, political, economic, technological and societal forces are converging in an encouraging direction. The objective of Turning Point is to convince viewers that we are all collectively responsible for building a better world and that each of us can play a role in driving humanity towards solutions to this crisis—solutions that center on the lives and wellbeing of people.
Jenny Blazing is a full-time working painter, installation artist, and found object sculpture artist living in Durham, North Carolina. Carin Walsh is a museum educator, exhibit organizer, and multidisciplinary visual artist whose painting, hand-drawn animations, and audio/video work have been exhibited throughout the Triangle area. WALSH/BLAZING is their collaborative art practice that includes painting, video, installation, photography, commercial commissions, and large-scale projection. Carin Walsh and Jenny Blazing use visual art to reframe environmental issues and generate conversations about measures to reduce our climate impact, both as a society and as individuals.
The Weems Gallery operates Monday-Friday 9 a.m.-5 p.m. and Saturday-Sunday 2-5 p.m. A mask must be worn at all times within the space, but pre-registration is not necessary outside of the exhibition events listed below.
In-Person, Registration only, Opening Reception on Thursday, September 9 from 5-7 p.m. Registration is required to attend the event: https://forms.gle/xvN1dK9SD1MextCk8 *Please note that registration is limited to 30 people.
Gallery Talk held via Zoom on September 16 from 7-8 p.m. Registration Link: https://meredith.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUpfu2qrjooG9TlKY52eppW9vYWLKH4xo-O
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Just one week before the outbreak of World War II, Germany flew the world's first jet aircraft. That plane was the Heinkel He-178 which, had its development been pushed, might have altered the course of history.
The first successful flights of the world's first turbojet-propelled airplane took place over a German forest on August 24 and 27, 1939, with Luftwaffe Captain Erich Warsitz at the controls. The tiny Heinkel HeS38 jet engine that powered the He-178 produced only 838 pounds of static thrust. But that was enough to push small single-seat monoplane to a speed of well over 400 miles per hour. Thus, even in its earliest test flights this remarkable aircraft demonstrated performance superior to that of many operational fighters.
The Heinkel jet engine was the brainchild of a brilliant young German scientist named Pabst von Ohain, who was only 25 years old when the He-178 made aviation history. The aircraft itself was designed by Heinkel engineers, working under the personal direction of Ernst Heinkel, head of the Heinkel aircraft manufacturing company. That firm financed the development of the He-178 without either the knowledge or financial support of the Nazi government.
The 4,400-pound Heinkel He-178 was literally built around the Ohain engine. It had a barrel shaped 24½-foot-long metal fuselage,with stubby 23½-foot wooden wings mounted high on its sides. The aircraft utilized the conventional three-point retractable landing gear, rather than tricycle configuration which was later adopted for other jets.
Despite the He-178's spectacular performance, the German Air Force at first showed scant interest in the plane. It wasn't until October 1939 that high-ranking air force officers agreed to inspect it, and although the He-178 clearly had great potential, it was never produced in quantity. Slow to push development work, the German Air Force didn't have an operational jet fighter plane until August 1944, too late to have a decisive effect on the outcome of World War II.
Nevertheless. through the foresight of Ernst Heinkel and the brilliant engineering of
Pabst von Ohain, the He-178 ushered in the jet age.
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In the old Russian city of Nizhny Novgorod, Oxfam is helping people to access their basic healthcare rights.
Maria, a plump, middle aged lady, wraps her black fur coat tightly around her chest and breathes deeply into her inhaler. A chronic asthma sufferer, Maria’s waking hours are dominated by this disease. “I can’t breathe properly,” she whispers hoarsely to me in between deep inhalations.
Plagued by asthma attacks, Maria had no choice but to give up her job as a cleaning lady at the nearby car factory. Living on benefits provided by the state for her disabled son, Maria recalls “I felt hopeless.” She coughs, “My friend encouraged me to apply for help.”
Maria is now receiving assistance from a local organization, part of the Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP), supported by Oxfam, which works to improves access to quality healthcare for people like Maria. Masha, one of the coordinators helping to deliver GCAP’s health project in Russia, explains, “This center is unique because we’re trying to change people’s attitudes and empower them to protect their rights.”
Legal volunteers help deal with the authorities
Before this support, Maria had to undergo continuous medical examinations to prove whether she was eligible to register as legally disabled. Maria remembers, “It was a humiliating experience – I felt dejected each time I was refused.” But with support from legal volunteers, Maria was able to submit complaints to the local authorities. One year on, Maria is now legally registered as disabled and receiving additional benefits such as free medicine and regular treatment.
Maria is one of thousands of people in Russia who are fighting for their rights to be recognized as legally disabled. But in a country where many view the healthcare system as inefficient and inequitable, the disabled face an uphill battle. Many lack awareness about their health rights and information from the government often doesn’t reach the people that need it most.
For the older generation, the soviet healthcare system is remembered through rose-tinted glasses. Tamara, 83, who is also seeking support at this center, recalls, “Back in the soviet times everybody received help.”
Assistance with daily chores
Tamara, a widowed pensioner with a tragic past, has to come to the center for assistance during the harsh winter months. Crippled with back pain after caring for her paralyzed husband, Tamara was legally confirmed as disabled 13 years ago. Living on the fifth floor of a soviet style apartment, Tamara struggles to climb the stairs and carry out daily chores. Tamara is receiving assistance from volunteers provided by the center to support her in routine jobs.
“The volunteers made me very happy,” she chuckles, her face momentarily illuminated before the back pain appears again. Tamara explains, “This center is really important as there are so many permanently disabled people in Russia who are in desperate need of support.”
For Maria and Tamara this center is a lifeline, uniting people facing similar issues to empower them to solve their own problems and help others. Maria smiles, her gold front tooth glinting in the light, “Thanks to this center, I feel alive again and want to help others facing a similar situation.” | <urn:uuid:6a0db4a4-dbd9-4400-b9b5-d41f699a81bb> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://www.oxfam.org/en/grow/russia/healthy-access-medical-care | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560279915.8/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095119-00279-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.971547 | 707 | 2.765625 | 3 |
Aznar: ‘Nuclear bomb in hands of ayatollahs poses threat to stability of whole world’
Dr. Massouda Jalal: ‘Women’s rights key to fighting extremism and militarization’
Spanish ex-PM Jose Maria Aznar (left) receiving UN Watch’s 2010 Guardian of Freedom Award from Executive Director Hillel Neuer (right). UN Watch annual gala, Geneva, May 27, 2010. Photo: Oliver O’Hanlon.
GENEVA, May 31, 2010 – Former Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar and Afghan women’s rights advocate and former minister Dr. Massouda Jalal were awarded human rights prizes by UN Watch on Thursday night, at the non-governmental group’s annual gala in Geneva, in the presence of more than 150 ambassadors, U.N. officials, human rights activists and community leaders.
U.S. Ambassador Betty King, the Obama administration’s representative in Geneva, delivered greetings, along with her colleague from Israel, Ambassador Aharon Leshno-Yaar. Also in attendance were Ambassador Javier Garrigues of Spain, current holder of the EU presidency at the UN Human Rights Council, as well as Rwandan Ambassador Venetia Sebudandi.
Mr. Aznar, who headed Spain’s government from 1996 to 2004, was awarded UN Watch’s Guardian of Freedom Award “for his leadership and courage in defending liberty, confronting tyranny and terror, as a champion of democracies united and strong.”
In his remarks, Mr. Aznar highlighted the threat posed by the Iranian regime to global security, saying “their pursuit of a nuclear weapon is not acceptable.”
While agreeing that “all diplomatic means must be explored in order to avoid conflict,” Mr. Aznar said that “doing the same over and over again while expecting a different outcome is proving rather ineffective. A psychiatrist may call it delusion. This is not the perfect state of mind when dealing with the brutal regime of the ayatollahs.”
“A nuclear bomb in the hands of the ayatollahs poses a threat not only to Israel but to the stability of the whole world. Our friends and allies from Israel are the first ones endangered by Iran’s nuclear ambitions, but not the only ones. We should not forget that Iranian missiles can already reach the heart of Europe.” (Click here for full text.)
Dr. Massouda Jalal, the first woman in Afghanistan to run for presidential office and to later serve as its Minister for Women’s Affairs, was given UN Watch’s Morris B. Abram Human Rights Award, a prize named after the late founder of UN Watch, whose advocacy in the civil rights movement was noted during the dinner by U.S. Ambassador King.
The UN Watch award was dedicated to Dr. Jalal for her “courage and dedication in fighting discrimination against women in Afghanistan. You give hope to your nation, inspire women worldwide, and are a hero for the cause of equal rights for all.”
Her personal story as a presidential candidate was documented in the 2004 film, “Front Runner.” (See film trailer here.)
Today, Dr. Jalal heads a women’s rights organization in Kabul that provides training and resources to women and girls in the areas of nutrition, education, job skills training and domestic violence.
“It is not the sole responsibility of the international community or the UN to ensure our freedom. But how can it be that under their watch, we women, and many men too, have seen their freedoms eroded so substantially?” asked Dr. Jalal.
“Women’s rights are the key to fighting dictatorship and extremism, militarization and warlordism. Women are the key to the future.”
As part of the award, over the next year UN Watch will promote and assist the human rights work of Dr. Jalal, which it has already begun to do by arranging high-level meetings for her with officials in Geneva and Ottawa. Dr. Jalal will visit Canada soon to testify before its parliament.
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For more than 200 years, children here have attended kindergarten in a one-room schoolhouse, a small, red- brick structure on a quiet residential street just outside the center of town. Residents call it a local treasure, and 31 years ago it was added to the National Historic Register.
But the school's future is in limbo. Tonight, at a meeting expected to be emotionally charged, the Franklin School Committee will decide whether to to accept a gift to continue running the school or to heed the superintendent's three-month-old suggestion to close the school.
The town is working to offset a $6.4 million budget shortage, and the Brick School may be too costly to keep, said Jeffrey N. Roy, the committee chairman.
"It's one of those facets of our education system that makes Franklin unique, that we have this oldest continuously operated one-room brick school in America," Roy said. "Then again, we have a community that expects us to be fiscally prudent and wise with their tax dollars. There's striking a balance."
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Even as Facebook and Twitter took the unprecedented step of silencing a sitting president after the violent insurrection at the Capitol — pouring gasoline on the fire of a years-long debate over freedom of speech on the platforms — critics Thursday called on the Silicon Valley companies to go further.
Facebook and Instagram on Thursday blocked President Donald Trump from posting at least until he leaves office Jan. 20. Twitter, which on Wednesday banned him from the platform for at least 12 hours, said it was “continuing to evaluate the situation.” The moves came after Trump and his supporters have spent months using the social media platforms to spread false claims that the presidential election was rigged, a campaign that culminated in a pro-Trump mob storming the Capitol building Wednesday in an attempt to prevent lawmakers from certifying President-elect Joe Biden as the next leader of the country. The resulting melee, which left at least four people dead, was the final push that prompted Facebook and Twitter to remove — at least temporarily — the president from their platforms. A Capitol police officer also died following the riot, according to reports Thursday.
The companies’ actions mark an inflection point in the years-long debate over how much responsibility social media platforms should take in policing the content on their sites.
“These were steps the Internet services were reluctant to take. They wanted all sides to have a voice. And I think they realize they can’t do so — they can’t let every side have a voice,” said Eric Goldman, co-director of the Santa Clara University High Tech Law Institute. “So pulling the nuclear option on the sitting president shows really, I think, that social media companies have made the choice that they’re going to have to intervene in situations where it’s a factual gray area. They’re not just going to let everyone have unfettered say.”
In a Thursday post, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg explained that while the company had previously allowed Trump to use the platform freely — occasionally removing a post or tagging it with a warning — Wednesday changed everything.
“The current context is now fundamentally different, involving use of our platform to incite violent insurrection against a democratically elected government,” he wrote. “We believe the risks of allowing the President to continue to use our service during this period are simply too great.”
Instagram, which is owned by Facebook, also locked the president’s account for at least two weeks.
Twitter on Thursday would provide no additional update on its 12-hour lock on Trump’s account, saying only: “We will keep the public informed, including if further escalation in our enforcement approach is necessary.” After going more than 24 hours without tweeting — his longest break from the site since Nov. 2019, according to The Washington Post — Trump tweeted a conciliatory video message Thursday afternoon. He called Wednesday’s riot a “heinous attack” and vowed “my focus now turns to ensuring a smooth, orderly and seamless transition of power.”
For some critics, the bans by powerful companies that already have been hauled before Congress multiple times to explain their actions are too little, too late. The companies had been gradually ramping up their policing of Trump’s posts over months — first letting him have free rein, then labeling the information in some of his posts as disputed, and finally removing some posts.
“This is not acceptable in our country,” said Rep. Anna Eshoo, D-Palo Alto. “These are American companies. They owe something to America.”
Trump should be banned from the platforms for life, and Wednesday’s chaos should spark a national reckoning regarding the dangers of social media, said Geeta Anand, dean of UC Berkeley’s school of journalism.
“What happened yesterday should lead to an outcry across the country,” she said, “a demand that we as the country engage in a dialogue with the leaders of Facebook and Twitter and come up with a better way of running these platforms that’s more responsible and doesn’t threaten the very foundations of democracy.”
Former First Lady Michelle Obama also joined the calls for more extreme action.
“Now is the time for Silicon Valley companies to stop enabling this monstrous behavior,” she tweeted, “and go even further than they have already by permanently banning this man from their platforms and putting in place policies to prevent their technology from being used by the nation’s leaders to fuel insurrection.”
But others warned against using Wednesday’s attack on the Capitol as an excuse for Internet censorship.
“This is the exact opposite of what we need to do,” Evan Greer, deputy director of Fight for the Future, tweeted Wednesday. “We need to address this problem at its root: systemic racism & injustice.”
The social media companies’ blocks on Trump’s accounts come as the Democrats — many of whom have been vocal about their desire to impose new regulations on social media and other tech companies — took control of the Senate, giving them full control of Congress. By cracking down on Trump, the companies could be attempting to ingratiate themselves with Democratic leaders, said Travis Ridout, a professor of political science at Washington State University and co-director of the Wesleyan Media Project.
“It’s hard to know whether such decisions are motivated by democracy or the companies’ best interest,” he said. “But for either one, I think the decision makes sense.”
It’s unclear for how long Twitter and Facebook will silence Trump, and whether the president will simply find other platforms to make his voice heard. Experts suggest he may turn to right-wing social media sites like Parler or Gab, which already is courting the president. But neither of those platforms will grant Trump nearly the reach to millions of followers that Twitter and Facebook did.
As Trump leaves office this month, Goldman expects new politicians’ voices to fill the social media hole he leaves behind. But after seeing Twitter and Facebook crack down on Trump, he said, elected officials might become more mindful of how they use the platforms, he said.
“One thing politicians might take away from Trump’s suspension,” he said, “is Twitter could do that to me.”
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The purpose of the plastic class is to allow an easier entry point for those who may not have access to a full shop or just want to try something different. The plastic class is run as a separate class from the other robots, so they will only fight against other robots in the plastic class.
In general, all the normal WAR rules apply to plastic class bots except the construction materials must be plastic as described below:
- PET, PETG, ABS, or PLA, PLA+ are the only materials that can be used for the chassis and weapons. No other types of plastics or materials allowed (ie. metal, carbon fiber, UHMW, etc)
- Motors, electronics, axles, fasteners and adhesives can be any material, but cannot be used in such a way to enhance the structural integrity, armor the robot, or enhance any weapon.
- Not all weight classes will run a separate plastic class. The event organizer will specify if there will be a separate plastic class and if so for which weight class(es), ie "1lb plastic class"
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When you decide to embark on a relationship with an anti-virus software, the last thing you think it would do is expose your personal data and internet history. However, it looks like AVG’s “Web Tuneup” software had a very big security lapse, which has since been fixed. The only question is, how many users have gotten their information stolen because of…
When we think of technology there is often an association with power and knowledge. Alvaro Dominguez of Wired believes that not only is tech relatable to politics, but it has also become the bad guy in 2015. But, how can something so useful that has been simplifying the lives of everyone be the bad guy?
You’re supposed to keep your votes confidential and your voter information should be securely handled. If that’s the case then why is it that a new server has been been discovered with voting data and personal information? We’re still in 2015 and server after server with personal data is still being uncovered.
We’ve already discussed the fact that responsive design is going to be a big part of the future of web development. One writer suggests that along with that notion, “design elements will become more uniform” and the “semantic web will come of age.”
Hello Kitty fans might be in a bit of a pickle as Sanrio, the company that owns Hello Kitty has had information of their users leaked. The leak affects about 3.3 million users and was discovered by security researchers Chris Vickery.
If you’ve had the annoying experience of going to a webpage only to have it tell you that their is either a 500 or 404 error then you know that it’s down for technical reasons. A new HTTP code that bares the numbers 451 will be able to tell users if the website they are trying to access has is…
Today marks 25 years since the creation of the first website built by Sir Tim Berners-Lee. The total amount existing today is still up for as there are just estimates floating around in the billions. It’s a pretty large benchmark in the tech community and there has been a lot of growth from the early days of development.
It’s not a surprise that during one of the biggest shopping seasons of the year hackers are lurking and ready to celebrate all of the stolen data that are able to get their hands on. In fact, you might think with so much credit card activity companies and mobile devices used to purchase items would have taken and increased amount…
When it comes to the user experience on a website most designers tend to think that they have to sacrifice creativity in order to simplify the websites for users. Wired‘s Robert Hoekman Jr. says that simplicity is overrated and that the definition if the term “simple” may not be clear to many.
If you’ve ever gotten to a website and have been utterly frustrated with the design or usability of it chances are your mouse movements may have given your frustrations away. A team of researchers have tracked this theory to find that mouse movements could detect how visitors feel about the design of a website. | <urn:uuid:c33b47c8-f0a4-4cc3-bdbd-03d539481407> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.html5canvastutorials.com/blog/page/6 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572192.79/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815145459-20220815175459-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.974645 | 651 | 2.203125 | 2 |
Britain's Prince William and his wife Kate arrived for their first-ever visit to New York City Sunday, on a trip combining official business with old-fashioned tourism.
Kate, also known as the Duchess of Cambridge, will tour a New York City child development center Monday with the wife of Mayor Bill de Blasio.
William, the Duke of Cambridge, will be in Washington to meet with President Barack Obama at the White House. He also will speak at a World Bank conference on fighting the illegal trafficking of wildlife parts.
The royal couple will reunite Monday night in Brooklyn for a professional basketball game between the hometown Nets and visiting Cleveland Cavaliers.
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Omaha Public Schools: where every child is known, loved, and inspired!
As a large urban public school district, our mission is to prepare all students to excel in college, career and life. Our programs are just as diverse as the students we serve. Our district consists of 63 elementary schools, 12 middle schools, 7 high schools, 1 virtual school, and 13 alternative programs.
We enroll 50,000 students from various ethnic, cultural and religious backgrounds. We serve more than 18,000 English Language Learners. Our student population speaks 120 different languages. We meet all students where they are. We work with our gifted and talented students by providing a wide array of enrichment programs. Students have opportunities for advanced studies in essentially every subject area, including all core curriculum, music, art and physical education.Students across all grade levels have optimal educational opportunities.
Omaha families value education and expect a great deal from their children and their schools. Our test scores exceed the national average for large school districts. Students have consistently improved test scores on their Nebraska State Assessment (NeSA) tests throughout the past six years.
Omaha Public Schools is the third largest employer in the state, with more than 8,000 full-time employees who are involved in the daily operation of our schools. Our teaching staff has an average of 10 years experience and nearly 65 percent hold advanced degrees. | <urn:uuid:54386db1-bf7a-4649-808e-47b3ce36971c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://auburn.joinhandshake.com/employers/omaha-public-schools-55965 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572304.13/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816120802-20220816150802-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.967581 | 281 | 2.109375 | 2 |
What you need to know about Alzheimer’s
Who among us hasn’t forgotten a name, a date or a detail surrounding a story we’ve retold numerous times? We all forget things occasionally. And as we age it’s normal to experience some delayed memory recall. This is not to be confused with dementia or Alzheimer’s disease.
People often use these terms interchangeably, but dementia and Alzheimer’s are not the same thing. Dementia is a general category or set of symptoms that encompasses all forms of acquired cognitive loss, including Alzheimer’s, which is the most common form of dementia among the elderly. An estimated 5 million Americans suffer from Alzheimer’s. That said, Alzheimer’s is not a normal, inevitable part of aging.
For those who develop this progressive, irreversible brain disorder, symptoms generally set in after age 60, but in rare instances the beginning stages of Alzheimer’s present in individuals ages 30 to 60. Known as early-onset Alzheimer’s, it occurs in less than 5 percent of all people who are diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and is generally due to genetics or a considerable family history of the disease.
The memory loss that leads to Alzheimer’s is not typical forgetfulness. Its severity disrupts daily life and social interactions, adversely affects work, and inhibits participation in normal hobbies or activities. As the disease progresses people experience mood changes, confusion and difficulty multi-tasking. They feel disoriented, misplace things, wander or get lost in otherwise familiar places and struggle to organize thoughts and express themselves.
Judgement and reasoning become compromised, managing money also becomes problematic and often individuals don’t recognize family and friends. Hallucinations, paranoia and delusions can eventually set in. At its most severe, those with Alzheimer’s cannot communicate and are completely dependent on others. Sadly, patients in the final stages of the disease are usually bedridden until their bodies completely shut down.
While Alzheimer’s has no cure, there are treatments available for this complex disease. Medications have proven effective in the late stages, helping manage behavioral issues, mitigate memory loss and maintain a higher mental function than otherwise possible.
And while you cannot prevent the onset of Alzheimer’s, you can reduce your risk. A healthy lifestyle equals better brain health and memory, so exercise regularly, maintain your cardiovascular health and eat a healthful diet. The right nutrients can improve circulation to your brain, which boosts your cognitive and mental abilities. So speak to your doctor about the foods and supplements that are right for you.
If you are concerned about your own memory and cognitive skills, or if a loved one is experiencing memory loss or declined cognitive function that adversely impacts their ability to function, seek medical attention. Although the disease cannot be stopped or reversed, early diagnosis can help preserve daily function and quality of life longer, giving individuals and their families time to prepare for the future including financial and legal matters, living arrangements, safety concerns and care and support networks.
But for now, take care of your body and exercise your brain. Keep your mind agile and nimble and improve your concentration with activities like crossword puzzles and reading, Sudoku, or even board games that test your basic knowledge and memory. Social interaction can have the same stimulating effect on your cognitive function. So turn off the television. Put down the smart phone. Step away from the computer. Take a break from social media. Spend some quality time with friends and family, building brainpower while you chat, laugh and truly engage — face to face.
Dr. William McHugh is a neurologist at the Renown Institute for Neurosciences.
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Death of a Science Icon: Maryam Mirzakhani (1977-2017)
Experts say that Mirzakhani’s achievements “combined superb problem-solving ability, ambitious mathematical vision and fluency in many disciplines, which is unusual in the modern era, when considerable specialization is often required to reach the frontier.”
Stanford mathematics Professor Maryam Mirzakhani, the first and to-date only female winner of the Fields Medal since its inception in 1936, died on Friday the 14 July 2017 (19 Shawwal 1438), after a four-year battle with cancer in USA. Mirzakhani was 40 years old.
Prominent mathematicians world-wide reacted to her death in such words, “Maryam Mirzakhani’s death is a big loss and shock to the mathematical community worldwide. She was in the midst of doing fantastic work. Not only did she solve many problems; in solving problems, she developed tools that are now the bread and butter of people working in the field.”
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani, who had congratulated her in 2014, released a statement expressing his great grief and sorrow: “The unparalleled excellence of the creative scientist and humble person that echoed Iran’s name in scientific circles around the world,’’ he wrote, “was a turning point in introducing Iranian women and youth on their way to conquer the summits of pride and various international stages.”
The Fields Medal is a prize awarded to two, three, or four mathematicians under 40 years of age at the International Congress of the International Mathematical Union (IMU), a meeting that takes place every four years. The Fields Medal was established in 1936. Maryam Mirzakhani is the only woman amongst its 56 recipients. Mirzakhani won it in 2014 at the age of thirty-seven. It is the most prestigious award in mathematics, often equated in stature with the Nobel Prize.
Mirzakhani specialized in theoretical mathematics that read like a foreign language by those outside of mathematics: moduli spaces, Teichmüller theory, hyperbolic geometry, Ergodic theory and symplectic geometry.
As a young girl, Maryam dreamed of becoming a writer. By high school, however, her affinity for solving mathematical problems and working on proofs had shifted her sights.
She attended an all-girls high school in Tehran. Mirzakhani first gained international recognition as a teenager, winning gold medals at International Math Olympiads held in Hong Kong (1994) and Toronto (1995). In the Toronto Olympiad, she notched a perfect score and another gold medal.
In February 1998, a bus bringing the mathematical elite of Tehran’s Sharif University back from a competition in the western city of Ahwaz skidded out of control and crashed into a ravine. Seven award-winning mathematicians and two drivers lost their lives in that crash. One of the survivors was Maryam Mirzakhani!
After earning her bachelor’s degree from Sharif University of Technology in 1999, she began work on her doctorate at Harvard University under the guidance of the 1998 Fields Medalist, Curtis McMullen. At Harvard, Mirzakhani was distinguished by her determination and relentless questioning, despite the language barrier. She peppered her professors with questions in English. She jotted her notes in Farsi.
She obtained PhD in 2004. From 2004 to 2008, Maryam was a Clay Mathematics Institute Research Fellow and an Assistant Professor at Princeton University. Mirzakhani joined the faculty of Stanford University in 2008, where she served as a professor of mathematics until her death.
Experts say that her achievements “combined superb problem-solving ability, ambitious mathematical vision and fluency in many disciplines, which is unusual in the modern era, when considerable specialization is often required to reach the frontier.”
Her honors include the 2009 Blumenthal Award for the Advancement of Research in Pure Mathematics and the 2013 Satter Prize of the American Mathematical Society.
The Stanford University is scheduled to organize a memorial service and an academic symposium in her honor in the fall, when students and faculty have returned to campus. Many other institutions are expected to do the similar functions.
1. Official Website of the Fields Medal, http://www.mathunion.org/general/prizes/fields/details/
The Fields Medal (front): The head represents Archimedes facing right. The inscription reads: Transire summ pectus mundoque potiri (to transcend one’s spirit and to take hold of or to master the world).
The Fields Medal (back): In the background there is a representation of Archimedes’ sphere being inscribed in a cylinder. The inscription reads: Congregati ex toto orbe mathematici ob scripta insignia tribuere (the mathematicians having congregated from the whole world awarded this medal because of outstanding writings).
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BY JAIME YARBROUGH
On Saturday, January 11th, from 11 AM to 2 PM a water bath canning class was conducted at the Family Resource Center on Pacific Ave. in Crescent City.
The instructor, Deborah Giraud is a Farm and Community Development advisor for the University of California Cooperative Extension in Eureka.
Due to a enrollment oversight the proposed class of about a dozen people was exceeded to a total bath course is part one of a series. During the class a batch of pickled carrots, and two batches of strawberry jam (one sugar the other no/low sugar) were made.
A second class is being offered with limited seating later this month on the 25th of January and will be centered around the pressure canning process. These two classes are actually part of an 8 part Master Food Preservers course which will be starting in May and is already completely filled up. For more information contact the UCCE : http://cehumboldt.ucanr.edu/ | <urn:uuid:0c9bd65c-0e4c-42b4-8058-2d2b6f7e5f4e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://crescentcitytimes.com/canning/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572581.94/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816211628-20220817001628-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.966853 | 207 | 1.726563 | 2 |
Are you a visualiser or a verbaliser? While you don't have to be strictly one or the other (you will learn through both methods), people will tend to have a preference for learning either visually (better memory for movies, diagrams etc) or verbally (prefer written word and listening). If you're not sure which learning style you have, you can test yourself by answering a questionnaire from the North Carolina State University website (http://www.engr.ncsu.edu/learningstyles/ilsweb.html). For an understanding of the learning style categories, take a look at Felder and Soloman's Index of Learning Styles (http://www.ncsu.edu/felder-public/ILSpage.html).
So what does this have to do with technology you might ask? Well if you are a visualiser then you will benefit from using mind mapping software. This allows you to "draw up" your ideas in a visual format. This is useful when brainstorming, writing essays, coming up with creative concepts, or any problem you might want to explain or map out. I tend be slightly more verbal but have been using mind maps for writing my essays. This allows me to structure my essay and ensure I have a consistent flow.
There are various mind mapping products available for Windows, Mac or Linux (see the Lifehacker review: http://lifehacker.com/five-best-mind-mapping-tools-476534555). If you are looking for integration with Word and more complex drawing functions, you will need to pay for a product, but for basic functionality I have been using a web based app called Coggle (http://coggle.it). This is free and only requires a Google account in order to to sign up. I also find it convenient as I can access it from any web accessible device (tablet, desktop etc). Another recommendation is Mind Meister (www.mindmeister.com). The free version allows 3 mind maps and then you need to pay for additional features after that. Educational institutions receive discounts, so you may be able to get a cheap or free account through your school or other learning institution. Mind Meister has more sophisticated mapping tools and layouts and generally more functionality than Coggle. Like Coggle it is web based, so it can be accessed just about anywhere.
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Part-time CFO services | Understanding How To Read And Ar Report
It is exceptionally beneficial for an entrepreneur to learn early on in their business how to lead their Accounts Receivable aging summary says part-time CFO services. This can help a business owner be confident of the information on that report, so that they can establish an effective collection strategy, so that they can ensure that they are getting their clients to pay their invoices regularly and on time, to keep a positive cash flow in their business.
The first thing that business owners should understand is how to read their Accounts Receivable aging summary, and what information is going to be on it. And AR summary is a list of all of the customers that owe a business money, but the amounts that they owe. It is going to be organized in columns, based on how the invoices are. Part-time CFO services says that the far left column is going to be you most recent invoices, and each column after that is going to be increasingly older until an entrepreneur sees that there is a column four ninety days and over invoices. One goal that business owners should have, is to ensure that they never have any invoices in this column.
The reason why business owners always need to be very aware of all of the invoices in the ninety days plus past-due column, is because the longer and invoices outstanding, means the harder it is to collect. Part-time CFO services says that most payment contracts are for thirty, forty-five or even sixty days, but none are for over ninety. Therefore, the client has broken the contract and does not seem to be paying the invoice. Business owners shoul find out why before ninety days. Where they unhappy with the work? This might of been something that they could have discovered and fixed if a business owner was more proactive. Is the business owner in financial trouble? By maintaining regular contact with the client, they can work to get this invoice paid seven thousand. By not calling regularly, puts that account in danger of not being collected
What an entrepreneur needs to understand, is how often they should be contacting their clients to collect outstanding invoices. Part-time CFO services says that many business owners email a monthly statement and think that that is adequate enough. However, in addition to their monthly statements, business owners should also be reaching out by phone to all clients that all the money. When they should be doing this, is before they make any payments. For example, if they do a bank reconciliation, to see if they have enough money to run payroll, this is a good time to do collection calls. They might not have enough money to meet payroll, which be a good time to make collection calls. However, if a business owner does have enough money to meet payroll, they still should be doing collection calls, to ensure that they are being proactive in bringing more money into the business after they disburse a bunch of money as well.
Part-time CFO services | understanding how to read and AR report
It is very important that entrepreneurs have the confidence to send out there Accounts Receivable aging summary on a regular basis says part-time CFO services. The reason for this, is because business owners depend on money coming in from their customers in order to pay their own bills and payroll. If they are unsure of the accuracy of the information in their Accounts Receivable summary, they do not send out the statements or collection calls as often as they need to ensure a positive cash flow in their business.
1 Great Way that business owners can ensure they have up-to-date Accounts Receivable aging summary, is by learning how to update their accounting software themselves. Depending on how often they have their part-time CFO services do their bookkeeping, a business owner may need to have an updated summary more often than that. By learning how to enter in payments as soon as they receive them into their software, as well as how to import an invoice that they generate can help ensure the AR report that they have is as accurate as possible. When a business owner knows that this information is always being kept up-to-date, they can feel free to make collection calls as often as they need to in their business to get their clients to pay their outstanding amounts.
Entrepreneurs should also ensure that all of the amounts that are listed in their Accounts Receivable aging summary are amounts that they expect to collect on. Part-time CFO services says that sometimes amounts that are not related to customers are entered into the software incorrectly and appear on the Accounts Receivable aging summary. By being aware of what to look for, can help an entrepreneur fix those errors and ensure that they have not cluttered up their AR summary with amounts that they are not going to collect. Business owners may find anything listed as shareholder, payroll or CRA on the Accounts Receivable aging summary. There are other places in the financial statements for all of those to exist, so that any time an entrepreneur sees those amounts on their Accounts Receivable report, they can be certain that it is an error and ensure that it gets fixed. Especially with the shareholder loan account, ensuring that everything relating to shareholders is in that account can help a business owner significantly at the end of the year end up with accurate financial statements.
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Student or Learner
Could you please explain to me all meaning of 'palm-off' with examples?
Thanks in advance
To palm something off (it's not hyphenated) means to trick someone (examples at link). I've also heard it used in the sense of unjustly transferring a burden---"You're the one who volunteered to bake two hundred cupcakes for the bake sale. Don't you try to palm that job off on me!"
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Syn: C. parlatorei (Silba 1986).
A straight tree growing up to 40 m tall. Bark is subfibrous, furrowed. Branches are spreading. Mature leaves are 2-3 mm long, dorsal surface acutely keeled; juvenile leaves 10-15 mm long, sharp-pointed, often remaining even on shoots bearing cones (see photo). Cones, 20-30 mm in diameter, are solitary on thick fruiting branchlets, remaining on the branches long after maturity. Cone scales 6 (8 if borne on juvenile branches), each scale with a small dorsal point near the apex; columella very short, 3-lobed or 3-partite or 4-lobed in cones on juvenile branches (Harden 1990).
Australia: New South Wales and Queensland. It grows in two regions; one from Newcastle in NSW to SE Queensland, and the other in higher altitudes of north-east Queensland in the Atherton and Mt. Windsor Tablelands. This species prefers moist habitats, close to rainforest, and usually is found growing in poor soils (Iedema [no date]).
Zone 10 (cold hardiness limit between -1°C and +4.4°C) (Bannister and Neuner 2001).
"Growth rings were examined in trees of Callitris macleayana from the Atherton Tableland in Queensland, Australia. The climate is tropical with a distinct dry season that induces regular annual growth rings. A correlation of 0.74 was found between annual ring widths and the duration of the wet seasons. The potential of this species for dendrochronological study is apparent" (Ash 1983b). As of 2002.01.22, some interesting work is being done by Ingo Heinrich at Australian National University, but I gather nothing has yet been published.
IBIS (Integrated Botanical Information System). [no date]. Australian plant common name database. www.anbg.gov.au/common.names/, accessed 2012.11.23.
Mueller, F.J.H. von. 1860. Essay on the plants collected by Mr. Eugene Fitzalan, during Lieut. Smith's expedition to the estuary of the Burdekin. Melbourne: John Ferres, Government Printer. P.19. Available: Hathi Trust, accessed 2012.11.25.
Farjon (2005) provides a detailed account, with illustrations.
Hauser, J. 1992. Fragments of green - an identification field guide for rainforest plants of the greater Brisbane region. Queensland: Rainforest Conservation Society.
Nicholson, Nan and Hugh. 1985, 1988, 1991,1994. Australian Rainforest Plants I, II, III & IV. Australia: Terania Rainforest Publishing.
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Many Venezuelans have been buying up Bitcoin in ever-increasing numbers to hedge against currency devaluation.
An Unparalleled Currency Crisis
Venezuela was once one of the wealthiest countries in Latin America, with the highest standard of living on the entire continent. It’s massive oil reserves are the largest in the world, exceeding even those of Saudi Arabia. A resource-rich country Venezuela has fallen into a devastating economic crisis that is reminiscent of the legendary currency collapse of the Weimar Republic. In fact, Venezuela’s currency crisis may be worse.
The country’s problems began when oil prices took a major decline. Oil revenues were the main source of funding for the social welfare programs instituted under former Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. Chavez initiated massive subsidies for food, housing, and other programs that were designed to eliminate poverty, and made him extremely popular with the Venezuelan people.
When oil prices declined, the social programs and subsidies began to exacerbate the economic problems, and the Government decided to monetize the debt through inflation rather than cut the programs that many of the nation’s poor depend on.
Now that the printing presses have been running nonstop, the inflation has devastated everyday Venezuelans who can’t buy essential goods and services due to the collapse in purchasing power. As a hedge, many Venezuelans have been buying record amounts of Bitcoin to store their wealth in a less-inflationary currency that can be bought and sold despite the government’s capital controls.
Bitcoin as an escape route
Larry Cermak of the Block tweeted about the rising volumes in Venezuela’s localbitcoins.com peer to peer market. Venezuela has been buying a lot more Bitcoin than other “at-risk” economies, such as Argentina, Colombia, Turkey, and Iran which have also seen Bitcoin volumes increase as a hedge against runaway inflation.
Bitcoin volumes in Venezuela continue to outperform other troubled countries.
2019 LocalBitcoins volume:
Venezuela 🇻🇪 – $305.93M
Colombia 🇨🇴 – $134.22M
Peru 🇵🇪 – $45.54M
Hong Kong 🇭🇰 – $21.73M
Chile 🇨🇱 – $13.84M
Argentina 🇦🇷 – $11.94M
Iran 🇮🇷 – $5.81M
Egypt 🇪🇬 – $1.40M pic.twitter.com/0EymoY1y54
— Larry Cermak (@lawmaster) January 26, 2020
Bitcoin initially made its way to Venezuela through cryptocurrency enthusiasts and miners who were able to secure almost free electricity subsidized by the government. As the currency crisis progressed, mining was actually outlawed for a period, before becoming legalized and sanctioned by Venezuelan authorities who initially opposed cryptocurrencies.
The government changed its tune last year with the announcement of the Petro, the first government-backed and issued cryptocurrency. As capital controls were put into place to try to stave off a massive capital flight, many Venezuelans began to see the benefit of Bitcoin’s censorship-resistant properties to move money around, including across borders. Bitcoin is also now being used (along with the black market in foreign currencies like the Dollar and Euro) to purchase goods and services domestically, as well.
Many Venezuelans have moved out of the country to seek better opportunities elsewhere, so there is also a large diaspora that utilizes Bitcoin as a cheap and direct way to send money back home to family members still affected by the crisis. If hyperbitcoinization does occur as Bitcoin advocates claim, and BTC becomes a global reserve currency, we may see Venezuelans impacted by the crisis, go from being one of the poorest nations to becoming one of the wealthiest nations on earth as Bitcoin’s value goes parabolic.
What do you think about bitcoin’s demand in Venezuela? Do you think BTC can help people beat hyperinflation in the country? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below!
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Most people eat to lose weight, get healthy and build muscle. There are some people, however, who snack correctly in order to enhance their productivity. The following is a list of 20 foods you can eat to improve your eye-sight, improve your performance, energize your brain and keep your day on track.
Set a Goal For Yourself
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Many of us carry the Hallmark variety of pictures in our heads of how the holiday season is supposed to be. And yet, what often happens at this time of year is that we hyper-focus on weight and depression.
The more we wish for weight loss and a different body, the more down, unhappy and depressed we become.
Dr. Dan Siegel’s book Mindsight: The New Science of Personal Transformation gives of practical tools and great insight into how we change our brains to move beyond the stuck places that the holidays can exacerbate. Here is the synopsis:
This groundbreaking book, from one of the global innovators in the integration of brain science with psychotherapy, offers an extraordinary guide to the practice of “mindsight,” the potent skill that is the basis for both emotional and social intelligence.
From anxiety to depression and feelings of shame and inadequacy, from mood swings to addictions, OCD, and traumatic memories, most of us have a mental “trap” that causes recurring conflict in our lives and relationships.
Daniel J. Siegel, M.D., a clinical professor of psychiatry at the UCLA School of Medicine and co-director of the UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Center, shows us how to use mindsight to escape these traps. Through his synthesis of a broad range of scientific research with applications to everyday life, Dr. Siegel has developed novel approaches that have helped hundreds of patients free themselves from obstacles blocking their happiness.
By cultivating mindsight, all of us can effect positive, lasting changes in our brains-and our lives… Mindsight can help us master our emotions, heal our relationships, and reach our fullest potential.
Focusing on the mindful moment as you drink your coffee is meditation. Mindsight teaches us how to use the moment to create new neurons and change our brain.
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Origo Desk Fixed/Hanging Drawer Assembly Guide
Quick Visual Assembly Guide
1. Place your Origo table top upside down on top of the cardboard box it arrives in or carpeted floor.
2. Hanging drawer needs to be prepared before they can be attached to the underside of the desk. The drawers are designed so you can attach either on the left side or the right side.
3. Each drawer has a release mechanism. Right side presses down, left side flip up and gently pullout the drawer.
3A. Left side flip up.
3B. Right side press down.
4. Lightly pullout the top drawer.
5. Repeat the process. Release the drawer then pull it out and off the rails.
All drawers removed. Ready for fixing to desk.
6. Position the hanging drawer on the underside of the desk.
7A. Back-Side; use 6 hole L-Bracket and attach drawers to side.
7B. Front-Side; use 6 hole L-Bracket and attach drawers to side.
8. Attach drawers through the holes in the two support rails, to the underside of the desk with 4 timber screws.
2 screws at the front and 2 screws at the back, these timber screws fix straight in to desk.
8A. To attach drawers to underside of the table please use only these timber screws.
8B. These screws are are not required. Do not use. Please recycle them.
9. Rotate table in upright position. Be sure to take caution. Use carpeted areas to avoid scratching or scuffing.
10. Insert drawers on to the drawer runners. They will need to be pushed in to place.
11. Drawers inserted.
12. Open drawer.
13. Using a Phillips head screw driver detach handle and attach to right position.
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The history of our national parks is also the history of land management practices in America because they are the places we have made the strongest commitment to preserve and protect. Engineering Eden (1) tells the story of how land management practices have changed since the inception of our national park system in 1872, when Yellowstone National Park was created. This article is based on Engineering Eden.
The law that created Yellowstone National Park contained a contradictory mandate that foretold the conflicting land management practices of the National Park Services (NPS) that are still evident today: “On the one hand, it ordained that Yellowstone was to be a ‘public park or pleasuring-ground for the benefit and enjoyment of the people.’ On the other, its minders were instructed to ‘provide for the preservation, from injury or spoliation, of all…natural curiosities, or wonders within said park, and their retention in their natural condition.’” (1) Several generations of NPS leadership interpreted this contradictory mandate differently.
Bears as entertainment
Initially, the emphasis was on the recreational function of the parks, as huge, elaborate hotels and visitor facilities were built. Visitors to these remote locations had to be fed and waste management was not more sophisticated in the parks than anywhere else in the 19th century. Huge garbage dumps quickly developed and they drew black and grizzly bears out of the forests for the easily available food. Over time, these garbage dumps became stage shows for visitors to gather at the end of the day in amphitheaters built for that purpose to watch the bears arrive for a scheduled “feeding” at the dumps.
Visitors were also not discouraged from feeding the bears by hand in their campsites and along the roads in the parks. The bears’ expectations of food from the visitors sometimes resulted in injuries: Between 1931 and 1939 there were 527 injuries such as “slashes and bites to arms, and mangled extremities that had been holding the food” at Yellowstone.
The US Forest Service is the sister agency of the National Park Service. It was created in 1881 in response to a growing concern that the country was consuming its forests at an unsustainable rate. Its mission was the creation of a forest reserve. These forest preserves provided grazing leases to privately owned herds of cattle and sheep and the forest service took responsibility for controlling predators of the domesticated animals.
The forest service was joined in this mission by the Biological Survey of the Department of the Interior, which reported in 1919 that it had “wiped out 11,000 coyotes in California, Oregon, Nevada, Idaho and Utah. In 1917 the Survey killed 98 wolves, 1,437 coyotes, and 138 bobcats in Wyoming alone. By 1920…the agency extended its deadly franchise to eastern meadowlarks, accused of eating oats and corn in South Carolina; robins in the cherry orchards of New York; grebes, loons, terns, gulls, bitterns, and three species of herons feeding at fish hatcheries; and mergansers that were supposedly depleting trout streams in Michigan.” (1)
In 1918, the NPS director ordered the staff at Yellowstone Park to cooperate with the Biological Survey in killing predators. This order escalated the killing of predators at Yellowstone: “From 1904 to 1935, 4,352 coyotes, 121 cougars, and 132 wolves were killed in Yellowstone.” (1)
The consequences of losing predators
The loss of predators quickly resulted in an explosion in the population of their prey, particularly elk. The growing population of elk browsed vegetation—“they gnawed on aspen saplings, stripped the bark of mature trees, chewed on conifer boughs, willows, currant bushes, and sagebrush”– turning beautiful landscapes into threadbare landscapes. The loss of vegetation also reduced populations of beavers, pronghorn, deer, and bighorn sheep. The loss of those species had other consequences for the complex ecology of Yellowstone, such as the loss of wetlands maintained by beaver ponds. Finally, the elk population grew beyond their food sources and emaciated, dying elk contributed to the unsightly consequences of destroying their predators.
The reaction of the park service managers to the exploding elk population was initially to move elk around the country to places where they had existed in the past. Point Reyes National Seashore is one of the places where elk were reintroduced and the consequences there are much the same as they were in Yellowstone. That is, the predators of elk no longer exist in Point Reyes National Seashore (PRNS) so there are now more elk there than can be supported by existing vegetation. There is now a controversy about the fate of the elk at PRNS and consequent lawsuit that is another story and yet to be resolved.
When opportunities to move elk were exhausted they began to kill elk at Yellowstone. Beginning in the 1930s thousands of elk were shot in Yellowstone to reduce the population. Hunters in neighboring communities complained about these killings because they had enjoyed the overflow of elk outside of park boundaries where elk became prey for hunters.
Academic science comes to the rescue
Meanwhile, the science of ecology was taking shape. The Ecological Society of America (ESA) was founded in 1915 and it passed a resolution in 1921 opposing the introduction of non-native species such as game fish to national parks. ESA was quickly joined by the American Association for Advancement of Science, which issued a report in 1925 about the value of retaining “original conditions” in the national parks. These organizations began to lobby for more scientific management of the national parks and their requests coincided with the development of the academic science of ecology.
UC Berkeley played an important role in the transition of park management policy from one that emphasized recreational uses of the parks to one that emphasizes conservation and preservation. In 1962 Stewart Udall, Secretary of the Interior, appointed Starker Leopold to chair an Advisory Board on Wildlife Management for the National Park Service. Starker Leopold, son of Aldo Leopold, was a member of the faculty at UC Berkeley forestry department.
The Leopold Report, as it is still known today, is now the guiding principle of the National Park Service: “He called upon the Park Service to ‘restore or re-create’ natural processes and life communities to bring about conditions as close as possible to those that had been seen by the first Euro-American explorers. The effect would be to display ‘vignettes of primitive America’ for the visiting public.” (1)
Restoring natural processes to Yellowstone
The management at Yellowstone took the Leopold Report seriously. They set as their top priority the closing of garbage dumps at Yellowstone, based on their belief that the bears would quickly return to the forests. They were advised by wildlife biologists studying the bears against making that change quickly without transitional accommodations such as stocking the forests with the carrion of the elk that were being killed. Management shut down the biologists’ research project and removed tracking devices and identification tags from the bears that had been studied.
Park managers had never been rigorous in requiring visitors to keep their food in places inaccessible to bears. The bears now associated food with humans and quickly became aggressive in seeking food where they expected to find it…in campsites, in cars, in cabins. In some years, the situation was exacerbated by drought that caused the blueberry crop to fail. And the exploding elk population also decimated the crop of currents. So, the bears had little recourse for food except the human sources that had been freely available to them for over fifty years.
In retrospect, the consequences of these decisions seem entirely predictable. There were many spectacularly grisly killings and maiming of human visitors by grizzly bears. But as sad and unnecessary as those deaths were, it is even sadder to learn that hundreds of bears were killed by park rangers trying to keep visitors safe. Bears that threatened people or destroyed properties such as cabins and cars were repeatedly darted with sedatives and moved into the forests. They quickly returned to the same locations and were eventually killed by rangers.
By the late 1970s the number of black and grizzly bears in Yellowstone, Yosemite, and Glacier national parks had dwindled to the point that their extinction was predicted.
A new strategy is found
Starker Leopold continued to have a profound influence on the management of the national parks when he installed one of his graduate students, David Graber, in the management of Yosemite Park. Graber is responsible for introducing a bear-proof food locker into the national park system that broke the bears’ association of humans with food. Rigorous enforcement of rules that prohibit feeding bears and require use of the food lockers was also needed. Eventually, the equivalent of this food locker was also invented for backpacking in the back country.
The author of Engineering Eden speculates that the personal quality that enabled David Graber to find a solution to a deadly situation was humility. He describes Graber’s uncertainty about the many management decisions he was required to make as he worked on the thorny issues he faced, such as the question of where and when to conduct the prescribed burns that are considered necessary in our national parks to reduce wildfire hazards and to mimic the ecological benefits of fire. He begged his mentor, Starker Leopold, for an updated Leopold Report that would provide greater guidance for the decisions he was making. Leopold declined, while expressing confidence in Graber’s decisions and noting that uncertainty is inherent in “managing” nature.
A tribute to humility
We end this story with a tribute to Mr. Graber and to the virtue of humility in land management decisions. In contrast to that humility, the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) has applied to US Fish and Wildlife Service to reintroduce grizzly bears to California. Grizzly bears have been absent in California since 1924 at a time when the human population was minuscule compared to the 39 million people who live here now.
At first glance, you might think CBD’s request misanthropic, given that some people would surely lose their lives to the bears. But this would overlook the inevitable fact that more bears are likely to die in their encounters with humans. The bears are ultimately the losers in conflicts with humans.
Humility requires that we defer to Mr. Graber to evaluate the request to reintroduce grizzlies to California. Mr. Graber told the LA Times that, “…the possibility of grizzly reintroduction is exciting, but ultimately unmanageable. ‘If there was a place to put them, I would be arguing very strongly to put them there,’ Graber said, ‘I’m sorry that there are so many people here.’”
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Prevent soil erosion by less ploughing, FAO urges
Author: Martin Roberts
"Intensive land cultivation methods using tractors and ploughs are a major cause of severe soil loss and land degradation in many developing countries," a FAO statement said ahead of a week-long conference in Madrid.
"Land degradation also occurs in industrialized countries due to exaggerated mechanised tillage using powerful heavy machines," FAO added.
The ecologically-friendly alternative promoted by FAO, called "conservation agriculture" entails allowing a protective layer of leaves, stems and stalks from the previous crop to build up on top of the soil, by minimal or even zero tillage.
The organic layer keeps the soil cool and prevents moisture from evaporating, as well as shielding it from heat and rain.
In addition to the environmental advantages, conservation agriculture can cut fuel and labour costs for farmers, FAO says, as well as reducing spending on heavy machinery.
FAO said that conservation agriculture, which it has been promoting for 10 years, is currently applied on some 58 million hectares of land worldwide, mostly in the United States (about 20 million ha) and Brazil (13.5 million ha).
SLOW PROGRESS IN SPAIN
FAO Officials said conservation agriculture could also benefit Europe and particularly Spain, which had a relatively high level of soil erosion.
"Changing weather patterns and the greater frequency of rain storms in Europe suggests that something is wrong with the water-retaining capacity of soil," said Theodor Friedrich, a senior agricultural engineer at FAO.
Specialists said conservation agriculture was gaining ground in Spain but implementing it would imply stricter rotation than at present, and farmers would require convincing that it was worthwhile investing in new machinery.
Spanish agriculture of non-irrigated crops is currently biased towards cereals - mostly wheat and barley - which take up about 5.7 million hectares, compared to about one million for sunflowers and about 450,000 ha for legumes.
Wheat and barley also have the advantage that they can be sown in cool, damp ground in late autumn or winter, whereas sunseeds need to be sown in September, when the ground can be hard and dry, which favours traditional tillage.
An official at the Spanish Co-operatives Confederation said farmers had already taken an important step by allowing organic layers to build up after a harvest rather than burning stubble, as they used to.
"It's easy to see results on small test plots, but in practice you can't always extrapolate. You have to look at each district in turn. Some just aren't suitable," the official said.
Jose Jesus Perez de Ziriza, a researcher at the Agricultural Technical Institute in northern region Navarra, said conservation agriculture required more awareness and long-term planning to become widespread in Spain.
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What's the difference between "organic" and "pesticide-free" food?
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Life imitating art in the Indian Ocean - celestial navigation.
Very similar to Winslow Homer print of navigators on Georges Bank.
Navigating on the PIONEER
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The Herbal Water story begins in the spring of 2005, in the garden of Dr. Ayala. A passionate cook, trained pediatrician, talented artist and lifelong vegetarian, Dr. Ayala has spent years exploring healthy, tasty ways to feed children and adults.
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Record companies have won more time to charge as much as they can for
compact discs. Although the Office of Fair Trading agrees that the price
of CDs seems too high, it can find no evidence of price fixing and collusion
between record companies and retailers, and no evidence of abuse of monopoly.
The OFT concludes that the record industry is able to charge high prices
simply because people are willing to pay them.
However, in September Philips will start selling its digital compact
cassette tape. Soon afterwards Sony will launch Mini Disc, a miniature version
of CD which can record. Several other companies have developed systems which
record onto conventional size CDs. In each case the blank tape or disc costs
only around a third of the price of a CD.
If the record companies want to deter people from making digital copies
of CDs, they will have to lower their prices. This they can easily do. There
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Restorative practice is the perfect antidote to the wear-and-tear of a running routine.
When Jennifer Wesanko returns from a run, she gets down on the floor and swings her legs up the wall. She’ll hang there for 20 minutes or so, letting gravity give her heart a break and resting her lower back and legs.
Then she’ll swing down and lie on her back with a rolled blanket under her shoulders so her chest is elevated and expansive. She’ll lie there with her airways wide open for another 10-20 minutes.
It feels like rest, but all kinds of good stuff is going on behind the scenes. This is restorative yoga and athletes, marathoners and executives who want to recover from a stressful workout or business day are taking it up in droves.
“Classes are packed,” says Wesanko, a runner and yoga instructor with YogaLab who also teaches at Inner Space Yoga in Vancouver’s Gastown. “More than 70 people show up. It’s odd because they are all there to rest in public.”
Runners have been encouraged for several years now to take up yoga to counter the pounding they put their bodies through. It has been shown to lengthen and strengthen muscles. But when most westerners think of yoga, their minds go to yoga vinyasas, or flowing sequences of poses.
Wesanko teaches vinyasas. But she says restorative yoga is different. The purpose is rest. It is passive and totally supported with props. It was originally designed to heal injuries to both the body and the psyche, but Wesanko and others realized it has benefits for athletes too.
“It passively lengthens the muscles without stretching,” she says. “There is no tension. You are not calling on the connective ligaments and soft tissue to work. You are recuperating.”
A hard physical workout stresses the body and damages muscles, she explains. “Restorative yoga focuses on relaxation, renewal, effortlessness and ease. This is radical rest.”
It activates the parasympathetic nervous system, which otherwise only happens in deep sleep or meditation. Heart rate, breath rate and the production of stress hormones all slow down.
“I work with people who run every day and they practise restorative yoga three times a week,” she says. “As they approach a race day, they may incorporate a few poses into their everyday routine.”
Mike Dennison, a former competitive runner who now teaches yoga specifically for runners, agrees restorative yoga would benefit both elite and beginner runners because they are all feeling the stresses of pushing their bodies beyond what they are used to. “It helps you deal with the fatigue of intense physical exercise,” he says. “Whatever level you are at, you are experiencing the extra stress and extra fatigue of running,” he says. “What this does is it helps you recuperate faster. I think it is really good.
“Running is very intense. Restorative yoga is very mellow.”
Older people who run for fitness or at the competitive level are embracing yoga in greater numbers, says Dennison. “They understand that the body needs that extra oomph.”
Younger elite runners, like the Kenyans, haven’t accepted it in large numbers yet, he says. But they do incorporate rest into their regime. And since these runners tend not to have jobs, they have time to nap.
“Most of us don’t have the luxury of taking a nap after a run,” he says. Putting our legs up the wall for 15 minutes is the next best thing.
Dennison’s yoga-for-runners program is much more vigorous than Wesanko’s. He uses challenging poses and trains people to breathing deeply through them.
“It teaches them to breathe through any challenge they may be facing,” he says.
“So if they are at the 5-K mark of the Sun Run or the 20-mile mark of a marathon, and feeling like hell and they don’t know if they can do it, I want them to think, ‘Wow, I was in these postures in Mike’s class and damned if I didn’t breathe as deeply as I could and I am going to do the same thing here.’ It helps you to keep going.”
Dennison’s yoga classes also build strength, joint stability and flexibility. His website is mikedennisonyoga. com.
Bernie Clark, yoga instructor with Semperviva Yoga, says restorative yoga is good for healing.
“If you have hurt yourself running, then restorative yoga would be very good for you. But most forms of yoga can help you just power down your stress, your fight or flight system and re-energize your rest and digestive system.”
Clark teaches yin yoga, which is similar to restorative yoga in its long supported poses. But yin yoga deliberately works the joints -stressing them to make them healthier and more able to take the pounding that running entails.
“It also has deeper ways of stretching out the hamstrings and IT bands; the areas that get really contracted and short from running,” he says, adding a number of marathoners and runners come to that class.
With restorative yoga, Wesanko wants to introduce new runners to a way to speed up their recovery from training and prepare for race day.
“Runners training to compete in a race or long-distance marathon should incorporate 25-90 minutes of restorative yoga three or four times per week and at least 30 minutes the day before and after the event.”
Casual, fitness-oriented runners would benefit from practising two or three times a week.
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Telemedicine could save hundreds of heart patients from a hospital stay each day. Studies show that digital, around-the-clock care can greatly improve life expectancy and quality of life. Experts see telecardiology as a promising early-warning system to improve the quality of care in heart patients – particularly in rural regions. How digital applications will characterize the future of cardiology is discussed by experts at the MEDICA EDUCATION CONFERENCE 2016 in Düsseldorf, on 16 November 2016.
Approximately 1,200,000 people in Germany are suffering from heart failure. With around 1,000 in-patient admissions per day, this disease is the most common reason for hospital stays. “Many chronic diseases deteriorate without noticeable symptoms presenting, until suddenly an emergency situation develops”, says Professor Dr. med. Friedrich Köhler, Head of the Centre for Cardiovascular Telemedicine at the Berlin Charité hospital. In most cases, these deteriorations can be measured before reaching this stage.
This also applies to heart failure: By using telecardiology, says Köhler, we can observe disease progression and intervene at an early stage in the case of conspicuous values. To this end, patients under telemedical care either receive measuring devices for their homes (e.g. tele-scales and tele-ECG), or data from pre-existing telemedical therapeutic implants (e.g. implanted defibrillators) can be used for therapy management. New developments include diagnostic implants specifically developed for telemedical therapy management, which can, for example, measure the pressure of the pulmonary arteries in the lung circulation of the patient. Based on these values, a cardiologist can, if necessary, individually adjust drug dosage, ask the patient to come in for a consultation, or order an immediate hospitalization. “Thanks to this digital early warning system, we can care for heart patients around the clock and spare them from unnecessary doctor´s visits or even hospital stays,” says Köhler.
Patient’s treatment could be improved, particularly in rural regions where a trip to the cardiologist often means a long journey. The aim of telemedicine is not to replace doctor´s visits, emphasizes Köhler: “A sole telemedical care is not allowed in Germany and would be undesirable from a medical point of view.”
The fact, that telecardiology can increase life expectancy and quality of life was shown by two large clinical trials. Thus, in the CHAMPION study heart values of the participants were determined via telecardiology on a daily basis and the drug dose was adjusted accordingly. The number of hospitalizations amongst these patients was reduced by one third. In the IN-TIME study physicians used telecardiology to treat heart patients with an implanted defibrillator: the participants had a significantly lower risk of death than patients without remote aftercare.
What kinds of telemedical methods are available for people with heart diseases, and how physicians can use them successfully, is discussed by experts at the MEDICA EDUCATION CONFERENCE 2016 in Düsseldorf on 16 November. On this day, the focus will be on the topic “Internal Medicine: Future Technologies and Remote Patient Management”. The MEDICA EDUCATION CONFERENCE is an interdisciplinary advanced training course of the German Society for Internal Medicine (DGIM) and the Messe Düsseldorf based on the motto “Science Meets Medical Technology” that is taking place from November 14 to 17, 2016 in Düsseldorf. For further information, see www.medica.de/mec2.
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The birds have a wingspan of 2.5 metres - making them the UK's largest bird of prey - and disappeared from England all the way back in 1780, although there were sightings in Scotland until 1916.
However, the birds, which are also known as sea eagles, have been reintroduced to the UK in a joint project from Forestry England and the Roy Dennis Wildlife Foundation.
A group was released onto the Isle of Wight last year and fitted with trackers so conservationists could keep an eye on how they were doing.
Although during the winter the birds were fairly sedentary, as the weather has heated up data from the GPS shows they have flown out to several regions in England including Somerset, Kent and Norfolk, the Mirror reports.
The Roy Dennis Wildlife Foundation said: "There have been a large number of sightings in spring 2020 which relate to birds released on the Isle of Wight."
The Foundation is now urging anyone who spots one of the birds to take some photos and send them in using a special form on its website.
The birds have yellow talons, legs and beaks and, as the name would suggest, a white tail ridged with black.
The Roy Dennis Foundation told the Mirror: "They are known to explore widely in their first two years before returning to their natural area to breed. There's a chance of seeing one wherever you live so keep looking up, but please stay home and stay safe."
There reintroduction into the UK hasn't been welcomed by all, though, as some farmers are concerned about their livestock due to the predators.
White-tailed eagles are a protected animal in the UK, which means it's an offence to take, injure or kill one of the birds or to damage or destroy its eggs or nest. These laws are punishable with a fine of up to £5,000 ($6,200) or six months in prison.
You can find out more about white-tailed eagles or report a sighting here.
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From: "Olive Tree Genealogy" <>
Subject: [ROOTS-L] 1851 Canada Census index coming online!
Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2006 17:41:08 -0400
The FIRST complete index for the 1851 Census for all of
Canada will be available for searching on October 24, 2006!
This database will enable genealogists to search the 1851
Census of Canada by name, in addition to searching by
location, with superior searching and viewing capabilities.
This is the first time a comprehensive index has been made
available, making it possible to track down ancestors who
have been impossible to find until now without searching
through reels of microfilm. To read more and to find out
how you can access this terrific database, go to
I will be posting updates on the URL above as they become
available and as the launch date comes closer.
I can hardly wait to find my own elusive Ontario ancestors
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Significantly more patients with inadequately treated polycythemia vera (PCV) achieved protocol-defined disease control with the Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitor ruxolitinib (Jakavi) than with standard therapy, a phase III trial showed.
Patients treated with ruxolitinib were 20 times more likely to meet the primary endpoint of hematocrit control and reduction in spleen volume, and half of patients in the JAK inhibitor arm had at least a 50% reduction in total symptom score as compared with 5% of the control group.
Serious adverse events were uncommon in both treatment groups, Alessandro M. Vannucchi, MD, of the University of Florence in Italy, and co-authors reported in the Jan. 29 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
"This phase III study showed that ruxolitinib was effective in controlling the hematocrit, reducing spleen size, and improving symptoms in patients with polycythemia vera who had an inadequate response to or had unacceptable side effects from hydroxyurea, whereas existing therapies offered little or no benefit," the authors concluded. "Most patients assigned to ruxolitinib were still receiving therapy at the time of this analysis in this ongoing but not recruiting study."
The results corroborate and extend those reported last year at the American Society of Clinical Oncology meeting, data that provided the basis for FDA approval of ruxolitinib in December for PCV that has responded inadequately to hydroxyurea or patients who develop unacceptable toxicity.
"This is the first drug that has an indication for PCV, and I'm certainly happy for that," Rebecca Klisovic, MD, of the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center in Columbus, told MedPage Today. "Frankly, it has been a challenge to find safe and effective therapies for patients who are refractory to or intolerant of hydroxyurea."
Whether the JAK inhibitor finds a niche in the hydroxyurea refractory/intolerant population, remains up in the air, she continued. PCV is not very common, and most patients do respond to hydroxyurea. Additionally, PCV tends to have a long clinical course, and patients survive with the condition into older age.
Given the high cost of a targeted agent versus conventional second-line therapies (typically, low-dose hydroxyurea, aspirin, and phlebotomy), first-line use of ruxolitinib would seem to be a long shot in most cases, although Klisovic would not rule out that possibility nor the possibility that approval of the JAK inhibitor might stimulate research to identify other drugs specific for the disease.
Though uncommon, PCV confers a high risk of thrombotic and cardiovascular events. Many patients have a substantial symptom burden that includes pruritus, fatigue, and night sweats, and splenomegaly is common as the disease progresses.
Cytoreduction with hydroxyurea is a standard component of first-line therapy, along with aspirin and phlebotomy. The primary clinical goal is to reduce the risk of thrombotic events and cardiovascular death by lowering hematocrit, usually to values less than 45%. Failure to control the disease adequately can lead to progression to myelofibrosis, for which ruxolitinib also has approval.
Vannucchi and co-authors reported findings from a phase III randomized trial that evaluated ruxolitinib in patients with PCV requiring phlebotomy for hematocrit control, in association with a spleen volume ≥450 cm3.
Patients in the standard therapy arm received treatment at physician discretion, including hydroxyurea (at a dose that did not cause unacceptable side effects), interferon/pegylated interferon, pipobroman, anagrelide, immunomodulators, or no medication. All patients received low-dose aspirin, unless contraindicated.
The primary endpoint was the proportion of patients who had hematocrit control (<45%) and at least a 35% reduction in spleen volume from baseline to week 32.
Data analysis comprised 222 randomized patients. Results showed that 21% of patients in the ruxolitinib arm versus 1% of those in the control arm met the primary endpoint (P<0.001).
The authors reported that 60% of patients in the ruxolitinib group achieved hematocrit control, compared with 20% of those receiving standard therapy. Additionally, 38% of the ruxolitinib group and 1% of the control group had at least a 35% reduction in baseline spleen volume.
Rates of complete hematologic remission were 24% in the ruxolitinib arm and 9% in the control group (P=0.003). Additionally, 49% of ruxolitinib-treated patients achieved the secondary endpoint of at least a 50% reduction in total symptom score, as compared with 5% of the control group.
Grade 3/4 anemia occurred in 2% and 0% of the ruxolitinib and control groups, respectively, and grade 3/4 thrombocytopenia in 5% and 4% of the two groups. Herpes zoster infection (all grade 1 or 2) occurred in 6% of patients in the ruxolitinib group and none of the patients in the control group.
Thromboembolic events occurred in one patient on ruxolitinib and six patients receiving standard care. The authors noted that the rate of thromboembolic events was lower than expected in both groups.
The study was supported by Incyte and Novartis.
Vannucchi disclosed a relevant relationship with Novartis. One or more co-authors disclosed relevant relationships with Incyte, Novartis, Shire, Sanofi, Gilead, YM Bioscience, S Bio, AOP Orphan, AstraZeneca, Lilly, Roche, Geron, NS Pharma, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Celgene, Infinity Pharmaceuticals, SeattleGenetics, Promedior, Cell Therapeutics, Galena Biopharma, and Pfizer.
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Tweeting With The Enemy
With the DDoS attack Twitter fresh on our minds, one has to wonder who is utilizing social media for anti-social reasons. Could our enemies be covertly watching our every move in the Twitterverse, awaiting to seize an opportunity to use the free-flowing firehose of information for ulterior motives and surprise us again with another denial-of-service ambush?
Though Twitter originated as a dispatch service for sending short concise updates to our followers, it soon evolved into a source of breaking news for global issues. In that regard it differs from its peer group brethern that includes MySpace, Facebook and YouTube who all at the moment lack the functionality of real-time search.
Consequently, a DDoS attack that occured on Twitter this past week is just one example of how one political entity (hackers in Russia) can thwart another (a blogger in Georgia) while capsizing the microblogging platform of Twitter in its wake. Is this just the tip of the iceberg? Could our tweeting with the enemy be an issue of concern for all who tweet? Is Cyxymu (the online Twitter handle for the blogger) the first in a series of future digital refugees who will start to surface in political hot spots around the world?
Back in June, US congressman Pete Hoekstra caused a critical security stir when he tweeted that he had just landed in Iraq. Unfortunately, his trip to Iraq with five other politicians was supposed to be secret. Couldn't insurgents with access to Twitter have used this information to activate some form of counter surveillance activity? After all, aren't we still at war in Iraq?
In a free market society, Twitter has been an acceptable means for businesses to secure real-time intelligence about one's competitors. Shouldn't the same be true for political factions? Is there a fine line here between exposing one's competitive advantage and tipping one's hand regarding geo-political activity. Isn't this similar to the policy taken by the NFL to ban the use of Twitter on game days, to insure that game strategy does not leak to the opposing team.
The US military is also taking steps to ban social networks. In an unprecedented move, the USMC banned the use of social networking sites on all Marine Corps' owned PCs and computer networks. According to the Corps, blocking the use of Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter will help eliminate the possibility of security breaches the Marines must deal with regarding unclassified computers.
The Pentagon hasn't banned social networking on work computers yet, but it's possible similar rules will be put into place before 2010. Deputy Defense Secretary William Lynn's mandatory investigation into the pros and cons of social networking -- expected to be finished before the end of August -- will look into the ways the DoD can utilize social networking, while hopefully avoiding its pitfalls.
On the flip side, if we were to control what is and is not allowed on Twitter would the world have had a front row seat to the Iranian Election protests? Didn't the Twitter Revolution provide the Iranians with a voice and an echo chamber to amplify their message to the world?
All these questions are important issues to weigh as Twitter continues to evolve and intersect with real-time global issues. Whether it is a slippery slope or an necessary evil, we need to tread lightly when communicating with our fellow man, as well we need to be cognizant of thwarting undue censorship.
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decoloratus had been displaced by the invasive introduced tick, Rhipicephalus microplus at two
communally grazed areas in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. To this end ticks were collected
monthly from 5 cattle over a period of 2 years and from 10 drag-samples of the vegetation over a period
of one year at each locality. Whereas 10 years previously only R. decoloratus and no R. microplus had
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Furthermore, significantly greater numbers of R. microplus were collected from cattle at both localities
during the 2nd year of the survey than during the 1st (P<0.05 and P<0.01). In addition to 83 instances of
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Kathleen Weinberger is a Research Assistant with the Institute for the Study of War’s Russia and Ukraine portfolio. Her research with ISW focuses on tracking Russian military developments and understanding Russian foreign policy towards its ‘near abroad’. Previously, Ms. Weinberger has written on Russian drone technology, Russian auxiliary submarines, and undersea warfare. Before joining ISW, Ms. Weinberger worked with UNICEF in the Republic of Armenia and at the Regional Studies Center contributing to publications focusing on defense, economic, social, and political topics in Russia, Eastern Europe, and the Caucasus. Ms. Weinberger has most recently completed an internship with the Center for Strategic and International Studies in the International Security Program, where she contributed analysis of Russian military capabilities.
Ms. Weinberger received her B.A. from the University of St Andrews in Russian and International Relations as well as a Master’s Degree from the University of Oxford in Russian and Eurasian Studies. She also spent a semester abroad studying at Yaroslavl Demidov State University in Russia. Ms. Weinberger is also proficient in Russian.
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Russia heightened its military posture in Europe by projecting its land, air and naval capabilities. The Russian Ministry of Defense announced on May 4 that it would create three new combined-arms divisions in the Western and Southern military districts, with a second announcement on June 3 specifying that these would include moving two motorized infantry brigades to its Western borders with Belarus and Ukraine. The Russian announcement was likely a response to proposed NATO plans to deploy multinational NATO battalions to the Baltic States and Poland, which were first announced as a possible course of action in April. Russia further reasserted itself through the movement of advanced naval equipment to the Black and Mediterranean Seas and continued violation of Baltic and Polish airspace. Russia also announced plans to boost its defensive capabilities through the installation of an additional S-300 air defense system in Belarus and an upgrade to the ‘Bereg’ coastal defense artillery system on the Black Sea. Russia will continue demonstrating its military capabilities over the next few months, as it plans to conduct a surge of military exercises June-October during its annual summer training period. These measures allow Russia to increase its military posture and position key capabilities along its Western border without crossing the threshold that would provoke an armed NATO response under Article 5.
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Long-term heavy drinking and alcohol dependence are linked to multiple health problems, including premature death. The risk of serious harm is higher for women than men, and also depends on the person’s current level of drinking. However, it is not known if other factors, such as previous drinking history and co-existing psychiatric conditions, might also contribute to early death in people with alcohol dependence.
Predictors of Relapse
One way to evaluate the impact of these factors is to group patients based on clusters of characteristics and assess outcomes in each group. Alcohol dependence ‘subtypes’ have previously been used to group patients for treatment planning purposes, but have not been assessed for their role in predicting long-term outcomes of alcohol dependence.
A new study, reported in Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, has evaluated four alcohol dependence subtypes as predictors of relapse in the year after treatment, and as predictors of mortality over 36 years of follow-up.
Data were from 232 men and 84 women who had inpatient treatment for alcohol dependence in Connecticut in the early 1980s. Detailed information collected at admission – on alcohol use patterns, related health problems, history of psychiatic disorders, drinking consequences, and family history – was used to derive four patient subtypes.
Four Subtypes of Alcoholics
These are four subtypes of alcoholics:
- High-Risk, High-Severity (HR/HS) - typically younger patients with a high risk, early-onset alcohol dependence, and a high level of psychiatric comorbidity;
- Low Risk, Low Severity (LR/LS) - older patients, with low risk, late-onset alcohol dependence, low alcohol involvement, and minimal psychiatric comorbidity;
- Internalisers - mainly female, with high alcohol involvement and high levels of depression and anxiety disorder, and
- Externalisers - mostly males, with moderate/high alcohol involvement and high levels of outward-directed behavioral issues and/or antisocial personality disorder.
Most Relapsed After Treatment
A second interview conducted one year post-treatment assessed whether patients had resumed regular (at least weekly) drinking. More recently, the researchers have used public records to identify deaths in the 36 years since treatment.
The data showed that most patients did return to regular alcohol use during the first year after treatment, with the externalizer and HR/HS subtypes the most likey to do so. After 36 years, more than two-thirds (68.4 percent) of patients had died, with a higher death rate among those who had resumed drinking within one year than among one-year abstainers.
The mortality rate for all four patient subtypes was higher than that of the general (non-alcohol-dependent) population, after standardizing for age. However, again the risk differed across the subtypes, such that the HR/HS and externaliser subtypes were at greatest risk of early death. Women had a much higher mortality risk than men, both overall and within each subtype.
High Risk for Women
The findings support the clinical value of alcohol dependence subtypes, defined in part by psychiatric conditions, for studying alcohol use outcomes over time.
Further, the results could help health professionals target monitoring efforts and post-treatment interventions to those patients at greatest risk for resuming regular drinking and for early death. The findings also confirm the very high risk facing alcohol-dependent women.
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Credit: Teppei J. Yasunari, et al. Environmental Research Letters. May 17, 2021.
Scientists have uncovered a summertime climate pattern in and around the Arctic that could drive co-occurrences of European heatwaves and large-scale wildfires with air pollution over Siberia and subpolar North America.
In recent years in summer, there have often been extremely high temperatures over Europe, including heatwaves and active wildfires in and around the Arctic such as Siberia and subpolar North America (Alaska and Canada), which have caused widespread air pollution. For instance, in July 2019, significant Alaskan wildfires were detected by satellites. The recent unusual climate phenomena are of immense concern to many people living in these regions.
A team of scientists from Japan, South Korea, and the USA, including Hokkaido University’s Assistant Professor Teppei J. Yasunari, have revealed relationships among wildfires, aerosols (air pollution), and climate patterns in and around the Arctic. They have published their discoveries in the journal Environmental Research Letters. Involved in this study were Professor Hisashi Nakamura, The University of Tokyo, Japan; Dr. Nakbin Choi and Professor Myong-In Lee, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Republic of Korea; and Professor Yoshihiro Tachibana, Mie University, Japan, and two scientists from the Goddard Space Flight Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), USA.
“Wildfires lead to extensive air pollution, primarily in the form of inhalable particulate matter with diameters of 2.5 micrometers or smaller (PM2.5). Arctic hazes during winter and spring are typical phenomena due to aerosols existing in the Arctic. In our scientific field, it is also known that deposition of light-absorbing aerosols onto snow surfaces can induce the so-called snow darkening effect, contributing to accelerated snow melting. For these reasons, long-term assessments of PM2.5 and aerosols in the Arctic and surrounding regions are required,” said Yasunari.
For their investigations, the scientists used the MERRA-2 (Modern-Era Retrospective analysis for Research and Applications, version 2) dataset and fire data by satellite, both produced by NASA, focusing on the recent period from 2003 to 2017. They assessed comprehensive air pollution (i.e., PM2.5) in the Arctic for as long as the past 15 years, seeking to clarify the relationships between variations in PM2.5 and aerosols, wildfires, and the relevant climate patterns.
“We found 13 out of the 20 months with highest PM2.5 in the Arctic during the 15 year period were in summer. The elevated PM2.5 levels were highly correlated with relatively higher organic carbon aerosol concentrations, implying active wildfires. We concluded that the summertime wildfires contributed to those months with exceptionally high PM2.5 in the Arctic. In those months, the wildfires likely occurred under extremely warm and dry conditions. Those were due to concomitantly persistent or developed high-pressure systems over Europe, Siberia, and subpolar North America, namely, Alaska and Canada,” explained Yasunari.
The scientists named this climate (atmospheric circulation) pattern, the circum-Arctic wave (CAW) pattern, as a driver for enhancing the co-occurrence of heatwaves in Europe and wildfires in Siberia and subpolar North America. In fact, the CAW-like pattern was also seen in the early summer of 2019, which was outside the period of the MERRA-2 analyses.
Joint release by Hokkaido University, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, the University of Tokyo, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, and Mie University.
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Our purpose in this paper is to foreground contextual issues in studies of situated writing practices. During a year-long case study in a rural Kenyan secondary school, we applied a number of ethnographic techniques to document how 32 girls (aged 14-18 years) used local cultural and digital resources (i.e., donated digital cameras, voice recorders, and laptops with connectivity)within the context of their after-school journalism club. We take inspiration broadly from the concept of liminal spaces, which we bring together with notions of placed resources, New Literacy Studies (NLS), multiliteracies, multimodality, and identity work. We argue that the learning space of the journalism club, including its mediating digital tools, affords identities of empowerment to students’ writing and experimentation. On close examination of the transitional space of the journalism club, we see the foundational practices of situated rehearsal, appropriation, and performance of the roles and linguistic repertoires that the learners associated with competent journalists. We conclude that the club as a learning space, including its “props” and digital resources, fostered new degrees of freedom, community, equality, and creativity. We are left with questions about the characteristics of transitional learning spaces and how these might serve as fertile ground for growing competent writers in a range of educational contexts. | <urn:uuid:a85ef5a1-79c0-4c53-9be9-d445f97ebb63> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://www.ncte.org/journals/rte/issues/v47-4 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988721595.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183841-00478-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.939888 | 267 | 2.0625 | 2 |
Recent months have brought Islamabad a flurry of visits from leaders of Sunni gulf nations, prompting many observers to question just what Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif might be getting the already embattled country into.
Pakistan’s 190 million inhabitants include around 26 million Shiites, giving it the largest population of the minority Muslim sect’s adherents after Iran. While Pakistan has officially tried to remain on the sidelines of the regular Shiite-Sunni flare-ups in the Middle East over the last few decades, backroom deals with Sunni monarchies like those being signed recently have not gone unnoticed domestically.
Pakistan is already witnessing unprecedented levels of sectarian violence, with more than 1,700 killed since 2008. The armed groups responsible for the bloodshed were born out of the global sectarian tensions that followed the Iranian Revolution of 1979, which produced the first modern Shiite theocracy.
Now, as the three-year-old civil war in Syria is encouraging Muslim nations to form Shiite and Sunni blocs, there is concern that if Pakistan were to join the fray globally, things could go from bad to worse domestically.
Bahrain’s king, Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, smiles down on traffic in Pakistan’s capitol Islamabad from hundreds of banners lining the streets, a reminder of the ruler’s visit last month, the first by a Bahraini ruler in 40 years.
The words “Pakistan welcomes you!” are emblazoned across the top, although that is more an aspiration than reality.
The details of Khalifa’s visit were kept deliberately vague, with the Pakistani Foreign Office describing discussions between the “brotherly countries” centering around “bilateral, regional and international matters of mutual interest.” What little information that did emerge was worrying to some Pakistanis, like the pledge to increase the “export of Pakistani manpower to Bahrain.” That’s something that has ended badly in the past.
In 2011, when largely Shiite protesters began demanding that Bahrain move towards a constitutional monarchy, thousands of ex-soldiers and police officers were recruited from Pakistan with the promise of Bahraini citizenship. The Pakistani security personnel shouted orders at Bahrainis in English and Urdu, becoming the face of a brutal crackdown by the state that engulfed Shiite villages in perpetual clouds of tear gas.
But Bahrain’s domestic troubles pale in comparison to the explosive war in Syria, which has drawn thousands of Sunni jihadists, including Al-Qaeda’s leadership, into a conflict Islamist extremists see as an apocalyptic confrontation with Shiite Islam, in this case the forces of Bashar al-Assad and neighboring Iran.
With prospects for a negotiated settlement fading, the rebels are in need of weapons and expertise to get them out of a stalemate. Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Qatar have set up camps to coordinate the training of Syrian rebels, but are in need of instructors and equipment.
That likely prompted a rare February visit to Pakistan by Saudi Arabia’s crown prince Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud, who doubles as the defense minister. Over three days in Islamabad, al-Saud met the Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, the President Mamnoon Hussain, and the country’s top military leadership.
His prize: a 180-degree shift in Pakistan’s policy towards the war in Syria, which had previously been one of neutrality. A joint statement called for “the formation of a transnational governing body with full executive powers enabling it to take charge of the affairs of the country.” In other words, Pakistan now stands with Saudi Arabia in demanding the departure of Bashar al-Assad.
A few weeks later, $1.5 billion was transferred to Pakistan’s state bank by an unnamed “brotherly country,” giving the rupee is largest boost in years. When word leaked the funds had come from Saudi Arabia, many in Pakistan began to connect the dots with other rumors about Pakistan’s shift in policy.
A long-delayed pipeline meant to carry natural gas from Iran to energy-starved Pakistan has effectively been killed by Nawaz Sharif’s government. Pakistan has not built any of the 781 km pipeline on its side that it’s contractually obligated to complete by December 2014, and stands to incur a daily fine of $3 million next year.
Meanwhile, there are rumors Pakistan is planning to provide Saudi Arabia with expert trainers and equipment for the Syrian rebels.
Officials have been coy on the details, but responding to inquiries in February, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson admitted it was looking to sell the Gulf kingdom the JF-17 Thunder, a fighter jet developed jointly with China, and other unspecified equipment.
That equipment is thought to include the Anza, a heat-seeking, shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missile designed with China and manufactured locally. It’s the equivalent of the American Stinger missile, which was used to equip jihadist fighters during the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan three decades ago. The U.S., which is also supplying the Syrian rebels with light arms and communication equipment, is reportedly reluctant to hand over its own shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles for fear of where they might end up.
Thousands of Pakistani troops, who now have more than a decade of experience fighting insurgents in the country’s war against the Taliban, may also make their way to Saudi Arabia to train the rebels.
All of that prompted criticism by Pakistani lawmakers, who grilled the foreign minister last month about what their military could play in the Syrian war. “We are afraid this amount has a link with the Syrian situation,” Syed Khursheed Shah, who leads the opposition in the National Assembly, told reporters. The prime minister himself weighed in, categorically denying that any troops would be sent to Saudi Arabia or Bahrain.
But the rumors have persisted, including one story that Pakistan might deploy nuclear weapons to Saudi Arabia if Iran goes nuclear itself. While Pakistan has vehemently denied that story – which does indeed seem far-fetched – the fact is, Pakistan owes Saudi Arabia a favor.
Pakistan’s decades-long nuclear weapons program finally yielded a weapon in 1998, prompting severe sanctions by the United States, which were only lifted when the country’s cooperation was needed following the September 11, 2001 attacks. Beginning in 1998, Saudi Arabia began supplying Pakistan with 50,000 barrels a day of free crude oil, worth nearly $2 billion.
In fact, Pakistan’s military-to-military cooperation with Saudi Arabia goes back five decades. Between the 1960s and 1980s, tens of thousands of Pakistani troops were stationed in Saudi Arabia, working under Saudi command. Pakistani fighter pilots trained their first Saudi counterparts, and in 1969 flew jets that successfully repulsed incursions by Yemeni forces. Pakistani engineers built Saudi fortifications along its border with Yemen, meant to keep out Shiite Houthi fighters to the south.
During the first Gulf War, Pakistan toned down the presence of 15,000 troops in Saudi Arabia, ordering them away from the frontlines, fearing a backlash from Saddam Hussein, and sectarian groups at home.
It was during those decades that the sectarian groups now plaguing Pakistan first emerged.
In 1980, military ruler Zia ul Haq instituted the Zakaat Ordinance, which forced Shiites and Sunnis alike to turn over 2.5 percent of their income, as was required under Islamic law, to the state to be spent on charity. Pakistan was engulfed in protests by Shiites, who objected to the state’s interference in their religious practices. Ayatollah Khomeini, Iran’s leader, convinced Zia ul Haq to exempt Shiites from the law.
That movement spawned the Tehrik-e-Jafria, a Shiite group sworn to protect the minority’s rights. Sunnis saw the group as a front for the Iranian regime, and by 1985, hardliners had formed their own group, called Sipah-e-Sahaba. In 1990, one of that group’s founders, Haq Nawaz Jhangvi, was killed, and in return, Sunni militants killed the Iranian Consul General.
In 1997, a bomb killed the head of the Sunni Sipah-e-Sahaba group; in return, Sunni militants killed an Iranian diplomat in the city of Multan. Later that year, the Iranian cultural center in Lahore was also bombed, and five Iranian soldiers training in Pakistan were killed.
Today, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, a splinter group of the Sunni Sipah-e-Sahaba, has claimed responsibility for the deaths of hundreds of Shiites in the city of Quetta, killed in bombings and brazen attacks on buses carrying pilgrims to Iran, Iraq and Syria. Dozens of Shiite and Sunni clerics have been gunned down in Pakistan this year alone, in tit-for-tat assassinations each blames on “foreign interference.”
“There is no doubt the differences are being instigated,” said Muhammad Amin Shaheedi, the head of Pakistan’s largest Shia political party. “It’s terrorism being fanned by others, outsiders who are taking advantage of the situation.”
Ahmed Ludhianvi, head of a Sunni group that formed after Sipah-e-Sahaba was banned in 2002, has exactly the same view. “Some foreign powers are trying to bring Pakistan to the brink of civil war,” he says. “This bloodshed began after 1979.”
To be sure, Pakistan’s sectarian militants are now operating on auto-pilot, and the idea that Iran and the Sunni Gulf monarchies are to blame seems farfetched. But if Pakistan’s pivot away from Iran continues and it finds itself mired in a sectarian war in Syria, those domestic militants could become proxy warriors in a conflict that has already killed hundreds of thousands in the Middle East.
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Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography vol:26 issue:1 pages:15-28
With the developments in ultrasound transducer technology and both hardware and software computing, real-time volumetric imaging has become widely available, accompanied by various methods of assessing three-dimensional (3D) myocardial strain, often referred to as 3D speckle-tracking echocardiographic methods. Indeed, these methods should provide cardiologists with a better view of regional myocardial mechanics, which might be important for diagnosis, prognosis, and therapy. However, currently available 3D speckle-tracking echocardiographic methods are based on different algorithms, which introduce substantial differences between them and make them not interchangeable with each other. Therefore, it is critical that each 3D speckle-tracking echocardiographic method is validated individually before being introduced into clinical practice. In this review, the authors discuss differences and similarities of the currently available 3D strain estimation approaches and provide an overview of the current status of their validation. | <urn:uuid:c6b403a7-e30a-4c77-8c56-756f743a974a> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://lirias.kuleuven.be/handle/123456789/359705 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280825.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00203-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.945799 | 219 | 1.53125 | 2 |
Finally, the festival of colors is here and more interestingly it’s going to be the first Holi of the new decade. Holi 2020 is going to be celebrated on 9th and 10th March. Holi usually falls on the full moon day in the month of Phalgun according to Hindu Calendar. The festival of joy, mirth, and colors; each year Holi brings with it a new set of reasons to be happy and to celebrate. Holi is one of the most important festivals celebrated all over the world but holds more importance in India.
Holi is all about colors! So why not celebrate it with some lucky colors? I know it sounds a little bit strange. However, according to Astrology, if you choose colors linked to your Zodiac sign it brings fortune and good luck. Many experts Astrologers believe that if you choose Holi colors according to sunshine, its a sign of luck and you will never feel a shortage of anything in your life.
So, in this context lets have a look which color will be auspicious for each Zodiac sign this Holi.
The first Zodiac sign Aries will celebrate Holi 2020 in a unique way. These people may love to organize friends and lead the groups to escalate the celebrations. Aries is a very passionate sign belonging to the fire element of the Zodiacs. The lucky color for Aries this Holi is “RED”. It is considered the color of Isht Dev, so in order to attract luck, they are advised to play Holi with the pure red color.
Taurus is ruled by the Planet Venus. These people are very enthusiastic and become the center of attraction where ever they go. They love to keep things balanced and peaceful and just enjoy their own flow. Belonging to the family of the Earth element, Taureans are more attracted to the opposite sex in their friend circle. So, light colors such as Pink, Sky blue can bring the utmost energy and luck for them this Holi.
Mercury is the ruling planet of Zodiac sign Gemini and they belong to the element of Water. These people always come up with some unique ways of celebration to remain in the limelight. So, they celebrate this Holi by bringing a DJ or some other way to surprise their family members. However, the lucky color for them might be Green, Sparkling Red or Yellow.
Cancer is ruled by the planet Moon and belongs to the water family of the Zodiacs. These people are very home-loving and usually want to celebrate every festival with their family. They love to play Holi more with colored water than with plain, dry colored powder. So, the best colors for them will be White or pale blue, which they are advised to play Holi with.
Leo is ruled by the mighty Sun and belongs to the fire element of the Zodiacs. These people are very creative and will spend their time in the arrangments and decoration of the house. As the color of the Sun is Orange, so they are advised to play Holi mostly with Orange or some shades of Saffron. It is also recommended for them to wear orange colored clothes on this auspicious day.
The ruling Lord of Virgo is Mercury and belongs to the Earth element. Virgos are said to be very disciplined and well organized. They will rather spend their time organizing things rather than engaging in fun. There are chances that they will meet some old friends, acquaintances, whom they haven’t met for long. However, their lucky color for this Holi 2020 is Yellow, Brown, and Peach.
Libra is ruled by the planet Venus and belongs to the air element of the Zodiac family. These people have a very good quality that they mix up with the people quiet easily. They love to stay outdoors making new friends, so they are going to make this Holi memorable for them. All the little dull shaded colors such as Dark Blue, Red, Violet, Purple are lucky for them.
Mars is the ruling planet of Scorpio and belongs to the water element of the Zodiac family. These people are always up for the celebration and when it comes to any festival, they dress up in their own unique way. You might see them wearing clothes in different colors which are not even relevant. They roam around here and there in their own flow without thinking of the world. However, the best colors recommended for them this Holi are Red, Green, Yellow or Pink.
The ruling planet of this Zodiac sign is Jupiter belonging to the fire element of the Zodiac family. These people are comfortable with any sort of culture and what other people prefer they are ok with that. You can also say it’s their quality and that is the reason Sagittarius makes most of the friends. However, the natives of this zodiac sign should wear lime-yellow colored clothes and start playing Holi 2020 by applying a tika of the same color.
Capricorn is ruled by the planet Saturn and is considered one of the most important Zodiac signs belonging to the earth element of the Zodiac family. These people are funny and might celebrate Holi in a pretty strange and interesting way. They might bring some magicians at home showing you different magic tricks or some other way to entertain you. However, the lucky colors for them are Grey, Black, Blue, Brown, etc.
Saturn rules over the Zodiac sign Aquarius and belongs to the air element of the Zodiac family. These people always want a fresh start forgetting all the things happened in the past. They will rather choose socializing with the new people rather than sitting around doing the same things with their already known people. They want everything positive and refreshing in their life. So, cool colors such as violet, green, blue are mostly lucky for them this Holi 2020.
Pisces is the 12th and last Zodiac sign ruled by the planet Jupiter and belongs to the water family of the Zodiacs. These natives love to welcome people from diverse areas and those who belong to different cultures and countries. They want to enjoy every aspect of Holi and at the same time promote their harmony and show their culture to the other people. So the lucky colors on this Holi will be Indigo, Red, Green, and Pink.
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This was a paper presented at the consultation with Partners and Stakeholders of the Regional Center of Expertise for Education on Sustainable Development, at Xavier University, Cagayan de Oro, Philippines, 25 January 2008.
The experience of Apu Palamguwan Center (APC) to sustain education in an indigenous community is important in strengthening the understanding of and promoting opportunities in Education for Sustainable Development. The community seeks to ecologically manage their resources in ways that allow for cultural and economic development.
The educational program is central to the cultural use of the landscape and engagement with society. APC is one example, there are many, but in total, the support for culturally sustainable development is very inadequate and needs much greater support that I hope in part would come from this new Center of ESD.
What is Apu Palamguwan Cultural Education Center?
Apu Palamguwan was an old man who dreamed and other people shared that dream of reading and writing. They built in the last 15 years a cultural education center in Sitio Bendum, Barangay Busdi, Upper Pulangi. The center works from the Pulangiyen culture – those who traditionally live along the Pulangi River and marry into neighbouring areas. Amongst themselves, they draw their identity from the river, as others do along the Pantaron Mountain: Adjawon, Umaamnon, Maasamnon.
There are on various counts 28 languages and 41 dialects in Mindanao as a whole. The need for culture-based education is being sought by many of these Indigenous Peoples, not as a second class education but as the primary means of strengthening culture and engaging with great equity in society, while also seeking resource rights and other basic needs.
The desire for education by the community in Bendum, now the most northeasterly part of Malaybalay City, was without any promise, yet with initiative. The community creatively built a one-room cogon roofed shelter that became their hope for a teacher to appear. They did not know then that future teachers would come from their community. We would call this in business ‘the power of suggestion,’ but in the provinces, it is wishful. Yet the school did become a reality where people formed a center for education in their own place, in their own time, and in their own language, for their children. Today, these people can laugh and laugh happily, knowing that they were right to try.
After seeing that potential for 15 years, the community has volunteered the best people it has to learn the art of teaching, knowing their own children and what they need to learn, so as to ‘more-than-survive’. And with that has grown the trust in the assisting organization who are enriched by living with the community and by helping the community develop their own communication and management competencies.
Hope with initiative, commitment with management, and a combined trust has built a center of education that has served adults and children over the years. The center links this marginal community with neighbors and the administrative centers in Malaybalay City. The Department of Education (DepEd) has recognized it as a formal cultural school, with graduates directly accessing high school.
Why and how is this community school working? There is nothing but the loosest of traditional supporting ties, occasional marriages and the deaf and demanding lowlands that is little able to respond to upland needs and grant what is rightful recognition and resources. The school is working based on trust, commitment, leadership and communication.
Culture, Concepts and the Classroom
Culture has concepts and it is ‘concepts of living’ that language communicates. This is the importance of using mother tongue as the medium of instruction. APC has its own core curriculum in line with the government, but using the mother tongue as a basis to meet the national language. The core classes are presented as ‘Our Language’ and ‘Our Culture,’ with Science, Health and Mathematics.
The Day Care and the first three years (Daweg A,B,K) are in Pulangiyen. For the second half of primary education, about a third of the classes are held in the local language, which is the basis of explaining what is difficult. In this way, children can move from one language to another, working effectively with the early conceptual framework of their culture and of lowland cultures integrating with equity.
APC is contributing to a greater coherence in community and provincial/regional quality of education. It is community education with purpose and engagement. It is cultural, modern and pragmatic. Two related activities – first, APC is now working with DepEd-Bukidnon on a cultural curriculum for all tribes in Bukidnon and Agusan, with 24 connected schools of Urius College, on their culture-based education programs. Second, a group of Karen leaders from Northern Thailand who value their cultural heritage as important in Thailand came in December to visit the school. DepEd has sent many teachers to visit us and is very supportive of the work.
A greater recognition of education in relation to culture is needed to feed genuine national development. Culture-based education has a vision of national incorporation in recognition of cultural inheritance. It needs to spread by collaborative stages, designed at expanding levels of government.
There are different opinions regarding the practice of teaching in the mother tongue that are fundamental in transforming Philippine society. The agenda here is to make the use of the mother tongue as a major and strategic arm of education in the Philippines. Along with efforts of the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) and the issuing of Certificate of Ancestral Domain Title (CADT), concept and language are critical in the actualization of sustainability in cultural communities.
We will only develop sustainability, in society as a whole, if we have a greater recognition of the importance of culture in the growth of people and the management of resources. The rich diversity of cultures and the ability to respond, integrally working with local people rather than a national blueprint, will certainly bring us closer to the objectives of sustainable development.
How does cultural education contribute to Education for Sustainable Development and its realization?
Culture is inseparable from nature, from the land and waters we know. For many in urban cultures, it is the familiar streets and building we know, where we go for rest and recreation. The dependency and how we meet our needs is very institutionalized and ‘virtual’ – the people and resources we depend on are not immediately at hand.
For communities on the land, it is essential to know all the people you deal with and be deeply familiar with all aspects of the land and resources we use. Here, people have a relationship with the land – the land and life around us are rooted in people’s lives and values that are seeking engagement and productivity on community terms.
Indigenous communities are key areas of cultural integrity that are often thwarted by a lack of peace, economic development, resource security and incorporation, yet they can hold a vision for society and have a basis to change the Philippines. Sustainability will entail working together in a genuine culture of acceptance and accountability.
There is the importance of science and also of cultural knowledge, but with this also is the need for recognition and rights of access for sustainable management.
Science-wise, experts in the Philippines may know more of what needs to be done and technically even how. But the cultural knowledge base throughout the Philippines really knows how better to do it locally. They know more precisely where in the landscape the action must be taken, because they know the detail of the landscape and have the experience. They also know they are the “who”, as in “who will do it”, with appropriate assistance. Local cultural ecology and the concepts drawn from living on the land have a very low value in our society but a very high cost when lost and are essential to sustainable development.
In our universities and institutions, we may know all the different pieces of information and have all the answers, general and specific. Yet, more than anyone else, the different cultures of Mindanao have an integral knowledge and a conceptual framework that is far superior to national science-at-a-distance. Local culture is more related to the land and waters than any scientific analysis alone, or national policy framework. It is only with the cultural knowledge of the landscape and the de facto workers of the uplands and coastal margins will we get sustainable management that leads to a true human development.
The power, the legal rights to the resource, and the access are still controlled by bureaucracies that are so slow, and often, politicization takes over and undermines the ability to work together in the culture. Society can be brought to mediocrity at best, even in working with Indigenous Peoples, if rights and support in resource management are not effectively granted.
Today, no sooner do these people begin to get rights that have been theirs ancestrally than mining enters the scene. Processes established for the community’s real participation are undermined and basic services are now being shifted to corporate responsibility while government opts out of its role. This is not what leads to a national recognition of sustainable development in what must increasingly be considered critical social and ecological areas. Where this is being fast tracked, it is not for the economic development of local people, let alone their social development. To manage requires the recognition of rights over resources.
Such scientific and cultural knowledge along with societal recognition of indigenous rights over resources then will result in knowledge management and true sharing in sustainable development. Two critical and realistic aspects of the change needed are the requirements of capability and experience in management and the need for economic planning and operations in any sustainable development initiative.
Need for greater capacity and capability in management and economic planning
Management as organizing, controlling and accounting for the affairs of the rural upland or coastal communities must clearly involve local people and go beyond the present limitations of Free Prior and Informed Consent as generally practiced. Legal and business matters of the uplands cannot be managed from a distance. Communities must be given management rights not limited to Ancestral Development Sustainable Development and Protection Plans (ADSDPPs) and their capacity and capability to manage must be seriously assisted. There has to be major support, and no longer in a regulatory manner, for communities taking on such responsibilities.
Basic education up to tertiary education is critical in strengthening local community and local government capacity. Training in whatever profession today requires management skill, and at university level, an even broader sense of responsibility and leadership. This is desperately needed in this region. The number of graduates in agriculture, who cannot find jobs despite the agro-business, and greater need for agroforestry in the region, is shocking. These people are joining the export market after returning to the same college to re-graduate in nursing! Much more effort needs to be put into knowing the needs of Northern Mindanao. Important in this is developing the management capacity necessary to connect the actions of communities with rights and access to product development and the market.
One of the great resources Xavier University has is the Year of Service Program and many other such programs in this region. These volunteers seek to serve with communities and all the more can contribute to strengthening the opportunities for sustainable development. This is a vital source of engagement for such a new Center of Expertise on Education for Sustainable Development. Some students are talking about business plans for the environment, there is much than can be done in Cagayan de Oro City to help build a better environment. Better awareness and use of water resources, shifting from two-stroke engines of motorbikes and exhaust regulation to help air quality, waste recycling, allotment of gardens for intensive vegetable production, playground areas for children, and rehabilitation of the riverbanks are but a few.
Students also want to know about Indigenous Peoples. The problem here is that the rights and access of these people to resources are not yet seriously in place on a broad scale. Other sectors must be better regulated and prevented from undermining indigenous communities so that the latter can have the basic security for sustainable development and the education necessary to integrate their knowledge of the rich natural environment, of the agroforestry practices in their culture, and the management and economics that will make this sustainable. This center can contribute a great deal to such efforts.
Summary: There are five points to repeat:
1. Cultural concepts are essential to the integrity of an indigenous community and so is the use of mother tongue; best provided up to Grade 6, or at least until Grade 3.
2. Stories of successful access to quality basic education are important along with those of sustainable development so that we go beyond awareness.
3. Values of sustainable development and skills that come from a lifestyle that is willing to share in the realities of our fragile environment and greater security of all, rather than the ‘development’ of a few, are essential to every future society.
4. Collaboration with centers of learning that have a sense of commitment and competence is vital, while finding creative engagement with the DepEd, NCIP, NGOs, civil society and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources.
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بررسی، تجزیه و تحلیل و طبقه بندی مقالات در گسترش کارکرد کیفیت QFD: انواع تحقیق، مشکلات و مزایا
|کد مقاله||سال انتشار||مقاله انگلیسی||ترجمه فارسی||تعداد کلمات|
|7053||2008||18 صفحه PDF||سفارش دهید||محاسبه نشده|
Publisher : Elsevier - Science Direct (الزویر - ساینس دایرکت)
Journal : International Journal of Production Economics, Volume 114, Issue 2, August 2008, Pages 737–754
This paper presents a review, analysis, classification and codification of the literature on quality function deployment (QFD) produced between 2002 and 2006. The publications were classified into two main groups: conceptual research and empirical research. The studies focused more on quality matrix problem solving and the main difficulties are reported. However, few studies have been done on solutions for other important aspects. Further research is needed on how to reduce the difficulties of using QFD.
QFD—quality function deployment is an important product development method, dedicated to translating client requirements into activities to develop products and services. However, there are several difficulties in its application, among them: interpreting the customer voice, defining the correlations between the quality demanded and quality characteristics (Chan and Wu, 2005), defining the projected quality due to the ambiguity in the quality demanded and quality characteristics (Ramasamy and Selladurai, 2004) difficulty in working in teams, and lack of knowledge about using the method (Martins and Aspinwall, 2001). These difficulties have discouraged its use. For this reason, it is important to carry out studies to understand QFD, the purposes for which it has been used, the benefits of its applications and the difficulties in its use in order to seek solution to facilitate its application in the future. In this sense, the objective of this paper is present a review, analysis, classification and codification of the literature on QFD. The publications were identified through a number of databases, consulting works published between 2000 and 2006. The publications were classified into two main groups: conceptual research and empirical research. An affinity diagram and a tree diagram were used to organize the data from the QFD literature. The articles were then classified and the principal QFD information groups organized by the diagrams were codified to permit the visualization of all the information of interest in the article.
نتیجه گیری انگلیسی
The identification of 157 articles on QFD, revealed that they were distributed over 74 different journals in the consulted database. More than 54% of the articles were distributed in 64 different journals. In several of these journals, only one article about QFD was found for the 7-year period. Even in the seven journals that published the most QFD articles, four published fewer than seven articles on this subject during this period. Thus, it is possible to conclude that there is a certain level of dispersion in the publication of the method. It can be concluded that the majority of cases studied are conceptual and descriptive and use mainly bibliographical data sources. In most of the cases, the work goals were about adapting QFD for a specific application. There are also several studies of intended improvements to the method that introduce other tools and techniques. However, in the great majority of the cases, applications are confined to the quality matrix (house of quality matrix), what may reduce the method's potential benefits. In the classification of the studies, there were difficulties in distinguishing “case study” from “action-research” in the category of empirical research, since in several articles there was limited information on the methods adopted and, in some cases there were problems with the authors’ statements. Some classified what was actually “action-research” as “case studies.” The lack of longitudinal case studies demonstrates the almost total lack of up-to-date information on how maturity in the use of QFD affects its application, showing the need to encourage this kind of study. The use of the affinity and tree diagrams was efficient in organizing and grouping bibliographical information on QFD, which can be consulted during the development of a systematic QFD application system, the next stage of this work. With these diagrams, it was observed that the most often cited tangible QFD benefits were related to project improvement, probably because they are those more often applied. It was possible not just to locate the main difficulties in QFD application, but also the solutions that were already in the literature. Additionally, it was observed that the studies focused more on quality matrix problem solving, which was to be expected, since the main difficulties are related to that matrix. However, few studies have been done on solutions for other important aspects, such as improving training for using the method to present methodologies that help to deal with engineering bottlenecks and costs aspects. The encoding of the research classification and main groups defined by diagram allowed a quick understanding of the main aspects of the articles studied, such as, for instance, the kind of study and approach, scope, QFD definitions, benefits and difficulties identified in the studies on the use of QFD. A promising approach is the use of fuzzy logic to perform most of the quality matrix stages, solving analysis and priority issues within these matrixes (as well as the use of AHP method with or without fuzzy logic). This aids the definition of the required degree of quality importance and helps to do the correlation of matrix data. Nevertheless, it is necessary to investigate whether these applications would make QFD still more complex, thus decreasing its use. Further work encompasses research in this direction, i.e. to reduce difficulties in the use of QFD. | <urn:uuid:90b64457-d8f8-4c61-a55d-feaf8d826b98> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://isiarticles.com/article/7053 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281151.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00111-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.954784 | 1,337 | 1.703125 | 2 |
Without launching into a Ben Stein–like dissertation on economics, we find it important to note that President Obama’s March announcement of the proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) is hugely important to the car industry and to car enthusiasts. The Partnership’s aims include abolishing tariffs on imported cars, as well as finally aligning U.S. and European automotive safety and environmental standards. If adopted, the agreement could result in increased manufacturing here by European brands and American dealers stocking a broader product lineup. It may even bring back brands that have been exiled from these shores for decades.
The standard tariff for importing cars to the U.S. is 2.5 percent of their value. For pickup trucks and commercial vans, the tariff is a whopping 25 percent. Individual European countries don’t charge import duties, but the European Union charges a flat rate of 10 percent on imported automobiles. In simple terms, tariffs are taxes. They’re paid to governments by the businesses that import and export products and are factored into the prices we pay. Virtually every country in the world charges tariffs to some degree. With the proposed TTIP in place, the tariffs on cars and about a billion other products exchanged across the Atlantic would almost definitely disappear.
A 2.5-percent price reduction on a $40,000 luxury sedan equals $1000—not exactly market-changing savings. But it could, according to planners for German car companies, cut prices enough that it becomes economically feasible to expand the engine, transmission, and trim configurations we see in the U.S. Dropping the 25-percent tariff on trucks, though, is the real heavy. Potentially, it could reanimate the cadaverous compact-pickup segment and open the door to imported trucks like the VW Amarok and global Ford Ranger. Doug Scott, the head of marketing for Ford’s truck division, puts it succinctly: “With the [current] tax, importing a compact pickup is a nonstarter.”
Suffice it to say, automakers are eager to see the TTIP enacted. The American Automotive Policy Council, which represents Chrysler, Ford, and GM, issued a statement supporting the negotiations, calling for an “ambitious agreement” to eliminate tariffs. Unlike NAFTA, the 1994 free-trade agreement that resulted in a rush of factory relocations to Mexico, the European-U.S. deal could very well establish the United States as a major exporter.
Compared with the euro, our dollar remains relatively weak, and that makes our labor cheaper. European companies already benefit from this, building SUVs in Alabama and South Carolina to avoid the 25-percent truck tax and then shipping them abroad. But the likes of BMW, Mercedes-Benz, and Volkswagen are eyeing even more factories here if it means they can build in the U.S. and ship cars back to Europe without incurring a 10-percent import duty. Speaking to the New York Times, BMW’s CEO Norbert Reithofer said he was a “big advocate of a free-trade agreement” between Europe and the U.S.
A senior Volkswagen executive tells us that when Silao, Mexico, recently won out over the U.S. as the site of a new engine factory, “it wasn’t because of the cheaper labor. It’s [Mexico’s] free-trade agreement with the E.U.”
A free-trade agreement will not, on its own, be the magic Ginsu that slices cost out of cars or expands dealership offerings. In the words of Robert Zoellick, former head of the World Bank, “Regulatory issues are way more important” than tariffs. In the automotive world, that means safety and environmental rules. The U.S. crash-tests our cars according to guidelines from NHTSA. Europe follows the European New Car Assessment Programme (NCAP). Our vehicles must meet the EPA’s emissions rules plus California’s stricter standards. European-market cars must be Euro 5 compliant. Each set of tests has different protocols, methods, and priorities. Designing a single car to satisfy two separate sets of standards is an immense, expensive challenge for automakers. From different turn-signal tints to additional unibody welds, it adds time and money to vehicle development.
Efforts to unify American and European new-car regulations have been ongoing for decades. Virtually no progress has been made during the past 20 years in spite of—or perhaps owing to—an entire United Nations office devoted to the subject. Summing it up for German news magazine Der Spiegel, Zoellick said: “A lot of the regulatory authorities are sensitive to their prerogatives. They think, ‘We are doing it the right way, and why should we change?’ ” But with economists, trade analysts, and automakers, through their respective lobby groups, all pushing hand-in-hand to harmonize regulations, the bureaucracy could finally yield.
Although automakers generally try to build vehicles that can satisfy crash-testing requirements on both continents, they often wind up needing market-specific engineering. As the standard bearer for the One Ford philosophy, the new Fusion/Mondeo should be virtually identical in any part of the world, right? So how similar, mechanically, are American, European, and Chinese Fusions and Mondeos? Ninety-nine percent? Ninety-eight? Actually, Ford says the Fusion’s global parts commonality is 80 percent, and that is higher than the industry norm. Many of the variances are parts that customers will never see, such as different thicknesses and shapes of high-strength steel used in the Fusion’s crash structure.
Emissions standards are one of the few areas where Continental and American regulations have seen some convergence in the past few years. Europe has been more tolerant of diesel engines and their oxides of nitrogen. However, in the next generation of regulations, both markets will tighten up everything, creating the perfect opportunity to fully align the standards.
In 1962, the European Economic Community drastically raised tariffs on imported chickens. The U.S. effectively lost access to the European poultry market and, in late 1963, President Lyndon Johnson retaliated with stiff tariffs on brandy and refined starches and a 25-percent import duty on light trucks. Although SUVs were exempted in 1989, the chicken tax is still with us. | <urn:uuid:4f665718-ca77-4767-830b-264c1c59660f> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.caranddriver.com/features/a15114949/free-trade-cars-why-a-useurope-free-trade-agreement-is-a-good-idea-feature/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570921.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809094531-20220809124531-00273.warc.gz | en | 0.942769 | 1,345 | 2.0625 | 2 |
This summer we’ve seen two quite contrasting changes to the north bank of the Aire in the Shipley-Baildon area. East of Baildon Bridge there’s been new building work on the former mill site at Lower Holme — a location this blog has observed with interest for some time (see other posts categorised under ‘Lower Holme’). The long-derelict site is finally being turned into a commercial precinct with buildings and parking for Wickes and KFC, but the build was delayed for quite a while and this is part of the reason why:
The public footpath along the river, running along the edge of the site, is now flanked by this wall of caged rubble cubes — stacked to head height. Apparently the Environment Agency belatedly insisted on this being erected as a condition of the building permit. The ground on which the Wickes building is going up (you can see the frame in the top right of the shot above) has also had to be bulked up to the height of the wall on the other side. The theory, apparently, is that this will act as a flood defence for the site. But what you can’t quite tell from this photograph is that it’s already quite a drop from the footpath to the river. According to local residents, in the floods of 2000 (the most extreme weather event in these parts in most people’s living memory), the swollen river only just topped the level of the footpath. So it would take a really pretty apocalyptic flood to get anywhere near the top of these new rubble cubes.
You can see in this shot how the land naturally rose up further from the path anyway (here the footpath continues on the left of the shot, along the riverbank; the white and blue metal fencing between path and blocks is a remnant of the former site fencing put up by the previous developers, Mandale). So I can’t help but feeling this is flood defence overkill… especially when you bear in mind that the residents in Lower Holme weren’t affected by surface water in 2000 anyway, but by water coming up through their basements (and nearly reaching their electricity meters, rather scarily!). This whole area of land is right on the water table, so in flood conditions water literally seeps up through the floor, given half a chance. The ground is apparently so porous that Lynda, who lives in the end gable house nearest the river, remembers finding tiny fish swimming around in her basement during the flood – somehow they had filtered their way through the earth, even though the house is a good hundred yards from the river. A great story, and one that slightly begs the question (at least to a layman like myself) of what exactly the new defences are supposed to accomplish. They seem almost militaristic, as if the river is some assaulting army, laying siege to the land. I wonder if those tiddlers could get in between the blocks? 😉
A little upstream, at the western end of Shipley/Baildon catchment, we’ve seen a constrasting scenario… not ‘overkill’ but a kind of benign neglect. This picture is of the grassy flood plain area between the river (off to the left of this shot) and the Higher Coach Road housing estate. First posted on this blog at the end of June, the photo shows how the grass had been left to grow up into a meadow, with the only mowing occurring along the line of the traditional riverbank path, to the left of shot. (It’s not technically even a path – it’s usually just a ‘desire line’ tracked into the grass, so being marked out by mowing has almost made it seem more official.) Subsequent to my earlier post, I did look into why this long stretch had been left unmowed, because I wondered if there was some new planning rationale for it… And at the beginning of July I met on site with these lovely people:
Left to right here are Lyze (pronounced Lizzie) Dudley, our new research associate on the MSW project; Dave Horsman, from the Shipley Area Committee of Bradford Council; and Malcolm Wright, who is the Council’s head of parks and landscaping in the area. Based at the Park Lodge in Roberts Park, Malcolm is – it turns out – also responsible for the grass on the estate. And the reason it didn’t get mown this year was basically because of budget cuts within the Council (it’s the age of austerity…), which mean that Malcolm only has one man to send out to mow, instead of two. And in fact, only a few days before we met, one man went to mow (went to mow a meadow), with the result that we were looking at this:
Freshly cut hay… not meadow grass… And the reason for it being cut at this point was simply, Malcolm told us, because he had received a complaint from someone on the estate about the length of the grass — so he decided to prioritise doing something about it. There are a couple of ironies at work here… One is that I’m quite sure that some other people living on the estate will have quite liked the meadow effect. (See for example the comment that was posted on the end of my June 24th blog post.) The other is that Lyze and I had arranged to meet Dave and Malcolm specifically because we were interested in the meadow grass… The main reason for this is that our research in the area in the last couple of years uncovered quite a degree of interest among residents in something more creative and interesting being done with this lumpy, uneven, often boggy grassland. Back in September 2012 we held a sort of creative consultation event (the ‘Higher Coach Road beach party‘) which resulted in a painted map of the area being marked up as follows by residents:
As you can see, we were presented with the idea of a “reed wetland bog”, with a “pond in [the] area that floods” (this refers to an especially boggy area of the flood plain just down the slope from Troutbeck Avenue). There was quite a bit of support for this idea (it originated with Theresa, I think, from Derwent Avenue), which would also amount to a form of ‘soft engineering’ of flood defences — since if designed right a layout of ponds, reeds, bushes and trees would enhance the flood storage capacity of the land here… whereas monoculture grass does little or nothing to prevent downhill run-off from just carrying straight on into the river and adding to the weight of water being carried downstream… Or at least, I think that’s the theory. Anyway, hopefully it’s now apparent what kind of contrast I’m trying to draw here with the questionable new ‘hard’ engineering downstream at Lower Holme.
The point here is that our earlier conversations with residents on the estate could only ever be that – conversations – since Multi-Story Water was originally only a one-year project (2012-13). But having now secured new funding for three years from 2014-17, we’re in a position to see if we can help facilitate some further discussion towards (just maybe!) actual changes. And the meadow grass had struck me as a great opportunity to kick something off, because most of the residents will have had opinions about it, pro or con (or both). A wildflower meadow is not a reed wetland, but it’s certainly a step towards more biodiversity… And I thought I had just the man to help us animate the meadow a bit, to spark debate. (See this blog page here for an account of Baz Kershaw and his ‘meadow meander’ – a temporary meadow area that he developed as a kind of theatrical exhibit at Leeds University in 2012). Malcolm Wright, the parks and landscaping chief pictured above, turned out to be very supportive of us doing something to engage residents in a discussion about how to treat this area in future — and he offered to provide us with materials to illustrate the various different types of wildflower meadow and other alternative grassland arrangments that are used in other parts of Bradford… So this would really present people with choices to consider. But…
… in this photograph, taken just last week, you can see that the grass hasn’t really grown all that much in the five weeks since it was last mown. A few hay-like stalks appearing, but basically this grass is barely above ankle height. We had been planning to try to arrange an event involving Baz and others this coming September (next month). But it’s pretty clear that the grass won’t have grown into anything resembling a meadow by then…
All this brings a whole new meaning to the phrase “watching the grass grow”. But with hindsight it may be no bad thing that we’ve had to ditch our tentative plans for September. We’re now looking at planning ahead for an event next May or June, when the grass, if left, will be at its most springily meadow-like. This means that we can try to develop conversations with the residents in the run-up to this event, involving people properly in the planning, rather than simply using an event as a way to initiate conversations… It’s probably better this way round. | <urn:uuid:afaf7e84-0311-4795-8c5e-e444d1850ba4> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://multi-story-shipley.co.uk/indexe10b.html?m=201408 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571909.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813051311-20220813081311-00273.warc.gz | en | 0.971644 | 1,973 | 1.9375 | 2 |
John Haley, M.D.
A heart attack is a frightening experience. Fortunately, health care providers are highly trained to provide critical care to assist heart attack patients during their time of need. However, it’s equally important for people everywhere to better recognize the symptoms of a heart attack and to react quickly. Together, we all have the power to play a vital role during a heart attack. The more we understand, the more we can help.
What is a heart attack?
Each year in the United States, about 250,000 people have a type of severe heart attack known as a STEMI, or ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction, caused by a complete blockage of blood flow to the heart, which requires timely treatment. To prevent death, it’s critical to immediately restore blood flow, either by mechanically opening the blocked vessel or by giving clot-busting medication.
Heart attack symptoms vary
Remember, not all people who have heart attacks have the same symptoms or severity of symptoms. Most heart attacks involve central chest pain, but symptoms can include pain or discomfort in one or both arms, the back, the jaw, the neck or upper stomach. Some people have mild pain, others have more severe pain, some people have no symptoms and, for certain individuals, the first sign may be sudden cardiac arrest. Women are more likely than men to present with atypical symptoms, such shortness of breath, nausea and vomiting. Therefore, it’s important for everyone to pay attention to all symptoms, not just chest pain.
When to call 911
If you or someone else is experiencing these warning signs, call 911 right away.
Common heart attack signs and symptoms include:
- Pressure, tightness, pain, or a squeezing or aching sensation in your chest or arms that may spread to your neck, jaw or back
- Nausea, indigestion, heartburn or abdominal pain
- Shortness of breath
- Cold sweat
- Lightheadedness or sudden dizziness
Am I at risk?
Certain factors contribute to the unwanted buildup of fatty deposits (atherosclerosis) that narrows arteries throughout your body. You can improve or eliminate many of these risk factors to reduce your chances of having a first or subsequent heart attack.
Heart attack risk factors include:
- Age. Men age 45 or older and women age 55 or older are more likely to have a heart attack than younger men and women.
- High blood pressure. Over time, high blood pressure can damage arteries that feed your heart by accelerating atherosclerosis.
- High blood cholesterol or triglyceride levels. A high level of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol (the "bad" cholesterol) can contribute to narrowing of arteries. A high level of triglycerides, a type of blood fat related to your diet, is also associated with increased cardiovascular risk. Conversely, a low level of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol (the "good" cholesterol) is associated with an increased risk of heart attack.
- Diabetes. Having diabetes — not producing enough insulin or not responding to insulin properly — causes your body's blood sugar levels to rise. Diabetes, especially when uncontrolled, increases your risk of heart attack.
- Family history of heart attack. If your siblings, parents or grandparents have had early heart attacks (by age 55 for male relatives and by age 65 for female relatives), you may be at increased risk.
- Lifestyle. Tobacco use, lack of physical activity, obesity and stress are all additional contributing risk factors that can be modified by adopting healthy habits into your daily life.
Test your heart disease risk here.
Remember, treatment for a heart attack begins by calling 911 in order to alert professionals who are trained to handle these situations. At Mayo Clinic Health System, we continually reinforce our commitment to meeting and exceeding our goals of providing the highest level of care to our heart patients. Yet for all we do, recognizing the signs and reacting quickly to a heart attack begins with you. | <urn:uuid:17db7097-8e3a-4ff0-9297-4e1a03e8dbba> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://mayoclinichealthsystem.org/hometown-health/speaking-of-health/what-should-i-do-if-i-might-be-having-a-heart-attack | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560279368.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095119-00326-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.926871 | 830 | 3.140625 | 3 |
Modeling and Optimizing Diffusion of Information in Social Networks
Online Social Networks (OSN) have been shown to have benefits as a medium for fast, widespread information dissemination. They provide fast access to large scale data in little-to-no cost. Local interactions between friends in a network can create global effects of promoting an idea or a product and making them popular in large-scale. Why are some products/ideas vastly more successful than others? Are the reasons repeatable, i.e. are there any properties we can extract to recreate the same successful result for the dissemination of another product/idea? These are questions that have been puzzling many professions for ages. In order to answer those questions 1) We need to have an accurate model of human behavior, information diffusion in OSNs 2) scalable algorithms that can solve optimization problems on these models.
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A major new report on Ireland's economy from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has said major cuts in wages are still needed in order to stabilise the public finances.
In its Economic Survey of Ireland published today, the OECD said Ireland was in "severe recession" and indicated said that the adjustments required for recovery would take a long time, resulting in a permanent lowering of living standards.
"An economic recovery is likely to begin next year but a protracted period of adjustment will be needed to resolve economic imbalances built up during the expansion," the survey said.
The document said that the banking crisis needs to be resolved as a matter of priority, the public sector pay bill has to be cut and that welfare payments must be slashed by at least the same as the deflation evident in the economy.
"A return to normal functioning of the financial system is needed and a range of policies is in place to restore the banking system to good health," the report said.
More people need to pay income tax, a property tax should be introduced and everyone should expect lower wages, the reported advised.
Overall the OECD recommends a more streamlined welfare system, cuts in the minimum wage and efforts to train and upskill the population to avoid long-term unemployment.
Launching the report in Dublin this morning, OECD Secretary General Angel Gurria told Finance Minister Brian Lenihan to stick to the budgetary plans and make the hard choices.
"This level of spending cannot be sustained and now must be adjusted" he said.
"This is a delicate manoeuvre. Adjustment must be carefully planned and targeted to preserve services to the public - and ensure the most vulnerable in society are supported".
"The required reductions in government spending are an opportunity to reform and modernise public services to make them more efficient and responsive to citizens" he added. | <urn:uuid:ac62a0c6-77ee-45b5-a988-b19f91387864> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.irishexaminer.com/business/arid-30432899.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571234.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811042804-20220811072804-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.96117 | 375 | 2.109375 | 2 |
Kingman Reef is a largely submerged, uninhabited triangular shaped reef, 9.5 nautical miles (18 kilometres) east-west and 5 nautical miles (9 kilometres) north-south, located in the North Pacific Ocean, roughly half way between the Hawaiian Islands and American Samoa at 6°23′N 162°25′W. It is the northernmost of the Northern Line Islands and lies 36 nautical miles (67 kilometres) northwest of the next closest island (Palmyra Atoll), and 930 nautical miles (1,720 kilometres) south of Honolulu.
On September 1, 2000, the Navy relinquished its control over Kingman Reef to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. On January 18, 2001 Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbitt created the Kingman Reef National Wildlife Refuge during his final days in office with Secretary’s Order 3223. It is composed of the emergent coral rubble spits and all waters out to 22 kilometres. While there are only 0.012 km2 of land, 1,957.68 km2 of water area is included in the Refuge. Along with six other islands, the reef was administered as part of the Pacific Remote Islands National Wildlife Refuge Complex. In January 2009, that entity was upgraded to the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument by President George W. Bush.
The reef encloses a lagoon up to 82 metres deep in its western part. The total area within the outer rim of the reef is 76 km2. There are two small strips of dry land composed of coral rubble and giant clamshells on the eastern rim with areas of 8,100 and 4,000 m2 having a coastline of 3 kilometres. The highest point on the reef is less than 1.5 metres above sea level, which is wetted or awash most of the time, making Kingman Reef a maritime hazard. It has no natural resources and supports no economic activity.
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As Americans continue staying home and practicing social distancing, many men are opting to skip shaving, leading to a wave of so-called quarantine beards and mustaches. However, this November, facial hair will take on another meaning for the many men who participate in “Movember” or “No Shave November” — nonprofit campaigns aiming to raise awareness of and funds for causes like testicular and prostate health.
These causes are a good connection point for business owners to not only raise awareness of these important causes, but also discuss the need for employees to proactively protect their health and financial well-being.
Avoid giving health a fade
The COVID-19 pandemic led many Americans to postpone doctors’ appointments and routine health screenings. In fact, a recent Cleveland Clinic study found nearly half of men (48%) have put off seeing a doctor for non-COVID-19-related health issues over the last few months, and among younger men ages 18-34, this number jumps to 56%.1
While this year has been anything but routine, it is still critical to receive annual checkups. For men, this includes tests for ailments like prostate and testicular cancer, especially considering that the average age of a testicular cancer diagnosis is 33.2
Men are also more likely than women to develop lung and colorectal cancer.3,4 However, recent studies show that screenings for colon cancer dropped by nearly 90% after the declaration of a national emergency earlier this year.5 While it can be difficult to think about these illnesses, routine doctor visits can help catch issues early before they become larger problems.
What can employers do? One solution to help promote workers’ wellness is offering supplemental insurance plans that provide a benefit for proactive care. For example, some cancer and accident policies have a wellness or health screening benefit for getting an annual physical, prostate screening or even a COVID-19 test. Cash benefits are paid directly to the insured for eligible claims, unless otherwise assigned, even if your health insurance already covers it.
Buzzing away out-of-pocket expenses
An illness like cancer is not just emotionally draining, but even with health insurance, it can also be financially straining. In fact, the impact of out-of-pocket medical expenses is staggering, according to the 2020 Aflac Health Care Issues Survey: 42% of respondents said they faced out-of-pocket costs of $1,000 or more beyond a copay or deductible during their most recent hospital visit, up from 35% in 2019. This led 28% to postpone seeing a medical professional, 27% to rely on a credit card, 17% to pick up extra work hours/shifts and 13% to take out a loan to help offset medical expenses.6
One solution may be supplemental insurance like critical illness and cancer insurance, which provide cash benefits in the event of a covered illness to help with the expenses health insurance doesn’t cover. Not only can it help with an initial diagnosis, but it also can help provide financial assistance through treatment — even nonsurgical options like immunotherapy — as well as a benefit payable after an insured is declared cancer-free.
A whisker in time
November’s health focus is a great time to remind employees about the importance of being proactive about their health and ensuring they are financially prepared in the event of a diagnosis — whether you embrace the ‘stache or not.
Bob Ruff is senior vice president of Growth Solutions. He is responsible for the development and execution of key growth initiatives for Aflac U.S., including product development, enrollment, business development and market development.
1 Cleveland Clinic. “Cleveland Clinic ‘Coping with COVID’ Survey Illustrates the Mental and Physical Toll the Pandemic is Taking on Men.” https://newsroom.clevelandclinic.org/2020/09/02/cleveland-clinic-coping-with-covid-survey-illustrates-the-mental-and-physical-toll-the-pandemic-is-taking-on-men. Accessed Oct. 14, 2020.
2 American Cancer Society. “Key Statistics for Testicular Cancer.” https://www.cancer.org/cancer/testicular-cancer/about/key-statistics.html. Accessed Oct. 14, 2020.
3 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “United States Cancer Statistics: Data Visualizations.” https://gis.cdc.gov/Cancer/USCS/DataViz.html. Accessed Oct. 14, 2020.
4 American Cancer Society. “Key Statistics for Colorectal Cancer.” https://www.cancer.org/cancer/colon-rectal-cancer/about/key-statistics.html. Accessed Oct. 14, 2020.
5 Cancer Health. “COVID-19 Leads to Drop in Cancer Diagnosis.” https://www.cancerhealth.com/article/covid19-leads-drop-cancer-diagnoses. Accessed Oct. 14, 2020.
6 The 2020 Aflac Health Care Issues Survey is a national online survey of 1,138 U.S. adults fielded in August 2020 by Hill+Knowlton Strategies. Learn more at Aflac.com/HCI.
This article is for informational purposes only and is not a solicitation for insurance. Aflac includes Aflac and/or Aflac New York.
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MOST OF OUR PATIENTS ALREADY have quite a few teeth of their own. However, for our very young patients, and for little brothers and sisters of our patients, we thought it might be handy for our readers to know a few basics about teething.
What To Expect When Your Baby Starts Teething
Teething starts anywhere between 4 months old to a year old. The teething process will usually last a few years, with a full set of teeth settling in by age three. You may notice that your baby is teething when you see these signs:
- trouble sleeping
- bumps in the gums
- extra drooling
You Can Keep Your Child Comfortable With These Tips
Cutting new teeth can be a very uncomfortable process. Here are some ideas for soothing your teething child:
- Give them teething objects.
- Chilled teething toys are especially handy (refrigerated, not frozen), or even a cool wet cloth.
- Try massaging their gums with a clean finger.
- Avoid benzocaine products (usually in numbing gel) with children under two, unless specifically recommended and supervised by a physician.
Here Are Some More Tips:
Take Good Care Of Your Child’s Brand-New Teeth
Your child’s brand-new teeth are especially vulnerable to decay. Make sure you follow these tips:
- DON’T put your child to bed with a bottle full of milk or juice. This can lead to baby bottle tooth decay, a very serious dental concern.
- Clean the gums and budding teeth with a clean, wet washcloth. Later, use a soft toothbrush.
- Bring your child in for a dental visit by age one. This allows us to establish a safe, cheerful dental home BEFORE there are any problems that need fixing.
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It’s 11:38 A.M. on Tuesday; do you know where your children are? Because they’re probably in school.
But what are they learning about? Oh, we’d all like to sit back in our Aeron office chairs and think they’re listening to a lecture on supply-side economics or accounting, but the curriculum more likely focuses on environmental advocacy, social justice or some other academic racket designed to plant the scourge of institutional doubt on young minds. In short, insurrection.
If we as a community can draw any lesson from the recent Story of Stuff debacle at Big Sky High School, it’s that public education cannot be effectively counted on to subtly control our children’s minds, or even stick to a textbook. Sure, the school board chastised the teacher for showing a propoganda film to her 12th grade wildlife biology class, but it’s only a matter of time before Bill Maher and the ghost of Chairman Mao go marching into our schools with their anti-capitalist intifada.
Fortunately, we have a solution: home schooling.
Arguments like the one provoked by the Story of Stuff proliferate a false reality that liberal educators often allow to go unanswered. Kids don’t actually absorb much in school, compared to say, MySpace. And for the unfortunate parents of those who do show aptitude for formal education, relief is as close as the kitchen table, or basement closet, or anywhere else they might fit a chair and bare light bulb.
Through home schooling, parents can filter out disagreeably one-sided tripe. Even more importantly, they can ensure kids see only the one-sided tripe our founding fathers would approve of. At the very least, a child won’t come home crying over having supposedly murdered Cambodians by purchasing gloves from Wal-Mart the weekend before. That child will not have left the house in the first place.
Home schooling also promotes the freedom of parenting. By choosing to educate your own kids, you’re free to tell them that Protestants have tails, that Hillary Clinton first contracted AIDS from monkeys and that Moses tried to file a land claim in Israel because he knew Muslims would try to take it one day. Better yet, your children are free to believe you.
So, go ahead—do it. Pull your kids out now. And if you deduce that any part of this column is disingenuous, you’re also free to quit your job and become public school teachers. | <urn:uuid:51d0aa78-4e75-42d3-ac80-b81f9aa9853b> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://missoulanews.bigskypress.com/missoula/etc/Content?oid=1148089 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280483.83/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00294-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.960744 | 518 | 1.554688 | 2 |
This webinar is intended for engineers who work on power electronics design and test. We will be discussing the double-pulse testing method which comprehensively verifies the converter design incl. switching losses, switching characteristics for all operating modes, and switching times and energies.
After introducing you to this method we will be looking at the theory on effects of parasitics, the test setup and the test procedure. You will be learning how to design the test with respect to circuit parameters provided by the right load inductor and DC link capacitor.
Discussions on voltage and current probing, de-skewing, and grounding will be guiding you through the measurement setup. Practical measurement examples with a SiC MOSFET device will be illustrating this webinar. | <urn:uuid:beaba934-e7e6-4aba-850f-0916146cc273> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.allaboutcircuits.com/industry-webinars/tips-and-tricks-on-double-pulse-testing-for-power-electronics-webinar/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572212.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815205848-20220815235848-00478.warc.gz | en | 0.865557 | 154 | 2.171875 | 2 |
HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS HELP RECRUIT ICF CANDIDATES
Every year Inner-City Filmmakers enlists the aid of teachers and career counselors at high schools and social service agencies throughout Southern California to actively identify and help recruit exceptional students who are imaginative, exhibit talent and aptitude, and have a desire to work in the media industry.
Since 1993, Inner-City Filmmakers has offered a free intensive filmmaking Summer Program for low-income high school seniors and recent graduates to gain a working knowledge of the motion picture and television industries. Included in the summer classes are college guidance, business-development skills training and direction towards continuing education.
Assistance is provided in entry-level job placement for qualifying graduates. Inner-City Filmmakers has placed more than 50% of ICF graduates in paying entry-level jobs at film studios and production companies. ICF graduates are now members of film craft guilds including the Motion Picture Editors Guild, International Cinematographers Guild, and the Studio Electrical Lighting Technicians. Many students, from groups who have traditionally been underrepresented in the motion picture industry, are working and gaining valuable experience in other phases of production and postproduction. And more than 72% of ICF graduates have continued on to higher education.
The ICF Summer Program takes place at the Lantana Center, and runs for 8 weeks in July and August. The opportunity is offered free to qualified students. Teachers and counselors with potential candidates can request applications, which are available in February. For more information about Inner-City Filmmakers and how you can provide opportunities for your students call (310) 264-3992 or contact them by e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.org. | <urn:uuid:279031d5-cf11-4256-97a5-7170b819a94a> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.innercityfilmmakers.com/general/releases/teachers_needed.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560285289.45/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095125-00148-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.946165 | 353 | 1.695313 | 2 |
Click here to have a look at Bob Moog’s own site:
This site was conceived of by Bob Moog as a way to share information about himself with people around the world.
He passed away on August 21, 2005 before the site was launched.
Many of the articles and pictures contained in the archives were part of his personal collection. His daughter Michelle and son in-law Joseph worked with his direction to obtain the rights to articles and photos. His express desire was to help students, engineers, musicians, reporters, and others interetested in the art and science of electronic music to learn more about his personal history.
Bob Moog is proof of how one person’s actions can reach out and influence hundreds, thousands, maybe millions of people. Of course, if he’d never been born, we would still have had synthesizers but it’s hard to imagine a musical world without Moog’s instruments. His was the breakthrough vision, taking synthesis out of the experimental labs and into the wider musical world. Revolutionary instruments like the Minimoog brought sound creation to a mass-market. It’s a classic for a reason: here was a small, transportable synthesizer that could be gigged easily. No wonder keyboardists fell in love with it.
I’ve been playing Moogs for 23 years so I personally owe Bob and his entire company a lot. From the humble Rogue up to the Voyager, Moogs have a magic all of their own. I think that magic comes from Bob Moog’s spirit, intelligence and humour.
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This is a best prospect industry sector for this country. Includes a market overview and trade data.
Rwanda has four national parks (Volcanoes, Nyungwe, Akagera, and Gishwati-Mukura) and substantial natural assets, including six volcanoes, 23 lakes and numerous rivers, and rare species such as mountain gorillas. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, tourism was the leading foreign exchange earner for the country. Rwanda has sought to establish itself as a regional and global hub for conferences and events. Rwanda was scheduled to host the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in 2020, but the event was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. An increase in the number of major airline companies serving Rwanda has also contributed to the growth of Rwanda’s tourism sector. Given advances in teleworking and low returns on business tourism, it is uncertain when Rwanda’s hospitality sector will recover to pre-pandemic levels, according to the IMF. Throughout 2021, even as Rwanda has experienced waves of infections and experienced lockdowns, the government has prioritized keeping international tourism open.
Hospitality and hotels
Transportation and tourist services
- Management and advertising for domestic and international meetings, conferences, and conventions
- Tourism and hospitality training schools
- Construction of cultural villages
- Creation of environmentally friendly recreation parks in Kigali
- Tourism and sports activities around Lake Kivu
- Eco-tourism in Rwanda’s national parks
- Development of exhibition centers in and around Kigali City
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Lending companies tend to price consumers considering its credit scores. As an instance, people with lower than 580 are considered high-risk consumers. If the credit score is below 580, the financial institution considers you to debtor high-risk on account of non-payment out of credit.
- 800 and you can above: Outstanding Credit
- 740 to help you 799: Decent Borrowing from the bank
- 670 to help you 739: Good credit
- 580 so you’re able to 669: Reasonable Borrowing
- Less than 580: Poor credit
Even after bad credit, will still be you can in order to borrow money. Next strategies enables you to borrow cash, even with poor credit:
On the web Lenders
On line lenders would be the hottest representatives off less than perfect credit loans. These businesses facilitate less credit for everyone credit scores on the internet such those the subsequent. You aren’t bad credit commonly will pay one or more that have good credit. The same, it’s possible to borrow money even after a bad credit get.
Pay day Option Funds (PALs)
Mostly considering through the National Borrowing Commitment Government, payday option money is actually another way to get financing having crappy credit. Such funds are usually less expensive than typical cash advance. Along with, consumers will pay this new financing inside two months in the place of simply one spend period. Centered on government legislation, all of the notice with the Buddies are capped in the twenty-eight%, making them a much smaller choice than cash advance.
Friends or Family relations Borrowing
When you borrow money from your family and friends, they don’t ask for your credit score ahead of it provide your money. While it’s constantly not a good idea to combine providers having satisfaction, you can try borrowing money from relatives and you may family before exploring other choices.
Family Security Mortgage https://paydayloansohio.net/cities/yellow-springs/ which have Bad credit
Individuals with home security can simply submit an application for property security mortgage or a house security line of credit (HELOC). When that takes place, the home gets the fresh new guarantee towards loan. This process in addition to does not inquire about this new borrower’s credit score.
Domestic security finance usually have lower-interest rates because the property obtains the mortgage. Although not, the attention levied into the loan might possibly be taxation-allowable. The main advantage of this process is that if your fail to settle your debt, your reduce your residence.
The brand new costs levied toward poor credit money are very different according to the borrower’s credit score, state off home, and you can financial background. The bad credit loan providers mentioned about this listing costs ranging from cuatro.9% and you will %. That have a top credit rating plus evidence of money, it’s possible to borrow a whole lot more.
Importantly, individuals would be to glance at bad credit mortgage comments cautiously before sealing brand new package. Specific businesses charges most costs, overlooked percentage costs, or any other charges.
How much Is one to Borrow?
As stated on this record, most poor credit lenders give anywhere between $500 and $5,100. Specific lenders actually enable it to be individuals when planning on taking as low as $a hundred, and many enhance their limitations to help you $50,one hundred thousand. Constantly, customers having highest credit ratings and research can be acquire far more money.
Most less than perfect credit enterprises transfer money into the borrower’s membership inside the as little as one to business day. Particular lenders also transfer the money within this instances immediately after recognition.
Other Bad credit Financing Solutions
In case there is an emergency financial you want, a bad credit mortgage will come in convenient. Although not, discover selection. In accordance with the state, one may want to consider other options instead of the ones about number:
Interest-Totally free Payday loans Software (Earnin, Dave, otherwise Chime)
Particular applications allow it to be consumers to locate short, interest-100 % free improves on their paychecks. It become Dave, Earnin, and you can Chime, yet others. Borrowers need satisfy qualifications criteria to use this type of apps. In addition to, discover a limit how much one can use. Total, however they create individuals with poor credit discover profit get better. | <urn:uuid:287e3843-002f-4307-a052-eefdb37c365d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://sitepreview.co/2022/07/18/ideal-4-finest-version-of-poor-credit-money/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573163.7/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818033705-20220818063705-00068.warc.gz | en | 0.939755 | 931 | 1.796875 | 2 |
Economic Well-Being in Louisiana
Louisiana’s future economic prosperity depends on connecting today’s children and their families to the opportunities that can help them thrive. Basic economic security-having enough food, stable, safe housing, and adequate healthcare-should be a given for every child in our state. When we connect kids to that kind of stability, we promote their healthy development, enabling them to reach their full potential.
Decades of brain research show that when kids experience economic instability and food insecurity, they can experience something called toxic stress, which can have lifelong implications on brain development and physical health. Put simply, toxic stress happens when children experience prolonged periods of stress that aren’t buffered by protective relationships. When this happens, children’s bodies and brains are flooded with stress hormones, such as cortisol, for extended periods, increasing their risk for developmental delays and even health problems as adults.
Louisiana has long struggled with some of the nation’s highest child poverty rates, but change is within our reach. Improving children’s economic well-being requires adopting an approach that empowers the adult caregivers in a child’s life to provide safe, stable relationships and meet their children’s basic material needs.
Strategies Louisiana Can Use to Improve Economic Well-being
Enact tax policies, such as a child tax credit and an expanded earned income tax credit, that are proven to reduce child poverty and increase family economic security.
Enact workforce policies that help parents enter and/or remain in the workforce, including paid leave, paid sick time, and expanded access to the Child Care Assistance program.
Raise the minimum wage, which would increase the household income for many of our lowest-income families.
Expand access to affordable housing in neighborhoods of opportunity by increasing public subsidies for affordable housing in areas close to jobs, high-performing schools, grocery stores, and other amenities and incentivizing housing developers to create more affordable housing in these areas.
Reduce barriers to accessing public supports, such as SNAP, WIC, Child Care Assistance, LaCHIP and, cash assistance (FITAP). Strategies to improve access can include simplifying application processes, offering multiple ways to apply, providing in-person and virtual application assistance, and utilizing flexibility allowed by federal regulations to expand the pool of eligible families.
- Roadmap to Improve Child Well-Being in Louisiana (Agenda)
- Paid Leave is the Foundation for a Stronger Louisiana (Agenda)
- The Case for Expanding Child Care Assistance to Job Seekers (Agenda)
- Parish Profiles
- Kids, Families, and COVID-19: Pandemic Pain Points and the Urgent Need to Respond (AECF)
- Children Living in High-Poverty, Low-Opportunity Neighborhoods (AECF)
- Opening Doors for Young Parents (AECF)
- Louisiana Needs a Strong Families Tax Credit (Louisiana Budget Project)
- Out of Reach: The Cost of Housing (National Low-income Housing Coalition)
- Why the U.S. Needs a $15 Minimum Wage (Economic Policy Institute)
Data on the Economic Well-being of Children and Families in Louisiana
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Are you writing a book? You’ll need characters, setting, theme, point of view, and conflict. Collectively known as the basic elements of a story, each one is crucial to the overall narrative.
In this article, we’ll be taking a closer look at how these elements work individually for a more cohesive and engaging story.
Any work of fiction will have characters. Depending on the story’s theme (which we will discuss later), the characters can be humans, animals, dwarfs, mages, robots, and even aliens.
Regardless of what kind of character you’ll have, two characters usually dominate the plot – the antagonist and the protagonist.
The antagonist is the villain, typically a direct contrast to the protagonist. On the other hand, the protagonist is the story’s central character.
In Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games, you’ll notice that the protagonist or main character Katniss Everdeen is compassionate, while the antagonist, President Coriolanus Snow, is ruthless.
During the character development phase of your book, you have the option to make either the protagonist or the antagonist a static character or a dynamic character. So, what’s the difference?
In essence, a static character doesn’t change, while a dynamic character, as the word “dynamic” suggests, changes in the story. An internal or external conflict can influence these changes.
Expert Tip: To learn more about the difference between these two types of characters, read our static characters vs. dynamic characters guide.
Many first-time authors typically put the book’s setting as a low priority. However, like other elements of a story, the setting can influence the narrative.
A book setting is the where and the when of a story.
For instance, in the romantic novel Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, the story takes place in the 19th century (the when) and England (the where).
The setting is more than just picking out a location and period. You should also set the mood by using environmental elements. One way to do this is to use weather conditions. Does the story take place in the middle of summer? Winter? Spring? Then, select word choices to depict that imagery.
Expert Tip: Some authors use foreshadowing in the setting. This literary device allows you to put significant hints or clues in the story.
As mentioned earlier, the story’s theme is also a key element. And it is more abstract or complex compared to other elements, party because it is the “why” and “what” of the story.
Some of the most popular themes that you’ll find in literature are:
- Good vs. Evil: One example is Harry Potter versus Lord Voldemort in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series.
- Love: Julia Quinn’s romantic book series turned into a hit Netflix show (Bridgerton) that revolves around love.
- Redemption: Atonement by Ian McEwan perfectly encapsulates a redemption theme.
- Courage and perseverance: You can find a central theme of courage and perseverance in Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time.
- Coming of age: J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye, one of the best books of all time, follows 16-year-old Holden Caulfield as he comes to terms with growing up.
- Revenge: Gillian Fynn’s Gone Girl is a perfect example of a book with a revenge theme.
Expert Tip: You can use characters, settings, or a combination of other key elements of a story to construct the theme.
Point of View
Point of view or POV, in short, is simply the view in which the story is told. It can be your book’s protagonist telling the story as she sees and experiences it, or you can be the narrator, separate from the story and like a fly on the wall.
POV in literature has four types:
- First-person point of view: With this type of point of view, you will use pronouns such as I, me, my, we, us, our, myself, and ourselves. The narrator in first-person point of view is typically the protagonist, but you can also assign the narrator role to other characters in your book.
- Second-person of view: In a 2nd POV, you will use “you.” It is a bit tricky to stay consistent using this type of POV.
- Third-person point of view: J.K Rowling wrote Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone in 3rd-person POV, wherein you are in charge of the storytelling aspect.
- Fourth-person point of view: 4th-person POV storytelling uses “we.”
Deciding the POV of your book is crucial because of several reasons:
- It shows the intricate details of your book.
- Readers can quickly identify and set the characters apart.
- It helps readers understand the thought process of the characters and the plot
- Provide key details of your story as you intend it to be.
Expert Tip: If you want to fully grasp what point of view is and how to find out which type is perfect to use in your story can be found here, we have a POV storytelling guide that you should read.
A well-structured plot is also one of the most crucial elements of a story. As a matter of fact, you can’t write a fiction novel without it. So, what is a plot?
This element tells the reader what is happening in the story, as well as crucial details describing the main character’s problems and how he/she attempts to resolve them. Basically, it consists of events that push the narrative forward.
What Are the Elements of Plot?
Unlike other elements of a story, a plot has its own elements. These are the exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution. Here is an explanation of the elements:
If you’ve read the first chapters of a book, you’ll notice that the author introduces you to the characters or sets the stage for the story. This is what we call “exposition.”
You are exposing the readers to relevant background information.
Many books start their exposition with character dialogue, but others use flashbacks (more on this later!). You can also find novels using letters from the past, describing the setting, and character descriptions. Some even start with the main character’s perspective or point of view.
For instance, in The Hunger Games, which was written using first person point of view, opens with Katniss describing her home and District 12.
Expert Tip: Many fiction novels slowly expose the reader to crucial details as the story unfolds. It’s an excellent pacing strategy since your readers can genuinely digest and understand the details you share and avoid information overload.
In the rising action, you build momentum in the story, wherein the protagonist and other characters experience different events. These events, often internal or external conflicts, should create the perfect recipe for characters to decide in the climax.
With all the events happening in the rising action, it will eventually reach a boiling point or, in literature, what we call a climax.
The climax is a heightened tension as a result of the problems in the rising action stage. At this point, the readers are at the edge of their seats because they are unaware of what the protagonist will do next.
Expert Tip: Many stories have several climaxes. Authors often do this for character development and arc.
After the climax is the falling action, and as this plot’s element name suggests, it is where everything calms down. Typically, authors use the falling action to wrap everything up, including giving the characters the chance to deal with the aftermath.
Some stories use falling action to introduce another conflict and build a second climax.
Resolution or denouement is what happens next to your characters. Do they get a happy ending? Or do they continue living the same lives? The decision is up to you. Remember that not every resolution or conclusion warrants a happy ending! You can also make the resolution a cliffhanger or open-ended, especially when you intend to have a sequel or make a book series.
The structure of a book’s plot can vary and will be highly dependent on how you want to present the elements of the plot. For instance, in a linear plot, the elements (exposition, rising action, climax, and falling action) are presented in chronological order.
On the other hand, a parallel plot comes with multiple characters, each with their own storylines, but will eventually merge in the story.
Here is a closer look at each one.
As mentioned earlier, a linear plot will present the elements of a plot in chronological order. It starts with the exposition, goes through the rising action, then the climax, and eventually the resolution.
These elements are divided into three acts – beginning, middle, and end.
Act one or the beginning is the exposition and the rising action, where you, again, present readers with critical information about the story. On the other hand, act two is the middle or the climax and, as mentioned earlier, is the heightened stage of the story, which is an accumulation of the events that took place in act one.
Lastly, the third act is the story’s resolution or ending.
An episodic plot is more complex than a linear plot.
In an episodic plot, you are showing different episodes of loosely-related incidents.
Most television shows use an episodic plot structure. For instance, one episode tackles one conflict, and then the next week, your favorite characters face a new dilemma. Each story is contained and can be standalone but is part of a larger story.
That is why you can still catch up on your favorite show even when you missed an episode!
One example of a novel with an episodic plot is J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit.
Expert Tip: Authors typically use an episodic plot to showcase the perspective of different characters.
Take the linear plot, multiply it by two or three, and you’ll get a parallel plot. In this structure, you can have two to three plots simultaneously. Each plot, however, will not reach the breaking point separately. Instead, they will merge in the climax of your story.
Using a parallel plot can be beneficial if you have multiple protagonists. Not only does it helps with character development, but you are also conveying to readers that these characters are essential in the story.
A flashback plot is another popular structure in literature, and you’ve most probably read a book or two using such format. If you haven’t yet, a flashback plot transports your reader to the protagonist’s past, helping them understand the character’s thought process and decision-making in the present. This plot structure can also build up suspense in the story.
The last element of a story you should know is conflict. It is basically what your protagonist is trying to overcome.
There are different types of conflict you can use in your story. One way is to put your lead character in battle with himself, literally or figuratively. You can also pit two characters against each other (hero versus villain). Or, you can have a lead character fight an oppressive society or a natural force.
Regardless of your type of conflict, remember that conflict is the fuel of a story!
Expert insight: If you are confused between conflict and plot, the latter is the what in the story. On the other hand, conflict is why the protagonist is having difficulty reaching his goals.
Basic Story Elements Matter
Whether you are crafting a short story or a book novel, nailing down the essential elements of a story is crucial. Not only does it give your story a direction and structure, but it can also help readers fully grasp the narrative.
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FSHeal aims to be a general filesystem tool that can scan and report vital "defective" information about the filesystem like broken symlinks, forgotten backup files, and left-over object files, but also source files, documentation files, user documents, and so on. It will scan the filesystem without modifying anything and reporting all the data to a logfile specified by the user which can then be reviewed and actions taken accordingly.
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Release Notes: The project is more flexible, allowing you to add or remove source, backup, and library extensions to a simple configuration file which resides in the sysconfdir. The sizes were changed to kilobytes since running the program on a high level directory would have reported extremely large numbers. | <urn:uuid:3406da83-5cd6-4d58-a021-1dc701c7974d> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.freecode.com/projects/fsheal | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280761.39/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00089-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.86976 | 176 | 1.90625 | 2 |
Herb and Dorothy: A Glimpse into Their Extraordinary Collection
Civil servants by profession without independent financial means, Dorothy and Herbert (Herb) Vogel have acquired some 4,000 works of art since their marriage in 1962. Today these works constitute one of the most remarkable collections of contemporary art in America.
Their intention, as they began, was not to build “a collection” but rather to find works that they wanted to live with. They celebrated their engagement by selecting one of Pablo Picasso’s ceramic vases together, and their initial purchase as a married couple was a sculpture by John Chamberlain. Eventually focusing on drawings, the Vogels nonetheless acquired works in other media reflective of the range of “their” artists’ practices. In fact, on single artist - Martin Johnson - is represented in the collection by drawings, paintings, sculptures, and works on paper that incorporate collage and photography.
In 1992 the National Gallery of Art, Washington, announced an agreement that established the Gallery’s stewardship of the Vogels' collection. Since then 1,100 paintings, objects, drawings, photographs, prints, and illustrated books have entered the Gallery’s collection or are promised gifts. During this period, the Vogels continued to acquire art (as purchases and gifts from artists), and their collection doubled in size from some 2,400 works to approximately 4,000 objects. The sheer size of the collection—far too large to be reasonably placed in any one institution—led to the development of The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection: Fifty Works for Fifty States project, which enables the Vogels to share the gift of their collection nationwide. This project has received essential support from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
Fifty Works for Fifty States encompasses 2,500 drawings, paintings, objects, prints, and photographs by 177 artists. The Vogels selected participating institutions using a range of personal criteria. Some venues had already exhibited works from the collection or had invited the collectors to speak; others were staffed by professionals the couple had worked with over the years; still others were in cities significant to one or both of them, such as Buffalo, New York, where Dorothy attended school. For some states they based decisions on research that identified institutions with an interest in contemporary art. The Vogels’ goal was to bring work by contemporary artists to institutions that might otherwise not have been able to acquire them.
“We are thrilled that the Mississippi Museum of Art was chosen as Mississippi’s recipient of this amazing gift,” said Mississippi Museum of Art Director Betsy Bradley. “Fifty Works for Fifty States is a brilliant and generous gesture on the part of the Vogels and their supporting institutions. By sharing the works in this way, Mississippians will have an unprecedented opportunity to experience contemporary art.”
Artists whose works will be on view in this exhibition include Stephen Antonakos, Will Barnet, Robert Barry, Lisa Bradley, Charles Clough, Claudia DeMonte, Richard Francisco, Michael Goldberg, Ronald Gorchov, Don Hazlitt, Jene Highstein, Peter Hutchinson, Martin Johnson, Steve Keister, Mark Kostabi, Ronnie Landfield, Michael Lash, Michael Lucero, Takashi Murakami, Joseph Nechvatal, Richard Nonas, Lucio Pozzi, Edda Renouf, Cindy Sherman, Daryl Trivieri, Richard Tuttle, and Lynn Umlauf. | <urn:uuid:1cd8f760-0e61-47eb-8166-23fe30fd0eaf> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://www.artslant.com/ew/events/show/104553-herb-and-dorothy-a-glimpse-into-their-extraordinary-collection | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280410.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00453-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.953261 | 717 | 2.203125 | 2 |
There is much to learn from Ukraine's rocky ride from communism to its opposite, meaning an open democracy with a market economy.
That the trajectory has been uneven, with sharp setbacks on the way, should not be that surprising, since many in Central and Eastern Europe have experienced similar disappointment in their transitions.
However, Ukraine's challenges run deeper than most in that the country is divided between western Ukrainian speakers and eastern Russian speakers, each region with a collective memory of its cultural ties to the Hapsburg or Russian empires.
In the western part of the country, Ukrainians harbour a special bitterness over the fact that communist rule from Moscow was particularly crushing at times.
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Still, the reconciliation of wary communities is possible in new democracies if the governing is inclusive, transparent and fair.
But just saying that doesn't make it happen. Citizens have to learn to behave democratically — from top to bottom.
In Ukraine's case, when the communist leadership declared independence in 1991, Western democracies, especially Canada, rushed to help — as we did in Russia and other countries seeking a democratic transition from communist rule.
I remember that period well. Canadians helped Ukraine in writing new laws.
We had lots of advice, but no experience in changing an economy and society from black to white.
Not rocket science
What we didn't understand properly was that, as democracy theorist Thomas Carothers has written, the rule of law resides within the heads of citizens more than in any new statutes.
The rule of law is a behaviour, not a process to be transferred like an assembly line. It takes time, and it has to come from the people concerned.
In Ukraine's case, the added problem was that the guys running the country only pretended to be democrats.
In 1994, a rocket scientist, Leonid Kuchma, won the first presidential election and governed for a decade alongside corrupt clans that ripped off the economic transition from state-run enterprises (much as what happened in Russia).
At the same time, a more democratic opposition was gaining a stronger voice. But state violence against investigating journalists — not unlike the street-clearing violence that we've seen in recent weeks — reflected a governing mindset of entitlement and intimidation.
When his term was up, Kuchma supported a fellow Russian speaker, then prime minister Viktor Yanukovych, to succeed him.
Yanukovych (the current president) was an uninspiring machine candidate taking on an insurgent Ukrainian nationalist, Viktor Yuschenko, a former central banker in the Soviet system.
That was when Russia's Vladimir Putin entered the play.
The fix was in
By 2004, the Russian president had dropped his early overtures to align Russia more closely with NATO and the U.S., and was set on creating an alternative Russian sphere of influence, in which Ukraine would be a key component.
No democrat himself, Putin was nonetheless still popular at home and he had his administration tutor Yanukovych on how to fix an election.
The fix was in, but it was inept. After the vote, Ukrainians of all stripes gathered at Maidan Square, and in 17 days of highly disciplined peaceful mass protest forced through a re-run of the election that Yuschenko finally won.
That was the Orange Revolution. Kuchma had ordered his military commanders to use force on the protesters, but they refused to fire on fellow-citizens.
It was a classic example of how, if mass protest and civil disobedience can stay peaceful, and if the military doesn't shoot to kill, an insurgency has its best chance of success against an authoritarian regime.
Putin never understood what happened. Ever suspicious, he saw it as a Western-steered effort to co-opt Ukrainian groups so that they would organize protests to produce regime change.
Unable to comprehend the motivations of democrats back home, he couldn't accept that this was a bottom-up protest against blatant electoral fraud.
The tough road ahead
Fast-forward a decade to the present.
The Yuschenko period in office was mostly a disappointment, and Ukrainians were fed up enough, particularly by the recent world recession, which hit them hard, to vote Yanukovych to the presidency in 2010.
He had promised to be the president of all Ukrainians, but once in he cut sordid deals to get a parliamentary majority, and used that majority to strengthen his presidential powers.
He also launched vindictive prosecutions of former political opponents and cracked down on the media.
In press freedom, Ukraine slumped to 126th in the rankings of Reporters Without Borders, while Transparency International placed Ukraine near the bottom of corrupt economies and political systems.
For Putin, everything must have seemed familiar and normal.
But for many Ukrainians, especially the younger, post-Soviet generation, this was not at all what they were expecting.
Already dispirited by narrowing economic opportunity, they compared how they were being governed to the European norms they believed were their due.
The closer economic relationship that the European Union offered Ukraine last year appealed to this group especially because it would lock their country into a process of political reform.
When Yanukovych, confronting dire economic facts, chose instead to swing back into Moscow's economic orbit, the young — and many older Ukrainians, too — again occupied the Maidan in Kyiv, in the spirit of the Orange Revolution.
This time, though, nonviolence has not prevailed.
And while there are undoubtedly some extreme nationalist elements involved in the protest, inclined to force the issue by a more violent insurgency, Yanukovych himself, having met with Putin in Sochi, seems similarly determined to save his regime by whatever means it takes.
In the coming days and weeks, the drama will play out.
European leaders will no doubt intervene to seek a negotiated solution. U.S. leaders will warn Yanukovych about the consequences of using deadly force. Economic sanctions will be threatened. Putin will rant and rage about "Western manipulation and interference."
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This time the epicentre was east of Kathmandu, unlike the last time which was west, and further away from the city.
There are already reports of some major landslides with this quake, along the highways leading to the eastern districts.
One can but imagine what must have happened in those hillsides that were ravaged by the quake the last time, or how this quake will not only damage the buildings that were already cracked, but the impact it will have on the already frightened and vulnerable children and young people.
“We are thinking of every child in Nepal who has already been through so much.” – Read an eyewitness account from a UNICEF staff member.
Radio Nepal was on air when the quake happened and 10 minutes later, our counselling programme “Bhandai Sundai” (saying-listening) went on air. People were calling in to talk about how they were feeling and the presenters were talking to them, not only calming them down, but also getting more information about how the earthquake had impacted their community.
When I was driving past the main open ground in the centre on the city, about two-and-a-half hours after the quake, it was already filling up with cars, and motorcycles, and hordes of people heading for open spaces. This is a season for thunderstorms – we’ve had major storms over the valley and neighbouring areas for the past two days – but today many more people will be sleeping out in the open.
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Friday, November 19, 2010
The "independence principle" is the rule -- traditionally very important in letter of credit law -- that a letter of credit is independent of the contract that gives rise to it, and thus ordinary contract defenses are unavailing to defeat the holder. The rule fosters certainty but also (inevitably) leads to tough cases, and thus courts are not particularly friendly to it.
In a new paper, Unconscionability as an Exception to the Independence Principle: A Study of Singaporean Caselaw, M. Hasan Aijaz looks at how courts in Singapore are snipping away at the rule. Here's the abstract:
This paper studies the development, existing status, and suggests a course of development for the independence principle in Singapore. The independence principle is one of the defining characteristics of letter of credit law and ensures that the letter of credit remains true to its origin as a cash replacement. Inroads on the independence principle have been made in most jurisdictions to varying extent through the exception of fraud from the principle such that fraud in the underlying contract may work to vitiate the efficacy of a call on the letter of credit. The independence principle is in tension with the fraud principle in most jurisdictions with the scope of the exception often being misapplied or constantly changing. In Singapore and other jurisdictions the independence principle has further been eroded with the introduction of a second exception, unconscionability, which operates to vitiate the efficacy of a call on the letter of credit in various nebulously defined scenarios. This paper tracks how this exception arose and discusses doctrinal methods to maintain the vitality of the independence principle without overturning significant caselaw. | <urn:uuid:13cc79d5-476f-4d72-a1ae-a0861ab2dfc3> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/contractsprof_blog/2010/11/unconscionability-and-independence-in-letters-of-credit.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988719155.26/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183839-00332-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.931037 | 341 | 1.648438 | 2 |
Polo and indigenous ponies of Manipur
- Part 3 -
Waikhom Damodar Singh *
A game of Polo at Mapal Kangjeibung, at Manipur Sangai Festival 2012 :: Pix - Jinendra Maibam
The result of the divine union of the two supreme deities had been that the "Sun", the life giver of all the beings in the cosmic world had been created which is represented by the "ball" (kangdrum) of the game. When the Sun sets on the west it is swiftly followed by its "ray" in the way of chasing the former by the latter, likewise the ball which represents the Sun-light (which is, according to the science of Physics, constituted by seven elements of different colours, namely, Violet, Indigo, Blue, Green, Yellow, Orange and Red - VIBGYOR, perhaps it is in this context that deity Marjing who had invented the game and framed its playing rules had made it to be played by two teams, each consisting compulsorily always of 7 a side, and also perhaps in the same context the indigenous people of Manipur, the Meiteis and their cognate tribes had been following the system of the formation of their claws constituted of seven sub-clans called "seven salais".
The Sun rises from East and sets on the west i.e. it moves from one direction to another direction to complete the cycle of the day, so also Sagol Kangjei is played with the ball made to move from one direction to another direction by the chasing of the horse to complete a cycle of play. In the game of Manipuri Sagol Kangjei when a goal is scored with the ball (kangdrum) crossed the end line of the field, both the teams swiftly change their attacking directions to continue the playing indicating that "life" of both the games and the living beings "cyclic" i.e. continuous.
Just as the lifes of the living beings in the cosmic world are perenially subjected to the "struggle" between their "Births" and "Deaths", so also the game of Manipuri Sagol Kangjei is a "struggle" between the "sagol" (horse) and the "ball" (kangdrum) i.e. the former two elements make a cycle of life of a being and the latter two elements make the cycle of life of the game.
It is in this very interpretation to say that "Life is a God-gifted game", though full of sorrows, miseries, obstructions and stakes which one should face and overcome them by playing (struggling) them out in the manner one struggles in the play of the "games and Sports" in their true spirits and enjoy them amidst all the dangers, obstacles and stakes that are there in playing them, particularly in the game of the very wild and robust play of the "Manipuri Sagol Kangjei".
Actually, playing of the modern farm of Polo as is being carried outside Manipur, in Calcutta, Delhi, Jaipur etc. and in other places of U.K., Germany, France, USA, Argentina etc. is confined only to the arstrocates and very rich people but playing of the IP style of Polo on fast "Arabian Horses" by the local people of Manipur is not possible at all, as yet, because of the inability of purchasing, say at least, 10 of them due to sky-high prices of the horses and very high expenditures on their maintenance with setting up of their necessary meticulous infrastructures, and therefore the local enthusiastic players of t the game have to depend on the less-costs local ponies. That also keeping individually or even by the local clubs of a pony, only far the purpose of playing of Polo is becoming something very burdensome and impossible due to highly and fastly soaring prices of the local ponies and the commodities required for their keeping under proper maintenance.
Earlier, of course, during the independent days almost in every house of the Manipuris in the valley, keeping a pony, at least, had been a "must", as then the people were enlisted as the compulsory "militia" of which many of them with their ponies formed the main force of the cavalry under a very strict "Roster" enforced under very strict orders of the king known as "Lallup" (fighting group), disobedience of which was severely punished in the larger interest of protecting the independence of the people and the sovereignty of the age-old State, and therefore the people had anyhow domisticated their ponies and kept them ever fit and trimmed for war by carrying out regular play of the indigenous vigorous Sagol Kangjei during the peace-time so as to enable them to respond actively to the emergency and compulsory call for the National service.
As has been said earlier the so called International Polo Association located in England controls the playing of the international style of Polo as the Suprem Controlling Board for the game allover the world, and therefore there should not be any dispute in declaring the Manipur Polo Associations also the "de facto" and "de jure" "controlling Board" or "Apex Body" or "the Nodal Authority" over the game of the indigenous Manipuri game of Sagol Kangjei with jurisdiction spread all over the world. The Association, of course, duly affiliated to the World Olympic Federation or Association as one of its bonafide Member in respect of the indigenous game, so that it may also be included as one disciplines of the world olympic Gemes in the near future or at an appropriate time as had been done in the case of "Sepak Takraw", the National Gemae of Thailand.
Also it is high time that the Government of Manipur "step-up" their efforts to make theis functioning or running of their "indigenous pony-beeeding centre" which had already been set up as the only kind of it not only in the entire country but also in allover the world, and to make it to function in a more "lively" and "productive manner" so that it may make available at least, the locally required sufficient numbers of good Polo playing ponies to the local people at very reasonable prices for enabling them to carryon playing of the Manipuri Sagol Kangjei vis-a-vis the IP style of Polo without any more "worry" for scarcity or non-availability of good local Polo-playing ponies, which may also be even sold otside the State, particularly, to the foreign countries whose players have started preferring or liking by now to play even their IP style of Polo on the local Manipuri indigenous ponies after their thrilling experience of playing on them during the classic tournaments held at Imphal recently because of their easy maneuvering and less risks of getting serious casualties on falling accidentally due to their lesser heights andsiower speeds.
As had been done earlier during the time of Maharaja Sir Churachand Singh, K.C.S..I.C.B.E.(Knight Commander Star of India, Commander British Empire) in the 1920s /30s, who was the Pioneer Patron of the modern International games introduced in Manipur, a good number of outstanding Polo players were kept as Government paid players with special provisions made in the State Budget of very slender income generated from its limited resources, that also with the payment of a huge amount of Rs.50,000/- more than crores of money in the present money value to the British Government as the "tribute" of the vanquished State to them. Maharaja Sir Churachand, himself played very actively and regularly with all the well known veteran local players like Thourani Shabi, Bamon Samjai Sharma etc. including British officers, Captain Blakie etc. the IP style of Polo as its founder in Manipur at the Palace ground, which is therefore known as Hafta Kangjeibung - field of weekly playing, the days of playing were kept on every Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
The State Government may also give a very serious thinking and do the needful soon of giving some scholarships, at least, to the most deserving outstanding polo players selected and recommended by the Manipur Polo Associations, and also sufficient "gran-in-aid" to the "polo-playing pony keepers" and to the makers of the "indigenous saddleries and other indigenous equipments" by way of helping and encouraging them in carrying out their rare and very valuable profession inherited in a more lively and easier way.
Such a step suggested to be taken benignly by the State Government of Manipur will definitely make the "good momentum of playing the god-gifted, age-old and most rare and precious game of Manipur, the Sagol Kangjei vis-a-vis the International style of Polo originated from it "get going", otherwise it may become, one day, "extinct" from the venue of the State, the original Home for obvious reasons pointed out as above.
During the second world war in the 1943/44s the American soldiers (Yankees, the cow-boys) of the Allied Forces who were in the Imphal Zone under the 14th British Army under Lt. General, Sir Bill William Slim occasionally joined as a recreationary part the weekly (Hafta) playing of local IP style of Polo at the then much bigger and wider open historic Imphal Polo ground by the local players. The American military players rode on their very attractive big Arabian Horses that were brought by them. However they were no match for the local oustanding players led by Bamon Samjai Sharma, Thourani Shabi (of Khongman and Nagamapal respectively) and others who played on their very clever local ponies. The Manipuri players excelled in quick manwevering of their ponies in turning to the left, to the right and in about turns by swiftly slowing down their fast galloping speeds on missing a hit of the ball which the American foreign players could not do so on their fast galloping horses.
Also the local players excelled in executing both the defensive and offensive "back-strokes", particularly by Thourani Shabi, who was quite a renowned player for that in those days, and hence they were quite on the upper-hand in the playing of the game. The cleverness of the local ponies is that they even carry the ball towards the goal post by kicking it by their fore-legs even if their riders missed the hitting of it. Such is the god-gifted extra-ordinary "talents" of the Manipuri Sagol Kangjei players of those days and the qualities of their ponies.
* Waikhom Damodar Singh wrote this article for The Sangai Express
This article was posted on December 13, 2012
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Members of the Internet engineering community have raised several new security concerns about Teredo, a mechanism for sending IPv6 traffic over IPv4 networks that comes turned on by default in Microsoft's Vista software.
Symantec and Ericsson security experts who called attention to the issue say they are concerned that Teredo bypasses network security through such devices as firewalls. Microsoft officials could not be reached for comment.
IPv6 is a long-anticipated upgrade to IPv4, the Internet's primary communications protocol, which fixes the lack of IP addresses found in IPv4. IPv6 has a virtually unlimited number of IP addresses, while IPv4 has 4.3 billion IP addresses, the majority of which have been handed out.
Teredo is a tunnelling technique used to send IPv6 traffic through IPv4 network address translators (NAT). Because of the lack of IPv4 addresses, NATs are commonly used in enterprise networks to mask many private IPv4 addresses behind a single public IPv4 address.
With Teredo, IPv6 packets are sent as IPv4-based User Datagram Protocol messages to go through IPv4 NATs. Teredo provides IPv6 traffic with address assignment and host-to-host automatic tunnelling. A network using Teredo requires Teredo clients, Teredo host-specific relays, Teredo servers and Teredo relays.
Teredo is enabled by default in Windows Vista, but it won't be enabled by default in Windows Server Code Name 2008, according to Microsoft.
In a 20-page document titled "Teredo Security Concerns," James Hoagland of Symantec and Suresh Krishnan of Ericsson, outline several new security concerns about running Teredo in managed, corporate network environments. The document is the result of an independent analysis of Teredo's security implications that was conducted by Symantec. (Symantec published other research on the topic earlier this year.
"Teredo is not recommended as a solution for managed networks," the document states. "Administrators of such networks may wish to filter all Teredo traffic at the boundaries of their networks. . . . The easiest mechanism for this would be to filter out incoming traffic with Source Port 3544 and outgoing traffic with Destination Port 3544."
The Hoagland/Krishnan document was discussed at a meeting of the IETF's IPv6 Operations Working Group held here this week. It is in draft form and has not been approved yet by the group.
Because of the new security concerns about Teredo, the authors recommend that network managers turn off Teredo. "Security administrators should disable Teredo functionality unless their network-based security controls adequately recognise the tunnelled traffic," the document says. The IETF previously cited security concerns about Teredo in the original Teredo RFC 4380, which was published by the IETF in February 2006.
The Symantec and Ericsson engineers now write: "IPv6 traffic tunnelled with Teredo will not receive the intended level of inspection or policy application by network-based security devices, unless the devices are specifically Teredo-aware and capable. This reduces defence in depth and may cause some security gaps. This applies to all network-located devices and to end-host based firewalls whose hooking mechanisms would not show them the IP packet stream after the Teredo client does decapsulation."
The authors say that vendors of firewalls, intrusion-detection systems, intrusion-prevention systems and routers must add support for the Teredo protocol to ensure they can inspect Teredo packets. A network device that's unaware of Teredo will inspect only the IPv4 layer of a Teredo packet but won't recognise there is an IPv6 packet hidden inside to inspect or to apply a security policy.
Another concern of the authors is that the Teredo tunnel is open-ended and supports bidirectional traffic. To make sure networks are secure when sending IPv6 traffic via Teredo, network managers need to bolster the security of client hosts sending Teredo traffic. "One implication of the security control bypass is that defence-in-depth has been reduced, perhaps down to zero unless a local firewall is in use," the authors say. "However, even if there are host-based security controls that recognise Teredo, security administrators may not have configured them with full security-control parity even if all the controls that were maintained by the network are available on the host. Thus there may be some gaps in desired coverage."
Yet another problem is that network managers may not be aware that some of their hosts are using IPv6 through Vista and are now globally addressable. "Unlike what would be the case for native IPv6, some network administrators will not even be aware that their hosts are globally addressable," the authors say. They add that "it may not be efficient to find all Teredo traffic for network devices to examine."
The document lists the following additional security problems with Teredo and offers these recommendations:
-- Teredo bypasses inbound-destination-address and outbound-source-address filtering unless "extraordinary" measures are taken. In this situation, either routers or clients need to be upgraded to handle this filtering for Teredo-tunnelled IPv6 addresses.
-- Teredo clients may forward IPv6 packets to another destination, thereby bypassing network-based source-routing controls. One solution is to have Teredo clients by default discard IPv6 packets that specify additional routing.
-- No mechanism exists to filter all Teredo packets efficiently or immediately. One suggestion is for network administrators to block all Teredo use.
-- There's no efficient mechanism for deep packet-inspection of Teredo traffic as there is for native IPv6 traffic. This is one reason the authors do not recommend Teredo as a transition mechanism for network administrators who want to monitor IPv6 traffic.
-- The opening created in a NAT device by Teredo can be used by network attackers. The recommendation here is to minimise Teredo use.
-- It may be easier for network attackers to guess Teredo addresses because these addresses reveal some information about the corresponding clients. The document suggests randomising the server settings or Teredo client ports in use to alleviate this concern.
Even more alarming to the document's authors is that Teredo's original RFC 4380 specification argues that Teredo improves security for IPv6. "This misleading or inaccurate claim can be taken out of context and used to downplay Teredo security implications," the new document states.
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I want to SSH into my Pi3 Model B using WiFi. As of now, my Pi works over Ethernet to my laptop. But when i disconnect the Ethernet cable, and try to login using my Pi IP using PuTTy nothing happens. Not even the user name password appears. Is there a comprehensive guide for setting up this on a Pi3 ? I have Raspian Jessie image on the Pi. Also, the booting of the OS is done through a USB drive. On my laptop, I have Windows 10 installed. I don't have a monitor, keyboard and mouse.
Ok my friend... First of all, youre going about it all wrong. There was no reason at all to issue a static IP to your pi. The wlan0 IP address would have done just fine. Not sure why you want a static IP address... However, here what I suggest... You're attempting to run a pi headless... But it ain't working correctly. Do this:
1) reinstall the image... Better to be on a micro SD card. But if a flash drive is all you have, I suppose that will work.
2) it is my understanding that you can SSH over ethernet... Well, here's a way that you can at least see the "screen" of your pi... Use Windows remote desktop. Before you do this though, SSH over ethernet using putty and execute this command
sudo apt-get install xrdp. When the install gets done, use Windows remote desktop to see your pi's desktop.
3) after accessing your pi's desktop, ensure the wireless adapter is turned on. If it is then log into your wireless network.
4) after you successfully login to the wireless network, type
ifconfig into the terminal. Take note of the wlan0 IP address. DON'T MESS WITH IT UNLESS IT IS A CONFLICTING (another device assigned) IP ADDRESS.
5) Now unplug your ethernet cable and attempt to SSH over wlan. You will still be able to use the remote desktop with wlan as you were with ethernet. It may disconnect when you make the ethernet to wlan switch, but that's OK. You can always remote desktop again lol.
This should work for you. Admittedly, I've never been forced to do this as I have the necessary equipment as to avoid this. I certainly hope this helps. Let me know if it does.
If I'm not mistaken, you have set the static IP from the router configuration page.
I did the same so I'll tell you what worked for me -
Disconnect your router from the internet, just plug out the WAN cable or disconnect from the router config page.
Then try sshing into the Pi using the IP address you assigned, it should work (it did for me).
After that, you'll be able to ssh into the Pi even when your router is connected to the internet.
I tried this and it has worked for me. I had the exact problem as you.
Hope this helps.
If this fails, try connecting your laptop via LAN to your router and then sshing into it.
WiFi and Ethernet have different IPs. If your Pi is connecting to your router using WiFi, your router can tell you what IP the Pi has, or use a network discovery tool from your laptop. To make that IP static, look at this related question.
First thing you have to do is, check if you're able to access internet without connecting to Ethernet cable. Connect it with HDMI cable to see the GUI.
If you are able to access internet then, in your terminal write
ifconfig and see what is the IP address against wlan0. Use that login via SSH.
If you're not able to access internet, then you've to add ssid and password to connect your PI with WiFi, then again see the IP address and connect.
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Living Things and Their Needs Unit Plan
10 x Lessons
This Science unit covers a range of concepts relating to the basic needs of living things.
It consists of 10 lessons of approximately 60 minutes duration.
The sequence of lessons and suggested time frames should be regarded as a guide only; teachers should pace lessons in accordance with the individual learning needs of their class.
An assessment task for monitoring student understanding of the unit objectives is included, and will require an additional lesson. | <urn:uuid:1a8e19e2-630b-488a-b003-c376c33f0e44> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://www.teachstarter.com/unit-plan/living-things-basic-needs-unit-plan/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280891.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00158-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.928293 | 95 | 3.6875 | 4 |
Frozen Plane Wreckage
Wednesday, 4th March 2009 by James Turnbull
These buildings are what make up Molodyozhnaya, one of the original Soviet research stations in Antarctica, and the site of an unusually large number of plane crashes.
The research station was established way back in 1962 to study meteorology, and was the launch site of over 1000 sounding rockets. But after the Soviet collapse, Russia cut back their expenditure on Antarctica explorations and permanently closed the station.1
Just to the west of the station, we find our first crashed plane in the snow. This Aeroflot Il-14 was heading back to the USSR when the engine failed shortly after take-off, and the plane crashed, killing 4 of the 7 passengers.
Despite the crash site being very clearly visible, this didn’t happen anytime recently. The image was taken in February 2006, but the crash itself occurred all the way back in 1979!
The cold weather has preserved the crashed plane, and the harsh conditions make any attempt to move it impossible.
Browsing around the area, we can spot another four planes, all seemingly crashed and abandoned. Perhaps this the real reason for closing the station – they kept losing too many planes!
Thanks to GEarthHacks.
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Beijing, Sep 7 (IANS) Troops from 17 foreign countries who participated in China’s Victory Day parade on September 3, have left Beijing.
Troops from Tajikistan and Kyrghyzstan were among the last to set off from Beijing Capital International Airport, a People’s Liberation Army (PLA) statement said.
Russian soldiers were the first to leave soon after the parade, the Global Times reported.
Held to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of the Second World War, this was the first military parade in China featuring foreign troops.
Belarus, Cuba, Egypt, Kazakhstan, Kyrghyzstan, Mexico, Mongolia, Pakistan, Serbia, Tajikistan and Russia each sent columns of about 75 soldiers.
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Although the majority of deceased-donor kidneys are donated after brain death, increased recovery of kidneys donated after cardiac death could reduce the organ shortage and is now a national priority. Racial disparities in donations after brain death have been well described for renal transplantation, but it is unknown whether similar disparities occur in donations after cardiac death. In this study, outcomes of adult deceased-donor renal transplant recipients included in the United Network for Organ Sharing database (1993 through 2006) were analyzed. Among black recipients of kidneys obtained after cardiac death, those who received kidneys from black donors had better long-term graft and patient survival than those who received kidneys from white donors. In addition, compared with standard-criteria kidneys from white donors after brain death, kidneys from black donors after cardiac death conferred a 70% reduction in the risk for graft loss (adjusted hazard ratio 0.30; 95% confidence interval 0.14 to 0.65; P = 0.002) and a 59% reduction in risk for death (adjusted hazard ratio 0.41; 95% confidence interval 0.2 to 0.87; P = 0.02) among black recipients. These findings suggest that kidneys obtained from black donors after cardiac death may afford the best long-term survival for black recipients.
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MADISON, Wis. - The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction announced Tuesday that there are updated materials on its website to help parents, educators, policymakers and the public understand the facts behind the adoption and implementation of the Common Core State Standards.
The website provides background and answers on more than a dozen myths about the CCSS and clarifies facts, including how the standards are a giant leap in rigor for Wisconsin, according to a release.
Myths like no teachers were involved in writing the CCSS and common core reduces the reading of fiction and literature are not correct, officials said. More than a dozen teachers were on the writing team for the CCSS, coordinated by the National Governors Association and the Council of Chief State School Officers.
According to the release, a standards leadership team made up entirely of Wisconsin educators and content experts in math and English-language arts, provided feedback to multiple drafts of the CCSS before they were released.
Other myths, like implementation of the CCSS will lead to government collection and sharing of private personal and family information via an electronic database falsely skews the facts, according to the release. The CCSS does not include any new requirements for collecting or reporting data on school children.
"I understand that people are concerned with the pace of change in education," State Superintendent Tony Evers said in the release. "But, we must transform education with a sense of urgency. Our kids already compete globally. We cannot go back to our outdated, weak standards, and we cannot pull the rug out from thousands of educators, students and parents who have put years of time and effort into reaching this higher bar."
Evers said the CCSS are a step forward for the state and are the foundation for many other transformative efforts to improve student achievement.
"I invite every citizen to read these standards and learn why they have generated such broad support in Wisconsin and around the country," Evers said.
- Deputies warn of thin ice as warm temps continue
- Falcons roll 44-21 to reach Super Bowl
- Packers fall to Falcons 44-21
- Family, friends of Tony Robinson protest plan to return officer to patrol
- Packers fans stock up on snacks before NFC Championship game
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A recently published report by the Grattan Institute into Australian super contributions has found that tax breaks designed to assist people with broken work histories are in fact mostly being taken advantage of by top income earners.
The tax break feature of the super system was designed to help those who were most likely to fall behind in super contributions, particularly women who take maternity leave. However, as the “Super Tax Targeting” report shows, it is not the intended middle-income earners who are making these contributions or in fact women at all. Pre-tax contributions are most likely to come from top income earning males and, as a result of this and other tax breaks, $25 billion dollars of government revenue is lost a year.
“Our analysis shows that more than half the benefit of current superannuation tax breaks flows to the wealthiest 20 per cent of households who already have enough resources to fund their own retirement ,” says Grattan Institute CEO John Daley.
“In tight budgetary times, these costs are unsustainable and must be reined in.”
It’s a similar story when it comes to post-tax contributions with around half of these voluntary contributions coming from people who already have at least $500,000 in their superannuation fund. By contrast the 70% of people with super balances of less than $100,000 make just 9 per cent of total post-tax contributions.
To combat this trend the Grattan Institute has suggested three main reforms to the super system to assist in making sure that tax breaks best serve the goals of superannuation. Firstly, contributions from pre-tax income should be limited to $11,000 a year. Secondly, lifetime contributions from post-tax income should be limited to $250,000. Finally, earnings in retirement – currently untaxed – should be taxed at 15 per cent, the same as superannuation earnings before retirement.
With Australia’s ageing population and a growing number of retirees, young people and low-income earners are the hardest hit by the current system as they are taxed more to make up for retirees living tax-free. The reforms suggested are bold but could be beneficial in protecting these financially vulnerable groups from high tax rates in the future.
“Previous repeated changes to superannuation have been too timid. A wide gap remains between the goals of the system and what it actually delivers,” Mr Daley says.
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Re-poll fear haunts Nepal’s first presidential raceJuly 19th, 2008 - 12:26 pm ICT by IANS
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, July 19 (IANS) As the new republic of Nepal Saturday embarks on its first presidential election to replace dethroned king Gyanendra as head of state, the fear of re-poll casts a dark cloud with the major parties still at loggerheads over the presidential candidates. Hectic lobbying continued hours before the historic election, with the four top parties trying to woo support for their own candidates so that a re-poll could be avoided.
In less than a week, the pendulum has swung widely in the election for a post that, though ceremonial, is now also a prestige issue and will indicate the fate of the new government.
The race started when Nepal’s newly elected constituent assembly, which is also the caretaker parliament, this month amended the constitution and created the post of a president in place of a constitutional king.
Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala, regarded as the chief architect of the pact with the Maoist insurgents that brought peace to violence-hit Nepal, was proposed for the post by his Nepali Congress (NC) party.
However, it was fiercely opposed by the Maoists, who feared Koirala’s appointment would create a formidable rival for the new government, which they expect to lead.
Initially the Maoists proposed the name of a 73-year-old infirm former revolutionary, Ram Raja Prasad Singh. More than two decades ago, Singh had led an armed struggle for a republic and set off bomb blasts at the palace in Kathmandu as well as parliament complex.
However, Singh was unceremoniously dropped this week after the Maoists cobbled an understanding with the Communist Party of Nepal-Unified Marxist Leninist (UML). While the Maoists agreed to support the UML candidate for president, UML was ready to join a Maoist-led government.
But in a dramatic twist on the eve of the election, the Maoists announced they would not support the UML since it was pushing its former chief Madhav Kumar Nepal, who had lost the April election from both his constituencies.
In a bolt from the blue for the UML, the former guerrillas again sprung the name of Singh as their candidate.
To win the election, a candidate has to get a simple majority in the caretaker house that currently has 594 members. The Maoists are the largest party with 226 seats. But for the magic number of 298, they need a major ally.
It seemed Singh would streak past his rivals after the Maoists patched up with their bitterest foes, the three parties from the Terai plains who together account for 82 seats. The Terai support would have seen the Maoists through.
But in another dramatic turn Friday, the Terai parties said they would not vote for Singh unless the Maoists withdrew their vice-presidential candidate, former parliamentarian Shanta Shrestha, and instead supported the Terai candidate, former judge Parmanand Jha.
Meanwhile, angered by the Maoist “betrayal”, the UML has sprung a presidential candidate of its own and begun making overtures to the NC. The former has 108 seats and the latter 113. Together, they are now courting the Terai parties to pip the Maoists to the post.
If they succeed, the Maoist bid to form the government after the presidential election may be foiled by the other two big parties, who could try to put up a coalition government.
The minor parties are yet to say who they would support in the fierce tussle. The only avowed royalist party in the house, the Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Nepal) that has four members, has announced it will boycott the election.
If none of the candidates manages to swing a simple majority, a re-poll will have to be held among the top two. The election result will be announced by Friday evening.
Besides Maoists’ Singh, the other two presidential contestants are the NC’s senior leader Ram Baran Yadav and the UML-supported Ram Preet Paswan, a former parliamentarian.
There are four contenders for the post of vice-president, including two women. The Maoists are backing their own senior leader Shanta Shrestha, with the UML pitching its own central committee member Ashta Laxmi Shakya and the NC Man Bahadur Bishwokarma, who comes from the Dalit community once regarded as untouchables and still at the bottom of Nepal’s social hierarchy.
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