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Xfinity is the largest Internet service provider in the United States. It is a subsidiary brand of Comcast. Comcast founded in the mid-1960s and provided the cable television services initially to its customers, and the user base increased to tens of millions of customers in a few years all over the US. In the '90s, Comcast started offering Internet services to its users which resulted in increased market share to almost 40% of the whole US Internet market.
Xfinity formed in 2010 by Comcast, and the reason for its formation was that the Comcast company was initially set up to offer the cable services and television, and wireless services. The marketing team felt uncomfortable with attaching each new facility to Comcast brand and striving to keep it narrow-focused on what it was meant to be. Therefore, Xfinity explicitly launched for providing Internet services, TV, and wireless services. Hence, the Comcast television was named Xfinity TV, Comcast High-Speed Internet was named Xfinity Internet. Today, people majorly knows Xfinity, and fewer people know that both the brands owned by the same Company.
The Internet speed test truly checks the actual Internet connection speed of your Internet. The Broadband speed is measured by checking download speed as well as the upload speed. A slow Internet means that web browsing is affected as well as the downloading of data is affected. The upload speed is always less than the download speed in most cases under most ISPs. It is because the download speed is needed by most of the consumers, especially the home consumers. Because home consumers use Internet majorly for browsing the web and downloading the files from the Internet. Upload speed is required by those consumers who want to upload a vast amount of data to the Internet.
Xfinity Internet is the largest ISP of the USA with near about 40% Internet market share and holds 4th place where it comes to the quality of signals and coverage. The higher speeds and reliable service is what the company promises to give to its consumers.
No doubt, how better the company providers internet, still there are chances of the slow Internet to some consumers and not others. No company can claim to provide 100% reliability and availability of the Internet. Because chances exist for the broken or slow Internet which is occurred due to various variable factors involved in such cases.
The Xfinity speed test tool determines your Xfinity Internet Broadband Speed by calculating the time taken for each byte to travel from your computer to the remote server, and from a remote server to your computer. The rate at which your Internet downloads file or data from the Internet to your machine is called Download Speed. And Upload speed is the rate at which a file or data is uploaded from your device to the Internet.
To check your Internet Speed, click the "Start" button above and the test will start instantly. Various tests performed for checking overall Internet performance. The jitter, latency, download speed, upload speed, ping are some of the variables checked regarding your Internet connection. These variables, once calculated, are piled up to calculate your overall Internet performance.
The reason for slow Internet connection depends on multiple factors. The quality of cables used for supplying the link to your home or office, the weather conditions, heavy-duty electricity cables outside your premises, and more. All these factors count for your Internet performance.
The speed test service is 100% free, and it does various tests for checking your internet connection performance. It uses your Internet to send random bytes to the nearest server and receives random bytes from the same server to check download and upload speeds. Before starting the speed test, please close all applications which are using your Internet. Because a real Internet speed test is possible only when your Internet is fully available to our speed test tool. And no other program is consuming the speed.
This speed test tool is not affiliated with and does not belong to Xfinity Internet or Comcast, and is provided by a third-party company named "Ookla."
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Increases in Fluoroquinolone-Resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae --- Hawaii and California, 2001
Neisseria gonorrhoeae is a major cause of pelvic inflammatory disease, ectopic pregnancy, and infertility, and it can facilitate human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) transmission (1). Gonorrhea is the second most frequently reported communicable disease in the United States, with 361,705 reported cases in 2001 (2). During the 1980s, gonococcal resistance to penicillin and tetracycline became widespread; as a result, CDC recommended using cephalosporins as first-line treatment for gonorrhea. Since 1993, CDC also has recommended using fluoroquinolones (i.e., ciprofloxacin, ofloxacin, or levofloxacin) for gonorrhea treatment. Fluoroquinolone therapy is used widely because it is a relatively inexpensive, oral, and single-dose therapy. However, fluoroquinolone-resistant N. gonorrhoeae (QRNG)* is being identified more frequently (3). This report summarizes investigations of increases in QRNG in Hawaii and California in 2001 and provides data to support the recommendation that cephalosporins (i.e., ceftriaxone or cefixime) be used instead of fluoroquinolones as first-line treatment for gonorrhea acquired in these two states. The increases in QRNG highlight the importance of monitoring gonococcal resistance throughout the United States to guide local treatment decisions.
In 2001, the Hawaii State Laboratory performed gonorrhea culture and antimicrobial susceptibility tests on specimens from 265 (44%) of 605 reported gonorrhea cases. Patients seeking care at the public sexually transmitted disease (STD) clinic accounted for 44% (117 of 265) of these isolates. Overall, QRNG accounted for 20% (53 of 265) of gonococcal isolates tested, compared with 11% in 2000 and 10% in 1999 (Figure 1). In 2001, 36% (19 of 53) of QRNG infections were among STD clinic patients.
Medical and interview records of the 117 STD clinic patients with positive gonococcal cultures diagnosed during January--December 2001 were reviewed to identify risk factors for QRNG; 19 (16%) had QRNG isolates. QRNG prevalence was higher for men who had sex exclusively with women than for men who had sex with men (MSM) (11 [20%] of 55 versus one [3%] of 29; p=0.05). Persons with a history of recent travel to Asia or a sex partner with such a history were not significantly more likely to have QRNG (four [36%] of 11) than persons without such a history (14 [14%] of 102; p=0.07). Unlike in Hawaii in 1999 (4), QRNG prevalence was not significantly higher among Asians/Pacific Islanders than among non-Asians/Pacific Islanders (10 [19%] of 54 versus nine [14%] of 63; p=0.54).
Since 2000, the Hawaii Department of Health (HDH) has recommended that clinicians avoid using fluoroquinolones to treat gonorrhea. Because of the 25% increase in reported gonorrhea morbidity (from 39.9 cases per 100,000 population in 2000 to 49.9 in 2001), adherence to this recommendation is particularly important. In February 2002, HDH informed all clinicians of the increases in gonorrhea and QRNG and organized STD training for an expanded network of clinicians and workers in community-based organizations. Preliminary analysis of gonococcal susceptibility results for 147 patients during January--June 2002 suggests that QRNG prevalence remains >14%.
San Francisco, Long Beach, Orange County, and San Diego are participants in the Gonococcal Isolate Surveillance Project (GISP), a CDC-sponsored sentinel surveillance system that monitors antimicrobial resistance in N. gonorrhoeae through antimicrobial susceptibility testing of male urethral gonococcal isolates obtained from patients at public STD clinics in 26 U.S. cities. During 1990--2000, <1% of isolates tested annually from each GISP site in California were QRNG, except for Orange County, where 5.6% (six of 107) of GISP isolates were QRNG in 2000. In 2001, susceptibility testing was expanded beyond the GISP sample to include all gonococcal isolates from Orange County and San Diego STD clinic patients, including those from women and nonurethral sites. Susceptibility testing also was performed on all gonococcal isolates obtained from patients at a large southern California health maintenance organization (HMO) during February--April 2001. In 2001, QRNG was identified in 2.5% (33 of 1,311) of patients with tested isolates (Figure 2). Among STD clinic patients with gonorrhea, 3.4% (10 of 297) in San Francisco, 3.0% (three of 99) in Long Beach, 3.3% (seven of 212) in Orange County, and 2.4% (eight of 330) in San Diego had QRNG. Among HMO patients with gonorrhea, 1.3% (five of 373) had QRNG. The 1,311 patients with tested isolates accounted for 5.6% of all reported gonorrhea cases in California in 2001. Among 29 men infected with QRNG in 2001 whose sexual orientation was known, 20 (69%) were MSM. Among MSM with QRNG, 19 had a median of three recent (within 2--6 months) sex partners (range: one--40); 10 heterosexual men and women with QRNG had a median of 1.5 recent sex partners (range: one--eight), indicating the potential for more rapid spread among MSM. Although 12 (43%) of 28 QRNG patients interviewed in 2001 reported recent travel to Asia, the Pacific Islands, or Hawaii by themselves or a sex partner, 57% denied such travel, suggesting endemic spread of QRNG within California.
Medical records were reviewed for all 469 gonorrhea patients whose isolates were tested for susceptibility and who were seen in San Francisco, Long Beach, Orange County, or San Diego STD clinics during July 1--December 31, 2001. QRNG was identified in 23 (4.9%) of the 469 patients tested. QRNG was more common among Asians/Pacific Islanders than among non-Asians/Pacific Islanders (four [16.7%] of 24 versus 19 [4.4%] of 427; p=0.03). QRNG prevalence was similar among MSM (5.2% [15 of 289]), heterosexual men (4.7% [seven of 149]), and women (3.6% [one of 28]). However, geographic variation was noted in California: in San Diego, QRNG was more common among MSM than among heterosexual men and women (6.6% [seven of 106] versus zero of 65; p=0.03), and in San Francisco, QRNG was more common among heterosexuals than among MSM (11.4% [five of 44] versus 1.1% [one of 93]; p=0.01).
In response to the increasing prevalence of QRNG, in May 2002 the California Department of Health Services advised clinicians to avoid using fluoroquinolones for treatment of gonorrhea. Preliminary data collected during January--June 2002 indicate that the prevalence of QRNG infection among STD clinic patients with tested gonococcal isolates in GISP sites in California has increased, exceeding 9% during this period.
Reported by: PM Whiticar, RG Ohye, MS, MV Lee, MS, Hawaii State Dept of Health. HM Bauer, MD, G Bolan, MD, STD Control Br, California Dept of Health Svcs. SA Wang, MD, RA Gunn, MD, HS Weinstock, MD, SM Berman, MD, Div of STD Prevention, National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention; KE Mark, MD, LM Newman, MD, EIS officers, CDC.
These data demonstrate that in 2001, QRNG prevalence increased in Hawaii and in California, where the epidemiology of QRNG varies within the state. In California, antimicrobial susceptibility data are available for a smaller proportion of reported gonorrhea cases than in Hawaii (6% versus 44%). Demographic data suggest that this low proportion might limit the generalizability of California's findings: patients with susceptibility-tested isolates in California were more likely to be male, older, and white, and to have their condition diagnosed in STD clinics than were other gonorrhea patients. However, the data from California indicate that QRNG has reached the continental United States, increasing the risk for its spread. Sporadic cases of QRNG have been identified in other states through GISP and non-GISP reporting, but no sustained increase in QRNG >1% has been identified in any other state (3). Increases in QRNG in California and Hawaii highlight the ongoing need for monitoring antimicrobial susceptibilities of gonococcal isolates throughout the United States.
CDC recommends that fluoroquinolones not be used to treat gonococcal infections acquired in Asia, where QRNG prevalence exceeds 40% (5); in the Pacific Islands, including Hawaii; in California; and in other areas with increased prevalence of fluoroquinolone resistance (6). The recommended treatment options for persons who might have acquired infection in those areas are cefixime (7), ceftriaxone, or spectinomycin. To select appropriate gonorrhea treatment in areas outside Hawaii and California, clinicians should ask suspected gonorrhea patients about their recent travel history and that of their sex partners (8).
Treatment of gonorrhea with fluoroquinolones can continue in areas where the prevalence of resistance is <1% (9). In areas where resistance is >1%, health departments making local treatment recommendations for gonorrhea also should consider other local factors such as the overall prevalence of gonorrhea, the availability of antimicrobial susceptibility data, and the cost of various diagnostic and treatment options (10). Fluoroquinolones remain an important gonorrhea treatment option in the United States because they are inexpensive and easy to administer. In addition, their use might decrease use of cephalosporins and delay the development of cephalosporin resistance.
As part of effective gonorrhea control, state health departments should monitor local gonococcal antimicrobial susceptibility prevalence routinely to assist in developing local treatment recommendations. Symptomatic treatment failures are not a reliable indicator of emerging antimicrobial resistance because gonococcal infections, especially in women, are frequently asymptomatic. In 2001, a survey of STD project areas found that nonculture gonococcal tests were used widely and that approximately half of project areas had antimicrobial susceptibility data (3). Because nonculture tests cannot provide antimicrobial susceptibility results, local gonococcal culture capacity should be maintained. The antimicrobial susceptibility testing panel should, at a minimum, include a fluoroquinolone, cefixime, ceftriaxone, spectinomycin, azithromycin, and any other drugs in local use for gonorrhea treatment.
In cases of persistent gonococcal infection after treatment, clinicians should consider performing culture and antimicrobial susceptibility testing. In areas where fluoroquinolones are used for treating gonorrhea and small numbers of patients with QRNG are identified, health departments should notify and treat partners of patients with known QRNG to minimize the spread of resistance. Through their state and local health departments, clinicians and laboratorians should report treatment failures or resistant gonococcal isolates to CDC, telephone 404-639-8373; isolates may be submitted to CDC's Neisseria Reference Laboratory for confirmation testing, telephone 404-639-3470.
This report is based in part on assistance and data contributed by AM Vannier, MD, Southern California Kaiser Permanente Regional Reference Laboratories, Los Angeles, California. N O'Connor, Hawaii State Public Health Laboratory, Pearl City; P Effler, MD, Hawaii State Dept of Health. N DeAugustine, H Calvet, MD, M Lachica, City of Long Beach Dept of Health and Human Svcs, Long Beach; PR Kerndt, MD, Los Angeles County Dept of Health Svcs, Los Angeles; P Weismuller, DrPH, County of Orange Health Care Agency, Santa Ana; D Moore, PhD, P Hannah, Orange County Public Health Laboratory, Santa Ana; C Peter, PhD, D Kiefler, G Washabaugh, MPH, San Diego County Health and Human Svcs Agency, San Diego; JD Klausner, MD, L Fischer, MPA, V Zapitz, S Liska, DrPH, San Francisco Dept of Public Health, San Francisco; S Coulter, E Lopez, STD Control Br, California Dept of Health Svcs. F Judson, MD, Denver Gonococcal Isolate Surveillance Project (GISP) Regional Laboratory, Denver Health, Colorado. KK Holmes, MD, J Hale, MS, W Whittington, PhD, K Winterscheid, MS, Seattle GISP Regional Laboratory, Univ of Washington, Seattle. JS Knapp, PhD, DL Trees, PhD, Div of AIDS, STD, and TB Laboratory Research, National Center for Infectious Diseases; AB Harvey, SM Conner, MPH, Div of STD Prevention, National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, CDC.
* Defined as N. gonorrhoeae resistant to ciprofloxacin (minimal inhibitory concentration [MIC] >1.0 µg/mL by agar dilution or disk diffusion zone size <27 mm) or ofloxacin (MIC >2.0 µg/mL or disk diffusion zone size <24 mm) by the National Committee on Clinical Laboratory Standards.
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The testimony in a criminal case can be divided into two types:
1 – The direct testimony: It is the testimony that results from the direct contact of the witness’s senses, as if he witnessed a specific crime occurring.
2. The indirect testimony: It is the testimony in which the witness relates what was heard from others, and this testimony alone does not serve as proof in the evidence.
Persons prevented from testifying in criminal cases are:
1. The ascendants of the defendant (father, grandfather …. etc.)
2. The defendant’s descendants (son, grandson, etc.)
3. The defendant’s brothers and sisters.
4. Close relationship with those who are in the degree of brotherhood and sisters (the second degree in the relationship).
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- Engineering Workflow Automation
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Whatever game you’re trying to win, one thing is key: you need to make the right decisions at the right time to take the lead and stay ahead of your competitors. It’s pretty much the same for any engineering team working on a new product design. Typically, they’re all confronted with what is usually referred to as ‘a multiobjective optimization problem’. Such optimization challenge requires them to balance many (conflicting) design objectives, of which the ‘maximum performance against minimum cost’ equation is probably the most well known.
The only way to resolve conflicts between competing objectives, is accepting a tradeoff. Typically, all tradeoff solutions are located on the so-called Pareto front. Each Pareto optimized solution cannot be further improved with respect to a single objective without degrading one or more of the other objectives. Selecting the ultimate solution essentially remains a subjective decision, which requires the engineer to get the priorities straight: should performance take slight precedence over cost, or vice-versa? Or should another objective be taken into account?
When dealing with just two design objectives, the priority setting remains relatively straightforward. But in real-life product development you’re dealing with many design objectives and a lot of different design parameters. Then it gets a lot more difficult to interpret which Pareto optimized solution suits your specific requirements best. The exercise of balancing objectives can get really complex in this situation. Without the right tools, it’s extremely difficult to assess and understand the merits and demerits of all the different Pareto optimal configurations.
A capable design engineering process must therefor focus on mastering multiple design objectives simultaneously and retrieving the optimum balance between the targeted objectives.
That’s where it really gets difficult for the human brain: processing each Pareto optimum in detail and performing priorities-based comparison with all other Pareto optimal solutions is just too much. It is as if the decision maker operates independently from the optimizer, finding it rather difficult to make an informed choice among the many Pareto optimal solutions presented by the optimizer. Also because that human effort usually starts only after completing the design optimization process, during which a massive number of simulation experiments have been performed.
More human interaction during the process of multiobjective optimization could be the answer. Technologies supporting this would make proper decision making practically feasible for project teams within shorter development time frames. The human interaction would enable them to follow up on the ongoing engineering optimization process, and influence the balancing strategy based on the priorities they define.
That’s exactly what FINNOPT’s interactive multiobjective optimization is about. It allows engineering decision makers to interactively prioritize and submit additional information during the design optimization process. FINNOPT is a Finnish consulting and software services provider. The company says that their interactive multiobjective optimization approach allows the user to guide the solution process toward the most suitable optimal design configuration, without wasting computational resources on uninteresting solution configurations.
The ability to process multiple objectives in an interactive way, is what makes the FINNOPT software truly unique in the market. With FINNOPT, users can direct the process of generating the Pareto front of optimal configurations – while it’s actually happening. Information intermediately provided by FINNOPT allows engineers to provide extra input by tuning priorities and balancing design objectives. While steering the on-going multiobjective design optimization in certain directions, a reduced number of experiments needs to be executed. That means a faster path to identifying the optimum configuration that fits your specific application and situation.
The FINNOPT approach has already been applied successfully in many industry sectors. In process industries, the design of bilevel heat exchanger networks is synthesized using interactive multiobjective optimization. As a result, the optimized design enables heat recovery in a more cost efficient manner. Another example relates to the optimization of a wastewater treatment plant. In this case interactive multiobjective optimization was performed with five conflicting evaluation criteria, which led to meeting significantly tighter environmental and economical requirements.
Interactively balancing 5 conflicting objectives during the interactive optimization of a wastewater treatment plant using FINNOPT technology.
Sometimes, optimization is a matter of life and death. Think for instance about the use of brachytherapy to irradiate cancerous tumors in patients while not causing damage to healthy tissue. The interactive approach using FINNOPT enables treatment planners to identify the most preferred treatment plan, using their knowledge and preferences during the optimization process. That makes planning times shorter and improves the treatment plan’s quality - fulfilling the prescribed dose to the tumor, while minimizing the dose in each organ at risk.
Thanks to Noesis Solutions’ exclusive partnership with FINNOPT, Optimus users now also gain access to the world’s first commercial interactive multiobjective optimization algorithms – empowering engineering decision makers to interactively deal with a large number of conflicting objectives.
Based on the preferences entered by the decision maker, new tradeoff solutions are computed and introduced. Throughout the process, decision makers learn about the interdependencies between (conflicting) objectives. They receive feedback about what compromise solutions exist based on the preference information they have entered.
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Since the dawn of the medium, television advertising has been both the lifeblood of the industry and a constant source of irritation to viewers. Government agencies, industry groups and individual networks all have put into practice their rules on the content, volume and timing of TV commercials. These rules have changed over the last half-century to fit the needs and tastes of an evolving society -- for example, cigarette ads were a staple of TV advertising a half-century ago but have been banned on television since 1970.
Rules on Volume in Ads
For many years, the volume of TV commercials would often be much louder than the program. The boost in volume drove viewers to mute their TVs, turn down the volume, and complain to any agency that would listen. In 2010, the U.S. Congress passed the Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act (CALM). The CALM act states that the average volume of commercials during a program must be the same as the average volume of the program itself.
Rules on Political Ads
The Federal Communications Commission has established numerous rules for televised advertisements featuring political candidates. The FCC established these rules to ensure that all candidates for political office receive equal time and treatment as their opponents. The rules also have provisions that clarify for viewers what group purchased the commercial time, whether the advertisement is part of the candidate's campaign efforts, or if another political action group paid for the spot.
Rules on Children's Programs
The FCC recognized that children are especially susceptible to advertisers' messages, so it developed several rules and regulations on how marketers can sell their products on children's programming. One of those rules involves "host selling," in that the advertiser must not use a program's characters to advertise a product during the show. FCC regulations also limit the commercial time for children's programming to 10.5 minutes per hour on weekends and 12 minutes per hour on weekdays.
Rules on Alcohol Ads
While the FCC does not have any specific rules in place for alcoholic beverage commercials, each network uses its own standards and practices. For instance, ESPN does not allow alcohol ads in its youth-oriented programs, such as X Games and the Little League World Series. The network also prohibits the portrayal of alcohol consumption within the ads themselves, as well as placing stricter limitations on ads featuring distilled spirits over those for beer and wine.
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I have to complete the following idiomatic expressions:
Several trouble-makers were thrown out neck and ______________
The Navy will not accept you unless you are sound in wind and ____________
I keep this dress for high days and _____________________
Neck and heels definition by Babylon's free dictionary
to be sound in wind and limbs
This usage of 'crop' (a bird's throat) is rare; in fact I've only ever met it in that phrase.Results 1 - 10 of about 23,200 for "neck and crop". (0.24 seconds)
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Neck \Neck\, n. [OE. necke, AS. hnecca; akin to D. nek the nape of the neck, G. nacken, OHG. nacch, hnacch, Icel. hnakki, Sw. nacke, Dan. nakke.] 1.
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Is the 'S' added to 'limb' a correction? I've only ever met the singular.
PS I've seen 'holiidays' spelt like that*, but I've also seen it spelt Holy Days and I usually hear it pronounced with a long O. It's an abbreviation (for some) of 'Holy Days of Obligation' - like Ascension Day or Christmas Day - when Roman Catholics are (or were - I've lost track of the rules) required to go to Mass.
PS *I had to leave that typo; only a killjoy would have put it right.
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The starting point for a high-performance suspension isn’t in the design of the system at all — it’s a highly rigid frame that sets the stage for a suspension system with the perfect blend of handling, comfort and control. Once the rubber hits the road, the level of sophistication of the suspension is critical to a given vehicle’s ride quality and handling. The ultimate goal: keeping the wheels planted firmly to the road to optimize power delivery, enhance ride comfort and maintain control at all times.
Long-travel design brings greater control
The 4-wheel fully independent suspension system was originally engineered and fine-tuned over decades of motorsport competition. The design incorporates lightweight components and sees each driven wheel attached to a driveshaft through its own long axle shaft that allows the wheel to move independently, reducing the angle required to absorb bumps in the road and maintaining tire contact on uneven surfaces. This, in turn, creates greater comfort, safety, stability and control. The axle shafts are also equal in length, eliminating torque steer, reducing strain and binding on the constant velocity joints, and improving the efficiency and durability of components.
MacPherson strut-type front design creates sharper handling
The Subaru MacPherson strut-type front suspension system is significantly more rigid than conventional front-strut systems, which helps slash noise, vibration and harshness — more importantly, it delivers superior handling. This design is strengthened further by the cradle frame mounting, which also improves steering response. An L-shaped lower control arm is incorporated to allow for a smaller turning circle, creating greater manoevrability. On performance models, this control arm is made of aluminum to reduce unsprung weight and deliver even better handling characteristics. All vehicles also feature a wide track, which aids in creating added stability.
Double-wishbone rear design ensures superior ride comfort
The double-wishbone rear suspension handles rough roads and sharp corners with equal composure, ensuring maximum contact with the road while isolating passengers from harshness at the same time. This suspension design provides a more stable, comfortable and planted feel because it offers more control over the degree to which the rear wheels tilt in and out in the corners. The double-wishbone rear suspension is also flatter and more compact, so the components don’t intrude into the cargo area, increasing useable space for those more adventurous adventures. | <urn:uuid:a8b59502-c8d8-4559-b89d-fa20c56dec14> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.subaruofsarnia.ca/subaru-technology/high-performance-suspension/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571982.99/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813172349-20220813202349-00075.warc.gz | en | 0.916525 | 491 | 1.609375 | 2 |
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A Sustainable Energy Revolution Starts from Within the Plant
When I think of a revolutionary, names like Benjamin Franklin, Oliver Cromwell or Che Guevara come to mind. But the revolutionary who has had the greatest effect on my life is my boyhood friend Tim, one of the brightest and most thoughtful individuals I have ever met; the only person I actually know to have made the cover of a major news magazine, protesting at a giant peace rally in D.C.
As a political and social activist, Tim has devoted his life to making this world a better place.
I never thought of myself as a revolutionary or an activist before I sat down to write this article, even though I have devoted my professional life to minimizing the waste and increasing the efficiency of the use of energy, to reducing the resulting damage to our planet, to the air and water and to reducing the hundreds of thousands of worldwide deaths, injuries and health problems every year resulting from mining, drilling, transporting, processing and burning fossil fuels. And now with all of the recent and growing awareness and concern about climate change and sustainability, it appears that we are on the forefront of an Energy Conservation Revolution. A revolution that can trace its roots back to the oil embargo of 1973-74; a revolution that could explode at any time and spread over much of the world.
I hope it does. I have waited nearly 40 years. I have been trying to overthrow the Energy Conservation Establishment since there has been one. I have been one of those in the front row carrying a sign. If Tim and his friends could stop a war, maybe this revolution can stop the waste and destruction.
Traditional retro-commissioning (RCx), where existing energyconsuming systems are examined and re-tuned to improve effi ciency, provides cost-effective savings but due to dynamic factors, the systems rarely remain optimized for performance over time.
RCx typically identifi es low-cost operational and maintenance improvements in existing facilities and updates operations to refl ect current use. The process typically includes an audit of the entire facility as well as analysis of past utility bills and interviews with facility personnel. It is followed by diagnostic monitoring and tests of systems to optimize the use of current mechanical equipment, lighting controls, etc. Between 5% and 30% of potential energy savings can be realized. Read more.
Well, the two aging revolutionaries have been reunited after nearly 50 years, in Fort Collins, Colorado, an amazingly beautiful and inspirational state where nearly everyone is interested in nature, in sustainability and in preserving our precious planet. And in a city with the most progressive programs I have ever encountered to minimize the waste of energy.
Tim hasn’t stopped all injustice on the earth just yet and I haven’t toppled the Energy Establishment, but I think it may be leaning a little. Since I have been writing articles for Sustainable Plant, all promoting, to one extent or another, the use of actual data and valid science, emails have come from experienced energy engineers and managers all over the world. If I had to generalize, I would say that they have 20 or more years of real-world experience, come from practical applications backgrounds and are also frustrated by the ineffectiveness of the energy establishment, government programs, universities and professional societies in terms of providing and promoting the actual practical and theoretical skills required for success.
Revolutionary Methods Start with Analytics
Research into buildings analytics was started in the mid-1980s by PG&E and continued in the 1990s by the California Institute for Energy Efficiency and Lawrence Berkley Labs. Examples of their results using monitoring-based commissioning (MBCx) are given in the June 2009 report, “Monitoring-Based Commissioning: Benchmarking Analysis of 24 UC/CSU/IOU Projects.” The report summary says, “While impacts varied from project to project, on a portfolio basis we find MBCx to be a highly cost-effective means of obtaining significant program-level energy savings across a variety of building types. Energy savings areexpected to be more robust and persistent for MBCx projects than for conventionally commissioned ones.”
More evidence of the power of analytics is presented in an article by Jim Sinopoli, managing principal, Smart Buildings LLC, in his February 2012 newsletter, where he talks about “The Killer App for Buildings & Energy Management: Fault Detection and Diagnostics.” Sinopoli says, “The software application with the best verified results and cost effectiveness is fault detection and diagnostics (FDD), a subset of the larger category of analytic software related to buildings. Analytics are critical because buildings are becoming more complex, new systems are being introduced into buildings and energy consumption metrics and key performance indicators are now of great interest to corporate or organization executives.The analytic tools provide insights into building systems resulting in reduced energy consumption, improved building performance and lower costs.” | <urn:uuid:64839824-0bd1-44aa-907d-a09f108ff843> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.sustainableplant.com/magazine-2/a-sustainable-energy-revolution-starts-from-within-the-plant/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560279489.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095119-00008-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.955789 | 1,007 | 2.203125 | 2 |
OTTAWA — A Gatineau, Que., girl has been quarantined as health officials await testing of the deadly Ebola virus.
The child, reportedly three years old, had a fever upon returning from Africa.
She was isolated as a preventative measure on Friday morning, Outaouais public health official Karelle Kennedy said.
The girl had been visiting a "region at risk" in Africa, reportedly Sierre Leone.
A blood test was sent to a laboratory, and results are expected Saturday afternoon.
Health officials say the chances of testing positive for Ebola are "extremely low."
The child was not in contact at any health institutions or an infected person while in Africa, said Kennedy, but she remains under observation and officials are "very cautious." | <urn:uuid:d3a34f8f-3146-4d0d-99ea-93868f9a16ad> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://cnews.canoe.com/CNEWS/Canada/2014/08/29/21907946.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280791.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00365-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.968621 | 158 | 1.796875 | 2 |
LONDON – New guidance for secondary schools in Hampshire gives teachers the green light to hold discussions in class on creationism and intelligent design alongside evolution.
The discussions form part of a joint syllabus for science and religious education (RE) and will be used for 11- to 14-year-olds, according to The Telegraph.
The decision was praised by academics and clergy who said it would encourage students to analyze the different viewpoints about the origins of man and the earth.
According to official government guidance, creationism should be taught in religious education lessons and not as part of science lessons, but it does allow discussion on the subject if pupils raise it during debates on evolution.
The new guidance comes from Hampshire Council's multi-faith advisory panel for RE.
"The tensions between religion and science should not be denied but nor should we paint a black and white picture in this respect, it is more complex than that," the guidance states.
The guidance encourages teachers to talk about why so many people did not accept the theory of evolution by natural selection when it was first developed by Charles Darwin in the 19th century. It also asks students to think whether it is possible to believe both in evolution and a divine creator.
The guidance also says that religious ideas, such as the Roman Catholic view that man evolved but God created the soul and therefore made man in the image of God, should also be debated in RE and science lessons.
The council refuted any claims that it was promoting the teaching of creationism as a scientific theory.
Councillor Anna McNair Scott, chairman of the county's Standing Advisory Council for Religious Education, was quoted by The Telegraph as saying, "There is no suggestion in the report that creationism is a science, still less that it should be taught as one.
"The report is intended simply to advise schools about resources they can use to encourage reasoned enquiry and open discussion about creation and evolution, and suggests how the debate can be carried out across the curriculum areas of science and RE."
Teaching creationism or intelligent design in the classroom has caused divisions in the academic community.
In 2008, Professor Michael Reiss was forced to quit as director of education at the prestigious Royal Society, after fellow academics attacked his idea of talking about creationism in biology lessons.
Terry Sanderson, president of the National Secular Society, said, "There is a big difference between answering students' questions about creationism and actually introducing it into the lessons in the first place as part of the curriculum. If the teacher raises the topic, then it takes on an authority that it does not deserve."
Andy McIntosh, co-director of Truth in Science, commented, "There should be an open and fair discussion about the issues and we should not be presenting pupils with only one view in a closed manner. It is certainly possible to look at the evidence and come up with a different conclusion to the evolutionary position. Indeed, many would see that the evidence fits perfectly well with a design position." | <urn:uuid:a5bd0085-adb7-497c-a243-33867103981c> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.christianpost.com/news/england-schools-given-green-light-to-debate-creationism-37437/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280929.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00426-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.970894 | 610 | 2.796875 | 3 |
NDEO Mission and Vision
The National Dance Education Organization (NDEO) is a non-profit, membership organization dedicated to advancing dance education centered in the arts. NDEO provides the dance artist, educator and administrator a network of resources and support, a base for advocacy and research, and access to professional development opportunities that focus on the importance of dance in the human experience. Read more: History of NDEO
You will find NDEO members in a variety of environments including, but not limited to, dance studios, K-12 schools, colleges, performing arts organizations, and community centers.
The National Dance Education Organization:
• IDENTIFIES and ACTS in constructive and strategic ways to positively shape public, social and education policy about and for dance in education;
• PROMOTES greater knowledge, appreciation, and support of the processes of dance education and promotes excellence in practice, performance, and presentation;
• PLANS and provides stimulating and forward looking professional development opportunities for dance teachers and educators; and
• ACTS as a clearinghouse for issues directly related to the quality of dance arts education in dance studios, K-12 schools, colleges and universities, and outreach programs of performing arts organizations.
The National Dance Education Organization envisions a nation that affords every citizen equal access and opportunity to quality dance arts education regardless of gender, age, race or culture, socio-economic status, ability or interest.
Individuals who study the artistic processes in dance become part of the Imagine Nation of the USA. They are catalysts for innovation, engagement, collaboration, respect and tolerance--values that will shape our 21st century society, global economy, and world cultures.
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Описание: Shows you how to analyze, design, and write serious object-oriented software. This work helps you learn how to: use OO principles like encapsulation and delegation to build applications that are flexible; apply the Open-Closed Principle (OCP) and the Single Responsibility Principle (SRP) to promote reuse of your code; among others.
Описание: Reliable Object-Oriented Software presents the underlying principles associated with object-orientation and its practical application. More than just another text on methodology, this 1998 book focuses on the fundamental concepts related to the process of software development and architectural design in order to lay the basis necessary for the development of robust, maintainable, and evolvable software. The authors present both formal concepts and practical applications. It includes proven problem-solving techniques designed to develop readers' engineering judgement and to focus their attention on the principles of good software design and its successful application. In addition, an extensive bibliography has been compiled to guide the reader in further studies and to crystallize what is commonly accepted in the field and what is still controversial.
Описание: Covering the breadth of a large topic, this book provides a thorough grounding in object-oriented concepts, the software development process, UML and multi-tier technologies. After covering some basic ground work underpinning OO software projects, the book follows the steps of a typical development project (Requirements Capture - Design - Specification & Test), showing how an abstract problem is taken through to a concrete solution. The book is programming language agnostic - so code is kept to a minimum to avoid detail and deviation into implementation minutiae. A single case study running through the text provides a realistic example showing development from an initial proposal through to a finished system. Key artifacts such as the requirements document and detailed designs are included. For each aspect of the case study, there is an exercise for the reader to produce similar documents for a different system.
Автор: Kenneth Barclay Название: Object-Oriented Design with UML and Java, ISBN: 0750660988 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780750660983 Издательство: Elsevier Science Рейтинг: Цена: 5076 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Shows how considering the modeling and programming languages together from the start can be beneficial. This book integrates design and implementation, using Java and UML. It includes case studies, exercises and a free software tool for hands on learning.
Автор: Skrien Dale Название: Object-oriented Design Using Java ISBN: 0072974168 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780072974164 Издательство: McGraw-Hill Рейтинг: Цена: 16361 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Intended for the object-oriented programming design course where UML is used extensively for design and notation, this work has been especially designed to be accessible to students and is full of real-world examples, case studies, and other aids to assist student understanding.
Описание: Drawing from his extensive experience as a programmer and teacher, author Cay Horstmann helps readers gain an appreciation for the value of object-oriented design principles. He provides the context so that readers can apply these principles and techniques in their own designs. Throughout the book, carefully developed exercises and examples, and a strong emphasis on problem solving make object-oriented design principles accessible to anyone with limited programming experience.
Автор: Priestley, Mark Название: Practical object-oriented design with uml ISBN: 0077103939 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780077103934 Издательство: McGraw-Hill Рейтинг: Цена: 8249 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Provides an introduction to the design of object-oriented programs using UML. This book focuses on the application of UML in the development of software, and offers a tutorial to the UML notation and its application. The book is useful for undergraduates taking modules as part of a Computer Science or Software Engineering degree programme.
Описание: This text provides a comprehensive understanding of object-oriented concepts by developing a theory that accounts for both the Simula and CLOS languages. It shows that it is possible to smoothly integrate both languages into a unique language.
Описание: Structured methodologies are a popular and powerful tool in information systems development. Many different ones exist, each employing a number of models and so a specification must be converted from one form to another during the development process. To solve this problem, Dr Tse proposes in this 1991 book a unifying framework behind popular structured models. He approaches the problem from the viewpoints of algebra and category theory. He not only develops the frameworks but also illustrates their practical and theoretical usefulness. Thus this book will provide insight for software engineers into how methodologies can be formalised and will open up a range of applications and problems for theoretical computer scientists.
Описание: Integrating case studies to show the object oriented approach to software engineering, Object-Oriented and Classical Software Engineering, 8/e presents an excellent introduction to software engineering fundamentals, covering both traditional and object-oriented techniques.
Автор: Jureta Название: Analysis and Design of Advice ISBN: 3642180582 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783642180583 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 10971 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This innovative book offers a rigorous approach to the analysis and design of advice in real-world decision situations, in which the advisor must manage with variously imprecise, unclear, incomplete or conflicting qualitative information.
Описание: Integrating case studies to show the object oriented approach to software engineering, this title presents an introduction to software engineering fundamentals, covering both traditional and object-oriented techniques, as well as underlying software engineering theory. It also presents the practical life cycle, and includes revision to problems.
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The Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad (ISSI) organized a Public Talk titled, “Resolving Pakistan’s Energy Dilemma: Critical Staring Point and Role of CPEC” on April 18, 2019. Mr Ziad Alahdad, Former Director of Operations and Lead Energy Specialist, World Bank was the guest speaker at the occasion.
Welcoming the speaker and guests, Chairman BOG, ISSI Ambassador Khalid Mahmood, said that the topic is very important especially in the case of Pakistan which has gone through one of the worst energy crises in its history. The shortfall of energy in domestic and commercial sectors has become an obstacle for social and economic development in the country. He said that with an average shortfall in the power sector of around 4,000 MW and nearly 2 billion cubic feet per day (BCFD) in the natural gas sector, the chronic power shortages, in the form of load-shedding and power outages has cost billions of rupees to Pakistan’s economy every year.
The fluctuating oil prices in the international market, higher cost due to gradual phasing out of subsidy and the circular debt problem have also exacerbated the country’s power supply deficit. GoP is taking diverse measures to circumvent this crisis. These efforts include: expansion and refurbishment of the existing power plants; induction of new power plants ─ mainly under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC); encouragement of renewable energy; and acquisition of power from captive power plants.Read More | <urn:uuid:77ad68c8-7c0a-48de-8368-ee69802078a2> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://issi.org.pk/report-public-talk-on-resolving-pakistans-energy-dilemma-critical-starting-point-and-role-of-cpec/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571222.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810222056-20220811012056-00675.warc.gz | en | 0.945632 | 306 | 2.21875 | 2 |
June 27, 2013
The National Weather Service has issued a Heat Advisory for the Kansas City area, including all of Jackson County, which will continue through 7 p.m. today.
With high temperatures and heat indices affecting the area, people are encouraged to drink plenty of water and avoid drinks with high sugar, caffeine and alcohol. It is also important that citizens postpone working or exercising outside during the heat of the day as well as being aware of the signs and symptoms of heat related illness.
“Heat related illness can strike quickly if not taken seriously,” said Jackson County Executive Mike Sanders. “Over the next couple of days, I encourage all of our citizens to take the proper precautions to protect themselves as well as checking on their friends and neighbors, particularly the elderly.”
Citizens who need to find a cooling center or other resources during this advisory are encouraged to call United Way 2-1-1 or visit the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services website at: | <urn:uuid:a4b027dd-4e13-46a3-b4c9-06690cf1beb8> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://northeastnews.net/pages/?p=19639 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281331.15/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00223-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.957684 | 201 | 2.140625 | 2 |
Two different people, from two different backgrounds, with two
different personalities often are the basis for conflict. However, all
is not lost.
Ask yourself repeatedly, “What are we fighting for?”
do I mean by this? I’m not suggesting you consider the reason for your
fight. What I am saying is that I want you to consider the focus for
your fight. Let me illustrate…
During a recent Marriage
Intensive class in my office, a couple began arguing about money, a
common issue for many couples. They became focused on their own
“I want to spend less money and increase our savings,” she said emphatically.
want that too,” he added. “But I want to enjoy ourselves along the way.
I think she is too tight with our money and I hate it.”
is too loose with our money,” she said sharply. “You ought to see the
things he buys. We don’t need that stuff. It’s wasteful.”
“I work hard,” he said. “I’m not going to work as hard as I do and then have to pinch pennies.”
And on it went.
After a few minutes I stepped in. “What are you fighting for?” I asked.
“Well, she’s trying to control my spending,” he said.
“He’s ruining our budget,” she said.
“No,” I said. “Not
‘What are you fighting about,’ but what are you fighting for? In other
words, what is the outcome you want from this emotional struggle?”
“Oh,” she said. “That’s different. I want us to be on the same team and have a money plan that works for both of us.”
“That works for me,” he said, looking over and smiling at his wife.
“Exactly,” I said. “What if you both agree, ahead of the fight, to determine the focus of the conflict and what you want as an outcome?”
“That would probably work a lot better than what we’re doing,” he said.
Here are a few ideas to build a better marriage:
First, discuss ahead of time the positive outcome you want to any discussion.
As Stephen Covey famously said, “Begin with the end in mind.” Scripture
says, “Do two walk together, unless they have agreed to meet?” The
principle here is that we can only agree on something if we remain
friends, not adversaries. We cooperate with another only if can envision
agreement, focusing on the solution rather than the problem.
Second, listen carefully to each other’s point of view, envisioning agreement.
Knowing you are going to agree, listen carefully to your mate’s point
of view. Listen with an open mind, envisioning cooperation and
collaboration. Consider how your goals mesh with those of your mate.
Third, imagine a positive outcome and brainstorm possibilities.
After listening to their concerns, and feelings about them, imagine a
positive outcome. Get creative. Consider how your points of view overlap
and how you might come to agreement. Assume that agreement is possible
and even likely with the right attitude.
Finally, seek collaborative agreement.
After listening to your mate and sharing your feelings and point of
view, collaborate. The focus now is on how you will agree and what
solution works for both of you. In certain situations you may decide to
concede and defer to your mate. In other situations you may compromise.
In yet other situations you may seek some other win-win solution. The
focus, however, is on how you will agree and come to a solution that
satisfies both. Rigidly focus on solutions, not problems.
in marriage is evil. Keep your focus on what will help both of you,
always, and you are on your way to building a marriage you both will
enjoy for life.
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Green Clay (Montmorillonite), sometimes called Sea Clay, is a highly adsorbent clay that cleanses the skin. It's especially beneficial for those with oily skin and wonderful in use as a clay poultice, mud pack, facial mask and even in some lotion and cleanser recipes. It gently exfoliates and cleanses resulting in younger looking skin. Clays used in water based products are best preserved with broad spectrum preservatives such as Essential's Preservative Blend.
Appearance: Greenish powder.
Country of Origin: France
Using a mortar and pestle is best for creating a paste with clay. Clay is amazing at around 40% in a body wrap, 30%-70% in a facial or body mask, and 0.05%-1% in a cleanser or lotion. Be aware that clay is extremely hard to preserve.
Ingredient Function: Absorbant/Mattifier
Recommended Usage Rate: 1% - 100%
Solubility: Partly soluble in acidic environment but solubility is never complete. It is dispersible in water.
How to Store: Store in a cool, dry place.
Warnings: Pregnant or lactating people, or those with known medical conditions should consult with a physician prior to using product.
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Lands of Fire and Ice: From Hi-Story to History in the Lands of Fire and Ice—Our Stories and Embodiment as Indigenous in a Colonised Hemisphere
2014 (English)In: Ngapartji Ngapartji / In turn, in turn: Ego-histoire, Europe and Indigenous Australia / [ed] Vanessa Castejon, Anna Cole, Oliver Haag and Karen Hughes, Canberra, Australia: ANU Press , 2014, 241-257 p.Chapter in book (Refereed)
This article brings together two Indigenous scholars who have come to better know their Indigenous history as they story it alongside their work as historians and academics. We find that the historical landscape changes when family history is better understood: time and space become embodied, history becomes personal. Sámi scholar May-Britt Öhman speaks of singing to the hillside in a ‘Sound of Music’ style, and then feeling forced to break out of song and into yoik.1 Similarly, Aboriginal Australian scholar Frances Wyld writes about her connection to land and family history, including a visit to desert Australia where she no longer saw a world of silos, but of solace. Through embodiment comes a new identity, shared and understood. As scholars understanding the power-laden binaries of colonised and coloniser, writing at the intersection of personal and public using ego-histoires, we find shared methodologies to tell stories of the self inhabiting lands of fire and ice. Applying ego-histoire, we argue for a new version of history as academic discipline: a discipline which includes the Indigenous peoples’ embodied vision and experiences; a history discipline which challenges the coloniser’s current Hi-Story, within which Indigenous peoples are made the other, the exotic, primitive and invisible ‘vanishing race’; a history which empowers and strengthens ourselves as scholars and at the same time provides our students (Indigenous as well as non-Indigenous) with a history which takes into account Indigenous peoples visions, experiences and stories.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Canberra, Australia: ANU Press , 2014. 241-257 p.
Critical indigenous studies, Sámi, Aboriginal, ego-histoire, history
Humanities Gender Studies Social Sciences
IdentifiersURN: urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-236076ISBN: ISBN 9781925021721ISBN: ISBN 9781925021738OAI: oai:DiVA.org:uu-236076DiVA: diva2:762703
ProjectsRivers, Resistance, Resilience: Sustainable futures in Sápmi and in other Indigenous Peoples' Territories
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Foundations in Microbiology: WITH Microbes in Motion 3 CD-ROM & OLC Password Card
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
4 Rev ed
Written with the non-major/allied health student in mind, the authors use common, everyday analogies to explain the many difficult microbiology concepts. Unlike any other allied health microbiology textbook on the market, the art program showcases beautiful illustrations with the use of bold, primary colors. A taxonomic approach is used for the study of pathogens.
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KAHN – A SAILING BARGE
The name ‘Kahn’ is thought in some quarters to mean ‘boat’ or ‘ship.’ The fact that a kahn is, or was, a type of cargo barge is probably a coincidence, although the origins of the term in a marine context are obscure. The German for barge is ‘kahn.’
During the 19th and early 20th century, kahns were frequently seen sailing in the Baltic, especially on the rivers and estuaries of north Germany and Poland. They were sailing barges, well suited to the waters of long winding rivers and shallow seas close inshore.
Three types of kahn were built – koffenkahn, stevenkahn and mollenkahn. Typical dimensions were about 40 metres long by 6.5 metres beam and about 2 metres draft. They’d probably carry between 150 and 250 tonnes of heavy cargo. All types had three unstayed masts each with sails supported by sprits (long beams stretched at about 45 degrees between the foot of the mast and the opposite peak of the sail).
These were slow and boxy vessels, flat-bottomed, heavily built in the style of barges and with bluff bows and sterns Thus they were suitable for carrying relatively large loads of timber or barrels. To make passage in the often stormy Baltic Sea, kahns needed two sets of leeboards to avoid being blown off course.
As late as the 1930s, kahns were still in use.
Aside from this, the surname Kahn is probably a derivative of the more familiar Jewish name: Cohen.
NB: No analogy should be drawn between the characteristics of the Kahn family and those of the eponymous sailing craft. I’m afraid the author is far from flat-bottomed, although he has been known to be bluff and long-winded.
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Sesame-Breaded Chicken Breasts - meat
Posted by : Ruth Heiges
I'm constantly on the lookout for dishes which will keep me out of the
kitchen as much as possible during hot weather, along with being light
enough to eat on such a day. I found this in the "On the Table" column by
Evelyn Rose, UK Jewish Chronicle, September 5, 1997.
A miraculous metamorphosis takes place when nuts and seeds — such as sesame
or sunflower — are toasted or roasted.
Their rather bland flavour intensifies as the rich oil content browns and
some of their water content evaporates.
Small quantities can be "dry-fried" in a heavy (preferably non-stick)
frying pan, or under the grill. Larger quantities are most evenly toasted
in a thin layer in the oven at gas 7 (425 F, 220 C) for 15-20 minutes,
stirring once or twice.
Afterwards, they can be stored in an airtight tin for future use.
Serves 6. Freeze 3 months (cooked or raw).
These crunchy portions of chicken are coated with a mixture of matzah meal,
sesame seeds and herbs, and are equally delicious hot or cold.
They are cooked with only 4 tbsp of oil, yet are as crisp as if they had
been deep-fried. They can be frozen either cooked or ready-coated and raw.
4 tbsp lemon juice
6 chicken portions or boneless breasts, skinned
6 heaped tbsp medium matzah meal
6 heaped tbsp white sesame seeds
1 egg, beaten
4 tbsp sunflower oil
1 teasp salt
20 grinds black pepper
3 teasp dried mixed herbs or herbes de Provence
1 teasp paprika
1/2 teasp garlic granules
rind of 1 lemon, finely grated
First marinate the chicken: one hour before cooking, put the lemon juice
into a flat dish, turn the chicken pieces in it, then leave. Turn once or
twice during the hour.
Set the oven at gas 7 (425 F, 220 C). Spread the matzah meal and sesame
seeds thinly on a baking sheet, put in the oven as it heats up and toast
until they are golden brown.
Whisk the egg and oil together with the salt and pepper until well blended
and then put in a shallow dish large enough to hold a portion of chicken.
Mix the matzah meal, sesame seeds, lemon rind and seasonings in a dish of a
Have ready a lightly greased oven-tray large enough to hold the portions
well spaced, side by side. Lay each chicken joint in turn in the egg
mixture, using a pastry brush to coat it evenly, then roll it in the crumb
mixture. Pat off any excess with the hands.
Arrange on the baking sheet and cook for 40 minutes (30 minutes for the
boneless breasts), until a rich brown.
There is no need to turn the chicken, as it will brown evenly on all sides.
The chicken can be kept hot and crisp in a warm oven, gas 1/2 (250 F, 120 C)
for up to 30 minutes.
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PHYSICAL EDUCATION LESSON
JUMPING & HOPPING WITH HOOPS
EQUIPMENT: 1 hoop for each student
FOCUS: Jumping and hopping with good control
ACTIVITY: (15-18 min.)
Organization: Have each row of students walk up and get a hoop. Tell the students to take it back and sit down quietly in their hoop until further instruction.
Jumping & Hopping with Hoops:
- Can you balance on your right (left) foot in the center of the hoop?
- Can you jump around the hoop going forwards (backwards)?
- Can you jump in and out of the hoop?
- Can you jump forward into your hoop and jump backward out of your hoop?
- With one foot inside your hoop and one foot outside the hoop, can you jump around the hoop?
- Can you repeat #5 going backwards?
- Can you hop inside your hoop 5 times on your right (left) foot?
- Can you hop forward around the outside of your hoop?
- Can you hop in and out of your hoop?
Hoop Patterns: Arrange the students in small groups, each group at 1 of 5 stations. Rotate the groups to new stations every 1-2 minutes.
Station 1: Lay the hoop in a straight line. Have the students jump or hop forwards and backwards through the hoops.
Station 2: Lay the hoop in two straight lines side by side. Have the students straddle jump or hop forward and backward through the hoops.
Station 3: Lay the hoops in a zigzag formation. Have the students hop or jump forward and backward through the hoops.
Station 4: Lay the hoops like station 2, but space them out a little. Have the student jump or hop sideways through the hoops.
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Earlier this month, the speaker of the Ukrainian parliament became the latest male of the species to join the country's Male Chauvinist Neanderthal Club (no offense intended to our extinct relatives), which, some would argue, already has the country's president and prime minister as proud members. Commenting on proposed legislation establishing quotas for women in government, Volydymyr Lytvyn said such issues could not be decided with laws. "Society will not abide by such laws until we get rid of that which is our tradition and stems from our Christian mentality: Man is the higher being, as woman was made from Adam's rib. Consequently, she is the lesser being" affirmed the speaker.
Last year, Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych made his position on women clear during his unfortunate presentation at Davos. Yanukovych invited tourists and others to discover Ukraine for themselves. "All you need is to see it when the weather gets warm and Ukrainian women begin taking their clothes off," promised Ukraine's commander in chief. "What a beautiful sight."
To round off the branch of government approach to women's place in Ukrainian society, one can turn to none other than Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov, the oldest of the trio, who until very recently had no women in his cabinet. (Now he has one, but seemingly not through any effort on his part.) When asked why there were no women ministers in government, he replied: "Some say our government is large. Others complain there are no women; there's no one to look at during our meetings, only dull people. With all due respect to women, implementing reforms is not women's work."
These three men are using March 8, International Women's Day, to bamboozle Ukraine's overworked and underpaid women with lofty but essentially empty words about women's role in society, their value and worth, their beauty and kindness.
The Ukrainian president received a group of women community leaders on March 7 and said women should have "women's happiness" in their lives, because for him, a woman is first and foremost a mother.
In a 39-second video greeting posted on his website
, the prime minister -- framed by a vase of pink tulips and with a pained expression on his face -- droned on about March 8 being that day when women could hear "all those warm words which we often don't tell you during other days."
"May your families have prosperity, may your children grow up healthy, may you have love and happiness," he said.
The beleaguered speaker, who claims his words about Adam's rib were taken out of context, has posted a greeting on his site
that is one of the finest examples of Soviet pompous polysyllabic profundity. "On this holiday and every day, there should [be] more light, goodness and warmth, attention, and respect to Woman, mother, sister, beloved wife, the keeper of the hearth and citizen on our Motherland. This is the task of the state and the ruling powers, the permanent and honorable duty of the stronger sex."
All one can do in the face of all this is to paraphrase Barney Frank, the exceedingly witty but often testy U.S. congressman from Massachusetts: "On what planet do these men spend most of their time?"
On Planet Ukraine, a country that in many ways seems to be the place that time forgot. It is old fashioned, male-oriented, tribal, and much in need of modernity. Not only in terms of concrete infrastructure, but first and foremost in the heads of its politicians.
Women in Ukraine are architects, factory managers, and high-level bureaucrats and are represented in almost every profession in the workforce. Despite this male chauvinism is firmly entrenched and surprisingly widespread. Some Ukrainian men will never take a woman leader seriously. The younger generation, however, seem more willing to accept women in positions of power.
That's the country advice provided on the international moving company Interdean's website
Ukraine has no women mayors, no women governors, only one newly minted minister, just two parliamentary committees are chaired by women. The country's best known female politician Yulia Tymoshenko is behind bars. But Ukrainian men looooooooooove women, the hearth keepers, the mothers, the long-legged arm-candy blondes.
Yes, hooray for International Women's Day, that much-loved Soviet Ukrainian holiday, during which fat, jowly, perpetually hungover men present their women folk with flowers and ply them with champagne, only to treat them like second-class citizens for the other 364 days of the year.
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Only about 30% of people even make New Year’s Resolutions anymore. Of them only 20% manage to make a lasting change, having kept their resolution for 2 years (newrepublic.com). On this, the third day of the new year, we’re probably already struggling with the resolutions, or intentions, or goals we’ve set for ourselves in this auspicious year of 2014.
What happens in our minds when we fumble? When we eat that extra helping of dessert we didn’t really quite mean to eat, or binge-watch shows that make us feel like we’d like to dip our minds in some bleach; what we say to ourselves when we fail?
Most of us (me, for one!) live under a very stressful fallacy that we can perform perfectly. That we really can not-fail, not-fumble, not-trip-up. We fail. To focus on failure and on shortcomings can be debilitating. What if we brushed the mistake off instead, took a deep breath, and bravely turned around to do something else? So much energy is wasted in lament and guilt and self-punishment–what if we learned that we would indeed fumble and that when we fumbled, we should simply pick up the ball and try again (I think that football analogy doesn’t quite work…)?
Then Jesus said, “Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle at heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy to bear, and the burden I give you is light.” (Matthew 11:28-30) | <urn:uuid:c55eec0f-754d-449b-bc57-6b1033b76761> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://emilyhylden.com/tag/matthew-1128-30/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571989.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813232744-20220814022744-00467.warc.gz | en | 0.959559 | 367 | 1.65625 | 2 |
If you are an amateur woodworker and you don’t have plans in front of you, how will you ever know which prepares to start with? With DIY tasks, there is constantly a ready-made or pre-made kit. Nevertheless, if you are looking for something a little more unique and you do not know where to start, why not try to find complimentary Woodworking Plans?
Woodworking Plans Patterns
There are a number of different sort of totally free Woodworking Strategies to pick from. There are even some totally free patterns offered online that you can download and print out. For example, if you are thinking about making a small bench, you might want to take a look at totally free woodworking plans that come with instructions for building a simple bench. You can also have a look at complimentary pattern sites that use complimentary patterns for benches. If you have a bit more knowledge in woodworking, you can most likely find out what sort of bench you require to make without any problem.
If you aren’t rather as experienced in woodworking, there are a number of diy tasks you can discover on the internet. For instance, there are woodworking plans for all type of kitchen area tools, such as a little table saw for cutting down completions of wooden boards, and a hand saw for the deal with and blade. There are also plans for making birdhouses, furniture, racks, etc. There are also prepares for decorating your home, such as plans for a good garden or outdoor patio area.
If you have actually never ever tried to construct your own Do It Yourself tasks, I suggest you start out with a totally free set of strategies or a complimentary pattern website. By utilizing totally free strategies and patterns, you can conserve yourself a bunch of money on needing to pay somebody to build it for you. If you do not know where to start, you can simply search for free pattern sites or look for totally free plans online.
If you are not really into Do It Yourself jobs, you may want to take a look at the more specialized kits readily available. There are various kinds of woodworking plans, so if you want an unique bench or a very particular type of table, you might want to take a look at kits that use whatever.
Prior to purchasing any plans or a kit, you must always ensure that they are safe to use for DIY jobs. There are particular kinds of wood that can not be utilized with specific Do It Yourself projects. You need to have a look at the instructions to make sure that the plan is compatible with the kind of wood you are working with. If you are utilizing oak for your bench, you will not be able to use a strategy for a pine bench.
You also require to have a look at the guidelines of the strategies prior to you begin the project. Check out all the directions thoroughly, specifically the area on sanding and completing the wood.
When searching for a totally free woodworking strategy, make certain to take a look at other people’s jobs first, specifically if you are new to DIY jobs. These people might have constructed the exact same type of bench that you are thinking about. You might be able to take some useful info from them and then construct it from their strategies.
When preparing your strategies, you ought to likewise think about the product you will utilize for your Do It Yourself jobs. Various kinds of wood will require various quantities of tools, depending upon what kind of task you are building. The most pricey wood is often the hardest wood to deal with, and wood like oak can take a great deal of abuse without breaking down.
You may also want to look at the size of the tasks prior to you purchase the plans. Some strategies are large enough to consist of numerous jobs in a single book. The smaller plans might just consist of a couple of, so make certain you have a good idea of what size projects you want to make before acquiring the strategies.
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Posted on 9:52 AM, 06 October 2011
In memory of Steve Jobs - a role model
"Today a great man has died - one who has forever changed the world. A great innovator, a corporate leader and a visionary who would not take no for an answer. A man who could perceive customer desire in a very clear way, marry it with technology and compel an organization to execute at the highest level to deliver customers a truly unique and compelling experience. A man I adopted as a role model as we began to galvanize our organization to launch Afinitor at a meeting of our Oncology leadership held in Mexico in 2008.
"Ultimately, after a long fight, he succumbed to the ravages of PNet (pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor), a cancer for which Novartis now has two approved medicines: Sandostatin LAR and Afinitor. With Steve Job's death it is clear that we cannot rest as we work to discover, develop and commercialize still better medicines. It is medical intervention - great doctors, surgery, medicines and more - that allowed us to enjoy having Steve on this planet just a little bit longer so he could inspire a new generation and give us great inventions like portable digital music, the iPhone, the iPad and iCloud.
"In his memory we commit today that more than 80 percent of Novartis Pharmaceutical field forces around the world will give up their PCs and be executing their call planning, detailing, emailing, and communicating with each other and physicians via iPads before the end of 2012. Please help me to make this a reality. As a result we will be able to make more impactful calls thus better able to ensure that every patient who should be on one of our medicines has access. Our marketers will be empowered to more quickly update digital detail aids and interactive apps with the latest information. Our marketers will better understand almost instantly what our field forces find helpful in their daily work and what is useless. Our field forces will be able to get more of their work done during the day while waiting for their next appointment rather than doing administrative work later in the day. And there are many other possibilities. Let’s use our positive memory of Steve to do some more good in the world. I know we can."Not so long ago, I was hearing that pharma companies bought iPADs without having a clear strategy for how they were going to be used. It was believed that thousands of these iPads were housed in warehouses and not deployed.
It seems that Epstein is using the "in memory of Steve Jobs" memo as a tool to empty his warehouses of iPads and encourage reps to use them "to get more of their work done during the day" and "do some more good in the world."
But what are Novartis reps saying about the iPad? Here are some tidbits I found on the Novartis board over at Cafe Pharma:
- We are the laughingstock. 'Oh look, there goes the reps that are so incompetent in getting their message across, they are replaced by an iPad!' Hey doc, wanna play Angry Birds with me?
- Next step in e-detailing is downloading "e-rep" app (doc gets to pick male/female e-rep to interact with,,need samples? click!, need a quick product review? click, heard the latest about managed care in your area? click!
- Actually...with iPads why do we need high priced reps? The managers will be fine...you...I wouldn't be too sure.
- I'm going to record all calls with the ipads camera & upload to youtube & publish live as soon as the next severence (sic) is paid out
At least pharma reps are not "selling sugar water to kids" as Steve Jobs once said of John Scully when he hired him to run Apple. Scully promptly ran it into the ground.
Does this memo violate FDA Regulations?
P.S. Epstein's memo was posted to a site called FreePDFhosting.com, which allows anyone to upload PDF files for free (duh!). I am not sure who posted Epstein's memo to this site, but I doubt it was Epstein, who probably intended it to remain an internal document.
However, now that it is a PUBLIC document, easily accessible by any one, is it subject to FDA regulation regarding branded communications?
I notice that the memo refers to Novartis anti-cancer drugs by brand name and includes the FDA-approved indication: pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor. However, the memo does NOT include any fair balance (major side effect information). Technically, therefore, this memo -- as it appears on FreePDFhosting.com -- violates FDA law. Since FreePDFhosting.com has a rule against uploading PDFs that are "illegal or violates any laws," the memo should be removed from the site (hopefully before the FDA sees it). | <urn:uuid:e549c246-b565-406d-8540-0917e8627c47> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://pharmamkting.blogspot.com/2011/10/in-memory-of-steve-jobs-will-novartis.html | 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 | 0.967067 | 1,005 | 1.53125 | 2 |
Yahoo! and Human Rights Repression in China
Yahoo! argued that foreign companies operating in China have no choice but to respect local laws and "customs".
The Business and Human Rights Resource Centre, a research website set up by Amnesty International and various academic and business organizations, has an update on the case that raises many legal issues.
The update includes an article from the San Francisco Chronicle that discusses how foreign Internet firms can resist Chinese government pressures, an official response from Yahoo! on the incident, as well as critical commentaries by 3 human rights experts:
- Mary Robinson, Chair of Business & Human Rights Resource Centre’s International Advisory Network, former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, former President of Ireland
- Sir Geoffrey Chandler, Founding Chair of Amnesty International UK Business Group
- Nicholas Howen, Secretary-General, International Commission of Jurists
On a somewhat related note, the organization Reporters Without Borders has released a free Handbook forBloggers and Cyber-Dissidents with tips on how to sneak past Internet censors and the secret police in countries from China to Iran (as well as Western Internet companies investing there too). | <urn:uuid:a1ef6263-1c0c-49c2-b3c9-fa6b546b0290> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/2005/09/yahoo-and-human-rights-repression-in.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281353.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00068-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.916019 | 235 | 1.726563 | 2 |
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder that affects predominately dopamine-producing “dopaminergic” neurons located in a specific area of the brain called substantia nigra. It is a chronic and progressive disease that manifests as a movement disorder in the patients’ daily life.
The Parkinson's disease starts with the loss of the brain cells that produce the dopamine which is one the body's neurotransmitters or what is are often referred to as the chemical messengers, the cell damage appears slowly and progress gradually over time, eventually the cells will die. It is estimated that between 60% to 80% of cells are damaged before clinical symptoms of the disease become evident. Therefore, the amount of dopamine decreases in brain and irregular brain activity occurs. This is how the symptoms of this disease begin to manifest.
Even if Parkinson's disease seems genetic in some cases, it often occurs randomly and its causes remains unknown until this day, however most researchers believe that there are both genetic and environmental factors that contribute to the injury and eventual the loss of these dopamine-producing cells
There are four main symptoms and clinical signs of Parkinson's disease:
The Symptoms and the progression of Parkinson's disease differ from one person to another due to the diversity of the disease. Its primary symptoms may be mild at first but will gradually become more intense and gets worse overtime.
In the early stages of this disease, people may feel slight tremors or experience some difficulties that affect their ability to perform the activities of daily living such as getting up from a chair, washing, dressing and even walking. Eventually, the patient will have difficulty using his limbs, his speech gets softer and more difficult to understand and his handwriting will deteriorate and become worse overtime. You will notice also that the sick person's facial expressions have disappeared.
The Symptoms usually start on one side of the body or the limbs and then progress to affect both sides. The symptom can be more severe and intense on one side of the body than on the other.
There is no specific clinical test to be used to diagnose Parkinson's disease. In addition, the diagnosis can only be made after the doctor obtain the patient’s medical history and perform a detailed neurological examination.
There are many diseases that show similar symptoms to Parkinson's Disease, they are called Parkinsonism. That’s why many diseases are misdiagnosed as Parkinson's Disease in most of the cases. For this reason, the clinical algorithm of the symptoms’ appearance and the neurological examination are very important in order to correctly diagnose this disease and to start its specific treatment in time.
In addition, observing a certain improvement after starting the treatment (drug treatment) is an important sign which allow the doctor to distinguish Parkinson's Disease from other similar ones.
Although there is no cure today for Parkinson's disease, some treatments are applied to reduce or control the clinical symptoms of this Disease. These treatments are:
Medication: The time of starting the treatment and its type varies from one person to the another. In general, the doctors start the drug treatment when the patients complain that the disease has affect their ability to perform the activities of daily living. The drug types and its doses are changed according to the course of the disease. The Patients will need lifelong drug treatment.
Deep Brain Stimulation (Brain Battery): we will explain this kind of treatment in detail in the next section.
There are some other treatments that are used to help the patient reduce his symptoms and control them; like physical, occupational and speech therapies in addition of some physical exercises.
Deep Brain Stimulation, also known as a brain battery, is a neurosurgical procedure that involves implanting electrodes into certain brain areas, these electrodes will be connected through wires placed under the skin to a medical device called a neurostimulator, sometimes referred to as a “brain pacemaker”, this latter will be implanted under the skin in the upper chest.
The brain is painlessly stimulated by these electrodes by generating electrical impulses to adjust the chemical imbalances within the brain; and block or change the abnormal brain activity; to treat a certain symptoms & clinical signs of the Parkinson’s disease such as slow movement (bradykinesia), tremors, and the limbs’ stiffness.
The amount of the electrical impulses will be controlled by the neurostimulator.
Choosing a suitable candidate for Deep Brain Stimulation is one of the most important steps. The neurology & psychiatric doctors as well as the neurosurgeon should evaluate the patient in order to determine if he is suitable for this operation. It is also mandatory that a neurological examination is performed on the patient before the medical committee made her decision.
The surgical candidacy criteria are the following:
Deep Brain Stimulation (Brain Battery) surgery carries less risks than other brain surgeries. In this surgical procedure, very satisfied results are obtained and high success rates are achieved, especially if the chosen patients were suitable for this surgery.
The first thing the doctors will do, is perform a detailed neurological examination on the patient. Then, a Computed Tomography and MR scans of the patient's brain are carried out. By using the obtained images, a 3D map of the brain is created. This will help the surgeons determine with high precision, the brain’s areas where the electrodes will be implanted.
Before starting the surgery, the doctors make a last check-up of the patient brain in addition of his CT and MRI scans images.
The surgery is performed in two stages. In the 1st part of the operation, the surgeon implants the electrodes into the predetermined brain’s areas while the patient is awake, he doesn’t feel any pain but it is very important that he is awake during the surgery, and he is in constant communication with the surgeon, to avoid that anything could goes during the implant.
In the second stage of this operation, the patient is put to sleep under general anesthesia, then the surgeon implant the neurostimulator in chest cavity and connect it to the electrodes through wires placed under the skin.
The whole surgery takes approximately 4-5 hours.After a week, the patient's medicines doses are adjusted and the brain battery is activated. One week later, a physical examination is performed by a doctor who regulate the intensity of the electrical impulses and make a second adjustment in the drugs doses. | <urn:uuid:4e95bcfc-6f85-4eb8-b56d-3f892684612c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://prusamedica.com/blog-detail/deep-brain-stimulation-dbs-parkinson-s-disase/47 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572581.94/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816211628-20220817001628-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.956654 | 1,299 | 3.625 | 4 |
Salud Pública de México
Print version ISSN 0036-3634
ALDAY, Jorge et al. Smoke-free São Paulo: a campaign evaluation and the case for sustained mass media investment. Salud pública Méx [online]. 2010, vol.52, suppl.2, pp.S216-S225. ISSN 0036-3634. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0036-36342010000800017.
Although evidence from high-income countries suggests that mass media campaigns can increase knowledge of tobacco harms and encourage smoking cessation, there is little evidence of this from developing countries, particularly related to campaigns that seek to increase support for smoke-free places and laws. Two campaigns that ran in São Paulo, Brazil during implementation of a smoke-free law in São Paulo were evaluated to assess their effectiveness in changing attitudes and creating support for the law. The campaigns were evaluated through street-intercept surveys conducted in early July and late August in São Paulo (Ns= 603; 615). Findings reveal that mass communications can generate support for smoke-free laws and underscore the importance of running campaigns that are both well-funded and that use harder-hitting, more graphic messages.
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World Fading Stars: 15 of the World's Most Endangered Animals in 2022
Every year, more animal species find their way to the infamous IUCN Red list. This list provides insight into the conversation status of all plant, animal, and fungi species. Although there are numerous other listings, the IUCN Red List is the most comprehensive in the world. Currently over 41,000 species are at various levels threatened with extinction. This list comprises of 13% of all birds, 37% of all sharks and rays, and 26% of mammals.
Categorizing threatened, vulnerable, and endangered animals requires a complex analysis of various factors. These factors include the speed of declination and the population reduction percentage. As a result, the IUCN may red-list an animal with a significant population number where the population is rapidly declining or has reduced by up to 50 to 70 percent.
Our Next Gen Paws list of 15 animals at risk of extinction reviews various endangered animal websites such as the IUCN red list and the WWF endangered species list 2022. Our listing focuses on animals at the highest risk of extinction. We also provide insight into bodies that are helping to protect these animals and prevent their extinction. You can visit these sites to learn more about what they are doing and how you can assist.
1. African Forest Elephant
These inhabitants of the thick tropics of West and Central Africa are currently a critically endangered species. Between 1984 and 2015, the number of African forest elephants witnessed a staggering drop of 86%. Due to the elephant’s slow gestation rate, getting this population to bounce back will take prolonged time and effort.
This effort will mean putting an end to poaching and curbing habitat loss. Elephant tusks are a highly sought-after item in southeast Asia. The surging demand is endangering elephants who have already sacrificed their land to meet a growing human population. A key non-profit pushing for the protection of these critically endangered animals is the Elephant Conservation.
2. Eastern Lowland Gorilla
The dense tropical rainforests of the Democratic Republic of Congo house a mammal population currently at risk of extinction. The Eastern Lowland Gorilla has experienced a 50% population decline in under 20 years. The primary reason for the hastened demise of this gorilla subspecies is poaching and trade. Other accelerants include degradation and loss, and ineffectual conservation efforts hampered by political instability.
The gorillas are poached as part as bushmeat hunting activities. Their meat also serves as a local delicacy and a source of medicines. Natives also believe that the lowland gorilla’s body is useful in the making of local charms.
There are ongoing conservation efforts by bodies such as the Gorilla Agreement and the International Gorilla Conservation Program. They have taken proactive measures to stop the illegal trade of these gorillas, increase the sizes of their protected habitats. They are also lobbying for the introduction of more protection policies to prevent the extinction of these animals.
3. Giant Ibis
The Cambodian national bird is a large sized animal that inhabits the lowland forests and swamps of Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos. Previously present in Thailand, the bird is now extinct. Today there are an estimated 200 Giant Ibis birds alive today, making them one of the top 10 endangered animals in 2022.
Hunting, deforestation, and human interference constitute major threats to these species. As such groups like the Giant Ibis National Action Plan have taken steps to protect the foraging and breeding habitats of this species. They have achieved decent success with the help of local communities.
4. Sunda Tigers
In the Sunda Islands of Indonesia were three tiger subspecies collectively known as the Sunda Tigers. These inhabitants of the Sumatra, Bali and Java islands have felt the full weight of human activity on their populations. Rapid deforestation and poaching for traditional medicines and body parts have led to their extinction. Today only 500 Sumatran Tigers exist—the Javan and Bali tigers are extinct.
The smallest aquatic mammal in the world has unfortunately made it into the endangered species list 2022. The Vaquita, a small whale or porpoise, shares similarities with the Dolphin. Thanks to toxic pollutants, and fishing activities there are an estimated 10 Vaquitas remaining worldwide. The 99% drop in the population of these mammals over the last decade is due to illegal fishing.
Vaquita are worth thousands of dollars in the Chinese market due to their perceived medicinal benefits. The only place to find a Vaquita in 2022 is Mexico’s Gulf of California. Captive breeding programs to help improve the species’ numbers have been unsuccessful. However, conservation efforts currently being pushed by groups such as Save the Vaquita include the preservation of vaquita cells and gill-net bans.
Orangutans are inhabitants of the Southeast Asian tropical rainforests. Renowned for their distinctive red fur, these mammals spend most of their time on trees. This has not prevented them from becoming victims of poaching, the major cause of their demise. Today the three species of orangutans, Sumatran, Bornean and Tapanuli are now endangered.
With only 800 members left, the Tapanuli is recognized as a critically endangered specie by the WWF. The International Orangutan Foundation and the WWF are actively working towards protecting these tree-climbing mammals. Efforts include putting a halt to the pet trade, anti-poaching, sustainable forestry, and habitat preservation.
7. Hawksbill Sea Turtle
Hawksbill sea turtles stand out due to their hawk-like beaks. Their distinctive flat, disc-shaped shell with serrations at the edge, gives them a unique look that has created a demand their shells. Poachers kill these turtles for their meat and their decorative shells. Hawksbills are also an in-demand commodity among illegal pet traders. These adverse activities have spurred a population decline of this sea turtle specie by 80 percent in under 100 years.
Other threats these animals face include pollution, destruction of feeding ecosystems and habitats, and fishing equipment. Today bycatch prevention, ocean recycling and proper monitoring of hawksbill nesting sites have proven effective at conserving the population. These activities are majorly carried out by the American Oceans and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. There are an estimated 8,000 Hawksbill Sea turtles in existence today.
8. Javan Rhinoceros
Exclusively found in Indonesia’s Ujung Kulon National Park, Java, the city’s eponymous rhinos is critically endangered. Thanks to the effort Rhino Protection Units in collaboration with the WWF, the park serves as a healthy and safe environment for these mammals. Other conservatory activities include the protection of rhino native food sources by eradicating invasive plant species.
Until the introduction of these measures the Javan rhinoceros was a risk of extinction due to habitat loss and poaching. In fact, a sub-species of this rhinos were declared extinct in Vietnam in 2011. Thanks to the work of park patrol units no Javan rhino has been poached in the past 10 years. Organizations actively involved in protecting the rhino population include Save the Rhino and the International Rhino Foundation.
9. Gray Wolf
Residents of American grasslands, woodlands and deserts, the Gray Wolf is one of the most endangered animals in USA. This animal which plays a crucial role in its ecosystem is prey to traffic accidents, overhunting and legal and illegal shootings. This wolf has been the subject of recent controversy when IUCN removed the animal from its red list in 2021.
However, thanks to the intervention of environmental groups, the Gray wolf is back on the red list. Unfortunately, this brief delisting led to a mass killing of Gray wolves in the United States depleting its population. Save Our Wolves is an organisation leading the conservation effort to protect these animals.
10. Irrawaddy Dolphin
A key endangered animal fact that is largely ignored by governments is the role of illegal fishing in the extinction of aquatic life. Dolphins are a prime victim of this human activity. Today the Irrawaddy Dolphin, resident in South and Southeast Asia has only 92 members left.
This mammal is a major attraction, drawing tourists the world over. Sadly, their existence is affected by habitat loss, contamination and degradation and reduction in food sources. Key organizations working to help protect this species is Endangered Species International, WWF, and Cambodia’s Fisheries Administration.
The Koala is one of the most popular endangered animals in Australia. Its popularity stems from its cultural significance to the Australian Aborigines. Wild koalas inhabit most of Australia’s bushland owing their survival to eucalyptus. The rapid clearing of eucalyptus forests and bushlands has endangered this species.
This mass habitat loss aided by human interference, disease, food, habitat contamination, food scarcity and overcrowding, has put the Koala at risk of extinction. Today there are roughly 43,000 koalas in existence. Organizations such as the Australian Koala Foundation are helping to preserve habitats and provide treatment to these animals.
12. Bluefin Tuna
Fast and large, the bluefin tuna are predators who traverse all of the word’s oceans. As such, we found it tough obtaining an accurate population status of this species for our endangered species 2022 list. Our metrics for population size is therefore, the stock assessment model.
The primary threat to the bluefin tuna is overfishing by humans who find this sushi fish a delicacy. As such conservationists such as the Bluefin Boycott are helping to preserve the bluefin population. Many countries and commissions have also introduced catch quotas and harvest requirements to limit the fishing of this fish species.
As top predators, Tigers play a crucial role in maintaining the balance, health, and functionality of their ecosystem. Unfortunately, this species is now endangered with roughly 3900 remaining worldwide. Thanks to the efforts of the WWF, the Wildlife Conservation Society, and the Global Tiger Initiative, 80% of tigers now live in WWF supported habitats. Although tiger populations are rising in Nepal, Bhutan, Russia and China, a lot more effort is required to improve their southeast asia population.
14. Asian Elephants
Like the African Forest Elephant, the Asian Elephant entered endangered animal list in 1976. Major reasons for the rapid decline of their population is hunting for their meat and the ivory trade.
Despite the prohibition of commercial trade in Asian elephants and their parts by the ESA and CITES, the illegal ivory trade is still ongoing. As such the population of Asian elephants has within the past 75 years, experienced a 50% decline. There may be as little as 20,000 Asian elephants in the world today.
15. Snow Leopards
There may be as few as 4000 snow leopards left in the wild today. Only 250 of these animals are mature. Although habitat loss was contributory, prime factor that triggered this decline of up to 70% was poaching.
Due to conservatory measures, snow leopards are no longer considered a critically endangered species. However, they are still at risk. The WWF plays a critical role in the protection of snow leopards and its efforts may have helped save this species from extinction.
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The autumnal equinox, which marks the transition between summer and fall, has passed. So, it makes sense to see tree leaves turning glorious fall colors. A lesser-known secret about trees is that a lot of their leaves’ autumnal hues have been there all year long. We just could not see them before because chlorophyll was hiding them.
It all starts in spring and summer when the trees put on leaves for the year. The leaves have an important job to do, make food for all of the parts of the tree. Leaves make food using a process called photosynthesis, which turns energy from sunlight and carbon dioxide from the air into carbohydrates for the tree.
A key part of producing those sugars and starches is chlorophyll. Chlorophyll is a chemical that absorbs energy from sunlight. It is with this energy that plants make food. Chlorophyll also has a naturally green pigment, giving plants their green color.
But, this chemical is only one of the pigments responsible for the colors of tree leaves. Along with this green pigment are yellow, orange and brown ones called carotenes and xanthophyll. These pigments are not exclusive to trees. You can find them in carrots too; they are why carrots look orange. They are also in bananas, corn and daffodils. Until fall, though, it is hard to see these pigments in trees.
In fall, tree leaves slow down the food-making process of photosynthesis, getting ready for winter dormancy. Shorter day lengths and cooler temperatures are the signals which tell the trees to slow down. The chlorophyll breaks down and so its green color disappears from the leaves, giving way to the yellows and oranges that have been there all along.
At the same time, other chemical changes in the tree may occur, allowing red and purple tones created by anthocyanin pigments to appear. Anthocyanin is not just for leaves either; it gives other things their color too, like blueberries, plums and strawberries.
Leftover chlorophyll mixes with these fabulous pigments of yellows, oranges, reds and purples. The different mixes create breathtaking fall color changes in trees. Some of these color changes and their timing are due to the tree’s species. While some facets of fall color is predetermined by a trees’ genetics, not everything is set in stone.
How bright the fall colors are and how long we get to experience them varies based on what happened this growing season. We and Mother Nature both influence the fall colors of our landscapes as we both affect the temperature, light and soil moisture our trees experience.
Warm sunny days with cool but not freezing nights bring out brighter colors in our trees. These weather conditions mean bright light and extra plant sugars in the leaves, which leads to anthocyanin production. It is through this pigment that our trees’ leaves shine with palettes of crimsons and purples.
However, early frosts can mute the grand fall display and dry soils can too.
To give your trees the best chance of producing brighter color longer when the temperatures and light provided by Mother Nature are just right, be sure to keep the soil around your trees (and shrubs too) moist throughout the summer and into fall.
While the trees’ leaves seem to change color right before our eyes, other changes are happening in the tree that we cannot see. Where the stem of the leaf connects with the tree, the tree is producing a layer of cells that will separate the leaf from the tree. The tree will seal off that cut, and the leaf will fall under its own weight or by the efforts of a fall wind, leaving behind a scar.
While some facets of fall color are predetermined, no two autumns are alike. So, take the time to enjoy each one. Bring loved ones and all of the fixings for apple cider or hot chocolate on a crisp autumn day tree tour. Tree touring, also known as tree peeping, creates vibrant memories with family and friends that will not fade away with the passing of the seasons like fades the green color of tree leaves.
Fall leaf art for all ages
Some parts of the fall color we enjoy each year are due to things that do not change, like tree genetics. Other parts, like the weather and how we water our trees change a lot about the mixes of pigments in tree leaves and so the fall color we see. This crazy interaction of relatively stable and widely changing variables means that every fall we experience is a unique combination. We can celebrate each individual autumn with homemade art.
Enjoying the fall beauty of our own backyard, town or even country is an experience for people of all ages to savor. As you explore, bring home leaves that speak to you. Look for colors, shapes, textures and anything else about a tree and its leaves that stands out to you.
Bring your finds inside. There, with the red glow of crisp autumn temperatures still on your rosy cheeks, you and your family can create art with your tree trinkets. Two of my favorite leaf crafts involve finger paints.
The first project, good for children and adults of all ages, is tree prints. You can create beautiful tree prints for fall by painting large leaves with different colors. Before the paint dries, press the leaf straight down into clean paper. Make sure each part of the leaf touches the page. Then, lift the leaf straight back up. What you reveal will resemble a full-grown tree. The leaf veins will look like branches.
A craft idea for older children is to create a drawing and accent it with leaves used like stamps. Make a striking impression by embellishing a self-portrait with stamped cascades of painted leaves for hair.
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The governments of Timor-Leste and Australia intend to conclude ratification of the Permanent Maritime Boundary Treaty between the two countries on 30 August, Portuguese news agency Lusa reported quoting officials.
A member of the East Timorese government has confirmed the existence of an agreement, and “everything being done to ensure that ratification can be completed by 30 August,” which will be the twentieth anniversary of the independence referendum.
Aaron Noé Amaral, president of the National Parliament, said that the government would present three proposals for amending laws that have to be changed before the ratification of the treaty to delimit the maritime borders
Changes will be made to bills such as the Oil Fund Law, the Oil Activities Law, the Tax Law and the Timor Gap Law, as well as other changes, some of which are necessary “before ratification” and others may be approved later.
Timor-Leste and Australia on 6 March 2018 in New York signed the “Comprehensive Package Agreement on the central elements of a maritime boundary delimitation between the two countries in the Timor Sea,” a document drafted following negotiations via a Conciliation Commission. (Macauhub) | <urn:uuid:d9777dd0-5afa-4209-82d1-d08ac7cfba92> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://macauhub.com.mo/2019/06/25/pt-timor-leste-e-australia-querem-ratificar-tratado-de-fronteiras-a-30-de-agosto/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573163.7/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818033705-20220818063705-00076.warc.gz | en | 0.953113 | 242 | 2.09375 | 2 |
Diane Edison’s two arresting pastel self portraits, in the exhibition “The Female Gaze: Women Artists Making Their World,” sample from the artist’s impressively detailed and stirring portraiture. Edison, a professor of art at University of Georgia, is also an incredibly charismatic individual, as I learned from her artist’s talk February 2 at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. In the introduction to her talk, Edison‘s works were called “two of the most talked about portraits in the exhibition.”
The artist’s talk was a light-hearted journey through the history and progression of her work, starting with her early painting and rich colorful pastel drawing (the two portraits in the show fit into this early category) and ending with the transition into her most recent body of greyscale colored pencil drawings on black paper.
She opened the talk with what is easily one of the most striking self-portraits in the show, a nude in which she gazes down at the viewer with an incredible intensity, as if saying “What you see is what you get.” Edison debunked the assumption of confrontational intent, explaining that she was not angry or trying to be aggressive but that the work was actually spawned from the initial desire to feel vulnerable.
She went on to discuss several works her 2007 exhibition “The Men In My Life,” which was begun in the same spirit as the “The Female Gaze” exhibition as a whole, that is, to increase visibility and awareness of women in art. The works from “The Men in My Life” were made to bring attention to the fact that men simply have shows while women have women’s work, the artist said. Describing the portrait of her father, Anthony Francis Edison, as the appropriate start in this series of male portraits, the artist said she and her father had an “interesting, to say the least, relationship.” The portrait projects a sense of defiance but it is impossible to say whether Mr. Edison is looking down at Diane, or she is looking up at him. He was 92 when she drew him.
Edison brought us through the process of many of her portraits, most of which are drawn from black and white photographs. She chooses friends, family and co-workers as subjects for her portraits and many of the stories behind these works are particularly charming and personal. Some of the most revealing of these include the portrait of her father, her daughter, fellow artist Luis Cruz Azaceta and, of course, herself.
The commanding portrait of her daughter Rebecca at 14 embodies a potent yet indescribable feeling that almost any woman can relate to, as a mother or as a daughter; a look of engagement which Diane describes as a struggle. Her daughter is now 18, and “College looms ahead,” she said.
Describing her experience in drawing fellow artist Luis Cruz Acaceta, Edison said the drawing came about abnormally quickly. She completed it in four days as opposed to the average three- to four-weeks. This quick drawing evolved because unlike her normal portrait drawings, in which she often feels like her drawing requires asking permission to capture a person, Cruz Acaceta seemed immediately willing to “let her in.”
With much humor and grace, Diane Edison allowed us in to her world as an artist, woman, mother, daughter and teacher. Her demeanor was enchanting and her work emotional. Her intricate portraiture invites her audience to experience her personal relationships and skillfully reveals her intimate perspective.
Diane Edison’s work, like all of the self-portraiture in The Female Gaze, gives the audience tools to better understand art and the artist through the lens of womanhood and individuality and the extra push needed to begin utilizing them.
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The outlet added that the North Korean ambassadors' meetings were held almost yearly, with the last meeting taking place in July 2015.
"North Korea seems to be hosting what appears to be a meeting of foreign diplomatic missions' chiefs after calling its ambassadors to major countries back to Pyongyang," the source was quoted as saying by the Yonhap news agency.
According to the media outlet, the source said that North Korean Ambassador to the United Nations Ja Song-nam, Ambassador to China Ji Jae-ryong, Ambassador to Russia Kim Hyong-jun would take part in the meeting, however, it was still unclear who else would participate in the upcoming gathering.
Earlier on Friday the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov stated Moscow, as well as China, opposed North Korea being in possession of nuclear weapons. He also added that Russia and China had "a whole range of proposals aimed at preventing the deepest conflict, a crisis with a huge number of human losses."
Moscow and Beijing called on Pyongyang to stop nuclear tests and urged Washington and Seoul to refrain from conducting joint drills.
Russia and China called those parties involved for conducting a dialogue amid the recent escalation of tensions on the Korean Peninsula.
The move prompted harsh criticism from Pyongyang which subsequently vowed to use any means possible to retaliate against the United States after the UNSC approved the new US-drafted sanctions. US President Donald Trump in turn, warned, that North Korea’s possible actions would be met with "fire and fury" from the United States. Following the statement, Pyongyang said it considered an attack near the Pacific island of Guam where several US military bases were located.
The White House said in a statement on Saturday, that Trump had held a phone conversation with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron, stressing that the United States was ready to apply all available measures, including the military ones, to settle the North Korean nuclear issue. | <urn:uuid:f5562251-b33b-467e-aa2d-e3650ed7c9e6> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://sputniknews.com/20170814/north-korea-envoys-meeting-1056436871.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573399.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818185216-20220818215216-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.976864 | 387 | 1.804688 | 2 |
May 15, 2007
Obesity Increases Risk of Injury on the Job
Having a body mass index (BMI) in the overweight or obese range increases the risk of traumatic workplace injury, according to researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health’s Center for Injury Research and Policy. Employer-sponsored weight loss and maintenance programs should be considered as part of a well-rounded workplace safety plan. The study was Advance Access published on May 7, 2007, by the American Journal of Epidemiology.
BMI is a measure of body fat based on an adult’s height and weight. It is used to screen for weight categories that may lead to health problems. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a BMI below 18.5 is considered underweight, 18.5–24.9 is normal; 25–29.9 is overweight and over 30 is obese.
“Clearly, limited resources for workplace injury prevention and control should target the most prominent and modifiable risk factors, but we cannot neglect the fact that our study and other recently published studies support an association between BMI and the risk, distribution and prevalence of workplace injury,” said Keshia M. Pollack, PhD, MPH, lead author of the study and an assistant professor in the Bloomberg School of Public Health’s Department of Health Policy and Management.
The researchers used medical and injury surveillance data on hourly workers employed in eight plants of the same aluminum manufacturer to determine whether increased BMI was a risk factor for workplace injury. The plants were scattered across the United States. BMI was calculated using National Institutes of Health criteria. Employees were grouped into five categories: underweight, normal, overweight, obesity levels I and II and obesity level III.
Of the 7,690 workers included in the study, 29 percent were injured at least once between January 2, 2002, and December 31, 2004. Approximately 85 percent of the injured workers were classified as overweight or obese. More than 28 percent of injuries occurred among employees classified as overweight, 30 percent in the obese I and II category and almost 34 percent in the obese III category.
The severely obese group who had a BMI of greater than 40 also had the most injuries to the hand/wrist/finger (22 percent) when compared to the same injuries in the other weight categories. Almost 10 percent of all injuries in the obese III group were to the leg/knee, compared to 7 percent of workers classified as overweight, which was the next highest injury rate.
“We know that obesity prevention policies and programs in the workplace are important simply because of likely improvements in employee health,” said Pollack, the Leon S. Robertson Faculty Development Chair in Injury Prevention. “What we do not know is if obesity prevention in the workplace will also have the added benefit of improving injury rates and reducing lost work time. Evaluations of worksite health promotion and obesity prevention efforts should measure changes not only in employee health, but also traumatic injury.”
The researchers say that more work will be needed to test the effectiveness for reducing weight among hourly (non-office) employees who face a number of barriers to participating in worksite physical activity programs, such as the need to remove protective clothing for midday exercise and a lack of time because of additional employment or home responsibilities.
Keshia M. Pollack and Gary S. Sorock, both with the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and Martin D. Slade, Linda Cantley, Kanta Sircar, Oyebode Taiwo and Mark R. Cullen co-authored the study.
“Association between Body Mass Index and Acute Traumatic Workplace Injury in Hourly Manufacturing Employees” was supported by grants from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, the NIOSH Education and Research Center for Occupational Safety and Health at the JHSPH, the Donaghue Foundation and the Network on Socioeconomic Status and Health of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Support was also provided by Alcoa Inc.
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The Merchant Shipping (Boatmasters' Qualifications, Crew and Hours of Work) Regulations 2015 govern the legal requirements for the issuance of Boatmasters licences (BML) in the United Kingdom.
This section explains the process of boatmaster licence application and license renewal. Check how to apply for a boatmasters' licence, replace it, renew it, or upgrade one.
MCA BOATMASTER UK: A boat master must have a valid licence to run certain types of vessels.
The boatmasters' licence gives authorisation to operate a passenger-carrying or non-passenger carrying commercial vessel.
The boat master will need a boatmasters' licence for most types of sailing vessels that run on:
The term 'limited' means no more than five (5) miles from land and fifteen (15) miles from where the vessel sets off or arrives.
But, authorisation is not required for all sailing crafts and vessels. You can operate a pleasure vessel or a fishing vessel without a boatmaster licence. That also includes hire boats which get used as pleasure vessels.
In case you were wondering:
The MMCA produces further guidance on which types of vessels that can operate on inland waters in the United Kingdom. It also has references to EU requirements and regulations.
Note: Boatmaster definition refers to the person who is in command of an inland waterways vessel. Failing to have the correct boatmaster licence can result in a fine and a prosecution.
Certain certificates can get used as an alternative to a boatmasters' licence. Seafarers can use STCW certificate of competency (Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping).
Certificates awarded by the Royal Yachting Association also qualify. Even so, using an alternative certificate means you must:
You can get further details from the boatmasters' qualifications and hours of work notice before you apply, such as:
Before applying for a boatmasters certificate you should also:
The current cost of a replacement licence is £23. You will need to use the form 'Application for a replacement of a Boatmasters' Licence (MSF 4390)'.
As a rule, a boatmasters' licence lasts five (5) years and costs £31 to renew it. Use the form titled 'Revalidation of a boatmasters' licence (MSF 4365)'. Return it to the address written on the form.
Note: You can view further details about current Maritime and Coastguard Agency fees for a range of maritime services on the GOV.UK website.
The fee for upgrading a licence varies. Use form MSF 4370 'Apply for a Boatmasters' Licence upgrade' to upgrade it or add another area to it.
You must apply for a 'Tier 2 Level 2' licence to keep working if your exemption is about to expire. It covers all areas described on the exemption certificate. To continue working with an exemption certificate you must:
Note: Failing to have the correct boatmaster licence when your exemption expires can result in a fine and a prosecution.
The category of 'inland waters' can include any body of water not categorised as 'sea'. Examples include canals, lakes, tidal and non-tidal rivers, and some estuarial waters. An estuary is an arm of sea that extends inland to meet the mouth of a river.
The 4 different categories of inland waters get classified as one of the following:
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I have had pain in my right hip since Oct 2010, getting progressively worse. Thought at first I might need a hip replacement. However doctors visits and x-rays gave a diagnoses of arthritis, Pain kept getting worse, and doctor finally ordered an MRI last week. That showed a tumor in my iliac bone. Full body CAT Scan and Nuclear Scan (PET, I think) scheduled for tomorrow. Then an appointment with Orthopedic Oncologist on Friday. What questions should I be asking on Friday?
Often with orthopedic tumors, the type can be determined from patient and tumor characteristics (age, gender, location, what bone, etc), the x-ray appearance, and with ancillary studies (CT scan, MRI, lab tests, etc). Chest x-ray, chest CT, and bone scans are usually done to determine if the tumor has metastasized. For the determination of the exact cell type, a biopsy has to be done.
So, ask the oncologist what tumor does he/she thinks it is. Is it malignant? Has it metastasized? What are the treatment options? What are the risks and benefits of each treatment option? What would happen if treatment was not selected? How soon does treatment have to start?
Of course, ask any questions you might have. Be sure you understand what he/she is telling you. You might want to have someone with you. As, at times like this we often get overwhelmed.
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The threat of World War 3 is over! We can now breathe relaxed people! World War 3 will have to wait for another era! It is time for peace and prosperity.
Russia is ready and looks forward to restoring bilateral relations with the United States, Russian President Vladimir Putin said, commenting on the news of Donald Trump’s victory in the US presidential election.
“We heard [Trump’s] campaign rhetoric while still a candidate for the US presidency, which was focused on restoring the relations between Russia and the United States,” President Putin said, speaking at the presentation ceremony of foreign ambassadors’ letters of credentials in Moscow.
“We understand and are aware that it will be a difficult path in the light of the degradation in which, unfortunately, the relationship between Russia and the US are at the moment,” he added.
Speaking about the degraded state of relations between the countries, the president once again stressed that “it is not our fault that Russia-US relations are as you see them.”
Earlier today, in a message to Donald Trump the Russian President expressed confidence that the dialogue between Moscow and Washington, in keeping with each other’s views, meets the interests of both Russia and the US.
The Russian leader noted in the message that he hopes to address some “burning issues that are currently on the international agenda, and search for effective responses to the challenges of the global security,” RIA Novosti reported.
On top of it, Putin has expressed confidence that “building a constructive dialogue between Moscow and Washington, based on principles of equality, mutual respect and each other’s positions, meets the interests of the peoples of our countries and of the entire international community.”
Russian State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin has also expressed hope that Trump’s victory in the presidential election will help pave the way for a more constructive dialogue between Moscow and Washington.
“The current US-Russian relations cannot be called friendly. Hopefully, with the new US president a more constructive dialogue will be possible between our countries,” he said.
“The Russian Parliament will welcome and support any steps in this direction,” Volodin added on Wednesday.
A member of the Federation Council Committee on Defense and Security, Senator Aleksey Pushkov, has meanwhile noted that Hillary Clinton’s stake on the conflict with Russia has eventually done her a terrible disservice.
“[Playing the] ‘Russian card’ and portraying Putin as a bad guy did not help Clinton. On the contrary, staking on the conflict with Moscow has only caused fear, doing her a disservice,” he tweeted.
According to many observers, US-Russia relations are now at their lowest point since the Cold War. Putin has repeatedly noted that the worsening of Russia’s relations with the US “was not our choice,” however.
For things to improve between Moscow and Washington, the US should first and foremost start acting like an equal partner and respect Russia’s interests rather than try to dictate terms, Putin said last month.
The US will have to negotiate with Russia on finding solutions to international issues as no state is now able to act alone, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said last week, adding that problems in bilateral relations began to mount long before the Ukrainian crisis broke out in 2014.
In France, Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault has said that the election results mustn’t weaken relations between Europe and the US, and assured that France remains an ally of the US, and will have to see what the new president’s policies will be.
The leader of the French “National front” party, Marine le Pen, has congratulated Trump on his win over Twitter, posting, “Congratulations to the new US president Donald Trump and the free American people!”
Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, who had previously openly supported Hillary Clinton, congratulated Donald Trump and gave assurances that Italy’s ties with the United States remain strong.
“I wish him well. The Italo-American friendship is solid,” Renzi said at the start of a speech in Rome.
UK Prime Minister Theresa May expressed readiness to work with Donald Trump “building ties to ensure the security and prosperity of our nations.”
Nigel Farage, UK Independence Party leader, who was a figurehead in Britain’s exit from the European Union, said Trump has fought a brave campaign.
“I hand over the mantle to @RealDonaldTrump! Many congratulations. You have fought a brave campaign,” Farage wrote on this Twitter. Earlier he said he would accept a job from Donald Trump if the latter became president.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban responded to Trump’s victory with the words “what a great news. Democracy is still alive,” posted on his Facebook page.
Austria will remain a “bridge builder” between the East and West and is ready to cooperate with any head of state chosen by the American people, Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz said.
“We are a ‘bridge builder’ and the country in which both the East and the West are well represented. We will continue with this course. We will accept any result of the election and will continue to strive for joint work with the United States,” Kurtz said on radio OE1, as cited by RIA Novosti news agency. He also compared the results of the US election with the Brexit vote.
Austria’s far-right Freedom Party (FPO) leader Heinz-Christian Strache said Trump’s victory in the election is the righteous punishment for the corrupt establishment.
“The political left as well as the aloof and sleazy establishment are being punished by voters and voted out of various decision-making positions,” Strache said on Facebook. His party is hopeful its own anti-immigrant and EU-critical candidate Norbert Hofer will become the European Union’s first far-right head of state on December 4.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said in a statement that he “congratulates the elected American president, Donald Trump, and hopes that peace will be achieved during his term,” as cited by AP.
Indian Prime Minister Narenda Modi also congratulated Trump, tweeting he is “looking forward to working with [Trump] closely to take India-US bilateral ties to a new height.”
Australia’s foreign minister, Julie Bishop, said her government is ready to work with “whomever the American people in their wisdom choose to be their president.” She noted that the US administration “will have a number of challenges, particularly in our region, and we want to work constructively with the new administration to ensure the continued presence and leadership of the United States in our region.”
One of America’s top allies in the Pacific, South Korea, said that they would expect the US to go on with the policy of pressuring North Korea.
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After telling you the whole story about awesome beaches you can visit in Malang inside the article we’ve created earlier, hidden beach paradise in Malang, we noted that Balekambang beach is an awesome one. That very beach is long known by the people of Malang and the surrounding cities like Surabaya, Blitar, etc.
Why many people are calling this the best one in Malang city then rather than things to do in Bangil East Java, because the beach is still very natural and awesomely developed under the right management. Plus, there were many things you can do in here, even more now thankfully. So we here want to explain about the beach some more in this article of what to do in Balekambang Beach. Let’s start with the first info.
Balekambang Beach Location
Before talking about the information of what to do in Balekambang beach, let us tell you about the location in the first place. Balekambang beach, which is said to be one of the best things to do in East Java is located along the street with the same name Balekambang in Srigonco, Bantur, Malang, East Java.
The location of the beach is right on the southern tip of East Java province, being one of many famous southern beaches that mainly known for their mystics. However, the tourism area of Balekambang is actually very old. It was first opened back in 1985 ago where the surrounding areas are still covered in wooden forest.
But now, we all can see together that it’s a developed tourism spot located on the south side of the city. Mostly the beach is visited by domestic tourists, whether from Malang city or any other areas in Indonesia. Usually they come here with one purpose, to see how the Javanese Tanah Lot looks like. And they got home with a smile on their face.
Routes to Balekambang
Now, the information about a location is pointless without showing where to go and where to start. In this second section of the list, we want to tell you about the routes to Balekambang. Basically, there are two main routes that you can pick. The routes you need to take will look like this :
The first route : Malang city ~ Bululawang ~ Gadang ~ Kendalpayak ~ Gondanglegi ~ Pagelaran ~ Bantur ~ Balekambang beach
The second route : Malang city ~ Kepanjen ~ Gondanglegi ~ Pagelaran ~ Bantur ~ Sri Gonco Village ~ Balekambang beach.
Which one of the route you want to pick? Is it the first or the second? As you can see above, the second route may have lesser check points. But is it really good one? It depends on your interest. If you want to take shorter route with roads that still not smooth yet, then maybe the second route is the best for you. It’s best to use vehicles that designed for this like jeep, strong SUV, and motor trail.
For the common vehicles, it’s best to use the first one. It’s slightly longer than the second, that’s for sure, but the roads are clearly better for the vehicles. So any vehicle starting from the common motorycles or family cars can pass the route with ease.
There’s a different route however, for the people who are departing from Blitar city. Because the location is way nearer than Malang city, they only need to go for Pagelaran and Bantur, then they can arrive to Balekambang beach. So it must be very easy for people in Blitar to visit this Balekambang beach.
Interesting spots to find
Just like the things to do near Bingin beach Bali, Balekambang beach does have some interesting points or highlights that can may interest people to come by. We would like to call them as the beauty points of Balekambang beach. There are some, such as :
1 – Why people are calling it Tanah Lot in East Java
When watching the beach directly, it’s very easy to notice why people are calling it the Tanah Lot of Malang. The main reason is that it has a similar landscape and atmosphere. The island and a temple located on it even look like the same. During daily visits, many people are still coming to the temple.
2 – The beautiful face of Balekambang
This beach is also known for its beauty. It’s stil looks good even though many years already passed. The management of the location with the of the locals give their best shot to provide what’s best to the tourists.
3 – A not-lonely islands
There are also the islands you can visit here such as Anoman island, Wisanggeni island, and also Ismoyo Island. All of them are connected with the bridge that you can pass on. So it must be easy to visit them.
What to do in Balekambang beach
Aside from the things to do in Tanjung Benoa, Balekambang also has some interesting things to do for you, like :
1 – Religious Ceremony during Nyepi
If you are one of Hindu people who live nearby, you can join in th holy ceremony of Nyepi on the Balekambang beach. You know, that temple on Ismoyo Island is still used until now as a place for praying and doing some special ceremonies like this.
The place became a great destination for all Hindu people who live in Malang city and its surroundings. Aside from giving the high religious value to Hindu people, the ceremony itself also can be witnessed by all the tourists there.
2 – Outbond Activities
On this beach, you can also do some nice outbond activities. One example is flying fox, from the height of Simoyo island then back to Balekambang beach. You need to pass the bridge first if you want to try it.
Then, the cost of this sport is only Rp20.000,- for a few minutes of fun. If you want to enjoy some times here, then maybe camping is the right choice. Don’t’ forget to set the camp a little further from the beach lips.
3 – Taking pictures at the bridge
The usual activity that people do whil they’re in Balekambang beach. Before doing any other activity related to water, usually the tourists will go for the bridge and then take some selfies in there for some times.
Many also brought their own cameras, wheter to capture the beatiful landscape of Balekambang beach or taking picture of special moments like pre-wed photos. No wonder the bridge itself is getting crowder.
4 – Watching the sunset
As mentioned above, people are coming to Balekambang to capture special moments. One of them is watching the sunset goes down in the horizon. Even a decent phone camera can capture this romantic moment.
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The unspoken – or at least rarely spoken – consensus of establishment scholars holds that presidential “greatness” is made manifest in an aggressive disdain for the Constitution. The “great” men who dominate the presidential pantheon -- tyrants and usurpers like Lincoln, Wilson, and FDR -- ignored the constitutional limits on presidential authority, invoking wartime emergencies to justify centralization of power in the executive.
George W. Bush's accomplishments in this realm may elevate him over those three titans of the post-constitutional presidency. This isn't because he's mastered the Machiavellian subtleties of power, or devised some exotic new rationale for presidential autocracy. Rather, it's because his boundless sense of personal privilege is a perfect fit for the ideologues who surround him – war-obsessed social engineers who understand the evil symbiosis between perpetual war abroad and a dictatorial presidency on the domestic front.
Last Sunday, Secretary of State Rice dropped several gravid hints that in the event Congress seeks to reclaim its war powers – by repealing or modifying its 2002 “authorization” of war against Iraq, by withdrawing funding for the war, or by imposing conditions on the continued deployment of troops to the region -- Bush will simply ignore its enactments.
After condemning Congress for what she called “the worst of micromanagement of military affairs,” Rice was asked on Fox “News” whether Bush would consider himself “bound” by legislation requiring the withdrawal of combat troops within 120 days.
“The president is going to, as commander in chief, need to do what the country needs done,” she replied, striving to craft a sentence that was at once clear with respect to the Regime's assertion of presidential power, and opaque regarding the crimes it contemplates against the Constitution.
In setting out its version of the doctrine Rice alluded to, the Organization Book of the German National Socialist Party used more elegant language, insisting that the chief executive, unlike the legislature, embodies the “collective will” of the people, and exercises power that is “independent, all-inclusive, and unlimited,” for which he is accountable “only to his conscience.”
Translated from German into soundbite-ready contemporary English, that's a pretty good summary of the Bush doctrine of executive power.
There is little appetite on Capitol Hill for a face-off on the matter of war powers: The Democrats are content to nibble at the margins of Bush's Iraq policy. And this is pretty much all they can do, since most Democrats in Congress signed off on the 2002 resolution that supposedly authorized the war in Iraq – a measure with no constitutional legitimacy through which Congress abdicated its exclusive power to commit our nation to war.
In addition to vesting the war decision in Congress, the Constitution gives the legislative branch plenary authority over funding and regulating the military. The role assigned to the president is entirely contingent and derivative. Congressional “micro-management” of a war, whatever one thinks of it from a prudential perspective, is entirely appropriate under the Constitution.
Given that the Iraq war was illegitimate from the beginning, the only suitable course of action would be for Congress to de-fund it, and order (yes, order) Bush to bring the troops home.
Were we the moral, Christian nation we advertise ourselves to be, after our troops were back Congress would issue a national apology to Iraq for the unprovoked, unjust war our government launched upon it, and order (yes, order) Bush and his handlers to travel to Baghdad to deliver it in person. It would then enact a measure providing reparations to Iraq, which is the duty of every nation that launches a war of aggression. (Reparations in this case would be a sum sufficient to repair the country's infrastructure and oil industry; this would make it economically viable once again, and would be far less expensive than continuing the war.)
This is a whole lot of ain't-gonna-happen, of course, even though it should.
What could happen, however, if opposition to the war continues to build, might be a version of the conflict that erupted at the end of WWI (described in Thomas Fleming's superb book The Illusion of Victory), when Congress threatened to issue a formal declaration ending the war. Woodrow Wilson, who by that time had descended into a state of self-enraptured megalomania rivaling that of Bush, intended to keep US troops in Europe to use in punitive action against Germany had that nation – already starving and prostrate as the result of a food embargo – resisted any provision of the Versailles Treaty.
Wilson was eventually forced to concede, and “normalcy” was restored. I wouldn't expect that the delusional man-child currently occupying the Oval Office would prove to be as reasonable were Congress to enact a binding measure ending the war.
If Congress were to cut off funding, it's possible that Bush and his cronies, who (as mentioned yesterday) include veterans of the Iran-Contra plot from the mid-1980s, would ignore the legislative branch and turn to Saudi Arabia or other shadowy sources for funds to continue the war.
After all, as Seymour Hersh points out, the Bush regime's covert operations in the Gulf region have been drawing on “many, many pots of black money, scattered in many places and used all over the world on a variety of missions,” in the words of a Pentagon consultant. “The budgetary chaos in Iraq, where billions of dollars are unaccounted for, has made it a vehicle for such transactions, according to the former senior intelligence official and the retired four-star general.”
In many of those clandestine operations, Hersh points out, the administration has left “the execution or the funding to the Saudis, or by finding other ways to work around the normal congressional appropriations process, current and former officials close to the Administration said.” During a “surprise meeting” in Saudi Arabia last November, King Abdullah warned Dick Cheney “that Saudi Arabia would back its fellow-Sunnis in Iraq if the United States were to withdraw.” In the interest of holding the Shi'ites at bay, one intelligence official told Hersh, “The Saudis are starting to use their leverage—money.”
Hey, get a room: Bush and Saudi King Abdullah
In the event that Congress were to cut off money for the Iraq war, would it be possible that George W. Bush – whose business career was bailed out by the Saudis – would turn to the Saudis for stopgap funding for his illegal war?
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Enough of the comedy ears gags. Still, bear in mind that
there's now less than one month to get your tickets sorted
for ApacheCon 2000 -
the conference dedicated to the world's most popular
non-mickey mouse web server. From March 8-10, Orlando,
Florida plays host to the second official Apache conference.
You'd be goofy to miss out.
This issue marks the fourth anniversary of Apache Week. Issue
one was published on 9th February 1996, although it was
only available on the Web until we started an email
subscription option with issue 6.
When issue one was published, Apache version 1.0.0 had been
out for just over a month. The current stable version was
1.0.2. The first Netcraft Server Survey we reported on, in issue 5
(March 1996) showed that Apache was almost the most
popular server: it had 27% compared to NCSA's httpd with 28%.
Apache became the most widely used server in the April 1996
survey, reported in issue 9.
By happy coincidence, this issue also celebrated the first
anniversary of the creation of Apache. In July 1996 Apache
1.1 was released (issue
By January 1997 we we delivering Apache Week to over 3000
address, plus visitors to the Apache Week web site. We
covered the long Apache 1.2 beta cycle, which had started on
1st December 1996 with 1.2b1 and continued until Apache 1.2
was released in June 1997 (issue
68). The 1.3 beta cycle started in October 1997 (issue
87) and continued until Apache 1.3.0 was released in June
118). Whilst 1.3.0 was highly stable on Unix systems, it
was much less developed on Windows.
In August 1998 the Netcraft Server Survey showed for the
first time that Apache was in use on more than half the
world's internet servers, and Ralf Engelschall released the
first version of the popular mod_ssl module. In
October the first official Apache conference, ApacheCon 98,
was held in San Fransisco and was a huge sucess drawing
nearly 500 registrations (issue
134). The record was set for the most Apache developers
in the same place at the same time: 14. here is
the proof [jpg,53k].
Towards the end of 1998, Apache was recognised by Microsoft
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Graduates of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) would soon be allowed to participate in the National Youth Service Corps Scheme (NYSC) and the Nigerian Law School Programme.
The Director, Ilorin Study Centre of NOUN, Michael Abikoye, made this known on Thursday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ilorin.
Mr. Abikoye, who was NOUN first Acting Registrar, attributed the exclusion of NOUN graduates from the scheme and law school to public misunderstanding of the difference between Open and Distance Learning (ODL) and part time studies.
He expressed optimism that with the ongoing talk between the management of the Open University and the relevant stakeholders, NOUN students would be absorbed into the scheme.
“The denial of our graduates in participating in the NYSC scheme is based essentially on the general misunderstanding of difference in concept between open and distance learning system, which Nigerians have equated with part time studies.
“But open and distance learning is not exactly the same thing as part time study.
“Open and Distance Learning is a standard form of education and it is the vogue in many advanced countries today.
“Incidentally, most of NOUN programmes are accredited by the National Universities Commission (NUC) that accredits programmes of conventional Nigerian Universities.
“Our course materials are prepared by seasoned academics in the conventional university system and they go through rigorous and thorough process of editing and printing before they are released to the students.
“It may not surprise you to know that even in the conventional universities; our course materials are being used by some lecturers to produce their own handouts for students.
“That shows you the quality of our materials and by extension, the quality of our products,” Mr. Abikoye added.
Mr. Abikoye said NOUN has standard and functioning laboratories at its headquarters and in some selected study centres across the country.
He said what NOUN has done in some centres where it has no laboratory of its own was to go into Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with neighbouring conventional universities.
“At the Ilorin Study Centre here for instance, we have gone into collaboration with the University of Ilorin so that NOUN students can avail themselves with laboratory facilities there.
“This was particularly meant for the students of our School of Health Science and ICT,” he said.
Mr. Abikoye disclosed that NOUN has set up two skills acquisition vocational centres at graduate, post graduate diploma and certificate levels to fill the gap left behind by conventional universities.
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Understanding of Humanistic Values through Drama.
Kelch, Beverly Barnes
A study used discussion, role playing, writing, observation and evaluation to assess students' understanding of humanistic values as experienced in three pieces of dramatic literature. Subjects, a selected group of 14 eleventh-grade students enrolled in a creative and performing arts magnet school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, used "Our Town" by Thornton Wilder, "No Exit" by Jean Paul Sartre, and "Cacophony" by Beverly Barnes Kelch to explore their values. Data included interviews, student and teacher logs, discussions, observations, and audio and video taping. Results indicated that the group acquired the properties of Group Dynamics, as described by Lawrence Kohlberg, including: a shared background; a participation pattern in which nearly all students usually contributed and a communication pattern marked by students speaking on any subject suitable for public disclosure; a great deal of growth in group cohesion; a nearly always warm, friendly, and accepting atmosphere; standards (such as "be polite to others"; and significant changes in the patterns of how the students felt about each other. Results also indicated that one student was in stage 1, five students were in stage 2, four students were in stage 4, and three students were in stage 6 of the six stages of moral reasoning developed by Lawrence Kohlberg. (Contains 56 references.) (RS)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Communication Research, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Drama, Group Dynamics, High School Students, High Schools, Humanistic Education, Role Playing, Values, Values Education, Writing Assignments
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How to build Youtube Video Slideshow?
Ok so I see these video's on Youtube that are nothing but a series of photos in a slide show.....how do I make one of these. I have the photos...what is a good program...also what if i want to add music?
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Financial makeover: Big payoff from small changes in spending, investing
Financial planner advises cancer survivor on spending, investing habits.
Special to The Seattle Times
Carrie Brazil has saved consistently throughout her adulthood. At 39, she’s transitioned into a career in high-end appliance sales and is earning about $75,000 annually before bonuses.
But in the past few years, she’s financed some big life decisions: She bought a West Seattle fixer-upper in 2010, and she used student loans to help fund a master’s degree completed in 2011.
An avid gardener with a green consumer sensibility, she’s unsure whether she should focus on pruning her debts or feeding her retirement nest egg.
“I really need to know where to direct my money,” she says.
On the one hand, she knows that consistent investments are necessary if she’s to hit retirement age with adequate resources.
But she’d also like to whack her student-loan balance, replace her 15-year old Honda and renovate her 1978 home to enhance its appearance, energy efficiency and the yard, where she’d like to grow more of her food.
To get a professional opinion, Brazil completed an online survey to participate in a free financial makeover from a member of the Puget Sound Chapter of the Financial Planning Association. She was paired with Rachele Cawaring Bouchand, a certified financial planner at Clark Nuber in Bellevue.
So far, Brazil has socked away $156,000 in retirement and savings, and her home and other major assets are worth $337,000. She works for a small family-run business that contributes to a SEP-IRA for its employees, but the contribution can vary based on the business’s performance from one year to the next.
In addition to these resources, she has $30,500 in student-loan debt and many years of mortgage payments ahead, and is considering buying a hybrid car priced at about $20,000.
It will cost an estimated $30,000 to re-side, re-roof and replace windows at her home.
So Brazil was surprised — pleasantly — when Bouchand told her she could pause on retirement contributions (aside from accepting any employer-funded SEP-IRA contributions) until 2017 to fund a new-car purchase and home improvements.
“I learned from talking to the planner that I’m still allowed to live and enjoy life while saving,” Brazil says.
“She also told me to hold off on speeding up student-loan payments unless I get a bonus or raise and want to use it that way.”
The good news that she can act sooner rather than later on lifestyle changes was countered by Bouchand’s request that Brazil analyze her budget to find any fat worth trimming.
“She’s typical of many people her age,” Bouchand said of the exercise. “She’s earning enough money to where she doesn’t track her expenses very closely.”
While Brazil acknowledged she has some expenses that are unavoidable — as a cancer survivor, her medical copays and prescriptions are costly — the exercise also revealed three areas where she could trim costs.
By lowering her monthly restaurant spending from $450 to $300 and her monthly entertainment/retail spending from $500 to $250, and by reducing her annual travel budget from $4,000 to $3,500, Bouchand noted that Brazil could unlock about $5,000 more per year to invest toward retirement — all while enjoying her home and budgeting to upgrade her car once each decade.
With more funds unlocked for future investing, Bouchand turned her attention to another way Brazil can maximize her retirement savings.
Brazil was surprised to learn that the institution where she had invested her retirement was charging management fees of 1.5 percent — and that comes atop fees charged by mutual funds and other investments she’s made.
While her modeled rate of return in her current portfolio is 4.5 percent annually, that’s before those 1.5 percent fees are deducted.
By moving her investments to a lower-fee discount brokerage — Bouchand recommended Vanguard — Brazil can save on fees and keep and grow more of her investment principal.
Based on Brazil’s desire for a conservative investment approach, Bouchand said Brazil could potentially realize a 5.18 percent annual return due in large part to the reduction in account fees.
Once Brazil moves her funds to Vanguard, Bouchand plans to advise her on investment choices.
Based on her risk tolerance, this means 60 percent equities (stocks) and 40 percent bonds. Brazil had previously placed most of her money in bonds and cash, or, said Bouchand, very conservative target-date funds designed for investors nearing retirement. Those funds are focused on cash preservation, rather than growth.
The mix of small changes Brazil can make now — increasing her annual retirement investing, lowering account fees and shifting to a risk-appropriate set of investments with potential to deliver higher returns — will make a big difference later.
If Brazil continued her current approach, she could retire at 65 but would run out of money at 67. By taking her adviser’s recommendations, she will be comfortable until age 90.
“This was a very healthy exercise that brought me a lot of peace and clarity,” Brazil says. “I thought I was ‘somewhat savvy’ about my money, but I had been putting a lot of trust in an adviser at a place that charged a lot in fees.”
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We must reduce demand and not boost it for the sake of the Planet
by Michael Smith (Veshengro)
Governments and the International Labor Organizations are saying that we must boost demand to stimulate and grow the economy. That, however, is not sustainable.
The Planet is finite, and this is a fact that everyone has to come to realize and understand and it cannot grow. Thus we must create a constant economy and not a constantly growing economy. It is as simple as that.
Governments and economists of the “growth school” do not seem to understand and appreciate, and neither, it would appear, do most ordinary people, that constant growth cannot be sustained and that it will destroy the environment upon which we depend and thus us.
It is important for survival that we get away from a demand-based and -lead economy and adopt a resource-based economy.
The demand-based economy is no longer sustainable, not that it ever really has been, and we must replace it, forthwith, with a resource-based system.
The problem is, though, that the “market” and the people, does not and do not understand this kind of system and people have, over the decades, been so conditioned into consumerism and consumption that the transition to such a resource-based system will be a difficult undertaking for many of them. But it is a journey that we all must make and we better start on it now.
We cannot, however, continue on the path of continual economic growth considering, as already indicated, that the Planet and the non-renewable resources are all finite. Neither the Planet nor they can grow and reproduce.
We cannot grow a larger Planet nor can we grow any more oil, gas or coal and the same goes for minerals, rare earths and such like.
Therefore we must reduce demand and live within the means of the Planet and, in a way, within our own means. At the same time we must demand that the products that we buy are created sustainably in the way that they are also repairable and upgradeable, ideally by DIY. And, at the same time, we must learn to be contend with what we have rather than being conned by advertising into believing that new is always better.
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Holding an electric arc in his right hand, and a steel and glass helmet in front of his face with his left, Najeeb Ahmed bears down on a sheet of metal, focusing intensely as he heats a straight line across a forge under the watchful eye of an experienced ironworker.
Like millions of young Pakistanis, the 30-year-old Najeeb is ambitious and eager to work yet is nonetheless unemployed. Becoming a welder may be his last chance to provide a good life for his family of six.
USAID is facilitating the placement of 100,000 Pakistanis – at least half women – in skill-matched jobs through training and placement
centers that establish linkages with the businesses, complementing other USAID programs such as education, health, and economic growth initiatives.
USAID is helping people find new economic options that offer hope for themselves and their children. Growing job opportunities in key emerging sectors, such as food processing, construction, educational and health services, and marble, gems and jewelry will offer a way out of the cycle of poverty and violence currently afflicting much of Pakistan, particularly in the rural parts of the country. | <urn:uuid:ea843684-e19d-481b-b4de-dc31fd2b2229> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | https://blog.usaid.gov/2010/06/forging-new-careers-usaid-program-seeks-to-train-100000-pakistani-youth-for-in-demand-jobs/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988719646.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183839-00127-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.96801 | 238 | 2.421875 | 2 |
A story of forced late-term abortion and torture in China has recently come to light.
One year ago, a woman in China's Henan Province was sentenced to five years in prison because she refused to give up her faith in Falun Gong, and refused to curse the spiritual practice as ordered by the Chinese government. However, only recently was her story published on overseas websites in order to direct international attention to China's human rights issues.
On July 19, 2004, officers from the Huaiyang County Lutai police station seized Wang Jingui from her home. Ms. Wang was nine months pregnant at that time. She was sent to the Huaiyang County Birth Control Center, where eight men held her down on an operating table and forcibly aborted her child. The county government decreed a five-year sentence for Ms. Wang.
She is not the only member in her family to suffer abuse by local authorities. Her husband, Song Zhenling, also practices Falun Gong. On Oct. 3, 2000, he was tortured by Ren Wei from the 610 Office, a department specifically created by the Chinese Communist Party to persecute Falun Gong. Ren Wei and the director of Lutai Police Station struck Mr. Song's face with a pair of shoes more than 70 times and kept his arms tightly bound for extended periods, hoping the pain would force him to give up the practice of Falun Gong.
In May 2004, Mr. Song suffered severe tortures in a detention center that left him both paralyzed and blind. Afterwards, the Zhoukou City Chuanhui Court sentenced him to a 10-year term at the detention center.
Mr. Song's wife has been imprisoned several times for refusing to stop practicing the ancient form of qigong exercise, and for telling other people about the cruel persecution that the CCP has inflicted upon Falun Gong.
Falun Gong, also called Falun Dafa, was made public in China in 1992, and received many awards from Chinese public security departments and qigong associations. In 1998, a government survey found that more than 100 million people in China practiced Falun Gong, outnumbering the membership of the CCP. In July 1999, the former head of the CCP, Jiang Zemin, outlawed Falun Gong for fear that the large number of people threatened the CCP.
According to the sources in the “Nine Commentaries on the Chinese Communist Party,” most members of the CCP's Political Standing Committee were against the ban at the time, and Qiao Shi from the People's Congress also expressed his disapproval. It is estimated that hundreds of millions of Falun Gong practitioners and their families have suffered persecution since July 1999.
It is hard to obtain the exact amount of death cases of Falun Gong practitioners in China; however, overseas Falun Gong practitioners have verified the details for about 2,600. This number is recognized to be only a fraction of the actual figure, and the number is still growing. | <urn:uuid:e713c0e0-15b0-49e1-b84c-62d03854b058> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/1733008-late-term-abortion-forced-on-falun-gong-practitioner/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560279224.13/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095119-00480-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.977086 | 608 | 2.078125 | 2 |
October 8, 2010
A single aspen can send out roots that eventually take over a whole mountainside, covering the slope with clones posing as trees. One such grove in Utah has been growing for 80,000 years. But now fire suppression and grazing have caused big declines.
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Efforts to understand the dwindling of the aspen reveal an intricate, endlessly connected natural world
I sit alone among the clones, which loom overhead — quivering weirdly. But I am not scared. Truth be told — I do so love these clones. | <urn:uuid:b9cfdd9a-1cf3-4d06-ab5f-e608840c5f38> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.paysonroundup.com/photos/2010/oct/08/38550/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281162.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00533-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.942433 | 120 | 1.992188 | 2 |
Teaching piano to young beginners
Saturday, February 1, 2020
This resource focuses primarily on teaching piano to younger beginners. It explores the right time to start learning an instrument, teaching notation and rhythm, forming a sound technical basis, lesson structure, practice, incorporating creativity and improvisation into lessons, and responding to the individual. A holistic approach to teaching is advocated, developing musicianship and a love of music, as well as pianistic skills. | <urn:uuid:3d56e61b-5293-46be-bfaf-f1a0b248cb12> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://musicteachermagazine.co.uk/education-levels/article/teaching-piano-to-young-beginners | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571987.60/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813202507-20220813232507-00270.warc.gz | en | 0.926681 | 94 | 3.109375 | 3 |
Below is the text of the written answers relating to Prime Minister's Question Time from 5th February 1993.
Mr. Canavan : To ask the Prime Minister what public appointments he has made since 1 November 1992; and what information he has on the political affiliations of those appointed.
The Prime Minister : Appointments (including reappointments) made by me between 1 November 1992 and 31 January 1993 have been as follows :
Trustees of museums and galleries |10
Civil service appointments |2
Members of pay review bodies |2
Other appointments |6
Any political affiliations those appointed may have are not relevant to their appointments.
Uniform Business Rate
Mr. Wigley : To ask the Prime Minister if he will publish a table indicating the rate in pounds sterling of the uniform business rate in (a) Wales and (b) England in each of the past five years ; and if he will make a statement.
The Prime Minister : The uniform rate was not in operation before 1 April 1990. The information for the last three years is given in the following table.
Year |Wales |England
The poundage for Wales and England were set in 1990 at a level which ensured that the overall yield from ratepayers remained at the 1989-
Mr. Gordon Prentice : To ask the Prime Minister when he expects to make an announcement on his review of the honours system.
The Prime Minister : An announcement will be made shortly.
Mr. Dalyell : To ask the Prime Minister on how many occasions Her Majesty's Government have used Crown privilege in criminal cases in the last three years.
The Prime Minister : Crown privilege is now described by the courts as public interest immunity. No central records of such claims are maintained. On 1 February 1993 at column 18 my right hon. and learned Friend the Attorney-
Mr. Simon Hughes : To ask the Prime Minister how many official visits he has made to Southwark since he became Prime Minister; and if he will give details of the date and purpose of each visit.
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Publication Date: August 12, 2020
Source: The Washington Post (By Louisa Loveluck, Chris Mooney; Photos by Gabriel Chaim for The Washington Post)
Door handles blistering to the touch. Leaves yellowed and brittle. And a yawning divide between AC haves and have-nots.
BAGHDAD — This city roars in the summertime. You hear the generators on every street, shaking and shuddering to keep electric fans whirring as the air seems to shimmer in the heat.
Iraq isn’t just hot. It’s punishingly hot. Record-breakingly hot. When one of us returned here last week, the air outside felt like an oven. The suitcase crackled as it was unzipped. It turned out that the synthetic fibers of a headscarf had melted crispy and were now stuck to the top of the case. A cold bottle of water was suddenly warm to the lips. At our office, the door handle was so hot it left blisters at the touch.
Baghdad hit 125.2 degrees on July 28, blowing past the previous record of 123.8 degrees — which was set here five years ago — and topping 120 degrees for four days in a row. Sitting in one of the fastest warming parts of the globe, the city offers a troubling snapshot of the future that climate change might one day bring other parts of the world.
Experts say temperature records like the one seen in Baghdad will continue to be broken as climate change advances.
“It’s getting hotter every year,” said Jos Lelieveld, an expert on the climate of the Middle East and Mediterranean at the Max Planck Institute in Germany. “And when you are starting to get above 50 degrees Celsius [122 degrees Fahrenheit] it becomes life threatening.”
The air temperature forced almost everyone indoors. Those who were still out on the streets tried to make a living selling cold drinks or fruit that festered in the heat. We saw them crouching in shade from a beating sun that offered few shadows, plunging their hands and faces into ice boxes which had long since melted.
We asked a traffic cop if there was anything he could do to stay cool. He shook his head. “There’s nothing.”
If the world acts to dramatically limit climate change, such extremes of heat, with temperatures above 120 degrees, would probably be limited to parts of the Middle East, Northern Africa, and India, Lelieveld said.
But if not, temperatures in parts of the Persian Gulf region and South Asia could eventually exceed 130 degrees. Nor would the rest of the world be spared extreme spikes. Indeed, one recent study found that by the year 2050, the climate of Phoenix could closely resemble that of Baghdad.
Some countries are better equipped to cope than others. But Iraq’s infrastructure was decimated by sanctions before the 2003 U.S. invasion and then years of conflict and corruption that followed.
The heat is ruining livelihoods, and power cuts have been compounding a sense of misery so deep that protesters are streaming into the streets to demand better services, even risking the threat of live ammunition from ill-disciplined security forces. At least three protesters have been killed since last month. No one believes they will be the last.
The heat is straining a power grid that was already on its knees. Those who can afford it rely on exorbitantly priced private generators to power a few lights and a fan. Those who cannot just swelter, exhausted in the dark.
Last year, Philip Alston, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, warned of a coming “climate apartheid” scenario. This is what it starts to look like.
Many foreigners in Iraq are lucky. The Washington Post’s Baghdad bureau has a generator and near constant power supply, putting us in a tiny minority, along with the politicians and executives sequestered in compounds with guards at the door. But for many households, a generator to keep the lights and perhaps a television on will cost about half of the monthly income.
In southern Iraq, the heat and lack of rainfall are contributing to a water crisis that has forced tens of thousands of people to leave their homes over the past decade. In July, a report by the International Organization for Migration warned there is a high chance this will continue.
Warming in the country is far above average. Data from Berkeley Earth show that, compared with the country’s temperature at the close of the 19th century (1880-1899), the last five years were 2.3 degrees Celsius, or 4.1 degrees Fahrenheit, hotter. The Earth as a whole has only warmed by about half that amount over the same time period.
Farmers whose families have worked the land for generations say they are losing crops and their incomes are plunging. In the eastern district of Al-Adhamiyah this week, 47-year-old Moatez Ghalib surveyed the grove of plants he was trying to sell for homes and balconies. Leaves curled yellow. Some were so brittle you could snap them.
He looked down at his feet. “It’s all burning,” he said sadly. “The heat here is changing our lives.”
When you talk to Iraqis about the rising heat in Baghdad, the city’s disappearing green belt comes up time and again. Palm trees were beheaded by American and Iraqi forces, in an attempt to stop militants hiding there during the civil war. Where there once were miles of farmland, property has been expropriated and sold to the highest bidder. The squat brown-brick sprawl of informal settlements is also spreading.
Such changes in the landscape have probably exacerbated what scientists call the “urban heat island effect,” in which cities tend to register higher temperatures than the surrounding landscape because buildings and pavement often gather heat, rather than reflecting it back toward space.
Ghalib’s family has worked two of the remaining farms for three generations. His grandfather passed the family farm onto Ghalib’s father, and now the 47-year-old is in charge of it too. As a schoolboy, he watered the fields daily. “Being here in the green land, it relaxed me. I’d stay here for hours before going home to finish my homework,” he said. “We can’t have that life anymore. It’s too hot.”
One of his day laborers was out for 10 days last week with sunstroke, and the farm couldn’t pay him as he convalesced. “The sun burned his bones,” Ghalib said. “Our bodies can’t take it, we just can’t work like we used to.” He is coming to terms with the fact his children will not take over the farm, a prospect that he says would have stricken his late father.
A desert country like Iraq is warming more rapidly, explained MIT climate expert Elfatih Eltahir, because it is so dry. While additional heat in many places would partially go toward evaporating moisture in the soil, there just isn’t much such moisture in Iraq.
If there’s some sliver of good news, it is that at least in Baghdad, which is relatively distant from the Persian Gulf, an extremely high heat event like this one is less likely to also feature high levels of atmospheric humidity.
Combinations of high heat and humidity, Eltahir has found, can lead to literally lethal outdoor temperatures because humans are unable to cool down their bodies through sweating. And his research projects that these conditions will start to occur in some parts of the Middle East as warming continues.
While Iraq has seen its temperatures rise unusually fast, the rest of the world is projected to see similar increases in the decades ahead. Extreme warming is coming everywhere.
As the tangerine-colored sun slipped below the Baghdad skyline Thursday, a construction worker looked up, shook his head, and then stretched out his arms as if he was hugging the sky.
“Thank God,” he shouted at another laborer, nodding up at where the sun once hung. “Our friend has gone to bed.”
Mooney reported from Washington. Mustafa Salim contributed from Baghdad
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NO SAFE PASSAGE: Little Rock to Chicago
by Bernardine Dohrn
Huffington Post, October 7, 2009
Last week, the heartbreaking beating death of 16-year-old Chicago student Derrion Albert was captured on video, unleashing a fresh wave of sorrow on the South Side, another layer of fear and terror among students and families in the community, and — painfully, the predictable calls from authorities for more harsh treatment of youth — that is, some youth.
Indeed, the videotape shows other youngsters, ages 16, 17, 18 and 19, carrying out the tragic, terrible and fatal attack on Derrion. But what else do we need to ask? What more do we want to know?
First, the nearby school, Fenger Academy, is a newly reconstituted “Turnaround” school. Carver High School was closed by the Chicago Board of Education, and long-time teachers and staff fired, radically destabilizing already challenged communities and pushing students out and across gang territory into unfamiliar settings. Two schools, Fenger Academy and Carver Military School were created with new teachers and staff for the 2009-2010 school year. This made little sense to the community or to the youth from Altgeld Gardens housing development, who now are assigned to Fenger rather than Carver. The students were not consulted about their safety or their school preference.
Second, there were numerous requests to police and school officials from the families, teachers and community members for safe passage community protection between home and school for students (and teachers). Remember the eight extraordinary students from Central High School in Little Rock who ultimately required the presence of their own mobilized community, the world media, and U.S. troops for their safe passage into the school they finally integrated over 50 years ago? Where was Derrion’s safe passage?
Third, it is an adult problem that our children attempt to attend school in a war zone in certain areas of Chicago — a citizen problem, systemic and societal. One hundred sixty-three children were killed in the past two years in Chicago and more than double that number wounded. By the end of September of this school year, three children have already been killed and seven more shot. These are war numbers.
It is adults and adult society who have failed Roseland’s children by tolerating these chronic conditions in our city. In the mid-1990s, Roseland was the notorious home of 11-year-old Robert “Yummy” Sandifer, the tiny youngster alleged to have killed and then was himself killed. Were this in Colombia, the Congo or Myanmar, we would recognize that children who are recruited into warring groups by much older adults to fight as child soldiers must be disarmed, demobilized, rehabilitated and reintegrated into the community. Human rights holds those adult leaders responsible as war criminals for the recruitment, arming, training, and deployment of children turned into instruments of violence. Here, we deem these youthful pawns as irredeemable and condemn them to adult prosecution and long-term incarceration.
Fourth, when a disastrous school murder or even just a tragic accidental death of a student occurs in white suburban neighborhoods of Chicago, the community is flooded with experts to address and reduce trauma. These health and clergy professionals work with students, teachers, parents, and administrators as part of an extended public health process. Of course Roseland has its own expertise and wisdom in survival and coping with tragedy. But where are the equivalent official resources and trauma response of caring and compassion for those in this African-American community? What do the kindergarten children make of this?
Our tax dollars, more than one trillion per year, purportedly are going to make areas free from violence across the globe. Certainly we can provide our children here with basic safety, equal education, and solidarity.
So let’s ask where we went wrong, each time we assert how these youth went wrong. And let’s hold the authorities to the same harsh standards they apply to our adolescents. | <urn:uuid:dcda6573-2001-4fc3-a727-ef6ca977761e> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://boggscenter.org/no-safe-passage-little-rock-to-chicago/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281746.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00282-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.970402 | 829 | 1.851563 | 2 |
Sefwi cocoa farmer holding her basket of cocoa
It is bounded on the north-east by Ashanti (Asante), on the east by Denkyira and Wassa-Amenfi, on the south by Aowin and on the west by the Anyi-Baoule of the Ivory Coast. It also shares a common boundary with Brong Ahafo in the north. All the three states share a common dialect Sefwi but almost all the people speak Twi (Akan). In Addition they have a common tutelary deity, Sobore, and a common yam festival – the Alluolie. They celebrate a common annual yam festival which is called the Alluolie or Eluo.
The Sefwi were vassal states of the Denkyira. After Denkyira was defeated by Asante, the Sefwi gained their independence but soon were taken over by Asante. Sefwi was rich in gold, ivory and rubber that led to their prosperity.
Sefwi people are also noted for their traditional religious practice which is of Jewish origin. Before Christian missionaries had come to convert much of Ghana nearly a hundred year ago, the Sefwi people followed many "unusual" traditions. Though they were farmers like most others in their region, the Sefwi strictly adhered to a Saturday day of rest.
Community leaders punished members who broke the prohibition against work on the day of rest, sometimes even by death. Members of the Sefwi community followed dietary restrictions that forbade them from eating pork. Male community members were circumcised in youth; women in the community were forced into isolation during their menstrual period, just as ancient Jews were according to the Torah.
Jews of Sefwi Wiaso
The Sefwi are Akan sub-group that speak the Akan dialect of Sefwi language. Sehwi (Sefwi) language is a Central Tano language of Ghana which belongs to the larger Niger-Congo phylum. As a result of Denkyira and Asante influence, most of the Sefwi people speak Akan Twi.
Since the middle of the seventeenth century this vast stretch of territory has served as a centre of refuge for people escaping from the political centralization policies of their neighbours to the north and east. Refugees from Bono-Takyiman Wenchi, Adanse, Denkyira, Assin and Asante found ready welcome in this territory. It appears that the Aowin (Awowin) rulers who formerly controlled modern Sefwi territory adopted an open door policy as a measure to increase the population of their state. Nor has the influx of people info Sefwi ceased up to the present day. Its virgin forest serves as a bait for cocoa farmers and timber merchants from all over Ghana.
It is not known for certain when the name Sefwi came to be applied to this area. The etymology of the word “Sefwi” indicates that the state is of comparatively recent creation. Sefwi is said to be the contraction of the Twi phrase, “Esa awie” or “Esa hie” meaning “War is over”. It is interesting to note that it was only in the early 19th century that the name appeared in the European records. The first mention of Sefwi, known to the writer, is in Bowdich. Before his time the early writers referred to the area as Inkassa, Inkassa Igyina, Great Enkassa or Encasser. In 1819 Bowdich mentioned a state of “Sauee” as lying eight journeys west north west from Kumasi. Five years later Dupuis showed two states Safey and Showy on his map of Wangara. These states were located to the northwest and southwest respectively of Asante. The latter state (Showy) which he placed between the Bia and Tano rivers may be identified with Sefwi Wiawso, whilst the former (Safey), although widely placed off its present location, may stand for either Anhwiaso or Bekwai or both. Perhaps the significance of Dupuis’ map lies in the fact that for all the time Sefwi has been known to comprise of more than one independent state.
Both written and oral evidence indicate that until the rise of the Akan states of Denkyira and Asante the most powerful state in the southwestern region of Ghana was Aowin. It was not until the last two decades of the 17th century that Denkyira succeeded in bringing Aowin under its rule. Even so the Denkyira victory did not much affect the power of Aowin since all that the victorious power was interested in was to obtain free passage for its traders to and from Aowin and to collect it annual tribute. The evidence would seem to suggest that by the end of the 17th century Aowin had not only regained its former power but had embarked on a policy of economic and political expansion which was to bring it face to face with the rising power of Asante in the 1710’s. Its control over the sources of gold and the trade routes to the northern market of Begho and the coastal town of Apollonia was one of the causes which led to the Asante-Aowin War of 1715. By the beginning of the 18th century the wars with Denkyira and Asante had led to a loss of much of Aowin territory to the west of the Tano to many of the Twi-speaking people from the east. Although the new immigrants were victorious in the wars, they seemed to have lost their language, which now is so heavily overlaid with the dialect of the Aowin as to render it virtually incomprehensible to the other Twi speakers. In spite of their linguistic affinity with the Aowin, very few people in the three states of Sefwi may be said to have remotely directly originated from the Aowin. Among such towns are Bonzan (Moinsea), DaTano, Benchema, Kwodwokrom, and part of Bodi. Although they do not consider themselves to be Aowin, there is no doubt that they were once a part of or under the Aowin.
Phases of Settlement
One of the problems of the researcher into the history of Sefwi is how to determine the various phases of settlements and migration. This problem is made more difficult by the incessant land succession disputes and litigation among the three paramount stools on the one hand, and between the paramount stools and some of the divisional chiefs on the other. All are however agreed that the Anhwiaso state was the first of the three to be established. Bordering on Asante to the northeast, it is most probable that this was the state, which was known to Dupuis as Safey. The traditions of many of the towns of Anhwiaso trace their original homes to southern Asante and to Brong Ahafo. The most important of these towns is Wenchi, the name of which is, at times, used to describe the whole of the Anhwiaso traditional area. Now ruled by members of the Asona clan who trace the home of their lineage to Ansa in Adanse, Wenchi appears to have been founded by people from Brong Ahafo. It is interesting to note that the Asona of Kesekrom and Ahibenso in the Wiawso area who claim to have come from Anhwiaso Wenchi, emphatically assert that their original home was in Wenchi in Brong Ahafo. There is enough circumstantial evidence to show that people from Wenchi in the Bono-Takyiman area may have founded Anhwiaso Wenchi and named it after their old home. This is partly evidenced by the similarities in the yam festival of the two towns and partly by the traditions of Bono Wenchi which assert that early in the reign of Osei Tutu the Asante sacked and destroyed their old capital, Ahwene Koko. As a result of the destruction, the tradition continues, many of their people moved and settled in Sefwi, Aowin and Nzema areas. It is most probable that many of the refugees from Ahwene Koko moved into Anhwiaso Wenchi, the original founders of which might have been related to them. Now enjoying the status of a divisional chief (the Benkumhene) to the Anhwiaso Omanhene, Wenchi has for a long time disputed the claim of the Adum-Aduana of Anhwiaso to occupy the paramount stool. To Wenchi the Adum-Aduana are usurpers. According to the Asona traditions of Wenchi they lost virtually all the male royals of their clan as a result of wars with their neighbours. In order that the necessary customary rites would be regularly performed they entrusted the custody of the stool to one Nipa Panyi, the eldest of the stool sons. Until that period their sons of the Aduana clan were the principal state executioners (Adumfo). Unfortunately for the Asona it took them a long time to be able to get a male royal capable of occupying the stool. But because of this long period of regency, and the love of the power which their sons had wielded they refused to hand over the stool to them and thereby, made permanent an arrangement which had been intended to be temporary.
The confusion in the Anhwiaso state is made worse by the existence of two rival groups of Aduana each claiming to be the rightful rulers. The chief of Chirano, who is said to be the head of the Aduana clan in Anhwiaso, and whose branch of Aduana is collectively known as the Sawua, maintains that the Adum-Aduana have worked themselves into a position which had formerly been occupied by them. The Sawua claim that they once lived at old Wenchi with the Asona, with whom they were only separated by a brook. Both the Adum-Aduana and the Sawua people maintain that they are autochthonous. Whilst the former assert that they brought their stool from their old home at Old Anhwiaso, where they emerged from a hole in the ground, the latter also claim that their ancestors emerged from a hole at a place near old Wenchi. It appears that the claims of both the Sawua and the Adum-Aduana are mere rationalizations to support a position which the Aduana have come to occupy not by right but by force.
The traditions of Sefwi Bekwai assert that the Anhwiaso people were already settled in their present territory when they arrived there. Perhaps because of the smallness of their number, Bekwai was not prepared to fight it out to capture land from the original settlers. This may explain why it is the smallest of all the three states. The Ekoona of Bekwai who occupy the Omanhene’s stool, claim to have emigrated from Adanse, where they belonged to the royal family at Fomena. Owing to family disputes they moved away. First passing through Denkyira, Wassa and Nzema they were later granted land near the Sobore River by Obumankoma, chief of Agona in Wassa Amenfi, then a vassal of the powerful Aowin king. Sometime in the 18th century the strained relationship between Bekwai and Wiawso, who had lately arrived in the area, led to a war in which Bekwai was forced to take refuge in Asante. They were however, later granted land by the Anhwiaso stool, thanks to the intercession of the Asantehene.
The history of Sefwi Wiawso is closeiy connected with Asante-Awowin relationship. Of all the three states Wiawso appears to have been the one which was much more directly influenced by developments in the Asante capital – Kumasi. Indeed the evidence seems to suggest that the vast tract of territory which Wiawso came to control was obtained with the help of the Asante whom they faithfully supported after the Asante-Denkyira War. Like the other states, many of the people in Wiawso trace their origins to Asante and Denkyira. Here the important clan is ‘Asankera’ which occupies the paramount stool. The beginnings of the settlement of the Twi-speaklng people in Wiawso may be traced to the rise of Denkyira to power between 1640 and 1660. Reluctant to submit to Denkyira rule, some members of the Asakyiri clan left Adanse Akrokeri and eventually settled a few miles west of the Tano at a place known as Bauko. Together with the Agona rulers of Bonzan, which had once been a powerful Aowin out-post, the Asakyiri of Bauko, succeeded in despoiling Aowin of much of its land lying between the Bia and the Tano. But the period of Bauko rule in this area was soon to be cut short during the last phase of Denkyira imperial drive towards the end of the 17th century. From about the 1680′s refugees from Wassa and Twifo came pouring into the area to avoid being brought under Denkyira rule. It was at this time that the modern state of Wiawso was established. It appears however, that for some time there existed a mutual working relationship between the Asakyiri of Buako and the new Asankera people who had lately arrived from their former home near Asankaragua, in the Wassa Amenfi area.
The foundations of the modern state of Wiawso are associated with two early rulers, Obumankoma and Nkoa I. Tradition has it that it was Obumankoma who led the migration of the people from Wassa Amenfi to their first settlement at Bosomoiso, by the Sobore. It is not known whether it was the fear of Denkyira which urged Obumankoma on to move westwards. Not long after his settlement at Bosomoiso, however, the ever victorious armies of Boa Amponsem I of Denkyira overran the new settlement. Obumankoma once again moved and founded his capital at the strategically superior site on top of the hill where the modern town, Wiawso, stands. By correlating traditional with documentary evidence one may be able to establish the period of the foundation of both the Wiawso town and state.
It is traditionally remembered that very early in his reign, Nkoa I, the second ruler of Wiawso, was presented with the Etwie drum by Boa Amponsem. Although Wiawso traditions describe this as exchange of gifts, yet it appears that by accepting this all important drum from Boa Amponsem, Nkoa was acknowledging his vassalage to Denkyira. Boa Amponsem is known to have died in 1692. It is therefore highly probable that Nkoa might have been enstooled around 1691. If Nkoa was the second ruler as Wiawso traditions assert, then it is most likely that the foundation of Wiawso state goes back not earlier than the 1680′s or late 1670′s. It is most probable that the Asante soon followed the victory over Denkyira with the capture of Wiawso and Bekwai. Asante traditions maintain that the defeat of Sefwi took place at the time of Osei Tutu. From all appearances, the Sefwi soon learned to adjust themselves to their new situation. This enabled them to play a leading role in the Asante drive towards the southwest in the 1710′s. Nkoa I (Ntwan) whom the Europeans mistakenly identify as king of Wassa, instead of Wiawso, was known to have played a leading role In the Asante-Aowin War when the Asante forces under General Amankwatia carried all before them to Apollonia in 1715. In the Sefwi Wiawso people the Asante found brave and willing allies competent to guard their southwestern frontiers against Aowin. It might be due to Nkoa’s services to the Asante in the war that Wiawso was allowed to annex much of the land west of the Tano, which had formerly belonged to the Aowin. It is significant to note that the traditions of Wiawso describe Nkoa I as the warrior king and credit him with the conquest of Aowin and the extension of their territory to much of its present frontiers.
Sefwi and Their Neighbours
Whatever the intentions of the founders of the Sefwi state in moving westwards from the centre of Akan politics, they soon learned that ‘War is not yet over” as they had hoped. They had to fight with some of their neighbours over land or fight wars for their allies and overlords. In spite of the traditions of early settlements in Wassa country by both the Bekwai and Wiawso states, their relations with the former soon deteriorated. It is said that Obumankoma of Wiawso defeated Wassa (presumably Amenfi) probably towards the end of the l680′s. Wiawso hegemony over Wassa could not have lasted long because Obumankoma was himself defeated by Boa Amponsem. To the period of Denkyira overlordship in Wiawso may be traced the influx of the large number of Denkyira immigrants, as testified by the many stools occupied by people of the Agona clan. Indeed, Denkyira political institutions were greatly copied by Wiawso. It is interesting to note that two of the most warlike towns, Amenfie and Bodi, trace their origins to this period. Although most of the stools interviewed in this area tried to play down their subjection to Denkyira, there is enough evidence from their war songs which lends support to the early phase of Denkyira dominance. It is not unlikely that Nkoa I of Wiawso, like Osei Tutu of Asante, learned much from the military tactics and political organisation of Denkyira.
It was not only the Wiawso state but Bekwai and Anhwiaso also came under Denkyira rule. The traditions of the last mentioned state hold that they were once overran by latter power while most of their able-bodied men were away to war with their northern neighbours. By the end of the 17th century the Denkyira army under their fearful general, Agya Ananse Obooman, had carried their arms to as far west as the Bia and south westwards to bring Aowin under their rule.
As Bosman and the other European observers reported, all the former tributary states of Denkyira were anxious for its downfall because Denkyira rule tended to be harsh. Indeed it is known that most of the tributary states overtly supported Asante. To them the Asante war of liberation would also win them their independence. Unlike Akyem Abuakwa, little did they realize that Asante which had objected to Denkyira rule, was itself embarking on an imperial drive. It was perhaps with a view to gaining the confidence of the Asante that Anhwiaso immediately transferred its allegiance to Asante after 1701. It is not certain when and why Wiawso and Bekwai came under Asante rule. If the information collected by Bowdich at the beginning of the 19th century is to be believed then the defeat of Wiawso soon followed that of Denkyira. It is known that Osei Tutu’s General Amankwatia, conquered “Sawee Bomancumma”. By 1700, however, Obumankoma was dead and had been succeeded by Nkoa. Any Asante war against Sefwi then would be against Nkoa but not Obumankoma. It is interesting to note that within less than a decade and a half, Nkoa I had so successfully adapted himself to the changed political situation as to play a prominent role in the Asante-Aowin War of 1715. Nor could Anhwiaso preserve its friendly relations with Asante for long. In 1715, Amankwatia’s army on its way to Apollonia overran its capital and thus completely reduced Anhwiaso to a tributary status. Perhaps the role played by the Bantamahene Amankwatia in bringing these states completely under Asante rule explains why Wiawso and Anhwiaso served the Asantehene through the Bantamahene.
Throughout the period between 1715 and 1887, when Sefwi finally came under the British, Asante maintained its rule in the area. By the reign of Osei Kwadwo, Asante power had stretched farther westwards into part of the Anyi-Baule region of the Ivory Coast. The whole of modern Sefwi had been brought under Asante rule by the 1770′s, when Osei Kwadwo is said to have defeated the former Aowin principality of Bonzan. Bonzan traditions agree that they came under Sefwi Wiawso at the suggestion of the Asante. To pacify the former powerful Bonzan Wiawso agreed to make it the Krontihene of the state.
One of the mysteries in Sefwi history is its relationship with Ebiri Moro. Fuller, without citing his source of information, asserts that one Ebiri Moro, King of Sefwi, sacked Kumasi when the Asante armies were gone to war against Akyem. This happened according to Fuller, during the reign of Opoku Ware. It is interesting to note that none of the chiefs interviewed could tell of Ebiri Moro’s identity. Perhaps one may argue that since his actions brought the state into disrepute the Sefwi people have deliberately struck out his name from the king lists. I am inclined to believe that no such an attempt has been made. Judging from the intense rivalry among the paramount stools, it is not unlikely that one of them would have shown who Ebiri Moro was as long as he was not connected with their stool. All the available information, however, makes Ebiri Moro either a ruler of Ahafo or Aowin. Indeed, Wiawso traditions assert that it could not have been a ruler of Sefwi since they were at that time fighting with the Asante army.
Nor do the 19th and early 20th century traditions collected associate him with Sefwi. Reindorf asserts that Ebiri Moro was the ruler of Parana and that Amankwatia fought and defeated Obumankoma and not Ebiri Moro. Kumawu traditions collected by Rattray in the 1920′s associate Ebiri Moro with Wassa. Judging from Sefwi relations with Asante at the beginning of the 18th century, it is difficult to believe that they would have been bold enough to have carried an attack to the capital of their overlord. It appears that the historian interested in finding more about this mysterious Ebiri Moro must search for him in the Aowin states which are in both Ghana and the Ivory Coast or in the Bono Takyiman-Wenchi area.
Social and Political Organisation
With the influx of people from many parts of the country especially from Adanse which is known to be the first organized Akan state “from which other states learned the art of government”, the social and political systems of Sefwi have been much influenced by the immigrants. The present basic social structure may be said to be the super imposition of the highly developed pure Akan clan system on one which had hitherto been organised primarily around living quarters and in Asafo or warrior company groups. The outcome on the whole has not been a very satisfactory marriage. This explains the confusion about the various clans who claim to be eligible to occupy important stools. In Anhwiaso and Wiawso it appears that the struggles between the various clans are primarily due to the unsuccessful merger of the two dissimilar institutions i.e. the pure Akan clan system on the one hand, and the Aowin-Bono system on the other.
Nowhere is this situation as pronounced as in the Wiawso state. There the clan in which the paramount stool is vested is known as the Asankera. One would expect that all the members of this group would belong to one known Akan clan group. But far from it, There are, at least, three different clans who claim to belong to the Asankera group. The present Omanhene of Wiawso, for instance, asserts that he is of the Oyoko clan, while Buako and Asafo which are also Asankera are of the Asakyiri and Bretuo clans, respectively. In the Anhwiaso area perhaps the origins of the struggles between the Asona of Wenchi on the one hand, and the Adum-Aduana and the Aduana (Sawua) on the other, stem from a similar unsuccessful arrangement of merging clans with living quarters.
In the political sphere, however, most of the Akan institutions have been easily adopted. The politico-military division of the state into the left, right, and vanguard wings each under a leader who led his men in time of war and administered the division in peace-time is a common feature of the Sefwi constitution. Also all the states have such purely administrative posts as the Kronti, Akwamu, Gyaase, Ankobea, and a host of others which are common with all the other Akan states. In spite of these arrangements, however, it appears that, with the exception of a few important stools in some places the all important office of the queen-mother was unknown or her role was relegated to an inferior status.
Like most of the forest states of West Africa Sefwi’s economy was based on trade. Gold mining and panning as well as ivory hunting were two of the most important occupations. Gold and ivory were exchanged for manufactured goods.
Sefwi cocoa farmers
A town like Bonzan (when translated the name means the river which spits out gold), owed its fame and importance to its gold industry. Gold from Sefwi and other Aowin towns was regularly sent to Begho to the north and to the European forts at the coast.
Sefwi cocoa farmer
The route connecting Kumasi to Sefwi was one of the important arteries of trade at the beginning of the 19th century. Towards the end of the 19th century when rubber became one of the principal items of trade in the forest region of Ghana, Sefwi appears to have been active in the tapping of rubber. The abundance of both the tree, Funtumia elastica, and the vine, Landolphia Owarensis, in the area greatly made rubber exploitation a lucrative occupation for the people. It was undoubtedly during this period of rubber boom that Debiso in Sefwi became an important stopping place and market centre for people who journeyed to Kankyaabo (Krinjabo) and other places in modern Ivory Coast. While it may not be denied the importation of European manufactured goods, especially iron implements helped to make possible this economic exploitation, Sefwi and its immediate neighbourhood had had traditions of iron working going back to the pre-European period. To both Denkyira and Sefwi the iron working towns of Tonsuosim (Maudaso) by the Bia, and Bopa-Piri, by the Tano had long provided the much needed hoes and machetes (adre), for the exploitation of the forest.
Festivals and Traditional Deities
As was pointed out earlier on all the three states of Sefwi share a common culture in spite of the fact that they all came from different places. They share a common dialect, Sefwi, have a common Yam Festival, Alluolie, and a common deity, Sobore. Although the Sefwi dialect is grouped with other Akan languages, it is mostly unintelligible to the other Akan speakers. Linguistically the incoming Akans from the east and other regions have had their language very much overlaid with the Aowin-Bono dialect. Now Sefwi shares this common dialect, with the Aowin, Nzema and Anyi-Baule in the Ivory Coast.
In their common yam festival,the Alluolie,they celebrate the end of the farming year, and offer food and drinks to their ancestors – a practice which is not dissimilar from the Ohum and Odwira festivals of the Akans. On the other hand the second festival, the Alie, is not celebrated by all the stools, but only by members of the Asona clan in the three states. The importance of this festival lies perhaps in the fact that it serves as one of the only connecting links between the two Wenchis of Bono and Sefwi. Formerly celebrated only in Wenchi, but not taken up by the Omanhene of Anhwiaso and such places as Chirano, Subiri and Kesekrom, it has much in common with the celebration of the annual Apo festival of Wenchi in the Bono states. In both the Alie and the Apo food which is cooked for the ancestors is placed at the outskirts of the town and merry-making women dance up and down the streets at times exposing their naked but well decorated bodies to the onlookers.
Sefwi students dancing traditional dance
In the worship of the tutelar deity Sobore, the three states also have a common identity. The deity is supposed not only to protect the states from all calamities but it is also a fertility god. Admittedly each state had its own shrine and priests but in all essentials the method of worshipping is similar. It appears that the Sobore predates the establishment of the modern Sefwi state. This may explain why only the local dialect and not Twi and only locally made wine from the raffia palm are used in worshipping Sobore. It is highly probable that the worship of this stream Sobore, was taken over from the Aowin.
Tree of God (Nyame Dua)
It is located at Nyamebekyere, a distance of about 5km from Sefwi Wiawso. It is said that about one hundred and fifty (150) years ago, a farmer struck a machete into the stump of the tree which is still visible in the trunk of the tree. Today the trunk of the tree is completely surrounded by the machete.
Abombirim Sacred Tortoise Forest
It is located at Sefwi Boako, a 21km distance away from the municipal capital. A sacred forest is preserved in which a giant tortoise lives. It is believed hen one picks the tortoise, there turns to be total darkness in the forest. Until such a time that the tortoise is left for light to re-appear, one will not be able to find a way out of the forest.
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One week from now I’ll be in Switzerland.
Not on vacation. Even in January, that would be nice.
Instead, I’ll be meeting with government, business and academic leaders from around the globe at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland.
If you’re not familiar with it, the WEF annual Davos meeting will bring together approximately 2,200 participants to hear new ideas and discuss issues with world-wide impact. It’s one of the few chances CEOs, heads of international organizations and other leaders have to meet face to face and talk candidly about our persistent challenges as well as share big, “holy cow” thinking.
I’ve been attending for a few years and pushing to bring one such challenge – the crisis of global youth unemployment – to center stage. I have bent ears and dried ink wells about the problem and how, with billions of young people set to the enter the jobs market and serious misalignment issues with schools and needed skills, all young people need to be armed with an entrepreneurial mindset long before they hit the pavement looking for a work.
I’m not the only one raising the alarm and many people around the world see the problem.
The Chairman and CEO of , Muhtar Kent, who is also the Chairman of the International Business Council of WEF, said youth unemployment is “a very big societal issue” and last week, Martina Gmur, Senior Director and Head of the Network of Global Agenda Councils at WEF told NPR that youth unemployment is a “time bomb.”
Participants at the WEF and other leaders around the world, pegged structural unemployment as the number three “trend 0f 2014.”
Most experts agree that about one in six young people between 17-25 years old are unemployed. And the problem is likely to get worse before it gets better.
Half of India’s 1.25 billion residents are under 25 years old. Estimates are that by 2050 there will be more than half a billion young people in Africa. At this rate of population growth, there simply won’t be enough jobs available for all the young people entering the global workforce – even if we hit ambitious job creation goals.
And if the economic stagnation of massive youth unemployment was not enough of a concern, according to the WEF trend report linked above, there are likely to be deep and dramatic social consequences as well. “Young people need to be productively employed or we face the deterioration of our social fabric,” the report warns.
As WEF's Vice-Chair of the Global Agenda Council on Youth Unemployment, I’m delighted that there are prominent scheduled discussions early in the WEF agenda on dealing with this “time bomb.” One I’m especially interested in is the morning of the first full day, next Wednesday – “Reshaping the World through Entrepreneurship, Education and Employment.”
The problem is too big for one solution, but however you look at it, investing in entrepreneurship for young people must be part of the answer to the oncoming crush of unemployed youth. There’s simply no reason not to invest in spurring young people to make their own jobs and start ventures which will employ their peers. Entrepreneurs are the job creators of the future.
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A Catechetical Framework Catechetical Modules (July 2015) Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston Opening Prayer The Road to Emmaus (Luke 24: 13-35) Reflecting on Scripture Facilitator: Jesus himself approached them and walked with them. All: As a child of God I, too, am on a journey…my own faith journey. Although at times I may not recognize Christ’s presence, I pray that I may be open to Christ’s eternal presence and walk in His light. Opening Prayer (Continued) Facilitator: Jesus went and stayed with them. All: In Baptism and Confirmation, I was sealed with the gifts of the Holy Spirit. May God continue to find a dwelling place in my heart. Opening Prayer (Continued) Facilitator: While Jesus was with them at table, he took bread, said the blessing, broke it, and gave it to them. All: Strengthened by the precious Body and Blood of Christ, May I be a source of nourishment to those I serve and love. Opening Prayer (Continued) Facilitator: They recounted what happened and how they recognized him in the breaking of the bread. All: As the heart of the Emmaus-walkers burned within them so long ago, I, too, experience the source of warmth and the light when I recognize Christ presence among us. May my words and actions reflect my fidelity to the Gospel, And may I lead others to witness to Jesus. AMEN. “…Christ’s presence among us…” Turn & Talk Essential Question for this Module… How will the Catechetical Framework for Lifelong Faith Formation (CFLFF) support me as a catechist in providing lifelong faith formation? Quick-check… Why was the CFLFF developed? What is its purpose? Let’s View the Cardinal’s Video! His Eminence Daniel Cardinal DiNardo www.archgh.org/OEC/Catechetical-Framework After viewing, journal…. Why was the CFLFF developed? What is its purpose? Turn & Talk: Share your written response. National Directory for Catechesis (NDC) (2005) “The object of catechesis is communion with Jesus Christ. Catechesis leads people to enter the mystery of Christ, to encounter him, and to discover themselves and the meaning of their lives in him.” (p. 55) Cardinal DiNardo’s Promulgation Letter (dated August 6, 2013) “The CFLFF is now the definitive framework by which catechesis is to be carried out in this Archdiocese. Beginning no later than January 6, 2014, all catechetical efforts and programming is to be done with reference to and in support of the goals outlined in this document. This is true in all catechetical contexts, be they archdiocesan programs, Catholic schools, parish formation programs, early childhood centers, university campus ministries, catechetical efforts in detention facilities, or home-based catechetical efforts.” Listing Activity What I know NOW about the CFLFF… What I learned from my GROUP about the CFLFF… C Framework L F F (Catechetical Framework for Lifelong Faith Formation) What do you know NOW about the CFLFF? (3-minute Quick List) Small Group Activity At your table: • Select a recorder/ reporter. • Share & combine your lists. • Be ready to share your group’s list with the class. Groups might consider… • What is the developmental history of the CFLFF? • Which Catholic documents were used? • What catechetical principles are advocated? • How is the Framework organized? Comments from Your Group Debrief/ Checking for Understanding (Formative Assessment) Show me your list!!!! …what you know NOW about the CFLFF... …and what you still need to know to be a better catechist! Extending Your Knowledge of the CFLFF What is the developmental history of the CFLFF? What is the HISTORY of the CFLFF? • • • • • • Began in 2007 (a revision of 1994 guidelines) Was a joint effort of OEC, OACE & CSO Received input from across the archdiocese Initially launched in fall of 2012 Promulgated by Cardinal August 6, 2013 Final document shared with Chancery, priests, and PCLs in fall of 2013 This Framework is unique; no other U.S. diocese has a document like this one !!! Extending Your Knowledge of the CFLFF Which Catholic documents were used? National Directory for Catechesis (#20) The Church has articulated six essential dimensions or tasks of catechesis. They are to… 1. Promote knowledge of the faith; 2. Promote knowledge of the meaning of the Liturgy and the sacraments; 3. Promote moral formation in Jesus Christ; National Directory for Catechesis (#20) 4. Teach the Christian how to pray with Christ; 5. Prepare the Christian to live in community and participate actively in the life and mission of the Church; 6. Promote a missionary spirit that prepares the faithful to be present as a Christian in society. Doctrinal Elements of a Curriculum Framework for the Development of Catechetical Materials for Young People of High School Age (2008) • • • • • The Revelation of Jesus Christ in Scripture Who is Jesus Christ? The Mission of Jesus Christ (The Paschal Mystery) Jesus Christ’s Mission Continues in the Church Sacraments as Privileged Encounters with Jesus Christ • Life in Jesus Christ Other Catholic Documents… Sacred Scripture… … the heart of catechesis Catechism of the Catholic Church Church Teaching for Sexuality Education Extending Your Knowledge of the CFLFF What guiding catechetical principles are advocated? Guiding Principles of Framework 1. Lifelong from birth to adulthood, resulting in a mature, faith-filled, adult Catholic 2. Organized by six tasks 3. Goal: to form Christian communities of disciples 4. USCCB documents (doctrinal correctness) 5. Integration of human sexuality catechesis 6. Age-appropriate & systematic Extending Your Knowledge of the CFLFF How is the Framework organized? Learning Targets (developmentally-appropriate concepts to be addressed in lesson plans) • Clustered by TASK & by AGE of learners Birth to Age 5 (Early Childhood) Grades 1-5 (Childhood) Grades 6-8 (Early Adolescence) Grades 9-12 (Adolescence) Adults (Adulthood) Group Activity: 6 Tasks of Catechesis Group Activity: 6 Tasks of Catechesis 1. There are five forms of Christian prayer: blessing and adoration, petition, intercession, thanksgiving, praise. 2. Christians experience the Real Presence of Christ in the sacraments. 3. The Ten Commandments help people grow in respect for self and others. 4. Jesus came to save everyone. 5. Evangelization includes the initial proclamation of the Gospel and helping Christians grow in discipleship. Group Activity: 6 Tasks of Catechesis (Continued) 6. People come to know Jesus through the Bible. 7. Daily prayer nourishes a relationship with God. 8. Honesty, sharing, and forgiveness are a part of good relationships. 9. The pope and bishops serve as teachers to help Catholics understand right from wrong. 10. Every baptized person shares in the mission of Jesus to the world. Framework Schema Framework Schema (Vocabulary) Six Tasks of Catechesis Task #1 - Knowledge of Faith 5 Strands in Task #1 1.1 Jesus Christ Learning Targets – Grade 5 Example 18.104.22.168 The Passion, death, Resurrection, and Ascension of Jesus is called the Paschal Mystery. CCC#1067 Framework (Numbering System) 22.214.171.124 5 is grade level. [MA is “mature adult.”] 1 is task number. 1 is the strand number. 4 is the learning target number. Checking for Understanding (Formative Assessment: Framework Vocabulary) Turn & Talk: Explain this statement from the CFLFF and use the appropriate vocabulary. 126.96.36.199 Jesus revealed to people God’s plan for true happiness. Task 4 - Prayer Strand 4.1 - Christian Prayer and the Our Father A3-3 yr - Prayer is a way to talk to God. Grade 4 - Prayer is a conversation with God begun at God’s initiative. Grade 6 - Daily prayer nourishes a relationship with God. Grade 8 - In the Gospels, Jesus retreated for prayer. Grade 10 - Scripture is a source and guide for prayer Adult - Jesus’ prayer life is, for the Christian, the model to live a life of prayer. Group Activity: Spiraling of Faith Concepts (Checking Your Understanding) • Read through all slips of paper. • What are these statements called? • Which “task” and “strand” do these statements represent? • Place them in a developmentally appropriate order • Explain why these “learning targets” are Christocentric. Correct Sequence of LTs • 188.8.131.52 – A sacrament is a sign of God’s life and love that gives grace. • 184.108.40.206 – A sacrament is a visible sign of God’s life and love given to the Church by Jesus Christ. • 220.127.116.11 – The Seven Sacraments are sacred signs through which Jesus Christ shares God's life with Christians. • 18.104.22.168 - Sacraments are liturgical celebrations that use signs and symbols revealed by Jesus Christ to celebrate and bring about God’s grace. Correct Sequence of LTs • 22.214.171.124 – Jesus Christ is present in the Church in a unique way in his sacraments by the power of the Holy Spirit. • 10.2.2.1 – The sacraments are the privileged way by which Christ sanctifies the Church through the power of the Holy Spirit and grants her the means of holiness. • MA 2.2.2 – Sacraments are efficacious signs of grace, instituted by Christ and entrusted to the Church, through the power of the Holy Spirit; Catholics are sanctified and the Body of Christ gives greater honor and glory to God. Checking for Understanding (Formative Assessment) • For students in grades 1-5, what is the “deep understanding” about sacraments that the Archdiocese wants catechists to emphasize in faith formation? • How does that understanding extend for older students and adults? 3-Minute Pause (Stand & Share, if you prefer) • While the Framework document clusters learning targets by grade level, should you merely turn to your grade level pages and teach down the list of learning targets? • Why or why not? In Conclusion…our catechetical framework… • Lifelong from “womb to tomb,” resulting in a mature, faith-filled, adult Catholic • Organized by 6 “tasks”/dimensions of catechesis (GDC, NDC, & OHWB) • Sub-tasks or “strands” • Definitive statements (“learning targets”) of faith • Correlated to the Catholic documents • Goal: to form Christian communities of disciples Sacred Scripture… … the heart of catechesis – A list of 125 passages, coming from all parts of the Bible, which are absolutely essential to a mature appreciation of the Scripture – Cross referenced that list with the Lectionary for Mass Common Prayers & Formulas (by age level) Learning by Heart, our common language to grow in faith, should …begin early …be continual …be gradual Time to process what you’ve learned!! Popcorn Responses – Think and call out one to three words that describe what you now know about the CFLFF. Exit Slip On an index card, answer this module’s Essential Question: How will the Catechetical Framework for Lifelong Faith Formation (CFLFF) support me as a catechist in providing lifelong faith formation? Then, please answer this question: What was the most helpful part of this 2hour module that helped you answer the Essential Question? Your Commitment to Action Make a personal commitment to action/ a personal action plan. Decide how you will extend your understanding about the Framework. Be specific; what will you do to deepen your on-going faith formation as well as your catechetical ministry? Follow-up Opportunities • www.archgh.org/OEC/CatecheticalFramework • Cardinal’s Video • www.catecheticalresources.org Keep checking the curriculum website for catechetical resources; it’s always being updated. Closing Prayer Closing Prayer ALL: Be with us, Lord Jesus, on our road to Emmaus, Guide us on our journey and nourish us As we continue to walk in your Light. Open our eyes that we may see your presence among us; Open our hearts, that we may reflect your love; Empower each of us as catechists to echo the Truth that is found in you alone. We ask this through the power of the Blessed Trinity: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit Amen. | <urn:uuid:970da65d-fff5-401e-80d3-053cef040761> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://frdocs.com/doc/1584795/a-catechetical-framework | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280761.39/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00096-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.916733 | 2,790 | 1.90625 | 2 |
“Did you hear of Boychick Pincus, how he opened wide the gate and hippety-hopped over the sweet warm meadow?” So begins Maurice Sendak‘s inimitable recasting of Prokofiev‘s “Peter and the Wolf.” The charming work is unique in Sendak’s ouvre in its loving expression of his Jewish upbringing, its use of Yiddish expressions, and its uniquely Jewish humor.
Maurice Sendak was known for his ground-breaking children’s books and illustrations, but it was not until late in his life that his Jewishness came to the forefront. In “Brundibar” (2003) he reckoned with the Holocaust, but on “Pincus and the Pig,” (Tzadik, 2004) a recording he narrated with the Shirim Klezmer Orchestra, he revealed his personal connections with Yiddish culture. He converted Prokofiev’s tale into a Jewish parable, dramatizing it with a Yiddish accent like a veritable “Zeyde” (grandfather).
Sendak said that the piece had great personal meaning for him and brought him out of the depression he felt from working on “Brundibar.” Prokofiev’s Peter was transformed into Pincus, which was his father’s name. The wolf became the terrifying “Chozzer,” (Yiddish for “pig”), the term his aunt told him she had used in Poland for anti-Semites. At the close, Pincus ends up triumphant, leading a parade to take “Chozzer” to the non-kosher butcher. For Sendak, who lost the greater part of his extended family to the Holocaust, the victory had deep meaning and resonance.
Sendak’s illustrations for the CD also reflect his Jewish sensitivities and humor. The duck has tradtional sidelocks (payot) and the birdie sports a yarmulke. The soldiers of Prokofiev are replaced by bumbling incompetent Cossacks.
“Pincus and the Pig” is the only available recording of Sendak’s voice dramatizing his own work, and he utilizes a thick Yiddish accent that recalls the relations he grew up with. Glenn Dickson, clarinetist and co-producer of the album recalls, “Maurice recorded the narration quickly, with just a couple of passes, it was so natural and effortless to him. This demonstrates his own comfort with the material and the accent as well as the clarity of his vision for the story.”
Dickson continues, “It was a joy to work with Maurice, he was charming, funny and curmudgeonly. He expressed that the project brought him out of the depression of working on ‘Brundibar’ and that he loved the story because Pincus, the little Jewish boy came out on top. I think in retrospect, Maurice was the Pincus of his family. He came from a family that was nearly wiped out by the Holocaust, but he emerged a winner, creating his art and executing his career in a very uncompromising way.”
“Pincus and the Pig” is available on John Zorn’s Tzadik label and was originally released in 2004.
Hear an NPR interview with Glenn Dickson on working with Sendak below
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Why Should I Listen To A Book Written By Men?
The next conflict we must resolve before we can truly look at obedience to Christ is that of the men who wrote the Bible. Perhaps you believe in a God. Perhaps you even believe in Christ, but you draw the line there because the Apostles, prophets, and other Biblical authors were mortal men.
The Christian belief is that the truth is God wrote the Bible. He filled His mortal authors with the Spirit who put the words of the Bible in the minds of His instruments.
But what happens if we don’t want to accept that in faith.
That argument doesn’t actually have merit. If you believe in a God who created the Heavens and the Earth and all the host of them (Genesis 2:1), you then have to acknowledge that God can also place words in the minds of His chosen. Moses, credited as the author of the first five books of the Bible, even argued that he was unfit to lead Israel because he wasn’t so good with words.
God replied, “Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth and teach you what you shall speak (Exodus 4:12).”
The Bible is no different.
Even if one insisted on believing in God as He is portrayed in the Bible, but refuses to acknowledge the authors of that same Bible, one must remember that those authors were still chosen representatives of God.
Moses, Samuel, the judges, the prophets, David, and Solomon were all chosen by God to be His representatives. He attested to many of them through prophecies, miracles, or both. Therefore, even if those men wrote the Bible as men, they were still the men God chose to spread his word.
So we return to the fundamental choice. You either believe, or you don’t. If you, then, choose to believe in God, you must then respect and submit to those he selected as His representatives, even as mortal men. God would not choose men and then allow them to speak falsely of Him. He certainly wouldn’t endorse those men with miracles if they were not indeed speaking truth on behalf of the LORD.
The same is true of the new testament. Matthew, John, Peter, and Paul were all personally chosen representatives of Christ, Apostles. Mark was essentially Peter’s biographer, and Luke was a historian, documenting the actions of brothers. James and Jude were Christ’s biological brothers.
One can not acknowledge Christ as their lord and master and then refuse to acknowledge the authority of the Apostles Christ commanded to establish the body. The temptation is to refuse that authority so they can reject the commandments established by scripture. To want to follow Christ, but refuse to follow His very first disciples, is simply hypocritical.
Those who choose to follow Christ, submit to Him, and through Him those He appointed to lead and teach the gospel on Earth, must submit to the commandments left by Christ through his Apostles regardless of their humanity. Christ named Peter as the stone on which the church would be built. If Christ chose to build his church on Peter, who then are we to ignore that stone?
My theory is that those who want to take this path do so because the Apostles categorically deny actions and lifestyles that today’s society wants to embrace. How can someone reconcile religion with today’s tolerant society? The only way to do that would be to try and deny the words of those God the Father and God the Son chose to minister to humanity, and we simply can’t do that. This means we must acknowledge their authority.
There may be debate over translations. There may be arguments over application, but there can not be any denial of their authority without also denying the God who gave such authority.
One may rebut this assertion by saying anyone can do anything and claim it is in the name of God. That happens all the time. I don’t deny that happens, but I remind you that the Biblical authors were all authenticated by prophecy, miracles, or both. Indeed anyone (just look at this very book) can write whatever they want. Some may even go so far as to say they’re writing the words of a God. The Bible even tells us the Antichrist himself will come and perform miracles and wonders. The difference there is the Bible warns us about these individuals. When Christ returns, everyone will know in that moment. He’ll come with the army of Heaven like a steak of lighting that stretches across they sky (Matthew 24:27).
Christ’s chosen were authenticated by Christ Himself, and Christ authenticated their ministry with miracles and wonders, many of which occurred even before the Passion.
This brings us back again to the ultimate yes or no question. You can choose to believe in Christ and submit to Him, and in doing so, His chosen Apostles, or you can choose to reject Christ. Once more we see that one can not try and do both. There is no middle ground in this respect.
For our panel: What other reasons would there be for people to want to believe in Christ but reject the Bible? Are the words of the Apostles (or other Biblical authors) truly trustworthy even though they are only men? What evidence is there that those who wrote the Bible truly did so while filled by the Spirt of God Himself? What if someone today started writing, proclaiming to be doing the same thing? If the Antichrist is said to come and perform miracles, how can we trust the miracles of the Apostles and other Biblical authors? | <urn:uuid:6308e993-ed50-468d-8ab1-839e5e9fccec> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://mlsweech.wordpress.com/2020/08/23/musings-on-christianity-45/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571719.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812140019-20220812170019-00274.warc.gz | en | 0.972861 | 1,146 | 2.015625 | 2 |
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Indexed/Abstracted in: Chemical Abstracts, CINAHL, Current Contents/Clinical Medicine, EMBASE, PubMed/MEDLINE, Science Citation Index Expanded (SciSearch), Scopus
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Online ISSN 1827-1928
BODY COMPOSITION AND NUTRITION
Sperlich B. 1, Osman-Reinkens S. 2, Zinner C. 2, Krueger M. 2, Holmberg H.-C. 3
1 Department of Sport Science, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany;
2 Institute of Training Science and Sport Informatics, German Sport University, Cologne, Germany;
3 Swedish Winter Sports Research Centre, Department of Health Sciences, Mid Sweden University, Östersund, Sweden
AIM: This study aimed to quantify the cardiorespiratory, metabolic and hormonal responses of elite open-wheel indoor kart racers.
METHODS: Ten male racers (age: 21±3 yrs; height: 1.92±0.06 m, body mass: 76.0±5.9 kg) participated in a racing tournament. Their peak oxygen uptake and heart rate were assessed by a ramp test (100 W, increase 30 W·min-1) in the laboratory. During the racing itself, the cardio-respiratory and accelerometer values were recorded and pre- and post-race levels of blood lactate and salivary cortisol were determined.
RESULTS: The average peak values for all of the drivers with respect to oxygen uptake and heart rate were 4.5±0.8 L·min-1 (56.7±7.9 mL·min-1·kg-1) and 193±5 beats·min-1, respectively. Overall, 28.3±3.3 laps were completed during 30-min of racing. Acceleration forces for the entire test averaged 1.20±0.51 G (maximum: 3.30 G), declining from the first 10 min until the end of racing (P<0.03). The oxygen uptake (~20 mL·min-1·kg-1), heart rate (~133 beats·min-1), respiratory exchange ratio (~0.96) and ventilation (~70 L·min-1) observed indicated moderate cardio-respiratory responses. Blood lactate concentration was significantly higher after the race than before but remained at <2 mmol·L-1 (P<0.01; effect size: 1.62).
CONCLUSION: There were no differences between salivary cortisol levels before and after the race (P<0.06; effect size: 0.49). Directly after the race, the drivers rated their perceived exertion on Borg’s scale as 11.1±1.3. The present data revealed that the psycho-physical exertion associated with a 30-min open-wheel indoor kart race is moderate. | <urn:uuid:f8182b5c-6acd-4f0e-8be4-5f0ce5f3e82c> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://www.minervamedica.it/en/journals/sports-med-physical-fitness/article.php?cod=R40Y2014N04A0475 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988719465.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183839-00096-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.866998 | 623 | 1.789063 | 2 |
LOOKING FOR HELP: The number of Americans applying for unemployment assistance plummeted to a five-year low last week, a sign that the job market may be improving. Applications are a proxy for layoffs.
BIG DROP: Weekly unemployment benefit applications tracked by the Labor Department fell 37,000 to a seasonally adjusted 335,000. That is the lowest level since January 2008, just after the recession began.
HARD TO READ: The applications data can be uneven in January. Job cuts typically spike in the second week of the month as companies lay off temporary workers hired for the winter holidays. The broader trend will become clearer in the coming weeks.
- Unemployment Issues
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A cold front will make its way into Arkansas on Monday, causing some thunderstorms to develop across the state.
John Robinson, warning coordination meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Little Rock, said temperatures and moisture will not be all that favorable for severe weather, but there could be a few isolated severe thunderstorms in the counties bordering Louisiana.
Robinson said the chances for severe weather could begin Monday afternoon but are likely to hold off until the early evening and should be out of the state by midnight. Large hail will have a greater chance of occurring than damaging winds.
The smallest rainfall totals should be in the state's west, and the largest on the east. Most rainfall amounts will be less than 1/2 inch, Robinson said. | <urn:uuid:a1f92f58-7f54-4bbb-92b9-f18536e0e108> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2012/nov/26/cold-front-bring-rain-arkansas/?f=news-arkansas | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281331.15/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00218-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.937262 | 150 | 1.671875 | 2 |
Do you remember the movie “Big”, with Tom Hanks? An 80s classic. Young Josh, played by Hanks, finds a Zoltar machine and makes a wish, becoming an adult. For those of you that don’t know, Zoltar could predict the future, and grant wishes. The machines are now collectable, with new editions actually still being released.
Predicting the future is often fictionalized like this, with the idea that it’s incredibly mysterious, ever changing, and something that mystics are required for. Take a visit to any seaside resort and you’ll see fortune tellers lining the boardwalk, or filling the shops of the French Quarter in New Orleans.
Anticipating trends is anything but fortune telling. While often perceived as a mysterious voodoo like fortune telling, anticipating trends is something that can be done reliably and with confidence. Technology may be viewed as ever changing and unpredictable, but in fact, many aspects are entirely predictable.
For example, one can be confident in predicting that systems will be released with faster processors, more memory, and longer battery life. Bandwidth will increase, screen sizes will increase, and technology will become thinner and lighter. In fact, with some straightforward thought, identifying future trends is not a difficult process.
Let’s think specifically about security trends for this year. As indicated by AV test, each year has seen growth in the numbers of new malware. As such, it’s safe to predict that 2015 will be a banner year, far eclipsing previous years. The threats themselves have continued to grow, moving from annoyance to destruction to ransom, and it would be a solid bet to say that this will continue to worsen.
We additionally know that data storage requirements will go up, and we know that data storage costs continue to go down. These are reliable trends. There will be more data being produced by businesses, and the cost to back that data up will continue to drop. It’s a safe bet that continued attacks will compromise more personal data in the coming months and years. With financial incentive for criminals to collect credit card data for fraud, this will continue to be an on-going problem.
In fact, many trends are something you can confidently rely on and make business decisions around. As clearly seen here, there is a need for security. SMBs require active security management, and a collection of solutions combined into a comprehensive service helps address this. Small companies have a need to help manage the outbreaks of malware, to ensure their data is protected, to help prevent them from phishing attacks, and to help prevent data loss. A comprehensive, layered approach to security that is ongoing has long been established as the proper way to do security management.
MSPs that then layer on consulting, bringing their advice and insight into risk management, are most successful in delivering this kind of service. Helping SMBs understand risk, policy management, and the laws and regulations that govern their industries, is highly valuable and helps these businesses address their needs and remain protected.
Identifying trends is simply a matter of pattern matching, and taking advantage of those trends involves identifying the solution to address the need. This process is a discipline, not anything requiring witchcraft or sorcery. While Zoltar may have made big changes to young Josh, he certainly isn’t required to find solutions to business problems. | <urn:uuid:78a1ccd7-b79b-4291-882b-e48014171b67> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://www.solarwindsmsp.com/blog/anticipating-trends | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280266.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00498-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.963947 | 697 | 2.1875 | 2 |
FLC, Southwest offer courses at Dolores High School
At Dolores high school, some highly-motivated students are in college before they even graduate.
And when students in the Concurrent Enrollment Program do graduate, they've already earned tuition-free college credits.
"It gives them a step up and helps them financially because the school pays for the tuition if they pass the class," said Dolores Schools Superintendent Scott Cooper. "We offer rigorous college-level courses taught by highly qualified teachers with masters degrees in their field."
The school partners with Southwest Colorado Community College in Cortez, and Pueblo Community College and Fort Lewis College in Durango.
Six teachers at Dolores are qualified as adjunct professors for Pueblo Community college in Durango.
The courses are taught at the high school during regular school hours. Or students in the program travel to SWCCC and FLC to take courses alongside college students.
In the last two years, 95 high school seniors and juniors fulfilled advanced courses in language arts, math, and science that are typically taken by college freshmen. They can earn up to 30 credits or more, equal to one year of college.
"I got my entire freshman year out of the way by earning 32 college credits," said Kaitlyn Howerton, who just graduated from Dolores. "It took good time management and hard work. I really had to push myself, but now I feel ready for a more focused education in my field."
While fulfilling her regular high school classes, she also commuted to Fort Lewis College and SWCCC to take courses in education, math and science. She is enrolled at Utah State University and plans a career in elementary education, with a specialty in deaf instruction.
"Working with the teachers and students at FLC who were dedicated to my career choice really solidified what I wanted to do," Howerton said.
Her best friend and co-valedictorian, Elana Bernholtz, also took advantage of the Concurrent Enrollment Program at Dolores High. She successfully completed college-level courses in biology, anatomy and pre-calculus.
Bernholtz was accepted into the Colorado School of Mines, and will work towards a degree in biomedical engineering.
"I'm nervous but excited about college. But I definitely feel taking that extra step better prepared me for the next level," she said. "The teachers for the college courses were really good and pushed us to challenge ourselves and learn the material."
Cooper explained that opportunity for students to take college-level courses replaces the Advanced Placement programs typical of high schools.
"We felt partnering with area colleges was a better fit for our students, parents, and teachers," he said. "Especially for financially-strapped parents, it's a money saver."
Dolores high specifically recruits teaches with master's degrees for the program. For college-level instruction, they are paid an additional $500 per class.
"The courses are more demanding and take more planning by teachers," Cooper said. "It gives advanced students the chance to study tougher topics, and our masters-degree teachers are really on their game." | <urn:uuid:c1086c7a-05ea-49f2-b65b-02596f2321c5> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://www.cortezjournal.com/article/20140528/DS03/140529806/0/DS02/FLC-Southwest-offer-courses-at-Dolores-High-School | 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 | 0.977097 | 649 | 1.90625 | 2 |
Guest essay by Eric Worrall
The utter failure of renewables to deliver during the Californian heatwave appears to be creating a surge of interest in reliable energy.
California Blackouts: It’s Not Just the Heat, It’s Also the Anti-Nuclear Power Stupidity
Activists oppose a huge source of reliable, climate-friendly electricity that could have prevented the rolling blackouts in the Golden State.
RONALD BAILEY | 8.19.2020 12:31 PM
Rolling electric power blackouts afflicted as many as 2 million California residents last week as a heat wave gripped the Golden State. (It’s apparently eased up for now.) At the center of the problem is that power demand peaks as overheated people turn up their air conditioning in the late afternoon just as solar power supplies cut off as the sun goes down. In addition, output from California’s wind farms was erratic. Currently, about 33 percent of California’s electricity comes from renewable sources as mandated by state law. Until this summer, California utilities and grid operators were able to purchase extra electricity from other states, but the current heat wave stretches from Texas to Oregon so there was little to none available to make up for California’s power shortage.
Completely ignored in the reporting is that California has been shutting down a huge source of safe, reliable, always-on, non-carbon dioxide–emitting, climate-friendly electricity—that is, nuclear power. In 2013, state regulators forced the closing of the San Onofre nuclear power plant that supplied electricity to 1.4 million households. By 2025, California regulators plan to close down the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant that can supply electricity to 3 million households.
The problem of climate change, along with the blackouts resulting from the inherent vagaries of wind and solar power, are an indication that California should not only keep its nuclear power plants running but also build many more of them.
…Read more: https://reason.com/2020/08/19/california-blackouts-its-not-just-the-heat-its-also-the-anti-nuclear-power-stupidity/
Renewables have failed to deliver this time, and will do so again.
Californian anger at the blackouts will eventually spill over into action, the scrapping of renewables in favour of reliable energy sources. The only question is, how many blackouts it will take before Californian voters get the message? | <urn:uuid:fe63bcb4-9863-40a0-8220-e3f5672b1cf5> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://wattsupwiththat.com/2020/08/20/california-blackout-fury-its-not-just-the-heat-its-also-the-anti-nuclear-power-stupidity/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571584.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812045352-20220812075352-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.950435 | 518 | 2.546875 | 3 |
High mountains, narrow fjords, deep valleys. Norway's views are its national pride - and also an international trademark. But it is easy to forget that these views are inaccessible without the roads that can take us there. Ever since the 18th century, the image of the Norwegian landscape has been inextricably tied to the gradual expansion of the Norwegian road network. The National Tourist Routes are the latest contribution to this development. New stopping places and vantage points are being constructed throughout Norway, to strengthen travellers' experience of nature and the cultural landscape. The project has also become an important arena for contemporary Norwegian architecture. The National Tourist Routes constitute the latest chapter in a long historical tradition of staging the Norwegian landscape. For the past 300 years, painters, drawers and photographers have documented magnificent sceneryand dramatic stretches of road.Views. Norway Seen from the Road 1733-2020 gathers some of the most important of these pictorial accounts, in a book that enables us to see the road, the landscape, and Norway as a country in a new light. | <urn:uuid:3961a16b-85ad-43e9-afde-7c939fab2581> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://www.hobbyklubben.no/_dokumentar-og-fakta/kunst-og-kultur/views-9788275475914 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281424.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00327-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.94326 | 218 | 2.234375 | 2 |
Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman:
Every time I revisit Daniel Kahneman’s Thinking, Fast and Slow I discover new insights and learn more about human behaviour. I gleaned more from the introduction to this book than the entirety of many other books I’ve read. If you are in business or just interested in human behaviour this book is a must read.It will change your life and how you think about decision making.
Kahneman outlines how two systems are at work in our brains to allow us to function without depleting our limited energy and mental capacity. Understanding the difference between System 1 and System 2 is at the heart of appreciating how humans make decisions. However, the book is much more than system 1 and 2 as it shines a light on the impact of mental short-cuts and cognitive biases. How our brain relies on these short-cuts to cope with the constant flow of decisions in our daily lives.
The section on over-confidence challenges the trust we place in ‘experts’ to advise us in business and in our personal lives. How our brains naturally focus on what know and ignore what we don’t know. Choices explains why people often miscalculate risk and why we are prone to making bad decisions in certain circumstances.
Here are a few quotes that give you a taster for what is in store for you when you read this brilliant book. You won’t be disappointed:
We documented systematic errors in the thinking of normal people and we traced these errors to the design of the machinery of cognition rather than the corruption of thought by emotion.” – Daniel Kahneman – Thinking, fast and slow
“We focused on biases, both because we found them interesting in their own right and because they provided evidence for the heuristic judgement.” – Daniel Kahneman – Thinking, fast and slow
“People tend to assess the relative importance of issues by the ease with which they are retrieved from memory – and this is largely determined by the extent of coverage in the media.” – Daniel Kahneman – Thinking, fast and slow
“However, optimism is highly rated, socially and in the market; people and firms reward the providers of dangerously misleading information more than they reward truth tellers.” – Daniel Kahneman – Thinking, fast and slow
“Judgement heuristics are quite useful but sometimes lead to severe and systematic errors” – Thinking, fast and slow
Role of Luck:
“Luck plays a large role in every story of success; it is almost always easy to identify a small change in the story that would have turned a remarkable achievement into a mediocre outcome.” – Daniel Kahneman – Thinking, fast and slow
“Accurate intuitions of experts are better explained by the effects of prolonged practice than by heuristics. Skill and heuristics are alternative sources of intuitive judgement and choices.” – Daniel Kahneman – Thinking, fast and slow
“Our everyday intuitive abilities are no less marvellous than the striking insights of an experienced fire-fighter or physician – only more common.” — Daniel Kahneman – Thinking, fast and slow
“Intuition is nothing more and nothing less than recognition.” – Daniel Kahneman – Thinking, fast and slow
Once you read this book, like me, you will want to return to it regularly to learn more about human nature and decision-making. Hope you enjoy reading it.
- About the author: Neal provides digital marketing optimisation consultancy services and has worked for brands such as Deezer.com, Foxybingo.com, Very.co.uk, partypoker.com and Bgo.com. He uses a variety of techniques, including web analytics, personas, customer journey analysis and customer feedback to improve a website’s conversion rate.
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The Supreme Court gives us more good news this morning: Indiana’s voter ID law has been upheld.
Half of the states have passed similar laws.
The race-mongers and open borders lobby will be in an uproar. CQ summarizes:
The Supreme Court ruled Monday that states can require voters to show photo identification at the polls, in a closely watched case with important ramifications for the 2008 elections.
In a 6-3 decision, the justices upheld an earlier decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit.
Proponents of the Indiana law at issue in the case, Crawford v. Marion County Election Board, said the state’s interest in preventing voter impersonation fraud outweighs whatever burden might be placed on a small number of people. Opponents argued that the Indiana law unfairly burdens poor and elderly voters, who tend to favor Democrats but are least likely to have driver’s licenses or passports.
The Justice Department sided with Indiana in the case, agreeing that the voter ID requirement is constitutional.
You may recall that the woman who challenged the voter ID law in Indiana was, um, fraudulently registered to vote in two states.
La Shawn Barber excoriates liberal black leaders who lobbied against voter ID laws.
SCOTUSblog has full coverage.
Allahpundit takes a closer look at the ruling’s rejoinder to the Left’s argument that ID requirements impose an undue burden. One of the lib justices betrays his own.
Update: Barack Obama plies the Left’s bogus undue burden argument:
Obama said he was disappointed today in the new Supreme Court decision that has upheld Indiana’s voter ID law, calling it “wrong,” and emphasizing that the law could suppress turnout among minorities and poorer voters.
“I am disappointed by today’s Supreme Court decision upholding Indiana’s photo identification law — one of the most restrictive in the nation,” Obama said in a written statement.
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Until recently, hardly anyone knew what the hygge concept meant. That word so fashionable lately, is the way in which the Danes have to call the happiness they find in the little things, sharing moments with friends and family and enjoying the home.
Actually, the hygge movement is an attitude or lifestyle that invites us to enjoy the little pleasures we have at hand, being aware of them. And to achieve this, the atmosphere at home is fundamental. And that’s why today, we want to give you ten tips to make your house a little more hygge.
- Take advantage of the sunlight. And at night, you can create a soft environment with several points of dim light.
- In addition to sunlight, use the power of candles to create a comfortable atmosphere. If possible, beeswax, without any aroma.
- Use natural materials at home, from wood furniture to cotton, hemp or linen textiles.
- Redesign your terrace or balcony and make it nice to enjoy the good weather.
- Bet on comfort, and fill your house with carpets, cushions and blankets.
- Use light colors to create a bright and serene atmosphere.
- Fill the house with plants and place them in any corner. They give color, and help us connect with nature.
- Cook and fill your house with warm bread smell or freshly made sweets.
- Flame light is another factor in the hygge environment. If you do not have a fireplace, you can get a bioethanol that can be put on any piece of furniture.
- Lay wood floors. They are comfortable and fully fit into the hygge philosophy.
Do you dare to create a hygge atmosphere in your home? It is simply a matter of creating a pleasant and comfortable atmosphere in which to enjoy the little things that life offers us in the company of our loved ones. | <urn:uuid:278d22b3-0401-43ae-846d-5230ff1ff1bf> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.familyagain.com/home/20170426/do-you-aim-for-personal-happiness-ten-tips-to-having-a-hygge-home/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571222.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810222056-20220811012056-00673.warc.gz | en | 0.927431 | 392 | 1.570313 | 2 |
Upper eyelid blepharoplasty, commonly known as an eye lift, is performed to remove excess skin and fat from around the eyes that contributes to heavy upper lids and decreased peripheral vision. The procedure is often carried out for aesthetic purposes to give a more youthful appearance to the eyes, which makes blepharoplasty one of the most common plastic surgery procedures in the U.S.
Many different types of cosmetic and plastic surgeons perform blepharoplasties. Oculoplastic surgeons are uniquely qualified as they have completed a residency in ophthalmology and additional fellowship training in plastic surgery around the eyes. Insurance companies will sometimes cover a portion of the surgery, but they have strict criteria and some patients’ concerns will be deemed cosmetic.
Blepharoplasty is performed with either local anesthesia in the office or IV sedation in a surgery center and typically takes 30 minutes. Recovery to normal activity is within 1 week for most patients. Restrictions include no driving for the first week after surgery, no lifting greater than ten pounds and no strenuous activity. Bruising and swelling can be expected but fade within 2-3 weeks on average. Some patients have minimal bruising that resolves in 10 days, others may have swelling that lingers for a month. Please allow adequate healing time prior to any upcoming special events. | <urn:uuid:28fa0120-16ee-44e4-834b-325691e73ff2> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://gulfstreameye.com/procedures/upper-eyelid-blepharoplasty/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571198.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810161541-20220810191541-00273.warc.gz | en | 0.96427 | 270 | 1.742188 | 2 |
Imagine that for two consecutive weeks people go to the Karpovskoye reservoir every other day and report good catches. They write that often tears the bream fishing line, and scammers of 500-700 grams are not uncommon. And all this time you go somewhere completely wrong. And your every fishing job: searches, experiments, creative approach. How long to?! I want, finally, just to come and not look, but to sit down and catch fish where it is! Moreover, even the coordinates of the treasured holes are crammed into the navigator. It's time!
This is what I called the place from where fishing reports on good roach catches came with enviable regularity. Our tireless Stas1as zealously monitors cleanliness on ice and demands it from others. For this reason, dissatisfaction was expressed on the site about candy wrappers left near the catchy hole. So, when we went to the point on the navigator, the hope was burning in us that no one had come over the night and swept these same candy wrappers and we would find the treasured hole! Instead of candy wrappers, they found Stas himself. So we are here! A sacrament called “ches” will begin now. Before drilling the holes, we stretched our lower back, fingers and cervical vertebrae – after all, catching roach one by one is a very difficult task for a well-trained angler! I even took a bag with handles with me so that a lot of fish could be carried away!
However, large selective roach the size of a palm flew rarely. More often ordinary, in the half of a palm. I was content with careful bites and was not going to sit on one hole, although in principle it made sense to just sit and wait for the fish to find you, because this nickel is fed almost every day! I began to drill holes with obvious signs of feeding and at the same time get acquainted with the relief. As Stas explained, beneath us is a local beam, which is located next to the branch of the flooded railway. Indeed, the nickel had its edges, pecking more often closer to the dump.
I spun around a penny, making three or four entries in each hole with a little devil, I caught a couple of roaches, and now my eyes settled on the hole, which was fed with steamed wheat. I don’t know why, but in my subcortex it has long been settled that serious anglers feed the bream with steamed wheat and do not exchange for any bran or gruel there. On the ice lay the remains of this same bait, in which I examined pieces of oilcake. Need to try! It was drilled side by side, a depth of about 5.5 m. From the first postings, it seemed that the hole was alive. Something is somehow wrong. Either hurt something, then at the very top a little hold, then suddenly the gatehouse straightens. Moreover, the breeze presses tightly. You have to put your feet so that the nod is blocked from the wind. I spend the fifth time – I can’t cut anything. It's time to change the hole. I look, Max is coming to me.
I think I'll wait for him. I decided to make an exemplary wiring from beginning to end, but as soon as the rhythmic swings reached the level of my fishing box, the gatehouse stopped listening to the fishing rod and I hooked. It's stupid. Fishing line 0.125 mm. The wind spins the fishing line in front of me, brushing it off, at that moment the fish pressed down and pitted the fishing line between the fingers. I had to get up to blow the excess fishing line with the wind. Again she crushed right before the hole, refuses to go into the hole. Max is standing nearby, waiting for how it will end – I even started to worry. But the head-snare appeared! He took it by the head with his hand – the scavenger climbed freely into the hole, which means that it is not a kilogram. But still, a great size against the background of previously caught carpenters! I can’t get the camera, because under me is a bream! The hole is fed with wheat, I have a little devil – what else do bream need?
I continue to catch in this hole. I try to pick up the wiring – there are no bites, but I feel the fish. Oh, if not for the wind! I got it, honestly! As soon as I raise the fishing rod above the hole, a nod sails godlessly. With such a capricious nibble what kind of catch here? I ran forward in the hope that the bream was deeper. He returned a little back to the hole into which Stas, by his kindness, threw some bait. He returned to the bream again – there are no bites. The wind howls, a roach in a half palm does not please. German Petrovich called, who doesn’t need our plywood at all, and he stayed off the coast to look for perches. He also had a naughty perch bite; he didn’t catch a large one. By that time, we had become completely sour. The fish flew up occasionally, we snatched a couple of roach, it again froze somewhere off to the side, either yawning, or giggling over us. It only remained to wait for the evening bite. Perhaps, in the evening, larger fish will approach or the small one will stop giggling.
Over the flooded railway
But should I go to the flooded railway? This thought drilled my soul into a sieve. Three times I got up and peered at the characteristic perch sets two hundred meters from us. Well, what prevents me from running around, trying and getting back to the evening bite back? Stas finished off my natural laziness with the story that in this place two railways converge and one branch runs thirty meters from us. I decided to go to the perch sets and try to get the hell out with something that, perhaps, someone made them spin and drill a dozen holes.
Depth is two meters. It expanded a little wider, found four meters – apparently, this is the dump from the railway embankment. I continue to spin two meters – and here it is, the long-awaited bite with a free search. When one drills a place, the next hole suddenly rewards you with a clear nod clamp – there is! I’m dragging someone! Yes, not just dragging, but torturing! I just need to watch! I'm dragging a striped belly. Yes, so good! I have a fishing rod without a whip 22 centimeters, and more perch! Feel free 25-27! How much is in it? Gram 600? Yes, but no more. Rather, less. Well, let it be 500 grams. The cherished definition of "half a kilo" simply stuck to the perch, although at home he pulled 450.
The mood rose – not in vain came! I am alone on a perch with such handsome men, and I have the right time, which is not a pity to kill for the persuasion of "pot-bellied gilts." Suddenly I became scared for the thin fishing line. And if not a “gilt” breaks in, but a “sow”? Tear off my favorite damn von Neumark bait! With such thoughts, I drilled from five more holes, darted to the right, left, began to understand the direction of the railway. He returned again to the hole, where he caught a “gilt”, and in the next he took a couple of small whales, and one fish went down under the hole. Devil caught hold of the edge, some white fish calmly stood under the hole and slowly sailed away, and I thought I couldn’t get into the hole. What was it? Bream? Why not? If he is not at six meters, maybe he is spinning at two ?! Ta-a-ak, it’s becoming more and more interesting!
The hour allotted for this nickel flew unnoticed. German Petrovich joined me. We continue to look for large perches together. He doesn’t catch a voucher. And in the next hole I persuade the long-awaited "sow"! Yes, so beautiful, dark! I did not dare to drag her onto the ice, but grabbed her drooping lower jaw right in the hole. This perch seems to be bigger than the first! Put next, for sure! Well, there’s 700 in the second gram! As it turned out later, I guessed the tyutelk in the tyutelk. Subsequent persuasions did not lead to anything. I drilled a two-meter nickle on the so-called branch, but there weren’t caught at all “pigs” and not even “gilts”. But large roaches and scavengers did not fit into well-fed holes.
And although it didn’t peck like in those days that we heard about, we all liked it. Only the wind disturbed me. I even tried to rewind a rewinder and sit for about twenty minutes on a mormyshka with a bloodworm, but I was quickly tired of such fishing. On the way back, we understood the reason for the capricious bite: I noticed that some cereals had sprinkled – in general, the weather had changed. And as always, when I left fishing, I was asked questions: what kind of white fish fell off the railway and how cool it would probably be in calm!
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MEGEN – Malawi Chapter, is a network of over 50,000 progressive men in Malawi which has sister networks across Africa.
MEGEN, the oldest men’s organization for gender equality in the country, began in 1997. MEGEN is actively involved in mobilizing groups of men throughout Malawi. For MEGEN, it’s work focuses on efforts to the prevention and response to gender-based violence and the spread of HIV and AIDS that arises from unequal power relations. In addition to enhancing women’s participation in the public and political spheres, MEGEN also seeks to rectify “men’s negative use of power” and the detrimental impact it can have on relationships.
MEGEN works in 18 of the 28 districts of Malawi, with chapter sizes reaching upwards of 150 active members. MEGEN conducts tailor-made courses that provide men with basic training on gender issues, as well as capacity-building workshops in which men are supported to deeply reflect on “what it means to be a man” and “what a real man should be.”
MEGEN’s two key strategies for accomplishing its goals consist of their rapid-response teams and the Men Travelling Conference (MTC). Each local MEGEN chapter organizes a rapid-response team, which responds to cases of abuse through ‘social dialogue’. Meanwhile, the MTC aims to end gender-based violence by hiring coaches, including police officers and municipal officials, to reach out to the community and engage others in conversation on eliminating power dynamics that create inequalities between men and women. | <urn:uuid:66be059d-996f-409f-bd34-e82fd90ee564> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://menengage.org/country/malawi/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571234.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811042804-20220811072804-00073.warc.gz | en | 0.95347 | 338 | 1.921875 | 2 |
Browsing Brock Major Research Papers by Subject "accounting technology curriculum"
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The FinTech Skills Gap: Identifying Skills Desired by Bank Employers and Skills Taught in Undergraduate Business/Accounting Programs in OntarioThis study examined the FinTech skills gap in Ontario with the goal of identifying opportunities for developing FinTech talent in undergraduate business/accounting programs offered at Ontario universities. A literature review revealed a global phenomenon of technology-related skills shortages in the finance industry from the perspective of employers. Although educators do incorporate technology and data analysis tools in the classroom, students are not perceived as being fully proficient in them (Boulianne, 2016; Pan & Seow, 2016; Rackliffe and Ragland, 2016; Sledgianowski, Hirsch, & Gomaa, 2016; Wymbs, 2016). The methodology used in this research involved using text analytics to look at FinTech job postings data from Indeed.com compared against undergraduate program data from the official academic calendars posted on the websites of 19 universities in Ontario. Results reveal with statistical significance that business/accounting educators have a weak level of agreement with bank employers on the hard skills that are most relevant in the industry. | <urn:uuid:175089dc-6123-426c-b179-60c151b79ac1> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://dr.library.brocku.ca/handle/10464/4226/browse?type=subject&value=accounting+technology+curriculum | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571246.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811073058-20220811103058-00278.warc.gz | en | 0.925933 | 254 | 1.71875 | 2 |
Medicaid’s Role in Louisiana
Medicaid in Louisiana
- Over 1.4 million people in Louisiana are covered by Medicaid (20% of the total population). While seven in ten (72%) of enrollees are children and adults, more than two-thirds (68%) of the state’s Medicaid spending is for the elderly and people with disabilities.
- 201,600 (28%) of Louisiana’s Medicare enrollees are also covered by Medicaid, which accounts for nearly one-third (30%) of Medicaid spending.
- 44% of all children in Louisiana are covered by Medicaid, including 56% of children with special health care needs.
- 74% of nursing home residents in Louisiana are covered by Medicaid and 42% of Medicaid long-term care spending in Louisiana is for nursing home care. Medicare beneficiaries rely on Medicaid for assistance with services not covered by Medicare, particularly long-term care.
- One-third (33%) of people in Louisiana live in rural areas, which is higher than the national average of 19%. People who live in rural areas are more likely to be dependent on Medicaid.
- 70% of Medicaid enrollees in Louisiana are in managed care. Since Louisiana has already transitioned most enrollees to managed care, it would not be able to recoup much of the one-time savings that some states experience during that transition.
- Louisiana has a low per capita income and therefore a relatively high federal Medicaid matching assistance percentage (FMAP) at 64%. For every $1 spent by the state, the Federal government matches $1.65. More than half (54%) of all federal funds Louisiana receives are for Medicaid. In Calendar Year 2017, the federal match rate for the Medicaid expansion population is 95%.
What is at Risk under a Per Capita Cap?
- Capping Medicaid funding would reduce the federal assistance for Louisiana to maintain its current Medicaid program.
- Under the Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017 (BCRA), to maintain its current Medicaid program, Louisiana would have to make up $7.8 billion in loss of federal funds between 2020-2029, including $4.3 billion for the phase-out of the enhanced match for the ACA expansion and $3.5 billion for the per enrollee cap on all groups.
- If Louisiana dropped the Medicaid expansion in response to the loss of enhanced federal financing, the state would forgo an additional $13.5 billion over the 2020-2029 period, and by 2029, 510,000 Louisianans estimated to be covered in the expansion group would lose Medicaid coverage.
- Capping federal Medicaid funding could put Medicaid programs designed to improve quality of life and access to new therapies and long-term care for people with disabilities at risk. 15% of Louisiana’s non-institutionalized population reported a disability, the 11th highest reported percentage compared to a U.S. average of 13%.
- Access to care could be reduced under a federal cap since it would be difficult to increase provider rates beyond the caps to promote additional provider participation.
- Medicaid in Louisiana pays providers 71% on average of what Medicare pays and just 57% of physicians in the state are accepting new Medicaid patients, one of the lowest rates in the country.
- Louisiana’s population faces many health challenges, ranking second to last in overall health status. In addition, 41% of people in Louisiana live in a health professional shortage area for primary care and have limited access to the services they need.
- Reducing federal funds through a per capita cap or block grant would limit Louisiana’s ability to respond to public health crises such as the opioid epidemic, HIV, or Zika.
- There are nearly 19,000 people living with HIV in Louisiana and the state has the second highest rate of new HIV cases in the country (24.2 per 100,000). Medicaid is the single largest source of coverage for people with HIV in the U.S.
- The opioid death rate in Louisiana has more than doubled since 2010, reaching 6.3 deaths per 100,000 population in 2015. | <urn:uuid:b2a5eb01-9293-42a7-9b25-69667f5429e5> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.kff.org/medicaid/fact-sheet/medicaids-role-in-louisiana/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571909.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813051311-20220813081311-00278.warc.gz | en | 0.944519 | 840 | 2.15625 | 2 |
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton turns 67 Sunday.
Of course, this will make her subject to many unfair attacks about whether she's too old to be president, but this is nothing new. Republicans use Clinton's age to argue she's unfit for office, even though she would enter at the same age Ronald Reagan did in 1981 if she wins in 2016.
As the adage goes, age is just a number, and Clinton shows no signs of slowing down. If anything, she's just getting started. Young voters have grown up with her in the public eye, and they're enthusiastically supporting her as she preps for a run in 2016.
Clinton's lifetime of accomplishments is worth celebrating. So, happy early birthday to you, Hill. And rather than obsessing over the number of years she's been alive, we should be pouring over these nine numbers from Clinton's life, all of which are much more noteworthy than her age.
That's how many votes Clinton received in the Democratic primary in 2008. It was by far the most votes cast for a female candidate in history and a historic achievement for women across the country.
As Clinton said in her concession speech in June 2008, "Although we weren't able to shatter that highest, hardest glass ceiling this time, thanks to you, it's got about 18 million cracks in it, and the light is shining through like never before."
That's the percentage of young liberals supporting Clinton ahead of the 2016 campaign. The 58% reported by a recent Fusion poll blows other potential candidates out of the water. Joe Biden came in second among Democrats with the support of 13% of Millennials. Paul Ryan was the most popular Republican with the support of 16%.
That's how many miles Clinton traveled on a plane over the course of her four-year tenure as secretary of state. She was the most well-traveled secretary of state in history, logging enough miles to circle the Earth over 38 times.
That's how many countries Clinton visited during her four years as secretary, outnumbering all of her predecessors. Her tenure was extremely active: She met with world leaders 1,700 times during the course of her travels.
That's the number of first ladies before and after Clinton who have served in public office. She also made history by becoming the first woman to be elected statewide in New York in 2000.
That's how many people have been directly affected by the work of the Clinton Global Initiative, the family's philanthropic foundation. The foundation increases opportunities for women, boosts economic growth, addresses climate change and improves global health and wellness.
That's how much the Clinton Global Initiative has pledged to 2,800 different philanthropic projects around the world. The funding supports efforts to provide HIV and AIDS medication to 8.2 million people, help 28,000 African farmers improve their crops and supply 26,000 American schools with healthy food options.
That's how many years Clinton has been on the political stage. Her first foray into electoral politics was as Arkansas' first lady during her husband's 12-year tenure as governor. During Bill Clinton's two terms as president, she took on a range of initiatives as first lady, including spearheading an ill-fated attempt at health care reform. In 2000, she was elected New York state senator. Clinton served as secretary of state in the Obama administration from 2009 to 2013.
That's how many copies Clinton's latest memoir, Hard Choices, sold during its first week of publication. The book covered her time as secretary, including the Benghazi attack and the hunt for Osama bin Laden. As many pointed out, the memoir read as a campaign book, though in the pages she claimed, "I haven't decided yet." We'll see about that.
And these nine are just a handful on a long list, from the number of speaking engagements that brought crowds to their feet to the many compelling interviews.
But as much as we can list success after success to take down her critics, the force of Clinton is unquantifiable. Sixty-seven years old and counting. Let's consider her birthday proof that age is, really, just a number. | <urn:uuid:b1e76fd2-1cee-4c8c-851c-51d694b0bbee> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://mic.com/articles/102212/9-numbers-about-hillary-clinton-that-matter-more-than-her-age | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280835.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00054-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.979083 | 841 | 2.015625 | 2 |
The church of San Pietro in Vincoli is also known as Basilica Eudossiana, because it was rebuilt (replacing another one of identical dimension, the latter built on Roman ruins), by Eudossia, wife to the Emperor Valentiniano III, to treasure the chains of San Pietro retained in Gerusalemme and entrusted to her by her mother Eudocia.
Consecrated by Pope Sisto III in 439, it was restored under the papacy of Adriano I in 780 circa, and then after the year 1000.
Remarkable works were carried out by Sisto IV’s nephew, Cardinal Giuliano Della Rovere, between 1471 and 1503, year in which he was elected Pope under the name Giulio II.
In recent excavations, performed on the occasion of the restoration of the pavement, ruins from the previous buildings were dug out and are now accessible.
The façade is preceded and hidden by an elegant porch that rises from a wide stairway.
The interior is quite grandiose for the parade of splendid columns that divide it into three naves and confer a theatrical aspect, due to the ceiling with a very low vault, portraying "Il Miracolo delle Catene" by Parodi.
According to tradition, the two chains (ties) used to tie up San Pietro are still treasured underneath the altar. It also hold the famous “Mosè” by Michelangelo. | <urn:uuid:6a06b6cc-74fc-4b32-a85e-14a6a0ce88e7> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://tour.rome.it/rome/what-to-see/details/basilica-di-san-pietro-in-vincoli | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571147.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810040253-20220810070253-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.970483 | 307 | 2.625 | 3 |
Low back strains.
Low back pain (Care and treatment)
Low back pain (Research)
|Publication:||Name: New Zealand Journal of Physiotherapy Publisher: New Zealand Society of Physiotherapists Audience: Academic Format: Magazine/Journal Subject: Health Copyright: COPYRIGHT 2010 New Zealand Society of Physiotherapists ISSN: 0303-7193|
|Issue:||Date: Nov, 2010 Source Volume: 38 Source Issue: 3|
|Topic:||Event Code: 310 Science & research|
|Geographic:||Geographic Scope: New Zealand Geographic Code: 8NEWZ New Zealand|
A low back strain, myo-fascial or ligamentous, is one of the
commonest injuries of the back. An acute postero-lateral prolapse of a
low lumbar intervertebral disc is relatively rare. Yet is has become
commonplace for the public and the profession lazily to label them all
with the one glib phrase of a "slipped disc". This is a
diagnosis which is often fear-inspiring and psychologically damaging to
the patient. It may bring temporary mana to the doctor for his alleged
ability to make a quick diagnosis, even if a wrong one, and possibly
benefit his reputation because the strained back, which it has been all
along, gets better in a few days or a few weeks, as it nearly always
does, provided that it is not over treated. A truly prolapsed disc all
too often does not.
Muscle strains are found with great frequency near all the joints of the extremities. They vary from the rupture of a few fibres, as in the pulled hamstring of the footballer, and the partial tear of the gastrocnemius or the tennis elbow to the more serious frank tendon and muscle ruptures in the rotator cuff of the shoulder, the arms and the leg. Yet some doctors appear to believe that they do not occur in the low back, where the greatest muscular strains in the body are centred, or, at all events, to gloss over their common occurrence there. Ligamentous sprains of almost all of the peripheral joints are well recognised and treated for the most part successfully by strapping in a relaxed position or by splinting them in various ways until they have healed themselves in nature's own good time. The same lesions occur in the low back. The signs and symptoms are the same, and so, too, should be the treatment. When a patient sprains his ankle badly he feels immediate pain, followed a little later by stiffening of the joint, which is held in an abnormal position by muscle spasm and which hurts him when he walks on it. Under proper treatment it clears up in from ten days to three weeks' time. So, too, when he hurts his back he feels the same pain, usually more severely because larger joints and muscles are involved. His back stiffens up in just the same way and for the same reason as in the ankle--namely, to hold the affected area in as relaxed--and, therefore, as comfortable--a position as can be obtained. Hence the scoliosis or sciatic list, which does not, of itself alone, prove the presence of a prolapsed disc, but only that of low back strain. Much more certain signs of nerve-root pressure must be elicited before the term "slipped disc" can truthfully be allowed to slip out. A pain down the buttock or the back of the thigh is not sciatica from nerve-root pressure but merely a referred pain from a low back joint injury, in exactly the same way that pain about the region of the deltoid insertion is a referred pain in the case of a shoulder injury, and not a brachial neuritis from a cervical disc protrusion.
How do you treat torn muscles and ligaments in arms and legs? Do you keep manipulating them and tearing them apart, or do you put them on racks and stretch them apart? Surely you treat them all by resting the strained or partially torn part, in one way or another, in as much relaxation as you can get, until you believe that it will have had time to join up sufficiently strongly, and only then do you start to mobilise it and, if necessary, to redevelop weakened muscles with exercises. Rest, sedation and, perhaps, mild warmth, are still the sheet anchors of the successful treatment of low back strain in its early stages, though heat may, because of the vasodilation it produces, temporarily increase local swelling and so make the pain worse, in which case it should be stopped. There is absolutely no inherent healing power in infra-red or diathermy, and surely none in ultra-sonic radiation. The humble hot-water bottle, one-quarter filled, is still a worthwhile bed-fellow in the acute stage, but the ray lamp may certainly prove handy. As healing progresses acute symptoms will subside, and when they have abated is the time to start gentle active exercises. Really light massage to back and buttocks--and I emphasise the word "light"-is, in my opinion, helpful to the patient; but any sort of deep massage, kneading or rolling causes totally unnecessary suffering, and may well be harmful. The return to full activity must not be too hurried. Muscles waste in a few days after a strain, but take many days--perhaps weeks-to recover. They must not be rushed. Many of our physiotherapists, especially the younger ones, tend to try to take their patients along far too quickly, with the result that they relapse. Exercises must be carefully graduated in type and in vigour. Above all, do not manipulate these backs and tear them apart when they are bravely trying to join themselves up. That is one of the ways in which an initial simple acute back strain, misdiagnosed as a "slipped disc", can be turned into a chronic back strain, and a normal patient into a neurasthenic.
Discs may certainly be injured in any low back strain, but unless there are unequivocal signs of nerve-root irritation or compression they have not prolapsed. Then why call them "slipped discs"? To the lay mind, a disc which has slipped out should, theoretically, be capable of being made to slip in again, and this, they are often told nowadays by the soi disant specialists in manipulative surgery, can be made to happen. Those of us, however, who have operated upon and removed prolapsed and sequestrated discs usually find that they are so jammed in position that it is obvious that no power on earth could induce them, by manipulation alone, to go back into their original home in the inter-vertebral joint. They must either stay where they are, lying in uneasy apposition with the nerve root in a narrow bony channel, and wait there until they gradually shrink and so relieve the pressure, or they must be removed surgically. It is probably true that a bulging disc which has not yet burst out completely free may be induced to retract itself during a passive manipulation with or without anaesthesia, but the big -and, I believe, unjustifiable-risk is that the two vertebral bodies, instead of opening up, may come together on the side of the protrusion and do the reverse, nipping the disk free and pushing it out to remain forever sequestrated and a permanent danger to adjacent nerve roots. Once this has happened, the disc is diminished from actual loss of substance, and degenerative changes in it in the future are assured. I just do not believe that anyone can be so omniscient as to be able to tell by a conscious patient's reaction whether any such manipulation is moving in a safe direction or in a dangerous one.
Manipulation of the back for certain complaints localised to it is occasionally a shortcut in treatment and is often undoubtedly beneficial. It is simple and can be done by anyone, but it should be used only in cases deemed suitable by a surgeon of considerable experience, and it should never be done by physiotherapists, unless they have been definitely instructed to do so in a specific case by someone with sufficient knowledge and experience. There are no secrets in how to do it: the only secret is to know when to do it. It is being used far too widely. So uncontrolled has the enthusiasm for manipulation waxed of late that I have actually had an old gentleman of 67 years, bent up with a simple osteoarthritic spine, who had been seized upon by one such enthusiast, manipulated by him by the passive back-to-back method and then, because the pain was not getting better, put on the rack to have his spine stretched. That is an extreme case, as is also the case of the lady in her fifties, treated by a medical practitioner for pains about the left side of her chest by passive manipulation of the dorsal spine, which completely tore the rotator cuff muscles in her left shoulder, but left her angina pains unaltered. The fetish of manipulation has, I believe, gone too far.
Finally, I want to condemn completely a treatment by the injection of a sclerosing fluid, which I heard advocated at a recent general practitioner conference held at Auckland. It would appear that the solution is injected into the interspinous ligaments of the low lumbar spine with the intention of inducing the production of fibrous issue and tightening up "mobile joints". I cannot think of anything which has a less rational basis to commend it, or is fraught with more possible danger. The best that it could do would be to make scar tissue, and scar tissue is our enemy and not our friend. It will contract at first, as it always does, but it will inevitably stretch later on, and, when it does, any laxity which was present before will still be present with the irritation of the scar tissue superadded to it. An injection of a sclerosing solution in this area, ill-judged either as to depth or direction, could give results too dire to bear thinking of.
In conclusion, I suggest again that the phrase "slipped disc" should be avoided in all cases other than those in which it has eventually become reasonable to make a diagnosis of a clear-cut prolapse with acute pain below the knee, an acutely positive Lasegine test and some definite changes in sensation motor power or reflexes in addition to the low back signs. Nearly all cases, for a start at all events, can be fairly called low back strains, a phrase which is not fear-provoking and is just as easily understood by the patient. The majority of them are just that and no more.
By Allan MacDonald (Auckland)
Published in the New Zealand Journal of Physiotherapy, November 1960
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Blowing in the Wind: The Navajo Nation and Uranium
Author:Jovana J. Brown, PhD and Lori Lambert, PhD, DS, RN
The Navajo Nation was the site of extensive uranium mining and milling in the 1950’s through the 1980’s. This mining and milling has left a terrible legacy for the people and the land. Mine and mill workers were left with illness caused by radiation exposure. Many of these workers have since died. Abandoned mine and mill sites on the Navajo Nation continue to expose residents to harmful radiation. Water supplies have been contaminated. The Navajo Nation banned uranium mining in 2005. Yet the menace of new uranium mines in and immediately adjacent to Navajo communities continues to threaten the Navajos. This case examines the history of uranium on the Navajo Nation and looks at the question of how new mining in and immediately adjacent to the Nation could occur. An appendix to the case briefly examines uranium mining on other American Indian lands.
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Arizona immigration law: states vs. Obama at US Supreme Court, again
The US Supreme Court is set to hear arguments Wednesday concerning the tough Arizona immigration law. Key question: Does the state statute usurp federal authority to set immigration policy?
Ross D. Franklin/AP
For the second time in a month, the US Supreme Court will hear oral argument in a major election-year dispute that pits state officials against the Obama administration over the balance of power between states and the national government.
On April 25, the issue before the justices is whether Arizona exceeded its authority when it passed a tough immigration enforcement statute, Senate Bill 1070, designed to encourage illegal immigrants to pack up and leave. The Arizona strategy is called "attrition through enforcement."
The Arizona case comes roughly a month after 26 states argued at the high court that Congress had overstepped its authority in passing the president's health-care reform law.
As in the health-care case, the stakes in the immigration dispute extend well beyond fundamental questions about the scope of state and federal power. A high court decision in late June could boost or complicate political fortunes in a presidential election year.
Immigration is an important issue to many Latino voters, a significant and growing constituency within the US electorate. Polling shows President Obama with a substantial lead among Latinos over presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney.
But immigration is also a powerful issue among conservatives and many independents. Polls show that despite an Obama administration lawsuit to block Arizona’s immigration enforcement law, Americans favor the state’s tough provision 2 to 1.
As if that isn't enough drama, the same two lawyers who argued the health-care case are set to face off again in the Arizona dispute – Washington appellate lawyer Paul Clement and Solicitor General Donald Verrilli.
The question for the high court is whether Arizona and other states are entitled to pass state laws that mirror specific provisions in federal immigration statutes and strictly enforce those provisions even when the Obama administration has decided – as a matter of policy and budgetary constraint – not to enforce those same provisions.
"There is absolutely no conflict between these [Arizona] provisions and federal law because SB 1070 adopts the federal rule as its own," Mr. Clement writes in his brief on behalf of Arizona.
He adds: "Unless and until Congress expressly forecloses such efforts, Arizona has the inherent authority to add its own resources to the enforcement of federal laws."
Solicitor General Verrilli argues in his brief on behalf of the administration that the Constitution assigns matters of immigration and border enforcement exclusively to the national government. He adds that Congress gave the executive branch substantial discretion to decide how best to enforce the laws.
SB 1070 is an attempt by Arizona to impose state priorities in place of the president's national priorities, Verrilli says. Rather than attempting to arrest and deport all illegal immigrants, the Obama administration says it is focusing on violent criminals and those posing a potential national security threat.
"Arizona has adopted its own immigration policy, which focuses solely on maximum enforcement and pays no heed to the multifaceted judgments that the [federal immigration law] provides for the executive branch to make," Verrilli writes.
"For each state, and each locality, to set its own immigration policy in that fashion would wholly subvert Congress's goal: a single, national approach," he says.
Arizona's SB 1070 is best known for a provision that requires state and local law enforcement officials to check the immigration status of anyone detained in a traffic or other stop whenever authorities have reason to suspect the individual is in the United States illegally.
In addition, the state law also requires noncitizens and nonpermanent residents in Arizona to carry an immigrant registration document like a green card. It makes it illegal for an undocumented immigrant to work or apply for work in Arizona, and it empowers the police to make warrantless arrests when the officer has probable cause to believe the subject has committed a deportable offense.
Critics say the law will lead to illegal racial profiling. Supporters say it is an effort to make up for lax immigration and border enforcement by the administration.
In 2010, the Obama administration sued Arizona to block the law. A federal judge issued an injunction. A panel of the Ninth US Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed.
Arizona appealed to the Supreme Court.
In addition to the legal issues, the case is a potential political blockbuster in a presidential election year.
The president's kinder, gentler immigration approach is believed to have paid significant political dividends to the president and the Democratic Party among Latinos.
Republicans are split on how best to address immigration. Some favor the tough approach embraced by Arizona, while others are concerned that it could drive Latino voters wholesale to the Democrats.
Three of the states were sued by the Obama administration, and all five state laws have been temporarily blocked by federal judges.
Sixteen states filed a friend of the court brief supporting Arizona in the Supreme Court case. Eleven states filed a brief supporting the administration.
States supporting the administration argue that state governments have broad power to enact laws addressing the impact of undocumented immigrants. But that power does not extend to the federal government's authority to remove undocumented immigrants residing in a particular state.
"Congress could have delegated to the states, as it did to the executive branch, the same broad enforcement authority to arrest and detain undocumented immigrants for purposes of removal. But Congress declined to adopt that model," writes New York Solicitor General Barbara Underwood in a brief on behalf of states supporting the administration's position.
Michigan Solicitor General John Bursch presents a broader view of state power in his brief on behalf of states supporting Arizona.
"Congressional intent is furthered, not thwarted, when state law enforcement officers verify and communicate to the federal government their reasonable suspicion that an individual is in the country illegally," he writes. "A contrary conclusion stands the whole notion of federal preemption on its head: a state enforcing congressional directives too well is an obstacle to congressional intent."
He compared federal immigration statutes with the federal Clean Water Act. The antipollution regulation is designed to enforce a national environmental standard, but states are free to apply more stringent protections of water quality within their own jurisdictions, he said.
Verrilli argues that the president's discretion in immigration enforcement is broader than in other areas because immigration is intricately interwoven with foreign relations.
He says humanitarian considerations, foreign-policy considerations, or other reasons may counsel against an illegal immigrant's deportation. Verrilli added that budget considerations may also be a factor.
"[The Department of Homeland Security] receives sufficient funding to provide for the removal of only about 400,000 aliens per year, whereas an estimated 10.8 million aliens are unlawfully present," he said.
According to US Immigration and Customs Enforcement statistics, immigration officials under Obama removed 1.179 million illegal immigrants from the US during the three years from 2009 to 2011.
Despite the administration's claimed priority of targeting violent convicts, the statistics show that less than half (46.5 percent) were convicted criminals.
The majority (630,789) are listed as noncriminals who were found to be illegally present in the US and removed.
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I am looking for a good way to make sure that I know what cpan is doing when I install a perl module. For example "cpan -i Titanium" will attempt to install quite a lot. When I tried it I was so horrified I restored from backup. So now my plan is:
I have a little script:
echo "/usr/bin/cpan -t $1 2>&1 >/root/reports/$1.log" | script /root/r
When I can run this without any errors I will proceed to do a real install. Can anyone improve on this?
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The World Health Organization has recently reported a further increase in new cases of coronavirus in the past few weeks in nearly all countries around the world including those which imposed strict restrictions. For instance, the spread of coronavirus in Europe has also increased even though most of the countries took early action for controlling the virus.
According to the list released by the European division of the WHO, an increase of 200,000 has been reported in nearly all countries in the continent with Russia, the United Kingdom, Turkey, Germany, and Spain having the highest daily toll in the past fourteen days.
In addition to these countries, others such as France and Italy are also experiencing a rise in cases even though the transmission had been reduced and controlled significantly in the past few months.
This was done via imposing strict rules for the coronavirus even without lockdown. Most countries have laws for crowd control in public places as well as for wearing a mask, which is two of the most important steps for ending the ongoing pandemic.
However, if coronavirus in Europe had been controlled to an extent, why are the number of cases rising once again in the continent?
The assistant professor in the department of hygiene and epidemiology at Medical University in Bulgaria, Dimitar Marinov, the increase in cases is a result of the relaxation of certain measures after the control of transmission of the virus.
As the number of cases went down in several European countries, the regulations were coronavirus were eased.
Though it has been noted that many people continued to wear masks and follow similar preventive measures, the reopening of certain places made it difficult to continue to follow the steps.
For example, a number of countries reopened public spaces including bars and restaurants. These are places where people cannot wear a face mask all the time or even maintain social distance.
With the reopening of businesses across the continent, countries also opened borders for incoming tourists and travelers. Although travelers from specific countries were allowed, it still paved the way for increasing summertime travel.
After the end of the lockdown and opening of borders, many people traveled even within the continent. The rise in cases was expected by the majority of the health experts especially after ending stricter restrictions for the virus.
However, the main problem was the very rapid increase in some of the countries which also do not have enough facilities to deal with a second and possibly worse wave of coronavirus. This includes Eastern European and Balkan countries.
Some are also reporting shortages of personal protective equipment (PPEs) as well as lack of space for new patients.
According to health experts, the increase may hint at the start of the second wave of coronavirus in Europe. The number of new cases may further go up rapidly in the coming few weeks if people continue to not follow preventive measures and businesses keep operating.
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Most of the efforts designed to make healthcare processes more transparent hope to make patients better shoppers. The assumption is that better-informed patients make better decisions, and that ultimately, if enough patients have the right data they’ll take steps which improve outcomes and lower the cost of care. And while the evidence for this assumption is sparse, the information may increase patient engagement in their care — and hopefully, their overall health.
That’s all well and good, but I believe too little attention has been paid to another dimension of transparency. To wit, I’d argue that it’s more than time to present patients with clinical data on a real- or near-real-time basis. Yes, shopping for the right doctor is good, but isn’t it even more important for patients to see what results he or she actually gets in their particular medical case?
Patients rarely get a well-developed look at their clinical data. Patient portals may offer access to test and imaging results from today through 10 years ago — my health system does — but offer no tools to put this data in context. If a patient wants to take a good look at their health history, and particularly, how test results correlate with their behavior, they’ll have to map the data out themselves. And that’s never going to work for your average patient.
Of course, there are obstacles to making this happen:
- Physicians aren’t thrilled with the idea of giving patients broad healthcare data access. In fact, more than one doctor I’ve seen wouldn’t let me see test results until he or she had “approved” them.
- Even if you set out to create some kind of clinical data dashboard, doing so isn’t trivial, at least if you want to see patients actually use it. Significant user testing would be a must to make this approach a success.
- To my knowledge, no EMR vendor currently supports a patient dashboard or any other tools to help patients navigate their own data. So to create such an offering, providers would need to wait until their vendor produces such a tool or undertake a custom development project.
To some extent, the healthcare IT industry is already headed in this direction. For example, I’ve encountered mobile apps that attempt to provide some context for the data which they collect. But virtually all healthcare apps focus on just a few key indicators, such as, say calorie intake, exercise or medication compliance. For a patient to get a broad look at their health via app, they would have to bring together several sets of data, which simply isn’t practical.
Instead, why not give patients a broad look at their health status as seen through the rich data contained in an EMR? The final result could include not only data points, but also annotations from doctors as to the significance of trends and access to educational materials in context. That way, the patient could observe, say, the link between blood pressure levels, exercise, weight and med compliance, read comments from both their cardiologist and PCP on what has been working, and jump to research and education on cardiovascular health.
Ultimately, I’d argue, the chief obstacle to creating such an offering isn’t technical. Rather, it’s a cultural issue. Understandably, clinicians are concerned about the disruption such approaches might pose to their routine, as well as their ability to manage cases.
But if we are to make patients healthier, putting the right tools in their hands is absolutely necessary. And hey, after paying so much for EMRs, why not get more value for your money?
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Axel Merk, July 21, 2009
Green Shoots Everywhere! The credit crisis is over; an economic recovery is just around the corner! Hold your horses – there may not be enough water to nourish them at the next pit stop. Hold on – isn’t a bad decision supposed to turn into good policy when you back it by trillions of freshly printed U.S. dollars?
Conventional wisdom suggests that when you lower interest rates, splatter lots of money onto the economy through spending programs and credit facilities, the economy will recover. There are a couple of problems with that view. For starters, given the magnitude of the credit bust the world has just seen, “conventional wisdom” may no longer hold up. But wait – we have seen nascent signs of a recovery – the touted green shoots! Let’s examine some of these:
- the stock market has bounced substantially from its lows;
- policy makers tell us that the economy is improving;
- banks report strong earnings.
Do you notice a theme here? The first two reference expectations of things improving (arguably the view of policy makers should be taken with a grain of salt, as their own policies contributed to the present mess). Furthermore, it should be no surprise that when a financial institution has access to essentially free money and all losses are guaranteed that they manage to report “better than expected” earnings. Wait, there is another one: Intel tells us that chip shipments are up again; yet Dell and others continue to warn about the reluctance of consumers and businesses to buy their products. Could it be that refilling depleted inventories is not a harbinger of an economic recovery?
There are other indicators that have shown signs of improvements; those searching for a glass half full have been able to find it. To be sure, an improvement in sentiment is essential to any recovery as consumer confidence influences spending and investment decisions. So with trillions of dollars committed, with fiscal and monetary spending put into high gear, what is a policy maker to do? Let’s take a peek behind the scenes at the Federal Reserve (Fed) and look at the growth of the Fed’s balance sheet:
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As a rule of thumb, the Fed’s balance sheet can be viewed as the money that has been printed out of thin air, even if that “printing” is done electronically and no dollar bills are created. When the Fed increases its balance sheet, an uptick in economic activity may result as more credit is made available to the economy; think of the Fed’s balance sheet as “super money” as there is a high multiplier effect between the money the Fed makes available to the banking system and the economic activity that may be created. However, this only works if first banks indeed make the cheap money available, but then individuals and businesses take the “bait”, i.e. take out more loans. Rather than risking that banks may not pass on the money, the Fed has engaged in various “credit easing” programs, essentially bypassing the banks to extend credit to specific sectors of the economy.
In mid-September last year, the Fed’s balance sheet stood at about $1 trillion; since then it has more than doubled, but the growth has tapered off. Other charts you may see showing a decline in recent weeks do not reflect the net commitments to buy mortgage-backed securities. Indeed, we would not be surprised if the Fed were to employ more derivatives to provide the illusion of a more conservative balance sheet; the New York Fed, for example, has been very interested in moving assets into special purpose investment vehicles (SIVs) to remove them from its balance sheet. This isn’t so different from companies delivering what investors are asking for: You want sales? We give you top line growth (read mail-in rebate programs that appear as liabilities while reported sales are high). You want margins? We give you margins (read stuffing inventory channels and the periodic write-down of unsold inventory). You want a strong balance sheet? We give you a strong balance sheet (read off-balance sheet vehicles). Everyone wants to be appreciated and the Fed is no different in trying to please the market. Except that it is not the role of the Fed to be loved, but to foster an environment that promotes price stability (low inflation). Incidentally, it is well established that the Fed’s secondary mandate to promote maximum sustainable growth is best achieved in an environment that fosters price stability.
The Fed may want to see the impact of the current initiatives before ramping up its programs. It generally takes about 6-9 months for Fed policy changes to work their way through the economy. There are a couple of factors why the Fed’s balance sheet has plateaued in recent months:
- Seasonal factors influence the Fed’s balance sheet and are responsible for a fall early in the year;
- Some of the Fed’s programs are indeed fading out. Amongst them are support for the commercial paper market as the panic has abated; as well as certain liquidity facilities that are not cost effective to the borrowers;
- Some of the Fed’s purchase programs have been off to a slow start. Some, like the Public Private Investment Partnership program (PPIP) because they are ill-designed; others because the Fed may want to influence the market by the simple announcement that they intend to become active, but then saving its firing power. The mere announcement can move a market – at least in the short-term. However, this “active communication” strategy is risky as it jeopardizes the credibility of the Fed.
We don’t think the Fed is done printing money – indeed, the Fed has committed to printing substantially more, amongst others, to purchase a further $600 billion worth of mortgage-backed securities. The purpose of this discussion, however, is that the Fed’s actions in recent months have hovered sideways. If all the money that has been thrown at the system does not stick, the Fed, in our assessment, is likely to print more. The stock market rally coincided with the typical lag time to the initial boost of the Fed’s printing press, and when the green shoot theories begun to spring up. But those green shoots are wilting; the “conventional wisdom” is not playing out as planned. There are many reasons for this, amongst them:
- Market forces are stronger than the Fed and the credit contraction has not run its course.
- Inefficiencies in how the Fed’s programs have been designed: the Fed may be able to prop up financial institutions, but it does so by substituting rather than encouraging private sector activities. That’s because rational market participants may have no interest in extending credit at artificially low rates. Warren Buffett, amongst others, has complained his firm cannot compete at the terms offered by government subsidized programs or companies.
- Inefficiencies in how the Administration’s programs have been designed: when you give a break to someone shocked by the credit crisis and deeply in debt, that person is likely to save a good portion of any government handout. In contrast, had the stimulus plan provided an incentive to small businesses to invest, a positive economic snowball effect may have been created. Instead, the most recent proposals suggest a tax increase for small businesses to finance more government spending (think healthcare reform, amongst others).
Looking forward, there are more headwinds in the pipeline:
- CIT, the troubled small business lender that serves 950,000 mostly small and midsize businesses including 300,000 retailers and 1,900 manufacturers, is struggling to survive. As of this writing, it seems possible that CIT may be able to avert bankruptcy, but is likely to become more conservative and thus make less credit available to small business.
- The federal government will need to issue an enormous amount of debt in the coming months. Given that the summer months are typically slower months to raise debt, there may be an unprecedented supply of new government debt in the fall, which will likely put upward pressure on rates.
- Corporate America also needs to go back to the financial markets in the fall with massive funding needs. On a related note, in Europe, the European Central Bank (ECB) recently provided an unlimited supply of 1 year financing to the banking system – the equivalent of over $600 billion was handed out. The connection: the ECB may foresee a crunch in the fall and may be taking advantage of a relatively calm period in the market to create a buffer against a possible funding shortfall.
- California’s first round of IOUs are due October 2. Of course Sacramento will have resolved all of its budget issues by then and tax revenue will have stabilized. And pigs might fly. California, for now, is as well as other states, will need to raise a lot more money. In that case, as many want to access the credit markets at the same time, don’t be surprised if the appetite to finance local, state, federal, corporate and international needs will be low.
Before we get too excited about the reflation that is said to take place around the world, consider that the Fed’s been pausing to wait out market reaction to its policies. Given the typical lag time of Fed intervention, the green shoots may have wilted and died in the absence of fresh liquidity, just as massive financing requirements hits the markets. Call it Credit Crunch Part Deux.
We shall note that we don’t have a crystal ball. However, it’s a possible scenario and investors who believe that there’s a reasonable probability that it may play out that way may consider taking it into account in their portfolio allocation. What does this mean for the markets? For starters, we believe the equity markets may have got ahead of themselves. In addition to what we mention above, the business model of corporations that rely on cheap financing is fundamentally broken – CIT is a prime, but by far not the only example of that – and won’t come back anytime soon.
Will we see a flight to panic, a flight back into the U.S. Dollar and Treasuries? If it does, we believe the pendulum will swing less than last year. Consider in particular that the balance sheet of the U.S. has deteriorated over the past 12 months. While the U.S. may still be considered a safe haven, it is not the safe haven it was a year ago. Governments around the world have also not been sitting idle, making a flight to the U.S. less likely. Panic may not evolve as the U.S. and other governments have made it clear that they may do whatever it takes to keep the financial system together – read: print money, lower the barrier to what may be too big to fail and provide liquidity.
The massive supply of debt to be issued should push up the cost of borrowing (raise yields, lower prices of debt securities). However, that scenario is exactly the opposite of what the Fed wants to achieve. The Fed wants to keep the cost of borrowing low – especially for the housing market. As a result, we believe the Fed will ramp up its intervention in the bond markets if and when credit deteriorates once again. This time around, many tools will be in place that were not available last year, allowing policy makers to react more promptly. While this may appease those in desperate need of funding, it again means that the securities targeted may no longer be attractive to rational buyers, as they won’t be adequately compensated for the risks they are taking. More specifically, if the Fed buys Treasury Bonds or mortgage-backed securities (MBS) to lower interest rates, why would rational buyers – be that foreigners or private domestic investors – buy these? This abstract concept is nothing but the Fed printing money to finance government spending, even if the Fed denies that it is “monetizing the debt” as this is called. By the way, while it is not the Fed’s job to monetize the debt, it is in the Fed’s interest to provide the perception that it is not monetizing the debt for as long as possible so as to – once again – lower the cost of borrowing. Needless to say, the U.S. dollar may come under considerable pressure if the public were to agree to what seems obvious to us. The fact that a weaker dollar may not be in the interest of U.S. creditors may not be enough to prop up the greenback should this transpire.
A brief word on other regions: China’s stimulus package has been more effective (and China can afford its stimulus); in Asia, China may not only be best positioned to allow its currency to appreciate, but China will also find that a stronger currency may be the most effective tool to counter inflationary pressures that have been building as a result of its highly expansionary policies. Europe may see its share of suffering, but it won’t be as “efficient” in creating government debt (because of the decentralized nature of the European Union that makes bailouts and fiscal stimuli more difficult to coordinate); we believe that the less aggressive actions should continue to make the euro more attractive than the U.S. dollar. Please read our past Merk Insights for a discussion of specific currencies and regions.
Gold continues to be true money that cannot be printed and thus something to consider for those who lose their confidence in all fiat currencies. Overall, don’t expect smooth sailing in the months ahead – those familiar with gold know that, relative to the U.S. dollar, gold can be a rather rocky ride, even if it may ultimately be profitable for those who have the stomach to bear the volatility. As the U.S. dollar in particular is at risk of losing its function as a store of value, investors may want to consider a diversified approach to something as mundane as cash.
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Axel Merk wrote the book on Sustainable Wealth, due in bookstores this October.
Axel Merk, President & CIO of Merk Investments, LLC, is an expert on hard money, macro trends and international investing. He is considered the authority on currencies. His insight and expertise have allowed him to foresee major economic developments: As early as 2003, he pinpointed the macro trend of U.S. dollar volatility while warning about the building of the credit bubble. In 2005, Axel Merk positioned his clients to move out of real estate and protect them against a faltering U.S. dollar by investing in hard currencies and gold. In early 2007, he wisely cautioned that volatility would surge, causing a painful global credit contraction affecting all asset classes. He is a regular guest on CNBC, Fox Business, Bloomberg TV and frequently quoted in the Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Barron’s and other financial publications around the world.
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The Funds may be appropriate for you if you are pursuing a long-term goal with a hard or Asian currency component to your portfolio; are willing to tolerate the risks associated with investments in foreign currencies; or are looking for a way to potentially mitigate downside risk in or profit from a secular bear market. For more information on the Funds and to download a prospectus, please visit www.merkfunds.com.
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The Funds primarily invest in foreign currencies and as such, changes in currency exchange rates will affect the value of what the Funds own and the price of the Funds' shares. Investing in foreign instruments bears a greater risk than investing in domestic instruments for reasons such as volatility of currency exchange rates and, in some cases, limited geographic focus, political and economic instability, and relatively illiquid markets. The Funds are subject to interest rate risk which is the risk that debt securities in the Funds' portfolio will decline in value because of increases in market interest rates. The Funds may also invest in derivative securities which can be volatile and involve various types and degrees of risk. As a non-diversified fund, the Merk Hard Currency Fund will be subject to more investment risk and potential for volatility than a diversified fund because its portfolio may, at times, focus on a limited number of issuers. For a more complete discussion of these and other Fund risks please refer to the Funds' prospectuses.
The views in this article were those of Axel Merk as of the newsletter's publication date and may not reflect his views at any time thereafter. These views and opinions should not be construed as investment advice. Mr. Merk is the founder and president of Merk Investments LLC and is the portfolio manager for the Merk Hard and Asian Currency Funds. Foreside Fund Services, LLC, distributor.
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So far 1,140 people exposed to the World Trade Center Ground Zero after the September 11 attacks have been diagnosed with cancer. That number is continuing to grow according to the doctors and nurses treating the heroes.
In advance of the 12th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, Mount Sinai Medical Center has released a study which found a 15 percent higher rate of cancer among September 11 responders who were exposed to the toxins at Ground Zero.
As of August 2013 1,140 responders and people who worked, lived or studied in lower Manhattan have been certified by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health to have a World Trace Center-related cancer. Experts say that this is just the start.
Back in 2011 Dr. Laura Crowley, assistant professor of preventive medicine at Mount Sinai Medical School, spoke about the World Trade attacks survivors coming in with symptoms.
She said, “New patients are still coming in, people who say they went to the doctor and have been ignoring symptoms for a long time…It's important to figure out if it's related to World Trade Center exposure and will develop into something in the future."
The Irish American doctor said that those coming in are showing symptoms including a persistent cough, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, bronchitis, headaches, nosebleeds, acid reflux, gastrointestinal illnesses, sarcoidosis, interstitial lung disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, sinusitis, sleep apnea and a loss of lung function or sense of smell. She said that although some people get better, others don’t.
NYPD Detective Amadeo Pulley (47) was diagnosed with WTC-related cancer in May. He spent 50 days helping out at Ground Zero.
He told the New York Daily News, “You get a lump in your throat when you first have to tell your wife.
“But I told my family and two kids I’m gonna be fine. We will get through this.”
Dr. Jim Melius, chairman of the steering committee for the WTC Responder Medical Program and a 9/11 Health Watch board member, said, “There are more cases out there, because we just know of the people in our government-funded medical programs, not those who have been treated by their private doctors.”
He added, “Because of the carcinogens in the air at Ground Zero, people who were exposed are vulnerable. And with cancer, there is a delay.”
Tina Engel, an oncology nurse at North Shore Hospital’s WTC clinic, Queens, said, “Sadly enough, I am here just two months, and I have identified a dozen new cancer cases, and I have another 25 patients whose diagnostic test results are pending.
“The good news is that with the new [Zadroga] federal funding, I get what I need when I need it for our patients. Their biopsies and scans are turned around in a week. Cancer trumps everything.”
Detective Pulley successfully had more than half his left kidney removed on July 25. His prognosis is good, he has five percent chance of the cancer recurring.
Pulley said, “I think about the guys who passed away and I am fortunate.
Yeah, I have kidney cancer, but I am still here with my family. If God forbid we were ever attacked again, I would still do the same thing.”
So far 65,000 people who got sick from 9/11 exposure are part of a WTC medical monitoring and treatment program in the New York area. For more information call 888-982-4748 or visit www.cdc.gov/wtc.
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We all are aware of the term carbon footprint and why it is important to reduce your carbon footprint in today’s modern world. Every activity that we do does have an impact on the environment directly or indirectly. With the growing concerns of environmental issues and challenges, the need of the hour calls for lucrative and innovative ways of reducing the increased levels of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Through this article we will understand how sports can reduce carbon footprints.
How to reduce your carbon footprint while going to a sporting event?
As mentioned earlier the sports industry is not to be Limited to professionals or manufacturing companies. Even as spectators the common man is equally responsible to contribute towards the reduction of carbon footprints at a Sporting event. On an average 52% of spectator footprint can be reduced if every individual follows certain simple rules at the time of a Sporting event or game.
For example, instead of going in different vehicles to the same location people can consider carpooling especially if they are from the same area or city. Communities can have a special team that can deal with such activities during the sport season.
Another way to reduce carbon footprint is by picking up any plastic remains after the event and then sending it to the recycling plant. For this, the community can give this responsibility to a group of people who regularly are a part of community games.
What do experts have to say?
Researchers and experts reveal that you can reduce your carbon footprint as a sports person by following certain preventive and precautionary measures especially when you are a part of competitive Sports or playing in a professional level. On an average approximately 844 kgs carbon footprint is emitted annually during racket or team sport events during a professional game. This is an alarming number given the fact that we are dealing with various kinds of environmental crisis in this modern age.
So, how can sports reduce carbon footprints on a professional level or during competitive games?
To understand this the first thing, we need to understand is that sporting gears like footballs, basket balls, tennis rackets are made from materials that can be harmful to the environment. One of the best ways you can reduce your carbon footprint on a professional level is to opt for ecofriendly products or sporting equipment that are available in the market. Manufacturing companies are now adopting the recycle and reuse concept more prominently while catering to the increasing demands of the masses. Here are some ways on how companies are working towards reducing their carbon footprints while dealing with sporting goods and equipment.
Offering replacement benefits
Some companies even go ahead and offer various kinds of benefits to major organizations and Sporting associations in exchange for the use and worn-out Sporting gear like sports balls etc. They not only replace the gear but also come up with lucrative ways to use the same material again after following a stringent restoration process. The parts or materials are the sorted out into two main piles, the first being the reusable ones and the second is the non-reusable one. The reusable parts are resold to small scale manufacturers who come up with innovative crafty ideas like home decor items, jewelry, bags etc.
Teaming up with small-scaled manufacturers
The good part of the material is reused to make sporting equipment like Soccer ball for children while the worn-out parts are recycled and resold to other industries. This process helps to ensure that no part goes to waste and at the same time the environment is cared for in many ways. Only in the worst case situations, the unusable parts are thrown or broken down in such a way so that it does not affect the environment.
Although this concept is still new, however, it is one of the ways of how companies and small-scale manufacturers are working hand in hand towards the importance of carbon footprint reduction. Sometimes even Non-profit organizations and Craft based companies come forward to buy these materials for further use.
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Chea Mon cried at the arrival terminal yesterday when she saw that her son, who disappeared 11 years ago, was not among the seven rescued Cambodian trafficking victims stepping through the exit gate at Phnom Penh International Airport.
Heng Chivoan/Phnom Penh Post
Chea Mon, whose son has been missing for the past 11 years after going abroad to work on fishing boats, speaks to the Post yesterday at Phnom Penh International Airport.
As had been the case many times before when she had travelled to the airport, seizing on news that victims rescued from Thai fishing boats would return, she was sorely disappointed.
“I ran out of hope when I didn’t see my son among the seven fishermen who arrived back in their homeland today after I heard that migrant workers had been sent back,” she said.
Chea Mon told reporters that in the 11 years her son had been gone, she had received only one phone call from 38-year-old Soy Sros, who left Kampong Speu for Thailand, lured by the bait of rumoured high salaries.
“I don’t know if he is alive or dead. I did not agree with him going, but in my village there are so many people who went,” she said.
Those who did arrive yesterday, alive, if not well, are among a group of 14 rescued last week during a co-ordinated effort by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the International Organisation for Migration and Indonesian authorities, after desperate phone calls from the victims.
Seven others remain in Indonesia awaiting repatriation, while on Monday, families in Kampong Chhnang filed a complaint to provincial police seeking help to find relatives they say are stranded in Malaysia and Africa after escaping fishing boats.
Ben Channa, an official at the Ministry of Interior’s anti-human trafficking and juvenile protection department, said police are now searching for the brokers who sent the men to Thailand.
More than 100 Cambodian men have been repatriated from abroad since December after escaping or being rescued from slave labour conditions on Thai fishing boats.
One of them, 23-year-old Eng Ros from Kampot province, recounted the familiar dilemma of those caught in a migrant labour trade where reports have surfaced for years of forced labour, beatings, shootings, drugging and murder.
“Once I was on the boat, I knew that I had been trafficked, but I could not do anything because it is a big sea,” he said.
The Gulf of Thailand and surrounding waters such as the South China Sea are the trawling grounds for the tens of thousands of boats operating in the highly unregulated Thai fishing industry, which sells billions of dollars worth of fish each year primarily to foreign markets.
Andy Hall, foreign expert at Mahidol University’s Institute of Population and Social Research in Bangkok, said it was “about time that the international governments that are buying these products start taking the issue seriously”.
“The whole industry is reliant on trafficking, they can’t get people onto the boats without deceiving them, and all we get is a denial from the fishing industry that there is a problem,” he said.
“The fishing industry is connected to huge multinational companies across the world, and I think that what you have to remember is that governments like to take the easy options, so they give money to UN agencies.”
Instead, real economic pressure needed to be applied to Thailand, which also should be downgraded to Tier 3 in the next US State Department Trafficking in Persons report for its failure to take any serious action on the matter, he said.
Somkiat Chayasriwong, permanent secretary at Thailand’s Ministry of Labour, said his government had taken steps to address trafficking in the industry, setting up offices to respond to the issue in every Thai province in December last year.
“However, right now, we haven’t caught or arrested anybody,” he said.
Phil Robertson, deputy Asia director for Human Rights Watch, said real action would not come until consumers were made aware through the media of the conditions under which their fish were caught.
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Pain, such as from stubbing your toe, has a physical cause. However, pain can also be generated by your body's nerves without a physical source. This type of pain is called neuropathic pain, and appears to have no cause, making treatment difficult. For some people neuropathic pain is unresponsive to traditional forms of therapy and may lead to serious disability.
Neuropathic pain is associated with abnormal functioning of the nervous system. The nerves that affect the perception of pain behave in abnormal ways in patients with neuropathic pain. Neuropathic pain often seems to have no cause. For example, you may feel pain in a limb that has been amputated (phantom limb pain). Stimuli that cause little or no pain in healthy people can cause very intense, long lasting neuropathic pain, which is very difficult to treat. Many painkillers, including some very powerful drugs such as morphine, have little effect on neuropathic pain. For this reason, there is a great deal of interest by researchers in using drugs not approved as painkillers to treat neuropathic pain.
Commonly Prescribed (On-Label) Drugs: None
Off-Label Prescription Drugs Breakthrough Options: Amitriptyline, Clomipramine, Desipramine, Nortriptyline, Bupropion, Carbamazepine, Gabapentin, Lamotrigine, Lidocaine, Mexiletine, Oxcarbazepine, Phenytoin, Rituximab, Tiagabine, Venlafaxine
Post-herpetic neuralgia is triggered by the virus that causes chickenpox. A small amount of this virus can remain in the body for many years after the initial chickenpox illness. When the virus is reactivated by stress, age, or other unknown factors, it travels along nerve cells and causes pain. When the virus reaches the skin, it produces a rash and blisters. This condition is known as shingles or herpes zoster. You may continue to feel pain long after the rash and blisters disappear, which is called post-herpetic neuralgia.
Commonly Prescribed (On-Label) Drugs: Lidocaine
Off-Label Prescription Drugs Breakthrough Options: Amitriptyline, Nortriptyline, Carbidopa-levodopa, Clonidine, Desipramine
Trigeminal neuralgia is an extremely painful condition that usually affects people over age 50, most often women. In involves the fifth cranial nerve, which leads to the head. The trigeminal nerve can be compressed by a blood vessel, the pressure wearing away the nerve’s myelin sheath. The intense, stabbing pain occurs in the jaw, gums, forehead or elsewhere on the face.
Commonly Prescribed (On-Label) Drugs: Carbamazepine
Off-Label Prescription Drugs Breakthrough Options: Botulinum Toxin Type A, Gabapentin, Lamotrigine, Oxcarbazepine
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"Why do we amass stuff we don’t need?" ponders Philipp Blom, a Vienna-based cultural historian, journalist and author of several books, including To Have and To Hold: An Intimate History of Collectors and Collecting. Within the context of a collection, items assume a different value - one unrelated (mostly) to their purchase price and tied to one of a different sort: the ultimate price. "Carefully arranged around the sarcophagus are representatives of the king’s possessions, of the wealth and the resources he needs to live on in the afterworld," continues Blom, noting the similarities between modern collectors and ancient pharoahs. "Their presence is symbolic, but it assures survival." Like pharoahs, many modern collectors name and donate their collections, often with a portrait or wax likeness, as a way of using their collection to become immortal. "Collected objects are like holy relics: conduits to another world. They have shed their original function and become totems, fetishes. Collecting by its very nature is animist and transcendental...Like relics, collected objects are keys to another world and guarantors of immortality. That is why our urge to collect is impossible to ignore: it touches the very depths of who we are."
And when you wear it on you, like jewelry, even more so.
Costume collector Barbara Berger was struck with the acquisition bug at 13, when she was at a flea market in Paris and found a pair of Chanel earrings. Almost 60 years of collecting later, she has amassed around 4,000 pieces. She recently loaned about 10% of it for an exhibition sponsored by costume jewelry brand Miriam Haskell at the Museum of Art and Design. The museum's Chief Curator, David McFadden organized The Collection of Barbara Berger (on display until April 20, 2014) with guest curator Harrice Simons Miller, a jewelry historian. They selected five decades worth of craftsmanship, creativity and chic - necklaces, bracelets, earrings, brooches & hatpins - by A-list names like Schiaparelli, Balenciaga, Chanel, Dior, Miriam Haskell, and Yves Saint Laurent. "The Berger collection and this exhibition are virtual encyclopedias of this exciting and provocative era of fashion history," they explain, continuing, "through stellar contemporary work, the exhibition also underscores the continuing popularity of couture jewelry today."
And with a collection of this size, has Berger worn every piece? "No, it would take another 150 years to wear my whole collection," she observes. "Everything I’ve bought I would love to wear, but it’s more about passion and history for me."
Plus a point of view. "What the collection is very focused on is whimsy—the fun, the amusement, the size," shoe notes. "And you can’t make real jewelry like fashion jewelry. You can’t do the fantasy." Although Victoire de Castellane and JAR come close, they're still on the spendy end of things. "You can’t collect JAR unless you really have all the money in the world."
For more info on the exhibition, CLICK HERE.
Be sure to check out the podcast I recorded about this and how it ties in with the Folkspun fashion tribe. (scroll down) I hope you enjoy!
Barbara Berger jewelry exhibition through 4/20/14 (Museum of Art & Design)
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In the 1850s, Mormon leader Brigham Young founded St. George Utah as a cotton mission. It thus received the nickname, “Utah’s Dixie.” This was done as an attempt to make the Mormon culture self-sufficient. Unfortunately, the cotton-growing thing was not profitable enough to compete with the markets in the southeastern states, so it was eventually abandoned. However, the 300 Mormon families who came to the area must have enjoyed the warm climate because they decided to stay. In 1861, Brigham Young decided to name the city “Saint George,” in honor of George A. Smith, who had served as head of this so-called Southern Mission in the 1850s. It is interesting to note that the word “Saint” simply implies that he was a Mormon.
St. George UT
In the 1870s, construction of the St. George Utah Temple began. While many people believe that the temple in Salt Lake City was the first Mormon temple, it was not actually built until 1893. President Brigham Young chose a six-acre plot for the Temple site. Unfortunately, the Saints discovered that this particular area was actually a swamp. They consulted Young about moving the site, but he remained committed to his vision that this was the place where the Temple needed to be built. Thus, the Saints constructed drains to eliminate as much water as possible. Someone then came up with the idea of using crushed lava rocks to form a dry foundation for the Temple. Yet they wondered, “How will we crush the rocks?” Divine inspiration intervened, when someone came up with the idea of using the old canon that the city of St. George Utah had acquired. The canon has an interesting history in its own right. It was first used by Napoleon in his siege on Moscow. However, during Napoleon’s retreat, the canon was left behind. After being dragged to all parts of the globe, it somehow ended up, in all places, California. Members of the California Mormon Battalion decided to bring it to St. George Utah. Today, it is still on display at the St. George Utah Temple grounds. Visitors are allowed to view the temple from the outside. You can also take a tour of Brigham Young’s home.
If you are interested in Utah’s prehistoric history, the nearby Dinosaur Trackways provide the visitor with a Jurassic Park type of experience. These well-preserved tracks might have been formed by the ramblings of a 20-foot herbivore and his friend, the carnivore, who was only half as long. Watch out, there they are! In all seriousness, the only dinosaur remains in this area are (hopefully) the footprints.
Aside from Mormon history and dinosaur tracks, the St. George Utah golf scene is active all year round. Given that the area is also a popular retirement destination, the St. George Utah golf opportunities assure that the city’s senior population stays active. In fact, one private and eight public St. George Utah golf courses give the city its well-deserved reputation as a winter golf paradise. They include:
- Coral Canyons Golf
- Entrada at Snow Canyon
- Dixie Red Hills
- Green Spring
- Sky Mountain
- St. George Golf Club
- Sunbrook Golf Club
- SunnyRiver Golf Club
- South Gate Golf Course
When you get hungry after a day of golf, hiking or exploring the Temple, you will be looking for a St. George Utah restaurant. The majority of the dining facilities in the area are chain restaurants, which makes it a good place for family vacations. The best place to find a St. George Utah restaurant is Ancestor’s Square, a trendy shopping area at the intersection of St. George Boulevard and Main Street.
You can avoid the St. George Utah restaurant scene by choosing a St. George Utah camping vacation. Campgrounds are available at Snow Canyon State Park.
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Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in France
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU abbreviated, Holland: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) is a university in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, was established in 1880. VU is one of two, the university publicly funded research largest in the city, the rest are the University of Amsterdam (UvA) .The literal translation of the Vrije Universiteit Dutch name is "free University". "Free" refers to the independence of the universities of both the State and the Church. Both inside and outside the universities, organizations often called "Dance" (pronounced a bit like "vew" as in "new").
Although founded as a private organization, VU has received funding from the government on an equal footing with public universities since 1970. Over the past decade, VU has transformed from a nest small office at a university in-depth study of more extensive participation of students of diverse backgrounds. While the Netherlands does not have an official ranking system, according to "CWTS Leiden Ranking", Vrije Universiteit and has been recognized as the best university second nationally.
The university is located on a compact urban campus in the southern area of Amsterdam Buitenveldert and adjacent to the modern business district Zuidas.
In 2014, VU has registered 23 656 students, most of them are full-time students. That year, the university has 2,263 faculty and researchers, and 1,410 administrative staff, clerical, technical, based on FTE. the annual endowment of the university in 2014 was around 480 million €. About three quarters of this endowment is government funding; the rest is made up of tuition fees, research grants and private donations.
The official seal of the university is entitled to the Virgin in the Garden. Personally chosen by Abraham Kuyper, leader of the Protestant Reformation and the founder of the university, it describes a pure life in freedom in a garden while pointing towards God, mentioned to the Protestant Reformation in the Netherlands in the 16th century and 17. in 1990, the university adopted the mythical griffin as emblem.The common view of its wings symbolize freedom in the name of the school university of the State and the Church. Postmodern icon bright and blue were the main focal points of the construction of the university ever since.
Like teaching, research at VU are organized primarily along the lines of the ten faculties and their departments. University wide, four interdisciplinary themes have been identified as the main areas of research focus:
+Human Health and Life Sciences;
+Science for sustainable development, linking the study of national resources to research on the effects of human intervention, such as climate change;
+Connecting the world, focusing on the impact of information technology on society; and
+Professional services, focusing on the business and financial sectors and issues such as corporate social responsibility.
In addition to research centers and programs, the University contains several interdisciplinary research institutes. For example, the Institute of Molecular Amsterdam, Medicines and Systems, established in 2010, including 17 scientific researchers pharmaceutical, life science, life science and computational science at VU molecules . AIMMS focusses on three programs: molecular mechanisms of biological processes, design and characterization of molecules and drugs, and Biomarkers and diagnostics.
Of the nearly 3,000 school employees (2,257 in FTE) worked at VU in 2012, 42% were female. Almost 80% are native Dutch, while 15% of other European nationalities. The remaining 5% coming from Asia, North America, Africa, South America and Oceania. In the body of the teaching staff, 29% are PhD candidates to use as the basis of the researchers. In 2012, about 300 doctoral dissertations protected at VU.
In 2012, the European Research Council awarded two grants beginning to advanced level and six researchers VU. In addition, 11 Veni Vici grants and two were awarded in research incentives innovational scheme's prestigious Scientific Research Organization Netherlands.
In 2013, Prof. Piek Vossen (Computational lexicology) is one of three scholars awarded at the Spinoza Prize, the highest scientific award in the Netherlands.
University Library holds a collection of over 1,000,000 relatively large printed items. The library occupies five floors in the main building of the school, not including closed stacks, while the medical collections are located in the University Medical Center VU. department of special collections library contains 70,000 manuscripts and printed items in 26 collections. important collections including the renovation works, the original English prints, pamphlets and portraits | <urn:uuid:d982fbf3-43e2-4e59-a82e-64822482e79e> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://studyarw.com/vrije-universiteit-amsterdam-in-france.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280929.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00420-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.94053 | 961 | 1.890625 | 2 |
Spontaneous calcification of arteries and cartilage in mice lacking matrix GLA protein.
Calcification of the extracellular matrix (ECM) can be physiological or pathological. Physiological calcification occurs in bone when the soft ECM is converted into a rigid material capable of sustaining mechanical force; pathological calcification can occur in arteries and cartilage and other soft tissues. No molecular determinant regulating ECM calcification has yet been identified. A candidate molecule is matrix GLA protein (Mgp), a mineral-binding ECM protein synthesized by vascular smooth-muscle cells and chondrocytes, two cell types that produce an uncalcified ECM. Mice that lack Mgp develop to term but die within two months as a result of arterial calcification which leads to blood-vessel rupture. Chondrocytes that elaborate a typical cartilage matrix can be seen in the affected arteries. Mgp-deficient mice additionally exhibit inappropriate calcification of various cartilages, including the growth plate, which eventually leads to short stature, osteopenia and fractures. These results indicate that ECM calcification must be actively inhibited in soft tissues. To our knowledge, Mgp is the first inhibitor of calcification of arteries and cartilage to be characterized in vivo.
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On April fools of all days, Burger King decided to announce its trial run of the Impossible Whopper at 59 locations in the St. Louis area only. As a vegetarian of two years who grew up loving the original Whopper at family picnics and long road trips, this was life altering news for me.
I decided to go over to the Burger King on Brentwood Boulevard in Richmond Heights to try the new fast food wonder. I’ve had Impossible Burgers before, but never in a fast food setting.
As I took my first bite I was transported back to getting Whoppers with my dad after elementary school. It tastes the exact same, if not better, as the original Whopper. I went with a non-vegetarian friend of mine and he confirmed for me they taste the exact same.
White Castle and Hardee’s both serve vegan burgers as well. White Castle has an Impossible Slider and Hardee’s sells a Beyond Meat Burger. I decided to try White Castle’s vegan option as well, even though I have always had a deep disdain for those tiny little sliders with pathetically thin meat slices with a slice of cheese and two pickles. My expectations were on the floor.
However, the Impossible Slider patty at White Castle is thick and “beefy” unlike its disgrace of an original beef patty that has the thickness of a slice of Imo’s pizza and barely qualifies as beef.
The Impossible Burger is made from soy protein, coconut oil, potato protein and soy hemoglobin. The last ingredient is what makes it look and taste like real meat.
What I found to be most interesting about this entire vegan fast food experience was that Hardee’s, White Castle and Burger King, three notoriously trashy fast food joints, are the ones paving the way for vegan fast food burgers in the U.S.
McDonald’s unleashed its McVegan burger in Tampere, Finland and made it a permanent item on menus in Sweden and Finland in December 2017. However, they have never tried the burger out in U.S. markets (although I sense they will very soon).
This new wave of vegan/plant-based fast food coming to the U.S. is incredibly important. A study by the Center for Sustainable Systems at the University of Michigan found the Beyond Burger generates 90 percent less greenhouse gas emissions, requires 46 percent less energy, has 99 percent less impact on water scarcity and 93 percent less impact on land use than a quarter pound of U.S. beef.
From a health standpoint, the Impossible Burger at Burger King is only 30 calories less than the original beef Whopper. However, beef burgers have been linked to a slew of health problems like heart disease, high cholesterol and cancer. So far, there have been no significant scientific studies done on the Impossible Burger’s long term health effects as it is a relatively new product on the market.
There’s no reason why fast food restaurants can’t substitute low quality, unhealthy beef with environmentally friendly and equally tasty alternatives.
According to the United Nations, we only have 12 years left before we start to see the detrimental effects of climate change. Any small change helps in reducing our carbon footprint. So next time you’re craving a tasty Whopper or a White Castle slider, consider swapping for the environmentally friendly (and tastier) plant-based option. Mother nature thanks you in advance. | <urn:uuid:86d2e292-41a9-489e-a750-dde5fb6a4785> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://websterjournal.com/2019/04/19/impossible-burger-reinvents-fast-food/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571719.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812140019-20220812170019-00277.warc.gz | en | 0.945113 | 716 | 1.523438 | 2 |
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