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DALLAS (AP) — North Texas found itself the scene of an uncharacteristically massive outbreak of suspected tornadoes. However, the National Weather Service says just how many tornadoes comprised the salvo remains a matter of conjecture.
Senior Meteorologist Eric Martello of the weather service office in Fort Worth says preliminary estimates were that six to 12 tornadoes were reported in North Texas. However, he says some reports may be duplicates.
Martello says the tornado count was expected to top six, but no firm count number will be available until survey teams check out damage today.
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A recent cross-sectional study found that about one in 20 people with type 2 diabetes were in remission and that age, weight loss, and other factors were associated with diabetes remission.
Researchers used a national type 2 diabetes register to estimate the prevalence of diabetes remission in all adults with type 2 diabetes in Scotland ages 30 years and older who had at least one HbA1c measurement of 6.5% or greater at or after type 2 diabetes diagnosis, had at least one HbA1c measurement recorded in 2019, and were alive on Dec. 31, 2019. From Jan. 1 through Dec. 31, 2019, they assessed participants for diabetes remission, defined as all HbA1c values below 6.5% in the absence of glucose-lowering therapy for a continuous duration of 365 days or more before the date of the last recorded HbA1c in 2019. Results were published Nov. 2 by PLOS Medicine.
Of 162,316 individuals, 56% were ages 65 years or older in 2019, 64% had had type 2 diabetes for at least six years, and at least 74% were White. The median body mass index at diagnosis was 32.3 kg/m2. Overall, 7,710 people (4.8%; 95% CI, 4.7% to 4.9%) were in remission of type 2 diabetes. Factors associated with remission were older age (odds ratio [OR], 1.48 [95% CI, 1.34 to 1.62]; P<0.001 for people ages ≥75 years vs. ages 45 to 54 years), HbA1c level less than 6.5% at diagnosis (OR, 1.31 [95% CI, 1.24 to 1.39]; P<0.001 compared to 6.5% to 6.9%), no history of using glucose-lowering therapy (OR, 14.6 [95% CI, 13.7 to 15.5]; P<0.001), weight loss from diagnosis to 2019 (OR, 4.45 [95% CI, 3.89 to 5.10]; P<0.001 for ≥15 kg lost compared to 0 to 4.9 kg gained), and previous bariatric surgery (OR, 11.9 [95% CI, 9.41 to 15.1]; P<0.001).
The study was limited by its use of a restricted subset of possible definitions of diabetes remission, as well as by missing data, the authors noted. “Our findings provide a useful basis for the evaluation of the multifactorial approaches to both remission and prevention of diabetes that are currently being introduced and also highlight the need for guidelines to support definition of remission, management, and follow-up of people that achieve remission,” they concluded. | <urn:uuid:f4a9dc3a-b35e-493d-8afc-2e3fee4f88b1> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2021/11/12/1.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572043.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814143522-20220814173522-00478.warc.gz | en | 0.967139 | 575 | 2.53125 | 3 |
Cost of Preference Capital
Preference Shares can be defined as the capital stock on which the dividend is provided and is paid before any dividend is paid to common stock holders. They also have preference over the common stock holders in the event of liquidation. It represents the partial ownership in the company and a preference shareholder does not enjoy any voting rights in the company. The preference shareholders enjoy stable dividend, but the dividend is paid only if profits are available.
Many organizations use preference shares as their financing mix, the dividends that are paid on the preference shares are not tax deductible, thus the company has to bear full cost of preference shares. The company does not consider any tax adjustment when calculating the cost of preferred stock. Cost of preferred stock is not tax deductible because the dividends to preferred stock are paid from the income remaining after paying the taxes.
The cost of preferred stock is the cost that is used in the calculating the weighted average cost of capital. Cost of preferred stock is calculated by dividing the dividend paid by the present value of the stock. When the shares are issued, the company also incurs flotation cost which is considered in percentage of the current value or market value of the preference shares.
Preference shares are of two types:
rps = Cost of preferred stock
Dps = Annual Dividend of preferred stock
Pps = Current market price of preferred stock
F = Floatation Cost
Irredeemable Preference Shares
Where, D = Annual dividend
MV = Maturity value of pref. shares
NP = Net proceeds of pref. shares
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I need to live to 100. No, really, I do. I’m approaching my birthday – my Medicare birthday – and I am responsible for a preschool boy.
I’ve never been a health nut like some of my kids and well, I’m the only person I know who flunked PE in high school so I’m not off to a really good start in the physical fitness department.
I came across an article called Secrets to Longevity. It was bookmarked on my computer back in 2009 so I’ve obviously thought about this before.
According to this list there are eight culprits that will most quickly age you and negatively affect your health:
1. Poor diet – well, eating with a preschooler doesn’t lend itself well to salmon and vegetables but we do ok with fruit, stir-fry and a little Chef Boyardee. We should look at nutrition in a later blog. Start gathering your ideas and suggestions.
2. Lack of exercise — there is plenty of running, chasing, heavy lifting, wrestling and bending to pick things up but you won’t catch me doing palates or Zumba. I do a few leg lifts when the foot rest on my recliner goes up though.
3. Stress and worry – every grandparent who ends up raising little ones knows there is always a little worry going on. After all, we do still love the child who blessed us with this new job and their life couldn’t be all peaches and cream or we wouldn’t have their kids.
4. Exhaustion — Really? Get serious. I’m nearly 65 and I have a preschooler. Exhaustion is a way of life. Guess I don’t get points for this one.
5. Unhappiness — As long as I stay away from dwelling on what might have been, I’m good in this department. It’s those “if onlys” that zap us into bluesville. Stay focused on how lucky we are to have today and it’s all good.
6. Lack of love — I am truly blessed and never run short of love or people who freely express it. That would be my wish for you as well. If you are running low in this department, consider a support group. Email me if you can’t find one and I’ll try to help.
7. Toxic overload – I’m sure this entry was talking about non-organic foods but I think we need to also take a look at toxic people and situations in our lives. Sometimes it is important to rid ourselves of people to are only happy when they are miserable and like to share it.
8. Blockages and congestion of the transportation highways within our bodies. — Ok, I get it. A little Activia and some raisin bran.
I’m going to do a little more research on this subject so you might hear from me again on this one. Because living to 100 really isn’t optional.
Spring Break is coming to a close. The weather was dark, stormy and wet which put a bit of a strain on my entertainment skills because outdoor play was almost nonexistent. Excitement about the return to preschool has been building and my grandson is so glad the school won’t be “closed” anymore.
This morning he woke with a cough and fever. How could he catch anything? We were practically quarantined! Maybe it was the quick trip to McDonalds or an ailing handyman at Lowes, but things aren’t looking good for a return to school on Monday.
I’m going to need a large red rubber nose and a short course in making balloon animals if he has to stay at home any longer. Sigh.
Yesterday gave us an amazing 80 degree day, not at all typical for winter in Oklahoma. No disrespect to Mr. Groundhog, but I think we are moving into spring.
Eighty is right in my comfort zone (which is unrealistically narrow unless I move to Maui) and I was motivated by the sunshine and breezes to run, kick balls, examine sticks and play Frisbee for several hours. Playing Frisbee with a 3 ½ year old is more a game of who can toss it farthest followed by a race to go get the disk. The comfort of the warm sun and a little boy’s laughter kept me unaware of the time until dusk shooshed us in to make dinner.
Today I am grateful for a chill in the air which I am using as an excuse for calling it an indoor day. Candyland never looked so good. Of course my gingerbread boy token is moving a little slower around the board today.
Being a grandma/mom combo is challenging and will push me to the limits well beyond the sore muscles of keeping pace during the preschool years. I remember raising elementary and teenage grandchildren while facing drug-induced opposition and mental health issues. There’s a long road ahead even if things go well. It’s hard physically and emotionally, but I can do this.
My thanks to Helen Reddy for her still apropos affirmation that we can do whatever it takes. Regardless of your religious-socio-political opinions on the women’s movement that spawned the words nearly 40 years ago, I hope parenting grandparents – especially those whose children oppose what they are doing — will find strength in applying these words to their lives. | <urn:uuid:aeee517e-b9b6-46cb-89bc-e36f0a6092f9> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://agrandfamily.com/category/parenting/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571090.80/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809215803-20220810005803-00075.warc.gz | en | 0.956727 | 1,145 | 1.5625 | 2 |
Vanderbilt and the Outpatient Whiteboard - 2005 thru 2017
updated December 23, 2021
|HISTORICAL SUMMARY - from February 4, 2016|
The Outpatient Whiteboard (OPWB) application is a clinical workflow tool designed to facilitate communication
among all members of the healthcare team - front desk, nurses, providers, and supporting personnel - by
displaying numerous aspects of a patient's status. In addition to information about the appointment,
additional workflow-relevant items commonly displayed are the patient's location, the length of time at that
location, and the status of tests to be performed, processes to be completed and/or personnel to be seen in clinic.
The OPWB also collects data on clinic workflow activities which can be used to identify bottlenecks and re-allocate
resources. It's tight integration with Starpanel allows the OPWB to serve as an application portal, from which
additional electronic medical record (EMR) functionalities can be launched. It has been used to implement process
management techniques in Quality Improvement projects, most recently to help reduce missed opportunities for
influenza vaccination in children.
Statistics - as of 2/4/2016
- Maximum number of unique users in a single day: 3,318 users on Jan 14th, 2016
- Sample number of unique users over a 3-month period: 6,175 (1/19/15 thru 4/19/15)
- Total number of configured whiteboards: 201
Early History of the OPWB
- Initially Developed as part of the ChemoWiz Project
- Dec 2004 - Production HL7 EPIC Scheduling Messages Begin Populating the OPWB
- Summer 2005 - OPWB Implemented in Pediatric and Adult Cancer Centers
- Oct 2005 - OPWB Implemented in Peds Primary Care and Acute Care Clinics with DOT Opening 10/3
- Nov 2006 - Live Demonstration of OPWB at AMIA Annual Symposium
- Aug 2007 - Vanderbilt Asthma, Sinus and Allergy Program Converts from Digichart and Uses OPWB to Replace Queue Management System
- Sep 2008 - Patient Pagers Piloted in Adult Cancer Center
- Feb 2009 - 1st day at One Hundred Oaks for OB, Univ Peds, Lab
- Aug 2009 - OHO Dermatology Rollout Completes 1st Phase at One Hundred Oaks
- 8/11/09 - First Day that Number of Distinct Users Passes 1,000
The OPWB generates upwards of 50,000 data points each weekday related to clinics' workflows
and the tasks performed within those clinics. In addition to timestamps that are recorded
when patients are placed in and out of various rooms/locations in clinic, many clinics use
specific columns in the whiteboard to mark the status (i.e., ordered, in progress, done) of
events that occur in clinic, such as specific studies, technical procedures, or educational
activities. The timestamps for these status updates are also recorded, and all of this
timestamp data for a given day is sent to the Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW) the following
morning at 6 am. The OPWB application does not itself generate reports using this data, but
analysts can access this data (table star.op_wb_patient_status) through existing EDW tools.
Journal Articles, Conference Proceedings, Peer-Reviewed Abstracts Associated with the OPWB Project
- Weinberg ST, Giuse DA, Miller RA, Arrieta MA.
The Outpatient Clinic Whiteboard - Integrating Existing Scheduling and EMR Systems to Enhance Clinic Workflows.
AMIA Annual Symposium Proceedings, 1197:2006.
- Weinberg ST. Optimizing an Electronic Outpatient Whiteboard Through Analysis of Incoming HL7 Scheduling Messages.
Accepted for poster presentation: American Medical Informatics Association Annual Symposium, San Francisco, CA, November 2009.
- Weinberg ST, Patterson BL. Embedding Real-Time Clinical Decision Support in An Electronic Whiteboard to Reduce Missed Opportunities for Influenza Vaccination in Children.
Accepted for poster presentation: 44th National Immunization Conference, Atlanta, GA, April 2010.
- Weinberg ST, Patterson BL. Embedding Process Management into an Electronic Outpatient Whiteboard to Address Real-time Pediatric Influenza Vaccination Status.
Accepted for poster presentation: American Medical Informatics Association Annual Symposium, Washington, DC, November 2010.
- Weinberg ST. Profiling Users of an Electronic Outpatient Whiteboard Across an Enterprise Healthcare System.
Accepted for poster presentation: American Medical Informatics Association Annual Symposium, Chicago, IL, November 2012.
- Steitz BD, Weinberg ST, Danciu I, Unertl KM.
Managing and Communicating Operational Workflow.
Designing and Implementing an Electronic Outpatient Whiteboard.
Applied Clinical Informatics. 2016;7(1):59-68.
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In his Just So Stories, Rudyard Kipling offers quaintly mythic etiology-accounts or origin stories for such phenomena as the tides (“The Crab That Played With the Sea”) and the distinctive features of various animals (“How the Camel Got His Hump,” “How the Leopard Got His Spots,” etc.). In The Second Jungle Book, in the tale “How Fear Came,” the elephant Hathi relates an elephant creation-myth for the Jungle. According to this tale, Tha, First of the Elephants and Lord of the Jungle, drew the jungle from the watery depths with his trunk.
This story is briefly alluded to in the splendid new movie version of The Jungle Book, in a scene I wrote about with admiration in my review: The elephants in the film are depicted as majestic lords of the jungle, and Bagheera the panther bows low before them, instructing Mowgli to do the same. Then he whispers:
The elephants created this jungle. They made all that belongs: the mountains, the trees, the birds in the trees. But they did not make you. That is why you must go.
I found this a striking moment of semi-religious reverence, as well as a notable acknowledgement of how Mowgli’s humanity sets him apart from the animals of the jungle.
Perhaps not surprisingly, a reader disagreed.
“The elephants created the jungle” is not “semi-religious” as you say. It is, in fact, blasphemous. You say such ideas are not “often found in a Hollywood family film.” I disagree. Blasphemy is typical in most Hollywood films.
I read the Just So Stories as a boy; I also read stories from the classical myths of the Greco-Roman and Norse worlds, stories of Zeus, Hera, Apollo, Hercules, Odin, Thor, Balder, and so forth. So have generations of Christian children.
I can’t think that as a child I was ever in any danger of believing any of the mythic stories I read were true (and of course Kipling himself didn’t believe the Just So Stories, and whether the Greco-Roman poets believed the classical myths were literally true is, as far as I know, an open question among scholars). I did appreciate them, as I do now, as works of mythic imagination.
C.S. Lewis, in The Chronicles of Narnia and The Space Trilogy, offered “baptized” depictions of pagan myth, in which such heathen figures as Bacchus and Silenus, and even Jupiter, Mars, and Venus, are situated in an overarching Christian worldview. J.R.R. Tolkien, in his writings about Middle-earth, borrows less directly but even more extensively from heathen myths, and fits what he borrows into an imaginative scheme that is less overtly but no less profoundly Christian.
Kipling doesn’t do that, of course. Whatever his own religious views (among many cryptic remarks on this subject, he once described himself as “a God-fearing Christian atheist”), though, we can at least say that he had a 19th-century Indian-born English colonialist’s understanding and appreciation of both Christianity and paganism.
I can’t be sure, but I suspect Kipling would have sympathized with, and perhaps agreed with, the famous remark of G.K. Chesterton that paganism was “the biggest thing in the world, and Christianity was bigger, and everything since then has been comparatively small.” (Among the many short essays at The American Catholic by Donald R. McClarey discussing Rudyard Kipling’s poetry, “A Hymn Before Action” and “The ’Eathen” [i.e., the heathen] are worth a look in this connection.)
In his own way, I think Kipling brought a Christian perspective to his stories. For example, a notable trait of the Jungle Book stories is the animals’ reverence for Man. In “How Fear Came,” we see that to kill Man is a shocking crime and a great shame to any animal, one that only the most lawless of creatures, the tiger Shere Khan, would boast of. As the tale continues, Hathi the elephant offers an account of how the fear of Man came upon all the animals.
This corresponds to the account in Genesis of how God first gives to Man (Adam) dominion over all the creatures of the Earth, and then, after the Flood, gives to Noah and his descendants the animals of the world as food, saying, “The fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every bird of the air, upon everything that creeps on the ground and all the fish of the sea.”
In other words, Kipling is offering an imaginative perspective on how Man’s dominance over the animals and their natural fear of Man, for which Genesis offers a biblical explanation, might be imaginatively “understood” from the animals’ point of view, if animals were imaginative, myth-making creatures — as we (being ourselves imaginative, myth-making creatures) can hardly help imagining them.
All of this detail isn’t in the film, of course. The key point here is that Bagheera has an animal’s view of the world — one could say a natural view — and that while the elephants, as august and regal as they are, fit into this worldview, Mowgli does not.
The very idea of reverence or respect is such a contrarian one in our egalitarian society that the scene is striking for that reason alone. (Of course the fact that Bagheera tells Mowgli to bow to the elephants may seem to contradict his human differentness, but this is resolved by the end. The movie knows Mowgli was not made to bow to animals, even to elephants; he was made for something else.)
As brief as it is, Bagheera’s version of the creation of the jungle is clearly a pagan creation-myth suitable for jungle animals, but Mowgli is something different, something else. This reflects the film’s larger theme of Mowgli’s human differentness. I see all of this as a good thing, not a bad thing.
Like Kenneth Branagh’s Cinderella last year, The Jungle Book offers a lavish new reimagining of a beloved story, blending elements from the original literary source material with the classic animated Disney version.
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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Parents of Utah children with severe epilepsy are cheering a new state law that allows them to obtain a marijuana extract they say helps with seizures, but procuring it involves navigating a thorny set of state and federal laws.
Utah's Republican Gov. Gary Herbert has already approved the law and is holding a signing ceremony Tuesday afternoon.
The new law doesn't allow medical marijuana production in Utah but allows families meeting certain restrictions to obtain the extract from other states.
Similar legislation is pending in at least one other state, and Utah advocates hope more will follow.
The marijuana extract, which some believe helps with a severe form of epilepsy, is produced in nearby Colorado and is designed not to produce a high.
But Colorado experts say restrictions passed in that state to appease the federal government make it a murky process for Utah families to actually get marijuana-derived products, particularly as all state medical marijuana laws are illegal under federal law.
Utah Rep. Gage Froerer, a Republican from Huntsville who sponsored the new state law, said families are willing to take that risk to treat their children with the oil.
"They know very well that this may not protect them from the DEA if the federal prosecutors stepped in," Froerer told his colleagues earlier this month.
To gain support in conservative Utah, the push for the legislation focused on helping children suffering from a severe form of epilepsy and the law itself is tempered with restrictions.
The law takes effect on July 1 and expires in 2016. It's restricted to those with severe epilepsy for whom the regular treatments are not effective, and requires a neurologist's consent to obtain and use the extract.
The extract comes from a strain of marijuana called Charlotte's Web, named after the first child treated with it. The plant is low in THC, the hallucinogenic chemical in marijuana, and high in CBD, a chemical that may fight seizures.
Doctors and others have warned that there's no proof yet that the extract is effective at treating epilepsy or even safe, but for parents like Jennifer May of Pleasant Grove, the hope that he oil will give their kids a better quality of life is worth pursuing.
"It helps more than our kids. It will hopefully help other states," said May, whose 11-year-old son can suffer hundreds of seizures a day. "It will hopefully push things a little more on a federal level if they see that even the most conservative states want something done."
A similar medical cannabis oil bill was passed recently by the Alabama Legislature and awaits the governor's signature.
On Friday, an Arizona judge ruled that state's medical marijuana law allows patients to consume marijuana-extracts, something state and local officials had determined said were not permitted. The case was prompted by a 5-year-old boy with debilitating seizures.
Some legal experts say states authorizing certain strains of marijuana medicine may be unlikely to produce any relief for patients.
Sam Kamin, a University of Denver law professor who helped craft Colorado's marijuana regulations, said that laws like Utah's are "mostly symbolic."
An August memo from the U.S. Department of Justice told marijuana states that in order for federal authorities to look the other way, states must take steps to prevent diversion to other states where marijuana is not legal.
"There's no provision in law that would let a licensed Colorado business sell any marijuana-derived product out of state," Kamin said. "They could sell an ounce to someone who shows up here, then that person could take it home at their own risk. But they couldn't ship it."
Joel Stanley and his brothers grow the plant in the mountains west of Colorado Springs and have a waitlist of about 2,000 for the marijuana product.
Stanley said families on his waiting list now have to meet Colorado residency requirements, such as establishing an address and becoming a registered patient, in order to obtain the product under that state's medical marijuana laws.
With the new Utah law, families will still need to go through those hoops to get the product, but they'll be allowed to possess it in both states, Stanley said.
"From a federal government standpoint, the fact that it crosses state lines doesn't really make it any more illegal," he said. "It's just illegal period."
Stanley's group is working to produce the extract as a hemp product later this fall, which he said makes it no more illegal than products such as hemp oil and hemp milk sold at stores around the country.
"A patient can either drive in and pick it up and drive it across without going through any of the Colorado residency issues, or we'll be able to mail it to those patients," he said.
However, Paul Armentano, deputy director of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, or NORML, dismissed the theory that some strains of this drug are so low in THC that they would grow it as industrial hemp and not pot.
"Whether you can derive CBD oil from hemp, nobody has any idea," Armentano said, arguing that parents of sick children in cannabinoid oil states will be disappointed. "The proposed solution to their plight is not a solution at all."
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Consistently, huge number of competitors are prepare for NET Entrance examination. The test is directed for deciding the qualification criteria for school &college level lectureship and for Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) Award to Indian nationals for seeking after their PH.D or exam.
Both tests are held 2 times each year, for the most part in June and December. In any case, there are numerous hopefuls who are confounded between UGC-CBSE NET and CSIR-UGC NET. In spite of the fact that the reason for directing both these exams is the same, there is a distinction in the subjects included. Continue reading “What is Difference Between CSIR NET and UGC NET?” | <urn:uuid:6864c95c-e421-434c-9276-e6e8a13835d8> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.delhicareergroup.com/blog/tag/ugc/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280221.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00231-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.962773 | 146 | 2.09375 | 2 |
Host on GitHub in 3 Minutes
Make sure to input your GitHub username so the instructions reflect the exact code you need to run to host your blog.
1. Create a New Repository
Go to your https://github.com and create a new repository named USERNAME.github.com
2. Install Jekyll-Bootstrap
Enter these commands into your terminal in a directory you want your blog to be:
Already have your blog on GitHub?
I'll assume you have the Jekyll gem installed on your local machine. Run Jekyll-Bootstrap locally to see what all the fuss is about:
$ git clone https://github.com/plusjade/jekyll-bootstrap.git $ cd jekyll-bootstrap $ jekyll serve
See it in action at http://localhost:4000.
2. Run Jekyll Locally
In order to preview your blog locally you'll need to install the Jekyll ruby gem. Note gem dependencies will also be installed. You don't have to run a local version but it helps if you want to preview your content before publishing.
$ gem install jekyll
Once the gem is installed you can navigate to your Jekyll-Bootstrap directory. If you've followed the homepage instructions this will be: USERNAME.github.com. Once in the directory you'll run jekyll with server support:
remember to change USERNAME to your GitHub username.
$ cd USERNAME.github.com $ jekyll serve
Your blog is now available at: http://localhost:4000/.
3. Create a Post
Create posts easily via rake task:
$ rake post title="Hello World"
The rake task automatically creates a file with properly formatted filename and YAML Front Matter. Make sure to specify your own title. By default, the date is the current date.
The rake task will never overwrite existing posts unless you tell it to.
4. Create a Page
Create pages easily via rake task:
$ rake page name="about.md"
Create a nested page:
$ rake page name="pages/about.md"
Create a page with a "pretty" path:
$ rake page name="pages/about" # this will create the file: ./pages/about/index.html
The rake task automatically creates a page file with properly formatted filename and YAML Front Matter as well as includes the Jekyll Bootstrap "setup" file.
After you've added posts or made changes to your theme or other files, simply commit them to your git repo and push the commits up to GitHub.
$ git add . $ git commit -m "Add new content" $ git push origin master
A GitHub post-commit hook will automatically deploy your changes to your hosted blog. You will receive a success or failure notice for every commit you make to your blog.
Jekyll-Bootstrap can be used as-is as a basic blogging platform. However there are plenty of ways to dig into deeper customization. The following outlines deeper Jekyll-Bootstrap customization techniques:
Jekyll-Bootstrap supports modular theming. Themes can co-exist and be enabled/disabled on demand. Editing, configuring, and creating themes is docummented in the Theming section.
Jekyll and Jekyll-Bootstrap has a simple but powerful Jekyll Configuration System. You can:
- Specify a custom permalink format for blog posts.
- Specify a commenting engine like disqus, intensedebate, livefyre, or custom.
- Specify an analytics engine like google, getclicky, or custom.
The API pages document main data-structures and code available for use in Jekyll and Jekyll-Bootstrap. Consult these pages for how and where to use the data and code provided.
I highly recommend reading the Jekyll Introduction if you plan to customize your blog. The introduction is meant for core understanding of how and why Jekyll works the way it does. This will provide you with the proper context, knowledge-base, and fundamentals necessary to understand and be efficient in working with Jekyll and Jekyll-Bootstrap. | <urn:uuid:0b8ceb37-c46d-4c6c-b894-3d5f3da8fb2e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://jekyllbootstrap.com/usage/jekyll-quick-start.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572908.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817122626-20220817152626-00069.warc.gz | en | 0.738591 | 927 | 1.867188 | 2 |
Pupil's death prompts government action
The construction of new toilets is now underway at the school he attended in Limpopo.
LIMPOPO - A week after pupil Michael Komape's death, construction of new toilets is now underway at the school he attended in Limpopo.
The grade R pupil's body was discovered in a pit toilet on Monday.
He had gone to use the toilet during break time and when he failed to returned to class, his teacher apparently assumed he had gone home for the day.
A funeral service was held for him at his home in the Chebeng Village on Sunday morning.
Seemingly the government has acted quickly to the tragedy which occurred at the Mahlodumela Primary School last week.
The Limpopo Education Department has been under pressure to attend to the sanitation crisis at schools in the province over the past two years, but nothing was done.
While his family laid Komape to rest, construction began to build new toilets at the school.
The pit toilet in which Michael fell has since been demolished and covered up with sand.
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Training offers chance to discover Army gold
March 1, 2002
KALAMAZOO -- Western Michigan University students can take the first step this summer toward earning their gold bars as second lieutenants in the Army -- and what better place to do that than Ft. Knox.
WMU's Military Science Program is looking for students completing their sophomore year who are interested in attending the Army's Leaders Training Course, a four-week paid summer internship at Fort Knox, Ky. The course is designed to introduce students to the Army and help them build marketable leadership, management and decision-making skills.
"More and more junior military officers are putting in their three or four years with the Army and transitioning to corporate America," says Maj. Tim Russell, scholarship and enrollment officer for WMU's ROTC program. "Companies like General Electric, Pfizer and General Motors actively recruit from among the military's ranks. The Leaders Training Course and other Army training help students build the skills that Fortune 500 companies, government organizations and educational institutions want in their own leaders."
Any full-time WMU student who will be a first-semester junior in fall 2002, is a U.S. citizen between 18 and 25 years old and has a grade point average of at least 2.5 is eligible to apply for the Leaders Training Course. GPAs of 3.0 and above are preferred, and participants must meet military medical qualification and fitness standards. While no prior military experience is required, participants must commit to joining the ROTC program and becoming a commissioned second lieutenant in the Army upon graduation.
Course participants choose from among four monthlong sessions that run between June 13 and July 24. Airfare and room and board are free, and participants receive a stipend. Students who attend the course may be able to earn academic credit, and those with GPAs of 2.5 or better who successfully complete the training are also eligible for full two-year scholarships from WMU's ROTC program.
Part of the Haworth College of Business, WMU's Military Science Program is an elective academic minor through which students can qualify for the Reserve Officers Training Corps. The program stresses leadership and military skills training that prepares students for commissions as second lieutenants in the active Army, Army Reserves or Army National Guard after they complete their baccalaureate degrees. ROTC programs train 70 percent of the officers in today's Army.
An information session about Leaders Training Course will take place at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 19, at the Activity Therapy Building on WMU's Oakland Drive Campus. For details or to reserve a seat, contact Maj. Tim Russell at (269) 387-8122 or <firstname.lastname@example.org>.
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Smokers and ex-smokers now have a tool to predict their risk of lung cancer, using a formula developed by researchers at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and based on previous research by scientists in Fred Hutchinson's Public Health Sciences Division.
The researchers based their calculations on data collected by Fred Hutchinson for the Carotene and Retinol Efficacy (CARET) study, a large, randomized trial of lung-cancer prevention. CARET tracked lung-cancer development in 18,000 smokers and former smokers.
The tool, of use to those over 50 who smoked at least half a pack of cigarettes a day for at least 25 years, may help individuals decide whether to undergo a test known as a spiral computerized tomography (CT) scan, a controversial test for lung cancer.
Drs. Mark Thornquist and Matt Barnett of PHS were co-authors on the paper, which appears in the March 19 edition of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
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TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW)-- State and local law enforcement are on high alert, looking for anyone texting behind the wheel.
"When you are behind the wheel of a vehicle, no text message is so important that it cannot wait," said Julie Brietenstein. "When you are driving, every text message can wait."
Brietenstein joined the Topeka Police, Shawnee County Sheriff's Office and Kansas Highway Patrol at the Statehouse on Friday, to kick off the "U Drive, U Text, U Pay Campaign." Her son, Austin, suffered permanent, traumatic brain damage in a 2009 crash in which he was texting while driving.
The high-visibility enforcement runs through April 27th. It is intended to let people know about distracted driving enforcement, and encourage everyone to follow the law.
"We were at a point at one point in time where we had to decide on what organs we were going to choose to give. Austin was that close to death," said Breitenstein.
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Our teeth do not know whether they are growing in a straight or crooked manner – they just grow. If the mouth is crowded, or if there is an obstacle,( in most cases one or more of the teeth) – theteeth tend to push each other. Our teeth tend to move at any age, for a variety of reasons: chewing, speech, tongue pushing, jaw tightening, gingivitis, or teeth grinding during sleep. The result is crooked teeth. Teeth may be straightened at any age, as long as the teeth, gums and bones are healthy. Moving and correcting the position of the teeth are not age-dependent; however, in an adult, the facial bones and jaw structure are already set. Consequently, in order to repair closure problems and to straighten teeth in adults, more than one type of treatment may be required and for a longer period of time. | <urn:uuid:6f20a630-5ca1-408d-8788-baf8d4a704d9> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.care.co.il/en/dainty/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571222.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810222056-20220811012056-00674.warc.gz | en | 0.950456 | 182 | 2.84375 | 3 |
The exact mode of transmission of H. pylori is unknown as of 2015, according to Mayo Clinic, so there is no one best way to catch it. However, it is likely transmitted by person-to-person contact, either through saliva, vomit or feces, or through dirty food and water.Continue Reading
According to Dr. Otis Brawley of the American Cancer Society, people with H. pylori are more likely to have family members who are also infected with the bacteria, which suggests person-to-person contact is the most common form of transmission. However, H. pylori also may be transmitted by swimming in or drinking contaminated water, and from contact with infected animals.
Although there is no best way to catch H. pylori, there are best practices to avoid it, according to WebMD, namely by washing hands after using the bathroom and before preparing food, avoiding unclean food and water, or food that is prepared by those who have not washed their hands, and avoiding foods that are not cooked thoroughly.
Most people infected with H. pylori have no symptoms, states Mayo Clinic, while others can experience abdominal pain, nausea, burping, bloating, loss of appetite and weight loss. The bacterial infection may lead to inflammation of the stomach lining, ulcers and stomach cancer.Learn more about Conditions & Diseases | <urn:uuid:c78b0639-0a6c-45ab-9d5b-b6dc1c05c4df> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://www.reference.com/health/way-catch-h-pylori-c7a3faa97793ab1e | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281746.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00290-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.967021 | 279 | 3.546875 | 4 |
There's never been so much basketball talent under one roof as there was on February 9th, 1997, in Cleveland, Ohio. The year before, the NBA was celebrating 50 years and, as a part of the celebration, selected the 50 greatest players of all time. At the halftime of the '97 All-Star game, 47 of them walked on the court to get recognized. (Pete Maravich had passed in '88, Shaq and Jerry West were recovering from surgery)
Some of the most fascinating conversations happened that day and weekend. That's when Wilt told MJ, “Just remember Michael. When you played, they changed the rules to make it easier for you to dominate. When I played, they changed the rules to make it harder for me” in their famous discussion on who's the GOAT. It was a weekend of superstars of all eras arguing over basketball. But, there was one topic a lot of them saw eye to eye.
It wasn't just the white fanbase; it wasn't just the white media. It was the older players who didn't really warm to Iverson and saw him as a threat to their world. It was a real pushback to Iverson and what he represented. I remember the '97 All-Star game in Cleveland; that's the year the NBA was celebrating its 50 greatest players. Half of that weekend was about celebrating the past, all the great players that gathered there - Kareem, Wilt, Bill Russell. Half of it was that, but a lot of it was those guys talking about Iverson and how bad he was for the game. The older black players, the legends of the game, they were all coming down on him.
J.A. Adande, The Book of Basketball 2.0
This goes to show how major Iverson's impact on basketball and culture in general was. Just to point it out, this was in 1997, AI's first year in the league. It's not like there were years of AI being controversial in the NBA. Yet, many of the greatest NBA players ever all disliked the change Iverson was bringing into the league. His level of authenticity made them uncomfortable.
All the legends on that stage had to be acceptable to a white audience, and not a lot of players stood up to that successfully. Bill Russell was winning titles for Boston when his house was vandalized, and racial slurs were written on his walls.
In the end, Iverson told LeBron, Wade, and Carmelo to "be fake," and save themselves a lot of scrutiny he went through. We often say LeBron's Decision started player empowerment, and it's true when we talk about free agency and team building.
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These are a guide to the qualifications you will be expected to have achieved to secure a place on a particular course and the subjects we offer at each level.
Are they Exact?
No. They are a guide to help you decide what level of course you should be considering.
Generally, you would expect to move to the next level above the one you achieved at school (e.g. if you received E and F grades in your GCSEs you should expect to enrol on a Level 1 course).
Will I Need to Pass Certain GCSE Subjects?
Some courses will require different skills, and in some cases individual subjects need certain grades at GCSE.
In addition to considering your GCSE grades for Maths and English, we will assess your Functional Skills in these subjects to ensure you have a place on the right level of course for your needs.
You should talk to our specialist advisors in Student Services Tel: 01757 211040, and come to our Open Events to find out which course suits you.
What Happens if I don’t get the Grades?
Don’t worry. Selby College offers a range of courses at many different levels. Our Student Services advisors will help you choose one that is right for you.
Whichever level you start at it is possible, if you achieve well, to progress to a course at the next level.
Statement of Policy
Applications are considered on merit and students are welcomed irrespective of gender, race, religion, disability, marital status or age.
It is important you choose the correct level of course after GCSEs whether you intend to continue your studies at Selby College by choosing a further or higher education course, want to study a degree course at University or intend going into employment. The chart below provides a useful guide showing how courses are structured, what the different levels mean and what qualifications you need to get started. | <urn:uuid:7ca977fc-8b1b-4bcf-a567-1a6df47191ca> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://selby.ac.uk/school-leavers-vocational/entry-requirements/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280835.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00048-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.937596 | 390 | 2.21875 | 2 |
Quality for Keeps: Home Food Preservation
The following abstract describes a publication that is only available for purchase. A link to ordering information is on this page.
Quality for Keeps: Home Food Preservation is a product that evolved from a growing interest in home food preservation, access to local food and home gardening in Missouri.
The curriculum contains six lessons, each including a lesson plan, hands-on activity and helpful handouts. The core content of the lessons is found in the speaker’s notes of the Power Point presentations found on the accompanying CD. University of Missouri Extension guides on food preservation serve as the core reference materials for participants. Field faculty may choose to offer a series of three or up to six sessions based upon their perception of local needs in their community.
- Food preservation
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No, not for carbon. For sulfur dioxide.
As noted by Mark Peters at the Wall Street Journal:
The original U.S. cap-and-trade market, which succeeded in slashing the power-plant emissions that cause acid rain, is in disarray following the issuance of new federal pollution rules.
The collapse in the pioneering market where power producers trade permits that allow them to emit sulfur dioxide and other pollutants that cause acid rain comes as policy makers seek to establish a similar market to curb the emissions of carbon, a cause of climate change.
The SO2 market has been one of the great successes of economic engineering, using market forces to drive down the cost of cleaning the environment. After almost twenty years of trading, however, the market ran into what may be an insurmountable hurdle: increased regulatory concern about the location of SO2 emissions.
The SO2 marketplace is national in scope, which has been great for establishing liquid trading and allowing emitters to find the cheapest way of reducing emissions. But it also meant that some SO2 emissions would end up in particularly unwelcome spots, e.g., upwind of cities, states, or entire regions that are having trouble meeting air quality standards.
Over the past couple of years, court rulings and new regulatory efforts by the Environmental Protection Agency have increased the emphasis of the location of emissions. And that means that the national market may be coming to an end.
That’s certainly what it looks like in the allowance marketplace, where prices have fallen from more than $600 per ton in mid-2007 to $5 or less today:
The price decline has been particularly sharp because utilities had been polluting less than allowed in recent years. That allowed them to build up an inventory of allowances to use in the future. With prices so low today, however, utilities have essentially no incentive to avoid sulfur emissions and no incentive to hold allowance inventories. As Gabriel Nelson puts it over at the New York Times:
With SO2 allowances trading at about $5 per ton, and little prospect of carrying over the permits into the new program, utilities have little incentive to bank allowances or add emissions controls for the time being, traders say. Because those controls have upkeep costs beyond the original investment, some plants might even find it more cost-effective to use allowances than to turn on scrubbers that have already been installed, traders said. | <urn:uuid:4ba74e41-ad88-46b5-83fd-67ca401df342> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://dmarron.com/2010/07/12/the-end-of-cap-and-trade/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280221.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00227-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.949852 | 484 | 2.3125 | 2 |
Already known for surrendering curbside parking spaces to bike racks, Valencia Street in the Mission district may be on the verge of an even more radical role reversal. Pedestrians and motorists trade places in the corridor’s six new “parklets,” where temporary patios, benches and social spaces are perched directly in the parking lane — taking one, two or three parking spots at a time. It can feel revolutionary to visit one, which is appropriate because the concept was born of guerilla tactics.
“We were interested in exploring a new range of possibilities for the metered parking space,” said Matthew Passmore of Rebar Art and Design, the design studio that launched the idea.
Attempting to spark a conversation about public open space, Rebar temporarily transformed a downtown parking space into a minipark, borrowing an idea from European cities. They rolled sod out onto the pavement, adorned it with a tree and a bench, and, when the parking meter expired two hours later, departed as quietly as they had come.
“Part of the experiment we were conducting was to see how The City would react,” Passmore recalled. “We didn’t hear anything from anyone for a few months, until someone in the Mayor’s Office got in touch with us and said ‘This is great, we love it, we’d love to talk about how we can do more of this.’”
Six years later, 23 fully sanctioned parklets exist in The City with at least as many more on the way. With Rebar’s help, San Francisco is leading a movement to reclaim small sections of city streets as public space.
PARK(ing) Day, an annual event that encourages citizens around the world to temporarily transform parking spaces into whatever a neighborhood needs — art galleries, bike repair shops, health clinics, vegetable gardens — this year involved approximately 1,000 installations in 200 cities and 35 countries, according to early estimates.
On the official side, San Francisco’s Pavement to Parks program, an interdepartmental effort to reappropriate unused street surfaces, includes an innovative permitting system that has been mimicked by other U.S. cities.
“It opened up a new way of thinking as far as how we use our streets,” said Planning Department staffer Andres Power, who has led The City’s effort. “Parklets provide a tool to move back to the way things once were, when streets were places.”
Passmore, who administers PARK(ing) Day, has since joined forces with The City. He and his team helped the Planning Department conceive its pilot program last year, and built one of the first installations at 22nd and Bartlett streets, a sprawling wooden patio featuring seating for at least a dozen as well as two bike racks in place of three parking spots.
“Our mission is to make PARK(ing) Day totally obsolete, such that the event becomes obvious or unnecessary because people have already started thinking past the issues that it raises,” he said. “I think it’s happening here.”
San Francisco’s permit allows neighborhood or business sponsors to build a parklet of their own design and at their own cost, provided it meets a set of parameters and is selected by a review board. A request for proposals went out in May for the program’s second wave; Power’s department received 35 applications, two-thirds of which will receive permits and could begin construction by early December. A third round of applications will open around the same time.
“People are quite excited about this program, and I think the designs of the projects are getting better and better,” Power said.
The temporary nature of the parklets — they’re installed above the existing infrastructure, with no modifications to the curb, drainage, or street design — is the key to the program’s success. It allows for a playful, experimental approach to design — one on Valencia features dinosaur-themed topiary. It also prevents the permanent loss of parking spaces. Permits are renewed annually and can be revoked at any time for several reasons, including blight and lack of maintenance.
These conditions have helped mitigate scattered concerns over parklet proposals, often centered on the loss of parking and an uptick in illegal activity. Some Noe Valley residents and business owners objected to the idea of a pilot Pavement to Parks plaza in the neighborhood last spring, but softened when a temporary and smaller-scale parklet was offered instead.
“The primary concern was that you lose parking spaces, and parking spaces are very important to the commercial community,” said Bob Roddick, president of the Noe Valley Merchants and Professionals Association and the Noe Valley Association. “However, we felt that the social benefit gained was well worth the loss.”
That permit holders are financially invested yet retain the freedom to shut their parklet down provides another check; design and construction costs typically range between $5,000 and $15,000, Powers said. There’s always the chance that new parklets will go ignored — on a recent weekday afternoon around lunchtime, parklets throughout the Mission were sparsely used. But Powers doesn’t believe The City is anywhere near a saturation point.
One Inner Sunset neighborhood that recently received its first parklet may soon be clamoring for more. “We wanted a place where people can make social connections,” said Adam Greenfield, a resident who helped spearhead the project. “It’s interesting to see how many people will walk past and say, ‘Wow, I never thought of that before.’”
The small seating area parked outside Arizmendi Bakery challenges another critique of parklets: that they simply serve as outdoor patios for adjacent restaurants and cafes. Greenfield occasionally watches to see how many parklet users are customers. Some are and some aren’t, he said, but more importantly, most everyone feels comfortable to sit and chat with neighbors as the N-Judah rumbles by just a few feet away.
Add it to the list of San Francisco firsts. Over the past two years, The City’s parklet permit program has served as a national model for cities looking to infuse new life into underutilized streets. The program’s integration of private sponsorship, citizen involvement and temporary streetscape improvements has proven irresistible to governments and residents on both coasts, and appears poised to keep growing.
New York City was the first to follow. NYC Department of Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan initiated the exchange. During a visit with city leaders in 2008, she challenged San Francisco to develop its Pavement to Parks plaza program, a larger and more permanent approach that commenced with the Castro Commons at 17th and Castro streets last year.
Around the same time, PARK(ing) Day was catching on in The City, so the Planning Department moved to also permit temporary, community-sponsored parklets through the Pavement to Parks initiative. New York became enamored with the idea, and nine months later had a program of its own.
“We copied San Francisco completely,” said Assistant Commissioner Andy Wiley-Schwartz. “Introducing people to the idea that streets can be more than just for conveying traffic is something that’s hard to do. So when you have these experiments that you can put down on top of the existing roadbed, that kind of thing is a very powerful notion.”
Oakland became interested in institutionalizing a similar program after years of participation in PARK(ing) Day. After consulting with Andres Power and other Planning Department staff, Oakland’s Community and Economic Development Agency unveiled a pilot program in September that will result in eight to 10 parklets being approved for a one-year trial period.
The hope is to stimulate retail development by improving the pedestrian experience on city streets, said Erik Angstadt, deputy director of planning and zoning. “If you make it pleasant for people to be on the streets, most of the other things are going to follow,” he said. “Especially for a cash-strapped city, it’s a way of shifting some of that burden from the public sector to the private sector.”
Also embracing parklets in the Bay Area are Emeryville and San Jose. They have company in Los Angeles; Long Beach; Seattle; Philadelphia; Washington, D.C.; Portland, Ore.; Vancouver, British Columbia; and elsewhere.
“For the last 50 years of development, clearly the car has been primary,” Angstadt said. “We’re beginning to shift out of that.”
November 2005: Rebar Art and Design stages San Francisco’s first parklet on Mission Street.
September 2006: PARK(ing) Day spreads beyond San Francisco to 13 cities worldwide; 81 parklets appear, including 34 in Bay Area.
November 2008: New York City Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan visits S.F. and challenges leaders to develop new public plaza program.
May 2009: Mayor Gavin Newsom unveils The City’s first Pavement to Parks plaza at Castro and 17th streets.
March 2010: San Francisco’s first official parklet appears in front of Mojo Bicycle Café on Divisadero Street. It’s soon followed by another at Bartlett and 22nd streets.
May 2010: Planning Department again seeks proposals.
September 2010: San Francisco Planning Department issues first formal request for proposals for new program. June 2011 (approximate): The City’s first residential parklet appears on Valencia Street.
September 2011: Four more parklets are installed, bringing citywide total to 21. PARK(ing) Day celebrates seventh anniversary.
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Richard Colvin's repeated warnings to the Canadian government about detainee torture in Afghanistan were an expression of the common concerns of like-minded Western nations, not the baseless ramblings of a rogue diplomat, a European colleague says.
Michael Semple, former deputy head of the European Union's mission in Afghanistan when Colvin was second-in-command of the Canadian embassy, said his own records from his time in Kabul are littered with the same findings that the senior Canadian envoy shared with a House of Commons committee this week.
Colvin, now a top intelligence officer at the embassy in Washington, expressed concerns that were "absolutely credible," said Semple, now a research fellow at Harvard University's Carr Center for Human Rights.
"We all worked on it, and we appropriately compared our notes, in terms of understanding what was happening on torture inside the Afghan intelligence service," he told the Star.
The Canadian government should have heeded Colvin's allegation that detainees transferred by Canadian soldiers to local authorities likely were abused, Semple said.
Colvin told a special Commons committee on Afghanistan Wednesday that Canada took vastly more battlefield prisoners than either the British or Dutch militaries operating in southern Afghanistan.
He said that those detainees were, by and large, innocent taxi drivers and farmers rather than Taliban operatives, and that abuse was the "standard operating procedure" of Afghan authorities, regardless of the intelligence value of a prisoner.
The implements of torture were wire cables, electrical shocks and physical and sexual abuse, he said.
Colvin says his verbal and written warnings, sent far and wide to Canadian diplomats and military officials between May 2006 and October 2007, were at first ignored.
Once newspaper reports in April 2007 brought the problems to light, Colvin said he was instructed to keep quiet by David Mulroney, a senior official who had responsibilities to report on Afghanistan to Prime Minister Stephen Harper, then-foreign affairs minister Peter MacKay and Gordon O'Connor, who was the defence minister before he became the first political casualty of the detainee scandal.
Under Mulroney's tenure, diplomats were told not to put torture allegations on paper, Colvin said.
But a senior government official with knowledge of the file told the Star yesterday there was a simple – and not a nefarious – explanation for Mulroney's instruction.
"Under instructions from Mr. Mulroney, regular phone calls were instituted that connected Ottawa with the field, Kabul with Kandahar, and civilians with military," the source said. "That's why some people were reminded to use the phone instead of simply sitting in an office writing out the same report."
The same source, who answered the Star's question on condition of anonymity, said Colvin's allegations were reviewed by departmental officials, not political officials. The timing of that review was not exactly clear, but the source suggested it was in 2007.
"A complete and thorough review of everything that was alleged was done, and a whole government team set to design a monitoring system still in place now. No detail was hidden, every relevant fact was brought to light."
Mulroney is said to be willing to testify in front of the parliamentary committee, to counter Colvin's allegations, which the Conservative government dismissed as "not credible" and "entirely suspect."
"I don't believe it's backed up by fact, and what we have to deal with in a parliamentary hearing, as we do in a court of law or another judicial or public inquiry, is evidence that can be substantiated," MacKay, who succeeded O'Connor as defence minister, said in Halifax Friday. "The evidence and the suggestion that every single Taliban prisoner that was taken into custody and turned over (to be tortured) is simply not credible."
Semple said the burden of proof should not be on Colvin to show that every detainee was sent to Afghan torture chambers. He also said Colvin never complained to him about Canadian officials in Ottawa or Afghanistan ignoring his advice from the front lines, nor did he mention, as he did in his testimony, that he was being asked to keep his explosive findings out of written reports to his superiors to avoid a scandalous paper trail.
"My reading of this is that he was discreet and did not discuss internal Canadian affairs with people outside his office," Semple said.
Like the defence department earlier this week, the foreign affairs department urged patience to let the Commons committee's hearings run their course. Department spokesman Jamie Christoff said in an email to reporters that current and former foreign affairs employees will provide testimony in the weeks ahead that "will provide important context and information about this issue."
MacKay has acknowledged it was based on the reports of Colvin and others in 2007 that Canada signed a new transfer agreement with the Afghan government that allowed Canadian officials to visit and interview prisoners.
Opposition parties continued to call on the Tories Friday to investigate Colvin's allegations, and the possibility that Afghan detainees may have been abused in the full knowledge of senior Canadian military and diplomatic and political leaders. That, they say, would violate international law, which prohibits a country from knowingly placing individuals in a situation where they will be tortured. | <urn:uuid:94bbe2c9-8b83-4616-8ff0-1cee5ce0ab18> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2009/11/21/eu_diplomat_backs_claims_on_torture.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572212.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815205848-20220815235848-00475.warc.gz | en | 0.982878 | 1,049 | 1.703125 | 2 |
Russia raised the stakes in the crisis in Crimea tonight by preparing for a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
President Vladimir Putin defied calls not to intervene as the Russian parliament approved his request to deploy troops.
David Cameron tonight warned the Kremlin: “The world is watching.
“Britain views the developments with growing concern.
"There can be no excuse for outside military intervention in Ukraine – a point I made to President Putin when we spoke yesterday.”
US President Barack Obama said Russia had flouted international law by sending troops to Ukraine.
In a 90-minute telephone conversation, Mr Obama urged Putin to pull forces back to bases in Crimea.
Putin said the use of force was needed to protect the majority ethnic Russian population and his Black Sea Fleet, which is still based on foreign soil in Sevastopol.
A new pro-Russian prime minister, Sergei Aksyonov, has been installed in the autonomous region.
But Ukraine’s acting President Oleksander Turchynov signed a decree declaring the appointment illegal.
Mr Aksyonov claimed control of local forces as he asked Putin for assistance in keeping peace. He also confirmed Black Sea Fleet personnel were guarding key buildings.
Gunmen described as Russian troops now control airports and a communications centre. Russia is now estimated to have 15,000 soldiers deployed in Crimea.
Putin’s move came as dozens were hurt in demonstrations in the Russian-speaking east. Protesters raised Russian flags and beat up supporters of the new government.
Vitali Klitschko, the former boxing champ and likely presidential candidate, tonight called for a “general mobilisation” following the Russian parliament’s decision.
Pro-Russia activists yesterday tried to seize the regional governor’s headquarters in the eastern city of Kharkiv while Ukraine’s border guard service said 300 armed men tried to take its HQ in Sevastopol.
But there were counter claims by Russia that gunmen from Kiev had been sent to seize Crimea’s interior ministry offices.
A planned May referendum on whether Crimea should seek greater independence has been brought forward to March 30.
Ukraine’s president Viktor Yanukovych was ousted last week by a movement focused on greater integration with Europe.
EU foreign ministers will meet in Brussels on Monday to discuss the developments.
Crisis could affect UK gas supply and push up prices
Gas bills could soar because of the crisis in Ukraine, experts fear.
Around 12% of our gas comes from Russia via Ukraine – leaving Britain exposed to price volatility.
Russia expert Prof Peter Rutland said gas prices would suffer “whether there ends up being war or not”.
He said Russia could also cause trouble by calling in its neighbour’s $1.5billion debt.
Prof Rutland said: “Russia cut off supplies to Ukraine in 2006 and 2009. Other customers have to get their supply elsewhere: that affects the market and pushes up the price for the UK.”
And earlier this week Andrew Wilson, of the European Council of Foreign Relations, said: “Ukraine is broke and Russia can hit it hard.”
What will happen next?
by Prof Peter Rutland, expert and author on Russia
Crimea was part of Russia until 1954 and 60 per cent of its population are ethnic Russians.
They have a referendum coming up in a few weeks and they may choose to become part of Russia again.
The region is the headquarters of Russia’s Black Sea fleet. In 2010 Moscow renewed a treaty with Ukraine to remain there for 25 years.
By showing his military might, Putin is sending a signal to the West that if it comes to war, he will win.
Nato is not going to go to war with a nuclear power as mighty as Russia.
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Comprehensive Guide: What Are Managed IT Providers?.
The world of service is altering at a rapid rate. New innovations, brand-new markets, and brand-new competition all need quicker, more versatile reactions from companies. At the same time, the cost of working has increased, and with that, the expectations of both customers and providers have risen.Managed IT services aim to provide a middle ground between on-premises IT, which companies need to handle and preserve internally, and a fully outsourced provider that charges a fixed month-to-month cost. Handled IT services integrate the knowledge, security, and assistance offered by on-premises IT with the versatility and lower cost of a service provider. This makes them the best choice for services running in a highly-competitive market and that require to operate at a rapid speed.
What are Handled IT Solutions? Managed IT services include options and services that fulfill the needs of small to medium-sized companies (SMBs) and organizations that require full management of their IT. Usually, managed IT services are carried out through a managed provider (MSP). A managed provider (MSP) is a specific third-party organization that supplies IT management and support services. MSPs are often described as handled provider, IT management partners, managed provider, managed services, IT managed services, and managed IT services. MSPs normally provide a large range of services consisting of network support, cybersecurity, information storage, backup and catastrophe healing, virtualization, mobility, and more.
What It Services are Included in Managed IT Providers? The services included in managed IT services depend upon the needs of each organization. Usually speaking, MSPs provide the following typical services: – Network Support – This includes whatever from basic installation and setup to the management of a large network. – Security – MSPs can assist to secure service data and operations by implementing best-practice security procedures. – Backup and Disaster Healing – MSPs can assist to decrease risk by implementing and handling backup services, especially for catastrophe healing. – Data Storage – MSPs can help to handle information storage, consisting of backup and archiving, and implement information recovery options.
Why select Managed IT Providers? The cost of managing your IT has actually increased in addition to the cost of hardware and other business expenses. The fact is that much of the most popular technologies, like cloud computing, need pricey infrastructure that can be tough to manage and keep. Handled IT services, on the other hand, offer a method to decrease ongoing costs so that you can continue to run your service without including another layer of overhead. Through handled IT services, you can remove the pricey threats of managing IT and concentrate on running your business's operations instead. For instance, when an organization chooses to run its own network, there's a threat that a failure could bring the whole organization to a dead stop. These threats can be decreased by contracting out the network, but a lot of companies don't have the budget for that level of cost. An MSP, nevertheless, can use effective managed IT services at a much lower expense.
Secret factors to consider when selecting a managed IT provider. While managed IT services are a cost-effective option to managing your IT, they do require mindful preparation. The key factors to consider when choosing an MSP depend on the specific needs of your company. When making this choice, you'll wish to think about the following: – Expense – The expense of handled services differs considerably depending on the supplier chosen and the level of services needed. You'll wish to confirm that the business you're considering will have the ability to meet your needs and deliver the level of service you need without overcharging. – Abilities – Ensure that you understand precisely what the managed IT service provider can do for your service. You'll wish to make certain that they can provide the level of service needed which they have the expertise to provide it. – Level of Service – A handled IT service will be more effective if it's carried out at a department level instead of at a business level. The level of service that's executed at an enterprise level can be made complex and tough to manage. – Business Procedures – A managed IT provider will have the ability to offer a reliable handled IT services operation just if it has a clear understanding of your business processes.
Advantages of a handled IT services. A handled IT service can save companies time, cash, and hassle by removing the threat of managing their own IT. – Reduced Threat – IT is a required, but harmful, part of running an organization. Nevertheless, it can be handled effectively, and managed IT services can help to minimize the danger inherent in running without it. – Improved Effectiveness – A managed IT service permits organizations to run more effectively without needing to invest in costly brand-new technology and personnel. – Improved Client Experience – By eliminating the risk and expenses related to handling IT, services can concentrate on their core service operations while delivering the very best possible customer experience. – Improved Workflow – Implementing handled IT services can assist to enhance workflow by incorporating service procedures such as information management and procedures such as cooperation.
Final Words. The world of service is altering at a rapid rate. New technologies, brand-new markets, and new competitors all need quicker, more flexible reactions from business. At the same time, the expense of working has increased, and with that, the expectations of both customers and providers have actually risen. Handled IT services objective to provide a happy medium in between on-premises IT, which business need to manage and keep internally, and a fully outsourced provider that charges a set regular monthly cost. | <urn:uuid:e4424545-e54b-47f2-8a2d-b71cc015d632> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://blogfreely.net/maidcard3/comprehensive-guide-what-are-managed-it-providers | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570977.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809124724-20220809154724-00470.warc.gz | en | 0.956665 | 1,152 | 2.03125 | 2 |
Tuesday Chinese edge US employees in workplace curiosity
The 2016 Curiosity Report, published by leading German science and technology company Merck, showed the overall curiosity index of Chinese employees is 60.2, slightly higher than the United States’ 59.6.
The conclusion was reached after polling more than 3,000 full-time employees in China, the US and Germany.
The company invited renowned thought-leaders to help analyze the data through a cross-cultural lens. Factors taken into consideration included inquisitiveness, creativity, openness and distress tolerance.
Chinese employees scored highest in openness and inquisitiveness, but lowest in distress tolerance.
Data for Chinese employers are also optimistic. Chinese employers took the top spot in overall curiosity, followed by the US and Germany. (Photo 2) | <urn:uuid:f2f72f62-10a7-498b-9228-481cba86260a> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.pressreader.com/china/china-daily-usa/20161202/281887297923699 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560282140.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095122-00133-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.963202 | 158 | 1.703125 | 2 |
Serpents Then and Now
"Does the serpent kill or give life?" ask our Talmudic Sages in regard to the account in this week's Torah portion of the copper serpent which Moshe placed on a high pole so that the Jews bitten by a serpent could stare at it and be cured.
The answer they give is that it was not the biting serpent that caused death nor the copper one that saved life. It was rather a matter of Jews, who had brought the serpents upon them with their unreasonable complaints against Heaven, looking upwards to Heaven and submitting themselves to their Father in Heaven. This would be the difference between life and death.
The important lesson to be learned from this is that whenever Jews are threatened by serpents in human form their best remedy is to look Heavenward and commit themselves to serving G-d. There is no shortage today of such serpents threatening Jews in Israel and elsewhere. Even without a copper serpent to inspire us, we must apply the lesson of the Torah to secure Israel forever. | <urn:uuid:9a45615c-13b0-42db-b6ac-1ff86e73b8f4> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://ohr.edu/israel_and_jerusalem/israel_forever/3962 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560279224.13/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095119-00482-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.970129 | 211 | 2.5625 | 3 |
(Uttarashada 2nd, 3rd and 4th Padas, Shravana and Dhanishta 1st and 2nd Padas) People born in the zodiac sign of Capricorn are balanced individuals, who are restrained by nature, but they also remain as strong achievers. The ruler of this sign is Saturn, the much-feared planet who denotes justice. When this Vedic New Year begins, the planetary Lord Saturn is transiting the 12th House from the Capricorn sign. This may signal a period of great caution in all activities, for people belonging to the Capricorn Moon sign. It may be good for them to be judicious in spending, so as to avoid losses; not to trust anyone fully; to develop the skill of discriminating between the good and the bad; and not to stand as surety to anyone. Being self-confident and alert can bring handsome rewards. Planet Jupiter is placed in the 10th House until 11/10/2018, and this may result in the Capricorn-born facing possible disrespect in their place of work. There may also be problems from hidden enemies; difficulties posed by superiors and colleagues; and unwelcome transfer, demotion or even loss of employment. Some may also have to encounter unsavory situations where they may be compelled to undertake jobs that may be of a lower cadre, while some others may face false allegations. This may be a trying period demanding extreme caution and patience from them. However, things may turn for the better post 11/10/2018, when their authority, power, respect and esteem may see an upswing. Their long-time desires may get fulfilled; there may be joy in the family; benefits may accrue from relatives and friends; and people may get career progression and salary hike.
Further, as the shadow planets Rahu and Ketu are transit the 7th and 1st Houses, respectively, until 06/03/2019, there may be possibilities of marital discord. Hence, it is advisable for the husband and wife to sink their differences and adjust with each other. They may also avoid outside interference in their family matters and may need to be careful about problems that may come up through friends and relatives. Feelings of dejection and frustration may plague people, and hence, they are advised to stay clear of negative thoughts and cultivate a positive frame of mind. Prayers and meditation may do them a world of good. However, the movement of Rahu and Ketu respectively to the 6th and 12th Houses after 06/03/2019 may signal a complete reversal of fortunes. Mental strains may dissipate, leading to clarity of thoughts; litigations may end favorably; enemies may clear off from their path; people may get good health; there may be accumulation of wealth and properties; people may acquire name and fame; economic condition may improve; they may be going on pilgrimages; and spiritual inclination can bestow peace of mind. However, they may have to incur minor medical expenses. Also, Saturn is staying in the 12th House throughout the year as Viraya Shani, denoting losses and wasteful expenditure. And this also remains as part of the much-feared Sade Sati, the Seven-and-a-half Year period of Saturn rule. The Capricorn-born may have to keep their mind calm during the period and be very careful about money matters. They may also avoid standing surety for anyone; refrain from lending money and also making fresh investments; take good care of their health; refrain from getting drawn into unwanted complications and futile arguments; and instead, engage themselves in meditation and prayers. It may be very good if they ever remain committed to their work and be duty-conscious, and this may give them fruitful results.
Capricorn Moon Sign Tamil New Year Predictions for Business
Trade may be sluggish for the Capricorn-born business people until 11/10/2018 and they may need to be careful about this. They may better avoid new investments and keep partners and employees under constant watch. The period after 11/10/2018, may give them better business prospects.
Capricorn Moon Sign Tamil New Year Predictions for Employed
These people may have to encounter a lot of problems from higher authorities till 11/10/2018. They may also be warned against speaking their hearts out to fellow employees. This period may demand a lot of patience from them. Things may become somewhat better in the place of work after 11/10/2018, but still continued caution may be recommended.
Capricorn Moon Sign Tamil New Year Predictions for Students
It may be better for students to concentrate on their studies, particularly until 11/10/2018. They may also be advised to listen to the valuable advice of teachers and to avoid poking their noses in unnecessary matters. This may do them good. Post 11/10/2018, there may be good improvement in their academic performance. However, they may better be wary of wasting their time in matters like love-affairs.
Capricorn Moon Sign Tamil New Year Predictions for Politicians
Those in politics may have to exercise caution while dealing with their leadership, until 11/10/2018. They may have to careful with colleagues too. They may also be warned on the possibilities of unpleasant rumors being spread about them. However, they may start moving closer with their headquarters after 11/10/2018, who may also entrust them with new responsibilities, then.
Capricorn Moon Sign Tamil New Year Predictions for Artists
The Capricorns in the field of arts may have to utilize existing opportunities well, until 11/10/2018, as fresh openings may be delayed. They may be advised to remain patient. Prospects may brighten up after 11/10/2018; friendship may develop with celebrities; and they themselves may earn eminence, through the recognition of their talents.
- The Capricorn-born can donate food, offer financial assistance and provide medical aid to the poor and the challenged
- They can feed the birds
- They can perform Homa to Saturn, Jupiter, Rahu and Ketu, do Pooja and offer worship in temples
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University of California, San Diego history professor Nancy Caciola spends her days studying the fine line between godly saints and demonic sinners. She’s interested in how the people of the Middle Ages figured out which was which — or witch.
Caciola, a leading specialist in the study of possession, is intrigued by those who obsessed over their strange-acting neighbors. Were they in the throes of religious ecstasy? Willing followers of Satan? Or maybe the devil had taken their innocent souls hostage. If that was the case — oh dear — then what?
In an interview this week, Caciola talked about witchcraft, women and one heck of a suffering saint.
You teach a class about witchcraft and the church’s battle to kill off witches. What do you talk about?
There’s a huge amount of disagreement. There are those who say there was a frame-up, a fantasy that scapegoated women and has no relation to what women might have been doing. Others say a pagan cult survived underground and was demonized by the Catholic church. And then there are those who say there really were demon-worshipping women who literally went to the crossroads and tried to call up the devil.
Are there myths about witches?
A lot of people have come up with a number of 9 million witches burned, which is total bunk. It’s probably something like 30,000 from the 1430s until the 18th century. The number of 9 million has always appeared to me as an attempt to top the Holocaust: It’s the women’s Holocaust.
What does your research tell you about the role of women in the Middle Ages?
It’s certainly a misogynistic era and not one I’d want to live in. But there’s a surprising level of leadership and prominence by women in certain times and places.
People assume that the further you go back in history, the worse things are for women, and it’s a straight path to greater power and prominence. I don’t think that’s true. It’s a fairly uneven path, and you can find women in the Middle Ages who were powerful queens and went on crusades and were venerated as saints.
How are male and female saints different?
Male saints are known for leadership and intellectual qualities, while women saints are known for possession and mysticism, altered states of consciousness in which they prophesy, claim they’re receiving divine raptures and speak with Jesus directly.
Besides living unusual lives, the lives of saints often had fantastically bloody and gruesome ends. Do you think Catholics today understand this part of the past of their church?
There’s probably been a softening of that kind of thing. These types of stories with a focus on the nitty-gritty are certainly less popular today.
Medieval people lived in a brutal time when this kind of violence was perhaps less shocking, and they really liked these kinds of stories. You find a lot of stories of beheadings, of eyes being plucked out, of saints being grilled. There’s even a famous story of a saint called St. James the Dismembered.
Who’s one of your favorite characters from the Middle Ages?
A really fun one is Saint Christina Mirabilis, which translates to something like The Astonishing. She’s a 13th-century saint who dies at a young age and then is resurrected in the middle of her funeral service. She reports that she was brought before the throne of God. She can stay in heaven or go back to her body and take upon herself the suffering of other souls who were trapped in purgatory. She’ll do this as a form of charity and suffer intense pains in her body.
In order to enact this suffering, she does things like throw herself in icy rivers, burns herself in the bread ovens, and has this strange humming song that she produces when she’s in a state of ecstasy. And she keeps running around from her town and trying to live in a wilderness.
Her sisters believe that she’s possessed by demons. They send someone after her who breaks her legs and takes her home, and she’s tied up. It’s a good example of someone who has these extreme behaviors and is being interpreted in one way. But a man who admires her tries to present her as a saint. How do we know? Because she does all these crazy things.
Possession — by God or the devil — is one of your main areas of study. How did you get interested in this?
When I was first training as a historian in graduate school, I was interested in women saints. They get stigmata, and it seemed to me like it was symbolically saying Jesus were inside these women.
I was interested in the idea of possession, that a foreign spirit has entered into your body and taken control. Your mind, your spirit, your intellect is controlled by this foreign entity.
What does a culture do when there’s a whole lot of people who appear to be possessed? Some are possibly possessed by a demon but some might be saints possessed by God. How do you tell which is which? What’s the guy in the street going to do when they meet someone who’s able to prophecy the future and have great power in some way?
It’s really important to know whom to avoid and whom to offer your veneration to. Your soul hangs in balance in terms of choosing correctly.
So what do you do if someone’s acting odd and you’re not sure if they’re possessed by God or Satan? Just in case I need to figure this out.
The theory behind demonic possession is that a demon is going to try to mislead you in some way. You need to constantly test for consistency to make sure the person isn’t slipping in a lie. The medieval theory is that a devil will tell 1,000 truths in order to get one lie past you.
What do you find fascinating about studying all this?
I am a person who is drawn to things that are unclear. What jazzes me up as a scholar is finding something that’s ambiguous and a little chaotic and trying to figure out why a culture set this up so this chaos can come in. I’m very seldom drawn to things that are very clear cut.
What can we learn today from the obsession with figuring out whether people were possessed by angels or demons?
The world is not black and white. It’s not very easy to determine what is going on, what reality is, how we ought to respond to a person and characterize them. So we create categories that aren’t natural. That’s a good thing to remember: people aren’t naturally or intrinsically one thing.
Does your background in studying how people separated saints from the demon-possessed ever help you in your own life ? Do you ever look at your husband and think, “Hmmm….”?
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Recraft : How to Turn Second-hand Stuff into Beautiful Things for Your Home, Family and Friends Paperback
Illustrated by Nicola Kent
ReCraft includes 50 projects to give old things a new lease of life.
ReCraftis a way of recycling things you might otherwise throw away - or things other people have given away.
ReCraft means asking, "What can I turn this into?" rather than, "What do I need to make this?" - it is colours / textures and materials that trigger the designs and your own creativity.
Using your hands and imagination ReCraft transforms the most uninspiring objects such as holey jumpers, old shirts, dusty books, chipped cups, battered spoons, floral curtains, scratched records and broken games into soft toys, candles, secret boxes, precious jewels, cushions and bags.
ReCraft is about allowing your second-hand finds inspire you; letting shape, colour and texture spark for a 'ReCrafted' transformation.
Fifty projects for a range of items including items for the home, clothes and accessories for all ages plus patterns, templates and basic techniques.
Illustrated with photographs and hand-painted illustrations, the emphasis is on simple, easy-to-make items with a twist.
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 128 pages, More than 120 illustrations and photographs in colour
- Publisher: Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd
- Publication Date: 20/09/2012
- Category: Handicrafts, decorative arts & crafts
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SB 15 is innocuously titled “Campaign Finance Requirements.” And, it passed the Senate with NO opposition. Does that means it’s a good bill? Absolutely not.
According to the Center for Competitive Politics, SB 15 “proposes to create broad and burdensome disclosure requirements for individuals and organizations that make communications to the public that merely mention the name of a candidate in a specified time period before a primary or general election.”
The case against SB 15 goes on, saying:
The disclosure information required by S.B. 15 could also result in the harassment of individuals by their political opponents, and the proposed reporting thresholds for organizations speaking before the public on an issue could result in “junk disclosure” by associating a donor with a communication they have no knowledge of or may not even support.
In short, the language in S.B. 15 is so broadly defined that in order to comply with the bill’s far-reaching reporting requirements, it’s likely that many groups will instead opt not to speak. “This legislation proposes extensive and burdensome reporting and disclosure requirements that could chill the speech of many organizations,” said Nese. “If this bill is signed into law, a nonprofit organization in New Mexico that publishes a simple scorecard rating of legislator votes on its website could be forced to fill out complex paperwork with the state and reveal many of its donors.”
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The economics ministry did an about face Thursday and said it would impose an additional 27.06 percent import duty on milled rice.
The decision is in contrast to that of the Laura Chinchilla administration that was trying to subject local rice growers to the pressures of the international free market.
The government said that the action is trying to avoid grave damage to the national rice industry and the investments that have been made there.
The government also said it was issuing a decree that would reduce by about 4 percent the price of some rice for consumers.
Rice, a staple for many Costa Ricans, is controlled by a complex government bureaucracy that includes the Corporación Arrocera Nacional. There are about 1,400 producers in the country, and many have inefficient operations.
The announcement by the Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Comercio said that rice farmers would embark on a four-year readjustment plan to make them more competitive.
The plan calls for greater productivity per hectare, more efficiency in the distribution chain of rice and a transfer of the savings to the end consumer with a slowly decreasing price of rice that would bring national producers in line with world prices.
The government insisted that the changes would not affect the consumer. The reduction in the price of rice would be about 50 colons or nine U.S. cents per two-kilo bag of 20 percent broken grain, the lowest retail quality.
Under the Central American Free Trade Treaty, Costa Rica has agreed to reduce import duties on rice produced in the United States over 19 to 20 years so that there would be no duty in 2029. The effect on U.S. imports was not defined. Costa Rica imports about 40 percent of its rice each year.
The new import duty that raises the total to 62.06 percent will be submitted to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade.
The claim that imports would damage local production meets one of the agreement’s requirements for an exclusionary tariff.
The Chinchilla administration argued that consumers were subsidizing the country’s rice producers.
Rice producers and the rice industry are potent political forces. Growers have protested for years the import by private companies of rice from Argentina and Uruguay. | <urn:uuid:861f3628-ea7b-4a89-b94d-4a57bab15a74> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://amcostaricaarchives.com/2015/01/government-plans-protective-tariff-for-rice-growers-and-distributors/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280483.83/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00297-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.955136 | 461 | 1.929688 | 2 |
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
May 9, 2013
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Estimates Economic Impacts and Releases Draft Environmental Assessment of Critical Habitat Designation for Neosho Mucket and Rabbitsfoot
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is releasing the estimated cost and economic impacts and draft environmental assessment of the proposed critical habitat designation of two freshwater mussels, and is seeking public comment. The two mussels, the Neosho mucket and the rabbitsfoot, are found in several Midwestern and southern states, including Missouri, Indiana, Illnois and Ohio.Last year, the Service proposed to list the Neosho mucket as endangered, and the rabbitsfoot as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. The Service also proposed to designate critical habitat for these two mussels in 43 critical habitat units encompassing 2,138 river miles of stream channel in Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee.
The Service has conducted a draft economic analysis of the proposed critical habitat designation, as required under the ESA. The analysis considered the potential impact of the designation on various sectors of the economy. Based on the best available information, including extensive discussions with stakeholders, the Service estimates that the designation may cost $4.4 million to $5.9 million over 20 years, or $4,400,000.
The majority of these costs are administrative and may be borne by federal and state agencies; however, some costs may be incurred by local governments and businesses. These costs stem from the requirement for federal agencies to consult with the Service regarding the impacts of their actions, or those that they fund or authorize, on critical habitat. Transportation and utility activities are likely to be subject to the greatest impacts at $1,400,000 over the next 20 years; followed by timber, agriculture, and grazing at $960,000; development at $760,000; other (animal and biological control, prescribed burns, land clearing, bank stabilization, habitat or shoreline restoration) at $530,000; oil and gas development at $320,000; water flow management at $190,000; water quality management at $120,000, and mining at $71,000. The Service anticipates the proposed designation will have minimal effects on 227 entities or small businesses annually.
Critical habitat refers to specific geographic areas that are essential to the conservation of a threatened or endangered species. The designation of critical habitat will help ensure that federal agencies and the public are aware of the mussels' habitat needs and proper consultation is conducted by federal agencies when required by law. A critical habitat designation does not set up a preserve or refuge and only applies to situations where federal funding or a federal permit is involved. It does not allow government or public access to private land. Federal agencies that undertake, fund, or permit activities that may affect critical habitat are required to consult with the Service to ensure such actions do not adversely modify or destroy designated critical habitat.
Seventy-two miles, or four percent of the proposed critical habitat, is currently already designated critical habitat for two other species (yellowcheek darter and oyster mussel - now called the Duck River dartersnapper).
The Service has completed a draft environmental assessment of the proposed critical habitat designation, as required under the National Environmental Policy Act. The draft environmental assessment found the preferred alternative of designating critical habitat for the Neosho mucket and rabbitsfoot at the 43 proposed locations would not have significant impacts to people or their activities. More details on the methods used to assess impacts to the human environment are available in the draft environmental assessment.
The Service is re-opening the public comment period for 30 days. The public may mail comments and materials concerning the draft economic analysis and draft environmental assessment or any aspect of the proposed rule to Public Comments Processing, Attn: FWS–R4–ES–2012–0031; Division of Policy and Directives Management; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; 4401 North Fairfax Drive, MS 2042–PDM; Arlington, VA 22203. Comments also can be filed electronically at http://www.regulations.gov.
All comments must be received by June 10, 2013, and must include a first and last name, city, state, country and zip code. Any comments and materials we receive, as well as supporting documentation used in preparing this proposed rule, will be available for public inspection on http://www.regulations.gov, or by appointment during normal business hours, at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Ecological Services, 110 South Amity Road, Suite 300, Conway, AR, 72032; by telephone 501-513-4475.
The mission of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is working with others to conserve, protect and enhance fish, wildlife, plants and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people. We are both a leader and trusted partner in fish and wildlife conservation, known for our scientific excellence, stewardship of lands and natural resources, dedicated professionals and commitment to public service. For more information on our work and the people who make it happen, visit www.fws.gov.
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Published in Volume: 19 Issue 6: July 8, 2004
Objective: The purpose of this study was to assess the effects of hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) and near-infrared light therapy on wound healing.
Background data: Light-emitting diodes (LED), originally developed for NASA plant growth experiments in space show promise for delivering light deep into tissues of the body to promote wound healing and human tissue growth. In this paper, we review and present our new data of LED treatment on cells grown in culture, on ischemic and diabetic wounds in rat models, and on acute and chronic wounds in humans.
Materials and methods: In vitro and in vivo (animal and human) studies utilized a variety of LED wavelength, power intensity, and energy density parameters to begin to identify conditions for each biological tissue that are optimal for biostimulation.
Results: LED produced in vitro increases of cell growth of 140-200% in mouse-derived fibroblasts, rat-derived osteoblasts, and rat-derived skeletal muscle cells, and increases in growth of 155-171% of normal human epithelial cells. Wound size decreased up to 36% in conjunction with HBO in ischemic rat models. LED produced improvement of greater than 40% in musculoskeletal training injuries in Navy SEAL team members, and decreased wound healing time in crew members aboard a U.S. Naval submarine. LED produced a 47% reduction in pain of children suffering from oral mucositis.
Conclusion: We believe that the use of NASA LED for light therapy alone, and in conjunction with hyperbaric oxygen, will greatly enhance the natural wound healing process, and more quickly return the patient to a preinjury/illness level of activity. This work is supported and managed through the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center-SBIR Program. | <urn:uuid:508c03ee-481c-4d39-9441-93710e51ac6d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.victoryoverpain.com/blog/page/4/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571210.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810191850-20220810221850-00469.warc.gz | en | 0.914038 | 381 | 2.78125 | 3 |
We’re pleased to have Professor Claudia Bushman’s reflection on the pink issue of Dialogue, for which she wrote the introduction and served as guest editor. In “Women in Dialogue: An Introduction,” Professor Bushman describes the gathering of the coterie of Boston-area Mormon women who met with some regularity to discuss feminist issues. These women considered the dominant model of womanhood in the LDS church and examined its scriptural and historical origins. As a result, they “argue . . . for acceptance of the diversity that already exists in the life styles of Mormon women” (8). Poignantly Professor Bushman queries, “Does it undercut the celestial dream to admit that there are occasional Japanese beetles in the roses covering our cottages?” (6). The group’s questioning reveals the need to understand the complexity of the Mormon woman’s heritage (see 7). With each generation, Mormon women continue to confront this complexity and struggle for women’s liberation anew. Please welcome Professor Bushman. Continue reading
Note: Summer 2011 will be the fortieth anniversary of the Pink Issue of Dialogue. The publication of this issue marked the beginning of a resurgence of Mormon feminism and an increased interest in women’s history. The women who were involved – Claudia Bushman, Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, etc. – have become important figures within the Mormon academic community. In this series of blog posts, we examine the Pink Issue of Dialogue and think about the moment from which it sprang and the possible meaning of that issue today.
(Edit: Thanks to Kristine for reminding us to add the link to the 1971 Pink Issue of Dialogue: https://dialoguejournal.com/archive/issue-details/?in=23)
In the early 1970s, Claudia Bushman, Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, and other women living in Boston formed what they would call the “L.D.S. cell of Women’s Lib.” They read Kate Millet and discussed Relief Society lessons. Out of these discussions grew a special pink edition of Dialogue that focused on the experiences of the women within the Mormon Church. Edited by the discussion group that had coalesced around the original members, it included articles on nineteenth-century Mormon feminists, the difficulty of balancing academic work with family, and the challenge of being single within a church that exalted families. Continue reading | <urn:uuid:fd4baf52-51dd-407a-868b-26a388e587c3> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://scholaristas.wordpress.com/tag/mormon-women/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280310.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00192-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.943892 | 493 | 2.453125 | 2 |
Psychological tests have always been controversial, yet today they’re more popular than ever.
“Psychobook,” a new book from Princeton Architectural Press, explores tests through history and invents some new ones too.
Keep scrolling to see some highlights.
This photo from Ellis Island around 1910 shows an immigrant taking an intelligence test involving shapes. Tests like these were used to justify pseudoscientific racism and eugenics.
The Rorschach test, invented in 1921, aimed to understand people based on what they see in an ambiguous inkblot. This photo is from 1951. The test is still widely used today, though it has "little validity as a diagnostic tool."
The Thematic Apperception Test, invented in the 1930s, asked people to analyze what’s happening in an ambiguous image. Here's a woman taking it in 1950.
The Thematic Apperception Test is still used today. What do you think is happening here?
The Szondi Test, invented in 1935, measured peoples’ response to portraits of patients "diagnosed" as homosexuals, sadists, epileptics, hysterics, catatonics, paranoids, depressives, and maniacs. It has been repudiated for a lot of reasons.
The Make a Picture Story Test, invented in 1942, asked subjects to place cut-out dolls in a scene and then come up with a story.
So many possibilities ...
The Feeling Test asks subjects to say who they identify with most in a scene filled cartoon figures. Widely used today, it’s seen as a useful way to help people, often children, describe emotions.
The Family Relationship Test, created for “Psychobook,” asks people to pick a drawing that represents their relationship to their family.
Answer Key: 1. Excluded 2. Commander 3. Time to move on 4. Burdened 5. Escaping 6. Unified 7. The boss 8. Well-balanced 9. Victimized 10. Held back 11. Feeling small 12. Outsider
Check out many more psychological tests in "Psychobook."
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The mission of Saint John’s University is to renew the fabric of community from one generation to the next, ever striving for excellence, ever grounded in Benedictine tradition.
Saint John's University provides education in the liberal arts and graduate theological disciplines in the Catholic university tradition.
Saint John's seeks to preserve the well-springs of human culture, to deepen understanding of human interdependence, and to prepare students for full, integrated lives of faith and reason, action and love.
Saint John's strives to relate teaching, learning, and scholarship to the residential life of the campus, community worship, the practice of the arts, and programs of service.
These activities are animated by the Benedictine practices of community life, prayer, hospitality and the search for wisdom, as well as by Saint John's own historic commitments to the well-being of diverse human communities, the formation of leaders in successive generations, and the ongoing renewal of the Church.
Saint John's pursues this mission on the undergraduate level, where it offers residential liberal arts education in coordination with the College of Saint Benedict, as well as through graduate theological education, long-standing programs of cultural preservation and transmission, and a variety of sponsored programs. | <urn:uuid:63e537f7-e0b3-4a58-ab9b-1b795fabc59c> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.csbsju.edu/academics/2011-2012-catalog/sju-overview/mission | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280364.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00030-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.942577 | 247 | 1.585938 | 2 |
Recombinomics Commentary 14:30Bruce Alberts says that the research shows that it is very easy for lethal bird flu to develop and it should act as a "real wake up call to the world".
February 19, 2012
February 19, 2012
He added: "This is likely to happen at some point in the wild because these viruses are mutating very actively in the wild."
Kudos to Science for cutting to the chase on the H5N1 transmission issues. The two papers are game changes with regard to the understanding of the risk of a natural and evolving H5N1. Prior “experts” had claimed that H5N1 would never transmit in humans because it is an “avian” virus, and had not jumped to humans, in spite of many opportunities since the outbreaks in Hong Kong in 1997, and rapid expansion in Asia in 2004, and throughout Europe, the Middle East, and Africa in 2006.
However, two different groups using two distinct sub-clades had achieved efficient transmission in a ferret model involving a small number of natural changes, highlighting the near term potential for efficient transmission.Although the NSABB has the right to request limitations, they have not made a scientifically valid argument. Instead, public comments have revealed a serious lack of understand of the scientific literature and the abilities of others to reproduce and improve the transmission based on papers published prior to the acceptance of the papers at Nature and Science.
Both groups have published extensively in the past, and media reports describe the overall findings. The Science paper uses a clade 2.1 isolate from Indonesia with three changes, which was passed in ferrets to select two additional changes. All five changes in the two genes have been described previously, although all five have not been reported in the same isolate, although published sequences include four of the five is a single isolate. The Nature paper uses a different sub-clade (184.108.40.206) from Vietnam, but only the H5 is used. It is on an H1N1 background, and the sub-clade and construct have been described previously.
Thus, any serious program targeting an H5 that transmits efficiently in mammals would already have sufficient information to reproduce and improve the censored results, since there is little doubt that transmission is not limited to the two examples described in the Nature and Science papers.H5N1 however, remains a poor choice as a bioweapon because it can’t be controlled once it has been released, although interest in a transmitting H5N1 will likely increase due to the attention and concerns expressed by the NSABB.
The concerns have also detracted from the game changing result, as noted in the above quote, which is why the papers should be immediately published in full, so a true discussion of the significance of these results can begin, which includes enhanced surveillance and counter measures such as an extensive H5N1 vaccination campaign to protect against a naturally evolving H5N1. | <urn:uuid:7e63a903-a40c-40ef-8f85-555d7545fd0b> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://pandemicinformationnews.blogspot.com/2012/02/h5n1-wake-up-call-h5n1-birdflu.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280791.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00357-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.965239 | 612 | 2.640625 | 3 |
The State of Pennsylvania is famed for its role in the early development of the United States with the Declaration of Independence, U.S. Constitution, and Gettysburg Address all being written in the Keystone State.
While the state has undoubtedly written a significant chunk of American history, it has been a little slower in writing cannabis laws that accurately reflect the sea-change currently being witnessed in American attitudes towards marijuana cultivation and usage.
With that being said, let’s take a look at Pennsylvania marijuana laws and whether they could become the next state to fully legalise adult cannabis usage in the U.S.
Is Cannabis Legal in Pennsylvania?
At present, cannabis remains illegal for recreational use in the state of Pennsylvania, however, the possession of small amounts has been decriminalised by several of the states largest cities including Philadelphia in 2014, Pittsburgh in 2015, and Lancaster in 2018.
However, despite the lack of an adult-use recreational market, medical use of cannabis is permitted in Pennsylvania following the introduction of state legislature in 2016.
With the introduction of the new Pennsylvania marijuana laws, access to medical cannabis is available with a physicians approval, should the patient require treatment for one of seventeen qualifying conditions laid out in the framework of the bill. Qualifying conditions include chronic pain, cancer and Glaucoma.
A state-licensed system for the distribution of medical marijuana to patients was also established with the caveat that only non-smokable forms of cannabis would be available to patients. This was later deemed to be unconstitutional and later reversed to allow for the smoking of medical cannabis.
Can I Grow Marijuana in Pennsylvania?
No, at present the cultivation of cannabis plants in Pennsylvania is prohibited. However, it is entirely legal to buy marijuana seeds and keep them as novelty items or safely store them until the day cannabis is finally legalised in the state.
Will Pennsylvania Introduce Legal Cannabis?
Good question – Although, perhaps, it is more a question of when than will Pennsylvania introduce legal cannabis.
With the state’s governor revealing his full support of a legalised recreational industry, Pennsylvania is expected to join the legal cannabis market in the very near future with a ballot proposal mooted for 2022.
The Best Cannabis Seeds in Pennsylvania
While cannabis remains illegal to cultivate in many parts of the U.S, it is entirely legal to purchase and possess cannabis seeds in Pennsylvania and with our guaranteed seed delivery service, offering discreet and secure packaging, building your collection of cannabis seeds has never been easier.
If you’re interested in learning about cannabis growing or looking to plant your first marijuana seed on the day when Pennsylvania finally announces legal cultivation, we have the best selection of popular cannabis seeds on offer like the legendary Blue Dream, Hindu Kush, NYC Diesel and marijuana strain favourite, Tangerine Dream. Our selection of the best Pennsylvania cannabis seeds are available in feminised seeds, regular seeds and autoflowering seeds.
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2. Asystasia gangetica (Linnaeus) T. Anderson, Enum. Pl. Zeyl. 235. 1860.
宽叶十万错 kuan ye shi wan cuo
Herbs to 0.5 m tall, ascending. Stems 4-angled, pilose. Petiole 3-5 mm, pubescent; leaf blade ovate to elliptic, 3-12 × 1-5 cm, glabrous or sparsely pilose especially on veins, adaxially with numerous cystoliths, base truncate to rounded, margin entire or slightly crenulate, apex acuminate. Racemes axillary or terminal, to 16 cm; bracts triangular, ca. 5 mm, pilose; bracteoles linear-lanceolate, 1-2.5 mm, pilose. Pedicel 2-3 mm, pilose. Calyx ca. 7 mm; lobes linear-lanceolate, 5-7 × 1-1.2 mm, outside glandular pilose, margin ciliate. Corolla yellow or white, 1.2-3.5 cm, outside gland-tipped pilose, inside glabrous; tube basally cylindric and ca. 3 mm wide for ca. 8 mm then gradually widened to ca. 1 cm; lobes obovate to semicircular, 0.7-1.2 × 0.8-1 cm; middle lobe of lower lip with violet or maroon markings. Stamens included; filaments glabrous, longer pair ca. 5 mm, shorter pair ca. 3 mm; anther thecae ca. 3 × 1 mm. Ovary ellipsoid, ca. 3.5 mm; style ca. 1.8 cm, velutinous; stigma slightly capitate, 2-lobed. Capsule ca. 1.3 × 2 cm, pubescent. Seeds irregularly obovate in outline, 3-5 × 0.5-3 mm, tuberculate-rugose. Fl. Sep-Dec, fr. Dec-Mar. 2n = 26, 52.
Forest margins, roadsides. Naturalized in Guangdong, Guangxi, Taiwan, and Yunnan [paleotropical; SW Asia].
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They lock doors. They steal newspapers from racks. They shoot high school magazines with rifles. They set them on fire. They confiscate cameras. They threaten to pull funding.
“They” are censors, and you don’t have to look far to find them.
Last spring, administrators locked Hutchinson Community College’s student newspaper staff out of its newsroom after a series of articles exposing administrative and faculty bullying. This year, Butler Community College’s student newspaper had copies stolen from the racks when they printed a story about a football player’s arrest for murder in another state.
Eisenhower High students burned and shot copies of a student publication that featured an illustration of a Ku Klux Klan member as a Trump supporter. Shawnee Mission North student journalists had cameras confiscated by a principal for covering a protest with which he disagreed.
Emporia State’s student government cut its student newspaper budget following an outstanding series of investigative stories uncovering sexual misconduct by a faculty member.
The examples listed above have all happened to student journalists and their publications in Kansas in the past year. But the problem is not unique to Kansas.
Student newsrooms across the country have come under increased threats this year, including The Sunflower, at a time when student newspapers are more important than ever to the communities they serve.
But why now? Student newspapers have always covered controversial subjects. They’ve always had a rebellious streak and exposed wrongdoing, propelled by a strong sense of justice. They’ve always pissed off administrators and student governments.
The question administrators and student governments across the country need to answer is why attempt to destroy something that’s not broken — especially as its importance grows?
As professional newspapers struggle to gain a foothold in the marketplace of the 21st century, many are undergoing, or have already undergone, the same corporate transformation other industries made decades ago. The same goes for universities.
In some industries, like fast food, conformity maximizes efficiency and ultimately improves the product. For example, when McDonald’s fries taste the same in Fresno, California, as they do in Wichita, that’s good business.
But when a newspaper in Wichita is the same as the newspaper in Fresno, California, you can be sure readers in neither location are being properly served. When corporate owners demand the same conformity from newspapers as fast food restaurants, the consequences are dire.
Like newspapers, public universities are making a late transition from once-differing institutions to boxy, indifferent, bottom-line-obsessed corporate entities. As corporate universities become more alike, they must expend more money and effort on branding, insisting they’re different from their competition — similar to the Cola Wars between Pepsi and Coke.
Student newspapers, protected by the First Amendment and relatively insulated by sustainable funding through student fees from the corporate forces hamstringing local newspapers, are caught in the middle of this madness.
But the sustainable funding that insulates student newspapers, like The Sunflower, from the corporate decisions diminishing local newspapers and universities across the country is in jeopardy. The First Amendment protections afforded student newspapers, too, have come under threat.
Student newspapers are now at a crossroads: do they continue bravely and independently serving their readers free from corporate influence and brand-building demanded by their intersecting industries — higher education and newspapers — or do they conform, sell their souls, and help build the brand of their schools in exchange for student fees.
For The Sunflower, this crossroads was clearly laid out in an email from an administrator. It was said we could not operate “without bias or control from anyone” because we receive student fees.
The answer for The Sunflower, and other ethical student newspapers across the country, is simple. A newspaper functioning as a public-relations arm of the university, suppressing confrontational coverage and giving a false impression of reality, is worse than no newspaper at all.
Student newspapers serve a vital role in our democracy and occupy a special place in our society that allows the truth to determine its coverage — not its profitability. In these tough times for student journalists, The Sunflower supports all student publications as they fight for their right to report the truth. | <urn:uuid:8dcea0d9-8980-432e-b2df-9feb57a42441> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://thesunflower.com/27165/opinion/savestudentnewsrooms/?print=true | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573118.26/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817213446-20220818003446-00668.warc.gz | en | 0.961702 | 872 | 1.523438 | 2 |
# Social Justice Supporter
4 Aug 2016
In an article written for Glamour, Barack Obama said
As a parent, helping your kids to rise above these constraints is a constant learning process. Michelle and I have raised our daughters to speak up when they see a double standard or feel unfairly judged based on their gender or race—or when they notice that happening to someone else. It’s important for them to see role models out in the world who climb to the highest levels of whatever field they choose. And yes, it’s important that their dad is a feminist, because now that’s what they expect of all men. It is absolutely men’s responsibility to fight sexism too. And as spouses and partners and boyfriends, we need to work hard and be deliberate about creating truly equal relationships.
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Mount Everest is the highest mountain on this planet, rising some 29,029 feet above sea level. Many aspiring and professional mountaineers undertake the titanic task of climbing Mount Everest every year, and now they’ll be connected to LTE once they reach a base station at the top of the mountain. China Mobile has teamed up with Huawei to deploy LTE-TDD services on top on Mount Everest. The technology solutions for this service have been provided by Huawei. It is said that now more than 200 users will be able to livestream HD video at the base camp.
2G mobile services have been available at Mount Everest since 2007, when China Mobile started providing the service, with tech solutions being provided by none other than Huawei. This was done to ensure safety of climbers as well as to prepare for one leg of the 2008 Olympic Games torch relay. President of Huawei Wireless Networks, David Wang, said that bringing 4G to this iconic mountain marks an important milestone in the global development of LTE TDD. So if you’re on your way to Mount Everest, be sure to carry your LTE capable device.
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Having a comfortable workplace is the key to maximizing your productivity and making sure you feel comfortable while working on your urgent tasks. Considering that millions of students these days have to study from home. It is especially important for you to create a nice workspace that boosts up your productivity and encourages you to be more efficient in doing your homework. Of course, you don’t have to be a professional designer to design that perfect workspace for yourself.
All you need is to follow some general advice and let your imagination guide you. Try to be creative, think about the possibilities, and try to make this place truly yours. This place needs to become an environment where you’d be encouraged to work hard, study, and focus on your tasks. That is exactly why you need to pay attention to your needs. Follow the general recommendations, and just let your creative mind fly. So, here are our tips on how to design the most awesome student workspace.
Choose the Place with Good Lighting
Did you ever notice how energized you feel in the places filled with light? How easier it is for you to focus, and how much faster you think when the light of day shines upon you? You might have also noticed the entirely opposite effect of the dark, murky places where you’d feel sleepy and tired. That is exactly why you need to select a well-lit area in your house. This will help you feel good while studying and it will increase your productivity drastically. Even such small details as the presence or absence of light can make a huge difference.
Locate and Eliminate Distractors
When designing learning spaces, you need to fashion them in such a manner. As to eliminate all the distractors, redundant noises, visual distractions, and all the tiny little things that might set your mind astray while studying. If you study from home, it is best to avoid studying in a dining room or a living room.
The educational portal PapersOwl conducted a survey among students and found that for 75 percent of students it is very important to equip their workplace. “There always are people in such places – some of your family members might be walking around the house in a large group distracting you from your work” – says Peter Miles, a student from Boston University. This is not a good thing for achieving your academic goals. Which is why it is better to study in some secluded area where you will be free of any distractors. Also, you’ve got to stay clear from your TV, phone, gaming console, and whatever it is that you have at home that might distract you.
You Seat Has to be Perfect
When talking about your desk, it does not need to be anything fancy. It has to be the right size and the right height flat surface you can place your laptop and your books on. Of course, it also has to be sturdy enough, but overall, your desk is a fairly simple part of your overall design. Your seat, however, needs to be much more than just a chair. The chair is the most important thing here since a bad chair can cause serious problems with your back health. Which is something you’d want to avoid at all costs. Your chair needs to be of the right height, it needs to support your back in the right position, and it has to be made of quality materials so it does not irritate your skin after long hours of sitting. The best idea here is to consult with the specialists who can help you choose the right chair.
Have Some Space to Move Around
You can just sit there for hours and hours without moving around. Hopefully, you have enough space in your place or outside where you can move around a bit, exercise, and just breathe freely. You need to take breaks every now and then, and if you just sit there for a long time. Your brakes need to be as active as possible. Try to leave your workspace once every hour, stretch a bit, go do something else for a couple of minutes, and get back to learning. This will help you stay focused and will surely have a positive effect on your physical health.
Surround Yourself with Art
What inspires you the most? For the majority of people, art is the main source of inspiration. It is one shared feature almost all of us possess – art inspires people, it makes them want to achieve more, it makes them strive for excellence. If you are like that, having some piece of art in front of you is a great way to emphasize your creative potential and improve your productivity. It does not have to be some painting, it might be music too. Some people enjoy working on their favorite music, that way, they can feel like they are on top of the world and are ready to take on any challenge. If you ever felt that way while listening to your favorite band, you might try to do it while studying. Depending on what types of art make you feel good. You may want to surround yourself with those to boost your productivity up.
Keep Your Workspace Clean
The difference between your place and the school is that you need to clean it up yourself. Like in all the other types of workplaces, you need to take care of your desk and make sure it stays clean and well-organized at all times. Creating a cozy and inspiring work environment is your main task here, so you need to invest some time and effort in keeping it tidy. Nobody wants to work in a trashy place, which is why people always try to keep their desks clean. The workforce relies on organization and structure to function properly, so you need to keep your place organized and structured.
If you want to increase your productivity and boost up your motivation, there exists a variety of ways to do so, and managing your workspace is one of the most effective ones. Before you start designing your own workstation, proper research is due. You need to find out how different aspects of your workspace can impact your productivity. The workspace management is a crucial part of increasing your overall productivity, so you should totally invest in it. | <urn:uuid:722c799d-6dc5-4718-b93c-729899901b40> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.techicz.com/how-to-design-the-ideal-student-workspace/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572127.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815024523-20220815054523-00275.warc.gz | en | 0.966304 | 1,238 | 2.109375 | 2 |
German Immigrant Ancestors
in Syracuse and Onondaga County, New York
Surnames - B
Sender: Dave Tucker
Date: 4 December 2009
I have been researching my German roots for years and when I found your comprehensive website I was delighted.
My G grandfather's name was Bodani. I have done research and found church records from Mundenheim where my gggg
grandfather rode in to town around 1800 as a Kaisert Hussar from Komorn Hungary. He met his wife in Mannheim and they
stayed there. That's where my g grandfather emigrated from. I tend to believe they were Donauswaben because I
found a Bodani who was conscripted into the SS from Antunovac in Swabia.
Help. Such an odd name, Bodani. I do not believe they were at all Italian. Thank you for any help.
Sender: Eric Carlson
Date: 7 July 2005
Surnames: BAUMGARDNER, BLEEM, Egle/Eagle, Greisinger, Koppenhafer
Would like to hear from anyone with connections or information on these families in the Syracuse area going back to the 1850’s and 1860’s....Thank you for your website.
Sender: Holger Baumgrass
Date: 26 October 2004
bei der Suche nach den Wurzeln meiner Familie bin ich auf Ihre
Web Seite gestoßen. Ich denke, Peter
Baumgraß hat seine Wurzeln in unserer Familie.
Leider konnte ich noch nicht viel über ihn finden. An Informationen bin ich deshalb sehr interessiert!
Danke für Ihre Bemühungen!
(In searching for my family's roots I have found your website. I believe Peter Baumgrass descended
from our family. Unfortunately I have not yet been able to find out much about him.
I would be interested in receiving more information. Thank-you
for your efforts!)
Sender: John D Windhausen
Date: 23 September 2004
Surname: BAUER, WINDHAUSEN
Please include in your database my German ancestors who came and settled in Syracuse in January, 1883. This family arrived from Antwerp to New York and included eight children, one of whom (Peter) died within the year of arrival. All the others stayed to have clans of their own. Here is the family as recorded from a paid researcher in the village of Reil on the Mosel, in the district of Trier, Germany. Actually, the two oldest children came to NY in the Spring of 1882 and the rest of the family, including the parents, left Antwerp in the following December. Many of their descendants still live in the Syracuse area.
Children of Peter Windhausen (b. 12.10.1836) and Katharina Marghareta Bauer (b. 15.8.1834):
1. Kunigunde *18.12.1860 in Reil (source: Book 5, p.75, nr.10) Godparents: Matthias Barzen and Kunigunde Windhausen.
2. Jakob *6.1.1863 in Reil (source: Book 5, p.81,nr.3). Godparents: Matthias Jakob Bauer and Marghareta Bauer from Reil.
3. Matthias *8.8.1866 in Reil (source: Book 5,p.89,nr.5). Godparents: Matthias Johannes Windhausen and Elisabeth Arens.
4. Michael *17.2.1868 in Reil (source: Book 5, p.94,nr.5). Godparents: Michael Mueller and Klara Friedrich.
5. Nikolaus *29.8.1869 in Reil (source: Book 5, p.98,nr.1). Godparents: Nikolaus Bauer and Marghareta Barzen from Reil.
6. Marghareta *13.12.1871 in Reil (source: Book 5,p.105,nr.7). Godparents: Johannes Matthias Barzen and Marghareta Koenen from Reil.
7. Marghareta Sofia *10.2.1874 in Reil (source: Book 5,p.113,nr.3). Godparents: Marghareta Sofia Mueller and Michaele Arns from Reil.
8. Peter *3.2.1877 in Reil (source: Book 5,p.123,nr.4). Godparents: Peter Barzen and Katharina Barzen
Sender: Greta Braungard
Date: 10 February 2004
Surnames: BRAUNGARD, POHL, SCHNURR, WURTHMANN
My website is
Sender: Cleo Hogan
Date: 29 September 2003
Surnames: BEHNKE, STUDIER, CARTHEUSER
Charles BANKEY/BEHNKE (1819 Mecklenburg, Prussia--1896 NY City), but lived in Syracuse earlier. [Some BANKEYS bur at White Chapel Mem Gardens.]
Charles Bankey's wife was:
Caroline G. M. STUDIER (1827 Mecklenburg, Prussia--1892 Cicero, NY), had brother William STUDIER (b. ca 1830); her parents were: Karl Frederick STUDIER & Caroline ___________.
Oscar Eugene CARTHEUSER, hatter, wife Amelia _____, lived 1873 Richmond, VA, later moved to NY City; children Clara Belle (1873VA-1946 Dewitt, NY); Amelia; George, Oscar; Eugene, all may have been single except Clara.
Sender: Susie Martin-Rott
Date: 26 January 2003
See the Bureau County ILGenWeb Project site for more biographies (lots of Germans
settled in Bureau and quite a few appear to be from NY):
I am not related to the gentleman in the below bio--I happened upon it
while transcribing bios for the Bureau Co ILGenWeb Project site (of which I
am the coordinator). I do not have any additional info, but am passing
this along in case someone may need it.... Bureau County, Illinois is the
home of the "other" Manlius...named after the one in Onondaga Co NY.
Source: History of Bureau County Illinois, H. C. Bradsby, Chicago World
BREED, Dr. Simon Peter
Dr. Simon Peter Breed, Wyanet. In the possession of William J. Breed,
of Raynham, Mass., are records stating that A. D.
1100 a colony of Breeds emigrated from Germany to Sussex County, England,
and there founded a town called Breed,
which bears that name to the present day. From this colony of Breeds
sprang Allyn Breed, of 1601, who came to
America and settled in Lynn, Mass., in 1630, and became the sole progenitor
of the Breed family in America. One of his
great-grandsons, Ebenezer Breed, is noted for being the owner of Breed's
Hill, where was fought the battle of Bunker
Dr. S. P. Breed, the subject of this sketch, was born in Manlius, Onondaga
Co., N. Y., February 1, 1819, and is the son of
the late James Breed. In his possession are records by which he can trace
his lineage back through his grandfather,
Gershom Breed, of 1755; Allen Beard, of 1714, who settled in Stonington,
Conn., and therefore called the Stonington
branch of the family; thence through, John Breed, of 1663, Allen Breed, of
1626, and Allyn Breed, of 1601, who settled in
Lynn in 1630.
Simon Peter Breed was taken by his parents to Cicero, Onondaga County, in
1820, and there on the farm he was reared
till he was seventeen years of age, except one year when the family had
returned to Manlius. When seventeen he
removed with his parents to Hannibal, Oswego County, and there four years
more of his life were spent upon the farm,
in a sawmill, at the carpenter's bench and in the school room. When
nineteen years of age he began life's work for
himself, having made an arrangement with his father for his time. In 1839
he went to Manlius, where he attended the
old Manlius Academy for some time, and also taught three terms of school.
May 11, 1843, he started from Oswego, N. Y. for the West, and landed June
11, at his uncle's house near Vermont, Fulton
Co., Ill., where his first business was teaching at $13 per month. He
continued teaching for three terms, and in 1844
began the study of medicine in Vermont. In the winter of 1846-47 he
attended his first course of lectures at St. Louis,
Mo., in the Medical Department of the Missouri State University. In the
spring of 1847 he began the practice of medicine
in Schuyler County, Ill., and there continued for eighteen years. However,
in the winter of 1856-57 he went to
Philadelphia, and attended the Medical Department and graduated from the
Pennsylvania University. He then
continued in his practice in Schuyler County, where he was widely known and
In 1865 Dr. Breed removed to Princeton, and in the fall of the same year
took part in organizing a district medical
society, and was its first delegate to the State Medical Society, and
through a report read there was first introduced to
the literary medical world, and since that time has contributed many
articles to medical journals, full of interest and
value to the profession, but of which our limited space will allow no
further mention, only to say that they were
characterized by many of the leading physicians in this and other States as
able and exhaustive. In a centennial
address before the International medical Congress at Philadelphia, in 1876,
H. I. Bowditch, M. D., President, of the
Massachusetts State Board of Health, speaks of Dr. Breed as one of his
valuable correspondents. In the publish
transactions of the nineteenth annual meeting of the Illinois State Medical
Society are given a number of pages taken
from his report on Practical Medicine.
Not only had Dr. Breed been an able contributor upon medicine, but his
ready pen has not been slow to record his
thoughts upon other topics, including those on temperance, a tour through
Kansas in 1869, woman's crusade, etc., the
mere mention of which will call them to the minds of many of the leading
citizens of the county. In early life the Doctor
was an abolitionist, and cast one of the two first votes in Vermont, Fulton
County, for James G. Birney, the candidate of
the Liberty party in 1844. He is now a stanch Republican, and in 1870 he
wrote articles against many of the Republicans,
who bolted the regular nominee for Congress, after submitting their claims
at the primary election.
December 25, 1848, Dr. Breed was united in marriage to Miss Alzina S.
Powers, of McDonough County, Ill. She was born
in Essex, Vt., in 1827, but came to McDonough County in 1833. Her father,
Isaac Powers, was a farmer; she was
educated in the district schools and at the female seminary of
Jacksonville, Ill. She is the mother of seven children,
three of whom died before they were seven years of age. The living are:
Lena May, a school teacher; Lizzie Rachel,
wife of Charles E. Sisler, who resides near Lincoln, Neb.; Luella and Ralph
at home. They were educated in the
Princeton High School.
In later years Dr. Breed has lived in quiet retirement on Center Grove
farm. This farm of 200 acres lies in Wyanet
Township, and was settled in 1836 and when Dr. Breed purchased it in 1870
was very much run down, but he has added
many valuable improvements to it, and has made it a model farm.
Although not a member of any church, order or fraternity, he is opposed to
none provided they bear the test of being a
benefit to mankind. He has always been a friend to the poor and especially
during the war, he not only assisted the
families of the soldiers by his services as a physician, but his purse was
ever open to them, and many kindly words of
sympathy did he write to those in the field.
Sender: Dorothy Knittle MacPherson
Date: 22 January 2003
Surnames: BENZ, KNITTLE
Hi, I am trying to find out some information on my great grandparents,
Boniface Knittle and Katherine Benz. They were both born in Germany but I don't
know where. Boniface was born May 1849 and died January 1912. Katherine was
born May 6, 1950, and died January 11, 1936. They were probably married in New
York about 1875 Boniface arrived in the U.S. in 1866 and he was naturalized.
Boniface was a brewery laborer. They had 4 children, Edward, Joseph
(my grandfather), Frank and Anna. In 1900 they lived at 306 Herbert Street
in Syracuse New York. Thank you for your time and any other information you
can help me with.
Sender: Dieter Birk
Date: 6 October 2002
Surnames: BÜRK (BUERK or BIRK)
I'm quite interested in your Web site because I have a long lost relative who
disappeared as follows:
Georg Bürk (Buerk or Birk) came from Michelfeld, Württemberg in November 1852
via New York and reportedly went to Hawkinsville, New York. I've been looking
for any traces of his presence. His nephew Philipp Birk went to Wamego, Kansas
in 1880. I found his offspring and now have many new American cousins.
Sender: Daniel Smothergill
Date: 24 August 2002
Surnames: BORMANN, HUMBERT, LUX, OSSWALD, SCHILLY, SCHWILK, GEMMER
The family of Friedrich HUMBERT and Eva Maria LUX came to Syracuse around
1850. Both were from Hatten, Bas Rhin, Alsace. Friedrich himself does not
appear to have come to America. He died in Alsace in 1841. But his wife Eva
did come. A family Bible says she died in Syracuse in 1851, shortly after
We know that five of the Humberts' children lived in Syracuse. Friedrich
Humbert, the eldest, was born in 1824 in Hatten and died on 9 Jul 1895 at
707 University Avenue, Syracuse. Syracuse City Directories from 1862 - 1868
list him as a cabinet maker with a shop at 64 N. Salina St. His home was at
108 Butternut. According to a newspaper clipping at the Onondaga Historical
Association, Frederick Humbert and his wife Mary bought the house in 1853.
Buying the house was connected in some way to the German Community of
Emmigrants Friends Society. Friedrich first belonged to St. John's Lutheran
Church and later joined Park Central downtown. His wife, Maria Elizabeth
Bormann, was born in 1832 in Hanover (Prussia) and died 13 Jul 1909 in
Syracuse. They were married 22 January 1852 at St. John's Lutheran Church in
Syracuse. Between 1852 and 1873 they had 9 children, some of whom resided in
Syracuse all their lives.
A second child of Friedrich and Eva Maria Humbert in Syracuse was Salome
Humbert. She married Phillip OSSWALD at St. John's Lutheran on 25 Jan 1852.
He was from Hessen, Darmstadt. Salome died in Syracuse on 27 Feb 1868.
A third child, Dorothea Humbert, married Phillip SCHILLY at St. John's
8 Jan 1854. She died 3 Oct 1899.
A fourth child, Magdalena Humbert, married Wilhelm Friedrich SCHWILK on 29
Apr 1856 in Syracuse. She was born in Hatten in 1835 and died in Schenctady,
NY on 23 Feb 1907. Schwilk was Pastor of the 3rd Evangelical Protestant
Dutch Church in Schenectady at the time they married and later formed his
own church known as the Temple Gemeinde. He died in Schenectady on 30 Dec
A fifth child, Maria Eva Humbert, also in Syracuse married a man named
A footnote to this story has to do with my wife Nancy Laubengayer
Smothergill. Nancy is the great granddaughter of Magdelena Humbert and
Reverend Wilhelm Schwilk. Although Nancy was born and raised in Ithaca, NY,
not far from Syracuse, and we actually have lived in Syracuse since 1967,
she knew nothing about the Humberts of Syracuse until just a few years ago.
Sender: Jodell Zahn McVey
Date: 3 May 2002
Surnames: BENDER, ZAHN, HORNUNG
Frederick Zahn b. 1819 in Prussia, traveled to the United States about
1848-49, and married Margaretha(?) possibly Hornung b. October
31, 1835. They were married abt. 1852 in Syracuse. Margaretha came from
Bavaria about 1842. Frederick and Margaretha Zahn had at least 10 children,
Mary b. 1853, George M. b. February 1855, Sarah b. March 1859, Catherine b.
March 1861, Unknown child b. 1862, Frederick C. b. February 1867, Emma b.
May 1869, William b. April 1870, John b. September 1873, Matilda C. b. 1876.
Frederick died in Syracuse in 1893 and Margaretha died January 17, 1899.
Both are buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, though Frederick was originally buried
in Rose Hill Cemetery in North Syracuse.
George M. Zahn born February 3, 1855 married Elizabeth Bender, daughter of
William and Mary Bender of Syracuse though they emigrated from Bavaria,
Germany. Elizabeth b. August 1857 in Syracuse had at least 3 children with
George. William born 1876, George b. June 1878, and Flora M. b. April 1886.
George and Elizabeth died in 1913 and 1921 respectively. Both are buried in
Woodlawn Cemetery. Any information on this family would be greatly
Date: 11 December 2001
Surname: BERGER, etc.
Abelein, Martin date of immigration 6/15/1883. Crailsheim, Germany- St.
Paul's Evangelical German Lutheran 108 Grace St.
Berger, Peter 1879
Einsiedel, Catherina 1883
Sauer, Samuel(Alfonso) 1875
Hausmann, Margareta 1883
Sender: Charlene Weed
Date: 15 October 2001
Have you ever heard of the St. Fidelius Society of Syracuse, NY? In my gggrandfathers obit
(John Brilbeck) is mentioned he belonged to the St. Fidelius Society, also the German
Pioneers and the Holy Name Society, England branch of the church of the assumption. Mr.
Brilbeck was a colonel in the Commandery 37 , Knights of St. John and a member of the
pioneer rank of that commandery. He emigrated in 1852 from Bavaria, Germany. He was a
jeweler on the North Side of Syracuse for many years.
He was born in 1848 Bavaria, Gr. and died 26 Jan 1934 in Syracuse, Onondaga Co., NY and is
buried in Assumption Cemetery, Syr. NY. He married Mary Halbritter
John swore allegiance (Naturalization) to the US 7 Oct. 7, 1857 with a character witness by
name of Ignatus Fauth & Peter Conrad.
I don't know specifically where in Bavaria John Brilbeck lived - on his Naturalization papers,
he states just "Bavaria, Gr." I have checked the German Immigration lists at the Onondaga Co.
Library, Syracuse, NY and his name is not on the 1851 or 52 immigration lists there. Are there
other immi. lists available that I might check?
Thank you for any info. you can provide.
Sender: Suzanne M. Kubacki
Date: 7 September 2001
Surname: BRIMM, etc.
Many of my family lived/lives in Onondaga County, Oswego County. Lots of
them "bounced" between the two.
Hoefler, Moon, Pennock, Pringle, Torbit, Brimm, Eucher,
Steinbach/Steinbacher, Minikheim/Menikheim, Allen
Kubacki and Austin
Date: 4 Sept. 2001
Surnames: BARTH, ALLETZHAUSER, SCHMITZ
My gtgrandfather, Ludwig Barth, came here in 1852 at age 12 on the Hansa.
He settled on the North Side. Ludwig was a taylor. His son, Raymond W. Barth
was my grandfather. Raymond W.'s son, Hon. Raymond J. Barth is my father.
Ludwig married a Mary Alletzhauser. There was another son, Ernest and a
daughter, Hilda Schmitz.
Further information would be appreciated.
Sender: Inez Garrett
Date: 31 August 2001
Surnames: BAUM, VIRGIL, GARRETT
Enjoyed your website, especially the history of the area. I drove to
work down Erie Blvd. in the late 1960s to Bristol Labs, and am
researching my husband's people (Virgil, Garrett, et al.) in that
area. Your early history was especially welcome as the Virgil folk
probably came into the area in the late 1700s.
Our family now lives in southern New Mexico. I've only gotten to the
Onondaga Co. Library to research a couple of times over the years, but
do make extensive use of the Onondaga and Madison Co. web sources!
Checked your site for the BAUM surname as I've a Theron Garrett of the
Cicero area who mar. 1871 Martha A. BAUM b. 24 Dec 1846. BAUM may be
German, but I do not know for certain. The first of the Garrett family
in the area, Ephraim, was a member of the Dutch Reformed Church, but
suspect that may be of Dutch origins, rather than German. Believe the
church later became Methodist.
Again, thanks for an interesting site.
Sender: Eric Schultz
Date: 19 August 2001
Surnames: BENKE, HELLER, KLETTKE, KNOPF, KUEHN,
SCHREINER, HORNUNG, MILLER, KELLER, DANIER, ZIMMER, SCHLOSSER, RUMPF, etc.
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It has this grand entrance, where kids wearing little poopy hats climb into a toilet. "There’s a toilet that complains, toilets that sing, and if your kids are being really crappy, you can flush them down a toilet slide that leads to a virtual sewer world."
There is a serious side to this; according to the museum website, 2.5 billion people do not have access to a toilet, and sewage disposal is a serious problem worldwide.
Sewage that includes excrement cannot be discharged into the sea, it should be cleansed, but it includes phosphorus - a precious resource. In Japan, phosphorus is removed from sewage to reduce its effect on the ecosystem; Japanese sewage is almost completely cleaned, but at an energy cost. If we could devise a system that can remove and utilize resources from excrement, we could reduce the effect on the environment and obtain those precious resources. | <urn:uuid:cd0cdc75-eb0f-4b60-a1e8-207749d3c7f5> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.treehugger.com/bathroom-design/picture-worth-toilet-training-japan.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280835.60/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00464-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.929859 | 274 | 3.640625 | 4 |
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These officials operate by consent of the governed, with rights of minorities protected. Laws are to be drafted in public, with input from experts and the public. They deliberately and with malice aforethought chose not to.
Infringement is banned by the Bill of Rights. This is not some debating point. Violation of the Bill of Rights is an offense against We the People, and throughout our history has earned punishment. Not just at the ballot box, but real punishment. Else, what value the Bill of Rights?
Requiring agents of the federal government, in this case, licensed federal firearms dealers (FFLs), to conduct paperwork and electronic examinations of private citizens which the agents are banned by law from doing, is a clever way to stop citizens from getting firearms. It is also malfeasance of the worst kind, and deserves punishment of the highest order. This isn't just use-the-other-lunch-counter bigotry, this is the no-lunch-counter-for-you brand.
(Connecticut is requiring FFLs to conduct background checks on private firearm transfers, and offers to pay them. It is a federal offense for FFLs to use the NICS background check system for anything other than their own authorized business sales.)
But the worst offense remains drafting and proposing such treasonous poison in secret. Merely voting for it is no less serious an act. Legislators who participated in this infringement of the fundamental civil and human rights of the citizens of Connecticut act as enemies of American freedom whether they recognize it or not. This is not how Americans behave.
Using the acts of a madman to justify the acts of these madmen is reprehensible, immoral and corrupt. Worse, their failure to act in a way that might actually identify and curb future deranged monsters is a failure to accomplish their most rudimentary role. It is abrogation of their responsibility as elected officials. This is grounds for removal from office.
How should the public react when their officials depart from the rule of law, act without concern for established procedure, quorum in secret, enact laws without public knowledge, defy existing law and issue proclamations that cannot legally be met? Cheering them on, as the mainstream media has been encouraging, is irrational. Irrational acts in this arena bring up the specter of hoplophobia, the morbid fear of weapons. Is this supposed political problem in actuality an undiagnosed medical one?
When the king chooses to post laws too high on the wall to be read, issues edicts that cannot be tolerated, takes actions without the consent of the governed, allows representatives but does not allow them to represent their constituents, and attempts to strip from the public the main tools they possess to guarantee their safety and independence in deference to his own, what course can the public be expected to steer?
Perhaps the most curious element of the Connecticut approach to gun law, and the most dangerous facet of this entire adventure, is that government officials have exempted themselves from this whole proclamation.
They remain free to own, possess and use every bit of this lethal arsenal they forbid to the public. If these implements are so dastardly, so deadly, so powerful, so dangerous they must be banned from We the People, how on Earth can We the People possibly entrust them to the hands of, well, who exactly?
Under what rationale can all the "designated" people in this secretly operating government be allowed to possess such awesome firepower? Such high capacity? Such dark guns with so many features? Do Blacks in America trust the man quite that much? Do you? Just who do they think they need it for? Do they face murderers the public does not? Just who do murderers murder?
Isn't it the government that is the corrupt, immoral, capable of every imaginable act of deceit, deception, official malfeasance, coverup, fraud, theft and mayhem we see in the nightly "news"? Do criminals seek out police to assault, or do they seek out us innocently in theaters, schools, shops and our homes? If the police keep saying they're outgunned, hey, they're the second responders, anyone can see that on the "news." If anyone needs arms capable of repelling boarders, it's the public – the people crime is perpetrated upon.
If the government needs all this sophisticated weaponry, feels it must exempt itself from the laws it proposes to control us, how does that square with the fact that it is government that is the greatest murderer of people, and has been throughout all of recorded history?
If the anti-rights Americans on the left have their way, led now by Connecticutters, we would be relegated to little guns that don't work well, with only a few small bullets, that fire the small bullets slowly and then we would be out. This is not the balance of power the Founders sought. Small guns with a few bullets are not safe. Limited power does not keep your own government in check. Government arguing to limit your power in deference to its own is government not to be trusted.
When we the people have pop guns, and the government by law grants unto itself the power to own and use all the serious guns on the list it forbids to us, the free country we all want is over, and that cannot be allowed to pass.
That is the way of a tyrannical government that does not trust its people. The excuse that this is for our own safety is abject nonsense. "Disarming you for your own safety" has been the rubric of every tyrant of the last century. Sorry, Connecticut, even if you mean well, history has got you there. And if you do mean well, perhaps worse, it makes you classic useful idiots.—
But cling to hope, you in Connecticut. You can yet act for your own safety. Trash this nasty unconstitutional feckless illegal infringement approach. | <urn:uuid:482dff63-547a-4fb7-8cac-8b3195396133> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://jpfo.org/articles-assd03/korwin-ct-gun-laws.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281162.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00528-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.961732 | 1,592 | 1.632813 | 2 |
Reserve Collections are maintained by both Williams and Wolff Libraries behind the respective Circulation Desk of each. The Course Reserve Collection, located in the Williams Library, contains the required reading for all courses. These materials may be check out for a period of three hours, and they may be renewed once as long as a hold request has not been placed.
To identify course reserve material:
- go to the GULLiver home page;
- look for the search box labeled Find Course Reserves By;
- search by either professor our course name.
The Williams reserve collection also contains unbound journals, Sum & Substance CD's and tapes, and selected newspapers. The Wolff Library reserve Collection contains unbound journals related to international law plus a limited number of hornbooks, nutshells and casebooks.
The Williams Library Reading Room Reserve area, which is located in an alcove off the west end of the Reading Room, contains a separate collection of study aids such as hornbooks, nutshells, Emanuel law outlines, the law "Stories" series, and the Examples and Explanations series, plus materials that support the Legal Writing and Research program. These materials may be used in the library for an unlimited period of time.
Web-based Management Software
Many professors use web-based management software. Links to these are below. In addition, Georgetown Law uses a course materials distribution system that enables students to purchase print materials or files online. The separate course management solutions by Georgetown Law are Georgetown Law Courseware and TWEN, which requires a Westlaw login.
Exams from past Law Center courses are maintained by the library in electronic and print formats. Access to all exams from 1998 to the present is provided through an electronic archive of exams.You log in using your NetID and password. You can download documents in bulk for any course/professor combination. In addition, you will see a personalized list of professors teaching courses for the current term. This is reset at the beginning of each term, and is updated within 28 hours of any drop/add activity.
Exams prior to 1998 are in print volumes on Reading Room shelves, on the right side of the corridor leading to the Special Collections reading room. Check the exam index at the Reference Desk to find out which volume contains the exams you want. | <urn:uuid:3dc68493-a8b7-472f-83c6-1df8470ed83a> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.law.georgetown.edu/library/collections/catalog/reserves.cfm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281424.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00331-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.912754 | 469 | 1.5625 | 2 |
Consumers are the driving force behind any economy. Developed markets have a well developed stable consumer base and other expanding markets (emerging markets) have a consumer base which is rapidly multiplying its purchasing power.
The spending habits of the two consumer groups are very varied. First of all, expanding markets are a cluster of over 150 countries distributed throughout the globe, with varied economic systems and spending habits influenced by local cultures. This variety provides immense diversification for an investor. The collapse of the housing bubble leading to the subprime mess, resulting in huge write offs from big banks, has highlighted the differences between developed and expanding markets.
It appears that the major brunt of the credit crisis is being taken by North America and western Europe; pumping billions of dollars and euros into the financial system for last several months does not seem to be working. I believe that what we have seen until now is only tip of the iceberg and that things will get worse before getting better, for several reasons. The most important reason is that the financial system of the developed world is highly leveraged with credit lines, may it be banks, big or small, or consumers. Some of the companies have even been giving dividends on borrowed money. When we borrow money, consume it and enjoy, it is equivalent to taking a bite out of our future. The mantra of this time has been "borrow, buy and spend."
However, times have changed. Credit has been piling up, leading to mountainous piles of debt. It will take long time to clean up the credit mess, way beyond 2008. So much importance is being given to consumers in the western markets that it looks like if there will be slowdown in economy in the west, it will inevitability lead to contraction slowing and expanding markets, too.
So the important question is, are we heading into a global recession as predicted by some pundits or into the next phase of global expansion? As I have argued before (here, here and here), I believe we are entering into a phase of exponential growth in expanding economies.
- In expanding economies, wealthy people and governments (e.g. sovereign wealth funds) alike have quietly stashed big heaps of cash during last 7-8 years, driven by demand for their raw materials, including oil, export oriented manufactured goods, and services. It is more likely that they will invest their money in expanding markets since they are familiar with those markets; besides, those markets have been having bumper yields during last few years.
- A major part of global manufacturing has been relocated to expanding markets, including low cost/labor intensive goods as well as competitive high end products. So the expanding markets are both manufactures and consumers at the same time, not to mention the export of raw materials and a growing investor class. These factors will provide a steady source of economic stabilization.
- Consumers in expanding economies are using credit more and more for the gratification of their immediate needs, however the major part of the consumer base is cash, meaning they do not borrow that much to buy goods. Most of the time, borrowing is between the relatives or friends. Therefore, it will take a long time for those economies to reach a level where the credit problem will threaten the vitality of economic system.
For the above reasons, and reasons I cited in previous articles, I believe that 2008 will be a year of bumper yield for stock markets of the expanding economies of Asia, South America and Africa.
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Dragonslayer : The Legend of Erich Ludendorff in the Weimar Republic and Third Reich
In this fascinating biography of the infamous ideologue Erich Ludendorff, Jay Lockenour complicates the classic depiction of this German World War I hero.
Erich Ludendorff created for himself a persona that secured his place as one of the most prominent (and despicable) Germans of the twentieth century. With boundless energy and an obsession with detail, Ludendorff ascended to power and solidified a stable, public position among Germany's most influential. Between 1914 and his death in 1937, he was a war hero, a dictator, a right-wing activist, a failed putschist, a presidential candidate, a publisher, and a would-be prophet. He guided Germany's effort in the Great War between 1916 and 1918 and, importantly, set the tone for a politics of victimhood and revenge in the postwar era.
Dragonslayer explores Ludendorff's life after 1918, arguing that the strange or unhinged personal traits most historians attribute to mental collapse were, in fact, integral to Ludendorff's political strategy. Lockenour asserts that Ludendorff patterned himself, sometimes consciously and sometimes unconsciously, on the dragonslayer of Germanic mythology, Siegfried-hero of the epic poem The Niebelungenlied and much admired by German nationalists. The symbolic power of this myth allowed Ludendorff to embody many Germans' fantasies of revenge after their defeat in 1918, keeping him relevant to political discourse despite his failure to hold high office or cultivate a mass following after World War I.
Lockenour reveals the influence that Ludendorff's postwar career had on Germany's political culture and radical right during this tumultuous era. Dragonslayer is a tale as fabulist as fiction. | <urn:uuid:92abc821-6154-4fc1-adef-8597e83808f0> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://ebooksaved.com/9781501754593/dragonslayer-jay-lockenour | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571989.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813232744-20220814022744-00475.warc.gz | en | 0.934667 | 371 | 2.875 | 3 |
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This article was published 15/3/2013 (1321 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
To supporters of Manitoba's new anti-bullying legislation, Bill 18 is a vital tool to reduce harassment, violence and social isolation among kids in school.
To opponents, the NDP government is engaging in dangerous social engineering and may be limiting the constitutional freedom of religious groups.
The firestorm over the proposed legislation has made bullying one of the most contentious issues facing the provincial government right now.
Bullying, of course, is not the central facet of the Bill 18 controversy -- it's the opposition to the idea of schools creating gay-straight alliances.
But the firestorm has placed the creation of anti-bullying policies under a microscope, exposing what experts do and do not know about a very old phenomenon.
Anecdotally, bullying has been present in schools as long as schools have existed.
Young human beings occasionally do live down to the Hobbesian notion of a nasty and brutish state of nature.
But the actual prevalence of bullying is difficult to discern, which is important considering school divisions and education ministries across Canada are devoting resources toward the creation of anti-bullying policies and programs.
Practically every parent, teacher and administrator believes bullying is a problem, based on what they hear from their children or students.
Extreme cases such as such as the 1997 beating murder of Reena Virk in Saanich, B.C., and the 2012 suicide of cyber-bullied Port Coquitlam, B.C., teen Amanda Todd only reinforce this perception.
But nobody really knows how often bullying takes place or the severity of the average incident.
This is partly because of the difficulty in defining bullying -- but also because researchers are only beginning to study the phenomenon in a rigorous manner.
Some of the best data about bullying belong to the Canadian Public Health Association, which has conducted several nationwide surveys of students. In 2010, a survey of approximately 26,000 Canadian students found three in four had some involvement in bullying -- as a victim, perpetrator or both.
Creating a picture of bullying in Manitoba is more problematic.
"To date, we don't have any data that's specific to Manitoba," said Mary Hall, director of Safe Schools Manitoba, a quasi-non-governmental agency.
For starters, Manitoba Education and Literacy does not keep any form of systematic track of bullying.
"The department knows, based on feedback from students, parents and teachers, that (bullying) occurs," spokesman Joe Czech said in a statement.
As well, the vast majority of Manitoba school divisions have no means of quantifying the prevalence and severity of bullying incidents.
Some, such as Seven Oaks School Division, infer bullying incidents from the number of suspensions. Others make no attempt at all.
The star exception on the data-gathering front is St. James-Assiniboia School Division, which has conducted two "safe schools" surveys of all of its students since 2009.
The results of its most recent survey, unveiled at a public forum on Wednesday afternoon, suggest roughly half of St. James-Assiniboia's students have been bullied at some point.
The lack of any baseline data led St. James-Assiniboia to launch the survey, which garnered responses from 6,731 of the division's approximately 8,500 students, said chief superintendent Ron Weston.
"That's what really prompted our survey. 'How do we know this stuff?' " said Weston. "Are our anti-bullying programs effective. Are we presenting the right programs? We don't know unless we learn more."
Weston, who is keen to tell Winnipeggers the vast majority of the students in his division do in fact feel safe at school, is quick to note the limitations of the survey.
"It's only somewhat scientific, as students are self-reporting the behaviour," he said.
A much more ambitious attempt to gather data will be launched this fall, when grades 4 to 12 students in all Manitoba schools will be invited to take part in a national online survey called Tell Them From Me.
Like the St. James-Assiniboia surveys, the national questionnaire will ask how often bullying takes place, in what locations and how students respond, among other questions.
"That'll be a really useful bank of data that will give us the nature, the quantity and the prevalence of bullying," said Safe Schools director Hall, who describes the establishment of baseline data as extremely important.
"As we continue to implement programs and policies, when we administer the survey again, over time we should be able to see the (effectiveness of) all the initiatives we put together."
A national standard is important, as the definition of bullying can vary from student to student or region to region.
In general terms, bullying can be defined as "repeated, hurtful words or actions by an individual or group with intent to harm others," to quote the definition employed by Pembina Trails School Division. But that definition remains open to a variety of interpretations.
"The difficulty for the term 'bullying' is it encapsulates a broad range of behaviours," said Brian O'Leary, superintendent of Seven Oaks School Division.
Traditionally, schools readily recognized physical and verbal bullying. More recently, electronic bullying -- that is, threats or abuse transmitted via text, email, websites or social media -- has risen to prominence to point where it has served as a source of moral panic.
"The online stuff intensifies bullying in a way that makes it worse than it used to be. And there's a record of it, whereas where someone did it by passing a note or phoning friends, there would not be," O'Leary notes.
There is also what's known as social or relational bullying, where students are excluded from activities or isolated through means that may not involve any overt communication.
The complexity of the definitions has led to fears common forms of adolescent communication -- for example, sexual jokes or playground teasing -- will be defined as deviant behaviour, creating a chilling effect in classrooms and playgrounds.
While no parent or teacher questions the idea bullying is a problem, the fact remains tragedies on the scale of the Virk and Todd cases remain rare.
"Those very serious, severe incidents are isolated," Hall said. "But at the same time, when they do occur, they shake us to our core."
Wondering where the bullies are
Attempts to quantify the incidence of bullying in Manitoban schools:
St. James-Assiniboia School Division
The only Winnipeg school division to try to monitor bullying is St. James-Assiniboia, which has conducted two "safe schools" surveys since 2009.
During the 2011-12 school year, 6,731 out of 8,500 students in the division participated in the questionnaire, which asked whether students had witnessed bullying, taken part in bullying or had been bullied themselves -- and where the incidents took place, among other questions.
Here are some of the findings, presented to parents and students at a forum on Wednesday:
Percentage of students who see bullying and/or harassment as a problem
Serious problem: 7.6 per cent
Moderate problem: 17.6 per cent
Minor problem: 42.3 per cent
Not a problem: 32.4 per cent
Percentage of students who say they have been bullied
Grades 6-12: 53 per cent
Grades 3-5: 53.9 per cent
Kindergarten to Grade 2: 30.5 per cent
Three most common types of bullying
Grades 6-12: Verbal, electronic and physical
Grades 3-5: Verbal, social and physical
How often have you been bullied?
Not been bullied: 46.2 per cent
Once or twice: 32.4 per cent
Several times: 16.6 per cent
All the time: 4.9 per cent
How often have you bullied others?
Have not bullied: 58.6 per cent
Once or twice: 20.4 per cent
Several times: 7.5 per cent
Top four locations where bullying is most likely to occur (grades 3-5)
1. Playground or field: 44.2 per cent
2. Classrooms: 13.9 per cent
3. Gym or change room: 10.7 per cent
4. Hallways: 9.4 per cent
Canadian Public Health Association
In 2010, the Canadian Public Health Association surveyed approximately 26,000 students in 436 Canadian schools. The results of its research were published in 2012.
Incidence of bullying
Students who were bullied: 22 per cent
Students who bullied others: 12 per cent
Students who were both perpetrators and victims: 41 per cent
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The Verkhovna Rada Committee on Science and Education formed the subcommittee and elected their chairmen.
As the Parliament’s press service informs, the corresponding decisions were taken at the first meeting of the parliamentary committee.
In particular, MPs created the following subcommittees:
the subcommittee on pre-school, general secondary and out-of-school education, headed by MP Vitalina Dzoz (the Party of Regions faction);
the subcommittee on vocational education, chaired by MP Anton Dorokhov (the Communist Party faction);
the subcommittee on higher education, chaired by MP Iryna Farion (the Svoboda Union faction);
the subcommittee on science and innovation, chaired by MP Rostislav Pavlenko (the UDAR Party faction);
the subcommittee on intellectual property, chaired by MP Leonid Emets (the Batkivshchyna Union faction);
the subcommittee on legislative support for Ukraine's integration into the international scientific and educational community, headed by MP Andriy Parubiy (the Batkivshchyna Union faction ).
According to the decree on the committees of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine of the seventh convocation, the Committee on Science and Education shall deal with the following issues: education, science, research and technology activities and science parks; the legal status and social protection of research and teaching staff; innovation, high technology development (except for the matters referred to the tasks of the other committees), intellectual property, the principles of scientific and technical expertise. | <urn:uuid:2fbd1348-b1dd-413f-a203-6b72f86629f5> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://for-ua.com/article/1027236 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988720000.45/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183840-00023-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.887498 | 407 | 1.609375 | 2 |
MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources plans to ask its board to authorize a hearing on rule changes reflecting the state's contentious new mining law.
Republican Gov. Scott Walker signed a bill earlier this year relaxing the state's mining regulations. The bill was designed to clear the way for Gogebic Taconite to dig a massive open-pit iron mine in the Penokee Hills just south of Lake Superior.
Environmentalists fear the mine will pollute the water-rich area. Protesters disrupted the company's exploratory drilling operations at the site last month.
The DNR is required to amend its administrative rules to reflect the new mining law's provisions. Agency officials plan to ask the Natural Resources Board during its Aug. 14 meeting in Baraboo to set a public hearing on the rules. | <urn:uuid:ac744907-9bb5-42f4-88a7-faf7e909a998> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.weau.com/home/headlines/Wis-DNR-to-ask-board-for-hearing-on-mining-rules-217363571.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280221.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00230-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.926212 | 171 | 1.835938 | 2 |
In his career, Kobe Bryant has faced some of the best on-ball defenders in NBA history. But there was one player who could stop him cold–Michael Jordan.
Kobe Bryant was one of the most dominant players in NBA history. He is known for his ability to score at will and dominate on-ball defenders. However, he faced some of the best defensive players of all time during his career.
Kobe Bryant is considered as one of the best ten players in NBA history. Kobe Bryant, the man who came closest to Michael Jordan, led the Lakers to five NBA titles and two Finals MVP awards. Kobe’s success was mostly due to his scoring ability, which enabled him to become one of the most clutch players in NBA history.
But how did Kobe Bryant perform against some of the league’s greatest defenders? Kobe Bryant was a shooting guard, which meant he was frequently pitted against the greatest perimeter defender every night. It’s time to see how Kobe Bryant stacked up against the greatest perimeter defenders of his time.
Andrei Kirilenko vs. Kobe Bryant – (27 Games)
30.6 PPG – 5.0 RPG – 4.7 APG – 48.4 FG percent – 45.3 3PT percent – 60.2 TS percent – 48.4 FG percent – 45.3 3PT percent
In his heyday, Andrei Kirilenko was a very effective player, particularly on defense. The 6’9″ Russian was an All-Star and All-Defensive Team member with the length and power to trouble the league’s top scorers. He was even a shot-blocking forward who, on occasion, outplayed Kobe. Bryant, on the other hand, felt heated anytime he saw Kirilenko’s face.
Against the Russian, Bryant averaged over 30 points a game on over 50% shooting while keeping his entire stat line close to his career norm. The Black Mamba spent the most of his career with the playoff-bound Utah Jazz, despite often losing to Kobe and the Lakers.
Raja Bell vs. Kobe Bryant (28 Games)
44.4 FG percent – 35.2 3PT percent – 55.3 TS percent – 28.8 PPG – 5.4 RPG – 4.4 APG – 44.4 FG percent – 35.2 3PT percent – 55.3 TS percent
On the court, Kobe and Raja Bell were practically adversaries since each player tried everything possible to get an edge over the other. Kobe was aware that he was more skilled than Bell and that he could score against him at any moment, but he also recognized that it would be difficult.
Bell, a 6’5″ shooting guard, gave up some size versus Bryant but compensated with exceptional defensive awareness. Bell excelled at on-ball defense, and even when that was his forte, Bryant outperformed him with a high level of efficiency. Bell, on the other hand, was a competitive player who would become frustrated when Kobe got the best of him. Bell could not outperform Battier or Bowen in 28 games, since Kobe had higher numbers than his career average.
Shane Battier vs. Kobe Bryant (37 Games)
43.3 FG percent – 33.0 3PT percent – 52.8 TS percent – 28.6 PPG – 5.2 RPG – 5.0 APG – 43.3 FG percent – 33.0 3PT percent – 52.8 TS percent
As a member of the Houston Rockets, Shane Battier had many matchups with Kobe Bryant. Battier was a 6’8″ small forward who could also play shooting guard, which is why he was the player on this list who guarded Kobe the most.
Battier was not a nasty defender, instead relying on his size and upper body power to restrict where Bryant could move on the court. Battier was a smart player who understood Bryant’s preferred places on the court, so he performed an excellent job in that respect. Despite this, Kobe put up fantastic statistics that were close to his career average stat line. Even more significantly, Kobe felt Battier couldn’t defend him, as shown by a self-alley oop in the 2009 Playoffs.
Ron Artest vs. Kobe Bryant (20 Games)
27.6 PPG – 5.7 RPG – 6.1 APG – 48.1 FG percent – 40.8 3PT percent – 58.1 TS percent – 48.1 FG percent – 40.8 3PT percent – 58.1 TS percent
If you’re a fan of NBA basketball, you’ve seen Kobe Bryant and Ron Artest fight it out. On defense, Ron Artest was a fearsome presence because, at 6’6″ and 260 pounds, he was not just a force to be reckoned with, but also a superb defender. Artest was known for his aggressiveness and anger. He was one of the league’s most physically powerful players (fans and players alike).
But Kobe always rose to the occasion, and he did it again against Ron Artest. Despite Artest’s eagerness to get in Kobe’s face, Bryant put up almost 28 points per game on extremely good shooting percentages while coming out on top 15 times.
Many players, including LeBron James, performed below their best against Artest because he was so excellent on defense (3-10 W-L record). Even so, when he established a relationship with Artest to win the 2010 NBA championship with the Lakers, Kobe believed in the adage “keep your friends near but your enemies closer.”
Bruce Bowen vs. Kobe Bryant (32 Games)
42.6 FG percent – 27.8 3PT percent – 50.4 TS percent – 26.3 PPG – 6.1 RPG – 3.7 APG – 42.6 FG percent – 27.8 3PT percent –
Because Bowen was the defensive stopper for the San Antonio Spurs for years, the fights between Kobe Bryant and Bruce Bowen were legendary. Bowen was 6’7″ and had a lot of length, giving him the greatest choice for guarding Kobe Bryant’s slithery moves.
Bowen was also known as a sleazy defender who would do every trick in the book to keep Bryant from scoring easy points. Of course, The Black Mamba loved the challenge and put up impressive statistics against one of San Antonio’s greatest defenders. Bowen was able to discourage Bryant just enough to be a nuisance whether it was clean or not, based on Kobe’s effectiveness.
Tony Allen vs. Kobe Bryant (24 Games)
25.5 PPG – 5.3 RPG – 4.4 APG – 42.0 FG percent – 28.7 3PT percent – 52.2 TS percent – 42.0 FG percent – 28.7 3PT percent – 52.2 TS percent
Tony Allen may be the greatest defender Kobe Bryant has ever faced, and it is well known that Bryant looked forward to these matchups as a chance to put his talents to the test. Allen was a 6’4″ shooting guard with tremendous strength and athleticism. Bryant possessed fast feet and lateral agility, so he had to pull off a variety of moves and counter-moves to get free.
Allen was also skilled at evading Kobe’s pump fakes and would make every effort to annoy him. That’s why Allen was named to six All-Defensive Teams despite never averaging more than 30 minutes per game on any club and frequently going unnoticed as a backup player. Allen may be the greatest Kobe defender ever, based on Kobe’s terrible three-point shooting statistics. However, Bryant still managed to score over 30 points in eight of his nine matchups with Allen, including two games in which he scored 40 points or more.
Andre Iguodala vs. Kobe Bryant (22 Games)
24.6 PPG – 5.7 RPG – 4.6 APG – 43.5 FG percent – 34.7 3PT percent – 52.7 TS percent 24.6 PPG – 5.7 RPG – 4.6 APG – 43.5 FG percent – 34.7 3PT percent – 52.7 TS percent
Andre Iguodala, the former Finals MVP, was a good scorer and athleticism in his peak, but he will always be remembered for his defense. Iggy, who stood 6’6″ and weighed 215 pounds, could handle Bryant’s size as well as his quickness. Iguodala has the athleticism to match Bryant’s quick dribble and challenge his fadeaway shots.
Iguodala did a good job against Bryant overall. Apart from his 48-point outburst against Iggy in 2006, Kobe averaged around his career averages versus Iggy and was not out of this world amazing. Iggy only allowed Bryant to score 40 points or more three times in total, which isn’t terrible given they faced each other 22 times.
Tayshaun Prince vs. Kobe Bryant (24 Games)
42.6 FG percent – 37.2 3PT percent – 55.2 TS percent – 24.2 PPG – 5.0 RPG – 4.8 APG – 42.6 PPG – 5.0 RPG – 4.8 APG – 42.6 PPG – 5.0 RPG – 4.8 APG – 42.6 PPG –
Prince was a lockdown defender at 6’9″ with a 7’2″ wingspan, making him one of the most underappreciated defensive players of his era. Prince was a defensive mainstay for the Detroit Pistons when they won the NBA championship in 2004, a series in which Kobe Bryant failed to make an impression in the Finals. Tayshaun Prince deserves a lot of credit for it in many ways. Kobe only scored 22.6 points per game in a five-game series defeat to the Pistons, shooting a dismal 38.1 percent from the field and 17.4 percent from three.
Shaquille O’Neal (63.1 percent) was the only player in the series who averaged at least 10 minutes per game and shot more than 40% from the field. The Pistons had a strong defensive squad, but Prince was the guy on the perimeter and did a good job in general against Kobe. Prince was a superb defensive defender against Kobe because of his chase-down blocks and extended arms.
Since Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant has been the greatest scorer.
When you look at how Kobe fared against some of the greatest defenders in the NBA during his time, it’s obvious he was up to the task. Bryant, unlike other stars who may dislike playing against nasty players or strong defenders, never grumbled and always put forth his best effort. As a result, he is rated fourth all-time in total points scored, behind only Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Karl Malone, and LeBron James, who all made the list due to their extraordinary longevity. Over the course of his Hall of Fame career, Bryant averaged 25.0 points per game and won two scoring championships.
Outside of Michael Jordan and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Kobe Bryant is the best scorer in NBA history, based on a pure offensive talent that includes moves and counter-moves. Kareem had the sky-hook and could score easily since he was 7 feet tall, but Kobe couldn’t depend on being a big center or even having enormous hands like Michael Jordan. Instead, Kobe Bryant utilized the pump-fake better than any other player in NBA history, and he had the greatest footwork outside of Hakeem Olajuwon.
Bryant also scored 81 points in a single game, a record that even today’s stars can’t match in an age where defense is less important and three-pointers are more common. Even Michael Jordan couldn’t do it, so it’s difficult to think any athlete could do it (career-high of 69 points). Bryant has scored 60 or more points six times, second only to Wilt Chamberlain, and 50 or more points 25 times, third only to Wilt Chamberlain (behind Wilt Chamberlain and Michael Jordan). Bryant is the NBA’s second-greatest scorer, and the fact that these eight elite defensive players were unable to keep Bryant from scoring less than 24 points per game against them is just another reason.
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Veterinarians are experts who diagnose, prevent and treat numerous diseases and illnesses in a variety of animals. Veterinarians undertake tests, observe conditions and perform surgery on animals, they also prescribe medicine and therapy.
The average salary for a Veterinarian is around R464 000 per annum.
- AgriSETA Bursary
- Department of Agriculture, Forestry & Fisheries Bursary
- Department of Rural Development and Agrarian Reform (DRDAR) Bursary
- IDB Education Trust Bursary Loan
- Mpumalanga Provincial Government Bursary
- PPS Bursary
- South African Veterinary Foundation Bursary
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If you're looking for a way to protect your gutters from leaves, debris, and other contaminants that can end up in the water flowing through them, then you'll want to consider installing guttermesh products.
Guttermesh is a type of mesh material that's specifically designed to help protect gutters from these types of problems. You can also use Gutter Mesh Direct & Guaranteed Gutter Protection system to protect gutters at home.
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The operation of heating a solid substance to a high temperature to achieve dehydration, decomposition or removal of volatile impurities, burning of organic matter, and the like is called burning. The method of burning is to place the solid in a crucible, heat it directly with a gas lamp, or place it in a high temperature electric furnace and heat it at the required temperature. For example, the reaction of decomposing ore (calcined limestone is calcium oxide and carbon dioxide), kaolin roasting and dehydration to make its structure loose and porous, further processing to produce alumina, roasting titanium dioxide to change its crystal form and properties, etc., are examples of high temperature burning solids. . The electric heaters commonly used in the laboratory include electric furnaces, electric heating jackets, tubular furnaces and horse-melting furnaces. The heating temperature can be controlled by adjusting the external resistance. The temperature of the tube furnace and the Mafu furnace can reach about 1000 degrees, and a thermocouple is inserted into the furnace hole to indicate the temperature in the furnace and is controlled.
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General Motors will stop making the Chevrolet Volt for four weeks in June and July due to slow sales and to deal with the change to an all-new version of the gas-electric hybrid car.
The company says the Detroit-Hamtramck plant that makes the Volt and four other cars will probably stay open through the summer despite plans for the Volt. The factory also is undergoing construction so it can build a new full-size Cadillac CT6 and the 2016 Volt starting late in the summer.
Sales of electric and hybrid cars have slowed this year, largely due to low gasoline prices. The national average for a gallon of regular gas was about $2.40 US on Thursday, 35 per cent lower than last year's peak of $3.70.
The cheap gas has really hurt Volt sales and caused inventory to build on dealer lots. Through March, GM sold only 1,874 Volts, down 48 per cent from a year ago. The company now has enough Volts to supply dealers for 210 days, according to Ward's Automotive. A 60-day supply is optimal.
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GM suspends Chevy Volt production as sales tank...
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Lexus could launch hydrogen fuel vehicle by the 2020 Olympic GamesAugust 27, 2015
Lexus may bring a fuel cell vehicle to Japan in time for the Olympics
Japan will be hosting the 2020 Olympic Games and Lexus plans to launch a fuel cell vehicle in time for the event. Lexus, Toyota’s luxury subsidiary, has been experimenting with hydrogen fuel cells for some time. Both Toyota and Lexus have an interest in clean transportation, but the latter has had limited opportunity to bring a clean vehicle to the market. The fuel cell vehicle from Lexus is meant to showcase the capabilities of hydrogen fuel and how it can be used in the transportation field.
Japan is investing in hydrogen fuel cells
For the 2020 Olympics, Japan is taking ambitious steps to make the event as environmentally friendly as possible. The Japanese government is investing heavily in fuel cell technology and developing a hydrogen fuel infrastructure in order to support clean transportation and highlight the benefits of clean energy. The Olympic Village, which will serve as a temporary home for athletes and tourist destination, will be powered by hydrogen fuel cells. Fuel cell vehicles will be used for public transportation purposes as well as transporting athletes to and from events.
Toyota sees the Olympics as a promising opportunity
Toyota believes that the 2020 Olympics will mark a “mental and philosophical change” for itself. The company, as well as its various subsidiaries, have begun to focus more heavily on clean transportation. As such, the automaker has been investing in hydrogen fuel cells, launching the Mirai, which uses hydrogen fuel as its primary source of power.
Lexus may unveil a hydrogen-powered LS model
Lexus has been testing fuel cell technology for Toyota for several years. The company’s experiments may have contributed to the development of the Mirai. Lexus has yet to showcase any fuel cell vehicle it may be working on, but the company is expected to unveil a hydrogen-powered version of its flagship LS model in the relatively near future. With the backing of Toyota, Lexus may be able to find some success in the field of clean transportation. | <urn:uuid:c8a656ea-9aa6-46e7-b3d4-a263b8f2f5f6> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.hydrogenfuelnews.com/lexus-could-launch-hydrogen-fuel-vehicle-by-the-2020-olympic-games/8523743/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571210.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810191850-20220810221850-00469.warc.gz | en | 0.964649 | 423 | 2.265625 | 2 |
At any given moment, there is probably at least a dozen food storage containers sitting in my fridge. My refrigerator is packed with fresh fruit, that is cut up and placed in containers at the beginning of the week for easy snack preparation, and of course, leftovers. I still use plastic containers as it is just a better choice for me with 4 kids under foot and because they are more affordable for us average folk. I just make sure that they are BPA free and I don't reheat food in them, just to be safe.
Farberware has a line of eco-friendly plastic food storage containers called EcoFresh that are not only BPA free, phthalate free and recyclable, but they are also biodegradable.
"FARBERWARE® EcoFresh food storage containers are made with EcoPure, which is a completely organic additive the promotes biodegradability without changing the structure and durability of the plastic while in use."
|32-piece Platinum set in Aqua|
EcoFresh has several container lines to choose from including Platinum, Silver, Eco, Classic and Canister. The Platinum series, which I received to review, is considered their premium series. It uses a vacuum tight inner-wall seal to keep food fresh. Instead of the traditional red and blue colors that many containers come in, these are available in four trendy colors: aqua, fern green, plum, and tangerine. Or you can even get a mix of all four colors in one set.
The first detail that I really like about these is that even though there are six different container sizes, there are only two different lid sizes. I have bought food storage sets in the past where you would get three or more different lids and that just makes it so much more difficult to reach blindly into your cabinet and grab the correct lid out. The lids do press down fairly easy to create that nice seal and they come off easily as well. No prying necessary.
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My main use for these has been for fruit. The deep containers have been great for cut up cantaloupe and strawberries. I'd like to tell you that my fruit stayed fresh longer, but have you seen four young boys eat? Midweek I am off to the grocery store again to refill our fruit supply. Fruit never lasts long enough to spoil in this house. I have also been using some of the EcoFresh containers to store dry foods in the pantry. Mainly things like crackers and snacks for the kids. The last thing anyone wants is to reach into a bag and pull out a stale cracker, or worse, a stale cracker with an ant on it. Bleh! These keep our snacks fresh and crunchy inside and keep any stray ants outside. Plus it is really nice to be able to stack the containers and make some extra room in my pantry. Again, four boys.
Overall I have been extremely pleased with the Farberware EcoFresh containers. Not only do they look good, they function well and the prices are very reasonable. And I can rest a little easier knowing that there are no toxins like BPA leaching into our foods from the plastic.
All of the EcoFresh container sets are currently on sale at the EcoFresh Store. The Platinum 32 piece set is $39.99 (regularly $52.99) and the Platinum 20 piece set is $29.99 (regularly $42.99).
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New Delhi: Apple, founded by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne, is the second largest company in the world, behind Microsoft.
However, the tech titan is repeating mistakes made by Nokia, the Finnish telecommunications and information technology company.
Slowing sales, controversy, and lack of innovation could all lead to Apple’s demise.
From its humble beginnings in a garage in 1976, the company has touched the lives of hundreds of millions of people.
Apple found success in the late 1970s and early 1980s, but faltered after Jobs and Wozniak left.
In the late 1990s, the company was revitalized and Jobs was reinstated as CEO.
Jobs revolutionized the path of personal computing through two stints at Apple, then launched a revolution in the mobile market with his passion for simple design and marketing prowess.
He oversaw the introduction of the iPod, and then the revolutionary iPhone, which put the Internet in people’s pockets. Because of its quasi-religious followers, it has been nicknamed the “Jesus telephone”.
However, he lost a visionary leader when he died in 2011 from a rare form of pancreatic cancer.
Jobs passed away just a day after Cook unveiled a new iPhone in a grand event that had become Jobs’ signature.
Unsurprisingly, the new device received mixed reviews, with many criticizing it for not being a significant upgrade from the previous edition of one of the most popular consumer items in history.
Despite the loss of the man who was Apple’s primary product designer, marketing genius and unrivaled salesperson, the company still faces challenges.
Smartphones running Google’s Android operating system are gaining market share, and questions are being raised about Apple’s next big innovation.
While repositioning the company’s legendary marketing infrastructure to champion the brand is the company’s biggest problem, experts believe Cook is likely to stick to previous combat strategies at this key stage.
Nokia, a Finnish manufacturer of telecommunications network equipment, has been unable to keep up with changing consumer demands and market realities.
The iPhone, it is commonly believed, was the cause of Nokia’s demise, but the company also lost its luster in the basic phone market, which was a steady source of income and promised years of robust development. in emerging economies.
After Stephen Elop took over as CEO of Microsoft, the company ditched its own Symbian smartphone operating system in 2011 in favor of little-tested competitor Windows Phone.
According to the book by Risto Siilasmaa, chairman of Nokia, who joined the company’s board in 2008, the company’s decline was in part due to a lack of entrepreneurial leadership and an inability to cope with challenges. bad news.
In 2013, Microsoft paid 5.44 billion euros ($ 7.2 billion) for Nokia’s phone business and patent licenses, then sold them to Foxconn three years later for $ 350 million.
Nokia’s demise and Apple’s emergence as a smartphone giant are inextricably linked.
Apple, which nearly always shattered Wall Street projections during the global recession, is starting to lose its image of invincibility.
Apple’s revenue fell $ 6 billion in the fiscal fourth quarter due to lingering global supply chain issues. In less than a year, the company has twice missed Wall Street targets.
Tim Cook, the company’s CEO, may now have to worry more about the economy, new launches and the whims of finicky customers.
The revolutionary smartphone that gives the Apple brand a special shine is a very cyclical product. Whenever a new version is released, shoppers flock in droves, camping overnight in stores and crimping supplies.
Every year, as more than 100 million consumers decide when to upgrade to a new model, whether it’s buying now or waiting for a better but similarly priced phone, the device’s popularity has increased in popularity. guesswork about it.
Apple is unlikely to meet manufacturing targets for its new iPhone before the holidays due to a global power chip shortage, according to a recent report.
Apple is berated and prosecuted for tight control over its “environment,” which includes everything from iPhone hardware to downloadable apps.
Faced with a saturated market over ten years ago, it has become dependent on customer upgrades.
In the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, many have postponed replacing their phones in favor of repairing their old devices.
In the United States, the company has launched a “self-service repair” program, which sells equipment and components to consumers who want to repair damaged iPhone 12 or 13 models.
It will start by focusing on the sections most vulnerable to damage, such as screens, batteries and cameras.
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Building for the future, today – combining the best of historical wisdom and modern technology.
Technology is changing the world in new and exciting ways every day, making our lives easier, saving us money and time, and changing the way we live our daily lives. However, one of the main ways in which technology is changing the world is how it is helping us to slowly repair the damage that we have done to the environment. It is doing this by making it easier for us to conserve energy on a daily basis, in a slick and efficient way in our own homes.
1. A Smart Thermostat
The most exciting green gadget to have been released in the last few years is the smart thermostat. Installing one of these nifty gadgets in your home will help you to save an incredible amount of wasted energy, by allowing you to program your habits, so that you are not heating and cooling a house that you are not living in. The Nest thermostat is the frontrunner in this area, and you can even sync with your iPhone to remember your habits.
2. Solar Power
Solar energy has been around for some years now, but it is only in recent years that energy companies have managed to turn it into a system that is free of kinks. Solar panels were once seen as an expensive luxury that few households could afford. A lot of energy companies will install the panels for you, and then allow you to purchase the energy from them, which makes it cheaper for you than buying solar panels out of pocket.
3. Toilet Technology
In 2011, Bill Gates launched a campaign to encourage people to reinvent the toilet, in order to make it more energy efficient. It resulted in an astonishing amount of submissions, with designs ranging from waterless toilets, to solar powered toilets, and many other environmentally friendly bathroom solutions.
4. Home Automation - Remote Controlled Houses
Automation has become a necessity in every aspect of life: from automated warehouses and shipping systems in the commercial and industrial sector to self-driving cars domestically, it only makes sense that we would do everything possible to make our homes as smart (and comfortable) as possible. There are a lot of new and exciting ways to automate your home, and they can save you a lot of money and energy. We have already talked about smart thermostats, but companies like Vivint have created a system where you can also link your temperature control with your lighting, and control everything using your smartphone. This is a much more energy efficient way to run your lighting. Now when you go on vacation, instead of leaving a light on for the entire time, you can set it to a timer, or even control it yourself.
5. Smart Washing Machine
LG has created with a smart washing machine with Wifi capabilities that saves a ton of energy, but also allows you to use a smartphone app to diagnose any problems with your washer.
6. Power Adaptors
Companies such as Green Plug have created power adapters that will limit the amount of power given to a device, so that no device is using more energy than it needs to function. It will then shut off the power supply when that demand has been met.
7. Smart Power Strips
For more of a quick fix, you can also purchase smart power strips that will do a similar job, but for only the devices that are plugged into the strip.
8. Hot and Cool Fans
Dyson has created an energy efficient fan that will both heat and cool, and it will adjust itself based on the temperature of the fan. Dyson estimates that its fan costs up to 30 percent less to heat a room than conventional fan heaters and can lower energy bills up to 20 percent.
9. LED Light Bulb
Phillips has come up with a more energy efficient solution to fluorescent light, meaning those fluorescent tube lights that adorn offices everywhere could one day be a thing of the past.
10. Rechargeable Batteries
Few things have such a negative impact on the environment as disposable batteries. The negative impact that they have includes their effect on non-renewable natural energy sources, waste, air pollution, air acidification, water pollution, and global warming, to name a few. We could all do an immense amount towards reversing this damage if we took advantage of the technology that we have available to us—namely, rechargeable batteries. Sanyo’s Eneloop is widely considered to be the best rechargeable battery. | <urn:uuid:2689c882-7dbb-4ca0-970f-9624045b6180> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.motherearthnews.com/green-homes/ten-ways-technology-can-turn-your-house-green-zbcz1307 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280266.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00495-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.956594 | 914 | 2.40625 | 2 |
With this triple musical dose of Bach, there can’t be too much of a good thing.
Our topic is the power of transformation in Bach’s music, and more specifically, his capacity to transform, modify and re-utilize his own music or the music of other composers and turn it into something new and different that takes a life of its own.
Arranging music was a daily business for 18th-century composers: music was for them a living matter waiting to be molded and transformed depending on daily needs. There was no inhibition in using someone else’s music for one’s own purposes. They were light years away from two of our very modern concepts: first, the notion of copyright and ownership; second, the idea that music exists in a pure and definitive (almost sacred) form which should not be altered.
19th– and early 20th-century musicology developed a concept of reverence for the idea of the “original version” (Urfassung) of any piece of music, with the implication that there is for each piece an original and/or definitive version that should be considered authentic and untouchable. To some extent, that concept has contaminated the universe of musical performance practice (commonly known as “Historically Informed Performance”, or HIP movement; the German tongue-twister Aufführungspraxis can also impress). Some people will say that a specific interpretation is “authentic” as opposed to another one – like “authentic” on the baroque violin but “not authentic” on its modern counterpart… If only things were that simple.
The journey of the HIP movement implies going back to original ways of performing music by devoting our attention to original manuscripts, editions and musical instruments of a specific era, and learning everything about what music meant to the people who composed it, performed it and lived with it. It is a fascinating process that has completely changed our way of understanding the music of the past.
The purpose of this movement however cannot be to recreate music the way it sounded back then – in other words, to recreate an “original version” that stands out as the ultimate beacon of truth. Without actual recordings we will never know what music making really sounded like back in the 18th-century. Just listen to early 20th-century recordings of romantic music (widely available on different platforms) to understand how parameters of music performance can change over only a hundred years… Then multiply this gap by three or four.
The only purpose of the HIP movement can be to get rid of the many layers of varnish tradition has piled upon the music in order to access sources directly without the numerous filters added by generations of performers and editors (no matter how fabulous many of them were). This in turn enables us to make our own personal decisions about the music, today, for the world of today. Historical knowledge, however deep and comprehensive it might be, is not the sole source of an interpretation; it’s only a way of honing the right tools in order to make music sound relevant and modern to our world. Authenticity can only exist in the present; it lives in the heart of those who wish to express themselves today through music of the past (or the present, of course). This can be done on any instrument, period or not. (Personally I must admit I am a sucker for Bach played on the piano.)
Now back to Bach arranging his own music… In doing so he always applied a basic principle of 18th-century music making: any arrangement or re-composition of a piece must sound idiomatic when performed on the new medium. In other words, a violin piece turned into a harpsichord piece must sound like harpsichord music, as opposed to a violin piece played on the harpsichord. There is no need to be faithful to the original; that so-called original is not a sacred relic which cannot be moved or touched. On the contrary, it is available for remolding and reconfiguring. This applies to more than Bach. All of his contemporaries were doing it – especially Handel, who was indeed the Ultimate Recycler of music by himself or anybody else as long as it was good and helpful.
Bach’s imagination and skills in that department are second to none. Our musical choices today exemplify that in a shocking way… I offer you three pieces which stem out of the same matrix, that is, his Prelude to the Partita in E major BWV 1066 for solo violin and two highly contrasting arrangements he made of it: one for solo lute and one for solo organ accompanied by a full orchestra of trumpets, timpani, oboes, strings and continuo.
From the fluidity of Rachel Podger’s violin and the extreme smoothness of Hopkinson Smith’s lute to the fiery exuberance of Ton Koopman and his band, the difference between the three versions could not be more striking. The same music, really? And yet all three pieces originate from the same substrate, albeit presented in ways that seem to stem out of completely different worlds.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude from Partita No. 3 in E major, BWV 1006 for solo violin
Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude from Partita, BWV 1006A for lute
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Chicago, Illinois (PRWEB) September 08, 2016
WHAT: The local Chicago office of UNCF will host its 33rd annual 5K Walk for Education. More than 500 people are expected to attend the event, benefitting deserving students and UNCF’s member institutions. LeeAnn Trotter, entertainment reporter NBC5 will serve as the emcee for the event. Last year’s walk raised nearly $100,000 in providing students with the necessary resources to get to and through college successfully. This year’s sponsors are NBC5, American Airlines, Aramark, Northern Trust, BMO Harris Bank, Discover, iHeart Media, Inc., Chicago Housing Authority, ALDI, PepsiCo, Chicago Park District, Chicago Defender and Cook County of Illinois.
WHO: UNCF (United Negro College Fund)
WHEN: 7a.m – 2.p.m., Saturday, Sept. 10
WHERE: Burnham Park, Grove 7
South Lake Shore Drive at 39th Street
INFO: The community is encouraged to participate to help inspire and empower the next generation of leaders. To register or for more information, visit UNCF.org/Chicago.
Follow this event on social media: @uncf #laceup4
UNCF (United Negro College Fund) is the nation’s largest and most effective minority education organization. To serve youth, the community and the nation, UNCF supports students’ education and development through scholarships and other programs, strengthens its 37 member colleges and universities, and advocates for the importance of minority education and college readiness. UNCF institutions and other historically black colleges and universities are highly effective, awarding nearly 20 percent of African American baccalaureate degrees. UNCF awards more than $100 million in scholarships annually and administers more than 400 programs, including scholarship, internship and fellowship, mentoring, summer enrichment, and curriculum and faculty development programs. Today, UNCF supports more than 60,000 students at more than 1,100 colleges and universities across the country. Its logo features the UNCF torch of leadership in education and its widely recognized motto, “A mind is a terrible thing to waste.”® Learn more at UNCF.org, or for continuous updates and news, follow UNCF on Twitter at @UNCF | <urn:uuid:6464b835-1d73-429c-856d-2c337dc07113> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.prweb.com/releases/2016/09/prweb13666657.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280891.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00162-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.935018 | 473 | 1.515625 | 2 |
Introduction: How to Make Chair Height Lock
This device will allow you to set a chair at one height and lock it there.
Step 1: Measure Your Chair
The design should be anchored to a chair with a piston rising/lowering mechanism. The chair should also have a seat anchored to the leg. The lock will anchor onto the screws or bolts.
Step 2: Create Parts
Drag out these parts onto the workplane. Assemble and scale the top section (3 peices). All rectangular prisms are based off a 5x5 square. You will have a generic layout for your hook arm. Lay out all other pieces in general layout, but do not group anything yet.
Step 3: Create the Arm
To create the arm, you will first measure between the begining of the slope from plane on the bottom half of the chair that has the screws or bolts on it to the well or lump surronding the bolt or screw (If there is none, stop a few millimeters away anyway). This measurement is the length of the peice shown in purple. Then, you will raise the peice shown in blue to the height of the top of the bolt or screw and extend it to halfway over the bolt or screw. Another peice may be required to connect the blue and purple peices. The peg can be done two ways. If you are anchoring onto a protruding screw, you will make a hollow tube to affix to the blue piece. Make sure not to group the hole in until you have positioned the tube halfway overlapping with the blue piece. Make sure the hole goes all the way through because you will have to use support to print. Alternatively, you can use a peg that fits in the hole in a bolt or screw head. Or, if you need a cap over a dome, you will have to flip the final product over.
Step 4: Create the Boom
To Create the boom, you will need to drag over the red piece and align it to the angle of the plane connecting the plane with the screws to the plane of the seat. Then, use the workplane tool set against the angled plane of the red piece to adjust length and position. It should be overlapping the purple piece. Finally, drag the pink piece to overlap the red. The bottom of the pink piece is on the chair, so drag a hole to under the pink piece to cut off and of the boom that is sticking down too far.
Step 5: Add the Wedge and Bar
The bar (pink) should be the distance from the bottom of the boom to the hole in the chair that the lever fills when used, plus 5 inches. It shoud be set at the necessary angle. Then, measure the hole above. Set these dimensions as the base of the wedge (green). Then, set the wedge at the proper angle to fit the hole with the arm being on the bolt. Make sure to set the wedge at the proper angle for your chair, noting that the design is upside down to print better, but will attach the other way to the chair.
Step 6: Print!
Group all shapes and print. Make sure to use support and print at an angle where the supports can be removed and do not interfere with the arm.
Step 7: Why Should I Want to Do This Print?
This print solves the problem of childern or clumsy house guests from moving chairs to different heights. It can also reduce distraction among students.
Step 8: Finally, From My Cat:
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The craters on Miguel Londoño’s right leg were unrecognisable from the nondescript sandfly bites he first noticed. In two months, the bumps on his lower leg morphed into pus-filled lesions, eventually forming a dark scab in the centre. This contrasted with a raw perimeter where the skin continued to peel.
Londoño, an agricultural engineer from Colombia, had cutaneous leishmaniasis – the most common form of a vector-borne disease which manifests as skin sores that grow and change appearance over time. Although not fatal, these lesions can become infected and painful, and leave disfiguring scars.
“It feels like something is eating your skin,” says Laura Castañeda, another cutaneous leishmaniasis patient who picked up the disease in a town in rural Antioquia. Having successfully undergone treatment, Castañeda has a large scar on her knee that attracts stares and sneers from others whenever she wears a skirt or dress.
If left untreated, Leishmania parasites can spread via the bloodstream to the nose, mouth and throat to form mucosal leishmaniasis which can cause bleeding and further scarring. Parasites that move to the liver or other internal organs can lead to visceral leishmaniasis, which is almost always fatal without medical treatment.
Londoño’s diagnosis was traced back to a trip he made to Colombia’s Magdalena Medio region, one of many remote, tropical locations where the sandflies that transmit the disease are present.
These types of rural locations are the backdrop to Diseased Landscapes, a project spearheaded by British and Colombian researchers exploring the impact of leishmaniasis on workers who pick coca – the raw ingredient used to make cocaine. The research is focused near the Colombian-Venezuela border, one of the prime coca-growing areas of Colombia.
Compared to other forms of informal employment, coca picking provides reliable income, paying approximately $80,000 COP (£15) per day. Not only is it attractive to people in this part of Colombia, where more than 56 per cent of the population’s income is below the region’s poverty line, but it’s why low-income Venezuelan migrants come to areas like Catatumbo, says Alejandro Cañizares, a research assistant for the Diseased Landscapes team.
Since 2015, Venezuela's economic and political crisis has driven mass migration to Colombia, now home to nearly two million Venezuelan migrants. For two years the border between the two countries was closed but illegal armed groups help people cross clandestinely. Often, Venezuelan migrants who arrive via these irregular routes do not have documents or fixed incomes, leaving them vulnerable to the armed groups who “lure [them] in” to work on coca plantations, explains Elizabeth Dickinson, a senior analyst at the International Crisis Group.
The dense jungle of Catatumbo is one of Colombia’s most conflict-ridden regions, which the government vowed to stabilise when it reached a peace accord with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) in 2016.
However, armed groups like the Frente 33, ELN and Clan del Golfo have used violence to secure control of previously FARC-controlled coca plantations in the region.
“Coca is really just the currency of Colombia’s ongoing conflict,” says Ms Dickinson. In 2020, coca production in Colombia reached record highs of 245,000 hectares per year based on ONDCP records.
The manual work of raspachines or coca pickers is physically demanding. They toil under the sun for 30 to 45 days at a time, and are typically confined to coca farms and exposed to health risks like leishmaniasis, says Wilfredo Cañizares, executive director of Fundación Progresar, a human rights NGO working on the border. Coca pickers were unable to speak to The Telegraph due to security concerns.
Leishmaniasis is endemic in Colombia; in 2020, the World Health Organisation reported 6,124 cases of the cutaneous form of the disease, though scientists consider actual figures to be higher. It’s one of the WHO’s neglected tropical diseases, which according to Dr Iván Vélez, director of the University of Antioquia’s Program for the Study and Control of Tropical Diseases (PECET), is why the country “lacks good methods of diagnosis, treatment and prevention.”
In Catatumbo, there are few hospitals and most are inaccessible. If patients make it to a clinic, many GPs lack the technical expertise to diagnose leishmaniasis, explains Dr Maria Adelaida Gómez, coordinator of the biochemistry and molecular biology unit at Colombia’s International Centre for Training and Medical Research. This is one of the reasons case numbers are sorely underreported.
Only patients who receive a parasitological diagnosis are prescribed treatment. In Colombia, the most common treatment is Glucantime – highly toxic injections administered daily for between 20 and 28 days. Patients report experiencing headaches, nausea, and suffer a loss of appetite and fatigue.
“There were some days…when I was bed-bound with chills, my defences were low, I couldn’t get up,” Londoño says, remembering the treatment period. While he found the disease itself painless, the cure was tough: Glucantime affected his ability to concentrate, and the tiredness left him unable to work.
These side effects can cause patients to abandon treatment, Dr Vélez says. Additionally, injections can only be administered by medical professionals, so patients must travel to hospitals to receive them.
The first choice treatment for leishmaniasis is a 28-day course of Miltefosine tablets. However, tablets are not always available in Colombia and can cause side effects like vomiting and abdominal pain. Miltefosine is also not recommended for pregnant women.
Problems accessing medical care and treatment in Colombia mean that leishmaniasis sufferers often resort to traditional cures or the guidance of local healers. Natural remedies are plant-based or involve burning lesions with a hot machete or hot panela (unrefined sugar). According to Dr Vélez, these can successfully treat cutaneous leishmaniasis but are painful.
The PECET is currently working to develop more treatments for cutaneous leishmaniasis. However, a lack of funding has prevented progress.
Dr Javier Lezaun, Director of the Institute for Science, Innovation and Society from the Diseased Landscapes team, believes that leishmaniasis “compounds the precarity and vulnerability” of irregular migrants who are not eligible for non-emergency state-funded health care. Paying for travel and medical treatment is therefore a last resort, especially if they miss a day’s salary to do so.
“The disease is associated with poverty,” states Dr Álvaro Acosta-Serrano, a reader in the parasitology and vector biology departments at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine.
Historically, sufferers of leishmaniasis have been stigmatised in Colombia because of the disease’s association with Colombia’s civil war, a time when case numbers were the highest ever. For low-income Venezuelans, whose migrant condition is already “easily identifiable” to Dr Acosta-Serrano, leishmaniasis scars can worsen discrimination.
For researchers, leishmaniasis is more than just a public health issue – it’s the lens that magnifies Colombia’s working conditions that expose sufferers, including vulnerable migrants, to the disease. Not until the government reduces poverty, improves access to healthcare and stabilises the ongoing conflict in rural areas, can leishmaniasis wounds really heal.
“Leishmaniasis [is] a way of seeing everything that is wrong with the system,” says Juan Montoya, a Diseased Landscapes researcher.
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Obviously, we have been aware of the Necropolis' existence before, and it is certainly not a discovery that anyone will simply "stumble on". Instead it was a well structured plan, which was based on the increasing environmental threat to some of the tombs (rising ground water with highly destructive salt contents), combined with a larger team on site that enabled us to get started. Please see below for our (very) preliminary report on the tombs.
3400 year old necropolis discovered at Gebel el Silsila
Dr. Maria Nilsson and John Ward
During the spring season 2016 the Swedish archaeological mission at Gebel el Silsila, led by Dr. Maria Nilsson and John Ward, in co-operation with the MSA, as well as Kom Ombo and Aswan Inspectorates under General Directors Abd el Menum and Nasr Salama respectively, discovered a remarkable New Kingdom necropolis with archaeological material dating from the early 18th dynasty and indications of re-use throughout the 19th dynasty.
So far, over 40 tombs have been documented, including a small shrine, many of which have suffered from heavy erosion and extreme decay due to the rising water table and its high salt contents. As part of exploring the best method to save the monuments, the team undertook the careful cleaning of a small selection of tombs, work that will continue during forthcoming seasons.
The tombs consist of one to two undecorated rock-cut chambers, with one or more crypts cut into the bed rock floors, some preserved with remains of their original lid. The entrance of the tombs consist of a squared semi-dressed aperture that incorporate a vertical slot to either door jamb that would have facilitated a portcullis type of closure. The tombs are generally accessed via a series of steps that descend into a rough-cut squared chamber. Due to the lack of exterior or interior decoration, the identity of the persons buried remains unknown at this time.
The general archaeology and the stratigraphy of the tombs suggest that they were plundered already during antiquity, and again during the 19th century, as well as affected by the annual floods and driven sand, resulting in disturbed layers containing foremost pottery, bones, some beads and Nile silt, mixed with animal remains including crocodile scutes. Similar composition of archaeology was documented outside the tombs.
The ceramic material has been identified by the team's ceramic expert, Dr. Sarah Doherty, as traditional New Kingdom funerary ware, including storage vessels, beer jugs, and a selection of votive vessels. Preliminary analysis of the bones, made by Prof. Salima Ikram, suggests burials of men, women and children of all ages. Importantly, this indicates a more permanent habitation at Gebel el Silsila than previously thought.
Among the more important findings was a reversible seal ring, which depicts the cartouche of Pharaoh Thuthmosis III “Men-kheper-re” (comparable with seal UC61144: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-static/digitalegypt/seals/archive/uc61144.jpg), and a scarab also bearing the pharaoh’s name. Associated text on the seal's reverse is currently studied by the team's Egyptologists.
Fragments of detailed, painted mud-plaster indicate decorated coffins, which together with fragments of mummy wrapping and various beads and amulets suggest individuals of considerable status.
The shrine that was included among the discoveries is a small rock-cut sanctuary located on the banks of the Nile. It consists of two open chambers facing the river (west), which partially retain architectural features, including dressed walls and an inner doorway crowned with the winged solar disc. Further analysis is required of its archaeology due to annual flooding and extensive tumble since antiquity.
The latest discovery as well as the season's work (with more news to come...!) was made possible by financial support from various foundations, including:
Magnus Bergvalls Stiftelse
National Geographic Grant
Helge Ax:son Johnsons stiftelse
Gerda Henkel Stiftung
and none of the work could have been completed without the most fabulous team ever! Thank you all for sharing the moments (hard work, blood, sweat and tears lol) and being part of this incredible journey that we are on!
Also, and with uppermost respect, thank you to the general inspectorates of Kom Ombo and Aswan, to General Directors Nasr Salama and Abd el Menum, and all the great inspectors of Kom Ombo and general inspectors of Gebel el Silsila, as each and everyone of you actively participate in changing history!
Maria and John
|Tomb 15 exterior|
|crypt with partially preserved lid inside Tomb 15|
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|Scarab with the cartouche of Thutmosis III|
|Portculis of Tomb 2, exterior|
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In the noval i need to know the difference between the 2 boys reaction to the skull
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A Sugar Land artist is seeing double, and he’s not happy about it.
Bob Pack said it was a career highlight when Sugar Land city officials unveiled his sculpture of a police officer and a boy in front of the Sugar Land Police Department in 1996. The sculpture, called The Guardian, can still be found there today.
So it came as quite a surprise, Pack said, when his friends began calling him 14 years later – in May 2010 – after they spotted another sculpture that looked just like it in front of the Pearland Police Department at 2555 Cullen Parkway.
“I did that statue strictly for the citizens of Sugar Land and for the police, and I spent over a year on that piece,” Pack said. “I’m taking this very personally and then some. Not only did they infringe on my copyright but they copied my work intentionally and knowingly.
“Somehow it wouldn’t seem so personal if the copied statue were in another state,” he said. “But it is right down the street, practically in our backyard.”
Pack has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Provo, Utah-based artist Matt Glenn, who made the statue.
Neither Glenn nor Pearland city officials could be immediately reached for comment. Pack’s lawsuit is seeking damages, attorney’s fees and lost profits.
Pack’s attorney, Keith Jaasma, claims that Pearland officials formed a committee to consider several designs for a statue and “decided Mr. Pack’s design was the one they liked.”
In October 2009, Pearland city employee Skipper Jones sent photographs of The Guardian to Glenn, and in the months that followed the two “corresponded frequently about the plan to make a copy of The Guardian,” according to the lawsuit.
“Working directly from the photos of The Guardian, defendants were able to cut several months off their usual time for creating a statue and to meet a deadline set by Pearland,” the lawsuit states.
Pack said that Glenn and Jones tried to skirt U.S. copyright law by making minute changes to the Pearland statue. The boy in the original sculpture is carrying a book, while the boy in the Pearland statue is wearing a backpack.
“There’s a misconception that if you make enough changes in the original that it’s not a violation,” Pack said. “But in fact the copyright law protects derivative works. If you use an original source to make a copy of it, it’s a violation no matter how many changes you make.”
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Kory Stamper has a great post called “In Defense of Talking Funny” that starts with a friend, or “friend,” interrupting her in “a crowded, chichi restaurant” to say “You’re saying that wrong.”
“‘Towards’. You’re saying it oddly– ‘TOE-wards’. It’s ‘TWARDS’.”
I blinked and dropped a forkful of frisée-glacé-reduction-foofaraw down my shirt. “It is?”
He looked unnerved: the English language is supposed to be my area of expertise. “It’s pronounced ‘TWARDS’. I mean, right? Here, we’ll ask the waiter.”
My stomach hit my shoes. “No, no, I’ll take your word for it.” And we attempted to go back to the conversation we had before I started talking about the videos. I say “attempted”: we did, in fact, have more conversation, though I don’t recall much of what was said. I was just trying to avoid saying the word “towards.”
In the first place, can you imagine having the gall to “correct” a lexicographer on her pronunciation? (I know a lot of people don’t like the word, but it’s a classic example of “mansplaining.”) Anyway, she goes on to say “Dialects are a funny thing: everyone speaks one, but we only notice them when they’ve been dislocated,” and explains:
To get technical, dialects are varieties of a language that have their own set of speakers with their own vocabulary, grammatical rules, and accent, and they can be regional, socioeconomic, ethnic, tonal, and even a combination thereof. American English has eight major dialects–or 24, or hundreds, depending on who you ask and what they define as a “dialect.” Most of us don’t just speak a dialect, but switch between several depending on where, why, and how we are. And this is frustrating for the people who think that language shouldn’t be bound by culture, era, or region: that one kind of English (usually theirs) is good enough for every single English speaker in the world, all the time.
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“You sound Mexican,” she said, “and you’re not. If you’re not careful, your friends are going to think that you’re making fun of them.” It was my first introduction to sociolinguistics and the politics of dialect.
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Days after State Treasurer John Kennedy unfairly and falsely criticized former Lt. Gov. Jay Dardenne for purchasing and installing $1.1 million in public art at the newly-opened $1.1 billion University Medical Center in New Orleans, a program mandated by the state’s 27-year-old “Percent for Art” law, he posted a Facebook photograph of him posing next to the new $350,000 glass sculpture by the world-renowned artist Dale Chihuly as an example of government waste.
Presumably, the Treasurer believed that public art, however valuable and impressive, was nothing more than a colossal waste of public money, regardless of its prominent, showcase position in the complex and its accessibility to the general public and despite the fact that it was purchased, in compliance with and as mandated by state law, through capital funds as a part of a construction project and not with the general budget, which is where the state’s financial fiasco resides.
Put another way, there isn’t a single student in jeopardy of losing their TOPS scholarship or a single disabled child at risk of losing their NOW waiver because the state constructed a statue in front of a hospital. They come from two different pots of money, and it’s against the law to use one-time construction money- or capital money- to pay for recurring and operational expenses. “The government can afford to build practically anything,” a friend of mine who is an expert in the subject once explained, somewhat hyperbolically. “The problem is the government can barely afford to operate anything.” It’s a lesson Treasurer Kennedy should consider taking under advisement.
Two days ago, I filed a public record records request with the Louisiana State Museum and the Department of Culture, Recreation, and Tourism. If Treasurer Kennedy truly believes that state-owned artwork is emblematic of reckless spending, regardless of whether he understands the ways in which these things are actually paid for, then it would stand to reason he wouldn’t take advantage of any program that allowed him the opportunity to prominently display such symbols of government profligacy in his office, the very office that has crusaded against investments in art at a time in which, in his words, “we’re broke.”
I wanted to know whether Treasurer Kennedy possessed any of our state’s collection of public art in an office he currently leases from one of his campaign donors for $294,000 a year more than he would spent in a publicly-owned building. Over the course of the last five years, by the way, that totals over $1.5 million in excess spending of public money.
Treasurer Kennedy’s office was advised to relocate into a state-owned facility on October 14, 2014 by Mark Moses, the Director of Facility Planning and Control. He waited a month, and having not heard back from Kennedy’s office, wrote again on November 19, 2014. Then, he wrote again on January 22, 2015, this time asking to survey the leased office space. Later that day, he was told the inquiry would be placed in “John’s reading folder.” The office of Facility Planning and Control spent months attempting to convince Treasurer Kennedy and his employees to complete forms that would better help them assess their needs. And finally, more than two years after the initial inquiry, Facility Planning and Control wrote Treasurer Kennedy once more, on November 30, 2015, informing him that a relocation would save taxpayers $293,858 a year. Kennedy did not respond officially until February 29, 2016, stating in a letter to Commissioner of Administration Jay Dardenne that he would move if it saved taxpayers money. “Even if we can only save $1, we’ll move,” he told The Advocate. Again, Treasurer Kennedy had known or should have been aware since October of 2014 that relocating his office was likely to save taxpayer money. It took him nearly a year and a half to respond, despite continual requests from Facility Planning and Control.
The owner of the building Treasurer Kennedy currently leases for his public office, One City Plaza, is Mike Wampold.
Milford “Mike” Wampold III, along with his almost obscenely voluminous list of registered partnerships and LLCs, is one of the most successful and prolific real estate developers in Baton Rouge and, arguably, the entire state of Louisiana.
And, acording to publicly available campaign finance reports, over the last decade or so, Wampold has given nearly $20,000 to the Treasurer’s state campaigns, nearly $5,000 for his previous campaigns for U.S. Senate, a combined $90,000 to David Vitter’s gubernatorial campaign and his related SuperPAC (including $50,000 donated only eight days before the election), $6,600 to Vitter’s U.S. Senate races, $22,100 for Bobby Jindal’s gubernatorial campaigns, $6,200 for Bobby Jindal’s presidential campaign, $25,000 to Bobby Jindal’s presidential SuperPAC, $28,500 for the Louisiana Republican Party, $58,900 to the National Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee, and tens of thousands more to other candidates, some Democrats but overwhelmingly Republicans. (He even donated $5,000 to Gov. John Bel Edwards, more than a full month after he had been elected).
Wampold is obviously a prolific campaign donor, and many of the candidates to whom he donated were campaigning for office in and around the same time questions began arising about the costly lease agreement Wampold’s company had with Treasurer Kennedy. Kennedy, at the time, was running for his fifth term for Treasurer, with the expectation that he could be appointed U.S. Senator in the event that David Vitter was elected. Vitter, of course, was running for governor, and Bobby Jindal was running for the White House. Perhaps 2015 was not the best year for Kennedy and Jindal to terminate a $369,597 a year lease agreement with one of their most reliable big money campaign donors, even if it could save the state hundreds of thousands of dollars at a time in which it needed the money the most.
As it turns out, yes, Treasurer Kennedy has amassed himself quite a collection of public art on loan from the Louisiana State Museum, though not in Mr. Wampold’s building. Currently fourteen pieces in total with a combined insured value of nearly $300,000 (though I only requested this year’s collection) are housed in Kennedy’s Capitol office.
If you want to see Clementine Hunter’s 1984 piece, “Picking Figs In The Summertime” (insured at $2,500, though it is certainly worth much more than that), you’ll need to head over to Treasurer Kennedy’s office at the Capitol. To be fair, all statewide public elected officials have the right to request art for their offices from the Louisiana State Museum.
Former Gov. Jindal would have been wise to take better advantage of the program, considering the bizarrely whitened portrait of himself that prominently welcomed guests to his office for over six years.
It is also worth nothing that the curators of the Louisiana State Museum take tremendous care of their collection, requiring them to spend large sums of money and a significant amount of time on transporting, staging, and guaranteeing the safety and security of each one of these works of art. These additional costs are not included in the itemized list, but I have filed a series of other records requests that should be filled within two weeks.
Here is the loan agreement Treasurer Kennedy has with the Louisiana State Museum:
Treasurer Kennedy apparently has no problem mining $300,000 worth of precious artwork from the public’s collection in order to decorate his private office, but when a newly-opened $1.1 billion state hospital that serves those most in need has the audacity to follow a state law that has been on the books for 27 years- a law that exists in 28 states- and install pieces of stunning public art work by world-renowned artists that can actually be seen and enjoyed by the public, well, that, to Kennedy, is nothing more than a wasteful contract.
Perhaps the Louisiana State Museum should have been charging him to lease the public’s art for his and his staff’s private enjoyment. And while we are at it, perhaps we should demand Treasurer Kennedy reimburse the state for the difference he paid renting Mr. Wampold’s building and what he would have paid had he simply located his offices in buildings the taxpayers were already paying for.
With the amount of money we would have saved, Louisiana could have invested in four of those funky glass sculptures, and if we had four of those, trust me, the state could charge admission for such an exhibit, and most ironically of all, Treasurer Kennedy could finally claim credit for locating a new source of revenue that no one ever could have imagined in those 21-year-old white papers with the 400 solutions he is so fond of referencing.
The Treasurer could purchase one of those sculptures, and- who knows?- he may even be able to convince his landlord, Mike Wampold, to purchase another one and donate it to the state on loan. One thing is for certain: A sculpture by Dale Chihuly offers a much more solid return on investment, typically over 100%, than most of the donations he has made to political candidates or the decisions Treasurer Kennedy oversaw as Chairman of the Board Commission.
Two birds, one stone. Plus, we would make a strong and powerful statement about our state’s commitment to the very thing that has made Louisiana so unique and vibrant and compelling for more than three hundred years: Our public celebrations of our unique and complicated heritage and our culture and unapologetic investments in the very things that give our heritage and culture a pulse and verve: art, jazz, blues, architecture, food, the natively-born funky and the foreign, which is what it means to be Creole.
If you fail to grasp that about Louisiana, if you truly believe that after eight years of a negligent governor, a pliant legislature, and a state treasurer who liked the sound of his own voice more than the work he was elected to do that the real problem- the problem that symbolizes all that is wrong and rotten and out of control about Louisiana- is a picture of a sculpture installed in front of a $1.1 billion hospital, you must have been sleeping under a rock during the two-terms of the wunderkind.
Treasurer Kennedy’s tirade about the astronomical number of state contracts definitely has merit. His problem isn’t merely that he is using the wrong contracts as examples of the problem, however. There are thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, of hardworking Louisiana residents, both rich and poor, Republican and Democrat and everywhere else in between, who understand and value the public investment in art. In fact, the “Percent for Art” program was written by a Republican legislator and signed into law by a Republican governor, Mike Foster.
Over the last eight years, we disinvested in our schools and in art programs and in music and art festivals, and somehow, many of us seemed to forget that our investments in art and in culture are what have always made Louisiana a special and magical place to be– not the billions in unfulfilled promises to poultry plants or dirty energy facilities or television shows we literally pay to make our citizens look like caricatures of rednecks and swamp people. It’s humiliating. It’s anti-intellectual. And it is the cumulative result of eight consecutive years of lunging from one unavoidable crisis to another. It is what makes it possible for a man who is a serious candidate for United States Senate from Louisiana to believe that he could win votes by mocking a sculpture that most American cities would immediately put on every brochure and tourist guide they printed.
On a final note, let’s take stock in the real reason Louisiana is now saddled with all of those thousands and thousands of contracts. Governor Jindal famously and erroneously liked to brag that he cut the size of government by 26%. He boasted about eliminating 30,000 government jobs. And for whatever reason, too many of us were under the mistaken belief that the government services he eliminated and the jobs he cut all miraculously vanished because, as he led us to believe, they weren’t necessary in the first place.
True, many of those services and jobs did disappear, and some were unnecessary. But a great deal of them resulted in real-life catastrophes for hardworking people, and a significant number of them merely became government contracts. When the state privatized two prisons, those employees were no longer on the state’s payroll, hence a reduction in state jobs, but we are still left footing the bill for their salaries through the contracts the state has with these private prison operators. The same can be said about the state’s health care system. It is, in large part, a gimmick designed to create the illusion that the size of government is shrinking, when, in actuality, the public is merely being asked to pay more for less with the expectation that services will improve. They haven’t.
And that really is the central hypocrisy of Treasurer Kennedy’s crusade against out-of-control contracts. He and his party spent eight years privatizing state government through the execution and implementation of thousands and thousands of contracts, big and small. Now that we face the largest budget fiasco in our state’s history, they stubbornly refuse to acknowledge that the root cause of this fiasco is the fire sale they marketed for eight years. Again, even the Treasurer himself preferred renting a privately-owned office building at $290,000 more a year than he would have spent in a publicly-owned building, and he is not the only one. We have given away enormous fortunes in exemptions to oil and gas companies, many of which they never needed, and as a result, we are now forcing the very people who can afford it the least to bail the state out from the profligate pilfering conducting by those who earned huge fortunes by brazenly manipulating the law to their maximum advantage.
The Louisiana coastline continues to be destroyed by the relentless and unaccountable dredging of canals and bayous that are, in some cases, sold to the public as water quality projects but are, in fact, nothing more than taxpayer-funded giveaways to the wealthiest industry on the planet, an industry that- any time it is threatened in Louisiana- cries wolf and tells the men and women they help install in the legislature that additional regulation or additional taxes or the elimination of exemptions and subsidies would force them to lay off thousands, close up shop, and move elsewhere. And year after year, no one is willing to call their bluff and state the obvious: If the Louisiana oil and gas industry picks up its tools and moves to another sandbox, they would be federally liable for billions, if not trillions, in environmental remediation costs. It’s simply too expensive to leave; plus, the oil is here, and our oil and gas industry isn’t dependent on the giveaways the state provides. It is dependent on the vicissitudes of a volatile global market, over which lawmakers in Baton Rouge have absolutely no control.
Smart people understand this, including the leaders of these oil and gas companies. But when Louisiana levee boards and parishes had the gall to demand that these companies pay for the damage they’ve inflicted on the state’s coast, these companies executives didn’t even need to hire lawyers to defend themselves. They already had assembled the best legal team for this particular case they possibly could have: Former Gov. Bobby Jindal and his Republican allies in the Louisiana legislature. Today, even though Jindal is no longer in charge, Republican Attorney General Jeff Landry, a man with an obnoxious and pathetically desperate penchant of referring to himself as “General” in all of his press releases, recently announced his intention to intervene in 39 different cases against oil and gas companies, not on behalf of the people of Louisiana, as he speciously claims, but in the service of the industry. Attorney General Landry, shortly after his election, determined that the framers of the Louisiana State Constitution had intended him to usurp the governor’s executive power, dismiss his obligation to the governor as his client, and attempt to implement his own public policy agenda under the pretense of enforcing the law.
We are at a crossroads in this state, and right now, we have a real opportunity to reverse course and to undo the damage inflicted on this state by eight years of an absentee governor and a vocal group of legislators who love the sport of partisan politics more than the hard work of policymaking.
With the exception of the newly-elected governor and the majority of the Democrats in the legislature, most of our leaders are absolutely mortified to tell the truth about the condition we find ourselves. When Gov. Edwards raised the mere possibility of college football being in jeopardy due to severe cuts to higher education, the Republican response, particularly by Treasurer Kennedy, was not to “tell it like it is;” it was to mock the governor as a scare-monger, vow that he would never allow the sacred institution of college football to ever be threatened, and then declare, without a trace of irony, that Louisiana’s problem was due to spending too much. It is worse than a lie; it’s delusional; and as we now know, it reeks of hypocrisy.
I was born and raised in this state, and I have returned twice, once after I finished my undergraduate degree and again after law school. Both times, I came back because I earnestly want to work to make this place what I know it can become, what it deserves to be. I came back to help others like me, people from all corners of Louisiana, of all ages and races, men and women, gay and straight and transgender, people who believe in religion and people whose faith resides in humanity itself.
I may be stupidly idealistic, but I believe in my generation and I know, first-hand, the transformative power of the Internet to inform people of the truth in real-time, to expose hypocrisy, to organize communities around shared goals, and to engage in meaningful dialogue about the biggest problems that face a state I believe to be the best in the nation, if only we would merely begin taking the narrative away from these politicians who have used racial, religious, and cultural divisions to win elections. And when you win elections, you can control the narrative.
Bobby Jindal was never a health care guru. He was a kid who was gifted with a big title that shielded him, early on, from scrutiny. He wasn’t an effective Congressman. He won elections by first pretending to be someone he wasn’t and then gradually becoming the actor he had played. He wasn’t a good steward of the state’s budget. His party likes to claim the mantle of fiscal responsibility, and under his leadership, they damn near bankrupted this state.
David Vitter was the least effective member of the United States Senate who won elections based on appealing to racial divisions, paranoia about immigration, and dirty politics. We have another Senator who was paid a fortune from LSU while a member of Congress but somehow forgot to complete the vast majority of his time sheets.
Our Republicans in the Congress are not much better. John Fleming was once duped into believing a satirical story on The Onion about Planned Parenthood opening up an $8 billion “abortionplex.” He subsequently blamed one of his staffers, but if you follow Congressman Fleming on Facebook, it is fairly obvious that he falls for just about anything that comports with his distorted, conspiratorial, and radical right-wing views. Congressman Steve Scalise, of course, couldn’t tell the difference between an international hate conference of white supremacists and a neighborhood meeting in Metairie.
Republicans in the state legislature, on the other hand, have outsourced their jobs to national organizations like ALEC, lobbying groups like LABI, the Louisiana Family Forum, and LOGA, and signed pledges by people like Grover Norquist. These are not leaders who are serious about doing their jobs. They’re more worried about their rankings on some right-wing organization’s scorecard than doing the business of the people. And if the disarray we all witnessed during the Special Session is any indication, they suffer from institutional incompetence borne out of laziness and a misplaced sense of pride. But they have very little to be proud of. If anything, they should be ashamed.
Attorney General Jeff Landry coronated himself General and immediately set out to establish a type of government-in-waiting. It’s comical, if only because he is unwittingly setting himself up for a second-round of national embarrassment (the first one being the time he violated decorum at a State of the Union address as a Congressman and then refused an invitation to meet with the President at the White House, which had the advantage of making him look churlish, unprofessional, and like a man pandering to a narrow-minded group of white racists).
And Treasurer John Kennedy has spent an entire lifetime in politics and has almost nothing of policy substance to show for it. For whatever reason, he believes he was elected to be the least cooperative person in state government, as if we vote for Class Clown, and thus far, in a state frustrated by government inaction and incompetence, he has managed to capitalize quite nicely by criticizing others while taking no responsibility for himself or his role.
When you and your political party squander a $1 billion surplus, stubbornly deny billions in stimulus money to repair our crumbling infrastructure, millions for broadband roll-out in rural parishes, and millions more for a commuter rail line between New Orleans and Baton Rouge; idiotically oppose accepting billions more to provide insurance for more than a quarter of a million people; squander a vast fortune on unnecessary tax breaks and corporate giveaways that never materialize; collude with an industry that has already admitted fault in destroying the state’s coast and protect that industry against legitimate lawsuits; convince thousands of school children to leave public schools and provide them with vouchers to schools that perform significantly worse; and when, year after year, you and your party balance the budget through a series of accounting gimmicks that merely kicks the can down the road and ensures we will all be paying more later, you no longer ever get to call yourself “fiscally responsible.”
Fiscally responsible does not mean “opposing each and every tax.” Fiscally responsible does not mean rejecting federal money for infrastructure or health care because the check is signed by a black man, a Democrat, who won the presidency twice in landslides, particularly when you represent a state that already receives more federal taxes back than it pays in.
There is nothing responsible about that; it’s just cowardly. It’s not leadership. It earns you nothing more than a few free dinners and a few thousand dollars from political action committees that could care less about the people for whom you were actually elected to represent.
I think the Chihuly sculpture, whether you respond to it or not as a piece of art, that Treasurer Kennedy mocked as a sign of wasteful spending symbolizes something completely different: I think it signifies, in a small way, the fact that some people in this state dare to think Louisiana deserves to have beautiful, nice, world-class artwork in front of a $1.1 billion hospital that will save and repair the lives of generations of Louisiana citizens.
Once upon a time, Louisiana celebrated and cherished things like that.
Today, we mock it as profligate spending, while praising a man with his own $300,000 collection of public art and leasing another building, owned by one of his campaign donors, that has cost taxpayers $1.5 million more than they needed to spend as if he is a true “fiscal conservative.”
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It’s Columbus Day, a time when some historians ask why a symbol of genocide would be unrepentantly idolized for half a millennium and celebrated by the country he never even touched.
It cannot be denied that Christopher Columbus had a genius for exploration, as an intrepid voyager who took four 10-week trips across the Atlantic over 10 years, changing the arc of history by confirming the planet was round and establishing European contact with the New World.
But the enduring schoolbook narrative requires some national introspection that raises uncomfortable questions, so let’s address the easy part first.
The man who “discovered” America never reached North America. He landed in the Bahamas in 1492, anchored in Haiti two months later, and in three subsequent voyages sailed around the Caribbean. Essentially, he discovered Club Med.
Once there, he responded to the hospitality of the peaceful Arawak Indians by murdering them wholesale. Here is a brief passage from a first-hand account of the carnage in Hispaniola written by a Spanish historian and cleric:
“They forced their way into native settlements, slaughtering everyone they found there, including small children, old men, pregnant women, and even women who had just given birth. They hacked them to pieces, slicing open their bellies with their swords as though they were so many sheep herded into a pen. They even laid wagers on whether they could manage to slice a man in two at a stroke. . .”
In just two years, Howard Zinn wrote, half of the 250,000 Arawaks in Haiti were dead from murder, mutilation, and suicide. Others were carted onto ships by the hundreds, and brought back to Spain as slaves. By 1550, after smallpox took its toll, there were only 500 left. By 1650, the population was wiped out.
So it’s a worthy discussion: Why have we used the second Monday in October since 1937 to torment indigenous Americans by commemorating the man who annihilated their ancestors?
Other states have asked that question, and today, seven of them (from Alaska to Florida) will not observe Columbus Day.
Not even Columbus, Ohio, observes Columbus Day anymore.
Our state should have this discussion, if only to give equal measure to humanity and mythology — not to erase Columbus from the American tableau, because his historical influence is beyond question. Italian-Americans, in particular, would resent such appalling adulteration, because he can always be appreciated as the explorer who risked everything in a quest to find, well, India.
But no one can doubt that there were countless others who gave just as much to our culture, which is why Oct. 12 should be renamed Italian-American Day — a day when we can celebrate others who contributed to this magnificent mosaic, whether it’s Frank Sinatra, Frank Capra, or Frank Zamboni.
Concurrently, our state should introduce an Indigenous Peoples Day — held the day after Thanksgiving, perhaps, when we’re still showing an appreciation for the millions who met cataclysmic consequences as we turned their land into a giant shopping mall.
One of our most prominent Italian-American lawmakers is admittedly intrigued: “Taking the history into account,” says Sen. Joseph Vitale (D-Middlesex), “I don’t think it’s wrong to have this conversation about two holidays.”
Let’s have that conversation, even if it doesn’t start in the Legislature.
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In recent future, the divine planet, Jupiter, will be changing its current transit position from Gemini zodiac (Mithuna Rashi) to Cancer zodiac (Karka Rashi). As per vedic astrology, Cancer is a watery zodiac sign and is ruled by the Moon, which is a very friendly planet for Jupiter. During its transit over Cancer zodiac sign, transit Jupiter will be exalted and, therefore, capable of generating significant influence as per its nature for the respective Ascendant.
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In the just concluded month June 2022, the first month of India’s South West 2022 monsoon, India received 152.3 mm rainfall, 8% below the normal June rainfall of 165.3 mm as per India Meteorological department. In June 2021, the rainfall was 182.9 mm[i], about 11% above normal and in June 2020, the rainfall was 196.9 mm, or about 18% above normal and in June 2019 it was 33% below normal.
However, the rainfall has been far from normal this month. Till June 14, the rainfall at national level was below normal on every single day, highest deficit being 68% on June 8. In fact the cumulative monsoon deficit kept going up till June 11, when it was 43%. Between June 15 and June 21, it poured so fiercely that the cumulative monthly deficit became zero by June 21. Daily rainfall was again in deficit from June 23 to June 29, turning in positive zone only on last day of the month, when the day rainfall was second highest of the month at 10.2 mm, the highest being 10.8 mm on June 19.
AN EXCELLENT report by ROXY KOLL of IITM (Pune) explained the South West Monsoon in India so far, showing foot print of Climate Change and its connections with wider climate and implications. Very clear headed and also suggesting what is required: We need to urgently disaster-proof every district and village of South Asia and make it climate resilient. We need to prepare our houses and farms for both droughts and floods. We need policies that help redesign our cities and prepare our rural areas for intensifying cyclones, floods and heatwaves. Unfortunately, IMD is unable to provide ACTIONABLE forecasts of rainfall, as clear as explained by IITM scientist.
The spatial distribution was equally abnormal with north east India and parts of east India (mainly West Bengal and only on last Bihar and East UP) having high, almost unprecedented rainfall in the period during June 15 and June 21, leading to unprecedented floods in parts of North East India. This spatial distribution is also apparent from the maps below. Assam Chief Minister described the floods in Silchar as man-made disaster, which needs investigation, but that statement is equally true about floods in many other areas in North East India.
EDIT in Deccan Herald on June 25, 2022 rightly mentions the role of these factors contributing to flood disaster in Assam: destruction of wetlands, destruction of drainage system, indiscriminate urbanisation, deforestation, mining, dysfunctional embankments, climate change and lack of multidisciplinary approach to flood management.
THE HINDUSTAN TIMES Editorial on June 23, 2022 rightly highlights that the indiscriminate infrastructure development, deforestation and such actions are also responsible for the current NE floods in addition to climate change impacting rainfall pattern.
As the Times of India wrote in its editorial on June 30, 2021, India really needs to prioritise the harvesting of rain where it falls, when it falls, make every drop count. We are unfortunately, still busy destroying the prime forests and wetlands for projects of questionable merits like the Ken Betwa River Link Project. It was also good to see an EDITORIAL on monsoon progress in THE TIMES OF INDIA on June 20, 2022.
Region wise rainfall IMD divides the country into four regions: North West India, East & North East India, Central India, South Peninsula. The bar charts from daily rainfall in these regions and also for Pan India rainfall as provided by IMD for June 2022 are given below.
State wise Rainfall As we can see from the IMD map above, out of 37 States and Union Territories (UTs), two (Assam and Meghalaya, the reason for the unprecedented floods in NE India, the rainfall here has broken a number of records) had large Excess (Actual rainfall more than 60% above normal), Four (Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu and Jammu & Kashmir) had Excess (Actual rainfall 20-59% above normal), 12 had normal (Actual rainfall 19% below normal to above normal), 15 had deficit (Actual rainfall 20-59% below normal rainfall) and Three (Delhi, Chandigarh, Diu-Daman-Dadar-Nagarhaveli) had Large Deficit (Actual rainfall over 60% below normal) in rainfall in June 2021. Meghalaya had the highest rainfall of 1493 mm, Ladakh had the lowest rainfall at 2 mm.
Sub Division wise rainfall IMD divides India into 36 meteorological divisions (the logic of many of them is far from clear). As we can see from the map above, two sub divisions (Assam-Meghalaya, Sikkim and Sub Himalayan W Bengal) had Large Excess rainfall, Four (Tamilnadu-Puducherry, Jammu-Kashmir-Ladakh, Rayalseema and Arunachal Pradesh) had Excess rainfall, 10 had Normal rainfall and 20 had deficit rainfall. Assam-Meghalaya had the highest rainfall at 858.1 mm and East Uttar Pradesh had the lowest at 33.5 mm rainfall in June 2022.
River Basin wise Rainfall As we can see from the above map, IMD also reports river basin wise rainfall, but as we have been noting in the past, this reporting remains rather callous and inadequate, unfortunately. This is clear from the map, where was can see that IMD reports NO RAIN in whole of the month June 2022 in all these river basins: Upper Godavari, Imphal and others, Middle Yamuna, Lower Bhima, Upper Krishna and Vaippar-Pamba. THIS IS AN IMPOSSIBILITY, looking at the district wise rainfall in the maps below, among others. Clearest evidence of IMD’s devil cares attitude in reporting river basin wise rainfall. In addition, IMD reports NO DATA for Upper Indus and Jhelum river basins.
DISTRICT WISE STATE WISE RAINFALL
NORTH INDIA: Jammu & Kashmiar
EAST INDIA: Uttar Pradesh
NORTH EAST INDIA: Sikkim
SOUTH INDIA: Andhra Pradesh
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The record breaking year that was
Mercury rises to record-breaking levelsCHRIS HYDE
Palmerston North had its second warmest year and warmest winter on record in 2013 and a climate scientist is warning the warming trend will have a serious effect on the region's agricultural base.
Climate scientist Jim Salinger released the figures this morning, showing 2013's winter in Manawatu - and across New Zealand - beat all others for warmth since records began in 1870.
The average temperature in the city this year was 14.1 degrees Celsius, 0.85 degrees C above normal.
The only year it was hotter was 1998, when Palmerston North had an average temperature throughout the year of 14.2 degrees C.
Winter 2013 mean temperatures were 1.27 degrees C above the 1961-1990 average, the highest on record.
Salinger said that while the temperature increase was nice for some, the region's reliance on agriculture would be affected in the long term by warming that was this significant.
The above-average temperatures were expected to continue this year with 0.2 to 0.6 degrees C above average temperatures for New Zealand predicted, he said.
"What will start to happen is a spread of sub-tropical grasses that will make farming as it is more difficult.
"The type of cropping Manawatu relies on will probably change too. As planetary warming continues you'll see more of a move into corn and maize and crops like that.
"They have higher heat requirements, but as it gets hotter they will become the future."
The warming followed a global trend which an intergovernmental panel on climate change report blames on "increasing greenhouse gases augmenting the greenhouse effect", he said.
The New Zealand regional mean temperature for 2013 was derived from 22 land stations, and three offshore islands.
Record annual mean temperatures were recorded in the south east of the South Island, Salinger said.
Masterton, Omarama, Timaru, Invercargill and the Chatham Islands all had record years.
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Refer to Chapter 24 of the text. Utilize the health care business you selected in Week One as well as the answers to the Basic Information questions. Create a Business Plan proposal for your health care company that includes the following sections:
1. Executive Summary: 1 – 2 pages, concise summary of a business report. It restates the purpose of the report, it highlights the major points of the report, and it describes any results, conclusions, or recommendations from the report.
- Service and / or Equipment Description: 1 page minimum
- Organizational Plan: 1 page minimum, include a chart that illustrates the structure of the organization. In
addition, provide a summary of your management (i.e. background, responsibilities, etc.)
- Marketing Segment: 1 page minimum, include demographics, target market, any incentives, competitors,
- Financial Analysis: Projected income statement and types of assumptions made to compute the figures.
- Typical Income Statement assumption information requirements.
- What types of revenue?
- How many services will be offered to produce the revenue (by month)?
- How much labor will be required (FTEs)?
- What will the labor cost?
- How many and what types of supplies, drugs and/or devices will be required to offer the service?
- What will the supplies, drugs and/or devices cost?
- How much space will be required?
- What will the required space occupancy cost?
- Is special equipment required?
Your Business Plan should include a title page and table of contents (section and page numbers).
The final paper must be eight-to ten-pages in length (excluding title and reference pages). Include five to eight scholarly sources, cited in APA format.
Sample Business Plans. Retrieved from http://www.bplans.com/medical_and_health_care_business_plan_templates.cfm. Writing the Final Paper
The Final Paper:
- Must be eight-to ten-double-spaced pages in length, and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the
Ashford Writing Center.
- Must include a title page with the following:
- Title of paper
- Student’s name
- Course name and number
- Instructor’s name
- Date submitted
- Must begin with an introductory paragraph that has a succinct thesis statement.
- Must address the topic of the paper with critical thought.
- Must end with a conclusion that reaffirms your thesis.
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It is a known fact that teeth are the indicators of the beauty of a person. Even top celebrities undergo whitening treatments and cosmetic surgeries in order to enhance their ‘face’ value. Having yellow stains on the teeth dents the personality of an individual. It is therefore important to take good care of one’s teeth.
While there are cosmetic treatments to remove the white stains, often they are expensive and might cause some side effects. Natural treatments are therefore the best. Here are some very effective natural ways to remove those ugly stains from your teeth and flash a dazzling smile to the world.
Best Natural Treatments For Yellow Teeth
Rinse Your Mouth With Lemon Juice
A mixture of salt and lemon juice can work wonders to reduce the yellow color on your teeth. You can mix the juice of one lemon with one tablespoon of salt; the mixture can be in the proportion of 25% salt and 75% lemon juice. You can use this mixture as your mouthwash.
Let it remain in your mouth for a couple of minutes before spitting it out. Brush your teeth immediately after spitting out this mixture to remove any residue. This is a good natural remedy for people who have sensitive teeth. This can be done at least twice a week to treat yellow stains. You can see the results within a couple of weeks.
Apply Baking Soda At Regular Intervals
A mixture of baking soda and mashed strawberry can also help to reduce the yellow color. Mix half spoon of baking soda with one whole strawberry, and apply it on the teeth.
Let it be there for at least five minutes. After this, brush your teeth with your regular paste to remove any residue. It is enough to do this treatment once in two weeks as otherwise the acid in the strawberry can cause damage to the teeth enamel.
Use Walnut On Teeth
Crushed walnut is also known to help cleanse the teeth of the ugly stains. It also helps to keep bacteria at bay.
Apply Orange Peel Powder
Another effective home remedy is dried orange peel powder mixed with bay leaves in powdered form. This helps immensely in teeth whitening and preventing further discoloration of teeth.
Rub Basil Leaves On Teeth
Dry the leaves in the sun and then powder them. This can then be used for brushing the teeth. The leaves are excellent for teeth whitening and maintaining dental hygiene. Apart from this, it also helps to protect the teeth from several teeth issues. Proper dental hygiene is crucial in order to prevent stained teeth. You should take care to brush your teeth at least two to three times a day.
Keep in mind that the longer the food particles stay in contact with your teeth, the greater are the chances of them turning yellow. It is best if you can brush your teeth within 30 minutes of consuming anything that may cause them to develop stains. Also, it is good to undergo dental cleanings at least once a year. While using the home remedies keep in mind that your tooth enamel is fragile and you wouldn’t want to use too much of these as they can wear down your enamel causing you more problems. It is therefore best to use them in moderation.
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SEFFNER, Fla. (AP) — As the sun rose on a chilly central Florida morning Wednesday, strawberry farmers ran sprinklers in hopes of insulating the tender fruit with water. Icicles hung off red berries and steam rose from the warm earth.
The cold snap also prompted hundreds of manatees to huddle together on Tuesday in the warm waters of the Tampa Electric Company's power plant in Apollo Beach, on Tampa Bay.
Central Florida is one of the state's main strawberry-growing regions. January is the beginning of strawberry harvest season, and cold weather at this point can damage the entire crop. But growers — especially in eastern Hillsborough and Polk counties — were hopeful that the overnight freeze wasn't long enough to do lasting damage.
While temperatures dipped into the 20s and 30s across much of Florida, some farmers said crop damage was limited.
The Florida Fruit and Vegetable Association said low temperatures reached 26 degrees in Belle Glade, but the bean and corn crops fared OK. There were patchy areas of damage, the association reported on its Twitter page.
Florida Citrus Mutual reported that some farmers experienced damage in low-lying areas, but the cold didn't last long enough for significant damage. John Arnold at Showcase of Citrus in Clermont said December's warm weather made the orange trees more vulnerable to the cold. But he said the trees pulled through the chilly night.
"The trees pulled through exceptionally. We did not have any ice form in any of the fruit," Arnold said. "We've got basically five weeks ahead of us, and if we do make it five weeks without any kind of severe weather, we're going to have an exceptional crop in 2012."
David Boozer, the executive director of the Florida Tropical Fish Farm Association, said his members aren't anticipating major losses from the cold spell — unlike a devastating freeze in 2010, when farmers lost more than 80 percent of their fish.
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高温酸化により作製したTiO_2皮膜の光アノード分極特性に及ぼす作製時における酸素分圧の効果 Effect of Oxygen Pressure During Oxidation Process on Photo-anodic Polarization of TiO_2 Films Formed by High Temperature Oxidation
The effect of oxygen pressure during oxidation on the photo-anodic polarization behavior of TiO<sub>2</sub> films formed by high-temperature oxidation was investigated in a Na<sub>2</sub>SO<sub>4</sub> solution. Large photoanodic currents were observed for films formed by oxidation at low oxygen pressures. The donor concentration in films increased with the decrease in oxygen pressure during oxidation. This corresponded to the increase in the photoanodic current. The increase in photoanodic current with decreasing oxygen pressure during film formation was therefore explained by the photoanodic reaction model in which the reaction proceeded through the surface state corresponding to excessive titanium ions on the film surface.
- 表面技術 = The Journal of the Surface Finishing Society of Japan
表面技術 = The Journal of the Surface Finishing Society of Japan 47(11), 957-962, 1996-11
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Heir to William Faulkner, kin to Ralph Ellison, fulfillment of Zora Neal Hurston’s hopes, Toni Morrison strides across late twentieth-century American literature as few others can. Her novels are nothing short of electrical: shocking, illuminating, deceptively tame, lethal. Over seven weeks, we’ll read four of her best works, plus one short book of essays about American literary history. Join us for an incredible journey far out of your comfort zone and into the wilds of American culture where we can “listen to the spaces that the long-ago singing (has) left behind.”
NOTE: Please request books by placing holds with your library staff or remotely for the titles you wish to read. Or purchase your own copy from your local bookseller.
The Scoville Library will not be selling books or stocking copies for borrowing from the library.
3/3 Bluest Eye
3/10 Beloved 1
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Klingner played a vital role in the preservation of the historic Knox County Courthouse with the development of a Master Facilities Plan. Built in 1884, the courthouse was in need of significant upgrades and repairs. Klingner’s plan helped Knox County extend the useful life of the building by prioritizing deferred maintenance work and improvements to fit within the county’s budget.
An assessment of the building from foundation to roof evaluated each major architectural, structural, and mechanical and electrical system. Klingner discovered poor (and in some cases toxic) air quality, a damaged fire escape, significant deterioration on the building’s exterior, and a number of internal issues in the second-floor courtroom, including asbestos, ADA accessibility issues, seating deficiencies, and more.
Existing system conditions were documented in both written and photographic form and were ranked according to each item’s safety concern level. Klingner also prepared budgetary cost estimates for each major system and subsystem, met with the Building Committee to discuss options, and established a reasonable year-by-year timeline for proposed improvements.
An additional phased five-year improvement plan was developed to mitigate potential safety hazards. New priorities included reconstruction of the three stone entrances, cleaning masonry, repointing, and spraying the exterior with a water repellent application to prevent further water intrusion. The Building Committee also chose to replace the existing granite treads with new to match, maintaining the building’s original character. To complete the exterior, new aluminum handrails are to be fabricated and placed at each entrance.
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Metastatic prostate cancer features distinct genetic aberrations from primary prostate cancer, suggesting potential new future opportunities for more targeted therapy in aggressive disease, according to a study presented at the 2022 American Urological Association Annual Meeting.
According to Seung-Hwan Jeong, MD, from the Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, South Korea, who presented the research findings, information obtained from next-generation sequencing in recent years has significantly improved oncogenomics “to defining cancer-related genes including oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes facilitating detailed diagnosis, enhanced anticipation of the prognosis, and precision medicine for each patient” with cancer.
For their study, Dr. Jeong and colleagues collected targeted sequencing data from 93 patients with prostate cancer. The investigators identified tissue origins of each case and classified cases into either prostate or metastatic sites. In each group, the researchers analyzed the pooled data using OncoPrint through cBioportal. Finally, the researchers comparatively analyzed genetic aberrations to identify significant genes that represented each group.
Out of the 93 patients who underwent targeted-sequencing using FIRST-cancer panel version 3.2, a total of 13 cases were from a distant metastasis site, while 80 cases of next-generation sequencing were performed on the samples from the prostate (primary group).
The investigators drew OncoPrint through cBioPortal to visualize the different genetic aberrations. Genes were presented in a descending order of the mutation frequencies in both groups.
For instance, the top 5 genes most frequently altered in the primary group included FOXA1, RB1, BRCA2, TP53, and SPOP. In the cases from a distant metastasis site, the top 5 most frequently altered genes were FANCA, TMPRSS, ERG, TP53, and PTEN. Both groups therefore shared the TP53 gene alteration.
The proportional analysis of each group found that the contributing genes for metastasis included UGT1A1, NRG1, and FANCA. According to a survival analysis conducted on The Cancer Genome Atlas program data, patients with mutated UGT1A1 or NRG1 had a poor overall survival. | <urn:uuid:59e81053-f3b0-48bc-894e-967a89aa214f> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.docwirenews.com/gu-oncology-now/gu-conferences/aua-2022/study-identifies-distinct-potentially-targetable-mutations-in-metastatic-vs-primary-prostate-cancer/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571284.54/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811103305-20220811133305-00466.warc.gz | en | 0.914843 | 450 | 1.929688 | 2 |
|Protozoa:> Myxomycota:> Myxomycetes:> Stemonitales:> Stemonitidaceae:> Comatricha, Lamproderma, Paradiachea, Stemonitopsis, Stemonitis, Stemonaria,|
|Members of this family typically have dark coloured spore mass. The typical type of fruiting body produced is a stalked sporangium. A capillitium is always present and many species have a prominent columella.|
|Genus: Diachea Fries, Syst|
|Sporangia stalked or sessile. Sporangial wall hyaline, iri descent, without deposits of lime. Walls of stalk and columella membranous, charged with lime in the form of granules or crystalline nodules, sometimes without lime. Capillitium a profuse network of purplish threads without lime.|
|Genus: Lamproderma Rostafinski|
|Sporangia usually stalked, rarely sessile, globose or ellipsoid; sporangial wall membranous, somewhat persistent, shining with iridescent colors; stalk black; columella cylindrical or clavate, usually reaching to half or more than half the height of the sporangium; capillitium consisting of branched, anastomosing threads, radiating chiefly from the upper part of the columella. |
|Lamproderma echinulatum ||Lamproderma scintillans||Lamproderma splendens
cf. Lamproderma spec. nov.
Lamproderma nova-zealandicum nom. prov.
|Sporangia cylindrical, stalked, distinct or fasciculate; stalk solid, black, extending to near the apex as a columella, except in confluent forms; capillitium composed of numerous threads radiating from all parts of the columella and combined into a loose network, the ultimate branches united into a surface-net, often incomplete in irregular developments |
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What kind of money do marsupials use? Pocket change!
I saw some ducks practicing their teenage girl faces at the pond today.
This man goes along to the Patent Office with some of his new designs. He says to the clerk, "I'd like to register my new invention. It's a folding bottle." "OK," says the clerk. "What do you call it?" "A fottle, replies the inventor." "A fottle? That's a stupid! Can't you think of something else?" "I can think about it. I've got something else though. It's a folding carton." "And what do you call that?" asks the clerk. "A farton", replies the inventor. "That's rude. You can't possibly call it that!" "In that case," says the inventor... "You're really going to hate the name of my folding bucket."
What does an annoying pepper do? It get's jalapeño face
Chuck Norris invented his own type of karate. It's called Chuck-Will-Kill.
Q: How do you fix a woman's watch? A: You don't...there's a clock on the oven!
Q: Why did the lion brake up with his girlfriend? A: Cuz she was a CHEETAH!
A blonde was playing Trivial Pursuit one night. It was her turn. She rolled the dice and she landed on "Science & Nature." Her question was, "If you are in a vacuum and someone calls your name, can you hear it?" She thought for a time and then asked, "Is it on or off?"
What's red and green and goes at 100mph? A frog in a blender.
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It doesn’t matter who wins the Presidency of the United States. Your personal leadership counts for a lot more than who leads the United States. And your personal economy has very little to do with the economy of the United States. With all the hoopla around this election, you should make some elections of your own.
There is an election being held every day, and your vote is the only vote that counts.
You can elect to believe that your fate hinges on who is elected to hold what must be the worst job in the world, the Presidency of the United States. Or you can elect to embrace the truth: you will succeed or fail to produce the results and the life you want based on your beliefs, your efforts, and your results. President be damned.
You can elect to get up early each day, make a list of your most important outcomes, and go to town on that list. Or you can elect to blame your poor results on factors that are completely out of your control. One choice leads to certain success. The other leads to something less than that.
You can elect to develop yourself both personally and professionally so that you can become a greater economic engine, creating more and more value as you grow. Or you can vote not to grow and, by doing so, limit the value you create—and the value that you claim for creating it. One vote builds your personal economy; the other destroys it.
The Spoils Go to Those Who Vote
Regardless of who is elected, those that choose to do better in the next four years will do better. Period. They are electing to succeed in spite of any perceived external factors, including the shifting political winds. Those that elect to look for an improvement in their life from something—or someone—outside of themselves will fare no better than they have in the past. That’s what makes your personal election more important than any other election in which you will participate. Even your vote for President.
Go ahead and vote. It’s your right and your duty as a citizen to participate in the experiment that is this democratic republic. But once you’ve cast your ballot in favor of whatever flavor of elected officials suit your political philosophy and worldview, go ahead and elect to do everything necessary to produce the life and the results that you really want. Make a better election.
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Source: 34th Street Magazine
Date: April 23, 2009
Byline: Joe Sanfilippo
Lords of Love Park
A decade of running from the police
Rob stomps on his skateboard to flip it up to his hands. He pulls a black skullcap over his bangs and carries the board under one arm, dropping it in the trash can to keep it out of sight of police. He leans against the granite planter, on guard, arms crossed, eyes nervously scanning, ready to retrieve his most valued possession then bolt. Rob has been running from Love Park since he was 13.
The plaza is a relief in Philadelphia's financial district, where skyscrapers shield from the sun until noon. Right by City Hall, it is an oasis from the concrete and glass, with a single-spout fountain shooting water from the middle. By day, executives lunch under the birch trees. At night, drug dealers make drops in the shrubs while vagrants blanket themselves in newspaper. And for a generation of young adults, the park cracks with boards hitting the stone every night and all hours of the weekend. But skateboarding has been illegal here since 2001.
It is too cold to stand still tonight. The fountain mists freezing droplets and Rob's lips shrivel and darken to a sickly purple. Each shiver rattles his 24-year-old frame and his shoulders can't support the black sweater that hangs over his olive corduroys. Every word is an effort to speak lower than his natural pitch and nasal tone. He's short with a weak handshake, but he's three inches taller atop his board, and he speaks about skateboarding with confidence.
"This is the most famous street spot in the entire world," Rob says. "We were here before the city gentrified it, and it took skateboarding for people to realize they want to be here." Love Park was the epicenter of American boarding throughout the late '80s and the '90s, rivaled only by the Embarcadero in San Francisco and Pulaski Park in Washington, D.C.. Skaters from all over America and Europe came to Love, attracted by its smooth stretches of granite. They made an obstacle course of the fountain ledge, the cascading steps, the wooden benches and the flower beds — now worn to the under-layers from years of friction. This is transitional skating, the kind done on flat surfaces utilizing natural obstacles. Rob is here four days a week or whenever there's a window of opportunity, a phone-call from a friend saying "no cops around."
The park was born as JFK Plaza in 1967, receiving its nickname from Robert Indiana's LOVE statue, which was added in 1976 for the country's bicentennial celebration. Sister statues sit in the most visible cities in the world — New York, Taipei, Tokyo and Jerusalem. "Skaters made this sign famous. Then the city put out postcards with LOVE on [them]," Rob says. "Philadelphia exploits the image at our expense. It's a scam; it's total bullshit. They market it as legal, then bust you for it."
Rob, who did not give his last name because skateboarding is illegal, has been arrested many times, a fact he'll quickly admit. The fine for boarding at Love is $300, which must be paid to have a confiscated board returned, though sometimes the cops throw them in the fountain. Fifth-district Philadelphia police detain, fingerprint and process each skater they catch. "I've been screamed at, treated like shit. I've been cuffed, thrown against the back of a cop car," he says. A "six-foot-six, 300-pound" cop once tackled him at nearby City Hall.
Rob was 17 when skating was banned at Love. The law gave police the right of skateboard seizure with probable cause and stipulated that parents of skateboarders were offenders as well. "I have to believe it was about more than black lines on the granite," he says. "They think we're not contributing to society, when really, they're not educated on the situation." Renovation money poured in after the ban in preparation for the Phoenix condominiums bordering the park to the west. The city redid the landscaping and added benches with bisecting armrests to keep the homeless from sleeping in the park.
But skaters say the most disingenuous treatment came from Mayor John Street, a Democrat elected in 2000. Although his opponent, Sam Katz, made legalizing skating part of his platform, most skaters didn't vote for him because he was a Republican. Under Street, Philadelphia hosted the X-Games twice, in 2001 and 2002. These games, the World Series of skateboarding, had 150 million international viewers and reminded a young generation of a forgotten tourist destination. Thousands of fans visited, which was an economic boom for the city. But the mayor's office spent each tournament's $40 million profit elsewhere, angering the park commissioner and local skaters.
In promoting the Games, Street made Love his chief marketing tool, even posing for a picture in the empty fountain with a skateboarder jumping over his head. For one week during the X-Games, skating became legal at Love, but the mayor put the park on permanent police watch immediately following the Games instead of inviting youth to come back and spend their money. "If they opened the park up to an international audience again, they'd make that amount of money every fucking day — not just two hits," Rob says.
In 2004 DC Shoes offered $1 million for the upkeep and renovation of the park, pledging $100,000 a year for 10 years. Thousands of skaters rallied at Love for the announcement, but hours before the company spokesman took the podium, the city turned him down. He gave his speech already knowing the answer, but the company's offer still stands, if the city changes its mind. The following year, Love's architect, Edmund Bacon, attended a formal protest and rode a skateboard with skaters holding him upright. He autographed boards in the park on the first day of summer 2005, the same year he died.
Saturday night was wet, the stone too slippery for wheels. A drug deal went down after the street sweepers made their 11:30 pass up Arch Street. But Sunday is cold and dry, making the boards brittle. A shattered skateboard lies on the sidewalk of JFK, its splintered composite wood thrown in front of the minivan that comes every night with a cooler of hot soup and bread for the homeless. The crowd of skaters peaks by 8:30. They cover the fountain and steps in the yellow glow of City Hall's clocks.
Skaters don't come directly from work because it's dangerous to carry too much money. Some come by car down JFK, swooping sedans to the curb, unloading four hooded guys. Some come by trolley. Others skate in from the streets, holding coffee, eating a sandwich or smoking a cigarette, still fixing their hats and gloves. The exit route is simpler — "whatever way the cops aren't going," Rob says. He lives less than a mile away at 12th and Spring Garden.
The skaters are all similarly unique. The men dress in baggy clothing, the bottoms of their pants swallowing Sambas and scraping the ground with each step. Their wide shoes maximize grip and their oversized baseball caps have tags and stickers still attached, each outfit topped off with a hoodie. The women wear hoop earrings, skintight jeans tapered to the ankle, Ice Cream tennis shoes and jackets with faux fur on the neck. Talking is minimal. The emphasis is on admiration. In the hierarchy of the group, younger skaters are at the bottom. They attempt stunts for attention and breach etiquette by making too much noise or doctoring the obstacles with wax to minimize friction. Rob white-chalks a different message to himself on the black face of his board every night. It motivates him and allows him to distinguish the back of his board from the front when skating in the shadows. Tonight it says, "GET FUCKED."
Out of courtesy, skaters return a runaway board to its owner when he falls, stay out of the path of anyone attempting a trick and let the entire park know if cops appear. No one here simply skates. They bang it out. "Some of these kids are probably drunk or high right now," Rob says. "But it's better than just sitting at home on the couch with a bag of chips." Some spend their time on the benches, watching the others or sharing a blunt, talking on cell phones and listening to iPods.
The city sees skateboarders as pests, but Rob sees them as a financial necessity, for tourism and for spending in general. The mayor recently decided to put an officer on duty at Love all hours of the day. "They're paying some guy 60 G's a year to bust a bunch of skaters when they probably shut down a firehouse and seven public pools," he says. Philadelphia's most profitable tourist spots are the Constitution Center and the Kimmel Center, "but once you've seen it, that's it." The park is sustainable. It would continue to bring in money if skating were legalized. "All this shit is retail, it hasn't been this low in 30 years. Skating could save this," Rob says. "Ask Starbucks, ask 7-11, Jesus, man, ask any of them. They probably make most of their money in the summer when skaters are out here the most."
But money aside, skaters can cause problems in the area. "They come in big groups and steal stuff sometimes. They loiter," the night manager at 7-Eleven says.
"Lord, I have to work and listen to them all day," says the man at the front desk of City of Philadelphia Human Services at 1515 Arch St. "The way they skate, they can hurt somebody."
The building manager at the Municipal Services Building has an expanse of smooth concrete and sculptures out front to worry about. "They just don't care. They tear the place up," she says. "I don't know how the heck they take the concrete up. They jump and bounce and flip on the plaza, make nicks and holes."
Rob thinks the city has bigger problems to worry about. "We police this place better than any cop," he says. "I could probably tell you guys where all the drug deals go down on Temple's campus."
"We care about the park more than the architect who made it," he says. A fellow skater "fixed all the cracks in here, cemented them up with the homemade stuff from the department store — city didn't do a damn thing."
He blames the condition of the tiles on day-to-day wear, the weather and bikes, which chunk the granite — aluminum from skateboard trucks does not. A cop once told Rob he ruined a park bench by grinding on it, so he sat down to prove its functional purpose was still intact.
Visitors see the skaters and often walk the long way around the park, but it's more a courtesy than a fearful reaction. Some skaters take time to speak with Love's cleaning facilities, and some take pictures for couples in front of the LOVE statue. The atmosphere has become part of Philly's character. It's an organic growth from the urban surroundings. When bystanders see 50 people running through the busy intersection, they know that cops have arrived.
Mayor Street's promise to create a city-owned skater's haven was not completely honored. The resulting FDR Skate Park under I-95 was a disappointment. Skaters put their own money into the project and redesigned it. Still, it's bowl skating and not transitional skating. "It's like asking a Major League pitcher to throw underhand, softball style," Rob says. But Mayor Michael Nutter's Web site now offers a directory of 23 legal, skater-friendly areas around Philadelphia. It's a conciliatory gesture, since as a city councilman in 2000, Nutter drafted the original Philadelphia City Law 10-610 that banned skateboarding. There's a project underway for a six million dollar skateboard plaza outside the Art Museum. "But they don't realize Love is perfect," says Rob. "It's already here."
Those who grew up skating Love rarely leave. Twenty-somethings from Lansdale and Atlantic City still get the call this cold Sunday night — "no cops around." Rob has thought about moving, maybe someplace warmer, but nothing in his experience has topped Love, so he'll stay and take his chances. "I know it's illegal, but fuck it — I'm still going to skate. I'm not hurting anybody." Like his strategy for dodging cops, he'll run as long as he can. "When I'm 70, I guess I'll do more ramps because they're easier on the knees."
The second "e" on the neon green ExcelleRX sign has burned out and the Comcast Center glows white on top. Liberty Place and Mellon Bank Center are frosted pink, and all colors fall on the fountain. Atop the cascade of rounded steps, Rob stands still on his board, balancing on the white-chalked "SMILE" he has scribbled tonight. He squats and shoots back up, popping the board parallel to the ground, almost all the way around, failing to land his kick flip. He turns the board over and skates downhill to the west, just inside the trees. The only sound is of rubber wheels against the granite. | <urn:uuid:0abdcefb-a8ec-44bb-9682-f77704cafc15> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.ushistory.org/lovepark/news/34st042309.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280835.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00047-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.974771 | 2,813 | 1.523438 | 2 |
The specific Daoist meditation known as Qi Gong, was brought to Australia through the Chinese Master Louis Chun Jie Liu. More information about this approach can be found on http://www.tcmqigong.com.au. Marise has been practicing Qi Gong for over 10 years and is a qualified practitioner. Her Qi Gong teacher and master is a direct student of Master Liu.
What is Qi Gong?
Qi Gong (also spelled Chi Kung) is a powerful system of healing and energy medicine from China. It is the art and science of using breathing techniques, gentle movement, and meditation to cleanse, strengthen, and circulate the life energy, otherwise known as Qi. Qi Gong practice leads to better health and vitality and a tranquil state of mind.
There are four main divisions of Qi Gong, depending on the goal of the practitioner – spiritual, medical, martial, and athletic. However, there is some overlap between the branches. Medical Qi Gong is a branch of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM).
Qi means: life energy and TCM says that the health of the body relies upon a smooth flow of Qi within the body. Disease is the result of poor Qi circulation. Balancing the flow of Qi allows the body to heal itself.
Gong means: work or hard task, and it is the task of learning how to control the flow of Qi through the body using breath, movement, and meditation. The WORK, or discipline that is being practiced eventually turns into an effortless way of being.
How old is Qi Gong?
The documented history of Qi Gong goes back approximately 2,500 years. However, Chinese archaeologists and historians have found references to Qi Gong-like techniques at least five thousand years old.
Is Qi Gong like Tai Chi?
Taiji Quan (Tai Chi) is a style or branch of Qi Gong. It is graceful, relaxed, slow, and fluid, like a slow- motion dance. Some Qi Gong methods exercise specific systems or parts of the body, such as the nervous system, endocrine system, heart and kidneys. Taiji Quan is a whole body, whole mind exercise. It treats health systemically, restoring the body to its original “program”, uncorrupted by stress, pollution, and disease. Qi Gong movement based techniques like Self – Healing in the Level One Series, tap into this wisdom.
Benefits of Qi Gong
Qi Gong has been used extensively in China as part of traditional Chinese medicine and is included in the curriculum of Chinese Universities. Throughout the world Qi Gong is now recognized as a form of complementary and alternative medicine, with positive effects on diverse ailments.
- cardiovascular benefits such as a lower resting heart rate, improved blood pressure, and improved cholesterol levels
- respiratory benefits such as a slower rate of breathing, and improvements in asthma and bronchitis
- a stronger immune system
- improved circulation and microcirculation
- improved blood flow to the brain
- lower incidence of stroke
- improved posture, balance, strength, endurance, and flexibility
- significant reduction in chronic pain
- decrease in stress levels and anxiety
- improvements in memory
- improved kidney function
- higher bone density
- destroys free radicals in the body
- improves digestion
- improves vision and hearing
Finding the technique for your current needs
Literally thousands of styles of Qi Gong exist – it is a matter of the student finding the appropriate teacher who can lead the student through the required approach. While there are many styles & levels all are based on similar principles: a relaxed, grounded posture; a straight, supple spine; breathing from the diaphragm; fluid movement without excess effort; and tranquil awareness.
An aim of Qi Gong is to obtain an understanding of one’s mind and body and the link between the two. Through both movement and sitting Qi Gong there is a focus on creating emptiness and stillness, allowing one to drop life’s stresses, clean out the unnecessary emotional belongings and attachments. This in turn can strengthen the inner peace required to help deal with daily stress and heal mental and physical sickness. Three levels exist to take students from beginners to Mastership. Level One consists of two moving techniques that address multiple systems of the body such as endocrine system, nervous system and major organs of the body and seven sitting techniques. The sitting techniques are taught one on one.
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Self – Healing
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) – The average Birmingham commuter wastes 32 hours per year sitting in traffic, but one Birmingham company is working to change that!
CommuteSmart is a program dedicated to reducing traffic congestion and improving air quality. Instead of driving to and from work alone, they want commuters to take alternatives. Some of those include riding a bike, walking, carpooling, vanpooling, transit and working from home.
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Did you ever have a mortgage? If you have, then you are familiar with some of the situations that could pop up if you aren’t aware of what will happen. This market is a quick changer, so you have to stay up to date. Continue reading this article about home loans to get more info.
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4 The descendants of Judah:
Perez, Hezron, Karmi, Hur and Shobal.
2 Reaiah son of Shobal was the father of Jahath, and Jahath the father of Ahumai and Lahad. These were the clans of the Zorathites.
3 These were the sons[a] of Etam:
Jezreel, Ishma and Idbash. Their sister was named Hazzelelponi. 4 Penuel was the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah.
These were the descendants of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah and father[b] of Bethlehem.
5 Ashhur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.
6 Naarah bore him Ahuzzam, Hepher, Temeni and Haahashtari. These were the descendants of Naarah.
7 The sons of Helah:
Zereth, Zohar, Ethnan, 8 and Koz, who was the father of Anub and Hazzobebah and of the clans of Aharhel son of Harum.
9 Jabez was more honorable than his brothers. His mother had named him Jabez,[c] saying, “I gave birth to him in pain.” 10 Jabez cried out to the God of Israel, “Oh, that you would bless me and enlarge my territory! Let your hand be with me, and keep me from harm so that I will be free from pain.” And God granted his request.
11 Kelub, Shuhah’s brother, was the father of Mehir, who was the father of Eshton. 12 Eshton was the father of Beth Rapha, Paseah and Tehinnah the father of Ir Nahash.[d] These were the men of Rekah.
13 The sons of Kenaz:
Othniel and Seraiah.
The sons of Othniel:
Hathath and Meonothai.[e] 14 Meonothai was the father of Ophrah.
Seraiah was the father of Joab,
the father of Ge Harashim.[f] It was called this because its people were skilled workers.
15 The sons of Caleb son of Jephunneh:
Iru, Elah and Naam.
The son of Elah:
16 The sons of Jehallelel:
Ziph, Ziphah, Tiria and Asarel.
17 The sons of Ezrah:
Jether, Mered, Epher and Jalon. One of Mered’s wives gave birth to Miriam, Shammai and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa. 18 (His wife from the tribe of Judah gave birth to Jered the father of Gedor, Heber the father of Soko, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah.) These were the children of Pharaoh’s daughter Bithiah, whom Mered had married.
19 The sons of Hodiah’s wife, the sister of Naham:
the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maakathite.
20 The sons of Shimon:
Amnon, Rinnah, Ben-Hanan and Tilon.
The descendants of Ishi:
Zoheth and Ben-Zoheth.
21 The sons of Shelah son of Judah:
Er the father of Lekah, Laadah the father of Mareshah and the clans of the linen workers at Beth Ashbea, 22 Jokim, the men of Kozeba, and Joash and Saraph, who ruled in Moab and Jashubi Lehem. (These records are from ancient times.) 23 They were the potters who lived at Netaim and Gederah; they stayed there and worked for the king.
24 The descendants of Simeon:
Nemuel, Jamin, Jarib, Zerah and Shaul;
25 Shallum was Shaul’s son, Mibsam his son and Mishma his son.
26 The descendants of Mishma:
Hammuel his son, Zakkur his son and Shimei his son.
27 Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters, but his brothers did not have many children; so their entire clan did not become as numerous as the people of Judah. 28 They lived in Beersheba, Moladah, Hazar Shual, 29 Bilhah, Ezem, Tolad, 30 Bethuel, Hormah, Ziklag, 31 Beth Markaboth, Hazar Susim, Beth Biri and Shaaraim. These were their towns until the reign of David. 32 Their surrounding villages were Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Token and Ashan—five towns— 33 and all the villages around these towns as far as Baalath.[g] These were their settlements. And they kept a genealogical record.
34 Meshobab, Jamlech, Joshah son of Amaziah, 35 Joel, Jehu son of Joshibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel, 36 also Elioenai, Jaakobah, Jeshohaiah, Asaiah, Adiel, Jesimiel, Benaiah, 37 and Ziza son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah.
38 The men listed above by name were leaders of their clans. Their families increased greatly, 39 and they went to the outskirts of Gedor to the east of the valley in search of pasture for their flocks. 40 They found rich, good pasture, and the land was spacious, peaceful and quiet. Some Hamites had lived there formerly.
41 The men whose names were listed came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah. They attacked the Hamites in their dwellings and also the Meunites who were there and completely destroyed[h] them, as is evident to this day. Then they settled in their place, because there was pasture for their flocks. 42 And five hundred of these Simeonites, led by Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi, invaded the hill country of Seir. 43 They killed the remaining Amalekites who had escaped, and they have lived there to this day.
5 The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel (he was the firstborn, but when he defiled his father’s marriage bed, his rights as firstborn were given to the sons of Joseph son of Israel; so he could not be listed in the genealogical record in accordance with his birthright, 2 and though Judah was the strongest of his brothers and a ruler came from him, the rights of the firstborn belonged to Joseph)— 3 the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel:
Hanok, Pallu, Hezron and Karmi.
4 The descendants of Joel:
Shemaiah his son, Gog his son,
Shimei his son, 5 Micah his son,
Reaiah his son, Baal his son,
6 and Beerah his son, whom Tiglath-Pileser[i] king of Assyria took into exile. Beerah was a leader of the Reubenites.
7 Their relatives by clans, listed according to their genealogical records:
Jeiel the chief, Zechariah, 8 and Bela son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel. They settled in the area from Aroer to Nebo and Baal Meon. 9 To the east they occupied the land up to the edge of the desert that extends to the Euphrates River, because their livestock had increased in Gilead.
10 During Saul’s reign they waged war against the Hagrites, who were defeated at their hands; they occupied the dwellings of the Hagrites throughout the entire region east of Gilead.
11 The Gadites lived next to them in Bashan, as far as Salekah:
12 Joel was the chief, Shapham the second, then Janai and Shaphat, in Bashan.
13 Their relatives, by families, were:
Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jakan, Zia and Eber—seven in all.
14 These were the sons of Abihail son of Huri, the son of Jaroah, the son of Gilead, the son of Michael, the son of Jeshishai, the son of Jahdo, the son of Buz.
15 Ahi son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, was head of their family.
16 The Gadites lived in Gilead, in Bashan and its outlying villages, and on all the pasturelands of Sharon as far as they extended.
17 All these were entered in the genealogical records during the reigns of Jotham king of Judah and Jeroboam king of Israel.
18 The Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh had 44,760 men ready for military service—able-bodied men who could handle shield and sword, who could use a bow, and who were trained for battle. 19 They waged war against the Hagrites, Jetur, Naphish and Nodab. 20 They were helped in fighting them, and God delivered the Hagrites and all their allies into their hands, because they cried out to him during the battle. He answered their prayers, because they trusted in him. 21 They seized the livestock of the Hagrites—fifty thousand camels, two hundred fifty thousand sheep and two thousand donkeys. They also took one hundred thousand people captive, 22 and many others fell slain, because the battle was God’s. And they occupied the land until the exile.
23 The people of the half-tribe of Manasseh were numerous; they settled in the land from Bashan to Baal Hermon, that is, to Senir (Mount Hermon).
24 These were the heads of their families: Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah and Jahdiel. They were brave warriors, famous men, and heads of their families. 25 But they were unfaithful to the God of their ancestors and prostituted themselves to the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God had destroyed before them. 26 So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria (that is, Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria), who took the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh into exile. He took them to Halah, Habor, Hara and the river of Gozan, where they are to this day.
6 [j]The sons of Levi:
Gershon, Kohath and Merari.
2 The sons of Kohath:
Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.
3 The children of Amram:
Aaron, Moses and Miriam.
The sons of Aaron:
Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
4 Eleazar was the father of Phinehas,
Phinehas the father of Abishua,
5 Abishua the father of Bukki,
Bukki the father of Uzzi,
6 Uzzi the father of Zerahiah,
Zerahiah the father of Meraioth,
7 Meraioth the father of Amariah,
Amariah the father of Ahitub,
8 Ahitub the father of Zadok,
Zadok the father of Ahimaaz,
9 Ahimaaz the father of Azariah,
Azariah the father of Johanan,
10 Johanan the father of Azariah (it was he who served as priest in the temple Solomon built in Jerusalem),
11 Azariah the father of Amariah,
Amariah the father of Ahitub,
12 Ahitub the father of Zadok,
Zadok the father of Shallum,
13 Shallum the father of Hilkiah,
Hilkiah the father of Azariah,
14 Azariah the father of Seraiah,
and Seraiah the father of Jozadak.[k]
15 Jozadak was deported when the Lord sent Judah and Jerusalem into exile by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.
16 The sons of Levi:
Gershon,[l] Kohath and Merari.
17 These are the names of the sons of Gershon:
Libni and Shimei.
18 The sons of Kohath:
Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.
19 The sons of Merari:
Mahli and Mushi.
These are the clans of the Levites listed according to their fathers:
20 Of Gershon:
Libni his son, Jahath his son,
Zimmah his son, 21 Joah his son,
Iddo his son, Zerah his son
and Jeatherai his son.
22 The descendants of Kohath:
Amminadab his son, Korah his son,
Assir his son, 23 Elkanah his son,
Ebiasaph his son, Assir his son,
24 Tahath his son, Uriel his son,
Uzziah his son and Shaul his son.
25 The descendants of Elkanah:
26 Elkanah his son,[m] Zophai his son,
Nahath his son, 27 Eliab his son,
Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son
and Samuel his son.[n]
28 The sons of Samuel:
Joel[o] the firstborn
and Abijah the second son.
29 The descendants of Merari:
Mahli, Libni his son,
Shimei his son, Uzzah his son,
30 Shimea his son, Haggiah his son
and Asaiah his son.
31 These are the men David put in charge of the music in the house of the Lord after the ark came to rest there. 32 They ministered with music before the tabernacle, the tent of meeting, until Solomon built the temple of the Lord in Jerusalem. They performed their duties according to the regulations laid down for them.
33 Here are the men who served, together with their sons:
From the Kohathites:
Heman, the musician,
the son of Joel, the son of Samuel,
34 the son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham,
the son of Eliel, the son of Toah,
35 the son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah,
the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai,
36 the son of Elkanah, the son of Joel,
the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah,
37 the son of Tahath, the son of Assir,
the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah,
38 the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath,
the son of Levi, the son of Israel;
39 and Heman’s associate Asaph, who served at his right hand:
Asaph son of Berekiah, the son of Shimea,
40 the son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah,[p]
the son of Malkijah, 41 the son of Ethni,
the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah,
42 the son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah,
the son of Shimei, 43 the son of Jahath,
the son of Gershon, the son of Levi;
44 and from their associates, the Merarites, at his left hand:
Ethan son of Kishi, the son of Abdi,
the son of Malluk, 45 the son of Hashabiah,
the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah,
46 the son of Amzi, the son of Bani,
the son of Shemer, 47 the son of Mahli,
the son of Mushi, the son of Merari,
the son of Levi.
48 Their fellow Levites were assigned to all the other duties of the tabernacle, the house of God. 49 But Aaron and his descendants were the ones who presented offerings on the altar of burnt offering and on the altar of incense in connection with all that was done in the Most Holy Place, making atonement for Israel, in accordance with all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.
50 These were the descendants of Aaron:
Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son,
Abishua his son, 51 Bukki his son,
Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son,
52 Meraioth his son, Amariah his son,
Ahitub his son, 53 Zadok his son
and Ahimaaz his son.
54 These were the locations of their settlements allotted as their territory (they were assigned to the descendants of Aaron who were from the Kohathite clan, because the first lot was for them):
55 They were given Hebron in Judah with its surrounding pasturelands. 56 But the fields and villages around the city were given to Caleb son of Jephunneh.
57 So the descendants of Aaron were given Hebron (a city of refuge), and Libnah,[q] Jattir, Eshtemoa, 58 Hilen, Debir, 59 Ashan, Juttah[r] and Beth Shemesh, together with their pasturelands. 60 And from the tribe of Benjamin they were given Gibeon,[s] Geba, Alemeth and Anathoth, together with their pasturelands.
The total number of towns distributed among the Kohathite clans came to thirteen.
61 The rest of Kohath’s descendants were allotted ten towns from the clans of half the tribe of Manasseh.
62 The descendants of Gershon, clan by clan, were allotted thirteen towns from the tribes of Issachar, Asher and Naphtali, and from the part of the tribe of Manasseh that is in Bashan.
63 The descendants of Merari, clan by clan, were allotted twelve towns from the tribes of Reuben, Gad and Zebulun.
64 So the Israelites gave the Levites these towns and their pasturelands. 65 From the tribes of Judah, Simeon and Benjamin they allotted the previously named towns.
66 Some of the Kohathite clans were given as their territory towns from the tribe of Ephraim.
67 In the hill country of Ephraim they were given Shechem (a city of refuge), and Gezer,[t] 68 Jokmeam, Beth Horon, 69 Aijalon and Gath Rimmon, together with their pasturelands.
70 And from half the tribe of Manasseh the Israelites gave Aner and Bileam, together with their pasturelands, to the rest of the Kohathite clans.
71 The Gershonites received the following:
From the clan of the half-tribe of Manasseh
they received Golan in Bashan and also Ashtaroth, together with their pasturelands;
72 from the tribe of Issachar
they received Kedesh, Daberath, 73 Ramoth and Anem, together with their pasturelands;
74 from the tribe of Asher
they received Mashal, Abdon, 75 Hukok and Rehob, together with their pasturelands;
76 and from the tribe of Naphtali
they received Kedesh in Galilee, Hammon and Kiriathaim, together with their pasturelands.
77 The Merarites (the rest of the Levites) received the following:
From the tribe of Zebulun
they received Jokneam, Kartah,[u] Rimmono and Tabor, together with their pasturelands;
78 from the tribe of Reuben across the Jordan east of Jericho
they received Bezer in the wilderness, Jahzah, 79 Kedemoth and Mephaath, together with their pasturelands;
80 and from the tribe of Gad
they received Ramoth in Gilead, Mahanaim, 81 Heshbon and Jazer, together with their pasturelands.
6 Some time after this, Jesus crossed to the far shore of the Sea of Galilee (that is, the Sea of Tiberias), 2 and a great crowd of people followed him because they saw the signs he had performed by healing the sick. 3 Then Jesus went up on a mountainside and sat down with his disciples. 4 The Jewish Passover Festival was near.
5 When Jesus looked up and saw a great crowd coming toward him, he said to Philip, “Where shall we buy bread for these people to eat?” 6 He asked this only to test him, for he already had in mind what he was going to do.
7 Philip answered him, “It would take more than half a year’s wages[a] to buy enough bread for each one to have a bite!”
8 Another of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, spoke up, 9 “Here is a boy with five small barley loaves and two small fish, but how far will they go among so many?”
10 Jesus said, “Have the people sit down.” There was plenty of grass in that place, and they sat down (about five thousand men were there). 11 Jesus then took the loaves, gave thanks, and distributed to those who were seated as much as they wanted. He did the same with the fish.
12 When they had all had enough to eat, he said to his disciples, “Gather the pieces that are left over. Let nothing be wasted.” 13 So they gathered them and filled twelve baskets with the pieces of the five barley loaves left over by those who had eaten.
14 After the people saw the sign Jesus performed, they began to say, “Surely this is the Prophet who is to come into the world.” 15 Jesus, knowing that they intended to come and make him king by force, withdrew again to a mountain by himself.
16 When evening came, his disciples went down to the lake, 17 where they got into a boat and set off across the lake for Capernaum. By now it was dark, and Jesus had not yet joined them. 18 A strong wind was blowing and the waters grew rough. 19 When they had rowed about three or four miles,[b] they saw Jesus approaching the boat, walking on the water; and they were frightened. 20 But he said to them, “It is I; don’t be afraid.” 21 Then they were willing to take him into the boat, and immediately the boat reached the shore where they were heading. | <urn:uuid:f1df86f4-b379-49bd-99b9-fad130f3a982> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://www.biblegateway.com/reading-plans/old-new-testament/2014/05/18?version=NIV | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560284352.26/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095124-00198-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.978464 | 4,931 | 1.8125 | 2 |
A Note about Internet Resources
Students need to be aware that Web sites sometimes present only one view of an issue. Encourage them to think about Web sites even as they are reading. Guiding questions as they review Web sites are: What to did you learn from this site? What didn't you learn from this site? Who sponsors this site? What bias might the sponsor have? How current is the site?
FRONTLINE's and AMERICAN EXPERIENCE'S Web site on The Mormons. The Web site provides questions and explanations about Mormonism, offers an interactive map of the Mormons' westward trek, and includes profiles of key people and events in Mormon history and interviews with church leaders, members and historians.
American Prophet: The Story of Joseph Smith
This PBS site provides the history of Mormonism, information about LDS doctrine and a timeline of important events in Mormon and American history.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Web site
The official Web site of the Mormon Church provides its history, relevant documents and information about its institutions and missionary work.
The Reed-Smoot Hearings
William & Mary College's site includes transcripts of the 1903 Reed-Smoot Hearings when a Mormon legislator's appointment to the U.S. Senate was held in question and subsequently investigated.
Religion & Ethics Newsweekly
A catalogue of lesson plans developed for this PBS series examine the intersection of religion with American life.
Religion in American History Ð What to Teach and How
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Good news as after Mayor Jim Fouts requested that Warren’s water be completely checked out, the results are in today, and the City’s water is safe to drink. No detectable traces of hexavalent chrome plating were found by our IPP inspectors. So that green ooze of Madison Heights / Oakland County has not been detected in Warren’s water!
In the Mayor’s opinion, this problem might have been prevented had either Madison Heights or Oakland County had an IPP inspection system to closely monitor various industrial plants in the Madison Heights area. Warren’s Industrial Pre-Treatment Program ( IPP ) inspectors are highly trained to do a thorough job. They are closely monitoring several businesses in Warren that do use hexavalent. They can quickly respond if a leak is detected. The leak in Madison Heights first got out of control in 2015-2016. Authorities did not do a good job of thoroughly cleaning up the site. It was a surface clean up without checking the ground water. Hence, you have this major leakage almost 4 years later.
Responsibility for this mess has to be shared by the former DEQ ( now EGLE ), Oakland County, and Madison Heights. Apparently the EPA did not completely clean up the site and the DEQ had the responsibility to oversee it. Madison Heights does not have an IPP inspection team so they relied on the EPA and the DEQ.
Why has the name of DEQ been changed to EGLE? Could it have something to do with Flint a few years ago or does it have anything to do with the Madison Heights mess that should have been taken care of nearly 4 years ago.
Warren is a good model for what other cities should follow for early detection and the prevention of a man made disaster. Also, credit should be given to Macomb County Public Works Director Candice Miller for taking action immediately and not waiting.
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Director of College Counseling
Mr. Brad Battaglia
What is the right college for my child? How will we find it? How will our family navigate the college application process? These questions, along with those about paying for college, developing independence, and making the most of the high school years, are important elements of the college counseling program at Garden School. From families with a tradition of college attendance to those for whom the college process is new, college matriculation is a goal shared by every Garden School family. During your time at Garden School you will have ready access to the Director of College counseling by email and phone. You will also be notified of regular meetings that occur to support your understanding of the college process and ways in which to engage with colleges and universities. While these steps occur even before a student enters the 11th grade, the formal college admissions process begins with Junior Year.
Below is an explanation of each event you will experience as a student – and as a family – during the final two years of high school.
What You Can Expect from the College Counseling Office at Garden School
Each winter, typically in February, we host an evening on campus to kick-off the college admissions process in earnest. All junior students and parents are invited to hear from admissions professionals about what they look for in college applicants and their applications. This event is highlighted by a question and answer period that helps take the mystery out of what to expect when your application is reviewed by a college or university. Past admissions professionals have visited Garden from the likes of Fordham University, CUNY, Union College and Syracuse University.
Finding the right place for your child is based on more than just grades and standardized test scores. All students have their own strengths, weaknesses, talents, and dreams. The college search seeks to find the best match for our graduates—places where they can thrive and learn.
Garden School is proud of our alumni for having matriculated to colleges such as:
- Barnard College
- Brown University
- Columbia University
- Drexel University
- Fordham University
- Princeton University
- University of California Berkeley
- Wesleyan University
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In a rather remarkable way, Leper becomes more important and is taken more seriously by the boys once he has left and gone to war. He is a symbol of the heroism and interesting deeds of war, a representation of all the brave and wonderful successes of the American troops. Their support of "Leper" is another way to show patriotism and feel involved in the war, without having to face the harsh realities involved in the real events. A telegram comes for them from Leper; he says he has "escaped," and needs them to meet him and help to bail him out of whatever trouble he is in. Finny and Gene are absolutely shocked that their friend has deserted, and are determined to meet him and help him out. | <urn:uuid:814660f9-dbd6-4d0f-b885-57ec7253b113> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.gradesaver.com/a-separate-peace/q-and-a/why-did-lepers-telegram-seem-shocking-particularly-as-it-arrived-at-the-carnivals-end-294446 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280825.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00203-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.983904 | 156 | 3.03125 | 3 |
I recently read a great article by Peter Diamandis about why we need more women in technology. Here are some of the facts he quoted:
In 2012, women made up only 26 percent of the computing workforce, out of 3,816,000 computing-related occupations. (Department of Labor Current Population Survey, 2012)
In the same year, only 18 percent of computer science majors were women.
Women hold only 11 percent of executive technical roles at privately held, venture-backed companies. (Dow Jones VentureSource, 2012)
Only 7 percent of venture capital goes to women-owned businesses, and of those venture capitalists investing in startups, only 4.2.
It’s no doubt true that the number of women in technology is much smaller than the number of men. I’ve seen that myself at the SaaS and technology companies I’ve worked at. Yet we are not absent. In fact, we’ve been present from the time computers were housed in large rooms. (I can attest to that because my mother used to be a computer programmer, running around with punch cards in hand.)
Just to prove it, here are some fabulous women who have influenced communications technology throughout the years.
The Mothers of Online Communication
Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace (1815-1852) In a time when women were not commonly viewed as mathematical visionaries, Ms. King was an exception. She worked closely with computer pioneer Charles Babbage, becoming known as the first programmer. She conceived of the idea of a machine that could manipulate symbols in accordance with rules and that numbers could represent entities other than quantity. This was a fundamental transition from calculation to computation.
Dr. Grace Murray Hopper (1906-1992) – Dr. Hopper worked for the Navy, becoming a rear admiral before retiring in 1986. She also led the team that created the first computer language compiler. It was the precursor to the broadly used Common Business Oriented Language (COBOL). Oh, and she also led the team that invented COBOL. And received honorary degrees from thirty universities. And a number of awards. Yeah, she was a smart – and inspirational – woman.
Hedy Lemarr (1914-2000) – Ms. Lemarr was best known for her wonderful acting abilities. But did you know she was also a pioneer in the realm of communications? She and fellow inventor (and composer) George Anthiel together developed the “spread spectrum” technology that helped form the technical backbone that makes cellular phones, fax machines and other wireless operations possible.
Erna Schneider Hoover (1926-present) – Ms. Hoover worked for Bell Labs, becoming their first female supervisor of a technical department. While there, she created a computerized telephone switching system that used a computer to monitor incoming calls. The computer automatically adjusted a call’s acceptance rate. This minimized overloading problems. She was awarded one of the first software patents ever. Moreover, her designs are still used today.
Can’t get enough of these wonderful women? Check out this article on the 15 Most Important Women in Technology and, for a more recent view, take a look at Business Insider’s 30 Most Important Women Under 30 in Technology.
Looking for some guidance on how to improve gender equality within your own company? Read about Moving the Needle on Diversity.
The Women of Glance Networks
I am proud to say that Glance Networks is very supportive of women in technology. Here at Glance, we are more concerned with hiring talented individuals than whether they are male or female. That’s why close to half of our employees are female and a good deal of our management team is too. Now that’s reason to celebrate!
One of my great hopes is to see those numbers continue to rise at other SaaS and other companies as well. Women have so much to contribute to technology and to the working world in general. It’s time to open the doors and let the ideas flow freely, regardless of gender.
Are you ready to discover how Glance visual engagement solutions can improve customer engagement and increase sales for your business?
About Glance Networks
Glance helps enterprise organizations create the ultimate customer experience with smart, omni-channel visual engagement solutions based around integrated cobrowse, screen share, and one-way agent video. We are one of the world’s simplest, most reliable and secure platforms that enable companies to see, show and share anything online, creating a frictionless path to great experiences in sales, support and customer service. The result is improved customer satisfaction and loyalty, increased revenue growth and operational savings. From financial services and healthcare to retail and travel and leisure, even the most advanced technology and SaaS organizations – we transform the customer experience for today’s business. Learn More » | <urn:uuid:fe09cb21-d403-46d5-b386-9cb727750a66> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://ww2.glance.net/blog/women-in-technology-the-mothers-of-online-communication/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571869.23/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813021048-20220813051048-00075.warc.gz | en | 0.956033 | 1,005 | 2.734375 | 3 |
How many rhymes can one mother say or sing in one day? Apparently quite a few and they do a body (and brain) good! I’ve realized that the days where Ephraim and I sing and rhyme through our ups and downs seem to go much more smoothly than the days where we don’t sing or rhyme.
Annie and I are just finishing up a Lullabies and LapRhymes session with Erika Webster, daughter of Toronto storyteller Sally Jaeger. I am so glad we signed up for the class (I went with Ephraim when he was a baby also). It has allowed me to not only get through the days more happily but to also give Ephraim a way to bond and play with Annie. He loves to tickle her toes and her tummy and to make up his own rhymes. On days when getting our shoes on to go out the door is a gargantuan struggle, singing our way through it calms everyone down! Furthermore rhyming and singing is so great for both Annie and Ephraim’s developing language skills.
Here are some of our current favourites:
Round and round the honey
Goes the little bear
One step, two step
Tickle under there
- adapted by Ephraim from the famous “round and round the garden”
Across the plains
And back again
Round and round for miles and miles
Until we come to dimples and smiles
Dimples and smiles
(As you say this rhyme, trace across your child’s back or tummy and back again, then round and round. Then give a little tickle on their cheeks!)
-I don’t know who to credit for this…I will ask Erika!
And here’s a little song that Ephraim loves to sing either sitting on my lap or driving his little car around and then falling off of it.
I was driving down a country road
From Jarvis to Port Dover
My wheel got caught inside a rut
And I went tumbling over woo!
I went tumbling over
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Pioneering prostate cancer drug abiraterone significantly extends the lives of men with advanced prostate cancer if given before chemotherapy, the results of a major phase III clinical trial have shown.
The results, published in Lancet Oncology, showed that men with advanced, aggressive prostate cancer lived more than four months longer on average if they received abiraterone before chemotherapy than if they did not.
The trial, led in the UK by Professor Johann de Bono of The Institute of Cancer Research, London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, could fill an important gap in previous evidence for abiraterone's effectiveness pre chemotherapy.
An earlier analysis, published in 2013, showed that abiraterone taken before chemotherapy increased the time before a man's cancer progressed but did not prove an overall extension in life. This point was cited by NICE when rejecting abiraterone pre chemotherapy in guidance released last year.
The new results coincide with the publication of a second new international study of patients in the same trial, also led in the UK by researchers at The Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) and The Royal Marsden.
That study, published in Clinical Cancer Research, shows it is possible to identify a subgroup of men with very aggressive prostate cancer who may benefit particularly strikingly from abiraterone pre chemotherapy.
Abiraterone, which was discovered at the ICR, is already an option on the NHS for men with advanced cancer who have already received chemotherapy.
The first new study compared the average survival of 354 men given abiraterone before moving on to chemotherapy with 387 men who received a placebo instead. Both groups also received low-dose prednisolone, a treatment used alongside abiraterone.
The men who received abiraterone lived significantly longer than those who did not - an average of 34.7 months, compared with 30.3 months. The trial results also further support the favourable safety profile of abiraterone, with relatively few patients experiencing severe side-effects.
The second new study of men from the same trial showed that a subgroup of patients with a very aggressive form of prostate cancer may benefit the most from treatment with abiraterone.
The researchers cross-referenced data on how well 348 men on the trial responded to either abiraterone or a placebo - as defined by a halt in the progress in their cancer - with a detailed genetic analysis of their tumours.
They looked in particular at whether changes to a gene called ERG, which are often associated with faster cancer progression, correlated with abiraterone response.
They found a clear link between major ERG mutations and response to abiraterone. Although abiraterone improved survival generally regardless of ERG mutations, a subset of patients with the most pronounced mutations to the gene - accounting for 15 per cent of the men studied - responded particularly well.
These men lived for an average of 22 months without their disease progressing, compared with 5.4 months for men with the same ERG status who received a placebo.
Both studies were funded by the manufacturer of abiraterone, Janssen.
Professor Johann de Bono, Professor of Experimental Cancer Medicine at The Institute of Cancer Research, London, and Honorary Consultant at The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, said:
"These two new studies, from a major trial of abiraterone in men who are yet to receive chemotherapy, both represent very significant advances. In the overall trial analysis, we've shown definitively that the drug extends life if taken before chemotherapy, by an average of around four months.
"The second study shows that men with a particular type of genetic mutation in their tumour respond particularly well to abiraterone, and importantly that a subset of patients with a very bad outlook respond best of all.
"Those results could help provide a rationale for using abiraterone as early as possible in men with these mutations. Currently, men are not generally tested for mutations in their cancer over time - which is why a major focus of our research is on developing new tests to monitor cancer's genetic progression in individual men, and ultimately match their disease to the best possible treatment."
Professor Paul Workman, Chief Executive of The Institute of Cancer Research, London, said: "Abiraterone has already transformed care for patients with advanced prostate cancer, but the latest trial evidence strengthens the already powerful case for it to be accepted for NHS use earlier in the course of treatment.
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The fact that running is good for you may not sound like news, but researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital have found that even if you’re a regular runner in good shape, training for a marathon still has significant benefits for your heart.
Though in the past studies have focused quite a bit on elite runners, less research has gone into the health of more casual runners, which is increasingly important as marathon-running has undergone a surge in popularity over the last ten years, at least partially because of more participation from the middle-aged. “Most ‘recreational runners’ train with the goal of safely finishing the marathon and usually train less than their elite competitors,” says Dr. Jodi Zilinksi, the lead investigator of the study.
The researchers also focused on middle aged men because previous studies had found that population has a significantly higher heart attack risk while running a marathon than other populations.
The team followed 45 male recreational runners between the ages of 35 and 65 who were preparing to run the Boston Marathon on a charity team (they didn’t have to qualify to run, though about half had already run three or more marathons). The runners were provided with a training guide, nutrition tips, pacing advice and regular correspondence with coaches and asked to run between 12 and 36 miles per week. About half of the runners also had one risk factor for heart problems, like high cholesterol or blood pressure.
At the end of the 18-week program, runners saw significant changes in the factors for cardiovascular risk. Bad cholesterol fell by 5 percent, total cholesterol by 4 and triglycerides dropped by 15 percent. BMI also dipped slightly, while peak oxygen consumption went up four percent. “Even in a population that was relatively fit at baseline, they gained additional benefits from marathon training,” Zilinksi says.
But that doesn’t necessarily mean you need to prep for one for heart health. It’s likely that running about 25 miles a week—however you do it—might give you the same effect. “Observational data has suggested that moderate, not extreme, amounts of physical exercise promote optimal long-term health,” Zilinksi says.
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Air conditioning installation in Sydney is often consider to be top of the list as an important aspect of people’s homes and workplaces. Many people consider it a vital need, and we can’t them. AC is an important option for creating a pleasant workplace is air conditioning.
A good air conditioner ensures greater sleep, as well as physical and mental wellness. And it may assist enhance productivity and minimise stress at work. Nobody wants to work in an uncomfortable position, right? Isn’t it much nicer to be in a space without feeling that it’s too hot or too cold?
However, there are a few things to bear in mind about aircon installation in Sydney.
There have been occasions when an aircon installation in Sydney was done incorrectly necessitating the replacement of the complete system. That is a significant and costly issue that you must steer clear of.
So, if you don’t want it to happen, you should read this. This will provide you some pointers on things to consider when it comes to aircon installation in Sydney.
1. What kind of AC should I buy?
There are numerous sorts of units to consider before aircon installation in Sydney, as well as a lot of brands to consider, the alternatives are limited when shopping for a aircon installation in Sydney.
The split system AC consists of two kinds of units, an interior unit that provides cooling and heat and an exterior unit that is linked by pipes.
Multi-split systems are very similar, except it has one outside unit that is linked to multiple inside units.
Ducted air con systems comprises of an outside and an interior recessed unit over a fake ceiling, protecting it and without interfering with the space’s aesthetics.
This kind needs just one piece of equipment, which combines the outside and inside units. This is installed through a small gap in the wall through your windows, this means that half of the AC system is in your house and the rest is kept outside.
Portable AC systems operate in the same way as permanent options, but come with the compression mechanism integrated under their shell. They really don’t however, need installation from a professional service. They’re very easy to use.
2. Air conditioner sizing
The size of your air con is an extremely crucial thing to consider before installing air conditioning in Sydney.
When we speak about size, we don’t mean the physical size of the actual system, but rather the power in KW.
There are several things that might influence the size of the AC you’ll require.
- the size of the space where it will be installed
- the room’s insulation
- the walls composition
- the quantity of windows
To get the greatest performance and efficiency you must pick the correct sort of aircon installation in Sydney with a unit that has the appropriate amount of energy to appropriately cool down your space. Units that are capable of actually keeping your space cool is an absolute must, otherwise you’ll find your investment is a waste.
An AC with low kW cannot chill a very big room, whereas an AC with high kW wastes electricity in a small space.
Determine the size that you need.
In general, around about 0.12 kW to 0.15 kW of energy is needed to cool rooms in Australia.
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The Eco-reps program works to model sustainable living practices in college residences in order to promote sustainable living behaviors. Eco-reps are student volunteers that live in the dorms and work with the Sustainability Office on a variety of ongoing campus sustainability initiatives. Each dorm aims for 2-3 Eco-reps who serve as dorm resources for all things sustainability related as well as help coordinate sustainability themed events and programs. Programs frequently include serving as dorm captains in the annual Energy Wars competition, hosting movie screenings, and no-bake cookie making. If you are interesting in serving as one of your dorm's Eco Reps contact the Sustainability Office. | <urn:uuid:2d1f1c5e-0d61-42e6-84f5-19517e85b7a6> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://earlham.edu/sustainability/across-the-campus/eco-reps/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280718.7/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00401-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.956177 | 132 | 1.53125 | 2 |
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