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Prevent your bike from being stolen by keeping it in a batcave basically
In most cities, being a cyclist means you will have your vehicle stolen and/or vandalized on a semi-regular basis. That’s just how it works. But in Tokyo, as Danny Choo shows us, your bike actually gets sucked down into an underground bike cavern, protected from the outside world.
The video above shows how this works: there are several (more to come) parking stations, made by a company called Giken, which look sort of like public bathrooms. But do not pee in them! Instead, stick your bike in them–your bike should have a little magnetic key, sort of like an EZ-Pass, that gives you access to park your bike. The doors clamp on your bike’s front wheel, and your bike is lowered down into a big underground cylinder.
The machine files your bike away onto a little platform just for it. No need to lock it, since it’s not like a thief can go down into the cylinder, and the fact that it’s underground also protects it from vandalism and inclement weather. Each station can hold about 200 bikes.
Giken is looking to expand and built more stations. It seems like it takes up quite a bit of space underground–in cities where there’s lots of stuff underground, including subway tunnels, it might be tricky to litter the city with the stations. But it’s a pretty elegant system: secure, clean, and probably profitable.
[via Danny Choo (warning: site includes lots of picture of underdressed/naked anime dolls)]
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About Missoula Weather
Missoula weather is much milder in the winter and warmer in the summer than most people assume. And that’s one of its best kept secrets.
Residing in the hub of five converging valleys, Missoula is protected by mountains on all sides. Missoula’s mild climate, combined with long summer days due to its northern longitude, lends an ability for lush vegetation and gardens to grow with ease. Missoula’s growing season is longer than any other Montana community. Hence, Missoula’s nickname — the Garden City.
Although the city can indeed experience temperature extremes from time to time, for the most part Missoulians enjoy four distinct seasons and a climate milder than its northern Rocky Mountain location might suggest.
Missoula Weather – Average High and Low Temps
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Before we can get going with learning how to play the bass, we need to learn how to tune it. You can't learn properly on an out-of-tune bass.
In our last lesson we covered the musical alphabet and how notes are named. Knowing how the notes are named is important for you to understand how to tune your bass.
In the three parts of this lesson I will be quite thorough and explain:
- What it means to be in-tune.
- Some basics about sound.
- The sound of tuning and what to listen for.
- How to tune your bass by ear.
- How to tune with your bass with an electronic tuner.
I highly recommend watching the videos. Hearing the explanations is a big help.
What Does In-Tune Mean?
You can't sound good on the bass if you're not in-tune. That means your strings must be in-tune with each other, and you must be in-tune with any other musicians or music you're playing with.
But, what does “in-tune” really mean?
In-tune just means your instrument's notes accurately match specific pitches.
Pitch is a continuum, and notes are specific points along it. Being out-of-tune means your notes fall somewhere in-between the notes.
How Do You Tune Your Bass Strings?
You tune your bass by adjusting the tension of the strings so their pitches match specific notes.
You adjust the tension of each string using its tuning key on the headstock.
The looser the string, the lower the pitch.
The tighter the string, the higher the pitch.
The Basics of Sound and Pitch
To really understand what is happening when you tune and what you're listening for, you need a very basic understanding of sound and pitch. I won't get too complicated with this. But, understanding this will serve you in many future musical situations.
Vibrations and Sound Waves
When you hear a sound, you are hearing a vibration transmitted through the air.
An instrument, or voice, vibrates the air which then travels into your ears which translate it into sound in our brains.
We call these vibrations through the air sound waves.
Cycles and Frequencies
Just like ocean waves, these sound waves have a cycle from top to bottom.
We measure sound waves in terms of Frequency. Just think of frequency as how frequently something repeats.
Frequency is counted in Hertz (Hz) and measures how many cycles complete every second.
For example, 100Hz would equal 100 cycles per second.
Notes and Their Frequencies
Musical notes vibrate, or ring, at specific frequencies. The faster the frequency the higher the pitch. The slower the frequency, the lower the pitch.
Maybe you've heard that the note A = 440Hz. That means when you hear this note A, it is vibrating 440 times per second.
So, to play in-tune requires that the notes of your bass match the correct frequencies for each note.
Hearing In-Tune and Out-of-Tune Notes
In the video you can hear examples of in- and out-of-tune pitches and the sound of tuning a string to match a note.
When two pitches are almost in-tune, the notes clash and create a pulsating sound called beating. As the pitches get closer and closer, the beating sound slows down. When they're in-tune, the beating will be nearly imperceptible or really long.
Ready to Learn How Bass Players Tune?
Now that you have a basic understanding of what it means to be in-tune and and an idea of what to listen for, let's look at the first of two ways bassists tune their basses: tuning by ear.
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The University of Mary Washington will observe National Sexual Assault Awareness Month this April to educate the UMW community about the impact of interpersonal violence and sexual abuse. The observance will include several on-campus activities for students and two public events.
The observance will begin on Wednesday, April 3 with a presentation of the “Where’s the Line?” campaign. Sponsored by Fear 2 Freedom, a non-profit organization dedicated to bring hope and healing to those wounded by sexual abuse, the “Where’s the Line?” campaign aims to educate and empower students about sexual assault. The event will begin at 6 p.m. in Goolrick Hall’s gymnasium and will include remarks from President Richard V. Hurley. Those who attend the event can assemble care kits for sexual assault victims at local hospitals.
UMW’s observance of Sexual Assault Awareness Month will culminate on Thursday, April 18 with Take Back the Night, an annual event that encourages people to speak out and take a stand against sexual violence. Take Back the Night, co-hosted by UMW and the Rappahannock Council Against Sexual Assault, will begin at UMW’s Ball Circle at 5 p.m. and will end in downtown Fredericksburg’s Market Square. Take Back The Night has been operating for more than 35 years with thousands of events taking place nationwide.
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Back River, LLC v. Jablon, 1758 SEPT.TERM 2015, 2016 WL 7077675 (Md. Ct. Spec. App. Dec. 2, 2016), describes how Back River, Sprint, and others (collectively, "Back River") have been trying to obtain permission to construct and operate a wireless communications tower in Baltimore County since 2001. A tower was constructed under a validly issued building permit based on a variance issued by the Baltimore County Zoning Commissioner, but that variance was overturned on appeal. On the way to this case, Baltimore County requested that the Circuit Court for Baltimore County issue an injunction ordering Back River to tear down the tower itself or to allow the County to tear it down. Back River argued that the County's action was barred by the three-year statute of limitations set forth in Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article ("CJ") §5-114, but the circuit court rejected that argument. On appeal, the Court of Special Appeals affirmed.
The Court of Special Appeals found that from its face, the statute of limitations of CJ §5-114 would apply. However, the doctrine of judicial tolling allows a court to suspend a statute of limitations in a particular case for what it considers important policy reasons, even when the statute does not contain a provision allowing for an extension of the limitations period. The court noted that two conditions must be met for the doctrine of judicial estoppel to be applicable: "(1) there is persuasive authority or persuasive policy considerations supporting the recognition of the tolling exception, and (2) recognizing the tolling exception is consistent with the generally recognized purposes for the enactment of statutes of limitations." The court determined that judicial tolling was applicable in light of the prolonged litigation between the parties, extending for more than 15 years. Additionally, the court found that applying judicial tolling in this case would not be inconsistent with the purposes of statutes of limitation.
The court stated that "[j]udicial tolling is a narrow and disfavored doctrine, rarely invoked and even more rarely affirmed." Moreover, judicial tolling may not indefinitely postpone the limitations period; instead the doctrine postponed the limitations period while the litigation continued in a diligent manner.
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Summer 2012, Number 2
Department of Physics
n Saturday, 21st January, passers-by on Banbury Road were met with a remarkable sight: a queue of people stretching from the door of the Denys Wilkinson Building all the way to the bottom of the steps. This was “Stargazing Oxford,” our first ever space science festival. Between 2pm and 10pm, we welcomed nearly 1200 people into the Physics Department, to hear about the latest research results in astrophysics and planetary science, and to learn how to get started observing the night sky.
artist Marion Yorston in the seminar room, blacked out for the occasion), and “AstroCrafts” (immensely popular with children of all ages). We even borrowed an inflatable Planetarium from the University of Kent, which proved to be a very popular way in to space science. It was a long, tiring but hugely successful day: the feedback forms we collected
were universally positive, with our visitors excited and inspired by their time spent inside the Oxford Physics Department. This was really the goal of “Stargazing Oxford”: to reach out to people in the local community who may not have been to a University event before, but who were interested in astronomy
and wanted to find out more. The event was planned as one of the local activities associated with the BBC’s “Stargazing Live” programme, which aired on BBC2 the week before Saturday 21st. The series was excellent – not only for featuring several Oxford Physicists! Continued on page 2...
Other favourite activites included “Universe-ity Challenge” (our own version of the popular BBC game show), “Dark Matter” (an installation by local modern
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The rooftop observing sessions, with Abingdon Astronomical Society, were a big hit. Inside, we put on short research talks in the Dennis Sciama lecture theatre, and filled the cafeteria with village fete-style stalls, manned by research staff wearing red T-shirts marked “got questions?”. We told everyone who was queuing to get in that the DWB was a building full of people whose job it was to ask questions, and so they were to ask us anything they wanted. It seemed to work: one office door in the Beecroft Institute (BIPAC) was covered in questions about space, many of them at the research level despite the childish handwriting! How many solar systems are there? How was the first galaxy made? Wouldn’t we all like to know!
INSIDE: VIRTUAL STARGAZING • PREDICTING PREDICTABILITY • MAPPING FERMI SURFACES OF IRON-BASED SUPERCONDUCTORS • NANOTECHNOLOGY & LIVING CELLS • A STATE-OF-THE-ART BUILDING FOR OXFORD PHYSICS • WILL.I.AM VISITS OXFORD • EVENTS • PEOPLE • AND MORE
Astronomy has a gift: whenever we want to convince people we’re doing good work with telescopes, we can turn to a rich archive of gorgeous imagery. While not a substitute for good science, it certainly helps. But for those of us who work on modelling the universe inside a computer, things are a little harder.
I’ve been developing methods for turning computer simulations of galaxies into images for a while, as part of my open source project pynbody (http://pynbody. googlecode.com). It’s hugely important in scientific analysis: whether we want to create a literal analogue to a telescopic picture, or a more metaphorical representation of the contents of our virtual universe, distilling millions of numbers into an image is a critical step.
But these days that’s not enough. Static images just don’t cut it in the age of YouTube. And the cosmos really is a fairly static place on human timescales; galaxies evolve only over billions of years. This is where us computer nerds have the edge over observers of the real universe: the process of simulation involves calculating and storing the state of the computerised cosmos from its early stages through to the present day. That means there’s nothing to stop you from taking a picture of it at any stage of its development. Or, better, taking a whole series of pictures at subsequent steps. To jazz it up, you can start moving the virtual telescope through space. And, before you know it, you have a Hollywood-style movie of how galaxies form and evolve – but all based on real physics. Last November, luck sent the production team of BBC2’s Stargazing Live in my direction. They were looking for ways to Left: The distribution of dark matter over tens of millions of light years during the formation of galaxies.
discuss the evolution of the cosmos. Having seen a movie I’d made based on a previous paper, the production commissioned a series of videos taking us from the Big Bang through to a present day ‘Milky Way’-like galaxy. Using a portion of Oxford’s Berg supercomputer, it was possible to generate 10TB of data and distill it into about 50,000 separate images to create the final footage in just over six weeks. Watching the videos has given me a whole range of ideas for new science we can do with these simulations. We’re inherently visual creatures; nothing compares to seeing things unfold in front of our eyes. While you’ve missed the chance to see it on live TV, there’s a digested version here: http://youtu.be/77ZoF7Y1pNk.
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Continued from page 1... Inspired viewers could then look on the BBC “Things to do” website, and find out about Stargazing Oxford. We thought we might get quite a lot of interest, but the response was amazing: not many of us had imagined people queuing for 45 minutes in the cold to get into our building! For us, Stargazing Oxford was incredibly exciting, and also quite humbling: the public’s delighted fascination with space science made a big impression on us all.
Physicists from Oxford University also regularly get out and about to other local science festivals, working with Science Oxford and the local community astronomy societies to bring the latest in space science to the people of Oxfordshire.
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Until the return of BBC Stargazing Live next January, Stargazing Oxford will carry on in one form or another throughout the year. We invite the public into the Department once a month for more focused stargazing evenings, using the 0.4m Philip Wetton Telescope (when the moon is full and the Masters students’ targets are too faint compared to the night sky).
Yulin Chen, Rahul Roy and John Chalker
One of the successes of physics in the 1930s was the use of quantum mechanics to understand the difference between metals and insulators in terms of electron energy bands. Remarkably, we have discovered over the past few years that a key feature was missing from the picture we’ve accepted for nearly eight decades. This is that insulators come in two types, now known as ‘ordinary’ and ‘topological’. Oxford Physics is closely involved with these developments: one of the leading theorists in the field, Rahul Roy, spent two years in the Oxford Condensed Matter Theory group as a postdoctoral research fellow before moving to a faculty position at UCLA; and Yulin Chen, an expert in the experimental techniques used to probe these new materials, has recently joined the Department from Stanford.
Surface conduction of topological insulators: (A) The spin of electrons on the surface is correlated with their direction of motion. (B) The lattice structure of Bi2Te3 and the predicted relativistic “Dirac cone” like electronic structure formed by the surface electrons. (C) The electronic structure measured by angle-resolved photoemission that confirmed the theoretical prediction and the topological nature of Bi2Te3. Rahul Roy writes: Imagine taking a block of wood and coating its surfaces with silver. Then the block would be a bulk insulator with a metallic conducting surface. A ‘topological insulator’ is similar to a coated block, but whereas cutting the wood block would create new insulating surfaces, cutting a topological insulator creates new conducting surfaces. My work uses the mathematics of topological invariants to predict that certain insulating materials will have surface modes for electrons, which are robust because they are protected by symmetry from, for example, the effects of impurity scattering. Experiments with a number of materials, ranging from HgTe/HgCd heterostructures to Bi2Te3 have vindicated these predictions, and many examples of topological insulators are now known. Yulin Chen writes: Oxford is setting up a programme to study the physics of these novel materials and find how we can tailor them to potential applications. The taskforce will include several local institutions: Oxford Physics, where a laboratory is being constructed for advanced angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) so we can directly measure electronic structures; the Diamond synchrotron light source; and the central laser facility of the UK Scientific and Technology Facilities Council. This coalition will bring our research to the forefront of this exciting new field.
technique (involving stochastic mathematics) for representing the small scales in an You want to go atmospheric model, providing to the beach at a physically motivated way of the weekend: representing model uncertainty. which of the We have found the forecasts following do you think is the more useful weather forecast: a) made using this technique are very reliable; if you look at all next weekend will be dry; or b) the occasions when we have next weekend the probability forecast a 10% chance of rain, on of rain is just 10%? Both are possible ways of presenting the average it rains 10% of the time. This is very important for climate same forecast, though only the change prediction, where we are second acknowledges that our prediction about next weekend’s interested in how the statistics of the weather will change due weather involves uncertainty. to anthropogenic forcing. We There are two main sources must be confident that our of uncertainty in our weather model accurately represents forecast, both of which must today’s climate in order to trust be accurately represented. the climate it predicts for the The first is initial condition future. uncertainty. The atmosphere In the atmosphere, it has is a chaotic system, so errors been found that certain in the starting conditions for weather patterns are very our forecast (i.e. errors in the predictable – the errors due measurements we make of the weather today) can lead to large to initial condition and model uncertainty stay small as we deviations in the predicted look to the future. However, on weather for the weekend. The other occasions, including these second is model uncertainty. representations of uncertainty In order to make the forecast, leads to a large divergence in we have had to represent the the forecast for the weekend, atmosphere, oceans and land, indicating the atmosphere is in and their many interactions, a very unpredictable state. It is in a piece of computer code, only by accurately representing which introduces other errors. uncertainty that we can In particular, we have to estimate how predictable the represent unresolved small atmosphere is now, and tell you scale processes, such as clouds, whether taking an umbrella to in some way, which involves the beach next weekend might major simplifications and approximations. My D.Phil. work be a good idea or not! involves developing a new
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SCIENCE NEWS www.physics.ox.ac.uk/research
Mapping Fermi surfaces of iron-based superconductors using high magnetic fields
In 2008, new classes of hightemperature superconductors containing iron were discovered. This discovery was most unexpected, as a material that is strongly magnetic, like iron, usually destroys a superconducting state. These iron-based superconductors offer a new area of exploration and understanding of superconductivity. It was found to exist in many other different structural families, which shared common conducting layers of tetrahedra, formed of iron atoms bonded with elements from the nitrogen or the oxygen groups. Between these conducting layers one can place single elements as spacers or as dopants of electrons and holes. The largest value of the transition temperatures reached by these materials is 55 K, which is only slightly below 77 K, the temperature of liquid nitrogen at which many more practical applications of superconductivity would become much more cost effective. Quantum oscillations allow us to map out the full Fermi surface of a superconducting system, usually in its normal metallic state, and probe its bulk properties. These oscillations are determined by the Landau quantisation of energy levels in high magnetic fields and are usually observed at very low temperatures and in single crystals without impurities. By knowing the exact nature of the quasi-particles in the normal state and
the degree of electronic correlations, one can simplify and restrict the theoretical models required to understand the pairing mechanism in superconductors, which would help us to design materials with improved properties. The experimental determination of the temperature and the magnetic fielddependence of the fundamental amplitude from quantum oscillations, provide precise values for the cyclotron orbital effective mass or the orbitally averaged electron lifetime, respectively. The advantage of quantum oscillation measurements is that the information obtained is localised in k-space and the values of the observed frequencies are directly related to the extremal areas on the Fermi surface normal to the applied magnetic field. Other measured quantities such as the masses and scattering rates or the quasiparticles are only orbital averages, rather than averages over the entire Fermi surface, so that the quantum oscillations effect serves as a ‘k-space microscope’. In the case of iron-based superconductors we have found that the Fermi surface is in broad agreement with the prediction of the band structure calculations, being composed mainly of up to five different iron bands that have differing orbital characters and are very sensitive to the chemical pressure applied by replacing different chemical elements with a similar number of electrons. The quasi-particles’ masses, and the effect of the electronic correlations determined experimentally, are strongly related to transition temperatures found in different
Quantum oscillations in magnetic torque as function of magnetic field in LiFeAs, an iron-based superconductor discovered in Oxford (S. Clarke, Chemistry). The inset shows the Fermi surface calculated using band structure calculations (left) and a micron-size single crystal placed on a piezocantilever (right). These results were published in Physical Review Letters. 108, 047002 (2012).
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materials. This suggests that the higher transition temperature can only be achieved by the increase of correlations that are likely to be mediated by magnetic fluctuations (as the superconducting phases are often found in close proximity to magnetic order, sometimes even co-existing with magnetic order). The success of these type of measurements and their understanding comes from a combination of access to high magnetic fields and low temperatures, micron-size high quality single crystals (usually smaller than the thickness of a human hair) and highly sensitive experimental tools like the atomic force microscopy piezolevers (three orders of magnitude better sensitivity than a commercial SQUID) that can detect very small changes in the magnetic properties when varying the magnetic field. The quantum oscillations are measured experimentally at very low temperatures and very high magnetic fields, either in Oxford up to 21 T, or international high magnetic field facilities up to 100 T. The results are then compared with first principle band-structure calculations. The interdisciplinary nature that comes from the combination of experiments, theory and synthesis of high quality crystals makes this type of fundamental research possible. It is not only applicable to understanding superconductivity but also other quantum materials that have metallic properties and it may find application in the new topological insulators, where metallicity is reduced to the surface states.
CERN ANNOUNCES DISCOVERY OF HIGGS BOSON!
Just as we are about to go to press, on 4th July CERN has announced the discovery of a Higgs-like boson in two of the main experiments at the LHC. For the latest news on Oxford’s involvement in this exciting result, see www.physics.ox.ac.uk/news
LHCb seeks new physics with charm Matthew Charles
Oxford has played a central role in the LHCb experiment from its founding. After years of painstaking work to design, build, and commission the detector, especially its state-of-the-art Ring Imaging Cherenkov and Vertex Locator subsystems, data from the highly successful 2011 run are now in hand. Oxford physicists are now searching them for hints of new physics beyond the Standard Model (SM). The approach is to make precise measurements of processes that are well predicted in the SM but could be affected by new physics. The main focus is on B and D hadrons, which contain beauty and charm quarks, respectively. Many of the key
measurements probe CP violation (CPV), which manifests as differences between the decays of particles and their antiparticles. LHCb has published a new study (arXiv:1112.0938, accepted by Physical Review Letters) showing evidence for CPV in D0 decays, led by researchers from Oxford and Bologna. The technique used was to compare two different decay modes, D0 → K+K− and D0 → π+ π −, and look for a difference in their asymmetries. This difference is particularly sensitive to new physics and robust against systematic uncertainties. The result, (−0.82 ± 0.24)%, differs from the no-CPV hypothesis by 3.5 standard deviations and if confirmed would be the first time CPV has been seen in a charm decay. The measured value is also larger than the prior expectation
A view of LHCb from SM calculations (0.1%) and is provoking much interest. Ongoing theoretical work stimulated by the LHCb result now suggests that a larger SM effect cannot be excluded, but many new physics models can also generate such a signature naturally.
More work is needed to confirm or disprove such a tantalising hint. Oxford is at the forefront of studies to repeat the measurement on more data and to crosscheck it with a different methodology.
Nanotechnology uncovers mechanical complexion of living cells Sonia Trigueros and Sonia Contera
understanding these principles.
slow, offer low resolution and most of the cases only work on preserved, not living, cells. The innovation overcomes these limitations, mostly through improvement in signal processing and theory, allowing us to use conventional instruments to boost pixels per minute and obtain quantitative information on different types of living cells. Next, the Oxford Martin Programme on Nanotechnology will study the mechanical properties of cells under the influence of antibiotics, chemotherapy drugs and nanomedicines, to learn more about the mechanisms involved.
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As cell mechanics draws from the fields of biology, chemistry, physics, engineering and mathematics, to aim for a progression in this field, a multidisciplinary research approach is required. This is not to provide a collection of As the basic research methods, but to develop a common unit of life, language among scientists who share an the cell is a biologically complex system, interest in cell mechanics but enter the field the understanding of which requires a combination of various approaches, including with diverse backgrounds. mechanics. With recent progress in cell and A new approach to measure the mechanical molecular biology, the field of cell mechanics properties of living cells has been developed has grown rapidly over the last few years. by researchers from Oxford Martin Programme on Nanotechnology based in the A single cell can detect, modify, and Physics Department, in collaboration with respond to the physical properties of its Purdue University’s Birck Nanotechnology environment. Cells have the ability to resist Center. Using an atomic force microscope deformation, to transport intracellular cargo with a tiny vibrating probe, researchers and to change shape during movement; all have been able to discover detailed these functions rely on the cytoskeleton, quantitative information about living cells an interconnected network of filamentous on the nanoscale (billionths of a metre). This polymers and regulatory proteins. Moreover, means that scientists will be able to map cells communicate with each other through the evolution of mechanical properties of chemical and physical signals, which are cellular structures, for example as cells adhere involved in a range of processes, from to tissues or communicate with each other, embryogenesis and wound healing, to effects that are critical for many diseases and pathological conditions such as cancerous biological processes. invasion. Cell mechanics is central to
AFM map of a live fibroblast cell. Different parts of a cell with different mechanical Existing methods to map the local mechanical properties, whether they are soft or rigid or properties of cells using this instrument are squishy, can be clearly identified. Department of Physics Newsletter | Summer 2012 | 5
DEPARTMENT NEWS & EVENTS
New building for A note from the Chairman
The Physics Newsletter aims to open a window for our alumnae and alumni onto the fascinating world of physics today. I was particularly struck by the number of letters we received in response to the first issue, commenting on how quickly the subject had changed over the past few decades. Despite this rapid evolution, the facilities we need are often large and expensive and slow to bring to fruition, and the outstanding scientists of the future who will use them need many years of education and training. It has never been more necessary to plan ahead. These days, young scientists come from all over the world to work and study with us. Even at the undergraduate level, a significant proportion come from overseas; the Physics Department is a cosmopolitan place. This diversity brings its own challenges; for example at the graduate level we do not at present have the resources to offer funding to all the outstanding applicants who satisfy our academic requirements.
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The Department is a vibrant and largely youthful community, but its buildings were not designed with 21st century science in mind. Our most modern building is the Martin Wood Lecture Theatre complex in the centre of the Clarendon Laboratory, which was completed in 1999 and generously financed by Sir Martin Wood. Increasingly, we struggle to maintain our laboratories at the cutting edge and, after a comprehensive review, now have a redevelopment plan. The New Clarendon Laboratory project has several stages, ultimately resulting in all of Physics being located on the Clarendon Laboratory site. The first phase is to construct a new building on the car park in front of the Clarendon Laboratory. The University has already invested £1.1m in the design process. The competition to choose the architects was won by Hawkins\Brown, and planning permission has been granted by Oxford City Council. The building will provide a high quality laboratory environment in two basement levels, with very low vibration levels and excellent temperature control. Above ground there will be seminar rooms and accommodation for Theoretical Physics. The atrium will contain a hierarchy of spaces suitable for discussion groups of a
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r Oxford Physics The next challenge is to raise the £34m construction cost in these financially difficult times. We have established a Development Board, chaired by Sir Christopher Llewellyn Smith (New College, 1961, former Director General of
CERN and Director of the Culham Centre for Fusion Energy), to oversee our fundraising campaign and have made a good start, with the very generous pledge of £1m from Adrian Beecroft (The Queen’s College, 1965).
If you would like to see the design, or participate in fundraising, visit: www.physics.ox.ac.uk/ about-us/clarendon-2cl2-building
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couple of people up to a dozen or more. The whole building will be linked to the existing Clarendon Laboratory at three levels, and is designed to encourage fluidity of movement between its various elements.
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The Department of Physics hosts and organises a variety of events, from lectures given by world renowned individuals, to family and school-friendly activities.
BIG BANG! Prof Myles Allen and Will.i.am (Black Eyed Peas) met in May to discuss climate science, the latest technology trends and the power of computers in helping us understand what is happening in our planet today. Prof Allen leads many exciting projects; one of them is weatherathome.net, which seeks to understand the role of climate change in damaging – or beneficial – weather events affecting people’s lives in different regions of the world. Will.i.am is Director of Creative Innovation at Intel, famed for their ground breaking computer processors, and also leaders of ‘Progress thru Processors’ initiative, which encourages the use of computers across the world for public good, including the weatherathome project.
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Professor Allen is keen to encourage many more people to join weatherathome. He said “It was inspiring to see Will so enthusiastic about how we can use computer technology to improve people’s lives – and also thinking deeply about how technology may be changing us. He is also committed to science education and encouraging students from under-privileged backgrounds to aim high – which, of course, are high priorities for Oxford Physics.” Members of the public can sign up, free, to www.climateprediction. net/weatherathome.
NEW ALUMNI RELATIONS OFFICE AT OXFORD PHYSICS
A warm welcome to Val Crowder, our new Alumni Relations Officer.
to enhance the experience of being part of one of the largest and most successful Physics Departments in the world.
The Department of Physics Alumni Relations Office works to develop, nurture and promote a continuing relationship between the Department and its alumni.
We will be developing a series of events and projects to facilitate interaction and networking, creating relationships that keep growing beyond graduation day.
We also work with current students, staff, researchers and friends of the Department, aiming
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PHYSICS OPEN DAY
Friday 14 September
Saturday 15 September
Denys Wilkinson Building, Keble Road
Clarendon Laboratory, Parks Road
Join us for a tour of the Philip Wetton telescope – a fantastic resource for teaching in Oxford, and for local schools and colleges. The telescope, built in 1995 by the Meade Corporation of California, was given to the University so that undergraduate and graduate students could observe the night sky as would a professional astronomer. Its location is a fabulously-positioned, purpose-built observatory atop the Denys Willkinson Building in Keble Road, the first new observatory built in Oxford for over a century. Each year the telescope is opened to schools, community groups and the general public, so that everyone can enjoy the excitement of practical astronomy.
We are delighted to be able to offer an opportunity for alumni, families and friends to visit our Department, and welcome all interested in our work, even if you didn’t do Physics!
MINI MOTORS 2–6pm Join Dr Helen Carstairs and researchers from Biological Physics for hands-on demonstrations of the way nanoscale biological motors work.
ZOONIVERSE: WHAT TO DO WITH HALF A MILLION SCIENTISTS? 2–3pm Dr Chris Lintott and Dr Rob Simpson explain using ‘citizen power’ to expand our knowledge of the Universe.
EINSTEIN’S UNIVERSE 3.15–4.45pm Professor Brian Foster and Jack Liebeck (violinist) will present Einstein’s universe in the context of the music he loved.
PHYSICS IN THE 21ST CENTURY – AN EXCITING TIME FOR PHYSICS AT OXFORD 5–6pm
Booking closes 31 August, so don’t delay, book now! If you are currently part of the Department, and would like to show your work during the Alumni Weekend, or contribute ideas or suggestions, email Val Crowder at firstname.lastname@example.org
DRINKS RECEPTION 6–7pm Have a look at the plans for the proposed new building for Physics and find out how to keep in touch with the Department.
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Come and hear from Dr John Wheater, Chairman of the Department, and other members of the Physics team about all the latest projects and ideas that we are working on.
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Alumni stories In the last newsletter we invited alumni to contact us and tell their stories. Three of you have been kind enough to send us a contribution, revealing three diverse careers. We hope you enjoy reading these. Please keep these contributions coming!
eight years I toiled away, travelled physics undergraduate in 1965. endlessly, enjoyed Having attended a few lectures, it enormously, Adrian Beecroft I decided my time would be better spent in became a Vice The Queen’s College the library! It was noticeable that the more President (Partner) eminent the lecturer, the less comprehensible and then decided that I wanted to do rather was the lecture. However, I very much enjoyed bringing back cricket to state schools, more than to advise, and to work more with my tutorials with Dr Moffatt, who later became more for the wider educational and social science/technology based companies. I Provost of Queen’s. He was (and remains) a benefits of learning to take part in a team therefore left to help start Apax Partners, then shy man but a great teacher, with endless game rather than in hopes of producing a venture capital firm with a £10m fund and patience, and I owe him a lot. another Andrew Flintoff. We coached our three professionals. My friends thought I was millionth child last year. There was vague talk from one of my tutors mad, as in those days people only joined little of a D.Phil, but I felt I wanted to see more companies if they couldn’t get a job with a of the world outside academia. So I joined big one! Backing small, high tech firms in the By the time I left in 2008 we had grown International Computers Ltd (ICL), then UK was (and remains) an exciting, fascinating, to 150 professionals with 10 offices Britain’s answer to IBM. I thought I’d be a frustrating and stressful way of earning a around the world and more that technical person in ICL but I overcame the living, and the recession of the early ‘90s didn’t £20 billion under management. Englishman’s natural aversion to sales when help. But we had a few winners (Autonomy, I realised that sales people had more fun, Waterstones) to compensate for the duds and earned more and told the techies what by the time I left in 2008 we had grown to 150 More recently, I was asked to prepare a report to do! After five great years I got an offer I professionals with 10 offices around the world for the Government about how employment thought too good to be true, with a shipping and more that £20 billion under management. law could be changed to remove some company. My initial analysis proved correct, My physics training was helpful in analysing of the red tape that hampers businesses so after a year I went to Harvard Business quite a few of the thousands of business plans and discourages people from hiring new School instead. That was a wonderful two that I’ve seen over the years (including two employees. Many of the recommendations years, working hard for six months a year and thinly disguised perpetual motion machines). have been adopted, but one in particular has travelling the other six. My wife Jacqui came My time as a salesman had engendered the been controversial. I have learnt that if part of with me and we made some lifelong friends. healthy dose of scepticism that is essential the press don’t like an idea, they feel they can if you’re going to be a success at venture help to kill it off by shooting the messenger. capital. When researching a potential investee, It’s been very uncomfortable at times, but I’m My friends thought I was mad, as in their potential customers often say they find glad I did it. those days people only joined little that company’s product or service really There are three pieces of advice I’d give to companies if they couldn’t get a job interesting, but you only know they’re not someone who’s looking for a job in business with a big one! just being polite when they sign the order! or finance. First, join an organisation or an More broadly, I’m convinced that physics is an industry that has the capacity to grow quickly. excellent training for business, as every senior The terms of the Harkness Fellowship that Growth always provides opportunities for position requires an analytical, curious and funded me, together with my determination young people: there’s no waiting for dead numerate mind. Apax has a large proportion to play more cricket, dictated that I should men’s/women’s shoes as there is in mature, of physicists among its staff! return to the UK. I joined the London office slow growth companies. Second, work with of the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), Since leaving Apax I’ve been on a few Boards, products or services that you find really which then had fifteen people. We described become Chairman of Dawn Capital, a small interesting rather than for the company that ourselves as strategy consultants, and venture firm much like Apax was in its will pay you the most on day one. I’ve taken argued that the fact that we didn’t, in most early years, and done a bit of philanthropy, a reduction in salary every time I’ve moved cases, know anything about the client’s including sponsoring the Institute of Particle jobs and only regretted it once. Third, always industry was an advantage as we came to Astrophysics and Cosmology at Oxford, and an be nice to everybody. The world is a small their problems with an open mind. Strategy Academy school (also in Oxford). In addition, I place and you never know when, and in what consulting has moved on a lot since then! For Chair a charity called Chance to Shine, which is position, people will reappear in your life. 10 | Department of Physics Newsletter | Summer 2012
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I knew what I was going to do with my life. I was going to become a theoretical physicist and spend my time contemplating the universe. This is the story of how that didn’t happen. My first year was the normal mix of parties, lectures, parties, tutorials and parties. Through the haze of sleep deprivation I gradually realised that I actually found physics hard. Since budding Feynmans probably didn’t start to struggle in their first year, I had to reconsider my options. Maybe there was a less competitive area that I could
Susan Cooper pushed me outside my comfort zone. She taught me to question what I thought I knew, both about physics and my abilities. excel in? An area that no-one seemed to like, that everyone complained about, and was openly despised by the lofty theorists who I had hoped to join? So I turned my attention to the practical physics course.
I put the idea of actually reading the practical sheets in advance, and doing all the optional parts, to my long-suffering practical partner, Chris, who agreed to give it a try. Surprisingly, it turned out to be fun – the best bits of the practicals were generally hidden in the extensions at the end. This taste of research whetted my appetite, and led to two hugely enjoyable summer projects doing atomic force microscopy. In my third year I started Susan Cooper’s particle physics course. I had always thought I performed quite well in tutorials, but Susan pushed me outside my comfort zone. She taught me to question what I thought I knew, both about physics and my abilities. I also very much enjoyed the condensed matter physics course, particularly John Singleton’s lectures. This led to a PhD studying strongly correlated electron systems. In the third year of my PhD I happened to encounter John again on a visit to Los Alamos, where he had now moved. As soon as we met, we started exchanging ideas about experiments, and less than a year later I was doing a postdoc with him. I spent late nights in the lab and long days snowboarding. It was fantastic.
Susan Cox: “I decided to take one more leap... ” However, after three years, and having been through a fruitless round of job applications, I was again faced with a decision: should I stay in condensed matter physics? An advert for a postdoc in biophysics caught my eye, and the idea of looking at living systems was so exciting that I decided to take one more leap. The award of a Royal Society University Research Fellowship has allowed me to continue struggling with biology for the foreseeable future. I guess if this story has a moral, it is that if you want to feel like you know what you’re doing, don’t go to Oxford. But if you want a research career where every day is like a jump off a cliff into the unknown, then it’s a good place to start.
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always beautiful, and never more so than when physics finals are over. As I neared the end of my degree, I remember relaxing in University Parks with friends, looking back on four truly fantastic years. Despite the joy and relief, I recall a gnawing feeling in the pit of my stomach, asking “what next?”. Throughout my degree, I had studiously avoided this question. However, having decided against further study, and with my bank balance firmly in the red, the time had come for me to find something productive to do. Ideally, I wanted a career that would make use of
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my physics degree, without tying me to a laboratory. A friend suggested I consider a career as a patent attorney, so I fired off some applications and was lucky to be offered a position at a top UK patent law firm. Seven years on, I am happy to say I am still here! As a patent attorney, I work at the interface between science and law. The role of the patent attorney is to secure effective legal protection for new inventions. We handle a wide range of applications each week, so it is virtually impossible to get bored; there is always something new around the corner. Physics graduates tend to work mainly on patent applications relating to mechanical/ electrical/software-type inventions, such as medical devices, mobile phones and search engines. There is, however, no such thing as a “typical” patent application: I have worked on some surprising inventions, including a beer cooler, a tilting train and even an inflatable car! Although the inventions mentioned above are not usually the direct subject of a physics degree, a physics background is ideal for getting an in-depth understanding of how things work, meaning that high-quality
I have worked on some surprising inventions: a beer cooler, a tilting train and even an inflatable car! physics graduates are among the most sought after recruits in the profession. Most people are surprised to learn that one does not need any legal knowledge or experience before joining the profession. The requisite legal expertise is normally learnt on the job, by working as a trainee under the supervision of a qualified patent attorney, usually for three to four years. You then take your qualifying exams. If you are interested in finding out more about a career as a patent attorney, the Inside Careers Guide (www.insidecareers.co.uk) provides in-depth guidance to the profession. If, on the other hand, you have recently devised an invention which you think might be worth protecting, please get in touch with your nearest patent attorney! James Leach works for Mewburn Ellis LLP (www.mewburn.com) and can be contacted at email@example.com Department of Physics Newsletter | Summer 2012 | 11
use of high-intensity laser pulses to generate coherent beams of soft x-rays.
PROF STEVE BALBUS will be the Savilian Professor of Astronomy from October 2012.
PROF DAME JOCELYN BELL BURNELL was published in The Times ‘Eureka 100’ – a guide to the most important contemporary figures in British science.
DR MATT JARVIS will join Astrophysics in October 2012, working on Square-Kilometre Array science. DR IVAN KONOPLEV joined the Department in 2011 as a University Lecturer in Accelerator Science. PROF MICHAEL THORPE will be Visiting Professor in Theoretical Physics.
Goings... PROF KEN PEACH retired in 2012.
We report with great sadness the passing of PROF STEVE RAWLINGS, in January, aged 50. Steve first came to Oxford as a PPARC Advanced Fellow in 1991, and was Head of Astrophysics, 2005-10. He is remembered fondly by his many undergraduate and postgraduate students. Steve not only supervised his postgraduates on their thesis projects, he also mentored and supported postgraduate and postdoctoral researchers in their careers and became a close friend to many. Steve was a highly respected friend and colleague of all those who worked with him. In his career Steve published more than 160 papers in refereed journals and was a lead scientist in the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) project. The SKA arguably will be the most ambitious astronomical telescope ever built, which Steve championed tirelessly, and he would have been delighted to have seen the adoption in May 2012 of Australia and South Africa as the telescope sites. Steve is sorely missed in the Physics Department. PROF GRAHAM ROSS retired in 2012. PROF JOE SILK, Savilian Professor of Astronomy, retired in 2012. PROF FRED TAYLOR retired in 2012.
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PROF ANDREW BOOTHROYD was awarded the IOP Superconductivity Group Prize for his contributions to our understanding of the interplay between magnetism and superconductivity using neutron scattering techniques. PROF JOHN CARDY was awarded the Dirac Medal and Prize for his pioneering work on field theoretical methods to the study of critical phenomena and phase transitions. DR AMALIA COLDEA was awarded the Euromagnet Prize for her work on topological changes of the Fermi surface and the effect of electronic correlations in iron pnictides. DR JO DUNKLEY, as a member of the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) team, shares in the 2012 Gruber Cosmology Prize. The prize was awarded for WMAP’s exquisite measurements of anisotropies in the relic radiation from the Big Bang – the Cosmic Microwave Background. PROF NEVILLE HARNEW was awarded a European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grant to develop a particle physics detector known as TORCH (Time Of internally Reflected Cherenkov light). PROF CAROLE JORDAN was granted an IOP Honorary Fellowship for her outstanding career and commitment to science. DR CHRIS LINTOTT was awarded the Royal Society Kohn Award for his excellent engagement with society in matters of science and its societal dimension.
PROF TIM PALMER was awarded the European Meteorological Society’s Silver Medal for his pioneering work on predictability of weather and climate. He was also awarded an ERC Advanced Grant for a project entitled ‘Towards the Prototype: Probabilistic Earth-System Model for Climate Prediction’. PROF DAVID SHERRINGTON has been elected Chairman of the Academic Council of EURASC (European Academy of Sciences). PROF JOE SILK was awarded the Balzan prize for his pioneering work on the early evolution of the universe. DR ANDREI STARINETS was awarded the IOP Maxwell Medal for his contributions to our understanding of the transport properties of systems of strongly coupled quantum fields. DR ANDREW STEELE won FameLab 2012, a science communication competition, with his pitch on quantum mechanics and how it can help us to understand the world around us. PROF ANDREW TURBERFIELD was awarded a Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award. He was also awarded the IOP Tabor Medal for his seminal contributions to nano-science. DR SAM VINKO was awarded the IOP Culham Thesis Prize for excellence in scientific method. PROF IAN WALMSLEY was elected Fellow of the Royal Society and awarded the IOP Young Medal for his innovative contributions to optical physics and technology. PROF JULIA YEOMANS was awarded an ERC Advanced Grant to investigate questions that combine hydrodynamics and statistical physics.
JOHANNES MOELLER was awarded the Arthur H. Cooke Memorial Prize 2011 for distinguished work by a first year research student.
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You probably heard a lot about allergies. No matter what the situation may be, it is easy to see the troubles allergies can cause. This article’s tips to help deal with your allergies.
To be on the safe side, test any new store-bought antihistamine at home first. Sometimes, they can make you tired and impair your reflexes. You might think that the drug is fairly innocuous, especially if you don’t see any warning label, but you never really know how you’re going to react to a new drug.
If you are going to be exercising outside during the times of the year that there are high pollen levels, make sure to do it in early morning or late at night. Studies have shown pollen counts are lowest at these times of the day and you will be most comfortable.
You can find a large number of over-the-counter and prescription remedies for allergies, but not all of them work for everybody. Ask your physician for a sample pack or purchase the smallest size available. If the product doesn’t help you reduce your symptoms, then you could move on and try a different one without wasting a lot of money.
On sunny days, you might want to open windows to let your house naturally cool. However, this can cause your allergies to flare up. Air conditioners with HEPA filters will help remove allergens from indoor air. While it’s not quite the same as a springtime breeze, it definitely helps you to breathe in clean air.
There are a number of natural remedies people who have allergies. These natural remedies can help you fight allergic reactions to lots of common allergies. These remedies can alleviate the common symptoms of allergies.
Dust mites unfortunately are unavoidable for allergy sufferers. As you can probably guess, these little guys are living throughout your bedding and pillows, making a meal of your dead skin flakes. Very disgusting! To fight them, encase your pillows and mattresses in specialized zippered covers and cases. Wash your bedding once a week in hot water to eradicate dust mites.
If your child suffers from allergies to foods, stock up on “safe foods” before you depart – especially when visiting a foreign country. It can be hard to find product labeling of foods that may contain items your child is allergic ingredients when traveling.
You can avoid one type of allergy attack by keeping your car clean, and shutting the car windows.Regular use of a vacuum will keep your upholstery and interior free from allergens. This will reduce allergy symptoms.
Age can actually play an important role in your allergy profile. For instance, proteins become exposed to babies through certain foods. This explains why food allergies are so common in little ones. As babies grow into children, they are exposed to different protein allergens and may later develop allergies to pollen. If your child starts showing symptoms of allergies to spores or pollen, don’t think it’s nothing just because they have never seemed allergic to those things before.
Make sure the bathrooms in your bathroom is spic and span. Bathrooms can grow mold and must be cleaned once weekly. Use bleach and water mixture to wipe down all of the walls. This cleaning technique will also prevent mold from accumulating and worsening your allergies.
Be sure that you use any allergy medication as directed. Many allergy medications require days of constant usage in order to become better. Don’t expect to pop a pill when you start sneezing. Make it a point to consult with your physician about the correct usage.
Make sure that you keep your bathroom well-ventilated in order to prevent mold and mildew forming. Hot, humid conditions are outstanding for cultivating these allergens. When you are done showering, put on your bathroom’s fan and hang washcloths and towels on bars. If your bathroom does not include a fan, open a window to let air circulate through the room.
Try to limit how many rugs and carpets you have in your home. They attract dust and pollen. If you have area rugs, make sure that they are washable and take the time to wash them regularly to help remove the allergens.
Keep all of your garbage outside. Garbage inside your home can attract bugs and bugs. Mice feces inside the home can make allergy symptoms. If you suspect you have a problem with pests, use a trap.
Keep your windows closed, and use your air conditioner with HEPA filter to keep the air in your home clean. Allergens from outside easily move into your home through open windows. It is also important to clean any filters in vents and air-conditioners to reduce the amount of allergens in your home.
Try not to open windows closed during heavy pollen is high. Fresh air is a good thing; however, but you should avoid keeping your windows open when pollen counts are high. This is normally between 10am and 3pm.Wait until other hours to air out the house.
Mold may be causing your house can cause allergies. A good way to get rid of mold is to clean your refrigerator seals regularly. This place collects water as time and can grow mold. If mold is allowed to grow here, you will be releasing mold spores each time you open your refrigerator.
Be aware of your level of stress. Most people are unaware that getting stressed can trigger allergies. This is very true, especially for people who are asthmatic. Asthma attacks are more likely in those experiencing increased stress levels. Although, it won’t cure allergies, it will help the amount of allergic reactions experienced.
Look into using homeopathic treatment options. Many folks take medicine, the majority of people use standard medication. Homeopathic remedies are sold at any health food stores.
Many city dwellers have found that they are allergic to congestion and smog. If you are a city dweller and often feel a bit congested, try taking week-long trip outside of your city to see if city smog is what causes your allergies.
Carefully choose your antiperspirants. Many times, there are ingredients that can cause an allergic reaction with your skin. These ingredients might not be good for you or your skin.
Those afflicted with seasonal allergies need to frequently wash their hair on a regular basis. Hair collects allergens, dander and pollen. Allergens located on your hair can be especially troublesome because they are near the nasal passages.
Now that you have read this article you surely have learned new ways to deal with your allergies. You and the people you know don’t have to put up with the problems that allergies give you any longer. Enjoy your life by taking advantage of these great tips.
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What is a structural engineer?
A structural engineer is a professional civil engineer that has a specialised understanding of the forces and loads in structures that include bridges, buildings and tunnels. Residential structural engineers specialise in the design of residential buildings including houses and units.
Why should I hire a residential structural engineer?
Residential structural engineers have specialised knowledge and training to calculate forces in residential buildings. Structural engineers can make sure that the structural members in your house are the correct size (not too big and not too small) to resist and transmit forces in buildings. They do this by using Australian standards to calculate forces in members and member capacity manuals to check that the members are strong enough to avoid collapse or too much deflection.
You may not need a structural engineer if you are building a simple new home or extension. Simple projects can be designed by qualified building designers or drafters without the input from an engineer.
However sometimes houses and units are complicated or are built on poor ground. In these cases your building designer might recommend that some or all of the building be designed or checked by a structural engineer.
You might need a structural engineer if your building has one or more of these elements:
- Reinforced concrete columns.
- Earth retaining walls.
- Roofs in cyclone affected areas.
- Footings in clay soils or on soft or sloping sites.
- Steel floor beams and roof girders; and
- Suspended concrete slabs.
In some states, the builder’s statutory insurance policy requires that a structural engineer must design and certify house footings, steel floor beams and retaining walls. Check with your building designer to see if this is the case in your state.
How do I select a structural engineer?
It makes sense that if you are building or renovating a house that you select a structural engineer that specialises in residential buildings.
How do you find a structural engineer?
First, ask your builder, building designer or architect for a referral. They will probably have an existing relationship with one or more structural engineers that they have worked with before.
You can also try this link for a list of structural engineers for your area. Look for an engineer with recent experience in your type of project. If site inspections are required, limit your search to engineers that service your area from a local office.
Try to speak directly to the engineer that will work on your project. A good structural engineer will want to know about your project, what you hope to achieve and what services you are expecting. How the engineer responds to your questions will tell you a lot about the engineer.
Pertinent questions show that the engineer is interested in you and thinking about your project. A little bit of informal advice from the engineer means that the engineer wants your project to go well. Look for an engineer that is accessible and one that doesn’t hide behind secretaries, standard forms and junior staff.
Take note of how long it takes to respond to your request for a formal quotation. Big companies might have more paperwork and policies, better quality assurance but take longer to respond to simple requests. Smaller companies might be more personal, quicker to respond to questions and offer personal service. Try to match your requirements to an appropriate structural engineering firm.
Finally, don’t be afraid to ask your engineer for a copy of their professional indemnity insurance and public liability insurance certificates. This insurance is your protection in case of a design error or oversight. Check this article by Matthew Cornell for what to look for in an engineer’s insurance policy.
Note that in Queensland, structural engineers must be registered with the Board of Professional Engineers of Queensland or work under the direct supervision of a registered engineer. Note that professional indemnity insurance is not mandatory in Queensland. Search the BPEQ register to engineers registered in Queensland.
What does structural engineering cost?
Structural engineers charge by the hour or a fixed ‘lump sum’ fee. The fee will depend on the scale of your project and what the structural engineer has to provide.
Hourly rates are determined based on the experience of the engineer working on your project. Hourly rates for graduate structural engineers start at $100 plus GST per hour. Expect to pay up to $250 plus GST per hour for very experienced and fully qualified structural engineers.
You can negotiate a lump sum (fixed) fee for most projects. Lump sum fees for a simple beam design could be as low as $300 including GST. The lump sum fees for a complicated house design with footings, suspended concrete slabs and complicated roofs could be as much as $20,000 including GST.
Don’t forget to shop around. The time taken to ask for two or three quotations from different structural engineers is a great investment in your project.
Does the structural engineer need to inspect my renovation property?
If you are renovating or extending an existing property, it makes sense to arrange for your structural engineer to inspect and view your property. They will want to look at the floor framing, the location of wall framing and the type of roof framing.
Some of the existing structure might be hidden by wall and floor cladding, but an inspection of the shape and layout of the building will still reveal clues on the existing structural framing.
Another inspection might be required once your builder has started work and more of the structure has been exposed. Expect to pay more if more inspections are required.
Can a structural engineer determine if I can remove a wall?
If you’d like to remove an existing wall to create a larger space, a structural engineer can inspect your building to work out if the wall is loadbearing. You can use a builder or a building designer to do this inspection too, but if the wall is loadbearing you will need a structural engineer to design a new beam to replace the carrying capacity of the wall.
If the wall you want to remove is loadbearing, expect to receive some drawings showing where new beams are required, where replacement bracing walls are required or both.
What things doesn’t a structural engineer do?
- Structural engineers prepare drawings and specifications that document the required structural member sizes and how to connect them. These are some of the jobs structural engineers normally don’t do:
- Structural engineers rarely remove wall or ceiling linings to look for internal structural damage. If the damage is not evident on the surface of the building, a visual inspection by a structural engineer might miss it.
- Structural engineers do not submit your drawings to a certifier or to council. Application fees need to be paid when submitting plans and these costs are not included in the engineers quote. This service is normally performed by your builder or building designer.
- When doing damage assessments, structural engineers can’t see behind walls or in hidden spaces any better than you can. They look for indications of movement and damage, but unless the cladding is removed or the roof space is totally accessible, structural engineers cannot find every building defect or locate every problem.
Will an engineered house be guaranteed to be ‘crack-free’?
No. Even if your new house or renovation is designed by a structural engineer, you will not receive a guarantee that your building will never crack. Cracks might even occur in the first six months after construction. That’s because there are a myriad of reasons cracks appear in buildings – and not all of them indicate poor construction or design techniques.
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Hoods, Chaperons and Liripipes
Chaperons and Liripipes
- Basic Hood
- Basic Hood with a Liripipe
- Basic Hood with a Liripipe, wrapped around the head
- Basic Hood with a Liripipe, wrapped around throat
- Basic Hood, worn down around the shoulders
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Some Clothing of the Middle Ages - Hoods, Chaperons and Liripipes, by I. Marc
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Networked Computers with Aquarium 2010
What do all the green squares in the image below represent?
Seasoned Aquarium users will immediately recognize that this is a screen-shot of the Aquarium status bar (split into two lines) where each square represents one chess engine (Rybka in this case). What is unusual here is the huge number of chess engines: thirty-four instances of Rybka, all analyzing at the same time, running on a network of computers! It is an amazing experience to have so much analysis power at your fingertips.
Aquarium’s Hidden Treasures. Part Two
Aquarium 2010 has been released. In comparison to the initial Aquarium version, which was released last year, it is clear that progress has been very rapid, both in improvements to existing features and the addition of new features and stability. Its database feature started out with a limit of two open bases, but now the limit has been removed and database performance has been improved. Aquarium has also taken the lead on publishing iBooks and HTML content for web pages and blogs. That’s quite a change from the initial version, which didn’t even have a printing feature. Aquarium has been a leading analysis tool from the beginning; nevertheless, the new version shows huge improvements in this area, as you can see by reading last month’s column about IDeA. The new Aquarium also emphasizes analysis on networked computers; a new feature that can give a big boost to IdeA, as well as advanced infinite analysis.
Aquarium’s Hidden Treasures
Interactive Deep Analysis (IDeA) With Rybka Aquarium 2010
One of the biggest changes in Rybka Aquarium 2010 is the greatly improved Interactive Deep Analysis (IDeA). Many players were happy with the possibilities offered by IDeA in Rybka 3 Aquarium, but I’m afraid that it will look like a dinosaur compared to the new version. It provides better automatic analysis and much more effective ways to control the analysis process and the shape of the analysis tree. I’m sure that many serious players will find that the new and improved IDeA is an essential tool to stay competitive.
Handicap Play in Rybka Aquarium
Dadi Jonsson «Introduction to Writing Aquarium iBooks»
Based on the experience so far, we can see that iBooks are suitable for both small and large projects. You may prefer to use iBooks for your own personal annotations, for presenting tactical exercises and other training material, for web publishing, for preparing forum posts, etc. It has also been used successfully for jobs such as converting a 200 page chess book to iBook format.
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Relief at latest guidance for music teaching in England
As well as updates made to Northern Ireland, Wales and Scotland – we welcomed the news last week that music learning would be permitted in person under all three tiers of the new system in England, which begins when lockdown ends on Wednesday 2 December.
Our Education Official Chris Walters commented on the news:
“We are pleased that the Government has allowed all formal education, which includes music learning, to take place in person under the new tiered restrictions.
“We are also pleased that the use of the word ‘extracurricular’ has been dropped in relation to music education. In fact, music learning is often formal because of its links to formal qualifications, graded exams, progression into careers and more.
“We are relieved that the latest Government guidance aligns with the priorities we laid out in our letter to ministers, and we look forward to working with all relevant Government departments as necessary to ensure that music education can continue throughout the pandemic in appropriate and Covid-secure ways.”
Take action now
It remains vital that the UK Government takes steps to protect the musicians who fall through the gaps in their support schemes.
Take action now and join our urgent call to the Government to do more – ask your MP to make your voice heard in Parliament.
You can use our template letter if you’re not sure what to say. Remember to include how you are affected too – personal stories make all the difference.
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For Skip Phillips, suction and return fittings not only were laced with safety and sanitation concerns, but he also didn’t like the way they interfered with the sleek look of his vessels.
As a specialist in creating the smooth, glassy look of vanishing-edge and perimeter-overflow designs, he took this issue to heart.
“It made no sense to continue down this road, where we’re increasing the number of ugly fittings, when the solution that I could see would be cosmetically and functionally superior,” says the Genesis 3 co-founder and president of Questar Pools and Spas in Escondido, Calif.
He changed this by inventing a new drain cover, which he also miniaturized for return fittings. “We’ve tried to minimize the visual impact of both the fittings and the results of what happens when the water is received by the pool,” Phillips says.
The fitting is rectangle-shaped and measures approximately 18-by-36 inches for drains and 6-by-6 inches for returns. The only opening is a narrow slot around the perimeter of the fitting where water leaves or enters.
The material used for the pool’s interior finish is placed in the center to blend with the rest of the surface. “So we have these pipes with a little slot, and the water is emitted through these slots, so you don’t see the pool returns at all,” Phillips says.
The units are made of stainless steel with a plastic type coating to help resist corrosion. Phillips chose steel because other materials might flex, which could compromise the ability of surface materials such as tile or pebble to stay in place during application.
Not only are the designs visually non-obtrusive but, in the case of the drain cover, it meets safety concerns, as it is too long to be blocked by an adult male. They also allow very slow flow rates, increasing safety and eliminating any surface disturbance from the returns.
These low flows also keep the returns from disturbing the water’s surface. Phillips has invested four years into the design and fine-tuning of the product and had it stamped by an engineer. He has no plans to mass produce them or sell the design to a vendor, but will continue to have units custom-fabricated for each of his own clients. | <urn:uuid:8d242536-b382-46cb-a1db-69726dd63ec6> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.poolspanews.com/how-to/design-construction/a-specialty-inlet | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560284411.66/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095124-00462-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.969519 | 493 | 1.523438 | 2 |
The high heat and lack of consistent rainfall is creating possible hardships for crops in Kentucky. And that includes one of the more recent additions to the state’s agriculture industry: grapes.
There are about 120 grape growers spread out across Kentucky, mostly in the central, northern, and western regions. Patsy Wilson is the extension specialist for viticulture at the University of Kentucky—viticulture is the science, production and study of grapes. She says temperatures above 90 degrees can start to affect photosynthesis.
“But this really pertains to leaf temperature and not the ambient temperature,” she said. “So if we see water with these temperatures, we won’t have as negative affect on the grape vine.”
But warm overnight temperatures may create the biggest concern.
“The biggest thing that I think is the warmer nighttime temperatures,” she said. “This has a big impact on the acids in grapes where we don’t accumulate as many acids and so we’ll see this in the white wines. A good acidity is really important in the white wines.”
Wilson says overnight temperatures between 75 and 80 are reason for concern. She says most grape growers rely entirely on rainfall to sustain their crops.
“It’s not a common practice in Kentucky vineyards to have irrigation, but if we start seeing more drought-like conditions for longer periods of time this summer, irrigation might become necessary in Kentucky,” she said.
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When I say enormous, I mean enormous. We’re talking 500-ft wingspan here. The idea is it would be a permanent sub-orbital (60,000-90,000ft) base, powered by the sun and capable of carrying 1,000lb of gear. It could cruise around, taking high-res photos for map applications or meteorologists, or maybe a few of them could carry transceivers for bouncing signals around. Or, considering it’s DARPA doing this, it might carry a couple precision-strike missiles or bunker busters.
In any case, they’ve checked out a few designs and the one they contracted for (from Aurora Flight Sciences) has unfortunately not been photographed. It’s got a 493-ft wingspan in a tri-section design with hinges that allows it to rotate and get the best possible exposure from the sun. Aerovironment tried something like this called the Helios (pictured above) but the conditions took their toll and it, well, crashed. Here’s hoping Aurora and their "Odysseus" craft fare better.
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It doesn’t matter what your circumstances are – whether you’re renting a room, living mortgage-free in a house your great-aunt left you in her will, or buying your first home via a help to buy scheme, being burgled is something most people fear.
That fear isn’t unfounded.
Figures show there were over 267,000 burglaries in England and Wales in 2020/2021.
Despite that figure being over 116,000 fewer burglaries than in the previous year (possibly because COVID forced many people to work at home, either for their employer or to start a home business), home security is still something that needs to be taken seriously.
If you’re renting, it’s up to your landlord to make their property secure, but if you’re a homeowner, here are some tips to help make your home more secure and prevent burglary.
Install a working alarm
You might think you’re being savvy and saving money by simply buying a dummy burglar alarm box and sticking it to the front of your property.
‘This’ll fool any burglars into thinking my home is alarmed,’ you might think.
You’d think wrong.
Burglars aren’t stupid and can tell a dummy box from a real one. For one thing, if you have a reputable alarm company install and maintain your alarm, they’ll service it every year and wipe down the box when they’ve finished.
People who buy dummy boxes tend to stick them on the wall then forget about them, leaving them to get dirty, which is a giveaway for any passing burglar.
Upgrade your external doors
If you’ve got old, wooden doors, upgrade them. New doors are designed with security in mind and will be strengthened and built with up-to-date locking systems.
Old doors with just a Yale lock, for example, are easy to get into with a credit card or even just a gentle shove. New doors come with multi-point locking systems that meet security standards.
New external doors won’t just give you greater security, they’ll also freshen up the appearance of your home and insulate it better, saving you money on your heating bills.
Don’t leave keys in locks
If you’re in the habit of leaving your door keys in the front door and the back door key in the back door, this is a habit you need to break. There’s nothing burglars like more than knowing exactly where the keys to a property are.
Front door keys in the lock can be obtained through the letterbox, making it easy for the burglar to let themselves in without making any noise (burglars hate making noise).
We all leave those little keys in the windows but it’s something we really shouldn’t do. It not only makes it easier for the burglar to gain entry but you run the risk of your insurance company not paying out if they find out you left the keys in the lock.
Don’t leave your calendar where burglars can see it
Speaking of letting burglars see where you keep things, don’t leave your calendar in full view of the back window (or other window for that matter).
Families everywhere keep a calendar in the kitchen where they mark down holidays, days out, meetings and every other occasion when they’ll be out of the house.
Burglars can read and the last thing you want to do is let them know the exact dates and times when the house will be empty.
Being burgled goes further than just losing your possessions. People who have been burgled report feeling violated and often need counselling afterwards.
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Middle School Teachers (Grade 5-7) 2022-2023 School Year
Must hold a license issued by Virginia Department of Education.
The license must be in one of the following types: Collegiate Professional License, Postgraduate Professional License, Provisional License, Pupil Personnel Services License, Statement of Eligibility.
The license position area must be in one of the following areas: Computers, Elementary Teacher, Success for All, Title I, English as a Second Language (EFL/ELL/ESL/ESOL), English, Journalism, Reading, Reading Specialist, Reading/Language Arts, Algebra I, Algebra II, Calculus, Geometry, Math (General), Pre-Algebra, Pre-Calculus, Probability and Statistics, Trigonometry, Biology/Life Science, Chemistry, Earth Science, Environmental Science, Physics, Science (General), Space Science, Economics, Geography, History - US, History - World, Humanities, Jewish Studies, Philosophy, Political Science/Government, Psychology, Religion, Social Studies (General), Sociology.
The license must be in one of the following grades: 5th, 6th, 7th.
The license status must be active or about to graduate from a state-approved teacher preparation program.
Fluvanna County Public Schools seek to hire qualified teachers to fill vacancies at Fluvanna Middle School (Grades 5-7) for the 2022-2023 school year.
Please complete an online application for review and attach a copy of your Virginia Teaching license. https://fluco.tedk12.com/hire/index.aspx
Contact Lara Dugolinsky, Principal, at firstname.lastname@example.org with any questions.
Job Title: Middle School Teacher Salary Index: Teacher Salary Scale Reports To: Principal FLSA Status: Exempt
SUMMARY Teaches one or more subjects to students in middle school by performing the following duties.
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Fire, the BJP, and Moral Society
Not surprisingly much of the analytical focus on the BJP's rise to power has been on its revolutionary political and cultural Programme. The ideology of Hindutva not only challenges the secular basis of the Indian state, threatening to overturn it altogether, but it also proposes a communal reconstruction of national identity. India is projected by the Sangh Parivar as constituting a primordial Hindu community, which transcends regional, language, and cultural difference and is bound together by a common history, civilization, and destiny. A new religiously exclusive India beckons in which nationality and citizenship are to be couched in terms of Hinduness, potentially rendering as foreigners millions of non-Hindu Indians and threatening the very preservation of the Indian Union. However, if Hindu nationalism enabled the BJP to 'shift' India's political agenda, it has so far not shifted the foundations of the Indian state despite dire predictions that it would, or managed to cement the political popularity of the BJP even in its northern Hindi-belt heartland. Indeed, the BJP in government encountered strong resistance at the regional and local levels to Hindutva. If India has experienced what has been termed a 'saffron surge', it has not been engulfed by it despite the ferocity of recent anti-Muslim agitation in Gujarat and other parts of the country. Politically, culturally, and economically, saffronization seems to have been watered down or held back. But can the same be said for the BJP's social agenda for India? | <urn:uuid:fb817adc-7411-4e0d-9f65-503238586136> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://e-publications.une.edu.au/vital/access/manager/Repository/une:9882?exact=subject%3A%22Asian+History%22&highlights=false | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280891.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00164-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.923444 | 410 | 2.171875 | 2 |
Silicon-based impurities are ubiquitous in natural graphite. However, their role as a contaminant in exfoliated graphene and their influence on devices have been overlooked. Herein atomic resolution microscopy is used to highlight the existence of silicon-based contamination on various solution-processed graphene. We found these impurities are extremely persistent and thus utilising high purity graphite as a precursor is the only route to produce silicon-free graphene. These impurities are found to hamper the effective utilisation of graphene in whereby surface area is of paramount importance. When non-contaminated graphene is used to fabricate supercapacitor microelectrodes, a capacitance value closest to the predicted theoretical capacitance for graphene is obtained. We also demonstrate a versatile humidity sensor made from pure graphene oxide which achieves the highest sensitivity and the lowest limit of detection ever reported. Our findings constitute a vital milestone to achieve commercially viable and high performance graphene-based devices.
Large-scale, cost-effective methods for producing high-quality and functional atomically thin two-dimensional (2D) materials with unmatched properties are critical to realising commercial applications of these promising materials1,2,3,4,5. However, the current top–down synthesis methods are prone to contamination, which can adversely affect properties, such as optical absorption and emission, electrochemical properties, carrier mobility, biological activity and toxicological properties6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13. These contaminants can cause inferior or unpredictable properties and are at the heart of many seemingly inconsistent reports on the properties of 2D materials8,14,15. For instance, several contradictory reports on electrochemical properties, electrocatalytic activity and biological properties of graphene and graphene oxide (GO) were ultimately understood to be the result of metallic impurities or acidic residues7,8,16,17,18,19,20. Such inconsistency prevents the development of a robust regulatory framework governing the implementation of such layered nanomaterials, especially if they are destined to become the backbone of next-generation devices. Perhaps, more importantly, this has stymied the emergence of a major application or the so-called “killer app” for graphene-based systems21, a long-promised but as-yet unrealised goal. Graphene may therefore follow the same trajectory of carbon nanotubes14,21, which were once billed as being transformative but have so far failed to make a significant commercial impact.
The need for methods that can produce higher quality and purity graphene and other 2D-based materials is widely recognised for device fabrication. Despite this, there seems to have been little effort devoted to understanding what effect impurities are having on the performance. The graphene glut in recent years has resulted in an increase in the use of cheaper alternative feedstocks21. However, to date, no rigorous quality-control mechanism has been put in place to understand the detrimental effects of impurities on the final performance of devices, mainly due to the lack of knowledge of the types of impurities and their potential influence. As graphene is a 2D material system, which is basically only a surface, any contaminant can alter its intrinsic properties dramatically by affecting surface active sites6,14 and/or by reducing the available surface area, as shown schematically in Fig. 1. This can result in decreased performance in active surface area-dependent applications. Moreover, this also indicates the possibility that the as-exfoliated graphene layers can each have different properties, again highlighting the importance of pure 2D materials. For instance, the adulteration of carbon bonds in real-world, two-electrode supercapacitors severely affects the double-layer capacitance22. This leads to capacitance values much lower than the theoretical capacitance of graphene (550 F/g)23, with values of 409 F/g being the highest reported to date24. As the production capacity of graphene and other 2D materials grows exponentially, the demand for high-performance 2D material-based devices will become significant2,21. This calls for a broad effort to identify the types and extent of impurities present and the best way to deal with them to achieve the maximum potential of the broad family of 2D materials.
Here direct visualisation of the surface of various solution-processed graphene reveals the existence of significant amount of silicon-based contaminations at the atomic level. High-angle annular dark field (HAADF) imaging combined with energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS) in an aberration-corrected scanning transmission electron microscope (STEM) was employed to detect and image these impurities. The present study addresses the challenge of obtaining high-purity graphene and GO from graphite (top–down approach) and offers a broad and comprehensive perspective on how to dramatically enhance the final performance of such materials in diverse applications. We identify the most prominent factor impacting the performance of graphene-based devices, namely inherent contaminants arising from impure graphite feedstock. Ultra-high performance humidity sensors and supercapacitors from graphene materials were then achieved through eliminating the adverse impact of endogenous silicon impurities.
Atomic resolution observation of silicon impurity on graphene
The presence of molecularly dispersed silicon-based contamination was not evident through high-resolution TEM bright-field (BF) analysis of GO samples (Fig. 2). Monodisperse, amorphous materials are typically very difficult to resolve in conventional phase-contrast high-resolution TEM/STEM imaging particularly in the presence of contaminants25. However, the situation changes dramatically when using HAADF imaging. The atomic resolution capabilities of aberration-corrected STEM permits single-atom imaging in HAADF mode by virtue of its high atomic number sensitivity (the contrast is roughly proportional to Z2, where Z is the mean atomic number)26. Therefore, the higher atomic number of silicon with respect to carbon and oxygen ensures that Si (and other high atomic number element) atoms are visible as bright spots in HAADF micrographs, while this was not possible with conventional BF images. Figure 2 shows silicon-based contamination as molecules and clusters thereof cover a large fraction of the surface area of GO, which produced from graphite of low purity (i.e. 98%). The existence of these impurities is also further verified by performing EDS in parallel with HAADF on the same region. The EDS spectrum of GO sheet (Fig. 2e) identifies a significant amount of silicon-based contamination. The peaks at ~0.277, 0.525 and 1.739 keV in the EDS spectrum are due to C, O and Si, respectively, while the peak at 0.930 keV is from the Cu (support) grid. Comparing the EDS spectra of two neighbouring regions, one clean (dark) and the other bright (contaminated) confirms silicon to be the contaminant (Fig. 2 f, g and Supplementary Figure 1). The contaminated region (red boxed region in Fig. 2d) showed a noticeable peak at 1.739 keV (Fig. 2f), while the clean regions (green box in Fig. 2d) showed no such silicon peak (Fig. 2g).
Oxidative exfoliation of graphite, i.e. modified Hummers’ method, was used here27,28 and requires several chemical treatment steps any, or all of which, could contribute to the observed silicon-based contamination. However, the impurity was also present in solvent-exfoliated graphene layers prepared by bath sonication of graphite powder in a very pure exfoliating solvent (Fig. 3 and Supplementary Figure 2). Solvent exfoliation of graphite uses a solvent (ca. N,N-dimethylformamide) for the exfoliation process to give graphene in the liquid phase (monolayer and few layers) without any additional oxidation step29. This showed that silicon-based compounds are ubiquitous contamination in graphene-based materials when using top–down production approaches and is not caused solely by reagents or particular chemical processes (i.e. modified Hummers’ method used here27,28). Therefore, the silicon contamination originated from the graphite precursor.
HAADF imaging of the parent graphite (98% purity) demonstrated a significant amount of silicon-based contamination (Fig. 4). Detailed images of the three different subareas highlighted in this figure are shown in Fig. 3b–d. EDS shows regions to be iron-contaminated, clean and silicon-contaminated (Fig. 4e–g, respectively). Clean regions showed a perfect graphitic lattice structure with very little or no silicon presence, whereas other areas showed intractable and widespread silicon-based contamination along with some iron clusters. Natural graphite is mined and then purified using floatation. The purification in this process is based on differences between the surface chemistry of soil rock and graphite mineral30. However, the floatation process is not able to remove high abundance mineral impurities, such as silicon. These impurities are commonly removed by using chemical or thermal treatments31. Graphite particles in the purity range of 80–98% are typically refined using only floatation. For purities >98%, additional refinement steps are carried out following floatation32. This provides two options to eliminate the contamination: (a) purification of the exfoliated materials and (b) employing purer graphite precursors.
Producing high-purity graphene
As important as the removal of this contamination on the surface of GO is, it proved to be an almost impossible task (Fig. 5). Various methods were evaluated including extensive washing of the as-prepared GO material with boiling 5 M NaOH (Fig. 5a, b). However, the silicon-based contaminants proved to be persistent and appeared to become more widely dispersed across the surface. Purification with such a strong basic solution resulted in an irreversible agglomeration and restacking of GO sheets (Supplementary Figure 3). Consequently, the impurities are confined between the layers and remain following the purification process. Even chemical–reduction of GO proved to be unsuccessful in removing the impurities effectively (Fig. 5c). This, however, was not surprising as silicon–oxygen-rich compounds (i.e. silica) are typically considered to be corrosion-resistant materials and the only reagent that can effectively etch them is fluoride. However, even using NH4F to remove the impurities proved to be unsuccessful (Fig. 5d and Supplementary Figure 3–4), and this also resulted in an irreversible agglomeration of GO layers. Generally, increasing the ionic strength or decreasing the pH of GO suspensions results in loss of the surface charge and restacking of GO particles then occurs33. Moreover, the set-up and the process parameters that need to be optimised for the removal of silicon impurities are complex and hazardous and result in a significant increase in the cost of production34.
A better approach is therefore to improve the quality and purity of the feedstock and to avoid the use of inexpensive and contaminated feedstocks, which are now typically used in non-research applications. Evaluation of various GO produced from graphite with a range of purities (98% to 99.9999%) revealed that purities of ≥99.9% result in almost contaminant-free GO (Fig. 6a–e & Supplementary Figure 5). Interestingly, a commercially obtained GO material, which was tested as a control, showed very significant silicon-based contamination. Furthermore, EDS spectra of GO derived from graphite with a purity of ≥99.9% showed no detectable silicon-based contamination (Fig. 6g–k). Nevertheless, the HAADF images still showed very limited numbers of impurity atoms (bright dots) even in the very high purity GO (Fig. 6d, e & Supplementary Figure 6). It has been shown previously that oxidation of graphite introduces varying types of impurities into the graphene materials, and their origin can be traced to impurities within the chemical reagents used during the synthesis7. This was confirmed by analysing a typical solvent-exfoliated graphene, derived from high-purity graphite (Supplementary Figure 7) and solvent, which represented a very pure surface (Fig. 6f and Supplementary Figure 8). The HAADF imaging technique also revealed regions where multiple layers of GO were present as rafts or plateaus. Presence of such oxidised rafts has been suggested through indirect characterisation techniques before15,17,18,35. These oxidised rafts are brighter than the single sheet areas as the HAADF image contrast is a function of both Z2 and thickness.
Characterisation of the impurity
X-ray photoelectron spectroscopic (XPS) measurements were performed to further characterise the silicon-based impurities. GO samples derived from graphite with two different purities, 98% and 99.9%, were prepared by drop casting on a gold-coated wafer. Since XPS is extremely surface-sensitive with a sampling depth of only a few nm, we decided to use XPS depth profiling in order to probe the chemical composition at different depths. The use of an Ar cluster source instead of a conventional Ar ion gun enables sputtering (etching) of a wide range of materials, including organic compounds, while minimising damage to the chemical structure during the sputtering process. A comparison of the high-resolution C 1s spectra of the two materials provided strong evidence that the GO in both cases was essentially identical (Fig. 7a, b). Similar levels of Si (0.09%) were detected on the surface of both GO samples with the binding energy of the Si 2p peak (102 eV) indicating the presence of an organosilicon compound rather than an inorganic Si oxide (SiO2), which would be expected at 103.5 eV (Fig. 7c and Supplementary Figure 9)36,37. This compound was completely removed after only 30 s of etching (Fig. 7d), suggesting it to be a very thin layer of adsorbed surface contamination. In contrast to the low-purity sample, an extensive washing and careful handling of the high-purity GO resulted in the removal of this adsorbed surface contamination (Supplementary Figure 10–11). Subsequent etching revealed a clear difference between the two GO samples below the surface: in the case of the purer GO (99.9%), Si was never detected again above the detection limit of the technique (ca. 0.01 %), confirming the high purity of the material; in the case of the lower purity GO (98%), Si reappeared over the etching and was thereafter present at about 0.15 atomic%. The Si 2p peak position remained at about 102 eV, characteristic of Si-O and Si-C bonds. We also note that, even under the very mild etching conditions used, the bombardment of the GO surface with Ar clusters caused a significant reduction of the GO (Supplementary Figure 12–13), which is consistent with the literature38. Interestingly, the purer GO (99.9%) was reduced much more rapidly than the lower purity GO (98%), probably due to a more pristine and uncontaminated surface.
In order to evaluate the average amounts of silicon contamination in the bulk materials, wavelength dispersive X-ray fluorescence (WD-XRF) spectroscopy was used. Results similar to the XPS depth profiling measurement, were obtained with 0.04 ± 0.007 and 0.25 ± 0.01% silicon found in the pure and non-pure samples, respectively. Furthermore, silicon-based impurities adversely affected the photoluminescence (PL) property of the GO materials as shown in Fig. 7e, f and Supplementary Figure 14. The origin of the PL in GO is due to the electronic transitions among and between the non-oxidised carbon regions and the boundary of oxidised carbon atom regions39. It appears that silicon-rich impurities can effectively hinder this electronic transition as well as being a physical barrier on the GO functional groups. It should be noted that the size of graphite (Supplementary Figure 15) and the resultant GO sheets in both samples (contaminated and pure GO) were almost identical (Supplementary Figure 16) eliminating the association of the observed phenomena to any size effects. Other physical properties measured by ultraviolet–visible (UV-Vis), Raman, Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy and XRD spectra were almost identical among these GO samples (Supplementary Figure 17–20). This, together with the marked similarity in the C 1s spectra (see XPS discussion above) and the aforementioned equal size distribution, confirms that the chemical and physical properties between GO samples are indistinguishable, except for the presence of Si. As we will show in the following section, these silicon-based impurities play a pivotal role in affecting the performance of graphene-based devices.
Identifying atomically dispersed and relatively low molecular weight impurities in graphene and other 2D materials is very challenging, as they are not easily visualised by routine imaging methods. In the case of silicon-based impurities, in contrast to metallic impurities11, indirect detection through electrochemical measurements is not feasible due to the lack of an electrochemical redox response. Other analytical methods, such as inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry, are also not effective as silicon-based compounds (i.e. silicon oxides) are unreactive in all acids except hydrofluoric acid (HF) and all three Si isotopes are subject to N- and O-based interferences40. These factors may explain why the existence of such ubiquitous contamination on solution-processed graphene, and other similar 2D materials, has not been previously reported in the literature.
It should be noted, although there are many methods to purify graphite such as hydrometallurgical purification methods (acid washing, floatation method) and pyrometallurgical methods (chlorination roasting method and the use of extremely high temperatures, >2700 °C), these methods are not applicable after the exfoliation in liquid media or device fabrication. In the case of hydrometallurgical purification methods, usually a purification level of up to 98% can be achieved. This method, although very efficient in the removal of metallic impurities, cannot be applied to remove Si-based impurities. On the other hand, heating the graphene at high temperature (>2700 °C) is not a viable option in most cases, as this will limit the versatility of end-product device fabrication. These limitations are much more significant in the case of delicate dispersions of graphene and GO. As such, using high-purity graphite (commercially available) in the first place is recommended.
An important question is whether the impurities described here have any undesirable effect in the final performance of practical devices. Oxygen-containing functional groups on the hydrophilic surface of GO provide a high potential to adsorb water molecules41. Therefore, GO-based relative humidity (RH) sensors have shown great promise in this respect42,43,44. However, the detection range and moisture uptake reported so far, although promising, represent just an incremental improvement over existing technologies. We anticipated that silicon-based contamination might act as a barrier, blocking the moisture absorber sites and thus adversely affect the sensor performance. Therefore, the first test of our hypothesis was to evaluate this effect by fabricating an RH sensor from a variety of GO materials.
Three almost identical thin films of GO derived from various feedstocks (a commercial GO and two derived in-house from graphite of 98% and 99.9% purities) were deposited on a quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) to fabricate the RH sensors. All QCM-based humidity sensors (Fig. 8a) revealed strong dynamic responses with excellent reproducibility towards even the lowest humidity level (see Supplementary Table 1). Notably, the GO prepared from the highest purity graphite (99.9%) showed a significantly higher sensitivity (66.5 Hz/% RH) when compared to that of less pure materials (53 Hz/% RH) (Fig. 8b). This sensitivity towards humidity was over two times higher than the highest ever reported sensitivity of 28.7 Hz/% RH using a copper metal–organic framework as the sensitive layer (also see Table S1)45. Such high sensitivity results in an exceptionally high signal-to-noise ratio (~2000 Hz/Hz) thus allowing for trace levels of humidity to be detected. This high level of sensitivity corresponded to a very high humidity uptake, ranging from 7.5 wt% at 2.5% RH up to 32 wt% at 90% RH. The highest purity GO sheets displayed an extremely low limit of detection (LOD) of 0.006% RH at 27 °C, which is equivalent to 1.5 mg/m3 (2 ppm) absolute humidity; a level which has not been reported to date. This LOD is at least two orders of magnitude superior to the best-performing 2D MXenes (LOD of 0.8% RH) and around one order of magnitude better than the lowest reported LOD in the literature46. Similar trend was found when the effect of temperature is considered (Fig. 8c and Supplementary Figure 21). The GO sensor was also found to possess excellent repeatability and selectivity (Fig. 8d and Supplementary Figure 22), which puts it at the forefront of the best-performing humidity sensors reported in the literature.
GO is an amphiphilic material consisting of both hydrophobic domains (graphenic domains) and hydrophilic parts27,47. However, the structure is mainly hydrophilic leading to easy adsorption and adherence of moisture (water) molecules onto the surface41,48. Our results show the existence of organo-silicon based contaminants on the surface as a hydrophobic and non-hygroscopic component detrimentally affects the final performance of the sensor leading to lower device performance49. Interestingly, the selectivity was not much influenced by the impurity implying that the impurity acts only as a passive barrier. This superb performance can be attributed to the much higher available hydrophilic surface area of the employed GO (99.9% purity) when the surface contamination is eliminated. This sensors’ detection range is shown to be from trace levels to up to >90% RH with unparalleled accuracy and selectivity. Therefore, the sensor developed from high-purity GO can eliminate the need for employing multiple sensors to detect the different humidity levels for any given application. Moreover, as the amount of the material on each sensor is typically around 50 μg, the use of more expensive high-purity precursor does not affect the overall production cost significantly.
To evaluate the effect of silicon-based contamination on the performance of GO after the reduction process, we investigated the double-layer capacitance of reduced GO as a function of contamination. It is a well-established fact that the capacitance behaviour of graphene-based materials is very sensitive to the available surface area50,51. Thus the masking effect of the surface contamination can adversely affect the double-layer charge storage capability. The performance of the three types of reduced GO (rGO) was evaluated. These were compared based on their cyclic voltammetric (CV) responses at 100 mV/s (Fig. 8e). All systems showed a near-rectangular CV curve, except for the commercial rGO. It was evident that the material prepared from high-purity graphite (99.9%) showed a superior capacitive performance and higher electrical conductivity: GO 99.9%: 320 ± 12 s/cm vs GO 98%: 210 ± 13 s/cm and commercial GO: 150 ± 16 s/cm. The near-rectangular CV curves presented in Fig. 8f are representative of excellent double-layer charge storage performance even at high scan rates. Moreover, the maximum capacitance value of 523 F/g recorded at 10 mV/s is close to the theoretical capacitance limit of graphene sheets (550 F/g)23. This clearly illustrates that the presence of silicon-based impurities can significantly impair the capacitive performance of graphene sheets.
The findings presented here illustrated how the performance of graphene-based devices is critically dependent on the impurity content, predominantly silicon-based. Furthermore, we showed that the cleaning methods to remove this resilient contamination were not successful, and as such the use of a high-purity precursor in order to obtain high-purity graphene is necessary. Humidity sensors and double layer supercapacitors fabricated with such materials showed significantly improved performance surpassing all existing reported materials and technologies. This emphasises that the silicon-based contamination is a ubiquitous problem in 2D materials produced by exfoliating naturally occurring layered crystals. It also highlights the critical importance of material purity and the need for a quality-control approach to the production and application of 2D-based materials.
GO was synthesised with a method described previously4,27,28,47, using graphite sources of varying purities (shown in parentheses): natural graphite flake (98%), natural graphite powder (99%), natural graphite flake (99.8%), natural graphite flake (99.9%), natural graphite powder (99.9995%), synthetic graphite (99.9995%), and natural graphite powder (99.9999%) from Alfa Aesar. A commercially available GO was also tested as a control. Briefly, graphite powder (1 g) and sulphuric acid (200 mL) were mixed and stirred in a flask for 1 h. Then KMnO4 (10 g) was added to the mixture and stirred for 1 day. The mixture was transferred into an ice bath, and Milli-Q (200 mL) water was added slowly before H2O2 (50 mL) were poured into the mixture. Having stirred for another 30 min, the GO particles were then washed and centrifuged three times with HCl solution (9:1 water/HCl by volume), then centrifuged again and washed with Milli-Q water until the pH of the solution became about 4–5.
Specimens for electron microscopy were prepared by deposition of GO suspensions on a holey carbon support film on a copper grid (a droplet of 50 μg/mL). The specimens were stored in glass desiccator to avoid contamination. STEM examination was carried out using an aberration-corrected JEOL ARM200F microscope operating at 80 kV to minimise radiation damage to the specimens. The instrument was fitted with a cold field emission electron source and a JEOL large area (1sr) EDS. This was coupled to a Noran System Seven analytical system. All imaging and analysis was carried in scanning transmission mode (STEM) using a high-resolution imaging probe of approximately 30 pA current and 0.1 nm diameter with a convergence semi-angle of 24.9 mrad. Imaging was carried out in HAADF and BF modes, yielding mass thickness and diffraction contrast information, respectively. The inner and outer acceptance angles for HAADF imaging were 68 and 280 mrad, respectively, and for BF imaging, the acceptance semi-angle was 17 mrad. Scanning images were captured using the Gatan’s DigiScan hardware and DigitalMicrograph software.
Scanning electron microscopic (SEM) analysis were carried out by first depositing GO sheets from their dispersions on pre‐cleaned and silanised silicon wafer (300 nm SiO2 layer), as described previously52. Briefly, silane solution was prepared by mixing 3‐aminopropyltriethoxysilane (Aldrich) with water (1:9 v/v) and one drop of hydrochloric acid (Sigma–Aldrich). Precut silicon substrates were silanised by immersing in aqueous silane solution for 30 min and then washed thoroughly with Millipore water. GO sheets were deposited onto silanised silicon substrates by immersing a silicon substrate into the GO dispersion (50 μg/mL) for 5 s and then into a second container containing Millipore water for 30 s and then air‐drying. As‐deposited GO sheets were directly examined by SEM (JEOL JSM‐7500FA). The lateral size distributions of ~500 isolated GO sheets were determined from several SEM images and analysed using the image analysis software (ImageJ, http://rsb.info.nih.gov/ij/). The lateral size of GO sheets was defined as the diameter of an equal-area circle. Similarly, the size of the graphite particles was measured using optical microscopy.
PL spectra of GO suspensions in water were acquired with a Horiba Jobin Yvon Fluoromax-4 fluorometer with an excitation wavelength of 350 nm. Optical absorption spectra of the same suspensions were obtained on an Agilent Cary60 UV-Vis spectrophotometer. FTIR spectroscopy of GO powders was carried out using a Perkin-Elmer Frontier spectrometer equipped with a Pike GladiATR attenuated total reflectance stage.
XPS analysis was performed using an AXIS Nova spectrometer (Kratos Analytical Inc., Manchester, UK) with a monochromated Al Kα source at a power of 180 W (15 kV × 12 mA), a hemispherical analyser operating in the fixed analyser transmission mode and the standard aperture (analysis area: 0.3 × 0.7 mm2). The total pressure in the main vacuum chamber during analysis was typically between 10−9 and 10−8 mbar. Survey spectra were acquired at a pass energy of 160 eV. C 1s high-resolution spectra were recorded at 40 eV pass energy, yielding a typical peak width for polymers of 0.8–1.0 eV. Each specimen was analysed at an emission angle of 0° as measured from the surface normal with an analysis depth of between 5 and 10 nm. Depth profiling experiments were conducted using an Ar Gas Cluster Ion Source (GCIS; Kratos Analytical Inc. Minibeam 6) operated at a cluster size of Ar1000+ with impact energy of 10 keV, equating to partition energy of 10 eV per atom. For the ion beam, a raster size of 1.4 × 1.4 mm2 was employed. WD-XRF spectrometer Model S4 Pioneer, Bruker AXS Gmbh, Karlsruhe, Germany was used to evaluate the average amounts of silicon contamination in the powder form.
QCM transducer fabrication and characterisation
The 10 MHz QCM devices were fabricated using optically polished AT-cut quartz substrates (Ø = 7.5 mm) upon the surfaces of which metal electrodes (Ø = 4.5 mm) were e-beam evaporated. The two metal electrodes were each made up of 300 nm of Ti and their sensitivities were calculated to be 4.39 ng/cm2/Hz. Prior to humidity sorption experiments, the mass of GO material deposited on the QCM devices was determined using an Agilent E5100A network. The centre frequency changes of the QCMs were monitored throughout the humidity sorption tests using a Research Quartz Crystal Microbalance (RQCM, Maxtek), which has a frequency resolution of ±0.03 Hz. The QCM response magnitudes were normalised using the mass deposition data in order to obtain a better understanding of the affinity (based on mass) of each material towards humidity.
Material transfer onto the QCM
In order to make a RH sensor for testing GO from different sources, a 10 MHz QCM transducer with sensitivity of 4.39 ng/cm2/Hz was employed. Three almost identical thin films of GO were deposited on the QCM devices for testing. Commercially available GO was deposited on the first QCM while the other two consisted of synthesised GO in-house from graphite with purities of 98% and 99.9%. GO dispersions (1 mg/mL) from these sources were drop cast (75 µL) onto the QCM device and were dried at room temperature. The change in the QCM frequency (before and after material deposition) confirmed that similar masses of each GO material were deposited on their respective QCM devices. These deposited mass values were used to normalise the humidity uptake of the materials.
Humidity uptake measurements
The humidity uptake measurements were performed in a custom-built environmental chamber, which housed the QCM devices while maintaining a constant operating temperature of 27 °C. The total gas flow rate was kept constant at 200 mL/min throughout the experiments using a multi-channel gas delivery system, employing mass flow controllers (MKS instruments, Inc. USA). The humidity levels were generated using an RH generator (V-Gen from InstruQuest). This humidity level constantly produced by the generator was equivalent to 100% RH at 27 °C or 25.6 g/m3 of water vapour in air. This level of humidity was diluted (by mass flow controllers) to obtain the different concentrations of water vapour required. The humidity sensing experiments throughout the study were such that the sensors were exposed to humidity for 15 min prior to being allowed to recover for a further 15 min under a dry nitrogen atmosphere. The humidity exposure and recovery events combined are referred to as a “pulse” from here on. The signal was determined from the highest humidity exposure (response magnitude) while the noise was determined from a blank profile used in the LOD calculations53,54.
The selectivity and repeatability experiments were performed with a 50% RH level at 27 °C. Selectivity tests involved exposure to ammonia, acetaldehyde, ethylmercaptan, dimethyl disulphide and methylethylketone with/without the presence of humidity. The contaminant gases and their concentrations were chosen due to their relevance in industrial environments. Repeatability experiments involved the exposure to 50% RH at 27 °C over 10 pulses in a continuous manner. For sensor performance comparison, the response time (t90), detection limit, sensitivity and selectivity parameters were used in this study46,54.
Double-layer capacitor performance
The active layer on the electrodes was fabricated through deposition of 5 µL of GO solution (1 mg/mL) on Pt electrodes. The chemical reduction was performed by immersing the electrodes in a solution containing 5 wt% ascorbic acid at 80 °C for 4 h. The double-layer charge storage was investigated using CV experiments using a two-electrode set-up and H2SO4 (1 M) electrolyte. Please note, in order to highlight the effect of silica contamination (as a barrier) and in order to minimise the effect of restacking of GO sheets on the performance, thin films (<1 µm thickness) of GO were deposited on the electrode. However, for large-scale device fabrication a much higher mass of active material is recommended. This is discussed in the literature55,56.
The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding authors upon reasonable request.
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The authors thank the Australian National Fabrication Facility and funding from the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence Scheme (Project CE 140100012). D.E., R.J., E.D.G. and A.K. acknowledge Vice Chancellor’s Fellowship scheme at RMIT University. This research used the JEOL JEM-ARM200F funded by the Australian Research Council (ARC) – Linkage, Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities (LIEF) grant (LE120100104) located at the UOW Electron Microscopy Centre. S.H.A. acknowledges the financial support from Pasargad Institute for Advanced Innovative Solutions (PIAIS) under Supporting Grant scheme (Project SG1-RMS1705-01) and Equipment and Infrastructure Grant scheme (EI1-MC1709-01). The authors acknowledge Anton Paar GmbH. and Varesh Chimie Bahar Co. for particle size analysis measurements. E.D.G. thanks the ARC for financial support through a DECRA (DE170100164). R.J. thanks the ARC for financial support through a DECRA (DE180100215). The authors acknowledge the facilities and the scientific and technical assistance of the Australian Microscopy & Microanalysis Research Facility at the RMIT Microscopy & Microanalysis Facility, at RMIT University.
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Number of inhabitants (1 Jan 2003): 19.055; area: 44,00 km². Settlements:
Groesbeek (seat), Berg en Dal (part), Breedeweg, De Horst, Heilig Landstichting.
Groesbeek is a municipality southeast of Nijmegen, on the German border.
Many battles were fought in the environment of Groesbeek, among which one
at the end of the WW2. Our former cycling PM (Dries) van Agt lives here.
The old flag (adopted 1962) had horizontally on top and bottom small
BY and YB stripes, to accentuate the link with the province Gelderland.
Apparently this has now been established and the small stripes have
gone. The nebuly bar is derived from the municipal Coat of Arms.
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Why are pregnant women more prone to hemorrhoids?
Hello, Hemorrhoids are swellings containing enlarged blood vessels that are found inside or around the bottom (the rectum). The symptoms of hemorrhoids often clear up on their own or with simple treatments. In females, according to a few studies, hemorrhoids are common during pregnancy. Pain and itching are the main symptoms. They usually worsen during bowel movements. Please tell me why it is common during pregnancy? Why are pregnant women more prone to hemorrhoids?
@uxia Hello, Hemorrhoids are swollen blood vessels in the rectal area. During pregnancy females get hemorrhoids in the third trimester of their pregnancy. Increased blood flow to the pelvic area, as well as pressure from the enlarging uterus and growing baby, can cause the veins that run through the anus to swell. As bowl movement slows down during pregnancy, constipation can also cause hemorrhoids. Hemorrhoids may also develop postpartum as a result of pushing during labor. Thanks! | <urn:uuid:7f583855-7324-4995-9d05-3cb9944535eb> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://forum.reanfoundation.org:443/topic/3381/why-are-pregnant-women-more-prone-to-hemorrhoids | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572163.61/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815085006-20220815115006-00678.warc.gz | en | 0.970167 | 212 | 2.71875 | 3 |
Around 5.4 million people were targeted by online criminals over the past 12 months, according to Norton’s annual Cybercrime report. Globally, there were more than 556 million victims.
Cybersecurity expert Adam Palmer said criminals were rapidly shifting away from traditional PC-based virus attacks and toward “easier targets” on mobile devices.
“Because people have so much of their life and business combined on these devices, the types of crimes we see cannot only steal money from them but really violate their privacy.” says Mr. Palmer
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5 CFR 838.625 - Types of annuity.
(a) Terms that are synonymous with net annuity are -
(1) Disposable annuity; and
(b) Terms that are synonymous with self-only annuity are -
(1) Life rate annuity;
(2) Unreduced annuity; and
(3) Annuity without survivor benefit.
Title 5 published on 2015-12-02.
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When Dr. Mike Hildebrand says he’s working in his lab at Carleton University, he’s speaking literally. The lab is named after him and it’s symbolic of his long journey and the path he has taken from UFV and the Fraser Valley farm where he grew up, to the chronic pain research he now leads.
This fall he returns to his hometown of Abbotsford and to UFV where he will be recognized as the Distinguished Alumni award winner for 2015.
Hildebrand, a 2001 graduate of UFV’s Bachelor of Science program, has followed a scientific journey that took him to the University of British Columbia for doctoral studies and a PhD, a post-doctoral industrial research fellowship with Zalicus Pharmaceuticals, and a research fellowship at Sick Kids Hospital in Toronto.
Since 2013 he has been a tenure-track assistant professor in the Neuroscience department at Ottawa’s Carleton University, running the Hildebrand Lab, which focuses on pain management.
During the course of his life he has met people living with chronic pain and they have become a motivating force.
“They really put a face on my research for me. I can think that maybe one day, they will be helped by the research I conduct.”
He has received almost $400,000 in research funding for his lab, including a $175,000 NSERC Discovery grant and a $140,000 Canada Foundation for Innovation grant.
And while it’s quite an achievement to have a research lab named after you (his proud mother took photos of the sign when she visited), what drives Hildebrand isn’t a desire for personal glory. It’s curiosity. That ever-present urge to ask why, or how, and then go and find the answers. Add a strong sense of community service and the drive to help others through teaching and scientific discovery and you have the secrets to his success.
When he began his studies at UFV in 1997, he didn’t know where his career would take him. He admired and was inspired by his teachers at Abbotsford’s Mennonite Educational Institute, and initially thought maybe he’d become a science teacher.
But he faced a major disappointment when his fiancée (now wife) Sara was accepted into teacher training, but he was not.
“At that point I perceived myself as a failure, but it was also one of my most important learning experiences. I learned about humility, and about not taking things for granted.”
At UFV, his professors saw his potential and wanted to open his mind to other career possibilities. Dr. Noham Weinberg of the Chemistry department invited him to spend a post-undergrad year conducting research in the UFV science labs. Hildebrand also worked with Dr. Tony Stea of the Biology department, resulting in his work being published in refereed science journals as an undergrad. He combined this research work with volunteer teaching at his former high school while he planned the next step in his journey: a successful application to graduate school at the University of British Columbia.
“I didn’t know much about graduate school opportunities or advanced research opportunities. That year really opened my eyes. Working in theoretical chemistry with Noham stretched me in ways I hadn’t stretched before. Once I started grad school I continued working on a project focused on neuro-scientific research that I had started in my final year of undergrad studies with Tony, and he visited me in the lab several times at UBC to help me troubleshoot problems.”
His mentors at UFV connected Hildebrand with Dr. Terry Snutch at UBC, who he worked under while conducting his doctoral research.
“Terry was a fabulous mentor. Working with him I learned how to think big and really become a scientist. He gave me the freedom to reach out and collaborate with other researchers, and bridged me into my post-doctoral work in an industrial research setting, which provided me with critical skills and rounded me out as a researcher.
“It was at this stage that I really took the plunge and realized that I wanted to focus on the area of spinal cord research. There were a lot of big questions still not answered and I saw a real opportunity to do important work there.”
The inability to effectively treat and manage chronic pain is one of the major public health challenges facing Canada today. In order to develop better drugs to treat chronic pain, researchers need to understand what goes wrong at a molecular and cellular level. The spinal cord is an essential component in the pain transmission pathway and the Hildebrand lab explores how chronic pain works in this area. His lab is also investigating potential molecular connections between chronic stress, depression, and chronic pain.
“Our hope is that our program will train future health care professionals and researchers in Canada and lead to the discovery of pain-producing molecules best suited as potential targets for new chronic pain drugs,” he notes.
Hildebrand has strong family roots in the Fraser Valley where he grew up on a chicken farm run by his parents and where his father also worked as a machinist.
“My family did not have an extensive educational background, but they valued knowledge and learning and taught us to be curious about the world around us.”
It was a long process becoming the research scientist he is today and he could not have made the journey without help from others.
“I was slowly transformed by the mentors who invested in me, both at UFV and during my PhD studies.”
Now that he’s a professor, he’s experiencing the other side of the mentoring relationship.
“Now I’m experiencing the joy of mentoring undergrads. I don’t just teach them — I learn from them too. Teaching is not always linear! It’s fun to be on the other side, guiding new scientists. I’m really realizing the importance of mentors now that I am one. They are invaluable for the advice they give and the advocacy they do on your behalf.”
Dr. Tony Stea of UFV’s Biology department is delighted that Hildebrand has been named the Distinguished Alumni winner for 2015.
“Mike is the best student I have ever had the pleasure of teaching and interacting with in more than 20 years of teaching. He excelled in his marks (straight A student), but he was also able to critically evaluate and question course information. He was an excellent public speaker and was well-liked by other students.”
Hildebrand is now 36, and he and his teacher wife Sara are happily settled in Ottawa with their three children. He is looking forward to returning to the Fraser Valley for the Distinguished Alumni award ceremony, which will take place at UFV’s Town and Gown gala dinner on the Abbotsford campus on November 12. | <urn:uuid:bdbaec33-bff9-4e82-9b9a-fe0561229da0> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://blogs.ufv.ca/blog/2015/11/mentorship-at-ufv-led-to-scientific-success-for-distinguished-alumni-mike-hildebrand/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571538.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812014923-20220812044923-00475.warc.gz | en | 0.981964 | 1,455 | 1.5 | 2 |
Abstract and Introduction
Over the past decade, the prevalence of hypertension (HTN) in the United States has escalated, and today's acute care advance practice nurses (APNs) are likely to encounter more patients experiencing a hypertensive crisis. In this article, we highlight the rising prevalence and financial burden of HTN. Causes of hypertensive crisis, the clinical differences between HTN emergency and HTN urgency, and current recommendations for crisis management are discussed. Managing primary HTN is critical to preventing the development of hypertensive crisis.
Hypertension (HTN) is a common chronic condition, affecting 29% of Americans 18 years and older. Over the past decade, the prevalence of HTN in the United States has been steadily rising, corresponding with the increasing number of older adults, obese Americans, and uninsured persons. Hypertensive crises, which include hypertensive urgency and hypertensive emergency, are encountered by acute care advanced practice nurses (APNs) in a wide variety of clinical settings. Successful management of these conditions requires prompt identification and assessment, an accurate differential diagnosis, and appropriate treatment to prevent permanent organ damage. Moreover, sudden increases in blood pressure (BP) are often preventable, resulting from untreated HTN, inadequate management of existing HTN, or lack of patient adherence to antihypertensive therapies. The purpose of this article is two-fold, first to provide APNs with the tools for prompt recognition, evaluation, and management of severely elevated BP in the acute care setting; and second, to discuss the responsibility of the acute care APN in the prevention of hypertensive crises.
The Joint National Commission on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure (JNC-7) classification system is based upon the level of BP elevation. The JNC-7 defines a systolic BP of between 120 and 139 mmHg or a diastolic BP of 80 to 89 mmHg as pre-HTN. Whereas a systolic BP of 140 to 159 mm Hg or a diastolic BP of 90 to 99 mmHg is considered stage I hypertension, and a systolic BP ≥ 160 or a diastolic BP ≥ 100 mmHg is classified as stage II hypertension. Hypertensive crisis is an umbrella term for acute, severe elevations in BP, which comprise 2 conditions on a continuum: hypertensive urgency and hypertensive emergency. Hypertensive urgency is severely elevated BP (diastolic BP ≥ 120 mmHg) with no obvious, acute target-organ damage (TOD). In contrast, hypertensive emergency is the most serious, but least common form of hypertensive crisis, representing only 5% of cases. It is differentiated from hypertensive urgency by evidence of TOD, which may include signs and symptoms of stroke, papilledema, heart failure, or aortic dissection (Table 1).
Journal for Nurse Practitioners. 2010;6(5):338-346. © 2010 Elsevier Science, Inc.
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Spending time outdoors is an enjoyable, rewarding, and transformational experience. Unfortunately, sometimes things don’t go as planned, and that’s why you should be prepared for the worst to happen.
This means even having a car accident lawyer on speed dial. But you can’t always carry everything you will need to keep you 100% safe, and that’s why you should be well versed with the following four outdoor essentials.
Multitools have different uses – from cutting yourself free to self-defense. However, you should choose a multitool that comes with a torch, as you might find yourself needing it in different situations to see and find your route. Although any type of multitool can be useful, you may want to get one that is specifically designed for cars. This type of multitool will allow you to cut yourself out of the safety belt if you get trapped and smash open the window.
Experts recommend that you should drink about two liters of water every day. Therefore, when enjoying the outdoors, you should have at least a liter of water if there’s water available from lakes or creeks. However, you should carry more water if you’re in a more arid area where water may not be easily available. You should also carry a water filtration device to help you obtain more potable water. In case you decide to travel in the winter, your normal hydration containers won’t work due to the low temperatures. Instead, you should carry insulated containers to maintain the water in its liquid state.
Whichever adventure you are planning, understanding navigation methods is fundamental. Whether you plan to go hiking, sailing, or trail running, being prepared with the right navigation tools will help you stay on track to avoid problems and enjoy the outdoors. When outdoors, modern navigation tools you can use include compasses, maps, GPS devices, a personal locator beacon, or an altimeter watch.
A compass can help you orient a map, pinpoint features, and know your position. You might walk for many days without using a compass; however, take a wrong turn, that is when you will understand the significance of having at least one navigation tool with you.
First aid kit
Going outdoors comes with an increased possibility of injuries and accidents. Some of these can be potentially serious. So, even before heading out, it is vital to be ready for illnesses and injuries by packing a first aid kit. The things to pack will depend on the duration of your stay, the destination, and the current conditions of the people you are going out with.
Regardless of the people, you are traveling with or the duration of time, the following are some kits that you must pack:
- Compression bandages
- Antiseptic wipes
- Eye drops
- Paracetamol or ibuprofen
- Latex gloves
- Insect repellant
- Water treatment tablets
- Antidiarrheal pills
Being outdoors is great for you and your kids. Therefore, when determining what to carry, think about the vital things you will need to survive. Familiarize yourself with some camping tips, have comfortable clothing, be self-reliant, take a first aid kit, and more importantly, don’t forget to pack a navigation tool. | <urn:uuid:71c2af7c-515c-490a-af58-c7eb3692e889> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://menwhoblog.com/blog/gear-to-keep-you-safe-as-you-enjoy-the-outdoors.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572870.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817062258-20220817092258-00676.warc.gz | en | 0.939061 | 705 | 1.648438 | 2 |
How to control the Quick Styles gallery on the Home tab in Word
Controlling the Quick Styles gallery
Use the Styles Pane and the Manage Styles dialog to add a style to the Quick Styles gallery, remove a style from the Quick Styles gallery or change the order in which styles are shown in the gallery.
The Quick Styles gallery, on the Home tab, provides a useful one-click method of applying a style.
To use it productively, move the styles you use most frequently to the front of the list.
You can decide what styles are displayed there, and in what order. Here's how.
How to add a style to the Quick Styles gallery
- First, display the Styles pane. To do that, on the Home tab, click the dialog launcher in the Styles group (Figure 1). Or, as the screentip on that dialog launcher tells you, do ctrl-alt-shift-s (only experienced contortionists need apply).
Figure 1: Display the Styles pane
Cheap tricks with the Styles pane
- You can drag the Styles pane around the screen and leave it anywhere. Click the top of the pane (where it says 'Styles') and drag.
- You can dock the Styles pane to the right of the screen. To do that, drag it almost off the screen to the right. When it pops into position, let the mouse go, and the Styles Pane will dock there.
Now you see the Styles pane (Figure 2). Scroll down the list to find the style you want to change.
- Note that the list in the Styles pane may appear to be in an almost random order.
- If the style you want to add to the Quick Styles gallery is in the list, then all is well.
- If you can't see your style, then click Options. In the 'Select styles to show' list, choose "All Styles" and click OK. Now, you should see your style in the Styles pane.
Within the Styles pane, right-click the name of your style and choose 'Add to Quick Style Gallery'. Figure 2 shows adding the List Bullet style to the gallery.
Figure 2: In the Styles pane, right-click the name of a style and add it to the Quick Styles gallery. Here, we are adding the List Bullet style to the Quick Styles gallery
Microsoft built Word 2007 and got it out the door so fast that lots of its terminology is inconsistent.
- On the Home tab, the big thing in the Styles group that displays thumbnails of styles is variously called the "Styles Gallery" or the "Quick Styles Gallery" or the "Quick Style Gallery".
- A "Quick Style" is nothing more than a style that is being shown in the Quick Styles gallery on the home tab.
- The supertip shown in Figure 1 mentions the "Styles window". Elsewhere, it's called the "Styles pane".
How to remove a style from the Quick Styles gallery
In the Quick Styles gallery, right-click the thumbnail for a style and then choose "Remove from Quick Style Gallery".
How to change the order of styles in the Quick Styles gallery
You can change the order in which styles appear in the Quick Styles gallery so that the styles you need most frequently are shown on the top row. If a style is on the top row, you can apply that style with just one click.
- Display the Styles pane, as you did above.
- At the bottom of the Styles pane, click the 'Manage Styles' button. That opens the Manage Styles dialog box (Figure 3).
- In the Manage Styles dialog, click the Recommend tab.
- Find the style you want to change. If necessary, use the 'Sort order' box to display the list alphabetically.
- Click the name of the style you want to add to the Quick Styles gallery.
- Click the 'Assign value' button and give it a number. Anything from 1 to 99. Try, say, 4. This determines the display position in the Quick Styles gallery.
- Click the 'Show' button. That ensures that the style is shown in the Styles pane.
- In the 'Sort order' box, choose 'As recommended'. You can now see the order in which styles will be displayed in the Quick Styles gallery. To move your style up or down in the list, use the Move up, Move down, Make Last or Assign Value buttons.
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The Internal Revenue Service has announced it has begun using voice and chat bots on two of its specialized toll-free telephone assistance lines and IRS.gov, enabling taxpayers with simple payment or collection notice questions to get what they need quickly and avoid waiting. Taxpayers can still speak with an IRS telephone representative if needed.
"Our phone lines continue to see unprecedented demand, and the IRS continues to look for ways to help people and avoid long wait times," said IRS Commissioner Chuck Rettig. "Our telephone representatives remain an important part of the service we provide, but these bots can help some people avoid lengthy phone delays for something that could be resolved on the spot. This is part of a larger effort to help people get the assistance they need this tax season."
The IRS in recent weeks has deployed voice and chat bots in English and Spanish for phone lines that assist taxpayers with tax payments issues or understanding an IRS notice they may have received. People with general tax season questions generally will not encounter these features at this time. The bots are now available to help taxpayers with:
* How to make one-time payments
* Answers to frequently asked questions
* Collection notice clarification
Voice bots are software powered by artificial intelligence (AI) that allow a caller to navigate an interactive voice response (IVR) system with their voice, generally using natural language. Chat bots simulate human conversation through web-based text interaction, also using AI-powered software to respond to natural language prompts. Taxpayers who request to speak with a customer service representative will be placed in queue for English or Spanish ACS telephone assistance. The IRS voice and chat bots currently provide unauthenticated services, which means they cannot provide assistance with a taxpayer's protected account information.
"Voice and chat bots interact with taxpayers in easy-to-follow ways, which means taxpayers don't have to wait on hold to handle simple tasks," said Darren Guillot, Commissioner of Small Business/Self Employed Collection at the IRS.
Later in 2022, IRS voice bots will also enable taxpayers to authenticate their identity to establish payment plans, request a transcript and obtain information about their accounts, such as payoff details. The IRS plans to roll out more voice and chat bots later in 2022 to assist taxpayers with more complex issues.
IRS toll-free telephone lines receive millions of calls a year. A customer service representative spends on average nearly 20 minutes with each taxpayer they help on a collection issue. Freeing up IRS phone assistors for taxpayers with complex collection issues who need to speak with someone is another major benefit of voice and chat bots.
In addition to the payment lines, voice bots helped people calling the Economic Impact Payment (EIP) toll-free line, providing general procedural responses to frequently asked questions. The IRS also added voice bots for the Advance Child Tax Credit toll-free line in February to provide similar assistance to callers who need help reconciling the credits on their 2021 tax return.
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Days after the launch of a $349 billion emergency small-business lending program, some of the country’s biggest banks say they have already allocated more than 10 percent of the fund, raising concerns there won’t be enough money for the millions of companies expected to apply.
Small businesses, which employ nearly half of the United States’ private-sector workers, say they are facing long waits, confusing rules and rejection as they scramble to secure loans through the fund, known as the Paycheck Protection Program. Many banks are accepting applications only from existing customers or businesses of a certain size. Others aren’t accepting any applications at all.
Pressure on the program is expected to build later this week, when it will open to millions of independent contractors, including gig economy workers such as Uber drivers. The “program will run out of cash next week,” Jaret Seiberg, financial services analyst at Cowen Washington Research Group, said in a research note.
Demand for the program also is expected to increase dramatically after the Small Business Administration said Monday that faith-based organizations would be eligible for loans. “Faith-based organizations have always provided critical social services for people in need, and SBA will make clear that these organizations may access this emergency capital,” SBA Administrator Jovita Carranza said.
The SBA and the Treasury Department did not return emails seeking comment about whether the emergency fund would run out of money before exhausting demand from small businesses.
At an afternoon news conference, President Trump acknowledged that the program had run into a few minor “glitches” but said they had been addressed. “I think it’s done very well,” said Trump, who repeatedly praised Bank of America.
“We’re probably going to have to add more money to this to save and to keep our small businesses going and to keep the employees of those small businesses working,” Trump said of the program’s funding levels.
But the program’s early problems have small-business owners including Bill Griffith worried. Griffith estimates that his company, Georgia-based Innovative Machining Solutions, would be eligible for a $50,000 loan under the program, helping him keep his five employees.
He has repeatedly called his longtime bank, Wells Fargo. But the San Francisco bank announced that it cannot lend more than the $10 billion it has already allocated because the Federal Reserve put a cap on its size after consumer abuses rattled regulators’ confidence in the bank. (Wells Fargo also announced that it would only be lending to nonprofits and the smallest companies, with fewer than 50 employees, so that it could reach the neediest groups.)
Griffith said he is concerned that by the time he finds out whether Wells Fargo will accept his application, it will be too late to apply through another bank. “It’s not going to last long,” he said of the $349 billion fund.
Michelle Loewinger, a dentist in Washington, closed her office last month and laid off her three employees. With a loan, Loewinger said, she could rehire her employees and cover rent for her office building.
She checked Wells Fargo’s website once an hour for days, waiting to put in a formal application. When she had trouble getting through, she tried Bank of America but learned she didn’t qualify because she didn’t have a business account there. “No other banks will take it unless you have an account,” she said.
Loewinger worries that because Wells Fargo isn’t taking more applications, she could be locked out of the emergency fund altogether. “Just because I happen to use Wells Fargo, I get nothing, and my employees get nothing, and my rent isn’t getting paid,” she said. “Two of largest banks in world, and neither will make a loan.”
The program, seen as a key part of Congress’s $2 trillion economic rescue package, is meant to help small-business owners retain their employees during the coronavirus pandemic. Businesses with fewer than 500 employees are eligible for loans of up to $10 million. The loans will be forgiven, meaning business owners won’t have to pay them back, if they meet certain conditions, including using 75 percent of the money to retain or rehire employees.
The program got off to a rocky start Friday. The Treasury Department and the Small Business Administration didn’t release the final rules until a few hours before it launched. Many of the country’s largest banks were still reviewing the rules as thousands of small-business owners began applying.
By Monday, the problems were persisting. Some big banks, including Citigroup, still haven’t begun accepting applications. JPMorgan Chase, the country’s largest bank, took its site down briefly to make “essential updates” and simplify its application.
Many banks have restricted access to their existing customers and say that while they have begun processing the loans, they lack the proper SBA paperwork to finish the process and turn the money over to the businesses.
Hundreds of lenders are still trying to get approval to access the SBA system so they can process loans, Rebeca Romero Rainey, president and chief executive of the Independent Community Bankers of America, said in a letter Saturday to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Carranza. Banks are experiencing “massive delay” and remain “frustrated with a myriad of unanswered questions” about how the process is to work, she said.
“Without a more robust intake process, American small businesses in many parts of the country will not receive and deploy the funds intended for them,” Rainey said. “Community bankers are frustrated with failed technology links and portals.”
Erica Werner and Aaron Gregg contributed to this report.
Have a tip or story idea about how the government is handling the Cares Act and its response to economic fallout caused by the coronavirus? Send an email to email@example.com | <urn:uuid:c6621a4b-b5b7-4970-ac19-efa8660f6e9d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/04/06/small-business-loan-coronavirus-sba/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571056.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809155137-20220809185137-00678.warc.gz | en | 0.968041 | 1,266 | 1.8125 | 2 |
This is one of the most frequent problem with WordPress. After modifying a file or transferring/replacing a file using FTP, you may have seen an error like this,
Warning: Cannot modify header information – headers already sent by (output started at /path/to/yoursite/public_html/index.php:581) in /path/to/yoursite/public_html/blog/errorfile.php on line 15
This error message signifies that there are some stray characters, like spaces, before the opening tag(<?php) or after the closing tag(?>) of the php file that generated the error (errorfile.php in our case, see the error message above).
To fix the cannot modify headers error in WordPress, download the file causing the error using ftp (It is the file at the end of the error message).
Now open the file in any plain text editor like notepad. Move the cursor to the start of the file and delete all the spaces there. Make sure that the file starts with <?php. Note that some files can starts with HTML tag like <div id=”hacktrixRocks”>.
Now move the cursor to the end of the file and delete all the spaces after ?>.
Now save the file and replace the original file in your web directory with this file using FTP. That’s it. | <urn:uuid:924b2c9c-e8b6-413a-bc5e-ad899553a4a0> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.hacktrix.com/how-to-fix-cannot-modify-header-information-headers-already-sent-error-in-wordpress | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571472.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811133823-20220811163823-00669.warc.gz | en | 0.800658 | 289 | 1.882813 | 2 |
For all of its outward beauty, the Boulevard Bridge had — up until recently — at least one noticeable flaw: Pieces of it were falling off. As noted by the James River News Hub blog, a pale green section of piping that used to transport rainwater from the 85-year-old bridge's surface down to the river was found imbedded in its bank last week.
While pieces of the bridge have been found downriver, there's no cause for alarm, says David Caudill, assistant director of operations at the Richmond Metropolitan Authority, which owns the bridge.
In the most recent every-other-year inspection, engineers rate the Boulevard Bridge structure as being in “good” condition. Same goes for those sections of the concrete support piers that sit under the surface of the river, which must be inspected annually. The bridge's substructure was rated “satisfactory to fair,” in an August inspection.
Built in 1925, the span is often referred to as the Nickel Bridge — the original price of the toll for using it. It now costs 35 cents. It crosses the James River, connecting Westover Hills and Byrd Park. When the authority bought the bridge in 1969 it was in a state of disrepair, Caudill says, and has undergone a number of renovations, including a replacement in 2009 of the pipes that direct rainwater away from it.
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The tragic death of the Kentex Shoe Factory workers exemplifies the need for companies to provide safe working conditions for all workers around the world. The lack of fire safety equipment, the bars that surrounded the windows and the flammable materials throughout the factory were part of the dangerous working conditions. "From nail salon workers to those killed in the Kentex Factory in the Philippines, we need safer workplaces for ALL, in the U.S. and worldwide.” said Gregory Cendana, APALA National Executive Director. Cendana also participated in a labor delegation to Bangladesh last year to hear from Rana Plaza Factory collapse survivors, their families and other factory workers where unsafe work environments are common.
The Philippine Department of Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz indicated that only 60% of businesses across the Philippines comply with government labor safety and health standards in 2014. “Profit driven companies and employers in third world countries like the Philippines often exploit workers by paying low wages while having unsafe working conditions,” said Johanna Puno Hester, APALA National President. “We stand with workers across the world in demanding safe working conditions for all and #Justice4KentexWorkers.” | <urn:uuid:3cd49587-84d4-464c-893a-073f1f3889f2> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.apalanet.org/press-releases/manufacturing-factory-fire-kills-72-workers-in-the-philippines-apala-demands-justiceforkentexworkers | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560285001.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095125-00306-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.947848 | 249 | 2.140625 | 2 |
Habitat and Ecology
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Southern New Guinea tree frog
The southern New Guinea tree frog (Litoria impura) is a species of frog in the Hylidae family. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitats are moist savanna, freshwater marshes, and intermittent freshwater marshes.
- Menzies, J. & Richards, S. 2004. Litoria impura. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 21 July 2007.
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Wildlife tourism is a massive industry, ranging from your local zoo to monthlong safaris across the savanna; it capitalizes on our desire to be one with nature, to see ourselves in the creatures with whom we share the planet. There are few things more awe-inspiring than a massive elephant, or the slinky strength of a tiger.
Some wildlife tourist attractions can be a net positive, according to a study by the Wildlife Conservation Research Unit at Oxford. Such attractions can provide job opportunities for the locals and help to conserve wildlife habitats. But wildlife tourism isn’t always ethical. In fact, it’s increasingly difficult to tell the difference between attractions that mistreat animals and those that provide them sanctuary. How can we identify ethical wildlife tourism? And how can we tell when things are wrong?
The Dark Side of Wildlife Tourism
In a 2019 article from National Geographic, “Suffering Unseen: The Dark Truth Behind Wildlife Tourism”, reporter Natasha Daly visited two different elephant attractions in Thailand. At Maetaman, in Chiang Mai, the elephants perform feats like playing the harmonica, giving people rides or painting pictures. They are constantly interacting with trainers, who – according to the story – prod them with sharp bullhooks. In between shows, they’re chained in small confinements. Afterward, Daly visits the nearby Elephant EcoValley, where tourists can feed elephants and even bathe them. The elephants can be seen grazing and bathing throughout the site, which includes a museum. But Elephant EcoValley and Maetaman are the same company. And they use the same elephants.
A similar strategy could be seen in the (now-closed) Tiger Temple, which operated as a religious site in Thailand. Tiger Temple was home to nearly 150 tigers, kept in concrete cages at night and drugged to interact with tourists by day, according to an article in Time. Why so many? Because tourists prefer to take pictures with cubs, and cubs grow up.
It would be disingenuous to only include examples from Thailand, because unethical wildlife tourism is a global issue. Its influence can even be seen on your social media feeds. Sites like Instagram routinely influence where travelers want to go and what they want to do. These sites are also full of pictures of people posing with non-domesticated animals in tourist traps. The problem is so big that Instagram discourages its users from searching hashtags like #slothselfie or #lionselfie (feel free to look at how many animal selfie tags have this warning – #lemurseflie, #tigerselfie, #elephantselfie, etc.) In 2017, Tinder begged its users to stop posting so many pictures of themselves lounging with tigers (I swipe left).
Wildlife Tourism Activities Done Right
When people post a picture with a frightened sloth or a toothless tiger, it’s not because they are bad or want to hurt animals. On the contrary, many of the wild animal selfie-takers write long captions about how they love animals and nature. The problem is that tourists routinely overestimate the wellness standards and conservation efforts of wildlife tourist attractions.
Animals are like us, but they’re not like us. It can be difficult to tell when an animal is frightened or in pain. Some of them even look like they’re smiling. How can we tell the difference between ethical and unethical wildlife tourism?
“Any facility that offers public interactions with wild animals, such as photo ops with tiger and bear cubs or primates, rides on wild animals, swim-with-the-dolphins, play sessions, or even public feeding can put both animals and the public at risk,” said Debbie Leahy, senior strategist of captive wildlife for the Humane Society of the United States. “In the interest of both animal welfare and public safety, responsible facilities do not offer close encounters with wild animals, including animals ranging from elephants and big cats to sloths and kangaroos. We recommend safaris and activities in which animals are seen in their natural wild environment, where they are free-roaming and free to express their natural behaviors.”
Leahy notes that the most ethical types of sanctuaries are those that house animals who cannot return to the wild, like those that are injured or have been rescued from captivity.
“Research a facility before visiting and beware of phony sanctuaries,” she said. “Some facilities claim to rescue animals, but breed animals and keep them in inhumane conditions, or use them for public contact. Many reputable sanctuaries are accredited by the Global Federation of Animal Sanctuaries.”
Audrey Delsink, wildlife director of the Humane Society International Africa, has some more tips:
“Sadly, many vendors and operators will claim that their animals came from sustainable sources and are treated well. In the case of rescue/rehab centers and captive facilities, tourists can ask how many animals have been released back to their native habitats, if they allow breeding at their facility, if they allow physical interactions at their facilities (including bottle-feeding, petting, ride/walk/swim-with safaris, animal performances, displays and photo opportunities with captive wildlife), if they sell any wildlife products, or if the animals in their care are used for entertainment (bear-dancing, chimpanzee boxing, elephant painting, etc.)”
Sometimes it can be hard to accept these realities. Many of us daydream of the chance to snuggle a sloth or pose with an elephant. We don’t want to think about ethics and morals on vacation – that’s what regular life is for! But once you know about these things, you can’t turn it off. You can’t look away. And that’s for the best.
One of the best ways to see animals is in their natural habitat, like on safari. Seeing an exotic animal in the wild is truly a once-in-a-lifetime experience that you’ll remember forever. If you want to try it for yourself, Club Adventures from AAA offers a small-group safari across East Africa, where you can see magnificent wildlife in their natural habitat while also contributing to the local economy.
Tourist attractions are hugely influenced by consumer demand. If we are willing to dig deeper and ask tougher questions, there’s a real chance that they could change for the better. Instead of daydreaming of elephant selfies, now I dream of a sanctuary that contributes to the local community while treating the animals well. Where the tourists are content to see elephants from afar. | <urn:uuid:c40de637-a5d4-4c6d-9f0d-fdf6d3bc4e56> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://magazine.northeast.aaa.com/daily/travel/air-travel/how-to-do-wildlife-tourism-right/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571090.80/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809215803-20220810005803-00075.warc.gz | en | 0.941499 | 1,377 | 2.546875 | 3 |
In celebration of Mother’s Day and the central role that women play in providing and supporting long-term care, Caring Across Generations will host a Hill Briefing and panel discussion on improving long-term and in-home care. Every eight seconds, someone in America turns 65, and 1.6 million additional direct care workers will be needed to by 2020 to keep up with demand. Care workers represent one of the fastest growing workforces in America, and long-term care reform could reinvigorate the US economy while providing much-needed care for those who need it.
The same week, Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) and Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL-9) will introduce concurrent Sense of the Senate and Sense of the House resolutions supporting the need to expand and support a strong home care work force and make long-term, in-home care affordable and accessible for aging Americans and those with disabilities.
Tuesday, May 7, 2013; 9:30-11 am
325 Russell Senate Building
Senate briefing and panel discussion in honor of Mother’s Day, celebrating women’s various roles in long-term care. During the discussion, leading labor experts, activists, and care consumers will share their stories and call on Congress to adopt the Caring Across Generations platform for improved in-home and long-term care, which includes: job creation; job quality; training and career ladders for workers; roadmap to citizenship; and support for consumers and families.
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Explore the endless possibilities of metal clay Sculpt it, cut it, shape it, roll it. Just about anything is possible when you're creating with the amazing medium of metal clay. Whether you're new to its wonders or are looking for new ideas and techniques, Metal Clay Jewelry has it all. Metal clay artist and instructor Louise Duhamel starts with the basics of the medium explaining the different forms of clay and teaching the basic techniques. Then the fun really begins! In twenty projects created by Louise and other talented clay artists, you'll learn more fabulous techniques including origami folding with paper clay, sculpting with paste clay, enameling, creating hollow forms and so much more. With step-by-step photography throughout, you won't miss a beat as you explore this amazing medium. In addition, with variation projects and a gallery of stellar art by world-renown artists, you get all the inspiration you'll need to start designing your own metal clay pieces. Discover all the possibilities of metal clay today! | <urn:uuid:c2abad3e-4dcf-47b8-bda5-582f2aba9c3c> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://readrate.com/deu/books/metal-clay-jewelry | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560284411.66/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095124-00463-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.945498 | 206 | 1.828125 | 2 |
Print Or Hide Object Using Text File Follow
Hello, of course I'm a newbie to Bartender VB Scripting. I have a pipe delimited text file that we use for the data source. I have a field called "[size="1"]receipts_database.Inspect"[/size] in the text file that gives a "Yes" or "No" value. This lets us know if an item has to be inspected or not. If the field prints a value of Yes I want an "I" to print on the label which signifies the product has to be inspected. If the value is "No" in the file, nothing should print there. In the text obect under the "General" tab where it say object name. I named the object "Inspect"
I'm a little confused if I should select the Source as; Database Field, Screen Data or Label Object String. For now I have selected Screen Data and entered an "I".
The script I wrote below does not work. I get an error message "Object required: 'Inspect'
If (Field ("receipts_database.Inspect") = "Yes") Then
Inspect.PrintVisibility = True
Inspect.PrintVisibility = False
I attached the .btw file and a screen shot. If anyone can help me it will be much appreciated. | <urn:uuid:127f1aee-c267-4bcb-a8fa-a2e997f70fbc> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://support.seagullscientific.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/216574807-Print-Or-Hide-Object-Using-Text-File?page=1 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573172.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818063910-20220818093910-00277.warc.gz | en | 0.878337 | 305 | 1.601563 | 2 |
There is no other experience like enjoying a great cup of coffee. It can really pep you up for the day. But not every cup of coffee is a great one. Keep reading for some great tips on buying, brewing and enjoying a delicious and aromatic cup of coffee.
To make a good coffee, always start with fresh beans. They should look kind of oily, and they should be potent. Try to avoid very dry beans, any grocery store beans, and any beans that have been exposed to air for a long time. Your best bet is to either roast beans yourself or buy them from a local roaster.
Put your coffee in the fridge. After you have exposed roasted coffee beans or grinds to fresh air, the flavor can deteriorate quickly. Actually, a large amount of flavor is lost within seven to ten days. Keeping your coffee in the fridge after you have opened the can keeps it fresh longer.
Buy whole coffee beans and grind the coffee yourself. Coffee that is freshly ground is much more flavorful and aromatic than pre-ground coffee. Each day, only grind the amount of coffee that you need for that day. If you have any extra, place the leftover grinds in an airtight container in the fridge.
If you loved your coffee on ice, try cold-brewing your own coffee concentrated. There are many recipes available online; Most entail mixing a few cups of water into several ounces of ground coffee, allowing the mixture to sit overnight. When the grounds are strained out, you are left with a smooth, rich concentrate that can be diluted with milk or water and ice.
For better coffee, try using a French press. Coffee made in a French press is often more aromatic and flavorful. This kind of press helps more of the coffee’s oils go into the coffee itself instead of getting trapped in a coffee pot filter. The more oil you have, the better your coffee will taste.
If you brew a large pot of coffee that will not be consumed quickly, take it off of the burner. Place it into a pre-heated storage device. When coffee is left on the burner, the taste will deteriorate quickly. A nice carafe or other storage device will eliminate this concern.
To control the strength of your coffee, watch the size of your grind. In this case, coffee is a lot like garlic. The tinier you dice (or grind) it, the more potent the flavor you’ll get when cooking or brewing. If you are looking for a milder flavor, then keep your grind rather large.
To get the ideal flavor from your coffee beans, the water needs to be just the right temperature. Boiling water is too hot and as a result will sap the more bitter oils from your beans. Alternately, water that is not hot enough will not brew all the flavor from your beans leaving you with a very bland coffee.
As was stated in the introduction, there is nothing like a well-brewed cup of high quality coffee. But brewing or finding that great cup of coffee is much easier said than done. Use the advice that you learned from the article above to locate and brew awesome, delicious coffee. | <urn:uuid:1a32dda0-3e35-4619-aa05-4d18fa56eae3> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://pizzzatime.biz/coffee-ideas-that-will-make-you-love-your-brew/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571147.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810040253-20220810070253-00475.warc.gz | en | 0.961161 | 647 | 1.898438 | 2 |
EHang 184 AAV - Life-Size Rideable Drone
- InMotion MoHawk Sensor Controlled Personal Transporter - $799.00
- Airwheel Self-balance Electric Bike - $1,199.99
- DBPOWER Hawkeye-II FPV Wifi G-sensor Control Quadcopter - $125.99
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EHang cut its teeth on drone manufacturing a couple years ago with the GHOSTDRONE, a quadcopter they dub "smart" and "the easiest drone to fly in the world." But now it's 2016. Smart and easy to fly are standards. EHang needed something bigger and better to impress audiences at this year's Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Vegas. Something that could compete with Parrot and DJI. No, even bigger and better than that. Something that could compete with Toyota and GM. EHang decided to go from smart, smartphone-controlled, cinch-to-pilot drone to a full-on Autonomous Aerial Vehicle (AAV). The EHang 184 AAV is a life-size drone. A drone with a cockpit for a human passenger. A drone that flies itself.
EHang says it created the 184 with the goal of "providing Medium-Short Distance communication and transportation solution[s]." The giant quadcopter's main structure is built from composite material, carbon fiber, and epoxy, plus additional areas of aluminum alloy. It has 8 propellers, 1 on the top and bottom of each arm. It is 100% electric.
The 184 AAV was designed as an autonomous commuter. A self-driving car that doesn't have to contend with traffic. Or any infrastructure whatsoever. EHang, which debuted a working prototype at CES, says the drone can carry a single person weighing up to 260 pounds anywhere within a 10-mile or 23-minute flight time vicinity. Without pilot input. Without crashing. The drone is supposedly designed such that it will operate a safe and normal flight plan even if one portion of its power system is functioning abnormally. And if multiple components malfunction or disconnect, it is programmed to land immediately in the nearest place possible. We'll see.
184 AAV "pilots" operate controls only to take off, pause flight, and land the craft. They also use an app to tap in where they want to fly. The "smart" system takes care of everything else. We'll see.
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Regular work-at-home has grown 173% since 2005, 11% faster than the rest of the workforce [Global Workplace Analytics’ analysis of 2018 ACS data] and that was before the CoronaVirus Pandemic hit the US. Could it be EVERYONE is now working from home? In addition, a lot of people work part-time at home and have an ergonomic workstation at work but not at home. Or even if you don’t work at home, you might check email or surf the net for hours. As technology increases, more and more is done on the computer such as zoom calls, on-line education and email. Well never fear, the Ergo-Expert is here! Let me give you some tips to change your environment at home:
1. Taking Breaks: OK, the best thing you can do is not to use your computer as much! Reconnect with your family, read a book, write that novel you’ve been putting off (OK, you might need a computer to finish it). Try to minimize your time in front of the computer as much as possible. If you must work, make sure that you take micro-breaks about every twenty to thirty minutes and position your computer so that you can look out the window to rest your eyes as well. This will help to reduce eye strain and fatigue as you allow your eyes to accommodate to different distances and reduces the stress on your body by taking a break.
2. Office set up: Hopefully, you have a designated area for your computer and enough space for everything!
Chair-The most important aspect of a good ergonomics workstation is your chair. If you have a kitchen chair, it would be best to buy some inexpensive office chair at an Office Supply store or online so you can at least have some padding. If you have adjustments on the chair, adjust the height first so that your knees are slightly lower than her hips, then adjust the lumbar support and back angle, lower the armrests so that you can get under your desk or tray. Lastly, adjust the seat depth so that you have 2-3 fingers space between the back of your knees and seat pan. If you can’t change the chair, use a pillow for your back or rolled up towel taped together and then use a standard pillow for your seat. Ensure you’re not compressing your legs on the back of the chair, though! Then you might need a footrest to raise your chair to the optimal keying height (one inch lower than elbow height).
Foot support-First of all, you don’t necessarily need a footrest, only if your desk is too high or you have discomfort in your feet or legs. If you don’t have a footrest or don’t have the time to go buy one (they’re very inexpensive), you can use a small sturdy box, trash can or 3 ring binder.
Desk- Make sure you buy the right desk or just make it! Ideal desk depth is 30”, height standard is 29” and width can be anywhere from 30-72”. Ensure you have enough clearance and can adjust the height or install a keyboard tray on the desk. Another option is to use a keyboard tray that doesn’t need to be installed under the desk (3M model that fits under the monitor).
Monitor-It’s best to have an adjustable flat panel monitor, but you can also raise it with books and/or reams of paper. You want to keep the monitor in alignment with your keyboard, keep the monitor about arms length distance away and the height slightly lower than the top of your head (depending on your viewing area and if you wear bifocals or glasses). Note: You may want to get computer glasses if you find yourself leaning into view your monitor. Also, if you have a laptop, see “Laptop Use” below.
Mouse-Ensure the mouse fits your hand and you’re not resting on the hard edge of your desk. Use long, smooth movements and if you right side is hurting, use your left side! Alternative input devices are good to try if you’re having wrist discomfort or have a diagnosed injury.
Keyboard-There are many ergonomic keyboard designs, you don’t necessarily need them. The best thing you can do is not look at your keys and to “float your hands” like you’re playing a piano.
3. Laptop use: The best way to use a laptop is by using the law of extremes-standing up or lying down. Then try to use for an hour or less at one time. If you have a high kitchen counter or bar, you may be able to set up your laptop as a standing workstation. You can either buy a laptop stand or you can raise it with books (need about 7-10”) to raise the monitor to the optimal height. Then, plug in an external keyboard and mouse. On the couch, make sure your lower back is supported, use a laptop platform, pillow then tilt the screen back to minimize neck strain. If you are using a laptop in your office, it would be best if you can use it as your Central Processing Unit (CPU) and have a height adjustable flat panel monitor, and external keyboard and mouse.
4. Exercise: The best way to prevent ergonomic injuries is to be in shape! Doing a combination of strengthening, stretching and cardiovascular activity is key in having a balanced work environment. Let me suggest walking, swimming or jogging for a minimum of twenty minutes a day. Then, doing Yoga or Pilates for about 15 minutes will take care of the core strengthening and flexibility piece. If you have an additional 10 minutes a day, add weights or weight bearing exercises such as push-ups, pull ups and squats. The increased muscle-fat ratio and good posture will help protect you from getting a repetitive strain injury.
5. Ergonomics for Kids: If your kids are using your set-up, make sure they are comfortable! First, get a BIG kids footrest (adult standing footrest), then place two bed pillows on the chair, one for their back and one for their legs. Make sure they take breaks every twenty minutes especially for their eyes. Use smaller mice (travel/laptop mice are good) and a small keyboard without the 10 keypad.
Now, you’re ready to take on your home office set-up! Impress your partner, friends, kids and grandkids with your new ergonomic knowledge. Onward with your productive new life and-spread the word about Ergonomics-It’s a good thing!
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This log4net extension allows your .net applications to produce JSON formatted logs through the log4net framework. It is currently implemented and run as a separate DLL and project, but it could very well become a feature of log4net itself in the future.
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Life is a gift of god. It is beautiful yet unpredictable. If at times you have enjoyed life to its fullest there will also be times when you are let down. We all go through hard times. No matter however satisfied you are, everyone goes through the most difficult situations of life. Life is not a bed of roses. The difficult situations play the role of thorns in it. There comes a time on life when you are a little blue. One or the other rough situation occurs in your life which leaves you shattered with a heavy heart. You are left hopeless. Most difficult situations of life may be different according to different people. Some may get affected by one and some by the other. These situations that you go through are just a test of your patience. You need to act strong. Therefore, stay calm and let go. Don’t give up. Following are the different situations of life wherein you just don’t seem to let go.
10. LOSING SELF CONFIDENCE
There might come a time in your life when due to certain difficulties or problems that you face, you give up on yourself. Your belief in yourself vanishes away. This is another one of the difficult situations of life.
You lose hope from life. You lose all ability to face the world. This may be due to any major circumstances where you are forced to give up on your self esteem. Losing self confidence is the lack of belief in yourself. Once you lose it, it becomes tough to grow out of it and come back to normal.This situation is a normal one. Everyone for once experiences it. Always remember nothing goes on forever so you need to start a fresh.
9. LACK OF SUPPORT IN YOUR OLD AGE
Everyone for once in a lifetime experiences old age. This is that situation of life when you are almost done with all of your responsibilities. You sit back and wait for death. Parents spend their whole life working for their children. They do all that they can for their secure future. Instead of this what happens most of the times is that when the parents grow old children run away from their responsibilities. They treat their parents as a burden. Can you imagine how it feels to be treated in this manner in spite of having spent your whole life for your children? Well, honestly speaking it feels bad. Being a burden on your own children makes you feel worse. This becomes a difficult situation of life wherein all you can do is sit and think where did I go wrong? This is another one of the terrible situations of life.
8. LOSING ALL THAT YOU HAVE IN A NATURAL CALAMITY
Natural calamities are said to be an act of god. They come just once in a while but take away all that you have. If you have faced it you might know what a horrible situation it is. Be it earthquake, hurricane, flood or any other, all of them cause destruction on a massive scale. You lose all that you have including family. All that was precious to you comes to an end. You feel devastated. Having to go through such a situation may come as a bad luck.
Divorce refers to splitting up of a married couple due to unavoidable circumstances. It may occur due to lack of understanding or love between the two. Sometimes over the years of marriage people seem to realize that it’s not working which leads to this decision. This causes mental pressure. This is such a situation wherein not only the couple but also the child in case any goes through a rough time. Dealing with divorce turns out to be hard upon the family. This gives way to a different situation where you have to live alone. It takes sometime in healing up but having to face it requires strength. Hence it’s another one of the most difficult situations of life.
6. BEING HANDICAPPED
God forbid, but there comes a time in some people’s life when due to some terrible accident they fall a prey to being handicapped. Handicap is a condition that markedly restricts a person’s ability to function physically, mentally or socially. It may be blindness, a missing leg or hand. It sure is a difficult situation of life. Even the thought of losing a part of your body runs shivers through your mind. So can you imagine living with it? It takes a whole lot of courage and inspiration to live life happily in such a situation. Unless you are supported by your peers dealing with it is quite disheartening. This is a situation where you feel tortured.
5. LOSS OF JOB
Just for a second imagine losing your job all of a sudden with no place to work! It feels hopeless doesn’t it? this tough may occur in anyone’s life.It leads to unemployment for some time. You are left with an insecure future. You lose faith in yourself and give up quite easily. This time leads to mental tension. You have to deal with pressure for looking up another job in minimum time. Looking for a new job becomes cumbersome and on top of that getting rejected at certain places simply leaves you disappointed. This is a tough situation wherein you lose hope.
4. LOSS OF CHILD
A child is the most beautiful gift to parents by god. Birth of a child leads to a whole new world of happiness. The loss of a child is the most devastating experience a parent can face and missing the child never goes away. The age of the child at the time of death does not lessen the hurt or devastation. Losing a child comes as a hole in the heart of the parents. They feel left alone for a while. Dealing with such a terrible situation is too much for a parent . This sums up as another difficult situation of life.
Making an attempt to do something and getting a negative response comes as a failure in life. It is a state or condition wherein a certain objective is not met. Dealing with a failure is a tough situation. Facing failures and learning from them is the right thing to do but seldom are people able to do that.
It comes as a disappointment to them. They are left with no hopes for the future. Failure may be in any sense, exam result, job interviews or any other. Whatsoever form it may be in, but it always comes with hurt. It is a disheartening situation of life. You need to muster a lot of courage and stand for yourself in such cases in order to go through this situation.
Falling in love and falling out of love is a part and parcel of life. This situation mostly occurs in the lives of youngsters. They seem to be quite influenced by love. Often it happens that a certain relationship does not work and comes to an end which is tagged as a breakup. Cases are also such that one of the partners dump the other or cheat upon each other. This is the worst situation. You have been in love with someone and all of a sudden it comes to an abrupt end. You can’t help crying your eyes out in such times. You happen to miss your partner all the time. Everything reminds you of him/her. Having to face such a situation comes as an awful experience. This situation of life is quite common and may happen with anyone.
1.DEATH OF A LOVED ONE
This is an inevitable situation of life which people don’t seem to accept. The loss of a loved one turns your life upside down. It is hard to know what to do. You seem to spend hours grieving over the loss. A part of you seems to have died too. Not knowing how to react you might end up going under depression. Loss of a loved one comes as a matter of shock. Facing a loved one’s death leaves you in despair. This is a traumatic situation. You don’t seem to get a hold of yourself. Coming out of this situation takes a whole lot of courage and encouragement but do not give up. Be strong. | <urn:uuid:4d6ec93e-b69b-4f29-ac9d-aa54d1efebb5> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://listdose.co/top-10-difficult-life-situations/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280730.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00253-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.965826 | 1,638 | 1.859375 | 2 |
| J.R.Jayewardene taking oaths as the first Executive
President of Sri Lanka before Chief Justice
Neville Samarakoon whom he impeached in 1984
Friday Forum, a citizen group said impeachment proceedings launched against Sri Lanka’s chief justice was “deeply flawed” and is perceived as an attack on institution that is independently working in the public interest.
The Friday Forum said the process by a select committee was flawed and has attracted criticism from 1984 when it was used against a then chief justice Samarakoon who gave decisions that annoyed the executive.
Quite apart from the above legal argument, it is crystal clear that the process is deeply flawed in principle.
“It permits Parliament to be a judge in its own cause at every stage of the impeachment proceedings.”
The current impeachment came after the Supreme Court ruled against some provisions in a bill relating to the powers of provincial councils.
“The timing of the impeachment creates an impression that the government is subverting the right and duty of the Supreme Court under our Constitution, to review and determine the validity of proposed legislation, without interference from the legislative and executive branches of government,” the statement said.
“The impeachment motion can therefore be perceived as an attack on an institution that is expected to function independently in the public interest.”
The full statement is reproduced below:
A deeply flawed Impeachment process
The Friday Forum, in a statement issued several weeks ago, referred to the gradual erosion of judicial independence in Sri Lanka, through acts of commission and omission on the part of successive governments. The recent initiative by members of Parliament seeking to impeach the Chief Justice, Dr Shirani Bandaranayaka, coincided with the conclusion of the second case filed in the Supreme Court challenging the Divineguma Bill. The timing of the impeachment creates an impression that the government is subverting the right and duty of the Supreme Court under our Constitution, to review and determine the validity of proposed legislation, without interference from the legislative and executive branches of government. The impeachment motion can therefore be perceived as an attack on an institution that is expected to function independently in the public interest.
The impeachment of a Chief Justice or judge of the Supreme Court is a serious matter, when these persons are guaranteed security of tenure in order to ensure impartial administration of justice. In an unprecedented initiative, an impeachment motion has been presented in Parliament against the presiding judge of Courts consisting of three Supreme Court judges that determined each of the Divineguma Bill cases. The motion of impeachment was presented in Parliament even before the second court order was sent to the speaker. The selective manner in which the government has initiated these impeachment proceedings against the Chief Justice, gives rise to grave concern about Parliament’s exercise of its powers of impeachment.
The Friday Forum in its earlier statement referred to the deplorable manner in which the executive has given political appointments to family members of the Supreme Court, creating serious problems of conflict of interests. Ironically one of the charges in the impeachment motion against the Chief Justice refers to the alleged conflict of interest created by a political appointment given to Justice Bandaranayaka’s husband, immediately prior to her appointment as Chief Justice.
The Supreme Court of this country has in recent years pronounced judgments that have been criticized for their failure to protect the sovereignty and rights of the People. The determination in the 18th Amendment case, which contributed to the removal of the limits on the term of office of the Executive President, and the elimination of the 17th Amendment procedures for appointing the Police, Public Service and other independent commissions, was one such decision. Earlier decisions of the Courts have provided the basis for the obnoxious practice of members of parliament elected from one political party, crossing over to the government and retaining their seats in parliament. In the past, they were unseated when they crossed over, since they no longer represented the voters that elected them. This jurisprudence has contributed to the government acquiring a 2/3 majority, which the voters of this country did not give the ruling party.
The norms of democratic governance under our Constitution demand that the government accepts judicial decisions that they disapprove of without rancour. Judicial decisions remain the law of the land until they are overruled or revised by another court, or changed by legislation enacted lawfully by Parliament. This cardinal principle of good governance is violated when a government approves of judicial decisions that conform with its agenda, and responds with an impeachment motion against the presiding judge, in particular cases decided by the Supreme Court. In acting in this manner the government interferes with the exercise of judicial authority by an individual judge, as well as by a lawfully constituted Court of Justice.
During the attempted impeachment of Chief Justice Neville Samarakoon it was argued vigorously and cogently that the investigation and determination by a Select Committee of Parliament of the allegations against him was unconstitutional. Our Constitution, it was pointed out, provides in Article 4(c) that
“The judicial power of the people shall be exercised by Parliament through courts, tribunals and institutions created and established, or recognized, by the Constitution, or created and established by law, except in regard to matters relating to the privileges, immunities and powers of Parliament and of its Members, wherein the judicial power of the People may be exercised directly by Parliament according to law.”
The only exception to Parliament exercising judicial power is as regards its own privileges, immunities and powers. Investigation and proof of misbehaviour or incapacity of a judge it is argued does not come within this exception. Therefore, when Article 107 states that Parliament shall by law or by Standing Order provide for all matters relating to an address of parliament on the removal of a judge, including investigation and proof, it could not have envisaged enabling trial by a Select Committee of Parliament.
Quite apart from the above legal argument, it is crystal clear that the process is deeply flawed in principle. The current Select Committee procedure does not provide for the investigation and determination of the allegations by an independent judicial body. It permits Parliament to be a judge in its own cause at every stage of the impeachment proceedings. It has been the subject of repeated criticism ever since the 1984 proceedings against Chief Justice Samarakoon.
The need for change was recognized in the draft Constitution of 2000 which provided for a hearing, in the case of allegations against a Chief Justice, by three persons who hold or have held office as judges of the highest Court of a Commonwealth country. In the case of other superior court judges, it provided for the hearing to be by three persons who hold or have held office as judges of the Supreme Court or Court of Appeal. That draft Constitution was proposed by a government of the same party as the present President, who was then one of its Cabinet Ministers. Although it was not proceeded with, the above provision in the draft Constitution on impeachment was never a matter of controversy. It is incumbent on the government to abandon its present course and to stand by its welcome commitment embodied in the draft constitution of 2000.
Jayantha Dhanapala and Professor Savitri Goonesekere
On behalf of Friday Forum, the Group of Concerned Citizens
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Obtaining a density of states (DOS)
The calculation of a density of states (DOS) is based on the presence of a self-consistent density in the working directory. With this starting point two main adaptions have to be performed in the Fleur input file.
To enable the calculation of a DOS the switch
output/@dos has to be set to
T. Furthermore one of
several DOS calculation modes has to be selected by setting the
to the respective value. : Calculate a DOS and stop the program without generating a new density; :
Create a DOS in the last iteration of an SCF run; : Calculate an orbital decomposition of the DOS, too.
The output of a DOS calculation depends on several parameters. Most important is the range of the energy mesh on which the DOS is calculated.
The range of the energy mesh is specified by the two parameters
output/densityOfStates/@maxEnergy which have to be provided in . To get an estimate on
a possibly required offset it is a good idea to check the value of the Fermi energy with
grep FermiEnergy out.xml.
The generation of a DOS relies on the chosen k point set used to sample the Brillouin zone. Since this is always finite the contributions comming from each calculated state have to be broadened in energy to avoid the calculation of an overly spikey DOS that is mainly an artifact of the Brillouin zone sampling. For this the DOS is convoluted with a Gaussian distribution.
The Gaussian is specified in terms of the standard deviation in
Note that the optimal choice of the standard deviation depends on the fineness of the -point mesh and also on material properties like the dispersion of the bands in the chosen energy range. The choice of the parameter therefore cannot be done automatically but is a task for the user. A too small yields an overly spikey DOS while a too large yields an overly smooth DOS that does not show any details. The following figure demonstrates this interrelation. It shows the total DOS for Si as well as the projections of the DOS onto the and states in one of the MT spheres. For the construction of the DOS the left plot uses the default parametrization, while the other two plots modify the parameter and the -point mesh for the DOS calculation (not for the SCF run).
DOS for Si with different parameters.
It can be seen that the default sigma parameter here yields an overly smooth DOS that abstracts from the details. Not even the band gap can be estimated in this way. When reducing the parameter the DOS becomes very spikey because the -point density is too low to actually resolve a DOS on such a fine energy mesh. Only a reduction of together with an increase of the -point density yields a DOS that is not overly spikey but resolves the details of the electronic structure. But even in this plot the -point density is not high enough to completely overcome the spikes in the range of the unoccupied bands. Of course, it is expected that such artifacts especially show up in the range of the unoccupied bands because the dispersion for unoccupied bands is typically larger than for occupied bands.
The DOS can also be obtained by employing the so called tetrahedron method for Brillouin zone integration. In this method the irreducible wedge of the Brillouin zone is decomposed into small tetrahedra. The eigenvalues and all related properties are only obtained at the corners of each tetrahedron. Then the eigenvalues are linearly interpolated inside the tetrahedron.
The tetrahedron method is enabled by setting the
calculationSetup/bzIntegration/@mode keyword to
tria. This changes the -point
generation to the desired mode. As this mode is not based on a Monkhorst-Pack-grid, the XML element
kPointCount should be
used to specify the number of -points.
The following figure demonstrates the effect of this method on the DOS. Both calculations use the same charge density and the same number of -points inside the irreducible brillouin zone.
DOS for Si with histogram and tetrahedron method.
The differences between the above used histogram method and the tetrahedron method can be seen very clearly. Already with the relatively small amout of -points the DOS obtained from the tetrahedron method shows very clear features similar to the DOS with the high -point density above.
The main output of a DOS calculation is the file
DOS.1 for nonmagnetic calculations and an additional file
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The nature oriented holidays trend has seen more and more people exchanging their motor vehicles for bicycles as a form of transport and for recreation.
In addition, more people are hiking and taking walking holidays in the varied topography of Israel.
The government of Israel and the Israel Nature and Park Authority are promoting nature holidays including camping.
It all started at the end of 2007 when the INPA initiated a national program to encourage holidays in nature by building a network of camping sites throughout Israel. The program was approved by the government on March 30, 2008, and an inter-ministerial committee was set up to promote this issue with representatives from the ministries of Tourism, Environmental Protection and Agriculture, in addition to representatives of the KKL, the INPA, University of Haifa and other bodies involved in natural issues. This committee meets twice a year to develop means to implement the program.
Today there are 102 camping sites in Israel belonging to the Keren Kayemet, the INPA, Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel and private operators. They are located throughout Israel in a variety of places of exceptional natural beauty near the sea, in green forests, in cool dry hilly areas as well as in the deserts of the arid regions of the south.
From these camping sites one can explore the surrounding area by foot, bicycle or four-wheel drive, enjoy unforgettable magical moments, beautiful sunsets, and spectacular landscapes.
Accommodations and facilities are varied. Some camp sites offer accommodation in tents of various sizes or bungalow type huts. In other sites, the visitors bring their own tents, sleep under the stars or park a caravan.
Most sites have electricity, running water, showers and other washing facilities as well as toilets, and some offer cooking facilities and meals.
The following are a few of the options available: Mamshit Located near the city of Dimona in the Mamshit National Park.
Mamshit is the site of a Nabatean city of that name and the campground tries to recreate the Nabatean experience of a desert people who developed ingenious agricultural techniques which made the desert flower 2,000 years ago. .
Accommodation offered: a large tent which can sleep up to 150 people, tents with accommodation for up to eight sleepers and a number of huts subdivided into rooms of up to four beds each.
Facilities: communal latrines, wash rooms and communal kitchens with cooking facilities, refrigerators and freezers. Meals are only served if ordered in advance.
The Silk Route Camp Located in the Eastern Negev on the ancient silk road which stretched from China in the East to the old Philistine ports of Gaza, Ashdod and Ashkelon in the west. On these roads caravans carried silks and spices from China and central Asia to the Mediterranean ports to be transported to Europe. The last western lap, today’s Jordan, to the Mediterranean was administered by the Nabateans. The campsite serves Bedouin type meals.
Ashkelon Campsite Located in the Ashkelon National Park along the Mediterranean Sea, this is a truly rustic campground offering only the basics, namely picnic tables and benches, barbecue facilities and running water taps. One may sleep under the stars or bring a tent.
Gan Hashlosha Gan Hashlosha, popularly known as the Scahne, is one of Israel’s beauty spots for swimming with a natural flowing stream that forms into a number of pools and a water fall. This campground offers only the basic facilities namely picnic tables and benches, barbecue facilities and running water taps. Here also, one sleeps under the stars or brings a tent.
Yehiam Campground Located in the vicinity of Kibbutz Yehiam in the north, near the remains of an old Crusader fortified manor house, this campground does not offer sleeping facilities so one may sleep in the open or bring a tent. Nevertheless there are good infrastructural facilities including electricity, running water and latrines For more information go to: www.campingil.org.il
This article was made possible with the help of Israel Ministry of Tourism, www.go-israel.gov.il
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This particular curve ball, last week, hit the strike zone high and inside - where I never saw it coming. I didn't have a chance to swing or react preemptively. (Now, before you get all impressed with the usage of that baseball metaphor. I will confess that I know just enough about some sports to sound knowledgeable. But honestly, it is all just superior observation skills.) As a side note, these talents are enormously helpful when you wear as many hats as I do.
I won't go into detail (today) - however, I wanted to use this incident to showcase our ability to (literally and figuratively) turn on a dime. To say I am proud of this reputation is an understatement.
Many parents find us because they are overwhelmingly frustrated that no one ever listens to their child or them. And to go even further, the system is so rigid in their stance of "this is the way we do things" that these kids are traumatized by their methodology.
When families sit in my office and tell their stories - I listen. No matter how long it takes. Then, often, through many interruptions of more heartbreaking tales, I tell them about DRC - our philosophy and mission - and what we do here on any given day. As you can imagine, it is usually the polar opposite of their experience, and they are blown away.
Everything that we do hinges on one thing - flexibility. If something isn't quite right - we will figure it out together. If a kid wants to explore something that seems impossible - we will find a way (eventually).
At DRC, we are constantly modeling problem-solving skills (otherwise known as the scientific method). Learn as much as possible about the situation, ask questions, brainstorm and think outside every box ever created, play and experiment with the ideas, fail, reject early drafts, and find the answer.
These kids are learning that curve balls are an inevitable part of life - and we will all get blindsided occasionally. The lesson here is to get up (bandage your cuts, scrapes, and bruised ego), explore all the possibilities and (most importantly) the potential buried within the fallout, and move, although sometimes clumsily, with as much grace and gratitude as you can muster - toward the solution.
Weekly Creative Meditation
Thank you to the Foster/Peet crew for taking care of some of the maintenance issues at the Canton Center last Sunday. There is plenty more to do... If you are a handy person with "fix it" skills, please get in touch. We will gratefully accept your offer to help.
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This, as it turns out, is an unintended follow-up to last week's post. I have had several ideas circling and cycling through my brain these last few days- but none have cooperated enough to be wrangled into something worthy of my (or your) time.
So with that explanation - I am officially honoring my artistic process and allowing these creative meditations (inspired by the industrious tiny creatures in my garden), which presented themselves and poured out without hesitation, to speak for me this week. Enjoy!
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Have you noticed? Procrastination and guilt are the very best of buddies. They show up prepared - one with cozy blankets, some good books, and a streaming device, and the other follows close behind with snacks - ready to settle in for a while.
I often wonder, seems this is the case - why do I put things off? I am not talking about the small stuff - here, either.
For me, (I think) it comes down to the fear of screwing up those big projects - the inevitable mistakes and the myriad of responsibilities that follow once they have been completed.
For instance, a few days ago, I finally self-published the second book in my children's series as an e-book - twelve years AFTER the first was published and fifteen years after I finished writing it. Yeah, I procrastinated the first one too.
My excuse for the second book was that I didn't have any illustrations (my artist had grown up, left home, gone to college, and got married - jeesh!). And despite my many efforts to find someone to take on the task - it never happened. This past week, I actually figured out how to solve that issue. Duh - I have the tools to create something myself!
Seems I was on a roll - I also made the first one in the series available as an e-book and republished the paperback. I will make the second one accessible in paperback later today, too.
You would think I would feel all the happy emotions - pride, relief, joy... This is not the case - now I feel dumb, super guilty for taking so long, and overwhelmed by the next step - self-promotion. Which, as many of you understand, is not my jam.
There are other biggish things that I put off, too - at this moment, it is a significant grant that I know we will likely get. And the piece that makes it even worse is I literally have the playbook from others (thank you, my LL Peeps) that have written it and received the funding.
Sometimes, I remember to give myself a break - some grace. I am a firm believer in the beneficence of the Universe. She is guiding me - even though this feels (looks) like procrastination, maybe it is simply waiting until everything aligns for the most favorable outcome. Or am I possibly selling myself a line of bull to feel better? (Pass the snacks, please.)
In any case - I am motivated to write (copy & paste) that grant - today or tomorrow... and to start on the book promotion. The links are below. Please share.
May you too find the guidance, inspiration, and grace from the Universe - that informs you (when, how, and where) to do all those things you aspire to.
Weekly Creative Meditation
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The Schoolhouse Gang Series:
Welcome to Streamside! This is the small country schoolhouse in Northern New York where the Schoolhouse Gang - a group of ten-year-old best friends share everything. Follow along on their adventures as they play and learn together.
I will have paperback copies of both in the next few weeks, if you would like to purchase them from me (I will also "make" more by selling them directly). Shoot me a message if you would like either or both. That will help me determine how many to order.
Earlier this week, I wrote the following on social media. It accompanied the haiku that I am using as today’s creative meditation.
Weekly Creative Meditation
Summer Programs - So sorry to announce that we have cancelled the DRC-East Summer Program. There was not enough interest to make it viable.
However, summer program at the Canton facility, during the last three weeks of August, will be running. They have become a beloved tradition for many local families. The program is designed to offer opportunities for hands-on exploration, creativity, and fun that children crave. DRC provides a space filled with resources and materials where kids are encouraged to explore their interests freely.
Don't let your kids miss out on this opportunity - register today.
As weird as it may sound, this is a love letter to myself firstly - which, as I am discovering, is many years overdue. Let me back up and tell this story from the beginning. As you can imagine, I intend for this post to reveal some highly personal truths, and I will likely cry multiple times while writing it. Fortunately, my tears won't influence the readability like it would if this was on paper instead of your screen.
Over the past several months, as I become more conversant with ASD, I have become increasingly aware that I am neurodivergent and likely autistic. However, I shied away from sharing my suspicions with people close to me (or even admitting it to myself) for many reasons - not the least, the fear of appearing fraudulent and attention-seeking.
Then last week, I traveled to the Liberated Learners Conference in N.J. with Bridget, a DRC board member. One of the workshops, "Supporting Autistic Youth at a Liberated Learners Center," was facilitated by JayJay, an autistic staff person from Bay State Learning Center near Boston, MA, who is also an activist. I should also mention that they presented via a virtual platform.
I honestly don't remember much of the actual presentation - because after they explained how, unfortunately, society, at large, views autism as a disorder - a pathology that needs to be fixed - they began to talk about traits that many autistic people share. They listed all the usual suspects associated with ASD and then finished the list with "dyspraxia and face blindness."
One more step backward in this tale - during our nearly seven-hour drive to the conference, I had mentioned in passing that I am extremely clumsy and always feel like I am not quite centered in my body - just a "half a bubble off of plumb," as the saying goes. And that I also experience a mild form of face blindness. I mostly recognize people by their mannerisms and the way they move.
When JayJay uttered those words, I turned to Bridget, and she turned to me, and I burst into messy, snotty, throat-clogging tears. I couldn't get it together enough to ask all the questions. But, I did manage to say (and gesture), through the lump in my throat - "that is me."
To say everyone in the room (including JayJay) was overwhelmingly supportive would be an understatement. The hugs were tight. The unconditional love, acceptance, and understanding of all my pent-up emotions and years of frustration were in plain view. And most importantly, they all acknowledged the validity of my statement, "I am autistic." This is just one of the many reasons I am so very grateful to have these people in my life.
To be clear, owning this label does not change the essential me. What it does - is allow me to fully embrace and unmask that quirky, weirdly geeky, smart, socially awkward, sensory sensitive, creative, "half a bubble off of plumb" little girl inside - who has been hiding (for 57 years) because she never understood her place in the world.
This leads me to my final two points: Autism is not a disease. Full Stop! We are not sick - just differently wired. Which doesn't make us any less - only different. We don't want or need to be pathologized, remediated, or "fixed" in any way.
And secondly, we can advocate for ourselves - as a group and as individuals. We don't need or want neurotypical (conformists) to lead the charge - needless to say, all you neuro-"typs" are more than welcome to join us as a support network. We want to be completely clear that we are not puzzle pieces waiting for you to fit us into the spaces you deem appropriate because we make you uncomfortable.
Autistic people are fully capable of self-advocacy and activism. We are also permitted to, individually, take our places in this world that feel right to each of us - that allow us to be our unmasked, authentic selves.
It is not lost on me that autistic people generally have a shorter life span. This is accounted for in several ways - 1) we are often forced through behavior therapy (ABA) to become "normal" versions of ourselves. 2) this often results in serious mental health issues, and 3) we are shunned and not given a legitimate place in society, which means we are often pushed aside without homes, work, or healthcare.
This is the main reason I requested the above workshop. A good number of the young people who find DRC are autistic - many undiagnosed. I wanted to know how DRC can help them be themselves in a world that desires and forces normalcy and perfection.
In a roundabout way, I found my answer - we simply do what we have always done - provide a safe environment and support them with as many accommodations as they need to joyfully celebrate their purely, unmasked, and fiercely genuine selves.
*Note: JayJay's FB page can be found here. It is a great place to begin learning about ASD from an autistic person.
Weekly Creative Meditation
Summer Programs: The DRC-East three themed programs begin on July 11th. Currently, we do not have a minimum number to make the program financially viable, and if that is the case, we will not run it. Please get in touch before Tuesday the 5th if your child is interested.
I have been updating the DRC website over the past few days. Please take a look and let me know if there any links not working - thanks. PS - I know that the Navigation Menu is not showing up on the blog page. Apparently, it is a Weebly issue that has occurred for other folks too.
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Borsuk: In troubling times, we count on educators more than ever
Muscle and music.
Four years ago, I used that phrase as the key to a column kicking off a new school year. I repeat myself now because I need a pep talk, and I bet a lot of other people do, too. That includes teachers and all other school staff people, parents, students and, for that matter, pretty much everybody.
It’s hard for me to count the ways in which recent times have been dispiriting. From Charlottesville, Va., and 140-character threats of global warfare to the frightening increase in dangerous driving on local streets, it all weighs me down.
As hard as it is to see long-term, healthy answers, I am convinced a big part of moving forward requires good, vibrant schools giving good, vibrant education to all children. Name almost anything going on and I can connect it to education.
Pushing the horrifying hot buttons of hate? Where did people learn to be that way? A good education at home and in school (and that means more than academics) is crucial for children to become caring, thinking, responsible adults.
Ignorance and hostility toward fundamentals of American rights, responsibilities and community living? A good education includes an emphasis on understanding the fabric we are all part of and the need for people to help make that fabric stronger. Also, the need to recognize facts and realities and cope with them properly.
Foxconn debate in Wisconsin? I’ll pass on taking sides in the debate on its merits, but if this enormous factory complex moves forward successfully, it is going to require great work by the educators and schools at all levels in our area to put people on track for the promised jobs. The same is true more broadly for our economic future.
Those knuckleheads driving on the street? Not all of them are young, and many may be nice people when they’re not behind the wheel. But I bet there is a pretty strong connection overall between problems at home and in school and the way many act in public, including what they do in the driver seats of cars they might not even own.
Broadly speaking, the road to a healthier, more just, more rational, more thriving — just generally better — Milwaukee, Wisconsin and America is linked to education in so many ways and so many senses of the term “education.”
So for all of you heading back to school — some are there already, especially with the new, early start date for many Milwaukee public schools — I have two encouraging thoughts:
You’re involved in something hugely important. Particularly to all who are going to be teaching this year, the factors that make it hard and often frustrating work are often linked closely to the factors that make it so valuable. For those teaching low-income and/or minority kids, the chances are so high that a good future for any one of them is connected to the great work teachers will do for that student along the way.
For those of us who don’t go to school every day, our support and appreciation for the work being done within all those walls are valuable. As a whole, we fall short on this so often. It’s a new school year. In a way that is broad but can also be deep, it’s a fresh time to support educational success for all kids.
And then there’s muscle and music. That’s my answer to the question of what I see in a school that strikes me as particularly good.
By muscle, I do not mean anything involving physical force or bullying or anything like that. I mean the attributes you might see in a top athlete — someone serious, focused, strong in good ways, energetic, committed. A school or a teacher with muscle has high expectations and well-chosen ways of pushing for students to reach them.
By music, I do not mean an instrumental program (although that can be a valuable part). I mean a place that, so to speak, sings. Amid hard work, a good school is a happy place overall. A place where both adults and kids are glad to be there. They sense that good things are happening — and they’re part of those good things.
No, it’s not easy to have a school with muscle and music. On so many levels, we haven’t done a good job of maximizing the chances of kids being in such schools.
But a lot of the muscle and music can come from what goes on in a classroom between a teacher and the students. The relationships, the energy, the striving for success — education is such a human process and there are so many great humans involved, both grown-ups and kids.
Even with all those downer things going on around us, that’s my pep talk, that’s my wish for the coming year: For educators, parents, students to have a year with the most muscle and music that can be summoned.
Amid the flood of reactions last week to Charlottesville, I liked a statement from Michael Casserly, executive director of the Council of the Great City Schools, a peer organization of leaders of urban districts nationwide, including MPS. Casserly wrote:
“Our schools, particularly our diverse urban public schools, will once again need to serve as a source of inspiration and courage during these rough political times. As educators, we have the power to build a future that is more thoughtful, charitable, respectful, and broad-minded — a future that counters the forces of intolerance to which our leadership has turned a blind eye.”
All of this calls for all of us to support muscle and music. To use our brains and hearts. We need the best of these, now and ahead.
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Day 12 – Yawn
So, why do we yawn? I know when we’re tired we yawn, but that can’t be the only reason, as sometimes we yawn as we wake up and we also yawn when others around us yawn. It seems to be something that social animals do as well. Many mammals also ‘yawn’. So, I wonder if there is some evolutionary value to the yawn.
There are theories that suggest we yawn when we’re not getting enough oxygen, which would make some sense as it means we get more air in. Maybe to invigorate us to be ready to fight or take flight? I don’t know. Sounds as good a theory as any.
I found myself yawning quite a bit today. I’m usually a lot tireder when it’s that time of the month. Anyway, I think this will be a shorter post as I have no motivation, even with this word…think it’s time for some zzz’s…. *yawn*. | <urn:uuid:b72e674c-f2b5-4250-92ec-3b2e88171229> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://marlytheadoptee.com/2016/07/12/july-blogging-challenge-word-a-day-17/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572163.61/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815085006-20220815115006-00670.warc.gz | en | 0.974873 | 225 | 1.578125 | 2 |
Small businesses sometimes barter to get products or services they need. Bartering is the trading of one product or service for another. Usually there is no exchange of cash. An example of bartering is a plumber doing repair work for a dentist in exchange for dental services.
The IRS reminds all taxpayers that the fair market value of property or services received through a barter is taxable income. Both parties must report as income the value of the goods and services received in the exchange.
Here are four facts about bartering:
For more information, see the Bartering Tax Center in the business section at IRS.gov.
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January 1 — Everyone
Federal Holiday (New Year's Day) - Details
January 11 — Employees who work for tips
If you received $20 or more in tips during December, report them to your employer - Details
January 12 — Communications and air transportation taxes under the alternative method.
Deposit the tax included in amounts billed or tickets sold during the first 15 days of December 2015.
January 14 — Regular method taxes
Deposit the tax for the last 16 days of December 2015.
January 15 — Individuals
Make a payment of your estimated tax for 2015 if you did not pay your income tax for the year through withholding (or did not pay in enough tax that way). Use Form 1040-ES - Details
January 15 — Farmers & fishermen
Pay your estimated tax for 2015 using Form 1040-ES - Details
January 15 — Social security, Medicare, and withheld income tax
If the monthly deposit rule applies, deposit the tax for payments in December 2015
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If the monthly deposit rule applies, deposit the tax for payments in December 2015.
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Original Essay from the Morales Scarpaci Havana Consulting Group web site here: “Bring on the [Cuban] college graduates!”
The Cuban government slammed on the brakes when it recently scrapped plans to allow private wholesaling and let skilled workers strike out on their own.
Vice-Minister of Work and Social Security, José Barreiro’s announcement last week signals a strong reversal of reforms that began in 2010. He also stated that jobs that had been previously off limits to private workers –auto-body repairers, floor polishers, aluminum product vendors, rust removers, welders, and confectioners—are now legal trades.
But what about software engineers, tutors and teachers, and other skilled workers?
The new announcement shows resistance to change and the lack of a strategic plan. Both moves are intolerant of free-market competition among the island’s emerging private sector.
President Raúl Castro’s recent trips to China and Vietnam show concern about adapting the magic formula from these two key allies. The Asian answer was simple but it is only part of a recipe for success: open up to foreign capital, liberalize all economic sectors, and let skilled, professional workers earn a living either on their own or in small enterprises.
Vice Minister Barreiro described the ‘new’ changes this way: “[they] are designed for urban cooperatives, a different kind of organization compared to self-employment, [but the cooperatives] will have greater flexibility and work like the state-run beauty shops did where the shops were passed on to its workers.”
We argue that this move is bound to fail. The track record speaks for itself: the classic failures of both the sugar-cane and non-sugar cane UBPCs (a type of cooperative) should not be forgotten by the Cuban government.
A priority two years ago was the plan to shed 2 million workers from public payrolls over the course of five years. One hundred eighty-three private trades were approved by the Cuban Communist Party to absorb downsized workers. However, the limitations of private-sector work, inflexible laws, high taxes, the continuation of a dual currency system (pesos and CUCs), and poor conditions to acquire inputs have thwarted these efforts. So how can the government send layoff notices to 2 million workers if it cannot nurture a private sector to employ them? The Nanny State is unwilling to cede economic space that it has dominated for more than 50 years.
How can you build a private sector without private wholesalers?
This is a major weakness of the Cuban model. No country can develop a sustained private sector without wholesalers. Failure to do so will further the pattern of stealing from public institutions and stimulate the black market.
While the mindset of Cuban workers needs to change to adapt to these new measures, both the laws and thinking of the Cuban governments must also adjust if real reform is to take root.
We suspect these observations are not lost on the Cuban leadership because in recent years, hundreds of high-level Cuban scholars have been traveling around the United States, Asia and Europe to gather first-hand observations about what constitutes successful development. They file reports to myriad agencies when they return. Are the polítcos and decision makers reading these reports?
Economic reforms without professionals and technology: Mission Impossible The National Statistics Office (ONE) in Havana claims there are 6.8 million working-age Cubans, of which, about one-fifth are college graduates. So why doesn’t the state allow them (about 1.5 million workers) to work in trades that maximize their skills and training? White-collar and skilled workers drive economic development, and failure to engage them will doom the Cuban economic model.
Remember the fiber-optic cable laid between Cuba and Venezuela? Well, it has been idle for over a year even though it –along with other infrastructure and reforms—could play a key role in creating high-tech work and jump-starting the economy.
Cuban college graduates are needed in housing construction, agriculture, selling automobiles, supply-chain management and distribution channels, tourism development, the food industry, and a plethora of service-sector jobs.
Tapping into college-trained workers will require a change in the mindset of the Cuban leadership. Triggering this new thinking is the main dilemma in changing the economic model. Failure to do so will only produce a “light” version of the economic reforms spelled out in last year’s VI Cuban Communist Party meetings and attendant laws that have been approved in recent years.
Let the college grads work!
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The Crown Public House
The Crown Hotel was constructed 1895-7 and was Grade II listed in 1996, meaning it is a building of special interest and warrants every effort to preserve it.
The building was designed by Joseph D Wood and probably built by Messrs. Harley and Son of Smethwick. The Clerk of the Works was Mr Bray of Smethwick. It is a heavily decorated three storey building of stone and red brick built in the ‘Gothic Revival’ style. This style was mostly used in church architecture during the Victorian period, but extended to a limited number of commercial buildings such as university colleges and the St Pancras Hotel in London. The Crown was built to create a high profile for the brewery, its corner turret and spire providing a dramatic gateway to the oldest part of Wolverhampton Street.
Prior to the construction of The Crown Hotel a pub called the Coach & Horses occupied the site. The name of this pub probably reflects the days of horse-drawn carriages thundering along the road.
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In August 1895 the County Advertiser newspaper reported that a “Mr Ward had applied on behalf of Butler’s Crown Brewery Limited, of Birmingham, for the sanction of the magistrates to re-construct the Coach & Horses Inn. He stated that if the application were granted, the company proposed to build a hotel fitted with commercial, dining, coffee rooms and all the accessories necessary to a hotel…Mr Ward said the premises would neither be a gin palace nor spirit vaults”. The plans were approved in September 1895. The Coach & Horses was gradually taken down as the new inn was erected. It was a difficult task for the builders, as the new building had to be set back to a “new building line” in both streets, and a contract had been signed to the effect “that business was to be carried on without let or hindrance”. By April/May 1897 The Crown was open for business.
The Crown was named as such for two possible reasons: either to reflect the brewery’s title, or because 1897 was Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee year. In 1898 Butler’s Crown Brewery Ltd merged with Henry Mitchell & Co Ltd to form Mitchell & Butler’s Ltd.
No records have been found to describe the original internal layout, which has been altered over the years, but the original stairs remain intact. The large first floor ‘clubroom’ has an attractive plaster ceiling, a ‘Crown’ etched mirror and some external windows are also etched. | <urn:uuid:2cbdbdd1-413e-439b-a67c-0dced6b00602> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.dudleyheritageopendays.org.uk/the-crown-public-house | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570741.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808001418-20220808031418-00067.warc.gz | en | 0.979334 | 559 | 1.976563 | 2 |
It arrived from the furthest reaches of the universe. It was also rather little.
In March 2021, astrophysicists announced that the IceCube Neutrino Observatory, a detector buried near the South Pole, had picked up an anomalous signal in 2016, after years of analyzing and confirming data. It was believed that an antineutrino particle had traveled through space and time, beginning far beyond our galaxy, before crashing into Antarctica and causing a particle shower in the ice.
Every known kind of particle has an antimatter counterpart, according to the Standard Model of particle physics (albeit antimatter isn’t seen in the universe today). Sheldon Glashow, a future Nobel winner, predicted that if an antineutrino, the antimatter counterpart of the virtually massless neutrino, collided with an electron, it would unleash a cascade of other particles more than 60 years ago. The “Glashow resonance” phenomenon is difficult to observe, in part because the antineutrino requires 1,000 times the energy generated by the world’s most powerful colliders.
The discovery of IceCube, on the other hand, shows that cosmic accelerators in space might easily push high-energy particles. “It’s only feasible with a natural accelerator, not ground-based accelerators,” says University of Wisconsin-Madison physicist Lu Lu, who led the investigation and helped corroborate data from the 2016 event. “No one had ever seen the resonance up close before.”
According to her, the discovery is interesting for at least two reasons. For starters, it backs up predictions made by the Standard Model of physics. Second, it demonstrates that researchers may use IceCube to use the universe as a natural, high-energy laboratory in which to test novel physics. She describes it as “opening a fresh window into neutrino astronomy.” | <urn:uuid:5d5fe66f-4491-4b4d-bf11-2dbaedb62da6> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://neutrino-science.com/antimatter-from-another-world-collides-with-earth/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571150.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810070501-20220810100501-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.936861 | 394 | 3.515625 | 4 |
Item description for Incredible India, Crafting Nature (Incredible India) by Siddhartha Das Jaya Jaitly...
The history of India's crafts is a story of humankind's engagement with Nature. Creative hands turned rock into objects of divinity, minerals into lamps to worship them, plants into woven textures to wear and waste materials into beautiful objects of everyday utility. To honour Nature is to honour its creator and to mould objects by hand is a mode of worship. The Indian crafts practitioner is therefore the greatest conservationist who craves to live in harmony with his environment. The plea to address issues of 'ecology' and 'environmental degradation' was born out of the minds of those who saw with horror the ravages of an over-industrialised society. This book is a response to such a plea and seeks to highlight the extraordinary, creative and peaceful relationship between the craftsperson and the environment. It also seeks to emphasise the need to respect it and cherish it, both for art's sake and for the protection of Nature's bounty. Jaya Jaitly, the author, describes the environment surrounding the major and minor crafts of India, offering a wealth of information to art, craft and Nature lovers.
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Bitcoin’s Sustainability Crisis
The cryptocurrency requires an ever-increasing quantity of energy thanks to mining, but is a greener process possible? If not, what do we do?
When Bitcoin first jangled onto my radar, I asked two questions, the first of which was: “Could this stuff make me very rich?” My answer was “perhaps,” and so in 2014 I bought some. Ultimately though, I didn’t hang onto it!
Considering the sharp increase in Bitcoin’s value in recent years (see the market summary below, sourced from Google), needless to say this was a miscalculation of such epic proportions that I truly empathise with James Howells (that poor guy stuck in a futile battle to recover an accidentally discarded hard drive containing a Bitcoin wallet valued at a whopping £340 million).
My second question was: “How much future energy will Bitcoin guzzle?” After working on a project with Visa to design a blockchain (the same year I picked up the Bitcoin), my answer was “a lot.”
As predicted, Bitcoin now requires an eye-watering — and increasing — quantity of energy. At the time of writing, the University of Cambridge Bitcoin Electricity Consumption Index estimated that the cryptocurrency’s network power demand is approximately 136.98 TWh per year. For context, that’s almost half of the UK’s annual energy use — a country with 67.2 million people.
If you compare the chart above with the one below (sourced from the aforementioned Index), it’s clear to see that Bitcoin’s energy consumption rises and falls with its value, which in turn fluctuates with the number of people mining the cryptocurrency. More Bitcoin miners = higher value and energy needs.
The potential environmental impact of Bitcoin’s colossal energy consumption is so severe that governments across the globe — keen to meet carbon neutrality promises over the next few decades — are left with little choice but to consider taking drastic action.
China took the lead last year when it chose to ban the practice — although it should be noted that other factors also contributed to this decision. At the time, the country was reportedly responsible for around two thirds of the world’s Bitcoin generation, so the ban wreaked havoc on the industry. Against all odds though, it bounced back relatively quickly, and the cryptocurrency’s sustainability crisis persists.
As other countries consider following suit by banning the practice, I can’t help but wonder: could we avoid this by increasing the industry’s sustainability? Possibly, seeing as there is a more energy-efficient way of mining Bitcoin than Proof of Work (PoW), the technique currently relied upon by the industry.
It’s called Proof of Stake (PoS), which its proponents argue not only requires substantially less energy but also reduces the risk of network attacks. Sadly those proponents are in a minority, with critics loudly contending that the technique is a step backwards for cryptocurrency — meaning the switch to PoS has been incredibly slow.
Paul Brody, EY’s Global Blockchain Leader, weighed in on the issue last year, calling a greener Bitcoin “very realistic” but also raising some challenges in getting to that point. Speaking to CNBC in the US (while sporting a jaunty ‘airplane-flying unicorn’ t-shirt) he said:
“Bitcoin mining is greening just like the rest of the electrical grid. So, it’s not unreasonable to think that we can have greener Bitcoin.”
However, Paul added:
“It’s hard though to be able to pin down where specific Bitcoin came from after it was mined. So, you have to think about not just ‘where did your Bitcoin get mined?’ but ‘what is the overall green level of the Bitcoin grid?’ And so some more systemic or system-wide Bitcoin-level solution has to be found for you to be able to say, unequivocally, that you’re doing a green transaction in the Bitcoin system.”
It’ll be fascinating to see how Bitcoin’s sustainability crisis plays out in the coming months and years. Personally, I see bans as more likely than a switch to PoS based on the almost visceral response to the technique from many Bitcoin miners.
Perhaps (as Paul Brody states is essential) we will find a widespread green solution, and possibly even one that remains true to the original spirit of cryptocurrency. Unfortunately, as far as I’m aware, we’re nowhere near close to any such solution. By the time we are, further bans could be implemented, which would likely cause the industry real harm. | <urn:uuid:8e2757ec-0b4d-460f-a833-1737f053e908> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://catriona-campbell.medium.com/bitcoins-sustainability-crisis-dfc625844f25?source=user_profile---------5---------------------------- | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573876.92/warc/CC-MAIN-20220820012448-20220820042448-00064.warc.gz | en | 0.947448 | 983 | 2.703125 | 3 |
BHM Fashion Tribute: Naomi Campbell
Naomi Campbell is not only known for being one of the world’s top super models, but a style icon in herself.
Having graced the covers of over 100 fashion magazines, the beauty of Jamaican and Chinese descent was part of the elite “Big Six” of supermodels in the 90s, including Cindy Crawford, Claudia Schiffer, Christy Turlington, Linda Evangelista and Kate Moss.
Born and raised in London, England, Naomi became Vogue Paris‘ first black cover girl in August 1988, and went continued break racial barriers in the fashion industry. As recent as last year, she spoke out on the still prevalent racism in the industry to Glamour magazine: “You know, the American president may be black, but as black woman, I am still an exception in this business. I always have to work harder to be treated equally.”
She helped make music videos, like George Michael‘s “Freedom” and Michael Jackson‘s “In The Closet”, sexy and memorable experiences. At 39 years-old, Naomi’s still smoking superhero-like body just graced the cover of LOVE magazine’s “Fashion Icons” issue.
Despite all of her legal woes, PETA drama and diva manners, its hard to deny Naomi’s posh, fabulous ongoing style throughout all these years.
She looks fly whether catwalking, posing on red carpets or casually taking a stroll through the city streets.
Naomi teamed up with Kate Moss and Annabelle Neilson last night to pay tribute to their late friend, Alexander McQueen, during the “Fashion For Relief” Haiti charity show at Somerset House in London. Naomi hosted the event, during which the trio wore these printed dresses from McQueen’s upcoming spring/summer 2010 collection.
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Entity Framework: Abstracting ObjectContext
Wither you are a TDD purest or not, if you are developing with Entity Framework and testability is important to you, then you have tried some workaround or applied some pattern to make testing possible in your project. When you have a class or method which depends on any external resource it is important to create some sort of abstraction in order to remove a dependency upon that resource so you can effectively test your code.
The client I am currently working for has chosen to create a repository class which takes an ObjectContext argument in the constructor. The repository implements a custom interface and that interface is used to reference the repository where needed.
While this meets our needs I was late to the game when I was brought on, so when I suggested an alternative I was praised for my suggestion but because there was already an implementation we ultimately stuck with what we already had. So I decided just to make a quick post describing my own solution and touching on what I see as the benefits.
I (heart) Partial Classes
My ideal framework is open, extensible and makes abundant use of public interfaces which allow me to hook in where I need to so I can get the job done. The team I would say has done the best job of this would be the ASP.NET MVC team. I’m a bit picky about my ORM solutions and I just don’t feel like LINQ2SQL and Entity Framework have quite done everything the way I like. And the ability to extend or change the behavior of Entity Framework seems to be pretty lacking. But there is one thing that I have found to be invaluable as I have worked with these two ORM frameworks – Partial Classes.
Open any *.designer.cs file generated by either LINQ2SQL or Entity Framework and you will see an abundant use of the C# keyword “partial”. While it doesn’t allow me to modify existing Entity Framework behavior I can certainly add to it.
Partial classes are what make it possible for me to simply and elegantly create an abstraction of my ObjectContext without bending over backwards.
So as an example, I have an AdventureWorks database and I want to abstract the associated ObjectContext created by my edmx designer. To simplify things I’ll simply referece the Person and Address tables. So after finishing with my edmx file, dragging Person and Address to the designer surface I’ll create an interface which looks like this:
Because of the difficulty of implementing ObjectQuery<T>, I like to expose the entity set properties on my ObjectContext as IQueryable<T>. In most cases this is sufficient, where it isn’t I can check to see if the IQueryable is of type ObjectQuery. If not then I know I’m in a testing scenario and I can safely skip what I was about to do. Here’s an example of an extension method I’ve created which allows me to use eager loading on my IQuerable interface.
Once I’ve added a read-only (property get) for each entity set in my context, then I include the signature for each ObjectContext method I will be using in my application. If I need additional ones down the road, all I need to do is add the signature to the interface and I’m off and running. So I’ve included SaveChanges, Detach, Attach, DeleteObject and AddObject. Feel free to include others you need they’re free and you don’t need to provide any implementation.
Now that we have an interface that can be used throughout our application in place of our ObjectContext, how do we use it to remove our dependency on ObjectContext? Let’s say for argument’s sake our ObjectContext is named AdventureWorksModel. Then we would add a class file to our project which contains our edmx file and in that class file we would define a new class like this:
First, notice the property names (ex. ICustomRepository.People). Because the properties exposed by the designer generated class are of the type ObjectQuery we have to provide an “explicit implementation” of our interface for those properties. No casting is required, but the compiler and the runtime are looking for properties of type IQueryable and so unless you include the name of the interface in the property name it won’t compile. But because ObjectQuery implements IQueryable, that’s all you have to do. Now you can reference ICustomRepository anywhere and you’re good to go.
There are any number of ways you can provide access to your repository. The easiest, in my view is using an IoC container like Unity or Spring. Here’s an example of using Unity to register your ObjectContext and resolving it from your container:
Once you’ve registered your ObjectContext in the container your application can get a reference to it anywhere through the custom interface. Everything remains testable and there’s no need for any awkward machinations to use it.
Mocking the Abstraction
Now when you’re testing you can write your own mock objects or use your favorite mocking framework (I really like MOQ) to provide an implementation of your interface that isn’t dependent upon your database.
While this isn’t a realistic test scenario because it is only testing the mock object, it should give you an idea of how to mock up an implementation of the interface for use in a test scenario.
If you’re using Unity or something like it then in your TestInitialize method you’ll just change the last line to this:
Then your test method won’t need to reference it since the methods you’re testing will get the reference via the Container object.
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History of the Ashdon Windmill
|1757||Mill erected by William Haylock, carpenter of Ashdon.
||A sale notice was published for a piece of land, Incroft, off Greensfoot Lane (Mill Lane), Ashdon.
||A further sale notice which included a bolter, brewery and bakehouse.
||Josiah Giblin had possession of the Mill. Insured by Stephen Adams for £210 p.a. Mill extended at the rear to accommodate a second pair of stones.
||Mill advertised for sale with two pairs of stones and granaries taking 130 quarters.
||Mill extended to take a second pair of stones (French stones).|
||Josiah Giblin declared bankrupt.|
||John Ruse was occupier but the Mill was owned by John Brown.
||John Brown shown as owner and occupier of the Mill and yard.
||Frederick and John Ruse recorded as Millers at Ashdon.
||The Mill appears to have been owned and operated by John Bragg of the Tower Mill (on Radwinter Road).
||The Mill ceased to work commercially but held by William Bragg.
||Mill Cottages rented for £10 per annum as part of Ridgewells Farm.
||Efforts made to preserve the Mill and timber props put in for support of the broken left side girt of the Mill cabin.
||Extensive repairs carried out.
||Further repairs carried out to the Mill by Thurlow Estate including a new set of sails (non operational).
||Sails removed as now in dangerous condition.
|21 Dec, 2000
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I’ve been getting questions about reverse mortgages lately. It’s not surprising. Reverse mortgages are one of those financial planning tools that are very useful for a specific purpose, and for specific people, that has, unfortunately, been sold aggressively to others. Not all reverse mortgages are scams, but you have to understand what you are getting from reverse mortgage lenders when you sign up.
In other words, there is a lot more to a reverse mortgage than what you see on that television commercial or Facebook ad.
What Is a Reverse Mortgage?
Let’s start from the beginning so that we have a solid footing. What is a reverse mortgage?
The most common way to explain reverse mortgages is to say that the definition of a reverse mortgage is when a reverse mortgage lender gives you a lump sum of money for the equity in your home and then gets the home when you die. However, this is a little bit deceptive in that there is more to it than that. Let’s look a little deeper to see what is really going on.
First, let’s look at a regular mortgage, or a forward mortgage, if you will.
With a traditional mortgage, a bank gives you a lot of money in a lump sum (actually they give it to your title company who gives it to whoever you buy the house from) and you pay them back over time with regular payments. Thus, a reverse mortgage should be where you give the bank a lump sum and they pay you back over time with regular payments. However, this is NOT what a reverse mortgage is. That is an annuity, which is a very different thing.
In reality, a reverse mortgage is really more of a reverse life insurance policy.
In a regular life insurance policy, you make premium payments to an insurance company, and when you die, they pay out a lump sum to your beneficiaries. A reverse life insurance policy would be where a financial institution pays you a premium, and then when you die, you pay them a lump sum from your estate. This is much closer to how a reverse mortgage really works, but even that doesn’t fully describe it.
What Are Reverse Mortgages?
The best way to really understand what a reverse mortgage is, and how a reverse mortgage works, is to look at some scenarios.
For our reverse mortgage examples, we will assume a homeowner, age 72, with a house worth $300,000 that has a paid off mortgage. In other words, there are no current mortgages on the house; it is owned free and clear. In our example, the homeowner gets a $200,000 reverse mortgage. Let’s see what can happen.
Scenario #1: Moving
What happens if you have a reverse mortgage and want to move to a new home?
This is one of the big surprises that people don’t understand before they get a reverse mortgage. After signing up for a reverse mortgage, you cannot sell your home without the reverse mortgage lender’s approval. You may not be allowed to sell your home at all. If you can sell your home, you don’t just pay back the $200,000 reverse mortgage. You also have to pay interest, and penalties, and fees. It is NOT cheap.
So, one very big disadvantage of a reverse mortgage is that you probably can’t move or sell your house– ever.
If you are thinking of moving and renting it out, think again. Your reverse mortgage will clearly spell out who can live in the home. Usually, it is only you and direct family members. This can be a very big drawback, especially, if you need to move into a retirement home, or smaller house.
Scenario #2: Appreciation and Home Equity
Let’s say it has been a few years and your house is now worth $500,000 instead of $300,000. Good news, right? Maybe you would like to take out a home equity loan to do some things or help a grandchild go to college. After all, you have way more equity now than when you took out your reverse mortgage, right?
Unfortunately, that isn’t how it works. The reverse mortgage lenders have the rights to any future equity. It is one of the ways lenders make a profit on reverse mortgages. If your home is worth $100,000 more when you die, they make $100,000 in profit. You can’t take out any equity, it isn’t yours. All future increases in value belong to the reverse mortgage company.
Other Disadvantages of Reverse Mortgages
A partial list of reverse mortgage disadvantages:
- Selling home restrictions
- Moving restrictions
- Restrictions on who can live in the home
- Restrictions on what can be done to the home or property
- No participation in higher home prices
- No ability to further tap any equity
How Reverse Mortgages Work in Easy to Understand Terms
The best way to really understand how a reverse mortgage works is to change how you think about them.
What really happens with a reverse mortgage is that you sell your home for less than it is worth to a reverse mortgage lender. In exchange for the reduced price, the lender lets you live there rent-free, as a tenant (not an owner) until you die.
When you start thinking of it like this, a lot of the complexity disappears. Of course, you can’t sell your home, you already sold it. Of course, you can’t take out a home equity loan, you don’t own the house. Of course, you can’t have someone else move in, remodel, change too many things, or otherwise disturb the property; you have to ask the landlord first.
Legitimate Reverse Mortgages
The vast majority of reverse mortgages are legit. The part that seems like a scam is that they are aggressively sold to the wrong people. Since reverse mortgages are only available to older people, it can seem particularly predatory toward the elderly. Unfortunately, for a lot of people who get reverse mortgages, they don’t have very many options and may be too interested in the lump sum, tax-free payout, to truly listen to all of the negatives when weighing the pros and cons of a reverse mortgage.
If you read this and understand that doing this kind of mortgage severely limits your future options when it comes to your home, then you are ready to see who a reverse mortgage is right for.
Keep in mind that the amount of money you can get for a reverse mortgage depends upon two factors:
- How much equity you have in your home
- How old you are
Financial companies don’t do things without making a profit, and best reverse mortgage companies are no different. That means no one is going to give you 100% of your home equity, no matter how old you are. There would be no profit if you died too soon. The base amount is a percentage that depends upon, among other things, how likely they think the value of your home will rise, and how easy it will be to sell once you die.
That base percentage is modified by how old you are. This is where the insurance part of the transaction comes in. The lender can’t profit on the transaction until you die. The longer they have to wait, the more risk and the more it costs, because that money could have been earning interest or other return somewhere else. Therefore, all things being equal, the older you are, the more money you will get for your reverse mortgage.
Although you must be 62 years old to qualify for a reverse mortgage, at that age, you are only going to get a very small payout of your equity. After all, in that case, it is very likely that you’ll live 10, 20, or even 30 years before the lender can make a profit. That means they need to make a bigger profit when you finally do pass on.
Reverse mortgages really don’t make sense until you are at least 70 years old. At that point, you can expect a better payout from the lender. Even then, you need to consider what happens as if you live another 20 years. Do you really want to stay in that house (and do all the necessary maintenance) during that time?
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A new mutation called Omicron has been detected in various countries, including South Africa. Thus the federal government has imposed new restrictions on travelers from different countries. According to the Minister of Health, facilities for diagnosing this new type of disease have been set up at 12 places in Tamil Nadu.
According to doctors, the biological laboratory at the Coimbatore Government Medical College Hospital has a facility to diagnose new infections. Nirmala, Dean, Government Medical College Hospital, said: “The kit used in the RTPCR test to diagnose corona infection can detect one or two cells.
S, N, and ORF, the three cells (genes) that are currently being provided to detect new infections, can be detected by the provided kit. If there is no “S” cell in it, there is a chance of an omicron infection. The samples will be sent back to the State Public Health Department laboratory in Chennai for testing and confirmation of omicron infection.
In the first phase, 5,000 kits have been donated to Coimbatore Government Medical College Hospital. Travelers from specific countries, those with severe symptoms of coronavirus, and those with different symptoms are advised to test RTPCR.
No such symptoms have been reported in Coimbatore so far, she said.
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“Fed Up” Advance Preview Screening
April 28, 2014 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
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Join Slow Food, The Curriculum of Cuisine and Whole Foods for an advance screening of the new documentary film Fed Up that opens to the public on May 9.
Fed Up explores why, despite media attention and government policies to combat childhood obesity, generations of kids will now live shorter lives than their parents.
Upending the conventional wisdom of why we gain weight and how to lose it, Fed Up unearths the dirty little secret the food industry doesn’t want you to know — far more of us are sick from what we are eating than anyone has ever realized. The truth is, only 30% of people suffering from diet-related diseases are actually obese; while 70% of us — even those of us who look thin and trim on the outside — are facing the same consequences, fighting the same medical battles as the obese among us.
In riveting interviews with the country’s leading experts, Fed Up lays bare a decades-long misinformation campaign orchestrated by Big Food and aided and abetted by the U.S. Government.
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The Isaaq (also Isaq, Ishaak, Isaac) is a Somali clan. It is one of the major Somali clans in the Horn of Africa, with a large and densely populated traditional territory.
According to some genealogical books and Somali tradition, the Isaaq clan was founded in the 13th or 14th century with the arrival of Sheikh Ishaaq Bin Ahmed Bin Mohammed Al Hashimi (Sheikh Ishaaq) from Arabia, a descendant of Ali ibn Abi Talib in Maydh. He settled in the coastal town of Maydh in modern-day northeastern Somaliland, where he married into the local Magaadle clan.
There are also numerous existing hagiologies in Arabic which describe Sheikh Ishaaq's travels, works and overall life in modern Somaliland, as well as his movements in Arabia before his arrival. Besides historical sources, one of the more recent printed biographies of Sheikh Ishaaq is the Amjaad of Sheikh Husseen bin Ahmed Darwiish al-Isaaqi as-Soomaali, which was printed in Aden in 1955.
Sheikh Ishaaq's tomb is in Maydh, and is the scene of frequent pilgrimages. Sheikh Ishaaq's mawlid (birthday) is also celebrated every Thursday with a public reading of his manaaqib (a collection of glorious deeds). His Siyaara or pilgrimage is performed annually both within Somaliland and in the diaspora particularly in the Middle East among Isaaq expatriates.
The Isaaq have a very wide and densely populated traditional territory. They live in all 6 regions of Somaliland such as Awdal, Marodi Jeh, Togdheer, Sahil, Sanaag and Sool. They have large settlements in the Somali Region of Ethiopia, mainly on the eastern side of Somali Region also known as the Hawd and formerly Reserve Area which is mainly inhabited by the Isaaq sub-clan members. They also have large settlements in both Kenya and Djibouti, making up a large percentage of the Somali population in these two countries respectively.
The Isaaq clan constitute the largest Somali clan in Somaliland. The populations of five major cities in Somaliland – Hargeisa, Burao, Berbera, Erigavo and Gabiley – are all predominantly Isaaq. They exclusively dominate the Marodi Jeh region, and the Togdheer region, and form a majority of the population inhabiting the western and central areas of Sanaag region, including the regional capital Erigavo. The Isaaq also have a large presence in the western and northern parts of Sool region as well, with Habr Je'lo sub-clan of Isaaq living in the Aynabo district whilst the Habr Yunis subclan of Garhajis lives in the eastern part of Xudun district and the very western part of Las Anod district. They also live in the northeast of the Awdal region, with Saad Muse sub-clan being centered around Lughaya and its environs.
The populations of five major cities in Somaliland – Hargeisa, Burao, Berbera, Erigvo and Gabiley – are predominantly Isaaq.
The Isaaq clan played a prominent role in the Ethiopian-Adal War (1529–1543, referred to as the "Conquest of Abyssinia") in the army of Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi, I. M. Lewis noted that only the Habr Magadle division (Ayoub, Garhajis, Habr Awal and Arap) of the Isaaq were mentioned in chronicles of that war written by Shihab Al-Din Ahmad Al-Gizany known as Futuh Al Habash.
The first of the tribes to reach Imam Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi were Habr Magādle of the Isaaq clan with their chieftain Ahmad Gurey Bin Hussain Al-Somali, the Somali commander was noted to be one of Imam Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi's "strongest and most able generals". The Habr Magādle clan were highly appreciated and praised by the leader Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi for their bravery and loyalty.
Long after the collapse of the Adal Sultanate, the Isaaq established successor states, the Isaaq Sultanate and the Habr Yunis Sultanate. These two Sultanates possessed some of the organs and trappings of a traditional integrated state: a functioning bureaucracy, regular taxation in the form of livestock, as well as an army (chiefly consisting of mounted light cavalry). These sultanates also maintained written records of their activities, which still exist.
The Isaaq clan also played a major role in the Dervish movement, with Sultan Nur Aman of the Habr Yunis being fundamental in the inception of the movement. Sultan Nur was the principle agitator that rallied the dervish behind his anti-French Catholic Mission campaign that would become the cause of the dervish uprise. Haji Sudi of the Habr Je'lo was the highest ranking Dervish after Mohammed Abdullah Hassan, he died valiantly defending the Taleh fort during the RAF bombing campaign. The Isaaq sub-clans that were highly known for joining the Dervish movement were from the eastern Habr Yunis and Habr Je'lo sub-clans. These two sub-clans were able to purchase advanced weapons and successfully resist both British Empire and Ethiopian Empire for many years.
The Isaaq clan along with other northern Somali tribes were under British Somaliland protectorate administration from 1884 to 1960. On gaining independence, the Somaliland protectorate decided to form a union with Italian Somalia. The Isaaq clan spearheaded the greater Somalia quest from 1960 to 1991.
During the Somali Civil War, the Isaaq were subjected to a genocidal campaign by Siad Barre's troops (which also included armed Somali refugees from Ethiopia); the death toll has been estimated to be between 50,000 and 200,000.
After the collapse of the Somali Democratic Republic in 1991 the Isaaq-dominated Somaliland declared independence from Somalia as a separate nation.
Historically (and presently to a degree), the wider Isaaq clan were relatively more disposed to trade than their tribal counterparts due in part to their centuries old trade links with the Arabian Peninsula. In view of this imbalance in mercantile experience, other major Somali clans tended to resort to tribal slang terms such as "iidoor", an enviable pejorative roughly meaning trader/exchanger:
Somalis bandied about numerous stereotypes of clan behavior that mirrored these emerging social inequalities. The pejorative slang terms iidoor or kabadhe iidoora (loosely meaning "exchange") reflect Somali disdain for the go-between, the person who amasses wealth through persistence and mercantile skills without firm commitments to anyone else. As the Isaaq became more international and cosmopolitan, their commercial success and achievement ideology aroused suspicion and jealousy, notably among rural Darod who disliked Isaaq self-confidence and made them the target of stereotypes.
This was not lost on the sole president and dictator of the Somali Democratic Republic (1969–1991), Siad Barre, who disliked the Isaaq clan due to their financial independence, thus making it harder to control them:
Siyaad had a deep and personal dislike for the clan. The real reasons can only be guessed at, but in part it was due to his inability to control them. As accomplished business operatives, they had built a society that was not dependant on government largesse. The Isaaq had traditional trade relationships with the nations of the Arabian Peninsula that continued despite the attempts of the government to center all economic activity in Mogadishu. Siyaad did what he could, however, and Isaaq traders were forced to make the long trip to Mogadishu for permits and licenses.
Nevertheless, in the 1970s and 1980s, nearly all of the livestock exports went out through the port of Berbera via Isaaq livestock traders, with the towns of Burao and Yirowe in the interior being home to the largest livestock markets in the Horn of Africa. The entire livestock exports accounted to upwards of 90% of the Somali Republic's entire export figures in a given year, and Berbera's exports alone provided over 75% of the nation's recorded foreign currency income at the time.
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( 1 John 2:20 1 John 2:27 ; RSV, "anointing"). Kings, prophets, and priests were anointed, in token of receiving divine grace. All believers are, in a secondary sense, what Christ was in a primary sense, "the Lord's anointed."
M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition,
published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain, copy freely.
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Part of the Rose's programme of family friendly morning events specially linked to Key Stage 2 sections of the education syllabus.
Youngsters will be able to extend their appreciation of both the rich and poor in Tudor / Elizabethan times. The sessions will look at many aspects of food and entertainment, the Elizabethan theatre, local history and characters of the time.
This month, a practical look at the fashions of the time and the rules about what colours and materials could be worn. Some samples may be tried on.
All children must be accompanied by a responsible adult.
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Training Through Injuries – The Dos And Don'ts
One of the most common questions I receive as a coach is, “I hurt my [insert body part here], but I want to keep training. What can I do?” At some point or another, either as coaches or as athletes, we have encountered this dilemma. Today, I am going to walk you through how I handle this personally and also the advice I give my clients.
I have a couple questions I immediately ask my students when presented with the injury scenario. First, “What were you doing when you hurt it?” and second, “Can you show me specifically which movements cause pain?” You can ask yourself these questions, too. As a coach or an athlete you cannot make an educated decision on what to do, if you do not know where you currently are.
This is where I get real with my students and where you need to get real with yourself. If you tell me your shoulder hurts so bad you cannot lift it and you just hurt it yesterday, I am going to send you home. I understand you are game and ready to go, but we need to think beyond today. We are not professional athletes and tomorrow is not the Olympics. When you are injured, your priority is dealing with your injury, or at the very least, not worsening it. If you are questioning whether or not you should be at the gym – go home.
Focus On Recovery
Use your time at home to work your recovery. Recovery does not mean sitting still. It could mean using a foam roller and a lacrosse ball to work out muscle spasms or adhesions. It could mean icing for ten minutes at the top of every hour. It could mean visiting your chiropractor, massage therapist or yoga instructor. It could mean visiting your doctor and having diagnostic tests run. It does mean, without a doubt, listening to your body and being nice to it.
If you choose to stay at the gym and work around your injury, then really work around it and make sure your coach is aware of the situation. Do not do things that only “hurt a little.” If it hurts, stop doing it. If you are hurting it, you are not healing it. Yes, it might feel better once you get going into the workout, but that has more to do with endorphins and adrenalin than it does with whether or not you are causing damage and preventing healing. This does not mean you cannot move around at all, but do not do things that cause pain.
Don’t Create Other Injuries
If you are dealing with an injury requiring a long healing period, a shoulder injury for example, be careful you do not cause other injuries or imbalances in your training. If your left shoulder is hurt and you spend three months only working your right arm and right shoulder, you are setting yourself up for future problems. It is not just your arms, but your back, hips, and legs that will be affected by this constant unbalanced unilateral movement. In this scenario, you are better of focusing on lower body and core exercises. Engage your coach in helping you choose appropriate exercises.
There Is No Quick Fix
As with most things in life, we are in a hurry to get to the next step and injury recovery is no different. Beware of the quick fix. I have had clients come to me saying their doctor wanted to give them a cortisone shot. Unless you are playing the Super Bowl tomorrow, there is no reason for you to get a cortisone shot. In my experience it only allows you to train through the pain and worsen the injury. Likewise, beware of painkillers in general. If you want to take something, double or triple your fish oil and deal with the inflammation aspect of your injury. Pain is not a voice we should carelessly stifle.
If It Hurts, Stop. It’s Just Not Worth It.
This one is worth repeating. For the vast majority of us, we work out for fun or because we are committed to a certain level of health. We are not professional athletes, nor for the most part even competitive amateur athletes. Our priorities in our lives are different from a pro-athlete and therefore our priorities in the gym should be also.
Your mission in the gym is to get stronger, fitter, and healthier for the long haul. As a coach, I want to see you getting out of bed on your own at the age of 80. Training through pain and skipping recovery will not get you to that place. You can do it in the short-term, but it will come back to haunt you in the form of continued injuries, arthritis, chronic pain and more.
Think about the people in the gym who have the best form and put up the best numbers. They are the people who put in the work day in and day out, not the people who try to muscle through things. Treat your injury recovery the same way. Take the time necessary to heal properly; it will serve you in both your performance and your quality of life for years to come. | <urn:uuid:c293a87a-afb3-4988-a9f8-d1cb5daee0fe> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://breakingmuscle.com/learn/training-through-injuries-the-dos-and-donts | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280504.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00138-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.964274 | 1,053 | 1.859375 | 2 |
Most Americans expect the Fourth Amendment — which protects individuals from illegal searches — to extend to their digital lives.
In general, this expectation matches reality: unless law enforcement comes knocking with a warrant, the government cannot search a person’s phone or computer. However, cars are treated differently, and as “connected cars” become increasingly linked to people’s digital identities, there is a risk that police will use this exception to conduct digital searches without warrants.
Congress should close this loophole.
The Fourth Amendment is the cornerstone of people’s right to privacy and freedom from government intrusion in the United States. It requires the government to get a warrant based on probable cause before conducting a search and seizure of personal property.
The Supreme Court has found these protections important enough to update them for the digital world. For example, the court has extended warrant protections to cell phones and vehicle GPS tracking, and it is currently reviewing whether law enforcement officials should be required to get a warrant to obtain cellphone location information from wireless carriers.
However, there has been a long-standing exception for vehicles in the Fourth Amendment: law enforcement officials can stop and search a vehicle based on probable cause without having to get a warrant from a judge.
For example, police officers can stop a vehicle for a routine traffic violation, and search it on the spot if the officers have probable cause that they will find contraband or the evidence of a crime. This lower standard for government searches makes sense in a physical world, where vehicles can only hold so much information and drivers can easily drive away to dispose of evidence.
But cars are changing, both in term of the amount and sensitivity of the information they can hold. Next-generation vehicles generate gigabytes of data while driving, enabling a host of new applications that enhance convenience, safety, and efficiency for drivers.
When this information can be accessed either through a display interface in the car or programmatically through an on-board computer, law enforcement could gain access to a significant amount of data about drivers without a warrant. For example, police could access in-car apps that contain sensitive information, such as navigation apps that contain travel history, social media apps that store messages and other personal information, and payment apps that contain information about past purchases.
While some of these applications require passwords, many only do so when the driver first logs in. Therefore, they would likely be unlocked when police pull over a driver.
In addition, many drivers may be intimidated into revealing their passwords during a stop, as has happened to travelers forced to unlock their phones at border crossings.
Finally, police could retrieve information stored in an on-board computer which may collect and store a variety of potentially sensitive information about drivers, including their driving behavior. Already, some police use special devices designed to circumvent built-in security measures on citizens’ phones and quickly copy their contents — similar devices could be designed for cars.
Despite these potential risks, a car’s ability to collect information is not inherently privacy-invasive. And importantly, the automotive industry has taken pains to protect consumer privacy. For example, automakers made a series of public commitments in 2014 to establish strict privacy standards for data collected from vehicles, promising not to share consumer information with other businesses without affirmative consent — a standard that is higher than those found in other industries.
However, the auto industry cannot change the laws on digital searches. Policymakers should close this loophole to protect both citizens’ rights and support for technological progress. Congress has previously acted to close loopholes created by technological change.
For example, the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA), which limits how law enforcement can access digital information has different legal standards for obtaining email stored on a PC and email stored in the cloud. As cloud computing adoption has grown, Congress has worked to pass a legislative fix.
Just as Congress has been working to close the loophole for cloud computing, it should close the loophole created by the convergence of digital technology with vehicles. Congress should require law enforcement officials to obtain a warrant before they can access data from a vehicle.
Congress can do this while maintaining the vehicle exception for physical searches and maintaining law enforcement’s access to data held by third parties, such as automakers or wireless providers, through warrants or other lawful processes.
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As one of the leading providers of drug development services, Creative Proteomics offers seamless quantification methods targeting relative quantification and absolute quantification. And this service is welcomed by many clients working in protein quantification and other related fields.
Theory: Unlabeled quantification depends on signal intensity of precursors or chromatography. The first is applicable for high precision mass spectrometry. The HRMS level enables the label less quantification process. Label less quantification aims to determine the relative amount of protein in two or more biological samples. Compared to other protein quantification methods, the day-to-day quantification method in Creative Proteomics has made a big difference.
There are two types of untagged quantification methods: one based on the intensity of the first spectrum parent ions; The other is based on the secondary spectrum number of the appropriate peptide.
Label less Quantification Methods in Creative Proteomics
- Signal intensity method
In traditional proteomics, the protease must first be cut into peptides and separated by liquid chromatography. Separate and elute peptides according to their different hydrophobicity, ionic strength and isoelectric points. And then using an electrospray ionization source to create gas phase ions. The mass spectrometer records and isolates considering its mass-to-charge ratio, which is called the primary ion scan. Under the condition of secondary fragmentation, ion spectra of the secondary fragmentation can be obtained. And then back to the parent ion scan for the next cycle, commonly known as a data dependent acquisition model. In the first mass spectrum, each primary ion contains three-dimensional information: HPLC retention time, ionic strength, and mass charge ratio. Scientifically, the intensity of the precursor ion signal obtained by electrospray ionization is correlated with the ion concentration, and each major ion consists of ionized peptides. The intensity of the ion peak drawn from the first mass spectrum for peptide identification can reflect the frequency of the peptides. Commonly used parameters for maximum ion intensity are maximum height, maximum area and maximum volume, etc.
- Spectrum number
Generally higher protein frequency, more peptides generated by digestion; The more tryptic peptides are present, the more unique will be the matching peptides that were analyzed and identified by mass spectrometry. Of course, the number of the corresponding secondary spectrum will also be higher. This is the basis for label less quantification with respect to spectrum numbers. Therefore, it is also seen as a simple approach to relative protein quantification. The spectral count model reflects the frequency of proteins by adding the number of secondary spectra of all the peptides.
Different protein quantifications can be achieved based on the analysis of the information
Large amount of data: high need for information analysis
These two approaches are basic for unlabelled quantification and are also widely used in protein quantification. Given the value of most of our clients, Creative Proteomics also offers promotional activities until the 19th of this month, in the hope that all clients can find their own needs at a great discount during this period. You will also receive a discount of up to 20%.
If you want to add lean mass, you know that eating the required amount of protein a day can cause headaches. Depending on your penchant for muscle goals, it may be necessary to eat the same amount of protein every day, and it is not only not fun, but it is also a creepy nonsense. A healthy diet is always beneficial because it keeps you fit and healthy. Each food you eat contains a certain amount of protein. If you eat too much raw food, you may not stay fit enough for a lifetime.
Life is too short. So why not live healthy by eating fresh, protein-rich food? If you are excited, protein bags are also available to help balance your diet. Too much consumption does not make sense. But eating it in a guided way can help a lot. Protein bags are at the market or even at the supermarket. When it comes to packaging challenges, the problems associated with contagion control agents are most important to the brain. This is where most pharmaceutical packaging companies face dilemmas. As soon as pharmaceuticals leave manufacturing companies, concerns about protecting products from infectivity spread to the packaging industry.
This is not the end of the challenges of pharmaceutical packaging. There are many other concerns when packing products. For example, there is a possibility that drug molecules, such as proteins, may be wrapped in glass containers, leaving a much smaller number of useful drugs in treatment products. Most of the good pharmaceutical companies that respond to this use a material recognized as CZ Resin. This is a plastic fabric that is a cyclic olefinic polymer that is normally available on the market as syringes and vials. This material absorbs less protein than typical glasses in common use. The product packaging must contain information on use, transport, recycling / disposal, etc. on the product safety regulation label. The information can be in writing, observation, caution, or symbol on paper. Relaxed functions should be required for easy administration, presentation, presentation, launch, sale, reclosure, use and reuse. This provides the program with additional domain and protection for the package, regardless of how it is managed.
People who cannot get enough high-quality protein can get a valuable result with these supplements. If you’re someone who needs a higher protein intake, or if your diet just results in you not getting enough protein and wanting to increase it to the recommended daily values, protein supplements can be an effective way to do this.
Protein is also useful for people who only want to increase certain amino acids. For example, lysine is a supplement to the treatment of the herpes virus. There are also special combinations of proteins that are sold as fat burners. People who follow diets often use specially made protein bars that reflect the nutritional principles of this diet. These bars and powdered drinks available on the market today offer bodybuilders a convenient way to increase their lean protein intake, and for many, they are a quick and nutritious snack. For those who have little or no protein in their diet or have a legal reason to increase their food intake, this can be an effective way to achieve their daily nutritional goals.
For those who already have a lot of protein in their diet; It should be noted that an excessive amount of protein in the diet can cause calcium loss through urine and dehydration when the body tries to get rid of excess protein. When using nutritional supplements, it is important to be sensitive and not to strain yourself too much. Excess nutrients, whether carbohydrates, fats, or proteins, are converted into fats and stored in the body. Therefore, it is particularly important for people trying to lose weight to consider the total caloric value of protein bars and supplemental drinks that they consume.
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Once you get into the habit of paying off debt, it feels good. I’m not saying that writing the check feels good, but the feeling you get watching your debt numbers continuously diminish feels, well, good.
It can be hard for many people to get to the point where they even think about paying off their debts, so if you’ve reached this milestone already, then congrats. The hardest part — making some changes and accepting your financial facts and what needs to be done– is over. Let the debt payoff begin!
After a while, though, debt payoff can become monotonous and draining. It can be frustrating to put in so many working hours only to send that hard-earned money away to pay off a debtor (or 3).
Sometimes you may feel like giving up and stopping altogether. So what should you do when your momentum slows? Here are 7 ways to increase your debt payoff momentum and get your motivation back.
1. Change Strategies
Reassess the strategy you’ve employed for your long-term debt payoff. Just because you chose it a year ago doesn’t necessarily mean it fits your situation now, especially if you’re losing steam.
Although it sometimes gets a bad rap, many people love to employ Dave Ramsey’s debt snowball method in order to keep up their momentum, and it can work wonders.
The snowball method encourages debtors to pay off debts with the smallest balances first so excitement builds by seeing whole debts diminish quickly. The key here is to see faster results.
For instance, if you have 3 credit cards, each with $1,000, $2,000, and $3,000 balances, you would pay off the lowest balance first to create motivation. Once that debt is paid, you apply that payment to the next lowest balance, and so on.
It’s a great idea in theory, and it’s helped many people succeed, but what it doesn’t take into account is the interest rate of each debt. Many people would argue that higher interest debt needs to be paid first. Although that’s a very good argument, everyone is different, so what works for you may not work for everyone. See if this method can help you gain some much-needed momentum again.
2. Negotiate for a Better Rate or Refinance
A great way to save on some future interest payments is to try to get a better interest rate on your current debts. If you have credit card debt, call your credit company and tell them you’re thinking about switching over your balance to another competing company. They may offer you a better rate to get you to stay, and if they don’t, all they will tell you is “no.” It doesn’t hurt to ask!
If you have mortgage or a lot of student loan debt, see if you can refinance to consolidate or get a better rate. Refinancing doesn’t make sense for everyone, but it’s worth checking into if you want to reach debt freedom faster with minimal effort.
3. Create Rewards for Yourself
Sure, receiving a “Debt Paid in Full” notice from your lender should be reward enough after you’ve paid off a debt, but if that’s not enough, build some sort of incentive into your debt payoff plan.
That doesn’t mean go out and spend tons of money on something you don’t need (which will take you further away from your goal), but give yourself something to look forward to. Maybe that means celebrating with an affordable bottle of wine or a date night with your significant other. It doesn’t have to be extravagant, it just needs to create a little incentive.Feeling stuck in a rut with your #debt? Use these 7 strategies to gain back motivation: Click To Tweet
4. Utilize All Extra Money
Go ahead and commit now to using any extra unexpected money you receive as gifts or raises and bonuses and apply it all to your debt. If you get some money you weren’t expecting to come your way, then you didn’t already plan for it to be spent elsewhere. Apply it all to your balance as soon as you receive it to avoid the temptation of blowing it elsewhere.
5. Take (a Little) Time Off
If it’s really killing you, take some time off. No, that doesn’t mean forever, and I of course don’t mean to stop paying your bills on time.
If you need some time to regroup and gain back momentum, take a few months off by just paying the minimums, and attack that debt with gusto again when you’re ready. The important thing to remember here is not to add more to your debt. Put a date on the calendar 2 or 3 months from now and decide to start again once you reach that date, if not sooner.
That’s exactly what my husband and I did when we lost some momentum on our mortgage payoff goal. We paid the regular payment for a couple of months before we were ready to go at it again, and because we’re so close to our payoff goal, I don’t regret taking a few months off as a breather.
This method may not be suitable for everyone (you must have discipline), but it worked for us and helped us build up our savings again.
6. Build Up Some Savings
If paying off debt doesn’t excite you for now, slow down instead and build up your savings for a bit. Once you feel better about your bank account and you have a healthy amount stashed away for emergencies, you can decide if you want to apply it all to your debt when you’re ready.
Having the extra padding in your savings account might give you enough of a confidence boost to start attacking that debt again.
7. Think About Being Done With Debt
Whatever method works for you, just remember you’ll get there eventually. Read some stories of people who have overcome their own debt hurdles, or start writing about it yourself to track your progress. Writing about it on a blog does wonders to keep you accountable and on track, but if the thought of going public scares you, just find an accountability buddy to confide in.
When you finally reach the finish line, don’t forget how it felt to pay off all of that debt, and promise yourself that you’ll never get into it again. Once you’ve trudged through so much aggravation paying off your debt, your outlook will change and you’ll want to pay cash for everything (or be more responsible with your credit), and that’s a wonderful change to embrace.
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Scholarship of Harvard University
Harvard University, the best university of the world. In world ranking, Harvard University is the first position. This rank 1 university has always been the dream of college students. A degree from Harvard University is more valuable than any other educational degree on earth. However, it is very difficult to get the chance to study in Harvard University. All the talents and extra-ordinaries from all over the world compete to get enroll in Harvard University. That is what makes it very competitive to get admitted in Harvard University. That is what makes the Harvard University the best university of the world.
Harvard University was established in 1636. At present there are around 7,000 undergraduate students pursuing their bachelor degree. Around 15,000 students are attending postgraduate programs like Masters of Science, MBA, MA, Doctoral Programs and so on. Around 4500 academic staffs works in Harvard University. With campuses on 210 acres of land and all kinds of facilities a university can ever have, Harvard University has been performing and gaining fame as the best university of the world.
Scholarship of Harvard University
Students of Harvard University never have to worry about the tuition fees. Because they are the most talented, the brightest of the world. According to Harvard University, 50% of her students receive financial aid and scholarships. More than 20% of the students’ family pays nothing. Actually, when a student is in Harvard University, he has everything. In this article of ghfinder.com we will talk about the top 10 scholarships awarded in Harvard University. There are many more scholarships provided by outsiders and other funds, research grants, employment opportunity and many other opportunities in Harvard University. However, in this post of ghfinder.com, we are only focusing the top 10 scholarships of Harvard University. Here are the top scholarships of Harvard University (click on the name of the scholarships to view details about them) –
These are the top ten scholarship of Harvard University. We have already mentioned earlier that Harvard University has more scholarship fund and opportunities than any other university. But it is not possible to highlight them all. So, in this post of ghfinder.com, we have described the top scholarships of Harvard University. Here you will find details about the scholarships of Harvard University, how to apply for these scholarship, how much these scholarship pays and other relevant information. If you are planning to try to get admitted in Harvard University and looking for the best way to get a scholarship, you are on right place. In this post of ghfinder.com you will know everything you need to know about scholarship in Harvard University.
How to Get Admitted in Harvard University:
Here we are gonna show you how to get admitted in Harvard University. What are the requirements to get admitted in Harvard University will be shown here. Students feel confused about the requirements of Undergraduate, Graduate and Doctoral admission. Here you’ll learn the requirements to get admitted and will also learn how to get admitted in Harvard University.
Courses of Harvard University:
It is important to know about the programs of Hadar University before applying to get admitted or before applying for a scholarship.
Now you know about the programs of Harvard University. It is time to made up your mind. First, choose in which program you want to attend in Harvard University. Choose the best suited program. It’ll help you to get scholarship easily.
How to Get a Scholarship in Harvard University:
Scholarship application process of Harvard University is not straight forward. But don’t get upset. From this article, it’ll be very easy for you to understand the scholarship process of Harvard University and once you are finished reading this article, you’ll have a clear idea about how to get a scholarship in Harvard University.
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Details tend to overwhelm. Days are laden with tedious tasks, to-dos not yet done, and a constant, grueling drive toward accomplishment. Days are spent within rigid walls, legs tucked behind desks, eyes obscured behind screens. When does one have time to stop and think, access, reflect? Is there a moment to stop and gaze at the sky, or just a cursory glance upward to determine if an umbrella is needed today or not.
When a world of detail threatens to close in, and our connection to the Hand behind the incessantly scribbling pen grows dangerously dim, Jewish law inserts a pause. The afternoon Mincha prayer, set in the heart of a day's flurry, mandates a halt. In the morning, that auspicious time of day when the mind is still clear, it is easier to spare a moment for God. In the evening, as we wind down, we appreciate the time of communion and reflection.
But the afternoon, when distraction tempts and fatigue drags, is increasingly more difficult. And, in so keeping, increasingly more important.
This prayer is intended to intrude.
Mincha is comparatively short, composed only of one preemptory Psalm (Ashrei), and the 18 Blessings (Amidah), the quintessential prayer. Mincha must be said between midday and sunset. During the lengthy summer days, one has until late afternoon; the shorter winter days demand a moment be spared in the early afternoon. In any case, this prayer is intended to interrupt. Scheduled to intrude.
Amid the busy grind – phones, meetings, customers, kids – this time-out whistle is rarely a welcome sound. “I am busy right now,” we mutter with varying degrees of guilt and exasperation. “I'll be free a little later, right after I finish this.” And he continues to putter about importantly, constructing sand castles, drawing deliberate strokes in the soft mud, disregarding the storm clouds gathering overhead.
Connect to the Timeless
Confronting one's own transience is not comfortable. It is unpleasant to consider that much of what we accomplish will not last. If we were to step, for a moment, outside the snow globe of daily activity, watching the fragile pieces of life frantically dance and spin, the present would be placed in humble perspective.
But these moments of introspection are greatly feared, and adroitly avoided. Moments of unsettling lucidity, upon which everyone must stumble at one point or another, compel the question: Where am I going? It is a question few care to face, for it is an inquiry, too fundamental to excuse a floundering response.
The Mincha prayer integrates this question into everyday life. Required to confront life's imminent qualms on a daily basis, one becomes increasingly more adept at doing so. The essential question – Where am I going? – eventually ceases to threaten. It begins, instead, to beckon.
For those invested exclusively in the mundane, Mincha proves a frustrating interruption. To the one willing to face his own ephemeral nature, Mincha provides a chance to escape those banal confinements. It is moment - snatched in a corner, an office, a synagogue - to stand face-to-face with one's Creator. It is an opportunity to defy transience by connecting to He who presides beyond the hourglass's narrow frame.
One who insists that a pause, a break, will eventuate of its own accord is sadly deluded. An object stays in motion until acted upon by an external force.
The afternoon Mincha prayer is a declaration of freedom. The deliberate pause communicates autonomy over the ceaseless daily duties that march endlessly across life's stage. In surrendering control of time, for a brief moment every afternoon, we do the only thing within our power to control time. We connect to the Timeless. | <urn:uuid:e690fa7c-6ca8-4893-ad0a-fc23fd188355> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.aish.com/sp/pr/Defying_Time.html?s=rab | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560284352.26/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095124-00197-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.926991 | 802 | 1.828125 | 2 |
You've got a long way to go. I did the other way round a couple of months back and was able to move in properly but still insisted on doing the courses as syntax maybe a bit different but the databases are huge beasts who behave differently.
Startup by reading the concepts manual, it's, IMHO very crucial that you read this manual at least thrice. Architectural understanding is crucial in understanding databases.
Oracle doco's are for free so you can download them in pdf format's as well.
If you want to be doing a serious oracle dba you'll have the...
2. perf tuning manual
3. backup, reco and rman manual.
4. admin guide
...pdf's printed, bounded on your desk at all times.
Here the concept's manual to start with ...http://download-west.oracle.com/docs...a96524/toc.htm
and this the link to read/download all manuals...http://download-west.oracle.com/docs...v/docindex.htm
Welcome to the real database
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Garage Center for Contemporary Culture presents The Black Pot, a new project by Swedish artists Nathalie Djurberg and Hans Berg, curated by Yulia Aksenova.
Djurberg is best known for her provocative films using stop-motion animation. In these works, plasticine figures enact absurd stories, in scenes evocative of nightmares and morbid fantasies. The characters she creates personify some of the darkest aspects of human nature-the pleasure found in cruelty, as well as fear, sexual obsession and the lure of violence.
Although her visual language draws upon the aesthetics of childhood, Djurberg's work avoids sentimentality and instead explores subconscious and taboo desires.
A degree of allegory is characteristic of her work, particularly through her use of archaic forms of narrative, such as the fable and myth, which are traditionally used to represent core archetypes of human behavior and their more extreme manifestations.
The Black Pot - Djurberg and Berg's latest project - differs greatly from previous works insofar as the film does not contain scenes of violence, graphic sexual imagery or extreme physiological states. Instead, a certain poetic and metaphorical abstraction emerges within the fragmented narrative. Drawing on classical mythology, Djurberg plays with the subject of ontogenesis (the transformation of an organism from an egg to a mature form). The Black Pot, like all the films by the artist, is accompanied by the eccentric and hypnotic music of Hans Berg.
The central video installation takes the shape of a circular panorama where symbols of universal creation take on a very personal and poetic note. As in a bubbling pot, sublime and earthy senses mix in the dark space of the universe. The exhibition also features new work by the artist, including sculptural seats that take the shape of everyday items, such as donuts or scrambled eggs. These are formally united in a circle-the primary symbol of the creation of the world.
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With 25 hours of tuition each week, a maximum class size of 11 students and a 20% cap of any nationality, Bucksmore Cambridge is an intensive English language course that immerses students aged 14-17 in the English language. Combined with a fun-filled activity programme, the course is perfect for students who want to maximise their language knowledge away from a traditional summer boarding school environment.
Welcome to Bucksmore English Language Summer Schools
Corpus Christi College
Corpus Christi College is the 6th oldest college in Cambridge University, established in 1352, and is one of the most famous and beautiful colleges in the whole university.
The ideal place for a summer school is located in the centre of Cambridge and is only a short walk from the central market square and the city centre shops, cafes and museums. Students can explore this historic city during Freestyle Periods between lessons.
The sixth oldest College in Cambridge University, Corpus Christi was founded by the city’s townspeople in the aftermath of the ‘Black Death’ plague. The Saxon tower of the church has been connected to the Corpus Old Court by a long gallery from the 15th century.
During the civil war, the Corpus collection was distributed whilst the Fellows were on permission of absence leaving the Corpus collection intact after the war. Numerous prominent occasions took place in Cambridge including the decoding of the double helix structure and discovering DNA by Francis Crick and James Watson in a local pub called ‘The Eagle’. In 1980 Corpus made the decision to admit women undergraduates making Corpus a mixed gender college.
The Corpus clock was unveiled by the famous Stephen Hawking which now sits in front of the Taylor library. Numerous notable alumni have attended Corpus Christi including Lord Chancellors, Members of Parliament, Bishops, Archbishop’s and authors. Thomas Cavendish, an explorer and privateer and Richard Boyle, a 1st Earl of Cork and a Lord Treasurer of the Kingdom of Ireland attended Corpus Christi in the 16th century.
Located in the centre of England, Cambridge city is made up of the 31 colleges of Cambridge University. Corpus Christi College is one of the 31 colleges and is located in the city centre. Magnificent architecture, majestic college buildings, quaint passages and historic market places forms this beautifully unique city.
Set 50 miles north of London, the River Cam runs through Cambridge where industries such as software, bioscience and many start-up companies have originated from the university.
The accommodation at Corpus Christi College consists of both single and twin bedrooms in separate male and female accommodation blocks, and all bathrooms are shared. There is a College laundry room onsite and is free of charge. There is a porters’ lodge that is manned 24 hours along with an auditorium, a social room and a sports field.
Bucksmore also offers a complimentary airport transfer service to students arriving at Heathrow, Stansted and Gatwick airports.
In addition to the Bucksmore’s residential centre management team and counsellors that provide pastoral care and support to students, there are also friendly and welcoming Corpus Christi College staff available 24 hours a day.
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Every once in a while, a newspaper reports that some crane operator got careless and let the crane boom touch a power line. Cranes are made of metal, and usually have metal outriggers used to stabilize the crane while it is lifting a load. This means the crane has an excellent connection to ground.
A typical 13,800 volt power distribution line in the United States is not insulated. When a crane boom touches one, the electric current can travel unimpeded down the boom, through the crane, through the operator's body, and into the ground. And 13,800 volt power lines can deliver a lot of electric current. The operator is usually killed immediately.
Unfortunately, the ground resistance under the crane is usually high enough that insufficient current is generated to trip the power distribution circuit breakers. This means that the power line remains live and electrically hot, and creates a very dangerous situation for everyone else. Not only is the crane itself dangerous to touch, but the ground immediately around the crane becomes dangerous to walk on.
Because the crane is grounding a power line, the ground immediately underneath the crane rises to several thousand volts. Because of the resistance of the ground, this voltage drops off sharply with distance in a radius around the crane. There can be a potential difference in the ground of several hundred volts from some point near the crane to a point a mere three feet closer to it.
It is human nature to want to help people in trouble, so the crane operator's coworkers will rush to his rescue. The fact that the ground is electrically hot is completely invisible and not intuitively obvious. When someone approaches the crane, one foot can be at a spot on the ground that is at a higher voltage potential than the other foot. This will cause an electric current to travel up one leg and down the other, injuring or even killing the person.
The best thing to do if a crane has touched a power line is to stay far away from it. Keep other people away from it as well, they probably won't know the ground is dangerous to walk on. Do not attempt to save the crane operator. Have someone call the electric company and get the power to the line shut off. The company will also send a team over to safely remove the crane from the power line. | <urn:uuid:097148ab-aeeb-4c9e-8455-05543aaf4528> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://everything2.com/title/What+happens+when+a+crane+touches+a+power+line | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280292.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00341-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.954388 | 464 | 3.359375 | 3 |
[Show abstract][Hide abstract]ABSTRACT: Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) in Lewis rats is characterized by transient paralysis followed by recovery. To evaluate whether transient paralysis in EAE affects bone density, tibiae of EAE rats were morphologically investigated using micro-computed tomography and histology. The parameters of bone health were significantly reduced at the peak stage of EAE rats relative to those of controls (p < 0.05). The reduction of bone density was found to remain unchanged, even in the recovery stage. Collectively, the present data suggest that osteoporosis occurs in paralytic rats with monophasic EAE, possibly through the disuse of hindlimbs and/or autoimmune inflammation.
[Show abstract][Hide abstract]ABSTRACT: Background: The trabecular bone changes in the tibia of C3H/HeN mice were measured 12 weeks atier whole body irradiation with various doses of fast neutrons (0-2.4 Gy) or 137Cs-generated gamma-rays (0-6 Gy). Materials and Methods: Serum calcium, phosphorus, estradiol concentration and alkaline phosphatase activity were measured. Tibiae were analyzed using microcomputed tomography. Biomechanical property and osteoclast surface level were measured. Results: There was a significant relationship between the loss of bone architecture and the radiation dose, and the best-fi0ng dose -response curves were linear-quadratic. Mean relative biological effectiveness (RBE) values (Ref. gamma) of 2.05 and 2.33 were estimated for fast neutron irradiation in trabecular bone volume fraction and bone mineral density, respectively. There was a substantial reduction in osteoclast surface level in tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase-stained histological sections of tibial metaphyses in irradiated mice with high dose of neutrons. Conclusion: There was a significant relationship between the loss of bone architecture and the radiation dose. The difference of osteoclastic bone resorption may represent a contributor to the low RBE in high dose of irradiation level relative to that of low dose level.
[Show abstract][Hide abstract]ABSTRACT: This in vitro study compared the detrimental effect and relative biological effectiveness (RBE) of high-linear energy transfer (LET) fast neutrons on rat immature hippocampal cultured cells with those of low-LET γ rays. Immature hippocampal cells were exposed to fast neutrons or γ rays. Cytotoxicity and cell viability were analyzed using a lactate dehydrogenase (LDH)-release assay and a 3-[4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl]-2,5-diphenyl tetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay, respectively. The cytotoxicity and cell viability with fast neutrons or γ rays varied in a dose-dependent pattern. In the LDH release and MTT assay indices, the RBEs of fast neutrons were approximately 2.35 and 2.42, respectively. Fast neutrons markedly induced apoptotic changes in immature hippocampal cells with increased expression of active caspase-3 and cleaved poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase. Increased cytotoxicity and decreased cell viability in immature hippocampal cells were seen in a dose-dependent pattern after fast-neutron and γ irradiation. Fast neutrons have a higher RBE for cell death indices than γ rays.
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[Show abstract][Hide abstract]ABSTRACT: The present study compared the dose–response curves for the frequency of apoptosis in mouse hippocampal dentate gyrus (DG)
and intestinal crypt using whole-body gamma irradiation. The incidence of gamma-ray-induced apoptosis was measured using the
terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP-biotin nick-end-labelling (TUNEL) method. TUNEL-positive apoptotic nuclei
in the DG and intestinal crypt were increased in a dose-dependent pattern (0–2 Gy). The dose–response curves were linear-quadratic,
with a significant relationship between the appearance of apoptosis and irradiation dose. The slopes of the dose–response
curves in the DG were much steeper (∼5–6-fold) than those in the intestinal crypt within the range of 0–1 Gy exposure. Hippocampal
DG might be a more effective and sensitive evaluation structure than the intestinal crypt to estimate the degree of radiation
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The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/German Catholics
GERMAN CATHOLICS, a religious sect which sprang up in Germany about the close of 1844, which rapidly increased during the four or five following years and then as rapidly declined. The immediate cause of the formation of this sect was the exhibition by Arnoldi, bishop of Trèves, of the holy coat preserved in the cathedral of that city and said to be the coat of Christ. The bishop accompanied the exhibition of the holy coat by a promise of plenary indulgence to whoever should make a pilgrimage to Trèves to honor it. The announcement of this proceeding on the part of the bishop of Trèves produced a feeling of general astonishment in Germany and drew from a Silesian priest called J. Ronge, who had already been suspended from his charge on account of his independent views, a letter protesting against the exhibition of the holy coat and denouncing the projected pilgrimage as idolatry. This letter was published in the ‘Sächsische Vaterlandsblätter’ on 16 Oct. 1844, and produced an amount of excitement that was quite unanticipated by the writer. Ronge was excommunicated, but this only increased the general enthusiasm in his favor, and when he entered into relations with Czerski, another independent priest who had seceded from the Church, and made along with him an appeal to the lower grades of the clergy to unite in founding a National German Church independent of the Pope and governed by councils and synods, the appeal received a ready answer from a considerable number of those to whom it was addressed. A number of congregations belonging to the new body were formed in the more important towns, especially in Leipzig, under the celebrated Robert Blum, and in Magdeburg under the teacher Kote. In the spring of 1845 there were already about 100. At this time (March 1845) a council was summoned to meet in Leipzig to deliberate on the affairs of the body. Only 20 congregations were represented there, but these nevertheless at once proceeded under the presidency of Professor Wigard to arrange a system of doctrine and practice which was to form the basis of union for the whole Church. The Bible was recognized as the sole standard of faith and its interpretation was left to reason, “penetrated and animated” by the Christian idea. Only two sacraments were admitted, baptism and the Lord's Supper. In matters of ritual each congregation was left free to carry into practice its own views. The organism of the new Church was almost the same as that of the Presbyterian dissenting churches of Scotland. Each congregation was to choose its own pastor and elders. Affairs of a general interest were entrusted to the management of a general council to meet every five years, but the decisions of this council were to be ratified by a majority of the congregations before they came valid. The confession of sins, the hierarchy of the clergy and the celibacy of the priests were abolished and the authority of the Pope was not recognized. On the subject of purgatory nothing was declared either for or against it. The constitution of the new Church was thus a Protestant one, but in some respects the German Catholics went even further than the majority of Protestants in a liberal direction, inasmuch as they claimed for all, complete religious liberty and declared their religion to be capable of development and modification with the progress of the human mind.
The Church established on this basis had at first, as has already been stated, great success. The most eminent men of the liberal party regarded the movement with sympathy, or at least with interest. Gervinus expressed his belief that great benefits might result from it. Many Protestants, dissatisfied with the subjection of their religion to state supervision, joined the body, which, at the end of 1845, counted 298 congregations. But it was not long before the spirit of opposition began to show itself. The majority of the governments in Germany at the instigation both of the Protestant and the Roman Catholic clergy began to use repressive measures against the new body. Prussia contented itself with regulating the exercise of their worship; but some of the other states went further. At Baden the adherents of the sect were deprived of their political rights. Austria took the course of banishing them from her dominions. But persecution from without did less hurt than the divisions within the body. Almost immediately after the meeting of the council at Leipzig a congregation had been formed at Berlin which refused to abide by its decisions. Czerski and Ronge, the two originators of the sect, became the leaders of two opposing parties within it, one of which, that headed by Czerski, clung to the traditions and doctrines of the Roman Catholic Church, rejecting only the supremacy of the Pope and the union between Church and State; while the other sought for more freedom, converted religion into a sort of popular philosophy and began to mix up with it questions of politics, exhibiting strong democratic tendencies. These were most plainly manifest during the revolutionary epoch of 1848. The schism between the two parties was then complete. One section of the congregations of German Catholics professed to have only religious ends in view, while another section openly pronounced itself in favor of socialistic principles.
From the year 1850, however, there were several attempts to re-establish the unity of the body. An effort was made to reintroduce harmony by widening the basis of union. Instead of founding a religion, a council held at Gotha in June 1859, proposed the formation of a religious association or confederation into which all free Protestant and even Jewish congregations were to be admitted. Legislation in the different states had become more tolerant and the carrying out of the scheme of the council of Gotha seemed to be at least practicable. But the result proved otherwise. The associations consisted of too heterogeneous elements. While some of the members receding further and further from orthodoxy proclaimed simple design as their religion and abolished baptism and the Lord's Supper, others on the contrary lost themselves in an exaggerated mysticism. According to the most recent statistics there are still about 100 congregations of German Catholics in Germany; but their numbers only amounted to about 6,200 in 1895. Consult Bauer, ‘Geschichte der Gründung und Fortbildung der deutschkatholischen Kirche’ (Meissen 1885); Kampe, ‘Wesen des Deutschkatholicismus’ (Tübingen 1850); Findel, ‘Der Deutschkatholicismus in Sachsen’ (Leipzig 1895). | <urn:uuid:4983c8e0-9216-4bd4-948c-805beecc5745> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Encyclopedia_Americana_(1920)/German_Catholics | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560284352.26/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095124-00190-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.980612 | 1,361 | 3.921875 | 4 |
Elaine Taylor-Klaus took her daughter Bex off gluten 8½ years ago after a nutritionist suggested the irritable and sensitive girl might have a gluten sensitivity. Within two weeks of eliminating gluten from her diet, Bex, now 18, was a different child.
Whether it’s for diagnosed celiac disease or suspected gluten sensitivity, many parents are switching their children to gluten-free diets. Busy parents might feel overwhelmed by the thought of a big dietary overhaul for kids already picky about food (and change in general). But going gluten-free doesn’t have to be scary.
“Parents are afraid to even try it because it sounds like it would be too hard,” said Taylor-Klaus, a parenting coach in Atlanta. “I was one of those parents. I’m not saying it’s not hard. But [Bex] became so much easier to manage that the trade-off was far superior to what I thought it would be.”
The trade-off is even more pronounced for kids with celiac disease, an inability to digest gluten, a protein found in products that contain wheat, barley or rye.
There is no treatment for celiac disease — which can cause bloating, diarrhea and constipation in some patients and mood swings and neurological symptoms in others — but it can be managed by eliminating gluten from your diet.
Here are some suggestions from experts and parents of gluten-free children on how to make the change easier for you and your child.
Consult a doctor
John Snyder, chief of the division of gastroenterology, hepatology and nutrition at Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, said in an email that parents should check with a doctor before changing a child’s diet, to ensure he or she continues to get proper nutrition.
There are many reasons parents consider putting a child on a gluten-free diet, including mood swings, eczema and autism spectrum disorders. But if you think your child might have celiac disease or a severe gluten intolerance, it’s important to have him tested before changing his diet.
“Testing for celiac disease is only effective if the child is on a diet which contains gluten,” Snyder said.
Be a detective
Just because a label or menu says something is gluten-free doesn’t mean it’s safe for celiacs, said Jerry Malitz, president of the D.C. Metro Celiac Organization.
In addition to reading the ingredients, parents need to see how the food is prepared and stored. French fries might be labeled as gluten-free on a menu, Malitz said, because they are made with potatoes. But if they are cooked in a fryer that has been used for onion rings or fried shrimp that are coated in flour, there can be cross-contamination.
“A food might be gluten-free, but nothing about its preparation, storage or anything else is gluten-free,” Malitz said. “That’s a very big issue.”
The same goes for checking labels in a grocery store.
Make your own food
Although gluten-free products are much more readily available now than they were a few years ago, they are more expensive than their traditional counterparts.
Parents can save by buying in bulk or buying the whole grains and processing them at home.
Kelly Courson, a holistic health coach in New York who has celiac disease and writes the blog Celiac Chicks, recommends that families who are used to eating a lot of bread invest in a bread machine.
“You can have the ingredients measured and ready to go in bags so you only have to add yeast and water,” Courson said. “It really helps if you are pinching pennies.”
Keep a stash of gluten-free cupcakes or cookies in the freezer at home and in the school cafeteria or office so your child will be able to have a treat at birthday celebrations.
“Anticipate where they’re going and what they might need,” said Taylor-Klaus. All three of Taylor-Klaus’s children and her husband are gluten-free for various issues, including eczema and difficulty focusing. “Anticipate what you can do to normalize it for them so they’re not different from everyone else. It may be a different dessert, but it’s still a dessert.”
Get the school on board
Talk to your child’s teacher and the school nurse, especially with younger children, and enlist their help. Maria Roglieri of Sleepy Hollow, N.Y., said the nurse at her daughter’s school made arrangements for her to talk to other parents of gluten-free kids, to share information.
Roglieri also suggests seeing whether the school will group two or more gluten-free kids together in the same class, so they have a buddy with similar dietary restrictions.
Give unprocessed foods a chance
Children are notoriously finicky when it comes to food, and most of what passes for kid-friendly in restaurants is loaded with gluten: chicken nuggets, macaroni and cheese, burgers and hot dogs or spaghetti and meatballs.
Although there are gluten-free versions of most of these kid staples readily available, Kelly Dorfman, a nutritionist, thinks the focus of a gluten-free diet should be on whole, unprocessed foods. Load up on fruits, vegetables, seeds, nuts, meats, cheeses and other healthful foods, instead of focusing on the gluten-free versions of your favorite processed foods, Dorfman said.
Do it as a family
Going gluten-free with your child, at least for the first month, can ease the transition to a new diet, Dorfman said.
“You don’t want the child to feel like something’s wrong with him,” Dorfman said. “This is just a crazy thing about modern living. Doing it together, and helping the family bond that way, is really important.”
Epstein said that although her husband, Brian, was celiac, the rest of the family didn’t eat gluten-free until Jeremy was diagnosed last summer. Now they all eat gluten-free at home, and she and her daughter Lauren, 5, eat gluten only when they are out.
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Complex models running at MHz speeds in weeks?
Would getting your complex models running at MHz speeds in just weeks accelerate your software development project?
What if you could expedite performance validation and verification at the same time?
In this Technical Webinar, walk through typical modeling issues such as the modeling gap and simulation bottleneck, and explore modeling tradeoffs between development time, execution time and accuracy. Then sit back and watch how synthesizable models, test benches & transactors enable early emulation & rapid prototyping, illustrated by a demo of synthesizable models running at 10s of MHz on an FPGA board.
Join us for the 'Synthesizable Models Enable Early Emulation & Rapid Prototyping' Webinar presented by Bluespec Inc.
Date: Wednesday June 2, 2010
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As additive manufacturing—3D printing—expands through a growing number of industries and applications, studies indicate that a skills shortage has slowed its wider adoption. There exists a shortage of talent and training that understands the technology, processes, and equipment involved in its use.
In a research brief released in November by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Work of the Future department, the authors observe that education dedicated to additive manufacturing is being offered at all levels, starting with K-12 on through post-graduate instruction.
“Desktop hobbyist-style 3D printers are increasingly being used in K-12 educational settings to augment lecture-based instruction through laboratory exercises. At the university level, many institutions have ‘maker spaces’ or other accessible 3D printing resources,” the brief says.
The Pennsylvania State University offers a master’s degree in additive manufacturing and design. The Ohio State University offers a Master of Global Engineering Leadership with an additive manufacturing track consisting of five courses (students may choose four). Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh offers a Master of Science in Additive Manufacturing. Other universities, including the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Purdue University, and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, offer professionally focused workforce training programs in additive manufacturing.
Professional societies offer workforce-level training in the technology as well.
Despite a growing body of professional training and degree initiatives for additive manufacturing, there is evidence that current programs may be insufficient to address the shortage of qualified professionals. Colleges and universities are stepping up to close this skills gap as more programs are arriving on campus to develop a prepared workforce of additive manufacturing experts.
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The public should not be asked to decide which science programs should receive public funding, says Daniel Sarewitz, director of the Consortium for Science, Policy & Outcomes at Arizona State University.
Sarewitz gave a presentation today at the AAAS annual meetingon the negative aspects of excessive voter involvement in science funding . “While increased democratization in the sciences is certainly desirable, putting it to the public to decide which programs areworthy of funding and which are not is an absurd way to fund science,” he said.
Sarewitz said that the problem with direct democracy is that it does not give people an opportunity to choose, but rather creates a “political advocacy circus.” He gave the example of Proposition 71, a $3 billion stem cell research initiative passed in California in 2004 to avoid the Bush administration’s ban federal funding of embryonic stem cell research. Because the measure was deliberately designed to avoid government involvement, there was little to no oversight of the research, Sarewitz said.
Sarewitz said that democracy should be more about open process and transparent institutions. “There is a reason that we have representative democracy in this country: it is because it is doubtful that people — with
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An electroretinography (ERG) test, also known as an electroretinogram, measures the electrical response of the light-sensitive cells in your eyes.
These cells are known as rods and cones. They form part of the back of the eye known as the retina. There are around 120 million rods in the human eye and 6 to 7 million cones. The cones are responsible for the eye’s color sensitivity. They reside mostly in your eye’s macula. The rods are more sensitive to light than the cones, but they’re not more sensitive to color.
Your doctor may perform an ERG to determine if you have an inherited or acquired disorder of the retina, such as:
- retinitis pigmentosa, which is a genetic disease causing loss of peripheral and night vision
- macular degeneration, which is a loss of vision due to the death of cells in the macula
- retinoblastoma, which is a cancer of the retina
- retinal separation, which is a detachment of the retina from the back of the eyeball
- cone rod dystrophy (CRD), which is vision loss due to impaired cone and rod cells
An ERG may also help your doctor assess your need for retinal surgery or other types of eye surgery, such as the removal of cataracts.
The following occurs during an ERG:
- Your doctor will ask you to lie down or sit in a comfortable position.
- They’ll dilate your eyes with eye drops in preparation for the test.
- Your doctor will place anesthetic drops in your eyes, which will make them numb.
- They’ll use a device known as a retractor to hold open your eyelids. This will enable them to carefully place a small electrode on each eye. The electrodes are about the size of a contact lens.
- Your doctor will attach another electrode to your skin so that it functions as a ground for the faint electrical signals made by the retina.
- You’ll then watch a flashing light. Your doctor will conduct the test in normal light and in a darkened room. The electrode enables the doctor to measure your retina’s electrical response to light. The responses recorded in a light room will mainly be from your retina’s cones. The responses recorded in a darkened room will mainly be from your retina’s rods.
- The information from the electrodes transfers to a monitor. The monitor displays and records the information. It appears as a-waves and b-waves. The a-wave is a positive wave that originates mainly from your eye’s cornea. It represents the initial negative deflection of a flash of light. The b-wave, or positive deflection, follows. The plot of the b-wave’s amplitude reveals how well your eye reacts to light.
If your results are normal, they’ll show the wave patterns of a normal eye in response to each flash of light.
Abnormal results may indicate any of the following conditions:
- arteriosclerosis damage to the retina
- congenital retinoschisis, which is a splitting of layers in the retina
- congenital night blindness
- giant cell arteritis
- retinal detachment
- cone rod dystrophy (CRD)
- certain medications
- vitamin A deficiency
There are no risks linked to the ERG. You may feel a slight discomfort during the procedure. The placement of the electrode feels something like having an eyelash lodged in your eye. Your eyes may feel slightly sore for a short time after the test.
In very rare cases, some people suffer from a corneal abrasion from the test. If this happens, your doctor can detect it early and treat it easily.
Monitor your condition after the procedure and follow all aftercare instructions your doctor gives you. If you have continued discomfort following an ERG, you should contact the doctor who performed the test.
Your eyes will likely feel sensitive after the test. You should avoid rubbing your eyes for up to an hour after the test. This may cause corneal damage because they’ll still be numb from the anesthetic.
Your doctor will discuss your results with you. They may order further tests to assess your eye. You may need surgery if you have a disorder such as retinal separation or trauma.
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A dovecote or dovecot /ˈdʌvkɒt/ (Scots: doocot) is a structure intended to house pigeons or doves. Dovecotes may be free-standing structures in a variety of shapes, or built into the end of a house or barn. They generally contain pigeonholes for the birds to nest. Pigeons and doves were an important food source historically in Western Europe and were kept for their eggs, flesh, and dung.
History and geography
In some cultures, particularly Medieval Europe, the possession of a dovecote was a symbol of status and power and was consequently regulated by law. Only nobles had this special privilege known as droit de colombier. Many ancient manors in France and the United Kingdom have a dovecote (still standing or in ruins) in one section of the manorial enclosure or in nearby fields. Examples include Château de Kerjean in Brittany, France, Houchin, France, Bodysgallen Hall in Wales, and Muchalls Castle and Newark Castle in Scotland.
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Never before have world leaders agreed to commit themselves to such a widespread universal agenda. To achieve it, we all need to live in a sustainable way, making real efforts in the struggle against climate change.
Sabrina Zaccaro, WFP Public Communications Office
The United Nations (UN) has set 17 essential goals to be reached by 2030. The second of these goals is the elimination of hunger in the world. The UN has asked the young people and children who are committed to living for a more united world to help achieve it.
Zero Hunger and a United World
Young people living for a united world have always heard the call to alleviate hunger and poverty. Speaking in 1967, Chiara Lubich reflected: «Where do we start? […] Turning towards those living in poverty, to those least considered by our world, those who are experiencing too much hunger, too many tears and not enough joy».
One of the first steps towards achieving “Zero Hunger” is to involve as many people as possible, inviting all young people to sign up to and promote a dynamic lifestyle which is fulfilling but not wasteful, which includes loving other people not just ourselves, and which celebrates the power of giving and sharing.
Teens for Unity in action along many “pathways”
To reach their goal, Teens for Unity have a precise strategy based on eight lines of action, the so-called “colored pathways to unity”: sharing, witness, peace promotion, protection of the environment, influencing public opinion through the arts, space for formation and development, a creatively positive presence on social media…
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In North America, there are several varieties of snake that may slither into your garden or yard area, depending on where you live and whether or not your house area borders the woods or countryside. If you do live where snakes are likely to be about, it makes a lot of sense to identify the snakes before encountering one, so that you know what sort of snake you're dealing with and how to respond.
1Know what a garter snake (Thamnophis spp.) looks like. Garter snakes are the most common type of snake in North America that is likely to be venture into your garden. They have a variety of color possibilities, including a mix of greens and sometimes reds, browns, blacks, oranges, greys and yellows. Garter snakes are often referred to as garden or gardener snakes; they tend to be the most commonly encountered garden snake and if you do have them, they're a useful insect eater.
- Butler's garter snake
2Know what a water snake (Nerodia species) looks like. This snake is common in areas next to water bodies. While they usually are found in water, this is not always the case.
3Know what constrictor snakes look like. These include the gopher snakes (Pituophis species), king snakes (Lampropeltis species) and pine snakes.
- Gopher snake
- King snake
- Pine snake
4Know what rat snakes (Elaphe species) look like.
5Know what milk snakes (Elaphe species) look like.
6Know what corn snakes (Elaphe species) look like.
7Know what a hognosed snake (Heterodon species) looks like.
8Know what an indigo snake (Drymarchon species) looks like.
9Know what pit vipers look like. Pit vipers are venomous and dangerous snakes to have in the garden, so instant recognition and staying safe are the way to go if they enter your garden.
- Pygmy rattlesnake
- Eastern Diamondback rattlesnake
- Mohave green rattlesnake (extremely venomous)
10Know what a coral snake looks like. This snake is highly venomous but it's rare and non-aggressive. Get professional help to remove one if spotted in your garden.
- The aquatic garter snakes are usually found in water environments.
- Always take the utmost precaution when trying to identify a snake. Even if you think it is non-venomous, any snake can bite and cause pain and inflict damage, including leaving behind bacteria in a wound. If you're not certain, the snake may be venomous, making it even more important to keep your distance. Get a good look at the snake without getting close enough for it to strike––stay as far away as possible.
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Solčava is a linear village situated in the deep narrow upper valley of the Savinja along which it stretches for some 3 km - from the lower end of the Socka Gorge to the Savinja"s confluence with the Klobaša stream.
The area was first settled between 1000 and 1200 when it was ruled over by Bavarian Prince Diebald de Chagere, feudal lord of the Oberburg (Gornji Grad) estate. In 1140, de Chagere sold Solčava to Peregrin, Patriarch of Aquileia. The village itself was first mentioned in 1268 as "Silva Sulzbach", and the monasterial land register of 1426 mentions Solčava as the seat of the district administerial office. Later this territory became a possession of the Counts of Cilli (Celje) and, after 1456, the Habsburgs. In 1473 Habsburg Emperor Frederick III bestowed all these estates on the newly created Ljubljana Diocese.
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SYDNEY: Global terror attacks have cast a pall over 2016 but Australia was on Saturday set to defy the threats and ring in the New Year with bumper crowds gathering to watch a firework extravaganza on Sydney’s glittering harbour. New Zealand’s Auckland became first world city to welcome in 2017.
2016 has seen repeated bloodshed, most recently a deadly truck attack at a Berlin Christmas market, a similar incident on Bastille Day in France that killed 86, and atrocities in Turkey and the Middle East.
Some 1.5 million people are packing Australia’s biggest city to watch the midnight fireworks, a larger-than-usual crowd due to the weekend timing and warm weather, as the New South Wales state premier urged “business as usual”.
“My encouragement to everyone is to enjoy New Year’s Eve…in the knowledge that police are doing everything they can to keep us safe,” Premier Mike Baird said.
— City of Sydney (@cityofsydney) December 31, 2016
Some 2,000 extra officers have been deployed after a man was arrested for allegedly making online threats against the celebrations.
There were a number of other reported threats this holiday period, in Asia-Pacific and elsewhere.
In Melbourne, police foiled a “significant” Islamic State-inspired Christmas Day terror plot.
Indonesia said it foil plans by an IS-linked group for a Christmas-time suicide bombing, and 52 died in the Philippines in bomb attacks blamed on Islamist militants.
Israel on Friday issued a warning of imminent “terrorist attacks” to tourists and western targets in India, telling its citizens to avoid public places.
Meanwhile, in Japan, shoppers filled markets to buy tuna and crabs – seen as expensive items of indulgence and special feasts – for New Year’s Day family gatherings.
Security concerns have hit many New Year events with truck blockades a new tactic to try to prevent vehicles ploughing into crowds. Sydney is using garbage trucks as safety barriers.
The German capital has beefed up security after the December 19 carnage, deploying hundreds more police, some armed with machine-guns.
“This year, what’s new is that we will place concrete blocks and position heavy armoured vehicles at the entrances” to the zone around Brandenburg Gate, a police spokesman said.
In Cologne, after a wave of sexual attacks last year, 1,800 police will be deployed – compared to just 140 in 2015.
In neighbouring Austria police will hand out 6,000 free pocket alarms to help stop assaults on women.
In Paris, there will be a firework display again, after muted 2015 celebrations following the November 13 massacre of 130 people.
Nearly 100,000 police, gendarmes and soldiers will be deployed across France against the jihadist threat.
5 minutes til new years in new Zealand. WOOOOOO. pic.twitter.com/WnmePuTQw4
— Leigh (@leighturtle) December 31, 2016
With more than a million people expected to turn out to watch the ball drop in Times Square, New York is deploying 165 “blocker” trucks and some 7,000 police.
Rome has deployed armoured vehicles and greater numbers of security forces around the Coliseum and at St Peter’s Square where Pope Francis will celebrate midnight mass.
Moscow police will deploy more than 5,000 officers backed by thousands more from the new National Guard and volunteer militia to maintain order.
Thousands traditionally gather in Red Square, but for the second year in a row, the area will be open solely to 6,000 invitees.
— JM (@JosephMaru1) December 31, 2016
London will have 3,000 officers on patrol with crowds flocking to line the banks of the Thames to watch the fireworks around the London Eye Ferris wheel.
In Dubai, the gigantic pyrotechnics off the world’s highest skyscraper are going ahead, despite a major tower block blaze nearby last year.
Up to two million people are expected to party at Rio’s Copacabana beach.
But with Brazil mired in its worst recession in a century, the fireworks have been cut to just 12 minutes as the state government fights bankruptcy.
Normally boisterous Bangkok will see in the New Year on a more sombre note, with prayers and candles replacing parties as the nation grieves for King Bhumibol Adulyadej who died in October.
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A proposal to prohibit basic health insurance plans from covering abortions goes before the Board of State Canvassers tomorrow. Women would be able to buy separate abortion riders for their health insurance policies.
The Board is expected to certify that a petition drive has enough signatures to put the matter before the legislature.
Genevieve Marnon is with Right to Life of Michigan. She says women should pay for abortion coverage themselves.
“If you want abortion coverage, buy it. If you don’t want it, don’t buy it,” says Marnon, “People don’t want to have to pay for other people’s abortions.”
The legislature approved a similar bill last year, but Governor Snyder vetoed it.
This time, the legislature can approve it without the governor having a say.
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MODEL DRUGS ACROSS 2/4/A1 INTESTINAL
EPITHELIAL CELL MONOLAYERS
Investigations of the integrity and transport characteristics of 2/4/A1 cells have been done in this report. The cell line was isolated from rat fetal intestinal epithelial cells and transfected with thermolabile SV40 large T antigen.
These cells proliferated at 33 ðC, but eliminated the antigen and ceased proliferating at a non-permissive temperature (39ðC). At 39ðC 2/4/A1 cells started to differentiate but simultaneously the cells also underwent massive cell death.
When cultured at 37ðC these cells formed confluent and tight monolayers that seemed to have paracellular transport characteristics similar to that of the human intestine.
Transmission electron microscopy confirmed the development of multilayers at 33ðC, monolayers at 37ðC and defects in the cell layer due to apoptosis at 39ðC.
Different immunostainings of ZO-1, E-cadherin and vinculin confirmed formation of tight and adherence junctions. Transepithelial resistance reached a plateau of 25-35 Ohm.cm2, which was similar to the small intestine.
In transport studies 2/4/A1 cell line monolayers selectively restricted the permeation of hydrophilic permeability markers proportional to molecular weight and discriminated more accurately between the molecules of intermediate molecular weight compared to Caco-2 cells.
These results indicated that 2/4/A1 cells could be used as a model for hydrophilic drug absorption.
The small intestine plays a crucial role in the absorption of drugs and nutrients. Exogenous substances cross a series of barriers during the process of intestinal absorption: (1) the aqueous boundary/mucus layer, (2) a single layer of epithelial cells, and (3) the lamina propria, which contains the blood and lymph vessels that then transport the absorbed drugs to other parts of the body (Artursson 1991).
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The Contribution of Schooling in Development Accounting: Results from a Nonparametric Upper Bound
NBER Working Paper No. 17656
How much would output increase if underdeveloped economies were to increase their levels of schooling? We contribute to the development accounting literature by describing a non-parametric upper bound on the increase in output that can be generated by more schooling. The advantage of our approach is that the upper bound is valid for any number of schooling levels with arbitrary patterns of substitution/complementarity. Another advantage is that the upper bound is robust to certain forms of endogenous technology response to changes in schooling. We also quantify the upper bound for all economies with the necessary data, compare our results with the standard development accounting approach, and provide an update on the results using the standard approach for a large sample of countries.
This paper was revised on October 4, 2012
Document Object Identifier (DOI): 10.3386/w17656
Published: Caselli, Francesco & Ciccone, Antonio, 2013. "The contribution of schooling in development accounting: Results from a nonparametric upper bound," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 104(C), pages 199-211. citation courtesy of
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What is cyber warfare?
Simply put, cyber warfare is the use of hacking to conduct attacks on a target's strategic or tactical resources for the purposes of espionage or sabotage.
That's neat, but we just used some more buzzwords here. Let's break it down even further:
- Strategic or Tactical Resources: This is a bit of military mumbo-jumbo that basically means "things that help countries express their political will and/or wage war." This can be a lot of stuff: guns, ammunition, and fuel for jets and planes. It can also be less obvious stuff: the morale of the troops, the political will of the civilian public, and the economic well-being of the country as a whole.
If war was chess, tactical scale refers to moving each chess piece to capture other pieces. Strategic scale refers to how you actually win that game of chess vs. your opponent.
It's worth noting the difference between strategic and tactical scale. In military terms, tactical scale means stuff that's directly used in combat (lit: focused on the ordered arrangement andof combat elements in relation to each other and to the enemy to achieve combat objectives" - DoD Dictionary of Military and Assorted Terms).
Strategic scale is the scale higher than this: what it takes to win warsand not just single engagements and battles. This includes the resources at home necessary to supply and wage a war: supplies, guns, ammunition, factories, able-bodied men and women to man the lines, and a public willing to continue to fight.
Remember the difference between tactical and strategic scale. This difference is really important later down the line when we answer the punchline question of why does it threaten society.
- Espionage: Espionage is basically taking information that wasn't meant for you. In the case of cyber warfare, you're going to be stealing tactical and strategic information: information about troop movements, the strengths and weaknesses of weapon systems, the dispositions of various and anything else about sensitive (read: necessary to wage war) resources that might be important to know.
- Sabotage:Also called "direct action," this is when we take an active role and go out there and do something. In cyber warfare sabotage can be something as benign as dropping a government's website to causing a nuclear meltdown at a nuclear plant.It's a pretty broad phrase, but just remember it means "do something" whereas espionage here means "learn something."
How does cyber warfare work?
Nation/State-sponsored hackers (hackers either in the military of a nation/state or supported by said state) attack computers and networks that are involved with sensitive resources within a country.
They do this like you would hack any other computer or system: you learn as much as you can about the system, you figure out its flaws, and you exploit those flaws to either gain control of that system or destroy it.
The PLAAF 5th generation J20 fighter compared to the USAF F-22 fighter. It is speculated that the J20's design benefited from classified research materials obtained through cyber espionage.
In the former case, you can then read privileged information not meant for you (espionage) that you could exploit to gain advantage over your adversary. You could learn how fast a missile flies and build a plane that can outrun it. You could learn where your target is moving troops and set up an ambush. You could learn about which scientists are important to developing those weapons, or which congressmen were instrumental in getting funding for said systems and personally attack them.
You can also sabotage people if you have control of those systems. What if I snuck a secret program into the source code of that missile that would allow me to remotely detonate it while it was on the ground? What if I could figure how the troops are communicating and gain access to their network so I could confuse them and sneak forces in to destroy them?
Worse, what if I attacked the civilian workers and politicians behind all of the above? I could defraud them by getting to their various system/network accounts and pretending I was them. Or I could use the information I gained to get leverage over them and force them to work for me (i.e.: blackmail them with info you found on their computer, kidnap their families with stuff you learned from their email, etc.).
Destroying these systems has a pretty obvious effect: you stop the computer control over the system and presumably stop it from functioning. A good example of cyberwarfare here is in using DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service Attacks) to shut down access to government websites and social media. This was an effective tactic used by the Russians during the South Ossetian War in 2008 to cause chaos and sew disinformation among the populace before and during Russia's invasion.
Who does it target?
Cyber warfare is going to target any sensitive industry in your opponent's infrastructure. This means obvious stuff like the military and defense and weapons manufacturers. It also means stuff like civilian factories that make weapons, mines, and other resource manufacturers that help those factories operate, and the national power grid that gives all of the above its necessary electricity.
In its scariest incarnation, cyber warfare could target the most important strategic asset a country has: its population. In this way, you could launch terrorist attacks meant to destabilize or dishearten that population from fighting. This means doing scary things like hitting major financial sectors and causing economic damage to the country's economy (think about what things would be like if the NASDAQ unexpectedly shut down) and abruptly terminating public communication (think what would happen if the national cell networks all terminated and the internet went down).
Why does it threaten society?
I think cyber warfare is scary for two reasons:
- Strategic cyber warfare does not distinguish between civilians and military: Just like nuclear weapons in the cold war, cyber weapons are just as likely to be targeting civilian resources as they are military ones. While a nuke is obviously way more damaging than a piece of malware is alone, a cyberattack can cause civilian casualties and deaths.
A great example of this is an attack on the national power grid. The national power grid is an obvious strategic resource for the US. If you took down the power grid through a cyber attack (something the US is rightfully concerned about), you would not just stop factories from building guns. You would also cause traffic accidents, interrupt surgeries, stop life-giving machines such as iron lungs, and basically just kill a whole mess of people across the country.
- It's really hard to figure out who launched cyberattacks, and as such, governments don't have to be held accountable for their actions: One area where cyberweapons are a lot worse than nuclear weapons is in attribution - figuring out who launched the weapon in the first place.It's really easy to hide where you're hacking a computer from because you can go through proxies that mask where your traffic is originally coming from. Even if you figured out where a computer came from, it's another huge problem to figure out who the person sitting behind the keyboard was - much less whether or not they were a government agent.Without attribution, you can't have accountability. And without accountability, stuff like deterrence and mutually assured destruction don't work. If a government isn't accountable for their cyber attacks during a cyber war, they could always go for the throat and launch damaging, quasi-terrorist attacks like taking down a country's power grid or sabotaging industrial systems to physically (and dangerously) damage factories or cities.In both cases, innocent civilians are most likely going to die.
How much of it is government sponsored?
Great question. Honestly, nobody knows. There aren't numbers showing the bifurcation between hacking sponsored by countries vs. hacking sponsored by rogue states or movements like Al-Qaeda. This is one of the big problems with cyber warfare: it's asymmetrical in nature. A small country with a strong hacker elite can easily wound a huge country with a shoddy infrastructure but otherwise amazing military.
It's fair to assume that hackers supported by wealthy countries are certainly much more dangerous. Most first world countries are passably good at defending themselves from basic cyber attacks. Hackers supported by powerful countries are probably going to be more sophisticated, and can pull off attacks that circumvent such defenses and potentially can cause catastrophic civil and military damages. | <urn:uuid:362ac594-4032-4a17-acff-90f96801d439> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.forbes.com/sites/quora/2013/07/18/how-does-cyber-warfare-work/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280065.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00540-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.964677 | 1,727 | 2.75 | 3 |
Installing a new floor is not only an aesthetic choice but also a practical one.
If you’re considering installing solid wood flooring, you’ll enjoy lots of benefits. These include; providing good insulation for your home in the winter months and cools you down in the summer; it is durable and can last up to 20 years if cared for properly; and, best of all, you can install this type of floor yourself with no experience! Here’s how to install solid wood flooring.
1. Use tape Measure and C-Clamp
To install your new solid wood floor, you’ll need a tape measure, a hammer to fit nails, and a c-clamp. The c-clamp is to hold the baseboard in place while you nail it down. A crowbar or flat bar is also good tools for removing any loose baseboards from the walls.
2. Use a Straightedge and Pencil to Mark Your Cuts
To begin installing your solid wood floor, you’ll need to buy it in planks. When buying the boards, keep in mind that they’re not all the same length, so you’ll have to cut them according to where they fall in the room or where you plan to place them.
3. Use a Saw to Make the Cuts
To make the cuts:
– Use a circular saw or table saw.
– When making the cut, measure from the outside of one plank and put that measurement on the line to guide where to start cutting.
– Simply cut it along the line.
– Lay Out the Planks
Next, lay the planks over the old flooring and make sure that they face down. If your old floors have nails on them, remove them with a pry bar or crowbar.
5. Nail down the Flooring
Now you’re ready to install solid wood flooring by nailing down the plank into place on top of your existing floor. Use 18g nails and hammer them into the plank from the underside of it. Then take a straight edge with a pencil and mark the location for any penetrations through other boards on your floor.
6. Avoid Penetrations through Other Boards
To avoid penetrations through other boards, measure the width of the plank and mark out on the board how far it should protrude from the edge of another one. Then, using your tape measure, draw a line across to where that piece will go. You’ll want to be careful not to put any nails through or near this line.
7. Finish Nailing Down Your Flooring
Now that you’ve laid out your planks, marked them, measured the width of each piece, and cut any that weren’t the same length as the others, it’s time to finish nailing down your new solid wood flooring.
8. Put the Edges Together
When you come to the edge of one plank, put it on top of another evenly adjacent one and nail them together. Then press these two pieces into place with a C-Clamp while you nail the inside edges. This will help ensure that your floor stays even as you’re working on it.
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