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Trusts are useful financial tools, often used for the purpose of planning an estate. A trust is essentially a legal framework into which ownership of assets can be placed. These assets can include financial products like stocks and bonds, or it can include real physical property, like land, jewelry or vehicles.
Yahoo Finance’s article “What Is a Property Trust and Who Needs One?” says that there technically isn’t a specific type of trust known as a “property trust.”
Any trust can be filled with a variety of assets, including property and real estate.
Trusts are most often used by people who are planning their estates and want to make certain their financial legacy is carried out to their wishes.
Know that a trust doesn’t necessarily protect your assets from estate taxes. Therefore, if the estate is valued above the state and or federal threshold, the applicable taxes will be assessed, even if everything you own is in a trust.
Nonetheless, there are some good reasons to consider creating a trust for the purpose of storing property.
First, it makes it easier to make sure your wishes are followed after you die, since you appoint a trustee to manage the trust after you die. You can state exactly who should get various physical items. In addition, property trusts make it easier for your family after you’ve died. Property in a trust will allow such property to avoid probate. That means your family will spend less time dealing with the court and receive any inheritance more quickly.
However, not everyone needs a trust. Those with fewer assets might not. However, if you have very specific ideas as to what you want done with your assets or if you have a particularly large and complex estate, a trust may be a good idea. Sit down with an experienced estate planning attorney to discuss your trust needs.
A property trust isn’t technically a specific type of trust. All trusts can be such trusts, if they are used to house the ownership of property.
There are revocable trusts, which can be modified and terminated, along with irrevocable trusts, which are permanent.
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Image courtesy of the W. M. Keck Observatory
Photograph by Laurie Hatch
W.M. Keck Observatory
An Exhibit at the Keck Center of The National Academies
A video installation and scale model of the Keck Telescope is exhibited at the Keck Center of The National Academies in Washington, DC. The video focuses on the Keck Telescope and the significant work accomplished there. The installation was produced to acknowledge the contributions of the W. M. Keck Foundation including its support for the National Academies' Keck Futures Initiative.
The scale model replica allows the viewer to look into one of the two telescopes and to see some of their special features, principal among which is an optical system with multi-segmented mirrors that can be actively adjusted to function like a single large mirror and a secondary mirror that can be adaptively reconfigured to minimize the distortions caused by atmospheric turbulence.The video, which contains original high definition footage shot specifically for this project, shows the telescope in action while introducing the viewer to an overview of the research work being done there, such as observations of the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy by Academy Member Andrea Ghez. The cinematography highlights the magnificent environment surrounding the observatory high on the summit of Mauna Kea, a volcanic mountain on the big island of Hawaii.
The W.M. Keck Foundation was established in 1954 in Los Angeles by William Myron Keck, founder of The Superior Oil Company and is now one of the nation's largest philanthropic organizations. In recent years, the Foundation has focused on science and engineering research; medical research; undergraduate education; and Southern California, investing in people and programs that are making a difference in the quality of life, now and for the future. The W. M. Keck Foundation has supported pioneering discoveries in science, engineering and medical research for more than half a century. Among the foundation’s landmark grants are awards totaling $144 million to the California Institute of Technology to support the building of the world's largest optical telescope, the W.M. Keck Telescope and Observatory, on Mauna Kea in Hawaii.
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As Almond School principal Erika Benadom’s teachers gathered at the beginning of the school year, they pondered life’s big questions via icebreakers designed to build a sense of relationship and community.
The idea came from SoulPancake, a company that recommends ways to engage with “big think” topics from the realms of philosophy and spirituality. The company suggests exploring such weighty topics while seated in a pit of plastic balls.
Benadom said the scheme “captures the magic that ensues when two people engage in dialogue around a question or prompt.”
After a dry run sans ball pit (not yet a standard feature on local campuses), a teacher urged the school to make one. One shipment of balls later, the teachers were ready to build with students participating. They quickly realized that 1,500 balls – the initial order – only rose knee-height in the box a parent had crafted for their plan.
“We brainstormed how to fix this. … Then brilliance struck. … What if we add playground balls?” Benadom recounted. “The assembly was a great success. The students’ curiosity was piqued and a playful atmosphere arose when the parent putting together the pit tossed balls into the audience. It was electrifying.”
Student volunteers climbed in to jump-start the philosophical conversations – and then had to devise an exit strategy from the vat of balls. Since that first attempt, classrooms have been collecting their own conversation starters for future ball-pit encounters, ranging from “What do you look forward to the most when you wake up each day?” to “What is your pet peeve?”
“This ball pit will be a centerpiece for our school at underscoring our commitment to each other. We’re thinking through how we might recruit a group of students to lead this effort in creating a mobile ball pit that potentially could be marketed to schools around the country,” Benadom said. “The students will be part of designing the business model, improving on the prototype, conducting market research, advertising, budgeting and more.” | <urn:uuid:6bbea516-7ac7-429c-9cf6-c529bb34155e> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.losaltosonline.com/news/sections/schools/210-school-features/45725-life-s-big-questions-pondered-in-the-pit | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560284405.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095124-00035-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.94906 | 447 | 2.46875 | 2 |
The Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) is a set of concepts and techniques for managing information technology (IT) infrastructure, development, and operations. ITIL® is the most widely accepted approach to IT service management in the world. ITIL provides a cohesive set of best practice, drawn from the public and private sectors internationally. A whole ITIL philosophy has evolved from the guidance contained within the ITIL books and the ITIL professional qualification scheme.
Software Requirement Specification (SRS) document usually contains a software vendor’s understanding of a customer’s software requirements. This document ensures that the software vendor and the customer are in agreement as to the features required in the software system being built. SRS is created after the initial requirement elicitation phase in which Software vendor interacts with the customer to understand the software needs. Usually SRS documentation is prepared by a business analyst who has some technical background.
An SRS is written in precise, clear and plain language so that it can be reviewed by a business analyst or customer representative with minimal technical expertise. However it also contains analytical models (use case diagrams, entity relationship diagrams, data dictionary etc.) which can be used for the detailed design and the development of the software system. SRS is one of the most critical pieces of software development since it acts as the bridge betweens the software developers and business analysts. An incomplete or incorrect SRS can have disastrous effects on a software project.
In this article I explain the major sections of a typical Software Requirement Specification document. I also provide a generic SRS template which can be customized for your project needs.
You wouldn’t write your username and passwords on a postcard and mail it for the world to see, so why are you doing it online? Every time you log in to Twitter, Facebook or any other service that uses a plain HTTP connection, that’s essentially what you’re doing.
There is a better way, the secure version of HTTP — HTTPS. That extra “S” in the URL means your connection is secure, and it’s much harder for anyone else to see what you’re doing. But if HTTPS is more secure, why doesn’t the entire web use it?
Yes, TOGAF is an EA (Enterprise Architecture) framework – but what is that suppose to mean?
Imagine that you have to oversee the IT integration of 2 companies which has merged and they have different ERP, CRM, billing system and the customer facing process are different. The merged entity needs to rationalize the product offering and needs to project a uniform and integrated face to the customer. Obviously, this is going to be a big challenge – technological, people, process and change-management. How would you go about this complex transition? You can do a ground up thinking and make a plan or you can take the help on an EA framework like TOGAF and tailor it to your specific needs.
Son dönemde panorama fotoğraf merakım başladı. Pazar sabahı Pierre Loti’de ilk denemeyi yapmaya karar verdim. Aşağıdaki fotoğraf, 19 karenin birleşimiyle oluşturuldu. Fotoğraflar tripod yardımı ile çekildi ve Autostitch adlı program ile birleştirildi. Sonrasında ise Paint.Net ile renklerde biraz oynandı. Aslında bu panorama daha az fotoğraf ile de oluşturulabilirdi fakat düşük ışık nedeniyle kullandığım 50mm f1.4 sabit objektif ile çok geniş bir açı elde edilemiyor ve dolayısıyla fotoğraf sayısı da artıyor.
The 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) is a collaboration between groups of telecommunications associations, to make a globally applicable third-generation (3G) mobile phone system specification within the scope of the International Mobile Telecommunications-2000 project of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). 3GPP specifications are based on evolved Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) specifications. 3GPP standardization encompasses Radio, Core Network and Service architecture.
The groups are the European Telecommunications Standards Institute, Association of Radio Industries and Businesses/Telecommunication Technology Committee (ARIB/TTC) (Japan), China Communications Standards Association, Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (North America) and Telecommunications Technology Association (South Korea). The project was established in December 1998.
Market saturation continues in most communications markets, putting pressure on margins. Rapid growth of the “digital economy” continues to drive investment to meet service and resulting bandwidth demands. The major drivers for managers are innovating new sources of revenue, reducing operating costs, and improving customer loyalty through improved experience.
TM Forum standards and services provide the critical market tools to help service providers of all types provide innovative services on streamlined, agile, and lower cost service creation & delivery platforms.
The Tele Management Forum (www.tmforum.org) introduced the concept of an Integrated Business Architecture to epitomize the end-to-end view of the OSS/BSS ecosystem of a Service Provider’s network.
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Our Friends, Our Enemies, and Ourselves
My synagogue has recently been in the news. On a cold January Saturday night, vandals broke the windows of six different Montreal synagogues, including my own, an attack that was reported in the media the world over. In 2011, even a small wave of anti-Semitism is big news.
The fact that Jews still have real enemies will come to some as a bit of a shock. This attack provided an ugly reminder that even in open and democratic countries anti-Semitism is still very much alive. Living in a liberal society, we sometimes imagine that anti-Semitism is the result of some sad misunderstanding, and if only we can have anti-Semites meet with Jews, this age old hatred would melt away, Hollywood style. But that would be a mistake. In the online comments section of the Globe and Mail newspaper, multiple comments were removed by the moderator; a quick glance at some of the remaining comments gives you the flavor of what was removed. One commenter wrote that “Maybe the reason there is so much hatred toward Jews is because people feel in their heart something isn't right. This makes the news ?!? But truth about 9/11 and "dancing Israelis" Mossad boys doesn't make the news.” Another commenter wrote “I suspect that this was done by local kids... jewish kids stirring things up. Or maybe somebody not so young, cranking up the goyim guilt factor.” Like anti-Semites of every era, these writers believe that Jews should be hated because they are conspiratorial and evil. Paranoid hatreds like anti-Semitism are impervious to diplomacy and conciliation. Our synagogue’s broken window is a reminder that Jews still have real enemies.
At the same time, the aftermath of this attack demonstrated how many friends our community has. I got a call from the leader of the Liberal opposition in parliament, Michael Ignatieff, and an e-mail from the Minister of Immigration, Jason Kenney. My inbox was a veritable interfaith gathering, with multiple responses from Ministers, Priests and Imams. Most touching was a note from the grandson of a Dutch man who had defended Jews from the Nazis, and had died in Sachsenhausen because of his activism; he wrote me to say that he would continue his grandfather’s legacy, and do anything he could to protect the Jews. 2011 is not 1938. The Jews are integrated into the mainstream, and most Canadians see an attack on Canadian Jews as an attack on Canadians, just as most Americans would see an attack on American Jews as an attack on Americans.
Contemporary acceptance of the Jews is remarkable by any standard. In a recent book, political scientists Robert Putnam of Harvard and David Campbell of Notre Dame found that Jews are the now most warmly regarded religious group in the United States. Sadly, the people who seem to show the least enthusiasm for Judaism are the people who matter the most: young Jews.
It’s sad that it takes a broken window to get Jews to think about their Judaism; in the aftermath of this attack, I heard from people I rarely see in synagogue. Like many North American synagogues, the majority of our members visit infrequently; and unless someone throws a rock through our window, the synagogue is forgotten 362 days a year.
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks jokes that the one way to fill up synagogues would be by putting up large signs outside declaring “no Jews allowed”, because contemporary Jews would be certain to join any institution that would refuse them membership. Sacks is absolutely correct. Jews have had enormous success battling hatred and discrimination; we have made our way into country clubs that once restricted membership, and moved into neighborhoods that had restrictive covenants. But we are finding it much more difficult to handle success, and as Jews enter the mainstream, they leave their Jewish identities behind.
The Jewish world has changed in the last 100 years. Yes, we still have enemies, some as vicious as our enemies of 100 years ago. However, we have many more friends today, and Jews are a North American success story. What has changed the most is who we are ourselves. Jewish identity is increasingly defined by what we oppose: anti-Semitism, terrorism, and Holocaust denial. Otherwise, we have only the vaguest idea of what it means to live as a Jew.
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Tim Wu appears hell-bent of redefining the English language. After reading his new book, The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires [See my 6-part review: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] and his new editorial in today’s Wall Street Journal, “In the Grip of the New Monopolists,” it’s clear to me that he has made it his mission in life to redefine some rather basic, widely-accepted economic terms to suit his own political purposes. Among them: “market power,” “monopoly,” and “laissez-faire.” I addressed his misuse of the term “market power” here and misunderstanding of the term “laissez-faire” here.
In today’s Journal editorial, it’s “monopoly” that Wu seeks to redefine. He begins his essay by asking: “How hard would it be to go a week without Google? Or, to up the ante, without Facebook, Amazon, Skype, Twitter, Apple, eBay and Google?” He continues on to suggest that these “new monopolists” have an iron lock on their respective markets and that there appears little hope of escaping them.
But the problem with his argument that “we are living in an age of large information monopolies” begins with the fact that he speaks of “monopolies” in a plural sense and apparently misses the irony of that entirely. If so many “information monopolies” exist, then Wu’s thesis is undermined by the very fact that no one company dominates the Internet landscape. What Wu is really suggesting is that the Digital Economy landscape is littered with dominant firms in industry sectors that he has defined extremely narrowly.
But even if one accepts Wu’s artificial, narrowly-defined industry sub-sectors (and I certainly don’t), he completely ignores the competition taking place among many of these giants and the fact that innovation and new entry continues at a healthy clip. This week’s big news, for example, is the Google-Facebook war over email as Facebook readies a “Gmail killer.” And it’s not like there aren’t plenty of other email options out there from large and small companies alike (most of which are free). Meanwhile, Google has been trying to whittle away at Facebook’s social networking dominance, and many other social networking services exist for those unhappy with Facebook. (Some of us don’t bother with FB at all, believe it or not! I’m mostly a LinkedIn guy. My Facebook page just directs people to my LI account). Meanwhile, Microsoft has desires of its own in these areas, of course, and continues to compete aggressively. And I guess everyone has forgotten about MySpace already, even though I bet Wu would have named it a “monopolist” if he would have penned his editorial in 2007 instead of today.
What about Amazon and eBay? If you define markets as narrowly as Wu does, then a case could be made they have formidable market power in their respective fields. Back in the real world, however, most of us know that there are plenty of places online to engage in shopping, and Amazon and eBay actually compete quite aggressively against each other for our allegiance while fending off countless scrappy smaller competitors. While many of those competitors lack the comprehensiveness of either Amazon or eBay, it doesn’t mean they don’t give them a run for their money in niche markets. Think of cars, clothes, electronics, books, appliances, etc. There are too many rivals in each of those niches and others to list here.
What about Apple? It’s certainly a big, successful company making some terrifically innovative products and services that some people can’t seem to live without. Yet, millions of us have completely rejected Apple. I don’t have a single Apple product in my home and — no offense to the Apple fanboys out there — I really can’t understand why anyone would use anything the company offers considering the many wonderful competing products that exist in all the markets in which Apple competes: computers, tablets, operating systems, smartphones, online music stores, etc. If Apple is a “monopolist,” shouldn’t it mean an information-hungry guy like me should be forced to own at least one thing the company offers?
Finally, Wu audaciously suggests that even Twitter is now a “monopolist”! This is a company that didn’t even exist a few years ago and yet Wu is willing to write off the market as theirs. But what is Twitter’s market, exactly? Isn’t it really in competition with many other forms of communication and information dissemination? For me, Twitter is a partial substitute for IMs, email, phone calls, and my RSS feed. Yet, like most others, I continue to use all those other technologies and those technologies continue to pressure Twitter to innovate. Is Wu really suggesting that nothing better will come along to compete against Twitter or even replace it entirely? (It reminds me of all the hand-wringing we heard about AOL a decade ago when people predicted its “walled gardens” would someday rule the Internet and IM). Meanwhile, even if one accepted to premise that Twitter was a monopolist today, where is the harm?
Which gets to perhaps most stunning thing about Wu’s editorial today: He never even posits a “harm” that might be coming from the rise of these “new monopolists.” That’s not surprising, of course, since he’d be hard-pressed to make the case that the sky is falling or that consumers are somehow the victims of some horrendous plight. Hell, most of these services don’t cost consumers a dime! And they are constantly innovating and offering an improved consumer experience. If this is “monopoly,” then give us more!
What Tim Wu is really doing is propagating the simplistic old saw that “Big Is Bad.” We could argue about how big is too big, but we shouldn’t confuse that debate with Wu’s mistaken redefinition of the term “monopoly.” He has intentionally watered down the term “monopolist” such that it now means any combination of big firms he personally doesn’t approve of in markets that he has defined far too narrowly. That’s not a proper understanding of the term “monopoly” and it most certainly isn’t an accurate representation of the real world of exciting digital innovation and ingenuity that we live in today.
It’s a shame Tim Wu continues to adopt such a hyper-pessimistic worldview and take such static, myopic snapshots of the state of the Digital Economy. We should be celebrating the world we live in today, not bemoaning it.
[UPDATE 11/25: See Prof. Wu’s response here on the TLF. Two additional responses worth reading: “What’s An Internet Monopolist” by Josh Wright & Geoff Manne here on the TLF + “Should We Be Afraid of Apple, Google and Facebook?” by Matthew Ingram over at GigaOm.] | <urn:uuid:a1bb5c1c-fbf6-49c8-a7c6-f45481f9096a> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://techliberation.com/2010/11/13/tim-wu-redefines-monopoly/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281574.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00015-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.953079 | 1,552 | 1.59375 | 2 |
Factory Farms of the Sea
FACTORY FARMS OF THE SEA
Washington, D.C.— Sea-based farming has made salmon one of the cheapest and most plentiful protein products on the world market. But as prices drop, the real costs of this one-time delicacy are widespread environmental damage and threats to human health, reports John Ryan in the September/October issue of World Watch magazine.
In Feedlots of the Sea, Ryan reports how an industry that grew its annual production 16-fold between 1985 and 2000, to more than one million tons of fish, also pollutes waters, spreads disease, consumes massive amounts of energy and raw materials, and threatens the survival of wild stocks.
“Aquaculture's ecological impacts might be less problematic if they were the cost of providing healthy protein sources to a hungry world or reducing the impact of over-fishing on the world's seas,“ writes Ryan. “But salmon farming is in fact putting greater strains on the world's fish stocks and their ability to meet human needs.“
The production of farmed salmon results in a net loss to the world's total fish production, as it takes four pounds (1.82 kg) of ocean fish, turned into feed, to yield one pound (.45 kg) of salmon. Excessive harvesting of small, bony fish in Peru and Chile has meant loss of prey for birds and marine life. This harvesting of fish for feed also has adverse effects on human health. In the coastal town of Chimbote, Chile, fish waste in the air and waterways from fishmeal factories has reduced the inhabitants' life expectancy 10 years below the national average.
In addition, salmon crowded into net pens become susceptible to outbreaks of parasites and viral and bacterial diseases, perpetuating the need for heavy applications of antibiotics and pesticides. To give these pellet-fed fish the pink flesh typical of wild salmon, farmers administer doses of food colouring.
MATTERS OF SCALE: FACTORY FISH FARMING
Number of different algaecides, herbicides, pesticides, and other chemical additives normally fed to farm-raised salmon in 1989: 3
Number being used in 2000: 26
Time it takes, in a catfish pond producing 5,000 kilograms of fish per year, to drop 10 tons of waste into the water: 1 year
Average period of time a pond is used in raising catfish for human consumption, before draining and refilling with fresh water: 6 years
PCB concentrations found in wild salmon, in a recent study, in pg/g: 5,302
PCB concentrations found in farmed salmon : 51,216
Percentage of global production of fish and seafood coming from aquaculture in 1970: 3.9
Percentage coming from aquaculture in 2000: 27.3
Estimated amount of beef produced, worldwide, in 2002, in metric tons: 49,700,000
Estimated amount of farmed fish produced in 2002: 52,700,000
WHAT IS SUSTAINABILITY?
Sustainability― the ability to meet our needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet theirs― has become a catchphrase of the progressive sector. But what will it really take for our species to thrive, not just survive, ask Thomas Prugh and Erik Assadourian in What is Sustainability Anyway?
“Ecosystems are extraordinarily complex and dynamic,“ write Prugh and Assadourian. “It's not easy to create a robust, productive, hospitable, and long-lived life-support system for ourselves. We are very foolish if we ignorantly compromise the one we've got.“
“Returning to a cyclical system—harvesting renewable resources sustainably, reusing and recycling materials in preference to mining virgin ones, rebuilding and nurturing agricultural soils, weaning ourselves off fossil fuels—along with respectful husbanding of biodiversity, will start us down the path.“
OTHER STORIES: ENVIRONMENTAL INTELLIGENCE
POPULATIONS OF LARGE FISH DECIMATED: Industrial fleets have fished out at least 90 percent of all large ocean predators—tuna, marlin, swordfish, sharks, cod, halibut, skates, and flounder—in just 50 years. According to the May 15 edition of Science, industrial fishing has “scoured the global ocean, leaving no blue frontier.“
RESCUING THE GREAT REEF: Australia has taken a significant step toward protecting the Great Barrier Reef, the largest coral reef in the world, announcing in June that the area of the reef protected from fishing would be increased from 4.5 percent to 30 percent.
DESALINATION GETTING SERIOUS: The prohibitive cost of desalination—making fresh water out of sea water—once left this an option for only a few arid but oil-rich nations, yet the opening of the largest desalination plant in the western hemisphere is giving this technique a new place in the supply picture. The new $100 million plant opened in Tampa, Florida, in May 2003 is expected to produce about 10 percent of the Tampa Bay region's water supply by 2008.
WOMEN GO INTO POLITICS: Women accounted for only 14 percent of all members of the world's national parliaments in 2002, according to a report by the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM). The report notes an encouraging trend towards female political participation in several countries between 2000 and 2002. But unlike other indicators of progress, women's political participation is not tied to income. In three of the world's richest countries—the United States, France, and Japan—the female share of political seats is between 10 and 12 percent, while in 38 developing countries, it is higher.
NEW TECHNOLOGIES ALLOW FOR LESS INVASIVE STERILIZATION: Men who want to undergo sterilization now have an alternative to the vasectomy. Vasclip, a device about the size of a grain of rice, was launched in April exclusively in the United States. The procedure takes less than 10 minutes. Women, too, have a new option for permanent birth control. The U.S. FDA approved Essure, a device that permits sterilization without surgery, in 2002. | <urn:uuid:ef57fbfd-e7fc-48c0-a5ef-a141304534e7> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.worldwatch.org/factory-farms-sea | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280791.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00364-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.921757 | 1,307 | 2.984375 | 3 |
Ordered binary decision diagrams with rewriting
Note. The ACL2 bdd capability has been essentially superseded by GL; see gl.
Ordered binary decision diagrams (OBDDs, often simply called BDDs) are a technique, originally published by Randy Bryant, for the efficient simplification of Boolean expressions. In ACL2 we combine this technique with rewriting to handle arbitrary ACL2 terms that can represent not only Boolean values, but non-Boolean values as well. In particular, we provide a setting for deciding equality of bit vectors (lists of Boolean values).
An introduction to BDDs for the automated reasoning community may be found in ``Introduction to the OBDD Algorithm for the ATP Community'' by J Moore, Journal of Automated Reasoning (1994), pp. 33–45. (This paper also appears as Technical Report #84 from Computational Logic, Inc.)
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The August jobs report, released this morning, is bad news for President Barack Obama, but borrowers will benefit from it.
The economy added only 96,000 jobs in August, the Labor Department says. Economists had expected at least 125,000 new jobs. Since the beginning of this year, employment growth has averaged 139,000 per month. In 2011, the monthly average was 153,000.
The unemployment rate ticked down to 8.1 percent from 8.3 percent, but it wasn't really due to job growth. It was mostly because many people quit looking for work. About 368,000 job seekers left the workforce, the report shows.
Disappointing? Not for borrowers. Right after the report was released, the yields on Freddie Mac bonds tumbled. Mortgage rates tend to follow the direction of bond yields. On Wednesday, bond yields and mortgage rates were on the rise after the European Central Bank announced a bond-buying plan that injected confidence in the global markets.
After the ECB announcement Wednesday, the yield on Freddie bonds jumped from 2.64 percent to 2.8 percent. The tepid jobs report pushed the yield to 2.57 percent this morning.
This should help hold mortgage rates near record lows this week. If you're thinking about refinancing your mortgage, this is a good time to do it.
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When it comes to putting more money in your pocket, there are really just two things you can do: Cut expenses or increase income. And while most money management advice focuses on cutting expenses, many experts agree this advice is short-sighted. When it comes to your financial future, increasing your income will provide a better long-term plan to create the financial future you have always envisioned.
The immediate change: cutting expenses
If you think about what you can do today to put yourself in a better financial position, almost all of them will be about cutting back on your spending habits. It probably wouldn’t take long for you to realize the areas of your life where you are spending money that isn’t necessary, whether it be unnecessary memberships, dining out at restaurants, or buying excessive amounts of clothing. And while it’s true that cutting these expenses is a great way to provide some financial relief in the short term, it will only get you so far.
For instance, if you earn €1,000 per month and cut 25% of your expenses (which is a HUGE cut), you are limited to saving €250 per month. Any additional money in your pocket will have to come from somewhere else. This makes the benefits of cutting your expenses quite limited.
Instead, if you want to have a potentially unlimited financial advantage, you should look toward increasing your income.
The long-term benefit: increasing income
While it isn’t easy to increase your daily income, focusing on ways to bring in more cash over time could lead to a better financial future. There are ways to make extra cash that you can easily do today, while others will require more time and energy to get the ball rolling. However, these methods of increasing income come with unlimited benefits and could grow your wealth exponentially over the coming years.
Here are a few ways you can increase your income:
Are you stuck in a job that doesn’t pay enough? Time to think about a career change. And no, it doesn’t have to be as overwhelming as it sounds. In today’s world, changing careers is much more common than it used to be. Do your homework beforehand to fully understand how to prepare for your next career and if it will ultimately lead to an increase in your income.
Negotiate your salary or find another employer
You may be on a career path you find meaningful, but your employer doesn’t value you. If this is the case, it might be time to negotiate a higher salary or find another job in the same industry with higher income.
When it comes to negotiating, do your research to present a valid argument as to why you deserve more money. It also helps if you have tested the waters at other companies to see if you can obtain a higher salary. Doing so makes a strong case to your employer that you are worth more than your current income. If your current employer disagrees, it might be time to hit the road and work where people are willing to value your skills and increase your income appropriately.
You might be in the right career but the wrong city. Some cities have a tough job market, as well as a high cost of living. If you happen to live in a place where your skillset isn’t being valued or you can’t find a good job, consider moving to another city or county. Or if you’re feeling adventurous, you could even try moving to a new country.
Take Finland as an example. While the median household income in Finland is €21,150, if you move to neighboring country Sweden, you’ll more than double your median household income to €43,402.
Learn a new trade or get another qualification
Enjoy woodworking? Or maybe you consider yourself a businessperson but never had formal training. Learning a new trade or earning a degree or tertiary qualification is easily one of the most surefire ways to increase your income. You can use your new skills to build on your current employment or add income in other ways. It will be one of the more time-intensive ways to earn more money, but at the same time, it could result in significantly more income throughout your life.
It’s no secret that the world’s wealthiest people earn more money from their investments than from their day job. Investing provides a comfortable, hands-off way to increase your income without having to do much extra work. This is especially true if you utilize the power of compound interest to increase the value of your investments over time exponentially. There are plenty of investing options; from the stock market and real estate to p2p loans, cryptocurrencies, and everything in between.
Start a side business
You could start a new business that leverages your already existing skills to make extra money. Even if your new business starts slow and doesn’t make much money today, the earning potential in raising your income is limitless, and therefore provides a much higher financial upside than cutting your expenses.
For instance, content is a great way to increase your income steadily over time. Let’s say that you are an expert in the construction industry. Instead of taking on a second job, you could begin creating content for the industry. By becoming a thought leader in your area of expertise, you can utilize the knowledge you already have to increase your income. Maybe you will only sell a few articles in the first several months and bring in an extra €100. However, as you grow your new source of income and get more business, there is unlimited potential for how much you can earn.
Adding or subtracting—what’s best for you?
Think about your life. Do you feel that you’re an over spender? Are there areas of your life that you could cut back on? Or, are you content with your spending habits and are already living a quiet, simple life? Alternatively, do you have time to dedicate towards adding another source of revenue, or do you already feel overwhelmed with everything you have to do?
These are some of the critical questions you must ask yourself when thinking about cutting expenses or increasing your income. In truth, both options are viable for building wealth, but only you can know which one suits you better.
Yet, the way to increase the quality of your life while also putting yourself in a position to grow your wealth is more dependent on the money you bring in than the expenses you can cut. Even if you implement just a few of the previously mentioned options, you are likely to see your income increase over time, leading to a more secure financial future. | <urn:uuid:db3ad472-487f-46cf-aa54-f1addc07fd21> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.bondora.com/blog/cutting-expenses-vs-increasing-income-what-is-best/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572212.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815205848-20220815235848-00475.warc.gz | en | 0.958965 | 1,360 | 2.03125 | 2 |
Tables come in a huge variety of shapes and sizes, whether brand new, vintage, or antique. In order to create a fitted custom cover for your particular table, it's important to identify the correct shape.
Probably the most common and basic shape for dining tables is a rectangle. This shape has right-angle (90°) corners, and sides (length) longer than the ends (width). Square shapes are similar but have identical length and width measurements. Square tables can also have leaf inserts that turn them into rectangle shapes.
Rounded corners are also common in both rectangle and square shapes. The corners are usually a quarter of a perfect circle and measured by the radius.
There are two "boat" shapes - variations on the rectangle but one with curved ends (width) and one with curved sides (length). Large conference tables are popular in this shape.
Round is another very common shape and is a perfect circle with the length and width (or diameter) identical. Oblong shapes can be thought of as a circle cut in half and connected by a straight section. Round tables with leaf extensions that get inserted in the middle are then oblong shaped
Ovals, also known as an ellipses, are curved on all sides and have two different symmetries along the length and width axes.
Live Edge tables are hugely popular now and usually have the two long sides showing the natural edge of a wood piece, or this can also be achieved by shaping the edge.
There are myriad other table shapes ranging from geometrics like hexagons and octagons, rectangles with curved sides and ends, corners that are angled instead of rounded, and intricately shaped ones that can't be easily categorized.
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Latin/work hard and be nice to people in latin
What is the best way to say "work hard and be nice to people" in latin?
a) opus strenue et erit nice populum
b) laborare, nice populum
c) opus difficile et erit nice populum
d) operari tui durissimo et delicatus aliis
Is there a better way? Thanks!
“Work hard and be nice to people” can be translated correctly as “Vehementer labora aliisque affabilis esto”.
[See below for grammatical analysis].
As for your four translations, I’m sorry, but they all are absolutely wrong since unfortunately both Latin grammar and lexicon (i.e. all the words used in these 4 sentences) are definitely incorrect.
-Work = LABORA (2nd person singular, imperative of the infinitive verb “laborare”)
-hard = VEHEMENTER (adverb)
-and = -QUE ( enclitic conjunction attached to the end of “aliis” in “aliisque”)
-be =ESTO (2nd person singular, imperative of the infinitive verb “esse”)
-nice = AFFABILIS (adjective in the nominative case)
-to people =ALIIS (dative case of the pronoun “alius”).
Please note that “aliis” literally means “to others”, that is to say “to people”.
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The unveiling of the Trump-Pence logo, along with the immediate and blistering reactions and subsequent retraction, was no surprise to anyone who has worked on the design side of the aisle in politics.
Penetration jokes and comparisons to the Aryan Nation’s logo notwithstanding, the most offensive thing about the Trump-Pence logo was the careless use of one of our most important symbols, the American flag. Coming on the heels of a July Fourth weekend which saw millions of Jews offended by geometric symbolism—in the form of a Star of David overlaid on a big pile of money in a shared anti-Clinton graphic—the Trump campaign’s misuse of the flag, with only seven stripes and the canton replaced wholesale with a cufflinked (and, yes, sexually suggestive) monogram, is just another example of the campaign’s inability to be as creative with graphics as they are with the truth.
The reality buried under the scathing tweets and logo-critical bandwagon is that design plays a far more important role in how our leaders are chosen than anyone realizes. From the convoluted service design of our electoral system to the mixed bag of experience design behind the more physical acts of voting, fundraising, and campaigning, the perception that a voter has of a campaign goes far beyond the branding and visual design that gets the most press.
Logos are the least of it.
The primaries, caucuses, and the act of voting itself are all impacted by design, from the way the system has evolved within the constraints and peculiarities of the state, federal, and party systems to campaign finance laws and early voting. All of these elements were designed without much thought to user paths and entry touch points, let alone fairness. This is true in big general elections, but it also impacts smaller races.
Experience design underlies all modern interactions with candidates: from the design of voting machines and hanging chads to the architecture and administration of the digital platforms and technologies themselves; from the way offline events can envelope people and build excitement to the experience of using your computer or phone to really be a part of a campaign; and from the ease of the online donation experience to how data is used to pinpoint potential voters and segments.
Lastly there's the part that gets the most ink: campaign branding and visual design made up of colors, messaging, typefaces, social share graphics, website, and of course logos. Historically, there has been much uproar and glory surrounding presidential campaign logos—far more than matters, ultimately. Having witnessed the rollout of Hillary Clinton’s logo during her campaign launch—designed by Michael Bierut of Pentagram—we've seen how swift and unnerving these reactions can be. (The difference between the Clinton campaign and the Trump campaign is that her logo was actually designed with care and has weathered the critical storm.)
Clearly all three of these themes are important and impact elections. Service design is beyond any single candidate's control; experience design is often neglected at the expense of visual design; and, even if you get the last two done right, a slip of the tongue in a debate, a loss of momentum or energy (perceived or real), or simply a mismatch of candidate and message can be difficult to recover from.
In politics more than any other area I can think of, the brand is nearly a pure expression of the person running. It is built from without, from attributes bestowed upon the candidate by the public, resisting most efforts by the campaigns to shape and control it. You can create the most perfect logo or tagline in the world, but it will do little to change public perception, especially if it does not sync up in an honest way with the candidate.
On the flip side, if this externally bestowed brand is imbued with dynamism, strength, trust, and respect, you probably can go the lazy route—red white and blue toothpaste swirls or sexually suggestive flags accompanied by tired, unoriginal tag lines and rally cards—and still win the race. I predict Trump will lose—his brand does not meet these requirements, even among his own party. This is a man who can buy nearly anything or anyone, but at this point he can’t afford to be lazy with design.
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Less than three years after President Franklin D. Roosevelt enacted the New Deal, the sweeping economic programs designed to help the United States recover from the Great Depression, the Supreme Court began overturning key aspects of Roosevelt's legislation.
"When the first New Deal case reached the Supreme Court in January 1935, the court struck down a key piece of the National Recovery Administration, the centerpiece of [Roosevelt's] plans to get the country out of the Depression," explains historian Jeff Shesol, whose new book explores tensions between FDR and the high court. "And from that point on, for the next year and a half, the court essentially struck down all of the central pillars of the New Deal. ... By the end of the term that ended in 1936, one columnist said that it reminded him of a Shakespeare tragedy: At the end of the play, the stage is strewn with dead bodies. Those dead bodies were the New Deal programs."
In Supreme Power: Franklin Roosevelt vs. the Supreme Court, Shesol examines Roosevelt's frustration with the conservative judicial branch throughout his administration — and his attempt, shortly after his re-election in 1936, to pack the Supreme Court with as many as six additional justices.
Even before Roosevelt took office in 1933, he knew that a conflict with the high court was inevitable. The court had been a powerfully conservative force in American life since the early 1880s, and at the time it included members such as Justice Pierce Butler, who opposed the federal regulation of Wall Street, and Justice George Sutherland, who frequently battled progressive legislation as a senator during the presidency of William Howard Taft.
Even more troubling to Roosevelt was the fact that none of the justices had been appointed during his first term — and most of them had served for well over a decade.
In addition, Shesol says, an idea was floating around street corners and editorial pages that the Supreme Court shouldn't necessarily have the last word on constitutional matters.
"Some suggested that Congress ought to be able to overrule the Supreme Court," he explains. "By a two-thirds vote, Congress should be able to overturn any ruling of the Supreme Court, essentially making Congress the last word on the Constitution and not the Supreme Court."
FDR Saw Court, Not Constitution, As The Problem
Roosevelt, however, didn't endorse the ideas that Congress or the American public should be able to override the Supreme Court.
"He didn't think it was practical," says Shesol. "It takes a very long time, usually, to amend the Constitution ... enough to change the reality in the country. But secondly, and this is really important in understanding why Roosevelt packed the court, [is that] he didn't see any kind of contradiction between the Constitution and the New Deal. He didn't think there was anything in the Constitution that prevented him from doing what he needed to do. The problem as he saw it was not the Constitution; it was the conservatives on that particular Supreme Court. So what could you possibly do about them? So that's how he came to the idea of packing it."
Roosevelt's idea was that for any justice over the age of 70 who refused to retire, the president could appoint a new justice to sit beside the current justice and do his work.
"If the plan passed and no one [on the current court] retired, Roosevelt would instantly get to appoint six new liberal justices to the Supreme Court," explains Shesol. "Because he couldn't push the conservatives off the court, he thought, 'Well, at least I can outnumber them.' And what most people didn't realize then or today is that this is entirely constitutional. There's nothing in the Constitution that sets the number of justices at nine. The Constitution says nothing about how many justices there are."
Blowback To FDR's Plan
When Congress and members of Roosevelt's administration found out about the president's idea, they did not react well.
"Remarkably, John Nance Garner, who was Roosevelt's vice president, went back with him to Capitol Hill, stood in the well of the Senate and, as the plan was read aloud to the senators, Garner held his nose and gestured thumbs down," says Shesol.
Meanwhile, a number of Supreme Court Justices considered resigning en masse if the plan went through.
"Both Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes and Justice Harlan Fiske Stone were eager to testify against the plan before Congress," says Shesol. "Ultimately, they decided that this would really bring the court too directly into the political controversy. But they both worked very hard and very effectively behind the scenes to bring the plan down."
Hughes wrote an open letter to the Senate deconstructing the plan, which Shesol says had a devastating effect. In addition, the court suddenly began upholding several parts of the New Deal, including minimum wage and the National Labor Relations Act. And then Justice Willis Van Devanter, a conservative, retired from the court, giving Roosevelt the chance to appoint his own justice. Shortly thereafter, Roosevelt's proposition died.
Shesol says the makeup of the current Supreme Court points out some of the problems with Roosevelt's argument.
"Age does not define ideology," he says. "Even though Roosevelt looked at what he called the 'nine old men of the Supreme Court' and suggested that the older justices were falling out of touch with reality, the oldest justice on that court in the 1930s was [Louis] Brandeis, the great liberal justice. And this was pointed out with glee with many of Roosevelt's opponents. ... So, you don't hear anything like that today. You hear concern on the part of progressives in this country that Justice Stevens and the other liberals are more likely to leave the court soon than any of the conservatives are, but I think we've come a long way since the 1930s, when that argument was made so forcefully by Franklin Roosevelt."
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The Gospel from Luke for this second Sunday of Lent might strike you as a little odd, perhaps even disjointed. What does transfiguration have to do with an exorcism? Both the congregation and, I will admit, the preacher might have preferred that this excerpt from the 9th chapter of Luke stop with verse 36, before we get to the part with that lovely quote from Jesus that more often finds itself redacted and deployed as a slogan in hate speech or internet trolling than engaged with in any meaningful way. But, so it goes; the verses march on after verse 36. And, in a way, it is helpful from time to time to read a slightly messier lectionary reading, because it reminds us that this is how the Gospels are constructed. The authors of our gospels were compiling the stories and traditions of Jesus and His Disciples, and if you sit down to read the middle chapters in the synoptic gospels, in Matthew, Mark, and Luke, you will find little phrases to string together various parts of the Jesus tradition to create a sequential strand of parables and miracles, teaching and preaching. The Gospel writers concerned themselves with a message to a 1st-century audience, not with satisfying a 21st century continuity check. My favorite example of this is the Gospel of Mark; Jesus crosses the lake so often it looks as though the disciples are running a ferry service. It is well worth the hour or two it takes to sit down and read one of the Synoptics in a single sitting, to pay attention to the beautiful patchwork-quilting process that is the Gospel.
This week, our gospel reading from Luke frames two small patches of the quilt, a transfiguration and an exorcism. One day, the disciples are witness to the greatest heights of humanity’s encounter with the divine; they see the possibilities of the better angels of our nature. The very next, they bumble their way through the ministerial trenches; in fear of the messiness of sin and illness, they fall away from the grace which first overtook them. There are two stories, two days, two lessons to our Gospel this morning. The first is familiar, stirring, enchanting: the blossoming of faith, the transcendent beauty of assurance. Faith is the Joy of the Lord and the Church. We love when individuals are overtaken by faith. The second is strange, discomfiting, bracing: the growth of faith, the hard work of sanctification. Discipleship is the Crown of Faith and the Church. We long for individuals to become disciples, just as we long for the transformation of the church, the one body, to the body of Christ’s glory.
Faith is a deeply personal transformative experience that is often fostered in the midst of community. You hear a word over the radio that touches something deep inside the very fiber of your being. You hear a word which speaks to where you are in your life. You close your eyes and let the forte waves of a choir wash over you. You hear some music that awakens some feeling in you. You have a deeply meaningful conversation, you feel safe enough to ask someone you trust the difficult questions, and you feel a sense of peace deep within your soul. You find your heart strangely warmed, you come to kneel at the altar rail, you accept Jesus as your personal Lord and savior. Different denominations, local churches, and worship styles have diverse ways of fostering the sort of atmosphere through which God’s grace can flow. But the electricity of God’s grace is able to be conducted through a number of materials, and the result is faith awakened in the soul.
It is important at the outset of Lent to hear a word about faith, about assurance, about presence, about the personal experience of the divine. You heard such a word last week from Dean Hill. It is important to begin Lent with a shoring up of faith, an experience of beauty, learning, comfort, assurance. It nourishes us, it can sustain us for the forty days of reflection and fasting to come. But after worship on Sunday, after the first few days of Lent, after the first few moments of faith, comes the question, “What comes next?” What about Monday morning? What about the rest of Lent? What about the rest of life?
A preschool put on a production of the Ugly Duckling, the beloved Hans Christian Andersen tale. It combined the best parts of early childhood education: group singing, moving on and off stage in a straight line, a moral lesson, and of course, a crafts project. Each child would make her own set of wings, with help, of course. Cutting with safety scissors, using an Elmer’s glue bottle, carefully attaching feathers, and filling in the gaps with marker. It was the ideal craft for a small child, messy and fascinating. Almost all the children used bright yellow; Big Bird-color feathers and a sunny yellow marker. These were the ducklings. One boy and one girl, though, were selected to be the ugly ducklings in the production. They had the same work to do as the other children: cutting, gluing, attaching, coloring. Their feathers were a dull grey-brown, the name of their Crayola marker was more optimistic than it looked: “golden beige.” But they had to put in twice as much work as their classmates; they had the rare preschool homework assignment. Each had to make a whole second pair of wings, to cut, glue, attach, and color all over again. It took forever, but this time, there was glitter, whole tubes of silver and gold glitter and bright, iridescent feathers. Twice the work, to be sure, but this little boy and little girl got to do a quick costume change during the production, to exchange their wings to become swans.
Don’t we all want to be swans? Don’t we all want a chance to exchange our wings? To put down the burdensome wings of our sin, shame, our old lives? Faith means we get to put down the old wings of our lives, to start over again, to molt the old feathers. And that is beautiful, saving grace, that we get a costume change in life. But something happens after that. To put on new wings, to molt, we need to cut, glue, attach, and glitter that new set of wings. We don’t do it alone. We do it by the grace of God and with the support of a community of faith, but we still have homework to do. We have help, but we need to make that second set of wings.
In Methodist circles and beyond we often talk about John Wesley’s Aldersgate experience. Wesley’s journal entries record the moment, and his words have been edited to a catchphrase of sorts for the conversion experience. I’m sure you know, that evening May 24, 1738 when John Wesley felt “his heart strangely warmed.” The phrase is a darling of the theological left and the right, it is beloved as his conversion moment. We really focus on it. On May 24, 1738, John Wesley went to a meeting, and on hearing Luther’s Preface to the Epistle on the Romans, he felt his heart strangely warmed.
What happened the next day? What did John Wesley do when he when he went home that evening? What about when he woke up the next morning? Wesley writes that he went home that evening to pray, but soon felt the nagging question in his head, “This cannot be faith; for where is the joy?” He continued to pray late into the night. The next morning, he woke up, went to church, and sang a hymn. Again, another nagging question. He writes, “If thou dost believe, why is there not a more sensible change? I answered, “That I know not. But, this I know, I have ‘now peace with God.’ And I sin not today, and Jesus my Master has forbidden me to take thought for the morrow.” The next journal entry comes over a week later, June 7, when John writes that he has decided to go to Germany, to spend some time with the Moravians. He writes the following, “And I hoped the conversing with those holy men who were themselves living witnesses of the full power of faith, and yet able to bear with those that are weak, would be a means, under God, of so establishing my soul that I might go on from faith to faith, and from ‘strength to strength.’”
John Wesley’s Aldersgate moment, his coming to a deeper and truer sense of his own faith, his conversion moment did not mean that he never doubted again. It did not mean that he woke up a saint the next day, and it certainly did not mean that his work as a Christian was done because he had felt assurance. He had to wake up the next day and take the next step. Faith began the hard work, faith empowered him for the hard work, the cutting and gluing and pasting of the wings of his new life. After Aldersgate John Wesley continued to pray, he went to church, he sang hymns, and he went and found others to accompany him on the journey of “establishing his soul.” Wesley had begun the process of sanctification. Soon he would be establishing Sunday school s so poor children could learn to read, soon he would be preaching to crowds in the field, soon he would be riding all over the countryside, establishing meetings, working with the urban poor. These were the next steps in John’s lifelong process of growing in faith and faithfulness. And this is what the Lenten journey is all about. Lent is a time of fasting, remembrance, and hopefully, growth. Lent is about the long life-process of faith, it is about the next day, the next step.
Far too often in the church we act like a bunch of normal looking ducklings. We don’t own up to our status as ugly ducklings, we don’t concern ourselves with the work of cutting, gluing, pasting, and glittering our new wings. On the theological right, we demand that all ducklings must look alike to be real ducklings. Our faith cannot be genuine unless we meet certain the ideological litmus tests about certain social issues, unless we have a very particular conversion experience, unless we offer a convincing testimony of that conversion. We peck at ducklings that don’t look like we do, who don’t fall into perfect line with all the other ducklings. Our feathers get ruffled too easily. We don’t connect our concern for personal piety with a continued dedication to our social holiness. We content ourselves with one set of wings, because we don’t put in the work to make a new pair.
On the theological left, we pretend our own feathers will never molt, that we will maintain the same, idealistic adorable yellow fluff for the duration of our worship, avoiding difficult topics such as sin or evil. We think our faith is enough because we offer a moving experience through our music, our worship, our preaching, because we have the “right” experience. Or, we set out in a cute duckling line to save the world before receiving our police escort, a la Make Way For Ducklings back to our ecclesiastical island in the middle of the Public Garden. We peck at ducklings that don’t look like we do, who don’t fall into perfect line with all the other ducklings. Our feathers get ruffled too easily. We don’t connect our concern for social holiness with a continued dedication to our personal piety. We content ourselves with one set of wings, because we don’t put in the work to make a new pair.
If there was one theological doctrine that John Wesley caught the most flack for, it was Christian perfection. John Wesley believed so much in the continued process of growth, healing, and restoration in our lives of faith. He believed that God, working in us, could truly “take away our bent to sinning,” as his brother’s hymn phrases it. In critiquing this doctrine, people focus too much on the telos, the goal, on the perfection. Wesley never claimed to get there himself, but he really emphasized the life-long journey of sainthood, of working hard to become just a little more holy every day. That is the discipline of the Christian life.
Discipline. Disciple. Both words come from the Latin discipulus which originally, before it gets caught up in Christian Latin, refers to a student. Someone who follows a teacher, learns from them, imitates them. When we are called to be and to make disciples, we are called to be and make students, life-long students of Christ. You may come to Marsh Chapel or tune in on the radio because you like the preaching or the fellowship or the music, and those are all good and true things. But I imagine that there is something also drawing you to a community of faith grounded in a place of learning, Boston University. There is something invigorating, enlivening, transforming about working with, worshipping among, and listening to college students. Maybe it reminds you of your own student days, maybe it connects you to a child or grandchild you have in college. Beloved, whether you are a freshman or coming up on your 50th high school reunion, your student days are not behind you! You are called to be a life-long student of Christ, to continue to learn and grow in faith and wisdom, and to participate in the learning community that is the Church.
It’s a little ironic, to be sure, but the very best description I have ever encountered for our sanctification comes not from John or Charles or any one of the Wesleys, but from a Baptist preacher and teacher, a lifelong student, the Rev. Dr. Howard Thurman. The Rev. Dr. Robin Olson used this quote as the focus of our Marsh Chapel winter reading retreat, and I just could not get it out of my head. In The Inward Journey, Howard Thurman writes,
“There must be always remaining in the individual life some place for the singing of angels-some place for that which in itself is breathlessly beautiful and by an inherent prerogative, throwing all the rest of life into a new and creative relatedness-something that gathers up in itself all the freshets of experience from drab and commonplace areas of living and glows in one bright light of penetrating beauty and meaning-then passes. The commonplace is shot through with new glory-old burdens become lighter, deep and ancient wounds lose much of their old, old hurting. A crown is placed over our heads that for the rest of our lives we are trying to grow tall enough to wear. Despite all the crassness of life, despite all the hardness of life, despite all the harsh discords of life, life is saved by the singing of angels.”
A crown is placed over our heads that for the rest of our lives we are trying to grow tall enough to wear. We must always open ourselves for the transcendent – the singing of angels. But those moments pass, and then we have some growing to do to reach for that crown.
This Lent, stand up a little straighter. Try for a little more discipline in your life, with your money, your choices, your consumption. Grow a little taller. Pray a bit more, imitate someone whose example you admire, find a spiritual accountability buddy, an accountabilabuddy. Reach for that crown. What is that next step in your faith life? Where is your spiritual comfort zone, and how can you get out of it? Try having a chat with someone outside your age bracket after church today. What is their vision for the Church, for Marsh Chapel, for the life of faith? Begin to trace out for yourself a new pair of wings.
I am increasingly convinced that people come to faith, they shadow the walls of our churches, they tune in and sit up, when they see sanctification being modeled. There have been plenty of Christian experiments focusing on justification, on the come to Jesus moment. I am convinced that we are not being honest with people about what it means to be a Christian unless we are telling them about what comes next, unless we are modeling what comes next through our own discipleship, our own process of sanctification. What is the next step for you as a disciple? What is the next step for Marsh Chapel’s discipleship? How are we cutting, gluing, pasting, and glittering our way to greater holiness, to help create the sort of wings that can bear people up so that they are not dashed against the stones of life?
People come to faith when they see a community that models sanctification. This is not an excuse to be holier than thou, but it is, I believe, a truer invitation to a lasting relationship. Beloved, how are we continuing to learn together as a community of faith, as disciples? How are we, as the body of Christ, being conformed to the body of His glory? This Lent, beloved, may we take those next steps toward discipleship, toward holiness in our lives. When we do, both on the mountaintop and back in the messiness of the city we will be astounded by the greatness of God.
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Philipp, Claire S. MD; Faiz, Ambarina MD, MPH; Dowling, Nicole PhD; Dilley, Anne PhD*; Michaels, Lisa A. MD; Ayers, Charletta MD, MPH; Miller, Connie H. PhD; Bachmann, Gloria MD; Evatt, Bruce MD; Saidi, Parvin MD
Menorrhagia is a common problem among women of reproductive age.1 Approximately 30% of women complain of heavy menses,1,2 and annually approximately 5% of women seek medical care for excessive menstrual bleeding.3,4 In approximately 50% of cases, no organic pathology is determined, and dysfunctional uterine bleeding is diagnosed.1,5,6 Recently, underlying bleeding disorders, particularly von Willebrand’s disease and platelet function disorders, have been found to be prevalent in women with menorrhagia.3,7–10 Von Willebrand’s disease is a hereditary disorder due to decreases in the quantity of von Willebrand’s factor, categorized as Type I (mild) and Type III (severe) von Willebrand’s disease, or qualitative defects of von Willebrand’s factor (Type II).11 In hereditary platelet function disorders, the bleeding tendency is associated with abnormalities in platelet function rather than decreases in platelet count.12
Von Willebrand’s disease is reported to have a prevalence in the general population of approximately 1%.13 However, studies in women with menorrhagia report a prevalence ranging from 10 to 20% in white women, with a lower (1–2%) prevalence in black women.3,9,10,14 The prevalence of platelet function disorders in the general population is unknown and may have been underappreciated in studies of menorrhagia that did not systematically evaluate platelet function. With comprehensive evaluation, platelet dysfunction has been found to be common in women with otherwise unexplained menorrhagia9,15 compared with control women without menorrhagia.9 Single coagulation factor deficiencies, particularly factors XI, VII, and V, have also been identified in studies of women with menorrhagia, although at lower frequencies than von Willebrand’s disease and platelet function defects.3,7,9,15
Menorrhagia occurring during adolescence and perimenopause is presumed to be associated with anovulation or, during perimenopause, also anatomic causes, such as submucosal uterine myoma.1 The frequency of bleeding disorders in women diagnosed with menorrhagia at the extremes of menstruating age, ie, adolescence and perimenopause, are not known. The present study was conducted to determine the frequency and types of hemostatic disorders in adolescent, perimenopausal, and postadolescent reproductive age women presenting with unexplained menorrhagia.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
The study population consisted of women between the ages of 13 and 55 with a physician diagnosis of menorrhagia seen by the faculty primary care gynecology practice of UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School or collaborating community gynecology and pediatric practices. Women were excluded from participation before consent and study entry if they had other known causes of heavy menstrual bleeding, ie, previously diagnosed bleeding disorders, endocrine disorders including thyroid disease, submucous uterine myoma, uterine polyps, gynecologic malignancy, use of an intrauterine device, or treatment with anticoagulants within the past 2 months. In addition, use of oral contraceptives within 1 cycle of participation, or use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agents, aspirin, other platelet-impairing medications or herbal agents within 14 days of participation were excluded to avoid potential interference with hemostatic testing. A pelvic examination by a gynecologist was required for all women 19 years or older.
Informed consent, approved by the Institutional Review Boards of UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, was obtained from study participants or their parent or legal guardian for subjects younger than 18 years old. Assent was also obtained from study participants less than 18 years old. All eligible women who consented were entered into the study. After obtaining informed consent, an in-person questionnaire was administered that elicited information on menstrual history, medical history, nongynecologic bleeding history, and family history. A blood sample and bleeding time were obtained in participants between days 3–9 of their menstrual cycle. Women were enrolled between November 1999 and March 2004.
Testing for von Willebrand’s disease, platelet function defects, and coagulation factor deficiencies was performed as previously described on citrated blood (3.2% sodium citrate).9 Briefly, von Willebrand’s factor antigen was measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (Asserachrom VWF, Diagnostica Stago, Parsippany, NJ). Von Willebrand’s ristocetin cofactor was measured by aggregation of lyophilized normal platelets. Factor VIII was measured by 1-stage assay on an automated analyzer (STAR, Diagnostica Stago). Platelet aggregation and adenosine triphosphate (ATP) release were performed using platelet-rich plasma on an optical Chrono-log Platelet Lumi-Aggregometer (Chrono-log Corp, Havertown, PA) using ristocetin, adenosine diphosphate (ADP), arachidonic acid, epinephrine, and collagen as agonists for platelet aggregation and thrombin, ADP, arachidonic acid, and collagen as agonists for ATP release. Coagulation factors II, VII, V, IX, X, XI, and XII were performed using factor deficient plasmas. All samples were tested in duplicate. Bleeding time was performed by 1 of 2 experienced personnel using a Simplate device (Organon-Technica, Durham, NC).
At the time of their study visit, women were provided a pictorial chart to complete with their next menses and an explanation of how it should be completed as previously described.9,16,17 Using the pictorial charts, lightly, moderately, and heavily soiled pads and tampons were recorded for the entire menstrual flow. Clots were also recorded in comparison with coins9,17 as previously described.
The data were analyzed using SAS 8.2 statistical package (SAS Institute, Cary, NC). Frequencies of bleeding disorders were calculated in the overall study population and in 3 age groups. The 3 age groups were defined as adolescents 19 years of age or younger, women 20 to 44 years of age, and perimenopausal-age women 45 years old or older, based on a reported median perimenopausal age of 45.5 years.18 Ages of participants are reported in full years. Reference ranges for the hemostatic tests were calculated as 2 standard deviations about the mean for control subjects. The differences in means for age at menarche, duration of menses, length of cycle, hemoglobin (gm/dL), platelet count (per microliter), and pictorial blood assessment chart scores among the 3 age groups were tested using analysis of variance. The distribution of race, blood group, anemia, and pictorial blood assessment chart scores greater than 100 or greater than 185 in the 3 age groups were evaluated by χ2 test. The Cochran-Armitage trend test was performed to test the trend for past and family history of bleeding and hemostatic abnormalities in the 3 age groups.19 Adjusted odds ratios were derived through logistic regression analysis in relation to age, controlling for race, anemia, and pictorial blood assessment chart score more than 100. P < .05 was considered statistically significant.
One hundred fifteen women with a physician diagnosis of menorrhagia and a mean age of 35.4 ± 11.9 years (range 13–53 years) were studied. Participants included 25 adolescent women 19 years or younger, 65 women between 20 and 44 years, and 25 perimenopausal-age women 45 years or older.
Of the entire cohort, 58% of women reported a past history of anemia, and 89% of these women reported receiving treatment for anemia. Four percent of women had received blood transfusions. Forty-one percent (47/115) of women were anemic at the time of testing, with hemoglobin less than 12 gg/dL. There were no significant differences among the 3 age groups in mean hemoglobin, percentage of women anemic, age at menarche, duration of menses, length of cycle, or race (Table 1). Among adolescent participants, time since onset of menarche varied between 0 and 6 years (mean 3.2 ± 1.8). There were no significant differences in mean scores measured by the pictorial blood assessment tool or percentage of women with scores greater than 100 or 185 among the 3 age groups (Table 2).
Personal past history of bleeding after surgery, tooth extraction, delivery or miscarriage and family history of nonuterine bleeding symptoms were frequently reported among women with menorrhagia (Table 3). A family history of a diagnosed bleeding disorder was significantly more common among adolescents (27%) than among women 20 to 44 years old (15%) or more than 45 years old (4%) (P < .05). There were no statistically significant differences among the groups of women with regard to history of menorrhagia in mothers and sisters, family history of other bleeding symptoms, or personal history of bleeding after surgery or tooth extraction.
On laboratory testing, almost half of the participants (54/115, 47%, 95% confidence interval [CI] 38–57) were found to have 1 or more hemostatic abnormalities, including platelet aggregation abnormalities, von Willebrand’s factor, and single factor deficiencies (Table 4). When women found on testing to have a hemoglobin less than 12 were compared using χ2 with women found to have a hemoglobin 12 or more, there was no significant difference in the prevalence of bleeding disorders (P = .4). Study entry was based on a physician diagnosis of menorrhagia. When reanalyzed using only study participants who also had a pictorial blood assessment chart score more than 100, there was no significant difference in the prevalence of bleeding disorders between the entire study population (physician diagnosis of menorrhagia) and the study population who also had pictorial blood assessment chart scores more than 100 (46% compared with 38%, P = .6). Forty-eight percent of adolescents (95% CI 28–69), 54% women aged 20–44 years (95% CI 41–66), and 32% of perimenopausal-age women (95% CI 15–53) were found to have hemostatic abnormalities (Table 4). Adolescents and perimenopausal-age women were just as likely to have hemostatic defects as were women aged 20 to 44 years (Table 4). Additionally, age was not predictive of having a bleeding disorder when age was used as a continuous variable in a logistic regression model, even when adjusted for race, anemia, and pictorial blood assessment chart score more than 100.
Platelet dysfunction was the most commonly observed hemostatic defect. Platelet aggregation abnormalities were found in 44% (50/115, 95% CI 34–53) of women including 44% (11/25, 95% CI 24–65) of adolescents, 48% (31/65, 95% CI 35–60) women aged 20 to 44 years and 32% (8/25, 95% CI 15–53) women 45 years or older (Table 4). There were no significant differences in the prevalence of platelet dysfunction among the 3 age groups. The type of platelet aggregation defects observed were similar among the 3 age groups with the exception of ADP-induced platelet aggregation defects, which were seen significantly more often in adolescents compared with older women (Table 5, P < .01). The most common platelet aggregation defects in women 20 years and older were with ristocetin and epinephrine. However, among adolescents, ADP platelet aggregation defects were the most common. Platelet ATP-release abnormalities are also reported in Table 5. Decreases in von Willebrand’s factor were found in 7% of the participants, and there were also no significant differences in prevalence among the 3 age groups. Various single-factor deficiencies were found in 5% (6/115) of the women, including decreased factor XI (2/115), factor VIII (1/115), factor V (1/114), factor VII (1/115), and combined factor XI and VII (1/115).
These results demonstrate that underlying bleeding disorders are frequent in women from adolescent to perimenopausal age and that the diagnosis of anovulatory bleeding or uterine pathology such as intramural or subserosal myoma may not fully account for the heavy menses. Platelet dysfunction and von Willebrand’s disease were the most common hemostatic defects found in adolescent, reproductive age, and perimenopausal-age women.
Prior studies of adolescents have been retrospective and limited to adolescents with acute menorrhagia resulting in hospitalization or presenting to an emergency room or urgent care facility.20–22 Claessens20 reported 19% “coagulation” disorders among 59 adolescents with acute menorrhagia, including 3 adolescents with von Willebrand’s disease, 2 adolescents with platelet dysfunction, and 6 with thrombocytopenic disorders. More recently, Bevans et al21 reported finding, in a retrospective review of records, bleeding disorders in 8 of 14 adolescents presenting with menorrhagia without thrombocytopenia who underwent comprehensive testing for a bleeding disorder. Platelet dysfunction was found in 42% (6/14), and von Willebrand’s disease was found in 14% (2/14). The findings in our prospective study in a primary, nonacute setting are similar.
The higher frequency of a family history of bleeding disorders found among our adolescent group compared with older women suggests the possibility of variability in the diagnosis of menorrhagia by physicians evaluating adolescents compared with physicians evaluating older women. In this study, women with a physician diagnosis of menorrhagia were recruited from the primary care setting. Because there are no objective tests used in clinical practice for the diagnosis of menorrhagia, we also collected pictorial blood assessment chart information on study participants. The pictorial blood assessment chart has been suggested as a possible “objective” measure of menorrhagia,16,17 although it is not used in clinical practice, and some investigators have suggested that it offers no significant improvement in the quality of the objective diagnosis of menorrhagia.23 This study, which was not designed to evaluate the physician diagnosis of menorrhagia but rather to incorporate conditions similar to what physicians in the primary care setting evaluating women with menorrhagia would encounter in daily practice, did not demonstrate significant differences in the pictorial blood assessment chart scores between adolescents and older women with a physician diagnosis of menorrhagia. Furthermore, we found no significant difference in the prevalence of bleeding disorders with the additional criteria of a pictorial blood assessment chart score more than 100 added to the study entry requirement of a physician diagnosis of menorrhagia. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists24 recommends screening adolescents presenting with severe menorrhagia based on Claessens study.20 Our results, which demonstrate a high prevalence of bleeding disorders in adolescents with menorrhagia, support the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists screening recommendations.
Prior studies examining bleeding disorders in adult women with menorrhagia have not specifically examined the frequency in older, perimenopausal-age women presenting with menorrhagia. Our results, although the statistical power in this subgroup of the study population was limited, suggest that perimenopausal-age women presenting with menorrhagia late in their reproductive years may also warrant screening for underlying bleeding disorders, even if fibroids are present.
Because complaints of menorrhagia are so common in the general population and bleeding disorders are prevalent in women presenting with menorrhagia regardless of age, these data suggest that women with menorrhagia should be considered for further hemostatic evaluation. However, additional age-specific studies evaluating treatment benefits, outcomes, and cost-benefit analysis in women with menorrhagia diagnosed with bleeding disorders and the development of screening tools to better target those women needing hemostatic evaluation seem warranted before broad public health recommendations to test all women with menorrhagia are adopted.
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|First Appearance||The Hero of Will|
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The Cullis Gate
Shards are curious Old Kingdom artifacts, used by Lucien during the events of Fable II. Shards are capable of using a powerful lightning attack as well as transporting troops. They appear to be made from the same material as the Tattered Spire.
A shard is first seen during the Hero of Will quest, when the Hero of Bowerstone is attempting to rescue Garth from Brightwood Tower; Lucien's forces use a shard to transport Spire Guards, as well as kidnap Garth at the end of the quest. Shards make further appearances in subsequent quests, and inside the Spire itself. A Great Shard is battled during the Bloodstone Assault.
Shards can be defeated using the shock spell and a ranged weapon. Meleé combat can also be effective, although shards are capable of their own close attack which effectively tramples the player.
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"Be More Business" - Part 2
Following on from our series on how to make money and how to save money. Part 1 is here: https://www.cardyard.co.uk/blog/be-more-business-1
PART TWO IN OUR SERIES ON HOW TO MAKE MONEY- selling more
Unlike a business, we human beings don’t view ourselves as a product to be sold. And unless we do, this factor is going to be an enigma. S o let’s have a good look at it.
In what standard ways do we make money? Here are the two main ways, and of course we might have a mix of both.
- Selling our time as a waged employee (eg: working for a company as an employee for 37.5 hours a week. Divide your salary by the numbers of hours you work in a year and you can get an hourly rate of what you are worth)
- Selling our time as a freelance consultant or part of the gig economy (if this is you, you’ll know exactly what your hourly rate is).
So, how on earth do we go about “selling more”?
- Be precious with your time. Know what your rate is (see the above calculations), and if you need to work overtime, then simply be aware of how much you are giving away. You may be happy to do that, but likewise you might realise you are giving too much, in which case it’s time to talk to your employer.
- Identify if you do have any spare time that you can also sell. Perhaps doing a 2nd job, or a few hours on the gig economy would be useful?
- Identify if you have other skills that someone would pay for? You might like to set up as a gardener or a child-minder in addition to your job?
- Look around you at what *items* you could sell. Selling items you no longer use, or want, or that you have made or grown is a great way of getting cash in. See our suggestions below for where you can sell items.
Be profit focused - Remember that a good business will rarely buy something for £1 and sell it for 50p, it doesn’t make sense. So know your costs first. And always build in a profit element. That gardening gig that pays you £10/hour, may be 2 hours drive, so you’re ending up with £3-something an hour. Whereas a childminding gig that pays you £8/hour might be a 2 minute walk down the road. No petrol, no time costs.
You’ve got something to sell - so now it’s important to find the best way to sell them. And this is going to depend on the items themselves. Different things will sell better on different platforms or marketplaces.
If you have items to sell, that you can post, or people can collect, and that fits in with eBay rules, then eBay is a great marketplace. (But if you have something that needs security checking, like a giftcard, then use Cardyard of course)
If not postable, and you’re happy with a local market – try eBay, GumTree or Facebook Marketplace
If they are hand-made – then try Etsy
Home grown but random – for example, a glut of tomatoes that you’ve grown in the back garden, then how about an honesty box by your front gate?
Home grown/made and more regular – for example, if you want to sell your free-range chicken eggs every single week, try a stall-share at a local farmers market.
Specialist items - For example - GIFTCARDS! If you want to sell a gift card – then use cardyard.co.uk. Cardyard provides security checking to protect both YOU and the buyer. This is essential when it comes to giftcards, and only Cardyard does this as standard.
Legal: remember to check with your local government for registering as an actual business (or sole trader). At the time of writing this, if you make more than £1000 a year, you need to register as a sole trader. HMGov.gov LINK
Remember - these are secrets that businesses have employed for hundreds of years. Let’s all get in on the act and make a little more money to buy what we really want and need.
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Raleigh, N.C. — Three senators on Wednesday filed a wide-ranging regulatory reform bill that would, among other things, exempt people who voluntarily report environmental violations from civil penalties, expunge criminal records for various juvenile offenses, increase the penalty for illegally parking in handicapped spaces and allow cursing on highways.
Senate leaders boasted that the bill marks the fifth straight year the Republican-led legislature is pursuing regulatory reform.
"For decades, unnecessary government regulation was a real roadblock to job creation in North Carolina," sponsor Sens. Trudy Wade, R-Guilford, Andrew Brock, R-Davie, and Brent Jackson, R-Sampson, said in a statement. "This bill continues our efforts to remove ambiguous, onerous, obsolete and sometimes ridiculous regulations that increase the burden and expense on North Carolina families and job-creating businesses, but do little to serve the public interest."
Senate Bill 453 would establish a procedure for anyone who falls under state environmental regulation to audits their compliance programs and management systems and makes them immune from any civil or administrative fines and other penalties if they voluntarily disclose any violations to regulators within 14 days of discovering it.
The bill also scales back the frequency of various environmental reports, both by state agencies and by manufacturers.
Other provisions of the bill would do the following:
- Repeal a state law that made it illegal to use "profane or indecent language on public highways."
- Increase the fine for illegally parking in a handicapped space from a range of $100 to $250 to a range of $250 to $500.
- Allow people to break into cars, boats and other craft to rescue someone in need of medical attention.
- Expunge the criminal records of first-time offenders convicted under age 18 of various misdemeanors, gang-related offenses or non-violent felonies and the records of first-time offenders under age 21 for various drug offenses.
- Increase the fine for having someone 16 or younger without a seat belt in a vehicle from $25 to $100.
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Red Rubber Robinson Catheter with 2 Eyes is a urinary catheter that is designed for patients how require optimal bladder drainage in a superior radiopaque catheter that is easy to see on medical x-ray's. Made with a latex rubber material, this non-sterile rubber catheter features two drainage eyes and is comparable in quality to Bard brand Foley catheters.
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India’s testing capacity has been scaled up to around 95,000 per day, says Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan.
He adds that a total of 15,25,631 tests have been conducted so far across 332 government and 121 private laboratories.
The number of coronavirus cases in India rose to 59,662 including 1,981 deaths.
The total number of cases in Maharashtra rose to 20,228 with 48 new deaths after 1,165 fresh infections were reported in the last 24 hours. Dharavi in Mumbai reports 25 new cases and one death, says the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation.
In last 24 hours, Gujarat has reported 394 new cases. The total number of cases in the state is now 7,797 including 472 deaths.
224 people tested positive in Delhi between 4 pm on Friday and midnight. The total number of cases stands at 6,542 including 68 deaths, says the health department.
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This unusual and interesting surname, now recorded as Abdee, Abdy, Abdey, and Abdie, is of early medieval English origins. However it may also be said to have French, Latin (Roman), Greek, and Aramaic antecedents. It is either a topographical name for someone living by a abbey, or from a place called 'Abdy', apparently a medieval estate in Yorkshire. Derived from the Middle English 'abbodie', itself from the Old French 'abeie', and the Latin 'abbatia', the translation is 'The priest's house'. This is a derivative of the Greek 'abbas' meaning priest, itself a development from the Aramaic 'aba' meaning 'The father'.Ralph Abbod was a witness at the Somerset Assize Courts in the year 1272, but it is now generally accepted that the first 'true' recordings are in Yorkshire, and all from the same small village. These recordings include (quote) 'Johannes del Abdy, et Agnes, uxor ejus, taylour', in the 1379 Poll Tax rolls, and 'Johannes del Abdy et Margareta', with the first recording shown below, all of 'Brampton-juxta-Wath'. In 1577 Edmund Abdie of London was registered as a student at Oxford University, and John Abdee and Mary Wharum, married on December 7th 1708, at Rotherham, Yorkshire. Sir William Adby, Bt, married Miss Mary Gordon at St Georges chapel, Hanover Square, London, on May 7th 1776, whilst the coat of arms granted in Yorkshire & Essex has the blazon of a gold field, charged with two chevrons between three trefoils slipped, all black. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Robert del Abdy, which was dated 1379, in the Yorkshire Poll Tax Rolls, during the reign of King Richard 11, known as 'Richard of Bordeaux', 1377 - 1399. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.
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The Alp country's cargo players urge their politicians to recognize the superior role air freight plays for the economic and social well-being of the state. The time is ripe for setting up a master plan to end the era of negligence and take forward-driving steps to better the conditions for this vital industry. This is the core message of a 50 page catalogue and list of demands presented by the Zurich-based Interest Group Air Cargo Switzerland together with a 55 page collection of facts and data, addressed to the members of the national parliament and the Swiss government.
Yes, air freight exists in Switzerland - daily, efficiently and quietly. But this industry, comparable to general perceptions in Germany or Austria, lacks the backing of most voters. So why
bother about a biz that is more or less functioning well but is not a field for politicians to add to their merits?
This lack of importance, partially homemade, is the main cause why Switzerland's cargo industry is nothing but a fifth wheel on the political wagon. And maybe even less than that!
At least up to now. In future things have to change, the faster the better, urges the Zurich-based Interest Group Air Cargo Switzerland (IG Air Cargo). If not, the national economy will fall behind international competition - slowly but steadily.
In their paper the organization reminds the Swiss government of the exceptional importance of this sector. Shipments worth two trillion Swiss Francs are annually transported by air, with increasing tendency.
In the near future this trend will even accelerate due to the fast growing number of online shoppers. Many of them demand their purchases to be delivered the fastest possible way. By doing so they opt automatically in many cases for air freight transport, without necessarily knowing where the goods come from and how they are forwarded.
While the online shopping trend is fairly new, traditional Swiss industries like the country's highly important pharmaceutical, medical, banking sector or IT industry would fall behind without tailored cargo solutions accepted and supported by complementing infrastructural decisions taken by the government, warns IG Air Cargo. In case this does not happen, most economic sectors would be massively affected, which costs jobs and leads to a general demise of Switzerland's industry.
So what has to be changed, sooner, than later?
The general night curfew for trucks driving within Switzerland should be abolished, demands the organization. This ban has an immense negative impact on the economy in general and the cargo industry specifically, claim the authors of the paper. However, they well know how tricky this subject is since the large majority of Swiss people support the ban on trucks at night.
IG Air Cargo also opposes further restrictions of air traffic, be it the expansion of night flights, bureaucratic over-regulation or additional charges on air traffic. One of the organization's key issues addressed to the government is their demand to ensure the development of the ground infrastructure to give the industry the necessary requirements for further development. This is not understood as quantitative growth but is seen as a sustainable program concentrating on value added services, the enhancement of ground handling processes and the improvement of the supply chain, and simplification of customs clearing processes.
These topics together with some other demands and suggestions made by IG Air Cargo on behalf of the entire air freight sector in Switzerland should become part of a master plan with clearly defined priorities and be approved by Switzerland's politicians, this is the organization's key target.
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AFRICANGLOBE – Last year trade between Africa and China crossed the US$200bn mark, confirming our continent’s largest single international business partner. India began 2014 by announcing plans to increase its trade with the continent to over $100bn by 2015, up from the current $70bn. And as I write from my desk in Angola, the enormous signs of construction firm Odebrecht represent Brazil’s 20-fold increase in investment in the country since 2002.
It is no surprise Africa is attracting global trade and investment on a mass scale. For fast emerging and established countries alike, our continent is one full of potential, and one growing on average at 6% a year. Incomes are rising, bringing prosperity to a burgeoning middle class. The number of households with discretionary income is projected to rise by 50% over the next 10 years, reaching $128m. Our natural and human potential is enormous, being home to over 50% of the global uncultivated agricultural land, and with a young and energetic population with a median age of 20.
But increasing trade internationally has come at a cost. Africa’s trade between its own nations is now extremely low at around 12%, half of the share 15 years ago. Trade within regional borders is 70% and 50% in Europe and Asia respectively, and even 21% in fast growing South America.
For those who work on the continent, it’s clear to see why. Moving goods and people around is extremely difficult. A small percentage of African roads are paved, rail networks are poorly interconnected and ports and airports alike have limited routes and capacity. Often, it’s easier to trade internationally than locally, with current infrastructure built around getting our goods out to global hubs and beyond. In a recent report, Ecobank found large numbers of traders in Nairobi sending goods to Dubai first in order for them to be transported to other African nations.
An array of regional trade agreements (RTAs) has brought some attempt to foster intra-regional trade, but there is still often a fairly inconsistent and cumbersome business environment across neighbouring countries. The South African Development Community, of which Angola is a member, now averages about $11bn of trade annually. However, estimates suggest that figure could easily triple if smarter and more business friendly policies were put in place. From my experience in agribusiness and construction, tackling the uncoordinated agricultural policies and the damaging combination of fluctuating import and export tariffs would be good place to start.
Asia is on hand to provide useful lessons. The region has clearly (and recently) shown the correlation between regional integration and increased international competitiveness. This is not either or. Strengthening regional cooperation and trade will make Africa more competitive internationally: it is the bedrock for sustainable and stable economic growth, and African governments should see it as such.
For Africa’s emerging powerhouses, our ‘lion’ economies of Angola, Mozambique, Ethiopia and others, regional integration and trade provides them with an opportunity to cement their rise, and help lift others on the continent with them. The African Union, with which I met last year to discuss some of these challenges for business, is making progress, supported by other pan-African organisations, including the United Nations Economic Commission and the African Development Bank.
The ambition is now set for intra-Africa trade to reach 50% by 2045, which is welcome. And new initiatives, including the Africa50 Fund, which aims to raise some $100bn of global capital to finance Africa’s current infrastructure pipeline, are now underway. This week, South African President Jacob Zuma also threw his weight behind the idea of a pan-Africa free-trade area, an idea that could promote over $2.6tr of trade.
The signs are promising, and businesses must be poised to make the most of new regulations and opportunities as they come in. Outward facing corporate strategies are welcome, but boardrooms should increasingly be aware that working with neighbours in the region is a critical bridge to bigger and stronger international trade relations.
As the world’s eyes continue to focus on Africa, we must make sure that we strengthen our regional ties to develop not as fragmented states but as a sustainable economic region, using trade and investment within our borders to enhance our global offer.
Dr. Sobrinho is one of Angola’s leading business figures and chairman of emerging bank Banco Valor. Born and raised in Angola, Sobrinho has been at the forefront of the rise of one of Africa’s most powerful economies and is now a major cross-sector investor in Africa’s frontier markets. | <urn:uuid:4ad82130-bd4f-4f26-ad1f-cb7f3cbc70ec> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://www.africanglobe.net/business/intra-african-trade-untapped-opportunity/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280410.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00456-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.952524 | 958 | 2.046875 | 2 |
Use the research done for #40. Use a guidesheet to lay out what is on each slides, i.e., a cover, table of contents, what makes a geographic locations amazing (discuss this as a group), a map, and three locations from #40. Teach PowerPoint skills such as adding slides and text and pictures, animation, transitions, auto-forward, personalized backgrounds, adding music to multiple slides. Third graders may not be able to complete all skills.
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Mystery of Henri IV’s missing head divides France
Source: heritagedaily.comRichard III may have had an ignominious resting place under a Leicester car park, but spare a thought for Henri IV. First the French monarch was disinterred from the royal sepulchre by revolutionaries and thrown into a mass grave. Then his head was cut off and – allegedly – turned up in the attic of a retired tax inspector.
Worse, while British experts have confirmed that the deformed skeleton found in Leicester is “almost certainly” that of Richard, bearing signs of fatal wounds he suffered during the battle of Bosworth, French scientists are still fighting over the disputed remains of Henri, who was assassinated in 1610 by a Catholic fundamentalist.
Unlike Richard III, who was reviled during his lifetime, “good King Henri” was credited with kindliness and seen as a potent symbol of national unity and reconciliation. Baptised a Catholic but raised a Calvinist, he ended bitter religious wars in France and took pains to ease the daily travails of his poorer subjects. “If God gives me life, I will ensure there is no labourer in my kingdom who has not the means to have a chicken in his pot each Sunday!” he is said to have pledged.
In death, however, the much-loved monarch has caused disagreement and division. On Friday, the rifts that have for decades split historians, scientists, researchers and descendants of France’s pre-revolutionary ruling families – the Orléans and the Bourbons – were prised open again by a new book.
In Henri IV: The Mystery of a Headless King, authors Stéphane Gabet and Philippe Charlier claim to have solved the enduring enigma of what happened to the king’s remains – specifically, his head. They insist that a mummified head found five years ago in a box in the attic of a retired tax collector, Jacques Bellanger, is that of Henri.
Facials hairs, a large beauty spot, a broken nose, a knife gash to the upper lip from an assassination attempt, all point to the skull being his. “Rubbish,” cry critics, who insist that the book owes more to fiction than fact and point to a lack of scientific proof and the fact that the brain – albeit shrunken to the size of a walnut – was still present, when it would have been removed by royal embalmers.
Meanwhile, the head of the man who may or may not have been king – and who may or may not have said on converting back to Catholicism for his coronation that “Paris is worth a mass” – sits in a bank vault near the Bastille where, symbolically, the mystery is rooted.
Read the full article at: heritagedaily.com
Using scans of a skull believed to belong to Henri IV, a team of scientists has reconstructed the face of the revered 16th-century monarch , reported the Telegraph.Source: TIME.com
The reconstruction comes two years after Philippe Charlier, a leading French pathologist, identified an embalmed head he found in the attic of a retired tax inspector as that of the beloved king known as “Good King Henri IV” — or the “Green Gallant,” for his way with ladies.
The image of the smiling, mustachioed Henri IV, whose numerous achievements include the Edict of Nantes in 1598 and a promise to all French workers of “a chicken in the pot every Sunday,” will be publicly presented for the first time at Paris’ National Archive.
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What is cohousing?
Cohousers are often described as people with a strong moral imagination for the kind of neighbourhood they want to live in and the values it holds.
Typically, cohousing communities live in a compact way in a group of flats or houses, sharing common amenities such as a laundry, kitchen, garden and recreation facilities.
They usually contain between ten and 40 people and can be rural, suburban, or urban.
Most are mixed, with singles, families, children and older people. But seniors are now designing cohousing developments aimed just at people in their later years, such as the Older Women Cohousing group, which recently established a community based in a small group of flats in Barnet, north London.
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Forming or joining a cohousing community
To set up a cohousing project, form a group to discuss all aspects of what is wanted and how you’d like the balance between communality and privacy to work.
This will probably take months and is a good way of getting to know each other and iron out disagreements before moving in.
Cohousing communities depend on cooperation and collaboration, from start to finish, and it is usual for all members to contribute to a fund to run the project and to take on specific roles.
Alternatively, you can find an established cohousing group and if there is a vacancy and the members accept you, buy in or rent a home. The UK Cohousing Network (UKCN) advertises vacancies on its website (cohousing.org.uk). It also features a resources pack offering general advice on cohousing, including legal issues, finding a site, design and build and settling in.
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Financing a cohousing project
Commonly, people sell homes, raise equity in other ways or get a mortgage for their community home.
But some housing associations purchase places in cohousing and lease them. The Nationwide Foundation has a two-year programme to help community groups in England with guidance on funding and legal structure in the early stages. Some small grants are given.
Big Lottery’s Accelerating Ideas programme supports work around cohousing for older people.
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Some cohousing communities
Forgebank in Halton, Lancaster, is an eco-housing development of leasehold homes, shared buildings and riverside habitat containing a multigenerational group of around 80 people. It aims for close links with the outside community.
Thundercliffe Grange is the UK’s oldest cohousing community. Thirty-five years ago, a group of local government officers, their families and friends bought an eighteenth-century mansion house set in 20 acres of mixed parkland and woodland in South Yorkshire. Many of them still live in this community of singles, couples and elders.
Springhill Cohousing is the first new-build cohousing scheme, with charming wood-fronted homes, in the UK. There are 34 units, ranging from one-bedroomed flats to five-bedroomed houses, and a three-storey common house with a kitchen where meals are cooked and served three times a week. Other shared meals and community-based social activities happen there, too.
Copper Lane is situated behind some north London terraces and surrounded with rear gardens. It has six homes designed by the owners, with the help of architects, and a small but strong community.
Cannock Mill in Colchester, Essex, is run by and for over-50s. There are 23 eco-friendly homes, some of which are still available to buy or rent. See cannockmillcohousingcolchester.co.uk for more details.
The UKCN has details of all cohousing communities, which can be visited and when.
What is multigenerational living - and could it work for you?
Is cohousing for you?
Cohousing can be wonderful, but it isn’t for everyone. Ask yourself what you hope the gains will be and if you are suited to this style of living. Things to consider include:
- Am I sociable? Do I welcome the opportunity to live in a community and get involved in sharing home tasks and activities?
- Am I comfortable with a community decision-making process that strives to ensure all voices are heard, and to reach decisions? Can I cope with disagreements and not having things done the way I wish at times?
- What balance between privacy and communal living is right for me? Is this possible in the community I am considering?
- Am I happy to get involved in shared tasks, such as working in the garden and cooking together?
- Would I be comfortable selling my own home or raising a loan to be able to buy into a cohousing scheme?
- Does having neighbours who I must see all the time and get along with, but who, at best, will be there to give support, help and companionship, appeal to me or make me want to run for the hills?
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A database isn't worth much without a way to search the contents. In address book, the class
ABSearchElement is how we create queries with any range of complexity. A search element contains a simple search, like search the address book for all records with the first name Mike, or search for all records with birth dates occurring before the turn of the millennium.
Two or more
ABSearchElement objects may be combined into a single composite search elements using either an AND operator or an OR operator. By combining search elements in this way it is possible to build quite complex queries.
ABSearchElement are created using the
ABGroup class method
searchElementForProperty:label:key:value:comparison:. Whether we invoke this method in the ABPerson class object or the
ABGroup class object depends on whether we want to perform a search for people, or a search for groups. This method takes the following parameters:
searchElementForProperty: is the record property the we wish to perform the search again
label: If the property is a multi-value property, then we can specify a label here to restrict the search to one particular element of the multi-value
key: If the property value is a dictionary, then we can specify a key in the dictionary here to restrict the search.
value: This is the value we are searching for
comparison: This parameter specifies how the search process will identify a matching value.
The last parameter, comparison:, tells the search element how to determine a matching value. There are ten possible constants to pass here:
To create a composite, or conjunction, search we use the
ABSearchElement class method
searchElementForConjunction:children:. The first parameter tells the method how the child search elements will be combined. The possible values are
kABOrSearch. The children: parameter takes an array of
ABSearchElements that are to be combined in the conjunction search. Children search elements may be simple searches, or conjunction searches themselves.
The following is an example of searching the address book using search elements:
ABSearchElement *se; NSArray *results; se = [ABPerson searchElementForProperty:kABAddressProperty label:kABAddressHomeLabel key:kABAddressStateKey value:@"Texas" comparison:kABEqual]; results = [book recordsMatchingSearchElement:se]; NSLog( [results description] );
As you can see above, the method
recordsMatchingSearchElement: returns an NSArray containing all of the people in the address book whose home address is in Texas.
Performing a conjunction search is done similarly:
ABSearchElement *se1, *se2, *cse; NSArray *children; se1 = [ABPerson searchElementForProperty:kABAddressProperty label:kABAddressHomeLabel key:kABAddressStateKey value:@"Texas" comparison:kABEqual]; se2 = [ABPerson searchElementForProperty:kABBirthdayProperty label:nil key:nil value:[NSDate dateWithTimeIntervalSinceReferenceDate:0] comparison:kABLessThan]; children = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:se1, se2, nil]; cse = [ABSearchElement searchElementForConjunction:kABAndSearch children:children]; results = [book recordsMatchingSearchElement:cse]; NSLog( [results description] );
The composite search element cse will search for all people in the address book database who not only live in Texas, but who were born before the turn of the millennium, which we specify by creating a date that is zero seconds past the reference date (the absolute reference date used by NSDate is 12:00 AM, January 1, 2001 GMT).
Odds and Ends
To tie up loose ends, let's talk a bit about assigning images to an
ABRecord, as well as how we can import and export vCards to and from the AddressBook database.
Creating a vCard is easily accomplished using the
vCardRepresentation. This method returns an NSData object whose data is formatted in the vCard format. We can then write this data to disk, which can be read by any number of applications that recognize the vCard format. Going the other way we can initialize an ABRecord object with vCard data using the method
initWithVCardRepresentation:. This method takes a parameter an NSData object, which was likely created by reading the contents of a vCard file on disk created by another application.
Finally, to associate an image with a person in the AddressBook we use the methods
TIFFImageData to set and get the person's picture. These methods work with NSData objects whose data is formatted as a TIFF image. This interfaces well with the NSImage methods
TIFFRepresentation, which returns an TIFF formatted NSData object, and
initWithData:, which initializes an NSImage object with image data.
So, that was a whirlwind tour of the AddressBook framework. It's not really my style to leave you empty-handed at the end of a column, so I've prepared a version of our old-school application Address Book that we worked on about a year ago while learning about NSTableView. This version has been revamped to display the contents of the user's address book in a table, and allow the user to edit records. It's basically the same thing we had before, except the data model is based on
ABAddressBook rather than on
NSDictionary. This is an excellent example of the utility of MVC since the model was separated from the view and insulated by the controller, so it was relatively pain-free to change.
So, happy Jaguar release, and next time we'll get back to those plug-ins.
Michael Beam is a software engineer in the energy industry specializing in seismic application development on Linux with C++ and Qt. He lives in Houston, Texas with his wife and son.
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You might be entitled to a Canada Pension Plan disability pension if:
- you have enough pension credits, and
- you have a "severe" and "prolonged" disability.
"Severe" usually means that your disability prevents you from earning more than a small amount of income from work. Your disability can be physical, mental, or both. "Prolonged" means that your disability is likely to last for a long and unknown amount of time, or to eventually cause death.
If you qualify, your dependent children can also get benefits if they are under 18 years old, or if they are full-time students and under 25 years old.
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The Brave Rani of Jhansi
"Khub ladi Mardani Wo to Jhansi wali Rani thi".
We all have heard about the brave Laxmibai, Rani of Jhansi. Inspite of being a woman she dared to participate in the most manly of events, which is WAR. She was the most daring and capable of the leaders of the rebellion. Gangadhar Rao, the Maharaja of Jhansi had died leaving behind a six-year old adopted son. Under the Doctrine of lapse, the British did not accept an adopted son as heir to any throne. Thus Lord Dalhousie refused to accept the adopted son as the prince. So, in 1854, Lord Dalhousie sent Major Ellis to bring Jhansi under British rule.
Major Ellis appeared at the court and read out an announcement declaring that the East India Company would now rule them. The 17 - year old Rani would now receive a pension and would be allowed to live in the palace. Even as the announcement was being read out the Rani had shouted, `Meri Jhansi nahim dung'' (I'll never give up my Jhansi).
But, during the next three years Rani Laxmibai was forced to live quietly in the palace on the pension she received from the British. In June 1857 the soldiers of Jhansi rose in revolt. They captured the fort and killed the British officers.
In March 1858 the British attacked Jhansi. The Rani herself was in charge of defending the fort. As the soldiers fired the guns, the women worked at repairing the walls hit by enemy cannon balls. When the ammunition ran out in the fort, they hurtled stones and logs at the enemy below. At last, the British captured the fort and killed the people inside.
However, the queen, dressed like a man, slipped out of the fort during the night. She had with her a small band of soldiers and her adopted son. She rode all through the night covering a distance of 34 kms. In the morning the British horsemen caught up with her. While her soldiers engaged them in hand-to-hand fighting, the Rani escaped.
Meanwhile, after his defeat at Kanpur, Tantia Tope had decided to join Rani Laxmibai. But before he could reach Jhansi, his forces were defeated. He now met the Rani and their combined forces challenged the British but were defeated once again. With this defeat the rebels seemed to have been completely crushed.
Rani Laxmibai and Tantia Tope marched to Gwalior. There they won over the personal troops of Scindia, the ruler of Gwalior, and seized the fortress. The British army rushed towards Gwalior, for the ruler there was their ally. On their way to Gwalior on 17 June 1858 they found Rani Laxmibai, leading a small band of soldiers, on horseback.
The Rani and her soldiers were all dressed alike in blue uniforms and white turbans. Close to the Rani rode Mandarbai, a Muslim girl, her close friend. The British soldiers immediately joined the battle. It was a hot day and the Rani had been fighting for ten hours at a stretch. At one stage, being pursued by the soldiers, she urged her horse towards a narrow stream between steep rocks but when she was about to cross the stream she heard a cry from behind. She turned round and saw a British soldier in the act of killing Mandarbai. In a flash she was back at the soldier, killing him with one stroke of her sword.
In the meantime, another soldier had crept up from behind her and struck her on head. With blood streaming down her face, she urged her horse to jump the stream but the frightened horse would not move. At this moment a British soldier shot her in the chest and she fell face forward across her horse. The horse now leaped across the stream and took her to the spot where her soldiers were.
`Don't let the British touch my dead body,' she whispered.
Her soldiers laid her on a haystack and as she breathed her last, set fire to it. When the British arrived they found only the ashes. Thus a great and brave lady met her end in a very courageous manner. But she left a legacy for others to follow, and that was, not to give in till you breathe your last.
Questions to be answered:
1. Why is Rani of Jhansi considered to be very brave?
2. What was the name of Rani of Jhansi?
3. What was the name of the husband of Rani of Jhansi?
4. Why did Rani of Jhansi revolt?
5. Who was her companion?
6. Which rulers helped her?
7. How did Rani of Jhansi escape?
8. How did she meet her end?
9. What were her last words?
10. `Meri Jhansi nahin dungi' (I'll never give up my Jhansi). Explain.
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Ignorance Management System
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Ignorance Management Systems or IMS are important and powerful technologies used by savvy organisations to ensure that staff and other stakeholders only know what they need to know or, ideally, not even that - because of the risks of not correctly identifying what it is people need to know and who needs to know it. The main requirement for such a system is to persist a particular set of deceptions and generate a culture of ignorance whereby those deceptions are maintained.
Information technology plays an important part in perpetrating the main deception in the first instance and in ensuring that it remains in place for the duration determined by corporate strategy. Checks and balances also need to be put and kept in place to ensure that the IMS can't be "rumbled" by knowledgeable people who are sometimes motivated to replace ignorance with knowledge.
edit Main Deception
The main deception of Ignorance Management Systems is to ensure that people believe that ignorance is knowledge. Hence it is found that organizations bent on persisting ignorance usually proclaim that they believe in knowledge, and spend considerable (though not excessive) sums on so-called knowledge management systems. It is important to note that such knowledge management systems never include wikis. This is the main giveaway, though we might soon expect - since the give-away has just been given away - that a wiki-based ignorance management system will be released in the not distant future.
edit Subsidiary Deceptions
Hierarchical knowledge is the surest way to promote ignorance. This is achieved by applying mushroom management techniques, usually led by marketing departments, which use fear of commercial failure to bolster their authority in communities of employees already made vulnerable by high levels of ignorance. The main tenet of mushroom management is: keep them in the dark and feed them on shit.
Motivation is generally straightforward. Stakeholders in commercial outfits wish to create a perception of quality before selling their enterprise. A coherent ignorance management system that keeps staff as well as clients and investors ignorant of what is really going on pays major dividends when it comes to be time to sell. Following any sale of the organisation, of course, the nature of the set of deceptions becomes clear, but by that time it doesn't matter much because profit takers have been and gone.
Government agencies generally have a different set of motivators, the main one being to generate fear and then claim the credit for preventing that which is feared, thereby ensuring continuation of their funding.
Ignorance Management Systems rely on a process of ignorance inculcation. This is generally achieved by ensuring that the trainers themselves are champions of ignorance - not knowing enough to realise that they don't know much. They usually have a smaller vocabulary in their native tongue than the average, and accuse people who use words they don't understand of being aliens. An ethos of ignorance is helped along by bolstering the authority of know-little teachers and dishing out punishments to anyone who questions that authority. Many school teachers adopt this technique, see specimen correspondence below, to come up with a most worthwhile pedagogic technique for "fixing" ignorance in the schools system.
edit Bedrock of Ignorance
The substrate, or bedrock, of ignorance management is to keep people unaware of what it is they don't know. This is seldom very difficult because many people naturally aren't aware of what they're not aware of. Following in the footsteps of the NSA, many organizations adopt the anti-vision statement "What they don't know they don't know" or variations on this theme. This is generally considered good practice when devising an Ignorance Management System, though it's vital that such statements are never widely communicated because then they can become counter-productive.
edit Culture of Ignorance
It is important when establishing an ignorance management system to identify "enemies", to ensure that your minions are aware of who these enemies are, and can pillory and ostracise them in the most appropriate and effective manner. In general, the enemy is anyone who uses a word you don't understand. This includes all foreigners, the regionally-challenged (somewhat counter-intuitively, current ignorant thinking is to exclude people with thick regional accents.) Such initiatives help your minions to believe that they are in the top 1% of the intelligensia, which helps considerably in preserving the status quo of your community of ignoremuses.
edit Champions of Ignorance
The Archbishop of Canterbury famously used the word "ignoremi" in a sermon when intending to use the plural of the word "ignoremus". Of course, anyone with a smattering of classical education will tell you that the plural of "ignoremus" is "ignoremuses" (and not "ignoremi"). Therefore the worthy archbishop must qualify as a champion of ignorance and, in light of the evidence here, in a spectacularly serendipitious manner. Long live freedom from thought!
edit Ignorance and Slavery to Thought
Nobody quite knows for sure whether it was the Great Ignoremus in the Sky who said it, but if you don't use metrics you'll never know how effective your Ignorance Management System is. There are a number of measures used, though it is important to realise that data gathering, analysis and publication of results is the least troublesome if it can safely be delegated to ignoremuses in the organisation. The most common and least contentious tactic is to foreshadow your campaign to introduce metrics with an anti-discrimination crusade against victimisation and exploitation of the ignorant. Nobody knows who should be credited for having said "There are two types of people in the world: those who ALWAYS get hold of the wrong end of the stick, and those who sometimes don't", but it has been taken up by ignoremuses the world over as a rallying cry against discrimination against the ignorant. It's not their fault that some people are doomed invariably to get things wrong. Attempts to change or cure them of this propensity must be resisted. Once this principle is established you will find more of a laissez faire attitude developing towards the most ignorant and potentially destructive people in your organisation.
edit What to do about destructiveness
Like all great forces, there's always going to be an equal and opposite reaction. In the case of a mature Ignorance Management System risks of serious and destructive reactions against the force of ignorance are minimised and mitigated by using a social gyroscope operating orthogonally to obtain necessary stabilisatory leverage. See Alexander and Newt, 1982.
edit The Social Gyroscope - agent for change
A social gyroscope is a secretly trained social engineer, usually appointed by the Marketing Manager and placed in the Human Resources Department. Training includes occupational psychiatry, hypnotism, "power denial", and "Colour Me Chameleon™" .
edit Occupational Psychiatry
The process of "treating" co-workers to "move" them in a certain direction emotionally, usually from a position of doubt and insecurity to one of ignorance and paranoia.
The art of controlling people without them being aware of how much control they've "given away". Hypnotism is a technique for rapidly getting someone to trust and want to please you so that you can then make suggestions that you know they will follow.
edit "Power Denial"
"Power Denial" or "Denial Denial" is a means of silencing doubters in the ranks. It operates using strong body language - in particular, arhythmic eyebrow movements, loud voice heuristics, and powerful presence established through keen dress sense and breathing exercises.
edit "Colour Me Chameleon™"
A patented process of using make-up, tinted contact lenses and distinctive footwear to enable people to develop a dress sense that helps them overcome the resistance that people sometimes manifest to being "precesseded" by a social gyroscope. Social gyroscopes, unlike their physical counterparts, are not used merely to navigate, but to unbalance and 'alter the orbits' of people in a social dimension. To this end, having a subtle costume with colours coordinated to have the maximum subliminal effect are all part of the "Colour Me Chameleon™" patented process. The process also includes special elements of self-control, which have to be learnt and internalised early on in the process in order to prevent exponents unwittingly unhinging fellow co-workers in bizarre ways. | <urn:uuid:0e07ce48-a08f-415f-bfaa-ceb011bec639> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Ignorance_Management_System | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281424.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00329-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.952298 | 1,729 | 1.984375 | 2 |
Buyers Dread Mortgage Market Related Obstacles to Homeownership
A seemingly optimistic survey showing 68% of all respondents, or seven out of 10 homeowners and six out of 10 renters, agree it is a good or very good time to buy a house does not mean much for the housing market recovery—at least for the present.
Stringent mortgage qualifying criteria and downpayment affordability are on the way as much as job security and employment opportunities.
“Homeownership is not dead,” nor going to be largely replaced by renting as claimed by some, said Kent Colton, senior fellow at the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University, during a webcast about the most recent findings from the Hanley Wood “Housing 360” survey.
The survey found 89% of owners (of which 62% were first-time homeowners) and 59% of renters consider homeownership important to the American family. Also, 87% of owners and 73% of renters see homeownership as important to the economy overall.
Despite the current market conditions one in five homeowners and one in three renters say they want to buy a home over the next two years, so there is a gap between the present and that future. The housing market is still uncertain, he said. There is “no sense of urgency” to change current housing arrangements among the 3,005 homeowners and renters surveyed. “It will be a slow recovery.”
It is not yet clear what will be the trigger to new demand and exactly when, he argued.
The most optimistic conclusion—if findings are analyzed within the wider housing market context—is an expectation to see current downward pressure factors such as double-up housing and higher renting demand eventually open the way for new, reasonably affordable housing demand in the longer term.
Between 2007 and 2011, up to 7.5 million households have doubled up. It means nearly 30% of all households had to give up independent living arrangements, which represents withheld demand from about 2.8 million households.
Rent increases across the country will continue until they reach a point where “people will realize” they can afford a mortgage for the same price they pay for rent, Colton said. Supply versus demand driven market adjustments may turn into “a very important” housing market recovery factor creating new demand as early as 2012 and during 2013.
Findings show there is no substantial difference in the way of thinking between homeowners and renters. Even though 40% of owners and 45% of renters say they have no urgency to buy now, homeownership is important to 89% of owners and 59% of renters surveyed. Sixty-six percent of all respondents “would rather build equity than pay rent,” a sentiment shared by all age groups reaching to 70% among those 45 years or older.
At present, up to 80% of households earning $75,000 or more consider it either a good time or a very good time to buy, and for several very well-known reasons. Low interest rates were cited as the primary reason by 80% of the households in this group, followed by attractive prices for 78% and abundance of choices for 63% of them. The first-time buyer market also is important since about 29% of renters are considering homeownership in the near to distant future depending on affordability.
What needs to change in order to get them back to the market? Besides employment the main obstacles why buyers are sitting on the sidelines are mortgage market related.
Downpayment is one of the key reasons that deters demand or at best directs it towards the GSEs and FHA loans that currently have the lowest threshold, at 5% and 3% down.
Up to 55% of the renters surveyed cannot afford a downpayment with 51% saying they need a better-paying job. Ironically, the top two reasons for buying for 77% of all respondents are attractive home prices and low interest rates, along with “lots of homes for sale to choose from” for 62% of respondents.
Once again these findings suggest that mortgage underwriting guidelines and qualifying standards need to be more realistic. In Colton’s view “the market has overreacted” creating new problems. For example, while a growing group of people is self-employed and trying to start their own business because of the financial crisis, it is tough to almost impossible for them to qualify for a mortgage.
“The mortgage market is broken” and may benefit from regulation, Colton said. It may also benefit from new, reliable mortgage loans that can help invigorate the housing market, he added, granted the high-risk products offered in 2005 and 2006 that contributed to its collapse will never be reintroduced.
Positive long-term expectations for a more sustainable housing market are primarily based on the fact that major price corrections during this crisis, various price indexes, will help keep prices not only more affordable but also closer to real property value.
Investor acquisitions of REO properties in the hardest-hit areas that experienced more drastic bubble bursts like Nevada and efforts to turn them into rental housing or rent-to-purchase units also represent an important market adjustment phenomena. Plus, survey findings show homeowners and renters are weary about their financial future but “more upbeat” about their long-term housing options and homeownership, Colton said.
Judging from statistical evidence from the 1960s until the present, the nation’s homeownership rate is also adjusting to where it should be,” he said, about 64%-65%, instead of the 2007 aberration at 69%. | <urn:uuid:a04e4632-7b1c-4d42-94aa-f957373b259a> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.nationalmortgagenews.com/mortgage-servicing/Mortgage-affordability-renting-1026935-1.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280364.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00028-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.97504 | 1,151 | 1.632813 | 2 |
Democracy is not a panacea
In an underdeveloped democracy, wrote Emily Lau Wai-hing in the International Herald Tribune yesterday, taking to the streets is one of the few ways that the people can be heard. The lawmaker and chairwoman of the Democratic Party was, of course, referring to the massive protest turnout yesterday despite the typhoon.
Interestingly, Thomas Friedman, the famous columnist, was posting, on the opposite page, a related question by quoting a former CIA analyst: "Why are we seeing so many popular street revolts in democracies?"
In the past few months, we have seen mass protests in Turkey, Brazil, Egypt, Israel, Chile, Greece, Indonesia and Bulgaria. During the most acute phases of the global financial crisis, there were demonstrations in Spain, Britain, and the United States as well. Mass protests, like politics, are local, so each has its own causes. But this does not mean they don't have similarities or even common underlying causes and themes.
We are in a summer of global, not just local, discontent. The world may be at one of those inflection points of historical change, and our city is part of that. But in Hong Kong, it's difficult to arrive at an accurate diagnosis of our social and political ills when so many people, in their zest for full democracy, tie those problems to our lack of it. As much as I support their goal, I don't share their optimism about democracy. I will address the widespread belief that full democracy will soften deep social divisions in Hong Kong in tomorrow's column.
Let's take the wealth/poverty gap debate as an example. Icarus Wong Ho-yin, an organiser of yesterday's march, blamed Chief Executive Leung Chin-ying for it. "C.Y. has not delivered what he has promised," he said. "The lives of Hongkongers have been getting worse, with an obvious example being the wide poverty gap." Actually, it's far from obvious. The widening wealth gap is an intricate, almost universal, phenomenon, found in developed and emerging markets, in democracies as much as under authoritarian regimes. Wong's accusation may be a good rallying point, but it's no explanation.
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Basics of Computer Memory
When someone refers to a computer’s memory, they could be referring to one of numerous different layers. If a computer just had a hard drive, it would run very slowly. That is why a computer is integrated with many different types of memory. In a general sense though, it refers to the hardware in a computer to store information.
You may have heard of someone refer to computer memory as RAM (random access memory). Main memory is referred to as RAM because instead of sequential access of memory, you access randomly at any location in memory. This can be misleading which often leads to confusion. For example, ROM (read-only memory) is also randomly accessible but is differentiated from RAM. RAM today refers to the main place the processer uses to run programs.
As technology has increased, RAM has been broken down into two sub categories: DRAM (dynamic random access memory) and SRAM (static random access memory). DRAM chips store memory dynamically which means that information can be written repeatedly at any time and data must be refreshed every few milliseconds. On the other hand, SRAM does not require refreshing which makes it faster overall. To further understand how memory operates, lets look at ROM, DRAM, and SRAM more to see why these types of physical memory are used today.
Read-only memory can either permanently or almost permanently store data. The reason it is called read-only is because it is difficult or impossible to write to. You may have also heard it referred as nonvolatile memory. This is because any data stored there will stay there, regardless if the power is off. These features allow for the perfect place to store a PC’s startup instructions. A lot of systems today use a type of ROM called electrically erasable programmable ROM (a type of flash memory).
Dynamic RAM is the most common type of chip found in main memory. DRAM allows you to store lots of bits into a small chip. This makes having a large amount of memory affordable. Ironically, the main problem with DRAM is that it is dynamic. What this means is the contents on the chip are constantly changing with keystrokes and mouse swipes. If a system crash were to occur, the entire contents stored on a DRAM chip would be wiped. The other important aspect is that DRAM chips must constantly refresh data. Every time a refresh occurs, the processor must stop with its current tasks and refresh the data. This leads to a slower system. If you were to increase the time between refresh cycles, you would speed up your system but could cause soft memory errors. A soft error refers to a data error not cause by a damaged chip.
SRAM: Cache Memory
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I am trying to implement a vector of a class that when certain inputs from the user are keyed in, elements are assigned via a member function while simultaneously "pushing back" or increasing the size of the vector of the object. This is my second course in c++ but still really a novice when it comes to classes and how to do certain things with them. I've searched the forum and reference sections and can't find anything that would help.
My current code compiles and runs but it iterates back to the "while" loop as I believe it exits the for loop but I can't quite figure out why. I'm sure the answer is simple but can't get my head around it.
To reiterate, I think my current problem is "pushing back" (increasing the size of the vector when I assign the object members user given values) the vector. | <urn:uuid:a6af1c10-e9d7-4f1c-81c7-cc2ac5304e7f> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.cplusplus.com/forum/general/80479/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560279489.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095119-00015-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.970545 | 178 | 1.71875 | 2 |
Bones are rigid, but they do bend or give somewhat when an outside force is applied. However, if the force is too great, the bones will break, just as a plastic ruler breaks when it is bent too far. The severity of a fracture usually depends on the force that caused the break. If the bones breaking point has been exceeded only slightly, then the bone may crack rather than break all the way through. If the force is extreme, such as in an automobile crash or a gunshot, the bone may If the bone breaks in such a way that bone fragments stick out through the skin, or a wound penetrates down to the broken bone, the fracture is called an open fracture. This type of fracture is particularly serious because once the skin is broken, infection in both the wound and the bone can occur. Common types of fractures include: Stable fracture. The broken ends of the bone line up and are barely out of place. Open, compound fracture. The skin may be pierced by the bone or by a blow that breaks the skin at the time of the fracture. The bone may or may not be visible in the wound. Transverse fracture. This type of fracture has a horizontal fracture line. Oblique fracture. This type of fracture has an angled pattern. Comminuted fracture. In this type of fracture, the bone shatters into three or more pieces. | <urn:uuid:e7058000-e394-46e2-9e4d-0ea069ff36e9> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.scitechnol.com/scholarly/fracture-journals-articles-ppts-list.php | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573876.92/warc/CC-MAIN-20220820012448-20220820042448-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.915073 | 282 | 3.8125 | 4 |
It’s inspiring and disturbing when bad guys are more enthusiastic, persistent and passionate than security professionals.
A malware operation called “Raccoon Stealer” was shut down in March 2022 when a lead developer was killed during Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. However, the Raccoon has awakened from a deep sleep. And, the worse is yet to come!
The Raccoon Stealer steals private information, crypto wallets, browser cookies/ passwords and fingerprints. Pretty much, it covers all the authentication types:
- Something you know
- Something you have
- Something you are
Raccoon Stealer, a malware-as-a-service (MaaS), is available to their loyal hackers for $275 per month. Perhaps, the big launch is on its way for broader use.
Raccoon types of malware have come in the past and will continue to emerge in the future. To prevent this, we should go back to the fundamentals of security such as antivirus, VPN and secure password policy.
Above all, the management must also awaken from hibernation each financial year with a budget for security!
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The goal of this document is to provide a set of guidelines and tips helping the publication and deployment of XML resources for the GNOME project. However it is not tied to GNOME and might be helpful more generally. I welcome feedback on this document.
The intended audience is the software developers who started using XML for some of the resources of their project, as a storage format, for data exchange, checking or transformations. There have been an increasing number of new XML formats defined, but not all steps have been taken, possibly because of lack of documentation, to truly gain all the benefits of the use of XML. These guidelines hope to improve the matter and provide a better overview of the overall XML processing and associated steps needed to deploy it successfully:
Table of contents:
This part intends to focus on the format itself of XML. It may arrive a bit too late since the structure of the document may already be cast in existing and deployed code. Still, here are a few rules which might be helpful when designing a new XML vocabulary or making the revision of an existing format:
This may sounds a bit simplistic, but before designing your own format, try to lookup existing XML vocabularies on similar data. Ideally this allows you to reuse them, in which case a lot of the existing tools like DTD, schemas and stylesheets may already be available. If you are looking at a documentation format, DocBook should handle your needs. If reuse is not possible because some semantic or use case aspects are too different this will be helpful avoiding design errors like targeting the vocabulary to the wrong abstraction level. In this format design phase try to be synthetic and be sure to express the real content of your data and use the XML structure to express the semantic and context of those data.
Building a DTD (Document Type Definition) or a Schema describing the structure allowed by instances is the core of the design process of the vocabulary. Here are a few tips:
<welcome> <msg xml:lang="en">hello</msg> <msg xml:lang="fr">bonjour</msg> </welcome>
As part of the design, make sure the structure you define will be usable for future extension that you may not consider for the current version. There are two parts to this:
version="1.0"on the root document of the instance is sufficient.
While defining you vocabulary, try to think in term of other usage of your data, for example how using XSLT stylesheets could be used to make an HTML view of your data, or to convert it into a different format. Checking XML Schemas and looking at defining an XML Schema with a more complete validation and datatyping of your data structures is important, this helps avoiding some mistakes in the design phase.
If you expect your XML vocabulary to be used or recognized outside of your application (for example binding a specific processing from a graphic shell like Nautilus to an instance of your data) then you should really define an XML namespace for your vocabulary. A namespace name is an URL (absolute URI more precisely). It is generally recommended to anchor it as an HTTP resource to a server associated with the software project. See the next section about this. In practice this will mean that XML parsers will not handle your element names as-is but as a couple based on the namespace name and the element name. This allows it to recognize and disambiguate processing. Unicity of the namespace name can be for the most part guaranteed by the use of the DNS registry. Namespace can also be used to carry versioning information like:
An easy way to use them is to make them the default namespace on the root element of the XML instance like:
<structure xmlns="http://www.gnome.org/project/projectname/1.0/"> <data> ... </data> </structure>
In that document, structure and all descendant elements like data are in the given namespace.
As seen in the previous namespace section, while XML processing is not tied to the Web there is a natural synergy between both. XML was designed to be available on the Web, and keeping the infrastructure that way helps deploying the XML resources. The core of this issue is the notion of "Canonical URL" of an XML resource. The resource can be an XML document, a DTD, a stylesheet, a schema, or even non-XML data associated with an XML resource, the canonical URL is the URL where the "master" copy of that resource is expected to be present on the Web. Usually when processing XML a copy of the resource will be present on the local disk, maybe in /usr/share/xml or /usr/share/sgml maybe in /opt or even on C:\projectname\ (horror !). The key point is that the way to name that resource should be independent of the actual place where it resides on disk if it is available, and the fact that the processing will still work if there is no local copy (and that the machine where the processing is connected to the Internet).
What this really means is that one should never use the local name of a resource to reference it but always use the canonical URL. For example in a DocBook instance the following should not be used:
<!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN"
But always reference the canonical URL for the DTD:
<!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN"
Similarly, the document instance may reference the XSLT stylesheets needed to process it to generate HTML, and the canonical URL should be used:
<?xml-stylesheet href="http://docbook.sourceforge.net/release/xsl/current/html/docbook.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
Defining the canonical URL for the resources needed should obey a few simple rules similar to those used to design namespace names:
The catalogs are the technical mechanism which allow the XML processing
tools to use a local copy of the resources if it is available even if the
instance document references the canonical URL. XML Catalogs are
anchored in the root catalog (usually
defined by the user). They are a tree of XML documents defining the mappings
between the canonical naming space and the local installed ones, this can be
seen as a static cache structure.
When the XML processor is asked to process a resource it will automatically test for a locally available version in the catalog, starting from the root catalog, and possibly fetching sub-catalog resources until it finds that the catalog has that resource or not. If not the default processing of fetching the resource from the Web is done, allowing in most case to recover from a catalog miss. The key point is that the document instances are totally independent of the availability of a catalog or from the actual place where the local resource they reference may be installed. This greatly improves the management of the documents in the long run, making them independent of the platform or toolchain used to process them. The figure below tries to express that mechanism:
Usually catalogs for a project are setup as a 2 level hierarchical cache, the root catalog containing only "delegates" indicating a separate subcatalog dedicated to the project. The goal is to keep the root catalog clean and simplify the maintenance of the catalog by using separate catalogs per project. For example when creating a catalog for the XHTML1 DTDs, only 3 items are added to the root catalog:
<delegatePublic publicIdStartString="-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0" catalog="file:///usr/share/sgml/xhtml1/xmlcatalog"/> <delegateSystem systemIdStartString="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD" catalog="file:///usr/share/sgml/xhtml1/xmlcatalog"/> <delegateURI uriStartString="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD" catalog="file:///usr/share/sgml/xhtml1/xmlcatalog"/>
They are all "delegates" meaning that if the catalog system is asked to
resolve a reference corresponding to them, it has to lookup a sub catalog.
Here the subcatalog was installed as
/usr/share/sgml/xhtml1/xmlcatalog in the local tree. That
decision is left to the sysadmin or the packager for that system and may
obey different rules, but the actual place on the filesystem (or on a
resource cache on the local network) will not influence the processing as
long as it is available. The first rule indicate that if the reference uses a
PUBLIC identifier beginning with the
"-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0"
substring, then the catalog lookup should be limited to the specific given
lookup catalog. Similarly the second and third entries indicate those
delegation rules for SYSTEM, DOCTYPE or normal URI references when the URL
starts with the
which indicates the location on the W3C server where the XHTML1 resources are
stored. Those are the beginning of all Canonical URLs for XHTML1 resources.
Those three rules are sufficient in practice to capture all references to XHTML1
resources and direct the processing tools to the right subcatalog.
Here is the complete subcatalog used for XHTML1:
<?xml version="1.0"?> <!DOCTYPE catalog PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD Entity Resolution XML Catalog V1.0//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/entity/release/1.0/catalog.dtd"> <catalog xmlns="urn:oasis:names:tc:entity:xmlns:xml:catalog"> <public publicId="-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" uri="xhtml1-20020801/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"/> <public publicId="-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" uri="xhtml1-20020801/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"/> <public publicId="-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Frameset//EN" uri="xhtml1-20020801/DTD/xhtml1-frameset.dtd"/> <rewriteSystem systemIdStartString="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD" rewritePrefix="xhtml1-20020801/DTD"/> <rewriteURI uriStartString="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD" rewritePrefix="xhtml1-20020801/DTD"/> </catalog>
There are a few things to notice:
Those 5 rules are sufficient to cover all references to the resources held at the Canonical URL for the XHTML1 DTDs.
Creating and removing catalogs should be handled as part of the process of (un)installing the local copy of the resources. The catalog files being XML resources should be processed with XML based tools to avoid problems with the generated files, the xmlcatalog command coming with libxml2 allows you to create catalogs, and add or remove rules at that time. Here is a complete example coming from the RPM for the XHTML1 DTDs post install script. While this example is platform and packaging specific, this can be useful as a an example in other contexts:
%post CATALOG=/usr/share/sgml/xhtml1/xmlcatalog # # Register it in the super catalog with the appropriate delegates # ROOTCATALOG=/etc/xml/catalog if [ ! -r $ROOTCATALOG ] then /usr/bin/xmlcatalog --noout --create $ROOTCATALOG fi if [ -w $ROOTCATALOG ] then /usr/bin/xmlcatalog --noout --add "delegatePublic" \ "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0" \ "file://$CATALOG" $ROOTCATALOG /usr/bin/xmlcatalog --noout --add "delegateSystem" \ "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD" \ "file://$CATALOG" $ROOTCATALOG /usr/bin/xmlcatalog --noout --add "delegateURI" \ "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD" \ "file://$CATALOG" $ROOTCATALOG fi
The XHTML1 subcatalog is not created on-the-fly in that case, it is installed as part of the files of the packages. So the only work needed is to make sure the root catalog exists and register the delegate rules.
Similarly, the script for the post-uninstall just remove the rules from the catalog:
%postun # # On removal, unregister the xmlcatalog from the supercatalog # if [ "$1" = 0 ]; then CATALOG=/usr/share/sgml/xhtml1/xmlcatalog ROOTCATALOG=/etc/xml/catalog if [ -w $ROOTCATALOG ] then /usr/bin/xmlcatalog --noout --del \ "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0" $ROOTCATALOG /usr/bin/xmlcatalog --noout --del \ "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD" $ROOTCATALOG /usr/bin/xmlcatalog --noout --del \ "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD" $ROOTCATALOG fi fi
Note the test against $1, this is needed to not remove the delegate rules in case of upgrade of the package.
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Check out Bas Rutten's Liver Shot on MMA Surge: http://bit.ly/MMASurgeEp1 Making Compound Clips is like having a Timeline within a Timeline. To do so, select a few clips, choose a command and combine the chosen clips.? You can then double-click that Compound Clip to make it into a Timeline. When you open that Timeline, you can manipulate it and it will stay the same within that Compound Clip and you can add that clip to a Timeline. For example, you may have five or six scenes that you've shot footage for. You can place all of these scenes on separate Timelines so you can manipulate them separately.? To do so, you would create the Compound Clip within the Timeline and then move that Compound Clip into the new Timeline. Select your clips in the Browser (press Shift or Command to select multiple clips). Right-click on the selected clips and choose New Compound Clip from the menu that appears. Name the Compound Clip, choose its properties and click OK when you're done. The Compound Clip will appear in the Browser with a different icon next to it. Double-click on the Compound Clip to make it appear in the Timeline.? You can then manipulate and move them around as you want. No matter what you do to them in the Timeline, they will always be associated together as a Compound Clip. *Do NOT create a Compound Clip from two or more Compound Clips that have already created. Read more by visiting our page at: http://www.mahalo.com/courses/master-final-cut-pro-x/importing-and-organizing-clips/organize-with-compound-clips//
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What is the Spooner Board for?
What is the Spooner Board for?
Spooner is a balance board that helps develop core strength, stability, leg strength, balance, coordination, and gross-motor skills. It can be used indoors and outdoors on carpet, concrete, sand, gravel, and snow.
Can you use a Spooner Board on snow?
Its highly concave design allows it easily slide downhill on any terrain including grass, dirt, sand, snow, pavement, mud, rocks, and even stairs. Spooner Boards also ride beautifully on ramps like half pipes, bringing you close to a skateboarding experience.
What is a Spooner glass?
Spooners were normally a fancy decorated Victorian glass table setting piece, to as was stated put spoons in. They sometimes look like a fancy short large opening vase. A lot of them would be considered Early American Pattern Glass.
How much are spooners worth?
Spooner Oldham net worth: Spooner Oldham is an American songwriter and session musician who has a net worth of $9 million….Spooner Oldham Net Worth.
|Net Worth:||$9 Million|
|Date of Birth:||Jun 14, 1943 (78 years old)|
|Profession:||Songwriter, Organist, Session musician|
|Nationality:||United States of America|
What is celery glass?
SHOPPERS foraging through flea markets and antiques shops for affordable collectibles might consider celery vases. They look like oversize parfait glasses, but between 1820 and 1900, these 8- to 12-inch-tall vases were made to hold cold water and the salad of their day, celery or carrot sticks.
What is a vintage Spooner?
Do antique spooners have handles?
The knives and forks were kept in a drawer, but the spoons were kept in the spoon holder next to the sugar bowl that was left on the table. Some spooners can be mistaken for large sugar bowls since they have handles on each side and are a similar shape. Spooners , however do not have lids.
How can you tell if glass is EAPG?
If at all possible, please check your piece with a black light in a dark room to make sure it glows yellow-green. If clear glass doesn’t glow, it is not EAPG unless its very early (pre 1870) , very heavy bell-tone flint glass.
What was a celery vase?
Celery vases were a fixture on the table in the late 1800’s. They would hold fresh celery in water so people could snack on the celery throughout the day. Spooners were popular during the Victorian era as well. They provided a way to display the household silver and were a sign of hospitality.
Is the Spooner balance board a good gift?
Balance Board are Great for Gifts and Exercise. Spooner Boards are the ultimate freedom balance board making it a great toy for getting your kids moving! Spooners are a great toy to buy as a Christmas gift, Hanukkah gift, birthday gift or any other holiday gift given the fact they are suitable for all ages.
Who are the directors of the Australia Zoo?
Board of Directors. Australia Zoo Wildlife Warriors Ltd is a company limited by guarantee, with a Board of Directors and Management Committee determining the organisation’s activities. Terri Irwin. Australia Zoo Chair. Bindi Irwin. Australia Zoo Director. Wesley Mannion. Australia Zoo Director.
Is the Spooner groove board good for dance?
The Spooner Groove board is designed to work as great and effective as a Dance, Workout and/or Standup Desk board! It also comes with two small holes on each side, allowing the option for additional push up handles or for rubber bands to add even more exercise choices. Need some new perspective? Why not give it some rope and make it into a swing!
What’s the best way to spin a Spooner?
The Spooner connects you with the feeling and prepares you for the motions. Sit on your Spooner with legs crossed. Find a friend or use your hands to start spinning! Crouch down low and use your hands on the ground to start spinning. Once you feel comfortable stand up straight for the “Low To High Spin”. | <urn:uuid:465471a2-06d4-412b-8ae6-29da52c1bc0a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://morethingsjapanese.com/what-is-the-spooner-board-for/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571198.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810161541-20220810191541-00275.warc.gz | en | 0.946934 | 919 | 2.125 | 2 |
Summary Generating an unlimited source of human insulin-producing cells is a prerequisite to advance β cell replacement therapy for diabetes. Here, we describe a 3D culture system that supports the expansion of adult human pancreatic tissue and the generation of a cell subpopulation with progenitor characteristics. These cells display high aldehyde dehydrogenase activity (ALDHhi), express pancreatic progenitors markers (PDX1, PTF1A, CPA1, and MYC), and can form new organoids in contrast to ALDHlo cells. Interestingly, gene expression profiling revealed that ALDHhi cells are closer to human fetal pancreatic tissue compared with adult pancreatic tissue. Endocrine lineage markers were detected upon in vitro differentiation. Engrafted organoids differentiated toward insulin-positive (INS+) cells, and circulating human C-peptide was detected upon glucose challenge 1 month after transplantation. Engrafted ALDHhi cells formed INS+ cells. We conclude that adult human pancreatic tissue has potential for expansion into 3D structures harboring progenitor cells with endocrine differentiation potential.
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A touching memorial in Villa Literno, at the grave of Jerry Essan Masslo, a South African refugee and a guest in Italy of the Community of Sant'Egidio, killed on 24 August 1989, inaugurated the days of reflection on the theme of the "New Europeans" in Italy and Campania, organised by the Community of Sant'Egidio on 8 and 9 May.
There were many students of Villa Literno, Scampia and Naples along with numerous representatives of the People of Peace Movement of the Community of Sant'Egidio, from Naples, Rome and other Italian cities.
Europeans and new Europeans can live together
Daniela Pompei, in charge of the service to immigrants for Sant'Egidio, recalled how the death of Jerry Masslo marked a turning point in the history of immigration in Italy: living together between different peoples becomes an opportunity for development: "In these 25 years much has changed in Villa Literno and not only there, a new society has begun and must continue to grow. Europeans and new Europeans can live together".
"New Europeans in Italy and Campania" the two-day study meeting in Naples on the theme of migrants
Marco Impagliazzo, the president of the Community of Sant'Egidio, said that "it is not possible to live immigration as a threat. It is time to build a new common European home" "It is time to say thank you: to Jerry Masslo and to the many that work and help in our country, to the many new Italians and new Europeans; their presence indicates us a common future of peace and coexistence".
From the emergency humanitarian assistance to the construction of a new European home
Daniela Pompei, in retracing the story of Jerry Masslo, made it the key to understanding the history of immigration in Italy. His death was a turning point in the history of our country, something has changed in Italy during the past 25 years, from the abolition of the geographical clause for refugees on the Unique Text on Immigration to the operation "Mare Nostrum", thanks to which the Navy has saved thousands of lives from the Mediterranean. "Today - he concluded - there is need in Europe, as in 1989, of something that shakes the conscience, of a new culture, a legislative intelligence and a less afraid vision of Europe and the world, more open to the future because more open to the men and women that seek refuge and peace".
Prof. Salvatore Strozza, a demographer, retracing the history of the migration flows in our country, said that now we live in a multiethnic and multicultural society and from this we have to think about the future. Immigration is partly changed and today the issues of school placement and citizenship need to be addressed.
Gino Battaglia told the tragedies of the great journeys in the desert and the sea to come to Europe, pointing out in particular that, without the establishment of humanitarian corridors, the number of casualties in the sea will not decrease.
Alessandro Triulzi, an expert and scholar on Africa, in face of the stories and tragedies of migration, reaffirmed the need to be scandalized, as pope Francis said. Immigration is a challenge we have to face in order to build a common future.
Cardinal Sepe, who spoke at the conference thanking the Community of Sant'Egidio for having organised a meeting of reflection so important, pointed out that this "plural society" that we talked about is a reality that belongs to us and in which we must learn to live. Jerry Masslo, like all those that have died chasing the dream of a better future, become witnesses that question conscience of everyone, even of those that have no conscience. His death made our society take a decisive step. "I hope that, from Jerry and all of them, we can learn to be more human considering ourselves brothers and sisters of a same human family".
Some proposals to Italy and Europe
In conclusion, Marco Impagliazzo submitted some proposals of the Community of Sant'Egidio to cope with the changed situation of immigration in Italy and in Europe, also in view of the European Semester of Italian Presidency:
• To maintain the operation "Mare Nostrum" by calling the European Union to support and strengthen it.
• A control room for an effective system of reception for asylum seekers and refugees through a central body to organise the reception all over the country and Europe.
• Establishment of European asylum and immigration offices in the transit countries, opening European offices for immigration in some countries on the southern shores of the Mediterranean to open a humanitarian channel for refugees.
• European solidarity in the new geography of asylum, as stipulated in Articles 67 and 80 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the Union that, in the field of immigration and asylum, speak of "the principle of solidarity and fair sharing of the responsibilities between Member States".To change the so-called "Dublin System". Solidarity all the more necessary in view of the fact that the refugees arrived in Italy in 2013 and in this first part of 2014, about 45% preferred to continue their journey to other European countries.
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FIRST SHIPMENT OF HUMANITARIAN AID HEADS TO IRAQI-JORDANIAN BORDER.
A truck transporting humanitarian aid heads towards the Iraqi border
from Jordan near Ruweished, March 26, 2003. Truckloads of medical
equipment headed to Baghdad from Jordan on Wednesday in what aid
officials hope could be the start of a vital land link to the Iraqi
capital through the western desert during the war. The Paris-based
medical aid organisation Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said it had
sent 10 tonnes of equipment - including surgical kits, generators and
water - before dawn after contacting the U.S. military and Iraqi
authorities to inform them of the plans. The trucks were decked with
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After a week at camp, the kids were supposed to come home more understanding, but they also returned as burgeoning political activists.
This is Camp Wananame, a weeklong program from the Pasco School District and Pathfinders in Bradenton, in which 40 teenagers, mostly strangers to one another at the outset, learned lessons in trust, team-building, tolerance and advocacy.
There was the camp bonding via singing, skits and shared meals, reflective time to talk about the lessons of the day, and trust-building exercises using obstacle and rope courses. About 200 Pasco County students have gone through the camp over the past four years in a program to train emerging youth leaders. The goal is to spread the word that discrimination and bias based on race, gender, sexual orientation or age is not cool. (A disclaimer here: the teenager in our household was one of the campers.)
Once school resumes, the students may become involved in organized activities like schools' annual Unity Day and volunteer community service. Or, the changes can be more personal. Someone might decide to excise offensive words from their own vocabulary and, in turn, ask their friends to do likewise.
"That's the whole idea,'' said Sherri Dunham, supervisor of student services for the Pasco School District, "to create more inclusive and just communities within the schools.''
After returning from Bradenton via the traditional yellow school bus last week, the students did what teens do. They texted. Posted wall messages on Facebook, Had sleepovers. Gathered at the movies and at Busch Gardens.
Amid the digital social networking, roller coasters and Harry Potter viewing, came a desire to put the advocacy to work. Except discrimination and bullying took a back seat temporarily and the teens became public policy advocates.
Specifically, they took aim at the 2010 federal budget and an administration proposal to eliminate pass-through grants to states for Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities. It is the pot of money that finances, among other things, Camp Wananame, school Unity Days, antidrug lessons and a diversion program called Tools that allows first-time student offenders to reduce school suspensions if they are apprehended with contraband on campus.
To the kids, messaging each other became a secondary consideration to messaging Congress via e-mails and faxes: Please restore the funding. Nationally, it is nearly $300 million. Pasco County received a grant for $215,000, of which the contract with Pathfinders for the camp and to conduct unity days at 18 Pasco schools accounted for $32,000.
The budget dilemma is not new. A year ago, the Bush administration proposed cutting nearly two-thirds of the funding. Congress not only restored the dollars, but approved a slight increase.
That hasn't happened this year. At least not yet. President Barack Obama proposed eliminating the $298 million in grants to the states in favor of national programming, some of which focuses on college-age students and communities with the highest demonstrated need. Such criteria would eliminate the Pasco School District and likely 90 percent of the districts across the country as recipients, according to the Washington-based Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America.
And before the partisan naysayers claim these are liberal feel-good lessons that distract from the core mission of public schools anyway, let's remember the mandate to provide safe and drug-free schools is part of the federal No Child Left Behind law. Without the dollars, educators will still need to provide anti-drug and anti-violence instruction. It's called an unfunded mandate and does not come at a particularly opportune time for Florida's financially stressed school districts.
Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives Appropriations Committee approved the plan to zero out the state grants. The full House still must act. A U.S. Senate subcommittee is scheduled to consider the matter Monday.
Will the students' lobbying help? Hard to say, but it is worth noting that a year ago 110 Democrats from the House and Senate signed letters defending the state grants and even urged increasing the funding by $50 million. Among those supporting the increase were U.S. Sens. Bill Nelson of Florida, Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts and Charles E. Shumar and Hillary Clinton of New York. The zeal shouldn't change just because their party now controls the White House, too.
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With the advent of intelligent vehicle (IV) systems, the age of the electronic co-pilot in road vehicles is upon us. These cutting-edge systems can monitor nearby traffic, sense a vehicle's movement, and even alert the driver to hit the brakes to avoid a collision. This groundbreaking resource offers professionals a comprehensive overview of IV systems aimed at providing enhanced safety, greater productivity, and less stress for drivers. Rather than bogging down readers with difficult technical discourse, this easy-to-understand book presents a conceptual and realistic view of how IV systems work and the issues involved with their introduction into road vehicles. Helping engineers apply their skills to this emerging field, this practical reference offers a thorough understanding of how electronics and electronic systems must work within automobiles, heavy trucks, and buses. The book examines real-world products, along with practical issues, including cost, market aspects, driver interface, and user acceptance.
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The trends are also very encouraging when we break enrollments out into four basic categories: Precollege (usually not for college credit), Introductory (including college algebra, precalculus, mathematics for liberal arts, and business mathematics), Calculus Level (including most sophomore courses including linear algebra, discrete mathematics, and differential equations), and Advanced (junior and senior courses). These numbers do not include enrollment in statistics courses.
Precollege courses rose only 4%, Introductory rose 22%, Calculus Level saw an increase of just over 30%, and Advanced course enrollments went up by almost 33%.
Most of the teaching of Precollege mathematics has shifted to two-year colleges, as the following graph illustrates. The category Other is dominated by elementary statistics, but also includes finite math, business math, math for liberal arts, and math for elementary teachers. Here, Calculus refers only to calculus courses, but includes Several Variable Calculus.
While Precollege mathematics continues to dominate 2-year college enrollments, accounting for over half of all the students in mathematics classes, its numbers rose by only 15%. Introductory enrollments rose by 14%, Calculus by 27%, and Other by 35%.
Parsing the data by type of institution, we see strong growth across undergraduate colleges (characterized as highest degree offered in mathematics is the Bachelor’s), comprehensive universities (highest mathematics degree is the Master’s), and research universities (which offer a doctorate in Mathematics).
The one disappointing bit of news is that the number of Bachelor’s degrees awarded by mathematics departments went up by only 6% over the past five years, from 14,611 to 15,499. These numbers include degrees in Operations Research, Actuarial Science, and joint degrees awarded by the mathematics department, but exclude degrees in Mathematics Education, Statistics, or Computer Science as well as degrees that might be considered mathematical science but were awarded by other departments. Here, there was a great deal of variation by type of institution.
At undergraduate colleges, the number of Bachelor’s degrees in Mathematics dropped by almost 9%, while it rose by 27% at comprehensive universities and by 14% at research universities.
This raises three obvious questions: Why have course enrollments risen so fast over the past five years? Why hasn’t this surge been reflected in increased numbers of majors in Mathematics? Why, despite the increase in mathematics enrollments, is the number of Bachelor’s degrees from undergraduate colleges moving in the opposite direction from the number at other types of institutions?
I believe that the answers to all three questions are related and are indicated by the pattern of intended majors of in-coming full-time students. These data are gathered by the Higher Education Research Institute at UCLA from most four-year undergraduate programs at the time of freshman orientation. They are reported annually in The American Freshman.
There is no mystery about what changed after 2007. As I reported in my Launchings column of a year ago, A Benefit of High Unemployment, there is a very high correlation between the economic situation as reflected in the unemployment rate and the attractiveness of scientific and technical majors.
The surge of students who have arrived in Mathematics departments because of the current economic downturn have not been with us long enough to significantly impact the number of majors. The fact that they are swelling enrollment not just in Calculus-level but also Advanced mathematics courses is an encouraging sign. It also presents a challenge for our departments to take advantage of this increased interest in Mathematics.
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LONDON'S Green MEP Jean Lambert has pointed to the chasm between UKIP claiming to defend British workers jobs, while doing nothing to defend their rights at work.
Speaking on the BBC today, she said:
Today an anti-EU poster campaign has been launched, suggesting that UK jobs are under threat from EU migrants.There is no fixed number of jobs so it is misleading to assume that a British worker loses out every time a non-UK national gets a job. We should also not assume that every vacant job has a local applicant with the necessary skills.We should be ensuring everyone in work has the same rights and earns a living wage. UKIP has not once defended workers' rights in the European Parliament and frequently speaks of such rights - to control working time, to parental leave, to equal treatment - as "barriers to business".
These posters represent crocodile tears for British workers.
This xenophobic campaign is just nasty: it is anti-foreigner and leaves many EU migrants - that's more than a million people in London alone, and British citizens from diverse backgrounds, wondering whether they should be here at all.The Green Party believes the UK should be at the heart of the EU, with a prime seat at the decision-making table: not only to boost employment and workers' rights, but to ensure we influence EU standards on air quality, its responses to climate change and that the UK has a voice on key decisions about how and where we get our energy from in future. | <urn:uuid:27681257-4ba0-4fa8-a488-8de4bd8b32be> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://wembleymatters.blogspot.com/2014/04/green-mep-condemns-xenophobic-ukip.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571911.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813081639-20220813111639-00469.warc.gz | en | 0.95989 | 307 | 1.578125 | 2 |
by WorldTribune Staff, May 25, 2016
Dozens of families have managed to flee Fallujah, but many of the thousands who remain are likely to be used as human shields by Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) as Iraqi forces advance.
“We have secured safe passage for (some) residents,” said Rajaa Barakat, a member of the provincial council of Anbar province.
ISIL has imposed a curfew in Fallujah and has moved many residents to the city center to use as human shields, USA Today reported on May 25. The city has been under ISIL’s control since early 2014.
ISIL jihadists were killing residents who attempted to flee the city, and those who remain face shortages of food and medicine, the United Nations said.
Iraq’s military and Shi’ite militias have surrounded Fallujah and have all but cut off ISIL from supplies and reinforcements, military officials said.
“Popular mobilization and security forces have tightened its fist on Fallujah,” said Akram al Kabi, head of Harakat Nujaba, a Shi’ite militia participating in the battle for Fallujah. “We are advancing quickly toward the city.”
Gen. Abdul Wahab al Saadi, chief of the Fallujah operation, said “we are pushing steadily and very soon we will control the main highway north of the city.”
An Iraqi military official said heavy artillery and airstrikes by the Iraqi air force have weakened ISIL’s hold on Fallujah and the “moral authority” of the jihadists with residents is also gone and that Iraq would “achieve victory soon.”
Local police said in a statement that ISIL continues to make it difficult for ground troops to enter the city.
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View as slideshowView as galleryClick on any image to view in slideshowClick on enlarged image to open full-size «‹›» Weston Station was in place by the grand opening of the Massachusetts Central Railroad in October 1881. This early 1890s photo is the oldest known image. It shows the station in the original location on the west side of Church Street and Old Road. Notice the small section house (for track maintenance) in the distance. (R. Richard Conard Collection) This is the only known photo of a train with the original name, "Massachusetts Central." It was probably taken in the fall of 1881. Two years later, the railroad line was reorganized and renamed the Central Massachusetts. (Hudson Historical Society) This photo of Weston Station was probably taken shortly after the concrete overpass was constructed and the station moved, in 1911-12. Promoters of the ill-fated Central Massachusetts Railroad hoped to reach west of New England, but they were lucky to make it to Northampton. (Railway & Locomotive Historical Society) This timetable dates from 1881, before the railroad was reorganized and renamed. The building is the Boston & Lowell depot (Old North Station) on Causeway Street in Boston. (H. Bentley Crouch Collection) Railroad organizers had trouble raising money. Even in Weston, where the railroad would directly benefit the town, voters twice rejected resolutions to purchase shares of stock with public funds. (Hudson Historical Society) This photo shows long-time Weston Station agent Charles R. Cole and his dog "Prince" in 1909. The station agent's job included sending telegrams; selling tickets; keeping sales records; handling freight, mail and baggage; sending and receiving telegraph messages; maintaining the station; stocking the coal stove in winter; and lowering the crossing gate. (R. Richard Conard Collection) This ticket was issued between 1881, when the Massachusetts Central Railroad opened for business, and 1883, when the company was reorganized and the name was changed to Central Massachusetts. Elevations of Weston Station from "Railroad Structures" by Armitage, Plan Book No. 1, HO Scale, published to help model train enthusiasts build reproduction depots and freighthouses (Weston Historical Society) Plan of Weston Station, from "Railroad Structures" by Armitage, Plan Book No. 1, HO Scale (Weston Historical Society) This postcard is one of a series of Weston images produced about 1912. It shows the relocated station and recently completed concrete bridge. The bridge on Concord Road was constructed at the same time. (Weston Historical Society postcard, c. 1912) The reinforced concrete bridge (1911-12) was built to eliminate the grade crossing at Church Street. The station was moved to the east side of Church Street as part of the project. The smaller arch allowed wagons to pass between the station and the freight spur track, which remained in its original location west of Church Street. (WHS postcard, c. 1912) This photograph shows Weston Station in 1910, with Station Agent Cole's dog "Prince" in the foreground. Notice the many telegraph wires. In the late 19th and early 20th century, before telephones were in common use, residents would come to the station to send telegraph messages. The Cherry Brook Station was never more than a simple shelter. Over the years, there were various versions in different shapes and sizes. Before 1911, when the overpass was constructed, it sheltered the safety gate operator as well as passengers. Looking east at the Conant Road bridge in January 1988, five months prior to its demolition. The bridge dated from 1937. The high elevation in the middle blocked motorists' views of oncoming traffic, and the weight limit was low for trucks. (Photo by R. Richard Conard) Boston & Maine westbound passenger train at Weston Station around 1950. Note the two men on the caboose at far left. (Photo by Wayne Brumbaugh, from Boston & Maine Historical Society website) Weston Station in 1976. | <urn:uuid:660a4f42-b6a9-403c-85c8-6bdf905b81cc> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://www.westonhistory.org/weston-history/topics/central-massachusetts-railroad | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572908.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817122626-20220817152626-00069.warc.gz | en | 0.967333 | 832 | 2.296875 | 2 |
Eighty years ago today, Florida approved ratification of the 21st Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, repealing the 18th Amendment and ending prohibition in the Sunshine State.
The state's beer, wine and spirits industry has contributed to millions of dollars to the economy and in tax revenue to the state and federal government. It also provides thousands of jobs for Floridians.
According to the Wine & Spirits Wolesalers of America, the wine and spirits industry supports 53,740 direct jobs in Florida. According to economic analysis done by WSWA and prepared by New York-based John Dunham & Associates, the total economic impact in the state is $10.3 billion.
The industry also generates $1.7 billion in state business and consumer taxes.
It was this day 80 years ago that led to that impact.
Because of this, we have put together an A to Z tribute to alcohol and how Central Florida might be different if the ratification of the 21st Amendment was never approved in Florida.
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Newfoundland and Labrador retriever is the eastern-most Canadian province found midway concerning North America in addition to Western Europe. Newfoundland Tropical isle lies in a Bay in the St. Lawrence Lake and Labrador is connected to the Canadian where you live now. The total place, 111,390 sq kilometer for Newfoundland not to mention 294,330 sq kilometers for Labrador, is larger than that of Great Britain, nonetheless possesses an extensive, unspoiled woods that is where you can animals enjoy Caribou, Moose, Polar Offers, Black Provides, Martens, Hares, Otters, Beavers, and Wolves.
Originally appealing by ancient people till the arrival on the Vikings, who set up the agreement at L'Anse aux Mdw, the Areas were afterwards discovered by way of the Venetian John Cabot. He / she sailed directly into Cape Bonavista on 1497 and was followed a couple of years later, upon St. John's Afternoon, by the Colonial explorer Gaspar Corte Real, who called his touchdown place following on from the Saint. Their own accounts within the land and the abundant resources soon delivered an barrage of other sorts of Europeans, together with harbors to provide as basics for the the summer time fishery were set up all along side the Eastern Sea-coast from Cpe Bonavista to Cpe Race. Substantive cod and also whale fishery was done by the Colonial, the Spaniards, in france they and the Basques, however seasonal market seemed to have precluded the idea of virtually any permanent funds. This was quit to the English language under Double Henry VIII, and then the first Speech Colony came to exist in 1527. This English happen to be also the forerunners while in the first mailing exchange with the new area; this came to exist when the explorer John Rutt told to go home a missive using a returning post. Another Brit, John Person, pioneered an important plantation within Cupid's Cove in 1610. This wife ended up being the one who taught English to the famous North american Indian, Squantum, who actually later on, in the course of his somewhat interesting and eventful everyday living, proved to be for invaluable help to the Mayflower Residents. Another appealing character, exceptionally unpopular with the dealers, was the particular infamous buccaneer Peter Easton. Much more English settlers arrived rapidly and many new English farms were set up. The French right now woke up towards need of each of those protecting the fishing swap and maintaining their presence with Newfoundland, and, with the orders within the then ruling Louis XIV, the first This particular language Colony seemed to be founded from Placentia in 1662. This establishment from both French and Dutch settlements seemed to be stoutly opposed not just for by both, but also by your ship fisherman who wished the Areas to remain specifically fishing keeps. The following strife and disappointment lasted for just a very long time, and also settlers, enduring much harassment, were not able to build legal rights until finally 1811. Self-government came in 1855, the best train throughout 1899, and the to start with newsprint generator in 1908. Later on the Provinces provided the base for the 1st trans-Atlantic telegraph, the first trans-Atlantic air-crossing, and the very first trans-Atlantic wireless send out. The outdoor industry bonanza during the First Society War moved great wealth, but, when using the Great Depression, hardships along with unemployment followed on a huge scale. The idea took one more World Battle and the setting up of American troopers here in the nation's course for your economy to get better, and the life once again went up. But the Newfoundlanders acquired learned using their company experiences and even, deciding they could be better off eventually if they joined Canada, many people did so inside 1949.
While has been the fact in most regions of the world for the duration of history, the success of the new arrivals sad to say undermined any existence along with rights in the original residents. The Beothuks have been the indigenous people regarding Newfoundland who were homeless and finally annihilated by your subsequent creation of the Micmacs, a new tribe through Mainland Ontario, and of your Europeans.
Most likely people that your Vikings described as all the 'Skraelings', the Beothuks were being descended from the Algonquian-speaking tribes of the Canadian Northeast, spoke a connected language, along with appearance have been of above-average height, with lighting brown skin, dark locks and vision. The term 'Red Indian' was first used in experience of them caused by their train of anointing themselves and their property with a mixture of tallow and the generously found iron-rich garden soil called red ochre. This was your mark from tribal personal information into which will an infant appeared to be initiated after that birth plus a ceremonial application implemented every year and then. It probably had been supposed to produce the storage or great powers construct y believed in similar to the sun, the actual moon, this 'Great Spirit', the 'Powerful Monster' through the sea as well as Aich-mud-yim, or 'Black Man'. Considering that the Beothuk language relates to the Algonquian, it is assumed that their faith and customs too ended up being similar to that surrounding the Algonquian tribes. All these consisted principally of respecting all animate and inanimate physical objects in nature simply because spiritual creatures, and knowing that they by themself originated from a great arrow striking the ground. Weddings ended up celebrated through much great feasts and, when it comes to is known, Monogamy had been practiced. The ornamental bone pendants and some bowl-and-dice game playing pieces which have been found in all probability had orlando significance contour entertainment a particular.
The Beothuks had been hunters plus fishermen, just who traditionally made two yearly migrations to the seashore coast and then the interior woods to take advantage the seasonal food resources available in these kind of areas, as well as who were inside habit of always keeping aloof from other people today, fiercely securing their seclusion and independence. This is the reason there may be so little comprehensive knowledge about them today. The details we have now happens mainly on the letters plus travel reports of the People of that time period and on the few Beothuks they can managed to trap, like the young woman Shawnadithit or perhaps Nancy as your sweetheart was redubbed, Demasduit or Mary March, someone else called Oubee as well as some others. All these latter solutions, however, may possibly neither give extensive material due to either language along with communication problems, nor does they consent to assist most of the fair-minded Europeans within establishing beautiful contacts utilizing their tribe as it was any tribal theory to destroy any associate that had endured the loathed enemy. A particular reason for this was that the Beothuks acquired come to believe the Men and women originated from a bad spirit that might affect virtually anyone that interacted with him or her; and another reason was the reality that by compromising the tribe members so-afflicted this souls of these wantonly killed by way of the enemy is assuaged.
Other information has long been obtained as a result of Archaeologists from the excavated Beothuk village and funeral sites. These types of latter include mostly also been found down the sea-coast, the dead wrapped in birch rind and interred within ways. Available as one, the body as well as its earthly belongings appeared to be placed on an important tall program, and in an additional the body was initially bent collectively and closed in a container made of birch wood logs. Various waste everyday make use of have been found generally in most of these burial plots as the Beothuks thought that these could be needed at the journey towards island from the 'good spirit'. Those remaining bare could be surmised as on the Beothuks that had been diminished to the tones of the expended (for making silence with the European individuals or the Micmacs) and for that reason were banned from this remote island. Anyway, a concept of Beothuk life can be purchased from these sites and the artifacts found.
Typically the Beothuks mainly subsided on a animal products diet, as well eaten raw or boiled or simply roasted on your fire produced by the rubbing of metal pyrites. On the Seaside area, when it comes to Spring and Summer, that they hunted Elephant seals, Sea Duck, Cormorant, Black Contains, Whales, along with Seabird Eggs. Due to this they employed long, curve-ended canoes with slat-frameworks and synthetic leather coverings. Within the Fall, once the Caribou Herds migrated, that they moved away from the sea and taken care of mile-long 'deer fences' that advised the herds to precise hunting spots. Small sport such as beaver, sibel and ptarmigan were also sought after in this period, but the Caribou was the animal from prime benefits. Its meat was protected for the on its way winter, as well as skin intended for a variety of useful purposes such as making clothes and the shades for their pet shelters, the 'Mamateeks', along with the canoes. Various natural treatments derived from the encompassing forest together with vapor bath were used pertaining to medicinal intentions.
The Beothuk dress up was a very simple, sleeveless tunic of stitched-together skin that at times came with the hood. Alongside this, they generally wore Caribou-skin leggings, arm shades and moccasins. Every one of these items were definitely usually adorned with frills and coloured with reddish ochre. Elaborately etched and incised structure and off white pendants happen to be worn choose to as attractive jewelry and also as talismans of guardian spirits.
There isn't any definite information about the Coast habitats on the Beothuks. From the leaves found in Bonavista These types of, it is assumed we were looking at probably round-shaped. More well known are the the winter season habitats, any 'Mamateeks', which were conical houses constructed of direct fir north and south poles that satisfied at the top, giving a principal smoke hatch out. This composition was mostly covered Caribou body, but birch will often bark and small cloth, if obtainable, was frequently used as well. The moves were brimming with moss and clay, and terrain heaped on the outside of edges to have out the wind and environments. The Mamateeks had been of various sizes and often multi-sided. In prime significance inside has been the fireplace to cook and for trying to keep the populace warm; they sometimes slept all over it around dug-out sleeping pit area. Crisscrossed beams on top of store the cold weather provisions plus the weapons ended up hung inside easy access for the walls. There had been various types of guns - bows and also arrows, spear, harpoons - down the line scavenged European practical articles enjoy fish-hooks, nails, scissers, spoons, forks and so on ended up also ingenuously developed into weapons. Most of these primitive tools, used successfully for the purpose of hunting, were to prove utterly inadequate ahead of the fire-power of the People and the Micmacs.
The End of the Beothuks
Since the first Europeans were solely seasonal guests their appeal doesn't have bothered the Beothuks initially. The earliest mutual associates were identified for investing purposes along with both very likely regarded another as non-toxic. They had favorable meetings and traded by silent negotiate method, in which one gathering offered all of the items for sale and the other reciprocated of what they evaluated to be an acceptable payment.
Later arrivals however viewed them just as savage and sub-human along with didn't think about firing when them. These Europeans have been also intent on expanding the particular fishery and dog's fur business and establishing fixed settlements, and in addition they began if you take over the customary Coastal campsites, in the process question them access to the vital sea resources. All the Beothuks, of course, retaliated and also outright hostilities started. The 1720s have been bad for these, with the Micmacs, along with whom many people previously had no quarrel, much too entering a fray at European instigation and even dislodging them via significant areas of their stretch of land. Some sort of unsafe truce was well-known for anytime after that, however this in the near future broke down as well as the conflict erupted as just stated. There were killings and instant reprisals from both sides, but, just as had been possible before, the particular Beothuks were those to come out any worst. Because of the beginning of the 19th century, dramatically reduced when it comes to numbers, that they been required to eke out a good meager located in the Interiors. With minimal food offered at that time of the season, there was large starvation, as well as Beothuk Tribe, that have already primarily numbered around one thousand if the Europeans got there, began to die out.
Concerned with his or her plight as well as appalled by the injustices and being a nuisance on their own section, a number of Eurpean people tried to awaken public feeling on their behalf, proposing both tranquility missions and also the establishment of your Indian Arrange, none of which received federal government backing. All the Beothuks too are not a forgiving lot so when the official policy changed later on none is usually found for those peace tells. So much so an incentive had to be proclaimed for getting a live Beothuk, the particular rather trusting assumption getting that serenity signals can be sent by way of heaping presents regarding him or her. A new Beothuk woman was found eventually when it comes to 1803, but not one person really understood what to do the woman's and the outpouring involving presents require bewildered in any other case outright worried her. Whatever the case, following your girlfriend tribe's policy, the lady never come back to them and for that reason nothing came up of that calmness venture. Down the road, in The month of january 1811, an English language Captain named David Buchan, foremost an network . party, locate Beothuk settlement with Red Indian native Lake. It was an experienced that discouraged both sets, but Buchan were able to make her peaceful overtures perceived and they ended up being invited so that you can partake belonging to the Beothuks' meal. It seemed welcoming relations was finally established and so, exiting two of his / her men guiding as surety, Buchan returned for you to his stay to get presents. Regretably, his passing away was watched in the bad light by your suspicious Beothuks. The past endures, of course, got given these products no reason towards trust a white dude. So, in self-protective measure in case he was going to be going with pushes to get rid of them outside, they killed Buchan's men together with decamped from the set. Apparently he did this celebrated as being a tribal wining later. Buchan, in some niches gory incident, created further efforts to contact them, but got nowhere. David Peyton Jr., soon after the Justice of the peace on Uses Island, ended up being more successful, or else remotely as altruistic. Within retaliation for the robbing of their boats, the guy traced the actual Beothuk camp plus launched an important brutal episode in which the partner Demasduit (Mary Drive) was shot and the woman husband Nonosabasut slain defending their; her new-born little one died couple of days later. Demasduit seemed to be publicly available in . John's, where her elegant visual appeal and refined conduct caused a significant change in the particular prevalent open public opinion in regards to the 'savages'. In fact, there would be even have a discussion of coming her towards her individuals, but this lady died from consumption earlier than anything could possibly be done. Quite a while later, Western european fur-trappers traveling over the forest saved a Beothuk lady and your girlfriend two girls from a wretchedly starved condition in addition to took these to John Peyton Jr.'s magisterial place on Exploits Islands. Conceivably he had gone through a change of heart coming from his previous antipathy towards the locals, because, it was far too late to save the mother and one mother, the living girl, Shanawdithit, was in fact properly handled and later used into his own household in the form of domestic servant. Later William Cormack, who tried much to lift awareness for any Beothuks' cause, introduced her to be able to St. John's in the hope that their intelligence additionally, the language skills she had picked up from the Peyton household may just be put to use with contacting the woman's people. Nevertheless she under no circumstances acceded to this question in the entirely year that they was in Newfoundland, she or he learned a lot of about the girl people via her dialogue and photos, in particular concerning the alarming shrinking in amount of her indigneous group. Only about 12 or so these days, they were too few to maintain the actual 'deer-fence' and as we were holding unable to connection the sea-resources frequently, their continuous survival has not been likely. When no other Beothuk was basically ever heard of a great it is assumed that is indeed what precisely tragically took place. Shanawdithit herself didn't long pull through her people today. On 7 June 1829, simply just five weeks after Cormack's disengagement from Newfoundland, your woman succumbed to ingestion, a disease that had proved to be the actual bane in all of your ex people. The particular valiant race within the Beothuks had become died out. | <urn:uuid:10cba52a-7a5b-49b8-a417-36c8a10b7e09> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.selfgrowth.com/articles/the-beothuks-of-newfoundland | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280929.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00422-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.979645 | 3,692 | 2.234375 | 2 |
In 2011, those customers avoided emitting more than 30 million metric tons of CO2 by using BNSF, which is equivalent to reducing the annual fuel consumption and resultant greenhouse gas emissions of more than six million passenger vehicles, the Class I railroad said.
For the fourth year in a row, BNSF provided its intermodal, automotive, industrial products, and agricultural products customers with customized letters that analyzed their total rail carbon footprint and savings compared to movements of those shipments exclusively over the highway.
"We believe our chief contribution to sustainability is the major fuel efficiency and emissions reductions our customers achieve shipping with BNSF instead of solely over the road," said John Lanigan, BNSF executive vice president and chief marketing officer. "Rail provides enormous value in reducing the country's overall transportation emissions and carbon footprint."
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By: Stan Popovich
When your dealing with your mental health issues and your fears, it is important to get some help from a counselor. Here are some reasons why it is important to get professional help to help cope with your fears and anxieties.
Getting some kind of help can lead to ways on how you can manage your fears and stresses. A counselor can give you many ideas on how you can overcome your fears. The important thing is that you listen to what they have to say and follow through with their suggestions.
Most counselors are trained on finding ways to manage your fears. They can recommend certain treatments that will make you feel a lot better. The only way you will get access to these treatments is if you go talk to a counselor. Ask your primary care physician if he or she knows anyone that can help you.
Learn as much as you can in managing anxiety and depression. There are many books and information that will educate you on how to deal with fear and anxiety. Share this information with the person who is struggling. Education is the key in finding the answers your looking for in managing your fears.
Your medical or family doctor is a good source to find a good counselor. A hospital is also a good source of finding many different mental health programs in your area. Hospitals know a lot of good counselors and programs in your area and they can lead you in the right direction.
Many people are embarrassed that they need help, however the fact is that everyone needs some assistance some time or another. Remember that everyone gets help with something nowadays. When you start a new job, you get help on what to do and when you go to school you learn and get help from your teachers. There is no difference in getting help from a counselor. It is better to get help than to let fear ruin your life.
The key components of having an effective mental health counselor is affordability, the ability to effectively talk to your counselor, and most importantly, is your counselor able to find the answers to your current problems. If you do not see any improvement in your mental health condition after a couple of months of working with your current counselor, you may want to find someone else. The main point of talking to a counselor is to help manage your mental health issues and to get better.
As for dealing with your fears, learn to take it one day at a time. Instead of worrying about how you will get through the rest of the week, try to focus on today.
By the way, a technique that is very helpful is to have a small notebook of positive statements that makes you feel good. Whenever you come across an affirmation that makes you feel good, write it down in a small notebook that you can carry around with you in your pocket. Whenever you feel depressed or frustrated, open up your small notebook and read those statements. This will help to manage your negative thinking.
Stan Popovich is the author of “A Layman’s Guide to Managing Fear Using Psychology, Christianity and Non Resistant Methods” – an easy to read book that presents a general overview of techniques that are effective in managing persistent fears and anxieties. For additional information go to: http://www.managingfear.com/
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Back in the 1980’s Americans who wanted to be easily identified as liberals or progressives would always pronounce “Nicaragua” ineptly by trilling their R’s in an exaggerated way: “Nicarrrrrrragua.”
Of course these same people would never trill their R’s when speaking of neighboring Honduras or Costa Rica, or Peru, Paraguay, Uruguay, or Argentina.
Trilling the R’s on Nicarrrrrragua was a way of showing “solidarity” with the communist Sandinista regime.
Well, those same folks are awfully silent these days, as their beloved communists unleash a reign of terror.
Of course, as they see it, Nicarrrrragua’s current reign of terror is justifiable.
Yes, naturally, all leftist repression is justifiable and admirable.
As many of them would say, “you can’t make a “social justice”omelette without cracking a few eggs.”
So, this is why they’re so quiet about the killing, maiming, and torturing that’s going on in Nicarrrrrragua nowadays.
Human rights organizations are denouncing the terror, but as most American liberals see it, those denunciations do not square with the politically correct definition of “social justice.”
From The Latin American Herald Tribune
At least one person died and two were wounded on Saturday amid a march seeking the freedom of “political prisoners” that took place in different municipalities of Nicaragua as part of the protests against the government, which have left hundreds dead since April.
The victim was identified as Lenin Mendiola, son of the peasant leader Benigna Mendiola, who died after a confrontation in the Nicaraguan city of Matagalpa between anti-government protesters and groups related to the government of Nicaragua.
Meanwhile, the opposition Civic Movement April 19 Matagalpa reported at least two people injured in an attack perpetrated by paramilitaries and groups related to President Daniel Ortega against a group of protesters participating in a march for political prisoners.
The attack, according to that opposition movement, took place near the Mayor’s Office of Matagalpa when supporters of President Ortega, supported by paramilitaries, attacked a group of civilians marching.
That version was confirmed by the activist Roberto Largaespada, of the Permanent Commission of Human Rights (CPDH), who in turn corroborated the two wounded and whose names are under investigation.
The self-appointed demonstrators in Nicaragua on Saturday marched in different cities, including Managua, to demand the release of the “political prisoners” who have been imprisoned for protesting against the government.
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The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency is launching a sweeping reorganization aimed at enhancing the spy agency's cyber abilities and plugging gaps in its espionage operations.
CIA Director John Brennan said in an announcement Friday that the move comes after outside experts spent months analyzing the agency's management structure.
He said the agency is adding a new top level position, "Directorate of Digital Innovation," to focus on cyber technology advances that have changed the way espionage is conducted.
"Our ability to carry out our responsibilities for human intelligence and national security responsibilities has become more challenging'' in today's digital world, Brennan said. He said the agency must "understand all of the aspects of that digital environment.''
In another big change, the CIA is ending a long-held division between its operations and analytical branches, a system that required one group of workers to collect data and another to analyze it.
The new plan would blend those divisions into 10 new "mission centers." The centers will focus on specific challenges or geographic areas of the world. The CIA is already operating several such interdisciplinary centers, including one on counter-terrorism.
"I know there are seams right now, but what we've tried to do with these mission centers is cover the entire universe, regionally and functionally, and so something that's going on in the world falls into one of those buckets," Brennan said. | <urn:uuid:d0c67ba1-aac8-4c4b-bd26-f4f80c695705> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.voanews.com/a/cia-plans-major-overhaul/2670710.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280835.60/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00465-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.956298 | 278 | 1.671875 | 2 |
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Tests used to diagnose sleep disorders by recording brain waves, oxygen levels, heart rate and breathing. Includes (baseline, split-night and
titration studies for adults and children age 3 or older.
Home Sleep Studies
This is a polysomnography conducted at home, allowing patients to be more comfortable and in a familiar setting.
Positive Airway Pressure Therapy (PAP)
A method for treating sleep apnea that blows pressurized air through the airway in order to keep the throat open.
A daytime sleep study using PAP to desensitize patients who have anxiety about starting or difficulty tolerating PAP therapy.
Measures how alert a patient is during the day and if they can stay awake in stimulation-free environments.
A structured counseling program to help identify and replace thoughts and behaviors that cause and worsen sleep problems.
Monthly CPAP Support Group
Personalized support on CPAP compliance, including mask fitting and strategies to help cope with CPAP.
This test provides information (through a clip over your finger overnight) to help your doctor diagnose a sleep disorder.
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How children read music?
Written Music Lessons howick is a language that has been developing for many years and even the music we read today has been around for over 300 years. Music symbolization is the representation of sound from basic notations for pitch, duration and timing to more progressive descriptions of expression and even special effects. Well reading music is the tough thing for children and they feel irritation sometimes. So there are some things that children need to know before reading the music. These are:
- Get a handle on the musical staff: Before children are ready to start learning music, they must get a sense for the basic information that practically everyone who reads music needs to know. The straight lines on a piece of music make up the staff. This is the most basic of all musical symbols and the foundation for everything that need to follow for them.The musical staff is an arrangement of five parallel lines and the spaces between these lines. Both lines and spaces are numbered for reference purposes and are always calculated from lowest to highest staff.
- Start with the Triple Clef: One of the first things that children will encounter when reading music is the clef. This sign which looks like a big, fancy symbol at the left end of the staff. It is the legend that tells them approximately what range their instrument will play in. All instruments and voices in the higher ranges use the triple clef and for this introduction to reading music.
- Learn the parts of a note: children need to learn basic notes to read music. Separate note symbols are a combination of up to three simple elements: note head, stem, and flags.
- Note head: This is an elliptical shape that is either open in white or closed in black. It tells the performer that what note to play on their instrument.
- The stem: This is the shrill vertical line that is attached to the note head. When the stem is pointing up, this joins on the right side of the note head and when the stem is pointing down, this joins the note head on the left. These direction has no effect on the note but it makes notation easier to read and less cluttered to children.The universal rule on stem direction is that at or above the center line of the musical staff, then stem points down. Similarly when the note is below the middle of the staff, then stem points up.
- The flag: This is the bent stroke that is attached to the end of the stem. No matter if the stem is joined to the right or left of the note head. The flag is constantlydrawn to the right of the stem and never to the left.
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African House Snake
The African House Snake (also known as the African Rainbow Boa) is a medium-sized snake native to Africa and Asia that can reach up to 6 feet in length
African house snakes (Boaedon fuliginosus) are one of about 150 species of snakes in Africa. African house snakes are sometimes referred to as brown house snakes
They can grow up to 3 feet long. African house snakes are nonvenomous and not aggressive toward humans, so they don’t make good pets.
African house snakes are carnivores—they eat rodents like mice and rats! Make sure you feed them at least once every 5 days
African house snakes don’t get very big, their enclosures still need to be large enough for them to move around comfortably.
An adult African house snake should have at least a 20 gallon tank with plenty of room for climbing and hiding spots.
Be sure to do your research before purchasing an enclosure in order to determine what size and style best fits your snake’s needs.
While African house snakes are normally somewhat aggressive eaters, care should be taken when introducing new food items to them.
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The 2017 International Roundtable on the topic "Empathy and Its Discontents" will be held October 12-14, 2017.
Our modern concept of empathy first emerged in the early nineteenth century as a matter of aesthetic philosophy. The idea of "feeling oneself into" a work of art quickly developed into a powerful social-scientific category with wide-ranging applications. Today, the international conversation about empathy is urgent and divisive. The idea is championed and challenged in equal measure by neuroscientists, human rights activists, arts critics, psychologists, philosophers, and commentators from many other fields. This roundtable seeks to bring these sometimes collaborative, sometimes conflicting perspectives together in one place.
Every October, Macalester hosts the International Roundtable, a community-wide and globally-focused forum exploring critical issues from a variety of perspectives. Macalester invites speakers, academics, practitioners, community members and performers to offer their work and experiences to galvanize student engagement and prompt global thinking through plenary sessions, student-led workshops, and campus-wide activities.
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Written by Eva-Maria Poptcheva, Susan Saliba and Giulio Sabbati
Asylum is a form of international protection given by a state on its territory to someone who is threatened by persecution on grounds of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular group or political opinion in their country of origin or residence. In the EU, this consists of refugee status as defined in the UN Geneva Refugee Convention, and subsidiary protection for persons who do not qualify as refugees but in respect of whom substantial grounds exist that the person concerned, if returned to their country of origin, would face a real risk of suffering serious harm as defined in the Qualification Directive.
The Lisbon Treaty introduced a legal basis for a common asylum policy that would make it possible to eliminate differences in the treatment of asylum-seekers across the EU. The Common European Asylum System (CEAS) was completed in 2013 and comprises five key acts. Notably, the Qualification Directive clarifies the grounds on which international protection is granted to asylum-seekers in EU Member States. Furthermore, the Dublin III Regulation establishes the criteria for determining which Member State is responsible for examining an application for international protection, and provides for the transfer of asylum-seekers to the Member State responsible under the Dublin rules.
This briefing provides an overview of the number of third-country nationals seeking asylum in EU Member States, their success in asylum procedures, and requests for transfers between Member States, as a consequence of the Dublin Regulation. For further information on asylum in the EU, please see our briefing ‘EU legal framework on asylum and irregular immigration’.
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Donovan, William (Joseph)(1883–1959) soldier, public official; born in Buffalo, N.Y. A much-decorated World War I veteran, he was an assistant to the U.S. attorney general (1925–29) and served as an unofficial observer for the government in Italy, Spain, and the Balkans (1935–41). Assigned to head the U.S. Office of Strategic Services (1942–45), "Wild Bill" Donovan had responsibility for espionage, counterespionage, and clandestine military operations during World War II. He was ambassador to Thailand in 1953–54.
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Ebola is an infectious, often fatal, disease in humans and primates, such as monkeys, gorillas and chimpanzees. There is no vaccine available yet for its treatment.
“Health authorities in the country are not letting their guard down on the possible entry of any emerging infectious disease,” Ona said.
The Department of Foreign Affairs has raised Alert Level 2 in three countries experiencing outbreaks of Ebola infection–Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia. Filipino workers with new contracts in the said countries were not allowed to leave the Philippines.
Ona said the Health Emergency Management Staff of the DOH is monitoring daily the health condition of the seven overseas workers, who arrived between June 26 and July 15, from Sierra Leone.
The DOH also directed Regional health officials to stand by in case a returning overseas Filipino worker will be found to have symptoms of the Ebola disease. They have been tasked to be in charge of the admission of patients to the nearest government hospital.
Health care and laboratory workers exposed to secretions and specimens from infected individuals are most at risk to contract Ebola, said Ona.
“Proper coordination of Philippine labor officials (Department of Labor and Employment, Philippine Overseas Employment Administration, Overseas Workers Welfare Association) is now being undertaken with the DFA and the Bureau of Immigration, for possible repatriation,” he added.
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CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – There was no truth to the reports circulating online that carrots from China sold cheaper than locally produced ones have flooded the market, a government official said.
“Who’s afraid of Chinese carrots? Local vegetables could compete,” said Emmanuel Piñol, Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) chairperson on his Facebook post on September 27.
It was reported that “lower-priced but obviously chemically-treated Chinese carrots have flooded the market which alarmed local vegetable farmers.
Piñol said vegetable traders have claimed that the deluge of this commodity from China has led to the dropping of prices of vegetables in the market as the imported carrots are sold at only P25 to P30 per kilo.
But Piñol said that locally grown carrots are actually much cheaper than the reported imported vegetable.
“I could only scratch my head because local carrots produced by farmers in Bukidnon Production area could be sold lower than that price range of P25 to P30 for imported carrots,” the MinDa official added.
Piñol said local grown carrots can compete with imported ones since the vegetables produced in Bukidnon are cheaper.
“In fact, the local farmers can edge out the imported carrots and other vegetables because the production cost of carrots in Miarayon, Talakag, Bukidnon is only about P5 to P6 per kilo,” he said.
At a farm gate price of P10 to P12 per kilo, Piñol said the farmers will be happy and “those local carrots could in turn be sold for less than P30 in the market with a proper logistical and distribution support from government.”
“This is where our government policy of opening up the local food and commodity market to foreign goods in the assumed ‘free and competitive market” has done injustice to our local producers,” he added.
The playing field, he said, is not even for the Filipino farmers and they could not compete with foreign farmers who are subsidized by their governments.
In countries such as Vietnam, Thailand and China, for instance, their governments find a way to support their producers by enabling them access to the market and in some cases, like the Vietnam rice, marketing the farmers’ produce directly abroad, he said.
“Here in our country, we tell our farmers to be competitive forgetting that from his farm, he has to load the vegetables on horse’s back to the nearest highway and from there these are packed loaded to small trucks and brought to a consolidation area where the traders control the price,” Piñol added.
For the Filipino tillers to compete, he said the government must provide them the enabling policies, infrastructure and logistical support for them to be able to sell their produce and make a little profit.
“I have always maintained that our problem in the Philippines is not the lack of food supply, but the very poor logistical positioning system and absence of post-harvest facilities,” Piñol said.
To achieve that vision, he said the government must really step and assist local farmers.
“This was the model which we introduced through the TienDA Program when I was Agriculture Secretary and the MinDA Tienda when I moved to the Mindanao Development Authority,” he said.
Also, the solution to this problem is for government to re-organize the National Food Authority (NFA), which had been emasculated by the Rice Tariffication Law, to focus not just on rice but on other agricultural goods as well, he added.
“Then, just like how they do it in Japan, establish Food Production Consolidation Centers or in our case Regional Food Terminals where the farmers and fishermen could just deliver their produce without the need to haggle for prices,” Piñol said.
“Imagine a sight where the chicken farmer, hog farmer, vegetable farmer, fruits or even rice farmer confidently toil in the farm knowing that his produce has a fair price when he delivers this to the government operated Regional Food Terminals compete with cold storage, processing facilities and logistical support,” he said.
From there, let government do the job of repositioning the supplies to regions where these are needed, he added.
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Australia is feeling the brunt of climate change. From more frequent and severe droughts and bushfires to cyclones and floods, climate change is impacting our people, our ecosystems and our economy in profound ways.
Not even the magnificent Great Barrier Reef is immune. In fact, this natural wonder and its network of marine sanctuaries is at the very forefront of climate change.
When underwater heatwaves hit, the impacts on the Reef can be devastating. Coral bleaching turns these verdant and vibrant underwater forests a ghostly white, during a transformation as graphic as it is heartbreaking.
What is coral bleaching and what causes it?
More than 600 species of coral live on the Great Barrier Reef, creating the colour and beauty for which this World Heritage Area is prized.
Like trees, coral acts as food and habitat for millions of other creatures that call the Reef home.
Coral is actually made up of colonies of very small creatures known as polyps, which are closely related to jellyfish. In one of the marine kingdom’s many splendid relationships, the polyps allow beneficial algae called zooxanthellae to live within their tissues. In return for the safe home, the algae provide the building blocks for the coral’s outer limestone skeleton, as well as its vibrant colour.
The last decade was the hottest in recorded history and, since 1910, the surface temperature of seas surrounding Australia has increased by over 1°C.
Warmer water temperatures, especially when they persist for eight weeks or more, are catastrophic for corals. It causes them to expel their resident zooxanthellae and the corals begin to die.
A series of underwater heatwaves in recent years has accelerated this devastating process, leaving the corals colourless (bleached) and the polyps vulnerable to disease and starvation. Coral mortality has increased with each subsequent underwater heatwave.
The deadly toll
Underwater heatwaves caused by rising temperatures threaten marine ecosystems around the world. Over the past 40 years, about half of all coral reefs are estimated to have been lost. Much of the living coral reef in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park has now been damaged. In some sections, up to 90% of corals have been affected.
The last five years have been particularly brutal, with the Great Barrier Reef suffering widespread coral bleaching in 2016, 2017, 2020, and again in 2022. Occurring during a La Nina weather system, when the weather is typically cooler, cloudier and wetter, the bleaching event of early 2022 heralds a worrying new trend.
In the summer of 2016, the Reef experienced its worst coral bleaching ever, with an area roughly 1,100 kilometres long affected. A year later, a second severe bleaching occurred. Early research indicates that almost half of all coral in the 345,000-square-kilometre Great Barrier Reef Marine Park may have died in these two events. But the worst was yet to come.
In 2020, the Reef experienced its most widespread bleaching on record. Around 2,300 kilometres of coastal reefs were severely impacted - from the Torres Strait in the north, down to the Reef’s southern boundary. This third mass bleaching event in five years impacted parts of the southern Reef for the first time.
The very existence of this, the largest living structure on the planet, is now threatened. And along with it, the delicate web of marine life that depends on the Reef, including fish and turtles.
What can we do?
As climate change continues to heat our planet, coral bleaching is expected to become more severe and more frequent.
Should global temperatures rise between 1.5 and 2°C above pre-industrial levels, the frequency of underwater heatwaves will increase. If the planet should warm by 2°C, heatwaves will rise four times this and we will lose the Great Barrier Reef altogether.
But there is hope. The good news is that bleached coral is not dead coral. Stressed coral can recover if water temperatures cool down in time and the coral is not subject to repeated underwater heatwaves.
There is hope for our planet and for our Reef if Australia acts now to limit global temperatures to 1.5°C.
We can do this, right now, by transitioning our economy away from coal and gas, instead, making Australia a Renewable Energy Superpower. In driving down our greenhouse gas emissions, we can create well-paying jobs, providing economic opportunities with significant environmental returns as we protect our Reef from further temperature rises.
Given time, the Great Barrier Reef can recover if we turn to renewable energy sources and slow the rate of climate change.
But we cannot delay, not if we’re serious about protecting this international treasure. We must act now.
Learn more about how we're working to protect the Great Barrier Reef.
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Definition of durably
adv. - In a lasting manner; with long continuance. 2
The word "durably" uses 7 letters: A B D L R U Y.
No direct anagrams for durably found in this word list.
Words formed by adding one letter before or after durably (in bold), or to abdlruy in any order:
s - absurdly
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Pritam Dash, Mehdi Karimibiuki, and Karthik Pattabiraman, Annual Computer Security Applications Conference (ACSAC), 2019. (Acceptance Rate: 22.6%) [ PDF | Talk ] (Code – Artifacts Reusable Badge from ACM)(Videos) This work appeared in the media (Eureka alert)(TechXplore)(Globalnews)(Market Associates)(Helpnet, SERENE-RISC digest)
Abstract: Robotic vehicles (RVs) are cyber-physical systems that operate in the physical world under the control of software functions. They are increasing in adoption in many industrial sectors. RVs rely on sensors and actuators for system operations and navigation. Control algorithm based estimation techniques have been used in RVs to minimize the effects of noisy sensors, prevent faulty actuator output, and recently, detecting attacks against RVs. In this paper, we propose three kinds of attacks to evade the control-based detection techniques and cause RVs to malfunction. We also propose automated algorithms for performing the attacks without requiring the attacker to expend significant effort or know specific details of the RV, making the attacks applicable to a wide range of RVs. We demonstrate these attacks on ArduPilot simulators and two real RVs (a drone and a rover) in the presence of an Intrusion Detection System (IDS) using control estimation models to monitor the runtime behavior of the system. We find that the control models are incapable of detecting our stealthy attacks, and that the attacks can have significant adverse impact on the RV’s mission. | <urn:uuid:3e9783c1-1eb2-4dca-9f38-37921f462295> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://blogs.ubc.ca/karthik/2019/08/25/out-of-control-stealthy-attacks-on-robotic-vehicles-protected-by-control-based-techniques/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572212.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815205848-20220815235848-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.903481 | 324 | 1.898438 | 2 |
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- The condition of man...is a condition of war of everyone
- Words are
wise men’s counters, they do but reckon by them; but they are the money of fools,
that value them by the authority of an Aristotle, a Cicero, or a Thomas, or any
other doctor whatsoever, if but a man.
- The privilege of absurdity; to which no living creature is subject but man
- Sudden glory is the passion
which maketh those grimaces called laughter.
- The secret thoughts of a man run over all things, holy, profane, clean, obscene,
grave, and light, without shame or blame.
- The "value" or "worth" of a man is, as of all other things, his price; that
is to say, so much as would be given for the use of his power.
- By Manners, I mean not here decency of behaviour;
as how one man should salute another, or how a man should wash his mouth, or pick
his teeth before company, and such other points of the small morals; but those
qualities of mankind that concern their living together in peace and unity. To
which end we are to consider that the felicity of this life consisteth not in
the repose of a mind satisfied. For there is no such finis ultimus [utmost
aim] nor summum bonum [greatest good] as is spoken of in the books of the
old moral philosophers. Nor can a man any more live whose desires are at an end
than he whose senses and imaginations are at a stand.
- Felicity is a continual progress of the desire from one object to another,
the attaining of the former being still but the way to the latter.The cause whereof
is that the object of man's desire is not to enjoy once only, and for one instant
of time, but to assure forever the way of his future desire. And therefore the
voluntary actions and inclinations of all men tend not only to the procuring,
but also to the assuring of a contented life, and differ only in the way, which
ariseth partly from the diversity of passions in diverse men, and partly from
the difference of the knowledge or opinion each one has of the causes which produce
the effect desired.
- In the
first place, I put for a general inclination of all mankind a perpetual and restless
desire of power after power, that ceaseth only in death. And the cause of this
is not always that a man hopes for a more intensive delight than he has already
attained to, or that he cannot be content with a moderate power, but because he
cannot assure the power and means to live well, which he hath present, without
the acquisition of more.
gives indifferent names to one and the same thing from the difference of their
own passions; as they that approve a private opinion call it opinion; but they
that mislike it, heresy: and yet heresy signifies no more than private opinion.
- In these four things, opinion
of ghosts, ignorance of second causes, devotions towards what men fear, and taking
of things casual for prognostics, consisteth the natural seed of religion; which
by reason of the different fancies, judgements, and passions of several men, hath
grown up into ceremonies so different, that those which are used by one man, are
for the most part ridiculous to another. ~ Ch. 12 Of religion
the time men live without a common power to keep them all in awe, they are in
that conditions called war; and such a war, as if of every man, against every
- To this war of every
man against every man, this also in consequent; that nothing can be unjust. The
notions of right and wrong, justice and injustice have there no place. Where there
is no common power, there is no law, where no law, no injustice. Force, and fraud,
are in war the cardinal virtues.
- [In a state of nature] No arts; no letters; no society; and which is worst
of all, continual fear and danger of violent death; and the life of man, solitary,
poor, nasty, brutish, and short.
- Pt. I, Ch. 13
therefore is consequent to a time of Warre, where every man is Enemy to every
man; the same is consequent to the time, wherein men live without other security,
than what their own strength, and their own invention shall furnish them withall.
In such condition, there is no place for Industry; because the fruit thereof is
uncertain; and consequently no Culture of the Earth; no Navigation, nor use of
the commodities that may be imported by Sea; no commodious Building; no Instruments
of moving, and removing such things as require much force; no Knowledge of the
face of the Earth; no account of Time; no Arts; no Letters; no Society; and which
is worst of all, continuall feare, and danger of violent death; And the life of
man, solitary, poore, nasty, brutish, and short.
philosophy is nothing else but the science of what is good, and evil, in the conversation,
and society of mankind. Good, and evil, are names that signify our appetites,
and aversions; which in different tempers, customs, and doctrines of men, are
- Do not that to
another, which thou wouldst not have done to thyself.
- Original form: A Rule, By Which The Laws Of Nature May Easily Be Examined
And though this may seem too subtile a deduction of the Lawes of Nature, to be
taken notice of by all men; whereof the most part are too busie in getting food,
and the rest too negligent to understand; yet to leave all men unexcusable, they
have been contracted into one easie sum, intelligible even to the meanest capacity;
and that is, "Do not that to another, which thou wouldest not have done to thy
selfe;" which sheweth him, that he has no more to do in learning the Lawes of
Nature, but, when weighing the actions of other men with his own, they seem too
heavy, to put them into the other part of the ballance, and his own into their
place, that his own passions, and selfe-love, may adde nothing to the weight;
and then there is none of these Lawes of Nature that will not appear unto him
- Pt. I, Ch. 15
- For the Lawes
of Nature (as Justice, Equity, Modesty, Mercy, and (in summe) Doing To Others,
As Wee Would Be Done To,) if themselves, without the terrour of some Power, to
cause them to be observed, are contrary to our naturall Passions, that carry us
to Partiality, Pride, Revenge, and the like. And Covenants, without the Sword,
are but Words, and of no strength to secure a man at all.
- As in the presence of the Master, the Servants
are equall, and without any honour at all; So are the Subjects, in the presence
of the Soveraign. And though they shine some more, some lesse, when they are out
of his sight; yet in his presence, they shine no more than the Starres in presence
of the Sun.
- The source of
every crime, is some defect of the understanding; or some error in reasoning;
or some sudden force of the passions.
- Another doctrine repugnant to civil society, is that whatsoever a man does
against his conscience, is sin; and it dependeth on the presumption of making
himself judge of good and evil. For a man's conscience and his judgement are the
same thing, and as the judgement, so also the conscience may be erroneous.
- Corporations may lesser commonwealths
in the bowels of a greater, like worms in the entrails of a natural man.
- Intemperance is naturally punished
with diseases; rashness, with mischance; injustice; with violence of enemies;
pride, with ruin; cowardice, with oppression; and rebellion, with slaughter.
- Leisure is the mother of philosophy.
- Original: There have been divers true, generall,
and profitable Speculations from the beginning; as being the naturall plants of
humane Reason: But they were at first but few in number; men lived upon grosse
Experience; there was no Method; that is to say, no Sowing, nor Planting of Knowledge
by it self, apart from the Weeds, and common Plants of Errour and Conjecture:
And the cause of it being the want of leasure from procuring the necessities of
life, and defending themselves against their neighbours, it was impossible, till
the erecting of great Common-wealths, it should be otherwise. Leasure is the mother
of Philosophy; and Common-wealth, the mother of Peace, and Leasure: Where first
were great and flourishing Cities, there was first the study of Philosophy.
IV, Ch. 46
- The Papacy is not other than the Ghost
of the deceased Roman Empire, sitting crowned upon the grave thereof.
- The praise of ancient authors proceeds
not from the reverence of the dead, but from the competition and mutual envy of
- Such truth
as opposeth no man's profit nor pleasure is to all men welcome.
Thomas Hobbes Quotes:
- A man cannot lay down the right of resisting
them that assault him by force to take away his life.
- A man's conscience and his judgment is the same thing; and as the judgment
so also the conscience may be erroneous.
- All generous minds have a horror
of what are commonly called "Facts". They are the brute beasts of the intellectual
- Appetite with an opinion of attaining is called hope; the same without
such opinion despair.
- As a draft-animal is yoked in a wagon
even so the spirit is yoked in this body.
to know why and how— curiosity which is a lust of the mind that a perseverance
of delight in the continued and indefatigable generation of knowledge— exceedeth
the short vehemence of any carnal pleasure.
- Fear of things invisible is the
natural seed of that which everyone in himself calleth religion.
- Force and
fraud are in war the two cardinal virtues.
- In the state of nature profit is the measure of right.
- Laughter is nothing
else but a sudden glory arising from some sudden conception of some eminency in
ourselves by comparison with the infirmity of others or with our own formerly.
- No man's error becomes his own Law; nor
obliges him to persist in it.
- Opinion of ghosts ignorance of second causes
devotion to what men fear and talking of things casual for prognostics consisteth
the natural seeds of religion.
is but experience which equal time equally bestows on all men in those things
they equally apply themselves unto.
- Science is the knowledge of consequences
and dependence of one fact upon another.
is the nature of men that howsoever they may acknowledge many others to be more
witty or more eloquent or more learned; yet they will hardly believe there be
many so wise as themselves.
- That a man be willing when others are so too as
far forth as for peace and defense of himself he shall think it necessary to lay
down this right to all things; and be contented with so much liberty against other
men as he would allow other men against himself.
- The disembodied
spirit is immortal; there is nothing of it that can grow old or die. But the embodied
spirit sees death on the horizon as soon as its day dawns.
- The flesh endures the storms of the present alone; the mind those of the past
and future as well as the present. Gluttony is a lust of the mind.
- The right
of nature... is the liberty each man hath to use his own power as he will himself
for the preservation of his own nature; that is to say of his own life.
- The science which teacheth arts and handicrafts is merely science for the
gaining of a living; but the science which teacheth deliverance from worldly existence
is not that the true science?
- The secret thoughts of a man run over all things
holy profane clean obscene grave and light without shame or blame.
- The sudden disappointment of a hope leaves a scar which the ultimate fulfilment
of that hope never entirely removes.
- Understanding is nothing else than conception
caused by speech.
- War consisteth not in battle only or the act of fighting;
but in a tract of time wherein the will to contend by battle is sufficiently known.
- Give an inch, he'll take an ell.
- Liberty and Necessity
- To understand this for sense it is not
required that a man should be a geometrician or a logician, but that he should
- On the proposition that the volume generated by revolving the
region under 1/x from 1 to infinity has finite volume. Quoted in Mathematical
Maxims and Minims by N. Rose (1988)
- Now I am
about to take my last voyage, a great leap in the dark.
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MIAMI -- A researcher who writes exploits for control systems that run power plants, gas refineries and other critical...
infrastructure said there is plenty of evidence that hackers have already infiltrated the networks of those facilities, but so far their activity is observational.
If you are going to wait for the explosions you're going to be waiting for a long time.
security researcherIdaho National Laboratory
Jason Larson, a security researcher at the Idaho National Laboratory, said once inside the network of critical infrastructure, hackers appear to be focusing on monitoring how the processes within the facilities work.
"If you are going to wait for the explosions you're going to be waiting for a long time," Larson said. "They don't seem terribly interested in wrecking the place -- at least not yet."
Larson spoke to hundreds of security response team members at the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST) Conference 2010. An increase in wireless field equipment – embedded devices and the high speed communication links they connect to, are making control systems more vulnerable, he said. Much more research needs to be done to improve the security of those embedded devices and produce standards so security experts can access firmware in the event of a breach, he said.
Larson, who does much of his work for the Department of Energy, helps find ways into supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems and develop methods to block the holes he finds before an attacker can take advantage of them. The major industries, from gas and oil refineries to chemical factories and power generation plants, understand that more needs to be done to protect their systems, Larson said. Regulations, however, are only forcing companies to focus on compliance and not leaving the budget necessary to invest in developing more robust security protections, Larson said.
Critical infrastructure security:
Experts alarmed over U.S. electrical grid penetration: Russian and Chinese probing of the U.S. electrical grid has prompted a call on lawmakers to act quickly to strengthen cybersecurity of the nation's critical infrastructure.
The scale of the problem was underscored in a recent survey of 600 IT executives at critical infrastructure facilities. The survey, funded by McAfee Inc. and conducted by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) found SCADA systems in some cases connected directly to the Internet. The IT executives indicted that their facilities are constantly being attacked by a variety of methods, individuals and criminal gangs with various interests.
"We have direct evidence of attackers interacting with field equipment on the native protocols," Larson said. "They're in there now and starting to control things."
So far it is difficult and takes sophisticated methods to move from embedded devices into the heart of a control network, Larson said. For example, thousands of wireless "smart" meters are being deployed to consumers by power companies to better monitor homeowner power usage and more efficiently adjust the nation's power supply. So far no one has been able to hack from a meter into a control network, Larson said.
"It's funky enough in the middle that no attackers have been able to do this, even in a laboratory environment," he said.
Some researchers are focusing their attention on the security of the meter devices. Security researcher Travis Goodspeed, discovered an encryption algorithim problem in wireless radio chipsets in some smart meters.
Rather than a doomsday scenario, where attackers shut down the nation's power grid, officials need to focus on more likely scenarios. For example, it has already been documented outside the United States that criminals have offered firmware update services to homeowners, manipulating the software that runs the meter, resulting in a significant price break, Larson said.
"Destroying processes completely is not really profitable," he said. "It's more profitable to monitor and wait for the perfect opportunity."
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Regardless of whether your disability is considered short-term or permanent, the ADA defines a disability as having a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major activities. Earning a living is one of the most common life activities affected by disabilities.
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There is no doubt in saying that the Indian food is the best in the World.
The main reason behind this fact is that we Indians make a proper use of spices, proteins and nutrients while preparing the dishes.
However, you’ll also find a lot of street foods that are high in calories, and a few are not good for health too. These high calorie foods will make you gain weight if consumed very often.
Once the fat is stored in your body, it may not be impossible, but needs a lot of time to get rid of it.
Since these foods are high in calories, the experts suggest eating no more than 1 serving per day.
And if you wanted to have these at any cost, then the best time to eat them is before lunch, so that you’ll have enough time to burn those consumed calories by the end of the day.
Popular Indian Foods that are High in Calories
This yummy spicy fried snack can be found on every street in India, and is one of the Indian foods that is high in calories. Typically, a samsosa contains around 180 calories if non-vegetarian and 130 calories if it is vegetarian. So, it will make you obese if eaten in excess every day.
#2.Chicken Korma Curry
There are both advantages and disadvantages of eating our very famous Chicken korma curry. It is both nutritious and at the same time, a high calorie food. One serving of this curry will provide you with around 800 to 870 calories of energy, which is nearly half of your daily recommended calorie intake. So, if you have this curry twice with some rice and other sweets, you would end up putting on weight in no time.
I’m sure you already know that Rice is high in calories, but what makes the Rice Pulao more caloric is the number of spices added while preparing it. Yes, a serving of Rice Pulav contains around 450 calories and is definitely not good for those who’re trying to lose weight. Another problem with this food item is that the spices used in the making of Pulav will increase your appetite and make your tummy growl with hunger.
Let it be onion or potato bajjis, the evenings in India don’t end without having this high caloric food. Since, they’re deep fried in oils; it is suggested to stay away from such dishes if you’re on a low carb diet. You get around 190 to 250 calories per 2-3 pieces, depending on their size.
Previously, we’ve talked about some spicy foods, but what is more problematic to the weight watchers is the sweets. Yes! This yummy Halwa sweet contains around 570 calories (a piece), which should be taken very seriously.
It is the most popular sweet in India, which is made from wheat-flour and sugar syrup. These are usually served warm or cold. You get around 460 calories per serving.
It is another popular sweet dessert in India, which is a combination of Juice (Ras) and Cream (Malai). A typical serving of Ras Malai contains approximately 250 calories.
This item is one of the most popular dishes in any Indian non-vegetarian hotel. It is very common to see this masala coated stuff in the restaurants. They look very appetizing, but if you carefully look at the number of calories in it, then you’ll have your mind blown. A simple serving (hardly 3 or 4 pieces) contains around 300 to 340 calories. So, does this make you stay away from it?
Falooda is another popular Indian recipe which contains around 300 kcl. Though it is enjoyed by many people in India, the dieticians suggest to stay away from this high caloric beverage as it increases your appetite easily.
If you’ve been to Mumbai, then you might have heard this name for sure. It is one of the most popular street foods you can find in almost all parts of India. A single plate of Pav Bhajji contains a whooping 620 kcl, which is definitely not suggested for those who’re on a weight loss program.
The Chicken usually contains more proteins and is good for health, but when you coat it with thick butter, and then it becomes a problem. This particular Indian non-vegetarian dish is very high in calories and the dieticians suggest to have it only once in a month, if you’re a foodie. A serving contains around 490 calories.
This North Indian dish is also very famous in other parts of the India. It may taste good, but contains around 450 kcl in a single serving. So, avoid it if you’re planning to lose weight.
#13.Chicken Tikka Masala
This traditional Indian dish is prepared using roasted chicken chunks in a spicy sauce. A very popular dish in both India and abroad. A small bowl of the chicken tikka masala contains approximately 440 to 550 calories, depending on the butter used.
This is the most commonly cooked recipe in the Indian households when there is a holiday. The ingredients used are chicken and spices. You’ll be getting around 580 calories per serving.
This quick and easy high calorie Indian dish is usually served along with Chapatis or Parathas. 1 medium bowl of Paneer bhurji contains approximately 410 calories.
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HARRIS MEYER / January 6, 2020
Medicare’s voluntary bundled-payment program for hip and knee replacements reduced spending by 1.6% from 2013 to 2016 — less than previously estimated — with no overall change in quality, according to a new study in Health Affairs.
Another new Health Affairs study reported that lower extremity joint replacement is the only type of clinical episode in Medicare bundled-payment programs that has produced savings so far. The meta-analysis found no evidence of reduced spending or quality improvement for other clinical episodes.
The two studies highlight the challenges facing federal policymakers, hospitals and physicians in using bundled payments to achieve cost savings and better quality care on a wide range of medical and surgical episodes.
The Trump administration expanded bundled payments in 2018 through the Bundled Payment for Care Improvement Advanced demonstration program, which gives providers the option to participate in bundles for 33 inpatient and four outpatient conditions.
Under BPCI Advanced, the CMS pays a fixed price for each episode, which starts with an initial hospital admission or outpatient procedure and includes almost all services during the next 90 days. Providers make money if they keep total costs below the target price, which the CMS has discounted by 3%. They’re at risk for up to 20% of costs that exceed the target price. Savings payments are adjusted based on performance on seven quality measures. | <urn:uuid:40cc2555-e8dd-49ed-be01-459b48c21631> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://orthospinenews.com/2020/01/07/bundles-cut-spending-on-joint-replacements-but-not-for-other-conditions/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571745.28/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812170436-20220812200436-00466.warc.gz | en | 0.943276 | 277 | 1.742188 | 2 |
I looked through the site to find out who built this stuff. Apparently a group of NGO's, research organizations and Universities approached the National Knowledge Commission for permission to setup this interactive portal. So, this web service can be thought of as a map based wiki where users can not only view and browse and query data but add to it as well.
Here is the Portal Charter:
It will provide a platform for aggregating and sharing data and information on biodiversity by allowing wide-spread community participation.
It will leverage the intelligence of the crowd in generating, soliciting and aggregating biodiversity information.
It will provide free and open access to biodiversity information. All contributed information will be accessible under the Creative Commons license. The license regimes under which each bit of information is shared will be clearly specified.
It will provide explicit and unambiguous attribution and credit the source of the information.
It will facilitate social networking and build an open community of amateurs, naturalists, professionals, scientists, and others who are interested in the biodiversity of India.
We will build mechanisms for aggregating and validating information by the community, inspired by the large scale success of the wiki.
We believe in building a positive, respectful and trustful participatory environment that benefits science and society, and contributes to a sustainable future.
The language is frankly shocking, even seditious. Open and free access.... sharing data and information...... social networking and open community....... trustful participatory environment. I am not used to hearing this!
A few years ago all these terms were an oxymoron as far as spatial data was concerned. I mean how dare you share data and maps with someone else without the government's permission?!
My experience has been more like....no you cannot have that data....... security concerns..........access delayed....Ministry of Defence clearance required........
.....but I just want to map the distribution of amphibians along riverine habitats.....what?.... no I don't think that poses a threat to national security.
Jokes apart this portal shows that scientists and other users of spatial data in India desperately want an open and transparent environment that enables them to quickly acquire, value add, share data and set up collaborative projects that engage as wide a user base as possible. This portal is a reflection of a new mind set which has been missing for so long in this country.
There are collateral benefits of projects such at this one. You often wonder, ..how do you get the public at large interested in science? How do you get people who are not involved in science professionally to inculcate the scientific outlook? Applications like this map wiki is an example of how it can be done. Anyone can come here, browse through biology and environment data layers, get curious about the world around them, ask critical questions about the state of the environment in the location they live, start a project and contribute to building a database (you have to be a registered user) and start feeling more connected with science and the scientific way of thinking. A virtual meeting place that allows citizens ranging from professional users of spatial data to high school students to initiate a much needed and long overdue conversation with the Indian scientific community. I feel one of the most effective ways to raise public awareness and support for science is through interactive projects like this one.
The makers of Bhuvan would do well to take a long look at such emerging applications. I want to stress again that it will not be the quality of images or the technology itself that will decide whether Bhuvan will succeed in grabbing a significant share of users away from Google Maps, but whether users will be able to access the Bhuvan API and customize Bhuvan to their needs and build innovative location data based applications on top of ISRO's images.
It is the openness and participatory nature of applications like this Biodiversity portal that Bhuvan will be competing against.
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SUPTS. MEMO. NO. 136
September 25, 1998
|FROM:||Paul D. Stapleton
Superintendent of Public Instruction
|SUBJECT:||House Bill 1289 Addressing Gifted Education|
The 1998 General Assembly passed legislation adding 22.1-18.1 to the Virginia Code addressing gifted education (attached, House Bill 1289). Essentially, that bill places into law the following key provisions from the Board of Education's Regulations Governing Educational Services for Gifted Students: Each local school board shall submit the annual report, "Programs for Gifted Education," to the Department of Education [8 VAC 20-40-60 A.]. The local advisory committee on gifted education shall review annually the local plan for the education of gifted students, including revisions, and determine the extent to which the plan for the previous year was implemented. The recommendations of the advisory committee shall be submitted in writing through the division superintendent to the school board [8 VAC 20-40-60 B.]. The following provisions have also been added: A school board shall require compliance with Board regulations governing gifted education relative to the use of multiple criteria for the identification of gifted students. With such funds as may be appropriated for this purpose, the Department of Education shall conduct an annual review of all local gifted education programs, on such date as it may determine, to ensure compliance with federal and state laws and regulations governing gifted education. The Department may conduct the review as an on-site observation or require certification of compliance from the division superintendent [Note: Funds have not yet been appropriated for this purpose]. If you have any questions regarding this information, you should contact Dr. James Heywood, Director of Elementary/Middle School Education, at (804) 225-3488. PDS/dta/jc Attachment: A hard copy of this memo and its attachments will be sent to the superintendent's office. | <urn:uuid:4370a4c8-5da6-4001-9a6e-e6b1a87dd251> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.doe.virginia.gov/administrators/superintendents_memos/1998/inf136.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560279169.4/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095119-00219-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.92762 | 391 | 1.945313 | 2 |
Planet Waves FM full program from Sept. 10, 2021
Psychology professionals speak about the trauma of 9/11 and why most people are not interested in the scientific facts
Special extra interview from Sept. 11, 2021 — Journalist Steve Stars talks about the connections between AIDS, Sept. 11 and Covid. One hour.
Dear Friend and Listener:
Tonight’s program is a retrospective on what I’ve learned covering the Sept. 11 incident for 20 years.
You may be aware that the Sept. 11 incident and the Covid incident are part of the same astrological cycle. Sept. 11 happened under the influence of Saturn opposite Pluto of summer 2001 (which had last occurred in 1965-1966). Covid happened under the influence of Saturn conjunct Pluto (which last occurred in 1982). Whenever these planets get together, there is the same basic effect: a huge emergency and then some reactionary movement to follow.
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Many Articles and Broadcasts
Over the years I have written about 20 articles examining the details of the issue. Some of them are preserved in this resource area.
My only regret is not having been bolder about what I saw in the chart initially; it was all there, though like most people, I was terrified to speak up — one of a very few times in my investigative reporting career when that happened.
In the first days, I became aware of this article by a retired Special Forces master sergeant, and teacher of military science at West Point. The author analyzes elements of the official story from the stand point of what is plausible and what is possible, from a military point of view: for example, how much training does it take to pilot a jet airliner? What maneuvers are they capable of?
I discuss my point of entry into the investigation, which was discovering this photo of the Pentagon in March 2002.
As for the Astrology
My analysis of the chart is based on classical horary astrology. For that, we would temporarily set aside the opposition of Saturn and Pluto (the latter being a modern planet).
I do the chart first using just the seven planets of antiquity, as they plot out the events. Some may recall that the Flight 11 chart has Mercury rising; it is also conjunct an asteroid named for one of the most renowned flight engineers in American history, Carl G. Sauer.
However, there is also an important element when you bring in the modern planet Pluto: Sept. 11 occurs at the opposition of Saturn and Pluto.
The Saturn-Pluto Cycle: Covid and Sept. 11
Here is how Richard Tarnas described the Saturn-Pluto cycle in his 2006 book Cosmos and Psyche. A quadrature alignment is a conjunction, square or opposition.
These aspects are used because they come with the most noticeable effects of any cycle: the ones that stand out and apart; the ones that tend to reveal the cycle for what it is.
“The successive quadrature alignments of the Saturn-Pluto cycle coincided with especially challenging historical periods marked by a pervasive quality of intense contraction: eras of international crisis and conflict, empowerment of reactionary forces and totalitarian impulses, organized violence and oppression, all sometimes marked by lasting traumatic effects.”
An Atmosphere of Gravity and Tension
He continues, “An atmosphere of gravity and tension tended to accompany these three-to-four-year periods, as did a widespread sense of epochal closure: ‘the end of an era’, ‘the end of innocence’, the destruction of an earlier mode of life that in retrospect may seem to have been marked by widespread indulgence, decadence, naivete, denial and inflation.”
Tarnas writes that Saturn-Pluto aspects come with a “widespread sense that one’s life was determined and constrained by large impersonal forces of many kinds — historical, political, military, social, economic, judicial, biological, elemental, instinctual — too powerful and dominant to be affected by the individual self. This sense of vulnerability was in turn regularly matched by a drive for power, control and domination.”
Further, “Experiences of deep humiliation caused by violence, violation and defeat were thus often accompanied by a compensatory need to prove one’s steely strength, invulnerability and capacity to retaliate with lethal potency.”
And somewhat more reassuringly, he adds: “Saturn-Pluto alignment periods are also characterized by displays of personal and collective determination, unbending will, courage and sacrifice, by intensely focused, silent, strenuous effort in the face of danger and death; by a deepening capacity for moral discernment born from experience and suffering; and by the transformation and forging of enduring structures, whether material, political or psychological.”
Planet Waves was On the Story
Planet Waves has documented this incident since its first days. On Sept. 11, 2001, Planet Waves published dioxin and asbestos warnings for New Yorkers on our front page — topics that were considered irrelevant at the time, and which are now part of the lingering toxic legacy of that scenario. The “pile” at Ground Zero released inconceivable amounts of both substances. Asbestos was a primary building material in the towers, and all that plastic and PVC provided fodder for the creation of dioxins.
In my first analysis of the chart, posted on Sept. 14, 2001, I warned that there was a relationship between the terrorists and the government, and that the identity of the accused enemy would change — both turned out to be true. First Afghanistan was blamed, and a war was started; then Iraq was blamed, and another war was started.
Over the years, I have done my usual leave no stone unturned routine. I still have my collection of airplane crash photo books that I used to size up the crime scenes. I remember my conversation with Steve Inskeep of NPR, my reporting colleague from the New York State Capitol Press Corps in the early 1990s (where he was then assigned) and among the very first reporters on-scene at the Pentagon after the explosion: an eyewitness interview.
Once again, for a summary of current astrology, please check STARCAST.
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July 31, 2021 marks the 150-year anniversary of the founding of Colorado Springs by William Jackson Palmer. The city, founded at the base of Pikes Peak, experienced many changes over the last 150 years as it has grown to the 39th largest city in the United States.
Sesquicentennial - noun
ses·qui·cen·ten·ni·al | \ ˌse-skwi-sen-ˈte-nē-əl \
A 150th anniversary or its celebration.
Pikes Peak Library District (PPLD) and other community organizations are planning an extensive series of programming and events throughout the year. Many programs focus on providing a historic background to better understand our city today, both for people new to the community and for folks just starting to learn about the region’s history. Other programs are designed to critically examine and appraise the complexities of Colorado Springs’ past. The history of our city is important to all of us; there is something for everyone.
Check back for more programs and events as they are added.
Genealogy Basics (Colorado Edition) [Virtual]
Are you interested in researching your genealogy, but aren't sure where to start? Join us for an introduction to basic genealogy research strategies including getting started, organizing research, and selecting and searching for records. In celebration of Colorado Day, this month's Genealogy Basics classes will focus on researching your Colorado ancestors!
Knob Hill Street Art Walking Tours [In-Person]
The Knob Hill neighborhood is home to an extraordinary amount of street art. Tour the neighborhood and see the murals at the street level with the street artists who created the art. Learn about the community focused organization, Knob Hill Urban Art District, that creates the murals. Talk with the artists. Experience the art up close. Snake your way through the alleys of the district to find hidden gems. Don't forget your walking shoes!
Library Explorers: Colorado Springs History [Virtual]
Library Explorers programs are designed for adults of all abilities. Join us to learn more about Colorado Springs history using PPLD's Digital Collections. Bonus points if you can find the cat or dog in these historical photos!
Pikes Peak Regional History Symposium
Nice, Naughty, & Notable: Colorado Springs at 150
In a year marking the 150-year anniversary of the founding of Colorado Springs by William Jackson Palmer, Pikes Peak Library District is pleased to offer our 2021 Pikes Peak Regional History Symposium virtually! This year's program has been divided into four separate virtual events. We are excited to celebrate our city's sesquicentennial with you!
- Sat., May 22
- Kathy Sturdevant: “Instant Civilization”: The Engineer of “Progress” and the Magic Early Years of Colorado Springs
- Steve Plutt: The Lake George Ice & Power Company
- Doreen E. Martinez: Historicizing Indigenous Presence: Footprints, Artifacts, Ways of Being and Knowing
- Sat., June 26
- Susan Fletcher: Glen Eyrie at 150 (Give or Take Several Millennia)
- Tom Noel: The Broadmoor Hotel’s Beginnings: From Count James Pourtales to Spencer Penrose
- Eric Swab: Three Trails That Ring Cheyenne Mountain, Three Tales of Infidelity, Bribery, and Provocation
- Sat., July 24
- Leah Davis Witherow: CC Professor Edith Bramhall, teacher, mentor, city council member, & activist
- Eric Metzger: The McAllister House and its Place in 150 years of Colorado Springs History
- Greg Atkins: City Business: Colorado Springs and the Libertarian Party
- Sat., Aug. 28
- Rick Sturdevant: Air and Space Forces in Colorado Springs: Their Bases and Memorable Characters
- Mark James: Dr. James, Moral Reformer, Scientist, Pikes Peak
- Kathy Sturdevant: The Quaker Trail: Moral Infiltration, Disintegration, and Revival in the Pikes Peak Region
CoS History Book Club
The past is the window to the present. Using the published works of local historians as inspiration, this program will highlight specific themes of Colorado Springs and the region. It is offered in concert with the books referenced, which provide additional background. However, attendees should not feel obligated to read the books in advance of the discussion. The series will provide high-quality information about the community to a broad and diverse audience.
April Topic: Invisible People
Join editors Takiyah Jemison and Heather Jordan in a panel discussion of the newest release of the Pikes Peak Library District’s Regional History Series: an updated edition of The Invisible People of the Pikes Peak Region by John Stokes Holley. Originally published in 1990 by the Friends of the Pikes Peak Library District and the Friends of the Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum, this book presents a comprehensive history dedicated to the local African American community. The reprint includes the original publication in its entirety, along with new chapters, an index, and additional images.
A copy of the book may be checked out from the Library (via our Catalog) or purchased from PPLD Special Collections (20 N. Cascade Avenue), the Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum (215 S. Tejon St.), or clausenbooks.com. A recommended chapter will be emailed to all registrants.
March Topic: Doctors, Disease & Dying
Join Katie Rudolph, Denver Public Library archivist, and Matt Mayberry, director of the Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum, as they present on their chapters from our Regional History book series title, Doctors, Disease & Dying. Katie will outline the events leading up to and surrounding the 1918 influenza pandemic in Denver, mirroring her chapter, "The influenza pandemic of 1918 : a Colorado Springs timeline." Matt Mayberry will speak with us about the local tuberculosis industry in, "On a cough & a prayer : the Modern Woodmen Sanatorium & the tuberculosis industry in the Pikes Peak Region."
For more information about the pioneers, traders, and military personnel who were both the purveyors and the recipients of needed care in the Pikes Peak Region, Doctors, Disease & Dying can be checked out from library locations.
January Topic: Visible People
Downtown Colorado Springs contains visible monuments to multiple significant local historic figures. Regional History and Genealogy Director, Brett Lobello, will discuss how these monuments offer a window, not just into William Jackson Palmer, Winfield Scott Stratton, and Spencer Penrose, but also the people and community that chose to commemorate their life and actions.
150 years after the founding of Colorado Springs, historians are still learning from the words and deeds of General William Jackson Palmer. Leah Davis Witherow, Curator of History for the Colorado Springs Pioneers Museums will explore manuscripts, photographs, artifacts, and memories of those who knew him best – General Palmer is more valuable and relevant than ever.
For more information about the history of Colorado Springs, Newport in the Rockies can be found in the catalog and checked out from library locations.
November Topic: Extraordinary Women
Inspired by the Pikes Peak Library Districts’ Regional History Book Series book, Extraordinary Women of the Pikes Peak Region, the first program will introduce women important to Colorado Springs history.
Chris Nicholl, PPLD Regional History and Genealogy staff member, will share the story of three Colorado Springs women whose political demonstrations at the gates of the White House landed them in prison and helped win the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, granting American women the right to vote. Susan Fletcher, Glen Eyrie Navigators Historian and Archivist, will explore the lives of Queen Palmer, wife of General William Jackson Palmer, and their three daughters, Elsie, Dorothy, and Marjory.
For more information about women of the Pikes Peak Region, Extraordinary Women of the Pikes Peak Region highlights these stories as well as the stories of 18 other women. Susan Fletcher's chapter is published in Bigwigs & Benefactors of the Pikes Peak Region.
Streaming History: Fannie Mae Duncan
To celebrate Black History Month, PPLD Special Collections will host a live chat while streaming the Rocky Mountain PBS documentary, Fannie Mae Duncan. While watching the documentary, you can chat with PPLD staff and the documentary's producer, Kate Perdoni.
Meet the inspiring Fannie Mae Duncan, an African American nightclub owner who brought the motto “Everybody Welcome” to true meaning at her Colorado Springs Cotton Club despite the volatile Civil Rights Movement of her day. The granddaughter of slaves and the daughter of tenant farmers, Fannie Mae stood up against disharmony and heartbreak to maintain the first racially integrated club in the city. Premiered on Rocky Mountain PBS November 8, 2018.
Invisible People Book Release
Join the Pikes Peak Library District and the Special Collections team for a virtual book release of The Invisible People of the Pikes Peak Region by John Stokes Holley. To help celebrate the book’s release, we will hear presentations from two Colorado Springs natives. PPLD Senior Adult Services Librarian Melissa Mitchell will present “Growing up with Greatness” and Colorado Springs native Sharon Tunson will present “Unsettled Settler.” Also speaking at the event will be PPLD Chief Librarian John Spears and the book’s editors, Takiyah Jemison and Heather Jordan of the Pikes Peak Library District. Registration is required for this zoom event. | <urn:uuid:ec24ae05-028a-44a2-9f5a-a435f358fc54> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://ppld.org/CoS150 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571536.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811224716-20220812014716-00278.warc.gz | en | 0.901218 | 1,983 | 2.015625 | 2 |
Published on June 11th, 2008 | by Low Impact Living11
Low Impact Living: Hypermiling — My Mileage is Better than Your Mileage
Editor’s note: There’s no doubt about it: high gas prices are changing the ways Americans drive (and even causing them choose alternatives to driving). Our friends at Low Impact Living take a look today at the most extreme practices of driving with fuel economy in mind: hypermiling. As writer Jason Pelletier points out, some of these tactics involve safety risks… so be very careful with some of the more aggressive methods. This post was originally published on Thursday, June 5, 2008.
You may have heard about folks out there who describe themselves as “hypermilers”. What is that, you might ask? Well, it’s basically just someone who gets more out of a gallon of gas than the rest of us. Not a little more, though, but A LOT more – hypermilers can often nearly double the EPA listed mileage for a given car. One of the leaders in the hypermiler movement, Wayne Gerdes, can get nearly 60 mpg out of his 2005 Honda Accord (EPA est 34 mpg), and once got 127 mpg out of a Prius (EPA est 42 mpg)!
We all can learn from what they do, for their tips range from things we all should be doing anyway all the way up to the downright crazy / illegal things that it takes to get up into the mileage stratosphere.
Some of the easier hypermiling tips and tricks are:
- driving the speed limit,
- making sure your car is tuned and well-lubricated with tires inflated at all times,
- performing very gradual stops and starts (or picking routes that don’t require them at all), and
- not using air conditioning.
What about some of the more aggressive tactics?
- Pulling in behind 18-wheelers or other large vehicles and “draft” behind them, much as a NASCAR driver will do before passing for the lead. The problem is, this usually puts you in the truck driver’s blind spot (dumb) and also requires you to tailgate (illegal);
- Driving much slower than the speed limit, risking fines for impeding traffic;
- Over-inflating tires (reduces surface area in contact with road but increases risk of blowout);
- Riding with one set of tires on the white lane markers (reduces friction but risks having a cyclist as a hood ornament);
- Shifting into neutral and turning off the car when coasting (dangerous, because it eliminates power steering and brakes), or
- Choosing not to drive in areas or at times of high winds (???).
Clearly, this stuff takes practice, planning, a bit of OCD, and a certain propensity to push the boundaries of legality and safety. Of course, the argument is that saving $ and the planet make it all worthwhile.
For anyone interested in reading more, here are a few good links with tips and descriptions of the hypermiling tricks:
- A pretty comprehensive list of hypermiling techniques (on, of all things, a credit card comparison site!);
- And, last but certainly not least, the place where it all started, the online forum CleanMPG. This particular post is the motherlode of hypermiling info, and this link shows photos of the many of the devices and technologies that hypermilers employ.
We’d love to know what you do to improve your gas mileage – please leave some comments!
Want to Become a Hypermiler or Learn About Eco-Modding? Read on…
- How to Get 70 MPG Out of a Honda Civic
- Get 120 MPG Out of Your Prius (Plug It In)
- Hypermilers and Nickels Out the Window
- 100+ EcoDriving Tips to get Better Mileage in Your Car
- 100 Tips for “Hypermiling”
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Succulents are among the easiest plants to grow both indoors and outside. With just a minimum of care they will thrive and look beautiful. Many succulents though are prone to etiolate. It is important to know how to prevent or correct etiolated succulents that have become leggy, stretched out, or elongated.
What Does the Term “Etiolate” Mean?
When a cactus or any other type of succulent stretches out abnormally it has begun to etiolate. Depending on the type of succulent it is, many people will simply call it leggy or stretched out. An etiolated succulent will look elongated and often will lose its color and look pale or yellowish. Signs of etiolation may also include thin stems and leaves spreading out unnaturally on the stem
Why Is My Succulent Stretched Out?
When your succulent is not close enough to a light source or it is not getting enough light, it will naturally start stretching out to get the maximum light that it can get. This is a good thing in the sense that it is staying alive. It does not always look very good however and the succulent can become quite deformed looking.
Etiolating succulents may look spread out and taller than healthier plants of the same variety. Just by looking at the etiolated succulent you can easily see it is bending and turning toward the light.
Is My Elongated Succulent Going to Die?
In some cases, etiolated succulents may still live for years. Although they may look elongated and pale, succulents are extremely adaptive and resourceful. The stretching out to get more sunlight may cause it to look unhealthy but it may now be receiving enough light to do just fine. As long as you start providing more light your succulent may not need any trimming at all if you like the way it looks.
If the light source is too low, yes, eventually your succulent will die.
Succulents that Are Prone to Etiolate
Some succulents look absolutely awful when they start stretching out. Other succulents actually don’t look that bad and can have a distinctive character when they are slightly elongated.
How Do I Fix a Leggy Succulent?
Unfortunately, once a succulent has etiolated there is no way to reverse that. If it is a larger mature succulent you can trim off the parts of the plant that have elongated and that may be enough to make the plant look normal again.
You will, of course, need to move the plant to a better more appropriate light source so it will no longer need to stretch out for needed light. With a good light source for the right number of hours through the day you plant will not need to stretch out and become abnormal looking.
It can be a challenge in some homes to get enough indirect sunlight for the types of succulents you want to grow. It may work to move your plant to another window. It may be necessary to try a completely different variety of succulent. There are some succulents that do not require as much light as other varieties. If none of these options will work, then you may need to use a grow light to provide the extra light your plant needs
When All Else Fails It is Time to Propagate Your Succulent
Every succulent is unique and even the most experienced growers will have a plant etiolate on them. With some of the fast-growing succulents they can look very leggy quickly and it is too late to adjust the light or to trim it appropriately for a better appearance. In that case you can still salvage the plant, so to speak, by simply propagating it into a new plant. Most succulents are very easy to propagate with a leaf, a branch or a pup. By propagating an etiolated succulent, you can start fresh with a brand new plant usually within a few weeks.
Enjoy the following video which demonstrates propagating an etiolated succulent.
[Transcription] Hi guys, it's Jess here with Angel's Grove. So as promised today I am going to be showing you how to fix an old succulent or one that's grown tall. A lot of times if you don't have enough sunlight or artificial light then your succulents will get really lengthy and you can tell because the leaves will be really spread out.
This one's actually not too bad. The leaves are more spread out than I would like but he just kind of grew taller. And so, I would like to get rid of this stem here. One thing that's really neat about succulents is they will propagate from an old stem. So today I'm going to show you how to do that and I'm gonna also be fixing this rosette. So that I can put him in a different planter in a couple days and he'll be happy and grow new roots.
So what I have here is just a little pocket knife. It doesn't have to be anything fancy just something sharp and then my succulent. And so what I'm going to be trying to do is leaving a couple leaves on. So, in my last video I actually took this succulent and propagated some of the leaves by pulling them off and I'll put a link to that video below if you're interested. But what I probably would have done if I thought about this the other day is leave those leaves and takes them from the middle and then make it a cutting from that. So, I want to leave a couple of these bottom leaves on because the stem will do fine if I water it continually and it has enough light to produce more rosettes off of the stem itself.
However, if there's a couple of leaves if you know anything about photosynthesis you know that's how it's gonna get its energy and its resources. So, the chances of it actually producing more on the stem itself are higher if I leave a couple of these leaves on. So, I'm going to try to keep these two leaves and then this one on the succulent. And so, I'm going to start by removing a couple of these middle leaves if I can get my fingers in there.
And then I'm gonna make a cut across with just a clean pocketknife for that and then I'm just gonna leave it in a moderate light spot so a little bit of indirect light. I don't want it to be sunburnt or get too much light while it's just resting and recovering I'm gonna let it callus.
So, we get started with that I'm gonna start by removing this one. I'm gonna hold on to the stem since I have a lot of stem here I'm just gonna hold on to that to kind of stabilize it and help me a little bit with the process. And these leaves really pull off easily and so I'm not too worried about that. And then these leaves I'm also going to be using for my propagation because they'll make some more for me.
And maybe I'll leave on four. So here I made a little separation as you can hopefully see between these bottom leaves and this top rosette. So, one thing I want to make sure that this rosette has when I cut it off is a node and so a node for me I guess I don't know if that's what technical terminology for it is but where I pull it off a leaf. And so, I'll show you maybe closer up, but each leaf kind of leaves a little mark and then that is where the roots are gonna come out.
And so, you want to make sure they have them. So just going as close to the bottom leaves as I can making sure this top rosette has enough. Be really careful not to cut yourself too. I'm just gonna try to work my way around this and cut it off. The cleaner that cut the better. There we go okay so here is my nice little rosette and that couldn't be cuter.
And then this is what the bottom looks like. And so here hopefully you'll be able to see that there are some black dots or they look kind of like little lines but those are the nodes that I was talking about on the bottom that the leaves are gonna come out of. And then this is what the bottom half looks like.
So, I have a couple leaves here that the sunlight can nourish I guess. And then I'll just pull him out a little bit and you can see those nodes have kind of scarred up from previous leaves that I've pulled off. And so that's what I'm talking about there and the leaves are gonna come out from those.
So yeah so, this guy I actually watered a couple days ago so his soil is fine but you're just gonna want to keep watering him as normal. So, under these lights I have a t8 light and a t5 light about 13,000 lumens each with these guys under there. I'm gonna water them about once a week. If you go once a month, it's fine they just won't grow as fast. You just want to make sure that the soil is dry in between each watering. You don't want to get root rot. But yeah so hopefully this guy will either produce a rosette off the top or off the bottom or off the side but he's gonna try to make some new rosettes hopefully and this is a good way to propagate old stems.
A lot of times I usually just throw these out as they are sometimes slower, or I don't have leaves left on and I usually pull them off to propagate but this is a fun way and they make really cute little babies and sometimes a lot of them.
So, it's kind of hit or miss but then I have a couple leaves left over for propagating and so if you want to see how to do that again it's the same link below. And then yeah so, this guy you need to let this part callus over. And so I think you should be able to see that it's really wet still or it's a fresh cutting it's really green. And so you don't want to make it susceptible to root rot and so you're gonna want to let him dry for about three days. And so in three days I'll come back and finish this video once this has calloused over so that I can plant him up.
If you are making an arrangement and take a cutting like this off of a variety of succulents to put in a succulent arrangement you can plant them. However just keep in mind that you shouldn't water them. And so as long as your soil is dry this should be fine just to plop in soil otherwise I would wait until you are sure that this has calloused over before adding them to anything.
Hi guys just here so it's actually been four days since I made this cutting and here is the beautiful pearl it's gorgeous. You can see how it's actually you know gotten white and it's made a callus here on the end. That's really good it's gonna prevent it from getting a root rot as it starts to grow in this new soil. So yeah so I just filled up this little pot here.
It's about four inches is that we need to consider that and with some Miracle Grow Succulent and Cactus Soil. And then I just made a little tiny hole, but you don't have to since this is sturdy enough to make its own. Honestly, I'll probably just fill that back in and then I'm just going to push it down like that. And then in a couple days when I water the rest of my succulents I'll water this one again and hopefully he'll start growing roots here in the next couple of days.
So yeah if you enjoyed this video of how to trim an older succulent or behead one for propagation you know like this video comment below subscribe to our channel so that you can watch other videos about this. Thanks for joining guys bye. [End of transcription]
The book, Introduction to Plant Cell Development, goes into detail about the cellular process involved in succulents that have etiolated.
Etiolated Succulents Can be Prevented or Fixed
In summary, don’t panic or think that you failed if you have a succulent that gets leggy looking. It can happen to the most experienced succulent growers. You can either just enjoy the unique looking plant or take steps to provide better light. Finally, if your succulent is still abnormal looking you can always propagate a new one! | <urn:uuid:e6b0a77b-78e0-4371-80d3-b9c31c148c10> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://desertsucculents.com/etiolated-succulents-leggy-how-to-prevent-fix/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571869.23/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813021048-20220813051048-00069.warc.gz | en | 0.974519 | 2,615 | 3.203125 | 3 |
How to Improve People Skills
People enjoy being around others that are personable, fun and respectful. When you develop your people skills, you can embody these traits, which will draw others to you. Here are some tips on how to improve your people skills.
First, you need to gain self-confidence particularly if you have struggled to make friends in the past. You will gain confidence with better self-esteem and more experience talking to others.
Once you gain more self-esteem, it’s important to embody that change in yourself. To do this, here are some simple tips that can help you.
- First, you want to look presentable. This doesn’t mean you have to transform into a clothes horse. Instead, you should display your personality through how you present yourself. When you show others that you take the time to care about your appearance it will attract their attention.
- When walking down the halls of your college, apartment or work building, keep your head up, smile and say hi to others as they approach you. This is an easy way for you to start a conversation with others while also give them the impression that you are outgoing.
- Next, when you make small talk with others, stand up straight, maintain eye contact and ask follow-up questions. There is nothing more off-putting then talking to someone who’s busy playing on their phone. Your body language tells others much about you and whether you display interest in them.
- When you feel comfortable, allow your personality to shine through. This, more than anything else, will allow others to gravitate to you. It’s true that some people won’t be receptive to your personality, but those that do can lead to great friendships.
- Lastly, it’s important to keep your confidence in check. There is a fine line between confidence and cockiness, so while it’s ideal that you project confidence, don’t allow it to make you think you are better than others. This will only lead to people staying away from you.
As your confidence grows, you will become more comfortable meeting people. To meet others, it’s a good idea to join college or community groups that give you the opportunity to meet people that share similar interests . When going to these meetings, it’s important that you walk up to others to introduce yourself. A great way to make this process easy is to walk up to another person, smile, introduce yourself and ask them what interested them in this group. This is a non-confrontational way to start the conversation that will take the pressure off you while giving you a chance to learn more about the other person. In these small talks, allow your confidence and experience to take over by displaying good listening and communication skills, which can turn chance encounters into good friendships.
Another key component on how to have good social skills is you taking the initiative to make plans. You can do this by asking some coworkers to lunch, organizing a football game with friends in your dorm or asking a buddy out for a beer. By doing this, you show others you want to spend time with them. As a result, this will give you more opportunities to connect with others and help you to develop great friendships.
Ultimately, developing people skills can seem like a challenging process for you. However, by developing good self-esteem and building communication skills through chance encounters, you can develop the personal skills necessary to thrive in a wide variety of social situations.
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Thomas, P C (2003) Designing of primer for PCR. In: Winter school on Recent Advances in Mariculture Genetics and Biotechnology, 4- 24 November 2003, Cochin.
The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is the technique for in vitro synthesis of multiple copies of a given DNA molecule. Primers are the most important components of PCR and success of PCR largely depends on the primers. A primer is an oligonucleotide. It is utilized as the starting point for the synthesis of the DNA fragment in a PCR. Primers bind to its complementary sequences on the DNA template and extend in length by addition of nucleotide to its 3' end. Amplification of specific regions of the template DNA depends on the design of primer sequences.
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Full text of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko's address to the UN General Assembly 70th anniversary session on 29 September in New York:
Distinguished Mr. President, Dear Colleagues, Ladies and Gentlemen,
On behalf of Ukraine, I sincerely congratulate distinguished Mr. Mogens Lykketoft on election as President of the 70th session of the UN General Assembly.
I wish you, Mr. President, every success in your activity in this crucial historic moment. Our future will largely depend on the outcomes of this session and our collective decisions - whether we will choose to follow the path of peace, security and human rights, or will plunge into the turmoil of new hybrid wars, chaos and sufferings.
Mr. President, At the moment of the Organization's anniversary I'm proud to speak on behalf of one of the UN founding members. The State, which back in 1945 took an active part in the San Francisco conference, contributed to the establishment of the Organization and laid down the foundations for its activities. The State, which added a lot in San Francisco to shape the heart of the UN Charter - its Purposes and Principles.
Regrettably, I am also speaking on behalf of the UN Member State, which is now suffering from a brutal violation of the fundamental norms and principles of the UN Charter.
The statement on Ukraine's joining to the United Nations as one of the founding members, which was delivered at the San Francisco conference, emphasized, I quote "Ukraine has repeatedly been the subject of bloody invasions by aggressors that for centuries have sought to capture its territory ...". End of quote.
It has been a long time since that landmark event. But, today, I have to recall that my country has become the object of external aggression.
This time, the aggressor is Russia - neighboring country, former strategic partner that legally pledged to respect the sovereignty, territorial integrity and inviolability of the borders of Ukraine.
This country used to be a guarantor of Ukraine's security under the Budapest Memorandum, whereby security guarantees were provided to my country in exchange for a voluntary renunciation of the world's third nuclear arsenal.
Moreover, this state is a permanent member of the UN Security Council, which is entrusted by the UN Charter with maintaining international peace and security.
In February 2014, Russia conducted an open and unprovoked aggression against my country, having occupied and annexed the Crimea. Bluntly and brutally violating the international law and shocking the whole world community.
I am deeply grateful to the delegations of the majority of our Organization's Member States, that last year supported the resolution of the UN General Assembly entitled "Territorial integrity of Ukraine", which condemned the Russian illegal annexation of the Crimea.
It is regrettable that after this clear verdict of the international community, Russia did not return to the civilized international legal field.
Moreover, Moscow started a new military reckless gamble - this time, in Ukrainian Donbas region.
Despite the fact that until now Russia refuses to officially admit its direct military invasion, today there is no doubt that this is an aggressive war against my country.
To mislead the world community, Russian leadership orders to takes off insignias of its military servicemen and identification marks of its military equipment, to abandon its soldiers captured on the battlefield; to cynically use mobile crematoriums to eliminate traces of its crimes in Ukrainian soil.
Ukrainian territories occupied by Russia in the Crimea and Donbas region constitute approximately 44 thousand square kilometers.
Millions of Ukrainians have found themselves under occupation.
The goal of this war is to force the Ukrainian people to give up its sovereign choice to build a free, democratic, prosperous European state.
All this takes place against the backdrop of traitorous rhetoric about brotherly peoples, common history, related languages and "predestined" common future.
In fact, we are dealing here with a desire to return to the imperial times with spheres of influence, a desperate attempt to obtain self-affirmation at others' expense.
For over 20 months, Russia's aggression against my country has been continuing through financing of terrorists and mercenaries, and supplies of arms and military equipment to the illegal armed groups in Donbas.
Over the last few days we have heard conciliatory statements from the Russian side in which, in particular, it called for the establishment of anti-terrorist coalition, or warned of fire danger to flirt with terrorists. Cool story, but really hardly to believe! How can you urge an anti-terrorist coalition -if you inspire terrorism right in front of your door? How can you talk about peace and legitimacy - if your policy is war via puppet governments? How can you speak of freedom for nations - if you punish your neighbor for his choice? How can you demand respect for all - if you don't have respect for anyone? The Gospel of John teaches us: "In the beginning was the word". But what kind of a gospel do you bring to the world, if all your words are double-tongued like that?
Back to the situation in Donbas I have to state that here we are forced to fight proper, fully armed regular troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. Heavy weaponry and military equipment are concentrated in the occupied territories in such quantities that armies of the majority of UN Member States can only dream about.
These are, in particular, the state of art samples of military equipment of Russian production, which are unlikely, according to the well-known assumption of the Russian President might be purchased in an ordinary army store. Unless, of course, such a wholesale store, with free shipping, is from the Russian Federation.
During this period, more than 8,000 Ukrainians, of whom about 6,000 civilians, died at the hands of the Russian backed terrorists and occupiers in Donbas. More than 1.5 million residents of Donbas were forced to flee their homes and became internally displaced persons moving to other safer region in Ukraine.
I would like to take this opportunity to express my gratitude to the international community for the considerable efforts in providing necessary assistance to the people in need.
At the same time I call upon the United Nations and all other international actors to continue to pay special attention to this very important issue.
I would like to draw your attention that it is not for the first time that the permanent member of the UN Security Council is undermining peace and security at both regional and international levels.
For over 24 years that have passed since the questionable procedure of transfer of the permanent Security Council membership of the former Soviet Union to the Russian Federation, it is not the only "hybrid" war that Russia has unleashed.
In fact, in order to preserve its influence in neighboring countries, Russia for decades has deliberately created around itself the belt of instability. These are: Nagorny Karabakh, Transnistria, Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Crimea and Donbas. All of these are protracted conflicts, which supported by, or directly related to Russia. But the Kremlin goes further on.
These days the Russian "men in green" tread on Syrian land.
In every democratic country, if someone stole your property, the independent court would restore justice, in order to protect the rights, and punish the offender. However, we must recognize that in the 21st century our Organization lacks an effective instrument to bring the aggressor-country to justice, which has stolen the territory of another sovereign state.
70 years ago the creators of the UN Charter have envisaged the mechanism of the UN Security Council sanctions to be one of the restraining tools applied in response to the breaches of peace and acts of aggression.
However, they couldn't even imagine that this tool will be needed against the Aggressor State that is a Permanent member of the UN Security Council.
Since the beginning of the aggression, Russia used its veto right twice, while the UN Security Council was considering questions related to Ukraine. At the outset, Russia blocked a draft resolution condemning "fake referendum" on Crimea's annexation in March 2014.
The second time Russia put its shameful veto on the draft resolution on establishment of the International Tribunal to investigate and bring to justice all responsible for Malaysian MH17 plane crush. By imposing its disgraceful veto on this draft resolution, Russia clearly demonstrated to the whole world its defiance in establishing the truth. Not just the truth about perpetrators of this terrorist attack and arms, used to shot down that plane. What is most important is the truth about those, who organized this crime and from which country the mentioned arms had been transported. I think everyone in this Hall clearly understands real motives of Russia's veto on MH17 Tribunal.
Moreover, the establishment of an international peacekeeping operation which could lead to the stabilization of the situation in Ukraine and stop the bloodshed had been also blocked because of the potential threat of Russia's veto.
Abuse of the veto right, its usage as a "license to kill" is unacceptable. Collective voice of our Organization should be clear. Ukraine stands for the gradual limitation of the veto right with its further cancellation. Veto power should not become an act of grace and pardon for the crime, which could be used anytime and "pulled off from the sleeve" in order to avoid fair punishment.
In this context I welcome the initiative of my French colleague President Hollande, supported by President Peÿa Nieto of Mexico, on the Political Declaration to restrain from the veto right among the PS Members in case of mass atrocities.
Primary attention should be given to the modernization of the UN Security Council - including enlargement of its membership and improvement of methods of its work. The membership of the UN Security Council should reflect realities of the 21st century by representing larger quantity of African, Asian and Latin American States. Additional non-permanent seat in the Council should be given to the Eastern European Group of countries - its composition doubled during the last two decades.
Ukraine also considers improvement of peacekeeping and peace building architecture of the Organization as an important element of the UN reform. I am proud of Ukraine's international reputation as an active and devoted contributor to the UN Peacekeeping Operations. Despite external challenges, we remain a reliable partner of the Organization in this noble matter.
The contribution of Ukraine to the maintenance of international peace and security provides us with moral grounds to count on the same assistance from the Organization in time of vital importance of this issue for my country. The special peacekeeping mission in Donbas under the UN auspices could become a very useful instrument contributing to implementation of the Minsk Agreements. Ukraine is committed to follow the letter and the spirit of the Minsk deal. We demand the same approach from other signatories that have lately resorted to the language of blackmail. Otherwise, there is no alternative to sanctions, and even their strengthening. For full access of OSCE monitors to all occupied territories, withdrawal of the Russian military forces, military equipment as well as mercenaries from the territory of Ukraine, restoration of full control by Ukraine over the state border with Russia must be secured. Freedom, peace, respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity - Ukraine doesn't demand more. However, it will not settle for less.
Mr. President, Unfortunately, not by its own free will today Ukraine is one of the areas of fight against terrorist threat. We strongly condemn terrorism in all its forms and manifestations. The activity of ISIL, AI Qaeda, Boko Haram, AI Shabaab and others is the global challenge. The only possible way to address it, is to unite in common and non-compromised fight against this evil.
International terrorism has proved to be more flexible than the political will of nations, and today it has taken new hybrid forms. State and non-state actors have become interlinked. The struggle for one's rights is substituted for ruthless terror. We are convinced that the need for the universal international instrument able to counteract this crime is not only urgent but long overdue.
For this reason, the conclusion of preparatory work on the draft of the UN Convention on the Prevention and Combating of Terrorism should become one of the top priorities for this 70th Session.
A special role in the fight against international terrorism should be given to the most reputable legal institutions - the International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court. Making the jurisdiction of these institutions universal is a core element of overcoming the impunity of actual violators as well as their patrons - the regimes whose national policy has become the mass-production of terror. I strongly believe that one of the most important aspects of fighting against terrorism is keeping and sharing the memory of the victims. In this context, I propose that 70th Session of the General Assembly consider the establishment of the International Day of Commemoration of Memory of the Victims of Terrorist Acts.
Mr. President, It was the feeling of humiliation, disregard of people's will and the violation of their fundamental rights that prompted Ukrainians leave their homes for protests in 2013, which was the beginning of the Revolution of Dignity.
Ukraine has paid and continues to pay an extremely high price for its freedom, and the right to live in a free country - the price of human lives. This is why, the interests of every single individual, and the protection of people's rights laid the foundation for my large-scale reform program launched a year ago.
For the first time in 24 years of its independence, Ukraine adopted a National Human Rights Strategy. It took into account best international practices from the human rights perspective, including the EU Strategic Framework on Human Rights and Democracy.
Russian aggression exposed the problem of securing the human rights in the Crimea and certain areas of Donetsk and Luhansk regions. Leading international human rights organizations are alerting about the radical deterioration of the human rights situation, which directly applies to Ukrainians and Crimean Tatars in the occupied Crimea. I am referring specifically to the practice, used by the occupation authorities of the Crimea: to enlist forcefully into Russian citizenship, as well as to systematic persecution, arrests, abductions and killings of pro-Ukrainian residents of the peninsula, and complete elimination of independent media.
Ukraine reaffirms its commitment to the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. By all legal means, we will continue to defend the rights of the Crimean Tatars - the indigenous people of Ukraine - and the Ukrainians, who are suffering from the repressive policy of the occupation authorities in the Crimea. 5 I hope that the decision to address this issue will be taken during the current session. I also feel obliged to mention the names of Nadiya Savchenko, Oleg Sentsov, Olexandr Kolchenko and many other Ukrainians, political prisoners of the Kremlin, illegally detained and sentenced. For example, Oleg Sentsov, a respected filmmaker, was sentenced to 20 years in prison only for being Ukrainian patriot. I call upon the UN and its Member States to launch a worldwide campaign to pressure Russian authorities to immediately release all Ukrainian citizens, which they hold hostage.
We will be able to achieve our goal only if our action is global. Most of all, Ukraine needs solidarity and assistance, which is really a powerful instrument against aggression and injustice.
Ukraine will win for sure because truth is on its side. But we will do it much faster if we feel support and solidarity of the whole international community.
The ongoing hybrid war of Russia against Ukraine has demonstrated that the international community is facing another challenge, which requires consolidation of our efforts. The full-scale information war and propaganda campaign have become a particular destructive form of non-military aggression. Fake news, blatant lies spread to justify aggression, propaganda of intolerance and violence are phenomena of the same range, which undermine the principles of freedom of expression and poison human souls and minds. That is why the task of strengthening the role of information in the maintenance of peace and security is more important than ever.
I call upon the General Assembly to strongly condemn these shameful phenomena and to discuss the ways to confront them. Mr. President, Despite the above-mentioned external challenges, Ukraine is fully committed to the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals.
We are ready to share joint responsibility for solving specific vital problems and priorities of the most vulnerable groups of countries, such as small island states. Ukraine as a member of "Friends of Climate" Group is looking forward to reach consensus on the universal agreement in the area of climate change as soon as possible. We hope that this result will be achieved by the UN Member States in December this year in Paris. We have to understand that the price of this issue is the safety of future generations and sustainable development of mankind.
The path towards the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals will not be successful without overcoming and preventing the consequences of environmental and technological disasters.
As a result of the Russian aggression, Ukraine faces another challenge - the protection of the environment in Donbas. Irresponsible and criminal flooding of mines by terrorists led to the poisoning of drinking water, soil, flora and fauna of the region. The atmosphere is polluted due to explosions and shelling of sensitive industrial infrastructure. In fact, we can speak about the risk of environmental disaster.
I am convinced that the issue of environment protection under the conditions of conflict needs special attention of the United Nations Environment Assembly. Speaking about technological disasters, I cannot but recall one of the most horrific of them. Next year we will mark the sad anniversary - 30 years since the tragedy at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station. I would like to request you, Mr. President, to hold a special meeting of the General Assembly, dedicated to the thirtieth anniversary of the Chornobyl disaster in April 2016.
Mr. President, In my country's address on the occasion of joining the United Nations it is said, I quote: "Ukraine ... with its vast human strength and material resources will be able to make a significant contribution to maintaining peace and global security."
Just like it was seventy years ago, I reiterate Ukraine's unwavering commitment to further undertake maximum efforts to "save succeeding generations from the scourge of war", enshrined in the UN Charter.
Achievement of this noble goal will be the cornerstone of Ukraine's non-permanent membership in the UN Security Council for the period of 2016-2017, if elected. In this capacity Ukraine will remain the reliable and consistent partner, guided not by own, but global agenda, and resolutely following the spirit and letter of the Charter.
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By Rocio Ortega
Editor’s Note: The UN Foundation’s Girl Up campaign works with the United Nations to support refugee girls in Ethiopia by promoting their education, health, safety, and leadership skills. Learn more here.
The only time I had ever heard the word refugee was rocking out to Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers’ song simply titled “Refugee.”
It wasn’t until I had the opportunity to visit and interact with refugee girls in Ethiopia that I finally understood what that word meant.
As a former Teen Advisor and current Campus Leader for the United Nations Foundation’s Girl Up campaign, I recently joined Girl Up to visit two refugee camps in the outskirts of Ethiopia.
This trip exposed me to the issues Somali refugee girls who live in Ethiopian camps face on a daily basis, like needing lights such as solar lanterns to do homework at night since they don’t have electricity or how having a private bathroom and shower for girls can make a huge difference because it gives them a safe space and privacy.
I was eager to meet the girls there. I wondered how they live and what they want to be when they grow up, but more importantly, I was looking forward to meeting the girls who Girl Up’s youth supporters strongly advocate for.
So when it came time to say hello to the girls, I felt like we had already met.
I knew I would be talking to girls with different experiences than me, but at the end of the day we are all girls who desire to be the best we can be in order to help the next generation of girls succeed as well.
I remember talking about the need to empower girls and how creating all-girl spaces can help. When I told them I attend an all-girls college, they were amazed and wanted to attend an all-girls college too.
I think of these girls as my friends and sisters who I was destined to meet. Everything that they want, like more textbooks to do homework or an all-girls basketball court, are things we have the right to enjoy.
It’s been three months since I visited Ethiopia, and as I reflect back on my experiences there, I wonder what the word refugee means to the everyday citizen. World Refugee Day is needed to remind us of refugee girls who simply want to go to school and help their communities, much like you and I do.
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Here are the some Node JS Development Best Practices -
1. Start all projects with npm initThe best way to add couplings or dependencies is to use NPM. However, you can use npm for more than just these two things; you can use it to explore all of Node.js's packages.
Using npm init, create a new Node.js project.
This will result in the creation of a new package.
You can add a lot of metadata to json, which will aid others working on the same project.
Aside from that, you can include an updated Node.js version that adheres to the semantic versioning spec within the package.
2. Setup .npmrcThe.npmrc file ensures that npm install updates package.json on a regular basis and that the installed dependency's version is always an exact match.
To your package, add a scripts object and property. With a start key, json is generated.
Now, whenever someone does npm start, npm will node myapp.js and all its dependencies from node modules/.bin on the $PATH, eliminating the need for global NPM installations.
3. Use environment variablesEvery programming language requires configuration management to function properly. This section focuses on how to decouple code, services, databases, and other components during development, production, and quality assurance.
To check up the values from process.env in your code, use Node.js environment variables. The environment variables NODE_ENV can be checked.
At this point, the environment variable will be used in your coding according to the Node JS Best Practices. In the development process, it would be used to find values. nvm command.
To minimize confusion, nvm is used by the majority of cloud-hosting providers. You can also utilise different subsequent plans, regular expressions, and configurations in addition to this.
4. Use a style guideTo preserve code readability throughout the project chain, choose an existing set of Node.js coding principles and stick to them. If your style differs from that of a developer who has previously worked on a large number of Node.js projects, you can replace spaces with tabs or reformat the brace positions. This will eat up a significant amount of your time and make the work tedious.
In most cases, the developers' choice of style is personal. As a result, it's a good idea to look over your competitors' style guides to get a better sense of what they're using. The following are some of the major tech giants' style guides.
5. Say No to synchronous functionsSynchronous functions prevent other programs from running until they have completed their work. Turning on the –trace-sync-io flag will display a warning when an asynchronous API is encountered, ensuring that no synchronous functions are present in the code. While it is running, the asynchronous API prevents other programs from running. These functions are also critical for other programmers to understand an application's logic flow.
Furthermore, using async functions in your coding will alert you to the asynchronous API in your project. During the testing phase, it automatically outputs warnings and stack traces.
6. Handle ErrorsIt's never a good feeling when a little error may wreak havoc on your development process by bringing it to a halt. An application's ability to manage exceptions accurately is crucial. Implementing the asynchronous code structures discussed in this blog is the best method to deal with various programming problems.
Promises, for example, include a.catch() handler that cleanly distributes all errors to be handled.
Any operational error will result in the error handler, regardless of whether of the preceding functions may have failed
7. Confirm your app automatically restartsEven if you use the best error handling standards in development, your app may still crash due to a dependency problem. Use a process manager to ensure that your app recovers gracefully from a runtime issue or when the server on which it's executing crashes.
Aside from that, there is another circumstance in which you must restart your application. And that situation is if your entire service goes down. In this instance, you want your program to restart as fast as possible with the least amount of time possible. PM2 Keymetrics can also be used for process management.
You can also use Azure Functions or Azure app service to create a serverless programming environment. You can develop responsive HTTP endpoints using this code framework.
9. Cluster your app to improve reliability and performanceBecause you want one process for each processing core so you may reallocate capacity across all CPU cores, to scalable web applications handling HTTP needs and presentation, if one worker fails, the others will acknowledge requests.
Even if it's just a single process on a minuscule piece of hardware, use the cluster for future flexibility.
10. Entail all your dependencies upfrontAll of your dependencies should be completed and organized ahead of time at all times. You will learn about a problem before it enthralls you in this manner. Your application has gone live a few hours before a consumer discovers it.
As a result, you should always load and set up all of your dependencies in advance. You'll know if there's an issue with your application right away if you do it this way. Otherwise, after a few hours, your app will be ready for production.
ConclusionWhen it comes to web development, Node.js is one of the most popular names. This is because Node.js development is straightforward to grasp and maintain. You can either use a combination of excellent Node js best practices and techniques or engage a specialist Node.js developer.
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NEW YORK, 22 April - Commenting on the signing of the Paris Agreement today, IETA's CEO and President Dirk Forrister says:
"Today’s signing of the Paris Agreement by 170 countries is truly historic. It marks the first step to taking the deal forward. To realize its full potential, policymakers and businesses need to join forces in advancing carbon markets that can provide pricing signals to stimulate innovation and accelerate action. With good rules under article 6, they can enable countries to expand their markets through international linkages.
Recent analysis by IETA and EDF found that 90 governments need access to markets to achieve their nationally determined reduction targets. Yesterday, we heard the leaders on the Carbon Pricing Panel set out ambitious – and achievable– goals to expand the coverage of carbon pricing.
It's time to build on the momentum of today's signing. Climate change is not slowing down, and the longer we delay action, the more costly it will be. Market mechanisms can help to significantly cut the costs of action, while achieving the desired emissions reductions quicker than other policy options." | <urn:uuid:d08449bc-0081-4029-9cfb-9a06b99dedcd> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.ieta.org/page-18192/3978577 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570868.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808152744-20220808182744-00077.warc.gz | en | 0.925773 | 233 | 1.929688 | 2 |
by Leslie Malone
In July, nearly 30 D.C. junior and senior high school students completed the Summer Bridge Program in Environment and Sustainability. Sponsored by the University of D.C., the program was a collaboration between the Center for 4-H and Youth Development and the Water Resources Research Institute, which are both programs of UDC’s College of Agriculture, Urban Sustainability and Environmental Sciences (CAUSES).
The Summer Bridge Program in Environment and Sustainability was designed to provide junior and senior high school students and incoming college students with interactive experience in laboratory analysis, field study and computer applications. This year’s Summer Bridge program was designed to encourage participation in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) disciplines among youth in the District of Columbia.
In China, more than 40 percent of all degrees awarded fall under the STEM umbrella, but in the U.S., just one in eight is a STEM degree, according to global management consulting firm Accenture:
In the U.S., 70% of students are not interested in STEM (Business-Higher Education Forum, 2011), and minority students are at even more of a disadvantage. UDC recognized the challenge, and thanks to a grant from the National Science Foundation, was able to develop the Summer Bridge Program in Environment and Sustainability.
“All children are naturally inquisitive and born to succeed. Our hands-on Summer Bridge Program in environmental science and sustainability focuses on learning, problem solving, discovery and team building to reignite this natural curiosity. This helps under-served students to succeed.”
Participating students were selected because of general interest in science, research and sustainability. The Summer Bridge program also gave students the opportunity to experience college life, giving them exposure to the lecture and research style of higher education.
Led by Dr. Tolessa Deksissa of UDC’s Water Resources Research Institute and taught by Drs. Lily Liang, Suzan Harkness and Pradeep Behera, the four-week Summer Bridge Program offered students a hands-on opportunity to research the world around them. Specific classes were:
1. Environmental and sustainability science (Taught by Dr. Tolessa Deksissa)
2. Mobile technologies (Taught by Dr. Suzan Harkness)
3. Cloud computing (Taught by Dr. Lily Liang)
4. Environmental computing (Taught by Tolessa Deksissa)
5. Engineering Design (Taught by Dr. Pradeep Behera)
6. Capstone project (Taught by Tolessa Deksissa)
Mondays through Thursdays from 9:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m., students focused on separate labs each week (environmental, technology and engineering) before spending the final week on their research project. The intensive program began with a morning demonstration/lecture followed by a hands-on class activity. After lunch, students had the chance to experience field work and visited various sites around D.C. followed by lab work.
“The classes were organized in such a way that a student will be able to complete a research project at the end using all skills learned,” explained Dr. Deksissa. “These are the skills students will need for college and beyond.”
At the end of the program, students presented a summary of their projects before an audience of peers, parents and UDC faculty and staff, demonstrating just how they embraced the challenge of questioning the world around them:
1. Comparing water quality of Rock Creek and the Potomac River (Read the final presentation (PDF download))
2. Comparing tap water quality in NW with SE
3. Comparing bottle water with tap water
4. Can we grow tomatoes in the rose garden?
5. Urban heat island on UDC campus
6. Water quality education video
Addressing the students before handing out their certificates of completion, CAUSES Dean Sabine O’Hara said, “Discovery is a lifelong process, and you are learning to enjoy discovering new things. By questioning your perceived answers, you learned many new things. This kind of questioning and learning will help you to succeed anywhere.”
“It’s amazing to see the growth that these young students have shown during the course of the Summer Bridge Program. It is truly impressive,” said Rebecca Bankhead, 4-H Program Director and State Program Leader for the District.
Participating students were residents of D.C. Wards 1-8 and hailed from various schools around the District:
Bell Multicultural High School
Capital City Public Charter School
Cesar Chavez Public Charter High School
Columbia Heights Educational Campus
Dunbar High School
E.L. Haynes Public Charter School
McKinley Technology High School
Options Public Charter School
Perry Street Prep Public Charter School
School Without Walls
Sidwell Friends School
The Field School
The Katherine Thomas School
The SEED School of Washington, D.C.
Woodrow Wilson High School
The Center for 4-H and Youth Development creates innovative programs that emphasize experiential learning opportunities for young people and their families. Through hands-on interactive programming, participants develop life skills, leadership abilities, and an ethic of civic stewardship.
The Water Resources Research Institute provides the District of Columbia with interdisciplinary research support to identify D.C. water resource problems and contribute to their solution. The Institute supports collaborative research that engages not only faculty members and students, but also a broad array of stakeholders to address regional water issues in a holistic way.
The University of D.C. is expected to offer the program again in the summer of 2014.
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The simple guide to mixing.
The goal of mixing is to bring out the best in your multi-track recording by adjusting levels, panning, and time-based audio effects (chorus, reverb, delay). The aim is to sculpt your arrangement to make sense of all your tracks in relation to each other.
A multitrack recording is anything with more than one individual track (also referred to as stems). There’s no right or wrong number of tracks. You just can’t have zero. The final output of a multitrack recording is also known as the mixdown. The mixdown is the final step before mastering.
It doesn’t matter if you’re recording tracks with microphones and pre-amps, or using pre-recorded sample packs, learning how to mix for yourself is very important. Taking control of your artistic and creative vision will take your music to the next level. It’ll make you a better producer.
Start with these basic tips. They’ll get your mix as far as it can go before you seek more specific resources.
Let’s get started!
Taking control of your artistic and creative vision will take your music to the next level.
There’s tons of Digital Audio Workstations (DAW) to choose from. Which DAW is the best DAW is up to you. Here's some of the best DAWs to help you get started.
Get to know your DAW software intimately. The savvy audio mixer sticks to one DAW and knows it truly, madly, deeply. Don’t cheat on your DAW. Stay true and you’ll reap all the benefits.
I’ll be using Pro Tools as an example but all the principles are the same no matter how you mix.
Most DAW’s provide nifty templates if you’re unsure of how to get started.
For example, Pro Tools includes the ‘Rock’ template which sets your session up with tracks for:
Drums / Bass / Organ / Guitar / 4 empty audio tracks for recording / Click Track / Pre-routed Headphone Mix / Reverb Return / Delay Return / Chorus return
Although this is a basic band mix template, there are other templates to choose from. If you don’t see the template you need, just make one. Making your own template is a great step in developing your mix style. Perfect for booting up your computer and starting a mix from scratch.
This sounds super simple, but trust me. In three months you won’t be able to remember where the third shaker is if it’s called ‘Audio track 48.’ If you record a ‘lead guitar’ then do yourself a favor and call it ‘lead guitar’ before you hit record. Poor naming adds oodles of unneeded studio time to your session.
Make ROY G BIV proud. Color code your tracks. For example, make all of your drum tracks yellow, all your vocal tracks blue, and all your guitars green. This will help with processes like bussing and keeping track of layers of your session. Take two minutes to color code right. It will save you hours of searching later.
So what’re the mixing basics? Just like most processes — and especially in audio mixing — everyone has their own opinions. Right or wrong, who knows? That’s fair. But there are essential mixing basics that everyone should follow.
Believe it or not, you should be mixing before you mix.
Lost? I’ll explain. What are the main textures you’re looking for in your track? What kind of space are you trying to create? Upfront and punchy? Or distant and reverberant? Work on bringing the most character out of your sounds while you're in the early stages of recording. Think about the big picture while recording or choosing your initial sounds.
Push the original recordings as far as you can without heavy processing. Get an early sense of where you are heading for the final mixdown. Commit to good sounds early and avoid endless tweaking later in the mixing stage.
Picture a yellow school bus. Now picture it with a bunch of sounds riding it.
This is what a bus is in a mix. By sending multiple sounds to one track (the bus) you can apply the same processors to them all at once. It’s very handy. Try it out on a drum bus. This allows you to process all your drum sounds as one unit. Treat them with the same reverb to give the perception that they’re all in the same space. Or Set up a delay or compression bus.
Experiment with which sounds you send to what bus. I guarantee you’ll get some very useful results.
HOT TIP: Commit to good sounds early and avoid endless tweaking later in the mixing stage.
Time to give your mix a little haircut. A little snip here, a little trim there. Balance those levels and don’t be afraid to give parts the big chop. Drop the drums for a bar, crank up that vocal for a verse. Get loose.
Get a basic balance of your levels before you go crazy with effects processing. Trim ‘em so they don’t clip later. Think about headroom early.
Keep a final goal in mind as you balance all of your tracks. This will give you a rough idea of how each track will eventually fit together. Processing will smooth out your rough ideas.
So what is panning?
Panning helps you control the width of a mix. It’s the left to right breadth of the stereo field. Panning allows for sounds to be placed in your mix properly. Either to the left, or the right of the stereo center. Keep your heavier or lower sounds near the centre. This means the bass or the kick. Use them as a centring force that you can work around. If everything is panned centrally, your mix will sound flat or crowded.
Now it’s time to dig in and get mixing.
The meat of your mix can be broken down into three basic areas. EQ, Compression and Reverb. Although mixing has many faces, these three make up 90% of the process. They are the donkey work of mixing. Perfect these 3 areas and everything else will come naturally.
Every sound is made of frequencies. Frequency is measured with Hertz (Hz). Equalizing is the art of boosting, cutting and balancing all the frequencies in a mix to get the sound you want.
You’ll often hear the frequency spectrum described as the highs, mids and lows. Bass instruments have a very low-heavy, boomy sound. Their output is mostly low in the frequency spectrum. Alternately, a snare or a high-hat are often a lot more tinny, so they will typically appear in the mid or high frequencies.
Even though we can place these sounds in the general high and low categories, all sounds will have important information in both the highs and the lows. Keep this in mind while you’re mixing.
Use filters. They clean your frequencies up with surgical precision.
The best place to start with corrective EQ tools are high-pass and low-pass filters. High and low pass filters set limits for the signal you’d like to let through. The rest is left behind.
Remember that every track will need special attention. For instance a tom drum is going to need an entirely different EQ treatment than a Rhodes piano. Listen to learn. Figure out what adjustments you need to make with your ears.
The only thing you can do wrong is hold yourself back from experimenting.
Now it’s time to sculpt your mix.
Carving EQ may seem similar to corrective EQ. That’s because it is. Only in this step you are correcting your frequency with the other tracks in mind. Everything will start to fit a bit better in this step. The pieces start to interact. This might sound crazy but good carving EQ sometimes means taking good parts of a frequency out.
But don’t fret (no pun intended). Do it so that all your tracks will mesh better. This is going to sound even crazier, but at this stage your track may even sound bad when it’s soloed. No worries. As soon as it’s in the mix it’ll sound great. This is because you carved your tracks down with the other tracks in mind.
Think of your song like a novel. Every track can’t be the main character. There have to be some other characters to fill out the story. Carving puts your characters in order. For example, carving EQ allows you to take unnecessary low-end off your keys so that it doesn’t mask the kick and bass. You might have two elements battling each other at the same frequency. Like vocals and synth. Carve a space for each by cutting the frequencies on one while boosting the same range on the other.
This is the final, and most creative stage in your equalizer journey. It’s the part where you get to make your track into exactly what you want to hear. Normally I’d call this step enhancement, but it doesn’t start with a C so… Give your tracks personality. Dress them up. There's an equalizer for just about everything.
Now is the time to make your vocals jump out of the speaker. Or make your kick bash and your snare explode. Or make those synth lines extra heartbreaking.
Try several different EQ plugins. Put 2 or 3 different EQs in a row. Some EQs will be good at one thing, and not another. So get the best of everything by stringing them together. There is no wrong way to do it. The only thing you can do wrong is hold yourself back from experimenting.
Dynamics refer to the space between the loudest parts of a sound to the quietest part. The space between each part is typically referred to as the dynamic range. This definition can be applied to an entire song, or to a specific sound.
Dynamic sounds have a wide range between the quietest part of the sound and the loudest. For example, picture a snare hit. It has a very sudden peak that doesn’t last long. This means it has a wide dynamic range. A real flash in the pan. Compare that to an organ note. It stays the same level from the time it begins to the time the key is released. This means it's a less dynamic sound.
Dynamics also exist within an entire performance. An obvious example is a singer singing quietly in the verse, and then belting it out in the chorus. The range between the quietest and loudest parts can often be as much as 20dB, which is a lot. especially when you're trying to balance it with a bunch of other elements. Like that very un-dynamic organ note. These dynamic swings can make it difficult to make everything fit together in a mix without imposing some kind of control on them.
This is where audio compression comes in.
Audio compression is the process of taming the dynamic range. This is done with a compressor that sets specific limits on how much of a frequency is let through. They boost the quieter portions and lower the louder parts, providing a more consistent and balanced overall sound.
How much a compressor does is determined by the compressor's Ratio. Higher ratios affect the dynamic range more.
But why do it? Isn’t dynamic range a good thing?
It’s true, dynamics are good. But remember that you’re trying to get a consistent level in the mix. If something is too loud it’ll stand out and be awkward. If it’s too quiet it’ll get lost in the couch cushions of your mix. Finding a good balance of compression is an art that requires listening and learning.
Does this sound similar to adjusting the faders in your DAW? It should. That's basically what a compressor is doing, but automatically.
But be careful not to get carried away. Applying too much compression is a danger zone. Using only compression to try and balance levels in a mix will lead to a lifeless, punchless, and fatiguing mix. Yucky.
Use compression in conjunction with volume (gain) to get the best results.
Reverb is the reflection of sound. All sound is a reverberation of some kind. The coolest part about mixing is that YOU get to control it. Approach reverb with two goals in mind.
Anything goes when you’re using reverb as an effect. This is where your own unique flare gets injected into the mix. Artificial reverb lets you do all the things you can’t do in real life.
Reverb controls can be intimidating. No sweat. Just use the presets until you find something you like. Then you can tweak it at your leisure. It’s the taster’s choice.
Remember that reverb bus we set up earlier? EQ it. Rolling off some of the highs and lows will make sure it’s not drowning out other elements. You don’t wanna burry that hot maraca just cause your reverb bus is maxed out. Experiment with putting the EQ before the reverb. This means you’re EQing what’s coming into the reverb. Or, put it after the reverb and EQ what’s coming out. Anything goes. Both approaches will give you interesting results.
You don’t have a church handy, but you want your song to sound like it’s in one? No problem. Just fake it with reverb.
Harness the power of reverb to create a real acoustic space for your sound. Do it to add some three-dimensionality to your mix. It doesn’t matter if you tracked your instruments in isolation. Be a sound magician and make it sound like they’re all playing together in the same room.
But be aware that this is a more subtle technique than using reverb as an effect. It’s a perfect time to use that pro mixing touch you’ve developed since you started reading this article. Start by using the ‘Small Room’ or ‘Ambiance’ presets on your reverb (or the most similar preset on your DAW of choice).
HOT TIP: Pay close attention to the balance between early and late reflections. Always be fiddling. Adjust them to understand what they do best for your sound.
Remember that all your processing should be done with the big picture in mind. Have a distinct sense of where you’re going with your track and reference it often. Make your mixdown optimal for the post-mix mastering step. The only way to get the perfect song is to mix with a sound in mind.
So your mix is coming along smoothly by this point. But there are always those looming questions... How do you know if your mix is up to snuff? Does it sound like other good songs? Is everything sitting together properly? Use a Mix Reference. There’s a couple ways to do this:
Do you love the Rolling Stones? Throw Street Fighting Man into your session as track one and reference it while you go. Is your kick sitting like theirs? Is your guitar cutting like Keith’s?
Export and master your track often during the mix process. Take notes on what’s sounding right or wrong. Go back to your mix and fix.
There’s a saying that the last 10% of the job is actually 90% of the work. Use LANDR to avoid this creative block. The only way you’ll know you’re done is to hear it mastered.
All of these processes aren’t one stop shops. Go back relentlessly and make small adjustments over and over. Everything is going to fall apart before it all comes together. Mixing is a lather, rinse, repeat process. Keep at it until you have the perfect mix. A good mix will often take several versions and multiple sessions before it's just right.
Now that you’ve learned all the ‘rules’ of mixing, break all of them. Well maybe not ALL of them. But good mixing is always creative mixing. Take chances with your mix. Mixing isn’t a textbook process you can learn overnight. It’s equal parts know-how, instincts, and risk taking. It’s one of the most creative steps in your process. Don’t squander it by following some dry, stale guide that says there’s only one way to do things. If you wanna put a flanger on your oboe, then put a flanger on your oboe! | <urn:uuid:285b8ebf-f5c8-437e-a7dc-61fbbb82dc32> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.landr.com/en/how-to-mix/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573760.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819191655-20220819221655-00670.warc.gz | en | 0.93741 | 3,514 | 2.03125 | 2 |
Los Bukis Biography
Formed in the mid-70s in Ario de Rosales, Michoacan, Mexico, the name of this band translates colloquially as little kids. Founding members were cousins Marco Antonio Solís (29 December 1959, Ario De Rosales, Michoacán, Mexico; vocals), and Joel Solis (b. 24 December 1956, Ario De Rosales, Michoacán, Mexico; guitar), who had earlier worked together at Los Hermanitos. Over the next few years, other band members included José Javier Solís (percussion), Roberto Guadarrama (b. 19 May 1960, Chalchihuites, Zacatecas, Mexico; keyboards), Pepe Guadarrama (b. Chalchihuites, Zacatecas, Mexico; percussion/saxophones), Eusebio Cortez (b. 16 December 1958, Mexico City, Mexico; bass), and Pedro Sánchez (b. 27 August 1957, Uruapan, Michoacán, Mexico; drums). The bands repertoire included both traditional and contemporary Latin pop, with the music of the members native land being especially prominent. Their debut album included an original, the title track Falso Amor, which became a hit single, while other songs, many of them originals by Marco Antonio Solís, included Navidad Sin Ti and Necesito Una Compañera. Apart from successful singles the groups albums also sold well, with Tu Carcel exceeding one million copies.
Early in the bands career, José Javier Solís embarked upon a solo career and while this did not adversely affect Los Bukis, the mid-90s departure of Marco Antonio Solís prompted disbandment. He briefly used the name El Buki but then, by mutual agreement, the name was abandoned by all parties and the band, without Marco Antonio Solís, continued as Los Mismos.
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Doctors should not have the right or responsibility to force-feed their patients with genomic information about their future health risks, according to bioethicists writing on May 9 in Trends in Biotechnology, a Cell Press publication. They write in response to controversial recommendations from the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG) on the reporting of incidental findings in clinical genome sequencing.
"A lot of people in this field would agree that no one has a right to withhold your health information from you," said Megan Allyse from the Stanford University Center for Biomedical Ethics. "But it's problematic to suggest the inverse: that the medical system should give you information you didn't ask for and don't want. No one should be able to interfere with your ability to accept or decline access. We think that's where these recommendations are problematic, because they do suggest that your physician should interfere in that decision by essentially saying, 'You have to accept this information.' And there is certainly evidence that some people do not want information about long-term health risks, especially in children."
The ACMG recommendations were prompted by the increasing use of genome sequencing in medical care. A challenge in sequencing whole genomes or exomes (protein-coding sequences only) is the sheer quantity of information that results. For instance, a patient may undergo sequencing in an effort to individualize their cancer therapy, but their genome sequence might contain information about their risk of developing Alzheimer's disease in old age. The questions are these: Should patients receive those "incidental findings" or not? And who decides?
The ACMG recommends that anyone undergoing genome sequencing for any reason should be tested for a list of clinically actionable conditions, including predispositions to various forms of cancer and to cardiomyopathy (but not to Alzheimer's disease). Furthermore, the recommendations are that physicians have a duty to then pass that information on to the patient, like it or not.
Not only would such an approach to medicine be a challenge for patient autonomy, but it would also be costly, the bioethicists say.
"It's not clear how those costs would be passed along, either to insurers or to patients themselves," Allyse said. "For the moment, from a patient perspective, the affected population is pretty small, because few people currently undergo whole-genome sequencing. But there are definitely signs that this practice is growing, especially in cancer diagnosis, and so we can envision that this issue of how to define and report incidental findings is likely to affect more and more people in the future. The issue of cost will of course affect any patient who has limited resources -- along with the hospitals, insurance companies, and government programs that pay for much of the care patients receive."
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Most people understand that any modern website should include images in addition to text content and the basic graphics that comprise the navigation. Fewer people, however, really understand how and where to include images to create the most positive and memorable impression on every visitor.
Images are beneficial to just about every website and can be used in a variety of ways, and yet, achieving the right balance is more difficult than it appears. Images matter a great deal for branding, visitor engagement, and other important marketing factors.
For that reason and others, it’s useful to learn more about when, where, and how to use images on a website and in other types of marketing content.
When And Where To Use Images On A Website
Images can be used in a variety of different positions on websites. Headers usually include images consistent with the business’s branding as well as the logo. Below that, there may be images of the products or services offered by the business.
While images can be used to showcase offerings, this isn’t the only way for them to be used. They are also useful for the following:
- Illustrate Concepts – It can be hard to explain in words the details of how a complex product or service works, its dimensions, and other technical factors. Images can do this more efficiently and effectively. When offering unique products and services, it’s beneficial to include diagrams or illustrations that showcase informative details so visitors can make a purchasing decision with more confidence.
- Evoke Emotions – Photos can be used to evoke emotions, encouraging visitors to take action to avoid a situation or gain a more ideal state of being. Some websites might include certain photos designed to show why the visitor needs a product or service to solve a problem they are currently confronting or that they do not want to experience. By making the visitor feel like they need to act, the image can convince them to engage. Images can also be used to communicate positive emotions or evoke feelings of a more ideal state the viewer wishes to reach. They will then positively associate a specific product or service with a desired feeling or outcome.
- For User Engagement – It sounds simple but images give website visitors more to look at, which adds a special type of staying power to a webpage. Basic text content doesn’t attract and hold attention as well as that same text when it’s accompanied by rich media, including images and video. And when your website is mainly used for marketing and sales purposes, you only have a few seconds to capture and maintain a visitor’s attention so that you can engage and persuade them. Images are effective for doing this and for increasing the amount of time they stay on a specific page. This is favorable for individual visitor interactions and for your website’s overall rankings in search engines.
Even with their general benefits, it’s not enough to add more images to your web pages and wait for the results. Images can impact the visitors positively or negatively, depending on what they portray and how they’re used.
This is part of the reason why it’s best to choose high-quality images that showcase what the business has to offer. Low-quality images or those that aren’t relevant to what is being offered can be worse than not including images at all.
Images that appear unprofessional or out of place can make a company appear as though they don’t care what the visitor is experiencing or that they aren’t capable, which will easily send a potential customer to a competitor’s website.
Properly placed, high-quality images, which are chosen carefully for the impact they’ll have, can help keep visitors on the website and boost conversion rates.
Websites With Versus Without Images
There are a lot of differences between websites that have properly placed, high-quality images and those that don’t have any images, or that only have a minimal amount. Visitors are not likely to spend a lot of time on websites that do not have images.
Even if they are looking for detailed text-based information to help them make a purchasing decision, any images or diagrams that can assist or direct them will create a powerful impression. It’s an opportunity to show off expertise, which can have a big impact on a brand and how it’s perceived.
If a website does have high-quality images, it’s likely the dwell time will increase. Visitors will spend more time looking at the images and will likely spend more time on a specific webpage. Images can also impact optimization in other ways.
Optimizing the images through their filenames, captions, and other methods can help boost rankings for certain related keywords.
When it comes to product catalogs online, having images can make a huge difference. Most people are not going to want to purchase something if they can’t see what it looks like or get a sense of all the features being offered.
This is still the case with commodity items or products with which buyers may already be familiar. Visitors are far more likely to make a purchase if they can see what they’re getting and how the specific provider showcases that product.
Quality, Quantity, And Position Matter
When choosing images for a website, there are three key components to remember. They are quality, quantity, and position.
- Quality – Only high-quality images should be used on the website. These images should appear professionally shot and edited, so they are clear, easy to view, and communicate reputability. Avoid over-pixilated photos, blurry photos, or images that appear amateurish in terms of their composition.
- Quantity – There is too much of a good thing when it comes to images on a website. The website should look balanced. This means that it should include written content as well as visual media, including static images and video. Excessive images on a website can become overwhelming and create technical problems on certain displays or for visitors relying on internet connections at slower speeds. It’s important to avoid cluttering any one page on the site and to ensure all users can access the information with ease and clarity.
- Position – Images should be properly positioned so they appear to be a cohesive part of the layout. They should be used to balance text-based content and other page features without distracting or interfering with any vital information. Without a careful layout, the website will look amateurish and will interfere with the visitor’s experience.
More Ways To Use Images For Marketing
How you use images can have a big impact on your marketing efforts, as their reach will extend beyond the pages where they are featured. Image-based search engines can help drive more visitors to the website, so optimizing images to work with these sites can be beneficial.
Images can also be used on image-sharing sites for brand awareness or to attract new visitors, as well as on social networks where they can help businesses connect with their customers.
In these ways, photos and graphics can become more important than text-heavy content because they’re more eye-catching. On social networks, images are a crucial way to get the attention of potential customers, as many people will simply scroll past text-based posts.
The best way to handle social networking sites is to use a combination of text and images. Images can capture the viewer’s attention more efficiently, prompting the viewer to get more information through the text.
This can then be used to encourage them to follow a path to conversion, usually by traveling from the post to your website. A high-quality, attention-grabbing image can be the first step in making that happen.
DIY And Pro Options For Adding New Images
New, original images are a much better option for branded and marketing websites. Stock photos or royalty-free photos already used elsewhere could be recognized by the visitor.
This may not seem like a major issue until they see that same image used by your competitor. At the very least, this will make your company and your brand lose a lot of distinction, which is very unfavorable when establishing what makes your company uniquely valuable to a customer.
While stock images can offer some value, avoid using them wherever possible by shooting or editing images so they are original. The modern availability of digital cameras and photo editing software has made this easier than ever, but it does take time and skill to use these resources effectively.
For the most professional-looking results and for images that will be most effective in a marketing and branding capacity, the best option is to consult with a professional. Even if you shoot and submit your own photos, a professional graphic designer or media expert can elevate them to a professional level.
This can be done quickly when the right tools are skillsets are employed. While cost is a concern, it’s important to view professionally created marketing images as an investment for building your brand and gaining more customers.
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Have I mentioned how much I love going to the Consumer Electronics Show? Not only do I get to geek out on all the amazing gadgets, but I get an opportunity to see some of the latest advancements in 3D printing technology.
This year though, I think it was more about what you didn’t see, than what you did.
The Old Guard
It’s been a crazy year for 3D printing. A year ago 3D Systems (DDD) stock was selling for $30 per share. The other day it closed under $7. In early 2015, Stratasys (SSYS) stock was on the rise, heading for $80. Earlier this week it was under $17.
That’s a hell of a lot of lost market cap for such a small industry.
It showed at CES. Recently, both Stratasys and 3D Systems made decisions to pull the plug on consumer 3D printing. MakerBots weren’t exactly flying off the shelves, so earlier in the year (and again later) Stratasys laid-off a sizable percentage of that group’s workforce. Simultaneously, quality and customer service issues began to rack up. MakerBot announced a pivot, away from consumer sales and towards the education and professional markets.
The situation at 3D Systems was even more fluid. Just weeks before CES, 3D Systems announced that it would stop selling its Cube line of consumer 3D printers, shutter Cubify, its online consumer marketplace, and stop selling 3D printed products direct to consumers.
But CES is a serious investment and the decision to exhibit must have been made long before. So both companies showed up, and wow, was it different. A total 180 from the years before.
Instead of MakerBot and Cube, both companies were showing off their industrial printers. At the 3D Systems booth, you could walk up and see the ProX DMP 320 and ProX 500 in action. Stratasys had a Connex3 on the floor, but they seemed more interested in displaying a motorcycle that didn’t appear to be 3D printed.
Stratasys was really out there, positioning itself as “the new shape of manufacturing,” and as proof, advertising its relationship with Joe Gibbs racing.
It was almost as though, through a freak accident, someone at both companies sent the wrong exhibit to the wrong place at the same time. The booths they sent were way more suited to an audience of engineers than the tech crowd attending CES.
It will be very interesting to see what they bring to RAPID, in just a few weeks from now.
The New Guard
A lot of big companies have announced plans to enter the 3D printing market over the last two years. HP, Ricoh, Mutoh and Toshiba, for example, all plan to manufacture 3D printing equipment. Konica-Minolta and Canon are reselling 3D Systems gear. Others have announced big investments in the space. Google’s $100 million bet on Carbon3D comes first to mind, but others like Michelin and Alcoa have also made plays.
While representatives from some of these “new guard” companies spoke at CES, none of them had a real presence in the 3D printing area. I get that no one wants to sell vaporware, and as I mentioned above, selling industrial equipment at a consumer product trade show is a bit of a leap, but…
“People don’t want to buy a quarter-inch drill. They want a quarter-inch hole!”
That famous quote comes from Harvard Business School Professor Theodore Levitt (which he attributed to Leo McGinneva). The point he was making had to do with cause and effect. Consumers have a need and want to fill it. Marketing should focus on how their products do that, not speeds and feeds.
Another is Charles Revson’s famous distinction regarding the business of Revlon: “In the factory we make cosmetics. In the store we sell hope.”
It would have been nice to see both the old and new guard selling a bit more hope (not hype).
Where better to show real-world examples of the kind of impact their new 3D printing technology could have on the overall consumer products industry?
It’s a Tactile Business
Each year Gibson Guitar gives away hats at CES. I wear those hats a lot…and Gibson gets a lot of cheap advertising. That’s why they do it and that’s why the promotional products industry is a $22 billion business.
I spent four days walking the floor this year at CES. Promotional items were everywhere. I was offered everything from cheap ball points to high-end bluetooth headsets.
So why are so few 3D printed products given away at CES? Sure, the vendors have samples you can look at (and maybe touch) but rarely do you walk away with anything in hand.
Need an example? Consider the coffee cup sleeves being promoted at the show by M3D.
Those coffee sleeves should have been everywhere, right? They could have emblazoned them with the M3D logo, or potentially could have partnered with someone else for a killer case study.
I’m sure there’s a coffee company out there that would have loved the opportunity to have its brand on a cool 3D printed product at CES.
Another opportunity missed.
As I mentioned in my last article, some people see licensing as a killer app. I see it as more of a “killer enabler.” But, a licensing relationship can also be a detriment if it somehow devalues the brand.
Consider Polaroid. They have a long pedigree in imaging and a great brand name, which consumers know and trust. It makes total sense for them to enter the 3D printing market, and licensing could be an effective way to accomplish that goal.
Here’s a public service announcement. I know it’s tempting when you see it on paper, but the closed model of razors and blades just doesn’t work in this market. A Facebook post from a well-known influencer after the unveiling of Polaroid’s new printer, summed it up:
The product offering has to match the brand’s audience. Maybe a brand like Dremel resonates more with the prosumer and industrial users of 3D printers, but Polaroid’s strength is with everyday consumers.
Another public service announcement. If you’re a consumer brand, and you really insist on licensing a desktop FDM printer, here’s a quick list of things to NOT do:
- Don’t make the consumables “proprietary”
- Don’t put a little printer in a big, mostly enclosed box
- Don’t get complicated with the mechanics (extruder, bed, etc.)
- Don’t let the price get over $1,000
FDM Isn’t The Answer
Fused deposition modeling (FDM) has a limited future with consumers. A lot of the people I talked with at CES (including some manufacturers of 3D printers themselves) see better options coming soon.
One big problem with FDM might be health related. When extruders melt ABS and other plastics, they release carcinogens and other toxins into the air. Most desktop 3D printers aren’t placed in well ventilated areas. Could this be a looming issue for an industry that expects to sell hundreds of thousands of desktop FDM printers in 2016 alone?
There are alternatives. 3D-FUEL was at CES, demonstrating an algae-based filament that is non-toxic and biodegradable, yet offers some of the same properties as plastic.
I do think FDM will remain relevant for longer in other areas like medicine, food and construction where they’re printing in unique materials like chocolate, concrete and living tissue.
Desktop SLA Evolves
Stereolithography (SLA) typically offers better print quality than FDM. There are several other pluses and minuses, and one of the biggest was cost. SLA machines were typically much more expensive. Lately, that’s changing. Take a look at this resin-based printer that can allegedly print 50 times faster than a FormLabs Form 2. It’s expected to sell for under $2,000.
Newer technologies are on the horizon. They promise faster speed, bigger build areas, better quality, multi-materials, full-color, lower total cost of ownership and more. Even though most of the “New Guard” companies didn’t exhibit, there were signs that the industry’s technology is changing. Consider this offering from NewPro3D.
NewPro3D uses what it’s calling Intelligent Liquid Interface (ILI) to form the part as it emerges from a vat of material.
If that seems familiar, it’s probably because it looks a lot like the continuous liquid interface production (CLIP) technology used by Carbon3D.
Beyond 3D Printing
Digital technology is poised to change how, where, and when we make consumer products. 3D printing is a big part of it, but other technologies are also likely to play a role. CNC machines and laser cutters come immediately to mind.
I was impressed with the build sizes, material choices, and price of the SLA printers on display at Full Spectrum Laser’s booth. But in addition to 3D printers, as their name implies, they also make laser cutters. They are impressive machines in their own right and seeing them there was a great reminder that digital manufacturing is bigger than just 3D printing.
I Have a Dream
Here’s my dream for CES 2017. The 3D printing marketplace expands to over 100 companies. The old guard is back, but the new guard shows up too. HP, Carbon3D, Ricoh, Toshiba, and Canon all have booths. Beyond that there’s a greater focus on the process of 3D printing. Companies throughout the ecosystem are represented – from content to fulfillment. The floor is organized thoughtfully, with dedicated areas for equipment, consumables, software, and services. Hey, and maybe I even get invited to deliver a keynote. It is my dream after all!
In my next article I’ll write about all the great virtual and augmented reality technology that was on display at CES and I’ll make the case for why my last article (about 3D content) might be even more relevant to AR than 3D.
John Hauer is the Founder and CEO of Get3DSmart, a consulting practice which helps large companies understand and capitalize on opportunities with 3D printing. Prior to that, John co-founded and served as the CEO of 3DLT. The company worked with retailers and their suppliers, helping them sell 3D printable products, online and in-store.
John’s original content has been featured on TechCrunch, QZ.com, Techfaster.com, 3DPrint.com and Inside3DP.com, among others. Follow him on Twitter at @maverickonline
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Hundreds of Indigenous activists took to the streets in Ecuador this week to demand justice on the one-year anniversary of the country’s worst oil spill in 15 years.
Demonstrators marched through the Amazonian city of Coca to call on authorities to take responsibility for the 16,000 barrels of crude oil that poured into the Coca and Napo rivers when two pipelines ruptured last year.
Around 27,000 Kichwa people were impacted by the spill, and are reportedly still unable to use the contaminated water for drinking, bathing, and fishing. The Kichwa have also raised concerns over health issues arising from contact with the oil-contaminated water, including skin rashes and stomach problems.
Indigenous organisations, residents, and human rights groups have posed a number of legal challenges against the Ecuadorian government and the companies responsible for the pipelines, but say they have been met with a series of frustrating delays and dismissals.
In March, the Provincial Court of Orellana rejected an appeal from Indigenous communities regarding their lawsuit, citing administrative reasons after a five month delay to the case.
Responding to the news, Carlos Jipa, president of the Kichwa Indigenous federation, FCUNAE, said: “We feel outraged that the Ecuadorian judicial system has failed to recognise the violations to our rights and the damages caused to our lives, our rivers, and our territory.”
“Our rivers are polluted, our children are sick, our food gardens are ruined, the fish have disappeared,” Jipa continued. “The State and companies have not complied with their obligations. There is no justice for Indigenous people. We will fight back.”
Campaigners mounted their first legal challenge in April last year. The lawsuit demanded urgent environmental and community reparations from the oil companies responsible for the pipelines, OCP and Petroecuador, along with Ecuador’s government environment and water ministries.
But the trial was suspended a month later, in May, just before government authorities were due to give evidence, with Judge Jaime Oña citing health concerns among the court team. In September, after the case finally returned to court via videolink due to the pandemic, the judge threw out the case as “inadmissible,” saying it was the incorrect legal venue and that it could be dealt with out of court.
Five months after campaigners launched an appeal against that verdict, Orellana’s lower court once again rejected the case, announcing in March that the appeal had also been filed in the incorrect legal venue.
At the same time Judge Oña filed a criminal complaint against the plaintiffs and human rights defenders, citing “social unrest” for organising marches and advocacy on behalf of the Kichwa.
Andrés Tapia, member of the Leadership Council of Amazonian Indigenous organization, CONFENIAE, said the failure of the lawsuit has exposed the deficiency of Ecuador’s justice system, in direct conflict with the country’s “Rights of Nature” central to its constitution. In 2008 Ecuador was the first country to give nature legally enforceable rights to “exist, flourish and evolve”.
“Cases are stalled or move forward according to national political agendas,” Tapia said in a statement. “But when it comes to serving justice to the most vulnerable, judges turn a blind eye and delay effective responses.”
“In the case of the Kichwa people,” he continued, “who have suffered clear rights violations as a consequence of the oil spill in the Coca and Napo rivers, a year has passed without any response and now impunity continues.”
Cause of the Spill
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Community members claim they received inadequate medical attention and food and water supplies after the spill, and that oil pipeline operators halted their clean-up operations prematurely last September.
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Every year, the Globe at Night international community science campaign raises awareness about the impact of light pollution by inviting community scientists to measure and submit night sky brightness observations. All you need is a computer, tablet, or smartphone! And their webapp is now available in 28 languages!
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Globe at Night will be collecting observations for all twelve months of the year. This large set of measurements will be compared to measurements from prior years in the same month to provide a comprehensive view of the changes to the night sky quality worldwide. See all of the dates below:
How to Participate:
- During the campaign dates, go outside on a clear night more than an hour after sunset and let your eyes adjust to the dark (at least 10 minutes).
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Error in Complex Analysis Proof
My Complex Analysis book states the following interesting theorem:
Let be a open disk in . Let be a complex function whose domain contains the open disk. Let . If the parital derivaties all exist and are continous on and at the Cauchy-Riemann equations are satisfied then is differenciable at .
This is a partial converse for the necessay Cauchy-Riemann condition.
Here is how the proof begins.
Let and let be so that (that is they lie in the open disk).
By the Mean Value Theorem,
And it goes on....
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Ultra-wide temperature voltage regulator
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For unattended OS shutdown and easy monitoring of the UPS system, Falcon’s UPSilon shutdown and management software supports Windows platforms, including Vista, as well as Novell NetWare 5 & 6, Linux, and FreeBSD. UPSilon for UNIX is available at an additional cost and supports most popular UNIX platform and OS versions.
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Markers Illustrate Overlooked Stories
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This slide was shown in cinemas in the 1930s before the film began. It shows that although medical concerns about smoking had temporarily diminished by the interwar years, the National Tobacco Company, makers of Rothmans, still felt the need to reassure smokers about the safety of their product. They also promoted the distinctive, smooth brand of 'Virginia' tobacco.
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In this article:
- Over-grazing, tree felling and other disturbances over time reduce the ability of land to absorb water
- Nature is a powerful ally in flood prevention but natural flood management makes up less than one per cent of the flood defence budget — it should be around 20 times that
- Rewilding actions across the country provide evidence of reducing peak water volumes and slowing run-off from hills
Watching the flood across England and Wales over the last few months has been depressing. At Rewilding Britain, we feel for everyone whose homes and lives are being so grimly disrupted or destroyed. It’s especially frustrating when flood experts around the country know that so much more can be done.
Rewilding Britain director, Alastair Driver, worked alongside flood defence policy teams as Head of Conservation at the Environment Agency for 14 years, and before that he was an ecological advisor for hundreds of flood defence projects as the first conservation officer for the Thames Catchment for nearly 20 years. He’s seen first hand what the problems are across the country and understands intimately how rewilding can be a key part of the solution.
“Flooding is a natural part of a river’s annual cycle but problems occur when land is overgrazed, rivers are straightened, and trees and other natural vegetation is removed,” he says. “These disturbances have conspired over time to reduce the capacity of the landscape to absorb excess water and slow floodwater flows.”
Symptom not the cause
Flooding costs the UK economy more than £1 billion annually – a figure that rises to nearer £5 billion in a bad year. Traditional approaches to flood defence focus on managing flood risk using hard defences such as floodwalls and river revetments. While mitigating some of the worst consequences of flooding, these do little to challenge underlying causes – and when they fail, the consequences can be devastating.
Managing flood risk naturally through rewilding can be cheaper and more sustainable. Rewilding – which includes the restoration of woodlands and wetlands and even the reintroduction of the beaver – can substantially reduce flood risk downstream.
“During the recent floods we heard a lot about ‘rain falling on already saturated ground’ but in many places this is not the case,” says Alastair. “Yes, most floodplains were saturated in the early stages of the recent sustained rainfall events, but many hillsides were not. This is because water is running off compacted soils on sloping ground before it has a chance to soak in, resulting in floodplain storage becoming fully utilised much earlier in long-term rainfall events than it should be. We have to think soils.”
Let natural processes work
Rewilding tackles this sort of issue by helping natural processes work. For example, tree roots stretch deep into the ground increasing water filtration rates. Natural processes can protect communities at a fraction of the cost of traditional flood defences.
“Working with natural processes is not the whole solution but we know it has a significant part to play,” says Alastair. “Currently natural flood management makes up less than 1% of the flood defence budget but it is potentially around 20% of the solution. We are way off where we should be.”
And of course, it’s about more than just flooding. Rewilding can improve water quality and stimulate the revival of vibrant ecosystems rich in wildlife. It can create healthy natural landscapes that help to stimulate tourism and ecological awareness, while soaking up greater quantities of carbon.
Examples of rewilding projects that have significantly reduced flood risk in communities
Flood storage and leaky dams
Moorland restoration, Holnicote Estate in West Somerset
The National Trust recreated floodplain storage and installed woody dams to mimic beaver activity. During winter 2013’s unprecedented rainfall, there was no flooding in villages that regularly suffered in the past. There was also a 10% reduction in flood peak in late December 2013 on an already saturated catchment containing over 90 properties at risk. Beavers have now been introduced to Holnicote so they can help by doing what comes naturally…
How rewilding reduces flood risk - report
The Devon Wildlife Trust’s beaver enclosure has seen beavers dramatically alter the landscape, stimulating the revival of a natural wet woodland – home to a diverse range of wildlife. They have significantly increased water storage while slowing the flow of water downstream – valuable services at times of drought and after storms. During storm events, there was on average 30% lower peak volume of water leaving the site, compared with entering – reducing flood risk downstream.
Rewilding moorland with grasses and plants
Moors for the Future
At the headwaters of the River Derwent, on the highest plateau in the Peak District National Park, Moors for the Future replanted peat bogs with moorland grasses, heathers and other plants. Average peak flows reduced by 30% and average run-off slowed by around 20 minutes.
Floodplain woodlands and leaky dams
Sussex Flow Initiative
Replicating nature by placing ‘leaky dams’ composed of tree branches and trunks upriver along the River Ouse. Alongside this, floodplain woodlands have been created with the planting of 23,000 trees and 3.5 kilometres of hedgerow. This increases the landscape’s natural ability to absorb excess water and reduce flood.
Floodplain meadows have become one of Sussex’s most threatened habitats, but left alone can support diverse and dynamic ecosystems and store carbon. Such measures are also substantially cheaper than traditional flood defence schemes.
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We believe rewilding has a crucial role to play in Britain’s efforts to adapt to climate change.
Prize-winning Holnicote river project shows how letting nature do its thing brings a world of benefits – not least helping to end the misery of flooding
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Emotions are temporary – The belief that negative emotions will last forever can make us act in ways that we would not if we realized they were temporary.
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Stop and think each time you have a conflict – Is there a different way you might handle the situation to meet both your interests and needs and those of the other people involved?
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Calls have been made for the Government to further boost road safety after figures revealed the number of fatalities on the roads last year fell to the second lowest level on record.
According to statistics released by the Department for Transport (DfT), 1,732 people lost their lives in road traffic accidents in 2015.
This was a drop of around 45% compared to 2006 and 2% lower than the 1,775 seen in 2014.
In addition the number of people seriously injured in traffic accidents fell by 3% to 22,137.
There was also a slight rise of 1.6% in vehicle traffic levels between 2014 and 2015, the research shows.
Following the release of the figures, which represent the second lowest annual total after 2013, the RAC has called for a range of measures to tackle road accidents.
These include increasing the number of roads police officers - after figures show a decrease in the number of officers in certain areas - and lowering the drink-drive limit in England and Wales, as well as making automatic braking compulsory in new vehicles.
In its analysis of the data, which comes from police reports, the DfT said that there has been no clear trend in the number of fatalities since before 2011, when the tendency was for levels to fall.
Since then, the DfT says, year-on-year changes can be explained by one-off factors such as adverse weather conditions or by natural variation.
Figures show that there were 186,209 casualties of all severities in 2015.
However, despite these positive findings, there was an 8% increase in the number of motorcyclists killed on the roads in 2015.
The findings come after plans to convert motorway hard shoulders into permanent traffic lanes were branded unsafe by MPs on the Commons Transport Select Committee.
It was hoped the move would help to increase capacity, but the official inquiry concluded that it would be too risky for drivers.
David Bizley, RAC chief engineer, said it was a relief to see a fall in the figures, adding that concerted efforts are now needed to reduce the risk of road accidents in the years ahead.
“There are some very clear areas of opportunity to reduce casualties which could easily be targeted,” he said.
“These include better traffic law enforcement as roads police numbers have fallen 27% since 2010, making the use of handheld phones whilst driving as socially unacceptable as drink-driving, lowering the drink-drive limit in the rest of the UK to match Scotland’s 50mg of alcohol per 100ml of blood, and finally getting to grips with the high level of casualties involving young drivers.
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