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Nearly 25 years after the Chernobyl explosion, Europe still sees signs of radiation. Now it’s even in their wild boars.
Don’t worry, though — they’re not gaining Hulk-like superpowers. They’re just not safe to eat. Germany has had to compensate hunters for lost income due to radioactive boar. Since 2007, that payment has quadrupled. According to Spiegel Online, Germany forked over more than $500,000 to hunters in 2009.
Germany has long had a problem with wild boar, with stories swirling about packs of boar marching into cities and attacking people. The population keeps rising due to warmer winters. Last hunting season, 650,000 boar were shot, compared to just 287,000 the previous year.
A decent percentage of these rampaging pigs have traces of radiation in them, thanks to their taste for radioactive truffles and mushrooms. Even though the Chernobyl disaster happened in 1986, many plants are still contaminated, and their levels of radiation might even rise.
With the exploding population and contaminated food, Germany looks to be stuck with this problem. An expert told Spiegel Online that they expect radioactive boar to be a problem for the next 50 years. Let’s just hope they don’t gain any magic powers. | <urn:uuid:66d7d92f-1216-4471-bf15-9bb4219e5d5e> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://newsfeed.time.com/2010/08/02/radioactive-boar-on-the-loose-in-germany/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280221.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00229-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.964685 | 269 | 2.921875 | 3 |
Capability statement - Department of Environment and Resource Management
The vision of the Queensland Department of
Environment and Resource Management (DERM) is for a green, strong and sustainable state.
DERM administers legislation and programs to conserve, protect and manage the State’s environment and natural resources. It is the lead State agency on water and aquatic ecosystems policy and regulation and administers other programs to work collaboratively with other levels of government, business, industry and communities to ensure safe, secure, sustainable and equitable access, use, management and protection of water and aquatic ecosystems.
DERM also participates in collaborative water and aquatic ecosystems partnerships at the regional, national and international levels aimed at promote knowledge development, exchange and capacity building. It is an active participant and supporter of initiatives such as the South East Queensland Healthy Waterways program, the International Water Centre, the eWater Cooperative Research Centre and the Asia-Pacific Hub for Healthy Rivers and Aquatic Ecosystems.
www.derm.qld.gov.au or telephone 13 QGOV (13 74 68)
DERM provides a wide range of policy, planning, regulatory, scientific program delivery, and engagement services for water and aquatic ecosystems protection and management.
Key water and aquatic ecosystem initiatives administered by the Department include:
- Water and environment protection legislation, that sets environmental values and resource objectives, regulates water access and water supply services entities, and protects water quality and environmental flows
- Regional water resource, water supply and natural resource management planning. This includes catchment-based water resource plans that provide for healthy aquatic ecosystems and tradeable water access entitlements for human water use.
- Protection and management of water resources and aquatic ecosystems, including our unique and internationally renowned natural heritage including wild rivers, the Great Artesian Basin and the Great Barrier Reef, and our important wetlands including the five listed under the International Ramsar Convention.
- Rural and urban water use efficiency support
- Water and aquatic ecosystem health monitoring and reporting
- Water, aquatic ecosystem and climate change science and research, including external collaborative partnerships
- Oversight of environmental management elements of flood mitigation and recovery.
Contribution to the Healthy Rivers Hub
As a founding member, DERM has supported the development of the Healthy Rivers Hub.
The department is committed to remaining a key contact for sharing leading edge policy, scientific, legislative and program advice to partners in the region who face similar water challenges in response to climate variability and change, population growth and expanding economic development. | <urn:uuid:545162b7-d79a-45c0-9946-7772c118ee0d> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://watercentre.org/iwm-themes/healthy-river-basins/portfolio/khub/attachments/derm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988718423.28/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183838-00271-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.896398 | 507 | 2.484375 | 2 |
The Democratic National Committee and Michigan Democratic Party have agreed to allow Michigan to hold a "contest" that will allow it to have delegates seated at the Democratic National Convention in Denver this August. It will be run by the party without government assistance, like a caucus, but will be structured like a primary election. The exact details of the agreement remain hazy.
This is a boost to Hillary Clinton, who won the beauty contest primary held in January, in which no candidates campaigned, and Clinton was the only major candidate on the ballot, which the DNC told the Michigan Democratic Party it would not honor because it was scheduled at a date earlier than allowed by Democratic National Committee rules. But, Obama will receive the benefit of having other candidates out of the race at this point and of the momentum his campaign has accumulated since January.
This leaves the disqualification of Florida's delegation, because its primary was held too soon, as the main unresolved procedural question going into the convention, something that also hurts Clinton who finished in first place there as well. | <urn:uuid:ef0905fd-b2b8-41d3-8274-aa6edc598161> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://washparkprophet.blogspot.com/2008/03/michigan-to-have-do-over-primary.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988717963.49/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183837-00375-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.982187 | 209 | 1.570313 | 2 |
This spring, Wesleyan will offer its first-ever ENVS course taught in Spanish, ENVS283/LAST383, Venezuela: The Effect of Oil Discovery on People, the Environment, and Democracy. The course will be taught by Antonio Machado-Allison, former Menakka and Essel Bailey ‘66 Visiting Scholar in the College of the Environment and current research fellow in the College of the Environment. He was recently named a member of the Academia de Ciencias de América Latina.
Tell us about ENVS283. Why are you focusing on Venezuela?
Antonio Machado-Allison (AMA): Being a Venezuelan scholar and witnessing what is happening in my country, one way I think I can help my people is to let citizens of other countries know how Venezuela arrived at these conditions. In the course we will discuss the key factors that have affected the development of Venezuela and its environment from the pre-colonial period to the present through the reading of interdisciplinary literature that includes anthropology, religion, sociology, environmental sciences, law, and history. Ultimately, we will examine the factors that have led to the collapse of democracy in Venezuela. | <urn:uuid:d31fc6e3-72de-4e75-a4d1-567c202290dc> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://coexist.blogs.wesleyan.edu/tag/environmental-studies/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571911.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813081639-20220813111639-00475.warc.gz | en | 0.944521 | 241 | 1.875 | 2 |
Behavioral tolerance is a hallmark of exposure to most drugs of abuse. It is characterized by reduced drug effects over time, either via altered metabolism of the drug, or functionally, whereby the effects of the drug decrease in spite of unaltered concentration. Indeed, the presence of enhanced acute behavioral tolerance in humans can serve as a marker for the likelihood of a future development of alcoholism. The large conductance potassium ion channel (BK) has become increasingly recognized as an important target of alcohol action, both in the intoxicating actions of the drug, as well as in adaptation to the drug (tolerance). This proposal is based upon exciting new data which identifies the BK channel beta4 subunit as an important mediator of alcohol tolerance and consumption, and provides an animal model to examine the relationship between molecular and behavioral tolerance, and consumption. We will make use of genetically engineered mice, in which the beta4 subunit is either present or "knocked out".
In Aim 1, we test the hypothesis that BK beta4 influences acute tolerance via a mechanism involving kinases and associated signaling pathways. Electrophysiological experiments will probe the role of kinases in BK acute tolerance in expression systems and in neurons of the striatum, which is important in drug reward and addiction.
In Aim 2, we test the hypothesis (based upon preliminary data) that beta4's influence on rapid tolerance will not be as pronounced as in acute tolerance. These studies will utilize electrophysiological, molecular biology, and imaging techniques, and will probe at the molecular, cellular, and behavioral levels.
Aim 2 will include studies on the role of beta4 in the finding, described in our preliminary data that in striatal neurons, there is a "switch" which is activated after 3 to 6 hrs of alcohol exposure, which radically changes the duration of tolerance after alcohol withdrawal. This has implications for the development of alcohol dependency as a function of drinking habits. Finally, in Aim 3, we test the hypothesis that beta4's influence on alcohol consumption will reflect influences on behavioral parameters such as alcohol preference and reward, both known to influence consumption. A two bottle choice variant of the "drinking in the dark" (DID) paradigm will be utilized to measure ethanol vs. water preference in beta4 KO and WT mice. In addition, we will measure the rewarding properties of ethanol in WT and beta4 KO mice using a conditioned place preference (CPP) assay. Together, these experiments will help identify the role of the beta4 subunit and acute tolerance in motivational behaviors underlying alcohol consumption.
Alcoholism represents one of the most important problems in the public health arena. Tolerance, which develops with alcohol use, may be related to the development of drug dependency and addiction. In this proposal, we pursue exciting new data which indicates a role for the BK channel beta4 subunit protein in the control of alcohol tolerance and consumption.
|Velázquez-Marrero, Cristina; Seale, Garrett E; Treistman, Steven N et al. (2014) Large conductance voltage- and Ca2+-gated potassium (BK) channel ?4 subunit influences sensitivity and tolerance to alcohol by altering its response to kinases. J Biol Chem 289:29261-72|
|Velázquez-Marrero, Cristina; Ortiz-Miranda, Sonia; Marrero, Héctor G et al. (2014) ?-Opioid inhibition of Ca2+ currents and secretion in isolated terminals of the neurohypophysis occurs via ryanodine-sensitive Ca2+ stores. J Neurosci 34:3733-42|
|Yuan, Chunbo; Velázquez-Marrero, Cristina; Bernardo, Alexandra et al. (2014) Lipids modulate the increase of BK channel calcium sensitivity by the ?1 subunit. PLoS One 9:e107917|
|Yuan, Chunbo; Chen, Maohui; Covey, Douglas F et al. (2011) Cholesterol tuning of BK ethanol response is enantioselective, and is a function of accompanying lipids. PLoS One 6:e27572|
|Feinberg-Zadek, Paula L; Martin, Gilles; Treistman, Steven N (2008) BK channel subunit composition modulates molecular tolerance to ethanol. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 32:1207-16|
|Pietrzykowski, Andrzej Z; Friesen, Ryan M; Martin, Gilles E et al. (2008) Posttranscriptional regulation of BK channel splice variant stability by miR-9 underlies neuroadaptation to alcohol. Neuron 59:274-87|
|Martin, Gilles; O'Connell, Robert J; Pietrzykowski, Andrzej Z et al. (2008) Interleukin-4 activates large-conductance, calcium-activated potassium (BKCa) channels in human airway smooth muscle cells. Exp Physiol 93:908-18|
|Yuan, Chunbo; O'Connell, Robert J; Wilson, Andrew et al. (2008) Acute alcohol tolerance is intrinsic to the BKCa protein, but is modulated by the lipid environment. J Biol Chem 283:5090-8| | <urn:uuid:3d96111f-c7ac-4aeb-a4e5-d93476284ac3> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://grantome.com/grant/NIH/R01-AA018038-06 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560282926.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095122-00390-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.870008 | 1,103 | 2.15625 | 2 |
Hurricane Katrina’s 10 year anniversary reminds building owners and operators to prepare for unexpected emergencies
Johnson Controls shares important reminders for the severe weather season
MILWAUKEE – Aug. 27, 2015 – Ten years ago Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans and many other Gulf coast communities. As rebuilding efforts continue today, Johnson Controls shares important tips for building owners and operators who may face the threat of severe weather or unexpected emergencies.
Emergency preparedness recommendations:
Remember the domino-effect on operations - Consider the accumulated risks that result from “falling dominoes” in emergency situations. Develop a hazard assessment plan with a buildings expert to understand what may occur if a process fails and how to remedy a subsequent problem.
Audit infrastructure now and avoid future risk - Work with a buildings partner to assess your building or campus-wide infrastructure. Ensure IT and various system integrations have the necessary redundancies designed into your buildings. Also consider developing a supply stockpile that may be needed during a severe weather event.
Assess your notification process - During a weather or safety emergency, far too many institutions learn too late that their notification processes are outdated or unsuccessful. If your organization serves multiple building occupants, such as a college or large commercial building, consult with building experts to audit your mass notification technologies and resources. Educate your in-house emergency response teams on the latest compliance standards, especially as it relates to building evacuation process and protocol.
Contact information is critical - When severe weather hits you may not have access to your online contact directories or cell phone service. Understand, in advance, how you can reach a building expert for rental services, such as emergency generators, chillers and packaged equipment.
|Potential Hazards||Best Practice|
|Flooded Basements||Avoid entering basements/mechanical rooms that contain water. Experts will use pumps and hoses to remove water prior to entering.|
|Down Power Lines||Do not try to remove power lines without assistance from theutility provider. Down lines may still be energized.|
|Fallen Trees or Debris||Wear the correct personal protective equipment (PPE) and establish a safe zone before cutting or removing debris from trees, siding, chimney bricks, etc.|
|Avoid driving on roads that are water covered. Unseen damage to the understructure of the roads/bridges may exist.|
|Sink Holes||Stop and move away from the surrounding area. The perimeter of the sink hole is very unstable and may collapse further.|
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About Johnson Controls
Johnson Controls is a global diversified technology and industrial leader serving customers in more than 150 countries. Our 170,000 employees create quality products, services and solutions to optimize energy and operational efficiencies of buildings; leadacid automotive batteries and advanced batteries for hybrid and electric vehicles; and seating components and systems for automobiles. Our commitment to sustainability dates back to our roots in 1885, with the invention of the first electric room thermostat. Through our growth strategies and by increasing market share we are committed to delivering value to shareholders and making our customers successful. In 2015, Corporate Responsibility Magazine recognized Johnson Controls as the #14 company in its annual “100 Best Corporate Citizens” list. For additional information, please visit http://www.johnsoncontrols.com or follow us @johnsoncontrols on Twitter. | <urn:uuid:fc48853e-c5b5-444d-845b-501facbe9211> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.johnsoncontrols.com/media-center/news/press-releases/2015/08/27/hurricane-katrinas-10-year-anniversary-reminds-building-owners-and-operators-to-prepare-for-unexpected-emergencies | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281353.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00066-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.913464 | 702 | 2.171875 | 2 |
A week after adding four new series to its catalog, Toronto, Canada’s Picture Box Distribution has picked up a number of titles from Norwegian entertainment company Earthtree Media.
Picture Box is now distributing Earthtree’s live-action and animated franchises Learn to Draw and Box Yourself in Canada, the US, Latin America, Australia and New Zealand.
Both properties feature cartoonist Øistein Kristianson encouraging preschoolers and young kids to participate in various arts & craft-based activities. Live-action series Learn to Draw, Learn to Draw ABC, Box Yourself and Box Yourself Minis, along with one-minute, 2D-animated short series Learn to Draw Minis, are part of the deal.
Founded by Kristiansen in 1993, Earthtree Media produces TV shows, books, eBooks, apps and live events that focus on creativity and art for children and their families. Last month, Thailand’s Bec World licensed the prodco’s Learn to Draw and Wild About Cartoons series from Singapore-based producer/distributor Bomanbridge Media. | <urn:uuid:f39b52fc-5150-43ce-8a1f-e6c1e0284855> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://kidscreen.com/2015/08/05/picture-box-grows-kids-catalog-with-earthtree-media-deal/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571234.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811042804-20220811072804-00078.warc.gz | en | 0.915649 | 225 | 1.570313 | 2 |
How can I make hand walking safer?
This may seem like a totally unnecessary article to write, but every now and again I have a brush with panic and realize that now matter how much you love and trust your beasts, they can still kill you and/or themselves in the blink of an eye. And yes, it CAN happen to YOU.
So lets really get back to basics and talk about how to use a halter and lead rope. Bear with me here…. Make sure your halter fits. (Read this article here on how to correctly fit a halter.) And your halter can breakaway. Nylon halters with leather crown pieces are safe and affordable.
For your lead rope, make sure it’s in good working order. I love the twisted cotton ones for a zillion reasons, but I gotta tell you that I’ve had a few of them have epic failures over the years. If you choose to use one of these bad boys, please check that the end by the snap is not starting to fray. Duct tape won’t fix this, once it frays, it can fail. Use this as an excuse to go shopping!! (Like we need an excuse...)
Inspect the attachment to the buckle frequently!
I really like the nylon ones, lots of colors to choose from and super strong. Some folks don’t like them because of the super awful rope burn you can get. I say things are much less likely to go this way if you follow some guidelines, and if all else fails, let go. You can also use a leather lead rope, but that’s something else to add to the clean and maintain pile.
So - how to hold halter and lead rope? Easy to do! Horse on your right, your right hand about a foot below the buckle. Left hand hold the rest of the rope. NO LOOPS!! Fold the extra rope if you need to. Unless you want to go from 10 fingers to less than 10 fingers. The xray below is of a spiral fracture that happened to a friend of mine as she was leading a horse - with a loop. It required surgical repair with a rod!
Whoops! This hand was caught in a loop.
You should be next to the horse’s neck, with his head just ahead of you and his shoulders just behind you. A horse that is allowed to lag behind is showing disrespect, and can/will jump on/run through you if he’s spooked from behind. A horse that is allowed to pull you along is also showing disrespect, and can quite easily pop you with a hind leg.
Another reason to have you horse aligned like this is to allow for more control over the head, shoulders, and hind legs.
- If he’s properly walking alongside you, you have a little slack in the lead rope and can give him a swift yank and release to half halt him back to you if needed. If he’s walking ahead of you and pulling, you have no way to yank/release to half halt, you are in a tug of war instead. (Guess who will win that one….it’s not you...)
- To control his shoulders, you can put your right hand on the side of his lower neck and push, a properly trained and respectful horse will yield to this pressure. Mine are trained to yield to me just raising my arm.
- To control the hindquarters, you have the option of using the tail of your lead rope. You can swing it behind you with your left hand to touch his flanks and ask him to step aside or step up to you.
Your left arm is also handy to use if you horse decides he wants to walk in front of you by making a left turn and cutting you off. Raise your left arm, he may even bonk his face into you. Bonk back. Be faster than he is.
Now for the hand walking part. Horses are hand walked for a zillion reasons, and let me tell you that even the tiny distance between barn and cross ties is a chance for your horse to be dangerous and disrespectful, or a chance for you to practice safe hand walking. You may need to hand walk because:
-It’s part of the daily exercise routine
-It’s raining and the rings and paddocks are unsafe
-He’s on lay up and recovering from an injury
-He had some maintenance injections and isn’t ready for riding yet
-He’s at a show and you need to familiarize him with the grounds
-He needs to dry in the sun after a bath
-You need to move him from stall to paddock to cross ties, just basic stuff around the farm
Here are some tips for making it safe:
-Use a whip if you need to. I like to carry a dressage whip in the left hand for the unruly character. I can activate the hindquarters, and it also can be used as a barrier for the shoulders so there’s no jumping ahead of me. I have also known horses that are absolute bonkers to hand walk until you carry the whip - you may never use it, but they know it’s there!
-Always turn to the RIGHT. This is a good habit to get into, you will need to turn right while jogging a horse for the Veterinarian or at an FEI event. It reinforces your leadership and reminds them to turn away from us, not into us.
-Use a chain if you think you are going to need one. Fit is critical. Use caution, some horses can react quite spastically to chains! If you are unsure, ask for help. As always - you must release after a yank!! Otherwise, you enter the “there is no way the human will win tug of war”.
-If you really think your horse will be a nutter, put a bridle on. I prefer to use both reins to lead, you will get more even control with the bit.
-Wear gloves. Not only will they help with your farmer’s tan, they will protect your fingers and palms.
-Always use a lead rope. I see folks moving their horses just a few feet from cross tie to stall or wash rack without a lead rope, I have also seen those very folks have broken fingers, runaway horses, and dislocated shoulders. I’m not gonna lie, it’s hard for me not to say “I told you so!”.
-Don’t be afraid to use your voice. Reward with a “good boy” when he’s walking well! This makes the walk more enjoyable for him. You may need to growl when he needs to be checked back if this is something your horse understands.
-Ask for help if you need it. No one will judge you for asking for help, but they sure may crack jokes if they are helping to pick gravel out of your butt!!
-The more you practice good hand walking behaviors, the easier it is to do. Your horse will also have his good behavior reinforced!!
-Don’t hesitate to ask your Veterinarian for “pharmaceutical assistance” if hand walking is likely to be dangerous. I see this most often as performance horses are recovering from injuries or surgeries.
-I’ll also add that many folks prefer to have their horses walk far, far behind them so there is an understanding of spacial boundaries. This is great, if you have the space to work with them if they get out of line. This is also great if your horse is trained that way. I’ll add that for me personally, I want to see their eyes and ears, so I know exactly what they are paying attention to!!! This technique is also not appropriate for hand walking at shows, when often times the only place you can hand walk is the barn aisles (which are busy and cluttered!) I also don’t suggest this method of walking for injury recovery, it’s too tempting for horses to take advantage, and your certainly don’t want to be shuffling their feet around quickly as a reprimand if they are injured and on the mend!
Now you have some tools to make hand walking safer! Enjoy the time with your horse and make it a positive experience. | <urn:uuid:329ce067-ce6f-4ce5-b6ce-09f5872a4dbf> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.proequinegrooms.com/index.php/tips/grooming/hand-walking-safety/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281162.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00531-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.960313 | 1,746 | 1.617188 | 2 |
A class intended to form the final link in the chain calling into a Future which represents
the response to an asynchronous service invocation
Most methods are dummies, required to fulfil the contracts for ImplementationProvider, Implementation
and Invoker, since this class collapses together the functions of these separate interfaces, due to its
specialized nature, where most of the function will never be used.
The class acts as the implementation object that terminates the chain - and also as the provider of the implementation.
The class accepts Future objects which represent individual invocations of forward operations on the async service
and expects that the responses it handles as invocations will carry the unique ID of one of the Future objects in the
message header. On receipt of each message, the class seeks out the Future with that unique ID and completes the future
either with a response message or with a Fault.
This class is its own invoker...
Add a future to this response handler
future - the future
Method which is the termination for the invocation chain from the callback endpoint
msg - the Tuscany message containing the response from the async service invocation
which is either the Response message or an exception of some kind
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For water management questions on the national scale, cross-border studies or for water authorities it can be necessary to couple models of the same type, i. e. models that represent the same flow processes, but different modelling areas, at shared boundaries. With the help of a simple test case how two open channel flow models (Sobek) can be coupled externally or iteratively according to the OpenMI standard. We discuss the simulation results from external coupling and iterative coupling against the simultaneous solution in one equation system. Conclusions on the choice of a coupling method for practical applications are made and technical recommendations are given.
Becker, Bernhard P.J. and Talsma, Jan, "On The External And Iterative Coupling Of Multiple Open Channel Flow Models With OpenMI" (2014). CUNY Academic Works. | <urn:uuid:b4e358f2-c7b8-4f85-bb5e-663e6977b854> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://academicworks.cuny.edu/cc_conf_hic/48/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571284.54/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811103305-20220811133305-00475.warc.gz | en | 0.819551 | 211 | 1.617188 | 2 |
The Curia of Francis, Paradise of the Multinationals
McKinsey, Promontory, Ernst & Young, KPMG. From the Vatican the race is on to sign up the most prestigious and expensive consulting companies in the world. At what price is not known
by Sandro Magister
ROME, January 17, 2014 – It may be "poor and for the poor," the Church dreamed of by Pope Francis. Meanwhile, however, the Vatican is becoming the cash cow of the most exclusive and expensive firms in the world of management and financial systems.
The latest one signed up is the legendary McKinsey & Company, with the task of coming up with "an integrated plan for making the organization of the Holy See's means of communication more functional, effective, and modern." Enough to sow panic in the ranks, which at the Vatican recently have not diminished but expanded, in a crescendo of confusion.
To Fr. Federico Lombardi, director of the press office and the official spokesman, has been added a "senior communications adviser" in the person of the American journalist Greg Burke, a member of Opus Dei, with an office in the secretariat of state.
Not to mention the two press agents that the president of the Institute for Works of Religion (IOR), Ernst von Freyberg, brought to Rome last spring from his native Germany, Max Hohenberg and Markus Wieser, both of Communications & Network Consulting.
Then there is Vatican Radio, directed by Lombardi, with a 30 million dollar annual budget and with as many journalists as it once took to broadcast on shortwave in the most obscure languages and to the most remote regions of the globe, but now excessive in number.
There is "L'Osservatore Romano," another money pit with the few thousand daily copies of its main edition.
There is the Centro Televisivo Vaticano, which has good revenues thanks to its exclusive worldwide rights to the images of the pope but must face prohibitive expenses with Sony and other major firms for technology updates.
And then there is the pontifical council for social communications, a bureaucratic rattletrap that should have done the work now entrusted to McKinsey but evidently was not thought capable of it.
In this disorder it has been clear for some time that Pope Francis prefers to follow his own lights. Of the three interviews of his that have made the biggest splash, he gave two of them to the Jesuits of "La Civiltà Cattolica" and one to the ultra-secularist founder of "la Repubblica," without Fr. Lombardi or Burke or anyone else having anything to do with it.
Another big name recruited by the Vatican is Promontory Financial Group, based in Washington. Since May, a dozen of its analysts have been set up in the offices of the IOR sifting through the accounts of the institute one by one, hunting for illicit operations. And they are doing the same with the accounts of the APSA, the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See.
Not only that. Top-level managers of Promontory have become part of the permanent leadership of the IOR. One former Promontory officer is Rodolfo Marranci, the new director general of the Vatican “bank.” And the senior advisers of the IOR include Elizabeth McCaul and Raffaele Cosimo, who at Promontory were respectively the heads of the New York and European branches. Also coming from across the Atlantic is Antonio Montaresi, called in to manage the risk office, a role that did not exist at the IOR before.
A similar multiplication of roles and personnel at the Vatican also concerns the Financial Information Authority, created at the end of 2010 by Benedict XVI, today directed by the Swiss René Brülhart, an expensive international star in this area who will soon be doubling his staff.
The balance sheets of the IOR are certified by Ernst & Young, to which the Vatican has also entrusted the verification and modernization of the finance and management practices of the governorate of the tiny state.
And another renowned multinational, KPMG, has been called to bring up to international standards the accounting practices of all the institutes and offices based in Vatican City.
In spite of the boasts of transparency, no information is coming out about the costs of this recourse to external contractors, costs that are presumed to be enormous, particularly those charged to the IOR.
As if this were not enough, the Vatican “bank” has had to spend 3.6 million euro to cover part of the debt of 28.3 million, calculated by Ernst & Young, for the world youth day in Rio de Janeiro.
And it has had to use roughly ten million euro to cover half of the chasm left in the diocese of Terni by its former bishop Vincenzo Paglia, the current president of the pontifical council for the family.
This commentary was published in "L'Espresso" no. 3 of 2014, on newsstands as of January 17, on the opinion page entitled "Settimo cielo" entrusted to Sandro Magister.
Here is the index of all the previous commentaries:> "L'Espresso" in seventh heaven
To the external firms mentioned in the article to which the Vatican is making recourse can be added Banco Santander, asked to provide a training course for the administrative personnel of the prefecture of economic affairs of the Holy See.
The president for Italy of Santander Consumer Bank SpA is Ettore Gotti Tedeschi, called to the presidency of the IOR in September of 2009 and removed from it on May 24, 2012 in a procedure he rightly called “unjust and brutal” in an interview with “Il Messaggero” of January 10, 2014, in which he asked Pope Francis to “listen to what I have to say, even in confession, if he thinks it appropriate,” because “I would like to be sure that he also knows my side of the story”:> Gotti Tedeschi: "Il papa deve conoscere la mia verità sullo IOR"
After his removal Gotti Tedeschi was completely ostracized. At the Vatican no one charged with studying the reform of the IOR has yet spoken with him, not even to listen to his reconstruction of events.
One measuring stick for the costs of the leading consulting companies is the contract drawn up shortly before Christmas by the Italian ministry of the treasury with KPMG - one of the companies recruited by the Vatican - to study how to rehabilitate the accounts of the seven regions most indebted in health care services: Abruzzo, Calabria, Campania, Lazio, Molise, Piedmont, and Sicily.
The cost of the contract with KPMG - which will also include the services of Ernst & Young, another of the companies recruited by the Vatican - is estimated at 38 million euro, to be paid for by the indebted regions.
It is therefore not surprising that IOR president von Freyberg has told Rachel Sanderson of the "Financial Times" that the compensation of Promontory Group costs "well above seven digits:"
> The scandal at the Vatican bank
McKinsey & Company is not a newcomer at giving advice to the Catholic Church. The diocese of Berlin turned to the director of the Munich branch, Thomas von Mitschke-Collande, to get its accounts back in order. And the episcopal conference of Germany did the same, to save on costs and personnel.
In 2012, Mitschke-Collande published a book entitled: “Does the Church want to destroy itself? Facts and analyses presented by a business consultant.” And last summer he offered a detailed plan for the reform of the Roman curia to the eight cardinal councilors of Pope Francis.
At the Vatican, McKinsey & Company was asked in 2008 to help bring order to the administration of the governorate of the pontifical state.
One case of twofold membership, at Ernst & Young and at the same time on the commission instituted by Pope Francis to reorganize the economic-administrative structure of the Holy See, is that of Francesca Immacolata Chaouqui, who works in public relations at the Anglo-American multinational.
But more than for conflict of interest, the young PR rep has raised much more substantial objections in the Vatican and outside of it, from the moment of her appointment:> Ricca and Chaouqui, Two Enemies in the House
(26.8.2013)> Francesca Immacolata Chaouqui si confessa due volte
(18.9.2013)> Chaouqui e Vallejo Balda, la strana coppia
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Bottom: Spaceship Two crash in 2014
"It isn’t often that we see a New York Times paragraph so freighted with syrup and honeyed goo, but there it was on Sunday afternoon, like something you’d order at IHOP to beat back a hangover: “Soaring more than 50 miles into the hot, glaringly bright skies above New Mexico, Richard Branson at last fulfilled a dream that took decades to realize: He can now call himself an astronaut.”
Better lede: “Fulfilling his desire to beat a fellow billionaire into the lowest verge of space, notorious tax cheat Richard Branson burned some of the money he owes his home country in order to fling himself past the troposphere so he could experience weightlessness for as much time as it takes to make a decent bowel movement."- William Rivers Pitt, smirkingchimp.com
Well, Richard Branson and his crewmates got their $1 billion-plus joyride yesterday just beyond the minimal Karman line at 56 miles. The flight took off around 10:40 a.m. Eastern time from Spaceport America in New Mexico, about 180 miles south of Albuquerque. For the first 9 minutes, and up to 46,000 feet, it amounted to a glorified plane ride while attached to the 'mother ship', Eve. The space plane (dubbed 'Unity') then separated from the carrier ship around 11:25 a.m. EDT and ignited its engine for about 60 seconds, carrying Branson and the crew into space. Video footage from the live stream showed him and the crew experiencing weightlessness.
Minutes later, the plane began its to return to Earth in a glide, and soon landed safely on the New Mexico spaceport’s runway. Mr. Branson, speaking into a camera in the plane’s cabin during the glide, called it “an experience of a lifetime.” Well, uh yeah, I guess it beats trans -Atlantic jet junkets.
Those who missed it can access the Virginis broadcasting coverage of the flight and its aftermath. In the context of manned space firsts, the event was so-so, meaning 'So what?' Indeed, Alan Shepard's suborbital Mercury- Redstone flight on May 5, 1961 puts it in the shade. Shepard's mission lasted 15-minutes aboard his space capsule Freedom 7, setting a precedent for the remaining six Mercury astronauts naming their spacecraft. His spacecraft reached an altitude of 101.2 nautical miles (116.5 statute miles, 187.5 km) and traveled a downrange distance of 263.1 nautical miles (302.8 statute miles. )
What sets Branson's event apart is that it is an entrepreneurial space effort and makes space - or rather near space - commercial sojourns safe for billionaires and the ultra rich. Virgin Galactic has already said (WSJ, July 10-11, p. A4) it plans to initiate commercial space flights that generate sales in 2022. The company founded by Richard Branson has reported 600 reservations for future flights backed by $80 million in deposits. It reported a loss of $273 million for last year and, compared with Blue Origin and SpaceX, has a business model that is more deeply tied to the emergence of a space-tourism sector.
Again, read that correctly: the emergence of the ultra, first class luxury space tourism sector. At around 250 grand a trip neither I - nor I warrant most blog readers - would be able to afford such near space getaways. We will have to settle for jetting off to Barbados or maybe New Orleans.
Watching the reports from MSNBC and the events ahead of takeoff, the Spaceport America facility had the feel of a festival, with guests of Virgin Galactic eating food and listening to a DJ, who at one point tried to get a dance contest started and reminded people to put on sunscreen. Some guests, wearing purple “Unity 22” T-shirts—Sunday’s flight is the 22nd for the VSS Unity––milled in and out of a building for the event and near a stage set up outside. A band occasionally warmed up. Around 500 guests were in attendance, including Elon Musk and New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham. All in all the event came off as a pre-planned product of astute showmanship: a huge branding exercise (for Branson's Virgin Galactic), along with a rich guy's fulfillment of his childhood 'space man' fantasies.
Less noted, but clearly in the background, is that Branson had a ton of motivation to put the 2014 crash of his Space Ship Two well in the rear view mirror. And nothing achieves such a goal as success in a current manned mission. Success though it was let's bear in mind it was not a "space first" as the media has hyped the event. Hell, Branson's Unity craft barely touched space.
It was basically the achievement of a rich man's ego trip that happened to marginally involve space - or rather the edge of space. The future of Branson's venture also will not be plumbing new cosmic mysteries, or doing research. It will be ringing up ka-chings for his new breed of multi-millionaire space tourists. As former NASA astronaut Mae Jemison put it this morning on MSNBC: "How can you talk of the democratization of space when the vast majority of people will not be able to afford trips like these?"
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On a wintry night in January 1961, Jacqueline Kennedy stepped out of her Georgetown Townhouse and into a blizzard to attend the Inaugural Gala. It was cold, the snow was falling, yet she was dressed head-to-toe in white. Fashion followers across the nation let out a collective gasp.
When she wore a wool coat to the inauguration the next day instead of a fur coat like all of the other women, it sent a distinct signal that fashion in Washington had changed. The new First Lady knew a lot about style, and she wasn't afraid to show it. Her clothes were unique, her look was unique, and everything she did seemed refined and classy. From that day forward, Jacqueline Kennedy was an undisputed fashion darling.
But she wasn't the only one.
Audrey Hepburn had a unique style, as did Grace Kelly. So did Wallis Simpson and Coco Chanel. Today, Victoria Beckham and Kate Middleton are style icons, as are Nicole Kidman and Kate Moss.
So just what is it about these women – and others like them – that makes their style so intriguing? What do they know that most don't?
How to create a signature style.
A signature style is a distinct way of dressing that is totally and uniquely YOU. You take what you have – best features, personal history – mix it with current styles, and add your own unique little “twist.” Then you dress that way consistently, day after day, to the shock and admiration of all.
And you do it with less effort and more fun than you've ever had before.
Imagine heads snapping as you walk by. Imagine others instantly deferring to you. Imagine jumping to the “A” list in your circle, because you dress well but not like anyone else.
You'll exude confidence. You'll attract attention. You'll gain instant favorite status.
Because when you know who you are and dress like you mean it, people get out of your way. They instantly defer to you and treat you with respect. Because clearly, you know something they don't.
And you will.
You'll have learned how to harness the power of a signature style.
So how do you develop a signature style again?
By focusing entirely on YOU.
When you ask most women who their fashion icon is, Audrey Hepburn, Coco Chanel, and Jacqueline Kennedy top the list. The beautiful clothes and graceful manners are from a bygone era, so many women try to replicate it by dressing like their favorites.
There was only one Audrey, one Coco, and one Jackie. Their signature styles reflected THEM. Their stories. Their hardships. Their lives. If you “scratch the surface” just a little and learn about their histories, how they dressed made perfect sense...for THEM.
Audrey Hepburn's boyish figure was the result of severe malnutrition during World War II. She generally preferred simple, solid-colored silhouettes that drew attention to her face.
Coco Chanel was born into poverty, raised in an orphanage, and relied on rich lovers to get her start. Once she became financially independent, she finally felt powerful and in control – and created a signature style of menswear-inspired clothes.
Jacqueline Kennedy was raised in wealth and privilege and grew up riding horses. She spent her junior year in college in Paris and wanted to stay there, but her mother made her come home. From then on, however, she preferred the simple lines and exquisite fabrics used by French designers. She also like to show off her toned upper arms, which were firm from riding horses.
When you know their histories, their wardrobes make perfect sense. Their signature styles are a reflection of their lives, their loves, and their passions. Their clothes tell THEIR stories.
But YOU have a different story.
A unique story that NEEDS to be told.
So...what is it?
What in your life has shaped you to think as you do, work as you do, and dress as you do? Why do you dress the way you do?
Let me give you an example:
My name's Diana Pemberton-Sikes and I'm the image consultant and fashion blogger behind FashionForRealWomen.com, one of the oldest and most content-rich fashion sites on the web. I started modeling at 15 and have written more than a dozen books about fashion, but I didn't start out in the industry. Far from it!
I'm a military brat who grew up in Catholic schools wearing uniforms every day. I also studied dance for 20+ years and love the discipline of ballet. I'm perfectly comfortable with rules and regulations and can follow dress codes and protocols without complaint. But I was also raised by a creative mother who had her own interior design firm. She taught me about color and proportion and how to create focal points. Combine that with the modeling and years of writing about fashion - plus my being a Leo - and you have my signature style: classic styles in (usually) solid colors with dramatic, eye-catching accessories. I cannot tell you how many times my accessories have started conversations.
So what about you?
If you were to tell me your story through clothes, what would it be?
That you're traveled and cultured, like Jacqueline Kennedy? Powerful and assertive, like Chanel? Or disciplined yet attention-seeking, like me? 😉
Who and what has shaped your life?
And perhaps more importantly, what about it can you use to create a signature style that makes you stand out from the crowd?
Because trust me, once you begin to dress in a way that is authentically YOU, you won't ever go back to worrying about the latest “it” bag or “hot” color. When people start complimenting you on your unique way of dressing - your signature style - you'll wonder why you ever tried to dress like anyone else in the first place. It's much more fun being YOU.
So how do you go about creating a signature style?
With the Signature Style Blueprint.
Signature Style Blueprint is my step-by-step, fill-in-the-blank video ecourse that guides you through the steps of determining your signature style.
You're not like anyone else, and neither is your story. Just like Audrey and Coco and Jackie, we need to determine what's cool and unique about YOU so you can start to show it through your clothes.
The course starts with a look at what other women with signature styles have done, so you get a clear understanding of just what, exactly, a signature style is all about.
Then, we go through the steps of the blueprint:
Step One: We take an inventory of you and your closet. We need to know what we have to work with in terms of your body type,clothing personality, best features, personal history, and favorite fashion obsession.
Step Two: We look at the elements that make up signature styles, including fashion, accessories, and grooming.
Step Three: We figure out how to mesh your preferences with the signature elements that appeal to you most. By the time we're done with this section, you'll have determined your signature style.
Step Four: We talk about how to maintain your signature on a day-to-day basis. You'll literally be able to walk out the door EVERY day, looking amazing from head-to-toe.
Finally, we'll talk about where else you can infuse your signature style in your life, like in your house, car, and office. Why limit your style to your clothes? Let it touch everything in your life.
By the time you're done, you'll know how to mix your:
…with the clothing, accessory, and grooming elements that are distinctly YOU. You'll know what to highlight, what to camouflage, what to spend money on, and what to skip all together.
Every woman has a distinct style.
Let me help you discover yours.
Again, it's a step-by-step, fill-in-the-blank process, so nothing is left to chance.
Once you begin to dress with your signature style, you'll notice the same thing other best-dressed women have learned:
You'll be presented with new opportunities – very often in the fashion field
I put that last one in there, because numerous fashion careers have come about because of signature styles, including those of:
It boils down to this: when you dress well consistently in a way that's uniquely you, it pays off handsomely. See for yourself.
One of the biggest challenges my readers told me they had was dressing well consistently. Most could manage to look good for important stuff like presentations or special occasions, but the day-to-day often fell by the wayside. Which is unfortunate, becausethe money's in the consistency.
When you dress well every day, people see you as being organized and in control. They trust you more. They pay you better.
Which means that dressing inconsistently is costing you more than you realize.
But you can rectify that quickly and easily by creating a signature style that gets you out the door every day, looking like a million. And you can do that with Signature Style Blueprint for the low, low, one-time cost of just $97.
Yep – for about the cost of a dress, you can learn how to build a signature style that's uniquely you that will pay dividends for years to come
I happen to think that if you apply the material, you'll be shocked at how well it will work for you. But if you don't like Signature Style Blueprint or it doesn't deliver to your satisfaction, just let me know within the first 60 days. I'll refund your money, no questions asked.
When you invest in Signature Style Blueprint today, you'll get instant access to:
Once you're done, you'll not only have a VERY clear idea of how to create your signature style, you'll also have the fill-in-the-blanks workbook as reference should you have questions. Come back and review the videos any time. Or, download them to your computer for future reference.
So if you're ready to learn how to dress well consistently – and learn secrets like how Caroline Herrera can get out the door in 10 minutes to go run her billion-dollar empire – here's your chance.
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Ciro Paone, historic founder of Kiton, men’s fashion house made in Naples and one of the best known clothing brands in the world, died in Naples at the age of 88. Created in 1968 in Arzano with the declared aim of ensuring that “the values of elegance and beautiful dress” were affirmed in the world, Kiton (whose name derives from “chiton”, the ceremonial tunic that the ancient Greeks wore to pray the Gods of Olympus) is now managed by the daughters Giovanna and Raffaella, and by the grandchildren Antonio, Silverio and Toto. To keep alive the great Neapolitan tailoring tradition, in 2001 Paone created a school of haute couture to train young fashion artisans and encourage the generational turnover within the company where about 500 tailors of proven professionalism currently work. In 2004 Carlo Azeglio Ciampi appoints Ciro Paone knight of labor and a showroom worth 40 million dollars is opened in New York, followed by another in London, ten in Japan, one in Russia, in Mexico, in Syria. in Azerbaijan and Israel. In 2013 Kiton bought Palazzo Ferrè, former home of the designer Gianfranco Ferré, transforming it into his Milanese headquarters. Today, Kiton employs over 800 people, with 50 single-brand stores in 15 different countries and an ambitious program of new openings in the coming years. There are five factories: in Arzano, coats, shirts, ties, footwear and small leather goods are produced; jackets in Collecchio, knitwear in Fidenza, jeans in Marcianise; in Biella the fabrics are worked and created at the wool mill. Kiton has always produced its clothes strictly by hand, up to 18,000 per year, for a cost between 5,000 and 15,000 dollars. Each one is made by at least 45 tailors. Kiton’s most famous model is the K-50, which takes about 50 hours of production and costs over $ 50,000. | <urn:uuid:d346dd69-632e-4c43-a8db-b024d4dac8a8> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://magazine.michelefranzesemoda.com/kiton-farewell-to-the-patron-ciro-paone-master-of-the-neapolitan-style-in-the-world/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570868.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808152744-20220808182744-00070.warc.gz | en | 0.956302 | 426 | 1.851563 | 2 |
When Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was sworn in for a second term in January, he vowed to make economic growth and job creation the focus of his administration. The president promised to accelerate GDP growth to 5% in 2007, nearly doubling 2006’s expansion. Analysts say he provided little detail as to how he intends to do so and instead suggest year-on-year growth of 3.5% is more likely.
Growth in 2007 will be aided principally by exports and a decline in the Selic benchmark interest rate to around 11.5% by year-end. Strong exports will be a key growth engine, with the trade surplus expected to hit $40 billion this year, boosted by demand for commodities and growth in ethanol output. The 2006 trade surplus exceeded official goals, at $46.1 billion.
“Lula may have been a disappointment for members of the left, but he successfully consolidated the reforms that were enacted during the 1990s,” wrote Walter Molano, head of research at BCP Securities. Molano predicts ratings agencies should grant Brazil a coveted investment-grade rating “by the end of this year or the beginning of 2008.”
Construction could bring new investment opportunities. “Brazilian gross capital investments should exceed 20% of GDP in the next five years, of which nearly 60% will be in civil construction,” predicts a report by Merrill Lynch. The investment bank expects the government to seek partnerships with private sector investors for infrastructure projects.
December and January saw a surge in debentures issues. BNDESPar, the investment arm of the BNDES development bank, issued the first $277 million tranche of its new debentures program, which contemplates $900 million in issuance over the next two years. Cemig, the energy company for the state of Minas Gerais, and CPFL, the electrical utility for the state of São Paulo, issued $465 million via Unibanco and $298 million via Citibank, respectively. Net Serviços, a pay-TV operator, also issued another $270 million in debentures through Bradesco. | <urn:uuid:360abc15-b5aa-451b-a272-863fe40561cf> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://www.gfmag.com/magazine/february-2007/f817cc-emerging-markets-brazil | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988719646.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183839-00128-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.962433 | 448 | 1.703125 | 2 |
Recent figures released by the charity Alcohol Concern have shown a huge rise in alcohol-related hospital treatment to under-18s. With the coalition Government keen to clamp down on drinks prices and availability, it seems the current administration is still wrestling with the hangover brought on by the Licensing Act of 2003.
The change in laws by the previous Labour Government has left not only long-term health and anti-social behaviour issues but also created a ‘booze Britain’ culture which is becoming increasingly accessible to under-age drinkers.
The figures showed under-age drinkers admitted to Accident and Emergency departments in the United Kingdom cost the NHS more than £19 million a year. In addition to this, the number of under-18s admitted to hospital through alcohol rose by a third between 2002 and 2007.
In addition to the Alcohol Concern figures, a new report by former Labour drugs advisor David Nutt has classified alcohol as the most dangerous substance available to the British public.
Professor Nutt, sacked by former Home Secretary Alan Johnson for his liberal stance on the declassification of certain drugs, found that alcohol rated higher as a harmful drug to both the individual and society than other substances such as crack cocaine and heroin.
David Cameron had previously spoken out about ‘the unbelievable low prices of some alcohol’. The Government will also review alcohol taxation and pricing to ensure it tackles binge drinking, a trend increasingly common with young people in the UK.
One of the major problems brought about by Labours change of the Licensing Act was the power given to supermarkets to sell cheaper alcohol for more time of the day. The Prime Minister also talked about ‘loss leading’ by supermarkets – the process of selling alcohol in bulk at cost price or lower.
Groups for and against the introduction of a minimum pricing have been vociferous in their arguments about the prospect of this policy. Pricing measures have been opposed by bodies such as the British Retail Consortium, but called for by the Chief Medical Officer, and other health groups.
This makes alcohol readily available to under-age drinkers in two damaging ways. The first is that it is affordable to young people whether it is beer, wines or spirits. The second, and more worrying one, is that recent trends and the downturn in the economy have led many adults to abandon bars and clubs in favour of drinking at home. This means that children from a young age have access to large quantities of alcohol, and also witness its effects.
As someone who has worked in the drinks trade for nearly ten years, and as a young person who has seen the change in drinking culture that has happened in this country, I firmly believe that education is a valuable weapon in bringing about a positive change.
Alcohol has never been more in the public eye, whether it be bad press or advertising. Promotions and marketing are big business for large scale alcohol companies, and these campaigns all promote sensible drinking, but they also have a wide reach through advertising on television and other media outlets, a reach to the younger generation.
While the British alcohol industry has a lot to celebrate both in terms of history and products on the market, the current culture of drinking, the health and social implications and under-age problems are in urgent need of review.
A spokesman for the Department of Health recently said: ‘We must educate them so they understand how bad it is for their health now and in the long term,’ and Chris Sorek, chief executive of alcohol awareness charity Drinkaware also said, “It is essential we understand the root causes of why young people drink, such as boredom, bravado, for self-confidence or to fit in. Only then can we hope to educate them about the risks of drinking and start to change their behaviour.’
Only through a better knowledge of alcohol and just what problems it can cause, both health-related and socially, can people under the age of eighteen have a better understanding of what decisions they are making with regards to alcohol.
Measures already implemented such as the removal of ‘all you can drink’, ‘girls drink for free’ and other deals that do not put a limit on alcohol consumed, plus the Challenge 21 and subsequently Challenge 25 age checks are a positive move forward in a lawful way of stopping under-age and binge drinking, but there are always ways around this.
Education still remains the best course of action to prevent under-18s from developing unhealthy problems with alcohol while unaware of the damages it can have.
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03rd February to 10th March
by Gráinne Murphy
This six-week course is a great opportunity to learn the art of screen printing.
Learn about the history of print and see examples of different techniques and possibilities. Using your own drawings and photographs, discover how to transform your design into an edition of prints. You will learn all the tricks and skills you need to start screen printing independently at a high level. You will experiment techniques, such us hand cut stencils, photo stencils and mrpvc hand drawn stencil.
This course is suitable for complete beginners and well as improvers. The course numbers are limited to allow for as much social distancing as possible.
What to bring:
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*Particpants will need to show proof of vaccination
*Please note the dates are subject to change due to goverment guidlines.
Thursday, 03 February 2022 - <br>Thursday, 10 March 2022
19:00 - 21:00 GMT
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Most of us aren’t conservative white Trump supporters. We need to reclaim our stolen identity.
CHR Comment: I saved this article back in October before the election. It provides an interesting perspective on what it means to be Evangelical, a term used historically, theologically, and politically in American dialogue.
The term comes from German “evangelisch,” which Martin Luther and other reformers used to describe their churches in the sixteenth century. This was a theological use of the term, referring to the Reformation churches as churches “of the Gospel” in contrast with medieval Catholicism, which focused so much on tradition and piety.
Historically, “evangelisch” came to mean what Protestant means in American Christianity, sort of “not Roman Catholic.” The theological use that focused on the Gospel was obscured over time.
As the article points out, Evangelical in America popularly means born again Christian, although many Protestant churches continue to use it in the older theological or historical sense. Because born again Christians have become very active politically, Evangelical has also become a political term to describe conservative Christian voters and that is the use that Jim Wallis is contending against, adding concern about narrowing use of the term to describe white voters.
Source: Evangelicals aren’t who you think: Jim Wallis
An interview with the author of “Assimilate or Go Home: Notes from a Failed Missionary on Rediscovering Faith”
CHR Comment: An interesting dialogue about Roman Catholic and Protestant views of mission work today.
Source: Jesus, Gentrification, and the Hypocrisy of “Diversity”: An Interview with D.L. Mayfield | Religion Dispatches
CHR Comment: A summary of diagrams about how the “temple” of traditional Evangelicalism conflicts with Jesus’ teaching and how progressives would redefine the church.
Source: Progressive Evangelicals: Who We Are And What We Believe | Huffington Post
In recent weeks, as the reality of Donald Trump’s nomination has continued to settle, op-eds have begun to circulate on social media claiming to make a “moral” case for his candidacy. These are addressed to an evangelical readership, and built to appeal to traditional evangelical beliefs.
CHR Comment: Grudem’s argument that a vote for Donald Trump is morally correct continues to receive criticism, this time from Eric C. Miller of Religion Dispatches. Miller’s critique is very direct, citing examples of Trump’s behavior and noting that they do not match up well with the moral behavior expected of Evangelicals. He also criticizes what he describes as the Republican-Evangelical alliance, holding that this political arrangement is harmful to Evangelicalism since its leaders must prop up a candidate that does not fit with their doctrine and practice. The Republican-Evangelical alliance dates to the Reagan years and involved the Moral Majority and Christian Coalition. Recently, James Dobson of Focus on the Family was cited as saying that Trump was a convert to Evangelical Christianity.
Grudem’s arguments for supporting Trump have intensified the political debate for American Christians as persons from both parties argue that their candidate fits best with Christianity while many Christians are dissatisfied with the character of both Trump and Clinton.
Source: The Moral Case for Trump? | Religion Dispatches
“These are shaky times,” says Christian gospel, R&B, rap, pop, and hip-hop artist Kirk Franklin. “I’m praying and hoping maybe one thing that I’ve said, from somebody who came from nothing, could maybe still give just a little bit of hope that it can get better.” More →
CHR Comment: This interview describes the career of Evangelical Gospel artist Kirk Franklin, his place at the edge of Christian music, and his welcome to the center through the Billy Graham crusades and the first platinum Gospel album. Franklin was raised Baptist.
Source: Kirk Franklin | July 8, 2016 | Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly | PBS
Racial diversity in local churches is a preview of eternity.
CHR Comment: Given Robert P. Jones new book on White Protestantism, this essay by Stetzer is an interesting piece to read from a leader in the Southern Baptist Convention. I especially like the visual with different crayons all labeled “flesh” tone, which is very clever.
Source: Di-ver-si-ty: Overcoming Homogeneity in Our Churches | The Exchange | A Blog by Ed Stetzer
It’s a simplistic story wrapped in data.
CHR Comment: A helpful and interesting critique of the history behind the title of Robert P. Jones’s book about American Evangelicals and declining Protestantism.
Source: ‘The End of White Christian America’ is meaningless | Religion News Service
The growing Christian tourism industry presents history from a Christian point of view and often is based on a literal interpretation of the Bible.
CHR Comment: The article describes the upcoming opening of a Noah’s Ark exhibit built to biblical scale as well as six other Christian tourism sites that are open now or will open in the next few years. Some sites are like a theme park, others are like a museum.
Source: Newest tourist attraction to tap into Christian curiosity
A new generation of evangelical scholars are challenging the idea that sinners are doomed to eternal torment—but traditionalists are pushing back.
CHR Comment: An extensive article describing traditional, annihilationist, and universalist views that are discussed in British and American Evangelicalism. The traditional view is associated with Augustine, the annihilationist view with Irenaeus, and the universalist view with Origen. The article likewise cites polling about the declining popularity of the doctrine of hell.
Source: The Campaign to Eliminate Hell
(UPDATED) Larycia Hawkins ‘flummoxed and flabbergasted’ by decision; Chicago Tribune had praised ‘remarkable tolerance’ of both sides.
CHR Comment: College leadership has asked Prof. Hawkins to explain her understanding of the college’s statement of faith four times and on a variety of issues including: theology proper, liberation theology, and sexuality. It seems clear that Prof. Hawkins is pushing the boundaries of her institution’s understanding of the Christian faith. The article explains that her views are minority positions held among American Evangelicals. Her tenure with the college is terminated for two years but may be restored.
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There is a theological distinction typically made between the "Word of God", and the "Word of God Written". The Word of God Written is obviously the Scriptures as contained in the Old and New Testaments. Jesus Christ is the eternal Logos (Jn. 1:1) and is appropriately called the "Living Word".
I hope this helps.
On what basis are the Scriptures to be described as "The Word of God" (I know we have Heb 4:12 as an example but it is not clear that that applies to written as opposed to spoken words eg: through the prophets).
Jesus is often quoted as saying that the things written are authoritative as the very words of God. For example He says, "It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God." (Mt. 4:4) See also, (Lk. 4:48; 10:26, John 12:16, and particularly Luke 24:13-35)
Repeatedly we find both Jesus and the Apostles' making an appeal to the Words of God how they were written in the laws and the prophets. As they understood them as God's Words, we should follow their example as New Testament Christians.
I hope this helps.
But I'm not sure that that amounts to a description of 'The Bible' (at least not as we currently have it). Bits of it, may be.
Are you asking about the matter of canoncity? How we came to have the Bible?
No, I'm more asking for a definition of "The Word of God" and whether or not that has equivalence with the Bible on my bedside table.
Ok. Sure. Then I'd refer back to my orginal response. In one sense we understand the Word of God as the Bible. In other words, as men wrote, they were under the inspiration of God's Holy Spirit. They wrote what He wanted them to - leaving room for personality, etc. yet fully inspired. In another more technical sense, Jesus Christ is the Word of God incarnate The Logos of Jn. 1:1). He is the manifestation of all the Word of God Written point us towards. It's culmination, it's fulfillment. But both the Bible, and Christ are the "Words of God" - the Word of God Written, and the Incarnate Word, respectively.
I hope this helps.
Matt, which bits of the Bible do you think may be the Word of God. Please explain why you suspect that they may be.
I love the question but I won't end up where you do.
On one hand I agree with the following statement in the article you posted:
"To begin with, God does not speak in any language. Not even Hebrew."
But, as Tevye in Fiddler on the roof says, "on the other hand" I think he is wrong. God speaks every language but doesn't need language to speak.
The Bible is the word of God. But the word of God is more than the Bible. Here is where most on this board will part ways with me.
Jesus is the Word so the word is obviously more than the Bible. I have been given words to speak that I think God gave me. After saying them I was moved by the content of them for they were truths that I had not considered before. However, they were in agreement with scripture and did not add to scripture.
Here is where we part for I do not think God has revealed new truth since the scriptures were finished. Jesus is not only the WORD, but he is the truth as well. When the "truth" that has been handed down is evaluated, even a simple painter like me can discern what is going on.
What often draws people to looking to the "church fathers" is basically similar to saying that the further upstream you go, the purer the waters should be. This is true for the Anabaptist that I know. I think the Church of Christ thinks this way as well.
This argument makes a convincing case that these early Christian writers were in the best possible position to interpret and understand what the inspired writers had in mind when they wrote the New Testament. However, I disagree with that premise for I have the same Holy Spirit in me as they did.
I think this is the word of John:
This is the word of the Devil
this is the word of a man who had leprocy
I'm sure there are many many others.
My belief is : Jesus is "The Word of God" ; "The Holy Bible" contains words about "The Word".
How do you know those are the words of John?
How do you know those are the words of the devil (indeed, how do you know there IS a devil)?
How do you know those are the words of the leper?
Not being difficult, but, for those who question whether some or all of the Bible is the word of God (or the words of God), I wish you would enlighten us as to the method you use to come to your conclusions.
Very easy. Though in some schools of thought it goes beyond the pale but I'll put it out there.
1) I opened the bible
2) I read the bible
3) The quotes I indicated were predicated by: "John said:"; "the Devil Said:", "The lepor said:"
4) I then determined for the basis of this discussion that if the bible is considered to accurately record the events expressed in it then I would trust its recording which indicates that other people said these things in the bible and none of them were identified as God.
As far as knowing there is a Devil in the context of the conversation I may assume that given X = the bible is accurate then the character known as the Devil which is in the bible is an actual person or being. However, in most mathmatics X is the variable so if you do not count the bible as being accurate we would have to try to determin the existance of the devil outside of the bible. Which ultimately would be another thread.
What do people mean when they say Jesus it the word of God? Plato believed that a lessor deity created the cosmos and also identified that deity as Logos because in philosophy the spoken word is the enacting of the idea thus power is in the word. So God imagined (idea) spoke (enacting the idea) the act itself a divine substance being the devine in activity then created the result of the idea. Yet philosophy also calls God the original mover thus is not moved of itself and connot be moved but everything is effected around it: the source. But if the word is moved by the idea of God would it not then be less then God since it is moveable? And Plato I think would deminish the word to demurge status. So keeping in mind the trinity and its consept what do people mean that Jesus is the word? If he is homoosious with the father then he too would be the first mover. Was the Gospel of John too much influenced by Philo and his love for greek philosophy? Or was John saying something about Jesus and if he was what was he saying and again what do people mean that Jesus is the word of God?
I think John understood the Hellenistic limitations of the philosophical idea of Logos. But he understood the Greek mind well enough to know the suggestion of Christ as the eternal "Word" would convey the right message. Bearing in mind the gnostic tendencies (particularly the heresy of docitism) of the 1st century, it appears John is trying to make a connection between the physical and the spiritual (something Plato would never concieve). The eternal and the temporal. God in the Flesh. The Word Incarnate.
I hope this helps.
Historical fact leads me to believe the scriptures we have to-day were passed down quite accurately. Hence the Bible we know to-day certainly contains the very words of those who contributed to those manuscripts.
Personally, my experience in the word established a spiritual fact to me. Be twice-born. It happened and I am here. There must be some truth to it, or I am a hoax.
The history of Jesus has been established by an empty tomb and the events of that time prove to me it was so as recorded in that Bible.
Did God speak a language? I am not sure He spoke in Hebrew, Aramaic or any other known language. I believe He spoke in a language known to Moses, if we only call it God-speak...or was it the angels who spoke. Through some means of verbal communication He gave the message to Moses and others in time.
Whilst I am not a strong believer in preservation, I have no reason to doubt that we had an accurate record of God's word in the original manuscripts. I have reason to believe that the early Fathers were dedicated enough to rightly transfer those records to us in their copies. Follow that down through history and we end up with the Bible we hold to-day.
Yes, I believe the Bible is the word of God. Jesus being the Word is a whole other thing and not to be confused with the Bible.
You make a very interesting point. John knew the audience to which we wrote. So used the best term in the context of what he was speaking about with regard to Jesus. Yet the term in the culture of the very audience which he addressed had obvious limitations. How were these limitations with deffinition accounted for to his audience? We see the prevalence of gnostics in the early church. Some gnostic ideas even carry down to this very day. So how do we reconsile Johns use of the term Logos in the culture of his day with it being the inspired word of God?
"So how do we reconsile Johns use of the term Logos in the culture of his day with it being the inspired word of God?"
~ The same way we understand all of Scripture to have been written to a historically contemporary audience. We interpret (rightly divide) it, and apply it for us today. This is, in one sense, the primary function and role of a minister.
It sounds like speculation. If I believe this is how the contemporaries understand those words but 2,000 years later I could be wrong wouldn't then dividing rightly the word of truth be like speculating? For instance Hyteriae is a social club in Rome 2,000 years ago. However, our understanding of Social club and the Romans view are quiet different. Hyteriae are like a combination of Union, religion, insurance, stakeholding, type society. But we have to use different items just to explain it and then not fully so we can only speculate on its meaning to the people of Jesus day. Ecclesia or a gathering of those called out (like the Roman senate) is in our modern context a church but not with the original conotation that it had to the greeks. So it becomes problematic with definition and how the modern church understands it. So are ministers who are rightly dividing the word of truth speculating based on their own persecptions and ideas with in our modern context rather than the context of the original readers of the text? | <urn:uuid:b9beee96-e260-48b9-bfc9-89bc9f5e4731> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://www.baptistboard.com/threads/is-the-bible-properly-described-as-the-word-of-god.51831/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988720153.61/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183840-00324-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.980216 | 2,370 | 2.28125 | 2 |
To effectively manage your NNU network password, you first need to enroll in the Password Management System. Go to help.nnu.edu and click on Password Management to see further instructions on enrolling and creating security questions. Once you have gone through this Enrollment process, you can easily use the system to change your password, recover a lost password, or to unlock your account.
The first time you enroll, you will enter the user name you have been given, which is part of your first and last name. This is entered in the "Account Name" field. You then enter your current password as your "Old Password". If you have never logged in on the network before, you will use the default password in the "Old Password" field, which consists of the word "Default" and your NNU ID number. It will look like this: Default####. The pound signs represent your ID number.
After you have logged in on the password manager, you will create a new password. Setting up the password can be a little tricky, but the guidelines below will help you keep your account secure.
Choosing a password
There are several requirements for passwords on the NNU systems. Passwords need to meet some rather complex rules in order to remain secure and to work correctly, so make sure you pay attention to these requirements:
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If your password change fails, contact the help desk in the IT Services office, 208-467-8111, or create a ticket at help.nnu.edu for assistance.
The network password management system will change your password on campus computers, on Canvas, and the NNU Portal. It will not change your Gmail password or your CARS-CX/JX password (if you have one). For employees who login on CARS-CX/JX, check out our page on how to manage those passwords on the CARS-JX/CX Password Management page.
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Gmail Password Management
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Submarine escape equipment demonstrated at Loch Fyne by Royal Navy.
No titles. British-designed escape equipment demonstrated by Royal Navy.
Loch Fyne, Scotland.
General view of submarine, HMS Otter, going into dive for escape exercise. Shot of two men in rubber dinghy who will be in radio control contact with submarine whilst under water. General view of sub nearly submerged with only the periscope showing.
Inside the submarine we see one of the escapees getting into the ejection position, and putting a hood over his head which completely seals him in a suit. He then climbs up to the escape passage. C/U another escapee pressing release button.
Exterior shot taken from top of sub showing the escapee emerging in water in inflated suit. The two escapees are helped into dinghies and taken to recovery ship. The first man is Lieutenant Commander Brian Forbes. C/U Forbes. Other escapee is seen climbing up side of rescue vessel and walking on board. | <urn:uuid:09e0b387-f439-4a68-b530-da2fb338916a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://britishpathe.com/video/submarine-escape-exercise | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817032054-20220817062054-00470.warc.gz | en | 0.940041 | 218 | 2.34375 | 2 |
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Latest update: June 3rd, 2013
The firestorm that erupted with the YouTube posting of excerpts from a 1990 sermon by Pastor John Hagee – reflecting his belief that the Holocaust and the establishment of Israel both reflected God’s will – is a case study of how certain religious views have been placed beyond the pale of permissible discussion.
Within a week of the posting, the reputation of the leading Christian supporter of Israel had been trashed, his views distorted, and the Republican presidential candidate forced to disavow his support – all without any serious discussion of the sermon, its theology, or its relationship to Jewish scriptures.
As always, truth was slow to get its boots on, but the response of the new media was nevertheless impressive. David Brog on The American Thinker website, Anne Lieberman on the Boker Tov, Boulder! Blog, and Joel Mowbray in the Washington Times, among others, distinguished themselves. Morton Klein of the Zionist Organization of America published an articulate defense.
Here is some additional material necessary to understanding Pastor Hagee’s views and work, and the controversy his sermon produced:
Whether one agrees with his remarks or not, they are hardly controversial to those familiar with the conversation Jews have been having with and about God for thousands of years.
Pastor Hagee is hardly the first person to posit an interactive relationship between the hand of the Creator and the fate of the Jewish people. His opinion in this matter may be uncommon in the mainstream, but it is hardly singular, remarkable or exceptional among Holocaust survivors.
Founder and president of CJHSLA, Doris Wise Montrose, said, “My entire life I never heard a discussion about the Holocaust that did not bring up God. Many survivors, including my father, believed that God had a hand in the Holocaust, either by causing it or by allowing it to happen.”
CJHSLA urges the public, especially the Jewish community, to recognize and appreciate Pastor Hagee’s stalwart leadership in American Zionism, as well as his overt, compassionate and substantial support for Israel. Hagee’s organization, Christians United for Israel [CUFI] has raised over $30 million for charities in Israel, and for this he deserves our gratitude.
“What I know for certain,” said Montrose, “is that 6 million Jews were brutally and systematically murdered over a period of twelve years – from 1933 to 1945 – because human beings here on earth did nothing to stop it. Pastor Hagee understands that better than most, and has made it his business not only to seek atonement for the sins of those who stood idly by, but also to ensure that history is not allowed to repeat itself.”
“At CJHSLA, we stand with John Hagee,” Montrose concluded. “He should be honored, not scorned.”
2. In late March, Pastor Hagee was the subject of an earlier media flare-up, relating to his purported antagonism to Catholicism and gays. He addressed those concerns in a dignified statement to his congregation (followed by a letter to the Catholic League, which subsequently praised his sincerity and courage in handling the controversy and called it “closed”).
CUFI posted the video of Pastor Hagee’s statement, to which the congregation (numbering in the thousands) listened in respectful silence, until the audience interrupted with applause, which turned into a standing ovation, right after this statement:
As most of you know, two years ago, I founded Christians United for Israel. I believed then and believe now that Israel’s friends dare not be silent when Israel is facing such serious threats to her existence.
Ever since I started speaking out for Israel, I have come under intense scrutiny and increasing attack. I did not plan to spend this period of my life in the middle of a political firestorm. Rest assured I will not shrink from our work on behalf of Israel. I will continue to stand with Israel in the future. [Applause and standing ovation]
3. In early March, Pastor Hagee appeared at Stephen S. Wise Temple in Los Angeles (one of the largest Reform congregations in America) for an extensive colloquy with Rabbi David Woznica. During the colloquy, Pastor Hagee described how he founded Christians United for Israel:Rick Richman
About the Author: Rick Richman, whose work has appeared in The New York Sun, The Tower Magazine, and The Jewish Press, among other publications, is a prolific writer who appears regularly in Commentary magazine and its group Contentions blog, where this originally appeared. He also maintains the Jewish Current Issues blog (www.jpundit.typepad.com/jci/).
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- Avaliação da reação em cadeia da polimerase e do isolamento bacteriológico convencional na detecção de Salmonella Dublin em amostras de fezes de bezerros infectados experimentalmente
- Evaluation of polymerase chain reaction and standard microbiological techniques for detection of Salmonella Dublin in fecal samples of infected calves
- Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
- Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)
- The efficiency of the Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) combined with selective enrichment broth was compared with the standard microbiological techniques for detection of Salmonella Dublin in fecal samples of 10 to 15-days-old Holstein calves, experimentally infected with 10(8) CFU of Salmonella Dublin. Seventy-six fecal samples were analyzed using PCR associated with selenite cystine (SC) and Muller-Kauffmann tetrathionate (TMK) broths and standard microbiological techniques. Regardless of the selective enrichment broth used, the standard microbiological techniques were significantly better than PCR in detection of positive samples of Salmonella Dublin. However, the simultaneous use of both techniques provided detection of a larger number of positive samples. The SC broth was the best option as selective enrichment in both techniques.
- Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia. Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Escola de Veterinária, v. 62, n. 3, p. 752-756, 2010.
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Hawaii Regional Cuisine
What is Hawaii Regional Cuisine?
In 1991, 12 Hawaii chefs established Hawaii Regional Cuisine, a culinary movement that inventively blends Hawaii's diverse, ethnic flavors with the cuisine of the world. Hawaii Regional Cuisine takes advantage of the freshest island ingredients: cattle raised on the upland pastures of Hawaii Island, fruits and vegetables grown from rich, volcanic soil in Upcountry Maui, and some of the best quality fish in the world, to name a few.
Where can I experience Hawaii Regional Cuisine?
Today, you can experience Hawaii Regional Cuisine throughout the islands by a variety of esteemed chefs. The 12 original award-winning chefs continue to dream up mouth-watering entrees and signature desserts in world-renowned restaurants. From Waikiki to Waimea, start making your reservations in these chefs' restaurants:
Alan Wong's Restaurant (Honolulu, Oahu) was named #8 in Gourmet Magazines Top 50 restaurants in America, 2006. You can also get a taste of chef Wong's creations at The Pineapple Room in Ala Moana Center on Oahu.
Chef Roy Yamaguchi was Hawaii's first recipient of the prestigious James Beard Award. Visit Roy's locations at Roy's Hawaii Kai and Roy's Waikiki. Chef Yamaguchi also has restaurants in Ko Olina on Oahu, Lahaina and Kihei in Maui, Waikoloa on Hawaii Island, and in Poipu on Kauai.
Indulge in critically acclaimed French-Hawaiian cuisine at Chef Mavro (Honolulu, Oahu). Chef Mavro holds the prestigious James Beard Foundation award and his restaurant has earned the Five Diamond rating from AAA in 2009.
Merriman's (Waimea, Hawaii Island) has been named the “Best Big Island Restaurant” by Honolulu magazine for eleven consecutive years. You can also get a taste of Peter Merriman's dishes at the Hula Grill in Kaanapali and Merriman's Kapalua, both in Maui.
The other 12 founding chefs include Amy Ferguson Ota, Gary Strehl, Jean-Marie Josselin, Roger Dikon and the following chefs who also have restaurants in Hawaii:
To learn more about Hawaii Regional Cuisine, browse the links below:
> Oahu Hawaii Regional Cuisine
> Maui Hawaii Regional Cuisine
> Hawaii Regional Cuisine on Hawaii Island
> Farm to Table Maui
> Farm to Table with Chef James McDonald
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12 Little Things That Can Happen to Your Body After Just 15 Minutes of Meditation
Growing evidence now suggests that as little as 15 minutes of meditation each day can have a host of positive effects on anything and everything from our stress and anxiety levels to our heart and stomach woes—often immediately.
Original Article Source Credits: The Healthy, https://www.thehealthy.com/
Article Written By: Denise Mann
Original Article Posted on: 5th January 2021
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It has been claimed that the detection of a feature singleton can be based on activity in a feature map that allows coarse coding that something unique is present in the visual field. In the present study, participants detected the presence or absence of a color singleton. Even though the letter form of the color singleton was task-irrelevant, we showed that repeating the letter form of the singleton resulted in repetition priming on the next trial. Such repetition priming was not found when a nonsingleton letter was repeated as the singleton. Since the letter form of the color singleton could only be picked up by focal attention, the repetition priming effect indicates that focal attention is allocated to the feature singleton even in the simplest present-absent feature detection tasks. We showed that this effect is equally strong in conditions of low and high perceptual load. These results are inconsistent with theories that it is possible to detect a feature singleton without directing some form of attention to its location. Copyright 2008 Psychonomic Society, Inc. | <urn:uuid:e055d042-4855-4204-a927-b07267f83574> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://research.vu.nl/en/publications/detecting-the-presence-of-a-singleton-involves-focal-attention | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571584.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812045352-20220812075352-00674.warc.gz | en | 0.941189 | 208 | 2.109375 | 2 |
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not planed. TV Show was canceled.
Naoko Noda, who works in a trading company, is called "anego" by her younger co-workers. What is "anego"? It means "older sister," but in this case it is given as a nickname to Naoko because she is like a big sister to her coworkers, who depend on her to give them advice about everything. This drama, depicts realistically how Naoko lives her everyday life, including her love life, the problems she faces, and her uneasiness about the future.
Shinohara Ryoko(Noda Naoko)
Yamaguchi Sayaka(Saotome Kana)
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Richard Mann Elementary is using a program called PikMyKid to help organize the school dismissal process and improve safety. This program is an app downloaded onto your smart phone. The app can be found in the app store and will allow you to notify the school of pick-up changes and authorize others to pick-up your child from school, alert you when your child has been picked up or sent home on the bus, as well as help organize the car line during pick-up.
The registration process is easy and we have included several resources below to help you understand how to use the application and assist you with the app. Please make sure when registering you use your personal current mobile phone number or the app will not allow you to access your child’s information; this is for security reasons.
If you do not think the school has your mobile number on file or if your child does not appear in your app’s home page, contact [email protected] after registration, with your child’s name, school, grade, and your updated contact information.
Anyone who will be picking up your child should also register with the application. Their screen will be blank and they will not have any authorization until you allow it within the app.
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Sina Martens studied acting at the Hochschule for Music and Theater ‘Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy’ in Leipzig. Already during her studies, collaborations began with directors who significantly influence contemporary theater today, such as Hans-Werner Kroesinger, Rainald Grebe und Sebastian Hartmann. She was then discovered by Oliver Reese, who engaged her at the Schauspiel Frankfurt and subsequently, at the Berliner Ensemble, where she took on leading roles in productions by Alexander Eisenach, Bernadette Sonnenbichler, Frank Castorf, Michael Thalheimer and Robert Borgmann.
She has received many awards for her special and outstanding acting talents, including the Award of the German Federal Ministry for Education and Research, the Fellowship of the German National Academic Foundation and the International Forum of the Berlin Theatertreffen, and was voted Young Actress of the Year by the theater magazine Theater heute.
Her work in film and theater is very meticulous and her acting method very precise. And thus, in a nuanced and sensitive way, she captures the immediacy and the strangeness of a person. Directors treasure the credibility in her acting, which also allows for the ambiguity of a human being as well as his/her mysteries.
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Tap Into Health
“Where the mind goes the body must follow”
Life begins with Love and if continued in that direction would serve us all very well, and the basis of all love is self love, which involves taking care of ourselves physically, mentally, and spiritually.
If we are not there, the way to get there is to change our habits – “where the mind goes the body must follow” – that got us away from Love, Health, and Happiness, to habits that get us to those things. Tap Into Health is a fun way to move in that direction, and as I have said, I think that anyone who can walk can learn to tap!
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This is all about your life of Health and Happiness.
Although you may not begin to see changes overnight, or right away, the system is designed to bring you to a point of health and happiness (for life) over a reasonable period of time. The system begins by implementing small simple things into your life at a non-stressful level, taking you to the point where you wake up feeling, thinking and being on top of the world with no need to look back.
This is Your Life, Just Do It.
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I believe that it is a very easy method of learning tap and you can begin to learn steps right away. It is great for beginners, as well as for all those who want to learn more on a different level, with information on all natural exercises that can be done almost anywhere; and this proof that exercise can be fun! This is a total Health System for Life, not just for now! -M.M.Brown
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Movin’ Melvin has appeared on major TV shows worldwide, to include CNN International and BBC. He has been featured at Oprah Winfrey birthday party for Maya Angelou, as well as in several movies, in Concerts and main International Festivals and Expos, Casinos such as the MGM Grand Las Vegas, Tokyo Dome, where he always displays his high-energy and extraordinary performance of Singing, Dancing, Tap-dancing and Comedy.
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Christmas trees and sprigs of holly
Stockings hung on the mantelpiece
Frantic shopping for the lavish feast
Endless lists, cards and letters through the door
From people you hardly know any more
Tis the season to be merry
Cinnamon spice and cranberry jelly
Away in a manger, no crib for a bed
Wise men with gifts by the tinsel star led.
Smiling angels and shepherds gather around,
Hush, little Christ child, don’t make a sound
Hear the old lady sigh and whisper “This season makes me sad”
Remembering the past times and fun she had had
Her old bones ache and she feels so weary
“Nothing here to make me cheery.”
Now all alone, her table is set for just one
She knows that no one else is going to come
This the season for reflection
Put some money in the collection
Give a little to the poor and needy
Resolve not to be so greedy
Live a little, love a lot!
Maybe we have lost the plot?
Have we forgot, Christmas is God come to earth?
Bringing hope and new life by the wonderful birth
So let us remember the lonely and those without friends
And in This season of Christmas try make amends.
Say a prayer and ask God as best as you are able
To share your Christmas cheer with those who are less able
Then As Christmastide is passing and a New Year begins
Let us resolve to keep following the example of the King of all Kings
Walk close in his paths and listen to the words that He speaks
Every hour, every day, every season repeats
The everlasting message of love beyond measure
That precious truth is the one we should treasure.
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Seymour Simon's exploration of these very different trains and their uses, combined with his characteristically eye-catching full-color photographs, captures the beauty and power of steam trains, diesel trains, electric trains, and more -- all at work!
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Seymour Simon has been called "the dean of the [children's science book] field" by the New York Times. He has written more than 250 books for young readers and has received the American Association for the Advancement of Science/Subaru Lifetime Achievement Award for his lasting contribution to children's science literature, the Science Books & Films Key Award for Excellence in Science Books, the Empire State Award for excellence in literature for young people, and the EducationalPaperback Association Jeremiah Ludington Award. He and his wife, Liz, live in Great Neck, New York. You can visit him online at www.seymoursimon.com, where you can read "Seymour Science Blog," participate in "Writing Wednesday," and download a free four-page teacher guide to accompany this book, putting it in context with Common Core objectives. Many of Seymour's award-winning books are also available as ebooks.
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Raising kids is certainly not an easy task. If you’ve embraced parenthood recently or are parents to a growing child, you are most likely to wonder (and often) how your parents did it. No doubt, you will respect them even more! Once your kids start exercising their independence or throw tantrums, you will have to discipline them. And no, not by yelling or being authoritative. Here’s a method that you should try: it’s peaceful parenting, and no, it’s not an oxymoron. Curious? We’ve covered everything you need to know about peaceful parenting. If you’ve got growing children at home, this method is worth a try!
What Is Peaceful Parenting?
Peaceful parenting is a philosophy developed by the famous clinical psychologist Laura Markham, PhD. Peaceful parenting starts with regulating your own emotions so that you become a more emotionally generous and peaceful parent. In brief, the concept of peaceful parenting she developed can be broken down into three major ideas:
- Connecting with your children
- Regulating emotions as parents
- Coaching instead of controlling
Peaceful parenting starts with controlling your own emotions. The ‘peace’ in peaceful parenting comes from you, parents. As parents, you have to live in the moment of whatever is happening with your kids at home. Moreover, you have to spend some time trying to recognize your previous experiences and honour your own emotions as your emotions might impact the way you respond to your children during certain situations.
The goal of peaceful parenting is to improve the behaviour inside out and create a strong child-parent bond. The main objective is to support kids as they will need to understand and recognize their own emotions. As a result, they will make wise choices when they grow up.
Pros of Peaceful Parenting
Though there is no exact evidence to show that this parenting method is superior to others, there are numbers of pros that children and their parents might see after trying this method of parenting. A few of the benefits include:
- Your children would be happier overall and would be better adjusted. At times, they would even cooperate without having to shout at them.
- You won’t need to yell at your kids.
- Through the act of connecting peacefully, parents and children tend to grow closer.
- When your children grow up, they may become emotionally intelligent adults who will show qualities of diligent self-discipline, keen consideration, and a dutiful sense of responsibility.
- You would also form a bond with your children that you will carry throughout their adult years.
Mindfulness is at the heart of peaceful parenting, and there are various studies that support mindfulness both for parenting and individuals. The advantages of mindfulness also range from less anxiety and stress to improved communication between children and parents. Some other issues it could benefit with are depression, hyperactivity, and improved parenting satisfaction.
Are There Any Cons of This Type of Parenting?
There are not many risks that come with peaceful parenting, especially for children who are above the toddler age. However, the philosophy does increase the attachment of parents with their young babies, which leads to co-sleeping. Co-sleeping may increase the risks of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), so most experts do not recommend this. You can practice various other parts of attachment parenting, like babywearing, and choose safer methods for the infant’s bedtime.
It is important that parents comprehend that there will never be one parenting style that would fit every family. A few areas of peaceful parenting may not benefit your family as it may with another family, but you will never know unless you check it out. If you tried peaceful parenting and it did not seem to work, you could give it some more time.
Examples of Peaceful Parenting
You may wonder if peaceful parenting techniques would apply to your teenager or tantrum-throwing toddler. The key is practice, and you may need to practice a lot if you are switching from more traditional parenting styles. A few examples are given below:
For Toddlers and Preschoolers
Screaming children can get on any parents’ nerves, especially if they are throwing a fit in a public space, like during a flight. During those times, keep the following points in mind:
- While it can be increasingly frustrating and embarrassing if your little one is screaming while in close proximity with a lot of strangers, simply try to be mindful at the moment and stay silent for a few minutes to accept your emotions. Silently count to five or take a few deep breaths.
- Try to understand and acknowledge your child’s feelings and put yourself in his place, while sharing your limit. If your child is throwing a fit because of wanting something, you could say something like “I understand that you would love to have that, but we cannot always get you what you want every time you ask”.
- If your child is still screaming, then give him a hug. Though this may feel like a reward, you are really trying to work on the connection part. You may discover that a hug can reset your child’s mood.
- Now, talking to your toddler or a preschooler about their feelings while they are in the middle of a tantrum would not work as you would it to. You might have to work towards removing them from such situations as soon as possible, but you can still do that without yelling at them.
For a School Kid
If your 8-year old kid just broke an expensive vase even though you told her to be careful:
- Resist the urge to yell at your children about how valuable the vase was. You could even verbalize this by saying your child “I am trying to calm myself down before I talk to you about what is happening”.
- You could give them an opportunity to solve the problem they created. For this, you could ask them something like “You have made a huge mess. Now what should we do to clean this up?”. Then, let them brainstorm with you, and try and come up with a solution together.
- After that, you could bring attention to the bigger issue you have at hand, not being careful around the vase like you told her to. Instead of punishing, explain to her about your position. In a calm yet firm tone, provide some guidance for your rules. You could suggest that she can run around other parts of the home, while the area around such expensive items is off-limits.
Peaceful Parenting Tips and Principles to Follow
Here are a few tips that will help you begin the process of peaceful parenting:
1. Start with yourself
The “peace” from peaceful parenting must begin with the parent, especially from their commitment to realize and regulate their own emotions. This means that when you are upset about something, you should stop, temporarily drop your agenda, and take a few minutes to just breathe. You should refuse to act under the “flight or fight” feeling that makes you angry with your children.
2. Focus on connecting
A connection is important in peaceful parenting. Therefore, before you try and change your child, you should start creating a bond. Otherwise, you will stop punishing your children, but they still would not feel motivated to do the right thing. Therefore, spend some time every day connecting with your child.
3. Explain the situation
Once you feel like you have improved the connection and cooperation between you and your children, start with the discussion. You can explain to your child why you have been yelling less lately, and why you think the punishment is not a good option. You could tell your children how much you love them and believe in them to solve their own messes. Just support your children and promise to be there for them when they need help.
4. Keep setting limits
Though you need to become flexible from your child’s point of view, you will still need to set many limits. The key is to create a limit before you get angry, while you can still empathize with his perspective.
5. Create safety
When your child shows you that he is upset, just stay calm and do not take it personally. The more you stay accepting and compassionate, the more your child will feel safe enough to show you how much he is hurt behind his anger. This will help him share his problems with you and heal.
6. Model apologies
Forcing your child to apologize may lead to resentment. But if you model an apology, then your child will follow your example and learn from it. When something goes wrong, you can show them how to step up and take responsibility.
7. Expect setbacks
You are human, so expect to make mistakes. Parenting is hard, and this kind of parenting is harder when you begin. Some days can be a huge struggle, but it will get easier. Even when it is hard, you are healing your own and your child’s old wounds, and you will definitely feel the difference.
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Two separate efforts to ensure school success for all students shared the floor last week at the New London School District’s Board of Education meeting.
The governance board of Catalyst Academy presented the charter school’s contract with the district for board approval.
A parent of two children at Sugar Bush Elementary School endorsed the sometimes controversial Common Core State Standards, citing her daughter’s math skills and the need for algebra in everyday life.
John Michels, president of the board for Catalyst Academy, described the charter school as a structured environment aimed at “a lot of kids who don’t do well” in traditional classrooms. It will operate off-site — not in a current school district building.
Henry Mohn, another Catalyst board member, said the school would address the emotional needs of students who aren’t successful. Catalyst will get them out in the community and provide an ongoing opportunity for success said Mohn.
The board hopes to enroll 40 to 60 students in grades seven through 12 in Catalyst.
“We want to be ready to go in September,” Michels said.
Catalyst, he said, will “fill a need that we are not currently filling.”
District administrator Kathy Gwidt said Catalyst is “an option our kids need.”
Like Next Generation Academy, the district’s first charter school, which opened this school year in space at New London High School, Catalyst is seen as another way to encourage students in other districts to open-enroll into the New London district — and to keep district students from open-enrolling elsewhere.
Mohn mentioned that his seven children have been open-enrolled in the New London district.
“Our involvement here with staff and administrators has been phenomenal,” he said.
Board member Connie Neely asked if Catalyst students could participate in sports. Yes, Michels said, adding that they could take courses offered at other district schools as well.
Euhardy, mother of students in first grade and 4-year-old kindergarten at Sugar Bush Elementary School, gave a rousing endorsement of the Common Core standards.
Calling herself pro-Common Core, Euhardy said, “I totally believe in the system.”
She said she had attended two “math mornings” hosted by Sugar Bush principal Kristin Grable and was pleased with the new curriculum.
When her daughter said she could count to 1,690 last year, Euhardy was dubious.
“It works totally,” she said, of the math curriculum.
Euhardy used the example of comparing prices at the grocery store to illustrate why students need to learn math.
Euhardy said she had hoped to address the Tea Party people who have spoken against Common Core at past board meetings, but they were not present.
In other business:
• Student representative Madison Cooley reported that girls basketball is “going great, as always,” with the varsity posting a 5-2 record and jayvee undefeated. Cooley said the dance team had finished fourth, and show choir seventh in recent respective competitions.
• Forensics starts soon, she said, “I’m excited, of course.” Last year, Cooley was one of three New London students to qualify for national forensics competition.
• Bulldogs of Character will celebrate global week in February, according to Andy Wypiszynski, fifth and sixth grade counselor. He said February’s character trait is diversity, and the global celebration will help students understand various area cultures.
• The drama troupe representing Bulldogs of Character has asked to perform a skit at the May board meeting.
• Early graduation Jan. 24 was approved for a student who missed the application deadline. The student has taken a heavy load of advanced placement courses and worked toward early graduation since junior year, according to Gwidt. She said he had been accepted at three out-of-state universities and planned to work now to save money for college.
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Scientists have claimed that a UK mouthwash brand Dentyl which is made up of mint and cloves eradicated Covid-19 within 30 seconds.
The scientists of Cardiff University have said that cetylpyridinium chloride (CPC) exists in Dentyle and if the quantity of 0.07 of this chloride exists in any mouthwash, it can destroy the virus. These experts have claimed that after the gargles of this mouth wash for 30 seconds, coronavirus vanishes.
These experiments have been published in a research magazine during the last week. The use of this mouth wash when used on coronavirus patients, showed highly effective results.
This experiment on patients was applied in the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff. Prominent scientist Professor David Thomas headed the team, which did these experiments. During the experiment, the covid-19 patients were given different kinds of mouthwash and then their saliva was analyzed.
Prof. David said that the results of the experiments, done in the laboratories are yet to be received as the experiments are still going on. Their preliminary report, which is yet to be peer-reviewed, supports a study published last week that found mouthwash containing CPC helps in reducing the viral load of people infected with Covid-19.
“Although this in-vitro study is very encouraging and is a positive step, more clinical research is now clearly needed,” Dr Thomas told the PA news agency, as quoted by the Independent newspaper.
“We need to understand if the effect of over-the-counter mouthwashes on the COVID-19 virus achieved in the laboratory can be reproduced in patients, and we look forward to completing our clinical trial in early 2021.”
The study of Dentyl mouthwash did not clarify whether the coronavirus patients were given the mouth wash of mint, cloves, or the mixture of both.
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Driving on Idaho roads right now is quite scary, and so is our ranking. We all know how scary it can be to drive on the roads in Boise - Especially I-84. And a recent report really proved that.
Driving in the Winter in Idaho
Well, before we get into what Idaho was ranked, let’s talk about where you should avoid driving this winter in Idaho. And, why it’s so rough.
Where You Should Avoid Driving in Idaho
Here is where you should avoid driving in hazardous road conditions due to weather in Idaho.
Winter in Idaho
If you are new to Idaho, you might be wondering what all the fuss is about. It’s hard to imagine (if you have lived in Idaho in the summer) that it could snow that much in Idaho. Or how bad the roads could actually be. But, this was Idaho just a few years ago.
It was the winter that we'll never forget in the Treasure Valley -- scroll down to see these freezing cold photos
So what did Idaho rank?
Well, according to this article from SafeWise, Idaho ranked FOURTH most dangerous state for driving in the snow.
So, we urge you to please be safe and as prepared for the road conditions as possible!
5 Winter Laws, Rules and Etiquette That Everyone in Boise Needs to Know
When the temperatures drop and snow starts to fall, these are things that everyone living in Boise should know.
15 Incredible Things That Must Be On Your Idaho Winter Bucket List
From an Elsa inspired ice castle to sipping hot cocoa as you cruise around one of Idaho's most gorgeous lakes, there's no shortage of fun things to do in Idaho this winter!
15 Wacky Winter Weather Facts To Help You Survive the Season in Boise
For many of us Snowmageddon 2016-2017 is a not so distant memory. Some people really miss seeing that much white stuff in Boise. Others dread the possibility of it happening again. How common is it? We dug into some historical weather data
from the National Weather Service to see just how extreme it was compared to some of the other winter extremes Boise's experienced.
15 Signs Boise Could Be in For a Harsh, Unforgiving Winter
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To start, I was born on American soil. My parents were refugees escaping Cambodia from the Khmer Rouge genocide from 1975 to 1979, and they built up their lives to own a nice house in the suburbs after several years of living in the United States. I was only one of four Asian Americans throughout my time from elementary to senior high school within a predominantly Caucasian community. As a child of different ethnicity, I felt self-conscious and ashamed of my culture since I had no friends to share my customs with. If anything, my peers would find our traditions and customs unusual. Bouts of racist and stereotypical remarks would pop up, but I never understood the severity of those demeaning or rude comments until I was older. The reality of being different due to my ethnicity sank in as years went on, and although I was content and had friends at school, I lived with an uncomfortable awareness that I would be subjected to future discrimination wherever I went.
Upon entering university, I wasn’t sure what to expect. Would I still feel uncomfortable? Will people accept me? But going to a large university helped build my confidence as an Asian American. Much to my surprise, I was exposed to a diverse group of cultures, people and organizations that offered support catered to your ethnicity (and of course anyone could join, even if they weren’t of that particular race).
In the beginning, I found everything to be a bit strange, mainly because I had never been exposed to a large Asian American community before apart from my own family; however, just like how normal friendships and relationships evolve, I found people and the support of those organizations incredibly helpful. While my experience was fortunate and impactful, I realize, though, that not everyone felt comfortable as quickly as I did or had the same resources available. Making friends is a difficult process wherever you go, especially when you’re tossed into a whole new environment far away from home. But there are ways for students to acclimate quickly, especially for those who consider themselves part of a minority group:
If your campus has minority clubs, join them. Stay involved and even attempt to be on leadership boards. For me, I was able to experience cultural events for the first time with other students, such as the Mid-Autumn Festival and Lunar New Year.
Be a Leader
If your campus doesn’t have minority organizations, take it into your own hands to start one! Be the voice in advocating for diversity and inclusivity. Not only will you be a leader, but you will also be helping your community, as well.
Extend a Hand
Help others be confident in their culture. Encourage them to join clubs and to go to events because sometimes people just need that extra push.
Share the Experience
Invite friends and family of different ethnicities to cultural events. For example, just because you’re Chinese American doesn’t mean you can’t attend a Korean American event! By encouraging others to experience another’s culture is crucial in expanding cultural awareness across all ethnicities.
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Most people would not be willing to travel in a driverless car, new research has confirmed.
The Institute of Mechanical Engineers carried out the latest poll, asking 2002 people how they feel about the concept of travelling in a driverless car.
The results showed that only 21% of people would be happy riding a driverless car, while 55% of those surveyed would not want to travel in one and 40% very unlikely to do so.
Advocates of driverless cars argue that they would result in improved productivity, increased trade and fewer accidents, saving approximately £51 billion per year.
The car industry is constantly trying to save lives through new technology and with stats showing that 95% of car accidents are caused by human error, the driverless car is an idea that is being given serious thought.
Among the companies championing the idea are Ford, Uber and Google but this latest poll has given them an indication of the current public backing they have for the idea.
Head of Transport and Manufacturing at the ImechE, Philippa Oldham, said that there is some way to go before convincing the public of the safety benefits of driverless cars.
She added that while public views may naturally alter as time goes on, the UK needs strong public support sooner rather than later if it is to lead the way in the technology.
Ms Oldham said that most cars have driverless technology already, such as automatic braking and parking assistance, so, she believes, the public may not be as averse to the idea as this latest research suggests.
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Our guide Mzee Nyuki, tells me he is Ndorobo. It’s a derogatory name endowed, long ago, upon several unrelated hunting & gathering tribes encountered by the Maasai in Tanzania and Kenya. The term in Maa (the Maasai tongue) literally translates as “those who own no cattle”. Now, to the ignorant western ear that certainly doesn’t sound too bad but to any self-respecting Maasai the name reflects a sorry and impoverished state of existence. I see no evidence of the downtrodden unfortunate in Nyuki though, he’s proud, kind and immensely good humored while evidently well respected and loved by all those that surround him here at Alex Walker’s Serengeti South Camp. I get the impression that the word Ndorobo is just an honest, personal reflection on his heritage, he taps his chest as if pinning himself with this badge and seems to wear it with honour and a smile. I tap my own chest and tell him I’m British, he rolls his eyes which sends me into a fit of giggles.
Nyuki grew up near the Kakesio village, south of the Serengeti National Park and north of lake Eyasi which is exactly where we travelled to hang out with him in January. He speaks no English and very little Kiswahili, not that the latter would have helped us much as my own Swahili has tarnished beyond recognition during a recent absence from Tanzania. Challenged though we were linguistically, the three days I spent with him were as fascinating as they were fun. I hadn’t realized how enormously refreshing it would be to build a friendship without confusing things with words. To follow a companion through the bush without any chatter. To learn something new by seeing it, tasting it, smelling it and doing it rather than following the instructions. To be reassured, encouraged, criticized or admonished with eyes and with gestures rather than words and a mouth, and to offer some of the same in return.
We grew accustomed to one another quickly and with ease. Testament to Nyuki’s limitless patience and approachability in dealing with a clumsy incongruity, such as myself, on his home turf. I came to greatly appreciate Nyuki’s way of pondering the world around him while keeping his eyes keen and his hands busy with whatever project he had drummed up to share with me that day. I have been to some magical places in search of unforgettable wildlife encounters and breathtaking activities, it doesn’t escape me how privileged I am to be able to state that. I can say with confidence how markedly rare it is to be given the chance to connect with someone who is actually from “there”. I don’t mean a “Tanzanian” or a “Kenyan” per se, I mean an individual who was born and grew up in one of these extraordinary wilderness destinations that have us all donning khakis and packing up our cameras in search of adventure.
That’s the connection I made while crouching at a fire and whittling sticks with this extraordinary man, it was an absolute joy.
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"Till There Was You" is a song written by Meredith Willson for his 1957 musical play The Music Man, and which also appeared in the 1962 movie version. The song is sung by librarian Marian Paroo (Barbara Cook on Broadway, Shirley Jones in the film) to Professor Harold Hill (portrayed by Robert Preston) toward the end of Act Two.
The first recording of this song to be released came even before the original cast album version of January 1958. Promotional copies of the 45 rpm single, Capitol P3847, were released on November 26, 1957, even before the Broadway production had premiered on December 19. Produced by Nelson Riddle, it featured his orchestra and 17-year-old vocalist Sue Raney.
An earlier version of this song, "Till I Met You", appeared on the January 14, 1951 edition of The Big Show, performed by Fran Warren.
In 1958, jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins recorded the song on his groundbreaking album Freedom Suite. An alternate take is provided on the 1999 CD rerelease.
In 1959, Anita Bryant recorded a single which reached #30 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #14 on the Cashbox Top 100.
In March 1961, "Till There Was You" was a minor hit in the UK for Peggy Lee.
Al Hirt released a version on his 1962 album, Horn A-Plenty.
In 1962, an instrumental version of Meredith Willson's song by Valjean was also popular.
In 1963, Sergio Franchi recorded this song on his RCA Victor Red Seal album Broadway... I Love You.
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Muziekuitgeverij Donemus schrijft: “Gamut is commissioned by the Holland Festival for the performance Luistermutant 2021. This performance is an outcome of the research project GAMPSISS (GAmeful Music Performances for Smart, Inclusive, and Sustainable Societies); a cooperation between Codarts Rotterdam, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Delft University of Technology and Willem de Kooning Academie.
In their research, GAMPSISS aims to enrich participants with better listening skills. A rich listening culture will enhance both the personal listening experience and the interpersonal listening skills of society as a whole.
Luistermutant 2021 is designed by composer Micha Hamel and director Arlon Luijten as a radical listening labyrinth that allows participants to extend their listening skills, or even discover new ways of listening, by performing playful listening tasks. Three different listening modes are central to the presented games: listening with the body, heart and brain.
While listening with the body, the audience tries to experience the effect of sound waves on the body. While listening with the heart, the audience tries to introspectively find the ideas, emotions and associations that are triggered by the music. While listening with the brain, the audience tries to listen analytically to the structure, instrumentation and other technicalities of the music.
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Costco Future, Current & Past
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Costco Future, Current and Past
When an organization is starting as a business it is potential that they prepare a financial plan for structure and organization for success. Financial planning is based upon planning for the company’s unknown future, which will help with the company’s success. Many companies that are publicly traded provide to the public company records. This is done in order for its governments and competitors to have a clear understanding of how successful they were in predication for success and abiding by the rules of business.
The company I choice that is publicly traded is Costco dues to its continual grow and success that is consider superior over the years. In observation of Costco I was able to see why they were able to be successful. I feel that they have inbreed in their company without being aware is servant leadership, which is inspired by the commitment to customer service and competitive pricing. In order to be successful on showing that the company is viable is by analyzing Costco as the organization it is.
Analysis of fundamentals
In 1983 in Seattle Washington is when Costco became a publicly traded company. In the begging the membership warehouse was in Puerto Rico, Mexico, Australia, & United States. Canada, United Kingdom, Japan, & have subsidiaries in Korea & Taiwan. The way this works is based off of Costco buying its merchandise from the manufacturing company to be shipped to designated warehouse in a matter of a day. This is a direct method that has been proven to be more efficient & quicker due to it not having additional cost with a simple one step solution. Based on sec.gov. 2014 these cost are based upon payment terms that are made with supplier’s vs the working capital.
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THE NATURE OF ANGELS
January 1, 1998 Issue
by Alan Bonifay
Three previous articles in this study of angels have brought us now to the particular topic before us, the nature of angels. As we begin to consider what God's word teaches about this subject, perhaps the best place to start is with the classification of angels. Much can be discovered about the nature of angels from the designations given to them in scripture. And so we consider nine terms given in the Bible that designate angels (or an angel) and serve to classify them for us.
"Angel" - This word comes, as you may remember, from the Greek word "angelo" and the Hebrew word "malak." The term simply means messenger. In God's word angels were chiefly employed by God to deliver His oracles to men. This was the case in the Patriarchal (Genesis 18), Mosaic (Acts 7:53, Galatians 3:19), and Christian Age (Acts 10:3; Acts 27:23). You will remember that angels were primarily messengers who brought to men God's word.
"Host" - The words "God of hosts" are found in Psalm 89:8 and Amos 4:13. "Host" is a military term, and the teaching of the Bible is that God has a great army of angels. These angels execute His judgments.
"The sons of God" - From the Hebrew term "Benai Eloheim," found in Job 38:7, comes our English translation "the sons of God." One of the names of God given in Hebrew scripture is Eloheim, and this term is also applied to angels in Psalm 8:5, a passage quoted by the New Testament writer of Hebrews (2:7). From this designation, we can clearly see that angels are not only in the family of God, but they also are supernatural beings.
"Sons of the Mighty" - This term is found in Psalm 89:6. It is a term used to describe the power that angels possess. Jesus used much the same type of description when He called James and John the "sons of thunder" (Mark 3:17). In that case, we readily understand Jesus was calling attention to the fact that James and John each had a thunderous nature. And when "sons of the mighty" is used in reference to angels, it is to be understood that an gels, by their very nature, possess immense power and might. The Bible supports this conclusion eminently. The words of David are, "Bless the Lord ye angels that excel in strength" (Psalm 103:20). 2 Kings 19:35 notes the remarkable fact the one angel killed 185,000 Assyrians in a single night, ample evidence indeed that angels are certainly very powerful beings.
"Stars" - Job 38:7 reads, "When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?" This wording is an example of Hebrew parallelism, for the stars who sang are the sons who shouted as well. A passage such this seems to place a close connection between the angels and the stars. The connection is mysterious at best, and to go further than this is to enter into speculation.
"Cherubims" - These are the first angels we meet in the Bible, for the Divine Record tells us that God placed Cherubims at the east of the Garden of Eden after Adam and Eve were driven out Genesis 3:24). Cherubims occupy a prominent place in the Old Testament, which teaches us they are usually located in God's presence. God dwells between the cherubim in the Most Holy Place according to Psalm 80:1 and 99:1 (compare also 2 Kings 19:15 and I Samuel 4:4). This truth is clearly seen also in God's instructions to Moses concerning the ark of the testimony (which was placed in the Most Holy Place of the tabernacle) and the mercy seat with its cherubims that was placed upon that ark. Concluding His instructions concerning the ark. God tells Moses in Exodus 25:22, "And there will I meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubims which are upon the ark of the testimony..."
"Seraphims" - Here is a word which means "the burning ones." It seems likely that the seraphims are those angels who perform priestly functions in Heaven. This idea has been garnered from Isaiah 6:1-8. In that passage, particularly verses six and seven, it is one of the seraphims which takes a live coal from off the altar and brings it to touch the lips of Isaiah, thus taking away his iniquity and purging his sin. These are clearly priest-like duties.
"Michael" and "Gabriel" - These two angels are the only ones in the Bible for whom a name is revealed. They are the archangels. "Michael" means "one who is like God," while "Gabriel" means simply "man of God." Michael seems to be the angel who is the military leader of the angels of God. It was Michael who fought with Satan in Revelation 12. And again, it was Michael who disputed with Satan over the body of Moses according to Jude verse 9, daring not to bring a railing accusation against Satan, but rather saying, "the Lord rebuke thee."
"Angel of the Lord" - This is an angel mentioned very often in the Old Testament, and a very special angel in deed is this last one we consider. Often, the angel of the Lord is identified with Jehovah refers to Christ in His pre existent state, and there is a significant argumentation to support this view. However, it is hard to be dogmatic because there are some passages differentiating between the angel of the Lord. Some believe him to be simply an angel with a special commission, while others say he could be a momentary descent of God into visibility. Whatever the case may be, he is no ordinary angel and at a minimum is very closely associated with God Himself- closely enough to receive worship.
These are the terms given in the Bible which designate the various angels and serve to classify them for us. This consideration of these terms and our study of them also leads us to conclude that angels have various ranks. Such is born out in the scriptures. The Greeks delineated angels by rank in ascending order as principalities, powers, mights, and dominions, ranks that the New Testament refers to in Colossians 1:16 and Ephesians 6:12. The Jews recognized the same ranks as cherubims, seraphims, angels, and archangels. Having noted the classifications and ranks of angels, let us consider now their attributes as we further attempt to understand their nature.
ATTRIBUTES OF ANGELS
Angels are wise but not omniscient. In Exodus twelve, the Destroying Angel had to have (or at least he did have) a sign by which to know Hebrew houses from Egyptian houses. Further evidence of angels' lack of omniscience is the statement made by Jesus in Matthew 24:36 that the angels of heaven know not the day nor the hour of our Lord's return. And Peter, speaking by inspiration in I Peter 1:11, 12, says that the angels, though they desired to, were unable to look into the Gospel plan of salvation through Jesus Christ.
Angels are capable of great speed, but they are not omnipresent. Angels had to travel places, such as the time they went to visit Abraham in Genesis chapter 18. Angels went to Sodom and Gomorrah in Genesis 19. Exodus 12:29,30 tell us of the angel that passed through the land of Egypt. Daniel relates an encounter he had with Gabriel in Daniel 9:20-23. In this passage, the Bible says Gabriel had to fly swiftly. And this angel himself says he came in obedience to a command. Again, we find Gabriel speaking to Zechariah in Luke 1:19, and there he says clearly that he had been "sent." These passages well teach that angels are capable of very great speed, but are by no means omnipresent.
Angels "excel" (Psalm 103:20) in strength and power, but they are by no means omnipotent. 2 Thessalonians 1:7 speaks of Jesus and his "mighty angels." But angels only have the power that God gives to them. The angel of 2 Samuel 24:15,16 slew 70,000, a mighty act indeed. However, he was simply acting as the agent of God. The Bible gives us other examples of angelic power. We see it at the tomb of Jesus (Matthew 28:2-4), at the release of Peter from prison (Acts 12:10), at the wicked city of Sodom (Genesis 19), and at the death of Herod (Acts 12:23). Let us not doubt that angels have immense power, but neither let us believe they are almighty. They are not, as the defeat of Satan, who defied God, clearly shows (Isaiah 14:12-15).
Angels have a will - they are not robots. Hebrews 1:6 says, "And let the angels of God worship him." Psalm 103:20 speaks of angels "that do his commandments hearkening unto the voice of his word." Satan was not one of these angels that hearkened. Rather, he exercised his own will. Notice the "I wills" in Satan's fall: "I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north. I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High" (Isaiah 14:13,14). The angels of God, and the demons as well, each exercise their own wills.
Angels are invisible to unaided human vision. Colossians 1:16 speaks of the invisible, and then lists the ranks of angels. Numbers 22:22-35 gives us remarkable account of Balaam and his encounter with the angel of the Lord. Three times the beast upon which Balaam rode saw the angel, but Balaam was completely unaware of his presence until God opened his eyes (verse 31). Equally remarkable is the account of Elisha in the city of Dothan. Elisha knew the hosts of Jehovah were there to deliver him from the army of the king of Syria, but Elisha's servant was unable to see the deliverance that was imminent until the Lord opened his eyes (2 Kings 6:17). David says, "The angel of the Lord encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them" (Psalm 34:9). And yet the angel of the Lord is unseen, for truly, without Divine assistance, angels are invisible to mankind.
THE NUMBER OF ANGELS
Though we cannot see them, angels are incredibly numerous. There is no way to know exactly how many an gels there are, but the scriptures do give us some hints. In Luke 2:13, upon the announcement of the birth of Jesus, a "multitude" of the heavenly host appearing praised God. In Matthew 26:53, Jesus speaks of "more than twelve legions of angels." Twelve legions would be 72,000 in literal terms. Angels are called "stars" in Job 38:7. Of the literal stars in the universe, we know they number in the billions. Hebrews 12:22 speaks of "an innumerable company of angels" - a number that is virtually infinite. Thus we see that the angels of God, in all their classifications, in their various ranks, and with all the attributes God has created them which constitute a virtual numberless host.
next article, Lord willing, we will conclude our study of angels with considerations of their mission and activities as well as their destiny.
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"I began studying geography because I wanted to learn more about the world I live in." -Alice Hyde
We often choose to study academic disciplines at a secondary or post-secondary level that profoundly interest us.
For example, biology is for those who are curious about living organisms and natural science, history is tailormade for individuals who want to understand the way things were in the past, mathematics is for scholars who appreciate logical reasoning and geography is perfect for students who want to learn more about the world they are living in.
The field of study of geography is more than just a dry examination of maps and possessing the ability to know how to locate your community, country or continent on a globe. It is an academic discipline that is devoted to the study of earth's landforms, oceans, environments, ecosystems and the relationship people have with these geographic locations.
Having a basic understanding of geography is essential in today's world since there is so much attention put on globalization and the world economy.
In addition, due to the fact that airline tickets have never been so affordable, people from all walks of life are putting their geography-based knowledge to good use and are visiting new countries in order to discover new cultures and gaze at landscapes that are very distinct from their country of origin.
Since young children and like sponges and absorb new information with enviable ease, now is the time to teach them about the extremely essential classroom subject of geography.
Superprof is here to examine the many e-books, textbooks, applications and websites that make learning geography for kids very entertaining.
The Best Books for Kids Studying Geography
Due to the fact that geography is a very popular subject that is part of the curriculum and is taught in primary and secondary school, there are many intriguing books that can be found and ordered online that can be further examined during class time or before school even starts.
The books we will now consider are all budget friendly and priced under £20. Without further ado, here are our best choices of geography books that are enjoyable and appealing for youngsters.
Geography a Children's Encyclopedia
While reading this informative encyclopedia, young pupils develop a basic understanding of the topics of rocks and minerals, climate, ecosystems, population and mapping the physical and political world.
This book is priced at £17.99 on certain websites, was published in 2013 by Dorling Kindersley and is 304 pages in length.
Due to all the beautiful pictures and vivid descriptions, students will inevitably establish a love for geography.
Geological processes such as the water cycle and the structure of the rainforest canopy are further explained with details and diagrams that make learning accessible for young children. No country or natural wonder goes unnoticed in this encyclopedia.
Sticker Atlas of Britain and Northern Ireland
Price at only £4.99 on Amazon, this Usborne published paperback book is an extremely great value.
Young children who are based in the United Kingdom, learn more about their country and surroundings due to the fact that this book is filled with illustrations and photos of all the major cities, landmarks and sights that are in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
There are over 140 stickers that kids can stick on the various maps that are included in this 24-page book. It was published in 2018, written by Jonathan Melmoth and illustrated by Brian Fitzgerald.
Interesting features include a quiz and an index of carefully selected internet links where children can take virtual tours of famous landmarks and watch video clips of wildlife from the regions on their maps.
Little Kids First Big Book of the World
This 128-page book opens young readers minds to the diverse world they live in by exploring languages, different landscapes, the weather in other parts of the world, the animals that can be found in each continent, the world's capital cities and much more.
This book was published in 2015 by the National Geographic Society and comes highly recommended for young ones who are starting to learn more about geography.
Amazon.co.uk offers a Kindle version of the book that is priced at £4.99 and a tangible hardcover that is currently priced at £7.19. This is an incredible value considering the fact that there are more than 100 colourful images that are paired with age-appropriate maps and basic facts about each continent.
One of the best features of this book that all kids will enjoy is the possibility to create a miniature rainforest in a bottle.
What's Where in the World
This unique 192-page book that was originally published in 2013 by Dorling Kindersley offers young readers a visual encyclopedia of what's where in this world of ours.
There are over 75 colourful maps that teach children intriguing facts about this world such as where are the tallest buildings, longest rivers and most dangerous earthquake spots.
The book covers various topics and is divided into six chapters: Geography, Nature, People, History, Arts & Entertainment and Science & Technology. For all the entertaining features that are designed to make learning more appealing for young students, this book is a steal at only £9.99.
My Big World
This hardcover 54-page book that is published by OKIDO offers a fresh perspective on the subject of geography.
The book has a large and friendly format with humorous and imaginative images that make investigating the wider world more attractive for young children.
The main character in the book, Koko, is helped my three explorers to answer intriguing questions about geography. Games, recipes and crafts are features of the book that can be done while reading or after reading.
This book can be introduced to children as young as 4 years old in order to develop a love of geography at a young age. Who knows, a career as a geographer may their future calling!
The Best Apps for Youngsters Learning More About Geography
Children born in the 21st century have always had technology in their lives and know to use tablets, smartphones and computers very effectively. Some parents download educational and amusing applications on their devices in order to stimulate their children when they are born.
There are plenty of educational apps for children covering a wide variety of subjects such as geography. We will now examine the top tier of apps for kids learning more about geography.
A great interactive application that was developed by TaptoLearn Software and has glowing reviews on the App Store. It is an animated game that features little "Tiny" the chick who helps kids travel across six continents and discover 75 new countries.
Children complete 15 missions to prevent "Mr.Evil" from moving the continents in the shape of a rooster.
This application is extremely entertaining and is a great way for young children to learn about countries, capitals and famous monuments from around the world without even realizing it! The tiny countries app is available in multiple languages and is very affordable.
It is important to note that it is not available on the UK App Store, however, that does not mean that citizens of the United Kingdom who are interested in this application cannot create an American account and download it.
This educational application was created by the National Geographic Society and was a MOBI Award Finalist in 2010 in the category of Best Mobile Game.
It comes highly recommended and has great reviews on the App Store mainly due to the three types of game play that make learning more about geography anything from boring! The three types of game play are:
- Multiple-choice round: the answers come from a library of more than 1300 National Geographic GeoBee questions,
- Map challenge round: tap your way to find spots on an interactive map from a catalogue of over 1000 locations,
- Bonus round: in this section players are shown National Geographic images and have to locate what's in the photo on the interactive map.
It is mainly designed for students aged 10-12 who already have an understanding of the basic concepts of geography and want to be well practised before going back to school after the summer holidays.
A very interactive application that provides a wide variety of games that were designed to make learning geographical data more accessible for youngsters.
Users of the application can create a profile to keep track of their own scores and there are three game mode options that can be played to acquire knowledge about essential details from the world's countries such as flags, population and capitals.
Grasping basic details is done by using flashcards and questions. Very simply made but highly recommended for acquiring a basic comprehension of countries from around the world.
The Absolute Best Kids Geography Websites
Well recommended websites for kids geography are a great compliment to the aforementioned books and applications in order to speed up the learning process of your child.
A survey conducted in January 2018 estimates that there are over 1.8 billion websites on the internet, therefore, interested ones are bound to find some brilliant websites that focus on the subject of geography for kids.
Superprof has done their research and found the top two best websites that are certain to please any youngster learning the basics of geography.
This website is absolutely fantastic and is our number one choice for kids who want to be entertained and at the same time learn the fundamentals of geography in order to be the best in their class.
The Kids Geography website has many informative articles that are paired with pictures which make learning accessible for even the youngest of children. There are various games, videos, worksheets and even music about different topics of geography.
Some of the best educational games highlighted on the website are titled, "world country matching game", "continent and ocean matching game", "world capital match" and "latitude and longitude map game."
The videos on the website cover different geography-based topics such as the international date line, tsunami, tornadoes, snowflakes, lightning, isostasy, hurricanes, eclipse and biomes.
Another intriguing feature is the worksheets that can be downloaded in PDF version and worked on at a time most convenient for the young pupil. Some of the worksheets include many geography word scrambles and three different songs.
National Geographic Kids
A highly recommended website that covers many academic disciplines such as science, history and of course geography. There are many mentionable features on this website such as the videos, the games and the extremely well-written articles.
In the video section of the National Geographic Kids website, there are topics that have a series of small clips designed to teach youngsters a variety of valuable things. For example, the topics of "Are we there yet?" and "Around the World" focus on geography and teach pupils about distinct cultures, landscapes, animals, continents and oceans that make each and every geographic location unique.
As for the game section, a necessary characteristic of the website, there are various geography games that can be played to keep learning fun and fresh. A few visits to this website during the summer holidays can improve any kid's geography skills and send them to the top of their class by excelling on all world geography quizzes.
In addition, an interactive world map improves map skills and helps students identify the continents of Asia, Africa, Antartica, North America, South America, Oceania and Europe.
Thanks to the many books and additional resources offered on the internet that discuss the crucial subject of geography, kids learn more about physical geography and human geography while honing their skills and enjoying themselves by acquiring new geographic information.
Geography games at home and in the classroom are becoming very popular among young pupils and are worth considering.
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esp-4 – one unit for all cases:
Label and splice sensor in one appliance
With a rapid pulse sequence, an ultrasonic transmitter beams upwards against the backing material. The effect of the sound pulses inducing the backing material to vibrate is for a markedly weakened sonic wave to be emitted on the opposite side.
The receiver receives this sonic wave and analyses it. The backing material signal level is different to that of the label or splice. And this difference in signal is analysed by the esp-4. The difference between backing material and a label or between sheeting and splice can be very slight indeed. In order to differentiate, the esp-4 sensor has to learn the signal level for the backing material or sheeting.
Backing material with label provides an attenuated signal level
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FITCHBURG -- Thanks to the Ashburnham Power and Light Department, Monty Tech's softball players can now concentrate on making hits, instead of chasing after foul balls.
The school wanted to install netting on the ball field to prevent foul balls from going out onto Route 2A, a major state road.
To get the project moving, electrical teachers contacted Stan Herriott, light department manager, to see if his department could lend a hand. Last year, Herriott was able to purchase the poles for the netting at cost and had his crew drill the holes and set them in the ground.
This spring, the light department linemen came back to the school to install the netting and special hooks to ensure it stays in place.
Athletic Director Dave Reid said the school is very grateful to Herriott and his crew for stepping up to make the softball field a lot safer for the players. "Before we had the netting, the players would have to run out into the road to catch foul balls. It was a safety issue," he said.
Electrical teacher Paul Cormier said the Light Department saved the school thousands of dollars in installation costs. "They drilled the holes for the poles, set the poles in the ground and installed the netting and hardware. The company was able to get the poles and mounting hardware at their cost. Monty Tech saved thousands of dollars in installation costs because of their assistant and generosity," he said.
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A Beautiful Figure and 'The Italian Mind'
Beppe Severgnini is a newspaper columnist who's been helping fellow Italians make sense of U.S. culture for years. Now, he is turning his wit toward his homeland, exploring the nuances of life in modern Italy.
For instance, as Severgnini tells NPR's Michele Norris, he believes traffic laws are interpreted a bit differently in Italy.
Instead of red meaning "stop" and green meaning "go," he says, for Italians a traffic light is the beginning of a "philosophical investigation."
Severgnini's new book is La Bella Figura: A Field Guide to the Italian Mind. In addition to the best-selling Ciao, America!, Severgnini writes for Corriere della Sera, the largest daily in Italy.
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The United Nations peacekeeping mission established at the end of the north-south civil war in Sudan today condemned the kidnapping and murder of four Chinese oil workers in the country’s centre and called for the immediate release of all other hostages.
Media reports say nine workers were kidnapped in Southern Kordofan state on 18 October, and the bodies of four of the people abducted were found this week. Some hostages remain missing.
In a statement, the UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) offered its condolences to the bereaved families and called for the immediate release of the remaining hostages.
“UNMIS condemns the use of violence for political purposes and those responsible for this heinous act should be brought to justice,” the statement said.
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Abstract: The Beslan school hostage crisis (also referred to as the Beslan school siege or Beslan massacre) of early September 2004 lasted three days and involved the capture of over 1,100 people as hostages (including 777 children), ending with the death of over 380 people. The crisis began when a group of armed separatist militants, mostly Ingush and Chechen, occupied School Number One (SNO) in the town of Beslan, North Ossetia (an autonomous republic in the North Caucasus region of the Russian Federation) on 1 September 2004. The hostage-takers were the Riyadus-Salikhin Battalion, sent by the Chechen separatist warlord Shamil Basayev, who demanded recognition of the independence of Chechnya at the UN and Russian withdrawal from Chechnya. On the third day of the standoff, Russian security forces entered the building with the use of tanks, incendiary rockets and other heavy weapons. At least 334 hostages were killed as a result of the crisis, including 186 children, with a significant number of people injured and reported missing.
The event led to security and political repercussions in Russia, most notably a series of federal government reforms consolidating power in the Kremlin and strengthening of the powers of the President of Russia. According to American non-governmental organization (NGO), Freedom House, these reforms consolidated Russia as a politically non-free, authoritarian state since the mid-2000s. As of 2011, aspects of the crisis in relation to the militants remain contentious; including how many militants were involved, the nature of their preparations and whether a section of the group had escaped. Questions about the Russian government's management of the crisis have also persisted; including allegations of disinformation and censorship in news media, whether the journalists who were present at Beslan were allowed to freely report on the crisis, the nature and content of negotiations with the militants, allocation of responsibility for the eventual outcome, and perceptions that excessive force was used.
Comintern Street SNO was one of seven schools in Beslan, a town of around 35,000 people in the republic of North Ossetia–Alania, in Russia's Caucasus. The school, located next to the district police station, had around 60 teachers and more than 800 students. Its gymnasium, where most of the hostages were held for 52 hours, was a recent addition, measuring 10 metres wide and 25 metres long. There were reports that men disguised as repairmen had concealed weapons and explosives in the school sometime during July 2004, but this was later officially refuted. However, several witnesses have since testified they were made to help their captors remove the weapons from the caches hidden in the school. There were also claims that a "sniper's nest" on the sports hall roof had been set up in advance.
It was also reported that the SNO in Beslan was used by Ossetian nationalist militia forces as an internment camp for ethnic Ingush civilians in late 1992 during the short but bloody Ingush–Ossetian East Prigorodny conflict, in which hundreds of Ingush residents of North Ossetia lost their lives or disappeared during the week-long hostilities, and thus the school was arguably chosen as the target of the attack by the mostly Ingush rebel group because of this connection. According to media reports, SNO was one of several buildings in which the Ossetian hostage-takers had held hundreds of Ingush hostages, many of them women and children; the hostages been kept in the same gymnasium, deprived of food and water, at least one newborn and several dozen male hostages were executed Beslan was also site of an airfield used by the Russian Air Force for combat operations in Chechnya since 1994.
Course of the Crisis
The attack on the school took place on 1 September—the traditional start of the Russian school year, referred to as "First Bell" or Knowledge Day. On this day, the children, accompanied by their parents and other relatives, attend ceremonies hosted by their school. Because of the Day of Knowledge festivities, the number of people in the schools was considerably higher than on normal school day. Early in the morning, a group of several dozen heavily armed Islamic-nationalist guerrillas left a forest encampment located in the vicinity of the village of Psedakh in the neighbouring republic of Ingushetia, east of North Ossetia and west of war-torn Chechnya. The rebels wore green military camouflage and black balaclava masks, and in some cases were also wearing explosive belts and explosive underwear. On the way to Beslan, on a country road near the North Ossetian village of Khurikau, they captured an Ingush police officer, Major Sultan Gurazhev. Gurazhev escaped after reaching the town[clarification needed] and went to the district police department to inform that his duty handgun and badge were taken away.
At 09:11 local time, the terrorists arrived at Beslan in a GAZelle police van and a GAZ-66 military truck. Many witnesses and independent experts claim that there were, in fact, two groups of attackers, and that the first group was already at the school when the second group arrived by truck. At first, some at the school mistook the guerrillas for Russian special forces practising a security drill. However, the attackers soon began shooting in the air and forcing everybody from the school grounds into the building. During the initial chaos, up to 50 people managed to flee and alert authorities to the situation. A number of people also managed to hide in the boiler room. After an exchange of gunfire against the police and an armed local civilian, in which reportedly one attacker was killed and two were wounded, the militants seized the school building. Reports of the death toll from this shoot-out ranged from two to eight people, while more than a dozen people were injured.
The attackers took approximately 1,100 hostages. The number of hostages was initially downplayed by the government to 200–400, and then for an unknown reason announced to be exactly 354. In 2005, their number was put at 1,128. The militants herded their captives into the school's gym and confiscated all their mobile phones under threat of death, and ordered everyone to speak in Russian and only when spoken to. When a father named Ruslan Betrozov stood to calm people and repeat the rules in the local language, Ossetic, a gunman approached him, asked Betrozov if he was done, and then shot him in the head. Another father named Vadim Bolloyev, who refused to kneel, was also shot by a captor and then bled to death. Their bodies were dragged from the sports hall, leaving a trail of blood later visible in the video made by the hostage-takers.
After gathering the hostages in the gym, the attackers singled out 15–20 of whom they thought were the strongest adults among the male teachers, school employees, and fathers, and took them into a corridor next to the cafeteria on the second floor, where a deadly blast soon took place. An explosive belt on one of the female bombers detonated, killing another female bomber (it was also claimed the second woman died from a bullet wound) and several of the selected hostages, as well as mortally injuring one male hostage-taker. According to the version presented by the surviving hostage-taker, the blast was actually triggered by the "Polkovnik" (the group leader); he set off the bomb by remote control to kill those who openly disagreed about the child hostages and intimidate other possible dissenters. The hostages from this group who were still alive were then ordered to lie down and shot with an automatic rifle by another gunman; all but one of them were killed. The militants then forced other hostages to throw the bodies out of the building and to wash the blood off the floor. One of these hostages, Aslan Kudzayev, escaped by jumping out the window; the authorities briefly detained him as a suspected hostage-taker. Karen Mdinaradze, the Alania football team's cameraman, survived the explosion as well as the shooting; when discovered to be still alive, he was allowed to return to the sports hall, where he lost consciousness.
A security cordon was soon established around the school, consisting of the Russian police (militsiya) Internal Troops, and Russian Army forces; spetsnaz, including the elite Alfa and Vympel units of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB); and the OMON special units of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD). A line of three apartment buildings facing the school gym was evacuated and taken over by the special forces. The perimeter they made was within 225 metres (738 ft) of the school, inside the range of the militants' grenade launchers. No fire-fighting equipment was in position and, despite the previous experiences of the 2002 Moscow theater hostage crisis, there were few ambulances ready. The chaos was worsened by the presence of Ossetian volunteer militiamen (opolchentsy) and armed civilians among the crowds of relatives who had gathered at the scene; there were perhaps as many as 5,000 of them.
The attackers mined the gym and the rest of the building with improvised explosive devices (IEDs), and surrounded it with tripwires. In a further bid to deter rescue attempts, they threatened to kill 50 hostages for every one of their own members killed by the police, and to kill 20 hostages for every gunman injured. They also threatened to blow up the school if government forces attacked. To avoid being overwhelmed by gas attack like their comrades in the 2002 Moscow hostage crisis, insurgents quickly smashed the school's windows. The captors prevented hostages from eating and drinking (calling this a "hunger strike", which they said they joined too) until North Ossetia's President Alexander Dzasokhov would arrive to negotiate with them. However, the FSB set up their own crisis headquarters from which Dzasokhov was excluded, and threatened to arrest him if he tried to go to the school.
The Russian government announced that it would not use force to rescue the hostages, and negotiations towards a peaceful resolution took place on the first and second days, at first led by Leonid Roshal, a paediatrician whom the hostage-takers had reportedly asked for by name (Roshal had helped negotiate the release of children in the 2002 Moscow siege, but also had given advice to the Russian security services as they prepared to storm the theatre, for which he received the Hero of Russia award). However, a witness statement in the court indicated that the Russian negotiators confused Roshal with Vladimir Rushailo, a Russian security official. According to Savelyev's report, the official ("civilian") headquarters was looking for a peaceful resolution of the situation at the same time when the secret ("heavy") headquarters set up by the FSB was preparing the assault. Savelyev wrote that in many ways the "heavies" restricted the actions of the "civilians", in particular in their attempts to negotiate with the militants.
At Russia's request, a special meeting of the United Nations Security Council was convened on the evening of 1 September, at which the council members demanded "the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages of the terrorist attack". U.S. President George W. Bush made a statement offering "support in any form" to Russia.
On 2 September 2004, negotiations between Roshal and the hostage-takers proved unsuccessful, and they refused to allow food, water, or medicine to be taken in for the hostages, or for the dead bodies to be removed from the front of the school. At noon, FSB First Deputy Director, Colonel General Vladimir Pronichev showed Dzasokhov an decree signed by Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov appointing North Ossetian FSB chief Major General Valery Andreyev as head of the operational headquarters. In April 2005, however, a Moscow News journalist received photocopies of the interview protocols of Dzasokhov and Andreyev by investigators, revealing that two headquarters had been formed in Beslan: a formal one, upon which was laid all responsibility, and a secret one ("heavies"), which made the real decisions, and at which Andreyev had never been in charge.
The Russian government downplayed the numbers, repeatedly stating there were only 354 hostages; this reportedly angered the hostage-takers who further mistreated their captives. Several officials also said there appeared to be only 15 to 20 militants in the school. The crisis was met with a near-total silence from then-President of Russia Vladimir Putin and the rest of Russia's political leaders. Only on the second day did Putin make his first public comment on the siege during a meeting in Moscow with King Abdullah II of Jordan: "Our main task, of course, is to save the lives and health of those who became hostages. All actions by our forces involved in rescuing the hostages will be dedicated exclusively to this task." It was the only public statement by Putin about the crisis until one day after its bloody end. In protest, several people at the scene raised signs reading: "Putin! Release our children! Meet their demands!" and "Putin! There are at least 800 hostages!" The locals also said they would not allow any storming or "poisoning of their children" (an allusion to the Moscow hostage crisis chemical agent).
Hundreds of hostages packed into the school gym with wired explosives attached to the basketball hoop (a frame from the Aushev tape)
In the afternoon, the gunmen allowed Ruslan Aushev, respected ex-President of Ingushetia and retired Soviet Army general, to enter the school building and agreed to release 11 nursing women and all 15 baby children personally to him. The women's older children were left behind and one mother refused to leave, so Aushev carried out her child instead. The rebels gave Aushev a video tape made in the school and a note with demands from their purported leader, Shamil Basayev, who was not himself present in Beslan. The existence of the note was kept secret by the Russian authorities, while the tape was declared as being empty (which was later proved incorrect). It was falsely announced that the hostage-takers made no demands. In the note, Basayev demanded recognition of a "formal independence for Chechnya" in the frame of the Commonwealth of Independent States. He also said that although the Chechen separatists "had played no part" in the Russian apartment bombings of 1999, they would now publicly take responsibility for them if needed. Some Russian officials and state-controlled media later attacked Aushev for entering the school, accusing him of colluding with the hostage-takers.
The lack of food and water took its toll on the young children, many of whom were forced to stand for long periods in the hot, tightly packed gym. Many children took off their clothing because of the sweltering heat within the gymnasium, which led to rumours of sexual impropriety, though the hostages later explained it was merely due to the stifling heat and being denied any water. Many children fainted, and parents feared they would die. Some hostages drank their own urine. Occasionally, the militants (many of whom took off their masks) took out some of the unconscious children and poured water on their heads before returning them to the sports hall. Later in the day, some adults also started to faint from fatigue and thirst. Because of the conditions in the gym, when the explosion and gun battle began on the third day, many of the surviving children were so fatigued that they were barely able to flee from the carnage.
At around 15:30, two grenades were fired approximately ten minutes apart by the militants at security forces outside the school, setting a police car on fire and injuring one officer, but Russian forces did not return fire. As the day and night wore on, the combination of stress and sleep deprivation—and possibly drug withdrawal—made the hostage-takers increasingly hysterical and unpredictable. The crying of the children irritated them, and on several occasions crying children and their mothers were threatened with being shot if they would not stop crying. Russian authorities claimed that the hostage-takers had "listened to German heavy metal group Rammstein on personal stereos during the siege to keep themselves edgy and fired up" (Rammstein had previously come under fire following the Columbine High School massacre, and again in 2007 after the Jokela High School shooting).
Overnight, a police officer was injured by shots fired from the school. Talks were broken off, resuming the next day.
Early on the third day, Ruslan Aushev, Alexander Dzasokhov, Taymuraz Mansurov (North Ossetia's Parliament Chairman), and First Deputy Chairman Izrail Totoonti together made contact with President of Ichkeria Aslan Maskhadov, a Chechen separatist leader fighting a guerilla war in Chechnya. Totoonti said that both Maskhadov and his Western-based emissary Akhmed Zakayev declared they were ready to fly to Beslan to negotiate with the militants, which was later confirmed by Zakayev. Totoonti said that Maskhadov's sole demand was his unhindered passage to the school; however, the assault began one hour after the agreement on his arrival was made. He also mentioned that journalists from Al Jazeera television offered for three days to participate in the negotiations and enter the school even as hostages, "but their services were not needed by anyone."
Russian presidential advisor and former police general, an ethnic Chechen Aslambek Aslakhanov, was also said to be close to breakthrough in the secret negotiations. By the time he left Moscow on the second day, Aslakhanov had accumulated the names of more than 700 well-known Russian figures who were volunteering to enter the school as hostages in exchange for the release of children. Aslakhanov said the hostage-takers agreed to allow him to enter the school the next day at 15:00. However, the storming had begun two hours before.
The First Explosions and the Fire in the Gymnasium
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Masked hostage-taker standing on a dead man's switch during the second day of the crisis (a frame from the Aushev tape)
Around 13:00 on 3 September 2004, it was agreed to allow four Ministry of Emergency Situations medical workers in two ambulances to remove 20 bodies from the school grounds, as well as to bring the corpse of the killed rebel to the school. However, at 13:03, when the paramedics approached the school, an explosion was heard from the gymnasium. The hostage-takers then opened fire on them, killing two. The other two took cover behind their vehicle.
The second, "strange-sounding", explosion was heard 22 seconds later. At 13:05 the fire on the roof of the sports hall started and soon the burning rafters and roofing fell onto the hostages below, many of them injured but still living. Eventually, the entire roof collapsed, turning the room into an inferno. The flames reportedly killed some 160 people (more than half of all hostage fatalities).
There are several widely conflicting versions regarding the source and nature of the explosions:
The first theory claims that the cause of the firing and the subsequent storming of the school had been an accidental explosion. This was voiced, among others, by Aslambek Aslakhanov and Ruslan Aushev.
Aushev said that an initial explosion was set off by a hostage-taker accidentally tripping over a wire. As a result, armed civilians, some of them apparently fathers of the hostages, started shooting. Aushev said no security forces or captors were shooting at this point, but the gunfire led the militants to believe that the school was being stormed.
In a similar version, Igor Senin, president of the association of Alfa veterans, said that somebody in the school building set off a hand grenade, probably by accident, after which the militants decided they were being attacked and opened fire.
According to the December 2005 report by Stanislav Kesayev, deputy speaker of North Ossetian parliament, some witnesses said a federal forces sniper shot a militant whose foot was on a dead man's switch detonator, triggering the first blast. The captured hostage-taker Nur-Pashi Kulayev has testified to this, while a local policewoman and hostage Fatima Dudiyeva said she was shot in the hand "from outside" just before the explosion. Kesayev's commission actually rejected the sniper shot theory, and said there were three blasts: two small explosions at 13:03, followed by the big one at 13:29.
Another theory was put forward in August 2006 by State Duma member Yuri Savelyev, a weapons and explosives expert. Savelyev claimed that the exchange of gunfire was not begun by explosions within the school building but by two shots fired from outside the school and that most of the home-made explosive devices installed by the rebels did not explode at all. He says the first shot was fired most likely from a RPO-A Shmel infantry rocket located at the roof of nearby five-story House No. 37 in School Lane and aimed at the gymnasium's attic, while the second one fired from a RPG-27 grenade launcher located at the House No. 41 on the same street, destroying a fragment of the gym wall (alternative weapons mentioned in the report were RPG-26 or RPG-7 rocket-propelled grenades). Savelyev, a dissenting member of the federal Torshin commission (see below for the findings of Torshin), claims these explosions killed many of the hostages and that dozens more died in the resulting fire. Yuri Ivanov, another parliamentary investigator, further contended that the grenades were fired on the direct orders of President Putin. Several witnesses during the trial of Kulayev previously testified that the initial explosions were caused by projectiles fired from outside.
In the current officially approved version, Alexander Torshin, head of the Russian parliamentary commission which concluded its work in December 2006, said the militants had started the battle by intentionally detonating bombs among the hostages, to the surprise of Russian negotiators and commanders. That statement went beyond previous government accounts, which have typically said the bombs exploded in an unexplained accident. Torshin's 2006 report says the hostage taking was planned as a suicide attack from the beginning and that no storming of the building was prepared in advance. The 2005 court ruling in Kulayev's case also determined that the explosion was set off by the militants. However, according to the testimonies by Nur-Pashi Kulayev and several former hostages and negotiators, the hostage-takers (including their leaders) blamed the government for the ensuing explosions.
Part of the sports hall wall was demolished by the explosions, allowing some hostages to escape. Local militia opened fire, and the militants returned fire. A number of people were killed in the crossfire. Russian officials say militants shot hostages as they ran, and the military fired back. The government asserts that once the shooting started, troops had no choice but to storm the building. However, some accounts from the town's residents have contradicted that official version of events.
Police Lieutenant Colonel Elbrus Nogayev, whose wife and daughter died in the school, said, "I heard a command saying, 'Stop shooting! Stop shooting!' while other troops' radios said, 'Attack!'" As the fighting began, an oil company president and negotiator Mikhail Gutseriyev (an ethnic Ingush) phoned the hostage-takers; he heard "You tricked us!" in answer. Five hours later, Gutseriyev and his interlocutor reportedly had their last conversation, during which the man said, "The blame is yours and the Kremlin's."
According to Torshin, the order to start the operation was given by the head of the North Ossetian FSB Valery Andreyev. However, statements by both Andreyev and the Dzasokhov indicated that it was FSB deputy directors Vladimir Pronichev and Vladimir Anisimov who were actually in charge of the Beslan operation. General Andreyev also told North Ossetia's Supreme Court that the decision to use heavy weapons during the assault was made by the head of the FSB's Special Operations Center, Colonel General Aleksandr Tikhonov.
A chaotic battle broke out as the special forces fought to enter the school. The forces included the assault groups of the FSB and the associated troops of the Russian Army and the Russian Interior Ministry, supported by a number of T-72 tanks from Russia's 58th Army (commandeered by Tikhonov from the military on 2 September), BTR-80 wheeled armoured personnel carriers and armed helicopters, including at least one Mi-24 attack helicopter. Many local civilians also joined in the chaotic battle, having brought along their own weapons – at least one of the armed volunteers is known to have been killed. At the same time, regular conscripted soldiers reportedly fled the scene as the fighting began. Civilian witnesses claimed that the local police also had panicked, even firing in the wrong direction.
At least three but as many as nine powerful Shmel rockets were fired at the school from the positions of the special forces (three or nine empty disposable tubes were later found on the rooftops of nearby apartment blocks). The use of the Shmel rockets, classified in Russia as flamethrowers and in the West as thermobaric weapons, was initially denied, but later admitted by the government. A report by an aide to the military prosecutor of the North Ossetian garrison stated that RPG-26 rocket-propelled grenades were used as well. The rebels also used grenade launchers, firing at the Russian positions in the apartment buildings.
According to military prosecutor, a BTR armoured vehicle drove close to the school and opened fire from its 14.5x114mm KPV heavy machine gun at the windows on the second floor. Eye-witnesses (among them Totoonti and Kesayev) and journalists saw two T-72 tanks advance on the school that afternoon, at least one of which fired its 125 mm main gun several times. During the later trial, tank commander Viktor Kindeyev testified to having fired "one blank shot and six antipersonnel-high explosive shells" on orders from the FSB. The use of tanks and armoured personnel carriers was eventually admitted to by Lieutenant General Viktor Sobolev, commander of the 58th Army. Another witness cited in the Kesayev report claims that he had jumped onto the turret of a tank in an attempt to prevent it from firing on the school. Scores of hostages were moved by the militants from the burning sports hall into the other parts of the school, in particular the cafeteria, where they were forced to stand at windows. Many of them were shot by troops outside as they were used as human shields, according to the survivors (such as Kudzeyeva, Kusrayeva and Naldikoyeva). Savelyev estimated that 106 to 110 hostages died after being moved to the cafeteria.
By 15:00, two hours after the assault began, Russian troops claimed control of most of the school. However, fighting was still continuing on the grounds as evening fell, including resistance from a group of militants holding out in the school's basement. During the battle, a group of some 13 militants broke through the military cordon and took refuge nearby. Several of them were believed to have entered a nearby two-story building, which was destroyed by tanks and flamethrowers around 21:00, according to the Ossetian committee's findings (Kesayev Report). Another group of militants appeared to head back over the railway, chased by helicopters into the town.
Firefighters, who were called by Andreyev two hours after the fire started, were not prepared to battle the blaze that raged in the gymnasium. One fire truck crew arrived after two hours at their own initiative but with only 200 litres (53 US gal) of water and unable to connect to the nearby hydrants. The first water came at 15:28, nearly two and a half hours after the start of the fire; the second fire engine arrived at 15:43. Few ambulances were available to transport the hundreds of injured victims, who were mostly driven to hospital in private cars. One suspected militant was lynched on the scene by a mob of civilians, an event filmed by the Sky News crew, while an unarmed militant was captured alive by the OMON troops while trying to hide under their truck (he was later identified as Nur-Pashi Kulayev). Some of the dead insurgents appeared to be mutilated by the commandos.
Sporadic explosions and gunfire continued at night despite reports that all resistance by militants had been suppressed, until some 12 hours after the first explosions. Early the next day Putin ordered the borders of North Ossetia closed while some hostage-takers were apparently still pursued.
After the conclusion of the crisis, many of the injured died in the only hospital in Beslan, which was highly unprepared to cope with the casualties, before the patients were sent to better-equipped facilities in Vladikavkaz. There was an inadequate supply of hospital beds, medication, and neurosurgery equipment. Relatives were not allowed to visit hospitals where the wounded were treated, and doctors were not allowed to use their mobile phones.
The day after the storming, bulldozers gathered the debris of the building, including the body parts of the victims, and removed it to a garbage dump. The first of the many funerals were conducted on 4 September, the day after the final assault, with more following soon after, including mass burials of 120 people. The local cemetery was too small and had to be expanded to an adjacent plot of land to accommodate the dead. Three days after the siege, 180 people were still missing. Many survivors remained severely traumatized and at least one female former hostage committed suicide after returning home.
Russian President Vladimir Putin reappeared publicly during a hurried trip to the Beslan hospital in the early hours of 4 September to see several of the wounded victims in his only visit to Beslan. He was later criticised for not meeting the families of victims. After returning to Moscow, he ordered a two-day period of national mourning on 6 – 7 September 2004. In his televised speech Putin paraphrased Joseph Stalin saying: "We showed ourselves to be weak. And the weak get beaten." On the second day of mourning, an estimated 135,000 people joined a government-organised rally against terrorism on the Red Square in Moscow. An estimated 40,000 people gathered in Saint Petersburg's Palace Square.
Increased security measures were introduced to Russian cities. More than 10,000 people without proper documents were detained by Moscow police in a "terrorist hunt". Colonel Magomed Tolboyev, a cosmonaut and Hero of the Russian Federation, was attacked by Moscow police patrol and beaten because of his Chechen-sounding name. The Russian public appeared to be generally supportive of increased security measures. A 16 September 2004 Levada-Center opinion poll found 58% of Russians supporting stricter counter-terrorism laws and the death penalty for terrorism, while 33% would support banning all Chechens from entering Russian cities.
In the wake of Beslan, the government proceeded to toughen laws on terrorism and expand the powers of law enforcement agencies.
In addition, Vladimir Putin signed a law which replaced the direct election of the heads of the federal subjects of Russia with a system whereby they are proposed by the President of Russia and approved or disapproved by the elected legislative bodies of the federal subjects. The election system for the Russian parliament was also repeatedly amended, eliminating the election of State Duma members by single-mandate districts. The Kremlin consolidated its control over the Russian media and increasingly attacked the non-governmental organizations (especially those foreign-founded). Critics allege that the Putin circle of siloviki used the Beslan crisis as an excuse to increase their grip on Russia. On 16 September 2004, U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell said that Russia was "pulling back on some of the democratic reforms" while George W. Bush expressed concern that Putin's latest moves to centralize power "could undermine democracy in Russia." Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov rejected such criticism, insisting the measures are an "internal matter."
The attack also marked the end to the mass terrorism in the North Caucasus separatist conflict until 2010, when two Dagestani female suicide bombers attacked two train stations in Russia. This is discussed in more detail below. After Beslan, there was a period of several years of lack of suicide attacks in and around Chechnya.
The raid on Beslan had, in fact, more to do with the Ingush involved than the Chechens, but was highly symbolic for both nations. The Ossetes and Ingush had (and have) a conflict over ownership of the Prigorodny District, which hit high points during the 1944 Stalinist purges, and the ethnic cleansing of Ingush by Ossetes (the Ossetes getting assistance from the Russian military) in 1992-3. At the time of the raid, there were still over 40,000 Ingush refugees in tent camps in Ingushetia and Chechnya. The Beslan school itself had been used against the Ingush, as in 1992 the gym was used as a pen to round up Ingush during the ethnic cleansing by the Ossetes. For the Chechens, the motive was revenge for the destruction of their homes and, indeed families: Beslan was one of the sites from which federal air raids were launched at Chechnya. The overwhelming majority of the people involved in the hostage-taking raid had also been direct victims of Russian government abuse, including many who were victimized as children; the female hostage-taker Khaula Nazirov reportedly had her children killed by the Russian forces in an attack on a school in Chechnya.
Once, however, it was broadcast that there were large numbers of children killed by a group that included Chechens, the Chechens were struck with a large amount of shame. One spokesman for the Chechen independence cause stated, "Such a bigger blow could not be dealt upon us...People around the world will think that Chechens are monsters if they could attack children".
Initially, at least 396 people, mostly hostages, were reportedly killed during the crisis. By 7 September 2004, Russian officials revised the death toll to 334, including 156 children, although close to 200 people remained missing or unidentified. It was claimed by the locals that over 200 of those killed were found with burns, and 100 or more of them were burned alive. The last reported fatality was 33-year-old librarian Yelena Avdonina, who succumbed to her wounds on 8 December 2006.
Russia's Minister of Health and Social Reform Mikhail Zurabov said the total number of people who were injured in the crisis exceeded 1,200. The exact number of people that received ambulatory assistance immediately after the crisis is not known, but is estimated to be around 700 (753 according to the UN). Moscow-based military analyst Pavel Felgenhauer concluded on 7 September 2004 that 90% of the surviving hostages had sustained injuries. At least 437 people, including 221 children, were hospitalized; 197 children were taken to the Children’s Republican Clinical Hospital in the North Ossetian capital of Vladikavkaz, and 30 were in cardiopulmonary resuscitation units in critical condition. Another 150 people were transferred to the Vladikavkaz Emergency Hospital. Sixty-two people, including 12 children, were treated in two local hospitals in Beslan, while 6 children with severe injuries were flown to Moscow for specialist treatment. The majority of the children were treated for burns, gunshot injuries, shrapnel wounds, and mutilation caused by explosions. Some had to have limbs amputated and eyes removed and many children were permanently disabled. One month after the attack, 240 people (160 of them children) were still being treated in hospitals in Vladikavkaz and in Beslan. Surviving children and parents have received psychological treatment at Vladikavkaz Rehabilitation Centre.
It is not known how many members of Russia's elite special forces died in the fighting, as official figures ranged from 11 through 12 and 16 (7 Alfa and 9 Vympel) to more than 20 killed. There are only 10 names on the special forces monument in Beslan. The fatalities included all three commanders of the assault group: Colonel Oleg Ilyin, Lieutenant Colonel Dmitry Ratzumovsky of Vympel, and Major Alexander Petrov of Alfa. At least 30 commandos suffered serious wounds.
Identity of Hostage-Takers, Motives and Responsibility
Initially, the identity and origin of the attackers were not clear. It was widely assumed from day two that they were separatists from nearby Chechnya, even as Putin's presidential Chechen aide Aslambek Aslakhanov denied it, saying "they were not Chechens. When I started talking with them in Chechen, they had answered: 'We do not understand, speak Russian.'" Freed hostages said that the hostage-takers spoke Russian with accents typical of Caucasians.
Even though in the past Putin had rarely hesitated to blame the Chechen separatists for acts of terrorism, this time he avoided linking the attack with the Second Chechen War. Instead, he blamed the crisis on the "direct intervention of international terrorism", ignoring the nationalist roots of the crisis. The Russian government sources initially claimed that nine of the militants in Beslan were Arabs and one was a black African (called "a negro" by Andreyev), though only two Arabs were identified later. Independent analysts such as that of the Moscow political commentator Andrei Piontkovsky said Putin at this moment tried to minimize the number and scale of Chechen terrorist attacks, rather than to exaggerate them as he did in the past. Putin appeared to connect the events to the US-led "War on Terrorism", but at the same time accused the West of indulging terrorists.
On 17 September 2004, radical Chechen guerilla commander Shamil Basayev, at this time operating autonomously from the rest of the North Caucasian rebel movement, issued a statement claiming responsibility for the Beslan school siege, which was strikingly similar to the Chechen raid on Budyonnovsk in 1995 and the Moscow theatre crisis in 2002, incidents in which hundreds of Russian civilians were held hostage by the Chechen rebels led by Basayev. Basayev said his Riyadus-Salikhin "martyr battalion" had carried out the attack and also claimed responsibility for a series of terrorist bombings in Russia in the weeks before Beslan crisis. He said that he originally planned to seize at least one school in either Moscow or Saint Petersburg, but lack of funds forced him to pick North Ossetia, "the Russian garrison in the North Caucasus". Basayev blamed the Russian authorities for "a terrible tragedy" in Beslan. Basayev claimed that he had miscalculated the Kremlin's determination to end the crisis by all means possible. He said he was "cruelly mistaken" and that he was "not delighted by what happened there", but also added to be "planning more Beslan-type operations in the future because we are forced to do so." However, it was the last major act of terrorism in Russia until 2009, as Basayev was soon persuaded to give up indiscriminate attacks by the new rebel leader Abdul-Halim Sadulayev, who made Basayev his second-in-command but banned hostage taking, kidnapping for ransom, and operations specifically targeting civilians.
The Chechen separatist leader Aslan Maskhadov immediately denied that his forces were involved in the siege, calling it "a blasphemy" for which "there is no justification". Maskhadov described the perpetrators of Beslan as "madmen" driven out of their senses by Russian acts of brutality. He condemned the action and all attacks against civilians via a statement issued by his envoy Akhmed Zakayev in London, blamed it on what he called a radical local group, and agreed to the North Ossetian proposition to act as a negotiator. Later, he also called on western governments to initiate peace talks between Russia and Chechnya and added to "categorically refute all accusations by the Russian government that President Maskhadov had any involvement in the Beslan event." Putin responded that he would not to negotiate with "child-killers", comparing the calls for negotiations with the appeasement of Hitler, and put a $10 million bounty on Maskhadov (the same amount as put for Basayev). Maskhadov was killed by Russian commandos in Chechnya on 8 March 2005, and buried in an undisclosed location.
Shortly after the crisis, official Russian sources stated that the attackers were part of a supposed international group led by Basayev that included a number of Arabs with connections to al-Qaeda, and claimed they picked up phone calls in Arabic from the Beslan school to Saudi Arabia and another undisclosed Middle Eastern country. Two English/Algerians are among the identified rebels who actively participated in the attack: Osman Larussi and Yacine Benalia. Another UK citizen named Kamel Rabat Bouralha, arrested while trying to leave Russia immediately following the attack, was suspected to be a key organizer. All three were linked to the Finsbury Park Mosque of north London. The allegations of al-Qaeda involvement were not repeated since then by the Russian government.
The following people were named by the Russian government as planners and financiers of the attack:
Shamil Basayev – Chechen rebel leader who took ultimate responsibility for the attack. He died in Ingushetia in July 2006 in disputed circumstances.
Kamel Rabat Bouralha – British-Algerian suspected of organizing the attack, who was reportedly detained in Chechnya in September 2004.
In November 2004, 28-year-old Akhmed Merzhoyev and 16-year-old Marina Korigova of Sagopshi, Ingushetia, were arrested by the Russian authorities in connection with Beslan. Merzhoyev was charged with providing food and equipment to the hostage-takers, and Korigova with having possession of a phone that Tsechoyev had phoned multiple times. Korigova was released when her defence attorney showed that she was given the phone by an acquaintance after the crisis.
Motives and Demands
Russian negotiators say the Beslan militants never explicitly stated their demands, although they did have notes handwritten by one of the hostages on a school notebook, in which they spelled out demands of full Russian troop withdrawal from Chechnya and recognition of Chechen independence.
The hostage-takers were reported to have made the following demands:
1. Recognition of the independence of Chechnya at the UN and withdrawal of Russian troops
2. Presence of the following people at the school: Aleksander Dzasokhov (president of North Ossetia), Murat Zyazikov (president of Ingushetia), Ruslan Aushev (former president of Ingushetia), Leonid Roshal (a paediatrician). Alternatively, instead of Roshal and Aushev, the hostage-takers might have named Vladimir Rushailo and Alu Alkhanov (pro-Moscow President of Chechnya).
Dzasokhov and Zyazikov did not come to Beslan (Dzasokhov later claimed that he was forcibly stopped by "a very high-ranking general from the Interior Ministry [who] said, 'I have received orders to arrest you if you try to go'"). The stated reason why Zyazikov did not arrive was that he has been "sick". Aushev, Zyazikov's predecessor at the post of Ingushetia's president (he was forced to resign by Putin in 2002), entered the school and secured the release of 26 hostages.
The 1 September 11:00–11:30 letter sent along with a hostage ER doctor: (The case papers of the Nur-Pashi Kulayev's criminal trial. File pages 196–198, the vetting protocol. Cited at the trial session 19 January 2006.)
8-928-738-33-374 We request the republic's president Dzasokhov, the president of Ingushetia Ziazikov, the children's doctor Rashailo for negotiations. If anyone of us is killed, we'll shoot 50 people. If anyone of us is wounded, we'll kill 20 people. If 5 of us are killed, we'll blow up everything. If the light, communication are cut off for a minute, we'll shoot 10 people.
The telephone number according to pravdabeslana.ru; the federal committee reported 8–928–728–33–74.[clarification needed] The hostage who was made to write the note misspelled doctor Roshal's name.
The 1 September 16:00–16:30 letter brought by the same female hostage contained a corrected phone number (ending with 47) and addition of Aushev to the list of requested persons, according to the federal committee report.
The 2 September 16:45 letter sent along with Ruslan Aushev: (A note hand-written on a quad ruling notebook sheet sized 32 by 20 cm. Source: ibidem. Pages 189–192, the vetting protocol. Pages 193–194, a photocopy of this note.)
From Allah's slave Shamil Basayev to President Putin. Vladimir Putin, it was not you who started this war. But you can finish it if you have enough courage and determination of de Gaulle. We offer you a sensible peace based on mutual benefit by the principle independence in exchange for security. In case of troops withdrawal and acknowledgement of independence of Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, we are obliged not to make any political, military, or economic treaties with anyone against Russia, not to accommodate foreign military bases on our territory even temporarily, not to support and not to finance groups or organizations carrying out a military struggle against RF, to be present in the united ruble zone, to enter CIS. Besides, we can sign a treaty even though a neutral state status is more acceptable to us. We can also guarantee a renunciation of armed struggle against RF by all Muslims of Russia for at least 10 to 15 years under condition of freedom of faith. We are not related to the apartment bombings in Moscow and Volgodonsk, but we can take responsibility for this in an acceptable way. The Chechen people is leading a nation-liberating struggle for its freedom and independence, for its self-protection rather than for destruction or humiliation of Russia. We offer you peace, but the choice is yours. Allahu Akbar Signature 30 August
Later, Basayev said there was also an alternative option: if President Putin submitted a letter of resignation, the hostage-takers would "release all the children and go back to Chechnya with others."
According to the official version of events, 32 militants participated directly in the seizure, one of whom was taken alive while the rest were killed on spot. The number and identity of hostage-takers remains a controversial topic, fuelled by the often contradictory government statements and official documents. The 3–4 September government statements said total of 26–27 militants were killed during the siege. At least four militants, including two women, died prior to the Russian storming of the school.
Many of the surviving hostages and eyewitnesses claim there were many more captors, some of whom may have escaped. It was also initially claimed that three hostage-takers were captured alive, including their leader Vladimir Khodov and a female militant. Witness testimonies during the Kulayev trial involved the reported presence of a number of apparently Slavic-, unaccented Russian-, and "perfect" Ossetian-speaking individuals among the hostage-takers who were not seen among the bodies of the militants killed during the assault by Russian security forces; witnesses also said they were not seen by the day of the crisis at all. The unknown men (and a woman, according to one testimony) included a man with red beard who was reportedly issuing orders to the kidnappers' leaders, and whom the hostages were forbidden to look at. He was possibly the militant known only as "Fantomas", an ethnic Russian who served as a bodyguard to Shamil Basayev).
Kesayev Report (2005) estimated that about 50 rebel fighters took part in the siege, based on witness accounts and the number of weapons left at the scene.
Savelyev Report (September 2006) said there were from 58 to 76 hostage-takers, of which many managed to escape by slipping past the cordon around the school.
Torshin Report (December 2006) determined that 34 militants were involved, of which 32 entered the school and 31 died there, and says the two accomplices remain at large (one being Yunus Matsiyev, a bodyguard of Basayev).
According to Basayev, "Thirty-three mujahideen took part in Nord-West. Two of them were women. We prepared four [women] but I sent two of them to Moscow on August 24. They then boarded the two airplanes that blew up. In the group there were 12 Chechen men, two Chechen women, nine Ingush, three Russians, two Arabs, two Ossetians, one Tartar, one Kabardinian and one Guran. The Gurans are a people who live near Lake Baikal who are practically Russified."
Basayev further said an FSB agent (Khodov) had been sent undercover to the rebels to persuade them to carry out an attack on a target in North Ossetia's capital, Vladikavkaz, and that the group was allowed to enter the region with ease because the FSB planned to capture them at their destination in Vladikavkaz. He also claimed that an unnamed hostage-taker had survived the siege and managed to escape.
On 6 September 2004, the names and identities of seven of the assailants became known, after forensic work over the weekend and interviews with surviving hostages and a captured assailant. The forensic tests also established that 21 of the hostage-takers took heroin as well as morphine in a normally fatal amount; the investigation cited the use of drugs as a reason for the militants’ ability to continue fighting despite being badly wounded and presumably in great pain. In November 2004, Russian officials announced that 27 of the 32 hostage-takers had been identified. However, in September 2005, the lead prosecutor against Nur-Pashi Kulayev stated that only 22 of the 32 bodies of the captors had been identified, leading to further confusion over which identities have been confirmed.
Most of the suspects, aged 20–35, were identified as Ingush or residents of Ingushetia (some of them Chechen refugees). At least five of the suspected hostage-takers were declared dead by Russian authorities before the seizure, while eight were known to have been previously arrested and then released, in some cases shortly before the Beslan attack.
The male hostage-takers were tentatively identified by the Russian government as:
Ruslan Tagirovich Khuchbarov[note 1] (32), nicknamed "Polkovnik" (Russian for "Colonel") – An ethnic Ingush and native of Galashki, Ingushetia. Reputed group leader, disputed identity, possibly escaped and at large. Basayev identified him as "Col. Orstkhoyev". Reportedly referred to by the other militants also as "Ali", he led the negotiations on behalf of the hostage-takers. Initially reported to be Ali Taziyev, an Ingush policeman-turned-rebel who was declared legally dead in 2000; but this was later refuted by the Russian prosecutors. During the negotiations, "Ali" had claimed his family was killed by the Russians in Chechnya. Investigators thought him to be Akhmed Yevloyev ("Magas"), an Ingush rebel leader also known as Ali Taziyev, but those reports were also declared incorrect later. "Magas" was captured by the FSB in 2010.
Vladimir Anatolievich Khodov[note 2] (28), nicknamed "Abdullah" – An ethnic Ossetian-Ukrainian from the village of Elkhotovo in Kirovsky District of North Ossetia, Khodov was former pupil of the Beslan SNO and one of the reputed leaders of the hostage-takers. Some of the survivors described him as the most frightening and aggressive of all the militants. Khodov converted to Islam while in prison for rape. He was officially wanted for a series of bomb attacks in Vladikavkaz, yet he lived openly in his hometown for over a month before the attack. Basayev claimed that Khodov was a FSB double agent code-named "Putnik" ("Traveller"), sent to infiltrate the rebel movement.
Iznaur Kodzoyev – An Ingush from Kantyshevo, Ingushetia, and father of five children. His cousin claimed he saw him in their home village on the second day of the hostage crisis. In August 2005 the Russian forces in Igushetia killed a man identified as Iznaur Kodzoyev, who they said was one of hostage-takers, despite the fact that his body was identified among these killed in Beslan. Kodzoyev had been also previously announced by the Russians to be killed months before the Beslan crisis.
Khizir-Ali Akhmedov (30) – Native of Bilto-Yurt, Chechnya.
Yacine Benalia (35) – A British-Algerian who had reportedly been killed earlier.
Khan-Pashi Kulayev (31) – A Chechen from Engenoi. He had lost his hand in Russian captivity from an untreated wound. Kulayev was the older brother of Nur-Pashi and a former bodyguard of Basayev. He was released from Russian prison before the attack.
Nur-Pashi Kulayev (24) – A Chechen from Engenoi recruited to help his brother Han-Pashi despite (as he maintained) being admitted into pro-Moscow Chechen militia forces of Ramzan Kadyrov ("Kadyrovtsy"). Captured in Beslan and sentenced to life in prison.
Osman Larussi (35) – A British-Algerian, who had reportedly been killed already.
Arsen Merzhoyev (25) – A native of Engenoi, Chechnya.
Mayrbek Said-Aliyevich Shaybekhanov[note 4] (25) – A Chechen from Engenoi who lived in Psedakh, Ingushetia. He was arrested in Ingushetia and then released shortly before the school attack.
Issa Torshkhoyev[note 5] (26) – An Ingush native of Malgobek, Ingushetia. He was wanted since the shootout in 2003 when his home was raided by the police. His family asserted that his interest in joining the Chechen militant movement was incited when Torshkhoyev witnessed five of his close friends being killed by Russian security forces during the same raid. His father, who was brought in to identify his body, reportedly claimed that the body was not that of his son.
Bei-Alla[note 6] Tsechoyev (31) – An Ingush, brother of Musa, had a prior conviction for possessing illegal firearms.
Musa Tsechoyev (35) – An Ingush, brother of Bei-Alla. Native of Sagopshi, Ingushetia, he owned the truck that drove the insurgents to the school.
In April 2005, the identity of the shahidka female militants was revealed:
Roza Nagayeva (30) – A Chechen woman from the village of Kirov-Yurt in Chechnya's Vedensky District and sister of Amnat Nagayeva, who was suspected of being the suicide bomber who blew up one of the two Russian airliners brought down on 24 August 2004. Roza Nagayeva was previously named as having bombed the Rizhskaya metro station in Moscow on 31 August 2004.
Khaula Nazirova (45) – A woman from Grozny whose husband had supposedly been tortured to death by Russian security forces. Her 18-year-old son and her 16-year-old daughter, along with their cousins, were reportedly killed a year earlier when Russian forces attacked a school in Chechnya.
Official Investigations and Trials
Interrogation and Tr$ial
The captured suspect, 24-year-old Nur-Pashi Kulayev, born in Chechnya, was identified by former hostages as one of the hostage-takers. The state-controlled Channel One showed fragments of Kulayev's interrogation in which he said his group was led by a Chechnya-born man nicknamed Polkovnik and by the North Ossetia native Vladimir Khodov. According to Kulayev, Polkovnik shot another militant and detonated two female suicide bombers because they objected to capturing children.
In May 2005, Kulayev was a defendant in a court in the republic of North Ossetia. He was charged with murder, terrorism, kidnapping, and other crimes and pleaded guilty on seven of the counts; many former hostages denounced the trial as a "smoke screen" and "farce". Some of the relatives of the victims, who used the trial in their attempts to accuse the authorities, even called for a pardon for Kulayev so he could speak freely about what happened. The director of the FSB, Nikolai Patrushev, was summoned to give evidence, but he did not attend the trial. Ten days later, on 26 May 2006, Nur-Pashi Kulayev was sentenced to death, despite the official moratorium on the death penalty in Russia, which was then immediately commuted to life in prison; no appeal was filed by either the defendant or prosecutor. Kulayev later disappeared in the Russian prison system. Following questions about whether Kulayev had been killed or died in prison, Russian government officials said in 2007 that he was alive and awaiting the start of his sentence.
by Federal Prosecutors
Family members of the victims of the attacks have accused the security forces of incompetence, and have demanded that authorities be held accountable. Putin personally promised to the Mothers of Beslan group to hold an "objective investigation". On 26 December 26, 2005, Russian prosecutors investigating the siege on the school declared that authorities had made no mistakes whatsoever.
At a press conference with foreign journalists on 6 September 2004, Vladimir Putin rejected the prospect of an open public inquiry, but cautiously agreed with an idea of a parliamentary investigation led by the State Duma, dominated by the pro-Kremlin parties.
In November 2004, the Interfax news agency reported Alexander Torshin, head of the parliamentary commission, as saying that there was evidence of involvement by "a foreign intelligence agency" (he declined to say which). On 22 December 2006, the Russian parliamentary commission ended their investigation into the incident. Their report concluded that the number of gunmen who stormed the school was 32 and laid much of the blame on the North Ossetian police, stating that there was a severe shortcoming in security measures, but also criticizing authorities for under-reporting the number of hostages involved. In addition, the commission said the attack on the school was premeditated by Chechen rebel leadership, including the moderate leader Aslan Maskhadov. In another controversial move, the commission claimed that the shoot-out that ended the siege was instigated by the hostage-takers, not security forces. About the "grounded" decision to use flamethowers, Torshin said that "international law does not prohibit using them against terrorists." Ella Kesayeva, an activist who leads a Beslan support group, suggested that the report was meant as a signal that Putin and his circle were no longer interested in having a discussion about the crisis.
On 28 August 2006, Duma member Yuri Savelyev, a member of the federal parliamentary inquiry panel, publicized his own report which he said proves that Russian forces deliberately stormed the school using maximum force. According to Savelyev, a weapons and explosives expert, special forces fired rocket-propelled grenades without warning as a prelude to an armed assault, ignoring apparently ongoing negotiations. In February 2007, two members of the commission (Savelyev and Yuri Ivanov) denounced the investigation as a cover-up, and the Kremlin's official version of events as fabricated. They refused to sign off on the Torshin's report.
Trials of the Local
Three local policemen of the Pravoberezhny District ROVD (district militsiya unit) were the only officials put on trial over the massacre. They were charged with negligence in failing to stop gunmen seizing the school. On 30 May 2007, the Pravoberezhny Court's judge granted an amnesty to them. In response, a group of dozens of local women then rioted and ransacked the courtroom: smashing windows, overturning furniture, and tearing down a Russian flag. Victims' groups said the trial had been a whitewash designed to protect their superiors from blame. The victims of the Beslan hostage crisis said they would appeal against the court judgement.
In June 2007, a court in Kabardino-Balkaria charged two Malgobeksky District ROVD police officials, Mukhazhir Yevloyev and Akhmed Kotiyev, with negligence, accusing them of failing to prevent the attackers from setting up their training and staging camp in Ingushetia. The two pleaded innocent, and were acquitted in October 2007. The verdict was upheld by the Supreme Court of Ingushetia in March 2008. The victims said they would appeal the decision to the European Court for Human Rights.
Criticism of the Russian Government
Incompetence and Rights Violations
The handling of the siege by Vladimir Putin's administration was criticized by a number of observers and grassroots organizations, amongst them Mothers of Beslan and Voice of Beslan. Soon after the crisis, the independent MP Vladimir Ryzhkov blamed "the top leadership" of Russia. Initially, the European Union also criticized the response.
Critics, including Beslan residents who survived the attack and relatives of the victims, focused on allegations that the storming of the school was ruthless. They cite the use of heavy weapons, such as tanks and Shmel rocket flamethrowers. Their usage was officially confirmed. The Shmel is a type of thermobaric weapon, described by a source associated with the US military as "just about the most vicious weapon you can imagine – igniting the air, sucking the oxygen out of an enclosed area and creating a massive pressure wave crushing anything unfortunate enough to have lived through the conflagration." Pavel Felgenhauer has gone further and accused the government of also firing rockets from an Mi-24 attack helicopter, a claim that the authorities deny. Some human rights activists claim that at least 80% of the hostages were killed by indiscriminate Russian fire. According to Felgenhauer, "It was not a hostage rescue operation... but an army operation aimed at wiping out the terrorists." David Satter of the Hudson Institute said the incident "presents a chilling portrait of the Russian leadership and its total disregard for human life".
The provincial government and police were criticised by the locals for having allowed the attack to take place, especially since police roadblocks on the way to Beslan were removed shortly before the attack. Many blamed rampant corruption that allowed the attackers to bribe their way through the checkpoints; in fact, this was even what they had openly boasted to their hostages. Others say the militants took the back roads used by smugglers in collusion with the police. Yulia Latynina alleged that Major Gurazhev was captured after he approached the militants' truck to demand a bribe for what he thought was an oil-smuggling operation. It was also alleged the federal police knew of the time and place of the planned attack; according to internal police documents obtained by Novaya Gazeta, the Moscow MVD knew about the hostage taking four hours in advance, having learned this from a militant captured in Chechnya. According to Basayev, the road to Beslan was cleared of roadblocks because the FSB planned to ambush the group later, believing the rebels' aim was to seize the parliament of North Ossetia in Vladikavkaz.
Critics also charged that the authorities did not organize the siege properly, including failing to keep the scene secure from entry by civilians, while the emergency services were not prepared during the 52 hours of the crisis. The Russian government has been also heavily criticized by many of the local people who, days and even months after the siege, did not know whether their children were alive or dead, as the hospitals were isolated from the outside world.[clarification needed] Two months after the crisis, human remains and identity documents were found by a local driver Muran Katsanov in the garbage landfill at the outskirts of Beslan; the discovery prompted further outrage.
In addition, there were serious accusations that federal officials had not earnestly tried to negotiate with the hostage-takers (including the alleged threat from Moscow to arrest President Dzasokhov if he came to negotiate) and deliberately provided incorrect and inconsistent reports of the situation to the media (detailed below).
The report by Yuri Savelyev, a dissenting parliamentary investigator and one of Russia's leading rocket scientists, blamed the responsibility for the final massacre on actions of the Russian forces and the highest-placed officials in the federal government. Savelyev's 2006 report, devoting 280 pages to determining responsibility for the initial blast, concludes that the authorities decided to storm the school building, but wanted to create the impression they were acting in response to actions taken by the terrorists.[note 9] Savelyev, the only expert on the physics of combustion on the commission, accused Torshin of "deliberate falsification".
A separate public inquiry by the North Ossetian parliament (headed by Kesayev) concluded on 29 November 2005 that both local and federal law enforcement mishandled the situation.
On 26 June 2007, 89 relatives of victims lodged a joint complaint against Russia with the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). The applicants say their rights were violated both during the hostage-taking and the trials that followed.
FSB defector Alexander Litvinenko suggested that the Russian secret services must have been aware of the plot beforehand, and therefore they themselves must have organised the attack as a false flag operation. Before his death, Litvinenko alleged that because the hostage-takers had previously been in FSB custody for committing terrorist attacks, it is inconceivable that they would have been released and still been able to carry out attacks independently. He claimed that they only would have been freed if they were of use to the FSB, and that even in the case that they were freed without being turned into FSB assets, they would be under a strict surveillance regime that would not have allowed them to carry out the Beslan attack unnoticed. Some of the Mothers of Beslan have also alleged that the hostage taking was an "inside job", citing as evidence the fact that the militants used weapons that had been planted in the school prior to the incident. Ella Kesayeva, co-chair of the group Voice of Beslan has, similarly to Alexander Litvinenko, drawn attention to how many of the hostage-takers were either released from government custody or evaded the authorities despite their high profiles. Writing for the opposition newspaper Novaya Gazeta, she concluded that "the so-called Beslan terrorists were agents of our own special forces – UBOP [Center for Countering Extremism] and FSB."
Disinformation and Suppression of Information
According to a poll by Levada-Center conducted a week after Beslan crisis, 83% of polled Russians believed that the government was hiding at least a part of the truth about the Beslan events.
Reporting and False Information
In opposition to the coverage on foreign television news channels (such as CNN and the BBC), the crisis was not broadcast live by the three major state-owned Russian television networks. The two main state-owned broadcasters, Channel One and Rossiya, did not interrupt their regular programming following the school seizure. After explosions and gunfire started on the third day, NTV Russia shifted away from the scenes of mayhem to broadcast a World War II soap opera. According to the Ekho Moskvy ("Echo of Moscow") radio station, 92% of the people polled said that Russian TV channels concealed parts of information.
Russian state-controlled television only reported official information about the number of hostages during the course of the crisis. The figure of 354 people was persistently given, initially reported by Lev Dzugayev (the press secretary of Dzasokhov)[note 10] and Valery Andreyev (the chief of the republican FSB). It was later claimed that Dzugayev only disseminated information given to him by "Russian presidential staff who were located in Beslan from September 1". Torshin laid the blame squarely at Andreyev, for whom he reserved special scorn.
The deliberately false figure had grave consequences for the treatment of the hostages by their angered captors (the hostage-takers were reported saying, "Maybe we should kill enough of you to get down to that number") and contributed to the declaration of a "hunger strike". One inquiry has suggested that it may have prompted the militants to kill the group of male hostages shot on the first day. The government disinformation also sparked incidents of violence by the local residents, aware of the real numbers, against the members of Russian and foreign media.
On 8 September 2004, several leading Russian and international human rights organizations – including Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Memorial, and Moscow Helsinki Group – issued a joint statement in which they pointed out the responsibility that Russian authorities bore in disseminating false information:
"We are also seriously concerned with the fact that authorities concealed the true scale of the crisis by, inter alia, misinforming Russian society about the number of hostages. We call on Russian authorities to conduct a comprehensive investigation into the circumstances of the Beslan events which should include an examination of how authorities informed the whole society and the families of the hostages. We call on making the results of such an investigation public."
The Moscow daily tabloid Moskovskij Komsomolets ran a rubric headlined "Chronicle of Lies", detailing various initial reports put out by government officials about the hostage taking, which later turned out to be false.
Involving Russian and Foreign Journalists
The late Novaya Gazeta journalist Anna Politkovskaya, who had negotiated during the 2002 Moscow siege, was twice prevented by the authorities from boarding a flight. When she eventually succeeded, she fell into a coma after being poisoned aboard an aeroplane bound to Rostov-on-Don. American journalist Larisa Alexandrovna of The Raw Story has suggested that Politkovskaya might have been later murdered in Moscow because she had discovered evidence of the Russian government's complicity in Beslan.
According to the report by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), several correspondents were detained or otherwise harassed after arriving in Beslan (including Russians Anna Gorbatova and Oksana Semyonova from Novye Izvestia, Madina Shavlokhova from Moskovskij Komsomolets, Elena Milashina from Novaya Gazeta, and Simon Ostrovskiy from The Moscow Times). Several foreign journalists were also briefly detained, including a group of journalists from the Polish Gazeta Wyborcza, French Libération, and British The Guardian. Many foreign journalists were exposed to pressure from the security forces and materials were confiscated from TV crews ZDF and ARD (Germany), AP Television News (USA), and Rustavi 2 (Georgia). The crew of Rustavi 2 was arrested; the Georgian Minister of Health said that the correspondent Nana Lezhava, who had been kept for five days in the Russian pre-trial detention centers, had been poisoned with dangerous psychotropic drugs (like Politkovskaya, Lezhava had passed out after being given a cup of tea). The crew from another Georgian TV channel, Mze, was expelled from Beslan.
Raf Shakirov, chief editor of the Russia's leading newspaper, Izvestia, was forced to resign after criticism by the major shareholders of both style and content of the issue of 4 September 2004. In contrast to the less emotional coverage by other Russian newspapers, Izvestia had featured large pictures of dead or injured hostages. It also expressed doubts about the government's version of events.
Secret Video Materials
The video tape made by the hostage-takers and given to Ruslan Aushev on the second day was declared by the officials as being "blank". Aushev himself did not watch the tape before he handed it to government agents. A fragment of tape shot by the hostage-takers was shown on Russian NTV television several days after the crisis. (See the video.) Another fragment of a tape shot by the hostage-takers was acquired by media and publicised in January 2005. (See the video – unavailable in Russia.)
In July 2007, the Mothers of Beslan asked the FSB to declassify video and audio archives on Beslan, saying there should be no secrets in the investigation. They did not receive any official answer to this request. However, the Mothers received an anonymous video, which they disclosed saying it might prove that the Russian security forces started the massacre by firing rocket-propelled grenades on the besieged building. The film had been kept secret by the authorities for nearly three years before being officially released by the Mothers on 4 September 2007. The graphic film apparently shows the prosecutors and military experts surveying the unexploded shrapnel-based bombs of the militants and structural damage in the school in Beslan shortly after the massacre. Footage shows a large hole in the wall of the sports hall, with a man saying, "The hole in the wall is not from this [kind of] explosion. Apparently someone fired [there]," adding that many victims bear no sign of shrapnel wounds. In another scene filmed next morning, a uniformed investigator points out that most of the IEDs in the school actually did not go off, and then points out a hole in the floor which he calls a "puncture of an explosive character".
In general, the criticism was denied by the Russian government. President Vladimir Putin specifically dismissed the foreign criticism as Cold War mentality and said that the West wants to "pull the strings so that Russia won't raise its head."
The Russian government defended the use of tanks and other heavy weaponry, arguing that it was used only after surviving hostages escaped from the school. However, this contradicts the eyewitness accounts, including by the reporters and former hostages. According to the survivors and other witnesses, many hostages were seriously wounded and could not possibly escape by themselves, while others were kept by the militants as human shields and moved through the building.
Deputy Prosecutor General of Russia Nikolai Shepel, acting as deputy prosecutor at the trial of Kulayev, found no fault with the security forces in handling the hostage crisis, "According to the conclusions of the investigation, the expert commission did not find any violations that could be responsible for the harmful consequences." Shepel acknowledged that commandos fired flamethrowers, but said this could not have sparked the fire that caused most of deaths; he also said that the troops did not use napalm during the attack.
To address doubts, Putin launched a Duma parliamentary investigation led by Alexander Torshin, resulting in the report which criticised the federal government only indirectly and instead put blame for "a whole number of blunders and shortcomings" on local authorities. The findings of the federal and the North Ossetian commissions differed widely in many main aspects. Deputy Prosecutor General Vladimir Kolesnikov, sent by Putin in September 2005 to investigate the circumstances, concluded on 30 September that "the actions of the military personnel were justified, and there are no grounds to open a criminal investigation."
In 2005, previously unreleased documents by the national commission in Moscow were made available to Der Spiegel. According to the paper, "instead of calling for self-criticism in the wake of the disaster, the commission recommended the Russian government to crack down harder."
- North Ossetian Interior Minister Kazbek Dzantiyev resigned shortly after the crisis, saying that after what happened in Beslan, he "[didn't] have the right to occupy this post as an officer and a man."
- Valery Andreyev, the chief of the Ossetia's FSB, also submitted his resignation soon after. However, he was later elevated to the prestigious position of Deputy Rector of FSB Academy.
- Alexander Dzasokhov, the head of North Ossetia, resigned his post on 31 May 2005, after a series of demonstrations against him in Beslan and a public pressure from Mothers of Beslan on Putin to have him dismissed.
Five Ossetian and Ingush police officers were tried in the local courts; all of them were subsequently amnestied or acquitted in 2007. As of December 2009, no of the Russian federal officials suffered consequences in connection with the Beslan events.
Other Incidents and Controversies
the Ingush-Ossetian Hostility
Nur-Pashi Kulayev claimed that attacking a school and targeting mothers and young children was not merely coincidental, but was deliberately designed for maximum outrage with the purpose of igniting a wider war in the Caucasus. According Kulayev, the attackers hoped that the mostly Orthodox Ossetians would attack their mostly Muslim Ingush and Chechen neighbours to seek revenge, encouraging ethnic and religious hatred and strife throughout the North Caucasus. North Ossetia and Ingushetia had previously been involved in a brief but bloody conflict in 1992 over disputed land in the North Ossetian Prigorodny District, leaving up to 1,000 dead and some 40,000 to 60,000 displaced persons, mostly Ingush. Indeed, shortly after the Beslan massacre, 3,000 people demonstrated in Vladikavkaz calling for revenge against the ethnic Ingush.
The expected backlash against neighbouring nations failed to materialise on a massive scale. In one noted incident, a group of ethnic Ossetian soldiers led by a Russian officer detained two Chechen Spetsnaz soldiers and executed one of them. In July 2007, the office of the presidential envoy for the Southern Federal District Dmitry Kozak announced that a North Ossetian armed group engaged in abductions as retaliation for the Beslan school hostage-taking. FSB Lieutenant Colonel Alikhan Kalimatov, sent from Moscow to investigate these cases, was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in September 2007.
and the Charges against Beslan Activists
In September 2005, the self-proclaimed faith healer and miracle-maker Grigory Grabovoy promised he could resurrect the murdered children. Grabovoy was arrested and indicted of fraud in April 2006, amidst the accusations that he was being used by the government as a tool to discredit the Mothers of Beslan.
In January 2008, the Voice of Beslan group, which in the previous year had been court-ordered to disband, was charged by Russian prosecutors with "extremism" for their appeals in 2005 to the European Parliament to help establish an international investigation. This was soon followed with other charges, some of them relating to the 2007 court incident. As of February 2008, the group was charged in total of four different criminal cases.
In March 2006, Russian opposition leader Garry Kasparov's top aide Marina Litvinovich, who runs the website Pravda Beslana ("Truth about Beslan"), was savagely beaten by unidentified attackers on a Moscow street and told to "be careful".
In September 2007, Taimuraz Chedzhemov, the lawyer representing the Mothers of Beslan, who was seeking to prosecute Russian officials over the massacre, said he had withdrawn from the case because of a death threat to his family.
Russian Patriarch Alexius II's plans to build an Orthodox church as part of the Beslan monument have caused a serious conflict between the Orthodox Church and the leadership of the Russian Muslims in 2007. Beslan victims organizations also spoke against the project and many in Beslan want the ruins of the school to be preserved, opposing the government plan of its demolition to begin with.
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Heads up! Some new patent applications have just been posted on the Peer to Patent Project website, including one from Microsoft, its first entry in the project, on a kind of system I think of as a DRM'd computerized bean counter which tracks all the media clips bought and sold in the offline system of the invention, and then pays copyright holders and their ex-filesharing pirate distributors.
I admit I'm sleepy, so maybe I'm oversimplifying or missing something essential, but that's how I understand it so far. The overview makes it sound like a Bluetooth thing, where you buy something without going on the Internet, and the system tracks your every move so copyright holders get paid. The goal, I gather on a quick look, is to get around what they view as the filesharing problem and the analog hole. They suggest paying "pirates" an incentive cut if they will quit filesharing for free and participate for money in this offline media economy so copyright holders can get paid.
Businesses keep thinking there *must* be a way to turn back the clock and get that total chokehold they dream about. It's like searching for the fountain of youth in Florida. I know. There is no fountain of youth in Florida.
I ask you, does it get more inspiring than this? Maybe if SCO filed a patent application on a billing method for threatening Linux end users.
A patent on a system to coopt filesharers and make them work for Hollywood? Microsoft deserves a patent just for thinking it up. Just kidding around, folks. [Update: It seems this is not a unique concept. Someone left a comment pointing to Grooveshark's business model, and if you add wireless, you get this patent application, it seems. Now the question: which was first? Another question, does it pass the nonobvious test?]
Here is how Microsoft's application is described in the Peer to Patent press release:
Microsoft’s application (#20070136608) is for an invention that will allow copyright owners and media sellers to profit from the off-line transfer of media between buyers and sellers. According to the application, the invention is intended to create an off-line economy for digital media that will store proof and details for off-line transactions. This record will then be used to allot portions of the transaction to the copyright owner, and also to the seller, as an incentive for creating the transaction. The off-line economy will equip copyright owners with a tool to aid them in profiting from their properties, while simultaneously creating an inexpensive channel for media distribution that is accessible to buyers.
A system for selling media clips in an offline economy. Catchy. Well, Microsoft always did grok the Internet. Snark.
At last! The iTunes killer. I surely hope you guys can deep six this one with prior art. Although, I must admit I find it appealing to think of a world where Microsoft and Hollywood hopped off the Internet and played in their own separate offline playground.
So far, there have been 1,000 reviewers signed up to participate in the Peer to Patent Project, by the way, and I'm happy to say we are richly represented. So have at it, by all means. It would be good if one of you would volunteer this time to collect the best comments left here on Groklaw and then submit the group's findings on prior art on our behalf. If you have signed up already, and you prefer to input directly, that's fine too, but I think it would be best for someone with more tech skills than I have to coordinate, so you will know which comments really matter. So if you wish to volunteer, email me please.
Intel and IBM have posted new patent applications again too. Here's the P2P press release with more details, including about some improvements to the P2P site.
Patent Applications From Microsoft, IBM and Intel
Now Open for Public Review
Peer-to-Patent Exceeds 1000 Public Peer Reviewers;
Eight applications now available for open review at
Monday, July 09, 2007—Today Peer-to-Patent, an initiative of New York Law School and the United States Patent and Trademark Office, announced that an application from Microsoft has joined applications posted by GE, HP, Intel, IBM and Red Hat available for public review.
Peer to Patent also announced that more than 1000 active contributors have signed up to aid US patent reviewers at http://www.peertopatent.org.
Peer-to-Patent opens up the patent examination process for the first time, enabling the public to contribute prior art and commentary relevant to the examination of pending software patent applications at http://www.peertopatent.org.
“We’re thrilled with the support and open approach shown by Microsoft, Intel, and so many other companies,” said Beth Noveck, director of the Institute for Information Law and Policy at New York Law School. “In particular, we expect significant interest in Microsoft’s application, as it relates to an important topic in the online world, digital rights management.”
The three new patent applications now available for public participation on the Peer-to-Patent site include Microsoft’s first submission to the pilot (on Digital Rights Management), and a second submission from each of Intel (on computer processor efficiency), and IBM (on moving databases).
• Microsoft’s application (#20070136608) is for an invention that will allow copyright owners and media sellers to profit from the off-line transfer of media between buyers and sellers. According to the application, the invention is intended to create an off-line economy for digital media that will store proof and details for off-line transactions. This record will then be used to allot portions of the transaction to the copyright owner, and also to the seller, as an incentive for creating the transaction. The off-line economy will equip copyright owners with a tool to aid them in profiting from their properties, while simultaneously creating an inexpensive channel for media distribution that is accessible to buyers.
• Intel’s application (# 20070130448) deals with increasing computer processor efficiency. Computer processors predict where certain information is stored after it has been used so that it can be retrieved as directly as possible; an incorrect prediction by the processor significantly slows down performance. Intel’s patent application describes a stack tracker that generates a distance value corresponding to a relative distance between a load instruction and a previous store instruction. According to the application, the distance value generated by the stack tracker can then be used to help minimize incorrect predictions so that the processor can perform more efficiently.
• IBM’s application (#20070150488) addresses the problem of moving a database from its current source system to a new target system that often has different characteristics from the source system. According to the application, the invention describes a method for optimizing the migration of a database by collecting details (parameters) about the source system and the target system in order to generate configuration information that can be used to fine tune the database’s operation on the target system.
Reviewing patent applications is free and open to all via the Peer-to-Patent Web site at www.peertopatent.org. Bloggers are also invited and encouraged to host their own conversations about pending patent applications and then submit prior art via the Peer-to-Patent website.
The Peer-to-Patent Web site enables those who sign up to:
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The redesign of City West is progressing. The newly designed Hertzallee was officially opened on April 20, 2018.
The historical link between Hardenberplatz and Ernst-Reuter-Platz in Berlin has just been extensively renovated for 1.3 million euros.
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[guht-eyt] /ˈgʌt eɪt/
resembling a drop; having droplike markings.
(esp of plants) covered with small drops or droplike markings, esp oil glands
resembling a drop or drops
guttate gut·tate (gŭt’āt’) or gut·tat·ed (-ā’tĭd)
[guh-tey-tuh m, -tah-] /gəˈteɪ təm, -ˌtɑ-/ adverb 1. (in prescriptions) drop by drop.
[guh-tey-shuh n] /gʌˈteɪ ʃən/ noun, Botany. 1. a process in which water in liquid form is given off by plants. guttation (gə-tā’shən) The exudation of water from leaves as a result of root pressure. Compare transpiration.
[guht] /gʌt/ noun 1. the alimentary canal, especially between the pylorus and the anus, or some portion of it. Compare , , . 2. guts. 3. the belly; stomach; abdomen. 4. the substance forming the case of the intestine; intestinal tissue or fiber: sheep’s gut. 5. a preparation of the intestines of an animal, used […]
[guht-er] /ˈgʌt ər/ noun 1. a channel at the side or in the middle of a road or street, for leading off surface water. 2. a channel at the eaves or on the roof of a building, for carrying off rain water. 3. any channel, trough, or the like for carrying off fluid. 4. a […] | <urn:uuid:635bf94d-a67b-4020-91be-41c4e8c71582> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://definithing.com/define-dictionary/guttate/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280310.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00188-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.716701 | 398 | 2.796875 | 3 |
08 March 2012
Suitability Analysis notes from Steve Strom
Here are the old handwritten Suitability Analysis notes from when Steve Strom used these techniques in his studio. This four page set of Suitability Analysis notes is online now as a PDF. His description of weighted analysis lacks a graphic, so I created a digital version of both some of his graphics and a new Weight and Rate graphic that should help you work through it all as you look ahead to our next exam:To be clear, each grid shows the very same piece of land but being rated for a different issue (soils, slope, vegetation). Presumably that is fairly objective. But each individual criterion is then weighted based on relative importance. In this case, Slope has rather subjectively been weighted as 5 times more important that Vegetation. If you click on my graphic it will enlarge and be more readable. | <urn:uuid:8fe64a24-1815-4e3a-a9d5-4c989f8e22a1> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://epd372.blogspot.com/2012/03/suitability-analysis-notes-from-steve.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560282202.61/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095122-00558-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.958504 | 177 | 2.265625 | 2 |
I can't remember what I gave my kids for allowance - but I'm sure that the monthly amount I pay in college tuition is MORE. Looking at what kids are getting for allowance these days, I DO believe there's been SOME adjustment for inflation.
According to RoosterMoney, an app that tracks kids’ allowance and chores, 69%% of parents say they gave their kids an allowance last year, with the average weekly amount being $9.06, or $471 a year.
Now it may stink for kids to have to do chores to get some of that dough, but it sure sounds like they are getting paid well. The report notes the top earning chore is washing the car, which can earn them $4.60, followed by gardening, $4.34 and cleaning their bedroom $2.71
And it turns out not all of those kids are running to spend their money as soon as they get it. In fact, kids are likely to save 42% of the money they’ve earned, which is better than the average adult, who tends to only save about 2.4% of their income. As for what they're saving it for, phones are the top items, followed by LEGO and when it comes to spending, candy is the most popular purchase, followed by presents.
Top Things Kids Save Their Allowance For
- Nintendo Switch
- Nerf toys
Top Things Kids Spend Their Allowance On
- Roblox (New entry)
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Women who commit suicide are more likely than men to avoid facial disfiguration, but not necessarily in the name of vanity. Valerie Callanan from the University of Akron and Mark Davis from the Criminal Justice Research Center at the Ohio State University, USA, show that there are marked gender differences in the use of suicide methods that disfigure the face or head. While firearms are the preferred method for both men and women, women are less likely to shoot themselves in the head. The study is published online in Springer’s journal Sex Roles.
Although a number of studies have looked at gender differences in suicide risk, few have examined gender differences in suicide methods. Understanding gender differences in suicide methods has important implications for suicide prevention efforts.
Callanan and Davis examined the medical examiner’s files of 621 suicide cases in Summit County, Ohio in the US, covering a 10-year period (1997-2006). They found that women were significantly less likely than men to use suicide methods with the potential to disfigure the face or head. Indeed, men were nearly twice as likely as women to have used such methods.
The researchers also found that for every one-unit increase in blood alcohol level, the odds of using a disfiguring method increased by nearly 10 percent. Gender, age, stressful life events and prior suicide attempts all predicted the use of methods that disfigure the face and head.
The authors conclude: “To suggest that women are less likely to shoot themselves in the face or head because they are more concerned about their appearance than men is to minimize the significance of the act of suicide. What we do know is that those experiencing stressful life events are at far greater risk of employing an especially lethal method of suicide than those not experiencing such events.”
Callanan VJ & Davis MS (2011). Gender and suicide method: do women avoid facial disfiguration? Sex Roles DOI 10.1007/s11199-011-0043-0
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POSTED BY MARTIN KICH
Here are several of the opening paragraphs of an article written by Des Bieler for the Washington Post:
“he NCAA announced Monday that it was moving its slate of 2016-17 championship events set to be played in North Carolina out of that state. The college sports governing body made its decision in reaction to the so-called ‘bathroom bill,’ a much-publicized piece of legislation aimed at the LGBT community, passed there earlier this year.
“In a news release, the NCAA outlined four reasons why it found North Carolina, as opposed to other states, to be an unacceptable site:
“–Its state-level laws “invalidate any local law that treats sexual orientation as a protected class or has a purpose to prevent discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender individuals.”
“–It has ‘the only statewide law that makes it unlawful to use a restroom different from the gender on one’s birth certificate, regardless of gender identity.’
“–North Carolina “provides legal protections for government officials to refuse services to the LGBT community.”
“–The states of New York, Minnesota, Washington, Vermont and Connecticut, plus several municipalities, ‘prohibit travel to North Carolina for public employees and representatives of public institutions, which could include student-athletes and campus athletics staff.’ . . .
“In all, seven championship events will be relocated, including first- and second-round games for the Division I men’s basketball tournament, scheduled to be held in Greensboro. Other events include Division I women’s soccer (Cary), Division I women’s lacrosse (Cary), Division III men’s and women’s soccer (Greensboro), Division III men’s and women’s tennis (Cary), Division II baseball (Cary) and regionals for Division I women’s golf (Greenville).”
Des Bieler’s complete article is available at: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2016/09/12/ncaa-to-move-2016-17-championship-events-out-of-north-carolina/?wpisrc=al_alert-sports. | <urn:uuid:dbe2f99a-a8c5-470a-89a6-9f86574c174a> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://academeblog.org/2016/09/13/ncaa-moving-multiple-2016-2017-championships-out-of-north-carolina/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280872.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00317-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.935048 | 497 | 1.671875 | 2 |
Newspaper Page Text
Ira Myers, Old Time Mining Man, Tells of His Activities Which Brought About Treaty With Blackfeet Indians and Sale of 600,000 Acres of Rocky Land to Government
lor $1,500,000, Which Did Not Prove Profitable to the Prospectors and Which Now Is a National Playground, Attracting Large Numbers of Tourists From Everywhere
By IRA MYERS. .
GLACIER National park—Nature's
wonderland and a playground
that each succeeding summer
will attract more and more tourists to
Montana from all parts of the United
States—might never have been had it
not been for a chain of circumstances
that originated in 1894.
Twenty-seven years ago,' copper ore
was discovered on the eastern slope
of the continental divide in what is
now Glacier park, but was then a part
of the Blackfeet Indian reservation.
Because it was believed that the de
velopment of that section by mining
would bring wealth to the state of
Montana, a movement was started to
induce the government to purchase by
treaty 600.000 acres of this rocky land
which could never serve the Indians
for either agricultural or grazing land.
The purchase of t)iis land which was
later known as the "ceded strip" was
consumated in 1896, and it was opened
to prospectors in the following spring.
There was a great rush for claims
but actual development never assumed
the proportions that were anticipated,
and in 1910 the government opened
the "ceded strip' and some adjoining
area as the Glacier National park and
prospecting for oil and minerals there
is no loDger permitted. The sum paid
by the government to the Indians for
the "ceded strip" would never have
been paid had it not been believed
that the land was rich in copper, and
for this reason. I believe that if it
had not been for the -copper showing
discovered back in 1894. the land
would never have been purchased from
the Blackfeet and there would be no
Glacier park today.
Thought It Rich in Copper.
The "ceded strip" was a piece of
land belonging to the Blackfeet tribe
of Indians, running south from the
Canadian boundary line to Birch creek
and east from the crest of the Rocky
mountains to the foothills. It was
said to be rich in copper. The strip in
all covered 600.000 acres of rocky
Major Steele, who at that time was
government agent for the Blackfeet
tribe, came to me in Great; Falls in
May, 1804. and gave ir.e 37 assays of
copper ore with maps of the country
they were in. Knowing that I was in
terested in mining and well acquainted
with Senator T. C. Power, the only
United States senator we had at that
time, and -that I was fairly well ac
quainted with Hon. Hoke Smith, who
was then secretary of the interior; al
so George Bird Grinnell, editor and
publisher of "Forest and Stream" in
New York City, he asked me if I would
not go to Washington and try to have
the government make a treaty to pur
chase that strip of land from the Black
Mr. Grinnell was one of the leading
officers of the Indian Rights asso
ciation, with headquarters in Philadel
phia," and no treaty was approved by
congress without this association's
sanction. For many years previous he
had spent his vacation with the Black
feet Indians, hunting and fishing. Ile
understood their language fairly well
and they all loved him.
On Swift Currant Creek.
The assays Major Steele showed me
were a surprise to me and I asked him
the width of the lode and how far one
could trace it. He said it could be
traced for a distance of about six
miles from the point of discovery on
Swift_ Current creek to the Upper St.
Mary's^ Lake, and that it was 12 to 15
feet wide, but he could not tell what
the average assays would be. as he
know nothing about mining. lie said
the late Joe Kipp and Ed Garrett, who
were associated with him on this en
terprise, had an assayer camped on
the ground for several weeks who
might tell about the average of the
lode matter had he been there.
SoT concluded ^o' tkkr 'the .-hanor
and go to Washington and try through
Senator Power to have'treaty commis
•jcAiuiui i unri %.\r uavc HCUl.V uuiuiHl»
sioners appointed to purchase this;
strip. I knew the senator was a good
bnsiness man and willing to do any
thing he could for Montana so long as
he thought it was the square deal for
the state. As soon as I could arrange
my affairs. I left on the mission.
I arrived in Washington in the morn
ing and went to see Senator I over im
mediately. While he was not in the
senate at the time, I was told that I
might find bim at his office with bis
secretary, which I did. I laid the case
before him explaining all T knew about
the matter, showing him the assays
and maps and asked him if he would
not take an interest in getting a treaty
He asked me if I thought Major
Steele and associates were telling the
truth about these assays and I told
him they surely were because they
had no object in doing otherwise.
Senator Power knew Major Steele well
and had great confidence in him. He
then said that he would do all he pos
sibly could to get the commission ap
pointed to make th» treaty.
Sees Secretary Smith.
"You will have to see Secretary
Hoke Smith of the interior depart
ment." he told me.
I told him I had intended to do that,
knowing him fairly well. My inter
view with Senator Power did not take
more than an hour, after which I
went to see Secretary Smith and for
tune favored me for I saw him almost
He was pleased to see me and asked
all about "Montana. He took a great
interest in this part of the country.
After talking a few minutes nbout
Montana. I told him about the nvssion
that brought me to Washington, show
ing him the assays and the maps. He j
was much impressed with the proposi- ,
tion knowing that the strip of land
from the map was absolutely worthless
to the Indians, as there was no graz
ing laiu) on it at all.
"I will give you a letter to Major
Powell who is the head of the geological
department," said Secretary Smith,
"and he will know if there is any cop
per on the strip."
I asked what he knew about the min
erals that were on that land %
"I know little or nothing," fsaid the
Crtsyrbrbt» vznzxutir SWIFT CURRENT PASS.
It was on Swift Current creek, not far from Upper St. Mary's lake, that the copper ore was found which
lead to the purchase of the "ceded strip" from the Blackfeet Indians. This section is now a part of Glacier
secretary, "but the major will know."
My interview with the secretary last
ed about half an hour, then I went
| "^mediately to see Major Powell as I
did ?°* aD >; grass t° grow under |
I feet but «anted to do this as soon
" , 1 "
major at about 2 o'clock
in the afternoon and presented the let
ter which he read. He then called
for a boy to swing up the maps. They
had large maps about 10 to 20 feet
long on rolls, which would swing tip.
He took his wand and pointing with it.
Le saki .. Yes , there is" copper there."
j j had not told Mfljor £ owell , he
r },aracter of the land so asked him
how he knew that there was copper
there. He said that lie had had all
that upper country country through
the mountains from the Canadian
boundary line down to Sun river classi- j
fied and in the classification of' the I
rocks, they found that there was cop
per but- no other mineral—no lead, no
gold, no silver—only copper showing
in the classification.
Major Powell Agrees to Report.
"Major Powell, will you make that
kind of a report to Secretary Smith?"
"I surely will, and he will have it
tomorrow morning some time," he fe
I talked to him a little while about
tlie Colorado river where it went
through the canyon as the major was
in all that country, having had charge
of the great canyon on the Colorado
river, and he described wonderfully to
me how they got. down there and tra
veled in the early days. It was very
interesting. I bade him goodbye and
then, of course, 1 had to wait until
the next day to get his report.
That evening 1 saw Senator Power
and iie asked me what progress I was
making. I rolj him, "Very well^ sen
ator." and related how the secretary
of the inter5->r had received me and
how kind he was to talk nbout Mon
tana and give me the letter to Major
Powell, etc I told the senator I was
going down the next day at 2 o'clock
as that was the time set for the sec
retary of the interior to see me.
The next day, I went promptly at
2 o'clock to be received by the secre
tary, who greeted me with "I bave'
received the report: it is very favor
able—there is copper in that country." ;
He then asked me what I wanted •
him to do in this case. I told him I i
wanted a commission appointed and
that I wanted George Bird Grinnell j
on that commission as he waj an im- '
portant factor, for if the Indians
Rights association undertook to fight
the selling of these lands, it would be
a hard proposition to ever get the
| privilege from the government to have
"Very well, I will be very glad to
do so. I suppose there will be a com
mission of about three appoiuted when
the time comes." was the secretary's
I then went back t.o my hotel, saw
Senator Power in the evening and left
on that night's train for New York
City to call on Mr. Grinnell.
Finds Grinnell in Office.
Fortunately, 1 found him in his ed
itorial offices. He was glad to see
me and asked, after a few minutes
onversation, if he could do anything
j f° r me. T told him he could do a
I great deal for me and a great deal for
tlle mining prospectors of Montana.
Then I showed him the assays and the
maps and he said. "Well, the cat's out
of the bag. isn't it?"
"Why, what do you mean by that.
Mr. Grinnell?" I asked.
"I have known there is copper there
for the last two or three years," lie
replied, "but I didn't want it to get
out among the miners as the Indians
Courtes' v Q. N. ifc
BLACKFEET INDIANS CAMPED NEAR "CEDED STR&J
might have to be forced to sell the
laud to the government."
He said the Indians had brought him
pieces of copper from that country and
they had always kept it secret.
"But," he said, "Now it is out and
I will do what I can to help get the
I then asked him if he would go as
one of the commissioners to make the
treaty with the Indians. He said he
would if it. was agreeable to the sec
retary of the interior. So I bade him
goodday with the hope that I would
soon see him in Montana. I left that
evening for Washington and the next
morning called on Senator Power.
"Have you seen Grinnell?" he ask
ed. I replied I had. "Well, you do
I told him there was no use of wast
ing time, that 1 wanted to do this
thing quickly and get back to Mon
"That is the right spirit to do these
things in," said the senator.
I then had another talk with the
secretary of the interior who said he
would assist Senator Power in every
possible way to accomplish the treatj
So after getting the ball rolling in good
shape, I started back for Montana.
Upon my return, I went to the
Blackfeet agency to see Major Steele,
told him what I had done—that every
thing was favorable and that all the
persons I had talked to really sanc
tioned It and w|re willing to have this
Senator Power kept me posted all the
time on what was going on in Wash
ington and he finally got it in shape
so that a commission of three was ap
pointed by the secretary of the inter
ior. This commission was made up of
Mr. Clemens of Georgia, George Bird
Grinnell of New York, and the third
member was, I believe, the clerk of
It dragged along until the spring of
1895 before anything was done. Then
just as the commission was ready to
start, it came about that Mr. Grin
nell could not go at that time. I made
, ,''V •
v ' * -
' ; *
Courtesy G. N. Ry. BLACKFEET INDIANS•
Throughout Glacier park, particularly in that section which Mr. Meyers tells of in the accompanying
article, many of the mountains, rivers and lakes are still known by the names given them by the Blackfeet
the second trip to Washington to talk
the matter over, then went up to New
York to find out why Mr. Grinnell
could not serve at that time. He told
me that his mother was ill and he
would not leave her more than a few
hours at a time, lie advised me he
would go as soon as she was thorough
So it went along, her sickness con
tinued more than a year. We did not
want anyone but Grinnell betaus« \\t
knew he was well acquainted with the
Indians and could speak their Ian
guage. We felt that we really must
have him on that commission because
he would have more influence with the
Indians than almost any other person.
Just as soon as Mr. Grinnell s moth
er was well "enough to leave, the com
mission left Washington. This was in
the fall of 189«». The commissioners
I came to St. Paul where two of them
went over the Great Northern railroad.
Mr. Grinnell came over the Northern
, Pacific, coming to Helena so that lie
could come to* G'reaVFaÏÏs ~to see me
before he proceeded fiMther in the
matter He consulted with me about
the price that the Indians should ask
for this land.
for this land.
Thinks Half Million Enough.
I had quite a talk with him at the
old Park hotel. We discussed the
matter a great deal and I told him
that I thought the Indians might ask
$500,000. „ ,
"Don't you think that's little
jenough ?" he asked.
"That might be little enough, but
I'm satisfied that if it is any larger
i amount congress will not ratify the
I treaty," I replied.
"All right, I will see about it," he
said. So be left me that afternoon
and took the train for Shelby where
he met the other two commissioners
who had arrived there only a few hours
ahead of him.
The chiefs of the Indians were all
there (four or five of them) and the
next morning they went into council
to consider the matter. For some rea
son or other, I don't know what it was
—never could find out who told them
to ask this fabulous price—but the In
dians asked $3,000,000 for the land.
They talked it over, argued the matter
and were in council for two or three
hours, but could come to no conclu
sion about it.
There was a woman who met with
them in council—Miss Helen Clark—
who was the daughter of Major Mal
colm Clark, a graduate of West Point
who was afterwards in the employ of
the American Fur Co., at Fort.: Ben
ton. Miss Clark was a lady of fine
personality and well eduacted and made
many friends in Helena and thraugh
out the state, never neglecting her In
dian friends who were without num
ber— lier fine education did not. spoil
her in any way. She lived in Helena
with the family of former Senator W.
F. Saunders and served two terms as
1 superintendent of schools of Lewis and
Indians Agree to $1,500,000.
The. council could not come to any
understanding about the price. The
Indians finally came down to $2.000.000
but the commissioners would not listen
to anything of that kind so the cotA
eil broke up. After about an hour or
two, the commissioners went back to
the Indians who said. "We will take a
million and a half dollars and no less."
The commissioners did not want to
8° back to Washington without making
some kind of a treaty so they agreed
to this price and left for Washington
that evening. Before leaving. Mr.
Grinnell wired me stating the price
that they had agreed upon and 1 \vired
bim back that I thought it was all up
in air; that the treaty would never be
ratified by congress.
I then wired Senator Power and he
wired back, "Wait, letter." In his let
ter was an explanation saying that
the treaty asked a monumental price
and he didn't think it would pass con
gress. Had it not been that it was
during the fight ob the Dingley tariff
act which at that time was occupy^
ing everybody's time it probably would
have been a hard proposition ta jjfcve
had congress ratify the treaty and we
would have made a failure of it.
Senator Power had an (.interview
with Senator Pettigrew of South Da
kota who was then chairman of the
Indian appropriations committee in
regard to having the treaty ratified.
Senator Power showed Senator Petti
grew the treaty was for the purchase
of only about 600,000 acres of worth
less, rocky mountain land with little
or no feed on it and that was only fit
for the prospector who might find
mines on it, and that its development
would benefit Montana and the nation
al givernment as well. Senator Power
also showed him that the Blackfeet
would soon need money, as their pres
ent appropriation would be exhausted
in two years and then the government
would have to care for them at all
Put in Indian Appropriation bill.
After this explanation, Senator Tet
tigrew saw it in that light, which was
surely the jWoper one. After reflect
ing a while. Senator Pettigrew said he
could embrace the amount in the gen
eral appropriation bill which the com
mittee was then working on. He did
so, after a full explanation to the com
mittee, and the amount of Sl.HOO.OOO
w r as appropriated at the rate .of $150,
000 a year, to buy cattle, machuierv.
etc., for the use oï the Indians through
the government. No money was paid
to the tribe only in that way.
In this way was. former Senator
Power instrumental in giving to the
people of the United States what lias
become one of the most beautiful play
grounds of the American continent,
with its fine hotels, driveways slid
sight seeing beyond description, which
in a few in vre years will surely be a
wonderland which has to be seen to be
fully appreciated in all its general
As the $1,£00,000 the Blackfeet In
dians were to ha\*e for the "ceded
strip" was included in the general ap
propriation for all the Indians the
government was taking care of yearly,
a senator went to Senator Pettigrew
and asked him why the appropriation
for that large amount did not. as a
new treaty, come up by itself. Senator
Pettigrew explained the matter by spy
ing all of the committee agreed upon
the proposition that it was the best
thin g to be done for all concerned.
He further said that andef the provi
sion of a former treaty for a «part of
the Indians' domain, in'two years more
the Blackfeet Indians would have no
income and the government would 1
to take care of them. He pointed oat
that by the time the Blackfeet had re
ceived. the $1,500,000 for the "ceded
strip" they would be in better shape
to take care of themselves. This
surely has proved to be the eaae. In
this way, all opposition to the appro
priation from other senators was set
Opening Held Off Until Sprisg.
It was late in the fall of 1896 when
everything was ready to go through
with the "ceded strip" so that it might
be opened to prospectors, bat Secre
tory Smith thought it best to delay the
opening until the coming spring of 1897
on account of the Bad weather. He
did not want anyone to suffer by go
ing there in the winter.
.The latter part of April, 1807, was
the time it was thrown open. The
secretary gave orders to the Twdl a n
agent at the Blackfeet agency not to
allow anyone to enter the strip and the
agent had it guarded by Indian police.
All persons were kept out until the
word was given on a certain day in
April. The rush came by foot and
horseback, as most of the people camp
ed on the border; prospectors and otn
After the claims were located and
staked out according to law. then came
the problem of working them. Aa moat
of the prospectors really were unable
to stand the expense of finding out
what was on their ground, they gave
leases to different parties.
O. M. Holmes, former secretary of
the Great Falls Commercial club, and
now secretary of the chamber of com
' merce at Livingston, after a few
months, took several leases on claims
and through some of his Boston mon
ied friends raised $15,000 to $20,000
for the purpose of developing this min
| ing property. He put several men to
j work trying to find out by hitting the
' lode low down whether these narrow
I little seams, .vhich were in the gen
i eral very small seams, eventually all
I came together, in which case, he would
! really have a richer copper mine. But
where he struck it, he found little en
couragement in the chance of the lit
tle copper veins coming together and
after that, he laid off his men and
threw up his leases and never went
Holmes Was Moat Energetic.
Mr. Holmes was very energetic in the
whole proposition of trying to find the
mines; he worked night and day at
tending to it, going back and forth
from Helena where he Uvea to the
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i find this seepage. He found plenty
i of seepage two miles below on Swift
Current creek which created quite an
excitement. Five companies were or
ganized here and in Helena to drill
for oil which they did. going down
1600 feet to 2800 feet. They got a
little oil from the pounding of the
shale but no oil deposit. Each com
pany spent from $20/>00 to $25,000—
but that is another story.
These copper veins that the pros
pector found ,as Major Steele told
me, ran for about six miles from Swift
Current to the Upper St. Mary's lake
and the lode was from 12 to 15 feet
wide but on uncovering, they found
i the ore in little seams from the width
j of'one's finger to about half of the
width of one s hand but nothing more.
Where the creek, a branch of the
swift Current, comes down and crosses
this lode, one could look down from the
bank and see seams an inch or so wide.
The ground between these little seams
was not really mineralized. It was
the opinion of a good many mining men
that when one got deep enough on that
great vein, he would surely have a
rich copper property but, of course,
that was all a surmise as no one can
look into the ground to know what's
underneath. Now the "ceded strip"
has become Glacier park and all pros
pecting is prohibited.
Had it not been for the good, kind
assistance Senator T. C. Power gave
me without any reward, in my efforts
to have the treaty made, there in all
probability never would have been a
Glacier park, as the government would
not feel satisfied to spend so large an
amount of money for a public play
ground and there would have been no
"Appian Way" from park to park.
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the end of the good auto road, at
Beaver creek dam, to th% springs. In
the winter time this vast surface, when
frozen will afford unexcelled ice
yachting and like winter sports. Nature
is said to have designed the hills back
of the springs, up to Arsenic creek, for
skeeing. coasting and toboggin slides.
With the construction of all-year
roads between Gilman and the Canyon,
this place will afford opportunity un
equalled elsewhere for a winter car
THE SHORT CUT.
An ambitious young man went to a
university professor and said: "Sir. I
desire a course of training which will
fit me to become the Superintendent
of a great railway system. How much
will such a course cost, and how long
will ft take?"
"Young man," replied the professor,
"such a course would cost you $20,000
and require twenty years of your time.
But. on the other hand, by spending
$300 of your money and three months
of your time you may be elected to
congress. Once there you will feel
yourself competent to direct not one
but all the great railroad systems of
our country."—New York Evening
"Curves make woman angelic," says
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Emerson White Rodgers TYPE 151 Operating Manual
Emerson White Rodgers TYPE 151 ROOM THERMOSTAT Cooling Service, External Dial INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
These room thermostats have been designed for controlling cooling equipment operating on line voltage with heavy electrical loads. They are suitable for operation of unit coolers, room coolers, etc., or any similar refrigeration application requiring a heavy duty room thermostat. Models are available with various ranges for meeting the needs of almost any application.
THESE CONTROLS MUST BE INSTALLED BY A QUALIFIED INSTALLER.
Do not exceed the specification ratings. All wiring must conform to local and national electrical codes and ordinances. This control is a precision instrument, and should be handled carefully. Rough handling or distorting components could cause the control to malfunction. This control has been accurately calibrated at the factory. Any attempt to calibrate this control will void the White- Rodgers warranty.
Emerson White Rodgers TYPE 151 Installation
The proper location of a heavy duty room thermostat is very important to assure good performance. The following general rules will help in determining the proper location:
- Make sure that it is in a place where air circulates around it freely. This is important.
- Never install it on or near an outside wall.
- Keep it away from windows or doors.
- Don’t locate it too close to a strong light or any other false source of heat such as direct sunlight, steam lines, etc.
- Mount it on a post or a partitioning wall, but make sure that there are no pipes or duct work in that wall or directly behind it.
- If the electrical conduit leads into a cooler or a warmer room, plug up the space around the wires in the conduit with rock wool. Figure 1
If the thermostat is used with unit coolers, the following suggestions may help. (See Fig. 2).
- Position “A” is good if it is sufficiently close to the unit cooler so that the return air to the cooler flows over the thermostat.
- Position “B” is good if it is not necessary to make frequent adjustments of the dial setting.
- Position “C” is all right if it is sufficiently far from the cooler that air flowing over the thermostat is not much above the average room temperature.
- In general, position “D” is not advisable because the post may prevent air from circulating over the thermostat.
Emerson White Rodgers TYPE 151 Wiring
All wiring should be done in accordance with local and national electrical codes and ordinances. If the manufacturer of the cooling equipment has supplied a wiring diagram, follow the manufacturer’s recommendations. The following diagrams show the general use of these controls.
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A 40-year-old "mind the gap" recording once heard across the Tube is returning to one station - so the widow of the actor behind it can hear his voice.
Oswald Laurence's voice was used on the northbound Northern Line but was phased out until only Embankment used it.
Dr Margaret McCollum said she often uses the station and was devastated when "he wasn't there" in November.
She was given a copy of the recording after TfL heard she went to Embankment after his death to hear his voice.
After the request Transport for London bosses decided to restore the voiceover warning to Embankment station.
'Zest for life'
Dr McCollum, 65, a GP, met her theatre actor husband - a Rada graduate - in 1992 on a tour to Morocco, after he had left acting and was working for a tour and cruise company.
The pair, who lived in north London, were together until his death in 2007.
"It was devastating to lose him. He had a great zest for life".
Dr McCollum said she used to frequently travel via Embankment and loved hearing her husband's voice, even when he was alive.
"Since he died I would sit and wait for the next train until I heard his voice.
"On 1 November he wasn't there. I was just stunned when Oswald wasn't there anymore.
"I inquired and I was told there was a new digital system and they could not get his voice on it."
But after hearing what the voice meant to Dr McCollum TfL arranged for a CD of the recording for her, which she says she listens to.
London Underground director Nigel Holness said: "Transport for London were approached by the widow of Oswald Laurence to see whether she could get a copy of the iconic 'mind the gap' announcement her husband made over 40 years ago.
"We were very touched by her story, so staff tracked down the recording and not only were they able to get a copy of the announcement on CD for her to keep but are also working to restore the announcement at Embankment station."
TfL began using the "mind the gap" message from 1969.
The first voice used on the network was that of sound engineer Peter Lodge but several other voices have since been used, Tube expert Mark Mason said.
Mr Mason, who wrote 'Walk the Lines - the London Underground, Overground', said: "The famous original voice was that of Peter Lodge. Lodge was a recording engineer in a studio in Bayswater.
"An actor had done the recording but his agent was demanding royalties, which London Underground said it couldn't afford. So Peter Lodge had a go and that was used for years."
Actor Tim Bentinck was the voice on the Piccadilly Line for 15 years from 1990 and was paid £200 for various safety messages.
"My wife and children felt very proud whenever they heard it," he said.
"Judy works at Russell Square and when she heard me say 'mind the gap' she felt I was saying that to her. And my boys, Will and Jasper, used to say that they felt their father was watching out for them".
Mr Bentinck, who lives in Islington and uses the Piccadilly Line, said he always secretly hoped he would get a chance to "freak people" by saying "I warned you" if someone happened not to take note of the warnings.
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Comparative programme on the reproducibility of friction measurements and selection of suitable reference materials for calibration purposes
Three laboratories have determined with different tribometers the friction coefficient of seven material couples under specified test conditions. Analysis of the results led to the following conclusions. The test geometry has no major influence on the friction coefficient, nor does the testing configuration. Load, speed and sometimes roughness have no major influence. The friction conditions changed during the test because of abrasion, and adhesion of abraded particles. Results obtained with steel are in good agreement with other recent reports. It is suggested that a couple made of hardened ball-bearing steel, which is of very constant quality world-wide, could serve as a reference couple to compare the frictional behaviour of different tribometers.
Bibliographic Reference: EUR 11674 EN (1988)
Record Number: 198910053 / Last updated on: 1994-12-01
Original language: en
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The Sixth Sense
Use your eyes to see the beauty of life or to see the inside of people…
Do not use them to criticize maliciously of how they look
or dress others or to judge people, only by their appearances.
Use your ears to listen to your neighbor,
and to offer a word of encouragement, nice to hear the sounds,
to help you forget the difficulties, and build up inside.
Do not use as a weapon, or to poison others.
Use your nose to smell the of
flowers, perfume, love…
Not impregnated, odors, such as hatred, selfishness,
Use your taste to savor the triumph achieved your goals,
of achievements with effort and dedication.. .
Do not use for taste, the defeats of others.
Use your touch, to feel and give love to touch people
with your desires positive your charity…
Do not use it to ask unreasonably.
The sixth sense the most important is what gives us wisdom
to distinguish the difference among other ways, between good and evil,
between giving or receiving whether to build or break.
At times we look without seeing, hear without listening,
smell without charge, tested without tasting, touch surface.
Use your senses wisely this is not how many you have,
but how you use them.
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National Anthem of Colombia
|English: National Anthem of the Republic of Colombia|
Front page of the sheet music to the National Anthem of Colombia.
National anthem of Colombia
|Lyrics||Rafael Núñez, 1887|
|Music||Oreste Sindici, 1887|
|Adopted||October 28, 1920|
The "National Anthem of the Republic of Colombia" (English: Himno Nacional de la República de Colombia) is the official name of the national anthem of Colombia. The anthem, commonly known as ¡Oh gloria inmarcesible! (O Unfading Glory), was largely the creation of José Domingo Torres, an actor from Bogotá, who took a poem written by former Colombian president Rafael Núñez and asked a friend, opera singer Oreste Sindici, to set it to music.
The official announcement came in the form of Act 33 of October 28 of 1920. The law 198 of 1995, which legislates national symbols, its broadcast became mandatory for all radio and television in the country both at 6:00 am and at 6:00 pm (the latter half, at various times for private open signal and not applicable to national TV channels by cable), and public addresses of the President of the Republic and other official events.
|Spanish lyrics||English translation|
|¡Oh, gloria inmarcesible!
¡Oh, júbilo inmortal!
Oh, unfading glory!
|Cesó la horrible noche.
La libertad sublime
The dreadful night has ceased.
el mundo americano.
|Del Orinoco el cauce
se colma de despojos,
|A orillas del Caribe,
hambriento un pueblo lucha,
|De Boyacá en los campos,
el genio de la gloria,
From Boyacá in the fields,
|Bolívar cruza el Ande
que riegan dos océanos,
|La trompa victoriosa
en Ayacucho truena,
The victorious trumpet
|La virgen sus cabellos
arranca en agonía
In agony, the Virgin
|La patria así se forma,
Thus the motherland is formed,
|Mas no es completa gloria
vencer en la batalla,
But it's not complete glory
|Del hombre los derechos
Instrumental Introduction Lyrics
During the border conflict with Peru (1932–1934), the soldiers who defended Colombia's national sovereignty added a new verse after the trumpet fanfare. Written specifically for that time of war, it soon fell into disuse. The words are:
- Hoy que la madre patria se halla herida,
- Hoy que debemos todos combatir, combatir,
- Demos por ella nuestra vida
- Que morir por la patria no es morir, es vivir
- Now when the motherland is wounded,
- Now when we must all fight, fight,
- Let us give our life for her,
- Because to die for one's country is not to die but live.
According to José Antonio Amaya, elementary school students in the 1930s were taught this stanza.
The final line is very similar to a line in the national anthem of Cuba that goes, "¡Que morir por la patria es vivir!"
The anthem should be played chorus-verse-chorus. Although the first verse is usually sung between choruses, any of the eleven verses may be used. The anthem should be played chorus-verse-chorus regardless of which verse is selected. This is how it is customarily performed in all public, political, and other important events both public and private.
However, it is not uncommon for only the chorus and verse to be played without repeating the chorus. This is usually the case when brevity is sought. By law, radio and television broadcasts must play the national anthem at 6:00 am and 6:00 pm, and the radio invariably uses the shorter format. The shorter anthem is also used at international events such as the Olympic Games or World Cup.
In ceremonies of the Colombian Artillery, the last verse is used instead of the first verse. The Colombian Cavalry traditionally uses the sixth verse, while the 4th verse is used by the Colombian Navy.
- "Colombia: Himno Nacional de la República de Colombia (¡Oh gloria inmarcesible!)". NationalAnthems.me. Retrieved 2011-08-15.
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The use of social media to recruit new talent is increasing according to new research commissioned by workplace experts, Acas.
The research, carried out by the Institute for Employment Studies (IES) for Acas, looked at how and why HR professionals and employers use social media when recruiting staff and the implications for the workplace, including the benefits and risks.
The research included a poll of 400 HR decision makers, a literature review and three case studies. It found that:
- Forty-five per cent of HR decision makers said they were already using social media tools in recruitment and 16 per cent said they were planning to in future
- Around 40 per cent said they would make greater use of them in the future
- Social media tools are often used as well as traditional recruitment strategies
- There are a range of ways in which social media is used in the recruitment process including searching for potential candidates online and ‘screening’ candidates by viewing their social media profiles
- The main reasons for not using social media were a preference for more traditional forms of recruitment and concerns over privacy.
Andrea Broughton, IES report author, said:
“Our research has found that there has been an increase in the number of employers using social media when recruiting, often to complement more traditional recruitment methods.
“The extent to which the profession relies on its use depends on factors such as the size and sector the organisation operates in. For example, young growth companies were more likely to use social media.”
Anne Sharp, Acas Chief Executive, said:
“Organisations are getting more sophisticated about using social media when recruiting new employees. Employers should not be afraid to use these tools, but they need to consider the potential issues. For example, increasing the use of social media will require employers to think more strategically about their whole recruitment process and the extent to which it is appropriate and relevant to seek information about a potential employee’s private life as part of a fair process.”
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We have sung the song of the droving days, Of the march of the travelling sheep; By silent stages and lonely ways Thin, white battalions creep. But the man who now by the land would thrive Must his spurs to a plough-share beat. Is there ever a man in the world alive To sing the song of the Wheat! It's west by south of the Great Divide The grim grey plains run out, Where the old flock-masters lived and died In a ceaseless fight with drought. Weary with waiting and hope deferred They were ready to own defeat, Till at last they heard the master-word— And the master-word was Wheat.
Yarran and Myall and Box and Pine— ’Twas axe and fire for all; They scarce could tarry to blaze the line Or wait for the trees to fall, Ere the team was yoked, and the gates flung wide, And the dust of the horses’ feet Rose up like a pillar of smoke to guide The wonderful march of Wheat.
Furrow by furrow, and fold by fold, The soil is turned on the plain; Better than silver and better than gold Is the surface-mine of the grain; Better than cattle and better than sheep In the fight with drought and heat; For a streak of stubbornness, wide and deep, Lies hid in a grain of Wheat.
When the stock is swept by the hand of fate, Deep down in his bed of clay The brave brown Wheat will lie and wait For the resurrection day: Lie hid while the whole world thinks him dead; But the Spring-rain, soft and sweet, Will over the steaming paddocks spread The first green flush of the Wheat.
Green and amber and gold it grows When the sun sinks late in the West; And the breeze sweeps over the rippling rows Where the quail and the skylark nest. Mountain or river or shining star, There’s never a sight can beat— Away to the sky-line stretching far— A sea of the ripening Wheat.
When the burning harvest sun sinks low, And the shadows stretch on the plain, The roaring strippers come and go Like ships on a sea of grain; Till the lurching, groaning waggons bear Their tale of the load complete. Of the world’s great work he has done his share Who has gathered a crop of wheat.
Princes and Potentates and Czars, They travel in regal state, But old King Wheat has a thousand cars For his trip to the water-gate; And his thousand steamships breast the tide And plough thro’ the wind and sleet To the lands where the teeming millions bide That say: “Thank God for Wheat!” | <urn:uuid:40efe2ea-7c56-4359-9e48-787fa6204486> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/andrew_barton_paterson/poems/16057 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560285001.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095125-00308-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.932631 | 575 | 2.703125 | 3 |
Standing Back Extension
Area Targeted: Middle Back (along Spine)
Anchor: Secure the band(s) to the door with the door anchor at the bottom of the door.
Bands: No adjustment required
Body Positioning: While facing the door bend forward and grip a side of the band with each hand so that the band is just starting to stretch. Position your lower body far enough away from the door so that when you bend forward, your head is close to the door, but does not touch it. Keep your arms straight (pointed towards the anchor), head straight, and back flat.
Movement: Stand up against the tension until you are standing up straight. Return to the starting position (controlling the resistance). Repeat.
Points To Remember:
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And the Dodo Award unfortunately had to choose one more winner last year. If you are following The Dodo Blog on Twitter you already know that The Center for Biological Diversity announced Michael Winer, portfolio manager for the giant real-estate investment firm Third Avenue Management, LLC (“TAREX”), as the winner of its third annual Rubber Dodo Award for : “His Wall St. Firm Pushing Largest Developments in California and Florida Imperiling Dozens of Endangered Species, Including Condors on Tejon Ranch“. Not an easy work, but there is always a monster to do such things.
Winer is deserving of the 2009 award for his leadership of TAREX, the largest stockholder in companies developing the largest pieces of private land remaining in Southern California and Florida. These regions are also home to some the highest numbers of endangered species in North America. In California, TAREX is pushing the Tejon Ranch Company to pave over thousands of acres of federally designated California condor habitat. In Florida, TAREX is pushing the St. Joe Company to flood tens of thousands of acres of the Florida Panhandle with high-end developments.
“Under Winer’s money-obsessed leadership, TAREX has become the poster child for unsustainable, endangered-species-killing sprawl,” said Adam Keats, director of the Center’s Urban Wildlands Program. “He specializes in finding massive, remote estates far from urban centers and turning them into a sea of condos, malls, golf courses, and resorts. There is good reason that even Wall Street commonly calls TAREX a ‘real-estate vulture’.”
In California, Winer has been a driving force behind the Tejon Ranch Company’s bid to build two new cities 50 miles north of Los Angeles. Tejon is the largest parcel of private land in California and the last remaining unprotected wilderness-quality land in the region. The Tejon development has been likened to dropping a city the size of Boulder, Colorado into the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
All the press-release with more details of the incredible contribution that Winer has being doing to the nature is available on Center for Biological Diversity page. In case you missed, the previous winners were Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne in 2007, and the (ex)Alaska Governor Sarah Palin in 2008. | <urn:uuid:1d231c78-c651-4b46-a68d-f22bb5189622> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.dodo.blog.br/michael-winer-wins-2009-rubber-dodo-award/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280825.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00205-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.931001 | 495 | 1.953125 | 2 |
Brazil's first female president is in Cuba on a visit intended “to strengthen bilateral ties especially in the economic and commercial spheres”, according to the Cuban press. Bloggers are very interested in her agenda.
The Cuban Triangle , who trusts that the focus of the trip will remain economic, raises the issue of the Mariel port project and says of the possibility of Brazilian companies investing in ethanol production in Cuba:
Let’s hope that’s the case. Brazilian investment in Cuban ethanol production would bring world-class technology and know-how to Cuba, generate jobs, enable Cuba to cut oil imports and foreign exchange expenditures, and provide sorely needed revival to an economically and culturally important sector of the Cuban countryside.
babalu is more interested in the statement by the President's special advisor, which suggests that her foreign policy “will emphasize human rights”. The post goes on to highlight a contradictory statement by Rousseff's foreign minister, which said that “there doesn’t appear to be a (Human Rights) emergency in Cuba” – to which the blogger quips:
Capitol Hill Cubans , meanwhile, posts a reminder of what it calls the President's “convenient memory lapse”:
In 1970, now Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff was arrested and tried for her armed opposition to that country's military dictatorship (1964-1985).
Yet, today, she's unwilling to meet or show solidarity with peaceful opponents of Cuba's military dictatorship during her visit to Havana.
In response to the foreign minister's statement, the blog writes:
We'd like to remind the Rousseff Administration that the International Committee of the Red Cross and the U.N.'s Special Rapporteur on Torture have unfettered access to the U.S. Naval Base in Guantanamo.
Meanwhile, the Castro regime has not allowed either of these international observers into Cuban prisons in its 52-year rule.
Moreover, it's fascinating how Rousseff sensed the emergency regarding human rights in Brazil during its military junta, which inexcusably imprisoned, executed and exiled tens of thousands of Brazilians — numbers stymied by the brutal Castro dictatorship in Cuba.
Finally, Yoani Sanchez (who incidentally is still waiting on permission from the Cuban authorities to travel to Brazil for the presentation of “Cuba-Honduras Connection”, a documentary in which she appears) weighs in, saying of the presidential visit:
Everything seemed neatly tied up: a fast timeframe, efficient, protocol, focused on economic themes, ending with her boarding her flight to Haiti. But something complicated it.
Several days before the Brazilian economist and politician landed at Jose Marti Airport, a young Cuban died after a prolonged hunger strike. The official media threw itself into presenting him as a common criminal…the radicalized discourse of power and the political temperature reached those levels where our rulers perform so well. In that context, the recently concluded Conference of the Cuban Communist Party became more an act of reaffirmation than of change, a statement of unity rather than an opening. Many who were waiting for an announcement of political transformations of great significance, realized that the event was, instead, the ultimate lost opportunity for the generation in power. One day after its closure, Raul Castro — General Secretary of the only permitted party — received Dilma Rousseff, the former guerrilla who today leads a country with diverse political forces and a highly critical press.
Brazil is our second largest trading partner in Latin America, but it’s not just a question of resources. The Raul regime also has the urge, at this time, to be legitimized by other presidents in the region. So there will be smiles, handshakes, commitments to ‘eternal friendship’ and photos, lots of photos. The civic activists, for their part, will attempt a meeting with the woman who was tortured and imprisoned during a military government, though there is little chance that she will receive them. Dilma Rousseff will converse with Raul Castro, she will be very close to him at exactly this delicate juncture in which chance has placed her. We hope she will not miss the opportunity and will comport herself consistent with the clamor for democracy, instead of opting for a complicit silence before a dictatorship. | <urn:uuid:0708b1a8-0f17-4be0-bdb6-756658cf7821> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://globalvoices.org/2012/02/01/cuba-president-rousseffs-agenda/print/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573760.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819191655-20220819221655-00673.warc.gz | en | 0.955826 | 906 | 2.296875 | 2 |
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Potable Aqua® Drinking Water Germicidal Purification Tablets are intended for emergency disinfection of drinking water. When used as directed, they make most water bacteriological suitable for drinking.
Used worldwide by campers, hikers, militaries, emergency organizations and anyone needing to drink water of questionable quality. These germicidal tablets are for use only when drinking water is suspected or known to be bacteriologically substandard. Not to be used on a continuous basis.
Potable Aqua® Drinking Water Germicidal Tablets make water bacteriologically suitable for drinking. They contain iodine in a proprietary compound called TGHP. Each tablet contains 20 milligrams of TGHP, which liberates 8 milligrams (ppm) of titratable iodine. As indicated by label directions, the recommended dosage of Potable Aqua is two tablets in one liter or quart of water. When the tablet dissolves in water, it releases both free iodine and hypoiodous acid. Both are effective germicidal compounds. Potable Aqua tablets also contain a buffering agent that brings the pH of the water to a slightly acidic level to optimize the disinfecting properties of the iodine.
How do I use Potable Aqua®?
Potable Aqua tablets are dissolved in water to form a solution for consumption. Add two tablets to one quart or liter of water. Cap loosely to allow slight leakage and wait five minutes. Shake the container briskly so that a small amount of water seeps out to rinse the screw threads. This will help to disinfect the lip of the container, which may have come into contact with untreated water. Tighten the cap and wait 30 minutes before drinking.
How does Potable Aqua® work?
Each Potable Aqua tablet contains 20 milligrams of TGHP, which liberates 8 milligrams (ppm) of titratable iodine. Dissolving Potable Aqua tablets in water releases the iodine bound in the TGHP molecule.
When dissolved, both diatomic iodine (I2) and HIO are released. Because the tablets contain a buffer, the treated water is maintained at acidic conditions with an approximate pH level of 5.5. Diatomic iodine is more abundant than hypoiodous acid. This mixture provides adequate disinfection of most waters.
Chemical reaction rates, and consequently germicidal effects, are subject to variables such as water temperature and level of contamination in the water. For this reason, two tablets of Potable Aqua and a 30-minute waiting period are required before drinking the water. The iodine works by penetrating the cell wall of the microorganism, therefore rendering it inactive.
What are the advantages of using Potable Aqua® Tablets?
Potable Aqua has long been considered one of the best germicidal tablets for drinking water on the market. Potable Aqua was developed by the U.S. Military during World War II and is still used by the military today. The Australian Military and The Boy Scouts of America also use it, along with various relief organizations, mission groups and outdoor enthusiasts throughout the world.
Potable Aqua provides an accurate dose, and is effective over extreme conditions such as cloudy water, low temperatures, and extreme pH. It is simple to use, foolproof, and time-efficient. It does not require mixing two parts together, or a waiting period for it to activate before it can be used. Usage is time efficient, and the water is ready to drink in 30 minutes. It does not neutralize or remove chemical contaminants or remove particulate. Potable Aqua may be used in conjunction with a water filter. It is effective against bacteria, viruses, and many cysts such as giardia lamblia. Potable Aqua is not effective against cryptosporidium cysts.
How long may I use Potable Aqua®?
Potable Aqua tablets are to be used as a short-term, emergency treatment for disinfecting drinking water. Potable Aqua should not be used on a long-term, continuous basis.
According to label directions, the recommended dosage of Potable Aqua is two tablets in one liter or quart of water. This dosage is equivalent to 16 ppm of elemental iodine in the water. Since this product is intended for use in emergency situations, extended daily use should be kept to a limited basis and not exceed six weeks.
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Most diseases people die from are those borne of bad choices. Whether the decision is to have unprotected sex, smoke, drink and drive, not save for retirement, or to eat fries with that burger, risky decisions permeate our lives, sometimes with disastrous consequences, which is why researchers gathered on campus Sept. 22-23 to better understand risk-taking.
At the Third Biennial Urie Bronfenbrenner Conference, "The Neuroscience of Risky Decision Making," neuroscientists, neuroeconomists and social scientists explored scientific theories about the brain mechanisms underlying risky decision-making, paving the way for translation of basic science into policy and practice.
"From neurons to basic psychological processes, such as memory and meaning, to complex social and economic behavior, we need to build a dialogue across disciplines," said Valerie Reyna, professor of human development in the College of Human Ecology and co-director for Cornell's Center for Behavioral Economics and Decision Research. "We need a common language and collaboration to improve educational and health outcomes and to advance neuroscience research."
The conference, co-organized by Reyna and Vivian Zayas, Cornell assistant professor of psychology, drew scholars from as far away as Europe to share research on such topics as brain maturation, neural responses to rewards and punishments at different ages, emotional regulation and self-control.
Many of those who participated are founders in their field. Paul Glimcher, a professor in New York University's Center for Neural Science and of psychology and economics, for example, literally wrote the book on neuroeconomics in 2003 when he released his seminal work on the biological foundations of economic behavior. At the conference, he reported on some of his findings, such as work that suggests that neural networks are connected -- hungry people, for example, make riskier decisions not just about food, but also about money.
Antoine Bechara, professor of psychology and neuroscience at the University of Southern California, researches the decision-making capabilities of patients with brain damage, such as the case of the 40-cigarette-a-day smoker who no longer had the urge to smoke after suffering a stroke. Bechara's findings shed light on the workings of the brain systems involved in decision-making and addiction.
One of the developmental neuroscientist pioneers, University of Pittsburgh's Beatriz Luna, focuses on the transition from adolescence to adulthood. She reported that incentives have a magnified effect on cognitive control in adolescents, compared with adults. Adolescents performing a particular cognitive control task seem to require incentives in order to succeed, she said, suggesting immaturities in their reward system.
Participants, including program officials from the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation, also debated core assumptions about reward sensitivity and self-control, and their implications for practice and policy.
"There is such tremendous synergy among fields," said Reyna. "Collaborating and thinking together is important for setting a research agenda that will shape the field and have big payoffs in terms of public health and well-being."
The event was the kickoff to multiple interdisciplinary initiatives on campus, including the acquisition of a new neuroimaging facility to be housed in the College of Human Ecology. The American Psychological Association plans to publish a book based on the papers presented at the conference.
The Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research, Center for Behavioral Economics and Decision Research, and Institute for the Social Sciences, all at Cornell, co-sponsored the conference.
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GENEVA — The World Health Organization says the Ebola outbreak in West Africa eventually could exceed 20,000 cases, more than 6 times as many as now.
A new study by the U.N. health agency also assumes that in many hard-hit areas, the actual number of cases may be two to four times higher than is currently reported.
The agency on Thursday published new figures saying that 1,552 people have now died from the Ebola virus from among 3,069 cases reported so far.
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We are sure you have tried flying a paper airplane before, but these guys from Pima Air & Space Museum were able to fly one 2,703 feet from the ground.
The paper aircraft, however, is not an ordinary one. Measuring 45 feet long with a wingspan of 24 feet, the giant paper airplane called Arturo’s Desert Eagle was really crafted to hover Arizona Desert. It was made of thick layers of falcon board, similar to the corrugated board comprising pizza boxes. The plane was designed by Arturo Valdenegro, a 12-year-old and the plane’s namesake, and Art Thompson, a co-designer of the B-2 Stealth Bomber.
A Sikorsky S58T helicopter propelled it to the sky, or rather, let it loose to fly. Seven to 10 seconds was all it took for Arturo’s Desert Eagle to fly up to 100mph, but its fate was not as glorious: its tail succumbed to air pressure, leading to its crash.
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Sunday October 7, 2007 | Sandra Unger
And they were all amazed at the greatness of God.
While everyone was marveling at all that Jesus did, he said to his disciples, “Listen carefully to what I am about to tell you: The Son of Man is going to be delivered over to human hands.” But they did not understand what this meant. It was hidden from them, so that they did not grasp it, and they were afraid to ask him about it.
An argument started among the disciples as to which of them would be the greatest. Jesus, knowing their thoughts, took a little child and had him stand beside him. Then he said to them, “Whoever welcomes this little child in my name welcomes me; and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me. For whoever is least among you all is the greatest."
“Master,” said John, “we saw someone driving out demons in your name and we tried to stop him, because he is not one of us."
“Do not stop him,” Jesus said, “for whoever is not against you is for you.”
Greatness in the Kingdom of God is never measured like it is in our Western culture. Instead of seeking power and control the way our society does, Jesus taught that “...whoever is least among you all is the greatest.” This has tremendous ramifications for how we minister to the people around us, and tells us a great deal about how God wants us to help spread his Kingdom.
These verses capture a three-act play about power. The disciples were assuming that the Jewish Messiah would come and establish God’s ways through a display of power. The disciples did not understand that power is a substitute for love. It allows us to control people instead of loving people.
To say this and to live this confronts the way our culture works. Society tells us that we are to assume that power is good. To know the right people, to develop the right resume, to attain places of position, is the way the world works.
We often forget to live a radical life that looks different from the surrounding culture. By default, we opt for attaining more power when given the opportunity. Or we relate to people by assessing if we have more power than they do. This is exactly what the disciples were doing. They, like us, wanted to know who is better.
Power, and the pursuit of it, displaces relationships. Community and power cannot co-exist. Power creates safety and control so that people can attain a level of importance over others.
But in Luke 4, Jesus proclaims that Jesus came to relate to the powerless, the poor, the prisoners, the blind, and the oppressed. He stood against the values of society and he called the disciples to follow him in what he stood against. And he calls us too to follow him in giving up the pursuit of power. | <urn:uuid:53c0aa7b-754b-4757-8d2c-c17edbb10a88> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://whchurch.org/wp-content/themes/whchurch/print-studyguide.php?referrer=2556 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573399.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818185216-20220818215216-00075.warc.gz | en | 0.982716 | 607 | 1.890625 | 2 |
Psychological testing: a new approach
Psychological testing is used in many walks of life to assess ability, personality and behaviour. Test results can be a helpful tool in the selection and promotion process for job interviews, child assessments in schools and the review of offenders. Tests are also used in the National Health Service (NHS) as a diagnostic tool to help people with mental health issues.
There are two types of psychological test - tests of ability, aptitude or attainment, known as measures of maximum performance and those designed to assess personal qualities, such as personality, beliefs, social competence, values, developmental milestones and interests and to measure motivation or drive. These are known as measures of typical performance.
The PTC is the leading national organisation for setting test standards, providing information and services for test takers, users, developers and members of the public.
This autumn, the Society’s PTC is undergoing some exciting changes to help make its services more accessible. The changes went live on Tuesday 6 September 2011.
Their website will include the Society’s Register of Qualifications in Test Use (RQTU). The RQTU is the new name for the Register of Competence in Psychological Testing. For the first time the register will be accessible for members of the public to check if a person holds one of the Society’s qualifications in test use. The Register lists over 9000 qualified educational and occupational test users, who have agreed to abide the Code of Good Practice for Psychological Testing.
One benefit for current test users is that through the RQTU they will receive a profile, listing their name and levels of qualifications. Their profile can be updated as they continue their professional development through further assessments of their competence.
The PTC has also removed the cap on the number of personality measures in which occupational test users can evidence their competence, which is welcome news for those wishing to evidence competence in a range of personality instruments.
The changes place greater emphasis on the actual practice of testing and related issues. With this in mind, every six years registered test users will be required to revalidate their qualifications in test use, having demonstrated that they have maintained their competence. This initiative aims to ensure that only competent and current test users retain valid qualifications and an entry on the RQTU.
For more information on the new RQTU, take a look at the Introduction to the Register of Qualifications in Test Use . Information about the new test user qualifications can be accessed through the webpage how to apply and packs.
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Day of fun activities for the whole family at Aberdeen Science Centre with the Institution Of Chemical Engineers and University Of Aberdeen
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Slime, fossils, K’NEX challenges and fun experiments will be on offer this Friday (July 29) at Aberdeen Science Centre, which is joining forces with the Institution Of Chemical Engineers and the University Of Aberdeen to offer an insight into STEM.
Visitors will learn how to use everyday items to create fun experiments, while the science centre’s public programme team has created a series of challenges including tasks related to engineering and technology.
Thanks to IChemE, visitors to the open day tomorrow (Friday) will have the opportunity to learn how gravity can be used to separate two liquids thanks to an oily water separator activity.
Youngsters can use cotton wool, sand, gravel, stones and water to make a multimedia filter and test out the design.
They can also use a paper cup and lentils to learn how a mechanical valve controls fluid flow.
The University Of Aberdeen will be introducing the science of biomedical engineering, focusing on the use of engineering to study human movement and restore people’s ability to move following an injury.
The team will be demonstrating how the body's 600 muscles create electrical impulses as they move.
With the help of ASC’s STEM communicators, children will be able to make their own slime in the centre’s lab and investigate the chemistry of polymers, which make up many of the materials in living organisms.
They will also be able to bring out their inner Indiana Jones to investigate a wide range of fossils and get their hands dirty to discover them in the sand, or make their own paleoart to take home.
The centre will also host a K'NEX challenge to build the strongest bridge possible, while learning about different types of bridges and their strengths and weaknesses.
Chief executive at Aberdeen Science Centre Bryan Snelling said: “Engineering plays such a huge part in our society and it’s incredibly exciting for us to be able to teach children just how incorporated it is in our daily lives.
“It is our goal to make a visit to the science centre engaging for both children and adults.
"There’s plenty of activities to create memories together and you’ll always learn new things along the way.”
Recently awarded 5-star status by VisitScotland, Aberdeen Science Centre reopened to the public in 2020 after a major project to create an aspirational science centre which reflects the STEM priorities for both industry and education.
The centre’s exhibits are aimed at all ages and are themed into six zones: Energy; Space; Life Sciences; Make It, Test It; and the dedicated area for those under six, as well as the Shell Learning Zone, where science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) are brought to life.
Aberdeen Science Centre’s £4,700,000 redevelopment was made possible by generous support and funding from the Inspiring Science Fund – a partnership between the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and Wellcome - with additional funding provided by Opportunity North East (ONE) and Aberdeen City Council.
The project secured a further £1,500,000 from funders and sponsors including OPITO, Shell, Equinor, bp, The Robertson Trust, TAQA and CNOOC International to deliver quality exhibits and programmes to enhance the overall visitor experience at the venue, as well through outreach work.
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a former U.S. political party (1848–56) that opposed the extension of slavery in the Territories not yet admitted to statehood.
a former US political party opposing slavery from 1848 until 1854 when it merged with the Republican party
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noun 1. a person with a highly individual or unique attitude, lifestyle, or imagination; nonconformist.
adjective acting independently or somewhat irresponsibly adj. also freespirited, 1670s, from free (adj.) + spirited.
[free-spoh-kuh n] /ˈfriˈspoʊ kən/ adjective 1. given to speaking freely or without reserve; frank; outspoken. adjective 1. speaking frankly or without restraint | <urn:uuid:f452f3b1-bbb0-4787-92cf-bd094205e06f> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://definithing.com/define-dictionary/free-soil-party/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280128.70/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00385-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.86902 | 174 | 2.953125 | 3 |
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Experience Glasnevin offers engaging educational experiences that are tailored to the age and interests of all learners. Explore over 200 years of Irish history, told through the stories of people buried within the cemetery.
School tours and workshops link closely with Primary and Post-Primary curricula, designed to enthral and engage students of all ages, and we offer a range of effective learning materials for use both before and after your visit. We also offer tailored tours and workshops for Third-Level students, language students and Lifelong learners.
The Learning Portal is a new and exciting educational offering. Explore the interactive Timeline and Map to discover the origins of Glasnevin Cemetery. Learn about the lives and experiences of individual people in the past, and further consider life during the years 1912-23. The Story Gallery contains a series of short films and a collection of gallery images provides further information. Differentiated Learning Activities ensure that the content can be enjoyed by many learners and a selection of tailored resources and classroom quizzes feature throughout. Choose to explore the Learning Portal through Irish or English.
With a focus on the years 1912-23, and direct links to both Primary and Post-Primary studies, this online platform will support and engage students in their discovery of the past, while also encouraging schools to connect their local area to national and international events.
Discover a range of activity packs and classroom resources to download and print, for primary and secondary students.
The extraordinary collection of the burial records of almost 1.5 million people have been carefully preserved, digitised and transcribed.
Our Education team are happy to answer any questions about our online and onsite resources and activities.
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We sometimes forget that media is also the plural of “medium,” suggesting a vehicle for the communication of ideas.
A little-noted anniversary this year was the 100th birthday of Marshall McLuhan, the cultural theorist perhaps best known for the phrase “the medium is the message.” McLuhan was prescient in ways that even he, a master of self-promotion, might not have imagined. The phrase was coined at the dawn of what came to be known as the Information Age; soon information, or at least its relative quality, became less important than the technology that delivered it.
And so we now find ourselves at the dawning of yet another era, which might be called the Media Age. It’s perhaps a sign of primordial confusion that the word itself lacks precision—commonly used as both a plural and a singular, it is a homonym with multiplying meanings and manifestations: corporate entertainment and news entities; electronic gadgets such as smartphones and tablets; social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+. The phenomenon has sparked Darwinian races for corporate survival, but it has also ignited a new hypervisual culture, where infographics abound, YouTube replaces manuals for how-to advice, and one of Amazon’s bestsellers is a book on typography (Simon Garfield’s Just My Type). Architects naturally find themselves in the middle of the fracas, scrambling for a foothold, knowing instinctively that some sort of reinvention of the profession is underway. Nor are their buildings immune from the effects: “media façades” sport a form of electronic ornamentation, their pixelated LED screens a digital version of the tesserae in ancient mosaics.
In the midst of corporate hype and consumer lust for all things digital, we sometimes forget that media is also the plural of “medium,” suggesting a vehicle for the communication of ideas.
It is that last definition that makes this issue of ArchitectureBoston an appropriate close to my tenure as the magazine’s founding editor, which has been marked by the conviction that architecture itself is a medium that expresses cultural ideas and values. When the Boston Society of Architects formed a communications committee in 1997, the notion of a magazine with a national distribution of 15,000 and an active website was in no one’s mind. I was hired that 3rd November to edit a quarterly 16-page supplement to the BSA newsletter, scheduled to launch the following March. But after discussions with members about the stories and material that might be included, the desire for something more substantial became obvious. The March supplement was canceled, and a new 48-page magazine launched the following June. By publishing standards, this was crazy. (Sometimes it’s good not to know any better.) But with its new “ideas” magazine, charged with the exploration of the ways architecture influences and is influenced by our society, the BSA found just the right medium for its message of inclusive public discussion of the built environment.
Can there be any better job than editing this magazine? No. The editorial freedom that the BSA’s leadership has accorded; the creative opportunities; the intellectual stimulation; the gifted coworkers with remarkable generosity and good humor; the chance to promote important ideas and bring attention to new talent; and, above all, the ability to engage with this region’s extraordinary design community—none of this can be matched.
But after 14 years, the unrelenting drumbeat of deadlines can make an editor yearn for something different. I am tantalized by the thought of diving deeply into new creative challenges, with all the fresh energy that can bring. Change can be good for people, and it can be good for magazines, too. ArchitectureBoston will thrive with fresh leadership—and with the continued support of the readers, contributors, editorial board members, advertisers, staff, and BSA members who have made it a respected voice in the national design discussion. I thank you all. | <urn:uuid:834b3e20-5dab-4d22-af55-b6476d9bafc1> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.architects.org/architectureboston/articles/final-say | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280128.70/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00384-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.957831 | 819 | 2.015625 | 2 |
Dinghy sailing course for beginners in SiracusaDinghy sailing course for beginners. Eight lessons of three hour each.
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Escape from the city and live an extraordinary sea experience!
Sicilying has arranged a dinghy sailing course for beginners. The aim is to teach you how to manage a sailing boat on the high seas.
The course, divided in 8 lessons (at least 2 lessons per week), will take place on-and-off board. Each lesson will last about 3 hours.
You will attend short lectures, practice manoeuvres exercises, and at the end you will be awarded with the IVF diploma.
Upon booking you will have to choose the first lesson. The next ones will be agreed with the school .
- The hull: different types of hulls and its components.
- Equipment and manoeuvres: mast, rigging, cables, nodes, blocks and tackles. - The wing: parts of the wing, wing shape, the reef, running rigging, types of wings.
- Terminology: rest and luff, upwind and downwind, tack and gybe, starboard tack and left, tacking.
- Point of sails: In irons, close hauled, reaching, running downwind
- Managing a sail boat: control of the wings, buoyancy control, ship stirring control. Manoeuvres: hauling the wind, bearing away, tacking and gybe.
Dinghy sailing course recommended for beginners.
Eight group lessons (2 lessons per week) of about 3 hours each.
Sea trips of about 3 hours along the coast of Siracusa. Boats, FIV membership card and lessons run by federal instructors.
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Recommended equipment: boat shoes and waxed jacket.
The Sailing School is located at the following address: Porto Grande - Molo Zanagora, Syracuse.
It is required an advanced payment amounting to 30% of the total price. Balance must be paid by bank transfer or by cash the day when the course begins.
In order to attend the course you must be able to swim and submit a medical certificate attesting good health for non-competitive recreational sports. Minimum age limit: 14 years.
When booking you are requested to indicate the date you want to start your first lesson. The next ones will be agreed with the school . You will be able to enrol in this course at any time. In case the lessons have already started, you will be given individual lessons to quickly reach the level of the other students.
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Istook Amendment Reintroduced In House
As Church & State was going to press, Rep. Ernest Istook (R-OK) reintroduced a constitutional amendment to effectively erase church-state separation from the Constitution.
At a rally at the Bible Way Church near the Capitol in Washington, D.C., sponsored by Religious Right figure William Murray and accompanied by several gospel choirs, Istook presented his so-called "Religious Freedom Amendment" to significant fanfare. The effort comes 16 months after the House of Representatives rejected an identical effort to add Istook's measure to the Constitution. Though the vote was 224-206 in favor of the proposal, that tally fell far short of the two-thirds majority needed to pass a constitutional amendment.
The text of the Istook scheme, which is identical to his previous effort, reads, "To secure the people's right to acknowledge God according to the dictates of conscience: Neither the United States nor any State shall establish any official religion, but the people's right to pray and to recognize their religious beliefs, heritage, or traditions on public property, including schools, shall not be infringed. Neither the United States nor any State shall require any person to join in prayer or other religious activity, prescribe school prayers, discriminate against religion, or deny equal access to a benefit on account of religion."
Constitutional experts believe the amendment would lead to mandatory prayer in public schools, provide support for private religious schools and allow display of religious symbols at government buildings.
"Rep. Istook has again climbed aboard a train called 'political pandering' to take the Constitution to a place it should not go," said the Rev. Barry W. Lynn, executive director of Americans United for Separation of Church and State. "Far from protecting religious freedom, this amendment would radically erase the liberties we currently enjoy. This is a full frontal assault on the First Amendment that will be repelled."
House Majority Leader Dick Armey predicted that the amendment will meet with success this time. "It will pass the House," Armey said.
Michigan School Voucher Drive Sparks Controversy
A private school voucher plan proposed for the November 2000 ballot in Michigan is already provoking controversy.
The scheme, backed by millionaire business executive Richard DeVos, would revise the state constitution to allow voucher aid to religious and other private schools and make other changes in education. A group called Kids First! Yes! is circulating petitions to place the plan before the voters, and supporters intend to spend $5 million promoting it.
The proposal has drawn fire, however, from public school advocates. "It's obviously a slap at public schools," Lu Battaglieri, incoming president of the of the Michigan Education Association, told the Associated Press. "Instead of trying to fix them...(they're) going to destroy them."
Republican Gov. John Engler has also expressed skepticism about the plan, saying he will not endorse it or support it.
A Detroit News poll conducted in mid-October showed a close division among the state's voters. Forty-seven percent favored the proposal, 43 percent opposed it and 10 percent were undecided.
Choir Prayer At Public Park In New York Criticized
A gospel choir that offered a prayer session at a government-owned amusement park has been asked to stick to singing, not preaching.
The United World Outreach Praise Choir, which has been performing annually at Rye Playland amusement park in Westchester County, N.Y., for the last 10 years, did something a little different in late August when performers turned an intermission into an opportunity to lead a Christian prayer session.
After the first of two scheduled performances, some in the audience were offended. Joseph Montalto, the park director, asked the choir's leader, Gregory Davis, to leave the prayers out of the next show. When Davis refused, Montalto told the choir there would be no second show.
Davis told Westchester's Journal News that prayer was a necessary part of the choir's performance. "You can't have gospel music without praising God," he said.
Susan Tolchin, a spokeswoman for Westchester County, said park officials made an effort to work out a compromise with the choir, but the group chose not to cooperate.
Pennsylvania Tax On Bibles Appealed To Supreme Court
After twice losing in state courts, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge (R) has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to consider whether a sales tax exemption for religious publications is constitutional.
In his June 20 appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, Ridge argued, "It is entirely appropriate for the state to encourage religion in our communities by exempting religious publications from the sales tax." Ridge added, "Taxing those who want to purchase religious publications is wrong."
However, the state Supreme Court ruled differently in April. Writing for the court, Justice Sandra Schultz Newman said the policy of making religious publications tax-exempt while taxing non-religious publications shows a "preference for communication of religious messages." This Haller v. Commonwealth ruling upheld a similar decision by a state district court.
If the exemption were eliminated, Pennsylvania would receive $900,000 in tax revenue every year.
Minister Protests Pokemon Toys With Blowtorch
A Colorado Springs children's pastor is so convinced that Pokemon children's games and toys are evil that he used a sword and blowtorch on the playthings during an August service.
According to a report in the Denver Post, Mark Juvera at Grace Fellowship Church burned Pokemon trading cards with a blowtorch and hit an action figure with a 30-inch sword in front of an audience of 85 children between the ages of 6 and 12. Juvera's 9-year-old son also participated in the service by tearing the limbs and head off a Pokemon doll.
The Post article went to report that children chanted "burn it" and "chop it up" during Juvera's sermon.
Mark Cowart, pastor at Grace Fellowship Church, said the theatrics Juvera used were necessary, because "a little church is competing against Hollywood with multi-billion budgets" for children's attention. Cowart added that he believes that the Pokemon figures' horns and use of "magic" suggest trouble.
"It's got sugar coating on it, but, underneath, it's poison," Cowart told the Post.
Miss. School Board Reverses Ruling On Star Of David
A Mississippi school board that drew national criticism for stopping a Jewish student from wearing a Star of David necklace has changed its position.
Ryan Green, a high school junior, was originally told that the religious symbol could be considered gang-related and was therefore prohibited. In fact, law enforcement officials had told school officials that a local gang used a six-pointed star as a symbol.
However, with assistance from the state ACLU affiliate, Green's family filed suit against the school district Aug. 20, seeking an injunction against the policy and arguing Green's First Amendment rights had been violated.
Three days later, the Harrison County School Board in Gulfport, Miss., voted unanimously to exempt religious symbols from its anti-gang symbol policy.
"When we made the decision last week, it was based on information from the security officers only," board president Randy Williams said after the reversal. "But we realized that it infringed on freedom of religious expression, and that freedom supersedes the safety issue."
Religious Groups Sue Maryland Over 'Inquisition'
A Maryland task force studying religious "cults" on college campuses has sparked a lawsuit from members of the Seventh-day Adventist and Unification churches, who allege the state is conducting a "religious inquisition."
William T. Wood, chairman of the task force and a member of the Maryland Board of Regents, said that no religious groups were being targeted, but the task force is reviewing groups that "may be causing problems."
The religious groups charge in their Miller v. Wood lawsuit that the Task Force to Study the Effects of Cult Activities on Public Senior Higher Education Institutions is violating the First Amendment and the state constitution's Declaration of Human Rights.
Wiccan Charged Under N.C. Anti-Divination Law
A North Carolina woman has been charged with violating a rarely enforced 1951 law that prohibits the "arts of phrenology (reading head bumps), palmistry, clairvoyance, fortune telling and other crafts of a similar kind" unless performed at a school, church social or event.
Kindra Rajaniemi was ticketed in August by an Asheville police officer, but is challenging the law, claiming it violates her First Amendment rights. She is receiving legal assistance from the American Civil Liberties Union.
"The problem with laws like this is that nobody in the legislature wants to come out and vote to repeal it because they would forever be branded the pro-psychic senator....," Deborah Ross, executive director of the North Carolina ACLU affiliate, told the Associated Press. "It's purely political."
State Department Issues Report On Religious Persecution
The U.S. State Department issued its first annual Report on International Religious Freedom, documenting harsh treatment of religious groups in 194 countries.
The report is the first to be published through the new International Religious Freedom Act, passed with bipartisan support in Congress last year.
Under the guidelines created by Congress, the most egregious offenders of religious freedom, including countries that engage in torture and imprisonment, may be subject to economic sanctions. Afghanistan, China, Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Sudan were listed as among the most oppressive countries.
Robert Seiple, the State Department's ambassador at large for international religious freedom, presented the 1,000-page report to the media Sept. 9. The report, Seiple said, will "signal unambiguously to persecutor and persecuted alike that they will not be forgotten."
Turkish Government Limits Muslim Aid In Quake Relief
The Turkish government, determined to maintain secular law over political Islam, is working to prevent Muslim groups from participating in earthquake relief efforts.
It has been common practice in Turkey for many years for Muslim groups to provide assistance for those in need. However, the fear on the part of government officials is that religious groups that give aid will in the process win over converts, giving Muslim groups increased power and thus threatening political stability in Turkey.
"These [religious] groups are very active whenever there is a crisis, and some people in high places are not happy with this," said Fehmi Koru, the former editor of the pro-Islamic newspaper Zaman, in The New York Times.
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Santa Monica Speech TherapyHelping Children With ASD, Apraxia, & More
Convenient In-Home Speech Therapy Services Based in Santa Monica
1to1 Kid Talk brings speech therapy to the comfort of your own home, helping to remove any outside stressors and adding ease to your child’s learning experience. In a play-based session with one of our Board Certified Speech Therapists, we create an active and stimulating environment which is a key component in the communication and development of your child.
Perhaps your child does not seem to understand what you are saying. Maybe your child can understand what you are saying and engages with you, but has a limited vocabulary, or just learns at a slower pace than other children their age. Here at 1to1 Kid Talk of Santa Monica, we utilize proven speech therapy techniques to help your child with these and many other speech issues with our fun and play-based sessions.
How Does In-Home Speech Therapy Work?
A Licensed Therapist Travels to You
Our licensed therapists will travel straight to your Santa Monica residence. All 1to1 Kid Talk therapists are licensed with the State of California and have national licenses from the American Speech-Language and Hearing Association. Some of our therapists are also Board Certified Autism Specialists.
We'll Create a Weekly Plan to Help Your Child Succeed
An in-home setting provides an environment that makes it easier for children to generalize their progress during and after therapy sessions. Our therapists work together with parents to create a weekly plan for targeting specific skills tailored to your child’s specific needs.
Working With Parents is Part of Our Process!
Our therapists will equip parents with the tools needed to create learning opportunities for their children in their everyday interactions. Children will develop new vocabulary and words throughout the day as parents and speech therapists work together.
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) can hold back your child’s ability to communicate and socialize. Our therapists work with activity and play-based methods to develop relationships and build communication skills.
We meet your child where they’re at; we take the time to get to know your child, build trust and a relationship with them, and present activities our experts deem the most beneficial to their growth. By participating in these play-based activities, our therapists encourage your child’s development and adjust to meet their needs along the way. It is recommended that children with ASD should have 20 hours of intervention work per week. To get closer to that recommendation, we provide parents with activities and strategies to follow each week to keep your child on the right track.
Our In-Home Speech Therapy Process
Step 1: Initial Home Visit and Assessment
A licensed speech therapist comes to your home, meets your child, and speaks to you about their challenges.
Step 2: We Create a Plan for Your Child
After meeting with you and your child, we provide a recommended plan of care, including outlining the number of sessions we believe would be optimal to your child’s success.
Step 3: Therapy Begins!
Once parents and therapists agree on a plan, we schedule in-home sessions. Therapists work with children and their parents to develop communication skills.
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About Guy Garcia, Founder of 1to1 Kid Talk
Guy Garcia, a licensed speech-language pathologist based in Santa Monica, believes in allowing children to live a better life by helping them communicate and form relationships. If you live in or around the Santa Monica area, Guy is available to travel to you and meet your child in their home environment.
You can set up in-home sessions for personalized care of your child. Due to COVID-19, we are also now offering virtual sessions to our clients.
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History of the Cross Timbers CTCDD
The Cross Timbers Conservation Development District (CTCDD) was manufactured in the years 1999 and 2000 and adopted in the Master Plan 2001. The Minutes of the Council Meetings around this time say little about why the lines were drawn where they were, or who drew the lines of this district. Most of the property owners lassoed into this district had no idea they were put in it.
In January of 1999, The Town of Flower Mound enacted a Residential Building Moratorium to stop residential growth. This moratorium stayed in place for about a year (about as long as it legally could) while new ordinances were written to slow future growth.
While much of the land in this district needs special treatment, some of it has little to no significance to the Cross Timbers. It is clear that Town officials at this time included all the contiguous land possible; land that was not already developed or entitled for development. The purpose of including many of the Eastern properties was clear, to slow (if not stop) growth in Flower Mound.
The land in Bunn Gourely East, the properties requesting a Master Plan Amendment, is in an Eastern ‘bump out’ of the CTCDD. It has no real significance to Cross Timbers or the CTCDD. This land was heavily cultivated and grazing in the 1900’s and had fewer trees then, than it does now. The corner of Cross Timbers and Flower Mound Road (where retail is proposed) had a Turkey Farm with Turkey Houses through the 1960’s and into the 1970’s. Hundreds of thousands of Turkeys were raised on this property every year. Cattle and hay meadows have been the use of this property since.
Moving the Boundary of the CTCDD
Now that Flower Mound Road is constructed and in place, it makes perfect sense to move the line of the CTCDD West to Flower Mound Road. This realignment eliminates the Eastern bump of the CTCDD and cleans up a patchwork quilt of uses in this Eastern segment. Presently, there is a Church, school, homes, and a gas well site in this collection of properties. Moving this line to Flower Mound Road aligns the density of Bridlewood to the North, through this property, and through Wellington to the South.
With this realignment, the CTCDD becomes more logical and meaningful. In general, properties to the East of this line will be dense and properties to West of this line will be preserved as less dense.
What about the Proposed Retail?
Approximately 19 acres exists on the southeast corner of Cross Timbers and Flower Mound Road, which is part of the Bunn Gourely East tracts. This is a very special corner for Flower Mound, essentially where FM 3040 crosses FM 1171 (Flower Mound Road is the extension of FM 3040). There are 25,000+/- cars per day through this intersection currently. FM 1171 is completing as a six lane divided highway that will carry 50,000 cars plus per day and Flower Mound Road has been completed as a four lane divided arterial.
Traffic is increasing rapidly through this intersection and will continue to grow as FM 1171 completes. Communities in Flower Mound and to the North & West of Flower Mound will drive traffic by this site in ever increasing numbers. This is inevitable with Grapevine Lake creating a natural barrier, funneling traffic through this intersection. Flower Mound Road is a natural shortcut to FM 3040, FM 2499, and other destinations.
The demographics of the trade area around this corner currently are the best in Flower Mound and among the best in the Nation, with $200,000 average household income. This corner will draw upscale dining and retail shops that would not otherwise locate in Flower Mound. Riverwalk has an average household income of $120,000 and Parker Square is at $111,000.
ParkWest Village is the proposed center at this location and is designed by the renowned international architectural firm Gensler. The conceptual design includes the clustering of buildings with view corridors, major stands of existing trees, water features, and spacious areas of landscapes and hardscapes. The village concept is designed to be a ‘place’ for Western Flower Mound to gather and socialize, and a place that will attract tax dollars from communities outside of Flower Mound (lowering the tax burden on Flower Mound residents).
A corner is a terrible thing to waste. Especially what can be arguably termed as one of our best corners in Flower Mound, with demographics and road infrastructure considered. Most tragic, is to waste this corner for more houses. This makes about as much sense as building homes at the corner of FM 1171 & FM 2499. Thank goodness, our previous Councils did not make this mistake.
Let’s do something special and creative for this special corner. ParkWest Village is a great proposal and we have many opportunities to sculpt and shape this proposal through the many Town processes or platting, zoning and site planning ahead. Let’s have the wisdom and courage to do what is right for Flower Mound.
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By Matt Peachey, VP & GM EMEA Pindrop
In the past few months we have seen a growing number of banks turn to voice recognition technology in an attempt to provide a better customer experience as well as protection against fraudulent activity. With research from Pindrop having recently found that one in 700 calls to UK financial institutions are fraudulent which, when calculated against the average number of calls to a large call centre, costs between £10 to £20 million every year, this is of little surprise. Banks understand that fraudsters are continuously finding new ways to attack them and so having the right forms of defence is crucial.
Back in February we saw HSBC and First Direct launch voice recognition services to protect themselves against this growing threat. We have also more recently seen Santander implement its SmartBank app, an application which in its second phase will allow customers to make payments, report lost cards and set up accounts all through voice activation. It’s great to see these banks embrace innovative technology and take the steps necessary to protect themselves and their customers, but it’s also important to note that one layer of defence alone is not enough to prevent phone fraud.
So what can the financial services do to fully protect themselves against these ever-evolving forms of attack?
Phone fraud: a new battleground for financial services
It seems that almost every day a new story emerges involving fraudulent activity. Fraud is a major issue for financial services and there is now a growing realisation that businesses are at threat from all channels. For years there has been such an emphasis around cyber security that other forms of access, such as the phone, have been left behind to decay. If you think about how online security has matured in the last decade, this line of defence has grown stronger as attacks have become more sophisticated. Other layers of defence in comparison have lacked the innovation and sophistication required to protect customers. Without this right authentication and fraud detection in place, organisations have fallen prey to continuous attacks.
Also, as call centre worker’s primary focus is to provide a great customer service and not to catch fraudsters, it is of little surprise that criminals are enjoying regular successes. Events such as Safer Internet Day are going some way to educate the workforce, but with one in 700 calls to financial institution call centres now being fraudulent, more needs to be done to teach call centre reps about the tricks and techniques fraudsters are using to commit fraud through other channels, not just the computer.
Home Secretary Teresa May recently announced that a new taskforce, consisting of police, industry bodies and government officials would be set up to help educate these workers and protect the financial services against fraudulent activity. This is certainly a step in the right direction, and should be welcomed by financial organisations, but businesses must also look to innovative technology in the battle against the fraudster.
Voice Biometrics a new dawn for financial services
Banks understand the importance of implementing new technologies to defend themselves and improve their customer’s experiences. Whether it’s the move to online banking, the introduction of finger print technology or voice biometrics, falling behind in the fintech revolution is not an option.
Voice recognition has become significantly more advanced in the past few years and is great at speeding up confirmation of good callers, which improves the customer experience. But fraudsters can take steps to bypass voice authentication and get straight to a contact centre agent, who they can socially engineer. In other words, voice biometrics is ineffective in grand detection and banks need to combine this with other tools if they want to catch these attackers.
Voice biometrics is certainly a step in the right direction and will improve the customer’s experience when it comes to accessing their documents, transferring funds and protecting themselves against imposters. To truly provide these customers with the protection they need however, banks need to turn to a multi layered form of defence. One which ensures all angles are covered without hindering the ease of use which customers demand.
The need for multiple layers of defence
Fraudsters are practiced in the art of manipulation and are well experienced at getting people to give up their confidential information or break normal security procedures. It is little surprise therefore that one layer of phone security is not enough to protect financial institutions against fraudulent attacks. Criminals have many techniques at their disposal when it comes to hiding their voice over the phone and so it’s easy to see why voice biometrics alone is not enough.
Some fraudsters change the pitch of their voice on the phone, others fake bad connections to trick call centre workers. There is also the problem of voice distortion technology which can be used to socially engineer workers into passing across confidential information. To combat these tricks and techniques, financial institutions must turn to multiple layers of defence.
Technology, such as Phoneprinting™, can identify specific components about each call such as network information, the geographical location in which the call is coming from, the device being used and whether the device has been used to contact the company before.
Combined, these tools can all aid in detecting fraudulent activity before it becomes an issue.
This quick and confident action needs to happen now. The right authentication and fraud detection must be in place to circumvent attempts by fraudsters to dupe businesses across all their channels. It’s time to act smart about fraud and make sure all bases are covered to finally remain steps ahead, reduce financial losses and maintain customer trust. | <urn:uuid:881d85b8-7126-47c6-8d47-e83faee226b7> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://internationalbanker.com/technology/phone-fraud-growing-threat-financial-industry/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280410.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00448-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.961688 | 1,109 | 1.820313 | 2 |
4 Money Mistakes You May Be Teaching Your Kids
Kids want it all, and as parents you get tired, worn-down or just sick of seeing them throw tantrums every other minute. So you start giving in — once or twice — and before you knew it, your child starts to expect the same from you every time they throw a tantrum. Nothing spells “tantrum is the key to mummy or daddy’s heart” more than you giving in to them.
You will eventually find yourself spending tons of cash in the process. Here are three frightening money mistakes parents commonly make and why you should avoid them.
1. Keeping up with the Joneses
Peer pressure didn’t just affect you when you were a teenager trying to impress your friends in school. Entering parenthood, you will find yourself falling into the peer pressure trap before your newborn even begins to say “mummy”.
As parents raising kids, you are often invited to gatherings like birthday parties or play dates where you meet and socialise with other parents. You may hear parents rant about how miserable their lives are while some brag about theirs — from their recent shopping trip to Europe, to getting an iPad for their child just because he or she is such a sweetheart, or how planning an extravagant birthday party for their child is stressing them out.
This is when peer pressure sets in. You find yourself planning a party you can’t afford, or checking out prices of iPads the next time you are at the mall. They could be things that you do not need at all, but you buy it for the sake of blending in with your “friends”.
This is an easy temptation to fall into. There is no end to it because once you allow it to get to you, you will never get out and nothing is ever enough to compete and supersede others. Eventually the excess spending spirals out of control and the debt mounts. This is not the message you want to pass on to your children as they are growing up.
Be open with your children. Tell them that you choose to spend your money in the following ways because that is what you can afford and you are saving for bigger goals like sending them overseas for their tertiary education. You do not believe that people are more superior because they have more expensive things. Material possessions should not reflect who we are as a person or as a family.
2. Giving rewards inappropriately
In order to get their child to do what they want them to, parents start to give rewards for simple things like doing their chores or homework. Before you pat yourself in the back for finally cracking the parenting code, consider the message you are sending to your child.
Children should be trained to be responsible of doing their own chores, or completing their school work. Allowance shouldn’t be given just for completing tasks your kids should be doing anyway. In doing so, you actually trivialise the effect of a reward for the next time you really want to reward them.
Should you be paying your child every time they flush the toilet after using it? If your answer is no, then you should stop rewarding them for things like making their own bed, or putting their dirty laundry in the laundry basket.
The better way to reward your child is to set an allowance according to their age and their needs, and only give any additional allowance for “extra” help they render, such as helping another sibling with their homework, or cleaning up the whole house.
Another “no” parents should avoid is to reward their children for every ‘A’ they score in school. Instead of making their achievements monetary, let them know the importance of self-satisfaction when one does his or her best and achieving the goal.
3. Spoiling the kids with brand
We all can be a little vain or shallow at times and brands can play a big part on how we want others to see ourselves. And sometimes, this behaviour can affect the example parents try to set for their children.
For example, the recent Frozen craze has seen many parents spending hundreds of Ringgit buying Frozen-themed costumes, dolls, toys and everything Frozen-related that their children set their eyes on.
The Frozen back-to-school set costs about RM195 while the Frozen Doll Collections costs RM199 for a single doll. Then there are other brands like the Barbie bath bubbles or Smurf toothbrushes to keep up with. Don’t get sucked into the craze (or fall for your kid’s puppy-eyes).
Look at the ingredients instead of just the brand – the product you are buying should be suitable and safe for your child. For some parents it could be the sense of obligation of providing their children with something they did not have growing up – nevertheless it should be within affordable range.
Sometimes you overpay for boutique clothes or brand-name apparel for your child when you spot a sale. Their wardrobe is messy and temporary because they would most probably outgrow their sizes within months, which is why it is a waste of money to spend hundreds on a pair of jeans for your growing three-year-old.
According to a study done by Dr. Stephen Cowan (an American pediatrician with 25 years of clinical experience), indulgence actually weakens your child’s powers to survive, deflating motivation and feelings of success. Indulgence limits freedom by inflating a child’s sense of entitlements. Instead of just giving into their every wants, it is good to teach your child the value of contentment with whatever they have compared to people who do not.
4. Hiding the cost of things from your kids
When we were growing up, our parents most probably kept us out of the household’s money matters. We had clothes to wear, food to eat, and could afford to go to school but did not know what sacrifices our parents had to make to provide all those for us. We never knew if they had a money crisis – it was a taboo to speak about it. It was maybe until we started paying our own bills that we realise how hard it could get.
If you are going to bring your child up the same way, how can your child get a grip of the reality of how much they will need to earn in order to keep up with the rising cost of living?
Start with basic things, like the bill at the restaurant when you eat out or utility bills. You can also play a game and let them guess the cost of cars, houses, or clothing. It may be a bit too overwhelming for them but sooner or later they will see the bigger picture and be more prepared when they’re let out into the real world.
If you are guilty of any of the above, it is probably time you change your parenting strategy to raise a generation that is more financially savvy than you were. Your children grow up so quickly that you can miss out on the opportunities to teach them the important things about money. It is crucial to teach your children to understand that although money is important, it is not everything and it does not define who they are. They also need to learn that everything in life should be achieved for the purpose of self-development and responsibility, rather than looking only at the monetary rewards that they might gain from it. It is better to build boys than to mend men, hence, understanding the value of money right from their childhood makes a lot of difference. Advocate the right money lessons and they will thank you for it when they start to earn their own cash. | <urn:uuid:6df9ed1f-a527-45cd-8cab-0e08cf002289> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://www.imoney.my/articles/4-money-mistakes-you-may-be-teaching-your-kids | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281331.15/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00224-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.971762 | 1,559 | 1.796875 | 2 |
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3 Lessons About Leadership 1 Samuel 10-12
10:1 Saul was anointed 10:2-7 Signs were foretold for Saul 10:8 Saul was instructed to wait at Gilgal seven days for Samuel to come and offer a sacrifice—this seems to indicate a normal procedure in cases of emergency. Saul was still subject to God. 10:9-13 the prophecies were fulfilled and Saul went to the high place to wait for Samuel 10:14-16 Saul's uncle asked Saul where he'd been, Saul did not tell him what Samuel said about the kingdom 10:17-19 Samuel arrives and chastised the people again for asking for a king 10:20-21 Samuel called tribe, clan, family and Saul by lot, but Saul was not there. 10:22-25 Saul was found hiding and shown to the people as their new king, Samuel dismissed the assembly 10:26-27 Some rejoice, some despise. Events of 1 Samuel 10
11:1-4 the people mourn because Jabesh-gilead was besieged by Nahash the Amonite 11:5-11 The Spirit comes upon Saul, he rallies the troops with threats of killing their oxen, and defeats Nahash 11:12-13 The people want to kill those who doubted Saul's ability as king but Saul prevented it 11:14-15 His kingship is made “official” at Gigal, having the confidence of the people 12:1-13 Samuel rebukes the Israelites for wanting a king and begins his farewell address. 12:14-25 Samuel warned them to trust in God, not their king. Events of 1 Samuel 11-12
Lesson 1: There is no Escape from Responsibilities Saul did not want the responsibility. And Saul answered and said, "Am I not a Benjamite, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel, and my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? Why then do you speak like this to me?" (1 Samuel 9:21). 1 Samuel 9:21 1 Sam. 10: Sam. 11:1-5 1 Sam. 11:6-11
Lesson 1: There is no Escape from Responsibilities Saul did not want the responsibility. When he had caused the tribe of Benjamin to come near by their families, the family of Matri was chosen. And Saul the son of Kish was chosen. But when they sought him, he could not be found. Therefore they inquired of the LORD further, "Has the man come here yet?" And the LORD answered, "There he is, hidden among the equipment." (1 Samuel 10:21-22) 1 Samuel 9:21 1 Sam. 10: Sam. 11:1-5 1 Sam. 11:6-11
Lesson 1: There is no Escape from Responsibilities Saul did not want the responsibility. When it is time to step up and provide some leadership, are you hiding from your opportunities? 1 Samuel 9:21 1 Sam. 10: Sam. 11:1-5 1 Sam. 11:6-11
Lesson 1: There is no Escape from Responsibilities Saul’s Possible Thoughts 1 Samuel 9:21 1 Sam. 10: Sam. 11:1-5 1 Sam. 11:6-11 I'm not fit to lead. I'm not ready to lead. I'm not strong enough to lead. I'm not good enough to lead. I'm not the right one to lead.
Lesson 1: There is no Escape from Responsibilities Our Possible Thoughts 1 Samuel 9:21 1 Sam. 10: Sam. 11:1-5 1 Sam. 11:6-11 There are better people to do the work. I am not ready for the responsibility. I am not a strong enough Christian. I am too weak.
Lesson 1: There is no Escape from Responsibilities God Has Always Worked Through the “Unfit” 1 Samuel 9:21 1 Sam. 10: Sam. 11:1-5 1 Sam. 11:6-11 Saul—how could others have confidence in him at first? Moses was so afraid of speaking that he had to rely on Aaron to speak for him. Joseph was a slave and an ex-convict. John the Baptist was like a hermit who lived in the wilderness eating locusts and wild honey. Jesus chose fishermen and tax-collectors as some of those who would change the world!
Lesson 1: There is no Escape from Responsibilities Leadership Takes Some Courage 1 Samuel 9:21 1 Sam. 10: Sam. 11:1-5 1 Sam. 11:6-11 God Can Provide That Confidence if You are Available Confidence in Yourself Confidence from Others These He supplied for Saul
Lesson 2: A Leader Must Take Advantage of Opportunities Saul Faced An Opportunity to Lead 1 Samuel 9:21 1 Sam. 10: Sam. 11:1-5 1 Sam. 11:6-11 Then Nahash the Ammonite came up and encamped against Jabesh Gilead; and all the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, "Make a covenant with us, and we will serve you." And Nahash the Ammonite answered them, "On this condition I will make a covenant with you, that I may put out all your right eyes, and bring reproach on all Israel." Then the elders of Jabesh said to him, "Hold off for seven days, that we may send messengers to all the territory of Israel. And then, if there is no one to save us, we will come out to you." So the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul and told the news in the hearing of the people. And all the people lifted up their voices and wept. Now there was Saul, coming behind the herd from the field; and Saul said, "What troubles the people, that they weep?" And they told him the words of the men of Jabesh. (1 Samuel 11:1-5)
Lesson 2: A Leader Must Take Advantage of Opportunities We Must Take The Opportunities Provided Us 1 Samuel 9:21 1 Sam. 10: Sam. 11:1-5 1 Sam. 11:6-11 We don't need the Spirit to come upon us in power before we can lead. If so we will never develop leaders because He does not do such things today. He has provided the necessary information to know who is to lead and how to go about it. We must develop the confidence to know that God will be there for us to help us as we grow in the faith.
Lesson 3: A Leader Will Inspire Confidence in Others by Obeying God Established Saul as a Leader 1 Samuel 9:21 1 Sam. 10: Sam. 11:1-5 1 Sam. 11:6-11
God Established Saul as a Leader 1 Samuel 9:21 1 Sam. 10: Sam. 11:1-5 1 Sam. 11:6-11 Then the Spirit of God came upon Saul when he heard this news, and his anger was greatly aroused. So he took a yoke of oxen and cut them in pieces, and sent them throughout all the territory of Israel by the hands of messengers, saying, "Whoever does not go out with Saul and Samuel to battle, so it shall be done to his oxen." And the fear of the LORD fell on the people, and they came out with one consent. When he numbered them in Bezek, the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand. And they said to the messengers who came, "Thus you shall say to the men of Jabesh Gilead: 'Tomorrow, by the time the sun is hot, you shall have help.' " Then the messengers came and reported it to the men of Jabesh, and they were glad. Therefore the men of Jabesh said, "Tomorrow we will come out to you, and you may do with us whatever seems good to you." So it was, on the next day, that Saul put the people in three companies; and they came into the midst of the camp in the morning watch, and killed Ammonites until the heat of the day. And it happened that those who survived were scattered, so that no two of them were left together. (1 Samuel 11:6-11)
Lesson 3: A Leader Will Inspire Confidence in Others by Obeying God Established Saul as a Leader 1 Samuel 9:21 1 Sam. 10: Sam. 11:1-5 1 Sam. 11:6-11 God presented the perfect opportunity to establish Saul as ruler of the people. God will always provide and establish leaders for His people. His victory inspired confidence in those following him.
Lesson 3: A Leader Will Inspire Confidence in Others by Obeying God Can Establish You as a Leader 1 Samuel 9:21 1 Sam. 10: Sam. 11:1-5 1 Sam. 11:6-11 We must help others have confidence to do what is right. This comes as we act in faith. As we prove ourselves, we will gain confidence of others to follow our example. Leadership is primarily setting the right example, but it includes more. Leadership is going the right way, and taking others along with you.
Leadership Begins With a Decision God Has Called Us All to Lead Others 1 Samuel 9:21 1 Sam. 10: Sam. 11:1-5 1 Sam. 11:6-11 Will you be available for service? Or will you hide in the luggage? God will help us if we allow Him. The choices we make will affect us and those around us. | <urn:uuid:f8bfeccf-ffd2-4859-94ac-edb49c7c92f2> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://slideplayer.com/slide/3781447/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560282202.61/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095122-00548-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.96569 | 2,054 | 2.84375 | 3 |
As widely expected Ghana’s public debt has now passed the generally accepted sustainability threshold of 70 percent of Gross Domestic Product, the GHc273.8 billion in total debt by the end of September translating to 71.0 percent of GDP. This is up from GHc209.1 million a year previously by which time the debt to GDP ratio at 59.8 percent was still well within the sustainability threshold.
The sharp increase in the public debt in 2020 – it rose by GHc55.6 billion during the first nine months of this year alone – is primarily due to the cost of successfully navigating the outbreak and viral spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.
During that period government’s revenues were constrained to 9.4 per cent of GDP while its expenditures were driven up to 18.4 percent of GDP by the inevitable increases in health related costs, social interventions to protect the populace from the adverse effects of the public policy responses introduced to curb the spread of the pandemic and spending on business stimulus to avert the economy from sliding into recession.
This left government with a 9.0 percent of GDP fiscal deficit for the first nine months of 2020 as it strives to keep the full year deficit to within the revised target of 11.8 percent.
This will be a difficult task as public spending during the last quarter of the year is being bloated by the genuine cost of holding general elections and the more dubious cost of pandering to the demands of various interest groups within the electorate. The most vocal such group has been depositors and investors affected by the close down of financial intermediation companies and fund management firms as part of the recent financial services sector reforms. Indeed the financial resolution bonds used to finance the redemption of their funds had amounted to 15.4 billion by the end of September, up from GHc10.6 billion as at the end of 2016. The (near) cash payment of over GHc3 billion in bank deposits originally planned to be redeemed over five years and the redemption of funds under management – including those locked up in fund managers of uncertain legal status – will take that figure to at least GHc20 billion before the end of this year.
But the reforms have not had a commensurate effect on the size of the fiscal deficit because government has elected to treat them as one off, below the line, expenditures. The resolution bonds issued during the first three quarters of 2920 alone would have added one percent of GDP to the fiscal deficit.
Nevertheless, some public policy analysts are criticizing recent expenditures on refunds to depositors and investors as being simply election motivated even as government hides behind the social welfare needs of the populace due to COVID 19 to excuse away its inordinate fiscal deficit
On the upside though, the unprecedented fiscal deficit is not fuelling a major surge in inflation nor is it driving the cedi sharply downwards. After depreciating by 12.9 percent against the United States dollar in 2019, the cedi has only fallen by 3.1 per cent so far this year. Inflation to is being kept under a lid; although it climbed well above the Bank of Ghana’s target band of between six and ten percent since the second quarter of this year, it has since fallen downwards, to 10.1 per cent by October.
This is unusual for such a high fiscal deficit although central bank Governor, Dr Ernest Addison explains that it is because the Ghanaian economy has been operating at well below its inherent capacity since COVID 19 dampened economic activities.
In turn this, coupled with innovative domestic deficit financing modes have also kept a lid on interest rates too, despite government’s extraordinary demand for credit this year. Short and medium term treasury instruments of all tenors have seen their interest rates fall since the beginning of this year. 91-day bills from 15.20 percent to 13.55 percent; 182 day bills from 14.69 to 14.05; 364 days from 17.88 to 16.99; two years from 20.95 to 18.50; and three years from 19.70 to 19.00.
Most longer term rates and yields on the secondary market have risen but this is deliberate to retain the interest of foreign portfolio investors who buy a major proportion of those instruments. Most importantly, the Ghana Reference Rate has fallen from 16.11 percent by the end of last year to 14.75 percent by October and this has enabled a drop in average lending rates from 23.59 percent to 21.26 percent.
Inevitably, monetary easing by the BoG and fiscal stimulus spending by the government itself have combined to give total liquidity a boost. Year on year total liquidity growth had risen to 30 percent as at October, up from 21.7 percent at the turn of the year. Importantly, growth in net domestic assets has accelerated to 36.1 percent from 15.0 percent at the end of last year, while net foreign assets growth has slowed from 51.7 percent to 6.0 percent.
But the data also shows a worrying trend in that money is being taken out of the banking system. Growth in currency outside banks rose to 44 percent by October, more than twice the 20.2 percent growth as at December last year. This is interpreted as a flight to safety by households who want to ensure easy access to their monies even during the most draconian lockdowns.
Underpinning Ghana’s economic resilience under the onslaught from COVID 19 has been the external sector which has provided the cedi with its stability and thus stable domestic cedi denominated prices as well. By October Ghana had gross international reserves of US$8.627.8 billion, up from US$8.093.7 billion a year earlier.
But building the reserves has been a difficult task. By October, the overall balance of payments position was negative to the tune of US$675.73 million, a reversal of the positive US$878.87 million by that time in 2019.
Nevertheless, the trade surplus for the first 10 months of 2020, at US$1,743.6 million, was higher than that during the corresponding period of the previous year of US$1,491.6 million.
Actually, total exports were down, from US$12,981.4 million to US$12,001.3 million. Revenues from cocoa and oil dropped significantly but gold receipts rose by some 10 percent on the back of a 28 percent increase in realized global market prices. But import bill fell even faster, from US$411,489.8 million to US$10,257.7 million during the respective first 10 months of the last two years.
The trade balance more than offset the current account balance deficit of US$1267.2 million which was smaller than last year’s US$1,497.3 million. But then the capital account surplus was smaller too, at US$365.5 million, down from US$2,273.2 million.
Ghana’s gross international reserves as at October were enough to cover 4.1 months of imports, reflecting its improved external position. But debt sustainability issues could persuade investors to demand a risk premium, when government goes to the market to issue Eurobonds. If that happens government will have to choose between talking enough for refinancing existing debt or just taking what it needs for budgetary support.
Which is just one of the many crucial decisions facing it as its mandate, given in December 2016 winds down and it seeks a renewal.
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Cyclists without helmets on..(260 Posts)
Am I the only one who gets really annoyed about this?
If it is the law that us drivers have to wear seatbelts why is their safety choice an optional one?
IF we knocked a cyclist of his bike and he suffered irreparable brain damage or death as a result of a head injury it is us who would have to live with that guilt, even though they made the choice not to wear a helmet.
And then you see some parents out with their children on bikes and although the children always have helmets on, not all the parents do. It is great they are protecting their children, but why do they think their own brains don't matter? I don't mind cyclists on the road at all, but I wish they would wear helmets and keep themselves safe.
Maybe I'm just overly anxious about hitting one....or do they think it will never happen to them?
I realise I am coming to this debate extremely late in the day but I will just say my husband was hit by a car and ended up being dragged along and then trapped under a bus in London. The medics who helped him (who were amazing and included a doctor cycling to work herself) were almost incredulous that he walked out of hospital that day with no broken bones and only skin and muscle trauma. He was told in no uncertain terms that if he had not been wearing a helmet he would have died.
The drivers vs cyclist debate is a different matter and quite a painful one for our family after the above accident and its aftermath. I can't comment on much as I don't want to break forum rules. I will say though that the law and many car drivers seem to automatically assume the cyclist is at fault.
I think your last point is extremely moot. And a bit silly in assuming that those who cycle to work wouldn't exchange cycling for any other excercise.
Anyway... Cars aren't the only danger for cyclists, slipping on loose gravel and badly banging your head can cause you seriously injury. I had the bloodstained towels and calls for an ambulance to prove that, after a woman slid on my road recently and needed help form me and my neighbours. Arm injuries and concussion could have been a lot worse as she banged her head hard.
I drive around a lot of horseriders and if anything, I imagine people see the ones without the helmets as the "experts" as they seem to have the confidence to go without one.
I'm always suspicious of 'research' that people cite until I know who it was done by, and who was asked.
I haven't read any research, but anecdotally, I have a close friend alive, and another accident witnessed in which both riders were credit their well being to helmets. It's good enough for me.
I believe that horse and bike riders should wear head protection in case they fall, skid, faint, hit a pothole/get bolted with (horses, not bikes obv!), or collide with a car because they stand a better chance of survival if the brain is protected as long as, as some have said, worn correctly.
I'm assuming you didn't mean to refer your last point to me as I didn't call anyone an idiot.
A number of experts also think that if helmets were made compulsory that less people would cycle in this country. This would cause more deaths because of heart attacks etc.
RIZZO -There is scientific evidence to prove that drivers drive less carefully near people wearing helmets. I totally appreciate that your friend was saved by wearing a helmet - that's great! I have seen as a nurse a child that was saved by a cycling helmet. However you can't say that they should be worn by all cyclists because of this. The question of whether helmets really are safer is a complicated one and the research is mixed on this. If drivers drive less carefully near cyclists with helmets on - and this is thought to be subconscious - then this is a very important factor to consider. It doesn't mean that we are idiots - in fact my husband and myself have read many of the studies related to helmet use. Knowing people that have been saved by helmets doesn't mean that they are necessarily safe for ALL cyclists in this country. People should read all of the research out there before calling people idiots.
DP cycles 8 miles to work in London traffic. He doesn't wear a helmet.
Reasons: cars and buses really do leave you less space if you have a helmet on. (main reason)
It's hot and sticky and reduces his view and hearing a bit.
Tosser drivers can see he's male without it, and so don't give him sexist aggro.
The types of accident he's most likely to have at the speeds he can get up to in the traffic aren't ones where a helmet is likely to help.
He knows (fromyears of martial arts) how to fall to protect himself. In 15 years he's been knocked off twice, scraped his knee badly one time, few bruises the other.
BIL cycles in faster traffic a similar distance and does wear a helmet - he looks blokier to start with, and doesn't have so much practice at falling, resulting in wrecked shoulder when he did get knocked off once.
I don't cycle on roads but did have an accident the only time I ever wore a helmet - it protected me from scraping my face in dirt, but a more experienced cyclist wouldn't have had that accident anyway.
Seeing kids on scooters,I wonder if helmets give them a false sense of security, or if the kid is going so recklessly to start that the parents then get them a helmet?
I dread driving past cyclists, especially those with kids or youngsters as you've no idea what they're going to do. I especially love the ones that swing over to the middle of the road when they look behind them!
So, if anything, I tend to drive "super carefully" when going past them, compared to normal driving.
It makes no difference to my driving if they're wearing helmets or not.
Car's don't seem to drive differently past me when I'm cycling if I'm with or without helmet - but then I don't skulk near the kerb, I'm just to the left of the middle of the lane so that they can't try to squeeze past & have to wait until they can overtake properly. If there are cars behind me & are going to be for a while I tend to pull onto the pavement & ride there for a bit to let them past.
Helmets are a personal choice and should stay that way. The only reason a lot of professional cyclists wear them is because it's in the rules and nowadays you're more aerodynamic with one on.
If you want to wear one, fine - If I don't then please don't assume I'm an "idiot". I'm a grown up & my style of riding will probably make me much less likely than you to be involved in an accident in the first place.
Rizzo - no facetiousness at all. No reason for it? But what you just said now wasn't what you said previously?
Witching hour cometh, and I have some riding to do in the morning. Drive and ride safely, sans or avec helmet.
Clearly tiggerpigger, you are a genius.
Rizzo, my brother died in a car accident so I really do understand where you are coming from. Losing anyone in a road accident is a tragedy which is very difficult to come to terms with and you want to do your utmost to prevent. I would imagine you are an extremely cautious careful motorist.
Can't believe how many simpletons there are here who don't understand how wearing a helmet can protect your head... jesus...
Jesus Pan, I don't know if you're being facetious but please listen. I was saying I wouldn't give special, or less, consideration to a cyclist. I said a HELMET wouldn't make me drive in any LESS safe a manner.
Maybe you're right Bear, I don't know about the OP.
When I'm the driver I do think it would be good to know everyone is a protected as poss though in case they did make a mistake and you end up colliding with them for any reason. Nobody's perfect and the road's a dangerous place (even though we're all trying to be safe), and seeing the torment of my DF's family I cannot now see cyclist not wearing helmets and not think of the risks.
Sometimes when you're in a scary place, praying for the life of someone you care so much about, it hits home how fragile we are and you think you would do anything to keep safe and keep your loved ones from pain. I'm a recreational cyclist and never wore a helmet before the accident, I do now.
Obviously this is emotive for me and I come from a particular angle, but it found a lots of comments on this thread flippant yet without knowledge. I'm off to bed.
I'm not splitting hairs at all. I appreciate your sentiment totally, but you wouldn't do anything risky when overtaking another car - so it's the same for bikes, surely. No special consideration needed.
I do Pan. I didn't say I don't drive carefully the rest of the time and you're splitting hairs.
I just said I drive carefully around them either way.
Rizzo, I don't doubt your friends experience. The op started this thread as a motorist with no interest or knowledge of cycling. Helmet use should have no.consequence to the motorist. Which is why I feel the op was bu.
"I drive carefully around a cyclist whether or not they are wearing a helmet,"
this is a bit annoying RIZZO tbh. You should always drive carefully. We are not 'special cases'. As i'd said drivers give about 3 feet or so when overtaking cars/trucks etc. So just do the same for cyclists. This should not be a challenge for competent drivers and not something to be proud off.
I'm not over-crediting helmets. As I have already said, my friend walk away (eventually, after a coma and much surgery) from a horrible accident that she would have died from if not for her helmet. Her experience amongst others I have known or witnessed is good enough for me and worth more than most of the (mostly speculative) anti-helmet comments here.
If any of you can say that you have experienced the same as her and lived to tell the tale without wearing a helmet I'll shut my mouth.
Also, I drive carefully around a cyclist whether or not they are wearing a helmet, because they are a person!
Ridiculous to suggest people drive recklessly around helmet wearing cyclists. There are many ways to die from being hit in various parts of the body... helmets just protect your head!
Pan If micro is so ill-informed and insulting about people/issues she knows nothing about then it isn't a surprise when her contribution isn't valued
This is going to sound horribly conceited, but I generally only take advice from people who are better qualified or more experienced than I am. I find its a guideline that serves me quite well in life.
TrueToWho Most of the helmets I see on cyclists are incorrectly positioned and would offer no protection at all
Really? How fascinating! Are you a helmet-fitting type person then? And you are blind to all those cyclists who race competitively and have aero helmets meeting not only British standards but BTA/British Cycling race rules which are terribly stringent? Amazing!
I knowof two people, one very recently, whose lives absolutely were saved by wearing (correctly fitted ) helmets
What on earth were these helmets made of? To actually make the difference between life and death is remarkable, as opposed to between minor injury and somewhat more serious injury. Theres not actually a lot of difference between dying from a brain injury, being brain damaged or having no long term effects. A lot of it is down to factors such as speed and direction of fall, surface hit and how effective the presence or absence of any helmet is. But if you are unlucky and suffer a catastrophic injury to a certain vulnerable and important part of the brain, and you have any factors which may exacerbate it, such as a history of recreational drug or steroid use, then you may die.
yes helmets should have the peak bit over the forehead, not pointing up to the skies. And strapped properly.
and sun glasses are essential.
Rizzo I've got to apologize, I got you and another poster mixed up.
Most of the helmets I see on cyclists are incorrectly positioned and would offer no protection at all.
I knowof two people, one very recently, whose lives absolutely were saved by wearing (correctly fitted ) helmets.
Cycling is a normal activity, like walking. In countries where there is a lot of cycling, such as the Netherlands and Germany, helmets are rarely worn.
Shouldn't pedestrians on county lanes also wear them? And runners?
Evidence in favour of helmet wearing is patchy, OP. If you researched the matter, you would see this.
Drive safely and you are unlikely to hit me on my bike, without a helmet. If I have wear helmets I will start driving instead and there will be one more dangerous car on the road. My hair cannot cope with helmets and then a business environment. It goes flat and lank.
Rizzo, you are getting a hard time because you have clearly not read the rest of the thread, especially lessmissabs posts. Also you haven't added anything very useful or informative.
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While excessive stress isn’t good for your overall health, there’s no evidence that stress results in miscarriage. About 10 to 20 percent of known pregnancies end in miscarriage. Most often, early miscarriage is caused by a chromosomal abnormality that interferes with the normal development of the embryo.
Can pushing your stomach really hard cause a miscarriage?
In the beginning of pregnancy the uterus is completely protected by the pelvis, so a miscarriage caused by being hit in the stomach is not likely. The uterus isn’t exposed at this point, so you can breathe a sign of relief that falls nor trauma are likely to be problematic.
Is sperm good for the baby during pregnancy?
The Surprising Benefits of Sperm During Pregnancy. Experts believe sperm might be able to prevent preeclampsia and cure morning sickness. You might know some of the advantages of pregnancy sex: lowered blood pressure, improved sleep, increased intimacy with your partner.
Is cold water good for pregnant?
As wonderful as those cold and hot liquids can feel, we recommend cool or warm drinks instead, at least until your baby is born. Drinking water that is too cold or too hot can increase the risk of stomach pains that can lead to that familiar nauseated feeling.
Can pushing on belly hurt baby?
It’s fine to ‘poke’ the outside of the baby bump. Of course, just because it won’t hurt baby, doesn’t mean she can’t feel you poking — in fact, baby will probably feel you move and poke before you can start to feel her, which is usually at around 18 to 20 weeks. And when baby’s big enough, she might even poke back! | <urn:uuid:a0bb4d81-7073-4f81-a0c7-6f3f47470874> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://bloga8.com/pregnancy/what-should-i-avoid-during-first-trimester.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571719.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812140019-20220812170019-00271.warc.gz | en | 0.892509 | 1,256 | 2.484375 | 2 |
(Boston) -- Researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and the VA Boston Healthcare System are one step closer to understanding the specific nature of brain changes associated with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
The findings, which appear in the journal Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, may lead to better diagnosis and treatment of the condition.
PTSD is a psychiatric disorder that follows a traumatic event and is characterized by flash-backs (or re-experiencing trauma), avoidance of thoughts/feelings associated with the trauma and hyperarousal or hypervigilance. For some time it has been known that individuals who suffer from PTSD have abnormalities in the structure and function of the brain, but more recently, it has become clear that PTSD is also associated with changes in how regions of the brain communicate with each other. In particular, PTSD has been associated with disruptions in the communication of a network of brain regions that are involved in internally directed forms of mental activity, such as during spontaneous thought.
Guided by evidence that this network can be subdivided into distinct parts that have specialized functions, Danielle R. Miller, PhD, and her colleagues studied the communication within this network of brain regions in more detail. Sixty-nine returning war Veterans with PTSD and 44 Veterans with a history of trauma but without PTSD underwent functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) of the brain to measure brain activity through blood flow.
The researchers found that in Veterans with PTSD, disruptions of the aforementioned network affected specifically the communication between brain regions involved in memory.
Furthermore, they found that the less these brain regions communicated with each other, the more individuals with PTSD exhibited avoidance symptoms, such as avoiding trauma-related thoughts or feelings, avoiding reminders of the trauma, avoiding trauma-evoking situations, or an inability to recall certain aspects of the trauma.
"This study highlights that disruptions in the communication between brain regions involved in memory may be an important mechanism in PTSD. Although this study was not a treatment study, our research suggests that treatments targeted at enhancing this communication may improve PTSD symptoms," explained Miller.
Miller believes that any step toward identifying mechanisms contributing to PTSD is important and crucial toward improved care for individuals suffering from the disorder.
Funding for this study was provided by Department of Veteran Affairs Rehabilitation Research and Development Service (grant #I01RX000216), a Career Development Award (e78222), the Department of Veterans Affairs Clinical Science Research & Development Service, the National Center for PTSD, and the National Institutes of Health (grant K23MH084013).
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Astragalus-based dietary supplements that are known to activate the expression of telomerase have been on the market for several years now. However, there appears to be a significant difference between what these supplements are widely publicized to do and what published scientific research says they actually do. Specifically, the promotion and press coverage often implies that such supplements will extend the lengths of telomeres in people who take them and thus confer longevity benefits. However, there appears to be virtually no clinical research evidence to support such claims. On the other hand, research does suggest that at least one of the supplements can provide several important health benefits. In this blog post I seek to penetrate through the thick layers of commercial and PR fog about such supplements and get down to what is actually known about their actions.
During the 1990s and early 2000s, Geron, a small biotech company, was a leader in research relating to telomeres and telomerase. Few scientists and no other significant biotech or pharmaceutical company paid much attention to telomeres or telomerase back then. Based on its research, Geron applied for 279 patents related to telomeres or telomerase. One of the major areas of research concern to Geron then was telomere activation as an approach to disease prevention and longevity. The company discovered that certain extracts of the astragalus plant had a capability to activate the expression of telomerase in certain cell types, at least under test-tube conditions.
From the Geron web site: “Geron, in collaboration with the Biotechnology Research Institute (BRC), a company established by the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), began screening for telomerase activators in early 2000. The source of material for the screen was natural product extracts from traditional Chinese medicines. In the course of the screening, several extracts were discovered that reproducibly up-regulated the low, basal level of telomerase in human skin cells. With analysis of the extract and further testing, one compound in the extracts was identified as a key telomerase activator. It was capable of activating telomerase in other human cells types (e.g., lymphocyte immune cells) at very low concentrations. Another compound, a derivative of the first, was also present in the extract but at lower concentrations and was also found to possess similar telomerase activating properties. These molecules are currently under development for the treatment of degenerative diseases. Other small molecule activators discovered during the course of the research may also be developed for certain disease indications.”
The research resulted in Geron applying for a patent on telomerase activators which was finally issued just a few months ago. Filed 06/23/2004, the patent is called Compositions and Methods for Increasing Telomerase Activity. Since publication 05/15/2008, the patent application can be read by anyone and the descriptions found there still provide much of the scientific rationale for people taking astragalus-based telomerase-activator supplements. The patent application introduction states “The present invention relates to methods and compositions for increasing telomerase activity in cells. Such compositions include pharmaceutical, including topical, and nutraceutical formulations. The methods and compositions are useful for treating diseases subject to treatment by an increase in telomerase activity in cells or tissue of a patient, such as, for example, HIV infection, various degenerative diseases, and acute or chronic skin aliments. They are also useful for enhancing replicative capacity of cells in culture, as in ex vivo cell therapy and proliferation of stem cells.”
Geron subsequently shifted its focus to other areas of research including embryonic stem cell therapies and developing drugs that turn telomerase off in cancer cells. As far as I can tell, Geron is currently pursuing telomere activation mainly via a subsidiary and marketing licensing agreements. Geron is the majority owner of TA Therapeutics, a Hong Kong subsidiary which is focusing on telomerase activation for organ renewal and prolonging the lives of AIDS patients. A US company, TA Sciences, has licensed one telomerase-activator extract from Geron called TA-65 in 2002, a nutraceutical it has been marketing it to the public for over three years now.
Of the Geron-researched telomerase-activating products, two in particular have received the most attention: TA-65 being marketed to the public by TA Sciences and TAT2 under investigation as part of drug development by TA Therapeutics. Both formulations are carefully guarded proprietary secrets of the companies involved. I suspect the two substances are either highly related or identical. There has been much speculation as to what TA-65 consists of, particularly in online longevity-related forums(ref)(ref). Based on reading the Geron patent, it appears that a number of astragalus membranaceus extracts exhibit varying degrees of capability to promote the expression of telomerase(ref). One extract mentioned in the patent is astragaloside IV, and another extract with roughly ten times the activation potency is cycloastragenol, and there are others as well. Based on careful reading of the patent and the dosage originally suggested by TA sciences the best informed guess is that TA-65 and TAT2 are cycloastragenol, but this is only a guess.
TA Sciences is an active marketing company and any search on Google related to telomerase will often produce prominent advertising related to TA-65 and its health and longevity benefits. TA-65 does not come cheap. When the company first started marketing it, it was available only as part of a “Patton Protocol” package with cost of $25,000 for the first year. (Noel Patton is the founder of TA Sciences.) Now, the Patton Protocol is offered in either an a-la-cart mode or as a full package. The cost of six months of the protocol including the TA-65, some other supplements, a visit to a doctor and a number of diagnostic tests is $6,725. Cost of a six-month supply of TA-65 alone is $4,000. It is interesting that when it was originally marketed the daily dosage of TA-65 was 5 mg and the daily dosage has been increased now to 100mg, by a factor of 20. This has led to speculation that the substance may not be pure cycloastragenol which is very expensive to produce.
Besides TA-65 available from TA sciences, based on the information in the Geron patent other companies have started to market both astragaloside IV and cycloastragenol as telomerase activator supplements(ref)(rev). These supplements are being sold considerably cheaper than TA-65 with cost of a 30-day supply typically running up to $80. One such company, Revgenetics, decided to discontinue its cycloastragenol product line when the Geron patent was finally issued and sell of its existing stock at discount, charging $25 for a bottle which contains 30 5mg pills.
The concept of telomerase activation
A responsible formulation of the telomerase activation hypothesis is that through systemic intermittent activation of telomerase, specifically in stem and progenitor cells, it may be possible to delay shortening of telomeres and therefore delay the onset of multiple disease and degenerative processes associated with cell senescence. A very informative 2007 PowerPoint Presentation by Joseph M. Raffaele MD (an affiliate of TA Sciences) states the scientific rationale for telomerase activation and lays out results of a small clinical trial of TA-65. There is general consensus that too-short telomeres lead to cell senescence leading to the diseases and symptoms of aging. However, it must be pointed out that many factors affect telomere length, that many complex factors both known and yet-unknown promote or delay the onset of cell senescence, and that telomerase activation does more than affect the lengths of telomeres. For example, the protein TAp63 strongly affects senescence of stem cells(ref). I return to this important point later.
Research on telomerase activators
So, what research exists on the effects of telomerase activators beyond that which went into the patent? I will review research here that involves any of the four activator substances mentioned (TA-65, TAT2, Astragaloside IV, Cycloastragenol) recognizing that what is true for one activator may not be valid for another. With one exception, I will confine myself to publications in established journals or reputable online research publishers and will avoid ungrounded assertions in press releases or opinions stated in blogs.
· A small human trial was conducted in 2005 of TA-41, a precursor of TA-65, I believe sponsored by TA Sciences. This trial is described in a page on the TA Sciences web site and in the aforementioned PowerPoint Presentation. The trial was a 24-week double-blind, placebo-controlled study involving 36 male subjects between 60 and 85 years of age, a relatively short trial with scale far smaller than typical Phase III FDA-approved trials. TA-65 is the presumed major metabolite of TA-41. “ — subjects consumed 2 or 4 tablets daily of a placebo control substance (placebo groups) for 12 weeks or 2 or 4 tablets daily of a TA-65 precursor molecule (TA-41) for 12 weeks (product groups). The product tablets each contained 10 mg of TA-41 (an Astragalus extract) along with other botanical extracts and excipients. — The 12 week placebo or product use period was followed by a further 12 week follow-up period.” My impression is that the experimental design of the study and the treatment of statistical measures were handled quite responsibly. Nonetheless, because of the small sample size, statistical significance of the results is relatively crude. The study treated .2 as the p-value for statistical significance though in larger studies .05 or even .01 are typical values. The major benefits observed among those taking the products were “1. Apparent improvement in certain immune system measures, 2. Apparent improvement in eye sight, 3. Apparent improvement in certain sexual function measures, and 4. Apparent improvement in certain skin properties(ref).” No significant adverse events were identified. Detailed discussion and diagrams of results can be found on the TA Sciences web page for the study and in the PowerPoint presentation. To my knowledge the results of this 2005 study have never been published in an established scientific journal. Nonetheless the study seems to have been well done and I tend to take it seriously.
· Dr. Raffaele reports in his 2007 PowerPoint Presentation that “preliminary results of 16 patients o TA-65 for 3 months show an increase of mean lymphocyte telomere length.” I have seen no further or subsequent details.
· To my knowledge, there have been no further studies relating actual user experience of those taking TA-65 though by this time there should be considerable experience to report. Those taking TA-65 as part of the Patton Protocol have had extensive measurements of aging-related biomarkers and their telomere lengths. I would love to see the data derived from this user cohort laid out.
· The 2008 study report Telomerase-based pharmacologic enhancement of antiviral function of human CD8+ T lymphocytes looked at exposing lymphocyte cells from HIV-infected donors to TAT2. “ — , during aging and chronic HIV-1 infection, there are high proportions of dysfunctional CD8(+) CTL with short telomeres, suggesting that telomerase is limiting. The present study shows that exposure of CD8(+) T lymphocytes from HIV-infected human donors to a small molecule telomerase activator (TAT2) modestly retards telomere shortening, increases proliferative potential, and, importantly, enhances cytokine/chemokine production and antiviral activity. The enhanced antiviral effects were abrogated in the presence of a potent and specific telomerase inhibitor, suggesting that TAT2 acts primarily through telomerase activation.” The study suggests a possible health benefit for HIV-infected individuals, individuals who experience an extraordinary high rate of telomere shortening in immune cells due to the disease. This benefit would have to be verified in clinical tests. This study says nothing about telomere lengthening. This study was co-authored by Rita Effros, a leading researcher in the role of telomeres in HIV infections. This study, by the way, referred to the experimental substance both as TAT2 and as cycloastragenol.
· A 2005 study Telomerase Therapeutics for Degenerative Diseases describes possible benefits of telomerase activation but provides no experimental results. There are numerous studies pointing to telomere shortening as an important process contributing to the advance of HIV and studies like this 2010 one looking at telomerase activity and replicative senescence in human CD8 T lymphocytes, but none of those studies are directly concerned with telomerase activation.
· The 2009 publication Cycloastragenol extends T cell proliferation by increasing telomerase activity covers another in-vitro study reporting “Naturally, there is a great deal of interest in finding inducers of telomerase that may help delay the onset of cellular aging. There are various nutraceuticals that claim to both increase the health of individuals and delay the onset of cellular aging. We tested the nutraceuticals resveratrol and cycloastragenol for their ability to enhance T cell functions in vitro. In this study we evaluated the effect of these compounds on cellular proliferative capacity, levels of telomerase activity, surface markers and cytokine secretion of human CD4 and CD8 T cells. Our results show that cycloastragenol moderately increase telomerase activity and proliferative capacity of both CD4 and CD8 T cells. These preliminary results suggest that nutraceuticals inhibit the onset of CD4 and CD8 cellular senescence.” Like in the previously-discussed study the effect was moderate, outside the body, and the study said nothing about extending telomeres.
Of the telomerase activators mentioned, perhaps the one best covered in the research literature is astragaloside IV. As I state in my treatise; “Astragaloside IV has been systematically studied for its medicinal properties only recently, mostly in Chinese and European research centers. It is an antiinflammatory, antifibrotic and antioxidant. It is known to have vasodilation and cardioprotective properties. It is neuroprotective and can protect the myocardium against ischemia/reperfusion injury. There are no reported negative side effects. Yet, my impression is that much is yet to be learned about this substance. Specifically, there appears to be little if any research available in the public domain relating astragaloside IV’s medicinal properties to its ability to induce telomerase expression.”
Research publications related to Astragaloside IV include the 2002 publication Effects of astragaloside IV on myocardial calcium transport and cardiac function in ischemic rats, the 2004 publication Astragaloside IV protects against ischemic brain injury in a murine model of transient focal ischemia, the 2009 publication Effects of Astragaloside IV on heart failure in rats, the 2009 publication Astragaloside IV attenuates cerebral ischemia–reperfusion-induced increase in permeability of the blood-brain barrier in rats, the 2008 report Astragaloside IV inhibits spontaneous synaptic transmission and synchronized Ca2+ oscillations on hippocampal neurons, the 2006 report Effects of astragaloside IV on pathogenesis of metabolic syndrome in vitro, and Effect of astragaloside IV on hepatic glucose-regulating enzymes in diabetic mice induced by a high-fat diet and streptozotocin, and the 2006 publication Astragaloside IV from Astragalus membranaceus Shows Cardioprotection during Myocardial Ischemia in vivo and in vitro. While these and many other research publications relate to potentially beneficial effects of Astragaloside IV, none relate to or even mentions the substance’s role as a telomerase activator. Of course, some or all of the reported benefits could ultimately be due to telomerase activation.
Other than the study cited above, the only discussions of cycloastragenol health activities seem to be in longevity blogs chewing over the same material covered here. It is a relatively unfamiliar substance. As for astragaloside IV, cycloastragenol suppliers appear to be in China. Purchasing either of these supplements from a US company, it is good to be on a lookout for independent laboratory verification of contents and purity.
Observation 1: When it comes to telomerase activation, the contrast between what is reported as “research” in the general and commercial literature and what is reported in the filtered scientific research literature is singularly stark. Pubmed.org is the definitive National Library of Medicine database of medical and related scientific research, containing millions of literature abstracts covering virtually every article in every research publications worldwide. The following lists the number of items retrieved using Google and using Pubmed in response to the given query.
Query Found in Google Found in Pubmed
TA-65 + telomerase 21,100 7 (all irrelevant)
TAT2 + telomerase 4,510 1 (cited here)
astragaloside + telomerase 7,200 0
cycloastragenol + telomerase 1,820 1 (cited here)
Observation 2: Published studies suggests that telomerase activation may have a positive effect on the immune function, though this conjecture based on lab cell-level studies must be confirmed via large-scale human studies. How much affect using what activator and under what conditions are as yet not established. There is also research strongly suggesting important potential health benefits from taking astragaloside IV in particular, and possibly also from taking TAT2 (likely to be the same thing). How telomerase activation relates to the beneficial effects of these substances, however, remains mostly unstudied.
Observation 3: The case for specifically taking TA-65 is mainly based on propriety information provided by TA sciences and doctors offering TA-65 as a treatment, and by the original research done by Geron. The most compelling positive information is that derived from the 2005 human trial sponsored by TA Sciences. While TA-65 has an immense standing in the popular literature I have had trouble finding any mention of it in the published scientific literature. In fact, if a query about TA-65 is made in PubMed, part of the reply is “The following term was not found in PubMed: TA-65.”
Observation 4: I remind readers that there are research studies establishing that there are other interventions that result in longer telomeres besides taking the telomerase activators discussed here. See the January 2010 blog entry Vitamins, supplements and telomerase – upregulation or downregulation? And also see my blog entries Exercise, telomerase and telomeres, Timely telomerase tidbits, Breakthrough telomere research finding, and Telomere and telomerase writings.
Observation 5: In the scientific literature I have found no published research whatsoever that establishes that any of the telomerase activators mentioned actually extends telomeres. The closest the literature comes are statements like “moderately increases telomerase activity, ” “modestly retards telomere shortening,” and “inhibit the onset of CD4 and CD8 cellular senescence.” And these statements are based on cell-level studies with results that may or may not be applicable in live humans. It is interesting that the TA Sciences web site does not now make the claim that TA-65 actually extends telomeres. Unfortunately, however, the claim keeps popping up in news stories and some blog postings about the activator substances.
Observation 6: What telomerase activators actually do in humans remains a mystery as far as the published scientific literature is concerned, and what the two proprietary activators consist of still remains a mystery as well. I keep awaiting more trustworthy published information.
Back to the science of telomeres and telomerase
For those familiar with the great complexities of telomere biology and pathways affecting telomere length management, it should not be surprising that is not so simple as “take a telomerase activator and get longer telomeres.” Whether telomeres get longer or shorter or stay the same is determined not only by the presence of telomerase but also by interactions involving many signaling paths and activation cofactors. “Telomere transcription is regulated by several mechanisms: developmental status, telomere length, cellular stress, tumour stage and chromatin structure(ref).” Presence of a telomerase activator is only one factor in driving telomere lengths. The literature related to telomerase and telomeres is extremely extensive and I have barely touched on it here. What is largely missing is literature specifically related to the astragalus-based telomerase activators.
Further, telomerase has other activities besides telomere length maintenance. Activating the TERT telomerase component may have other positive effects without making telomeres longer. These positive effects can include promoting cellular and organismal survival(ref) and increasing the rate of differentiation of quiescent adult stem cells(ref). So, in principle at least, a telomerase activator could convey health benefits independently of affecting telomere lengths. We just don’t know the extent to which this happens in humans in response to the astragalus-based supplements.
My personal experience with telomerase activators may be untypical. I started taking a large dose of astragalus extract in July 2007 with the intention of telomerase activation, switched to astragaloside IV 50mg a day in August 2008. As of mid-December 2009, I switched to taking a 5mg cycloastragenol capsule together with a simple astragalus-extract pill which may possibly increase bioavailability. On February 14 2010, I upped the daily cycloastragenol dose to 10mg. So I have been on some kind of telomerase activator or the other for close to three years now. What is the effect? I don’t know, especially because of all the other anti-aging supplements I have been taking and anti-aging lifestyle patterns I have been observing. If I use the criteria mentioned in the TA Sciences trial, I can personally comment that now at the age of 80:
1. Immune system measures: I seem to have as good or possibly better resistance to infections or viruses as ever.
2. Eye sight: Distance vision acuity in both eyes is excellent though I require corrective lenses for reading and close-up vision. My last eye exam showed no progression of druzen or signs of macular degeneration.
3. Sexual function measures: No decline in desire, perhaps even a bothersome increase. Performance and satisfaction enhanced by sildenafil seems OK.
4. Certain skin properties: Quality and texture of skin for my age are excellent.
5. Hair: And I add one other thing I have been monitoring, which is hair. About a year ago I wrote in my treatise “I have noticed a few small effects so far. The light patina of grey hairs on my mostly-bald scalp seems to me to be a bit thicker with a few black hairs as well. I have been nearly bald for over 30 years. It is known that in animal models at least, conditional telomerase induction causes proliferation of hair follicle stem cells (ref). It remains to be seen whether I will see more or darker hair as I continue with telomerase activation. Also there seems to be some increase in my sexual libido but this may be a subjective impression. I also do not know if my daily schedule of alternating taking the telomerase activator with the other supplements with a few hours of separation is effective or whether I would be better off alternating every other day or even every other week.” Since then there are many more grey hairs but not black ones. I am no longer absolutely bald. The grey hairs seem to keep coming back but very slowly.
I am planning to stay with the cycloastragenol supplements until my supply runs out in 3 months or so. I am not sure what I am going to do for telomerase activation after then. I keep waiting for the “shoe to drop” with more definitive research results becoming available as I have been waiting for three years now. I think it is ridiculous that we are still relying on 2005 test data from 36 people who were on an activator for only two weeks when now many people have been on such activators for three years or more and have been subjected to systematic age-biomarker and telomere length testing. | <urn:uuid:5f91b1ec-ad62-4370-9c10-96163e89bc13> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://www.anti-agingfirewalls.com/2010/04/09/telomerase-activators-%e2%80%93-what-do-they-really-do/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988719286.6/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183839-00499-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.945272 | 5,250 | 2.484375 | 2 |
The Journey of Light memorial to victims of institutional abuse will be erected next to the Garden of Remembrance in Parnell Square in Dublin over the next two years. Learn more about this project
The design hopes to create a “fluid progression” between the Garden of Remembrance, which commemorates those who died for the cause of Irish freedom, with a memorial dedicated to the young victims of abuse and will include a lighted walkway, water feature and trees. It is currently under consideration for planning permission.
Aegis Safety Management role:
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Project on hold due to Planning Issues
Office of Public Works.
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I wonder if the new laws – the word “ordinance” is used for local USA laws – concerning feral cats that will come into force in Columbia, Missouri, are a trend for the future. I am pleased about them and also a bit concerned.
The good people who care for feral cats now have to ensure that the cats are spayed and neutered, trapped and tested for FeLV and FIV, clip one ear of trapped cats to ID the cat, microchip trapped cats, vaccinate all the cats against rabies in addition to the other vaccinations required and finally find homes for feral kittens while spaying the mothers…phew..
That is a lot and a lot of obligations and responsibility. It will also cost a lot of money. Who will pay for it?
Why it is good?
I guess this is obvious. Something is being done at source, well not quite at source, about the feral cat problem. This is something I have been harping on about for a while.
Why it is not so good?
People who feed and organize neutering of feral cats are volunteers, most often. How will they afford to do all these worthy and useful things?
Will it lead to an abandonment of feral cats rather than greater work in respect of feral cats? Will it stop existing trap, neuter and return programs?
Apparently people can apply for city funds to assist in the cost. That may be the savior of this enlightened ordinance.
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