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Yesterday marked World Clean Up day for us, and sparked the idea to get out a few simple tips on ways on how to help the environment today! I mean TODAY, a roll-out of bed, quick inspirational type of guide.
Oftentimes, the idea of helping the environment can be so overwhelming that we just don’t know where to start. Yes, I’ve been there too! I’ve also had many friends who have been there, but it’s just about slowly progressing into more steps.
PS: This picture was from saving a lady bug from drowning in a pool. It’s the little things we do that make a difference!
1. GET MOTIVATED AND BACK ON TRACK
Sometimes we need that reminder or that inspiration to help us get back on track and inspire us to remember our mission. Heck, I even need it sometimes.
You’re exactly on track to doing that just by reading this article, thanks for being a fellow eco-warrior, spread the word because there needs to be more of us out there!
Some other sources of inspiration can come from listening to podcasts, watching documentaries (Like A Plastic Ocean), reading the newsletters about the environment, reading blogs (just like this one!), and creating a community of other eco-warriors.
Okay, but what are some good guidelines for keeping my mind on track? Here is a quick snapshot of the 8Rs.
Rethink — Know when to find better options
Refuse — Say no, thank you more
Reduce — Lessen waste
Reuse — Use over and over again
Repair — Fix or Mend something to prolong its life
Rot — Choose products that turn back into earth
Repurpose — Find a new use for an item
Recycle — Turn something old into something new
If you’re looking for more information on these 8Rs, check out this article here, SUSTAINABILITY EXAMPLES: THE 8RS.
2. PICK UP TRASH
I know it can sound a little daunting, but it could even push us to get outside and even get more exercise as well. It’s a great way to feed two birds with one scone, as PETA would say.
To get started, maybe give yourself something to measure, which could be; a time limit, an amount of miles, or two grocery bags full. That way it seems more achievable, it’s said that if we know our goal and the steps to get there, that it’s more achievable.
However, maybe you love it so much you want to do more? Every single year, there is a World Clean Up Day on September 15, so we could gather a group of friends and family and do it together!
Who would be interested in organized clean-up days? Would you attend?
3. CUT WATER USAGE
Let’s take a step back and realize how grateful we should be for the comforts we have each and every day, one of them being our access to fresh and clean water.
While nearly 70 percent of the world’s covered by water, only 2.5 percent of it is fresh. The rest is saline and ocean-based. Even then, just 1 percent of our freshwater is easily accessible, with much of it trapped in glaciers and snowfields. —National Geographic
This statement above shows how privileged we truly are to have the access to our water, which means respecting it too. Whelp, believe me, I LOVE WATER, but wasting it and leaving the water running while it’s not being used in the shower or while brushing your teeth is definitely a couple good places to start.
For more ideas, check out this article on 8 WAYS THE WATER USAGE PER PERSON CAN BE REDUCED.
4. START COMPOSTING
Firstly, organic waste in landfills generates, methane, a potent greenhouse gas that wreaks havoc on the ozone layer. It’s said that only 4.1 percent of wasted food) was composted in 2018 by the EPA, which is so sad.
According to the Composting Council, if everyone in the United States composted all of their food waste, the impact would be equivalent to removing 7.8 million cars from the road. WOW!
In spite of it seeming difficult, it’s just a matter of getting started, and once you start it’s almost impossible to ever look back.
In this case, I even wrote an article on an amazing app that allows us to compost from anywhere in the world, whether it be from a van, an apartment, a house, or wherever you may be!
Check it out! HAVE YOU HEARD OF SHAREWASTE?
Not only that, I also share the easy steps to answering those questions on how to help the environment.
5. CHANGE WHERE YOU SHOP & WHO YOU SUPPORT
When it comes to sustainability, a lot of people wonder why certain products or companies are more mainstream, this is because people are using their dollars to support the wrong future they want.
Furthermore, a great question to ask is: Are these businesses taking into consideration how to help the environment?
The best way to describe what we choose to support is to look at where our time and money go. When we look at big and wasteful corporations, how are they growing and becoming more wasteful? Whelp, people are buying from them, they are profiting off of it, and getting bigger.
Another article on how to start small and change where we choose to shop for groceries, start in one area, and grow from there. For most people, groceries are the most frequently shopped for the area of their budget, so this is a great area to address first.
Check out this article on 7 SUSTAINABLE GROCERY SHOPPING OPTIONS, to help get you started.
Also, I regularly update the blog shop to reflect some of my personal favorite places I shop at, keeping in mind to support the sustainability values and overall ethics.
Another great way to see who you support is to look at the people who put energy into creating the content, that you’re enjoying. I highly recommend supporting those people as well, they often get overlooked.
LOOKING FOR OTHER ARTICLES ON HOW TO HELP THE ENVIRONMENT?
We are all in this together, don’t forget to share this article with those who need an extra step in the right direction.
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[Written in large part nearly a year ago, but holds up well on review, so publishing it while waiting for the late-night, extra-innings, baseball game to wrap up.]
Some ponderings on what the legal scholars call textualism and purposiveness, roughly what the rest of us tend to call strict and loose constructionism. These thoughts were inspired by my class in Legal Methods, which explores, among other things, how to interpret laws. Since I’m not likely to directly return to the issue until next semester, I wanted to force myself to write this down now and think them through. It is worth noting that these are likely the least original things I’ve ever written, given how hashed over this subject has been, but they are all new to me :)
The reason why this ends up cast as a conservative v. liberal thing, typically, is (per Posner) “[liberals] think that modern legislation does not go far enough, [conservatives] think that it goes too far. Each school has developed interpretive techniques [i.e., strict and loose construction] appropriate to its political ends.” Loose construction, then, is about creating new law to fill in gaps, and in most recent political history in this country, new law has meant liberal law. If the recent conservative ascendancy continues, though, and the hypocrisy of the conservative ascendancy continues, we’ll almost certainly see conservative loose construction, and liberal strict construction. It should be interesting to see how that develops, and whether or not we see more consistency or more hypocrisy as a result.
There are a number of reasons the problem comes up:
- Some of the issues that call for loose construction are caused by Congress just plain screwing up- using language that is badly and unnecessarily imprecise. If Congress says ‘legal fees’, and then explicitly and repeatedly says in the record ‘when we say legal fees, we mean legal fees and witness fees’, then surely you would think (1) Congress could have just said in the law ‘legal fees and witness fees’ and (2) a sane court would say ‘OK, they meant legal fees and witness fees’. But I didn’t make this example up. Congress didn’t add the three words, and the Court did completely ignore what the Congress said it meant, eviscerating the clear intent of the authors of the law. That said, they’ll likely be more careful next time- so maybe it isn’t a bad thing. (See more on that below.)
- Some of the problem stems from the nature of the Congressional process- the record is inevitably incomplete, and potentially dishonest, so there are times when what Congress says publicly it wants to do, and what it agrees to write to get votes, are different. This is a legitimate problem, I believe- closed-room discussions are substantially and meaningfully less democratic than the discussion of a full body of Congress. (This is not to defend the poor state of deliberation in Congress, but merely to point out that it is even worse in commitee.) So should the courts pay attention to that? They often do.
- A third cause, and the most difficult one for the strict constructionists, is the ENGLISH99 problem- language is not standardized and not standardizable. The textualist argument explicitly presumes that there is a standardized English, which is clearly not sane.
- A fourth cause, of course, is Congressional incapacity- they just can’t anticipate all the corner cases that a law can cover. This is a deep problem for both camps to grapple with. If even in the very, very best case Congress can’t write perfect laws, how do you deal with this?
An open question for me: is the spirit maintainable? Can a system built on some mix of incompetence and fallibility (on the part of Congress) and baling wire (on the part of the Court) hold together? My current sense is that it is not holding together very well. Loose construction almost definitely produces more just short-term results, but it also clearly encourages sloppy lawmaking (at best) and undemocratic behavior (at worst) by Congress.
Given those problems, where is the balance? Is making the system more sustainable, reasonable, predictable, etc., at the cost of relatively temporary, small injustices, worth it? What if the injustices are bigger? longer-term? I am really not sure how to reasonably assess the problem, though it is clear that the current method of figuring out the problem isn’t working either- instead of a meaningful political discussion (like the one that has apparently led the EU to declare that all law should be interpreted purposively), it gets handed off to the Supreme Court justices to bicker about, with the occasional new nominee thrown in. This seems like nearly a worst-case scenario, unfortunately.
[Tangentially, I have a hunch that much of the significance of this problem is that the ur-text- the Constitution, particularly the Bill of Rights- is what provides much of the animating ‘spirit’ of American national law, and it is in many ways antiquated. If, for example, it contained a clear, simple privacy right, there would be much less need to engage in purposive interpretation when it came to Constitutional issues. We’d still have this tension when it came down to interpreting regular legislation, but inevitably legislative mistakes by the Court are less significant and easier to fix than Constitutional ones.] | <urn:uuid:8ec2da83-b3f6-47ab-9562-d17173adcbdd> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://lu.is/blog/2007/06/10/on-textualism-purposiveness-and-maintainability/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560279410.32/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095119-00171-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.955934 | 1,159 | 1.828125 | 2 |
Parenting Student Resource Hub
College students with children - student parents - make up more than 25% of the college population in the U.S., and need support to help balance caregiving and financial responsibilities with work, study time, and class. At Iowa State University, we have many ways to assist you as a student parent. We are here to help in identifying resources, locating policies, learning about programs, and connecting to peers.
The information and resources listed below are for ISU student parents; be sure to check out the other parenting resources we have available here. For information about upcoming events and other news, follow us on Facebook.
The Academic Success Center is located in the Hixson-Lied Student Success Center and offers individualized and group-facilitated experiences through course-specific and general academic assistance such as academic coaching, Supplemental Instruction, and tutoring services as well as Psych 131: Academic Learning Skills. All of the programs and services are designed to help you learn how to learn and become an independent, self-directed, and self-regulated learner. It's up to you to choose and use those supports that can help you strengthen your learning!
Student Accessibility Services (SAS) is a unit in the Dean of Students Office and supports students who need accommodations to succeed academically, whether due to ongoing disability or temporary health condition such as pregnancy. SAS serves as a point-of-contact for any individual interested in learning about eligibility for services and reasonable accommodations at ISU.
Title IX provides for equal educational opportunities for pregnant and parenting students. It prohibits educational institutions from discriminating against pregnant students based upon their marital status and cannot discriminate against a student because of childbirth, false pregnancy, or recovery from related conditions. A pregnant student should be granted a leave of absence for as long as it is deemed medically necessary for her to be absent. At the conclusion of her leave, she must be allowed to resume the status she held when the leave began. For further guidance, see the "Supporting the Academic Success of Pregnant and Parenting Students" brochure from the U.S. Department of Education. Although this pamphlet focuses on secondary schools, the legal principles apply to all recipients of federal financial assistance, including postsecondary institutions.
If you have any questions regarding your rights as a pregnant or parenting student, please contact a Deputy Title IX Coordinator.
The Pregnant Scholar provides resources for students, postdocs, faculty, administrators, and others in institutions of higher education regarding Title IX's pregnancy-related protections.
The Writing and Media Center (WMC) helps students become stronger, more confident communicators. The WMC is a welcoming and inclusive peer tutoring center where friendly Communication Consultants offer individualized assistance to undergraduate and graduate students working on any form of written, oral, visual, or electronic communication.
Family housing is available in Schilletter Village (SV), located just north of central campus. SV is typically available to any student who is married or in a domestic partner relationship and/or has custody/visitation rights for dependent children; the student's spouse/domestic partner and/or dependent children.
Student Counseling Services is a unit within the Division of Student Affairs. They are the primary mental health agency for students at Iowa State University. There is no cost to the student for counseling services received at SCS. Counseling is an interactive process of talking with a trained professional. Sometimes the task is to help you see and feel more clearly those things which are preventing you from reaching your potential. Then together you can identify and practice new strategies to reduce the barriers to your progress. Other times, it simply helps to express yourself about painful or hurtful situations that have been “eating at you” from the inside. Your counselor is a neutral and experienced person who will not judge or pressure you but will work with you to move toward the goals that are important to you.
The primary goal of the Dean of Students Office is to empower every Cyclone to thrive at Iowa State University. Whether through their academic enrichment initiatives, programs designed to help all students experience a sense of community and belonging, or support resources DSO provides to help students navigate challenges that sometimes arise during their college journey, they seek to help students experience success in every aspect of their college experience. They also serve as a resource and partner with other campus departments, recognizing that students benefit from a collaborative network of resources.
Located in the lower level of Parks Library, the Family Friend Room is a place where ISU students can bring children to play and learn while they study. The room is large enough for two adults and up to six children and is equipped with two adult workstations with universal docking stations, a black and white printer, whiteboards and markers. For the children there is child-sized furniture, toys, and a computer with educational software. The room is located near the children's book collection on Tier 1. It's also near family restrooms and a lactation room. Reservations are required to use the room.
The Center for LGBTQIA+ Student Success develops academic and personal success, community, and leadership for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer, intersex, asexual, and allied students.
The Margaret Sloss Center for Women and Gender Equity at Iowa State University is committed to the development of a campus community that promotes gender equity and social justice. Through a feminist lens, the Sloss Center advocates for individuals and groups; provides support and referrals; and offers programming and educational resources for the advancement of gender equity.
The Margaret Sloss Center for Women and Gender Equity also administers two scholarships for adult and non-traditional students.
The Office of Multicultural Student Affairs (MSA) supports and empowers Iowa State University's students who self-identify as African American, Asian, Pacific Islander, Desi American, Latinx, Native American/Alaskan Native or Multiracial, and advocates for their holistic development across the University.
The mission of the Office of Student Assistance is to help students experiencing difficulties or challenges achieve academic success. In collaboration with campus and community partners, we provide support through connection to appropriate resources and awareness of university processes for students attending Iowa State University.
The Student Employment Center provides several resources to students regarding employment. SEC staff can answer questions about Federal Work-Study, Undergraduate Research Assistantships, America Reads/America Counts, and other general employment questions. The SEC also manages the Student Job Board, an online tool that allows ISU students to conveniently search for both on-campus and off-campus job opportunities.
Policies governing student life at Iowa State University can be found in the Policy Library.
The SHOP is a student-run, on-campus food pantry. Any ISU student or staff/faculty member can stop by and take whatever non-perishable food items they need.
TRIO Student Support Services at Iowa State University serves 250 low-income, first-generation students and/or students with disabilities each year with the goal of increasing persistence and graduation rates of these students. TRIO Student Support Services is funded by the U.S. Department of Education.
TRIO Student Support Services is a program that provides a variety of individualized services to participants. Students develop academic, social, and professional skills that contribute to a holistic educational experience at ISU and remain transferrable beyond graduation.
Lutheran Services of Iowa provides free, short-term child care for families who are experiencing a crisis or emergency. Families must reside in Story or Boone County, be experiencing a crisis (medical, death, domestic abuse, acute parental stress), and children must be between the ages of 0-12. To request services, call the 24-hour crisis line at (515) 460-2423.
Healthy Futures is a voluntary home visitation program offered by Youth Standing Strong (YSS), a community organization located in Ames. Healthy Futures staff provide one-on-one support to parents and children, with the goal of further improving parenting skills, resulting in a happy and healthy family. This program is available to every woman in Story and Boone County who is pregnant and/or parenting children who are age five and younger.
Nest Programs are incentive-based programs offered by Youth Standing Strong (YSS), a community organization located in Ames. Nest Programs offer education classes related to repgnancy, infant care, and parenting; clothing, supplies, and equipment to assist mothers with their babies; and assistance in locating and providing referrals to additional community services.
Lutheran Services of Iowa program, Parents as Teachers, offers personal home visits from an LSI Parent Educator to provide education about child development. This program serves parents from pregnancy up until their child is 5 years old. Families must reside in Story County and be experiencing barriers in raising a healthy family. To learn more, call LSI's office at (515) 232-7262.
An increasing number of graduate assistants, predoctoral, and postdoctoral appointees are beginning families during their appointment periods. The purpose of Bridge Funding is to provide short-term funding for up to 12 continuous weeks of paid leave for all graduate assistants, predoctoral scholars, and postdoctoral scholars who will be adding a new child to their family through birth or adoption. Leaves may begin during pregnancy, in the time prior to adoption, or after the arrival of the child.
- Child Care Access Means Parents in School (CCAMPIS) Grant Program: provides eligible student parents with a 75% monthly tuition discount at any ISU campus child care center.
- Childcare Assistance Program (CAP) Scholarship: provides reimbursement for child care expenses up to $750 each fall and spring semester. Undergraduate, graduate, and professional students must apply each academic year.
Federal financial aid regulations allow universities to include an allowance for dependent child care expenses in the student's cost of attendance. This may increase your student loan eligibility by allowing you to borrow an additional amount in federal subsidzed, unsubsidized, or graduate PLUS student loans. Additional information about how to request a cost of attendance adjustment is available from the Office Student Financial Aid.
The Iowa Department of Human Services has a number of financial assistance programs for children and families living in the state of Iowa.
- Cash Assistance - Family Investment Program or Refugee Cash Assistance: provides cash assistance to needy families as they become self-supporting.
- Child Care Assistance Program: helps pay for child care while a parent or caretaker works or attends school.
- Child Support Recovery Unit: provides services to ensure families receive the child support they need to meet the financial and health needs of their children.
- Food Assistance: provides nutrition benefits to supplement the food budget of needy families so they can purchase healthy food.
- Health Care Options: a variety of options for health care are available from the Department of Human Services, depending on the family and situation.
The mission of the Office of Student Financial Success is to reduce Iowa State University students' loan debt and improve the overall financial health of Iowa State University students through education and understanding of how to finance their higher education. The Office of Student Financial Success advises students one-on-one to help make managing money easier. Topics include but are not limited to budgeting, spending, credit cards, student loans and repaymnet, and basic personal finance.
Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) is a supplemental nutrition program for babies, children under the age of 5, pregnant women, breastfeeding women, and women who have had a baby in the last 6 months. WIC helps families by providing healthy foods, nutrition education, and referrals to other health care agencies. | <urn:uuid:ea0d3c23-b1ef-419b-83ba-11ba1f870a19> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://childcare.hr.iastate.edu/parenting-students | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573699.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819131019-20220819161019-00270.warc.gz | en | 0.95049 | 2,406 | 1.984375 | 2 |
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Table of Contents
How do you treat 40 degree fever?
Suggestions to treat fever include:
- Take paracetamol or ibuprofen in appropriate doses to help bring your temperature down.
- Drink plenty of fluids, particularly water.
- Avoid alcohol, tea and coffee as these drinks can cause slight dehydration.
- Sponge exposed skin with tepid water.
- Avoid taking cold baths or showers.
How bad is a 40 degree fever?
40°C or higher – very high fever With a very high fever you will usually want to stay in bed or be inactive – you won’t feel well enough to carry out normal activities. You may have lost your appetite. You’ll feel hot to touch.
Is a fever of 40 high?
A fever is a high body temperature. A temperature of up to 38.9°C (102°F) can be helpful because it helps the body fight infection. Most healthy children and adults can tolerate a fever as high as 39.4°C (103°F) to 40°C (104°F) for short periods of time without problems. Children tend to have higher fevers than adults.
Can you survive 42 degree fever?
Anything from 39-42 is high fever and above 42.4°C the fever is very dangerous and can cause serious, long-lasting damage. Fever could be triggered by some of the following, according to the Better Health Channel: Viruses that cause the flu, the common cold or upper respiratory tract infections.
What is the fastest home remedy for fever?
- Sit in a bath of lukewarm water, which will feel cool when you have a fever.
- Give yourself a sponge bath with lukewarm water.
- Wear light pajamas or clothing.
- Try to avoid using too many extra blankets when you have chills.
- Drink plenty of cool or room-temperature water.
- Eat popsicles.
What body temp is normal?
The average body temperature is 98.6 F (37 C). But normal body temperature can range between 97 F (36.1 C) and 99 F (37.2 C) or more.
Why does fever increase at night?
At night, there is less cortisol in your blood. As a result, your white blood cells readily detect and fight infections in your body at this time, provoking the symptoms of the infection to surface, such as fever, congestion, chills, or sweating. Therefore, you feel sicker during the night.
At what temperature should you go to hospital?
Call your doctor if your temperature is 103 F (39.4 C) or higher. Seek immediate medical attention if any of these signs or symptoms accompanies a fever: Severe headache. Unusual skin rash, especially if the rash rapidly worsens.
Is a 102 fever bad?
A fever is a higher-than-normal body temperature, one of the body’s natural responses to infection. A low-grade fever isn’t usually a cause for concern, but a temperature 102°F and above should be treated.
What is the fastest way to cure a fever?
How to break a fever
- Take your temperature and assess your symptoms.
- Stay in bed and rest.
- Keep hydrated.
- Take over-the-counter medications like acetaminophen and ibuprofen to reduce fever.
- Stay cool.
- Take tepid baths or using cold compresses to make you more comfortable.
How can I get fever at home?
How do you treat low temperature?
Use warm, dry compress (only on the neck, chest wall, or groin and not on the arms or legs) Do not apply direct heat (no hot water or placing a hot-water bag on the person’s body) Provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) when necessary (when breathing and pulse is undetectable)
What’s the best way to treat a fever in an adult?
Get plenty of rest. Take ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin, or others), naproxen, (Aleve, Naprosyn, or others), acetaminophen (Tylenol, others) or aspirin to help relieve head and body aches and lower your temperature. Take a slightly warm, not cool, bath or apply damp washcloths to the forehead and wrists. Dress lightly (even if you have chills).
What happens if you have a fever of 40°C?
40°C or higher – very high fever. With a very high fever you will usually want to stay in bed or be inactive – you won’t feel well enough to carry out normal activities. You may have lost your appetite. You’ll feel hot to touch.
What to do if you have a fever over 104?
Take a slightly warm, not cool, bath or apply damp washcloths to the forehead and wrists. Dress lightly (even if you have chills). If you have a fever over 104°F (40°C) call your doctor. Call your doctor right away if you have a fever along with any of these symptoms:
What should the oral temp be if you have a fever?
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As per the World Bank, around 130 million metric tons per year (MTPY) of plastic waste is generated across the globe. Plastic to oil (fuel) process is one of the best emerging technologies to convert plastic into synthetic crude oil and other petroleum products.
The rising demand for energy all over the world will continue to drive the global plastics to oil market in the coming years.
On the basis of technology, the global recycled plastic & plastic waste to oil market has been segmented into pyrolysis, gasification and synthesis, and catalytic depolymerization processes. Pyrolysis process is the most widely used technology for converting plastic into oil (fuel). Based on end-fuel, the global recycled plastic & plastic waste to oil market has been segmented into diesel, gasoline, kerosene, synthetic gases, and others.
Diesel is the most widely produced fuel from plastic to oil (fuel) process. the global recycled plastic & plastic waste to oil market stood at US$542.8 mn in 2014 and is likely to reach US$1,971.4 mn by 2024, expanding at a CAGR of 12.6% between 2016 and 2024. | <urn:uuid:8458ca4d-2a18-4591-ba17-72c18770ab3c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://tyrepyrolysisplants.net/recycled-plastic-waste-oil-pyrolysis-catalytic-depolymerisation-processes.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571987.60/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813202507-20220813232507-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.941842 | 246 | 2.90625 | 3 |
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PUERTO RICO HERALD
Roaring At The San Sebastian Festival
By J.A. del Rosario
January 23, 2004
On Friday night, Ashford Avenue in Condado was flooded with cars. This is not uncommon for Condado. On Friday and Saturday nights, Ashford Ave. is a crawling parade of cars with booming sound systems, and a constant bustle of tourists and local pedestrians making their way to the street's popular restaurants, bars and nigh clubs.
But this past Friday Ashford's traffic jam had a different reason for being. Approximately 5 miles away, in Old San Juan, thousands of locals and tourists were making their way to the San Sebastian Street Festival, Puerto Rico's answer to Mardi Gras.
The San Sebastian Street Fest was started about 50 years ago, when then-San Juan Mayor Felisa Rincón insitituted the weekend-long celebration. The beginnings were humble. Old San Juan was not as much a tourist attraction, as a tourist curiosity -- and the festival was mostly attended by the local community.
With the passing of the years the festival grew. Local businesses saw great economic opportunity in it, and the municipal government increased its role in the organization. Today, it is the biggest party of the year. This year, more than 250,000 people made their way to the Old City to participate in the festivities.
As the festival grew, it split into two celebrations. During the day, thousands of families drive from all parts of the island to walk around and take a look at the latest offering from local artists and artisans who are selling their goods in the city.
Since the 1950s, when the government put the island's artists to work in public educational projects, reproductive forms like serigraphs, and lithographs have been local artists' preferred medium. The San Sebastian festival is the biggest venue for these artists to sell their work.
By 6 P.M., the artists put their works away, and the municipal cleanup crews run through the city streets cleaning up the litter left behind by the masses. There is a short lull before the second half of the day begins.
The night tme part of the festival is an all out raging party. Thousands flood San Sebastian Street, holding beers and drinks in their hands. To manage the volume of people, bars resort to putting one or two brands of beer on sale, filling endless trash cans with ice and moving cans of beer across the counter as fast as possible.
Less than a block away from the heart of the party, the municipal government sets up a large stage where the official entertainment of the evening will perform for the crowds. This year, the celebration included everything from rap music to classical offerings.
But the real musical celebration takes place in the streets. Those that come to celebrate bring their own instruments, and on every street corner a group of musicians starts off its own music, imploring the crowds around them to sing along.
Strangers dance together hand in hand, accompany each other with their instruments and sing together until nothing is left of their voices but the rasp of a whisper.
The festival is so popular with tourists, that those who experience it once often come back for more. Such is the case of the Amherst University swim team. For the past three years, the team has used Puerto Rico as its winter training location. The first time that the team came to the island, it was by chance that their 10-day stay coincided with the festival. But one visit to the festivities was all it took to convince the team, and its coach, that the rest of the trips would have to be scheduled with the festival in mind.
"Our coach discourages us from going out at night because we have morning practice," said Jamie Fisher, a senior on her third trip to the island.
"Except for the festival, we get to go out for that."
The challenge of the festival is getting there. Old San Juan is a sliver of land connected to the rest of Puerto Rico by a land passage no wider than 8-traffic lanes. During the festival, the traffic jams flow out of the Old City, down the boulevards and well into Condado's Ashford Avenue, where the regular weekend traffic gives way to anxious motorists on a sort-of mission journey to a promised land of songs, dance and drink.
Inevitably, most have to leave their cars several miles away from the city gates -- so walking shoes are a must.
If you must leave your car far away. Walk to the city using the Luis Muñoz Rivera Avenue, which runs along the shoreline. Using this route you will be able to see the waves of the ocean crash against the 500-year old walls of the Old City.
Along the way to Old San Juan using this route you will find the best place to fill your stomach enough to handle the drinking that awaits you inside the city walls.
El Hamburger is literally a burger shack frequented by artists, politicians, and bankers alike. The homemade grilled burgers, small in diameter but thick enough to make fitting it in your mouth a challenge, are the stuff of legend.
One burger, some fries and a soda should be enough to absorb the liquor that awaits you.
From this point, directions are completely unnecessary. Everyone you will meet on the road is headed to the same place, you need only to follow the crowd all around you to reach your destination.
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Sermon Introduction –
Jesus is the bread of life. It’s our job to share that bread with the world. What do we do when that feels like too big a job? Join us as Deacon Lynn leads us through the final message in the study from John 6 entitled, Loaves Abound
Introduction to our readings –
In today’s gospel many people take offense at Jesus’ invitation to eat his flesh and drink his blood; even many of Jesus’ disciples peel off. This is the backdrop in John’s gospel for Peter’s confession of faith. “To whom can we go?” asks Peter, in words we sometimes sing just before the gospel is read. “You have the words of eternal life.” In order to take such a stand, as Peter and Joshua did, (Joshua 24:1-2a, 14-18 ) Paul tells us to arm ourselves with the word of God. We pray in the spirit that we might be bold ambassadors of the gospel.
This program will guide you through our worship service.
Reading: Ephesians 6:10-20
Like a general giving a rousing speech to troops before battle, this letter closes by calling on Christians to be equipped for spiritual warfare against evil. The full armor of God includes truth, righteousness, peace, faith, the gift of salvation, and the word of God inspired by the Spirit.
Reading: John 6:56-69
The “hard saying” that offends Jesus’ disciples is his claim that his followers must eat his flesh and drink his blood. The followers who return to their old lives know something about how odd this sounds. Simon Peter, on the other hand, knows something about the scarcity of living, gracious words. He asks the most important questions: “To whom shall we go?” | <urn:uuid:199f8012-36df-40f6-bff0-dccd1ba47ca3> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.newhopeagoura.org/sermons/loaves-abound/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572408.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816151008-20220816181008-00668.warc.gz | en | 0.95881 | 386 | 1.992188 | 2 |
This is from the upcoming DVD presentation, The Real Jesus: Exposing the Christological Heresies of Pop Culture, which is actually part 3 of the series. The script of part 2 deals extensively with The Da Vinci Code, which thankfully doesn’t yet need another full-length DVD to expose the nonsense. Most likely the material will be rearranged and I will combine the best parts of 2 and 3 into one video.
I just showed the above video to someone who didn’t quite get the point. Think for a moment about the Ten Commandments controversy and the arguments used by the ACLU and other liberal groups who oppose the display of the Christian worldview in the public square. It’s much the same argument used by Celsus in the second century. Today’s humanists argue for “pluralism” and yet prohibit Christian expression, just as the pagans of the Roman Empire argued for polytheism and yet persecuted Christians for refusing to worship the state-sanctioned gods.
The lesson here is that there is no neutrality and pluralism is a myth. The dominant worldview in a culture is always intolerant to some degree to the worldviews that oppose it. Christians in our day would do well to realize that when we argue from the weak position of begging for a “seat at the table,” it is much more likely that we will end up being lion fodder.
Rather than me explaining it all here, go to the main blog entry and let’s start a discussion.
This satire is based on true events. The various accusations against Christians in “The Roman Report” are recorded in Justin Martyr’s First Apology. Celsus was a pagan critic of Christianity who also appeared around the same time. The accusations of Celsus in the video are taken almost verbatim from his attacks on Christians. Here’s where you can learn about the argument of Celsus from Origen’s writings. Or if you don’t want to go that in depth, just read the Wikipedia entry.
Here’s the full text of the sketch. (You’ll just need to scroll down below the ad for the DVD.) And here is the article in The Christian Statesman I wrote several years ago, which became the inspiration for this satire.
On a final note, my thanks to Warren French for his part as the Roman news anchor “Maximus Minimus.” J.P. Holding did a great job at portraying the arrogant condescension of Celsus. I told him to think of a commentator from MSNBC criticizing the statements of Pat Robertson or Jerry Falwell. Christian apologists don’t need to win the argument, we simply need to keep pressing the antithesis and exposing the impossible foundation of all anti-Christian philosophies.
Your comments are welcome!
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A Reasonable Response to Christian Postmodernism
Includes a response to the book Christian Jihad by Colonel V. Doner
The title of this book is a misnomer. In reality, I am not trying to get anyone to shut up, but rather to provoke a discussion. This book is a warning about the philosophy of “Christian postmodernism” and the threat that it poses not only to Christian orthodoxy, but to the peace and prosperity our culture as well. The purpose is to equip the reader with some basic principles that can be used to refute their arguments.
Part 1 is a response to some of the recent writings by Frank Schaeffer, the son of the late Francis Schaeffer. This was originally written as a defense against Frank’s attacks on pro-life street activism – a movement that his father helped bring into being through his books, A Christian Manifesto, How Should We Then Live? and Whatever Happened to the Human Race? These works have impacted literally hundreds of thousands of Christian activists.
Part 2 is a response to Colonel Doner and his book, Christian Jihad: Neo-Fundamentalists and the Polarization of America. Doner was one of the key architects of the Christian Right that emerged in the 1980s, who now represents the disillusionment and defection many Christian activists experienced in the 1990s and 2000s. There is still great hope for America to be reformed according to biblical principles. As a new generation is emerging, it is important to recognize the mistakes that Christian activists have made in the past even while holding to a vision for the future.
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Is there a connection between pagan religion and the abortion industry?
This powerful presentation traces the biblical roots of child sacrifice and then delves into the social, political and cultural fall-out that this sin against God and crime against humanity has produced in our beleaguered society.
Conceived as a sequel and update to the 1988 classic, The Massacre of Innocence, the new title, The Abortion Matrix, is entirely fitting. It not only references abortion’s specific target – the sacred matrix where human beings are formed in the womb in the very image of God, but it also implies the existence of a conspiracy, a matrix of seemingly disparate forces that are driving this holocaust.
The occult activity surrounding the abortion industry is exposed with numerous examples. But are these just aberrations, bizarre yet anomalous examples of abortionists who just happen to have ties to modern day witchcraft? Or is this representative of something deeper, more sinister and even endemic to the entire abortion movement?
As the allusion to the film of over a decade ago suggests, the viewer may learn that things are not always as they appear to be. The Abortion Matrix reveals the reality of child-killing and strikes the proper moral chord to move hearts to fulfill the biblical responsibility to rescue those unjustly sentenced to death and to speak for those who cannot speak for themselves (Proverbs 24:11,12; 31:8,9).
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These shocking eyewitness accounts expose the dangers of abortion not only to unborn children, but to the health and lives women as well. An antidote to the smokescreens of the liberal media, these short clips show what really happens in and around abortion clinics.
Although the content is emotionally gut-wrenching, these videos have been used in church seminars and small groups to educate Christians on the abortion issue and to lead people toward a pro-life position. Contains 2 hours and 40 minutes of materials that can be shown separately.
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With “preaching to the lost” being such a basic foundation of Christianity, why do many in the church seem to be apathetic on this issue of preaching in highways and byways of towns and cities?
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Does the Bible really call church pastors, leaders and evangelists to proclaim the gospel in the public square as part of obedience to the Great Commission, or is public preaching something that is outdated and not applicable for our day and age?
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What is high cholesterol?
Cholesterol consists of lipids, a fatty substance produced by the liver and derived from the fat in the food we eat. These lipids perform a very important function in your body, as they make up a big part of all the cell membranes as well as isolating nerve fibres. They are also vital in the production of sex and steroid hormones and bile acids, which are important in digestion and the absorption of fats.
Cholesterol can't move in the bloodstream on its own, but needs to be transported by molecules known as lipoproteins. There are two types of lipoproteins, namely high-density lipoprotein (HDL) and low-density lipoprotein (LDL), also known as the good and bad cholesterol.
HDL and LDL cholesterol
What makes cholesterol good or bad is dependent on the type of lipoproteins in your body they bond with. Cholesterol needs lipoproteins to move around your body; some take cholesterol to your cells where it can be used, and others take cholesterol back from the cells to the liver, where the body can excrete it.
There are two types of cholesterol in the body:
HDL cholesterol, or high density cholesterol ('good')
HDL (high density lipoprotein) particles work to transport cholesterol away from the body through excretion or re-utilisation in the liver. For this reason it's often described as the 'good' form of cholesterol. A higher level of HDL cholesterol in the bloodstream has been said to better cardiovascular health, whilst lower levels of HDL may increase the risk of heart disease. A HDL particle has a higher apoprotein build up compared to an LDL particle. Apoproteins are an important part of the HDL makeup as they help to remove fats and cholesterol from the artery walls, preventing the white blood cells from being overloaded, and reducing the risk of progressive atheroma.
Eating foods such as fish, stopping smoking, exercising and taking supplements such as fish oil capsules and niacin can all increase the levels of HDL cholesterol in the body. A lower HDL level can suggest a possible problem with the body's metabolism. HDL cholesterol levels of 60 mg/dL means it is at a good level. Levels below 40 mg/dL are not a good indicator and should be addressed as soon as possible.
LDL cholesterol, or low density cholesterol ('bad')
The LDL (low density lipoprotein) particles are tasked with carrying cholesterol and other nutrients to various cells around the body via the bloodstream. They don't only carry cholesterol, but are also responsible for transporting antioxidants, triglycerides and fat-soluble vitamins. The more triglycerides are in the bloodstream, the more LDL particles are required to transport them. If the cells in the body cannot fully utilise the LDL then there becomes a buildup, these in time are then deposited in the arteries causing a blockage which could results in heart related problems such as stroke, angina and heart attack. Higher than normal levels of LDL cholesterol in the body is what results in a diagnosis of high cholesterol.
The table below shows the recommended levels of LDL cholesterol in the bloodstream, and at what rate it is deemed as too high.
|LDL "Bad" Cholesterol Level
|Less than 100 mg/dL
|100 to 129 mg/dL
||Near or above optimal
|130 to 159 mg/dL
|160 to 189 mg/dL
|190 mg/dL and above
Foods that reduce high cholesterol
Any foods with low saturated fat can help lower high cholesterol including:
- Vegetables such as aubergine and sweet potato
- Beans and pulses
- Fruits such as citrus fruits and mangos
- Soya and tofu
- Nuts such as almonds, walnuts, cashews and peanuts (unsalted)
Foods that can increase cholesterol
High saturated fat is a big no-no if you're looking to lower your cholesterol levels. The following foods should be avoided and the amount reduced significantly:
- Butter and hard margarines
- Fatty meat products, such as sausages
- Dairy produce, such as cheese and cream
- Coconut oils, butters, and creams
What causes high cholesterol?
There are various factors that can increase your risk of developing high cholesterol, most of which are treatable, and even preventable.
Some of the main causes of high cholesterol levels are lifestyle factors including:
- Eating foods containing high levels of saturated fats such as red meat, pork sausages, hard cheese, butter, lard, pastry, cakes, biscuits and cream, etc
- If you are obese or overweight you are more likely to have higher levels of LDL in your blood
- Not exercising can also cause in increase in LDL levels
- Smoking; one chemical – acrolein – stops HDL from carrying the fat to your liver
High blood pressure
Lack of exercise
Treating these conditions can often be helpful in reducing LDL levels. Some people may be genetically predisposed to high cholesterol, something that is known as hypercholesterolemia (FH), which affects every one in 500 people. Blood cholesterol levels also increase with age.
What should my cholesterol be?
In conjunction with other health and lifestyle factors, medical professionals use the following to determine whether your LDL numbers are too high:
Optimal - less than 5mmol/l Mildly high - 5 to 6.4mmol/l Moderately high - 6.5 to 7.8mmol/l Very high - above 7.8mmol/l
High cholesterol in men and women
The primary female sex hormone oestrogen has a protective effect against 'bad' LDL cholesterol, and raises levels of 'good' HDL cholesterol; so younger women do tend to be less prone to suffering from the condition than younger men. This may explain why premenopausal women tend to have much lower levels of heart disease. However, as women age and their oestrogen levels deplete, their risk of developing high cholesterol increases.
Also, during pregnancy an increase in cholesterol is normal, essential even. This is because it helps the body create oestrogen and progesterone, which are vital for carrying a pregnancy to term. These levels of cholesterol should drop within 4 weeks of giving birth. It is advised that the best way to maintain healthy levels of cholesterol whilst pregnant is to eat a balanced diet, keeping in mind that you only need an extra 300 calories a day to support you and the baby.
What are the symptoms of high cholesterol?
High cholesterol isn't an illness on its own, so there aren't usually signs that indicate whether your blood cholesterol is too high. Most people only realise they have a problem when their high levels of cholesterol start causing serious health problems.
This is why it is important for certain groups to get tested regularly to monitor the LDL numbers in your system. High cholesterol can be monitored and treated more effectively the earlier you detect it.
Who should be tested for high cholesterol?
Unless you are at risk or ask to be tested for high cholesterol, there is no reason why it will be tested. You may be tested if:
|You are overweight
||You are obese
||You have high blood pressure
|You have diabetes
||You have a kidney condition
||You have an underactive thyroid gland
|You have an inflamed pancreas
||You have been diagnosed with coronary heart disease
||You have had a stroke
|You are over 40 years old
||High cholesterol runs in the family
||You have a family history of early cardiovascular disease
The risks of high cholesterol
A high level of 'bad' cholesterol isn't a problem on its own but can cause many other health issues such as:
- The narrowing of your arteries (atherosclerosis)
- Heart attack or stroke
- Chest pain (angina)
- Blood clots or coronary heart disease (blockage of blood supply to the heart)
Benefits of treating high cholesterol
Those diagnosed with high cholesterol will understand the importance of taking active steps towards reducing their cholesterol levels to an acceptable range. There are various reasons and benefits of reducing high cholesterol levels, apart from the general health benefit, patients may also experience other benefits such as:
- Decreased risk of plaque formation in the arteries
increased plaque build up could lead to stroke, angina or heart attacks if not rectified in time
- Increased energy levels
reduced levels of LDL cholesterol means the heart can pump blood more easily through the veins around the body thus requiring less energy
Getting tested for high cholesterol
Diagnosing high cholesterol can be difficult due to the lack of symptoms, however one blood test can show whether you need to look at lowering your level or not. You BMI will also be taken into account before your GP will determine what you need to do.
For the blood sample, you may be asked to refrain from eating for 10-12 hours prior to the injection so many appointment can be scheduled fairly early in the morning to include your sleep time. If you are needle-phobic, the doctor can take a sample from a pin-prick in your finger.
Treatment methods for high cholesterol
It is possible to take these three methods together, but do consult your your doctor:
Changes to your lifestyle
The best way to treat or prevent high levels of LDL in your blood is by watching your diet and exercise regimes – by becoming more active and eating foods that aren't high in saturated fat. Doing this can make a big difference in reducing high cholesterol levels by assisting the production of 'good' cholesterol in your system.
The NHS states that the average man should have no more than 30g of saturated fat every day, the average woman is 20g. Apps such as MYFitnessPal are free and can easily monitor your level to keep on track.
Prescription treatments known as statins are also available to treat high cholesterol in combination with healthy living. These treatments, such as Simvastatin, work to lower the concentration of LDL in your blood, but should only be considered if you've already made adjustments to your lifestyle and had little or no success, or if you have cardiovascular disease. These medications decrease the production of 'bad' LDL cholesterol by the liver, which lowers LDL cholesterol blood levels by up to 50%.
They are highly effective medications, and generally come with a very low chance of side effects.
These are some of the most popular statins available for the treatment of high cholesterol:
Over the counter treatments
Alternatively, aspirin and niacin may also be recommended. Aspirin works to prevent blood clotting, while niacin is a B vitamin that lowers dangerous cholesterol in the system and increases the lipoproteins that remove cholesterol. Ezetimibe is recommended to people who can't take statins or to use in conjunction with statins to lower their LDL levels.
How to prevent high cholesterol
The best way to prevent high blood cholesterol is to combat the lifestyle causes by eating a healthy diet and to remain active.
Altering your diet is the biggest potential change you can make to lower your cholesterol, and can decrease the level of triglycerides* in your bloodstream as well. Sodium (salt) levels should also be reduced, as increased levels in the blood stream can attract water and stretch the arteries and blood vessels. This in turn causes little tears in the vessel walls, making it easier for cholesterol to build up in these sections.
Exercise stimulates the amount of lipoproteins that take cholesterol away from the blood, while eating healthily can limit the amount of lipoproteins that increase cholesterol in your blood. It is advised to try and get 30 minutes per day of moderate to vigorous exercise. This can include activities such as walking, jogging, cycling, or even gardening. When observing patients who did very little exercise to begin with, some studies have shown that once they increased physical activity for a certain amount of time, they reduced LDL by 10-15% and increased their HDL numbers by up to 20%.
This however, isn't always effective, especially if the reason for the high LDL numbers in your blood is hereditary. Luckily, there is treatment to help manage your condition more effectively.
It is also strongly recommended to quit smoking for your overall health, as well as helping lower high cholesterol.
*Triglycerides is another fat found in the blood that thrives on fatty foods. It can also be found in certain foods that you will look to cut down on including meats and dairy.
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Onions are used in various recipes and are usually on hand as kitchen staples. Some onions even begin to sprout while kept on the shelf or in the cupboard. When this happens, there is no need to throw out the sprouted onions. These onions may be planted directly into your backyard garden and used to produce more fresh onions. With proper care and planting, sprouted onions become as productive as onion seeds.
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A raised garden bed, or a garden bed of soil inside a box frame made of wood with walls at least 4 to 6 inches tall, is best for onions. Prepare your garden soil for your onion transplants. Onions require loose, well-drained soil. Work an organic fertiliser, such as peat moss, into the soil prior to planting the onions. Treat the soil with a liquid or granule fertiliser rich in phosphorus, also. Water the soil well, making it moist but never soggy or muddy, as doing so rots the onions.
Place the sprouted onions into the garden bed at a depth of 8 inches. Space the onions 6 inches apart. Create rows of onions in your garden bed. When planting sprouted onions, ensure you place the green shoots out of the soil with the onion bulb in the soil so the plants can grow properly. Cover the onions lightly with soil, and water thoroughly to encourage the onions to grow in the garden bed.
Water the onions daily, ensuring to never over water and make soil soggy or muddy. Provide them with a full-sun environment to produce maximum growth results. Fertilise the onions every two weeks with a nitrogen-rich fertiliser to produce larger, healthier onions. When new green shoots are produced, add more soil to the top of the onion plant to blanch the leaves out (turn them white). This encourages the onion to grow larger and produce more edible root. Onions should be harvested when the shoots become 1 to 2 feet long.
Watch your onions for signs of disease or pests. If the leaves appear discoloured (any colour other than bright, healthy green) or develop lesions, the onions may be diseased. The most common onion diseases include blight and blotch, each requiring treatment by an antibacterial, antiviral or anti-fungal product. Thrips, aphids and mites are pests that harm onions. Leaf discolouration or distortion are symptoms. Treat pests with chemical insecticides or soap sprays.
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Research and development in various areas are the stepping stone to economic growth. This has in fact fueled the rise of countries like the US and China. India has some of the best research facilities in a wide range of fields like Technology, Biology, Earth Sciences, and Mathematics. Here are the top 10 research institutes in India:
Considered the best institution in India for technology education, IIT Bombay is well known for its academic excellence and research facilities. Its modern facilities support doctorate level education, and further research and development work in over 20 disciplines and inter-disciplines. It has around 400 national and international industry sponsored researches undertaken every year.
IISc is a premier institute for research in India. In recent times, it has started offering research based undergraduate and post graduate programs in science and technological subjects. Students here are also allowed to pursue doctorate, post doctorate and more advanced level research in the fields of physical, biological and chemical sciences, and engineering.
Founded in 1958, DRDO is an organization under the Ministry of Defence in charge of carrying out intensive research in the areas of military technology and related sciences. Indian artillery, electronic warfare, military human resource development, and armaments are some of the fields of being researched in over 50 laboratories under the organization. There are around 7000 scientists working for DRDO.
A premier research institute for the nuclear sciences, BARC is known for its research and development of atomic power plants and pressurized water reactors. Headquartered in Trombay, this research facility has infrastructure that supports advanced research not only for nuclear sciences, but also for biotechnology, engineering, agriculture and medicine.
ISRO is the space research government agency in India, directly under the Ministry of Space. It is among the six largest ones in the world. Headquartered in Bangalore, ISRO has about 5 research facilities, test facilities in 3 locations, 5 launch stations, 4 tracking and control centres and 3 institutions dealing with the study and training in related fields of space technology and remote communication.
Located in Mumbai with a centre in Hyderabad, TIFR is a famous research institution responsible for research and development work in the areas of Mathematics, Natural Sciences, Technology and the Biological Sciences. The institute has research facilities and equipments like Pelletron, Linear Particle Accelerator, Meterwave Radio Telescope and a National Balloon Facility.
With a number of laboratories and observatories, IIA is a research organization, responsible for the study of astronomy and astrophysics. It is managed by the Department of Science & Technology, under the Indian Government. It is one of the oldest institutions in the country, established in 1786. The research institute offers graduate, integrated, doctorate and post doctorate level courses.
Established in 1950 in Kolkata, SINP is a research institution involved in the study of nuclear physics and other physical sciences. It also has divisions and centres for researching in areas of biophysics, nanoscience, chemical science and computational science. The institute offers training programs for budding scientists. It has facilities like Van De Graff’s Generator, electron microscopy, and others for advanced research.
Regarded as the institution for the best medical studies in the country, AIIMS in New Delhi is also known for its research work in a number of clinical areas including the neurosciences, epidemiology, hormone receptor interaction and human genetics. Its advanced facilities include for DNA recombinant technology and electron microscopy. The institute also receives grants from national and international organizations for furthering their research.
With its various campuses at Kolkata, Delhi, Bangalore, Tezpur and Chennai, ISI is a premier research institution involved in the areas of Statistics, Computational Science, Mathematics and all the subjects that require any statistical calculations like Biology, Economics and Physics. Apart from its academic and research & development activities, the institute provides consultancy services to national and international organizations.
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Ranchi-based Birla Institute of Technology is renowned for conducting fundamental research works in frontier fields of technologies. Some of these programs include BBA, BCA, B. Sc., MCA, MBA, ME, M. Pharm., M. Tech., etc. This institute also offers programs at doctoral and post doctoral levels.
Browse through this web portal to know about the details of research-oriented academic programs that are in the offing for you in Indian School of Mines University. Find scholarship assistance for promising students, world class library facilities and many other hallmarks of brilliance.
For the past 43 years, the Industrial Research and Development Unit set up under the guidance of IIT, Delhi has been playing an instrumental role in providing administrative backing for domestic as well as international sponsored research projects, frontier research works at undergraduate level, etc. Visit the site to gather all the required information.
Financially backed by leading industries from home and abroad, the research facilities in IIT, Chennai encompass Academic Research Programs, Sponsored Research Programs, Research-based Industrial Consultancy and Interdiscipliniary Research Projects. Check out the core areas of research conducted by this apex institution.
IIT, Kharagpur provides comprehensive educational guidance not just for the students of science and technology but also for scholars and scientists. Apart from offering multiple courses in IT and several dimensions of engineering, the institute carries out fundamental research and development programs in fields like embedded systems and technology, Microwave and EMI management, Quantum computing, etc.
The major research works undertaken by the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur include Media Lab Asia, 3i network, ISRO and SURGE program. You can download forms and check out project vacancies as well.
IIT, Roorkee has a credible department named Sponsored Research & Industrial Consultancy (SRIC) to carry out their research operations efficiently. This department is headed by the Dean (SRIC). The thrust areas include Sponsored Research and Industrial Consultancy.
IIT, Guwahati has been undertaking sponsored R&D projects in a wide array of disciplines. Check out the break up of research projects either in progress or completed. Also glean through the collaborative research operations and consultancy services.
Looking for a truly global reach in IT? The IIIT, Bangalore conducts a number of research operations in some of the fundamental verticals of IT including IP Multimedia Subsystems, OSL, SDL, WNL, C-BIT, etc. Also find details about the ongoing projects as well.
Founded by Dr. Vikram Sarabhai in 1947, the physical Research Laboratory can be called the birthplace of space science in India. Take a peep into the site to learn about the focused areas of researches like Space & Atmospheric Sciences, Astronomy, Astrophysics & Solar Physics, and Planetary & Geosciences.
Harish-Chandra Research Institute in Allahabad conducts courses in Mathematics and Physics relevant to the studies of Astronomy. Find in the recent news section several positions that are up for grab. Some of their core areas of research include Neutrino Physics, String Theory, Number Theory and so on.
Known as the Power House of the Indian Electrical industry, CPRI thrives in carrying out applied research in electrical power engineering. A number of leading research institutes from different parts of the country are tied up with CPRI. This institute serves as an autonomous body when it comes to testifying power equipments. Check out the site to acquire all the relevant information.
Interested in the latest developments in the field of Plasma Physics? Take a peep into this web portal brought to you by the Institute for Plasma Research to know the intricacies of this highly intellectual field of science. Other research programs include plasma technologies for industrial applications and research on magnetically confined hot plasmas.
CAIR carries out fundamental researches in the fields of Robotics, Automation and Artificial Intelligence. The active visitor program helps students and research fellows to interact with noted scientists and professors from major foreign universities and academic bodies. Visit the site to get detailed information.
The core research programs of the Centre for Mathematical Modelling and Computer Simulation include Ocean Modeling, Environmental Modeling, Crustal Deformation Studies, CSIR Network Project and Industrial Computational Mechanics. Click on the link given above to amass comprehensive information.
Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research is responsible for conducting cutting-edge research operations in the fields of Chemistry and Physics of Materials, Engineering Mechanics, Molecular Biology and Genetics, Theoretical Sciences, Condensed Matter Theory, Geo dynamics, etc. Check out the link given above to obtain detailed information.
Explore untrodden branches of medical sciences only with the research programs offered by the National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences. As a deemed university their forte lies in conducting researches in neurological aspects. Take a peep into the official website to amass exhaustive information.
Check out the student programs run by Raman Research Institute. Click on the link given above to know about the research activities, lab and other facilities, opportunities in Radio Astronomy, etc.
With a vision to upgrade the primitive practice of fishery into a branch of serious scientific study, this institute is dedicated to carry out basic researches in Fish seed transportation, Composite fish culture, Aquatic weed control, Brackish water fish farming, Integrated Farming System and so on.
If your specialization of studies is based on agricultural science and research, you won't a better place to carry on with your higher studies other than Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi. Find in this website their various divisional branches , job opportunities, list of institutes under IARI, farmer's guide and a number of other attributes.
RRL, Bhubaneswar focuses on R&D programs in the fundamental verticals of Mineral Processing, Development of Special Materials, Design and Project Engineering, Aromatic and Medicinal Plants, Extractive Metallurgy, Inorganic and Organic Chemicals, etc. Furthermore, the institute is empowered with a wide range of state-of-the-art testing facilities.
Want to get mesmerized with Mathematics? You have got to visit this website hosted by the Institute of Mathematical Sciences to explore research possibilities in frontier verticals of Mathematics, Theoretical Computer Science and Theoretical Physics.
An independent body of the Ministry of Environment & Forests, Government of India, the Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education plays an important role not just in carrying out forestry research but also in spreading the awareness of forestation and greener environment among the mass. This body has eight research institutes under its belt. Visit the site to know more.
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata – IISER-K
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata was established in 2006 by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India. These are the autonomous institutes for higher education and research in science. At present Integrated MS, Integrated Ph.D, Post-M.Sc Ph.D and Post-doctoral programmes are offered at IISER-K
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One of the greatest aesthetic attractions in the ancient world was pantomime dancing, a ballet-style entertainment in which a silent, solo dancer incarnated a series of mythological characters to the accompaniment of music and sung narrative. Looking at a multitude of texts and particularly Lucian's "On the Dance", a dialogue written at the height of pantomime's popularity, this innovative cultural study of the genre offers a radical reassessment of its importance in the symbolic economy of imperial and later antiquity. Rather than being trivial or lowbrow, pantomime was thoroughly enmeshed in wider social discourses on morality and sexuality, gender and desire and a key player in the fierce battles about education and culture that raged in the ancient world. A close reading of primary sources, judiciously interlaced with a wealth of interdisciplinary perspectives, makes this challenging book essential for anyone interested in the performance culture of the Greek and Roman world.
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posted on 16 April 2016
by Rudo de Ruijter
The word 'democracy' is derived from the Greek words 'demos', = people, and 'cratein', = rule. Democracy would be the best possible form of governance. In a complete democracy all citizens have the right to speak. Anyone can call attention to problems. Anyone can propose solutions. And all may express arguments in favor or against these solutions, so all interests in play can be discussed. This way decisions can be taken, based on all available knowledge and insight.
Supplementary advantages are, that when people participate in the process, they know why the decisions are taken and will respect them more easily. Also, they acquire insight in other peoples' interests, which contributes to mutual comprehension and peaceful living together.
From the above we can already derive, that what is presented to us as democracy today, is still a few steps away from it. Real democracy, in which the citizens take the decisions themselves, doesn't exist yet in most of the world and there where it does exist more or less, it does at a small scale, like in a number of Swiss cantons.
Society and governance
Many characteristics of society and governance are still based on uses of thousands of years ago. Already in the oldest settled societies there was the principle of solidarity, followed by the right of property and the emergence of class-differentiation with the right of exploitation (both physically as through lending), and a centralized governent, that based its authority on fear.
About 9,000 years ago, East of the Mediterranean Sea, traveling hunter-gatherers changed for a settled farmer life. A number of them settled on the fertile borders of the Euphratis and the Tigris (in today's Irak). Those who were the closest to the river side had the less efforts to make to irrigate their fields. Those who came later, had to dig and keep up long ditches. At the estuary of these rivers, in Sumer, 3200 BC, communities formed villages, each with its own god and led by an upper-priest.
He could invoke the will of the god. He organized the food supply - the harvest was gathered and stocked in the temple situated in the center, and from there distributed - and he appointed the people for the execution of specific tasks. The administration was kept up with wedge-forme signs in clay tablets. That also applied to the registration of properties. Around 2500 BC the first schools for writers appeared. The writers had, among others, the task to print official textes. They were rolled in clay tablets with a graved cylinder.
The writing in clay tablets also enabled to keep up the administration of loans. In this field a florishing commerce had come about, in particular from highly positioned officials, who supplied loans privately to get rich quickly. Especially the farmers, who depended on weather conditions, got easily stuck in debts.
In the Law of Hammurabi (Babylon, 1740 BC) the interest rate has been fixed.
Receipt for a loan on grain, to be paid back with interest.
(Babylon, 1900-1700 BC.)
When someone did not pay his debt he could be taken prisoner by the creditor. But he could also sell his wife, son and daughter or give them away for forced labour. In that case they had to serve in the house of the creditor for 3 years and be freed the fourth year (art. 117). To avoid massive fall into slavery, Hammurabi foresaw exceptions in the payment of interest.
From the beginning. loans have led to disruptions in society. Most often the farmers, and with that the food production, are the first to get in trouble. A remedy to restore the old situation and get the economy back on track is a debt cancellation. Textes have been retrieved, proving in Lagash (Sumer), already around 2400 BC a debt cancellation has taken place. And during the reign of Hammurabi at least four debt cancellations took place, in 1792, 1780, 1771 and in 1762 BC. We see this remedy show up in various periods up to our time.
During the reign of Hammurabi the respect for property was stringently ruled. In article 6 of his law the death penalty is given for theft from a temple or house, as well as for receiving the stolen goods. For theft of cattle, if you were rich enough, you could come away with a fine.
The community had to pay for the material consequences of robbery on public roads.
During the reign of king Ammisaduqa, 1646-1626 BC debt cancellation was applied for the last time. In the following centuries Babylon decays slowly and surely. Farmers lose their land to lenders. Large landownership increases, as well as abusive exploitation and debt-slavery. Violent conflicts occur between debtors and creditors.
We find the first notion of democracy a thousand years later in the Greek history.
In Greece, around 1000 BC people lived essentially from growing cattle and many family-clans had more or less their own territory. Small villages became cities, where the clans had a lot of influence. The cities proclaimed themselves independent 'polis' (city-states), each headed by a 'king'. Most of the times he was a kind of honorary citizen, who was surrounded by an advisory council of people who had 'time' (value) for the community. (That value consisted most of the times of their land property or their role in the defense of the city.) Around 800 BC the kingship disappears in most of the city-states and the council of heads of clans takes control. And because often they saw after their own interests first, there was often dissatisfaction among the citizens. Then, a strong person could take advantage of it, seize power and become a 'tyrant' (autocrate).
In Athenes, the biggest city-state, the kingship was abolished in 753 BC and replaced by a council, the Aeropagus, in which about 60 heads of clans participated. The council was court as well as government. The heads of clans appointed magistrats, each time for a year. For the governemental tasks they chose 9 members among them. All decisions had to be approved by the council first.
Athenes didn't have a lot of farming fields and a number of rich landowners had started to use the slopes of the hills for wineyards and olive-trees. The wine and olive-oil was mainly exported. Athenes developed into a prosper commercial town. The many commercial posts around the Mediterranean and Black Sea became colonies.
Also, during the many campaigns and foreign expeditions there was a lot of robbing, privateering and looting and slaves were captured in high numbers.
Athenes had silver mines in Laurion, 65 km (40 miles) South of the city, where 10 to 20,000 captured slaves were working in lamentable conditions. Because the silver had to be extracted from leaded layers, most of them didn't live long. The slaves were property of a number of Athenian aristocrats, who hired them out to the mine-owners.
Also the exploitation with loans and the fall into slavery was usual. One out of three inhabitants of Athens was a slave. The farmers used to borrow seeds for sowing and restitute it after the harvest. With the rise of money this had changed. They had to borrow it with interest now. And when they could not pay off their debts, they lost the property of their fields. Then they had to hand over 5/6 of the crop to the owner of the land. Their payment obligations were graved in horois (pawn-stones) placed at the edge of their field, with the name of the creditor, the borrowed amount, the interest rate and the date of expiration.
When they didn't succeed to meet their obligations, their wife and children and often themselves had to work as slaves for years to get out of debts. And because Athens had already many slaves, they were often sold and put to work in one of the many colonies. In the long run, the landowners had difficulties to find farmers wanting to work for them.
By 600 BC Athenian merchants started to import grain, because the local production had become too small. This removed the shortnesses, but also made the grain prices slump. For the farmers the situation became untenable. The council saw it and in 594 BC they appointed Solon, a popular philosopher and poet, as absolute ruler to solve the problems.
Solon decided to execute a debt cancellation for the farmers and forbade credit with slavery clauses. The horois were destroyed. Also, he redeemed as many farmers from the colonies as he could and fetched them back to Athenes. This was not about some generous liberation, but simply to get the agricultural production going again. For the same reason in Attica, where the food was produced, more people got free access to wells. He also proposed citizenship to foreign artisans, who wanted to settle in Athens. For free Athenians handwork was beneath contempt.
There was a lack of drachmes, caused, among others, by the landowners, who had hoarded large quantities. Solon made the coin smaller, which lightened the existing debts, brought more money into the economy and stimulated the export. But with the exception of olive-oil the export of local agricultural products was forbidden. They were needed for the local population. Also, the use to pay fines with cattle was abolished. From then on, fines had to be paid in drachmes. From 592 BC he introduced a complete new law system in the fields of criminal law, family law, constitutional law and procedural law. From the laws of Dracon, in force until then, he maintained the death penalty only for murder.
In the field of governance, the population was devided in 4 castes; not according to origine, but according to wealth. The two richest castes were alowed to participate in the Areopagus, which kept control over the most important political and juridical issues. The third class citizens were allowed to participate in a council of 400, which had to counterbalance somewhat the power of the Areopagus. The poorest could participate in an assembly that could discuss and take decisions about matters submitted by the council of 400. The fourth class also took part in a new court, that would progressively take away civil and military cases from the power of the Areopagus.
Never the less the aristocrats had kept the highest power and political unrest remained. In 560 BC Peisistratus, a banished aristocrat, seized power. Although he was very popular among the population, he still ordered their disarming to prevent possible rebellion. As an additional precaution he took hostage the sons of leading aristocratic families. During his reign the tax system was reviewed. The privilege of tax reduction for the rich was abolished. The farmers got land and loans at 5 percent interest. The water supply of Athens was improved. He constructed roads and stimulated commerce and industry. A period of calm and prosperity started. But then again, the son of Peistratus, Hippias, was a 'tyrant' in the modern sense of the word, who, among others expelled hundreds of Athenians from their homes and bannished them from the country.
The Greek form of democracy
Hippias lost his power to Cleistines, again a bannished Athenian aristocrat, who, with a reform in 507 BC, greatly reduced the power of the aristocrats. The citizens were devided, according to their place of residence, into 10 'demes' (quarters / cantons). The Council of 400 ('Boule') was expanded to 500 and by drawing of lots each 'deme' got 50 members. The 'Boule' proposed the laws and the population, gathering about 40 times a year, could accept or reject them, or send them back to be amended.
The drawing of lots was, for the Athenians, the best way to obtain a fair representation of the people. Elections existed, but these were rather inverse elections. The people could elect the politicians to be bannished for 10 years. The politician who got 6000 votes was banned. It turned out to be an excellent way to avoid political excesses and social unrest.
At the time of Aristotle (384 - 322 BC) Greece had expanded into some 1,500 city-states around the Mediterranean and the Black Sea, of which hundreds were a 'democracy'.
In the rest of Europe democracy would remain an unexisting concept for many centuries. Only rather recently, in the 18th / 19th century, when emperors, kings, dukes and other aristocratic rulers with their massive exploitation and repetitive wars had provoked popular risings, they accepted representatives of the people or were beheaded. A common characteristic for all European countries is, that they all call themselves democratic now.
When you notice, that in each country there continues to exist a relatively small minority of citizens with huge privileges, in wealth as well as in political influence, we can easily presume that the working of these 'democracies' is far from democratic. Often this is caused already at the basis, by the little democratic design of the government, imposed by the constitution. Most of the times, these constitutions have been written by a small number of people of the upper class and they statutarily limit the influence of the very large majority of citizens, of the ordinary people.
It is striking that in most countries the so-called representatives of the people have been devided into a First and a Second Chamber, of which only the Second Chamber is directly elected by the people. The First Chamber can reject the bills voted by the Second Chamber.
The story of Mouseland: mice electing cats
Since the rise of political parties, from around 1870, the chambers are manned by representatives of political parties. With beautiful electoral promises these parties try to obtain as many votes as possible. Then, immediately after the elections, the chiefs of the parties meet in secret talks and try to obtain a majority of representatives by joining several parties together. The goal of this operation is to obtain absolute control and vote the laws they want, without having to worry about the arguments and insights of the other members of the chambre.
This coalition forming means, on one hand, that a few leaders of political parties try to reach a ruling accord through horse-trading and bargaining, where, on both sides, electoral promises are crossed out. As coalitions are artificial alliances, they are also fragile and not suited to deal with severe structural problems in society, like the banking system and the fast widening gap between rich and poor.
On the other hand it means, that once a majority coalition exists, the results of debates about bills are set in advance and, thus, that the debate loses its democratic function as instrument to gather all arguments in favor or against the proposals and to weigh all interests in play. It goes without saying that the absence of true debate seriously compromises the quality of legislation.
Coalitions also imply, that members of the majority are obliged to obey to the voting-orders of their chief. If they would not obey, the majority would be in danger. The result of this process is, that the leaders of the political parties take the decisions and thereafter no representative carefully studies the textes on which he has to vote anymore. That would be useless and a waste of time for him. With these majority coalitions, the parliament has become a corrupt and dangerous instrument for the democratic decision making process.
So it is not really surprising, these so-called representatives of the people have evolved into a caste aparte, functioning underneath a glass bell, often even protected with security gates against these strange, dangerous citizens.
In many European countries the constitution still dates from the time populations were prepondarently illiterate. We can be understanding somewhat of the opinion of the people in power at that time, that these illiterates had to be kept in ward and represented by people who could read and write. However, today, there is much more knowledge and insight outside the parliament than within.
Nowadays we have the technical means to organize true democracy at the scale of a whole country. With just a well structured internet platform, we will already be able to
And with a bit more organization we can also vote about these proposals.
So the central question is: are we still citizens who need to be represented, or is it time to introduce real democracy?
Sources and explanations:
Clay tablets in Sumer: http://www.historyguide.org/ancient/lecture2b.html
Law of Hammurabi: http://avalon.law.yale.edu/ancient/hamframe.asp ; http://www.sacred-texts.com/ane/ham/ham05.htm ; http://www.sacred-texts.com/ane/ham/ham06.htm ; http://www.sacred-texts.com/ane/ham/ham07.htm
Today about 35% of all our expenses consist of interest. Helmut Creutz:
Debt cancellations in Mesopothamia: http://www.globalresearch.ca/debt-cancellation-in-mesopotamia-and-egypt-from-3000-to-1000-bc/5303136
Debt cancellations up to our time: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/economics/11383374/The-biggest-debt-write-offs-in-the-history-of-the-world.html
Within a radius of 700 meter anyone could use a well. And when someone couldn't find water at a depth of 18 meter, he was allowed to use his neighbour's well. http://www.solon-line.de/solon-legislator-and-poet.htm
The story of Mouseland: mice electing cats: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdwySCMovHk (from 1'20'')
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This is an update of a previous article: The Road to Democracy (GEI Opinion. 12 March 2016)
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AUGUSTA, Maine — Gov. Paul LePage on Tuesday leaned over a table at the bottom of the large staircase outside his office and signed a document titled “A Call to Prayer for Maine.”
More than two dozen legislators, including Senate President Kevin Raye, R-Perry, and Speaker of the House Robert Nutting, R-Oakland, and Attorney General William Schneider also signed the paper, designed to resemble the nation’s early documents such as the Declaration of Independence.
By signing the document Tuesday, the public officials and ordinary Mainers declared their support for prayer in the public square and a commitment to see that the motto “In God We Trust” is not just a phrase stamped on currency but words to live by, organizers said.
The event was sponsored by the Maine Legislative Prayer Caucus, which is associated with PrayUSA, a group funded by the Congressional Prayer Caucus Foundation Inc., based in Chesapeake, Va.
The main goal of prayer caucuses at the U.S. Capitol in Washington and six state legislatures, now including Maine’s, is “to preserve the Judeo-Christian heritage of our nation and protect the right of Americans to publicly pray and trust in God,” according to PrayUSA’s website.
PrayUSA’s roots go back to 2005, when members of the U.S. House of Representatives began meeting in Room 219 of the Capitol every week to pray. On Nov. 18, 2005, a bipartisan group of representatives initiated and signed the original Call to Prayer Proclamation and asked Americans to join them and pray for the nation. The state proclamation is similar to the document signed by a group of elected officials in Congress.
“We stand at the threshold of another significant crossroads: either to acknowledge and embrace the vibrant character of our spiritual heritage or to plunge headlong into the postmodern void — a value-neutral and amoral vacuum that endeavors to deconstruct much of what we hold sacred,” the Call to Prayer for Maine states.
“We, the undersigned, who believe in prayer and the Judeo-Christian principles that remind us that our rights come from almighty God, are united in this proclamation,” the document concludes. “Accordingly, this day we respectfully and humbly issue a ‘Call to Prayer’ for the State of Maine and invite Mainers everywhere to pray that God will continue to bless this country, our noble state and the freedom for which they stand.”
There has been an informal prayer group made up of legislators in Augusta for many years, Rep. David C. Burns, R-Whiting, co-chairman of Maine’s prayer caucus with Rep. Dale Crafts, R-Lisbon, said at the opening of the hourlong event in Augusta. On Tuesday, it became a formal caucus of the Legislature.
The prayer caucus meets at 8 a.m. Tuesdays, and discussion of bills or legislative issues is strictly forbidden, Burns said. As many as 30 lawmakers attend, depending on their schedules.
About 100 people gathered in the Hall of Flags for Tuesday’s ceremony to support the idea of prayer in public and to pledge to pray for lawmakers. There was no organized opposition to the event.
Carrie Pearl of Charleston came to Augusta with other members of the Charleston Pentecostal Church.
“[This event] gives me hope our Legislature is moving on the right path,” she said. “We’re here to show them that being a Christian isn’t a bad thing.”
Bob Garrett of Sidney is a Catholic. He said that he prays every day for elected leaders in Augusta and Washington, D.C.
“We pray for them because we want them to make good decisions,” he said. “As a society we need to come back to prayer. If you take prayer out of our society, things are only going to get worse.”
The Call to Prayer for Maine document also describes what public servants who believe in the power of prayer might pray for: “humility in governance, wisdom in decision-making, courage in times of testing, and providence for God’s favor and blessing.”
Burns and Sen. Cynthia Dill, D-Cape Elizabeth, both said they appreciated it when constituents told them that they included them and other legislators in their prayers. Dill was one of a handful of Democrats to attend the event.
She said in a telephone interview Tuesday afternoon that her schedule does not allow her to attend the prayer caucus but she is there in spirit. Dill is a member of and taught Sunday school for five years at the First Congregational Church in South Portland.
“I am a Christian who believes in same-sex marriage, choice and social justice,” she said. “Clearly my moral compass comes from all the teachings I’ve had in my life, from my parents and my church.”
Dill said she attended Tuesday’s event to support the freedom to worship assured to all Americans in the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and the recent vote in Congress reaffirming “In God We Trust” as the national motto.
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Bob Jones III, a former president and current chancellor of Bob Jones University, is apologizing for comments he made 35 years ago, NBC News reports. In a push against Civil Rights Act measures for gay people, Jones called at the time for "the swift justice … that was brought in Israel’s day against murder and rape and homosexuality. I guarantee it would solve the problem post-haste if homosexuals were stoned, if murderers were immediately killed as the Bible commands." A petition has called on him to apologize for the comments, and this weekend, the 75-year-old did so, the Washington Post reports.
"I take personal ownership for this inflammatory rhetoric," he said, noting that it was "made in the heat of a political controversy 35 years ago." The statement, he said, now seems like the words of a "stranger": "It is antithetical to my theology and my 50 years of preaching a redeeming Christ Who came into the world not to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved." The petition was the work of BJUnity, a support group for LGBT students at the school, the Greenville News reports. The apology "means a lot to us because it represents the beginning of a change in the rhetoric and conversation," the group says. The school recently faced controversy when rape victims said it called them sinners; in December, it apologized for the treatment of victims, the Post reports. | <urn:uuid:e913b016-618c-45c3-a606-6b732bd9b338> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.newser.com/story/204408/ex-bob-jones-prez-sorry-i-said-gays-should-be-stoned.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280730.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00248-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.980604 | 293 | 1.570313 | 2 |
Discovery that there was still a barrier between him and them came but slowly in the next two days. He would not acknowledge it, yet it was there, in their voices, in their movements—rather an absence of something old than the presence of something new. It was as if each had said to him: “We love you, but you are not in our secrets—and you must not be, for you would try to destroy them.” They showed no fear of him, but seemed to be pushing him unconsciously away, lest he should restrain or alter what was very dear to them. They were both fond of him, but their natures had set foot on definitely diverging paths. The closer the affection, the more watchful they were against interference by that affection. Noel had a look on her face, half dazed, half proud, which touched, yet vexed him. What had he done to forfeit her confidence—surely she must see how natural and right his opposition had been! He made one great effort to show the real sympathy he felt for her. But she only said: “I can’t talk of Cyril, Daddy; I simply can’t!” And he, who easily shrank into his shell, could not but acquiesce in her reserve.
With Gratian it was different. He knew that an encounter was before him; a struggle between him and her husband—for characteristically he set the change in her, the defection of her faith, down to George, not to spontaneous thought and feeling in herself. He dreaded and yet looked forward to this encounter. It came on the third day, when Laird was up, lying on that very sofa where Pierson had sat listening to Gratian’s confession of disbelief. Except for putting in his head to say good morning, he had not yet seen his son-in-law: The young doctor could not look fragile, the build of his face, with that law and those heavy cheekbones was too much against it, but there was about him enough of the look of having come through a hard fight to give Pierson’s heart a squeeze.
“Well, George,” he said, “you gave us a dreadful fright! I thank God’s mercy.” With that half-mechanical phrase he had flung an unconscious challenge. Laird looked up whimsically.
“So you really think God merciful, sir?”
“Don’t let us argue, George; you’re not strong enough.”
“Oh! I’m pining for something to bite on.”
Pierson looked at Gratian, and said softly:
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At some point in the development of your website you will face a moment when you would like your website to provide RSS feeds to the user visiting the website. Fortunately WordPress have already integrated RSS feeds which you can use directly.
The feeds for the posts on your website are available for use at the following locations:
You can directly use the feeds by simply replacing the “example.com” domain from the above provided links with the actual domain name you are using for your WordPress installation. Note that if your website is hosted inside a subfolder you will need to also include it in the URL for your RSS feed.
If you have enabled the SEO friendly URLs(permalinks) for your WordPress installation then the above URLs will redirect to SEO friendly URLs(permalinks) like the following:
You can directly supply your customers with these links of course after you replace the “example.com” domain with your actual domain name so they can read the RSS feeds on their readers.
If you would like to provide feeds for the comments on your website you can use the following URL:
Another type of RSS feeds are the feeds for comments for certain posts. If you would like to provide your customers with such option you will need to use the following URL:
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The reason alcoholics and addicts don’t get better is very simple:
They don’t want to change.
Sure, some may think they want to change or cry out that they’ve had enough and must change, but real change is quite different and quite dramatic. Real change refers to not simply wanting to be sober, but wanting to change the people we are, wanting to change the course of our entire lives. And this is why so many never get better. They either don’t really want to change, or they want to change, but not completely.
To recover, we have to be willing to drop everything, to rearrange everything, and to completely uproot ourselves if that’s what it takes. We must be willing to do an entirely different type of job, to sever relationships or to cultivate relationships, to sacrifice our time, to do what we may not want to do, to never ignore our conscious and to never ignore another addict who is reaching out for help.
To recover, we essentially have to do any fucking thing it takes, which is why the Big Book so eloquently states just that.
“If you have decided you want what we have and are willing to go to any length to get it – then you are ready to take certain steps.”
– Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 58
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In what could certainly be called a love letter to Tokyo, artist Yukino Ohmura captures the beautiful nightscapes of Tokyo, Japan with the aid of acrylic and stickers.
From a distance, Yukino Ohmura's work seems to be either taken from photographs or the result of detailed brushwork. Instead, Ohmura takes stickers, the kind one would get at any stationary store for office work, and uses them to create the effect of Tokyo areas seen at night. It is only upon closer inspection that we can see that the dazzling lights we are looking at, are in fact small circular stickers.
The difficulty in accepting that the lights we're seeing are in fact stickers, is a testament Yukino Ohmura's skill, passion and dedication.
Dazzling Nightscape Sticker Masterpieces
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Remember all the sci-fi movies where peeps wore screens like goggles? Welcome to the future with the new Oakley Airwave, that features a unique heads-up display!
So almost like in Star Trek, you can have your GPS, speedometer, music, buddy-tracking, Smartphone display, etc. beamed directly into your goggle!
But since we’re not really the tech geeks, we’ll let the press release explain the rest….
With Airwave, alpine sports enthusiasts can access a full range of information transmitted directly to the eye. Snowboarders and skiers can view jump analytics, pinpoint their location on a resort map alongside navigational information, and even locate and track others in their group. Additional sensor information includes distance traveled, altitude, speed and vertical descent data. Pairing with a smartphone allows immediate viewing of incoming calls and text messages, and music playlists on a Bluetooth-enabled device can be easily accessed and controlled by the glove-friendly wireless remote that can be strapped to the user’s body or goggle depending on their preference.
Integrated within the goggle, the heads-up display uses innovative prism technology to display information perceived by the wearer to be the size of a 14-inch screen that is five feet away, so refocusing the eye is not necessary.
Airwave is compatible with both Apple® and Android® operating systems. Low Energy Bluetooth connectivity allows the goggle to interface with the wearer’s smartphone, heart rate monitor and more. The Oakley Airwave App, available at http://www.oakley.com/airwave, offers wide-ranging capabilities to reinvent the alpine sport experience and will be upgraded frequently for even more features. | <urn:uuid:3f6e315e-84c6-45ff-8d83-773d04118aac> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://coolerlifestyle.com/style/oakley-airwave.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281450.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00181-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.899287 | 357 | 1.585938 | 2 |
The new version of the CSDM will undergo prelimiary field testing at The Dragon fields in the coming weeks. The newest version of the CSDM will see the incorporation of FieldMet data from A-Maps. FieldMet is an industry first, a cost effective high resolution readily deployable virtual weather station.
The Dragon fields are located at Holmwood Farms located west of Ottawa near the town of Arnprior. 4D Agro Inc. maintains access to the Dragon fields in order to test, evaluate and demonstrate advanced research within a commercial farm environment.
4D Agro is pleased to be an industry leading agricultural & turf care management service. This service is based upon a new approach to analysis & modeling technology combining agronomy, soil science, and GIS/Remote sensing. The 4D agro suite provides an online monitoring service that combines industry leading GIS Software and state of the art crop/turf science analysis
The 4D Agro analysis service provides:
An informative, reliable and up to date view of field or course nutrient and water dynamics.
The modeling capability of the 4D analysis engine links time dependent soil transport mechanisms to 3D soil and topography data of each field, adding the 4th dimension of time to allow computer based agricultural and turf care management.
4D Agro is a product that:
Continuously monitors course nutrient levels by concentration and location.
Accounts for crop / turf uptake and the influences that weather, elevation, irrigation, soil composition and management practices have on nutrient and water dynamics.
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Old kiosk at Wellington Zoo, New Zealand, being demolished - Photograph taken by Jon Hargest, 18 July 1989
Reference Number: EP/1989/2584/2A-F
Demolition worker, Neville Wright taking a sledgehammer to the old kiosk at Wellington Zoo. Photographed by Evening Post staff photographer Jon Hargest on the 18 July 1989.
Old kiosk at Wellington Zoo, New Zealand, being demolished - Photograph taken by Jon Hargest, Reference Number EP/1989/2584-F (1 digitised items)
Further negatives of the Evening Post newspaper, Reference Number PAColl-7327-2 (1639 digitised items)
The Dominion Post :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers, Reference Number PAColl-7327 (2038 digitised items)
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Citation: Any publication or exhibition must be accompanied by the crdit "The Dominion Post Collection, Alexander Turnbull Library."
Usage: You can search, browse, print and download items from this website for research and personal study. You are welcome to reproduce the above image(s) on your blog or another website, but please maintain the integrity of the image (i.e. don't crop, recolour or overprint it), reproduce the image's caption information and link back to here (http://mp.natlib.govt.nz/detail/?id=68130). If you would like to use the above image(s) in a different way (e.g. in a print publication), or use the transcription or translation, permission must be obtained. More information about copyright and usage can be found on the Copyright and Usage page of the NLNZ web site. | <urn:uuid:896480bc-ea04-4a3a-bf4f-1943b8548dcc> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://mp.natlib.govt.nz/detail/?id=68130&l=en | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281746.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00290-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.821314 | 384 | 1.671875 | 2 |
Sustainability of Ancient Water Supply Facilities in Jerusalem
AbstractThis paper presents an overview on the sustainability of ancient water supply systems in Jerusalem from the Chalcolithic period (4500–3200 B.C.) until the present time. Archaeological evidences and landscape settings were applied utilizing all available and accessible literature relevant to ancient water resources management in Jerusalem. Irrigated agriculture was practiced for many centuries in this region, hence sustainable water supply facilities were erected, including well developed aqueducts, water harvesting pools and irrigation channels for water storage and landscaping purposes. To cope with seismic events, soil subsidence and water leakage, ancient water engineers and architects applied innovative construction methods for the erection of water pools, channels and aqueduct systems. Ancient water supply systems in Jerusalem are valuable treasures of past civilizations and crucial urban environmental facilities and their protection is consistent with sustainable development principles. Effective environmental assessment as a decision-making process for sustainable development can be applied to preserve threatened ancient water facilities from major development proposals and urban infrastructure projects in Jerusalem. View Full-Text
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Barghouth, J.M.; Al-Sa`ed, R.M.Y. Sustainability of Ancient Water Supply Facilities in Jerusalem. Sustainability 2009, 1, 1106-1119.
Barghouth JM, Al-Sa`ed RMY. Sustainability of Ancient Water Supply Facilities in Jerusalem. Sustainability. 2009; 1(4):1106-1119.Chicago/Turabian Style
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Debtors diet, week 2: Curb your enthusiasm at grocery store
But even if you're just shopping for your weekly groceries this weekend instead of the trimmings and trappings for turkey day, it's still tough to say no to a good sale. And with most of us on strict, self-imposed budgets because of the current recession, shopping on the weekend becomes an even bigger temptation, a time to say, "But I've been so good all week, I deserve a little splurge!"
Tossing sale items in your cart can blow your budget if you're not careful. "I find it hard to resist great sales, so I'll buy far more than we need or than I can fit in my freezer," says frequent sale-shopper, Barbara Nelson.
Researchers say Nelson's predisposition to sale shopping is one that's shared by many. It's also the result of some very specific bells and whistles going off in your head that can lead to you blowing your debt diet.
That's why this week's installment of the Debt Diet will focus on what happens in your head when you're at the grocery store -- and what you can do to bust your brain's reactions.
A study led by Kathleen D. Vohs, a marketing professor at the University of Minnesota's Carlson School, found that shopping or being approached to spend money (like when a clerk offers you a free sample of food the store is promoting that weekend) when your mental energy resources are low will lead you to spend more than if you were well rested or less stressed.
Shopping early in the day or when you're well rested, Vohs says, sends you to the sales when your willpower is at its strongest. If you absolutely have to shop after a long day, Vohs suggests making a list.
"Even if you're running to the store for just one gallon of milk and nothing else, make a list." And keep that list in your hand. "Seeing that list reinforces your budget and cuts down the chance you'll make impulse purchases," she says.
Pump up the volume
Researchers from National Central University in Taiwan found slow tempo music (something you might slow-dance to) hinders your decision-making ability, especially when it comes to making tough decisions like how much should you allot for groceries. Could explain why stores rarely play polkas or rap!
On the flip-side, the study also found fast tempo music improves your decision-making ability. So even though calm music may soothe the savage beast, queuing up some good old-fashioned rock and roll or even hip hop on your MP3 can help you make sound financial decisions or stick to your budget in the grocery store.
Worried you'll look silly shopping with ear buds tucked in your ears? Play fast music while writing your shopping list and in the car on the way to the store. The effect can last for up to an hour after hearing the song.
Make a "useless list"
Jonathan Citrin, CEO of Michigan-based investment planning firm CitrinGroup says "useless stuff" lists – instead of lists of things you want to buy -- can keep your cart on course.
"Write a list of all the useless items that are stored away in the back of the refrigerator or freezer on stashed in the back of your cabinets that have never been eaten or used," says Citrin.
Shopping with that reminder in your hand or purse can keep you from giving into impulse purchases -- even if they're on sale.
It's natural to want to slap on a pair of comfy shoes before taking off for the grocery store. But Citrin suggests doing the exact opposite:
"Wear the most uncomfortable shoes you own every time you go shopping. That way you will want to get in and get out as quickly as possible," he says.
If you do momentarily fall off the Debt Diet wagon and tote home more groceries than you'd planned, experts say don't feel guilty. Just circle the grocery cart around, and get right back on the Debt Diet.
For daily tips to keep your will power high, follow the Debt Diet on Twitter @WalletPopper and @DebtDiet. And check back next Wednesday for a special pre-Black Friday addition of the Debt Diet.
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Nazarenes began their denominational pilgrimage with a sense of history. Those with Methodist roots saw the Church of the Nazarene as Methodism repristinated, enshrining an historic emphasis that the older church had abandoned. From a different angle of vision, those with non-Methodist roots saw the new denomination’s significance in its unitive solution to the problem posed by the plethora of sects spawned by the Holiness Revival—a viewpoint that infused the address of Edgar P. Ellyson, a former Quaker, to the Second General Assembly in 1908. And all of the founders—Methodists and non-Methodists alike—appreciated fully that the new church, on its own terms, overcame the regional schisms that had dominated American religion since the debate over slavery in the 1840s. The minutes of the Second General Assembly reflect the heady sense of accomplishment that participants felt about reconciling Northern and Southern wings of the Holiness Movement into a new denominational order.
Three years later, the Third General Assembly chose Edward F. Walker to be “General Historian” for the church. Regional historians were designated to assist him: H. B. Hosley and Fred Hillery in the Northeast; C. B. Jernigan in the South; and Leslie F. Gay on the West Coast. Jernigan approached his assignment with great seriousness, advertising for historical materials and publishing in 1919 a remarkable account of the Holiness Movement in the Southwest. | <urn:uuid:72eed042-59e8-4e90-a1d2-6d16d3a31735> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://nazarene.org/yi/node/2772 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573533.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818215509-20220819005509-00275.warc.gz | en | 0.953704 | 299 | 2.828125 | 3 |
Washington, D.C – Notwithstanding the persistence of high levels of discrimination and violence experienced by lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, and intersex (LGBTI) persons in the Americas, the IACHR is encouraged by the promising news regarding some steps forward taken over the last six months with an aim of protecting their human rights in the region.
Reforms in the police, justice and penitentiary systems
First, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights welcomes state actions regarding the investigation of cases of violence against LGBTI persons in several jurisdictions. For example, in Honduras and Mexico (Oaxaca), the government appointed a specialized prosecutor to investigate and prosecute crimes based on sexual orientation and gender identity. In the Brazilian state of Paraná, a prosecution unit specializing in the investigation of crimes committed against LGBTI persons was created, inspired by similar existing units in the states of Espírito Santo and Pernambuco. These units are responsible for guaranteeing the rights of LGBTI persons in their jurisdictions, fostering educational programs and promoting the formulation of public policies.
Furthermore, the Commission received information about good practices in the police and the penitentiary systems in other countries. The IACHR welcomes the increasing number of trans people serving in the Argentinean and Brazilian police. As a strategy to fight against homophobia and transphobia, police forces in Chile have agreed to let LGBTI persons that have committed minor crimes to fulfill their community sentence working at the local LGBTI organization.
Regarding the right to political participation, the Commission also sees certain advances. For example, the first ever meeting between representatives of the LGBTI community and the President took place in Ecuador. In Colombia, the first openly lesbian was elected to the House of Representatives. In Chile, the first openly gay person was elected to the National Congress and the majority of politicians running for President attended an annual LGBTI Pride event or sent a representative. In Cuba, the first trans woman has been elected for a political office.
The IACHR sees these developments as concrete and significant steps forward to increase involvement of LGBTI persons in the management of public affairs and a good effort to offset the historically poor representation of LGTBI persons in publicly elected positions in the region.
Positive statements from Commonwealth Caribbean authorities
The Commission is pleased to receive information that officials from countries of the Commonwealth Caribbean continue to show public support for the rights of LGBTI persons. The Commission believes that public statements of this sort play a key role in combating stigmatization of LGBTI persons and recalls that States play a crucial role in leading social change to combat discrimination and social prejudices. For instance, the Honorable Mr. Frederick Mitchell, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Immigration of Bahamas said that the sexual orientation of someone who wants to run for election should not be relevant. He added that “there must be tolerance at a minimum and we must uphold the principle that the general rights for which we fought [are] rights for all people… [and] cannot be derogated from because of someone’s sexual orientation.”
Furthermore, the Honorable Youth Minister Lisa Hanna from Jamaica announced that the government is developing programs focused on LGBTI youth. Moreover, the IACHR highlights that the Prime Minister of Barbados, the Honorable Mr. Freundel Stuart, recalled the importance of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights and supported “the elimination of all forms of discrimination including discrimination against persons of differing sexual orientation.” The Commission also encourages the existence of spaces where these issues can be discussed. In Antigua and Barbuda, politicians had the chance to publicly discuss LGBTI issues at the recent National Youth Forum.
The IACHR praises the commitment of State officials who take a public stance in favor of equality in contexts in which prejudice, discrimination and violence against LGBTI persons are widespread. In this regard, the IACHR urges OAS Member States not only to criminalize acts which severely hinder the rights of persons with diverse sexual orientations and gender identities, but also to advance law reforms as a means to respect, protect and guarantee the right to equality and non-discrimination of LGBTI persons, and those perceived as such.
Family diversity, non-discrimination and health
With respect to diverse families, the IACHR welcomes that the States of Hawaii and Illinois in the United States approved legislation legalizing same-sex marriage and the Supreme Court of New Mexico ruled in favor of same-sex marriage. In Mexico, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of equal public benefits for same-sex couples and more recently declared unconstitutional the article that defines marriage between a man and a woman in the Civil Code of the State of Oaxaca.
The Commission has received other promising information that indicates further protection of the human rights of LGBTI persons by OAS Member States. The IACHR acknowledges the efforts that are being made to modify legislation in Cuba with the purpose of protecting LGBTI persons from employment-related discrimination. Similar efforts are being made in the United States. The Commission welcomes the decision of the Uruguayan State to facilitate equal access by couples to the national health system regardless of their sexual orientation or gender identity. In Ecuador, the police rescued 17 persons from a clandestine “facility”, which offers services to “medically treat” LGBTI persons. The “facility” did not have proper credentials and there were allegations that these persons were being tortured.
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In his article "World Literatures and Romanian Literary Criticism" Caius Dobrescu argues that the notion Weltliteratur of Goethe posits the concept of world literature as the conveyor of universal (i.e., cosmopolitan) skills of socio-cultural adaptation. The influence of this form of Weltliteratur on Romanian literary criticism is traceable from Westernization in the nineteenth century to the cultural dissent of the post-Stalinist era. Based on Norbert Elias's diffusionist theory of the civilizing process, Dobrescu contends that one of the role models of the Romanian literary scholar and critic in his/her capacity of intercultural mediator was the eighteenth-century philosophe in the tradition of cosmopolitan politess.
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All year, the biggest fault line in the health care debate has been the public option—a proposed government-run insurance plan that Americans without access to group coverage would be eligible to sign up for.
To liberals, it has been the reason for doing health care reform, an innovative tool that will break up private insurers’ monopolies and improve the cost and quality of care for everyone. To the right, it’s just socialism.
But on Tuesday night, faced with filibuster threats from Joe Lieberman and a handful of conservative Democrats, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and his gang of 10 negotiators seemed to compromise the public option away. And more than a few liberals seem ready to go along with it. Bernie Sanders said the compromise “may be stronger” than the public option, and Howard Dean said it’s “what should have been done in the first place.”
Jerry Nadler isn’t so sure, though—and since the Senate’s bill will eventually have to be merged with the House’s bill, his opinion counts for a lot.
“The public option has certain purposes,” he said on Wednesday afternoon. “If those purposes are all satisfied somehow, some other way, we’d have to take a look at. If they weren’t, that would be a problem.”
It was just a few months ago that Nadler, a long-serving West Side Democrat, drafted a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi threatening to oppose any legislation that didn’t include a “robust” public plan. Sixty of his fellow House Democrats signed it. Eventually, they compromised—a little—by voting for a final House bill that included a public option that didn’t link provider reimbursement rates to Medicare’s low levels.
But the new Senate compromise would throw the public option on the back burner; it would only be “triggered” if private insurers failed to create nonprofit plans (which would be administered by the same agency that runs the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program) for those who don’t qualify for group coverage. The other major feature is an expansion of Medicare—allowing some Americans to buy in at 55, instead of 65. It’s the Medicare part that has liberals like Sanders and Dean excited.
“The basic idea of allowing Medicare to go to people under 55 is a wonderful idea,” Nadler said. “Some of us have thought we ought to do that for a long time. But—and I hate to use this term—the devil is in the details.
“I mean, I gather that people are going to have to pay a premium for it. And the question is, how big is the premium, how affordable is it? There’ll have to be a Medigap plan, too, presumably. What’s the affordability? What are the subsidies? We have to look at all of that stuff before we can really talk intelligently about it.”
Nadler’s skepticism does seem warranted. The enthusiasm that some liberals are showing for the Medicare buy-in does seem to have a too-good-to-be-true element. On one level, expanding eligibility to 55-year-olds is a major step toward what the left has always wanted—a single-payer system, or “Medicare for all.” But if conservatives like Lieberman were ready to filibuster a public option (which, after all, would only have affected about 15 million Americans—at best), are they really about to sit back and let the country take a giant step toward universal Medicare?
When it comes to the nonprofit idea, Nadler is just confused. After all, both the Senate and House have always envisioned creating a health care exchange where private insurers—assuming they met basic standards established by the government—would be able to compete for business from individuals. The House wants one national exchange; the Senate wants 50 state exchanges.
Reid’s gang of 10, Nadler said, “seems to be saying, from what I’ve read, that where there isn’t enough competition, they’re going to the nonprofits on a national exchange within a state exchange. I’m not sure how that works. It’s not at all clear to me how that works.”
The idea of a trigger—which allows Reid to claim that he hasn’t actually dealt away the public option—isn’t fooling Nadler, either. “If you have the votes to stop the public option, then presumably you’re not setting up a trigger that’s on a hairspring that’ll trigger right away,” he said. “You’re setting up a trigger that will never trigger, or that will trigger only due to unusual circumstances.”
The House passed its health care bill last month with just two votes to spare. The 39 Democrats who voted “no” were mainly moderates and conservatives; Nadler and his progressive colleagues almost all supported it. But that could change in Round Two—especially without a public option.
This helps explain why some on the Senate side (and maybe even in the White House) are floating the idea of bypassing the usual House-Senate conference committee and forcing the House to vote up or down on the Senate’s plan. Essentially, a Democrat like Nadler would be forced to choose between a bill he played no role in crafting and killing health care altogether.
Nadler called that “totally unacceptable.”
“Have we all been wasting our time and energy for the last eight months?” he asked. “We should just wait for the Senate to do what they want?”
Still, he’s optimistic that a deal with the Senate can be struck and that a bill can be on President Obama’s desk soon.
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Think twice the next time you drink and get behind the wheel, the Maharasthra government plans to enact an ordinance that raise the fine for drunk driving to Rs 10,000. The proposed fine represents a whopping 2000 percent increase from the current Rs 500 fine imposed on motorists found 'under the influence.'
The state also plans to increase the minimum imprisonment for such offences to six months. This development comes in the wake of the horrific deaths of a biker and a cop who were runover by Nooriya Haveliwala, who lost control of her vehicle, allegedly under influence of alcohol.
Maharashtra Home Minister R R Patil said on Monday, "We will go in for an ordinance, that would raise the minimum punishment for drunken driving to six months and increase the fine to Rs 10,000 fine."
The ordinance, if passed, will make Maharashtra's laws the most stringent in the country, in the country. Patil's statement comes as the state government seems to have realised that the existing fine and imprisonment did not prove to be much of a deterrent for drunk drivers.
Image: Nooriya Haveliwala being produced in court in Mumbai.
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Pawleys Island: Town may defend county’s permit for south end groin
By Charles Swenson
Georgetown County won’t defend the state permit it received last year to build a rock groin on the beach in front of the parking lot it owns on the south end of Pawleys Island. The county started work in 2007 on the project to build a 205-foot-long groin to prevent erosion in front of the parking area and spent $108,500 on permits. But it will cost $75,000 to $100,000 to defend the permit from an appeal filed by environmental groups, according to Wesley Bryant, the county attorney.
“It didn’t seem like a viable option,” he said.
Pawleys Island Town Council, which supports the county project, met last month in a closed-door session with the town attorney to discuss intervening in the appeal. Mayor Bill Otis said he expects the issue to come up for a vote when council meets next week.
“My sense is that there are ways to do something like this where you don’t have to write an environmental lawyer a blank check,” Otis said.
Bryant said he was surprised by the cost of defending the permit. “That’s a specialized area of law,” he said, and the cost includes lawyers and experts.
The county says the groin is needed because the south end beach access is threatened by erosion. With 80 parking spaces, the south end is the largest free public beach access in Georgetown County. In the past, the county has received permits to haul upland sand to the rebuild the beach after storms. It says building a new groin south of the 24 groins that already trap sand along the island’s beachfront will be cheaper than hauling in sand.
The estimated cost to build the groin is $375,000, which includes adding 5,000 cubic yards of sand to the beach on either side of the structure.
The Coastal Conservation League and the local chapters of the Sierra Club and League of Women Voters appealed the decision by the state Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management to issue a permit for the project. Although state law allows construction of groins in order to protect public facilities from erosion, opponents say that the parking lot is not threatened by erosion. In addition, they say the groin will interrupt the natural flow of sand along the shore and cause erosion to the beaches south of the groin.
Otis called the opposition “short-sighted.”
“There is a provision in state law that requires any groin to be removed if it’s proved it causes downdrift erosion,” he said. “To date, no groin has been removed.”
One of the conditions attached to the groin permit is a requirement that the county monitor its impact. The state will also require a financial guarantee from the county to pay for additional beach nourishment or for the removal of the groin if there is harm to nearby beaches. Last year, the county set aside $145,000 for mitigation.
Otis said he is disappointed that the county isn’t willing to defend the permit. “Apparently beach access had dropped to the bottom of the county’s priority list,” he said.
The county applied for the groin permit in 2008. After a public hearing in 2009, state and federal regulators asked for more information about potential impacts on wildlife. Neither the county nor its consultant, Applied Technology and Management, responded and regulators said they were prepared to deny the permit. Instead, the county withdrew its application in January 2010 only to reapply a year later.
The town of Pawleys Island agreed to spend up to $20,000 for additional studies to complete the county’s application. The beach access is important to the town because it makes the narrow south end of the island eligible for federal beach nourishment funds. The Army Corps of Engineers approved an $8.9 million project for the town in 2006, but it was never funded by Congress.
Bryant said the decision not to fight for the permit in the courts was “basically a business decision.” Besides, the appeal is “based on the permitting procedure,” he said. “OCRM, as far as I know, is going to defend the permit process.”
Otis is skeptical.
“OCRM’s history is that they do a very cursory job of defending permits,” he said. “They depend on the applicant to carry the load.”
Michael Corley, staff attorney for the S.C. Environmental Law Project, which represents the groin opponents, said he isn’t sure what the state’s position will be. “I’m not sure they have any stake in defending the decision,” he said. “They have such limited resources.”
The appeal is the first filed since the state adopted tougher standards for issuing permits for groins.
Otis believes the permit is consistent with others issued to protect public facilities. And he thinks the cost of fighting the appeal won’t be as high as the county thinks.
“Should the town determine it’s going to take a position, we wouldn’t be taking a position that would cost the town $75,000,” Otis said.
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There are a couple of moments in the final days of Jesus life when we get a hint that the circle of his supporters in Jerusalem was wider than just the disciples who had followed him from Galilee. Residents of the city seem to have aligned themselves with him too.
The first occasion was on the first Palm Sunday. Jesus sent ahead of him two of his disciples, with an instruction. ‘Go into the village ahead of you, and as you enter it you will find tied there a colt that has never been ridden. Untie it and bring it here. If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ just say this, ‘The Lord needs it’. It is just about possible, I suppose, that this was an act of supernatural intuition on the part of Jesus. But when he gives his followers a phrase to use if they are challenged, it sounds like a password. It seems more likely that an unknown supporter had agreed to put his colt at Jesus’ disposal.
The second occasion is similar. Later in that first ‘Holy Week’, Jesus again sent ahead of him two of his disciples (this time, named by Luke as Peter and John, saying, ‘Go and prepare the Passover meal for us that we may eat it’. When, perplexed, they ask him where they are to do this, he goes on, ‘Listen, when you have entered the city, a man carrying a jar of water will meet you; follow him into the house he enters and say to the owner of the house, ‘The teacher asks you, ‘Where is the guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?’. He wil show you a large room upstairs, already furnished. Make preparations for us there’. Again, it is just about possible that Jesus was relying on some divine intuition. But it seems much more likely that he had made an arrangement before-hand and was giving, here, a pre-arranged signal to Peter and John.
The implication is, that Jesus had generous sympathisers of whom his core disciples were not necessarily aware. And that remains the case to this day. We are called to be generous — but we should not be surprised when those on the fringes of the church, or beyond, prove to be our generous supporters. Generosity lurks in unexpected places! | <urn:uuid:cd62c555-f12f-4280-9e91-eed456a1e9c5> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.generousjune.co.uk/2020/06/24/luke-1927-48/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571198.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810161541-20220810191541-00266.warc.gz | en | 0.986748 | 503 | 2 | 2 |
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To get to the base of Pulpito, one must first climb and cross the Azucar glacier. Huge cravasses exist here (along with ice falls which may be passes to get atop the glacier) which are usually exposed during late December - early March.
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Approaching the Millennium
The College Music Society's Committee on Professional Development exists to help members acquire information and skills necessary for survival in music in higher education as the field approaches the twenty-first century. Traditionally, the Committee has focused its efforts on the broad category of music in general studies. This seems likely to be a continuing need in the new millennium, but the emphases may change as members' needs and concerns change.
In recent years, the Committee has helped make technology training available to Society members. This is likely also to be a continuing need, but it is important to ask where this volatile field might be going and how the Society can best address members' requirements. Other areas of concern for members, and hence for the Committee, in recent years have included cultural diversity, women's issues, and teaching music theory. These and other topics (in performance, musicology, music education, and perhaps other areas) will continue to be of interest as the Committee looks toward the future.
The Past: Prologue to the Present
It is important to know where the Society has been before assessing its present state and discussing its future. CMS Past-President Chappell White, in the Spring 1980 College Music Symposium, noted from Henry Woodward's six-part history of the Society that CMS has "picked its way rather carefully between the American Musicological Society (AMS) and the Music Educators National Conference (MENC)." White observed that the Society has its roots in two beliefs: (1) that music is a legitimate and essential element in liberal education and therefore must have a strong place in American institutions of higher learning, and (2) that music is one field, and thus all those concerned with any aspect of music in higher education have inevitably common basic goals.
Two years later (in 1981), CMS sponsored the Wingspread Conference on Music in General Studies. As one of the results, the CMS leadership converted the enthusiasm of Wingspread into a seven-year program of summer institutes for music in general studies. The first such summer institute took place in Boulder, Colorado, in 1982. Similar institutes followed from 1983 to 1988, adding world music and music theory pedagogy to its roster of summer institutes and, in 1990, the first of many successful institutes on music technology. Since 1991, the Committee has sponsored twenty-one projects on a variety of topics, all of which began as concerns expressed by the Society's members.
In June 1995, Gerald Farmer organized an international conference in Berlin with the advice and consent of the Committee on Special Projects. The success of this conference inspired President Nohema Fernández to appoint an International Meetings Committee to take over this project. The first conference under the aegis of the new committee was a very successful meeting in Vienna in July 1997.
The Present: Once the Future, Soon the Past
Presently, the Committee on Special Projects and Continuing Professional Development is soliciting concerns from members about their needs. In the 1980s, it appeared that members wanted and needed training in teaching elective music courses to non-majors. In the 1990s, members became concerned about technology, women's studies, and multicultural concerns. Concerns about modernizing music theory pedagogy have been apparent in both decades. Members' interests in music technology training seem to be strong and continuing, if not increasing. Interests in women's studies and music theory pedagogy seem to be continuing, but perhaps at a slower pace. Concern about multicultural issues may have peaked, but it is probably too early to make a definitive statement.
It is not the purpose of either the Committee or the Society to initiate the development of workshops and other activities. The task is rather one of probing the membership to identify what they want, what they care about, and how the Society might provide appropriate and effective training, re-training, exploration, stimulation, and other forms of professional development. This is difficult, because information proliferation and increasingly sophisticated communication technologies make dissemination of information faster and easier. Thus not only the content of music teaching in higher education changes (as more and more research results become available more and more quickly), but also the format for teaching that content changes as delivery systems in the classroom and beyond become more varied and complex. Attitudes, values, content, and methods learned in the 1960s may no longer function well in the new millennium. Research progresses, dissemination speeds up, people sometimes feel overwhelmed by the hurly-burly that all too often accompanies rapid change.
The Future: Quo Vadis?
According to William Strauss and Neil Howe, in their 1991 book, Generations: The History of America's Future, every twenty to twenty-five years a major change occurs in people's character. If this is true, The College Music Society has completed its second generation and is beginning its third. People who study generations label them, and the most famous one is the so-called Baby Boom Generation consisting of people born between 1943 and 1960. Today those people are between the ages of thirty-seven and fifty four. They comprise most of the college and university faculty. After the Boom Generation came the Thirteenth or X Generation. These people, many of whom are in college and university classrooms, were born between 1961 and 1981 and are now ages sixteen to thirty six. Not one of them was alive when The College Music Society began in 1958. Some older faculty members belong to the Silent Generation (born 1925-42; now between the ages of fifty-five and seventy-two). Their names show up on retirement lists or in obituary notices with increasing frequency. Virtually all the G. I. Generation (born 1901-24, now seventy three to ninety-six) have retired or died.
It is appropriate to ask what needs and concerns Boom Generation music faculty have in teaching Thirteenth Generation students. What gaps do growing up and getting a college education from G. I. and Silent Generation studio teachers, theory professors, music history lecturers, and music education faculty members in the 1960s leave for those who must teach Thirteenth and Millennial (born after 1982) Generation students in the new millennium? It seems obvious that the first task is to try to understand what is going on when members of different generations meet as teachers and students and what their needs and concerns might be, especially what the college, conservatory, and university music faculty need and what they care about.
Xerox machines came into common use in higher education around 1970. Many older faculty members will remember, perhaps even with some fondness, cranking the old purple ditto machines or running the more cumbersome electrically powered mimeograph machines that spew paper all over the faculty work room floor. It is possible some people still teach who once typed their dissertations and made copies using carbon paper and onion skin. Personal computers have been around campuses since the early to mid-1980s, and the 1990s have brought the World Wide Web and the Internet into common use, at least among the younger faculty. Around 1980 the number of women on campuses, both students and faculty, have increased to the point of becoming a majority (as a whole, though not yet in percentage of faculty). These and other less prominent changes require teachers with new awareness and sensitivities, as well as new skills and knowledge.
The College Music Society now provides an array of services in communications of various sorts; regional, national, and now even international professional meetings; special projects and continuing professional development activities; and much, much more. Those activities that best serve the members' needs and concerns will continue to do well and will continue to define the Society as they have for the past thirty-nine years. Members who have needs and concerns must step forward and let them be known. Members who have special skills, knowledge, experience, values, and attitudes that might be helpful also need to step forward.
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Mutation is a change in DNA, the hereditary material of life. An organism's DNA affects how it looks, how it behaves, and its physiology all aspects of its life. So a change in an organism's DNA can cause changes in all aspects of its life.
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When mail sent to address A , the mail lands in address B - Exchange 2007
Posted on 2014-01-20
We use exchange 2007 in our organisation.
I was told to create a shared mail account called account called Marketing, so that any queries related to marketing goes into this to the shared mail box.
On the AD I first created account called Marketing then I went the exchange EMC and under Recipient configuration I created a new user mailbox and created a mail box for the existing users and added the marketing account.
It successfully created and under the display name it is listed as: marketing
But under the Primary SMTP Address it is listed as email@example.com
Also now its 5 days after I created and I can’t see Marketing in the global address book. It is not hidden from the Exchange address list.
But if I search in the OWA for the marketing address , it shows as
From my outlook if I send a mail to marketing mail address , I can’t see the mail in the marketing inbox. But the mail goes to some mail box (I don’t get any bounce back message). When I started investigation this I found ,my predecessors have configured another mailbox called MarketingMaster .I reset the password for this mail account and opened and found all the test mail that I had sent to firstname.lastname@example.org account had landed in MarketingMaster mailbox.
Now, we have set up a google account for this we had given this email@example.com address for verification .I had got a message saying:
Verification mail has been sent to firstname.lastname@example.org . Please access your email and visit the verification URL provided in order to activate your google account.
This verification mail is now landed in marketingmaster mail box. If I am right if I click the verification link to activate, then google will be receiving mail from email@example.com and I don’t know how this is going to work and if google sees that verification response mail has come from marketingmaster account.
When I go to marketing master mailbox properties. Under email addresses and under SMTP I can see three addresses listed and marketingmaster address is bold.
Is it possible to remove the marketingmaster account and have the marketing instead.
If I leave this as it is if the users send email to firstname.lastname@example.org and if I reply from this mail box the recipient will see that the reply mail has come from marketingmaster mail address, which is bit confusing.
Please suggest and how to sort this.
Many thanks in advance
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We have seen many advancements taking place around us. Among all the advancements, technology is the one that has amazed all of us in different ways. Nobody could ever think of having wireless earbuds but they are there in surplus in the market. Nobody could ever think of communicating within seconds, despite however far the person is. But now at whatever place you are you can communicate within nanoseconds without any interruption. How did this happen? The Internet made this happen. You can see internet access at every place. It has become a basic need for people and everyone has their personal networking setup now.
Network by the name itself tells you that it is not about one or two things, it consists of a whole group of devices. That includes mobile, computers and others that get connected to each other and to the internet in a network. A home network can be set up easily. But the most important thing in this setup is a cable. The cable you select should match the kind of setup you want at your home and for choosing cables for it you have to keep certain things in your mind. Read about them below.
Check The Reliability:
Everyone wants a reliable connection. A connection about which they don’t have to worry about the speed and its availability. Just imagine you are downloading a very important file of yours and all of a sudden it stops getting downloaded because of an interruption in speed. You will feel frustrated at this time. So this is the reason why a reliable connection is important. Gigabit speed is required in a home network. A cable that you buy for your home network should be the one that is reliable at gigabit speeds. A Cat6 plenum is a certified cable to support it.
Don’t Make Installation The Criteria To Judge:
We have seen many people around us who make the installation process their center of focus and because of that, they overlook other factors. I accept the fact the more complex the installation process the more installation cost you will have to bear. There are many different kinds of cables and everyone has a specific quality. Before choosing a cable, if you get to know that a cable has a complex installation process so don’t reject it before asking about its other specifications. Like Cat5 cables are easily installed but support a speed less than a cat6 while a Cat6 is difficult to install.
Consider The Length Of The Cable:
What if you have all the perfect devices to run the setup efficiently but the only thing that is making you restricted in it is the length of your wires. Everyone has a different area where they do all the setup but you should make sure to consider the length of the cable. You should consider the length if it is according to the kind of setup you want or not. For example, if you do the setup in a big room of your house and the wires have to go through under the carpets and sofas then it will be useless to buy a cable that is not long enough.
Price Or Quality?
Money has always been a motivating and demotivating factor both at the same time. More income always plays its part in motivating a person. While more expenses lead to demotivating the person and any time the person wants to go to much cheaper options. A cable that has all kinds of functions but costs more will make you rethink your decision of choosing it. But let me give you a tip here. You should always consider quality over price. The reason behind that is, a future proof cable will always cost more than the old ones but for at least 5 to 6 years you won’t have to be tensed about altering the cables in your home networking setup.
Pick Your Choice Of Color:
This might sound a childish thing to think about while choosing a cable. But if a person who’s very specific about all the things should also keep this factor in their mind. The color of the cable is not related with its performance but at the same time, people want their home network to be efficient and aesthetic in looks both at the same time. So if you are a kind of person so go for your choice of color for the cable you want so that you won’t regret it later.
These were the tips that you must follow before choosing a cable. You should consider each one of the factors. All of us know that quality is the factor that is preferred over all the other ones and it should not be compromised. Also, if it is something that is related to technology then why you should not go for the kind of cable that is upgraded with the latest technology. The choice is yours now. | <urn:uuid:705e92a2-a555-4c3a-b530-e2462ad63a49> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://techyou.info/tips-to-choose-cables-for-your-home-network/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573760.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819191655-20220819221655-00675.warc.gz | en | 0.971299 | 943 | 2.046875 | 2 |
Prenatal Visits in Syracuse, NY
At CNY Women’s Healthcare, our providers are dedicated to partnering with parents to be there every step of the way during their pregnancy process. This can include help with fertility struggles, high-risk pregnancy care, or education on breastfeeding and other common needs of a newborn.
Regular prenatal visits with an obstetrician are important to monitor the health of both mother and baby. The frequency of prenatal visits depends on how far along a woman is in her pregnancy, and any known health concerns that may require additional checkups with your OBGYN. To schedule a consultation with our board-certified OBGYNs, please call (315) 446-4400 and request an appointment at our OBGYN office in Syracuse, NY.
When To Begin Prenatal Visits with Your OBGYN
A patient’s first prenatal visit should be scheduled as soon as she thinks she may be pregnant. As the pregnancy progresses, prenatal appointments will occur more regularly and may include testing to check the health of the baby or address any significant symptoms the mother may experience.
A typical schedule for prenatal checkups is:
- Between Weeks 4-28 patients will have an appointment once a month.
- Between Weeks 28-36 patients will start having appointments twice a month.
- After week 36 patients will have weekly appointments.
If a pregnancy is regarded as being high-risk, which is often based on various factors like the patient’s age, weight, and known health conditions, your OBGYN may recommend more frequent prenatal visits to closely monitor the pregnancy. This ensures that any potential complications are detected as soon as possible, and therefore may be appropriately treated much more quickly.
What to Expect During a Prenatal Visit
A prenatal checkup at CNY Women’s Healthcare typically includes several standard processes and tests to obtain insights about the mother’s health and that of the developing fetus. During this time, your OBGYN may:
- Obtain a urine sample
- Review the patient’s medical history
- Check blood pressure, weight, and height
- Discuss the patient’s stress levels and lifestyle habits
- Perform blood tests
- Check the fetal heart rate
- Feel and measure the patient’s abdomen
- Complete a fetal ultrasound
- Answer any questions or concerns the patient has
Other tests may be done as a way to proactively identify any early signs of health problems affecting the mother and/or child that can include infection, birth defects, gestational diabetes, or fetal distress.
Schedule a Prenatal Visit in East Syracuse Today
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PROGRAM: Arts Development
AIMED AT: Arts audiences worldwide
Bangsokol: A Requiem for Cambodia is a composition featuring music, voice, movement and visuals. It is the first major symphonic work addressing the late 1970s in Cambodia. It is also the first collaboration between filmmaker Rithy PANH and composer HIM Sophy.
The word ‘bangsokol’, references both the white cloth placed over the deceased during a Buddhist funeral and the ritual surrounding the removal of the cloth. It is through this ritual that the spirits of the dead find rest.
Bangsokol: A Requiem for Cambodia is an act of cultural renewal; it aims to return the arts to the heart of Cambodian society. It seeks to become a memorial for peace, honoring all victims of violent conflict.
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Academies and exploitation of “equivalent” qualifications
Under the previous government, all kinds of qualifications were officially designed ‘equivalent’ to GCSE A*-C grades, without any proper quality control to ascertain whether they matched a C in quality. Many of these were deemed equivalent to 4, and some even 6, GCSEs. Thus, a pupil gaining a C in English, a C in Maths, and passing a BTEC First in computing would count as having A*-Cs in 5 subjects ‘or equivalent’. It is questionable whether employers, colleges or universities paid the same regard to these qualifications as the Department for Education.
The present government are in process of curtailing this, but don’t appear to have noticed the extent to which academies exploit the ‘equivalents’ far more than other schools. Government ministers are content to use academy performance data which inflates their pupils’ achievement.
There are 269 academies with 2011 GCSE results, including those open just one year (i.e. by mid September 2010).
The average gap (for all maintained schools nationally) is 6 percentage points between 5A*-C with English and Maths GCSEs only and 5A*-C with English and Maths with equivalents (53.2% cf 59.1%).
183 academies have more than this standard gap.
141 have more than a 10 percentage gap between these figures.
In some cases it goes much higher, including 11 cases where it is 30 points or more.
This seriously distorts the attainment figures for academies, compared with all schools nationally, making the ‘with equivalents’ data very misleading. [For convenience, I will use the abbreviations 5ACem from now.]
At the most extreme, for example, one academy has 70% of pupils gaining 5ACem with equivalents, and 0% by GCSEs only. Other examples include 67/22, 49/15, and 35/4 percents.
These are the most extreme examples, but the gap is so widespread that it affects overall statistics.
The record of the major sponsors
There are 8 major sponsors, defined as those with 4 or more academies showing results for 2011 (the largest having 19). The average gap between ‘with equivalents’ and ‘GCSE only’ for their academies is 11 percentage points, virtually identical to the gap for all academies. In the worst case, it is 21 percentage points. The largest chains have gaps of 11, 12, 12, 15 and 15. If it is the case, as a DfE representative has claimed (see report BBC News website, 3 Feb 2012) that larger sponsors move towards more academic subjects over time, this suggests they may have been guilty of even higher levels of gaming in the past.
Longer established academies
The DfE representative’s suggestion that longer established academies were less prone to ‘gaming’ with equivalents (Michael Gove’s expression) also does not hold water. If we examine all academies with 2011 results including those open for just one year (i.e. by Sept 2010), then those which had been open for at least 2, 3, 4 and 5 years, there is almost no variation between years:
Two-third of academies have more than the gap (6pp) for all maintained schools
Half have more than 10 percentage points gap.
Around 1 in 20 have 30 or more percentage points gap.
With ‘equivalents’, 39 academies are below the government’s floor target of 35% 5ACem. This is bad enough – it is 1 in 7 academies compared with 1 in 34 schools nationally. (Omitting selective schools such as converted grammar schools and CTCs, it is about 1 in 6.)
If we take GCSE-only figures, we should allow 6 percentage points leeway because of the gap for all maintained schools nationally. In other words, let us look at how many academies fall below 29% for 5ACem (GCSEs only). On this reckoning, 118 academies are below the floor target. Excluding selective schools from the figures, this means about half of academies would be officially failing but for their zealous use of ‘equivalents’.
For 5ACem by GCSEs only:
77 are below 25%
44 below 20%
11 below 10%
Academies with GCSE-only results which are above the national average
Only 51 academies manage to reach the national average for maintained schools of 53.2%. The majority of these are converted grammar or other selective schools. So, apart from such selective schools, only about 10% of academies are above the national average in terms of 5ACem by GCSEs only.
Terry Wrigley (5 Feb 2012)
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Prompted by a filmmaker’s uninspiring suggestion to “crowdsource” footage, we had a good round of spontaneous chatter at ODC about: what motivates you to participate?
Given how participation is now the metric driving all Mozilla Foundation projects, the topic of motiviation certainly deserves some reflection. Everyday we’re all bombarded with requests and invitations to “participate, / contribute / help” one initiative or another. Of course we all would like to do more, but there are limits, and there are filters and triggers that help us decide where to dedicate our time.
The great thing about the discussion we had at ODC is that for a group of people that identifies itself as a community of practice, there was such an array of motivations for contributing to that community. And I suppose it’s this heterogeneity within a tribe that makes you feel like you belong, with all your eccentricities, yet also allows you to be pleasantly surprised and interested in the cast of other characters working together.
A sampling of why people in the room participate:
- Part of a bigger whole. To play a role in shaping a larger effort you believe in.
- To help others. And to follow your contribution to see how it helped someone succeed.
- Feel needed. Handcrafted requests seem to hit targets more often. People like to know why *they* in particular are needed, what is it that they are bringing that is unique and essential — rather than feeling like an invitation is a mass-ask.
- Achieve a shared goal. If you want to see something happen, then you’re primed to pitch in to make it possible. I think there’s lots of value in this also framed as “solve a common problem.”
- Friends or people you admire are involved. Who doesn’t love hanging out with good people?
- Curiosity. Some folks said they dig any opportunity to learn something new, or to level up their skills in a topic of interest.
- Nice graphics. One guy flat out admitted that he’s more likely to chip in when the project has a good design and visual identity. Looks can matter — and show how much the project cares about presentation.
- Fun. ‘Nuff said.
Not so effective? Some common motivations we didn’t mention at all:
- Rewards. Interestingly, many calls for participation offer a reward of some sort (Win an iPad! Have dinner with a star! Earn miles!), but interestingly, no one in the room mentioned that as an incentive that gets them going. Certainly there are successful instances of enticement through money & prizes, but that didn’t seem to be a killer factor.
- Competition & games. Despite much hype about the power of games to get people to do all sorts of stuff, none of us said, “Oh yeah, if I got a 4SQ badge for that, I’d do it.” Not saying those point / badge systems can’t work, but just that its absence from the discussion was interesting.
What motivates you to participate? Anything surprising or missing from the ideas above?
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Thrilling, fantastic, and highly anticipated news out of the United Kingdom: Kate Middleton . . .’s grandmother-in-law has officially legalized gay marriage in Britain!
The law already passed Parliament; the Queen’s signature is just a formality. Think of it as the U.K. equivalent of getting Lindsey Graham’s approval on something John McCain already approved.
Per the Associated Press: “The law enables gay couples to get married in both civil and religious ceremonies in England and Wales, provided that the religious institution consents . . . It also will allow couples who had previously entered into civil partnerships—which were introduced in 2005 and carry similar rights and responsibilities to marriage—to convert their relationships to marriage.” Naturally, it will not automatically convert these relationships to marriage, so unhappily coupled gays: now is your moment to have The Talk. Or, sorry, in British-English: now is your moment to have A Rather Quick Chat, Right.
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|Telling Males from Females|
Telling males from females is one of the most common problems a beginning cichlid hobbyist faces. For some species, males and females are readily distinguishable by color, size or shape. For others it is difficult or even impossible to tell the sexes apart in nonbreeding individuals. We call differences between the sexes "sexual dimorphism" and when there is no difference, we say they are "monomorphic". Oscars are the most monomorphic cichlids I know of, with no visual differences between males and females.
Probably the most accurate means for telling the sexes apart is a technique known as "venting", i.e. examining the vent region of a fish to determine its sex. For an excellent discussion and photographs on "venting", take a look at GARY KRATOCHVIL's page.
The most difficult part of venting is that you need to have the fish in-hand in order to look closely at the vent region. This isn't always possible.
Are there other ways of determining the sex of a fish? Yes. But, there are also many myths that must be avoided. Determining the sex also depends to a large degree on what "type" of cichlid you are looking at, e.g., Central American, West African, mbuna from Lake Malawi etc.
Central American cichlids
Using the convict cichlid as our sample organism for this group, there are several characteristics that allow you to distinguish males from females. In this group, males and females often differ from each other in body shape and size, certain aspects of coloration and occasionally in fin length.
Body shape and size. In general, in the wild, males in this group are larger than females. That is, if you find a pair in the wild, the male will be larger than the female. However, some females are definitely larger than some males, so size alone is not a perfect indicator. Females are also rounder, though this difference is easily masked by a belly full of food. Males may have nuchal humps (a hump on the forehead). The size and shape of the hump differs by species. In the wild only males appear to get humps, but in aquaria, females can get humps too, even fairly large ones. So the presence of a hump does not in itself identify a male.
A pair of Tomocichla tuba in the wild. The male is on the right. Notice the nuchal hump on his forehead. The female is displaying the full white "breeding mask" while the male's mask is only partially expressed. This pair is guarding a clutch of eggs.
Coloration. The coloration differences between the sexes are mostly species specific, meaning that the difference between male and female of one species will not apply to another species. For example, female convict cichlids have orange on the belly, particularly when they are in breeding mode. Males lack the orange. For many species, the female changes into her breeding colors sooner in the breeding cycle than does the male. For example, tuba (Tomocichla tuba) males in Costa Rica often don't show full expression of the breeding mask until after the fry are free-swimming whereas females display the mask at spawning.
Fin length. Males often have longer, more flowing anal and dorsal fins (the ones on the bottom and top respectively). Again there are many exceptions to this and I have seen female convict cichlids with dorsal fins that extended well past the end of the tail fin. So again, the presence of long fins does not necessarily indicate a male fish.
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Today’s Reading: Small Catechism: Sacrament of the Altar, part 1
Daily Lectionary: Deuteronomy 1:37-2:15; Matthew 6:1-15
It is the true body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ. (Small Catechism: Sacrament of the Altar)
In the Name + of Jesus. Amen. The Sacrament of the Altar has many different aspects and dimensions and we speak of it using an assortment of names which all reflect these varied purposes. We can never exhaust this great gift which the Lord has left to us to receive, proclaiming His death until He comes again. Every single word we can say about this gift pales in comparison to this main thing: It is the true Body and Blood of Jesus.
This is why it is called the Sacrament of the Altar. It is, of course, sometimes called the Lord’s Table, which is fine, but to refer to it specifically as it relates to the altar confesses a certain thing: that this is the true Body and Blood of Jesus. An altar is a particular kind of table upon which a sacrificial victim is placed. An altar holds a body. This is the true Body of Jesus upon the altar in your church.
This Body gives life. Other food that sustains our earthly life lasts a day or two. Eating the flesh of a cow, chicken, or plants of the earth will keep you alive for a while, but you’ll have to eat again tomorrow. The life of the cow is given to you so that you would stay alive. Life really is in the blood.
Unlike steaks or hamburgers, delicious as they may be, the Body and Blood of Jesus gives life that does not expire. His life is given to you in this Sacrament which is distributed from an altar. This life is eternal, for Christ is eternal. He is raised from the dead, and in the eating and drinking of His Body and Blood, you, too, are given eternal life, which means that you, too, will be raised from the dead. This is the gift that can only be given in the true Body and Blood of Jesus Christ, and it is given to you. No representation will do. You need the real thing, because you need real life. Yes, this crucified and risen Jesus Christ, is given to you, bodily, in this Sacrament, that you would rise when He returns. And He will return, but until then, we will continue to rejoice and receive this precious gift of life. In the Name + of Jesus. Amen.
Thy body given for me, O Savior, Thy blood which Thou for me didst shed, these are my life and strength forever, by them my hungry soul is fed. Lord, may Thy body and Thy blood, be for my soul the highest good! (“Thy Body, Given for Me, O Savior” LSB 619, st.1)
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Lynne Shivers Papers
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the personal papers of Lynne Shivers and her work from roughly the 1960s onward. It includes biographical and family material, material on her peace work in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, journals she kept from the 1960s until 2014, and information about her teaching career. This collection also includes correspondence to and from Lynne Shivers and literature she collected out of personal interest. Files concerning Shivers's work with Movement for a New Society may be found in that collection in the Peace Collection.
- Majority of material found within 1941-2015
- Shivers, Lynne (Person)
Language of Materials
Materials are in English and Japanese.
Limitations on Accessing the Collection
Copyright and Rights Information
Born in Camden, New Jersey on June 21, 1941, Lynne Shivers was an advocate of peace throughout her life until her death on February 3, 2015. She was a founding member of Movement for a New Society and its Philadelphia Life Center, through which she did work for social change, with an emphasis given to peace and nonviolence. She traveled for peace work often, to Iran and Northern Ireland and eventually to Japan, where her work led her to become director of Hiroshima's World Friendship Center in 1986. She also worked for the American Friends Service Committee on issues of Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. She wrote about social issues and peace activism both for Movement for a New Society publications and for outside publications. In 1979, she began teaching American and English Literature at the Community College of Philadelphia's, where she incorporated literature about peace and nonviolence into her curriculum. She retired from her Assistant Professor position in 2005 and lived the rest of her life in Germantown, Pennsylvania.
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Enid Lynne Shivers was a peace activist and prominent member of Movement for a New Society, for which she organized and wrote informational materials. This collection of her personal materials is primarily composed of journals dating from the 1960s until 2014 and materials from time she spent doing peace work in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
The Swarthmore College Peace Collection is the official repository for these papers.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Estate of Lynne Shivers, June 2015 [Acc. 2015-031].
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The term “dental services” encompasses a wide range of procedures and operations linked to oral health and teeth illnesses. An extensive oral health program includes problems with teeth, gums, and the tongue. There are many different types of dental services, so let’s take a closer look at each one.
Types of Dental Services
Oral visits are necessary for various reasons; however, there are a few regular therapies that everyone should be aware of. The following are seven of the most common dental procedures that you should be familiar with.
Composite resin and glass particles make up cosmetic fillings, sometimes called tooth-colored fillings. A bonding substance is used to connect them to the natural teeth. Fillings made from various products, such as porcelain or composite resin, mimic the color and texture of natural teeth. Hence, placing fillings for cosmetic purposes can help you achieve a brighter, whiter smile.
Veneers are becoming significantly popular. Veneers are thin coatings applied to the front portion of the teeth and bonded in place. If you have uneven or misaligned teeth or ones that are badly stained, you should consider getting veneers. Additionally, they can be used to lighten teeth that have taken on a gray or yellow appearance.
It is suggested that you have your teeth cleaned at the dental practitioner’s clinic once every six months. Plaque hardens into tartar, which is what you see on your teeth. Under and over the gum line, tartar can develop; that’s why professional tooth cleaning is the only method to get rid of it. Regular oral cleanings are essential for the preservation of a healthy mouth.
Root Canal Therapy
In the past, infected teeth were often removed rather than treated with root canal treatment. Nowadays, root canal treatment is frequently used to save teeth. When a tooth is infected or significantly decaying, a root canal is a necessary surgery in dental care. While others are afraid of root canals because they assume they’re painful. This is indeed a misconception. Hence, the majority of clients compare the experience to that of getting a filling put in. To have comprehensive knowledge about this service, visit My Happy Tooth, as they offer the best endodontics in Elmhurst.
Back teeth can be protected from decay by applying sealants composed of plastic to the chewing edges of the back teeth. Additionally, liquid sealants are applied to the teeth and solidify to form a protective barrier. On the other hand, you will save money over time by not needing dental fillings, crowns, and other treatments because of the sealants you have placed on your teeth.
To brighten your smile, consider whitening your teeth! Bleaching can be done in two places: at home or in the clinic. You can utilize custom-made dental trays containing hydrogen peroxide gel to lighten your teeth at home. On the other hand, your dental expert will use hydrogen peroxide gel and a light source to expedite the whitening process when you get in-clinic whitening.
To have a tooth extracted, removing it from its socket in the jawbone is necessary, a treatment known as dental extraction. For a variety of factors, tooth extractions may be essential. If your tooth is severely infected and oral restoration is not possible, removal may be the only option. In some conditions, dentists remove teeth in order to provide room for orthodontic treatment. Before tooth extraction, follow and click this page for a dental exam.
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Astronomers used to believe that all Type 1a supernovae were essentially the same brightness. That’s because they explode with the same amount of fuel. But now a supernova has been discovered that’s twice as bright as all the other Type 1a supernovae. This is a problem, since this kind of supernovae are used as standard candles, to determine distances across the Universe. Most recently, these supernovae have been used to calculate the mysterious force called dark energy that seems to be accelerating the expansion of the Universe.
A group of scientists affiliated with the SuperNova Legacy Survey (SNLS) have found startling evidence that there is more than one kind of Type Ia supernova, a class of exploding stars which until now has been regarded as essentially uniform in all important respects. Supernova SNLS-03D3bb is more than twice as bright as most Type Ia supernovae but has much less kinetic energy, and appears to be half again as massive as a typical Type Ia.
The lead authors of the report, which appears in the September 21 issue of Nature, include Andrew Howell, formerly of the Physics Division at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and now at the University of Toronto, and Peter Nugent, an astrophysicist with Berkeley Lab’s Computational Research Division. Other lead authors are Mark Sullivan of the University of Toronto and Richard Ellis of the California Institute of Technology. These and many of the other authors of the Nature paper are members of the Supernova Cosmology Project based at Berkeley Lab.
Because almost all Type Ia supernovae found so far are not only remarkably bright but remarkably uniform in their brightness, they are regarded as the best astronomical “standard candles” for measurement across cosmological distances. In 1998, after observations of many distant Type Ia supernovae, the Supernova Cosmology Project and the rival High-Z Supernova Search Team announced their discovery that the expansion of the universe is accelerating – a finding that would soon be attributed to the unknown something called dark energy, which fills the universe and opposes the mutual gravitational attraction of matter.
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“Type Ia supernovae are thought to be reliable distance indicators because they have a standard amount of fuel – the carbon and oxygen in a white dwarf star – and they have a uniform trigger,” says Nugent. “They are predicted to explode when the mass of the white dwarf nears the Chandrasekhar mass, which is about 1.4 times the mass of our sun. The fact that SNLS-03D3bb is well over that mass kind of opens up a Pandora’s box.”
Why Most Type Ia Supernovae are the Same
Classification of supernova types is based on their spectra. Type Ia spectra have no hydrogen lines but do have silicon absorption lines, a clue to the chemistry of their explosions. The white dwarf progenitors of Type Ia supernovae, typically about two-thirds the mass of the sun, are thought to accrete additional mass from a binary companion until they approach the Chandrasekhar limit. Increasing pressure causes the carbon and oxygen in the center of the star to fuse, producing the elements up to nickel on the periodic table; the energy released in this process blows the star to pieces in a titanic thermonuclear explosion.
Some variations have been observed in Type Ia supernovae, but these are mostly reconcilable. Brighter Type Ia’s take longer to rise to maximum brightness and longer to decline. When the time-scales of individual light curves are stretched to fit the norm, and brightness is scaled according to the stretch, Type Ia light curves match.
Brightness differences could be due to differing ratios of carbon and oxygen in the progenitors, resulting in differing final amounts of nickel in the explosion. The radioactive decay of nickel to cobalt and then iron powers the optical and near-infrared light curves of Type Ia supernovae. Differences in apparent brightness could also be products of asymmetry; an explosion viewed from one angle may be slightly dimmer than from another.
None of these possible differences are enough to explain supernova SNLS-03D3bb’s extreme brightness – which is much too bright for its light-curve “stretch.” Moreover, in most brighter supernovae, the matter ejected from the explosion travels at a higher velocity; that is, these explosions have more kinetic energy. But the ejecta of SNLS-03D3bb were unusually slow.
“Andy Howell put two and two together and realized that SNLS-03D3bb must have super-Chandrasekhar mass,” says Nugent.
The Mass of Evidence
One clue was the elements needed to produce the extra brightness. “All the power in a Type Ia comes from the burning of carbon and oxygen to heavier elements, notably nickel 56,” Nugent says. “A Type Ia of normal brightness makes about 60 percent of a solar mass worth of nickel 56, the rest being other elements. But SNLS-03D3bb is more than twice as bright as normal; it must have more than twice as much nickel 56. The only way to get that is with a progenitor that’s 50 percent more massive than the Chandrasekhar mass.”
The other factor is the slowness of SNLS-03D3bb’s ejecta, as detected in the shifting of elemental lines in its spectrum. The velocity of supernova ejecta depends on the kinetic energy released in the explosion, which is the difference between the energy released in thermonuclear burning minus the binding energy that acts to hold the star together, a function of the star’s mass. The more massive the star, the slower the ejecta.
But how could a carbon-oxygen progenitor ever accumulate mass greater than the Chandrasekhar limit without exploding? It’s possible that a very rapidly spinning star could be more massive. It’s also possible that two white dwarfs, with a combined mass well over the Chandrasekhar limit, could collide and explode.
Nugent says, “One clue came from our coauthor Mark Sullivan, who in the SNLS data had already found two distinct rates for the production of Type Ia supernova. They can crudely be broken into those that come from young star-forming galaxies and those from old, dead galaxies. So there’s an indication that there may be two populations of Type Ia’s, with two types of progenitors, and two different paths to explosion.”
In old, dead galaxies even the biggest stars are small, Nugent explains. The only kinds of Type Ia supernovae possible in these galaxies are likely to be the binary-system, mass-accreting, Chandrasekhar-mass type. But young star-forming galaxies produce massive objects and could be rich in white-dwarf plus white-dwarf binary systems, so-called “double-degenerate” systems.
“If the double-degenerate model is right, such systems will always produce super-Chandrasekhar explosions in these very young galaxies,” Nugent says.
Young galaxies are more likely to be found in the early universe, and thus at greater distances. Since distant Type Ia supernovae are crucial to the effort to measure the evolution of dark energy, it becomes essential to clearly identify Type Ia supernovae that do not fit the Chandrasekhar-mass model. This is easy to do with a Type Ia as odd as SNLS-03D3bb, but not all super-Chandrasekhar supernovae may be so obvious.
“One way to detect super-Chandrasekhar supernovae is by measuring ejecta velocity and comparing it with brightness. Another way is by taking multiple spectra as the light curve evolves. Unfortunately, taking spectra is the biggest expense in the whole pursuit of dark energy studies,” Nugent says. “The designers of these experiments will have to find efficient ways of eliminating super-Chandrasekhar supernovae from their samples.”
Modeling the Variations
It was partly in hopes of developing a quick and dependable way to identify candidate Type Ia supernovae for cosmological research that Nugent and coauthor Richard Ellis initially approached Sullivan and other members of the SNLS, with its large data base of supernovae. Working at the National Energy Research Scientific Computing center (NERSC) based at Berkeley Lab, Nugent developed an algorithm that could take a handful of photometric data points early in the evolution of a candidate supernova, positively identify it as a Type Ia, and accurately predict its time of maximum brightness.
One of the first Type Ia’s studied this way turned out to be SNLS-03D3bb itself. “It had such a high signal-to-noise ratio given its redshift that we should have suspected from the beginning that it was going be an unusual supernova,” Nugent says.
Nugent regards the discovery of the first demonstrable super-Chandrasekhar supernova as an exciting prospect: “For the first time since 1993” – when the brightness versus light-curve shape relationship was developed – “we now have a strong direction to look for the next parameter that describes the brightness of a Type Ia supernova. This search may lead us to a much better understanding of their progenitors, and the systematics of using them as cosmological probes.”
This understanding is one of the major goals of the Computational Astrophysics Consortium, headed by Stan Woosley of the University of California at Santa Cruz and supported by the Department of Energy’s Office of Science through the Scientific Discovery Through Advanced Computing (SciDAC) program, with Nugent and John Bell of the Computation Research Division and NERSC among the leading partners.
“Chandrasekhar’s 1931 model of stellar collapse was elegant and powerful; it won him the Nobel Prize,” says Nugent. “But it was a simple one-dimensional model. Just by adding rotation one can exceed the Chandrasekhar mass, as he himself recognized.”
With 2-D and 3-D models of the supernovae now possible using supercomputers, Nugent says, it’s possible to study a broader range of nature’s possibilities. “That’s the goal of our SciDAC project, to get the best models and the best observational data and combine them to push the whole ball of wax. At the end of this project, we’ll know the most we can know about all kinds of Type Ia supernovae.”
“A type-Ia Supernova From a Super-Chandrasekhar Mass White Dwarf Star,” by D. Andrew Howell, Mark Sullivan, Peter E. Nugent, Richard S. Ellis, Alexander J. Conley, Damien Le Borgne, Raymond G. Carlberg, Julien Guy, David Balam, Stephane Basa, Dominique Fouchez, Isobel M. Hook, Eric Y. Hsiao, James D. Neill, Reynald Pain, Kathryn M. Perret, and Christopher J. Pritchett, appears in the 21 September issue of Nature and is available online to subscribers.
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Food-service sector among worst violators of wage laws nationally and in San Francisco
UPDATE 8/7/13: See video version: “Less Than Expected: Minimum Wage Violations in San Francisco”
Last year, Mauricio Lozano found a job through a friend at a pizzeria in North Beach. The pay was $8 an hour, in cash. He said a supervisor told him he would get less than San Francisco’s minimum wage because he was “in training.”
Under city law, that’s no excuse for paying below the mandated wage floor, then $10.24 an hour. But the restaurant needed someone right away, and Lozano was in no position to negotiate. A recent immigrant from El Salvador with few other prospects and a family back home to support, Lozano snatched up the opportunity. “Because I didn’t have another job, I had to take it,” he lamented.
Lozano’s story is far from uncommon, say community organizers and city officials. Records show that San Francisco’s enormous food service sector is the worst for such violations. City records show that two-thirds of wages city inspectors recover for workers for minimum wage violations come from restaurants, coffee shops and other eateries.
Nationwide, 19.9 percent of all workers in food preparation and service occupations are paid below minimum wage, according to a recent estimate by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Many undocumented immigrants find that because they have limited options in today’s depressed labor market, they must choose between a sub-minimum-wage job and no job at all. And after they are hired, many fear losing their jobs or even getting deported if they speak up.
Lozano moved here three years ago, but his two daughters and their mother still live in El Salvador. “I cannot be here without doing anything,” he said. “If I don’t work, there will be no money for them. I have to send money.”
Struggling to make ends meet at the pizza place, Lozano requested a raise. His pay went up to $9 an hour. After two-and-a-half months, his pay rose to $10 an hour — still below the city’s minimum wage.
“The last week I worked for him he didn’t like that anymore, and so he fired me,” Lozano said.
Asked about Lozano’s case, Hosan Said, owner of Pizza Royal, declined to be interviewed.
While city records show that the restaurant is still paying off the fines from last year — $1,569.11 so far — Lozano said he received all of his back pay, minus the taxes, in installments over three months.
“I was so frustrated that there were times I cried, because I wanted to say something,” he said. “But I needed the job and I needed the money, even though I knew that it was less than the minimum.”
San Francisco has the highest minimum wage in the country, and it is pegged to inflation. In January, it rose to $10.55 an hour. But the high wage is offset by one of the nation’s highest costs of living.
Immigrants bear the brunt of labor exploitation. According to a 2009 report by the National Employment Law Project, foreign-born Latinos had an especially high minimum wage violation rate — 35 percent, double the rate of U.S.-born Latinos and nearly six times the rate of U.S.-born whites.
A 2010 study by the UCLA Institute for Research on Labor and Employment found that almost 76 percent of undocumented workers in Los Angeles had worked off the clock without pay, and more than 85 percent had not received overtime pay.
With little enforcement from federal and state labor agencies, community organizations focused on labor rights have stepped into the fray.
When Lozano began questioning his employer about his missing wages and faced termination, he reached out to an advocacy group called Young Workers United for help. The San Francisco-based nonprofit works to defend youth and immigrant workers’ rights.
Josué Argüelles, the group’s co-director, said he asks workers first if they have colleagues who are exploited. If so, the organization leverages strength in numbers, either confronting the owner or immediately reporting the violation to city inspectors.
In Lozano’s case, two other workers faced similar circumstances. In September, Lozano went to the city’s Office of Labor Standards Enforcement, which charged the employer for back pay and taxes for all workers involved.
Lozano’s advice for fellow immigrants he meets who also tell stories of being exploited, but fear harassment, retaliation or deportation: “Do not be scared to have to go up and say what is happening. You do not have to stay silent.”
Lozano is now paid the San Francisco minimum wage. His work life is still tough by any standard.
He rises before sunrise to unlock another restaurant in North Beach, downstairs from the room he rents. Lozano works alone, but quickly. He must have the floor mopped, counters wiped down, dishes washed, garbage emptied from the night before, and all the food prepared before his supervisor arrives.
Later that afternoon, he will go to his second job at a car wash in the Mission District, and later attend classes at City College of San Francisco. There he studies English as a second language.
“At the moment, I feel comfortable with two jobs because they pay me what they are supposed to — minimum wage — and I feel comfortable,” Lozano said. “But it is never enough, you know. There are always more expenses, like rent and food and public transportation. It is expensive to live in this city.” | <urn:uuid:c39a3128-6c5c-4a5f-9189-af094e61691b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.sfpublicpress.org/restaurant-worker-paid-below-minimum-wage-for-training/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573172.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818063910-20220818093910-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.97159 | 1,238 | 1.8125 | 2 |
What does Fateema mean?
Associated with: arabic.
(female) Fateeca, Fateeda, ..
(male) Fateefe, Fateemo, .. Middle name pairings:
Fateema Alaya (F.A.), ..
How popular is Fateema?
Fateema is an uncommonly occurring first name for females. Fateema is an uncommon last name too for both adults and children. (2000 U.S. Census)
Which version is better?with its source form and related girl names. Fatima (#311 a year ago) and Fatimah (#1888) are the popular variation forms of Fateema (outside Top 2000). These relations of Fateema were popular as baby names in 2001 (median #1113) and are almost as common today (#1099, ▼18%). Fatima is a constant favorite. (Top 2000 Names, 2015)
Similar NamesSuggested similar names are Baseema, Fadheela (see Fadila), Falecia, Faleece, Fareena, Fayetta, Fedelma, Fidelma, Freeda, Hakeema, Haleema, Haleima, Kareema, Kareima, Lateefa, Naeema, Neema, Saleema, Seema and Uleema (see Ulima). These names tend to be more frequently used than Fateema.See names in meaning and etymology. | <urn:uuid:0bd8ea5a-b6bf-44e6-a70e-28cc3c5bd2cc> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/0/Fateema | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560282935.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095122-00238-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.842653 | 295 | 2.015625 | 2 |
is state failure a technical problem?
Thursday our college hosted the Ambassador of Germany to the United States, Dr. Klaus Scharioth, for a talk on German-U.S. relations and global challenges. In his talk, the ambassador identified five major issue areas that are of concern to both our countries: climate change & energy independence, nuclear nonproliferation & disarmament, the economic & financial crisis, terrorism, and failing states.
In his comments on state failure, Ambassador Scharioth focused on the need to train leaders in failing states and to support their efforts to govern because we all face the consequences of state failure through such issues as terrorism, insecurity, and nuclear proliferation. Most of his comments focused on Afghanistan, and at one point, the ambassador stated that it is important to "put people in a position that they are so well-trained, they can help themselves." In other words, state failure is, at least in part, a technical problem. Technical problems have technical solutions, so training officials and bureaucrats should address the problem of governance in weak or failing states.
Here's my question regarding the Ambassador's comments (which, to be fair, I'm sure represented nowhere near the entirety of his thinking on the issue): is state failure really a technical problem? Of course we are all familiar with the technical problems that accompany state failure: roads don't get paved, hospitals are under-equipped and understaffed, borders aren't secure, and policing is almost non-existent. It makes sense that to solve these problems, we would train individuals and supply necessities.
But are the roots of state failure always simply a technical issue that can be solved if enough money is thrown at it in the right way (eg, by not letting corrupt leaders have access to cash)? I am by no means an expert on Afghanistan, but my understanding is that part of the governance issue there is not so much a technical problem as it is a cultural one. It's not entirely clear that everyone in Afghanistan has an interest in being governed according to the norms of modern statehood, especially if that form of governance is to be highly centralized. Particularly in the rural areas, many Afghanis are perfectly content to be governed the same way they've been governed for centuries: by decentralized, traditional authorities and some kind of loose national government whose reach into individuals' private lives is fairly limited.
Again, I am not an expert on Afghanistan and may have completely misunderstood how traditional governance works there. But it seems to me there's a larger question here raised by the idea that a technical solution won't fix culturally-based issues relating to state failure. Government don't work in Afghanistan. Some technical solutions will solve the technical problems associated with state failure.
But will a focus on training people to govern solve that problem if the general population doesn't want or need government to work in the way outsiders think it should? I'm not sure. At any rate, Ambassador Scharioth's point has given me much to consider. | <urn:uuid:7726ff4e-322b-4731-af4b-350984a03af4> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://texasinafrica.blogspot.com/2010/01/is-state-failure-technical-problem.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280221.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00231-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.967869 | 608 | 1.59375 | 2 |
In the past, people were on the move most of the day and used their feet to travel or lift heavy loads. Now we have evolved to sit for most of the day, including our work life, traveling by high-speed trains and planes.
The average person sits for more than 11 hours a day. Our bodies were designed for movement, a function that provides increased mental performance and long-term health benefits – but today's offices largely ignore this basic human need.
Germany-based Walkolution, one of Europe's most successful start-up companies, now offers people a healthier alternative to sitting down. The patented and science-based product is the world's first noiseless and motorless walking table with an integrated ergonomic table and backrest so that the user can work and walk at the same time. Human-centered design meets eco-friendly and sustainable production.
In addition to choosing ecological materials, the company plants a tree for every 10.000 steps a user walks on the treadmill.
In 2017, Dr. These walking belts, produced by the company founded by Eric Sohngen and Frank Ackermann, are used by corporate and private customers in more than 40 countries.
The world's first noiseless, non-electric walking desk designed for work areas, 100% human powered, non-motorized, gravity powered and whisper quiet and ultra-ergonomic. Walkolution treadmill desks are designed for zero distraction and seamless integration into normal work routines.
A non-electric walking desk may sound simple, but Walkolution walking desks are made from proprietary technology protected by international patents. Better still, the walking tables are designed and manufactured at Walkolution's eco-certified production site.
“It is clear that we can only live healthy if the environment allows us to do this. That's why we've been committed to adhering to strict ecological guidelines for our products from the very beginning. For example, we heat our production area with our own wood waste, we only use wood from sustainably operated foresters, and we are also committed to the goal of planting one million trees.” says.
While many companies use waste products to manufacture new products, Walkolution uses their own waste to replace traditional energy sources for manufacturing. The company wants to shed light on the health benefits of walking tables for people while creating a circular economy for its manufacturing facilities.
Sitting has serious health consequences, including not only weight gain and back pain, but also a significantly higher risk of cancer, heart attack, stroke, depression and even dementia.
How do you solve the problem when most modern jobs require tables? Walkolution Founder Dr. Eric Sohngen is a trained medical doctor and former GP. Health problems caused by sedentary work and lifestyle. It made Sohngen uncomfortable and therefore created a healthier work environment that allows people to work and stay healthy at the same time.
Dr. Sohngen designed the first prototype of a walking desk while he was a medical student in 2006. The first Walkolution walking table ran over 2018 more prototypes before going into production in its current form in 50.
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Disney to enforce age restrictions for unaccompanied minors
Mar 16, 2013
The U.S. Disney theme parks are putting a new age restriction into place. Beginning March 23, children under the age of 14 will not be able to enter the parks unless someone aged 14 or older accompanies them. There was previously no documented age policy, but no specific incident prompted the change. Suzi Brown, Disneyland spokeswoman said, "We regularly review all of our policies, and we identified an opportunity to provide a consistent age of admission and address a question we occasionally get from parents. The question is just if we have a minimum age."
The age of 14 was chosen after guest surveys were taken, as well as surveys from child welfare organizations. Brown said, "If a cast member who is working at the front gates sees a guest who appears to be younger than 14 without someone who appears to be older than that, they will engage in a conversation with the guest." As guests of that age don't normally have ID, the cast member will decide if the parent or guardian needs to come accompany the child into the park. | <urn:uuid:8f4cce1f-ce63-4471-af70-0d2c84237403> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.wdwinfo.com/news/General_Disney_News/Disney_to_enforce_age_restrictions_for_unaccompanied_minors_printer.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280504.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00146-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.975855 | 222 | 1.523438 | 2 |
Keeping the Family Spark Alive
More than any other interest or vocation, genealogy requires true passion. Spending hundreds of hours chasing the names, dates, and details of the lives of your ancestors through dusty library stacks, endless computer databases, and convoluted correspondence with distant bureaucrats could only be called a labor of love. Many genealogists think about how to share that spark and keep the interests alive within future generations of their families. Here are some creative ways to get children, teenagers, and young adults interested in genealogy.
Pull out famous connections: In general, as genealogists we want to minimize the impact of famous relatives. Every ancestor is important! But if you are the descendent of a famous general or have a literary genius in the extended family tree, use that as an entry point to engage kids. One family that discovered a great uncle was a famous American poet, for example, bought a book of his poetry and read it aloud with their family. They then used short biographies and photographs to create crafting opportunities for the children that centered on each one’s favorite poem that he had written.
Connect your family history to curriculum: Tying genealogical research to a child’s school curriculum can help them make important connections. For example, colonial American ancestors may be more interesting after a child has studied the Mayflower and Pilgrims. A Daughters of the American Revolution application for one of your ancestors will mean much more to someone who has studied the late 1700s. Finding connections, especially based on subjects that interest the child in question, can help draw them in.
Engage them in your quest for information: There are two ways to approach genealogical research. One is like homework, and the other is like a mystery where you’re hunting for important clues. Guess which one resonates more with kids? Choose an interesting piece of family history and define a clear research problem. Use kids’ natural facility with technology to search databases, explore online, and illustrate the role of technology in modern research. If you can bridge the idea that genealogy involves both technological innovation and creative thought, bright kids will be hooked.
Use family photos to play games: Games are inherently fun, and photos are a terrific gateway into your family’s history. Use old photos to help explore the relationships between people. Show a picture of Grandma as a child, for example, and encourage them to guess who she is. Share stories of her time spending summers on Martha’s Vineyard, or how her father emigrated from Canada. You’ll receive bonus points for funny and exotic stories. Another approach is to use historic photos and ask kids to play detective. Can they guess the timeframe based on the clothing? Are there items in the picture that offer clues as to the place, period, or occupant of the featured person?
Explain what it means to you: Take the time to explain to the children and young adults in your life why you became fascinated with genealogy. Did uncovering the stories of your ancestors help you feel deeply connected to past generations? Were you captivated by the story of an ancestor on a grand adventure, and want to learn more about them? Perhaps you stumbled across a photo that spoke to you across generations? Whatever your motivation, whatever your interests, take the time to share that. Your motivations can help kids recognize their own interests. Also take the time to share why you want them to be involved, and how and why it’s important to you that family stories continue on.
Getting the next generation of your family interested in genealogy is a great way to make sure that your work carries on. Our professional genealogists are happy to help you teach the fundamentals of genealogy to young researchers, or work with you to document your family history in a format that’s easy to share. Contact us today to arrange for a personal consultation. | <urn:uuid:53fb966a-6d3c-45e3-95a6-c04a120ade6f> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.pricegen.com/keeping-family-spark-alive/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560279489.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095119-00008-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.956366 | 797 | 2.75 | 3 |
In honor of the fourth anniversary of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear disaster that devastated the region, Japanese art collective Chim↑Pom created a group exhibition titled Don't Follow the Wind inside three buildings within the Fukushima exclusion zone. Ai Weiwei was a participating artist and The Creators Project interviewed him to speak about his art and his get his general impressions about the theme of the project. Here are excerpts from that interview:
I am an artist. My artistic method and also it's—you could say that both subject matter and my methods are not confined to one style, but rather take many forms. Each piece is different, even styled with different time periods or problems that have caught my attention in mind. There is a big change.
I have a great many interests—from simple, experienced perceptions of daily life to more complicated themes like aesthetics or sociology. My work touches on all of these. I have pieces based on both written language and pictures. I have even done documentaries, installations, and sculptures. Sound-based pieces. Basically, I explore all modes of expression.
The nuclear leak in Fukushima, Japan was a really serious incident. Because, as we all know, satisfying modern energy needs in the world, and nuclear energy itself, both come with potential dangers. These are guaranteed to capture people's attention because the devastation that could possibly result is massive. On this topic, everyone will feel worried for this world. Because we still use a large amount of nuclear energy. The potential dangers of it have always existed.
When this Japanese organization [Chim↑Pom], an artist organization, contacted me and asked me to do this piece, I told them that I really need at least half a year or more to finish.
As I was saying, it was the nuclear leak issue that caught my interest. In many ways, there was a connection between this program and my past work. One way was the themes that this piece touched on and how it touched on some real-life problems. For me, this was very new.
I was very interested in the possibility of this project's development. All pieces of art themselves are some kind of invasion. Their relationship is a kind of disturbance or invasion of reality. They call into question or pose questions to reality. Or sometimes they are a kind of criticism. My work also has this kind of function.
Nuclear radiation itself is a threat to humanity—a disaster. Then, the mode of expression for this disaster should have an appropriate relationship to it. I think that nuclear energy and nuclear radiation are problems for all of humanity, a collective issue. It is not limited by nationality.
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August 17, 2006
A few months from now the oil will flow again in Alaska. The spill will be largely forgotten. Meanwhile, sewer pipes across the country are on the brink of catastrophic -- even fatal -- collapse. Not in the wilds of Alaska but right below your feet right now, right next to a source of drinking water, a playground, a lake or a beach near you, says Thomas Rooney, president of Insituform Technologies.
- Last year, the Environmental Protection Agency reported 73,000 sewage spills in America.
- Over the last several months, more than a dozen places in the United States have had the worst sewer spills in decades, if not their history.
Billions have been spent for clean-up, remediation and health-care costs because of these spills and for one reason: sewer pipes that are old, eroded, broken, even corroded to the point of nonexistence. There are almost 1 million miles of them in America alone, says Rooney.
- In Hawaii, earlier this year, 50 million gallons of raw sewage spilled from broken pipes onto the most beautiful beaches in the world; it put an entire economy out of business, sickened many and even caused one death.
- A study by the University of California-Los Angeles and Stanford University says water polluted with sewage sickens 1.5 million people a year in Southern California alone.
- Detroit has the same kind of problems, except all its sewage discharges go into the Great Lakes, a source of drinking water for tens of millions of people.
Bad sewer pipes are a problem we can no longer ignore, says Rooney, and it will only get worse:
- Most sewer pipes were built 60 years ago and only intended to last 50 years.
- Not enough people pay attention until they break; then it is too late.
Source: Thomas Rooney, "Pipeline nightmares," Washington Times, August 17, 2006.
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- A nonvolatile nanoionic switch is disclosed. A thin layer of chalcogenide glass engages a substrate and a metal selected from the group of silver and copper photo-dissolved in the chalcogenide glass. A first oxidizable electrode and a second inert electrode engage the chalcogenide glass and are spaced apart from each other forming a gap therebetween. A direct current voltage source is applied with positive polarity applied to the oxidizable electrode and negative polarity applied to the inert electrode which electrodeposits silver or copper across the gap closing the switch. Reversing the polarity of the switch dissolves the electrodeposited metal and returns it to the oxidizable electrode. A capacitor arrangement may be formed with the same structure and process.
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Tiritiri Matangi Island is a sanctuary offering a pest-free environment for rare and endangered wildlife.
The bunkhouse is the only accommodation on Tiritiri Matangi.
It is a communal facility and has limited availability as it is primarily used by volunteers and students carrying out work on the island.
- Gas stove and oven
- Microwave oven
- Two fridges and a freezer
- All cutlery, crockery, utensils etc
- Pots and pans
- Dishwashing liquid, dish cloths and dish brushes
- Tea towels
- Drinking water (rain water from the tap)
- Two hot showers
- Two toilets (toilet paper provided)
- 3 rooms for public use, with 15 bunk beds in total:
- Room 1 Kahu: 4 beds
- Room 2 Kokako: 5 beds
- Room 3 Tuatara: 6 beds
Red Beach Primary School children in front of Tiritiri Matangi Island bunkhouse
Hobbs Beach, Tiritiri Matangi Island
Tiritiri Matangi Island bunkhouse with Rangitoto Island in background
Student group ready for biosecurity briefing from island ranger, Tiritiri Matangi Island wharf
The bunkhouse is located at the top of the hill near the lighthouse and Visitor Centre.
There is no public transport on the island but, if you are staying overnight, your gear will be taken to the bunkhouse. When you get off the ferry, leave your gear in the trolley on the wharf and the island ranger will take it to the bunkhouse.
From the wharf, take either Wharf Road or Wattle Track to the bunkhouse (40 min).
Adult: $30 per person
Child (0-17 years inclusive): $20 per person
Bookings are essential.
Before you book:
- Read the booking terms and conditions.
- Ensure you do not arrive or depart the bunkhouse on a Monday or Tuesday. The ferry doesn't run on these days, and the island rangers are not available to give you the required bunkhouse briefing or check-out.
- Check that the ferry is available on your chosen arrival and departure dates.
- Read and understand the 'Plan and prepare' information below.
Book the Tiritiri Matangi Island bunkhouse online or contact:
- Tiritiri Matangi is renowned as one of the best places in New Zealand to spot rare and endangered native species.
- Check out one of the many Tiritiri Matangi Island walks.
- Consider a night walk for a chance to see little spotted kiwi, little penguins and tuatara.
- Hobbs Beach or North East Bay are both excellent spots to swim.
- The Kiwi Ranger Programme is a free, fun and interactive way to get to know Tiritiri Matangi.
Know before you go
- There is no linen - bring your own sleeping bag, sheet and pillowcase.
- There is no washer or drier. Hand washing only - bring your own washing powder.
- Expect to share living areas and bunk rooms.
- There is no public telephone - only emergency calls can be made. Cell phone coverage is good on the grass outside the bunkhouse.
All visitors staying on the island must complete and bring the biosecurity checklist.
Good to know
Do not book your arrival or departure on a Monday or Tuesday
The ferry doesn't run on Mondays and Tuesdays, and the island rangers are not available to give you the required bunkhouse briefing or check-out on these days.
Check ferry availability
Both the bunkhouse and ferry can get booked out in advance. Please check both are available before finalising bookings.
Be prepared for ferry cancellations
Ferry sailings are subject to weather conditions. Call +64 9 916 2241 after 7am on the morning of your departure to check if your ferry is sailing.
Bring an extra day's food in case you have to stay longer. You will not be charged for additional unplanned time spent in the bunkhouse waiting for the weather to settle. However, if you wish to leave by means other than the ferry, DOC is not liable for the cost.
On your departure day, if the weather is deteriorating, the ferry operator may cancel the day trip but do a single morning run for overnight visitors. Contact 360 Discovery on 0800 360 DISCOVERY (0800 360 3472) for more information.
What to bring
Ensure you bring the following items for your stay in the bunkhouse:
- Sleeping bag, sheet, pillow case
- Drink bottle
- Clothing for warm and cold/wet weather, including sun hat, swimming gear, warm hat, rain coat, over trousers
- Tramping boots or other sturdy shoes
- Sunscreen and insect repellent
- Camera, binoculars (optional)
- Food for your stay, plus enough for an extra day in case the boat is cancelled
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fetal tissue implant or fetal cell therapy, implantation of tissue from a fetus into a patient. In experimental procedures, fetal brain tissue has been implanted in the brains of patients with Parkinson's disease so that the fetal tissue will supply chemicals lacking in the diseased brain, but such therapy failed to show significant benefits in a controlled study. Because fetal cell therapy uses tissue from freshly aborted fetuses, the procedure is controversial. Both the Reagan and G. H. W. Bush administrations banned the use of federal funds for fetal-tissue research that used tissue from aborted fetuses. President Clinton lifted the ban early in his administration. The successful transplantation of eggs from fetal ovaries in experiments with mice led to the suggestion in 1994 that human fetal ovaries or eggs taken from such ovaries could be implanted in infertile women, a possibility that troubled many ethicists and others. Some fear the use of what they call "fetal farming," the conception in vitro or in vivo of embryos solely for their medical usefulness. Others point to the potential benefits in the treatment of Alzheimer's and Huntington's diseases, and possibly in cases of nerve injury.
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If you are looking for information regarding the steps on how you can air pose in Roller Champions, you have come to the right place. Roller Champions is a very exciting online multiplayer game that implements many elements from other multiplayer games. Likewise, it is a free-to-play title where players have different ways to interact with other players during a match. A very unique way for players to interact in the game is by performing a pose during a match. One such popular pose in the game is the air pose. However, some players may be unaware of the steps on how to do this. This article is therefore regarding the steps on how to air pose in Roller Champions.
What is the air pose in Roller Champions?
This pose in the game simply refers to the act of posing while in the air after scoring. Likewise, players have the ability to show off and pose after scoring in a match. The main reason for the pose being named as “air pose” is because it happens while in mid-air. Players who are looking to use this pose have to simply press the necessary controls while in the air. It is a fun way for players to interact in the game during a match.
Going to the main topic of this article, you can find out all the latest information you need regarding the steps on how to air pose in the game by reading below.
Roller Champions: How to air pose –
Here are the steps that you can follow in order to air pose in the game –
For players on PlayStation Consoles –
All you have to do in order to perform an air pose in the game is to simply press the X button. Then, you must press and hold the X button to air pose.
For players on Xbox Consoles –
In order to air pose in the game, all you have to do is to press the A button on the controller. Then, you have to press and hold the A button to do the pose.
This was an article regarding the steps on how to air pose in Roller Champions. You can always keep up-to-date with Digistatement for the latest game news as well as guides.
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Google has announced changes to its Terms of Service that will take effect Nov. 13.
In short, users’ profile names and photos will be served up together with content such as reviews they share, ads they +1 (the Google+ counterpart to a Facebook Like), comments they post, or who and what they follow.
Only people users choose to share content with will see their profile names and photos.
Users can exclude the use of their profile names and photos with ads by turning off the “Shared Endorsements” setting.
Google will honor previous indications that users do not want their +1s to appear in ads.
Users under 18 will not be affected by the ToS change.
Users can also use Google’s Ads Settings tool to manage the ads they see.
Just Like Sponsored Stories?
The changes seem to bring Google’s efforts close to Facebook’s Sponsored Stories, a feature that led to a class-action lawsuit, Fraley v. Facebook, which cost the company US$20 million to settle.
“Basically, both Google and Facebook want to turn their users into unpaid pitchmen for advertisers,” fumed John Simpson, privacy project director at Consumer Watchdog. “At this point, we are assessing the situation.”
The difference is that Google is offering consumers an opt-out and is excluding minors, while Facebook Sponsored Stories includes 13-to-17-year-olds, pointed out Justin Brookman, director of the consumer privacy project at the Center for Democracy and Technology.
The Fraley suit was filed over Facebook’s not offering users the chance to opt out.
Google “is being more risk-averse or kid-friendly by just not using under-18s,” Brookman told the E-Commerce Times. Still, as long as it is repurposing users’ content as an ad accompanied by a good opt-out, “they’re really just riding Facebook’s coattails.”
The Importance of Being Sensitive
It could be argued that Google is being exceptionally sensitive to users’ concerns about privacy. After all, its ToS explicitly state that when users upload or otherwise submit content to its services, they give Google and those it works with “a worldwide licence to use, host, store, reproduce, modify, create derivative works, communicate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute such content.”
Those rights are for the limited purpose of operating, promoting and improving Google’s services and developing new ones.
The license will continue even if Google stops using its services.
All Your Data Are Belong to Us
Google’s ToS changes follow Facebook’s announcement on Thursday that it’s getting rid of a setting that controls whether people can find someone’s Timeline through searching by name.
Facebook has positioned the move as the final bit of an effort it began last year.
In September, Facebook unveiled a Statement of Rights and Responsibilities derived from the Facebook Principles.
The SRR lets Facebook use members’ names, profile pictures, content and information in connection with ads or content it serves or enhances, without compensation. Users under 18 must represent that one parent or guardian has agreed to the SRR.
Taken together, the two companies’ moves appear troubling.
“The FTC needs to continue probing the ways online companies invade our privacy,” Consumer Watchdog’s Simpson told the E-Commerce Times, “and President Obama needs to do something he called for a year and a half ago: Propose privacy legislation.”
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Many elegant techniques have been developed for the quantification of composite micro-mechanical parameters in recent years. Unfortunately, most of these techniques have found little enthusiastic support in the industrial product development environment, where they are viewed as time consuming, complex, inefficient, labour intensive, and in many cases unproven or inapplicable in 'real' systems. Despite this reaction, there is a real need for a 'user-friendly' micro-mechanics to aid the composites industry to move to the next level of development. A method for deriving values for tau (the interfacial shear strength) and etao (a fibre orientation factor) from a simple combination of the composite tensile stress-strain curve and the fibre length distribution has been available for some time. Despite the recent wealth of activity in the development of micro-mechanical test techniques, there has been little follow-up on this older technique. In this paper we explore this analysis by its application to injection moulded glass-fibre-reinforced thermoplastic composites produced using three matrices (polypropylene, polyamide 6,6 and polybutyleneterephthalate) and containing different levels of glass-fibre. We furthermore show how the analysis can be extended to obtain another important micro-mechanics parameter, sigmauf, the fibre stress at composite failure. Values of tau and etao obtained using this improved version of the original model are presented and discussed.
|Title of host publication||Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Interfacial Phenomena in Composite Materials (IPCM7)|
|Publication status||Published - 2001|
- glass fibre
- fibre strength
- injection moulding
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Using JROTC to Teach Life Lessons to High School Students
Steve Adubato sits down with Sergeant First Class (Ret.) Harvey L. Craig who is an Army Instructor at Irvington High School JROTC and a 2016-2017 Essex County Teacher of the Year, to discuss how Sgt. Craig teaches life lessons through JROTC and motivates his students to become better informed global citizens.
"We are honored to be joined By sergeant first class Harvey Craig otherwise known as sergeant Craig and he is an army instructor at Irvington high school and their junior ROTC program also 2016-17 Essex county teacher of the year sergeant thank you for joining us. Thank you so much for having me. thank you for your service .thank you for your support.so you work with young people Everyday and you have encouraged them to consider the possibility of a military life in large part because it changed your life? correct. How so? certainly. I graduated from Westside high school and I didn't have many teachers or-- where is that? It's in Newark .in Newark new jersey, definitely right that's right south orange avenue. right. And I really didn't have any of my teachers who spoke to me about college so the military was gonna be my way to Get out and go see the world. Mm...did my 20 plus years came back door out to my time found out about jrotc said I’m coming home I’m gonna come home and use what the army taught me to help other young people. I’m a student of leadership military leadership fascinates me most significant lesson you learned about leadership in the Military life was is? wow first of all leaders must provide direction motivation and purpose that's what I tell My cadets everyday. mm...just because you're their leader the one who's in charge you think you could scream and yell the most that doesn't make you a leader first you got to give me the mission and the task tell me the purpose why am I doing this then you want to motivate me make me make me want to do it and give me the direction give me some good clear instructions on what I’m going to do.mm...that's what leaders do. you know it's fascinating I’m reading about you in 2014 very personal and significant health care scare you had a heart attack. correct. in the course of your treatment you're in seeing a cardiologist tell everyone what happens--wow. During that period. I had a heart attack in Irvington high school just got finished teaching my class. Wow. went and had my surgery come back I’m seeing my cardiologist and they call my name then I hear a voice in the background Say my name repeat my name after I said it and so wow so we get up to walk in there here comes one of my students Lorent St. Charles one of my Former cadet command sergeant major. Say it again. Who it was. Lorent St. Charles. alright. said he was gonna be a doctor when we..." | <urn:uuid:cc75f4ca-e9c5-46af-bb2f-c9831d2df4ad> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://steveadubato.org/using-jrotc-to-teach-life-lessons-to-high-school-students.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572127.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815024523-20220815054523-00266.warc.gz | en | 0.970754 | 633 | 1.945313 | 2 |
The period after all the wondering, the realizations, the “conversation” is just as important as all the angsty mess that led up to it. In fact it is even more important. What happens next is all about your being okay. And maybe healing your relationship.
This blog is the final installment in the four part cheating series (Is Your Partner Cheating? 5 Ways You Can Tell, Cheaters—Who Are They & Why They Do It, and Is Your Partner Cheating? — How to Have that Conversation?). Here is where we get you away from shock, anger, trauma, despair, and into a functional place with decisions to make and healing work to do.
#1. First things first:
→ It is not your fault. The choice to cheat was your partner’s. You can take responsibility for your part in the relationship, and if there were problems, you can own up to your part in them. But it was your partner’s choice to disrespect you by being unfaithful, degrade your relationship, shatter trust, and sacrifice his or her integrity. If your partner tries to lay responsibility for his or her cheating at your feet (“Well, if you hadn’t…” or “I wouldn’t have wanted to if you were more….”) do not take it.
#2. Next. The stages of grief. Do not underestimate the effect betrayal can have on you. Processing it is similar to processing any grievous loss. The relationship that you had is forever changed. Even if you end up salvaging it, you are likely to move through these 5 stages of grief. Whatever direction you go from here, understanding your feelings of loss will help you to make the best decision for you. Though knowing what to expect won’t lessen the pain, it will help you understand what is happening. Do not rush any decision making while you are processing.
The 5 stages of grief are as follows:
Denial. “It can’t be true. There’s been some kind of terrible mistake.” Often you will go through this stage before full disclosure. When you are pretty sure you know, but have not yet heard the admission or do not yet have concrete proof, you might cling to your denial for a bit longer. Until you can’t any more. Some people deny a betrayal even after their partners have confessed! Denial is powerful.
Anger. “How DARE you?” pretty much sums this stage up. Outrage. Mostly at your partner and the person he or she dallied with, but that anger can also be misdirected—at yourself. Don’t let that happen. Refer to the above: it’s not your fault.
Bargaining. This is not so much bargaining with God or fate as it is when dealing with death, but more bargaining with life, the past, the truth. It is during this stage that you are most in danger of turning blame on yourself. Somehow people find betrayal less agonizing if they can take some of the blame. “If only I had not gone to Florida with my friends in February.” Or: “If only I came home earlier from work every day.” This leads to: “If I change things now it will all go away and be fine.” No—to all of the above. It IS NOT YOUR FAULT (I will keep telling you this till you get it) and sorry, but catching the earlier train or staying home every weekend will not fix this. It will take more than that….
Depression. Paralysis. Whether literally—you can’t get out of bed, out of the house, out of your sweats—or mentally—you can’t think, imagine a future, or believe you will ever be happy again—this is a hard phase and can last a long time. If you recognize what is happening, you can seek the help you need.
Acceptance. Eventually, you will be ready to accept that what happened and ask yourself, “Where do I go from here?” Now you can start making plans.
Important! If your partner wants decisions and promises and a plan of action at any time before you hit the acceptance stage, say, “I am not ready for that yet. Give me time. Give me space.”
#3. The next step in your relationship. Two choices: you end it or you don’t. When you have all the facts, have accepted the truth, you can make this decision responsibly.
→ Many couples who choose to work things out after an affair achieve an emotionally and physically fulfilling and reciprocal relationship. Often better than it ever was, because while healing the attachment wounds created by the affair, they also do the work required to sort out other relationship issues. It takes a lot of work, commitment, time, and patience for both parties. There is no timeline for this. If you want solutions by this or that date or season, forget it. Are you in this for the long haul or not? One question that may bring you clarity is to ask yourself “Can we make each other happy again?” Caveat: the decision to heal the relationship must be a 100% commitment from both of you. If one of you is not so all in, it won’t work.
→ You may decide that it is not possible to continue the relationship, or not in your best interest. Perhaps the affair highlights certain issues in the relationship such as basic incompatibility, lack of attachment, mismatched goals, etc. Or, if you are unable to regain trust, respect, and love lost due to the affair, you will know it is over.
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Jack Jablonski, 16, along with his father, Mike, rode in an ambulance with paramedics as he was transferred from Hennepin County Medical Center to the Sister Kenny Rehabilitation Institute in Minneapolis. His spinal cord was injured during a Dec. 30 game.
Carlos Gonzalez, Star Tribune
Jack Jablonski, 16, was taken off an ambulance at the Sister Kenny Rehabilitation Institute, where the injured hockey player will begin the next phase of his recovery.
Carlos Gonzalez, Star Tribune
Hockey safety goal expanded to youth
- Article by: PAUL WALSH and MARY LYNN SMITH
- Star Tribune Staff Writers
- January 24, 2012 - 9:42 AM
Making hockey safer is about to start with some of Minnesota's youngest players.
In an unprecedented mid-year change, Minnesota Hockey is toughening the penalties for checking from behind and boarding. The change will affect 40,000 hockey players in the 160 youth hockey associations Minnesota Hockey oversees and follows a similar move last week by the Minnesota State High School League. The league also toughened penalties for head contact.
The move to ramp up the penalties is a reaction to the check that paralyzed Jack Jablonski, a Benilde-St. Margaret's sophomore. In a junior varsity game on Dec. 30, Jablonski was checked from behind and sent into the boards. Doctors have told him that he should not expect to walk again. His injury has become a rallying point to make the hockey safer.
On the day that her son was moved out of Hennepin County Medical Center and into a new phase of recovery at Sister Kenny Rehabilitation Institute in Minneapolis, Jablonski's mother said the family is encouraged by the youth hockey changes.
"It's one of our missions to make hockey safer," Leslie Jablonski said. "We're very happy to see Minnesota Hockey is now on board with making the game safer," she said. "We're not changing the rules; we're just enforcing them. That's our mission."
Under the Minnesota Hockey changes that begin Wednesday for girls and boys, punishment for checking from behind and boarding will be five-minute major penalties, with another 10 minutes for checking from behind after the offender's team returns to full strength. Previously, referees calling a checking from behind violation had the option of giving the player a two-minute minor penalty and an additional 10 minutes in the penalty box; boarding was merely a two-minute minor.
A referee could level a five-minute penalty and a game misconduct for only the most serious checks from behind. The Minnesota Hockey Board of Directors approved the change in a unanimous vote over the weekend at its winter board meeting in St. Louis Park. It will remain in effect until the end of the season, when it will be reviewed. Last week's changes by the Minnesota State High School League also were implemented on an interim basis.
In a letter written Monday to all Minnesota Hockey members, Minnesota Hockey President Dave Margenau said these revisions "are only part of what is needed to make hockey as safe as possible. A culture change is required that will no longer encourage dangerous and intimidation play. Parents, coaches, officials, players and administrators need to work together to make that change."
Eric Olson, Minnesota Hockey Officials Association and Minnesota Hockey director of officiating, said he has not tracked all the two-minute minor penalties given for checks from behind. But of the 20,000 youth games played last year, referees leveled 160 game misconduct penalties for checks from behind and 58 for boarding, when the purpose of the check is not to play the puck but is violent in nature and done only to hit the player, Olson said. The number of minor violations for those checks might be three times that, he said.
"I don't think we have an epidemic at the youth level," Olson said. "But we don't want to see any check from behind in the game of hockey. ... I think it's important that we stress how dangerous the game of hockey is and that player safety has to come first. If this will help kids learn it and build a culture of not allowing checks from behind anywhere on the ice, then I think we're going to be successful."
"I don't think anybody is against a good, clean body check," Olson said. "But when the check's only purpose is to hurt somebody, that's what needs to leave the game."
Toughening the penalty is coming during the first season Minnesota Hockey banned all forms of checking at the peewee level, boys in grades 6 and 7, out of concern for player safety. Critics to the ban argue in part that peewee players may be more susceptible to injuries as they advance into the older groups.
Bantam coach Scott Hambly said the new tougher penalties will likely force coaches and players to work on the skill levels of the game rather than bullying to advance.
"At one time, coaches used to use the word 'hit' a lot and kids got very aggressive," Hambly said. "But now players are faster and stronger and the game is quicker. It's a lot safer sport than people say it is. But anytime you step on the ice, you're assuming some sort of risk because anytime you're skating hard and just catch a bad edge, you could go head first into the boards."
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NEW YORK — Interest in the newly released 1940 U.S. census is so great that the government website with the information was nearly paralyzed shortly after the records became available to the public for the first time.
"We expected a flood and we got a tsunami," Archives.com, the private company that's hosting the website, said in a statement.
But on Tuesday, a day after the site went live, the U.S. National Archives said that the census pages could be viewed and that work was continuing on the site to enhance it. It thanked the public for their patience.
Miriam Kleiman, a spokeswoman for the archives, told The Associated Press that the site registered more than 22 million hits in just four hours on Monday from almost 2 million users. In a tweet posted after 5 p.m. on its official Twitter account, the archives said the website had gotten 37 million hits since the information was released at 9 a.m.
The government released the records for the first time after 72 years of confidentiality expired.
It's the largest collection of digital information ever released by the National Archives. The records allow individuals and families to learn details about their past.
Susan Cooper, a second spokeswoman, said the problems began as soon as the information was released on the website. She termed the problems a "virtual traffic jam."
"The problem is, we just weren't expecting the huge volume that we got," Cooper said.
"We're adding a lot more servers, a lot more muscle to the website," she said.
Bob Timmermann, 46, a librarian from Tujunga, Calif., said the lure of the 1940 census is that "you find out if what your parents told you about their lives was actually true."
He said he had tried for several hours Monday to access data but was unsuccessful. "People just need to be patient," he said.
More than 21 million people still alive in the U.S. and Puerto Rico were counted in the 1940 census. The census followed a decade when tens of millions of people in the U.S. experienced mass unemployment and social upheaval as the nation clawed its way out of the Great Depression and rumblings of global war were heard from abroad.
Monday's release includes digitized records for details on 132 million people. Access to the records is free and open to anyone online, but they are not yet searchable by name.
For now, researchers will need an address to determine a census enumeration district — a way to carve up the map for surveying — to identify where someone lived and then browse the records.
Every decade since 1942, the National Archives has made available records from past censuses. The records, which include names, addresses and income and employment information, are rich with long-veiled personal details.Comment on this story
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Jain, SR (1987) Energetics of propellants, fuels and explosives; a chemical valence approach. In: Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics, 12 (6). pp. 188-195.
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A simple approach involving the chemical valences of the fuel and the oxidizer elements present in a combustible mixture is described to evaluate the energetics related parameters of propellants, fuels and explosives. It simplifies the stoichiometric balancing of complex combustion equations, and provides an easy method of calculating the elemental stoichiometric coefficient. The method correctly predicts whether a mixture is fuel-lean, fuel-rich or stoichiometrically balanced. The calorimetric value of various stoichiometrically balanced combustible systems has been shown to be linearly dependent upon their total oxidizing (or reducing) valences. This relationship has been used successfully to evaluate the calorific value of fossil fuels. For fuel-rich explosives, a new valence dependent parameter has been derived which is found to be related with properties such as detonation velocity, heat of explosion and impact sensitivity.
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Creating regression models is easy with GraphLab Create! The regression toolkit implements the following models:
These algorithms differ in how they make predictions, but conform to the same API. With all models, call create() to create a model, predict() to make predictions on the returned model, and evaluate() to measure performance of the predictions. All models can incorporate:
- Numeric features
- Categorical variables
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It isn't always clear that we know exactly which model is suitable for a given task. GraphLab Create's model selector automatically picks the right model for you based on statistics collected from the data set.
import graphlab as gl # Load the data data = gl.SFrame('https://static.turi.com/datasets/regression/yelp-data.csv') # Make a train-test split train_data, test_data = data.random_split(0.8) # Automatically picks the right model based on your data. model = gl.regression.create(train_data, target='stars', features = ['user_avg_stars', 'business_avg_stars', 'user_review_count', 'business_review_count']) # Save predictions to an SArray predictions = model.predict(test_data) # Evaluate the model and save the results into a dictionary results = model.evaluate(test_data)
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On this page: You will find some basic information about Prostate Cancer disease and the parts of the body that may affect it. This is the first page of the Prostate Cancer Guide. Use the menu to view other pages.
About The Prostate:
The prostate is a walnut-sized gland behind the roots of the male penis, in front of the rectum and below the bladder. It surrounds the urethra, a tubular passage that transports urine and semen through the penis. The main function of the prostate is to make semen, and the liquid in the semen can protect, support and help transport sperm.
As men age, the prostate expands over time. This can lead to a condition called benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH) when the urethra is blocked. BPH is a common condition associated with the elderly and can cause symptoms similar to prostate cancer. BPH is not associated with an increased risk of prostate cancer.
About Prostate Cancer:
When healthy cells in the prostate change and lose control, and the tumor is formed, cancer begins. Tumors can be cancerous or benign. A cancerous tumor is malignant, meaning it can grow and spread to other parts of the body. A benign tumor means that the tumor can grow but does not spread.
Prostate cancer is somewhat unusual compared to other types of cancer. This is because many prostate tumors do not spread rapidly to other parts of the body. Some prostate cancers grow very slowly and may or may not cause symptoms or problems for many years.
Even if prostate cancer has spread to other parts of the body, it can often be managed for a long time, even for men with advanced prostate cancer who can enjoy good health and quality of life for many years. However, if existing treatments do not control cancer well, it can cause symptoms such as pain and fatigue, sometimes leading to death. An important part of treating prostate cancer is monitoring whether it grows over time to determine whether it is growing slowly or rapidly. Depending on how you grow, your doctor can decide on the best treatment and when to give them.
About prostate-specific antigen (PSA)
Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) is a protein produced by cells in the prostate and released into the bloodstream. PSA levels were measured using a blood test. Although there is no “normal PSA” for any male at any given age, higher than normal levels of PSA can be found in men with prostate cancer. Other non-cancerous prostate diseases, such as BPH (see above) or prostatitis can also cause elevated levels of PSA. Prostatitis is inflammation or infection of the prostate. In addition, some activities such as ejaculation can temporarily increase the PSA level. This should be avoided before the PSA test to avoid erroneously raising the test. See the Filtering section for more information.
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In the latest ‘Anticipate, React and Recover’ report, the National Infrastructure Commission (The Commission) concludes that the coronavirus pandemic will have a profound social and economic impact on the UK and right across the globe. They also acknowledge that it is the nation’s human capital that have worked day and night to ensure infrastructure networks remain resilient. The very workforce that preserved infrastructure resilience is then missing from its conclusions.
Prior to the report emerging, Sir John Armitt, Chair of the Commission, had addressed MPs and Peers at a meeting of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Infrastructure in the House of Commons, calling on ministers to take a “golden moment of opportunity” to make firm decisions on developing sustainable infrastructure beyond HS2 and accelerate existing planned projects as part of the government’s forthcoming National Infrastructure Strategy.
Within the current £0.6 trillion National Infrastructure Plan, the utility sector of gas, power, water and waste management organisations form the largest single contributor.
On the subject of the workforce and how infrastructure organisations can ensure they have enough of the vital human capital under ‘economic full employment’ and the tightest UK labour market since records began, Sir John advised: “At present, there is an insufficiently joined-up approach to infrastructure skills development in the UK, with a wide range of responsible bodies operating across different geographic and political boundaries. The human capital aspects of the National Infrastructure Plan for Skills need to be refreshed to help ensure our pipeline of future workers is adequate for the challenges ahead.”
The Commission then published its recommendations to Government on resilience and the future of UK infrastructure but unfortunately omitted the workforce. They do conclude that maintaining a resilient system requires a proactive approach to resilience, facing up to the possibility of different or harder challenges in the future. Any framework for resilience will also “need to face up to uncomfortable truths, value resilience properly, test for vulnerabilities and drive adaptation before it is too late.”
The report focuses on the broad UK infrastructure and suggests measures for ensuring that infrastructure is resilient against the likely future challenges. It goes into some detail about how resilience should be constituted and measured and proposes a new framework. Within the main recommendations are:
- government should publish a full set of resilience standards every five years, following advice from regulators, alongside an assessment of any changes needed to deliver them
- infrastructure operators should carry out regular and proportionate stress tests, overseen by regulators, to ensure their systems and services can meet government’s resilience standards, and take actions to address any vulnerabilities
- infrastructure operators should develop and maintain long term resilience strategies, and regulators should ensure their determinations in future price reviews are consistent with meeting resilience standards in the short and long term
Sir John advises in the foreword “This report comes at a time when the fragility of our way of life has been brought into sharp focus. At Budget 2018, the government asked the National Infrastructure Commission to undertake a study on the resilience of the nation’s economic infrastructure. Now, at publication, we find ourselves in a remarkably different world.”
Energy & Utility Skills Chief Executive, Nick Ellins, stated “I have to question whether omitting the very workers that are being openly applauded for their delivery of national resilience for all our critical infrastructure and essential public services right across the pandemic is prudent counsel. That is an uncomfortable truth. I believe the UK and devolved governments would have welcomed expert advice from the NIC, and are looking right now at how they develop their approach to human capital as they work to take the nation out of the pandemic successfully and drive a high performing post European economy. The utility sector has taken a lead, and through the major Energy & Utilities Skills Partnership, releases its 2020-2025 Workforce Renewal & Skills Strategy next week. We do fully support the NIC recommendations for a robust framework for resilience, and that such a framework should deliver infrastructure that is resilient to a range of future challenges.”
“As the All Party Parliamentary Group for Infrastructure heard recently, the main human capital strategy for infrastructure, the National Infrastructure Plan for Skills, is now badly out of date. It is disconnected from the reality of the constricted UK labour market to date, from impending job losses across the economy, from modern industrial strategy, the workforce needs of the sector’s strategic value to the economy and the UK’s uncoordinated approach to its critical human capital. The Infrastructure & Projects Authority must now take action – as the designated owner of infrastructure’s skills strategy and as an infrastructure champion on behalf of HM Treasury.”
The National Infrastructure Commission exists to provide the government with impartial, expert advice on major long term infrastructure challenges. Its remit covers all sectors of economic infrastructure: energy, transport, water and wastewater (drainage and sewerage), waste, flood risk management and digital communications. While the Commission is required to carry out its work in accordance with the remit and the terms of reference for specific studies, in all other respects it has complete discretion to determine independently its recommendations. Its core objectives are to support sustainable economic growth across all regions of the UK, improve competitiveness, and improve quality of life.
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The First Collection of Solomonic Proverbs#sn Beginning with ch. 10 there is a difference in the form of the material contained in the book of Proverbs. No longer are there long admonitions, but the actual proverbs, short aphorisms dealing with right or wrong choices. Other than a few similar themes grouped together here and there, there is no arrangement to the material as a whole. It is a long collection of approximately 400 proverbs.
1 The Proverbs of Solomon:
A wise child#tn Heb “son.” makes a father rejoice,#tn The imperfect tense describes progressive or habitual action, translated here with an English present tense. These fit the nature of proverbs which are general maxims, and not necessarily absolutes or universal truths. One may normally expect to find what the proverb notes, and one should live according to its instructions in the light of those expectations; but one should not be surprised if from time to time there is an exception. The fact that there may be an exception does not diminish the need to live by the sayings.
but a foolish child#tn Heb “son.” is a grief to his mother.#tn Heb “grief of his mother.” The noun “grief” is in construct, and “mother” is an objective genitive. The saying declares that the consequences of wisdom or folly affects the parents.
2 Treasures gained by wickedness#tn Heb “treasures of wickedness” (so KJV, ASV); NASB “Ill-gotten gains”; TEV “Wealth that you get by dishonesty.” do not profit,
but righteousness#sn The term “righteousness” here means honesty (cf. TEV). Wealth has limited value even if gained honestly; but honesty delivers from mortal danger. delivers from mortal danger.#tn Heb “death.” This could refer to literal death, but it is probably figurative here for mortal danger or ruin.
3 The Lord satisfies#tn Heb “does not allow…to go hungry.” The expression “The Lord does not allow the appetite of the righteous to go hungry” is an example of tapeinosis – a figurative expression stated in the negative to emphasize the positive: The Lord satisfies the appetite of the righteous. the appetite#tn The term נֶפֶשׁ (nefesh) means “soul” but its root meaning is “throat” and it has a broad range of meanings; here it denotes “appetite” (BDB 660 s.v. 5.a; see, e.g., Pss 63:6; 107:9; Prov 27:7; Isa 56:11; 58:10; Jer 50:19; Ezek 7:19). The term could denote “desire” (BDB 660 s.v. 6.a) which would include the inner urge for success. By contrast, the wicked live unfulfilled lives – as far as spiritual values are concerned. of the righteous,
but he thwarts#tn Heb “thrusts away” (cf. ASV, NASB); NLT “refuses to satisfy.” The verb הָדַף (hadaf) means “to thrust away; to push; to drive,” either to depose or reject (BDB 213 s.v.). the craving#tn This verse contrasts the “appetite” of the righteous with the “craving” of the wicked. This word הַוַּה (havvah, “craving”) means “desire” often in a bad sense, as ‘the desire of the wicked,” which could not be wholesome (Ps 52:9). of the wicked.
4 The one who is lazy#tn Heb “a palm of slackness.” The genitive noun רְמִיָּה (remiyyah, “slackness”) functions as an attributive adjective: “a slack palm” (BDB 941 s.v.). The term כַף (khaf, “palm”) is a synecdoche of part (= palm) for the whole person (= one who works with his hands). The hand is emphasized because it is the instrument of physical labor. The “slack hand” is contrasted with the “diligent hand.” A slack hand refers to a lazy worker or careless work that such hands produce. See N. C. Habel, “Wisdom, Wealth, and Poverty Paradigms in the Book of Proverbs,” BiBh 14 (1988): 28-49. becomes poor,#tc The MT reads רָאשׁ (ra’sh, “poor”) which is the plene spelling of רָשׁ (rash, “poor [person]”; HALOT 1229-30 s.v. רֵישׁ). Both Tg. Prov 10:4 and LXX reflect an alternate vocalization רִישׁ (rish, “poverty”) which is from the same root, and essentially means the same thing.tn Heb “causes poverty.” The expression is literally, “the palm of slackness causes poverty.”
but the one who works diligently#tn Heb “but the hand of the diligent” (so KJV, NAB, NASB, NRSV). The genitive noun חָרוּצִים (kharutsim, “diligence”) functions as an attributive adjective: “a diligent hand.” The noun חָרוּצִים (kharutsim) uses the plural form because the plural is often used for abstract moral qualities. The term יָד (yad, “hand”) is a synecdoche of part (= “hand”) for the whole person (= “the one who works with his hands”). The hand is emphasized because it is the instrument of physical labor. becomes wealthy.#tn Heb “makes rich” (so NASB, NRSV). The Hiphil verb is used in a causative sense; literally, “the hand of the diligent makes rich.”
5 The one who gathers crops#tn The direct object “crops” does not appear in the Hebrew but is implied by the verb; it is supplied in the translation for the sake of smoothness. in the summer is a wise#tn Heb “prudent.” The term מַשְׂכִּיל (maskil) refers to a wise and so successful person. He seizes the opportunity, knowing the importance of the season. son,
but the one who sleeps#sn The term “sleeps” is figurative, an implied comparison that has become idiomatic (like the contemporary English expression “asleep on the job”). It means that this individual is lazy or oblivious to the needs of the hour. during the harvest
is a son who brings shame to himself.#tn The phrase “to himself” does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is supplied for the sake of clarity. Another option is “to his father.”
6 Blessings#sn The word “blessings” has the sense of gifts, enrichments, that is, the rewards or the results of being righteous. The blessings come either from the people the righteous deal with, or from God. CEV understands the blessings as praise for good behavior (“Everyone praises good people”). are on the head of the righteous,
but the speech#tn Heb “the mouth.” The term פֶּה (peh, “mouth”) functions as a metonymy of cause for speech. of the wicked conceals#tn Heb “covers.” Behind the speech of the wicked is aggressive violence (W. McKane, Proverbs [OTL], 422). violence.#tn The syntax of this line is ambiguous. The translation takes “the mouth of the wicked” as the nominative subject and “violence” as the accusative direct object; however, the subject might be “violence,” hence: “violence covers the mouth of the wicked” (cf. KJV, ASV, NIV).
7 The memory#sn “Memory” (זֵכֶר, zekher) and “name” are often paired as synonyms. “Memory” in this sense has to do with reputation, fame. One’s reputation will be good or bad by righteousness or wickedness respectively. of the righteous is a blessing,
but the reputation#tn Heb “name.” The term “name” often functions as a metonymy of association for reputation (BDB 1028 s.v. שֵׁם 2.b). of the wicked will rot.#tn The editors of BHS suggest a reading “will be cursed” to make a better parallelism, but the reading of the MT is more striking as a metaphor.sn To say the wicked’s name will rot means that the name will be obliterated from memory (Exod 17:14; Deut 25:19), leaving only a bad memory for a while.
8 The wise person#tn Heb “the wise of heart” (so NASB, NRSV). The genitive noun לֵב (lev, “heart”) functions as an attributive adjective: “the wise heart.” The term לֵב functions as a synecdoche of part (= heart) for the whole person (= person). The heart is emphasized because it is the seat of wisdom (BDB 524 s.v. 3.b). accepts instructions,#tn Heb “commandments.”
but the one who speaks foolishness#tn Heb “fool of lips.” The phrase is a genitive of specification: “a fool in respect to lips.” The term “lips” is a metonymy of cause (= lips) for effect (= speech). This person talks foolishness; he is too busy talking to pay attention to instruction. will come to ruin.#tn The Niphal verb לָבַט (lavat) means “to be thrust down [or, away]”; that is, “to be ruined; to fall” or “to stumble” (e.g., Hos 4:14). The fool who refuses to listen to advice – but abides by his own standards which he freely expresses – will suffer the predicaments that he creates.
9 The one who conducts himself#tn Heb “he who walks.” The idiom is used widely in both OT and NT for conduct, behavior, or lifestyle. in integrity#sn “Integrity” here means “blameless” in conduct. Security follows integrity, because the lifestyle is blameless. The righteous is certain of the course to be followed and does not fear retribution from man or God. will live#tn Heb “walks.” securely,
but the one who behaves perversely#tn Heb “he who perverts his ways” (so NASB); NIV “who takes crooked paths” (NLT similar). The Piel participle מְעַקֵּשׁ (mÿ’aqqesh) means “make crooked; twisted; perverse.” It is stronger than simply taking crooked paths; it refers to perverting the ways. The one who is devious will not get away with it. will be found out.
10 The one who winks#tn The term (קָרַץ, qarats) describes a person who habitually “winks” his eye maliciously as a secretive sign to those conspiring evil (Prov 6:13). This is a comparison rather than a contrast. Devious gestures are grievous, but not as ruinous as foolish talk. Both are to be avoided. his#tn Heb “the eye.” eye causes#tn Heb “gives.” trouble,
and the one who speaks foolishness#tn Heb “the fool of lips”; cf. NASB “a babbling fool.” The phrase is a genitive of specification: “a fool in respect to lips.” The term “lips” is a metonymy of cause (= lips) for effect (= speech). The word for fool (אֶוִיל, ’evil) refers to someone who despises knowledge and discernment. will come to ruin.
11 The teaching#tn Heb “mouth.” The word “mouth” is metonymy of cause, representing what the righteous say and teach. of the righteous is a fountain of life,#tn Heb “a fountain of life is the mouth of the righteous” (NAB similar). The subject (“a fountain of life”) and the predicate (“the mouth of the righteous”) in the Hebrew text are reversed in the present translation (as in most English versions) for the sake of clarity and smoothness. The idea of this metaphor, “the fountain of life,” may come from Ps 36:9 (e.g., also Prov 13:14; 14:27; 16:22). What the righteous say is beneficial to life or life-giving. Their words are life-giving but the words of the wicked are violent. See R. B. Y. Scott, “Wise and Foolish, Righteous and Wicked,” VT 29 (1972): 145-65.
but the speech#tn Heb “the mouth.” The term פֶּה (peh, “mouth”) functions as a metonymy of cause for speech. of the wicked conceals#tn Heb “covers.” Behind the speech of the wicked is aggressive violence (W. McKane, Proverbs [OTL], 422). violence.#tn The syntax of this line is ambiguous. The translation takes “the mouth of the wicked” as the nominative subject and “violence” as the accusative direct object; however, the subject might be “violence,” hence: “violence covers the mouth of the wicked.”
12 Hatred#sn This contrasts the wicked motivated by hatred (animosity, rejection) with the righteous motivated by love (kind acts, showing favor). stirs up dissension,
but love covers all transgressions.#sn Love acts like forgiveness. Hatred looks for and exaggerates faults; but love seeks ways to make sins disappear (e.g., 1 Pet 4:8).
13 Wisdom is found in the words#tn Heb “on the lips” (so NAB, NASB, NRSV). The term “lips” is a metonymy of cause for the words spoken by the lips. of the discerning person,#tn Heb “the one who is discerning.” The term “discerning” describes someone who is critically perceptive and has understanding. He can be relied on to say things that are wise.
but the one who lacks wisdom#tn Heb “the one lacking of heart.” The noun לֵב (lev, “heart”) functions as a genitive of specification: “lacking in respect to heart.” The term לֵב functions in a figurative sense (metonymy of association) for wisdom because the heart is viewed as the seat of common sense (BDB 524 s.v. 3.a). will be disciplined.#tn Heb “a rod is for the back of the one lacking heart.” The term שֵׁבֶט (shevet, “rod”) functions figuratively: synecdoche of specific (= rod of discipline) for general (= discipline in general). The term גֵו (gev, “back”) is a synecdoche of part (= back) for the whole (= person as a whole). The back is emphasized because it was the object of physical corporeal discipline. This proverb is not limited in its application to physical corporeal punishment because the consequences of foolishness may come in many forms, physical corporeal discipline being only one form.
14 Those who are wise#tn Heb “wise men.” store up#sn The verb צָפַן (tsafan, “to store up; to treasure”) may mean (1) the wise acquire and do not lose wisdom (cf. NAB, NIV, TEV), or (2) they do not tell all that they know (cf. NCV), that is, they treasure it up for a time when they will need it. The fool, by contrast, talks without thinking. knowledge,
but foolish speech#tn Heb “the mouth of foolishness”; cf. NRSV, NLT “the babbling of a fool.” The term פֶּה (peh, “mouth”) functions as a metonymy of cause for speech. The genitive אֶוִיל (’evil, “foolishness”) functions as an attributive adjective: “a foolish mouth” = foolish speech. leads to imminent#tn Heb “near destruction.” The words of the fool that are uttered without wise forethought may invite imminent ruin (e.g., James 3:13-18). See also Ptah-hotep and Amenemope in ANET 414 and 423. destruction.
15 The wealth of a rich person is like#tn Heb “is.” This expression, “a rich man’s wealth is his strong city,” is a metaphor. The comparative particle “like” is supplied in the translation for the sake of clarity and smoothness. a fortified city,#tn Heb “a city of his strength.” The genitive עֹז (’oz, “strength”) functions as an attributive genitive: “strong city” = “fortified city.” This phrase is a metaphor; wealth protects its possessions against adversity like a fortified city. Such wealth must be attained by diligence and righteous means (e.g., 13:8; 18:23; 22:7).
but the poor are brought to ruin#tn Heb “the ruin of the poor.” The term דַּלִּים (dalim, “of the poor”) functions as an objective genitive. Poverty leads to the ruin of the poor. The term “ruin” includes the shambles in which the person lives. This provides no security but only the fear of ruin. This proverb is an observation on life. by#tn Heb “is their poverty.” their poverty.
16 The reward#tn Heb “recompense” (so NAB); NASB, NIV “wages.” The noun פְּעֻלַּה (pÿ’ullah) has a two-fold range of meanings: (1) “work; deed” and (2) “reward; recompense” (BDB 821 s.v.). There is a clear correlation between a person’s conduct and its consequences. Rewards are determined by moral choices. What one receives in life depends on the use of gifts and a righteous character. which the righteous receive#tn Heb “the recompense of the righteous.” is life;
the recompense#tn Heb “harvest.” The term תְּבוּאַת (tÿvu’at, “harvest; yield”) is used figuratively here (hypocatastasis), drawing an implied comparison between the agricultural yield of a farmer’s labors with the consequences of the actions of the wicked. They will “reap” (= judgment) what they “sow” (= sin). which the wicked receive#tn Heb “the harvest of the wicked.” is judgment.#tn Heb “sin.” The term חַטָּאת (khatta’t, “sin”) functions as a metonymy of cause (= sin) for effect (= punishment). In contrast to the righteous who receive a reward, the wicked receive punishment for their sin (cf. NASB, NIV, NCV). See D. W. Thomas, “The Meaning of חַטָּאת in Proverbs X.16,” JTS 15 (1964): 295-96.
17 The one who heeds instruction#tn Heb “discipline.” The noun מוּסָר (musar) has a basic two-fold range of meanings: (1) “discipline” (so NIV; NAB “admonition”; NCV, NLT “correction”) and (2) “instruction” (BDB 416 s.v.; so KJV, NASB, NRSV). The wise person listens to instruction (first colon); however, the fool will not even take discipline to heart (second colon). is on the way to#tn The term is a genitive of location indicating the goal (IBHS 147-48 §9.5.2f). life,
but the one who rejects#sn The contrast with the one who holds fast to discipline is the one who forsakes or abandons reproof or correction. Whereas the first is an example, this latter individual causes people to wander from the true course of life, that is, causes them to err. rebuke goes astray.
18 The one who conceals hatred utters lies,#tn Heb “lips of falsehood.” The genitive noun שָׁקֶר (shaqer, “falsehood”) functions as an attributive genitive. The noun “lips” is a metonymy of cause for speech produced by lips. The one who shows friendliness while concealing hatred is a liar (e.g., Ps 28:3).
and the one who spreads#tn Heb “causes to go out.” The Hiphil of יָצָא (yatsa) literally means “to cause to go out” (BDB 424 s.v. Hiph.1). This may refer to speech (“to utter”) in the sense of causing words to go out of one’s mouth, or it may refer to slander (“to spread”) in the sense of causing slander to go out to others. slander#tn The word דִבָּה (dibbah) means “whispering; defamation; evil report” (BDB 179 s.v.). Cf. NAB “accusations”; TEV “gossip.”sn The one who spreads slander is a fool because it not only destroys others but comes back on the guilty. See also the sayings of Amenemope and Ahiqar on these subjects (ANET 423, 429). is certainly#tn Heb “he is a fool.” The independent personal pronoun הוּא (hu’, “he”) is used for emphasis. This is reflected in the translation as “certainly.” a fool.
19 When words abound, transgression is inevitable,#tn Heb “does not cease.” It is impossible to avoid sinning in an abundance of words – sooner or later one is bound to say something wrong.
but the one who restrains#tn Or “holds his lips under control.” The verb חָשַׂךְ (khasakh) means “to withhold; to restrain; to hold in check” (BDB 362 s.v.). The related Arabic term is used in reference to placing a piece of wood in the mouth of a goat to prevent it from sucking (HALOT 359 s.v. חשׂךְ). his words#tn Heb “his lips” (so KJV, NAB, NASB); NIV “his tongue.” The term “lips” is a metonymy of cause for speech. is wise.
20 What the righteous say#tn Heb “the lips of the righteous.” The term “lips” functions as a metonymy of cause for speech. This contrasts the tongue (metonymy of cause for what they say) with the heart (metonymy of subject for what they intend). What the righteous say is more valuable than what the wicked intend. is like#tn The comparative “like” is not in the Hebrew text but is implied by the metaphor; it is supplied in the translation for the sake of clarity. the best#tn Or “pure”; Heb “choice.” silver,
but what the wicked think#tn Heb “the heart of the wicked” (so KJV, NAB, NIV). The term “heart” functions as a metonymy of cause for thoughts. The term לֵב (lev, “heart”) often refers to the seat of thoughts, will and emotions (BDB 524 s.v. 3-4). is of little value.#tn Heb “like little.” This expression refers to what has little value: “little worth” (so KJV, NAB, NRSV; cf. BDB 590 s.v. מְעַט 2.d). The point of the metaphor is clarified by the parallelism: Silver is valuable; the heart of the wicked is worth little. Tg. Prov 10:20 says it was full of dross, a contrast with choice silver.
21 The teaching#tn Heb “lips.” The term “lips” functions as a metonymy of cause for what is said (or in this case taught). of the righteous feeds#tn The verb רָעָה (ra’ah) means “to feed” or “to shepherd” (e.g., Gen 48:15). What they say will meet the needs of many. many,
but fools die#tn In what sense the fool “dies” is unclear. Fools ruin their lives and the lives of others by their lack of discipline and knowledge. The contrast is between enhancing life and ruining life. for lack of wisdom.#tn Heb “heart.” The term לֵב (lev, “heart”) functions as a metonymy of association for wisdom and knowledge (BDB 524 s.v. 3.a).
22 The blessing#tn The term בְּרָכָּה (bÿrakhah, “blessing”) refers to a gift, enrichment or endowment from the Lord. from the Lord#tn Heb “of the Lord.” The term יְהוָה (yÿhvah, “the Lord”) functions here as a genitive of source. makes a person rich,#tn Heb “makes rich” (so NASB); NAB “brings wealth.” The direct object “a person” does not appear in the Hebrew but is implied by the Hiphil verb; it is supplied in the translation.
and he adds no sorrow#tn Heb “toil.” The noun עֶצֶב (’etsev) has a basic two-fold range of meanings: (1) “toil; labor” which produces pain and sorrow, and (2) “pain; sorrow” which is the result of toil and labor (BDB 780 s.v.). This is the word used of the curse of “toil” in man’s labor (Gen 3:17) and the “pain” in the woman’s child-bearing (Gen 3:16). God’s blessing is pure and untarnished – it does not bring physical pain or emotional sorrow. to#tn Heb “with.” it.
23 Carrying out a wicked scheme#tn Heb “doing a plan.” The noun זִמָּה (zimmah, “plan”) is often used pejoratively of a scheme to do wickedness. It is used elsewhere for planning lewdness, murder, incest, adultery, idolatry, and licentiousness. Any planned gross impropriety gives the fool pleasure. The verb עָשָׂה (’asah, “to do”) here means “to carry out (a plan)” (BDB 794 s.v.). is enjoyable#tn Heb “like sport” (so NASB, NRSV). The noun שְׂחוֹק (sÿkhoq, “sport”) is used elsewhere to refer to what is exhilarating and pleasurable (BDB 966 s.v.). As W. G. Plaut says, it is like child’s play (Proverbs, 132). For the fool evil brings such enjoyment; for the discerning wisdom does. to a fool,
and so is wisdom for the one who has discernment.#tn Heb “a man of discernment.”
24 What the wicked fears#tn Heb “the dread of the wicked.” The noun רָשָׁע (rasha’, “wicked”) is a subjective genitive. The noun מְגוֹרַת (mÿgorat) refers to “the feared thing,” that is, what the wicked dread. The wicked are afraid of the consequences of their sinful actions; however, they cannot escape these consequences. will come on him;
what the righteous desire#tn Heb “the desire of the righteous.” The noun צַדִּיק (tsadiq, “righteous”) is a subjective genitive. will be granted.#tn Heb “it will give.” When used without an expressed subject, the verb יִתֵּן (yitten) has a passive nuance: “it will be granted.”
25 When the storm#sn The word for “storm wind” comes from the root סוּף (suf, “to come to an end; to cease”). The noun may then describe the kind of storm that makes an end of things, a “whirlwind” (so KJV, NASB; NLT “cyclone”). It is used in prophetic passages that describe swift judgment and destruction. passes through, the wicked are swept away,#tn Heb “the wicked are not”; ASV, NAB, NASB “is no more.”
but the righteous are an everlasting foundation.#tn Heb “a foundation forever”; NLT “have a lasting foundation.” sn The metaphor compares the righteous to an everlasting foundation to stress that they are secure when the catastrophes of life come along. He is fixed in a covenantal relationship and needs not to fear passing misfortunes. The wicked has no such security.
26 Like vinegar to the teeth and like smoke to the eyes,#sn Two similes are used to portray the aggravation in sending a lazy person to accomplish a task. Vinegar to the teeth is an unpleasant, irritating experience; and smoke to the eyes is an unpleasant experience that hinders progress.
so is the sluggard to those#tn The participle is plural, and so probably should be taken in a distributive sense: “to each one who sends him.” who send him.
27 Fearing the Lord#tn Heb “the fear of the Lord.” The term יְהוָה (yÿhvah, “the Lord”) functions as an objective genitive. prolongs life,#tn Heb “days” (so KJV, ASV).
but the life span#tn Heb “years.” The term “years” functions as a synecdoche of part (= years) for the whole (= lifespan). of the wicked will be shortened.#sn This general saying has to be qualified with the problem of the righteous suffering and dying young, a problem that perplexed the sages of the entire ancient world. But this is the general principle: The righteous live longer because their life is the natural one and because God blesses them.
28 The hope#sn This proverb contrasts the hopes of the righteous and the wicked. The righteous will see their hopes fulfilled. The saying is concerned with God’s justice. The words תּוֹחֶלֶת (tokhelet, from יָחַל, yakhal) and תִּקְוַת (tiqvat, from קָוָה, qavah) are synonyms, both emphasizing eager expectations, longings, waiting in hope. of the righteous is joy,
but the expectation of the wicked will remain unfulfilled.#tn Heb “will perish”; NAB “comes to nought.”
29 The way of the Lord#sn The “way of the Lord” is an idiom for God’s providential administration of life; it is what the Lord does (“way” being a hypocatastasis). is like#tn The comparative “like” does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is implied by the metaphor; it is supplied in the translation for the sake of clarity. a stronghold for the upright,#tn Heb “for the one with integrity” (לַתֹּם, latom).
but it is destruction#tn Or “ruin” (so NIV). to evildoers.#tn Heb “those who practice iniquity.”
30 The righteous will never be moved,
but the wicked will not inhabit the land.#sn This proverb concerns the enjoyment of covenant blessings – dwelling in the land of Israel. It is promised to the righteous for an eternal inheritance, and so the wicked cannot expect to settle there – they will be exiled.
31 The speech#tn Heb “the mouth.” The term פֶּה (peh, “mouth”) functions as a metonymy of cause for speech. of the righteous bears the fruit of wisdom,#tn Heb “bears wisdom.” The verb נוּב (nuv) means “to bear fruit.” It is used figuratively of the righteous; they produce wisdom and righteousness. The term חָכְמָה (khokhmah, “wisdom”) represents the “fruit” that the righteous bear: “they bear the fruit of wisdom” (BDB 626 s.v.).
but the one who speaks perversion#tn Heb “the tongue of perversions.” The noun תַּהְפֻּכוֹת (tahpukhot, “perversions”) functions as a genitive of content; it refers to what the tongue says – perverse things. The plural form depicts a plural of character. The term לָשׁוֹן (lashon, “tongue”) functions as a synecdoche of part (= tongue) for the whole person (= the speaker). The tongue is emphasized because this person is characterized by perverse speech. The term תַּהְפֻּכוֹת (“perversions”) refers to those who turn things upside down, overthrow, or pervert what is right. will be destroyed.#tn Heb “will be cut off” (so NAB, NRSV, NLT); cf. KJV, NASB, NIV “cut out.” Their tongue will be cut off, a hyperbole meaning to bring to an end the evil that they speak.
32 The lips of the righteous know#sn The verb “know” applied to “lips” is unusual. “Lips” is a metonymy for what the righteous say; and their words “know” (a personification) what is pleasing, i.e., they are acquainted with. what is pleasing,#sn The righteous say what is pleasing, acceptable, or delightful; but the wicked say perverse and destructive things.
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Langbank is a village on the south bank of the River Clyde in Renfrewshire and is 9 miles from Paisley.
The name of the village means 'long bank', relating to the village's place on the shore of the River Clyde. The remains of timber ponds, which the shipyards along the lower Clyde used to store timber, can still be seen. One of the main attractions close to Langbank is Finlaystone House which is the seat of Clan MacMillan. The estate is now a popular country park with a garden centre and play areas, and its gardens are included in the Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes in Scotland. Another nearby attraction is Formakin House, a curious mansion that was never completed. Formakin is also known as 'Monkey House' due to the stone monkeys adorning the roofs of its gatehouse. Gleddoch House, the former residence of Port Glasgow shipbuilder Sir William Lithgow, is now a golf hotel and spa. The Roman Catholic seminary St Vincent's College was situated in the village from 1961 to 1978 and its chapel, a B-listed building, was restored by Historic Scotland in 2003.
The town has a small selection of eateries and shops. Langbank has a rail station on the Inverclyde line which runs between Glasgow and Gourock while bus services provide links to the surrounding area. The village lies on the A8, a few yards from the start of the M8 motorway making it easily accessible by road. | <urn:uuid:63c7b468-d9d4-4f56-a622-ac5a31ace28f> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://www.visitscotland.com/info/towns-villages/langbank-p237311?NumRoomReqs=2 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280761.39/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00097-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.978179 | 311 | 1.570313 | 2 |
Last year I suggested that the overblown ceremonies that accompany the modern Olympics have their roots in the Nazi-choreographed Games held in Berlin in 1936. Now Malcolm Redfellow's World Service provides chapter and verse from a book by Maurice Roche:
At the opening ceremony the symbolic Olympic flame was dramatically lit for the first time ever by a torch from the torch relay carrying a flame originally lit at Olympia. The world's biggest ever aircraft, the 300-metre long Hindenburg airship flew over the stadium and the city trailing huge flags. At night Hitler's architect Albert Speer created impressive new dramatic 'light architecture' effects with powerful searchlights over the stadium, which echoed his similar 'theatre of power' effects at the 1934 Nuremberg rally.And who is Malcolm Redfellow? Wikipedia explains. | <urn:uuid:82f11238-8871-46cd-a036-d1a9280626b6> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://liberalengland.blogspot.com/2008/03/tyrants-love-olympic-ceremonies.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281419.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00484-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.928762 | 165 | 2.984375 | 3 |
Fostering Sustainable Behavior : An Introduction to Community-Based Social Marketing, by MCKENZIE-MOHR DOUG
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We are consuming resources and polluting our environment at a rate that is outstripping our planet's ability to support us. To create a sustainable future, we must not only change our own actions, we must educate and encourage those around us to change theirs. If one individual recycles his plastic containers, the impact is minimal. But if an entire community recycles, enormous amounts of resources are saved. How then do we go about transforming people's good intentions into action? This book explains how the field of community-based social marketing has emerged as an effective tool for encouraging positive social change. This completely revised and updated third edition contains a wealth of new research, behaviour change tools, and case studies. Learn how to: target unsustainable behaviours, and identify the barriers to change; understand various commitment strategies; communicate effective messages; enhance motivation and invite participation. The strategies introduced in this ground-breaking manual are an invaluable resource for anyone interested in promoting sustainable behaviour, including environmental conservation, recycling and waste reduction, water and energy efficiency and alternative transportation. | <urn:uuid:7cfe5208-5918-4e63-9d0e-5e13d77c8504> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://www.biggerbooks.com/fostering-sustainable-behavior/bk/9780865716421 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988719908.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183839-00158-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.899422 | 281 | 2.53125 | 3 |
Time to upgrade your dial-up mind. This may sound like something from an IT Crowd sketch, but the journal Nature Neuroscience found using a domestic ultrasound unit – yes, the type used for baby scans – on the cerebral cortex for a few minutes a day accelerates your brain’s reaction speed. Massage your head from front to back for five minutes, using the diagram below. It improves the quality of your mind’s connective tissue and the neurons that process thought. Think of it as expanding your brain’s bandwidth, without the need for an hour on the phone to a call centre. | <urn:uuid:65623663-1ce5-4c57-901e-eebb428e9f3c> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.menshealth.co.uk/healthy/brain-training/how-to-add-points-to-your-iq-in-2-weeks | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280872.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00316-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.887779 | 124 | 1.726563 | 2 |
As some of you may know, the Antarctic continent isn’t just ice all the way through. Although its surface is around 98 percent covered in frozen water, the remaining 2 percent gives a little hint as to what may lie below. Back in the Cretaceous period, when the non-avian dinosaurs still ruled the world, Antarctica was covered in dense, warm forests, built on a solid bedrock full of valleys, river, canyons, mountains, and lakes.
Three new studies focusing on the western subglacial Lake Whillans collectively reveal it to be a complex place; a wetland-like environment with both fresh and salty water, with rivers flowing from it across huge stretches of the southern continent. Beneath 800 meters (2,600 feet) of thick ice lies a truly unique world isolated from the surface by up to 1 million years – one whose actual liquid lake could be surprisingly young.
“This subglacial environment is analogous to a non-vegetated wetland within a terrestrial coastal plain,” the authors of one of the studies, published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters (EPSL), write. “The lacustrine (lake) history of the site is short, probably on the order of decades.”
Back in 2013, researchers were overjoyed when they removed an ice core from Lake Whillans and found that it contained 130,000 cells per milliliter of subglacial lake water – roughly the same density of life that is found in the darkest depths of the oceans. Despite not having seen sunlight for a century, life still existed at these frigid depths.
Until now, though, these researchers – many of which are part of the Whillans Ice Stream Subglacial Access Research Drilling (WISSARD) project – didn’t have a good idea as to what the lay of the land down there was like. A trio of new papers have now alleviated some of the mystery, with the first, published in Geophysical Research Letters, describing its drainage system.
Global Positioning System (GPS) data gathered over five years from researchers at the University of California, San Diego, reveal that the lake drains periodically for several months, rather than continuously. When it does, the ice above becomes more slippery and can move around 4 percent faster than it normally would.
The EPSL study, led by researchers from Northern Illinois University, highlights that this flowing water moves around very slowly, so slowly in fact that it doesn’t have enough energy to move many sediments around. Not only does this mean that the bedrock there has barely changed over time, but the whole lake resembles a wetland within a coastal plain, like those along the coastline of the Gulf of Mexico.
Remarkably, they also suggest that the lake has only been this way for several decades. The last paper, published in the journal Geology and led by researchers at Montana State University, concludes from its own sedimentary analysis that this liquid water is mostly coming from the very recent melting of the base of the overlying ice, with a minor contribution from seawater trapped beneath it during a warmer, interglacial period.
All in all, Lake Whillans is a dynamic, paradoxically ancient and young environment like no other, and these new studies merely scratch the surface of this mysterious hidden realm. In any case, there’s plenty more out there to investigate, as this lake is actually just one of nearly 400 others concealed beneath the ice. | <urn:uuid:251e43ea-8bae-440a-a482-94a1c4b28252> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://mysteriousearth.net/2016/05/04/hidden-world-discovered-buried-beneath-antarctica/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560279915.8/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095119-00272-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.9499 | 720 | 4.28125 | 4 |
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What did Buss and Dedden find?
Further strong evidence to support evolutionary explanations of aggression comes from Buss and Dedden who found that females were more likely than males to use verbally aggressive behaviour, such as criticising the physical attractiveness of higher status rivals.
What did Daly and Wilson find?
Strong evidence to support evolutionary explanations of aggression comes from Daly and Wilson, who found that American murderers (and murderers in other cultures), were most likely to be unemployed, unmarried males whose victims were also men. This shows that low status males (unemployed) are most likely to engage in direct intra-sexual aggression to compete with other men for resources to be selected by high status females.
What did Buss find?
Finally evidence to support evolutionary explanations of aggression comes from Buss, who found that men would be more jealous if their partner had sex with someone else, whereas a woman would be more jealous if their partner formed a close emotional bond with someone else. This shows that men are more jealous of sexual infidelity; as a woman if giving her fertility to another man, a characteristic she was inter-sexually selected for. It also shows that women are more jealous of emotional infidelity; as the man is giving away his protection and provision to another woman, a characteristic he was inter-sexually selected for.
What did Chagnon find?
Interesting evidence to support evolutionary explanations of aggression comes from Chagnon, who found that in the Yanomamo tribes of South America, men who returned from battle having killed, were more likely to marry. This shows that if men are successful in direct intra-sexual selection, it is more likely they will be inter-sexually selected, supporting the ‘sex for meat’ hypothesis.
For the same reasons, partners are unlikely to show direct inter-sexual aggression as both men and women seek to pass on their ‘selfish genes’ (Dawkins). Instead, partners have evolved ‘mate guarding’ behaviours (displaying signals that their mate is ‘taken’) as a way of reducing their mate’s access to other partners (e.g. wedding rings). Inter-sexual aggression only becomes ‘adaptive’ (in the evolutionary sense) if a partner have reason to be jealous of infidelity. Men are more jealous of sexual infidelity because they select their partners’ fertility, whereas women are more jealous of emotional infidelity because they select their partners’ provision and protection.
Outline evolution of aggression
According to evolutionary theories displays of aggression are Naturally Selective as they allow an individual to defend themselves and their kin, providing access to resources necessary for survival (e.g. food and clothing), and aid cognitive development (e.g. through the development of tools and language necessary for aggressive acts). Aggression is also Sexually Selective because it increases an individuals change of sexual reproduction (as aggression make them more attractive). In particular, intra sexual aggression between (younger) low status males is most adaptive, as it allows individuals to compete with other men to achieve higher status to be selected by females. Conversely, direct intra-sexual aggression between women is unlikely, as injury may damage their change of successful childbirth or their facial symmetry (lowering their status). Instead, low status females have evolved to show indirect-sexual aggression (e.g. verbal insults of ‘bitching’) to reduce the attractiveness of their competition. .
Why are evolutionary factors considered simplistic
However, undermining the role of evolutionary factors in human aggression, this theory can be criticised for being simplistic because it ignores other important influences. This is because it ignores the role of Social Learning Theory (Bandura), the role of cue arousal and ignores the role of nurture; this is because it only emphasises the importance of biological factors in evolution, ignoring the influence of the environment and learning.
Why are evolutionary factors unfalsifiable?
Finally, due to it being from the evolutionary approach it can becriticised for being unfalsifiable; it cannot be tested using an independent or dependent variable, and speculative; makes assumptions about research beyond findings, this is because it is impossible to test an evolutionary theory as no one can be alive so see and evolution within a population or culture.
Why are evolutionary factors constrained/alpha bia
For the same reasons it can be criticised for being constrained and alpha biased, as it ignores the idea of free will and unfairly exaggerates the differences between men and women. This is because it suggests that we have no free; which is undermined by the Amish; who show no aggression, creating the idea that it is to do with our environment. However, according to genetics the Q20* gene, the MAOA-L gene and the XYY chromosomes, play a role in our aggression which is biologically controlled. Also it claims that all men fight and all women ***** which is not true. Conversely, adding weighting to the role of evolution in aggression research shows that there are 80,000 men in prison and only 4,000 women.
What is the conclusion?
On balance it may be likely that aggression has evolved, evolutionary explanations can never wholly be accepted because they are unfalsifiable.
Furthermore, the theory states that aggression is naturally selective because the need to be aggressive forced our cognitive development (in particular, our language skills). For example, complex language skills would have evolved to successfully plan for acts of aggression, and our cognitive skills would have been developed through the invention of tools (spears), to carry out aggressive acts.
What is the debate?
It is debated whether evolutionary explanations of aggression are sufficient in themselves to explain human aggression.
Why are evolutionary factors culturally absolute?
Adding further weighting to the role of evolution in aggression is that research evidence is Culturally Absolute, this is because this theory can be fairly applied to all cultures, this is due to the strong research evidence provided by Daly and Wilson in all cultures. | <urn:uuid:d3d96cd5-8fb5-444d-a5f6-8976e3c2dc59> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://getrevising.co.uk/revision-cards/evolution-34 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571692.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812105810-20220812135810-00071.warc.gz | en | 0.957323 | 1,253 | 2.84375 | 3 |
The Health Policy Institute estimates that if these emergency visits were replaced with regular preventive oral care, there would be a savings of nearly $1.7 million dollars per year, enough to put towards medicaid, dental premiums, and other treatment needs.
This is why we encourage our members to use their dental benefits, particularly preventive care which can avoid these kinds of costly visits.
This growing statistic illustrates a much bigger problem - more and more people are putting off their preventive care visits. It’s an expensive problem that impacts individuals, hospitals, dentists -- and employers alike.
Individuals who put off preventive care until the last minute are often the ones who end up in the emergency room at the end of the day. But unless their assessed level of dental pain meets a certain triage threshold, emergency room staff will simply divert them to their dentist on their own time.
The key takeaway? Of the large amount of patients who visit emergency rooms for dental care, only around 20 percent are actually given dental care on site.1
It’s a situation that puts employees in a bad spot because after an emergency dental visit to the emergency room, they’re still in pain and will likely have to take time away from their jobs to get their dental situation taken care of. | <urn:uuid:24f1017a-d298-4952-89e5-f8b1d08e2b34> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.deltadentalwa.com/producer/resources/impact-of-dental-emergencies | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572215.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815235954-20220816025954-00667.warc.gz | en | 0.962991 | 261 | 2.078125 | 2 |
'Global warming' and 'climate change' are two terms used to refer to the same phenomena but more people believe in the latter than the former, according to a new study.
Jonathon Schuldt at University of Michigan and his colleagues conducted a question wording experiment in the American Life Panel, an online survey conducted by RAND, with a national sample of 2,267 U.S. adults.
AdvertisementIn the following question, half the participants heard one version, half heard the other:
"You may have heard about the idea that the world's temperature may have been going up [changing] over the past 100 years, a phenomenon sometimes called 'global warming' ['climate change']. What is your personal opinion regarding whether or not this has been happening?"
The team found that 74 percent of people thought the problem was real when it was referred to as climate change, while about 68 percent thought it was real when it was referred to as global warming.
Schuldt said, "While global warming focuses attention on temperature increases, climate change focuses attention on more general changes."
"Thus, an unusually cold day may increase doubts about global warming more so than about climate change. Given these different associations and the partisan nature of this issue, climate change believers and skeptics might be expected to vary in their use of these terms."
The researchers also found that conservative think tanks tend to call the phenomenon global warming, while liberal think tanks call it climate change.
60 percent of Republicans reported that they thought climate change was real, for example, only 44 percent said they believed in the reality of global warming.
In contrast, about 86 percent of Democrats thought climate change was a serious problem, no matter what it was called.
"The extent of the partisan divide on this issue depends heavily on question wording," said Norbert Schwarz.
"When the issue is framed as global warming, the partisan divide is nearly 42 percentage points. But when the frame is climate change, the partisan divide drops to about 26 percentage points."
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dentate granule cell addition
brians at interlog.com
Wed Jul 24 17:39:24 EST 1996
In article <Pine.OSF.3.91.960724170110.9837A-100000 at axp2.cns.ox.ac.uk>,
Simon Schultz <schultz at axp2.cns.ox.ac.uk> wrote:
>In 1982 it was reported that in rats, dentate granule cells continued to
>be added to the hippocampus over the whole first year of life (no results
>for thereafter) (Bayer et al 1982, Science 218:890-892). Does anyone know
>of any evidence since then that this is a real phenomenon, and whether it
>transfers across species?
There have been many papers since Bayer's 1982 article which have
replicated the finding with tritiated thymidine and bromodeoxyuridine as
indicators of cell division. A number of studies have done double
labeling for neuron/glial specific proteins and shown that the majority
of these new cells are neurons. This belief depends on Neuron Specific
Enolase (NSE) actually being neuron specific and GFAP and Vimentin being
glia specific. There was another neuronal specific marker used as well,
but I can't remember what it was. For a recent example look for Khun et
al. 1996 in the Journal of Neuroscience. Seki and Arai (1993, J.
Neurosci.) showed that these new neurons transiently express the highly
polysialyated neural cell adhesion molecule (NCAM-H) which is thought to
be associated with developing neural tissue and the reorganization of
synaptic contacts. There was also a paper which showed that these young
neurons could be antidromically stimulated (presumabely through axons)
from the CA3 region. Anyway, look for names such as Crespo D., Stanfield
B., Cowan WM, Kaplan MS which are associated with neurogenesis in the
adult rat and mouse.
>West and Gunderson (1989, J. Comp. Neurol. 296:1-22) found no evidence of
>continual addition of granule cells in the human, although there were
>only 5 specimens and they started at just under 50 years.
Rakic P. has looked for this in primates and has not found it. I know it
occurs in rabbits and have heard of it in hamsters.
Brian Scott | "In other studies you go as far as others have gone
brians at interlog.com | before you, and there is nothing more to know; but
M.Sc. student in | in scientific pursuit there is continual food for
Neurophysiology | discovery and wonder." - Victor Frankenstein
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VOLCANO WATCH: Why Are New Outcrops So Important
The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) reports that a good field geologist is an opportunist. Never content with what outcrops are available, they jump at the chance to see another one, hoping that it will provide a better understanding to some question about what happened in the past.
It isn’t every day that new outcrops are created, and rarer still when they are on the scale of those formed during the faulting of Kīlauea Volcano’s caldera floor in summer 2018.
As Halemaʻumaʻu sank and widened, its crater wall began to expose lava flows that formed during earlier eruptions and were covered by later flows. In particular, the north side of Halemaʻumaʻu bites some 1640 feet deeper than before, potentially making accessible lava flows that erupted and gradually filled the caldera early in the 19th century. In addition, the faults that bound the down-dropped sector of the caldera exhumed the south sulfur bank and expose lava flows not previously observed by scientists.
Why are these new outcrops so important? The new exposures provide cross-sections through some of the 19th-century caldera fill. These cross-sections can be examined to look for the margins and floors of ancient lava lakes, spills from those lakes, eruption conduits, and other features leading to a greater understanding of how the caldera was filled.
But, the news isn’t all good. Shaking during the more than 60 large earthquakes last summer caused rockfalls along the west side of the caldera that buried at least one outcrop of explosive deposits more than 1000 years old. Luckily, those deposits had already been sampled.
Summer 2018 gave field-focused geologists lots to do and think about in Kīlauea Volcano’s caldera. With new samples and first-hand observations, their work will build on what is already known or surmised and help us better understand the caldera and how its 19th-century activity differed so much from that of the past 100 years.
Activity Summary: Kīlauea Volcano is not erupting. Monitoring data over the past eight months have shown relatively low rates of seismicity, deformation, and gas emission at the summit and East Rift Zone (ERZ) including the area of the 2018 eruption.
Accordingly, the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) lowered the Volcano Alert Level for ground-based hazards from ADVISORY to NORMAL. This means the volcano is at a non-eruptive, background state. The Aviation Color Code is was also lowered from YELLOW to GREEN. For more information, psee the Volcano Activity Notice posted on HVO’s web site in the Update section.
For definitions of USGS Volcano Alert Levels and Aviation Color Codes, go online.
Despite this change, Kīlauea remains an active volcano, and it will erupt again. Although we expect clear signs prior to a return to eruption, the time frame of warning may be short. Island of Hawaiʻi residents should be familiar with the long-term hazard map for Kīlauea Volcano and how to stay informed about Kīlauea activity.
Lava flow hazard map for the Island of Hawaiʻi.
Observations: This past week saw no significant change in monitoring data or volcanic activity. Low rates of seismicity continue across the volcano, with earthquakes occurring primarily in the summit and south flank regions. GPS stations and tiltmeters continue to show motions consistent with refilling of the deep East Rift Zone magma reservoir. Sulfur dioxide emission rates from the summit and from Puʻu ʻŌʻō remain low. These rates have been steady over the past several weeks.
A GPS station on the north flank of Puʻu ʻŌʻō has been showing steady slumping of the craters edge. This motion is not directly related to magmatic activity, but is interpreted to be sliding of the unstable edge of Puʻu ʻŌʻō cone. Small collapses at Puʻu ʻŌʻō have occurred since the eruption due to instability.
Hazards remain in the lower East Rift Zone eruption area and at the Kīlauea summit. Residents and visitors near the 2018 fissures, lava flows, and summit collapse area should heed Hawaii County Civil Defense and National Park warnings. Hawai‘i County Civil Defense advises that lava flows and features created by the 2018 eruption are primarily on private property and persons are asked to be respectful and not enter or park on private property.
The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) continues to closely monitor Kīlauea’s seismicity, deformation, and gas emissions for any sign of increased activity. HVO maintains visual surveillance of the volcano with web cameras and occasional field visits. HVO will continue to issue a weekly update (every Tuesday) until further notice, and we will issue additional messages as warranted by changing activity. | <urn:uuid:d1cf6880-ebf5-4740-8d31-b8832b1bb6ec> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://bigislandnow.com/2019/03/28/volcano-watch-why-are-new-outcrops-so-important/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571502.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811194507-20220811224507-00069.warc.gz | en | 0.937719 | 1,072 | 3.765625 | 4 |
Besides our internships, we also offer a variety of courses in Africa. All unique and exciting in their own way, these courses offer opportunities to learn, contribute, and explore. Join our environmental volunteer program in South Africa to plant trees, learn about a range of environmental issues, and enjoy live music and good food with a large group of like-minded people. Set on the famous Garden Route, it’s also a great way to explore this stunning part of South Africa.
If you’re into photography, and you’d like to explore ways of using your photography to make a difference, have a look at our photography volunteer project in Cape Town. No matter what level you’re at as a photographer, this project offers you the unique opportunity to improve your skills while documenting the work of local charities. By donating the images to these organisations, you’re offering them strong visual tools to spread their message and reach potential funders. This photography volunteer program is a great way to become the best photographer you can be, and use your skills for good causes.
Or, if you’ve always dreamed of becoming a wildlife guide in Africa, join us on a field guiding course in Zimbabwe. This course will teach you all you need to know about the African bush and its wildlife to become a fully qualified guide! At the end of the course, you’ll get a FGASA certificate, which could be the start of your guiding career. | <urn:uuid:faeff1bf-3c8d-44c2-b925-687a49e2c50f> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://rootsinterns.com/program/courses/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570767.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808061828-20220808091828-00478.warc.gz | en | 0.949127 | 303 | 1.757813 | 2 |
Have astronauts from Earth ever stepped foot on Mercury? No, Mercury has been visited by spacecraft from Earth, but no human has ever gone into orbit around Mercury, let alone stepped on the surface. Just what would it take to visit Mercury?
Humans attempting to visit Mercury would find a similar environment to the Moon. Mercury is airless, so they would need a spacesuit to protect themselves from the vacuum of space. However, the temperatures on Mercury are much greater. During the daytime, the surface of Mercury at the equator rises to 700 Kelvin (427 degrees C). Just for comparison, the surface of the Moon only rises to 390 Kelvin (117 degrees C) during the daytime. So you would need some kind of protection from the intense heat.
But then, nighttime on Mercury dips down to only 100 Kelvin (-173 degrees C) – that’s the same low temperatures you get on the Moon at night. So an astronaut’s spacesuit would need to be able to keep an astronaut warm when they’re in the shade.
The travel time to the Moon is only about 3 days. But the travel time to Mercury is much longer. That’s partly because Mercury is much further away – 10s of millions km. But spacecraft also need to take special trajectories so they can get into orbit around Mercury. All of the spacecraft that have visited Mercury have taken longer than a year to reach the planet. That would be a long, hot journey for astronauts.
Maybe some day in the future humans will visit Mercury, but it hasn’t happened yet.
We have written many stories about Mercury here on Universe Today. Here’s an article about a the discovery that Mercury’s core is liquid. And how Mercury is actually less like the Moon than previously believed.
We have also recorded a whole episode of Astronomy Cast that’s just about planet Mercury. Listen to it here, Episode 49: Mercury.
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From a communications perspective, participating in the NRECA international program is a good as gold. And I am basing that claim not only on my own experience- but on science, too.
You see, the human species is biologically hardwired to do good.
It’s is perplexing from a biology perspective, as most hardwired tendencies are all about survival.
This is quite the opposite.
Humans are hardwired to help one another- even when they incur no personal benefit, or have to pay a personal cost. When we help someone, our brains reward us by releasing neurochemicals that make us feel happy.
And here’s why this phenomenon is relevant to communicators: Research shows there is a ripple effect.
Witnessing, or simply reading stories about extraordinary acts of kindness make people feel good. When you can get your members to associate those good feelings with your co-op, it helps to establish an emotional connection. And for electric co-ops, research shows that emotional connection is key to fostering something we’re all after- engagement and loyalty.
You’d be hard pressed to find a story about an act of kindness that’s more extraordinary than the NRECA international program story.
Last fall Michigan co-ops partnered with NRECA International and sent 10 linemen to electrify Buena Vista, Guatemala. We told our story in many ways, but arguably it was told best with a website dedicated to the project- partnersforpower.org.
The website’s primary function was to host our “postcards from Guatemala series.” Each night one of the linemen would call me and tell me about the days adventures. I would condense the conversation into a 250 word postcard (a blog post with a photo) from that lineman.
These blog posts were short, interactive and very shareable. People could sign-up to receive them in their email inbox and the co-ops could easily share them to social media. During the two-week project the postcards got more than 16,000 views and up until the very last postcard people were still subscribing to receive them in their inbox.
Take five minutes to watch the Michigan project video below. My hunch (and hope) is that the ripple effect will leave you happy- and inspired to get involved. | <urn:uuid:62055184-227a-4758-8416-3ecfb2f8a60d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://commjunkies.com/brain-science-says-participating-nreca-international-program-communications-win/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573876.92/warc/CC-MAIN-20220820012448-20220820042448-00064.warc.gz | en | 0.958579 | 482 | 1.875 | 2 |
Welcome to October. Are you prepared for the next stock market crash?
When I use the term stock market crash I don’t mean one of those little five per cent corrections which are basically annoying speed bumps. I define a crash to be a 20 per cent or greater collapse that can wipe out a few years of returns in a few weeks.
According to the authority on seasonal investing, the Stock Trader’s Almanac, the month of October became known as the jinx month because of the crashes in 1929, 1987 and the financial crisis meltdown of October 2008.
Last week the Twitter bugs were all over a “negative” technical signal when a few major U.S. stock indices traded under their respective 50-day moving averages.
Just to make sure you are nervous, let me pile on some more negative stuff from the doom and gloom crowd.
Economist and author Harry Dent states on his web site “I see the Dow Jones Average winding down, week after week . . . falling through the 12,000 mark . . . below 10,000, then 9,000, 8,000 . . . to 6,440 — where it’s likely to rally briefly . . . before ultimately dropping as low as 6,000 and eventually 3,300.”
That’s right – Dow 3300!
Fears of a stock market crash are also related to scary terms such as Black Swans, the Hindenburg Omen and the Kondratieff winter.
The Black Swan which is a large species of swan that breeds mainly in regions of Australia. Because the black swan is rare it became a metaphor that describes an event that comes as a negative surprise.
The Hindenburg Omen is a negative signal based on the relationship between new 52-week highs and new 52-week lows and unlike the Black Swan it is supposed to be a leading predictable signal of danger ahead. There were several of these negative signals a few months ago.
The Kondratieff winter is the current doom and gloom portion of the 50 year long wave. According to the Longwave Group in its Economic Outlook for 2013 … “Thus, from this point on things can only get worse and that’s a lot worse.”
If you are still fearful of a pending market crash you have three options.
1. Buy some portfolio insurance or downside protection such as put options or one of the many inverse exchanged traded funds (ETFs).
2. Raise cash by selling out at least one third of your equity holdings.
3. Take no action, remain fearful and stay for the most part, fully invested.
If you chose to acquire some form of portfolio insurance you could look at inverse products such as the TSX listed Horizons BetaPro S&P/TSX 60 Bear Plus ETF (HXD) or the TSX listed Horizons Universal Canadian Black Swan ETF (HUT) that seeks to provide protection from significant market declines.
The problem with portfolio insurance is if you time the protection wrong the time decay of these products can be toxic. For example the HXD lost over 70 per cent of its value during the two years following the TSX Composite recovery from the March 2009 low
The problem with raising the cash component of the portfolio in order to buy back in later at a lower price has several problems, because you have to make two correct decisions.
If the sell decision is wrong, the market may advance without you on board. If the sell decision is correct, the market decline could re-enforce your bearish view which may persist long after the market recovers and then advances without you on board.
The strategy to remain fearful and remain for the most part, fully invested has merit because these doom and gloom predictions are for the most part urban myths.
For example, some past Black Swan events would be the 1998 collapse of Long-Term Capital Management and the 2011 Japanese earthquake and tsunami. In each case the event had no effect on the current trend of the global stock markets.
The Hindenburg Omen has a history of false signals and unfortunately tends to attract the noisy Chicken Little crowd who proclaim “the sky is falling” every time there is a signal. Some past false signals were at least twelve during the stock market boom of the 1990’s and several false signals following the market bottom of March 2009.
The long wave problem is the human investment horizon. Most investors attempting to experience two complete cycles have never lived long enough to talk about it
On the Dow 3300 prediction we would need one half of the lowest price Dow components to go to zero and the remaining half to fall by 50 per cent just to get close to 4000 so forget that probability.
I should mention that October also has a history of serving up significant bear market lows. Some modern bear market lows were in October 1974, 1987, 1990 and 2002.
In summary investing, like life, is not a spectator sport so get in the game, be patient and tune out the Chicken Little crowd.
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Missing repayment dates are missed for loans and credit cards will lead in your name getting listed in the record of defaulters. CIBIL credit score is an important factor when it comes to accessing credit products. And if you miss repaying your credit card debt or loan that you had taken on, the record will stay on your CIBIL credit report for a specific time period. Having a stain on your credit report will also influence your CIBIL credit score.
Every credit bureau maintains a record of individuals who have ever taken a loan or credit card. A CIBIL credit report contains all the details of your financial activities that help lenders or financial institutions to gauge the type of borrower you are. Basis on the available information in the credit report, they make a decision whether to extend a credit line to you. Hence, it is essential to keep your CIBIL credit report clean.
What is a CIBIL Defaulter’s List?
CIBIL do not maintain a defaulter’s list. The Reserve Bank of India maintains a list of defaulters. The list is available to general public for access on their official website. From time to time, the Reserve Bank of India introduces new framework to establish a stringent and fair financial operation system in the nation. In April 1997, the regulatory body introduced a scheme under which all the banks and financial institutions were notified to submit the details of wilful defaulters with outstandings of Rs.25 Lakhs and above.
Depending on the conditions that led to the default, the RBI has classified the list of defaulters into two groups: willful and non-wilful defaulters. This was designed to identify those who were actually drowning in debt and those who were purposefully choosing not to pay it off.
CIBIL will recognise you as a defaulter if your name is on that list due to non-payment of your dues.
For How many Years does CIBIL Keep a Track of Defaulters?
7 years from the last date of report. CIBIL collects and keep all the available information on an individual’s financial history. It helps banks, NBFCs, and other lenders to assess the creditworthiness of a potential borrower. Remember that CIBIL or any other credit bureau cannot delete your name from the defaulter’s list. Thus, if your name is on the defaulter’s list, you should work towards improving your CIBIL credit score.
Does the CIBIL Defaulter Status Affect Loan Approval?
Yes. Whenever a lender marks you as a defaulter, the same gets updated with CIBIL and your CIBIL credit score goes for a toss. With a low CIBIL credit score, it will become extremely challenging for you to get a loan, especially personal loan. There might be lenders who will want to approve your loan application, but the interest rates may be exorbitant. It is always a wise financial decision to keep a tab on your CIBIL credit score and help it improve.
How to Avoid Getting Listed as a CIBIL Defaulter?
When you apply for a loan or any other line of credit, the lending company checks your CIBIL credit report and score to see if there are any red flags on your name. You must constantly work towards increasing your credit score to prevent being shown as a defaulter in the CIBIL credit report.
Here are a few tips on how to keep your CIBIL credit record spotless:
Regularly Check your CIBIL Credit Report
To keep track of your credit score, make sure you routinely check your CIBIL credit report for any inaccuracies. If there is an error, try to identify the causes and raise it to CIBIL. You can get in touch with CIBIL using the information on their website if you find any mistake in the report.
Pay your Credit Card Bills on Time
Whether its your credit card or your loan, ensure you make timely repayments against the debt. One of the main reasons of having a low CIBIL credit score is missed or late payments. When you apply for a credit card or a loan, the lender checks your credit profile; if it shows a "Settled" or "Written-Off" status, it raises questions about your trustworthiness and increases the likelihood that your loan application will be turned down.
Do not Take out Multiple Loans
Never submit multiple loan applications simultaneously because this indicates that you are in a severe need of credit. Refrain from applying for loans of any kind, even those with short terms, as even this activity casts doubt on your trustworthiness as a borrower. Apply for one loan at a time as it improves your chances of having your loan application accepted and makes managing the payments simple.
FAQs Related to CIBIL Defaulter’s List
First of all, CIBIL doesn’t have a defaulter’s list of their own. They extract the information on the defaults made by an individual from the defaulter’s list available with the Reserve Bank of India. A CIBIL defaulter can still get a home loan, however, keep in mind that the bank or the lender may charge you a high rate of interest for the loan.
To remove your name as a defaulter from CIBIL record, you will need to work on your credit history. Identify the reason your name is on the defaulter list. If you have had failed to repay any loan or credit card, your name will be on the list. Contact the bank or lender and come to an arrangement to pay off the debt. Once you clear the debt, the same will get reflected in the defaulter’s list and your CIBIL credit report will be revised accordingly.
If you are a defaulter, you can improve your CIBIL credit score by repaying the debt. Repay the debt and your CIBIL credit score will improve by a few points. Further, you can make a few transactions from your credit card and repay it on time to build your credit score. | <urn:uuid:321a32ae-70ae-4ee5-a69f-b937e1ad6d9d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://cred.club/check-your-credit-score/articles/how-many-years-will-cibil-keep-record-of-defaulters | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571993.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814022847-20220814052847-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.945736 | 1,244 | 1.96875 | 2 |
It amazes me how someone can think in such a far-sighted manner. I came across these two videos of Sir Arthur C Clarke - A British inventor and a futurist - who explains way back in 1964 how the science and technology will pan out 50 years from then. Pretty impressive…
‘ Technology ’ category archive
Facebook announced about their new messaging system at web 2.0 2010 Expo opening day. Though it is difficult to grasp the offering until you see it in play, the following video will help to get some clarity on the offering.
1. Every user has preferred mode of communication. You have better chances of conversing with someone if you reach them through text message, some through chat/IM, most through email and few through social networks and some more channels. You cant have a lookup table to figure out the best mode of communication to each of your friend. What if a system can take care of that for you? Facebook messaging system promises to take care of that…!
2. Social Inbox is a feature that allows only the emails from your friends and colleagues to reach you and keeps away every other email from your inbox. Sure, this feature can be achieved through some smart filters and cool plugins that sit on top of existing email systems. But Facebook knows your social connections and it can offer you the ’social inbox’ feature easily. The other nifty feature is the ability to block unwarranted emails. If by chance a false email gets through to your social inbox, you can just block the email. What happens next is interesting. Once blocked, the emails are bounced back..It doesn’t go and sit in your spam box!
3. By now we are familiar with grouping the emails based on Email subject lines. Another cool way of organizing would be to group the messages based on people. Yes all messages from your friends will be grouped under their name. Though it sounds interesting, I am not sure if can handle tens of thousands of emails grouped under same name!
The other features are “Conversation history” where your entire conversations are backed up! This is nothing new though.
A very disturbing security concern over Indian Electronic Voting Machines has emerged recently. VeTA has performed a kind-of sting operation on Indian EVMs and has published a white paper briefing the security flaws in the Voting machines. VeTA is an independant National level citizen’s forum for promoting Verifiability, Transparency and Accountability in Indian Elections. Some of the well known computer experts, political scientists, public activists, legal professionals, academicians have come together to analyze the state of Indian Elections. On Saturday, August 21 2010, Hari Prasad, Chief Technical Coordinator of VeTA was arrested for the possession of Electronic Voting Machine, which apparently was acquired through anonymous insider source! The Anonymity is still not revealed.
VeTA did a very thorough analysis on the EVM Hardware and software and proved in various ways that the EVM can be hacked and the results be easily manipulated. VeTA not just content with the findings went on to publish a white paper based on the findings. Now the whole world knows that Indian EVMs are not tamper-proof and the findings are completely contrary to the claim from Indian Election Commission “totally tamper proof, perfect, fail safe and requiring no improvement”.
I am surprised why Indian government and Election commission would have disallowed any independant security evaluation! This raises a serious integrity concern about ECI. While the cyber-hackers are growing powerful and while the cyber security is always playing a catch up game with cyber attacks, this lack of concern and total underestimation of EVM Hacking from ECI needs to be addressed immediately. I think ’sting’ operations are the only way to reform the Indian government and remove the inefficiency and corruption from it.
You can watch the video below to understand the technical flaws of the voting machines and how naive the security mechanisms are.
Early this month, there was a 3-day SEO Training programme conducted by Bruce Clay (One of the Prominent thought leaders in Search Engine optimization industry) in Gurgaon. I decided to attend the training to crystallize my learnings, to learn new techniques and tips and to meet people with Similar Interest. It was quite useful and comprehensive. I would say the 3-day training gave me a structure and discipline towards how we approach SEO. And Bruce Clay did warn everyone of us about the brutally tough SEO world! As he put it, “every monday it’s (SEO) a new industry” (Google apparently makes 500 changes every month and on good day it might make 20 changes!). It’s like solving a 200 variable non-linear equation, which changes every day! It’s like chasing a moving target! Get the drift? Add to this, the new search result pages which google is experimenting with. The new SERPS (Search engine result pages) apparently show more of google content (google maps, google local, google news, google real-time, youtube, images and what not?) than external content. Alright, I am making myself nervous again
There is a Open source conference coming up in chennai next month. If you are interested in open source, PHP, Mysql, web development trends, mobile computing, cloud computing etc., you should try and make it to the event! Checkout more details at www.osidays.com. I am sending my developers to attend the event at company’s expense. Needless to say, they are mighty-excited and looking forward to learn some new things! If they learn, its good for company too
I always wanted to attend a TED Event. But being an super-expensive event and going by the difficulty to get ‘invited’, I was giving up on it. Then came along the concept of TEDX (local TED Clubs). TEDX Chennai is the chennai local chapter for TEDX. I am attending the event and have booked my tickets. Hoping to hear from some great speakers and gather some insight into their minds. Not to forget the opportunity to meet some really interesting attendees!
Western companies pulling their business roots out of china is becoming a hot trend these days. Just few days after Google officially pulls out of china, Godaddy follows suit and closes down its operations in china. Citing the new regulations which requires domain registrars to gather relevant document proofs such as photographs, residence proof, email address, telephone numbers and signed forms (!), godaddy stops offering “.cn” registrations.
The world’s largest registrar of internet domain names said Wednesday that it was pulling out of China in the wake of strict new laws that allegedly will increase government surveillance of web sites…
Jones [Christine Jones, general counsel for Go Daddy] said the new Chinese policies required every website owner to submit photographs, business information and individually signed forms, as well as their physical address, email address and telephone numbers.
‘We didn’t want to act as an agent of the Chinese government,’ Jones said. ‘We can’t let them be strong and us be weak all the time. We just have to stop it, and then we’ll start offering .CN domain names again.’
Is china trying to enforce the closed economy even on the internet turf? I guess so..They are not doing directly, but they are doing it through indirect means such as regulations, strict guidelines, tight web monitoring etc., For now, we will have just observe the cyber-war between the western supremacy (read US) and the new rising power China. Who is next in-line to close the operations? Dell (they are already showing some signs)?
It’s been 3 months since Google announced that it would be serving ads from third party ad networks through its own publisher network called adsense. Today, Google has rolled out the feature to all adsense accounts. Currently, Google is accepting ads only from third party adnetworks from North America and Europe. Publishers can opt-out of select adnetworks or can decide to opt-out of all adnetworks completely. I am going to test this by turning on and off adnetworks and see how this impacts my bottomline. As of now, there are 92 ad-networks certified by google adsense. Shown below are the list of 92 ad-networks.
Adchemy: Technology for Relevant Digital Advertising
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Recently Businessweek came up with a very interesting story on Google and how it is planning to stay ahead of the competition and whether it can stay on top of the web. Anyone interested in Search and Google should definitely read these articles. It throws lot of light on how google takes things seriously and why Search is still an unsolved problem and the challenges associated with Search. Worth Reading…
Can Google Stay on Top of the Web?
Interviews with Google Folks
Google’s Udi Manber: Search Is About People, Not Just Data - BusinessWeek
…Udi Manber, Google’s vice-president of technology for core search, joined the company almost four years ago after stints running Amazon.com’s A9 search project and serving as chief scientist at Yahoo. He, like some other leaders on the search quality team,……
…Inside Google’s search quality group, Amit Singhal runs the core ranking team, which is responsible for those algorithms you hear so much about. The team ran some 6,000 experiments last year that tried tweaking those mathematical formulas, ultimately producing between……
…It’s up to Matt Cutts and his team at Google to keep search results as free as possible from Web spam, those pages full of Viagra ads or even malware. A 10-year veteran of the company, he got into this……
…Scott Huffman runs one of the least-known units at Google: the evaluation team that measures the impact of every little proposed change to the leading search engine. And with some 6,000 experiments run annually, he’s pretty busy. Not to mention,……
P2W2 is an online marketplace for accountants, writers, graphic designers, software vendors, tutors, researchers and other major professional services. P2W2 stands for “People To Work with”!
Who is the target audience?
Small businesses and Individuals can use p2w2 to post project requirements or to bid for the projects.
How it works?
As a services vendor
1. You can create your detailed profile by describing your service offerings, your capabilities, your portfolio, your testimonials etc., Creating a good profile is very important to successfully win the project bids. As a service provider, you need to pay 13 USD or 500 Rupees to create profile.
2. Once you have created a profile, you can search for projects posted on p2w2 and bid for the projects.
3. Once the client is convinced about your profile and your bidding price, client will give a green signal to start the project. P2W2 provides you great tools to manage the project and client communications. Some of the features are sharing files, project tracking and feedback module.
4. Once the project is complete, P2W2 will ensure that the payment is settled between client and the vendor. P2W2 takes a commission of 4.5% of the project value.
As a Buyer of services:
1.You can create your detailed profile by describing your Company information, your capabilities, your portfolio, your testimonials, your credibility etc., There is no cost to create a profile. FREE!
2. You can search for professionals or vendors. Go through detailed profile and initiate contact with shortlisted vendors. P2W2 maintains a track record of vendor performances. Through this history, P2W2 helps buyers to decide on the software vendors.
3. Once the project is started, buyers can track the progress of the project, review the work and assign requirements through P2W2’s tools.
4. Once the project is complete, P2W2 ensures the payment settlement.
* Reputation management:
* Selection Tools:
* Online Project Tracking:
* Payment facility:
* They have launched a voice-enabled service wherein a client can express his requirements through his own voice by audio recording the requirements/feedback. The Vendor then can go through the audio and gather a very good understanding of the client requirements.
P2W2 is founded by ISB alumni. Chaitanya Sagar from Class of 2005 and Amit Mullerpattan from Class of 2006.
Existing Players [Few examples]
ebay [www.ebay.com] yes, ebay has a facility to connect buyers and sellers of services.
rentacoder.com [For software services]
and quite a few freelance exchange sites
The success of an online marketplace is dependant upon the the familiar network-effect. Unless there are more vendors of high quality, there is no real benefit for buyers of services to use this service and vice versa. This whole cycle of building the userbase takes time and good community building strategies. I am not sure about the current status. But cracking this is of utmost importance.
Moreover, weeding through fake profiles, fraudulent buyers and protecting the interests of both parties (buyers and services) is not an easy task. There are lot of security and trust issues to be taken care of.
Services like elance.com is generally considered good for buyers and bad for seller of services. Because sellers compete fiercely on prices and sometimes the prices are close to nothing. This makes it a place to find cheap sellers or service vendors rather than a quality and reliability-based hunting ground. So, P2W2 should focus on quality, reliability, trust and security if they need to create a niche and success. Will have to wait to see how it all pans out…But they have all the right elements in place…Wishing them lot of success
What is your take on P2W2?
Was curious to check the websites that have pagerank 10…
* validator.w3.org Downgraded to PR9
* www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/index.html New on the list
* www.adobe.com/downloads/ New on the list
* www.adobe.com/products/index.html New on the list
* www.adobe.com/downloads/ New on the list
* www.apple.com/quicktime/download Downgraded to PR9
* www.doe.gov New on the list
* www.keio.ac.jp Downgraded to PR9
* www.mac.com Downgraded to PR9
* www.macromedia.com (redirected to adobe.com)
* www.microsoft.com Downgraded to PR9
* www.usa.gov/index.shtml New on the list
* www.yahoo.com Downgraded to PR9
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MacIver News Service | August 20, 2015[Madison, Wisc…] The Wisconsin Retirement System (WRS) is in good condition according to a report released by the Legislative Audit Bureau (LAB) this week. However, LAB detected some errors after the Department of Employee Trust Funds (ETF) was required to follow new accounting standards.
The Audit Bureau’s report shows WRS had a $92.2 billion fiduciary net position – the amount it has in assets to cover any liabilities. Total pension liabilities came to $89.7 billion in calendar year 2014, resulting in a net pension asset of $2.5 billion. According to the audit, Wisconsin’s pension system is 102.7 percent funded.
The $92.2 billion of available funds represents a 2.5 percent increase from 2013 to 2014 with 89.9 billion in the fund in 2013.
When compared to other state retirement systems, Wisconsin is performing very well. The Teacher Retirement System of Texas is only 83.3 percent funded – holding $132.8 billion in assets compared to its $159.5 billion in liabilities. The California State Teachers’ Retirement System is even worse. It is only 76.5 percent funded and has a net liability of $58.4 billion.
While the WRS is performing well, the Legislative Audit Bureau noted that a new pension accounting standard was issued by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board. This resulted in some errors when preparing financial statements.
The errors were corrected after LAB brought them to the attention of the ETF. In the future, LAB recommends that ETF processes be changed to prevent or detect errors.
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After 35 years of mass unemployment: an advice to boycot Holland
Jan Tinbergen helped creating the Dutch Central Planning Bureau after 1945, and Dutch society has benefitted enormously up to this very day in 2004. The Dutch situation has also been an example to the world. But there is a down side when the CPB adopts a wrong theory and when policy becomes misguided. Economic theory is created by people, the behaviour of people can also be described by Public Choice theory, and good theory need not get properly adopted. Dutch society suffers huge problems, which problems do not exist just by themselves, but they can also be judged from the angle of the failure of co-ordination. It can be established as a fact that the directorate of the CPB has been censoring economic science for almost 15 years now, so that society is in a suboptimal state. The mechanisms in Dutch society apparently are too weak to solve this issue. The stress in Dutch society even causes the breakdown of the mechanisms that might work otherwise. That stress in Dutch society is highlighted by political landslides and political murder so unexpected of this country. With 9-11 there is the new terrorism that increases the stress in Dutch society. The censored theory originally provided a solution to Stagflation, but it can also help to resolve the social and economic problems following 9-11. The censored theory would be relevant for other nations as well. For theoretical and practical reasons the censorship must be resolved at CPB itself. Given the weak mechanisms in Dutch society to protect the integrity of science in the preparation of policy, it becomes rational to advise an international boycot of Holland. Economic sticks and carrots are strong incentives to motivate people to stop and think. An international boycot of Holland would likely induce the Dutch to restore the integrity at CPB as intended by Tinbergen.
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ECJ Rules that West Bank Goods are NOT “Made in Israel”
The BBC reports:
The European Court of Justice has ruled that Israeli goods made in Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank cannot be considered Israeli.
This means goods made by Israelis or Jews in the West Bank cannot benefit from a trade deal giving Israel preferential access to EU markets.
At first glance, this seems like the correct result, especially given the existence of a separate EC-PLO trade agreement that is intended to govern such goods. Moreover, according to the ECJ, Israel never responded to German requests to confirm the origin of these goods. So Israel doesn’t seem to have much of a case here.
Of course, the result seems of dubious benefit to actual residents of the West Bank, but that is another matter I suppose (see here for an argument on this line). A fuller discussion of the opinion can be found here but I can’t seem to find the full judgment on the ECJ website. Anyone who has a link should feel free to post it in the comments. | <urn:uuid:4c3ae196-996a-4512-a8fc-b1ebc28b98fe> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://opiniojuris.org/2010/02/27/ecj-rules-that-west-bank-goods-are-not-made-in-israel/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560285001.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095125-00307-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.960318 | 221 | 1.734375 | 2 |
Encounters with Aliens on this Day
1897 - A cigar-shaped UFO hovered over the town of Sisterville, West Virginia at 8:30 p.m.. It directed brilliant searchlights down toward the ground. It appeared to have large fins or wings, and flashing red, white and green lights on the sides and on each end. Several witnesses estimated the length of the object to be 180 feet long. (Source: Gordon I.R. Lore, Jr. and Harold Dennault, Jr., Mysteries of the Skies: UFOs in Perspective, p. 21).
1945 - There were two radar-visual UFO reports on this day from the Far East near Iwo Jima. At three o'clock in the morning ground control radar made radar contact with an unknown radar target over the Pacific Ocean at a distance of 18 to 8 miles from the island. The gunner in a P-61B "Black Widow" aircraft attached to the 549th NFS squadron saw a yellow, star-like light approach and lose altitude. Radar contact was then lost. The gunner saw a second light, but no radar contact was made with it. At 4:15 a.m. Ground control again made radar contact with a target. The gunner of a P-61B plane saw a reddish, round light. Contact on the radar screen showed two blips engaging in evasive action, which soon outdistanced the P-61, one of the fastest propeller driven aircraft of its time. (Source: Jan Aldrich, Project 1947 website).
1950 - At 10:30 a.m. three observers in Pullman, Washington saw two dark delta-shaped objects fly to the north; they joined a saucer-shaped object and circled a hill. The saucer then flew off to the north, while the "kites" flew off to the south. (Source: Larry Hatch, U computer database, case # 1691; newspaper clipping dated April 21, 1950).
1950 - CAA observers in Clarendon, Texas saw an unidentified object to the southeast, while observers in Childress, Texas about 50 miles to the SE saw the object to the northwest, and triangulated the stationary object about midway between, near Memphis, Texas. The sighting began around 9 a.m. and the object was on radar for four hours. This radar-visual case involved the crew of an F-61C as it was flying over Memphis around 11:00 a.m. as well as separate ground radars. A silver sphere that tilted was seen, and it did not move significantly despite winds aloft. Northrop engineering test pilot Max Stanley and observers Lloyd Balsam and Sam F. West were asked to intercept the object when they took off in their F-61C (AF 8357) from Amarillo on an MX-775 test of a Navaho missile celestial guidance test. A B-36 was also scrambled and took off from Fort Worth to intercept. On the same day at 10:50 a.m. two military wives in Sherman, Texas saw 18-20 flat silent silver discs race to the north, then maneuver for 4-5 minutes. (Sources: Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1950: April-July, pp. 26-27; Jan Aldrich).
1952 - 50 miles northwest of Kyushu, Japan (129.85 E, 34.32 N). Radar tracked an unidentified target for one minute flying at 2,700 mph. (Sources: US Air Force Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns).
1952 - At 4:00 a.m. in Corner Brook, Newfoundland, Canada Mr. C. Hamilton, a janitor, saw a yellow-gold colored spherical object make a sharp turn in the sky. It left a short, dark trail for one minute. Eighteen hours later at 10:10 p.m. a newspaper reporter, Chic Shave, sighted the same round, yellow-gold object as it flew to the south and then returned. His sighting lasted 90 seconds. (Sources: Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph, April 19, 1952; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns).
1952 - In Bethesda, Maryland at 11:30 a.m. Mr. R. Poerstal and three other men sighted seven to nine circular, orange-yellow lights in a 40-degree V or U-formation as they flew overhead silently for eight seconds at a high speed, from south to north. (Sources: US Air Force Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case 1128; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns).
1952 - On this day in Yuma, Arizona two Army weather observation students sighted a flat-white circular object flying in a very erratic manner. The sighting lasted approximately 10 seconds. (Source: Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns).
1953 - A huge cigar-shaped UFO flew over Wilmington, Delaware at 11:15 a.m. and was sighted by a Ground Observer Corps observer. It was flashing as it passed over the city, heading northwest. (Sources: Wilmington News, July 9, 1954; Donald Keyhoe, Flying Saucer Conspiracy, p. 186).
1960 - At 9:00 p.m. Mr. Arnold saw a round, fiery red flying object approach at high speed from the south in Lacamp, Louisiana. It touched the ground about 300 meters away with a loud explosion heard by many people, and a flame. It bounced in an easterly direction for about 300 meters, then rose again, turned west and disappeared. The ground was scarred in nine places, and a substance resembling metallic paint was found. (Source: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 503).
1961 - Mr. Paul Simonton, a Chicken farmer in Eagle River,
Wisconsin saw a disc-shaped carft land vertically on his farm. A
hatch opened, and when he approached he saw three human-looking men
inside. They asked him for some water. They appeared to be cooking
pancakes on a griddle, and in exchange for the water they gave him four of
the pancakes from griddle. The men were described as five feet tall with
dark hair. They wore blue knit outfits and helmets. The newspapers had a
field day with this report, but private UFO investigators who interviewed
Mr. Simonton found him to be sincere and his story uncomplicated.
(Sources: Allen Utke case files, case 6; Milwaukee Journal, April
23, 1961; George D. Fawcett, Flying Saucers, May 1963, p. 34; NICAP
UFO Investigator, May 1961, p. 8; Jacques Vallee, Passport to
Magonia, p. 23).
1966 - On this evening there were four good UFO reports made in the northeastern United States in Massachusetts, New York, and Ohio. At 7:15 p.m. an elongated oval-shaped UFO with reddish green flashing lights on each end hovered over Peabody, Massachusetts, zipped around, and maneuvered to the horizon and back three times. The perimeter of the object glowed blue. A dense light was seen hovering only three feet above a roadway in Albany, New York. A blinding bright object with intense red lights landed on a road in Lancaster, Ohio and then flew off through a corn field. The witness, Mr. P. Friend, had sore and bloodshot eyes after his sighting from looking at the object. At 9:45 p.m. a UFO responded to a searchlight directed at it in Cohasset, Massachusetts by zigzagging, turning off its lights, and shooting straight up into the sky. (Sources: Raymond E. Fowler, UFOs: Interplanetary Visitors, p. 338; Richard Bonenfant, Proceedings of the 1976 CUFOS Conference, p. 48, citing the Albany Knickerbocker; NICAP UFO Investigator, June 1966, p. 7; Walter N. Webb case investigation files, case 60).
1967 - At 8:05 p.m. in Athens, Ohio a college professor and four others watched an unidentified light source that alternated between yellow and pink as it moved over a wide arc of sky at moderate speed. Their sighting lasted 10 minutes. At 8:30 p.m. the wife of the Ohio University director of the center for social science education saw a dull white oval for ten seconds. (Source: NICAP report forms, www.nicap.org).
1967 - At 8:00 p.m. in Point Pleasant, West Virginia a pilot and ground observers saw an anomalous "light bearing object" in the sky. The pilot attempted to close with the object and flashed his landing lights to get its attention, but there was no response and the object disappeared. (Source: West Virginia Register, April 1967; NICAP files).
1972 - In the afternoon two British tourists in Pokhara, Nepal took a photograph of a swarm of white dots that merged into discs, and then made fantastic maneuvers, flying off to the west. (Source: FSR, July 1973, p. 3).
1975 - A luminous disc came out from behind a house in Piano Chiesa, Italy at 7:50 p.m. and shot up into the sky. (Source: Maurizio Verga, ITACAT: Italian UFO Catalogue).
On this night in 1976 Ms. Larson was abducted out of her bedroom in Fargo, North Dakota to a UFO some distance away from her house. Inside the UFO she was put on a slab and hooked up to a complex of wires. She was levitated back to her house at dawn. She saw a small metallic cube zigzag and land on her lawn on the return trip. (Source: David F. Webb and Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case A1467, citing Jerome Clark).
1977 - At 1:20 a.m. a Mr. O'Connor reported seeing occupants inside a UFO from the Veterans Administration Hospital in Tucson, Arizona. Mr. Thrupp and Mr. Mancor, two weathermen in Vancouver, British Columbia watched an orange and blue cigar-shaped UFO with black portholes pass over the city in the predawn sky. It flashed as it went from south to north. (Sources: Center for UFO Studies case files, June 1977, International UFO Reporter, August 1977, p. 2).
1984 - A rectangular UFO hovered only 100 feet above the side of a road near the RAF Lakenheath Air Base in England. It had red, green and white lights, and was silent. (Source: International UFO Reporter, March 1986, p. 5).
1989 - On this night a terminally ill patient staying in the cardiology ward of the Kirv hospital located in the Crimea, Russia suddenly felt a strong wind penetrate her room, even though the doors were closed. A dazzling white light and a man dressed in white then appeared. The man's eyes radiated a brilliant light. The witness asked where he was from and she was told "the tenth dimension." She was then told that she would soon be able to walk. After that the man and the light disappeared. The next day other witnesses saw strange white and red lights moving slowly along the body of the terminally ill patient, who then heard a loud clear voice telling her to "get up and leave." She was able to do so and was apparently cured, but there is no report on the current health of the woman. (Source: Albert S. Rosales, Humanoid Contact Database 1989, case 121, citing Sergei Bulantsev, UFO Universe, October-November 1991).
1990 - A man driving in Milton, Florida at 11:00 p.m. saw a spherical UFO approximately 1,000 feet away. The object, about 20-45 feet in diameter, first hovered, then appeared to pace his automobile. It appeared to change shape. It was last seen descending below the Escambia Bay Bridge. (Source: MUFON field investigation files, case 900818).
1993 - A UFO hovered in the broad daylight on this afternoon in New Port Ritchie, Florida. It then rose up into the sky until it was gone from view. (Source: Paul Ferrughelli, Computer Catalog of UFO Reports, 1988-1994, case 1511).
1997 - Sitting on their porch at 12:45 a.m. in La Grange, California the witnesses first thought they saw a flock of birds, but soon it became apparent they were looking at a UFO that was slowly flying over the Kroger store on Commerce Avenue. It then came toward them. When directly overhead the object "sped up and rapidly disappeared." (Source: MUFON field investigation files, case 970418E).
1998 - At seven p.m. a group of witnesses in Kamloops, British Columbia observed a silver disc hovering nearby. A second object appeared and circled the first one, then both UFOs shot straight up into the sky. (Source: UFO Research Manitoba, 1998 Canadian UFO Survey, case 19).
2003 - A man was returning home from work at 1:00 a.m. in Calgary, Alberta, Canada and as he came out of an alley he saw a dwarfish figure run across the street between two cars. It was about four feet tall, humanoid shaped, and running on two legs. When the figure disappeared the witness ran to the place where it had last been seen, and had the feeling he was being watched. The witness could only describe the figure as having brown legs, and as it ran it seemed to be hunched over like it was trying not to be seen. (Source: Albert S. Rosales, Humanoid Contact Database 2003, citing Peter Davenport, National UFO Reporting Center, Seattle).
2003, Kaliningrad, Russia - At 6:17 p.m. the entire Russian Baltic Fleet and a large number of local residents watched in awe as a flying wing shaped UFO flew rapidly over Kaliningrad Harbor and plunged into the water. The event was captured on video by a local RTR Russian State Television news crew, who happened to be present on the huge naval base filming a documentary. The UFO had two elongated dome-like protrusions on top, and three similar structures underneath. It passed directly over the Baltic Fleet, which lay at anchor in Kaliningrad Harbor. According to a Russian Naval Commander, who wished to remain anonymous, the craft was apparently caught within the sweep patterns of ship-borne radars, which automatically tracked its progress. This may have caused some a malfunction on board the craft that resulted in the crash. "It was traveling at a tremendous rate of speed" he said to the reporters on the scene. "It was very low, not more than 1500 meters above the surface of the water. When the radars came on, it simply winged over and dove into the water, as if had lost either power or control."
The light gray craft had no apparent seams or rivet patterns and was estimated to be about the size of a small airliner. It was estimated to be traveling at speeds in excess of Mach 2 and was absolutely silent as it flew. However, it made a tremendous noise when it hit the water, causing a geyser of steam and water. ,It appeared to one civilian observer that whoever was in control of the craft made a deliberate effort to steer it away from the naval ships and the shoreline before it went into the harbor. One Sovremini Class Destroyer was slightly damaged by flying debris, but no injuries were reported. Radiation levels at the site were "higher than normal." Debris recovered was small, less than a meter in diameter. Most debris recovered appeared to be "skin material" of an unknown alloy, and interior bracing and piping composed of a very high grade aluminum. The Navy cordoned off the area. In spite of the high speed at which the craft and it's very low altitude there was no sonic boom heard. (Source: Albert S. Rosales, Humanoid Contact Database 2003, citing UFO Casebook Forum, Russian Newspaper Sources).
2006 - Two couples observed a disc-shaped object skimming over a lake in Christiana Lake, Ontario, Canada at 10:45 p.m. The object was increasing and lowering its altitude, and seemed to be internally lit. It also had a line of bright blue lights in a marquee pattern. (Source: Geoff Dittman, 2006 Canadian UFO Survey Report, case # 143, citing www.ufoinfo.com)
Written by Donald A. Johnson, Ph.D. (Revised 18 April 2014)
Compiled from the UFOCAT computer database.
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Tongue Tied Baby with Reflux
Recently I have been contacted by several moms about feeding issues when the baby is tongue tied and has Gastroesophageal reflux. Tongue tied or Ankyloglossia occurs when the small piece of skin under the tongue (called the frenulum) is tight. The tongue may not be able to move normally and may cause problems with nursing.
Symptoms may include:
· poor suck
· poor seal on the breast
· loud sucking
· poor weight gain
· slow feeding
· painful nursing
· fussiness during feeding
You may be thinking that these symptoms sound very similar to the symptoms of infant reflux and you are correct. It may be confusing to parents, doctors and lactation specialists to sort out the cause of the symptoms and develop the best treatment plan.
The lactation specialist and the doctor will examine your baby for signs of being tongue tied. You and the medical team will also need to consider other reasons for the symptoms and poor feeding.
Often the best treatment is to wait and watch the baby. The lactation specialist and the doctor may offer advice on feeding and positions to improve intake and lessen the discomfort for both baby and mom. Most babies manage to nurse and grow without any further treatment.
In rare cases, when the frenulum is having a significant affect on feeding and growth, the frenulum may be clipped during a minor surgical procedure in the doctor’s office. A topical numbing medicine is applied to the area and the frenulum is clipped. Pain is often minimal and feedings can resume right away.
While being tongue tied does not cause infant reflux, it may cause a worsening of reflux symptoms. One mom told me that her baby’s feeding improved greatly after the frenulum was clipped. The reflux symptoms such as burping and vomiting improved too. I am going to add being tongue tied to my list of reflux look-a-likes. | <urn:uuid:d92edf51-0d2f-4898-b0cf-dde891fd697e> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.healthcentral.com/acid-reflux/c/96/122557/tongue-reflux/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280718.7/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00411-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.942606 | 405 | 1.75 | 2 |
Association of Lipoprotein-associated Phospholipase A2 Activity with Components of the Metabolic Syndrome in Apparently Healthy Boys
Leonardo Gomez Rosso,
Background: Lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2 (Lp-PLA2) has been proposed as a biomarker of risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Objective: To determine the association between Lp-PLA2 activity and BMI, insulinresistance, components of the metabolic syndrome (MS), and lifestyle behaviors in healthy adolescent boys. Methods: Data were collected cross-sectionally from 164 adolescents from an amateur rugby club. BMI, blood pressure (BP), Tanner stages, glucose, insulin, lipids, and Lp-PLA2 activity were measured. Questionnaires for lifestyle behaviors were completed. Results: Approximately 26% of the adolescents were obese and 23% overweight. There was a univariate association between Lp-PLA2 and BMI (r=0.16;p=0.042), triglycerides (r=0.26;p=0.001), LDL-C (r=0.46;p > 0.001), apo B (r=0.55;p > 0.001), whereas waist circumference , BP, glucose, HOMA-IR, and HDL-C were not correlated. None of the lifestyle behaviors were significantly correlated with Lp-PLA2. In order to analyze Lp-PLA2 association with known CVD risk conditions, adolescents were categorized according to overweight/obesity and to the presence of metabolic syndrome. Conversely, as it was for LDL-C and apo B concentration, Lp-PLA2 activity was not higher in adolescents with obesity. Multiple regression analysis showed that apo B was significantly associated with Lp-PLA2 adjusted for age, BMI, triglycerides and LDL-C (R2=0.32). Conclusion: Lp-PLA2 activity was only associated with apo B adjusted for several confounding variables, suggesting that its clinical utility to identify individuals at risk for CVD does not surpass LDL-C and apo B in healthy adolescents. As plaque morphology may change with age, associations of Lp-PLA2 with CVD may likewise vary with age.
Keywords: Lp-PLA2, children, adolescents, CETP, obesity, metabolic syndrome, lipoprotein profile, insulin resistance, apo B, atherosclerosis, cardiovascular disease
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As you all know, even today, there is negative thinking among our countrymen about girls. Even today, criminal cases like feticide occur. Due to this, there is a great difference in the ratio of girls to boys. Keeping this in mind, the Haryana Government has started the Haryana Aapki Beti Hamara Beti Yojana. Today we are going to provide you all the important information related to this scheme through this article. Such as what is Aapki Beti Humari Beti Yojana? the purpose of the scheme, benefits, eligibility, necessary documents, the application process, etc. So friends, if you want to get all the important information related to this scheme then you are requested to read this article till the end.
what is Apki Beti Hamari Beti Haryana scheme?
Many schemes are launched by the Haryana government from time to time for the education of daughters. Aapki Beti Humari Beti Yojana has been launched for the daughters of Haryana. The scheme was started in 2015. Under this scheme, all the girls of Haryana who are born on or after 22 January 2015 will be provided financial assistance of ₹ 21000. This financial assistance will be provided to them on completion of 18 years of age. Apart from this, if another daughter is also born in the family, then she will be provided financial assistance of ₹ 5000 for 5 years. The objective of this scheme is to reduce the ratio between boys and girls and to prevent crimes like feticide.
Haryana Aapki Beti Hamari Beti Yojana 12046 daughters get the benefit
Under the Haryana Aapki Beti Humari Beti Yojana, financial assistance of ₹ 21000 on the birth of a daughter is provided by the Government of Haryana. Under this scheme, an amount of ₹ 21000 is not provided on the birth of a daughter. Rather, insurance of ₹ 21000 is given on the birth of a daughter. Those who are provided to the daughter after she attains the age of 18 years. This scheme was started to remove negative thinking about daughters. This scheme is being operated successfully. Haryana Aapki Beti Hamari Beti Yojana is administered by the Ministry of Women and Child Development. 12046 daughters have been benefited in Haryana’s district Kurukshetra.
Financial assistance will also be provided under this scheme on the birth of another daughter. To avail of this scheme, it is mandatory for the beneficiary to be a permanent resident of Haryana and the daughter should be born on or after 22 January 2015. Under this scheme, people belonging to economically weaker sections and scheduled castes, scheduled tribes can benefit.
Who will get the benefit of your daughter, our daughter scheme
Haryana Aapki Beti Hamari Beti Yojana can be availed by all the poor families and also those families who belong to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. To take advantage of Aapki Beti Humari Beti Yojana, the daughter’s mother will have to get herself registered at the Anganwadi center if she is pregnant. All interested candidates read this article carefully to get all the information related to this scheme.
Haryana Aapki Beti Hamara Beti Yojana aims
The main objective of Aapki Beti Humari Beti Yojana is to equalize the number of girls in the states as compared to boys. At present, the number of girls in Haryana is very less than boys in Haryana. This ratio will be reduced by the government through this scheme. Through this scheme, negative thinking about girls will also change. All those people who used to consider girls as a burden, murdered in the womb itself. Their thinking will also change. The financial assistance provided by the government can be used for girls’ education.
Haryana Aapki Beti Hamari Beti Yojana benefits and features
Haryana Aapki Beti Hamari Beti Yojana will provide an amount of ₹ 21000 to the first daughter of the family on completion of 18 years.
The second daughter of the family will be provided financial assistance of ₹ 5000 every year for 5 years.
Citizens of Haryana will be able to avail the benefits of this scheme.
The beneficiary has to apply to take advantage of this scheme.
All those who are financially weak or belong to Scheduled Caste, Tribe can avail of the scheme.
Daughters born on or after 22 January 2015 can avail of this scheme.
The amount of this scheme will be deposited in Indian Life Insurance till the daughter turns 18.
Through Aapki Beti Humari Beti Yojana 2021, there will be a change in negative thinking about the girls of the people.
There will also be a decrease in feticide.
The number of girls will also be equal to that of boys.
Your daughter is eligible for our daughter scheme 2021
To take advantage of Haryana Aapki Beti Humari Beti Yojana 2021, the parents of the daughter are required to be permanent residents of Haryana.
The first daughter of a parent must be born on or after 22 January 2015 to avail of this scheme.
The daughter must be of the Scheduled Caste, Tribe, or BPL category.
In order to take advantage of this scheme, the mother will have to register at her nearest Anganwadi while she is pregnant.
Haryana Aapki Beti Humari Beti Yojana 2021 required documents
- Aadhar card
- income certificate
- caste certificate
- Photocopy of BPL Ration Card
- Birth certificate of girl child
- Passport size photo
- Basic address proof
The offline application process in Haryana Aapki Beti Hamari Beti Yojana
- After the birth of the daughter, the parents will have to go to the nearest Anganwadi center.
- Now you have to take the application form from there.
- You have to fill in all the information asked in the application form carefully.
- Now you have to attach all the documents.
- After this, you have to submit this form to the Anganwadi center.
- Keep in mind that you have to complete the application process within 1 month of birth.
- You can also submit this application form to the health center.
The online application process in Haryana Aapki Beti Hamari Beti Yojana 2021
- First of all, you have to visit the official website of the Department of Women and Child Development.
- The home page will open in front of you.
- On the home page, you have to click on the tab of schemes.
- Now you have to click on the link for Schemes for Children.
- After that, you have to click on the link of ABHB.
- Now you have to click on the link for Click Hair for Farther details.
- After this, you have to click on the link to the application form for your daughter, our daughter scheme.
- If the application form will open in front of you.
- You will need to download this application form and print it out.
- Now you have to fill in all the information asked in this application form carefully.
After this, you will have to attach all the important documents.
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Stuxnet was only the beginning. The successful exploitation of the (still unpatched) Windows LNK flaw has prompted other malware attackers to try to achieve the same results.
Luckily for us, a generic signature for this exploit method has already been added to many antivirus solutions, and the attackers have not had the time (or the inclination?) to design a new variant of the exploit.
F-Secure reports that so far, four malware families have been trying to exploit the vulnerability:
- Chymine – a fairly new keylogger that takes advantage of the flaw to infect the computer, but does not spread further
- Vobfus – a family of obfuscated worms that has been first spotted in 2009 and that has been using shortcut files as a social engineering technique from the start, but has previously always required users to run it.
- Sality – a well known and popular polymorphic virus
- ZeuS – the information stealing Trojan. F-Secure discovered a recent run of poorly written fake emails purportedly coming from email@example.com, and which tries to get the users to infect their own computers by installing the Trojan disguised as a Windows patch. | <urn:uuid:98e1e34a-9bbf-4be9-b5c6-b30c6a935863> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2010/07/27/zeus-sality-chymine-and-vobfus-jump-on-the-lnk-vulnerability-bandwagon/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281574.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00026-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.956558 | 241 | 2.28125 | 2 |
British UFOlogists still recall the famous Devon ‘flying cross’ case of 1967 October 24 in which two police constables, Roger Willey and
Clifford Waycott, chased an apparent UFO in their police car along country
lanes at up to 90 mile/h in the early hours of the morning. “It looked like a star-spangled cross radiating points of light from all angles,” Constable Willey told the press. “It was travelling about tree-top height over wooded countryside near Holsworthy,
Devon. We drove towards it and it moved away. It then led us on a chase as if
it was playing a game with us.”
Howard Miles of the British Astronomical Association (BAA) looked into this case
but never published any results, so I have sought his recollections to put on
the record. When I contacted him he was retired and living in Cornwall, but at
the time of the event he taught at a technical college in Coventry. He ran the
BAA’s artificial satellite section and UFO cases sometimes came his way. In this
case it wasn’t difficult for him (and others, including the science correspondent of the
Daily Mirror, Arthur Smith – see cutting above right) to recognize that the ‘flying cross’ was a classic sighting of Venus, which was particularly bright in the dawn sky
at the time. In response to my request, in 2000 August Howard emailed me with
the following information on his involvement with the case (apologies to those
UFO believers whom it may offend):
“I did not carry out any astronomical observations on this event as it was purely
in [the] field of the nutters. I became involved because the TV station at
Plymouth phoned me up when I was living in Coventry and asked me to appear on a
programme that particular evening. I was late in arriving at Plymouth and the
producer met me at the Station. On the way to the studio he outlined what was
involved and said that I would interview a UFO supporter who was described as a
bit weird and then two policemen who had witnessed the event from their patrol
“The UFO chap was a prize nutter and knew no astronomy. He was completely
confused about the positions of the planets and I came out with a sentence
which is frequently quoted to me “For God’s sake talk a bit of ruddy sense”. The camera crew roared their heads off and after the programme the producer
congratulated me in the way I handled him.
“The two pcs were completely different and accepted completely my explanation of
the apparent motions of Venus as being due to travelling along a bending road.
[Ian’s note: This was also the conclusion of MoD investigators.]
“I explained all the usual optical illusions that arise when a very bright object
is seen in the sky and the idea that it must be near if it is very bright. They
seemed quite satisfied.
“That was my sole contribution to the episode. I did not wish to become involved
with the UFO organisations as I had enough to do with the satellite work. These
organisations were a pain throughout my years as satellite director. In the end
I used to say that UFOs were outside the terms of reference of the BAA and
hence could not comment. It usually shut them up.”
The case attracted a fair bit of publicity at the time because of the two
policemen involved but even those familiar with the case may not have known of
Howard Miles’s involvement.
In early 2004 BBC Devon reinterviewed constables Waycott and Willey, both retired, about the events of that October night. “Nobody can explain exactly what it was,” said Willey. “No explanation has been given to us by anybody,” agreed Waycott. Evidently the policemen, and BBC Devon, had forgotten that they
had been given the answer in the BBC’s own Plymouth studios back in 1967.
● The Devon police case was the most high-profile sighting in a countrywide UFO
flap that occurred during 1967 October. Among other cases in that month was the
sighting of another bright, cross-shaped object by PCs in Cheshire three days
after the Devon report. Click for more on the October 1967 UFO flap.
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