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Composer Catherine Yass was recently prevented by a neighborhood association from performing her piece “Piano Falling,” which involves a piano being pushed off the top of an unoccupied 27-story housing project building. The association concluded that the piece amounted to “antisocial behavior.”
I’m sorry that “Piano Falling” won’t be realized; it could have been a powerful statement about the unrealized promise of a decaying modernist structure. But mostly I just want to know what it sounds like when a grand piano hits the ground from a fall of over 270 feet.
My research also couldn’t come up with a good recording of the Baker House Piano drop, an annual event in which MIT students drop a piano from six stories.
So if you’re are as curious as I am about the sound of piano disintegration, I’m afraid the best I can do is a recording of Raphael Montañez Ortiz performing one of his famous piano destruction concerts; this one at the Hirschhorn museum in Washington, D.C. The piano is not dropped, but the piece does involve a sledgehammer. I hope that will do. | <urn:uuid:a9576d6c-3e6f-46a0-be20-ad3cd56182f1> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://kmuw.org/post/musical-space-piano-falling | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560282935.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095122-00242-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.960873 | 249 | 2.078125 | 2 |
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The Sustainable Aviation Buyers Alliance, the group of companies that says they’ll offset flight emissions by investing in the still developing environmentally-friendly aviation fuel market, said Wednesday it is expanding with an initiative meant to lower the cost and boost the supply of sustainable fuel globally.
and United Airlines
are the founding members of the new Aviators Group, which has a mission to “drive investment in high-integrity sustainable aviation fuels and accelerate the transition to net zero emissions air transport,” SABA said.
A joint initiative of clean-energy nonprofit RMI and the Environmental Defense Fund, SABA was launched in April 2021. The new Aviators Group enables SABA to send an even stronger demand signal to drive greater production, price reduction and technological innovation of sustainable aviation fuel, the group claims.
Air travel generates nearly 2.5% of global emissions. That’s a figure projected to rise rapidly in coming years, especially as jet fuel demand is expected to reach double pre-pandemic levels by 2050, SABA said.
High-integrity sustainable fuel available today has the potential to dramatically reduce the carbon intensity of flying, but currently represents less than 0.1% of global aviation fuel due to insufficient, disaggregated demand and cost barriers.
“Sustainable aviation fuels are critical to decarbonizing aviation and to Alaska’s path to reach net zero by 2040,” said Ben Minicucci, CEO of Alaska Airlines. “But production and supply are not yet where our industry needs them to be.”
The aviation industry says sustainable fuels can help them deliver near-term emissions reductions, arguing the technology provides an effective solution for reducing the sector’s emissions in the short- to medium-term. That’s in part because other solutions, such as electric- or hydrogen-powered flight at scale remains in its relative infancy.
The carriers concede the need for greater investment ahead.
“Making sustainable travel a reality will require extensive investment in low-carbon technologies such as sustainable aviation fuel by our entire industry, and through SABA we can work collaboratively with our customers on real solutions to address climate change,” said United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby, who said United has invested in more than twice the publicly announced sustainable aviation fuel commitments as all the world’s other airlines combined.
Environmental groups and other critics still question the scale of the emissions savings on offer from such fuels and suggest there are still not sufficient sustainable-fuel feedstocks, or raw materials, to replace traditional fossil fuels
powering flights. These critics suggest the key to curbing flight emissions lies with more development of hydrogen and other solutions, and raising prices and other actions to curb demand for flights, especially for short hops.
Cargo flights will also have a role in the new initiative, led by retail giant Amazon’s own fleet. Amazon has announced several steps to try to limit the large carbon footprint its speedy delivery promise has created.
“We’re already reducing carbon across our air network, from our ground operations — where we were the first to use electric main deck loaders in North America — to our fleet and network design,” said Sarah Rhoads, vice president of Amazon Global Air.
“By working together with other companies, we are demonstrating there is strong and growing demand for the rapid deployment of cost-effective sustainable aviation fuels, which will help Amazon meet our commitment to reach net-zero carbon by 2040,” she said.
Flight customers are an important piece of the group’s initiative and it has signed on major corporations. Meta FB (formerly the Facebook company) joins existing members Bank of America BAC, Boeing BA, Boston Consulting Group, Deloitte, JPMorgan Chase JPM, McKinsey & Company, Microsoft MSFT, Netflix NFLX and Salesforce CRM.
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Bill Johnson says:
"But please don't use innuendo about our editing practices (which, by the way, is not "censorship"). "
Definition of censorship:
'Censorship is the suppression of speech or other public communication which may be considered objectionable, harmful, sensitive, or inconvenient as determined by a government, media outlet, or other controlling body."
Note the inclusion of media outlet (now some people do not consider the weekly to be a "media outlet", but that is for another discussion.). Bill can say it is not censorship, but it is IMHO
My opinion is that the endorsements and the editing of discussions on said topics are carried out in the best interests of the Weekly and not the city as a whole.
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Chakra’s are one of our body’s major energy centers. There are seven chakras in your body, and each Chakra is represented by the specific frequency and color. These centers are connected and exchange energies with each other. It is important to work with all the seven chakras. As it is only when all of these chakras are in tune with each other and open, then you can experience your inner awakening.
As Valentine’s Day is around the corner, it’s natural to feel a strong desire and seek connections with other people. You may fear the risk of vulnerability, disappointment, awkwardness, getting heartbroken, or rejection that come with getting close to someone (and letting them get close to you too).
Every Chakra plays a vital role in physical wellbeing, but the most importantly emotional energy center is the Heart chakra or Anahata. It is positioned directly above the heart and is associated with Green Color. This Chakra is related to the element of air, and its energy is associated with the breath and its movements. The Heart Chakra Symbol is represented by two intersecting triangles forming a 6-pointed star in a circle with 12 petals.
The heart chakra is the energy center that governs our sense of love, compassion, and beauty. It is the link between your lower three chakras and the upper three chakras that represents our connection to the universal divine energy.
When you open or heal your heart Chakra, you’ll radiate more love, compassion, and beauty from the inside out, and you will attract more love into your life from the people that surround you.
Symptoms Of A Blocked Heart Chakra.
Every Chakra can be out of alignment at times or develops blockages. It doesn’t matter whether these blockages are minor or major, but they will always lead you to feel physically or emotionally imbalanced. Blocked heart chakra symptoms include restlessness, distrust, lovelessness, and lack of empathy. Jealousy and insecurity are also common symptoms of blocked heart chakra if they are left unchecked. These can grow into manipulative behaviors, which can often lead to prolonged physical or mental illness.
How to Heal Your Anahata Chakra.
An opened heart chakra allows you to be better at loving and understanding your needs as well as others. You will find that intense emotions gradually become less frightening to you. You will develop new ways of accepting and moving past your emotions without having to repress them. When you balance your heart Chakra, you will naturally feel warm and compassionate. By opening the heart chakra, you will open the gateway for the healing of all the Chakras as when your soul, body, and spirituality work together; it’s easier to create harmony in your whole body.
Here are a few of the tips that can help you to balance your Heart chakra and strengthen it.
Meditation has many advantages and can help you to restore proper energy flow to the heart chakra. Being aware of your feelings and practicing mindfulness will help you to bring an unbalanced heart chakra back into balance.
Take out ten minutes from your daily routine, Find a quiet place to sit, close your eyes and concentrate on your breathing.
Affirmations are a wonderful way of getting rid of old, limiting beliefs, and boosting your confidence. It can help you increase the positive energy associated with your heart Chakra. You can say them every day to reprogram your unconscious mind and ward off potential blockages.
I say these affirmations every morning whenever I feel low or think that my heart Chakra closing up –
- My heart is free from all the past wounds.
- I forgive others as well as myself.
- I am open to receive love.
- I love myself unconditionally and attract more compassion and joy to my life.
- I give love freely to others, and it brings me joy.
Express your Emotions.
Get in touch with your emotions openly and freely. Once you accept that you’re feeling a certain way, try expressing them in the form of Journaling about yourself, Listening to Music, Painting, Doodling, or creating any form of art.
Be Conscious of your Diet.
Having green foods can help you heal your heart Chakra. Try adding more green foods to your diets, such as broccoli, cucumbers, green apples, and leafy greens. It will build up your immune system as well as keep you active throughout the day.
When it comes to opening your heart Chakra., don’t forget to add yoga to your daily routine. As the heart chakra is located in the center of the chest, there are several-opening yoga poses that activate your heart Chakra. Camel pose, Bridge pose, or Bow pose are some of the yoga poses that you should try to balance your heart Chakra.
Allow yourself to be Loved.
We don’t often let the love of others let through to us. We don’t accept it, or worse, we block it. Instead of denying affection or compliments, try to accept them graciously. Just enjoy the feeling of getting loved and let it work for you.
Whenever I feel my Chakra imbalanced, I try to meditate or go out for a morning walk. It helps me calm my mind, produce a deep state of relaxation, and eliminate all the jumbled thoughts that create stress.
The symptoms of imbalanced or blocked chakras can affect your mind, body, or spirit no matter how successful you are in your career. The unhealthy emotions or mindset can manifest in all aspects of your life, be it health, finances, relationships, career, and spirituality.
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Global warming may have been caused before humans existed by volcanoes and other stuff but the climate changed rapidly after the industrial revolution because oil,coal and other fossil fuels were burnt for making goods for humans when these were burnt it released harmful gases such as carbon monoxide,sulfur dioxide,soot particles and carbon dioxide which raised the temperature of the atmosphere eventually meting ice caps and causing GLOBAL WARMING
One sided development without caring of the environment has been responsible for global warming, in the last 100 years the human influence has been detected in warming of the atmosphere and the ocean, in changes in the global water cycle, in reductions in snow and ice, in global mean sea level rise, and in changes in some climate extremes. It is extremely likely (95-100%) that human influence has been the dominant cause of the observed warming since the mid-20th century.
Yes, There were other instances of climate change before Humans arrived and it was adaptable for other animals. Although this is true It has been much worse since Humans have started industrializing. Scientists agree that the Earth is getting more and more heated due to the Fossil Fuels going into the air and the CFC's we put into the air. I have not seen one animal use an Aerosol Can or other CFC but, Humans use them daily. If you believe that this is not human made you are being oblivious and just trying to turn the other cheek.
Global warming started before humans excited. Humans might cause some of it now but most of it comes naturally so there for global warming is not totally caused but humans. Is I really worth this big argument? Is it really worth it? Is it? To all u haters who think we cause global warming is it really worth it?
There have been numerous instances of climage chage before humans even existed. There have also been instances of warming and cooling before humans started to produce industrial pollution. There is no concrete evidence that the global warming taking place right now is the result of human acitvities, nor is there proof that it can be stopped.
The Greenhouse Effect traps in gases that heat up the earth. Humans polluting the earth contributed to Global Warming, but we weren't the original cause. We polluted to heat up the earth's atmosphere with carbon monoxide and methane. That ONLY contributed and was no the original cause of the theory we know as Global Warming. | <urn:uuid:03914b58-b29f-49ee-a08b-ec1eef50857a> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.debate.org/opinions/are-humans-to-blame-for-global-warming | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280835.60/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00473-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.965982 | 496 | 3.015625 | 3 |
Provide an opportunity for the child/parent relationship to continue to develop in a safe, neutral, friendly and home-like setting that promotes positive interaction.
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Provide an opportunity for the child/parent relationship to continue to develop even in distance, location, or circumstances prohibit in-person visits.
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Level One – The visitation monitor is just outside the room observing and documenting the interactions between the child(ren) and visiting party.
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Level Three – The visitation monitor observes the visit every thirty minutes and documents the interaction he/she observes.
Level Four – The visit takes place at the center, but without monitoring.
*The level of supervision is usually determined by the court or referral source.
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The first of two cannons successfully raised from the site of a late 18th century shipwreck offshore St. Augustine, at the close of LAMP's archaeological field school in late June.
June 28 was the big day. The culmination of our annual archaeological field school and of a month of diving to excavate the 18th century Storm Wreck. Every day since the first week of June we'd been departing the Lighthouse for an hour trip out the inlet and south, to the location of St. Augustine's relict inlet where so many ships came to grief in the 1700s and 1800s. Throughout the month, we'd been coordinating teams of divers, students working side by side with archaeologists from LAMP, Flinders University in South Australia, and elsewhere, to excavate sand from around ancient artifacts, including six cannon. We decided early on to raise two of these guns, in order to study a more representative sample of the three styles of cannon present on the site. But that decision was ambitious, and raising not one but two cannons is a monumental task.
And it was a task that took almost the entire month of fieldwork to pull off successfully. First an accurate grid system needed to be established, in order to record the exact location and dimensions of all artifacts, including the cannons, and to orient them spatially to the artifacts recovered during last year's excavation, just a few meters south of the cannon pile. Divers established a PVC grid attached to lines extending beyond the excavation area, tied into the seafloor with steel screw anchors. Two teams of divers used hand-held water-powered dredges to suck sand away from the cannon area, one square meter at a time. The guns and other exposed artifacts were drawn to scale underwater, before and after excavation. Their vertical positions were recorded in addition to the bird's eye view of the site.
This site plan, showing the 2011 excavation area, including Units 7-18 (each a square meter) and all six cannons, was drawn in the primary LAMP field notebook and is based on scaled drawings completed underwater.
There were five cannons partially exposed before excavations began, and these were designated Cannons 1 through 5, and marked underwater with zip ties in a way that divers could identify them even in total darkness. A sixth cannon was discovered when excavating in Unit 14, and a new grid square (Unit 18) was established so that divers could expose its entire length as well. All six cannons were documented by student divers recording a specific set of measurement using cannon recording forms printed on waterproof paper (mylar), as seen here:
The recording form used to document the specific dimensions of Cannon 2, which was the larger of the two eventually raised by LAMP archaeologists.
This exercise, completed only two days before the scheduled lifting, finally allowed us to understand the form of each gun. We had three specific styles of guns. There was a matching pair (Cannon 1 and 6) of what appear to be carronades, which are short, lighter guns which fire relatively large shot though for a limited range. Carronades were introduced during the last quarter of the 1700s. Then there were three traditional long guns (Cannons 2, 4, and 5), each measuring approximately 5 feet, 5 inches in length. Finally there was a single gun, Cannon 3, which was a long gun but was actually shorter in length than the other three. One of our interns, a former high school student LAMP volunteer and now a freshman engineering major at Georgia Tech, designed an excel spreadsheet to estimate the weight of each gun based on a series of key measurements recorded by our divers.
LAMP diver attaching lifting straps to one of the two guns chosen for raising.
Once we knew the shape and size of each gun we made our decision on which guns to raise. We originally intended to raise one of the two carronades and one of the matching long guns. After strapping Cannon 1, we made a last minute change and decided to pull up Cannon 6 instead, which meant switching out the straps underwater. Factors that played a role in deciding which guns to raise included logistical (which guns would be the simplest to raise, which were isolated from surrounding artifacts, which were not positioned under other guns), conservation-oriented (were there other objects attached to the guns which would require immediate electrolysis), and research oriented (which guns seemed to promise the most useful information). Cannon 6, which was the last to be discovered, only days before the lift, featured a very interesting curved handle arrangement on its cascabel, like nothing that any of our team had seen before. Once we exposed this, we decided that Cannon 1 seemed to have had a similar arrangement, but that it's handle was broken or damaged, so the call was made to recover the better-preserved example of this unique artifact. This had an additional benefit; Cannon 1 was right next to an extremely fragile copper kettle, or rather two kettles nested together, which would have to be recovered before that gun could have been lifted. We didn't want to rush this potentially delicate operation, and Cannon 6 was located a safe distance away from this and other artifacts.
The newly installed lifting davit on the stern of RV Roper. LAMP Director Chuck Meide, at left, and LAMP Archaeologist/Logistical Coordinator Brendan Burke, right, are using it to inspect the three lift bags that will be used the following day to help raise the cannons. The two lift bags on the left were provided by IMH, each with a capacity of 200 lbs of underwater lift. The larger bag on the right, with 500 lbs of underwater lift capacity, was donated to LAMP several years ago by the respected underwater archaeologist Dr. David Switzer of Plymouth State University.
So the day before the planned lift, we had decided on raising Cannon 2 and Cannon 6. Both were rigged with a pair of lifting straps. We were planning on using our own vessel, the RV Roper on loan to LAMP from the Institute of Maritime History, to make the lift. The Roper had recently had a heavy lifting davit installed, just for this purpose. Despite the davit's size, its capacity was close to our estimated weight threshold for our heavier gun. I have been directly involved in the raising of four cannons in my career before these two, and each time our project either owned a large crane (on the Belle cofferdam) or had use of a massive barge and crane for the lift (in both cases donated by a local marine construction company). Each of these cases involved a lot of overkill, a lifting system that could easily handle the weight of the gun. In our case, the Roper's lifting system was theoretically enough for the job, but it was near its upper capacity. In order to make this work, we'd need lift bags attached to the guns underwater, to lighten the load for our davit and winch during the ascent to the surface, and then a quick re-rig using block and tackle to handle the weight out of the water, up and onto the Roper's deck. The amount of cable we could fit on the winch was an important consideration, as was the distance between the davit and the bottom of each attached cannon (this distance had to be shorter than the distance from the davit to the Roper's transom, in order to swing the raised gun inside the boat. And of course we had to know without a shadow of doubt the physical weight capacity of the davit, the winch, the winch cable, and the various shackles and pulleys required for the lift. And we had to have some wiggle room, since we didn't have a way to precisely estimate cannon weight, despite our volumetric calculations, since each gun was encased in concretion which masked its original dimensions, and whose weight was impossible to predict with any accuracy.
LAMP Director of Archaeology Dr. Sam Turner (far left), LAMP Director Chuck Meide (center left), and LAMP Logistical Coordinator Brendan Burke (center) have a quick planning session before sending divers in to perform a variety of tasks required before the lift can commence. LAMP Field School Supervisor and Georgia Tech student Mike Jasper (far right) watches while LAMP Field School Supervisor and recent Flinders University masters graduate Matt Hanks (foreground) prepares for his dive.
The morning of the lift we woke up earlier than usual, meeting at 0530 instead of our usual 0600. Believe it or not, I was interviewed at that ungodly hour by a TV news crew from Channel 4, as my crew assembled gear on the boat behind me in the dark hour before sunrise. Once on site, there was a lot of work to do. I sent three teams of divers down each with a variety of tasks. Speed was of the essence, we had a lot to do before a small flotilla of press, Lighthouse staff and Board members, LAMP students and volunteers, and museum supporters arrived on site for the scheduled lifting. Before then, we had to remove the PVC and line grid system so that the cannons could be lifted straight up, but do so in a way that would allow us to re-install the grid in its exact location. Disassembling 12 grids and repositioning lines criss-crossing the site was quite a task, but our team was well-coordinated and after a month of excavation they are used to performing complicated tasks at my command. Another team made necessary adjustments to the straps on the two targeted guns, and another was sent to record a few key elevation measurements that we wanted to get before removing the guns. And of course, after an entire month of relatively good visibility, we suddenly had black water conditions which hampered our diver's sight. But after honing their skills for a month, we have developed a really competent team, and they handled these tasks with ease.
A last minute planning session was orchestrated by LAMP Logistical Coordinator Brendan Burke, at right, along with LAMP Field School Supervisor Pat McGovern (left) and LAMP Director Chuck Meide (center). After this last-minute run-through, Pat and Chuck dived to first attach the lifting cable to the strapped cannon below, and then to attach and inflate the lift bags to assist the Roper's lifting davit.
When all of these tasks were completed, it was time for the last dive on Cannon 2 while it was still on the sea floor. Chuck and Pat dived to attach the lifting cable, and also lift bags, to this gun. In the dark this was a complicated operation: just finding the correct gun was a challenge, let alone dealing with shackles and cables and three different lift bags. The entire time I was worried about the possibility that this gun was concreted or stuck to the bottom, and that our davit wouldn't be strong enough to break this bond and raise the gun. But once there was 900 lbs of lift from the three lift bags attached to the cannon, it began to move! We had overestimated the weight of this long gun by at least 100 lbs, and its underwater weight was less than 900 lbs. So I removed one of the two 200 lbs lift bags, and it became stationary on the seafloor again.
At the prescribed time, a fleet of spectator boats arrived and hovered around the triple-anchored Roper for a front-row seat to the cannon raising.
When Pat and I surfaced, the flotilla had already arrived. The lift was on! It was slow at first, and everyone waited breathlessly while the mechanical wince scraped and grinded its cable up from the seafloor.
An underwater photograph of the cannon attached to lift bags as it ascends to the surface.
Once the lift bags just break the surface, the lift is halted. A diver proceeds to tie a heavy line from the boat to the lifting shackle.
Chuck adjusting the rigging of the cannon as it dangles beneath the boat.
Now the gun's full weight is being held by one of Roper's stern cleats, and the lifting cable can be removed from the gun, and re-rigged through a more complex series of block and tackle. The lift bags are also removed by the diver.
With Brendan carefully controlling the winch and davit, Cannon 2 sees the light of day for the first time in over two centuries!
At last the final leg of this journey begins. The winch slowly, slowly raises the gun the rest of the way to the surface, where its encrusted mass is touched by daylight for the first time in more than 200 years. The entire operation goes so smoothly, you'd think that we raise cannons every day!
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A phone call between U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskiy has become a political flashpoint in Washington following reports that Trump asked Zelenskiy to investigate Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden and his son.
The July 25 call has wide-ranging implications for Russia’s western neighbor Ukraine, which depends heavily on U.S. aid for combating corruption and for its military operations against pro-Russian rebels in its eastern regions. For Zelenskiy in particular, the call — and how he chooses to proceed next — risk leaving a blotch on his short political career.
The scandal broke out as Zelenskiy was scheduled to land in New York for the UN General Assembly and for talks with Trump on Wednesday.
Here’s a look at what we know so far:
— Multiple news organizations reported on Friday that Trump repeatedly asked Zelenskiy to investigate whether Biden misused his position as vice president to threaten to withhold U.S. aid unless a prosecutor who was looking into a gas company in which Biden's son was involved was fired. A transcript of the phone call has not been released.
— Trump told reporters at the White House that their phone conversation was mostly congratulatory but also touched on corruption and the Bidens.
— House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday announced that the Democratic-led House was moving forward with an official impeachment inquiry and directed six committees to proceed with investigations of Trump's actions.
— The White House released a summary of the call Wednesday afternoon which shows Trump asking Zelenskiy to open an investigation into Biden. Zelenskiy responds by saying he will ask Ukraine's new prosecutor general to "look into" the situation.
What is at stake for Ukraine?
— If Zelenskiy decides to investigate Biden and his son, he could risk being seen by Democrats as meddling in the 2020 U.S. presidential election to give Republicans an advantage, analysts say.
— However, choosing not to open a probe risks angering Trump, who has for the past several years spoken candidly about reconciling with Russia and been lukewarm on Ukraine.
— The call occurred after Trump had ordered the U.S. government to freeze nearly $400 million in American aid to Ukraine. The move fueled speculation among Democratic lawmakers that Trump was attempting to use military aid as leverage “to coerce” Kiev to investigate Biden.
What has Ukraine said?
— Andriy Yermak, an aide to Zelenskiy, was quoted in Ukrainian media outlet lb.ua as saying that he had told Trump's lawyer Rudolph Giuliani that any investigation would be transparent.
"We can guarantee that during our term in office all investigations will be carried out transparently," Yermak said. "These are the fundamental principles and basis of President Zelenskiy's program which we campaigned on."
— Ukrainian Foreign Minister Vadym Prystaiko on Saturday denied suggestions that Trump had put pressure on Zelenskiy during the phone call.
What has Russia said?
— “It turns out it’s Zelenskiy — and not Russia or [President Vladimir] Putin — who’s interfering in the American elections,” said Yevgeny Popov, the co-host of a pro-Kremlin talk show on Russian state television.
— Co-host Olga Skabeyeva gloated that the scandal marred Zelenskiy’s first face-to-face with Trump and linked their phone call to U.S. military aid to Ukraine, which Trump briefly held up.
— “The bipartisan American consensus on Ukraine, which Kiev has always been so proud of, is more dead than alive,” Russian International Affairs Council expert Alexander Gushchin told the Kommersant business daily Monday.
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Keller, Swiss pressure sensor manufacturers, have extended their groundwater/sewage level datalogging range of products to include the new cost-saving 16mm diameter DCX-16. This DCX-16 datalogger is available from Technical & Scientific Equipment .
A major share of the cost of a measuring point is the drilling operation and pipe cost. Until now, 25.4mm diameter pipe has been used, as required by 22mm diameter sensors. The small diameter DCX-16 datalogger allows a much lower per-point installation cost.
The DCX-16 datalogger is a totally sealed battery powered instrument designed to record water depth (up to 100m) and temperature, without intervention, over a number of years if necessary. For shallow depths, an optional barometric transmitter will compensate the level readings for atmospheric pressure changes.
The latest micro-processor technology allows all linearity and temperature errors of the pressure sensor to be mathematically compensated. Non-volatile memory ensures high data security with storage for up to 57,000 measured values.
In order to upload the logged data to a PC, the DCX-16 datalogger is recovered from the bore and its end cap is removed to gain access to the data port. Other variations include a cable type sensor, which uploads the data live to a PC, and a GSM-1 option which transmits the data by SMS. The Keller Logger 4 software makes an interpretation of the measured data and the data transferred. | <urn:uuid:18963754-59db-4139-a9e8-a144829cdec5> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.ferret.com.au/c/Technical-and-Scientific-Equipment-Co/Keller-DCX16-datalogger-available-from-Technical-Scientific-Equipment-n817143 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560279189.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095119-00058-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.889585 | 307 | 1.679688 | 2 |
It was, with little doubt, the most devious deception of the past century, a devilish scheme perpetrated upon trainloads of trusting men, women and children. It happened on the outskirts of a Polish town named Oswieçim during the Second World War. There, under the direction of Adolf Hitler, a slave labor camp was established for people he considered subhuman. It was only after the war’s end that the world would learn all the shocking facts of that place, known today by its German name, Auschwitz.
Auschwitz was much more than a labor camp. The primary industry there was murder. At least one million people who walked through the wrought-iron gates of Auschwitz never made it out alive. The large majority of them didn’t have a clue that they and their families would be dead within hours of their arrival.
Gathered from all over Nazi-occupied Europe, Jewish families were transported to Auschwitz in crowded freight and cattle cars. Upon arrival, all newcomers were immediately separated into two groups. To one side went the minority—only those men who appeared to be able to withstand heavy labor. To the other side went everyone else. They were the men of small frame, the women, the sick, frail, and elderly, as well as babies and children who wept as they were separated from their strong fathers.
The larger of the two groups was then herded to another place in the camp where their eyes fell upon a puzzling scene. Before them was a small orchestra of young women, neatly dressed, playing an upbeat, joyful tune. Each girl was concentrating intensely—almost too intensely—on the pages of music before her, seemingly oblivious to the hundreds of people who were now their audience.
An apologetic announcement was made: There had been an infestation of lice in the camp, and everyone must be disinfected in a communal shower before being admitted to the living quarters. Instructed to disrobe, each Jewish family neatly folded its clothes and placed them on a table with their other personal belongings. They were assured that their embarrassment would be over in just a few minutes, once they were sprayed with a harmless disinfectant.
As many as two thousand people at a time were paraded, naked, through the doors of a large, low building that was built into a hillside. Above the door a sign, bordered neatly with flowers, said “BATHS.” Once the last person was inside, the doors were slid shut and locked securely.
The orchestra stopped playing.
Through vents from above, Nazi workers dropped a small quantity of Zyklon B crystals, a poison manufactured for killing rodents. Inside, deadly vapors of hydrocyanic gas began to waft from the ceilings.
The clusters of Jewish families quickly realized something was very wrong. People began coughing, then choking convulsively and vomiting. Shouting and screaming in terror, the panicked crowd instinctively surged toward the sealed doors they had entered. The victims pushed, clawed, and climbed over each other, hoping desperately to escape their sure fate. Many quickly met their death, crushed on the concrete floor by the onrush. For the more aggressive, the hellish battle raged on a while longer.
After twenty-three minutes, all struggle ceased and the room was silent. The doors slid open, and workers dressed in gas masks and rubber boots entered to begin their gruesome task of disentangling the piles of contorted bodies and transporting them to nearby incinerators.
Finally, the room was efficiently washed of the filth of vomit, urine and fecal matter—the final bodily functions of hundreds of victims—lest the next trainload of Jewish families become suspicious of what really happened in the bathhouse. There was a tight schedule to keep—another train was scheduled to arrive soon—filled with more trusting people to deceive, murder and incinerate.
The wholesale slaughter of so many people is, to us, a heinous crime of the highest degree, and the deceptive means by which the Nazis lured their victims into the gas chambers only makes their sin more abhorrent to moral minds. Yet the deceit and horror of Auschwitz pales in comparison to a future scene about which the Bible tells us. Then the degree of the deception will be much greater; the fate of the condemned will be much worse; and then their numbers will be much higher.
Unlike Auschwitz, where Jewish families, knowing the hatred of their captors, approached the doors of the gas chambers with some apprehension, these future crowds will be filled with peace as they approach their doom. They had been singing songs of celebration for years in anticipation of the joys they suppose soon await them, but they will be fully self-deceived. And unlike those in Auschwitz, whose horrible sufferings ended after twenty-three minutes, these will suffer much longer. The pungent smoke of Auschwitz’s incinerators ultimately ceased rising into the dark sky. The smoke from hell, however, shall rise forever (see Rev. 14:11).
Picture the scene as Jesus foretold it:
Many will say to Me on that day, ‘”Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name perform many miracles?” And then I will declare to them, “I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness” (Matt. 7:22-23).
Jesus obviously revealed only the climax of a much longer story, but from this short segment, we can deduce other tragic details.
First, we can safely assume that the arguing we just read of the “many” who stand before Jesus is their final defense. They obviously had already been denied entrance into the heavenly kingdom. Now, with hearts beating wildly and minds spinning, they make their last desperate attempt to convince the Lord of His error.
To debate with God! How outrageous! What could drive a person to be so insane as to hope he might win such a dispute? Only pure desperation. Like a drowning man who grasps at anything, these panicked people pathetically hope to change the decree of the unchanging One.
And what was going through their minds when they heard His decree for the first time? He was their Savior, or so they thought. They loved Him, they thought. They had been looking forward to this day for a long time, expecting to hear Him say, “Well done, good and faithful slave…enter into the joy of your master” (Matt. 25:21). They had served Him in ministry, experiencing the flow of His power, or so they thought. They had been on the cutting edge of Christianity, prophesying, casting out demons, and performing acts that they considered to be miraculous. Is it not safe to assume they had studied parts of the Bible, attended church, perhaps even attended special seminars on spiritual warfare?
Now, marveling at His glory and filled with joyful anticipation, they listen intently as He is about to speak. Every word will be more precious than gold. Time stands still. Eternity has begun.
His voice breaks the silence: “You are denied entrance into My kingdom.”
Did He really say what I think I just heard Him say? Surely not. It couldn’t be. This is my Lord and Savior. “Lord, I must be so excited that my hearing has gone bad. Could You repeat what You just said?”
Again He speaks. “You are denied entrance into My kingdom.”
What? No! No! No! This can’t be happening. “Lord, I’m a Christian! I’m Your own! I belong to the family of God! I accepted You as my Savior! I’ve gone to church for years. Lord, You must be mistaken! Somehow there’s been a misunderstanding! I believed in You! You’re supposed to let me in!”
“You were deceived because you ignored much of what I said, as well as what I said through Paul, Peter, James, John and Jude. I repeatedly forewarned you of this. I said, ‘Not everyone who says to Me, “Lord, Lord,” will enter the kingdom of heaven; but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven’ (Matt. 7:21, emphasis added). You did not do the will of My Father while you were on the earth, proving that you did not truly believe in Me. Sin was your practice.”
“Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name perform many miracles?”
“Your prophecy was not inspired by My Holy Spirit, but from your own mind. Much of what you prophesied contradicted My Word. The demons you thought you cast out of your fellow false Christians didn’t exist. You were trying to deal with their sin by blaming it on a demon, when what they needed was repentance, faith and the new birth. The miracles you thought you performed were a sham. You accumulated teachers who told you what you wanted to hear. They proclaimed a false grace, misleading you into thinking you could get into heaven without holiness. You thought you were saved, but you weren’t. I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness.”
Will such a scene as I’ve just described actually occur? There is no doubt that it will, although I’ve obviously added some details to what has been foretold in Matthew 7:21-23. Nevertheless, standing before Jesus one day will be many people who have called Him Lord, who have been involved in “ministry,” and who expect to enter heaven. Yet, shockingly, they will be denied entrance.
I’m sure you’ll agree that it would be better to discover sooner rather than later if we’re currently self-deceived. Now there is time to change; then it will be too late.
“But I’m certain I’m not deceived!” you say. Do you realize that is what every deceived person would claim? Deceived people don’t realize they’re deceived—otherwise they would no longer be deceived. Better to say, “I may be deceived, and if I am, I want to know it.”
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$1 billion in pot uprooted from public lands in California, West
More than 550,000 marijuana plants with an estimated street value of $1 billion have been seized during an eight-week crackdown targeting illegal marijuana growing operations on public lands across seven Western states, federal authorities announced on Tuesday.
Operation Mountain Sweep, which started July 1, netted 96 illegal marijuana grows in California and resulted in the indictments of 28 suspects. Pot farms were discovered in several national parks, including Death Valley, and in Sequoia and Mendocino National Forests, authorities said.
Rugged terrain on federal lands have become favored areas for pot growers who often live for weeks in the remote areas. Authorities discovered huge amounts of trash, miles of irrigation line, fertilizer and pesticides at the various grow sites.
“Marijuana trafficking organizations seek to turn our nation’s parks and public lands into their own drug havens,” said DEA Administrator Michele M. Leonhart. “Operation Mountain Sweep is a concerted effort to reclaim these wild and beautiful areas and protect them from further destruction and exploitation.”
The operation in California also resulted in the seizure of eight firearms. About 100,000 marijuana plants were eradicated in Arizona, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah and Washington.
The multi-agency operation was carried out by the U.S. Forest Service, the Bureau of Land Management, the National Park Service, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Department of Homeland Security, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The California National Guard also provided the use of helicopters throughout the operation, authorities said.
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Customer service metrics represent how effective a company is at meeting its customers’ needs.
Imagine that your customer service metrics are the vital signs of your insurance business’ health. Your customers are the heart, and the quality of your customer service is the blood that gives your business life. With this analogy, you need to closely monitor your outsourced customer service team’s overall performance to see where your business is at in providing a seamless, top-notch customer experience.
Therefore, having key performance indicators keeps everyone on the same page. However, tons of customer service metrics can be utilized, and it can be overwhelming to choose which metric will suit your team.
The following metrics are a great start in understanding the jargon of customer service metrics.
The Customer Satisfaction Score (CSAT) helps to determine how satisfied your customers are with the support service that your outsourced customer service team provides. This is usually determined through surveys that customers answer at the end of an email or a phone call.
In determining customer satisfaction, the values are pre-determined to indicate how satisfied a customer is. For example, on a scale of 1 to 10, a rating of 7 to 10 can be categorized as a “highly satisfied” score, while on the other hand, a rating of 1 to 3 can indicate a customer as “not satisfied”.
CSAT scores are a basic calculation of customer feedback and loyalty. But it can be a useful metric in understanding general customer happiness and measuring your business against your competition.
The Negative Response Rate (NRR) is the inverse of a CSAT score. For example, if the CSAT rating is 80%, NRR is 20%. NRR ratings should always be kept at a minimum. A persistently increasing NRR should be a sign to align with your outsourced customer service agents on how they should handle dissatisfied customers.
This is a primary metric that gives a broad view of the number of customers that your team must cater to. The total number of tickets can be calculated daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, or depending on your need. What is important is that you can see how efficient and productive your team is.
There is no standard time on how a ticket or a support call can be completed due to the varying complexities of issues to be resolved. It certainly helps to group all issues received and observe their average resolution time to determine if the team is consistent with their efficiency or determine if there is a need for improvement.
The rule of thumb is that the longer a customer waits, the higher the likelihood that they will walk away unhappy. This metric covers the time when a support ticket is received to when the ticket is replied to or responded to.
The Average Response Time is subjective and is similar to the Average Resolution Time in which there are no set standards due to varying complexities and conditions. However, this metric is still important to help ensure that customers are not left waiting and assures them that their issues are acknowledged by your team and are quickly being addressed.
When an insurance company is increasingly customer-driven, customer satisfaction drives up repeat purchases, instills brand loyalty, and promotes positive referrals.
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If properly analyzed, you are sure to get high grades. So, related sounding words are marked utilizing the same annotation. Thus, the rhyme scheme of the stanza above could be abab. Ode can additionally be a lyrical poem with average size, mainly with an elevated style, stanza pattern, and a severe subject. There is also a sonnet, which is a lyrical poem with 14 traces written in https://www.madhavam.info/forum/general-discussions/mood-boosting-benefits-of-assignment-help-online iambic pentameter â research on the Petrarchan sonnet and the Shakespearean sonnet.
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First hydrogen fuel cell car in India completes trials successfullyNovember 2, 2020
Trials were conducted by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research and KPIT.
KPIT and the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) collaborated on trials for battery electric passenger vehicles retrofitted into an indigenously developed hydrogen fuel cell car.
KPIT is a pure based multinational Corporation and worked with CSIR on these Indian trials.
The hydrogen fuel cell car trials were successful. The vehicle featured a low temperature PEM (Proton Exchange Membrane) type fuel cell developed in India. The fuel cells stack was developed jointly between KPIT and CSIR. It was a 10 kWe automotive grade LT-PEMFC unit combining the expertise at CSIR and membrane electrode assembly and the stack engineering experience at KPIT.
This included the lightweight metal bipolar plate as well as the design of the gasket, control software, system integration, and electric powertrain. This fuel cell stack was unique in its use of exceptionally thin metal bipolar plates. As a result, the engineers were able to reduce the weight of the stack by approximately two thirds. Moreover, it operated at 65 to 75 degrees Celsius, which is appropriate for vehicular applications.
Both KPIT and CSIR joined this partnership for the purpose of developing a viable hydrogen fuel cell car technology.
The collaboration between CSIR and KPIT had a specific goal to develop an automotive grade PEM fuel cell technology. This partnership began in 2016. The organizations came together under the New Millennium Indian Technology Leadership Initiative (NMITLI). The NMITLI is an initiative created to build public to private partnerships within the research and development field.
The trials were carried out on a battery electric passenger car platform which was retrofitted to the fuel cell stack. The hydrogen fuel cell car was equipped with the Type III commercial H2 tank. The tanks capacity was approximately 1.75 kilograms of H2 stored at a pressure of 350 bar. This emission free vehicle has a range of approximately 250 kilometers under typical road conditions in India at average driving speeds of 60 to 65 kilometers per hour. | <urn:uuid:158e6574-3cd3-48d1-89bc-304d5603fda1> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.hydrogenfuelnews.com/first-hydrogen-fuel-cell-car-in-india-completes-trials-successfully/8540791/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571210.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810191850-20220810221850-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.969153 | 431 | 2.65625 | 3 |
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Keywords: Pole cellClose
Development (2007) 134 (2): 233–236.
Published: 15 January 2007
.... immigrans oskar rescues the body patterning and pole cell defects of embryos from D. melanogaster oskar - mothers,and converts the morphology of the polar granules to that of D. immigrans . The nuclear bodies, which are structures that appear to be closely related to polar granules, are also converted...
Includes: Supplementary data
Development (2001) 128 (14): 2823–2832.
Published: 15 July 2001
... is a component of polar granules, large particles associated with the pole plasm and the germline precursor pole cells of the embryo. aubergine mutants fail to translate oskar mRNA efficiently and are thus defective in posterior body patterning and pole cell formation. We have found that Aubergine protein... | <urn:uuid:12149ed9-d1c8-4972-9760-a47386ebecb7> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://journals.biologists.com/dev/search-results?qb=%7B%22Keywords1%22:%22Pole+cell%22%7D | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570879.1/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808213349-20220809003349-00471.warc.gz | en | 0.837958 | 214 | 2.25 | 2 |
Proceedings of The 6th International Conference on Business, Management and Economics
Assessment of Neurolinguistic Programming Techniques in the Context of Neuromarketing Attributes
Zuzana Birknerova, Robert Stefko, Lucia Zbihlejova, Anna Tomkova and Ivana Ondrijova
The paper aims to verify the existence of statistically significant links between neurolinguistic programming techniques and neuromarketing attributes on a sample of 309 respondents, of which 168 (54.4%) were women and 141 (45.6%) were men aged 18 to 68 years (M = 35.30 years, SD = 13.1 years). Addressed were 148 (47.9%) sellers and 161 (52.1%) customers and two research hypotheses were formulated and verified using the mathematical-statistical methods of Pearson’s correlation coefficient and t-test for two independent samples. The first hypothesis related to the existence of statistically significant correlations between neurolinguistic programming techniques and neuromarketing attributes, the second one to statistically significant differences in the assessment of the attributes of neuromarketing and neurolinguistic programming techniques between sellers and customers. The data obtained by the questionnaires aimed at the attributes of neuromarketing (SSP) and neurolinguistic programming techniques (NLPt) were processed by means of the statistical software IBM SPSS 26. Based on the research results it can be concluded that the formulated hypotheses were supported as statistically significant differences and correlations between the neurolinguistic programming techniques and the neuromarketing attributes were detected.
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For Workers in Maritime Industries, Safety Has Special Significance
Posted on June 8, 2016
People who work in the maritime industries know that safety is always the number one priority.
This is much more than just a saying, though. Whether you’re in marine construction, shipping, commercial fishing, transportation, offshore oil and gas exploration, or dockside support services, the hazards that surround the maritime industries and the marine environment are extreme and ever-present.
Maritime workers are at constant risk of exposure to hazardous chemicals, high voltages, heavy machinery, sharp objects, slips and falls, bloodborne pathogens, severe weather, and drowning. The remote nature of work at sea demands that commercial mariners remain vigilant about their own safety at all times. Medical attention is often hours, or even days away.
Maritime workers are well aware of these dangers, and safety is woven into everything they do. But for all of their training, skill, equipment, and preparation, marine casualties are still extraordinarily common. Maritime industries consistently rank among the highest for both fatal and non-fatal injuries. The Bureau of Labor Statistics names commercial fishing as the second-most-dangerous occupation in the United States, averaging more than 80 fatalities per 100,000 employees in 2015, second only to commercial logging, which averages 109 fatalities per 100,000. Marine fatalities had been previously much higher until the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) recognized this alarming trend, and began implementing a series of strategic safety and enforcement actions known as Marine Safety & Environmental Protection (MSEP).
The U.S. Coast Guard requires commercial vessel owners and operators to maintain a valid USCG vessel safety certification, in addition to any number of applicable state and federal operating permits. Requirements for certification include the presence of a wide variety of life-saving and emergency response equipment, adequate safety and emergency response training for employees, written documentation of safety procedures and assignments, complete and accurate incident logs, performance of safety briefings and drills on a periodic basis, and many other requirements depending on the specific industry or vessel in question.
The safety of human life is not the only concern at sea, however. Maritime industries present substantial risk to the health of the marine environment. Hazardous chemicals including fuels, lubricant oils, corrosives, solvents, concentrated cleansers and detergents, and marine construction materials present a danger to marine wildlife. The EPA and USCG work in partnership to enforce federal marine pollution laws and international marine pollution treaties such as MARPOL Annex VI — and they are serious about enforcement. Fines in excess of $20 million have been levied against vessel owners for both safety and environmental-related violations.
To protect employees and the environment from the innumerable risks inherent to maritime industries, vessel owners and operators should not only provide their workers with adequate training and equipment, but also implement an effective EHS management system. VelocityEHS provides a centralized software tool for documenting and monitoring compliance with required permits and certifications, recording and tracking incidents and environmental releases, organizing and instantly accessing safety data sheets (SDSs) for hazardous chemicals onboard or at their facilities, performing safety and regulatory audits and inspections, training employees in safety at sea, and conducting required safety briefings and drills.
With such a system in place, vessel owners can more effectively protect the safety of their crews, monitor their impact on the marine environment, and greatly reduce the risk of massive fines and penalties for non-compliance.
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Changing the country association with an Apple ID, App Store and iTunes Store, can be done easily. It will allow you access to games, apps and content that are country or region specific, and it’s extremely helpful for a variety of situations, whether for travelers, expatriates, or for anyone who is trying to view, download, or purchase items on other countries App Store or iTunes Store.
Note : About changing countries: Adjusting the country association with iTunes will also change the country for the App Store, and vice versa. In other words, if you set the country to be “USA” or “Japan” on your iPhone for the App Store, that change will carry across to the Apple ID to your other devices using the same ID. That includes a Mac, iPad, iPhone, or whatever else you’re logged in with. Basically, the country sticks with the Apple ID.
How to Change Country Location Associated with an Apple ID from iOS Devices
This can be done from the Settings on any iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch :
- Open Settings
- Go to iTunes & App Stores
- Tap on the Apple ID and enter the associated password
- Choose Country/Region and select the new country you want to associate your Apple account with.
Note : When you change the country associated with an Apple ID, you will need to update billing information so that it corresponds to an appropriate address in the new chosen country. That is required before you will be able to purchase anything from the new countries app store, though gift cards work as well if they are issued in the country of choice, and you can also switch countries with iTunes accounts that have been setup without a credit card on file and download free apps and music only.
Use Generate a fake profile (search it on google) to generate a fake billing information if you don't have one.
How to Change Country Location Associated with an Apple ID from iTunes on the Desktop
This will work in iTunes for Mac OS X or Windows :
- Launch iTunes and go to the iTunes Store
- Click on Account and log in, under Apple ID Summary choose Change Country or Region
- Select the new chosen country
Again, you will need to update billing information to be in accordant with the new region if you intend to purchase anything.
Important Notes about Changing Country Association of Apple ID’s
Some apps will no longer be able to update if they were available on one countries App Store and not another. That can be remedied by changing the country back to the original country that was associated with the download or purchase. You won’t be able to switch countries if you have any remaining iTunes account balance, and you would get a message that says “you must spend your balance before you can change stores.” This limitation also applies to accounts with an active iTunes Match subscription.
If you can’t change your iTunes Store country or region Try these provided solutions by Apple
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Half and Half
- John Golden
I noticed something peculiar about a carton of half and half and had to take a picture. It got a lot of people wondering about mixing milk and cream so I made this. It turns out % milk fat is done by mass, and I made an assumption here that the densities are equal, where they're really different by a few grams per cubic meter. Lots of details here: https://hypertextbook.com/facts/2002/AliciaNoelleJones.shtml Cream here is heavy cream/whipping cream, and milk is whole milk. | <urn:uuid:14a16417-bfb8-409d-8737-b3bf78379c39> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://stage.geogebra.org/m/ktchnwns | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570879.1/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808213349-20220809003349-00469.warc.gz | en | 0.969883 | 127 | 1.703125 | 2 |
22 November 2012
Three qualifications from BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT have been included on the recently published list of qualifications that will count in the Key Stage 4 Performance Tables in 2015. The qualifications are among just 117 that have been selected for inclusion; a reduction from the 2014 list which featured 140 qualifications.
The BCS qualifications included on the list are:
Martyn Lambert, Chief Executive Officer, BCS Learning & Development, part of the Institute says: “We’re delighted that our qualifications have been included in the Department for Education’s performance points listing.
“Their inclusion reinforces the message that these qualifications are not only rigorous but they also provide the majority of students with access to a range of future study and employment opportunities. Gaining digital skills is vital today, if you want to be able to compete for a job. Almost every role has some reliance on technology and the most jobs require the ability to navigate around a PC or tablet as a minimum.”
Earlier this year, the Institute reported a sharp growth* in the number of people taking its digital literacy qualifications in the last year. To date over two million people in the UK have learned IT skills and demonstrated them via ECDL.
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How to get it, use it, keep it safe.
Speed never gets old. And after years of suffering slow modem dial-ups and Web pages that lurched onto the screen, we think that broadband is one Internet buzzword that will never get stale. But despite increasing broadband deployment, much of what goes into choosing, installing, and protecting broadband connections remains well beyond the average user. Many rely on word of mouth, which is fineif you pick the right mouth. We at PC Magazine have assembled a collection of tips and tricks to help you get into the Internet fast lane and stay safe. Or, if you're already surfing a wide pipe, to show you some of things you can do to make your high-speed connection earn its keep. | <urn:uuid:32dcd37b-8a34-491f-813b-fb6e5bf51252> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,805816,00.asp | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988721174.97/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183841-00282-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.95351 | 152 | 1.703125 | 2 |
GIUSEPPE GARIBALDI: THE “HERO OF TWO WORLDS”
After the fall of the Roman Republic in Rome (1849) begins the march of General Giuseppe Garibaldi towards northern Italy, followed by Austrian troops. Sailing from the port of Cesenatico to Venice, Garibaldi and his men are intercep- ted at the height of Comacchio. Thus begins an adventu- rous escape through the valleys of Ravenna (and the death of his wife Anita) and then for the countryside and the hills of Romagna.
Here is the “Route of Garibaldi”, the bold wander for two weeks until the Grand Duchy of Tuscany: the salvation of the General was due thanks to the enthusiastic help of lo- cal people, farmers and patriots, as in the legendary priest Don Giovanni Verità in Modigliana.
2 nights - 3 days € 410,00
Included car rental from/to Bologna airport, for all the journey (pickup and delivery at the airport of Bologna)
WHEN until 12.31.2016
WHERE Cesenatico Ravenna Modigliana Tredozio
RURAL TASTE MUSEUMS INVOLVED Museum of seafaring (Cesenatico), Capanno Garibaldi (Ravenna), Museo Don Giovanni Verità (Modigliana), Palazzo Fantini (Tredozio)
Contact for bookings and travel programs
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Travel Agency DAMIR VIAGGI
Via Cavour, 78-47014 Meldola (FC)
Tel. +39 0543.493773 Fax +39 0543.490290
Province of Forlì-Cesena License no. 24929
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Mock accident an eye opener for students
It's a scene that plays out daily across the nation - the sickening screech of metal striking metal, the screams, the bloodied vehicle occupants crying out for help.
And then a platoon of emergency personnel rushes in to render assistance.
In Nevis Wednesday it was all staged for the benefit of students. Kids who thought of giggling nervously at the mock accident drill thought better when they observed how seriously rescue workers took their jobs, racing a "critically injured student" to a waiting helicopter after being extracted from a crushed car.
Nevis and Akeley firefighters and First Responders, Hubbard County deputies and North Memorial Ambulance personnel converged on the scene of a faux prom accident that looked deadly serious.
Thursday a repeat performance took place on Park Rapids school grounds. Members of Students Against Destructive Decisions organized the event.
State Trooper Dion Pederson spoke with Park Rapids students about the dangers of texting while driving.
A deadly four-day period on Minnesota roads occurred this time last year when 17 people were killed during April 23-26, he told the students. Of those killed, seven were teenagers of which only six were buckled up.
According to the Department of Public Safety, other comparable four day deadly periods in Minnesota include: 19 deaths during July 31-Aug.3, 2007; and two periods in 2003, 20 deaths, May 15-18, and 18 deaths, July 10-13.
The 2010 tragedies included a six-fatality crash in Cambridge, where an impaired driver slammed head-on into another vehicle; and a triple-fatal crash in Winona County involving racing teens. All but two of the 17 deaths were people ages 27 and younger, and of the 16 motorists killed, at least 12 were not buckled up; one death was a motorcyclist.
Cell phones are one of the biggest distractions for people while driving. Radios and other people in the car are also distractions, Pederson said.
"I've had to do probably 30 to 40 notifications to families about someone who died in a crash," he said. "They tell us they never forget our face."
Pederson also showed the students a video showing real fatal accidents that happened because of texting while driving.
He encouraged the high schoolers to be role models to their younger siblings.
Gordy Pehrson, youth programs coordinator with the DPS Office of Traffic Safety, said last year's deadly spring, and current prom and upcoming graduation seasons, are cues for parents to set rules and limitations for teen drivers.
Pehrson says parents should establish limits on nighttime driving and number of passengers, and parents should reinforce traffic laws - such as the primary seat belt law and the ban on texting and all cell phone use for drivers under age 18.
"Parents have an ongoing responsibility to monitor and train their teens in a variety of driving conditions and environments, especially during the first years of licensure when teens are at highest risk of crashing," Pehrson said. "Parents should make decisions with safety as a priority over convenience. Staying involved in a teen's driving on the road is just as important as knowing how they are doing in the classroom."
DPS offers a teen-parent driver contract at www.dps.state.mn.us/ots. Click on "Teen Driving."
DPS officials also note the consequences of providing alcohol to minors and the dangers of underage drinking and during prom and graduation season:
More than 70 Minnesota cities and counties have implemented social host ordinances, which make it unlawful to provide an environment where underage drinking takes place, regardless of who provides the alcohol.
As a misdemeanor, any host found criminally responsible of violating the social host ordinance will face a penalty of time in jail and up to $1,000 in fines.
Adults who provide alcohol to minors can be held responsible and suffer serious criminal, legal and financial consequences, including: felony charges and prison time in the case of death; civil liability charges in the case of injury, property damage or death; and increased insurance rates.
The state's "Not a Drop" law says driving minors cited for any amount of alcohol use will lose their license from 30 to 180 days, and face up to a $700 fine and 90 days in jail.
Minors will lose their license until age 18 when arrested for DWI or involved in an impaired driving crash or crime. A DWI offense can result in one year in jail, and cost up to $20,000 when factoring in legal fees and increased insurance rates.
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The o/s rels were not too hard to understand, given they come from the north of England and their accent is almost Scottish. Where we did have problems, was imperial and metric. There eyes glazed a bit as they did mental calculations about the speed of cars, the temperature, distances and weights.
I thought that the UK was a bit further along the road to metrication than it obviously is. They know they are supposed to be thinking metric and seem to have a vague understanding, but we could tell that it just did not work for them. 'Yes it is hot, it is 100 degrees', meant much more to them than whatever our equivalent is.
Sadly I confess, I grew up with imperial and it is intersting as to what has stuck and what hasn't.
Day to day stuff is easy. I know how much a litre is along with how far a kilometre is. I know what it feels like to drive at 60kph or is that kmh? I also recall when I stupidly as a teen wound the Valiant up to 97mph, that was it's limit. It just would not crack the 100 mph. At least it did not valve bounce like Holdens did at that speed. Scares me to even recall that.
Height is not too bad. I know 183cm is 6' ('means feet kiddies) and I add and substract from there. But I instantly know how tall some is if they are 5'6" ("=inches kiddies).
2.5cm = 1 inch, easy to convert, but I still have to think a bit, not always. I do know what a piece of timber 4x2 is. The desirable but usually untrue 8 inches = 20cm.
I have totally forgotten about stones, pounds and ounces. It is either metric or meaningless. I can recall that over 12 stone is a bit on the heavy side as I used to be 9 stone for years. If people still used stones, I might understand, but people seem to have taken to the American style pounds only. Plus I think US pounds are different to what our pounds were. Not sure on that.
Kilojoules or calories, I am sure I have too much of both.
Pounds per square inch against kilopascals. I do the height thing here. 29 pounds per square inch in your tyre is about 200 kilopascals........... I think or is that hectopascals?
Do you kiddies know how difficult it was to add pounds, shillings and pence? I recall a school teacher saying that it was a waste of time teaching us this as we would not need it. He was correct. It was a bit like adding hours and minutes but with an extra thrown in as well.
Speaking of, what would be terribly sensible would be a metric clock. Why don't we have metric time?
The good old days weren't always so good. I am very thankful for metrication.
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Berberis darwinii is arguably one of the most attractive of all species within the genus. It is a compact evergreen, flowering shrub, ideal for suburban or coastal gardens, and comes with a fairly large slice of history.
It was first discovered for western science in 1835 by Charles Darwin during his epic voyage with the Beagle expedition. However it wasn't brought under commercial production until suitable plant material was retrieved from South America by renowned plant collector William Lobb in 1849.
Drooping racemes of rich orange blooms appear in April to May. Each flower is 4–5 mm long and tinged red when in bud. These are followed by 'almost' edible blue-black berries, which may cause some stomach upset when eaten raw. That being said they are excellent in jams and preserves.
Like most other evergreen berberis, Berberis darwinii is easy to grow. In northern European climates they will be happy in full sun or partial shade and can tolerate exposed conditions as well as shallow or thin soils. It is suitable for any ordinary garden soil including heavy clay and nutritionally poor soils. Avoid planting in soils that are poorly drained or prone to waterlogging.
No regular pruning is required except to remove any old or straggly stems.
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The king of all meals, breakfast is one of the most important meals of the day. The word breakfast is the literal meaning. You are having your first meal after “fasting” for say five to eight hours. Yes, sleeping not only rests your mind and your external limbs, but relaxes your internal organs as well.
Now, the all important question is, ‘if breakfast is the most important meal of the day, what should be included in it?’
A breakfast is never complete unless it has egg in it. Well, who does not like it sunny side up! Many among us like the savor the yolk at the end, some of us consider the white to be the special treat, but it’s safe to say that we all love having eggs.
Eggs are a great source of protein. They contain equal proportions of the nine amino acids necessary to fulfill the dietary needs of the human body. Studies have proven that having two to three eggs a day leads to a healthy lifestyle. However, consuming eggs on a daily basis has its own myths, here are all the answers regarding the myths and beliefs of having eggs on a daily basis.
Many individuals among us consider eggs to be a non-vegetarian food. For those vegetarian extremists’ foods like quinoa, buckwheat, spinach and fruits are the replacements for eggs. They might not be complete sources of proteins but they do provide the necessary energy the body needs to function. However, the catch here is vegetarians must cook these foods in a very methodical fashion so that the crucial vitamins do not get destroyed.
Non-vegetarians have no reason to worry! They can also get complete proteins from beef, chicken, fish and other meat products, beside eggs. They get the best of both-great taste and lot of proteins.
Now let us see what makes an Egg such a dependable source of proteins. This dietary chart given below depicts the protein content in eggs, and compares its protein content with other foods like beef, milk, fish, nuts etc.
Egg Protein Chart:
Here is the detailed breakdown of the protein levels present in various eggs:
- An egg contains about 6.3 grams of proteins – and about 3.6 grams of protein in egg white & 2.7 grams in Egg Yolk.
- Eggs even have calories which should be balanced with the complete diet calorie intake.
- An average boiled egg has about 6 grams of proteins.
- An omelet, which is a very common breakfast item made with eggs contain about 10 grams of proteins.
- A Duck’s egg has 15 grams of protein
- A Quail’s egg has 2 grams of proteins.
- Scrambled eggs made up from 2 eggs and milk together contain 14 grams of proteins
A. Apart from these, Eggs are also used in the following ways:
Eggs are a rich source of protein and are often used to make protein powders. These protein powders provide proteins to people who are nutritionally deprived. You may be aware of whey, casein and soy protein powders, but have you heard of egg-white protein powders? The two main benefits of the egg-white protein powders are:
- It is lactose free, so those who are lactose-intolerant and can’t have whey or casein protein powders can go for egg-white protein powder. The egg-white protein powder contains 25grams of proteins in a 30 gram serving. This protein content is similar to whey and casein, so one doesn’t have to compromise on their daily dose of protein from these supplements.
- Whey is a fast-digesting protein while caesin is a slow-digesting protein. Egg-white powder falls in between so it helps the muscle synthesis to go on for longer.
- Egg White powder is a complete protein because it has all the 10 essential amino acids. No other naturally occurring substance has the same amount of amino acids.
B. The amino acids available in the egg proteins are exhaustive and they give your body all the necessary amino acids. Adequate dietary protein intake is necessary. It should include all the essential amino acids your body needs daily. An egg has all the amino acids such as histidine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, threonine, tryptophan and valine. These amino acids are present in a proportion that suits the needs of the human body. Hence the egg is often used as a yardstick to compare protein content of other foods. Eggs not only have nine essential amino acids, it also contains nine other amino acids.
According to the Protein Digestibility Corrected Amino Acid Score (PDCAAS) whole egg, whey protein and soy protein score 1 on the scale of 0 to 1. However, the Amino Acid Score (AAS) rates the egg at 1.21, which is above human needs. The Protein Efficiency Ratio of eggs is 3.8 and the Biological Value of eggs is rated between 88 and 100. So each large egg provides a total of 6.29 grams of high quality protein, that’s why eggs are classified with meat in the Protein Foods Group.
The egg yolk contains higher proportion of the egg’s vitamins than the white, like vitamins A, D, E and K. It also contains vitamin B6 and B12, folic acid, pantothenic acid, thiamine, calcium, copper, iron, manganese, phosphorus, selenium and zinc. So don’t ignore the yolk because it is high on calories, after all you do need some calories for energy.
C. The egg protein chart is an effective guide. It keeps you informed about the proteins you gain from consuming eggs. It also informs you of other foods that you could consume in case you miss out on eggs. So any lapse in the consumption of these foods can be compensated.
Everyone knows who a vegetarian is but for those who do not know the technicalities here is the definition: A vegetarian is a person who doesn’t eat meat or any by-product from animal slaughter. There are some vegetarians who have limited themselves to certain foods that are considered non-vegetarian to have a wholesome diet. A well planned vegetarian diet can be healthy and nutritionally adequate. Here are some types of vegetarian diets:
- Vegans or Total Vegetarians: They eat only plant food like fruits, vegetables, seeds, legumes, nuts and grains.
- Lacto-Vegetarians eat plant foods as well as dairy products such as milk and cheese.
- Lacto-Ovo Vegetarians eat plant foods, dairy products and eggs. Most Americans follows this diet.
- Semi-Vegetarians don’t eat red meats but they do have chicken or seafood with plant foods, eggs and dairy products.
Vegetarians generally receive adequate amount of nutrients, however, they do have to cut back on some nutrients like these:
Protein: Protein is not only important for growth and maintenance of body tissues; it is an important component of enzymes and hormones. Protein helps in the production of milk in lactating women. An assortment of plant foods like tofu, tempeh, whole grains, legumes, vegetables, seeds and nuts provide the essential amino acids.
The proteins in egg whites can be easily digested by the body, so wrestlers and body builders swear by it. Athletes also have egg whites as a source of protein since it provides a high ratio of proteins to calories with very little or no fat. Eggs also contain abundant antioxidants that fight free radicals in the body and keep you safe from cancer. There are so many benefits of eggs that you can’t just ignore them. Eggs add flavor to many foods and make you strong from within.
Omega 3 Fatty Acids: Omega 3 Fatty Acids reduce the risk of cardiovascular diseases and improves cognitive function and vision. The primary sources of Omega 3 Fatty Acids are fish, organ meats and DHA rich foods like eggs. Vegetarians cannot get Omega3 Fatty acids from vegetable sources alone, they have to take supplements.
Calcium: Though calcium deficiencies in vegetarians are rare, there are some vegetables that inhibit calcium absorption. So in that case dairy and poultry products are needed to make the diet balanced.
Vitamin D: Vitamin D helps in calcium absorption from the digestive tract and uses it for building strong bones and teeth. The best sources of vitamin D are derived from milk and eggs. So vegetarians lose out on vitamin D entirely.
Vitamin B 12: Vegetarians need to pay special attention to this nutrient. The body needs little amounts of vitamin B12 for red blood cell formation and normal nerve function. Vitamin B12 deficiency can cause irreversible nerve damage. Vegans lack vitamin B12 in their diet and need to have dairy or soy products and vitamin B12 supplements.
Iron: Iron is found in both animal and plant foods, but iron from animal foods gets absorbed by the body easily. Iron from plant foods does not get absorbed by the body due to high fiber content. Fiber is not absorbed by the body and it ties up with minerals like iron and hinders its absorption as well.
Zinc: Zinc is a mineral that is present in plant food but better absorbed from animal sources. So some vegetarian diets do not provide the recommended amount of zinc. So they have to eat nuts, cheese and soy products along with vitamin C rich foods to enable a better absorption of zinc.
Vegetarians should follow the diet principles recommended in the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. A well planned vegan diet can meet all the guidelines. The recommendations emphasize that 26 oz. per week of meat, poultry and eggs should be consumed.
D. The best part about eating eggs is that they are routinely consumed for breakfast and hence you don’t have to fit them forcibly into your daily diet schedule. Also they go very well as a complementary food with other dishes – so you don’t have to worry about eating them separately.
Best Ways to Cook Egg:
Have you ever thought about the right way of cooking eggs to maximize nutrition? Here are some guiding principles for making the most of the eggs lying in your fridge:
- Generally applying heat to food is a naturally destructive process. If you heat egg whites the protein becomes denatured and more bioavailable. A protein called ‘avidin’ also gets destroyed in the process which is a good thing. So heating egg whites is beneficial. However, less heat should be applied to egg yolk as the fats and other nutrients tend to get damaged.
- Pastured egg yolks are best sources of fats and proteins. So you should eat the egg yolk and not keep it aside.
- Many good fats oxidize and become less beneficial, harmful even. This is true in case of egg yolks. It is best to leave egg yolks uncooked. If you plan to fry eggs make sure you do not heat it in the presence of oxygen for a long duration. The heat can curl up proteins in the egg whites and egg yolks and create sticky fats that your body cannot utilize. This happens because oxygen accelerates the process of destruction while heating.
Different Ways of Cooking An Egg Are:
- Soft boiled, is the optimum way to cook an egg as fats and nutrients in the yolk essentially have three protective layers from oxidation- the water, eggshell and egg white. This way all the nutrients in the eggs are preserved. The egg whites are cooked for the best protein utilization and the removal of avidin. In addition, making a soft boiled egg is faster and easier compared to a frying an egg in a pan. Also the yolk remains creamier and thicker.
- Poached eggs are loved by many for its pure taste. However, when the egg yolk remains submerged in water surrounded by the egg white, the protective shell layer is lost. Also it is very inconvenient to serve poached eggs.
- The thought of having raw eggs can make you scream but it is the best way to have eggs. Be careful not to have too much of raw egg whites because they have a protein called avidin that can combine with B vitamin called Biotin and can create serious health problems. If you can’t have raw egg yolks or raw whole eggs, then blend them in your morning smoothie. Make sure that you put the eggs at the end and fold it in for few seconds. By this way you can reduce the oxidative stress from chopping fats up to very small particles and exposing them to oxygen.
- When eggs are boiled the yolk reaches a higher temperature and thus the destructive process starts. However due to the presence of eggshells the contact with oxygen is not possible thus some amount damage is controlled. You can never replace entire meals with hard boiled eggs.
- While making the sunny side up the heat is given from the bottom of the pan so the yolk remains preserved but the protective water coating on the egg is lost. So it is advisable to have less of the world favorite ‘sunny side up’.
- To make an over, easy heat has to be applied on both sides’ thus precious nutrients and fats in egg yolks are completely lost.
- Scrambling the eggs is a way of chopping the fats and proteins to tiny particles and exposing them to heat and oxygenation. Avoid this method of cooking if you are using conventional feedlot eggs. The fats present in conventional feedlot eggs are pro-inflammatory and they don’t need to be oxidized further. Even if you are using pastured egg this method remains to be the worst way to cook eggs. The oxidation of fat and cholesterol makes it detrimental to your health.
Whichever way you prefer cooking an egg, make sure the egg yolk is preserved. Having an egg yolk is never bad.
Should You Eat Eggs Daily?
Whole eggs are high in calories, fat and cholesterol so consuming eggs every day can put you at the risk of heart disease by increasing the levels of blood cholesterol. So it is better to stick to egg whites and other egg alternatives to reduce health risks. Here is why you should limit your egg intake:
- Excess Calories: Large eggs provide 75 calories each. Would you believe that just a plate of scrambled eggs can fill you up with 225 calories? This high amount of calories will surely cause weight gain. Eating three eggs per day can lead to one pound of weight gain in less than three weeks.
- Increased Fat Intake: Consuming eggs on a daily basis increases your fat intake. While some fats are good as it helps to absorb fat soluble vitamins, saturated fat from eggs can be harmful as it increases your risk of heart disease. In fact, three scrambled eggs at breakfast can pack up 35% of calories for the entire day.
- High Cholesterol: Consuming eggs every day adds excessive amount of cholesterol to the diet. Cholesterol is a fatty and waxy substance that builds up on arterial walls when you have too much of them in your bloodstream. The cholesterol becomes hard and stiff resulting in blood clots. Your heart has to work harder to push blood through the arteries thus increasing blood pressure. The harmful effects of cholesterol increase the risk of heart attacks. So keep your daily cholesterol intake less than 200 milligrams. One large egg contains 185 milligrams of cholesterol and it takes up more than your daily cholesterol allotment. Having meat and seafood in your diet along with egg adds more cholesterol to your diet.
All the fat and cholesterol come from the egg yolk, so opt for plain egg whites or separate yolk from the whites before cooking. If you make three scrambled egg whites then your calorie count goes down to less than 60. The cholesterol and fat content in egg whites is far less than those present in whole eggs.You can also go for fat-free and cholesterol-free eggs.
Are you already planning to stop eating eggs after reading the demerits of whole eggs? Blood cholesterol levels are mainly responsible for cardiovascular diseases and eggs are considered the main culprits behind increasing the blood cholesterol levels. Well that is a myth; let us first clear the misunderstanding by showing you what exactly increases the cholesterol levels and the role fat plays in that process.
Previously, all dietary cholesterol was thought to increase the risk of heart disease. The truth is only certain types of blood cholesterol can line the arteries and indicate a potential risk of heart attack. Cholesterol is needed by the body for proper functioning and it is produced by liver and other organs.The amount of dietary cholesterol is of less significance compared to blood cholesterol caused due to saturated and unsaturated fat.
It is true that egg yolk contains high amount of fat, but it is unsaturated, which is associated with “good” or HDL Cholesterol (High-Density Lipoprotein). The HDL Cholesterol helps to remove the LDL Cholesterol (Low-Density Cholesterol) which lines the blood vessels causing blood clots and heart attacks. So having eggs instead of other sources of animal protein can decrease the amount of saturated fat intake.
Studies show that individuals who have already had elevated levels of LDL Cholesterol, the risk of heart disease did not increase when they started including eggs in their daily diet. However, fat in eggs does contain calories. Therefore limit your intake but never omit it from your diet. If you deny yourself a diet of eggs a week you are losing out on all essential nutrients.
So are you going to put back the egg in the refrigerator or eat it? Now that all your doubts are clear you can eat an egg without feeling guilty at all!
Chickens that are raised in a natural environment and fed with a proper diet that enhances the health of the chicken tend to provide eggs with higher nutritional value. Often the chicken feed is spruced up with chemicals or supplements that will make the chickens give eggs that have a longer shelf life. So always check the labels before you buy eggs, make sure they are ‘verified’ cage free or free-range eggs.
Proteins are the building blocks of life and every cell contain proteins. You need protein in your diet to help your body repair cells and make new ones. Protein is also important for the growth and development in children, teens and pregnant women. Lack of proteins can lead to skin and hair problems, indigestion, weak immune system and muscle related problems. The protein chart for eggs very well determines its use as a rich source of protein and makes everyone aware of how to use it in different forms providing different quantities of protein proportions.
I hope this article Proteins in Eggs helps you attain good health!
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|Fried in oil||6g||120 calories|
|Scrambled (2 eggs + milk)||14g||170 calories|
|Poached 1 egg||6g||80 calories|
|Scotch egg||7g||140 calories|
|Quiche (egg & cheese)||15g||300 calories|
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The graph above shows that there is no clock change in Herat during 2017.
Note that Herat uses a special half-hour time zone.
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Netball Family: Call to help 13-year-old Netballer find a blood stem cell donor
Through our Netball Family this week, we heard the story of 13-year-old, Worcestershire Netballer, Izzie, who has been diagnosed with two life-threatening blood disorders and is in urgent need of a blood stem cell donation.
Every 20 minutes someone in the UK is diagnosed with a type of blood cancer. For many blood cancer and blood disorder patients, a blood stem cell transplant from a matching donor is their best, or only, chance of survival.
Unfortunately, finding a matching blood stem cell donor is like finding a needle in a haystack – and only 2% of the UK population are currently on the stem cell register.
Blood cancer charity, DKMS is currently searching for Izzie’s perfect match to potentially help save her life. All it takes to join the blood stem cell register is a simple cheek swab and three minutes of your time.
Find out more about Izzie on the England Netball website.
To find out more about eligibility and joining the blood stem cell register, or request a simple cheek swab kit, to potentially help Izzie or others in need, please click here.
Miss Ellie Gibbons
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The movie that seems to be on the tip of everyones tongue is The Passion of the Christ This movie has created great controversy among many people and has created uproar in the Jewish community When I viewed the movie and thought about what I read in the Gospels I found that there is a great resemblance between the two The movie actually clarified the Gospel accounts and elaborated on them There were many parts of Jesus last hours on earth that were still very scarce almost confusing The movie was very powerful and gave a visual account based on Mel Gibsons account of the Gospels and portrayed with a great deal of accuracy The Pope was able to view this movie so that he could compare the movie to the actual Gospel accounts of Jesus apostles After viewing the movie the Pope concluded by saying It is as it was This is especially powerful because it gives the Popes approval of the movie and its clarity towards the Gospels There were many aspects of the movie that were worth mentioning but I will only mention a few The first most noticeable aspect of the movie that is very important is the music Most people wouldnt notice this but the music although very much in the background created the mood The music was powerful and melodic while it created drama and suspense While listening to the music again it gives almost a scary feel and portrays the pain and suffering that Jesus endured for us The composer John Debussy feels very happy about the final product and the music that represented the devil This arises my next point of mention The depiction of the devil is quite interesting The devil was played by a female actress but also had many male qualities that created a balance The devil had no eyebrows which is what for me gave it the feel that it was neither
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Following My Path - Ohio Book Author: Bernard Martin
"It's my story of discovering who I was sexually," Martin says. "It is also the story of how I dealt with my mother's condemnation that I would go to hell if I did not become heterosexual. It is a story that absolutely clarifies that being gay is not a choice, but that a gay person is also one of God's creations."
The books are each autographed by the author with a personalized message.
Bernard Martin is a retired educator of 30 years. He received his master's degree from the Ohio State University and was a Title I reading coordinator for a large Ohio school system. He has strong spiritual beliefs and is a restorer of historic homes, three of which are on the National Register. He is the first white, single male to legally adopt an African-American son in the state of Ohio, the grandfather of two grandchildren, and a six-year cancer survivor. After 12 surgeries, this cancer has left him with half a face and one eye. | <urn:uuid:7b52559c-2504-497a-b1ac-e52d478e9950> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://www.celebratelocalohio.com/collections/reading-material/products/1831 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281450.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00177-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.984763 | 211 | 1.867188 | 2 |
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Filaments in the Western Veil
Supernova remnant in Cygnus
Image is in visual spectrum, composed from H-a and O-III narrowband channels.
This is a third detail image from the Veil Nebula supernova remnant from this Autumn season.
The Veil Nebula locates in constellation Cygnus at distance of about 1400 light years. The angular size of the image is close to size of the full Moon. The bright star at upper right corner is 52 Cygni, it's a foreground star and unrelated to the supernova remnant.
Area of interest is marked as a white rectangle.
Image in HST-palette
Colors for this HST-palette image are borrowed from a wider field one, image can be seen here:
An animated image shows the difference between ionized Oxygen and Hydrogen
Processing work flow:
Image acquisition, MaxiDL v5.07.
Stacked and calibrated in CCDStack2.
Levels, curves and color combine in PS CS3.
Optics, Meade LX200 GPS 12" @ f5
Guiding, SXV-AO, an active optics unit, and Lodestar guide camera 8Hz
Image Scale, ~0,8 arc-seconds/pixel
15 x 1200s exposures for the H-alpha, emission of ionized Hydrogen = 5h
6 x 1200s exposures for the O-III, emission of ionized Oxygen = 2h
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A Brown Slouch Hat
There is a symbol, we love and adore it,
You see it daily wherever you go.
Long years have passed since our fathers once wore it,
What is the symbol that we should all know?
It's a brown slouch hat with the side turned up, and it means the world to me.
It’s the symbol of our Nation—the land of liberty.
And as soldiers they wear it, how proudly they bear it, for all the world to see.
Just a brown slouch hat with the side turned up, heading straight for victory.
Don't you thrill as young Bill passes by?
Don't you beam at the gleam in his eye?
Head erect, shoulders square, tunic spic and span,
Ev'ry inch a soldier and ev'ry inch a man.
As they swing down the street, aren't they grand?
Three abreast to the beat of the band,
But what do we remember when the boys have passed along?
Marching by so brave and strong.
Just a brown ....
J Albert & Son, Sydney, 1942
Just a brown slouch hat
The brown slouch hat was first adopted into Australian military service in 1885 when it was chosen for the newly-formed Victorian Mounted Rifles; its well known high-domed crown and narrow brim, turned up on the left side, so that a rifle or one fitted with a bayonet would not interfere with the head gear, soon became symbolic of the Australian services. It was first worn overseas in the South African War.
When the Defence Act of 1903 combined the colonial defence forces into a single Australian army, the slouch hat became part of the uniform, and an array of embellishments was introduced. The hat featured a lower and indented crown. The turned-up side was held in position by means of a hook and eye fastener, and badges were backed with a distinctive cloth rosette in the corps or regimental colour. A stripe of the same colour was later added to the new seven-fold puggaree. The chinstrap, reduced in width, was adjusted by means of a sliding buckle.
Further standardisation and changes to embellishments occurred from time to time, with the raising of the 1st AIF in 1914, the reorganisation in 1922 of the Australian Military Forces and the introduction of the voluntary militia force in 1930, 1939 and in postwar years.
A shortage of cork helmets led to the widespread use of the slouch hat amongst British Empire forces during the Second Boer War, where it was used by units such as theCity Imperial Volunteers (CIV), Imperial Yeomanry, and King Edward's Horse. After the war, however, many armies rejected the once-popular headwear (as the British Army did in 1905), although it came back into fashion briefly during World War 2 during the Burma Campaign and amongst troops serving in India and Southeast Asia at this time.
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This is just what the DIY community has been waiting for. TAKMAN, Japan, have developed a truly supreme carbon film resistor, specifically developed for Audio. Hificollective are proud to be the first stockist of the full E-24 range of both the 0.25W and 0.5W, plus the full E12 range of the 1W resistors.
TAKMAN resistors are already extremely popular in manufactured hi-fi, their notoriety excelerated by their amazing natural tonality and clean detailing.
During development, TAKMAN recognised how sound is influenced by the various structures and materials used in manufacture. Magnetism, inductance, electrification caused by contact resistance and vibration make the sound flat and coloured. Ultimately you will hear an edgy brightness at the highs but overall a lack of accuracy and detail. To remove these incidental noises TAKMAN developed their first audio grade resistor, the MAESTRO, the predecessor to the REX (carbon film) and the REY (metal film). With outstanding specifications, TAKMAN, by making the best of their know-how and sophisticated technology of a resistor-specialized manufacturer have created the best resistor for your audio equipment or circuits seeking for unlimited high-quality sound. So now you can enjoy the great intrinsic characteristics of carbon film resitors - natural and easy to listen to but with greater defined detail and impact. At a great price you will not be disappointed with these amazing gems.
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The population development of Ganseok 2-dong as well as related information and services (Wikipedia, Google, images).
Source: National Statistical Office of the Republic of Korea (web).
Explanation: Since 2015, a register-based census is performed. Nevertheless, the results are not consistent with the population figures from the resident registration that are higher by about 3.5% on average. Area figures are derived from geospatial data.
Further information about the population structure:
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Our ears are very precious. It has a big role in our life. It makes us understand each other and even signal us if there is an eminent danger coming our way. But there are certain times that we encounter problems regarding our sense of hearing.
It may be due to some infection or a result of the hazardous things we encounter in our everyday life. One of the possible ear conditions that we may experience ear is tinnitus. People suffering from this condition often hear various sounds that make them feel conscious and uneasy.
It is sometimes linked with zinc deficiency that’s why tinnitus zinc treatment arises.
Zinc is one of the minerals that are needed by our body to function well. Thymus gland, which is a part of our immune system, is sustained by the presence of zinc even if it starts to worn out. This mineral is involved in the production of antibody that battles against infection.
It helps in the task of our immune system. It also has a big role in the production of energy and digestion of protein. Absence of zinc in our body may deteriorate the function of the immune system. But aside from this, it is also connected with tinnitus.
Tinnitus zinc treatment is being required to secure the health of our own ears.
Zinc is most abundant in the inner ear compared to any other organs. Its deficiency is directly connected with the occurrence of tinnitus. Tinnitus zinc treatment must be maintained within the range of 6 months and more. Zinc serves as an antioxidant.
That is why it is considered as one of the most valuable minerals to maintain so as to keep our hearing health within the optimum level. Taking zinc supplement may not only improve our hearing problems, but also help develop our body as a whole.
It boosts the immune system and gives the body higher resistance against allergies and infections.
Tinnitus is one condition in which the cause varies. It may be linked to zinc deficiency or sometimes to outside factors that we humans are responsible with. Tinnitus can be encountered anywhere depending on how you manage your lifestyle.
It is always important to take extra careful of yourself and your environment. Although some treatments are easy to avail, however, “prevention is still better than cure” as they say. Tinnitus can alter our normal way of life. It may interfere with our social life and personal relationship towards others.
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Do you ever get frustrated that you wasted a minute, walking to the toilet in the middle of a great hack, just to find that it's occupied? Well, wait no longer, as CANduino will help you save time, and help you save energy!
Before, there was no indication on the toilet door regarding the busy-state of the room, but now there is - yes, it's just a tiny red LED on the door that glows if the door is locked, but there are so many cool features in the makings.
- x volts is drawn over the lock mechanism in the door. When the door is locked, the circuit is completed.
Current State (v2.5)
- A LabiDuino with external 5v powersupply.
- A bright, flashing, yellow light on the door itself (made by Kuro - this should make it colourblind-friendly).
- A neat sign above the door in room 4 and above the door between room 2 and room 3 (visible in room 2, see pictures for the old LED).
- An LCD on the door that shows usage stats (number of visits and average use time and a counter when the toilet is in use).
Replace the battery-solution we currently have with an arduino and a 5v supply. The arduino will be placed under one of the hands in the 'enter at own risk'-sign. - DONE
Add remote 'busy'-signs in room 2 and room 4 (Room 4 has a giant sign, Room 2 has a single LED for now). - DONE
Add a proximity sensor next to the toilet bowl itself to detect if someone might be sitting down, and this doing the 'number two'. (loads of people have suggested a methane detector as well, and thus there are lots of people willing (and welcome) to add this feature). The detection of 'number two'-business going on will result in a countdown timer on the door, to let the next visitor know, that the environment inside might not yet be suitable for human occupation - an idea is to light up the 'enter at own risk'-sign glow for a while.
Someone had a great idea for something, but I can't remember exactly what it was...
- Integration with the website, twitter-integration etc..*
- 7-seg display on the door to show for how long someone has occupied the toilet.
the sky is the limit!
To make it easier to see the status of the toilet, we decided to design a simple Occupied sign for Room 4. We wanted to make it a fun way to show if the toilet was occupied, so we ended up using some red LEDs from an old car brake light. A simple circuit was build, and we found a suitable project box at one of the shelf's, to make it a bit more interesting than just red LEDs glowing, we found an acrylic sheet, cut it to size, and then we made a stencil for it :)
Add a FET or relay to the base PCB on the door so that more demanding stuff can be driven from the single port that drives the remote signals at the moment.DONE
The basic code is just reading if digital PIN5 is pulled LOW and turn on digital output pins 6+12 HIGH (6 is for the LED on the door itself, 12 is for the remote signs - operated through a relay module). The reverse happens when PIN 5 goes HIGH again.
The code has been extended with a display and some stats gatherings, so it's not that simple any more.
A simple sanity check has been implemented so there is no flicker when the door is locked. The current code is there -> https://github.com/k2OS/CANduino | <urn:uuid:8667981c-e9bf-4430-ab89-d4efafea0de5> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://labitat.dk/wiki/CANduino | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560279933.49/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095119-00119-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.923093 | 788 | 2.046875 | 2 |
The various trades of a Native city in Hindoostaun are almost generally carried on in the open air. The streets are narrow, and usually unpaved; the dukhauns (shops) small, with the whole front open towards the street; a tattie of coarse grass forming an awning to shelter the shopkeeper and his goods from the weather. In the long lines of dukhauns the open fronts exhibit to the view the manufacturer, the artisan, the vender, in every variety of useful and ornamental articles for general use and consumption. In one may be seen the naunbye (bazaar cook) basting keebaubs over a charcoal fire on the ground with one hand, and beating off the flies with a bunch of date-leaves in the other; beside him may be seen assistant cooks kneading dough for sheermaul or other bread, or superintending sundry kettles and cauldrons of currie, pillau, matunjun, &c., whilst others are equally active in preparing platters and trays, in order to forward the delicacies at the appointed hour to some great assembly.
The shop adjoining may probably be occupied by a butcher, his meat exposed for sale in little lean morsels carefully separated from every vestige of fat or skin; the butcher's assistant is occupied in chopping up the coarser pieces of lean meat into mince meat. Such shops as these are actually in a state of siege by the flies; there is, however, no remedy for the butcher but patience; his customers always wash their meat before it is cooked, so he never fails to sell even with all these disadvantages. But it is well for the venders of more delicate articles when neither of these fly-attracting emporiums are next door neighbours, or immediately opposite; yet if it even should be so, the merchant will bear with equanimity an evil he cannot control, and persuade his customers for silver shoes or other ornamental articles, that if they are not tarnished a fly spit or two cannot lessen their value.
The very next door to a working goldsmith may be occupied by a weaver of muslin; the first with his furnace and crucible, the latter with his loom, in constant employ. Then the snake-hookha manufacturer, opposed to a mixer of tobacco, aiding each other's trade in their separate articles. The makers and venders of punkahs of all sorts and sizes, children's toys, of earth, wood, or lakh; milk and cream shops; jewellers, mercers, druggists selling tea, with other medicinal herbs. The bunyah (corn-dealer) with large open baskets of sugar and flour, whose whiteness resembles each other so narrowly, that he is sometimes suspected of mixing the two articles by mistake, when certain sediments in sherbet indicate adulterated sugar.
It would take me too long were I to attempt enumerating all the varieties exposed in a Native street of shops. It may be presumed these people make no mystery of their several arts in manufacturing, by their choice of situation for carrying on their trades. The confectioner, for instance, prepares his dainties in despite of dust and flies, and pass by at what hour of the day you please, his stoves are hot, and the sugar simmering with ghee sends forth a savour to the air, inviting only to those who delight in the delicacies he prepares in countless varieties.
The most singular exhibitions in these cities are the several shroffs (money-changers, or bankers), dispersed in every public bazaar, or line of shops. These men, who are chiefly Hindoos, and whose credit may perhaps extend throughout the continent of Asia for any reasonable amount, take their station in this humble line of buildings, having on their right and left, piles of copper coins and cowries. These shroffs are occupied the whole day in exchanging pice for rupees or rupees for pice, selling or buying gold mohurs, and examining rupees; and to all such demands upon him he is entitled to exact a regulated per centage, about half a pice in a rupee. Small as this sum may seem yet the profits produce a handsome remuneration for his day's attention, as many thousands of rupees may have passed under his critical eye for examination, it being a common practice, both with shopkeepers and individuals, to send their rupees to the shroff for his inspection, always fearing imposition from the passers of base coin. These shroffs transact remittances to any part of India by hoondies, which are equivalent to our bills of exchange, and on which the usual demand is two and a half per cent at ninety days, if required for any distant station.
The European order is here completely reversed, for the shopkeeper sits whilst the purchasers are compelled to stand. The bazaar merchant is seated on the floor of his dukhaun, near enough to the open front to enable him to transact business with his customers, who, one and all, stand in the street to examine the goods and to be served; let the weather be bad or good, none are admitted within the threshold of the dukhaun. In most places the shops are small, and look crowded with the articles for sale, and those where manufactories are carried on have not space to spare to their customers.
Very few gentlemen condescend to make their own purchases; they generally employ their confidential domestic to go to market for them; and with the ladies their women servants are deputed. In rich families it is an office of great trust, as they expend large sums and might be much imposed upon were their servants faithless. The servants always claim dustoor (custom) from the shopkeepers, of one pice for every rupee they lay out; and when the merchants are sent for to the houses with their goods, the principal servant in the family is sure to exact his dustoor from the merchant; and this is often produced only after a war of words between the crafty and the thrifty.
The diversity of cries from those who hawk about their goods and wares in streets and roadways, is a feature in the general economy of the Natives not to be overlooked in my brief description of their habits. The following list of daily announcements by the several sonorous claimants on the public attention, may not be unacceptable with their translated accompaniments.
'Seepie wallah deelie sukha' (Moist or dry cuppers). --Moist and dry cupping is performed both by men and women; the latter are most in request. They carry their instruments about with them, and traverse all parts of the city. The dry cupping is effected by a buffalo's horn and resorted to by patients suffering under rheumatic pains, and often in cases of fever, when to lose blood is either inconvenient on account of the moon's age, or not desirable by reason of the complaint or constitution of the patient.
'Jonk, or keerah luggarny wallie' (The woman with leeches). --Women with leeches attend to apply the required remedy, and are allowed to take away the leeches after they have done their office. These women by a particular pressure on the leech oblige it to disgorge the blood, when they immediately place it in fresh water; by this practice the leeches continue healthy, and may be brought to use again the following day if required.
'Kaan sarf kerna wallah' (Ear-cleaner). --The cleansing of ears is chiefly performed by men, who collecting this article make great profits from the sale of it, independent of the sums obtained from their employers. It is the chief ingredient in use for intoxicating elephants previous to the furious contests so often described as the amusement of Native Courts.
'Goatah chandnie bickhow' (Sell your old silver trimmings). --The several articles of silver trimmings are invariably manufactured of the purest metal without any alloy, and when they have served their first purposes the old silver procures its weight in current rupees.
'Tale kee archah wallah' (Oil pickles). --The method of pickling in oil is of all others in most request with the common people, who eat the greasy substance as a relish to their bread and dhall. The mustard-oil used in the preparation of this dainty is often preferred to ghee in curries.
The better sort of people prefer water pickle, which is made in most families during the hot and dry weather by a simple method; exposure to the sun being the chemical process to the parboiled carrots, turnips, radishes, &c., immersed in boiling water, with red pepper, green ginger, mustard-seed, and garlic. The flavour of this water pickle is superior to any other acid, and possesses the property of purifying the blood.
'Mittie wallah' (Man with sweetmeats). --The many varieties of sweetmeats, or rather confectionery, in general estimation with the natives, are chiefly composed of sugar and ghee, prepared in countless ways, with occasional additions of cocoa-nut, pistachias, cardimuns, rose-water, &c., and constantly hawked about the streets on trays by men.
'Kallonie wallah' (Man with toys). --Toys of every kind, of which no country in the world I suppose exhibits greater variety, in wood, lakh, uberuck (tulk), paper, bamboo, clay, &c., are constantly cried in the streets and roadways of a Native city.
'Punkah wallah' (Vender of fans). --The punkahs are of all descriptions in general use, their shape and material varying with taste and circumstances, the general form resembling hand-screens: they are made for common use of date-leaf, platted as the common mats are; some are formed of a single leaf from the tor-tree, large or small, the largest would cover a tolerable sized round table; many have painted figures and devices, and from their lightness may be waved by children without much labour. I have seen very pretty punkahs made of sweet-scented flowers over a frame of bamboo. This, however, is a temporary indulgence, as the flowers soon lose their fragrance.
'Turkaaree', 'Mayvour' (The first is vegetables; the last, fruit). --Vegetables of every kind and many sorts of fruits are carried about by men and women, who describe the name and quality of the articles they have to sell. It would occupy too large a space to enumerate here the several productions, indigenous and foreign, of the vegetable world in India. The Natives in their cookery, use every kind of vegetable and fruit in its unripe state. Two pounds of meat is in general all that is required to form a meal for twenty people, and with this they will cook several dishes by addition of as many different sorts of vegetables.
Herbs, or green leaves, are always denominated saag, these are produced at all seasons of the year, in many varieties; the more substantial vegetables, as potatoes, turnips, carrots, &c., are called turkaaree.
The red and green spinach is brought to the market throughout the year, and a rich-flavoured sorrel, so delicious in curries, is cultivated in most months. Green peas, or, indeed, vegetables in general, are never served in the plain way in which we see them at our tables, but always in stews or curries. The green mango is used invariably to flavour their several dishes, and, at the proper season, they are peeled, cut, and dried for the year's consumption. They dislike the acid of the lemon in their stews, which is never resorted to when the green mango or tamarind can be procured.
The fruits of India in general estimation with the Natives are the mango and the melon. Mangoes are luscious and enticing fruit; the Natives eat them to an excess when they have been some hours soaked in water, which, they say, takes away from the fruit its detrimental quality; without this preparatory precaution those who indulge in a feast of mango are subject to fevers, and an increase of prickly heat, (a fiery irritable rash, which few persons are exempt from, more or less, in the hot weather); even biles, which equally prevail, are less troublesome to those persons who are careful only to eat mangoes that have been well soaked in water. The Natives have a practice, which is common among all classes, and therefore worthy the notice of foreigners, of drinking milk immediately after eating mangoes. It should be remembered that they never eat their fruit after dinner, nor do they at any time indulge in wine, spirits, or beer.
The mango in appearance and flavour has no resemblance to any of the fruits of England; they vary in weight from half an ounce to half a seer, nearly a pound; the skin is smooth, tough, and of the thickness of leather, strongly impregnated with a flavour of turpentine; the colour, when ripe, is grass green, or yellow in many shades, with occasional tinges and streaks of bright red; the pulp is as juicy as our wall-fruit, and the kernel protected by a hard shell, to which fine strong silky fibres are firmly attached. The kernel of the mango is of a hot and rather offensive flavour; the poor people, however, collect it, and when dried grind it into flour for bread, which is more wholesome than agreeable; in seasons of scarcity, however, it is a useful addition to the then scanty means of the lower orders of the people. The flavour of the fruit itself differs so much, that no description can be given of the taste of a mango--even the fruit of one tree vary in their flavour. A tope (orchard) of mango-trees is a little fortune to the possessor, and when in bloom a luxurious resort to the lovers of Nature.
The melon is cultivated in fields with great ease and little labour, due care always being taken to water the plants in their early growth. The varieties are countless, but the kind most esteemed, and known only in the Upper Provinces, are called chitlahs, from their being spotted green on a surface of bright yellow; the skin is smooth and of the thickness of that of an apple; the fruit weighing from half-a-pound to three pounds. The flavour may be compared to our finest peaches, partaking of the same moist quality, and literally melting in the mouth.
The juice of the melon makes a delicious cider; I once tried the experiment with success. The Natives being prohibited from the use of all fermented liquors, I was induced by that consideration to be satisfied with the one experiment; but with persons who are differently situated the practice might be pursued with very little trouble, and a rich beverage produced, much more healthy than the usual arrack that is now distilled, to the deterioration of the health and morals of the several classes under the British rule, who are prone to indulge in the exhilarating draughts of fermented liquors.
At present my list of the indigenous vegetables of India must be short; so great, however, is the variety in Hindoostaun, both in their quality and properties, and so many are the benefits derived from their several uses in this wonderful country, that at some future time I may be induced to follow, with humility, in the path trodden by the more scientific naturalists who have laboured to enrich the minds of mankind by their researches.
The natives are herbalists in their medical practice. The properties of minerals are chiefly studied with the view to become the lucky discoverer of the means of transmuting metals; seldom with reference to their medicinal qualities. Quicksilver, however, in its unchanged state, is sometimes taken to renew the constitution. One gentleman, whom I well knew, commenced with a single grain, increasing the number progressively, until his daily close was the contents of a large table-spoon; he certainly appeared to have benefited by the practice, for his appetite and spirits were those of a man at thirty, when he had counted eighty years.
'Muchullee' (Fish). --Fish of several kinds are caught in the rivers and tanks; the flavour I can hardly describe, for, since I knew the practice of the Hindoos of throwing their dead bodies into the rivers the idea of fish as an article of food was too revolting to my taste. The Natives, however, have none of these qualms; even the Hindoos enjoy a currie of fish as a real delicacy, although it may be presumed some of their friends or neighbours have aided that identical fish in becoming a delicacy for the table.
There are some kinds of fish forbidden by the Mussulmaun law, which are, of course, never brought to their kitchens, as the eel, or any other fish having a smooth skin; all sorts of shell-fish are likewise prohibited by their code. Those fish which have scales are the only sort allowable to them for food.
The rooey is a large fish, and in Native families is much admired for its rich flavour; the size is about that of a salmon, the shape that of a carp; the flesh is white, and not unlike the silver mullet. The scales of this fish are extremely useful; which, on a tolerable sized fish, are in many parts as large as a crown-piece, and of a substance firmer than horn. It is not uncommon to see a suit of armour formed of these scales, which, they affirm, will turn the edge of the best metal, and from its lightness, compared with the chain armour, more advantageous to the wearer, though the appearance is not so agreeable to the eye.
'Chirryah wallah' (Bird-man). --The bird-catcher cries his live birds fresh caught from the jungles: they seldom remain long on hand. I have before described the practice of letting off the birds, in cases of illness, as propitiatory sacrifices. The Natives take delight in petting talking-birds, minas and parrots particularly; and the bull-bull, the subzah, and many others for their sweet songs.
The numberless varieties of birds I have seen in India, together with their qualities, plumage, and habits, would occupy too much of my time at present to describe. I will here only remark a few of the most singular as they appeared to me. The butcher-bird, so called from its habit, is known to live on seeds; yet it caters for the mina and others of the carnivorous feathered family, by collecting grasshoppers, which they convey in the beak to the thorny bushes, and there fix them on sharp thorns, (some of which are nearly two inches in length), and would almost seem to have been formed by Nature for this use only. The mina follows his little friend's flight as if in the full assurance of the feast prepared for him.
The coel is a small black bird, of extreme beauty in make and plumage; this bird's note is the harbinger of rain, and although one of the smallest of the feathered race, it is heard at a considerable distance. The coel's food is simply the suction from the petals of sweet-scented flowers.
The lollah, known to many by the name of haverdewatt, is a beautiful little creature, about one-third the size of a hedge sparrow. The great novelty in this pretty bird is, that the spots of white on its brown plumage change to a deep red at the approach of the rainy season; the Natives keep them by dozens in cages with a religious veneration, as their single note describes one of the terms in use to express an attribute of the Almighty.
But enough--I must hasten to finish my list of popular cries by the Indian pedlars, who roar out their merchandize and their calling to the inmates of dwellings bounded by high walls, whose principal views of the works of Nature and art are thus aided by those casual criers of the day.
'Artush-baajie' (Fireworks). --Fireworks are considered here to be very well made, and the Native style much extolled by foreigners; every year they add some fresh novelty to their amusing pastime. They are hawked about at certain seasons, particularly at the Holie (a festival of the Hindoos,) and the Shubh-burraat of the Mussulmauns. Saltpetre being very reasonable, fireworks are sold for a small price. Most of the ingenious young men exercise their inventive powers to produce novelties in fireworks for any great season of rejoicing in their families.
'Chubbaynee' (Parched corn). --The corn of which we have occasionally specimens in English gardens, known by the name of Indian corn, is here used as a sort of intermediate meal, particularly amongst the labouring classes, who cook but once a day, and that when the day's toil is over. This corn is placed in a sort of furnace with sand, and kept constantly moved about. By this process it is rendered as white as magnesia, crisp, and of a sweet flavour; a hungry man could not eat more than half-a-pound of this corn at once, yet it is not as nutritious as barley or wheat. I have never heard that the Natives use this corn for making bread.
'Tumaushbeen' (Wonder-workers). --This call announces the rope-dancers and sleight-of-hand company; eating fire, swallowing pen-knives, spinning coloured yarn through the nose, tricks with cups and balls, and all the arts of the well-known jugglers. I have seen both men and women attached to these travelling companies perform extraordinary feats of agility and skill, also most surprising vaultings, by the aid of bamboos, and a frightful method of whirling round on the top of a pole or mast. This pole is from twenty to thirty feet high; on the top is a swivel hook, which fastens to a loop in a small piece of wood tied fast to the middle of the performer, who climbs the pole without any assistance, and catches the hook to the loop; at first he swings himself round very gently, but increasing gradually in swiftness, until the velocity is equal to that of a wheel set in motion by steam. This feat is sometimes continued for ten or fifteen minutes together, when his strength does not fail him; but it is too frightful a performance to give pleasure to a feeling audience.
'Samp-wallah' (Snake-catchers). --These men blow a shrill pipe in addition to calling out the honourable profession of snake-catcher. I fancy it is all pretence with these fellows; if they catch a snake on the premises, it is probably one they have let loose secretly, and which they have tutored to come and go at the signal given: they profess to draw snakes from their hiding-place, and make a good living by duping the credulous.
The best proof I can offer of the impositions practised by these men on the weakness and credulity of their neighbours, may be conveyed in the following anecdote, with which I have been favoured by a very intelligent Mussulmaun gentleman, on whom the cheat was attempted during my residence in his neighbourhood at Lucknow.
'Moonshie Sahib, as he is familiarly called by his friends, was absent from home on a certain day, during which period his wife and family fancied they heard the frightful sound of a snake, apparently as if it was very near to them in the compound (court-yard) of the zeenahnah. They were too much alarmed to venture from the hall to the compound to satisfy themselves or take steps to destroy the intruder if actually there. Whilst in this state of mental torture it happened (as they thought very fortunately) that a snake-catcher's shrill pipe was heard at no great distance, to whom a servant was sent; and when the ladies had shut themselves up securely in their purdahed apartment, the men servants were desired to introduce the samp-wallahs into the compound, to search for and secure this enemy to their repose.
'The snake-catcher made, to all appearance, a very minute scrutiny into every corner or aperture of the compound, as if in search of the reptile's retreat; and at last a moderate sized snake was seen moving across the open space in an opposite direction to the spot they were intent on examining. The greatest possible satisfaction was of course expressed by the whole of the servants and slaves assembled; the lady of the house was more than gratified at the reported success of "the charmers" and sent proofs of her gratitude to the men in a sum of money, proportioned to her sense of the service rendered on the occasion; the head samp-wallah placed the snake in his basket, (they always carry a covered basket about with them) and they departed well satisfied with the profits of this day's employment.
'The Moonshie says, he returned home soon after, and listened to his wife's account of the event of the morning, and her warm commendation of the skilful samp-wallahs; but although the servants confirmed all the lady had told her husband of the snake-charmers' diligence, still he could not but believe that these idle fellows had practised an imposition on his unwary lady by their pretended powers in charming the snake. But here it rested for the time; he could not decide without an opportunity of witnessing the samp-wallahs at their employment, which he resolved to do the next convenient opportunity.
'As might have been anticipated, the very same snake-catcher and his attendant returned to the Moonshie's gateway a very few days after their former success; Moonshie Sahib was at home, and, concealing his real intentions, he gave orders that the two men should be admitted; on their entrance, he said to them, "You say you can catch snakes; now, friends, if any of the same family remain of which you caught one the other day in this compound, I beg you will have the civility to draw them out from their hiding-places."
'The Moonshie watched the fellows narrowly, that they might not have a chance of escaping detection, if it was, as he had always suspected, that the snakes are first let loose by the men, who pretend to attract them from their hiding-places. The two men being bare-headed, and in a state of almost perfect nudity (the common usage of the very lowest class of Hindoo labourers), wearing only a small wrapper which could not contain, he thought, the least of this class of reptiles, he felt certain there could not now be any deception.
'The samp-wallah and his assistant, pretending to search every hole and crevice of the compound, seemed busy and anxious in their employment, which occupied them for a long time without success. Tired at last with the labour, the men sat down on the ground to rest; the pipe was resorted to, with which they pretend to attract the snake; this was, however, sounded again and again, without the desired effect.
'From the apparent impossibility of any cheat being practised on him, the Moonshie rather relaxed in his strict observance of the men: he had turned his back but for an instant only, when the two fellows burst out in an ecstasy of delight, exclaiming, "They are come! they are come!"--and on the Moonshie turning quickly round, he was not a little staggered to find three small snakes on the ground, at no great distance from the men, who, he was convinced, had not moved from the place. They seemed to have no dread of the reptiles, and accounted for it by saying they were invulnerable to the snakes' venom; the creatures were then fearlessly seized one by one by the men, and finally deposited in their basket.
'"They appear very tame," thought the Moonshie, as he observed the men's actions: "I am outwitted at last, I believe, with all my boasted vigilance; but I will yet endeavour to find them out.--Friend," said he aloud, "here is your reward," holding the promised money towards the principal; "take it, and away with you both; the snakes are mine, and I shall not allow you to remove them hence."
'"Why, Sahib," replied the man, "what will you do with the creatures? they cannot be worth your keeping; besides, it is the dustoor (custom); we always have the snakes we catch for our perquisite." --"It is of no consequence to you, friend, how I may dispose of the snakes," said the Moonshie; "I am to suppose they have been bred in my house, and having done no injury to my people, I may be allowed to have respect for their forbearance; at any rate, I am not disposed to part with these guests, who could have injured me if they would."
'The principal samp-wallah, perceiving it was the Moonshie's intention to detain the snakes, in a perfect agony of distress for the loss he was likely to sustain, then commenced by expostulation, ending with threats and abuse, to induce the Moonshie to give them up; who, for his part, kept his temper within bounds, having resolved in his own mind not to be outwitted a second time; the fellow's insolence and impertinent speeches were, therefore, neither chastised nor resented. The samp-wallah strove to wrest the basket from the Moonshie's strong grasp, without succeeding; and when he found his duplicity was so completely exposed, he altered his course, and commenced by entreaties and supplications, confessing at last, with all humility, that the reptiles were his own well-instructed snakes that he had let loose to catch again at pleasure. Then appealing to the Moonshie's well-known charitable temper, besought him that the snakes might be restored, as by their aid he earned his precarious livelihood.
'"That they are yours, I cannot doubt," replied the Moonshie, "and, therefore, my conscience will not allow me to detain them from you; but the promised reward I of course keep back. Your insolence and duplicity deserve chastisement, nevertheless I promise to forgive you, if you will explain to me how you managed to introduce these snakes."
'The man, thankful that he should escape without further loss or punishment, showed the harmless snakes, which, it appears, had been deprived of their fangs and poison, and were so well instructed and docile, that they obeyed their keeper as readily as the best-tutored domestic animal. They coiled up their supple bodies into the smallest compass possible, and allowed their keeper to deposit them each in a separate bag of calico, which was fastened under his wrapper, where it would have been impossible, the Moonshie declares, for the quickest eye to discover that anything was secreted.'
'Sickley ghur' (Cutler and knife-grinder). --These most useful artisans are in great request, polishing articles of rusty steel, giving a new edge to the knives, scissors, razors, or swords of their employer, in a masterly manner, for a very small price.
'Dhie cuttie' (Sour curds). --This article is in great request by scientific cooks, who use it in many of their dainty dishes. The method of making sour curd is peculiarly Indian: it is made of good sweet milk, by some secret process which I could never acquire, and in a few hours the whole is coagulated to a curd of a sharp acidity, that renders it equally useful with other acids in flavouring their curries. The Natives use it with pepper, pounded green ginger, and the shreds of pumpkins or radishes, as a relish to their savoury dishes, in lieu of chatnee; it is considered cooling in its quality, and delicious as an accompaniment to their favourite viands.
'Mullie' (Clotted cream). ---This article is much esteemed by the Natives. I was anxious to know how clotted cream could be procured at seasons when milk from the cow would be sour in a few hours, and am told that the milk when brought in fresh from the dairy is placed over the fire in large iron skillets; the skin (as we call it on boiled milk) is taken off with a skimmer, and placed in a basket, which allows all the milk to be drained from it; the skin again engendered on the surface is taken off in the same way, and so they continue, watching and skimming until the milk has nearly boiled away. This collection of skin is the clotted cream of Hindoostaun.
'Mukhun' (Butter). --Butter is very partially used by the Natives; they use ghee, which is a sort of clarified butter, chiefly produced from the buffalo's milk. The method of obtaining butter in India is singular to a European. The milk is made warm over the fire, then poured into a large earthen jar, and allowed to stand for a few hours. A piece of bamboo is split at the bottom, and four small pieces of wood inserted as stretchers to these splits. A leather strap is twisted over the middle of the bamboo, and the butter-maker with this keeps the bamboo in constant motion; the particles of butter swimming at the top are taken off and thrown into water, and the process of churning is resumed; this method continues until by the quantity collected, these nice judges have ascertained there is no more butter remaining in the milk. When the butter is to be sold, it is beaten up into round balls out of the water. When ghee is intended to be made, the butter is simmered over a slow fire for a given time, and poured into the ghee pot, which perhaps may contain the produce of the week before they convey it to the market for sale; in this state the greasy substance will keep good for months, but in its natural state, as butter, the second day it is offensive to have it in the room, much less to be used as an article of food.
'Burruff wallah' (The man with ice). --The ice is usually carried about in the evening, and considered a great indulgence by the Natives. The ice-men bring round both iced creams, and sherbet ices, in many varieties; some flavoured with oranges, pomegranates, pine-apple, rose-water, &c.
They can produce ices at any season, by saltpetre, which is here abundant and procured at a small price; but strange as it may appear, considering the climate, we have regular collections of ice made in January, in most of the stations in the Upper Provinces, generally under the superintendence of an English gentleman, who condescends to be the comptroller. The expenses are paid by subscribers, who, according to the value of their subscription, are entitled to a given quantity of ice, to be conveyed by each person's servant from the deposit an hour before day-break, in baskets made for the purpose well wadded with cotton and woollen blankets; conveyed home, the basket is placed where neither air nor light can intrude. Zinc bottles, filled with pure water, are placed round the ice in the basket, and the water is thus cooled for the day's supply, an indulgence of great value to the sojourners in the East.
The method of collecting ice is tedious and laborious, but where labour is cheap and the hands plenty the attempt has always been repaid by the advantages. As the sun declines, the labourers commence their work; flat earthen platters are laid out, in exposed situations, in square departments, upon dried sugar-cane leaves very lightly spread, that the frosty air may pass inside the platters. A small quantity of water is poured into the platter; as fast as they freeze their contents are collected and conveyed, during the night, to the pit prepared for the reception of ice. The rising sun disperses the labourers with the ice, and they seek their rest by day, and return again to their employ; as the lion, when the sun disappears, prowls out to seek his food from the bounty of his Creator. The hoar frost seldom commences until the first of January, and lasts throughout that month.
'Roshunie' (Ink). --Ink, that most useful auxiliary in rendering the thoughts of one mortal serviceable to his fellow-creatures through many ages, is here an article of very simple manufacture. The composition is prepared from lampblack and gum-arabic; how it is made, I have yet to learn.
The ink of the Natives is not durable; with a wet sponge may be erased the labour of a man's life. They have not yet acquired the art of printing, and as they still write with reeds instead of feathers, an ink, permanent as our own, is neither agreeable nor desirable.
There is one beautiful trait in the habits of the Mussulmauns: when about to write they not only make the prayer which precedes every important action of their lives, but they dedicate the writing to God, by a character on the first page, which, as in short-hand writing, implies the whole sentence. A man would be deemed heathenish amongst Mussulmauns, who by neglect or accident omitted this mark on whatever subject he is about to write.
Another of their habits is equally praiseworthy: --out of reverence for God's holy name (always expressed in their letters) written paper to be destroyed is first torn and then washed in water before the whole is scattered abroad; they would think it a sinful act to burn a piece of paper on which that Holy name has been inscribed. How often have I reflected whilst observing this praiseworthy feature in the character of a comparatively unenlightened people, on the little respect paid to the sacred writings amongst a population who have had greater opportunities of acquiring wisdom and knowledge.
The culpable habit of chandlers in England is fresh in my memory, who without a scruple tear up Bibles and religious works to parcel out their pounds of butter and bacon, without a feeling of remorse on the sacrilege they have committed.
How careless are children in their school-days of the sacred volume which contains the word of God to His creatures. Such improper uses, I might say abuses, of that Holy Book, would draw upon them the censure of a people who have not benefited by the contents, but who nevertheless respect the volume purely because it speaks the word 'of that God whom they worship'.
'Mayndhie' (A shrub). --The mayndhie and its uses have been so fully explained in the letters on Mahurrum, that I shall here merely remark, that the shrub is of quick growth, nearly resembling the small-leafed myrtle; the Natives make hedge-rows of it in their grounds, the blossom is very simple, and the shrub itself hardy: the dye is permanent.
'Sulmah.' --A prepared permanent black dye, from antimony. This is used with hair-pencils to the circle of the eye at the root of the eye-lashes by the Native ladies and often by gentlemen, and is deemed both of service to the sight and an ornament to the person. It certainly gives the appearance of large eyes, if there can be any beauty in altering the natural countenance, which is an absurd idea, in my opinion. Nature is perfect in all her works; and whatever best accords with each feature of a countenance I think she best determines; I am sure that no attempt to disguise or alter Nature in the human face ever yet succeeded, independent of the presumption in venturing to improve that which in His wisdom, the Creator has deemed sufficient.
It would occupy my pages beyond
I can conveniently spare to the subject, were I to pursue remarks on
popular cries of a Native city to their fullest extent; scarcely any
that is vended at the bazaars, but is also hawked about the streets.
is a measure of necessity growing out of the state of Mussulmaun
by which the females are enabled to purchase at their own doors all
can be absolutely requisite for domestic purposes, without the
of sending to the markets or the shops, when either not convenient, or
not agreeable. And the better to aid both purchasers and venders, these
hawkers pronounce their several articles for sale, with voices that
fail to impress the inhabitants enclosed within high walls, with a full
knowledge of the articles proclaimed without need of interpreters.
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Their digestive enzymes and microbiome have adapted to the diet they're used to eating. An abrupt change in the type of diet (change in brand or protein base) will cause an inflammatory response along the intestinal lining, leading to gastrointestinal signs such as vomiting and diarrhea.
Can kibble cause diarrhea in dogs?
Change in Kibble A sudden change in diet can upset your dog's stomach and intestinal tract, leading to diarrhea.
What can I feed my dog to firm up his stool?
Feed Your Dog Canned Pumpkin If your dog's stool is loose and watery, try giving your dog plain canned pumpkin to help alleviate any stomach issues. You can also add a little canned pumpkin to your dog's food for a natural source of fiber.
When should I worry about loose stools in dogs?
If the diarrhea doesn't resolve by holding back on food and then re-introducing a bland diet, though, then it's time to call your veterinarian. Pets that have chronic soft stool or chronic full-blown diarrhea should definitely be examined by a veterinarian, even if they are otherwise behaving normally. | <urn:uuid:4f9a7d9b-9ae9-4e6f-85e2-37efaaecf066> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://catsndogs-answers.com/why-does-my-dog-have-loose-stools-after-eating-kibble | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571222.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810222056-20220811012056-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.932482 | 223 | 1.890625 | 2 |
Linxia or Linsia (both: lĭn-shēä) [key], city (1994 est. pop. 88,200), SE Gansu prov., China. The city is a gateway to the Tibetan areas near the Qinghai and Sichuan borders. It trades in hides and wool. The name sometimes appears as Lin-hsia.
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Life Science: Field Population System
Salt of the Earth
How does salt affect the growth of plants? In a population of plants, are some plants more resistant to the effects of salt than others? If so, how might such a population be selectively bred to tolerate higher concentrations of salt?
Salt sources in real-world situations include road salts, such as those that are applied during the winter to melt snow, and seawater. The salt in question may be common table salt — sodium chloride — or other salts such as calcium chloride (CaCl2) used in road salts.
“Salt Of The Earth” is an activity that is designed to find answers to the above questions. Using a population of Fast Plants, you’ll be able to do your own investigation and perhaps do some selective breeding — just like Paul Williams did to create Fast Plants! This is an advanced activity that is meant to help you apply the principles of selective breeding. However, you may find it appropriate for students in later elementary grades. Kathy Vandiver’s sixth-grade class — featured in Session 5 — was very successful doing an activity like this.
While this activity uses salt as a variable to affect plant growth, this same design can be used to vary any number of environmental conditions:
- Nutrient levels
- Soil type
- Soil moisture
- Atmospheric conditions (e.g., smoke)
- Pollutants (e.g., detergents, pesticides, oil, etc.)
- Three Field Population Systems planted with Fast Plant seeds
- One Light House
- One Bee Stick
- “Salt Of The Earth” Data Sheet (PDF)
You can use seeds of any type for this activity. We suggest Fast Plants because of their rapid life cycle and predictable growth habits under the controlled conditions in a Light House. You can also substitute the Bee Stick with a cotton swab or fine paintbrush.
Effects of salt
- Prepare three different salt-water solutions: bottled water, 2% salt (2.0 grams table salt in 100 ml water — about 1/8 teaspoon) and 4% salt (4.0 grams salt in 100 ml water — about 1/4 teaspoon). The bottled water will act as a control, and the two concentrations of salt water will allow you to compare how different levels of salt affect plant reproduction. Keep the extra solution for maintaining water levels.
- Add one solution to the deep base of each system. Do NOT use fertilizer solution in this activity.
- Plant an approximately equal number of seeds in each system (15-20). The study period starts at this point.
- Place each system in a Light House so that the seeds sprout about 10 cm from the light. Adjust this distance to the top of the plants as they grow.
- Once plants have sprouted, thin them to an equal number in each system (e.g., 10 –15 plants).
- Using your “Salt Of The Earth” Data Sheet, track the growth of plants in each system over time.
- Once the plants have begun flowering (about day 14 in the control population), use your Bee Stick to pollinate them. Gather pollen from the flowers of one plant and transfer it to the flowers of another. You can also use a fine paint brush or cotton swab.
- Continue pollinating for 4 – 5 days until about day 18. After that, pinch any new flowers off at their bases.
- Continue to supply the appropriate salt-water solution to each Bottle Growing System for another 20 – 22 days to allow pods to develop and seeds to set.
- Remove water and allow the plants to dry until crispy brown — about one week.
- On the day you remove the water, note three individuals in each population that seem to have survived and reproduced better than the others and mark them in some way (e.g., a toothpick at the base). These will be the plants from which you will collect seeds for selective breeding.
- After about one week, the plants will be dry and the seeds will be ready for collection. Carefully remove the pods from the plants of the individuals you selected.
- Collect the seeds from these pods, keeping the seeds from each population separate.
- Use the same set up for selective breeding.
- Sow the seeds collected from plants grown in each specific solution in a system containing that same solution.
- Observe through the life cycle to see how survival and reproduction is affected in the next generation.
Before the study period begins
- What are some indicators of superior survival and reproduction of an individual plant among others in the same population?
- How might superior survival and reproduction become more common in subsequent generations of plants?
- How do you think the concentration of salt in a plant’s water supply might affect it?
- If you wanted to develop a population of salt-tolerant plants, how might you do this?
- How would you know if you were successful?
After the study period ends
- What occurred during the study period to the plants in distilled water? In the 2% salt solution? In the 4% salt solution?
- In each solution, what was the extent of variation with regard to plant survival and reproduction?
- If the plants in each population were left to reproduce undisturbed (i.e., without selecting superior survivors) what would the next generation of plants be like? Explain your reasoning.
- If you collected and sowed seeds from superior survivors, what do you expect to happen in the next generation? Explain your reasoning.
- Applying what you understand about heredity, account for variability in the plants’ salt tolerance. How does selective breeding for salt-tolerance impact the genome of a plant population?
- Could a salt-tolerant plant population
develop in the natural
world? Explain how this might occur.
SHARE YOUR RESULTS: Salt of the Earth
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Jun 99 Online
Volume Number: 15 (1999)
Issue Number: 6
Column Tag: MacTech Online
Sep 98 Viewpoint
by Jeff Clites, email@example.com
Apple surprised everyone when they announced the Darwin project, exposing the core of their new operating systems for all to see and hack. It is a bold strategy, to try to latch onto some of the momentum that is the Linux phenomenon. From where I sit, I see three possible outcomes: Darwin could form a bridge to lure programmers from the open-source community into the Mac fold; it could introduce traditional Mac programmers to the larger, traditionally Unix-based open-source arena (same bridge, opposite direction of travel); or it could flop. It's too soon to tell which scenario will play out. Up until now, the Mac community has not been heavily involved in open-source projects, with a few notable exceptions. (In fact, the only similar Mac-based community project that I know of is FilterTop, and most people probably have never even heard of it.) I suspect that this is more a logistical mismatch stemming from underlying design issues than a fundamental reflection of the cultures involved. Most open-source projects have originated in the Unix world, and Unix applications tend to either lack a GUI, being command-line and text-configuration-file based, or they have a UI based on X Windows. In either case it would take a considerable amount of work to make such applications truly Mac-like, and new versions of the core application would have to be re-ported with each release. The open-source projects which have successfully been brought to the Mac have all surmounted these potential problems in some way: Linux runs on PowerPC hardware, but since it is an entire operating system it isn't subjects to the expectation of a Mac-like design; Mozilla grew out of a product which was cross-platform before it was open-source, and its design reflects this; and Perl, Python, and Tcl, the major scripting languages, all have Macintosh versions, but as programming languages are inherently text-based there is not a fundamental design mismatch between platforms.
Now that Darwin has arrived and Apple's operating systems are BSD-compatible, Macintosh users are going to have an easier time participating in open development projects, or in simply using the software that these projects have already developed. Last month we explored resources to help Macintosh developers learn more about the Unix world in general. This month we are going to investigate the open-source phenomenon, with the hopes of helping Macintosh developers figure out where they fit in the larger scheme.
The Open-Source Movement
The open-source movement is definitely a movement, complete with its own interesting characters, terminology, and culture. The most influential piece of writing within this community is "The Cathedral and the Bazaar", written by Eric Raymond, one of the leaders of the movement and the man who started the Open Source Initiative which has actually trademarked the term "open source". You can read about the requirements that a software license must meet in order for it to qualify as open source, and the rationale behind them, at the Open Source Page. Another piece of required reading is Open Sources: Voices from the Open Source Revolution, a book recently made freely available in electronic form by its publisher, O'Reilly and Associates. Another site not to be missed is the home of the GNU Project and the Free Software Foundation, lead by the other most vocal figure of the open-source movement, Richard Stallman. This is also where you can read about the GNU Public License (GPL), probably the most common and most restrictive open-source license. Finally, you can read more about the history and economics of the open-source movement in the online version of Tim O'Reilly's article "The Open-Source Revolution", originally published in Esther Dyson's expensive Release 1.0 newsletter.
- The Cathedral and the Bazaar
- The Open Source Page
- Open Sources: Voices from the Open Source Revolution
- GNU's Not Unix! - the GNU Project and the Free Software Foundation (FSF)
- Release 1.0 - The Open-Source Revolution
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Yesterday, it was the story about voters finding Harry Reid’s name already being selected on the touch screen machines. Maybe he was just the default choice, huh?
Now, it’s stories like offering free food, gift cards and other such goodies, if people would just be so kind as to turn out and mash the button. After all, if Reid’s name is already picked on the ballot, even a brain-dead Zombie can vote for Dingy Harry.
Two days ago, the Democratic Secretary of State announced that voters can be provided "free food" at "voter turnout events." Harry Reid has been offering free food and, according to other reports, some Democratic allies such as teachers' unions are offering gift cards in return for a vote for Reid.
What Harry Reid is doing is clearly illegal. Nevada law (NRS 293.700) provides that, “A person who bribes, offers to bribe, or use and other corrupt means, directly or indirectly, to influence any elector in giving his or her vote or to deter the elector from giving it is guilty of a category D felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.”
We've seen evidence of this sort of voter 'enticement' by groups such as ACORN - where, in 2008, two ACORN workers in Milwaukee were accused of offering pre-paid gasoline cards or restaurant gift cards to people in exchange for registration.
John Fund wrote in his book Stealing Elections: How Voter Fraud Threatens Our Democracy, cited reports from the Sioux Falls Argus-Leader (South Dakota) and the election in 2004, where certain residents were quoted saying that "people on the streets were saying you go vote, they would give you gas money, $10, maybe a pack of cigarettes..."
Now, this week in Las Vegas, at our election hotline, we received reports that some teachers' union representatives were offering Starbucks cards to people to get them to vote for Harry Reid. It is even more disturbing and may be possible that they are using their influence and authority as educators to entice students on behalf of Reid.
If these kinds of activities are going on—and knowing Democrats like we all do they most certainly are—then someone needs to go to jail. The Nevada Secretary of State (a Democrat, natch) fired back, calling the allegations “conjecture” and “speculation.”
Fortunately, it appears that Angle is pulling away from Reid. She’s a 3-to-1 favorite to win according to this forecast and polls are showing the typical, late breaking shift towards the challenger/leader.
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Around one million Muslims live in Bulgaria. Like all religious groups, they enjoyed more freedoms after the political changes of 1989. But the coexistence with Bulgaria's non-Muslim population is not free of political and social tensions. Mirko Schwanitz reports
The village square in Dolno Isvorovo is the scene of an exuberant celebration. A man describes the joyful occasion:
"We're celebrating the circumcision of my neighbor's son. He's invited the entire village to the traditional ritual. Nowadays that is perfectly normal. In socialist times we weren't able to celebrate this publicly. Now we have a democracy and we can hold our celebrations publicly again, there are no problems with that."
Another man feels that the situation of the Muslims has constantly improved:
"Over 21,000 Muslims live here in this area. Some of the problems we had then have been solved. We've gotten our land back, and for a long time now we've been able to use our Turkish names. Our daughters work as kindergarten teachers, some of us have our own companies, and since recently Muslims can even become policemen."
Great political influence of the "Turkish Party"
However, the exuberance of the festivities in Dolno Isvorovo cannot disguise the fact that the relationship between Muslims and Christians has worsened recently. What infuriates the Bulgarians now is what they feel is the disproportionately large influence of the "Turkish Party" DPS, founded along ethnic lines and represented in all the post-communist governments so far.
Just recently its leaders offended the Armenian minority by blocking a parliamentary decree recognizing the Turkish genocide of Armenians.
Aishe Hayrola was the chair of the DPS in Kazanlak for a long time before turning her back on the party. The politician describes the anti-Turkish feeling: "Many Bulgarians believe we are supported by Turkey – there are many rumors afoot. Some act as if we were the fifth column of a new Ottoman occupation. Some time ago the walls of the mosques in the town of Kazanlak were spray-painted with crosses and slogans: "All Turks out of Bulgaria!"
The leadership of the DPS is regarded as corrupt and has the reputation of profiting from their fellow Muslims' dependency on them: those who do not vote for the DPS have difficulty finding a job in Islamicized Bulgaria, i.e., the regions of Southern Bulgaria with a majority Turkish and Pomak population.
Here wages are lower than anywhere else in the country, and the national media draw a connection between this fact and the wealth of certain high functionaries in the DPS.
The poor reputation of the Turkish political leaders has its effect on the Muslim community in Kasanlak. The new mayor of the central Bulgarian town has had streets and roads repaved, facades painted, industry established. It really ought to be his job to renovate the centrally-located mosque as well.
But the town refuses to give the mosque back to the Muslim community on the grounds that it is a cultural landmark. At the same time, the town shrugs off its responsibility to maintain this cultural landmark with a trick disguised as religious tolerance.
"Even if the mosque doesn't belong to us, we are allowed to use it and generously permitted to conduct the renovation work that is so urgently needed. But that does not alter the fact that the state continues to claim the mosque."
But what disturbs Imam Mümüm Durmusch still more is the increasingly aggressive fomentation of sentiment against the Muslims, stoked by nationalist propaganda on TV channels such as the private station SKAT. This station is generally regarded as the voice of a relatively new party with the fitting name ATAKA. One of the station's favorite topics is the corruption of the DPS leaders.
"There are different kinds of politics", says Durmusch. "The right thing is for it to be oriented toward the good of the entire people. But when it only aims at filling the pockets of the politicians, that's not good, and it harms the image of the Muslim community; these aren't the right politicians."
Only four men have squeezed furtively through the door of the Kazanlak mosque this Friday to pray with the imam. Here, at least, the Bulgarians' fear of the Muslims seems surreal. The religious renaissance such as the Bulgarian Orthodox church has experienced over the past decade has yet to reach the country's mosques.
"The Bulgarian Muslims are very liberal. Even for big holidays such as Bairam or for Friday prayers, the mosque is as good as empty. So there is not a very lively religious life."
The beginning of the end of liberal Islam?
For this reason Mümün Durmusch set up a Sunday school and a kind of summer camp a few years ago to introduce the region's Muslim children to the Koran. The initiative is viewed with skepticism, seen by Christian Bulgarians as the germ of future Koran schools.
Many already see it as the beginning of the end of liberal Islam. All the more so since it came out that Arab states are sending religion teachers to Bulgaria.
"I think that our image as Muslims depends above all on ourselves. We imams have a great responsibility. How do we educate our community, and especially the young people? I can't say how much longer Muslims and Christians in Bulgaria will live together peacefully. It will depend on us, on the mutual tolerance of everyone who lives here."
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Shelley Ettinger's first novel, Vera's Will, was published by Hamilton Stone Editions in February 2015. Library Journal's starred review called it "powerful, superbly written" and "a breathtaking achievement." Shelley's poetry and short fiction have been published in many literary journals. She was born in Detroit and lives in New York City. She is a longtime activist in the LGBTQ movement and in anti-racist, anti-war and union struggles.
Publications and Prizes
Avery Anthology, Blithe House Quarterly, Crate, Cream City Review, Hamilton Stone Review, La Petite Zine, Liberation Lit, Lodestar Quarterly, Nimrod, Stone Canoe
Barbara Deming/Money for Women
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Because of the high destruction rate of the red blood cells, there will be a high concentration of bilirubin, one of the waste products of red blood cell destruction. Bilirubin is a yellow pigment that normally is destroyed in the liver. But when there’s too much bilirubin in the body, it will deposit in fatty tissues like the skin (called “icterus”) and the eye (called “icterus sclerae”), causing jaundice. This jaundice shouldn’t be confused with the jaundice caused by liver problems, because it won’t provoke any itches and there won’t be any bilirubin in the urine.
“Unconjugated bilirubin concentration is very often increased, but usually <85 lmol/l, and may show a slight rise after splenectomy. In the presence of higher levels, a concomitant Gilbert’s syndrome should be suspected” (Sampietro et al, 2003).
Since the anemia is inherited, the jaundice often shows with the newborn. When the anemia and jaundice are very severe, doctors might fear a “kernicterus”. The term “kernicterus” refers to the presence of bilirubin in the brain, which can cause brain damage. Newborn are especially at risk for kernicterus because the bilirubin can move more easily to the brain.
Patients with Pyruvate Kinase Deficiency don’t always suffer from jaundice. Sometimes only the white of the eyes will have a slightly yellow color.
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It’s fun to celebrate holidays and Christian holy days.
St. Valentine’s Day is a fun secular holiday and a great religious history lesson.
I like to gather books to read each month for the major holiday(s). It’s good to have themes.
The books on this list are fun, silly, lovey-dovey, and historical!
Our Favorite Valentine Books:
A Charlie Brown Valentine
Celebrate Valentine’s Day with Charlie Brown, Snoopy, and the rest of the Peanuts gang in this retelling of a beloved Valentine’s Day TV special!
Charlie Brown is excited about Valentine’s Day. It’s the perfect excuse to finally talk to the Little Red-Haired Girl! He’s ready to wear his heart on his sleeve…and so are Lucy, Peppermint Patty, Sally, and Linus. Will the Peanuts gang find love once and for all? With Snoopy’s help, anything is possible!
How Do Dinosaurs Say I Love You? by Jane Yolen
Even when little dinosaurs are naughty, it’s important to remind them that no matter what they do, they are always loved. In this book, readers will laugh aloud as parents cope with the typical antics of childhood, but in the end, hugs and kisses show your little one how much you care.
Snuggle Puppy! by Sandra Boynton
I used to sing this to my son when he was a baby!
A great big hug in book form, Snuggle Puppy is a year-round valentine from parent to child. It is bright, chunky, a pleasure to hold, and has a die-cut cover that reveals a glimpse of the joy inside before it’s even opened. Best of all, it’s packed, of course, with pure Boynton: her inimitable language, her inimitable illustrations, her inimitable sense of fun.
Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney
“Guess how much I love you,” says Little Nutbrown Hare. Little Nutbrown Hare shows his daddy how much he loves him: as wide as he can reach and as far as he can hop. But Big Nutbrown Hare, who can reach farther and hop higher, loves him back just as much. Well then, Little Nutbrown Hare loves him right up to the moon, but that’s just halfway to Big Nutbrown Hare’s love for him.
Love Is by Diane Adams
This story of a girl and a duckling who share a touching year together will melt hearts old and young. In this tenderly funny book, girl and duckling grow in their understanding of what it is to care for each other, discovering that love is as much about letting go as it is about holding tight.
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Rose! by Lucille Colandro
Our favorite lady is back and hungry for Valentine’s Day treats!
That lovely old lady has returned just in time for Valentine’s Day. Now she’s swallowing items to make a very special gift for her valentine!
With rhyming text and hilarious illustrations, this wacky version of the classic song will appeal to young readers as they follow the Old Lady on a wild Valentine’s Day adventure.
We never get tired of these fun rhymes!
Cranberry Valentine by Wende Devlin
“Suffering codfish! Somebody’s after me,” Mr. Whiskers groans. And somebody is.
It all starts on a gray February day in Cranberryport, when Mr. Whiskers admits to Maggie and Grandmother that he has never, ever, received a valentine. Then two days later, a big lacy valentine arrives for him, full of cupids, lovebirds, hearts and flowers.
“How sweet,” says Maggie.
“Revolting,” says Mr. Whiskers.
The next day three more fancy valentines arrive for Mr. Whiskers, and he begins to get worried…particularly when he hears that a lady in green has been asking for him all over town.
Then more valentines arrive and Mr. Whiskers is terrified! Should he hide or leave town?
Roses Are Pink, Your Feet Really Stink by Diane deGroat
Gilbert is all set to write fifteen friendly valentine cards to his classmates. But how can he write a nice poem for the boy who tweaked his nose, or the girl who made fun of his glasses? Instead, Gilbert writes two not-so-nice valentines…and signs the wrong name on both!
When his classmates read his poems, their feelings are hurt, and Gilbert’s prank quickly turns into pandemonium. But with the help of a friend and an honest apology, there’s always time for a change of heart on Valentine’s Day.
Happy Valentine’s Day, Mouse! by Laura Numeroff
This follows Mouse as he makes valentines for all of his friends. Each Valentine is made to represent what he loves most about each of his friends, such as Pig “because she’s a good dancer” and Bunny “because she’s the best at hide-and-seek.”
Plant a Kiss by Amy Krouse Rosenthal
Little Miss planted a kiss…
The Secret of Love by Sarah Burg
Accompanied by charming spare pencil drawings accentuated by bursts of red color, this wordless picture book follows two best friends as they, unable to share the special heart-shaped flower they’ve found, find a creative solution that celebrates their friendship!
The I LOVE YOU Book by Todd Parr
I love you when you give me kisses.
I love you when you need hugs…
Most of all, I love you just the way you are.
The Ballad of Valentine by Alison Jackson
Oh my darling, oh my darling, oh my darling Valentine. I have written forty letters, but you’ve never read a line.
Set to the tune of the song “Clementine,” Alison Jackson tells the sweet tale of Valentine and her beau. Valentine goes about her day, doing chores around her mountain cabin, while her secret admirer is hard at work trying to ask her an important question. He tries many ways to contact her, including Morse code and smoke signals, but he can never complete his message. Will he ever be able to reach his beloved Valentine?
Mr. Goat’s Valentine by Eve Bunting
After reading in the newspaper that it’s Valentine’s Day, Mr. Goat sets out in search of very special gifts for his first love. But just what would a goat choose as the perfect gifts to show how he feels? Readers will be in for a surprise at Mr. Goat’s nontraditional selections.
Here Comes Valentine Cat by Deborah Underwood
Cat does NOT like Valentine’s Day. It’s much too mushy, and no way is he making anyone a valentine—especially not his new neighbor, Dog. Dog refuses to respect the fence: He keeps tossing over old bones and hitting Cat in the head! But just as Cat’s about to send Dog an angry “valentine” telling him exactly what he can do with his bones, Dog throws a ball over the fence. What is Dog playing at? Cat is in for a hilarious—and heartwarming—surprise in this story about being perhaps too quick to judge.
I Love You Already! by Jory John
Bear can’t wait to spend a pleasant day by himself. His persistent next-door neighbor, Duck, wants to take a morning stroll . . . with Bear. He just wants Bear to like him already. . .
A Crankenstein Valentine by Samantha Berger
See what happens to an ordinary kid on the most lovey-dovey, yuckiest day of the year-Valentine’s Day!
Cheesy cards, allergy-inducing bouquets, and heart-shaped everything? It’s enough to turn anyone into a monster!
Valensteins by Ethan Long
Something strange is in the air on this dark, cold night.
The members of Fright Club are always ready to scare, but tonight Fran K. Stein has something else on his mind. He’s busy making something, and the other monsters want to know what it is.
Could it be a mask with fangs? A big pink nose? Or maybe a paper butt? No . . . it’s a Valentine!
That means one thing . . . EEEEK!! Is Fran in love? What could be scarier than falling in love?!?
The Yuckiest, Stinkiest, Best Valentine Ever by Brenda Ferber
Leon has a crush. A let-her-cut-in-line-at-the-water-fountain kind of crush. And he’s got the perfect valentine. But this valentine has no intention of getting caught up in any romantic conspiracy. “Love is yucky, kid! Valentine’s Day is all about CANDY!” the card yells at Leon, before leaping out the window and running away, leaving Leon to chase it across town, collecting kids along the way. Saying “I love you” has never been so yucky or so sweet.
Zombie in Love by Kelly DiPucchio
Mortimer is looking for love. And he’s looking everywhere! He’s worked out at the gym (if only his arm wouldn’t keep falling off). He’s tried ballroom dancing lessons (but the ladies found him to be a bit stiff). He’s even been on stalemate.com. How’s a guy supposed to find a ghoul? When it seems all hope has died, could the girl of Mortimer’s dreams be just one horrifying shriek away?
Froggy’s First Kiss by Jonathan London
He can’t even think straight when she’s around. When Frogilina smiles at him through the monkey bars, Froggy falls smack on his head-bonk! So with Valentine’s Day just a week away, Froggy gets busy making an extra-special valentine. The fifth book about the irrepressible Froggy, this is sure to keep children giggling with delight.
Henry in Love by Peter McCarty
Henry is a bit of a dreamer and not much of a talker. Then there’s Chloe, who says what she thinks and knows how to turn a spectacular cartwheel.
If You’ll Be My Valentine by Cynthia Rylant
Charming prose and captivatingly sweet art create an adorable tableau of loving wishes from one little boy to all the members of his family.
The Valentine Express by Nancy Elizabeth Wallace
Minna, an appealing rabbit character, comes up with a great Valentine’s Day project which involves enlisting her little brother to do kind things for their neighbors.
Love and Kisses by Sarah Wilson
This little love story proves that a kiss is not just a kiss. It is a bountiful fount of surprises, spreading love far and wide and growing sweeter as it goes! What better message to give someone you love than one of such joy and happy affection?
What Color Is a Kiss? by Rocio Bonilla
This sweet, heartwarming story asks one simple question: What color is a kiss? Sassy and intrepid Monica loves to paint and sees her world in every color of the rainbow, but this question nags at her. She paints and paints, hoping to discover the answer. With the help of her mother, Monica discovers that kisses and love come in all colors.
Snowy Valentine by David Petersen
Step out into a snowy Valentine’s Day with Jasper the bunny as he searches the forest valley for a special gift for his loved one.
The Valentine Bears by Eve Bunting
Mr. and Mrs. Bear have never celebrated St. Valentine’s Day because they hibernate during the winter.
Dinosaur Kisses by David Ezra Stein
For newly hatched dinosaur Dinah, the world is an exciting place. There is so much to see and do. She tries this — STOMP! And she tries that — CHOMP! Then she sees a kiss and knows just what she wants to try next. Who can she kiss? And after a few disastrous attempts, can she figure out how to give someone a kiss without whomping, chomping, or stomping them first?
The Day It Rained Hearts by Felicia Bond
One day it rains hearts, and Cornelia Augusta catches them. She realizes that the hearts are perfect for making valentines. Each heart is special in its own way, and Cornelia Augusta knows exactly who to send them to: her animal friends.
The Biggest Valentine Ever by Steven Kroll
When Mrs. Mousely asks her class to make valentines, Clayton and Desmond decide to make one together and give it to their teacher as a surprise. But things don’t go as planned. First Clayton puts too much glitter on the card. Then Desmond puts on too many hearts. Soon the friends are arguing and they rip the card in half. “I’m going to make my own valentine!” they both say and go home in a huff.
But then Desmond and Clayton realize that by working together they can make the biggest, best valentine ever!
Dragons Love Tacos by Adam Rubin
Perhaps not a traditional Valentine’s book, but it’s one of our favorites!
Dragons love tacos. They love chicken tacos, beef tacos, great big tacos, and teeny tiny tacos. So if you want to lure a bunch of dragons to your party, you should definitely serve tacos. Buckets and buckets of tacos. Unfortunately, where there are tacos, there is also salsa. And if a dragon accidentally eats spicy salsa . . . oh, boy. You’re in red-hot trouble.
Pete the Cat: Valentine’s Day Is Cool by Kimberly and James Dean
At first, Pete thinks Valentine’s Day isn’t cool…until he realizes all the special cats there are in his life. Once Pete the Cat realizes how much fun Valentine’s Day can be, he decides to make Valentine cards for his family and friends. But what happens when he realizes he’s forgotten to make a card for a very important cat?
Love Monster by Rachel Bright
Love Monster is a slightly hairy monster trying to fit in with the cuddly residents of Cutesville. But as it turns out, it’s hard to fit in with the cute and the fluffy when you’re a googly-eyed monster. And so, Love Monster sets out to find someone who will love him just the way he is. His journey is not easy―he looks high, low, and even middle-ish. But as he soon finds out, in the blink of a googly eye, love can find you when you least expect it.
This whole series is cute!
Groggle’s Monster Valentine by Diana Murray
Groggle has been up all night making a Valentine’s Day card. This isn’t just any Valentine, though, and it has to be perfect—it’s for Snarlina, his beast friend in the whole wide world.
Searching in the dark forest, he finds just the right heart-shaped leaves. He collects some bog slime and squirts everything he wants to say in bold, gooey letters. Groggle’s creation looks horribly good. But there’s just one problem—gobble, crunch, crunch, slurp! He has a monster appetite!
Groggle tries again, this time writing poem after poem to make sure he has some extras just in case. He picks skunk flowers, carefully ties on snake bows, and sprinkles shiny beetle glitter. He decorates each card with care. But . . . gobble, crunch, crunch, slurp! Groggle’s monster impulses foil his efforts and he’s run out of time.
Slugs in Love by Susan Pearson
Marylou loves everything about Herbie—how his slime trail glistens in the dark, how he can stretch himself thin to squeeze inside the cellar window, and how he always finds the juiciest tomatoes. But Marylou is a shy slug. How can she get Herbie to notice her? Find out how Marylou woos her beloved in this must-have love story that’s perfect for Valentine’s Day.
This Is Not a Valentine by Carter Higgins
This book is not a valentine. It doesn’t have lacey edges or sugary hearts. But it is full of lucky rocks, secret hiding spots, and gumball machine treasures. This is a book about waiting in line and wishing for cinnamon buns. About recognizing that if you care so much about someone not thinking you care, maybe you really do. But wait—isn’t that exactly what love is about? Maybe this book is sort of a valentine after all. A testament to handmade, wacky, bashful, honest love—sure to win over the hearts of all readers—this offering from debut picture book author Carter Higgins and children’s book veteran Lucy Ruth Cummins is the perfect gift to celebrate every relationship, from parent to child, sibling to sibling, partner to partner, crush to crush.
Ollie’s Valentine by Olivier Dunrea
Looking for a valentine. Gossie, Gertie, Peedie, and BooBoo all have valentines, but Ollie wonders who will be his. His search leads him to a special valentine of his very own—a surprise for Ollie!
Love is You & Me by Monica Sheehan
A sweet celebration of what LOVE is all about!
This adorable book, by best-selling author/illustrator Monica Sheehan, helps us to remember that LOVE— whether between a parent and child, best friends, or even a dog and a mouse—is the greatest gift of ALL.
Never Too Little to Love by Jeanne Willis
Tiny Too-Little loves someone who’s very, very tall, and Tiny wants a kiss. What if he stands on his tiptoes on top of a thimble? What if he stands on his tiptoes on top of a matchbox on top of a thimble? Clever cut-away pages show Tiny’s precarious pile growing higher and higher, while the object of his affection stays just out of reach. When the teetering stack finally falls with a crash, will his hopes be dashed? How can a tiny mouse get the kiss he needs?
Consider Love: Its Moods and Many Ways by Sandra Boynton
From the sentimental to the soulful, this delightful book explores the many and curious modes of love using adorable pictures and pleasing phrases. Also it rhymes. And it makes a fantastically thoughtful gift that anyone will, well, love!
This refreshed edition of Sandra Boynton’s celebrated tribute to affection, devotion, and all things lovely features the original endearing illustrations with an all-new cover—and a whole lotta heart.
Love by Matt de la Peña
“In the beginning there is light
and two wide-eyed figures standing near the foot of your bed
and the sound of their voices is love.
A cab driver plays love softly on his radio
while you bounce in back with the bumps of the city
and everything smells new, and it smells like life.”
I Am Loved by Nikki Giovanni
There is nothing more important to a child than to feel loved, and this gorgeous gathering of poems written by Nikki Giovanni celebrates exactly that. Hand-selected by Newbery honoree Ashley Bryan, he has, with his masterful flourish of color, shape, and movement, added a visual layering that drums the most impartant message of all to young, old, parent, child, grandparent, and friend alike: You are loved. You are loved. You are loved.
My Valentine for Jesus by Laurie Lazzaro Knowlton
This Valentine holiday book for young children will help parents of children ages 2-5 share the meaning of love. The rhyming text and delightful illustrations tell the story of a child’s love for his family―and his special love for Jesus.
The Story of Valentine’s Day by Clyde Robert Bulla
Everybody knows what Valentine’s Day means: Red and pink hearts, flowers and chocolates, and cards and letters with sweet sayings written on them. But why? Who was St. Valentine, anyway?
Here is a close look at one of our oldest and most mysterious holidays. The ancient legends behind the celebration are revealed – including how Valentine’s Day evolved over the centuries and who wrote the very first valentine.
Saint Valentine by Robert Sabuda
How did Valentine’s Day, one of our most popular holidays, begin?
It started in ancient Rome when a kind physician named Valentine took an interest in a young blind girl. With his healing skill and his deep faith he restored her sight. What we now call Valentine’s Day began when he sent the little girl a secret message, which she received after the Christian martyr was executed. For this tale rich in sentiment, master illustrator Robert Sabuda has created exquisite paper mosaics to suggest early Christian art that resonates with both subtlety and power.
The Story of Valentine’s Day by Nancy Skarmeas
In only 200 words, author Skarmeas tells the story of how Valentine’s Day came into being. In simple words that every child can understand, here is the story of the kindly Valentine who cared for the children of Rome, who prayed for a miracle for a blind child, and who is remembered each February 14. Artist Pickett has painted the scenes in bright colors from the schoolroom scenes to those of ancient Rome. This book is unusual in that it briefly explains the history of a holiday to toddlers.
Saint Valentine by Ann Tompert
Every February 14 we exchange cards and flowers as expressions of love. Valentine’s Day is among our most popular holidays, But what do the words “Be my valentine” mean? Who was Valentine? We know he lived in third-century Rome, during the reign of Claudius II. We know that he was a Christian priest. But he lived during a period of military anarchy, when many of Rome’s records were destroyed. The facts of Valentine’s life have been lost to history. What survive, however, are legends. And legends often contain the residue of truth. Ann Tompert beautifully weaves together the most enduing stories of Valentine to create a tapestry of the saint’s life, while Kestutis Kasparivicius’s illustrations take the reader back to ancient Rome. Together, author and illustrator pierce the historical fog that surrounds Saint Valentine to offer a glimpse of the man whose life remains a mystery.
The Story of St. Valentine: More Than Cards and Candied Hearts by Voice of the Martyrs
Read the inspiring tale of Valentinus, the courageous Christian man behind Valentine’s Day who lived in third century Rome. Follow him as he goes against the Roman emperor’s edicts by performing secret marriage ceremonies in the woods and how he refuses to worship Roman gods. See how he faithfully followed Christ, even to his death. | <urn:uuid:b0007aef-4c21-474d-a84a-f23f15cde2f7> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.jenniferalambert.com/valentine-books/?replytocom=27700 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571584.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812045352-20220812075352-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.940469 | 5,020 | 2.25 | 2 |
Location: Headington Hall, University of Oklahoma, Athletics Department.
What would Coach Galileo say?
How many Athletic Departments buy rare books for their university libraries? Three years in a row, the Sooners have contributed a rare book to the OU Libraries Galileo collection: In 2014, the major book of Galileo’s father, a prominent music theorist; in 2013, a beautiful work on perspective drawing by Lorenzo Sirigatti, which Galileo studied; and in 2012, a handwritten manuscript of lectures by the leading astronomer in Rome during Galileo’s telescopic discoveries, never before published and new to scholars. The Galileo’s World exhibition is a way of saying thank you to the OU Sooners for bringing these rare treasures home to Oklahoma.
1. Andreas Vesalius, De humani corporis fabrica (Basel, 1545), 2d ed., “On the Fabric of the Human Body”
2. Girolamo Mercuriale, De arte gymnastica (Paris, 1577), “The Art of Gymnastics”
3. Giovanni Borelli, De motu animalium (Leiden, 1685), “On the Motion of Animals”
4. John Pugh, A Treatise on Muscular Action (London, 1794)
5. Galileo, Discorsi à Due Nuove Scienze, in Opera (Bologna, 1656), 2 vols., vol 1 and vol 2, “Discourse on Two New Sciences”
6. Baldassarre Castiglione, The Courtier (London, 1724)
- Stillman Drake, Galileo: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford, 2001; originally printed 1983 in the Past Masters series), discussion guide.
- Dava Sobel, Galileo’s Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith, and Love (Walker, 1999)
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After three weeks of camping out in Lower Manhattan, and with protests now breaking out in other cities throughout the United States, the “Occupy Wall Street” movement has proved it has staying power. It also has an image problem. The movement has been widely portrayed in the U.S. media as a disorganized group of dredlocked, privileged college students without coherent goals.
But as we’ve seen throughout the Middle East this year, a movement of fed-up, tech-savvy young people can quickly snowball into something more significant. So I spoke with a veteran of the Tahrir Square uprising that toppled Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to get his thoughts on what lessons Occupy Wall Street can take from the Arab Spring.
1. You don’t need a leader, but you do need a platform.
Like Occupy Wall Street, there was no one leader of the anti-Mubarak movement. Mosa’ab Elshamy, a medical student and freelance photographer whose Twitter feed became a must-read for those trying to follow the demonstrations, says that a lack of central authority isn’t an issue as long as everyone knows what they’re there for.
“There was strong agreement because there was a common target, which was toppling Hosni Mubarak,” Elshamy says. “Nobody thought about whether we are going to have parliamentary elections after, or how we were going to write a constitution or all these fiascoes we have now. These divisions emerged after toppling. But during those days, no one brought these issues up.”
Elshamy recalls that the protesters’ list of demands was written on a building-size banner so that “everyone inside and outside the square knew what we wanted.”
Watching the protests in New York, Elshamy says it “took me a while to figure out what their demands are.” Although there have been a number of proposed manifestos circling online and a declaration of grievances, addressing topics ranging from tax and trade policy to the funding of elections to animal cruelty, it’s still difficult to pinpoint what exactly would constitute a victory for the activists camped out in Zuccotti Park.
2. Widen the base.
On the other hand, the goals of the movement also need to be broad enough to attract as wide a base of support as possible, Elshamy says. In Egypt, this meant bringing together groups that would normally be on opposite sides of the country’s cultural divide. “The leftists and the Muslim Brotherhood both equally hated Hosni Mubarak and believed that toppling him was the place to start,” he says.
Elshamy acknowledges that finding common ground might be more difficult for Occupy Wall Street, whose aims are not to bring down a widely despised dictator, but bring about reform reform of the political and financial system. He says the two movements, however, share the challenge of proving that their struggle “is not exclusive to the media class.”
“You have to appeal to the poor, the middle class, the student, the trade unions, even the police officer who might arrest you later,” he says. “That’s why it’s so important to keep the message simple.”
3. Keep it friendly with the police.
Relations between the New York Police Department and the protesters have been highly contentious so far. Over 700 demonstrators were arrested after attempting to march across the Brooklyn Bridge on Oct 2. Protesters have accused the police of using excessive force and have launched name-and-shame campaigns against individual officers accused of abuses.
Although the relationship between demonstrators and police is inherently tense, Elshamy says a bit of kindness can go a long way. “Even when we were being attacked by water hoses, we cheered for the police. This was both ridiculing the attack and making the environment less hostile,” he recalls. “We would wave to the police, talk to them, tell them we’re not how the media is portraying us.”
All the same, Elshamy dismissed the idea of “some sort of monk revolution where you get attacked and you never reply. In my experience, this never works anymore.” He remembers that “when it got really brutal, there was no way the revolution was going to carry on but to self-defend,” at which point demonstrators started responding to attacks by pro-regime forces with rocks and Molotov cocktails.
4. Don’t blame the media; change the narrative.
Occupy Wall Street’s supporters have continually criticized both the dearth of media coverage of their movement and its dismissive tone. “The media has begun dismissing the protesters, calling them delusional, childish hippies,” Elshamy says. “This is actually very similar to here in Egypt when the media portrayed protesters as thugs or foreign agents who were getting paid and had other agendas.” At one point, Egypt’s state media even suggested that the demonstrators were being brought out to the square by the promise of free buckets of KFC.
The crowd took the charges in stride. Vendors began selling T-shirts reading “I am a thug” and fake pamphlets featuring “foreign agendas.” The square’s makeshift medical tent was renamed “KFC hospital.”
Most importantly, Elshamy says, is to be as “neutral and friendly as possible with whatever journalist, no matter where he is from.”
5. Keep the energy up.
Revolution is hard work. It took nearly a month of continuous occupation of central Cairo in the dead of winter to force the downfall of Mubarak and many protesters are still demonstrating against the country’s military government. “Whenever there was a possibility that the movement was slowing down, protesters would come up with new ideas to inject more blood into the movement,” Elsha my recalls. These included public marches every Friday and sometimes midweek, during which the hard-core demonstrators in Tahrir would be joined by people throughout the city, as well as day-to-day diversions like “concerts, competitions, discussions, speeches from major media figures.”
The Wall Street occupiers have had visits from everyone from Roseanne Barr to Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz, though a rumored concert from Radiohead didn’t pan out. In a movement without a central leader, Elshamy says it’s particularly important for the most active participants to keep everyone else motivated.
Most importantly, he says, “You have to celebrate every gain you make. The fact that the media started paying attention to them is a very positive thing. They have to cherish all of these gains, no matter how small.”
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During the British election campaign in 2010, I was asked by BBC radio to interview Boris Johnson—keen classicist, mayor of London, Tory maverick, and not yet rumored (as he is now) to be aiming to replace David Cameron as prime minister and party leader. Our subject was to be one of the most intriguing works of ancient literature to have survived, the “Handbook on Electioneering” (Commentariolum Petitionis in Latin), a short text said to have been written by Quintus Cicero, advising his more famous brother Marcus on how to run a Roman election campaign, in 64 BCE—who to chat up, where to be seen, and what to say.
The BBC is closely scrutinized during elections for any suggestion of bias, and it is bound by a series of rules, which insist that each party get its fair share of airtime (minutely calibrated from the big players down to the -special-interest minority groups who field a candidate or two). This was a perfect alibi for talking about politics safely: to have an academic, with no formal political affiliation, talking to an idiosyncratic politician who was not standing for election, about a guide to elections written two thousand years ago.
Predictably, Boris (and he is the only British politician regularly known by his first name) was extremely interested in Quintus Cicero’s advice, and found all kinds of modern parallels. He was particularly taken with the suggestion that a politician was well advised to lie his way into popular favor, or at least that he should promise more than he could deliver. “After all,” as Philip Freeman translates it in his new version of the text, “if a politician made only promises he was sure he could keep, he wouldn’t have many friends.” Exactly, said Boris. That is just how modern politics works.
In fact, this “Handbook on Electioneering” is rather more complicated than it appears. There has long been some doubt on whether it really was written by the second-rate Quintus, attempting to instruct his much smarter elder brother in how to reach the consulship. Why, after all, would it have been preserved? And why did Marcus need Quintus’ advice? Many critics have suspected that it was a nostalgic fiction—or rhetorical exercise—of the early imperial period, written decades after popular elections had ended under Roman autocratic rule. But at the same time, most critics have imagined that it nevertheless represented much of the reality of Roman political competition; and that’s partly because it can seem so close to our own. Philip Freeman’s translation of the “Handbook”—How to Win an Election—is a timely new edition for the US 2012 campaign, and it emphasizes the familiar. The introduction pinpoints all sorts of twenty-first-century-style advice in the ancient text. “Surround yourself with the right people”: every politician, whether in the first century BCE or the twenty-first century CE, needs a staff he can trust. Or “Give people hope”: because every voter wants to believe in someone, and to believe that life will get better. Or “Know the weaknesses of your opponents—and exploit them”: rumors of corruption or sex scandals work especially well.
These topical references make the “Handbook” a more popular text than its author (whether Quintus Cicero or some nostalgic academic one hundred years later) could ever have imagined. But the truth is that it is not quite so familiar as it is often made to appear.
That is partly a question of differences in political structure. Despite the claims of the distinguished Bryn Mawr classicist Lily Ross Taylor (whose most famous book was entitled Party Politics in the Age of Caesar, first published in 1949), there was no party political system in ancient Rome. It is true that there were different interest groups—supporting the rival claims of the people or of the elite—but these were never formalized. There was no party machine supporting the campaign of any would-be consul. Roman elections were all a matter of personal connections, charisma, and favor, not of manifestos and paid-up party loyalty. And that obviously changes the whole dynamic of what the political process was about.
Even so, quite why any individual in Rome ever voted as he did (and it was always he) is one of those questions that reveal our very tenuous grip on the processes of ancient politics. The economic hold of the elite over their dependents and clients is one thing (and predictably enough, the Roman nobility seem generally to have disapproved of the introduction of secret ballot—an electoral reform unheard of in classical Athens, the supposed “cradle” of Western democracy). But we also glimpse occasionally a sense of the class interest of the Roman people, or plebs (a term that has recently come to haunt the British Tory Party, when a senior government minister was reported to have called an innocent British “bobby” a pleb).
In another curious text of the first century CE, Valerius Maximus’ compilation of Memorable Deeds and Sayings, we read of one upper-class Roman politician who was canvassing in the Forum, shaking the hands of the voters, as candidates do. In doing the rounds, he came across a peasant with rough, horny hands. “Oh my goodness,” said the politician, “do you walk on them?” The onlookers took this as an insult to the honorable, hard-working Roman people, and he lost the election.
But as often, the apparent familiarity of the world of the ancient text is largely a matter of translation. For decades, if not centuries, Quintus Cicero’s advice has been adjusted in English versions to match our own political systems and processes. Freeman’s translation is no different. Even the idea that the politician should give people hope, a cliché of modern media politics, looks different in the original Latin from the modern English. Freeman’s version has: “The most important part of your campaign is to bring hope to people and a feeling of goodwill toward you.” It is, for us, an instantly recognizable thought. But what the original Latin actually says is this: “In seeking election you must take care that the state has a good hope of you, and a good opinion of you”—which is quite different from (indeed the reverse of) the modern idea of bringing hope to the people.
Even Boris’s favorite passage is not quite the same in the Latin as in Freeman’s English. What the author said was: “A man’s house would not be full if he only undertook as much as he saw he could fulfill.” It is a particular reference to the institution of clientship, and the presentation of the client at the house of his patron and his request for help. No patron would have a houseful of clients, so the “Handbook” suggests, if he only offered to help those whom he knew he really could. That’s a different claim from a modern political view that you promise anything you like to get elected. In fact, in other ways too, the twenty-first-century relationship between the political hopeful and his voters and “clients” is the mirror image of the ancient one. The modern clients, in the shape of Super PACs and the like, call the political tune to an extent that most of the supporters of the ancient would-be consul could not.
Most reviewers of How to Win an Election have been struck by its modernity (Garry Wills was a notable exception). It is, of course, true that we have in some ways learned how to operate our own political system from the Romans. But we have also learned to reconstruct the Roman political system in our own image—which is exactly what Freeman’s How to Win an Election does.
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We all know that tucking into fatty, calorie-laden fare and spending too much time on the couch isn’t going to shed the flab. But are there other, hidden explanations behind your failure to lose weight? Here, are 10 secret reasons that could explain why you’re not busting that belly and what to do about it…
1. Going Shopping When You’re Hungry
The problem: You head to the supermarket when you feel peckish.
Why: Scientists in the US found that shopping when you’re hungry makes you more likely to fill your trolley with junk food. Our hormones are programmed to go for high-energy food when hunger strikes.
The solution: Eat a piece of fruit before you go. People who eat a snack before they go shopping make healthier choices.
2. Too Much White Bread
The problem: You love a couple of white slices when you get your bacon sandwich in the morning.
Why: Gobbling just three slices of white bread a day increases your chances of becoming overweight or obese by a half, according to researchers. Made with highly refined flour, it’s rapidly absorbed as sugar by the body, which is then turned into fat.
The solution: Eat wholegrain bread instead, which isn’t linked to weight gain.
“Some foods that are labelled as low-fat still contain lots of sugar and therefore have lots of calories too. Most of the sugar goes to your liver and gets converted to fat.”
3. Eating Too Late
The problem: You’re eating to sleep.
Why: A study found that people who ate after 8pm took in the most daily calories and had the highest Body Mass Index (BMI). It’s thought that eating late could disrupt hormones that control appetite.
The solution: Eat some lean protein in your dinner, like chicken. That will help keep you full and stop you grabbing late-night snacks.
4. Too Much Dieting
The problem: You decide to shed the flab by going on a sudden, crash diet.
Why: As soon as you reach your target weight you start piling the weight back on again. A new theory from the European Congress on Obesity says rapid weight loss might lead to too much muscle being lost, which is better at burning off calories than fat.
The solution: Avoid diets and try to make small changes to your diet that you can stick to.
5. Too Many Low-Fat Foods
The problem: You switch to low-fat foods expecting the weight to fall off.
Why: Some foods that are labelled as low-fat still contain lots of sugar and therefore have lots of calories too. Most of the sugar goes to your liver and gets converted to fat.
The solution: Check the levels of sugar and calories in low-fat options.
6. Eating Too Fast
The problem: You eat on the run and gobble down your food.
Why: Japanese researchers found that people who eat quickly to feel full have a higher BMI. It takes 20 minutes for your stomach to register it’s full, so fast eaters
an overdose on calories
The solution: Chew your food more and avoid TV dinners. Distractions can stop your brain getting the message that you’re full.
7. Post-Booze Snacks
The problem: After going out you’re tempted to go for a bag of chips.
Why: The concept of the beer belly is largely a myth – lager contains fewer calories than orange juice and no fat. And research shows that drinkers who give up booze
completely are actually more likely to be obese. But alcohol does stimulate the appetite, making you reach for that unhealthy kebab.
The solution: Eat before going out.
8. That Post-Exercise Reward
The problem: You spend an hour working out, then go and eat a muffin.
Why: A recent survey 26% of gym users actually put on weight after exercise. They often burn just 300 calories in a session, then eat more as a reward.
The solution: Eat a low-calorie snack like a banana or unsalted nuts.
9. You’re A Comfort Eater
The problem: You try to stay healthy, then binge eat when you’re stressed or unhappy.
Why: A study by the University of Alabama found that emotional eaters are 13 times more likely to be overweight or obese.
The solution: Chew a piece of gum or drink a glass of water to help keep stress-related hunger pangs at bay.
10. Exercising At The Wrong Time Of Day
The problem: You are doing regular exercise but not getting the results you’d hoped for.
Why: Scientists at Glasgow University found that exercising first thing in the morning when your stomach is empty could be better as your body uses more of its fat
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La enseñanza del inglés. Su proyección en la formación docente. El caso de la carrera de educación mención inglés en la U.L.A. Táchira.
The present investigation was carried out with the purpose of exposing the formative deficiencys that present the graduated of the English Career in Education Mention of University of The Andes, Táchira, located in San Cristóbal, Táchira State, due to the focus and persistent traditional methodology still in our educational system.
The obtained information, necessary to carry out it was obtained through applied instruments to professors and students in the University and in different Educational Centers of High school of San Cristóbal, with application of licker Scale which were validated by experts and for their analysis it was used the percentage technique of score boards and graphics, which evidenced the necessity to elaborate the proposal on a Program for the English Career of Education Mention, where emphasis is made in a real communicative focus using for it the NN TT and its respective strategies for the use and handling of the same ones. The theories to tech foreign languages, the theories of the learning and the methods to teach languages, in this case English, and the suggestion to modify or to change the current curriculum of the career in the University motivated the execution of the present thesis. The purpose is framed inside the necessity of to improve and to optimize the quality of the graduated of the University of The Andes, because he or she benefits, not only to the same one graduated but rather he or she goes in its future students profit and for therefore of the region and the country.
Advisor:González Soto, Ángel-Pío
School:Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Source Type:Master's Thesis
Keywords:departament de pedagogia
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- Small coins: Foreign ones are more fun.
- Magnets: These can be flat magnets or magnet strips.
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- Pattern printed on thick coloured paper (one for each child)
- Cut out patterns.
- Attach magnet to back of paper with glue or other method.
- Attach coin to paper in the circular area in the middle.
- Decorate if you wish.
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By Jerry Shriver, USA TODAY
When bison snort out steam at Yellowstone, snow bunnies traverse Yosemite's slopes, and mosquitoes vacate the Everglades, it's nature's way of telling travelers to consider a counterintuitive winter trip to a national park.
Visiting the crown jewels of the American landscape during summer with kids in tow is a cherished ritual, but it's a ritual for the masses: The 391 parks in the system, including the 58 major ones, drew 275.6 million visitors last year, and almost 40% of them came June through August.
A savvier 13% visited from December through February and took advantage of such winter-only activities as cross-country skiing at Montana's Glacier National Park, storm-watching in Washington's Olympic National Park, ice-fishing in Michigan's Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, fireplace-snuggling at Triangle X Ranch in Wyoming's Grand Teton National Park, and no-broil backpacking in California's Death Valley National Park.
Falling gas prices and the still-steep cost of traveling abroad this winter could give a short-term boost to what some see as a growing long-term trend. "As the Baby Boom wave moves into retirement, we'll see some interesting changes in the demographics of the people visiting the parks and the times they visit," says Jim Burnett, a retired park ranger/outdoors writer.
To get a sense of what awaits in the great outdoors, consider five parks that show their best sides in winter.
Olympic National Park, Washington
•Why winter? Hiking through the Pacific rain forest is one of the park's top draws, but most trekkers see it only during the dry season, when everything is brownish and shriveled. Winter rains bring out the vigor and brilliant green lushness in the mosses, lichens and liverworts. In addition, rainstorms wash fallen Douglas firs, hemlocks and cedars down the rivers and into the ocean, where they are tossed about by giant waves and wind up back on the beaches. The spectacle can be viewed in relative safety from atop bluffs near Kalaloch Lodge.
•Entrance fee: $15 a vehicle; $5 a pedestrian/cyclist; good for 7 days.
•Coziest lodging, upscale: Kalaloch Lodge (888-896-3826; visitkalaloch.com), where rooms and cabins start at $123 a night.
•Coziest lodging, budget: Ten of Olympic's 16 campgrounds are open year-round, weather-permitting. Nightly fees are $10-$18 (nps.gov/olym).
•Heartiest dining: Roosevelt Dining Room at Lake Quinault Lodge (888-896-3827; visitlakequinault.com).
•Winter temps: 30s and 40s at lower elevations, but up to 10 feet of snow can fall in the mountains.
•Information: Road/weather hotline: 360-565-3131; visitor information: 360-565-3130; nps.gov/olym
Death Valley National Park, California
•Why winter? Well, you could visit the country's hottest (it hit 134 degrees here once) and driest spot during summer, but even masochists can't venture far into the desert without risking their lives. Winter, when daily high temps average 65 to 72 degrees, is when the park's 3.5 million acres open up fully for leisurely exploration. Stargazing is especially rewarding during the long winter nights. And, a few times a decade, enough rain falls in winter that wildflowers bloom in February. Though there may be some crowds to contend with, especially during holidays, most visitors come in the spring.
•Entrance fee: $20 a vehicle, good for 7 days.
•Coziest lodging, upscale: At luxurious Furnace Creek Inn, rooms start at $350 (800-236-7916; furnacecreekresort.com).
•Coziest lodging, budget: At 196 feet below sea level, Furnace Creek Campground is the largest of the park's seven campgrounds open in winter. Rates are $18 a night (877-444-6777; recreation.gov).
•Heartiest dining: Furnace Creek Inn Dining Room (760-786-3385; furnacecreekresort.com).
•Winter temps: Highs average 65 to 72 degrees; lows average 39 to 46.
•Information: 760-786-3200, nps.gov/deva
Yellowstone National Park, Montana/Wyoming
•Why winter? Think how extra fantastic Old Faithful and its hundreds of fellow geysers and hot springs will look when the backdrop is a snowy carpet. Only one park road stays open to wheeled vehicles, so skis, snowshoes, snowmobiles and snow coaches are the best methods for viewing the bison and elk herds and the occasional wolf and moose.
•Entrance fees: $25 a car; $20 a snowmobile or motorcycle; $12 each pedestrian ages 16 and over entering by foot, bike or ski. All are good for seven days and include entrance to Grand Teton National Park.
•Coziest lodging, upscale: Old Faithful Snow Lodge & Cabins (opens Dec. 17; accessible by snow coach from main entrances), where cabin rooms start at $94 a night and lodge rooms, $191. (866-439-7375; travelyellowstone.com).
•Coziest lodging, budget: First-come first-served Mammoth Hot Springs Campground ($14 a night) is the only year-round campsite in the park (307-344-7901, no online reservations; nps.gov/yell).
•Heartiest dining: Old Faithful Snow Lodge Dining Room (866-439-7375; travelyellowstone.com).
•Winter temps: Highs average 28 to 34 degrees; lows average 9 to 13. Snowfall averages 150 inches a year.
•Information: 307-344-7381, nps.gov/yell
Yosemite National Park, California
•Why winter? From downhill skiing at the five-lift Badger Pass area to ice-skating at Curry Village and overnight cross-county ski trips to Glacier Point Ski Hut, Yosemite is a winter-sports paradise. Snowmobiles aren't allowed, but that guarantees near-complete solitude for snowshoe hikes through the 8,000-feet-high Tuolumne Meadows area. And guided photography walks can teach budding shutterbugs how Ansel Adams coped with the winter light bouncing off Half Dome.
•Entrance fee: $20 a car; $10 a pedestrian/cyclist; both good for 7 days.
•Coziest lodging, upscale: Ahwahnee Hotel, where rooms start at $410 a night (801-559-5000; yosemitepark.com).
•Coziest lodging, budget: With 238 sites, Upper Pines is the largest of the four main campgrounds that are open year-round ($20 a night; reservations not necessary; 209-372-8502; nps.gov/yose).
•Heartiest dining: Ahwahnee Hotel Dining Room (209-372-1489; yosemitepark.com).
•Winter temps: Highs average 49 to 59 degrees; lows average 26 to 31.
•Information: 209-372-0200, nps.gov/yose.
Everglades National Park, Florida
•Why winter? The tropical storm season ends in November, taking with it those darn mosquitoes and biting flies. Taking their places are those darn tourists — winter's the high season here — but also thousands of migrating birds. Rangers lead excursions through the park's 1.5 million acres via motorboat, canoe, tram, bike or on foot through mangrove forests, stands of 600-year-old cypress tress, and sawgrass prairies, and along the coast.
•Entrance fees: $10 a car; $5 a pedestrian/cyclist; good for 7 days.
•Coziest lodging, upscale: Luxury lodging is plentiful in the Miami area, but the commute is about 40 miles, so chain hotels in the gateways of Homestead and Florida City are a better way to go. Typical is the Ramada Inn in Florida City, where rooms start at $157 a night (305-247-8833; hotelfloridacity.com).
•Coziest lodging, budget: The two main drive-in campgrounds are Long Pine Key and Flamingo Campground, both $16 a night (305-242-7700; nps.gov/ever).
•Heartiest dining: No fine dining in the park, so consider Capri Italian Restaurant (305-247-1542; dinecapri.com) in Florida City.
•Winter temps: Highs average 77 degrees, lows average 53.
•Information: 305-242-7700, nps.gov/ever.
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Rep. Pat Tiberi, R-Ohio, is poised to reintroduce legislation that would make permanent so-called “bonus depreciation.” This legislation would enable businesses to deduct half their capital expenses when incurred rather than being forced to wait years before they can deduct their costs.
This bill, which represents an important step towards tax reform, would reduce the cost of capital and substantially increase business investment in plant and equipment, create jobs, enhance productivity and improve real wages.
A similar bill (H.R. 4718, 113th Congress) passed the House last year, only to die in the Senate. Instead, Congress extended the bonus depreciation provisions as part of an expiring provisions package to the end of last year (2014).
There is presently tremendous uncertainty about whether this provision will be extended. Because the cost of capital will be higher if the provision is not extended or made permanent, businesses tend not to invest as much.
The present tax system is biased against savings and investment in many ways. One of the most important is that, unlike other expenses, businesses must deduct capital expenses (such as for machinery and equipment) over many years rather than in the year incurred. This raises the cost of capital and reduces investment.
Lower investment, in turn, harms productivity growth, international competitiveness, job creation and real wages. Sustainable real wage growth is only possible through productivity growth by internationally competitive businesses.
Accordingly, the proper, neutral tax treatment of capital expenses is full expensing. The Tiberi legislation moves the tax code halfway to where it should be.
A lower cost of capital will increase investment levels and cause economic growth.
The U.S. has not only the highest corporate tax rate in the world but one of the worst capital cost recovery allowance systems. Bonus depreciation—better called 50 percent expensing—reduces the tax bias against investment and reduces the competitive disadvantage that U.S. firms face by allowing firms to expense half of their capital costs.
Bonus depreciation is not really a bonus at all but moves tax policy substantially in the direction of a neutral tax base—a tax base that is neutral toward the decision about whether to invest or consume and neutral among different investment options.
Markets, not the tax code, should dictate the level and composition of investment. The economic literature overwhelmingly supports the proposition that expensing is the “optimal” tax policy and would promote the highest rate of economic growth. Bonus depreciation moves the tax code more than halfway toward that goal.
Bonus depreciation is, in short, an extremely important step towards real tax reform. It should be permanently extended.
Some in Congress may perceive making bonus depreciation permanent as “too costly” given our current budget deficit. The initial cost of permanently allowing 50 percent expensing may appear substantial.
For last year’s bill, the Joint Committee on Taxation scored bonus depreciation as reducing federal revenues $79 billion in fiscal year 2015 and $42 billion in fiscal year 2016, but the revenue reduction steadily declines after the first year, and by fiscal year 2020 it reaches a plateau of $10 billion to $12 billion annually in reduced revenues. This is a reasonable price to pay for a dramatically more competitive tax system.
Moreover, these estimates substantially overstate the degree to which bonus depreciation would actually reduce revenues.
In the real world, businesses respond to major changes in tax policy. A lower cost of capital will increase investment levels and cause economic growth. Higher economic growth expands the tax base. A dynamic or reality-based score would show that bonus depreciation would reduce federal revenues less initially and actually raise substantial revenue in the out years.
Bonus depreciation is an enormous step in the right direction. It is not a new tax cut. It has been in place for property placed in service since Jan. 1, 2008.
Continuing this policy and making it permanent would be a major step toward true tax reform. Letting it expire, in contrast, would be a steep and economically harmful tax increase.
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1. Think positive and focus on gratitude
Research shows a healthy positive attitude helps build a healthier immune system and boosts overall health. Your body believes what you think, so focus on the positive.
2. Eat your vegetables
Shoot for five servings of vegetables a day — raw, steamed, or stir-fried. A diet high in vegetables is associated with a reduced risk of developing cancers of the lung, colon, breast, cervix, esophagus, stomach, bladder, pancreas and ovary. And many of the most powerful phytonutrients are the ones with the boldest colors — such as broccoli, cabbage, carrots, tomatoes, grapes and leafy greens.
3. Set a “5-meal ideal”
What, when and how much you eat can keep both your metabolism and your energy levels steadily elevated, so you’ll have more all-day energy. A "5 meal ideal" will help you manage your weight, keep your cool, maintain your focus and avoid cravings.
4. Exercise daily
Did you know that daily exercise can reduce all of the biomarkers of aging? This includes improving eyesight, normalizing blood pressure, improving lean muscle, lowering cholesterol and improving bone density. If you want to live well and live longer, you must exercise! Studies show that even 10 minutes of exercise makes a difference — so do something! Crank the stereo and dance in your living room. Sign up for swing dancing or ballroom-dancing lessons. Walk to the park with your kids or a neighbor you’d like to catch up with. Jump rope or play hopscotch. Spin a hula hoop. Play water volleyball. Bike to work. Jump on a trampoline. Go for a hike.
5. Get at good night's sleep
If you have trouble sleeping, try relaxation techniques such as meditation andyoga. Or eat a small bedtime snack of foods shown to help shift the body and mind into sleep mode: whole grain cereal with milk, oatmeal, cherries or chamomile tea. Darken your room more and turn your clock away from you. Write down worries or stressful thoughts to get them out of your head and onto the page. This will help you put them into perspective so you can quit worrying about them. | <urn:uuid:fd4ddfa0-0426-4d2d-80c8-daad07d0666f> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://brainly.in/question/327641 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280242.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00077-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.921933 | 477 | 2.546875 | 3 |
Dec. 22, 2005
Not always having enough to eat can impair reading and math development in children, Cornell study confirms
When young school-age children do not always have enough to eat, their academic development -- especially reading -- suffers, according to a new longitudinal Cornell University study.
The research provides the strongest evidence to date that food insecurity has specific developmental consequences for children. Food insecurity is defined as households having limited or uncertain availability of nutritionally adequate or safe foods.
"We found that reading development, in particular, is affected in girls, though the mathematical skills of food-insecure children entering kindergarten also tend to develop significantly more slowly than other children's," said Edward Frongillo, associate professor of nutritional sciences at Cornell. The study also found that girls' social skills suffer when families that have been food secure become food insecure while the child is in the early primary grades.
"In addition, we found that kindergarten girls from food-insecure families tend to gain more weight than other girls, which may put them at risk for obesity as adults," he said.
Frongillo, Cornell graduate student Diana Jyoti, who will receive her master's degree in January, and Sonya Jones of the University of South Carolina analyzed data from the U.S. Department of Education's Early Childhood Longitudinal Study on about 21,000 children who entered kindergarten in 1998 and were followed through third grade.
The study is published in the December issue of the Journal of Nutrition (135:12).
"Despite federal food assistance and private charitable programs, food insecurity is a persistent national problem," said Frongillo, noting that it affects 12 percent of all households and 18 percent of households with children.
The new longitudinal study builds on previous work by Frongillo and colleagues, published in 2002, which found that hunger and poverty in the United States are severe enough to significantly impair the academic and psychosocial development of school-age children and adolescents. Compared with food-secure children and adolescents, children from food-insecure families were found to be five times more likely to attempt suicide, four times more likely to suffer from chronic, low-grade depression (dysthymia), which is a high-risk factor for major depression, were almost twice as likely to have been suspended from school and were 1.4 times more likely to repeat a grade and to have significantly lower math scores.
About one in five American children live in poverty, the highest level of childhood poverty among developed nations, and more than 13 million children under age 18 live in food-insecure households. Although these numbers demonstrate the magnitude of this social problem, they do not adequately express the real burden of food deprivation for American children, Frongillo said. | <urn:uuid:e91ce6bc-0e27-4920-9e9b-9a704169abe6> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/2005/12/food-insecurity-impairs-academic-development-children | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560279489.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095119-00011-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.966882 | 556 | 2.796875 | 3 |
A bill to improve the judicial machinery in customs courts by amending the statutory provisions relating to judicial actions and administrative proceedings in customs matters, and for other purposes.
The bill’s titles are written by its sponsor.
Sep 29, 1976
94th Congress, 1975–1976
Died in a previous Congress
This bill was introduced on September 29, 1976, in a previous session of Congress, but was not enacted.
Senator from Nebraska
This is the first step in the legislative process.
S. 3871 (94th) was a bill in the United States Congress.
A bill must be passed by both the House and Senate in identical form and then be signed by the President to become law.
This bill was introduced in the 94th Congress, which met from Jan 14, 1975 to Oct 1, 1976. Legislation not enacted by the end of a Congress is cleared from the books.
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“Nothing Ever Goes Away Until It Teaches Us What We Need To Know” Pema Chodron
We can’t deny trauma, we can’t hide from it, we can’t refuse to face it. It’s always there underneath the surface stored in our subconscious minds. Like weeds, we must pull them up from the root.
Some people won’t look at their problem; instead, they sweep it under the rug where it festers and becomes a lump that trips them. Because we don’t see it doesn’t mean that it’s not there. That experience makes automatic decisions based on past experiences. Unless we commit to take some action our issue will keep turning up, oftentimes more serious and difficult until we address it. We’ll have the same challenges until action is taken.
You can start by:
- Meditating for 20 minutes helps to relax and calm your mind and body.
- Writing for 20 minutes releases the emotional pain and increases the immune system.
- Call a trusted professional to discuss where you can begin your healing journey.
- Take a walk for 20-30 minutes.
- Seek the right help. Read a self-help book. Take a long bath.
Begin the healing process. You’ll feel great. Every fiber of your being will shift, and your life will change.
Writing one’s feelings gradually eases emotional trauma. Writing therapeutically can take place individually or in a group and can be administered in person. Expressive writing has the potential to provide a ‘boost’ to the immune system, perhaps explaining the reduction in physician visits. One could argue that talk and writing differ in relative cerebral dominance. If language is more related to the right hemisphere, then writing may be more related to the left hemisphere. If this is the case, then writing might stimulate parts of the brain that are not stimulated by talking.
Julie Gray, founder of Stories Without Borders notes that “People who have experienced trauma in their lives, whether or not they consider themselves writers, can benefit from creating narratives out of their stories. It is helpful to write it down, in other words, in safety, and in non-judgment. Trauma can be isolating and those who have suffered need to understand how they feel and try to communicate that to others.”
In Through it All: Trauma Recovery Journal, I share quotes and writing prompts to help get you started.
“The effects of unresolved trauma can be devastating. It can affect our habits and outlook on life, leading to addictions and poor decision-making. It can take a toll on our family life and interpersonal relationships. It can trigger real physical pain, symptoms, and disease. It can lead to a range of self-destructive behaviors.”
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It was the end of an era for a group of reunited school friends yesterday, when they met for Dinorben School's final annual dinner.
Around 80 former pupils enjoyed coffee and a buffet, while flicking through old photos and reminiscing about the past.
The event was in its 70th year, despite the school closing down in 1966.
Dinorben School was based in Woodcote Road, Wallington, and was a private day school for girls.
Friends reunited: Members of the Denorbin Old Girls Association
Jane Pullen, 66, was a pupil there between 1959- 1965.
She said: "I learned some amazing things but most importantly I made some friends for life.
"It was a strict school, they taught us how to sit properly and how to use a knife and fork.
"It’s sad we won’t be meeting in a formal capacity any more, but we will always see each other in other ways."
Badge of honour: Jane Pullen was made a prefect at the school
Organisers decided to make yesterday the final event, so it doesn’t peter out gradually as the veterans get older.
Robina Holmes, secretary of the Dinorben Old Girls Association, said: "It was a bit emotional, we have done so well to keep going for so long.
"But members are moving further away, and it's becoming more difficult for people to make the event.
"We wanted to end things properly, rather than just let it dwindle out.
"It was a lovely afternoon, the school has been a very important part of my life."
The annual meal took place on Tuesday May 13 at the Oaks Sports Centre in Woodmansterne Road, Carshalton.
It started at midday and finished around 4:30pm.
Corner of history: The Dinorben school opened in 1910 and was open 56 years
Distant memories: School photo of the Dinorben girls
Handwriting champion: Pen-work was an important subject at the school
Quiet time: Pupils study in the library
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Over the past 12 months around 40 of my fellow aid workers have been murdered in Afghanistan. Virtually every humanitarian organisation has had its staff or offices threatened or attacked. I narrowly missed being caught up in an attack a few weeks before I left, and one of our Norwegian Refugee Council offices was bombed on the day I stepped down. Much of the country is now off-limits to humanitarian organisations, and in areas where we still operate, there are curfews and restrictions of movement. Conditions are expected to get worse in the run-up to October's elections.
Most non-governmental organisations continue to refuse to accept armed guards or escorts, but the militarised environment in which we work is having an impact on our identity and the way in which we are perceived by others.
One reason why most humanitarian organisations pulled out of Iraq was the feeling that we had become identified with an operation that many believe violated international law, so our presence compromised our neutrality.
Humanitarian organisations have long invoked principles of international law to claim "space" within which to operate during conflicts. Indeed one of the most widely understood points in the Geneva conventions is the special position accorded to humanitarian organisations. The US administration, however, has set many of these principles to one side in pursuit of its own unilateralist goals.
In Afghanistan the US has been accused of blurring the lines between humanitarianism and military action and this was one of the reasons cited by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) for its recent withdrawal from the country. This criticism is certainly valid, but it is only one area in which American short-term expediency is having a negative long-term impact.
The Norwegian Refugee Council gives advice to returning refugees who are seeking to reclaim property that they lost when they were driven from their homes. A significant proportion of its clients have found their land and homes occupied by military commanders, some of whom also hold official public positions.
The US military's decision to provide direct military support to particular local commanders in its fight against the remnants of the Taliban in 2002 entrenched many of these warlords and led to the creation of a number of regional fiefdoms. It also convinced many that as allies in the US's "war against terrorism" they were above the law.
Tackling corruption is a prerequisite for effective state-building but, if this year's bumper poppy harvest is anything to go by, the situation is getting worse not better. There is credible evidence that the Afghan authorities know who murdered MSF staff in June, yet they have made no move to question or detain them. Afghanistan is a party to the international criminal court and murdering humanitarian aid workers is an offence under this court's statute. Given the unwillingness of the authorities to act, the court's prosecutor could initiate independent investigations into such crimes. Unfortunately the present US administration remains unremittingly hostile to the international criminal court.
Rebuilding a rule of law according to international human rights standards is also essential in creating a democratic state, but again the US is failing to take a lead. Few aid workers were surprised at recent revelations that "freelance" American security operatives allegedly set up a private prison where they detained and tortured suspected opponents of the Afghan government. Afghanistan is full of private prisons where people are held without trial.
However, while the US continues to hold large numbers of its own detainees, incommunicado, for indefinite periods they are in a weak position to criticise others. When I asked one Afghan judge why he had made no official complaint after hearing two detainees' allegations of mistreatment in US military custody, he told me, only half joking, that he did not want to end up in Guantánamo Bay himself.
US involvement in Afghanistan is not all negative: it remains the biggest donor and provides the biggest contingent of foreign troops, although they are not part of the internationally mandated security force.
The question that remains is whether this makes up for the growing politicisation of aid, the undermining of international law and the weakening of humanitarian principles. For the colleagues I left behind, this is quite literally a life and death dilemma.
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Irish Wolfhound Dogs
Irish Wolfhounds may have been fierce hunters several centuries ago, but today they are perfectly content to lounge on a couch and be petted all day. Mellow and relaxed around the house, they can easily be rallied for a jog around the neighborhood.
Irish Wolfhound Pictures
Ideal Human Companions
- Active, sporty types
- Experienced dog handlers
- Families with older children
- Outdoorsy types
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- Gentle giant
- Eager to please
What They Are Like to Live With
Though Wolfhounds like to get cozy at home, they need some elbowroom and a decent-sized yard. They might feel confined in an apartment. Slightly reserved with strangers, Irish Wolfhounds might save their cuddles and games for close family members. In spite of their size and strength, they are not the best watchdogs.
Things You Should Know
Due to its size, the Irish Wolfhound has a relatively short lifespan. When healthy, it can live about 8 years. Common health issues include tumors, heart disease, hip dysplasia seizures and eye problems. Some dog experts recommend doggie health insurance for this breed. Also prone to bloat, Irish Wolfhounds should be fed smaller meals throughout the day.
Irish Wolfhounds need daily walks and room to run, but avoid pushing them too hard: They can develop joint problems.
Grooming an Irish Wolfhound is fairly easy, but it should be consistent. Brush its harsh coats every few days to keep it under control. Also, you might want to take your Irish Wolfhound to a professional for a bi-annual cleanup.
Irish Wolfhound History
The Irish Wolfhound was developed in Ireland to hunt wolves and giant elk. They did such a remarkable job that, after several hundred years, wolves became extinct in Ireland. Because their work was done, so to speak, and because increasing numbers of Irish Wolfhounds were exported to other countries, the breed reached extinction levels. In the mid-19th century, breeders began working to restore their numbers. Today, Irish Wolfhounds do very little wolf hunting. You’re more likely to find them curled up by the fire.
The Look of a Irish Wolfhound
Irish Wolfhounds have large, muscular frames covered in thick, harsh coats that are slightly wiry over the eyes and under the chin. They usually come in white, black, gray, brindle or red. Wolfhounds have long heads, watchful eyes and small, folded ears. They have long, muscular necks, strong backs and long, thick tails covered in hair. Overall, Irish Wolfhounds have a rustic and swift look about them. | <urn:uuid:2ae34cb2-73d0-4682-b4b7-24a042636b20> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.dogster.com/dog-breeds/Irish_Wolfhound | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560283008.19/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095123-00079-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.958646 | 571 | 2.078125 | 2 |
The first general history of Korea as seen through maps, Korea: A Cartographic History provides a beautifully illustrated introduction to how Korea was and is represented cartographically. John Rennie Short, one of today’s most prolific and well-respected geographers, encapsulates six hundred years of maps made by Koreans and non-Koreans alike.
Largely chronological in its organization, Korea begins by examining the differing cartographic traditions prevalent in the early Joseon period in Korea—roughly 1400 to 1600—and its temporal equivalent in early modern Europe. As one of the longest continuous dynasties, Joseon rule encompassed an enormous range and depth of cartographic production. Short then surveys the cartographic encounters from 1600 to 1900, distinguishing between the early and late Joseon periods and highlighting the influences of China, Japan, and the rest of the world on Korean cartography. In his final section, Short covers the period from Japanese colonial control of Korea to the present day and demonstrates how some of the tumultuous events of the past hundred years are recorded and contested in maps. He also explores recent cartographic controversies, including the naming of the East Sea/Sea of Japan and claims of ownership of the island of Dokdo.
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Plan of Kishan
Plan of Kishan :
Kishan was a poor farmer.
One of his oxen died. Kishan decided to sell the other ox to a friend in the city.
As Kishan was going back to the village after selling the ox, he passed through a forest. Four dacoits blocked his way. They wanted to rob him.
They took his money. Then they thought that if they would let him go, he would complain in the police station. So they tried to kill him.
But Kishan was clever. He laughed aloud and said, "Try your best. But you cannot kill me. An astrologer has said that four blind men will kill me."
All the four dacoits covered their eyes with a cloth to kill him, but Kishan ran off.
The dacoits realized this and followed him. By then, Kishan had reached the main road where he saw a police jeep. He told the police everything about the four dacoits.
So within a short span of time, the police arrested the dacoits.
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The White House is making its move to "save" the US Postal Service by amputating its limbs for a infected, festering wound that Republicans inflicted on it a decade ago.
The Treasury Department is considering taking unprecedented control over key operations of the U.S. Postal Service by imposing tough terms on an emergency coronavirus loan from Congress, which would fulfill President Trump’s longtime goal of changing how the service does business, according to two people familiar with the matter.
Officials working under Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, who must approve the $10 billion loan, have told senior officials at the USPS in recent weeks that he could use the loan as leverage to give the administration influence over how much the agency charges for delivering packages and how it manages its finances, according to the two people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the talks are preliminary.
Trump has railed for years against what he sees as mismanagement at the Postal Service, which he argues has been exploited by e-commerce sites such as Amazon, and has sought to change how much the agency charges for the delivery of packages. (Amazon’s founder and chief executive Jeff Bezos owns The Washington Post.)
Under the $2 trillion coronavirus stimulus relief passed last month, the Treasury was authorized to loan $10 billion to the USPS, which says it may not be able to make payroll and continue mail service uninterrupted past September. Mnuchin rejected a bipartisan Senate proposal to give the Postal Service a bailout amid the negotiations over that legislation, a senior Trump administration official and a congressional official previously told The Post.
The borrowing terms have only been discussed among both agencies’ leadership and have not been made public because the Postal Service hasn’t officially requested the loan, the two people familiar with the matter said. Mnuchin could still decide not to pursue tough terms as the September deadline nears. The Postal Service would not have to use the entire $10 billion loan at one time, but could borrow up to that amount at any given time.
In discussions with senior USPS personnel, Treasury officials have said they are interested in raising rates on the Postal Service’s lucrative package business, its sole area of profitability in recent years. Treasury also could review all large postal contracts with package companies to push for greater margins on deliveries.
Treasury officials have said they may press the agency to demand tougher concessions from its powerful postal unions — among the public-sector unions that still retain significant leverage in negotiations with the government.
The officials have also said Mnuchin wants the authority to review hiring decisions at the agency’s senior levels, including the selection of the next postmaster general, a decision that until now has been left to the Postal Service’s five-member board of governors.
USPS spokesman David Partenheimer confirmed in an email that the agency and Treasury have begun “preliminary discussions” over the loan, but that the Treasury had not yet asked “to impose any of those conditions on that borrowing authority.” He declined to say whether these or any other terms were under discussion.
In 2006, Republicans rammed through the Postal Accountability and Enhacement Act, which mandated that unlike any other US corporation, the US Post Office was required to pre-fund all employee retiree benefits for 50 years.
The law requires the Postal Service, which receives no taxpayer subsidies, to prefund its retirees’ health benefits up to the year 2056. This is a $5 billion per year cost; it is a requirement that no other entity, private or public, has to make. If that doesn’t meet the definition of insanity, I don’t know what does. Without this obligation, the Post Office actually turns a profit. Some have called this a “manufactured crisis.” It’s also significant that lots of companies benefit from a burden that makes the USPS less competitive; these same companies might also would benefit from full USPS privatization, a goal that has been pushed by several conservative think tanks for years.
Trump's plan is Hostage-Taking 101: either the House and Senate pass legislation to put the USPS under the control of the Treasury Department, or Trump stands by and watches the postal system fail. The collapse of the postal service would hurt Trump's voters the most, but so did Chinese and EU tariffs and they still love him for it.
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American immigration officials have detailed information for Haitians in the US.
22 January 2010
American immigration grants visa reprieve for Haitians in US
Thousands of Haitians in the New York area were briefed by American immigration officials on the new program for Haitian citizens in the US.
American immigration officials held an information session in the Federal Building in Manhattan on the new immigration program that will allow Haitians who were here when the earthquake struck to be able to receive temporary protected status (TPS), even if they are in America illegally.
New York Citizenship Immigration Service district director Andrea Quarantillo said: "Haitian nationals will be able to remain in the US legally, be able to obtain authorization to work legally in the United States, be eligible to obtain permission to travel outside the United States, and return to their TPS status," she said.
Only Haitians already in America are eligible for temporary protected status.
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3D printing is a spectacular technology, there’s no doubt about this.
The amount of new applications and solutions in various industries is impressive, but perhaps the new applications in healthcare are the ones that most impact and give us light on how the future of medicine could be.
In Santiago of Chile, two innovative companies have developed a unique project in the world.
Copper3D Inc., the company that develops new antimicrobial materials for 3D printing, has partnered with the company Toylisto, uses its platform to turn 2D images of drawing into 3D printable designs called “Art Toys”.
Combining these two technologies, Copper3D and ToyListo have developed a project to create “Antimicrobial Art Toys”, a beautiful project that seeks to collaborate with the emotional well-being and recovery of children with complex illnesses and immunosuppression who are in clinical isolation and for this reason have no access to play with conventional toys, which by their characteristics (porous polymers and complex geometries) harbor a high bacterial burden that can be very dangerous for these children.
The pediatric Hospital Dr. Luis Calvo Mackenna was chosen by these companies to pilot this innovative project, initially in the Oncology Unit with children in clinical isolation, who from now on can create their own drawings and see them turned into real toys for them to play safely within the isolation units.
Regarding this project, Esteban Ruiz-Tagle, founder of the company Toylisto, mentions the following:
“This project was born with the objective that we have as a company to do something really different and of social impact. Hence, in some conversations with Daniel Martínez from Copper3D about combining the technologies of both companies, the idea made sense immediately. We did some tests and went to Dr. Luis Calvo Mackenna Children’s Hospital to offer our services with the antibacterial material of Copper3D. After several meetings, we obtained the approval to become suppliers in an unprecedented service all over the world: to turn children’s drawings into collection figures, safe for children with complex diseases that have them with immunosuppression. But none of this would have been possible without the antibacterial characteristics of the PLACTIVE® material and the security provided by all the studies, certifications and approvals that have.
Finally, what we are most happy about is that for the first time, children who have had to abandon pets, teddies and toys because of their health risk, will now be able to dream, play and have fun safely with the “Art Toys” by Toylisto”
This project, in addition to having the unique component of the creativity of these children transformed into a 3D printed collection figure, has another very innovative element. The figure that each of these children receives is made with the new antimicrobial materials developed by the company Copper3D.
These new antimicrobial materials (or “active nanocomposites” as they are called in Copper3D) are revolutionizing the biomedical 3D printing industry and have even come to be tested by NASA for the 3D printing of medical devices on the International Space Station (ISS).
Daniel Martínez, CINO, and co-founder of Copper3D mentions in this regard:
“For us, this project has been a path full of learning and has allowed us to fully comply with the main purpose of our company: Utilize innovation and cutting-edge technology to improve the quality of life of people. This is exactly what we have done in this project with Toylisto, to use cutting edge technology in 3D design and new antimicrobial materials to allow these children in clinical isolation to play with unique figures, designed by themselves and manufactured with a clean, safe and certified material.
This is just one more example of the impact that Antimicrobial 3D Printing can have and it poses a very promising future in the use of this technology for other applications and solutions in the Biomedical world, but also in other industries such as Aerospace, Food, Animal Care, and Mass Consumption products.
We are also proud that the prestigious Luis Calvo Mackenna Children’s Hospital has trusted our companies to pilot this project, that we plan to extend to other hospitals in Chile and, through our international networks, to other pediatric hospitals in the USA, Europe, South Africa, South East Asia, and the Middle East.”
Related to this project, Dr. Jorge Lastra, Director of the Dr. Luis Calvo Mackenna Hospital comments the following:
“For our hospital, it is a pride to be a benchmark in innovation and to be able to incorporate these new technologies that have already been tested and validated internationally, in the treatment and well-being of our children, especially in those that are in more complex conditions such as immunosuppression and clinical isolation.
We hope with this initiative to mark an important milestone and to be able to show the world that from Chile, with creativity and technology, great projects of global impact can be made and that they also have a positive impact on the quality of life of our children.”
Toylisto and Copper3D wanted to produce and donate 100 #AntimicrobialArtToys this year for the children of this hospital.
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About the Author:
Daniel Martínez is a Chilean Healthcare professional passionate about innovation and the impact it can have on the quality of life of people. His professional career has been linked to management and marketing in healthcare organizations. In 2008 he obtained an MBA in Chile.
Then, in 2016 he started an MSc. of Innovation, which led to a profound change in his way of seeing the world.
He began to see global problems as big challenges and opportunities to generate a huge impact with creative, innovative, and disruptive solutions. A typical day of Daniel consists of a mix between academia (he is professor of innovation in several universities in Chile) and his activities as Chief Innovation Officer at Copper3D, where he is responsible for the short term (commercial and marketing strategy) and the long term of the company working on brand positioning, new products for the portfolio, innovation architecture, new business models and strategic alliances. | <urn:uuid:b6cd6faa-9017-4864-80c4-ec13e17f064c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://3dheals.com/antimicrobial-3d-printing-toys-for-immunosuppressed-children | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571719.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812140019-20220812170019-00278.warc.gz | en | 0.961987 | 1,295 | 2.4375 | 2 |
China has rapidly expanded its nuclear and conventional missile forces over the past decade, nearly tripling its ballistic missile production capability and deploying a wide array of nuclear and conventional missile systems, according to an intelligence assessment released by the State Department.
The department also notified Congress on Thursday that it believes Beijing is close to violating the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) by refusing to join the United States in nuclear arms reduction talks underway with Russia.
“As of the writing of this letter, China appears to not be in compliance with its Article VI obligations under the NPT and it will be essential that the next administration continue to apply the full range of diplomatic, economic and defensive measures to bring Communist China to the negotiating table,” said Marshall Billingslea, special presidential envoy for arms control.
The warning, contained in a letter to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, noted the status of New START arms control talks with Russia.
A chart based on intelligence data made public Thursday by the Bureau of Arms Control, Verification and Compliance concluded that Chinese missile production capacity grew by 180% since 2010. The chart was first presented during a briefing for America’s NATO allies three weeks ago.
Additionally, the intelligence indicates that 80% of Chinese missiles were conventionally armed and just 20% were nuclear-tipped in 2010. By contrast, 40% of China’s current missile force today is nuclear-capable with the remaining 60% armed with conventional explosives. The expansion of missile forces accelerated under President Xi Jinping, who took power in 2012.
Missile production increased by 30% from 2010 to 2015 and accelerated exponentially from 2015 to 2020. The growth rate in 2020 was 180% higher than it was a decade earlier.
“It is important for the American people and the international community to better understand the size and scope of the Chinese missile force, its rapid expansion, and the need to take steps to mitigate the danger to regional and global stability,” said Mr. Billingslea, who is also acting undersecretary of state for arms control and international security.
Chinese officials have long resisted U.S. pressure to join arms control talks. They argued that Beijing’s nuclear arsenal is for self-defense and is dwarfed by the missile stocks of Washington and Moscow.
“Given the huge gap between the nuclear arsenals of China and those of the U.S. and the Russian Federation, it is unfair, unreasonable and infeasible to expect China to join in any trilateral arms control negotiation …,” Geng Shuang, China’s deputy permanent representative to the United Nations, told the U.N. General Assembly in October. “The U.S. intention is to find an excuse to shirk its own special and primary responsibility for nuclear disarmament and seek a pretext to free its hands and gain absolute military supremacy.”
Missiles of concern
The missiles of greatest concern to the United States are China’s “carrier-killer” DF-21 and DF-26 missiles. The unique missiles can be fired from long ranges with enough precision to attack a moving ship at sea.
China has called the DF-26 a “Guam killer” because of its ability to range the major U.S. military hub on the U.S. South Pacific island. The People’s Liberation Army carried out flight tests of four DF-21s and at least one DF-26 during large-scale military exercises in the South China Sea in August.
“The missiles impacted in the South China Sea between Hainan Island and the Paracel Islands,” a Pentagon official said at the time.
What also worries American military planners is China’s new hypersonic DF-17 missile, a maneuverable glider that flies between the upper atmosphere and outer space at extremely high speeds.
The DF-17 is designed to penetrate increasingly sophisticated American missile defenses, such the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system and the Ground-Based Midcourse Defense that protects the U.S. from limited long-range attack.
The Pentagon stated in its annual report on the Chinese military that long-range missiles under development “will significantly improve its nuclear-capable missile forces and will require increased nuclear warhead production” for multiwarhead missiles like the DF-41, which is being deployed on road and rail mobile launchers.
In addition to stepped-up production, China last year tested 250 missiles, more than were carried out in 2019, when Beijing was credited with more missile tests than all other nations combined.
Flight tests reached into the hundreds despite the pandemic, which limited the U.S. military’s ability to conduct missile testing.
Additionally, China is ramping up production of ballistic missile submarines that the Pentagon said provide Beijing with a significant capability to strike the American homeland with nuclear missiles.
“We’re seeing a China that is rapidly accelerating its nuclear-tipped missile force, both long-range, submarine-launched and short- and medium-range ballistic and cruise missiles,” Mr. Billingslea told The Washington Times. “This comes as we already highlighted the massive increase in China’s nuclear weapons production sites.”
The Chinese missile buildup is being highlighted as the United States works to catch up to China’s large scale deployment of intermediate-range missiles. For decades, China built 18 types of intermediate-range ballistic missiles, those with ranges of 1,864 to 3,418 miles. The United States and Russia were prohibited by treaty from building similar missiles.
China now has an estimated 1,200 midrange missiles that are part of a missile force estimated to be 2,000 total ballistic missiles and hundreds of ground-hugging cruise missiles.
The Trump administration quit the Intermediate-Range Missile Treaty in 2019 after it said Russia had deployed a ground-launched cruise missile that violated the 1987 accord.
The Trump administration has moved to support the Army and the Marine Corps in fielding ground-launched capabilities and is in discussions with Asian and NATO allies on how to best deter Chinese and Russian aggression, Mr. Billingslea told The Washington Times.
In November, the State Department released four previously classified briefing slides revealing a rapid expansion of Chinese plutonium and uranium production plants, highlighting what the department called a secretive crash program to build up its nuclear arsenal.
Earlier details were released on China’s nuclear testing site at Lop Nur in western China. The site recently began round-the-clock operations, an indication that nuclear testing work has been stepped up.
On the question of China’s NPT noncompliance, Mr. Billingslea said, the Senate notification “relates to China’s refusal to negotiate in good faith with the United States.” China signed the treaty in 1992.
Article 6 of the treaty states that signatories must “pursue negotiations in good faith on effective measures relating to cessation of the nuclear arms race at an early date and to nuclear disarmament, and on a treaty on general and complete disarmament under strict and effective international control.”
President Trump directed that any extension of the New START treaty with Russia include China, which has been engaged in the large-scale buildup of nuclear forces and missile delivery systems unconstrained by arms control treaties. The New START treaty is set to expire Feb. 5 and will be one of the first national security decisions the Biden administration will face.
Mr. Billingslea, in his letter to the Senate, stated that progress had been made in a short treaty extension. Under the proposed deal, Russian would agree to place a cap on its nuclear warhead arsenal in exchange for a one-year extension of New START.
The Pentagon report on the Chinese military stated that China is adding two more missile submarines to its fleet of four Jin-class missile submarines. Additional attack submarines also are being built.
The Navy disclosed Monday on Twitter that the USS Ohio, a nuclear-armed ballistic missile submarine, recently sailed into Apra Harbor, Guam.
The disclosure of the Ohio’s deployment is unusual as missile submarine deployments are usually kept secret.
The strategic submarine activity near Guam comes amid heightened tensions with China over Taiwan and the transition of presidential administrations next week.
• Bill Gertz can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.org.
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It’s Oscar Week, so today we’re taking a look at some of the past Best Picture films from each decade from the 20s to the 90s. With some help from my friends, below are a list of reviews they’ve selected from each decade.
• Ruth – Gentleman’s Agreement (1947)
• Iba @ I Luv Cinema – An American in Paris (1951)
• Paula @ Paula Cinema Club – The Apartment (1960)
• Michael @ It Rains… You Get Wet – The Godfather (1972)
• Ronan @ Filmplicity – Rain Man (1989)
• David @ Never Too Early Movie Predictions – Shakespeare in Love (1998)
Thanks to Iba, we’ve also got some Honorable Mentions from the 20s and 30s, see below:
1920s (Wings, 1927/8)
There is not much on offer for the span of the decade since the Academy Awards only began in 1927/8. So let’s take a look at that first awards ceremony. The WWI silent epic “Wings” took home the prize for Best Production (Picture). The William Wellman masterpiece, with its groundbreaking footage of in-the-air fighter plane battles is the first and only silent film to receive the Academy’s highest honor (this of course may soon change).
But wait, there is more; another film “Sunrise”, received an award for Best Picture (Unique and Artistic Picture/Artistic Quality of Production). This was the first and only year in which there were two separate categories for best picture. “Sunrise”, directed by F.W. Murnau, was the famed German expressionist’s first Hollywood feature and is considered by many to be one of the greatest films of all-time.
There is also symmetry with the Awards and the dawning of a new era in the motion picture industry. This first year of industry wide recognition for excellence in film production coincided with the advent of sound. As such, although Al Jolson’s “The Jazz Singer” was released in 1927, the Academy deemed it ineligible as it was claimed that its revolutionary use of sound gave it an unfair advantage.
Another major snub of this year was the Buster Keaton classic “The General.”
1930s (The Life of Emile Zola, 1937)
It is far too easy to mention the Golden Year of Hollywood, 1939 as one enters a discussion of one year to focus on in the decade. That year is the stuff of legend. It should be noted, however that the excellence in filmmaking goes beyond that one isolated ‘magical’ year. Overall the decade produced a bounty of escapist entertainment for the masses.
So let’s take a look at another year in the decade that produced equally stunning pictures – 1937. The winner of the Best Picture prize was the Warner Brothers’ biopic “The Life of Emile Zola,” starring Paul Muni as the crusading activist involved in the 19th century “Dreyfus Affair” in France. During the heyday of the studio system, Warner Brothers was the studio with the reputation of being the “socially conscious,” “realistic” studio; the win in this category marked the studio’s first win for Best Picture.
Zola beat out a diverse offering of films which included “The Awful Truth”, “Captains Courageous”, “Dead End”, “The Good Earth”, “In Old Chicago”, “Lost Horizon”, “One Hundred Men and a Girl”, “Stage Door”, “A Star is Born.”
Gentleman’s Agreement (1947)
Director: Elia Kazan
Screenplay: Moss Hart, based on the novel by Laura Z. Hobson
Cast: Gregory Peck, Dorothy McGuire, John Garfield, Celeste Holm, Anne Revere
Before I get to my in-depth review, I just want to share some interesting tidbits about this film. From the Gregory Peck’s biography by Gary Fishgall, it’s noted that this film was so controversial in its day that even major Hollywood moguls such as Samuel Goldwyn and Louis B. Mayer who are Jewish did not want this film to be made, not wishing to ‘rock the boat’ and prefer to deal with the matter quietly. In fact, they pleaded with Darryl Zanuck (who is NOT wish) to abandon the project. Even some of Peck’s fans and his own agent encouraged the actor to refuse the part. This film was also the first time the word “Jew” was used explicitly in a mainstream film. Well, this film not only won Best Picture and Best Director for Elia Kazan, but is also the highest-grossing picture of 1948.
Fifteen years before Peck dealt with blatant racism as Atticus Finch in To Kill A Mockingbird, he tackled the issue of anti-Semitism as a reporter who pretends to be Jewish to cover a story on the controversial topic. The film opens with Phil Green, a widower who just recently moves to New York City, hanging out with his son Tommy (Dean Stockwell) just before his appointment with a magazine publisher for his next assignment. Even for a seasoned writer like Phil, this assignment presents quite a challenge as his boss John Minify wants a fresh new take on the issue of anti-Semitism, not just mere facts-and-figures type of articles that have been written many times before.
After some soul-searching and weeks pounding away tirelessly at his typewriter, a eureka moment hits him that in order to really understand what it means to be Jewish, he must become Jewish himself. The fact that he just moves to NYC and practically nobody knows who he is should make his plan a cinch, and in a way it is, but by no means is it going to be a walk in the park. Inevitably, Phil encounters bigotry and discrimination first hand and discovers that the silent prejudices also exist amongst the people he holds dear.
It really makes me cringe to see the in-your-face bigotry displayed by seemingly ‘nice’ people Phil encounters in the day-to-day. His own doctor actually advises him against contacting a Jewish internist, his son Tommy is being called a ‘dirty Jew,’ and one of the most heart-wrenching scenes takes place at a resort where Phil actually has reservation for. As soon as he reveals he’s a Jew, the manager tells him the place is fully-booked but that he’d be happy to book him a room at another hotel! You can watch that clip on YouTube (starting at minute 6:00), it really makes my blood boil just watching it.
Phil hates anti-semitism with a passion, it makes him sick no matter who commits it, that’s what tells his Jewish secretary who admits that she too sometimes refers to herself as a ‘kike.’ He’s equally vehement with Kathy when she’s reluctant to fight against the ‘gentleman’s agreement’ about not selling her property to the Jewish people. He confronts her that the ‘nice’ people who choose to remain as bystanders are as guilty in fostering any types of discrimination.
“I’ve come to see lots of nice people who aren’t [antisemitic]…people who despise it and protest their own innocence help it along and wonder why it grows.”
This clip shows his interaction with both Tommy and Kathy, and also his army best friend Dave (John Garfield) telling Phil about what his and his family’s day-to-day life is like being a real Jew. Garfield himself is a Russian-Jewish immigrant who had to change his original name from Jacob Garfinkle, so he certainly could identify with his character very well here.
I’d like to think (hope) that we’ve come a long way since then but it doesn’t mean that this film is passé nowadays as we know that many forms of prejudices still exist, even if they may not be as blatant as it once was. The fact that this film also tackles the more ‘silent’ discrimination makes it all the more relevant and relatable.
Now, even though the subject matter is pretty heavy handed, at the heart of this human drama is a budding romance between Phil and Minify’s niece Kathy. The relationships between Phil and his mother and son, as well as his best friend Dave are also handled very well, which give you insights into his character. Perhaps Phil is a bit too solemn for his own good, even he admits that himself several times every time he gets into an argument with Kathy. I kind of think of Phil Green as Superman without a cape in some ways… fighting for truth, justice and the American way. Plus Peck has that Clark-Kent sensibilities about him 😀
Now, another thing I like about this film is the character of Anne, the Fashion Editor, played wonderfully by Celeste Holm. She won a Best Supporting Oscar for her role as a sharp, spunky and strong career woman who shares his worldview and empathizes with Phil’s plight. I was quite taken aback in their scenes together towards the end as she makes it quite obvious how she feels about him. It’s quite modern in those days I’d imagine for her to do what she did. I actually kind of wish Phil would end up with her instead of with the more conventional Kathy.
Now the performances are just superb throughout. Peck deservedly earned his third Best Actor nomination in four years. I’ve always considered that Atticus Finch is where the actor and the role meets, I think the same could be said about Phil Green as I can’t imagine a more perfect match between the actor and the role. Peck shares a wonderful yet effortless chemistry with all the actors, but I especially love his scenes with his 11-year-old son. There’s an earlier scene where Tommy grilled his father about what anti-semitism is and why people treat the Jews differently, it’s certainly something every parent can relate to having to explain such a tricky subject. This is apparently the second time Dean Stockwell played Peck’s son, the first one is in The Valley of Decision which was his debut. The scene where Phil comforted Tommy after he’s been bullied at school reminds me of Atticus with Scout. As a father of young boys himself, Peck was such a natural as a dad and it made me wish I had such a loving dad like that!
John Garfield, Ann Revere and Dorothy Maguire are all equally convincing in their roles, Maguire perhaps has the least sympathetic role as the confused and weak Kathy but she sort of represents a lot of the ‘nice’ people in the real world who’d rather not speak up against bigotry because we’re afraid to stir things up. Thanks to director Elia Kazan for bringing out the best out of his actors, he’s known for being an actor’s director as many actors flourish under his directions. This is perhaps not his most famous film compared to A Streetcar Named Desire, On the Waterfront (which earned Marlon Brando his Best Actor Oscar) and East of Eden. Kazan won a total of three Oscars, five Tony Awards and four Golden Globes throughout his career but he’s also famous for his controversy for being an informer during the McCarthy era’s anti-communist movement.
The excellent script by Moss Hart, gorgeous cinematography by Arthur C. Miller and music by the celebrated composer Alfred Newman all make up for an astounding film that definitely merits its place amongst the best of Hollywood’s golden years. I love that many parts of the film was shot in on location in NYC around Radio City Music Hall and Rockefeller Plaza, it’s nice to see the characters walking amongst the crowd of New Yorkers and getting a glimpse of what the office of a major publication looked like.
I’ve seen this film three times just in the past six months and appreciate it even more each time. It’s a well-crafted and well-acted film that entertain as well as enlighten.
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How to Save Energy at Home – Part 2 of 3
In this article, step 2, it’s time to take your electrical savings to the next level. It’s easy and you can make it fun. Make it a weekend project and involve your spouse and family so you get buy-in on the project. Don’t forget to involve the dog too. I’m sure Rover would love to learn how to save energy at home, but I’ll leave that call up to you!
What we’re going to do is identify some easy electrical energy savings around the house. Electrical devices surround us in today’s world. Rarely do we stop to consider how much energy each of them consumes. But if you add up the energy used by each of the devices in your house you’ll likely find a few that use much more than you thought.
You Can’t Manage What You Can’t Measure
We need to determine the watts used by each device. Watts = Volts x Amps x Power Factor. Although you could use a regular volt-ohm meter like shown in the picture, it would be frustrating because it’s necessary to measure in-line current in order to get watts. You would need to measure current, and then voltage, and then determine power factor. There’s an easier way that requires no calculations or special wiring.
The Kill-a-Watt meter is the answer. Plug the Kill-a-Watt meter into the wall or an extension cord, and then plug the device you want to measure into the front of the meter. Presto, it displays watts (and lots of other stuff). It costs around $20, so the only way it will break the bank is if you break your piggy bank to buy it.
I’ve provided information on the Kill-a-Watt meter. Click on the “Resources” menu item, and then choose “Tools and Equipment“. There’s a link to the meter at Amazon for your convenience. I have no affiliation with this product and do not receive any commission or other money for sales. I mention it simply because I’ve used it and found it to be easy to use, inexpensive and accurate. If you search around on Amazon you’ll find similar meters and most any of them should work just fine.
Get a pad of paper, a clipboard, or something similar to write on while you’re walking around the house. Walk the whole house, every room, every closet, the garage, etc. Find every device plugged in and jot down the name of the device.
Lots of stuff, huh? Now cross out devices not normally plugged in. A rarely used hand drill in the garage is an example. We’re mostly interested in devices using electricity a large part of every day.
I like to make a spreadsheet of the list so I can total up watts and calculate the approximate cost per month and per year for each item. I can also update it easily every year or two. I include columns for Device Name, Watts, Duty, $/kWh, Cost/Mo, Cost/Yr, and Comments. I’ve included an example Excel spreadsheet that you can download and modify to suit your needs. You can download it on the Tools and Equipment page.
On the spreadsheet, “Duty” refers to duty cycle, or what percentage of the total time the device is using electricity. High wattage hair dryers run a short time each day, so they have a very low duty cycle. If a hair dryer runs 15 minutes each day, it has a duty of 1% (15 minutes divided by 1440 minutes in a day). Appliances like refrigerators have many variables affecting running time, so you’ll need to make an educated guess. Do your best, or do some research on the internet for some guidelines.
Time to use your handy dandy power meter. Measure the watts of each device and record it on the spreadsheet. Make detailed notes, especially notes as to whether the device is running or not. You’ll notice that I made notes on the sample spreadsheet showing a detailed breakdown for groups of devices like the entertainment center. I also noted for future reference that the laser printer I put on the example spreadsheet uses 1000 watts when the heating element is on, but only 30 watts in sleep mode. An appliance with very little usage, like a toaster, is something you might consider leaving off the list.
If you find a device that uses such a small amount of electricity that the power meter cannot read it, then leave it off the list. Cell phone chargers and other small chargers tend to fall into this category. Use common sense and be safe. A dishwasher probably doesn’t have a cord to plug in, so you’ll have to ignore that appliance. That may also be true for other devices like a security system.
Record the watts used by each device and make your best estimate of its duty cycle.
Calculate Cost of Electricity
Pull out a recent electric utility bill. Find how many total kilowatt-hours you used for the month. Then locate the total cost of the electric bill for the month. Divide Monthly Cost by Monthly Kilowatt-Hours to determine your actual total $/kWh. That’s what you really pay for electricity, which is much higher than what the utility charges per kilowatt-hour. All the fees, taxes, etc. greatly increase the cost. Enter the cost on the spreadsheet.
Calculating the cost of electricity isn’t a requirement, but it’s interesting to see how much electricity costs per month and per year for each device. You might find a surprise or two. For example, on the sample spreadsheet, the first device is a Bose radio. The radio was sucking 6 watts while turned off – a ridiculous and unnecessary amount of electricity for a clock display to draw! A new model of the radio purchased from Bose since then draws negligible electricity (less than 1 watt).
Analyze the Data and Take Action
Look through your list and ask yourself if everything makes sense. A device drawing electricity 24/7, but with intermittent use is a potential savings opportunity. Get creative and find opportunities where you can achieve savings with minimal or no inconvenience.
One place a majority of people can save is with entertainment devices. How much do you use each device? Can you unplug it when it’s not in use? A DVR must always be on to record programs. But you can unplug a VCR or DVD player. Likewise, receivers can be off (although the clock will lose its time setting).
Plug devices that don’t need power 24/7 into a power strip with a switch. Then turn the power strip off when you aren’t using the devices. The savings will add up.
Good luck with your saving efforts! If you try something and find that it causes too much inconvenience, put it back the way it was. Inconvenience is not the goal here – that is, for all but the most die-hard energy savers!
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British & Continental recalls Mica 3 Belgian Frangipans due to incorrect allergen labelling
British & Continental is recalling Mica 3 Belgian Frangipans because they contain wheat (gluten), milk, egg and soya which have not been emphasised on the label. This means the product is a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy or intolerance to wheat or gluten, and/or milk or milk constituents, and/or egg and/or an allergy to soya. The product is only distributed in Morrisons and Nisa.
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|Best before||All dates up to and including 26 July 2019|
Allergen(s): Wheat (gluten), Milk, Eggs and Soya
This product contains wheat (gluten), milk, eggs and soya making it a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy or intolerance to wheat or gluten, and/or milk or milk constituents, and/or egg and/or an allergy to soya.
Action taken by the company
Our advice to consumers
About allergy alerts
Sometimes there will be a problem with a food product that means it should not be sold. Then it might be 'withdrawn' (taken off the shelves) or 'recalled' (when customers are asked to return the product). Sometimes foods have to be withdrawn or recalled if there is a risk to consumers because the allergy labelling is missing or incorrect or if there is any other food allergy risk. When there is a food allergy risk, the FSA will issue an Allergy Alert. | <urn:uuid:61fa4a2c-39ec-48e5-9972-ba8ff5479017> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.food.gov.uk/news-alerts/alert/fsa-aa-55-2019 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571472.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811133823-20220811163823-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.907112 | 350 | 1.828125 | 2 |
Lion introduces a slew of changes to the OS X interface--some of them entirely new, others variations on existing features. In either case, they're going to take some getting used to.
Gestures--using one or more fingers to swipe, tap, and pinch on a touch-sensitive screen--have been migrating from the iOS interface to the Mac for some time. In Snow Leopard, you could scroll or swipe with two, three, or four fingers to navigate in windows, drag onscreen elements, or switch between applications. In Lion, the gesture vocabulary has expanded, so much so that interacting with your Mac can feel like working with a giant iPad.
There are now thirteen discrete gestures, which you can enable and configure in the Trackpad pane of System Preferences. They can be sorted into two groups.
The gestures in one of those groups are what interface designer call "reality based": the gesture mimics its effect. For example, swiping sideways with three or four fingers (whichever you specify in the More Gestures tab of the Trackpad preference pane) moves you from one space (virtual desktop) to another. In Mission Control, these desktops are arranged in a horizontal array. So swiping sideways is like sliding one desktop out of the way and sliding another one into its place.
Similarly, if you spread your thumb and three fingers outward, it reveals your desktop; it's as if you're flicking your windows off the screen and out of the away. You reverse the gesture to bring your windows back.
To invoke Mission Control, you swipe three or four fingers (depending on your preference) upwards. The metaphor here: Mission Control exists below your active desktop, and you're sliding the current workspace up and out of the way to see all of your virtual desktops (including full-screen apps and Dashboard). Reversing that swipe from Mission Control slides your regular desktop back into view. Swiping downwards with three or four fingers initiates App Exposé, which reveals all the windows and open documents of the frontmost application. In this case, it's like you're drilling down to see the windows just for the one app that's currently in focus. Again, reversing the gesture exits that view.
Finally, if you want a closer look at something on screen, you can pinch with two fingers (or double-tap with two fingers). It's a gesture that will be familiar to anyone who's used an iPhone or iPad. Zooming doesn't work system wide, but you can use the gesture in Safari, iPhoto, Preview, and other apps.
Other gestures in Lion aren't quite as metaphorically clear. For example, if you move the cursor over a word on screen, then double-tap with three fingers, a popover will appear containing a dictionary definition, synonyms, and a Wikipedia entry for that word. Highlight two or more words before you triple tap, and the dictionary will look up the combined words instead. It's handy, but not exactly intuitive. Same goes for the pinch with four fingers that invokes Launchpad.
Many of the gestures that Lion supports are not necessarily available system-wide; some, for example, currently work only in Apple's own apps. Presumably third-party support will be forthcoming soon.
Most of Lion's gestures require a Multi-Touch trackpad. That means you'll need a MacBook of recent vintage or a Magic Trackpad. If you have an older MacBook whose trackpad doesn't support Multi-Touch, or if you use the Magic Mouse, you'll be limited to two-finger gestures only.
In the latter case, you have several options: You could do without Multi-Touch gestures, you could invest $69 in a Magic Trackpad, or, for many gestures, you could use your keyboard instead.
For example, you can switch between full-screen apps by holding down the Control key and pressing the left or right arrow keys. Control-up arrow launches Mission Control; Control-down arrow enters App Exposé. As in Snow Leopard, holding down the Control key while you use your mouse's scroll wheel zooms in on the screen. Instead of triple-tapping a word to get its definition, you can Control-click on the word instead and choose Look Up in Dictionary. And you can leave the Launchpad icon in your Dock, and then click on that instead of triggering it via its gesture.
My take: I suspect that Apple will increasingly embrace Multi-Touch interactions on its desktop operating system, so this is one of those adapt-or-be-left-behind moments. If you're willing to spring for a Magic Trackpad, now may be the time. And if you're already fond of your iOS device, the new Lion gestures will feel impressively intuitive. While Jason Snell faulted some of the less-intutive gestures in his Lion review, I found that even those Multi-Touch notions quickly became second-nature to me--I love the three-finger double-tap for definitions. You may well need to retrain some muscle memory for certain gestures (since, for example, you now pinch with four fingers instead of swiping down to reveal the desktop), but the adjustment time is short.
Just as Lion's Multi-Touch gestures are clearly influenced by iOS, so too is its support for full-screen apps. When you run an app on the iPhone or iPad, it takes over the entirety of the screen. Now, if you want them too, your Mac apps can do the same.
At least, some of them can. While Apple allows any software to leverage Lion's full-screen functionality, third-party developers will need to update their apps to take advantage of the feature. But already, virtually every major piece of software that Apple makes--Mail, Safari, Terminal, GarageBand, and all the i-Apps--supports full-screen mode. To enter full-screen mode, you click on a the small diagonal-arrow icon at the upper-right corner of the window's title bar.
When you send an app into full-screen mode, the Dock and menu bar zip off the screen. Move your mouse to where the menu bar or Dock should be, and they'll temporarily reappear. Your full-screen app is technically running in its own space; if you open Mission Control, you'll see it as one of your desktops.
An app's interface may change in more subtle ways when you enter full-screen mode. Full-screen Safari windows, for example, ditch the Bookmarks Bar; it reappears when you move your mouse into the location bar. Photo Booth becomes a red-curtained, wood-paneled theater in full-screen mode. It's similar to the way some iOS apps (such as Mail) change their look when you switch between portrait and landscape.
Some apps behave differently in full-screen mode, too. FaceTime, for example, will pause your call if switch to another space while you're running it full-screen. If you switch away while running FaceTime as a regular app, your call continues uninterrupted.
When you're in full-screen mode, you might miss out on certain Dock alerts. Dock icon badges--like for your unread messages--are obviously invisible when the Dock itself isn't on the screen. Similarly, flashing Dock badges--such as the ones that Adium employs to alert you to new instant messages--don't appear while you're in full-screen mode, unless you move your mouse to where the Dock would normally reside.
You can exit full-screen mode two ways: Move your mouse to the upper edge of the screen, so the menu bar reappears, then click on the blue full screen toggle at the upper-right. Or, in some cases, press Escape. (If there's a dialog box on the screen that would interpret that Escape as meaning you wanted to close or cancel the dialog itself, then that won't work.)
Lion's full-screen mode doesn't work well if you have multiple monitors. When you use an app in full-screen mode, monitors other than your primary display are dead zones: The app fills up your main screen, and other displays show only gray linen wallpaper. You can actually drag a full-screen app from one display to another, if you grab the window's very top edge. But if your two displays aren't the same size and resolution, the app may be too big for the other screen--and there's no way to resize it.
My take: There's a lot to like about full-screen apps, but they definitely take some getting used to. Fortunately, they work with well-ingrained Mac workflows: You can Command-Tab between full-screen and regular apps just as you might expect; clicking on the Dock icon of a full-screen app takes you to its space automatically. And then there's the new Multi-Touch gesture to swipe from one full-screen app to another space. Running some apps full-screen (or specific windows in certain apps, such as Gmail in Safari) could boost your productivity. But some apps simply waste space when run full-screen. And it's too bad about the lack of multi-monitor support; perhaps Apple considers such setups something for advanced users only, while full-screen apps are more for Mac novices. Or maybe the company simply hasn't focused on multi-monitor support yet, but will in a future version of Lion; until then, it's hard to recommend the feature to multi-monitor users.
Other interface changes
One thing that's likely to throw you off when you first use Lion: The scrolling direction has changed. The default scrolling setting (set in the Trackpad preference pane) is Scroll with Finger Direction: That means the content on the screen moves in the same direction as your scrolling fingers. That reflects another fundamental change in Lion's interface metaphor: Swiping in Lion moves the page rather than the frame.
For example, if you swiped upwards with two fingers in Safari in Snow Leopard, the Web page itself actually moved downwards on the screen: The browser frame moved up, revealing stuff higher up on the page. In Lion, if you swipe up with two fingers in Safari, the Web page itself moves upwards in the frame, so you can see whatever's below it.
Lion's new scrolling behavior is the same as the iPhone's and iPad's, but it's precisely the opposite of Mac scrolling to date. You'll probably adjust to the new scrolling direction after a bit of use. If you don't (or if you don't want to), you can disable Scroll with Finger Direction on the Scroll & Zoom tab of the Trackpad preference pane.
Similarly, in Snow Leopard, if you navigated to a specific Web page in Safari, you could swipe left with three fingers to go back to the previous page; this gesture replicated the action of the browser's Back button. Metaphorically, the sequence of pages you've viewed moves from left to right, like pages in a book, with the current page rightmost in the line. In Snow Leopard, you were moving the frame of the browser to the left to view an earlier page. In Lion, you use a two- or three-finger swipe to the right instead. Metaphorically, you're moving the current page out of the way to the right, so you can see the page before.
Those aren't the only changes to well-established interface elements. If it knows you're using a Multi-Touch input device, Lion also ditches the Mac's traditional scrollbars. Instead, thin scrollbars appear only when you're actually scrolling--just as they do on iOS devices. That can sometimes get confusing, particularly on Web pages that include separately scrolling blocks; without scrollbars, it can be impossible to know that a section can scroll. If you prefer your scrollbars always visible, visit the General pane of System Preferences.
The scrollbar change is initially confusing in other ways, too: Without always-visible scrollbars, you can't tell at a glance just how long a document is. But again, this is a change that mirrors the iOS experience. As soon as you start to scroll, you get a clear sense of where you in the document, and how long it is. The change doesn't save oodles of pixels, but you get used to it quickly.
One other fundamental change: In Lion, you can (finally) resize a window from any of its edges. The long-familiar resizing handle is gone from the bottom right corner of windows. To resize a window now, you move your cursor to any its edges and start dragging. If you drag from a corner, you can resize your window in both dimensions; drag from elsewhere and you're limited to dragging in that single dimension. Hold down Shift while you drag to force a window to maintain its aspect ratio as your resize. Holding down Option resizes your window in all directions as you drag, not just from the part from you're dragging. (And yes, you can hold down Shift and Option together to combine the effects.)
My take: So far, I'm not using full-screen apps. I like the conceit, but I can't get full-screen apps to mesh with my workflow. I rely on Dock notifications, and I very frequently switch quickly between apps--looking at multiple app windows simultaneously. If anything, I'd love to see Apple find a Mac OS-influenced way to allow apps to run side by side on the iPad, rather than bringing iOS's full-screen approach to the Mac. I haven't yet set my scrollbars to remain visible at all times, but I'm not 100 percent convinced that Apple's default is the right approach: With an iOS device, all interaction involves touching the screen, so the scrollbars are visible all the time. With the Mac, you see the scrollbars a lot less often (since your hands may be on the keyboard instead), and that kind of feels like a step backwards. The long-awaited ability to resize windows from anywhere, however, is an unequivocally welcome improvement. | <urn:uuid:e00e58ab-0f4a-4417-90d5-2fdbb4a37400> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/mac-software/whats-new-lion-user-interface-3292637/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560284411.66/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095124-00459-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.92584 | 2,899 | 2.03125 | 2 |
Jeff Ennis and his four sons built this birchbark canoe (16' x 36") in the summer of 2004 in Lac St. Marie, Canada. They used birch bark, green cedar, and spruce root in the construction. The green wood can be easily split into almost paper-thin sheets for making the floorboards. He adds, "The unique thing about the birchbark canoe is that it contains no nails. The shape of the boat is maintained by counterbalancing forces...the pressure of the gunwale to push in, against the pressure of the ribs to push out. Typically the entire boat is made out of natural materials. The boat gunwales are stitched to the hull using spruce root which has been stripped of its bark and then split. The pieces of birchbark that make up the hull are also stitched together using spruce root. It is impossible to find one piece of birchbark that is big enough to make the boat." | <urn:uuid:3a5aafd8-6959-4ff2-b4b1-c40739af5932> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | https://www.woodenboat.com/boat-launchings/birchbark-canoe | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988719079.39/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183839-00035-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.967013 | 205 | 2.4375 | 2 |
To date two different cannabinoid receptors, CB1 and CB2, have been identified. Knockout mice for both of these cannabinoid receptors have been created however these mice still exhibit behavioral, biochemical, and electrophysiological responses when cannabinoids are applied, suggesting the presence of other cannabinoid receptor subtypes. These responses are thought to be produced through the three putative cannabinoid receptors GPR18, GPR55, and GPR119.
GPR18 is expressed in gastrointestinal, immune and testicular tissues, as well as the striatum, cerebellum, and brain stem. This receptor is activated by N-arachidonoylglycine (NAGly), a metabolite of anandamide. This receptor is found on microglial cells in the brain where it regulates the initiation of the migration of these cells following CNS injury or inflammation (McHugh, 2012).
GPR55 is primarily expressed in the striatum and cerebellum but is also expressed in osteoclasts where it has been shown to regulate bone function. This receptor shares limited conserved regions with CB1 and CB2 however potential binding sites have been identified by homology modeling. The most well studied ligand for this receptor is l-α-Lysophosphatidylinositol or LPI which they have also shown to be implicated in microglial migration using in vitro models of excitotoxicity (Kallendrusch, 2013).
GPR55 signaling is involved in gastrointestinal function and has also been shown to form heteromers with both CB1 and CB2. In many cancers both GPR55 and CB2 are overexpressed and it is believed that the unique signaling that arises from the CB2-GPR55 heteromer could be what gives rise to the antitumoural properties of THC (Moreno, 2014).
GPR119 is expressed predominantly in the brain, gastrointestinal tract, and pancreas where it has been shown to regulate the secretion of insulin making it an attractive target for the treatment of diabetes. Oral administration of small molecule GPR119 agonists has been shown to improve glucose tolerance in both rodents and humans (Shah, 2010).
1. Scicho, 2012. “A potential role for GPR55 in gastrointestinal functions” Curr Opin Pharmacol. Dec 2012; 12(6): 653–658.
2. Moreno, 2014. “Targeting CB2-GPR55 Receptor Heteromers Modulates Cancer Cell Signaling” J Biol Chem. 2014 Jun 18. pii: jbc.M114.561761
3. Kallendrusch, 2013. “The G protein-coupled receptor 55 ligand l-α-lysophosphatidylinositol exerts microglia-dependent neuroprotection after excitotoxic lesion.” Glia. 2013 Nov;61(11):1822-31.
4. Shah, 2010. “GPR119 agonists for the potential treatment of type 2 diabetes and related metabolic disorders” Vitam Horm. 2010;84:415-48.
5. McHugh, 2012 “GPR18 in microglia: implications for the CNS and endocannabinoid system signalling” Br J Pharmacol. 2012 Dec;167(8):1575-82 | <urn:uuid:ba163cf2-db62-4164-851c-713c3c276f4f> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://sclabs.com/putative-cannabinoid-receptors-gpr18-gpr55-gpr119/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280899.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00577-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.891263 | 693 | 2.796875 | 3 |
More land but market copes
MARKET elasticity in Singapore's private housing sector will act as a prop as the Government continues releasing land parcels for development.
'There's not going to be any crash, that's a typical overreaction,' Jones Lang Wootton's Alan Choo said.
'We tend to overreact, particularly when the securities houses say there is going to be a drop of 25 per cent, or some other figure.' Mr Choo defended government moves to release more land on to the market, given that tight supply would inevitably lead to further price increases in the sector. But he acknowledged that some of the originally proposed land-parcel launches may have been curtailed.
'The government has already held back on about five per cent of intended land releases for 1995, a fact that has not been widely publicised,' Mr Choo said.
Two tracts of land that had not appeared for tender were at Mandai and Mount Faber.
If that was the case, then market projections for private housing supply over the next few years would be vastly inflated.
Mr Choo did not say whether the government was reacting to the current soft market or whether the launches were late.
The Ministry of National Development announced earlier that it would release 86.27 hectares of land over 30 new sites for the development of 1,500 private housing projects in 1995.
These projects encompass 105,000 individual units, which will push the share of private housing from 7.5 per cent to 11 per cent of total housing stock.
By a year officially termed 'x' in long-term government planning, it is intended that 30 per cent of the population will be privately housed, compared to 17 per cent currently.
'We still have 87 per cent of the population in public housing and a lot of these people are now more affluent.
'They want to upgrade, so there has to be more housing in the private sector to meet this demand,' Mr Choo said.
Public housing in Singapore is administered by the Housing Development Board (HDB).
Since 1989, Singaporeans, who own HDB flats, have been permitted to buy private residential property for investment provided they remain tenants of public housing.
Those who have taken advantage of this new legislation have gained immeasurably from investment returns.
Compounded growth in private property values was 42 per cent in 1994, up on 37 per cent in 1993.
In Hong Kong, many home buyers experienced 300 per cent growth in their investments over a corresponding period.
'It was the new law that really opened the private sector up,' Mr Choo said.
'We're talking about the housing pyramid here. The two markets are now moving in tandem, which was not the case until the end of 1980s.' While he acknowledged that on-coming supply had caused a downward adjustment in the prices of lower to mid-range properties, he remained bullish on projects at the top end of the private residential market, a popular domain with foreign buyers. Prices in this sector could escalate by between 20 and 25 per cent over the next five years, he said. Projects like the Four Seasons and Richmond Park, where 30 to 40 per cent of investments came from foreign buyers, represented good opportunities. This was a sentiment shared by other market observers.
Even the slow take-up of units at the luxury Pebble Bay condominium was not a true reflection of market sentiment, according to Joan Chan, valuation manager for Raine & Horne International.
'There is a big gap between the sizes of the units at Pebble Bay - from 1,300 square feet to 1,800 square feet. For some buyers that might have been too big or too small if they were looking for something in between,' she said.
Situated on the east coast of Singapore, Pebble Bay is developed and marketed by DBS Land.
It received extensive pre-launch publicity - the principal sales pitch being that it is Singapore's first sea-front condominium project - although latest figures indicate only 60 per cent of the units have been taken in four months of sales.
Ms Chan anticipated a 15 per cent downward adjustment in prices of lower-end private housing.
Peter Churchouse, of Morgan Stanley, a securities firm, was more bearish.
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This image compares the retrograde rotation of Venus to the direct rotation of Earth.
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Windows original, courtesy of Nate Proulx
What are the retrograde motions of planets in the sky?
It depends on which type of motion you are asking about. If you take a birds-eye view from the top of the solar system all the planets orbit around the Sun in a counter-clockwise (or direct) direction. Most planets also rotate counter-clockwise, so that the Sun rises in the east and sets in the west. A few rotate in the opposite direction, so that the Sun rises in the west. This is known as retrograde motion.
The planets with retrograde rotations are Venus, Uranus, and Pluto. Venus' orbit is clearly retrograde. Scientists debate whether Uranus' orbit is truly retrograde. Uranus is tilted on its axis at nearly a right angle (so that its poles and not its equator point towards the Sun). Depending on what pole is classified as its north pole Uranus's rotation could be either direct or retrograde.
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Organizing the Ideas: Day 2 of 2
Lesson 8 of 12
Objective: SWBAT finish organizing and developing the central idea and characters of their fiction personal narrative.
This lesson continues from the previous day's lesson where my students continue to gain practice with W.1.3: write narratives in which they recount two or more appropriately sequenced events, include some details regarding what happened, use temporal words to signal event order, and provide some sense of closure, to create a fictional narrative about themselves as a snail.
On this, the second day of this lesson, we reviewed Diary of a Worm and Emma's Turtle, to further gain ideas to develop the central idea and character of my students fictional narrative, as well as using the word 'I'. To do this my students finished organizing their ideas and transferring them from their web graphic organizer to their cylinder graphic organizer. I also pulled small groups of students to review their work.
- Emma's Turtle, by Eve Bunting
- Diary of a Worm, by Doreen Cronin
- Cylinder Graphic Organizer: (Learning Headquarters)
As my students settled on the rug I began today’s lesson by reminding my little ones they were writing a fictional personal narrative about themselves as a snail. I then asked: If this is a personal narrative about yourself, what word to you need to use? My students all called out, "I". That is correct, I beamed back.
From there I reminded them, the day before they used their cylinder graphic organizers to organize the facts they were going to use in their personal narrative. I continued by explaining today they would do the same thing to organize their character traits and adventures.
I then held up a copy of Diary of a Worm and used the magic cup (Demonstration: Magic Cup) to select students to answer these questions:
- Who is the main character?
- What word does he use to describe himself?
- Describe two adventures he had.
As these students answered the questions, the rest of the class showed me they agreed or were going to say the same thing by showing me a thumb up (Demonstration: Thumb Up, Thumb Down).
I then did the same thing with Emma's Turtle.
When we finished this review, I drew my students attention to the the Large Cylinder Graphic Organizer and reviewed how in yesterday's lesson they used the information from the Large Writing Web Graphic Organizer to create a title, central idea, and organize the snail facts. From there I modeled how to label the middle and last cylinders with My Friends and Adventures. As I did this I explained they would take all the information about their friends and add them to the cylinder titled Friends, do the same thing with the cylinder titled Adventures.
I then gave my students a moment to partner share what they were going to work on today. When they were finished sharing, I used the magic cup to call on a partner pair to retell the class what they were going to do today. As these two students re-explained the directions, the rest of my students listened and showed me they agreed by showing me a thumb up.
At this point I had my students stand up and stretch I then had them slowly slide to their desks moving like a snail (Demonstration: Movement).
Once settled at their desks, I displayed a copy of the cylinder graphic organizer on the Promethean board and instructed my students to take both their Writing Web Graphic Organizer and Cylinder Graphic Organizer out of their work folders. As they did this I again wrote My Friends and Adventures in the last two cylinder spaces. I set the timer for 10 minutes as my students continued to organize their ideas from their web graphic organizers to their cylinder graphic organizer, completing the middle and last cylinders.
During this 10 minute time I pulled my Beginning Reading group to work with me, while the rest of my students worked quietly to finish their work.
At the end of 10 minutes I stopped the class so that I could meet with each reading group to check, edit, and revise their work. In order so I can meet with all my students and review their cylinder graphic organizers, I put them in work areas where they rotate every 10 minutes. I have found that by putting students in work stations and having them rotate, similar to our differentiated leveled reading rotation, ensures that I have a moment to talk to all students about their work. It also keeps the group I am working with small, without a long line of children waiting to have their work checked.
My usual writing rotation work areas include: continue working on their writing at their desks, conferencing with me, revising or getting ideas from similar stories at the round table, and working on the computer.
I am able to work with 4 groups in this short time, because I had already worked with my beginning reading group, so they start this rotation at the round table where they continue working or revising their work they started when they were working with me. The next reading group comes to me from their desks, we continue until I have met with all four reading groups.
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The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has conditionally approved a multibillion swap of wireless spectrum between Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile and four of the biggest cable TV system operators in the U.S.
But for the deal to go ahead, the FCC is demanding Verizon meet goals for rolling out services using the new spectrum and offer data roaming to competitors at fair prices.
The deal is important because radio frequency spectrum is a finite resource so it is valuable and vitally important for Verizon and T-Mobile. The amount of spectrum each holds directly affects the speed, reach and strength of wireless service that can be offered to consumers.
The companies reached a deal in December last year that will see Verizon buy unused spectrum from Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Bright House Networks and Cox Communications. The cable companies had bought the spectrum in earlier government auctions but never ended up using it.
Verizon plans to use some of the spectrum itself, sell some to T-Mobile under a June 2012 agreement and auction the rest. A second part of the deal involved Verizon and the cable companies reselling each other's services.
The U.S. Department of Justice gave conditional approval on Aug. 16 as long as some parts of the latter commercial deal were changed.
The FCC's conditions target Verizon's actual use of the frequency space it will acquire and should help answer claims from competitors that, once acquired, Verizon might not put it to use.
"If commenters' concerns are accurate that Verizon Wireless does not need the spectrum it is acquiring, at least in the near term, and the result is that Verizon Wireless does not in fact put the spectrum to use, [Verizon's] asserted benefits would be undermined," the FCC said in its ruling.
Therefore, the commission is requiring Verizon to offer advanced wireless services using the spectrum to at least 30 percent of populated areas covered by the frequency space within three years. Then, within seven years, service must be available to at least 70 percent of the population of the areas.
The FCC is also requiring Verizon conclude its spectrum transfer to T-Mobile within 45 days of acquiring it from the cable companies and that Verizon continue to offer data roaming on services using the acquired spectrum as fair rates.
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Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley is trying to stop a federal ban on labeling products as containing genetically modified organisms.
A bill to ban any state from requiring a GMO label could reach the Senate floor next week. One has already passed the House.
In an effort to compromise, Merkley is pushing another bill that would permit GMO labeling, but only using small type on the back of the product.
Speaking outside a Portland grocery store Friday, he said people should have the ability to easily know what ingredients are in their food.
“The food producers said we need a single standard across the country. This gives that to them,” Merkley said. “They’ve said they don’t want anything on the front of the table that would appear pejorative. This gives that to them.”
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Strong precipitation or extreme drought – the frequency of extreme weather events is increasing worldwide. Existing climate models, however, do not adequately show their dynamics. Researchers of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) assume that ultrafine particles in the atmosphere have a significant impact on cloud physics and, hence, on weather. Their aircraft measurements confirm an increase in particle number emissions in spite of a decreasing coarse fine dust concentration and blame it to the combustion of fossil fuels in exhaust gas cleaning systems. Their results can be found in Scientific Reports: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-11500-5
According to latest reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, IPCC for short, weather extremes, such as droughts and strong precipitation, will increase in future. “So far, climate researchers have attributed these changes to an increasing carbon dioxide concentration and the higher water vapor capacity of a warmer atmosphere,” says Dr. Wolfgang Junkermann from the Atmospheric Environmental Research Division of KIT’s Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research (IMK-IFU), KIT’s Campus Alpine in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. As carbon dioxide is homogeneously distributed in space due to its long lifetime, however, it does not sufficiently explain the variability of the distribution and occurrence of extreme weather events without taking into account the hydrological cycle, he adds.
Together with climate researcher Professor Jorg Hacker from the independent Airborne Research Australia (ARA) Research Institute, Junkermann argues that ultrafine particles of a few up to 100 nanometers in size are produced by the combustion of fossil fuels and significantly contribute to extreme weather events, because they act as condensation nuclei and have a regional, short-term impact on cloud physics. “With conventional cloud formation models, we can show that the increase in ultrafine particles results in the formation of also particularly fine droplets,” Junkermann explains. “As a result, water stays much longer in the atmosphere, rain is initially suppressed, and an additional energy reservoir develops in the middle troposphere, which promotes extreme precipitation. It may happen hundreds of kilometers away. A heterogeneous distribution of nanoparticle pollution might explain the big regional differences of extreme weather events.
Nanoparticles from Modern Exhaust Gas Cleaning
So far, the impact of ultrafine particles on cloud formation can be observed directly in very rare cases only. For this reason, the researchers used data on the amount and distribution of ultrafine dust in the Earth’s atmosphere and on changes of the hydrological cycle. They found that in many areas of the Earth, an increase in particle numbers correlates with regionally changed precipitation patterns. “Over the Mediterranean Sea, for instance, particle concentration has increased by a factor of 25 since the 1970s,” Junkermann says. “In the same period, strong variations of precipitation can be observed with a decrease in regular rainfall and an increase in drought and extreme events. “ Similar patterns are encountered in Australia and Mongolia. This finding is based on extensive measurement series with small airplanes that produced the probably biggest dataset of this type over a period of 20 years. The data cover historically reconstructable emissions and well-documented regional climate changes in areas of Asia, Central America, Europe, and Australia.
These data confirm an extreme increase in particle emissions since the 1970s. “At certain locations, we found up to 150,000 particles/cm³ compared to about 1000 particles 40 years ago,” Junkermann says. “These extreme concentrations were attributed to power plants, refineries, or ship traffic and often and in particular to large incineration plants with latest exhaust gas technology.” Since the 1990s, ammonia has been used to prevent the formation of nitrogen oxides (NOx) in exhaust gases of industrial facilities. The researchers associated this with the emission of many nanoparticles into the atmosphere.
Appeal to Climate Research
In their article, the scientists call for a better consideration of the increasing ultrafine dust concentration in the atmosphere in the climate research scenarios. Calculations used so far have been based on dust values from emission scenarios of the beginning of the century. “Updated data will considerably improve modeling of the hydrological cycle, precipitation changes, and extreme weather events,” Junkermann points out. (mhe)
Wolfgang Junkermann, Jorg Hacker: Unprecedented levels of ultrafine particles, major sources, and the hydrological cycle. Scientific Reports, 2022. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-11500-5
More about the KIT Climate and Environment Center: https://www.klima-umwelt.kit.edu/english/
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Titel: Computing the Continuous Discretely
Autoren/Herausgeber: Matthias Beck, Sinai Robins
Aus der Reihe: Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics
Ausgabe: Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2007
Format: 23,5 x 15,5 cm
Gewicht: 379 g
The world is continuous, but the mind is discrete. David Mumford We seek to bridge some critical gaps between various ?elds of mathematics by studying the interplay between the continuous volume and the discrete v- ume of polytopes. Examples of polytopes in three dimensions include crystals, boxes, tetrahedra, and any convex object whose faces are all ?at. It is amusing to see how many problems in combinatorics, number theory, and many other mathematical areas can be recast in the language of polytopes that exist in some Euclidean space. Conversely, the versatile structure of polytopes gives us number-theoretic and combinatorial information that ?ows naturally from their geometry. Fig. 0. 1. Continuous and discrete volume. The discrete volume of a body P can be described intuitively as the number of grid points that lie inside P, given a ?xed grid in Euclidean space. The continuous volume of P has the usual intuitive meaning of volume that we attach to everyday objects we see in the real world. VIII Preface Indeed, the di?erence between the two realizations of volume can be thought of in physical terms as follows. On the one hand, the quant- level grid imposed by the molecular structure of reality gives us a discrete notion of space and hence discrete volume. On the other hand, the N- tonian notion of continuous space gives us the continuous volume. | <urn:uuid:6f45cb8a-7dd7-4491-ac07-7e7f863ba738> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://www.buchhandel.de/buch/Computing-the-Continuous-Discretely-9781441921192 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280587.1/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00564-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.83886 | 372 | 2.546875 | 3 |
Bhawana Kanth became First Woman Fighter Pilot
- Flight Lieutenant Bhawana Kanth has become the first woman pilot of the Indian Air Force to qualify to undertake combat missions on a fighter jet.
- She is from the first batch of women fighter pilots of the IAF, who joined the force in July 2016.
- Bhawana joined the fighter squadron in November 2017 and flew the first solo on MiG-21 Bison in March last year.
- Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman was flying a MiG-21 Bison when he shot down Pakistan Air Force’s F-16 fighter jet during an aerial combat in February 2019.
- Three women- Kanth, Avani Chaturvedi and Mohana Singh– were commissioned as flying officers in July 2016, less than a year after the government decided to open the fighter stream for women on an experimental basis.
Committee Suggested ‘Elephant Bonds’ for Undisclosed Income
- A high level government-appointed committee on trade and industry has suggested it to issue ‘Elephant Bonds’ to people for declaring undisclosed income to mandatorily invest 50%.
- Elephant Bonds
- Elephant Bonds are the 25-year sovereign bonds in which people declaring undisclosed income will be bound to invest 50 per cent.
- The fund, made from these bonds, will be utilized only for infrastructure projects.
- It is like an Amnesty Scheme to help State treasury raising tax revenues, adding beneficiaries in tax base who have not declared their assets previously.
Priyanka Mohite became First Indian Women to climb Mount Makalu
- Satara-based mountaineer Priyanka Mohite became the first Indian women for successfully climbing world’s fifth highest peak, Mount Makalu.
- In May 2018, Priyanka managed to scale Mount Lhotse, which is the fourth highest mountain in the world. In 2013, she became the youngest girl from Maharashtra to have conquered Mount Everest, and only the third youngest Indian to do so.
- Mt Makalu is located in the Mahalangur Himalayas 19 km southeast of Mount Everest, on the border between Nepal and China.
10 Highest Mountain Peaks in the World
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10 Highest Mountain Peaks in India
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|4||Saltoro Kangri / K10||Saltoro Karakoram||J & K|
|5||Saser Kangri I / K22||Saser Karakoram||J & K|
|6||Mamostong Kangri / K35||Rimo Karakoram||J & K|
|7||Saser Kangri II E||Saser Karakoram||J & K|
|8||Saser Kangri III||Saser Karakoram||J & K|
|9||Teram Kangri I||Siachen Karakoram||J & K|
|10||Jongsong Peak||Kangchenjunga Himalaya||Sikkim|
Orchha Included in Tentative List of UNESCO World Heritage Sites
- The architectural heritage of Orchha town in Madhya Pradesh which depict peculiar style of the Bundela dynasty have been included in the tentative list of the UNESCO’s world heritage sites.
- Orchha is situated on the banks of Betwa river. It is located around 80 km away from Tikamgarh district in Madhya Pradesh and 15 km from Jhansi of Uttar Pradesh.
- According to the rules, to be a part of UNESCO’s World Heritage sites, the heritage or any historical site first has to be on the tentative list. After it makes to the tentative list, another proposal is sent to the UNESCO.
- It is the only place in India where Lord Ram is worshipped as a king with a dedicated temple in his name called Sri Ram Raja Mandir.
|UNESCO World Heritage Sites|
|1. World Heritage Sites are important places of cultural or natural heritage as described in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established in 1972. |
2. There are 37 World Heritage Sites located in India. These include 29 cultural sites, seven natural sites and one mixed site.
3. India has the sixth largest number of sites in the world.
Click here to find the list of sites in India included in the list.
RBI extends RTGS Transfer Timings
- The Reserve Bank of India has increased the Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) time window for customer transactions (initial cut-off) from 4.30 pm to 6 pm.
- RTGS is a system of continuous and real-time settlement of fund-transfers, individually on a transaction by transaction basis (without netting). ‘Real Time’ means the processing of instructions at the time they are received; ‘Gross Settlement’ means that the settlement of funds transfer instructions occurs individually.
- The RTGS system is primarily meant for large-value transactions. The minimum amount to be remitted through RTGS is 2 lakh with no upper or maximum ceiling.
|RTGS Vs NEFT|
|The fundamental difference between RTGS and NEFT is that while RTGS is based on gross settlement, NEFT is based on net-settlement. |
Gross settlement is where a transaction is completed on a one-to-one basis without bunching with other transactions. On the other hand a Deferred Net Basis (DNS), or net-settlement means that the transactions are completed in batches at specific times. Here, all transfers will be held up until a specific time.
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China is to abolish the tax system that penalises foreign semiconductor chips.
All semiconductors sold in China pay 17% VAT. However, Chinese semiconductor firms get rebates that effectively reduce the rate of VAT to around 3%, according to a complaint made by the US to the World Trade Organization in March.
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From this week, China has agreed to stop certifying products and manufacturers for rebate eligibility, and no more VAT refunds will be made by next April.
"The agreement will ensure that our high-tech firms have full access to one of our fastest-growing markets," said US trade representative Robert Zoellick.
China is the world's third-largest market for semiconductors, and the country is investing heavily in technology. The Chinese semiconductor market is worth about $19bn (£10bn), with US semiconductor firms taking around $2bn in 2003.
"The elimination of the discriminatory features of China's VAT regime will assure a level playing field for all competitors," said George Scalise, president of US group the Semiconductor Industry Association.
The US and China previously tangled over a Chinese proposal for a wireless internet security standard that differed from the one used in the IEEE's 802.11 standard. Known as WAPI (wireless Lan authentication and privacy infrastructure), the Chinese standard would have required suppliers outside China to make their wireless networking chips adhere to a proprietary security standard. China dropped its proposal in April after pressure from the US and industry groups.
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A unified hydrodynamic model is developed for predictions of flow pattern transitions, pressure gradient, liquid holdup and slug characteristics in gas-liquid pipe flow at all inclination angles from −90° to 90° from horizontal. The model is based on the dynamics of slug flow, which shares transition boundaries with all the other flow patterns. By use of the entire film zone as the control volume, the momentum exchange between the slug body and the film zone is introduced into the momentum equations for slug flow. The equations of slug flow are used not only to calculate the slug characteristics, but also to predict transitions from slug flow to other flow patterns. Significant effort has been made to eliminate discontinuities among the closure relationships through careful selection and generalization. The flow pattern classification is also simplified according to the hydrodynamic characteristics of two-phase flow.
Unified Model for Gas-Liquid Pipe Flow via Slug Dynamics—Part 1: Model Development
Contributed by the Petroleum Division and presented at the Energy-ETCE 2002, Houston, Texas, February 4–5, 2002 of THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS. Manuscript received by the Petroleum Division Jul. 2002; revised manuscript received Apr. 2003. Guest Editor: H. Yeung.
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It’s not uncommon to tune into the news and learn of another drunken driving arrest or accident. Oftentimes, the perpetrators have numerous offenses.
Back in 2009, Wisconsin lawmakers passed legislation that was supposed to require jail time for drunken drivers who injure others. Republican Rep. Jim Ott says unfortunately, the wording of the law did not match supporters’ intentions. So he’s introduced a new version.
“What this portion of the bill does is simply change the word may to the word shall so that it’s very definitive that we do intend a 30 day sentence mandatory for injury caused by OWI,” Ott says.
Ott’s plan would similarly strengthen the language when it comes to repeat offenders.
“So that the three year confinement and the three year extended supervision for seventh, eighth and ninth OWI is mandatory. The same language is applied to 10 and above OWI’s, so that those sentences are clearly mandatory,” Ott says.
While lawmakers testifying on the bill agree drunken driving is a major problem in Wisconsin, not everyone views mandatory sentencing as the solution.
“Part of the nature of drunk driving includes the drunk part.”
That’s Democratic Rep. Evan Goyke of Milwaukee.
And so in its very nature, the deterrent effect of stiff criminal penalties applies less because at the moment of the criminal conduct, the person is intoxicated, and not thinking the way a normal person would think,” Goyke says.
Goyke says he supports the legislation, but also urges the state to consider treatment.
David Callender, of the Wisconsin Counties Association, hopes lawmakers compute the cost of jailing more people.
“Given the financial constraints that counties must operate under right now, whether it’s the levy limits or the reductions that we’ve seen in state funding, we want to make sure that the legislature is aware that every time that you increase or that you provide for mandatory jail time, there are fiscal consequences for Wisconsin’s counties,” Callender says.
Local property taxpayers fund the jails.
Despite a potential increase in cost, Republican Rep. Samantha Kerkman of Kenosha County believes the state should stiffen penalties.
“Even in the (most minor) of car accidents if there is alcohol involved there should be a mandatory minimum for a person to sit there in jail and think about what they’ve done,” Kerkman says.
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Spare the Rock Records Releases Science Fair
FAMILY MUSIC RELEASE SUPPORTS GIRLS’ SCIENCE & ENGINEERING EDUCATION
NEW ALBUM FEATURES EXCLUSIVE TRACKS FROM MATES OF STATE, LAURA VEIRS, ELIZABETH MITCHELL, FRANCES ENGLAND AND MORE
“Breathtaking…vibrant, diverse, and fun.” –Ken Maiuri, Daily Hampshire Gazette
Update: as of 2016, Science Fair has generated over $20,000 in donations to Girls Inc.!
On July 3, 2012, Spare the Rock Records released Science Fair, eighteen exclusive tracks — all sung by women and girls — themed around and benefiting science and engineering education for girls. The album features new music from artists including Mates of State, Laura Veirs, Moona Luna (Pistolera‘s kids’ music incarnation), Elizabeth Mitchell, Frances England, Wunmi, Babe the Blue Ox, and many more.
Extensive research shows that girls, from rural areas to the suburbs to the inner cities, aren’t getting the foundational education they need to get into science fields when they grow up. The same research shows that girls — especially girls of color — are persistently given the message — explicitly or implicitly — that they can’t do science. As women are significantly underrepresented in science-related fields, Science Fair will be part of changing that, both through the message of the record itself (featuring all songs sung by women) and through the financial contributions it will generate, supporting programs that improve girls’ science education.
Science Fair is the second release from Spare the Rock Records. In 2010, in response to the devastating earthquake in Haiti, the label released Many Hands: Family Music for Haiti, a benefit for the Haitian People’s Support Project. Many Hands brought together nearly two dozen artists, including Dan Zanes, Pete Seeger, They Might Be Giants, Elizabeth Mitchell, Jonathan Coulton, Lunch Money, and many more. Many Hands was named the best family music release of 2010 by Amazon and other sources, and has raised nearly $100,000 for Haitian relief.
Science Fair is co-produced by Elizabeth Mitchell, Molly Ledford (Lunch Money), Dean Jones (Dog on Fleas), and Bill Childs (owner of Spare the Rock Records). Cover art was donated by El Lohse (http://artbyel.com). Songs cover myriad subjects, from Marie Curie to butterflies to the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle. As with Many Hands, net proceeds will be donated, with Girls Inc.’s science education program the beneficiary.
The release is available in physical form (distributed by E1) and digitally (at all the usual places).
The record’s concept was inspired by the lives of Ves and Holly Childs, Bill’s parents. Read more about the history of the release here.
The first video from the album, for Mates of States’s cover of the Guided By Voices song “I Am a Scientist,” premiered on Paste Magazine and has rapidly spread; watch it here:
- Babe the Blue Ox – Surfin’ Minnesota
- Moona Luna – H2O
- The Deedle Deedle Dees and IMPACT Repertory Theatre – Time Machine
- Frances England – Goldilocks Zone
- The Nields – Butterfly
- Laura Veirs – Little Black Rock
- Elizabeth Mitchell – Phytoplankton
- Mates of State – I Am a Scientist
- Wunmi – Rainbow
- Cat & a Bird – Constellation Bound
- Lunch Money – To Be a Fossil
- MC Fireworks (with Secret Agent 23 Skidoo) – Rocket Science
- Renee & Jeremy – (I Wanna Be Like) Madame Curie
- Rachel Loshak – Oh Girl (with John Munson)
- Alison Faith Levy & Rudy Trubitt – Deja Vu
- Lori Henriques – Heisenberg’s Aha!
- Barbara Brousal – I Wonder
- Ashley Albert – The Science Fair.
PR Contact: Stephanie Mayers, email@example.com, 347-735-0736.
Babe the Blue Ox – Surfin’ Minnesota
Timothy J. Thomas (BMI), Rosalee J. Thomson (BMI), Hanna M. Fox (BMI), Edward J. Gormley (BMI)
Hanna Fox, drums, singing
Eddie Gormley, cocktail drums, singing
Tim Thomas, guitar, piano, singing
Rose Thomson, bass, singing
Moona Luna – H2O
Written by Sandra Velasquez.
Get To The Point Music (ASCAP)
Produced by Mark Tewarson.
Music by Lloyd Miller
Words by Fahari Academy (Brooklyn NY) 7th graders, IMPACT Repertory Theatre, and Lloyd Miller
Arrangement by Chris Johnson, Ely Levin, and Lloyd Miller
Recorded and engineered by Dean Jones
Additional recording by Chris Cortier
Chris Johnson – Piano, toy piano, synth
Ely Levin – drums, percussion
Dean Jones – synth bass, additional synth, electric guitar, sound effects
Frances England – Goldilocks Zone
Written by Frances England (BMI)
Frances England – vocals, guitar
Andrew Higgins – bass, drum, synth
The Nields – Butterfly
Peter Quince Publishing
Laura Veirs – Little Black Rock
Written by Laura Veirs (BMI)
Elizabeth Mitchell – Phytoplankton
Composed by Molly Kathleen Ledford/Squirrel Mechanic Music (BMI)
Mates of State – I Am a Scientist
Written by Robert Pollard, Needmore Music (BMI)
Wunmi – Rainbow
Jeremy Mage BMI & Omotayo Ibiwunmi Olaiya ASCAP
Cat & a Bird – Constellation Bound
Written by Emily Chimiak
Thanks to all of the new inspiration from Dog on Fleas, Lori Henriques, Gustaver Yellowgold, Laurie Berkner, The Pop Ups, Under the Tree Music, the artists at Kindiefest, Spare the Rock Spoil the Child, Out With the Kids, Zooglobble, Ages 3 and Up and WXPN Kids Corner. I’m excited to see how everyone’s programs and projects evolve. And thanks to the Chesapeake Children’s Museum for the tireless energy to give a genuine positive attitude the all of the community.
Lunch Money – To Be a Fossil
Composed by Molly Kathleen Ledford/Squirrel Mechanic Music (BMI)
vocals, acoustic guitar – Molly Ledford
Rhythm Master, Moog, Rhodes, bass, electric guitar, drums – Jay Barry
engineered and mixed by Jay Barry at Petridisc
MC Fireworks (with Secret Agent 23 Skidoo) – Rocket Science
By MC Fireworks.
Featuring Bootysattva, Secret Agent 23 Skidoo and Mary Frances and Lee Allen of Yo Mama’s Big Fat Booty Band
(P) Blue Grasshopper Publishing ASCAP
This is Saki aka MC Fireworks’ first solo track! What a banger! Papa is proud.
Renee & Jeremy – (I Wanna Be Like) Madam Curie
By Renee Stahl, Jeremy Toback and Tor Hyams
Renee Stahl, Jeremy Toback & Tor Hyams, Woem Music (ASCAP) & Swivel Dirge (ASCAP) & Hyams Music ASCAP
Performed by Renee & Jeremy and Tor
Ukelele by Rich Jaques
Mixed by Brian Yaskulka
Produced by Tor Hyams
Written and performed by Rachel Loshak (BMI)
Recorded by Morgan Taylor
Bass and percussion by Morgan Taylor
Background vocals by John Munson and Dean Jones
Bass harmonica and bass drum by Dean Jones
Thank you to all the above for being a part of my music and supporting me to get a song from my heart out into the world.
Produced and recorded December 16, 2011 by Allen Clapp at Mystery Lawn Studio, Sunnyvale, CA
Published by Strange Little Girl Music (ASCAP) and Big Skippy Music (ASCAP)
Rudy: vocals, guitar, bass
Alison: vocals, piano
Allen Clapp: drums, backing vocal
Lori Henriques – Heisenberg’s Aha!
Written by Lori Henriques (BMI)
Barbara Brousal – I Wonder
Written by Barbara Brousal, Babykate Music BMI
Recorded by Dean Jones at No Parking Studios
Barbara Brousal — vocals and acoustic guitar
Tiger Lorenz Glaser – drums and triangle
Fooch Fischetti – pedal steel guitar
Jason Sarrubi – upright bass
Elizabeth Mitchell – harmony vocals and child wrangling
Ashley Albert – The Science Fair.
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When building your estate plan, you must create numerous documents and make various decisions to ensure your wishes are clear and organized.
It’s essential to work with an estate planning attorney who is proficient in creating documentation that covers each intricate detail about your plan. Once you’re gone, these legal forms will act as your voice since you won’t be physically able to defend your belongings or choices.
A necessary reason to develop a plan that specifically discloses your decisions after death is to ease the pain and responsibility from your loved ones.
They are protected against making life-altering resolutions about how to distribute your possessions, express medical choices and avoid burdens regarding final financial issues. With the complex conclusions already decided, they can focus on grieving and celebrating your life.
The Association of Certified Professional Accountants recommends that every estate plan feature these completed and legally backed documents.
Last Will and Testament
Typically the most well-known planning document is one’s will. It’s an official explanation of how your belongings are disbursed and who should receive your assets. In this record, you should name the person who manages and settles the estate, otherwise, the court will appoint one for you.
Another consideration to make is who will be a legal guardian for minor children, as without a will, legal representatives will also make this decision for you.
Letter of Instruction
While a letter of instruction is informal and not legally required for your estate, it’s a compelling piece of literature that clearly states how you perceive your will. It can remain a private document that acts as a companion to your will and explains to the executor why you made certain decisions.
Durable Power of Attorney
You must appoint a durable power of attorney to protect your wishes and property if you become physically or mentally unable to handle financial affairs. They are responsible for managing aspects like paying everyday expenses, collecting benefits and staying on top of investments.
There are typically two types of DPOA:
- Immediate. A candidate is immediately responsible. They are critical if you are facing an illness or surgery.
- Springing. The other type of DPOA is not active until you become incapacitated.
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Where to hear Handel's 'Messiah' this holiday season
- Messiah is an English-language oratorio composed in 1741 by George Frideric Handel.
- Masterwork Chorus will perform Handel%27s Messiah Dec. 14%2C 18 and 20.
With a little over two weeks until Christmas, those who have not finished their holiday shopping are more than likely spending day and night trying to figure out how they will manage to get everything done in time without losing their insanity first. No problem ... if all else fails and you can't find that special gift for that special someone, get a gift card.
And while you're out there, take some time to enjoy the many holiday activities that are available, including holiday theater events and concerts. And what would the holidays be without a performance of Handel's "Messiah"?
In addition to The Masterwork Chorus concerts, here is a list of other performances and "Messiah"-related events in the Central Jersey area:
2 p.m. Dec. 14, Clarence Dillon Public Library, 2336 Lamington Road. George Marriner Maull, founder and artistic director of The Discovery Orchestra, will present a program on Handel's "Messiah" He will connect audiences to the history and emotional context of this much beloved holiday classic. Admission is $5.00 which is payable at the door. Registration is recommended but not required. To register, call 908-234-2325, email email@example.com or visit www.clarencedillonpl.org.
8 p.m. Dec. 20, Ridge Performing Arts Center, 268 S. Finley Ave. Masterwork Chorus presents "The Messiah" featuring soloist Emily Marvash, Rebecca Mariman, Eric Rieger and David Newman. Tickets are $35-$75. Call 973-692-6051 or visit www.masterwork.org.
Hunterdon Choral Union performs Messiah: 3 p.m. Dec. 14, Hunterdon Central High School, Route 31. The Hunterdon Choral Union and Hunterdon Symphony will present Part One, which tells of the Biblical prophecies of the coming of the Messiah and finishes with the birth of Christ. In addition, the Symphony, conducted by Lawrence Kursar, will perform Bach's Concerto for Two Violins and his Suite No. 3 , along with a Christmas Brass Medley arranged by Kursar. For the Concerto for Two Violins, the Symphony will present six soloists who are members of the HMA Music for Youth program. Nathan Bishop, Stephen Horiuchi, Megan Manalo, Grace Plassche, Nicholas Volkov and Rachel Wang each have been long-time participants in the "Saturday Strings" program. Tickets prices are $20 general, $10 for seniors and students. Advance sales are available through the group's web site, www.hunterdonmusicalarts.org, or the following local merchants (cash or check only): Califon Book Shop, Clinton Book Shop, eaberry's Tea Room in Flemington, Minette's Candies or The Book Garden in Frenchtown, and This and That on the Corner in Milford. Tickets will also be available at the door on the evening of the concert. For more information or to request an accommodation for a disability, call 908-995-7977 or visit the website.
2 p.m. Dec. 14, St. Peter's Episcopal Church, 215 Blvd. Join members of The Masterwork Chorus at their annual Messiah Sing-Along. Fellowship and complimentary refreshments will follow. The event is free and no reservations are needed. Scores may borrow scores, but are encouraged to bring their own. An offering of $10 is suggested. Call 973-692-6051 or visit www.masterwork.org.
7:30 Dec. 20, Michael T. Lake Performing Arts Center, 55 Neptune Blvd., Neptune City. New Jersey Symphony Chamber Orchestra. $15 to $45. Visit www.njsymphony.org.
7:30 p.m. Dec. 16-18 and 20; 2 p.m. Dec. 19, Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center, 10 Lincoln Center Plaza. Featuring New York Philharmonic. $95 to $160. Call 212-875-5456 or visit www.lincolcenter.org.
8 p.m. Dec. 18, Carnegie Hall, Stern Auditorium, 881 Seventh Ave. New Jersey's Masterwork Chorus performs "The Messiah" under the baton of music director Andrew Megill, New. Featuring soloist Emily Marvash, Rebecca Mariman, Eric Rieger and David Newman. Tickets are $13.50 to $90. Call 973-692-6051 or vist www.masterwork.org.
3 p.m. Dec. 21, New Jersey Performing Arts Center, 1 Center St. Featuring the Montclair State University Singers and New Jersey Symphony Chamber Orchestra. $29 to $89.Call 888-466-5722 or visit www.njpac.org.
7:30 p.m. Dec. 19, Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University, 61 Nassau St. Featuring the Montclair State University Singers and New Jersey Symphony Chamber Orchestra. $25 to $80. Visit www.njsymphony.org.
Saint Mary's Roman Catholic Church of South Amboy's annual performance has been rescheduled and is now 7:30 p.m. Jan. 4. Church is at 256 Augusta St. Free, with donations accepted at the door. Call 732-721-0179.
3 p.m. Dec. 14, Presbyterian Church, 140 Mountain Ave. A combined chorus of The Choral Art Society of New Jersey and The Presbyterian Church in Westfield choirs will lead a "Messiah Community Sing," with soloists and organist Ed Alstrom. Martin Sedek, musical director, will conduct the beloved Handel oratorio. Audience members are invited to bring scores, or borrow one of the churches at the door, and join in the singing of choruses, or simply come to listen. Admission is $10. Call 908-233-0301. | <urn:uuid:b06e7f17-9c1f-42c7-9948-ca97bf6b5578> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.mycentraljersey.com/story/entertainment/2014/12/06/hear-handels-messiah/19851049/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571584.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812045352-20220812075352-00670.warc.gz | en | 0.900062 | 1,335 | 1.617188 | 2 |
Every year, about 70 million Americans sustain nonfatal injuries. More than 140,000 more die from injuries, making injury the leading cause of premature death across the country. Physical injury is also the leading cause of lost future work life, ahead of cancer and heart disease.
The statistics surrounding injury are truly heartbreaking. But there’s always something you can do to prevent injury from permanently denting the quality of your life. Getting quality physical therapy (PT), for instance, can prove effective in helping you recover from your injury.
But what exactly is physical therapy? How exactly does it benefit a patient? How do you choose the best physical therapy services provider for you?
These are just some of the issues we discuss in this comprehensive guide. Keep reading to learn more.
WHAT IS PHYSICAL THERAPY?
Physical therapy refers to the treatment of an injury, a deformity, or disease using physical methods rather than drugs or surgery. These physical methods include heat treatment, massage, balance training, and exercise. Physical therapy is also known as physiotherapy.
Physiotherapy aims to help people with physical injuries and other medical problems that cause pain and limit their movement, thereby limiting their ability to function well in their daily lives.
There are many injuries that may require physical therapy, including:
- Musculoskeletal dysfunction such as back pain, cuff tears, and osteoarthritis
- Sports-related injuries including hamstring strains, concussions, and ACL tears
- Carpal tunnel syndrome as a result of repetitive wrist and hand motions that aggravate tendons
- Whiplash caused by acute injury after a car accident
THE IMPORTANCE OF PHYSICAL THERAPY
Why do health experts recommend physical therapy for people who have suffered an injury? The simple answer is that physical therapy works. Here are seven reasons to see a physical therapist.
1. PT HELPS MANAGE PAIN
Few conditions are more frustrating than chronic pain. There are physiotherapy techniques and therapeutic exercises that are effective in:
- Restoring muscle function
- Mobilizing joints
- Reducing aches
- Alleviating pain
If you continue performing the therapeutic exercise your therapist recommends, you can prevent the pain from returning.
2. IT CAN HELP YOU AVOID SURGERY
In some situations, surgery is unavoidable. In many others, however, you do not have to go under the knife to get healed.
Physical therapy for an acute injury can help eliminate pain, assist with the healing, and improve your physical health. This therapy helps heal the injured tissue and facilitates full mobility on its own. In cases where you’ve already gone through surgery, physiotherapy can help you recover much faster.
3. PHYSIOTHERAPY CAN PREVENT INJURIES
PT usually involves assessing a patient’s weak areas and formulating a physiotherapy plan to help strengthen vulnerable points.
After identifying the areas of skeletal and muscular weakness in your body, your physical therapist will analyze your likelihood of suffering an injury. They’ll then develop an exercise regimen that aims at strengthening any weak joints and muscle joints, hence averting future injuries in these areas.
4. PT BOOSTS MOBILITY AND BALANCE
Depending on the severity of the injury or how big the surgery was, it can be difficult for you to get back on your feet. Injury and surgery can limit mobility, making simple tasks like eating, writing, walking, or even balancing the body a big challenge.
During such situations, physiotherapy can come in handy. There are many therapeutic exercises that restore mobility and make walking around safer. These exercises also improve balance and coordination, reducing the risk of falls when moving around.
5. PHYSICAL THERAPY HELPS AVOID DEPENDENCE ON PAIN MEDICATION
Once you’ve been injured and gone through surgery, you may experience long term pain issues that you need to deal with. Some people opt for pain medication such as opioids to manage this chronic pain. Unfortunately, such drugs can have side effects, and the cost of buying these drugs can add up.
A safer, more cost-effective treatment for pain is physical therapy.
6. PHYSIOTHERAPY CAN HELP TACKLE GENERAL HEALTH PROBLEMS
An added advantage of physiotherapy is that it can help handle and manage other health problems. These issues include joint pains, osteoporosis, and arthritis. Unlike joint replacement surgery, physiotherapy is far less traumatic.
PT has also been shown to be effective for other health conditions such as heart and lung disease. The treatment is also beneficial for people who have suffered from a stroke. The treatment helps strengthen parts of the body that have lost movement as a result of the stroke.
CHOOSING A PHYSICAL THERAPY PROVIDER
Choosing the right physical therapist for you can boost your chances of getting well as soon as possible. Here are three tips on how to make the right choice.
WORK WITH A CERTIFIED PT PROVIDER
To practice PT, one needs to have a degree from an officially recognized physiotherapy program. They also must have passed the national licensure exam.
Find out whether your prospective physiotherapist is certified before you entrust your health to them. If a PT provider is unwilling to prove they are licensed, it’s a major red flag.
INQUIRE THEIR AREA OF SPECIALIZATION
Different physiotherapists specialize in different areas of PT. Some specialize in sports medicine, while others specialize in joint replacement.
There are physiotherapists for back and neck strain, pediatric care, geriatric patient therapy, and so on. Find out whether the physiotherapist you are talking to specializes in your particular problem.
CHECK WHETHER THEY’RE IN YOUR INSURANCE PROGRAM
Chances are you intend to pay for your physiotherapy sessions using your health insurance. It’s important to make sure that the physiotherapist you choose participates in your insurance program. This may mean looking for physiotherapy providers in your area.
Call before visiting the clinic to get this information from the outset. You can also inquire from your insurance provider which providers are part of their program.
PHYSIOTHERAPY AFTER AN INJURY CAN MAKE ALL THE DIFFERENCE
Getting physical therapy is one of the best decisions you can make once you’ve suffered physical injury. This treatment helps you regain flexibility, mobility, alignment, and strength as quickly as possible. Besides, PT helps you avoid the chronic pain that physical injuries often bring.
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RN to BSN Online Completion Program
The BSN program for registered nurses at Iowa Wesleyan University is designed for the practicing nurse. Coursework can be completed on a part-time basis with all courses available online. Nurses earn their BSN in one to two years. The Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree is awarded upon satisfactory completion of a minimum of 120 semester hour program of study. Credit towards graduation can be gained by a variety of methods through the Iowa Articulation Plan. This may include direct transfer from accredited colleges, Iowa Articulation courses, CLEP examinations, validation of previous courses passed in nursing, and taking courses. Transfer credit from a community or junior college can be included in the first 60 hours. Thereafter, college credit is transferrable. Upon successful completion of the first two Iowa Wesleyan Nursing courses, up to 38 credit hours of prior nursing education will be released to the student’s record. A total of 90 hours may be accumulated. The final 30 semester hours must be completed at Iowa Wesleyan University. At least 30 hours of course work at the 300-level or higher must be taken at Iowa Wesleyan University.
The registered nurse submits an application to the Adult and Graduate Studies Office. Transcripts are evaluated individually and the information is provided outlining the remaining coursework needed to earn the BSN. Mandatory requirements (as described in the Nursing Student Handbook) must be met before classes begin.
Nursing Courses in the RN to BSN completion program are:
- NUR 301 Bridge to Professional Nursing 4 hrs.
- NUR 405 Nursing Care in the Community 4 hrs.
- NUR 410 Nursing Leadership and Management 3 hrs.
- NUR 413 Nursing Research 3 hrs.
- NUR 423 Advanced Concepts of Pathophysiology 4 hrs.
- NUR 424 Nursing Capstone 3 hrs.
NUR 405 and NUR 424 include a clinical/lab component. In addition, all required Nursing support courses must be completed prior to beginning the nursing plan of study. This include:
- ENG 105 College Composition and Writing 3 hrs.
- ENG 201 Writing and Research about Literature 3 hrs.
- BIO 241 Anatomy and Physiology I 4 hrs.
- BIO 242 Anatomy and Physiology II 4 hrs.
- BIO 350 Microbiology 4 hrs.
- CHEM 105 General Chemistry 4 hrs.
- MATH 171 Elementary Statistics 4 hrs.
- PSYC 131 General Psychology 3 hrs.
- PSYC 251 Developmental Psychology 3 hrs.
- SOC 100 Introduction to Sociology 3 hrs.
- COMM 140 Human Communication or COMM 147 Public Speaking or COMM 255 Business Communication 3 hrs.
Transfer credits are possible for all required nursing support courses. Additional courses required by the University was not included in this list. The Bachelor of Science in Nursing requires a minimum of 120 total semester hours to graduate. Requirements for admissions, progression, and graduation, outlined in the Iowa Wesleyan University Catalog, apply to all students including RN to BSN online students with the exception that the Nursing program requires an overall GPA of 2.75 and a grade of C or higher in all Nursing support courses. A grade of 80% or greater is required in all courses in the nursing major. Pursuant to Iowa Administrative Code 6552.8(5), Nursing courses with a clinical Component:
The nursing program shall notify students and prospective students in writing that nursing courses with a clinical component may not be taken by a person:
- Who has been denied licensure by the board?
- Whose license is currently suspended, surrendered or revoked in any United States jurisdiction?
Whose license/registration is currently suspended, surrendered or revoked in another country due to disciplinary action?
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The world’s first temperature-controlled city within a city is coming to Dubai as the Emirate plans to build the planet's biggest mall complete with theme park, theatres and 100 hotels.
The 'Mall of the World' will cover 743,000sq.m (four times the size of the Metrocentre in Gateshead - the largest shopping centre in Europe) and will hold 7km of thoroughfares based on London’s Oxford Street, a ‘Broadway’ theatre district and facilities for medical tourists.
The project is to be the retail and hospitality showpiece development for the Emirate’s 2020 Vision and Expo 2020 exhibition in Dubai. Alongside the Mall of the World showpiece development is the planned mega convention centre and related infrastructure that will help to bolster and support Dubai’s plans to become the most visited city in the world.
Dubai ruler, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, said: “The growth in family and retail tourism underpins the need to enhance Dubai’s tourism infrastructure as soon as possible. This project complements our plans to transform Dubai into a cultural, tourist and economic hub for the two billion people living in the region around us – and we are determined to achieve our vision.
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Editor’s note: Many of you followed along with me during my recent travels with Unbound to the Philippines. I was able to witness there firsthand the amazing work being done by Unbound. I also had the unbelievable joy of meeting my own sponsored child and her family. I now know through this experience not only the blessings of Unbound sponsorship in the lives of children, but also the impact that sponsorship can have on those of us who become involved in Unbound’s mission! We’re thrilled to again be partnering with our friends at Unbound to be a part of their service to families around the world. Each month, Unbound joins us at CatholicMom.com to offer you the chance to partner tangibly with them by prayerfully considering sponsoring a child or aging friend. Lisa Hendey
Kareem is an adorable six-year-old boy growing up in India. He aspires to become a doctor and his favorite subjects in school are science and mathematics. He also enjoys drawing and dancing. His most important job at home is to do his homework.
Kareem lives with his mom Sameena, dad Jahangir and younger sister, Nasreen. They all live together in a rented home with the basic amenities. Both of Kareem’s parents are hardworking and want to send their children to school.
Once Kareem is sponsored, he will begin to receive the tangible benefits such as education and nutrition. This will also allow the family to be fully integrated in a local caring community, with programs and services designed to improve their quality of life and empower them to break the cycle of poverty.
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More than 60 miles of Chicago roadways have been identified as the first to be repaved this year, Mayor Rahm Emanuel and the Chicago Department of Transportation announced Monday.
When spring weather permits, work will begin on the following streets:
- 115th Street, from Vincennes Avenue to State Street (2.3 miles)
- Dr. Martin Luther King Drive, from Cermak Road to 37th Street (2 miles)
- Wentworth Avenue, from Pershing Road to the Stevenson Expressway (1.6 miles)
- Cicero Avenue, from Division Street to the Eisenhower Expressway (2.1 miles)
- Irving Park Road, from Cumberland Avenue to Forest Preserve Avenue (1.3 miles)
- Douglas Boulevard, from Independence Boulevard to Sacramento Drive (1 mile)
- Lake Shore Drive, from North to Grand Avenues (1.5 miles)
The work is part of the mayor's initiative to repave at least 300 miles of Chicago roads on an annual basis. More than 1,000 miles of streets have been repaved since 2011, the mayor's office said.
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The Rise Of The Forklift
This machine did not arrive overnight as a result of an inventors “eureka” moment, but as a steady development over almost a century.
The fore-runner of today’s complex hydraulic forklift is generally recognised as the electric baggage waggon, a flat-bed trolley widely used on railway platforms which had no hoisting ability, but could carry small loads from A to B.
This was in the early days of the twentieth century, and the use of the electric motor in transportation was an interesting innovation and hybrids appeared in many manufacturers production lines.
The introduction of steel ahead of iron, and consequent welding in place of riveting allowed for greater strength and lighter weight construction for trucks and platforms.
The development of the fork lift truck remained slow, considered as a niche machine by many. In the nineteen thirties, hydraulic power was put to work in vertically lifting loads, and the introduction of an elevated mast to extend beyond the height of the truck.
The same modern hydraulic achievements went into the advanced development of cranes, tipper trucks, bulldozers and diggers, – see Hanlon CASE for latest specification construction equipment – to name a few uses.
In the nineteen thirties standard pallets were introduced and in the course of the Second World War, the U.S. military recognising the potential of the forklift, invested heavily in it as a fast and efficient way to handle large loads.
Post war, modernisation of factories and, more importantly, warehousing, became based around the use of forklifts.
From hand-pumped pallet trucks to specialist reach trucks, it became easier to move almost anything, on a pallet.
Forklifts started to become customised to suit the particular end-users purpose. Shipping took to palletisation, as a precursor to the now familiar shipping container (first devised and used by the U.S. military), both utilising forklifts, very different in appearance, but both machines the same basic mechanics.
In warehousing, forklifts generally have solid tyres, and electric motors to minimise air pollution. For outdoor yard-work, with ample ventilation, diesel engines, or gas-powered, (butane or propane) are normally used.
The growth of rough terrain forklifts has seen the largest integration of heavy types of machinery and the forklift.
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