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As if one bunch of tweets headed to space wasn’t enough, National Geographic is going out of this world as well.
After learning about a project called Tweets in Space, National Geographic got in touch with the team behind that project to collaborate on a new event.
The Tweets in Space team, Scott Kildall and Nathaniel Stern, plan to transmit tweets bearing the #tweetsinspace hashtag to GJ667Cc, a planet around 164 trillion miles away which has the potential to support life.
National Geographic is planning a similar transmission next week. It partnered with Kildall and Stern to licence the pair’s custom Twitter software. Sure, National Geographic’s project is largely to promote new show Chasing UFOs, but there’s actually a scientific purpose behind it as well.
Any tweets tagged #ChasingUFOs that are sent in the seven hours after 8pm ET on June 29 will be rolled into National Geographic’s transmission. The nonprofit is sending the tweets in response to the Wow! Signal, a 72-second transmission from space picked up by Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence (SETI) in 1977. National Geographic is also sending several video messages from filmmakers, musicians and scientists among others.
The tweets and videos will be beamed into space on August 15, exactly 35 years after SETI received the Wow! Signal, from the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico.
Meanwhile, Kildall and Stern are looking for a little more funding for their own Twitter transmission, scheduled for September. They now hope to raise another $2500 through their Rockethub project by Monday, with licensing fees from National Geographic helping to make their live performance possible.
If you’ve ever wanted to tell an alien what you had for lunch, what you thought of a new movie, or your jokes about a celebrity, here’s your chance.
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Windows 8 Online Seminar
Ycademy Seminar November 24-25, 2012
The recent release of Windows 8 triggers many questions and also some fears relating to switching from Windows 7 to Windows 8. Having followed the Win 8 developments since its early beta stage, we will be able to guide you through the installation and configuration of the new operating system.
What is Windows 8?
Windows 8 is basically Windows 7, just better. Or, Windows 8 is an upgrade of Windows 7 with an interactive touch interface on top giving direct access to applications, tools and online networks, similar to mobile interfaces.
Win 8 is a necessary upgrade if you want to stay tuned into future developments of the way people use the internet and also if you want to synchronize your desktop or laptop with mobile devices using the windows operating system.
Why upgrading now?
Microsoft is running a promo for Win 8 till January 31, whereas you can upgrade your existing XP, Vista or Win 7 system to Windows 8 Pro for USD 39.99.
In most cases the upgrade will be smooth without requiring a re-install of programs and applications. We will discuss known issues and bugs before the upgrade.
Does the Win 8 upgrade justify a 2 days Seminar?
Not really, however the upgrade requires some time in order to make sure all participants have a running system before the Seminar so we will not lose any time with upgrade issues during the sessions.
The following phases of the upgrade will be done before the seminar:
- Run the Upgrade Assistant to find out whether your hardware fulfills the system requirements for Win 8 and which programs or applications are incompatible with Win 8.
(Usually, the only problem is with Security Essentials which will be replaced by Defender coming along with Win 8. If other programs are affected we will sort them out with you on an individual bases.)
- Download the installer and Win 8 and purchase the upgrade.
- Install Win 8 and make sure your computer is connected to the internet and allows you to communicate.
- A short “where is what” Session.
Having said that, we have of course another Seminar Topic up our sleeves:
Getting started with Adobe Illustrator
Illustrator is used namely to produce vector graphics, in contrast to bitmaps which we edit with Photoshop. Vector graphics can be scaled without loss of quality. This is namely important for logos, brand signs, images or graphics which you may want to use in different sizes and supports.
The resulting .ai files can be used directly in InDesign or After Effects for example. Vector graphics are of particular interest for those who produce video output files, apps, responsive web design and printed matters as well.
After getting familiar with the interface, we will produce some first vector graphics and pursue the learning beyond the seminar by dedicating some of our daily sessions to get advanced knowledge of the secrets of AI.
In order to efficiently organize the above mentioned pre-seminar tasks, Bianca will send out a mail announcing the special sessions which will be held for this purpose.
Saturday, November 24, 2012
- Introduction to Windows 8 (Overview, Apps and Tools, Multi-tasking,
- Customize the Start Screen
- Set up devices (Printers, scanners, cameras etc)
- Connect to networks
- Install Apps and Programs
- How to use the clod
- Mail and contact management
- Run programs made for previous Windows versions.
Sunday, November 25, 2012
- Tips and tricks: This is the big How-To session. We will go through 100 Windows features and ways of using Windows: most of them are specific to windows 8. Take advantage of Win 8 to improve your Workflow and do things with your computer you never dreamed of :-).
- Adobe Illustrator: Intro and Overview
- AI: Create your first Vector Graphics
Please announce your intention to participate at the Seminar to Bianca Gubalke at bianca(at)ycademy.com, to enable us to organize the pre-seminar sessions starting Wednesday.
Also, there will be quite some material to download which we will make available as from tomorrow and which we will need at the Seminar: there is namely Windows 8 (3.2 GB) and then there are loads of materials for our Illustrator Workshops, as well as the usual literature.
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Sitting at Your Desk Is Eating Your Muscles
Do you work an office job and sit all day? We have heard increasingly in the past years that this is just plain bad for the human body, but how bad is it, and what should we do about it?
Sitting Is Turning You Into A...Sitter
First, one major detriment to long periods of sitting is the effect on your posture, flexibility, mobility, and joint health. Probably the biggest single problem from sitting all day that I see as a coach is back pain and signs of deteriorating spine health. This is brought on by gravity, of course, but also a progressive tightening of the hip muscles from the lack of movement while hinged at the hips for long periods. When you exercise after sitting all day, the hips need to move, but their natural mobility is limited by muscle tightness. That movement needs to come somewhere, so it comes from the spine and the result is pain.
Get Out of That Chair, Even if You Skip the Gym
There has also been a lot of scientific discussion of these types of health risks, posed by being sedentary for long periods. Right now you might be thinking, “Well this doesn’t apply to me, I get plenty of exercise after work and I keep myself fit.” But is that enough? A recent study in Diabetologia indicates that exercising after work isn’t enough to prevent disease. Long periods of sitting were associated with diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and death - even for those who got exercise at other times of the day.
The key to eliminating these health effects is regularly and consistently moving while on the job. Some companies may have exercise breaks, but it might not be enough. In a review published this month by the International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, breaking up periods of sitting every half hour was recommended. This can prevent the catabolism (the breaking down of tissue) known to occur during sedentary periods. Not only that, researchers recommend talking about the topic with your coworkers, getting others involved, and even branding the concept to improve awareness of how important regular activity is to health during periods of sitting.
So what do we do to break up the lack of activity? The review mentions that standing alone creates enough of a stimulus to prevent catabolism. They recommend five minutes of standing for every thirty minutes of sitting. My own recommendations are to stretch while you do this. It make look silly, but get over it. It’s important, and your health is worth a comment or two. People might even join in when you mention you are working to prevent back pain and death. I don’t want back pain or death, coworker, do you? Then you best be stretching your hip flexors.
Speaking of which, I think a good hip flexor stretch is about the best stretch you can do if you are going to do only one while you work. And many office chairs are great for this. Stand in front of your chair, as if you were about to sit. Turn ninety-degree to the right. Put your right knee on the seat of your chair while standing on the left leg. Put the top of your right foot up on the arm of the chair and make sure your posture is good and tall. You should feel a stretch in the front of your right hip. Switch legs when you’re done.
Looking Silly Is Better Than Being Dead
If you can’t stand and stretch like this, or you are too concerned about what others around you think, then at least do an isometric squat while you sit, or go do a couple sets of squats in the bathroom. For the isometric squat, push your heels into the floor like you are standing up but with a force just shy of actually standing. This isn’t as good as the other options, but it might be enough to prevent your muscles from deteriorating.
1. E. G. Wilmot, et. al., “Sedentary time in adults and the association with diabetes, cardiovascular disease and death: systematic review and meta-analysis,” Diabetologia, 2012, 55:11
2. Geert M Rutten, et. al., “Interrupting long periods of sitting: good STUFF,” International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2013, 10:1
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Definitions of relational
a. - Having relation or kindred; related.
a. - Indicating or specifying some relation.
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DC welding machine
What is DC welding machine?
What is DC Welding? Direct current is an electric current that has a constant polarity flow in a single direction. This current can be positive or negative. With DC welding, since the magnetic field and current of the arc are constant, stable arcs are produced.
What is DC Welding?
Direct current is an electric current that has a constant polarity flow in a single direction. This current can be positive or negative. With DC welding, since the magnetic field and current of the arc are constant, stable arcs are produced.
The advantages of DC welding are:
A smoother welding output than with AC
A more stable arc
DC negative offers faster deposition rates when welding thin sheet metals
DC positive provides greater penetration into the weld metal
The disadvantages of DC welding are:
DC welding is unable to fix arc blow problems
Equipment is more expensive as DC currents require an internal transformer to switch the current
DC welding is ideal for joining thinner metals as well as being used in most stick welding applications, including TIG welding of - steels. This form of welding is also good for overhead and vertical applications.
What is AC Welding?
An alternating current is an electric current that reverses its direction many times per second. A 60-hertz current will change its polarity 120 times per second. With AC welding, because the magnetic field and current rapidly reverse -direction, there is no net deflection of the arc.
The advantages of AC welding are:
The alternating current between positive polarity and negative polarity allows for a steadier arc for welding magnetic parts
Fixes problems with arc blow
Enables effective aluminium welding
AC welding machines are cheaper than DC equipment
The disadvantages of AC welding are:
Weld quality is not as smooth as with DC welding
Less reliable and therefore more difficult to handle than DC welding
When switched to AC positive, it also helps remove oxide from the metal surface - hence it is suitable for welding aluminium.
AC welding is also widely used in shipbuilding, particularly for seam welds, as it has the ability to set the current higher than with DC. AC welding also offers fast fills and is used for down hand heavy plate welds.
One of the main uses of AC welding is with materials that are magnetised. This makes it useful for repairing machinery.
FAQ of DC Welding Machine
What welding rods are DC?
For DC welding, look for electrode 6010. It's intended for direct current use only. It has a high cellulose sodium-type coating. It provides better penetration and has many applications in the field.
Which is better for welding AC or DC?
DC polarity is used in most welding applications. It produces a smoother welding output compared to AC. It creates a more stable arc, easier welding and less spatter. You can also either use DC negative for faster deposition rates when welding thin sheet metal or use DC positive for more penetration into the steel.
What is difference between AC and DC welding?
AC and DC welding are forms of arc welding that use different currents to produce an electric arc. ' The DC polarity is constant while the AC polarity flows in one direction for half of the time and half of the time in the other, reverse, direction
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RayTemp 2 Infrared Thermometer high accuracy ±1 °C over 0 to 100 °C
Warning: Last items in stock!
Availability date: 14/04/2016
RayTemp 2 Infrared Thermometer - Designed and manufactured here in the UK. Simply aim the thermometer at the target and press the measure button to display the surface temperature over the range of -49.9 to 349.9 °C with a 0.1 °C or 1 °C resolution and assured accuracy of ±1 °C over the range 0 to 100 °C.
The RayTemp® 2 incorporates a 5:1 optic ratio (target distance/diameter ratio) and a fixed emissivity of 0.95 making it suitable for a wide range of food and industrial applications. The unit does not incorporate laser alignment, however this will appeal to those who are health and safety conscious and do not require this feature.
The RayTemp® 2 features a three-button keypad, incorporating measure, mode and max/min functions, pressing the mode button allows the user to select °C/°F, display the ambient temperature and the emissivity value.
The max/min function displays the highest and lowest recorded temperatures over the measurement period.
The RayTemp® 2 features a large, easy to read LCD display with low battery and an auto-power off facility that turns the instrument off after 30 seconds, maximising battery life.
It is housed in a robust ABS case that contains 'Biomaster' additive which reduces bacterial growth and is powered by three AAA batteries that give a minimum of 350 hours battery life.
FREE traceable certificate of calibration included.
Biomaster antimicrobial technology is incorporated in the majority ETI products during the manufacturing process, ensuring lifelong protection against the risk of bacterial cross contamination. As well as being harmful to health, outbreaks of food poisoning can damage brands, and the reputation of stores, food producers and restaurants.
The risk of food-borne contamination is widespread, existing in restaurants, bars, hotels, supermarkets, hospitals, schools, aircraft, cruise ships and your home. Anywhere where food is made, prepared or eaten.
Biomaster treated products have been proven to reduce the growth of food borne bacteria such as E.Coli, Salmonella and Campylobacter by up to 99.99%, so by choosing an ETI product with Biomaster additive, you are protected 24 hours a day, every day.
Biomaster Antimicrobial Technology is the leading range of safe, effective and permanent additives for the control of harmful bacteria, making any surface cleaner and more hygienic for its entire lifetime.
Proven to quickly reduce bacteria by up to 99.99% Biomaster is an effective means of reducing the growth of MRSA, E.Coli, Salmonella Campylobacter, Legionella and over 50 other species.
Incorporated into the body material of your ETI product, Biomaster becomes an integral part of it, providing durable, lifelong protection against the threat of cross contamination.
The active ingredient in Biomaster is silver. Silver has been used in its pure form for many centuries to prevent the growth of bacteria.
Incredibly durable, long lasting and highly active, when Biomaster is added during manufacture it is dispersed throughout the product casing, will not wash off and will last for its entire lifetime. Biomaster provides antimicrobial protection without allowing bacteria to develop resistance.
Silver ions bind to the cell surface;
This disrupts the cell and prevents cell growth.
The silver ions are attracted to the Thiol groups in the cell enzymes;
This prevents the bacterium producing energy.
Silver ions interrupt the cell DNA;
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There one matter that lots of ice hockey participants complain about which is something which has become known as the Bauer Bump. Bauer are one of the major brands of ice hockey skates, so the condition is termed after them, even though they can happen in almost any make of ice hockey skate. The problem is usually just what is recognized as Haglund’s deformity or maybe a retrocalcaneal bursitis. Additionally, it may get referred to as a pump bump. This means there is an swelling on the heel bone behind that any kind of type of footwear such as an ice hockey skate will probably irritate and also lead to an inflammation of the bursa there. It's not something that is exclusive with ice hockey and Haglund’s deformity could happen to anyone in any footwear when the footwear irritates an enlargement behind the heel bone.
Characteristically, the growth can be found at the rear of the calcaneus bone which is simple to grasp exactly how any boot or footwear will probably worsen this enlargement. This continuing irritation will inflame a bursa that's on the heel bone there and it may become red and enlarged through this. That inflammation can now and again become so bad that anti-inflammatory drugs may be needed to lessen the pain and the swelling.
Exactly what mainly could an ice hockey participant do for this Bauers Bump? Sometimes simply shifting the brand of ice hockey skates maybe all that is required, and you do note a number of anecdotes from ice hockey participants this is what they did and it resolved Bauer’s bump. A good skate boot fitters will probably have the know how to grind away a hole inside the heel counter area of the skate boots. Several may also make use of a heat gun and expand the heel counter area away somewhat over the spot. There are also a number of patches that can be used to help keep pressure off of the painful bump. This can include silicon gel shielding pads, occasionally integrated into a sock. Plenty of players report that this really is beneficial and advise this. Other types of patches shaped like a horseshoe, or a doughnut can be fashioned to go around the painful region and stop the skate from pushing on the painful area at the back of the heel bone. This can be an ongoing issue as the swelling in the bursa is often decreased with these strategies, but the enlarged heel bone is still likely to be there long-term, so may be easily inflammed once more. The only option to get rid of the bone and Bauer’s bump completely is surgery to remove the enlarged bone. While this is an excellent choice long-term it is a bit complicated because the Achilles tendon will have to be taken off to get at the bone to remove it and after that the Achilles is attached back into place. The drawback with this is the lengthier rehab that is required as a result of the need to get the tendon move away. | <urn:uuid:aa871457-d5d1-4106-8301-9da2c7de3f6b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://renewpurpose.com/have-you-heard-of-the-bauers-bump/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573760.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819191655-20220819221655-00671.warc.gz | en | 0.962647 | 602 | 1.890625 | 2 |
CO-CREATED ACTIVITIES WITH COMMUNITY GROUPS
We are developing a model with self-expression through stories and creative writing at its heart: a powerful tool for community building and supporting marginalised groups. The communities we work with have a role in designing how they use creative expression through words and what they want to learn and produce. Our initial phase focuses on three places in our region: Exeter, Torbay and Plymouth. There, we are developing a model, which we can locate in other priority places around the South West in coming years.
We began this work through the Quay Words live literature programme in Exeter: www.quaywords.org.uk. There, we have created community writing courses in partnership with Resilient Women,Interwoven Production CIC and Headway Devon.
‘The women have absolutely loved it. We really appreciate the funding that led to this opportunity too so thank you … To be able to participate in such quality creative experiences is just so fantastic’ Jeanie, Resilient Women Programme Manager.
We secured funding to work in 2022 with community groups in Plymouth and in Torbay. In Plymouth we are delivering in partnership with participatory arts experts, Take A Part. Our next step together will be to facilitate a creative writing issue of the Echoes from Coxside community newspaper, which Literature Works first supported through our Annual Fund in 2020. In Torbay, we recruited two local practitioners who are working across a range of organisations which support people and groups in recovery. | <urn:uuid:66d662b9-72d0-45cf-8466-77c28689556a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://literatureworks.org.uk/projects/community-writing/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573172.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818063910-20220818093910-00266.warc.gz | en | 0.94848 | 311 | 1.585938 | 2 |
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CIA HISTORICAL REVIEW PROGRAM
2 JULY 96
Notes and Comments
MORE ON "LUCY"
The article "The Rote Drei: Getting Behind the Lucy Myth"* is an admirable contribution to the literature of an important case. However, it is unlikely that its readers will feel that they have been taken very far behind the myth; instead, the article's effect is to perpetuate it. Even the author seems to entertain doubts, since a sentence on his penultimate page would tend to dismiss much of his previous argument. (I will return to this sentence later.)
Part of the article's argument, and symptoms of its weakness, are to be found in three phrases:
(1) "The record clearly shows that Lucy had four important sources." (P. 63).
The author is, of course, referring to the record of the transmissions from Switzerland, which however bulky is still inadequate for any such conclusion. There is no record of the transmissions from Germany to Switzerland, which would offer a more solid base from which to speculate on the identity of the sources. Any material received from Germany — in whatever form — could have been edited in Switzerland, perhaps partly to hide the identity of the source or sources.
(2) "Rudolf Roessler did divulge the identity of his sources ... to a trusted friend." (P. 64).
In addition to the author's apparent assumption that the four "divulged" by Roessler are identical with the four "clearly shown by the record," other assumptions underlie this phrase, some of them perhaps naive:
- the assumption that (Roessler) had sources,
- the assumption that he knew their identities, and
- the assumption that he divulged them truthfully.
Note the coincidence that those "divulged" were, with one (unidentified) exception, well-known resistance figures who had been the subject of guesswork concerning "Lucy's sources," probably for years before Roessler revealed their identities to his intimate friend. Even without this coincidence, one should be more skeptical than the author about Roessler's own statements. Roessler's postwar silence and relative obscurity are well known; the motives for his silence, which stands out oddly in an era of memoirs and revelations about the very network with which he worked, must have been strong ones; such motives might have led him to throw out red herrings.
(3) "... the characteristics of the Lucy messages and of their transmission from Germany to Switzerland suggest that Werther and the others probably bad Abwehr communications channels at their disposal. There seems to be no plausible alternative theory." (P. 67).
One searches the article in vain for any substantiation of this theory. It would seem to be more guesswork, although one must admit that it is at least more acceptable than the inference, in some published books, that the refugee Roessler and his sources must individually have operated agent transmitters and receivers. There seems to be equally little justification for attributing as much as the article does to Gisevius' travels (and why would Gisevius' information go to the refugee Roessler?).
I would suggest that we examine, as the article does not despite its title, the possibility that "Lucy" really was a myth, and a purposeful one. This might help explain why the secret of his sources has never been nosed out despite a generation of publicity and journalistic curiosity, and might also lead us to the "plausible alternative theory" which the article denies on page 67.
I refer to a possibility alluded to (in passing, surprisingly) on page 88, the penultimate page of the article: "Only the Swiss know today whether the vital information coming from Germany went first to Lucy — and then, via Haussmann, to Masson, or whether the Swiss received the bulk of the information from their sources in Germany and passed it to Sedlacek for relay to the British and to Lucy for relay to the Russians." The article also allows, on the preceding page, that Bureau Ha might have been created to free the operation from the shackles of neutrality.
More of the truth about "Lucy," I think, lies in these two sentences than in all the rest of this long article. If so, much of the rest of the article loses its pertinence.
The following would seem more plausible, professionally:
-That the "Lucy" sources were reporting to Swiss intelligence in Berlin, not to Roessler in Switzerland.
-That there is no compelling reason, given the large number of dissident, anti-Hitler officers in Berlin, to believe that the "Lucy" sources were involved in known resistance groups such as Oster's.
-That the information was transmitted from Berlin to Switzerland not by agent transmitters or agent couriers (nor by Abwehr communications) but by Swiss staff communications channels.
-That Roessler was nothing more than a front man "created" along with Bureau Ha by Swiss Intelligence as a mechanism to pass the information to the Allies while preserving Swiss neutrality.
-That Roessler neither had sources of his own (at least not the key sources in Berlin) nor knew their identity nor controlled their commo.
-And that Roessler was inclined or compelled to hide these facts. (I believe he was paid again for his silence by the light punishment be received for his later espionage in 1953, to which the article does not pay enough attention.)
Even the opening words of the sentence on p. 88, which I cite above, is probably misleading: one cannot assume that "only the Swiss know." The Soviets might also know: they got all the messages, and with their capture of Berlin and informed interrogations of key individuals, they could have identified the sources.
Switzerland's continued interest in preserving a neutral history, and the well proven discipline of its people, do not offer much hope for disclosures. But I agree with the article's contention that our continued interest in this case goes beyond our duty to Clio. Among other reasons, we should try to identify the Lucy sources because if the Soviets did, they may have been able, by pressure, to gain, assets who might have provided later access to sensitive levels in postwar West Germany. The version above might offer new and promising lines of investigation. (For example, who were the Swiss MA's, in prewar and wartime Berlin? Who were their closest German friends?) But the Lucy myth will only lead us into dead ends.
Andrew K. Megaris
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* Studies. Vol. 13, no. 3, 1969.
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Interesting details about the cloud web hosting solution
Actually, the genuine cloud webspace hosting solution serves different hosting services such as disk storage, email, File Transfer Protocol, databases, DNS, stats, CP, backup, etc., on different packs of cutting-edge servers. Each different service pack forms a cluster. All the hosting servers in a cluster are devoted to serving only the specific service and nothing aside from it. They will all work as one web server, sharing the service's load in nearly equal proportions. If there is a real cloud web hosting service, there would be: a web space cluster, an electronic mail cluster, a File Transfer Protocol cluster, database clusters (MySQL/PostgreSQL), a DNS cluster, a stats cluster, a website hosting Control Panel cluster, a backup cluster, etc. All these separate service clusters will generate the so-called cloud webspace hosting system.
The big cloud site hosting fraud. Very modern nowadays.
There is so much misunderstanding revolving around about cloud web hosting these days. As you can perceive,cloud hosting does not only sound complicated, but in fact it is extremely perplexing. Most of the people are not at all aware of what cloud hosting is. Based on this widely spread ignorance, the "cloud website hosting merchandisers" speculate intensely, just to secure the customer and his/her 5 dollars a month. What a shame! A vast disgrace. This is because in the site hosting business niche there are no ordinances whatsoever. The domain name industry niche has ICANN. The website hosting industry has no such legislative body. This is why the webspace hosting providers speculate and lie blatantly (very bluntly, actually) to their clients. Chiefly the cPanel-based cloud web hosting providers. Let's learn how much cloud hosting they actually can distribute.
The facts about the cPanel-based "cloud" web site hosting companies
If a cPanel-based web hosting wholesaler has a cloud web page hosting platform at hand, which is quite improbable, many web hosting servers must be bought. Which is also not inexpensive. We will return to that at the end of this article. First off, let's find out what the cloud problems are. So, it's quite unbelievable for a cPanel hosting company to have the cloud web space hosting system at hand, because of the fact that devising one takes years. Even when time and the provision of a highly qualified staff are not a predicament, lots of cash must be invested too. Piles of money. On top of that, cPanel is not open source. That's a huge obstacle.
The lack of open source cloud web site hosting systems
There are no open source cloud website hosting platforms. There are no open source web site hosting Control Panel instruments (running with the cloud web page hosting platform) as well. Therefore, to have a cloud webspace hosting system at hand, first you must build one. In-house. Second of all, you must create the Control Panel too.
One server-based web space hosting Control Panels
Famous webspace hosting CPs like cPanel, Plesk, DirectAdmin, etc. are made to run on one single server exclusively. All web hosting services (disk space, email, File Transfer Protocol, databases, DNS, statistics, webspace hosting CP, backup, and so on) are being served at one and the same time on a single web server where these specific single-server website hosting platforms and website hosting Control Panels are installed.
The shortage of open source webspace hosting Control Panels
So, you must create an in-house built Control Panel that will run perfectly and to incorporate it within the cloud platform, as if it was an inbuilt constituent of it. Proper examples of custom constructed cloud hosting platforms with in-house built web hosting CPs are: AutomatedWebhost.net, NTCHosting, Lonex, Exclusive Hosting, FreeHostia, OpenHost, 50Webs, 100WebSpace, Fateback, MediaTemple and ResellersPanel
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WHEN Mass Observation chose Bolton for its study of life in the north of England it hoped to discover how ordinary people lived in an industrial town.
Its choice of ‘Worktown’ as a pseudonym for Bolton reflected the fact that work, in the form of the cotton industry, was the reason for the town’s existence.
Seventy five years after the Worktown project, the archive produced by the mass observers constitutes a unique historical record of everyday life in inter-war Britain.
It includes not only Humphrey Spender’s photographs but 65 boxes of written records detailing every aspect of life, including work, leisure, shopping, holidays, funerals, religion and politics.
Several boxes in the archive describe work in the cotton industry.
Visiting Swan Lane Spinning Mills, the largest cotton factory in the world, on July 7, 1938, an observer noted the predominance of women and girls, all wearing cotton dresses and sandals and looking after several machines.
An account from Cobden Mill, Draycott Street, describes how four employees had been chosen to attend the Coronation, while fellow workers were collecting for a “footing”, an unofficial celebration held in the weaving shed in work time.
There are also boxes of essays by Bolton schoolchildren, some written by the pupils of Pikes Lane school, describing what they did on their holidays — all include the names of their writers who could doubtless be recognised by their descendants.
Other boxes contain records of household savings, patterns of drinking in pubs, dance halls, church rituals and shopping habits.
A further unique aspect of the archive is Bolton Museums’ Humphrey Spender “Worktown” collection of photographs which provides visual records of places, buildings, streets and people.
It is unsurprising that the Worktown archive attracts international interest amongst historians and photographers and the Centre for Worktown Studies was jointly established in 2009 by the University of Bolton and Bolton Museum to support research based on Worktown.
It has received visitors from as far afield as Australia and North America, and provides help and guidance to anyone wishing to know more about Worktown.
The centre is a meeting place for researchers from differing backgrounds and the Happiness survey is an outcome of this.
All our events are open to the public and you can keep in tabs on forthcoming events at bolton.ac.uk/worktown.
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Existing Western literature about childcare reveals parents hire nannies to play the role of surrogate mother, reflecting Western-held assumptions that a mother caring for her child is the optimal arrangement, with nannies hired to fill this void in their absence. Through analysis of semi-structured interviews with 10 urban Chinese families, our study reveals a departure from these assumptions when it comes to middle-class Chinese, who do not hire nannies as proxies for mothers or due to lack of alternative options. Rather, they seek out nanny care to supplement or enhance childcare provided by grandparents or stay-at-home mothers by building multi-caregiver coalitions in which resources and advantages are pooled to improve care quality. This study uses nanny care as a lens to explore these culturally divergent patterns and reveals that, unlike their Western counterparts, Chinese parents do not see exclusive maternal care for children as ideal or sufficient.
- care quality
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By Kathleen Gilbert
VATICAN CITY, October 6, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In an address to the new U.S. ambassador to the Vatican on Friday, Pope Benedict XVI emphasized the central role of the dignity of human life and freedom of conscience in Catholic social teaching.
The choice of Miguel Diaz, who says he is pro-life, as U.S. ambassador met with criticism from pro-life Catholic leaders earlier this year, due in large part to the fact that Diaz had famously thrown his support behind the strongly pro-abortion Health and Human Services Secretary and fellow Catholic Kathleen Sebelius.
Benedict gave the remarks as he officially accepted Diaz's credentials as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America in a ceremony at the papal villa in Castel Gandolfo.
In addressing the U.S. Church's contribution to public discourse, the Pope said: “Here I think particularly of the need for a clear discernment with regard to issues touching the protection of human dignity and respect for the inalienable right to life from the moment of conception to natural death, as well as the protection of the right to conscientious objection on the part of health care workers, and indeed all citizens.”
“The Church insists on the unbreakable link between an ethics of life and every other aspect of social ethics,” Benedict continued, “for she is convinced that, in the prophetic words of the late Pope John Paul II, 'a society lacks solid foundations when, on the one hand, it asserts values such as the dignity of the person, justice and peace, but then, on the other hand, radically acts to the contrary by allowing or tolerating a variety of ways in which human life is devalued and violated, especially where it is weak or marginalized.'”
Touching on the pursuit of “the common good of the whole human family,” Benedict pointed out that, “Genuine progress, as the Church's social teaching insists, must be integral and humane; it cannot prescind from the truth about human beings and must always be directed to their authentic good.”
“In a word, fidelity to man requires fidelity to the truth, which alone is the guarantee of freedom and real development,” he said.
The pontiff added that the U.S. bishops' perspective on faith and natural law was important in answering “the weighty ethical and social questions shaping America's future.”
“Religious vision and religious imagination do not straiten but enrich political and ethical discourse, and the religions, precisely because they deal with the ultimate destiny of every man and woman, are called to be a prophetic force for human liberation and development throughout the world, particularly in areas torn by hostility and conflict,” said the Pope.
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Michael Fitzpatrick is a general practitioner and autism parent in the U.K. who has been countering misinformation for over a decade. His books include Defeating Autism: A Damaging Delusion and MMR and Autism: What Parents Need to Know. Dr. Fitzpatrick offered to take Andrew Wakefield’s recent challenge for a public debate. Mr. Wakefield has not responded.
One report of a replication of key finding by Andrew Wakefield’s team was presented at an IMFAR conference in 2006but never published. Even though it has not been published, and has in fact failed to replicate, that work by Steve Walker is often cited by Mr. Wakefield’s supporters.
Below are a series of points Dr. Fitzpatrick has collected in regards to the Walker study.
‘It [the Children’s Immunisation Centre – offering single measles vaccines] argues that the MMR vaccine can cause autism, saying: ‘In 2009 a Dr Walker in the USA studied 275 autistic children and found in a large percentage of cases that these children had the live measles virus in their gut after vaccination with the triple MMR’.Sunday Times, 21 April 2013.
1. In 2006 Dr Stephen Walker presented a poster at the Montreal IMFAR meeting claiming to have identified measles virus in intestinal biopsies of children with autism. These preliminary, provisional, unconfirmed, non-peer-reviewed findings in an uncontrolled study (which does not mention MMR) were widely reported – and enthusiastically acclaimed by Dr Andrew Wakefield.
2. In a subsequent statement issued by Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in North Carolina, Walker denied that he had shown any link between measles virus and autism.http://www.wakehealth.edu/News-Releases/2006/Wake_Forest_Researcher_Warns_Against_Making_Connection_Between_Presence_of_Measles_Virus_and_Autism.htm
3. The Walker study has never been published.
4. The Walker study was dismissed as evidence in the 2009 Omnibus Autism Proceedings in the USA after a detailed critique by expert witnesses.http://lizditz.typepad.com/i_speak_of_dreams/2011/01/the-daily-mail-uk-continuing-sorry-contribution-to-fear-uncertainty-and-doubt-vaccine-fears.html
5. The Walker study is not included in a recent list of ‘28 studies from around the world that support Dr Wakefield’s work’ (though none of these validate his claim of a link between MMR and autism).
6. Though reports claimed that the Walker study had ‘replicated’ the work of Wakefield’s Dublin collaborator John O’Leary published in 2002, this work has been thoroughly discredited, most comprehensively by Professor Stephen Bustin (and is no longer even claimed by Wakefield in his support).
(Stephen A Bustin, Why There Is No Link Between Measles Virus and Autism, DOI: 10.5772/52844)
7. A co-author on the 2006 Walker study (and on his recent, unrelated, 2013 publication) is Dr Arthur Krigsman, a long-standing colleague and supporter of Dr Wakefield (and collaborator in his current Autism Media Channel initiative). http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0058058
Observations on Dr Krigsman by the ‘Special Masters’ in the Omnibus Autism Proceedings 2009:
‘After studying the extensive evidence in this case for many months, I am convinced that the reports and advice given to the Cedillos by Dr Krigsman and some other physicians, advising the Cedillos that there is a causal connection between Michelle’s MMR vaccination and her chronic conditions have been very wrong. Unfortunately, the Cedillos have been misled by physicians who are guilty, in my view, of gross medical misjudgment.’
Dr Krigsman appeared as both expert witness and as ‘treating physician’ to Michelle Cedillo and Colten Snyder. The special masters found that his credentials were ‘scant’ and noted that though he claimed to be ‘assistant clinical professor’ at New York University he had never taught there. His four publications were reduced on inquiry to one. It emerged that he left New York following disciplinary action at his former hospital and was fined $5,000 on arrival in Texas for misrepresenting his registration status.
The special masters were not impressed by Dr Krigsman’s performance as an expert witness. Hastings commented that in the Cedillo case he ‘did not find Dr Krigsman to be an expert upon whom I could reasonably rely for sound opinion and judgment’.
It was in relation to his personal testimony as Michelle’s doctor that Hastings found Dr Krigsman to be most ‘unpersuasive’ and of ‘doubtful credibility’. He was shocked to discover that he had ‘presented an opinion concerning Michelle’s case either without examining Michelle’s medical records at all, or after badly misreading these records’. He noted that Dr Krigsman had ‘diagnosed Michelle with “inflammatory bowel disease” in July of 2003, before he had even met and examined her’. Hastings further noted that ‘Dr Krigsman seems highly inclined to diagnose the presence of gastrointestinal inflammation on the basis of almost any chronic gastrointestinal symptoms’. He concluded that Dr Krigsman had advanced a ‘grossly mistaken understanding of Michelle’s gastrointestinal symptoms’ and that ‘a simple reading of Michelle’s medical records demonstrates that Dr Krigsman’s understanding was clearly wrong’. Michelle endured five upper gastrointestinal endoscopies and three lower gastrointestinal endoscopies, none of which in the opinion of the respondent’s experts, revealed inflammatory bowel disease.
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consumer financial protection bureau
The bank will cut the overdraft fees it charges customers to $10 from $35 starting in May. It will also stop charging fees for bounced checks.
The Biden administration picked Richard Cordray, who previously led the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, to oversee a student loan portfolio of more than $1 trillion.
Antitrust crusaders and Wall Street watchdogs are closely watching how the Biden administration handles a CFPB rule on financial data.
The justices ruled that limits on the president's power to oust the CFPB director are not constitutional.
"$200 worth of groceries will end up costing me $550 due to the sky-high finance rate that came along with the loan."
Lawmakers demanded that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau investigate a loan forgiveness program for teachers and other public service workers.
The CFPB, a federal consumer finance watchdog agency, was created as part of the Dodd-Frank legislation in response to the financial crisis.
He hit a sexist trifecta during the Democratic presidential debate.
Whether it's your own debt, that of a deceased parent or one that isn't even real, a federal proposal would clear the way for collection agencies to shake you down.
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Company Committed to Providing 1 Billion Meals to Help Eliminate Global Hunger, Bolstering Animal Welfare and Palm Oil Policies, Setting Environmental Goals
PITTSBURGH & CHICAGO – March 21, 2017 – The Kraft Heinz Company (NASDAQ: KHC) today announced its expanded commitment to corporate social responsibility (CSR) through sustainability targets that protect the planet and benefit people and society at large.
The new CSR goals support the Company’s vision “To Be the Best Food Company, Growing a Better World” and initially focus on three areas in which Kraft Heinz believes it can make the greatest impact: global hunger and malnutrition, supply chain sustainability and the environment.
While the commitments announced Tuesday offer a snapshot of the Company’s CSR approach, Kraft Heinz said it will publish its broader strategy later this year in tandem with its first CSR report.
“As one of the world’s leading food and beverage companies, we hold ourselves to a high standard for driving social and environmental change,” said Bernardo Hees, Chief Executive Officer at Kraft Heinz. “Our global CSR strategy focuses on improving our planet, its people and the communities where we live and work, and is a critical component to our continued growth strategy.”
- Global Hunger and Malnutrition
To make a sustainable difference in the fight to eliminate global hunger and malnutrition, Kraft Heinz will donate 1 billion nutritious meals to people in need by 2021, working in collaboration with several nonprofit organizations, including its signature philanthropic partner, Rise Against Hunger (formerly Stop Hunger Now), along with other national partners like Feeding America, the Boys & Girls Clubs of America and Red Cross.
“Together, we believe it’s possible to end global hunger in our lifetime,” added Hees.
Central to this goal is The Kraft Heinz Company Foundation’s signature program, the Kraft Heinz Micronutrient Campaign (KHMC). Launched in 2001, the KHMC supports children’s health and development by manufacturing and donating micronutrient powders – developed by Kraft Heinz food science and nutrition experts – that provide essential vitamins and minerals.
Rise Against Hunger, an international hunger relief organization that delivers food and aid to the world’s most vulnerable populations, became the KHMC’s exclusive micronutrient distribution partner in 2013. Since then, Kraft Heinz has provided micronutrient powders to fortify more than 167 million hunger relief meals delivered to countries in need across the globe.
“We are profoundly grateful for our partnership with Kraft Heinz and are inspired by the company’s commitment to provide 1 billion meals to people in need, which is a reflection of their dedication to nourishing lives,” said Rod Brooks, Chief Executive Officer of Rise Against Hunger. “We commend their efforts to empower communities around the globe to end hunger.”
- Supply Chain Sustainability
Kraft Heinz is committed to creating a more sustainable supply chain by establishing responsible farm-to-market ingredient and material-sourcing policies and practices.
- Kraft Heinz recognizes that poorly managed palm oil cultivation can have adverse environmental and social impacts such as deforestation, loss of biodiversity, forced and child labor and human trafficking. Therefore, the Company’s new policy states it will procure palm oil products in an ethical, transparent and sustainable manner, and will only purchase palm oil and derivatives 100 percent certified by the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil.
Kraft Heinz is also actively working with its global suppliers to achieve full palm oil traceability, prohibit the use of child and forced labor and protect existing forests and habitats.
- Kraft Heinz is committed to the humane treatment of animals and prioritizes continuous improvement in animal welfare. The Company’s new policy is guided by the Five Freedoms of Animal Welfare, a set of core principles for animals under human care. This includes freedom from: hunger and thirst; discomfort due to the environment; pain, injury and disease; fear and distress; along with the freedom to express most normal behaviors. In support of these Five Freedoms of animal welfare, Kraft Heinz also requires its suppliers to have a zero tolerance policy for willful acts of animal abuse and neglect.
The policy also reinforces and introduces several supplier guidelines for humane sourcing, including commitments to use eggs only from hens living in cage-free and/or enriched environments and the transition away from traditional gestation stall housing for pregnant sows by 2025.
Kraft Heinz will decrease its environmental footprint by reducing greenhouse gas emissions, energy, water and waste in its operations by 15 percent globally by 2020 (versus a 2015 baseline). Efforts are currently underway to maximize efficient energy and water consumption and reduce or divert waste at each of the 86 company-owned manufacturing plants.
“Integrating sustainability across our entire business is a top priority,” said Michael Mullen, Senior Vice President of Corporate and Government Affairs at Kraft Heinz. “We developed these goals based on input from consumers, customers, investors and employees, among others, and we look forward to a continued dialogue with all stakeholders about how we see our values coming to life in our business and our brands.”
For more information on Kraft Heinz efforts to fight hunger and malnutrition, visit: http://www.kraftheinzcompany.com/community-involvement.html.
For more information on sustainable business practices at Kraft Heinz or to view the new animal welfare or palm oil policies, visit: http://www.kraftheinzcompany.com/sustainability.html.
ABOUT THE KRAFT HEINZ COMPANY
The Kraft Heinz Company (NASDAQ: KHC) is the fifth-largest food and beverage company in the world, with eight $1 billion+ brands. A globally trusted producer of delicious foods, The Kraft Heinz Company provides high quality, great taste and nutrition for all eating occasions whether at home, in restaurants or on the go. The Company’s iconic brands include Kraft, Heinz, ABC, Capri Sun, Classico, Jell-O, Kool-Aid, Lunchables, Maxwell House, Ore-Ida, Oscar Mayer, Philadelphia, Planters, Plasmon, Quero, Weight Watchers Smart Ones and Velveeta. The Kraft Heinz Company is dedicated to the sustainable health of our people, our planet and our Company. For more information, visit www.kraftheinzcompany.com.
ABOUT RISE AGAINST HUNGER
Rise Against Hunger (formerly Stop Hunger Now), an international hunger relief organization based in Raleigh, N.C., works to implement immediate and long-term solutions to hunger worldwide. With program locations in 20 U.S. cities and five international offices, Rise Against Hunger has engaged volunteers to package more than 310 million nutrient-rich meals for distribution to 74 countries around the globe. To find out more about Rise Against Hunger’s efforts to end hunger worldwide, please visit riseagainsthungerphilippines.org. | <urn:uuid:2538be74-5987-41e0-952c-978b6d519cf8> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://riseagainsthunger.org.ph/kraft-heinz-strengthens-corporate-social-responsibility-commitments-support-vision-grow-better-world/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573744.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819161440-20220819191440-00473.warc.gz | en | 0.906009 | 1,504 | 1.640625 | 2 |
LA LOCHE, Saskatchewan, Jan. 22 (UPI) -- Five people were killed Friday and two were critically hurt after gunfire erupted at a community school in northern Canada's Saskatchewan territory, authorities said.
The shooting occurred about noon local time Friday at the La Loche Community School, which houses grades 7 through 12 in the small town of La Loche -- located about 370 miles north of Saskatoon.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau confirmed the death toll at five, but it wasn't immediately specified whether those killed were students, staff members or otherwise.
"We have no idea what happened and how it happened and why it happened," Kevin Janvier, acting deputy mayor of La Loche, said. "It's something we should never hear of happening and it's happened today."
Officials said a suspect has been taken into custody. The Saskatoon StarPhoenix cited a fire official at the scene as saying a boy with a gun was arrested. The news report also noted another shooting incident at a nearby residence, but it wasn't immediately clear whether it was related to the school shooting.
"The country's heart is breaking for the people of La Loche, Saskatchewan today," Trudeau said at a news conference late Friday. "We all grieve with, and stand with, the community of La Loche and all of Saskatchewan on this terrible, tragic day."
"Obviously this is every parent's worst nightmare," he continued. "When I spoke with community leaders, they obviously expressed that their community is reeling and all of us across the country, our hearts are going out to the families and the whole community."
"Words cannot express my shock and sorrow at the horrific events today in La Loche," Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall said in a statement. "My thoughts and prayers are with all the victims, their families and friends and all the people of the community. Thank you to the RCMP and all the emergency personnel who responded quickly to the shootings."
"This is something that you only see on TV most of the time," Clearwater River Dene Nation Chief Teddy Clark said. "Both Clearwater and La Loche, a lot of people are in shock."
"I ran outside the school. There was lots of screaming. There was about six, seven shots before I got outside," 10th grade student Noel Desjarlais said. "I believe there was more shots by the time I did get out."
Authorities locked the school down, along with another in the area, immediately upon learning of the shooting.
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Collins BridgeEdit profile
The Collins Bridge was a bridge that crossed Biscayne Bay between Miami and Miami Beach, Florida. At the time it was completed, it was the longest wooden bridge in the world. It was built by farmer and developer John S. Collins (1837–1928) with financial assistance from automotive parts and racing pioneer Carl G. Fisher. Fisher, an auto parts magnate, loaned Collins 50,000 dollars to complete the bridge when Collins' money ran out. Collins, then 75 years old, traded Fisher 200 acres of land on Miami Beach for the loan. The 2½ mile wooden toll bridge opened on June 12, 1913, providing a critical link to the newly established Miami Beach, formerly accessible only by a ferry service. The middle of the bridge had a steel lattice truss design, while the ends were primarily wooden, as well as the deck being wooden for the entire length.
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Att'y Steven M. Goldberg
The writer is a member of the Executive Board of the World Likud, member of Ariel University's International Board of Governors and Vice President of Children of Jewish Holocaust Survivors, Los Angeles. He practices law in Los Angeles.
Certainly there is no moral principle that requires Israel to coddle people who yearn for its destruction and who celebrate the murder of Jews.
Although it was not his intent, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has done Israel an enormous favor. Specifically, by obsessively pursuing the "peace process" to its unavoidable dead end, Kerry has demonstrated that the two-state solution is, and has always been, a mirage
For 90 years the international community's best and brightest, far more capable than Kerry, have attempted to craft a territorial compromise to allow a Jewish state and Arab state to divide the land allocated to the Jews by the League of Nations in its Mandate for Palestine. The results have always been the same: violent Arab rejection of any formula that would allow a Jewish state to exist in any borders.
The reason, of course, is that the heart of the problem is not a territorial dispute. Instead, it is religious and existential. The Arab world considers all of the land between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea to be holy Muslim land, and it would violate Islamic law to allow an infidel Jewish state to exist in any portion of it, no matter how small.
History teaches that this is a zero-sum game. There will be either a Jewish state or another Arab state on the land; there will not be both. Kerry's desperate, pathetic failure is just further proof of this reality.
With this undeniable truth in mind, what can Israel do to assure that it will be the prevailing party in this life-or-death conflict? One alternative to the two-state solution, propose by Naftali Bennett, calls for Israel to annex Area C, which would incorporate the most heavily populated Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria into the borders of Israel and the fewest Palestinian Arabs.
Although this has the practical appeal of being a significant first step, and would effectively prevent the creation of a Palestinian state, this proposal creates a myriad of practical problems, including the defense of a byzantine border and developing a workable relationship with the areas outside of the newly created borders. Further, this half-measure will provoke the opprobrium of the international community as surely as the annexation of all of Judea and Samaria but without the territorial benefit.
Another alternative is to annex all of Judea and Samaria and to offer citizenship to all the Palestinian Arabs who reside there. This would provide Israel with greater geographic depth and appear to moot the accusation that Israel is an apartheid state that is denying equal rights to the Palestinian Arabs. It is premised on the notion that the demographic time bomb is overstated and that Israel can successfully absorb more than 1.6 million Arabs without saddling itself with a crushing economic burden and losing its Jewish and democratic character.
That premise, however, is rooted more in wishful thinking than in historical evidence. Even if adding the Palestinian Arabs in Judea and Samaria to Israel's citizenry means that "only" 33% of Israel's population is Arab, such a sizable minority of hostile citizens will likely create problems that will cripple the Jewish state. The Arab war on Israel will take on a new aspect, i.e., a civil war inside Israel itself. Further, even a relatively small voting bloc of Jewish leftists, when added to the 33% hostile Arab vote, can wreak havoc with Israel's electoral system.
So again the same nagging question: what can be done?
The answer is to react strategically and proportionately to the political escalation being orchestrated by the Palestinian Authority. If Mahmoud Abbas and his cohorts demand Palestinian independence, the Israelis can give it to them--in spades. Israel can immediately terminate all aid whatsoever not only to the Palestinian Authority, but also to the Palestinian Arab population. That would mean no money, no electricity, no water, no food, no medicine, no patronizing of Palestinian Arab business and no employment of Palestinian Arabs. Let the newly declared Palestinian state provide for its people.
To ameliorate the consequences of these measures, Israel can offer generous financial incentives to individual Palestinian Arab families (and Israeli Arab families) who elect to emigrate. A healthy cash position will make a Palestinian Arab family a welcome addition to another Muslim state. This humanitarian alternative will provide a powerful answer to the howls of outrage that might otherwise come from the international community as a result of Israel's actions.
The Palestinian Arabs will have a viable option to live in peace and prosperity, just not in the homeland of the hated Jews.
For those who doubt the fairness of responding to the unilateral actions of the Palestinian Authority in such a decisive manner, this one question should serve as a cure. If the tables were turned, how would the Arabs treat the Jewish minority among them?
We know the answer to that question. The Arabs provided it when they massacred the Jews in Jerusalem in 1920, in Jaffa in 1921 and in Hevron in 1929. The Arab world threatened to annihilate the jews before the Six Day War of 1967, and Hamas proudly declares its genocidal intentions towards the Jews in its charter.
As for the "moderate" Palestinian Authority, its continuing hero-worship of vile terrorists who murder Jews demonstrates convincingly how it would treat a vulnerable Jewish minority. Indeed, Abbas has made clear that any Palestinian state would be judenrein and all Jews living in Judea and Samaria would be ethnically cleansed. To the extent the international community would tolerate forcibly expelling Jews from their homes in a Palestinian state, it has no standing to criticize Israel for taking actions to convince Palestinian Arabs to emigrate voluntarily.
Transfer is not a fascist plan. Winston Churchill advocated it, and the Allies implemented it after World War II, when they sliced off part of Germany, allocated it to Poland, and forcibly expelled millions of Germans west of the Oder-Neisse line. Turkey and Greece also exchanged populations. Transfer has eliminated or greatly reduced violence between hostile ethnic groups in the past, and it will do so if Israel adopts such a policy with regard to the Arabs within its borders. Certainly there is no moral principle that requires Israel to coddle people who yearn for its destruction and who celebrate the murder of Jews.
Implementing such a policy is not easy. Severing ties with the Palestinian Arabs will cause hardship and will be condemned by sanctimonious anti-Semites around the world. Nevertheless, it is a powerful and non-violent response to the increasingly aggressive actions of the Palestinian Authority. It will provide the Palestinian Arab families with a humanitarian option of relocating in relative prosperity. Transfer has historical precedents, reduces bloodshed and is much more humane than the measures to which the Jews have been subjected when left to the tender mercies of the Arabs.
Encouraging voluntary transfer will be messy, but for Israel to survive, it has to fight, which means getting its hands dirty. Dirty hands are nothing compared to the bloody hands of Israel's enemies. | <urn:uuid:61944c36-5e75-4c67-ad05-783556108a30> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/14849 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560282140.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095122-00136-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.943641 | 1,477 | 1.9375 | 2 |
NAPERVILLE – Chin up. Arms at eye level. Legs apart and slightly bent.
I’m trying to focus on holding the correct position as I fall forward and am lifted in the air by winds from fans that can blow as fast as 165 mph.
With an instructor's help, I fly as high as 25 feet above a stainless steel net.
Surrounding me is a 14-foot-wide, 48-foot-tall glass tube.
Anyone ages three and up can skydive, without having to jump out of a plane, at the new iFly Indoor Skydiving facility at 1752 Freedom Drive.
“It’s something so new and so different that most people haven’t experienced, and it’s really a dream I think we all have,” said General Manager David Janossy.
He said the indoor skydiving technology is the fifth generation of vertical wind tunnel technology.
“The older generations are single pass, where the air goes in the bottom and goes out the top; here we re-circulate in a loop,” Janossy said. “We use four axial fans, which are located horizontally above the tunnels.”
No experience is needed to skydive at iFly. The most basic package is called “Earn Your Wings” and costs $69.95, said iFly Naperville's lead instructor, Tim Hunckler. It comes with two one-minute flights and rental gear—a jumpsuit, goggles and earplugs.
At the beginner level, customers fly with their stomachs down, and an instructor accompanies them in the tunnel.
More experienced fliers can dive sitting up, on their heads, on their backs and with another person. Janossy said eight instructors flew in the tunnel together July 4, the opening day of the Naperville location.
Before flying, participants must watch someone else fly and view a safety video.
The only thing that can be heard in the tunnel is the noise of the fans, so instructors teach fliers hand signals.
Hunckler said the simulator feels exactly like outdoor skydiving.
“Skydivers use this as a training tool as well because it’s the most specific place where you can also work on your free fall skills over and over again,” Hunckler said.
Experienced divers can rent the tunnel to practice their free fall. The facility has rooms where groups can watch a live feed of the tunnel and review videos of their dive.
The instructor in the control room also takes videos and photographs, which are included in some packages and can be purchased separately.
Packages are available for groups such as families, teams, corporations and parties. iFly also hosts classes, Hunckler said.
Participants can reserve fly times via walk in, phone call or online registration.
iFly is based in Austin, Texas, and has 34 locations in the U.S., including in Rosemont.
“Naperville is a growing community that has a lot of families, and young and adults alike, who I think are going to really enjoy this experience,” Janossy said. “Families, friends, corporations can do something totally new and fresh for their people and their kids that they’re never going to forget.”
If you go
What: iFly Indoor Skydiving
When: 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday to Thursday, 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday, 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday, 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday
Where: 1752 Freedom Drive
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Powell, Robert, editor. Criticism in Architecture. Singapore: Concept Media/Aga Khan Award for Architecture, 1989.
This book records the proceedings of the third in a series of regional seminars within the general title "Exploring Architecture in the Islamic World". This seminar was held in Malta in 1989. Architectural criticism ultimately can only flourish in a climate of intellectual freedom, a situation which sadly does not exist everywhere in the developed or the developing world. There was evidence of a serious lack of critical discourse in many societies. Paradoxically this also gave sustenance to those who may have felt that they were alone in facing this dilemma. This shared experience was for some the most valuable outcome of the seminar. Source: Foreword by Robert Powell | <urn:uuid:9f8bbb3b-1b37-43ea-9c38-6b56c7c2c4d4> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://archnet.org/publications/3510 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560279368.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095119-00328-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.958191 | 150 | 1.632813 | 2 |
Social media depends on great graphic design, which boosts engagement, improves user experience, and makes advertising more effective. Graphic designers need to understand how to work with social media, not just for their client work, but to promote themselves, find clients, network, and improve their skills.
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Interesting Cuvier quotations
Evolution is the law of policies: Darwin said it, Socrates endorsed it, Cuvier proved it and established it for all time in his paper on The Survival of the Fittest. These are illustrious names, this is a mighty doctrine: nothing can ever remove it from its firm base, nothing dissolve it, but evolution.
As Cuvier could correctly describe a whole animal by the contemplation of a single bone, so the observer who has thoroughly understood one link in a series of incidents should be able to accurately state all the other ones, both before and after.
Cuvier had preceded Lamarck in specifying the kinds and degrees of variation, which his own observations and critical judgment of the reports of others led him to admit.
The vast results obtained by Science are won by no mystical faculties, by no mental processes other than those which are practicedby every one of us, in the humblest and meanest affairs of life. A detective policeman discovers a burglar from the marks made by his shoe, by a mental process identical with that by which Cuvier restored the extinct animals of Montmartre from fragments of their bones.
The interpretations of science do not give us this intimate sense of objects as the interpretations of poetry give it; they appeal to a limited faculty, and not to the whole man. It is not Linnaeus or Cavendish or Cuvier who gives us the true sense of animals, or water, or plants, who seizes their secret for us, who makes us participate in their life; it is Shakspeare [sic] … Wordsworth … Keats … Chateaubriand … Senancour.
Linnaeus and Cuvier have been my two gods, though in very different ways, but they were mere schoolboys to old Aristotle.
Cuvier had even in his address & manner the character of a superior Man, much general power & eloquence in conversation & great variety of information on scientific as well as popular subjects. I should say of him that he is the most distinguished man of talents I have ever known on the continent: but I doubt if He be entitled to the appellation of a Man of Genius.
I have rarely read anything which has interested me more, though I have not read as yet more than a quarter of the book proper. From quotations which I had seen, I had a high notion of Aristotle's merits, but I had not the most remote notion what a wonderful man he was. Linnaeus and Cuvier have been my two gods, though in very different ways, but they were mere schoolboys to old Aristotle. | <urn:uuid:835675b3-cdca-45ec-8920-bcb513f80c95> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://quotlr.com/quotes-about-cuvier | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573029.81/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817153027-20220817183027-00267.warc.gz | en | 0.975404 | 536 | 2.171875 | 2 |
The Flying Wallendas were and are a travelling circus
troupe. They're a family of juggler
s, animal trainer
s and all around entertainers who have dazzled the world for over two centuries. They're most widely known for their amazing aerial acrobatics. Beginning in the 1780s in Bohemia
in the Austro-Hungarian
Empire, they travelled throughout Europe
and by the late 1800s, had focused their efforts on the flying trapeze
. At first they were called the Great Wallendas when they headlined the Ringling Brothers, Barnum and Bailey Circus
through the 1930s and 1940s. They debuted their act working without a net
because it had been lost in shipping. They recieved a standing ovation that lasted fifteen minutes. From that day on they would be known as the Flying Wallendas. They have achieved such feats as the seven-person pyramid
, sky walks
on a tightrope
, and many other incredible feats. Their tricks have not been without loss. Many Wallendas have fallen to their deaths over the years, but members of the family have vowed to continue on in their stead. Karl Wallenda once said, "Life is being on the wire, everything else is just waiting."
This amazing family of entertainers still thrill audiences to this day, with a schedule of appearances set up a year in advance. They're still in demand even to this day. | <urn:uuid:1ce60025-2056-4f30-897c-953aebfd6552> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://everything2.com/title/Flying+Wallendas | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560279169.4/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095119-00214-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.983586 | 296 | 2.03125 | 2 |
During the battle of World War Two, in the Japanese-occupied city of Nanjing, China, posters were plastered in every corner encouraging unarmed Chinese civilians to return to their homes. The soldiers on the posters were depicted as being kind and generous, with illustrations of them embracing children of civilians and distributing food to those in need. The posters read: "Come home! We will give you food! Trust us! We will save you!" However, when those thousands of citizens eventually returned to the city, what awaited them was brutal torture. Some of these unsuspecting and defenseless people were cut open or nailed to tree trunks and sliced like meat. Even more appalling, some were sprayed with gasoline and then shot at, while others were forced to sit naked on the hot coals from stoves. Some of the victims had acid thrown at them until their skin began to erode, and others had their organs directly eaten by the Japanese soldiers. As if this weren't horrific enough, an even greater number of people of Nanjing were raped, buried alive, shot to death, and treated like mice for various experiments. Many missionaries who had eyewitness accounts of this human tragedy claimed that they saw hell for the first time.
This tragic massacre occurred in 1937 and is known historically as the Nanjing Massacre. What took place in Nanjing that year can only be compared to the horror that also was to take place in Auschwitz, yet many people know little about the former. | <urn:uuid:8fa09f32-7e56-4517-97b5-146bb7f395b5> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://bookey-book-summaries.captivate.fm/episode/the-rape-of-nanking-the-forgotten-holocaust-of-world-war-ii-by-iris-chang | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571993.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814022847-20220814052847-00677.warc.gz | en | 0.989241 | 295 | 3.390625 | 3 |
MOU - Memorandum Of Understanding
Memorandum Of Understanding is a legal document that expresses mutual agreement on an issue between two or more parties. It is often the first stage in the formation of a formal contract that includes each parties requirements and responsibilities. MOUs are very common and are used for domestic purposes like agreement between different companies or institutions.
If some educational institute named "ABC" want their student to be trained by some company named "XYZ". Then, "XYZ" may ask the institute to sign the "Memorandum Of Understanding", after which, their students would not be able to contact any other company for that specific training. | <urn:uuid:253335fd-dae5-4c26-903e-19a6beb32d95> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://fullformdirectory.in/mou.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281353.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00071-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.969354 | 133 | 2.71875 | 3 |
Are you tired of setting health goals you never seem to achieve? Do you tend to fall off the wagon and go back to old habits within a few months?
If you answered yes to either of these questions then you’re not the only one! Yes, it’s true, many people are familiar with the classic New Year’s resolution that only tends to stick around until February (if it even lasts that long!).
But we’re here to help! In today’s blog, we discuss how to go about setting your health goals for the new year, and how to stick to them long-term.
4 Steps for Setting Health Goals you can Stick to
What is my long-term / big-picture goal i.e. my vision?
Example 1: “To eat healthier and exercise more”
Example 2: “To loose 40kg”
Once you have written down your vision, you have to work out what actual behaviours will put you on the path to achieving this.
Break it down further by using the SMART goal-setting model.
SMART stands for Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Time-framed.
- Specific – What exactly will you be doing to achieve your vision?
- Measurable – How will you measure the achievement of your goal? For example: Keeping a log / diary of my exercise routine
- Achievable – Is it realistic for your lifestyle or are you being too ambitious? For example: If your goal is to run for 60 minutes 7 times per week and you don’t have a basic level of fitness to begin with, this can lead to non-compliance or an injury.
- Relevant – Are your goals relevant to your vision? Does it fit in with your values and priorities?
- Time-framed – How often are you going to carry out the behaviours? Is there a time-frame as to when you’re hoping to achieve your vision? Make sure the time-frame you have given yourself is realistic.
Examples of SMART Health goals include:
- To consume healthier foods by eating home cooked meals at least 5 times per week. Need some inspiration for healthy meals? Check out some of our recipes ideas here.
- Aim to exercise for 30 minutes at least 4 times per week (Monday, Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday). This could include brisk walking, swimming, going to a Pilates class or doing a strength training class.
Understand your ‘why’.
Why is it important for you to achieve this goal?
For example: I want to eat healthier and exercise more because I love the energy it gives me and the way I feel. Having more energy throughout the day allows me to be more productive and lead a life I am proud of.
Plan ahead and try to identify barriers and difficulties you may face which may make it difficult for you to stick to your goals.
|Common barriers||Possible solutions|
|Not enough time to cook or exercise||
|Too tired to exercise||
– Are you eating enough or are you constantly skipping meals?
– Are you hydrated?
– Are you taking your supplements, and are you up-to-date with your blood test check-up?
– Are you getting a good night’s rest?
|Social pressures to eat out with friends||
|Stress or emotional eating||
Need Help Achieving a Healthy Lifestyle?
Here at the Brisbane Obesity Clinic, we are so excited to continue helping you along your journey towards a healthier lifestyle.
Call us on (07) 3871 2277 if you would like more personalised advice on goal setting, and share some of your new year’s goals for 2022 below! | <urn:uuid:2900d6d1-5459-4834-a806-512791bfd78b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://brisbaneobesityclinic.com.au/2022/01/13/tips-for-setting-health-goals-and-sticking-to-them-in-2022/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571246.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811073058-20220811103058-00266.warc.gz | en | 0.93526 | 810 | 2.359375 | 2 |
William Floyd Weld (born July 31, 1945, in Smithtown, New York) was the 68th Governor of Massachusetts from 1991 to 1997. From 1981 to 1988, he was a federal prosecutor in the United States Justice Department. In November 2006, he rejoined the international law firm of McDermott Will & Emery as a partner in its New York office.
William Weld's ancestor Edmund Weld was among the earliest students (Class of 1650) at Harvard College. He would be followed by eighteen more Welds at Harvard, where two buildings are named for the family. General Stephen Minot Weld Jr. fought with distinction in many major battles of the Civil War.
William Weld has a sense of humor about his background; when Massachusetts Senate president Billy Bulger publicly teased him about his all-American heritage and wealth, pointing out that his ancestors had come over on the Mayflower, Weld rose on the dais with a correction: "Actually, they weren't on the Mayflower. They sent the servants over first to get the cottage ready." | <urn:uuid:6b0faf3a-8eeb-4e90-a5fd-1df450d8ce51> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.upi.com/topic/William_Weld/news/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560279224.13/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095119-00483-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.981357 | 212 | 2.484375 | 2 |
Do you spend hours at the computer? Have a job that involves repetitive gripping or fine manipulation with hands, awkward positioning of the wrists, sustained reaching with the arms, or bending the neck? Have you noticed sensations of tingling, numbness, tightness, or pain in your hands, arms, neck, or upper back? If so, you may be at risk for repetitive strain injury (RSI).
Repetitive strain injury, repetitive motion syndrome, overuse syndrome, cumulative trauma - all are terms used to describe a variety of injuries that usually involve the upper body. These include carpal tunnel syndrome, cervical (neck) strain, trapeziums muscle strain and most serious of all, thoracic outlet syndrome. Their common denominator is too much of an offending activity, done for too long, without adequate rest or time to regenerate. Unchecked, RSI can lead to tissue damage that is severe enough to cause abnormal functioning. Injured nerves become hypersensitive and irritable, which triggers abnormal signals throughout the neural networks in the spinal cord all the way to the brain, and this registers 'pain' at abnormally low thresholds.
The following yoga postures are helpful in healing RSI. They focus primarily on the neck, upper back, and chest wall. Opening and releasing tension in these areas of the body has a direct, positive effect on the symptoms of RSI.
This easy stretch helps restore proper alignment to the head and neck.
Stand in mountain pose with your right hand over your navel and the back of your left hand against the back of your waist. Inhale, drawing the breath up from the earth to expand the navel centre between your hands. As you exhale, bend your head to the right, keeping the left shoulder down to stretch the left side of the neck. Continue breathing softly as you slowly turn your chin to the right shoulder, then slowly up to the left. Then back to the right shoulder, finally rolling the chin forward toward the centre of the chest. Inhale back up to centre.
Repeat on the other side, reversing the hands and bending the head to the left.
This sequence relieves tension around and between the shoulder blades. It is also a valuable stretch for the thoracic spine and adjacent nerve channels, which scientifically influence the arms.
Sit close to the front edge of an armless chair, feet flat on the floor. Inhaling, gently expand the chest and let the arms swing out to the sides a bit. As you exhale, slump in the belly and chest and cross your arms in front of your chest, crossing elbows if you can, and reach for the opposite shoulder blade or upper arm.
Slowly straighten up. If your elbows are crossed, see if you can straighten your forearms so they are vertical (the palms will be facing away from each other) and fold the lower fingers into the upper palm.
A gentle supported opening in the chest, combined with relaxation, re-educates the body and nervous system, and release deep-seated tension.
Take a thick wool or cotton blanket and fold it into a strip six to eight inches wide. Sit on the floor, knees bent, and slowly lower yourself down so that your chest rolls over the blanket with the lower points of the shoulder blades right at the top edge of the blanket. Stretch the arms out on the floor, elbows relaxed, palms up. You should feel a gentle but decisive lift in the chest without strain in the back or harshness in the breath. When you feel ready, slide one heel out, then the other, until the legs are straight, the back of the hips grounding into the floor. | <urn:uuid:5889eb98-05bd-451b-8bb2-ca47314c2af3> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.onlymyhealth.com/yoga-best-healer-rsi-1280345285 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281424.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00331-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.918572 | 753 | 2.390625 | 2 |
Who gets to have nuclear weapons and why?
Given North Korea's nuclear lunacy, what exactly are the rules, formal or implicit, about which nations can have nuclear weapons and which cannot?
It is complicated.
In the free-for-all environment of the 1940s and 1950s, the original nuclear club included only those countries with the technological know-how, size and money to build nukes. Those realities meant that up until the early 1960s, only Britain, France, the Soviet Union and the United States had nuclear capabilities.
Members of this small club did not worry that many other nations would make such weapons because it seemed far too expensive and difficult for most.
During the Cold War, the Soviet Union and the United States adhered to an unspoken rule that their losing Axis enemies of World War II - Germany, Italy and Japan - should not have nuclear weapons. Despite their financial and scientific ability to obtain them, all three former Axis powers had too much recent historical baggage to be allowed weapons of mass destruction. That tacit agreement apparently still remains.
The Soviet Union and the United States also informally agreed during the Cold War that their own dependent allies who had the ability to go nuclear - including Eastern Bloc nations, most Western European countries, Australia and Canada - would not. Instead, they would depend on their superpower patrons for nuclear deterrence.
By the 1970s, realities had changed again. Large and/or scientifically sophisticated nations such as China (1964), Israel (1967) and India (1974) went nuclear. Often, such countries did so with the help of pro-Western or pro-Soviet patrons and sponsors. The rest of the world apparently shrugged, believing it was inevitable that such nations would obtain nuclear weapons.
The next round of expansion of the nuclear club, however, was far sloppier and more dangerous. Proliferation hinged on whether poorer and more unstable nations could get away enriching uranium or acquiring plutonium in secret.
Some nations let on that they were developing nuclear weapons and were stopped by preemptive military strikes, such as Iraq and Syria. Others, including South Africa, Ukraine and Libya, were persuaded to halt their nuclear projects.
Pakistan was the rare rogue that managed to hide its nuclear enrichment, shocking the world by testing a bomb in 1998. Pakistan rightly assumed that once a nation proves its nuclear capability, it is deemed too dangerous to walk it back through disarmament.
Nonetheless, until the official nuclearization of North Korea in 2006, the nuclear club remained small (eight nations) and was thought to be manageable. Why?
First, those nuclear countries that were relatively transparent and democratic (Britain, France, India, Israel and the United States) were deemed unlikely to start a nuclear war.
Second, the advanced but autocratic nuclear nations (China and Russia) were thought to have too much at stake in globalized trade and national prosperity ever to start a lose/lose nuclear war.
Third, any unstable rogue nuclear nation (Pakistan) was assumed to be deterred and held in check by a nearby nuclear rival (India).
The nuclear capability of dictatorial North Korea (and likely soon, theocratic Iran) poses novel dangers far beyond the simple arithmetic of "the more nuclear nations, the more likely a nuclear war."
Neither North Korea nor Iran is democratic. Neither is a stable country.
Neither has an immediate nuclear rival that can deter and persuade it not to dare use a nuclear weapon. Both started nuclear programs in secret. Both hate the United States and its allies.
More importantly, their flagrant violations of nonproliferation accords and their perceived aggressiveness will prompt relatively powerful regional neighbors such as Egypt, Japan, Saudi Arabia, South Korea and Taiwan to consider developing nuclear capability.
The club then could get big quickly.
Not all of these would-be nuclear powers are democratic. But they do share a single pro-American outlook.
A frustrated America may feel that China and Russia have encouraged rogue countries such as Iran and North Korea to develop nuclear weapons programs, selfishly assuming that missiles in those countries would be pointed at the West and not eastward. So now the United States is in a paradoxical position. It wants to stop all nuclear proliferation. But America also assumes that the next nuclear powers (for a change) would be pro-American - a payback of sorts to China and Russia for allowing their rogue friends to develop nuclear capabilities.
The United Nations and international nonproliferation organizations, while well-meaning in intent, have thus far proven impotent in deed.
Yet amid the chaos, until 2006 there were implied rules for the eight-member nuclear club. Now, after North Korea's unhinged threats, those shared assumptions about nuclear poker are null and void.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is responding to an outbreak of respiratory disease caused by a novel (new) coronavirus that was first detected in China and which has now been detected in more than 100 locations internationally, including in the United States. The virus has been named “SARS-CoV-2” and the disease it causes has been named “coronavirus disease 2019” (abbreviated “COVID-19”). On March 10, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) and the Oakland County Health Division and Wayne County Health Department announced that two Michigan residents tested presumptive positive for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
The federal government is working closely with state, local, tribal, and territorial partners, as well as public health partners, to respond to this public health threat. CDC is implementing its pandemic preparedness and response plans, working on multiple fronts, including providing specific guidance on measures to prepare communities to respond to local spread of the virus that causes COVID-19. There is an abundance of pandemic guidance developed in anticipation of an influenza pandemic that is being adapted for a potential COVID-19 pandemic.
Highlights of the City’s Response
Decisions about the implementation of community measures are made by local and state officials, in consultation with federal officials as appropriate, and based on the scope of the outbreak and the severity of illness. This means the City’s role during a public health emergency is to work with the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS), and the Oakland County Health Division to implement the guidance provided by CDC.
CDC has produced more than 23 guidance documents (as of February 22, 2020). Therefore, this report is organized according to CDC guidance rather than by City department. This is an emerging, rapidly evolving situation so CDC may provide additional and/or updated guidance at any time and the City’s response will change accordingly.
Cleaning and Disinfection Recommendations
CDC’s cleaning and disinfection recommendations are being implemented in all City facilities. This includes routinely cleaning all frequently touched surfaces using disinfection agents such as diluted bleach solutions, alcohol solutions with at least 70% alcohol, and EPA-registered disinfectants. Responsibility for cleaning and disinfecting varies by facility. Cleaning and disinfection may be performed by City staff and/or contractors with supplies provided by the City and/or the contractor. In any event, a City facility may be closed if the City lacks the people and/or products necessary to clean and disinfect that facility.
Interim Guidance for Administrators of US Childcare Programs and K-12 Schools
The City’s Recreation Department operates a preschool at the Troy Community Center. On March 10, Governor Gretchen Whitmer, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) and the Oakland County Health Division and Wayne County Health Department announced that two Michigan residents tested presumptive positive for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). On March 12, the City announced the preschool would be closed on March 13. Governor Whitmer subsequently ordered the closure of all K-12 school buildings, public, private, and boarding, to students starting Monday, March 16 until Sunday, April 5. On March 13, the City announced the closure of the Troy Community Center and Troy Public Library through Sunday, April 5.
Interim Guidance for Businesses and Employers
The City is implementing CDC’s Interim Guidance for Businesses and Employers in all City workplaces. This guidance is intended to help prevent workplace exposures to acute respiratory illnesses, including COVID-19, in non-healthcare settings. It includes the following strategies:
- Actively encouraging sick employees to stay home
- Separating sick employees
- Emphasizing staying home when sick, respiratory etiquette and hand hygiene by all employees
- Performing routine environmental cleaning
- Advising employees before traveling to take certain steps
We may not think of ourselves as event planners, but this interim guidance is intended for organizers and staff responsible for planning mass gatherings or large community events. On March 12, the City announced Library and Recreation programs would be cancelled through March 31 to help slow the outbreak of COVID-19 in Oakland County. Governor Whitmer subsequently ordered the closure of all K-12 school buildings, public, private, and boarding, to students starting Monday, March 16 until Sunday, April 5. On March 13, the City announced the closure of the Troy Community Center and Troy Public Library through Sunday, April 5. The City is closing these facilities in anticipation of an influx of unaccompanied minors the City is not prepared to handle.
Interim Guidance for Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems and 911 Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs) for COVID-19 in the United States
This guidance applies to all first responders, including law enforcement, fire services, emergency medical services, and emergency management officials, who anticipate close contact with persons with confirmed or possible COVID-19 in the course of their work. This includes the City’s Fire Department, Police Department, and emergency medical service provider, Alliance Mobile Health. The guidance includes modified caller queries for dispatchers, patient assessment recommendations for EMS clinicians and medical first responders, and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) recommendations.
- Partial activation of the Emergency Operations Center to coordinate resources and response to this public health emergency.
- Individuals who have business with the City are encouraged to take advantage of the City’s online services in lieu of visiting the civic center in order to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 and other illnesses.
- Water meter replacements on private property have been postponed.
More cases of COVID-19 are likely to be identified in the United States in the coming days, including more instances of community spread. CDC expects that widespread transmission of COVID-19 in the United States will occur. In the coming months, most of the U.S. population will be exposed to this virus.
Different parts of the country are seeing different levels of COVID-19 activity. The United States nationally is currently in the initiation phases, but states where community spread is occurring are in the acceleration phase. The duration and severity of each phase can vary depending on the characteristics of the virus and the public health response.
Everyone has a role to play in getting ready and staying healthy. What happens next depends largely on actions taken by community members.
Take steps to protect yourself
- Clean your hands often
- Avoid close contact
- Stay home if you’re sick
- Cover coughs and sneezes
- Wear a facemask if you are sick
- Clean and disinfect
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December 15, 2010
Promising Results for Lung Cancer Patients
(IVANHOE NEWSWIRE)-- Combining epigenetic therapy and molecular targeted therapy has shown promising results for combating advanced lung cancer.
Epigenetic therapy is designed to control the expression of good and bad genes that influence the development of resistance to targeted therapies. This study, called ENCORE 401, evaluates whether entinostat, a novel epigenetic therapy that is given orally, can be used to delay or overcome the resistance to erlotinib, a drug used to treat patients with advanced lung cancer.This study was a randomized phase II placebo controlled clinical trial in advanced lung cancer that examined whether entinostat, in combination with erlotinib, is better than erlotinib alone and whether it can be safely tolerated by patients. As part of the clinical trial, patients underwent an analysis of various tissue and blood biomarkers. The results demonstrated that patients with elevated E-cadherin (a molecular marker) who were administered entinostat in combination with erlotinib had a significantly improved overall survival as compared to patients treated with erlotinib alone. Approximately 40 percent of non-small cell lung cancer patients have elevated E-cadherin.
These findings highlight the importance of patient selection in defining treatment approaches in lung cancer and, if confirmed, could provide benefit to patients who have or develop resistance to current molecular targeted therapy.
"The results of ENCORE 401 identified a subset of lung cancer patients for whom the combination of epigenetic therapy, entinostat and molecular targeted therapy, erlotinib, achieved promising results," Robert M. Jotte, M.D., Ph.D., principal investigator of the study, director of thoracic oncology at Rocky Mountain Cancer Center Midtown Division in Denver and developmental co-chair of US Oncology Lung Committee, was quoted as saying. "These results support the ongoing drive toward using personalized health care to dictate therapy in an attempt to optimize outcomes. A follow-up study to advance the combination toward registration is planned."
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eye tracking technology
Use your eyes to control your computer
Eye control technology opens up the world for people with complex physical disabilities, who might otherwise be unable to do much independently. Using their eyes to control the mouse, people can type, browse the Internet, paint, make music, play games, communicate, send e-mail, work, control appliances around the home - or anything else they want to do.
How does it work?
Eye trackers consist of a computer, a small infrared light and a camera. The light illuminates your pupils, while the special camera mounted near the screen tracks your eye movements. Clever software then turns those into mouse movements on the screen.
You can move the mouse by moving your eyes! An on-screen keyboard allows you to type with your eyes. Holding your eyes still over your target for a moment is how you select the letter you want.
There is really no limit to what you can do with your eyes; some people have even become eye-gaze artists, painting and selling their artwork! Others continue to work and run businesses using full Windows access.
Eye tracking can run on laptops, tablets and All-in-one PC's, but it is important to select the right solution to meet your needs. Mounting and positioning the computer impacts how comfortably it can be used.
Our advisors will listen to your requirements and help you choose.
Who can use an Eye Tracker?
Adults and children, people of any eye colour, with glasses or contact lenses, and even people who only have one eye can all use eye tracking.
People who find it more comfortable
Eye control is frequently used because it is faster and more comfortable than other methods.
Activities designed for all levels
It is suitable for people with complex learning difficulties. Activities meet the user's needs & provide amazing learning opportunities. From entertainment to visual therapy or communication - all are possible even with no understanding of 'eye control' as a concept.
Complex vision can be supported
People with visual difficulties, including Cortical Visual Impairment (CVI), hemianopia, nystagmus or very limited ocular movement ability can also usually use eye tracking. By adjusting the size and colour contrasts of the activities, we can include almost anybody!
What can you do with your eyes?
Gain total control of the computer, for early learning, communication, or full desktop access.
Provides valuable information about where somebody is looking on the screen, easily identifying areas of interest, or areas of neglect. Engage in a conversation about an image, and observe how the person's eyes follow your verbal prompts.
Therapy & Stimulation
An exciting aspect of eye control technology is visual therapy. Several games are available to exercise the eyes, develop searching & scanning skills, work on fixation ability, and much more.
Environment Control & Home Automation
Eye control is one way to operate the appliances around you, such as your TV. It offers a powerful cause-and-effect learning experience; as a person looks at a choice on a screen, real effects can be triggered around the room.
Experience and knowledge - we're here for you!
Eye Tracking is a passion of ours! With over 15 years of experience helping people with complex difficulties to use this technology, we’re the most qualified team in the country.
Our knowledge will ensure that you receive the best advice and service in choosing an appropriate tracker – and that it is successfully used.
Whether for a school or hospital, adult or child, we are the experts and would love to assist you to make the right investment in this exciting technology.
We have eye trackers at a variety of price levels, and options for every type of user: from children who have never used a computer before to people who simply want to get back to work doing all the things they previously did with their PC.
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Kingston Spectator (Kingston, ON), Feb. 16, 1838
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p.1 House of Assembly resolves to buy sword for Capt. Drew R.N. for his services in the late rebellion.
(missing issues until April 20th)
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- Feb. 16, 1838
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- Rick Neilson
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- Public domain: Copyright has expired according to the applicable Canadian or American laws. No restrictions on use.
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Acrylic on canvas
Dimensions: 180cm (H) x 130cm (W) / 70.9" (H) x 51.2" (W)
Note: Actual colours may vary due to photography & computer settings.
A social campaign to be aware of the sustainability of ecology, as the damage of the nature has been already so tragic.
Based in: Yogyakarta
Soneo is an Indonesian Expressionist painter. His paintings are perceptive with hidden narratives, quick and painterly brush strokes and use of colours based on emotions. Soneo’s representation of the world is not necessarily objective, but veritably a unique illustration of his innermost thoughts. Raised by a single mother, Soneo had a tough and impoverished childhood. Nevertheless, adversity and privation were great teachers and only strengthened his resolve to devote his energies to the creative process of painting. Soneo’s works seek to expand our empathy and internal awareness, enabling us to become collaborative and respond more thoughtfully to social and environmental issues.
Soneo is also a mural artist and enjoys conducting interesting painting workshops to experiment with various styles and genres. Soneo is greatly inspired by the works of Gerhard Richter, the German visual artist.
2013 “Plakat Waktu”, Bentara Budaya Yogyakarta
2020 "Ataraxia", MayinArt Show, Jogja Gallery, Yogyakarta
• “Gambar Babad Diponegoro”, Jogja Gallery Yogyakarta
• “Fish of Out Water”, ArtXchange Gallery Singapore
• “Art Soup 2018”, SobomanArtSpace,Yogyakarta
• “Opening Art Xchange Gallery Singapore”, Jakarta
• “Art Stage Jakarta”, Ritz Carlton Pacific Place,Jakarta
• “Workshop and exhibition”, Pulau Ketam, Selangor, Malaysia
• “Dua Pekan”, Bentara Budaya Yogyakarta
• ”Balance”, Borobudur Today, Limanjawi Art House, Wanurejo, Magelang
• “Kenduren #3”, Perahu Art Connection, Yogyakarta
• Travelling Exhibition “Whart Now”, Art Exchange Gallery, Singapore
• “Pulau Ketam International Art Festival 2016”, Pulau Ketam, Selangor, Malaysia
• “Tribute”,Detik 96 Collective Artist,Jogja National Museum, Yogyakarta
• “Young Art Taipei”,Sheraton Grande, Taiwan
2014 “Revolusi Mental Mas Rejo”, Museum Affandi, Yogyakarta
2013 “Borobudur international Art”, Festival Magelang, Central Java
2007 20 Nomination “The Thousand Mysteries of Borobudur”, Borobudur, Yogyakarta
2001 Finalist “Phillips Morris Art Awards”, Jakarta
2000 Nominated as 100 Best Artworks “Phillips Morris Art Awards“, Jakarta
1999 Nominated as 100 Best Artworks “Phillips Morris Art Awards”, Jakarta
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Day Four at AGU didn’t have as much climate stuff as the first three days. Aside from Al Gore, I went to a number of ice core and ocean sediment presentations.
First I heard the end of a presentation on lake sediments, saying that there were more droughts/century in the past in New England.
Then a modeler who discussed a supposed reconciliation between GISS model E and Dasuopu results. The GISS unit cell was 4 degrees lat and 5 degrees longitude, with the relevant gridcell assigned an altitude of 4000 meters. An article by Bradley et al was mentioned, as was Hansen PNAS 2006 for a supposed difference in temperature trend between E and W Pacific. She said that they could not replicate a result of Guiot et al and did not pursue that line further.
Then to D. Schneider from Colorado who discussed high-resolution Antarctic ice cores over the past two centuries (GRL Aug 2006) referring to Law Dome, Dronning Maud, ITASE 2001-1, ITASE 2001-5 and Siple Dome, analyzing dO18 and dD. He did principal components analysis and claimed the ability to reconstruct the Southern Annular Mode. The ice cores had an anti-correlation of -0.6 in the interior and +0.2 on the outside of the annulus. The PC1 had no trend over the 19th and 20th century. However the late 19th century was lower than the earlier 19th century or the 20th century. This negligible bit of red noise was noted up as a trend.
Then to Urman who discussed tropical ice cores and cyclones. He put up a correlation map between cyclone activity and PAC1 SSTs. More cyclones started further east in Nino years and fewer in Nina years. The Nina typhoons were more zonal, while Nino typhoons often went further north. He asked whether ice cores could clarify the dispute between Webster and Chan 2006 as to whether typhoon data from the 1950s showing elevated typhoon levels was valid. He showed a graph with strong decadal correlation between Quelccaya dO18 and PAC2 SST (0.893 — definitely a high correlation) and with NW typhoons (0.58). His legend said that he used centered 5-year averages. SM note: Quelccaya precipitation actually comes from the Atlantic and even from the Amazon basin from the South American monsoon. So there are a couple of legs to this proposed teleconnection.
Then I went to a session describing an ocean sediment core from Kau Bay, Indonesia, a closed basin of about 470 m in depth with a sill of only 40 m depth. The anoxic depth had been surveyed a couple of times — anoxic levels began at relatively shallow depths in a 1930 survey after a strong El Nino; only at the base in 1985 after a Nina; and once again at higher depths in 2003 after a Nino. She suggested a steady reduction in Nino frequency since about 700 BP. I left the session early to wait for Al Gore.
After the Gore speech, I went to some ice core posters. Kreutz described a new core from Mount Logan. There are now 4 cores from this area — 3 taken around 2002-3. We’ve discussed Fisher’s core from the Summit which has a sharp decrease in dO18 in the mid-19th century through the 20th. A shorter core (showing the same phenomenon) had been taken in 1980 — so this has been known to (say) Lonnie Thompson for some time. The new Fisher core was also from the Summit. The Kreutz core (Eclipse) was taken at a lower elevation and showed less centennial-scale variability. Kreutz and Fisher have concluded that the higher elevation core is reflecting precipitation from a much greater distance while the lower cores are more local. He showed a panel of comparanda from Seager et al (which is a version of the Graham-Hughes presentation discussed previously).
A nearby poster showed temperature estimates from several Canadian Arctic cores — Hudson Strait, Baffin Island, Beaufort Sea. The estimates were done from dinoflagellate cysts; sedimentation rates were 1.7- 4 mm/year, sampled every 10 cm, thus about 20 years resolution. He reported that temperatures in the Hudson Strait about 4000 years ago were up to 11 degrees C higher (!), but not much difference at the Beaufort Sea. The explanation for this was that the warm Greenland Current penetrated much further north into Canadian Arctic waters at this time (as seen trough North Atlantic flora).
Nearby was a poster for a short drill core from the Pamirs from a very large glacier. The reconnaissance was done by a group from the University of Idaho. Their glacier was 1 km thick — pretty remarkable. (The day before, Lonnie Thompson said that the 160 meter thick Quelccaya glacier was as good as it gets.) They are trying to get NSF funding — I hope that they get it. Maybe they will even archive their sample results before 20 years has passed.
Then to poster 1234 -Neny Fjord, Norway had a thick (12 m ) Holocene sequence with basal C14 date of 8060 C14 BP. 1235 — a record from Cabo Frio at the South Atlantic Convergence Zone.
Then to a presentation by Nicola Scafetta on his latest thoughts on solar-climate relationships building on several earlier articles. He made the obvious point that forcing factors prior to the 20th century were agreed to be solar and volcanic. Thus variation in a reconstruction — whatever the merit of the reconstruction — had to result from these factors. He then took the view that feedback to solar forcing should be deduced from this information rather than on a priori grounds. He then used the various temperature and solar reconstructions to give bounds to each. Of the temperature reconstructions, Mann and Jones 2003 was at one end of variability (0.2 deg C) and Moberg at the other end (0.8 deg C). (As an aside, in the discussion of reconstructions here, I’ve not really tried to assess the knock-on impact in attribution studies, although I’m obviously aware of the issue; for those who say that these reconstructions don’t “matter”, here’s a case where they are being used for forcing attribution.) e also noted the big differences between variability in different iterations of solar reconstructions, with Lean et al 2005 being much less variable than the earlier versions. He also drew attention to the lag factor between forcing and temperature (his tau) resulting from ocean inertia. He mentioned that a tau of 10 was held to be sensible for physical reasons, but that the tau from some solar proxy-temperature proxy combinations was much less. (He noted that differences for solar variability resulted even from interpretations of ACRIM where an adjustment in the middle of the record was not without controversy and led to different knock-on results.) The tau of MJ03-Lean 2000 was 0.75; 3.75. Scafetta had an interesting graphic showing the GISS model against actuals — something dear to Willis’ heart. Prior to 1958 in this graphic, the GISS reconstruction was really bad. He mentioned a possible feedback from solar forcing onto cloud cover.
I browsed more ice core and sediment posters for a while. One that caught my eye was from Wyss Yin of Hong Kong (U43B-0858) who had a theory of why CO2 levels rose in interglacials. He was a geologist who had studied dozens of boreholes in the Hong Kong shelf. He pointed out much loess had been de-calcified. He proposed that dropping ocean levels led to exposed continental shelfs, that this exposed marine pyrite, which then oxidized and dissolved carbonates yielding carbon dioxide. I don’t know whether this can be reconciled with timing (and, in particular, with the ice core information.) However, there are many Pleistocene loess exposures and lots of potential information to be assimilated. | <urn:uuid:8a1e716d-ce1c-4089-8248-549b7991d56e> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://climateaudit.org/2006/12/17/agu-day-four/?like=1&source=post_flair&_wpnonce=843d76250c | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560279489.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095119-00010-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.969738 | 1,679 | 1.664063 | 2 |
International Speedway Corporation has been honored by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection ("DEP") for the outstanding recycling efforts at its International Motorsports Center, the world headquarters for ISC, NASCAR, GRAND-AM and Daytona International Speedway.
The Recycling Recognition Program award, which was presented this week in a ceremony at the International Motorsports Center, recognizes ISC's broad, significant and visionary approach to insuring environmental sustainability by reducing the amount of waste that is deposited in local landfills.
The International Motorsports Center, which has been recognized by the US Green Building Council with its Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design ("LEED") gold certification and the EPA's Energy Star certification, has a recycling rate of approximately 60 percent.
Florida Department of Environmental Protection's Recycling Recognition Program was developed to encourage private businesses, institutions, schools, public organizations and citizens to increase recycling in order to reach Florida's recycling goal of 75 percent by 2020.
ISC working together with NASCAR, which has the largest recycling and environmental sustainability programs among all US sports, has partnered with multiple organizations to successfully assist in its environmental sustainability programs.
As examples, ISC in partnership with Coca-Cola are working hand-in-hand to provide opportunities for race fans to actively participate in recycling programs. Safety-Kleen assists ISC with the recycling of event waste materials. And ISC participates in the largest tree planting program in sports in partnership with UPS.
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I have been honored over the last several months to have met so many principals from throughout my great state of Washington and the country. If you are new to my newsletter thank you for signing up and if you are a regular subscriber thank you
for continuing to be a part of my work. Most of us are just beginning our school year this August and it is my hope you will find this School Celebration Edition helpful as you begin to plan. I have included a list of some of my favorite August
days along with simple suggestions for celebrating that you can EASILY incorporate into the beginning of the school year. I wish you a successful start to this new year. Be well and as always let me know how I can support your educational
journey. Be Well!! Cindy
August Days of Celebration
August 2 | National Ice Cream Sandwich Day | What a great afternoon treat for staff!
August 2 is also National Coloring Book Day | Find a fun picture to kick off the school year (either positive quotes or pictures) and provide copies of it along with colored
pencils or crayons for staff to color and then add them to a staff bulletin board.
August 3 | National Watermelon Day | Have you ever had a watermelon seed spitting competition? Who can spit the seed the farthest? Or use social media and ask your students/staff the
best way to eat a watermelon....cubes, triangles, or do you just attack it by cutting it in half and grabbing a spoon? Prefer to add salt or just plain?
August 4 | National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day | Encourage families to make cookies today and share pictures of the end result with you. Combine the pictures into a collage and put
it on your school's website. OR pick up some cookies on the way to school to share with staff.
August 5 | National Water Balloon Day | Why not end the school day with a fun water balloon toss competition amongst staff or during recess with students. HINT: Use the Bunch O’Baloons
that allow to you rapid fill and seal. They are AWESOME—no more one at a time filling stations.
August 9 | National Book Lover's Day | Ask staff to share on social media a selfie reading a favorite book in a favorite place. Let's encourage our students to read by modeling!! Or
make a collage of the top books checked out of your school library last year.
August 10 | National S'more Day | You can be creative with this one depending upon accessibility. You could make a to go bag for staff to use at their next camp fire.
August 12 | National Middle Child Day | Staff can share childhood pictures of their family as a get to know you activity. Have them identify where they fall in the sibling order—then
share the “traditional personality styles” based on sibling order for a fun is this you activity.
August 16 | National Tell A Joke Day | Choose a fun joke and send a video out to your staff or families to join you in celebrating this great day. We all could use a giggle in mid
August 19 | National Potato Day | Bring potato chips to work today and provide as an afternoon snack for your staff or have a baked potato luncheon--everyone can bring their own favorite
topping to individualize their potato.
August 24 | National Waffle Day | Have you thought about asking staff to join you for breakfast this morning? Everyone pays their own check BUT it will be a great way to kick off the
day no matter how many staff show up. Be on the look out for restaurant discounts today.
August 25 | National Banana Split Day | Its a dessert kinda day.
August 26 | National Dog Day | Everyone shares pictures of their favorite four legged canine or celebrate Cherry Popsicle Day with
an afternoon cool treat.
August 30 | National Beach Day | Make it a Hawaiian shirt dress up day and head over to the Dollar Tree and pick up some Hawaiian Leis or coconut cups. You could also purchase the
little drink umbrellas and provide staff with infused iced water (cucumber, mint, oranges, or other fun additions). As staff fill up a glass of these healthy cool drink add the little umbrella so they can pretend to be at the beach. Another fun
idea would be to bring in some lawn chairs into your staff room to spice things up a bit.
August 31 | National Trail Mix Day | You could easily go to Costco or the local grocery store and pick up individual trail mix bags to pass out to your staff. Add a note that says
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This eight-year-old boy is doing something kids from warm countries don't usually get to do. He is making a snowman.
A snowman is usually made by stacking three big balls of snow on top of one other. A big ball of snow goes on the bottom, a medium-sized one in the middle, and a small ball of snow goes on the top.
Then you give the snowman a face. Many people like to use pieces of coal or small stones for the eyes and mouth, and a carrot for the snowman's nose. Sometimes people even put clothes on snowmen, like scarves or hats.
It's a lot of fun, but as you can see, it's also hard work.
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The students brought their books to the front of the classroom and stacked them on top of the teacher's desk.
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>> Monday, April 29, 2013
Ada has reached the age where she's interested in all the food on OUR plates versus her own. As if you all didn't know it already, I have a cookie habit. "What's that?" she asks me, ignoring her peas. "Cookie," I say -- hoping to distract her with a book or puzzle.
"Cookie. Cookie. CoooooooooOOOOOOOOOkie!" she cries.
And that's how Ada's cookie habit began. But what she doesn't know is what I give her is actually pretty tame on the sweets spectrum. So, young or old -- this one's sure to please. The chocolate topping is optional (those ones are mama's cookies!)
HEALTHY PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES
makes just over a dozen
What you'll need . . .
- 4 tablespoons honey or maple syurp
- 1/2 cup crunchy or smooth peanut butter (homemade to really control sugar + salt content)
- 4 tablespoons Earth Balance
- 1 tablespoon flax meal
- 3 tablespoons hot water
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup whole wheat flour*
- 1/2 cup coconut flakes
- 1 cup rolled oats, uncooked
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
Method . . .
- Preheat your oven to 375 degrees F. Lightly grease a baking sheet and set aside.
- In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream together the peanut butter, Earth Balance, and honey/maple syrup.
- In a separate, small bowl, combine the flax meal with the hot water and let sit for a couple minutes. Then add the mixture + vanilla extract to the bowl and mix until well incorporated.
- Add the rest of the ingredients and mix until just combined. Then scoop heaping tablespoons onto the cookie sheet.
- Bake between 9 and 11 minutes, depending on the sweetener you used (honey tends to brown sooner). Let cool before serving.
I make these cookies naked for Ada and she easily polishes off half of one at a sitting. I, on the other hand, could eat quite a few.
To make it a mommy (or daddy) cookie, just melt 1/4 to 1/3 cup dark chocolate or bittersweet chips with 1/2 teaspoon Earth Balance on the stove, stirring constantly. Then use a spatula to haphazardly drip chocolate on top. Or artfully, whatever you think it is.
YUP. I'll probably be one of those moms who brings chocolate-tofu pie to snack time at preschool. I'm owning it. Honestly, I'll do anything to get my kid to eat, even if it means crafting low sugar or seemingly strange concoctions. But they taste great, so who cares what's in them?
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The development of a baby in 40 weeks is an amazing thing. There's something new happening every week!
Week Number 1
You're not pregnant. This is the week of the start of your period. As the uterus sheds its lining and causes bleeding, the hormones are preparing another egg for release.
Week Number 2
You're still not pregnant. The uterine lining is thickening and ovulation (the release of an egg) is getting ready to occur. You might feel a twinge of pain as ovulation occurs.
Week Number 3
This could be the week! When an egg is released into your fallopian tube, it meets up with your partner's sperm. (During the average ejaculation 350 million sperm have a chance at making the trip into the fallopian tube. The ones that make it will wait there for an egg for as long as four days.) When the sperm penetrates an egg, fertilization (conception) occurs. The fertilized egg is called a zygote. Immediately the egg begins dividing into identical cells as it floats down the fallopian tube to the uterus. Now you're pregnant.
Week Number 4
The fertilized egg is called a zygote. When the zygote finds its nesting place in the uterus, it is called a blastocyst.
There's lots of action going on that you're completely unaware of. Your little zygote finds its nesting place in the uterus and is now called a blastocyst. When in the uterus, it divides in half: one-half sticks to the uterine wall and becomes the placenta (the life-support system that brings nourishment into your baby and takes waste out). The other half will become the baby. Transvaginal ultrasound (which is an ultrasound in which a small probe is placed into the vagina, giving a very close look inside the uterus) shows a gestational sac (a small circle that will become the baby's home). By the end of this week, you will have missed your period, giving you the first sign that something's up. Some women see a slight spotting called implantation bleeding that happens when the blastocyst nestles into the uterine wall.
Week Number 5
At this point a pregnancy test can confirm the pregnancy. Your baby is about the size of an apple seed and is now called an embryo and has a beating heart of its own. The placenta and the umbilical cord are in full operation. You would be shocked to see how rapidly your baby is developing:
- The head and the tail folds are distinct.
- The primary brain vesicles form.
- The nervous system begins to develop.
- Two heart tubes are fused in the midline and begin to contract.
Organogenesis is the period of time that the fetus's important organs are developing. This begins at 6 weeks and extends to 10 weeks. It is during this period that the fetus is most at risk from birth defects caused by external factors (such as drugs and other toxins).
Week Number 6
Your little embryo is dropping its calling card. This is the week the physical sensations of pregnancy usually appear: nausea, sore breasts, fatigue, and frequent urination are all signs of this incredible growth process. The embryo looks more like a tadpole than a human, but the body is growing rapidly:
- The head, tail, and arm buds are easily recognizable.
- The optic vesicles and lenses form.
- Limb buds are present.
- The earliest form of the liver, pancreas, lungs, thyroid gland, and heart appear.
- Blood circulation is well established. The heart bulges from the body.
- The cerebral brain hemispheres are enlarging.
- In the stomach area, the primary intestinal loop is present.
In these few weeks in the first month of pregnancy so much is happening. Just because you don't see your belly growing yet, don't be fooled into thinking there's nothing going on that needs medical attention. Don't let this first month go by without a visit to your health-care provider.Continue to Weeks 7-10 | <urn:uuid:d2a281ec-71c1-4a07-b1f9-82aebb32d280> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://www.familyeducation.com/pregnancy/first-trimester/pregnancy-weeks-1-6 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988719027.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183839-00303-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.950906 | 849 | 3.65625 | 4 |
Today was a historic day for Guatemala. A few hours ago, after a long day of heady hearings, a Guatemalan court opened a criminal case for genocide against Retired Military General Efraín Ríos Montt and ordered him detained under house arrest. Now 85, the retired general must face trial accused of being responsible for one hundred massacres, which produced a death toll of one thousand, seven hundred and seventy one victims. Ríos Montt, who until recently enjoyed immunity after serving nearly two decades as Congressman in Guatemala, had been de facto president during the most brutal 17 months of the 36 year-long civil war, between 1982 and 1983. When asked in court today if he understood the charges he faced, Ríos Montt said into the microphone “I understand perfectly.” Then, instead of making a formal declaration of guilt or not guilt, he stated a preference for silence. Outside the courthouse today, indigenous Guatemalans laid red rose petals spelling impunity no more. Meanwhile, the Guatemalan Congress ratified the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.
At the 2010 SALT dinner, Edgar Pérez , the Guatemalan lawyer who represents the victims in the wartime cases, made an appeal that we bear witness to the fruits of an arduous struggle of the war victims in Guatemala for justice. Edgar was present today in court, which prompts me to renew his appeal to all of us. The best way to help is to help fund the victims to attend the upcoming hearings. In less than a month, on February 23, a criminal court in Guatemala will take the testimony of witnesses and survivors of Las Dos Erres massacre. In three ill-fated days, more than 500 men, women and children were brutally executed and then dumped into mass graves, which were later exhumed more than a decade later by the Forensic Anthropology Team of Guatemala. I met one of the few survivors as a human rights lawyer at the Center for Justice and International Law. His memory still haunts me. He was eight when it all happened. When I introduced myself to him, in a clumsy effort to break the ice, I described myself as part Guatemalan. He immediately shuttered, and the fear and pain in his eyes hurt my soul.
At the hearing the court will hear from dozens of victims who are traveling hours from rural parts of Guatemala and must pay for transportation, housing and food. They are asking for our help. Any little bit will help. Please write your checks to Rights Action with the words “ Lawyers Without Borders-Guatemala” in the memo section and please mail the checks to Raquel Aldana at Pacific McGeorge School of Law; 3200 Fifth Avenue; Sacramento, CA 957817. | <urn:uuid:9f938d84-f181-4cd9-b792-eec922695e57> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.saltlaw.org/index.php/a-good-dawn-for-justice-in-guatemala/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571056.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809155137-20220809185137-00668.warc.gz | en | 0.962524 | 558 | 2.234375 | 2 |
Are you having some second thoughts on buying Lithium-Ion batteries for your RV, or are you still undecided whether to buy the lithium-ion type or the lead-acid type of battery for your vehicle? If your answer is yes, then this article might be of great help to make your decision-making faster because the main point of this article is to list down the pros and cons of Lithium-ion batteries for your RV.
What are Lithium-ion batteries?
Before we begin breaking down the pros and cons of Lithium-ion batteries, let us first tackle Lithium-ion batteries in general. What are Lithium-ion batteries? What are its components?.
A lithium-ion battery uses advanced technology on batteries in which the manufacturers use lithium ions as the main component of the battery’s electrochemistry. When the battery undergoes a cycle of discharging, the atoms of the element lithium in the anode are ionized and disconnected from its electrons. In addition, lithium ions shift their position from the anode and pass through the electrolyte until they can reach the cathode, where they can join their electrons and proceed to neutralize electrically.
Lithium-ion batteries use several different materials as electrodes depending on the specific need. The most common combo used in manufacturing is lithium cobalt oxide and graphite – this combo is usually found in portable electronic devices such as cellphones and laptops. Moreover, lithium manganese oxide and lithium iron phosphate are typically used in powering hybrid electric and electric vehicles.
What are the Pros and Cons of Lithium ion batteries?
Admit it or not, almost everything has its own sets of pros and cons. The only thing you can do to make the best out of it is to weigh them down by listing each of its advantages and disadvantages. To help you conclude – well, in this case, we will enumerate the pros and cons of Lithium-ion batteries for your beloved RV.
In this area, we will list down the perks that you can gain once you decide to own a lithium-ion battery for your RV.
- Sufficient energy levels. Lithium-ion batteries release energy according to the amount required by the RV. Lithium-ion batteries can supply all your RV’s electrical needs, and all electrically powered appliances can simultaneously run if the need arises.
- They have a substantially constant voltage. It is expected that the voltage of all conventional deep-cycle batteries steadily drops when they are discharging, and usually, the amount ranges from 12.75–11.4 volts. In addition, the battery’s voltage also begins to drop as the load increases. It will also maintain substantially constant voltage regardless of the load. Portable and Lightweight. Compared to other rechargeable batteries, Lithium-ion batteries are lighter. Given that it has a great capacity, Lithium-ion batteries are more efficient to use because of their portability. They are now widely used as batteries for electric devices, electric cars, and of course, in RVs as well.
- They have an efficient and quick charging ability. Charge lithium batteries are much more quickly than lead-acid batteries making them more time-saving and efficient. It is because they can be charged at a higher level of amperage. Amperes are a form of measurement of electrical speed. Load the battery with a massive amount of electricity that results in a quick-charging effect.
In this part, we will list down some of the downsides that you’ll encounter once you decide to purchase a lithium-ion battery for your RV.
- They are more costly. Lead-acid batteries are still the go-to electricity source for most RV campers because the price of materials keeps them from purchasing one. An RV lithium battery will hinder you from buying one because the cost is more likely to range for about $1300. If you are on the budgetary side, this will probably take you back down on buying Lithium-ion batteries.
- They are not advisable to use in cold temperatures. This one is where the Lead-acid batteries gain more advantage because they will still charge and proceed to do their functions even in a sub-freezing environment when it comes to cold weather. Lithium batteries will discharge much quicker when it encounters severe cold weather, and charging them at a sub-freezing temperature will make them unstable.
They are more likely to cause danger. Lithium is a reactive metal. It’s so reactive it will react with water. That means if the electrolyte ever dried up somehow and the two metals inside came in contact, the battery could explode or, at the most miniature, catch fire.
Tips on selecting the best lithium-ion battery for your RV
Now that you have decided to acquire and purchase Lithium-ion batteries, let us tackle some factors to consider in selecting the best lithium-ion battery for your RV.
- Time warranty. Look for brands that are offering an extended warranty period. An extended warranty period can signify that their product is well built and will last for an extended period.
- The charging ability. Although almost all Lithium-ion batteries have a fast charging ability, you should still look at whether the battery will not be easily damaged once you accidentally discharge it fully.
- Weight. Yes, it’s true that Lithium-ion batteries are much lighter compared to the lead-acid type but try to find the lightest among all of them so that you’ll lessen any unnecessary additional weight on your vehicle.
Deciding the best option for some things is sometimes hard, especially when talking about wads of cash that can be wasted when you fail to choose the right product suitable for your RV.
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The Viking Kings
Harold I Harefoot
Although King Canute left England to Hardicanute, his son by Emma of Normandy, the throne was seized two weeks after Canute's death by Haricanute's half-brother Harold Harefoot, Canute's son by either his mistress or his first wife (It is not clear which), Elgifu of Northampton. Harold had been born around 1012. He was said to have acquired the name Harefoot for his speed, and the skill of his huntsmanship.
Canute had intended to divide his dominions between his three sons. He left Norway to his eldest son, Sweyn, and Denmark to Harold. On Canute's death, Harold promptly took possession of his father's treasure and received the support of Earl Leofric of Mercia and the majority of the Danes.
The great council, or Witangemot, meeting at Oxford, confirmed Harold as King, but Ethelnoth, Archbishop of Canterbury, refused to crown him. Ethelnoth is said to have placed the royal sceptre and crown on the altar of a church, possibly at Canterbury Cathedral and offered to perform the ceremony without using any of the royal regalia. He ardently refused to remove the regalia from the altar and forbade other bishops from doing so. Harold rejected the Christian religion in protest, refusing to attend church services while he remained uncrowned.
Queen Emma of Normandy, who had the support of the nobles of Wessex and particularly Earl Godwine, an extremely powerful nobleman who was married to Canute's sister, managed to retain control of Wessex, where Emma acted as regent in the absence of Hardicanute, who himself remained in Denmark. Emma made vigorous attempts to unseat Harold in favour of her son.
On hearing the news of Canute's death, the sons of Ethelred the Redeless, Edward and Alfred, in exile in Normandy, gathered a fleet and sailed for England. On approaching Southampton, the elder of these, Edward, found the town up in arms against him, unwilling to accept any son of the weak and hated Ethelred. Edward had little choice but to return to Normandy.
Harold's reign was short and brutish. Godwine, accepting the situation, switched sides and deserted Emma of Normandy. Alfred the Atheling, while on a visit to his mother in England, was on his way to Winchester to see her, he was captured by Earl Godwine and his followers dispersed. Alfred was delivered to an escort of men loyal to his step-brother, Harold Harefoot. He was transported on a ship to Ely, where he was blinded while on board. He suffered an agonizing death at Ely soon after due to the trauma of the wounds. -
'As Alfred and his men approached the town of Guildford in Surrey, thirty miles south-west of London, they were met by the powerful Earl Godwin of Wessex, who professed loyalty to the young prince and procured lodgings for him and his men in the town. The next morning, Godwin said to Alfred: "I will safely and securely conduct you to London, where the great men of the kingdom are awaiting your coming, that they may raise you to the throne." This he said in spite of the fact that the throne was already occupied by the son of Knud, Harold Harefoot, and he was actually in league with King Harold to lure the young prince to his death. Then the earl led the prince and his men over the hill of Guildown, which is to the west of Guildford, on the road to Winchester, not London. Perhaps the prince had insisted on continuing his journey to his original destination, his mother's court in Winchester, in any case, Godwin repeated his tempting offer; showing the prince the magnificent panorama from the hill both to the north and to the south, he said: "Look around on the right hand and on the left, and behold what a realm will be subject to your dominion." Alfred then gave thanks to God and promised that if he should ever be crowned king, he would institute such laws as would be pleasing and acceptable to God and men. At that moment, however, he was seized and bound together with all his men. Nine tenths of them were then murdered. And since the remaining tenth was still so numerous, they, too, were decimated. Alfred was tied to a horse and then conveyed by boat to the monastery of Ely. As the boat reached land, his eyes were put out. For a while he was looked after by the monks, who were fond of him, but soon after he died, probably on February 5, 1036.
This event would later affect the relationship between his brother Edward the Confessor and Godwin, during the former's reign, Edward held Godwin responsible for the death of his brother.
Emma was forced into exile, taking refuge in Flanders and was joined there by Hardicanute. Together they began to make plans for an invasion of England, having gathered a fleet of sixty warships. The early death of Harold on 17th March, 1040 at Oxford at the age of but 24, made it possible for his half-brother Hardicanute to enter England peacefully. The cause of Harold's untimely death is not certain. An Anglo-Saxon charter attributes the onset of a sudden illness of Harold to divine judgment.
Harald Harefoot was buried at Westminster, but his body was subsequently exhumed by his half-brother, Hardicanute, and treated with much indignity, it was beheaded and thrown into a fen bordering the Thames. It was later recovered by fishermen and reburied in the churchyard of St Clement Danes.
Harold apparently had a son, Elfwine, by Ælfgifu who may have been his wife. Elfwine was later to become a monk on the continent and used the monastic name Alboin and is recorded in charters from the Abbey Church St. Foy in Conques, where he is referred to as the son of "Heroldus rex fuit Anglorum" (Harold, who was king of the English). | <urn:uuid:e42fc997-09f1-4631-a090-33f3528eb63e> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://englishmonarchs.co.uk/vikings_3.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280292.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00339-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.989999 | 1,274 | 3.046875 | 3 |
One feature that all the SIMD implementations under discussion share is support for saturated arithmetic.?With wrap-around arithmetic, whenever you do a calculation whose result turns out to be bigger than what you can represent with whatever data format you're using (16-bit, 32-bit, etc.), the CPU stores a wrap-around number in the destination register and sets some sort of overflow flag to tell the program that the value exceeded its limits.? This isn't really ideal for media applications though.? If you add two 32-bit color pixel values together and get a number that's greater than what you can represent with 32-bits, you just want the result to come out as the maximum represent able value (#FFFFFF, or white).? You don't really care that the number was too big; you just want to represent the extreme value.? It's sort of like turning up the volume on an amplifier past 10 (Spinal Tap jokes aside).? You can keep on turning that knob, but the amp is already maxed out--which is what you want.
I'll start my description of SIMD implementations with AltiVec, because of its simplicity and straightforward design.? Even though Intel's and AMD's SIMD implementations came before AltiVec chronologically, I'll use AltiVec as the norm and treat the other two as deviations.? I do this mainly for didactic purposes; it makes the material easier to understand.??
Unlike AMD and Intel, Motorola took a dedicated hardware approach to SIMD.? They added 32 new AltiVec registers to the G4's die along with two dedicated AltiVec SIMD functional units, thus increasing the die size of the G4.? Nevertheless, the G4's die is still under 1/3 the size of the PIII's, which is itself about half the size of the Athlon's.? Since the G3 was so small to begin with (in comparison to Intel's and AMD's offerings), Motorola could afford to spend the extra transistors adding dedicated SIMD hardware.
All of the AltiVec calculations are done by one of two fully-pipelined, independent AltiVec execution units.? The first unit is the Vector Permute Unit.? It handles vector operations that involve rearranging the order of the elements in a vector.? These are those inter-element operations, like pack, unpack, and permute. It also handles vector memory accesses -- the loading and storing of vectors into the registers.?
The second piece of hardware is the Vector ALU.? This unit handles all of the vector arithmetic (integer and FP multiply, add, etc.) and logic (AND, OR, XOR, etc.) operations.? Most of these fall under the heading of intra-element operations, where you're combining two vectors (and possibly a control vector) to get a result.
Both of these execution units are fully pipelined and independent.? This means that the G4 can execute two 128-bit vector operations per cycle (one ALU, one permute), and it can do so in parallel with regular floating-point operations and integer operations.? The units are also pretty fast.? The instruction latency is 1 cycle for simple operations, and 3-4 cycles for more complex ones.
As I noted above, AltiVec has 32 architectural SIMD registers.? This is a lot of registers, and they really give the compiler freedom to schedule operations and manage register usage for maximum efficiency.? Each register is 128 bits wide, which means that AltiVec can operate on vectors that are 128 bits wide.? AltiVec's 128-bit wide vectors can be subdivided into
- 16 elements, where each element is either an 8-bit signed or unsigned integer, or an 8-bit character.
- 8 elements, where each element is a 16-bit signed or unsigned integer
- 4 elements, where each element is a either a 32-bit signed or unsigned integer, or a single precision (32-bit) IEEE floating-point number.
That last bullet point is especially important to note.? The ability to grind through vectors of four, single precision floating-point numbers every cycle is impressive, and represents a key advantage of AltiVec.
AltiVec adds 162 new instructions to the G4's instruction set.? The AltiVec instruction format is especially nice, as it allows you to use 4 distinct registers to do your computations: two source registers to hold the operands, 1 filter/modifier register, and 1 destination register to hold the result.
The diagram above shows a basic, intra-element operation.? VA and VB are the source registers, and VC is a filter/modifier register that can hold masks, or otherwise modify a computation. VT is the destination register.
The filter/mod register adds a lot of flexibility, especially when you're doing something like a vector permute.
In the picture above, VA and VB contain the two vectors to be permuted, and VC contains the control vector that tells AltiVec which elements it should put where.?
Another important advantage of AltiVec that deserves to be pointed out is that there are no interrupts except on vector LOADs and STOREs.? You have to have interrupts for LOADs and STOREs in case of, for instance, a cache miss.? If AltiVec tries to LOAD some data from the L1 cache into a register, and that data isn't there, it throws an interrupt (stops executing) so that it can wait for the data to arrive.
AltiVec doesn't, however, have interrupts for things like overflows and such (remember the saturated arithmetic discussion).? Furthermore, the peculiar implementation that 3DNow! and SSE use to do 128-bit single-precision FP means that a 128-bit fp calculation can throw an interrupt, saturation or no.? More on that when we talk about SSE, though.
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As the Genocide Convention of 1948 states, “at all periods of history genocide has inflicted great losses on humanity” (Kaye and Stråth 2000: 24). Nevertheless, the twentieth century was termed the “century of genocide” because of the high number of cases of genocide during that time period (Bartrop 2002: 522). For the purpose of this essay, the definition of genocide will be taken from the Genocide Convention, which defines genocide as “intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group”. The genocide of the Armenians, the Holocaust and the genocide in Rwanda are the three genocides of the twentieth century that fit that definition (Destexhe 1994: 4-5). In this essay, the causes of modern genocide will be investigated using these three genocides as case studies. There are various reasons why genocide may occur and it is often a combination of circumstances that leads to genocide. The present essay will investigate the underlying conditions that make genocide possible, while leaving out catalytic events that may trigger genocide. The essay will firstly draw on the works of Horkheimer and Adorno in examining the relations between Enlightenment ideas and genocide. The correlations between war and economic crises will be subject to analysis in the second part of the essay. Finally, the creation of out-groups and in-groups will be explored. While these are certainly not the only causes of genocide, they may be deemed to be pre-conditions.
Raphael Lemkin coined the term “genocide” in the 1940s with the Holocaust in mind, which for him signified the return of an enlightened people to barbarism (Freeman 1995: 210). Similarly, Foster (1980: 2) sees the Holocaust as an aberration of an enlightened and developed nation. However, there are other scholars who argue that genocide is not an exception of Enlightenment but in fact a result of it. Horkheimer and Adorno (1973: 3-4) argue that the ideals of Enlightenment, which are human emancipation and rationality, alienate humans from nature and result in men wanting to control nature and, in turn, other people as well. Bauman (1989: 91), continuing this idea over a decade later, proposes that since the Enlightenment, the extermination of a people serves to establish a perfect society. The Enlightenment brought with it the belief in an evolutionary development towards a better society through state engineering (Bauman 1989: 70; Kaye and Stråth 2000: 11). “Gardening” and “modern medicine” were used as metaphors for human tasks that would improve a society (Bauman 1989: 70). In the enlightened world, a state can become a “wonderful utopia” (Hamburg 2008: 44) through “designing, cultivating and weed-poisoning” (Bauman 1989: 13). It is a modern idea that everything can be measured and classified, even a “race” and its character (Bauman 1989: 68). This classification of races, coupled with the modern idea of a constantly improvable society, leads to Social-Darwinist ideas of the survival of the fittest (Kaye and Stråth 2000: 15).
Armenians (Balakian 2008: 160), Jews (Bauman 1989: 76) and Tutsi (Mullen 2006: 172) were seen as worthless groups standing between a population and the realisation of such a perfect society. Therefore, in the mind of the “rational and enlightened” thinker, they were legitimate targets for extermination (Kaye and Stråth 2000: 15). This “purifying” of the state through genocide is reflected in the language of the genocidaires (Stone 2004: 50). Armenians were termed “tubercular microbes” and a local politician asked rhetorically “isn’t it the duty of a doctor to destroy these microbes?” (Balakian 2008: 160). Hitler spoke of the “Jewish virus” and that “by eliminating the pest, [he would] do humanity a service” (Bauman 1989: 71). Not only medical terms were used to justify the killings. Gardening metaphors can also be found. In Rwanda, the chopping up of Tutsi men was called “bush clearing” and slaughtering women and children was labelled as “pulling out the roots of the bad weeds” (Prunier 1997: 142). These three examples support Bauman’s theory that the Enlightenment brought about the idea of being able to socially engineer a perfect state. Genocide was consequently justified by the idea of “purifying” the state through tasks that a doctor or a gardener would employ in order to improve an unhealthy body or a garden.
Naturally, not every enlightened nation will descend into genocide. There are other factors that influence a state’s likeliness of genocide. According to Staub (2006: 98), an important indicator for the potential of future genocide is a difficult life condition, such as war or an economic crisis. He argues that during times of hardship, humans feel the need to protect themselves, which can result in losing respect for another group or blaming that group for the present conditions. Often, there is a history of long-standing animosities towards the group that is blamed, such as with the Jews in Europe and the Tutsi in Rwanda (Förster 2007: 73). However, Staub (2006: 99) says that people also feel the need to belong to something bigger during these times and therefore create an in-group together alongside an out-group. The parallels between war and genocide will now be examined, before the connection between economic crisis and genocide is made.
According to Bartrop (2002: 522), a strong link exists between war and genocide since the First World War. He argues that due to the war’s destructiveness, people were transformed into commodities, a condition in which a “surplus population” could simply be eliminated. Shaw (2007: 464) supports this notion. He has discovered that “the major instances of genocide have clearly taken place in the context of war and militarisation”. According to both Bartrop (2002: 528) and Shaw (2007: 465), the presence of war shapes the psyche of a population and makes their willingness to kill certain groups more likely. In the Ottoman Empire during the Second World War, Turkish leaders suspected the Armenians to be cooperating with Russia, which provided the rationale behind killing the entire group (Hamburg 2008: 27). In this instance, “war provided the context as well as the pretext to make Turkish nationalist dreams […] come true” (Förster 2007: 77). The Holocaust, too, was used as a means to quietly destroy an undesired minority (Hamburg 2008: 27). Jews were blamed for every woe of Germany, just like the Armenians were seen as an enemy to the state. Nazis blamed the loss of World War I on the Jews, which made it legitimate to kill that group (Campbell 2009: 155). Fifty years later, in 1994, every Tutsi in Rwanda was accused of being part of the invading rebel army, the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF), which consisted primarily of members of the Tutsi minority (Hintjens 1999: 258). Exterminating this “enemy within” was therefore framed as a justifiable act of self-defence (Bartrop 2002: 526). War is an exceptionally difficult life condition during which innocent groups can be seen as threats; grievances towards that group are in rare occasions handled through genocide (Campbell 2009: 156).
The second difficult life condition Staub refers to is one of economic crisis. As with war, during times of a recession, people are inclined to find someone to blame for their misfortune (Hamburg 2008: 25). In Hamburgs’s (2008: 34) words, “a sharp economic downturn can create a sense of crisis that makes a population ready to scapegoat a vulnerable out-group and softens popular reluctance to kill others”. Local leaders have learned that these feelings can be easily manipulated for their own goals, which may be the elimination of an unwanted minority (Hamburg 2008: 24). Victims are often portrayed as wealthy and as willing to take advantage of other groups, which justifies killing that group (Hamburg 2008: 27). With the World Economic Crisis in 1929, support for the Nazi party in Germany increased drastically (Foster 1980: 9). The party blamed Jews for the crisis, which appealed to the general public, who were in want of a scapegoat for their condition (Foster 1980: 13). Similarly, Tutsi in Rwanda were accused of bringing about the economic crisis in the 1980s, a crisis that had been brought about by plummeting coffee prices, in order for power and dominance to be restored (Hintjens 1999: 256). During times of an economic crisis people look for someone to blame. Turning towards a wealthy minority such as the Jews in Germany or the Tutsi in Rwanda is simple. If this is coupled with the local leaders who seek to exploit such grievances, it can lead to genocide.
It has been shown that people are likely to build an out-group during times of hardship. However, a further important factor is the need to belong to an in-group during difficult times such as war or recession. In the words of Hamburg (2008: 32), “perpetrators bond together as a community with a kind of sacred cause […] in the ritual of genocidal killing”. Being part of something larger is, therefore, provided through belonging to a group. The feeling of belonging is intensified through doing something extreme like the killing of people. Whole communities experience a form of ecstasy while partaking in the killing of others (Stone 2004: 55). This can be shown using the example of the genocide in Rwanda, where the militia group was called interahamwe, which translates to “those who fight together” (Hintjens 1999: 257). The construction of out-groups and in-groups is important for people during difficult times. When leaders exploit grievances towards the out-group, it can turn people into killers who experience happiness through belonging to an in-group that seeks to “purify” the state of a perceived evil.
Incidents of genocide are not unique to the modern era; however, ideas of Enlightenment have led to humans’ wish to continually improve their societies. If a certain group is seen as standing between the population and this goal, it can be seen as “rational” and legitimate to rid oneself of that group. The chances of genocide occurring against an out-group that is perceived as standing between society and utopia is more likely during times of hardship, such as those of war and economic crises. Humans feel the need to blame an out-group and eliminate that threat to society. Being part of a genocidal squad may give them the desired feeling of security during those times of instability. It is therefore imperative to monitor situations in countries, especially those where grievances against an out-group already exist, and to step in as soon as the country experiences changes in welfare. Genocide is not inevitable and the international community should never again fail to prevent it.
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Even in an era in which there is increased emphasis on living “green,” humans are constantly exposed to a wide range of toxins in everything from our air, food and water to the goods we buy.
And while we know the harmful effects of such substances as phthalates, VOCs, asbestos, lead and others, there are tens of thousands of toxins present in our environment for which that information is yet unknown.
“To date, we do not have a good understanding of how environmental chemicals might influence human tissues,” says William Murphy, WID Discovery Fellow and the Harvey D. Spangler professor of biomedical engineering and orthopedics and rehabilitation at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Murphy is leading a diverse team of UW–Madison researchers who received $6 million from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to develop models and screening tools that will rapidly advance knowledge of the health effects of today’s ever-growing assortment of environmental toxins. Awarded through the EPA Science to Achieve Results, or STAR, program, the grant will create the Human Models for Analysis of Pathways (H-MAPs) Center at UW-Madison.
With connections to the College of Engineering, the School of Medicine and Public Health, the School of Veterinary Medicine, the Morgridge Institute for Research at UW-Madison, the research team includes leading experts in human pluripotent stem cell biology, tissue development and microscale tissue engineering.
“This EPA center is a prime example of the interdisciplinary research excellence at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, as it builds upon our recognized leadership in stem cell biology and bioengineering,” says UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank. “The center promises to fundamentally transform our understanding of how chemicals in the environment can affect human tissues.”
Traditionally, researchers have relied heavily on observing adverse health responses in laboratory animals treated with high doses of toxic compounds.
“There’s a big vacuum of information in this field about how chemicals in our environment affect human tissues, and we were motivated by the underserved need.”
— Bill Murphy
However, recognizing the need for a paradigm shift that transforms chemical toxicity testing, the researchers will draw on their combined expertise to develop “organotypic” culture models — those that mimic human organs — as well as robust, practical technological tools that allow researchers to rapidly and reliably screen many toxins simultaneously.
“There’s a big vacuum of information in this field about how chemicals in our environment affect human tissues, and we were motivated by the underserved need,” says Murphy. “The long-term goal is to replace animal models, and use human micro-scale tissues in a dish to re-create the complex physiology of human tissue.”
Researchers in the H-MAPs Center will focus specifically on surmounting critical obstacles in organotypic toxin screening in the liver, neural and vascular systems, as well as the role of chemicals in breast cancer. And their suite of innovative technologies will support each of these efforts; the researchers will assemble the organotypic models in highly reproducible synthetic matrices, use automated microscale systems to translate the models to high-throughput screening platforms, and use bioinformatics-based pathway analysis to study toxins’ effect on human tissue. “Taken together, these innovative technologies are poised to transform organotypic human models from curious scientific concepts into robust, pragmatic tools for next-generation toxicity testing,” says Murphy.
Thrust leaders within the center include James Thomson, WID researcher Randolph Ashton, David Beebe and Nader Sheibani. Thomson — director of regenerative biology in the Morgridge Institute for Research, the James Kress professor of embryonic stem cell biology, and the John D. MacArthur professor in the School of Medicine and Public Health at UW-Madison — is leading the effort to generate organotypic models that represent mature liver tissue.
Ashton, an assistant professor of biomedical engineering and a member of the BIONATES thrust in WID, is leading the effort to develop a phenotypically diverse, human pluripotent stem cell-derived screening platform for neural cells. Beebe, the John D. MacArthur professor and Claude Bernard professor of biomedical engineering, is leading the effort to apply a novel organotypic in vitro approach to studying estrogen-receptor-mediated breast cancer and identify chemical contributors. Sheibani, a professor of opthalmology and visual sciences, is leading the effort to develop human pluripotent stem cell-derived organotypic vascular networks for high-throughput toxin screening.
In addition, WID researcher Sushmita Roy, an assistant professor of biostatistics and medical informatics, is leading a pathway analysis core that will help researchers understand human tissue assembly and the tissues’ responses to chemicals.
Other collaborators on the grant include Brian McIntosh, an assistant automation scientist in the Morgridge Institute for Research (MIR); Ron Stewart, associate director of bioinformatics in MIR; Krishanu Saha, an assistant professor of biomedical engineering and a member of the BIONATES in WID; Kyung Sung, an assistant scientist in biomedical engineering; Linda Schuler, a professor in the School of Veterinary Medicine; and Mohammad Ali Saghiri, a research associate in opthalmology and visual sciences.
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Simple and Fast Method for Fabrication of Endoscopic Implantable Sensor Arrays
AbstractHere we have developed a simple method for the fabrication of disposable implantable all-solid-state ion-selective electrodes (ISE) in an array format without using complex fabrication equipment or clean room facilities. The electrodes were designed in a needle shape instead of planar electrodes for a full contact with the tissue. The needle-shape platform comprises 12 metallic pins which were functionalized with conductive inks and ISE membranes. The modified microelectrodes were characterized with cyclic voltammetry, scanning electron microscope (SEM), and optical interferometry. The surface area and roughness factor of each microelectrode were determined and reproducible values were obtained for all the microelectrodes on the array. In this work, the microelectrodes were modified with membranes for the detection of pH and nitrate ions to prove the reliability of the fabricated sensor array platform adapted to an endoscope. View Full-Text
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Tahirbegi, I. B.; Alvira, Margarita; Mir, Mònica; Samitier, Josep. 2014. "Simple and Fast Method for Fabrication of Endoscopic Implantable Sensor Arrays." Sensors 14, no. 7: 11416-11426. | <urn:uuid:c091a082-59ae-4070-8059-7a889971c5a8> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/14/7/11416 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280763.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00520-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.816814 | 446 | 1.867188 | 2 |
The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Act), with some referring to it as the relief bill, is voluminous and will take some time to understand the full scope. The IRS has begun issuing guidance, which provides help in understanding key provisions, but does not contradict what has been widely published so far about the Act.
The IRS notes that generally, if you are a U.S. citizen or U.S. resident alien, you are eligible for the full amount of the third Economic Impact Payment if you, and your spouse if filing a joint return, are not a dependent of another taxpayer and have a valid Social Security number. There is an exception when married filing jointly and your adjusted gross income (AGI) does not exceed:
- $150,000 if married and filing a joint return or if filing as a qualifying widow or widower.
- $112,500 if filing as head of household.
- $75,000 for eligible individuals using any other filing statuses, such as single filers and married people filing separate returns.
Payments will be phased out, or reduced, above those AGI amounts. This means taxpayers will not receive a third payment if their AGI exceeds:
- $160,000 if married and filing a joint return or if filing as a qualifying widow or widower.
- $120,000 if filing as head of household.
- $80,000 for eligible individuals using other filing statuses, such as single filers and married people filing separate returns.
For example, according to the IRS, a single person with no dependents and an AGI of $77,500 will normally get half the full amount, a $700 payment. A married couple with two dependents and an AGI of $155,000 will generally get a payment of $2,800, again, half the full amount.
Eligibility and Filing
Most eligible people will get the third Economic Impact Payment automatically and will not need to take additional action. The IRS will use available information to determine eligibility and issue the third payment to eligible people who:
- Filed a 2020 tax return.
- Filed a 2019 tax return if the 2020 return has not been submitted or processed yet.
- Did not file a 2020 or 2019 tax return but registered for the first Economic Impact Payment using the special Non-Filers portal last year.
- Are federal benefit recipients as of December 31, 2020, who do not usually file a tax return and received Social Security and Railroad Retirement Board benefits, Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Veteran benefit recipients in 2020. The IRS is working with these agencies to get updated information for 2021 to assist with stimulus payments at a date to be determined. | <urn:uuid:a3efc734-7c2d-490e-8e06-04cfa27b98b8> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.wpdcpa.com/irs-update-on-relief-bill/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571584.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812045352-20220812075352-00677.warc.gz | en | 0.943967 | 563 | 1.554688 | 2 |
Lighting Analysts is pleased to announce two new web-based training sessions with Dan Stine in March 2017. If you are new to ElumTools these are the sessions for you. You will learn basic use of ElumTools for Interiors in class #1 and for Exteriors in class #2 as well as Revit best practices for an ElumTools workflow. See the outlines as linked below.
Daniel John Stine, CSI, CDT is a Wisconsin registered architect, author, instructor, BIM manager, and architect working in the AEC field since 1991. He has used ElumTools since its original Beta program and presented on it in three different countries; including several locations in the United States. Dan also teaches a module on ElumTools in two separate classes at North Dakota University to architecture and interior design students. Dan is engaged fulltime as the BIM Administrator at a 250 person multi-discipline firm, providing training and support for all disciplines of Autodesk® Revit® (Architecture, Structure and MEP), AutoCAD® and Civil 3D®. Leveraging his professional and academic experience, Daniel has written the following textbooks: Interior Design using Revit 2017, Design Integration using Revit 2017 (Architecture, Structure and MEP), Architectural Commercial Design using Revit 2017, Residential Design using Revit 2017, Residential Design using AutoCAD 2017, Commercial Design using AutoCAD 2013, Chapters in Architectural Drawing? Hand Sketching in a Digital World, Hand Sketching, Adobe Photoshop and Google SketchUp for Interior Designers and SketchUp 2013 for Interior Designers. Mr. Stine’s Residential Revit book is the #1 Revit textbook in the United States, in the education market. | <urn:uuid:1a84a9c8-7e95-46bd-a874-663d5d6deb1e> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.elumtools.com/index.php?id=673 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280929.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00427-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.918795 | 359 | 1.671875 | 2 |
The Theurgists and ancient sages had always a rod with which they operated.
Mercury passes for the first whose rod worked miracles. It is asserted that Zoroaster also bore a great rod. The rod of the ancient Bacchus was his Thyrsus, with which he separated the waters of the Orontes, the Hydaspus, and the Red Sea. The rod of Hercules was his club. Pythagoras was always represented with his rod. It is said it was of gold; and it is not surprising that, having a thigh of gold, he should possess a rod of the same metal.
Abaris, priest of the hyperborean Apollo, who it is pretended was contemporary with Pythagoras, was still more famous for his rod. It was indeed only of wood, but he traversed the air astride of it. Porphyry and Iamblichus pretend that these two grand Theurgists, Abaris and Pythagoras, amicably exhibited their rods to each other.
The rod, with sages, was at all times a sign of their superiority. The sorcerers of the privy council of Pharaoh at first effected as many feats with their rods as Moses with his own. The judicious Calmet informs us, in his “Dissertation on the Book of Exodus,” that “these operations of the Magi were not miracles, properly speaking, but metamorphoses, viz.: singular and difficult indeed, but nevertheless neither contrary to nor above the laws of nature.” The rod of Moses had the superiority, which it ought to have, over those of the Chotins of Egypt.
Not only did the rod of Aaron share in the honor of the prodigies of that of his brother Moses, but he performed some admirable things with his own. No one can be ignorant that, out of thirteen rods, Aaron’s alone blossomed, and bore buds and flowers of almonds.
The devil, who, as is well known, is a wicked aper of the deeds of saints, would also have his rod or wand, with which he gratified the sorcerers. Medea and Circe were always armed with this mysterious instrument. Hence, a magician never appears at the opera without his rod, and on which account they call their parts, “roles de baguette.” No performer with cups and balls can manage his hey presto! without his rod or wand.
Springs of water and hidden treasures are discovered by means of a rod made of a hazel twig, which fails not to press the hand of a fool who holds it too fast, but which turns about easily in that of a knave. M. Formey, secretary of the academy of Berlin, explains this phenomenon by that of the loadstone. All the conjurers of past times, it was thought, repaired to a sabbath or assembly on a magic rod or on a broom-stick; and judges, who were no conjurers, burned them.
Birchen rods are formed of a handful of twigs of that tree with which malefactors are scourged on the back. It is indecent and shameful to scourge in this manner the posteriors of young boys and girls; a punishment which was formerly that of slaves. I have seen, in some colleges, barbarians who have stripped children almost naked; a kind of executioner, often intoxicated, lacerate them with long rods, which frequently covered them with blood, and produced extreme inflammation. Others struck them more gently, which from natural causes has been known to produce consequences, especially in females, scarcely less disgusting.
By an incomprehensible species of police, the Jesuits of Paraguay whipped the fathers and mothers of families on their posteriors. Had there been no other motive for driving out the Jesuits, that would have sufficed.
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It would be clumsy to insist on the signature of whole web pages, so instead we propose to use HTML elements [HTML] to define the borders of the hashed section of the document as well as other features of the hashing mechanism:
There can be as many HASH elements as hashing algorithms. Attributes of the HASH element:
HASHMETHOD, HASHVALUE and HASHPARENT have the same meaning as the METHOD, VALUE and PARENT attributes of the HASH element.
Figure 1: Publishing medical information. The publisher issues a catalogue every few months which lists all titles published, together with their hash values. The hash of the catalogue has to be distributed a trusted way, by being published in a paper journal, and signed using a long-term key.
Simplified, the way to protect part of the web page will look like:
The examination results for the second MB
degree examination are as follows:
<HASH METHOD="SHA-1" VALUE="12345678..."
<HASH METHOD="TIGER" VALUE="987654321..."
One of the URLs that refer to this page might look something like:
HASHPARENT="https://www.cert.med.ac.uk">here </A>for the list of candidates who have
satisfied the requirements for the degrees
of MB and BS.
Checking a hash involves computing the hash value on all the bytes of an HTML document between the hash-input border tags and comparing the HTML document's URL against the value specified within the hash-input. This value is then verified against the value held in the reference in the parent document.
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How to Build a Debris Hut
Of all the makeshift shelters that have been developed and used by outdoorsmen, the debris hut is likely the most popular. This is so for several reasons. First and foremost, debris huts are exceedingly easy to build provided there are resources around you. Second, no matter what the temperature is, a well stuffed debris hut will protect you from the elements. In high temperatures it provides highly sought after shade, and in the winter it blocks drafts and traps body head. Finally, when built properly and in the right spot, debris huts are about as close to waterproof as makeshift shelters get. With all these great qualities, debris hut building is a skill that you really should consider adding to your outdoor repertoire. Use the following guide for details on how to make one yourself.
1. Finding a location
There are two big things to look for when finding a spot to fashion your debris hut. First, the landscape should be angled, so you can face the hut itself downhill. This will prevent water from rushing into your debris hut in case of inclement weather. The second quality of a good “hut spot” is that they lie in moderately wooded areas. This way, plenty of supplies for fashioning the hut will be close by.
2. Making the frame
A debris hut in the traditional sense is basically just an A-frame structure. To make the top of the frame, find the longest, sturdiest tree limb you can. Then, find a low lying Y split in a thick tree or a solid stump, and place the limb in it. The other end of the limb should be put on the ground and secured with rocks. Then, find many smaller limbs to construct the base of your walls. They should be placed vertically, at an acute angle to the ground, and rest on the base limb (The roof of the A-frame). Trim your vertical limbs so that they don’t rise far above that top limb.
3. Solidifying the structure.
Now that the basic triangular shape of your debris hut is laid out, it’s time to place a layer of branches (similar in size to the vertical ones) across the debris hut’s walls. They should be big enough to support the other debris that you’ll put on top, but small enough not to roll off the vertical limbs.
4. Adding the finishing layer.
This final part is the easiest and most fun. All you need to do is grab armfuls of dead leaves and twigs from the ground and place them on top of you skeletal structure. Pack them down as tightly as possible, only finishing when you’re sure the hut can withstand any local weather conditions you expect.
With that, your quick and (relatively) painless debris hut is complete. Try not to stand around too long admiring your creation, though. Daylight is fading fast – and you likely have a big day of outdoor adventures ahead of you.
- Location for shelter: http://www.beavermeadows.com
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Perhaps we shouldn't be surprised that the fast-growing, brilliantly bright sunflower offers guidance on how best to gather solar energy.
Researchers from MIT and RWTH Aachen University in Germany recognized that possibility, and they ran with it. They're reporting now that by mimicking the spiral pattern of the sunflower in laying out the heliostats in power tower concentrating solar power (CSP) plants, they can reduce both the amount of land and the number of heliostats needed.
Power tower CSP plants use big mirrors – heliostats – to direct sunlight at the top of a tower several hundred feet high. The energy is received by the tower and used to heat water, generating steam and then power.
There are plants like this already operating in Europe and several are either under construction or planned for construction in the United States, including some that use molten salts to store the heat that's been gathered so it can be used to produce power long after the sun goes down.
The researchers used the first power tower plant ever built, Abengoa's PS10 in Andalucia, Spain, as the model for their theoretical work as they sought to find ways to optimize the heliostat layout to improve efficiency. Some initial efforts to squeeze the mirrors together yielded encouraging results; the amount of land the mirrors took up was trimmed by 10 percent without degrading the efficiency of the mirrors.
And the researchers noted something interesting about the resulting pattern: It had some spiral elements similar to layouts in nature. That's when the sunflower-shaped light bulb went off. In pressing on with their work, the researchers decided to copy an essential element to the arrangement of sunflower florets, a pattern called Fermat's spiral.
In this arrangement, according to MIT, "each sunflower floret is turned at a 'golden angle' – about 137 degrees – with respect to its neighboring floret." The researchers tried that with the heliostats, with each mirror angled about 137 degrees relative to its neighbor.
And what did they find? "The numerically optimized layout takes up 20 percent less space than the PS10 layout," MIT said. "What's more, the spiral pattern reduced shading and blocking and increased total efficiency compared with PS10's radially staggered configuration."
It's not difficult to imagine how reducing the number of heliostats needed can be a boon for CSP technology. PS10 (pictured below, with PS20) is a small plant, using 600 mirrors – but the Ivanpah plant now under construction in California, for example, will take up around 3,500 acres and use 173,500 heliostats.
"The heliostat field presently contributes to about a third of the direct cost of most [CSP] plants," Frank Burkholder, an engineer with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, told MIT. "Because heliostats are costly, their spacing relative to each other and the tower ... is important. If care isn't taken in their placement, they can shade and block each other and reduce the amount energy delivered significantly."
It might cost a little something for developers to use the sunflower pattern, however; while nature gave the researchers the idea, and they've shared it with the world in the journal Solar Energy, they've also applied for patent protection for the layout. | <urn:uuid:748592d4-26cc-4b32-b019-81501eec0d72> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.tgdaily.com/sustainability-features/60746-sunflower-inspires-more-efficient-solar-layout?quicktabs_most_popular=0 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560279224.13/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095119-00477-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.952677 | 689 | 3.90625 | 4 |
When you visit your doctor, you could be asked if you would be willing to take part in a clinical trial. Clinical trials are research studies designed to test new treatments, with people receiving or not receiving specific treatments.
The following information will tell you more about clinical trials and answer any questions you may have.
- NHS Choices - Clinical Trials and Medical Research
- UK Clinical Research Collaboration - Clinical Trials: What they are and what they're not
- UK Clinical Research Collaboration - Understanding Clinical Trials
- Healthtalkonline - Experiences of Clinical Trials
If you are interested in taking part in a trial, then you could ask your doctor if they know of any that might be suitable for you. Alternatively, you could look at the websites below to find out about current clinical trials.
- UK Clinical Trials Gateway
- UK Clinical Research Network Portfolio
- International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations Clinical Trials Portal
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Adult Religious Education
Sessions offered February through June and September through January. Contact Carol Schwyzer (email@example.com) or Becky Blake (firstname.lastname@example.org) for more information about joining a Connection Circle group.
These small groups create meaningful connections with other folks in our congregation. Together groups reflect on a different theme each month, using a practice of deep and respectful sharing and listening, which creates a safe, confidential, and welcoming space. Each group is guided by a facilitator and meets twice monthly. In person or online – we have two ways to gather! Join us for our next session, meeting twice a month. Each meeting is an hour and a half long.
Journaling Hour: Journaling as a Spiritual Practice
Tuesdays from 7:00-8:00 PM on Zoom. Contact Director of Religious Education, Charla Bregante at email@example.com to join.
The journaling hour is a way to carve out time and space to write with intention in the comfort of your own home, while in the company of other writers. Journaling Hour is not about the finished product. There is no requirement or expectation to create something finished and polished. This time is about the process of being fully present, mindful noticing, and writing about what comes up for you.
Join us for an online midweek facilitated meditation session. Wherever you are, in body, mind, and spirit, USSB is here to support you. This weekly mindfulness group has two 15-minute meditation periods. Meditation leaders rotate and may include walking, guided, or other types of offerings. Beginners welcome!
Why Were We (U)Us?: A Monthly Zoom Group for Young Adults
Second Sunday of each month at 7:00 PM PST. Contact Director of Religious Education, Charla Bregante at firstname.lastname@example.org to join this online group.
This monthly Zoom group is for 18-28 year olds, no matter where they may be currently living. We explore issues and themes common to folks in the early years of their adult lives such as building community, finding purpose, growth and change. We ask questions about how Unitarian Universalism fits in our lives now. Using readings and personal experiences, we build connections and learn from one another. And there is always plenty of time for socializing, games, and activity planning.
More About Adult Religious Exploration
Opportunities for Adult Religious Education classes and affinity groups are always opening and evolving. Do you have a class or group you might want to offer? We’d love to hear your ideas. Contact Director of Religious Education, Charla Bregante at email@example.com for an up-to-date list of offerings or visit the events calendar to find out what’s going on this week. | <urn:uuid:1ac76cb3-0520-4dc3-8ed3-f969672b0cff> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://ussb.org/community/adult-re/?ajaxCalendar=1&mo=7&yr=2022 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00276.warc.gz | en | 0.921352 | 593 | 1.546875 | 2 |
The industry minister Ian Macfarlane this week released the report, which he will consider when establishing a national nanotechnology strategy.
It recommends the establishment of a dedicated office within a federal department that will be responsible for the nanotechnology strategy, although it does not recommend which portfolio this should fall under.
The report states that there is no case for establishing new, nanotechnology-specific regulations to protect human health and the environment, but suggests existing regulations may need adjusting.
The Options for a National Nanotechnology Strategy report also recommends further research into the health, safety and environmental implications of nanotechnology.
And it recommends that any proposed changes to regulatory frameworks should "not add unnecessary regulatory burden to industry".
Australian Council of Trade Unions occupational health and safety officer, Steve Mullins, supports the establishment of a specific office to oversee nanotechnology.
But he criticises the report's failure to recommend the establishment of new regulations specific to nanotechnology.
"It seems like business has the green light to use nanotechnology but they've got a red light on health and safety regulation," he says.
The unions are particularly concerned about the exposure of workers to nanoparticles and believe precautionary measures should be taken to ensure this is minimised.
"By all means, continue research," says Mullins. "But we've got enough evidence to suggest nanoparticles can have a toxic effect on the body."
Georgia Miller of the Friends of the Earth's nanotechnology project also criticises the report.
She says it fails to require safety testing of nanoparticles before they are commercialised, as recommended by the UK's Royal Society in 2004.
She says there should be a moratorium on r&d and manufacture on nanotechnology until safety issues are resolved.
She also says the report does not consider developments such as nanotechnology in food, environmental risks, human enhancement, nanbioweaponry or nanobioterrorism.
The report proposes a nanotechnology public awareness and engagement campaign modelled on Biotechnology Australia's public awareness program.
"There is a critical need for the public to be educated about the topic," the report says.
But Miller says this is only "a one-way process" of informing the community.
"Given the potential for nanotechnology to reshape our world, it is essential that there be public participation in decision-making regarding its introduction," she says.
Without this, nanotechnology may encounter similar stumbling blocks to previous technologies, says Miller.
"The government is setting itself up for a repeat of the backlash that greeted genetically engineered foods."
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The following offer some guidance in how to make sure that United takes your complaint seriously, and that you obtain the compensation you are owed.
STEP 1 - Get informed about your rights »
There are a few important sources for your rights against United Airlines (or any other airline):
the contract of carriage ("tariff"), which lists the airline’s obligations to you when something goes wrong. You should read this document, searching for relevant keywords such as "liability," "delay,” and "damage.”. The tariff of most airlines can be found online, as part of the airline’s website. United's is available here
in the case of international tickets, the Montreal Convention is an international treaty governing the rights of passengers, which has the force of law in the United States, Canada, and many other countries. It applies to all legs of tickets between countries that have adopted the Convention as well as international round trip tickets starting and ending in such a country.
In 2009, the maximum liability under the Montreal Convention was increased to 4,694 Special Drawing Rights (SDR, which is an international currency) for damage caused by delay to passengers (Article 22(1)) and 1,131 SDR for loss, delay, or damage to baggage (Article 22(2))
However, if the passenger can prove that the damages were caused by willful misconduct of the airline, no liability limit applies (Article 22(5)). One SDR is currently equivalent to $1.74.
The airline cannot set a liability limit in its tariff that is lower than what the Montreal Convention says (Article 26).
in the case of domestic tickets, that is, flights within or departing from the US, the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations provides additional rights to passengers
Additional information is available on the following topics:
You must send written notice within 24 hours after arrival of the flight on which the baggage was or was to be transported. Make sure that this notice provides proof of delivery (email, fax, or registered letter). Failure to give notice within these deadlines may disqualify your claim.
Your initial notice can be brief, simply stating your name, your booking reference, the itinerary on which the incident occurred, your baggage tag number, and the baggage irregularity report (reference number), if you were assigned one by the airline. Later on, you can provide further details, such as a list of expenses incurred or a declaration of the contents of your baggage.
Don't wait for the airline to give you "permission" to replace any items you need while awaiting the late arrival of your baggage. Reasonable expenses incurred for purchases or rental of necessary replacement items should be reimbursed by the airline, and if not, awarded by a small claims court.
if your bag does not arrive within 21 days, it is considered to be lost, and you can seek compensation for replacement of the entire contents
Regulation 14 CFR 254.4 ensures that airlines cannot limit liability for loss, delay, or damage of baggage to less than $3400 per passenger
as stipulated under Article 31 of the Montreal Convention you must notify the airline about your claim immediately, and at the latest, within 7 days from receipt of your damaged bag or 21 days from delivery for delayed baggage
the airline is liable for damage incurred due to delay of baggage, unless the airline can prove that its agents took all possible steps to avoid the delay (Article 19 of the Montreal Convention).
the liability of the airline for destruction, loss, damage, or delay of baggage is limited to 1000 Special Drawing Rights or approximately $1390 USD per passenger (Article 22 of the Montreal Convention).
United will try to get passengers to their destination on its own flights, but at the passenger's request, United is obligated to put the passenger on a competitor's flight (Rule 24 E.2.a (ii) of United's tariff)
if the flight delay is expected to exceed four hours between 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. local time, United will provide one night's lodging, or a maximum allowance for one night's lodging (Rule 24 F.1 of United's tariff)
United will provide snacks and/or meal vouchers in the event of a delay caused by United that extends beyond normal meal hours or whenever lodging is furnished (Rule 24 F.2 of United's tariff)
Note that United will often try to invoke "force majeure", such as blaming the weather, to avoid its obligations above: passengers are strongly advised to verify that United isn't lying
Regulation 14 CFR 259.5 requires the airline to refund the cost of tickets and optional services within 20 days following receipt of a refund request due to a flight cancellation
Unfortunately, airlines are not required to offer any other compensation to passengers whose U.S. domestic flights are delayed or canceled, other than those items noted under "General", above.
the airline is liable for damage incurred due to delay of the passenger, unless the airline can prove that its agents took all possible steps to avoid the delay (Article 19 of the Montreal Convention)
the liability of the airline for damage caused by delay of passengers is limited to 4150 Special Drawing Rights or approximately $5770 USD per passenger (Article 22 of the Montreal Convention).
Despite these stated policies, obtaining refunds from United can be much like pulling teeth.
You'll likely have a much easier time recovering overcharges or refunds due by disputing the amounts through your credit card company, assuming that's how you paid for the services.
Make sure to provide your credit card company with all the details of your attempts to communicate with the airline.
Don't expect United Airlines to respect your rights. As Daniel Bernstein notes in his insightful analysis, it doesn't make economic sense for United to obey the laws. United assumes that most passengers won't go to the trouble of making a written demand for payment, and following up on it (e.g., through small claims action or notifying their attorney-general). This way, United can can save a lot of money by ignoring its legal obligations.
A good letter of complaint is written in such a way that it can be put before a judge at a later stage of the dispute. Stick to the bare facts, remove all expressions of emotion, and look at the events from a distance, as if they happened to someone else, a stranger.
If you find it helpful, think of your letter as the Captain’s log from Star Trek. What was the date of your flight? What was the flight’s number and destination? What was your ticket number? What went wrong?
Focus on what facts are needed to demonstrate your legal right for what you are seeking. For example, if you were bumped, state that you had a confirmed reservation, that you had all necessary travel documents, and that you presented yourself on time for check-in and boarding, but you were nevertheless denied transportation.
Do not talk about how you are a long-time loyal customer and do not raise moral arguments. The employee reading your letter does not care that you were upset.
Be specific about what you want the airline to do. If you demand financial compensation, state the amount. Passengers who simply ask for “adequate compensation” may find the airline’s idea of “adequate” quite different from their own. Airlines are quick to issue form letter apologies, and discounts toward future travel, hoping that you will fly with them again despite how you were mistreated; however, getting them to pay what you are owed may be a tough battle.
Quote the specific rules of the tariff and of the Montreal Convention or U.S. CFR, if they are applicable to your complaint.
Explain the financial consequences you suffered as a result of the airline’s actions or its failure to fulfil its contractual obligations. If your bags were delayed, what expenses did you incur as a result (e.g., buying clothes or renting golf clubs for a big game)? If your flight was delayed, did you need to purchase meals, forfeit a deposit for a night at a hotel, or lose wages?
If you incurred more than a few expenses, it may be a good idea to include a table organizing them logically. Include copies (but not originals) of any relevant receipts that you may have; however, compensation cannot be denied just because you do not have receipts, as long as you have a good explanation, the expenses claimed are reasonable, and you provide a supporting declaration.
The best practice is to address the letter to the airline’s legal department. Airlines’ customer service departments tend to issue scripted replies, which may contain form-letter apologies, but are unlikely to give serious consideration to your complaint. Letters sent to the CEO are also typically answered by customer service.
Most airlines do not like to pay up, no matter how strong your case is. The airline’s response to your complaint may contain phrases such as “we are unable to offer you compensation” or “we consider this matter closed”. Do not be deterred.
Sending your complaint to the U.S. Attorneys General in Illinois and Texas (where United Airlines maintains its headquarters) has helped some passengers as well.
If it is extreme, get a lawyer
If your complaint is about something extremely serious, such as injury or death of a passenger, or false arrest at the request of airline employees, seek advice from a legal professional, and do not try to deal with it yourself.
Consumers with concerns about
airline safety or security can call the Federal Aviation Administration toll-free at 1-866-TELL-FAA (1-866-835-5322) or the Transportation Security Administration toll-free at 1-866-289-9673.
Make audio recordings of your interactions with United personnel. This is legal and the recordings are usually admissible in court. Don't forget, when you call the airline by telephone, they typically record the conversation at their end! Make sure you get the names of anyone with whom you speak. If you can't record the interaction, take detailed notes. Ask the airline representatives to put whatever they tell you in writing. If they refuse, type up your notes and send them by email as a written record.
If you purchased your ticket with a credit card and feel that United didn't deliver the contractually agreed upon service, dispute the charge with your credit card company.
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Seeds of social change
In Vietnam, less than five percent of women finish college—often because they can’t afford the relatively small fees. Without skills, many young women have no choice but to take work that pays poverty-level wages, often following in their elders’ footsteps as farmers or laborers.
That was the case for 24-year-old Ngoan Thi Nguyen. Her parents are rice farmers, and her older brother and sister became farmers, too, when the family couldn’t pay their tuition. In Vietnam, as in much of the developing world, no government-backed college loan system exists, and most families can’t afford tuition out of pocket.
Today, Ngoan is studying chemistry at Hanoi University of Industry, the first in her family to go to college. She plans to get a job in her field when she graduates and can expect to earn three times the average annual Vietnamese per capita income of $1,168. How? She qualified for a $569 loan from a Seattle startup called Vittana, the brainchild of EECS alum Kushal Chakrabarti (B.S.’04 EECS).
“Education is the single most powerful tool we have to fight global poverty, enrich communities and transform lives,” says Chakrabarti, 28. “We should believe in young people. They’re worth spending money on.”
Vittana, a south Indian Telugu word for “seed,” models itself loosely on micro-lenders like Kiva and Grameen Bank. At Vittana.org, donors can browse through dozens of student requests and support a student’s education for as little as $25. Students have six months to three years to pay back their loan; once donors are repaid, they can reinvest in another student or withdraw the cash. Vittana sends 100 percent of the money to the student, it says, and pays for its operations through optional donations from lenders.
In 2010, default rates on U.S. student loans reached as high as 40 percent, but more than 99 percent of Vittana students repay their loans. Perhaps, Chakrabarti theorizes, it’s because they know they have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Ngoan, the chemistry student, has already paid back her $569 in full.
To date, the nonprofit has funded more than 1,000 students in 11 countries. Next year, Chakrabarti says he wants to fund 10,000 students. His dream is even bigger. “When you think about the need, it’s not a thousand students, it’s a hundred thousand, a million. I don’t know how to eliminate malaria or solve world hunger, but as an engineer, I can build and scale a technology organization.”
At Berkeley, Chakrabarti worked in Lior Pachter’s comparative genomics lab, where he developed skills at the intersection of biology, computer science and mathematics. (Chakrabarti double majored in EECS and molecular and cell biology.) After graduating, Chakrabarti took an engineering job at Amazon.com and eventually was tapped to lead Amazon’s personalized recommendations team. It was high stakes and cutting edge, but he grew restless. He left the company after three years, unsure of what to do next.
“I think he took the Amazon job because of the challenge it offered,” says Pachter, one of Chakrabarti’s mentors. “But ultimately he cared more about social issues, and he went with his heart rather than chase more money.”
The cause that would tug at Chakrabarti’s heart began with a Mumbai rickshaw driver. In fall 2007, Chakrabarti read a New York Times article that interviewed the driver, who said he spent 30 percent of his income educating his children. Chakrabarti found the man’s commitment laudable and thought of all the children who weren’t so lucky. Chakrabarti’s wish—put more young people in school—grew into an obsession, and the idea for Vittana was born.
Chakrabarti knew nothing of micro-lending, finance or higher education in developing nations, but he was schooled in Amazon’s entrepreneurial spirit. For months he phoned experts, worked his Amazon connections, honed a business plan and pitched to potential investors. In May 2009, Vittana funded its first students.
“Education for me was life changing, and I want other kids to have a better chance at life, too,” says Chakrabarti. He credits Berkeley with giving him skills useful at Vittana: How to think through a problem, how to master multiple disciplines, how to seize opportunities. “If you want something, you go out and get it at Berkeley,” he says. ”They were among the most formative and interesting years of my life.”
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Brand Book Bites from Aaker on Branding
– the brain: One of the definitive voices on branding, David Aaker. Dave has published more than 100 articles and 15 books on branding, brand strategy, and brand management, including Managing Brand Equity and Building Strong Brands, two texts that have served as my bibles.
Listen to my conversation with Dave to learn:
- the Aaker brand vision model
- how to create brand energy
- his point-of-view on whether or not brands still have value in today’s age of nearly-perfect, ubiquitous information
– the best bits: The whole book is a sort of greatest hits album since it contains some of Dave’s best thinking from the past 25 years. Five themes are used to organize the brand-building principles:
- Recognize that brands are assets with strategic value.
“When brands are considered assets, the role of brand management radically changes, from tactical and reactive to strategic and visionary. A strategic brand vision linked to both the current and future business strategies and providing a guidepost for future offerings and marketing programs becomes imperative.”
- Have a compelling brand vision that guides and inspires.
“All too common is what I call the product-attribute fixation trap, in which the strategic and tactical management of the brand is excessively focused on product attributes and functional benefits…Functional benefit strategies are limiting because they often confine the brand, especially when it comes to responding to changing markets or exploring brand extensions.”
- Bring the brand vision to life.
“One of the key challenges for most brands globally is to create energy and visibility…Connecting a brand to a customer sweet spot raises the brand way above the noise emanating from firms shouting ‘my brand is better than your brand.’”
- Maintain relevance.
“Creating brand energy should be a priority for nearly every brand; inadequate energy means a reduced chance of being visible when purchases are being made, a perception of being old and boring and not-for-me, and a deterioration of the brand image.”
- Manage and leverage the brand portfolio.
“We should not be under the illusion that the goal is to create and protect brands. Rather, the goal should be to create and leverage a brand portfolio to enable the business strategy to succeed.”
– the brand story: Dave highlights Dove’s “Campaign for Real Beauty” as an example of connecting a brand to a customer sweet spot.
“The Real Beauty campaign resonated at several levels. It connected with an issue of deep concern with the customer base – their own appearance and self-confidence. Additionally, it addressed the insecurity and self-esteem issues of young women with which customers could empathize. It struck a chord. It provided a higher purpose to the brand and a shared interest with customers.”
– the bottom line: If you haven’t read Dave’s previous books, this is a terrific introduction; and if you have, it serves as a helpful refresher. Either way, it’s a resource all brand builders should have in their library.
This is my newest “brand book bite” — check out the full collection of write-ups and author interviews here.
Denise: Hello, this is Denise Yohn, and welcome to the Brand is Business Bites podcast. The Brand is Business Bites podcast gives you a taste of insights and information about brands, businesses, and the people who work on them. It is available on iTunes. For more stuff for your brain to chew on, please visit my visit at deniseleeyohn.com.
It is my pleasure to welcome back to my podcast one of my favorite authors David Aaker. Dave serves as Vice Chairman of Prophet, a brand building and growth consulting firm, and he has published more than 100 articles and 15 books on branding, brand strategy, and brand management, including “Managing Brand Equity” and “Building Strong Brands”, two texts that have served as my bibles. Dave has a new book out, “Aaker on Branding: 20 Principles that Drive Success,” which is kind of like the greatest hits album, since it contains some of Dave’s best thinking. I’ve asked him here, today, to talk about it. So welcome, Dave!
Dave: I’m glad to be here. Thanks for having me.
Denise: Well, I want to start with where your book starts, which is a definition of a brand. You write, “Far more than a name and logo, it is an organization’s promise to a customer to deliver what the brand stands for, not only in terms of functional benefit, but also emotional, self-expressive, and social benefits.” Then you go on to say, “But a brand is about more than delivering on a promise, it is also a journey, an evolving relationship based on the perceptions and relationships that a customer has every time he or she connects to the brand.” So in terms of developing and managing a brand, this definition seems to suggest that there is a task of defining your brand promise, then delivering on it and then cultivating a relationship based on it. Do I have that right?
Dave: Yes, that is definitely right. It starts with a brand vision, and I have a brand vision model. I used to call it the “The Brand Identity Model,” but I got a do-over with this new book. And my model has a certain philosophy, and it can be captured by saying that a brand is not a three-word phrase. It is not a fixed set of attributes. It has often a dozen different elements to it, and those don’t have to be tailored to the brand’s context. So if personality or organizational values or something aren’t important to your brand, there is no sort of box you have to check to put that in there. And also my model suggests you should have priorities. Some of those elements are more important than others. It also suggests you should have a brand essence, essentially a theme. It is optional. It doesn’t work in all cases.
Denise: But then it seems like once you have defined that, that is almost, I want to say, the easy part. But that is only the starting point, right?
David: Yes. Then you have to deliver, and one of the things we demand of a brand vision is that each element have a proof point. And if it doesn’t have a proof point, it has a strategic imperative. That means there is a program in place and funded to deliver a proof point. So you need substance behind it. It’s not just something that you think the market will like or makes you feel good. It has to have substance.
Denise: Wow! Okay. Your book has 20 principles that drive success, and again, your book is called “Aaker on Branding.” I want to talk about the principles in your book, maybe through two lenses, like the ways that branding has changed over the last quarter century and the ways that it has stayed the same. Let’s actually start with what has not changed. What are some of the timeless principles that have been key to brand building in the past and will remain key going forward?
David: Well, actually almost everything has changed. I mean, the brand has always needed energy, but today, energy and breaking out of the clutter is more important than ever. If your brand lacks energy, it is not only going to lack an intense relationship with a customer, but it is also going to just lack visibility. So we need energy. Important then and even more important, now, is authenticity and trust. You have to really be sincere and believable, and it helps to have a higher purpose in that regard. And it helps to be able to handle difficulties and controversies well in that regard. So there is a lot that is the same, but it is more intense now. The importance of breaking out of the clutter has always been there, but now, with social media, you really have to have something that is worth listening to and that is worth re-telling.
Denise: So how do you advise people who want to create energy around their brand? How do they figure what is the right way to do that?
David: The best way is to have innovation around your product or your offering. If you make hot dogs or insurance, that’s not even feasible. So what you have to do is to find programs with energy, like the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer, for example, or find something with energy and attach yourself to it. Coca Cola did recently with their FIFA trophy tour, where they went around the world and exposed the trophy to people in something like 190 countries. And that has a lot of energy, and FIFA has a lot of energy. So that is the fall back way to create energy for your brand, finding something with energy and attaching your brand to it.
Denise: Are there more inherent or intrinsic ways of maybe discovering or unearthing an energy that is more within your own brand?
David: Well, again, the gold standard is product innovation, but again, most people can’t be an Apple and all those talked about products. But there is another way to create interest and something worth telling, and that is the [inaudible 00:07:22] stories. And I talk about what I call “Signature Stories.” Those are stories that are strategic, that really reflect the brand’s essence, as opposed to tactical, that are just helping you communicate a point. Sometimes those stories can have a life of their own, and they can create a form of energy by saying that there is real substance behind the organization. There is organizational value. There is a history. There’s a heritage. And that is another form of energy.
Denise: Okay. Dave I wanted to ask you a question that I get asked pretty often, and it has come up actually in the last year. Because of the nearly ubiquitous, some would say, nearly perfect information that is out there about products, that some folks may suggest that because of that information, the role of brands and the role of branding has diminished and will continue to become much less important than just actual information. Where do you stand on that issue?
David: Yeah, my friend Emanuel Rosen at Stanford wrote a book proposing that. I wrote a blog that gave my response, and basically, it is… If you read his book carefully, he doesn’t really say that. He says that is true in only a limited set of circumstances, very limited. A very small percentage of your purchase and use experience fit into that category. But even for those, most people don’t have the time or the interest to do research, so they will fall back on plans. Even if they do, the relevant brands are those that will get researched. And to be relevant, you have to be visible, and you have to be able to be considered. So there is some truth in the argument, but it applies in a very small set of circumstances. Therefore, I don’t think it is a huge force in today’s marketplace.
Denise: That makes a lot of sense to me. Well, Dave, I want to thank you for continuing your legacy of writing definitive books on branding and brand building with the latest book “Aaker on Branding: 20 Principles that Drive Success.” Would you please tell our listeners how they can find out more information about the book and how they can buy it?
David: Yes, the book is a compact overview of branding. So it is a good way to catch up, and it is a good way to learn, if you have a staff that needs that. It is available at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and hopefully in the business book stores.
Denise: Great, and I would also encourage everyone to take a look at Davidaaker.com and follow Dave on Twitter. Dave, you are such a source of information, and I always learn something every time you write something. So I want to thank you for being with me, today here, and thank you for being such a great inspiration and teacher to me through the years.
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Souped up that we me is something which we ignore and do not know its importance unless of course we’re in times where we all do not need it. The majority of the appliances and technologies that people use are highly determined by energy for his or her functioning and because the quantity of appliances along with other equipment increases the same is true the requirement of energy. To meet up with the growing demand in energy, there are lots of more conventional power plants which are being setup and much more fossil fuel is burnt to create the power. This really is something that isn’t great for the atmosphere as by burning non-renewable fuels to create energy, we’re growing the amount of pollution in the world. We must find methods to cut lower on the want energy and contains to begin with educating the kids regarding how to save energy.
Have to save energy
The necessity to save energy is a lot more important today because the pollution levels are reaching harmful levels mix the world.
The results of the should be observed in the modification of weather patterns around the globe along with the increase of average temperatures each year.
The main source to create electricity continues to be by burning non-renewable fuels, a resource that can’t be replenished and one that’s accountable for releasing green house gases in to the atmosphere as well as other pollutants.
Only when the requirement of energy is reduced, maybe there is a decrease in wind turbine and that’s something that you will find done immediately otherwise we might have to face some serious effects later on.
The long run generations would be the ones that’ll be affected probably the most and there’s the necessity to inform them on the significance of economical and contains to begin using their schools.
Creating understanding of economical at schools
Educating children on the necessity to save energy is essential and a good option to achieve that come in schools. Getting regular discussions around the results of climatic change and also the discharge of pollutants in to the atmosphere together with details about other kinds of pollution can help children to know the significance of saving energy. There are lots of ways that schools can make awareness about economical and the methods like writing a study on economical, a task on methods to save energy etc., may be used. Getting discussions that educate children regarding how to save energy is one thing that schools can adopt and may even award credits for to obtain the children thinking about it.
Education by parents
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This is called expectant management of third stage of labour. 3 e duration of third The third stage is the period of time between the birth of the baby and the delivery of the placenta and membranes ( National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), Preterm deliveries are associated with a longer third stage than term deliveries "Management of Normal Labor and Delivery. Management of Normal Labor and Delivery. 2017;62(1): 58-67. doi: Average third stage duration was less than 5 minutes. Expectant or physiologic management of the third stage of labor has been compared with active management in several studies. Active management speeds up the delivery of the placenta and lowers your risk of having heavy bleeding after the birth (postpartum haemorrhage), but it increases the chance of you feeling and being sick. Management of the third stage of labor: an evidence-based approach The third stage of labor usually is eclipsed by the excitement of the birth of a baby.
Third stage of labor: The part of labor from the birth of the baby until the placenta and fetal membranes are delivered. The three stages of labor and childbirth include the following:Labor: This includes early, active and transitional labor.Pushing and delivery of the baby: This phase of labor begins with pushing and ends with the delivery and birth of your baby.Delivery of the placenta: Your placenta will either naturally be expelled or need to be removed by your doctor after your baby is born. ent components of active management, including prophy-lactic use of oxytocin and/or ergometrine for the prevention of PPH in the third stage of labor (7,8), and timing of cord clamping in term infants (9). Labor is a process that subdivides into three stages. The second stage is the pushing stage, which ends with the birth of the baby. The first stage starts when labor begins and ends with full cervical dilation and effacement. Pina Amin and. Edited by. World Health Organization. Active management involves Chapter. 184.108.40.206 Assess and record the vital signs of the client. Active management of the third stage of labour is superior to expectant management in terms of blood loss, postpartum haemorrhage and other serious complications, but is associated with unpleasant side effects and hypertension when ergometrine is included. Mother Nature provides peak levels of oxytocin, the hormone of love, and endorphins, which stimulate the brains reward and pleasure for both mother and baby. Saccone G, Caissutti C, Ciardulli A, et al. In the 1 st, 2 nd and 3 rd stage of labour to prevent prolonged labour Skill full management reduces the risk of hemorrhage, retained placenta, shock and infection. Active management of Third stage of Labor includes - 1. Active management of the third stage of labor and Alright, as a quick recap, labor is composed of 3 stages. The international federation of Gynecologists and Obstetricians (FIGO) and International Conference of Midwives (ICM) define active management of third stage of labor (AMTSL) as the use of uterotonics immediately following delivery of the PPH. 3. The third stage initiates after the fetus is delivered and ends when the placenta is delivered. In this regard, what is the 3rd stage of labor? In settings The management of third stage of labour needs to be adjusted in certain situations, and a risk assessment is necessary to identify such scenarios. Full text Full text is available as a scanned copy of the original print version. : CD007412. A total of 489 deliveries were observed at 52 health facilities (12 hospitals and 40 lower-level health facilities) in 2010, and 558 deliveries were observed at 50 of these same facilities (12 hospitals and 38 lower-level facilities) in 2012 (Table 1).In 2010, of the 415 women who were observed during the third stage of labor, 403 received The 3rd stage of labour happens after your baby is born, when your womb contracts and the placenta comes out through your vagina. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. There are two contrasting approaches to the clinical management of the third stage of labor: active and expectant (sometimes referred to as physiological or passive) 2015;3:CD007412. While oxytocin is the first-choice uterotonic, it is not known whether its effectiveness varies by route of administration. 6.2 Active management of third stage of labour (AMTSL) A birth attendant applying active management of third stage of labour (AMTSL) is the key to reducing the risk of the The mother then delivers the placenta, or 'after-birth'. The 3rd stage of labor may be managed expectantly or actively, and several protocols for these have been promoted. It is offered to women stage is not mandatory but should be offered to all women in the antenatal period, (2) Oxytocin 7. Managing the third stage of labour 5-5 How should the third stage of labour be US physician and midwife adherence to active management of the third stage of labor international recommendations. You immediately measure her blood pressure which indicates that she is shocked. Expectant management of the third stage of labor involves allowing the placenta to deliver spontaneously or aided by gravity or nipple stimulation. The third stage of labor begins after the baby is born and ends when the placenta separates from the wall of the uterus and is passed through the vagina. Expectant management of the third stage of labor also is called the physiologic method and is best described as a hands off approach. Look for 3 classic signs of placental separation Lengthening of U. cord A gush of blood from Background The third stage of labour refers to the period between birth of the baby and complete expulsion of the placenta. Steps. Active management of the third stage of labour: new WHO recommendations help to focus implementation. Active management: Active management of the third stage of labour consists of interventions designed to facilitate the delivery of the placenta by increasing uterine Management of third stage of labour . 220.127.116.11 Ensure intravenous access and infusion are established. Conclusion: Active management of 3rd stage of Active management of third stage involves three components: 1) giving a CliniCal ManageMent guidelines for WoMens HealtH and Perinatal nurses NumbeR 2, mAy 2014 Oxytocin Administration for Management of Third Stage of Labor Recommendation: AWHONN recommends oxytocin administration for management of third stage of labor for all births. Subjects in the extreme obese group were more likely to be African American, older, diabetic (pregestational and gestational), hypertensive, pre-eclamptic, had a preterm delivery, and underwent an induction of labour. Background The disparity between current evidence and practice on active management of third stage of labour (AMTSL) demands assessment of providers knowledge on the subject. Active management of the third stage of labour reduces the risk of PPH and is recommended for all births. Chapter 14 - Management of the third stage of labour. Diet & Weight Management Exercise & Fitness Nutrition, Food & Recipes Prevention & Wellness. Edited by. 1997. 10. PMID: 18.104.22.168 Obtain blood for Group & Cross Match. Active management of the third stage of labour reduces the risk of PPH and is recommended for all births. Audrey Long. Schorn MN, Dietrich MS, Donaghey B, Minnick AF. PATHs Maternal and Newborn Health Technology Initiative, in collaboration with South Africas KwaZulu Natal Department of Health, produced this essential training video on active management of the third stage of labor. 2004; 1: CD000201. Sample of observed deliveries. Labor Physiological process The products of conception passed form uterus to outside world Normal labour: spontaneous in onset, at term, vertex presentation, natural termination without any complications affecting health of mother &/or newborn Three stages of labor . Volume 22, Issue 23-24. The modified Brandt-Andrews method involves controlled cord traction after signs of separation (gush of blood, lengthening of the cord, rising of the fundus). By. Good management begins during prenatal period. Two packages of care, the active and the expectant (physiologic) management of the third stage of labour, emerged as a result of all the developments of the past century. (2013). The clinicians role is to Active December 2013. The Third Stage of Labour is the period during which the woman's body pushes out the baby's placenta. The CCT has reduced the duration of third stage of labour from 12 to 6 minutes and this in turn reduced the need for manual removal of placenta7. The original description of active management of the third stage of labour had three componentsdelivery of a prophylactic uterotonic drug, early cord clamping and cutting, and There is a need to determine gaps in the clinical practices of midwives in regard to the active management of third stage of labour, to update knowledge and practices with the latest scientific evidence. The clinician during the third stage of labour is recommended for all births. Introduction The third stage of labor refers to the period following delivery of the baby until complete delivery of the placenta. It has been suggested that research studies informing third stage of labour practice guidelines and recommendations are questionable, particularly for women at low risk of postpartum haemorrhage who choose to birth in midwife-led units or home birth settings (Baker et al, 2021).This article discusses the findings from a literature review conducted in June 2021 There are two approaches to managing the third stage: natural (also known as physiological or expectant) management, or active management. Get a printable copy (PDF file) of the complete article (322K), or click on a page image below to browse page by page. Active management of the third stage of labour involves giving a prophylactic uterotonic, early cord clamping and controlled cord traction to deliver the placenta . Do not try to deliver the 1964 Mar;18:212-4. Although extensive work has been done internationally to compare active vs. expectant management of third stage of labour. The third stage ends with delivery of Management of third stage of labour In 2 cases the third stage lasted more than 30 mins. PATHs Maternal and Newborn Health Technology Initiative, in collaboration with South Africas KwaZulu Natal Department of Health, produced this essential training video on active Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 March 2010. Oxytocin (10 IU, IV/IM) is the recommended uterotonic drug for the prevention of. Web. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD007412.pub4. Despite the many strategies employed and the Administer 10 IU of oxytocin by intramuscular injection with the birth of the anterior shoulder or immediately after the birth of It is possible that restrictive usage of uterotonic agents that is advocated by many expert groups for third-stage labour management contributes to higher rates of PPH and in turn results in To provide optimal care for all women in labor, nurses must understand prophylactic administration of oxytocin. J Midwifery Womens Health.
Active management also reduces the risk of prolonged 3rd stage of labour. THE MANAGEMENT OF THE THIRD STAGE OF LABOUR Med J Malaya. Methods Questionnaire-based survey of 361 labour and delivery For the new mother, the third stage is a time of reaping the rewards of her labour. Active management of the third stage of labour: new WHO recommendations help to focus implementation. Expectant management of the third stage of labor also is called the physiologic method and is best described as a hands off approach. Once your babys born, the release of the Many will have a specific idea of how they would like the 3rd stage managed, including purely physiological management and significantly delayed cord clamping. Postpartum haemorrhage is a direct cause of maternal death worldwide and usually occurs during the third stage of labour. Prophylactic ergometrineoxytocin versus oxytocin for the third stage of labour. THE MANAGEMENT OF THE THIRD STAGE OF LABOUR. Where available, oxytocin (10 IU, IM or IV) is the preferred uterotonic drug. The objective of this study was to summarize systematic reviews that assessed the effects of With expectant management, signs of placental separation are awaited and the placenta is delivered spontaneously. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2013. In settings where oxytocin is unavailable, the use of other uterotonics is advised for the third There was no clear difference in the manual removal of placenta or the risk of postpartum haemorrhage or incidence of blood transfusion. Counseling women about their risk for PPH and AMTSL is difficult as many women who appear low-risk can still have PPH. Active Management is a routine intervention during this stage. Proponents of passive management of the third stage of labour rely on the normal physiological processes to shut down the bleeding from the placental site and to expel the Active management of the third stage of labor is recommended for the prevention of post-partum hemorrhage and commonly entails prophylactic administration of a uterotonic agent, controlled cord traction, and uterine massage. Objective: To determine whether or not active management is superior to expectant management in the prevention of postpartum haemorrhage (blood loss > 500 ml) during the third stage of labour. Costs of clinical events were calculated based on Richard Warren and. Half an hour later you are called to see the patient as she is bleeding vaginally. 1. Uterine massage as part of active management of the third stage of labour for preventing postpartum haemorrhage during vaginal delivery: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised trials. No. Citing Literature. Active management of the third stage of labor (AMTSL) is a globally recommended three-step method that in clinical trials has been proven effective in prevention of PPH. Women at increased Ultimately, choice of management of the 3rd stage should be discussed in detail with the mother, either antenatally or early in labor. Evidence shows that management Conclusion For clinical practice, intravenous injection oxytocin 10 IU may be a good, safe option in the management of the third stage of labor.
McDonald, S. J., Middleton, P., Dowswell, T., et al. This study calculated the net benefit of using active management of the third stage of labour (AMTSL) rather than expectant management of the third stage of labour (EMTSL) for mothers in Guatemala and Zambia. The third stage of labor commences with the completed delivery of the fetus and ends with the completed delivery of the placenta and its attached membranes. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Issue 2. Magnitude of the Problem hemorrhage (Callaghan, Kuklina, & berg, 2010). After normal first and second stages of labour in a grande multipara, the placenta is delivered by the active management of the third stage of labour. The modified Brandt-Andrews method involves controlled cord traction after signs of separation (gush of blood, lengthening of the cord, rising of the fundus). Active management of third stage of labour Active management of third stage of labour consists in the administration of oxytocin before placental expulsion, followed by controlled cord Management of the third stage of labor has been an issue of discussion, concern, and continued debate for the past two decades. management of third stage of labour and should be widely promoted.9 Current management options Two packages of care, the active and the expectant (physi-ologic) management of the This period is a risky period because uterus may not contract well after birth and heavy blood loss can endanger the life of the mother. | <urn:uuid:5f4a24d8-84df-4a80-bd90-6edf6b889379> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://hospitalmontespana.com.ni/management/management/normcore/60958245d039bd24c2 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571097.39/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810010059-20220810040059-00268.warc.gz | en | 0.938695 | 4,668 | 1.59375 | 2 |
Full-page spread useful for note taking
In regards to the full spread feature titled “What you didn’t know about your body” published in last week’s paper, I feel the need to say, as a third year business student, that I found the abundance of blank space on the spread to be invaluable when working on finance problems.
Anyone who studies math can relate: writing down formulas, then rewriting them until you get your answer through a trial-and-error process requires a great deal of scrap paper.
How delighted was I when I found an entire spread to work with! My ballpoint pen glided oh so smoothly on the soft, clean newsprint. The paper conveniently folded into quarters the size of a standard 8 1/2” by 11” piece of paper. Magic.
But it’s not always so good.
Every week I see hundreds of unread newspapers piled into the Peter’s building recycling bins, and I think to myself, “what a shameful waste.”
From my experience with newspapers in high school, I am aware that you can’t simply print less, and must order papers in bundles from the press.
Thus, I modestly propose that every forthcoming issue of The Cord come with a full spread of blank space for students to write notes on.
By doing so you will effectively convert the sunk cost of the unread newspapers into usable working tools, and will benefit the learning of Laurier students and staff. | <urn:uuid:bec47f68-d4c5-4d35-8650-a2a5264095cf> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://thecord.ca/full-page-spread-useful-for-note-taking/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571284.54/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811103305-20220811133305-00467.warc.gz | en | 0.940618 | 311 | 2.109375 | 2 |
Army basic training needs to get back to basics.
That's the word from Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling, who's in charge of overhauling Army training.
"We need to make sure that what we're training is a good soldier we can hand over to their first unit and make sure they're ready for combat," Hertling, deputy commanding general for initial military training, said Wednesday during a visit at Fort Jackson.
Before the war on terror began in 2001, U.S. troops trained to fight a large, mechanized force like the Russian army in the woods and mountains of eastern Europe.
But in recent years basic training has undergone a number of changes as the Army adapts to an enemy in Afghanistan and Iraq that lives among the general population and travels by pickup and donkey cart.
To prepare soldiers for today's battlefield, a number of tasks have been added to the 10-week training program and a few have been removed, said Hertling, a former tank commander.
Soldiers are taught a number of skills, but don't have the time to master all of them, said Hertling, who's assigned to the Army's Training and Doctrine Command at Fort Monroe, Va.
"We were teaching soldiers too much stuff," said Hertling, a veteran of Desert Storm and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. The result was a "task paralysis" and loss of focus.
One task Hertling wants to do away with is bayonet training.
In today's wars, there's no reason for soldiers to learn how to fix bayonets to their rifles and disembowel an enemy combatant, Hertling said. Besides, bayonets don't fit rifles soldiers carry today, he added.
Hertling, though, conceded that bayonet training is deeply ingrained in the Army culture.
"Some of these ideas would make old infantrymen turn over in their graves," Hertling said.
Hertling also wants combatives or hand-to-hand fighting to de-emphasize grappling or basic wrestling moves. Instead, soldiers need to learn to fight with their hands and use anything they can grab - whether it is a knife or stick - as a weapon, he added.
Recruits need to learn how to use their hands, the St. Louis native said. "A greater majority of recruits have never been in a fistfight," he added.
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Looking For and Selecting a Tax Professional
If you are looking for assistance with tax returns or other financial records and preparations, a professional may be necessary. The best method of research to locate a competent professional is to simply ask for referrals. If people you trust have successfully worked with an individual, you can have much more confidence in your choice than in someone selected from an advertisement or a directory.
There are a variety of questions that you should ask before agreeing to work with a particular professional. Request and verify information on education, certification, and work history. Find out exactly who will be handling your work to prevent it from being sourced out to someone other than your initial choice.
Several types of professionals are available to process your tax returns. Tax preparers have the least formal training and usually work for large tax preparation firms. They can handle all the basic types of returns, and anything that isn't terribly unique or complicated. Enrolled agents are licensed and able to represent clients to the IRS. Therefore, they can take your place at an audit. Certified Public Accountant (CPAs) are highly trained accounting professionals who should be able to handle even the most difficult tax returns. As you might expect, the more highly trained professionals charge more for their services, but they may have a better chance to save you money on your return if you expect your return to be complex. Also, some prefer to handle everything for you, while others are happy doing whatever specific things you want help with; so be sure to find someone interested in providing exactly what you need.
Helpful questions for learning about a tax preparer include:
- What is your tax preparation training and experience?
- Are you an enrolled agent, certified public accountant or lawyer?
- How do you stay familiar with changes to tax laws?
- How many tax forms do you prepare each year?
- How is the accuracy of your work checked? Manually? By computer?
- When and how can you be reached during the year and during tax season?
- Are you able to and will you represent me at an audit?
- How much will you be charging for your services? How does your fee break down?
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I have an old Alto Sax and have been playing 13 yrs and in school. I found an air leak on my low c i can't seem to be able to stop the leak and don't have the funds to pay for the repair. The pad still looks brand new and I've twerked around with how it lays, nothing seems to work. please help!!!!
a concerned student
Let me ask before we begin how is the pad leaking? Is the pad not sitting evenly on the tone hole chimney causing one side of the pad to leak, or is it out of alignment with the chimney? Look at the pad and notice the impression seat. This is the ring in the pad where it rest on the tone hole. There should only be one impression. If there is only one, but the key is not sealing properly see solution 1 below. If you have 2 "or more" seats see solution 2.
1) Your pad cup or pad is no longer level with the tone hole. Often this is the result of the pad cup getting bent, by catching on clothing or something else. The obvious solution is to bend it back. This sometimes works, but often the pad will be a little out of alignment regardless of how carefully you try to correct the key. What you are going to have to do is if possible remove the key guard. You will need a leak light to find the leak. (Christmas tree lights work great). Light a candle and then hold the horn with the low C directly above the flame. You will need to hold the low C closed with something that will not burn, and use a very light touch. If you force it you will get a false positive and the pad will still leak. Allow the heat to melt the glue that holds the pad in the cup. As the glue heats, the air under the pad will rise (hot air rises). This will float the pad back to it's original position in the key cup. When you can not see any light, remove the flame, but continue to hold the pad closed. Remember to use light pressure. Once the pad cools check again to make sure the pad is not leaking. If this does not work, you may need to see a tech.
2) If the pad has more than one ring where it is has contacted the tone hole, than your key has shifted position. Unfortunately you will need to see a tech to correct this. More than likely there is body damage somewhere in that area. Look at the post near the bottom of the horn where the Low C and Eb keys are mounted. It's not uncommon for that post to take a hit and then get forced into the body. You may have to remove the keys and look/feel the inside of the body under that post to find the dent. When this happens the low C will shift it's geometry and there is nothing your going to be able to do except have that dent removed and the pad replaced. The good thing is this should be a very quick and inexpensive repair. Let me know where you are and I'll see if I can find a tech in your area that may be able to help you out. | <urn:uuid:4051a6e6-d7ab-4ef0-8267-57f093733440> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://en.allexperts.com/q/Saxophone-2232/2014/4/repair-info.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988718423.28/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183838-00271-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.957618 | 642 | 1.742188 | 2 |
It would cost a lot of money. Not because adding an array of capacitors bumps the bill of materials (BoM) to any significant degree.
Instead, it costs a lot of money if the much more expensive enterprise products are being replaced by cheaper consumer-level products with much lower pricetags. One could say that it is in the interest of the manufacturers to not make their consumer-level products too reliable. Otherwise, all computers would also be supplied with ECC memory which also adds only marginally to cost while vastly increasing reliability. Enterprise customers need reliable computing and are ready to pay for it. But if they pay the same price for consumer SSDs; this means a large market will get wasted.
Thus, the result is to politically separate certain features to more expensive products meant for enterprise and nearline customers, while consumers get fast but not-too-reliable products that their enterprise users will not dare to use.
However, aside from the already very dated Intel 320, the new Crucial M500 will have a special place in history, thanks to its many protections including power-safe capacitors, while being targeted as consumer product.
I can't stand big government stuff, but I would love to see a 20% "deliberately defective product" tax on non-ecc ram, set aside the funds to cover data recovery.
A lot of the blame belongs to intel too, so I'd also put this on non-ecc capable chipsets/cpus. (mem controller has moved over the years)
Volatile ram is not stable, its well proven.
The suppliers would quickly do some math and realize including 12.5% more chips would mean they could avoid the tax and still be cheaper on the market.
Other industries have had to toe the line (electrical/fire/safety codes etc, no you can't run 20A over that string) but computers have been blissfully avoiding it for too long, and everything is on a massive price spiral to the bottom anyways. There is a huge pressure in all industries to use commodity/consumer (COTS) stuff in place of actually reliable systems. FFS the latest russian probe probably died to this kind of mentality. (lets send this to space, who needs rad hardening? two of everything should cover it)
Back to the OP, regular hard drives suck too, randomly power them off and you'll get occasional data corruption. If your OS/file system don't assume this at every possible layer then you get bit rot. Enjoy!
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The word wugoo is an Indian word meaning one who is averse to anything that is in excess of their own self-care. The word also means to be unruly, or to have a strong will of one’s own. This is another reason why it’s important to be self-aware and self-reliant.
In a world where too many people and corporations are concerned about the “social issues” that plague us, many a wugoo has found themselves at odds with their fellow humans. Many of us have found ourselves at odds with our fellow humans because we believe that their interests are not our own. We believe that their interests are not our own. We believe that our interests are not their own. We believe that the interests of others are not our own.
In the world of wugoo cbd oil, it’s common to see people and corporations that want to take over certain areas of the world and want to use that power to harm other areas. Many wugoo cbd oil have tried to fight back, but most times they were too busy trying to get the people in their areas to give up the power.
wugoo cbd oil are a form of a “cbd oil” that is not the active ingredient, but rather the “cbd oil molecule” that is used in the production of their oil. They are often found outside of the herb, but they may come from inside.
The wugoo cbd oil that has been attacking people in different parts of the world have been producing an active ingredient that is very similar to the active ingredient in wugoo cbd oil that are normally found inside the herb. It’s a known chemical that is highly toxic to people, birds, and even insects, but unlike its active ingredient, the wugoo cbd oil that is produced does not have any other active ingredients.
It’s a common belief among scientists that plants are naturally self-cleaning. The wugoo cbd oil that is produced in the herb has a similar chemical makeup as that of the active ingredient in the herb. This makes it almost impossible for bacteria to eat it. It is also similar to the active ingredient in the herb in terms of how it is produced, and it has the same toxicity.
This is true, and this is why wugoo cbd oil has such a huge effect on insects. The active ingredient in the wugoo cbd oil is a potent neurotoxin that is present in the herb, but it has no other active ingredients, so the insect’s only way out is to kill themselves.
If wugoo cbd oil has no other active ingredients, then that means that it has no other active ingredients. Therefore, you can’t kill yourself with it, so the only way to kill yourself is to put your head in a wugoo cbd oil bottle.
Because of the fact that wugoo cbd oil has no active ingredients, it cannot kill you if you drink it. So, it only has to kill you if you put it in the bottle. The only way to kill yourself, is to put your head in a bottle.
The wugoo cbd oil is also called “wugoo” in Chinese. “Wugoo” is the Chinese name for the tree that grows from the seeds of the wugoo plant. So, wugoo cbd oil is a “wugoo” plant. Not really, but it’s close enough. | <urn:uuid:3f3acfe5-d999-4d38-a36c-6ba08bc1e29d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://vapacige.com/wugoo-cbd-oil/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572286.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816090541-20220816120541-00277.warc.gz | en | 0.981644 | 743 | 2.046875 | 2 |
Excerpt from: Huffington Post (click for full article)
I have always had a special place in my heart for people with disabilities. One of my best friends from college has a brother with a severe mental illness and over the years, as we became closer, he became more like a brother to me as well. I've always known that people with mental and physical disabilities clearly have a much harder time than the rest of us. Something that we take for granted, such as easily getting out of bed in the morning can end up being an excruciating process for people with disabilities. Knowing this, I often wondered what it was like for members for the LGBT community with disabilities. As a gay man myself, I know how focused other gay men can be on the aesthetic when choosing a partner and I also know that navigating your way through the community can tricky, even when you can walk on your own two feet. I recently sat down with Andrew Morrison-Gurza, a 28 year old gay male who lives in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada. Andrew is a grad student who is finishing his MA in Legal Studies with a concentration on Disability and currently looking for work. Andrew has spastic quadriplegic Cerebral Palsy. He cannot walk and uses an electric powered wheelchair to get around. | <urn:uuid:ea911742-99d5-402c-9b54-3021cf83f92a> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://pattidudek.typepad.com/pattis_blog/gaylesbian-issues/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280791.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00361-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.984922 | 262 | 1.6875 | 2 |
Coronavirus is the word on everybody’s lips in all corners of the world right now, along with ‘Physical Distancing’ and ‘Self Isolation’ the 2 phrases we have become all too familiar with in recent times. It is all well and good to say we should practice these recommendations, as well as suggestions to work from home and to keep your social circle small.
But what can this look like in a busy Early Learning Service?
Carole Adams from Bayside Park Early Education Centre spoke with us about some innovative and clever ways to address the threat of COVID-19 being transmitted within their learning service, and also to protect and maintain the health of the children and educators who spend their days at Bayside Park.
The team of educators have come up with some creative solutions using technology, to support physical distancing as much as possible.
They have set up a virtual “meeting place” using the ‘Rooms’ feature on Storypark.
The “COVID-19 ROOM” despite sounding like an isolation chamber, is, in fact, an online space where educators can share information, updates, changes to procedure etc with the children’s families. They have found that it makes it a lot easier for parents to find information specifically relating to coronavirus, rather than doing a search. Although Carole shares “I dare say, I look forward to the day when I can delete the COVID-19 room!”
In another creative solution, the team at Bayside Park are limiting who can enter the premises. The only people who can enter the space, are enrolled children and the teaching team.
You may wonder how exactly this works, with parents needing to sign in, and share important information with their children’s educators?
A clever bunch, with creative problem-solving skills, the teaching team have set up their electronic sign-in system at their front gates. Parents drop off and collect their children from the gates each morning and afternoon. In order to communicate with each other, they are using walkie-talkies, sharing important information in a very unique way!
In the afternoons, parents are able to call or text the centre mobile number (to keep the main centre line free) to notify staff they are 5 minutes away from collecting their child. This allows educators enough time to wash each child’s hands before departure, gather their belongings and send them out to be collected by their family/caregiver.
All children’s bags are now being kept in the foyer and are sprayed with Oxivir Tb, each morning, to kill germs including some strains of coronavirus.
In addition to the above measures, they have postponed all planned incursions until further notice.
With another creative solution, Carole tells us that with summer cooling down, it is the perfect opportunity to put children outside for their sleep.
Washing hands upon arrival as well as departure means that the children are limiting the chance of coming or leaving with any ‘unwanted guests.’ This is in addition to the zillion other times in between.
A fun way to ensure children are washing their hands well during the day, the educators stamp each child’s hand with an ink stamp upon arrival in the morning. They are then challenged to wash their hands so much and so effectively throughout the day, that the stamp has disappeared by the time they go home. “They used to be so excited to show their parents they had received a stamp, but now they all get super excited to show their parents that their stamp has gone!”
They have also escalated their plan to commence “Bush Kinder” sessions in a week or two. The outdoor learning programme has been in the pipeline for a bit, but with a sense of urgency, it will start sooner than expected. This will allow social distancing to occur amongst young children by having wild and open spaces for them to explore in.
It seems that their hard efforts and dedication to supporting the health and safety of ALL members of their learning community have paid off. Carole shared with us a message sent this week by a parent from Bayside Park.
“The lengths you go to keep our babies safe is so appreciated. I couldn’t be more confident in a center than I am with BPEEC. I am the absolute envy of my colleagues who are dealing with what can only be described as a daily nightmare elsewhere. Truly grateful!! It is not only the protection you are providing for the kids but the piece of mind you give.”
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and I am left wondering where February has gone... Unfortunately, this also means
that I won't have the time to visit the beautiful exhibition of Felice Tosalli which ends
next week at the Galleria dell'Incisione in Brescia. One more reason to thank
the gallery's owner and curator Chiara Padova for sending me the catalogue
and these pics to enjoy and share with you!
The talented Italian artist Felice Tosalli (1883-1958) was among the many artists
who turned their interest to animal themes during the late 19th and early 20th century.
He was born in Valsesia, an Alpine valley that was also the birthplace of my paternal grandfather,
and learned to master his father's woodworking craft as an apprentice in his workshop.
After completing his studies in Turin, in 1903 Tosalli moved to Paris and found employment
to observe and sketch the captive animals. His precise and careful study of animal bodies and gestures
is obviously the source of the elegant drawings and preparatory sketches on show at the gallery,
and of the wonderfully lifelike poses of his sculptures.
In 1907 Tosalli went back to Turin, where he worked as a movie poster artist
and as a lithographer and illustrator at Fratelli Doyen. He also began to participate
in art exhibitions and receive commissions, mostly in the field of wooden sculpture.
In the late 1920's Tosalli began to produce a series of limited edition animal figurines
in ceramic for the famous Italian company Lenci, and later for Rosenthal and C.
These small works are still much appreciated by collectors for their refinement,
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Fat, the kind we carry around, is big news of late. A study of the astronomical price of obesity-related chronic illnesses just published in the journal Health Affairs has been focusing attention on the public costs of personal decisions and injecting obesity into the debate over healthcare reform.
The Washington Post’s Ezra Klein frames the urgency of the issue thusly:
“If trends continue, health-care costs will chew up 100 percent of the gross domestic product by the end of the century. And estimates suggest that half to two-thirds of that growth is coming from chronic diseases related to diet. We’re eating our way through the national budget.“
In other words, inaction is something we as a nation can no longer afford. But what is to be done? What will it take for us to eat less? That is the subject of another report making rounds. That study, from Urban Institute, suggests that obesity poses a public health crisis of such severity that it’s now time for some tough love:
Such ‘interventions’ would include tough labeling laws, tax subsidies to encourage fruit and vegetable consumption, and stiff excise or sales taxes on fattening foods. All of which would generate hundreds of billions of dollars in revenue, enough to pay for a whole lot of healthcare. And all of which, unfortunately, sounds more than a little pie-in-the-sky (if you will), considering the enormous political obstacles to enacting such measures.
Furthermore, if Slate’s Daniel Engber is right, the tough love prescribed by the Urban Institute is crippled by a false premise: that the fat are more of a drain on the public coffers than the rest of us. If anything, Engber argues, they save us money by sparing us the cost of all the expensive illnesses we suffer in our golden years:
“While it’s true that someone who’s grossly overweight might rack up bills for obesity-related ailments like diabetes and hypertension, those added costs would be more than offset by his shorter lifespan.”
Morbid stuff. You can follow this argument a little further here.
Policy aside, one can’t help but wonder how we got here in the first place. How, in a mere 30 years, has the average weight of an American male has grown by 17 lbs and an American female by 19 lbs? What’s changed? A spate of recent books surveyed in a must-read New Yorker article tackle just this question. Explanations range from the economic–fattening foods have become a lot cheaper–to the evolutionary-biological–we’re hard-wired to pursue the maximum calories with the minimum of effort–to the neuroscientific-corporate conspiratorial–companies have reformulated processed foods to exploit this hard-wiring.
Interestingly, as fat is demonized in Washington policy circles, ‘fat acceptance’–bolstered by recent medical studies suggesting that overweight is (contra Engber) actually ‘a protective against mortality’–may be making inroads into popular culture, according to a recent NYTimes article. Who knows, perhaps Lifetime’s plus-size heroine in “Drop Dead Diva” and Fox’s new reality show “More to Love” represent the shape of things to come. If so, it’s unlikely to faze Food Network viewers, who’ve known all along that beauty comes in all sizes.
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The promise and peril of universal health care
journal contributionposted on 26.11.2018, 22:22 authored by David E. Bloom, Khoury, Alexander, Ramnath Subbaraman
Universal health care (UHC) is garnering growing support throughout the world, a reflection of social and economic progress and of the recognition that population health is both an indicator and an instrument of national development. Substantial human and financial resources will be required to achieve UHC in any of the various ways it has been conceived and defined. Progress toward achieving UHC will be aided by new technologies, a willingness to shift medical tasks from highly trained to appropriately well-trained personnel, a judicious balance between the quantity and quality of health care services, and resource allocation decisions that acknowledge the important role of public health interventions and nonmedical influences on population health. | <urn:uuid:28fa31d1-57fc-4d05-ac50-13b880e5198d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://hra.figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Promise_and_peril_of_UHC_-_Science_2018_pdf/7384997/2 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570793.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808092125-20220808122125-00677.warc.gz | en | 0.924932 | 172 | 2.140625 | 2 |
Understanding that we are inseparable from God is a trustworthy remedy when we need immediate help. The Bible is full of accounts and prayers that teach us of God’s constant presence, and of His dauntless love and power to overcome evil with good—as we read in Psalm 139: “Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence? If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.
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There are reasons why people chose alternative medicine and reasons why they avoid it, preferring conventional medicine. Treatments like homeopathy, and other interventions such as yoga, rhythmic breathing exercises, meditation, relaxation, and chanting techniques other complementary treatment, many of which have significantly reduced stress-induced psychological disorders.
7. Alternative medicine recognizes that physical symptoms only develop when you ignore the mental and emotional signs and symptoms. In complementary medical treatment, medical professors allow alternative practices as long as they do not harm the patient. People use many substances as part of alternative treatment to bring down their weight and thus indirectly control diabetes.
The Alternative Medicine Foundation is a nonprofit organization that provides consumers and professionals with responsible, evidence-based information on the integration of alternative and conventional medicine. The faith in alternative medicine is rising very steeply and it is estimated that as much as 50% of the American people are using some form of alternative treatment.
When an alternative medicine therapy is used in addition to – not instead of – conventional therapy, it’s called complementary. The term “scientific medicine” which is also called modern medicine, conventional or Western medicine refers to methods of medical treatment based purely or largely on science.
The long battle between alternative medicine and scientific medicine appears to be over with the appearance of complementary medicine. Limonene: A compound found in citrus fruits, has demonstrated apoptotic effects in liver cancer cells in vitro. So many people are becoming interested in how holistic healing works as an alternative to prescribed drugs, many of which treat symptoms rather than deal with the underlying causes of disease.
The spread of complementary medicine is creating many opportunities for alternative healthcare professionals. Magnetic therapy is an alternative medicine practice that is based on the proposition that magnets have healing properties. But the conflict has prevented people from exercising alternative medical treatments.
This means that there will be growing opportunities for conventional and alternatives healthcare workers. Traditional medicine, as we commonly know, includes modern health science, medical technology, surgery, and associated practices. For example, a systematic review found that about 31% of cancer patients to replace conventional medical practices in some form of alternative therapy and complementary medical approaches.
Probably in the medical field nothing is as controversial as alternative therapies and medicine in general. 6. Alternative medicine recognizes the true nature of disease and sickness. People might abuse of natural medicines the same way as they do it in the case of synthetic drugs. Today doctors and other health professionals are taught to respect their patients and their opinions.
Chiropody, naturopathy, homeopathy, ayurveda, acupuncture, etc., are all examples of some popular alternative medicine treatment systems. Aromatherapy is a branch of alternative medicine, that involves the use of essential oils to improve one’s emotional and physical health.
Many practitioners of conventional medicine also recognize the healing potential of some alternative practices. They have the misconception that if unconventional medicine consists of herbal products which are natural, then there is no harm done if they triple the dosage or more.
Homeopathy is an alternative medicine system pioneered and developed by a German physician, Samuel Hahnemann, around the end of the 18th century. For lots of people, yoga is regarded as a sacred practice that calms the nerves and balances the body, mind, and spirit. An advantage of using herbal remedies concerns the effectiveness related with chronic health issues that don’t respond well or even at all to traditional medicines.
There are many different types of alternative medicine available today and there is an ever-growing interest in everything from a homeopathic remedy for arthritis to finding qualified complementary alternative medical practitioners in a particular area.
Alternative medicine is any practice that is outside of normal Western medicine. Alternative medicine has also seen the diversification of the medical framework. It is a form of alternative medicine and relies on the aforementioned techniques as well as the intake of herbs to treat various health conditions. Herbal medicine, also called Herbalism, is a traditional medicine practice that uses herbs for bringing about therapeutic effects.
This is the United States, alternative medicine is usually taught in medical schools and not generally in U.S. hospitals. Lyme doctors in the U.S. who treat their patients with anything outside of conventional treatments, like Cat’s Claw, run the risk of government investigation and losing the right to practice medicine.
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A father has been nominated from fundraising platform JustGiving after hauling a 19-stone anvil to the highest peak on the Isle on Arran to raise funds for type 1 diabetes research.
Davy Ballantyne decided to undertake the challenge after his daughter Roisin was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes to prove to her that she was not alone with her struggle.
It took him 24 days to complete the ascent to the top of Goatfell - 874m above sea level - with the anvil, returning each day to pick up where he left off.
Adding to the challenge, Davy wore a traditional kilt as he scaled the mountain.
The JustGiving Awards celebrate individual fundraisers, teams and charities who have used the fundraising platform over the past year and Davy has been nominated in the Endurance Fundraiser of the Year category for his achievement.
He has so far raised more than five times his original goal to support JDRF, the type 1 diabetes charity.
JDRF exists to find a cure for type 1 diabetes and its complications and funds research across Scotland and the rest of the world.
JDRF’s figurehead in Scotland, Peter Jones, said: “It is impossible not to be impressed by the feat of endurance that Davy undertook in support of his daughter.
“We are immeasurably grateful to him for raising over £15,000, which will support our research projects across the country.
“Scotland has the third highest incidence of type 1 diabetes in the world but with every research project funded we are another step closer to finding a cure for families like Davy’s.”
Davy said: “It is a privilege to be nominated for Endurance Fundraiser of the Year.
“This challenge was about showing people the struggle people with type 1 diabetes go through every day and this nomination also reflects their endurance.
“Thank you to everyone who donated and continues to support Roisin and our family, as well as the goal of curing type 1 diabetes.”
The winners will be revealed by JustGiving on 22 November.
JDRF exists to find the cure for type 1 diabetes and its complications, and is the world’s leading type 1 diabetes research charity.
At a global level, JDRF volunteers and staff have been responsible for raising over £1 billion to support type 1 diabetes research, since the charity’s inception.
In Scotland, JDRF has committed £3.9m to research projects at Strathclyde and Edinburgh University.
Type 1 diabetes is a condition that has a life-long impact on those diagnosed with it and their families. JDRF exists to find the cure for type 1 diabetes.
It is an autoimmune condition that cannot be prevented, and is not linked to lifestyle factors
People with type 1 diabetes rely on multiple insulin injections or pump infusions every day just to stay alive, until a cure is found. It normally strikes children and stays with them for the rest of their lives.
Type 1 diabetes affects about 400,000 people in the UK, 29,000 of them children.
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Kraiburg has developed the Thermolast M line of TPEs for use in a variety of medical products.
It seems only natural that a German supplier of thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs) would serve the automobile industry. But when Kraiburg TPE Corp. (Duluth, GA) diversified into the personal care industry, lending its TPEs to razor components and toothbrushes, it paved the way for a host of new opportunities. Because some such applications require FDA-approved materials, Kraiburg identified the potentially lucrative medical device industry as a natural next step for the business. Now, with its new medical TPE series, Kraiburg is making the leap from razors to respiratory masks in an effort to make the cut in the medical device market.
Long before razors and respiratory masks, however, Kraiburg was founded as a manufacturer of rubber compounds in 1940s Germany, focusing on traditional thermoset rubbers following World War II. After enjoying several decades of steady work, the company set the wheels of change in motion by launching a TPE business in the 1980s, specializing in styrenic TPEs. With this new initiative, Kraiburg began to diversify not just industry markets served, but also geographic markets. On the heels of opening up to a broader European client base, the company forged a sales relationship with the U.S. market in 1999, produced materials in its Georgia plant beginning in 2002, and recently opened the doors to a facility in Asia.
With a foot in the U.S. market and its eye on the medical device industry, Kraiburg will be exhibiting at MD&M West this year for the first time. “We’ve decided to use MD&M West as a launching pad for our effort in the medical market,” notes Jeff Frankish, managing director for the Americas of Kraiburg TPE. The company’s primary objective at the show will be to promote Thermolast M, its newly launched family of TPEs optimized for use in medical products.
“[The materials] are still based on the styrenic TPE technology that we’ve historically been developing and focusing on; but, what we’ve done differently with this particular family of products, is that all of the compounds we’ve developed are geared more toward overmolding applications,” Frankish says. “All of the compounds we’ve developed for this portfolio are tested and listed in [FDA’s] Drug Master File, so we have some certification process in place,” he adds.
Boasting quality initiatives such as USP Class VI compliance and ISO 10993 certification, the Thermolast M materials also are designed with the advantages of being sterilizable, highly elastic, and free of latex and PVC. Suitable for overmolding or injection molding operations, the family of products can be employed in a variety of medical applications, including facemasks, packaging, drip chambers, and components such as sealers, stoppers, connectors, and gaskets.
“Our target with these materials is to try and displace some of the more-traditional medical or silicone rubber materials used,” Frankish comments. He points out that thermoplastics processing typically has faster cycle times than a traditional thermoset, and often eliminates the need for various secondary operations, such as trimming flash off of parts or curing materials.
In addition, Kraiburg’s Thermolast M materials are manufactured on a dedicated compounding line in the company’s German facility. The materials are also supported in another unique way: Kraiburg has agreements with its raw materials suppliers to ensure safety and consistency for medical device OEMs. “We have an obligation as we work with some of the major medical and pharmaceutical companies, and if we are notified by a raw materials supplier that we need to discontinue raw materials or change, they’re committed to us to deliver at least 24 months of stability in terms of delivering the same raw material until we have an opportunity to qualify an alternative raw material,” Frankish explains. “So, that provides a unique service and safety package for OEMs.”
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The development of portable video cameras, offering moving pictures, synchronized sound and full color at reasonable cost, makes it possible to vividly document travel experiences anywhere in the world.
As with any new technology, we are faced with a multitude of complex choices and brands, as well as the need to learn new skills. But the creative potential of video recording is exciting and well worth the effort.
The potential television producer must start by making a choice between two video cassette recording formats: Beta (as in Betamax, the recorder for which the format was developed by Sony) and VHS (Video Home System). Both use half-inch-wide videotape, but the formats are incompatible.
The VHS system is more widely used in the United States because VHS cassettes offer longer recording and playback times than Beta cassettes. But Beta offers superior image quality, due in part to a faster tape speed and the design of the recording head. By allowing more images to be made per second, a higher quality image is created by the fast-moving Beta tape.
Both formats, however, provide a crisp, clear picture on the screen when the equipment is properly adjusted. So in making the choice, one should also study the comparative costs, features and consumer reports on VCRs and cameras in both formats.
Video cameras can be attached to most home VCRs, but our concern is with the portable camera and recording deck for travelers.
These are powered by rechargeable nickel cadmium batteries, which will run most recording decks for more than an hour on one charge. It is wise for travelers going abroad to pick a model with a recharger that can also use 220 volts.
Some models offer a separate camera connected by a power cord to the deck, which can be carried over the shoulder on a strap. But new units that combine deck and camera in one compact unit known as a camcorder are gaining popularity.
The camcorder is certainly the more convenient portable for the traveler, and all the popular brands offer the option of automatic exposure and auto-focus.
A video camera is operated much like a home movie camera, but it is much more versatile in terms of sensitivity to light, recording time and sound synchronization. Another advantage is that videotape, unlike film, can be used over and over again.
Let`s take a look at two popular camcorders, a Beta and a VHS, that use the standard half-inch videotape, and compare their features:
-- Betamovie BMC-550K: The latest model of the Betamovie compact camcorder has been almost totally redesigned and offers the options of high frequency recording and playback for the new Super-Beta decks or low frequency recording and playback on regular Beta decks. Super Beta VCRs, which have just come on the market, offer an approximately 20 percent improvement in image quality over an already superior image.
The major disadvantage is that the Betamovie camcorder does not have an electronic playback through the viewfinder for instant replay of what you have recorded while on a trip. One of the innovative features of this new model is its CCD semiconductor chip, which improves color quality and eliminates image lag and tube burn from bright sources of light such as the sun.
The BMC-550K has an infrared beam auto-focus system and automatic exposure. It can record up to 3 hours and 20 minutes on a standard Beta cassette. It weighs 5 lbs., 8 oz. and is extremely well balanced, making possible one-hand operation from the shoulder. Another new feature is its date-time digital display, which can be recorded on the tape by depressing a button. The retail price for this most recent model of Betamovie is $1,367.
-- JVC Camcorder GRC1U: The major advantage of this innovative VHS camcorder is its instant playback capability through the electronic viewfinder. This feature allows you to review a scene immediately after shooting and, if what you see is not satisfactory, you can rerecord it. The advantage may be offset by the image quality, inferior to that of Super Beta, and by the 20-minute limit of the JVC`s non-standard videocassette. The cassette, however, can be used in a regular VHS recorder with an adapter. The JVC also has a macro focusing position for close-ups.
With that one exception, the JVC has the same features offered on the Betamovie, such as auto-focus and automatic exposure. It is a bit lighter and retails for $1,600.
The new 16-mm. videotape format should be mentioned, but it cannot really be compared to the half-inch format. This cassette, about the size of an audio cassette, is used by Polaroid, Kodak and Sony in compact camcorders, which can be connected to a television set for playback. General Electric and Canon will soon have their own versions on the market.
The 16-mm. camcorder was developed to provide a lighter, more compact unit, and it appeals strictly to the amateur market. One might expect these smaller units to be less expensive, but in general the prices are in the same range as the half-inch camcorders.
This is but a very basic introduction to the technical side of home video, and we have compared only two top-of-the-line camcorders. The consumer should keep in mind that other portables also are available with a wide range of features and prices. If you now own a VCR, whether a Beta or a VHS, it will be to your advantage to stick with the system you already have.
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When at last the guns were silent,
In the graves where children lay
The crying passed away,
And the dead had stopped their weeping,
Little children sleeping
While the night turned into day.
Then I saw that the wheat was golden
On the vast and rolling plain,
And I heard the people singing,
A thousand bells were ringing,
Yet the little children sleeping,
Forgotten of their weeping,
Stirred not, though the wind blew sweetly.
They went to sleep with a lullaby;
Go to sleep, my baby child,
Close your little eyes,
Your eyes so wide and clear and round,
And see no burning gasoline,
The gentle, jellied gasoline
That burns with a flame so pure and serene,
That the scorched bone stands out white and clean,
And hear no sound
Of bursting bombs that fall around,
And tear the flesh and rend the ground,
And hear no sound
Of screaming pain,
From the guts of a man gone half insane,
But close your eyes, my baby child.
And how does it sound in Korean,
The land where we hold a lien
On every inch of blasted soil
And every hour of human toil
And every cup of fresh-wept tears
And every hour of awful fears,
A language expressive, I have no doubt,
Expressive the whisper, symphonic the shout
Of screaming pain
From the guts of a man gone half insane?
Die gently, little children,
And dry your frightened tears,
And have no fears,
You are rescued from oppression,
And the "free world" from depression,
And all the bits of brain and bone,
The wail of pain, the anguished moan,
The stink of burning human flesh,
Lacerations bleeding fresh,
Are nothing, you see,
Since they make you free.
When was a lullaby like this composed before
By men who came from a foreign shore,
And when will the memory go away
From the scorched earth where the children lay?
VERNON BLAKE, RIFLEMAN:
My age reads, as long as the wood lasts,
twenty-three, and read my name,
I, Vernon Blake, who died in action
from a sniper's bullet-and rests in peace,
or less than peace perhaps, in Korean soil.
And fortunate perhaps, for only one question
twists a little with the maggots.
You see, the American way of life
was all at one with me, ten generations on each side
all from this soil, and the house I lived in,
Chester, Vermont, white clapboard,
and easy with all those generations.
I ate, drank and slept and played,
studied a little, grew strong and tall and proud;
I saw it when my mother looked at me,
and my father's eyes were full of pride,
and I wrote to him, "I make a good soldier,
and all those days we tramped the fields
and brush together were not wasted-"
We went for rabbit and squirrel, and once a long shot
at a deer. How my mother loved us both!
"Two men," she said, "the Bible notwithstanding,
my own prescription for a happy home."
And I fought her when she wanted my college diploma,
framed in the livingroom-why didn't she
have four children, tall and strong and proud like me?
I would have answered her question eventually,
for I had no doubts and no questions.
It was in her that the doubts grew, like a cancer,
"Why, why, why, why? Why are you there, my son,
and not with me?" I would have framed the answer,
given time, framed it proudly for her to hang on the wall-
for there must be an answer
HARRY MORGAN, MACHINE GUNNER:
My old man never had much sense,
working on an assembly line all his life,
the candle burned at both ends, squeezed in the middle,
and always yapping of the pride of class
a worker has. "What future where the world is yours?"
I'd ask him. "You got only a past, old man,
and the smart money goes to the smart fingers.
Get smart, old man, get smart.
I'll take a buck and you-you keep your commie line."
He could have said a lot of things,
and talked of damn young punks,
but it wasn't easy for him to put in words
the things he felt, and the one letter he sent,
I never answered. "Only remember," he wrote,
"the men you fight are your brothers,
working with their own hands, as I work with mine,
and you with yours." Where are my hands,
old man? Both of them blown off by a mortar shell,
and me looking at the stumps as I bled to death.
ARTHUR DEMBROWSKI, CHEMICAL WARFARE:
Dug up quickly, you would see,
snub nose, sandy hair and a broad face;
we never like what we see in our own mirror,
and I only started shaving three months before the service.
A girl would like or not like that face,
making a better judgment than mine-
but even love was postponed, this crazy kid
making a pal of a three year old, my brother,
sixteen years between him and me,
me the child of my mother's youth,
and he of her last bearing time.
The way it was, I never loved anything
the way I loved that kid,
and we were better friends than most brothers.
With his little fat hand in mine,
we'd walk on my furloughs, and they'd say,
"There's Dembrowski and his buddy."
I was a flame thrower, and out of one burning house,
crawled a Korean child, blistered and singed
all over his skin. I picked him up
and cradled him in my arms, talking to him
when a bullet blew off the back of my head.
AL CARLTON, MEDIC:
When I crawled up to a Korean wounded
to heal him, and got a bullet in my gut,
I hated for the first time in nine months,
dying wastefully and painfully, whimpering,
"Oh Jesus-what a lousy way!"
And he, with one arm torn off,
lay watching me and whispered,
"Hey, Yank-what for you come here?
Go home. Go home." And then we bled together,
blood mixing with blood,
and the last thing I thought of
was blood brothers, and then I died
by the side of the man who killed me.
GERALD CARTWHEEL, TANKMAN:
The day my tank rolled through a village,
flattening those flimsy houses,
I saw a woman caught under a beam,
screaming as the tank rolled over-
on that day, I wrote to my congressman,
my free and democratic right,
"Was I sent here to do this kind of thing,
or tell me why, or have I no right to know,
or do you know?" I sought no easy answer,
knowing-as others don't-
that things are not all black and white.
Others ribbed me, scoffed, and said,
"Tell it to the chaplain, bub."
I wonder what the answer would have been,
and whether I would have felt at ease,
cooking in a burning tank
and screaming for my mother.
AARON KLEIN, RIFLEMAN:
I did what I did, and followed orders through,
and died with one hundred and sixteen men,
all together, brave men who fought and died,
and left a wife and child, and a mother
who will die too, this being too much pain
for her to take and live with,
and I was brave, and asked no questions,
and never asked to know what I,
a Jew and kin to those six million
whom Hitler slew, was doing here, in this strange land,
making a desert and a graveyard
of a sunny place where people lived and worked-
and never asked what good dead children did
in freedom's struggle. And if I thought,
am I or the man across the ridge and facing me,
fighting freedom's fight? I never changed
the thought to words or deeds-
then why do I rest so poorly,
in this strange soil?
JAMSIE ANDERSON, QUARTERMASTERS:
I used to laugh and say,
"I got no future, but lots of past."
Well, take my past and put it you know where,
all of it, cleaning toilets and shining shoes-
not like them that sat and sighed
for a glass of beer at five o'clock,
just that to walk on them soft heaven clouds.
That ain't no heaven for me,
promoted to driving a half-track through Korean mud;
and then they'd say, "You're turning evil, Jamsie,
evil as all hell." Oh, no, never, not no evil
in me now, but just a little plain damned common sense.
"Then keep it to yourself," they said. "Black man's
got no business talking common sense."
But never was a man could take his common sense
and force it to behave, and mine kept plaguing me.
Oh, what a lot of questions I could ask
of them strange men who blew me all apart.
Not white men, boss men,
no southern accent there,
but colored men like me,
with eyes as full of pain-
lifted me tenderly,
and buried me in Korean soil. I'd ask them calm and gentle,
not evil, but just with common sense.
A SONG OF PEACE
I closed my eyes in darkness
and opened them in light,
and over the world,
like a flag unfurled,
was a sweet sound and a holy sight.
A dove spread wings of magic;
its shadow was golden and broad,
and the people of earth,
in a passion of birth,
had shattered an ancient sword.
Oh, why is my country hated
and made such a thing of scorn,
this fruitful place
with its varied race,
this land where I was born?
And why is my country darkened,
when the rest of the world is light,
and cloaked in fear
of things once dear,
and weak in its frightful might?
And why are the people silent,
and where is the ancient song
that mankind found
was freedom's sound,
to shatter injustice and wrong?
We'll not have our country hated!
Our country is strong and grand.
Oh, be not dismayed
by those who betrayed
the heritage of our land.
If a song can be made so simple,
if a word can become a creed,
then the sound of peace
will gently increase,
like the harvest from the seed.
Ask not why the land is silent;
let the people measure their toil,
and the human race
will share its grace
with the lonely folk of our soil.
Its grace is new and holy,
and peace is the dream of the world,
and the people of earth
in a passion of birth
will see their banner unfurled.
The banner is pure and sacred,
enough of the swine who destroy!
Enough of the night,
the world is bright-
and the future is filled with-joy.
Our cup is running over
with the graft and the lies and the hate,
and the renegade
is too well paid
with our broken dreams and our children's fate.
We'll open our eyes in the darkness,
and boldly look to the light,
and call to our side
with earnest pride
our people who dwell in the night.
And they'll see the dove so holy,
so pure and wide of wing,
wide as the earth
in its passion of birth-
with a joyful song to sing.
And the lilt will be made so simple,
and the word will become a creed,
and the song of peace
will gently increase,
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Needle Roller Bearings Information
Needle roller bearings utilize small, cylindrical rollers, referred to as needle rollers, to reduce friction between moving components. The needle rollers are the load-carrying components of the needle roller bearing. They are located between two races, between a single race and a shaft, or between a shaft and a housing, depending on the design of the bearing.
The rolling elements of a needle roller bearing have a large load-bearing surface, but a small diameter. Specifically, Mark's Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers defines needle roller bearings as, "a roller bearing with rollers whose length[s] are at least four times their diameter." The surface area of the rollers and the high number of rolling, load-bearing elements provide needle roller bearings with exceptional load capacity and stiffness.
Most radial needle roller bearings are designed to accommodate axial-oriented forces more than 5% of the radial load. Those which are used in radial applications have rollers that are parallel to the shaft. Thrust bearings, those meant for axial loads, contain rollers with axes that are perpendicular to the shaft and from which they extend radially.
All needle roller bearings require some type of lubricant to help dissipate heat and reduce friction. The amount of friction is resultant from the load carried, the type and size of the needle roller bearing, the speed at which the bearing rotates, and the characteristics of the lubricant used. Needle roller bearings, especially those with outer rings made of high-strength steels, can also suppress shock and vibration.
The following video shows the construction of drawn cup and stampled cage needle roller bearings.
Video credit: std contact via YouTube
Optimal needle roller bearing implementation depends on several factors.
Needle roller bearings are designed to operate under a minimum load. Not meeting this quota may damage raceways from low roller inertia. Furthermore, needle roller bearings are typically not suitable for static loads. Such loads can damage roller elements. This includes applications in which the bearing rotates at less than 10 rpm, has slow oscillations, or may experience points of rest.
Operating temperature is the temperature range in which the bearing may be used. In low-temperature environments, the lubricant viscosity will increase, necessitating a higher minimum load.
Reference speed is the rotational speed at which the heat dissipated and created is at equilibrium.
Limiting speed is the highest RPM at which the bearing is designed to operate. This is determined by: the strength of the bearing cage, quality of lubrication, the centrifugal and gyratory forces, the precision with which the bearing was manufactured, and the characteristics of the lubricant.
Needle roller bearings are under constant compressive forces which eventually cause flaking, no matter how well the bearing is maintained. Bearing life is typically estimated as the number of rotations experienced before operation is compromised. Before determining a needle roller bearing's expected useful duration, it's basic load rating must first be calculated.
Basic dynamic load rating
Radial needle roller bearings
Thrust needle roller bearings
Cr, Ca: basic dynamic load rating
i: number of roller rows
α: nominal contact angle
Z: number of rolling elements per row
Dw: roller diameter
Lwe: effective roller length
bm: rating factor depending on normal material and manufacture quality
fc, fca: coefficients determined by contact surface shape between roller and bearing ring,
processing accuracy, and bearing material
|Radial needle roller bearings||Thrust needle roller bearings|
L: rating fatigue life (106-revolution unit)
P: bearing load
Cr, Ca: basic dynamic load rating
Types of Needle Roller Bearings
There are several types of bearings with needle-shaped rolling elements.
|Drawn cup needle roller bearings are the most common type of needle roller bearing. These have a deep but thin-walled outer ring which is drawn from sheet metal. The bore is commonly left open, but can also be capped on one side. They are intended to fit over a shaft. Smoother operation is experienced without an inner ring. There are three main types of drawn cup needle bearings, drawn cup with a cage and open ends, drawn cup with a cage and one closed end, and full complement bearings with open ends.||
|Roller and cage assemblies consist of needle rollers contained by a cage or retainer. They do not have any bearing rings and are assembled between a shaft and housing. They have high load-carrying capacity in a small work envelope.||
|Needle roller bearings with machined rings are used for higher load-carrying applications. There are two main types of needle roller bearings with machined rings - needle roller bearings without inner rings, and needle roller bearing with inner rings. Needle roller bearings without an inner ring are used with hardened and ground shafts, which allows for use of a larger shaft, offering increased stiffness. Needle roller bearings with inner rings are used in applications where a hardened, ground shaft is not possible or feasible.||
|Most types of needle roller bearings include and single set of rollers within a cage. However, by placing two sets of rollers adjacently within the bearing, the radial load capacity increases significantly. In this configuration, the ability of the needle roller bearing to sustain even minimal axial loads is compromised, as the bearing cages will generate excessive friction. Roller gauges and cage tolerances for double row bearings must be equivalent.|
|Drawn cup roller clutches have a thin-walled, drawn outer ring and are designed to transmit torque in one direction, and be free-running in the opposite direction.||
|Alignment needle roller bearings have an outside raceway that is separated from the outer ring, which acts as a sleeve. This raceway features a concave external profile which fits into the sleeve with plastic rings. The result is a roller bearing which can compensate for minimal, static misalignment of the shaft.|
Thrust needle roller bearings are used in applications where the load is sustain axially, not radially. The rollers have axes which are perpendicular to the shaft of the bearing's bore. These types of bearings are acceptable for heavy axial and shock loads. If the associated machine components can be utilized as raceways, this type of bearing will take up no more space than a thrust washer. If not, then a thrust washer must be installed on the machinery.
Components of Needle Roller Bearings
As noted above, there are many different design types of needle roller bearings. Some may just contain a series of rollers in a cage.
Needle rollers are the load-carrying component of the bearing, and are the one common component of all needle roller bearing types. These allow the outer and inner rings to rotate almost friction-free. They are most frequently manufactured from a steel alloy.
Raceways (if present) serve to guide the rollers within the bearing. While the inner and outer rings are designed to fit closely, a necessary minimal amount of clearance is required to account for thermal expansion and other variances. These items are commonly manufactured from carbon chromium steel or other alloys to improve hardness, fatigue resistance, and dimensional stability.
Bearing cages separate rollers to keep the load evenly distributed around the bearing. They also reduce bearing noise, improve rolling conditions, and prevent sliding. Additionally, they contain rollers within a single assembly. Steel is the most commonly used cage material in needle roller bearings. Plastic cages can be used where operating conditions permit. Lubrication and surface treatments can reduce the amount of heat generated from friction. Some drawn cup needle roller bearings are designed without a cage, and contain a full complement of needle rollers. Full complement bearings combine maximum load carrying capacity with the low cost of a drawn cup bearing. An inward turned lip is used to retain the rollers in the bearing ring in this design. Testing has established the following coefficient of friction values for caged and full complement bearing designs:
caged needle roller bearing: 15 • 10-4
full complement needle roller bearings: 25 • 10-4
Where the coefficient of friction is defined by:
coefficient of friction = (torque to turn bearing)/(load on bearing • bearing pitch radius)
Seals (if present) isolate the rollers, cage, and lubricant from contaminants and moisture in harsh environments. Seals must be able to withstand the oxidation, heat, and chemicals to which the bearing may be exposed. Sealed bearings will often supply an inner ring access hole in the outer ring, so the bearing can be relubricated. Seals are highly reliable when friction between the seal and bearing or shaft is kept to a minimum. Additional surface treatments or lubrication can be used to reduce this friction. Bearings with integral seals are limited to relatively low rotational speeds compared to open bearings. Seals are commonly made of acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber, polyurethane, or fluororubber.
Lubrication (not pictured above) is required for all needle roller bearings. Annular grooves and a lubrication hole are may be incorporated into the outer ring of most heavy-duty, machined needle roller bearings raceways to help the lubricant proliferate the circumference of the bearing.
Synthetic oils are most common for quality bearings. Mineral oils are appropriate for high-speed use. Synthetic oils are good for moderate to high speeds. Petroleum exhibits good lubrication under heavy-load/high-speed conditions. Silicone oils offer good heat resistance and do not corrode rubber, but are more appropriate for low speeds. Oils can be dripped, centrifuged, or impregnated into bearings.
Greases are best for moderate to high rotation speeds. Typically, the high-speed torque of a greased bearing is lower than an oiled bearing, but the opposite is true at lower speeds. These are usually applied via grease pack, but grease plating is also available. Silicone greases offer good heat resistance and do not corrode rubber, but are best for low to moderate speed applications.
Dry films should only be used where 'wet' lubricants will prove unsuitable or will accumulate large amounts of dirt. Dry films are difficult to apply and produce wear flakes as the bearing rotates, possibly obstructing bearing operation. Non-contact seals rely on the gap control between rotating and non-rotating components. The gap can be positioned radially, axially, or a combination of the two. Greases may be placed within this gap to reduce contaminant permeability. Since there is no contact between components, there is no friction which must be accounted for in the seal's implementation. Non-contact seals are preferred for high RPMs. The most common type of non-contact seal is a labyrinth seal, and many on these seals are constructed of steel or another rigid metal.
Needle Roller Bearing Standards
The accompanying standards may be helpful when considering needle roller bearings. An extensive variety of needle roller bearing standards are available from the IHS Global Standards Store.
- ASTM F2162 - Standard Specification for Bearing, Roller, Needle: Drawn Outer Ring, Full Complement, Without Inner Ring, Open and Closed End, Standard Type
- ASTM F2163 - Standard Specification for Ring, Bearing, Inner: for Needle Roller Bearing With Drawn Outer Ring
- ISO 281 - Rolling bearings - Dynamic load ratings and rating life
- ISO 3031 - Roller Bearings - Thrust Needle Roller and Cage Assemblies, Thrust Washers - Boundary Dimensions and Tolerances
- ISO 3096 - Rolling Bearings - Needle Rollers - dimensions and tolerances
Needle Roller Bearings Applications
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Everytime I talk to someone about game programming they always say "just do it". So "just doing it I am". However, I was wondering if I could get a slight bit of feedback on my current idea. I'm going to keep pursuing it until I hit a brick wall for educational purposes but I was curious how common this kind of structure in a game is.
I was recently reading a book that brought up the concept of a 'system'. Systems have inputs, outputs, feedback mechanisms, etc. It occured to me that all game engines are just a series of systems (and the award for over-simplification of the year goes to...!).
My current structure simply involves all game parts (input manager, rendering engine, networking) inheriting from an interface ISystem. This makes all systems completely isolated from each other.
Systems can also contain subsystems. If the game itself is a system then it can contain a input manager system, a rendering system, and so on.
The way I've defined the interface means that systems can communicate via a message passing interface. Messages derived from an IMessage interface and carry their type with them so that certain systems can receive specific information. I've previously looked at DOOM-3's source in brief and after reading 'All Signs Point to "No-No"' here (http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/132500/dirty_coding_tricks.php?page=2) I figured this was a better idea than enforcing simple packing.
Systems keep an output-restricted deque to allow important messages to skip to the front of the message handling process.
This is my first real project and I was really wondering what someone with actual experience thought of this idea. Have I been paying attention to everything I've been reading in books/online or have I missed the point entire and should probably be shot.
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Transitioning from the military into civilian life isn't always easy. Despite the fact that you come from the same country and speak the same language, the culture of the civilian working world is radically different from the U.S. military. Both have different hierarchies, practices and industry-specific languages. Making a successful transition means learning a new set of skills to adapt to civilian workforce culture. Business Insider provided a list of the top nine obstacles transitioning veterans usually face, and we've touched on each of them for you below:
1. You don't see the transition from the military as starting over professionaly. When you first joined the military, how much did you know about it? Maybe a few basic concepts from books or what you heard from friends and family, but not much else. It took months of training and acclimating to fully integrate, and years to move up the ranks. Every step of the way brought new lessons and new ways of doing things.
The working world is no different. No matter what you did in the military, no matter how competent you are with the core skills necessary to do the job you want, it takes training and experience to climb the ranks. Although some may move quickly, the learning curve is unavoidable. When they join the civilian workforce, it's important that veterans realize they are, more often than not, taking a step down. Their responsibilities won't be as intense or, likely, important as they were in the military. Accepting that is imperative to maintaining a focused, realistic perspective.
2. You overestimate how unique your skills and experiences are. Years of intense experiences have shaped you in many positive ways. You should be a shoe-in for any civilian job, right? If there were far fewer people competing for the same positions, then maybe. Monster.com reported that 470,000 résumé were uploaded every week in 2012. If you compare that number to the number of job openings available, you have roughly 187 candidates, qualified or not, per job. No matter how qualified you are, you're likely competing with many others who are just as capable as you or are otherwise flooding the recruiter or hiring manager. Don't ever rely on your inherent worth – finding jobs will always require work.
3. Your résumé is too long or too short. How do you condense the depth and breadth of your work history and military experience into a single sheet of paper? According to Business Insider, you don't. The trick is to cherry-pick jobs and tasks from your work history, military experience included, that are most relevant to the job you're applying for. That means you might need to create a slew of résumés for different applications, but doing so will prove fruitful. An employer will respond more favorably to a résumé that clearly identifies what in your history suits you well to the open position rather than a laundry list of miscellaneous accomplishments.
4. You did not proofread your résumé. If your version of proofreading is scanning for all the red squiggly lines and unthinkingly making the suggested changes, you're doing it wrong. Proofreading tools that accompany word processors are powerful but limited. They won't always catch obvious spelling mistakes, they sometimes autocorrect to the wrong word, and their sense of grammar isn't as impeccable as yours should be. Take the time to honestly analyze every single sentence and scrutinize each punctuation mark. Have other people read it, read it five more times yourself, then have even more people read it; do whatever it takes, even using a professional résumé writing service, to make sure your grammar, spelling and formatting are impeccable.
5. You aren't using LinkedIn, or your profile isn't complete. The civilian working world takes LinkedIn seriously, and so should you. You don't have to be a social media expert, but creating a complete profile and remaining open to networking opportunities will serve well for any job-seeker. Some may even argue it's a necessity. A LinkedIn profile shows that you're capable of navigating modern technology and adapting to shifting business standards. Even if you don't have your sights set on working in upper management, having an easily accessible professional online profile will help you regardless of your chosen industry.
6. You aren't trying to leverage social media. A few years ago, scoffing at Myspace or Facebook wasn't an outmoded thing to do. Social media started off as an interesting way to reach out to others online, but only recently has it exploded into a nearly ubiquitous cultural phenomenon and enraptured the working world. Just as with LinkedIn, you don't have to be an expert but competency will make you a stronger candidate.
Websites like Facebook and Google+ allow you to remain in contact with individuals who may offer you a new job; even if you don't see each other face to face on a regular basis, professionals tend to remember who they like and trust when it's time to fill a position. Furthermore, Twitter isn't just for bragging about food or lamenting about "first world problems" – hiring managers and companies alike often tweet about job openings and provide information about their company, industry and other useful information.
7. You did not prepare adequately for the interview. No matter how many jokes you've heard about professionals successfully faking their way through work, the reality is that valuable employees train, prepare and make sure they're ready to accomplish a given task. Job interviews aren't to be taken lightly, and research and practice can only help you. The more you know about a company and the industries it's a part of, the more knowledgeable and prepared you'll appear during an interview. Potential employers respond well to candidates who show genuine interest, and that's proven by knowing who they are, what they do, who their competition is, what industry trends they're grappling with; the list goes on and on.
8. You wrote a lackluster thank you note. Thank you notes are simple, easy and help you stand out. After a job interview, get busy procuring and crafting your note and make sure it gets to the right people as soon as possible. Having said that, it's not enough to write: "Dear potential employer, thank you for the interview. I'm awesome. Take care, Veteran of the U.S. Military." The thank you needs to be accompanied by genuine introspection. Recall what you discussed during the interview, and mention one or two points in the thank-you note. The note itself is a mark of appreciation, but what you write is an indicator of what you learned and how much you pay attention.
9. You don't know what you want to do. If you really don't know what you want to do professionally, your job-searching forays are a poor time and place to figure it out. Candidates who lack focus aren't appealing to employers. You may not know what you want to do, but no one else will figure it out for you, especially hiring managers and recruiters. Rather than use job listings and the application process to find your path, try securing informational interviews, attending gatherings for different careers and researching online. | <urn:uuid:11510706-fdb2-4aeb-bb18-6d1543740607> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://www.legion.org/careers/220929/nine-employment-obstacles-veterans-face | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280364.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00034-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.963855 | 1,468 | 1.671875 | 2 |
I am passionate about creating unique learning experiences which create value, build community, and are often aimed at supporting adults and those outside of traditional education settings.
Here are some of my favourite adult learning initiatives that I’ve led with so many fantastic collaborators and mentors, along with additional background information, results, photos, media coverage, and notes.
Learning circles are free study groups for people who want to take online classes together and in-person.
Working with Peer 2 Peer University (P2PU) between 2017-2020, I introduced learning circles programs to public libraries through designing and facilitating in-person and online training workshops to public library systems across the world, notably in USA, Canada, Germany, and Kenya.
- Educating the Public (WISE) 08/2019
- Learning circles a hit in African Public Libraries (EIFL) 01/2019
- Libraries as learning locations “Knowledge for everyone, for free. Period” (Goethe Institut) 10/2018 German translation
- Peer-to-peer learning with Open Educational Resources: An Interview with P2PU (AACE Review) 06/2018
- Akron-Summit County Public Library
- Boston Public Library
- Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
- Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
- Chicago Public Library
- Kampala Public Library (Uganda)
- Kansas City Public Library
- Kenya National Library Service
- Los Angeles Public Library
- Toronto Public Library
- Saint Paul Public Library
- Spokane County Library District
- StadtBibliothek Köln (DE)
- Wichita Public Library
- Zentral- und Landesbibliothek Berlin (DE)
Jane’s Walks are free, locally organized walking tours, in which people get together to explore, talk about and celebrate their neighbourhoods.
As Program Manager for Jane’s Walks between 2013-2015, I designed and facilitated a train-the-trainer program for volunteer neighbourhood organizers.
Throughout my work, I initiated and coordinated partnerships and training workshops with community-based agencies with Action For Neighbourhood Change offices, Toronto Public Libraries, Toronto Community Housing Corporation, Community Health Centres, the City of Toronto, Community Development Halton, and the Greenbelt Foundation.
Skillshops are learning events where local businesses offer free lessons inside their stores.
Working with Business Improvement Associations in Toronto, I created two distinct full day events featuring free micro-lessons hosted by various local businesses.
Inspiration: While organizing Trade School Toronto, it was difficult to find class space that was storefront, accessible and near transit for free or barter. Fortunately our organizers managed to work with cafes, art galleries, and universities.
Around the winter of 2013, I started thinking about my neighbourhood in Toronto called Bloorcourt, where my local deli butcher knew so much about meat and the florist told me everything there was to know about flower arrangement. How could that knowledge be shared? In my local area too, there seemed like there were plenty of unused spaces when the businesses were closed at night or on weekends. Could this space be better used?
I sent a quick message to my local BIA (Business Improvement Area) about the idea of hosting Trade School in businesses. A couple months later in March, the BIA coordinator asked to meet. They explained that their summer festival was going to be cancelled because of on-going construction and wondered if this “street learning fair” that was I was talking about could be an alternative for them.
I went forward with the idea from here because I wanted to offer a quick alternative to the summer street festival. I love the local, unique shops of my neighbourhood and I wanted to create way to support them all.
It also had the potential to be an experiment that would prove a couple ideas that kept me up at night:
- Given the right opportunity, everyone can be teacher and everyone can learn anything from anyone at anytime
- The social exchange of learning builds relationships and increases social capital between those involved in the exchange. Lessons in this way have the potential to increase the long-term profits of local business because of the increase in social capital between customers and business owners as well as the marketing of the business classes to those within and outside of the neighbourhood.
Trade School Toronto
Trade Schools are alternative learning projects that run on a barter system. Students pay for classes with a barter items (like food, supplies or help) that the teacher requests.
- 75 classes coordinated and paid for exclusively by barter
- +600 Students have registered for classes
- Support in the creation of Trade School Vancouver and Trade School Ottawa
- Collaborations with University of Toronto, Ontario College of Art and Design University, Toronto Design Offsite Festival
- “TSTO aims to spur barter economy” – Huffington Post
- “Trade School Toronto launches this week” – Torontoist
- “The Art of Barter” – CBC Radio
- Redefining Barter for Knowledge – TorontoisAwsome
In 2005, I studied at the University of Otago in Dunedin New Zealand. At the campus recreation centre, I was amazed by all the courses that were available (wine tasting, thai cooking), who was teaching them (local experts, some non-professionals), and how cheap the courses were ($15 at the time). I realised that I had knowledge to share too and soon created my own break dancing lessons.
During my graduate degree in Adult Education and Community Development, I studied Folk High Schools and also learned about other alternative schools and retreat centres such as Tatamagouche Free School, Fall River Centre, and the Highlander Research and Education Center. I was fascinated about any schools that shared knowledge with peers and focused on building community through learning.
In July of 2012, I heard about Trade School (http://tradeschool.coop) that started in New York City, and I figured there was thirst for something like this in Toronto, Canada.
My interest in creative learning spaces paired well with the passion for promoting alternative economies from friend and fellow community organizer Elizabeth Frasier and That’s Women’s Work Art Collective. Together, we organized the first Trade School in Canada in September of 2012. Since then Trade School has emerged in Vancouver and Ottawa and 50 other cities across the world. | <urn:uuid:7eb626f2-4a3e-4957-b824-7e174d377647> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://nicokoenig.com/adult-education/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572212.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815205848-20220815235848-00468.warc.gz | en | 0.951656 | 1,371 | 1.695313 | 2 |
Study of historical conflicts finds that rising temperatures are inevitably linked to an increase in violence
By Tim Radford
Stand by for more violence. As planetary temperatures rise, so does the likelihood of murder, rape and domestic violence, as well as civil war, ethnic bloodshed and invasion, the collapse of government and even the collapse of civilisation.
Three US scientists report today that they analysed 60 studies by 190 scholars published in 26 journals of 45 different conflicts around the world, and spanning thousands of years of human history, and came to one grim, clear conclusion.
With every significant shift in temperature there was an increased risk of social or societal violence, they report in the journal Science.
The studies they analysed were drawn from climatology, archaeology, economics, political science and psychology: once they had examined the data and used a common statistical framework to look at the pattern of outcomes, they found increased temperature or extended drought as significant factors.
They found spikes of violence as the thermometer soared in India and in Australia; increased assaults in the US and in Tanzania; ethnic violence in Europe and South Asia, land invasions in Brazil, and civil conflict throughout the tropics. Temperatures even played a role in the collapse of the Chinese empire and of Mayan civilisation.
The authors specifically looked to see if there could be a link between climate and conflict, within three very different categories. These included personal violence, such as rape, assault, murder and domestic violence; intergroup violence and political instability; and institutional breakdowns such as abrupt changes in government or even the collapse of a civilisation. They found a connection in all three types of conflict.
Climate shapes societies
Conflict, they conclude, responded most consistently to temperature: of 21 studies of modern societies, all 21 showed a positive relationship between higher temperatures and raised levels of violence.
A separate research paper in Science warns that global average temperatures could increase by 2°C between 2046 and 2065, and by 4°C between 2081 and 2100.
Because a study of contemporary and historic conflict required the researchers to identify common factors in very different cultures in very different latitudes, they also had to settle on some way to make sense of the significance of temperature shifts in very different climates. They chose a statistical yardstick called a standard deviation: the difference from the normal, or average.
One standard deviation, says Marshall Burke, a co-author, of the University of California at Berkeley, would be the equivalent to a warming of a country in Africa of 0.4°C for an entire year; or the warming of a US county by 3°C for a given month. These, he says, are moderate changes, but they have a significant impact on those who have to live with such changes.
“We found that a one standard deviation shift towards hotter conditions causes the likelihood of personal violence to rise 4% and intergroup conflict to rise 14%”, he said. “Our results shed new light on how the future climate will shape human societies.”
And Edward Miguel, also of Berkeley, said: “We often think of modern society as largely independent of the environment, due to technological advances, but our findings challenge that notion.”
“…we should carefully consider whether our actions today are making our children’s world a more dangerous one…”
Quite how climate links with conflict may differ in each case: in the poorer rural countries, drought and extreme heat affect harvests and therefore food prices in the city markets; in the developed world, crowded cities and hot nights mean more opportunities for sudden flashes of violence between different communities. Circumstances vary, but the connection with temperature remains in all the cases under review.
The study was led by Solomon Hsiang at the University of Princeton, who said: “We need to understand why climate changes cause conflict so we can help societies adapt to these events and avoid the violence. At the same time, we should carefully consider whether our actions today are making our children’s world a more dangerous one.”
The researchers spell it out carefully in their paper: “Given the large potential changes in precipitation and temperature regimes projected in the coming decades, our findings have important implications for the social impact of anthropogenic climate change in both high income and low income countries.”
Noah Diffenbaugh of Stanford University in California and Chris Field of the Carnegie Institution in Washington report that they used a mix of climate models to forecast warming this century. If the emission of greenhouse gases continues according to its present trajectory, they warn in Science, the planet could be 4°C warmer by 2100.
All latitudes would be affected, but the highest temperature rises would be over land, and in the high latitudes of the northern hemisphere. This would represent change at an unprecedented rate: 10 times faster than at any time in the past 65 million years.
“The rapid global warming that occurred some 55 million years ago was as large as these warming projections, but that event occurred over many thousands of years, not a mere century”, said Dr Diffenbaugh.
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Antone Melton-Meaux, Ilhan Omar’s challenger, calls her a ‘divider’
Early in her brief tenure as a member of Congress, Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota received some advice on how not to sound like an anti-Semite. Local Jewish leaders met with the Democrat to provide a crash course in what’s so offensive about suggesting that for Jews “it’s all about the Benjamins” or that Jewish-American advocates have an “allegiance to a foreign country.”
Omar apologized and has, since then, largely avoided muttering or tweeting any alarming tropes about Jews or Israel. But a few months later, despite promising during a synagogue appearance in 2018 to oppose the boycott, disinvestment and sanctions policy aimed at crippling Israel’s economy, Omar was one of just 17 members of Congress to vote not to condemn BDS.
All of this propelled Antone Melton-Meaux, a 47-year-old Lutheran with a master’s degree in the study of the Hebrew Bible and ties to the Minneapolis area’s Jewish community, to abandon his previous support for Omar and launch his bid to unseat her in the Aug. 11 Democratic primary. The district is among the most Democratic in the nation, so winning the primary is tantamount to winning the seat.
“I’ve been sorely saddened and disappointed by the words and the rhetoric of Congresswoman Omar,” Melton-Meaux said in a Zoom interview. “Her tropes, which have been well-documented now, were hurtful to the Jewish community and I know this because I’ve spoken with them. There’s still a deep sense of betrayal and frustration with the use of those words and the sentiments. We don’t have the time for someone to be in this role whose principal vision towards Jewish community, Israel and many others, is that of a division.”
To be sure, Melton-Meaux has a significant uphill battle against Omar, who along with Rep. Rashida Tlaib of Detroit was one of the first two Muslim women elected to Congress and is among the most famous House members. She’s raised more than $3.3 million and had $1.3 million on hand as of April. Melton-Meaux raised $470,000 and had about $199,000 left in the same period.
“I’m not saying he can’t win, because we have seen candidates who have been able to do that, but I would say he doesn’t have a dynamic, visible campaign of shaking things up,” said Larry Jacobs, political science professor at University of Minnesota. “His candidacy is practically invisible. Ilhan Omar already has the name recognition, she already has a bloc of voters, she has a campaign structure and is able to mobilize her supporters. He has none of those things.”
Yet the political newcomer’s decidedly calmer and less confrontational tone has earned him important endorsements from a wide range of African-American and Jewish figures in a sprawling Minneapolis-area district, the same one where 46-year-old George Floyd died at the hands of police in May. Both Omar and Melton-Meaux are black.
“Antone is a very impressive person who will work hard and won’t be involved in so much controversy,” said longtime Minnesota State Sen. Richard Cohen, who is Jewish. “Ilhan Omar likes speaking around the country. It’s my understanding that she’s not engaged with the district. You hear any number of complaints from folks in the 5th District that they don’t get the kind of attention they deserve.”
Indeed, the rap on Omar, beyond her controversial remarks and disagreements with her foreign policy views, is that she seems more interested in indulging her considerable fame than serving her constituents. She skipped 42 of 820 roll call votes in Congress in her 18 months in office, a 5.1 percent absentee rate that is more than twice the average for a House member.
“For that to be more than double is concerning to me and many members of the district,” said Rabbi Avi Olitzky of Beth El Synagogue, a Conservative synagogue in the district. “There is a significant amount of disappointment in members of the district feeling that they have not been heard, they have not been responded to and they have not been dialogued with.”
Omar campaign spokesman Jeremy Slevin rejected that critique, noting that the congresswoman has held more than 30 town hall events during her tenure and, “leads the entire Minnesota delegation in amendments passed in the House, and in total number of bills and amendments introduced.” Among those, Slevin said, are measures to ensure students receive meals while out of school because of the pandemic and to enhance transparency around lobbyists who work for foreign governments.
Still, Melton-Meaux, a professional conflict mediator, sees that as an opening. His crossover appeal is to the district’s small but politically active Jewish community, as well as its substantial black population.
He’s the descendant of slaves whose owner emancipated them and gave them land on his Kentucky farm upon his death in 1828. His forefathers took the slaveowner’s last name.
Melton-Meaux’s father integrated the high school built on the former plantation property and became the first black man to earn an electrical engineering degree at the University of Kentucky.
Melton-Meaux earned a law degree at the University of Virginia before heading to New York to pursue a master’s at Union Theological Seminary in 2005. His focus at the seminary was the Hebrew Bible, which he learned to translate into English. He used that skill to teach the language in Harlem at the Abyssinian Baptist Church while also serving as a chaplain at New York’s New Jewish Home and Hospital. He practiced employment law in Washington D.C. until 2008, when he and his wife, a colorectal surgeon, moved to Minnesota for her job.
“I read the entire Bible as a young boy from Genesis to Revelations, and I found myself always coming back mostly to the Old Testament,” he said. “There’s something about the richness of the narrative and the stories about the struggle that people went through, the Exodus from the hands of Pharaoh and being delivered to a promised land. Those are very powerful narratives. And I think they resonate actually quite strongly with the African-American community and our struggle through slavery and Jim Crow and Reconstruction and the Civil Rights movement and perhaps even now to George Floyd.”
Steve Hunegs, executive director of the Jewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota and the Dakotas, is pleased that Melton-Meaux opposes BDS and regards Israel as a key ally – and appreciates his interest in the faith.
“He has genuinely impressed people with the depth of his understanding of Judaism and the connections between Judaism and Christianity,” Hunegs said. “The touchstones of his life, his family story and his philosophy are compelling.”
The twin crises of the coronavirus pandemic and Black Lives Matter demonstrations have complicated the campaign in different ways. COVID-19 forced most normal campaign activities to stop, depriving the challenger of the sort of face-to-face efforts that build name identification and support.
But since May 25 when Floyd was killed and the video of that incident ignited racial unrest across the nation, Melton-Meaux has tried to place himself at the forefront of local BLM protests and to draw that as a negative comparison to Omar.
“I’ve not seen her at any of the protests that I’ve been a part of, and I’ve been out on the streets since Day One making sure that people not just see me but have a chance to talk and hear how they’re feeling, especially when the murder just occurred,” he said. “I can’t speak for the Congresswoman, but I’m going to remain vigilant being on the streets and talking to the people and making sure that we are working together for the systemic change that has to be.”
Slevin said Omar has, in fact, been a prominent presence at BLM marches and events.
“Amidst threats on her life, a pandemic, the George Floyd murder, and even the death of her own father, she has been out nearly every night protesting with her fellow Minnesotans,” Slevin said. Referring to an opinion piece in the Star Tribune that Melton-Meaux wrote in 2015 critiquing some aspects of BLM, Slevin said, “Corporate donors are going to extreme lengths to support candidates who oppose and now conveniently support the Black Lives Matter movement in an effort to smear, discredit and quash a multi-racial grassroots movement. They failed this week and they will fail again.”
Still, Omar already had some challenges within the black before the George Floyd crisis hit. Former local NAACP president Nekima Levy Armstrong endorsed Melton-Meaux in April over Omar, writing about her disappointment with Omar in a Star-Tribune column.
“I have waited in vain for Rep. Ilhan Omar to rise to the occasion of prioritizing the needs of the Fifth Congressional District above many of her distractions,” she wrote. “I see every day the lingering effects of benign neglect upon our community as well as a desire for real change and access to opportunity.”
Jacobs pointed to the Armstrong endorsement to suggest Omar is “facing more opposition of a serious nature than I ever would have predicted,” even as he finds Melton-Meaux’s campaign ineffective. The disaffection of black voters and the intense anger among Jewish constituents do not bode well for Omar, he said.
“Candidate Omar made a concerted effort to reassure the Jewish community that she would be supportive of Israel, that she would be a friend of Jews, but once she was elected, we had the series of comments that were interpreted as anti-Semitic and hostile to Israel and that shock to the Jewish community in Minnesota lit a flame that I haven’t seen frankly in my 30-plus years here,” he said. “Does it mean Ilhan Omar is going to lose? No. But she has a real battle on her hand, and I would have thought she would be coasting to re-election.”
There has been no polling published thus far assessing the race, but Melton-Meaux claims his data indicates he is “on track.”
“Our polling has told us that our message is spot on and has been from day one and we have a path towards victory, and we’re going to execute on that,” he said. “The congresswoman has shown herself to be a divider. I am a uniter.” | <urn:uuid:fc803c8d-7d9e-42e9-a095-26007fb3ab1a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://forward.com/news/449701/antone-melton-meaux-ilhan-omars-challenger-calls-her-a-divider/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571987.60/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813202507-20220813232507-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.974954 | 2,311 | 1.507813 | 2 |
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The Common Reader's Shakespeare
University of Toronto
Lancashire, Ian. "The Common Reader's Shakespeare." Early Modern Literary Studies 3.3 / Special Issue 2 (January, 1998): 4.1-12 <URL: http://purl.oclc.org/emls/03-3/lancshak.html>.
- Today's editors of scholarly printed editions of Shakespeare co-exist with remarkable harmony. They do so partly by choosing differently among old- or normalized-spelling texts, collected or individual play-editions, research- or performance-centered approaches, and commentaries exhaustive, essential, or unassuming. The beginnings of a like spectrum for electronic Shakespeares can be seen emerging on and off the Internet. They extend from teaching editions (like Taylor's), high-quality image-and-text archives (Peter Donaldson's, an in-progress MIT project associated with the Folger Shakespeare Library), and transcriptions of the quarto and folio texts (Chadwyck-Healey) to the historical-critical researcher's edition, the Arden 2, the first CD-ROM-based, enhanced print edition. Considering the ease with which electronic texts can be uploaded onto the Internet, it is little wonder that common readers on-line can be puzzled as to what they are reading. The need for a "good text" may be forgotten under the assumption that any text will do as well as any other. Some vanilla Internet texts are difficult to cite from for this reason, a point I raised in 1994 in a Modern Language Association seminar paper.
- What frequency in the electronic Shakespeare spectrum should the Internet Shakespeare Editions choose? There is no need to duplicate Donaldson's rich image and film collection, Chadwyck-Healey's collection of texts and adaptations, or the MLA New Variorum, each volume of which results from decades of editorial synthesis. In different ways, these involve copyright issues and have substantial up-front costs, but they will also eventually be linkable to ISE editions in subscribing institutions. ISE resources also appear to be a magnitude below what commercial publishers can venture. Yet ISE has unique access to what most Shakespeare editors do not: new computer-based research, the advice of several modern editors of Shakespeare on its Editorial Advisory Board, and Michael Best's own Shakespeare's Life and Times.
- Experience with editing Representative Poetry On-line, a Web site frequented by America Online subscribers as well as Research Library Group users, has helped me to understand what the common reader wants: good reading, classroom texts, commentary to help with essays, and answers to questions. Readers come from everywhere: a musician looking for God, a teacher of English in a South American public school without books, a student whose assignment is to judge whether Polonius was a wise man, lovers of poetry, a physician longing to understand people, genealogists, family remembering family, and players of roles large and small, and of crossword puzzles. Serving these varied needs advances public education and the humanities; and these in turn make the world a better place to live in. Yet the ISE cannot give the populist World Wide Web audience a Shakespeare without pioneering new research. It is no longer enough, scarcely halfway through the first decade of the World Wide Web, to distribute free texts. Annotation and interpretative discussion must accompany any e-text edition today, preferably with links to other electronic sources.
- Education cannot be advanced without new editorial research for this new electronic medium. For example, poetry texts must be re-established in Representative Poetry On-line by appealing to manuscripts or books close to the poet's final intentions. Encoding must seek to document, if not reproduce, the character sets of these originals. Each generation of readers also deserves a fresh annotation. Such an on-line library asks for more than an out-of-copyright edition in a new storefront window. The Internet needs to have its own editors volunteer from the ranks of English Departments. Yet academe does not hire or promote supporters of, and research granting agencies do not give grants to, enterprises in public education unless something new is in the offing.
- Centering the ISE on Shakespeare the person -- as the title of Michael Best's Shakespeare's Life and Times does -- can perhaps achieve this goal, jointly meeting populist and scholarly needs. A life-and-times ISE would present Shakespeare as an author and a person. The common reader is already curious about him: the books he read, the events in his life, the words he found in the speech and writing of his contemporaries and in the book shops of St. Paul's, the people that he knew and half knew, the streets he passed through, the playing places he stood in, and the mind that was his. As it happens, a Web-based Shakespeare offers an excellent vehicle for discovering the person bearing that name, to answer the question, "who wrote Shakespeare's works, after all?" Journalists raise that nontrivial question repeatedly because almost everyone has an opinion. For most teachers and researchers, the biographies by Samuel Schoenbaum and Stanley Wells settle an already-closed issue. The man named Shakespeare wrote the works surviving under his name. However, many well-educated common readers and potential students remain unsure because public media selectively present historical evidence, omit things that are important, and fail to discriminate reliable methodologies from the rest. The ISE could allow the documents to speak for themselves; they would be freed from printed reference works to rest on the Web. Fortunately, most come from public archives and libraries, not private collections.
- Not entirely by accident, new research is emerging about Shakespeare the person; ISE offers a potent way to publish it in the context of what has so far been discovered. Donald W. Foster's analysis of the parts that Shakespeare played and of the books he read is based on a computer textbase, Shaxicon, and on Foster's own Vassar English Renaissance e-text library. Shaxicon is already partly available on the Web, which appeared at just about the time a means was needed to give researchers access to vast fields of electronic data. Argued carefully, evidence from these resources can illuminate Shakespeare's life-experiences in greater detail than was previously thought possible. Based on a much-praised print edition (the Riverside Shakespeare), Foster's work needs, but does not yet have, a public electronic Shakespeare. Integrating the potentially rich annotation from Shaxicon into a scholarly edition would be genuinely new and fundable research, exciting to both a young generation of editors and a 21st-century readership. Foster's discoveries have not yet had the impact on Shakespeare editing to date that they will have, because scholars cannot negotiate their computational space as readily as their bookshelves.
- The electronic tools that produced Shaxicon also enable other types of new research. Marvin Spevack brought the printed keyword-in-context Shakespeare concordance to a remarkable degree of accuracy and innovation. (It is debatable, in fact, whether an interactive concordance of Spevack's text, the Riverside, surpasses the printed concordance volumes for most purposes.) Collocation programs such as Collgen (from the TACT) system), however, can make evident otherwise hidden repeated combinations of words and phrases and retrieve passages by special criteria, expressed in tags within the text. What Larry Benson single-handedly accomplished for the Riverside Chaucer--a lemmatized text, with tags distinguishing the MED headword and part of speech for each word -- can certainly be hoped for in Shakespeare in the near future as a result of the work done by Joachim Neuhaus at Münster. Combinatorial patterns -- whether words and tags, or words and words -- that are detected in lemmatized e-texts may turn out to be precise, fully verifiable markers that can modify the chronology of Shakespeare's works. Even a consistently tagged but unlemmatized e-text has sometimes unexpected advantages. I recently used Usebase -- the interactive concordancer of the TACT system -- to retrieve all instances of different spellings of the same words in the 1609 quarto of the sonnets. Once the reference citation in the left margin was set to indicate the page or signature on which a spelling occurred, it was a simple matter to discover which alternate spellings never appeared together. Such mutually repelling pairs can result from the varying orthographies of the two compositors who set the book in Thomas Thorpe's printing shop.
- A related biographical topic likely to benefit from computer tools is Shakespeare's idiolect. To find personal markers of his style, we have to know two things: first, what he and his contemporaries believed their shared language to be; and second, how his mind uniquely shaped English as a reflection of his and only his mind.
- The Arden CD-ROM has many merits, among them its nineteenth-century Shakespearean grammar by Abbott and a more recent glossary, but these are written by scholars whose understanding of English follows Samuel Johnson and the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary. Shakespeare and his contemporaries had views about language different from ones we have today. We tend to think English as a complex language system needing years of study, but it was not until 1596 that the first English vocabulary (in Edmund Coote's The English School-maister) was printed, and until well after Shakespeare's death that the first substantial English grammar came to print. These facts suggest that Shakespeare and his contemporaries regarded English words and sentence structures as needing little or no gloss. Coote's work was so groundbreaking that it merited being republished for several centuries: he thought that English was an important pre-condition for understanding Latin and Greek, and a valuable skill in itself. It was the University of Michigan's Early Modern English Dictionary project that first alerted us to the implications of what contemporaries in the English Renaissance said about their language. The Michigan Early Modern English Materials (abbreviated MEMEM), compiled by Richard W. Bailey and others, made many additions to the Oxford English Dictionary on the basis of lexicographical research at Ann Arbor.
- The Early Modern English Dictionaries Database (abbreviated EMEDD) -- an on-line collection of bilingual dictionaries printed in England from 1530 to 1611, and of hard-word glossaries and lexica from 1596 to 1659 -- includes Coote's lexicon. (A full edition also appears in the on-line Renaissance Electronic Texts series.) The EMEDD might also suggest that the English Renaissance believed that the English language needed dictionaries. Until 1616, however, this 225,000-word database holds mainly English equivalents for foreign-language words and imported words, not definitions or explanations of the English words, however informative we may find the word-entries. Coote's glossary reveals the simple, tabular format for the average word-entry in the early hard-word lists. The post-lemmatic segments (the explanations) are as laconic as his headwords because he was providing something like translations rather than definitions. The EMEDD also reveals that early lexicographers did not have the concept of "lexical definition": words pointed to things in the world, and only these things could be defined--in what the Renaissance knew as "logical definitions." Words were signs and did not themselves bear meaning. One implication of this simple belief, this rudimentary semiotics, is that if we are to understand Shakespeare's English we might well assume a linguistic creed common to his period. An image of the thing a word points to is the readiest explanation of that word. It follows then that a proper glossary of Shakespeare should match words with images or representations of the things they signify, where possible. A Web edition can certainly do this job cost-effectively. If these images no longer exist, a glossary should resort to the other type of verbal explanation common to the English Renaissance: translation into verbal equivalents. The Internet Shakespeare Editions would be at some advantage in basing its line-by-line commentary on a theory of language held by his contemporaries, if editors worked from contemporary lexicographical sources like MEMEM and EMEDD.
- The other, non-shared side of Shakespeare's idiolect -- his cognitive style -- is difficult to establish because it changes through time and because no one has arrived at an understanding of either what anyone's idiolect is, in this respect, or of how to arrive at a scientific profile of it. Cognitive psychology and neuroscience, however, are shedding more and more light on how we process language. Now we know enough to recognize one thing: the regularities elicited by computer-based studies of word- and phrase-repetition reveal fundamental constraints on the mind of the writer. Here are two examples of what I mean. Donald W. Foster's observation that Shakespeare loses a significant percentage of his new vocabulary within two years of acquiring it -- something my own work so far confirms -- is part of the evidence which cognitive psychology treats, but it uses a different example: people today lose material learned in second-language instruction at about the same rate over a two-year period. Second, when Shakespeare repeats phrases, my findings show that they seldom exceed the limits of short-term or working memory, 5-to-7 words; and their overall frequency-to-length ratio looks unremarkable in the general population. Shakespeare's idiolect obeys built-in functional constraints. His uniqueness arises in the associational networks established within those constraints. Those clusters, first perceived by the brilliant scholarship of Caroline Spurgeon in 1935, can now be identified, documented, and understood within a scientific but still very human context. Once identified, the associational clusters in Shakespeare's long-term memory may turn out to be time-sensitive markers of idiolect and may provide additional evidence of how Shakespeare the person resides in his works. A time-stamped map of these clusters will help us to fit his plays and poems into his time-line. Knowledge of these clusters will also add to the scholarly commentary on what he writes.
- Lives follow time lines. A Shakespeare-centered ISE could be structured both as conventionally well-edited e-texts as well as a time-line. Because lives involve many activities -- such as play- and poem-making -- and include (in this instance) the books he read (when he read them), the people in whose lawsuits he was involved, and the theatres in which he acted, an ISE could become, with multiple perspectives, a new editorial synthesis of texts and historical records. The Web makes an ideal vehicle for a populist Shakespeare that appeals to everyone's curiosity about this man and what he wrote. By reinvigorating the editorial tradition in Shakespeare studies with research that is native to the computational medium, the "home page" for William Shakespeare would become the default choice for both populist and scholarly readers.
- Abbott, E. A. A Shakespearian Grammar. London: Macmillan and Co., 1870. Rptd. New York: Dover, 1966.
- Arden Shakespeare CD-ROM: Texts and Sources for Shakespeare Studies. Walton on Thames: Thomas Nelson, 1996.
- Benson, Larry D. A Glossarial Concordance to the Riverside Chaucer. 2 vols. New York: Garland, 1993.
- Best, Michael. Shakespeare's Life and Times. Santa Barbara: Intellimation, 1991. Macintosh diskettes. CD ROM version, 1994.
- Coote, Edmund. The English Schoole-maister, 1596. Menston: Scolar, 1968. See also the Renaissance Electronic Texts edition.
- EMEDD. Early Modern English Dictionaries Database. Ed. Ian Lancashire. Toronto: U of Toronto, 1996-.
- Foster, Donald W. Elegy by W. S.: A Study in Attribution. Newark: U of Delaware P, 1989.
- ---. Shaxicon. Poughkeepsie, N.Y.: Vassar College, 1996.
- The Internet Shakespeare Editions. Ed. Michael Best. Victoria, B.C.: U of Victoria, 1996-.
- Lancashire, Ian, in collaboration with John Bradley, Willard McCarty, Michael Stairs, and T. R. Wooldridge. Using TACT with Electronic Texts: Text-Analysis Computing Tools, Vers. 2.1. New York: Modern Language Association, 1996.
- ---. "The Early Modern English Renaissance Dictionaries Corpus." In Aarts, Jan, Haan, Pieter de, and Oostdijk, Nelleke, eds. English Language Corpora: Design, Analysis and Exploitation. Amsterdam: Rodopi, 1993. 11-24.
- ---. "The Public-Domain Shakespeare." Paper delivered at the Modern Language Association of America, 1994.
- Michigan Early Modern English Materials. Comp. by Richard W. Bailey, Jay L. Robinson, James W. Downer, with Patricia V. Lehman. Charlottesville: U of Virginia Library, 1994.
- Neuhaus, H. Joachim. Shakespeare Database CD-ROM Preview. Hildesheim: Georg Olms Verlag, 1995. See also Web site.
- New Scholarship from Old Renaissance Dictionaries: Applications of the Early Modern English Dictionaries Database. Ed. Ian Lancashire and Michael Best. A special issue of Early Modern Literary Studies, April 1997.
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- Shakespeare, William. The Complete Works. Electronic Edition for the IBM PC. Ed. Stanley Wells and Gary Taylor. Oxford: Oxford UP, 1989.
- ---. Editions and Adaptations of Shakespeare. Cambridge: Chadwyck-Healey Ltd., 1995.
- ---. The Riverside Shakespeare. Ed. G. Blakemore Evans. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1974.
- ---. Romeo and Juliet. Ed. James H. Bride II and Gary Taylor. Irvington, N.Y.: Columbia UP, 1997. CD-ROM.
- ---. Shake-speares Sonnets. Ed. Hardy M. Cook and Ian Lancashire. Renaissance Electronic Texts. Toronto: U of Toronto Library, [forthcoming].
- Spevack, Marvin. A Complete and Systematic Concordance to the Works of Shakespeare. 6 vols. Hildesheim: Olms, 1968-70.
- Spurgeon, Caroline F. E. Shakespeare's Imagery and What It Tells Us. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1935.
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Etymology: Greek kinetikos, from kinetos, moving, from kinein, to move.
- Of, relating to, or produced by motion in material bodies and the forces and energy associated with them
- a. Possessing, exerting, or displaying energy
b. Active, lively
c. Dynamic, energizing
- of or relating to kinetic art
- relating to or exhibiting kinesis (Movement or activity of an organism in response to a stimulus such as light.)
Other forms: ki·net·i·cal·ly / adverb
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Nila Northsun, a Native American poet and artist, works toward improving the life of the Indian American. Educated as a social worker, her philosophy has been "To Make Something Out of Nothing."
Her poem "Another One Bites the Dust" portrays a rather despicable character. Northsun through her social work discovered a segment of the Indian population [although this kind of man can be found in any culture] that she deplores.
The point of view of the poem is third person with the author serving as the narrator. The poem is written in free verse . Northsun's style is prose-life as she describes a man who has few redeeming qualities. The lines of her poem emphasize the antipathy toward her subject.
The subject of the poem is 24 year old Indian man.
His physical qualities?
- waist-length hair
- moves confidently
- small boned and not tall
- attractive to women
His personalities traits--
This is a man who has lost his way.
he moves like nobody would stand
like he's a mean mother
Lacking goals or aspirations, he takes life as it comes. His clothing depicts a man caught between cultures: dresses like a cowboy but sheathes an Indian knife.
No one gets in his way. He has fathered three children by three different women. His oldest child is seven, but he knows none of his children and takes no responsibility for any of them.
The unnamed man has wrecked four cars and only broken an ankle. Unfortunately, he has not killed anyone; but his passengers have suffered for his recklessness.
His fights are too numerous to recount. Losing, winning--it does not matter because he remembers none of it the next day. His bloody, scarred body are the only remnants of the night before. He drinks and smokes too much.
His rowdy friends, both white and Indian, seem to mix okay. However, most of them die young in some kind of bar fight or a jealous boyfriend with a gun or driving drunk.
This Indian lives life as though there is no tomorrow. He path, full of action, leads nowhere.
he's really like so many
they more or less
fit the description
Obviously, the poet has disdain for this kind of man who thinks of no one but himself. His total lack of responsibility toward his children and their mothers disgusts her. He hurts others and does not care. Avoid this man at all costs.
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English form of ZAÏRE
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ZHENG m & f Chinese
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meaning "government", as well as other hanja characters with a similar pronunciation.
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Possibly related to the Turkish title sultan
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I am lactose intolerant. What’s a healthier choice: rice milk, soy milk or almond milk? What about coconut beverages?
Navigating the non-dairy case takes time these days. If you’re looking for a milk alternative, you’ll find “milks” made from soybeans, brown rice, almonds, coconuts, even almond-coconut blends. You can choose unsweetened, plain or flavoured with vanilla, chocolate or strawberry.
All non-dairy milks are good choices for people who can’t digest lactose, the natural sugar in cow’s milk, because they are lactose-free. Depending on which one you choose, however, you could be missing out nutritionally: You need to read the fine print.
Here’s a quick primer to help you choose the milk alternative that’s right for you.
Made from finely ground almonds and water, this nutty-tasting beverage has fewer calories than other non-dairy milks (original unflavoured: 60 calories per 250-millilitre cup; unsweetened: 35 calories per cup). Almond milk contains no saturated fat or cholesterol.
One downside of almond milk is its low protein content – only one gram per cup versus eight grams in one cup of cow’s milk. If you opt for almond milk, make sure you’re getting enough protein from the rest of your diet or consider adding half a scoop of protein powder to almond milk smoothies.
While almonds are naturally high in vitamin E, an antioxidant that protects cells from damage caused by free radicals, almond milk isn’t.
One cup provides 1 to 1.5 milligrams, only 10 per cent of a day’s requirements. By comparison, one quarter-cup of raw almonds contains 9 mg, or 60 per cent of your daily vitamin E.
Most commercial brands of almond milk are fortified with vitamins A, D, B2 (riboflavin), B12, calcium and zinc to match what’s found naturally in cow’s milk. One 250-ml cup of almond milk delivers 330 mg of calcium, 100 IU of vitamin D and 1 mcg of B12.
Watch out for sugar. Even unflavoured almond milk has added sugar, eight grams’ worth. Unsweetened products are sugar-free.
A relative newcomer to the dairy-alternative category, coconut beverages are made from filtered water and coconut cream (the thick non-liquid layer that separates and rises to the top of coconut milk during processing). Some manufactures add thickeners and emulsifiers to improve the texture.
Coconut beverages are naturally higher in fat than other non-dairy milks – one cup has 4.5 to 5 grams, nearly all of it saturated. However coconut’s saturated fat may have benefits.
It’s made up of a blend of medium-chain fatty acids that, compared to long-chain fatty acids, are stored less in fat tissue, and they appear to increase calorie-burning. (Most fats in our diet are long-chain fatty acids.) The saturated fat in coconut also appears to raise HDL (good) cholesterol in the blood.
Coconut beverages are low in protein (0.4 to 1 g per cup). They are fortified with vitamins and minerals, so you’re getting similar amounts of calcium, vitamin A, vitamin D, B12, etc. to cow’s milk. To avoid added sugars, look for unsweetened products (50 calories per cup).
Higher in carbohydrates than other milk alternatives and cow’s milk, rice beverages are made by blending partially milled rice (usually brown) with water. During processing, the carbohydrates break down into sugars, giving rice milk its sweet taste.
Rice milk contains almost no protein, so augment your diet with other protein-rich foods. On the plus side, it’s fortified with 330 mg of bone-strengthening calcium (and vitamins) per cup. It’s also a good choice for people with allergies who can’t drink soy or almond beverages.
One serving of unflavoured rice beverages has 120 calories, 23 g of carbohydrates and 10 g of sugars. Unsweetened varieties have 90 calories, 15 g carbohydrates and less than a gram of sugar per serving. They’re also free of saturated fat and cholesterol.
Made from whole soybeans, soy milk is considered a nutritionally adequate alternative to cow’s milk thanks to its protein content, 7 grams per cup. Another plus: There is alpha-linolenic acid (ALA), an omega-3 fatty acid, in soybeans. One cup of soy beverage delivers 300 mg of ALA (women need 1,100 mg per day; men require 1,600).
Soy beverages typically have 3 to 4 g of fat per 250 ml serving, most of it unsaturated. Light (half the fat) and fat-free versions are available.
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This is a fine quality antique coffer, of English origin, from the late 17th century, constructed from solid oak, with a triple panel design, circa 1660 – 1700, with some later carvings, boasting a stunning colour, in excellent condition.
• Item: Antique Coffer
• Circa: 1660 – 1700
• Period: Charles II / James II
• Provenance: England, UK
• Wood: Solid oak
• Width: 4ft 1½”
• Moulded three panel top
• S-scroll carved top rail
• Three arched panels with lozenges
• Central panel pillars supported by circular guilloche & rose flower carvings
• Leaf carved stiles & vertical rails
• Original length stiles (legs)
• Peg & joined panelled design
• Iron butterfly hinges
• Working steel lock & key
• Some later carvings (probably late Georgian or early Victorian)
• Original back & floor boards
• Original polish & patination
• Superb deep rich oxblood colour
• Free delivery to England, Wales & Southern Scotland*
• Free 14-day UK returns
This is a fine quality antique coffer, of English origin, from the late 17th century, constructed from solid oak, with a triple panel design, circa 1660 – 1700, with some later carvings, boasting a stunning colour, in excellent condition. The antique coffer is constructed with a moulded three panel top, with a joined section below, which is constructed with butt joints to the corners, secured by peg construction. The lid opens using iron butterfly hinges, which we believe to be old replacements, to reveal a spacious interior. On the right-hand side is the original candle box, with a working lid. The interior is clean, dry and practical & usable. The antique coffer incorporates an old steel working lock with key. We believe the antique coffer is decorated with some later carvings, such as the leaf carved stiles and parts of the arched panels, were probably done in the late Georgian / early Victorian period, as it was fashionable to carve earlier 17th and 18th century pieces of furniture during the Victorian period. However, the quality of the carvings is exceptional and it is difficult to distinguish between this and original carvings from the 17th century. The front of the antique coffer displays three carved arched panels incorporating carved lozenges. The central panel is most elegant, featuring pillars supported by circular guilloches & rose flower carvings. The three panels are interspersed by leaf carved vertical rails. The antique coffer retains its original inset side panels, decorated with a scalloped frieze and stands on its original length stiles (feet). The back of the antique coffer retains its original rough-hewn panels along with the original floor. Overall, this antique coffer boasts a stunning rich oxblood colour and patination and is an ideal interior design piece.
This antique coffer would look great in a variety of rooms from the hallway, to the living room or bedroom as an ottoman at the foot of the bed. This beautiful piece boasts a rich dark red-and-brown oxblood colour. As it boasts the original polish, it has a fantastic colour and patination; this can only be achieved through age and years of care and cleaning it has received.
This is a fine quality antique coffer, of English origin, from the late 17th century, constructed from solid oak, with a triple panel design, circa 1660 – 1700, with some later carvings, boasting a stunning colour, in excellent condition. The antique coffer has been cleaned and wax-polished, to a professional standard in our workshop. Nominal old marks to the top (see photos) and leading edges, but nothing significant considering the age of the item. Such old use marks are inevitable and perfectly acceptable due to its age and use it would have received. The interior is clean, dry, and usable. The coffer retains its original lid, floor, sides and back. The antique coffer incorporates an old replacement working lock with key. We believe the iron butterfly hinges to be old replacements (again, possibly from the Georgian period). The antique coffer stands on the original stiles (feet) and we believe some of the carvings to the antique coffer are later, possibly done during the late Georgian / early Victorian period, as it was fashionable to carve earlier pieces of furniture this during that time. The antique coffer is solid in joint; it does not wobble on the floor and is ready to use. Considering its, it is in excellent condition. It is rare to find an antique coffer of this period of such quality and in such clean condition.
Height = 64.4cm / 25⅜” / 2ft 1⅜”
Width = 125.8cm / 49½”/ 4ft 1½”
Depth = 49cm / 19¼” / 1ft 7¼”
The price for this item is £1,650, which includes free delivery to mainland England, Wales & southern Scotland* and free 14-day returns.
We offer customer satisfaction through the following services:
• Free delivery to England, Wales & Southern Scotland*
• Free 14 Day Returns
• Full money back assurance
• Worldwide shipping
• Full insurance of items in transit
For more information or photographs please email or call us.
Office: 01829 458 070
Julian: 07960 738 212
Yola: 07971 882 567
Customers outside the UK should call:
Office: 00 44 1829 458 070
Julian: 00 44 7960 738 212
Yola: 00 44 7971 882 567
Email: [email protected]
Free UK Delivery*:
We offer free delivery to mainland England, Wales, and Southern Scotland (anywhere south of Stirling). *We do not offer free delivery to locations north of Stirling in Scotland, Northern Ireland, or any British Islands off the mainland; for example, the Isle of Man, Isle of White and Channel Islands. If you live in one of the areas where we do not offer free delivery, please contact us for a delivery quote before purchasing the item. Delivery will be made by our specialised antique furniture delivery service, or in some cases we will use a courier service for distant deliveries.
Delivery times are usually 1-4 weeks depending on location; we aim to deliver the majority of items within 2 weeks. All items are professionally packaged and fully insured in transit; therefore, we can assure you, your items will be securely protected in transit and arrive safely with you.
Once you have purchased an item, we will contact you by email and/or telephone and provide you with a provisional delivery date, in order for you to confirm if it is suitable for you. Once you have confirmed you can accept delivery on the provisional delivery date, we will book the delivery in with our shippers and it then becomes a confirmed delivery date.
We will also provide you with our shippers’ contact details, in case you need to contact the driver on the day of delivery. It’s helpful if you can provide us with both the landline and mobile telephone number, in case the driver cannot reach you on one of the numbers on the day of delivery, they can contact you on your alternative number.
In order to be able to offer you free delivery, it is based on a 1-man delivery only. For any large items that require 2 people to lift the item, we ask that you are available at the time of delivery to be able to give our shipper a lift off the van and into your house with the item. If you are not able to lift items yourself, we ask that you have someone on hand at the time of delivery to assist our shipper with lifting the item.
Free 14 Days UK Returns & Refunds:
A free 14-day “no quibble” returns policy (from the date you receive the item) is available if you are not happy with this item. We will collect the item free of charge from you (we do not charge a return fee / collection fee). You will be given a full refund as long as the item is returned in the same condition. We will collect returns using our own specialist furniture delivery company. We will not accept returns via a courier service (due to experience of damaged items in transit). This refund policy only applies to deliveries to the UK.
UK Buyer Feedback Score:
If your feedback score is less than 2, please contact us prior to purchasing this item.
UK Buyer Payment:
For UK buyers, we accept cash on collection or delivery; cheque, credit card, BACS (free bank to bank transfer) or PayPal. Payment is requested within 5 days of the sale. Payment must be cleared before the items are collected or delivered.
If you live outside the UK and you would like to purchase this item, please contact us before purchasing it, so that we can obtain an accurate shipping quote and delivery lead-time. The shipping quote provided is a global estimate only. The actual shipping cost will vary by country and postcode. We ask that you have a minimum feedback score of 50 to buy this item. Due to the distances and costs involved with shipping outside the UK, a returns policy is therefore not available for international buyers. Before placing your order(s) please make sure this is the item for you. We request payment by bank transfer (we do not accept payment via PayPal, credit or debit cards for international purchases). Payment is requested within 10 days of the purchase. Payment must be cleared before the items are collected or delivered to our shippers. The advertised price of the item does not include the shipping cost, sales tax, import duty or custom fees.
Important information regarding PayPal payment:
We only accept payment from fully verified PayPal account holders with confirmed addresses only. Items will only be sent to the confirmed address registered in PayPal. If you purchase an item and your address is not confirmed, your payment will be refunded and the purchase cancelled. It only takes a few moments to verify and confirm your PayPal details.
Delisting & Sale Cancellation:
This item is currently being advertised elsewhere than eBay. If it is sold through another sales channel, it will be removed from sale on eBay at the earliest possible time (even if the eBay listing has not ended). If this item has been purchased through eBay but the item has already been sold via another sales channel prior to the eBay sale, we reserve the right to cancel the sale of this item on eBay.
About the Seller:
This item is being sold by Yola Gray Antiques who is an accredited member of LAPADA (the UK’s largest Trade Association of Professional Art and Antique Dealers) and CINOA. CINOA is the world association of Art & Antique dealer associations. All LAPADA & CINOA members abide by their strict code of practice by adhering to reputable standards of quality, expertise and integrity.
Yola Gray has dealt in fine art and antique furniture for over 40 years. Yola Gray has a special interest in colonial furniture, specifically colonial four poster beds. Yola Gray also provides a variety of fine English antique furniture, art and fabrics to clients in the UK, Europe and further afield.
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