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First Things First: The Bankruptcy Discharge
The length of time after bankruptcy can a house is bought by you? It differs. Nevertheless, to also be viewed for home financing loan demand, the bankruptcy must first be discharged. A bankruptcy discharge can be a purchase from a bankruptcy court that releases you (the debtor) from any obligation on particular debts and forbids creditors from wanting to gather in your debts that are discharged.
In easy terms, this implies you do not need to spend the discharged debts, as well as your creditors can’t try to allow you to pay. a release of one’s debts is simply one step up the bankruptcy procedure. It is something lenders will want to see while it doesn’t necessarily signal the end of your case. The court usually closes a bankruptcy situation right after the release.
The amount of time a bankruptcy can remain on your credit file
Look At Your Credit History
Loan providers glance at your credit report—a detailed report of one’s credit history—to determine your creditworthiness. Although bankruptcy filings can stick to your credit file for approximately 10 years, it does not suggest you have to wait patiently ten years to obtain home financing.
You are able to speed up the procedure by making yes your credit history is accurate or over to date. It is free to check on: On a yearly basis, you will be eligible for one credit that is free from all the “big three” credit history agencies—Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion.
A good strategy is to stagger your demands, so that you get a credit file every four months (in the place of at one time). Like that you are able to monitor your credit file throughout every season.
On your own credit history, make sure to watch out for debts which have been already repaid or released. For legal reasons a creditor cannot report any debt released in bankruptcy to be presently owed, later, outstanding, having a stability due, or transformed as some brand new form of financial obligation (age.g., having brand new account figures). If something like this seems on your own credit file, contact the credit agency straight away to dispute the error and now have it corrected.
Other mistakes to take into consideration:
- Information which is https://installmentloansite.com/installment-loans-ky/ not yours because of comparable names/addresses or mistaken Social Security figures
- Wrong username and passwords as a result of identification theft
- Information from a previous partner (that should not be blended with your report)
- Outdated information
- Incorrect notations for shut reports ( e.g., a free account you shut that seems as closed by the creditor)
- Reports maybe maybe not a part of your bankruptcy filing listed included in it
You should use guaranteed bank cards and installment loans to reconstruct your credit.
Reconstruct Your Credit
That you can be trusted to repay your debts if you want to qualify for a mortgage, you’ll have to prove to lenders. After having a bankruptcy your credit choices can be fairly restricted. Two methods for you to begin rebuilding your credit are guaranteed bank cards and installment loans.
A secured bank card is a kind of bank card supported by cash you’ve got in a family savings, which functions as collateral for the card’s personal line of credit. The credit limit will be based upon your previous credit rating and exactly how much cash you have deposited within the account.
In the event that you fall behind on payments—something you really need to avoid no matter what, as you’re attempting to show it is possible to repay your debt—the creditor will draw through the family savings and lower your credit limit. Unlike many debit cards, the experience on a secured bank card is reported to your credit reporting agencies; this enables one to reconstruct your credit.
Installment loans need you to make regular re payments every month such as a percentage associated with the principal, plus interest, for a period that is specific. Samples of installment loans consist of unsecured loans and auto loans. Needless to say, it’s obvious that the only path to reconstruct an installment loan to your credit would be to create your re re payments on some time in complete each month. Otherwise, you chance damaging your credit even more. Before acquiring an installment loan, ensure that you will have the ability to program your debt.
The Proper Timing
Whilst you may be eligible for a a home loan sooner, it’s smart to wait couple of years following bankruptcy, while you’ll probably progress terms, including a far better rate of interest. Take into account that a good tiny huge difference on mortgage loan might have a massive influence on both your payment per month therefore the total price of your property.
As an example, if you’ve got a $200,000 30-year fixed-rate mortgage at 4.5%, your payment per month could be $1,013.37, And your interest would be $164,813, bringing the cost of the true home to $364,813. Have the loan that is same 4%, as well as your payment per month would drop to $954.83, you would spend $143,739 in interest, additionally the total price of the house would drop to $343,739—more than $21,000 in cost savings due to the 0.5% improvement in interest. | <urn:uuid:d4214bd2-28f2-4ce1-acf0-8e59ebae6b44> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://anwar-almasalah.com/without-a-doubt-about-buying-a-home-after/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570651.49/warc/CC-MAIN-20220807150925-20220807180925-00479.warc.gz | en | 0.960743 | 1,155 | 1.734375 | 2 |
Middle-skill jobs are in the same camp as green jobs, STEM jobs, and other groups of occupations that garner lots of attention: They can be defined many ways, by many rubrics. Regardless of the definition, however, it’s clear that middle-skill, or middle-wage, jobs have been in decline for years. read more »
With Twitter’s high-profile IPO, the media and much of the pundit class are revisiting one of their favorite themes: the superiority of the brash, young urban tech elite, who don’t need to produce much in the way of profits to be showered with investor cash. Libertarians will celebrate the triumph of fast-paced greed and dismiss concerns over equity; progressives may dislike the easy money but will be comforted when much of it ends up supporting their candidates and causes. read more »
Much has been written and spoken about the deep divide between “red” and “blue” America, but the real chasm increasingly is between Washington and the rest of the country. This disconnect may increase as both conservatives and liberals outside the Beltway look with growing disdain upon their “leaders” inside the imperial capital. Indeed, according to Gallup, trust among Americans toward the federal government has sunk to historic lows, regarding both foreign and domestic policy.
The debate over Syria epitomizes this division. For the most part, Washington has been more than willing to entertain another military venture. This includes the Democratic policy establishment. You see notables like Anne Marie Slaughter and the New York Times' Bill Keller join their onetime rivals among the neoconservative right in railing against resurgent “isolationism” on the Right. read more »
California has been the source of much innovation, from agribusiness and oil to fashion and the digital world. Historically much richer than the rest of the country, it was also the birthplace, along with Levittown, of the mass-produced suburb, freeways, much of our modern entrepreneurial culture, and of course mass entertainment. For most of a century, for both better and worse, California has defined progress, not only for America but for the world. read more »
Scarcity leads to creativity out of necessity. That’s the pop culture meme at least. Think “starving artist,” or the survivors in Survivor. The thinking has penetrated the business culture as well. For example, in the shadow of the 2008 recession, Google founder Sergey Brin, in a letter to his shareholders, writes: “I am optimistic about the future, because I believe scarcity breeds clarity: it focuses minds, forcing people to think creatively and rise to the challenge.” read more »
Michael Bloomberg's passing from New York City Hall, and his likely replacement as mayor by a fire-breathing populist Democrat, Bill de Blasio, marks a historic shift, not just in urban politics but, potentially, also national politics. For 20 years, under first Rudy Giuliani and then Bloomberg, New Yorkers accepted a form of “trickle down economics” where Wall Street riches flowed into city coffers and kept Gotham, at least on the surface, humming and solvent. read more »
Urban boosters are rightly proud of the progress American cities have made since their nadir in the 1970s; Harvard economist Ed Glaeser has gone so far as to proclaim “the triumph of the city.” Yet recent events — notably Detroit’s bankruptcy and the victory of left-wing populist Bill de Blasio in the Democratic primary of the New York mayoral election — suggest that the urban future may prove far more problematic than commonly acknowledged. read more »
We earlier mapped inequality of the US states. Now I show the geography of inequality for metropolitan areas over 1,000,000. These measures of inequality are gini coefficients, calculated by the US Census Bureau for 2005-2009. These indicate how amazingly severe inequality, or the concentration of income and wealth at the top, has become. The gini is a measure of the departure of a curve of accumulated income, ranking from the poorest to the richest. read more »
Suburbia has been a favorite whipping boy of urbane intellectuals, who have foretold its decline for decades. Leigh Gallagher's "The End of the Suburbs" is the latest addition to this tired but tireless genre. The book lacks the sparkling prose and original insights one could find in the works of, say, Jane Jacobs or Lewis Mumford. Indeed, Ms. Gallagher's book is little more than a distillation of the conventional wisdom that prevails at Sunday brunch in Manhattan.
The author restages many of the old anti-suburban claims, and her introduction's section headings easily give away the gist of the argument: "Millennials hate the burbs"; "Our households are shrinking"; "We are eco-obsessed"; "The suburbs are poorly designed to begin with"; and so on. read more »
Since the 1970s there has been a well-documented and persistent increase in income inequality in the United States. As the country slowly emerges out of a deep recession, it is instructive to seek out the geographic variation by states in the degree of inequality and the variation in both median and mean incomes. read more » | <urn:uuid:96504341-55f2-4491-aeaa-fc69d0185088> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.newgeography.com/category/story-topics/middle-class?page=21 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280761.39/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00096-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.950844 | 1,087 | 1.578125 | 2 |
Federal agencies have until May 2012 to report on how they will improve the way they store and manage electronic records, including emails, blog posts and social media activity, according to a White House memorandum issued Monday.
The White House and National Archives and Records Administration will use the reports to draft a new records management directive that aims to make better use of electronic document storage technology, and perhaps to craft a "governmentwide records management framework."
Records now are managed primarily on an agency-by-agency basis with little cooperation. The memorandum directs agency chiefs to appoint a senior official within 30 days to lead the reviews.
About 95 percent of agencies fail to meet statutory requirements for maintaining their records, according to a NARA estimate based on agency self-assessments.
In some cases, that means agencies aren't saving the proper records. In other cases, they are storing records electronically but not taking steps to ensure they can be read or retrieved years down the road.
Agencies aren't required to turn over most records to NARA until 30 years after they were created, making it unlikely older documents will be stored in a file format contemporary computers will be adept at or even capable of reading.
Archivist of the United States David Ferriero has suggested reducing that lag time to a president's full term in office of either four or eight years.
Changing the 30-year window likely will be necessary to make a governmentwide electronic record management system feasible, Anne Weismann, chief counsel of the advocacy group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington told Nextgov. CREW has filed numerous lawsuits aimed at preserving federal records. The deadline for saving documents could possibly be modified through executive orders or other policy statements rather than through legislation, she said.
Ferriero has acknowledged technical limitations to electronic records management systems in testimony. He also has said those limitations would be less severe if agencies made records management a higher priority.
The majority of agencies, for example, aren't able to automatically capture and store employees' emails so they instruct employees to print and file any email they might be required to keep, according to NARA. That significantly raises the risk that those emails will be lost or misplaced or that employees won't accurately determine which messages must be archived.
The White House, which operates under the stricter, post-Watergate, 1978 Presidential Records Act has a system that automatically captures all emails sent from White House accounts. Something similar could likely be built and applied governmentwide, Weismann said, though it would have to be retrofitted for agencies that are much larger than the White House and have different records requirements.
"From an overall economic viewpoint, that's the way to go," she said. "But some agencies are already part way down the path to electronic records and the question is will they call it quits and wait for another [governmentwide] solution."
Weismann said she hopes the White House will consult with transparency advocates and the private sector, which has made strides in electronic preservation of financial and scientific material for legal discovery and other purposes.
"This is the story of what we did and why we did it and you can't tell that story without the records," Weismann said. "Those issues come into sharpest relief at the White House, where the decisions are the most significant. But it doesn't stop there. There are a lot of decisions made in agencies on a daily basis with enormous repercussions -- decisions affecting health care or why we fight a war or you name it . . . This is the way we learn from our mistakes." | <urn:uuid:acf0527a-4447-4a49-b2f5-37848ee05fdc> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.nextgov.com/health/2011/11/white-house-looks-to-beef-up-management-of-electronic-records/50191/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281331.15/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00222-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.958273 | 724 | 1.570313 | 2 |
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The school year may have just started but an early report card is in: Americans got a D in science. Out of 12 multiple-choice questions testing general science knowledge, survey respondents answered eight questions correctly on average, according to a Pew Research Center survey released on September 10. (To see how you measure up before we dive into the answers, take the quiz now.)
The findings might seem worrisome. But a closer look at the results suggests the news isn’t so bad. Some questions tested 3,278 U.S. adults’ grasp of science concepts, but others just tested whether they remember facts. Knowing those answers might get you points in Jeopardy!, but they won’t necessarily help you make better-informed decisions.
The good news: 73 percent of respondents knew the difference between astronomy and astrology (thank our, ahem, lucky stars). Most Americans also knew that the Earth’s hottest layer is its core (86 percent —this question had the most correct responses). And 72 percent knew that a light year is a measure of distance.
A full 74 percent of respondents identified Jonas Salk as the developer of the polio vaccine. Not bad, but I take issue with the question. For one thing, it doesn’t test a concept or implication, such as what vaccines do, how they work, or how many lives they’ve saved. Also, the other choices were all physicists: Marie Curie, Albert Einstein and Isaac Newton. I wonder what the answers would look like if the choices included another scientist known for research related to biology or medicine, such as Louis Pasteur or Rosalind Franklin. The question did reveal a not surprising age bias in historical knowledge: 86 percent of those 65 or older got this right; only 68 percent of those ages 18-29 did. (This bias was reversed for a question on what kind of waves are used to make/receive cellphone calls: 57 percent of the 65+ age group got it right; 80 percent of the youngsters did.)
The error rate was mixed on questions that relied on interpreting data or making use of knowledge. While 76 percent knew that the gravitational pull of the moon is primarily responsible for the oceans’ tides, only 34 percent of people knew that water boils at a lower temperature in high altitudes (this question had the least number of correct responses). When asked about a scatterplot graph relating sugar consumption and tooth decay, 63 percent correctly interpreted the data.
Americans do seem to pay attention to current events: They did pretty well on two questions that related to topics much discussed in the media at the time the survey was taken (August 11-September 3, 2014). One asked them to identify a picture of a comet (78 percent answered correctly). The other asked which element is needed for making nuclear energy/weapons (82 percent got uranium right). However, the other choices were nitrogen, sodium chloride, and carbon dioxide, two of which aren’t elements and none of which end in –ium, a major hint.
It’s difficult to make bold statements about what the quiz results mean. Respondents to Pew’s 2013 quiz got an average of nine out of 13 correct. That’s slightly better than this year’s survey, and I would argue those questions better reflect understanding of science concepts (questions included “What is the major concern about overuse of antibiotics?” and “Is the statement: ‘all radioactivity is manmade’ true or false?”). But perhaps equally important as one’s personal scientific literacy is knowing who to trust if you don’t know the facts yourself. I’d love to know the general scientific literacy of our policy-makers and policy-makers-to-be. But figuring that one out will probably be tougher than the Pew quiz. | <urn:uuid:d0a460f5-1e0c-44b9-9f4b-34c896dadf1f> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://www.sciencenews.org/blog/culture-beaker/latest-science-survey-heavy-trivia-light-concepts?mode=blog&context=159 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280763.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00516-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.944369 | 807 | 2.921875 | 3 |
Study shows behavioral therapy and medicine helps with child migraines
Posted December 24, 2013
Researchers at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital have determined that behavioral therapy along with medicine can help children cope with migraines.
One out of 10 school-age children experience migraines and many, like Ann Mondi, experience 15 or more headache days a month. Ann, whose migraines started in the eighth grade and worsened in high school, participated in the study, which was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
"I missed school because of it and I missed practices for plays and sports because the migraine was so bad that I didn't think I could do any physical activity," she said.
Researchers studied 135 school-aged children with an average of 21 headache days a month. Each participant received Amitriptyline, a standard migraine medication, daily for a school semester. Half of the participants also received weekly behavioral therapy treatments.
"It is really about coping in your day–to-day life and the fact that you can actually have some control over turning the volume down on your pain by the things that you do,” said Scott W. Powers, director of the Office for Clinical and Translational Research at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital.
Behavioral techniques like bio-feedback, relaxation and deep breathing exercises helped Ann realize how tension affected her body.
"It kind of made me aware of ‘I'm starting to get stressed’ which starts to bring on the migraines," she said.
The study determined that medicine and cognitive behavioral therapy helped participants reduce their number of headache days by half or more. The study authors noted that the medication used was safe and well-tolerated by participants.
"They were back to functioning day to day at a pretty normal level and managing the headaches they still had in a way that didn't lead to disability," Powers said.
The study has given Ann the ability to manage her migraines.
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Slavery’s last stronghold
Moulkheir Mint Yarba returned from a day of tending her master’s goats out on the Sahara Desert to find something unimaginable: Her baby girl, barely old enough to crawl, had been left outdoors to die.
The usually stoic mother wept when she saw her child’s lifeless face, eyes open and covered in ants, resting in the orange sands of the Mauritanian desert.
The master who raped Moulkheir to produce the child wanted to punish his slave. He told her she would work faster without the child on her back.
Trying to pull herself together, Moulkheir asked if she could take a break to give her daughter a proper burial. Her master’s reply: Get back to work. | <urn:uuid:3f6dda9c-0e4a-42b8-85d2-28717e3c1577> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://multiplyjustice.org/2012/03/19/slaverys-last-stronghold/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570793.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808092125-20220808122125-00669.warc.gz | en | 0.959782 | 172 | 2.09375 | 2 |
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It was time to fly the expensive drones. The University of Houston students had spent nearly two weeks maneuvering, and crashing, the cheaper ones that frequently go awry and will not hover in one spot. The GoPro Karma and DJI Phantom 4, however, promised all the bells and whistles.
"The cheap ones are nearly impossible to fly," said Temple Northup, director and associate professor of the Jack J. Valenti School of Communication. " … If you can learn to fly that, then you switch over to the nice drones, they seem remarkably easy." | <urn:uuid:24c91182-cf51-4411-b6d1-50698173eeba> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/technology/article/Drone-class-puts-UH-students-in-remote-control-11186465.php | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571692.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812105810-20220812135810-00070.warc.gz | en | 0.958206 | 129 | 1.617188 | 2 |
Fruit salad is a healthy recipe. It is a healthy diet chart. The people who maintain a balanced diet also keep fruit salad in their diet chart. So, they also want to know how to make salad fruit easily at home for a healthy lifestyle. Children do not like to eat fruit, so if you give fruit salad in your children they completely finish it. Fruit salad helps to lose weight. It is naturally low in fat. Diets rich in potassium may help to maintain healthy blood pressure. And also the fruits are a source of many nutrients.
It is a very easy and simple recipe in a short time. In our busy lives, we cannot get enough time to make healthy food at home. So we depend on restaurant food. But the restaurant food is not good for our health. So we will describe here an easy recipe for how to make salad fruit at home.
There are some ingredients which can help you how to make salad fruit healthy.
- Black paper powder
- Fruits like-
- Lemon juice
First, cut fruits into pieces. Then take a bowl and added in it yogurt, salt, sugar, black paper powder and mix well in a whisker. Next added the fruit pieces like chopped apple, mango, guava, blueberries, strawberry, cucumber, pineapple, banana, kiwi, watermelon in the bowl. Then spread lemon juice over it. Then mix well this salad.
You can make this healthy salad within 30 minutes.
The best time to eat
The best time to eat fruits is first thing in the morning after a glass of water. Eating fruits right after a meal is not a great idea, as it may not digest properly.
Most fruits are naturally low in fat, sodium, and calorie. In its calorie 50, sodium 5mg, potassium 116 mg, total carbohydrate 13 g, dietary fiber 1 g, vitamin A 12%, calcium 1%, vitamin C 5%, magnesium 2%.
Fruit salad is a healthy and delicious recipe. You should keep it in your breakfast. To make this delicious salad at home follow this recipe. | <urn:uuid:820c0c76-62f7-4186-8924-d5d8d58ac81f> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://bizeebuzz.com/how-to-make-salad-fruit/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570651.49/warc/CC-MAIN-20220807150925-20220807180925-00471.warc.gz | en | 0.92235 | 489 | 2.375 | 2 |
National Conference to Address Racial Health Disparities and New Curriculum for Medical Schools
September 20, 2013
Event: Medical professionals, researchers and scholars from across the country will meet at The University of Texas at Austin for a national conference titled “Addressing Racial/Ethnic Health Disparities: Best Practices for Clinical Care and Medical Education in the 21st Century.” One key goal of the conference is to help design a cutting-edge curriculum that will better prepare medical students to meet the challenges and opportunities of 21st century medicine.
When: 8:45 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Sept. 23-24. The second day of the conference is closed to the public. Registration is closed. Media are invited to speaker presentations.
Where: University of Texas at Austin, Student Activity Center, second-floor ballroom. Map and directions available online.
Background: One of the primary goals of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the National Institutes of Health and many public health programs is the reduction of health disparities in the nation. However, significant racial/ethnic disparities persist in the prevalence of disease, access to medical care, quality of care and health outcomes for the most common causes of death, including cardiovascular and lung disease, infectious disease, cancer, diabetes and accidents.
Nationally recognized speakers will discuss the biological, social and environmental causes of these disparities and describe new approaches for achieving better health outcomes in clinical care and medical education.
Speakers will also explore how these best practices can be incorporated into medical training at the new Dell Medical School at The University of Texas at Austin as well as other medical schools across the country.
Sponsors and educational partners include the College of Liberal Arts; University Health Services, Division of Student Affairs; Dell Medical School, University of Texas at Austin; and Seton Healthcare Family.
Use hashtag #ARHD2013 to follow the conference on Twitter. For more details, visit: utbestpractices.com
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In order to correct yourself and become a true Christian,
that is Christ's, set the holy life of Christ before your eyes and imitate its
example. And even though your heart, corrupt as it is, does not wish it, force
and convince yourself to imitate the beautiful virtues of Christ.
You look into a mirror so that you may know what
is in your face, whether there are any blemishes in it, and having seen
blemishes, you cleanse them. Let the immaculate life of Christ be a mirror to
your soul, look into it often and know what is in your soul. Does it desire the
same things that Christ desires? And does it do what Christ did when He lived
on earth? And in it you will see what is contrary to the life of Christ, and
you will cleanse it all like blemishes with repentance and contrition of heart.
Christ the Lord despised honor, glory, and riches in this world, though He was
able to have everything as the Master of all. Do you not seek honor, riches,
and glory in this world?
Christ lived on earth in humility. Do you not live
in pride and pomp? Christ was loving and compassionate. Do you not hate and
harbor malice against men like yourselves? Christ being reproached no one. Do
you not reproach anyone that in any way reproaches you; and worse than that, do
you not reproach him, who in no way reproaches you? "You are a so and
so," "You are a swindler," "You are a spendthrift,"
"You are a thief," and so on.
Christ was meek to all His revilers. Do you not
revile those that revile you? Christ got revenge against no one, though He was
able to destroy all His enemies in the wink of an eye. Do you not get revenge
for any offense against you? Christ endured all things. Do you not complain and
curse in any misfortune and suffering that comes your way?
So compare your soul with the life of Christ; and
as you set your face before a mirror, set your soul before the mirror of the
immaculate life of Christ, and take every care to correct and go after whatever
you may see that is opposed to it. If you do so, then I assure you, that day by
day you will become better, for it is impossible for him who looks often into
that immaculate mirror not to correct himself.
Whoever truly wishes to be with Christ must follow
after Him. Whoever wishes to be like Christ in glory must be like Christ in the
present life. Not in vain did Christ say, "I have given you an example,
that ye should do as I have done to you" (Jn. 13:15). "And he
that taketh not his cross, and followeth after Me, is not worthy of Me" (Mt.
Consider these words carefully, and you will know
and acknowledge to yourself that whoever wishes to be saved and enter into
Christ's Heavenly Kingdom must follow Him. Whoever wishes to follow Christ into
eternal life must follow Him with faith and love, in this life, and whoever
wishes to come into Christ's eternal Kingdom must go by way of Christ ó there
is no other way there. Note what Christ says, "My sheep hear My voice,
and I know them, and they follow Me: and I give unto them eternal life" (Jn.
The sheep here signify true Christians that obey
His holy teaching and live as He taught and that follow Him with faith,
humility, love and patience, and so He shall lead them that follow Him into
Consequently, they that do not hear His voice or
His holy teaching and do not follow Him are not the sheep of Christ. And
consequently, they shall not follow after Him into eternal life. This is a
fearful thing, O Christian, but true. Consider these words of Christ for
yourself and you will admit that it is so.
Beloved Christian! You must go by the safe way if
you wish to enter surely into eternal life. What is the safe way? Live in this
world according the example of the life of Christ. Then live thus, and you
shall be saved.
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Synopsis: Superconducting Antennas Tune In
Metamaterials have been used to build more efficient and directional radio-frequency (rf) antennas for wireless communications. Most schemes, however, work at one fixed frequency and require impractically large components for operation at a few megahertz (MHz)—a frequency range that can be reflected by the Earth’s ionosphere and is thus suitable for long-range communications. Now, a team led by Steven Anlage at the University of Maryland, College Park, has demonstrated a new metamaterial, made with superconducting elements, that could be used to build tunable and efficient rf antennas.
The device consists of two-dimensional arrays of spirals made of niobium, a superconductor with a critical temperature () of . Several arrays are stacked on top of each other to form a three-dimensional structure, which was placed between transmitting and receiving antennas to study its electromagnetic response. Below , each spiral acts like an inductor-capacitor circuit with a sharp resonance. In isolation, each spiral resonates at , but the coupling between multiple spirals shifts the resonance of the entire structure to lower frequencies. The authors demonstrated that this resonance can be tuned over a -MHz range by varying the temperature by a few degrees. The effect occurs because temperature controls the density of superconducting electrons and thus the effective inductance of each resonator. The metamaterial structure could be placed near a radio-frequency source to improve the source’s coupling to free space and boost its efficiency.
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Harvey Milk never lived to see his life’s work come to fruition.
But on Thursday, some of the elected officials and dignitaries he inspired paid tribute to him in a White House ceremony unveiling a commemorative stamp bearing the image of the slain gay rights leader.
Milk, who would have turned 84 on Thursday, was one of the country’s first openly gay officeholders, elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1977. The cost of a first-class stamp was 13 cents at the time. But Milk’s grassroots campaign didn’t have enough money to buy them, recalled Anne Kronenberg, a friend and top political aide.
“I find it ironic that during his campaign, we couldn’t afford the postage,” said Kronenberg, who’s now executive director of the San Francisco Department of Emergency Management.
Milk’s victory came at a steeper cost. He endured constant harassment and death threats. He famously predicted his own death, but hoped the bullet that killed him would eventually shatter closet doors everywhere.
On Nov. 27, 1978, a disgruntled former colleague shot and killed Milk and Mayor George Moscone at San Francisco City Hall. The killer, Dan White, was found not guilty of murder and only served five years in prison for voluntary manslaughter.
At the White House ceremony, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., recalled asking after Milk’s funeral, “Is this how it ends?”
Pelosi, a state Democratic Party leader back then, said, “But it was the beginning of so much.”
In the 35 years since his death, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans have been elected to every office from city council to the U.S. Senate. They’ve gained the right to serve openly in the armed forces and to marry in 19 states. The National Football League this year drafted its first openly gay player.
“He had a dream that he did not get to see become real,” said his nephew, Stuart Milk, founder and president of the Harvey Milk Foundation.
Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., the legendary civil rights leader, said Milk caused “good trouble,” making ripples that built into a tidal wave that swept away discriminatory laws and broke down barriers for gay officeholders.
“I am a direct beneficiary of the work of Harvey Milk,” said Evan Low, a city council member in Campbell, Calif., who also served as mayor.
Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., said it was hard to imagine a time when running for the San Francisco Board of Supervisors as an openly gay candidate was a “revolutionary act.” In 1998, Baldwin became the first openly gay non-incumbent elected to the House of Representatives. In 2012, she made history again by becoming America’s first openly gay senator.
Today, there are eight openly gay members of Congress, all Democrats. In a sign of growing public acceptance, three openly gay Republicans are running for House seats this year.
Still, in 29 states, there are no laws that protect workers from employment discrimination based on sexual orientation. Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender _ LGBT _ youth endure more harassment than their peers, and they commit suicide at a higher rate.
And for all the progress LGBT Americans have seen, their peers across the world continue to struggle. Samantha Power, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, said that 76 countries criminalize the existence of LGBT people.
Power said that support for LGBT rights is a “central part of our foreign policy,” and it can be traced back to Milk’s work.
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Emotional eating describes the tendency to eat when experiencing negative thoughts or feelings, and has been linked to increased body fat and severe obesity. While these negative thoughts and feelings are often rooted in harmful childhood experiences, they can also occur in people who remember a happy childhood. Emotional eating is a reaction to anger, anxiety and emotional pain. The pleasure of a food laced with fat, sugar and/or salt can soothe and distract from uncomfortable thoughts and emotions. Research suggests that emotional eaters often confuse difficult feelings with hunger signals, because emotions trigger the hunger response. Stuffing emotions by hiding outward signs of inner distress has been found to increase intake of foods high in fat and carbohydrates; the so-called “comfort foods”.
One does not have to be a basket case to experience emotional eating. I’ve noticed that when my partner, who travels for work, is on the road, I experience some loneliness, anxiety, boredom and low moods. At these times I have a tendency to use food to distract myself from those uncomfortable feelings. I choose foods that comforted me in the past, usually high in fat and salt (and calories). If I don’t apply the skills of mindful eating, I have little defense against the impulse to buy a bag of chips or eat some buttered and salted microwave popcorn. Without mindful eating, I forget to care that fat and salt cancel nutritional benefits. Furthermore, when I gobble these foods, I am in danger of developing increased emotional distress and entering an eating cycle that is difficult to interrupt.
Food processing, marketing, packaging and presentation are motivated primarily by the intention to get us to eat more — more quickly, more quantity, more often. Ads for unhealthy foods high in fat, salt or added sugar (most processed and fast foods) reinforce the message that snacking on high-calorie foods is normal, pleasurable, and will increase happiness and social desirability. It is not surprising that people who spend a lot of time watching television eat more unhealthy foods than people who spend a lot of time exercising, gardening or learning to play a musical instrument.
Mindful eating involves paying full attention to the experience of eating; observing the tastes, textures, flavors, appearance, sounds and smells of food, while also attending to the physical and emotional aspects of eating. With mindful eating, we learn to appreciate the difference between physiological and emotional hunger. Mindful eating supports weight loss and healthy eating by cultivating an awareness of and appropriate response to physiological hunger and satiation signals, and places emphasis on quality over quantity. Mindful eating is not dieting. It is becoming more aware of how we make harmful food choices and how we can make healthy food choices.
Suggested practice: Identify foods you eat that are composed of fats, salt and/or sugar. Reflect on the emotional circumstances that trigger desire for these foods. For two weeks, notice and let go of the impulse to eat these foods. Pay attention to how this impacts your emotions and thoughts.
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This architectural marvel, located in Paredes, Portugal, was designed by spaceworkers and at first sight, it appears to defy gravity. Look closer and you’ll see that the floors of the tri-level BE house are made of various materials and the middle layer is outfitted with a glass perimeter making you wonder how it doesn’t buckle. From certain angles the glass makes it almost look like it disappears, leaving the massive top floor suspended in mid-air.
Each floor is designed for different functions. The bottom floor contains the service functions of the home, along with a partially covered pool.
You could swim under the stairs or even when it’s raining.
The middle floor, which is surrounded by floor-to-ceiling glass windows, is the open area that is used for the public spaces of the house.
From the inside, the large windows frame the landscape that surrounds the house. The soft gray floors and white ceilings and walls above the glass keep the space light and airy.
A fireplace is built into a faceted white wall creating a focal point in that room.
The upper floor hosts the private family spaces that are partitioned off for privacy, unlike the mostly open floor below.
The open second floor is surrounded by plenty of outdoor space letting the residents relax outdoors and enjoy the views.
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In this ever-altering world we live in, you can’t at all times make sure about what the long run holds for you, your loved ones, enterprise, and assets. This is why as an entrepreneur, it only is smart to not only have a passport from your house country however to also get hold of a second one from another country you may call your second home. Being a twin citizen protects your freedom while giving you more opportunities in increasing your funding horizons (and will even save your life and everything you value in the process).
1. Vanuatu was voted the happiest place on earth.
Sitting north of the halfway level between New Zealand and Australia, Vanuatu has been voted the happiest place on the planet…twice! In 2008, a world survey carried out by the New Economics Foundation and Buddies of the Earth voted this small South Pacific archipelago of 83 islands as the happiest place within the world. In 2006, Lonely Planet Index also given it the identical award basing it from life expectancy, well-being, and the quantity of damage caused by the country’s environmental footprint.
2. Vanuatu has no income tax.
They say there are things which are certain in life: dying and taxes. However, should you obtain a second passport, you’re nonetheless sure of demise but not of taxes! This is because Vanuatu has no earnings tax. At all. They don’t have capital positive factors taxes and estate taxes either.
3. The Vanuatu passport grants visa-free access to 123 nations including 26 within the Schengen Zone of Europe.
Lately, a mutual visa waiver agreement was signed by the European Union permitting Vanuatu passport holders access to Europe’s Schengen Area as well as non-Schengen Member states of the United Kingdom, Romania, Cyprus, Bulgaria, Ireland. This is on prime of fifty different nations Vanuatu passport holders already have access to before, making the Vanuatu passport respectable and worth your attention.
4. Time is money.
The Quick-Track 30-day flip-around is really the fastest solution to citizenship. Most second passports applications take a minimum of 4 to six months to process and a few can take as long as a yr (or more).
5. The value is right.
The Vanuatu Family passport package deal means that up to 5 members of the identical family can get a block deal for an all in worth of $260,000 (which covers everybody). This is a reasonably whole lot compared to what you’ll have to pay (and the time you’ll have to wait for) to acquire a second passport in different countries.
Deciding on what country to get your second passport from can be tough. However with all the perks and benefits that the Vanuatu passport gives and the time frame it takes to process it, it’s definitely worth your consideration.
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- “Turkey has been committing two major international crimes against Cyprus. It has invaded and divided a small, weak but modern and independent European state… Turkey has also changed the demographic character of the island and has devoted itself to the systematic destruction and obliteration of the cultural heritage of the areas under its military control.” — from “The Loss of a Civilization: Destruction of cultural heritage in occupied Cyprus.”
- “More than 550 Greek Orthodox churches, chapels and monasteries located in towns and villages of the occupied areas, have been pillaged, deliberately vandalized and, in some cases, demolished. Many Christian places of worship have been converted into mosques, depots of the Turkish army, stockyards and hay barns.” — Cyprus Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
- “UNESCO considers the intentional destruction of cultural heritage a war crime.” — Artnet News, 2017.
A sixth-century mosaic of Saint Mark, stolen from a church after Turkey’s military invaded Cyprus in 1974, was recently recovered in a Monaco apartment and returned to Cypriot officials. The ancient masterpiece was described by Arthur Brand, the Dutch investigator who located it, as “one of the last and most beautiful examples of art from the early Byzantine era.” Continue reading | <urn:uuid:b798fdd7-e5b8-42d4-b8d9-339cff0a3e92> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://glblgeopolitics.wordpress.com/tag/orthodox-patriarchate-of-jerusalem/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572304.13/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816120802-20220816150802-00471.warc.gz | en | 0.970015 | 267 | 2.828125 | 3 |
Welcome to the World of Home Education and Learning Without School!
We began educating our three children in 1985, when our eldest was aged five years. In truth, we had helped them learn what they need to learn as they grew and explored and discovered this amazing world since the moment they were born. I am a passionate advocate of allowing children to learn unhindered by unnecessary stress and competition, meeting developmental needs in ways that suit their individual learning styles and preferences. Ours was a homeschooling, unschooling and natural learning family! There are hundreds of articles on this site to help you build confidence as a home educating family. I hope that your home educating adventure is as satisfying as ours was!
Welcome to Beverley's CyberPlace!
In 1998 my then sixteen year old son taught me the basics of HTML and how to build a web site using Microsoft Front Page. Homeschool Australia was born! It was a WOW moment for me: being able to publish online was the beginning of a passionate adventure that will never stop!
As you can see from the list below I went a little crazy and started making websites about anything and everything... unfortunately there is never enough time in life to do everything I want or there'd be more sites...
By 1998 I had written a lot of articles for the South Australian newsletter I'd started a decade earlier as well as other Australian home educating newsletters and magazines. The internet was the perfect place to publish these, and made it easy to distribute them. Many of these articles formed the nexus of my Practical Home Educating Series of booklets, available from my daughter's online bookstore Always Learning Books. In 2013, I decided to merge my two main websites, Homeschool Australia and Unschool Australia to form The Educating Parent.
The Educating Parent, formerly Homeschool Australia and Unschool Australia, is an extensive collection of my articles and information about home education written over nearly two decades. In them I share my experience and insights, always wanting to help other families demystify the process of education and make it easier for them to teach their children at home. During this time I battled chronic illnesses that often led to feeling overwhelmed and you'll find a lot of practical and sympathetic articles on how to manage home educating life on my website. My approach to home education is down-to-earth, common sense, child and family friendly. Although I began home educating with a 'school-at-home' approach, health issues wrecked havoc with my tidy schedules and careful plans and I found that my children, unattended and playing happily, seemed to learn just as much and effectively without being taught! Since 1989 I have been exploring and writing about natural learning. Unschool Australia collected together my writing on this efficient and effective approach to education and there more than a few articles for you to explore!
Every so often I remember to post on my The Educating Parent blog, usually in response to a home education or educational topic in the media. Mostly I post on my The Educating Parent Facebook Page though - 'like' and 'follow' if you are hooked on Facebook like the rest of us!
Since 1997,when I self-published her first book, Getting Started with Homeschooling Practical Considerations, I've been writing and selling books designed to help families build confidence as home educators. They are available from April, my daughter, now a stay-at-home mum, through Always Learning Books.
At the age of six I declared that I'd be an author and started writing poetry, sadly none of which survives. I think most of us threw out our school books at the end of each year... Happily home educators tend to keep the best of our children's creative work. At the age of 39 I began writing fiction again, a story set in the not so distant future, an action packed tale of intrigue and conspiracy. Published by Greater Glider in 2002, The Chimaera Conspiracy remains my only published book, but it definitely isn't the only fictional story I've written. In the years to come I hopes to entice publishers to produce some of her other finished manuscripts!
In 1988, Robin and I purchased 4.5 acres keen to develop it using permaculture principles. Robin did his Permaculture Design Certificate by distance education and I studied alongside him, loving the whole concept of permaculture, aligning it with my understanding of natural learning. Alas, although we're keen gardeners we're not natural gardeners, and are way more interested in building and tinkering and solar energy, etc. Bungala Ridge Permaculture Gardens isn't up to date and offers a view of what life was like for us a couple of decades ago. One day I'll update the site. Sadly we're not permaculturists, but still adhere to a few of the main principles.
Jacqui's evocative poetry is about life, love, living and letting go... Jacqui was my lovely sister who found at at the age of 32 that she had cancer and died 12 years later. She was an inspiration to all who knew her.
A small web site celebrating the Paine family's trip to Ceduna in 2002 to witness the amazing Total Solar Eclipse. If you ever get the chance to see a Total Solar Eclipse don't hesitate. It's an awesome experience.
Although I am not a natural gardener, just someone who dabbles in growing and propagating plants, I am passionate about my garden and miss it terribly when I'm on holiday. I love the colour and complexity of flowers... I think these took over from my childhood fascination of rocks, minerals, gemstones and crystals, the flowers of the underworld. Wander around my (sadly unattended) Flower Garden site.
Yet more beautiful flowers, this time captured by Beverley's camera while on holiday in Tasmania in 2006 - a tribute to Table Cape Tulip Farm.
Another highlight from the six week Tasmanian holiday: Sealife Experience cruise on Tasman Peninsula. And this was about the time that I ran out of time and energy to build websites - although I have about 100 pages and 400 photos ready to edit, format and upload sharing our epic 7 week adventure traversing New Zealand's North and South Islands. Oh well... one day...
Still in his teens, my youngest son built his first website, Off Roading Subarus, a forum where he shares his adventures in modifying and racing Subarus. A decade or so later he's still mucking about with Subarus. Not content with this time and money consuming hobby, he's started his own business designing and creating hand-made rustic steel sculpture and screens, Two or Three D Designs or his Facebook page.
Our daughter April took over Always Learning Books from us in 2010 but also is a consultant for Your Inspiration at Home. For some reason, unlike their parents, all of our children turned out to be excellent cooks with adventurous taste buds. Another bonus to be had from the home education lifestyle!
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Together with the support of my family, my aim is to help parents educate their children in stress-free, nurturing environments. In addition to building and maintaing this website, I continue to create and manage local and national home educating networks, help to organise conferences and camps, as well as write for, edit and produce newsletters, resource directories and magazines. I am an active support of national, state, regional and local home education groups.
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Toshiba and ScanDisk have both unveiled "world's fastest" memory cards to meet the demands of shooting HD video and expanding the performance and use of mobile devices.
The humble SD Memory card has never been in greater demand. With the exception of iPhones, iPads and Google Nexus products, pretty much every mobile and not-so-mobile consumer device the world over has a microSD or full-sized SD Card slot for expanding its memory.
And while any make of card is fine for storing music or documents, finding a card capable of working fast enough to capture HD video or bursts of still images in RAW, rather than compressed, jpeg format is not so simple.
The Toshiba EXCERIA PRO, announced on Tuesday and destined for launch in October, is a full-sized SD Card developed for high-end DSLP and mirrorless cameras and as such can write data at an incredible speed of 240MB a second, which Toshiba claims is a world first.
Being able to capture data at such intense speeds means that they can not only record HD video but also support 4K or ultra-high definition video recording, something that is slowly rolling out as a feature on premium devices but is expected to become a mainstream feature, even of flagship smartphones by the end of 2014.
Being able to work at such a high rate also makes them ideal for fast bursts of professional photography. Simply hold the shutter button down and know that there will be no lag between the aperture closing and opening again as the data is pushed from a camera's image sensor and onto the card.
And while this is all well and good for professional and hobbyist photographers, there are very few if any smartphones and tablets on the market that support a full-sized SD Card slot. It is always MicroSD.
For this reason, SanDisk -- inventor of the SD Card -- has been focusing its efforts on packing as much performance as possible into the SD Card's diminutive brother.
Its SanDisk EXtreme microSDHC and microSDXC cards announced on July 9, have been specifically developed to help smartphone and tablet owners squeeze the most out of their devices in terms of multimedia performance. The SDXC card can capture data at speeds of up to 50MB a second and can be read at speeds of 80MB a second -- both records for the micro format -- making them suitable for capturing full HD video and burst photography as well as for smooth streaming of films and music on devices.
SanDisk also claims that these speeds are also good enough to support 4K UHD recording and playback in smaller devices. The cards are also available with up to 64GB of storage which SanDisk says is to ensure that Android device owners can make the most of their phones and tablets (Android phones often come with as little as 8GB of internal storage and an average of 16GB).
"Most high-end smartphones are now driven by high-speed quad-core processors, which deliver Full HD content and applications to large, high-resolution external displays. Such applications require high memory bandwidth," explains Stuart Robinson, director, handset component technologies service, Strategy Analytic.
However, this capacity and performance comes at a price. The 64GB SanDisk Extreme microSDXC, which is waterproof, dustproof, shockproof and x-ray-proof, retails for $199.99.
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China wants to sell cars to the world. As the country’s industry moves up the value chain, the next stop it wants to make is electric automobile exports. Jacky Wong reports in The Wall Street Journal:
Chinese electric vehicles are speeding ahead in the country in 2021. Next they may want to make inroads overseas.
Sales of new-energy passenger vehicles in China, including plug-in hybrids, have nearly tripled from a year earlier in the first 11 months of 2021, according to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers. And that is against the backdrop of a sluggish overall car market. New-energy vehicles accounted for nearly a fifth of passenger-car sales in November, compared with 6.2% for the whole 2020.
Though China is phasing out subsidies for purchasing EVs, it has introduced a credit trading system encouraging car makers to produce vehicles with lower emissions. Infrastructure has also improved: there are now more than one million charging points in China, double the number two years ago, according to China Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Promotion Alliance.
Apart from Tesla, Chinese brands dominate EV sales in the country. One unusual winner is the Hongguang Mini EV: a $4,400 hatchback made by a joint venture of General Motors, Liuzhou Wuling Motors and state-owned SAIC Motor. But other Chinese auto makers like BYD, Li Auto and XPeng are making more-conventional-looking EVs that are also bestsellers.
Having a head start after years of subsidies has helped. The country now has a strong EV supply chain. Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL) is the world’s largest EV battery maker. China also dominates the processing of battery materials like lithium. Interest is also surging in a type of battery using a technology called lithium iron phosphate (LFP), which is safer and cheaper. The technology has been around for years but improved energy density thanks to better battery architecture now means it is suitable for wider adoption, especially in more-affordable EVs. Tesla has used LFP batteries from CATL for its China-made Model 3. BYD, which is backed by Warren Buffett, has also designed its own version.
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Supply Chain Management (SCM)
Definition - What does Supply Chain Management (SCM) mean?
Supply chain management (SCM) is the management and oversight of a product from its origin until it is consumed.
SCM involves the flow of materials, finances and information. This includes product design, planning, execution, monitoring and control. The goal of this process is to reduce inventory, increase transaction speed and improve work flow with profit in mind.
Software application tools and modules enhance and ensure SCM efficiency.
Techopedia explains Supply Chain Management (SCM)
Outsourcing has magnified SCM complexity because the supply chain now includes more organizational roles.
Managing this complexity requires strict adherence to the following activities:
- Strategic: Ensures efficient product movement and communication.
- Tactical: Determines transportation, production, scheduling and research processes.
- Operational: Determines the rate of production material, supply consumption and flow of finished goods.
Supply chain management often involves the use of supply chain software applications, which has virtually revolutionized the old system.
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Feeling the Power of Hurricane-Force Winds
This week marks the 55th anniversary Hurricane Carol. Carol was the first time I had personally seen the power of a hurricane when it came calling in 1954 to my home in Brockton, Mass. Since then I've had several close-up encounters with hurricanes, but always from a safe vantage point without direct exposure to hurricane-force winds.
So, when I saw the announcement that the University of Maryland would be hosting a Hurricane Wind Tunnel Media Day, I simply could not resist the opportunity to actually feel winds up to 115 mph. It was an awesome experience and lots of fun, too.
Keep reading for more on my wind tunnel experience...
I was greeted at the wind tunnel facility by its director, Dr. Jewel B. Barlow. Before entering the tunnel, Dr. Barlow reviewed what to expect, including tips for having fun (and surviving) the wind tunnel experience.
He mentioned that one could stand without restraints for wind speeds up to 40 mph. Higher than 40 mph requires being anchored with a safety restraint and wearing safety goggles. The tunnel's maximum wind speed is 230 mph, though 115 mph -- equivalent to a low-end Category 3 hurricane -- is as high as they'll go when a person is in the tunnel. While not applicable in my case, Dr. Barlow mentioned that men are cautioned not to wear ties -- they would be shredded -- and women are advised not to wear blouses with slippery pearl buttons -- to avoid a "wardrobe malfunction." Dr. Barlow added, "don't laugh, it's happened."
As the wind speed increased to 40 mph (tropical storm force) I could move around freely. As speeds increased toward minimal hurricane strength of 75 -80 mph, I couldn't hear anything nor could I communicate verbally with the tunnel operators. Flash cards were held up to tell me how fast the wind was blowing, and a thumbs-up signal by me was the OK for continuing to jack up the speed.
You'll see in the video (at the beginning of the post) my shirt flapping violently, as well as my facial features being distorted in a chaotic pattern. I finally gave the colloquial slash-across-the-throat signal to quit at 100 mph, since I felt like I was going to fall over backwards.
Keep in mind that the force of the wind increases with the square of the speed such that, for example, the force at 100 mph on my body was four times, not twice, that at 50 mph. While feeling badly that I didn't make it to the tunnel's top speed of 115 mph, Dr. Barlow consoled me by noting that the increase in wind force between 100 mph and 115 mph would have been relatively small compared to that when the wind was cranked up from 40 mph to 100 mph (factors of 1.32 and 6.25, respectively).
Not only did I survive -- and enjoy -- the experience of facing down hurricane-force winds, but I did so without having to hang onto a telephone pole in the midst of the real thing, or otherwise make a fool of myself like so many TV news reporters here and amateur storm chasers, a.k.a. certifiable candidates for a Darwin Award.
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- Discover the Tapestry
- History of Tapestries - What they mean
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Hanging, Care and Maintenance of your New Tapestry
- Pricing Advantage
- Why Tapestry
|Discover the Tapestry|
A Tapestry is the result of the intersection of two kinds of threads:
The manufacture of a tapestry can be analyzed in four stages. In order to guarantee a high quality product, the whole of the staff must be intransigent on the quality of the services carried out. One mistake can jeopardize the final result of the tapestry. These are the four stages of the manufacture of the Jacquard tapestries.
1. Creation : The first work is the creation. This work consists in the "mise en carte" the detailed drawing of the motif. Indeed, working from a medieval or contemporary design, the creator has to transcribe the colours and contours for the weaving. Which will be possible only after this work of " mise en carte".
2. Warping: Production starts in the warping workshop. It is the weaving preparation. Thousands of dyed threads are winded on enormous reels (called rollers). These threads will form the warp of the tapestry. Thus, the warper arranges the various coloured threads, side by side, in a set order.
Surrounded by a multitude of reels, the first foreman, whose eye is riveted on his machine, knows each thread and allots it to its place according to the motif. It is a work of patience on which depends the result of the tapestry.
3. Weaving: The tapestry is the result of the intersection (or interlacing) of two kinds of threads:
- warp threads laid out lengthways (warping)
- weft threads laid out crossways (weaving)
- All our tapestries are weaving in France on Jacquard looms...
- Looms Jacquard weaving: The weaver is tending the looms, in order to locate the possible defects. The warp and the weft will interlace each other, and the design will take life.
4. Finition: All the tapestries offered on this site are finished according to your requirements. The tapestries are finished, ready to be hanged on your wall.
- Most of our tapestries have an added border which is woven independently. This finition brings a decorative aspect which emphasizes the panel.
- All the tapestries are lined with a beautiful cotton fabric.
- An hanging system is put on the tapestry's back. Two means of hanging are systematically put on each tapestry: eyelets and a rod-pocket.
- the eyelets allow to hang your tapestries by using nails' head (insert nails in the wall, then hang nails' head on the eyelets).
- the rod-pocket allows to slide a rod which will be fixed into the wall, on each side of the tapestry.
History of Tapestry - What They Mean
History of our European Tapestry Collection
Save on Tapestries.com welcomes you to revel in the history of our European Tapestry collection, which in ancient days was used to decorate affluent homes and important buildings. Tapestries are functional, beautiful and portable, and contain histories as intricate as the threads that bind them. It is also believed to have covered the walls of the Parthenon These high qualities; European made tapestry reproductions are Jacquard woven in Belgium, France, and Italy. The patterns and scenes, which are woven into the fabric, are inspired from original European designs-Art, many of which now adorn the walls of fine art museums and stately manors.
Tapestry art is one of the most effective forms of literary expression the world has ever known. Through the use of this unique art form, the stories of Homer's Odyssey and Iliad were told and made vivid to the ancient Greeks. Even the stories of Virgil's Aneida and Ovid's Metamorphoses were made vivid to the Romans through the use of these woven art pieces. In fact, woven tapestry art has vividly told the stories of the Greeks, Romans, Medieval, and the Renaissance period as well as the Old & New Testament. Countless heroes and nobility have owned hand-woven tapestry art in France, England, Germany, and Italy from ancient times to more recently throughout the Thirteenth to the Eighteenth centuries. Between the hand-woven tapestry art of classical antiquity and that of the Thirteenth century, a long period of darkness and artistic void intervened in western culture, and for over a thousand years weavers were content to leave the making of large wall paintings to artists and embroiderers. Today they are made on Jacquard looms. (Click here to view our entire tapestry collection)
Our Unicorn tapestries, like the unicorn itself, are one of the marvels of the world, for in no other work of art anywhere is the pursuit and capture of this magical creature presented in such astonishing detail, with such command of pictorial verisimilitude and symbolic intention. In a duality not rare in the late middle ages, the imagery is secular and religious. The references to love, matrimonial fidelity and desire for progeny are understandable in an ensemble that may have celebrated a marriage. But the unicorn, at the same, is Christ, and the compositions reflect the Incarnation, the Passion, and the Resurrection. Gabriel, the angel of the Annunciation, is one of the hunters; the unicorn loses his fierceness in the lap of the Virgin Mary: and thorny crown encircles his horn and neck when he is slain; and then the glorious creature is miraculously alive again and chained to a pomegranate tree, simultaneously an image of the risen Christ and of lover-bridegroom secured by his adored lady.
Many of the best-known works, such as the "Lady with the Unicorn" series, were produced towards the end of the fifteenth century in the Loire Valley. Approximately 15,000 people were employed in the manufacturing of these charming 'mile fleurs' scenes of lords, ladies and peasants set in a background of local flowers. Painters made the preliminary design. Weavers extracted the dyes, mostly from plants, in up to twelve colors, dyed the thread and only then commenced weaving. A skilled weaver took two months to complete just one square foot, working with English or Picardy wool, Italian silk, and silver and gold thread from Cyprus. The skills of a weaver were often passed from father to son. (Click here to view our Unicorn wall hangings).
Then, in the early Thirteenth and Fourteenth century, Gothic art appeared in woven tapestry art with its unique form of religious mystery and romance to fascinate the viewer. Their hand-woven tapestry art was intensely personal, intensely human, and overall intensely spiritual. The tapestry art created at that time was the work of men permeated with religious consciousness and with the warm comprehension of the omniscience and omnipresence of their God.
Scholars define medieval times synonymously with the Middle Ages, meaning from the fall of the Roman Empire through the 14th century, and describe the Renaissance as the period from the 14th century through the 16th century. This time frame can only be used as a general rule of thumb, as the transition in art was more gradual. As a matter of fact, many tapestry pieces from the 15th and 16th century would be considered medieval, though technically woven during the Renaissance. Wide varieties of bobbins are still used just as in the Medieval and Renaissance times. (Click here to view our medieval tapestry collection)
On the other hand evolved later on with completely opposite views. The purpose of Gothic pictorial art in hand-woven tapestry art was to tell the story beautifully and effectively, but in all cases to tell the story at any expense.
The purpose of Renaissance pictorial art in woven tapestry was to produce illusions of what reality should be. It was actually more intellectual, more abstract, and more scientific with perfection of form, precision of method, and creative grandeur as it's objective for the viewer. The artist Raphael and his Renaissance School of Ancient Roman Art, in actuality, gave rise to the Renaissance tapestry art style in the early sixteenth century. Original antique tapestry pieces can range from a few thousand dollars to over $200,000 for large high quality Renaissance pieces. (Click here to view our Renaissance tapestry collection)
Raphael was one of the greatest masters of composition that Europe has ever produced. The art-historical importance of Raphael’s famous design is more familiar, perhaps, than their original purpose and subsequent history. Pope Leo X commissioned the tapestries for the lower walls of the Sistine chapel. Michelangelo’s ceiling, completed in 1512 had destroyed the original decorative equilibrium. The tapestries may have been intended to restore that aesthetic balance. His drawings were prized and sought after even during his lifetime and is a living testimony to the glory of his art. Through the study of his drawings and engraving we can follow the development of a work of art from the germ of an idea in a sketchbook to the finished painting. Ever since the Renaissance the collection of drawings has been considered a mark of refinement and taste. In the past artists gave drawings to kings, patrons and other important people. Today all museums, galleries and prvate collectors eagerly seek after drawings by famous artists. Raphael is best known for his Madonnas and for his large figure compositions in the Vatican in Rome. His work is admired for its clarity of form and ease of composition and for its visual achievement of the Neoplatonic ideal of human grandeur. Raphael’s paintings are living things; the flesh palpitates, the breath comes and goes, every organ lives, life pulsates everywhere. (Click here to view our Art Tapestry collection)
A tapestry is called verdure when its main subject is the green work of nature: landscapes, forests, leaves and fruit. Animal, hunters, and mythological beings are the usual additions to the verdure; a genre scene is somewhat unexpected. (Click here to read more) Vegetation was the essential subject, but this often included more than plant forms or a landscape. Architectural elements, such as a distant castle or a bridge, crept into the design with small, recognizable, woodland animals in the foreground and an occasional hunter or shepherd in the distance. The modern verdures are with animals and small figures. (Click here to view Verdure wall hangings)
(1703-1770), French painter, noted for his pastoral and mythological scenes, whose work embodies the frivolity and sensuousness of the rococo style. In figure tapestries, the great name is Boucher. From the outset Boucher’s great talent was evident in the elegance and ease of his compositions. The transitory preoccupation of his silent shepherdesses was entirely in the spirit of the first half of the eighteenth century.
Boucher, the son of a designer of lace, was born in Paris. He studied with the painter François Le Moyne but was most influenced by the delicate style of his contemporary Antoine Watteau. In 1723 Boucher won the Prix de Rome; he studied in Rome from 1727 to 1731. After his return to France, he created hundreds of paintings, decorative boudoir panels, tapestry designs, theater designs, and book illustrations. He became a faculty member of the Royal Academy in 1734. He designed for the Beauvais tapestry works and in 1755 became director of the Gobelins tapestries. In 1765 he was made first painter to the king, director of the Royal Academy, and designer for the Royal Porcelain Works. His success was encouraged by his patron, Marquise de Pompadour, mistress to Louis XV. He painted her portrait several times.
Boucher's delicate, lighthearted depictions of classical divinities and well-dressed French shepherdesses delighted the public, who considered him the most fashionable painter of his day. Examples of his work are the paintings Triumph of Venus (1740, Nationalmuseum, Stockholm) and Nude Lying on a Sofa (1752, Alte Pinakothek, Munich) and the tapestry series Loves of the Gods (1744). Boucher's sentimental, facile style was too widely imitated and fell out of favor during the rise of neoclassicism. He died in Paris on May 30, 1770. The extraordinary career of Francois Boucher was unmatched by his contemporaries in versatility, consistency and output. For many, particularly the writers and collectors who led the revival of interest in the French rococo during the last century, his sensuous beauties, coquettish milkmaids and plump cupids represent the French eighteenth century at its most typical. His facility with the brush, even when betraying the occasional superficiality of his art, enabled him to master every aspect of painting - history and mythology, portraiture, landscape, ordinary life and, as part of larger compositions, even still life. (Click here to view Francois Boucher’s art in tapestry reproduction)
Family enterprises at Aubusson and nearby Felletin supplied local patrons. Henry’s IV economic program of protection from Flemish competition encouraged their development. Light colors were favored at Aubusson partly because tapestries were coarser and looser in weave. The subjects reflected contemporary taste.
Aubusson tapestries portray pastoral settings, such as country cottages surrounded with verdure. While battle scenes were not part of Aubusson's repertoire, they were used to illustrate the size of their client's estate. "Tapestries were an early form of advertising," says James Waite, president of Heirloom European Tapestries near Sacramento, California. "When noble families traveled throughout their kingdom, tapestries advertised their power through scenes depicting famous battles or impressive hunting achievements. Usually, their estates were featured in the background, allowing them to demonstrate wealth and education. People were in awe of their power.
A sea of knots on the back side reveals the tedious handiwork required for each piece, making them a highly regarded gift during the Middle Ages. "They were given as wedding gifts, or as offerings to ambassadors from other states or kingdoms," says Waite. Kings and queens often lined their cold castle walls with these precious textiles for both their beauty and their warmth. As the demand for tapestries grew throughout Europe, countries such as Italy and Spain imported French and Belgian craftsmen to teach local artisans how to create these woven masterpieces.
Most tapestry designs began as paintings. "On a piece of cardboard, an artist would sketch the design which would later become the tapestry.” Famous artists, like Boucher, painted scenes which were then made into tapestries." One 18th-century tapestry trend included producing pieces that looked like paintings from a distance. Animal imagery such as stags, woodpeckers, and exotic fowl were often incorporated within the scenes. A lion, for example, was a symbol of power, while a unicorn, often shown rearing, translated into wisdom, elegance, grace and purity.
(Click here to view Aubusson tapestry collection)
The Bayeux tapestry is embroidery that is roughly 20”tall and 230 ft long. It tells the story of the events leading up to and including the battle of Hastings on October 14th1066. The images have been reproduced in tapestries.
The Bayeux Tapestry has preserved the glory of the Norman Conquest of England, and the drama of Harold of Wessex and Duke William of Normandy for over 900 years. Usually attributed to William's wife Matilda, the Bayeux Tapestry in fact was more likely commissioned by William's half-brother, Bishop Odo of Bayeux (also Earl of Kent), for display in the Bayeux Cathedral, which was consecrated just eleven years after Hastings. The 231-foot-long tapestry is a Norman document, but the style of the figures sewn in colored wools leads some scholars to believe that Englishmen from Canterbury actually stitched the Bayeux Tapestry. The Bayeux Tapestry was first mentioned in a 1476 inventory of the Bayeux Cathedral. In 1792, French revolutionaries used this historical tapestry as a wagon cover until a local lawyer rescued it. Scholars believe two missing panels at the end may have portrayed William on the throne of England. (Click here to view Bayeux tapestries)
Our Chenille tapestry collection boasts of floral, modern, armorial and medieval tapestries. Some of them of them have been finished unlined to enable adapt to different usages examples: wall hangings, throws or accent decorative rug (strictly light use). They are made and designed in traditional Flemish traditions by Flemish artisans.
Floral and Still life
Our Floral tapestry collection is a beautiful assortment of different Floral still lives from France, Italy and Belgium.Some of them are from famous artists such as Vincent Van Gogh, Redoute, Iphigenie Millet de Mureau, and more.
Take the opportunity to view these beautiful and stunning tapestries of scenes and views found only around the area of the Lake of Como, considered by many to be one of the most beautiful corners of the world. These scenes have been reproduced from a late 18th century tapestry scene at Lake Como in northern Italy. The terrace and gardens are those of the Villa d’Este Estate: peaceful gardens that can still be visited today. . This small and very charming village on the western shore of Lake Como has come to share the fame of Villa d'Este. Since the 1500's, the estate served as a royal residence before it was transformed in 1873 into one of Europe’s most fabulous and luxurious hotels.
Royal Hunt Scenes
Our Royal Hunt scène tapestries are tapestry reproductions from Italy and Belgium. In the early 1500's combat and hunting scenes were popular with the aristocracy. The Holy Roman Emperor Charles V was even accompanied into battle by his court painter who made sketches at the site for later weaving. Hunting scenes led to 'verdure' tapestries of lush landscapes, which in turn developed, into romanticized pastoral designs, which reflected increasing Italian influences.
Our oriental tapestry collection comprises of Royal Elephants- Woven in 1844, inspired by a design of Jean Amédée Couderc. The original is exhibited at the Musée du Louvre in Paris. We also carry an Elephant in Oriental style, trendy in Europe in the XIX th century. Woven in Aubusson along with other tapestries of camels and Lord Buddha.
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William Morris was born in Walthamstow, Essex, on 24 March 1834. The son of a wealthy businessman, he enjoyed a comfortable childhood before going to Marlborough and Exeter College, Oxford.He originally intended to take holy orders, but his reading of the social criticism of Carlyle, Kingsley and Ruskin led him to reconsider the Church and devote his life to art.
After leaving Oxford, Morris was briefly articled to G. E. Street, the Gothic Revival architect, but he soon left, having determined to become a painter. His admiration for the Pre-Raphaelites led him to be introduced to Dante Gabriel Rossetti whose influence can be seen on Morris's only surviving painting La Belle Iseult.
In the 1860s Morris decided that his creative future lay in the field of the decorative arts. His career as a designer began when he decorated the Red House, Bexleyheath, which had been built for him by Philip Webb. The success of this venture led to the formation of Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co. in 1861. The 'Firm' (later renamed Morris & Co) was particularly well known for its stained glass, examples of which can be seen in churches throughout Britain. Morris produced some 150 designs, which are often characterized by their delightful foliage patterns.
His greatest achievement as a designer was in the field of textiles and wallpapers. The designs for these were influenced by his knowledge of the medieval works held at the South Kensington Museum and his own observation of natural forms. (Click here to see William Morris tapestries)
English author and illustrator of picture book for very young, creator of the characters Peter Rabbit, Jeremy Fisher, Jemima Puddle-Duck, Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle, and others. Potter's popularity has shown no sign of diminishing since she created the timeless children's books.
"Once upon a time there were four little Rabbits, and their names were - Flopsy, Mopsy, Cottontail, and Peter. They lived with their Mother in a sand-bank, underneath the root of a very big tree" (from The Tale of Peter Rabbit, 1902) (Click here to view Beatrix Potter tapestries)
Cicely Mary Parker
Cicely was born in Croydon, South London in 1895 and died in 1973. Her Flower Fairies are known and loved around the world. Cicely was known as a quiet, unassuming and dedicated artist who spent her life illustrating many children's books and selling hundreds of watercolors and pastels. Today, more than twenty years after her death, her work continues to delight both young and old.
Cicely was educated at home because of ill health and taught herself to draw and paint. Cicely's Flower Fairy books brought her the most public acclaim. In these she recreated the beauty of nature as well as the joy of childhood. Her plants and flowers were observed with complete botanical accuracy and the Fairies themselves capture the unselfconscious grace of young children. For anyone who loves fairies or who loves flowers or who loves children, these are the perfect collection.
We are proud to be one of a very few retailers to stock the entire selection of Cicely Mary Barker Flower Fairy range of tapestry products.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is Renaissance tapestry?
Our Renaissance Collection includes numerous tapestries from the 15th century to the present period. Generally, you will find people in these tapestries, including godly legends, but these do not include romantic scenes or Verdures. Our Renaissance Collection shows tapestries in which the cartoonist and weaver appreciated and could implement the mastered art of perspective.
Tapestry production was an art form and industry of its own and a Tapissier or mill owner, and his artist cartoonist were now challenged to produce cartoons with perspective. Again the weavers were challenged and experimented with their old techniques until they achieved perspective tapestry weaving as well. Some tapestries, even later works, are difficult to place in our limited specific categories. If you are a tapestry enthusiast, you will find many of these tapestries expressing the height of human feelings evoked by the Renaissance era.
What is a Floral Tapestry?
Our floral collection is vast and varied. It includes everything from traditional still lifes to more contemporary floral arrangements. Floral Tapestries also often include decorative vertical panels with garlands, wreaths, small scenes, and lush foliage. Floral arrangements with their universal themes are always a cherished and endearing gift. A floral tapestry will brighten and warm any room, regardless of the time of year.
What are American Tapestries?
Quite simply, they depict Americana scenes. Interestingly, some are made in Belgium, and others in China.
What are Hunt Scene tapestries?
From medieval hawk hunting scenes, 16th century boar slayings, to popular 18th century foxhunt scenes, our Hunt Scene Collection depicts them all. Whether for a lodge, study, or grand foyer, our Hunt Scene Collection has the perfect tapestry for the outdoors enthusiast
What are Knights and Crests tapestries?
Chivalry, King Arthur, tournaments, battle, and royal coats-of-arms are the special focus of this regal collection. The difference between men and boys is the price of their toys. And if you have a castle, large or small, it is nothing at all without a tapestry from this collection. Cheers!
What are landscape tapestries like?
Our landscape tapestries include some verdures, pastorals or floral, but are more known for their panoramic views of tranquil places. Light, pleasant and evocative of the fresh open air.
Do you carry William Morris tapestries?
Yes, we do. Check under William Morris Tapestries
Do you carry Religious tapestries?
Yes, we do. Check under Religious tapestries.
Product Information: Hanging, Care and Maintenance of your New Tapestry
We give below a few tips on how to care and enjoy your new tapestry.
How should I hang my tapestry?
Many of our tapestries are finished with a secondary backing. On the back of your tapestry, you will find a sleeve or rod pocket running the width of your tapestry. This is sewn in to accept a rod or dowel, which should be securely mounted to your wall with appropriate brackets. Due to the large variety of rods and finials available, we do not stock or offer any selection. Drapery rods, wooden dowels and finials that will complement your interiors are readily available at most hardware centers and decorative accessory stores. . We recommend the Home Depot- Décor Department, where you can find hanging accessories very competitively priced or any other Drapery store.
Follow the accompanying directions and install as you would any standard drapery rod.
There are two ways to hang tapestries:
a) Wooden Dowel: A quick and easy way is to cut a length of round wooden dowel slightly longer than the rod pocket. Insert small cup-hooks into each end and simply place them over small picture hook nails or any other fastening system. This is quick, easy and cheap.
b) Decorative Rods: Purchase an extendable metal rod with finials (decorative ends). Use the brackets provided for the tapestry to hang ‘off’ the wall. For flush mounting, hang the rod over two picture hanging brackets hammering the nails at a 45-degree angle.
Elegant & Stunning Designer look: Show off your Tapestry and your designer skills by adding a pair of Corded tassels to either end of the tapestries to blend in and complement your existing décor.
How do I take off a crease from my tapestry?
CREASES & FINISHING
NB: Always test a small section of the tapestry for the correct heat setting before ironing. We accept no claims or liability for any instructions given below.
1. Finished tapestries: You may receive the tapestry with a few creases. To remove the creases: 1. Lay the tapestry on an ironing board or anything soft with a stiff backing with the tapestry back on the top 2. Place a soft cloth (muslin cloth or similar) along the crease 3. Carefully and gently steam iron the crease.
2. Unfinished tapestries:
To remove the creases:
1. Lay the tapestry on an ironing board or anything soft with a stiff backing with its back facing up
2. Place a soft cloth (muslin cloth or similar) 3. Carefully and gently iron the crease. Steam ironing is not recommended, however for very stubborn creases you use a steam iron.
3. Unlike a framed print, your new tapestries may not be perfectly square. The beauty of our tapestries is that they are individually woven on a loom and like any custom work may have some natural irregularities to retain the beauty and elegance of your tapestry. To help the tapestry hang better, we recommend using a steam iron to lightly iron your tapestries and flatten the ends on receipt.
How do I clean my tapestry?
Because your tapestry is mounted on a wall, it should not be subject to the same abuse as your carpet and upholstered seating; therefore it should need less frequent maintenance. (Although some have elected to place a tapestry on the floor as some of the designs lend them to this. Others use them as bedcovering or table covers, which is a traditional use.) Vacuuming the front and back of your tapestry once or twice per year, with your vacuum upholstery attachment, should be sufficient maintenance for many years to come. Consider cleaning your tapestries about as often you do your fine window treatments.
Your tapestry must be dry cleaned by an experienced drapery dry cleaning plant.
In some cities an Antique Tapestry Dealer or Oriental rug wash/ repair room may be of assistance in cleaning your tapestry.
My tapestry has a curl to it. What to do?
A curl in a tapestry is not unusual. Tapestries will bend, wave and curl and may change with the seasons and humidity differences. Some people recommend decorative weights be hung at the bottom corners. I do not necessarily like this approach. Although weights will help to keep the tapestry taut, over time they may cause excessive stretching on the sides and cause the tapestry to go further out of shape. Some have sewn drapery weights across the bottom of the backing. Evenly and regularly placed weights work well and apply less stress on one particular section.
My favorite and the easiest quick fix is to buy a wooden rod or dowel the width of the tapestry at your local hardware center. Cut the rod just a tad shorter than the tapestry width.
Now study how the backing is applied to the face tapestry. Find your sewing kit and get that little tool that opens up seams. About an inch up from the bottom open the seam just slightly more than the rod’s diameter.
Will the rod slide easily into the opening?
Now put a quick whipstitch above and below your opening to avoid future unravelling. Slide the rod in. Adjust it into place. With a little time, the even weight and rigidity of the rod will help keep your tapestry flat.
Will my tapestry fade?
Your tapestry is a textile and may fade as any textile might. In many environments, decades may pass before any noticeable fading occurs. Antique tapestries tend to be faded and washed out, and many consumers may actually find that their new tapestry's appearance improves with a little aging. (Some pay extra to have them washed or tea stained. If you wish to minimize fading, avoid hanging your tapestry in direct sunlight. In addition, closing drapes or blinds is a good precaution. Applying a window film or tint to reduce damaging ultraviolet light rays is also an alternative.
What sort of cleaning & Maintenance do I require for my tapestry?
1. An annual brushing with a soft brush is sufficient to dust your tapestry – or use the vacuum cleaner attachment. Be gentle.
2. Dry-cleaning: When required, DRYCLEAN YOUR TAPESTRY ONLY.
How much do I save buying from you?
We encourage you to check our prices against the competition. If the same item has a lower price anywhere else on the web, we will match and beat by 3% that verified price (does not include close out or liquidation sales). A perfect way of saying,” THANK YOU” for shopping with us.
Our lower prices still assures you of the finest reproduction tapestries that money can buy. We are able to offer you these low prices on these high quality tapestries as
- We buy directly in contracted quantities from the factory
- We have low warehousing costs.
- Benefit of our volume discount is passed on to you our valued customers
- There is no middleman involved in our buying
Why should I consider buying a tapestry?
Tapestries have many advantages:
- They are more beautiful and elegant.
- A tapestry doesn’t need to be framed with protective glass so the image can be seen clearly without bothersome glares.
- The natural texture of a tapestry gives a warmer and softer look to the room.
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TUPELO, MISS. (WCBI)- Inside the women’s pod, makeshift bunk beds line the floor. A cell in the medical wing is now used to house confidential records for inmates and an investigator shares his office with the fingerprint machine, meaning he has to leave his work , anytime prints are taken. A quick tour of the Lee County Jail shows the pressing need for extra room. “It’s the space in general, the entire sheriff’s department, from records to radio room to offices for investigators to jail space for inmates,” said Sheriff Jim Johnson.
The latest recommendations come from a report by the recent grand jury. In fact, Sheriff Johnson allows each grand jury to tour the facilities and share their findings. Overall, the report says the jail is in good condition, but needs more educational space in adult and juvenile facilities and also recommended a better suicide prevention cell. When the jail was opened in the mid 1990s,. it was a state of the art facility. But now, the pods for inmates are always at or over capacity .
“The problem we have with the county jail, we’re mandated by the state to house state inmates until they can be transferred to a state facility, that’s one of our biggest problems, those people can’t bond out, can’t put them on ankle bracelet, can’t put them in drug court, can’t do anything but house them,” Sheriff Johnson said. Also there is not enough space for staff. For instance, there is not one room in the entire facility large enough for Sheriff Johnson to meet with all staff at one time.
Just keeping up with increasing state and federal mandates can be a daunting task. “I’ve told everybody, if the sheriff could get out of the jail business, he would have the best job there was, but it is the biggest headache that comes with this job, the responsibility of a correctional facility,” he said. There are several options that could be considered, among them, putting the jail, and sheriff’s office in a new facility for the Tupelo Police Department, adding on to the current complex, or building a separate jail. Early next week a consultant will meet with Lee County supervisors and the sheriff to assess the needs, and then look at costs for the project. | <urn:uuid:d69064f8-b1a9-446f-ab52-6d5a581f537d> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.wcbi.com/video-grand-jury-report-recommends-improvements-for-lee-co-jail/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560284352.26/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095124-00197-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.960806 | 486 | 1.53125 | 2 |
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I recently replaced a 140W 20" CRT with a 14W 20" Acer LED ($100) and since that monitor is used 16hrs a day at a 15c KWhr rate, the LED pays for itself after a year or so. The CRT though just won't go and die yet. The CRT still looks way better for square TV/video, but far worse for everything else.
My oldish 24" LCD though is closer to 80W and is toasty to sit in front of. Most plain LCDs are not as frugal as they could be, typically 60W and up for 24" and bigger screens. Some of those 27" and bigger Hanspree and HP models are well over a 100W.
My next 24" will also be a 1920x1200 LCD from Lenova that uses a half power CC tube at 35W. Wonder why more CC tubes don't use that design since it compares well with LED on power.
Still LED back lighting really seems to be smacking LCDs now on power and the price difference is becoming minimal and could easily cover itself in short order. Also LED makes for much slimmer, lighter panels (and woblier too).
Also on ATX power supplies, most PCs use <80% efficient PSUs and the power factor is usually bad too. Compare the VA value against the Wattage value, VA is often 20% higher. Since most budget PCs can use a motherboard with built in graphics, they should be able to run on 60W or so esp if a 2.5" HD is used. That means the 300W PSU could easily be replaced by a micro PSU that fits entirely in the 24pin molex connector. These fanless Minibox supplies can deliver from 60W-150W saving space, noise and power and are >95% efficient. They do use an external 12V DC adapter though. Using one though will limit expansion options.
For most of my PCs, I also switched to refurbished 2.5" HDs drives leaving the 3.5" HDs only for mass storage used only when needed. Saves power, space and noise. Microcenter often has these for $15-$20 at 40-60GB size. | <urn:uuid:01b35239-4473-46f8-a490-14f94d6a9f3b> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.osnews.com/permalink?483218 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280835.60/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00469-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.954852 | 466 | 1.570313 | 2 |
The Innervoice Organization was created to inform the Fort Berthold Enrolled membership about the issues that affect them. We are not a Political Organization but a group of Enrolled Members concerned about the future of our Tribes and the Future of our relatives yet to come. We have no intention of causing harm or damage to any person or persons but will ask the tough questions when corruption, malfeasance, and inequality are brought to peoples attention.
These are questions we as Tribal members have a right to know and there are many other concerns but these are some immediate questions we have a right to ask.
There are some serious questions that must be asked of our Leaders concerning the Oil Leasing of our tribally owned Land shared by all Tribal members. Why wasnít this major Financial Venture brought to the people? Why wasnít it researched and planned to get the best deal for everyone? Why did our Tribal members who have no experience in the Oil business receive Tribal Land to Lease without any bidding process? What is the Plan for the Oil revenues? Why is our Leaders unwilling to talk publicly about our Tribally Owned Land Oil Leases? Are any of our Tribal Council members involved as partners in these Oil Companies?
There are questions about our debt we owe as a tribe. What is our Debt? What Tribal Resources have been put up for Collateral? Who made loans to the tribe?What are the payment terms and the interest of the loans? What is the plan to repay these loans? What were the loans used for? Why didnít every enrolled member benefit from these loans? Whoís accountable if the Tribe defaults on these Loans? What improvements have been made due to recent loans?
There are questions as to why certain people got big loans from the Tribe and the Small Loans Program. What financial criteria are needed to get a Loan from the Tribe? What sound business practices are being applied to these loans? What equality process is applied to ensure fairness for all enrolled members? What are the repayment terms and how are they enforced? Why is the Small Loans department closed? Why do certain members get thousands and others get five hundred a loan? Is it true that certain staff received thousands of dollars from small loans and are being indicted?
There are some questions about the new Housing initiative. Why did people who already have a home given a new home? Why did the Tribal Chairmanís wife receive a new house? Why did the Tribes former Chief of Staff receive a house before other homeless or impoverished families? Why did our HIP Director receive a new house? What are the criteria for receiving a new house? Why is there only two hundred homes being built everyone needs a new house? Why is a Councilman on the FBHA board of Directors? Why did our Council buy enrolled members houses when they could have built two for a lot less? Why is the Tribal Council making a hundred million plus dollar loan to build two hundred homes when they have enough to build a thousand new homes?
There are some questions about our Casino. Why is our General Manager still working at the Casino is it to keep the TBC happy? Why isnít our Council concerned that this is a Conflict of Interest? Why are three of the four owners of Dakota 3 employed by the Casino? Why do only certain tribal members receive a large amount of players cash and others donít receive any at all? Why donít we receive per cap payments like other Tribes? Why donít our enrolled members receive a minimum of ten dollars an hour starting wage? Why arenít there any improvements at the Casino? | <urn:uuid:bcab92c7-67c8-4e9f-a569-6fa31477c415> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://elbowoods.com/innervoice_10.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280292.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00336-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.977762 | 728 | 1.835938 | 2 |
West Long Branch, NJ – Public opinion remains split on President Donald Trump’s ability to deal with North Korea. While most say that holding another summit with Kim Jong Un was a good idea, fewer than half feel the most recent meeting made any progress in reducing the nuclear threat posed by North Korea. The latest Monmouth University Poll also finds that two-thirds of Americans disapprove of the president using emergency powers to divert military funding in order to build a wall along the Mexican border.
Currently, 42% of Americans express confidence in Trump’s ability to handle the North Korea situation (up from 37% after last year’s meeting), while 40% are not confident (up from 36%). Another 18% are unsure (down from 28%). Public faith in the president’s ability to deal with North Korea has been fairly evenly divided in Monmouth’s polling going back to August 2017.
Most Americans (65%) say that the recent meeting between Trump and Kim was a good idea, including 90% of Republicans, 66% of independents, and 42% of Democrats. Only 27% say it was a bad idea. This positive feeling is slightly lower than it was after the two leaders first met in June last year, when 71% said that meeting was a good idea and 20% said it was a bad idea.
“Trump gets credit for meeting with Kim, but it really doesn’t translate into a solid win for him,” said Patrick Murray, director of the independent Monmouth University Polling Institute.
Americans are split on whether it is likely (44%) or unlikely (44%) that the recent meeting will help decrease the nuclear threat posed by North Korea. The public was somewhat more optimistic after the 2018 summit, when 51% said that meeting was likely to reduce the nuclear threat and 39% said it was unlikely. On the other hand, few feel that the latest meeting made the situation any worse. Just 23% say that last week’s summit is likely to lead to an increase in the nuclear threat posed by North Korea, while 64% said it is not likely to do that. [This latter question was not asked after the June summit.] Republicans (70%) are more likely than independents (43%) and Democrats (22%) to believe that last week’s meeting will decrease the North Korean threat, while Democrats (36%) are more likely than independents (20%) and Republicans (11%) to believe that last week’s meeting will increase that threat.
There has been slightly less public interest in the latest summit than there was for the initial meeting between Trump and Kim. While nearly 9-in-10 Americans say they followed news of the summit, only 42% say they have heard a lot about it. This compares to 53% who heard a lot about the first meeting in June 2018. [Note: the poll was conducted after the summit but before recent news reports that North Korea is rebuilding a rocket launch site.]
The Monmouth University Poll also asked about Trump using emergency powers to build a wall along the U.S. border with Mexico. Just one-third of Americans (33%) approve of the president’s declaration of a national emergency in order to use military funding to build a border wall. Nearly twice as many (65%) disapprove of this move. Most Republicans (73%) support the president using emergency powers to build the wall, while nearly all Democrats (93%) and most independents (71%) are opposed. These results are virtually unchanged from January when the White House floated the idea of using emergency powers if the president did not get the wall funding he wanted in the new budget. At that time, 34% said they would approve of Trump making such a declaration and 64% said they would disapprove if he did it.
In general, support for building a wall along the border with Mexico remains negative with 44% of the American public supporting it, while 51% are opposed. These results are nearly identical to Monmouth’s January poll which found 44% in favor and 52% opposed. Currently, 84% of Republicans, 40% of independents, and only 15% of Democrats support building a border wall.
“Two-thirds of Americans said they would oppose Trump using emergency powers to divert money to a border wall, and that has held true. The question is whether public opinion will shift after Congress votes on overturning that declaration,” said Murray.
The Monmouth University Poll was conducted by telephone from March 1 to 4, 2019 with 802 adults in the United States. The question results in this release have a margin of error of +/- 3.5 percentage points. The poll was conducted by the Monmouth University Polling Institute in West Long Branch, NJ.
QUESTIONS AND RESULTS
(* Some columns may not add to 100% due to rounding.)
[Q1-5 previously released.]
6. Do you favor or oppose building a wall along the U.S. border with Mexico?
|(VOL) Don’t know||4%||4%||3%||5%||10%|
7. Do you approve or disapprove of the president declaring a national emergency in order to use funding designated for the U.S. military to build a wall along the Mexican border?
|(VOL) Don’t know||2%||2%|
*Jan ’19 Question wording was: “If a deal cannot be reached on border security, would you approve or disapprove of the president declaring a national emergency…”
[Q8 and Q16-24 previously released.]
[Q9-15 held for future release.]
25. President Trump recently met with the North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. How much have you heard about this – a lot, a little, or nothing at all?
|Nothing at all||12%||8%|
*June ’18 question was asked about the June meeting between Trump and Kim.
26. Do you think Trump having this meeting was a good idea or bad idea?
|(VOL) Don’t know||8%||9%||8%|
*June ’18 question was asked about the June meeting.
*April ’18 question was asked regarding a potential meeting.
27. Are you confident or not confident in President Trump’s ability to deal with the North Korea situation, or are you not sure? [If NOT SURE: Do you lean more toward feeling confident or more toward feeling not confident?]
|Not sure, lean confident||6%||9%||8%||6%||6%|
|Not sure, lean not confident||10%||15%||13%||11%||11%|
[QUESTIONS 28 & 29 WERE ROTATED]
28. Do you think it is likely or not likely that this meeting will help DECREASE the nuclear threat posed by North Korea?
|(VOL) Don’t know||12%||10%|
*June ’18 question was asked about the June meeting.
29. Do you think it is likely or not likely that this meeting will help INCREASE the nuclear threat posed by North Korea?
|(VOL) Don’t know||13%|
[Q30-36 held for future release.]
The Monmouth University Poll was sponsored and conducted by the Monmouth University Polling Institute from March 1 to 4, 2019 with a national random sample of 802 adults age 18 and older, in English. This includes 322 contacted by a live interviewer on a landline telephone and 480 contacted by a live interviewer on a cell phone. Telephone numbers were selected through random digit dialing and landline respondents were selected with a modified Troldahl-Carter youngest adult household screen. Monmouth is responsible for all aspects of the survey design, data weighting and analysis. Final sample is weighted for region, age, education, gender and race based on US Census information. Data collection support provided by Braun Research (field) and SSI (RDD sample). For results based on this sample, one can say with 95% confidence that the error attributable to sampling has a maximum margin of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points (unadjusted for sample design). Sampling error can be larger for sub-groups (see table below). In addition to sampling error, one should bear in mind that question wording and practical difficulties in conducting surveys can introduce error or bias into the findings of opinion polls.
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by Ron Slate
On the Seawall
What are the non-electronic precursors of book blogging?
Conversations in coffee houses, cafeterias, cafes. Lectures and talks at churches, community centers, meetings of civic groups, book clubs, local colleges and schools. Partisan or avid book commentary in little magazines. Courtroom and governmental testimony on banned books.
Who do you look toward for inspiration and models?
A broad range of critics and essayists. A few names as examples: John Berger, Randall Jarrell, Walter Kaufmann, Eliot Weinberger, L.E. Sissman, V.S. Pritchett.
How does book blogging differ from print counterparts such as book reviews?
Book blogging is more various in its objectives and interests, and includes book reviewing. It tends to be more reflective, conversational, and often ephemeral or vaporous. Blogging usually involves or interacts with its audience, its online community, and frequently reflects or promotes specific values or shared identities.
How do you respond to this statement?: Blogging is just another hobby, like stamp collecting or hockey.
Blogging is a, or is meant to trigger, social action, thus antithetical to the passion of the solitary hobbyist. I played senior league hockey until my 53rd birthday. Blogging is like hockey in its social aspects.
How has the experience of blogging changed the way you write?
The experience of blogging has changed the way I blog, but has had no effect on my poetry or fiction.
What about the sometimes vicious nature of the beast?--the ad hominem attacks, and the widespread tendency to confuse harsh disagreement with such ad hominem attacks.
Auden said a critic must differentiate between taste and judgment: I can know something is trash and still have a taste for it, and I can know something is well-made and not have a taste for it. Generally, attacks are perpetrated by nitwits who can’t tell the difference or who haven’t had a good breakfast.
Some say the golden age of blogging has already passed, that blogging has failed to fulfill its early promise; and the evidence which is given is that no one becomes famous from blogging any longer. Do you agree?
Fame isn’t the gauge of anything occurring in the present moment. Blogs, like little magazines, come and go. William Logan says we live in the age of tin. Maybe he’s got something there.
In a recent blog column, the technology writer Michael S. Malone suggests that a handful of bloggers have "earned huge audiences, while millions of others have not," because readers have learned to trust the more popular bloggers "to either consistently entertain us, or we trust their judgment in selecting interesting items for us to read, or we trust that their world view is just like our own and their ability to enunciate those views even better." Do you agree? Does this explain why no book blogger has earned a huge audience?
Malone’s comment seems to pertain more to political or entertainment bloggers than to book bloggers. The audience for literary blogging is very small compared to that for politics. On the other hand, I think his point about attracting and keeping readers is self-evident.
Are book bloggers wise or foolish to include political commentary?
There are literary bloggers like Philip Metres (http://behindthelinespoetry.blogspot.com/) who are both committed to a political point of view and write extremely well. So he doesn’t “include” political commentary; his politics are fully integrated with his literary consciousness. | <urn:uuid:05bcda26-3d8d-4680-93a6-3eb21bee3432> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://evidenceanecdotal.blogspot.com/2009/09/function-of-book-blogging-at-present_5610.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988719215.16/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183839-00199-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.966226 | 751 | 1.640625 | 2 |
National Conference on Undergraduate Research; Cornell University, 2011
Extensive measurements have been made of the upper atmosphere by satellites and the lower atmosphere is measured twice daily by weather balloons. In contrast, the middle atmosphere is a difficult area to measure and therefore has been much less extensively studied. We are currently upgrading an old lidar system to a new system that will be 70 times more sensitive, making this the most sensitive lidar of its kind in the world. The upgrade consists of combining the outputs of 18 and 24 watt Nd:YAG lasers; implementing an optical chain to detect backscattered light using an existing large, four-mirror telescope; four optical fibers; an optical system and mechanical chopper; photomultiplier tubes; a data-acquisition system; and an aircraft detection radar. Moving to this new system will allow us to extend Rayleigh-scatter observations from 90 to 110 km in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere, significantly higher than was possible with the original system. Alternatively, it will enable significantly greater precision or better time resolution for observations in the previous altitude range. After finishing the upgrade, we will use software previously designed for this system to perform the reduction and analysis of the first data to obtain relative density fluctuations and absolute temperatures.
Lance Petersen, Bingham, M., Wickwar, V., & Herron, J. (2011, April 1). Early Observations of the Middle Atmosphere Above USU With the World’s Most Sensitive Lidar. Presented at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR), Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY. | <urn:uuid:a34abd05-559e-4fab-bb34-458b2777bcb8> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://digitalcommons.usu.edu/atmlidar_post/18/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280835.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00053-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.899718 | 334 | 2.59375 | 3 |
Thinking About Death and Taxes on April 15
“’Tis impossible to be sure of any thing but Death and Taxes” -Christopher Bullock, The Cobler of Preston, 1716
“Things as certain as Death and Taxes” -Daniel Defoe, The History of the Devil, 1727
“[N]othing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes” -Benjamin Franklin, Letter to Jean-Baptiste Leroy, 1789
Every year on Tax Day, there are always jokes about death and taxes, and questions on which one is preferable. (For example, recall the character in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy series—Hotblack Desiato—who spent a year dead for tax purposes.) Almost no one, however, talks about the group of taxpayers who worry about neither death nor taxes: corporations.
By the end of the day, almost every individual taxpayer will be reminded of the certainty of taxes (while death has been postponed for another year). 30 percent of taxpayers fall into the 15 percent tax bracket. They can expect to pay about $3,000 in federal income taxes, on an adjusted gross income of almost $50,000. (This does not count the all the other taxes paid such as Social Security payroll taxes and state and local income taxes.) These taxpayers face a 15 percent statutory tax rate and paid a bit over 6 percent of their AGI in federal income taxes.
But corporations do not worry about death or taxes, since they do not face the certainty of death and often do not pay taxes. Let’s deal with death first. There are many corporations, some of which have been around for a while and others are relatively new. General Electric has been around since 1892, while Facebook has been around since only 2004. There are U.S. companies that have been around longer than the United States. (The oldest industrial corporation in the world—Stora Enso—has been around since 1288.) Indeed, one of the legal hallmarks of a corporation is the “continuity of life,” which means that the corporation does not necessarily end with bankruptcy, death of an owner, or other change. Corporations do come and go, but there is no presumption that a corporation has to eventually die.
Now let’s turn to taxes. Citizens for Tax Justice has determined that 26 large corporations earned $170 billion in profits between 2008 and 2012, but paid no taxes; as a matter of fact they received refunds of over $8 billion (one of these corporations is GE). These corporations paid negative 5.1 percent of their income in taxes! Another 67 corporations earned $465 billion over the same period and paid $7 billion in taxes yielding a 1.5 percent tax rate.
Something is wrong when 26 corporations with average earnings of $6.5 billion literally pay less in income taxes (individually and collectively) than a typical working American earning less than $50,000. And another 67 pay a lower tax rate. These corporations did all of this legally, many using tax provisions that facilitate moving their income to international tax havens where it is not taxed by anyone. The good news is many of these tax provisions are temporary and expired at the end of last year. The bad news is the Senate Finance committee voted earlier this month to extend these tax provisions for another two years. The really bad news is Chairman of the House Ways and Means committee Dave Camp wants to make these tax provisions a permanent part of the tax code. For many corporations, it appears that both life and not paying taxes are certain, and will likely remain so. | <urn:uuid:de2fe24f-1ea0-4441-aaf5-4b566a5a136a> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.epi.org/blog/thinking-death-taxes-april-15/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281649.59/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00448-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.964657 | 749 | 2.15625 | 2 |
San Fermin and running of the bulls festival - Pamplona, Spain posted: 2014-07-07 12:36:03
San Fermin festival or festival of Saint Fermin of Amiens
Occurs every year in the city of Pamplona from the 6th to the 14th of July, the opening of the party is marked by setting off the pyrotechnic Chupinazo. This is a loud banging rocket launch that they use to open the festival ever year and is usually broadcast on television so anyone not lucky enough to be attending can also enjoy. There are many events involved in the festival over the full 9 days and the whole region of Navarra is alive with happenings. The Spanish certainly know how to do a fiesta and San Fermin is one of their proudest achievements.
San Fermin is the local venerated Catholic saint of Pamplona and they have this festival every year in his honor. He is said to be the son of a Roman politican from Pamplona, who became was the first bishop of Toulouse. He was martyred in 257 AD by being tied to a bull by his feet and dragged to his death.
Many pilgrims walking the Camino in the early stages of the French Way around this time may wish to stop in Pamplona to experience the festival. Each year, thousands of people come to the city to celebrate "Las Fiestas de San Fermin". Ernest Hemingway, the world famous American novelist made San Fermin famous through his description of it in "The Sun Also Rises" of 1926. San Fermin is one of the most popular festivals of its kind. The festival makes Pamplona a great place to spend an extra night during your Camino de Santiago pilgrimage at any time of the year.
The Running of the Bulls
If Camino pilgrims are fortunate enough to pass through Pamplona between July 7th and July 14th, they may be able to attend the Running of the Bulls. This is an internationally famous festival in Pamplona, which many try to recreate elsewhere (imitation is the sincerest form of flattery). It is said to be a one-of-a-kind of experience, the memory of which will stay with you forever. It usually involves between 1,600 to 3,600 participants who race voluntarily in front of a herd of running bulls. People who are unwilling to participate are able to watch from various locations throughout San Fermin cheering on friends or other participants. The running starts at 8 o'clock AM, but those wishing to run should arrive at 7 o'clock to be ready. Spectators must also show up early because the event is very crowded and good viewing areas will be taken up early in the morning. The bulls run 826 meters (0.5 miles) and the entire race usually takes 3 to 4 minutes, depending if you are a runner or a spectator they may be the longest or the shortest 3 to 4 minutes of your life!
Participants are warned before they run that there is, of course, potential danger and many runners have been hurt and in fact, even killed. There has been 15 bull running related deaths since 1904. Injuries can be sustained by pile-ups of runners as well as by the bulls themselves. In which case, when choosing to participate, safety and awareness are very important. The San Fermin festival continues for the full day after the Bull Run has finished. There's a very friendly and vibrant atmosphere around the whole region that will be difficult for any pilgrim walking the Camino to avoid. The traditional attire for the festival is available to buy in the city and is a great addition to get you in to the spirit of the event, but it isn't a necessary requirement. It is highly recommended to dress up and play along as it will add to this authentic, once in a lifetime experience but if this isn't your thing - don't read too much into it. The outfit consists of white trousers, a white shirt, a red scarf and a red waistband.
You can also book tickets in advance to watch a bullfight at 6pm in the arena. If you happen to be walking the Camino around these dates, we highly recommend you try your best to spend at least one extra night - ideally more - enjoying the Fiestas de San Fermin and the Running of the Bulls.
If running bulls aren't your thing then there are many other events happening throughout the San Fermin festival including:
Saint Fermin procession
The main day of the festival is 7 July, when thousands of people march through the old part of Pamplona with a 15th-century statue of Saint Fermin . The statue is marched with through the streets with dancers, performers and different political and religious authorities including the city mayor. During parade a Jota, an ancient traditional dance is performed for the venerated saint. Enormous wood-framed and papier-mâché puppet figures dance and twirl while the cathedral bell named María sounds.
El Struendo or The Roar is a one day event with more than 50 years of tradition. People gather at 11:59 pm exactly at the Town Hall and make as much noise as possible for several hours mainly with drums but also bowls, whistles or any other objects this isn't one for the faint-hearted and has even been left out of the official program on occasion, although it always still goes ahead.
Exhibitions and competitions of traditional Basque rural sports are held every morning in the "Plaza de los Fueros", a square close to the city. Sports include stone lifting, wood cutting, or hay bale lifting. On the other hand, the Jai alai tournament of San Fermin is a prestigious competition of this variety of basque pelota. It is held in one of the courts of the city. Betting is common during these events, so make sure you ask the locals for a few tips.
Every night a firework spectacle is held at the citadel park. Pyrotechnic spectacles have been known to occur in San Fermin as far back as 1595, so it's a tradition deeply ingrained in this region. Since the year 2000 an international fireworks contest is held annually. Thousands of people watch them seated on the grass and soaking in the atmosphere around the city centre.
There is plenty more information on both San Fermin and the running of the bulls on sanfermin.com
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The book is about a boy named Charlie who comes from a very poor family. But Charlie gets a little bit of luck after he finds a dollar bill in the street. Yes, he should've used this dollar to feed his family, but does he? The dollar does something magical and great to him, something you wouldn't believe if I told you!
What does it do to him you're wondering? Well here's a glimpse. The great chocolate maker, Willy Wanka, is opening the doors of his factory for all to see. Well, the lucky 5 that is. The 5 people who find a Golden Ticket in their chocolate bar will get a private tour of the factory. Charlie Bucket is one of the lucky winners! He can't wait to see if all he has heard about the factory is true. This is his dream!! But he's in for more than he expected. Life will never be the same for Charlie.
Read the book to find out all the exciting details. I loved reading this book because it's filled with wall to wall adventure and lots of mouth watering candy! As I read it, I was able to picture myself there, in the factory, eating all the wonderful treats. Dahl style is fun and exciting and can be enjoyed by people of all ages.
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October 04, 2010
Iowa's crappie fishing will be excellent again this year, and anglers all over the state have plenty of places to go. (March 2007)
Photo by Ronnie Garrison
The crappie is one of the Hawkeye State's most popular fish. Every spring thousands of anglers hit the water in earnest to enjoy some of the best fishing Iowa offers.
According to Scott Gritters, an Iowa Department of Natural Resources fisheries biologist, the crappie ranks third in popularity behind catfish and bass but rises to second place when it comes to the dinner table.
And there will be plenty of crappies to go around again this year, according to Gritters. "Seven or 8 million crappies are caught in Iowa every year, and statewide, the crappie is doing well," he said.
But crappie populations explode and then recede even on the best of waters. A lake that's full of fish one year can be left high and dry the next, and then in a few years anglers are taking them out by the bucketful again.
"Crappie populations are cyclical in nature," said Gritters. "The crappie spawns on nests during May when the water temperatures are between 50 and 60 degrees and the spawning period only lasts a couple of weeks. Weather fronts and water level fluctuations seem to play a critical role in the success of the hatch. Fish like bluegills spawn over a longer period of time, and at some point perfect spawning conditions are likely to exist. Not so with crappies. Crappies seem to disappear for awhile and then -- bang! They're back."
A number of factors probably play into the up-and-down nature of crappie populations. Food, angling pressure and environmental conditions all take a part. "Crappies tend to have very successful spawns following a high-water period," said Chris Larson, a fisheries biologist in Lewis. "Once a large year-class is established, they can dominate the fishery for the next several years. These cyclic population swings typically last five years or so."
The increase in the number of crappies in any given body of water isn't nearly as difficult to explain as their decline, according to biologists. Both blacks and whites multiply full bore, with a single female able to produce from 20,000 to 60,000 eggs; at times, a particularly fertile female can produce upwards of a 100,000 eggs. If only the smallest fraction of eggs are successfully fertilized, hatch and survive, a single pair of crappies can repopulate a small lake by themselves.
Here's a look at waters whose crappie populations should be on the upswing this year and whose fishing should be excellent.
PRAIRIE ROSE LAKE
"Prairie Rose should produce some very good crappie fishing in 2007," said biologist Larson. "In the spring of 2006 we saw incredible numbers of 7- to 8-inch black crappies in both our fyke netting and electrofishing surveys. If these fish grew even a little, anglers should be able to catch buckets full this year. The best time for crappies is during the spring spawning season, which usually occurs the during the first three weeks of May, but colder spring temperatures can push it back a week or two."
A proven technique that works well during the crappie spawn is to fish with small leadhead jigs in the 1/16- to 1/32-ounce sizes, said Larson. Using light line in the 4-pound test range, fish near the shoreline in some woody structure that juts out into the water or along large riprap. Another approach on Prairie Rose is to fish the shallower bays first in early May, starting in the upper reaches of the lake. Move down the lake to deeper drop-offs as spring progresses.
Prairie Rose covers 204 acres in Shelby County and is part of Prairie Rose State Park.
Larson pointed to two other lakes in his management area that should be good this year. Both are in Adair County. Nodaway Lake at 25 acres and Lake Orient at 15 acres are definitely small, but both support good numbers of 10-inch fish, said Larson. Fishing was excellent for crappies this past year, and the fisheries surveys conducted in 2006 indicate that there should be good numbers of these larger fish in 2007.
For more information, contact the Cold Springs Fish Management unit at (712) 769-2587 or the Prairie Rose State Park at (712) 773-2701.
BROWN'S LAKE AND GREEN ISLAND WILDLIFE AREA
Brown's Lake and the Green Island Wildlife Area are neighbors along the Missouri River and just a stone's throw away from each other. A dike separates the two bodies of water, and when one isn't producing, the other probably is.
"Brown's is an oxbow on the Missouri River that isn't connected to the river anymore," said Don Herrig, fisheries technician with the Black Hawk Unit. "The outside edge is deeper than the inside and any of the deeper water is good for crappies. There aren't many rockpiles or points for the fish to relate to, so the crappies will still be deep in the early spring. As the water warms, they'll move up into the shallows."
According to Herrig, lots of springtime crappies are taken off the campground and along the east side of the lake. "When we were sampling the fish population there were some good ones. Fish measuring 10 inches were common and in good numbers," he said.
Brown's Lake covers 580 acres in Woodbury County just a short distance from Green Island Wildlife Area. "The Green Island area is a productive crappie, bluegill, bass and northern pike fishery," said wildlife biologist Bob Sheets. "The water totals 3,550 acres and is subject to heavy weed growth once midsummer arrives. It's tough access, and requires walking a dike -- but the crappies are there."
Gene Jones, a biologist who also manages the area, pointed out that though anglers were disappointed with crappie catches last year, things can change fast, and this year might not be as disappointing. "It can be a really good crappie fishery," he said. "The area is managed for waterfowl so there is a lot of vegetation, and it's only about 4 feet deep. The problem is that the area both summer- and winterkills. The good news is that, whenever the dike breaks, we restock the lake, and these newly introduced crappies grow fast, since there isn't any competition from other year classes. This fishery can change fast."
The IDNR pumps water into the wildlife area to keep the water levels up. The dikes provide walk-in opportunities to areas difficult to reach. Once you're on the water, canoes are the best form of transportation.
"It's a good fishery and when it's hot, it's hot," said Jones. "If you hear about anglers taking crappies, that's when to go. The nice thing about Brown's Lake and Green Island is that if the fish aren't biti
ng in one area, then try the other one. That's what I do."
For additional information, contact the Black Hawk unit at (712) 657-2638.
This little lake only covers 100 Franklin County acres, but it's loaded with crappies this year, said James Wahl, fisheries biologist in north-central Iowa.
"The 2006 fishery survey showed good numbers of 7 1/2- to 9-inch fish," he said. "Both white and black crappies are present, but the blacks are dominant. Crappies on Beeds will move into the shallow water beginning in May and hit the peak of the spawn right around the middle of the month. At this time the fish can be taken within the rocks of the causeway or from the five fishing jetties that are located around the lake. During the summer months, anglers are successful by drifting across the main-lake basin."
A 1/32-ounce tube jig with 4-pound test line is the ticket, said Wahl. And anglers need to remember to fish above the thermocline when the water warms up. Most fish are caught from 4 to 6 feet deep on this lake, since oxygen levels below this can become depleted during the summer months.
Fallen trees are out in the lake near the boat launch north of 165th Street. There is a no-wake rule in place, but motors of any size are allowed.
Beeds Lake, part of Beeds Lake State Park, is two miles northwest of Hampton on 165th Street. For more info, contact the Clear Lake Fish Management unit at (641) 357-3517 or the Beeds Lake State Park at (641) 456-2047.
BRIGGS WOODS LAKE
"The 2006 electrofishing survey showed good numbers of 10-inchers in the half-pound range with a very strong year-class of younger crappies coming on for 2007," said Wahl. "Good growth rates should put these younger fish into a size range that will be acceptable for anglers this year."
Most of the crappies in Briggs Woods are taken on the weed edges or suspended over cover, said Wahl. Small minnows under a bobber or a 1/32-ounce jig tipped with insect larvae both work well. Wahl recommends using good electronics to locate suspended schools of fish and then going at it.
Briggs Woods Lake covers 59 acres in Hamilton County. Two access points are found on the lake, one on the south side in the Briggs Woods County Park, the other on the northwest section of the lake.
For more information, contact the Clear Lake Fish Management unit at (641) 357-3517.
"The crappie populations in my area are down in a number of spots right now," said Dick McWilliams, a fisheries biologist in Boone. "The most consistent crappie fishery in recent years has been Red Rock, which has some really dandy crappies, if the fishery surveys say anything. There are fish at 3/4 of a pound or better."
Anglers targeting Red Rock's crappies have a lot of room to roam. The lake covers 19,000 acres in Marion, Polk, Jasper and Warren counties.
McWilliams recommends that anglers trying Red Rock for the first time begin in the shallower and warmer sections of the lake such as the Whitebreast area. As the remainder of the lake warms up, trying the rocky areas along the dam and breakwaters can be productive. If water levels are right, points near Elk Rock have been good producers as well. Look for woody cover to tag fish in those areas.
"Without a doubt the favorite lures are jigs and minnows," said McWilliams.
Crappies on Red Rock will quit cooperating if a cold front moves in. Anglers will have to search for them out in the mouths of the bays, where they'll hold until warmer weather is back. During these periods, a slow, deliberate approach is best for suspended crappies, especially with a slip float and a small minnow.
Red Rock is north of Knoxville. Several modern boat ramps provide good access to the lake. For additional info, contact the Boone Fish Management station at (515) 432-2823.
ROCK CREEK LAKE
"Crappies are in the 7- to 9-inch range in Rock Creek, but I hesitate to recommend the lake because of the fishing pressure it's been getting," said McWilliams. "There are a few larger fish, but not many. And in general, this fishery is similar to the way one fishes Red Rock. Jigs and minnows in the spring worked around the points in the coves and the bays. I've found over the years that this is the best bet."
Rock Creek crappies acted a little differently last year than did their counterparts in other waters, said McWilliams. As the water temperature rose, lot of crappies suspended rather than make the usual move to deeper water. McWilliams has observed this behavior in the past, and an angler with electronics will have the advantage.
Be willing to motor throughout the northern half of the lake in the early spring. The lake is very shallow and somewhat featureless above Road F27, but the hole at the bridge is always a good spot to try.
Rock Creek Lake is in Jasper County and covers 491 acres. The average depth is 9 feet; it does stratify.
Four ramps are located off Rock Creek West Road, Rock Creek East Road and Lakeside Road.
Contact the Boone Fish Management station in west-central Iowa at (515) 432-2823 for more.
"In pools 9 through 11 we have lots of good crappie fishing," said Gritters, who manages this section of the river. "In Pool 9, the Minnesota Slough near New Albin is a good bet. In Pool 10, the Norwegian and Methodist areas south of McGregor are good, and in Pool 11 the Bertom Lake area south of Cassville, Wis., has had some of the more consistently producing backwaters."
Pool 13 is hot right now, according to biologist Jones. "There's a good class of 10- to 11-inch crappies. Fishing will be good in 2007."
Bernard Schonhoff, a fisheries manager in Muscatine, picks the Big Timber area in Pool 17 as his best crappie spot. "The Big Timber area has been a consistently good spot for crappies," he said. "The area is a backwater just south of Muscatine between river miles 443 and 445, and is known locally as The Breaks."
The Big Timber area is accessible by boat from the small concrete ramp and a gravel ramp at the south end of the river where it connects to the main river. According to Schonhoff, there is good shoreline access but most of the better crappie areas are only accessible by boat.
Gritters tells newcomers to the river to look for crappies away from the current, both on the main river and in the backwaters. Fallen trees in about 4 feet of water are usually productive, but according to Gritters, not all trees are created equal. "The best trees have fallen out and away from the bank where they are accessible from the deeper water," he said. In quieter water, using slip-bobbers with minnow is the way to go.
Locating the spawning areas up in the weeds and brush in the shallower water is the key to springtime success.
Gritters noted a lot of techniques are successful on the Mississippi, most of which involve a minnow. Slip-bobbers and minnows on jigs are both popular, and one thing to keep in mind is that you'll be losing baits if you're close to the fish.
"A hook that has the ability to bend is a must when fishing up in the brush on the Mississippi River," said Gritters.
Though anglers can expect to see the occasional 14-incher, fish in the 9- to 11-inch bracket are more common.
For more information, contact the Guttenberg Fisheries Station at (563) 252-1156 or the Fairport Fish Hatchery at (563) 263-5062.
Crappie regulations differ according to the type of water being fished. There is no closed season on inland waters and boundary rivers, and no daily bag limit restrictions, with the exception of the Mississippi River and its backwaters. On the Mississippi River and connected backwaters along the state border, the daily possession limit is 25 and the overall possession limit 50.
For tourism information, contact the Iowa Tourism Division at (515) 242-4705 or visit online at www. traveliowa.com.
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“I love hip-hop,” exclaims 27-year-old San Antonio educator Lupita Leos. The mother of three has voted in every presidential election since she turned 18, and like many members of the hip-hop generation is eager to make her presence felt in this year’s historic race. “I definitely back Obama,” says Leos. “Things need to get better. You can just tell every time the Republicans are in office the economy goes to shit. It affects education, after-school programs, definitely single moms, just people trying to make it. There’s no money out there for social programs. So I think with Obama, he’ll bring a change there.”
In 2004, the National Hip-Hop Political Convention convened for the first time in Newark, New Jersey. Hip-hop activists, artists, journalists, community members, and scholars gathered to organize, connect, and set a platform for the hip-hop nation. Along with efforts by the League of Young Voters, Citizen Change Campaign, and the Hip-Hop Summit Action Network, the convention helped mobilize the young nation. Among the key figures to emerge in Newark were hip-hop activist and 2008 Green Party Vice-Presidential candidate Rosa Clemente and American Book Award recipient Jeff Chang.
“Hip-hop activists have produced the conditions for literally millions of new young voters to come to the polls,” says Chang. “They have begun setting the policy platform. “The green-jobs part of Obama’s platform comes directly from hip-hop activists in Oakland led by Van Jones who first launched a pilot program here in Oakland. And they’ve begun running for office at city, county, state, and national levels in notable numbers.”
“But in the largest sense, I’d say that Obama’s candidacy could not have even been imagined were it not for hip-hop,” adds Chang. “Hip-hop has desegregated the popular culture and produced many images of successful people of color. It’s a world away now from 1988, when Jesse Jackson ran and was sunk in large part by racialized attacks from both enemies and allies.”
Despite the inroads made by the hip-hop generation toward political mobilization, Clemente says, many of these organizations focus solely on getting out the vote and fall short of providing the information necessary to empower the
“I have a problem with those types of campaigns that don’t even educate their own voters about all the options that are out there,” explains Clemente. “If you look at Vote or Die, Respect My Vote!, Rock the Vote, Campus Progress, they’re targeting young people. Who are young people most likely to register to vote for? Most likely Democratic. There’s never any mention of third parties in a lot of these rallies, and I’ve been to them. They’re supposed to be nonpartisan, so when they talk about Obama and they talk about McCain, they need to be talking about the other four candidates who are running for president. That is voter education. They’re not doing that, and that’s just getting votes out to get somebody into office that’s never going to respond to your needs.”
Major-label hip-hop artists continue to flock to Senator Obama and have been inspired to produce some stellar results along the way. Will.i.am is now credited with kick-starting a movement with his “Yes We Can” anthem. Nas’s “Black President” is one of his strongest songs in recent memory. The Beastie Boys scheduled a swing-state pro-Obama tour for the days leading up to the election, and even mash-up pioneer DJ Z-Trip has jumped into the fray with an Obama-inspired mix distributed free on the internet. Being a hip-hop artist, however, does not necessarily make one a spokesperson for the hip-hop generation. Following a trend of artists making political endorsements without really being conscious of the candidates and issues, mainstream artist Young Jeezy was caught in a pro-McCain stutter-step before joining the likes of Common, Bun-B, Ice Cube, Mike Jones, and the Game in endorsing Obama.
“I never thought that all hip-hop artists were necessarily the smartest people in the world,” says Clemente. “Kanye, Pharrell, Jay-Z — I don’t look to these dudes no more. They have no idea, especially at this time, of what the majority of their own demographic is going through. They’re millionaires, and they’re not that politically astute in the first place. I think it would be nice if the artists who call themselves hip-hop artists would recognize someone running from their generation. But in the same vein, they shouldn’t just be voting for me because I say I’m hip-hop.” Clemente stresses the need to educate the electorate about all the available options and issues, rather than pushing a partisan agenda on voters, in particular on members of the hip-hop generation who have historically been disenfranchised.
“I think it’s huge,” says Chang about Clemente’s VP nod. “The Green Party has been stereotyped as being a party of nice, older, white people in Birkenstocks and Patagonia, but they made a huge leap this year into the future. The other parties have put forth women candidates and candidates of color, but the Greens chose two unapologetic women of color for the top of the ticket. Rosa was an important choice because her ability to bring together urban issues and green causes represents a potential paradigm shift for both the Green Party and the progressive movement as a whole. In the past, environmentalists and racial-justice activists have often found it difficult to speak to each other. I think Rosa could potentially forge a powerful bridge.”
Rosa describes her vision for America as one based on social justice. Everyone would have a living wage, affordable housing, and free health care. All immigrants would be granted amnesty. There would be no death penalty, and prisons would no longer be built. While some may argue that is a utopian vision of the future, Clemente, through 15 years of community organizing, says she knows how to transform these ideas into reality. Clemente and McKinney’s campaign represents the first all-women-of-color ticket in U.S. politics, yet she says the silence regarding their landmark nomination and the outright criticism of their progressive policies is disheartening.
“I don’t think there’s an issue that the hip-hop generation puts out there, that we’re not supporting,” states Clemente. “We support the right to gay marriage, unlike Senator Obama and Senator McCain who have come out against that. … That’s why Cynthia McKinney brought me in. I’m committed to every issue that we’ve been talking about for the last 10 years as critically important to our generation.” • | <urn:uuid:c25c9846-41eb-4ed7-ba58-09520d3075ef> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.sacurrent.com/music/bigger-than-hip-hop-2284684 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571147.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810040253-20220810070253-00479.warc.gz | en | 0.96079 | 1,497 | 1.851563 | 2 |
I’m not your typical male (for many reasons), as I don’t really mind ironing, I find it quite therapeutic. Now I wouldn’t say I am the best in the world, but I can get at least one side of a shirt pretty flat.
There are certain people though who take it very seriously, I know an Austrian who insist on starting with the collars (I think his Grandfather was in the Army) and his shirts look like crisp skating rinks.
Everyone knows though the best people at ironing in the world are Mum’s, and no-one can iron a shirt quite like a Mum can. The skill must be genetically inherited once you give birth as I’ve yet to meet a Mum that isn’t a dab hand with the hot metal flat thing-y.
It’s the inspiration behind this video by Tefal, to promote the new GV8431 steam generator. The er, girl uses the GV8431 to demonstrate how to iron just like a proper Mum and apparently there are also some statistics to back this up.
According to detailed scientific research women are significantly better than men at ironing and are found to be more suited than men in jobs that need speedy hand-to-eye coordination and verbal reasoning.
I assume when they say ‘verbal reasoning’ that means telling you to “be home before it gets dark” and to “eat up all your peas” before you can leave the table.
Tefal have a competition to win a GV8431 steam generator on their Facebook page, all you have to do is tell them what style of ironing your Mum has. You can enter by going here.
Personally, my Mum pretends to hate ironing, but really I know she loves it. That’s why I travel 15 miles a week to bring her my washing over.
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By: Val Porter
56 pages, Col & b/w illus
Not so long ago there were local British pigs of every size, colour and shape. Over the centuries different localities had developed their own tastes in what their pigs should look like - often coloured pigs in the Midlands, black ones in the southern counties and white ones in the north - and every county had its own 'breed'. But as urban populations exploded and needed to be fed from the countryside, pig breeders became selective and scientific, concentrating on productivity.
Today most of those colourful old local breeds have disappeared; now only three of four highly commercial breeds and a handful of rare breeds remain of that once splendid diversity. This book describes these breeds and how they developed; it also looks at some of the evocatively named extinct pigs and at foreign breeds now being imported and becoming part of the British pig.
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By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers
Dysfunction of government, corruption of U.S. elected officials shows itself on climate change
“The American way of life is not up for negotiation. Period.” President George Bush, 1992, first Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro
With the re-election of President Barack Obama in the midst of Hurricane Sandy, some hoped that there would finally be a change in the U.S. posture on climate change. However, at the recent climate talks in Doha, Qatar when a reporter told Todd Stern, Obama’s Special Envoy for Climate Change, that “people expect to see either a major change in tone or substance from the U.S. this week,” Stern dashed all hopes, saying “Well, I—look, I don’t know if I would—if I would—would think about this in terms of a different tone here.”
Indeed not much has changed in the U.S. position on climate change since the era of George H.W. Bush. Anne Petermann of the Global Justice Ecology Project reports that from the first international climate meeting, the U.S. has played a role of holding back progress on addressing climate change and has instead protected corporate interests whether a Democrat or Republican was in office.
She reports that when Vice President Al Gore went to Kyoto, he forced other countries to include market approaches in the Kyoto Protocol. After undermining the final agreement, the U.S. refused to even sign it. In 2009 at the Copenhagen climate summit, after weeks of negotiations in which many countries collaborated on making progress toward an acceptable agreement, President Obama came in at the last minute with a document created by a handful of countries and insisted upon a ‘my way or the highway’ approach to the “Copenhagen Accord.” The resulting weak agreement does not contain commitments to the emissions reductions needed to prevent temperatures from rising by less than 2°C.
For decades the U.S. has been the leader in producing more carbon emissions per capita than any other country. But it denies historical responsibility and refuses to provide assistance to poor countries struggling with the impact of climate change or take the necessary steps to protect the people and planet, instead it seeks to blame China, Petermann reports.
Petermann was not allowed to attend the meeting in Doha this year unless she agreed to sign a “code of conduct” because she has engaged in unpermitted protests at the two climate meetings. She describes these meetings as “corporate trade shows,” more about profiting from climate change than facing up to the issue. “These conferences are not a place to accomplish real change. Corporations run the show as governments try to use capitalism to solve the problems capitalism caused.”
As the climate crisis worsens and governments, polluted by corporate interests, are incapable of responding adequately, repression against dissent by civil society has increased. Petermann describes the UN building massive fences around the climate conventions with aggressive security measures and restrictions on the media to prevent and discourage any form of protest. “You can’t even wear a t-shirt with an unapproved message.”
Petermann believes the solutions will not come from government first, but from people leading the way by acting independently of government. She reports that people all around the world are organizing in their communities to respond to the climate crisis. “It begins with people holding meetings in their homes, educating their neighbors and then developing a plan to reduce carbon emissions and waste.” As with so many other issues, we see that people must both protest what they oppose and build new systems to replace the old ones.
At the top, the United States is failing to confront climate change at home. The presidential debates, sponsored by the corporate-funded debate commission, did not discuss this issue despite record high temperatures, widespread droughts, intense storms and 70% of Americans now saying they believe global warming is a reality.
But at the grassroots level, the situation is quite different. For example, people at the Tar Sands Blockade, who are trying to stop the Keystone XL pipeline from being built, report widespread support for their efforts. Supporters disapprove the use of eminent domain to seize the private property of Americans for a foreign corporation, TransCanada. They also recognize that the Keystone Pipeline does not enrich Texas and that the oil is not coming to the U.S. but is being shipped overseas to profit TransCanada. Many realize that the high risks of oil and the need to transition to a carbon-free nuclear-free energy economy.
Diane Wilson, who, along with Bob Lindsey, is in the 24th day of a hunger strike against Valero Oil and the Keystone XL Pipeline, emphasized that TransCanada is putting the fragile Gulf Coast at risk. She reports that one super-tanker spill would be worse than the BP oil leak.
Tom Weis, who traveled up and down the length of the proposed pipeline, and videotaped interviews with residents, shows that a wide range of Americans oppose the pipeline including ranchers, farmers, housewives and indigenous Americans. Weis points out that the Keystone XL:
The environmental risk is real. Chris Hedges reports that the proposed 1,700 mile pipeline:
“will pump 1.1 million barrels a day of unrefined tar sand fluid from tar sand mine fields in Canada to the Texas Gulf Coast. Tar sand oil is not conventional crude oil. It is a synthetic slurry that, because tar sand oil is solid in its natural state, must be laced with a deadly brew of toxic chemicals and gas condensates to get it to flow. Tar sands are boiled and diluted with these chemicals before being blasted down a pipeline at high pressure. Water sources would be instantly contaminated if there was a rupture. The pipeline would cross nearly 2,000 U.S. waterways, including the Ogallala Aquifer, source of one-third of the United States’ farmland irrigation water. And it is not a matter of if, but when, it would spill. TransCanada’s Keystone I pipeline, built in 2010, leaked 12 times in its first 12 months of operation.”
In Canada, an area the size of New York State will be dug up to extract the Alberta Tar Sands. The resulting environmental damage has indigenous Canadians urging people to join them in stopping pipelines now.
Every step along the way, from extraction to travel through the pipeline and transport across the Gulf of Mexico, the environment will be put at risk. Of course, the greatest risk is to the climate. The top U.S. climate scientist, James Hansen, who now heads NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies, has described Keystone XL pipeline as the “fuse to the biggest carbon bomb on the planet.”
The Tar Sands Blockade is the most important citizen’s action in the country. If Americans join the blockade we can stop the construction of the Keystone XL. This will be a major victory for the environment and a victory of the people against trans-national corporate power. It will be a victory on which we can build a broad-based movement to challenge corporate power and put human needs and the health of the planet ahead of corporate profits.
The Tar Sands Blockade is escalating their efforts to stop the pipeline. They have announced a training camp and mass protest from January 3 to January 8th. We have decided to attend the camp and participate as we have been inspired by the courage of Tar Sands blockaders who have built tree houses, stood in front of tractors, chained themselves to pipeline equipment and barricaded themselves inside the pipeline to block construction. There is still time for you to sign up and participate in this historic resistance.
For more information, Clearing the FOG radio has covered this issue in two shows:
The climate crisis from Doha to East Texas where Anne Petermann of the Global Justice Ecology Project discusses the failed climate conference in Doha, Qatar which she describes as a trade show for corporations looking to profit from climate change not a conference about solutions; and the increasing exclusion of citizens voices. She says solutions to the climate crisis are coming from the bottom up. Ramsey Sprague of the Tar Sands Blockade describes the growing resistance to the Keystone XL Pipeline and the upcoming direct action training camp and action Jan. 3 to 8. And ecology activist Diane Wilson, who is on a hunger strike, describes why she is risking her life to hold Valero Oil accountable to her community.
Interview with Tom Weis, President of Climate Crisis Solutions who tells us about the Keystone XL Pipeline, the truth about the effect it will have on climate change (James Hansen calls it "Game Over"), our drinking water and jobs; and describes in a series of videos the broad coalition of Americans trying to stop the pipeline from being constructed.
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Development of advocacy and action plan with decision makers of public secondary schools on libraries in Southern Nigeria
PHILIP, Kathryn J. and OKON, Emmanuel E. (2014) Development of advocacy and action plan with decision makers of public secondary schools on libraries in Southern Nigeria. Paper presented at: IFLA WLIC 2014 - Lyon - Libraries, Citizens, Societies: Confluence for Knowledge in Session 213 - School Libraries. In: IFLA WLIC 2014, 16-22 August 2014, Lyon, France.
Development of advocacy and action plan with decision makers of public secondary schools on libraries in Southern NigeriaOne of the best ways to advance a course of action is by direct involvement of leadership and stakeholders. In this regard, an advocacy action was carried out, based on the low state of some school libraries in Akwa Ibom, Southern Nigeria. The target for the advocacy action was heads/principals of secondary schools when they assembled during their first official meeting with the new Chair of the State Secondary Education Board on March 2013, under the aegis of All Nigeria Confederation of Principals of Schools (ANCOPPS). The meeting recorded the largest turnout of principals from all over the state. The contact with the principals was designed to open up possibilities for the Library Association in the state to partner with and offer possible assistance towards the improvement of public school libraries. Following this, an enquiry session was conducted with each school principal to ascertain the status of their school library in terms of funding, staffing and planning issues. The outcome was revealing with portrayals of the current state of school libraries which were not significantly plausible, resulting in a proposed plan of action by related library authorities with ateentative communiqué. On the whole the advocacy was worthwhile in terms of the possibilities of bringing about change, though follow up is required to ensure progressive line of action.
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A book about Chanukah laws and customs was released in the native language of the Bnei Menashe of northeastern India.
Some 1,000 copies in their native languages of Mizo and Kuki already have been distributed throughout the Indian states of Mizoram and Manipur, where the bulk of the Bnei Menashe live.
The Bnei Menashe, who were exiled from Israel some 500 years before the historical events that Chanukah commemorates, were unaware of the holiday until the modern era.
Shavei Israel, a nonprofit organization designed to strengthen ties between Israel and the descendants of Jews around the world, printed and distributed the book.
The Bnei Menashe claim descent from one of the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel who were sent into exile by the Assyrian Empire more than 27 centuries ago.
“The Bnei Menashe are anxiously awaiting the passage of a decision by Israel’s Cabinet to allow them all to come to Israel,” said Michael Freund, Shavei Israel’s chairman and founder. “We hope that this book will raise their spirits during the holiday and we pray that their dream to come to Israel will soon be fulfilled.” | <urn:uuid:a4e7d3d5-0831-4299-b683-72860ed9eb57> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://www.jta.org/2008/12/23/jewish-holidays/hanukkah/bnei-menashe-get-chanukah-books-2 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988721405.66/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183841-00313-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.966641 | 259 | 3.34375 | 3 |
Nat Hentoff: Bullies on both sides
I have personally experienced that pro-lifers are sometimes punishingly reprimanded for their act of conscience. For one example, in the 1980s, I declared for the first time that I had become a pro-lifer. Not on the basis of religion. My only religions are the Constitution and jazz — both interconnected by full freedom of expression.
As I explained in my column then in New York’s Village Voice, my reporting had caused me to conclude that once a fetus is viable, he or she is one of us. One result of that conclusion was that I lost a considerable percentage of my annual income.
For years, I had been on the college lecture circuit around the country, usually engaging students in debates on the First Amendment and the rest of the Bill of Rights, or jazz. Suddenly, the great majority of invitations to speak on campus stopped. To those pro-choicers in charge of such lectures, I had become an undesirable heretic.
But through the years, I have also opposed those pro-lifers who bully pro-abortionists as they attempt to arrange for an abortion. Where I live in New York City, there is now a rising storm of contention over a decision on this issue headlined in the Oct. 20 New York Post:
Christine Quinn, the powerful City Council speaker — and a leading candidate to succeed Mayor Bloomberg — explains in the story why the Council is “recruiting volunteers to accompany women facing persistent protesters — ‘American Taliban,’ in the view of one advocate — when they seek reproductive services.”
Of course, anyone has the First Amendment right to assemble and protest on any issue so long as, unlike the Taliban, protesters are wholly nonviolent. That is, not only not striking anyone, but also making it very hard for them to get where they want to go. I’ve seen women confronted by so intensely irascible a gauntlet of pro-lifers that, rather than make their appointment, they turn around and leave.
Among the dissenters to the New York City Council’s recruiting volunteers to accompany women choosing an abortion is Troy Newman, president of the national pro-life organization Operation Rescue, who was shocked to learn that the government was getting involved in this abortion debate on city streets:
Reported the Post’s David Seifman: “... Newman insisted his members are acting within their constitutional rights and said it should be the police that enforce the law, not the council.”
Not only would police intervention still involve the government, to say the least, there is another conflict before the City Council — a bitter debate on establishing an inspector general over the police department, which commissioner Ray Kelly has directed as if he has lost his copy of the Constitution and has not been trying to find it.
For example, in addition to Kelly encouraging his intelligence division officers to banish Fourth Amendment rights of personal privacy among black and Hispanic citizens during “stop and frisk” operations, there are increasing documented reports of NYPD police brutality on the citizenry, some of which I’ve reported on.
So, if police replace volunteers eventually, what are the selection criteria for those police selected to accompany women on their way to abortions?
Another pressing reason for the City Council to appoint an inspector general for the NYPD to assure the First Amendment conscience rights of pro-abortion women will be enforced, is the record of Commissioner Kelly’s School Safety Agents in the public schools with the power to arrest. While at the Village Voice, I wrote a number of columns on how these enforcers of the law taught many students to fear the police — arresting and sometimes beating students for writing on their desks, failing to turn in their cell phones on coming to school because their mothers wanted, if necessary, to be in quick touch with them, and other non-felonies.
What further made this threatening presence of the school safety agents disturbing to parents was that when a student was arrested, the parents couldn’t complain to the Department of Education, because the then widely praised — and self-praised — school chancellor Joel Klein and Mayor Bloomberg had turned over all control of this police thrust to Commissioner Kelly.
At one point, after one of my columns, a policeman I didn’t know called me at the Voice to complain angrily about the “very poor training” these school safety agents were getting.
I cite this record of the NYPD, and there’s much more to tell, because the possibility of later having police — without our knowing the criteria of their selection — accompany women to abortions should serve to further underline the need for an NYPD inspector general.
Meanwhile, as for the bullying pro-lifers (and there are also bullyers on the other side), the First Amendment protects all expressions of fundamental beliefs. Maybe those running for mayor of New York in 2013 will make this memorably clear.
Once, during an abortion debate I had at Harvard, the pro-abortion professor roared at me: “If you’re so pro-life, why don’t you go out and kill abortionists?”
“Because,” I said. “I’m pro-life.”
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In this episode of the /Filmcast, Dave, Adam, and Devindra get disappointed in the new Futurama movie, discuss whether the new Get Smart measures up, and mourn the passing of one of the greatest comedic geniuses of our time. Christina Warren joins us from TUAW and Download Squad, and Sean Dwyer joins us from Film Junk.
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Spike Lee will co-write and direct an adaptation of Ronald Mallett’s memoir Time Traveler: A Scientist’s Personal Mission to Make Time Travel a Reality. Spike Lee describes Time Traveler as a “fantastic story on many levels (and) also a father and son saga of loss and love.” Kirkus Reviews called the book a “hokey but inspiring blend of personal narrative and scientific exploration.” Basically, it’s a time travel movie without the time travel.
Mallett (pictured right with a model from the movie The Time Machine) is actually a very interesting living subject for a feature film. Co-written by best-selling author Bruce Henderson, the memoir tells a story of Mallett’s rise from poverty to becoming a distinguished academic, one of the first African Americans to earn a Ph.D in theoretical physics. As a child, he became obsessed with developing a working time machine after reading a comic-book version of H.G. Wells’s science-fiction classic, The Time Machine. His goal was to travel back in time to save his father who died prematurely when he was 10-years old.
And he is still trying at age 63, working as a professor of physics in the University of Connecticut, while raising funding for his Space-time Twisting by Light project. His time travel research has been featured in an hour-long TV special, “The World’s First Time Machine,” as well as publications as diverse as The Wall Street Journal, Rolling Stone, New Scientist, The Village Voice, The Boston Globe and Pravda. Mallett’s time machine concept uses a ring laser and the theory of relativity. Check out the illustration below. | <urn:uuid:5c6a06ae-51ab-405e-b5d3-187080ec1455> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.slashfilm.com/tag/time-traveler/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560282926.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095122-00402-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.935071 | 476 | 1.757813 | 2 |
Unlearning the Internet – Part 2/3
The www has corrupted how well schools used ICTs in the 1990s. There is no doubt that students benefited from using CAI approaches. “Drill and Skill”– learning MS Office, learning to Touch Type or learning Phonetics using software, was beneficial school leavers in the 1990s as they entered employment or attended University. Schools did a very good job with computing – it was taught in a context that had learning frameworks that delivered what was needed at the time.
However, in the mid 1990s, the www crept into the classroom – full of promises of universal access to information – and on demand learning. It was the era of the ‘information superhighway’. This actually ran very slowly over a dial up modem, shared by dozens of students on flaky networks . To teachers and students it was something of a world wide wait, then crash. The trickle of information that came though via Yahoo and Alta Vista was really used as a ‘bolt-on’ for existing pedagogy and resources. They were cited as being ‘important’ but in all reality, the Internet in schools during the 1990s was a total nightmare for all but the most die-hard of teachers exploring ‘cyberspace’.
Learning how to get the best out of the net on these unreliable, slow networks was simply too hard for many experienced ‘computer science’ teachers – used to grappling with school ‘under funded’ ICTs – let alone anyone else. Teachers had no experience of using it to suit learning in the www domain, it was a world away from what they had been doing as previously – CAI software provided everything they needed.
Teachers were never really taught what the Internet could do for learning – we worried about what it was and how to make it (some learned how to write HTML) – and skipped the development of learning frameworks and digital taxonomies. Drill and skill and CAI frameworks were eroded by students’ natural curiosity, which led them to search engines – and ‘surfing the internet’.
In a world pre YouTube, the interest for students was email, Yahoo Chat, Microsoft Messenger. To them, the Internet offeres a place to communicate where parents and teachers have no power over them. They are not foremost ‘into’ the internet as a content provider, but as a communication channel. Back then, only a few had mobile phones and parents controlled the landline. If they could ‘get online’ they had low cost, instant, access to their friends – and that was real independence.
Right from the outset – the www had a completely different use for students. It offered a new freedom to communicate and a growing usefulness in ‘searching’ for information that could be pumped directly into assessments and essays. They were better than teachers at finding, and better at sharing and since then, we’ve been complaining and rattling our sabers about plagiarism and copyright. Students are by and large not interested in the laws, ethics or morality of the internet. To them the price point is zero and everything is there for the talking. We have to teach them that part. They just want to get the ‘best’ or ‘right’ answer and know that they stand a better than average chance of finding it on Wikipedia. Our love of marking and ‘ticks’ needs to expand. Getting the right answers is not as important as asking a better question. The internet has so much information, that pushing students questions into the deepest corners of ‘web knowledge’ is critical – things they won’t find on the first page of Google.
What are the new learning frameworks, new pedagogies needed to create exploritory and contructive classroom learning? First of all, teachers need to unlearn what they’ve learned about the internet. That was the old internet based on drill and skill – now it’s a communication channel, and teachers need to learn how to participate in the learning conversation. | <urn:uuid:d60684a5-0dc5-4d7c-b459-2abffdd18f3c> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://deangroom.wordpress.com/2009/02/02/creativity-curiosity-consideration-consistency-part-2/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281151.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00115-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.977412 | 846 | 2.71875 | 3 |
Ageing can be difficult for people to deal with, making it challenging for many to leave homes without mobility aids like walkers or wheelchairs. Invariably, having a trusted aged care products supplier can be among the best things for such facilities and individuals who wish to purchase these items.
A reputable online aged care equipment supplier will ensure to provide quality products round the clock, allowing ageing people to lead more comfortable, manageable lives. Moreover, these enterprises serve several homecare facilities, hospitals, care centres, and other healthcare establishments, providing top-grade equipment at affordable rates.
The following information elaborates on the need for this equipment for older adults and why you should always buy them from a respected retailer.
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Many studies reveal the importance of safety furnishings such as custom bathroom fittings and call alarms for ageing folks at home, preventing sudden falls and enabling them to reach others for assistance. As they grow older, they may need other equipment to make life more manageable, such as study walkers to move around the house, grab bars to help stand, and stair lifts to go up and down stairs.
While people who reach a certain age should have someone to rely on at home, these gadgets and safety devices can help them enjoy a certain level of independence. It can make life happier as they adjust to their changing bodies and needs.
Examples of this equipment
The market for aged care devices and mobility equipment is vast as there are countless items to make life easier and better for this demographic. However, some of the most sought-after products are as follows.
Fall prevention gear – Devices like sensor pads, fall alarms, call bells, and grab bars can prevent falls that can lead to grave injuries.
Mobility devices – Walkers, rollators, and wheelchairs can help aged people with disabilities or painful joints to get around the house and outdoors with minimum to no assistance.
Pressure care devices – Many individuals have pressure sensitivity, making it nearly impossible to be comfortable on any surface. Air mattresses, overlays, and pressure cushions can help ease their bodies, enabling them to get plenty of rest.
Monitoring aids – It is a must for most older people to invest in good-quality blood pressure monitors, glucometers, nebulizers, compression clothing, and hot and cold compressors. These devices help them check their vitals anytime without hassles.
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It is paramount that you rely on a respected industry leader to enjoy the highest quality products and services. Ideally, look for retailers who provide an extensive range of devices and equipment to make life comfortable, convenient, and more manageable for the elderly. You can also browse the reviews on their website to gauge their experience, authenticity, and reputation.
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Royal Navy’s Type 23 frigate HMS Kent has undergone an overhaul and is gearing up for its first deployment since accompanying the navy’s aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth and the carrier strike group to the Pacific Rim and back.
For Kent that meant replacing one of her diesel generators and overhauling another which had passed 12,000 hours running continually, each one producing 1,700 brake horse power.
In addition, many capability upgrades were completed including the 997 ‘Artisan’ radar as well as the ship’s gyro system which provides positioning essential input information to weapons and sensors on board.
The support period also provided the opportunity for essential maintenance to be carried out to ensure the ship is fully prepared for any potential future tasking.
“HMS Kent’s latest engineering support period was a complex project and while there were emergent engineering challenges, I am very pleased that the entire team – ship’s staff and BAE Systems alike – worked closely together to overcome all issues in short order,” said the frigate’s Commanding Officer Commander Jez Brettell.
After sea trials to shake off the cobwebs of a few weeks alongside, the ship has now switched its attention to returning to front-line duties, undergoing operational sea training off Plymouth – which all navy warships must pass before active missions in home waters or beyond.
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Summer Youth Enrichment
Architecture Design Studio (Enterining Grades 9-12)
July 16-19, 2018
The camp will run daily Monday through Thursday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuition is $249.00 per week.
The architecture workshop will be held from July 16-19 in the Rowley Center for Science and Engineering on the College's Middletown campus.
Parents may register their children online below or by contacting the Office of Continuing & Professional Education at (845) 341-4890.
This workshop will introduce students to architecture and design. Students will learn about the design process by creating their own architectural drawings and models and then develop digital renderings of their design using Google Sketch-Up and Photoshop. Throughout the week you will visit architectural offices and architecturally significant buildings on campus to provide inspiration and new ideas. The best part? At week's end we'll hold an exhibition of your architectural designs on campus!
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Grinder machines are commonly found with plenty of kitchens. Commercial kitchens usually have large sized equipments, while the smaller home kitchens can use the small sized grinders. But, these gadgets are not very convenient to use due to their large size, electrical connectivity and different operations, compared to the battery operated pepper mill. If these mills run on batteries, these can be easily moved from one place to another inside the house or even taken outside for picnics.
- When introducing the battery operated pepper mill, these add to the kitchen convenience
Inside the kitchens, people involved in the process of cooking can be delighted to have equipment like that of the best battery operated pepper mill. In this mill, there is a chamber to fit the whole pepper corns and these are then ground into fine or coarse powders. These powders are then immediately put inside dishes to bring out the best flavour from the crushed pepper and other spices. For this reason, many people like to obtain the battery operated pepper mill for their use along with variety of advantages towards the convenience of kitchens.
Many companies are using the best battery operated pepper mill for their convenience. But, the convenience is attributed to the portability of this particular equipment, which has helped in boosting its popularity. Since there is a battery that runs this gadget, it will be simpler to make it work and improve its usability. This makes the operation easier by anyone, without having to go through manuals or ask around for its use. So, battery operated machines to grind spices into powders have been quite popular for home kitchens. | <urn:uuid:eed7d477-db9e-4d07-a1a3-b97fe4a6f9d3> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://wallinside.com/post-108071-without-inconveniences-best-battery-operated-pepper-mill-becomes-common.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280718.7/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00404-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.967084 | 315 | 1.671875 | 2 |
The idea of prisoners voting makes our Prime Minister feel "physically sick", but does it also have you gripping the toilet seat?
The European Court of Human Right ruled in 2004 that a blanket ban on prisoners voting, which the UK currently upholds, is unlawful. That hasn't nudged Labour or Tory governments to do anything about it, though. Despite several calls from Strasbourg to change the law, if you get locked up in Blighty, you forfeit the right to vote.
Today the ECHR again reminded the UK of its failure to comply with their ruling, but also confirmed that prisoners denied the right to vote could not receive payouts in compensation.
Are we behind the progressive curve in not letting prisoners mark a ballot? Or is it a simple common sense punishment? Take our poll | <urn:uuid:19475f28-7eaa-4256-bfdc-be511c2f0cb3> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/iv-drip/poll-give-prisoners-the-right-to-vote-9663644.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988719646.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183839-00126-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.965905 | 161 | 1.65625 | 2 |
ESEN, which started plastic pipe production by combining years of industry knowledge with a qualified workforce, continues its activities rapidly with new projects in the foreign market. The installation of ESEN GRP Pipes, produced between DN 1000 mm – DN 1800mm diameters for the Sewerage Project in the Middle East, continues at full speed with the supervision of ESEN engineers.
GRP pipes help to transport wastewater, drinking, and rainwater safely. ESEN GRP pipes are one of the indispensable products of sewerage projects with high corrosion resistance, compatibility with ground movements, and extended service life.
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Forty years ago this week the Independent Singles and Albums Charts was launched a weekly rundown of the UK's best-selling records by acts who weren't signed to major labels. Posted on Friday 24 January 2020 by James Pilkington Punk was the catalyst as small labels began to form and sign artists who didn't want to be owned by a major record company - or acts who weren't considered mainstream enough for major labels. By the time the indie charts launched in January 1980, many of the acts signed to independent labels were having big hits, but because the Top 40 was compiled using a sample of record sales from (mostly) large retail chains it meant their success was limited. To address the problem, a chart focusing entirely on independent acts was launched on January 19th 1980. The first Number 1 on the Independent Singles Chart was 'Where's Captain Kirk?' by British punk band Spizzenergi. The song spent seven weeks at Number 1 reportedly selling more than 60,000 copies by July that year. Inspired by Star Trek's captain James T. Kirk, the single's success spurred Spizzenergi to release two more Star Trek-themed songs, 'Spock's Missing' and 'Five Year Mission'. Meanwhile, the first chart-topper on the Independent Albums Chart was the debut record by Adam and the Ants (later known as Adam Ant), 'Dirk Wears White Sox'. The indie revival in the early 2000's saw acts such as Kaiser Chiefs and Arctic Monkeys appear on the chart. If you're interested in independent artists and unsigned bands tune in to Bolton FM on Tuesday evenings. Join Ian Davidson for 'The Indie Hour' from 6pm and Kieran Lee between 7 and 9pm for Unsigned, for two hours of music from Bolton's unsigned bands. If you are a new band, and want to hear your music on the radio, then get in touch. | <urn:uuid:d063b8e1-ef95-4fd4-898c-75700600329d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.boltonfm.com/about/blog/2020/01/24/indie-charts/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571234.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811042804-20220811072804-00071.warc.gz | en | 0.976797 | 386 | 1.515625 | 2 |
Three Rs to Close the Loop
Reduce, reuse and recycle are the basic tools of waste prevention. When fully implemented, these steps can help to effectively and efficiently make the best use of natural resources. To learn more, contact a waste prevention and recycling specialist by email or call 503-846-3605.
By planning ahead and making careful purchases, you can significantly reduce the waste you and your family generate. Creating less waste to begin with conserves natural resources. It also reduces the demand for transportation and storage, and lessens the demand for collection services and landfill space.
- Use both sides of paper and extend its use by two!
- Replace disposable items like paper plates, coffee mugs and napkins with durable ones.
- Use a shopping list to limit impulse buying.
- Use durable bags to tote your groceries home.
- Choose whether to receive phone books, catalogs and more!
- Learn more about waste prevention actions here!
The more materials we reuse, the fewer resources are used to produce new products.
- Explore what other uses an item has before the product is discarded or recycled.
- Carry your own reusable bag to the store to conserve resources used to develop plastic and paper bags.
- Maintain or repair household goods rather than replacing with new.
- Create a new purpose for old items and extend their useful life.
- Donate, sell, or trade unwanted items. Consider joining a Freecycle network in your area or log on to Craigslist to find treasures or offer up unwanted items for cash/trade.
By purchasing recycled-content products, you help to 'close the loop' and support a market for products made from recyclables. Manufacturers will use recyclables as feedstock to create new products and reduce the need to harvest natural resources. Through your efforts to reduce or reuse products, your waste generation will decrease! Great job!
Prepare recyclables properly to maintain their value in the marketplace.
- Recycle paper, plastic bottles, buckets and tubs, scrap metal and cans.
- Rinse cans and containers, and keep paper dry.
- Recycle glass separately. Put glass in a container separate from other recyclables.
- Use a plastic bucket or tub to collect glass and place it next to your other recyclables on collection day.
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Frozen volcanoes, vast beaches, dense jungles and mountains, wrapped in a labyrinth of rivers, waterfalls and caves, this is a characteristic for Belize tourism.
Central America is fascinating for its magnificent natural and archeological treasures, ancient history and amazing cultural heritage.
It is a geographical region, standing between Landmarks of North America and South America. Most of Belize tourism its land, which has an area of 592,000 sq km. is located on the Caribbean plate and has witnessed strong earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.
Belize Tourism Caracol - ancient Mayan city whose ruins speak of a very advanced civilization at that time. During the classic period of Mayan Caracol was the most important political and commercial center of the valley of Belize.
Belize tourism - Barrier Reef. In Central America, popular spot is scuba diving. More than 130,000 people every year come to Belize exactly because of this highly attractive tourist attraction.
It extends from the isthmus Teuantepek in Mexico to Isthmus of Panama to the southeast, which passes in the Colombian Pacific Valley in northwestern attractions in South America.
Central America includes the countries of Belize, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, El Salvador and Honduras.
Belize is one of the most fascinating countries in Central America. Land with divine beauty and plenty of magnificent beaches, national parks, lush jungles and incredible mountains.
Among the biggest Belize tourism attractions are unique archaeological excavations, guided us far into the ancient of Mayan civilization.
In Belize is one of the most attractive places for lovers of water sports and diving.
Her enchanting coast is the second largest in the world natural system of coral reefs that amaze with indescribable beauty and colorful palette of over 1,500 species of tropical fish.
Although most sparsely populated country in Central America, Belize tourism is a fascinating mix of amazing different cultures, ethnicities and languages. Throughout the country, living descendants of Mayan, African slaves and European settlers, and this gives it a unique atmosphere.
Locals are warm and hospitable people, which in combination with other natural resources of the country, Belize tourism became one of the most exciting travel destinations.
In the western part of the countryis main Belize tourism that is Xunantunich. An ancient Mayan monument, where they are made their sacrifices. Belize Tourism will show the biggest attraction Temple of the jaguar, Lamanai. Lamanai is a large complex that lived hundreds of people. Here are found many copper objects showing the culture and lifestyle of the Mayan. | <urn:uuid:48540a4c-61d9-49d7-bfa5-5d822f616815> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://traveltourismblog.com/belize.php | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00270.warc.gz | en | 0.919191 | 546 | 2.203125 | 2 |
The other night at an after party for the Sundance Film Festival, Courtney Love decided it would be a good idea to perform a cover of Jay-Z‘s mega hit “99 Problems.” “It either sucks or it’s genius, I don’t know,” she said before launching into it. Perhaps it was a little bit of both.
On the genius side, I’m amazed at how well she transformed such a well-known hiphop track into a completely serviceable latter period Courtney Love song. Thematically, Jay-Z’s words seem relevant to Courtney, in that his trashing of his haters mirrors her not-entirely-baseless persecution complex. And like Jay-Z, she is someone who came from troubled roots to absolutely dominate in her field of choice (although one could certainly argue that growing up poor and black is different from growing up crazy and white with a psycho-therapist for a mother and a former manager of The Grateful Dead for a father). Plus, I get excited whenever Courtney is able to overcome her personal problems (none of which involve a bitch, apparently) long enough to pick up a guitar and let loose that unmistakable growl of hers.
On the “sucks” side, well…see above. A lot of Jay-Z’s lyrics have to do with racism and being black, which is something Courtney can obviously never experience. And did she really need to pronounce the “r” at the end of the word “nigga”? It’s almost like she wanted to somersault over all the nitpicky discussions about re-appropriation, the meaning of “nigga” versus “nigger,” and whether or not it’s okay for white people to say “nigga” when they’re singing along with their favorite rap songs (I don’t), and just say a big, giant, obviously not cool racial slur. I don’t care if Patti Smith and John Lennon did it.
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Mortgage Fraud: The Fastest-Growing Type of Identity Theft
One day, a homeowner in Nevada answered a knock on his door to find a County Sheriff with an eviction notice on his front steps. The man was shocked to learn that he and his family, along with their possessions, were facing eviction for failing to make mortgage payments on a paid-off home.
Criminals gain access to homeowners' personal information, obtain mortgage financing in their names, take the money, and then default on the loan, causing homeowners to be evicted from their own homes. In nearly every case of mortgage fraud identity theft, the victims are unaware that thieves have obtained mortgage financing on their homes until law enforcement officials appear to evict them. As the collection and eviction notices go to other addresses, homeowners have no inkling that there are liens placed on their homes. By the time the sheriffs show up, the thieves are long gone.
Thieves can net tens of thousands of dollars in these swindles, so they often construct elaborate scams in which victims think they've won cash prizes, cars, and other high-value — but non-existent — items.
One case of mortgage fraud identity theft involved six people who placed ads in newspapers about job openings for well-paying positions. Victims filled out what they thought were job applications, and thieves took the information to obtain more than $5.7 million in mortgages and other lines of credit. Authorities ultimately caught and indicted the thieves.
Another popular mortgage fraud scam preys on homeowners who are having problems making their monthly mortgage payments. Thieves rent office space and pose as mortgage adjusters to help troubled homeowners refinance their mortgages. They make victims submit their Social Security numbers and other personal information, charging a fee of several hundred dollars, and victims unsuspectingly pay these criminals to take their homes, ruin their credit, and turn them out of their own homes.
Homeowners — especially homeowners who are struggling with mortgage payments — are advised to thoroughly research any firms that promise to help them get out out debt, reduce their monthly payments, or perform any other service that sounds too good to be true before entering into any agreement with that firm. And every consumer, homeowner or otherwise, is strongly urged not to share his or her Social Security number with any entity unless required to do so by law. | <urn:uuid:e926148d-569d-4894-9bc4-7e89367a76d5> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.identityhawk.com/Mortgage-Fraud-Fastest-Growing-Type-of-Identity-Theft | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280825.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00203-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.976282 | 474 | 1.59375 | 2 |
- 1 What Is Capital Gains Tax?
- 2 Best Ways to Reduce CGT Rates
What Is Capital Gains Tax?
Capital Gains Tax or CGT is the net profit someone makes after selling off, gifting, or transferring ownership of a capital asset, exceeding the price of purchase. Assets worth less than £6,000 are exempt from CGT. The entire sum earned by selling a capital asset becomes taxable income. CGT is not applicable to inherited property. A few examples of assets on which CGT is applicable are mutual funds, jewelry, land, houses, and buildings.
There is a personal CGT allowance for each individual, every year (6th April to 5th April). This allowance is sufficient enough to help one avoid a CGT liability. Gains made beyond the allowance amount are charged to CGT at either 18% or 28%, depending on the taxable income of the individual in the year that the profits arise.
Below are ways in which you could try to Reduce Capital Gains Tax (CGT Rates).
Best Ways to Reduce CGT Rates
1. Use the CGT Allowance
As an investor, every person is given a CGT allowance of £11,000 on the gains on investments, every year. This amount is tax-free. However, it is not possible to carry forward this amount into the next year, if unused. It is therefore advisable to make use of this tax-free allowance per year, in order to reduce your CGT bill.
2. Make Use of Losses
You could consider selling a few assets at a loss if the cumulative gain exceeds the allowance for that taxable year. Once the gains and losses are marked in a ledger, they will offset each other and the amount of gain subject to tax will be reduced.
3. Transfer Assets to your spouse or civil partner
You can transfer your assets to either your spouse or your civil partner. This will ensure that you both can use your individual CGT allowance, thereby doubling the overall allowance of a couple.
4. Bed and spouse
As an investor, you’re not allowed to sell and then buy the same share back within 30 days. Here is where you can sell a share and get your spouse to buy it back immediately. This gain is then realized CGT free and the family can keep their assets as well.
5. Invest in an ISA
Similar to bed and spouse, you can invest in an individual savings account or ISA, to realize a capital gain and then buy back the same assets within an ISA. This will make all further gains on the asset to be CGT free. Gains and losses within an ISA are not eligible for CGT, so married couples or civil partners can also make use of this.
6. Contribute to a Pension
A pension contribution reduces the tax on a capital gain to 18% from 28%. In the event that the capital increase, once added to the taxable income in the year the addition is acknowledged, falls inside the all-encompassing individual recompense, the CGT obligation will become 18% rather than 28%.
7. Give to Charity
If you decide to give or sell any assets such as land, or shares to a charity at less than the value in the market, you are eligible for relief on your income tax as well as on the CGT.
8. Invest in EIS
Any additions that are made on interests in an EIS (Enterprise Investment Scheme) are free from CGT whenever held for at least three years.
CGT deferral help is accessible to people and Trustees of specific Trusts. The tax payment on a capital addition can be conceded where the gain is invested into a portion of shares of an EIS qualifying organization. The gain can emerge from the removal of any sort of resource, and this should be done within the time of one year prior or three years after the gain emerged.
There is no base period for which the offers should be held; the conceded capital addition is brought once again into charge at whatever point the offers are discarded, or are considered to have been discarded under the EIS enactment.
The disadvantage of EIS is that for the most part, these kinds of plans carry a higher risk than customary shares.
9. Holdover Relief
Holdover relief can be claimed once the chargeable gain is postponed until the transferee disposes of the assets. It is usually claimed for:
- gifts of business assets
- gifts of unlisted shares in trading companies, etc.
- certain types of gifts that are specifically exempted from IHT
- gifts of agricultural land
- gifts which are chargeable transfers for inheritance tax (IHT) purposes
10. Chattels that Escape CGT
Assets, for example, collectibles and antiques are called chattels. Gains on some are tax-exempt. Things with an anticipated existence of 50 years or less, known as ‘wasting assets’, are sans CGT, if they were not qualified for business capital remittances. Old fashioned antique clocks and vintage vehicles are treated as ‘wasting assets’, as are pleasure boats and caravans.
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Mark’s 1st journal entry
Creation. It is the never-ending controversy that we stand as humans. Where did we come from? Is the word of our Lord the most accurate historical evidence? Humans fight each other over this. Our creation is something so interesting because each religion has such a different approach to it. The most interesting is that on top of all religions there are the scientists that throw everything off. What have we become as a human race? Must we all fight over the inconsistencies of each element that make us who we are? In our creation, we have such an important beginning. In the beginning there was God, and he created “this” and “that.” Our first thing we know is that light was created. This light balanced the dark. What is great to know about this first passage is that everything is balanced. Where there is light, there is good. God was happy creating it. What is interesting to know is that light is something we’ve known as good since the beginning. Light is something that has been seen as good in everything that we do. We see everything in our media today that is “good” as something bright, white, lovely, and pure. Something white and filled with light is represented as good because it’s in its purest form. Women wear white on their wedding day, because that is their prime moment in life: to join her equal and create life together. Even princesses in Disney movies wear bright and light-filled colors because they are the “good” characters. The evil characters will wear the black, and darker colors, because they are evil. This is rooted to the bible. We find that this theme sticks in many cultures because it was rooted in creation. As the world is created, it took 6 complete days, and then on the 7th day God rested. This is important because our culture is based upon a 7-day cycle. Sunday is devoted to a day of rest and prayer. This is what God did. We follow in his footsteps.
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Harry Potter and Robin Hood: a dream combination?
June 02, 2016
Our recent survey has revealed that Harry Potter and Robin Hood would be the nation’s favourite literary mash-up!
We commissioned some research for the final week to enter the National Young Writers’ Awards, and discovered that a quarter (24%) of people asked named Harry Potter and Robin Hood as the characters they’d most like to see star together in a literary mash-up – when two genres combine.
This was closely followed by the daring James Bond with the doggy dealing nightmare, Cruella de Vil (20%), and cinematic hero Indiana Jones with fairy-tale legend, Snow White (19%).
The theme of this year’s National Young Writers’ Awards is ‘mash-up’ where children are challenged to write a 500 word story where two genres collide. Judged by best-selling author of the Ruby Redfort and Charlie & Lola series of books, Lauren Child, kids from all over the UK are competing for a trip to Disneyland Paris and £500 worth of books for their school. The deadline for entries is Tuesday 7th June.
The nation’s favourite literary mash-ups were named as follows:
- Harry Potter and Robin Hood
- James Bond and Cruella de Vil
- Indiana Jones and Snow White
- Jack Sparrow and Ellen Ripley (Alien)
- Forrest Gump and Frankenstein
- Jon Snow (Game of Thrones) and Alice in Wonderland
- Han Solo (Star Wars) and The White Witch (Narnia)
- Wolverine and Winnie the Pooh
- Doctor Who and Cinderella
- Batman and Jane Eyre
And when it comes to the nation’s favourite genres:
- Fairy Tale
We were also delighted to find out that seven to 10 year olds love reading the most, with 87% of children having asked for a book as a present! The grand old tradition of reading bedtime stories is still alive and well with 39% of parents of children aged four to 11 reading with their child every night. Just over one in 10 (14%) said they did once a week and just 7% said they never did at all.
Carey Ann Dodah, Head of Curriculum at Explore Learning says: “It’s wonderful to see that parents and children alike still love reading. No matter how busy our lives are, it’s essential to take the time to get lost in a good book and let your imagination fly!”
“It’s also very interesting to see that we are a nation of thrill seekers; keen on stories that keep us on the edge of our seats. The fact that people would most like to read a mash-up of the literary heroes of Harry Potter and Robin Hood show they have a very vivid imagination and we hope this will spur on lots of entries into our fantastic writing competition!”
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Could you design our next limited edition Lizard Card? At Explore, we reward children for both effort and achievement, and always encourage them to set new goals. One of...Read this post | <urn:uuid:581f4896-c1a6-4724-a3c3-a9edff2d1246> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://www.explorelearning.co.uk/blog/harry-potter-and-robin-hood-a-dream-combination/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560279189.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095119-00058-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.94031 | 716 | 2.03125 | 2 |
Q: Some weeks ago, I heard you mention thedifference in power consumption between LCD and plasma televisions on The Personal Computer Show. I have found that Crutchfield provides a comparison option which includes their own testing of TVs. When you have some time, could you compare the four 46″ models I have listed below, using Crutchfield.com. From what I can determine there does not seem to be a great deal of difference of power consumption in actual real world use. Thank you.
David Whitfield, Ohio
A: Thanks for the question, David. As with most technical issues, the generalities are sometimes contradicted by specific instances. This is a complex topic, but let me take a stab at it.
First and foremost, I commend Crutchfield for putting in the time and effort to measure power consumption for their televisions. A review of the four models you cite does show a plasma unit scoring slightly lower than an LCD unit using the Crutchfield measurements. Unfortunately, I cannot find any details on the Crutchfield Web site about how they got these results, so there has to be some question about how to interpret them.
The problem is that LCD and plasma screens consume power differently. Plasmas draw the most power when displaying a white screen at full brightness, because plasma power consumption is a direct result of how much light is needed to create the image on the screen. A picture of a snowy mountain top in daylight is going to draw much more power than a shot of a bad guy lurking in the shadows of a Gotham City alley. This is why it would be helpful to know how Crutchfield tested, because the images you put on the screen will affect the results.
LCDs, on the other hand, change their consumption little as the image changes. For most, they have fluorescent tubes as backlights, which remain on at full brightness whenever the set is on. The LCD layer blocks or transmits the light as needed to create the image, but the backlight stays on. The backlight is more efficient than the plasma panel, however, which is why the LCDs use less power than the plasma maximum.
And there’s one more factor that Crutchfield does not report, and that’s the brightness of the display. In general, LCDs are capable of producing a brighter image than a plasma. I expect that if the brightness on these LCDs was dialed back down to match the output of the plasmas, the power consumption advantage of the LCDs would show more clearly.
Note that some new LCD TVs are using LED backlights instead of fluorescent. Not only do these tend to give better color performance and consume a bit less power, they also make it possible to dim the backlight in darker regions of the image on the screen. This can cut power consumption in half.
Finally, it’s worth considering how significant the savings are. If you leave a single 100 watt light bulb burning while you watch TV instead of turning it off, you will wipe out the difference between the most power hungry model and the least on your list. Using Crutchfield’s estimate of 6 hours a day and $.10 per kilowatt hour, that difference is just $2 a month. So it may not be worth spending hundreds of dollars more just to get a set with lower power consumption.
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A few words about libido
Sexual desire, also commonly known as libido, is the general sexual urges and inclination to sexual acts in a person. Its height is influenced by biological factors such as hormone secretion. Also psychological and social factors are important during measuring individual level of libido.
Libido has been accompanying humanity since the dawn of time, ensuring steady population growth and survival of our species. Nowadays, thanks to widely available contraception and the development of medicine, sexual desire has become not only a biological, but also a sociological factor.
The name libido in reference to life energy was created thanks to the achievements of Zygmunt Freud, the father of modern science of psychology and psychoanalysis, who claimed that everything we do, read and dream about is related to the sexual act and accompanies man from childhood to the grave.
Sex in a big city or libido in modern times
Nowadays, libido has come to light from medical texts and taboos. It is not difficult to come across ads of drugs that promise to increase potency or help in one way or another with sexual intercourse.
And for good reason, because the progress of civilization left its mark on intimate relations. The reduction of libido is influenced by external factors such as stress, addictions or trauma and previous experiences. In addition, the air pollution, the food we eat, and the medicines we take can affect our sexual urges.
These factors have a profound effect on the hormonal economy, which libido depends mainly on. Responsible for them are dopamine, serotonin, acetylcholine, noradrenaline, testosterone, estrogen, progesterone and oxytocin, each of them having a different function in our bodies.
Their impact on our bodies and safe levels are different for men and women.
In short: desire = chemistry
In the case of women, it is closely related to the menstrual cycle, and the increase in libido falls a few days before ovulation, when insemination is most likely. Naturally, during menopause, the level of libido for intercourse decreases. gaminátor játékok ingyen Men overwhelmingly have a significantly higher libido than women, but they are more exposed to fluctuations than they are.
So how do you deal with reduced sex drive?
It is worth starting to look for reasons from yourself. Tiredness, stress or lack of sleep can significantly reduce sexual performance. In addition, it is worth checking whether the medicines we take can affect the hormonal balance, thus reducing sexual desire.
After all, an effective solution is to change your lifestyle by introducing a healthier diet, rejecting addictions and increasing physical activity. órás nyerőgépes játékok
Another way to stimulate desire is to change your bed habits. Often, a new erotic gadget, trying a new sexual position to the repertoire or prolonged foreplay sometimes give a better results than any drug.
Aphrodisiacs are a great option to color your sex life. Red wine with strawberries, chocolate or maca and catuaba contained in the Hot Night drink will relax you and put you in a romantic mood. tippmix eredmények élő mai
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The skeleton of Joan Wytte (1775-1813) was part of the exhibit at the Museum of Witchcraft in Boscastle in England for 40 years. Joan Wytte was known as the “Fighting Fairy Woman” because of her aggressive demeanor and small stature. She was an accused witch who was jailed for assault, but died in Bodmin jail before she could be tried. Joan’s body was not buried and her remains became an oddity that eventually ended up at the Museum of Witchcraft
The curator and owner of the Museum of Witchcraft, Graham King, had Joan’s remains analyzed by a forensic expert. The examination revealed that the skeleton belonged to a female who was in her late 30’s, who was smoker who used a clay pipe, and had a “huge abscess in her right wisdom tooth.”
Graham King organized a funeral for the skeletal remains of Joan Wytte in 1998. She was buried in a local wooded area, but the exact location of her grave is unknown.
Update: I found a picture of her grave stone here. The stone reads:
In Bodmin Gaol
The skeleton of Joan Wytte. 1998. Retrieved on February 26, 2014 from: http://www.museumofwitchcraft.com/displayrecord_mow.php?ObjectNumber=24
Evans, D. (2009 September 12). Redressing the Bones of an Argument- Do we gawp or do we Bury? The body of Joan Wytte, Witch-skeletons and the museum culture. Retrieved on February 26, 2014 from: https://www.academia.edu/1660168/Redressing_the_Bones_of_an_Argument-_Do_we_gawp_or_do_we_Bury_The_body_of_Joan_Wytte_Witch-skeletons_and_the_museum_culture
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June 3, 2021
They have tons of energy and for the most part, are quite healthy. However, as some people get older, they start to experience heart flutters and possibly some chest pain. As a family caregiver, your elderly loved one may have some heart health issues later on that you need to help them with. However, in the meantime, there are some heart health hacks that can lower your elderly loved one’s risk of having these issues.
Many senior citizens watch a lot of television. They may sit in front of the television for hours at a time. If your elderly loved one watches TV a lot, they have a higher risk of having a heart attack, than people who don’t watch a lot of TV. The main reason for this is because when someone is sitting down watching television, they aren’t moving around as much. This means, over time, their blood isn’t going to flow as well to their heart. In addition, people who sit around most of the time are at higher risk of becoming obese. There are links between obesity and heart attacks, as well. If your elderly loved one currently watches a lot of TV, you or senior care providers should encourage them to do healthier activities instead.
Another one of the heart health hacks for the elderly is to eat more plant-based foods. Research shows that people who eat 5 or more vegetable and fruit servings a day have a much lower risk of having heart disease than those who eat 3 or fewer servings of these foods a day. In addition, if your elderly loved one is currently eating a lot of red meats, this will increase their risk of having a heart attack. If this is the case, you or senior care providers should suggest that your elderly loved one replaces some of those meals with plant-based foods for good heart health practices.
Did you know that tea can help to lower the risk of heart disease? If your elderly loved one doesn’t already do so, you and their senior care providers should encourage them to drink tea regularly. The reason why tea is great for reducing the risk of heart disease is that it is filled with polyphenols and other organic chemicals. These help to improve a person’s blood vessel functions.
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English teacher Robin Neal talks about the way technology in the classroom has enhanced teaching and learning.
The Beaver English Department teaches active reading, writing, reflection, and analysis. In our explorations of language and literature, we encourage students to access both their imaginations and their intellects. As they learn, students develop the means of confidently and skillfully expressing their knowledge, observations, and feelings. We believe that engagement with literature leads students to explore human nature, understand multiple perspectives, question the world around them, and appreciate the power and complexity of language.
Ninth grade classes are all offered at the Standard level only, giving students a year to accustom themselves to the demands of the upper school curriculum. In the tenth, eleventh, and twelfth grades, students may elect to take their English courses at the Honors level during the course selection process. Specific expectations for honors students are outlined below. While the English department is committed to providing every student with a challenging curriculum, the Honors option is open to any student who wishes to engage with the subject at an even more sophisticated, complex, and demanding level. In making their decisions, students should consult their current English teachers and/or the head of the department. Decisions should take into account level of interest as well as ability in English.
In grade 10 through 12, students may elect to take their English course at the honors level by signing a contract. Honors students are expected to be leaders in class discussions, to maintain a high level of enthusiasm and intellectual curiosity, and to demonstrate a superior level of critical analysis in all written work and on honors-specific prompts on assessments. Earning Honors credit requires that after electing Honors and signing the contract, that the student continues to live up to these expectations.
What does it mean to be American? From the revolution that defined our independence to the very cases contended today in the Supreme Court, in this required course we address all elements of Americanism, the beautiful and the sordid. In doing this, we turn to great American writers whose professed goal it was to define generations of American citizens. We turn to F. Scott Fitzgerald for his perspective on the Roarin’ Twenties in New York City, James Baldwin’s ex-patriot experience abroad in Paris, and other short story selections that will help us begin to answer the question: What does it really mean to be American?
For the second term of American Literature students choose one of the following courses:
There are myriad tangible and intangible ways that we define ourselves–from large scale identifiers like nation and religion, to the little things, like choosing what shoes to wear in the morning. The Identity Term looks at identity through varied American lenses–a 15-year-old Native American boy attending a primarily white school in upstate Washington, a family of Dominican immigrants living in New Jersey in the 80’s, and an African-American Floridian woman searching for love in the 1930’s. All of these perspectives help inform our own perspectives of who we are and why we believe the things we do.
From westward expansion to road trips on spring break, movement and travel have always been quintessential parts of the American experience. In this class, we will read William Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying and meet the Bundrens as they travel in 1920s Mississippi to bury their mother, Addie. We will also examine journeys of immigration through reading Jhumpa Lahiri’s short story collection Interpreter of Maladies. Through these journeys, we hope to get a better sense of the role of movement and travel within the American experience and experiment.
This term of 11th grade English (Rhetoric) is required for every junior. Focusing on the power of voice, we will explore and cultivate our voice through creative non-fiction, non-linear storytelling, and poetry. Possible texts include Pulphead, The Empathy Exams, and The White Album.
For the second term of English Rhetoric students choose one of the following courses:
The Prose and Politics
This term of 11th grade English (Rhetoric) will explore how storytelling informs politics—the politics of government, race, joy, and all other aspects of the human condition. Possible texts include The Buddha In the Attic, Between the World and Me, 1984, and The Wind Up Bird Chronicles.
This term of 11th grade English (Rhetoric) dives into the idea that change can come through acts of defiance and transformation. We will explore the notion of ‘protest’ in our writing about and analysis of the literature. Possible texts include We the Animals, Othello, and Citizen.
Possible texts: Purple Hibiscus by Adichie; Oedipus Rex and Antigone by Sophocles; I Am the Messenger by Zusak; Macbeth by Shakespeare. Various selections of poetry and memoir also populate the course.
Texts: An assortment of full-length collections from contemporary poets.
Previous winners: 1984, Lolita, Brave New World, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Lord of the Flies, Scarlet Letter, On the Road, The Kite Runner.
Possible texts: Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad; Six Degrees of Separation by John Guare; Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk.
Possible authors: Fitzgerald, West, Wharton, Wodehouse, Tolstoy, Austen, Williams
Possible texts: Selections from Freakonomics by Levitt/Dubner and Blink by Gladwell; NPR podcasts; HBO documentaries; other free online texts from The New Yorker, Grantland and Rolling Stone that will be provided for students.
Possible texts: Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut; Dune by Frank Herber; a litany of science fiction short stories by Asimov, Dick, Vonnegut and others (these are free online texts that will be provided for students).
Possible texts: Flash Fiction, Nine Stories, selections from The New Yorker.
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14 January 2017
Six days away from his inauguration as the next POTUS, Donald Trump has spoken about his stand on the decades-old ‘One China’ policy and U.S. sanction in Russia.
In an interview with the Wall Street Journal on Friday, the president-elect said the ‘One China’ policy is open for negotiation while the sanctions against Russia could be lifted.
“Everything is under negotiation including One China,” he said.
On his initial declaration that he would label China a currency manipulator after he takes office, Trump took a back-step, stating that he wouldn’t take that step on his first day in the White House. “I would talk to them first,” he said.
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Farm management minute: Is the next generation ranchers or managers?
West River Farm and Ranch Management Instructor
Many of our past generation were hard workers from sunup to sundown. They experienced many years of hardship both economically and mentally, from forest and range fires to droughts to crop and livestock diseases. Many of these difficulties were the same we deal with today. The difference is that we have more tools available to help us overcome some of these issues. We can still work from sunup to sundown, but without the proper managing skills it is much more difficult to run a successful operation. Every operation needs skills, education and technology to maximize their inputs to the highest level rate of return.
With a new generation of producers, we need to incorporate and emphasize the importance of managing skills. If you are a husband and wife operation, or a multiple-member operation, who has the decision power to make these managing decisions? Each person who is part of the operation has strengths and weaknesses. In order to maximize each person’s expertise, we need to become knowledgeable on those strengths. The same goes with weaknesses.
Being proficient with not only labor, but also the quality of labor, aids in the management of the daily work load. If you were going to replace a mile of fence and didn’t have the equipment, it might be wiser to hire out the job. Or if you were capable of doing the project you could also rent the equipment needed. We can’t always hire out jobs because of the cost, but effective management will help us decide if it is more efficient to complete each job ourselves or to hire a professional and use our skills where they are better suited.
With all of the documentation needed with government programs in the NRCS and FSA, each operation needs a manager to meet the required deadlines. That person needs to be educated in all aspects of the operation and its plans for the future. Throughout the year there are many meetings, conferences and seminars that help keep managers and employees educated. Take the time to attend a few of those events to stay on top of new technology and issues. The South Dakota Center for Farm/Ranch Management works with ranchers and producers across the state of South Dakota to help these managers with daily decisions within their operation. Give us a call at 1-800-684-1969 or call David Koupal 605-995-7193 or email; email@example.com
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It makes no difference whether you are a child, teenager or adult. The association with nutrition is often the same or similar in my opinion. The struggle is real. But does it have to be a struggle? I think not.
Ben Coomber’s podcast #186 with Jennifer Bulcock was powerful and it made me think, take notes and type like a mad woman. It struck so many chords with me regarding my own health & fitness journey as a child, teenager and adult.
Yes, health & nutrition are my passion and my journey. Hence the reason I’ve been studying and researching & continue with my courses, podcasts, discussions and learning daily. And I’ve learned quite a bit and know most of what to do. Yet at times I find myself indulging in my weakness for caramel . . . and not in moderation. It’s the pleasure of instant gratification I seek. Why do I seek it in food? I can only guess because I can control it and partly because I like the rush of rebelling against the norm. In life we have wants and we have needs. We tend to go after the pleasure versus what we see as pain/healthy eating.
But what is the norm? Society tends to define it now with how great products are marketed by using words on packages such as: fiber, sugar-free, essential vitamins, healthy heart, all natural, fat free, etc.
Telling anyone what’s right, healthy and what to do often times makes us rebel because we want to be as society shows us is the norm. It is culturally acceptable to eat:
- Sugary breakfasts
- Fast food for breakfast, lunch or dinner
- High fat / high calorie dinner meals out
- Coffee made in a variety of fattening ways. Some drinks being 400+ calories
- Snacks during the day & every night. Not just a little snack but a huge bowl of ice cream / or quart perhaps. Oodles of chips, candy, soda, etc.
We hear over and over again that eating healthy is too expensive or too difficult to plan so we grab for the quickest easiest choices. Below are some alternatives:
- Making food in bulk and eating the next day or freezing for another day; whole chicken is a good one to roast up, shred the leftovers and have soup or chicken with Zoodles the next day.
- Preparing in advance (maybe on a Sunday afternoon/evening).
- Carry some raw almonds or mixed nuts or apple or orange. Just in case things happen and you need some food to tied you or your children over until you get home.
- Research the local grocery stores for bargains or better pricing on healthy foods. Check the labels to see if the store’s brand is just as good as a BIG brand name.
- When you walk the grocery store, note that most of the healthy, real food is located on the outer perimeter. Or at least that’s the way it used to be. Now in one of my local grocery stores, the healthy, whole food is on the right side & back of store. While the left perimeter is ice cream & frozen.
- I’m sure you have noticed, grocery stores like to move items around every once in awhile so you can’t find them in their normal spot. You have to walk through the store to find your regular staples and often end up with more than you wanted. Or you get to the checkout and there’s a very colorful rack of candy. And now it’s not just small snack size you have the King or Super snack sizes. HHHHHmmmmmm more is always better especially if you are getting more for your money. The tricks they play. They are smart and clever in displaying & marketing. That’s how they make their money.
- Eggs . . . can be made in different ways. Boiled, cooked in a little olive oil with spinach, a little low fat mozzarella, mushrooms; over easy; scrambled, & adding Sriracha, salsa, pepper, red pepper, or tabasco to spice them up.
No one is saying to completely change your diet. We are all trying to do the best we can with the knowledge we have for our children and ourselves. Just change one thing at a time until you get to a point of balance with moderating the sugars & fat.
How can we survive the social habits and normally accepted:
- Substitute one sugary drink with water. Add a lemon, lime, or cucumber for taste.
- Add a new veggie once a week. You don’t like veggies . . . neither did I. I was the kid who spit their veggies into a napkin until my parents said I didn’t have to eat any more. Then threw the napkin away. Now I eat & try veggies. Don’t like them all but one of my favorite now (as of a few months ago . . . that I would have ever eaten before) is brussel sprouts.
- Try different foods, meats, fruits, slowly once a week or every other week.
- Try cooking a different way. Grilled is my favorite way to eat (kickin’) chicken or fish flavored with Potlatch spice from William Sonoma. And spicier the better. But also love baked chicken. My favorite recipes are on my website. Here
- Apple for morning snack or with lunch. I like mine with almond butter. Delish!
Small steps . . . we all have busy schedules and pressure with work, studying, children, homework, after school activities, time constraints, last minute surprises and home life.
Here are some subtle ways to approach healthy eating until our children or we enjoy eating healthy. But that can only be done in a positive way:
- Force feeding children healthy foods can be extreme. Most common is with veggies. Force it and they will rebel. Make sure it’s available and set a good example. In time hopefully they will try a bite and find they like some type of veggies.
- Don’t reward eating the healthy food by bribing with an unhealthy food. We always want what we cannot have and that may make the unhealthy food more desirable/pleasurable. I know that’s what has happened many times for me.
- Having said that some times we need to cover those veggies in sauces, or cheese, etc. And then slowly decrease the unhealthy sauces, etc.
- I remember as a child mi Abuela would scoop out a watermelon, blend it, strain out the seeds, put in ice trays and freeze. That was one of our favorite snacks in the summer. Smart woman she was.
- Or my mom would buy watermelon, slice it up, send us outside to eat and have watermelon seed spitting contest. Mostly at each other but some times we’d compete and measure the distance. Lol
To sum it up . . . and repeat a little.
- Just try different things. Small steps.
- Find out what your children and you enjoy.
- Moderation & balance that’s sustainable for you & your family’s lifestyle.
- No one said to give up all the sugar and fat. Well unless you have chosen a no sugar no grain diet which I don’t have a comment on.
- Or an individualized food plan by ProCoach powered by PN to get an illness or issue under control. Then you should always talk to one of them before making any changes.
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New York State Article 32 of Labor Law went into effect on January 1, 2016, setting minimum work standards for mold projects and requiring mold assessment, remediation and abatement specialists to be licensed. No controls existed prior to Article 32, so some unscrupulous contractors took advantage of customers by providing inadequate mold related services at exorbitant fees, especially in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.
The New York State Department of Labor now requires licensing for all contractors providing mold-related services. The State has established specific training requirements and issues separate licenses based on three types of mold services:
- Mold Assessor
- Mold Remediation Contractor
- Mold Abatement Worker
In order to protect against fraud, Article 32 prohibits a licensed individual or contractor from performing both mold assessment and mold remediation services on the same property.
1- Customer hires a Licensed Mold Assessor to perform an inspection of a property with suspected mold issues. Samples may be collected during the inspection to confirm the presence of mold.
2- Mold Assessor prepares a Remediation Plan specific to the project based on observations and sampling results.
3- Mold Assessor provides Customer with a Remediation Plan for review before remediation begins.
4- Customer hires a Licensed Remediation Contractor to implement the Remediation Plan.
5- Remediation Contractor develops a Remediation Work Plan describing how the mold remediation project will be performed to meet the requirements set forth in the Mold Assessor’s Remediation Plan. Licensed Abatement Workers (usually employees of the Remediation Contractor) perform the work specified in the Remediation Work Plan.
6- Upon completion of abatement, Customer hires Licensed Mold Assessor (can be the same one hired for the initial Mold Assessment) to inspect the project. The Mold Assessor will either determine that remediation has been successfully completed and issue a clearance report, or recommend follow-up assessment or remediation as appropriate.
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This is the wonderful sight I can see in the morning if I am up at the right time. The glorious colours of nature painted out above the sea. I love it, and I can happily sit and watch the sky from this window.
The great thing about this canvas is that it changes day by day. We can have silvery still sea with a reflecting sky that looks like gossamer sheets floating on by. Or the opposite of the wild sea, with white waves roaring so loud we can hear them from inside. The sky full of clouds chasing each other in excitement and sometimes anger.
Today was an exception to my above photo. Instead it was grey and cold looking. And gradually the weather has changed from cold but sunny, to savage and a wild north-easterly wind, bringing with it bitterness and hail.
I was only just thinking about three days ago, just how warm, or perhaps mild is a better way of saying it, this Autumn has been so far. I was out walking and had noticed how green the trees still were.
But today the weather is telling. My hands are suffering with sore cracks and dryness. The usual tell-tale signs of any mum. Always getting wet hands, and they inevitably get chapped and sore with the cold weather.
Mr has dragged his scarf out, aswell as his winter hat and coat. And today my eldest daughter actually went to school with a coat on!
So is this a typically British moan about “bad weather”?
Certainly not! As a famous hairy Scottish comedian once said (or more than once), “there’s no such thing as bad weather, just the wrong clothes”. (Billy Connolly).
Indeed. I quite agree. I growl when I hear people use that term. “bad weather”. Why what has it done? Weather is a condition of the planet we live on, it isn’t something we can control. I’m not saying for a moment that we should enjoy all-weather, I know I really don’t like strong wind. But we do tend to start whingeing on about having to wear more clothes, or that the heating went on, and we do tend to like to talk about it.
So here I am, talking about it.
I’ve been reading “Journey to the Edge of the World” that Billy Connolly wrote about his ten-week journey from the Atlantic to the Pacific by way of the North West Passage. This is the third time I’ve read it, but I tend to like to read books I enjoy more than once. I also have the DVD.
You realise just how harsh weather can be when you read about it. Billy describes it as “parky”, which makes me smirk. I’d say today is parky.
I guess we have to adapt, and we’re used to it. Tomorrow when I am out and about early in the day, I will have my big coat on, and the wind will no doubt be reminding me just how cold it is. As long as the wind stays relatively calm, you wont hear me complaining.
Unless of course I have loads of washing to do and it’s raining.
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BackgroundEosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) is characterized by the inflammation of the esophagus and the infiltration of eosinophils into the esophagus, leading to symptoms such as dysphagia and stricture formation. Systemic immune indicators like eotaxin and fibroblast growth factor were evaluated for possible synergistic pathological effects. Moreover, blood cells, local tissue, and plasma from EoE and control subjects were studied to determine if the localized disease was associated with a systemic effect that correlated with presence of EoE disease.
MethodReal-time polymerase chain reaction from peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC), immunohistochemistry from local esophageal biopsies, fluid assays on plasma, and fluorescence-activated cell sorting on peripheral blood cells from subjects were used to study the systemic immune indicators in newly diagnosed EoE (n = 35), treated EoE (n = 9), Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) (n = 8), ulcerative colitis (n = 5), Crohn's disease (n = 5), and healthy controls (n = 8).
ResultOf the transcripts tested for possible immune indicators, we found extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK), Bcl-2, bFGF (basic fibroblast growth factor), and eotaxin levels were highly upregulated in PBMC and associated with disease presence of EoE. Increased FGF detected by immunohistochemistry in esophageal tissues and in PBMC was correlated with low levels of pro-apoptotic factors (Fas, Caspase 8) in PBMC from EoE subjects. Plasma-derived bFGF was shown to be the most elevated and most specific in EoE subjects in comparison to healthy controls and disease control subjects.
ConclusionWe describe for the first time a possible mechanism by which increased FGF is associated with inhibiting apoptosis in local esophageal tissues of EoE subjects as compared to controls. Eotaxin and FGF signaling pathways share activation through the ERK pathway; together, they could act to increase eosinophil activation and prolong the half-life of eosinophils in local tissues of the esophagus in EoE subjects.
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Moses of Zvhil [Goldman] (.)
Hebrew: משה [Goldman] (.), רבי משה מזוועהיל
|Also Known As:||"R' Moshe Ha Tzaddik of Zvhil", "Moshe of Zvehil", "Moshe of Zvyahel", "רבי משה מזוועהיל"|
|Birthplace:||Золочев, Харьковская область, Ukraine|
Son of R' Yechiel Michel, The Maggid of Zlochov and Rechil Yungerleib
|Managed by:||Malka Mysels|
About R' Moses of Zvil, Admur Zloczew
Zvhil Hasidic Dynasty is the name of a Hasidic dynasty which originated with Rabbi Moshe of Zvhil, the son of Rabbi Yechiel Michel, the Magid (Preacher) of Zlotshev.
Moshe of Zvhil was also the grandson of Rabbi Yitzchok of Drubitsh and Rabbi Aharon of Karlin. As in several inter-related Hasidic dynasties, family tradition held that Rabbi Moshe was a descendant of King David.
Rabbi Moshe died in 1831 and was succeeded by his son Rabbi Yechiel Michl Goldman of Zvhil. The last rebbe to reside in Zvhil was Grand Rabbi Yaakov Yisroel. Rabbi Yaakov Yisroel was also the Tsar-appointed Chief Rabbi of the Ukraine.
R' Moshe of Zvhil - The First Zvhiller Rebbe
A Davidic descendant, R' Moshe was the great grandson of R' Menachem Nochum of Tschernobl (the first Maggid of Tschernobl) and R' Aharon of Karlin.
R' Moshe was the grandson of R' Mordechai of Tschernobl (The Maggid of Tschernobl) and R' Yitzchok of Drovitch, and the son of R' Yechiel Michel, the Zlotschover Maggid.
R' Moshe of Zvhil at first refused to serve as an Admor after his father's death, and opened a store. Although his unique conduct marked him as a tzaddik, he rebuffed the attempts of all who tried to draw close to him, and, as directed by his father, cleaved to his saintly Rav of Berditchev.
In the end the Rav of Naski instructed him to preside in Zvhil, which was in the center of Vohlin. Like his saintly fathers, he spread Torah and kedusha (sanctity) in the surrounding settlements, and was considered one of the outstanding tzadikim of his time.
Upon his death in 1831, he was replaced by his son, R' Yechiel Michel of Zvhil, who also conducted himself humbly and drew people closer to Torah and yiras shomayim (awe of heaven) in his unique and inimitable way.
He died on the twelfth of Tishrei 5617 (1856), leaving behind a son, the first R' Mordechai of Zvhil, who became known for his unique conduct.
Note: This is the son of R' Michel of Zlotchov. The comment below about him being the *son of the Baal Shem Tov's great grandson* doesn't make sense as he lived just one generation after the Baal Shem Tov.
Rabbi Moshe of Zvhil [died 10 Iyar 5591 (1831)]. After his father’s death, Moshe refused to succeed him as Admor and later did so only because of the urgings of Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev and Rabbi Mordechai of Naskiz. When Moshe became an Admor, he had a large following. He was the son-in-law of David Zak, head of the Rabbinic Court of Gravovitz.
Researched on behalf of Paul Gass by Shalom Bronstein, 1995
Paul Gass hired genealogist Miriam Wiener to research metrical records for the Jewish community of Novograd Volynsk (Zvhil) in the Zhitomir Archives and ZAGS. These records showed that Rabbi Moshe Goldman of Zvhil had children by two different wives: The first documented wife was Chava, who was born in 1766, and was the mother of Yehiel Michal and the other children born in the early 1800s. Late in life, Rabbi Moshe Goldman took a much younger woman for his wife: Necha, who was born in 1794. Necha gave him two children born in the 1820s.
The Zlotchover maggid was the scion of an illustrious family of rabbis and kabbalists from Galicia who lived and operated in the town of Brody and its environs; the maggid’s great-grandfather was R. Moshe of Zvirsh, who died as a martyr without suffering at all by virtue of his communion with God. His son, R. Joseph Spravidliver, was called a “man of truth,” and his wife, “Yenta the Prophet.”
Their son,R. Isaac of Derhovitch, the father of the Zlotchover maggid, was one of the scholars at the Beit Midrash (study hall) of R. Yozfa in Ostrog and a maggid in the community of Horhov. Traditions preserved in In Praise of the Baal Shem Tov portray him as a man of intimidating wizardry, endowed with a prophetic spirit and expertise in the Divine names, who did not flinch from a head-on confrontation with R. Isaac Hamburger and his associate, R. Ezekiel Landa, author of Noda Bi-Yehuda.
Already during the lifetime of the Zlotchover maggid his origins gained special notice, and one of his most prominent disciple, R. Meshullam Feibush Heller, referred to him as the “son of holy ones, a Tzaddik the son of a Tzaddik.”
Like his forefathers, the Zlotchover maggid was also gifted with extraordinary spiritual abilities. According to his disciple, R. Abraham Joshua of Apta, he was capable of conducting ascents of the soul at will or when so directed from Heaven: “For his Holy Rabbi our Rabbi Yehiel Mikhal of Zlotchov would sleep... either when he wanted to ascend to Heaven, or when Heaven called him to ascend.”
Such ability was ascribed to only two people at the outset of Hasidism, the Ba’al Shem Tov and the Zlotchover maggid. Similarly, two of his sons - the first-born, R. Joseph of Yampela and the second, Isaac of Radvil - were also blessed with spiritual powers, and their ascents of the soul were widely recognized.
R. Joseph of Yampela is quoted to the effect that the Divine spirit had been present in their forefathers’ line for 72 generations.
Admittedly, of the Zlotchover maggid’s five sons, whom he termed the five books of the Torah, only the fourth son, R. Moshe of Zweihil, established a Hasidic court. However, the rabbis of the Zweihil dynasty, who live in Jerusalem, are known to this day as the “preservers of the holy covenant,” meaning those who preserve the sanctity of the covenantal organ. This sobriquet is a reminder of the tradition whereby the Tzaddikim of the Zlotchov dynasty have the capacity to correct the sexual transgressions of their fellows, such as the spilling of seed. In Lurianic kabbalah this sin is deemed to delay the redemption, a misdeed which only the Messiah can correct.
The appellation of the rabbis of the house of Zweihil, therefore, alludes to the special supernatural status ascribed for over two hundred years to descendants of the house of Zlotchov.
The Zlotchover maggid was born in Brody in around the year 1726. The first position he held was that of maggid in the town of Kluk, and according to In Praise of the Baal Shem Tov during this period he was a disciple of the Besht. From Kluk he accepted the nomination of maggid in the town of Zlotchov, where he grew famous.
At the end of his life he was “received” in Yampela, a small town in the Ukraine, which surely did not befit his intellectual prowess or stature in the view of his disciples. The reasons for this descent have never been completely clarified, but his son, R. Isaac of Radvil, hints that his father was so embittered that he sought to take leave of the world.
Throughout the years of his wandering the Zlotchover maggid’s activity was centered in Brody, the town of his birth, in eastern Galicia on the Ukrainian border. Brody was a major Jewish hub in economic and cultural terms, and won repute as a town of Talmudic scholars and Jewish legal experts. It was also known as a center of kabbalistic study by virtue of the members in its “Kloize”, who adopted kabbalistic customs. The reputation garnered by the Kloize reflected the considerable interest in kabbalah among all the towns of Eastern Galicia and the Ukraine. Read complete article
R' Yechiel Michel - The Zlotschover Maggid FAMILY TREE
The family were decendants of the famous Chayut family. The Zlotchover Maggid's
- Father: R' Yitzchok M'Drohobic
- Grandfather: R' Yoseph Sproidlyer of Pistin (died in Israel),
- Great Grandfather: R' Moshe of Zvirech,
- GG Grandfather was R Yitzchak Chayut (d.1585)* (R Yitzchak Chayut's father-in-law was also the father-in-law of the Maharal of Prague. This account is from the book "Otzar Harabanim" by Friedman.
R Yechiel Michel had 5 sons, and at least 1 daughter. His daughter married R' David of Stefan, a descendant of the "Taz", R' David Segel. R David of Stefan was himself a Rebbe. R Yechiel Michel used to call his 5 sons his 5 books of Torah. The Zlotschover Maggid, R' Yechiel Michel, had five sons (whom he referred to as "my chamisha chumshai Torah" (my five Books of the Torah) who were replete with Torah and chassidus, each of whom became Rebbe in a different place. They were:
- 1. R' Yosef of Yampola,
- 2. R' Mordechai of Kremnitz,
- 3. R' Yitzchok of Radvil,
- 4. R' Binyomin of Zbariz
- 5. R' Moshe of Zvhil, the first Zvhiller Rebbe.
About R' Moses of Zvil, Admur Zloczew (עברית)
רבי משה גולדמן מזווהיל, מייסד החסידות בעיר זו, היה בנו השלישי של רבי יחיאל מיכל מזלוטשוב, תלמיד הבעל שם טוב והמגיד ממעזריטש. בהתחלה סירב לשמש כאדמו"ר אך נעתר ללחצם של רבי לוי יצחק מברדיטשוב ורבי מרדכי מנישכיז. היה חתנו של הרב דוד זק אב"ד גראבוביץ. נפטר בי' באייר תקצ"א (1831).
זהו כנראה בן נינם של רבי יחיאל אשכנזי ואודל, בתו של הבעש"ט. ידוע שלזוג היה בן, רבי אפרים, אשר נולד במז'יבוז' ולו היה בן ששמו משה חיים אפרים מסאדילקוב
משה חיים חי בשנים 1742-1800 והוא כנראה סבו של משה אשכנזי זה והאם זהו אותו משה המכונה משה מזוויהיל
היחיד מבין חמשת בניו של ר' יחיאל מיכל, שייסד חצר חסידית,
אדמו"רי שושלת זוויהיל (משפחת גולדמן), שמרכזה בירושלים, מכונים עד היום 'שומרי ברית קודש', כלומר מי ששומרים על טוהרתו של איבר הברית. כינוי זה הוא זכר למסורת, שלפיה יש ביכולתם של הצדיקים לבית זלוטשוב לתקן את החטאים המיניים של זולתם, כגון הוצאת זרע לבטלה, הנחשב בקבלת האר"י לחטא, שיתוקן בידי המשיח. כינוי האדמו"רים לבית זוויהיל 'שומרי ברית קודש', מרמז אפוא על המעמד המיוחד, מעין מעמדו של המשיח, המיוחס זה למעלה ממאתיים שנים לצאצאי בית זלוטשוב.
האופי האזוטרי והמופנם של חסידי זוויהיל בא לביטוי באורח החיים של העדה בירושלים. זוהי עדה קטנה ומסוגרת, שאינה נוטה להתרחב ולקלוט חסידים חדשים. צאצאי בני היישוב הישן בירושלים מספרים, כי חסידי זוויהיל מצניעים עצמם ואינם מתבלטים בין חצרות החסידים השונות, ואף רואים עצמם נמוכים מכל השאר, באומרם שהם השורש.
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An excerpt from
Saving Alma Mater
A Rescue Plan for America’s Public Universities
James C. Garland
Where the Money Comes From
Do Universities Have a Bottom Line?
Question: Why do economists predict their results to three significant figures?
This old joke about the dismal science underscores the fact that real markets do not replicate the simple, idealized models that economists use to illustrate basic principles. For even the most straightforward commodity transactions, complicating factors—taxes, regulations, social costs, buyer irrationality, and so forth—inevitably fog up the quantitative predictions of simple market analysis. In the process of explaining the real world of business and commerce, corrections grow on economic theories like so many Malthusian warts, leading to models that may account for a market’s general behavior but have little predictive value. As is sometimes said, with enough variables one can fit a curve to the skyline of New York, but the curve can’t then predict the location of the next skyscraper.
But at least in the business world there is an overall metric for gauging success, and of course that metric is profit. While General Motors may use many internal measures of performance—market share, sales growth, customer satisfaction—all of these are in service to the corporation’s overall profitability. In the language of mathematics, internal performance criteria are independent variables and profitability is a dependent variable. In the end, only the dependent variable matters. That is the reason stock market investors care so much about corporate profits; the actual line of business being financed by their investments may even be of little interest to them except insofar as it provide insights into profit potential.
By contrast, in higher education there is no bottom line except in the sense that colleges must live within their budgets. However, colleges do have a large number of internal performance benchmarks. Many are quantitative but nonfinancial: student SAT scores, graduation rates, win/loss record of the basketball team, percent occupancy of dormitories, number of National Academy of Sciences faculty members, number of pizzas consumed in dining halls. They have many intangible performance benchmarks as well: personal growth of graduates, beauty of the campus, quality of advising and job counseling, contribution to human understanding by English department poets. Furthermore, one can fill a ledger book with college financial benchmarks, including bond quality ratings, federal grant and contract dollars, endowment investment returns, and growth in alumni giving. But all of the benchmarks that ultimately differentiate good universities from mediocre ones are not rolled up into a single criterion of overall performance. In higher education there is nothing analogous to profit, and without this basic metric it is hard to know whether, say, hiring a Nobel laureate for the chemistry department faculty is a smart investment of institutional resources.
A second factor that muddies the economics of higher education is school-to-school variability. Higher education is an industry in which no two organizations produce equivalent products. This is the problem that plagues college ranking systems, the most widely read being the one published annually by U.S. News and World Report. For example, in 2008 the magazine ranked the College of William and Mary thirty-second and the University of Michigan twenty-sixth. But the two institutions are so fundamentally different from one another that this comparison provides little meaningful guidance to prospective students. The fact that most ranking services try to use a quantitative methodology and data-gathering protocol can never overcome the intrinsic apples-to-oranges problem of institutional diversity. And just as there is no bottom line to gauge a university’s overall financial performance, there is no qualitative measure of its usefulness to society. Which is better: University A, which has Nobel laureates on its faculty, conducts research valued at hundreds of millions of dollars, recruits students from all fifty states whose SAT scores top the charts, and charges $40,000 tuition, or University B, which admits nearly all applicants, most of whom come from nearby working-class neighborhoods, has extensive remedial programs for underprepared students, offers evening and weekend classes for working adults, and charges $4,000 tuition? The answer is clearly in the eye of the beholder.
Despite their broad differences, however, all colleges and universities share one trait in common: they all need money to survive. And the fact that most of that money is influenced greatly by social, demographic and economic forces highlights the importance of making sense of higher education’s complex marketplace. Until the academic marketplace is sufficiently understood, policy makers will be hard-pressed to redress the system’s more egregious shortcomings and prop up its shaky financial underpinnings.
The University Balance Sheet
Like all commercial organizations, public universities must pay their bills. Because universities are service providers, their biggest payments each month go to their thousands of employees; typically about 70–80 percent of university budgets are for salaries, wages, and benefits. What is left over pays for a hodgepodge of expenses: fertilizer for campus lawns and gardens, bandwidth for Internet gateways, airline tickets to faculty professional meetings, debt service on construction loans, laboratory equipment for beginning physics professors, service contracts for office equipment, and so forth. The largest public universities write checks that total well over two billion dollars a year. Because these payments don’t dribble out at a constant rate, and because income from government and tuition payments arrives in lump sums, universities always keep a balance in their accounts to handle expenditure fluctuations. Depending on the size of the school, this cushion, or “float,” can average throughout the year to more than a hundred million dollars; university budget officers invest the float in short-term financial instruments so the funds are not sitting idle until needed. Closely related to the float are the institutional cash reserves. As the name implies, the reserves are not budgeted for any specific purpose but are held back to pay for emergencies, to make up for temporary cash shortfalls, and to pay for unpredictable cost increases. Bond rating agencies closely monitor a university’s reserves, because they are a key indicator of its financial health.
When times are tough, as they often are in public higher education, a school’s chief financial officer will carefully monitor the sizes of the school’s float and reserves, because if they shrink too low the results can be disastrous. One late payroll will precipitate an institutional crisis. Missed payments will drive away suppliers of crucially needed goods and services. Any sign of a shaky financial footing will quickly erode the university’s credit rating, raising interest rates and potentially preventing access to capital markets. Because nobody wants to stay aboard a sinking ship, a financial crisis will cause the best faculty and staff to dust off their résumés and send prospective students flocking to their backup schools.
Furthermore, most state governments monitor the cash balances of their public colleges, and alarm bells will sound in the state capitol if these drift too low. In fact, if the situation becomes really grim, state government is likely to step in and wrest control of the institution from management. At this point, the reputation of the institution has been devastated, the careers of its senior officers destroyed, and the education of thousands of students placed in jeopardy. The financial meltdown of a public university would inevitably precipitate a statewide political, financial, and social crisis. Because of this fact, of all the priorities of university presidents and their governing boards—hiring top-notch teachers and researchers, satisfying accrediting agencies, attracting a diverse student body, keeping the curriculum up to date—paying the bills trumps the rest.
For a public university, the money needed to pay all those bills pours out of a very large number of spigots. The largest are state subsidy, student tuition and fees, gift income, and research contract and grant income, but to these one can also add investment returns, interest on student loans, dormitory charges, dining-hall meal sales, room rentals in the university hotel and conference centers, ticket sales to campus sporting and cultural events, merchandise and retail sales, facility rental charges, catering income, parking receipts and library fines, bookstore receipts, TV and radio licensing income (for sporting events), and royalties on patents. The list goes on and on, and if the university is home to a medical school and hospital it goes on and on for a very long distance.
This multiplicity of sources contrasts with the revenue profile of most corporations, which typically receive most of their income from product sales or through billing for services. Dependence on a small number of revenue sources helps a business focus its energies, because all corporate activity can be judged against the potential impact on those sources. Historically, the primary source of revenue for public colleges has been a subsidy from their state government, but because the quality of a university’s teaching and research was not linked to the size of its subsidy, this beneficial focusing influence was lost. Unlike corporations, public universities have had few purely financial incentives to improve themselves and become more productive.
Although universities have a great many sources of income, nearly all of them have strings attached. What this means is that with few exceptions, the dollars are not fungible. Income from the university conference center cannot be used to hire the basketball coach. Money intended for construction cannot be used to raise faculty salaries, and tuition income cannot be used to build a new wing on the chemistry laboratory. Gifts from alumni nearly always have constraints; a gift intended to create a faculty chair in philosophy cannot be used to provide scholarships for music students. This lack of transferability often leads to misunderstanding and public criticism: how can the university be building a new ice hockey arena when the dorms for first-year students are dilapidated? The answer is that the alumnus who gave twenty million dollars to his alma mater was interested in ice hockey and not in student living conditions.
The New Era of Tuition Primacy
The relative sizes of university revenue spigots have changed greatly over the past several decades. Although a half-century ago the largest revenue source for public campuses was their state government appropriation, that percentage has been in steady decline for several decades. At Miami University, roughly 70 percent of the campus education budget came from this single source. Today, about 70 percent of Miami’s revenues come from tuition and only about 15 percent from state appropriation, a percentage that declines slightly each year. The percentages vary from school to school, but the decline in state support relative to tuition income is a universal phenomenon. Cornell economist Ronald Ehrenberg has noted, for example, that the average state appropriation per student at public campuses across the nation dropped about 10 percent between 1985 and 1995. This drop was compensated for by an increase in the tuition share of college expenditures from 23 percent to 32 percent. By 1998 that percentage had grown to 37 percent, and by 2005 it had soared to almost 50 percent. For most public campuses, undergraduate student tuition is now the largest source of income for educational programs.
This transition to tuition as the key revenue source is having a profound impact on public university operations. Students have no influence over the state appropriation that a college receives, but they have a great deal to say about its tuition revenue. If students have choices about where to attend college, then a college’s tuition income becomes intrinsically linked to its performance. (The final chapter of this book contains recommendations for increasing college choices for students.) If the college has the freedom to set its own tuition level, its administrators now have to think carefully about pricing its services competitively. And even if its tuition is set by a state legislature, governor, or an external controlling authority, the college must maintain its enrollments in order to protect this revenue source.
Thus there is now a growing financial incentive for public universities to implement careful strategies for recruiting and enrolling students and doing right by them once they set foot on campus. In contrast to prior decades, public universities are increasingly discovering that their financial future is shaped by student demand. This discovery is requiring a campus gestalt shift that can be beneficial for students and the public but is also causing wrenching changes in a campus culture that evolved under a different set of rules.
How Campus Officials View Tuition
Within public university budget offices, attitudes about tuition charges are gradually changing. During the era when a state appropriation was their primary revenue source, campus administrators knew that enrollments were only slightly dependent upon what students were charged. Because the cost of a student’s education was so heavily underwritten by the state, student demand depended only weakly on tuition levels. In other words, low public college tuitions attracted millions of students generally but did not significantly influence their choice of which public college to attend. Nonfinancial considerations, such as academic reputation, curricular offerings, and proximity to home and family, were the primary drivers of enrollment decisions.
Because enrollments were only modestly dependent upon tuition, public universities that had the freedom to set their tuition tended to treat it as an independent parameter that could be used to meet expenses. For example, as a dean at Ohio State University, each year I would submit to the central administration a list of “new program” requests for my area, the College of Mathematical and Physical Sciences. Such requests might include laboratory equipment for new professors, salary lines for additional instructors, upgrades for the college’s computers, and so forth. In the central offices of the university, my list and those from other deans were vetted by senior administrators and rolled in with projected salary raises, benefits, utilities, plant maintenance, and other university-wide expenditures. In the end, a budget was constructed that reflected the next year’s total university revenue needs.
As part of this process, the university also looked at its various sources of revenue, state appropriation in those days being the list’s five-hundred-pound gorilla. In spite of considerable lobbying efforts, however, the university normally had little influence over its future appropriation. In fact, about the only real control the university had over major revenues was setting the next year’s tuition increase. But it would be an oversimplification to say that tuition was the fudge factor that enabled the university to bring its income into balance with expenditures. The actual process involved a great deal of expense trimming, scaling back expectations, and making numerous compromises, and as part of this process, the potential ramifications of different tuition increases were explored. A key consideration was avoiding backlash from state legislators and the public. The university’s annual tuition increase was always splashed across newspapers in Ohio and inevitably generated complaints. The university was thus careful to keep its tuition increase in line with those at other Big Ten universities so it would not attract criticism by being out of step with its peers. There was also a genuine desire among campus leaders to keep increases as low as possible, in order not to harm struggling low-income students. The final proposed percentage increase was the outcome of a careful balancing act between the university’s needs and its public responsibilities.
Often all this agonizing came to naught. In many years, the Ohio legislature simply stepped in at the last minute and imposed a systemwide cap on tuition increases that was inevitably lower than what the university needed. Furthermore, this cap was frequently accompanied by an only minimal increase (or even a decrease) in state subsidy. Faced with this twin blow to its revenue base, the university would immediately abandon its hopes for improvement and move into a retrenchment mode, in some years freezing salaries, laying off workers, cutting operating budgets, canceling searches for vacant positions, and deferring building maintenance.
In strategy sessions at Ohio State, the impact of tuition increases on enrollments was seldom a consideration. In those years, the university admitted nearly all applicants, and while enrollments fluctuated with business cycles and the success of the Buckeyes football team, the next year’s tuition increase was not a major driver of the numbers. In other words, of all the many considerations that led Ohio State into setting its tuition, the laws of supply and demand were virtually irrelevant.
But today, public universities are in a high-tuition/low-subsidy environment in which they ignore supply and demand at their peril. From an economic perspective, the downside of this new era is the insecurity of a weakened government safety net. The upside is that public campuses, if they make the right strategic decisions, now have some measure of influence over their destiny. And the practical consequence of this changing era is to send public campuses into a single-minded search for tuition revenue.
Who Decides How Much Students Pay?
In contrast to private colleges, where boards of trustees set tuition rates, public campuses typically have little authority to do so independently. A state-by-state survey of public university tuition policies showed that only five states—Delaware, Illinois, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wyoming—granted sole authority to their public institutions to set tuition rates. Thirteen other states allowed individual institutions to set rates, but only within a framework of approved guidelines.
The more common pattern is for public college tuition to be determined by an external authority, such as a governor, state legislature, statewide coordinating body, or systemwide governing board. In some states, tuition-setting criteria are based on an explicitly stated philosophy, the most common of which (sixteen states) is that tuition should be as low as possible. Whether the standard is stated explicitly or not, nearly all states emphasize affordability and access as important considerations in their philosophy. As a practical matter, tuition decisions entail yearly incremental adjustments to a base tuition, and as a consequence the public and the media tend to focus on the announced percentage change rather than examining whether the base itself reflects good value or is comparable to that in other states. State decision makers take into account many considerations before announcing a tuition increase, and these may actually have little to do with any underlying philosophy. Typically, states will agree to larger tuition increases if public appropriations are being cut (and smaller increases if the reverse).
In many states, tuition adjustments take the form of “caps” that are imposed on public colleges that otherwise would be able to set their own tuitions. Occasionally some horse-trading takes place, where colleges are given a choice of either accepting a subsidy increase or raising tuition. In 2007, for example, Ohio governor Ted Strickland proposed a 5 percent annual subsidy increase for colleges that agreed to freeze tuition. Individual universities within Ohio then had the opportunity to weigh the revenue implications of each option and make their choice accordingly. Generally speaking, states do their best to make informed and responsible decisions about tuition adjustments. They factor into their decisions the desires of taxpayers for minimal increases, the needs of the colleges, the level of public subsidy to campuses, unemployment rates in the state, financial aid policies, and other considerations that most reasonable people would agree are appropriate. Furthermore, many policy makers want to be better informed about the issue, giving rise to a flurry of commissions, study groups, and workshops charged with studying college affordability.
What states do not do, however, is to allow the forces of supply and demand to influence their decisions. Thus in nearly all states there is an implicit assumption among policy makers that tuition setting at universities by central controlling authorities will better serve the public good than will the impersonal forces of the academic marketplace. Great philosophical battles have been fought over the relative merits of free markets versus regulated markets, and there is little to be gained by again laying out the arguments. Suffice it to say that economists generally believe that government price-fixing of any good or service seldom accomplishes its purpose without creating corollary problems that ultimately dwarf short-term benefits. Here most of us would agree that history is on the side of the economists. Furthermore, the decaying state of public campuses and the growing costs of a college education suggest that one should at least inquire whether ignoring market influences is really desirable in higher education.
Breaking the Cycle of Mutual Finger-Pointing
For whatever reasons, when a state authority sets a low ceiling on allowable tuition increases, it can deprive a campus of the revenue it needs to cover costs. A school in this situation must then make do the best it can, which in the past has often meant minimal or no salary raises for employees, hiring temporary instructors instead of regular faculty, enlarging class sizes, and cutting back services. Despite such problems, public officials are often reluctant to allow universities to set their own prices, believing that the educational marketplace will not impose the constraints needed to prevent runaway tuition increases. To justify their view, legislators can point to many years in which tuition increases at public universities exceeded the inflation rate. To them, a key reason for these large increases is inadequate cost discipline caused by inefficiency and wasteful practices. Thus they see regulating tuition as a way both to protect taxpayers from painful price increases and to pressure decision makers on public campuses to become more committed to reining in expenditures.
Naturally, public college presidents see the problem differently. They often lay the blame for high tuition charges at the feet of lawmakers, whose perceived lack of sympathy for their schools’ fiscal needs has resulted in inadequate public subsidy. Had state support kept up with the growing responsibilities of their campuses, presidents argue, then students would not have been forced to shoulder an ever-growing share of their educational costs.
In my opinion, each side is partially correct: the problem of rising public college tuition is driven by a combination of declining state subsidy levels and the inability of universities to exercise the cost discipline that is common for well-managed organizations outside academia. But finger-pointing only perpetuates the cycle. As I will show in future chapters, neither state governments nor public universities can reverse this trend by treating the symptoms; state governments cannot print dollars to make up for inadequate appropriation levels nor regulate campuses into submission over containing costs; and public university leaders cannot by themselves provide the incentives needed to improve the efficiency of their campus operations. What is required is a cooperative effort to rewrite the fundamental relationship between the two parties.
An important key to that new relationship lies in understanding how the forces of supply and demand operate in the academic marketplace. Can competition really restrain prices, if public colleges mostly enroll students from their immediate neighborhoods? Would decreased government regulation lead to runaway tuition? How does state subsidy influence student demand? Do tuition controls succeed in forcing universities to curtail expenditures? These are the kinds of questions policy makers need answers to if they are to break the discouraging cycle of rising prices and deteriorating campuses. | <urn:uuid:5dfd46bb-da52-4275-ba68-fe1aa163e9c6> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/283869.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280364.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00035-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.957932 | 4,580 | 2.453125 | 2 |
Managing in dry conditions: To do list
- An autumn feed budget.
- Use ram harnesses so mated ewes can be put straight back onto maintenance feed.
- Get crop yields independently measured and monitor for pests and diseases.
- Make dry-related management decisions early.
- Look after yourself and your staff.
As ewe mating gets underway, farmers need to be thinking about how they are going to feed stock through winter and provide high-quality feed for ewes at lambing.
Farm systems scientist Tom Fraser says it is important to put an autumn feed budget together to ensure multiple-bearing ewes have high-quality feed from two to three weeks before lambing.
“That needs to be a real priority.”
Tom says farmers need to plan ahead, as while there is plenty of poorer quality feed around, it is the high-quality feed that will determine the performance of next year’s lamb crop.
“You need to set-up the farm for next spring by doing a feed budget and doing it now.”
This means taking a stock-take of feed on-hand and a calculation of feed required by different stock classes through winter.
B+ LNZ have a number of tools available to help with feed budgeting including the FeedSmart app (which is free to download). This app is able to be used in the paddock – even without an internet connection – to calculate feed breaks and allocation.
Crop yields should be independently measured and checked regularly for pests and diseases. Loss of crop yield now would be disastrous in a year when feed supplies are tight so seek advice from an agronomist or farm consultant.
Tom say even if it does rain now, it is too late to get significant pasture growth out of any moisture.
To try and conserve feed, farmers could consider holding back high Body Condition Score ewes onto maintenance feed or use ram harnesses to identify mated ewes and put them back onto maintenance pasture.
Tom says there is a lot of poor-quality feed around and this could be used to maintain heavy ewes (Body Condition Score 4 +) or older cattle.
“There is plenty of maintenance feed around, it’s just the high-quality feed that could be a problem in spring.”
In dry years, Body Condition Scoring becomes a very powerful tool. It allows for strategic feeding so that the most efficient and effective use if made of feed resources.
Tom says it is too late to plant annual ryegrass green-feed crops and while feed cereal green-feed crops could be an option, they still need moisture to get established and grow.
“Really farmers have to deal with the feed resources they have on-hand and do a budget to ensure the farm is set-up to try and maximise production next spring.”
To help with your feed budget, B+LNZ has FeedSmart workshops available on request. Talk to your local Extension Manager.
Tools and resources
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Zambia kick-starts implementation of UNESCO CAP-ESD
Zambia has kick-started the Capacity Building Programme for Teacher Educators on Education for Sustainable Development (CAP-ESD) with a national workshop in Lusaka from 16-17 March 2020.
Funded by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA), the CAP-ESD will strengthen implementation of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in teacher education institutions for teacher educators from Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE), primary, secondary and Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET).
Speaking at the launch, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Higher Education, Kayula Siame stressed the importance of teacher educators owning and believing in the programme.
More than 40 participants from various teacher education and technical, vocational and entrepreneurship training (TVET) institutions across Zambia, including ESD experts and representatives from the Ministries of Education attended the launch.
Speaking at the same occasion, UNESCO Regional Office for Southern Africa (ROSA) Programme Specialist for Education, Julia Heiss said there has been a long tradition of ESD in the region through institutional changes. She stated that this process of change in the teaching of teachers requires policy support to have impact and that UNESCO was expectant of continued political support.
CAP-ESD is intended to strengthen implementation of Target 4.7 of the Sustainable Development Goals which requires all governments by 2030 to: ensure that all learners acquire the knowledge and skills needed to promote sustainable development, including, among others, through education for sustainable development and sustainable lifestyles, human rights, gender equality, promotion of a culture of peace and non-violence, global citizenship and appreciation of cultural diversity and of culture’s contribution to sustainable development.
Zambia is the fifth country in Southern Africa where CAP-ESD is being implemented to strengthen ESD professional networks.
The two-day kick start meeting focused on developing shared understanding of the context for ESD in Zambia and initiating change projects in target institutions. It also facilitated understanding of partner roles and commitments in the programme. | <urn:uuid:50b027d4-8096-4618-9a47-5b4b42754fe1> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://articles.unesco.org/en/articles/zambia-kick-starts-implementation-unesco-cap-esd | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571584.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812045352-20220812075352-00671.warc.gz | en | 0.931527 | 425 | 2.1875 | 2 |
Feb 19, 2010
Stories about parents setting accidental traps for their children, and sometimes for themselves, including a story from WNYC's Radiolab about a chimp raised twice—once as a human child, and again as a chimp.
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- Rebecca was 16 years old when her mother Elizabeth died of cancer. But before she died, she wrote letters to Rebecca, to be given to her on her birthday each year for thirteen years. At first the letters were comforting, but as time went on, they had much more complicated effects. David Segal tells the story. David is a reporter for The New York Times. (14 minutes.) | <urn:uuid:335ddd86-5880-4f99-a76e-d7dfb4932328> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/401/parent-trap?act=1 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280730.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00247-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.986624 | 144 | 1.921875 | 2 |
When a civilization develops Nationalism its citizens can be drafted into military service. Each city can draft some of its population each turn, depending upon the government currently in effect.
- A civilization in Anarchy may not use the draft.
- A Democracy or Republic can draft 1 citizen per turn.
- A city under Despotism, Monarchy, Feudalism, Fascism or Communism can draft 2 citizens per turn.
To utilize the draft, press the "Draft" button on the City Display.
- You may only draft citizens from a city with a population of 7 or higher.
- You can not draft foreign nationals.
- You can not draft from a resisting city.
The draft produces the following conscript (2 HP) units, depending upon your level of scientific development:
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Why is it not worth storing valuables in an apartment or at home, even in a safe ...
Each of us has some precious items. For some it is jewelery, for some it is documents, for some it is savings, and for some it is simply family heirlooms. We usually keep them at home or in an apartment and often hide them in places obvious to thieves - in mattresses, in kitchen containers, in dirty linen baskets or between books. Some of us have purchased safes - smaller or larger, lighter or heavier, locked with keys or a combination. The most prudent have hidden safes with limited access only for initiated family members.
Break-ins and thefts have been with us for hundreds of years. Methods are changing, and hacking is accompanied by advanced technologies more and more often, but the effects remain the same. There is still a group of people who want to illegally and get rich quickly at the expense of others. And still new people or families are being robbed. They have to come to terms with the fact that strangers have been in their house or apartment, often in the presence of the whole family, often blackmailed or put to sleep by thieves with gas, or at best saved at the last minute thanks to the intervention of a courageous family member or the called security.
How can you increase your security?
It is worth protecting yourself in the event of such events. One of the forms of security is property insurance in the event of theft. Such a policy can be purchased from practically all insurers, and its price depends on what we want to insure and for what value. Unfortunately, the policy will never insure the sentimental value, which often applies to family heirlooms, jewelry passed down from generation to generation, or, for example, discs with family photos taken and archived carefully over the years.
An additional form of security can be a safe installed in the house or apartment. Currently, there are a wide variety of safes available on the market in different security classes and with different security features. A high-class safe is definitely a very good form of security for valuables, especially if you are not at home during a burglary. You should pay attention to two risks associated with having a safe in a house or apartment.
The first is the fact that there are more and more cases of taking the entire safe out of the house during theft. Thieves are comfortable during burglaries and, if the conditions are favorable, they can even tear a large safe from the building and take it to a place where they can open it. One of such incidents took place, for example, in Lublin, where thieves literally tore the safe from the building despite security and monitoring:
The second risk is much more dangerous from our personal point of view. In the event of a break-in and an attempt to rob a safe in our presence, we are exposed to blackmail and threats to open the safe. If we are with our family during such an incident, none of us will risk refusing to open the safe and endangering our loved ones or ourselves. Such incidents are happening more and more often. The last publicized case concerns the famous AS Roma footballer Chris Smalling. The thieves burst into the player's apartment and, in front of his wife and child, ordered to open the safe and return the valuables:
Police statistics - the numbers don't lie
We analyzed the police statistics on burglaries and thefts in Warsaw and the surrounding municipalities, which are available to the public on the website of the Warsaw Police Headquarters. The conclusions that flow are unequivocal. There are tens of thousands of break-ins in Warsaw and its vicinity.
South-western communes are particularly vulnerable to burglary. However, the number of crimes is distributed fairly regularly on the capital's map. A positive exception is Śródmieście, where there are many office buildings, service premises and flats intended for business activities or an office that are less vulnerable to burglary.
We analyzed the break-ins and thefts in 2019 and 2020 in more detail. Both types of crimes are characterized by high seasonality in Warsaw and the surrounding communes. The third and fourth quarters of the year are the most dangerous.
The third quarter of the year is mainly the result of holidays, during which there are many more burglaries and thefts. The fourth quarter is the result of a shorter day and holidays - burglaries and thefts are much more likely to happen under cover at night and during the Christmas period.
Liczba włamań i kradzieży jest porównywalna w 2019 i 2020 roku, chociaż statystyki te są bardzo obniżone w 2020 roku ze względu na pandemię. Ze względu na COVID-19 przestępczość w 2020 roku generalnie spadła. Większość z nas siedziała w domach i mieszkaniach, ze względu na narzucone obostrzenia w całej Polsce. Rok 2021 będzie zapewne dużo bardziej reprezentatywny - liczba przestępstw będzie raczej wyższa niż w 2020, ze względu na relatywny powrót do normalności i mniejsze ryzyko lock-downów związanych z COVID19.
The number of break-ins and thefts is comparable in 2019 and 2020, although these statistics are very lowered in 2020 due to the pandemic. Due to COVID-19, crime has generally decreased in 2020. Most of us stayed in houses and apartments due to the restrictions imposed throughout Poland. The year 2021 will probably be much more representative - the number of crimes will be rather higher than in 2020, due to the relative return to normality and the lower risk of lock-downs related to COVID19.
Safe deposit box - comfort and above-average security
The answer to the above risks may be, and even should be, a safe deposit box in a professional vault. Safe deposit boxes are very popular in Western Europe, where, especially in the DACH countries (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) and Great Britain, each family has at least one safety deposit box on average. Often such a hiding place is handed down from generation to generation and is deposited in it, inter alia, savings, souvenirs and important documents.
Safebox24 vaults and safe deposit boxes are a response to market demand and the growing awareness of customers in Poland. A safe deposit box in Safebox24 vaults eliminates most of the risks described above. Safebox24 vaults, as one of the few in Poland, guarantees above-average, certified security, permanent access to a deposit box and unique insurance. Safebox24 facilities also guarantee unique discretion and confidentiality.
In 2019, Safebox24, as the first operator in Warsaw, built from scratch at 49A Koszykowa Street, a modern, safe, certified vault with 24/7 access. The vault has been prepared in a way that allows you to enter the vault and deposit the value in the safe deposit box after signing the contract. The vault and each safe deposit box are insured. Each owner of a rented safe deposit box can choose an individual limit of insurance against all risks. Access to the vault and safe deposit box is based on the biometrics of the hand (Touch ID) and the face (Face ID). This is a great convenience compared to traditional keys or access cards that can be lost or stolen.
In 2020, Safebox24 built another facility in the center of Krakow, at 16 Saint Sebastian Street, which will be open on September 1 this year. It will be the most modern, automatic vault and deposit facility in Poland. We plan to open another automated vault and deposit facility in the center of Łódź by the end of the year. Ultimately, Safebox24 plans to open a dozen or so automatic vault and deposit facilities in Poland. | <urn:uuid:149748c6-4010-4bf8-8be8-b8e6a59bcee3> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.safebox24.pl/post/why-is-it-not-worth-storing-valuables-in-an-apartment-or-at-home-even-in-a-safe?lang=en | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571090.80/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809215803-20220810005803-00077.warc.gz | en | 0.938027 | 1,730 | 1.570313 | 2 |
A dead battery is often the first problem that comes to mind when a car will not start properly. The Toyota Rav4, as with any other automobile, has several different components that are involved with starting up the engine. Knowing how to diagnose and troubleshoot common problems with starting an engine can save you time, frustration and money when working on your Toyota Rav4. With a little knowledge about basic auto mechanics, you will have your Rav4 back on the road before breaking a sweat.
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Things you need
- Mechanic gloves
- Socket wrench with adaptors and sockets
- Floor jack
- Jack stands
- Flathead screwdriver
Open the bonnet for your Rav4. Check the connections on the battery terminal to ensure they are tightened properly. Sometimes, wriggling the connections to the battery terminals will jostle the electrical connections so that they are properly joined to the terminals. Start the Toyota to see if it works after the wriggling trick.
Inspect the ends of the terminal connections to see if the circular connection points are corroded. If they are heavily damaged, then they may not be able to direct electricity from the battery to the starter. Replacing the terminal connections involves replacing the entire wiring harness that connects the Rav4's electrical system to the battery. The main battery cables can also be visually inspected for frayed, broken or exposed wiring. Some Rav4 models are known for bad battery cables.
Test the alternator. If you have been driving you Rav4 and it loses power and shuts down after 20 to 30 minutes of driving time and will not start, then that is an indicator of a failed alternator. Measure charging output by using an inductive amp probe, which is clamped around the BAT (B+) wire that connects to the alternator. The amperage should read between 120 and 155 amps. Auto parts stores are also able to use a bench tester for alternators. A failing alternator will allow a new and fully charged battery to drain without being able to recharge it. As a result, even a new car battery that is properly hooked up to the battery cables and electrical harnessing, will fail to start your Rav4.
Replace the starter. Locate the starter on your Rav4's engine by tracing the positive battery cable, which ends at the starter and solenoid. The starter is a part that resembles two cylinders joined together, with one cylinder having a larger size than the other. If the starter is accessible, remove it by using a socket wrench to unscrew the bolts connecting the starter to the flywheel. Remove the negative battery cable prior to removing the starter.
Replace the spark plugs, which can be unscrewed using a socket wrench. Screw new spark plugs in and tighten by hand. Check the owner's manual for the specific tightening torque since each Rav4's engine may vary from year to year.
Tips and warnings
- Depending on the location of your starter, you may need to utilise a floor jack and jack stands to raise your Rav4 and crawl underneath it to unbolt the starter.
- Tap a failing starter lightly with a hammer, which can jostle it just enough to reconnect with the flywheel for a couple of more times.
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This excerpt taken from the GPN 10-Q filed Apr 6, 2009.
Risks associated with foreign currency exchange fluctuations could adversely affect our business, financial position and results of operations.
We are exposed to foreign currency risks resulting from changes in currency exchange rates because of our international operations in the United Kingdom, Canada, the Czech Republic, and throughout the Asia-Pacific region, as well as our significant electronic money transfer operations in the United States and Europe. Volatility in currency exchange rates has affected and may continue to affect our financial results. For example, for the three months ended February 28, 2009, currency exchange rate fluctuations reduced our revenues by $35.4 million and our earnings by $0.10 per diluted share. For the nine months ended February 28, 2009 currency exchange rate fluctuations reduced our revenues by $50.2 million and our earnings by $0.14 per diluted share. To calculate this we converted our fiscal 2009 actual revenues at fiscal 2008 rates. We do not use forward contracts or other derivative instruments to mitigate the risks associated with fluctuating exchange rates. Further fluctuations in currency exchange rates could adversely affect our results of operations in future periods.
Risks associated with reduced levels of consumer spending could adversely affect our revenues and earnings.
Significant portions of our revenue and earnings are derived from fees from processing consumer credit card and debit card transactions and electronic money transfer transactions. We are exposed to general economic conditions that effect consumer confidence, consumer spending, consumer discretionary income or changes in consumer purchasing habits. A general reduction in consumer spending in the United States or any other country where we do business could adversely affect our revenues and earnings. For example, in the three and nine months ended February 28, 2009 compared to the prior years comparable period, our United States direct credit card average dollar value of transaction, or average ticket, decreased in the high single digit percentage range. We believe this decline, while partially due to a shift toward smaller merchants added through our ISOs, was in part driven by lower consumer spending as a result of a weakened economy, and we expect this trend to continue for the remainder of the fiscal year. | <urn:uuid:81837369-9847-4437-8af7-e34bb387bf0b> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.wikinvest.com/stock/Global_Payments_(GPN)/Risk_Factors | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560283301.73/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095123-00504-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.947418 | 430 | 1.53125 | 2 |
Stock-taking - These are activities which leads to determine the real state of fixed assets and current assets of the firm and also liabilities in that moment. The purpose of the stock-taking is to check and correct all accounting data as well as to settle the people who were responsible financially for the overseeing property.
Aim of stock-taking
- gives assurance of the reality of the economic information by bringing consistency of data resulting from the records into conformity with the facts on a specific date,
- allows for settlement of assets and people responsible for overseeing the property,
- gives possibility to assess the assets in terms of their economic usefulness.
The activities of stock-taking can be divided into four essential stages:
- First stage - preparing stock-taking,
- Second stage - making census of assets,
- Third stage - includes establishment, verification and settlement of differences in stock-taking,
- Fourth stage - using the results of the stock-taking to improve methods of assets management.
Some types of stock-taking
- systematic - it is repeated periodically or constantly in a continuous system,
- occasional - appears suddenly and is done for a reason (e.g. flood), but also for a special control,
- emergency - unannounced,
- full - includes both foreign and own assets,
- partial - includes only some of the assets,
- settlement - settled people who are financially responsible for the overseeing property,
- control - is done for purely inspection and is commissioned by bodies representing the company,
- review - is used to do a list to review the stock-taking for a particular purpose,
- annual - is used to determine the taxable income or to make balance and financial result realistic,
- quarterly - is used in some units to determine taxable income.
- Alexander, D., & Nobes, C. (2004). Financial accounting: an international introduction. Pearson Education.
- Camfferman, K., & Zeff, S. A. (2007). Financial Reporting and Global Capital Markets: A History of the International Accounting Standards Committee, 1973-2000: A History of the International Accounting Standards Committee, 1973-2000. OUP Oxford.
- Peta, E. (2013). Evaluation Of Inventories According To The Standards Of Accounting. European Scientific Journal, 9(1).
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US American History Info and Articles
The Battle of Lexington and Concord
Meantime, the British troops numbering eight hundred men, under Lieutenant Colonel Smith, were on their way to Lexington. But before they had gone far they were made aware, by the ringing of church bells, the firing of signal guns, the beating of drums, and the gleaming of beacon fires from the surrounding hilltops, that their secret was out, and that the minutemen knew what was going on.
Surprised and disturbed by these signs that the colonists were on the alert, Colonel Smith sent Major Pitcairn ahead with a picked body of troops, in the hope that they might reach Lexington before the town could be completely aroused. He also sent back to Boston for more men.
The British commander would have been still more disturbed if he had known all that was happening, for the alarm-signals were calling to arms thousands of patriots ready to die for their rights. Hastily wakened from sleep, men snatched their old muskets from over the door, and bidding a hurried goodbye to wife and children, started for the meeting places long before agreed upon.
Just as the sun was rising, Major Pitcairn marched into Lexington, where he found forty or fifty minutemen ready to dispute his advance.
“Disperse, ye rebels; disperse!” he cried, riding up. But they did not disperse. Pitcairn ordered his men to fire, and eighteen minutemen fell to the ground.
Before the arrival of Pitcairn the British officers who had captured Revere and Dawes returned with them to Lexington, where, commanding Revere to dismount, they let him go. Running off at full speed to the house where Samuel Adams and John Hancock were staying, he told them what had happened, and then guided them across the fields to a place of safety.
Leaving the shocked and dazed villagers to collect their dead and wounded, Colonel Smith hastened to Concord. He arrived about seven in the morning, six hours after Doctor Prescott had given the alarm.
There had been time to hide the military stores, so the British could not get at those. But they cut down the liberty pole, set fire to the courthouse, spiked a few cannon, and emptied some barrels of flour.
About two hundred of them stood guard at the North Bridge, while a body of minutemen gathered on a hill on the opposite side. When the minutemen had increased to four hundred, they advanced to the bridge and brought on a fight which resulted in loss of life on both sides. Then, pushing on across the bridge, they forced the British to withdraw into the town.
The affair had become more serious than the British had expected. Even in the town they could not rest, for an ever-increasing body of minutemen kept swarming into Concord from every direction.
By noon Colonel Smith could see that it would be unwise to delay the return to Boston. So, although his men had marched twenty miles, and had had little or no food for fourteen hours, he gave the order for the return march.
But when they started back, the minutemen kept after them and began a deadly attack. It was an unequal fight. The minutemen, trained to woodland warfare, slipped from tree to tree, shot down the worn and helpless British soldiers, and then retreated only to return and repeat the harassing attack.
The wooded country through which they were passing favored this kind of fighting. But even in the open country every stone wall and hill, every house and barn seemed to the exhausted British troops to bristle with the guns of minutemen. The retreating army dragged wearily forward, fighting as bravely as possible, but on the verge of confusion and panic.
They reached Lexington Common at two o’clock, quite overcome with fatigue. There they were met by one thousand two hundred fresh troops, under Lord Percy, whose timely arrival saved the entire force from capture. Lord Percy’s men formed a square for the protection of the retreating soldiers, and into it they staggered, falling upon the ground, “with their tongues hanging out of their mouths like those of dogs after a chase.”
After resting for an hour, the British again took up their march to Boston. The minutemen, increasing in numbers every moment, kept up the same kind of running attack that they had made between Concord and Lexington until, late in the day, the redcoats came under the protection of the guns of the war vessels in Boston Harbor.
The British had failed. There was no denying that. They had been driven back, almost in a panic, to Boston, with a loss of nearly three hundred men. The Americans had not lost one hundred.
But the King was not aroused to the situation. He had a vision of his superb regiments in their brilliant uniforms overriding all before them.
And how did the Provincials, as the British called the Americans, regard the situation? They saw clearly and without glamour the deadly nature of the struggle upon which they had entered and the strength of the opposing army against which they must measure their own strength.
The people of Massachusetts for miles around Boston were now in a state of great excitement. Farmers, mechanics, men in all walks of life flocked to the army, and within a few days the Americans, sixteen thousand strong, were surrounding the British in Boston.
While the people of Massachusetts were in the midst of these stirring scenes, an event of deep meaning to all the colonies was taking place in Philadelphia. Here the Continental Congress, coming together for the second time, was making plans for carrying on the war by voting money for war purposes and by making George Washington commander-in-chief of the Continental army, of which the troops around Boston were the beginning. Thus did the colonies recognize that war had come and that they must stand together in the fight.
Meantime more British troops, under the command of General Howe, arrived in Boston, making an army of ten thousand men. Believing they could be forced to leave the town by cannon planted on Bunker Hill, the Americans decided to occupy it.
On the night of June 16, therefore, shortly before midnight, twelve hundred Americans marched quietly from Cambridge and, advancing to Breed’s Hill, which was nearer Boston than Bunker Hill, began to throw up breastworks.
They worked hard all night, and by early morning had made good headway. The British, on awaking, were greatly surprised to see what had been done. They turned the fire of their war vessels upon the Americans, who, however, kept right on with their work.
General Howe, now in command of the British army, thought it would be easy enough to drive off the “rebels.” So about three o’clock in the afternoon he made an assault upon their works.
The British soldiers, burdened with heavy knapsacks, and suffering from the heat of a summer sun, had to march through tall grass reaching above their knees and to climb many fences.
Behind their breastworks the Americans watched the scarlet ranks coming nearer and nearer. Powder was low, and must not be wasted. Colonel William Prescott, who was in command, told his men not to fire too soon. “Wait till you see the whites of their eyes,” he said.
Twice the British soldiers, in their scarlet uniforms, climb the slope of the hill and charge the breastworks. Twice the Americans drive them back, ploughing great gaps in their ranks.
A third time they advance. But now the Americans do not answer the charge. There is good reason - the powder has given out! A great rush - and the redcoats have climbed over. But it is no easy victory even now, and there is no lack of bravery on the part of the Americans. With clubbed muskets they meet the invaders.
The British won the victory, but with great loss. “Many such,” said one critic, “would have cost them their army.”
On the other hand, the Americans had fought like heroes, and news of the battle brought joy to every loyal heart. Washington heard of it when on his way to take command of the army.
“Did the Americans stand fire?” was his first question.
“Yes,” was the answer.
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Here’s some piece of news that may particularly interest women. Study experts from Monash University have discovered that women who rate themselves as sexually satisfied seem to have scored higher on a survey for overall psychological well-being in contrast to sexually dissatisfied women.
This study was believed to have consisted nearly 295 pre- and post-menopausal women who were sexually active for more than twice a month. In addition, sexually satisfied women seem to have higher scores for ‘positive well-being’ and ‘vitality.’ Supposedly, the study also revealed a positive association between age and well-being. However, a negative association appears to have been seen for general health.
It was observed that the most frequently reported sexual problems in the area of consensual sexuality in women relate to sexual desire, interest, pleasure and satisfaction. Furthermore, most of them feel these are part of the overall sexual experience and may inseparably be related.
In contrast to studies of interventions for male erectile dysfunction, benefit of treatment in women with sexual dysfunction could perhaps not be measured simply by the frequency of sexual events. This is so, because women often continue to be sexually active in spite of a high level of sexual dissatisfaction. Thus, in latest studies, the frequency of self-reported satisfactory sexual events seems to have been used as the primary outcome.
In order to assess whether there appears to be a correlation between sexual satisfaction and well-being, a team of Australian expert’s recruited women from the community. These women were believed to be in the age group of 20 to 65 years. Also, they were noted to have self-identified as being satisfied or dissatisfied with their sexual function. Moreover, participants were asked questions which recognized whether they were pre- or post menopausal. It was observed that the recruitment was closed when there were an equal number of women in each of the four subgroups.
Lead author Dr Sonia Davison, of the Women’s Health Program at Monash University, Australia, stated that, “We wanted to explore the links between sexual satisfaction and wellbeing in women from the community, and to see if there was any difference between pre- and postmenopausal women.”
She further continued, “We found that women who were sexually dissatisfied had lower well-being and lower vitality. This finding highlights the importance of addressing these areas as an essential part of women’s healthcare, because women may be uncomfortable discussing these issues with their doctor.”
“The problem with interpreting this finding is that it is impossible to determine if dissatisfied women had lower well-being because they were sexually dissatisfied, or if the reverse is true, such that women who started with lower well-being tended to secondarily have sexual dissatisfaction. As such, pharmacotherapies aimed to treat sexual dysfunction may have secondary effects on well-being, and the reverse may be true,” adds Dr Davison.
“The fact that women who self-identified as being dissatisfied maintained the level of sexual activity reported most likely represents established behaviour and partner expectation,” says senior author of this study and Professor Susan Davis, also based at the Women’s Health Program at Monash University, Australia.
“It also reinforces the fact that frequency of sexual activity in women cannot be employed as a reliable indicator of sexual well-being,” continues Davis.
The findings of the study revealed that over 90 percent of women in this study reported their sexual activity seems to have involved a partner. Also, their sexual activity appears to have been initiated by their partner at least 50 percent of the time.
Dr. Irwin Goldstein, Editor-in-Chief of The Journal of Sexual Medicine, said that, “We are proud to publish this extremely important study in women’s sexual health. This large study performed in the community emphasizes the role and importance of women’s sexual health in women’s overall health and well-being. Previous criticism equated physicians’ efforts to improve a woman’s satisfaction with her sexual life as medicalization.”
Dr. Goldstein further added that, “Dr. Davison’s and co-workers’ research will help health care professionals appreciate the need for overall women’s healthcare to include women’s sexual health care.”
It was observed that women’s sexual activity may have been affected by other factors. These factors include, partner’s presence or absence, partner health and sexual function. However, these factors were not addressed in this study.
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Larry Genalo, Materials Science and Engineering, (515) 294-4722
Laura Boskelly, News Service, (515) 294-6881
ARE WE LIVING A JETSONS FUTURE?
AMES, Iowa -- Iowa State students can feel like kids again when the Maintenance Shop features the "Jetsons Film Festival: A Technological Saturday Morning" 8 p.m., Thursday Jan. 27. The event is free and open to the public.
Episodes of the Jetsons, which featured a skypad apartment, flying cars and Rosie the robot, will be the main part of the festival. But there is a serious side as well.
ISU Materials Science and Engineering Professor Larry Genalo, whose research area is the use of mobile robotics as an educational tool, will provide opening comments on how accurately the shows creators predicted technological advances.
Genalo said he will talk about "three particular advances predicted in the Jetsons: Rosie the robot, the visaphone used for video-conferencing, and the sky car," all of which are products of todays technology. There are robots that are programmed to vacuum, and phones that allow video-conferencing. But the most recent technological advance is a sky car that has been built in California, "that looks an awful lot like the sky car from the Jetsons," Genalo said.
The festival is sponsored by Iowa States Institute for National Affairs and the Student Union Board, and is part of the year-long university wide celebration of technology called Advancing technology to become the best.
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Creating games requires an array of software tools for generating and processing code, artwork, music and everything else that goes into a complete product. While many tools can be found for free, typically game creators have used a variety of commercial software to create games. One of the leaders in such software has been Autodesk.
Autodesk has been providing modeling and animation tools, and more recently UI and middleware tools that have powered the top console games from the big publishers. Products like 3DStudio Max, and SoftImage have been mainstays in the production departments of major publishers. These tools aren't cheap, though; seat licenses run in the thousands of dollars, which has put Autodesk tools beyond the reach of most independent studios and individuals.
That is changing, though, as Autodesk moves to address the fast-growing mobile, web and online game markets. GamesIndustry International recently spoke with Mark Strassman, vice president of Industry Strategy and Marketing for Autodesk's Media and Entertainment industries, and Gregory Castle, senior product marketing manager for gaming, about how Autodesk is adapting to a quickly evolving market.
"There's been a huge democratization of storytelling capabilities," said Strassman. "Mobile devices are everywhere, and most of them have more power than many consoles. Even before we specifically targeted web, mobile and social games markets, we've seen a huge increase in interest in our tools such as 3DS Max and Maya to do modeling, make characters and animate those characters. Trial of those products has been going through the roof, and interest in buying them in a much more accessible way."
"There's been a huge democratization of storytelling capabilities"
Strassman points to the fact that mobile developers have a very different budget. "A lot of them are doing this development at home, at night or on the weekends, in small companies, so they've asked for more flexible ways to pay," he noted. "We've actually released a pilot of a 90-day production version of Max and Maya, just a few months ago that we've seen great uptake on mainly for web and mobile games."
Spending thousands of dollars for software doesn't make much sense to small developers trying to build a mobile product that likely will be given away for free. "Especially for experimentation," said Strassman. "A lot of people want to experiment and play, and they may or may not be creating a business. Some people are looking to create experiences, whether it's for marketing or visualizing or education. We're looking at it a very different way than we used to; the market is exploding for creating web, mobile and social games, and to date we've participated mainly on the high end, and we know we need to transform there as well."
Castle brought up the example of Scaleform. "With Scaleform we had a 2D renderer that was used for UI in AAA games, that enabled you to do overlays of HUDs and menus," he said. Autodesk discovered one AAA developer who broke off and then started doing his own mobile games. "He was used to using Scaleform as a 2D renderer, knew that our SDK was cross-platform, and actually started using it as a sole 2D engine for making mobile games," Castle said. "It was completely unintentional. We started to work with this one customer, and other customers started to request it. The price for AAA developers to use it as UI tool was quite high, so we released a version which is $295 per seat per platform to be able to deploy mobile games. We've had over 5,000 people download and trial it, we have over 500 licensees now for the product."
"When we released the Scaleform Mobile SDK we also created an in-house game, Starforce Battlement," said Castle. "It shows off what's possible using the mobile SDK. When you purchase the mobile SDK you also get the game and the source code. It's all part of changing just slightly how we position our products and make things more accessible."
Sometimes you need to lead the marketplace, and sometimes you need to follow the marketplace and be there for the customers with what they need. "I think this trend is not something by any means I could say that Autodesk has led," Castle acknowledged. "There are loads of factors that have contributed to this. We are being reactive in some ways, but we are looking ahead at what's going on with Android-based consoles, with next gen consoles. Our product is a high-priced product, there's no two ways about that, when compared with other 3D packages in the market for mobile developers. What you're seeing now with devices constantly improving their graphic capability, customers more and more want the high-end tools because the graphical fidelity they're getting on these high-end devices is getting to a point where you're surpassing console quality. You want to have models that really look the part, that really look great. So we're starting to see more and more adoption of our tools for mobile products."
"A lot of people are using the 30-day trial to do their production work, and we realized there was a great opportunity to extend that," said Strassman. "In addition to the 90-day production version that we launched, we're looking at a lot of other similar term models to be more like what are customers are expecting."
There's been a lot of concern expressed among developers about the increasing costs of development for next-gen consoles, given the increased resolutions and greater numbers of polygons and better rendering. "I remember last GDC Epic showed off their Elemental demo to show what Unreal Engine 4 could do," Castle said. "It was a phenomenal demo that completely knocked your socks off with what the engine could do with light and effects. It was probably a 45 second clip. What they failed to mention in any of the demos, and what only came out a couple of weeks later, was that it took a team of 16 four months to make that demo. There is no doubt with this next generation of consoles we're going to see that divergence continue, and that chasm grow between AAA and large studios and mobile developers with smaller, more nimble teams."
"When it comes to our plans for the future and what we're working on right now, there's seldom a meeting that takes place where workflow isn't one of the top topics we discuss, and how to make workflow easier and how to increase efficiency," Castle continued. "That's one topic that's in nearly every meeting we have; and the other topic is democratization and how we make our products more accessible."
"Console games are getting deeper, challenges are mounting and costs are rising," said Strassman. "One of the issues is how can we help our customers with their pipeline and solve their problems? And then how can we take what we're doing there and make it affordable and make it approachable by a much broader base?"
"Console games are getting deeper, challenges are mounting and costs are rising"
"As there's increased fragmentation and complexity in game development, middleware is something we've seen grow in importance," said Castle. "Two years ago we made an acquisition of a company called Scaleform, which I was a part of. That's probably our most popular tool, and it takes all of the hassle out of creating UI for games. UI is one of those things that when you look at it doesn't seem like it will be a time-consuming part of development, but in actuality it is. Many game developers have three, four or even five people who during the entire development cycle are just working on UI. We have other tools as well, like our lighting tool, an AI tool, and each one of those pieces, when you add it all up it actually turns out to be a significant part of your development budget."
Are developer fears over the cost of next-gen development justified? "I don't know. If you're a PC gamer you're pretty much playing on next-gen hardware as it is," said Castle. "If they're designing for the PC, game developers are already essentially designing on next-gen capabilities. I think it's a bit exaggerated." Strassman points out that "At the same time the console platforms are evolving, so are the development platforms. You can develop on faster computers, you can render faster, you have things like middleware so you don't have to re-solve problems again and again. It's not a problem that we hear from our developers that it's getting more and more complicated."
"I think the biggest differentiating point going forward is fragmentation," said Castle. "I think it's good for a company like Autodesk to be frank because we are the tools provider; it becomes our problem to ensure our products are working cross-platform. Customers will rely more and more on toolsets like us to take care of that cross-platform implementation rather than doing it on their own."
"Where I am seeing more pressure from AAA developers of console games is they're seeing more and more competition from web, mobile, and social," said Strassman. "Over the past couple of quarters you've seen their revenues decline even with new platforms coming out, and they want to differentiate as much as they can from the web and mobile gamer. I think that differentiation is actually really important to them. Whereas they might not have taken advantage of all of a given console's features, I think now they're looking to create a better and deeper experience than you get on a tablet or a phone. I think that's pushing them further as well. They have to keep up with these things."
"We certainly want to serve the high-end customers, but we want to bring that power to the masses as well"
"More and more we're seeing different needs from the high end developers and the web and mobile developers, both in terms of features and how they want to purchase products and services from us," said Strassman. "In terms of licensing options, maybe even in terms of feature sets in the future, we'll be serving the two markets differently."
Autodesk now has a range of consumer products as well as its professional products. "We started our consumer business with the thought that everyone out there is creative," said Strassman. "Everyone wants to build and create things. On the physical side of things, you have this whole Maker movement, where you can print things in 3D. I think we'll be seeing a similar movement in the gaming space. I think there will be, and there is, an emerging market for not just playing games but for making games. Individuals can not just make a game from scratch, but start with some content and they're not creating a AAA experience, but to create a compelling game and to tell a gamified story. It's certainly something we're interested in, how we can allow people at all levels to be creative."
What should we be expecting from Autodesk in the next year or two? "We're continuing to focus on an integrated set of tools, with even tighter integration," said Strassman. "Pricing flexibility we think is really important; we came out with this 90-day production version where you don't have to buy a full license, you can buy 90 days at a time. I think you'll see continued flexibility on meeting different users' expectations and willingness to pay. Reaching out to broader platforms, and enable users on the low end of the market to create interactive gamified experiences in a new way. There's a lot going on and it's an exciting time in our market."
"There are some parts which we are reactive to, but it's quite obvious there's a fundamental change that's going on with the market, and we are now staying ahead of the curve," Castle noted. "We're testing on Android-based consoles to make sure all of our products work; whether or not it's Ouya or GameStick, we see that as a really interesting trend. Developers are going to be able to rely on us for compatibility with all of these new different platforms."
Strassman feels that the future is a much broader market than just the established console game makers. "It's not just high-end trained professionals that are going to create entertainment experiences; everyone's going to do it," said Strassman. "At different levels of the market there's going to be different needs, different functionality, and different pricing. We certainly want to serve the high-end customers, but we want to bring that power to the masses as well." | <urn:uuid:1a16ec89-3c46-4fd3-a0b1-7a977fa725e3> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2013-02-26-autodesk-plans-to-bring-that-power-to-the-masses | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281069.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00265-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.981189 | 2,596 | 1.710938 | 2 |
Until the 1981 communal elections, IKG leadership significantly differed from the greater Jewish population: While from the mid-1950s, the majority of members were from Central and Eastern Europe, all IKG leaders were Alt-Wiener. While religion played a major role in the lives of most community members, its political leadership was predominantly secular in attitude and behavior. While the Jews were involved with Austrian society and politicians to a minimum, the Bund Werktätiger Juden (Union of Working Jews, BWJ), IKG’s ruling fraction between 1952 and 1981,10 was closely associated with the Socialist Party of Austria (SPÖ).
The 1981 IKG elections were the turning point in Vienna’s Jewish leadership. They marked the end of the era of undisputed loyalty of the community board and leadership to their ideological counterparts in the Austrian party spectrum, and the first time that a non-Alt-Wiener (Ivan Hacker) became IKG president and that members of the post-Shoah generation joined the IKG leadership (Ariel Muzicant was elected vice-president). It also brought a change into the IKG’s religious attitude, as more observant Jews were elected into its leadership. Subsequent elections continued reflecting the community’s demographic developments. Thus, the 1985 elections marked the entry of Sephardi Jews into the leadership. The 1998 elections marked the first time that someone born after 1945 (Muzicant) became president. In the 2007 elections, the Sephardic-Bukhara party placed second, and a party founded by second-generation post-Shoah activists entered IKG politics. In the 2012 elections, Oskar Deutsch became the first IKG president born in post-Shoah Vienna, and, as an observant Jew, he is the first postwar president to always wear a kippa when representing the Jewish community. The Sephardic-Bukhara party came in second again, but this time with only one mandate less than the leading party (Atid). In all, the Sephardic lists significantly gained in strength, and, for the first time in IKG history, two Sephardic Jews, one Bukharan and one Georgian, were elected vice-presidents. | <urn:uuid:c1760139-2234-4782-bcd6-0c746976c2a4> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://jppi.org.il/en/article/aa2016/part3/%d7%99%d7%94%d7%93%d7%95%d7%aa-%d7%90%d7%95%d7%a1%d7%98%d7%a8%d7%99%d7%94-70-%d7%a9%d7%a0%d7%94-%d7%95%d7%99%d7%95%d7%aa%d7%a8-%d7%90%d7%97%d7%a8%d7%99-%d7%94%d7%a9%d7%95%d7%90%d7%94/%d7%94%d7%a0%d7%94%d7%92%d7%94/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817001643-20220817031643-00266.warc.gz | en | 0.97691 | 478 | 2.15625 | 2 |
2013 Florida Statutes
Specific powers of State Board of Education.
Specific powers of State Board of Education.
1001.03 Specific powers of State Board of Education.—
(1) PUBLIC K-12 CURRICULAR STANDARDS.—The State Board of Education shall adopt and periodically review and revise the Sunshine State Standards in accordance with s. 1003.41.
(2) DIRECT-SUPPORT ORGANIZATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.—The State Board of Education shall govern issues relating to use of property, facilities, and personal services between the Department of Education and its direct-support organization and shall certify that the organization operates at all times in a manner consistent with the goals and best interest of the department, pursuant to s. 1001.24.
(3) PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATES.—The State Board of Education shall classify school services, designate the certification subject areas, establish competencies, including the use of technology to enhance student learning, and certification requirements for all school-based personnel, and prescribe rules in accordance with which the professional, temporary, and part-time certificates shall be issued by the Department of Education to applicants who meet the standards prescribed by such rules for their class of service, as described in chapter 1012. The state board shall adopt rules that give part-time and full-time nondegreed teachers of career programs, pursuant to s. 1012.39(1)(c), the opportunity to earn a reading credential equivalent to a content-area-specific reading endorsement.
(4) PROFESSIONAL TEACHER ASSOCIATIONS.—The State Board of Education shall ensure that not-for-profit, professional teacher associations that offer membership to all teachers, noninstructional personnel, and administrators, and that offer teacher training and staff development at no fee to the district, shall be given equal access to voluntary teacher meetings, be provided access to teacher mailboxes for distribution of professional literature, and be authorized to collect voluntary membership fees through payroll deduction.
(5) IDENTIFICATION OF CRITICAL TEACHER SHORTAGE AREAS.—The State Board of Education shall identify critical teacher shortage areas pursuant to s. 1012.07.
(6) CAPITAL OUTLAY BOND AND MOTOR VEHICLE TAX ANTICIPATION CERTIFICATE RESOLUTIONS.—The State Board of Education shall issue bonds and approve resolutions regarding the expenditure of funds for capital projects and purposes pursuant to the State Constitution and other applicable law.
(7) ARTICULATION ACCOUNTABILITY.—The State Board of Education shall develop articulation accountability measures that assess the status of systemwide articulation processes, in conjunction with the Board of Governors regarding the State University System, and shall establish an articulation accountability process in accordance with the provisions of chapter 1008, in conjunction with the Board of Governors regarding the State University System.
(8) SYSTEMWIDE ENFORCEMENT.—The State Board of Education shall enforce compliance with law and state board rule by all school districts and public postsecondary educational institutions, except for the State University System, in accordance with the provisions of s. 1008.32.
(9) MANAGEMENT INFORMATION DATABASES.—The State Board of Education, in conjunction with the Board of Governors regarding the State University System, shall continue to collect and maintain, at a minimum, the management information databases for state universities, and all other components of the public K-20 education system as such databases existed on June 30, 2002.
(10) COMMON PLACEMENT TESTING FOR PUBLIC POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION.—The State Board of Education, in conjunction with the Board of Governors, shall develop and implement a common placement test to assess the basic computation and communication skills of students who intend to enter a degree program at any Florida College System institution or state university.
(11) MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR NONPUBLIC POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION.—The State Board of Education shall adopt minimum standards relating to nonpublic postsecondary education and institutions, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 1005.
(12) COMMON POSTSECONDARY DEFINITIONS.—The State Board of Education shall adopt, by rule, common definitions for associate in science degrees and for certificates.
(13) CYCLIC REVIEW OF POSTSECONDARY ACADEMIC PROGRAMS.—The State Board of Education shall provide for the cyclic review of all academic programs in Florida College System institutions at least every 7 years. Program reviews shall document how individual academic programs are achieving stated student learning and program objectives within the context of the institution’s mission. The results of the program reviews shall inform strategic planning, program development, and budgeting decisions at the institutional level.
(14) UNIFORM CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM FOR SCHOOL DISTRICT ADMINISTRATIVE AND MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL.—The State Board of Education shall maintain a uniform classification system for school district administrative and management personnel that will facilitate the uniform coding of administrative and management personnel to total district employees.
(15) FLORIDA COLLEGE SYSTEM INSTITUTION BACCALAUREATE DEGREE PROGRAMS.—The State Board of Education shall provide for the review and approval of proposals by Florida College System institutions to offer baccalaureate degree programs pursuant to s. 1007.33. A Florida College System institution, as defined in s. 1000.21, that is approved to offer baccalaureate degrees pursuant to s. 1007.33 remains under the authority of the State Board of Education and the Florida College System institution’s board of trustees.
(16) PLAN SPECIFYING GOALS AND OBJECTIVES.—By July 1, 2013, the State Board of Education shall identify performance metrics for the Florida College System and develop a plan that specifies goals and objectives for each Florida College System institution. The plan must include:
(a) Performance metrics and standards common for all institutions and metrics and standards unique to institutions depending on institutional core missions, including, but not limited to, remediation success, retention, graduation, employment, transfer rates, licensure passage, excess hours, student loan burden and default rates, job placement, faculty awards, and highly respected rankings for institution and program achievements.
(b) Student enrollment and performance data delineated by method of instruction, including, but not limited to, traditional, online, and distance learning instruction.
(17) UNIFIED STATE PLAN FOR SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS (STEM).—The State Board of Education, in consultation with the Board of Governors and the Department of Economic Opportunity, shall adopt a unified state plan to improve K-20 STEM education and prepare students for high-skill, high-wage, and high-demand employment in STEM and STEM-related fields.
History.—s. 21, ch. 2002-387; s. 6, ch. 2006-74; s. 69, ch. 2007-217; s. 6, ch. 2007-246; s. 4, ch. 2008-235; s. 9, ch. 2011-5; s. 2, ch. 2012-195. | <urn:uuid:135e40d2-7f18-44a8-9f84-8619ee5ff056> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Statutes/2013/1001.03 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570651.49/warc/CC-MAIN-20220807150925-20220807180925-00478.warc.gz | en | 0.881028 | 1,495 | 2.15625 | 2 |
PASADENA, Calif., Dec. 8 (UPI) -- Changes in bacteria in the gut can influence autism-like behaviors in a mouse model, say researchers at California Institute Technology.
Sarkis K. Mazmanian, a professor of biology, said to study this gut--microbiota--brain interaction, the researchers used a mouse model of autism previously developed at Caltech in the laboratory of Paul H. Patterson, the Anne P. and Benjamin F. Biaggini Professor of Biological Sciences.
"Traditional research has studied autism as a genetic disorder and a disorder of the brain, but our work shows that gut bacteria may contribute to ASD-like symptoms in ways that were previously unappreciated," Mazmanian said in a statement. "Gut physiology appears to have effects on what are currently presumed to be brain functions."
In humans, having a severe viral infection raises the risk that a pregnant woman will give birth to a child with autism. Patterson and his lab reproduced the effect in mice using a viral mimic that triggers an infection-like immune response in the mother and produces the core behavioral symptoms associated with autism in the offspring.
The study, published in the journal Cell study, found that the "autistic" offspring of immune-activated pregnant mice also exhibited gastrointestinal abnormalities. In particular, the gastrointestinal tracts of autistic-like mice were "leaky," which means that they allow material to pass through the intestinal wall and into the bloodstream. This characteristic, known as intestinal permeability, has been reported in some autistic individuals.
"To our knowledge, this is the first report of an animal model for autism with comorbid gastrointestinal dysfunction," said first author Elaine Hsiao, a senior research fellow at Caltech.
However, when the researchers the researchers treated the mice with Bacteroides fragilis, a bacterium that has been used as an experimental probiotic therapy in animal models of gastrointestinal disorders, the leaky gut was corrected. Probiotics -- in supplements and in food such as yogurt -- simultaneously encourage beneficial bacteria to flourish in the body while hindering the growth of harmful microorganisms.
In addition, observations of the treated mice showed their behavior changed -- they were more likely to communicate with other mice, had reduced anxiety and were less likely to engage in a repetitive digging behavior.
"The B. fragilis treatment alleviates gastrointestinal problems in the mouse model and also improves some of the main behavioral symptoms," Hsiao said. "This suggests that gastrointestinal problems could contribute to particular symptoms in neurodevelopmental disorders."
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Here’s an important fact for all website owners to be aware of. Aside from the actual content of a website page, the title tag of that page is its most important element. So, let’s talk a bit about what is a title tag and why it’s important.
What is a Title Tag?
As the name implies, the title tag sets the title for each page on your website or online store. You’ll see it within the
fields of the HTML. Its most important purpose is to provide an accurate description of what the page is all about.
What is it used for?
Let’s look at all the places it gets displayed:
1. Browser: Depending on which browser you use, you’ll see the page title appear in the top of the window, on the tab header.
2. Search Engine Results: When your website shows up in search results, the title tag of the page will show up as the first line of the search result.
3. External Websites: When another site links to your site, such as when someone shares a link on Facebook, the title tag of that page will show up as the headline of that link.
4. URL: Depending on the browser you use, the title tag of your home page will show up when the user is typing your URL in the address bar.
5. Bookmarks: Depending on the browser, the title tag will show up when a user bookmarks your website.
How can your title tag help improve the performance of your website?
Now that you know where the title tag gets displayed, let’s look at what role it plays in the performance of your website, i.e. in creating brand awareness, getting more clicks to your website and in helping with Search Engine Optimization (SEO) of your website.
1. It tells people what the page is about. Especially when it comes up in search engine results, this information can be the deciding factor as to whether or not someone clicks the link and visits your website.
2. When you include your most relevant keyword(s) in the page title, that helps Google’s search engine algorithm to index the page accurately, so that your page is more likely to show up when that keyword is searched.
3. It enables you to create brand awareness by including your brand name with the right keyword.
Where to Put Title Tags in your PowerStore
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2. Go to Website > Site Pages
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VMOU BA Time Table 1st-2nd-3rd Year 2021
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VMOU BA Time Table 2021 – Download 1st-2nd-3rd Year Date Sheet, Exam Dates:- Vardhaman Mahavira Open University Kota is an open university of Rajasthan. It was established on July 23, 1987. VMOU BA Time Table 2021 is going to be available soon. The curriculum of this university focuses primarily on humanities, commerce, library science and informatics.
The goal of this university is to educate people who are not part of the traditional education. Keep yourself ready for VMOU BA Time Table 1st, 2nd, 3rd Year Exam 2021 as it will be issued soon on this website. This university has six centers spread across Rajasthan. This university educates approximately ten thousand people.
VMOU Kota BA 1st Year Time Table 2021
Vardhaman Mahavira Open University is located in Kota. Kota is a major industrial and educational city of Rajasthan. It is situated on the banks of the river Chambal. VMOU BA Time Table Part 1 Exam 2021 will be uploaded soon. Kota is about 240 kms from the road and the road from Jaipur to Jaipur. This town is situated on Jaipur-Jabalpur National Highway.
Kota, located on the eastern bank of the Chambal river in south Rajasthan, is in the cities where industrialization is largely done. VMOU Kota BA 1st Year Exam Routine 2021 will be revealed soon. Kota is popular for many forts, palaces, museums, temples and gardens. This city is a unique blend of innovation and antiquity.
While on one side the city’s monumental realization of ancient times, Hydro Electric Plant and Nuclear Power Plant on the Chambal River realize modernity. VMOU BA Part I Exam Time Table 2021 will be available soon. Kota is located on the eastern shore of Chambal river. It comes in the southern part of Rajasthan.
VMOU BA 2nd Year Exam Date Sheet 2021
Kota is special for cotton and Kota dariya saris, Kota Stone, Kachori. Wait for VMOU BA Time Table 2nd Year 2021 Exam will be end soon. Kota is also known as Education Nagri. Initially Kota Bundi was a part of the state. When the Mughal ruler Jahangir defeated the rulers of Bundi, Kota was established in 1624 AD as an independent state.
Rao Madho Singh sitting here on the throne as the first independent ruler. In 1818 AD, quota became subject to the British Empire. Link for VMOU Kota BA 2nd Year Exam 2021 Datesheet will be activated soon. Built in the 17th century on the eastern coast of Chambal river, this fort is the main attraction of the quota.
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VMOU Kota BA Part 3 Final Year Schedule 2021
The complex of this fort is situated in Rajasthan’s largest fort complexes. VMOU BA 3rd Year Exam 2021 Schedule will be issued soon. The fort’s turret, balcony, dome, and pancakes are very attractive. This museum is situated in the old palace and is considered as one of the finest museums in Rajasthan.
The name of the museum is named after the first ruler of Kota state, You will get Vardhaman Mahaveer Open University BA Final Year Time Table 2021 from here. Rao Madho Singh. In the museum, various objects related to beautiful petting, statues, photographs, weapons and royal dynasties of Kota can be seen.
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Consultant team start-up meeting
A consultant team start-up meeting should be held when members of the consultant team are appointed, before they begin work. It should be chaired by the client and attended by the consultant team. It is possible that consultants will not all be appointed at the same time, so it may be necessary to hold more than one start-up meeting.
The start-up meeting is an opportunity to:
- Introduce the parties to be involved, explain responsibilities and exchange contact details.
- Describe the organisational structure that will be adopted.
- Issue and discuss site information.
- Issue and discuss the preliminary business case (if appropriate).
- Issue and discuss the strategic brief.
- Issue and discuss the project execution plan.
- Agree working methods such as; methods of communication, means for reporting, approvals and decision making processes (consultants can sometimes programme client decisions into their work without first establishing that the programme suits the client), drawing protocols and standards, collaborative practices, document control strategies and so on.
- Discuss procurement options and tendering restrictions (such as OJEU procurement rules).
- Discuss CDM and other legislative obligations.
- Identify any additional members of the consultant team, specialist designers, specialist contractors or independent client advisers who should be appointed.
- Discuss the programme.
- Identify immediate tasks to be undertaken.
- Agree meeting schedules.
- Discuss the application of VAT.
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A diabetic retinopathy guide
If the person in your care has diabetes, you may already know that the condition can cause vision problems. The most common one is diabetic retinopathy, the leading cause of blindness in working-age Americans. In fact, almost half of Americans with diabetes have some form of diabetic retinopathy. What is it, and how can you help protect someone from its dangers?
The good news about diabetic retinopathy
By keeping blood sugar levels in check, a diabetes patient can help control the progression of the disease.
What happens with diabetic retinopathy?
Having diabetes causes blood sugar levels to rise. When these levels remain high for a period of time, tiny blood vessels (capillaries) that nourish the retina can become damaged. This damage, called diabetic retinopathy, is progressive, and it can eventually result in vision loss or blindness.
The disease has two main stages: nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy (NPDR) and proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR). If someone is in the first stage, it means he has swelling and some bleeding in his eye. When this happens he may have no symptoms or he may have some mild vision loss.
In the second, more severe stage -- during which abnormal, fragile blood vessels grow and leak blood into the center of the eye -- his vision may become clouded or even blocked. If he reaches an advanced stage, the abnormal blood vessel growth and scarring can cause glaucoma and detachment of the retina (when scar tissue pulls the retina away from the wall of the eye).
Side effect: macular edema
About half of those people with diabetic retinopathy also develop what's called macular edema, which can cause a noticeable blurring of central vision. It happens when leaking fluid makes the macula swell.
Macular edema can happen at any stage of diabetic retinopathy and whether or not the blood sugar level is elevated -- though it's more likely to show up later in the disease. As the swelling increases or decreases, vision worsens or improves.
Risk factors for diabetic retinopathy
Type 1 or type 2 diabetes Almost half of those with diabetes have some degree of diabetic retinopathy. Those who've had diabetes the longest are at highest risk.
Other health conditions People with high blood pressure or high blood cholesterol are at higher risk of developing diabetic retinopathy.
Pregnancy A woman with diabetes has a higher risk of developing complications, including retinopathy, during her pregnancy.
Ethnicity Those of Hispanic or African American heritage are at higher risk of getting the disease.
Diabetic retinopathy: symptoms and treatments
How the world appears to someone with diabetic retinopathy
If a diabetes patient is in any but the late stages of retinopathy, he may have no symptoms at all. That's why eye exams -- at least yearly -- are so important.
And if he has diabetes and experiences symptoms of retinopathy, he should see his eye doctor immediately. According to the National Eye Institute, people with proliferative retinopathy can reduce their risk of blindness by 95 percent with timely treatment and appropriate follow-up care.
Symptoms a diabetes patient may at some point experience include:
- Blurry vision.
- Spots, spiders, or cobwebs floating in his field of vision.
- Dark streaks or a red film blocking his vision.
- Poor night vision.
- Trouble adjusting from bright light to soft light.
- A dark or empty spot in the center of his vision.
To see an image as a patient might see it (and for an explanation of the stages of diabetic retinopathy), visit the National Eye Institute website.
Treatment for diabetic retinopathy
If the retinopathy is in an early stage (and the diabetes patient doesn't have macular edema), careful monitoring of his blood sugar levels, blood pressure, and cholesterol may be all that's needed to slow the progression of the disease.
If the condition advances, or if he has macular edema, his doctor may recommend laser treatment to control fluid leakage. More than one surgery may be required, and if both eyes need treatment, the surgeries will be scheduled several weeks apart.
For proliferative retinopathy, the more serious condition, his doctor will probably suggest laser surgery called pan retinal photocoagulation (PRP). This procedure prevents the growth of more abnormal blood vessels and seals leaking vessels by destroying oxygen-deprived retinal tissue. It will likely take more than one session to complete this laser treatment, too, and afterward the patient may have slightly reduced night and color vision.
A vitrectomy, which is a surgical procedure that removes the blood from the center of the eye, may be necessary if the patient's bleeding is severe. To do it, the eye surgeon makes a small incision and removes the blood-clouded vitreous (a gel-like substance in the center of the eye). She'll then replace it with a salt solution.
Researchers are at work developing drugs to stem the growth of abnormal blood vessels in people with proliferative diabetic retinopathy.
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- He that separateth himself seeketh his own desire, and snarlest against all sound wisdom.
- A fool hath no delight in understanding, but only that his heart may lay itself bare.
- When the wicked cometh, there cometh also contempt, and with ignominy reproach.
- The words of a man"s mouth are as deep waters;
a flowing brook, a fountain of wisdom.
- It is not good to respect the person of the wicked, so as to turn aside the righteous in judgment.
- A fool"s lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.
- A fool"s mouth is his ruin, and his lips are the snare of his soul.
- The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
- Even one that is slack in his work is brother to him that is a destroyer.
- The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is set up on high.
- The rich man"s wealth is his strong city, and as a high wall in his own conceit.
- Before destruction the heart of a man is haughty, and before honour goeth humility.
- He that giveth answer before he heareth, it is folly and confusion unto him.
- The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity;
but a broken spirit who can bear?
- The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge;
and the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.
- A man"s gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men.
- He that pleadeth his cause first seemeth just;
but his neighbour cometh and searcheth him out.
- The lot causeth strife to cease, and parteth asunder the contentious.
- A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city;
and their contentions are like the bars of a castle.
- A man"s belly shall be filled with the fruit of his mouth;
with the increase of his lips shall he be satisfied.
- Death and life are in the power of the tongue;
and they that indulge it shall eat the fruit thereof.
- Whoso findeth a wife findeth a great good, and obtaineth favour of the LORD.
- The poor useth entreaties;
but the rich answereth impudently.
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Using Moodle (second edition)
open source software for online learning courses
Two or three years ago, attempts to put educational courses on line were stuck with using programs such as Blackboard and WebCT, which were costly, cumbersome, and deeply unpopular with the teachers who were being urged to use them. Now these programs are being swept away by the arrival of Moodle, the open source Content Management System (CMS), or Virtual Learning Environment (VLE), which has one killer feature: it’s free.
Actually, it also has more technical features than its commercial rivals, but that’s not the only reason it’s being taken up by schools, universities, and colleges. In the jargon of educationalists, this is a ‘constructivist’ program. That is, it allows people to learn through building their own experience of learning, possibly in contact with other students. It is student-oriented, rather than teacher-led, and it promotes learning through doing rather than just passive reception. This is the second edition of a basic introduction to Moodle’s features – and it’s a big improvement over the first edition.
Jason Cole and Helen Foster start off quite rightly by taking you on a tour of the user interface – what you see when you start using Moodle. That is – how to log in and edit your user profile; how to navigate through the sections of a course using the breadcrumb trail; and how to explore all the tools and support information buttons which surround the main working area on screen.
Moodle allows you to arrange your courses chronologically, conceptually by topics, or socially according to the people using it. For tutors there is an amazing degree of control over every aspect of a course – its start date, duration, enrolments, course materials, quizzes, email forums, activities, reports, and student grades.
The heart of Moodle is the huge variety of interactive engagements it will support. These range from chatrooms, forums, and discussion boards, to collective activities such as building glossaries, journals, surveys, and (perhaps most novel of all) an option for student peer assessment.
The book’s basic assumption is that you are using what’s called ‘blended learning’ – that is, a combination of face-to-face tuition such as lectures or seminars, plus online course materials and lecture notes, email support, instant messaging – and anything else that will empower the student and enhance the learning process. It is also assuming a fairly mature and serious attitude to eLearning from the student.
From my experience of online teaching, they seem a bit over-optimistic about participation rates in discussion forums, but Moodle certainly does have some sophisticated features to help promote debate. For instance, the latest version allows participants to rate each other’s contributions (though you might have doubts about that being a good thing).
There are many other features that teachers will welcome. Add a news item for your group, and every member of it will automatically be sent an email informing them of the update. There are also handy tips such as reducing file sizes and saving PowerPoint presentations as Rich Text File format to save space.
They confront head on the issue of possible cheating in online tests, and provides a number of strategies for counteracting twisters. The most advanced current feature of Moodle is workshops – which allow students to see good and bad examples of coursework, and to offer critiques of each other’s work prior to formal submission.
That comes with the additional feature of what’s called an exercise. This is a piece of work the student submits along with a self-assessed grade. Their final grade is a combination of the tutor’s score and how well the student’s assessment matches it. This is an example of what struck me as verging on Utopian.
The journals feature is a tool that encourages students to reflect on their own learning process. Glossaries offers a similar property in that they can be created collaboratively. Lessons is a system of developing multiple-choice enquiries. That is, if you answer a question correctly, you move on the next topic; if you do not, you move back to check you understand the course materials.
Moodle even has its own built-in Wiki, so tutor and students can assemble basic information about their subject. Various levels of permissions for editing and access are also available so that the results can be safeguarded.
This is an excellently clear user’s guide, and almost every topic is illustrated with a screenshot. Full technical software documentation is available at Moodle, but if you’re anything like me, you will feel far more secure with a book to hand.
In this second edition there’s far more detail on how Moodle tools and features can be used to meet teaching objectives as techniques for the equivalent of classroom activity. This is getting closer to the book on constructing online learning courses which still needs to be written.
There are descriptions of how various IT champions are using Moodle to develop new forms of collaborative, blended and social learning . Some of these will seem rather advanced to even to even the most ambitious elearning tutor. Peer assessment, messaging and chat facilities could easily be seen as distractions for younger learners, but could be more appropriate for adults.
There’s still room for improvement in future editions. I would like to see some examples of course design and structure for instance. But for now, this is still the best guide to Moodle available in book form.
© Roy Johnson 2007
Jason Cole & Helen Foster,Using Moodle, Sebastopo (CA): O’Reilly, 2007, pp.266, ISBN: 059652918X
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Much of the Human genome comprises of sequences for non coding RNAs. Their role in genomic function is the basis of much of current research. It is now known that they play various roles in gene regulation and other genetic processes. Their role in tumour formation and cancer has been reported in many studies (references). Long non coding RNAs (lncRNA) are a class of such non-coding RNAs which are also implicated in carcinogenesis. The proposed research project aims to characterise a newly defined genetic sequence BUC6 implicated in breast cancer which may be an lncRNA. The proposed project aims to study the yet undefined transcriptosome, study its probable conserved sequence, and try to evaluate its evolutionary background with regard to sequence similarity with conserved coding genes across species. This study will help in understating the role on lncRNA in tumerogenesis and cancer; can lead to the development of novel biomarkers for breast cancer apart from expanding our knowledge of the role of lncRNA in genomic composition. The project aims to use a combination of Bioinformatics and Molecular Biology tools for the study.
Non-coding RNA (ncRNA) as is apparent by the name, do not code for a functional protein. In humans, protein coding genes constitute only about 2% of the genome. However, about 70% of the genome is transcribed into RNA. These ncRNA seem to play important role in gene regulation mechanisms.
Non-coding RNAs are defined by their length. In general, long ncRNA (lncRNA) are >200 bases to about 100 kilobases long. New discoveries indicate that lncRNA may play important roles in a diverse range of molecular mechanisms. lncRNA are located within the intergenic region, they are transcribed as complex and overlapping transcripts with protein coding genes.
Selection pressure and conserved sequences.
According to various sequence studies, lnc RNA are generally not well conserved. This may suggest that they have high selection pressure on short regions in their sequence; it implies that only some short regions may be conserved. However, it also indicates that lncRNA do contain strongly conserved regions. Like mRNA, lncRNA also seem to be transcribed by RNA polymerase II, but may not be further processed.
Microarray and large scale genome sequencing data indicate that a large part of the mammalin transcriptosome comprises of lnc RNA. Its involvement in gene regulation, chromatin modification, splicing, translation, transcription and degradation is found on the basis of RNA complimentary interaction studies.
Role in Cancer
Cancer which is a complex multistep genetic and epigenetic disease with a combined effect of mutations, down-regulation, over-expression and deletions of oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes has been well documented. Recent analytical approaches, including transcriptome analysis, high throughput screening and alternate genomic studies have indicated that defects in ncRNAs may have a role in development of tumors. Although the role of micro RNAs' (Short ncRNA) in tumerogenesis has been well explained, overexpression of specific lncRNAs has been shown to be associated with several types of tumors. The first lncRNA to be described in this context was H19 gene since then, the number of lnc RNA with defined role in different types of cancer is ever increasing. For example, the increased expression of MALAT1 is associated with non-small cell lung cancer, uterine endometrial stromal sarcoma, and hepatocellular carcinoma. The possible role and over expression of these lncRNA make them potentially potent biomarkers for cancer detection. Their study has the potential to provide new insights in genomic organisation, gene evolution and selective pressure at molecular level. It seems that a greater understanding of the cnRNA behaviour will give a whole new dimension to our understanding of the molecular events and their complexity in higher organisms.
The BUC genes (Breast UniGene Cluster) which are novel breast-associated gene have been subject to much of research recently. A new gene to be sequenced and implicated in breast tumour formation is BUC6, a 2420 bp long stretch of DNA. The apparently small sequence length of the gene and the fact that virtual mRNA sequence generated is normal coding without any disruption (See Appendix) is indicative of its lncRNA coding nature. The gene seems to have strong homology with specific sequence stretch of human ATP8A2 gene, a cation transport ATPase (P-type) protein family. 2 isoforms of the human protein are produced by alternative splicing. The ATP8A2 gene is located on chromosome 13 in humans. A cross database search for ATP8A2 in NCBI database gives 15 hits across species and kingdoms showing certain conserved sequences which may have similarity to the BUC6 sequence. We have also done a cross species similarity search with the specific BUC6 sequence using the EMBL-EBI database across genomes. Information stored in the databases is generated by whole genome shotgun sequencing, a more precise method of large scale sequencing. The results are included in the appendix.
The proposed research project is focussing on some major question regarding lncRNA as a whole and the role of BUC6 in particular.
One of the major questions today is the role of lncRNA in tumerogenesis and cancer. The project proposes to identify the genomic context of BUC6 and characterise its expression, which will help in studying its possible role in cancer.
Another aspect on lncRNA which is not completely understood is its conservation in genomic evolution. By doing a contextual hierarchical genomic study of the sequence, we aim to find out if the BUC6 sequence has undergone a conversive or diversive evolution across species.
This study will also try to increase our understanding of the nature of selective pressure working at the RNA level and in non coding regions of the genome, thereby giving an insight in the nature of genomic evolution of higher living systems.
Overall, the proposed project aims to address some of the key questions in the interrelationship of ncRNA, carcinogenesis, molecular cellular role of ncRNAs and the evolutionary history of the lncRNAs.
Proposed Research Strategy
According to the nature of study, the project design consists of three distinct methodical stages. They are: Genetic and evolutionary contextual study using bioinformatics tools, direct lncRNA quantification using Real Time PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) and finally, Cloning and possible expression profiling of the BUC6 sequence using a suitable cloning vector.
Evolutionary and Genomic study:
Similarity searches for BUC6 sequence with ATP8A2, other possible coding sequences and conserved sequence analysis, sequence similarity across species, homology and evolutionary sequence analysis will be done using a number of alignment tools for RNA, DNA and Protein sequence alignment and cross alignment. Notably BLAST, FASTA and ClustalW will be used. To identify genomic regions and coding sequence tagging, ESTs derived from but not confined to ATP8A2 5and 3 prime ends will be used. The databases used will be NCBI (National Centre for Biotechnology Information) with a large consortium of genomic information and analytical options, EBI (European Bioinformatics Institute, GenBank along with other institutional genome browsers.
BLAST (Basic Local Alignment Tool) is a heuristic alignment tool, first aligning short matches and then extending to achieve higher scoring alignment. It has high performance output in both speed and sensitivity. FASTA (Fast All) matches identities adjustable numbers of consecutive matches. Different scoring matrices are used for insertions, deleation and mismatches to achieve optimal alignment. ClustalW is the tool of choice for multiple sequence alignment. It has a combination of phylogenetic and heuristic approach. ESTs (Expressed Sequence Tags) are short sequences of cDNA (Complimentary DNA) useful in determining gene sequence and in identifying transcripts.
RNA analysis using Real-Time PCR:
Real-Time PCR to quantify the probable lncRNA expression from the BUC6 gene is proposed. A combinational approach to PCR may be decided as, the sequence is non coding. The gene sequence will be transcribed into lncRNA; the transcribed lncRNA can then be used to generate cDNA for further analysis. LncRNA can be studied for its binding targets in tumour and normal breast cells.
Real-Time or Quantitative PCR can produce accurate dynamic range of 7-8 logs of magnitude. The process does not require post amplification modification and is very sensitive. It can be modified to use Reverse transcriptase for generating cDNA.
Expression profiling of the lncRNA using a suitable expression vector:
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Traditional dating encapsulates the proven method of meeting a potential life partner face-to-face and building a bond through continual interactions. You enjoy getting to know a potential mate through a wide range of settings, whether alone or in a group. The importance of traditional dating is so profound that even non-traditional methods such as internet dating services actually incorporate such face-to-face interactions into their programs to help facilitate more successful partnerships, says online dating consultant Julie Spira, in her Huffington Post article, “Online Dating vs. Offline Dating: Pros and Cons.”
What You See is What You Get
Traditional dating allows you to quickly decipher some important information about a person of interest. It is difficult for someone you are meeting face-to-face to misrepresent their physical description such as body type, size and level of attractiveness, Spira says. With traditional dating, you interact with a person in whom you are interested and about whom you may already know some details. This person could be a co-worker you meet by the coffee pot every day, someone your friends or relatives recommended, the friendly sales rep in your favorite department store or the aerobics instructor at your gym. Having some amount of familiarity makes connecting through traditional means relatively secure.
Intimacy Through Physical Activities
Traditional dating allows for a variety of dating options. You can hang out in groups with your date, whether a gathering of family members, co-workers, friends or schoolmates. Meet up at parties or other planned social events. Get to know your date better as you both interact with each others' friends. Participate in physical activities side-by-side, such as team or individual sports. Interacting in this way allows for deep bonding and the building of a closeness between partners, with or without sexual intimacy, says researcher on human behavior, Helen Fisher, Ph.D., in her article, "How to Build Intimacy in Your Relationship," published on Oprah.com. Through activity dates, you can get to know your partner in more diverse ways than you possibly would through alternate forms of dating.
Interact in Natural Settings
Traditional dating methods allow you to become familiar with a person in real-world settings. This is especially possible when you interact in groups or out in public. Pay attention to how your date responds and reacts to the waiter, attendants, friends and family members. This can give deeper insight into your partner's character and personality in ways that are more profound than how a person represents themselves in words. The response to difficult situations can also give you some clues to how your date will respond in similar situations in the future.
Bond Through the Sharing of Gifts
A meaningful memento can express affection even more strongly than words. No amount of virtual messaging can beat the gifts that romantic partners exchange. For some people, a token is important as a visual symbol of love and a deep connection to their partner, suggests relationship counselor Gary Chapman, Ph.D., in his book "The 5 Love Languages." You can make, find or buy gifts for your partner. These can be anything from flowers, cards, poems and songs written especially for the object of your affection to the purchase of an item you know your partner will love. Carve your name in a tree in the park. Write a letter to your partner. Seal it with a kiss and spritz with your favorite fragrance. Many people cherish old letters and poems and return to the spot where they had their first meeting even years after being together.
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n Development Finance Agenda (DEFA) - Fixing the financial sector : is the G20 helping developing countries?
|Article Title||Fixing the financial sector : is the G20 helping developing countries?|
|© Publisher:||Chartered Institute of Development Finance (CIDEF)|
|Journal||Development Finance Agenda (DEFA)|
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|Publication Date||Jan 2016|
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The G20's track record on financial sector reform is uninspiring, and its failure to tackle the major concerns of developing economies or make the global financial system less prone to crisis suggests it is time to start searching for a more effective and more legitimate successor.
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Businesses don’t always run as smoothly as we’d like them to. In fact, it’s pretty common for employees to run into some trouble every now and again. However, it can get serious where a third party ends up getting involved, and they have a claim against the company.
Generally speaking, employers will be held vicariously liable for any wrongful acts committed by their employees ‘in the course of their employment’, which is why it is up to the employer to regulate and keep track of business activities as much as possible.
What Is Vicarious Liability?
If your employee does something wrong while working, and a third party suffers a loss as a result, they could have a claim against your business. Put simply, if your employee is responsible, you could be too — this is known as vicarious liability.
Vicarious liability is not black and white. Courts will examine the actual role the employer assigns to the employee, and how this situates the employee and victim. Employers can also be liable for criminal offences if the performance of the employment provides the opportunity for the criminal act to occur, but this in itself is not enough to outright claim an employer’s vicarious liability.
It’s important to note that this doesn’t remove the blame from your employee. It simply extends that liability to you, so you and your employee could be held liable.
Am I Liable For Independent Contractors?
Generally speaking, employers won’t be responsible for the wrongful acts of independent contractors. Why?
An employee’s work is entirely controlled by the employer, whereas contractors control their own work and pay rates. So, it wouldn’t make much sense for employers to be liable for contractors’ activities related to third parties.
What Is A Sham Contracting Arrangement?
It’s also important to beware of sham contracting arrangements. This is where employers make an employment relationship look like a contractor relationship to avoid certain obligations. In this situation, employers could use this arrangement to avoid being liable for anything you do.
For example, in Hollis v Vabu Pty Ltd 207 CLR 21, the employer was found to be liable for their contractor as they were found to be an employee.
It’s important to know the difference between employees and independent contractors — we’ve written more about this here.
How Can I Manage The Risk Of Liability?
The reality of vicarious liability can be pretty daunting, but it doesn’t have to be. There are many ways you can manage the risk of liability without waiting for the worst to happen. Let’s run through a few.
It’s generally good business practice to have insurance, which helps protect your business against claims of injuries or losses that result from your business activities. This can include actions taken by your employees that you could be responsible for.
For example, if your employee had contracted COVID-19 and had infected a customer during work hours, that customer could have a claim against your business. Normally, you’d have to pay compensation in full. However, public liability insurance can cover the costs and make things a whole lot easier.
We know that employers take their duty of care seriously, but it can be difficult to ensure all employees understand this too.
This is why it’s important to have certain policies in the workplace that are regularly enforced and accessible. These could include:
- Work Health and Safety Policy
- Anti-Discrimination Policy
- Internet and Email Policy
These policies are a great way to establish some ground rules around how employees should conduct themselves during work. This way, it could reduce the risk of any wrongful acts that could lead to a third party claim against the business.
For example, if your employee uses their own car for work, you might have a policy that requires the car to be checked every week to ensure it’s safe to use. This means it’ll be less likely to cause an accident or loss to a third party.
Working From Home
Monitoring your employees might seem a bit trickier when they’re working from home, but this isn’t always the case. Thankfully, Safe Work Australia put together some helpful information on how to uphold your WHS responsibilities even while your employees are working from home — you can read more here.
Employers can write up a Work From Home Policy, which outlines what is expected of employees in this changed work environment. It can include extra provisions about what they can and can’t do in relation to work, so there is a lower risk of misconduct while working remotely.
Employees are likely to be dealing with some sensitive information during work, and this carries an even greater risk when working from home. If your employees live with other people, they could potentially have access to your confidential information. So, you want to make sure that this information doesn’t end up in the wrong hands under your employee’s watch, otherwise you could be held liable.
This situation might arise where your business is dealing with third party data. If your employee’s WFH setup gives strangers access to this third party data, and it ends up somewhere else, you could be held vicariously liable to that third party for your employee’s mishandling of information.
To prevent this, you may want to consider encrypting all sensitive information or setting up two factor authentication when your employees log on. This restricts data access to your employees and lessens the chance of a data breach.
It’d also be best to have a Data Breach Response Plan. If anything does go wrong, you and your employees will know exactly what to do before the situation gets any worse. In some cases, you might be able to resolve the breach before any third party suffers a loss thanks to this response plan (and you could save yourself a headache later down the track!).
What About My Employment Agreements?
You should already have an Employment Contract with each of your workers. However, it’s advisable to check these contracts every few months to ensure they’re suited to your current work arrangements. This could also be a good way for employers to adjust provisions according to the changing level of risk or nature of work.
For example, the agreement may require the employee to only deal with third parties in the manner authorised by the business itself. This way, the business can better ensure that the employee’s actions do not lead to liability to a third party.
Generally speaking, employers have flexibility and allowance in the employment agreement to mitigate any risks related to vicarious liability. This is essentially an opportunity for employers to try to prevent the risk of liability from the early stages of the employment relationship.
Managing the risk of liability is an important factor to consider from the early stages of your business. The more employees you have on board, the greater the risk of vicarious liability. To prevent this, it’s a good idea to have the right policies in place to govern employees’ actions before anything goes wrong.
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This is the first volume in a study of Gandhi's role in relation to the broader history of Indian movements for justice and independence, by a British historian who has specialised in Indian history and peasant struggles. The book includes important and little known material on Indian 'passive resistance' movements from 1905-1909, charts Gandhi's role in the 'passive resistance' in South Africa 1906-14, and after his return to India his varied links to different forms of peasant resistance in Bijoliya, Champaran (often covered in literautre on Gandhi) and Kheda. This volume concludes with an assessment of Gandhi's evolving theory of nonviolence in relation to other theories of the time, and his leadership role in the 1919 resistance to the Rowlatt Acts. | <urn:uuid:2cb7396d-51fa-4c6d-a400-961879fa60d5> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://civilresistance.info/biblio-item/2018/nonviolent-struggle-indian-freedom-1905-19 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572063.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814173832-20220814203832-00673.warc.gz | en | 0.951053 | 172 | 2.34375 | 2 |
The move comes as part of the so-called called social package it introduced back in 2014, but the opposition contends the timing of the rebates is driven by the election campaign.
“The philosophy of the measure is to reduce energy costs [of households] but also to share good results Slovakia has with Slovak households,” Fico said during a discussion programme of the TA3 news channel, adding that the money comes from better collection of taxes, fight against tax evasion and good management of the parent company of the gas utility SPP.
The cabinet has allocated a total of €48 million for gas rebates, of which €1 million will go to postal services as households will receive the rebates with a letter sent by the Economy Ministry accompanied by a check.
The exact gas rebates will depend on a household’s gas consumption. Those that use gas only for cooking will receive a flat payment of €10. This numbers 680,000 households. Those households that use gas also for heating water and those that use gas for heating water as well as heating will receive rebates of 6 percent of their annual consumption up to €165. These two groups will account for 350,000 and 380,000 households, respectively.
The ministry will start sending the letters during the final week of January while it expects that it will take two weeks to send all the letters. People will have 60 days to get the check paid at post offices.
The state will pay the gas rebate to clients of the state-controlled SPP as well as alternative gas suppliers. The only two conditions for receiving the rebate are that household does not consume more than 68,573 kWh of gas annually and that it has a valid contract with a gas supplier.
Fico recalled that by the rebates his cabinet is meeting its earlier promise of a double-digit reduction in gas prices in 2015 and 2016.
“Along with gas rebates the gas price for households will decrease by a total of 14.5 percent,” said Fico.
In 2015 the Office for Regulation of Network Industries (ÚRSO) reduced gas prices for households on two occasions, by 1 percent in January and almost 4 percent in September. It further reduced the price as of the beginning of 2016, by 3.6 percent.
For now the gas rebates is only a one-off measure, but Fico has indicated that people may get gas rebates also in the future.
The political opposition as well as energy experts point out that this measure is selective when it applies only on households using gas while there are plenty households, for example in central Slovakia, that use electricity instead of gas and that many poor households use wood for heating and cooking.
Ivan Švejna of Most-Híd pointed to the timing of payment of the rebates.
“It is some days before elections and [people] will receive the checks, metaphorically said, on their way to ballots,” Švejna told the RTVS.
The Christian Democratic Movement (KDH) considers energy prices in Slovakia as unreasonably high.
“We do not consider gas rebates… to be fair,” Ján Figeľ, KDH chair, wrote in his statement, adding that the rebates are discriminatory to households not using gas.
Martin Reguli, analyst from F. A Hayek Foundation, while pointing to decreasing gas prices on the global markets during a discussion programme of the TA3 news channel, sees as problematic the format the government chose for gas price reductions.
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Wal-Mart to shutter 269 stores; Canadian stores unaffected
This May 28, 2013, file photo shows signage outside a Wal-Mart store in Duarte, Calif. (AP / Damian Dovarganes)
Anne D'Innocenzio, The Associated Press
Published Friday, January 15, 2016 9:07AM EST
Last Updated Friday, January 15, 2016 5:37PM EST
NEW YORK -- Wal-Mart is doing some rare pruning.
The world's largest retailer is closing 269 stores, including 154 in the U.S. that includes all of its locations under its smallest-format concept store called Wal-Mart Express. The other big chunk is in its challenging Brazilian market.
The stores being shuttered account for a fraction of the company's 11,000 stores worldwide and less than 1 per cent of its global revenue. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said the store closures will affect 16,000 workers, 10,000 of them in the U.S. Its global workforce is 2.2 million, 1.4 million in the U.S. alone.
The store closures will start at the end of the month.
The announcement comes three months after Wal-Mart Stores Inc. CEO Doug McMillon told investors that the world's largest retailer would review its fleet of stores with the goal of becoming more nimble in the face of increased competition from all fronts, including from online rival Amazon.com.
"Actively managing our portfolio of assets is essential to maintaining a healthy business," McMillon said in a statement. "Closing stores is never an easy decision. But it is necessary to keep the company strong and positioned for the future."
Michael Exstein, an analyst at Credit Suisse, described the moves as "baby steps" in his report published Friday, but he believes they are positive ones. He noted that this is the first mass closing that Wal-Mart has announced in at least two decades.
"It is a sign that Wal-Mart has begun the process of dealing with unproductive locations in a much more tangible and coherent way," he wrote." But we continue to believe that Wal-Mart needs a much larger restructuring of its store base in order to narrow its focus as it seeks to improve its sales and returns, especially internationally."
Wal-Mart has seen sales perk up for a key revenue measure for the last few quarters in its U.S. business. But it warned last October that its earnings for the fiscal year starting next month will be down as much as 12 per cent as it invests further in online operations and pours money into improving customers' experience in the stores. The company has been building bigger fulfilmentcentres devoted to e-commerce orders and expanding online services.
Of the 154 store closures in the U.S., 102 of them are under the Wal-Mart Express name, which were opened as a test in 2011. Wal-Mart operates more than 4,500 stores in the U.S.
Wal-Mart Express marked the retailer's first entry into the convenience store arena. The stores sell essentials like toothpaste. But the concept never caught on as the stores served the same purpose as Wal-Mart's larger Neighborhood Markets: fill-in trips and prescription pickups.
Also covered in the closures are 23 Neighborhood Markets, 12 supercenters, seven stores in Puerto Rico, six discount stores and four Sam's Clubs.
More than 95 per cent of the stores set to be closed in the U.S. are within 10 miles of another Wal-Mart. The Bentonville, Arkansas, company said it is working to ensure that workers are placed in nearby locations.
Wal-Mart will now focus in the U.S. on supercenters, Neighborhood Markets, the e-commerce business and pickup services for shoppers.
The retailer said it also closed 60 loss-making locations in Brazil, which accounts for 5 per cent of sales in that market. Wal-Mart, which operated 558 stores in Brazil before the closures, has struggled as the economy there has soured. Its Every Day Low price strategy has also not been able to break against heavy promotions from key rivals.
The remaining 55 stores are spread elsewhere in Latin America.
Wal-Mart said that it's still sticking to its plan announced last year to open 50 to 60 supercenters, 85 to 95 Neighborhood Markets and 7 to 10 Sam's Clubs in the U.S. during the fiscal year that begins Feb. 1. Outside the U.S., Wal-Mart plans to open 200 to 240 stores.
The financial impact of the closures is expected to be 20 cents to 22 cents per share from continuing operations, with about 19 cents to 20 cents expected to affect the current fourth quarter. The company is scheduled to release fourth-quarter and full-year results on Feb. 18.
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- Institute for Fiscal Studies analysis shows universities’ ‘mobility rates’
- Aston University is one of only two universities outside of London and the surrounding area to make the top 20 for mobility
- When adjusted for cost of living, Aston University is ranked 4th for mobility
Aston University has been recognised as a leading university for delivering social mobility for its students, according to new research.
The new report from the Institute of Fiscal Studies and the Sutton Trust, a think tank on social mobility, has revealed which universities and degrees are best for ‘intergenerational mobility’. Researchers combined data on the number of university entrants who were eligible for free meals at school with figures on graduate earnings to determine a ‘mobility rate’.
While London-based universities dominate the top 20, Aston University is one of only two institutions outside of the London area to make the top 20, coming 14th overall.
Once the analysis is adjusted for cost of living, the researchers found that Aston University rises to 4th place.
The analysis also looks at which subject areas perform best for social mobility. Aston University’s pharmacy is the only subject outside of the London area to feature in the top 20.
The research findings challenge the outdated assumption that it is the country’s most ‘elite’ universities which are the best route to achieving social mobility.
This research follows another analysis published by the Higher Education Policy Institute, which ranked Aston University second in the country for making a significant contribution to social mobility. The paper, Designing an English Social Mobility Index, proposed a ranking of universities’ impact on social mobility and offers a methodology for comparing the contribution of individual English higher education providers to social mobility.
Saskia Loer Hansen, incoming Interim Vice-Chancellor, welcomed the new research:
“This research is further evidence of what we have known all along: an Aston University education transforms lives. I am pleased, and not at all surprised, to see that the University performs so strongly in this analysis. At Aston University, we firmly believe that it is not just getting in that counts, it is about how students get on, and how far they go.”
- Notes to editors
- Three quarters of Aston University undergraduate students come from Black, Asian, and minority ethnic backgrounds, which mirrors our city’s young diverse population.
- 60% of our undergraduate students come from English Index of Multiple Deprivation quintiles 1&2 (the least advantaged areas in England).
- Meanwhile, Aston University ranks alongside some of the most elite and selective universities in the country for student retention, while many more of our students come from the least advantaged areas in England.
- Three quarters of Aston University students undertake a placement.
- Around 80% of Aston graduates move into professional jobs or further study 15 months after completing their degrees (2022 Times/Sunday Times Good University Guide), and Aston University graduates are among the highest paid in the country five years after graduating (2021 Longitudinal Education Outcomes).
About Aston University
Founded in 1895 and a University since 1966, Aston is a long established university led by its three main beneficiaries – students, business and the professions, and our region and society. Aston University is located in Birmingham and at the heart of a vibrant city and the campus houses all the university’s academic, social and accommodation facilities for our students. Professor Alec Cameron is the Vice-Chancellor & Chief Executive.
Aston University was named University of the Year 2020 by The Guardian and the University’s full time MBA programme has been ranked in the top 100 in the world in the Economist MBA 2021 ranking. The Aston MBA has been ranked 12th in the UK and 85th in the world.
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