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Born: December 12, 1957
Origin: Oakland, California
Drum Sticks: Vic Firth
The talented little angel named Sheila Escovedo was born on December 12, 1957 in Oakland California. But she maintains her stage name as Sheila. E. She went to Oakland High School. She is of Mexican, African American and Creole heritage. She is a Drummer and Percussionist, also plays the Violin and Guitar.
She was the first born in a family which extended to two brothers Juan and Peter Michael and sister Zina. Her parents were Pete and Juanita Escovedo. She started playing at an early age of three, with the different family instruments. She was highly influenced by her father since he was a band leader and enjoyed watching him rehearse. At five, at the formerly known Sands Ballroom in Oakland, in a show Sheila was invited by her father to play a solo. She was so young but unafraid. She just followed her father’s instructions to the tee. She received an overwhelming response to which she informed her dad that she wanted to be a percussionist! Sheila rose to be one of the top female musicians during the 80s. Her fierce drumming style and her Latin rhythm was mainly the crowd puller. She is also considered the best female drummer alive.
Age 17 onwards, she has recorded and toured on a wide basis with such artists such as Billy Cobham, Lionel Richie, Diana Ross, Marvin Gaye, Natalie Cole and numerous others. She is all well known for her tie-up with Prince and Ringo Starr. Before she became a solo artist in 1984, she joined with Azteca, the Latin Jazz-fusion band led by her father percussionist Pete 'Coke' Escovedo. She also played on two of his solo albums which were recorded by Fantasy Records. She made her debut with jazz bassist Alphonso Johnson in the year 1976.
Her first single and video, named Glamorous Life was written, performed and directed by her in 1984. It earned her a lot of popular and critical acclaim. Three months and it was running sold-out performances in Europe and the United States. Sheila began touring as the opening act for Prince's 1984-85 Purple Rain tour.
Around 1983 Prince had her sing on "Erotic City". Prince also assisted her in getting a record contract with Warner Bros. She released her debut album in the "Glamorous Life" in 1984 written by Prince and was nominated for American Music Awards and the Grammy. The title track hit the US Top Ten and her second single "The Belle Of St. Marks" was seen in both the American and British Top 40 charts. Sheila E has performed three stints with Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band in 2001, 2003, and 2006. She always joins up with other artists and most notable is Gloria Estefan, where she plays timbales.
In 2004 she toured New Zealand as a drummer and percussionist for the Abe Laborial Band and in Februrary 2006 she performed with Prince once again at the BRIT Awards. In March 2007 she went on small tour through Europe with her new band project called C.O.E.D. (Chronicles Of Every Diva).
She performed at the 2007 Latin Grammy Awards with Juan Luis Guerra and in June 2007 performed at American Latin Music Awards with Prince. Her most recent performance was on July 7, 2007, in Minneapolis with Prince for three concerts 3121 Perfume Launch at Macy's, Target Center and finally closing with Prince at an after-show at First Ave. In October 2007, she was the judge on the Fox Network 'The Next Great American Band".
She has acted in three Films, Krush Groove and Prince's concert film "Sing 'O' The Times" in 1987 and Chasing Papi in 2003. Television audiences will be glad to know that her feature on MTV Unplugged with Kenny 'Baby-face' Edmonds is only a start. Magic Johnson's late night talk show The Magic Hour features her as the first female bandleader on television.
Most of her performances have been not only entertaining, but very socially fulfilling because of various charities she has been involved with. She has performed at the Pediatric Aids Foundations, and also her version of Mary had a Little Lamb which sold over 6 million copies of albums and videos of the event. Sheila and her partner singer Lynn Mabry formed a foundation for abused children called the Elevate Hope Foundation. She has been a hope for children, who have been sexually, physically and mentally abused.
Sheila is a multi-talented performer, producer, composer, an amazing instrumentalist and a great human being. Her contribution towards the field of music and percussion, have made her one of the greatest stars. | <urn:uuid:89608cda-4a68-4c4b-9201-fb3c63156fe8> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.freedrumlessons.com/drummers/sheila-e.php | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280310.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00189-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.986271 | 990 | 1.5 | 2 |
New Alzheimer’s Research Underway
Posted on November 20 2013
For just a minute, try to imagine that you live in a house with dozens of holes in the roof. You can’t just repair one hole, you need to fix them all in order to keep your floor dry when it rains. According to Dr. Dale Bredesen, an expert in degenerative brain disease, Alzheimer’s disease is a lot like this situation.
In this case, the hole has a name: amyloid beta. For years, it has been the target of Alzheimer’s disease research. Amyloid beta is a protein that forms distinctive clumps of sticky plaque in the brains of those with Alzheimer’s. There have been many efforts to remove the plaque from the brains, but, unfortunately, all of those efforts have failed. Patients who have undergone those clinical trials either did not improve or the drugs had such adverse side effects that they were deemed unsafe for patients.
Bredesen and other Alzheimer’s scientists are starting to believe the main reason they have yet to find a treatment for Alzheimer’s disease that works is because they have only been focusing on one hole in the roof instead of all of them. “If you look at the basic mechanisms that lead to abnormalities and disease, there could be 36 different mechanisms” said Bredesen. In other words, he goes on to suggest “maybe we need to start patching more than one hole at a time.”
The pressure to find treatments and preventions for Alzheimer’s disease is on and steadily building each year - the Baby Boomers are starting to approach their 70’s which is when the disease is most likely to strike. Aside from the personal losses to individuals and families experienced by this terrible disease, doctors say that the needs of all of those patients with Alzheimer’s will be an enormous burden on the nation’s healthcare system.
In just California alone, almost half a million people are currently living with Alzheimer’s and that number only expected to increase. According to the Alzheimer’s Association, that number will increase to 660,000 by 2025.
Scientists agree that the amyloid beta protein is a very important clue to finding a treatment and it may actually be a viable target for drugs to treat the disease someday. However, in the meantime, scientists are starting to look for other targets of the disease and are digging much deeper into the history of the disease to identify the earliest signs of it in people who have yet to be symptomatic. | <urn:uuid:f74d4a1e-ecb9-469d-bf90-abd0a047a24b> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://www.mountainside-medical.com/blogs/medical-supplies/51478596-new-alzheimer-s-research-underway | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281424.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00331-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.962835 | 532 | 2.96875 | 3 |
Defense Posture & Stress Physiology
Every moment, our brain assesses the world around us and asks one question: “Am I Safe?” If at any moment the brain determines you are in danger, it sends out an alert to the body and the Fight-or-Flight Stress Response occurs. Mechanisms of survival are activated by the Brain Stem to prepare you to face the situation or run away/avoid or disconnect.
This response will occur during such times as traumatic birth, abuse, physical trauma, work-related stress, relationship issues, or overuse of drugs/medication. It occurs any time the brain determines “Danger!” All of this creates tension in the nervous system (brain and spinal cord) which then impacts the function of every organ and cell in your body.
Here is how your body responds during the STRESS RESPONSE:
- Adrenalin is Released (provides more energy)
- Blood Sugar Elevates (provides more energy)
- Blood Pressure Rises (provides more oxygen to muscles)
- Pulse Increases (provides more oxygen to muscles)
- Muscles Tense (provides readiness for action)
- Pupils Dilate (see more in less light)
- Immunity, Digestion and Sexual Function diminish (These three functions use lots of energy and are not necessary for immediate survival)
- Metabolism Slows Down
These are all appropriate responses for survival. However, once the danger is gone and the stress is over, these body functions should return to a state of balance and the body should move into a state of harmony.
If these stressful events remain unresolved, we may live in a constant state of fear, anger, resentment, etc., putting great stress on organs and effecting our mental/emotional state.
The emotional brain center, (Limbic System), then sends a message to the Brain Stem to maintain the Stress Response to keep us safe, just in case such a situation ever happens again. Over time, this develops into what is called Defense Posture, evidenced by such observation as: hunched shoulders, neck jutting forward, tightness in jaw, “sway” back, and pain.
If you look at the list of the body’s response in stress physiology, it is immediately apparent that long term, these are our most common chronic ailments:
|Body’s Response in Stress Physiology||Common Chronic Conditions|
|Adrenalin is Released(provides more energy)||Anxiety / Depression|
|Blood Sugar Elevates(provides more energy)||Diabetes|
|Blood Pressure Rises(provides more oxygen to muscles)||Hypertension|
|Pulse Increases(provides more oxygen to muscles)||Cardiac Arrhythmia|
|Muscles Tense(provides readiness for action)||Fibromyalgia, Neck and Back Pain, etc.|
|Pupils Dilate(see more in less light)||Far-Vision|
|Immunity turns off(provides more oxygen to muscles)||All immune related diseases|
|Digestion turns off(provides more oxygen to muscles)||Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Indigestion, etc.|
|Sexual Function turns off(provides more oxygen to muscles)||Impotency, Infertility|
When the body and brain are locked in stress physiology and defense posture, we react as if the stress that caused it is still occurring, even though it may be decades in our past. In this state, health and healing are more difficult to access, and our quality of life and degree of wellness greatly diminishes. Not only does this affect us physically, it effects us emotionally and mentally as well.
Through the Levels of NS care, along with Somato Respiratory Integration (SRI) care, you can develop more advanced, appropriate responses to your life by turning the defense switch to “on” only when needed. When tension is released from the spinal cord (and nervous system) the physical structure of the spine can change, posture improves and full function can return to all body systems.
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(HorizonPost.com) – There is a bipartisan bill in the Senate labeled the American Innovation and Choice Online Act, and it was written to stop online platforms from pushing their own products. It would tighten antitrust laws against Big Tech firms and go so far as to break up Big Tech. This would give Chinese companies the advantage to dominate the digital arena. The bill already passed the Senate Judiciary Committee, but some legislators say they won’t vote to pass the legislation unless some big adjustments are made.
Problems with the American Innovation and Choice Online Act
A report from The Hill points out that according to some key lawmakers and prominent tech leaders, the bipartisan proposal will weaken America’s technology position in the world and hand the power directly to China. They claim pushing antitrust laws would put the United States at a disadvantage if cyber conflicts with Russia or China arise.
Chief economist at the Progressive Policy Institute, Michael Mandel, said America should not dismantle its tech superpowers while “fighting a tech war.” In addition, the US Chamber of Commerce spoke out with concerns about the bill stating the act would force US tech companies to compete against non-regulated Chinese companies like TikTok’s ByteDance with “one hand tied behind their backs.”
Worries over the bill seemed to be present across the board, including former national security officials, lobbyists from the tech companies themselves, and the Computer and Communications Industry Association.
Some Democrats don’t seem convinced about the potential long-term problems resulting from the passage of the legislation and still support the bill. Senators Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Thom Tillis (R-NC) also want to see the bill advance, although they did make suggestions for changes to the legislation. However, with the Senate soon to be busy with discussions about the replacement for Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, it may be a while before members of Congress dive into the specifics of the bill.
Some feel time is of the essence, considering they claim there are basically five tech companies monopolizing the digital space across America when there could be hundreds or thousands, ultimately helping consumers with choices.
While it may be important to foster positive competition in the marketplace and legislate against the formation of monopolies, many argue it’s also important for lawmakers to be careful not to accomplish the task to the detriment of the United States citizens or its national security. What do you think? Is it possible to put Big Tech in its place and protect national security at the same time?
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U.S. wheat, soybean area beats expectations
July 1, 2014
by World Grain Staff
WASHINGTON, D.C., U.S. — Area planted to corn in the U.S. is estimated down 4% from 2013 but soybean area is expected to jump 11% and spring wheat area other than durum is seen up 10%, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) said in its June 30 annual acreage report.
Soybean planted and harvested area will be record high if realized.
Area planted to corn was estimated at 91,641,000 acres, down 50,000 acres from March intentions of 91,691,000 acres and down 3,724,000 acres, or 4%, from 95,365,000 acres in 2013, the USDA said. Corn area for harvest was estimated at 83,839,000 acres, down 3,829,000 acres, or 4%, from 87,668,000 acres a year ago.
“This represents the lowest planted acreage in the United States since 2010; however, this is the fifth largest corn acreage in the United States since 1944,” the USDA said.
The corn planted area was below the average of trade expectations of 91,787,000 acres. Corn futures prices fell 10¢ to 15¢ a bushel after the release of the report, with some contracts down more than 20¢ a bushel nearer the close, on pressure from higher-than-expected June 1 corn stocks numbers and pressure from sharply lower soybean and Chicago wheat futures prices.
Soybean planted area was estimated at 84,839,000 acres, up 3,346,000 acres, or 4%, from March intentions of 81,493,000 acres, and up 8,306,000 acres, or 11% from 76,533,000 acres last year, the USDA said. Area for harvest was estimated at 84,058,000 acres, up 8,189,000 acres, or 11%, from 75,869,000 acres in 2013.
Soybean planted area was up or unchanged in all of the 31 estimating states except Oklahoma, which showed a 20,000-acre decrease, the USDA said.
The soybean planted area was well above the average trade pre-report estimate of 82,173,000 acres and even above the high end of the trade range. Soybean futures prices plunged more than 50¢ a bushel after the report with some contracts down more than 70¢ a bushel nearer the close.
Durum seeded area was estimated at 1,469,000 acres, down 330,000 acres or 18%, from March intentions of 1,799,000 acres, but down just 1,000 acres from 1,470,000 acres in 2013. Durum area for harvest was estimated at 1,418,000 acres, down 3,000 acres from 1,421,000 acres in 2013.
Area seeded to spring wheat other than durum was estimated at 12,709,000 acres, up 700,000 acres, or 6%, from March intentions of 12,009,000 acres, and up 1,113,000 acres, or 10%, from 11,596,000 acres in 2013. Area intended for harvest was estimated at 12,403,000 acres, up 1,069,000 acres, or 9%, from 11,334,000 acres in 2013. Total hard red spring wheat planted area was estimated at 12 million acres, the USDA said.
Winter wheat planted in 2013 for harvest in 2014 was estimated at 42,296,000 acres, up 289,000 acres from the June Crop Production report but down 794,000 acres, or 2%, from 43,090,000 acres a year ago. Harvested area was estimated at 32,419,000 acres, down 153,000 acres from 32,572,000 acres in June but up 17,000 acres from 32,402,000 acres in 2013. Area planted to hard red winter wheat was 30.4 million acres, to soft red winter was 8.5 million acres and to white winter was 3.41 million acres, the USDA said.
“Harvested acres are up significantly from last year in the northern Great Plains and Rocky Mountain regions,” the USDA said. “Conversely, decreases from last year are expected throughout the soft red winter growing region due to reduced planted acres. “The southern Great Plains harvested areas is forecasted at 13.6 million acres, down 3% from last year and the second lowest harvested area since 1957. The harvested to planted ratio in Oklahoma is forecasted at 57%, the second lowest ratio on record, only behind 1983.”
All wheat planted area was estimated at 56,474,000 acres, up 659,000 acres, or 1%, from 55,815,000 acres indicated in March and up 318,000 acres, or less than 1%, from 56,156,000 acres a year ago. Harvest area was estimated at 46,240,000 acres, up 1,083,000 acres, or 2%, from 45,157,000 acres a year ago.
USDA planting estimate for spring wheat and all wheat were above trade expectations but the durum number was below average expectations. Wheat futures prices traded down about 10c to 15¢ a bushel after the reports.
Area planted to grain sorghum was estimated at 7,471,000 acres, down 7% from 8,061,000 acres in 2013, while harvested area was forecast at 6,399,000 acres, down 2% from 6,530,000 acres last year.
Rice planted area was estimated at 3,047,000 acres, up 22% from 2,489,000 acres in 2013, with harvested area forecast at 3,026,000 acres, up 23% from 2,468,000 acres last year.
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We face a great new challenge of coming up with new and innovative ideas and strategies for our business to stay in its best shape. Innovation is our best chance of bringing our business to higher level.
Globalisation brought all these challenges that call for really great and creative innovation. Labourers from other parts of the worlds are skilful and cheaper which could really tip the balance of local business’ situation. Here comes the need of coming up with innovative ideas, if we cannot compete on one thing, then we have to offer something entirely different. Innovation is a battle of ideas. The best idea wins. But the real question is where do we get those business innovation techniques?
If you are thinking the Government will be able to provide you the answer, then you thought wrong. Governments harbour status-quo and consensus principle which are in disagreement with innovation, it discourages the spirit of innovation. Big businesses do not even provide a good breeding ground for innovation. Big businesses are very profit- oriented organizations and are afraid to make audacious risks. It is the single proprietors that hold the key of the future of innovation. We the soloists are the daredevils of business innovation strategies. Sole proprietorship businesses are very easy to manoeuvre. They have the will to make revolutionary decisions. It can easily adapt to the needed changes as inherent by-product of innovative ideas. Because of the limited resources of solo businesses, we tend to cultivate on our creativity to make up for what we lack. Thus, we create an environment to craft risky yet very creative innovative techniques.
Innovation must be practised by any form of businesses to ensure sustainability. Below are some simple keys to remember about innovation:
- Be the pioneer. If you can conceive a need, start acting on it without waiting for someone to make the first step. Take the initiative and believe you are doing the right thing.
- Do not procrastinate. The ideas you have conceived are meant to be acted not tomorrow but now.
- Associate with other people of the same mind. Learn anything you can from them. It helps to have someone around who shares your dreams and aspirations.
- Study and learn. Enrol in some very useful courses that will help you come up with brilliant innovative ideas.
- Do not take things too seriously. Innovations are meant to be enjoyed. It should excite you rather than worry you.
- Look for investors who are sympathetic to your cause. Investors who endured and started the way you do now.
- You need not duplicate other businesses’ ideas. Learn from them and then form your own ideas.
- Do not go after prestigious yet irrelevant awards. It only fuels a principle that undermines innovation.
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Invasive aspergillosis (IA) is a serious, frequently fatal, infection of immunocompromised patients. The most common pathogens, Aspergillus fumigatus and A. flavus, are common in the environment, but it is not clear if all isolates are equally likely to cause IA. The genomes of both fungi have recently been sequenced, and many genes have been identified as potential contributors to virulence. The long-term objective of this project is to identify genes involved in virulence, trace relationships between environmental populations and clinical isolates, and establish whether mycotoxin production makes an isolate more likely to cause IA. This proposal is unique in that it takes a phylogenetic approach to study virulence in IA. It consists of five interrelated Specific Aims: 1) Establish whether members of all clades of A. fumigatus and A. flavus are equally likely to cause invasive aspergillosis, or whether clinical isolates are restricted to certain clades;2) Identify genes potentially involved in virulence by comparing phylogenies based on each gene with phylogenies based on neutral markers;3) Establish whether mycotoxin production is prevalent in isolates of A. fumigatus and A. flavus that cause invasive aspergillosis;and 4) Identify other genes that may be associated with invasive aspergillosis using microarrays;5) Redirect the Pi's research program to focus on human pathogens and genomics.. The proposed integration of evolutionary biology and information from genomics, applied to a serious pathogen, is consonant with NIH's and NIAID's mission. Relevance: Mortality from IA has decreased thanks to new drugs, but is still >60% in some groups. The main pathogens, A. fumigatus and A. flavus, are opportunistic saprotrophs that are common in the environment. Both produce extremely toxic mycotoxins, though their role in IA is not clearly established. However, aflatoxins, produced by A. flavus and related species, are a serious threat to public health worldwide and recent outbreaks killed hundreds in Africa. Better understanding of which genes contribute to virulence and which environmental populations are likely to cause IA could lead to strategies that may save many lives.
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Did You Know
A1 Steak Sauce is as American as you can get. Or is it? Actually, it's not...A1 was first produced in the UK in 1831 before it was introduced to the US by G.F. Heublein & Bros. The A1 trademark was registered for the first time in American in 1895 and, it seems, from that point has been viewed as quintessentially American ever since!
What WE know is that a wealth of steakhouse experience goes into producing A1 sauces and marinades - that's why it's the sauce of choice in 9 out of 10 steakhouses in the US.
Dimensions: 19.5cm x 3.8cm x 3.8cm
Serving Size 1 Tbsp (17g)
% Daily Value*
|Tomato puree (water, tomato paste)
crushed orange puree
spices and herbs
dried garlic and onion
potassium sorbate (to preserve freshness)
|Total Fat: 0g||0%|
|Total Carbohdrate: 3g||1%|
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Evasion, running and diseases of the gut-related framework are undoubtedly a regular topic today. Specialists associate the well-being of the gut with general well-being, and more are discussed about the aversion of diseases and methods and the treatment of the gut, and attention is placed on the common contracts for maintaining the stability of the gut-related framework.
Do you realize that an individual with a normal body weight can have a digestive system of 4.5 to 11 kg of dried feces? Individuals overweight can have significantly more!
The accumulated excrement in the digestive system can cause inequality in the body, causing various skin diseases.
Sacked apple, ginger and lemon are prescribed to be taken by all individuals. This drink will improve your well-being and keep you very positive and full of energy and energy throughout the day. And even more will be removed kilograms of toxins.
Mix that removes all toxins
Ginger is a lemon zest that has long been used in the diet and as long as it does not become like a truly sustainable product that can protect you from a heap of medical problems. Ginger is an extremely strong cell reinforcement. Ginger is further prepared to reduce hormones that lead to deterioration. Lemon peel is too much for the stomach. It helps with gastrointestinal problems, it fights illnesses and neutralizes toxins in our body. Ginger helps the digestive system and stomach.
Apples are the most useful for everything. They are rich in nutrients, serve to support the immune system, reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease. In the apple contains the nutrients of C vitamin. The organic product combats cholesterol in blood and is prescribed to be consumed before eating, but not after eating.
The apple, ginger and lemon are consumed to remove the toxins from the digestive organs
1 container newly dried squeezed apple
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1 tablespoon ginger juice
1 teaspoon ocean salt
A large portion of some heated water
For planning this juice, you need a juicer and a dish in which you will be mixing together.
Slightly flood the water first.
Add the mixed ingredients to the dish with hot water and a little Himalayan salt. Mix very nice.
How to expend the beverage?
Drink a glass of this mix in the early morning. Lemon, apple, and ginger contain minerals, cancer prevention agents, and further nutrients that strengthen the uneven framework for combating diseases and throw out toxins from the body.
In conditions of using this drink, it is important to drink plenty of water during the day to upgrade its impact.
Before you consume this drink, please seek specialist advice.
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Famille Vallein-Tercinier Cognac is one of the top Cognac producers in France. The family has a long and rich history in the region, which began with Robin Tercinier settling in Saintonge in 1480. In 1791, Louis Vallein bought the Domaine des Forges, the home of Vallein-Tercinier Cognac, and his grandson Georges Vallein started to sell cognac in 1850. Ever since, the cellar masters belong to the Vallein-Tercinier family and their secrets are passed on from generation to generation. Currently, Louis and Catherine, the fifth generation, are proud of following in the footsteps of their ancestors. | <urn:uuid:66d96eac-e467-46f3-b973-a7a9035c4f47> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.whiskiesandmore.com/brands/vallein-tercinier/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572161.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815054743-20220815084743-00467.warc.gz | en | 0.904302 | 145 | 1.507813 | 2 |
How to manage your personal finance. To improve your financial situation, you need to take control of your spending habits. This starts by creating a budget and sticking to it. Also, it is important to save for long-term goals such as retirement, college tuition, and buying a home. Finally, don’t waste money on things that won’t add value to your life. By setting achievable goals and saving regularly, you’ll be well on your way to financial success. Let’s see in the article below how to manage your personal finance.
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"When I came back to Harvard this year," a sophomore explained, "I was really full of great resolves. After a fair performance academically my freshman year I vowed that this was going to be the year. All my courses are fairly interesting, but I haven't been able to muster enough energy to do even a modicum of work all year. I ended up doing all the reading for each of my courses last term the night before the exam, and I frankly doubt whether it will be any different this term."
This sophomore is not an anomaly. His statement indicates the type of difficulty which affects a substantial segment of the sophomore class every year. Although the problems of freshmen are far more obvious and have received infinitely greater attention, the sophomore slump is now causing administrators increasing concern.
By themselves the statistics indicate that the sophomore does have an acute problem. Of the last ten classes at Harvard, none had a higher percentage of its members on the Dean's List in the sophomore year than in the junior, and only one of these classes did better academically as sophomores than as freshmen. For example, the Class of 1962 placed 42 per cent of its members on the Dean's List as freshmen; this percentage dropped to 37.1 the following year and soared to 49.1 in their junior year. But graphic as they are, these statistics only provide a superficial indication of the difficulties of the sophomore year.
Freshmen Try to Survive
Although the freshman's problems of adjustment have received more attention than those of the sophomore, they are basically less complicated and more has been done to overcome them. Because virtually all freshmen are in the same boat, a feeling of kinship characteristically arises among them. Furthermore, the vastly improved system of advising in the Yard has mitigated the traumatic effects of the transition from secondary school to college. As Dean Monro observed, "The main problem for many freshmen is to establish the right to be in the academic community - to survive they must only behave and get at least three C's and a D. Their main apprehension is, "Will I succeed or fail?"
By the sophomore year students realize that mere survival is not a problem at Harvard. "The problem of whether they can handle Harvard or not may have been solved," William G. Perry Jr., director of the Bureau of Study Counsel, commented. "If this has been their primary challenge or motivation they may find themselves looking but new ones."
Throughout high school the student was probably under constant pressure to get into a good college; in the freshman year he was preoccupied with surviving at Harvard. But in the sophomore year there is usually no "next step" to serve as a motivation - graduate school, three years away, is still remote. With his two most familiar impetuses removed - error and a concern for the future - the sophomore is frequently struck with an overpowering apathy toward his academic work.
In addition to this one psychological came cause of the sophomore slump, there are several important institutional causes; to a large degree, the sophomore slump is built into the nature of Harvard.
One of the major sources of unrest for many sophomores is their entry into a particular field of concentration. Although the choice is advertised in the freshman year as being extremely flexible, the sophomore gradually becomes aware that what he is doing will probably determine his career; this is especially true for the large number of students going to graduate school.
Many types of anxieties can arise from the choice of a field of concentration: for the student torn between two very different academic interests; for the student who has aimed all his life at a particular vocation and begins to recognize a lack of ability in that field; for the student who has no idea what field he wants to enter and resents having been forced to make a decision in May of his freshman year.
Academic Pressure Increases
Academic work presents the sophomore with a greater burden than he had as a freshman. He has a fifth course, tutorial, which may put more pressure on him than any of his other courses. He is often taking upper level courses, frequently for the first time. Those who have already decided to go to graduate school realize that bad grades will hurt them.
Other pressure originates from outside the academic sphere. The sophomore interested in athletics invariably faces intense competition and great pressures in trying to make a varsity team. The fall of the sophomore year is also the time of the final clubs punching season, and this period may be real agony for the student who considers election to one of them to be all-important.
But the sophomore with no significant extracurricular interests may also find his second year at Harvard extremely trying. For such a student, particularly if he has no consuming interest in his studies, the "identity crisis may be the most critical problem of his years at Harvard.
"The legend of the sophomore slump probably arose in the days of the Gold Coast, before the creation of the Houses," observed David Reisman '31, Henry Ford II Professor of Social Sciences. "The sophomore was thrown out of the world in which he had lived as a freshman, the protected atmosphere of the dorms."
But even today the transition from the Yard to the Houses is one of the major causes of the sophomore slump. "Self-respect," Master John Finley of Eliot House said," is a precondition of friendship. Everyone flees the House initially and tries to find himself elsewhere. Toward the end of the sophomore year there is a reflux to the House-Eliot is a huge success for juniors and seniors."
People in the Houses, generally don't pay much attention to sophomores. The House organization does the best it can, but most of its energies in the fall are spent getting seniors into graduate school. Furthermore, the apparatus of House advising is far less watchful than that of the Yard; "in the Houses," Dean Monro said, "it is usually some time before a student's academic troubles are realized."
Diffidence and Isolation
Also, as Riesman pointed out, "the sophomore may not, in his House life, get caught up in conversations about ideas which create a renewed academic interest." The sophomore is often reluctant to approach faculty members or even other students in his House and talk to them; this diffidence may isolate him form an intellectual atmosphere.
It is a most point whether anything can be done to eliminate the sophomore slump, and Finley even questioned whether anything should be done. "I can't fight anybody's battle with Harvard," he said. "The sophomore slump is a common problem, the facing of which is a precondition to freedom an success at Harvard." Monro disagreed: "We feel a deep responsibility not to take this problem for granted."
It is doubtful whether the fundamental institutional causes of the sophomore slump can be remedied. Anxieties will always arise when a student makes a transition to a new environment; they will always arise when he
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The green and peace of Umbria have always been a source of inspiration for poets and artists: we propose an itinerary through places which inspired some of the verses of Lord Byron and Carducci, and which are depicted in the paintings of Jean-Baptiste Corot.
The Poets' Springs: from Poreta to Trevi - The Poets' Springs: from Poreta to Trevi
The Poets' Springs: from Poreta to Trevi
You may follow this route both by car, stopping at each proposed point or on foot following the hiking trail. Head towards the centre of Poreta, near Spoleto: your itinerary begins from this little village.
Travelling along country lanes and little unmade roads you will arrive in the vicinity of Campello. Reach the castle which overlooks the little hamlet: Campello Alta is a fortress that dates back to 921 and was built by Rovero di Champeuse. The name of the castle, and that of the village, derives precisely from the baron of Borgogna.
Once you have wandered around the little streets around the castle, head towards the Fonti del Clitunno. The small but luxuriant park which you will find upon arrival will captivate you with its greenery and unconditional peace. You will find a lake with very cold, crystalline waters: it is precisely the source of the Clitunno which has also formed small islets in the lake, between the grassy banks enclosed by weeping willows and poplar trees. Let yourself be enchanted by the fairy-tale setting of this park and take a stroll to the Tempietto del Clitunno (Temple of Clitumnus): an early-Christian church in the form of a temple with four columns holding up a tympanum, which overlooks the Clitunno from slightly raised ground. The building, one of the places of interest of Lombardic Italy, was of inspiration to Francesco di Giorgio Martini, Benozzo Gozzoli, Palladio (who believed it to be Roman) and was mentioned in the verses of Lord Byron.
Once you have finished your visit to the park, reward yourself with a break to taste one of the territory's gastronomic highlights: extra-virgin olive oil, which is produced in the numerous olive mills and farms in the area between Spoleto and Trevi.
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| 1 April 2014
European hunter-gatherers had blue eyes and dark skin
A study conducted by Carles Lalueza-Fox, a researcher at the Spanish National Research Council's Institute of Evolutionary Biology, says that the individual known as La Braa 1, whose 7,000 year old remains were recovered at the La Braa-Arintero site in Valdelugueros (Castile and Léon, Spain), had blue eyes and dark skin.
In 2012, a team of scientists led by Dr Lalueza-Fox recovered part of the genome of two individuals - the first of European hunter-gatherers from the Mesolithic Period. The two are not directly connected to current populations of the Iberian Peninsula, but were closer to current populations of northern Europe, such as Sweden and Finland, and La Braa 1 has a common ancestor with the settlers of the Upper Paleolithic site of Malta, located in Lake Baikal (Siberia).
The Mesolithic period ended with the spread of agriculture and livestock farming from the Middle-East. The arrival of the Neolithic period, with carbohydrate-based diets and new pathogens transmitted by domesticated animals, resulted in metabolic and immunological challenges that were reflected in genetic adaptations such as the ability to digest lactose, which the La Braa individual did not have.
Dr Lalueza-Fox notes the biggest surprise was that this individual possessed African versions in the genes that determine the light pigmentation of the current Europeans, indicating he had dark skin.
A researcher who works at the Institute of Evolutionary Biology in Barcelona, adds: "Even more surprising was to find that he possessed the genetic variations that produce blue eyes in current Europeans, resulting in a unique phenotype in a genome that is otherwise clearly northern European."
Dr Lalueza-Fox concludes that "there is genetic continuity in the populations of central and western Eurasia. In fact, these data are consistent with the archeological remains, as in other excavations in Europe and Russia, including the site of Malta, anthropomorphic figures called Palaeolithic Venus have been recovered and they are very similar to each other."
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Private foreign investors seeking to buy major state assets will have to jump new hurdles under a rule change.
The change comes in the wake of the controversial approval of the sale of the Port of Darwin to Chinese investors, which attracted criticism from Defence officials.
From March 31 the Foreign Investment Review Board will review what are known as "critical infrastructure assets" sold by state and territory governments to private investors.
That would include such things as airports, ports, public transport, electricity, gas, railways, telecommunications infrastructure and nuclear facilities.
"The changes add to the continual strengthening of our foreign investment framework that this government has been putting in place," Treasurer Scott Morrison told reporters in Canberra on Friday.
Mr Morrison said several projects in the works would be covered, including Ausgrid, the Port of Melbourne, Fremantle Port and Endeavour Energy.
He declined to say whether the Port of Darwin would have been rejected under the new rules.
"The Port of Darwin was a decision taken by the Northern Territory government under the old rules. These are the new rules," he said.
Asked whether it could jeopardise foreign investment that was crucial to the government's plan to boost the economy and jobs, Mr Morrison said it was up to each country to set its own arrangements.
"People know what the rules are and we seek to make decisions consistently with those rules."
The Treasurer also hinted at a major change to the way in which big projects are funded.
It is understood Treasury is examining, ahead of the May 10 budget, the idea of 30-year bonds similar to those used in the United States and Britain.
"When you're looking at funding infrastructure into the future you want as many options as you can available to you, particularly when you're in a very constrained fiscal environment," Mr Morrison said.
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Shopping for Cheapest, Healthiest Foods? In the past years we have seen an increasing in the price of healthful foods. The increase has been the most in nutrient-dense foods. This affects many people as they seek to adopt a healthier lifestyle. We have compiled a top ten list of the healthiest and cheapest foods.
The Top 10 Cheapest, Healthiest Foods
Here is a list of foods that are highly nutritious, cheap, and easily available.
This fruit has many sweet benefits besides being free from fat and cholesterol. It has a 92% water content and can quench any thirst. It has a significant amount of vitamin A and C, potassium, fiber content, and lycopene (this nutrient also gives the fruit its red colour). Many studies show that watermelon is therefore very good for the heart, nervous system, and cancer.
Suggested Recipe: Watermelon Fruit Juice
2. Bok Choy
Bok choy is part of cabbage family and can be an ingredient in soups, stews, and stir-fry dishes. It is another year round produce. It has many health benefits. Studies show that it aids in healthy digestion, reduce the risk of certain cancers and cataracts, and lowers levels of estrogen. It is high in vitamin A, vitamin C, beta carotene, calcium and dietary fiber. It has a low fat and calorie content. A cup will also give you 158mg of calcium (16 percent of your daily recommended requirement), 20 calories, 0 fat and 3 grams of fiber.
Suggested Recipe: Bok choi and rice
Mangoes are a seasonal fruit. It is rich in amino acids, vitamin C and E, beta carotene, niacin, flavonoids, calcium, iron, magnesium and potassium. A medium sized mango packs about 57mg of vitamin C, 1584 IU (25% daily value) of vitamin A, and many other vitamin and minerals. This makes mango a favored antioxidant that can also help prevent arthritis and boost your immune system.
Suggested Recipe: Mango Sorbet
The tomato is a versatile fruit, it can be eaten raw as in salads, or cooked to enhance the flavor in foods. Studies show that tomato can prevent cancer, heart disease. and reduce the risk of macular degenerative disease. one medium tomato contains 22 calories, 1.08 g proteins and 1.5 grams of fiber. Tomato also has high levels of lycopene, one of the strongest carotenoids, which acts as an antioxidant.
Suggested Recipe: Tomato Choka
Lentils is effective in lowering cholesterol because of its high content of fibre. It also helps prevent blood sugar levels from rising rapidly. Lentils contains high levels of protein, dietary fiber, folate, vitamin B1, and minerals. As a result is is considered a complete protein.
Suggested Recipe: Lentil loaf
Spinach is considered a super food because it is loaded with calcium, folic acid, vitamin K, and iron. It also contains vitamin C, fiber and carotenoids. Spinach can help protect against heart disease and improve eyesight. It loses its potency over time, even when refrigerated and should therefore be eaten when brought.
Suggested Recipe: Spinach lasagna
Research shows that peanuts can help children and adults meet their daily requirements for nutrients often lacking with just one serving of peanuts. These nutrients: vitamin A, vitamin E, vitamin C, calcium, magnesium, potassium and fiber are generally lacking in our diet. Even though peanuts are high in fats it is unsaturated. One ounce of peanuts has 166 calories, 14 grams of fat and 2 grams of fiber.
Suggested Recipe: Peanut punch
Oatmeal is considered a breakfast food. Studies show that oatmeal lowers cholesterol, the risk of heart disease, and reduce high blood pressure. It can also help you control your weight. Oatmeal contains vitamins, minerals and antioxidants. It is also a good source of protein, complex carbohydrates and iron. This food is convenient in the list as it is easy to cook.
Suggested Recipe: Oatmeal muffins
This sweet and creamy fruit is versatile and can be enjoyed by everyone. It is also a great snack before a workout. Bananas are available year round. They are an excellent source of potassium (422 mg per medium banana). They also have vitamin B6, vitamin C, manganese, and folate. They provides traces of calcium, zinc, copper, iron, vitamin E, and selenium. Bananas are also a good source of prebiotics - undigestible sugars.
Suggested Recipe: Banana Cheesecake
Carrots are rich in beta-carotene, a vitamin A precursor. It therefore can reduce the risk of certain cancers, promote a healthy skin, and good night vision. It can also boost the immune system and lower blood cholesterol levels. It is also rich in fiber. Carrots should not be overcooked as the hydro-soluble vitamins may be lost in the water.
Suggested Recipe: Carrot cake
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Anyone who markets something as being “climate neutral” must explain in more detail how this is accomplished. That was the conclusion of the Landgericht (LG) Konstanz – the Regional Court of Constance – in a judgment from November 19, 2021 (case ref.: 7 O 6/21 KfH).
Despite being a popular selling point in advertising, we the commercial law firm MTR Rechtsanwälte note that it is often unclear what exactly is meant by “climate neutral”. That is why the Wettbewerbszentrale – Germany’s Center for Protection against Unfair Competition – has been pushing for greater transparency, demanding that businesses ensure that the advertising elaborates on how this is achieved. This approach was recently endorsed in a ruling from November 19, 2021 by the Landgericht Konstanz, which granted an action for an injunction brought by the Wettbewerbszentrale.
On the receiving end of this action was a supplier that had been marketing its heating oil as being climate neutral. No further information was provided regarding how this was being realized or what measures the company had taken to contribute to this end. The claim was said to be unclear, which is what led the Wettbewerbszentrale to file for an injunction against the advertising.
The Landgericht Konstanz held that the company was required to explain in more detail how climate neutrality was being achieved. The Court noted that environmental claims, e.g., that a product is “climate neutral”, can have a particularly emotional advertising appeal. At the same time, the interplay of complex scientific phenomena exists alongside a relatively low level of factual knowledge on the part of consumers. The conclusion of the LG Konstanz was that requirements in relation to the duty to inform must be strict and far-reaching.
A similar case saw the Landgericht (LG) Kiel – the Regional Court of Kiel – find an advertisement promoting “climate-neutral” trash bags to be anticompetitive (case ref.: 14 HKO 99/20), with the advertisement being deemed to be misleading to consumers. The Court stated that the imprint “climate neutral” above the name of the business gave the impression that the firm as a whole was climate neutral and not simply the product in question. Moreover, it was not clear that the phrase “climate neutral” only referred to certain trash bags. Indeed, the impression created was that other garbage bags provided by the company were also being produced in a climate-neutral manner. The Court therefore concluded that the advertisement was unfair and anticompetitive due to its misleading content, reasoning that it was important for consumers to receive unproblematic information about how climate neutrality is being achieved when considering whether or not to make a purchase. This necessary step could be realized, e.g., by including a reference to the website on the packaging or a QR code. The appeal is pending before the Schleswig-Holsteinisches Oberlandesgericht (OLG), the Higher Regional Court of Schleswig-Holstein (6 U 46/21).
Lawyers with experience in the field of antitrust and competition law can advise on how to avoid warning notices, injunction suits, and claims for damages.
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African plant bearing yellow flowers.
Evergreen shrub bearing varying clusters of flowers.
This weed is native to the United States and features yellow flowers.
Herbs containing round black seeds.
Common elder of central and eastern North America bearing purple-black berries; fruit used in wines…
Bears rich yellow flowers, native to north america.
Poisonous fruit, they can grow to be common houseplants. Many solanum's have become weeds.
An evergreen shrub belonging to the Caprifoliaceae.
This perennial is commonly found in the mediterranean.
A plant belonging to a genus of hairy herbs, one of over 300 species in the Stachys.
This herb belongs to the canary islands, featuring flowers that look like daisy's. Flowers for this…
Perennial featuring flat topped flowers, bearing different color flowers depending on the seasons. Typical…
A poisonous perennial vine, with violet flowers.
In general grandiflora's are a type of vine.
Belongs to the herbal family of Acanthaceae.
A Peruvian shrub bearing rather small pink and purple flowers, the leaves are known for its tonic.
This shrub features orange flowers, typical ornamental houseplants.
Perennial belonging to the Viburnum, native to central United States.
The senecio is known as the ivy in many parts of the world.
Dryer weed from canada and parts of the United States, they bear yellow flowers.
This flowering plant belongs to the honeysuckle family, commonly seen in the North Americas.
Known as the purple betony, a perennial herb which may grow in excess of 65 centimeters.
Old world shrub with clusters of white flowers and red fruit.
A biennial herb featuring long stems and purple flowers.
Shrubs related to the honeysuckle, featuring clusters of little white flowers.
An herb bearing yellow flowers which are commonly used to dye.
A genus of six species of herbaceous perennial flowering plants in the family Gesneriaceae, native to…
This tree belongs to the daisy family of asteraceae.
This plant belongs to a very large and diverse genus of trees.
Plant belonging to the muskroot family.
An ornamental shrub, often grown in glass vases filled with sand.
Family of the solanaceae; such as tomatos and potatoes.
The solidago is a type of flowering plant native to the United States.
Bears yellow toned flowers, used as funeral torches in early Greek and Roman society.
Plant belonging to a taxonomic genus, of the Adoxaceae family.
A native to south america featuring stolons.
Shrub belonging to the Viburnum genus, commonly seen in the Northern Hemisphere bearing flower clusters.
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In May 2011, the City of Sugar Land's City Council adopted a Comprehensive Mobility Plan for Sugar Land. This plan identifies recommendations necessary to accomplish the City's long-range vision for mobility. The plan considers the potential for all modes of transportation, including commuter transit and commuter rail, freight rail, intra-city transit, walking, biking, and automobile. The plan was the result of a nine-month study, which drew on extensive public input.
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Find Ohio on the map of the United States and color it blue.
Find California on the map of the United States and color it red.
Cut out the airplane ruler at the bottom of the page.
Using the airplane ruler, measure how far it is from Ohio to California.
Find Florida on the map and color it green.
You and your family are planning to take a trip from Cleveland to
Disney World in Florida. Measure how far it is from Ohio to Florida.
Is Ohio closer to Florida or California?
Draw a picture of an aircraft you would like to fly on to get there.
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WESTERN SPRINGS – Avielle Richman watched from inside a picture frame as 30 strangers huddled in the snow under a gray morning sky to pray for her and the 25 others.
Ryan Scofield was driving Dec. 14, 2012, when he heard that Richman, 6, the only child of two of his friends from Newtown, Conn., was shot dead at Sandy Hook Elementary School, along with 19 other students and six staff members.
“I’ve never stopped thinking about them,” Scofield said. “I think about her parents every single day.”
Saturday morning, Scofield held a small hinged frame with two pictures of Richman while honoring the Sandy Hook victims one year after the shooting. About 30 people, including U.S. Rep. Dan Lipinski, gathered on the Tower Green as a bell rang 26 times at nearby All Saints Episcopal Church and tears joined the snowflakes dropping to the ground.
“You just can picture your own kids, and it’s just heartbreaking,” said Nicole Chen, a Western Springs resident active in Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, an organization founded the day after the shooting that advocates for stronger gun-control laws. “You just put yourself in the parents’ shoes. It’s just devastating.”
Chen, whose kids are 7 and 5, talked and cried with other moms while dropping their kids off at school in the weeks following the tragedy last year. In February, they started meeting at each others’ homes and eventually joined Moms Demand Action, which pressured Starbucks to ban guns from stores in states with concealed and open carry laws.
Over the past year, Chen has attended gun-control and gun-safety rallies, marched in parades and lobbied state legislators on multiple trips to Springfield.
“When we marched in the La Grange Pet Parade, people cheered and stood up,” said Chen, who organized Saturday’s vigil. “That really meant a lot and we really felt that we were bringing the issue out of the shadows.”
La Grange resident Allison Koppel met other moms now involved with Moms Demand Action at a town hall meeting facilitated by Lipinski after the shooting. This week, Koppel held a fundraiser at her house, asking neighborhood moms to each bring $26. She plans to send a big card signed by all the moms and $1,034 to the Sandy Hook Promise Foundation, a nonprofit created to support those affected by the shooting and to prevent future school shootings.
Lipinski’s chief of staff in Washington, D.C., is from Newtown and updates him on how the community is grieving, which for some has involved campaigns to save future kids from similar tragedies. Richman’s parents, both scientists, set up a foundation to fund brain research to better understand why shooters act out violently.
Despite across-the-board support for increased mental health research and awareness programs, Lipinski isn’t optimistic legislators will unite on the polarizing issue of gun control.
“What I thought was going to happen, as I think most people did, was to improve background checks. … And we have not even seen movement on that at all,” Lipinski said. “I’m hopeful that something can still happen, but nothing did in the past year. It’s hard to really see anything changing unless there’s another tragic incident like this.” | <urn:uuid:287c71ad-f0d2-4d62-b0a4-88b1ffd267c6> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2013/12/14/moms-hold-vigil-for-sandy-hook-victims-in-western-springs/axv5xvx/?page=2 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560282140.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095122-00132-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.963513 | 726 | 1.507813 | 2 |
Scientists have discovered an ancient animal that carried its young in capsules tethered to the parent’s body like tiny, swirling kites. They’re naming it after The Kite Runner, the 2003 bestselling novel.
The miniscule creature, Aquilonifer spinosus, was an arthropod that lived about 430 million years ago. It grew to less than half an inch long, and there is only one known fossil of the animal, found in Herefordshire, England. Its name comes from “aquila,” which means eagle or kite, and the suffix “fer,” which means carry.
The research team described the new species in a paper published online on April 4, 2016 in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Lead author Derek Briggs is Yale University’s G. Evelyn Hutchinson Professor of Geology and Geophysics and curator of invertebrate paleontology at the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History. Briggs said in a statement:
Modern crustaceans employ a variety of strategies to protect their eggs and embryos from predators — attaching them to the limbs, holding them under the carapace, or enclosing them within a special pouch until they are old enough to be released — but this example is unique. Nothing is known today that attaches the young by threads to its upper surface.
The Kite Runner fossil shows 10 juveniles, at different stages of development, connected to the adult. The researchers interpret this to mean that the adult postponed molting until the juveniles were old enough to hatch. Otherwise, the juveniles would have been cast aside with the shed exoskeleton.
The adult specimen’s head is eyeless and covered by a shield-like structure, according to the researchers. It lived on the sea floor during the Silurian period with a variety of other animals including sponges, brachiopods, worms, snails and other mollusks, a sea spider, a horseshoe crab, various shrimp-like creatures, and a sea star. The juvenile pouches, attached to the adult by slender, flexible threads, look like flattened lemons.
Briggs said he and his colleagues considered the possibility that the juveniles were parasites feeding off a host, but decided it was unlikely because the attachment position would not be favorable for accessing nutrients. He said:
We have named it after the novel by Khalid Hosseini [The Kite Runner] due to the fancied resemblance of the juveniles to kites. As the parent moved around, the juveniles would have looked like decorations or kites attached to it. It shows that arthropods evolved a variety of brooding strategies beyond those around today — perhaps this strategy was less successful and became extinct.
The researchers were able to describe Aquilonifer spinosus in detail thanks to a virtual reconstruction. They reconstructed the animal and the attached juveniles by stacking digital images of fossil surfaces revealed by grinding away the fossil in tiny increments.
Bottom line: A paper published online on April 4, 2016 in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. describes the discScientists a newly-discovered an ancient animal that carried its young in capsules tethered to the parent’s body like tiny, swirling kites. The researchers are calling it “The Kite Runner” after the 2003 bestselling novel.
Eleanor Imster has helped write and edit EarthSky since 1995. She was an integral part of the award-winning EarthSky radio series almost since it began until it ended in 2013. Today, as Lead Editor at EarthSky.org, she helps present the science and nature stories and photos you enjoy. She also serves as one of the voices of EarthSky on social media platforms including Facebook, Twitter and G+. She and her husband live in Tennessee and have two grown sons. | <urn:uuid:077e2cbb-4d49-4baa-ac25-3e4050e68ac8> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://earthsky.org/earth/kite-runner-ancient-arthropod-kept-its-babies-on-a-leash | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280900.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00006-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.961057 | 789 | 3.59375 | 4 |
University of Ghana is the oldest and largest of the six public universities in Ghana. It was founded as the University College of the Gold Coast by Ordinance on August 11, 1948 for the purpose of providing and promoting university education, learning and research.
The University is run on a collegiate system and comprises the following colleges:
- College of Basic and Applied Sciences
- College of Education
- College of Health Sciences
- College of Humanities
As part of its vision to become a world class research intensive institution, University of Ghana has identified four priority areas where the university will focus and promote international collaboration in research initiatives to enhance the University’s research output. These research areas are:
- Malaria Research
- Trans-disciplinary Research into Climate Change Adaptation
- Enhancing Food Production and Processing
- Development Policy and Poverty Monitoring and Evaluation
The University has several research institutions and centres for learning and research, including Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIR), Centre for Tropical, Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Regional Institute for Population Studies, Institute for Environmental and Sanitation Studies and the Institute for Statistical, Social and Economic Research.
As the leading university in Ghana, the University aims to produce the next generation of thought leaders to drive national development. Through our research institutes and other centres of learning and research, faculty members are involved in studies that support policy making for national development, often in collaboration with other international institutions.
There are currently a number of Ghanaian and international institutions that hold affiliation with the University of Ghana. The University has established several link agreements with universities in Africa, Europe and North America for student, faculty and staff exchange as well as collaborative research.
The student population is over 38,000 made up of students enrolled on our regular programmes, sandwich programmes, and distance education as well as students from affiliate institutions. Our growing number of international students come from over 70 countries to join either our regular undergraduate and graduate programmes, enroll on our study abroad and other special programmes designed for international students.
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Springfield College (now Drury University) opened for students on this date in the year 1873.
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In this issue, we turn to the always-hot topic of natural sweeteners. With certain stevia producers now purportedly on the cusp of bringing fermentation-derived stevia ingredients to market, as opposed to sweetener extracted solely from the stevia leaf, it’s an opportune time to revisit the debate over whether such fermented sweeteners are still considered natural.
With no real definition for the word natural, for now the conclusion is that natural-product consumers, leveraging their dollars, will ultimately vote on whether there is demand for fermentation-derived stevia, natural or not. If consumers like the price, taste, and sustainability benefits fermentation-derived stevia ingredients bring to the table, regardless of natural distinction, it will be a huge win for companies like Cargill who are hoping to kick off this new segment of the stevia market. (Read our cover story here.)
But if FDA finally decides to officially define natural, and that definition ultimately somehow excludes fermentation production, what then? Would fermentation-derived stevia no longer be able to wear the “natural” halo so integral to the marketing of plant-derived sweeteners like stevia and monk fruit?
Well, FDA has been moving toward a definition and for the past half year been accepting comments on the use of natural in food labeling. An FDA definition would provide clarity so sorely lacking in the ongoing flood of class action and private-party lawsuits over whether companies can call their food and beverage products “natural.” Unsurprisingly, the agency says it received numerous citizen petitions and requests from federal courts to assign a regulatory definition.
Would FDA exclude fermentation from the definition of natural? On its website calling for comments, the agency mentions its longstanding view of the term: “The FDA has considered the term ‘natural’ to mean that nothing artificial or synthetic (including all color additives regardless of source) has been included in, or has been added to, a food that would not normally be expected to be in that food.” It adds, “this policy was not intended to address food production methods, such as the use of pesticides, nor did it explicitly address food processing or manufacturing methods, such as thermal technologies, pasteurization, or irradiation. The FDA also did not consider whether the term ‘natural’ should describe any nutritional or other health benefit.”
According to Chris Tower, president of monk fruit and stevia ingredients supplier Layn USA Inc. (Newport Beach, CA), FDA’s statements are “telling.” Ultimately, however, there’s just no way to know for sure whether the agency is likely to embrace fermentation. Aside from that, Tower says that where the average consumer will end up drawing the line “is the billion-dollar question.” Please turn to page 18 to read more.
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(AP) -- The Mississippi River crested in Memphis at nearly 48 feet on Tuesday, falling inches short of its all-time record but still soaking low-lying areas with enough water to require a massive cleanup.
National Weather Service meteorologist Bill Borghoff says the river reached 47.85 feet at 2 a.m. CDT Tuesday and is expected to stay very close to that level for the next 24 to 36 hours. Hitting the high point means things shouldn't get worse in the area, but it will take weeks for the water to recede and much longer for inundated areas to recover.
"Pretty much the damage has been done," Borghoff said.
The crest is just shy of the record of 48.7 feet recorded during a devastating 1937 flood in Memphis.
The soaking was isolated to low-lying neighborhoods, and forced hundreds of people from their homes, but no new serious flooding was expected. Officials trusted the levees would hold and protect the city's world-famous musical landmarks, from Graceland to Beale Street.
"The levees are performing as designed I'm happy to report," Army Corps of Engineers Col. Vernie Reichling Jr. said Tuesday on CBS's "The Early Show."
Still, the corps' Memphis commander added: "I think we'll breathe a sigh of relief once this crest has passed and is in the Gulf of Mexico."
To the south, residents in the Mississippi Delta prepared for the worst. Farmers built homemade levees to protect their crops and engineers diverted water into a lake to ease the pressure levees around New Orleans. Inmates in the Louisiana's largest prison were also evacuated to higher ground.
Scott Haynes, 46, estimated he would spend more than $80,000 on contractors to build levees around his house and grain silos, which hold 200,000 bushels of rice that he can't get out before the water comes. Heavy equipment has been mowing down his wheat fields to get to the dirt that is being used to build the levees, and he expected nearly all of his farmland to flood.
"That wheat is going to be gone, anyway," said Haynes, who lives in Carter, Miss., about 35 miles east of the Mississippi River. "We don't know if we're doing the right thing or not, but we can't not do it."
He knows time is not on his side. "I've got to get back on that dozer," he said, before walking away.
Nearby, Ed Jordan (pronounced JER'-din) pointed to a high-water mark of about 7 feet in the family's old general store left by the deadly flood of 1927. Floods have taken crops since then, but the Mississippi River hasn't swamped their homes in generations.
He was afraid it will happen this time.
"We have 400 acres of beautiful wheat that's almost ready for harvest. We have about a thousand acres of corn that's chest high and just waiting on a combine (to harvest it). That's going to be gone," Jordan said. "I don't know what is going to happen to our houses."
Similar scenes played out across the Mississippi Delta, the flatlands that stretch about 200 miles from Memphis to Vicksburg, Miss. Shelters were open and farmers were already applying for federal aid.
In Memphis, an NBA playoff game featuring the Memphis Grizzlies at the FedEx Forum downtown wasn't affected Monday night, but a barbecue contest this weekend is being moved to higher ground.
Other popular sites were also spared, including Sun Studio, where Elvis Presley made some of the recordings that helped him become king of rock `n' roll and Stax Records, which launched the careers of Otis Redding and the Staple Singers.
Graceland, Presley's former estate several miles south of downtown, was in no danger either.
"I want to say this: Graceland is safe. And we would charge hell with a water pistol to keep it that way and I'd be willing to lead the charge," said Bob Nations Jr., director of the Shelby County Emergency Management Agency.
Talking about the river levels, he later added: "They're going to recede slowly, it's going to be rather putrid, it's going to be expensive to clean up, it's going to be labor-intensive."
Because of heavy rain over the past few weeks and snowmelt along the upper reaches of the Mississippi, the river has broken high-water records upstream and inundated low-lying towns and farmland. The water on the Mississippi is so high that the rivers and creeks that feed into it are backed up, and that has accounted for some of the worst of the flooding so far.
Because of the levees and other defenses built since the cataclysmic Great Flood of 1927 that killed hundreds of people, engineers say it is unlikely any major metropolitan areas will be inundated as the high water pushes downstream over the next week or so. Nonetheless, they are cautious because of the risk of levee failures, as shown during Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
In Louisiana, the Corps partially opened a spillway that diverts the Mississippi into a lake to ease pressure on the levees in greater New Orleans. As workers used cranes to remove some of the Bonnet Carre Spillway's wooden barriers, hundreds of people watched from the riverbank.
The spillway, which the Corps built about 30 miles upriver from New Orleans in response to the flood of 1927, was last opened in 2008. Monday marked the 10th time it has been opened since the structure was completed in 1931.
Rufus Harris Jr., 87, said his family moved to New Orleans in 1927 only months after the disaster. He was too young to remember those days, but the stories he heard gave him respect for the river.
"People have a right to be concerned in this area because there's always a possibility of a levee having a defective spot," Harris said as he watched water rush out.
The Corps has also asked for permission to open a spillway north of Baton Rouge for the first time since 1973. Officials warned residents that even if it is opened, they can expect water 5 to 25 feet deep over parts of seven parishes. Some of Louisiana's most valuable farmland is expected to be inundated.
At the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, home of the state's death row, officials started moving prisoners with medical problems to another prison as backwaters began to rise. The prisoners were moved in buses and vans under police escort.
The prison holds more than 5,000 inmates and is bordered on three sides by the Mississippi. The prison has not flooded since 1927, though prisoners have been evacuated from time to time when high water threatened, most recently in 1997.
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Download Windows Repair Toolbox For PC
Windows Repair Toolbox is a program dedicated to performing diagnostics and repair of machines that run the OS from Microsoft. Equipped with various tools, the program is able to analyze system performance; information about the performance of the hardware components, as well as any software problems or malware, can also be readily accessible.
The identification of parts that make up the PC is done automatically: CPU type, extent of RAM, details about the installed operating system, connection status, and even the machine operating temperature are some of the specifications displayed by Windows Repair monitor Toolbox.
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Various tests can be applied from the central maintenance. In “Report,” for example, a quick scan of the system can be made so that a report about the main components comprising a machine can be generated.
Along the “Hardware” tab, the evaluation through monitor benchmarks, battery, hard disk or RAM can be run from a single click. Repair services are provided even with the first interface of Windows Repair Toolbox: Update your network adapter, identify the programs started with the system or even wipe your browsing history without accessing third-party applications.
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The implementation of tools able to identify and remove malware can be made from the screen “Malware Removal.” ComboFix, RogueKiller or Malwarebytes are some of the virus that can be installed and managed also from the Windows Repair Toolbox interface. It is worth noting that, on the same screen, the RAM usage percentages and processor may be accompanied.
rapid diagnostics for the detection of any failure of performance in applications such as Word, Excel, Java or PowerPoint can be started in “Final Tests” section that enables you also to check drivers, connection speed and performance of the browser and webcam . It was easy to stay informed about the status of your computer, right?
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Windows Repair Toolbox is one of the more central computers complete performance monitoring. Equipped with a series of tools designed to carry out software hardware diagnostics, this application promises to please both novice users and technical IT seeking a smart, versatile and dynamic program capable of running as well as a reliable vigilant.
As the main decoy application is the diversity of services that can be activated from a single interface: tests on the performance of the RAM, CPU, hard drive or monitor, for example, are some of the functions that allow complete analysis of PC . Monitor the performance of the internal components of the machine is also very easy: just consult the program footer.
The diversity of Windows Repair Toolbox performance, however, comes at a price: some of the services that can be run from the app must be downloaded, which can cause discomfort to those who are not willing to lower ancillary services. It is worth noting that the description of the options is listed in English; it is therefore necessary that the user has some knowledge of the foreign language.
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On this page you will learn about the Follow Through which is the tenth and final basic archery step of the shot sequence.
In this step you will learn the proper way to finish the step of releasing the arrow.
While you already committed to making the shot in the release step, the execution of the shot is not complete.
Archery is no different than other sports that involve swinging a bat, club or racket. It is also similar to kicking or throwing a ball.
The follow-through in archery controls the release step by allowing the energy of the bow and the tension in the drawing arm to naturally expand.
The follow-through is not a series of static positions like a dead release - It is a smooth, free-flowing motion that carries the weight of the bow and the drawing arm to the full finish position.
Remember, the release must be executed cleanly in a single smooth action, but the follow-through is the actual finish.
The release and the follow-through are really a single fluid action and when performed correctly will yield superior results.
Let's get started...
Before you begin this step you should remember the following...
• Once you have began the release process you must be fully committed to completing the shot.
• Before beginning the release and follow-through you should have paused for a few seconds to quickly evaluate your overall shooting form.
Beginning archers have a tendency to do one of two things.
Lowering the bow arm to soon will typically cause the arrows to impact below your point of aim.
If you are peaking (moving the bow to the left or right) to watch the arrow flight and the arrow has not left the arrow rest or cleared the riser then you are simply steering your arrow to the left or right of your original point of aim.
The follow-through also reduces some of the shock and vibration that is transmitted from the bow back through your arm and shoulder.
A good clean follow-through will reduce the amount of fatigue that you experience during long archery practice sessions and competition.
Conversely, the follow-through should not be an overly exaggerated action or overly dramatic motion.
It is a smoothly executed and controlled movement.
Mastering the follow through will assure a pleasant shooting experience and increase your consistency and accuracy - that being the whole point of archery.
If you are a beginner or advanced archer and you are looking for a personal instructor, coach or trainer you can contact me directly.
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What case? WYMAN V. JAMES, 400 U.S 309 What is a Case Brief? A quick, no more than one page summary of a Supreme Court case. How do I brief a case? There are several ways, but here are the essential components I want to see: 1. Capsule summary 2. Facts 3. Issue 4. Decision 5. Reason 6. Significance What is a capsule summary? A one-sentence summary of the case, stated without reference to the parties to the case. In other words, this is the Supreme Court’s message to the criminal justice community. What are the facts? A brief description of what happened. Don’t worry about tracing the progression of the case through appellate courts. What is the issue? A one-sentence (possibly two) question that represents the question before the Supreme Court. In every Supreme Court case, the Court is answering one (or sometimes, but rarely, more than one question). What is the decision? There are two parts. First, there should be a “Yes” or “No” that answers the issue question. Next, include a short quote from the case that captures the decision. What is the reason? The logic the Court offered for its decision. Use a quote. What is the significance? I hate to answer a question with another question, but ask yourself this: Why does this case matter? Your answer to this question is the case’s significance. What is the appropriate format? I don’t care what spacing or font you use, I just want to be able to read it. Most importantly, YOUR BRIEF SHOULD NOT EXCEED ONE SIDE OF ONE PAGE. NO TITLE PAGES, PLEASE. | <urn:uuid:9f426763-0d06-4b3a-939d-599c7c674492> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.idealessaywriters.com/what-is-the-reason/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281162.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00529-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.944257 | 362 | 2.984375 | 3 |
How did Minn. become one of the most racially inequitable states?
By almost any measurement, Minnesota is plagued by racial disparities. In unemployment statistics. In the percentage of people in poverty. In homeownership. And in other areas as well.
Several readers wanted to know what's behind the inequities and contacted Curious Minnesota, our community-driven reporting project fueled by questions from readers.
First we needed to make sure the inequalities are still among the nation's worst.
We analyzed disparities between whites and blacks, using the American Community Survey, which was conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau between 2013-2017.
We found that while conditions of blacks are frequently no worse in Minnesota than in other states, the disparity — the gap between whites and blacks — is among the largest in the country.
For example, poverty among whites in Minnesota is about 7%, while the rate is more than four times higher at 32% for blacks, the third biggest gap in the country.
Statewide unemployment was 8% for blacks compared to 3% for whites, the fourth biggest gap; and U.S. Department of Education data shows reading test scores of black fourth-graders are much lower than whites, the second widest gap of the 41 states that tested enough black students.
Gaps also exist between Hispanics and whites, although not as pronounced. American Indians are poorer than any group, but it's difficult to compare states because the Indian population is too small in many states.
The reason for Minnesota's very large black-white disparities, compared to other states, has been a puzzle.
It is referred to as "the Minnesota paradox" in a 2018 book co-authored by Prof. Samuel L. Myers Jr., director of the Roy Wilkins Center of Human Relations and Social Justice at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota.
Myers contends that the large gap is largely due to special benefits made available over time to the white population that's led to substantially higher wealth than blacks. And he argues that wealth results from the favored treatment whites have long received from banks in making loans.
In a study co-authored by Myers in 2015, lending practices of the 50 largest banks in the Twin Cities were analyzed from 2008 to 2013. The study found that local minorities are disproportionately more likely to have their loan applications rejected, and the gap in loan denial rates is not solely due to applicants' socio-economic characteristics, such as credit risk or applicants' income.
"How is it possible for poorly educated whites to have homeownership that is higher than middle income, well-educated blacks?" Myers asked. Those disparities have historical roots that go back decades, he argues. He said many white veterans returned from World War II, got jobs and were able to buy modest homes with government assistance.
Indeed, homeownership rates underscore disparity gaps: 76% of households headed by a white person own their home, compared to 24% for blacks, third widest gap in the nation.
"Owning the land is what gives people stability in their lives, to build community and to build wealth," said Kirsten Delegard, a public historian and director of Mapping Prejudice, a project which has uncovered 30,000 so-called racial covenants in deeds in Hennepin County. The covenants, which bar blacks from buying in white designated neighborhoods, were written into deeds between 1910 and 1950.
The privileges of whites go back much further, Delegard and Myers argue, to when American Indians were forced off their land in the 1860s.
"You have a legacy of asset accumulation in Minnesota [by] white people [that] can't be explained by education, by training, by family structure, by native ability or intelligence," Myers said.
The country was founded on white supremacy, says Mahmoud El-Kati, history professor emeritus at Macalester College. Whites in Minnesota, he says, expect the problems to be solved by black people, but they cannot be solved without help from white people and institutions that are controlled by whites.
Prof. Lawrence Jacobs of the Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota, agrees.
"There are disparities and these advantages have been institutionalized," he said. While he thinks white privilege has been pivotal to creating disparities, he says mobilizing politically around the issue will backfire. "If you are running a campaign around white privilege, you are not going to build much of a coalition with white working class voters on the Iron Range who have not had a job in six or eight years," he said.
Doug Hartmann, chair of the sociology department at the U, said "the real privilege and wealth and general success of whites in Minnesota is at such a high level that it creates a gap."
In Minnesota, he said, a more subtle "post civil rights" racism exists among Minnesotans, who often like to think of themselves as liberal.
"It actually kind of blinds them to not only see these racial gaps as well as the problems in our society and institutions which are perpetuating those gaps," he said. "Basically we so want to believe we are not racist, we are blind to color. We don't even see the way that race still matters."
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The Light Within: Peace and its effect on the world and us
Peace is probably the first word we think of when we think of the needs of the world — and possibly our own lives.
Actually, in our daily prayers — even in a broad sense — people somewhere can experience a little more peace. We may not learn of it from the news, but its effect from God brings harmony — if we learn about it or not. Our prayers could reach a country in turmoil, a family in despair, or a depressed individual.
And, for each of us, when things are going well we feel peaceful, but even a minor disruption in our lives may cause us to “lose” our peace. Or we may feel that a quiet, tranquil place on a vacation may bring us peace from our problems. But, upon our return, that peace may appear to be “gone.”
What is lasting peace for us and the world? I believe our answer can come from the Bible.
Christ Jesus spoke, “Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.” (John 14:27)
In other words, Christ Jesus is giving lasting peace.
And the impact of lasting peace is expressed by Paul when he said the peace of God “… passeth all understanding ….“ (Philippians 4:7)
With respect to personal and world difficulties, God’s peace can be present through any difficulties the world can present.
Although we cannot assume that just praying for peace will immediately eliminate our worrisome concerns, it may bring us a sense of comfort that may enable us to work through our misfortunes with a calm faith.
Another insight to peace can occur if ever we’re in a heated argument in which someone is loud and angry. We can be reminded that “A soft answer turneth away wrath….“ (Proverbs 15:1)
Our conversation then might become more civil and productive.
Yes, God’s peace from our prayers can be a positive presence in the world and in our lives.
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Research on the social dimension of rowing is underrepresented in the coaching science literature. It is well known in rowing circles that many problems arise from the training process in the rowing communes. The complaints of the oarsmen regarding specific problems during the training process in rowing communes were examined in this study. Fourteen oarsmen from Northern Greece with experience from rowing communes were selected and gave in-depth interviews. The complaints expressed by the oarsmen in interviews include the following: Athletic failure in major international events, as expressed subjectively by the oarsmen, results from fatigue prior to events, the incorrect timing of competitive goals (selection in the national team versus success in the international events) and the lack of meritocracy in the selection of oarsmen for the national team. Oarsmen of the national team neglect their studies and their professional future. During their stay in rowing communes the oarsmen are cut off from their social contacts. All oarsmen agreed that competing for a place in the team is a greater source of stress than the actual competition itself. Oarsmen believe that the presence of Greece in international competitions results from the efforts of athletes rather than those of coaches and administrators.
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The Rhetoric of Work in Leon Battista Alberti
By Claudia Bertazzo
Rhetorics of Work, edited by Yannis Yannitsiotis, Dimitra Lampropoulou and Carla Salvaterra (Pisa University Press, 2008)
Abstract: One source of interest in doing research on Leon Battista Alberti is to see how a man of multiple talents from the 15th-century elites viewed the world of work, including craftsmanship and manual work in the broadest sense. Numerous references to this broad canvas occur throughout Alberti’s output. Analysis of such passages reveals too multifaceted a mind to be reduced to one line of interpretation. The author touches on subjects like discipline in learning, the importance of practice and natural aptitude for work, but also on higher concepts like nature’s unattainable perfection eluding the artist, or the basic distinction between art and crafts. Craftsmanship and the mechanical arts emerge in an unusually noble light for the times. Pursuing that line of thought, Alberti sees work as a means of social betterment and personal improvement, thanks especially to the economic independence that only professional know-how can ensure anyone lacking a source of unearned income. The complex perspectives dealt with are the mirror of the author, torn as he was between theory and application, between technical science and philosophy or letters. | <urn:uuid:2ee01006-318c-44a0-9468-7857acc7a696> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.medievalists.net/2008/10/the-rhetoric-of-work-in-leon-battista-alberti/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560282140.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095122-00126-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.92916 | 281 | 2.140625 | 2 |
By Mark Frost, Chronicle Editor
For years — decades even — Fred Monroe labored to make the state keep its promise to do something useful with the Scaroon Manor Resort property it bought in the 1960s with a deed restriction not to turn it into Forest Preserve and a pledge to use it recreationally.
For 40 years nothing came of it. The property stood idle, its buildings either removed or razed. Fred soldiered on.
“He really worked hard to get that new Schroon Lake campground built,” retired State Senator Betty Little told me Saturday. She said of Fred more broadly, “He really was a wonderful asset to the Adirondacks, knew the laws of the APA inside and out, as well as all the environmental issues, so he truly will be missed. A very, very nice smart guy.”
This newspaper editor got to know Fred well during the late stages of his Scaroon Manor fight when he finally started making headway.
One fateful night I sat next to him in the front row of the auditorium at Schroon Lake High School at a meeting to hear public input on the long-awaited plan to turn the property into a campground and day use area. (Fred had hoped the resort’s outdoor amphitheatre could be restored for performances, but the state only let the locals’ dream proceed so far.)
This night one person after another after another came to the microphone to say their piece. It went on for hours. It became repetitive. I started getting antsy.
I whispered to Fred, “Don’t you lose patience with this?”
He replied, “I really like hearing what people have to say.” There was no question in my mind he absolutely meant it.
That was the essence of Fred Monroe and why he was as effective as a native son could be in pursuing, inside and outside of government, the concerns of ordinary Adirondackers.
That’s why the Town of Chester changed from two years to four the length of its supervisor’s term. Fred served 24 years.
In 2011 the Scaroon Manor Campground & Day Use Area finally opened “on the west shore of Schroon Lake on Taylor’s Point and with 1200 feet of shoreline,” as the state Department of Environmental Conservation describes it.
It has “60 campsites (2 with tent platforms); hot showers; flush toilets;…boat docks; fishing pier; picnic area; picnic pavilion; swimming beach; pay phones; mobility impaired accessibility,,,” says DEC.
“The campground, located in the Town of Chester in Warren County and bordering the Town of Schroon in Essex County, has storied history as a resort and is an important component of the local cultural heritage.”
Scaroon Manor was where part of the 1958 movie Marjorie Morningstar, starring Natalie Wood and Gene Kelly, was filmed. The resort had deep show business roots, particularly to the mid-20th century heyday of Jewish stars like Joey Bishop, Morey Amsterdam, Jan Murray and Sophie Tucker, who all performed here.
Much praise for late Fred Monroe
Saturday’s death of Fred Monroe of Loon Lake in the Town of Chester brought an outpouring of praise and condolence.
45th District State Senator Dan Stec said in a statement: “I can’t think of anyone who consistently did more over the span of many decades to be of service to the people and to the communities of the Adirondacks. Fred was just a wealth of knowledge, a great legal mind, patient, humble and always accessible…Fred, for so many reasons, will be dearly missed and his passion for our region won’t be forgotten.”
“The Warren County Board of Supervisors is saddened to learn of the passing of Frederick H. Monroe Jr….Fred’s accomplishments were innumerable, on the town, county and state level,” said a county press release.
“Fred was Chester supervisor for 24 years, and served as Chairman of the Board of Supervisors from 2008 through 2010…His tenure as chair coincided with the Great Recession, and his leadership helped county services survive massive revenue-related budget gaps…
“Fred was also instrumental during his time on the Board of Supervisors in helping extricate Warren and Washington counties from expensive contracts related to the Hudson Falls trash incinerator, saving the counties millions of dollars in the early 2000s.
“An attorney who served as court attorney in Essex County Court and operated a private law practice, Fred was a longtime advocate for the rights of landowners, residents and businesses in the Adirondacks. After leaving elected office, he focused his time on the Adirondack Local Government Review Board, which he chaired from 2005 through 2018.
“He has served as the agency’s communications director in the years since, sending out his daily news emails until just recently as his illness worsened.
“In addition, the longtime resident of Loon Lake was one of the founders of the Adirondack Association of Towns and Villages, served on the Intercounty Legislative Committee of the Adirondacks and the New York State Forest Preserve Advisory Committee for the Adirondacks and the Catskills.
“Fred was the salutatorian of the 1962 graduating class of Chestertown High School. He graduated from Siena College in 1966 with a degree in physics. He served in the U.S. Air Force from 1966 to 1972 and graduated cum laude from Syracuse Law School in 1976.”
The county press release quoted Rachel Seeber, Chairwoman of the Board of Supervisors: “Fred Monroe’s legacy in the town of Chester, Warren County and around the Adirondacks will not be surpassed. In addition to spending more than two decades as Town of Chester Supervisor, he served three years chairing our Warren County Board of Supervisors during an incredibly hard time as our region and the nation recovered from the Great Recession. His work as an attorney leading the Adirondack Local Government Review Board for more than a decade has been recognized around New York State as well. But most importantly, Fred was as genuine, thoughtful and kind a person as we have known. He will be deeply missed, and please keep his loved ones in your prayers as they and our community mourn Fred’s passing.”
Current Town of Chester Supervisor Craig Leggett was quoted: “His impact on the Town of Chester, Warren County and the Adirondack Region is immeasurable. He served with dignity and grace and his presence will be missed by all. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family in this time of loss.”
Mark Behan of Behan Communications said on Facebook, “The Adirondacks has lost a quiet giant, and we have lost a friend and client of more than 30 years….His was a life of service … to his family and friends, his clients and community.
“In 1990, Fred was among a small group of attorneys and community leaders who formed the Adirondack Fairness Coalition to advocate for the rights of local property owners, families and residents. They successfully blocked a state plan to acquire an additional 1 million acres of private land in the Adirondacks and impose draconian zoning on what private land remained….
“Fred…in recent years had devoted his time to the Adirondack Park Local Government Review Board. He was widely liked, admired and trusted because he was a respectful, thoughtful listener who did not seek the limelight and did not engage in name calling or crazy rhetoric. He was patient with those who did, a disciplined thinker who sought the facts and a better understanding of the other side. His word was his bond. We were all so fortunate to work with and learn from Fred Monroe.
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The Roma Khorakhané as
nuptial rites and music.
This article presents the results of an on-going study on the nuptial rites of the Roma Khorakhané Shiptari of Kosovo and Montenegro now living in Italy (1). The analysis of the specific character of the Roma Khorakhané culture of Kosovo and Montenegro, in relation to other groups linked to it in various ways (such as the non-Gypsy populations that live on the same territory and other Gypsy communities), is a preliminary step in this research.
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The Rise of Silas Lapham, by William Dean Howells, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics: New introductions commissioned from today's top writers and scholars Biographies of the authors Chronologies of contemporary historical, biographical, and cultural events Footnotes and endnotes Selective discussions of imitations, parodies, poems, books, plays, paintings, operas, statuary, and films inspired by the work Comments by other famous authors Study questions to challenge the reader's viewpoints and expectations Bibliographies for further reading Indices & Glossaries, when appropriateAll editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. Barnes & Noble Classics pulls together a constellation of influences-biographical, historical, and literary-to enrich each reader's understanding of these enduring works. After the Civil War, rapid industrialization created a new crop of American multimillionaires. Although as wealthy as the aristocrats of Boston and New York, the nouveaux riches were rejected by those arrogant guardians of traditional society because of their uneducated tastes and uncouth styles. This class conflict is at the core of The Rise of Silas Lapham, one of the first American novels of manners, one of the first to look at the American businessman and self-made millionaire, and one of the first to employ realism-a style that would come todominate twentieth-century American fiction.
A devoted husband and father, fairly decent employer, and mostly honest businessman, Silas Lapham has used his father's small paint company to amass a large fortune. But he yearns to enter society and for his two daughters, Penelope and Irene, to marry well. However, blue-blooded Tom Corey's love for one of the Lapham daughters is thwarted by his mother, who believes Penelope is an overly independent social climber. Meanwhile, Silas's efforts to be accepted by the Boston Brahmins lead him into dangerous financial waters that threaten to drown his business and swallow his family. Morris Dickstein is Distinguished Professor of English at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York and a senior fellow of the Center for the Humanities, which he founded. His latest book is a collection of essays, A Mirror in the Roadway: Literature and the Real World, He is completing a cultural history of the United States in the 1930s.
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I see a lot of motivated, self-proclaimed successful people who use their status to talk down to “the masses”, particularly Millennials, about how lazy they are, and how they don’t put in the work to be successful. We’ve all read their endless lectures. Yes, I’m calling out many of my peers and mentors as well, because good leadership means taking the heat.
But this—this whining about others is anything but good leadership. It’s not that I’m offended, but rather that I do not find the generational narrative to be an effective one. I am not defending inaction or laziness, but I will not support petty leadership either.
True leadership requires you to actually help people change for the better instead of simply telling them why they aren’t enough.
The truth is that if you’re going to bask in the glory of your own work ethic and success, then the only talking you should ever be doing is to motivate others to learn from your better habits. Offer your lessons. Take time to share your wisdom. Motivate and encourage others. Stop the dictation. That’s how real leadership works. I don’t care what your accolades are, I don’t care how old or young you may be; you must understand that not everyone is fulfilled in the same ways as you. You must understand that true leadership requires you to actually help people change for the better instead of simply telling them why they aren’t enough, or why they aren’t like you.
So, perhaps it’s not Baby Boomers vs. Millennials, but all of us, as leaders, that should be putting in more work to communicate our challenges and thus, be of greater service to each other.
What It Means To Be A Leader
Do you want to be a leader? Congratulations, you get to spend your free time mentoring others, in addition to the grueling hours you spend ‘putting in the work’. Indeed, the work itself may be more than others are doing, but it’s not enough for leadership. Leadership requires you to use your platform to transform those around you, while being honest about your struggle: the period of time spent between whining and winning. There is little wisdom at either of those end points, yet there is incredible value in the journey between.
Talk about the mistakes you made along the way, and watch the gates of effort open. Ask others to question who they are and what they want, then give them credit for having learned the answer because leadership is also servitude: a double-edged sword that requires you to identify your own weaknesses before you can inspire another.
Leadership lacks ego, which is instead replaced with an intense responsibility and allegiance to people—to bring them to some vague promised land. To give the world something it has never seen from you. And yet, to get there, you may find yourself enduring a lot of sleepless nights, cold sweats, outstanding invoices, miscalculations, repeated rejections, the haunting failures of your past, and the viral idea that you could’ve done better.
You don’t magically become immune to the pain once you find yourself celebrated. There are ups and there are downs and there are a lot of people who you can help, and whose help you will need along the way.
Then there’s the nagging question of whether you have what it takes – and the ethical question of what gives you the right to lead when you actually have no idea what’s next. These fears are all very convincing. In fact, I would venture to say they are part of the human experience, but I’ve also [slowly] been learning that great leadership isn’t measured by any of those fears. It’s not about being right the first time, or 100% of the time. It’s not about proving anyone wrong. It’s not about fame. It’s not about fortune. You don’t magically become immune to the pain once you find yourself celebrated. There are ups and there are downs and there are a lot of people who you can help, and whose help you will need along the way.
We see, today, too many self-proclaimed “leaders” who say they have all the answers, and that is simply never true; they only prey upon your fear of uncertainty. Leadership means showing up & facing the uncertainty with honesty and integrity. Every day. For the sake of others and for the sake of your vision. You show up with conviction, you make it very clear that this is your best plan, you discuss, and you execute. And if that plan fails, you try again. And again. And again. And somehow, if you have the confidence to try despite the cloudiness, people are willing to give you a chance, and they’re willing to stand with you because you actually admit to not having all the answers. It’s scary, and yet, that is where I’ve learned to find the slightest bit of comfort in teammates and friends who are empowered by transparency, not wowed by a false bravado. These are the people who will make the ups more exhilarating and the downs less devastating.
I’ve learned to find the slightest bit of comfort in teammates and friends who are empowered by transparency, not wowed by a false bravado.
I used to pinpoint success on words like “strategy” and “charisma” and “innovative” and a lot of other self-congratulatory crap that made me feel good, but the problem was when I failed, those words failed, too.
So, these days, I’m just grateful to be surrounded by people who are willing to give it a shot—to give me a shot—because, no matter what, I’m never giving up. And that, my friends, is all that matters. We just have to stop nagging and help each other overcome our challenges.
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LOCAL BEEF... it's what's for dinner somewhere else
BY ROGER WILLIAMS email@example.com
EVEN NOW, LATE IN THE FIRST DECADE OF THE 21ST CENTURY, YOU CAN still see them on the edges of our lives, often where a few acres lie open with some grass — beef cattle, known generically as cows whether they're heifers, steers or bulls.
Although few people now living along the Gulf coast ever lay hands on a cow, or build the fence necessary to contain one, or do the calving, raising, sorting, marking, branding, or selling of cows, we remain wedded to them.
But the labyrinthine market maze now means most of us are unlikely ever to eat beef raised nearby, or at least finished and butchered nearby. Read More
There are a couple things to discuss about this article. First, the article starts off talking about the fact that if you buy beef in the grocery store, it probably isn’t locally raised. That’s probably true unless otherwise posted at the meat counter. However, in most areas locally raised beef is available through a local producer. The other thing that was touched on was urban encroachment of agriculture land. This is a major problem for many producers all over the US. Just look at the cattle numbers in Florida and think of the amount of food that is now NOT being produced because of this issue. | <urn:uuid:41d0848c-a4d3-4b24-a04b-623eeee5452f> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://advocatesforag.blogspot.com/2009/01/amercian-beef-production.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560283689.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095123-00350-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.959251 | 308 | 2.328125 | 2 |
ECBC Business lunch: Using social networks
Tyler Jeffs has been named the president of the Emery County Business Chamber. Jeffs owns the business Farm Bureau Financial in Castle Dale. He hosted the recent ECBC luncheon. The next luncheon will be on May 18 at noon with Bev Evans from the Governor's Office of Economic Development.
Jeffs told a little about his business. He said in selling insurance, it's an intangible item that people can't see and don't want. He helps people become financially ready to retire when the time comes. With the national debt increasing and higher taxes, it gets harder and harder to plan for the future and Jeffs is there to help guide his customers through the process.
The keynote speaker for the event was Alan Christensen from Snow College. He spoke about social media and marketing. He complimented those present for helping to get a chamber going in Emery County. "It will be a benefit for your community," said Christensen.
Christensen went over the evolution of communication through the years. Communication has evolved from the spoken word, written word, telegraphs, telephone, cell phones, to the internet. This has led to social networking sites. "It's time to expand. You can utilize the advertising mediums that you are currently using and add to what you're doing. Don't forget it. Just expand what you're doing. One of my friends has a Google alert system where anytime Sanpete County is mentioned it alerts him. So when an article appeared in the Emery County Progress announcing I would be here today, my friend received an alert and he sent me a link to the article that said I was speaking today. How can it work for you? There are dozens of social media categories and hundreds of uses. It could be hazardous to try all of them. Pick a couple and learn about them and try them. Social media transforms a passive audience into active participants through conversations. You can do anything from these social networking sites. You can buy tickets on Facebook for Delta airlines. There are thousands of retailers on Facebook. But, people don't always want you to be trying to sell them something.
"There's YouTube for instance, in the last 60 years of television, and movies creating video, that is less than what's been uploaded to YouTube in the last two months.
"You don't have to be a pro to use these sites, but you need to start. Fifteen minutes a day is what the average users spend on YouTube. A lot of you market local. If you sell outside of the local area then social networking can help you go broader. It brings in money from outside the area. Money is circulated in your community. Exporting brings in this outside money. You may have a product or a service you could sell more widely.
"A video profile on YouTube brings name recognition. It took me two years to figure out why I should use Twitter. Twitter has changed. Try microblogging, this is where you post something about yourself in 140 characters or less. I served a mission in Japan and am interested in what's going on there. There was a Twitter message that said, 'Are there any Mormon missionaries who want to go help in Japan.' I was able to contact this sender and tell him yes, I was interested. There are 100 million users and more each day. There are 1 million searches each day. People now spend more time on blogs and social networks than they do on email. The age 50+ users are more than the 18 and under users. Seventy-five percent of Americans visit social networks. Of those 93 percent said companies should have a presence on social sites. The old model is monologue the new model is dialogue. Get people talking about you and your services on social networks," said Christensen.
Almost all Generation Y people use social networking. Peer review is more important to them.
"You make money by doing business with people who know and like you and trust you. In the social networking world, it's the same way. You need to build social relationships with people so they will know, like and trust you. Then and only then will they buy from you," said Christensen.
He said there are four steps to doing it right with marketing. You need to stay in touch. Capture information. Deliver quality content and find interested people. Post an article on you and what you do. People will begin to follow you and it creates interest. Have quality content on your site. Christensen suggested going to businessmodelgeneration.com for an information book on incorporating social media. Christensen said you may need some help getting started. As you get started you need to be selective and know you can't do it all. You need to budget your time and get help as needed. Start small but get started with Twitter, YouTube, Linked In, Facebook and others. Learn more about social networking. Go to www.business.twitter.com, it will give you ideas on how to get started.
"Think of ways to make it work and apply it. There is a pottery maker who sells his product internationally. There is a scissor sharpener who sets up appointments to sharpen scissors at beauty shops through social networking. He is building his business with new clients. There is a way to enhance your business with social networking," said Christensen.
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When independent senator David Pocock delivered his first speech in parliament, the former rugby champion was vocal about inclusivity and climate change but silently championed new style rules for menswear.
Pocock’s significantly sized neck was unburdened by a tie, with the budding politician wearing a bright blue suit and crisp white shirt.
In the House of Representatives, incoming Greens MP Max Chandler-Mather took a similar approach, prompting a complaint from Nationals MP Pat Conaghan on his “state of undress”.
The speaker acts as the fashion police in Parliament House, with members expected to express “neatness, cleanliness and decency”. In 1977 permission was given for men to wear tailored safari suits without a tie, which was revived by former attorney-general Phillip Ruddock in 2015 for charity.
Chandler-Mather’s tie-less approach was declared by the speaker as not violating standing orders, which follows an international trend.
Tie-free world leaders include US President Joe Biden, French President Emmanuel Macron and UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who abandoned silk straps for official portraits at the G7 summit in Germany.
Even Ermenegildo Zegna, chief executive of Zegna, the label favoured by former PM Paul Keating, has given up on ties. “Let me be clear – the suit is not dead,” Zegna said at a luxury conference in May. “But the tie is!”
To look smart without a tie, or resorting to a safari suit, Melbourne menswear designer Brian Huynh and co-founder of the label Mndatory recommends focusing on your shirt.
“So it looks like a deliberate choice you want to look at the collar height and shape,” Huynh says. “A taller collar can sit more proudly and will make not wearing a tie look intentional.”
To achieve this formal shirt look, even with two buttons undone (three might be too provocative) Huynh uses strong interfacing, which adds stability to shirt collars.
“A strong interfacing will help you achieve more structure, especially when sitting beneath a jacket, while a shirt with no interfacing will look more nonchalant and relaxed.”
Former National Designer Award winner Christian Kimber doesn’t sell ties but has simple tricks for looking formal without them, starting with an iron.
“If your collar is properly ironed there is less chance of people thinking that you took your tie off before the event,” Kimber says. “I love looking at pictures of Barack Obama giving speeches now, and he nails looking respectful without a tie.”
“We also have a secret button under our short collars, which keeps them in place and stops them from curling up at the end of the day.”
These buttons can’t be seen when the collar is turned down, unlike a button-down Oxford shirt.
“That would be considered too casual,” Kimber says. “You can also wear a pocket square. Long gone are the days when you had to match your pocket square to your tie. Silk is still considered more formal than cotton.”
For Kimber, suit jacket lapels can make a subtle difference to eagle-eyed observers.
“Perhaps I’m being too specific, but I prefer a notch lapel over a peak lapel on your jacket if you’re not wearing a tie. It just looks better.”
Stylist Mel Boyle who has worked at GQ and Vogue, suggests that male politicians pay closer attention to the fit of their suits.
“If you’re not wearing a tie, you want to get the other details right. Ill-fitting suits where sleeves are too long, shoulders too wide or too small will draw unwelcome attention. Choose your suit fabrics wisely as they fall differently depending on the weight and some can look unkept and messy.”
“James Bond is the perfect point of reference where suits have been tailored to fit and when sans tie you will still look extremely polished.”
Ties may be falling out of favour but Huynh says that they can still be used to make a fashion statement, rather than as a symbol of following the flock.
“Politicians should understand that ties are no longer mandatory but a fashion choice,” Huynh says.
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12. March 2014
When it comes to certain tasks the usage of leaflet can be tricky. Of course it claims not to be the ultimate webmapping solution but one of the sleekest ones. But when it comes to csv files and reading data from them I always found it hard to implement given solutions listed in the plugins section of leaflet.
geoCSV or bit-by-bit
geoCSV is a plugin that handles CSV files but to me it was a little bit complicated to adjust the examples to my current needs. The second listed one is leaflet-omnivore. This might be a little bit easier but I haven’t tried as I also would love to have the markercluster strategy to the points and some other functionality. So the original task was to search the plugins together and connect all the samples to an ugly code. This is not a funny thing to do… But then I’ve seen Matthew’s blog . And this kicks ass!
Simple CSV combines most needed functionality in one simple webmapp. You can use your own CSV file, all they need is a lat and lng column. Furthermore Matt added a config file which defines most needed parameters like the background tile provider, the column to be used for the labelling, cluster radius and many more.
With simple-CSV you can visualize the CSV content as points with a cluster strategy and with implied search bar that works on all the columns of your CSV. Furthermore search results are presented on the map only and the bounds of the map are restricted to the search results as well. In my opinion it is one of the best solutions I have seen so far. I would love to see it in action with geoJSON as input…
Find the official Repo here: Link
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PatientPlus articles are written by UK doctors and are based on research evidence, UK and European Guidelines. They are designed for health professionals to use, so you may find the language more technical than the condition leaflets.
Cardiomyopathy is defined as a 'myocardial disorder in which heart muscle is structurally and functionally abnormal without coronary artery disease, hypertension, valvular or congenital heart diseases'.
There are five types, namely hypertrophic, dilated, arrhythmogenic, restrictive and unclassified. Cardiomyopathy is a significant cause of sudden death in the young.
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is an autosomal dominant genetic disorder characterised by left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH), impaired diastolic filling, and abnormalities of the mitral valve. These features can cause dynamic obstruction of the left ventricular outflow tract, diastolic dysfunction, myocardial ischaemia, and an increased risk of supraventricular and ventricular tachyarrhythmias.
It is characterised by disorganised cardiac myocytes and unexplained LVH due to mutations in the genes encoding sarcomeric proteins, such as cardiac beta-myosin heavy chain gene, troponin and alpha-tropomyosin.
Adults with increased left ventricular thickness secondary to diseases such as amyloidosis and glycogen storage disease are usually excluded from the definition.
- HCM is the most common genetic cardiovascular disease.
- HCM is generally inherited as an autosomal dominant trait with variable penetrance and expressivity.
- A minority of cases reflect a sporadic, non-familial form of the disease.
- The prevalence of HCM is about one in 500 and it tends to affect men and black people more often. The obstructive form is seen in 25% of cases.
- It is also the most common cause of sudden cardiac death in young people and athletes.
- HCM most commonly presents in the second or third decade of life, but may present at any age.
- It is thought that a genetic mutation in one of up to twelve sarcomeric and non-sarcomeric proteins causes histological myocyte disarray and fibrosis in HCM.
- Hypertrophy can occur in any part of the left ventricle, although it is most common in the anterior ventricular septum.
- Troponin T mutations have an increased risk of sudden death, which can occur without evidence of significant LVH.
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- Most people with HCM are asymptomatic.
- Symptoms may develop at any age.
- The presentation is variable and includes dyspnoea (the most common presenting symptom), chest pain, palpitations and syncope.
- The presentation may be incidental on an abnormal ECG or clinical examination.
- The severity may vary between few or no symptoms and profound exercise limitation, recurrent arrhythmias or sudden death.
- Sudden death is due to arrhythmias and/or obstruction of the left ventricular outflow tract.
- Alcohol ingestion can cause dyspnoea or syncope.
- Unexplained syncope is a risk marker for sudden death.
- Classic examination findings are a forceful apex beat, with double impulse if the left ventricular outflow tract is obstructed and a late ejection systolic murmur, which can be augmented by standing or Valsalva manoeuvre and diminished by squatting.
- Examination may be normal. Abnormal clinical findings include:
- Left ventricular outflow tract obstruction, which may cause a rapid upstroke and a rapid downstroke in the arterial pulse.
- The JVP 'a' wave may be prominent due to reduced right ventricular compliance.
- Outflow tract obstruction may cause a systolic murmur at the left sternal edge, radiating to the aortic and mitral areas.
- Most patients with left ventricular outflow murmurs also have mitral regurgitation.
- Some patients have an abnormal blood pressure response during upright exercise and systolic blood pressure fails to rise by more than 20-25 mm Hg from baseline values, or falls.
- Atrial fibrillation is the most common sustained arrhythmia in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, occurring in about 20% of patients, four times the proportion expected in the general population .
Other causes of LVH
- Infants and young children:
- Most cases are associated with congenital malformations and syndromes, inherited metabolic disorders and neuromuscular diseases.
- Familial HCM is less frequent in children than in adults.
- Autosomal dominant disorders that present in the young with LVH include Noonan's syndrome.
- Occasionally, some children and adolescents present with LVH several years before the development of the neurological and endocrine features of Friedreich's ataxia.
- Adults and adolescents:
- Most adolescents and adults with HCM have familial disease with an autosomal dominant pattern of inheritance.
- Some adult patients have non-sarcomeric diseases - eg, Anderson-Fabry disease, mitochondrial disease.
- Other causes of LVH include obesity, athletic training, amyloidosis and phaeochromocytoma.
- Electrocardiogram (ECG): most patients have an abnormal ECG, although electrocardiographic features are nonspecific and include LVH, ST segment changes and T-wave inversion.
- Electrocardiographic findings do not correlate with clinical outcome.
- Findings also may include right or left axis deviation, conduction abnormalities, sinus bradycardia with ectopic atrial rhythm and atrial enlargement.
- Voltage criteria for LVH alone are nonspecific and are often seen in normal young adults.
- The most common arrhythmias are premature ventricular complexes, non-sustained ventricular tachycardia and supraventricular tachyarrhythmias.
- Paroxysmal or chronic atrial fibrillation develops in about 20% of adult patients and is associated with an increased risk of death due to heart failure.
- Ambulatory ECG: findings often include atrial and ventricular ectopy, sinus pauses, wandering atrial pacemaker, intermittent or variable atrioventricular block, and nonsustained atrial and/or ventricular arrhythmias.
- The echocardiogram features of HCM may include:
- A transthoracic echocardiogram is diagnostic, showing asymmetric septal hypertrophy (usually >15 mm) with a ratio of septal wall to posterior wall thickness >1.4:1.
- Most patients have a disproportionate increase in the thickness of the interventricular septum.
- A non-dilated left ventricular cavity.
- Preserved systolic function.
- Obstruction of the right ventricular outflow tract is rare.
- Absence of other cardiovascular diseases capable of producing a similar degree of hypertrophy.
- CXR: findings are variable:
- Heart size may range from normal to markedly increased.
- Left atrial enlargement is often seen, especially when significant mitral regurgitation is present.
- Cardiac MRI:
- Can measure the severity and distribution of LVH, and provide information on systolic and diastolic ventricular function.
- Can also assess myocardial tissue characteristics and so delineate myocardial infarction in patients with coronary artery disease.
- It is often superior to echocardiography for HCM diagnosis, by identifying areas of segmental hypertrophy (ie anterolateral wall or apex) not reliably visualised by echocardiography (or underestimated in terms of extent).
- Cardiac catheterisation: this may be useful to determine the degree of outflow obstruction, diastolic characteristics of the left ventricle, and the anatomy of the ventricles and coronary arteries.
- Exercise testing with simultaneous respiratory gas analysis may be used to assess disease severity.
- B-type natriuretic peptide assays have limited value in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy for prediction of heart-failure symptoms or outcome .
- Endomyocardial biopsy may be required to exclude other causes of increased wall thickness - eg, amyloid.
- Screening for metabolic causes of unexplained hypertrophy is appropriate for affected infants and children.
- Genetic mutations can be identified in approximately 60% of patients; these are most common in genes that encode proteins of the cardiac sarcomere.
- The pathophysiology of HCM is complex, leading to significant variability in clinical presentation. This, combined with the lack of randomised trials, makes the management of these patients difficult.
- The objectives in the management of HCM are to alleviate symptoms and prevent complications.
- A rhythm control strategy with anti-arrhythmic drugs or catheter ablation is often necessary.
- Beta-blockers, verapamil and disopyramide reduce left ventricular outflow tract gradient and diastolic dysfunction, but do not significantly suppress ventricular arrhythmias.
- Amiodarone suppresses atrial and ventricular arrhythmias.
- Atrial fibrillation is common in patients with HCM and is associated with high thromboembolic risk. These patients therefore need to be anticoagulated.
- Radiofrequency catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is a therapeutic option in patients with drug-refractory symptomatic atrial fibrillation .
- Patients with drug-refractory symptoms or elevated resting outflow gradients qualify for surgical myectomy (primary treatment option) or alcohol septal ablation to reduce left ventricular outflow gradient.
- Patients with multiple risk factors for sudden death benefit from implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) implantation for primary prevention.
- Septal myectomy is an excellent treatment option for those intolerant of or unresponsive to medical therapy.
- Surgical myectomy (or, alternatively, alcohol septal ablation) may be considered for relief of outflow obstruction and symptoms of heart failure.
- Heart transplantation may be necessary in patients with refractory heart failure.
Risk stratification and prevention of sudden death
- Sudden death is the most common cause of death in HCM and occurs more often in young asymptomatic or only mildly symptomatic patients.
- Features such as a history of ventricular fibrillation or sustained ventricular tachycardia, recent unexplained syncope, non-sustained ventricular tachycardia, massive maximal LVH and abnormal blood pressure response to exercise convey a greater risk of sudden cardiac death.
- Age <30 years and a family history of sudden premature death are risk factors for sudden cardiac death in HCM patients.
- ICDs are effective in preventing sudden death in people with HCM.
- Patients who have survived a cardiac arrest or have experienced one or more episodes of sustained ventricular tachycardia are considered at high risk and therefore as candidates for a cardioverter defibrillator for secondary prevention of sudden death.
- Although risk stratification is useful to guide management, such as the option of ICDs for primary or secondary prevention, current methods of risk stratification have limitations.
- A considerable proportion of people who die suddenly do not have 'high-risk' features.
- There is therefore more uncertainty in the selection of patients for primary prophylactic insertion of an ICD.
- Patients with mild LVH (wall thickness <20 mm) and no risk factor can be considered at low risk and have a mean life expectancy similar to that of the general population.
- The risk of infective endocarditis is low and routine antibiotic prophylaxis is no longer recommended.
- The number of possible mutations means that genetic testing is not generally practical.
- Careful pedigree analysis of family members can be useful in identifying those at risk of inheriting the disease.
- First-degree relatives of patients with HCM should be regularly screened with ECG and echocardiography.
- The children of affected parents should be screened every three years until puberty, and then every year until they reach the age of 20. If there is no evidence of HCM in their early adulthood, it is unlikely that the condition will develop in later life.
- The clinical course is variable; many remain asymptomatic throughout life but others develop severe heart failure or atrial fibrillation, or die suddenly, often at a young age and in the absence of previous symptoms.
- There may be long periods without any change in the patient's condition.
- Arrhythmias are common; paroxysmal or chronic atrial fibrillation develops in a minority of adult patients.
- Competitive sports may increase the risk of sudden death.
- Young age at diagnosis, a family history of HCM, and greater wall thickness are associated with a greater likelihood of developing end-stage heart failure.
- Over a period of a few decades, HCM has been transformed from a rare and largely untreatable disorder to a common genetic disease with management strategies that permit realistic aspirations for restored quality of life and advanced longevity.
Further reading & references
- Cardiomyopathy Association
- 2014 ESC Guidelines on diagnosis and management of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, European Society of Cardiology (Aug 2014)
- Elliott P, Andersson B, Arbustini E, et al; Classification of the cardiomyopathies: a position statement from the European Eur Heart J. 2008 Jan;29(2):270-6. Epub 2007 Oct 4.
- Elias TC, Partridge JS, McCorkell SA, et al; A patient with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy undergoing non-cardiac surgery. BMJ. 2013 Nov 25;347:f6910. doi: 10.1136/bmj.f6910.
- Maron BJ, Maron MS; Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Lancet. 2013 Jan 19;381(9862):242-55. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)60397-3. Epub 2012 Aug 6.
- Maron MS; Clinical utility of cardiovascular magnetic resonance in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. J Cardiovasc Magn Reson. 2012 Feb 1;14:13. doi: 10.1186/1532-429X-14-13.
- Coats CJ, Elliott PM; Genetic biomarkers in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Biomark Med. 2013 Aug;7(4):505-16. doi: 10.2217/bmm.13.79.
- Enriquez AD, Goldman ME; Management of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. Ann Glob Health. 2014 January - February;80(1):35-45. doi: 10.1016/j.aogh.2013.12.004. Epub 2013 Dec 25.
- Guttmann OP, Rahman MS, O'Mahony C, et al; Atrial fibrillation and thromboembolism in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: systematic review. Heart. 2014 Mar;100(6):465-72. doi: 10.1136/heartjnl-2013-304276. Epub 2013 Sep 7.
- Said SM, Dearani JA, Ommen SR, et al; Surgical treatment of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther. 2013 May;11(5):617-27. doi: 10.1586/erc.13.46.
- Gersh BJ, Maron BJ, Bonow RO, et al; 2011 ACCF/AHA guideline for the diagnosis and treatment of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2011 Dec;142(6):e153-203. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2011.10.020.
- Hamada M, Ikeda S, Shigematsu Y; Advances in medical treatment of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. J Cardiol. 2014 Apr 12. pii: S0914-5087(14)00077-X. doi: 10.1016/j.jjcc.2014.02.022.
- Maron BJ; Can sudden cardiac death be prevented? Cardiovasc Pathol. 2010 Apr 7.
- Prophylaxis against infective endocarditis: Antimicrobial prophylaxis against infective endocarditis in adults and children undergoing interventional procedures; NICE Clinical Guideline (March 2008)
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Today, however, the first unique culture. Corn, citrus, Delicious Aloe Vera Drink, rice production has virtually ceased. In order to provide better farming possible performance.
previous area was one of the great poverty. Some job opportunities in the region, more than 20% of male labor migration to another better find a better prospect area.
Today about 90% difference in the area of the primary population induces a part of household income. In other words, it means that the family 200,000. Larger properties are not gatyiyi in India, Sri Lanka, Malawi, or; Instead, the main cash crop cultivation as a land of the individual family, and worked as a family unit. With children harvesting participation, working families.
Primary agriculture is to create an average annual employment of six months. Many villagers supplement their income with seasonal work in the Delicious Aloe Vera Drink plant. It becomes an important economic activity in all regions. Market development in order to strengthen the strong local economy, and supported by the government.
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Temperatures to push 30C
Waikato, prepare for another roasting.
A bully of a high pressure system with a girth ranging from the west Tasman Sea to beyond the Chatham Islands is set to deliver another patch of hot weather to the region.
Temperatures are expected to push 30 degrees Celsius on some days.
And when the sun goes down do not worry about reaching for the duvet with mild nights forecast.
It's great conditions to crack a beer during backyard cricket but not so good for pasture growth, says MetService forecaster John Law.
The bubble of settled weather comes as farmers continue to deal with the driest summer in five years.
''The only thing I can see is perhaps the odd shower springing up this afternoon around he Kaimai Ranges and the northern area of your patch,'' Mr Law said.
''But really the large area of high pressure building across from the Tasman Sea spreads right across New Zealand this week so back into that situation of a blocking high pressure.''
That blocking high pressure is signified in the MetService forecast 10-day forecast by a string of suns stretching through until at least next Wednesday.
It will also be dry with little wind for the most part.
Mr Law said areas of active low pressure are much smaller than the blocking high and don't have the muscle to move the system away.
''It just sits there and blocks - all the areas of low pressure that bring the rainfall tend to move around the high rather than pushing it out of the way.''
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“Hello, Uncle Wiggily,” answered the chattery squirrel chap. Then he came up and sat down on the porch, but he seemed so quiet and thoughtful that Uncle Wiggily asked:
“Is anything the matter, Billie?”
“No—well—that is, nothing much,” said the squirrel boy slowly, “but I’d like to ask you what you’d buy if you had five cents, Uncle Wiggily.”
“What would I buy if I had five cents, Billie? Well now, let me see. I think I’d buy two postage stamps and a funny postcard and write some letters to my friends. What would you buy, Billie?”
“I’d buy a spinning top, Uncle Wiggily,” said the little squirrel boy, very quickly. “Only, you see, I haven’t any five cents. You have, though, haven’t you Uncle Wiggily? Eh?”
“Why, yes, Billie, I think so,” and the old gentleman rabbit put his paw in his pocket to make sure.
“This is a funny world,” said Billie with a long, sorrowful sigh. “Here you are with five cents and you don’t want a top, and here I am without five cents and I do want a spinning top. Oh, dear!”
“Ha! Ha! Ha!” laughed Uncle Wiggily in his most jolly fashion. “I see what you mean, Billie. Now you just come along with me,” and Uncle Wiggily picked up off the porch his red, white and blue striped barber-pole rheumatism crutch that Nurse Jane had gnawed for him out of a cornstalk.
“Where are we going?” asked Billie, sort of hopeful-like and expectant.
“I’m going to the top store to buy a spinning top,” answered bunny uncle. “If you think I ought to have one, why I’ll get it.”
“Oh, all right,” said Billie, sort of funny-like. “Do you know how to spin a top, Uncle Wiggily?”
“Well, I used to when I was a young rabbit, and I guess I can remember a little about it. Come along and help me pick out a nice one.”
So the bunny uncle and the squirrel boy went on and on through the woods to the top store kept by Mrs. Spin Spider, who had a little toy shop in which she worked when she was not spinning silk for the animal ladies’ dresses.
“One of your best tops for myself, if you please,” said Uncle Wiggily, as he and Billie went into the toy store. Mrs. Spin Spider put a number of tops on the counter.
“That’s the kind you want!” cried Billie, as he saw a big red one, and pointed his paw at it.
“Try it and see how it spins,” said the bunny man.
Billie wound the string on the top, and then, giving it a throw, while he kept hold of one end of the cord, he made the top spin as fast as anything on the floor of the store. Around and around whizzed the red top, like the electric fan on Uncle Wiggily’s airship.
“Is that a good top for me, Billie?” asked Mr. Longears.
“A very good top,” said the squirrel boy. “Fine!”
“Then I’ll take it,” said Uncle Wiggily, and he paid for it and walked out, Billie following. | <urn:uuid:4b67d57c-94c5-4771-8559-faea4aa658c4> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://www.bookrags.com/ebooks/17807/49.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988719843.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183839-00292-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.974357 | 843 | 1.5625 | 2 |
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Once again, as a result this time of North Korea being fingered for sinking a South Korean Navy vessel, the Cheonan, even the remote possibility of a war on the Korean peninsula of Northeast Asia should be creating a lot more concern than it has in the United States.
The concern, raised pointedly not quite a year ago by North Korea’s relentless saber-rattling with rockets and nukes, should not be just among diplomats, military strategists and the White House—but rather by American consumers and the dealers and importers of products made in South Korea.
Yes, there should be a universal worry because the Korean peninsula conceivably could again become a meat-grinder of casualties for young American soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines the way it did exactly 60 years ago. Now the U. S. has only 28,000 troops in Korea and is heavily committed – critics say over committed – in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Even if short lasting, a shooting war in Korea would be devastating to the U. S. consumer economy, including the “big box” retailers like Wal-Mart and Best Buy. As I punch in the letters forming this article, they are appearing on a flat screen monitor made by Samsung, a South Korean conglomerate. Samsung also made the cell phone in my shirt pocket, and the TV in the family room. My wife’s cell phone, like mine from Verizon Wireless, is manufactured by LG, another Republic of Korea electronics maker, once part of the Hyundai Group. | <urn:uuid:4fa006d3-a8d1-4d27-a2ea-b82d3354f345> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.thedetroitbureau.com/sti/u-s-foreign-policy/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280899.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00577-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.946496 | 313 | 1.6875 | 2 |
Source: The Washington Post
On November 18, 2005 The Washington Post reported, "Thousands of Muslims from a small ethnic group known as the Meskhetian Turks are fleeing this Black Sea region for the United States. The exodus is caused by what human rights groups call a campaign of persecution sanctioned by local authorities and spearheaded by the Cossacks, a Russian militia that fought for the czars and is being revived. In the past year, just more than 5,000 Meskhetian Turks have resettled in the United States as refugees, and 4,400 have approval to immigrate, according to the U.S. Embassy in Moscow. Another 7,000 have filed applications that U.S. officials are reviewing. 'I call it soft ethnic cleansing,' said Alexander Ossipov, an analyst at the Institute for Humanities and Political Studies in Moscow. 'The local authorities decided which ethnic groups were desirable and which were not. It's government based on a racist ideology.' The United States has criticized actions of the Krasnodar authorities in State Department human rights reports and at meetings of the 55-country Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. Russian officials in the south say the Meskhetian Turks are foreigners who have no right to remain in Russia. They play down reports of Cossack violence." | <urn:uuid:e7f97cb9-ff47-4f24-b290-9c4df84d030c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://hwpi.harvard.edu/pluralismarchive/news/minority-muslim-group-cast-out-russia-heads-us | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571909.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813051311-20220813081311-00278.warc.gz | en | 0.970765 | 269 | 2.4375 | 2 |
The Old State House is one of Hartford's jewels, an architectural and historical landmark that also serves as a focal point for the city's downtown. But those familiar with the nearly 200-year-old building know that it needs a makeover. They also know that the Old State House, the site of the founding of Connecticut, has hardly reached its potential to draw visitors.
So the Old State House Association and the Connecticut Historical Society are teaming up for an ambitious, $7 million project that will polish the gem and improve its setting. The scope and timing could not be more welcome in a city weary of empty lots, abandoned buildings and largely vacant office towers.
The plans include renovating the Old State House, expanding its shop and restoring the east lawn to what it once was and should be again: an inviting place, suitable for concerts, plays and other gatherings. A small but festive market, featuring food and flower vendors, will be installed in front of the Old State House. Under the market, and under the ground, will be exhibit areas overseen by the historical society.
If the City Council approves, the project will begin in April and take two years to complete. It should be worth the wait and the disruption. As one of the architects trusted with the delicate work of fixing up the Old State House observed: "It isn't an old house that is being used as a residence and is being made pretty. Here is a building that has a very major public purpose." Major, indeed. Try heart and soul of Hartford | <urn:uuid:ebc5c717-4ab6-4734-bd91-6098f9f926c8> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://articles.courant.com/1992-03-11/news/0000204764_1_connecticut-historical-society-downtown-s-heart-and-soul-focal-point | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560284405.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095124-00043-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.973828 | 309 | 1.859375 | 2 |
About the client
For over 30 years, Science and Plants for Schools (SAPS) has supported teachers and technicians in the UK to teach plant biology. The SAPS website is an essential resource library offering free, downloadable teaching materials and creating opportunities for teachers, technicians, and students to learn more about plants and become more interested in plant science.
To improve the design and navigation of the SAPS website we had to bear in mind that teachers want the reassurance of the familiar and are incredibly time-poor. We focussed on key areas:
- refresh the design to show teaching plant biology as contemporary and inspiring
- expand on the previous recommendation report and test with the SAPS audience
- improve the search and filtering of resource pages based on appropriate criteria (e.g. topic and age range)
- create a separate members area for the SAPS Ambassadors.
We had previously produced a recommendation report for SAPS which reviewed the SEO and user experience of the website. The report highlighted that content was often getting missed and the user journeys were fragmented and unclear.
As part of the re-design project, we wanted to explore this further by engaging the highly proactive SAPS audience of science teachers and technicians. To ensure we could achieve balance we also enlisted teachers and technicians who were unfamiliar with the site.
Information grouping with end users
The first activity we did was card sorting, a UX research method that enables us to better understand how users expect content to be grouped. We asked around 50 participants, including teachers that didn’t know SAPS, how they would organise and label content and topics (or cards). The results helped us gauge more insights into how teachers grouped content and helped us form a new look navigation.
Tree testing the navigation insights
Next, we took the insights about the new site structure and navigation with a treejack exercise. We targeted the group we engaged with the card sorting exercise and asked them to find the content they were looking for within a ‘tree’ – a text-only version of the content structure. Treejack (or tree testing) was helpful in identifying what content or topic was less findable and enabled us to go live with a simplified main navigation.
Stability and growth
One of the project’s key requirements was to provide better cross-linking between resources and other sections. Although SAPS predominantly focuses on plant science teaching resources, its content expands into other topics. The new website now offers improved and tested content design which enables users to easily achieve their goals while enabling SAPS to introduce new content clearly.
A new area of the website called the Growth Hub was introduced. The Growth Hub contains everything that isn’t a downloadable resource, stemming from plant-related news and ideas. In the Growth Hub teachers can expand their knowledge of plant science and skills. Other areas of the website include courses and awards.
The SAPS Ambassadors are a small, but growing group of content creators, science professionals, and plant science advocates. We created a password-protected member area for them to collaborate and promote the work of SAPS among their peers.
A healthy and performant site
Our websites are designed with accessibility and website performance in mind – which is important when teachers are looking to quickly download a teaching resource, potentially using a poor or slow internet connection.
We use multiple tools to report on website health and performance. Prior to launching SAPS, we set up monitoring of their staging website with Semrush. This helped to identify any broken links or performance issues.
When launching, we used the same tool to check how healthy the website was. This helped us identify various links to draft content that errored and also the huge difference in page quality and performance between the newly rebuilt site and the previous site. We are very pleased with the build of this website. Before the launch of the new website, Semrush brought up 800 errors. After launch, there were only three!
The site launched in June 2022. Teachers are time poor and this new website gives them the ability to skim through and download activities quickly.
In the first two weeks after launch
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A Time Line of Human Evolution for Students
Millions of Years Ago
3900: Prokaryotic cells (resembling early bacteria).
2500: First organisms to use oxygen.
2100: Eukaryotic cells (more complex single celled organisms).
1200: Evolution of sexual reproduction—recombination allows for faster evolution.
600: The earliest multicellular organisms evolve. These were thought to be a primitive type of sponge.
580: Cnidarians—the first organisms with nerves and muscles—may have been the first multicellular organisms with movement.
550: Flatworms—the first animals to evolve a brain.
530: Pikaia, a type of worm, was the first animal with a notochord (a primitive type of backbone), and is thought to be an ancestor of all vertebrates.
505: The first vertebrates—a species of jawless fish related to modern lampreys.
480: Placodermi, the first species of jawed fish.
400: Coelacanth—the “living fossil,” so-called because the species is still in existence today.
375: The first lobe-finned fish.
365: Some species of freshwater lobe-finned fish develop legs, evolving in shallow-water and swampy habitats. Lungfishes retain some characteristics of these early tetrapods.
315: The first known animal with recognizable limbs—Acanthostega—is believed to be the first capable of coming onto land, but it was poorly adapted for this habitat.
300: The earliest known reptiles were around eight inches in length. The amniotic egg allowed the evolution of reptiles which could reproduce on land.
265: Two branches of reptiles split off. Diapsida evolved into modern reptiles. The other, called Synapsida, evolved into the earliest mammal-like reptiles, known as Pelycosaurs. These evolved into Therapsida.
220: A subgroup of Therapsids called the cynodonts began to evolve more mammalian characteristics, including jaws which more resemble those of modern mammals.
220: One group of cynodonts is thought to contain a species which is a direct ancestor of all modern mammals. These early mammals were small and fed mainly on insects, and likely had milk glands and a constant body temperature. The neocortex (the newest part of the cerebral cortex) evolved in these first mammals.
125: Eomaia scansoria, the descendant of placental mammals
65: A group of nocturnal, insect-eating mammals begins to split off into three distinct groups, one of which will evolve into primates.
40: Primates split into two groups: Strepsirrhini and Haplorrhini. The latter includes apes, monkeys, and tarsiers.
30: Haplorrhini splits into two groups— Platyrrhini and Catarrhini. Platyrrhini migrated to South America, becoming the New World monkeys, while Catarrhini remained in Africa.
25: Catarrhini splits into two groups—the Old World monkeys, and the apes.
15: The apes split into Hominidae (which will become the great apes—orangutans, chimpanzees, gorillas, and humans) and the gibbons (lesser apes).
13: Speciation (evolutionary divergence) of orangutans. Pierolapithecus catalaunicus, thought to be a common ancestor of gorillas and humans, had a wide, flat ribcage, stiff lower spine, flexible wrists, and flat shoulder blades, all adaptations which helped the animals climb trees.
10: Speciation of gorillas.
7: Speciation of chimpanzees. The last common ancestor of humans and chimpanzees is Sahelanthropus tchadensis. The so-called “Millennium Man,” Orrorin tugenensis, is the earliest known human ancestor which post-dates this speciation.
3.7: Australopithecus afarensis leaves footprints on a layer of volcanic ash in Laetoli, Kenya. These footprints indicate that the species was most likely bipedal.
3: The evolution of the bipedal australopithecines in the African savannahs. Over the next million years this hominid species loses its body hair as it becomes fully bipedal.
2.5: The genus Homonids appears, evolving from australopithecines ancestors. This development coincides with the appearance of tools in the fossil record.
1.8: The evolution of H. erectus, in Africa. This species resembles modern humans and is thought to be an ancestor.
1.5: Human ancestors began to use fire as a tool.
Thousands of Years Ago
700: A common genetic ancestor of Neanderthals and humans is thought to have lived at this time.
355: H. heidelbergensis, common ancestor of humans and Neanderthals, leaves footprints in a layer of volcanic ash in Italy. The species was similar to H. erectus, but had a larger brain-case.
195: Omo I and Omo II, two fossil specimens discovered in Ethiopia, lived at this time. They are the earliest discovered fossil evidence for ancient H. sapiens.
160: H. sapiens living in Ethiopia near the Awash River are known to have practiced mortuary rituals.
150: The woman known as “Mitochondrial Eve” lived at this time, in East Africa. This fossil is the most recent common ancestor of human females.
70: The development of genes associated with speech. The development of “behavioral modernity,” a set of behaviors and traits associated with modern humans. At around this time, the development of modern human culture began to accelerate rapidly.
60: The “Y Chromosomal Adam” lived in Africa. This fossil is the most recent common ancestor of human males.
50: Humans begin to migrate to South Asia.
40: Humans begin migrating to Europe and Australia.
25: The Neanderthals die out.
12: With the extinction of H. floresiensis, H. sapiens becomes the only living species of Homonids.
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Censorship in Greece
The Department of political Science and History, Panteion University, in cooperation with the Office in Greece of the Rosa-Luxemburg-Foundation, are organizing a conference and relative events (i.e. workshops, exhibitions, screenings) under the general title «Censorship in Greece». The project is an attempt to expand the research through uncovering, analyzing and documentating the phenomenon of censorship, as well as gathering evidence, proofs and original research on all possible versions by which censorship appeared and continues to do so in the Greek society. Given that the studies of censorship cases are relatively limited in Greece, we believe that such an effort to document and analyze the phenomenon may add a lot to the exhisting knowledge, especially at a time when the issue of freedom of expression is more than apropos not only in local but also in international terms.
The conference will be held (only in Greek) in the City of Athens' Art Center, December 17-19.
More info: http://logokrisies.wix.com/logokrisies.
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When voters in Houston head to the polls Tuesday, they could be deciding whether the shuttered Astrodome is saved or razed.
A referendum on Tuesday's ballot would authorize up to $217 million in bonds to transform the so-called "Eighth Wonder of the World" into a giant convention and event center and exhibition space. Houston-area leaders have said the stadium that was once home to professional baseball and football teams would likely be torn down if the ballot measure fails to pass.
Houston resident Wilton Schexnayder, 62, who has fond memories of seeing Astros and Oilers games as well as the rodeo inside the world's first multipurpose domed stadium, said he plans on voting in favor of the referendum.
"I think they should preserve it," he said. "It's just a part of the history of Houston."
A coalition of local and national preservation groups as well as a political action committee have banded together to get the referendum passed with the slogan, "Save the Astrodome." While there hasn't been an organized effort against the referendum, some opponents have said the money to refurbish the Astrodome could be better spent on other projects.
The referendum calls for creating 350,000 square feet of exhibition space by removing all the interior seats and raising the floor to street level. Other changes included creating 400,000 square feet of plaza and green space on the outside of the structure as part of the project, dubbed "The New Dome Experience."
"I love the Astrodome. It's the memories of my childhood. But pouring good money after bad is a bad financial decision," said Michael Berry, a former Houston councilman.
Opened in 1965, the Astrodome was home to Major League Baseball's Astros and the National Football League's Houston Oilers. It was spacious enough to fit an 18-story building under its 208-foot high roof.
But it hasn't been home to a sports team since 1999 and has been closed to all events since 2009. While still structurally sound, the iconic stadium has fallen into disrepair. On Saturday, thousands of people bought stadium seats, pieces of AstroTurf and other items at a "yard sale" and auction of Astrodome memorabilia.
The stadium's most prominent use in recent years was as a shelter for Louisiana residents displaced by Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
- Astrodome Fades, Crumbles as Houston Decides Fate
- Commissioners Discuss Astrodome's Future
- Study Outlines Costs of Demolishing Astrodome
- Astrodome Renovation Proposals Due Monday
- "Endangered" Astrodome Could Become Expo Space
- Astrodome Renovations Could Go on November Ballot
- Astrodome Exterior to be Demolished
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It would be a mistake to ignore the opinion of the Egyptian people in the endless debate about whether the Egyptian state should or should not accept the Muslim Brotherhood’s proposal for reconciliation.
The Egyptian state is organizing a rare national dialogue that is open for all political factions from all political, social, and even religious backgrounds. The only bloc that is excluded from the prospected dialogue is the Muslim Brotherhood, according to official statements by the dialogue’s coordination committee. Yet, that has not prevented the Muslim Brotherhood leaders, either those based in Istanbul or those based in London, from renewing the group’s proposal for reconciliation with the Egyptian state, particularly the head of the state, president El-Sisi.
The Muslim Brotherhood has good reasons to insist on this proposal. Reconciliation with the Egyptian state represents a lifeline that the group urgently needs to redeem the falling structure of the group under the pressure of internal divisions and external withdrawals of the group’s sponsor states. That includes Qatar and Turkey, which recently withdrew from funding or hosting the group’s media activities against the Egyptian state.
Muslim Brotherhood’s reconciliation with the Egyptian state is meant to remove the ban imposed on the group since Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), declared it a terrorist organization, in December 2013. That would, consequently, allow Muslim Brotherhood leaders to return to working from Egypt, and regain their lost legacy.
Likewise, the Egyptian state has valid reasons to refuse to shake the extending hands of the Muslim Brotherhood. The popularity of the state’s leader, himself, is mostly based on his central role in overthrowing the Muslim Brotherhood regime from power, eight years ago. Moreover, the organizational weakness of the Muslim Brotherhood and its dimensioning influence on the grassroots citizens make the idea of reconciliation unappealing, or at least untempting, for the Egyptian state.
Still, one important observation to consider, in that regard, is that President El-Sisi has never made a clear rejection to the Muslim Brotherhood’s repeated calls for reconciliation. He has always kept the door half-open half-closed by throwing the ball in the court of the people. In more than one occasion, since he took power in 2014, he reiterated that the decision to reconcile with the Muslim Brotherhood is not his decision to make, but “it is, solely, in the hands of the Egyptian people.”
Therefore, it is important to wonder about the opinion of the Egyptian people, the crowd that matters the most, in this unceasing debate about whether the state leadership should or should not reconcile with the Muslim Brotherhood, and when and how should this happen.
People’s changing political perspectives and tendencies, as they grew politically mature over time, have always been the decisive factor that set the political course in Egypt, for most of the past decade. It is the Egyptian people who brought the Muslim Brotherhood in power, in 2012, when they believed they deserved a chance. One year later, the same people decided to punish the Muslim Brotherhood for wasting this precious chance, by removing them from power and allowing the military to take over.
A survey conducted by the Liberal Democracy Institute, in 2016, showed that an overwhelming majority of Egyptians (%80) disapproved state reconciliation with the Muslim Brotherhood. The main reason behind that score is that the memory of the group’s involvement in practicing vengeful acts of violence, after their fall from power, against Coptic Christians, police personnel, and state facilities, was still alive in the hearts and minds of the Egyptian people.
Nevertheless, if the same survey is conducted today, I doubt that a tangible change in this score may appear. In other words, the majority of the Egyptian people are still disapproving of reconciliation with the Muslim Brotherhood. The reason for that is, perhaps, because the Muslim Brotherhood has not exerted any effort, over the past eight years, to change the public memory about their failure one year of ruling and the horrific aftermath of their removal from power. As long as it is the case, the Muslim Brotherhood chances of reconciling with the Egyptian state is close to zero.
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33 CFR 334.70 - Buzzards Bay, and adjacent waters, Mass.; danger zones for naval operations.
(a) Atlantic Ocean in vicinity of No Mans Land -
(1) The area. The waters surrounding No Mans Land within an area bounded as follows: Beginning at latitude 41°12′30″, longitude 70°50′30″; thence northwesterly to latitude 41°15′30″, longitude 70°51′30″; thence northeasterly to latitude 41°17′30″, longitude 70°50′30″; thence southeasterly to latitude 41°16′00″, longitude 70°47′30″; thence south to latitude 41°12′30″, longitude 70°47′30″; thence westerly to the point of beginning.
(2) The regulations. No vessel or person shall at any time enter or remain within a rectangular portion of the area bounded on the north by latitude 41°16′00″, on the east by longitude 70°47′30″, on the south by latitude 41°12′30″, and on the west by longitude 70°50′30″, or within the remainder of the area between November 1, and April 30, inclusive, except by permission of the enforcing agency.
(3) The regulations in this paragraph shall be enforced by the Commandant, First Naval District, and such agencies as he may designate.
Title 33 published on 2015-07-01
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Jutland is the largest part of Denmark - landwise. It is the only part of Denmark that shares a border with another country. Jutland is the peninsula that extends from northern Europe and shares its border with Germany. The northern border is with the Kattegut and Skagerrak Seas and is located in Skagen.
Jylland is the Danish word for Jutland and it is divided into Nordjylland, Midtjylland and Syddanmark.
The distance from the German border to the northern tip of Denmark is about 400 km and will take 4 hours to drive.
Population wise Jutland is the second largest part of Denmark. More people live in Zealand than Jutland.
North Jutland or Nordjylland consists of the following kommunes :
Brønderslev,Frederikshavn, Hjørring, Jammerbugt, Læsø, Mariagerfjord, Morsø, Rebild, Thisted, Vesthimmerlands and Aalborg.
The border runs from north of Randers across to just north of Lemvig and all the way north to Skagen.
See the map for a better understanding of where the boundary is located.
Land area is about 7.910 km².
Population is about 600,000 people.
Major cities are Aalborg, Frederikashavn and Hjørring. Also includes the island of Læsø and Mors
Major airport is Aalborg Airport.
Middle Jutland or Midtjylland runs from the southern boundary of Nordjylland down to Vejle and across to Esbjerg.
The kommunes located in MidtJutland are Favrskov, Hedensted, Herning, Holstebro, Horsens, Ikast-Brande, Lemvig, Norddjurs, Odder, Randers, Ringkøbing-Skjern, Samsø, Silkeborg, Skanderborg, Skive, Struer, Syddjurs, Viborg, Aarhus Kommune.
This is the most populated part of Jutland and is the home to Arhus, the second largest city in Denmark.
This area is also comprising the largest land area at 13.142 km².
Population is approximately 1,24 million people.
Major cities include Aarhus/Århus, Randers, Silkeborg, Viborg, Herning, Holstebro, Horsens, Ringkøbing and the island of Samsø.
Major airport is Århus Airport.
This also includes Funen or Fyn, which is actually located between Jutland and Zealand.
The kommunes in this region include Assens, Billund, Esbjerg, Fanø, Fredericia, Faaborg-Midtfyn, Haderslev, Kerteminde, Kolding, Langeland, Middelfart, Nordfyns, Nyborg, Odense, Svendborg, Sønderborg, Tønder, Varde, Vejen, Vejle, Ærø, Aabenraa kommunes.
Interesting bit of history. This area of Denmark was part of Germany for a long time.
Syddanmark is the second largest land area in Denmark, just behind Midtjylland with 12.191 km². This includes Fyn and several islands.
Population is about 1,19 million people.
Includes major cities like Sønderborg, Odense, Aabenraa, Haderslev, Esbjerg, Kolding, Fredericia, Svendborg and Vejle. Also includes the islands of Ærø, Langeland, Als and Tåsinge.
Major airport is Billund Airport.
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Creating a piece of abstract photography doesn't mean it all has to be done in-camera. Photoshop is a fantastic tool to take your abstract art to the next level. For this project, we’ll look at how to craft a colorful dancer image from a series of photos of paint. This involves a combination of shooting skills and Photoshop techniques.
First, we’ll get set up to shoot vibrant photos of paint by capturing the colors as they travel through water. Once done, we’ll progress into Photoshop where we’ll warp the photos into the shape of our springing dancer. As such, this is effectively two skills in one. So if you’re mainly interested in capturing beautiful paint abstracts, then you can follow along with the first part, and if you’d rather work on the Photoshop skills, you can skip the shooting part and use the supplied images to craft your own painterly figures.
For the shoot, we need a clear container full of water. A fish tank is ideal, but any clear plastic or glass container will do. As for the lighting, you can use natural light at a push, but you’ll get better results with an off-camera flash – any budget Speedlight will do. The flash helps to bring out the colors in the paints and freezes the action as the paint travels through the tank of water. We’ll also look at how to get set up with your off-camera flash and how to expose for the shot. We’ll then move on to the Photoshop part of the technique. It might seem complicated, but it’s actually much easier than it looks…
Shooting abstract photography with paint
A small fish tank like this is ideal, but any plastic or glass container will work. Ensure the glass is as clean as possible before you start filling the tank with water. You’ll need to refresh the water after every few shots, so this is best done near to a sink.
An off-camera flash is the best way to capture the paints, as it gives your images a clarity that is hard to achieve with natural light alone. Position the flash to one side of the tank, angled slightly away from the backdrop so that it doesn’t spill onto it.
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By positioning a reflector opposite the flash on the other side of the tank, we can bounce the flash light into the shadows to even out the lighting. As such, it’s a simple and cheap means of creating a second light source for your subject.
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A plain piece of card can be used to make a black backdrop. This helps to make the paints stand out, and also makes it easier to combine several images of the paint later on. It means we can simply blend them using the Lighten blend mode in Photoshop, which effectively cancels out the black backdrop.
Wireless flash trigger
A wireless trigger lets you fire your off-camera flash. If you don’t happen to have one, you could set your Speedlight to optical remote mode then use your camera’s pop up flash to trigger it instead. Or, alternatively, you can use a flash that is wirelessly compatible with your camera.
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As a starting point for your exposure, set your camera to Manual mode with aperture at f/8, ISO100 and shutter speed 1/200 second. Set the flash to manual at 1/2 power and take a test shot. If it’s too bright then adjust the flash power down until it looks just right.
Shooting paint abstracts
Choose your paints
Acrylic paints will work best for this as they don’t mix with water, so they’ll stay clumped together when you drop them in the water. If the paints are too thick then try mixing them with a dash of white spirit to thin them out. Experiment with the height at which you pour them into the water.
The drop spot
Before you start dropping paints into your water you’ll need to pre-focus on the spot where they’ll be. Hold an object like a spoon in the centre of the water, focus on it and then switch your lens to manual focus in order to lock it in place. Drop the paints in the same spot.
Mix your colors
Try pouring more than one color into the water at once, as the best photos will be those where the paints intertwine with one another. Use contrasting colors with bold shades. If need be you can always change the colors in Photoshop using the Hue/Saturation command (Cmd/Ctrl+U).
Use Photoshop to craft your painterly dancer
Drop in a shape
Open Photoshop, go to File>New, set Background Contents: Black and hit OK. Next, drag and drop the shape that you want to use. Here we used an outline of a dancer, but you can find many other shapes and figures online. Resize the image with Cmd/Ctrl+T, then hit 2 to set the layer to 20% opacity.
Copy in the paint
Copy in a paint photo and position it roughly over the figure. In the Layers panel, set the blend mode to Lighten. Next, go to Filter> Liquify. Check ‘Show Backdrop’ in the settings on the right. Choose Use: dancer shape and set Mode: In Front, then adjust the opacity slider to suit.
Warp the paint
Grab the Forward Warp tool from the toolbar and use the ] and [ keys to resize the brush tip. Drag over the image to push the paint around so that it follows the body of the dancer. Shape it to cover a part of the body using short, sharp pushes with the tool. Hit OK when you’re happy.
Paint a mask
Go to the Layers panel and click the Add Mask icon, then grab the Brush tool and hit D then X to set the color to black. Paint to hide any parts of the paint that you don’t want to include. Next, drag and drop another paint image in, and position it roughly as before.
More paint images
Change the blend mode of the newly added paint layer to Lighten, then, again, go to Filter>Liquify. Once more, set the Show Backdrop settings so you can see the dancer shape, then use the Forward Warp tool to reshape the paint to match up with another part of the figure, the other leg in this instance here.
Build it up
Continue to build up the effect. Once done, hide the dancer shape layer and add a paint image as a backdrop – drop it in and change the blend mode to Lighten. Press Cmd/Ctrl+U and adjust the Hue to give it a different color if you like, then add a mask to hide any areas that you need to. | <urn:uuid:2786c877-4b7a-4a37-bed9-de2fb3965186> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/uk/tutorials/capture-stunning-abstract-photography-using-paint-and-photoshop | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571692.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812105810-20220812135810-00068.warc.gz | en | 0.915073 | 1,455 | 2.265625 | 2 |
Dublin, a city recognized for its rich literature and history, is a must-see for anybody interested in literature and history. If you’ve already scheduled a trip and aren’t sure where to begin exploring the city, our guide will undoubtedly make things easier for you.
Do you enjoy reading and want to find a place where you can spend your time doing so? Visit Marsh’s Library, which is located near St. Patrick’s Cathedral. The library is one of Ireland’s earliest popular landmarks, and it is situated in an ideal location. The structure has a lovely Gothic style that will take you to the late Middle Ages. Be pleased to be a part of the secret treasure that legends such as Bram Stoker, James Joyce, and Jonathan Swift once visited.
Dublin Bay Cruises
From the sea, you can take in the beauty from every side of Dublin. Book your ride with Dublin Bay Cruises and experience the beauty linger all around you. You may come across famous Irish monuments along the route, such as the James Joyce Tower, where you may visualize the introduction of the novel Ulysses, the Baily Lighthouse, which guards the inlet to Dublin Bay, or Howth Head, which is rich with wildness and stunning landscape. Not only that, if you’ve brought your family along, they may spend time looking for birds cross Ireland’s eye or playing with the friendly seals on Dalkey Island.
Dublinia and St Patrick’s Cathedral
When in doubt while exploring Dublin, head back to the city. Find your way to Christ Church, where Dublinia brings the first days of ancient Dublin to reality. Take your place on a Viking battleship, trial Viking clothes, and attend the musty sheltering where the Vikings lived.
After a nice walk, you can enter St Patrick’s Church, which is considered Ireland’s iconic cathedral and where pupils have sung at liturgies since 1432. You can drop in at St Patrick’s Park to end your trip for the day.
Malahide Castle and Gardens
If you enjoy horror flicks and want to experience a spooky vibe, this could be the place for you! The lovely beach village of Malahide is located in the north part of the city center. Explore the majestic ancient castle of Malahide Castel and Garden, which has been the venue of conflicts and carnage and is famous for the ghostly apparition of the mischievous fairy Puck and the mysterious Lady in White.
With one of Ireland’s best playgrounds, the Fairy Garden is sure to please everyone. The playground has a variety of rides, although none of them is ordinary. The fun roundabouts, spring-loaded seesaws, and a zip line are available for children to enjoy.
Newbridge House and Farm
The tucked-away beauty in remote Fingal is located not far from the city center. The location lets you discover Newbridge House’s history while enjoying an excursion on a real functioning farm. The property is the only Georgian palace and land that has been conserved, and it comprises a remarkable collection of antiques and artworks from the last three decades. Penny’s Picnic and Play Area is a great place to end the day with a picnic with your family. | <urn:uuid:9879fe82-ef75-4369-a637-176837641923> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://dublincitybiketours.com/booking.php | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571502.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811194507-20220811224507-00070.warc.gz | en | 0.948294 | 693 | 1.8125 | 2 |
Žižek demands we take a long, hard look at the painful reality of education in contemporary capitalist society, and to actively seek out its ‘trouble in paradise’: Why is it education is supposedly failing to meet the demands of our society? Why is it there are record levels of stress for teachers? Why is it there is a record level of complaints from our university students? How is it now possible to compare a higher education course with a vacuum cleaner, toaster or television? This book illuminates aspects of Žižek’s ideas which sheds light into these modern challenges and tensions in education, and considers alternative ways forward. Though Žižek frustrates as much as he inspires with his own recipe of Lacan, Hegel and Marx, this book aims to give an entry route into Žižekian critique of education, a topic area he very rarely directly talks about. | <urn:uuid:043b2bfa-4ac7-4336-b612-0395e763232a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://goreadabook.org/book/1014860036/slavoj-i-ek | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573699.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819131019-20220819161019-00267.warc.gz | en | 0.964855 | 195 | 2.078125 | 2 |
This volume contains selected papers from an international conference of the same name held at Queen Mary, University of London, on 10-11 November 2010. The contributions from scholars working in the fields of modern political and cultural history, political science, modern European literature and linguistics provide interdisciplinary perspectives on nationalism and anti-Semitism in English- and German- language contexts from the beginning of the German Second Reich (1871) to the end of World War II (1945). Some articles examine critically theoretical constructs used to justify and defend anti-Semitism in Germany, focusing on the realms of science, music, the press and film. Others discuss the role of anti-Semitism in constructing völkisch-nationalist notions of ‘German’ identity, as well as discourses of German colonialism. As a counterpart to German perspectives, several articles chart contemporary British reactions to German anti-Semitism and radical nationalism. | <urn:uuid:b3316474-e6c1-4346-84df-e995f899c6da> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://linguistlist.org/pubs/books/get-book.cfm?BookID=68457 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560285315.77/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095125-00569-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.902624 | 182 | 2.671875 | 3 |
Old West wasn't filled with violence enough -- stemming from
Indian raids, numerous
outlaws, and the ever-present
vigilantes trying to control them, then another common event was the frequent feuds, range wars, and political conflicts that created yet more bloodshed in the
The violence created in these many battles often occurred where there was no law or the law was too "weak" to enforce any type of change. Similar to the
vigilantes, those who felt they were unduly wronged, were prone to take the law into their own hands.
Sometimes these feuds were the result of long-running arguments between two groups of people, especially families or clans, and perhaps may have started decades earlier over the smallest insult. One thing leads to another until cycles of retaliation can last for generations.
However, the vast majority of the well-known feuds in the American West were the result of political confrontations or land control. For those involved, their actions were rarely seen as lawless, but rather a means to bringing some kind of "law" to an area where chaos tended to prevail.
Regardless of the reasons, these "wars" resulted in hundreds of deaths, when vengeance was taken and bloody vendettas resulted in warring factions continuing to battle, sometimes for years.
Colfax County War
(1870-1877) - Guns roared for almost two
decades after Lucien Maxwell sold the largest land grant in U.S. history,
located in northeast
Denver City Hall War (1894) - At this time
the city of Denver was so politically corrupt that Governor Davis Waite ordered
several reappointments. However, city officials refused to vacate their
positions and Waite called in the militia.
Dodge City War
(1883) - Though this "war" was
bloodless, it was just inches away from an all out
Kansas businessmen tried to push
out of town and he called on his buddies,
Wyatt Earp and Bat Masterson.
Early-Hasley Feud (1865-1869) - A family feud in Bell
that became more embittered after the
Earp Vendetta Ride (1882) -
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral in October, 1881, and
Morgan Earp's murder on March 18, 1882,
Warren Earp, along with
Jack Johnson and Sherman McMasters
would go on the Earp Vendetta Ride killing
those responsible for
El Paso Salt War (1877) - A feud
that occurred over the salt flats of the Guadalupe Mountains that culminated in
a bloody battle in the small town of San Elizario.
Horrell-Higgins Feud (1877) - This family feud
grew out of accusations of cattle theft in Lampasas County,
Horrell War (1873-74) - After a friend of the hell-raising Horrell
brothers killed a Hispanic constable in Lincoln County,
lawmen killed Benjamin Horrell. The other brothers retaliated by killing
some 13 Hispanic citizens during the course of the feud.
- A political war in Fort Bend
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Simkhada, P., Van Teijlingen, E., Acharya, D.R., Schildbach, E., Silwal, P.R., Shrestha, J. and Pandey, P.L., 2012. Sexual and reproductive health of adolescents in rural Nepal: Knowledge, attitudes and behavior. Nepal Population Journal, 17 (16), 3 - 10 .
Full text available as:
Simkhada et al GFA study 2012 PAN.pdf - Accepted Version
Official URL: http://www.pan-nepal.org/
Background: Nepal has a relatively young and growing population, like most low-income countries. Recently, Nepal has accelerated its commitment to the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) Programme of Action by introducing a programme focusing on the sexual and reproductive health of adolescents. This paper aims to report the sexual health knowledge, attitudes and behaviour of adolescents in rural Nepal. Methods: A survey was conducted in four districts of Nepal with representative sample among adolescents aged 15–19 years using pre-tested structured questionnaire in 2011. Questionnaire contents socio-demographic questions including knowledge, attitudes and behaviours related to reproductive and sexual health. The study was approved by the Nepal Health Research Council. Results: A total 3041 adolescents (mean age 16.4 years, 49.4% male and 50.6% female) completed the questionnaire. The data indicated that HIV/AIDS and other reproductive and sexual health knowledge among the respondents was moderate. Male respondents have better knowledge on HIV/AIDS compare to female respondents. Similarly, male have better access to modern means of communications. Both male and female were equally likely to say that they had used a condom the last time they had sex. A small proportion of all respondents (9.3%) had acquired emergency contraception, two thirds of those were male (65%) and among total users of emergency contraceptives, 85% were unmarried. Conclusions: Both education and youth-friendly services, targeting to female adolescents are required to improve the sexual health status of adolescents. The findings have important implications for the (re-)development sexual health interventions for adolescents in Nepal.
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Breastfeeding cements mother’s bond with babyJanuary 27th, 2009 - 1:57 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Jan 27 (IANS) Breastfeeding cements a mother’s bond with her baby and prevents mothers from neglecting them in later life, the latest findings have confirmed. Previous research, which Lane Strathearn, University of Queensland (UQ) paediatrician also incorporated in his findings, found the reward centres of a mother’s brain lit up when she saw her own baby smiling.
By linking data from the University of Queensland (UQ) Study of Pregnancy - Australia’s largest longitudinal study tracking mothers and their children - Strathearn found that breastfeeding mothers were less likely to neglect their children.
“Mothers who didn’t breastfeed were almost four times more likely to be reported for maternal neglect than mothers who breastfed for four of more months,” he said.
“For mothers who breastfed for less than four months, the risk was about 2.3 times.”
In what is believed to be the first population study to provide statistics on the rate of child abuse in Australia, seven percent of children were identified as victims of maltreatment.
Of the 7,223 children in the birth cohort, 512 were confirmed cases of maltreatment, with the mother identified as the perpetrator 60 percent of the time, said an UQ release.
While it was impossible to conduct a random trial, Strathearn said breastfeeding offered a realistic explanation. “The difficulty with this research subject is that you can’t randomly assign a woman to breastfeed her baby and another one not to, so there’s always potential for bias,” he said.
“But, these results make sense biologically because breastfeeding is associated with oxytocin release, and we know from animal studies that oxytocin is produced in the brain and helps activate areas of the brain that are involved in maternal care and behaviour.
The study is scheduled for publication in the February issue of Paediatrics.
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Voters in Cuyahoga County, which includes Cleveland and its suburbs, approved Issue 18, which increases the tax on cigarettes by 30 cents per pack in order to fund arts programs, including the performing arts in the county. The measure is expected to raise $20 million a year, all of which will be used to support the arts.
Two years ago, Cuyahoga County voters rejected a proposed property tax increase that would have provided funding for the arts. According to the Cleveland Plain Dealer, a decision was made to tax smokers because other types of taxes were deemed to be politically risky: "Issue 18 was the county cultural industry's second attempt in recent years to win voter support for public funding. In March 2004, voters defeated a proposed property-tax increase to benefit economic development including arts and culture. Arts and elected leaders decided to pursue public support this year through a cigarette-tax increase after other types of taxes, including property, real-estate conveyances, food-and-beverage and general sales, were rejected as inadequate or too politically risky."
In explaining their decision to propose a tax on cigarettes, Issue 18 supporters wrote: "Northeast Ohioans have clearly shown that they do not want new additions to their property taxes."
The advertisements for Issue 18 boasted: "If you don't smoke, you won't pay anything for Issue 18."
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This is very bad public policy. I think it is a great example of a truly regressive tax.
The costs of the policy are borne entirely by smokers, who represent a disproportionately lower-income and lower-education group. The benefits of the policy, however, accrue primarily to upper-income and higher-education groups.
This is a classic example of tax the poor to benefit the rich. And I think it's inappropriate.
If higher income people want more arts in their communities, then that's great. But the costs of those programs should be borne by those higher income folks. Raising property taxes to support such programs makes perfect sense. The wealthiest citizens will bear a proportionately higher share of the costs and will accrue a corresponding proportionately higher share of the benefits. That's fair.
But asking the poor to pay for programs so that people who are more well-off can enjoy the arts is unfair.
What's interesting is that supporters of Issue 18 readily admit that they are funding the arts on the backs of smokers. And they readily admit that the reason they are picking on smokers is because they don't have the courage to take on any political risk.
What it amounts to is: I'm not willing to risk losing any votes from the wealthy, so I'm going to help my political career by putting a higher tax burden on those who can least afford it, but who have the least political power.
According to the Plain Dealer article, the only groups which opposed Issue 18 were Philip Morris and Citizens Against New Taxes. Well you can add my name to that list. I'll stand alongside Philip Morris on this one. And I think it's unfortunate that apparently no anti-smoking or public health groups in Ohio opposed this initiative.
If you are going to tax cigarettes in order to raise revenues that will be used for programs whose benefits will accrue largely to smokers, then that's one thing. But to use smokers to raise funds for programs that the government should be funding anyway is wrong. To do so in order to avoid having to take on political risk by taxing wealthy people is disgusting.
A 30 cent per pack tax increase is not going to be enough to get smokers to quit. Perhaps some will cut down slightly. But the overall health benefits of the proposal will be minimal. The costs, however, could be quite high. There are many smokers, especially those who are poor, who pay a significant proportion of their income for cigarettes, sometimes at the expense of healthier food. Because of the addictive power of cigarettes, most of these smokers will not quit, despite the tax increase. They will just pay a higher proportion of their income for the cigarettes. They will be hurt by the tax increase.
But supporters of Issue 18 are OK with hurting the poorest and most addicted smokers. Because the richest citizens of the greater Cleveland area will benefit by being able to enjoy their operas, ballets, and concerts.
How many inner-city Cleveland residents or poorer residents of other cities and towns do you think will be able to take advantage of the increased support for the arts? Well take a look at next Friday's Cleveland Symphony concert, which features Mitsuko Uchida performing Mozart's piano concertos (K. 450 and K. 537), as well as a performance of Schoenberg's Chamber Symphony Number 1 (to be honest, I could live without the Schoenberg piece).
If you want to sit in the orchestra or lower balcony seats, you're talking $61 a pop. Mid-balcony seats are $50 each. Upper balcony (nose-bleed) seats are a bargain at $34 per head. There's sure going to be a lot of socioeconomic diversity at that concert.
And suppose you are not too well off economically and you want to send your kid to the Karamu Performing Arts Theater for their youth performing arts program this year. For your kid to get to go to one class every two months, you pay $225. For a mere one class per month, you pay $360. Youth dance ensemble and youth performance theater classes are $300 a head.
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Florence thought her life was going to get better when she left the orphanage for her family’s ancestral home. She would have a younger cousin, James, to play with and her great aunt and uncle could look after her. However, her other cousin and ghost, Sophia, has a murderous plan for her cousin and brother. Not knowing who to turn to in her new surroundings, Florence must try to resist Sophia, but can she? Whether read or listened to, the Ghost of Crutchfield Hall is a great ghost story worthy of any camp fire storytelling.
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When modeling integers, we can use colored chips to represent integers. One color can represent a positive number and another color can represent
a negative number.
Here, a yellow chip will represent a positive integer and a red chip will represent a negative integer
For example, the modeling for 4, -1, and -3 are shown below:
It is extremely important to know how to model a zero. Basically, if we have the same amount of yellow chips and red chips
we say that we have zero pair(s)
For example, all the followings represent zero pair(s)
And so on...
Adding and subtracting integers with modeling can be extremely helpful if you are having problems understanding integers
In modeling integers, adding and subtracting are always physical actions.
If a board is used with the chip, adding always mean " Add something to the board" and subtraction always mean "Remove something from the board"
Here, we will use a big square to represent a board
Let's start with addition of integers:
-2 + -1
Put two red chips on the board. Then put one red chip on the board. Since we end up with 3 red chips, the answer
Notice that big arrow represents the "+" sign or the action of adding
-3 + 2
Add 3 red chips on the board to represent -3. Then, add 2 yellow chips to represent 2
Remove the two zero pairs from the board. Since only one red chip remains, the answer is -1
-4 − - 2
Put 4 red chips on the board to represent -4. Then, the problem says that you have to minus negative two
Minus negative two means as we said before to remove -2 from the board. In other words, it means to remove two red chips from the board.Thus, the answer is -2
Subtracting with chips becomes tricky when what they tell you to subtract does not exist
-4 − 2
Here, the problem is not asking to subtract -2 as before, but 2
Start by putting 4 red chips to represent -4
Now how do you remove 2 or two yellow chips that you don't have?
The only way to do it is to add two zero pairs to the board ( Shown in the board on the right)
Now,you can remove the two yellow chips. After you do that, you are left with 6 red chip, so the answer is -6
I tried to model most situations above. However,
I recognize the fact that modeling integers can be a bit tricky if you have never seen this before.
Therefore, do not hesitate to send me your questions here
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Natural experiments reveal whether investments in neighbourhoods make a difference, says Richard Harries
Appearing before the Housing, Communities and Local Government Select Committee last month, Michael Gove laid out his four priorities for the new Department for Levelling up, Housing and Communities. These, he said, were to strengthen and improve local leadership and living standards, raise the quality of public services, and “restore and advance pride in place”.
For my money, the fourth item on the list is the most interesting. It comes closest to the spirit of levelling up, but it is also fiendishly difficult to determine. How do you know if local people are proud of their neighbourhoods and towns? And how can you measure whether pride is increasing or decreasing?
And, most importantly in this particular case, when government makes an investment—whether it is through the UK Community Renewal Fund, the Community Ownership Fund or the Levelling Up Fund itself—how will it know if it has made things better?
This is not a new problem. Since at least the 1970s, successive governments have tied themselves in knots trying to show that their investments in communities have made a difference.
Scientists developing new medical treatments such as vaccines face a similar problem: how do you show your treatment or intervention has worked, given the complexity of human lives and modern society? In medicine, the gold standard for answering this question is the randomised controlled trial: some patients get the treatment, others a placebo, and their outcomes are compared.
Applied to communities, though, this raises practical and ethical challenges. How can a new library or a renovated park be given to some residents and not others?
In a report published today, Power to Change, the foundation for community businesses, sets out how it has solved this problem. Its approach uses some of the same techniques for analysing data from natural experiments that were awarded this year’s Nobel Prize in Economics.
Power to Change is fuelled by a belief that when local people come together to address an unmet need in a democratic and business-like way, they improve both their own lives and their neighbourhoods. This is a bold claim, reaching way beyond asking whether this or that community business has delivered its funded project and associated key performance indicators.
The report, Empowering Places? Measuring the impact of community businesses at neighbourhood level, presents results from projects run in Wigan, Bradford, Leicester, Grimsby, Plymouth and Hartlepool. Part of a multimillion-pound investment running from 2017-22, the work shines a light on the difference the programme made between 2018 and 2020.
The crucial aspect of Power to Change’s approach was to ask not only what these six places were like but also what we would reasonably expect them to be like, given their specific characteristics.
To work out these expectations, Power to Change used data from the Community Life Survey. Run by central government, this national survey asks citizens nationwide more than 140 questions about the state of communities.
At the same time as the national survey was in the field, residents in the six neighbourhoods under investigation also received hyper-local booster surveys. These covered the same questions as the national survey, administered in the same way.
The key next step was to construct a separate ‘control’ group for each neighbourhood. This was done by dividing England into 32,844 areas, technically known as lower layer super output areas, and then finding the 10 per cent of these that most closely matched each of the neighbourhoods under investigation.
The matching was based on six axes that together represent more than 40 socio-demographic characteristics, such as deprivation, accommodation type, ethnicity and age.
So, for example, in the 2018 survey, 48 per cent of residents in the Plymouth neighbourhood said it was important for them to be able to influence decisions about the local area. However, the expected figure from the control group with the same socio-demographic characteristics was 55 per cent.
Spot the difference
Power to Change repeated the entire exercise in early 2020. This allowed them to track both the real neighbourhoods and their doppelgängers over time. This showed not only whether things had got better or worse, but also the effect of Power to Change’s investment on the size and direction of any change.
In Plymouth, for example, the proportion of people seeking to influence local decisions had risen to 58 per cent, compared with just 51 per cent in the control group. In other words, Plymouth had gone from being seven percentage points worse than it should have been in 2018 to being seven percentage points better in 2020—a net increase of 14 percentage points over the two years.
The evidence from this approach, called difference-in-difference analysis, is not quite as robust as that from a randomised controlled trial. But it is certainly good enough to test whether community-based interventions really make places better for the people who live there.
It’s a radical new way to evaluate place-based programmes. The results published today are fascinating and Power to Change deserves credit for including everything, warts and all—things didn’t get better everywhere.
If Gove genuinely wants to restore pride to local places, then the novel methodology developed by Power to Change could offer a statistically robust way of measuring the success of the government’s multibillion-pound programme to level up the entire country.
His department should adopt this difference-in-difference analysis as the centrepiece in its measurement, monitoring and reporting. Tony Blair’s Labour party took ‘Things can only get better’ as its campaign theme tune. This government could be the first to show that they really have.
Richard Harries is associate director of the Institute for Community Studies, a research institute powered by the Young Foundation
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Study Italian in Milan, one of Italy's biggest cities and famous worldwide, as being a capital of design and fashion. Situated in the Lombardy region of northern Italy, Milan has a very interesting and varied history, dating back thousands of years. The city has, over its history, been under not only Italian but also Spanish and Austrian rule, and the many interesting landmarks and historical monuments housed here are examples of this historical legacy and are remarkably beautiful. These include the Duomo, which is the second largest church in Italy and the world's third largest, the Teatro alla Scala, which is one of the world's most important centres for Opera lirica, the Biblioteca Ambrosiana, which contains notebooks and drawings by Leonardo da Vinci and the church of Santa Maria delle Grazie with its adjoining museum housing The Last Supper painting by Leonardo da Vinci. If you choose to study Italian in Milan, you may also be able to experience the Milan fashion collection showings and concerts in La Scala Theatre, depending upon when you visit.
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A share market is similar to a stock market. Stock market enables you trade financial instruments such as bonds, mutual funds, derivatives and corporate stocks. The key difference is that a share market only allows trading of shares. In this article complete guide of basics of share market
The main function of the share market as a source of capital for companies.Companies that wish to grow their company can go to share the market. In share market ownership of the company is sold to investors in form of stocks/shares. Individual stocks constitute business ownership divided into tiny units. These tiny units are referred to as stocks that can be purchased / sold on the stock market
The key factor is the stock exchange
The key factor is the stock exchange is the basic platform that provides the facilities used to trade company stocks/Shares and other securities. A stock may be buy or sell only if it is listed on a Stock exchange. In India, there are two primary exchanges; the National Stock Exchange (NSE) and the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE)
There are two types of stock market.
1. Primary Market
2. Secondary Market
Primary Market– When a company comes out with an initial public offer (IPO) it is called the primary market. A company enters primary markets to raise capital. If the company is selling shares for the first time, it is called an IPO. The company thus becomes public.
Secondary Market- Once the share gets listed it starts trading in the secondary market. Buying and selling shares is largely like buying and selling any other security. There is chance for trader/investors to exit from the investment and sell the shares in Secondary market transactions are referred to trades where one investor buys shares from another investor at the prevailing market price or at whatever price the two parties agree upon.
Online share trading
Online share trading is the process of buying and selling of shares through the internet on the secondary market with a view to profiting from the difference in the buying price and selling price. The share price of a stock is determined by the demand and supply of a particular share.
The broker assists you in carrying out your purchase and selling business. Typically, brokers assist buyers find buyers and vendors find buyers. Most brokers will also give you advice on which stocks to purchase, which stocks to sell, and how to spend cash for beginners in share markets. They will also help you in stock market trading. Brokerage is charged for that service.
There is no minimum investment needed since you can purchase a company’s 1 share. So if you buy a stock with a price of Rs.50/- and you just buy 1 share then you just need to invest Rs.50 for Investment you required Demat Account
Demat Account – Demat account is the account that should be started to buy or sell shares in the stock market.Demat Account is an account that enables investors to hold electronically their stocks. Stocks in Demat account remain in dematerialized form. It is most important in basics of share market
Other Financial Instruments Traded In A Stock Market?
We have understood what a share market basics and investment is, let us understand the financial instruments that are traded:
Companies need money to undertake projects. They then pay back using the project’s cash earned. One way is through bonds to raise resources. In return for periodic interest payments, when a business borrows from the bank, it is called a loan. Likewise, when a business borrows in return for timely interest payments from various investors, it is called a bond.
2. Mutual Funds:
These are investment vehicles that enable you to invest in stock market or bonds indirectly. It pools cash from an investor collection and then invests that amount in financial instruments. A professional fund manager handles this.
Each mutual fund system issues units that just like a share have a certain value. You thus become a unit owner when you invest. You get cash when the tools the MF scheme invests in making cash as a unit owner.
The value of economic tools such as stocks continues to fluctuate. So, fixing a specific price is hard. The tools of derivatives are useful here. These are tools that will assist you trade at a cost you solve today in the future. Simply placed, you agree to either purchase or sell a share or other tool at a fixed price.
Many companies are listed in the Indian share markets. From these, a few stocks are grouped together to form an index. The classification may be on the basis of company size, market capitalization, industry etc. The BSE Sensex includes 30 stocks and the NSE comprises 50 stocks. Others include sector indices like the Bank nifty market cap indices like the BSE Midcap or the BSE Small cap, and others.
Securities and Exchange board of India (SEBI)
Stock markets are risky. SEBI is form for to regulate and protect investor Money. SEBI has a power and has the responsibility of developing as well as regulating the markets. The SEBI has the responsibility of both development and regulation of the market.
Why investors buy stocks?
Investors buy stock for two reasons
For earning dividends (a sum of money paid regularly by a company to its shareholders out of its profits)
For claiming capital appreciation: Capital appreciation is dependent on the growth of company’s assets and earnings. If company’s earnings (profit per share) is increasing, its market price will certainly increase in the same proportion
No minimum investment required as you can even buy 1 share of a company. So if you buy a stock with a price of Rs.50/- and you just buy 1 share then you just need to invest Rs.50.
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On May 29, 2001, Puerto Rican political prisoner Oscar López Rivera marks 30 years in prison in the United States. As was true with other imprisoned patriots before and now, even their jailers recognize that they aren’t common prisoners, that their conduct has been governed by a cause of conscience that for him is more valuable and transcendent than his own freedom, and even than his own life: the cause of the independence of Puerto Rico.
The fact that there have been, and still are, men and women disposed to suffer persecution, prison, torture and even death, to obtain freedom for their people, is something that challenges all human logic and confers a superior moral character on these men and women disposed to such a great sacrifice. Only freedom can convene such a degree of vital commitment.For those who have chosen this path, freedom isn’t discussed; it’s taken and enjoyed as an inalienable and fundamental human right. That is the great lesson that our people has received from its patriots and political prisoners, who Oscar López Rivera has embodied for 30 years in an exemplary way. His stature and that of the other combatants for our national independence has been growing in the imagination of our people, in the same way that the U.S. government has been mercilessly treating him, as well as the González Claudio brothers Avelino and Norberto, just as it was previously merciless with Carlos Alberto Torres and their other compañeros and compañeras, and even before as they were with Lolita Lebrón and Oscar Collazo; with Rafael Cancel Miranda, Irvin Flores and Andrés Figueroa Cordero, among many others. The case of Oscar López Rivera is unique for several reasons. He is the Puerto Rican political prisoner who has served the longest time in prison in the United States and is probably also the longest held political prisoner in our hemisphere. Additionally, his excessively lengthy imprisonment is the product of his jailers’ twisted logic. While the United States government claims to give lessons on freedom, democracy and human rights to the rest of the world, it has held Oscar López Rivera in prison for 30 years, denying him, under the rules of the very system it so staunchly defends, the right to parole and requiring him, in an arbitrary and inhumane way, to serve an additional 12 years in prison. The United States government has a responsibility to Puerto Rico which, to date, it has refused to fulfill. Their armed forces mounted an invasion here in 1898, by virtue of which our nation was militarily intervened and our right to decide our own political destiny subjugated — a situation that has lasted to date. That is the principal offense for which it must respond, and the reason for which Puerto Rican independentistas have waged a struggle for 113 years, and during which thousands of Puerto Ricans, Oscar López Rivera among them, have paid an enormous share of sacrifice. Now, Oscar López Rivera’s release from prison depends on the decision of the president of the United States, Barack Obama, who has in his hands the opportunity to emulate other U.S. presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton and pardon the Puerto Rican veteran. Obama, first Afro-North American to achieve this position, knows by his own experience the difficult path that must be followed to overcome prejudice and discrimination. For this reason, and for an elemental sense of justice and fair play, it is his duty to release Puerto Rican political prisoner Oscar López Rivera without further delay, and return him to the heart of the Homeland he belongs to and to which he has offered his life.
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First solutions for SSL/TLS vulnerability
Security specialists have suggested using RC4 to remedy the SSL/TLS vulnerability that became known to the wider public last week. Unlike AES, which is used on most servers, the stream encryption algorithm doesn't use the Cipher Block Chaining (CBC) mode. The CBC implementations in all versions up to SSL 3.0/TLS 1.0 are vulnerable to "chosen-plaintext" attacks.
At the heart of the problem are initialisation vectors (IVs) that aren't randomised for every block – the vectors are supposed to ensure that identical blocks don't generate the same cipher – this allows cookies that are transmitted in encrypted form to be determined much quicker with "educated guesses" than with brute force. To be successful, however, a Man-in-the-Middle attack (MitM) must be used to intercept the victim's server connection and communicate with the server in the victim's context.
The problem can be solved by switching to the TLS 1.1 standard, which was adopted in 2006; there, the IVs for CBC are randomised, which renders the described attack ineffective. However, switching is potentially problematic because not all servers and browsers support the standard.
According to analysis by security specialist Thierry Zoller, Chrome and Firefox use the Network Security Services (NSS), which only support TLS 1.0. Windows Vista, XP, 2000 and Server 2003 as well as Server 2008 are also incapable of using TLS 1.1 by default. Only Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 can use TLS 1.1. Opera 10, on the other hand, even works with TLS 1.2 servers. However, it is no use changing the browser configuration if the server doesn't support the standard.
OpenSSL, which tends to be used with Apache web servers, doesn't yet offer TLS 1.1; there, the only effective measure is to switch to GnuTLS or RC4. The cipher suites to be used can be defined in the ssl.conf OpenSSL configuration file. Instructions on how to modify an IIS 7 can be found in Cipher Suite Mitigation for BEAST.
Meanwhile, Google has implemented a fix in the developer version of Chrome that had been proposed by the OpenSSL developers back in 2004. To make it more difficult for attackers to control the plain text to be injected, packets are split up, and an empty one is added before each packet. The addition of empty packets as a protective measure has been implemented in OpenSSL for some time. However, Zoller said that the measure isn't enabled by default for compatibility reasons.
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The largest sand island in the world is known by most as Fraser Island, but the indigenous name for this place is far more accurate. In the Butchulla people’s language, K’gari means paradise and this World Heritage-listed site lives up to its name.
I joined a 3-day, 2-night Fraser Island camping trip and 4×4 self-drive tour from Rainbow Beach. I’d only camped once before and had tried driving a manual two or three times… but I never let details like that stop me!
Our 31-person group split up into 4 cars at Rainbow Beach and crammed our things into our vehicles before setting off toward the island. After seeing a plethora of jellyfish in the wake of the ferry to Fraser, any doubts about the gravity of the ‘don’t swim in the ocean at Fraser’ warning disappeared.
Our trip was an amazing three days of sun, sand, new friends, sand, good food, sand… well… you get the picture. If you’re wondering how Fraser Island could be more amazing than other islands you’ve visited, you’re in luck! Check out these 8 things that are Fraser Island-exclusives, and worth adding to the top of your “islands to visit” list.
8 things to see on a Fraser Island Camping Trip
1. Lake McKenzie
This was the highlight of Fraser Island for me. Although more than 250,000 tourists come through this island yearly, you can still feel as if you are on a deserted island. The refreshing water of Lake McKenzie is so pure and clear that it creates a mirror effect as you swim underwater.
2. Indian Head
This feature has a sad history. When white people came to Fraser Island, they murdered most of the indigenous people, marching them up to the top of Indian Head and forcing them to jump. Today, strides are being made to give K’Gari back to the Butchulla people and Indian Head is a good place to take in the beauty of this place and remember the traditional owners of this land.
From the top, we saw dolphins chasing their next meal, turtles, stingrays, and a school of Spanish mackerel. The most awe-inspiring moment, though, was a family of breaching whales taking their time near K’Gari as they migrated through Queensland.
3. Champagne Pools
You can’t go into the ocean…. But the ocean can come to you!
The beautiful turquoise Champagne Pools are fed by crashing waves. When the bubbles clear, look below you for schools of fish who have managed to cross over the rocks and into the pool. And be sure to look into the crevices of the rocks for interesting sea organisms.
4. Eli Creek
Running low on water? Head to the top of Eli Creek and fill your bottle with some of the fresh, cool spring water. Be sure to point your water bottle downstream to avoid drinking debris.
Rumor has it that there’s a whale skeleton nearby… but I didn’t see it. To be fair, I’m not really a seek-out-animal-bones kind of girl, so I wasn’t looking too hard.
5. Maheno Wreck
Usually ship wrecks are confined to the ocean and best explored with scuba gear, but Fraser Island has a unique feature on its sandy shores.
Built in Scotland in 1905 and sold to the Union Steam Ship Company in New Zealand, the SS Maheno was able to carry up to 410 passengers. It broke records for its trans-Tasman voyages, and had a brief stint on the Australia- Honolulu route. After a facelift in 1914, it was commandeered as a hospital ship for the Great War and was known to be a great healing vessel.
By 1935, though, it was outdated and sold as scrap to a company in Japan. On its final voyage, bad weather and a broken tow line conspired to keep the SS Maheno in Australia permanently.
It washed up on the shores of Fraser Island, where it remains to this day. Over the years, it has served as a training ground for special forces during WWII, a testing site for rocket mail deliveries, and even as a wedding venue.
6. Lake Wabby
Finishing our rainbow tour of pools on Fraser is Lake Wabby. Trek through the forest and across an ocean of sand, and you’ll come upon Lake Wabby, a green lake. Its color comes from the eucalyptus trees surrounding the lake which creates the most intoxicating and healing scent. If you’re lucky (or unlucky?), there are little fish that swim in this lake and feast on the dead skin on your feet. It’s like a free fish spa, if you’re into that kind of thing.
One of the special things about this place is the presence of the dingo. This wild dog has been in Australia for more than 4,000 years. They’re at risk of being polluted by crossbreeding elsewhere in Australia… But on Fraser, they’re 100% dingos! They look like dogs, but are very much wild animals. As signs around the island say “Dingos are wiley.. don’t wait for proof.” There have been a few cases of tourists being attacked by dingos, so be sure to treat these guys with the respect they deserve, and don’t go anywhere without your dingo buddy!
8. Nights on Fraser
Take a dingo buddy or two down to the beach for some epic star-gazing! Be sure to download a star-gazing app before heading to the island so you’ll know exactly what you’re looking at. We saw Pluto, Uranus, and a host of other constellations!
Be sure to look down, too, because there’s something special about the wet sand… Stomp around a bit to experience a light show that rivals the starry sky. Bioluminescent organisms in the sand cause it to glow a blue color when it’s agitated by movement. I can attest that the bioluminescent sand makes a pretty awesome stage for a moon walk.
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About the Organization
The Congressional Budget Office is a small nonpartisan agency that provides economic and budgetary analysis to the Congress. CBO’s Tax Analysis Division is seeking an Assistant Analyst. The division’s responsibilities include making projections of tax revenues, analyzing tax data, developing economic and statistical forecasting models, responding to Congressional requests, estimating the revenue effects of some legislation, preparing Congressional testimony, and writing research reports about tax policy.
About the Position
The analyst will be directly responsible for modeling and making projections of certain revenue sources, for estimating the effects of selected legislative proposals on revenues, for tracking revenue bills through the legislative process, for maintaining CBO’s databases related to federal revenues, and for providing research assistance and technical support to other analysts in the division. The analyst will also have extensive interactions with others in various legislative and executive branch agencies. Assistant Analysts typically pursue professional or graduate degrees in fields such as economics, public policy, and law following their two-to-three-year appointments at CBO.
Candidates must have a bachelor’s degree in economics or a related field with significant quantitative coursework and outstanding quantitative skills, including facility with Microsoft Excel and other statistical software packages or programming languages; This position is only for candidates who have or are obtaining a bachelor’s degree; it is not for those who have or are obtaining a master’s degree. US citizens and permanent residents of the US seeking citizenship can apply.
Salary and Benefits
The salary will range from $42,000 to $48,000, and will be commensurate with related experience. CBO offers excellent benefits and a collegial, respectful work environment.
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By Benjamin Flowers
The Government of Mexico has approved the use of the first-ever vaccine for dengue fever.
Mexico’s Federal Commission for the Protection against Sanitary Risks (COFEPRIS) approved the vaccine, Dengvaxia for use in people from 9 to 45, living in areas where dengue is endemic.
Sanofi, the French drug company which manufactures Dengvaxia, will have the vaccine available for private purchase in Mexico as early as 2016, and has also applied for around 20 marketing approvals from countries in Latin America and Asia.
The company announced that it will have two million doses available in 2017, and the capacity to make 100 million doses a year, should the need arise.
“With this first marketing authorization of Dengvaxia, we have achieved our goal of making dengue the next vaccine-preventable disease,” said Olivier Brandicourt, MD, Chief Executive Officer, Sanofi.
Dengvaxia, a live virus vaccine, works against all four subtypes of dengue. The vaccine is comprised of an attenuated yellow fever virus genetically engineered to produce proteins from the dengue virus and stimulate the body’s immune system to make antibodies to those proteins.
In its clinical trials, Dengvaxia, reduced the risk of developing dengue by about 60 percent. While some experts have contested that it has less than the desired effect, many agree that with no existing treatment for dengue fever, 60 percent is sufficient.
The trials showed that the vaccine tends to be least effective in children younger than 9, particularly those younger than 6, and may even increase their risk of having more severe onsets of dengue later in life, according to a longer term follow-up from the clinical trials.
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Nick Freitas: “this argument between “nationalism” and “globalism”
“Honestly I’m very frustrated by this argument between “nationalism” and “globalism”, because neither side seems to define their terms in anyway that is useful for anything other than rallying mobs.
Globalism in so far as you mean free trade and the peaceful exchange of ideas is a great thing. Globalism in terms of multinational agreements which centralize power and diminish self rule is horrible.
Nationalism in the sense of a pride in one’s nation and cultural institutions is great. Nationalism in the sense of economic protectionism and isolationism is horrible.
George Soros is a globalist whose polices I despise…
Kim Jong Un is a nationalist whose polices I despise…
The fundamental debate is not between “globalism” and “nationalism” but between individual liberty and private property rights or central planning and statism.
If you support nationalism without defending liberty and property rights, you will simply end up with a different brand of intrusive government than the kind globalism may have imposed, but don’t expect vastly superior results simply because statist policies originate closer to home.
American conservatism must stand for individual liberty, free markets, religious freedom, freedom of association, property rights, personal responsibility, etc. These principles ARE our national fiber and to defend them is to properly defend America and American interests.”
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The attacks in London I had mentioned briefly this morning were, indeed, terrorist bombings. Whether these were planted or suicide bombings is still being determined. The mass transit system was the target, and the attack was timed to do the most damage to the civilian population. I'm quite sad, and I extend my sympathy and support to the people of London and their indomitable spirit.
It was heartening to read the words of PM Tony Blair later; Mr. Blair showed empathy and sadness along with strength and determination. The comments of PM Blair and also those of President Bush can be located many places. Will Franklin summarizes and puts them in perspective. Blair's line in the sand: "We shall prevail, and they shall not."
In 1990 I traveled to the U.K. with my family, about a year and a half after the terrorist bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, on which my brother, an overseas Syracuse University student, perished. It's hard to put into words the warmth and humanity of the Brits and Scots as they embraced us during our visit. I felt a kinship with them, a brotherhood that made that sad journey tolerable. During our time in London and in Lockerbie the people could not seem to do enough for us. And as a result, when we left, I felt that I certainly would be happy to do all I could for them were the circumstances reversed. They are now.
At this point I am heartened by the fact that the death toll is 37. It certainly could rise. I will not say "only" 37, as any number above zero is too high for my taste. It is also heartening to see the dogged determination of the British people rallying together to in solidarity against the terrorist threat, as exemplified by PM Blair's words.
When they try to intimidate us, we will not be intimidated. When they seek to change our country or our way of life by these methods, we will not be changed. When they try to divide our people or weaken our resolve, we will not be divided and our resolve will hold firm. We will show, by our spirit and dignity, and by our quiet but true strength that there is in the British people, that our values will long outlast theirs. The purpose of terrorism is just that, it is to terrorise people, and we will not be terrorised.
We in the States stand with you. We've got your back, as you have ours.
UPDATE: Similar sentiments from the Conservative Princess, E.M. Zanotti. Agreed.
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In our culture we look to celebrities for everything from stock tips to beauty techniques even though they rarely have more knowledge about it than we do. Celebrities are thought of as trusted friends who have lived lives in the public eye and therefore can be studied and noted whenever their beliefs lead them down a particularly interesting path. And so now that a great number of celebrities are voicing their concerns over the prospect of 2012 and its potential changes, many are sitting up and taking notice.
George Lucas recently entered the public eye after an alleged conversation with Seth Rogan. Of course the story was anecdotal (taking the form, in fact, of an anecdote in this case) and so he shared it with fans shortly thereafter. Later, as it turns out, a spokesman with George Lucas denied this allegation as either creative license or a joke. But if that’s not enough to start people wondering about 2012, whether Lucas believes in it or not there are several others who are definitely ready for the coming apocalypse. Or at least hope they are.
Woody Harrelson, while conservative of the particular date, did suggest that society was heading toward major changes. The Zombieland and 2012 star said that while he wasn’t sure just how it would happen, the political and economic forces at work seemed to be heading toward what Harrelson called a “difficult time.” And while he did quote a few haunting soundbytes from presidents both past and current that haunted him (and indeed many others) there was still a glimmer of hope in his words that it was not too late for the world to change.
Talk show host Montell Williams is not only a believer in the subject, according to the show’s producer, he is also planning on doing at least one more show on it and even writing a book on the subject citing global changes and other events that will need to take place if humanity is to get through the future rough patch successfully.
Mel Gibson, when he was shooting for Apocalypto, suggested that the major Earth changes taking place had a striking parallel to the events taking place in our own society. Suggesting we may be in for a difficult time, Gibson suggested the sending of troops into Iraq for no reason was comparable to human sacrifice – an interesting parallel that might require further thought at a future date.
And the long list of believers doesn’t end there. If we are dealing with a coming change in 2012, then there will hopefully be warning signs. But whether you believe in the changes brought on by the Mayan Calendar or believe in other changes taking place completely independent of it, one thing is for sure: the world will not be standing still until then. If change is to happen, and if disasters are to take place we will have at least some warning if those changes come from human hands. | <urn:uuid:fcad5ed9-7dd9-4790-ae56-febfd09393c3> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.unexplainable.net/simply-unexplainable/celebrities-weigh-in-on-2012.php | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571222.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810222056-20220811012056-00667.warc.gz | en | 0.972292 | 577 | 1.679688 | 2 |
My late Dad, had Diabetes.
It, affects the ENTIRE body.... the circulatory system, the nervous system, the eyes, the vital organs, the kidneys, their genitals (because it is a circulatory system), their heart and blood pressure, they can get numbness in their foot and hands, etc.
My Dad, had had a stroke, failing eyesight then could NOT work NOR drive a car, he had had heart surgery, he then had Kidney Failure and had to be in Dialysis 3 times a week for HOURS, all day.
Tell your Husband, my Dad DIED, because of Diabetes.
Nagging your Husband will not help.
He needs to also be going to the Doctor.... having his heart and kidneys monitored too. He should have a Primary Care Physician, an Eye Specialist, a Renal Doctor (kidney doctor) and heart Doctor.
He also needs to see a Nutritionist.
My Dad, saw ALL of these Specialists, regularly.
Also, if his foot gets infected, he can get GANGRENE and lose his foot. T his is common in Diabetics. Because... their circulation and immune system, is weak.
A Diabetic, even has to learn how to cut their own toenails... BECAUSE if they get cut on their foot, it can lead to infection and worse. AND some Diabetics cannot even "feel" if they are cut, because their feet gets numb.
Sorry to be so blunt.
But Diabetes is very serious.
He NEEDS to go to the DOCTOR... to check his feet!
He is Diabetic.
This is something that has to be done.
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The Meld Rare Sugar Syrup: A Modern Lifestyle Essential
It is scientifically proven that making healthful food choices provide numerous health benefits such as reducing the risk of many chronic health conditions and keeps your body healthy.
However, this fast-running life is making it tough for us to have major changes in our diets so instead of going for major ones it is better to start with the ones which can give you healthful results with minimal changes.
And it starts from one of the important ingredients of our diet, i.e.: SUGAR. Sugar receives negative criticism for many health problems, but without it, our body would struggle to function properly. So instead of eliminating sugar from your diet, opt for healthy Sugar. | <urn:uuid:267d751d-c8cf-4728-9e5d-d89a1b58a886> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.meldhealthcare.com/rare-sugar | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572581.94/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816211628-20220817001628-00067.warc.gz | en | 0.931862 | 151 | 1.890625 | 2 |
Happen[In]crypto Take a look at the Bitcoin (BTC) on-chain indicators, specifically the Spent Output Profit Ratio (SOPR) and the RHODL Ratio.
SOPR is an on-chain indicator that shows whether the market is in profit or loss position. Readings above one (black line) indicate that the market is in total profit, while those below one show a total loss.
The defining characteristic of a bullish trend is that the SOPR bounces on a line instead of falling down.
The SOPR broke below a (red circle) on January 20, 2018, indicating that the previous bullish trend had ended. Later, on December 11 of the same year, it bottomed out at a reading of 0.86. The SOPR had bottomed out 11 months after breaking below one for the first time.
In the current bullish trend, the SOPR broke below the one in May 2021. On 18 June it reached a value of 0.928. This is the third lowest price ever, which is only higher than in December 2018 and March 2020. Additionally, the low was reached 13 months after the SOPR broke below one for the first time.
So, while the dedication hasn’t been as bad in 2018, it has taken longer to grow.
The RHODL ratio is an indicator derived from the ratio between the one week and one to two year HODL wave bands. A reading above 50,000 (highlighted in red) suggests that a significant percentage of the BTC supply is in the hands of short-term holders.
This reading is usually tied to the top, as was the case with the 2013 and 2017 peaks. However, this was not the case in the top of 2021, which was made around 14,000.
The RHODL ratio is currently at 449, which is slightly above the 300 ratio which is considered oversold. The previous bottoms (dark circles) have reached inside this ratio. Significantly, this has not always been the case, as the ratio of the bottom of March 2020 was reached at 1,100 (red circle).
One possibility is that RHODL bottoms are following an ascending support line, as 2019 bottoms were higher than 2015’s. This means that long-term holders keep the supply lower and lower during bottoms as BTC matures.
According to this reading, BTC price has reached or is very close to reaching a bottom.
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Donald Trump’s “America First” is an election promise and a policy with serious implications for both the United States and the global community. Trump positions this policy declaration primarily to address needs of the US. On the other hand, it has far reaching consequence of a global magnitude which affects the global community. It could also possibly result in alienating the US. It does have serious consequences for the global community including African countries.
Trade/Foreign Trade/ AGOA
The US quit the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and it is reorganizing NAFTA. Trump’s intention is to negotiate opportunities of cooperation with other countries provided it will be of interest for America. If the same logic is to apply, African countries should be concerned about the threat for the trade pact they have through AGOA. To be more precise, the policy proclaimed by Trump is a direct hazard that may eventually lead to repealing of the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA). AGOA is crucial for African countries as it allows 39 eligible sub-Saharan Africa countries to export certain goods to the US market duty-free. (“AGOA Treaty Facing Possible Repeal in Trump Administration,” 2017).
One more Trump’s effort that impacts African countries is the issue of immigration. The President intends to alter the US immigration system drastically. He would like to remove as many undocumented immigrants as possible and that includes Africans. Trump would also like to cut the number of people admitted through legal immigration. He is determined to impose restrictions on immigration across the board. The effect of this decision on Africans is serious as it would limit their ability to travel to the US. It will also affect their option to reside and work in the US. This in turn affects remittances from the US to Africa.
Economic and military aid
Trump claimed that development of military forces of the United States will be a priority as contrasted to US previous practices of supporting other countries in military conflicts and providing them with both financial and military provision, Amanda Erickson states. The President states that US both economic state and military forces are in decay nowadays because of this excessive focus on support of other countries in terms of international cooperation, Erickson states. Hence, “America first” policy implies that the core potential of the country will be put on rapid renewal of the US power. Taken into consideration these targets of Trump’s policy, the perspective of support and aid to the African countries would clearly be on the chopping block.
“America first” policy also addresses the issue of terrorism. To be more precise, Trump initiated a protectionist type of foreign policy that is aimed at eradication of the so-called radical Islamic terror as one of the major threats to peace and well-being of the United States. According to the approach adhered to by Trump, the core interests of the USA in this area encompass intelligence gathering and diverse counter-terrorism efforts. As a result, these priorities will also impact African countries as far as any kind of cooperation will be regarded via perspective of protection of safety of the United States. Radical Islamists are the core focus in the course of counter-terrorism actions.
According to Erickson, America will transform from “a leader in peacemaking and poverty eradication” to the country focused on its own interests. It means that African populations will face a serious challenge because of losing such a significant partner to improvements in their countries. Along with such, the United States used to be “a champion of human rights and democracy” before Trump’s policy, we are not sure that will be a priority anymore.
The US as an example of democracy-internal political system
The United States represent a country with democracy as a core to its internal political system. The priorities proclaimed in contemporary America are benevolent and even constructive in their nature, but, apparently, they are among instruments that strengthen and nurture Trump’s dictatorship. Trump’s dictatorial tendencies and partisan bickering would dishearten democracy advocates in Africa. On the other hand, the way the US Courts mitigate Trump’s dictatorial tendencies could also be an example how a true democracy function.
As it becomes obvious from prior discussion, foreign relations are considerably disregarded by the United States during Trump’s administration. Furthermore, in the list of hierarchy, Africa is at the bottom of his concerns. Trump thinks cooperation with African countries does not pursue core interest of America. From the derogatory language he used to describe Africa and Africans, it is not likely that Trump’s policy will focus on the needs of Africa or Africans in particular.
Aligning towards China
Trump is known for years for his ultimate concern over the threat of US-China trade. The so-called trade war with China may lead the President to reconsider the terms and conditions of the US trades with African countries. This is especially true with those who have substantial trade relationship with China.
Thus, the core targets of Trump’s “America first” policy are on strengthening power and potential of the United States with little concern of supporting or aiding other countries. Hence, since African countries do not have much to offer for the US interests, impact of Trump policy may have negative effect on Africans and African Countries.
Ed.’s Note: Samuel Alemu is a partner at the ILBSG, LLP. His partner at the ILBSG, LLP, Praveen C. Medikundam, contributed to this article. They are both admitted to the bar associations of New York State, United States Tax Court, and the United States Court of International Trade. Samuel can be reached at [email protected]
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Formal and functional variation of lexical bundles in biomedical English
This study is an investigation of the morphosyntactic, lexical and functional variation of lexical bundles in scientific writing. In this chapter, we discuss the various methodological issues involved in the analysis of the structural variability and multifunctionality of lexical bundles, and the methodological approach we developed to address these variations. This approach involved grouping lexical bundles by shared keywords, applying the notion of <i>prototypical bundle</i> (Salazar 2011) and assigning lexical bundles to functions rather than linking pre-established functions to individual bundles. These additional steps were central to the creation of a pedagogically and lexicographically relevant list of lexical bundles for inclusion in <i>SciE-Lex</i>. | <urn:uuid:fc23c33d-088b-4272-ad42-bd0864bd584e> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.jbe-platform.com/content/books/9789027271921-03sal | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560283689.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095123-00356-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.888641 | 161 | 1.507813 | 2 |
Find out about Vitamin B and why it's important in your balanced diet. From helping to provide your body with energy through to the metabolism of fats and proteins, this is one important Vitamin!
All vitamin B complex group (Thiamine, Riboflavin, Niacin, Pyridoxine et al.) are water soluble, and are linked together in several chemical ways. They are formed from either bacteria, yeast's, fungi, or moulds.
They are responsible for providing energy to the body during the conversion of glucose, from carbohydrates. They are also critically required for the metabolism of both fats and proteins, as well as the health and maintenance of the body's nervous system.
Vitamin B-1 Thiamine
Necessary for proper metabolism of sugar and starch to provide energy. Maintains a healthy nervous system as well as aiding proper function of the heart and other muscles. Stress increases the need for B-1 and all B vitamins.
Found in Brewer's yeast, wheat germ, oatmeal, whole wheat, bran, whole brown rice, black strap molasses, soybeans, and meats.
Effective with B-Complex, B-2, Folic Acid, Niacin, Vitamin C, Vitamin E, Manganese.
Alcohol interferes with the absorption of this water based vitamin.
Vitamin B-2 Riboflavin
Critical in the metabolism of carbohydrates, fats and proteins. Needed in the repair of the nails, skin and hair.
If you are looking to produce a higher level of energy in the body, Vitamin B2 is the one of the more important nutrients. If you exercise every day, you are using up your vitamin B2 supply.
Cheese and milk are the best dietary sources of this vitamin, also green vegetables and whole grains.
Vitamin B-3 Niacin
Required for the synthesis of sex hormones, as well as being vital to the nervous system. It also aids circulation, and reduces serum cholesterol.
Because niacin dilates the blood vessels, many people taking this supplement regularly report the heat sensation and redness, commonly occurring in the area of the face.
The average daily dosage for adults is approximately 15 mg. Fish and chicken are good natural sources.
Vitamin B-6 Pyridoxine
Involved in the metabolism of fats, especially the unsaturated fatty acids.
Required by many amino acids for their metabolism, and also aids in the production of hydrochloric acid.
This vitamin must be present for the production of both red blood cells, and also antibodies. It plays an important role in the body's immune system
B6 relieves a wide variety of PMS symptoms, such as breast tenderness, weight gain (water retention) and irritability. This very important vitamin has also been shown to be helpful in reducing or eliminating symptoms of nervous tremors and epileptic seizures.
Whole grains are a good source of this vitamin.
Essential for the correct functioning of all cells, especially bone marrow and nervous tissue, it is also required for red blood cell formation.
Necessary for normal digestion, absorption of foods, proteins synthesis and carbohydrate and fat metabolism.
Found in liver, kidney, meats, fish, dairy products and eggs.
Required in the formation of glycogen, and is also essential in the making of fatty acids. Biotin, found as an ingredient in many of today's shampoos and hair conditioners, is said to repair damaged hair and keep hair healthy. Can be found in Brewer's yeast and nuts.
Choline is an active factor in lecithin, and aids in the metabolism of fats.
Helps lower cholesterol, transferring nerve impulse to the brain, helps against memory loss and senile dementia, aids the liver in removing poisons and drugs from the bloodstream.
Found in egg yolk, milk, meat, legumes and whole grains.
Has an enhancing effect upon the adrenal glands, and is often taken during stressful conditions. It is also necessary during metabolism of fats, carbohydrates and proteins. Helps form certain hormones and antibodies.
Needed for maintenance of healthy digestive tract, skin, nerves and glands. Found in organ meats, brewer's yeast, egg yolk, whole grain cereal, chicken, bran, and nuts.
Is active in the most basic life process that we know, the synthesis of the building blocks of life, DNA. People found to have various types of pre cancerous cells have also been found folic acid deficient. Other symptoms of too little folic acid are slowed metabolism, constipation, and tiredness at inappropriate times of the day.
Pregnant women are wise to ensure that intake of folic acid is adequately maintained, as it has been clinically proven to reduce birth defects, including Down's Syndrome.
People of all ages, from pregnant women to elderly men, are apparently deficient in the essential substance. Good sources to obtain the needed 400 to 600 mg. daily are broccoli and spinach.
Because the B complex group of vitamins work with each other, it is worth making sure that they are taken at the same time.
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A Jewish king with dubious origins and a penchant for building, Herod the Great’s mark on the Land of Israel is unquestionably the most distinct and unforgettable. His passion for construction breathed new life into the aging Second Temple in Jerusalem; his projects rivaled the greatest architectural achievements in the Roman world.
Herod has long been a figure shrouded in myth. The Talmud alludes he preserved his dead wife, a descendant of the Hasmoneans, in a vat of honey. The New Testament (in a remarkable parallel to the Biblical story of Moses) claims Herod sought to kill the infant Jesus. In the 2005 series “Rome” he is portrayed as a slippery character, with a preference for dark corners and narcotics.
These nuggets have allowed Herod to survive in Western collective memory alongside the most distinguished figures of his day. The combination between his megalomania and his passion for big projects is compelling to so many. Similar to the story of Antony and Cleopatra, however, Herod’s legacy has little historical basis, and until recently there was still a question as to where the king was buried.
Enter Ehud Netzer, a professor of archaeology at Hebrew University bent on discovering the tomb of the famous king. Arguably as thirsty for success as the man he sought, Netzer spent 35 years tearing up the layered earth in search of Herod, using the ancient historian Josephus as his guide. In 2007, at the foot of his winter palace of Herodium (in the West Bank), Netzer found the remains of a once-15-meter-high tomb.
The fascinating story of the tomb’s discovery and impassioned archaeologist took a legendary turn of its own, when Professor Netzer suffered a terrible accident at the site, dying amidst his lifework. It was in Netzer’s honor, paired with the desire to tell Herod’s story through his architectural and administrative genius, that the Israel Museum opened its newest exhibit, “The Final Journey of King Herod the Great”, in full, regal display.
The exhibit, showing through October 2013, features over 250 artifacts gathered from the many cities and palaces that Herod built, including Jerusalem, Caesarea, Jericho and Herodium (where he was buried). Detailed 3-D recreations of the sites allow a fresh perspective of how these ruins may have appeared two millennia ago. Brilliantly envisioned by the museum staff, visitors to the exhibit will find themselves flanked by restored frescos and supported by marbles floors. Picturesque farmland scenes accompany dramatic sea battles. The vibrant greens, yellows, cinnabar and pinks of the past have painstakingly been brought back to life in order to surround the ancient king, and the thousands of expected visitors, in the comforts and grandeur of the ancient world.
Despite the vibrancy of the exhibit itself, King Herod’s sarcophagus rests in a simple, albeit stately, manner. It is as if the assortment of worldly riches on display: the ornate oil lamps, goblets, bottles of perfumes, terra sigillate tableware, and wine from Campania, mattered little to a man who measured himself more on architectural accomplishment than material wealth.
Questions surrounding King Herod remain, and the Israel Museum intentionally decided to avoid the sexy, but yet unfounded legends about his behavior and his family. Instead, the exhibit is a heavily grounded picture of the man behind the myth: a strong leader, who made Jerusalem and the Judea relevant again, while temporarily transporting its guests into a complex world of artisanal beauty. | <urn:uuid:6f751d90-dd7b-4e50-bcef-825f8ae5a8f8> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://expeditions.daattravel.com/places/six-feet-under-with-herod-the-great/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988719027.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183839-00302-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.959641 | 745 | 2.78125 | 3 |
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Getting caught being brown hasn't gotten any easier in the North Bay but a new lawsuit alleging racial profiling by the Immigration and Customs Enforement (ICE) and the Sonoma County Sheriff's department may actually change constitutional law.
With a suit brought Sept. 4 by the ACLU of Northern California on behalf of three Sonoma County plaintiffs and the Committee for Immigrant Rights of Sonoma County (CIRSC), it appears that the big guns—or at least the big acronyms—are paying attention to the local sheriff department's three-year collaboration with ICE.
"When local police act as immigration agents, they infringe on the fundamental rights of residents and create a climate of suspicion and fear that undermines public trust and public safety," charges ACLU lead attorney Julia Harumi Mass.
Aiming to double up efforts, ICE agents often ride along with officers, being on the spot to detain a person who does not present adequate papers or has an outstanding warrant. As reported before in these pages, such sober reasoning does not always prevail. "They're detaining them on the color of their skin or having given a Hispanic name to an officer or anyone who looks Latino when they drive past," says Santa Rosa attorney Richard Coshnear, a member of the CIRSC. "Once detained, they may or may not have ID and turn them over to the ICE agent and the ICE agent develops probable cause for not being documented."
Coshnear contacted several agencies about client cases he was defending in 2006, most of which involved area residents of Latino heritage being taken into custody for such minor infractions as cracked windshields and then held for days without being charged.
"Racial profiling is a large part of the case," Coshnear explains. "Another part is what the ICE puts on people in the jail—called a detainer or a hold—is being used illegally. Congress has set up a scheme that when people are arrested without a warrant on suspicion of being in the U.S. without permission, that does not involve picking them up, say, on a Thursday, keeping them until Tuesday, and then taking them to someone to discover if they're really legally here. That's a denial of due process."
And that touches upon the Fifth Amendment, which protects everyone in the U.S., including non-citizens, from being punished without due process of the law.
The ACLU spent months researching constitutional law regarding the ICE sweeps in the North Bay and holding community meetings to hear personal stories before agreeing to take the case. "We want to show that what ICE is doing here in Sonoma County and across the country is a violation of due process, which is constitutional law," Coshnear says. | <urn:uuid:6da150a4-14f3-488e-a001-bf0c3184d945> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.bohemian.com/northbay/fire-on-ice/Content?oid=2172602 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280835.60/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00475-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.971121 | 550 | 1.5 | 2 |
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Penn Station is much more than a transportation center. As the heart of the Northeast Corridor rail system, it has the potential to link downtown to downtown along the Eastern Seaboard in a way far more economical, expedient and environmentally sustainable than air travel.
But while the governor’s recently announced plan is a step toward this goal, more must be done. What we propose in addition is a completely new commuter station on the site of Madison Square Garden — nytimes.com
The proposed plan for Penn Station's redesign comes by way of Vishaan Chakrabarti, founder of the Practice for Architecture and Urbanism. Previously, Chakrabarti was the director of Manhattan's Department of City Planning under former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, where he also...
Grand Avenue’s Music Center Plaza is about to get a major renovation for the first time since it opened to the public in 1964.
Often overshadowed (literally) by the prominent Downtown venues that stand above it, the plaza is a gathering place and event space in its own right. Thus, a major part of the plan would increase event capacity from 1,500 to 2,500.
[LA County] has already given $2 million to plan the project, with $25 million of funding expected down the road. — la.curbed.com
More recent L.A. news on Archinect:Michael Maltzan proposes greening L.A.'s 134 freewayDowntown LA has a new museum on the horizonHistoric LA Times Building to be redeveloped"Bouncy-house urbanism is on the rise." – Christopher Hawthorne rides the U.S. Bank Tower's 'SkySlide'Agence Ter and Team...
With the growing trend towards hostile architecture now openly admitting its political incentives, are we in an age of transparent hostility? [...]
Whereas other instances of hostile architecture are marked by their deliberate obscurity, the Camden Bench was developed, constructed and deployed in plain sight, making it an all too visible reminder of persistent negligence, raising the question: will hostile architecture become an accepted feature of the built environment? — failedarchitecture.com
Related stories in the Archinect news:Amid London's austerity measures, "defensive design" becomes even more hostileLAPD directs officers to treat homeless people “with compassion” in new vague policyArchitecture of paranoia
I’m not so critical about New York, because they have this very firm grid-pattern. Even the newer buildings are lined up on good streets. If you stand in front of the Empire State Building, you can’t really guess how tall it is, because it meets the street in a friendly way. [...] It’s not so important how high the building is, or how much it looks like a perfume bottle, it’s more important how it interacts with the city. — commonedge.org
Related stories in the Archinect news:Jan Gehl's perspective on making "a good urban habitat for homo sapiens"Is Jan Gehl winning his battle to make our cities liveable?How to design that elusive "Perfect Town"
These public pools, or sundlaugs, serve as the communal heart of Iceland, sacred places whose affordability and ubiquity are viewed as a kind of civil right....The pool is Iceland’s social space: where families meet neighbors, where newcomers first receive welcome, where rivals can’t avoid one another. — NYT
Dan Kois considers how communal pools and the sociability of soaking, are "a key to Icelandic well-being." On a related note, Dan Hill recently published an essay reflecting on ‘The Pool’, a book published as part of The Australian pavilion for the 2016 Venice Architecture Biennale. The...
with the rise of these innovative areas, traditional-style dorms, characterized by shared bathrooms and two or more students living with one another in a single space, are becoming less frequent on campus, and will soon be discontinued altogether. [...]
living in a traditional-style dorm is important, especially for first-year students, because the living arrangements allow for greater communication between residents that may not necessarily occur in the newer dorms. — kykernel.com
Related on Archinect:Luxury UK student housing is on the rise, and with it, gentrification fearsViennese student dorms may Passively House refugeesHomework and Jacuzzis as Dorms Move to McMansions in California
Originally built as the U.S. Pavilion in the memorable World Expo of 1967, the steel structural frame of Buckminster Fuller's Biosphere remains standing to this day as a sole landmark in Montreal's Parc Jean-Drapeau. In planning for the 50th anniversary of Expo 67 as well as Montreal's 375th...
From 1917 to 1991 in the former Russian Empire, and from 1945 to 1989 in the countries it dominated after the war, there was no real private ownership. No landowners, no developers, no “placemakers” - in half of Europe. Did this mean public space was done differently, and are attitudes to it different in those countries? [...] observed more closely, public space here is every bit as complex as it is elsewhere in Europe. — theguardian.com
Related stories in the Archinect news:Owen Hatherley on a Stalinist city's efforts to "de-communize"The New East is where western starchitect dreams come true (or turn into nightmares)Michael Kimmelman on Public Squares
Last week we witnessed the loss of Dame Zaha Hadid, one of architecture's most formidable and prolific talents. We'll be devoting a later podcast episode to remembering her and honoring her work. Until then, we'll continue catching you up with the most significant architecture news from the past...
Squares have defined urban living since the dawn of democracy, from which they are inseparable. [...]
I don’t think it’s coincidental that early in 2011 the Egyptian revolution centered around Tahrir Square, or that the Occupy Movement later that same year, partly inspired by the Arab Spring, expressed itself by taking over squares like Taksim in Istanbul, the Plaça de Catalunya in Barcelona, and Zuccotti Park in Lower Manhattan. — nybooks.com
Related stories in the Archinect news:The Art of Architecture Criticism: Archinect Sessions One-to-One #7 with Michael Kimmelman, architecture critic for the New York TimesMichael Kimmelman in praise of NYC's new garage-and-salt-shed complex: "Best examples of new public architecture in the...
The idea, besides removing as many vestiges of Communist rule as possible, is to create a concrete expression of the nationalism [Hungary’s prime minister, Viktor Orban's] governing party espouses. [...]
“These projects, when lumped together, probably constitute the biggest such concentrated architectural project in Budapest in 100 years,” [...]
“He is trying to take the existing city and put it back to the shape it had before 1944...The park is a victim of this whole political machinery.” — nytimes.com
Learn more about a couple of the controversial projects mentioned:First glimpse: SANAA wins over Snøhetta for Budapest's new National Gallery + Ludwig MuseumThe fascinating DIY architecture of these Hungarian summer houses brings back childhood memoriesThree winners, including Sou Fujimoto, are...
“Shady,” “unethical,” “secretive,” “robbed of our due process” — these were just a few of the choice terms used by angry residents this past week at a packed City Council meeting about the selling of Pine Tree Park [in Kent, outside of Seattle, WA].
Longtime Seattle land-use attorney Rick Aramburu has another term for what happened: illegal. It’s also a growing trend in the swath of cities around Seattle, places that no longer receive much scrutiny from the press.
“It’s becoming a cancer" — seattletimes.com
More on recent (legal) park development:A critical look at Downtown L.A.'s ambitious plans for two new public parksTalking parks with Adrian Benepe, senior vice president of The Trust for Public LandTransforming a garbage heap into a public parkAmbitious L.A. Parks Plan Will Require Coordination...
New York collects about $60 million annually for allowing signs, ornamental lampposts, stand-alone clocks, benches, bollards, planters, permanent trash receptacles, delivery ramps and just about anything else imaginable on, over or under the city’s 12,000 miles of sidewalks. [...]
Overall revenue from sidewalk-permit fees has risen by about 50 percent in the past decade, the bulk of it from utility companies for pipes and transformers below ground. — nytimes.com
Related on Archinect:Not all sidewalks are created equal in D.C.Rise in cycling expands NYC's real estate marketProtected bike lanes strengthen city economy, report findsWhy Los Angeles is struggling to fix thousands of miles of sidewalksPeople-streets link small L.A. neighborhood and $325MM...
The only context in which [Times Square] is routinely praised is a historical one, and then usually in a misguided glorification of its former grittiness. Nostalgia clouds the ugliness of the past and conceals the vibrancy of the present, but perhaps worst of all, it offers a pass for looking at Times Square as it really is and as it should be. [...]
if you’re trying to fight your way through the crowds of Times Square, you’re missing the point—the point is the crowd. — observer.com
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The Hills on Governors Island will welcome visitors this summer — nearly a year ahead of schedule, it was announced last week — and add 10 acres of green space to the city, largely in the form of four artificial hills. Made of recycled construction debris and clean fill, the hills rise as high as 70 feet above the island...An unseasonably warm fall contributed to faster-than-expected construction times. — NextCity
You can find more photos and renderings from the Governors Island's Flickr here and here.Scroll down for a drone video of the park under construction.More about public parks on Archinect:Pershing Square Renew competition narrows down to four finalist teamsBIG unveils 28-acre master plan for...
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During the first three tutorials of BCM300, our class has been playtesting a range of boardgames. The game I have chosen to analyse is called Flash Point – a cooperative boardgame where all players work together to rescue people and animals from a burning building. I chose to analyse this game specifically because it was such a different experience to those I have played in the past, which have always been every man for himself.
Flash Point was designed by Kevin Lanzing, with the help of actual firefighters. It was originally published by Indie Boards & Cards in 2011, but has since been picked up by several other publishers, with a BoardGameGeek rating of 7/10. The game falls under the adventure category, can have up to 6 players, and has an average playing time of around 45 minutes.
Flash Point takes place on a double-sided playing board, complete with…
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What do we buy the kids for Christmas? Now there it is, for a young mum and dad, this has to be the most difficult of questions. Getting the answer requires stacks of nervous energy, for the answer is not easily gained.
It is just too easy to make a classic blunder in the presie buying stakes. We head off to the shops to get some good ideas - pure stupidity. Whenever we do this we usually end up with hundreds of possibilities and no presents. A clear knowledge of what we want is essential for any trip to the shops.
Anyway, we end up getting something, although maybe not paid for yet. If we are lucky some of the presents may survive till Boxing Day, a week even. What can we give the kids or grandkids that will last? They are all going to travel roads that we never even thought of. Our world is changing. What can we give them to negotiate the pitfalls of life? What do we give them to take on the journey?
A hope of the individuals inalienable place in the scheme of things;
A sense of humor;
The meaning of discipline;
The will to work. Satisfying work is certainly a lasting joy;
The knowledge of being loved beyond the demand of praise or blame, for those so loved grow strong to meet the challenges of life.
So what will we give our children?
An awareness of the beauty of life. The brilliance of a full moon, the glow of the setting sun, the flowers of spring, of growing grass, of crickets and birds. A good book on a wet day in soft lounge, a warm bed, and a hearty meal. A hand grasping and helping, impromptu praise, an unexpected kiss and a straight answer. What about enthusiasm and a sense of wonder, or the memory of a good home.
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This week we continued our recent growth at the Cooperative Catalyst adding a number of new authors with many more on the way. We are continuing to diversify as a community, but we still looking for more student voices and voices from different places in the world and in life.
We had 13 new posts this week meaning 13 new and continued conversations about our success and struggles trying to transform education and help create a just and sustainable world. We shared these conversations with our ever growing readership which saw over 400 readers visiting our site everyday this week and many more sharing our posts via twitter, facebook, tumblr and google+.
I want to remind our readers and members that all posts and conversations are living and still active, so comment away! This includes archive posts! I recommend all new readers check out the amazing conversations that started the Cooperative Catalyst in March 2010!
Have a great week and please take a moment to review all the posts from the last week!
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Community is created by individuals who share common values. Conscious community means that the well-being of the consciousness of all constituents is the highest priority. Implied is that nourishing consciousness leads to the best possible outcomes of all community members. What do most educators know about a child’s consciousness? Given my 30 years of engagement … Continue reading »
Author’s note – much of what you’re about to read is inspired by the juxtaposition of articles featured on BoingBoing. I spent this morning sharing iCivics and its marquee title, “Do I Have a Right?”, with local colleagues. “Do I Have a Right?” is an resource management game in which the player assumes control of … Continue reading »
“The public school exists to turn out manageable workers, obedient consumers, manipulable voters, and if need be willing killers” -Jonathan Kozol author of Free Schools The most notable and recent movement for alternative education occurred in 1960’s to the early 1970’s, and was known as the “free school” movement. The free school movement was an … Continue reading »
Image taken from here As the recession rolls on and the politicians gear up for another fight on this new super committee, I drive back and forth to school getting ready for a new school year. One politician was discussing what could be cut save our country from the brink of bankruptcy and discussed Medicaid, a … Continue reading »
One-size-fits-all is vanilla ice cream. It’s plain white athletic socks. It’s “Mary Had a Little Lamb” with a recorder. One-size-fits-all is an assembly line and a Model-T Ford and a straight line of school children marching to their class. It’s industrial. It’s lock-step. It’s mechanistic. And it just might save public education. Sometimes I … Continue reading »
Constant Immersion and Emergence I hate the word reform. Well, let me put in another way, I hate how language, like the words reform, rigorous, and higher standards, has been hijacked by a standard imagery of the never-ending critique of traditional education, without actual changes to the core, instead, choosing to emphasize changes … Continue reading »
via Lost In Recursion My wife works at Penguin Group, where naturally they have an incredible “take pile” of books they publish. That’s where I found Number: The Language of Science, a fascinating and completely accessible history of the human traditions that give us today’s number systems. Apart from the amazing stuff about numbers, my favorite … Continue reading »
For my blog post today, I’m sharing a recent post I wrote for Care2.com, an online community for people passionate about creating a better world. Here’s an excerpt from What the Teachers Are Themselves: “There’s a couplet by Rudyard Kipling that shines a sometimes too bright light on one of the biggest truths we educators … Continue reading »
Wow, I came out of four days in Portland with such a different feeling from my experience at the AERO Conference last year in Albany. Things had really changed for me in just one year. Both experiences provided me with a window into a world I didn’t know much about, helped me understand the alternatives … Continue reading »
In my last post (read it here), I talked about how I had transformed my English 12 class last year from an “English class” to a true community of writers. In this post, I’m going to talk about how I’m planning on expanding this experiment to my English 9 through 12 classes with the main … Continue reading
20 teachers and artists from all around Detroit came together this past week to redefine the purpose and practice of education. At a week long retreat organized by Allied Media Projects (AMP) in Detroit and funded by the Detroit Digital Justice Coalition, adults heard from young people, listened to one another, read up on innovative … Continue reading »
Since returning from #ISTE11, I’ve struggled with writing about education. Given the tanked economy, our retrograde, juvenile government, and the epidemic breakout of strong-man/yes–man/straw-man educational dictatorships, I’ve felt a bit like Margot from “All Summer in a Day.” We are living and working in a playground battlefield. It’s insane. In response, we need to make … Continue reading » | <urn:uuid:bb605de9-c76b-4410-94e6-156f53209029> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://coopcatalyst.wordpress.com/2011/08/21/cooperative-catalyst-week-in-review-august-15th-21st-2011/?like=1&source=post_flair&_wpnonce=c1c9c39881 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280221.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00229-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.933675 | 1,180 | 1.679688 | 2 |
We have the most up to date technology in chiropractic in our office. We perform Surface EMG and thermal scans which allows us to see how well your nervous system is functioning. We feature theInsight™ Millenium Subluxation Station, which provides us the information to determine the extent of pressure or irritation on the nerves in the body. The patented Insight™ Thermal Scanner assesses autonomic function by measuring skin temperature differentials. Displays support both pattern and segmental analysis. On the segmental analysis graph, green, blue and red colors indicate mild, moderate and severe levels of thermal asymmetry respectively.
The surface EMG scan tracts the function of the muscles. A scan of a patient's muscle asymmetry depicts the amount of muscle pull from one side to another. Normal is marked by white spikes or no spikes at all. The same colors are used here - green, blue and red for mild, moderate and severe levels of muscle asymmetry respectively. The patient's sEMG scan is compared to normal. When we are viewing the amplitude (amount of tension) of paraspinal muscle activity, along with hyper-tonicity or hypo-tonicity as it compares to a normal population. Green bars indicate one standard deviation over normal or mild elevation. Blue bars indicate moderate elevation and Red bars indicate severe elevation. Yellow indicates one standard deviation below normal. These tests provide a window into your health to determine if further testing such as X-rays is necessary. The sEMG and thermal scans are also very safe for patients that are pregnant and are unable to have x-rays taken.
Why do we perform these scans?
We want to have as much information available when diagnosing and determining a treatment plan. These vital tests provide us with the most accurate information about the function and symmetry of the nerves and muscles. They are very simple tests and are non invasive and comfortable. We just roll the thermal scanner right up the back of your spine and it gives us the necessary values in a graph form. | <urn:uuid:ca9e74bc-06bf-4e6c-8ded-0dce2fa4288b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://hartchiro.com/nerve-scan-thermal-scan/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571745.28/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812170436-20220812200436-00469.warc.gz | en | 0.901143 | 409 | 1.71875 | 2 |
Biogenesis of lipoarabinomannan in mycobacteria Summary Phosphatidylinositol mannosides (PIM) and their multiglycosylated counterparts, lipomannan (LM) and lipoarabinomannan (LAM) are complex glycolipids and lipoglycans found in the envelopes of all mycobacterial species. They play various essential although poorly defined roles in mycobacterial physiology and are important immunomodulatory molecules in the course of tuberculosis and leprosy as well as key ligands promoting the entry of mycobacteria into phagocytic and non-phagocytic cells. Although much progress has been made over the last 20 years in elucidating the structures of these molecules, knowledge of the pathways leading to their biosynthesis, assembling and transport to the cell surface is still incomplete. The elucidation of these pathways, in addition to providing fundamental knowledge about the biochemistry of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, is expected to lead to the discovery of essential enzymes and transporters that could represent interesting targets for novel anti-TB drugs. The availability of recombinant mycobacterial strains accumulating biosynthetic precursors of these molecules would facilitate structure-function relationship studies and that of defined M. tuberculosis mutants deficient in various aspects of PIM, LM and LAM synthesis would allow a precise assessment of the contribution of these molecules to the immunopathogenesis of tuberculosis in vivo. Following an integrated approach in the form of bioinformatics, genetics and biochemistry, we propose to pursue our work on the identification and functional characterization of the enzymes involved in the elongation and assembling of PIM, LM and LAM and to further extend this work to the characterization of the transporters responsible for the translocation of biosynthetic intermediates and end products across the different layers of the cell envelope. Abbreviations: AM, arabinomannan;AcylT, acyltransferase;Araf, arabinofuranosyl;AraT, arabinosyltransferase;CZE, capillary zone electrophoresis;DOC, deoxycholate;ESI, electrospray ionization;GT, glycosyltransferase;LAM, lipoarabinomannan;LM, lipomannan;MALDI-TOF, Matrix-Assisted Laser desorption/ionization time of flight;Manp, mannopyranosyl;ManT, mannosyltransferase;MPI, mannosylated phosphatidylinositol;MS, mass spectrometry;myo-Ins, myo-inositol;ORF, open reading frame;investigator, phosphatidyl-myo-inositol;PIM, phosphatidyl-myo-inositol mannosides;TFA, trifluoroacetic acid;TLC, thin-layer chromatography. Nomenclature: PIM is used to describe the global family of phosphatidylinositol mannosides that carries one to four fatty acids (attached to the glycerol, inositol and/or mannose) and one to six mannose residues. In AcXPIMY, x refers to the number of acyl groups esterified to available hydroxyls on the mannose or myo-inositol residues, y refers to the number of mannose residues;e.g. Ac1PIM1 corresponds to the phosphatidylinositol mono-mannoside PIM1 carrying two acyl groups attached to the glycerol (the diacylglycerol substituent) and one acyl group esterified to the mannose residue.
Dissection of the PIM, LM and LAM pathways in Mycobacterium tuberculosis will lead to the discovery of novel classes of essential enzymes and transporters that may represent attractive targets for therapeutic intervention. In addition, the mutants defective in some aspects of PIM, LM or LAM synthesis will help define the precise role of these molecules in immunopathogenesis.
|Daffé, Mamadou; Crick, Dean C; Jackson, Mary (2014) Genetics of Capsular Polysaccharides and Cell Envelope (Glyco)lipids. Microbiol Spectr 2:|
|Angala, Shiva Kumar; Belardinelli, Juan Manuel; Huc-Claustre, Emilie et al. (2014) The cell envelope glycoconjugates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Crit Rev Biochem Mol Biol 49:361-99|
|Kaur, Devinder; Angala, Shiva K; Wu, Sz-Wei et al. (2014) A single arabinan chain is attached to the phosphatidylinositol mannosyl core of the major immunomodulatory mycobacterial cell envelope glycoconjugate, lipoarabinomannan. J Biol Chem 289:30249-56|
|Shukla, Supriya; Richardson, Edward T; Athman, Jaffre J et al. (2014) Mycobacterium tuberculosis lipoprotein LprG binds lipoarabinomannan and determines its cell envelope localization to control phagolysosomal fusion. PLoS Pathog 10:e1004471|
|Svetlíková, Zuzana; Baráth, Peter; Jackson, Mary et al. (2014) Purification and characterization of the acyltransferase involved in biosynthesis of the major mycobacterial cell envelope glycolipid--monoacylated phosphatidylinositol dimannoside. Protein Expr Purif 100:33-9|
|Jackson, Mary (2014) The mycobacterial cell envelope-lipids. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Med 4:|
|Gaur, Rajiv L; Ren, Kangning; Blumenthal, Antje et al. (2014) LprG-mediated surface expression of lipoarabinomannan is essential for virulence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. PLoS Pathog 10:e1004376|
|Albesa-Jove, David; Giganti, David; Jackson, Mary et al. (2014) Structure-function relationships of membrane-associated GT-B glycosyltransferases. Glycobiology 24:108-24|
|Grzegorzewicz, Anna E; Jackson, Mary (2013) Subfractionation and analysis of the cell envelope (lipo)polysaccharides of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Methods Mol Biol 966:309-24|
|Jackson, Mary; McNeil, Michael R; Brennan, Patrick J (2013) Progress in targeting cell envelope biogenesis in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Future Microbiol 8:855-75|
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Siddiqui, Abdur Rahman
Siddiqui, Abdur Rahman (1887-1953) politician, acting governor of East Bengal. He was appointed acting governor of East Bengal during the leave period of governor Malik Firoz Khan Noon from 25 July to 10 November 1952.
A front ranking leader of the Muslim League, Abdur Rahman Siddiqui was graduated from the Aligarh University and received higher education from England. He was the president of the student organization of the Aligarh University. After graduation, he became the managing editor of the journal Comrade edited by Moulana Muhammad Ali and published from Kolkata. He participated in the khilafat movement, and joined the medical team as a volunteer that was sent to Turkey under the leadership of Dr. Ansari during the Balkan war. Abdur Rahman Siddiqui was a member of the Bengal Legislative Assembly in 1937-46 and was elected a member of the Indian Legislative Assembly in 1946. The Daily Morning News was published from Kolkata at his initiative. He was the editor of the paper from 1942 to 1948. Siddiqui was elected Mayor of Calcutta Municipal Corporation in 1940. Abdur Rahman Siddiqui was one of the organizers of the Eastern Federal Insurance Company. He was a specialist on Middle East issues and was one of the central leaders of the Pakistan movement. He died in 1953. [Abu Jafar] | <urn:uuid:100aeffa-5433-408e-a367-ffa7724e328a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Siddiqui,_Abdur_Rahman | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572581.94/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816211628-20220817001628-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.987744 | 294 | 2.140625 | 2 |
It's starting to feel a lot like 1999 again. Actually, more like 2001.
The latest MoneyTree Report from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and the National Venture Capital Association confirms what most have long suspected: the gold rush in the tech sector is on again – and in a big way.
For the year, venture capitalists invested a total of $29.4 bn in 3,995 deals, up 7 percent in dollars and 4 percent in total deals.
Internet-specific companies garnered $7.1 bn from VCs last year, the most since 2011. Meanwhile, software startups raked in $11 bn spread across 1,523 deals – the highest level of investment since 2000.
"We are hearing that this optimism is being fueled by a strong exit market, an improved economy, and as always, innovative entrepreneurs," Bobby Franklin, the NVCA's president and CEO, said in the report. "There has been some public discussion about recent high valuation levels in private technology companies. Private company valuations follow the public markets and market-leading venture-backed companies are seeing strong interest from investors across the board. We are not hearing concerns of a return to bubble values of the late 1990s."
The fourth-quarter and year-end numbers represent a sharp about-face from midyear when VCs– a 22 percent decline from the same period in 2012 and the least amount of investment since 2009.
In the fourth quarter alone, internet startups hauled in $2.4 bn from 273 separate deals. Internet-specific companies are defined as those whose business model is fundamentally dependent on the internet regardless of the company's primary industry category.
Overall, 10 of the 17 industries tracked reported a spike in VC infusions. Networking and equipment (up 111 percent), financial services (100 percent) and business products and services (61 percent) also got their fair share of funding.
"Consumers see how innovation is changing their lives in the internet and software spaces and are eager to embrace technology at a faster and faster rate," Mark McCaffrey, global software leader and technology partner at PwC, added. "It is no surprise that more venture capital dollars are flowing into early stage software and internet companies." | <urn:uuid:441f720a-b3a5-4c86-8473-283668331835> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.zdnet.com/article/boom-2-0-internet-startups-spark-7-percent-surge-in-vc-spending/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560279933.49/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095119-00121-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.947231 | 455 | 1.585938 | 2 |
Words formed when one letter is changed in saul
Letter 1 (S) changed: 4 words found:
Letter 2 (A) changed: 2 words found:
Letter 3 (U) changed: 2 words found:
No words found when changing letter 4 (L).
A total of 8 words can be formed from saul by changing one letter. | <urn:uuid:7f6f96a8-76eb-40f3-8048-be41757ddfb0> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.morewords.com/change-one-letter-in/saul/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280364.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00031-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.893057 | 74 | 2.953125 | 3 |
The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) is a federal law for the protection of borrowers against harassment, deception and other unfair collection practices by collection agencies, also known as third-party collectors. These protections were put in place in the late 1970s. The FDCPA places restrictions on when and where a borrower can be contacted by a collection agency. Borrowers cannot be contacted early in the morning or late at night unless they have previously agreed to take calls at these times. A borrower cannot be contacted at work by a collection agency if the borrower’s place of employment forbids outside calls. Third-party collectors are prohibited from claiming that they are attorneys or government officials. There are other statements that they cannot make when attempting collect on a debt as well. An original creditor is not covered by the FDCPA, but there may be other governmental safeguards that they must adhere to. | <urn:uuid:3d5def14-46c9-4299-823a-1c80999a13c1> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.realestateipg.com/glossary/fair-debt-collection-practices-act/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573667.83/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819100644-20220819130644-00076.warc.gz | en | 0.968983 | 181 | 2.734375 | 3 |
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