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Picture this: International diplomacy fails, and the world spirals into war. Foreign armies invade America, dealing crushing blows, and you are the only person left to defend your base. Weapons are scant, but you need to keep Old Glory from falling into enemy hands. What do you do?
It’s simple. Scale the flagpole. At the top sits a little golden sphere known as the finial ball. Inside is a razor blade, a match, and a bullet. You must use the razor blade to cut the stars and stripes from the American flag, the match to burn the remains, and the bullet to defend the base or shoot yourself … depending on the circumstance.
At least, that’s what the legend says. And you’ll be hard-pressed to find a service member who hasn’t heard that story.
But the boring truth is that the finial ball is there for pole maintenance. “A number of military flagpoles were at one time topped with gold-colored eagles, but these proved impractical because flags would become hopelessly entangled on them during high winds; the switch to spheres eliminated this problem,” a fact-checking analysis from Snopes concluded.
“Their purpose is to ornament solid flagpoles and keep water out of hollow ones,” according to Snopes, which said it was not surprising that the flag was the “subject of legend which brings together patriotism, horror, and whimsy in a curious belief that celebrates the bravery of American soldiers while reminding all that the duty expected of these warriors is limitless.”
While rating the myth as false, Snopes also noted that while “the flag has great symbolic importance, defending the bases over which it flies from attacking forces has far more direct and practical importance, and it’s hard to imagine any right-minded soldier’s taking time away from his duty of repelling invaders to engage in ritualistic flag destruction.” It’s also not plausible that a soldier would see overrunning enemy troops and take the time to climb a flagpole to retrieve hidden items, the site wrote. “Although this is a charmingly romantic bit of lore, it’s also a wildly impractical one.”
Despite how logical that sounds, all kinds of rumors about the contents of the ball continue to swirl across the services.
Some say instead of a razor blade, there is a single grain of rice meant to give a soldier strength to burn the flag and take his or her own life. Others suggest there is a penny, so America will never truly be insolvent.
In truth, if you find yourself alone, overcome by foreign fighters on American soil, the odds of being able to perform this flag protection ritual are highly unlikely. And it’s probably worth noting that capturing the flag isn’t exactly how nations win wars.
A version of this article was first published on Feb. 9, 2017.
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"42" is a song by alternative rock band Coldplay. It was written by all members of the band for their fourth album, Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends. The song, divided into three parts, does not have a chorus. The first part is a ballad with piano and strings. It then transforms into an uptempo rock arrangement with a guitar solo. Finally, the song ends with a multi-instrumental part.
The mysterious title "42" may have to do with the fact that there were 42 songs that were trashed during the X&Y recording sessions, or it may be a reference to Douglas Adams's The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Many fans were also led to believe the song is about midlife crisis at the age of 42. The band originally considered this song as the album's first single. "42" is a different song on Coldplay's career as it doesn't have a chorus and it's divided into three parts, starting with swirling pianos, then strings and beat loops that eventually build to an uptempo climax. In a track-by-track interview, the guitarist Jonny Buckland revealed: "We've been trying for about two years now to record a song that didn't have any chorus and didn't really have any verses...and '42' was the only time we were able to do it successfully." Then frontman Chris Martin added, "Although every time we tried we've called it 42, that's about the ninth '42'" Chris Martin also said in an interview for MTV that the track was called 42 because it was his "favorite number". Jonny Buckland used an ostrich tuning in this song, tuning his guitar to F–F-F-f-f-f.
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Day by day we live our lives, marked by the rotation of our planet giving us our beautiful sunrises and sunsets.
But have you ever wondered about the planet we live on, the Earth?
For all of you wanderers, or all of you who just want to know something new, here’s 15 interesting facts about our brilliant planet.
The planet Earth weighs approximately 5,974,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 kilograms (nearly 6 septillion kg), that’s roughly the same amount of weight as 54,807,339,449,541,284,403 (approx 55 quintillion) Blue Whales – the heaviest creature on the Earth itself!
Contrary to popular belief it does not take the Earth 24 hours to complete a single rotation, it actually takes it 23 hours, 56 minutes and 4 seconds to complete a rotation and astronomers call this a sidereal day.
A year on Earth is not 365 days as widely thought, but rather 365.2564 days. The extra 0.2564 days is where the extra day that is added onto February every leap year, or every four years, comes from.
Due to the amount of water covering the Earth, it would be one of the brightest planets to look upon from a distance due to the way in which the water would reflect the Sun’s rays.
The Earth consists of 3 different the layers: the Crust, The Mantle and The Core. And each of these three different layers is made up of different elements.
The Mantle is the largest layers of the Earth, approximately 2,970 km thick – this makes up about 84% of the Earth’s total volume.
The Earth’s core consists of two layers, an outer-layer and an inner-layer. Although the specific percentages are unknown, both the outer and inner layers of the Earth’s Core consist of mainly Iron and Nickel.
The outer-layer of the Earth’s core is believed to be liquid, whereas the inner-layer of the Core is believed to be a solid as hot as the Sun!
Due to the unique Nickel-Iron properties of the Earth’s Core, when coupled with the Earth’s rotation, The Earth is surrounded by a powerful magnetic field that protects it from the effects of Solar Wind.
In the past there have been many misconceptions about the Earth, such as when people thought it was the center of the Solar System and that all other planets orbited it! Or when they thought it was flat and that a person could sail off the edge by sailing over the horizon!
The Earth’s rotation is gradually slowing down. However it is slowing down so very minimally (approximately 17 milliseconds per hundred years) that it will be about 140 million years before the Earth experiences 25 hour days.
The name Earth comes from a combination of Old English and Germanic and is derived from ‘eor(th)e’ and ‘ertha’ which mean ‘ground’.
Earth is the only planet in our solar system to have water in all three of its forms (Liquid, Solis & Gas).
One third of the Earth’s surface is either partially or totally desert.
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hamel at ccu.umanitoba.ca
Thu Apr 22 18:03:36 EST 1993
I simply place a LITTLE from a colony (touch a colony, DON'T gouge into
the colony so much that there's readilly visible amount on toothpick),
resuspend this into 50 uL water. Place into thermocycler PRESET to 95oC,
let sit in there for few minutes (5 usually enough), vortex, quick ufuge
at top speed, then transfer as much as 30 uL from top (avoid "pellet" ..
it's there at bottom of tube) into standard 100 uL PCR rx'n mix.
Start off the PCR rx'n with a 3 min soak at 95oC ... that's all
^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ ^ ^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^^^^
I've used this routinely for confirming a clone's insert size (using
universal F. and R. M13 sequencing primers (50 ng each) ... 30 to 40
cycles suffices ... also used this for PCR with degenerate primers (8 to
32 fold degen.), except used 500 ng each primer.
Manitoba Vet Virol
email: hamel at ccu.umanitoba.ca
In article <116464 at bu.edu> pfoster at bu.edu (Patricia Foster) writes:
>I have been told that it is possible to toothpick an
>E. coli colony and go almost directly into PCR.
>Anyone have a protocol?
>Boston University School of Public Health
>pfoster at med-itvax1.bu.edu
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Shortcode is a simple set of functions for creating macro codes for use in post content. For example, the
[shortcode] shortcode would add a photo gallery into the blog page or post. The shortcodes helps plugin developers to create special kinds of content (e.g. forms, content generators) that users can attach to certain pages by adding the corresponding shortcode into the page text.
If you want to add shortcodes in a template page instead of in the content of a page or post. It’s very easy. We can run any shortcodes using do_shortcode() function. Copy and paste the following script anywhere in the template/theme file, where you want display/run your shortcode content. Replace “
[shortcode]” with your shortcode.
<?php echo do_shortcode('[shortcode]');?>
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People whose bodies make an unusually active form of a certain protein tend to have dangerously high levels of cholesterol. Those with an inactive form of the protein have low cholesterol and a low risk of heart attacks.
Needless to say, pharmaceutical companies would love to find a drug that can attach itself to the protein and block its activity. That might be difficult for this protein, which is called PCSK9.
But a powerful new approach, called RNA interference, may surmount that obstacle. Instead of mopping up a protein after it has been produced, as a conventional drug would do, RNA interference turns off the faucet, halting production of a protein by silencing the gene that contains its recipe.
In monkeys, a single injection of a drug to induce RNA interference against PCSK9 lowered levels of bad cholesterol by about 60 percent, an effect that lasted up to three weeks. Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, the biotechnology company that developed the drug, hopes to begin testing it in people next year.Continue reading the main story
The drug is a practical application of scientific discoveries that are showing that RNA, once considered a mere messenger boy for DNA, actually helps to run the show. The classic, protein-making genes are still there on the double helix, but RNA seems to play a powerful role in how genes function.
“This is potentially the biggest change in our understanding of biology since the discovery of the double helix,” said John S. Mattick, a professor of molecular biology at the University of Queensland in Australia.
And the practical impact may be enormous.
RNA interference, or RNAi, discovered only about 10 years ago, is attracting huge interest for its seeming ability to knock out disease-causing genes. There are already at least six RNAi drugs being tested in people, for illnesses including cancer and an eye disease.
And while there are still huge challenges to surmount, that number could easily double in the coming year.
“I’ve never found a gene that couldn’t be down-regulated by RNAi,” said Tod Woolf, president of RXi Pharmaceuticals, one of the many companies that have sprung up in the last few years to pursue RNA-based medicines.
The two scientists credited with discovering the basic mechanism of RNA interference won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2006, only eight years after publishing their seminal paper. And three scientists credited with discovering the closely related micro-RNA in the 1990s won Lasker Awards for medical research this year.
RNA and DNA are strands made up of the chemical units that represent the letters of the genetic code. Each letter pairs with only one other letter, its complement. So two strands can bind to each other if their sequences are complementary.
Genes, which contain the recipes for proteins, are made of DNA. When a protein is to be made, the genetic code for that protein is transcribed from the DNA onto a single strand of RNA, called messenger RNA, which carries the recipe to the cell’s protein-making machinery. Proteins then perform most functions of a cell, including activating other genes.
But scientists are now finding that a lot of DNA is transcribed into RNA without leading to protein production. Rather, the RNA itself appears to be playing a role in determining which genes are active and which proteins are produced.
Much attention has focused on micro-RNAs, which are short stretches of RNA, about 20 to 25 letters long. They interfere with messenger RNA, reducing protein production.
More than 400 micro-RNAs have been found in the human genome, and a single micro-RNA can regulate the activity of hundreds of genes, said David P. Bartel, a biologist at the Whitehead Institute in Cambridge, Mass., and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
As a result, Dr. Bartel said, the activity of more than half the genes in the human genome is affected by micro-RNA.
“It’s going to be very difficult to find a developmental process or a disease that isn’t influenced by micro-RNAs,” he said.
Indeed, scientists have found that some micro-RNAs contribute to the formation of cancer and others help block it.
Other studies have found micro-RNAs important for the proper formation and functioning of the heart and blood cells.
Scientists are also finding other types of RNA, some of which may work differently from micro-RNA. By now, there are so many types of RNA that one needs a scorecard to keep track.
Besides micro-RNA (miRNA), the new ones include small interfering RNA (siRNA), piwi-interacting RNAs (piRNA), chimeric RNA, and promoter-associated and termini- associated long and short RNAs. They join an existing stable that included messenger RNA (mRNA), transfer RNA (tRNA), and small nucleolar RNA (snoRNA), which all play roles in protein production.
Scientists do not know what all the newly discovered RNA is doing. Some of it may be just a nonfunctional byproduct of other cellular processes.
And there is still uncertainty over how big a role RNA plays. Some scientists say proteins are like a light switch, turning genes on and off, while RNA usually does fine tuning, like a dimmer.
Still, the many new discoveries are “revealing a level of regulation and complexity that I don’t think the current organizational model of the genome ever envisioned,” said Thomas R. Gingeras, professor and head of functional genomics at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
Despite the remaining mysteries, researchers and companies are moving rapidly to exploit the latest findings. While micro-RNAs are getting some attention, the biggest effort is on RNA interference.
RNA interference is induced when a short snippet of double-stranded RNA — called a small interfering RNA, or siRNA — enters a cell. The cell treats it much like a micro-RNA it might make on its own. That results in the silencing of a gene that corresponds to the inserted RNA.
Scientists believe that RNA interference evolved as a way to fight viruses, since double-stranded RNA is rare outside viruses.
Given that the sequences of genes are now known, it is fairly straightforward to synthesize a small interfering RNA that can serve as a drug to silence a gene. Still, there has not yet been a truly convincing demonstration that such drugs will work in people.
One risk is that the small RNA snippets might silence genes beyond the intended target. And that could mean that a drug based on these snippets would have unwanted side effects.
But the biggest challenge is getting the RNA into the cells where it is needed. Double-stranded RNA is rare outside viruses, so the cell is not likely to welcome it.
“Double-stranded RNA basically to the body means one thing: a virus,” said Jonas Alsenas, a biotechnology analyst at the securities firm Leerink Swann who is skeptical about RNAi drugs.
Double-stranded RNA can set off an immune response. Enzymes in the blood tear RNA apart. And even if the RNA survives a trip through the bloodstream, it can have difficulty entering the target cells.
“Most of the cell membranes are negatively charged and the RNA is negatively charged, so they won’t get close to each other,” said Dr. Mohammad Azab, president of Intradigm, an RNA interference company.
Still, startups like Intradigm, Tekmira Pharmaceuticals, Calando Pharmaceuticals, MDRNA and Traversa Therapeutics are developing delivery methods.
Chemical changes can be made to RNA to make it more stable and to avoid setting off the immune system. And the RNA can be inserted into little globules of fat or attached to polymers to help it get through the bloodstream and enter cells.
RXi is developing an oral delivery method for treating certain immune diseases. In some cases, though, these packages can introduce their own toxicities.
Delivery problems tripped up an earlier gene-silencing technology called antisense, which uses single strands of RNA instead of double strands. But progress is now being made in antisense as well, so it may turn out that antisense drugs will compete with RNAi drugs.
Given the delivery challenges, the first RNAi drugs are for uses that do not require delivery through the bloodstream.
Alnylam is testing a drug that can be inhaled to treat a respiratory virus. Three other companies are testing drugs to treat age-related macular degeneration, the leading cause of blindness among the elderly. The drugs are injected directly into the eye.
The most advanced of the eye drugs, developed by the Miami-based Opko Health, is in the final stage of clinical trials, which would give it a shot at being the first RNAi drug to reach the market.
But some systemic delivery is now being tried. Quark Pharmaceuticals has started early human testing of a drug to prevent kidney damage. Since the kidney removes RNA from blood for excretion, much of the drug is expected to end up there anyway.
Similarly, lipids tend to end up in the liver. Since cholesterol is also processed in the liver, lipid particles will be used to deliver Alnylam’s PCSK9 anticholesterol drug, as well as one it plans to test against liver cancer.
“If all we ever get to is the liver, we’ll be having our hands full with human disease,” said John Maraganore, chief executive of Alnylam. But he and other industry executives say they will eventually learn to deliver RNAi drugs anywhere in the body.
One shortcoming of RNA interference is that it can only turn genes off. But to treat some diseases, like those in which the body makes too little of a protein, it might be desirable to turn genes on or to increase their activity levels.
In one of the latest surprises in this field, scientists have found that RNA can do this too. They have discovered what they call RNA activation, or RNAa. The molecules that perform it are called either small activating RNAs (saRNA) or antigene RNAs (agRNA).
“We weren’t looking for it,” said David Corey, a professor of pharmacology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, who was one of those to discover the phenomenon about two years ago.
Scientists in his lab were attempting to silence genes using RNAi directed at the promoters of genes. A promoter is a region of DNA that helps activate a gene.
Instead of being silenced, the genes became more active and protein production increased. Dr. Corey said it appeared that the RNA enhanced the activity of proteins that bind to the gene promoters.
Whether RNA activation can be used for therapy remains to be seen. It does show, however, that the limits of RNA activity have yet to be understood. There is more to come.Continue reading the main story | <urn:uuid:31793ad9-e1ce-4e05-bbbe-917eec1685b9> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/11/science/11rna.html?ref=science&pagewanted=all | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560279915.8/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095119-00272-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.955745 | 2,279 | 3.515625 | 4 |
noun. A group with which one exchanges emails regarding information, whether relevant and meaningful or random and inconsequential. Note: Most emails are exchanged during work hours, but after-hours email clubbing is allowed when issues of great importance or great randomness occur.
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The US Embassy in Denmark sparked a furor online after “inadvertently” stating that US troops freed the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in southern Poland. In a tweet commemorating the anniversary of the camp’s liberation on Monday, the Embassy wrote that “75 years ago, American soldiers liberated the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp,” wrapping up the tweet with the hashtag “#WeRemember.”
Soon, angry social media users took the Embassy to task, with one user writing “No, you don’t remember. Let’s refresh your memory” and posting photos of Soviet troops as they entered the death factory. Others began recalling the events as they took place.
The first in the camp complex to be liberated was Auschwitz III, the IG Farben camp at Monowitz; a soldier from the 100th Infantry Division of the Red Army entered the camp around 9 am on Saturday, 27 January 1945.— Sergey (@Sergey52092893) 28 января 2020 г.
The 60th Army of the 1st Ukrainian Front (also part of the Red Army) arrived in Auschwitz I and II around 3 pm. They found 7,000 prisoners alive in the three main camps, 500 in the other subcamps, and over 600 corpses.— Sergey (@Sergey52092893) 28 января 2020 г.
Some users accused the Embassy of engaging in “#FakeNews”, with one angrily writing that “comics and reality are mixed in your head.” “Watch less Hollywood films,” another user suggested.
The Red Army actually. Comics and reality are mixed in your head.— Dом в Космосе (@O_o_house) 28 января 2020 г.
You remember Goebbels, that's what you remember.— Смерть Пиндосам! (@alkhwarizmi42) 28 января 2020 г.
Remember: Americans also won the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest, killed all the dinosaur terrorists (for future oil) and heroically prevented the burning of Rome! #neverforget pic.twitter.com/KZeSCSc2YG— Paul Kautz (@pkautz) 29 января 2020 г.
Red Army was, watch less Hollywood film ...🤣🤣🤣 #ignorance— CristianMastroff (@CMastroff) 29 января 2020 г.
You can't change history! pic.twitter.com/aYSb3hMQqs— Daniel Marquina (@Kalaver60911694) 29 января 2020 г.
US squad liberate Auschwitz-Birkenau.— ☭ Krzysztof Zbuczka ☭ (@KZbuczka) 29 января 2020 г.
Rare colorized photo, 1945 pic.twitter.com/hCq2uAHBiJ
The Embassy eventually issued a clarification, stating that they had “inadvertently” written that the camp was freed by US troops. “It was of course liberated by Soviet troops. We acknowledge the important contributions of all Allied Forces during WWII and remember the 6 million Jews who perished in the Holocaust,” the Embassy tweeted. It did not take down the original tweet.
Yesterday, we inadvertently wrote that US troops liberated Auschwitz-Birkenau. It was of course liberated by Soviet troops. We acknowledge the important contributions of all Allied Forces during WWII and remember the 6 million Jews who perished during the Holocaust.— U.S. Embassy Denmark (@usembdenmark) 28 января 2020 г.
The second tweet too was soon flooded with criticism, with users suggesting it was “beyond embarrassing” that there seemed to be “no professionals working in our embassy in Denmark.” One incensed user asked whether “the 26 million Soviets who died fighting Nazism” deserve any ‘recognition, remembrance or respect’ as well.
Hard to believe a former real estate agent given an ambassadorship for cash with a penchant for kicking subject-matter experts out of conferences would’ve made a mistake like this.— Prince Riebus (@PrinceRiebus) 29 января 2020 г.
Are there no professionals working in our embassy in Denmark? This is beyond embarrassing.— Remove45 (@rkoreis) 29 января 2020 г.
WWII history according to U.S. Embassy Denmark before January 28th— Лента.ру (@lentaruofficial) 29 января 2020 г.
(for legal reasons: that's a joke) pic.twitter.com/QGVGoOnsW6
And the 26 million Soviet’s who died fighting nazism? Don’t they deserve recognition/remembrance/respect?— 🔸ËẬṚŤḪ 🔸II 🔸ËⱢËṊẬ 🔸⏳ (@elenadublin) 29 января 2020 г.
Earlier this week, German news magazine Der Spiegel issued an apology over a tweet which similarly claimed that US troops had freed Auschwitz during World War II.
Auschwitz-Birkenau was the largest of a vast network of death camps established by Nazi Germany during World War II, with up to 1.1 million people killed at the infamous facility, among them Jews, Gypsies, Soviet prisoners of war, Poles, homosexuals, and others whom the Nazis considered ‘undesirable’. Most of these facilities were situated in modern day Poland, whose liberation cost the Red Army an estimated 600,000 lives. More than 200 Soviet troops were killed in the campaign to free Auschwitz. | <urn:uuid:6da54aeb-49d5-4130-886e-bc756cd5a556> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://sputniknews.com/20200129/fury-online-as-us-embassy-in-denmark-claims-american-soldiers-freed-auschwitz-during-wwii-1078170577.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571190.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810131127-20220810161127-00069.warc.gz | en | 0.871048 | 1,294 | 1.953125 | 2 |
When I was growing up in postwar Britain, most people had a very narrow view of mushrooms. Even my own family just thought they grew in fields where horses left their poo, and they were white with pink gills that turned dark brown as they got older. We called them “field mushrooms,” or “horse mushrooms” if they were bigger.
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About CourseJoin Rich Harrington, motion graphic artist, author, and trainer, on location at Kelby Media Studios as he takes you through every step in the process of creating a video product for a client. Learn everything involved in creating a professional quality video with your DSLR, from the initial client meeting to scouting locations, and from all the essential gear to how to conduct engaging interviews. Each step of the way Rich provides expert insights and killer tips to get you well on your way to adding video story telling to your bag of tricks.
- Lesson 1: Introduction 01:42
- Lesson 2: The Kickoff Meeting 09:37
- Lesson 3: Location Scouting 06:32
- Lesson 4: Essential Gear 16:24
- Lesson 5: Exposure Triangle For Video 05:17
- Lesson 6: 3 Point Lighting 04:32
- Lesson 7: Recoding and Syncing Audio 05:52
- Lesson 8: Interview #1 11:39
- Lesson 9: Interview #2 05:50
- Lesson 10: B-Roll Strategies 13:00
- Lesson 11: Telling the Story with Visuals 13:31
- Lesson 12: Product Shots 17:30
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Student Teams Converge for The 19th Annual Young Astronaut Day
CLEVELAND -- The 19th annual Young Astronaut Day will be held on Saturday, Nov. 5, from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at NASA's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland.
Three hundred fifty students from 28 local schools and youth organizations will fill Glenn's aircraft hangar and participate in fun and competitive events that are designed to stimulate the students' interest in aeronautics, space science and engineering.
NASA astronaut Mike Foreman will deliver the keynote address. A native of Wadsworth, Ohio, Foreman was selected to join the astronaut corps in 1998. A veteran of two space flights, Foreman flew on STS-123 in March 2008 and STS-129 in November 2009. He has logged over 637 hours in space, including 32 hours and 19 minutes during five spacewalks. Foreman also served as Chief of the External Programs Division at Glenn from June 2010 to May 2011.
Students in grades one through six will be assigned to the Pilot teams and their challenges include repairing items "in space," fabricating and testing airfoils for a wind tunnel experiment, balancing marbles on a plate in a vacuum chamber, and designing composite tiles.
Students in grades seven through 12 will be assigned to the Commander teams. Their challenges include building a robot that can travel across a simulated planetary surface, designing a balloon-powered rocket car that incorporates Newton's Laws of Motion and jet propulsion, designing and building a folding structure to simulate a large solar array for spacecraft, and constructing a paper bridge that is strong enough to support several "weights" while demonstrating the force of tension.
Additionally, the students will bring donations of approximately two thousand canned food items in order to build a structure that will resemble a space shuttle. Afterward, the finished structure will be photographed and the canned food items will be given to Canstruction, a unique food charity, which will coordinate donating the canned foods to the Cleveland Foodbank.
Volunteers from Glenn and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Northern Ohio Section sponsor Young Astronaut Day.
Media representatives interested in covering the event may contact Sally Harrington or the Media Relations Office at 216-433-2901 by 4 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 4 to obtain security clearance.
The following Ohio schools and youth organizations will be participating at the event:
Avon: Avon Cub Scout Pac #333 and Avon Girl Scout Troop #882
Bay Village: Bay Village Middle School and Westerly School
Bedford: St. Peter Chanel High School
Berea: Academy of St. Adalbert and Roehm Middle School
Birchwood: Birchwood School
Black River: Black River High School
Brook Park: Ford Middle School
Bryan: St. Patrick Catholic School
Cleveland: Central Middle School, Girl Scoot Troop #70096 and Rhodes High School
Cleveland Heights: Beaumont High School
Galion: Northmor Junior High School
Kinsman: Badger Elementary School
Oberlin: Oberlin Comets and Oberlin Rockets
Parma Heights: Parma Heights Christian Academy
Rocky River: Magnificat High School
Shaker Heights: University School
Sheffield: Sheffield Middle School
University Heights: GESU Catholic School
Westerville: Edison Academy
Westlake: Lee Burneson Middle School
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U.S. taxpayers are no strangers to getting saddled with monstrously expensive weapons programs at the expense of basic needs like food, shelter and education. The Pentagon paid $44 billion for 21 very fragile B-2 stealth bombers, few of which still fly in combat roles. The F-22 fighter, coming in at more than $350 million per plane, was built to combat Cold War adversaries who ceased to exist six years before the first jet rolled off the production line. The sticker price for Ronald Reagan’s harebrained “Star Wars” missile defense program stands at around $60 billion.
Until we find a better way, we will continue to spiral ever downward to dissolution.
Alas, there always seems to be more room at the Pentagon trough. Enter the F-35 Lightning II fighter aircraft.
“Japan Air Self Defense Force Stands Up First F-35A Lightning II Fighter Squadron,” announced the April 1 headline in The Diplomat, a publication focusing on Asia-Pacific news. “This is a major milestone for the F-35 enterprise, as it marks the first F-35 IOC for an Indo-Pacific region customer,” said F-35 program executive director Vice Admiral Matt Winter, who went on to praise the “global nature of this program.”
And then this happened, as explained by NPR 10 days after Japan’s first squadron of F-35A fighters was approved for active service: “Japan’s military has confirmed that one of its F-35A jet fighters has crashed in the Pacific Ocean during a training exercise.” As of this printing, the pilot remains missing
So it continues to go for the preposterously expensive F-35 fighter program. It began with such promise, too, as far as airborne weapons of mass destruction go. First conceived by Lockheed Martin in 1997 and built in collaboration with Northrop Grumman and BAE Systems, the F-35 first took wing in 2006. The all-purpose fighter was intended to stand as the replacement for the A-10 Warthog, F-15E Eagle, the F-16 Falcon, the AV-8B Harrier and the F/A-18 Hornet.
“The F-35 wouldn’t just be shared across the branches of the U.S. military,” wrote Popular Mechanics in July. “It was to be shared around the world. A coalition of ‘partner nations’ would not only fly and produce the aircraft but support it worldwide.” Allied nations – excuse me, customers – lined up to be a part of the bold new future represented by Lockheed Martin’s newest and stealthiest brainchild.
It did not take long for a series of fantastically pricey problems to pile up. The production plan had the planes being built before all the highly technical, often brand-new systems had been tested. When these began failing, fixing them in aircraft that had already come off the production line rapidly turned the program into a financial sinkhole.
The eight million lines of code that make up the software controlling vital elements like the aft tails, electronic warfare systems and flight control were bursting with bugs and subject to malicious hacks. The helmets were too big. The ejection seats didn’t work. The four-piece wings met with assembly difficulties and the supporting bulkheads suffered from structural fatigue. The plane itself was 2,000 pounds too heavy.
Perhaps most significantly, the F-35 was deadly — and not just for the so-called “enemy.” According to the Pentagon’s lead weapons tester in 2016, the F-35 suffered from a litany of software and structural issues that “may cause death, severe injury, or severe occupational illness,” among other problems. All in all, the tester found more than 90 different ways the aircraft would be unable to complete its missions.
The F-35 program has been so messy, in fact, that the entire F-35B line of fighters came within an eyelash of being canceled in 2011. That fate was unfortunately avoided, but the completion date for the project has been pushed back multiple times, and the planes are not expected to be fully and safely operational until at least 2021. Japan just found this out the very hard way.
How much is this flying calamity costing us, the taxpayers? The numbers are a bit fuzzy because there have been so many overruns, false starts, failures and faulty estimates. The baseline cost stands at $35,000 per operational hour. The first two F-35As to come off the production line cost more than $200 million to build, but according to Forbes, that cost is expected to drop next year. Maybe. Unless something else goes wrong. Which will probably happen. Or has already happened. Again.
Final estimated price tag, which is almost certainly too low: $1.5 trillion.If they canceled the entire F-35 program today, we’d still be paying out the contracts for years. All the other countries (customers!) that jumped on the F-35 bandwagon — Germany and France took a wise pass — are also on the hook for huge sums of money because of this still-dysfunctional thing, thanks to the aforementioned “global nature of this program.”
I could regale you, dear reader, with a litany of things that $1.5 trillion would better serve – actual and affordable health care, children’s reading programs, fighting hunger, combating poverty, providing homeless assistance, enhancing elder services, properly funding green energy research, job training, pollution cleanup, storm and flood preparation, along with vital infrastructure necessities like roads, schools, hospitals and high-speed rail, to name but a scant few. Instead, that money goes to the shabby manufacture of dysfunctional war machines that may never work, right alongside all the ones that work too well.
The truly galling part, however, is this: $1.5 trillion is only a drop in the bucket of what we have squandered over the years funding the wholesale slaughter of our fellow human beings.
Every bomb dropped, every missile launched, every bullet fired, every rifle snapped to order arms, every uniform donned and then stained with blood, every body bag filled and every faraway city reduced to rubble is money in the bank for a small cadre of well-connected profiteers you will never meet. This is the United States, after all, where our business is business. War is the most profitable business of all, and we have more “customers” than we know what to do with thanks to all the weapons we’ve sold to former “customers,” lather-rinse-repeat.
The tragedy of the F-35 isn’t merely the cost, however, not by a very long chalk. The tragedy is the ongoing militarized mindset that makes debacles like the F-35 not just possible, but inevitable and ongoing despite all the glaring cash-starved problems slowly but visibly rotting the nation from the inside out.
The F-35 is not just a bad plane that costs too much. It is a symptom of the mindset that is eating this country, and the world, alive. “Misplaced priorities” is a kind euphemism. Ours is a society that condones and even celebrates organized, profitable, global murder. The money we’ve shoveled into this bottomless hole is nothing more than a tangible symbol of all the opportunities we have wasted, a visible price tag for the missed chances of a damaged existence.
“We flatter ourselves that Trump is an aberration. He isn’t,” writes Matt Taibbi about yet another symptom of this society’s debased militaristic priorities, the Iraq War. “He’s a depraved, cowardly, above-the-law bully, just like the country we’ve allowed ourselves to become in the last fifteen years.”
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Improving the setup experience
Installing Windows is a complex operation that provides an incredibly unique capability—the ability to run a new version of Windows on a vast array of hardware configurations and combinations that were designed with no knowledge of a future Windows, even a version with substantial re-architecture of the Kernel. While most people do not experience the full code path of setup/upgrade (because they buy new PCs and choose to get a new version of Windows that way), even orchestrating the new PC “out of box experience” (OOBE) is a complex technical challenge. Our aim in improving setup is to reduce the time from start to finish so that customers can get to Windows and use the full power of Windows to further customize and ultimately enjoy their new Windows experience. This post was written by Christa St. Pierre on our Setup and Deployment team.
(Note, we’re taking a break for the US Holiday)
Setup is something that gets a lot of attention from us in any Windows release. It needs to just work reliably across a huge number of variations of hardware and software. This is true whether you are upgrading your own laptop, or you’re an IT pro who is migrating 10,000 desktops in an enterprise using broad deployment tools. For Windows 7 our main focus was on improving successful install rates, and we did a lot of work to improve reliability and deal with many tough (but relatively rare) cases that had caused problems in setting up earlier versions of Windows. This work gave Windows 7 a more reliable setup experience than in any previous Windows release, as measured by lab testing, customer support incidents, and setup telemetry.
For Windows 8, our goal was to continue to improve reliability while also improving the installation experience and raw performance. Not only did we want it to be rock solid, but also faster and easier to use.
A big challenge
Although millions of people choose to upgrade their existing PCs, most people choose to get a new version of Windows preinstalled on a new PC. In the past that often had to do with increasing system requirements in new Windows releases, and the need to purchase new PCs with more power to run the new version. With Windows 7 however, we made a commitment to work on many more existing PCs by keeping system requirements low and maintaining compatibility. We’ve continued that commitment with Windows 8, so many of you with existing PCs can simply upgrade. Looking just at Windows 7 customers, there are currently more than 450 million PCs that will be able to run Windows 8, but we expect that many systems running Windows Vista and even Windows XP will also be eligible.
Support for these PCs running different Windows versions is a big challenge in terms of testing all possible upgrade paths, languages, service packs, architectures, and editions. When you think about it, it is a rather remarkable achievement that hardware designed for one OS can be supported on an OS that did not exist when the hardware was created, especially considering that connecting hardware to software is a fundamental role played by the OS.
There are always complexities involving hardware support. Sometimes PCs are equipped with peripherals that require updated drivers for Windows 8, and in other cases, for any number of reasons, a PC maker decides that a particular model or configuration is not supported on a new version of Windows. There are also complexities in getting software to work seamlessly upon upgrade, particularly utilities that hook into the lowest levels of Windows such as anti-virus, disk format and defrag, or virtualization. While we have a massive test and ecosystem effort, ultimately the final say on support on a new version of Windows for a PC, peripheral, or software package is determined by the maker of that product. Our commitment to keeping things running and bringing forward software is industry leading and continues with Windows 8. At one recent team meeting, a member of our team showed Windows 8 running Excel version 3.0, which is the 16-bit version of Excel from 1990!
Perceived as “difficult”
During planning for Windows 8, we wanted to hear from customers who chose not to upgrade to Windows 7 even though their PCs would run it. In 2010 we commissioned a study of how people make PC purchase decisions, and talked to customers in three global markets to find out more. While the list of reasons as to why a customer chose not to upgrade varied by market, we have received notable feedback that upgrading the PC was perceived as difficult. So even though many customers wanted to upgrade, the current setup experience might be something that just wasn’t easy enough to make them feel confident in doing so.
Different customer needs
Hearing that some customers think it is too difficult really highlights the fact that we have many different customer needs we need to fulfill with setup. Most customers who buy a Windows upgrade from a retailer just want it to be fast and easy, but a few also want to be able to do some more complex things, such as setting up in a multi-boot configuration. And of course, we also have the IT Pro customers, who need to take full control over configurations, install from network as well as media, and add customizations to the setup image. The advanced user’s needs are a lot like those of the IT Pro, both because they require more fine-tuned control and because it’s hard for us to predict exactly which controls they may want to manipulate. For this reason, we have not created a “super advanced setup” mode, but we encourage people who want to create unattended setup configurations for home or work to use our standalone deployment tools. In Windows 7, we provided a Windows Automated Installation Kit, and in Windows 8 we have enhanced that with additional tools in the Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit, which is available for download to MSDN subscribers.
For this post, I’ll talk mostly about the interactive GUI setup experiences, since that’s where we have the most changes. We sought to maintain very high backwards compatibility with existing unattended installation configurations that IT Pros or advanced users have spent time on for Windows 7, so you can expect those to work consistently for Windows 8 as well, without having to start over. So rest assured that your custom deployments continue to be fully supported as before.
Streamlining the end-to-end experience
Leaving aside automated installations and just looking at the typical GUI scenarios, we still wanted to serve two distinct customer groups in the setup user experience:
- People who want an easy way to upgrade to the new release with an absolute bare minimum of hassle
- People who want to do a clean install, and want more control of setup options, disk layout, and partition configuration
The way we approached these needs was based on the realization that the first group typically runs setup in the UI of their current Windows OS (i.e. they launch it like an app), while the second group typically runs setup from boot media. So, rather than trying to rationalize two fairly different experiences and customer requirements, we chose to maintain two setup user experiences: a streamlined setup that you reach by running an .exe from the DVD or via web delivery, and an advanced setup that runs when you boot off of a DVD or USB key. The streamlined setup is a new experience, optimized for ease-of-use, upgrades, and web delivery via download. Advanced setup is the home of all things familiar to the advanced user, including full support for unattended installation, partition selection, and formatting. Under the covers they share all of the same setup engine components. So both experiences benefitted from our ability to focus on a common codebase for performance and reliability enhancements.
Shifting towards web delivery methods
Before going into the detail on the user experience changes, there’s one big change that is important to call out. In the past, if you wanted to buy an upgrade for Windows, it involved purchasing a boxed product from a retail outlet, taking it home, (sometimes being infuriated while trying to open the box,) and inserting a DVD. However, buying boxed software is quickly becoming the exception rather than the rule, with more and more software being purchased online as broadband penetration increases and large-size media downloads become more common. While we will continue to offer boxed DVDs, we are also making it easier than ever to purchase and install online. This includes starting the setup experience online as well, and having one continuous integrated experience from beginning to end. There is also one big advantage that is a favorite of mine. With our web setup experience, we actually “pre-key” the setup image that is downloaded to a unique user, which means that you don’t have to type in the 25-digit product key when you install!
Streamlining – Reducing repetition and integrating experiences
More than 20 million customers downloaded and ran the Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor during the first six months of availability. Many customers also ran Windows Easy Transfer during this same time period. A reasonable (and often recommended) installation experience for Windows 7 followed a flow like this:
- Download and install Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor
- Run Windows Upgrade Advisor
- Run Windows Easy Transfer to save files and settings
- Run Windows 7 setup and clean install
- Run Windows Easy Transfer to restore files and settings
This end-to-end experience included 4 different web and client experiences and required the average customer to walk through 60 screens to complete. The primary reason for the high screen count was the repetition of information. We can visualize it something like this:
In Windows 8, rather than having Upgrade Advisor, Setup, and Windows Easy Transfer as separate apps or features, we’ve folded them together into one fast and fluid experience in which we first determine if your PC, apps, and devices will work in the new OS, note which things you want to keep (apps, files and/or settings), and then install the new OS.
We’ve also added the capability for setup to resume automatically after certain actions (such as resolving a blocking compatibility problem), which in the past would have required restarting setup again from the beginning.
Here’s what to expect when you launch the new setup experience from the web :
The first thing we do is scan the PC to determine compatibility, resulting in a summary report such as this one:
Windows 8 setup compatibility summary
It provides information on the apps and devices that will work in Windows 8, those that won’t work, and any other system information that is useful to know when determining whether or not to purchase and install Windows 8. A detailed compatibility report is also available if you want to print or save the information, or desire more detail about what to expect once you get to Windows 8, including which apps or devices will require updates.
The compatibility data behind the report covers hundreds of thousands of applications and devices, including retail software, OEM preinstalled software, and peripherals. If an application or device ran on Windows 7, our goals is that it should run on Windows 8 too, but in some cases it may require an update or other support from the OEM or vendor. Some applications also have custom installation logic – installing certain components or settings depending on the OS you’re upgrading from (this is particularly true of system utilities and software that is tightly connected to hardware and peripherals). You may need to uninstall and reinstall these types of apps. (This is also a reason to be careful of 3rd party “app mover” applications, which claim to move apps from one OS to another, as the end result can be unpredictable or broken.) As a reminder, the best drivers for any system are the ones available directly from the PC manufacturer for embedded hardware and from the device manufacturer for peripherals.
Detailed compatibility report
Downloading Windows 8
Next, an integrated download manager provides time estimates, data validation, the ability to pause, resume, and re-download only parts of the file if something goes wrong. Additionally, because we have already scanned the PC to determine compatibility we know which version of Windows 8 to download – eliminating the need to ask questions such as which language or OS architecture to choose.
Downloading the Windows image from the web
Continuing with installation or creating bootable media
Once the download is complete, you are presented a choice to continue the installation, or install on another partition. The latter option takes you to advanced setup, and allows you to save an ISO or create a bootable USB drive before completing other advanced setup options. (This is the option you’ll need to choose if you want to dual boot, for example.)
Creating bootable media from web-based setup
Choosing what to keep
Next is the upgrade choice. You can choose to keep all, some, or none of your personal data depending on the OS you’re upgrading from, and your personal preferences.
Windows 8 setup options for upgrade and migration
The “Windows settings, personal files, and apps” option is akin to the existing “upgrade” option in Windows 7 and Windows Vista, where an in-place upgrade is performed over the current OS, retaining the apps that were previously installed as well as settings and user files on disk.
The “Just personal files” option is a new functionality, which allows you to get a clean install, but still keep your data without a separate tool such as Windows Easy Transfer.
The upgrade options that you might see in the screen above depend on which version of Windows you are upgrading from. Here’s the list of what you can migrate based on your currently installed version of Windows:
|You can transfer these…||When upgrading from…|
|Windows 7||Windows Vista||Windows XP|
|User accounts and files||x||x||x|
Clean install is supported across all versions.
Resolving blocking issues
Often you may need to make changes to your PC before you can continue with the installation. Common requirements include things like uninstalling an application, freeing up disk space, or suspending BitLocker. When encountering this scenario in Windows 7 setup, you would simply see a warning message and then you’d have to exit, take care of the clean-up that was listed, and resume setup again from the beginning. In Windows 8, most items listed in the actionable compatibility report (shown below) include a button to help you directly resolve the blocking issue. For example, if an app needs to be uninstalled, clicking a button in this report automatically launches the uninstaller for that particular app. Once the app is uninstalled the report automatically refreshes, and setup continues without having to start again.
Resolving blocking issues directly from the setup experience
This also works in the case where a reboot is needed. For example, if the blocking app requires a reboot after it is uninstalled, setup will resume from where it left off before the reboot.
The scenario we presented at the beginning that included four different wizards and up to 60 screens in a Windows 7 upgrade can now be accomplished in one end-to-end experience and as few as 11 clicks, an improvement of 82% fewer clicks in Windows 8. The exact number of steps you need to take to complete the installation varies based on your existing OS, migration choices, install method, and number of blocking issues you need to resolve to get the PC ready for installation, but the experience is greatly simplified for everyone. We accomplished all of this with no loss of functionality or customization—we simply streamlined the existing experience.
Improving upgrade performance
If you had a large number of files on your system, you may have seen that installation times in Windows 7 didn’t scale very well. In fact, as you can see in the diagram below, the more user files there are on a PC being upgraded (regardless of the size of the files) the longer the upgrade takes to complete.
Windows 7 time to upgrade in relation to the number of files on a PC
Note: Time in this graph represents time to complete the upgrade once the installation is
initiated, and does not include time to download or read files from media.
The reason for this is that in Windows 7, the upgrade process preserved the customer’s applications in the Program Files folder and their files in the Users folder by moving each file to a transport location (so that the original folders can be deleted to make way for the newer installation), and then moving them back again to complete the installation. With music and photo collections, it’s not unusual to have hundreds of thousands of files, so even relatively fast move operations can really add up.
To address this in Windows 8, we have made several modifications to the upgrade engine to reduce the impact on upgrade times.
Moving whole folders
In the past, each file that was preserved across upgrade was moved individually. In Windows 8, instead of moving things file-by-file, we move entire folders, drastically reducing the number of file operations required. This goes a long way towards shrinking the variation in upgrade times due to the amount of data the customer has on the machine.
At a high level, the logic for whether or not we need to move a given folder is:
- Every file in the folder (and its sub folders) is preserved (there are no exclude rules removing some of the files, for example).
- The entire folder is placed on the target OS unchanged.
- The target destination doesn’t already exist (i.e. we don’t have to merge an existing folder on the destination OS with one from the source OS). There are a few exceptions to this rule however – for example, every folder has a desktop.ini file, but we have logic that allows the source folder to overwrite this file, as in many cases the file is only a cache and can be regenerated.
Simplifying the transport
In Windows 7 the transport (this is the place where we store the files and settings being preserved between the old and new operating systems) was comprised of two folders: “Windows.~q” and “Windows.~tr”. In Windows 8 we have simplified this to just one folder. We have repurposed the “Windows.old” naming convention for consistency with clean install (which creates a “Windows.old” folder containing the previous OS in order to be able to roll back should the installation fail). Merging the transport folders into the single Windows.old folder speeds up the upgrade process, as it removes the need to move files between the ~tr and ~q folders.
Switching to hard links
In upgrades to Windows 7, files were moved between the old OS, the transport, and Windows 7 by using file move operations. In upgrades to Windows 8, we use hard link operations instead. This means we can link to the actual data on disk in the transport location without having to physically move the file, which has a significant performance gain. And if something goes wrong with setup and we have to roll back, we just need to delete the hard links, and the files are completely unaffected on disk.
Removing the down-level gather phase
In Windows 7, the files and settings to be preserved across the upgrade were calculated while the previous OS was still running. The registry values and data collected by our upgrade logic were also gathered while running on the old OS. The content of the files was then gathered offline during the Windows Pre-Installation Environment (Windows PE) phase in order to avoid file-in-use issues.
Most of this work has been removed in Windows 8. The gather rules no longer run during upgrade; instead, we just move the following folders into Windows.old when the PC is offline:
- Program files
- Program files (x86)
- Program data
This means that during the “apply” phase of upgrade (once we are running in Windows 8), everything we need to preserve can be extracted from the Windows.old folder (as we touch no other folders during the upgrade), eliminating the need for a gather phase. Speaking of the Windows.old folder, we have also added a new feature that automatically deletes that folder 4 weeks after a successful install, so you don’t have to worry about removing it. Of course, you can still use the Disk Cleanup tool to remove it immediately if you prefer.
In our labs we compared Windows 7 upgrade times to upgrading to a recent Windows 8 build, and found that the variation in upgrade times based on number of files has been virtually eliminated, as shown in the diagram below.
Windows 7 vs. Windows 8 time to upgrade
Note: Time in this graph represents time to complete the upgrade once the installation is initiated
and does not include time to download or read files from media.
Additional optimizations for web delivery
As I mentioned above, Windows 8 setup has been designed for online delivery, in addition to the local delivery from a DVD or USB drive. While downloading Windows has been possible in the past, it was primarily a physical media experience made available for download. In Windows 7 upgrades, for example, two copies were created of the download content on the customer’s drive—the compressed download and the extracted contents—requiring ~5 GB. This could be very problematic on space-constrained systems. Additionally, both the compressed and extracted download contents remained on disk, even after a successful installation.
For Windows 8, in addition to the setup experience improvements for web delivery, we also optimized other aspects. Our goal was to minimize the time it takes for the download to complete, verify the integrity of the bits that are downloaded, minimize disk space requirements, and ensure a resilient download experience for the customer. The two main areas of improvement for Windows 8 are constructing optimized download packages, and making sure that downloading is flexible and resilient.
Constructing optimized download packages
The Windows 7 media layout for x86 consists of 874 files and 200 folders, with a number of redundant files both in the media and compressed within install.wim and boot.wim. To efficiently store and transfer the contents of installation media, we typically use ISO files. For example, an ISO created from the x86 client media is 2.32GB. In order to optimize for download in Windows 8, we take the required subset of files for the specific version of Windows being downloaded. After eliminating duplicates and compressing resources, the single-file size is 2.10GB (as compared to 2.32GB), a savings of 9.5%. After this optimized package is created we compress it using an improved compression algorithm specifically for Windows 8 setup, which provides an additional 28% savings. In this example (using the Windows 7 x86 ISO) the size of the download would be reduced from 2.32GB to 1.51GB.
Downloading is flexible and resilient
The download manager included in Windows 8 setup downloads the optimized package containing the new OS and reconstructs the layout required to run through the install process, without leaving duplicate files on the system. The download manager leverages the Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) as the default transport protocol to transfer files from the Internet to the local machine and provides the ability to pause, resume, and restart. It verifies the bits that are downloaded in 10MB increments. If verification fails for a particular increment, the download manager has the ability to re-request only that specific block of data without having to restart the entire download.
In Windows 8, customers do not have to install a separate download manager, mount the ISO to begin the installation, check the hash of the file for verification post-download, manually clean up unneeded files, or restart a download from the beginning should connectivity be interrupted. Setup takes care of all of these steps automatically, providing a fast, resilient, and easy setup experience. And again, this is true whether you just want to run a quick upgrade on an existing installation, or to create boot media for an advanced setup experience – either with GUI or unattended.
Advanced setup for IT Pros
I said at the beginning that this post wouldn’t go into a lot of detail about our automated installation using the Assessment and Deployment Kit (formerly the WAIK) but I know that many readers of this blog may be interested in learning more about it. So, here are a couple of handy configurations that will make it easy for you to customize a bootable USB drive (that you can create as part of our download experience) and automate your installation. For full details about all of the configurations that are possible, check out the Windows 8 ADK (for MSDN subscribers only). If you aren’t an MSDN subscriber check out the Best Practices for Authoring Answer Files article on TechNet. These best practices still apply for Windows 8 and all of the tools and documents referenced in the article are available in the Windows 7 WAIK or the Windows 8 ADK.
Here’s a video demonstrating an advanced setup from a USB flash drive. Note that this experience is not yet available in the Developer Preview build, but will be there in the final release.
You may have noticed in the screenshots and video above that none show the familiar “type your product key” experience. In the web setup scenario you won’t see those screens because of key injection from the server, but if you boot from media and choose to do an advanced setup, you’ll have to type it in. With “unattend” settings though, you can do your own key injection, so that you can skip this step. This is handy if you’re reinstalling after changing some system components or replacing a drive.
The specific setting that you will need to configure to do this is the ProductKey setting.
Here’s a sample:
You can also automate other parts of the experience so that you don’t have to manually click through the screens. Here are a couple of other settings that are useful when automating your install:
You can choose the UI language used for Windows:
There are additional settings for every UI choice, so you can script it to the point that the install is essentially hands-off from start to finish.
Dual boot configuration
Unattend is also useful when you want to automatically configure the system for booting multiple operating systems. You could do this all manually in the Advanced Setup GUI and BCD configuration, but why do that when you can script it? The unattend framework is very flexible and you can instruct Setup to format, create, or modify partitions on the PC’s disk(s).
Here’s a sample to install to a specific partition:
<Path> Z:sourcesinstall.wim </Path>
Where to save your unattend answer file
Once you have your answer file configured to your liking you can copy it to the root of your USB media. (Remember, if you use setup from the web, you can still create a bootable USB drive or save to an ISO.) You can also include the file at the root of the DVD media where you burned the ISO, if you chose that route instead. Even cooler, the unattend file doesn’t even have to be on the installation media. In fact you can place the unattend file at the root of a USB flash drive, plug in the flash drive before starting setup, and setup will automatically find it and use it.
An improved setup experience
With Windows 8 setup we have greatly improved both speed and ease of use, while still retaining all of the advanced setup functionality that many customers will demand. We have integrated what was once many separate steps for people to perform when preparing and starting their setup into a streamlined user experience, with a fast and reliable setup engine under the hood. Customers who choose to install Windows from an online source will have a greatly improved experience over what we’ve delivered in the past, with smaller and faster downloads, as well as increased resiliency and control. We hope that you will find these improvements to be a great way to start your experience using Windows 8.
–Christa St. Pierre
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Welcome to the first Gamedesign feature here on ModDB! This time I want to give you an insight about how we developed our storyline for openOutcast and what the needed steps are to turn a written storyline into a game. And there is one thing I can tell you about it right away – It’s NOT just about copy & paste...
We started to create our backstory for openOutcast some months ago. We already had a baseline from the last few years but this was rather unorganized and chaotic in many ways, so what did we do? We launched a so called story contest, built two groups and told those groups to develop a new story for openOutcast. Either from scratch or based on the old baseline. The only restrictions were:
- Cutter has to be the player character
- Take in some of the old and well-known characters from OC1
- Also take in some of the old regions and give them a new look
The rest was completely freestyle. The two teams started their work in May and worked through the whole June and in the end of June we had our final story decision meeting. The two proposals were REALLY different in the end, which was great. One was completely freestyle and new and the other one was mostly based on the old baseline but evolved and detailed it in a really cool level. I am not going to tell you which one was winning
Alright, so as we had the story decided, we had that huge almost 40-paged-text-monster of storyline with character descriptions, location descriptions and with – of course – the main storyline divided up into 4 acts. Now what to do with that? Just copy & paste it into a list and derive a few quests from it? Na, not really…
First of all we needed to get an overview about WHAT happens WHEN and WHO is doing that. The best way to do this, was to split up the storyline into the smallest pieces possible. We took each important action of the storyline, categorized it (Is it a cutscene, is it an action of Cutter, is it an information, is it an action that is happening without Cutter’s notice etc.) and put it together into first raw main quest lines.
To show you how this worked, please see the example below.
First, the written part of the storyline:
So far not useable as a storyboard for a questline, right? It’s only text and you don’t know what exactly is useable and what is just information for the player. So we needed to split it up a bit more and categorize the elements. This brought us to the following kind of list (which we created with the application XMind by the way):
This is now perfectly useable because here you see the quest itself (the red board), the actions that are happening (the clocks) and the conversations (the two-people-symbols). This helps a lot to get an overview on how many quests there are, how many game-actions are in there and how many conversations we need to write.
In the end, this was done for all of the four acts that we have in the openOutcast storyline. In total, there are over 550 different nodes for the whole story. Quests, conversations, actions and fights…this sounds like a whole lot of stuff to do, right? It certainly is, but it gets even more interesting when you take into account, that we aren’t on the highest possible level of detail!
To give you an example: One of the above listed conversations probably consists out of 10 lines of text and 5 different camera views. Maybe this quest above needs 20 lines of script logic and needs two more conversations to be done. And after such a conversation is written up and developed in text form, it needs to be prepared for localization and converted into “real” ingame dialogues. For this purpose, we are using a specifically created dialogue editor where we write and setup the dialogue scripts useable by our own dialogue script system. Stuff like “start/end quests”, “if-then-logic”, “cameramodes”, etc. | <urn:uuid:eb3e0e2e-a334-4b6c-a72e-7dcc38abf979> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.moddb.com/features/from-story-to-game | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571210.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810191850-20220810221850-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.973105 | 868 | 1.554688 | 2 |
Thursday, January 12, 2006
This is a sample from a recent etude for solo keyboard instrument, American Trees & How To Climb Them. It was written under a considerable set of constraints, chosen to force myself to work against habits. This section uses a row, the row was selected by chance operations, and the whole piece is in a rather unusual tuning, with 15 tones to the octave (notated pragmatically as c c# db d d#=eb e f f# gb g g#=ab a a# bb b).
There's nothing less fashionable these days then 12-tone or serial techniques, and the 15-tone technique used here owes more to the eternally unfashionable Hauer than to the frequently unfashionable Schoenberg. (I was once attacked online with some brutality for being a "serialist"; I happen to have defended the rights of serial composers to do their thing although at the time I had never myself done anything even remotely serial, so inventing something this lyrical under these particular constraints has been an especially satisfying experience.)
One passing thought about serial technique: Isn't it ironic that the current digital technology is nearly ideal for realising total serial pieces? Any composer can have a RCA synthesizer equivalent in their bedroom (or wherever) , but composing serially is just about the last thing that anyone wants to do these days. (To be slightly evil and paraphrase Donald Rumsfeld: "You make music with the instruments you have, not the instruments you want".)
The 15-tone equal division of the octave is strange, but offers some interesting features -- usable triads and seventh chords, a familiar augmented triad, a semi-familiar anhemitonic pentatonic, and some surprising modulation potential. I like it that the best fifth is the (octave reduced) sum of three 640 cent "tritones" and that it's melodically quite clunky with a small semitone and two sizes of whole tone, one closer to 3/4 tone, the other wide like slendro. | <urn:uuid:f1a6a092-747f-4c1c-8638-b8dd30163f3c> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://renewablemusic.blogspot.com/2006/01/unfashionable.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988719908.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183839-00158-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.948335 | 430 | 1.6875 | 2 |
The holiday season is a time for celebrations, family, friends, traditions… and, if you’re not careful, weight gain.
It’s not just a myth. According to a study reported in the New England Journal of Medicine, the averages pounds added tend to be modest (about one pound each year), but those pounds are likely to stay on and accumulate over the years –eeks!
So how can you avoid packing on the pounds while still enjoying this fattening, festive season? It’s time to use your most important resource – one more powerful than a personal trainer, nutritionist or life coach -YOU!
How? Start by finding your weight loss personality type.
With the help of our friend and fellow registered dietitian, Heather K. Jones, R.D. individuals can find weight loss solution that work for them – for good.
Jones’s new eBook series What’s Your Diet Type? uses breakthrough personality research and the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® (a leading self-development quiz) to reveal every person’s best weight loss approach.
Which one are you?
First – take this short simple quiz to find your diet type from among four unique diet personalities: the Diet Planner, the Diet Player, the Diet Feeler, and the Diet Thinker.
Understanding your Diet Type provides you with the “why” behind what you do (and don’t do) and helps you identify not only what motivates you, but also what stresses you out.
Knowing your tendencies arms you with the necessary answers and insights you need for ultimate success, this holiday season, and forever.
The Diet Planner values security and stability. When it comes to her health, the Diet Planner is organized and orderly and thrives on weight-loss plans that offer structure and routine.
Because a Diet Planner likes to be organized and prepared, when life gets busy (planning a holiday party, holiday shopping, etc.), she tends to move her own health needs to the bottom of her priority list so she can get everything else done. The next thing you know, she is eating “out of character”–transformed from a neat and organized Dr. Jekyll to an eat-anything-for-comfort, monstrous Mr. Hyde.
The solution: The Diet Planner needs to move her weight management goals back to the top of her list and develop strategies to help her account for the occasional “slip-up.”
The Diet Player values spontaneity and immediate action. She doesn’t like to be burdened by strict diet rules and regulations; instead, she needs workable lifestyle solutions for effective, long-term weight loss.
Because a Diet Player is so spontaneous and opportunistic, she can be prone to “opportunity eating”–if there is free eggnog at the office or holiday cookies in the lunchroom, she’s sure to go for it. Her unconscious food choices are based purely on what sounds good in the moment.
The solution: Before she makes a food decision, takes a second helping, puts a bite in her mouth, or a drink to her lips, she needs to arm herself with the consciousness needed to make better choices in the moment.
The Diet Feeler values relationships and unity. Passionate and perceptive, she appreciates and inspires others, often acting as a teacher or counselor to friends, family, and colleagues. To realize her weight-loss desires, the Diet Feeler does best with a holistic approach–that is, when considering her mental, emotional, social, spiritual and physical well-being as interconnected aspects that each influence the other.
Diet Feelers crave connections with the people around them, and will thus avoid conflict. For instance, if everyone is sharing a pumpkin pie at the Thanksgiving dinner table, a Diet Feeler will instinctively want to have a piece, too (even if she’s not hungry, and even if pumpkin pie is not her favorite dessert), so she can celebrate with the group.
The solution: Examine the big picture of her own life, and consider (really consider) how often she overlooks her own needs to please others.
The Diet Thinker values knowledge and accomplishment. She is a life-long learner who strives to understand the world. The Diet Thinker needs comprehension and information to realize and maintain her weight-loss and fitness goals.
A problem often faced by the Diet Thinker is that her great analytical ability means she can find the information she wants to find, anywhere…including the information needed for the perfect excuse! For example, she will justify eating large quantities of potato chips at holiday party because the potassium content of the chips is higher than that of a banana.
The solution: Instead of using obscure, extreme-logic as an excuse for not-so-healthy indulgences, she should do what she does best–seek knowledge and understanding from a variety of reliable sources. Then, once she sees that good health is the real goal, she will have an easier time making decisions about her health based on useful facts.
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Clemson University is home to a new center for the National Bobwhite Conservation Initiative (NBCI) and will serve in a national leadership capacity co-managing the operations and enabling the implementation of the initiative.
John Morgan, NBCI Director shared, “after 28 years, the NBCI is coming back to where it started. Our partnership’s inaugural meeting was held at the Webb Wildlife Center in 1995. Clemson University’s vision for science, education and outreach coupled with an enthusiasm for growing the NBCI were a perfect fit.”
Selected by the National Bobwhite Technical Committee (NBTC) and the NBCI Management Board, the center will be folded under the umbrella of the College of Agriculture, Forestry and Life Sciences (CAFLS), which has a strong focus on teaching, research and extension in wildlife and natural resource conservation. The NBCI staff will work closely with University faculty and staff to leverage the organization’s resources to enhance teaching, research and outreach programs to accomplish joint conservation goals.
“Bobwhite quail are an important indicator to the overall health of the environment, and the University’s expertise in conservation and wildlife research together with NBCI will allow us to further understand and conserve this important species,” said Keith Belli, dean of the College of Agriculture, Forestry and Life Sciences. “We’re pleased to house this new center, which further enhances our mission to produce and connect science-based information to address resource needs while providing experiential and hands-on learning opportunities for our students.”
The NBCI is a 25-state wildlife agency and conservation organization partnership focusing on national leadership in private and public lands grassland habitat conservation efforts for northern bobwhite quail and other wildlife species. The mission of NBCI ties directly to Clemson’s land-grant mission, with a focus on outreach and research efforts. Specifically, NBCI’s efforts focus on habitat restoration for bobwhite quail and other wildlife while linking grassland cover to water quality, soil health, air quality, and human health and wellness through coordinated and standardized data collection and adaptive management via the NBCI’s Coordinated Implementation Program.
“I’m excited about the opportunities that NBCI brings to our students for internships across the country as well as collaborative opportunities for research and outreach with our faculty and staff,” said Greg Yarrow, Professor of Wildlife Ecology. “The synergy of NBCI and Clemson working together will have significant impacts on wildlife conservation, particularly bobwhite quail and grassland birds.”
The work of NBCI and its multi-state partnership is supported by five full-time staff members and 25 state coordinators. The work includes a national restoration plan, a GIS-based conservation planning tool, a national database, and a small team of specialists in grasslands, forestry, policy, communications and science working at regional and national levels identifying opportunities and removing barriers for conservation. Bringing the center to Clemson will allow for the addition of a network of faculty and students to expand and enhance research and outreach for conservation.
For additional information about NBCI visit https://bringbackbobwhites.org/.
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Florida. Mounted Photo.
Original photograph on matte board; showing a kneeling woman [Grace Willard] in skirt, blouse, tie, and frontier hat. She is holding a pistol behind an alligator presumed dead measuring 9.5 feet.
Very Good. Item #013895
The photo is from the Ocklawaha River in the Ocala region of Florida. Very Lightly in pencil is the name Grace Willard 93 High Street [Westerly] RI. The city ends in a 'y' but does not seem to have enough letters.
A search finds only Westerly as a city in RI that begins with a 'w' and ends in a 'y'. Matte has some fading; the photo has lightened on the perimeter, but the subject is vivid and clear. The photo measures 4.75 by 3.625 inches. The board measures 6.8 by 5.8 inches.
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For many years no-one knew how to treat burns victims left badly scarred by fire. Then during the Second World War a surgeon in Sussex pioneered plastic surgery to help repair damaged faces and limbs. The ground breaking work of Sir Archibald McIndoe is to be remembered in a new statue.
The sculptor tasked with capturing the surgeon's likeness will bring his own personal insight to the project. His father was one of Sir Archibald patients, and the commission came about purely by chance. Penny Silvester reports.
The Queen Victoria Hospital in East Grinstead has been rated as one of the best in England, according to a survey of patients by the Care Quality Commission. It was rated the highest out of 161 hospital trusts for nearly half the questions patients were asked.
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A few years ago chemistry and chemical biology professor Mike Pollastri met a researcher name Larry Ruben at a conference. Ruben was presenting a poster on an enzyme that is important to the survival trypanosoma brucei, the culprit parasite in the neglected tropical disease known as African sleeping sickness, or human African trypanosomiasis.
The poster was particularly exciting to Pollastri, who had recently left the pharmaceutical industry to forge a research career in academia, where the economic constraints of big pharma wouldn’t prevent him from pursuing cures for neglected diseases, which offer little in the way of profit.
The enzyme Ruben presented is in a class called Aurora kinases, some of which are important to cell signaling and growth. From his background, Pollastri knew that there are several drug compounds designed to inhibit human Aurora Kinases. For example, Danusertib, a drug currently in phase II clinical trials, inhibits the human enzyme, preventing the unchecked cell growth seen in cancer.
Pollastri and Ruben began by testing a handful of human drug compounds for their ability to inhibit the t. brucei enzyme. At the time, Pollastri was still teaching at Boston University but when he came to Northeastern he joined forces with professor Mary Jo Ondrechen, whose expertise is in chemical modeling. Together, the two labs came up with a long list of Danusertib analogs to test. A recent article in the European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry presents their results.
A student in Ondrechen’s lab, now Dr. Zhouxi Wang, “performed the calculations to help to prioritize compounds for synthesis — predicting which compounds are most likely to bind to the parasite’s kinase,” said Ondrechen. To reduce the chances of side effects, the team looked at compounds that bind to the parasite preferentially over the human kinase, she said.
The rationale for starting with pre-existing drug compounds is multifold. On the one hand, it gives the team a rational starting point. But it also addresses these issues of toxicity and side effects from the beginning.
“We could run a high throughput screen, wade through a million compounds to find these things,” said Pollastri. “But then we’d have to learn about how that chemical behaves in the biological system all over again.” On the other hand, if they already know how a class of chemicals behaves in the body, then they can use that information to direct more efficient clinical trials.
After getting the data from Ondrechen’s team, Stefan Ochiana form Pollastri’s team synthesized a couple dozen of them. In some cases, the compounds were nearly 25 times better at inhibiting the t. brucei enzyme than the human enzyme. They are currently not quite as potent as Danusertib, but they have chemical structure explanations, which they believe they can tweak to improve both the selectivity and the potency of the potential drugs. | <urn:uuid:9e63a36d-322b-4712-9ae3-5d951c0a6363> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://www.northeastern.edu/news/2012/08/unfreakingbelieveable/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988719908.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183839-00157-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.959405 | 631 | 2.578125 | 3 |
About Verification of Contact Information
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- Whois inaccuracy complaint – The Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) requires that registrars take reasonable steps to investigate and correct inaccurate Whois data. This can include contacting you to request verification of your identity and contact information.
- 2013 Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) – The Whois Accuracy Program Specification of the 2013 Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) requires registrars to validate and verify certain Whois data fields, which may include contacting you by phone, email or postal mail. Registrars must suspend or delete domain names that are not timely verified.
- Whois Data Reminder Policy (WDRP) – ICANN requires all ICANN-accredited Registrars to formally remind their customers once a year to review and update the contact information for their domain name. Read more at ICANN's WDRP FAQs For Domain Name Registrants.
- Financial transactions – Registrars may contact you to verify your identity or contact information as needed to process payments.
- Domain transfer matters – Registrars may request verification of contact information only when there is a reasonable dispute regarding the identity of the Registered Name Holder (or the Administrative Contact) of a domain name regarding an FOA, or the identity of the Registered Name Holder regarding an Auth-Code. | <urn:uuid:8f91d034-0938-43ad-ab20-750f389c21f0> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/contact-verification-2013-05-03-en | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572192.79/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815145459-20220815175459-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.840198 | 304 | 1.648438 | 2 |
Growing human embryonic stem cells in the lab is no small feat. Culturing the finicky, shape-shifting cells is labor intensive and, in some ways, more art than exact science.
Now, however, a team of researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison reports the development of a fully defined culture system that promises a more uniform and, for cells destined for therapy, safer product.
Writing this week (Nov. 14, 2010) in the journal Nature Methods, a team led by Laura Kiessling, a UW-Madison professor who holds a joint appointment in biochemistry and chemistry, unveiled an inexpensive system that takes much of the guess work out of culturing the all-purpose cells.
“It’s a technology that anyone can use,” says Kiessling. “It’s very simple.”
At present, human embryonic stem cells are cultured mostly for use in research settings. And while culture systems have improved over time, scientists still use surfaces that contain mouse cells or mouse proteins to grow batches of human cells, whether embryonic or induced stem cells. Doing so increases the chances of contamination by animal pathogens such as viruses, a serious concern for cells that might be used in therapy.
The new culture system utilizes a synthetic, chemically made substrate of protein fragments, peptides, which have an affinity for binding with stem cells. Used in combination with a defined growth medium, the system devised by the Wisconsin team can culture cells in their undifferentiated states for up to three months and possibly longer. The system, according to the new report, also works for induced pluripotent stem cells, the adult cells genetically reprogrammed to behave like embryonic stem cells.
Cells maintained in the system, Kiessling notes, were subsequently tested to see if they could differentiate into desired cell types, and performed just as well as cells grown in less defined, commercially available cell culture systems.
Kiessling notes that the first clinical trials involving human embryonic stem cells are underway and that as more tests in human patients are initiated, confidence in the safety of the cells will be paramount.
“The disadvantages of the culture systems commonly used now are that they are undefined — you don’t really know what your cells are in contact with — and there is no uniformity, which means there is batch-to-batch variability,” Kiessling explains. “The system we’ve developed is fully defined and inexpensive.”
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As opposed to Big Government’s National Ocean Policy, the National Fish Habitat Partnership provides a good example of how to protect, restore, and/or enhance our fisheries. It promotes locally driven efforts to build private and public partnerships to improve fish habitat.
Also, check out the partnership’s “Waters to Watch” list for 2012. It’s a collection of rivers, streams, estuaries, watershed systems, shores, and lakes that will benefit from cooperative efforts.
“These waters represent a snapshot of this year’s larger voluntary habitat conservation efforts in progress. These and other locally driven conservation projects are prioritized and implemented by regional Fish Habitat Partnerships that have formed throughout the country.”
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The government has avowed its commitment to reviving the infamous Komenda sugar factory in tandem with its industrialisation drive.
The Minister of Trade and Industry, Mr John Alan Kojo Kyerematen, made the assurance when he paid working visit to the Komenda Sugar Factory to assess the progress of work towards reviving the factory.
The $35-million factory, built from an Indian Exim Bank facility, has not worked since its commissioning in 2016 by the National Democratic Congress -government.
However, in March 2022, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo gave a strong indication that the factory would become functional in April 2022, when he received a delegation from the Komenda Traditional Authority at the Jubilee House.
He assured the delegation that civil works being undertaken by the Indian investors would be completed in March to pave the way for the production of sugar.
In tandem with government’s vision, Mr Kyerematen and Mrs Justina Marigold Assan, the Central Regional Minister, among other dignitaries, inspected the civil works being undertaken by the Indian investors.
Mr Kyerematen said he was impressed with the progress of work and expressed optimism about the revival of the defunct factory to create jobs for sugar cane growers and the youth to revive the local economy.
In Cape Coast, he led the team to visit the defunct Ameen Sangari Industries Limited, which had been captured under the One District, One Factory industrialisation initiative, to be revamped by the government.
Being the oldest manufacturing company in the region aside the soap and palm kernel oil production, the industry also processed teak trees into electricity poles.
The company, which had operated in the metropolis for close to 10 decades, had more than 600 workers, but had to downsize the workforce to 280 due to high cost of power, pilfering and administrative challenges.
Mr Kyerematen said the company had received a 6.1-million-cedi loan facility covering the procurement of equipment and machinery as well as working capital.
After a tour of the facility, he assured the public that the factory would restart as soon as practicable to bring socioeconomic relief to the people and the government. -GNA | <urn:uuid:1abd392b-59cf-47d6-a5ad-e1ced98fd413> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.ghanaiantimes.com.gh/well-revive-komenda-sugar-factory-alan-kyerematen/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572304.13/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816120802-20220816150802-00475.warc.gz | en | 0.96916 | 458 | 1.585938 | 2 |
As technology has advanced and smartphones have become ubiquitous, we’ve seen the rise of some very interesting applications. Many of these apps make our lives easier, help us make decisions, and even offer up some fun and games. At SXSW this year, we saw an especially big emergence of “social discovery” apps that essentially allow users to find friends, colleagues, and even new people that are nearby based on location and other criteria such as age, interests, gender, etc.
Although these types of apps have raised some mobile privacy concerns, more apps and platforms are already being developed that go beyond social discovery capabilities. And the truth is, they are quite fascinating developments.
Behavio is one such startup that began as an open source project at the MIT Media Lab Funf and developed into an open source project that turns phones into smart sensors of the real world behavior of consumers. It was recently among the winners of a News Challenge hosted by the Knight Foundation. The winners received $1.37 million in grants for their innovative endeavors in the media industry.
In terms of journalism, Behavio can take cell phone data and make deductions of an event’s surroundings, which, of course, would greatly add to a story. It also can provide more meaning to a photograph since it can offer more information than simply the date and location. Furthermore, Behavio opens the door for many others to contribute to a story.
As intriguing as these capabilities are, the Behavio platform is actually designed to go further than the media landscape as well. According to Nadav Aharony, the company’s co-founder, the sensors that the Behavio platform is able to create can actually improve numerous areas of consumers’ lives.
“We built the original software to actually do a study in a new methodology that we’re calling the social MRI,” he said.
“Constructed from data from phones,” he continued, “ we can actually look at how communities live their lives, how an organic community lives, and how friendships are formed and how people make decisions in life.”
Aharony told us that, just as the medical world can make a diagnosis through an imaging machine, the Behavio platform wants to do the same with the community. Since phones can already know users’ locations, can sense their movement and temperature, and many other signals, Behavio hopes to use these signs to make inferences about user behavior.
“Starting to combine all these signals is starting to give us the ability to have a more interesting understanding of people, make our apps more interesting, and do more functionality that was much harder in the past,” said Aharony.
For example, he pointed out that when users plug their phones in to charge and then set an alarm, it could be assumed that they are going to bed. Another example is Bluetooth technology since it can be used to sense other devices around it.
“If the phone is running a similar software, you can actually detect that two people are co-located,” Aharony explained. “Suddenly, you can construct the face-to-face network of people, which is much more meaningful than maybe the online social network of friends and strangers that I might have approved on Facebook. - this is the people that I’m actually spending physical time with, which makes it much more relevant.”
This is the type of assumption that he believes developers will be able to build applications on to simplify the lives of users.
“We’re trying to make it easier for others to innovate,” he said.
Still, as cool as the Behavio platform is, it is a little intimidating just thinking about how well a device can know you. Aharony told us that Behavio believes in giving the end user control. Users must give their consent before participating, and the framework has privacy protections built within it.
He also assured us that Behavio does not save any human readable text and does not log names or phone numbers. What’s more, it “will never know what number was dialed or what was the name of the person.”
“We think that understanding behavior is gonna become something very natural that will become a part of our devices – the same way that location is something that is very natural and many apps are leveraging this to make much more intelligent services,” Aharony said.
“I think, in the future,” he continued, “that we’ll have sort of interesting black boxes that detect different types of behaviors from detecting the flu to detecting happiness to detecting friendship. “
“The point is… we are trying to break this framework to allow many other people to donate and develop these – maybe eventually there will be marketplaces out there just like there is an app store… there may be an algorithm store that people or developers could make together to build smarter apps much faster.”
“It’s really just the beginning,” Aharony added.
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Greetings! My name is Supattra. I am studying in the primary school year 6 (grade 6). My family has 5 members which are my father, my mother, my grandmother, my elder brother and me. My family is poor. Our main job is doing rice farming. Once the harvest season is over, my father will go to work as a construction worker in another province. He will receive daily wage of 250-300 baht. He is the principal wage earner of the family because my mother has problem with her eyesight. One of her eyes sees things unclearly making her unable to work efficiently. And my grandmother is rather old. As for my brother, he also can work to help lightening up my father’s load.
Supattra and her family (father, mother and grandmother) with the house she is living at present.
My brother could not even complete the junior secondary school level because he had to quit school to help my father doing rice farming. I feel sympathy for my father, my mother and my grandmother because my brother alone cannot help my father much. I, myself, have tried to lighten up his load. During my spare time, I will find a way to earn some income such as planting vegetables for sale at the market in the village, or occasionally being hired to plant, harvest and transport cassava. I know that it is a hard work and not quite suitable for a girl, but it is necessary. Sometimes I was very tired. Moreover, I will also work for occasional labor freelance jobs on whatever I can do when I have free time. Once I have some money, I will save it to use for my expenses at school. Even though it is not much, I feel quite proud to be able to help lightening up some of my father’s load.
Supattra and the vegetable field planted by herself for sale at the market for extra income to go to school.
I believe that education is very important for me because I dream of being a nurse when I grow up. I think being a nurse will make me have a secured job resulting in having money to support my family to have a better life. Besides, I will be able to take care of my mother whose health is not so well and I will be able to take care of other patients as well. But before I can reach that point, I will have to study hard and there will be a lot of expenses involved. If I am sponsored by the scholarship, I will be ready to study as high as possible with earnestness and determination. I will use the poverty and difficulty of my family as my drive and main support to make me reach the goal of my dream.
I promise that if I have the scholarship from EDF, I will use every baht received wisely and sparingly, and make the most out of it for educational purpose and for the brighter future to come. Thus, I would like to ask for your kind consideration on my case. Thank you. | <urn:uuid:40829daa-21f3-4f78-9a4e-f040306d7edc> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://edfthai.org/en/?page=Feature_Stories&id=407 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573399.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818185216-20220818215216-00068.warc.gz | en | 0.985971 | 617 | 1.648438 | 2 |
"These projects are a direct investment in our state's public transit system and will help energize California's economy," said Caltrans Director Malcolm Dougherty. "Not only will these projects help create jobs, they will also reduce traffic congestion, clean the air, and provide Californians with more viable alternatives to rising gas prices."
Some of the rail-specific projects awarded Proposition 1B funding include:
• $27,661,806 to the Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) for the eBART Program
• $48,400,000 to the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency for the Central Subway Project
• $9.3 million for the Sacramento Regional Transit to refurbish the light rail vehicles
• The San Diego Association of Governments will receive $21.5 million for the purchase of light rail vehicles for the trolley Blue Line and the San Diego Metropolitan Transit System will receive $69.5 million to purchase 29-light rail vehicles
• $12.53 million to the Southern California Regional Rail Authority for renovation/rehabilitation of Metrolink equipment and facilities.
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Slave Genealogy of the Roulhac Family
French Masters and the Africans They Enslaved
This meticulously researched genealogy of enslaved ancestors reveals their contributions to society from the antebellum period to the present.
Tracing one’s family history is a daunting task filled with triumphs and setbacks, but for blacks interested in finding their ancestry, especially ancestors who lived during the antebellum period, the search can seem impossible, and the results uncovered, implausible. Yet it can be done, as Roy L. Roulhac, a state and federal administrative law judge, shows in this well-researched genealogy.
Roulhac first became interested in his ancestry during his youth after several people pointed out what they perceived as the irony of a black man with a French surname. Roulhac would retort, “My ancestors had been enslaved in Louisiana where the first Africans were brought by the French army.” While combing through deeds, wills, and historical documents, Roulhac finds his great-great-grandparents listed among items for sale in 1858. The author jarringly notes, “My great-great-grandmother Nelly, age forty-six, was valued at $483.33, slightly less than the $500 assigned value of [the slave owner’s] seven mules.”
The book begins in the eighteenth century and traces the journey of three Frenchmen from France to eastern North Carolina where they married into slaveholding families. Adhering to basic principles of genealogy, six chapters are arranged from past to present, beginning with the first brother to emigrate and ending with contemporary members of the Roulhac Family Association. This structure allows the author to show how his family moved from enslavement to ideal US citizens, serving in every war since the Civil War.
Interesting black-and-white photographs from the past (e.g., a portrait of the author’s father in a military uniform) and the present (e.g., a snapshot of descendants of great-great-grandmother Nelly and her husband, Nero) are included throughout the book and tables fill the appendix, yet additional graphics showing how relatives are connected would have added clarity to the lengthy list of descendants.
One of the French émigrés began a memoir Roulhac includes in italics with detailed annotations of his own. Occasionally the book reads like a list of relatives strewn together by a seemingly unconnected piece of information, but most often Roulhac illustrates what life was like for blacks and whites before and after the Civil War. For example, letters reveal white women worried about their daughters’ financial security while research shows many blacks resisted their plight in various ways, including deciding to become expatriates. The book’s attractive cover bears the image of a dignified looking man who (immediately after being declared free) entered into a work contract with his former owner that guaranteed him wages, livestock, and produce.
Roulhac has done an impressive job. The book is a treasure for this family, and it is likely to be a useful resource for genealogists and historians.
Disclosure: This article is not an endorsement, but a review. The author of this book provided free copies of the book and paid a small fee to have his/her book reviewed by a professional reviewer. Foreword Reviews and Clarion Review make no guarantee that the author will receive a positive review. Foreword Magazine, Inc. is disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255. | <urn:uuid:69417239-276d-4367-86c5-f480103d9ccb> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://www.forewordreviews.com/reviews/slave-genealogy-of-the-roulhac-family/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560279915.8/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095119-00276-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.965816 | 745 | 3.015625 | 3 |
Phil Klay is a U.S. Marine Corps veteran of the Iraq War and the author of Redeployment, which won the National Book Award in 2014; in Iraq, he was a media officer, reporting on major news stories but also responsive for finding the “Positive News Story of the Day” — something he and the Iraqis saw very differently. In an essay in America, The Jesuit Review, he traces his understanding of America’s and his role in the war through the lens of his waxing and waning (but ultimately waxing) faith.
My understanding not simply of the war but of myself shifted. I was not a fallen creature in a broken world reliant on grace, but a Marine in a successful army that had all the answers. I was justified not by a cross, but by an interpretation of public policy, not by the cruel and barbaric torture and murder of an innocent man, but by politics. If the surge had saved lives, turning a monthly death toll of 1,802 to 554, then the month of January did not just make me right and the antiwar folks who had opposed the policy wrong, it made me morally better than them by exactly 1,248 dead Iraqis.
It did not occur to me that I could be right about public policy and still be a sinner, or wrong about public policy and still be redeemed. And so I set aside the moments of doubt. I set aside the experiences that gave me pause. Like, for example, that moment I stood in that small Iraqi town, the town I thought I knew everything about, stared down a street and heard a voice, my voice, saying: I do not know where I am, or what I am doing or what we are doing, and none of the Marines around me do either. | <urn:uuid:997c831f-df8a-4259-875b-f0fd3ebdf0c0> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://longreads.com/2018/11/15/positivity-is-relative-depending-on-which-side-of-the-fighting-youre-on/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570871.10/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808183040-20220808213040-00271.warc.gz | en | 0.978821 | 368 | 1.617188 | 2 |
To encourage and increase the procurement of recycled content and other environmentally preferable products (EPP*).
Tier 1: Demonstrate procurement of products that meet EPP requirements for a minimum of 10% of the department’s budget.
Tier 2: Demonstrate procurement of products that meet EPP requirements for a minimum of 25% of the department’s budget.
- Utilize an open database of ‘preferred’ alternative chemicals, materials, and processes to help companies reformulate products to make them more circular
- Establish procurement guidelines to label products as compostable or other definitional labels
*EPP criteria should be consistent with EPA guidelines for environmentally preferable products as outlined in Federal Executive Order 13693 [sections TBD, or other comparable EPP criteria.] or demonstrated through life cycle assessment. | <urn:uuid:c5e02064-ebcf-4f56-99ad-4de20f6adb98> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://sweepstandard.org/municipal-wgp-draft-credit-5-environmentally-preferable-product-procurement-x-points/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571538.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812014923-20220812044923-00467.warc.gz | en | 0.856027 | 177 | 2.015625 | 2 |
PUBLIC CHARGE RULE
The U.S. requires that foreign nationals be self-sufficient. Individuals who are unable to care for themselves and are likely to become a public charge are inadmissible to the U.S.
What is a public charge?
A public charge is someone who receives one or more public benefits for 12 months in total during the span of a 36-month period. Under this rule, receiving four public benefits in one month would count as four months.
Who does the rule apply to?
The public charge rule applies to applicants for (1) admission or adjustment of status to that of a lawful resident and (2) extension of nonimmigrant stay or change of nonimmigrant status.
The rule does not apply to refugees, asylees, certain U and T nonimmigrant visa applicants, certain special juvenile immigrants, Afghans and Iraqis with special immigrant visas, and certain petitioners under the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA).
What factors do officers look at in determining whether someone will become a public charge?
Officers determine admissibility by weighing the following factors:
- Age and health
- Assets, resources, and finances
- Education and skills
- Family status
- Prospective immigration status
- Expected period of admission
- Sufficient Affidavit of Support
Generally, a foreign national who is younger, well-educated, and has financial backing is less likely to become a public charge than one who is older, unskilled, and with limited resources.
What public benefits are considered for under the public charge rule?
Public benefits that are considered:
- Federal, state, local, or tribal cash assistance for income
- Includes Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), and other cash benefit programs
- Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP/food stamps)
- Section 8 Housing Assistance under the Housing Voucher Program
- Section 8 Project-Based Rental Assistance
- Includes Moderate Rehabilitation
- Public housing under Section 9 of the Housing act of 1937
- Most forms of federally funded Medicaid
Public benefits that are not considered:
- Certain Medicaid benefits for
- Emergency medical conditions
- Aliens under the age of 21
- Pregnant women and by women within a 60-day period beginning on the last day of their pregnancy
- Services or benefits provided under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
- School based services or benefits for individuals who are at or below the age of secondary school eligibility
- Emergency medical assistance
- Disaster relief
- Energy Assistance
- National school lunch programs
- Supplemental Nutrition Programs for Women, Infants, and Children
- Food pantries and homelessness shelters
- Government subsidized student and mortgage loans
- Subsidies for foster care and adoption
- Head Start
For example, if a foreign national who is pregnant or just had a child and is receiving WIC, those benefits will not be taken into account for a public charge consideration. However, if the same foreign national receives SNAP and Section 8 Housing in one month, those benefits will account for two months of receipt of public benefits for a public charge consideration.
Speak with a lawyer at Bolour/Carl Immigration Group
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate in contacting our office. Call us at (323) 857-0034 today, or complete our online inquiry form to request a meeting or case evaluation.
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On December 10, the homepage of MSN India carried an interesting Tata Sky banner ad, in which Twitter was integrated, so that real time conversation between visitors and Tata Sky's 'Actve Puppet' was possible, inside the banner itself. It was live for just three hours (3.30 pm - 6.30 pm).
The TV-headed puppet represents the 'Actve' or on-demand services of Tata Sky.
& #BANNER1 & #
How did it work? To converse with the Puppet, visitors were required to enter their names; and the question or message in the Message-Box. Following that, they needed to press a button titled 'Tweet', shown in the banner. Within a few seconds, the submitted message, along with a reply by 'Puppet' was displayed in the banner.
For instance, a tweet entered by a user named Raghu (Actvefan: @actve raghu what will happen to Tiger Woods?") was replied by Puppet (Actve: @actvefan has he come out of the woods, Raghu? :P).
Namrata Balwani, chief operating officer, Media2Win tells afaqs!, "Although the conversation was displayed in the banner, but it was done on the Twitter platform on the back end, between two active Twitter accounts - @Actvefan (visitor) and @Actve (Puppet)."
She further says, "It was not a prerequisite that a visitor should be a Twitter user. Even Twitter members were not required to sign in to their accounts for conversations."
A click on the banner ad redirected visitors to a microsite, where they could read all conversations posted earlier on the banner.
Unlike its previous banner ads, neither Aamir Khan - the brand ambassador of Tata Sky - nor Tata Sky's logo was displayed prominently. The reason was, Balwani says, "The DTH service provider wants to highlight and personify Actve Puppet and give him a human touch."
She clarifies, "The core thought behind the Actve services communication is to make the TV dance to the viewers' tune, through the bouquet of interactive services. The puppet is a personification of this and he can do whatever a user wishes him to do. The idea behind the banner was to highlight the same; wherein the puppet can answer any question you ask, thus dancing to your tune. The best way to communicate this is through real-time interaction and Twitter is the ideal tool for that. With the buzz Twitter has been creating, it was the ideal platform to integrate our communication with."
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Napster, P2P software, and the sharing of music in the digital age.
These days, millions of people worldwide are sharing music over the internet on ÃÂÃÂP2PÃÂÃÂ software, which stands for peer-to-peer. P2P is software that when downloaded onto someone's computer, enables that person to access another person's hard drive and to find and copy certain files that the software is designed to recognize. In essence, it allows people to create digital links between two computers and transfer data, or in this case, music. Record companies as well as artists are not happy about this, as CD sales have plummeted, and copyrighted material is being exchanged without the companies or their artists seeing any profit.
It is legal for anyone to make a recording or use a recording of a song for personal noncommercial use without being in violation of copyright laws. This is made possible because of the Compulsory Mechanical License.
This states that after the copyright owner makes the first recording of the song and distributes it to the public, anyone is allowed to make recordings of the song for personal use only. It is illegal to sell these recordings without owning the copyright however. Technically, they need to pay the owner for each ÃÂÃÂunit manufacturedÃÂÃÂ (each recording made) but the amount they need to pay is very low, usually only around nine cents. This license is the reason why many believe (or believed, before they got caught) that itÃÂÃÂs ok to download mp3 files (music files) for personal use and not be legally persecuted. This is what Napster lawyers thought. Napster used this argument in response to the lawsuit filed against them by The Record Industry Association of America. Unfortunately for Napster, the judgeÃÂÃÂs ruling was in favor of the RIAA, and eventually Napster was shut down. Napster... | <urn:uuid:a5049a10-a74a-4cc0-a593-d360afa84c09> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.writework.com/essay/napster-p2p-software-and-sharing-music-digital-age | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281162.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00538-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.96872 | 376 | 2.953125 | 3 |
This article describes a new technology that can be easily adapted to permit virtually instantaneous tracking and evaluation of community-based projects that are widely dispersed in the field.
Current technologies permit special forms to be sent via an ordinary fax machine into a centrally located personal computer equipped with an inexpensive fax modem board.
As the faxes are received, hand printed, and « bubble-coded », responses are interpreted and automatically stored in a database, ready for instantaneous statistical analysis.
An application is described that uses this technology to track street outreach efforts throughout Los Angeles to injection drug users, prostitutes, and others at high risk to contract and spread the human immunodeficiency virus.
Tracking outreach and service efforts provides the capacity for program directors to refocus efforts and to ensure that interventions are conducted in a timely and appropriate manner.
The use of up-to-date statistical summaries and management feedback ensures that the outreach and intervention efforts carried on in the poorest inner-city neighborhdoos are run efficiently and effectively.
Mots-clés Pascal : Evaluation, Programme sanitaire, Prévention, Méthodologie, Facteur risque, Homme, Fax, SIDA, Virose, Infection, Immunopathologie, Immunodéficit
Mots-clés Pascal anglais : Evaluation, Sanitary program, Prevention, Methodology, Risk factor, Human, AIDS, Viral disease, Infection, Immunopathology, Immune deficiency
Notice produite par :
Inist-CNRS - Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique
Cote : 95-0137209
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Hair plays a significant role in our self-confidence and body image. Hair loss is a major concern as we age. The health of your hair is determined by environment, diet, and general health.
Restolin is a daily dietary supplement that aims to address hair loss in men and women. It contains high-quality, natural ingredients that stimulate hair follicles.
Restolin also effectively addresses other environmental, hormonal, and hereditary issues that affect your hair. Restolin also targets hair problems such as dandruff and hair loss.
Before you go on, you may want to check out this video by Bai Musical on YouTube that gives a quick overview. In this review, we’ll look at how Restolin works, the ingredients, benefits, how to use it, and more.
What is Restolin? How To Make Natural Hair Growth Products
Hair loss impacts both men and women. Restolin targets hair growth using natural and safe ingredients as a daily supplement. Restolin wants to correct this problem.
William Anderson was the one who developed Restolin. In 30 years of research, he discovered an exclusive blend of ingredients that stimulated hair regrowth. Restolin was developed as an alternative to chemical treatments, such as minoxidil.
Restolin contains only natural ingredients. Restolin is manufactured in FDA-approved, GMO-certified laboratories using non-GMO capsules. It also contains vitamins and minerals that are linked to hair growth.
What is Restolin?
Restolin contains a proprietary blend of vitamins and minerals that stimulate hair regrowth. William Andreson worked with doctors to develop a natural remedy for hair loss.
Nutritional deficiencies are often the cause of hair problems. Insufficient nutrition can cause hair follicles to go dormant. Restolin works to reactivate these dormant follicles and maintain active ones. The proprietary blend contains all the vitamins and minerals that do this work. The proprietary blend also includes plant extracts, which have been used in traditional medicines because they have been known to activate hair follicles.
Let’s look at the natural ingredients included in Restolin’s proprietary blend and how each one benefits the body.
- Graviola Leaf
Graviola leaf has medicinal and anti-bacterial properties that help prevent and eradicate dandruff on your scalp. It helps kill bacteria that cause infection, reduce inflammation, and purge toxins.
- Red Raspberry
Raspberries provide tons of vitamins, fiber, and other nutrients that protect the body from diabetes. Raspberries are great for arthritis and obesity prevention. They are great for restoring hair because they have anti-aging properties.
- Green Tea
Green tea is an excellent source of antioxidants. It is a great source of antioxidants and supports brain function, metabolism, heart disease prevention, and even type 2 diabetes prevention. Restolin is a green tea that blocks hair loss hormones and stimulates new hair growth in the hair follicles.
Beta-glucan is used to lower cholesterol and promote a healthy heart. It is excellent for improving the immune system. In the formula, it works to alleviate dandruff and reduce scalp dryness.
Turmeric is a powerful ingredient used to reduce inflammation in the muscles, joints, and digestive system. It is often found in health supplements. Turmeric is gentle on the skin and can be used to stimulate the scalp. It reduces hair breakage and dandruff.
- Pine Bark
Pine Bark is rich in Niacin which helps prevent hair loss. Pine bark is great for increasing hair density. Pine bark is commonly used to relieve inflammation, especially in certain skin conditions. This makes it an ideal ingredient for those who suffer from scalp conditions that lead to hair loss.
- Essaic tea complex
The tea complex includes several ingredients that help to revitalize hair. It prevents premature hair loss. It also contains Indian rhubarb and burdock. It has antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties.
Grapeseed is great for shining your hair back to its natural shine. It helps produce more sebum to moisturize and strengthen your hair. It promotes collagen production in the body, found in hair, skin, and nails.
- Mushroom Complex
This complex is a combination of shitake, maitake, and reishi mushrooms. The body gets a lot of fiber and protein from mushrooms. This complex is excellent for strengthening hair and promoting blood circulation on the scalp.
- Quercetin dihydrate
It has antioxidant properties that reduce inflammation and protect the body against infection. This ingredient can increase your immunity and prevent infections that could affect hair growth.
Pomegranate is chock-full of antioxidants that encourage your hair regrowth and stronger hair follicles. It increases blood circulation to the scalp.
- Olive leaf
Olive leaf supports a healthy heart and promotes healthy blood pressure. It fights the free radicals in the body and reduces inflammation. It is rich in antioxidants, which protect hair from damage.
- Cat’s Claw
Cat’s claw is a tropical vine used to prevent hair loss, particularly in chemotherapy patients.
Garlic provides various health benefits, from reducing inflammation to lowering high blood pressure. It boosts collagen production, which speeds up hair regrowth.
- Panax Ginseng
Panax ginseng is great for easing stress, reducing cholesterol and blood sugar, and providing energy. It stimulates hair growth, and helps to prevent hair loss and thinning.
Lycopene, a powerful antioxidant, supports heart health and lowers the risk of developing cancer. Lycopene promotes blood circulation to your scalp which can help prevent hair loss.
Benefits of Restolin
Restolin provides tons of benefits as a daily supplement. You’ll notice significant changes in your hair and scalp condition with continuous use.
Restolin’s vitamins and minerals accelerate hair growth. This results in thicker and longer hair. It helps prevent premature hair loss from stress and age.
It helps produce sebum, which keeps your hair shiny and moisturized. It addresses the root cause of dry scalp and dandruff.
Restolin encourages hair regrowth by enabling the creation of new hair follicles. When you blow-dry your hair or brush it, it promotes stronger hair and less hair damage.
Overall, restolin restores the shine and health of your hair with its potent combination of natural ingredients.
Dosage of Restolin and Use
Each Restolin capsule contains 60 capsules that can last up to 30 days. It is recommended to take two Restolin capsules a day with a glass of water. There is no specific time that you have to take it. It is advised that you take it 30 minutes before a meal.
For best results, it is recommended to take it for at least two to three months. You’ll see results faster if you continue to use it.
Restolin can be used by both men and women who want healthier and stronger hair. Everyone above the age of 18 can take it. People under 18 and pregnant or breastfeeding women are also not advised to take Restolin. If you are taking any prescription medication or have a medical condition, consult your doctor before you take Restolin.
How to Buy Restolin
You can only buy Restolin through its official website. No other stores are authorized to sell Restolin. This ensures that what you are buying is a high-quality product. How To Make Natural Hair Growth Products
Three packages are available. Shipping is free for domestic orders. On the website, you’ll find discounted offers and package deals. You can order bottles in bulk to save money. The prices are as follows:
- For $69, one bottle
- Three bottles for $177
- Six bottles for $294
After you place an order, you will be asked to fill in your information and make a secured payment via debit, credit card, or PayPal. Your package will be shipped for free in 3-7 days.
Moneyback Guarantee and Refund Policy
Restolin comes with a money-back guarantee. You have 60 days to return the product if you aren’t satisfied. It is advised to test out the product for at least six weeks to see if you’re getting any results. If, after this time, you don’t see any changes at all with your hair, then you can request a refund.
Both the pros and cons
Here are some of the pros and cons of buying Restolin:
- It improves hair and scalp health, addressing dandruff, split ends, hair thinning, or prematurely gray hair.
- It offers significant hair loss reversal by enabling hair follicles to produce new hair.
- It prevents hair loss and helps with scalp problems.
- It provides a 60-day guarantee of your money back.
- It’s on the pricey side, but purchasing in bulk will help save you money.
- You may not see the same results as others, and it may take some time for you to notice any significant changes. How To Make Natural Hair Growth Products
Restolin is completely safe and natural, which makes it stand out from other hair loss remedies. The product contains no chemical additives. It’s also highly effective due to the combination of ingredients that all target hair loss and promote healthy hair. The capsules are manufactured under strict hygiene standards and regularly sterilized equipment. It is easy to eat because it does not require any harsh hair products. It gets easily absorbed in your system after digestion.
Restolin is an all natural dietary supplement that promotes hair growth and supports hair health. It addresses different environmental, hormonal, and hereditary hair issues through its proprietary blend of natural ingredients. Although it won’t provide instant results, consistent use and lifestyle changes can make a significant difference.
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Is Restolin safe to use?
Yes. Yes. All ingredients are natural and FDA approved as dietary supplements. This product is manufactured in an FDA-approved and GMO-certified lab with non-GMO capsules. So far, there have not been any adverse reactions.
Do you have side effects?
No side effects have been found with Restolin. Restolin can be used to treat a variety of medical conditions.
How long before I see any results?
Individuals’ time frames will vary. It is recommended to take the product two to three months to see any lasting changes. For best results, incorporate it into a healthy lifestyle.
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One of the big things we had on the farm was tobacco barns. No real surprise as we were primarily tobacco farmers. We had beef cattle and lots of gardens, but when it came down to it, we raised tobacco. As Caswell County, North Carolina is the home of a type of tobacco curing called “bright leaf” tobacco, we were proud of our beautiful golden leaves.
Bright leaf tobacco came about from a mistake in 1839 according to learnnc.org and a historical marker located about two miles from our farm.
Bright leaf tobacco came about from a mistake in 1839 according to learnnc.org and a historical marker located about two miles from our farm. The story goes as follows:
In 1839, a twist of fate led to one of the most significant breakthroughs in North Carolina agriculture history. Tobacco had always been a major crop for the region, but not until the accidental development of the “bright leaf” variety did the market for the product start booming.
Stephen was a slave on the farm of planter Abisha Slade near the Virginia border in Caswell County. He worked as a blacksmith on the Slade farm. Another of his jobs was overseeing the curing process of the tobacco crop. On one occasion, due to the warmth created by the fire, Stephen fell asleep during the process. A few hours later, he woke up to find the fire almost completely out. To try to keep the heat going, he rushed to his charcoal pit (part of his blacksmithing operation) and threw hot coals on the fire which created a sudden, immense heat. The heat from the charred logs cured the tobacco quickly, leaving it with a vivid yellow color.
The flue-cured tobacco became known as bright leaf tobacco, and the variety became popular with smokers. Other farmers learned of and used the new process as well. Although the discovery took place on a Piedmont plantation, farmers in the coastal plains soon adopted the process and constructed curing barns by the hundreds. By 1857, Abisha Slade was harvesting 20,000 pounds annually and making some of the highest profits ever. Bright leaf tobacco led North Carolina to a dominant position in the tobacco industry.
Our farm contained four tobacco barns and a pack house. These were very normal. You were starting a barn of tobacco once a week. It would take a good week to “cure” a barn. Then you had to move it out to the pack house at some point. As a result, you needed, at least, three barns to keep the crop moving.
In the August 2013 issue of the North Carolina based “Our State” magazine, they had an article titled “The Story of Tobacco Barns in North Carolina” by Susan S. Kelly. The article stated that in the 1950s there were half a million tobacco barns in North Carolina covering the five different tobacco belts in the state. Most barns, like ours, was made from hand hewn logs and mortar.
Each barn had a story. Why it was located there; when it was built and the strong smell of cured tobacco inside. They were located near the pack house. Each one had a shed on one or more sides to allow people to sleep nearby and tend the fires during the curing process. We had one larger shed where we would “string” the tobacco on wooden sticks by hand using twine. These would be hung on the “tier poles” inside the barn later in the day. Next began the curing process. This process took about a week, depending on the humidity. The goal was to generate a beautiful bright golden leaf that was still flexible but dry to the touch. Each farmer had a few special tricks up his sleeve to get a beautiful leaf. As stated above, in our region of the state, the trick was to raise the heat at the end of the process to get the golden leaf effect.
The tobacco was cured with wood from the farm normally. It was a lot of work to cut the trees down over the winter and create stacks of wood that would be dry enough for the summer use. These wood piles were located a few steps from the flues of the barn for ease of access. With time and cost, barns moved to fuel oil next and finally to propane gas with time. Now most tobacco farms use propane in a metal prepurchased tin barn.
It is very obvious that there were many tobacco barn fires in those years. Many fire departments in parts of the state were created in response to barn fires, I believe.
My first exposure to fire was from a tobacco barn fire on our farm. I was probably about eight years old, but the event is still fresh in my mind. We were cooking hamburgers in the yard about six p.m. and suddenly there was a big crash and smoke, and fire filled the air. The Providence Volunteer Fire Department was called, and they showed up with three trucks and lots of people. Tankers were sent down to our pond repeatedly for water. I spend most of the evening watching the fire. Obviously, I was not as close as I wanted to be but I was amazed at the hard work and effort of the firefighters. Luckily, no one was hurt and at the end of the evening, the tobacco and the barn were gone. The shell survived, thanks to the fire department and we rebuilt the barn and converted it from wood to fuel oil. The barn stands to this day.
So what is the lesson from this history lesson? As of now there are only 50,000 tobacco barns still standing today. Time has taken a toll on them. Lack of use, weather, fires and Father Time has seen these structures fall and crumble into a pile of logs for the most part. A few are being reclaimed as historic sites, and some are moved and restored by people with a heart for history and the past.
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Cathie Cordova was born in Colorado and later grew up in Arizona from the age of nine. Early on she showed a great deal of artistic talent. Her second grade art teacher told her parents their daughter was going to be an artist.
Her art career began when Cathie painted a beautiful Greek mural on her parents wall. A neighbor who owned a printing company, saw the work and asked her to come work for her when she got old enough. When Cathie turned 16, she began working part-time for the printing company as a layout & sketch artist. Her next position involved designing yearbook covers for the American Yearbook Co. A few years later Cathie took on the roll of creative director for the art and ads department for the Levys Department Store.
Cathie met her husband during this time, an officer and pilot in the US Air Force. Cathie Cordova became Cathie Cordova Oldham.
In 1975 Cathie began carving reliefs into cast ceramic ware and tablets of clay. It wasn’t long before she began entering work into state and regional art shows. Between 1976 and 1982 she won over 200 first & second place awards. These included Best of Shows in Dallas / Fort Worth, Oklahoma City, Kansas City, Tulsa, and Richmond, Virginia.
Cathie began experimenting with 3 dimensional sculpture early on. In 1981 she took on creating large works including life-sized busts and figurative sculptures. In 1983 she began on a life-size sculpture of President Ronald Reagan. In 1984, the sculpture was accepted by the White House. The bust currently resides in the permanent collection at the Reagan National Library.
That same year Cathie and her family moved to Germany. They were stationed in western Germany at Geilenkirchen. There was a lot of transition for the family as well as with her art. She soon began exhibiting her work in Holland, Belgium, and Germany as well as teaching sculpture to German art teachers. The classes were held in Yultah, Germany at the House Oberbauch. In the late 80s Cathie and her family moved again after being station in the Midwestern USA. She returned a year later by request of the German Arts Association to teach classes again for an additional 2 weeks.
In 1991 Cathie and her family were stationed in Biloxi, Mississippi. That’s about the time when she began carving porcelain relief sculptures of Beauvoir, Jefferson Davis’s summer home in Biloxi. She was invited to sell these limited editions at Magnolia Memories. This led to being commissioned by museums to carve the Biloxi Lighthouse & Tullis Manor mansion in porcelain.
In 1993, Cathie began demonstrating sculpture & relief carving at the Mississippi State Museum in Jackson & Biloxi. That same year, the Biloxi Museum of Art became the George Ohr Arts & Culture Center. She was commissioned to design 3 dimensional sculptures & reliefs of George Ohr. These included both originals and limited editions.
In 1994, Cathie received a commission to carve a relief sculpture of the Air Force Academy’s Cadet Chapel. The 9 x 12″ carving was presented to the academy’s retiring General. After the carving was presented, the Air Force Academy was inundated with calls asking where the carvings could be purchased. The interest in the carving led to another commission to create more carvings of various sizes. These carvings were placed for sale in the academy’s gift shop.
In 1997, Cathie and her son James exhibited work together during a Mother & Son Sculpture Show at the Pasquier House of Art. Her son James began working with clay at the age of 3. As he grew up, he was always interested in working on sculpture, drawing, and painting.
Cathie continues to explore new avenues of creativity. She currently resides in Florida where she exhibits her work and provides private art instruction.
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What retail industry is Walmart?
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What are the 6 retail divisions of Walmart?
Our Retail Divisions
- Wal-Mart Discount Stores. Since founder Sam Walton opened his first store in 1962, Wal-Mart now has more than 1,000 discount stores in the United States.
- Wal-Mart Supercenters.
- Wal-Mart Neighborhood Markets.
- Sam’s Club.
Where are Walmart factories located?
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What is Walmart market share in retail industry?
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What is Walmart’s main line of business?
retail and wholesale business
Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT) engages in retail and wholesale business. The Company offers an assortment of merchandise and services at everyday low prices. It operates through the following business segments: Walmart U.S., Walmart International, and Sam’s Club.
What percentage of retail sales is Walmart?
While Walmart’s 9.5 percent share of 2020 retail sales was up from the 8.9 percent level it posted in 2019, the impact of the ongoing digital shift was amply evident in Amazon’s new position, which saw its share of total retail jump by roughly one third from the 6.8 percent retail stake it held in 2019.
Where is the largest Walmart?
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What’s the busiest Walmart in America?
Doral Walmart Is the Busiest Walmart in the Country.
Does Walmart import meat from China?
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What percentage of Walmart merchandise is from China?
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What percentage of Walmart sales are international?
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Walmart’s net income worldwide from fiscal year 2010 to 2021 (in million U.S. dollars)
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Which is the largest international market for Walmart?
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If you’re having trouble sleeping, using a bedside humidifier is one of the best ways to ensure you get a great night’s sleep every night. If you’re not getting enough sleep, you can experience a lot of problems that seep into your daily life, such as:
- Memory issues
- Trouble concentrating and thinking
- Mood changes
- Car accidents
- Weakened immunity
- High blood pressure
- Higher risk for diabetes
- Weight gain
- Low sex drive
- Higher risk of heart disease
- Poor balance
Of course, the best way to get better sleep is to look at what may be causing your lack of sleep. Is it stress, anxiety, or insomnia? Is it a side effect associated with something bigger? First, you should try and figure out what’s causing it. To do this, you may want to speak with your doctor. They can give you the best advice on how to fix your poor sleep schedule.
If they can’t figure out what may be causing it or there isn’t a root cause behind your sleep issues, you may want to start looking into alternative methods to help you sleep better. Our number one suggestion? Using a humidifier in your bedroom.
What is a Humidifier?
A humidifier is used to add extra humidity into the air. They are especially popular in the dryer, colder climates where the humidity is low. The humidity should be between 30% and 60%, but it can often get as low as 10% or 20% in people’s homes, especially in the winter. If you live in a cold, dry climate, you will definitely benefit (in more ways than one) from using a humidifier.
Are There Different Types of Humidifiers?
There are many different types of humidifiers, all of which have different uses, as well as their own sets of pros and cons. If you’re looking to use a humidifier for sleep, you can usually get away with any type of humidifier. However, you may want to look at the different types in order to make your decision. There are some key differences, but ultimately it’s up to your personal needs. The different types of humidifiers include:
- Cool mist humidifiers: Cool mist humidifiers emit a cool vapor into the air by using a filter that captures water and releases it clean and cold. Cool mist humidifiers are a great option in warmer weather, as they do emit cold vapor. They’re not great for winter use, as they’ll just make the air in your home colder. They’re safe for pets and children, easy to clean, and cost-effective. Because they use a fan, they tend to be a bit loud.
- Ultrasonic humidifiers: Ultrasonic humidifiers create water droplets by vibrating a metal disc inside the machine. Because of this, they are very quiet and very energy efficient. They also produce room-temperature vapor, so they’re great for both warm and cool climates. However, they do tend to be more expensive than other options.
- Evaporative humidifiers: Evaporative humidifiers also don’t generate heat, making them a great option for homes that have children and pets. They’re more affordable than ultrasonic humidifiers, but they do make some noise, so they might not be a great option for use at night.
- Warm mist humidifiers: Warm mist humidifiers or vaporizers are best used when you have a cold. They create vapor with a heating element, so they aren’t safe for use with children and pets, as the steam released is also hot. They’re very quiet, so great for use at night.
- Large room humidifier: Large room humidifiers are used to produce humidity for an entire room or floor. These are often installed by a professional. They’re not used much on residential properties.
When choosing a humidifier for help sleeping at night, you should consider the following:
- How loud is it?
- Will you be using it in a room with children or pets?
- How often do you want to fill and clean it?
The best options when it comes to humidifiers for sleep include cool mist humidifiers, ultrasonic humidifiers, and warm mist humidifiers (if you don’t have children or pets).
What are the Benefits Associated with Humidifier Use?
There are so many benefits associated with humidifier use. While they will help you sleep better, they can also help with the following:
- Dry skin
- Dry hair
- Sinus congestion
- Dry throat
- Nose irritation
- Bloody noses
- Irritated vocal cords
- Dry cough
- Cracked lips
When the humidity in your home is too low, it can be hard to fall asleep. Your throat may feel scratchy, or you may have a dry, unproductive cough keeping you up. By helping to ease the symptoms associated with low humidity, a humidifier can improve your sleep quality.
Do you know when you go to the spa for a facial and they use a steam machine to fill the room with water vapor? If you’ve ever experienced that feeling, you know just how relaxing it is, just how much it makes you want to fall asleep. Imagine having that experience every night in your own bedroom.
Are There Risks Associated with Humidifier Use?
Unfortunately, there are some risks associated with the use of humidifiers. For the most part, they are incredibly safe as long as you follow the directions and safety tips. Humidifiers with a heating element should be turned off when not in use or when you’re not home to prevent an electrical fire. They should also not be used around pets or children, as they burn themselves on the unit or the steam that it emits.
Humidifiers may also be harmful if they produce too much humidity. If the humidity in your home becomes too high (over 60%), it may become hard to breathe, especially for people who already have breathing problems (such as asthma). If you have breathing problems, you may want to stay away from the use of a humidifier or use it on a very low setting to prevent over-humidification.
Otherwise, humidifiers are relatively safe to be used in your home.
Other Products to Help You Sleep Better
Using a humidifier is just one part of getting good sleep. There are so many other ways you can amp up your sleep at night, allowing you to come the most restful and ready for your day each morning. To prevent poor sleep and restless mornings, try out these other solutions:
- Essential oils: Essential oil can be added to some humidifiers or diffused in a separate machine. There are many different scents that can help you sleep better, including lavender, clary sage, sandalwood, and bergamot.
- Scented candles: Scented candles are another great option, especially this Brooklinen scented candle set. Make sure to blow out your candles before you actually fall asleep though, you don’t want to burn down your house.
- Sound machine: A sound machine is also a great option if you have trouble falling asleep. Listening to soft sounds, like the ocean or rain, can help you easily fall asleep at night.
- Sleep mask: A high-quality sleep mask is a great way to get some shut-eye. Sleep masks literally allow you to block out the world around you.
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Washington, Dec 16 (ANI): People who choose from a large variety of menu items are likely to make healthier choices than those choosing from shorter menus, say researchers.
Aner Sela from Stanford University, Jonah Berger from University of Pennsylvania and Wendy Liu from UCLA looked at the way consumers justify their choices.
"Because choosing from larger assortments is often more difficult, it leads people to select options that are easier to justify," wrote the authors.
"Virtuous and utilitarian necessities are generally easier to justify than indulgences. Consequently, people faced with a larger menu might be more likely to take the garden salad over the pepperoni pizza or the reduced-fat strawberry ice cream over the double chocolate mocha crunch," they added.
For the study, the researchers asked participants to choose from pictures of ice cream flavours, some low fat and others regular.
The group that chose from a larger assortment chose low-fat ice cream more often.
Similarly, when participants could help themselves to trays of cookies and fruit, more people took fruit from a larger assortment than from a smaller assortment (76 percent vs. 55 percent).
"While healthier or more virtuous options tend to be easier to justify in general, situational factors can provide accessible justifications to indulge," write the authors.
"For example, exerting a great deal of effort on a math test can provide people with an accessible 'excuse' to reward themselves. Similarly, people who commit to a volunteering activity may feel they have 'earned' the right to indulge...Thus, assortment size influences option choice, but the specific type of option people will choose will depend on accessible justifications."
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Mobile Dental Unit delivers health connected facilities to the patients remotely at associate ease. It integrates varies dental machines and instruments in a dental truck, dental van or different that permits the delivery of dental treatment through remote medical and health services. These units are extremely effective once remote and rural areas are considered. In rural areas there are lack of medicines for villagers, Mobile Dental Truck or Van visits such areas to produce treatment. Availability of the unit in a suitcase form with nominal weight of 28 kg to 30.5 Kg makes it a handy and portable option. This unit is independent with bottles of cold fresh water and waste water incorporated inside itself and needs solely external power supply.
According to the analysis,’ Global Mobile Dental Unit Market to reach USD XX billion by 2026.’ there are such a heaps of key players that are presently functioning tons successfully for dominant the foremost effective enlargement of the market and obtaining the productive competitive edge whereas acceptive the productive moneymaking methods over that and policies like joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, partnership, merger and merchandise development includes BPR Swiss GmbH (Switzerland), Tenko Medical System (US), Airel Quetin (France), Sirona Dental Systems Inc. (US), A-dec (US), Planmeca (Finland), Cefla Dental Group (US), KaVo Dental GmbH (Germany), Osada, Inc. (US) and Shin Hung Co. Ltd (South Korea). Owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, various dentists do not work in their clinics and provide medicines on call, this is one of the biggest factors hindering the growth of the market because of the current situation. As the machines utilized by the dentists may also spread the virus, working and check-up of the patient becomes difficult affecting the market expansion. As amidst the crisis, the people suggested for self-isolation, physical diagnosis, and physical contact with the doctors puts both patients and doctors at risk of contracting the virus. This has made decline in the market for Mobile Dental Unit services over the crisis. In just two years 2017-2019 across the world, mobile Dental Unit has provided care to over 5,000 adults, leading to improvement in oral hygiene and reducing oral-infections. Difficulty in start-up and critical maintenance are the most rated hindering factor in the expansion of Global Mobile Dental Unit Market.
The regional analysis of global Mobile Dental Unit market is considered for the key regions such as Asia Pacific, North America, Europe, Latin America and Rest of the World. North America is that the leading region across the globe with regards to market share because of the advanced healthcare infrastructure and presence of major market players in the region. While, Asia-Pacific is additionally anticipated to exhibit highest growth rate over the forecast amount 2020-2026.
Moreover, factors like lack of facilities in rural areas, increasing population propel the market growth. Further, lack of geographical areas in Tier 1 and tier 2 cities supports the market growth. Apart from this, government is also making efforts to supply services to the people all over the country. Therefore, it is anticipated that the market of global mobile dental unit market will boost up throughout the upcoming years.
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Do we need to worry?
In order to answer this question, let’s take a look at what
nickel allergy is.
An allergy to nickel is one of the most common causes of
allergic contact dermatitis. If you suffer from this
allergy, it will cause an extremely itchy rash that appears
when a substance containing nickel comes into contact with
your skin for any length of time.
Nickel allergy is most commonly found in connection with
wearing earrings, jewelry with metal clasps, the riveted
buttons on jeans, watch strap buckles and metal frames on
This allergy can affect any one of any age. You may be fine
with nickel for years and then suddenly develop an allergy
to it – or it may take just one exposure to it. For some
people, even holding coins in their hand for a few minutes
can bring out the itchy rash. Similarly, holding the handle
of a pot or pan while cooking would bring you up in an
allergic rash if that handle contained a high level of
nickel. Once you have the allergy, you will always have it,
so avoidance is the only ‘cure’.
Contact Dermatitis is generally treated by avoidance of the
substance which causes the allergy. Once the rash is there,
it can be eased with very sparing application of topical
Allergen of the Year!!
Nickel has the dubious honor of having been awarded the
title ‘Allergen of the Year’ for 2008. This was bestowed
upon it by the American Contact Dermatitis Society. A recent
article by Kathryn Zug MD and Rachel Kornick MD of Dartmouth
Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire says
"...the rising incidence of nickel allergy in the United
States and elsewhere, high nickel sensitization rates
documented in children, and a resurgent issue of biomedical
device complication (specifically, nickel allergy) due to
metal, to dismiss nickel's importance and relevance to
public health and skin disease would be a mistake."
Dr Deal Edell, an American physician who hosts his own
syndicated radio talk show, agrees with Zug and Kornick. He
says "...people who know they're allergic to nickel should
avoid preparing food in stainless steel, and opt instead for
enameled steel for stovetop cooking and Pyrex glassware for
baking and microwave use. And to play it safe, those of you
without nickel allergies should probably stay away from
stainless steel for cooking very acidic foods, like tomato
sauce, or for deep frying, whose high temperatures can draw
more nickel into your food."
So if I have a nickel allergy, should I use nickel-free
There has been a lot of worry lately about whether it is
safe to use stainless steel cookware because it contains
both chromium and nickel. It is true that both of these
substances are poisonous at high levels. However, the amount
that may enter food that is being cooked in stainless steel
cookware is extremely tiny and should not be anywhere near
enough to cause health issues. However, if your hands are
affected by holding metal handles, look for a range that has
silicon covered or wood handles.
Why does stainless steel contain nickel and chromium?
Chromium contains a chemical that reacts with elements in
the air to form a layer of protection over the entire
surface of the cookware. This layer helps the pan to resist
corrosion, repel stains and helps to prevent the formation
To be called stainless steel, the alloy must contain a
minimum of 11% chromium. Any percentage higher than 11%
means that the protective layer will be thicker and if it
becomes damaged, it will repair itself more quickly.
The number 18 refers to the chromium content, so an 18/10
pan will contain 18% chromium.
The second number refers to the percentage of nickel in the
cookware. Nickel adds to the protective layer started by the
chromium. It also makes the cookware shiny – so the higher
the second number, the more nickel it will contain and the
shinier it will be.
When less expensive is better!
Nickel is not added to other less expensive stainless steel
items such as mixing bowls, cheap cookware, stockpots etc.
This is why they are not as shiny as their more expensive
counterparts. It is also why they are much more prone to
developing rust. However, if you are worried about using
cookware containing nickel, then these less expensive 18/0
items are the ones for you!
Is there any other nickel free cookware?
Yes – a company called Silit make a nickel free range called
Silargan® which is suitable for all stovetops.
Alternatively, you could consider enamel coated cast iron
wear, glass ware or hard anodized aluminum coated with
Ask your Doctor
There doesn’t seem to be any evidence to show that using
stainless steel containing nickel has any negative effect on
the health of people with a known nickel allergy – apart
from possible contact dermatitis of the hand from holding a
However, a quick tour of online forums shows that many
people are very concerned about both nickel and chromium in
stainless steel. If you are really worried about this, it is
best to consult your Doctor or a Dermatologist.
Where Can I Buy Nickel Free Cookware?
One of the better brands of nickel free cookware is Silit.
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In the Faith Alive issue for August 2017 the Christadelphians explore the theme of worship: how, when, where, why and whom do we worship? Whose example should we follow? Whose should we not? What was worship like in the time of Abraham? And what might it be like in the kingdom?
The Bible is full of examples of true and false worship. True worship exalts the God of Israel, whereas false worship exalts other things or other people above God, often to the extent of denying His power and existence altogether.
Throughout the Bible, we are warned to avoid such false worship, often called idolatry. For millennia, it was common practice among the nations to devise gods who ruled over specific things like the harvest, fertility, rain or sun. Although these gods were said to have power over the elements, worshipping them was ultimately about a human desire for power and control. If a nation wanted rain, they offered sacrifices to the god of the rain. If they wanted to win a battle, they offered sacrifices to the god of war. Far from seeking a personal relationship with their gods and serving them in love, the question on their minds was:
“What can this god do for me?”
Our idols do not live on Mount Olympus, and we do not build household shrines for them into the walls of our living rooms. They are less obvious, more subtle, more insidious. They are hobbies and money, work and friends. They are the things that distract us from putting God first. Often, our biggest idol is our pride and our ego:
“What makes me feel happy? How can I look after number one?”
True worship takes the focus off self and directs our attention towards God. The God of Israel, whom we love and serve, asks for a humble attitude of mind, a gentle spirit and a heart willing to seek out the truth. True worship exalts God and acknowledges that He is in control. Rather than demanding things of God, true worship is about thankfulness and praise for the gifts He gives us.
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We should be reminded of dangers of social media
Feb 13, 2012 at 8:58 AM
It almost sounds too incredible to believe, but law enforcement officials say a brutal double homicide in Johnson County may have been sparked by anger over being “unfriended” on Facebook.
Marvin Enoch “Buddy” Potter Jr., 60, and Jamie Lynn Curd, 38, were charged with first-degree murder last week in the shooting deaths of Billy Clay Payne Jr. and Billie Jean Hayworth at their home in Mountain City on Jan. 31. Both victims were shot in the head and Payne had his throat cut. The couple’s 6-month-old baby was unharmed in the attack, and was found in his dead mother’s arms.
Investigators say Payne and Hayworth had complained to police that Potter’s daughter was harassing them after they deleted her as a friend on the social networking site. This tragedy, while not indicative of what usually happens when someone changes their status on Facebook, does remind us all that social media sites — for better or worse — do command a lot of attention. And it’s not always of the wholesome variety.
Posting vital personal information about oneself on a social media website is never a good idea, regardless of who you are or where you work. It’s particularly not something a child or teenager should ever do.
As we’ve noted in this space many times before, too many Americans — young and old — are under the impression that only friends are going to see such information. That’s not always the case.
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Those who followed last week’s Supreme Court arguments on President Obama’s health care law got a lesson in Constitutional Law. While the scope of the three-day hearings was breathtaking it is disheartening as we likely will not hear the outcome until June. While legal issues dominated the conversation, economics also came into play. The question: Is the market for health insurance so unique that the federal government can penalize someone for not buying it.
This is no small matter. The federal government has never before required citizens to buy a private good or service. If the Federal Government could force people to buy something, as Justice Kennedy said, it would “fundamentally change the relationship between the individual and the government.” If it can make us buy health insurance, what Constitutional principle prevents it from making us buy something else?
Ironic as it is the Federal government regulations that require hospitals to serve everyone in their community, regardless of their ability to pay for services or if they are insured. This is a significant cost in the healthcare economy. Here we go again where regulation is a source of the problem – more regulation is not the solution. (See “wiki emtala”) The government argues that “not buying” health insurance foists costs on everyone else because the system ends up taking care of people anyway. In other words, those of us who do buy insurance end up paying more because others ride for free.
The problem is that this argument could be made about many types of activities. Eating broccoli can be good for you, not eating it could mean you are less healthy, which in turn foists costs on others. Everyone dies so everyone needs a burial plot or some other arrangement. Can the government force you to buy broccoli or burial plots?
The Obama Administration says that health insurance is different, and a mandate is Constitutional. But is there really a natural barrier (a “limiting principle”) that would prevent the government from going further down the mandate road?
From an economic point of view…no limiting principle exists. Every marketplace is governed by the laws of supply, demand and price. And these factors are determined by people who choose to “be in” or “not to be in” a particular market.
What about education? Could the federal government require all parents to buy prepaid college tuition for their kids? Many people don’t save for their kids’ education and then have their schooling subsidized (grants, subsidized loans, etc.) by those who do save, and who therefore pay full freight.
The advocates of the law say that everyone will eventually need health care, so making us buy insurance just changes the timing of the payment and prevents people without insurance from imposing costs on others. But, on average, those who would be forced to buy insurance by the new law are younger and healthier and therefore don’t drive up costs anyway.
In the end, no limiting principle was articulated for the Court and our best guess is that the individual mandate and directly-related insurance provisions are stripped from the law. But, it also seems possible that the whole thing could get struck down because the mandate was so important to the law.
On the other hand if the mandate is allowed, a 200+ year history of Constitutional limits on the economic power of the federal government is gone. For some, that would be like eating broccoli at every meal for the rest of our lives. The proof is in pudding. As the odds that the Fed will embark on a new round of quantitative easing decline, the stock market has moved higher. Equity investors now realize they don’t have to pray for more Fed ease to keep the bull running.
The economic forecasts set forth in this commentary may not develop as predicted and there can be no guarantee that strategies discussed will be successful. Stock investing involves risk including loss of principal.
The opinion voices in the material are for general information only and are not intended to provide specific advice or recommended for any individual. To determine which investment(s) may be appropriated for you, consult your financial advisor prior to investing. All performance referenced is historical and is so no guarantee of future results. All indices are unmanaged and may not be invested into directly.
Sources: Brian Westbury, Chief Economist, First Trust Economics
My coach Dan Sullivan likes to say, “Amateurs practice until they get it right; professionals practice until they can’t get it wrong.” From athletics to engineering, medicine to money management, consistent practice is the secret sauce of victory. Professional athletes always have a coach and are insistent on training. Their regimens are scheduled, predictable, and […] | <urn:uuid:f6f73230-48f7-4989-a322-1f1cafe0d995> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://prosperion.us/commentary/the-constitutions-limiting-principle/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570913.16/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809064307-20220809094307-00070.warc.gz | en | 0.965196 | 956 | 2.296875 | 2 |
Business in the 21st century is quite unlike anything we’ve ever seen before. Long gone are the days where people would barter and haggle at the point of sale; long gone are the days where you had to carry enough cash on you to pick up whatever it is that you need from the store.
Sales transactions in the 21st century are all about speed and convenience – the faster and more efficiently you can complete a sale, the happier the customer. The happier the customer, the more likely you are to win repeat custom.
Investing in a modern business payment system, therefore, is the first step on a self-perpetuating cycle of building a better business.
1. EPOS Machines
Electronic Point of Sale (EPOS) machines are one of the prime piece of technology bringing the world of high street retail into the modern era. Simple, sleek and compact, these touchscreen interfaces replace the old slow PC-based tills that were popular at throughout the early 2000’s.
What’s more is that in many cases the screen even detaches as a portable tablet EPOS, making mobile sales easier than ever.
This also allows management to take the EPOS with them to the office to work from home if they want to – the beauty of this system is that it stores sales metrics and inventory data, providing real-time reports for anyone who wants sales data at any given moment. If you want 21st century business payment systems at your store, this is the way to go.
2. Contactless Cards
Contactless cards are one of the best ways you can propel your payment into the future. Rather than passing a chip and pin machine back and forth over the till, you can simply beep a card a move on. Simple, efficient and incredibly easy to use.
3. Apple Pay
The next step after beeping your card to a card reader is, of course, beeping your phone on the reader instead. The bonus to using Apple Pay is that unlike a contactless card, it’s much harder to use a stolen Apple Pay account. This offers convenience with security, but only to people who buy into Apple.
Obviously not all trade in the 21st century is carried out on the high street. WooCommerce is a payment platform allowing WordPress users to create their very own e-commerce store as part of their normal website.
On top of being easy to use for all parties involved, it comes with some surprisingly powerful features for the managers running the store.
Bitcoin is without a doubt the currency of the modern era. Even the term ‘cryptocurrency’ sounds cool. While there are several important considerations to bear in mind when looking to move to this method of payment, the potential sales you could generate by offering transactions in this currency could be significant. Depending on your business it could be worth taking the time to consider what Bitcoin could offer you.
6. ACH Payments
ACH Payments gives a robust online platform for businesses looking for an international payment gateway. If you’re looking to sell products that you could feasibly ship overseas, having an ACH gateway in place could help you modernise your payment system.
7. Amazon Payments
One of the benefits to Amazon Payments is that everyone has heard of heard of Amazon and the significant majority of people already have an Amazon account.
This is very similar to ACH, with the main difference being that Amazon already has your customer’s card details. This simplifies the sales process, and can even help customers make that impulse buy when they don’t have their wallet to hand.
Again, it is almost impossible to have gotten this far into the 21st century without having heard of PayPal. As one of the most popular payment services in the world, this sales platform is pretty much ubiquitous across the web.
If you don’t offer PayPal as a payment system you’re actively hampering your own sales. PayPal operated in 26 currencies across 193 markets around the world. That’s 137 million people who can potentially buy from you with (almost) unrivaled convenience.
The funny thing about being as popular as PayPal is that people will try to emulate what you do – sometimes they may even do it better than you.
Dwolla is a recent competitor to the international giant that is PayPal, with the main difference being that you can use it to send money by email, by text or through social media.
It’s incredible for stores carrying out transactions of less than $10, with a minimal fee ($0.25 per transaction) for anyone looking to spend more than that.
Image Credit: blog.dwolla.com
10. Google Wallet
When it comes to doing things online, there is very little that gets past Google. Google Wallet is basically Google’s answer to PayPal.
The difference here is that unlike PayPal, Google will soon be releasing a physical card so that you can pay for goods online and in person all using the same account.
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Browsing the Library
The works in the digital library have been designed for continuous reading, even across multiple volumes. But what if you want to browse from the beginning to the end of a multi-volume work, or from the middle of a work to its introduction, or to consult a map or a table? To do this, simply click on the LCL number located above the recto (right-hand, English) page. This will take you to the Table of Contents, which contains links to the other divisions within a volume, and to other volumes within a series. For instance, if you want to move rapidly from Odyssey 1 to Odyssey 24, click on the green “LCL 104” link in the top, right-hand corner. From there, you can navigate to “Volume II: Books 13-24 (LCL 105)” and to “Book 24.”
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"What sorrow awaits my rebellious children," says the Lord. "You make plans that are contrary to mine. You make alliances not directed by my Spirit, thus piling up your sins. For without consulting me, you have gone down to Egypt for help. You have put your trust in Pharaoh's protection." Isaiah 30:1-2 NLT
Thoughts for Today
In this week's devotions, we will talk about moving toward a life of holiness. It is written from the perspective of Tammy Webb Witholt, author of Living Free curriculum Lessons Learned: Moving from Homosexuality to Holiness. Daughter of missionary parents, Tammy was called into ministry when she was 18 but rebelled and spent the next eleven years as a prodigal and in her rebellion entered the subculture of drugs and homosexuality. In 1990, she discovered the redeeming power of God's love. Since then Tammy graduated from college and studied at Asbury Seminary. Now married to longtime friend Wolter Witholt, Tammy is following God and engaged in a powerful ministry.
"Although much of what we will say this week is directed to individuals who have been struggling with homosexuality, the lessons will speak to any of us who desire a closer walk with God, who want to move toward a life of holiness.
Consider this …
From Tammy: "Initially, when I heard the suggestion that my homosexuality was partially rooted in idolatry, I scoffed. But then I thought back to the first time I was attracted to someone of the same sex. I became obsessed with her attractive qualities. My feelings scared me, yet I found them thrilling. All my energy was consumed in trying to please her. With each subsequent relationship the pattern repeated itself as my feelings of inadequacy drove me to idolize and worship many whom I dated. As my understanding of idolatry expanded, I realized that all relationships have the potential to be idolatrous."
"When we put our trust in anyone or anything other than God, we are making that person or that behavior our idol. Although this idol may seem to meet our needs for a while, ultimately we will discover that we are looking in the wrong places for our security, our help, our hope."
Where are you looking for these things? To another person? To a job or a bank account? To personal success? … Or to God?
Father, forgive me for looking other places for my security and hope. Help me to look only to Jesus. I know I can only find the answer in Him. In Jesus' name …
These thoughts were drawn from …
Lessons Learned: Moving from Homosexuality to Holiness by Tammy Webb-Witholt. This group study offers biblical tools, along with an abundance of hope, to anyone struggling with homosexuality. It is also a great group for anyone desiring a deeper walk with God. Note: This curriculum was written especially for small groups, and we encourage people to use it that way. However, it can also be used effectively as a personal study.
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Last week, researchers in the fields of chemistry, physics, medicine or physiology, and economics were honored with the 2013 Nobel Prizes for their contributions to the sciences. A list of Honored Laureates is below.
Dr. François Englert, Physics
Dr. Peter Higgs, Physics
Dr. Martin Karplus, Chemistry
Dr. Michael Levitt, Chemistry
Dr. Arieh Warshel, Chemistry
Dr. James E. Rothman, Physiology or Medicine
Dr. Randy W. Schekman, Physiology or Medicine
Dr. Thomas C. Südhof, Physiology or Medicine
Dr. Eugene F. Fama, Economic Sciences
Dr. Lars Peter Hansen, Economic Sciences
Dr. Robert J. Shiller, Economic Sciences
Ranking Member Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX) offered the following statement.
"Congratulations to all of the 2013 Nobel Prize recipients. Their achievements highlight the remarkable impacts of sustained investments in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields. I am proud to note that many of this year's recipients benefited from support by the National Science Foundation, the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the National Institutes of Health. Unfortunately, we are mired in an unnecessary shutdown that is preventing vital research from continuing and is impeding American scientific pursuits. These awards provide an important reminder of the critical research supported by federal investments. | <urn:uuid:c8b083e8-181c-46e1-9c4d-fd846d4b7103> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://votesmart.org/public-statement/818918/ranking-member-johnson-congratulates-2013-nobel-laureates | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988719843.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183839-00291-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.829367 | 287 | 1.726563 | 2 |
I recently wrote a letter to the Empire, questioning Goldbelt, Inc.'s claim that its dream of recreational development in Hobart Bay was actually stymied by the passage of the head tax. My observation was that the total clearcutting of the corporation's land in Hobart Bay left that area void of scenic values.
The response of Mr. Bob Martin, a long-time Goldbelt, Inc. board member, was interesting and reminded me of two things I had forgotten:
1. The validity of my opinion was a function of my racial background. Mr. Martin suggested that my opinion was not worthy because I was a "non-Native". Really, those were his words. I thought we were past that kind of thinking.
2. I had forgotten that clearcut areas can be called "wilderness" - even though it's now grown over with even-aged trees, so densely spaced that no light reaches the ground beneath them and only a weasel can squeeze between their trunks. Alaska Department of Fish and Game studies have shown convincingly that such areas become virtually devoid of significant wildlife for many generations. But some might still call that "wilderness."
But let's not lose focus here: The current issue is the correlation Goldbelt, Inc. made between the tourist head tax and the company's inability to convince a large investor to develop a destination resort in Hobart Bay. The company has owned and devastated Hobart Bay over a period of approximately 30 years. Blaming the two-year-old head tax for a 30-year-old problem ignores management shortsightedness as the real problem the corporation faces.
The company has tourist businesses now that rely on the patronage of the cruise ship companies for customers. So it is no surprise that Goldbelt officials join the industry chorus for a repeal of that tax.
James W. McGowan
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If you are thinking about the things that everyone else is thinking about—pro or con—you are asleep and your intellectual life is merely part of man’s collective dream. That covers it—there is nowhere else to look, and nothing else to say about the matter.
If you are thinking about things that the rest of humanity thinks about, you are not individually thinking. There is nothing at all creative going on in your mind, and none of your ideas are original.
Ordinary life operates quite well under these conditions, but if your hunger is to get-to-the-bottom-of-things, leaving your mind totally in the hands of the mimicking, plagiarizing thoughts that magically appear there, will keep you forever traipsing along the tinfoil plated path without ever getting backstage and seeing the real Wiz who’s been paving the road.
Having an original thought is close to impossible, but what you can do immediately, that will take you nearer than humans are meant to be, is to not entertain the thoughts that are already out there.
When it comes to the ideas upon which mankind dines—
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I believe the one thing you should never talk about with friends, no matter how much you know them, is politic and religion. It just leads to arguments, and then hurt feelings. I know first hand. My Parents and my Friend Jacob’s Parents are really good friends. But my dad and his mom always get into arguments over religion and it drives me absolutely crazy. Religion and politics are both very touchy subjects. In both people believe very strongly and have tough opinions to compromise with. Politics are also dangerous to talk about because you would get into and argument about our leaders and if they are running the country appropriately. It just leads to an argument, which is never good if you want to avoid conflict with your friends. When having a friendship, you want to keep it forever. So don’t talk about Religion and Politics if your’ smart.
I had a very awkward conversation with two of my friends. I will not name their names, but I wish I could go back on it. I can’t quite remember how the conversation started but before I knew it, one of my friends was asking the other one if they really believed in God. Friend number two paused and responded and starting talk about evolution. This obviously made friend number one very upset. I could tell the conversation was very tense, so I tried changing the subject. Nobody listened.
Ever since that conversation between those two people, they don’t act the same around each other. Both have come up to me talking about how the other person is wrong and made them feel bad. I wish I could go back and re-direct the conversation away from how it started.
Another example is my dad and my friend’s mom. (The people I mentioned earlier.) My dad is a very logical science guy. Though he was raised as a Presbyterian and went to church every Sunday, he believes more in the theory of evolution. While Jacob’s mom is a very involved Christian who thinks that anybody who doesn’t believe on God will automatically go to hell. So these to get into arguments sometimes and they’re pretty bad.
That’s why you should never even bring it up. Don’t even think about it
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“Know your audience.” What do you need, crave, and depend on? What can’t you live without? Marketers, researchers, and branding experts rely on “psychographics,” or the study of personality, values, and attitudes, in their quest to know their audiences better.
Psychographic studies examine and classify people according to their attitudes, aspirations, and other psychological criteria. It involves asking specific groups of consumers questions about their activities, interests, preferences, and opinions. Researchers can then blend the results with other datasets—such as demographic or geographic information—in order to develop a more nuanced portrait of the group.
Psychographics shouldn’t be confused with demographics. For example, a data-point like “Age” or “Gender” belongs under the umbrella of demographics, whereas something like “Values” or “Concerns” would fall under psychographics.
Psychographics are not only useful in consumer analysis, but can also prove effective in a business-to-business (B2B) context to describe the culture of a company. All that data about values and attitudes allows firms to not only target new clients who may prove especially amenable to their services, but deepen the relationship with existing ones. Psychographics allow you to understand who will comprehend and derive the most value out of what you do.
Most large companies already engage in persona research, in which they develop a hypothetical portrait of an “ideal” customer or client. With personas in hand, marketers and creatives can then adjust their work to better appeal to real-life clients. By mixing in data from psychographic studies, companies can make that messaging exponentially more effective—for example, knowing what visuals or descriptive words will trigger a positive audience response.
But how can companies actually collect psychographic data? Many rely on email or social-media surveys. Those with lots of resources—and time—may also commission in-person groups or panels (although smaller firms may balk at the associated costs). Talking to existing clients or customers is yet another effective method of data-collection.
In the book "Humans Need Not Apply,” author Jerry Kaplan discusses how artificial intelligence (A.I.) programs effectively analyze our online patterns and choices. By slicing and dicing this information into datasets companies can effectively determine (and monetize) your preferences and behavior. That’s another example of psychographics very effectively at work, boosted by software and the internet. Choices we make in our internet activity may be seen and recorded by invisible "cookies" the size of a pixel, which send information to be aggregated and utilized by those who are interested in understanding you so that they can better reach you.
Ultimately, psychographic tools are efficient for targeting marketing outreach and the development of new opportunities. A firm that fully understands a prospect’s desires has a much better chance of satisfying those desires, and build a trusting relationship that allows both company and client to benefit.
The psychographic concept can be translated into understanding who among potential clients will be most interested and value what you do. Understanding the persona of your perfect client can guide you in trying to reach those who have similar appreciations, tastes and aspirations. In creating and reinventing products and with services targeting your audience with psychographics are important considerations. In the context of our changing world they must be reconsidered on an ongoing basis. The key to our success is dependent on reaching those who will appreciate us most.
Janet Odgis is the President and Creative Director of Odgis + Co, an award-winning certified woman-owned design firm based in New York City. For 30 years she has worked with some of the world’s most prestigious corporations reinventing ways to define and express their brand. We Make Business Beautiful. | <urn:uuid:1a9e7a61-6b39-476e-bea3-670783f2a9f2> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.huffpost.com/entry/what-are-psychographics_b_594be378e4b07cdb1933c05b | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571536.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811224716-20220812014716-00266.warc.gz | en | 0.927804 | 789 | 2.109375 | 2 |
Simply Saline Children Sterile Saline Nasal Mist For Nasal Relief
Comforting mist helps relieve symptoms of dry, irritated nose as gentle misting flushes dust, dirt, pollen and congestion from nasal and sinus passages. Temporarily relieves the symptoms of runny nose due to colds and flu, It provides gentle irrigation traditionally used for cold prevention.
- Moisturizes and flushes dust and irritants from nasal passages.
- Drug-free, made from two natural ingredients: water and salt
- Non-addictive, can be used as often as needed
- Gentle mist, with adaptable nozzle
- Contents remain sterile throughout use
- Use alone or with your cold or allergy medicine
Purified water, 0.9% sodium chloride.
For children 2 and older, Simply Saline Children's Allergy can be used as often as necessary. Non habit forming.
1. To flush and irrigate, tilt head to the side over sink. Insert nozzle into one nostril depressing as a gentle mist fills sinus passages and flows out nostrils.
2. To moisturize and relieve congestion, insert nozzle into each nostril and press shortly as moisture is restored to dry nasal passages.
- The use of this container by more than one person may spread infection.
- Keep out of the reach of children.
- Avoid spraying in eyes.
- Contents under pressure.
- Do not puncture or incinerate.
- Store between 59 F and 86 F (15 C and 30 C)
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Knowledge of foreign languages is important for each of us. This advantage not only helps in building a career but also allows communication freely with foreigners, travel, and being filled with the culture of other countries.
Students have a lot of homework in addition to learning foreign languages. So sometimes they need help. Each of us has wondered at least once who can write a speech for me if I don’t have time. You can hire a professional writer and not have to worry about grades.
Whether it’s French or Chinese, foreign languages can open many doors to your professional life. But you don’t need to go to an expensive language school to improve your skills – thanks to your smartphone!
1. Babbel: Developed by scientists
The most famous language learning app is Babbel. There are 13 languages to choose from, including Indonesian and Turkish in addition to the common European languages. Each learning language is adapted to the source language, thanks to linguists from the Babbel team.
Depending on the language pair, there is a different set of courses, but at least the Beginners course and the Words and Phrases and Grammar courses. Extras, such as Tongue Twisters or Holiday Fit, vary. For some languages, you can also become an advanced student after taking a test.
An undeniable advantage of Babbel is the speech recognition program: it also helps you learn correct pronunciation. New vocabulary is saved in the repetition manager so that you can consolidate and expand your vocabulary.
2. Mondly: learning languages in a new dimension
“No one will make you speak languages faster than Mondly,” is what the app promises on its website. As you play, you learn every day with new reading and listening comprehension lessons. Language exercises are also included, even with a virtual language assistant that can appear in your home via augmented reality.
But Mondli goes one step further. This app gives you a whole new dimension of learning: virtual reality (VR). With virtual reality glasses, your living room becomes, for example, a Spanish restaurant or a Greek hotel. You interact with the staff and get real-time feedback. This creates realistic dialogues and authentic conversational situations, making learning even more fun and effective.
Gymglish isn’t just a boring vocabulary index card. Here you’ll get assignments tailored to your language level, with up-to-date content. Funny stories with authentic cultural examples will help you immerse yourself in the language. Nevertheless, no exercise takes more than 10 minutes – perfect for breaks between lessons.
4. Rocket Languages: Experience Languages
Rocket Languages promises more than just vocabulary learning: the US-based company focuses on the holistic experience of a new language. In addition to audio lessons, you also get information about the country’s culture. Rocket Languages also offers a speech recognition system so you can practice your pronunciation. Languages: Egyptian, American English, German, French, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, and others.
5. MosaLingua: learning by repeating
The MosaLingua app mainly relies on the concept of repetition to maximize learning success. The app calculates an individual repetition plan for each user and in this way appeals to the memory at the right time so that what has been learned is not forgotten. Step by step, the new vocabulary must be stored in the long-term memory.
6. Lingualia: A personalized learning plan
In Lingualia, the little robot Lingua is your language learning teacher. Lingu is based on artificial intelligence and creates a personalized learning plan for you. The app takes into account, for example, how well you already know the language or how much time you have to learn. At the same time, you can communicate with native speakers and ask questions.
7. Lingoda: Live Classes
Lingoda offers a virtual classroom. Unlike many other providers, the emphasis here is not on ready-made lessons, but on live classes. For group or individual lessons, teachers who are native speakers of the respective language are available via videoconference. The reception is available 24 hours a day, you can simply choose a day of the week and a convenient time to make your schedule. You can also download teaching materials online. The app that comes with the program is Lingoda Chat. There you can chat with your “classmates” and other Lingoda users. You can help each other with homework and continue learning together outside of class.
8. Rosetta Stone: more confidence in everyday life
Not vocabulary, but confidence – that’s the goal of the Rosetta Stone app. The focus of language learning with this teacher is on everyday communication. Therefore, it is not a question of learning as many vocabulary words as possible. On the contrary, you should be able to confidently use the new language you’ve learned. That’s why Rosetta Stone teaches the most important vocabulary for everyday life, as well as practicing pronunciation. The app also scores points for language choice: In addition to classic languages such as Spanish and French, it also offers Irish and Filipino, for example.
Conclusion on learning a language through apps
Most apps work on a similar principle: new vocabulary is introduced through pictures with audio, and then combined into groups of words and sentences. The basic concept is game-based learning. However, it makes sense to offer more exercises where the answer choices are not given or are immediately recognizable.
Unfortunately, some applications lack language practice. Only those who communicate in a foreign language can reinforce what they have learned in the long run. Three of the seven apps fall far short of that. With Babbel, Rocket Languages, Rosetta Stone, and Mondly, pronunciation can also be practiced through speech recognition. The others are more suitable for beginners because of this deficiency, as multiple choice exercises reach their limits at some point. | <urn:uuid:dae98f7f-82cc-4bf0-817e-3003d47cbcf7> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.worldlistmania.com/8-best-language-learning-apps-for-students/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572127.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815024523-20220815054523-00275.warc.gz | en | 0.940199 | 1,219 | 2.359375 | 2 |
BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) Score one for the trees. Citing environmental and seismic concerns, a judge blocked construction of a $125 million sports center at the University of California, Berkeley, that would mean felling an old oak grove.
The plan to renovate Cal’s Memorial Stadium and build a new training center and parking garage has been challenged by neighbors and city officials on several fronts. They said the project is environmentally flawed and it’s too dangerous to build so close to the Hayward fault, which runs through the stadium.
Plans to cut down approximately three dozen oaks to make way for the center stirred the most visible protest, with activists taking to the trees and remaining at their perch through December rains and even some minor earthquakes.
In issuing a preliminary injunction, made public Jan. 29, Alameda County Superior Court Judge Barbara Miller said opponents’ environmental and seismic-related arguments were strong enough to justify a preliminary injunction until a trial can be held.
Campus officials, who maintain their project is seismically safe and is a big improvement over the current situation, said they are considering appealing the injunction. If a trial is held, which attorneys on both sides said could be this summer, they expected to win.
“We consider this only a temporary setback,” said Nathan Brostrom, campus vice chancellor, adding that the planning process will continue. “Our goal and our top priority must be the safety of our staff and student athletes.”
But at a news conference held beneath the sun-dappled branches of the oak grove, tree-sitters smiled and waved from above, while their supporters on the ground said the ruling was good for trees and humans.
“This is an extremely dangerous site,” said attorney Stephan Volker of the California Oaks Foundation. “Furthermore, this is a grand old stand of ancient oak trees. It symbolizes much of what we cherish about California’s ecological legacy and I think it ill befits this university to chop down its cathedrals in order to promote a student gym.”
Spectators at the grove Jan. 29 included three Berkeley political stalwarts who briefly took to the trees the previous week to demonstrate their opposition — former Berkeley Mayor Shirley Dean, City Councilwoman Betty Olds and conservationist Sylvia McLaughlin.
Dean, a Berkeley graduate (Class of ’56) said she hoped administrators will take a serious look at alternative sites. Campus officials said they’ve looked and there’s no adequate substitute.
“I’m a big football fan,” said Dean. “We want this to be safe for our residents as well as for football fans.”
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Almost ten years ago today, sitting in shock in front of my computer screen as I tried to make sense of reports of what was happening in New Orleans, I posted on a now-defunct academic blog some very raw reactions to the unfolding catastrophe. As the world thinks anew about the disaster that was Hurricane Katrina, I have decided to reprint my post, "Tell Us Again," without further comment.
Tell us again that government is the problem, that things will be perfect if we just shrink our governments down to nothing and allow the wonders of private enterprise to solve all of our problems. As we look in horror at the grisly results of under-funded and ignored public works projects, we need to hear again the song that lulled us to sleep for decades, telling us that we will all be better off if we vilify and ridicule all government programs. Surveying the terrible human cost of a monumental failure to plan for an emergency that was not only predictable but predicted, we need to hear again that the invisible hand is the best planner and that government planning will inevitably make matters worse.
Tell us again that poverty does not matter. We loved hearing that people living on welfare really had it pretty good, that they were driving around in Cadillacs, that the poverty line had been manipulated by liberal professors to inflate the amount of money going to undeserving people who refused to get a decent job. When we worried that maybe some people really could not live on minimum wage incomes (even supplemented by what remained of the safety net), we loved being told that poverty does not matter because over time some people move out of poverty and into higher income groups. Sure, at any given time, there might be poor people, but we were happy to hear that they need not be stuck there for a terribly long time. The people who died last week because they were too poor to leave the path of disaster might have had a shot at middle class status one day. Or the kids that they might have raised might have had a shot. Maybe. Let us hear that one again. It sounded so good.
Tell us again that discussing race is a divisive ploy, that the civil rights gains of the sixties ended any real need to address lingering issues of racial disadvantage in our country. We long for the voices that told us how racial discrimination was a thing of the past, that political concerns about race were cynical attempts to create guilty consciences in innocent hearts and minds, that there is no longer institutionalized racism, that nominally color-blind laws mean that we really live in a color-blind society. Seeing the faces of the most stricken victims of the disaster, we must be reminded that racism has been defeated. We need to hear that story again.
Tell us again that sending ill-equipped national guard troops to die abroad had no downside at home. Tell us again that public spending is a waste. Tell us again what a great idea it is to have guns in the hands of millions of people, so that they will be safe from their government. Tell us again that the federal government is not needed because local and state governments should handle their own affairs. Tell us again that one state’s problems are of no concern to people in other states. Tell us again that we can have anything we want and not have to pay for it. Tell us again that the most important policy is always, always to cut taxes for rich people.
Tell us again that we were smart to have a nonstop tax-cutting, safety-net-shredding party, even while we ignored warning after warning that the costs of our irresponsibility would be incalculable. Looking helplessly on as the death count begins, as the damage is assessed, as the most shameless politicians continue to pretend that nothing has changed, we need to hear one more time that all of this really was a great idea.
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How to update Java
Updating Java is made easy thanks to a integrated feature named as "Java Update
". It will regularly search for updates and prompt you to install them (when available).
The Java Update tool
You can change the frequency for which Java will search for new updates by going to:
- Control Panel > Java > Update tab
- Next to "Check for Updates Automatically, click on "Advanced".
- Configure your update settings.
- To install a Java update manually, click on the "Update Now" button and follow the on-screen instructions:
Windows 64 bit
Published by deri58
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We believe your oral health is essential and inseparable from your overall health. From heart and blood pressure issues to vitamin deficiencies and cancer, your oral health has a direct impact on the rest of your body.
Unfortunately, studies reveal that less than two-thirds of adults see the dentist regularly. Dr. Whitlock is trying to change that reality.
Here are five critical reasons not to miss your dental visits . . .
1. Catch It Early
Did you know dentists typically see their patients more often than physicians? While many people get annual physicals, many patients see their dentist at least every six months. That means we have the opportunity to catch health concerns early. Issues like gum disease, oral cancer, diabetes, and vitamin deficiencies show up on our radar first. Early detection often leads to more effective and less costly treatment that may potentially save your life.
2. Prevent Issues
Regular professional dental cleanings at Whitlock provide a preventative foundation for your at-home daily oral care habits. During your cleaning we gently remove cavity-causing plaque that may have accumulated between visits. We also remove tartar build up above and below the gum line. If tartar is permitted to remain on your teeth it can allow bacteria to grow next to your gums leading to more serious concerns impacting your overall health.
3. Return the Shine
Professional polishing helps remove external stains from substances like coffee, tea, soda, and other contributors that may have caused discoloration. Our team uses a special Prophylaxis paste designed to make your teeth shiny and smooth.
4. Save Money
Regular dental visits can save you money over the long-term. With consistent check-ups, x-rays, cleanings, and exams, we’re able to discover and treat oral issues before they create more complex and serious problems. In the same way a regular oil change prolongs the life of your vehicle’s engine, we want to extend the life and health of your smile.
5. We love seeing you
Beyond the oral health and overall health benefits, we love to see you. Dr. Whitlock and our entire team works hard to ensure you enjoy your time with us and look forward to your next visit.
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Flushing Residents and Business Owners Battle City Over Solar Panels [VIDEO]
The Planning Commission of Flushing Township, Michigan, listened to the concerns of local residents regarding the amount of surface area which solar panels could cover when installed on their residential and/or commercial property. This meeting was held on April 9, 2018 as a follow-up to a previous meeting covering this issue. The major point of concern for most residents was the square footage the solar panels could cover once installed on their residential property.
The current proposal allows each homeowner to utilize not more than 192 square feet of coverage on their lot for ground-mounted solar arrays. It was noted by those in attendance that such a constraint would limit the amount of energy which would be realized and perhaps the proposed height limit of 9 feet may not be practical as well. In addition, environmental concerns, current electrical codes and the aesthetic detraction to the neighboring landscape were also at issue. Several residents spoke during the meeting as did some individuals who work in the industry.
The Township has contracted with the engineering firm of Rowe Professional Services Company based in Flint, Michigan to assist with technical details during this process. Members of the Planning Commission were quite interested and very receptive to the queries and comments of the public and appreciate the necessity to accommodate their wishes.
The next regular scheduled meeting is set for May 14, 2018 at 7:00 PM. More information may be obtained at www.flushingtownship.com or Charter Township of Flushing 6542 N. Seymour Road Flushing, Michigan 48433. (810) 659-0800. | <urn:uuid:3a9b91af-54b6-48cd-929b-53feb3b938f5> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://us103.com/flushing-residents-and-business-owners-battle-city-over-solar-panels/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572581.94/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816211628-20220817001628-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.975719 | 321 | 1.65625 | 2 |
Warning: Salad may kill you
In a recent issue, Brian Duff reviewed GRO Grassroots Organic Café, in Portland (see "In the Raw," May 22). I've never read anything on the topic of food and nutrition more arrogant or opinionated.
Duff referenced a primatologist named Richard Wrangham who has presented data that cooking foods helped man evolve. Perhaps he's correct. Wrangham has provided some excellent research in zoopharmacognosy, the study of how primates medicate themselves with clays and plants. But Wrangham's expertise on what constitutes a healthy diet for modern-day Homo sapiens is questionable at best. Evolution implies a work in progress, and if our supposed primate ancestors' food choices had to change in order to survive, now is no different.
The US holds some of the world's highest rates of diabetes, cancer, osteoporosis, and depression. The standard American diet (or SAD) is mostly composed of processed/bleached grains, dairy pasteurized beyond its capacity to retain nutrition, and meats from stressed animals that are loaded with growth hormones and antibiotics. Swallowing food and living long enough to tell others does not mean one has adapted to it.
Duff believes eating raw food is unhealthy because of so-called plant defenses. Among these he's listed oxalates. Oxalic acid is a chemical found in many plants. This substance binds with calcium to form calcium oxalate, an insoluble salt. Eating too much oxalic acid is hard to do, but can lead to kidney-stone development. Evidence suggests heat will lower oxalic acid; however excessively heating food will diminish accessible nutrients. It's like burning down a house in order to prevent termite damage. Unlike Duff, it's not my goal to oversimplify complex chemical processes.
Duff believes raw food is based in cultism, and that GRO promotes violence because of a statement posted on a chalk board: "Freedom is something that is assumed, until someone takes it from you. The level at which you resist is the degree to which you were ever truly free."
Mahatma Gandhi ate a 100-percent raw plant based diet and resisted suppression through civil disobedience; perhaps Brian Duff views Gandhi as a violent cultist.
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Young people are important to Northern Plains Electric Cooperative. That's why we partake in programs, specifically with them in mind.
Northern Plains Electric Cooperative and Basin Electric Power Cooperatives are offering a $1,000 scholarship to a dependent of a member of Northern Plains Electric for the 2020-2021 school year.
Recognizing that school budgets are often tight, and to help defray trip expenses, Northern Plains Electric's board of directors has approved a $100 donation to any high school in the cooperative's service area that takes a group of students to the state Capitol to view North Dakota's legislative process in action.
As part of our youth education programs every year, Northern Plains Electric Cooperative offers its assistance to local school districts (in Northern Plains service area) in scheduling tours of the Antelope Valley coal-generating plant, the Coteau Freedom coal mine and the Great Plains coal gasification plant.
Annually, NPEC sponsors a safety poster contest for children in kindergarten to sixth grade. The purpose of the safety poster contest is to help make children aware of the dangers of electricity. Click for rules and deadline. | <urn:uuid:fa52b762-df90-4aba-96e6-b8997d5bf9a6> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://nplains.com/students-only | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572908.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817122626-20220817152626-00076.warc.gz | en | 0.941017 | 230 | 1.882813 | 2 |
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Description: Ice House at Beechwood Park School (30 Metres to West of North Stables)
Date Listed: 19 March 1987
English Heritage Building ID: 157790
OS Grid Reference: TL0446114514
OS Grid Coordinates: 504461, 214514
Latitude/Longitude: 51.8195, -0.4858
Explore more of the area around Flamstead, Hertfordshire at Explore Britain.
FLAMSTEAD BEECHWOOD PARK
TL 01 SW
3/14 Ice House at
- Beechwood Park School
(30M to W of North Stables)
Ice house. C18 (probably c.1754 by Lancelot 'Capability' Brown for Sir
Thomas Sebright when landscaping park and preparing plan to enlarge
house). Red brick in English-bond with many purple bricks. Buried in an
earth mound. Circular conical well some 5M in diameter with domed top
penetrated by 2M long entrance passage with tunnel vault now largely
destroyed. Recesses for a wooden floor structure about 7M below entrance
level. Entrance faces E.
Listing NGR: TL0446114514
This text is a legacy record and has not been updated since the building was originally listed. Details of the building may have changed in the intervening time. You should not rely on this listing as an accurate description of the building.
Source: English Heritage
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Five of Edsel's Seven Model Names Were Picked Up for Future Products
Automakers are so sensitive about naming products that they seem to be running out of useable ideas. Too many great models regressed to lend their names to lesser products, and so we’re not likely to see a new Buick Special, Century or Skylark anytime soon. The Chrysler Sebring name seems tarnished forever.
This wasn’t always the case. Ford‘s new-for-1958 Edsel division lasted just two model years, plus a couple of months of late ’59 for the ’60 model year. The Edsel name still stands as shorthand for complete and utter failure. And yet five of Edsel’s seven model names were picked up for future products, two of them built by competitors:
Citation: Edsel’s top-of-range car, built on a 124-inch wheelbase, was discontinued after one model year. It was picked up 22 years later for the 1980-85 Chevrolet Citation, a car nicknamed “Moving Violation.”
Corsair: Also on the 124-inch wheelbase, and also built only for ’58 but with less standard equipment and lower trim. Ford of England used the name on its midsize sedan designed with styling cues from the ’61 T-Bird and built from 1964 to ’70.
Pacer: The deluxe of two smaller, 118-inch wheelbase Edsels was built until early into the 1960 model year. American Motors picked up the name for the egg-shaped compact originally designed to accommodate the rotary engine GM was designing for its 1975 Chevy Monza (the engine was never produced). The AMC Pacer ran the 1976-80 model years.
Ranger: The “entry-level” Edsel also was built into the first months of the ’60 model year. Ford reapplied the name to its small pickup truck for the 1983. Yes, it’s still in production.
Villager: This was Edsel’s wagon version of the Ranger/Pacer, available in six- and nine-passenger variants. The name was applied to wagon versions of various Mercurys until it became Mercury’s Nissan Quest-based minivan from model years 1993 to 2002.
The two that never made it: Bermuda and Roundup. The model names of Edsel’s deluxe, woodgrained wagon and its two-door, six-passenger “workman’s wagon,” respectively, were never reused.
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Now’s your big chance to get up close and personal with Vesta, one of the largest asteroids in the solar system.
A new atlas has been released based on 10,000 images from the Dawn mission‘s framing camera instrument, which took the pictures from an average altitude of about 131 miles (210 kilometers). Each map has a scale of 1 centimetre to 2 kilometres (roughly a scale of 0.4 inches : 1.2 miles).
“Creating the atlas has been a painstaking task – each map sheet of this series has used about 400 images,” stated Thomas Roatsch, who is with the German Aerospace Center (DLR) Institute of Planetary Research and led the work.
“The atlas shows how extreme the terrain is on such a small body as Vesta. In the south pole projection alone, the Severina crater contours reaches a depth of 18 kilometres [11 miles]; just over 100 kilometres [62 miles] away the mountain peak towers 7 kilometres [4.3 miles] above the … reference level.”
Interested in getting involved in Vesta asteroid mapping yourself? A initiative called AsteroidMappers is open to amateur enthusiasts; check out more details in this past Universe Today story.
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7 Benefits of Good Posture & How You Can Start Sitting Upright Today.
How often do you remember to sit and stand with good posture? We’re betting that it’s not often. When you were a kid, you probably relied on the adults in your life to snap out a command to “sit up straight” whenever you started to slouch, but, as adults, that same reminder isn’t as easy to come by. And that’s a shame.
Good posture isn’t just an abstract concept that only concerns children. It’s absolutely vital to your health.
What Is Good Posture?
So, what exactly is good posture? The human body is naturally asymmetrical in the placement of organs and systems and, according to Sanford Health, posture is the way your muscles and skeleton hold your body erect. As for good posture, it’s the effort of placing your body in a “neutral” position so that your pelvis, trunk, and head are in their optimal position to work effectively and efficiently.
7 Benefits of Good Posture & Easy Practice Techniques
Besides helping you function optimally, good posture has innumerable benefits.
- Improved Breathing
A study by the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation revealed that bad posture can affect your breathing and lung capacity. The reason why is because of your frontal muscles and tendons. When you regularly slouch, these muscles become shortened, which decreases your body’s ability to take deep breaths. In fact, slumping in your seat or standing with rounded shoulders greatly decreases your ability to take in oxygen. By practicing good posture, you can improve your breathing ability by as much as 30%.
- Back Pain Relief
Back pain is a devastating problem. It’s a $50 billion industry and affects 80% of the population, according to the American Chiropractic Association. So, anything that can provide pack pain relief is an excellent idea. Proper posture helps to keep your bones, joints, ligaments, and muscles properly aligned, which can prevent and relieve your back pain. Plus, over time, good posture can change the anatomical characteristics of your spine, leading to less strain and more open vessels and nerves.
- Improved Muscle Health
Another way that proper posture provides pain relief is through strengthening your muscles. Improper posture places strain on already sensitized muscles and soft tissues. By sitting and standing correctly, you’ll strengthen your core, buttock muscles, and back extensions while relieving unnecessary tension. The reality is that good posture distributes the force of gravity evenly throughout your muscles, so no one structure is over-stressed.
- Improved Appearance
Bad posture just looks bad. Slumped shoulders give you the appearance of depression and a lack of confidence. A swayed back can make it look like you’re a few pounds heavier. And a bowed neck makes you look frumpy. Models, movie stars, and famous politicians all maintain good posture because they understand that it portrays power and confidence while also presenting your body to its best advantage. Plus, good posture can add an inch of more to your height.
- Decreased Fatigue & Depression
Research conducted by San Francisco State University revealed that “simply choosing to alter body posture to a more upright position can improve mood and energy levels.” The reality is that your posture has measurable affects on your optimism, energy, and even mood. The reason why is because your posture affects your state of mind, automatically. When you’re depressed, your shoulders automatically slump while when you’re relaxed or feeling happy, your posture tends to be upright and open. By changing your posture to reflect the state of mind you want, you can actually make it happen.
- Improved Circulation and Digestion
How you look on the outside is a reflection of what’s inside. This is especially true when it comes to your digestive system. Good posture helps to keep your internal organs, particularly those within your abdomen, in their natural position without undue compression. When you slouch, you can interfere with the normal flow and function of your gastrointestinal system. In fact, proper posture can help relieve such issues as acid reflux, constipation, and hernias.
- Improved Concentration
The average human brain has over 100 billion neurons and 1,000 trillion synaptic connections. These neurons and synapses are responsible for your memory concentration, and all information transmission in your brain. And these receptors are especially dependent on oxygen. By improving your posture, you open up your body to better oxygen and blood circulation, meaning that you’ll also improve your ability to concentrate and focus.
Making Good Posture Possible
So, since you don’t have parents or teachers to yell at you about your posture as an adult, what’s the solution to bad posture? The solution is to take out the middleman.
UPRIGHT is a simple product that you can wear for just 15 minutes a day to improve your posture. It works by sending your body gentle vibrations when you start to slump or slouch. This method of training makes fixing your posture an almost subconscious decision, turning good posture into a lifelong habit.
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If you've seen any of the Meet the Parents movies, you're familiar with Dawn Barkan's work: She's the one who trained the cats playing Mr. Jinx to use the toilet. She's also wrangled creatures big and small for numerous films and television shows, including The Sopranos, The Road, and the upcoming Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film. We talked to her about working with three felines on Inside Llewyn Davis, which was nominated for Academy Awards in Best Sound Mixing and Best Cinematography. (If they gave out animal Oscars, Barkan's cats would surely take home the trophy.)
The Coens told NPR that they’d work with the “stupid vulture” they used on True Grit rather than work with a cat again. Why is it so hard to train cats?
I’ve been hearing that they’ve made several remarks about cats and cat training. I was kind of surprised because cats are not hard to train—if you showed up on set with an untrained cat it would be disastrous. We were on set more than we weren’t on set, and there were really just a couple of bumps in the road. When you work with animals, that happens sometimes. Both of the things that were a bump in the road were not a surprise to me, and they shouldn’t have been a surprise for them because we talked about it prior, extensively. So I'm perplexed.
So cats aren't hard to train, but what makes training a cat different than training a dog?
They’re different beings. I think of cats as walking and living satellites. Their ears are picking up every sound, and their bodies are picking up all the vibrations around them, so they’re constantly tuning in to everything that’s going on around them, and they’re sensitive. So if there are loud noises or a lot of commotion, and the cat hasn’t been desensitized to that, they’re going not going to be comfortable, whereas dogs are a little bit more easygoing—where you are, they’re fine. They’ll follow your lead. They’re like, “Oh, OK, you’re standing next to a train! Woohoo!” They don’t care, they’re just more relaxed by nature.
Cats aren’t. They’re constantly bringing in bits of information and assessing what they are, and if they’re not familiar with what the things are that are going on around them, then their first response is to want to get away—what we call “spook.” So when you’re working with a cat, what makes it successful is one, having a good team of cats—that’s your first battle. The second element is time. Time is your friend. But the most important thing is having the ability to prep the animal in the situations where they’re going to work. Sometimes you have that luxury and sometimes you don’t. We did not have time or the luxury to prep on location on Inside Llewyn Davis, and keeping those things in mind, the cats did remarkably well.
We had the odds stacked against us on this film. The cats were—I don’t know how to say this, because I say this lovingly, I loved my teams of cats, I love the animals I work with—but they were not the best team of cats I’ve ever worked with. We got about half the time that we needed and it was nobody’s fault other than that’s when we were hired, and that’s how much time we had before we went to camera, and because of where they were shooting, which was on city streets, in subways—you can’t really replicate that. I can’t go take my cat on the NYC subway and prep him. That would be an impossible situation, because you’d need the area controlled at first. So a lot of it was training the behaviors in a simulated environment, and then quite frankly, going in and winging it and setting it up for success as much as we could.
Was what was required of these cats tougher than on other films you’ve trained cats for?
I will say that in the 30-something years that I’ve been working, this was one of the toughest shows I’ve ever done, strictly because of the environments the cats were in. They’re not New York street cats—they were saved from a shelter in Orlando, and we trained them and put them into this situation. So they were going into an environment that they didn’t know all that well. We did replicate it as best we could—but still, it’s not happening in that moment for real. It’s not like you just caught that cat in that moment running down the street. You’re asking the cat to run down a street through a crowd of people 15 times. You have to ask that behavior over and over and over of the animal. So they have to be comfortable and they have to be trained or you would get nothing.
How can you distinguish what’s a good cat for training versus one that’s not?
Cats who are interested in playing the game, who want to learn, for one. Cats are like people—they have different personalities. There are some cats who are more shy, there are some cats who are more outgoing, there are cats who are more aggressive, there are cats that are more timid. So really, you want one that’s a little more outgoing and aggressive—and I don’t mean in the mean sense of the word, but more curious about their surroundings and not afraid to get out there and explore. That’s what gives you a good cat.
One of the cats that I used for Little Fockers doesn’t know he’s a cat. He thinks he’s a dog. And that kind of laid back personality makes a very good training cat.
How did you accomplish all the shots you needed for this movie?
We started with five cats, initially. We fired two early on, because they weren’t really cut out for the biz, so we let them go relax. So basically we had three cats. We had our two action cats, Daryl and Jerry, who we used for the majority of the action scenes—running through the subway, down the street, jumping through a window, coming down a 5-story fire escape. Then we had one cat who lent herself very well to being the holding cat. There’s a large amount of the film where Oscar’s just holding the cat, and we used our little female for that.
How do you get a cat to do things like run down a street or a subway platform?
Cats work for food. That is their reward. Like we go to work and expect a paycheck every week, they go to work and they expect their food. You use food and you pair it to a sound, like Pavlov with the bell. It’s the same kind of thing. You start out by teaching a cat to come to a sound and that’s how you get cats to do an A to B. And you take it from there. You can pretty much teach them to do anything.
How long does the training process take?
Usually with an untrained cat, you want about 12 weeks. It takes about 30 days for them to get the idea, but then depending on what the behaviors are, normally we like to have about 12 weeks. Sometimes you can’t have that—like Inside Llewyn Davis, we had six weeks.
Do they retain their behavior?
Yeah! You might have to refresh their memory because they’re not doing it every day, but once they’ve learned to learn, you can get them to go with the program pretty quickly.
Did you have to train Oscar Isaac to work with the cats?
We spent a little time with Oscar. We just made sure he was comfortable holding the cat, which he was. He was very compliant and helpful. That always makes our job easier.
Alison Rosa / Long Strange Trip LLC
If cats aren’t hard to train, what animal is hard to train?
It’s not the animal, it’s a particular animal. There are some dogs that make you want to pull your hair out. It depends on the particular personality of the animal. Some breeds are easier than others. But I’ve worked with just about everything from bugs to great apes, and I find it to be individual personality rather than a type of animal. | <urn:uuid:8ef32bfe-5ef4-4416-a667-c8354782e432> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/55054/qa-dawn-barkan-head-animal-trainer-inside-llewyn-davis | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572163.61/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815085006-20220815115006-00674.warc.gz | en | 0.977523 | 1,848 | 1.75 | 2 |
Institute of Ocean Sciences
The Institute of Ocean Sciences, or IOS, located in Sidney, British Columbia, is an important link in Fisheries and Oceans Canada’s nationwide chain of major scientific facilities. It is the centre for research on the coastal waters of British Columbia, the Northeastern Pacific Ocean, and navigable fresh waters of the west coast east to the Alberta border, and the Western Canadian Arctic.
IOS has earned international recognition for its scientific work and expertise. Its more than 250 dedicated scientists and researchers provide up-to-date information and data on all elements of oceanography, from fisheries and ocean research, and environmental science to creating nautical charts and other vital navigation products. IOS and the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada are guided by the principles of sound scientific knowledge and effective management.
The work undertaken at IOS contributes to maritime safety, our understanding of the ocean and marine ecosystems, and the sustainability of Canada’s marine resources.
Research efforts at IOS are grouped under two science divisions:
- The Canadian Hydrographic Service, which produces Canadian nautical charts, and
- Ocean Science, through which IOS has become a major player in efforts to understand and manage coastal and open ocean ecosystems.
IOS research ranges from investigating the effects of global warming on marine ecosystems, to contaminants in Arctic ice, the role of plankton in marine food webs, understanding and mitigating the environmental impacts of aquaculture, and even predicting where and when a tsunami might strike. Its scientists are experts in ocean currents and ocean temperatures, and in how ocean temperatures impact the abundance if marine species.
Some of the institute’s work highlights notable changes in atmospheric and oceanic conditions that affect commercially important fish such as salmon, herring, groundfish and shellfish. IOS research in the northeast Pacific and Western Arctic helps improve understanding of the ocean and its role in moderating the effects of increased carbon dioxide in Earth’s atmosphere. Water properties such as temperature, salinity, dissolved gases, acidification and nutrient concentrations can all affect resident and migratory marine populations in British Columbia, the North Pacific and the Beaufort Sea.
The Institute of Ocean Sciences is a key member of Argo, an international initiative that gathers and makes available high quality data for forecasting a wide array of weather and ocean conditions and phenomena. There are now three thousand Argo floats in service operating in the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian and southern oceans.
IOS is also home to the Pacific Geoscience Centre of Natural Resources Canada. The Centre researches and monitors earthquakes in Canada, as well as other marine geohazards, explores the coastal marine environment and investigates present-day movements of the Earth's crust. This historic seismograph was built in Japan in the early 1900s.
IOS is a hub of activity, and home to a number of other organizations, including a Canadian Coast Guard base, as well as the state-of-the-art Marine Communications and Traffic Services Centre. Canada’s Coast Guard, part of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, carries out search and rescue missions, responds to marine pollution incidents, provides and maintains aids to navigation, and operates the research vessels used by scientists at IOS and elsewhere.
Staff from the Canadian Wildlife Service and the North Pacific Science Organization – or PICES - are also located at IOS. PICES is an intergovernmental scientific organization established in 1992 to promote and coordinate marine research in the North Pacific and adjacent seas. Its present members are Canada, Japan, China, Korea, the Russian Federation, and the United States. PICES research focuses on the ocean environment, global weather and climate change, living resources and their ecosystems and the impacts of human activities.
Through PICES and as part of a joint observation study by the RV MIRAI and Canadian Coast Guard vessels the CCGS Louis S. St-Laurent and CCGS Sir Wilfred Laurier, IOS enjoys a close relationship with Japanese ocean scientists.The goal of this international joint venture is to prepare for global change and to reduce uncertainties in forecasting shelf/basin interactions-and inter-basin forcing of ice, and water properties of land/ocean exchanges.
Through these initiatives and our ongoing research and hydrographic activities, the Institute of Ocean Sciences and Fisheries and Oceans Canada are working to ensure Canadians enjoys safe and accessible waterways; healthy and productive aquatic ecosystems; and sustainable fisheries and aquaculture. The scientific expertise and knowledge developed at IOS have made it a world-renowned facility, and its work has contributed immensely to the global understanding of oceans.
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Look on the bright side, though: this year also turned out to be a year that provided an inordinate number of reminders that what computers do is follow instructions given to them by people. And people tend to write buggy software. When it fails, it can be startling, alarming, irritating, or darkly funny – or, sometimes, all of the above.
Attached are some, uh, highlights of the year in bugs, all of which involve glitches that were fixed, sooner or later.
The bugs that caused Gmail to not respect personal limits
A nagging flaw in the Google Play Services software for Android causes Gmail demand access to “body sensors” before allowing users to send emails. The sensors in question are for fitness apps, and Gmail doesn’t need access to them, which makes its claim even scarier.
why do i have to enable “body sensors” to use gmail? what is google after? quite sick of them.
— emm fee hates sports (@emm_fee) November 17, 2017
The bug that destroyed Wi-Fi
Belgian university researchers identify a vulnerability – dubbed “Krack” – that bypasses encryption built into the ubiquitous WPA2 Wi-Fi standard. The reality may be less alarming than theory, as online services tend to independently encrypt sensitive material, but a host of hardware and software makers are scrambling to release updates.
The bug Equifax probably wishes it had fixed
In September, the Equifax website, the linchpin of credit monitoring, is breached by someone who got away with sensitive information on up to 143 million Americans. This epic act of cyber-begging was only possible because Equifax installation failed a patch for its Apache web servers, even though it had been available for two months before the break-in.
The bug that confirmed everyone’s fears about smart speakers
android police Artem Russakovskii – one of the members of the media who got a first unit of the pint-sized Google Home Mini smart speaker from Google –discover this sound Mini records audio 24/7 and stores it on Google’s servers. Turns out an issue with the speaker’s touchscreen was to blame; Google responds by simply disabling the option to speak to the Mini by pressing the touchscreen. He ends up bringing some but not all features it removed.
The bug that made Google’s new phone click, click, click
Announced in October, Google’s new Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL phones offered a multitude of attractive features. But once they reached consumers, it became clear that they were also tormented by whims. A-the tendency to emit a mysterious high-pitched sound variously described as a click or a squeal— was found to be linked to the NFC chip.
The Bill Clinton-era bug that was finally fixed
Microsoft is releasing a patch for a Microsoft Office component called Equation Editor, originally released in November 2000. Security researchers had show that the software had a vulnerability that could allow someone to take control of your PC over the Internet and run code on it— and that the security features built into Windows and Office did not eliminate this danger.
The bug that made Twitter homophobic
Twitter users note this searching for terms such as #gay and #bisexual yields no results. The company apologizes, explaining that a bug in the algorithm it uses to flag adult content mistakenly hid all tweets relating to certain terms regardless of the nature of their use.
The bug that eliminated the need for those pesky passwords
First noted in an Apple support forum, a bug in Apple’s new High Sierra operating system allows Macs to be accessed with the “admin” username and no password, allow anyone who gets their hands on your computer to access your files. Less than a day after the issue gained notoriety, Apple rushes an auto-install fix and apologizes. And the skeptics come to growl whether the company’s historical reputation for robust security needs an overhaul.
The bug that undid the pesky bug fix that eliminated the need for pesky passwords
After fixing the bug that allowed anyone to log into a Mac High Sierra as an administrator, without a password, Apple released another update that (briefly) brings the bug back.
The bug that showed your friends you were using iOS 11
A problem with the autocorrect feature of Apple’s latest mobile operating system, iPhones replace an A and a weird character every time users type “I”, resulting in widespread typos across Facebook and Twitter. Some users resort to workarounds, while others seem blithely unaware that they are spreading gibberish.
— Katie Couric (@katiecouric) November 3, 2017
The bug that could let a stranger trash your home
In October, Amazon announced Amazon Key, a smart lock that allows its delivery people — or employees of Amazon partners such as housekeeping and dog-walking services — to enter your home. To make this idea less scary, their entry is recorded by the new Amazon Cloud Cam. But security researchers soon show how a bad guy with Amazon Key access could use Wi-Fi vulnerability to freeze Cloud Cam video stream, which makes the door look like it’s closed when someone opens it. Amazon stresses that this is an unlikely scenario, but is releasing a patch to alert users when their camera has been turned off.
The bug that could be spying on your typing
HP released a fix for a trackpad driver that includes code that can silently follow keyboard input– a capability better known as “keylogging”, and notorious as a technique for spying on a computer user. The code – apparently used for testing purposes and left by mistake – is disabled by default and a would-be voyeur could not enable it without having administrative privileges on your machine. But even though the chance of a problem is minimal, 500 different HP computer models that use the errant driver are impacted.
The bug that went to 11
Some Google Home Mini users report that turn the pint-sized speaker up to maximum volume plant it.
The bug that caused a train crash
At a Singapore train station during rush hour, a commuter train hits another, leaving 29 injured. Investigation finds buggy signaling software left rear-end train confused as to how many cars the train ahead had. And that caused him to continue when he should have stopped.
The bug that blocked you from accessing your own Google Docs
On Halloween, users from Google’s G Suite report that the browser-based productivity package is randomly refusing to let them into the documents they created on the grounds that the content violates Google’s Terms of Service. The incident, which appears to stem from overzealous machine learning technology, is quickly resolved, but inspires debate over the wisdom of relying on a third-party organization to give you access to your own data.
@Google Docs The fiancé lost access to the wedding vows due to a “violation of the terms of service”. The review request link did nothing. 1/2
—Gordon McNaughton (@gmcnaughton) October 31, 2017
The bug that lets anyone nuke your Facebook photos
Security Researcher Pouya Darabi discover that Facebook’s new poll feature can be played delete other photos on social network—including private—via their unique identifiers. Facebook is giving him $10,000 for bringing the vulnerability to its attention.
The bug that ensured pilots were home for the holidays
American airlines divulges that a malfunction in its vacation planning software allowed every pilot who wanted to take Christmas week off to do so—leaving the airline with too few pilots available to cover every trip during an exceptionally busy travel week. Issue threatens to impact 15,000 flights; American is offering time-and-a-half pay to try to field enough pilots for its planes.
The bug that made people Global Persona Non Gratae on Twitter
A handful of people find that they have been locked out from their Twitter accounts with a message stating that they have been “detained in: worldwide”. At least one of them theorizes that she was fired for insulting JK Rowling. But Twitter says the ban was accidental and attributes it to a bug in the code it uses to hide tweets on a country-by-country basis to comply with local laws.
The bug you could beat by pretending it was still December 1st
An iOS 11 bug appears that can crash your phone– but only from 00:15 on December 2, and only in certain situations involving third-party applications using local notifications. Until Apple smashes it, some people resort to undo calendar on their iPhone. | <urn:uuid:0cdc8022-1cda-4551-9df4-7eee28feea68> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://theartoffuzzing.com/the-year-software-bugs-ate-the-world/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572286.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816090541-20220816120541-00270.warc.gz | en | 0.949868 | 1,789 | 1.585938 | 2 |
African Americans are more likely to suffer from certain diseases than white Americans, according to numerous studies. It is often due to the genetic predisposition of communities. Even though the genetic basis of disorders continues to be studied today, as many patterns have not yet been identified, some dependencies have already been scientifically proven. In addition, developments are underway in search of ways to solve this problem.
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Examples of aggressive periodontitis and eating disorders are discussed in the scientific literature today. The first disease requires early intervention, and it is the cause of its frequent occurrence in African Americans that has prompted scientists to seek genetic causes (Goncalves, 2018). The second disease leads to anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa and requires genetic research to prevent infection in people with a predisposition (Mayhew, 2018). Many variants of mutations and other processes associated with genetics lead to a long duration of research, so scientists should start work now.
The way to solve these problems involves an integrated approach. First of all, this is a change in testing new drugs, which will include more genetic research. In addition to this, it is necessary to solve the problems of medical ignorance of citizens, the spread of a healthy lifestyle, and the elimination of inequalities in the health sector. Naturally, this requires investment in research to work with such diseases, primarily in the African American community.
Thus, measures are needed in the health sector and at the cultural and social levels. It means that it is necessary to disseminate medical institutions capable of working in the key of genetic research, which should fulfill an educational function in addition to their primary mission. People should not be silent about their illnesses and have the right to know what to do to prevent them. The results of such studies will help increase the percentage of healthy people across the country.
Goncalves, P. F., et al. (2018). Genetic polymorphisms and periodontal disease in populations of African descent: A review. Journal of periodontal research, 53(2), 164-173.
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by Michael Smith (Veshengro)
The system cannot be improved, it must be changed. The problem is that the system is not broken, it was designed this way, that is to say to be benefiting but the wealthy few and leaving the poorer section of “society” out in the cold, literally.
When talking here about the system I am not referring just to the political system or the economic one separately but to both combined as one as, to more than one degree, they do go hand in hand.
Capitalism does not work and never will in bringing the working class and the poor in general to a better living standard and the “trickle down” approach is at best a fallacy, at worst a total lie that is known to be the lie by those who are its advocates.
And the political system of what is being referred to as “democracy” also does, cannot and will not and never, as the people do not really have a say in their own affairs. They are being governed, from above, which means they are nothing but slaves and our system is but a new version of feudalism.
The people, in the main, however, do believe that voting allows them a say in how they are governed – please note that being governed means that one is not a free person – and that the rulers are doing their bidding.
The fact is that if voting would change anything it would have been made illegal long ago. The “right” to vote, and so-called democracy, is being used to keep the people quiet, that is all, plain and simple.
When from the electorate, being 100%, only 35% turn out to vote because the rest has become disillusioned by the process, then a majority vote out of the 35%, of say 55%, which then would be less than 20% of the entire electorate cannot be seen as having been given a majority mandate to govern. The truth is that in such a case, and it is the case in the UK in most elections, that 80% of the electorate voted against any of the parties represented on the ballot by abstention. And I have not even mentioned spoiled ballot papers.
Often people like to say that government is a necessary evil. That, by the same token, then also would equate that evil is necessary. But I don't think anyone would agree with the latter, that is to say that evil is necessary.
The system that there exists at the present, political and economic, is geared to create a ruling class, a ruling elite, that will lord it over the masses like feudal lords and masters and treat the people as serfs and it does not matter whether it is in Britain, other countries of Europe or the USA. It is the same everywhere even though many Americans claim that, according to the Constitution they, as individuals, are sovereigns in their own right. Try to assert that “right” and see where that gets you.
In all truth the system is one and not two, as the two components really cannot be separated from each other and thus it is capitalism that, in itself, is the problem. It is geared to suppress and oppress the people to keep them “down” in order for the lords to have a pliable labor force, and to have such a pliable labor force full employment, for instance, is an anathema. Without a large pool of unemployed workers capitalism simply cannot exist and function.
Capitalism requires, for it to function, that a certain number of the population is unemployed as otherwise they could not scare the workers that they have into accepting bad condition, low pay, and all the rest. As long as unemployment exists the capitalists can wave the sword of loss of job over any worker who kicks back at low wages, bad conditions, etc. and who joins a trade union.
For that very reason there will never be enough jobs created by those capitalists for each and every member of the labor force in a country or an area. It simple would not be profitable for them to do so even if they have the order books full to overflowing and it is not ever going to happen. And that is why we have to change the system to one where everyone can have work in which he or she is happy. | <urn:uuid:3868c578-05e1-4bcb-836e-933a3506276b> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://greenreview.blogspot.com/2015/11/changing-system.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281331.15/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00226-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.983095 | 877 | 1.945313 | 2 |
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Tesla Motors is gearing up for increased production over the next few years with the aid of healthy tax breaks from its home state of California. It will reportedly save the company as much as $34.7 million on the purchase of $415 million of new manufacturing equipment and would allow Tesla to expand annual production by 35,000 vehicles. California ordinarily taxes the purchase of manufacturing equipment, but grants exemptions for clean technology companies in order to stimulate growth.
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How can be Muhrim by Milk
I want to know that which milk makes muhrim? I mean for example: I am Ahmad. I took milk at childhood from a woman, after that her husband died and she got marry other husband. Now she milked a girl. Now can Ahmed marry this girl? Ahmed took milk when she was with her first husband and that girl whom Ahmed wants to marry she took milk from same woman when she was under other husband. In other side boy and girl took milk when the woman was with different husband.
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
In the above mentioned case you cannot marry that girl as both of you have turned foster brother and sister with the relation of suckling. As the nikah of real brother and sister is unlawful, in the same way the nikah of foster brother and sister is unlawful. The holy Prophet Muhammad (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said:
يحرم من الرضاع ما يحرم من النسب.
Allah knows Best!
Darul Uloom Deoband
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Building muscle is often associated with lifting heavy weights in the gym. Muscular people are often seen benching barbells and curling dumbbells, sweating under the artificial lights of the nearest commercial gym. However, you can build muscle at home and without any weights, using only your body as resistance. Better still, you only really need three bodyweight exercises to achieve full-body definition.
I often recommend dumbbells and especially adjustable dumbbells when people ask me which is the best home weight to build muscle and lose weight at home. I still stand by this statement; using small free weights is the most convenient way to progress in your muscle-building journey.
That said, you shouldn’t think that it’s impossible to build a definition using nothing but your bodyweight. In fact, there is a form of strength training consisting of a variety of movements that utilise your body as the primary and only source of resistance: callisthenics.
And while callisthenics is often associated with moves such as the human flag or muscle-ups, any strength exercise you can perform without external weights can be considered callisthenics. These include the three movements I’ll recommend today: push-ups, pull-ups and squats.
Doing just these three bodyweight exercises (and their variations) will build muscle over time, sometimes even faster than if you were using weights. Can these exercises provide a full-body workout? They can. Read on to find out how.
Three essential exercises to build muscle
In-depth: how to master squats
Rep range: 10-30
Muscles worked: buttocks, thighs, groin, hip flexors, core and calves
I often recommend deadlifts as the best and only exercise to do to build full-body strength, but the truth is, squats are equally – if not more – as efficient in building muscle and power.
Better still, squats work the biggest muscles in your body (buttocks and thighs) so doing squats burn heap-loads of calories – great for weight loss. Once you get comfortable doing regular squats, you can switch things up by doing split squats and pistol squats, when you load one leg only.
A couple of tips to keep in mind: keep your spine neutral by looking straight ahead and only go as deep as you comfortably can; otherwise, you’ll put too much strain on your knees. Make sure you plant your feet before starting the movement; wearing proper workout shoes can help with traction.
In-depth: how to master push-ups
Rep range: 8-20
Muscles worked: chest, shoulders, triceps, core
If I could only do one exercise for the rest of my life, I think I’d choose push-ups and their variations. The pull-up is the ultimate upper body exercise that builds definition in all the right areas, mainly the arms and the pecs.
But being an awesome exercise it is, push-ups also strengthen your core, your shoulders and even the smaller muscles on your back, just under the armpit. Basically, most muscles visible on your upper body from the front are worked by push-ups.
If you can’t do push-ups, focus on two areas: your triceps and your core. Triceps dips are a good place to start building strength in your upper arm, and planks are excellent for increasing core power.
3. Pull ups
In-depth: how to master pull-ups
Rep range: 4-12
Muscles worked: latissimus dorsi (largest upper back muscle), trapezius (muscles connecting your neck and shoulders), thoracic erector spinae (muscles supporting the top and middle section of the spine), biceps, core
We worked the lower body and the front of the upper body; it’s time to strengthen the back. And when it comes to bodyweight-only exercises for your back, nothing beats pull-ups, the ultimate back-building movement.
Pull-ups are not easy to perform, but they will help strengthen the back in all the right areas and even help build bigger arms. For those struggling to do pull-ups, I recommend watching the above video and working on the biceps and lats by doing inverted rows and resistance band pull-ups. | <urn:uuid:54577282-b5c6-4a30-bb19-347c68fb4a7e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://jhabs.com/build-muscle-at-home-with-these-3-essential-bodyweight-exercises.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573399.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818185216-20220818215216-00064.warc.gz | en | 0.940218 | 941 | 1.84375 | 2 |
Leukocyte alkaline phosphatase (LAP) scores in peripheral blood, and plasma carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) levels were determined in 122 colorectal cancer patients, and compared to 30 healthy persons. who served as controls. Both markers are gradually elevated according to the severity of tumor penetration. LAP scores in Dukes'C and D (157 ± 79) were significantly higher than in Dukes’A. B1 and B2 (81 ± 43), p<0.001. CEA levels were also higher in Dukes’C and D (50 ± 95) than in patients with Dukes’A, B1 and B2 (25 ± 54). p<0.07. but less significantly. The LAP score has at least the same reliability as the CEA values as a marker of stage in colorectal cancer patients.
- Carcinoembryonic antigen
- Colorectal cancer
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The 2020 Hyundai Elantra will add a fuel-saving continuously variable transmission (CVT) for the new year, according to certification data posted to the EPA's website last week. The new transmission bumps the 2020 Accent's fuel economy to 33 mpg city, 41 highway, 36 combined, up considerably from the 28/38/32 mpg rating with last year's 6-speed automatic transmission.
Florida may be the next state to make self-driving cars without a backup driver legal on its roads.
The 2020 Toyota Prius Prime will come standard with Apple CarPlay and Amazon Alexa compatibility, and owners of the hybrid will now be able to bring an extra passenger along for the ride.
Dodge Durango SRT Pursuit concept
From Motor Authority:
This year's One Lap of America runs from May 4-11 and Dodge has joined the fun with a very special concept based on the Durango SRT Pursuit.
BMW has confirmed the reveal of the new 8-Series Gran Coupe at a BMW Group press presentation set to take place in Munich in June. Sales of the svelte 4-door will follow in the fall.
The Volkswagen R performance division looks to be readying a new addition to its lineup based on the Tiguan small SUV.
2019 Nissan Leaf
From Green Car Reports:
Shortages of raw materials for batteries, as well as a new lawsuit among battery suppliers, may lead to delays in some upcoming electric cars.
If your historical knowledge of electric cars goes back to the first Tesla Roadster, the GM EV1 or, perhaps, one of the many intriguing manufacturer conversions from the 1980s or ‘90s, you have many decades of what-ifs to catch up on.
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Document Details :
Title: According to the Scriptures
Subtitle: The Ecumenical Movement and its Methods Tommorow
Author(s): HOUTEPEN, Anton
Journal: Louvain Studies
Volume: 22 Issue: 2 Date: summer 1997
A shipwrecked Jewish castaway had spent several years on a tiny island somewhere in the oceans, when, finally, a ship came along to pick him up. Before he left, he wanted to show the crew of the rescue ship some features of the territory which had kept him alive. He led them to a small shed, constructed from some wreckage and palmtree leaves. This is my synagogue, he said. “Why a synagogue,” the captain asked, “for you alone?” “Well,” the Jew answered, “as a Jew I cannot believe on my own. I need community. In the synagogue are Moses and the prophets and the believers of all times.” Next, he took them to the other end of the island and showed them a similar construct of wood and leaves. “What's this?,” the captain asked. The castaway replied, “As you know, our community is sadly divided. This is the synagogue I never go to” (Zvi Marx). | <urn:uuid:09dad6f1-21a2-4ce2-a93b-a7a7a9c9344f> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://poj.peeters-leuven.be/content.php?url=article&id=542284&journal_code=LS | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572021.17/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814083156-20220814113156-00077.warc.gz | en | 0.967579 | 322 | 2.59375 | 3 |
A New York Times article hit the National Football League hard on Thursday, calling into question the validity of its early concussion studies and suggesting a link to the tobacco industry.
The NFL responded with its own 1,000-plus-word statement defending itself.
"Today’s New York Times story on the National Football League is contradicted by clear facts that refute both the thesis of the story and each of its allegations," the NFL said in the statement, released early in the afternoon.
It listed and attempted to refute most of the main points in the Times article, clearly asserting, "The Times ignored the facts."
The NYT article focused on early concussion studies by the NFL and its Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Committee. The league acknowledged in the statement that this study had limitations but pointed to its research and safety changes made over the years. It also went into detail defending the history of its former employees and its research and lobbying initiatives.
The league has long been accused of shunting the connection between concussions caused by collisions and long-term brain damage, such as the degenerative brain disorder Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy or CTE. Last week, however, an NFL executive acknowledged the link between the two for the first time.
The league’s statement concluded that "contact sports will never be concussion-free," but reiterated its dedication to player health and safety, even after they’ve left football.
The Times ran the lengthy expos on Thursday morning citing confidential information to make its case that the league omitted dozens of concussions from early studies on the subject, including injuries suffered by star quarterbacks Steve Young and Troy Aikman. It also noted that the NFL did not require every team to submit data.
The report also linked the NFL’s handling of the concussion issue to the tobacco industry’s countering of safety concerns about its products, pointing out several links between Big Tobacco and professional football. The league countered those assertions in several bullet points in the statement.
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Make Yogurt Salad
Cucumbers and Yogurt Salad Recipe
A good and healthy salad recipe consisting of cucumbers and yogurt as the main ingredients may not only satisfy your hunger but it is rich in nutritious substances. This light salad recipe takes 5 minutes to prepare and is considered a healthy food as explained below the recipe.
Cucumbers And Yogurt Salad Recipe Ingredients
- 2-4 cucumbers (8-13 ounces, 225-375 grams).
- 4-6 ounces (125-175 grams) of plain yogurt.
- 1-2 cloves of raw garlic.
- A dash of table salt.
- 1-2 tea spoons of dried mint.
- 5-10 table spoons of olive oil.
Method of Preparing Cucumbers And Yogurt Salad
- Peel 1 or 2 garlic cloves and put into a bowl then add a dash of salt.
- Crush the garlic cloves well till all the salt is absorbed by the crushed garlic.
- Taste the cucumbers to make sure that they are not bitter.
- Cut the cucumbers in half length wise - then slice diagonally to get thin half circles.
- Add the sliced cucumbers to the bowl.
- Add plain yogurt to the bowl.
- Add 1 tea spoon of dried mint to the ingredients.
To make the salad, simply and gently mix together the ingredients. Sprinkle 1 tea spoon of dried mint on top of the bowl then add olive oil on top as desired.
- Serves 2-4 people.
Brief Ingredient Facts
The cucumbers and yogurt salad recipe is considered a healthy recipe because cucumbers have high water content (about 95 percent) and its skin is rich in fiber. In addition, cucumbers have high levels of potassium and manganese that help to regulate blood pressure and help promote nutrient functions.
Yogurt has high concentrations of protein, calcium, magnesium, riboflavin, vitamins B-6 and B-12 and much more. Yogurt helps digest the naturally occurring sugar (lactose) in milk that can cause bloating and diarrhea.
Garlic has been and will always be one of the most important ingredients that is used the least due to its stinking smell and bad breath effect. However, garlic is packed with vitamins and nutrients such as protein, potassium, Vitamins A, B, B2 and C, Calcium, Zinc and many others.
Garlic is an effective natural antibiotic against toxic bacteria, viruses, and fungus. Garlic is considered to be one of the most popular healthy herbs around today (to say the least). To get rid of bad garlic breath drink lemon juice or eat a few slices of lemon.
Mint has concentrations of minerals, protein, fiber, calcium, iron etc… Dried mint has a sensational rich aroma; it tastes great and has a healing power. It is able to settle a nervous stomach and helps eliminating toxins from the body among other things.
Olive oil is a natural juice which can preserve its taste, aroma, vitamins and properties for a long time. It is a natural cholesterol free juice that helps lower your cholesterol level. Olive oil helps the body control the levels of LDL ("bad" cholesterol) while raising HDL (the "good" cholesterol). Olive oil nutritional substances include vitamins E, K, and A as well as polyphenols, squalene, oleocanthol, triterpenes and hundreds more which makes olive oil a healthy choice. Olive oil offers protection against heart disease, ulcers, gastritis and lowers the incidence of bile and gallstone formation.
Salt that most people have in their salt shaker is made up primarily of sodium chloride along with added iodine. This is different than natural sea salt that contains potassium, magnesium, and calcium which are removed during processing. Iodinated salt is a source of sodium and should be used in limited quantities otherwise it can lead to future health problems.
- Cucumbers and yogurt salad would taste great if not chilled and consumed right after preparation. However, if chilled, bring it to room temperature before consuming.
- Garlic powder may be used instead of garlic cloves but the taste will be different than natural garlic cloves.
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Garlic Health Benefits
- Garlic Facts Remedies and Health Benefits of Garlic
Facts and information on garlic including health beneifits home remedies using garlic and how to grow your own garlic at home.
- Garlic Health Benefits
This page summarises the possible health benefits often attributed to garlic. Some of these have been scientifically demonstrated, others have not and remain officially in the realm of folk medicine.
Benefits of Mint
- The Health Benefits of Mint
While you have probably heard that mint has various health benefits to offer, you may not be aware of what these exact health benefits are. Here, we will take a much closer look at some of the main health benefits of mint.
- Organic Facts - Health Benefits of Mint
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The first place I learnt about the importance of having a bank account was in church. That brief lecture after Sunday school was simple enough to motivate anyone. I assumed my age group was the target audience(I was still a teenager), but I was wrong. When it was time for questions, young adults, middle-aged people, and the elderly who I thought had life figured, debated whether a bank account was necessary. This was over a decade ago. You’d assume we’ve moved past that. But that’s not the case. At the end of 2020, 36 per cent of Nigerian adults remain completely financially excluded, according to a report by Enhancing Financial Innovation and Access (EFInA).
Emerging economies know it’s important to increase financial inclusion. Both individuals and economies benefit when people have access to loans, insurance, etcetera. That’s why governments set financial inclusion targets and implement policies to make it easy. In 2020, Nigeria marked 80 per cent as its financial inclusion target.
What does financial inclusion (actually) mean?
Most countries use narrow definitions of financial inclusion, often using bank account ownership or access to savings/loan products as proxies for financial access. This way, it becomes easy to measure by asking whether people have a bank account or not.
However, this approach does not fully capture the essence of financial inclusion. It doesn’t include people’s ability to afford the financial products that they need to preserve and grow their wealth. Furthermore, close-ended measurements don’t account for the diversity in financial exclusion within a country. For example, Nigeria is doing better than many of its African peers in terms of banking penetration—only South Africa is doing much better. However, outside retail banks, Nigerians do not access financial products in many other ways. Meanwhile, over 50 per cent of Tanzania’s financially included population relies on non-bank channels like mobile money. As a result, Nigeria has much more people financially excluded.
Prospective but uncertain
As Africa’s largest economy, Nigeria has the potential to both lead and fast-track the continent’s financial inclusion journey. However, economic instability, amongst other factors, has made progress uncertain; 60 per cent of Nigerians live below the poverty line. Research shows that poverty, rural lifestyle, and illiteracy are all barriers to inclusion. Today, banking leads other sectors in financial inclusion, with nearly three in ten adults (29 per cent) having bank accounts. Three per cent of adults have mobile money accounts, and the same number have non-bank financial accounts.
Nigerians have shunned non-bank financial channels for a long time. In 2008, 26 per cent of Nigerians accessed financial services mainly through formal and informal non-bank channels. In 2018, that fell to 24 per cent. In other words, all the gains that Nigeria has made on the financial inclusion front has happened through the retail banking sector. Other formal channels have risen too, but that has been countered by a drop in informal financial services.
Several loopholes to fill
Financial service is a business, so the players in this sector are out for profit. The CBN might set financial inclusion targets, but it can’t create bank accounts. As a result, the nation’s high poverty rate makes it difficult to achieve financial inclusion. Operating a bank in Nigeria is expensive. Banks transfer the cost of operation to account holders, meaning that Nigerians who cannot afford to manage a bank account are left out. Moreover, banks focus their products (e.g. loans) on more profitable middle and high-income customers, leaving low-income Nigerians to rely on informal financial products like thrift savings (Ajo).
Also, Nigeria has an infrastructure problem. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has argued that Nigeria needs to spend $35 billion every year for five years to plug its infrastructure gap. The current Medium-Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) that runs to 2022 lays out annual infrastructure spending of just $5 billion. Weak infrastructure makes it expensive for banks to reach rural customers.
Furthermore, in most cases, driving financial inclusion requires some form of literacy. For example, opening a bank account is difficult for a person who can’t read and write. So even if you successfully convince an uneducated person to have a bank account (which is also a challenge), they will still need help. Besides having a rural population of 48 per cent, Nigeria still has a low literacy level of 62 per cent.
The eclipse of community banks
To effectively include the rural communities and the educated, a different model is needed. That’s why we have microfinance banks today. But before the emergence of microfinance banks, the underserved population turned to community banks. These community banks were government-subsidised and community-owned financial institutions intended to provide critical financial services in the local community.
However, community banks suffered poor regulatory oversight from the National Board for Community Banks. The business model was also faulty as it placed so much emphasis on providing financial services like loans and paid too little attention to risk management and debt recovery. This flawed approach meant that many community banks faced liquidity challenges and became unviable, stopping them from meeting the objective of driving credit in local communities.
As a result, the Central bank of Nigeria (CBN) abandoned this model and moved a microfinance bank policy. However, a regulatory lapse saw almost 600 ailing community banks relicensed as microfinance banks between 2005 and 2007. As a result, similar issues arose in many microfinance banks, and the policy failed to improve financial inclusion significantly. Since 2005, financial inclusion has grown from 25 to 40 per cent.
The rise of fintechs and telcos
Fintech is leading the growth of Nigeria’s tech industry. Most VC funding goes to startups in this sector as the big bet is still on Nigeria’s largely untapped market. Some even argue that fintech will lead to the disposal of traditional banks.
The overall model for fintech companies is to provide financial services while removing the difficulty in the traditional system. Banks have concentrated in more profitable urban areas, far from the rural customers they are meant to serve. But with fintech, financial services such as savings, loans and investments can now reach a larger demographic.
But it’s not just startups. Telecommunication companies also want to be part of this market. And it’s not unreasonable: Nigeria’s telcos have made notable strides in the country. The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) says that telcos reach up to 98 per cent coverage and are present in all but one of the 774 local governments in the country, compared to seven bank branches per 100,000 people in Nigeria for commercial banks.
Is digital money the silver bullet?
On the 25th of October this year, the CBN launched an e-Naira — a blockchain-distributed form of the fiat naira. Among other propositions, the CBN claims it will increase financial inclusion. The main arguments in favour of the eNaira regarding financial inclusion are that it would improve access to digital financial services, enhance the efficiency of payments and lower the cost of financial products and services. Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) are controversial today because of their centralised nature. However, they can also have positive effects on the economy.
The concept of digital money is popular, so it can work in Nigeria. But it needs both acceptance and infrastructure to work. A large portion of the informal sector today still want to be paid in cash. Roadside plantain sellers do not care about digital payments, partially because most of their procurements require them to pay in cash. Rural populations and the elderly, who constitute a large percentage of the financially excluded, still rely on cash. It requires more than e-money to reach them with financial services. For the e-Naira to achieve its goal of financial inclusion, it needs a network of agents in target communities to speed up its adoption.
There’s also the obvious hurdle of literacy, which fintechs also face. Making transactions on mobile apps is great, but only for learned people. This is why mobile money services such as OPay, Paga and MTN’s MoMo gain quicker penetration and secure larger investments. Financial inclusion is only effective to the extent to which it removes barriers.
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3 Accounting policies for external financial reporting by the Government of New Zealand
This section of the Treasury Instructions details the accounting policies for use in the external financial statements of the Government of New Zealand.
3.2 Reporting entity
The consolidated financial statements for the Government reporting entity (financial statements of the Government of New Zealand) as defined in the Act must be prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Act.
Government reporting entity, as defined in section 2(1) of the Act, means:
- the Sovereign in right of New Zealand; and
- the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of the Government of New Zealand.
The description “Consolidated financial statements for the Government reporting entity ” and the description “Financial statements of the Government ” have the same meaning and can be used interchangeably.
3.2.1 Public benefit entity
For the purposes of financial reporting the Government of New Zealand is a public benefit entity.
3.3 General accounting policies
The Financial Statements of the Government of New Zealand must comply with generally accepted accounting practice.
The measurement base to be applied is historic cost modified by the revaluation of certain assets and liabilities.
Financial statements are to be prepared on an accrual basis.
The financial statements are to be presented in New Zealand dollars rounded to the nearest million.
3.4 Judgements and estimations
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with NZ IFRSs requires judgements, estimates and assumptions that affect the application of policies and reported amounts of assets and liabilities, income and expenses. The estimates and associated assumptions are based on historical experience and various other factors that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances. Actual results may differ from these estimates.
Where material, information on the major assumptions used in preparing the financial statements must be provided in the relevant accounting policy or the relevant note.
The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised if the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods if the revision affects both current and future periods.
Judgements that have significant effect on the financial statements and estimates with a significant risk of material adjustment in the next year must be discussed in the notes.
3.5 Specific accounting policies
3.5.1 Reporting and forecast period
The reporting and forecast period for the financial statements of the Government of New Zealand is the financial year from 1 July to 30 June.
Where necessary the financial information for State-owned enterprises and Crown entities that have a balance date other than 30 June will be adjusted for any transactions or events that have occurred since their most recent balance date and that are significant for the Government's financial statements.
3.5.2 Basis of combination
Ministers of the Crown, departments, Offices of Parliament, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand, the New Zealand Superannuation Fund, State-owned enterprises (including Air New Zealand Limited), Crown entities (excluding Tertiary education institutions) and organisations listed in Schedule 4 of the Public Finance Act 1989 are combined using the purchase method of combination.
Corresponding assets, liabilities, income and expenses, are added together line by line. Transactions and balances between these sub-entities must be eliminated on combination in accordance with the eliminations framework available from the Treasury website at www.treasury.govt.nz.
Where necessary, adjustments are made to the financial statements of subsidiaries to bring the accounting policies into line with those used by the Government reporting entity.
Where a subsidiary has a balance date other than 30 June, and their information is not reported to 30 June, the information reported to their most recent balance date is adjusted for any transactions that have occurred since then that are significant for the Government's financial statements.
Tertiary education institutions are equity accounted, which recognises these entities’ net assets, including asset revaluation movements and surpluses and deficits.
The basis of combination for joint ventures depends on the form of the joint venture.
- Jointly controlled operations: The Government reporting entity recognises the assets it controls, the liabilities and expenses that it incurs, and its share of the jointly controlled operations’ income.
- Jointly controlled assets: The Government reporting entity recognises its share of the jointly controlled assets, its share of any liabilities and expenses incurred jointly, any other liabilities and expenses it has incurred in respect of the jointly controlled asset, and income from the sale or use of its share of the output of the jointly controlled asset.
- Jointly controlled entities: Jointly controlled entities are equity accounted, whereby the Government reporting entity initially recognises its share of interest in these entities's net assets at cost and subsequently adjusts the cost for changes in net assets. The Government reporting entitys’ share of the jointly controlled entity's surpluses and deficits are recognised in the Statement of Financial Performance.
Business combinations that occurred prior to the transition to NZ IFRS are not restated retrospectively.
18.104.22.168 Taxation revenue levied through the Crown's sovereign power
The Crown provides many services and benefits that do not give rise to revenue. Further, payment of tax does not of itself entitle a taxpayer to an equivalent value of services or benefits, since there is no relationship between paying tax and receiving Crown services and transfers. Such revenue is received through the exercise of the Crown in Parliament's sovereign power.
Where possible, taxation revenue must be recognised at the time the debt to the Crown arises.
|Revenue type||Revenue recognition point|
|Source deductions||When an individual earns income that is subject to PAYE|
|Resident withholding tax||When an individual is paid interest or dividends subject to deduction at source|
|Fringe benefit tax (FBT)||When benefits are provided that give rise to FBT|
|Provisional tax||When taxable income is earned|
|Terminal tax||Assessment filed date|
|Goods and services tax (GST)||When the liability to the Crown is incurred|
|Customs and excise duty||When goods become subject to duty|
|Road user charges and motor vehicle fees||When payment of the fee or charge is made|
|Stamp, cheque and credit card duties||Assessment filed date|
|Exhaustible resources levy||When the resource is extracted|
|Other indirect taxes||When the debt to the Crown arises|
|Levies (eg, ACC levies)||When the obligation to pay the levy to the Crown is incurred|
22.214.171.124 Revenue earned through operations
Revenue from operations includes revenue that has been earned by the Crown in exchange for the provision of outputs (products or services) to third parties.
Revenue from the supply of goods and services to third parties must be measured at the fair value of consideration received. Revenue from the supply of goods must be recognised when the significant risks and rewards of ownership have been transferred to the buyer. Revenue from the supply of services must be recognised at balance date on a straight line basis over the specified period for the services unless an alternative method better represents the stage of completion of the transaction.
126.96.36.199 Interest income
Interest income must be accrued using the effective interest rate method.
The effective interest rate exactly discounts estimated future cash receipts through the expected life of the financial asset to that asset's net carrying amount. The method applies this rate to the principal outstanding to determine interest income each period.
188.8.131.52 Dividend income
Dividend income from investments must be recognised when the Government's rights as a shareholder to receive payment have been established.
184.108.40.206 Rental income
Rental income must be recognised in the Statement of Financial Performance on a straight-line basis over the term of the lease. Lease incentives granted must be recognised evenly over the term of the lease as a reduction in total rental income.
220.127.116.11 Donated or subsidised assets
Where a physical asset is acquired for nil or nominal consideration, the fair value of the asset received must be recognised as income in the Statement of Financial Performance.
Expenses must be recognised in the period to which they relate.
18.104.22.168 Welfare benefits and entitlements
Welfare benefits and entitlements, including New Zealand Superannuation, must be recognised in the period when an application for a benefit has been received and the eligibility criteria met.
22.214.171.124 Grants and subsidies
Where grants and subsidies are discretionary until payment, the expense must be recognised when the payment is made. Otherwise, the expense must be recognised when the specified criteria have been fulfilled and notice has been given to the Crown.
126.96.36.199 Interest expense
Interest expense must be accrued using the effective interest rate method.
The effective interest rate exactly discounts estimated future cash payments through the expected life of the financial liability to that liability's net carrying amount. The method applies this rate to the principal outstanding to determine interest expense each period.
Transactions in foreign currencies must be initially translated at the foreign exchange rate at the date of the transaction. Foreign exchange gains and losses resulting from the settlement of such transactions and from the translation at year-end exchange rates of monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies must be recognised in the Statement of Financial Performance, except when deferred in equity when hedge accounting is applied.
Non-monetary assets and liabilities measured at historical cost in a foreign currency must be translated using the exchange rate at the date of the transaction. Non-monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies and measured at fair value must be translated into New Zealand dollars at the exchange rate applicable at the fair value date. The associated foreign exchange gains or losses follow the fair value gains or losses to either the Statement of Financial Performance or directly to equity.
The exchange rate to be used in the translation of assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies is provided each month on the CFISnet home page.
Foreign exchange gains and losses arising from translating monetary items that form part of the net investment in a foreign operation must be reported in a translation reserve in equity.
3.5.6 Financial Instruments
Financial assets and financial liabilities must be designated into the categories in NZ IAS 39 Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement with reference to the business purpose of the financial instruments, policies and practices for their management, their relationship with other instruments and the reporting costs and benefits associated with each designation. Although they do not arise out of a contract, receivables from taxes, levies and fines (and any penalties associated with these activities) as well as social benefit receivables are for ease of presentation purposes included as a financial instrument. These non-contract receivables, collectively referred to as sovereign receivables, are designated separately from other financial assets.
Financial assets and liabilities must be recognised and measured in accordance with NZ IAS 39.
188.8.131.52 Financial assets
Financial assets held for trading and financial assets designated at fair value through profit or loss must be recorded at fair value with any realised and unrealised gains or losses recognised in the Statement of Financial Performance.
A financial asset is designated at fair value through profit and loss if acquired principally for the purpose of selling in the short term. It may also be designated into this category if the accounting treatment results in more relevant information because it either significant reduces an accounting mismatch with related liabilities or is part of a group of financial assets that is managed and evaluated on a fair value basis. Gains or losses from interest, foreign exchange and other fair value movements are separately reported in the Statement of Financial Performance. Transaction costs are expensed as they are incurred.
Available-for-sale financial assets are non-derivatives that are either designated in this category or not classified in any of the other categories. Available-for-sale financial assets must be initially recorded at fair value plus transaction costs. They must be subsequently recorded at fair value with any resultant fair value gains or losses recognised directly in equity except for impairment losses, any interest calculated using the effective interest method and, in the case of monetary items (such as debt securities), foreign exchange gains and losses resulting from translation differences due to changes in amortised cost of the asset. These latter items are recognised in the Statement of Financial Performance. For non-monetary available-for-sale financial assets (e.g. equity instruments) the fair value movements recognised in equity include any related foreign exchange component. At derecognition the cumulative fair value gain or loss previously recognised directly in equity is recognised in the Statement of Financial Performance.
Loans and receivables are non-derivative financial assets with fixed or determinable payments that are not quoted in an active market. Loans and receivables must be recognised initially at fair value plus transaction costs and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest rate method (refer interest revenue policy). Loans and receivables issued with a duration of less than 12 months are recognised at their nominal value, unless the effect of discounting is material. Allowances for estimated irrecoverable amounts are recognised when there is objective evidence that the asset is impaired. Interest, impairment losses and foreign exchange gains and losses are recognised in the Statement of Financial Performance.
Sovereign receivables are initially assessed at nominal amount or face value; that is, the receivable reflects the amount of tax owed, levy, fine charged, or social benefit debt payable . These receivables are subsequently adjusted for penalties and interest as they are charged, and tested for impairment. Interest and penalties charged on tax receivables is presented as tax revenue in the Statement of Financial Performance.
Cash and cash equivalents include cash on hand, cash in transit, bank accounts and deposits with a maturity of no more than three months from date of acquisition.
Fair values of quoted investments are based on current bid prices. Regular way purchases and sales of all financial assets are accounted for at trade date. If the market for a financial asset is not active, fair values for initial recognition and, where appropriate, subsequent measurement are established by using valuation techniques. At each balance date an assessment is made whether there is objective evidence that a financial asset or group of financial assets is impaired.
184.108.40.206 Financial liabilities
Financial liabilities held for trading and financial liabilities designated at fair value through profit or loss must be recorded at fair value with any realised and unrealised gains or losses recognised in the Statement of Financial Performance. A financial liability is designated at fair value through profit and loss if acquired principally for the purpose of selling in the short term. It may also be designated into this category if the accounting treatment results in more relevant information because it either eliminates or significantly reduces an accounting mismatch with related assets or is part of a group of financial liabilities that is managed and evaluated on a fair value basis. Gains or losses from interest, foreign exchange and other fair value movements are separately reported in the Statement of Financial Performance. Transaction costs are expensed as they are incurred.
Other financial liabilities must be recognised initially at fair value less transaction costs and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest rate method. Financial liabilities entered into with a duration of less than 12 months are recognised at their nominal value. Amortisation and, in the case of monetary items, foreign exchange gains and losses, are recognised in the Statement of Financial Performance as is any gain or loss when the liability is derecognised. Currency issued for circulation, including demonetised currency, is recognised at face value. Currency issued represents a liability in favour of the holder.
Derivative financial instruments must be recognised both initially and subsequently at fair value. They are reported as either assets or liabilities depending on whether the derivative is in a net gain or net loss position respectively. Recognition of the movements in the value of derivatives depends on whether the derivative is designated as a hedging instrument and, if so, the nature of the item being hedged (see Hedging section below).
Derivatives that are not designated as for hedge accounting are classified as held-for-trading financial instruments with fair value gains or losses recognised in the Statement of Financial Performance. Such derivatives may be entered into for risk management purposes, although not formally designated for hedge accounting, or for tactical trading. The underlying intent of the derivative influences where gains and losses are reported in the Statement of Financial Performance.
Individual entities consolidated within the Government reporting entity apply hedge accounting after considering the costs and benefits of adopting hedge accounting, including whether an economic hedge exists and the effectiveness of that hedge, whether the hedge accounting qualifications could be met, and the extent it would improve the relevance of reported results.
Transactions between entities within the Government reporting entity do not qualify for hedge accounting in the financial statements of the Government (although they may qualify for hedge accounting in the separate financial statements of the individual entities). Where a derivative is used to hedge the foreign exchange exposure of a monetary asset or liability, the effects of the hedge relationship are automatically reflected in the Statement of Financial Performance so hedge accounting is not necessary.
(a) Cash flow hedge
Where a derivative qualifies as a hedge of variability in asset or liability cash flows (cash flow hedge), the effective part of any gain or loss on the derivative may be recognised in equity and the ineffective part must be recognised in the Statement of Financial Performance. Where the hedge of a forecast transaction subsequently results in the recognition of a non-financial asset or non-financial liability (e.g. where the hedge relates to purchase of an asset in a foreign currency), the amount recognised directly in equity may be included in the initial cost of the asset or liability. Otherwise, gains or losses recognised in equity transfer to the Statement of Financial Performance in the same periods as when the hedged item affects the Statement of Financial Performance (e.g. when the forecast sale occurs). Both effective and ineffective parts of the hedge are recognised in the same area of the Statement of Financial Performance as the hedged item.
When a hedging instrument expires or is sold, or when a hedge no longer meets the criteria for hedge accounting, any cumulative gain or loss existing in equity at that time remains in equity and is recognised when the forecast transaction is ultimately recognised in the Statement of Financial Performance. When a forecast transaction is no longer expected to occur, the cumulative gain or loss that was reported in equity is transferred to the Statement of Financial Performance.
(b) Fair value hedge
Where a derivative qualifies as a hedge of the exposure to changes in fair value of an asset or liability (fair value hedge) any gain or loss on the derivative is recognised in the Statement of Financial Performance together with any changes in the fair value of the hedged asset or liability.
The carrying amount of the hedged item is adjusted by the fair value gain or loss on the hedged item in respect of the risk being hedged. Both effective and ineffective parts of the hedge must be recognised in the same area of the Statement of Financial Performance as the hedged item.
Inventories must be accounted for in accordance with the relevant financial reporting standard (refer NZ IAS 2 Inventories and NZ IAS 41 Agriculture).
Inventories are recorded at the lower of cost (calculated using weighted average method) and net realisable value. Inventories held for distribution for public benefit purposes are recorded at the lower of cost and current replacement cost. Where inventories are acquired at no cost, or for nominal consideration, the cost shall be the current replacement cost at the date of acquisition.
Inventories include unissued currency and harvested agricultural produce (e.g. logs, wool).
The cost of harvested agricultural produce is measured at fair value less estimated point-of-sale costs at the point of harvest.
3.5.8 Property, plant and equipment
Items of property, plant and equipment must initially be recorded at cost. Cost may include transfers from equity of any gains/losses on qualifying cash flow hedges of foreign currency purchases of property, plant and equipment. Where an asset is acquired for nil or nominal consideration the asset will be recognised initially at fair value, where fair value can be reliably determined, with the fair value of the asset received, less costs incurred to acquire the asset, also recognised as income in the Statement of Financial Performance.
Revaluations are carried out for a number of classes of property, plant and equipment to reflect the service potential or economic benefit obtained through control of the asset. Revaluation is based on the fair value of the asset, with changes reported by class of asset.
Subsequent to initial recognition, classes of property, plant and equipment must be accounted for as set out below.
|Class of PPE||Accounting policy|
|Land & Buildings||Land and buildings are recorded at fair value less impairment losses and, for buildings, less depreciation accumulated since the assets were last revalued.|
|Valuations undertaken in accordance with standards issued by the New Zealand Property Institute are used where available.|
|Otherwise, valuations conducted in accordance with the Rating Valuation Act 1998, may be used if they have been confirmed as appropriate by an independent valuer.|
|When revaluing buildings, there must be componentisation to the level required to ensure adequate representation of the material components of the buildings. At a minimum, this requires componentisation to three levels: structure, building services and fit-out.|
|Specialist Military Equipment||Specialist military equipment is recorded at fair value (which is determined using depreciated replacement cost) less depreciation and impairment losses accumulated since the assets were last revalued.|
|Valuations are obtained through specialist assessment by New Zealand Defence Force advisers, and the bases of these valuations are confirmed as appropriate by an independent valuer.|
|State Highways||State highways are recorded at fair value (which is determined using depreciated replacement cost) less depreciation and impairment losses accumulated since the assets were last revalued. Land associated with the state highways is valued using an opportunity cost based on adjacent use, as an approximation to fair value.|
|Rail Network||The Rail Network is recorded on a depreciated replacement cost basis less depreciation and impairment losses accumulated since the assets were last revalued. Land associated with the state highways is valued using an opportunity cost based on adjacent use, as an approximation for fair value.|
|Aircraft||Aircraft (excluding Specialised Military Equipment) are recorded at fair value less depreciation and impairment losses accumulated since the assets were last revalued.|
|Electricity Distribution||Electricity distribution network assets are recorded at cost, less accumulated depreciation and accumulated impairment losses.|
|Electricity Generation||Electricity generation assets are recorded at fair value less depreciation and impairment losses accumulated since the assets were last revalued.|
|Other PPE – at cost||Other property, plant and equipment, which include motor vehicles and office equipment, are recorded at cost less accumulated depreciation and accumulated impairment losses.|
|Specified cultural and heritage assets||Specified cultural and heritage assets comprise national parks, conservation areas and related recreational facilities, as well as National Archives holdings and the collections of the National Library, Parliamentary Library and Te Papa. Such physical assets are recorded at fair value less subsequent impairment losses and, for non-land assets, less subsequent accumulated depreciation. Assets are not reported with a financial value in cases where they are not realistically able to be reproduced or replaced, when they do not generate cash flows and where no market exists to provide a valuation.|
Classes of property, plant and equipment that are revalued, must be revalued at least every five years or whenever the carrying amount differs materially to fair value.
Items of property must be revalued to fair value for the highest and best use of the item on the basis of the market value of the item, or on the basis of market based evidence, such as discounted cash flow calculations. If no market based evidence of fair value exists, fair value must be estimated using an optimised depreciated replacement cost approach. Where an item of property is recorded at its optimised depreciated replacement cost, optimised depreciated replacement cost must be based on the estimated present cost of constructing the existing item of property by the most appropriate method of construction, less allowances for physical deterioration and optimisation for obsolescence and relevant surplus capacity. Where an item of property is recorded at its optimised depreciated replacement cost, borrowing costs must be expensed.
Unrealised gains and losses arising from changes in the value of property, plant and equipment are recognised as at balance date. To the extent that a gain reverses a loss previously charged to the Statement of Financial Performance for the asset class, the gain is credited to the Statement of Financial Performance. Otherwise, gains are credited to an asset revaluation reserve for that class of asset. To the extent that there is a balance in the asset revaluation reserve for the asset class any loss is debited to the reserve. Otherwise, losses are reported in the Statement of Financial Performance.
Accumulated depreciation at revaluation date may be either restated proportionately or eliminated against the gross carrying amount so that the carrying amount after revaluation equals the revalued amount. The elimination approach must be applied unless Treasury has been otherwise informed.
Realised gains and losses arising from disposal of property, plant and equipment are recognised in the Statement of Financial Performance in the period in which the transaction occurs. Any balance attributable to the disposed asset in the asset revaluation reserve is transferred to retained earnings.
For each property, plant and equipment asset project, borrowing costs incurred during the period required to complete and prepare the asset for its intended use are expensed.
The carrying amounts of plant, property and equipment must be reviewed at least annually to determine if there is any indication of impairment. Where an asset's recoverable amount is less than its carrying amount, it will be reported at its recoverable amount and an impairment loss will be recognised. Losses resulting from impairment are reported in the Statement of Financial Performance, unless the asset is carried at a revalued amount in which case any impairment loss is treated as a revaluation decrease.
Depreciation must be charged on a straight-line basis at rates calculated to allocate the cost or valuation of an item of property, plant and equipment, less any estimated residual value, over its estimated useful life.
Typically, the estimated useful lives of different classes of property, plant and equipment are as follows:
|Class of PPE||Estimated useful lives|
|Freehold buildings||25 to 60 years|
|Specialist military equipment||5 to 25 years|
|Pavement (surfacing)||7 years|
|Pavement (other)||36 years|
|Bridges||90 to 100 years|
|Track and ballast||40 years|
|Tunnels and bridges||80 years|
|Overhead traction and signalling||
|Aircraft (ex specialist military equipment)||10 to 20 years|
|Electricity distribution network||2 to 80 years|
|Electricity generation assets||25 to 55 years|
|Other plant and equipment||3 to 25 years|
3.5.9 Biological assets
Biological assets (e.g. trees, sheep) managed for harvesting into agricultural produce (e.g. logs, wool) or for transforming into additional biological assets must be measured at fair value less estimated point-of-sale costs, with any realised and unrealised gains or losses reported in the Statement of Financial Performance. Where fair value cannot be reliably determined, the asset is recorded at cost less accumulated depreciation and accumulated impairment losses. For commercial forests, fair value takes into account age, quality of timber and the forest management plan.
Biological assets not managed for harvesting into agricultural produce, or being transformed into additional biological assets are reported as property, plant and equipment in accordance with the policies for property, plant and equipment.
3.5.10 Intangible assets
Intangible assets must be initially recorded at cost. The cost of intangible assets acquired in a business combination is their fair values at date of acquisition. Where an intangible asset is acquired for nil or nominal consideration it must still be initially carried at cost, which by definition is nil/nominal. The treatment outlined in NZ IAS 38 Intangible Assets (paragraph 44) exemption is for recipients of government grants and is not applicable for the financial statements of the Government. NZ IAS 38 also does not contemplate the situation of assets being internally generated through legislation or regulation. Entities with intangible assets generated through legislation or regulation should consult with Treasury
The cost of an internally generated intangible asset represents expenditure incurred in the development phase of the asset only. The development phase occurs after the following can be demonstrated: technical feasibility; ability to complete the asset; intention and ability to sell or use; and development expenditure can be reliably measured. Research is “original and planned investigation undertaken with the prospect of gaining new scientific or technical knowledge and understanding ”. Expenditure incurred on the research phase of an internally generated intangible asset is expensed when it is incurred. Where the research phase cannot be distinguished from the development phase, the expenditure is expensed when it is incurred.
Intangible assets with finite lives are subsequently recorded at cost less any amortisation and impairment losses. Amortisation is charged to the Statement of Financial Performance on a straight-line basis over the useful life of the asset. Typically, the estimated useful lives of computer software is 3 to 5 years.
Assets with indefinite useful lives are not amortised, but are tested at least annually for impairment.
Where there is an active market for an intangible asset, the asset is recorded at a revalued amount, being fair value less any subsequent accumulated depreciation and subsequent accumulated impairment losses. Revaluations are done for each intangible asset, not for a class of asset.
Realised gains and losses arising from disposal of intangible assets are recognised in the Statement of Financial Performance in the period in which the transaction occurs. Unrealised gains and losses arising from changes in the value of intangible assets are recognised as at balance date.
- To the extent that a gain reverses a loss previously charged to the Statement of Financial Performance, the gain is credited to the Statement of Financial Performance. Otherwise, gains are credited to an asset revaluation reserve for that asset.
- To the extent that there is a balance in the asset revaluation reserve for the intangible asset a revaluation loss is debited to the reserve. Otherwise, losses are reported in the Statement of Financial Performance.
Intangible assets with finite lives must be reviewed at least annually to determine if there is any indication of impairment. An intangible asset with an indefinite life must be tested for impairment annually. Where an intangible asset's recoverable amount is less than its carrying amount, it will be reported at its recoverable amount and an impairment loss will be recognised. Losses resulting from impairment are reported in the Statement of Financial Performance, unless the asset is carried at a revalued amount in which case the impairment loss is treated as a revaluation decrease.
Goodwill acquired in a business combination must be recognised as an asset at cost and tested for impairment at least annually. Any impairment of goodwill is recognised as an expense. Impairment losses on goodwill are not reversed. For the purpose of impairment testing, goodwill must be allocated to cash generating units. Unless otherwise stated, the cash generating unit is synonymous with the entity acquired (i.e. Air New Zealand).
3.5.11 Non-current assets held for sale and discontinued operations
Non-current assets or disposal groups are separately classified where their carrying amount will be recovered through a sale transaction rather than continuing use; that is, where such assets are available for immediate sale and where sale is highly probable. Non-current assets or disposal groups must be recorded at the lower of their carrying amount and fair value less costs to sell.
3.5.12 Investment Property
Investment property is property held primarily to earn rentals or for capital appreciation or both. It does not include property held primarily for strategic purposes or to provide a social service (e.g. affordable housing) even though such property may earn rentals or appreciate in value – such property is reported as property, plant and equipment. Nor does investment property include property interests held under operating leases.
Investment properties must be measured at fair value. Gains or losses arising from fair value changes are included in the Statement of Financial Performance. Valuations are undertaken in accordance with standards issued by the New Zealand Property Institute.
The cost model is permitted only where the fair value cannot be reliably determined. Entities with investment property that cannot be reliably determined must provide Treasury with details of such investment properties.
3.5.13 Employee benefits
Employee benefits must be accounted for in accordance with NZ IAS 19 Employee Benefits.
220.127.116.11 Pension liabilities
Obligations for contributions to defined contribution retirement plans are recognised in the Statement of Financial Performance as they fall due. Obligations for defined benefit retirement plans are recorded at the latest actuarial value of the Crown liability. All movements in the liability, including actuarial gains and losses, are recognised in full in the Statement of Financial Performance in the period in which they occur.
18.104.22.168 Other employee entitlements
Employee entitlements to salaries and wages, annual leave, long service leave, retiring leave and other similar benefits are recognised in the Statement of Financial Performance when they accrue to employees. Employee entitlements to be settled within 12 months are reported at the amount expected to be paid. The liability for long-term employee entitlements is reported as the present value of the estimated future cash outflows.
In 2009 the Treasury issued two excel models (spreadsheets) to calculate long service leave and retiring leave liabilities that comply with NZ IAS 19. These models can be downloaded from Treasury Circular 2009/06. Entities that used the 1998 long service leave model, or have adapted another model based on Treasury Circular 1998/15, must switch to these new models for the financial year ending 30 June 2009 and beyond. However, an entity may continue to engage an independent actuary, or use their in-house valuation models approved by an independent actuary, rather than switch to the new in-house Treasury models.
22.214.171.124 Termination benefits
Termination benefits are recognised in the Statement of Financial Performance only when there is a demonstrable commitment to either terminate employment prior to normal retirement date or to provide such benefits as a result of an offer to encourage voluntary redundancy. Termination benefits settled within 12 months are reported at the amount expected to be paid, otherwise they are reported as the present value of the estimated future cash outflows.
3.5.14 Insurance contracts
The future cost of ACC claims liabilities must be revalued annually based on the latest actuarial information. Movements of the liability are reflected in the Statement of Financial Performance. Financial assets backing the liability are designated at fair value through profit and loss.
Finance leases and operating leases must be accounted for in accordance with NZ IAS 17 Leases.
Finance leases transfer to the Crown as lessee substantially all the risks and rewards incident on the ownership of a leased asset. Initial recognition of a finance lease results in an asset and liability being recognised at amounts equal to the lower of the fair value of the leased property or the present value of the minimum lease payments. The capitalised values are amortised over the period in which the Crown expects to receive benefits from their use.
Economically speaking, finance leases are a form of borrowing that, depending on an entity's borrowing powers, may require prior ministerial approval. See Treasury Instruction 126.96.36.199 which sets out issues to consider and information to provide when seeking approval for finance leases.
Operating leases, where the lessor substantially retains the risks and rewards of ownership, are recognised in a systematic manner over the term of the lease. Leasehold improvements are capitalised and the cost is amortised over the unexpired period of the lease or the estimated useful life of the improvements, whichever is shorter. Lease incentives received are recognised evenly over the term of the lease as a reduction in rental expense.
3.5.16 Other liabilities and provisions
Other liabilities and provisions must be recorded at the best estimate of the expenditure required to settle the obligation. Liabilities and provisions to be settled beyond 12 months are recorded at their present value.
3.5.17 Contingent assets and contingent liabilities
Contingent assets and contingent liabilities must be accounted for in accordance with NZ IAS 37 Provisions, Contingent Liabilities and Contingent Assets.
Contingent liabilities and contingent assets are recorded in the Statement of Contingent Liabilities and Contingent Assets at the point at which the contingency is evident. Contingent liabilities are disclosed if the possibility that they will crystallise is not remote. Contingent assets are disclosed if it is probable that the benefits will be realised.
Commitments are future expenses and liabilities to be incurred on contracts that have been entered into at balance date.
Information on non-cancellable commitments must be disclosed in the Statement of Commitments.
Cancellable commitments that have penalty or exit costs explicit in the agreement on exercising the option to cancel must be included in the Statement of Commitments at the value of that penalty or exit cost (i.e. the minimum future payments).
Commitments must be classified as:
- Capital commitments: aggregate amount of capital expenditure contracted for but not recognised as paid or provided for at period end. NZ IAS 16 Property, Plant and Equipment (paragraph 74(c)) requires the disclosure of contractual commitments for the acquisition of property, plant and equipment.
- Non-cancellable operating leases with a lease term of more than one year (as required by NZ IAS 17 Leases). These must be classified into liabilities due under the lease in the following periods:
- not later than one year;
- later than one year and not later than five years; and
- later than five years.
- Other non-cancellable commitments: these may include consulting contracts, cleaning contracts and ship charters. These must be classified into commitments due in the following periods:
- not later than one year;
- later than one year and not later than five years; and
- later than five years.
Interest commitments on debts and commitments relating to employment contracts must not be included in the Statement of Commitments.
When presentation or classification of items in the financial statements is amended or accounting policies are changed voluntarily, comparative figures must be restated to ensure consistency with the current period unless it is impracticable to do so.
3.5.20 Institutional analysis
The Government reporting entity is not required to provide segment reporting as it is a public benefit entity. Nevertheless, information is presented for material institutional components and major economic activities within or undertaken by the Government Reporting Entity. The three major institutional components of the Crown are:
- Core Crown: This group, which includes Ministers, government departments, offices of Parliament and the Reserve Bank of New Zealand most closely represents the budget sector and provides information that is useful for fiscal analysis purposes.
- State-owned enterprises including entities governed by the State –owned Enterprises Act, and for the purposes of these statements also includes Air New Zealand, represents entities that undertake commercial activity.
- Crown entities: This group includes entities governed by the Crown Entities Act 2004. These entities have separate legal form and specified government frameworks (including the degree to which each Crown entity is required to give effect to, or be independent of, government policy.
Functional analysis is also provided of a number of financial statements items. This functional analysis is drawn from the Classification of the Functions of Government produced by the International Monetary Fund.
3.5.21 Related parties
The Government comprises a large number of commonly controlled entities. These entities, and their key management personnel, transact among themselves and with the Government reporting entity on a regular basis, for example, for the purchase of postage stamps or the registration of vehicles. The Public Finance Act 1989 requires separate reporting by these individual entities and these entities will report transactions with the Crown and other related parties as appropriate in these individual financial statements.
With the exception of key management personnel, no other parties control the Government, are controlled by the Government without being consolidated, or are under common control of another entity with the government. Tertiary education institutions, joint ventures and the Government Superannuation Fund are however considered related parties due to government influence and transactions between the government reporting entity and these entities are separately disclosed where material.
Key management personnel, defined as Ministers of the Crown that are in Cabinet, are also considered to be related parties. | <urn:uuid:7614d2e1-b2da-4843-8c96-2766fe43db98> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://www.treasury.govt.nz/publications/guidance/instructions/2009/03.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988720737.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183840-00220-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.944106 | 8,410 | 2.09375 | 2 |
Report questions over-capacity in pharma
14 June 2021
New research reveals that 42% of senior executives in the pharmaceutical manufacturing industry across Europe and the US admit their company maintains factory space it might never need, exposing a lack of data-driven planning and asset-optimisation, says Aspen Technology.
The research, commissioned by Aspen, explores the progress of digitalisation among 300 decision-makers in the UK, US, Germany, France, Spain and Sweden.
The findings reveal how ill-prepared many data-deprived manufacturers are for the future even though many understand the transformational capabilities of digitalisation and the challenges they face. More than half of all respondents (54%) believe Covid-19 will continue to disrupt vaccine manufacturing and 50% think the pandemic will force a rethink of where companies locate their manufacturing plants.
Nearly three-in-ten (29%), however, believe data can deliver most value in predicting product demand, monitoring supply chain quality and predicting and resolving supply shortages.
“Companies that are digital culture leaders have the edge now in asset-optimisation and planning,” said David Leitham, senior vice president and general manager pharma, AspenTech. “Not only do they benefit from predictive maintenance to reduce downtime, they can also use artificial intelligence and machine learning to reduce unused factory and asset space and be far better prepared for shifts in demand.”
Many decision-makers understand what data can do. More than a third (34%) of senior executives in the research say data can deliver most value in helping them optimise production line capacity, and 33% say data will help guarantee security of the manufacturing process.
“Many pharma companies still need to develop a culture that embraces artificial intelligence and machine learning to unleash their potential,” said Leitham.
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Secret SQL 7.0
DBAs will find this a handy, useful guide to SQL 7.0's hidden gems.
With all the changes Microsoft has
made in SQL Server from version 6.5 to 7.0, every DBA
needs a good reference to the ins and outs of the relational
database management system. IDG has updated its popular
Secrets guide with information that proves to be a useful
additional to any SQL Server reference library for new
and seasoned SQL Server users.
Chapters 1 and 2 discuss server specifications
and installation requirements and procedures. These
chapters are thorough enough to help anybody beginning
the SQL Server journey, as well as familiar users who
don't quite understand the implications of network protocol
options and the value of properly specified hardware
In chapter 3, "Basic Server Setup,"
a lot of the server configuration options, which are
often neglected, get discussed in detail. The authors
provide recommendations for optimizing the server configuration,
including a valuable review of "which default options
to change immediately."
No SQL reference would be complete
without reviewing the many uses of the Query Analyzer,
as discussed in chapter 4. Understanding how to use
the execution plans is valuable when experimenting with
alternative query options.
Administrators will appreciate the
information in chapter 6, "SQL Mail, Alerts, Jobs, and
Database Maintenance." Having these features available
doesn't do any good unless you know how to implement
them-and the authors do a great job explaining the process.
Chapters 8 through 10 cover a lot
of ground on using Transact-SQL, SQL Server's enhanced
version of ANSI-SQL 92. What you don't often find in
reference books about T-SQL is the difference between
SQL Server's rendition of the language and the standard.
This chapter reveals the nuances between the languages
and the future direction of the language and standard
specification for all relational database management
If you want more in-depth information
for monitoring and optimizing SQL Server, chapter 24
covers the Database Consistency Checker (DBCC) tool
and provides great examples on how to use many of the
more useful utilities and diagnostics available only
Chapter 19, "Practical SQL-DMO,"
focuses on using the Microsoft Management Console and
developing a custom snap-in; the code discussed is also
included on the CD. Although it's geared more towards
C++ programmers, it does give some insight into the
possibilities of extending the functionality of the
MMC and custom snap-in using the enhanced features of
the SQL-DMO interface.
The CD included with the book offers
some useful code, including time-saving maintenance
and administrative stored procedures. It also includes
an evaluation copy of SQL 7.0, handy for testing purposes
on a Windows 9x workstation.
The only caveat when using this text
as a reference is that there remains some of the old
information that was valid for 6.5, but not 7.0—in
particular, a handful of references to stored procedures
and system tables that are no longer valid. (It looks
like the authors didn't quite do as thorough a job reviewing
the material to make it reflect the current release.)
Some screenshots are obviously from the beta, which
isn't really a surprise with a book published so soon
after the final release. Overall, however, the Secrets
book is a valuable reference for DBAs and developers
because it provides practical coverage and examples
of many of the commonly used features and "secrets"
to using Transact-SQL, replication, SQL-DMO, and Microsoft
Nivine Zakhari, MCSE+Internet, MCSD, MCDBA, is an independent technical consultant and founder of MSPROS, a network of independent Microsoft Certified Professionals and solution providers based in Houston, Texas. She has been in engineering and IT consulting since 1993 and holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in industrial engineering from the University of Houston. | <urn:uuid:f5763b64-c395-4f5f-a8f7-b78f1ddf1e68> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://redmondmag.com/Articles/2000/01/01/Secret-SQL-70.aspx | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560285315.77/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095125-00568-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.879742 | 859 | 1.898438 | 2 |
Indigenous Peoples Day of Rage
|Date||October 11, 2020|
|Venue||South Park Blocks|
|Location||Portland, Oregon, United States|
The Indigenous Peoples Day of Rage, often abbreviated as the Day of Rage, was a protest held in Portland, Oregon on October 11, 2020. The demonstration was declared a riot by the Portland Police Bureau and saw the toppling of two statues in the South Park Blocks as well as vandalism to the Oregon Historical Society and other local businesses.
The Day of Rage was held on the eve of Indigenous Peoples' Day, a holiday commemorating Native American peoples which began as a counter-celebration held on the same day as the U.S. federal holiday of Columbus Day, which celebrates the anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the Americas on October 12, 1492. The City of Portland has recognized Indigenous Peoples' Day since 2015. The Day of Rage was organized amidst the COVID-19 pandemic and George Floyd protests, a series of demonstrations which began in May 2020 as part of the responses to the murder of George Floyd. Part of the response was the removal of monuments and memorials associated with racial injustice.
The protested attracted approximately 200 people. Demonstrators toppled the statue of Abraham Lincoln and Alexander Phimister Proctor's equestrian statue of Theodore Roosevelt called Theodore Roosevelt, Rough Rider (1922), and vandalized the Oregon Historical Society, among other buildings. According to KOIN's Jenny Young, Roosevelt's "history with Native Americans is considered sordid and racist".
The text "Dakota 38" was spray painted on the Lincoln memorial's base, referring to his role in a mass execution of Native Americans in Minnesota in 1862. The Portland Police Bureau declared the protest a riot and said participants smashed windows on several buildings. Authorities arrested three people, including Malik Fard Muhamad, who was charged with "one count of unlawful possession of a firearm, one count of possession of a loaded firearm in public, one count of criminal mischief in the first degree and one count of riot".
The city's mayor Ted Wheeler said the event was "not an act of social justice" and called the rioters' actions "an attack on institutions that support the oppressed people protesters are defending". During a press conference, he confirmed the presence of braggadocious social media posts by vandals. Police chief Chuck Lovell described damage to the Oregon Historic Society, Portland State University's Public Safety building, and at least three other businesses: a bank, a coffee shop, and a restaurant. He also said bullet holes showed evidence of gunfire directed at another restaurant.
Tawna Sanchez, a member of the Oregon House of Representatives representing the 43rd district covering parts of Portland, also described the destruction at the press conference. She condemned the rioters actions and said, "The violence doesn't work for us. We know that during the time of Standing Rock, the elders told us that the violence was not going to help. We also know, just in reality here, that we cannot tear down the system using fire or rocks or destruction and then build it back up from nothing." An Oregon Historical Society representative confirmed the museum's collection was unharmed. However, an "African-American heritage, bicentennial quilt" deemed a "priceless piece of history" was stolen and retrieved a few blocks away. The quilt was wet but salvageable.
U.S President Donald Trump posted three tweets about the riot. The first said, "Taking advantage of fools. Law & Order! Portland, call in the Feds!", and a second read, "These are Biden fools. ANTIFA RADICALS. Get them FBI, and get them now!" The third said, "The FBI and Law Enforcement must focus their energy on ANTIFA and the Radical Left, those who have spent the summer trying to burn down poorly run Democrat Cities throughout the USA!"
The Portland Indian Leaders Roundtable released a statement which said in part:
We, the members of the Portland Indian Leaders Roundtable, disapprove of the destruction and theft of property, and threat of violence by those participating in demonstrations last night. As with other resistance movements who have turned out in countless numbers this year, we understand that there is justifiable righteous indignation over the unconscionable mistreatment of our people and communities over centuries, and that Indigenous People’s Day is a time to reflect and speak out against these injustices. Yet, we cannot condone pointless acts of vandalism and the brandishing of weapons that serve only to detract from the real message that must be heard: Indigenous people continue to suffer at the will of systems designed to eradicate our self-determination, culture, economies, and families. Until we dismantle those systems, there will be no justice.
- Kavanaugh, Shane Dixon (October 12, 2020). "Portland protesters topple statues of Theodore Roosevelt, Abraham Lincoln in 'Day of Rage'; police declare riot". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on December 4, 2020. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
- Young, Jenny (October 12, 2020). "Indigenous leaders react to 'Day of Rage' damage". KOIN. Archived from the original on December 4, 2020. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
- "Wheeler, Lovell blast 'Day of Rage' violence, destruction". KOIN. October 12, 2020. Archived from the original on December 4, 2020. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
- Holcombe, Madeline; Selva, Jenn (October 13, 2020). "Man facing charges after damage to Oregon Historical Society in Portland protests". CNN. Archived from the original on December 4, 2020. Retrieved November 22, 2020. | <urn:uuid:f11428ad-e5a4-4aed-9e8d-85ffa267a4b4> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://wiki.alquds.edu/?query=Indigenous_Peoples_Day_of_Rage | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570767.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808061828-20220808091828-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.951821 | 1,233 | 2.859375 | 3 |
Published Monday, Aug. 19, 2013 | 8:27 a.m.
Updated Monday, Aug. 19, 2013 | 4:03 p.m.
The Las Vegas Valley escaped more rain today, despite a forecast for more storms this afternoon.
The National Weather Service had predicted that storms would develop about noon or 1 p.m. today, but no storms had appeared as of 3:30 p.m., said Ryan Metzger, a meteorologist in the Las Vegas office.
There’s still a 30 percent chance of storms through 10 p.m., Metzger said. Several storms have developed south along Interstate 15 in San Bernardino County, Calif.
“It’s just kind of hard to predict when and where those storms will fire up,” he said. “All the ingredients are there.”
A total of .17 inches of rain was recorded at McCarran International Airport on Sunday as thunderstorms brought locally heavy rain and wind to the valley, said Chris Stumpf, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service.
Some parts of the valley saw significantly more rain, leading to flooding and accidents.
The heaviest rains were in the southwest and parts of Henderson, where up to .79 inches of rain was recorded.
Any storms today could lead to more localized flooding, Stumpf said.
“These storms aren’t going to be moving very fast and that’s what can do it. They’ll sit and dump heavy rain over one place,” he said.
The Nevada Highway Patrol responded to about 50 accident calls Sunday from the time it started raining until midnight, a sharp increase from the 20 or so wrecks troopers would normally see in that period, Trooper Jeremie Elliott said.
A pair of single-vehicle accidents on Interstate 15 south of Henderson sent three people to the hospital, but no fatalities were reported Elliott said.
Many accidents were on freeway ramps, a common problem spot during heavy rains, he said. | <urn:uuid:51f47850-ad6f-49e8-a6fe-a9b65f06c76b> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://lasvegassun.com/news/2013/aug/19/after-soggy-weekend-more-wet-weather-way/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988718957.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183838-00435-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.959172 | 418 | 1.664063 | 2 |
Queens College provides a first-rate, globally focused education to talented people from all ethnic, social, and economic backgrounds, and consistently receives high ratings in the most prestigious college guidebooks. Its celebrated liberal arts curriculum offers the knowledge and skills students need to be successful in their careers and their lives.
QUEENS COLLEGE: The Choice that will change your life
Today, with more than 19,000 students, we’re one of the largest four-year colleges in the City University of New York. Our highly diverse student population hails from over 150 countries. The college has consistently been praised by the Princeton Review, U.S. News & World Report, Washington Monthly, and Forbes and Money magazines for its outstanding academics, generous financial aid packages, and very affordable tuition. Our students note in a recent Princeton Review guide that the “various backgrounds of different students/faculty make for an eye-opening cultural experience.” In that same edition, our students say that our teachers are “caring and devoted.”
Programs for Everyone
With over 170 graduate and undergraduate majors, honors and pre-professional programs, and countless research and internship opportunities, you can realize your potential in many ways at Queens. The college offers a number of nationally recognized programs, such as our Aaron Copland School of Music, which combines conservatory training with a fine liberal arts education, and our School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, which offers degrees in environmental science and environmental studies We have more computer science students than any university in the city, and we rank third statewide in our number of accounting and business students. We’re also the ideal choice for aspiring educators—no school in the metropolitan area has graduated more teachers, counselors, and principals than Queens College.
Fields of knowledge have been expanding at a dizzying rate, which is why we are always developing new majors. In recent years we have introduced degree programs in photonics, data analytics, and media studies. Our expanded education abroad program is opening students’ eyes to exciting options for learning in scores of countries.
Honors programs are central to the college’s tradition of value and excellence, providing opportunities for faculty mentorship and advanced research. We participate in CUNY’s Macaulay Honors College, which supports gifted students with full tuition, a free laptop, and other benefits. We also offer our own honors programs in the arts and humanities, sciences, and social sciences, and a special honors program just for transfer students.
No matter what you major in, you will study with an accessible, award-winning faculty dedicated to teaching, scholarship, and research. Almost 90 percent have attained the terminal degree in their field, and many also teach in the doctoral programs at the CUNY Graduate Center. Our faculty’s work has been recognized with numerous fellowships, awards, and research grants from such organizations as the National Science Foundation, the Guggenheim Foundation, and the National Institutes of Health.
Queens College is centrally located off the Long Island Expressway between Manhattan and Long Island. The 80-acre campus features a traditional grassy quad surrounded by both historic Spanish-style and modern buildings with state-of-the-art technology. Our students have the option of enjoying all the benefits of living on campus in our Summit Apartments.
But whether you live on campus or commute, you’ll find a welcoming environment at Queens, with a bustling student union and opportunities to join dozens of clubs and sports (we’re the only CUNY school participating in Division II sports). Our campus offers complete athletics facilities, including an Olympic-size swimming pool, indoor and outdoor tennis courts, and a fully equipped fitness center.
Campuswide Wi-Fi, computer kiosks, cybercafés, and a digital signage network assure you’re always in touch with the Queens College community and the world beyond. Ongoing cultural events include a celebrated series of readings by authors such as Margaret Atwood, Ian McEwan, Toni Morrison, and Salman Rushdie; concerts by world-famous artists; and theatre and dance performances.
Our alumni—there are more than 150,000—excel in all areas of society. More than half of our graduates pursue advanced degrees, and about two-thirds of recent alumni hold professional and management positions. They can be found at the top of almost any field, whether it is business (Carol Hochman, CEO, Triumph Marketing), the media (Robert J. Sorrentino, President, Bertelsmann, Inc.), politics (U.S. Representative Joseph Crowley), or entertainment (Jerry Seinfeld, Paul Simon, and Jon Favreau).
Ready to meet your future? Visit www.qc.cuny.edu to learn more about Queens College.
Subway & Bus
E, F, G, R to Continental Avenue and bus Q65A; E, F to Union Turnpike and bus Q74VP; J, Z to Jamaica Center and bus Q25-34; #7 to Street, Flushing and bus Q25-34 or Q17.
LIRR: to Jamaica and bus Q44 (stops two blocks from campus).
Queens College Shuttle to and from Jamaica Center and Flushing–Main Street. | <urn:uuid:e0b9eda9-96ff-482a-aeaf-dcf6e5b7b5c3> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://www2.cuny.edu/about/colleges-schools/qc/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988718957.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183838-00436-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.938432 | 1,090 | 1.5625 | 2 |
The Kokolo secondary school is in Bandalungwa, one of the municipalities of Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The school garden in 2,000 m² and is farmed by 50 young students led by two teachers. Many local plants are farmed, such as amaranth, potatoes, sorrel, black nightshade (whose berries are eaten) and peas. In order to protect plants from diseases, natural remedies are used, such as the extract of tithonia leaves. Half of the harvest is used to pay the garden guardian and prepare meals for the tasting days organized by the school. The other half is sold to support the enrollment of students and buy the necessary tools.
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The title of today’s study comes from a quote in a video game, where an alien character named Mordin Solus insists that he has to do things himself. Sometimes, we’re the same way, though. We are afraid to give up something in our schedule because we fear that other people won’t fill the gap – they might do it wrong. (In reality, when I fear this, I’m usually concerned that other people will do it differently than I would, which – I admit – isn’t always the same thing as doing it wrong.)
Sometimes, though, stepping away from a responsibility is necessary not only because we need the break (or “margin”), but also because someone else needs the opportunity to step into that role. Parents move from caring for an infant’s needs, to teaching their children to feed themselves and tie their own shoes. Later, teenagers are taught life skills, and are prepared to move into adulthood on their own. This transition doesn’t minimize the important role of parents, but the process of a parent easing up on direct involvement – even when that means letting a child make small mistakes – is necessary to pass skills from one generation to the next.
Are there things that you are still doing yourself these days, where others might like to have a chance? Sometimes, another person around you is just waiting to be asked. Maybe they were hoping for the opportunity to take over for something that is eating up your schedule, but didn’t want to offend you by suggesting it. I’m convinced that a simple, God-timed invitation can result in life change.
A couple of weeks ago [from when this article was originally written*], our pastor taught from both Exodus 16 (explaining how God provided manna, which came with both blessings and rules), and Exodus 20 (which we usually refer to as the Ten Commandments, including the one about keeping the Sabbath). In between those two chapters, though, is an interesting story in Exodus 18. Read Exodus 18:13-27 today, and see how Moses received good advice from his father-in-law, Jethro, and delegated much of his daily routine to other qualified individuals.
If your schedule is always overbooked, or if you have been feeling called to share what you do with others, maybe Jethro’s advice also applies to you. Ask God for a push in the right direction, and to have your eyes opened to who else God might be preparing to step in and work alongside you. Someone else might get it wrong; but, then again, they might get it right.
See also other articles about “margin”:
- Does Margin Really Work?
- I can do it myself!
- “Someone Else Might Have Gotten It Wrong”
- What happens in the margin?
- I’m Tired
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Institutions, rules and political economy: understanding policy and regulation in changing media and communication systems.
Our research has informed the policy debate on the UK Digital Economy Act, the Leveson Inquiry (including media coverage of the Inquiry), and the review of progress since the World Summit on the Information Society – WSIS+10; it has challenged assumptions about the changing political economy of media industries in China; and is also concerned with innovative developments in social media applications and their consequences, especially for citizens and for young people.
Our international and comparative research has been enriched by participation in multiple European networks. For example, our work on Information Knowledge Management has been funded by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. We have taken a leading role in several EC funded networks such as OPAALS – Open Philosophies for Associative Autopoietic Digital Ecosystems, Network of Excellence and SEQUOIA – Socio-Economic Impact Assessment for Research Projects.
Not Just Talk: Practice, Power, Knowledge and Information and Communication Technologies (TIPPI), funded by Institute of Development Studies (2012-13) examines data crowdsourcing and online applications in the health sector with a focus on the tensions between public, corporate and civil society/citizen stakeholder over access to digital sources of information.
Our work has also focussed on national institutional responses to young people's engagement through a European Commission project for EACEA "Youth Participation in Democratic Life". It includes a focus on open-source movements and the future of Internet governance as part of a European Framework 7 research project, the European Network of Excellence on Internet Science.
Departmental research published in 2011-12 has also looked at comparative research on journalism ethics, for example in relation to financial journalism and Wikileaks.This has led to two journal article publications, and one book and two articles on the legal and ethical position of Wikileaks. International approaches to the regulation of media ownership and pluralism, and one on the topic of press councils have been conducted by LSE researchers working within the ‘Mapping Digital Media’ project, a 60 country comparative study by the Open Society Foundations (OSF).
The LSE Media Policy Project, funded by the Open Society Foundations and the Higher Education Innovation Fund, provides a platform and network for distribution of the Department’s policy relevant work.
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Livingstone, S and Lunt, P (2012) Media Regulation: Governance and the Interests of Citizens and Consumers, Sage, London.
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Mansell, R (2012) Mobile phones: challenges of capability building. Georgetown journal of international affairs, 13 (2), ISSN 1526-0054
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Mansell, R and Steinmueller, W. E. (in press 2013) ‘Digital infrastructures, economies, and public policies: contending rationales and outcome assessment strategies’. In: Dutton, W. H., (ed.) The Oxford handbook of internet studies. Oxford University Press
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Mansell, R and Steinmueller, W. E (under review) ‘Copyright infringement online: the case of the Digital Economy Act judicial review in the United Kingdom’. New Media & Society.
Mansell, R and Raboy, M (eds.) (2011)The Handbook of Global Media and Communication Policy. Wiley-Blackwell, Chichester, UK. and Mansell, R and Raboy, M. (2011) Introduction: foundations of the theory and practice of global media and communication policy. In: Mansell, R and Raboy, M., (eds.) Handbook on Global Media and Communication Policy. Wiley-Blackwell, New York.
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Techatassanasoontorn, A and Tapia, A and Powell, A (2011) Learning processes in municipal broadband projects: an absorptive capacity perspective. Telecommunications policy, 34 (10). pp. 572-595.
Powell, A and Cooper, A (2011) Net neutrality discourses: comparing advocacy and regulatory arguments in the United States and the United Kingdom. The information society, 27 (5). pp. 311-325.
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The tragedy of the students from Ayotzinapa in Guerrero, Mexico, has started a wave of solidarity among Mexicans and people throughout the world, so much so that students from at least 43 counties are demanding justice for their missing peers.
But to explain the sentiments of families and locals engaged with security and good living, let's listen to what a Mexican has to say. Fernando Vázquez Rigada, in a sensitive article, is harsh in his criticisms of passive society and of his government as well:
El estado llegó tarde y llegó mal. La desaparición de más de 50 seres humanos hubiera accionado los resortes de seguridad nacional de cualquier estado decente. Pero éste no lo es. Y llegó mal: porque, titubeante, no ha atinado a tomar el control de una crisis que hace que las instituciones se desmoronen y que la irritación social sea contenida. La esposa de Abarca está arraigada, porque no se pudo acreditarle ningún delito que ameritara orden de aprehensión del juez. La mujer que los escondió salió bajo caución: porque no se le considera cómplice, encubridora, de un crimen que ha conmovido al mundo entero.
The state arrived late and in bad shape. The disappearance of more than 50 human beings would have unleashed the national security mechanisms in any decent society. But this one is not. And it arrived in bad shape: because being hesitant, it has been unable to take control of a crisis that makes institutions crumble and that social irritation gets restrained. No crime could be proved to Abarca's wife, so there is no judicial order for her arrest. The woman who hid them was bailed out: as she is not considered accomplice, accessory to a crime that has shocked the whole world.
Vasquez Rigada concludes: “The sea is rough. The vessel creaks. The crew can't control the vessel. The passengers have fear and hate. And the helm is loose.”
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National Weather Service upgrades forecasting tools
New computer system in place across country
July 28, 1999
STERLING, Virginia (CNN) -- Meteorologists say the nation is safer now that the National Weather Service has installed a new high-tech computer system at 152 locations around the country.
The $4.5 billion system promises to deliver faster, more accurate forecasts of dangerous weather conditions by combining Doppler radar, satellite imagery, ground station weather data and computer-generated numerical forecasts on one computer screen instead of multiple terminals.
"The ability to map, let's say, where the highest concentration of lightning strikes are with the developing updraft of a thunderstorm is incredibly important," said Steven Zubrick, a meteorologist at the NWS office near Washington-Dulles International Airport.
The Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System (AWIPS) replaces the 1970s technology that has been in use until now, and is the crown jewel in the agency's long-running modernization project.
The overhaul also includes 311 automatic weather observing systems, 120 new Doppler radars and three modern weather satellites, as well as retraining of the forecasting staff.
The goal, director John Kelly said, is "to turn your Weather Service into America's no-surprise weather service" and to give people more time to get out of the way of dangerous weather.
But, he warns, many lives are lost because people ignore official warnings.
"The relationship between lives saved and lead times is less a question of lead time and more a question of whether citizens heed the warnings," Kelly said.
"We've got documented examples of where we've had an hour-plus lead time on a flash flood warning ... and citizens have driven around the barriers and into the flooding stream," Kelly recounted at a news conference.
Forecaster Zubrick thinks the improved forecasting ability of the new AWIPS system will help that problem.
"You have to have trust in people who do forecasts or it doesn't work," he said. "If you say there's going to be a severe storm -- and it doesn't happen -- they lose interest and they think you've cried wolf.
"If we can improve on that, people may think twice before driving around the barriers and into the streams," he said.
Producer Ted Barrett contributed to this report.
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There is a world of free software available immediately for download. Or if you would rather have it on disk you can pay a small fee and it will be shipped to you. Software you pay for can be very expensive and it is also available as a download or a disk copy may be purchased. Purchasing software means replacing the software or paying for upgrades every time it is outdated, that happens about every 6 months to a year for most programs. This translates to thousands of dollars in some cases.
Purchased software has licensing restrictions, which means you cannot install it on more than one computer without purchasing another license. In some cases you cannot reinstall it without purchasing another license. Technical service is not always free and in some cases difficult to get. Guarantees are limited, technical assistance is limited, and if you download the software from the site in some cases you lose if your computer crashes. You will have to buy the software again.
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Paint.net is like having three programs, maybe more in one. If you have ever used Adobe Illustrator or Photoshop, or any photo editing software, you are going to love this program. It is easy to find your way around the tools and you can add layers, create photos for print, the web, or??? There is no real limit to what you can do. Want to make a flier for print, then use Paint.net. Works well with Windows XP, Vista, and 7 as well as other operating systems.
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The latest version is ready for download. Rather than pay for a CD burner I found this one, the capabilities include burning HD and Blu-Ray discs, DVDs, and CDs. It is compatible Windows XP, Vista, 2008, and 7. You can burn and create ISO’s, rather than a boot disc on a floppy, use the CD. There is also a multilanguage capability. Go check it out and download your free copy today.
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6-year-old boy undergoes heart transplant at Mayo
ROCHESTER, Minn. (AP) — A 6-year-old boy who has spent the last six months in intensive care has undergone heart transplant surgery at Mayo Clinic in Rochester.
Cameron Ulrich was born with a rare heart defect and has survived in recent months hooked to a machine that functioned as his heart and lungs. The Oak Park Heights boy has been waiting for a heart since mid-October. That finally happened on Wednesday.
The Star Tribune (http://bit.ly/19xy2h2 ) says doctors at Children's Hospital in Minneapolis implanted a pacemaker when Cameron was just 12 days old. His family says his heart worked fairly well until last year when an echocardiogram revealed the organ was failing.
Cameron is expected to spend another three months at Mayo recovering.
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Monday, 04 01, 2013
Kelly May, Public Information Officer
FRANKFORT, Ky. – (April 1, 2013) – The Kentucky Department of Financial Institutions (DFI) is now using the new uniform state test component for mortgage loan originators and processors. DFI is among 25 state regulators to adopt the new test.
Previously, mortgage loan originators not only had to pass the national test component – they also had to pass a separate component for each state in which they wished to do business. The new, single, test with the uniform state component will satisfy the requirement for any or all of the 25 states in which it has been adopted.
“This new test makes the licensing process more efficient for those originators working in multiple states. It streamlines the supervisory process while continuing to protect citizens and ensure safety and soundness,” said DFI Nondepository Division Director Sarah Butler. “Through state-specific education requirements and regular examinations, we can continue to hold originators responsible for complying with Kentucky law.”
The majority of the new test component material focuses on the states’ authority to enforce violations of state and federal law and the states’ ability to penalize offenders. All mortgage loan officers registered in Kentucky are required to earn four hours of Kentucky-specific continuing education every other year.
Most of the 25 adopting states will begin using the test on April 1, and the remainder will begin using the test on July 1. Additional states are expected to adopt the uniform state content.
“Since testing was mandated in 2008, Kentucky DFI employees have been involved with developing and improving the mortgage testing and education system through NMLS. Several DFI employees have served on committees that developed and reviewed the tests and policies,” said DFI Commissioner Charles Vice. “We’re pleased to make the process more efficient while still ensuring that mortgage loan originators and processors operating in the state meet professional standards.”
The Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act of 2008 (the SAFE Act) requires mortgage professionals to pass the SAFE test before they can be licensed through the NMLS* system. For more information on the new SAFE Mortgage Loan Originator National Test Component with Uniform State Content, visit: http://mortgage.nationwidelicensingsystem.org/profreq/testing/Pages/UniformStateTest.aspx.
DFI, http://kfi.ky.gov, is an agency in the Public Protection Cabinet. For more than 100 years it has supervised the financial services industry by examining, chartering, licensing and registering various financial institutions, securities firms and professionals operating in Kentucky. DFI’s mission is to serve Kentucky residents and protect their financial interests by maintaining a stable financial industry, continuing effective and efficient regulatory oversight, promoting consumer confidence, and encouraging economic opportunities.
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LONDON British 19th century novelist Jane Austen will become the face of the new 10 pound note, the Bank of England said on Wednesday, defusing criticism that women are under-represented on the country's currency.
The writer of classics such as "Pride and Prejudice", "Sense and Sensibility" and "Emma" will replace naturalist Charles Darwin on the reverse of Britain's most popular banknote.
Britain's central bank sparked an outcry in April when it announced former prime minister Winston Churchill would replace social reformer Elizabeth Fry on the reverse side of the five pound note, depriving the currency of its only female historical figure.
Mark Carney, the first foreigner to head the bank in its 319-year history, praised Austen as "one of the greatest writers in English literature" and said the choice of future banknote characters would be reviewed to ensure a row of this sort did not erupt again.
"We believe that our notes should celebrate the full diversity of great British historical figures and their contributions in a wide range of fields," he told a gathering at the Jane Austen House Museum in Chawton, the 17th century house where the author wrote some of her best-known novels.
"We want people to have confidence in our commitment to diversity. That is why I am today announcing a review of the selection process for future banknote characters."
The Austen notes are likely to come into circulation in 2017 and will feature a portrait adapted from an original sketch by Jane's sister together with the quote 'I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading!' from Pride and Prejudice.
Carney, who headed the Bank of Canada before taking the helm of Britain's central bank on July 1, is keen to assert his reformist credentials in an antiquated institution where doormen still dress in top hats and pink tail-coats.
Whether Carney, who has four daughters, will succeed in redressing the gender imbalance on the bank's monetary policy committee remains to be seen. The nine-strong body has been male-only since May 2010, and only four women have served on the committee since its creation in 1997.
In his first public press conference since taking office, Carney made only the slightest reference to monetary policy.
"You can be comforted that our job at the Bank of England is to protect the value of the new Jane Austen note," he said. "In fact, maintaining confidence in our currency is the fundamental responsibility of your central bank."
Like many other countries, Britain changes the design of its banknotes at regular intervals to address counterfeiting risks.
While the sovereign has been depicted on British banknotes since 1960, the vast majority of historical figures - introduced in 1970 - have been men. The pioneering nurse Florence Nightingale appeared on the 10 pound note from the mid-1970s, but the notes went out of issue in the early 1990s.
Carney said it was never the Bank's intention that none of the four characters on its notes should be a woman, but it would invite feedback from the public on whether it could to do more to comply with its commitment to equality. The conclusions of the review will be announced by the end of the year.
In Canada, the signature of the central bank governor is carried on bank notes but in Britain that honour goes to the chief cashier.
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THE NSW Rural Fire Service fears ground they made fighting fires could be lost with temperatures set to soar as conditions worsen across the state this weekend.
A cooler Thursday gave firefighters an opportunity to get on top of 120 fires, 17 of which remain out of control.
But while the warning system was downgraded for most parts of the state, in particular those in the ''catastrophic'' range seen on Tuesday, it may only be temporary relief.
The Bureau of Meteorology forecasts a return to heatwave conditions that will make Friday a furnace for most parts of the state.
In Bourke the bureau expects a maximum of 47 degrees on Saturday and Sunday, while Dubbo residents are facing temperatures of 44 to 45 degrees. The Hunter region is also bracing for extreme temperatures.
NSW RFS Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons said a statewide total fire ban would be in place on Friday in response to the rising temperatures.
''It's going to be awful. It's going to be difficult for firefighters and the communities affected,'' Mr Fitzsimmons said.
Fire incidents map. Zoom in to see current incidents. Courtesy unorthodox.com.au.
''The only consolation we have is that winds are going to be slightly less than they were on Tuesday. But we can't ignore the widespread existence of fires already active across the state.
More than 100 fires are scattered over NSW, with the most significant areas of concern about 12 kilometres west of Sussex Inlet, south of Nowra. More than 130 firefighters are still working to contain the fire that has burnt through 5840 hectares.
A fire burning 20 kilometres east of Cooma is not yet under control after burning through 9400 hectares. This morning, the NSW RFS upgraded the blaze to a ‘Watch and Act’ status, warning properties in the Kybeyan Valley may come under threat later today.
Another fire burning in rugged country about 11 kilometres west of Yass is still a threat as it is not fully under control.
Mr Fitzsimmons said nearly 2000 firefighters were on the frontline while ''thousands'' were on standby to be deployed if their area became affected.
Victoria is also bracing for severe fire conditions on Friday, with a statewide total fire ban declared and authorities keeping a close eye on two blazes.
Temperatures of 42 degrees are expected in some areas and north-westerly winds of up to 50km/h are forecast.
Two districts - the Wimmera and north-central - will have extreme fire danger. There are 12 fires in Victoria, with two of concern to authorities, Fire Services Commissioner Craig Lapsley said.
Despite dire warnings and fears NSW's ''catastrophic'' conditions would cause widespread destruction, so far only one house has been lost, at Yarrabin in the Cooma-Monaro region.
The RFS said about 370,000 hectares had been burnt and an estimated 10,000 sheep worth $1 million have died.
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