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Facebook today introduced a new set of tools aimed at helping Facebook Group administrators get a better handle on their online communities and, potentially, help keep conversations from going off the rails. Among the more interesting new tools is a machine-learning-powered feature that alerts admins to potentially unhealthy conversations taking place in their group. Another lets the admin slow down the pace of a heated conversation, by limiting how often group members can post.
Facebook Groups are today a significant reason why people continue to use the social network. Today, there are “tens of millions” of groups, that are managed by over 70 million active admins and moderators worldwide, Facebook says.
The company for years has been working to roll out better tools for these group owners, who often get overwhelmed by the administrative responsibilities that come with running an online community at scale. As a result, many admins give up the job and leave groups to run somewhat unmanaged — thus allowing them to turn into breeding grounds for misinformation, spam and abuse.
Facebook last fall tried to address this problem by rolling out new group policies to crack down on groups without an active admin, among other things. Of course, the company’s preference would be to keep groups running and growing by making them easier to operate.
That’s where today’s new set of features come in.
A new dashboard called Admin Home will centralize admin tools, settings and features in one place, as well as present “pro tips” that suggest other helpful tools tailored to the group’s needs.
Another new Admin Assist feature will allow admins to automatically moderate comments in their groups by setting up criteria that can restrict comments and posts more proactively, instead of forcing admins to go back after the fact and delete them, which can be problematic — especially after a discussion has been underway and members are invested in the conversation.
For example, admins can now restrict people from posting if they haven’t had a Facebook account for very long or if they had recently violated the group’s rules. Admins can also automatically decline posts that contain specific promotional content (perhaps MLM links! Hooray!) and then share feedback with the author of the post automatically about why those posts aren’t allowed.
Admins can also take advantage of suggested preset criteria from Facebook to help with limiting spam and managing conflict.
One notable update is a new moderation alert type dubbed “conflict alerts.” This feature, currently in testing, will notify admins when a potentially contentious or unhealthy conversation is taking place in the group, Facebook says. This would allow an admin to quickly take an action — like turning off comments, limiting who could comment, removing a post, or however else they would want to approach the situation.
Conflict alerts are powered by machine learning, Facebook explains. Its machine-learning model looks at multiple signals, including reply time and comment volume to determine if engagement between users has or might lead to negative interactions, the company says.
This is sort of like an automated expansion on the Keyword Alerts feature many admins already use to look for certain topics that lead to contentious conversations.
A related feature, also new, would allow admins to also limit how often specific members could comment, or how often comments could be added to posts admins select.
When enabled, members can leave one comment every five minutes. The idea here is that forcing users to pause and consider their words amid a heated debate could lead to more civilized conversations. We’ve seen this concept enacted on other social networks, as well — such as with Twitter’s nudges to read articles before retweeting, or those that flag potentially harmful replies, giving you a chance to reedit your post.
Facebook, however, has largely embraced engagement on its platform, even when it’s not leading to positive interactions or experiences. Though small, this particular feature is an admission that building a healthy online community means sometimes people shouldn’t be able to immediately react and comment with whatever thought first popped into their head.
Additionally, Facebook is testing tools that allow admins to temporarily limit activity from certain group members.
If used, admins will be able to determine how many posts (between one and nine posts) per day a given member may share, and for how long that limit should be in effect for (every 12 hours, 24 hours, 3 days, 7 days, 14 days or 28 days). Admins will also be able to determine how many comments (between one and 30 comments, in five-comment increments) per hour a given member may share, and for how long that limit should be in effect (also every 12 hours, 24 hours, 3 days, 7 days, 14 days or 28 days).
Along these same lines of building healthier communities, a new member summary feature will give admins an overview of each member’s activity on their group, allowing them to see how many times they’ve posted and commented, have had posts removed or have been muted.
Facebook doesn’t say how admins are to use this new tool, but one could imagine admins taking advantage of the detailed summary to do the occasional cleanup of their member base by removing bad actors who continually disrupt discussions. They could also use it to locate and elevate regular contributors without violations to moderator roles, perhaps.
Admins will also be able to tag their group rules in comment sections, disallow certain post types (e.g., Polls or Events), and submit an appeal to Facebook to re-review decisions related to group violations, if in error.
Of particular interest, though a bit buried amid the slew of other news, is the return of Chats, which was previously announced.
Facebook had abruptly removed Chat functionality back in 2019, possibly due to spam, some had speculated. (Facebook said it was product infrastructure.) As before, Chats can have up to 250 people, including active members and those who opted into notifications from the chats. Once this limit is reached, other members will not be able to engage with that specific chat room until existing active participants either leave the chat or opt out of notifications.
Now, Facebook group members can start, find and engage in Chats with others within Facebook Groups instead of using Messenger. Admins and moderators can also have their own chats.
Notably, this change follows on the heels of growth from messaging-based social networks, like IRL, a new unicorn (due to its $1.17 billion valuation), as well as the growth seen by other messaging apps, like Telegram, Signal and other alternative social networks.
Along with this large set of new features, Facebook also made changes to some existing features, based on feedback from admins.
It’s now testing pinned comments and introduced a new “admin announcement” post type that notifies group members of the important news (if notifications are being received for that group).
Plus, admins will be able to share feedback when they decline group members.
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Training for Youth in Nonviolent Direct Action
|Training for Change leads a workshop for middle schoolers|
This will be a space for youth to share and learn about direct action.
Have you been to a march or seen people in the streets protesting? What are the strongest ways you can participate in adult-organized actions? How can you use your power and lead actions of your own in the face of injustice?
Come for a fun afternoon of playing and learning about why we do actions and how to use your skills as we join together to make our voices more powerful.
Designed for grades 2-8, but please reach out if you have any questions about how you can participate. Contact Ingrid Lakey, [email protected].
Highschool-aged Youth and Adults! Same time, same place: Come for a concurrent training, Beyond Marches and Rallies.
Childcare for younger children available: please email Katie at [email protected] if you will need it.
1501 Cherry St
Philadelphia, PA 19102
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State Supremacy vs the Supremacy Clause
Posted by Tenth Amendment
by Brian Greene, Utah State Representative
In Utah, I have introduced a bill for the 2013 Legislative session entitled the “State Supremacy Firearms Act.” It was released today as House Bill 114 (HB114). The bill is intended to serve as a declaration of state supremacy over the regulation of firearm activities occurring exclusively within the boundaries of Utah, and to put the Federal Government on notice that enforcement of any conflicting federal laws will not be allowed in Utah. Although the response to my bill has been overwhelmingly positive, there have been some critics. The most common argument I have encountered is based upon a misguided reliance on Article VI, Clause 2 of the Constitution—known as the “Supremacy Clause.” Blanket statements such as “federal law always trumps state law,” and “you’re wasting your time because the law is unconstitutional under the Supremacy Clause,” are typical negative reactions to my bill.
Many who favor more gun control and who support a dominant federal government actually believe that if Congress passes a law, or if the President makes an executive order, it is automatically the supreme law of the land. They love to point to the part of the Supremacy Clause that mandates that states must follow federal law when a conflict arises between federal law and either the state constitution or state law. Whether out of ignorance or convenience, they fail to look at the Supremacy Clause in its proper context—that which establishes the U.S. Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in pursuance thereof, and U.S. Treaties as “the supreme law of the land.”
Hence, the Supremacy Clause only applies if an act of the Federal Government is in pursuit of its constitutionally authorized powers. In other words, Federal laws are valid and are supreme, only to the extent that those laws were adopted in pursuance of—that is, consistent with—the Constitution.
To read the Supremacy Clause as big government proponents would have you—that ALL FEDERAL LAWS ARE SUPREME—would render the remainder of the Constitution meaningless. Why would there be a need for anything other than a Supremacy Clause? Why would the Constitution’s Framers have deliberated throughout the summer of 1787 over the other 4,500 words in the Constitution if their intent was to make the Federal Government supreme in all areas it unilaterally decided to act?
- Is the Fed Really the Supreme Authority? (familysurvivalprotocol.com)
- State Supremacy vs the Supremacy Clause (txwclp.org)
- State Supremacy vs the Supremacy Clause (tenthamendmentcenter.com)
- Is Nullification Unconstitutional? (txwclp.org)
- Surprise: Constitutional Law Professor Lies About the Supremacy Clause. (tenthamendmentcenter.com)
- Is Nullification Unconstitutional? (tenthamendmentcenter.com)
- War On Feds ~ Utah Sheriffs Warn Obama: Your Feds Will Not Be Allowed To Take Utahan Firearms! (familysurvivalprotocol.com)
- Re: “Fifty Flavors of Democracy” (libertycaucus.net)
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Experiencing Venice During Acqua Alta:
As our water taxi navigates the back canals to the Splendid Hotel in San Marco, we notice that the canal water level is almost at street level. Are we about to experience Venice’s famous acqua alta (high waters) I wonder, or is the high water level in the process of receding.
As our hotel room is not yet ready for occupancy, we stroll to Piazza San Marco to find that walkways (passarelle) have already been erected and the masses that normally fill St Mark’s Square are crowded on the walkways thrilled at seeing Venice’s notorious floods, and taking snaps of the world’s most famous square covered by water.
Some who are just arriving in Venice or leaving on the vaporetti are not so fortunate. Caught out by surprise by acqua alta they struggle to find a way around the flood water as getting big cases onto the crowded walkway is an impossible task.
Flooding at Piazza San Marco
Piazza San Marco is the lowest point in Venice and usually gets flooded first.
As Tony takes off to video the spectacle around St Mark’s Square, I stand in the middle of the Piazza witnessing the lagoon’s water slowly filling the square. Some parents let their young ones splash around in the water, obviously more confident than I am about the cleanliness of the canal water. It is amusing to see the tourists wading through the water and posing for snaps – the Russian girls take the trophy for their elaborate poses.
And The Band Plays On
As the water level creeps up, the souvenir vendors shift their overloaded carts, trying to keep their goods dry. They hold position for as long as they can, refusing to retreat from the Piazza, just in case somebody needs to buy a last-minute “I Love Venezia” t-shirt or a gondolier’s hat. However, the sight that impresses me most is the action at Cafe Lavena. Some tourists continue to have their expensive drinks at the Cafe, sitting with feet in the water. The waiters have to be commended for their dedication to their work. Decked in gumboots, they wade through the water and continue to serve brightly coloured Aperol Spritz and other beverages to the customers. The Cafe’s band continues to entertain and acqua alta notwithstanding, the music plays on.
Acqua alta is a regular occurrence in Venice during the months of October to February but here we are in mid-September and it is already flooding. The waters usually recede after a few hours and life at Piazza San Marco and elsewhere in Venice gets back to normal.
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The last two presidents, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, are teaming up to launch a program to study presidential leadership and decision making.
Four presidential centers -- those of William J. Clinton, George W. Bush, George H.W. Bush and Lyndon B. Johnson -- are creating a program that will allow leaders to learn from administration officials, practitioners and leading academics.
The program will study a variety of approaches to leadership so participants are able to gain a better understanding of different leadership philosophies, styles, and practices, according to a press release. Then, the participants will apply the tools they have learned to a particular issue or challenge.
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Constructed for the uber-cool Danish festival Roskilde last year, this brilliant geodesic dome is a fantastic mobile design that could be dismantled and relocated elsewhere. The brains behind the project are Danish architect Kristoffer Tejlgaard and engineer Henrik Almegaard, who designed the latticed structure as a deconstructable network, perfect for a temporary festival. Assembled from 240 plywood hexagons, light seeps into the structure through hexagonal windows that form a pattern across the pavilion like a tortoise's shell.
Within the wooden dome the space seems cavernous and airy, and we don’t doubt that is was a great place to take a time out from the throngs of crowds.
Photos of the dome being built give a good idea of how the intersecting shapes were connected, and the team also have a pretty cool video of the whole construction process here. Hopefully this fantastic project arises again at a future festival and we can follow its path of reuse!
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DALLAS TWP. —The Dallas High School Theatre Club will transport its audience to 15th century England for the tale of “Once Upon a Mattress” April 15-17.
The comedic musical is based on a book written by Jay Thompson, Marshall Barer and Dean Fuller with music by Mary Rodgers and lyrics by Marshall Barer. The Dallas High School Theatre Club will present for three shows at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, April 15 and 16, and 2 p.m. Sunday, April 17, in the Dallas High School Auditorium. Tickets are $10.
The play’s plot is an elaborate twist on the familiar story of “The Princess and the Pea,” said Audrey Ide, assistant director and customer designer.
A domineering Queen Aggravaín and King Sextimus are searching to find a bonified princess for their son, Prince Dauntless.
“The queen is mean,” said Catherine Blankensop, a senior at Dallas High School, of her character. “She is attached to her son and does not want him to marry. He is her only son.”
The queen develops impossible tests for eligible princesses to pass, Blankensop said. Some tests include being quizzed on history, spelling and even their physical strength — but the toughest trial to exclude an energetic and determined Princess Winnifred the Woebegone focuses on her sensitivity to feel a pea “under 20 downy mattresses.”
The king, portrayed by Jacob Besecker, is deaf due to a curse and can not intervene on his son’s behalf.
“There is a curse that keeps him (the king) silent,” Besecker, a junior, said. “He communicates by acting out, like a big game of charades. He does make whistling sounds.”
For the king’s curse to be lifted, “a mouse has to devour a hawk,” Besecker said.
While the queen excludes one princess after another, young Prince Dauntless, played by freshman Jacob Smith, grows more and more lonely until Princess Winnifred enters his castle.
The happy-go-lucky Princess Winnifred, portrayed by junior Anna Lehane, seems to irritate the queen with every action while befriending castle staff and falling in love with the prince.
The music-heavy performance struck a chord with the 23-member cast.
“The play is fun,” Besecker said. “Everyone’s role part fits part of their personality.”
Junior Carley Perloff agrees adding her character, the Jester, “makes light of everything.”
“It is a fun role. No stress,” Perloff said. “I am the comic relief.”
The student-actors were also given freedom to highlight the comedic scenes with a little impromptu acting of their own, Ide said as she watched Princess Winnifred’s character lie down on the stage and wrap her arm around Prince Dauntless’ leg during rehearsal.
Lehane enjoyed the challenge of learning the combination of lines and songs, but what created a hurdle for her was mastering Winnifred’s larger-than-life persona.
“My biggest challenge is to keep the energy in her lines,” Lehane said.
The controlling and mean nature of Queen Aggravaín’s character made Blankensop display traits she does not usually exhibit.
“The queen is not like my personality,” Blankensop said. “I have to think about why her character is doing a specific action.”
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At our Ternopil site in Ukraine, the modern gift of electric stoves are keeping families fed and cozy year-round in the comfort of their homes.
In Canada, stoves are essential household appliances that many families rely on daily to cook safe, convenient meals. In rural Ukraine, however, cooking can be much more complicated. “In many villages, people rely solely on wood stoves or furnaces for cooking,” says Luba, our Ternopil site director. “The furnace is heated daily all year round for cooking or warming up meals.”
Heating a wood stove or furnace is time consuming and high maintenance . It’s especially worrisome for families with young children who can accidently be burned by the hot stove if left unattended. The stove also heats the entire home, which is uncomfortable in the summer months.
Ivanna, a mother of three from our Ternopil site, was constantly managing a wood stove to cook while she stayed home to care for the children. Her husband, Andriy, was often out of the home working seasonal jobs during the day. The gift of an electric stove, donated through our gift catalogue, has been an incredible blessing for the family!
“Ivanna now uses the electric stove to cook, which takes much less time than the furnace,” says Luba. “The eldest daughter is able to safely warm up meals when her mother is out.” Best of all, the new stove has a built-in oven, which has opened up a world of opportunity for Ivanna. She’s now able to use her baking skills within her home, and is taking baking orders from nearby villagers! She’s overjoyed to earn extra income for her children.
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How to Stop Binge EatingJul 21, 2022
Who told you that you couldn't be successful?
Perhaps the "devil" on your shoulder?
The small voice that suggests you're not good enough, strong enough, etc., etc.
That's my question for you today.
You need to silence that gloomy voice that encourages poor choices, like binge eating.
The most successful people always have some type of support structure to encourage and "motivate" them along their journey to success.
I say "motivate" in quotes because I believe motivation is actually self discipline.
Your positive support team is the "little angel" on your other shoulder.
Reality is, the unsuccessful folks often have some type of negative influence or poor habit that's holding them back.
If you find yourself surrounded by naysayers, the only thing to do is distance yourself from them.
Once again, you must silence the cynical voice.
There will be times when things will not go as planned, and with a positive support structure you will get the help and encouragement you need to continue your journey.
You can only go so far by yourself.
Read that again: You can only go so far by yourself.
As you move forward, keep an eye out for people you can add to your elite group.
That's where I come in.
Ask yourself a simple question:
If you continue doing what you're doing today... where will you be in three months?
The same? Better? Worse?
It's my mission, my vocation, to help you achieve excellence.
I was born to help you become the best version of yourself.
And it starts with choosing a priority-one goal, adding an action plan, and a realistic deadline.
After that, you must show up for yourself and do the work.
Most 40+ folks are very good at tracking the inflow and outflow of their bank accounts.
However, these same adults are completely unaware of how many calories are going into their bodies on a daily basis.
Is there a caloric surplus?
Is there a caloric deficit?
If it were your bank account, I bet you would definitely know the answer.
So why is it most people are diligent when it comes to finances, and at the same time completely oblivious to the calories going into their bodies?
A recent study showed that the average person overeats by 900-calories on a daily bias.
Let that settle in for a second.
That’s the equivalent of three-and-one-half glazed donuts.
If overeating is as rampant as this study claims, it’s no wonder there is an obesity epidemic.
The best way to manage your calories is to have a plan when it comes to intake.
How to Stop Binge Eating
If you want to achieve athletic bodyfat (under 20% for women and 12% for men) you must control calories.
The simplest way to avoid binge eating is to follow these five strategies.
1. Choose single-ingredient foods
Packaged foods will be higher in calories since they are heavily processed.
This processing keeps the food on the shelf longer, but comes with a caloric consequence.
It’s best to focus on single-ingredient foods that you prepare yourself.
Think grilled chicken thighs and a baked sweet potato.
2. Understand food labels
If you include highly processed foods into your diet, learn to read the labels.
All packaged foods contain total calories, in addition to grams of protein, carbs, and fat.
At the very least make a note of the serving size and total calories per serving.
3. Quit boozing
Alcohol consumption will send your daily caloric intake through the roof.
Additionally, you’ll make bad food choices when buzzed or drunk.
As with anything, moderation is the key to having fun without overdoing it.
But, generally speaking, any liquid calories have the potential to encourage mindless calorie consumption.
Simply treat all liquid calories as a meal and then account for them in your daily meal plan.
4. Cook the majority of your meals
On a Sundays and Wednesdays, you should purchase, plan, prepare, and package your weekly meals.
This concept of batch-preparing your meals will save both time and money.
If you hate to cook, you can buy a tray of prepared food from your grocery store and then transfer to individual portion-controlled containers.
5. Know before you go
If you are dining at a restaurant or social event, look at the calories for each of the meals you might order beforehand.
Most restaurants have this information readily available online, especially the major franchises.
6. Use a food scale
I know what you're thinking, "Food scale? No way!"
But consider that if you weigh and measure everything that goes into your body for a week, you will learn many valuable lessons.
First thing you will notice is that an egg is 70 calories.
A tablespoon of olive oil is 120 calories.
A cup of rolled oats is 300 calories.
A cup of almond milk is 60 calories.
What's my point?
If you make a nice breakfast of 1 cup of rolled oats with 1 cup of almond milk, plus 1 egg scrambled in 1 tablespoon olive oil... well, your breakfast total equals 550 calories.
If you want to lose bodyfat, meal planning is critical and you must embrace the concept of counting calories.
Really, I suggest you measure your calories, protein, carbs, and fat... it is eye opening.
The fact is that there has NEVER been a better time than NOW to boost your immune system and get healthy.
My top client-athletes make "NOW" the right time.
To your success,
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Boosting of DNA Vaccine-elicited Gamma Interferon Responses In Humans by Exposure to Malaria Parasites
Infect Immun. 2005 May 01; 73(5): 2863-72.
A mixture of DNA plasmids expressing five Plasmodium falciparum pre-erythrocyte-stage antigens was administered with or without a DNA plasmid encoding human granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (hGM-CSF) as an immune enhancer. After DNA immunization, antigen-specific gamma interferon (IFN-gamma) responses were detected by ELISPOT in 15/31 volunteers to multiple class I- and/or class II-restricted T-cell epitopes derived from all five antigens. Responses to multiple epitopes (</=7) were detected simultaneously in some volunteers. By 4 weeks after challenge with P. falciparum parasites, 23/31 volunteers had positive IFN-gamma responses and the magnitude of responses was increased from 2- to 143-fold. Nonetheless, none was protected against malaria. Volunteers who received hGM-CSF had a reduced frequency of IFN-gamma responses to class I peptides compared to those who only received plasmids expressing P. falciparum proteins before challenge (3/23 versus 3/8; P = 0.15) or after parasite challenge (4/23 versus 5/8; P = 0.015) but not to class II peptides before or after challenge. The responses to one antigen (P. falciparum circumsporozoite protein [PfCSP]) were similar among volunteers who received the five-gene mixture compared to volunteers who only received the PfCSP DNA plasmid in a previous study. In summary, DNA-primed IFN-gamma responses were boosted in humans by exposure to native antigen on parasites, coadministration of a plasmid expressing hGM-CSF had a negative effect on boosting of class I-restricted IFN-gamma responses, and there was no evidence that immunization with PfCSP DNA in the mixture reduced T-cell responses to PfCSP compared to when it was administered alone.</p> | <urn:uuid:0cac2f32-b45d-4850-b0be-ab06eed90f30> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.jcvi.org/cms/publications/listing/abstract/article/boosting-of-dna-vaccine-elicited-gamma-interferon-responses-in-humans-by-exposure-to-malaria-parasit/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281353.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00072-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.92212 | 545 | 1.789063 | 2 |
Students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) now have a new mobile app, Mobius, designed to help them navigate the various maker resources available to them on campus.
Your Windows mobile device doesn't have a numeric keypad, so how do you type characters like em dashes or bullets without having to open Word or Character Map?
The single greatest advantage of Microsoft's high-end Surface Pro 4 tablet over other high-end mobile Windows devices is its pressure-sensitive stylus. So those of you who jumped in with the latest generation of the device may have been perplexed (as I was) to find that some of the most popular graphics apps out there were incapable of using stylus pressure. But there's a simple fix for that.
Adoption of Mac and iPad devices is increasing in higher education organizations, driven primarily by user preference, according to a new report from JAMF Software.
Sharp Electronics' imaging and information division has partnered with Blackboard, providing a paper-to-digital workflow for the Blackboard Learn learning management system.
The MIT Media Lab, Tufts University and PBS Kids have partnered to release a free app based on the ScratchJr coding language and designed to help kids aged five to eight learn coding concepts.
Microsoft has introduced a new range of Windows 10-based Lumia smart phones, including a 5.7-inch quad-HD model to rival the latest Android-based phablets.
Microsoft is updating its Windows tablet lineup with the launch of the Surface Pro 4, a faster version of the Surface Pro with a larger display and upgraded stylus.
A new app, English on the Go, aims to leverage social features to help students learn English more easily.
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I delivered this presentation to the Sri Lanka College of Journalism as part of a lecture series aimed at mid-career journalists from mainstream print and broadcast media in Sri Lanka.
In this lecture I introduced the concept of data driven journalism with examples from Google and Groundviews. The examples from Google’s amazing Public Data Explorer, which use World Bank data, are especially interesting for I explore the co-relation between GDP and life expectancy in Sri Lanka, plus the effects of GDP growth and mobile phone ownership, looking at how war affected this from 2006 to 2008 (post-war data is not yet available from the World Bank).
There are also two examples from Groundviews that are to date, using Google Maps, the first and only examples of data driven journalism in Sri Lanka. The first deals with visualising flooding in Colombo and the second with growing student unrest in the country.
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Tuesday, June 21, 2005
The Thirsty Dead Again
In Vergil, the tree that bleeds when cut grows out of the body of Trojan King Priam's son Polydorus, murdered by his host Polymestor upon news that Troy had fallen.
Aeneas and his men perform funeral rites for Polydorus (Vergil, Aeneid 3.62-68, tr. Theodore C. Williams):
But fit and solemn funeral rites were paidSee also Vergil, Aeneid 5.75-78 (tr. Williams):
to Polydorus. A high mound we reared
of heaped-up earth, and to his honored shade
built a perpetual altar, sadly dressed
in cypress dark and purple pall of woe.
Our Ilian women wailed with loosened hair;
new milk was sprinkled from a foaming cup,
and from the shallow bowl fresh blood out-poured
upon the sacred ground. So in its tomb
we laid his ghost to rest, and loudly sang,
with prayer for peace, the long, the last farewell.
ergo instauramus Polydoro funus, et ingens
aggeritur tumulo tellus; stant Manibus arae
caeruleis maestae vittis atraque cupresso,
et circum Iliades crinem de more solutae;
inferimus tepido spumantia cymbia lacte
sanguinis et sacri pateras, animamque sepulcro
condimus et magna supremum voce ciemus.
Then in th' attendant throng conspicuous,Vergil thus traces back to mythological times the custom of offering liquids to the dead. J.M.C. Toynbee, Death and Burial in the Roman World (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1971), pp. 51-52, gives archaeological evidence of the custom:
with thousands at his side, the hero moved
from place of council to his father's tomb.
There on the ground he poured libation due,
two beakers of good wine, of sweet milk two,
two of the victim's blood.
ille e concilio multis cum milibus ibat
ad tumulum magna medius comitante caterva.
hic duo rite mero libans carchesia Baccho
fundit humi, duo lacte novo, duo sanguine sacro.
Graves, whether for inhumation or cremation, with holes or pipes through which food and drink could be poured down directly on to the burial (profusio), so as to reach the remains, are a not uncommon feature of cemeteries in very diverse areas of the Roman world. For example, in the necropolis excavated under St Peter's in Rome, several instances have come to light. In Tomb F, inset into the border of a mosaic pavement, is a series of small, square marble slabs each pierced with a hole for pouring sustenance down to the dead beneath .... Another child's inhumation burial, this time at Syracuse and with the bones laid directly in the earth under tiles set gable-wise, was connected with the surface by a vertical terracotta pipe, closed at the top by a movable stone stopper.In The Thirsty Dead, I discussed a similar Greek custom.
If you don't placate the dead in this way, they're apt to become restless. George Romero's movie Land of the Dead opens Friday. I hope it's as funny as Night of the Living Dead and Dawn of the Dead. The scene with zombies riding the escalator at the mall in Dawn of the Dead is hilarious. I think of it whenever I'm unlucky enough to find myself among the zombie-like shoppers at Minnesota's own Mall of America. | <urn:uuid:7b1f304e-e98a-4221-9536-60348084925a> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2005/06/thirsty-dead-again.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280242.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00074-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.907028 | 811 | 2.390625 | 2 |
Have any ideas on how to improve materials engineering for golf carts? They’re a great candidate for a new approach because of skyrocketing accidents. Half of golf cart injuries occur on streets or residential property, and there was a surge in golf cart use when gas prices soared last year. One retiree bought a 20-year-old cart for $300 that can go 20 miles on a 10-hour charge. Twenty-six states allow use of golf carts on local streets. Some states require hazard signs on the back, not unlike the bright signs on the back of Amish buggies. A study by the University of Alabama at Birmingham, said about 1,000 Americans suffer injuries monthly due to golf cart accidents. Male teenagers and people over 80 had the highest injury rates. A study by the Center for Injury Research and Policy at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, OH, said annual injury rates for golf carts increased 130 percent in a recent 16-year period.
Dow Chemical and several other companies have launched a program in Omaha, Neb. to divert about 36 tons of plastics from landfills in its first phase, and convert it into energy used for cement production.
A make-your-own Star Wars Sith Lightsaber hilt is heftier and better-looking than most others out there, according to its maker, Sean Charlesworth. You can 3D print it from free source files, and there's even a hardware kit available -- not free -- so you can build one just in time for Halloween.
Some next-generation bio-based materials are superior in performance to their petro-based counterparts, but also face some commercial challenges. This is especially true of certain biopolymers, adhesives, coatings, and advanced materials.
Cars and other vehicles, as well as electronics and medical devices, continue to lead the use cases for the new plastics products we've been seeing, as engineers design products for tougher environments.
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The Jerusalem Municipality is expected to give final approval for a new settlement called Givat Hamatos near Bethlehem and Beit Safafa. It will be the first completely detached settlement built within the Green Line since Har Homa near Bethlehem. Givat Hamatos A, one of four stages, will have 2,610 housing units. The approximately 4,000 units in the full plan include around 800 units for Palestinian homes built inside Beit Safafa.
According to an article in the Jerusalem Post, it was slated for approval by the Jerusalem Municipality two weeks ago but then tabled when US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton came to town to mediate the Gaza conflict. Approval is now expected in a few weeks.
This comes at a sensitive time when Israel has just announced plans for 3,000 new settlement units in the eastern part of Jerusalem, including going ahead with previously frozen plans to develop the controversial E1 territory. If developed, E1 would virtually cut the West Bank in two and, some say, make a two-state solution impossible.
But veteran Jerusalem activist Danny Seidemann said that Israel’s plans for 7,770 new settlement units around Bethlehem (in Gilo, Har Homa and Givat Hamatos) in the southeast of Jerusalem would be “just as devastating” as E1 because it would cut off Jerusalem from Bethlehem. Listen to his interview with NPR’s Morning Edition. Seidemann states:
Under [the] Geneva [Accord], a two-state solution is still possible, where Beit Safafa will be Palestinian, but if Givat Hamatos were to be built it would no longer be possible. In the absence of geographical connection, there will be no political connection, and the loss of a two-state solution jeopardizes Israel’s existence.
Jerusalem City Councilor Elisha Peleg (Likud), who is on the Local Planning and Building Committee, said:
I don’t think any European country or the US would like it if we got involved with their internal matters. They don’t have a right to do this. These places are in full Israeli sovereignty. We have to be strong and to continue to build in Jerusalem as much as possible, in order to create facts on the ground that we’re not giving up on Jerusalem.
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Sélecteur de langues
Brussels, 20 February 2013
Commissioner Piebalgs to launch new food security and energy projects during his visit to Burundi
During a two-day visit to Burundi (21-22/02), EU Commissioner for Development Andris Piebalgs will announce an €18 million new project on food security for the benefit of around 20,000 households and to treat 80,000 undernourished children in the country. He will also launch a second project, worth €50 million, to provide access to sustainable energy for a million of Burundi's citizens, particularly for those living in rural areas.
Commissioner Piebalgs said: "We cannot forget about the biggest scourge of our times – child hunger. In Burundi, the current level of chronic malnutrition rate of 58% of children under 5 is one of the highest in more than two decades. EU aid is an important instrument to achieve a hunger-free world and I am determined to help families and children in Burundi, so that they also can have a chance for more decent life".
The food security project, called PROPA-O, is part of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Initiative - set up to help those countries who are especially off-track with the MDGs, or reward those who are making particular progress in meeting them. The initiative will aim to improve access to quality agricultural products such as seeds and fertilisers and by helping farmers to access markets (through improved storage, transformation and collection processes).
Another focus of Commissioner's visit will be energy. In Burundi, only 3,5% of people have access to electricity. Lack of access to energy remains a major brake to further development of the country. As Commissioner Piebalgs explained: "There can be no development without energy and, unfortunately, the energy situation in Burundi remains one of the worst in the world, with daily power cuts being experienced by most people." The new initiative (€50 million) could include rural electrification, small and medium hydro projects and measures related to energy infrastructure. The project will also bring the Commission one step closer to delivering on its pledge to provide energy access for 500 million people by 2030 which was made within UN-led Sustainable Energy for All Initiative.
Tentative Programme of the Commissioner
In addition to the meeting with President Nkurunziza, Commissioner Piebalgs will also meet Vice-President Gervais Rufyikiri, Minister of Finance and Planning Tabu Abdallah Manirakiza, Minister for Health and Minister for Agriculture. He will also meet the UN Special Representative for Burundi, as well as representatives of various international organisations such as UNDP, the World Bank, the African Development Bank and the International Monetary Fund. He will also hold a meeting with civil society organisations. During all these meetings, Commissioner will insist on the need for the country to accelerate the agenda of reforms and to follow up on commitments that the Government has taken during the International Conference of Geneva in October 2012. Commissioner Piebalgs declared: "While recognising that a number of reforms are on the right path, we must encourage our Burundese friends to move forward and to accelerate the reforms that will ensure sustainable development of the country. The 2015 elections are an important rendez-vous that cannot be missed. The EU will remain an important partner for Burundi to face all those challenges". Finally, Commissioner Piebalgs will also visit a series of EU-funded development projects to evaluate their implementation, in the area of governance, health and food security.
Since 2004, the EU has financed more than 45 projects all over Burundi in the field of Food Security which have been implemented by almost 25 different organizations amounting to nearly €40 million. These projects have benefited thousands of households, mainly farmers and vulnerable people, through the rehabilitation of rural production factors (land, infrastructure, equipment); the re-launching of production (e.g. increased agricultural productivity, provision of farm inputs, animal husbandry, training capacity building towards farmers and farmers’ organisations); the diversification of rural livelihoods and increase to rural incomes, and the support of the transition from a subsistence agriculture to market oriented one and, most recently, addressing chronic malnutrition. Nevertheless, because food insecurity is a structural issue, a long-term response is needed.
For more information:
MEMO/13/115: EU Cooperation with Burundi
IP/11/1063: EU €1 billion Millennium Development Goals initiative to support maternal health, contribute to fight against child mortality and hunger and improve supply of water and sanitation
Website of EuropeAid Development and Cooperation DG:
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This page is part of the web mail archives of SRFI 77 from before July 7th, 2015. The new archives for SRFI 77 contain all messages, not just those from before July 7th, 2015.
On Oct 28, 2005, at 2:36 PM, Alan Watson wrote:
* Should a minimum precision be required for fixnums or flonums?In an implementation written in C (i.e., without access to the carry flag) running on a 32-bit processor, it might make sense to use 16-bit fixnums to make it easy to check for overflow and the need for bignums.
This is not really necessary. See "Hacker's Delight" by Henry S. Warren, who gives algorithms for checking for overflow in the basic arithmetic operations for signed and unsigned arithmetic. In fact, this information is in chapter 2, which is online at
http://www.hackersdelight.org/I encourage anyone who has ever needed to twiddle a bit or two to consider buying the book.
One caveat about the algorithms for signed overflow: In C, unsigned integer arithmetic that overflows is defined to be calculated modulo two to some power; the behavior of signed integer arithmetic overflow is undefined. (At the same time, all the computer architectures that I know of use the same instructions for signed and unsigned arithmetic, so in *fact* signed arithmetic overflow is well-defined to do what you think it does.) Some compilers make use of the fact that signed integer overflow is undefined to enable certain optimizations. This is certainly true for gcc 4.0 and higher, for which you should give the -fwrapv flag to say that signed overflow does the right thing. The algorithms in "Hacker's Delight" assume that signed integer overflow does the right thing.
The latest Gambit-C 4.0 beta generates safe inline fixnum operations using these algorithms to detect fixnum overflow.
Of course, in a sense, you have access to the carry flag because "long long" is at least 64-bits.
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Why the banks decline you
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You will find more info on our weblog about credit ratings, the way they are determined and whatever they suggest. But in most cases, a rating between 300-559 is recognized as “poor,” while 560-659 is with in “fair” territory. Anything above that and you also should not experience any difficulty getting that loan. You’ll find away your credit history free of charge with Borrowell.
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Locate a loan provider that will help
If you’re approaching lenders with a bad credit rating, find the one that focuses on using the services of customers such as for instance your self. Understand what the lending company’s eligibility requirements is before you apply given that it differs among banking institutions. Credit unions, as an example, could be more strict about whom they provide to put against a lender like Fresh begin, that may make use of clients of most backgrounds and economic circumstances.
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Do a cosigner is had by you?
Then you may need to find a strong cosigner if you’re under that $1,200 monthly income threshold (including any government income you receive. A cosigner is just a trusted buddy or member of the family whom agrees to talk about the duty of one’s loan. The cosigner need to have a good earnings and a credit score that is good.
Are you able to provide security?
In a few circumstances, a loan provider may be ready to accept collateral to secure your application for the loan. Samples of collateral will be the name of the vehicle or perhaps house equity if you have got it. This is simply not recommended and really should simply be considered in crisis circumstances. Keep in mind you will be placing a valuable asset at danger, and in case something goes incorrect along with your capability to repay the mortgage is compromised, you can lose that asset.
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Knowing exactly what your monthly obligations are likely to be, you ought to make certain you’re capable of making your re payments on time before you signal any such thing. You may also start thinking about automating your re re payment which means you do not have even to consider it.
While you pay off your loan, your credit can get into good territory. In reality, it can be seen by you enhanced in since quickly as thirty days!
Monthly payments on your own loan of $5,000 will allow you to build back your credit score. Nonetheless it’s key that you make re payments on time. Here’s why:
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You are standing in line on the division store you start to really feel your heart beating faster and quicker. A very hectic life event could also be all that it takes for anyone who has been discharged from services to want the identical companies once more. One of the good privileges of being a behavioral health clinician is that in most cases you need to pay to receives a commission. This is a meeting of the South Florida Center for Independent Living and organization that deals with individuals with physical or mental disabilities or impairments.
Behavioral Gerontology: Refers to conduct analytic analysis on people who find themselves getting old as well as the design of treatments carried out to help them. As a Licensed Social Worker working within the psychological well being subject, I really feel that it is a very important motion that won’t only assist individuals discover ways to assist these in want mentally, however to additionally scale back the stigma that is so heavily ingrained in our society concerning psychological well being. This often works with any age group, but may be higher for greater functioning people.
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Using the phrase maniac” sounds a lot worse, and yet it is also a phrase that’s utilized in humor between pals, as well as describing someone with a mental health drawback. Megan has several years of expertise within the mental well being and habit discipline which have been primarily spent in neighborhood mental health. It was based with the assumption that these with little or no sources ought to have entry to the same prime quality companies accessible as those with the flexibility to pay. All-or-nothing thinking and overgeneralization may additionally be enjoying a job within the ineffectiveness of the behavioral modification program.
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The Solutions Alliance
The Solutions Alliance
The Solutions Alliance was launched in April 2014 to advance a partnership-oriented approach to addressing protracted displacement situations and preventing new displacement situations from becoming protracted. With nearly 60 million refugees and internally displaced persons worldwide, the Solutions Alliance is a platform for development and humanitarian actors to work together – for the benefit of displaced persons and host communities – to find solutions to protracted displacement and to rethink the way we respond to displacement from the start. An inclusive forum, the Solutions Alliance brings together donor and host governments, UN agencies, multilateral financial institutions, civil society organisations, international NGOs, the private sector, and academia. Solutions Alliance has a board of five members. UNHCR is the current chair of the board and Denmark is the co-chair. UNDP will assume the chair in 2017 with Turkey as the co-chair.
The Solutions Alliance seeks to promote and enable the transition for displaced people away from dependency towards increased self-reliance, resilience, and development through three goals:
- Supporting innovative solutions through the development of appropriate strategies, programmes and projects in selected displacement situations.
- Helping shape the global policy agenda to recognise displacement as a development challenge, as well as a humanitarian and protection issue, and to work with governments in affected countries toward the inclusion of displacement issues as a cross-cutting theme in national and local development plans.
- Ensuring that a diverse and growing group of partners form a vibrant network and seek to maximize the impact of their individual efforts.
The Solutions Alliance works through National Groups (currently in Somalia, Uganda, Tanzania and Zambia) and Thematic Groups and is looking to expand the range of partners and national groups to ensure a broader network committed to finding solutions to displacement.
What added value can the Solutions Alliance bring?
- It’s a space to exchange views and experiences, align efforts, learn lessons, and strengthen partnerships development, and private sector efforts/actors with those of humanitarians.
- It is an opportunity to inspire existing development programming to include persons of concern and pursue new approaches to solutions.
- It means engagement with non-traditional partners, who may be excluded from existing coordination mechanisms.
- It aims at achieving more than coordination and joint programmes; it is about co-ownership and co-responsibility across key stakeholders on finding solutions for displaced persons.
What is UNDP's role in Solutions Alliance?
At the global level:
- UNDP is one of five members of the board (Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkey, IRC, UNHCR, and UNDP) and will be assuming the chair for one year in 2017.
- UNDP has been a member right from the start, thanks to the support of some key countries (Sweden and Denmark). We represent the development voice.
- Being part of the board UNDP serves as the global support mechanism to the National and Thematic Groups and produces an annual progress report and organises Roundtables every three year.
- UNDP co-chairs the thematic group on the Private Sector focused on inclusion of displaced people in corporate entities value chains.
At the country level:
- The Country Office determines UNDP’s degree of engagement.
- UNDP, as well as other actors, can take the lead in establishing a National Group; at a minimum UNDP should contribute to discussions about establishing a National Group.
- UNDP, as well as other actors, can suggest that existing coordination mechanisms join the network, benefiting from the global level work.
- UNDP could assist in organizing gatherings or communication/linkage between different actors.
How is the Solutions Alliance different from other solutions initiatives?
- The network is broad-based and does not aim to become an additional institution
- 5 board members -2 UN bodies, 2 states, and 1 NGO - there are no HQ-determined rules or mechanisms beyond the broad principles of engagement.
- Each National Group has a local character and can be fundamentally different from other groups, reflecting the principle to be context specific and evidence based.
- The Alliance is gathering data to concretely reveal how development is affected by displacement, and how solutions require development responses alongside humanitarian efforts.
In February 2016 the second Solutions Alliance Roundtable took place in Brussels. UNDP provided significant support to the Roundtable, which brought together more than 170 participants from across the world and across sectors including from the four focus countries Somalia, Uganda, Tanzania and Zambia. The Roundtable took place in the midst of increasing interest in finding innovative and long-lasting responses to the unprecedented number of displaced persons. The Roundtable aimed to engage participants to identify means to address challenges and obstacles when seeking solutions to displacement, leading to concrete commitments for action and real sustainable results for displaced persons and host communities.
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Traditionally norsaq was used to add some power to the harpoon throw. Because of the real-life needs, inuit hunters also learned to roll their kayaks with it. For now, norsaqs are rarely used for their original purpose but there are many styles of greenland rolls where it is used. It is fun and challenging to learn rolling with it. Norsaq also helps you to develope from paddle rolls to hand rolls.
Our norsaq has traditional design (slot for harpoon), it is ergonomical and elegant. Made of western red cedar, it is lightweight and looks fantastic on your kayak deck. Use it and we guarantee you a lot of fun!
Material: western red cedar (Thuja plicata)
NOTICE: Every piece of wood is different. They come with different density, weight and colour. The colour of oiled norsaqs varies from very light red to very dark brown. So in matter of colour, photos here are more or less illustrative.
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This is the schedule of the on-going children’s programs at the Northfield Public LibraryMondays 10 –12 First Steps Early Literacy Center
A parent or caregiver-directed activity center where toddlers and preschoolers are surrounded by alphabet manipulatives, concept books, board books and puzzles, all designed to be a fun learning experience.
Tuesdays 10 –11 Patty Cake Infant Lapsit
Infant Lapsit is specially designed to encourage development of language and motor skills by incorporating books with simple songs, rhymes and fingerplays. For ages 6-18 months with parent or caregiver.
Wednesdays 10 –11 Toddler Rhyme Time
Is a time to encourage development of language and motor skills by integrating movement, songs, books and rhymes for kids ages 18 months to 3 years old with parent or caregiver.
Thursdays 10 –11 Story Time for 4’s and 5’s
Stories and a craft for the “just about ready for school crowd.” For children who are ready to sit and listen to a picture book, sing songs and create a small art project.
Fridays 10 am to noon First Steps Early Literacy Center
Saturdays 10 to 11 First Steps Early Literacy Center
Saturdays 11 –12 Carleton Volunteers Story Hour TBA
Saturday morning stories and crafts. During Carleton’s school year.
Free and open to all! All activities are held in the meeting room.
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China’s pulling its shorts down again. It would really rather they were consigned to the washing basket. By shorts I mean, of course, short sellers; those who borrow other people’s shares and sell into the market in the hopes of buying back at a lower price.
The latest moves by the country’s regulators are designed to make an already difficult and expensive process even more so and thus help to stem the alarming decline shown by the Shanghai stock exchange.
It’s not an unusual move at times of volatility. Britain’s regulators sought to curb the practice during the banking crisis, for example, and there is evidence to suggest that doing so can reduce volatility. In China’s case it may also help buttress the shaky confidence of an army of small investors.
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Sixty-Four Scenes from Saturn ... The Poster. "zum Thema:" Die Landlosen der Cyberwelt. Pi to 1,000,000 places. 24_6902_0_junk.pdf (application/pdf Object) Cray-1. Cray-1 with internals exposed at EPFL The Cray-1 was a supercomputer designed, manufactured and marketed by Cray Research.
The first Cray-1 system was installed at Los Alamos National Laboratory in 1976 and it went on to become one of the best known and most successful supercomputers in history. The Cray-1's architect was Seymour Cray, the chief engineer was Cray Research co-founder Lester Davis. History Jim Thornton, formerly Cray's engineering partner on earlier designs, had started a more radical project known as the CDC STAR-100.
As a result, Cray left CDC and started a new company HQ only yards from the CDC lab. In 1975 the 80 MHz Cray-1 was announced. The 80 MFLOPS Cray-1 was succeeded in 1982 by the 800 MFLOPS Cray X-MP, the first Cray multi-processing computer. Background Typical scientific workloads consist of reading in large data sets, transforming them in some way and then writing them back out again. Vector machines The real savings are not so obvious. Define Cybernetics at Dictionary. Cybernetics. Cybernetics is a transdisciplinary approach for exploring regulatory systems, their structures, constraints, and possibilities.
Cybernetics is relevant to the study of systems, such as mechanical, physical, biological, cognitive, and social systems. Cybernetics is applicable when a system being analyzed incorporates a closed signaling loop; that is, where action by the system generates some change in its environment and that change is reflected in that system in some manner (feedback) that triggers a system change, originally referred to as a "circular causal" relationship. Some say this is necessary to a cybernetic perspective. System dynamics, a related field, originated with applications of electrical engineering control theory to other kinds of simulation models (especially business systems) by Jay Forrester at MIT in the 1950s.
Norbert Wiener defined cybernetics in 1948 as "the scientific study of control and communication in the animal and the machine Definitions W. General. Decision theory. Normative and descriptive decision theory Since people usually do not behave in ways consistent with axiomatic rules, often their own, leading to violations of optimality, there is a related area of study, called a positive or descriptive discipline, attempting to describe what people will actually do.
Since the normative, optimal decision often creates hypotheses for testing against actual behaviour, the two fields are closely linked. Furthermore it is possible to relax the assumptions of perfect information, rationality and so forth in various ways, and produce a series of different prescriptions or predictions about behaviour, allowing for further tests of the kind of decision-making that occurs in practice. In recent decades, there has been increasing interest in what is sometimes called 'behavioral decision theory' and this has contributed to a re-evaluation of what rational decision-making requires. Information theory. Overview The main concepts of information theory can be grasped by considering the most widespread means of human communication: language.
Two important aspects of a concise language are as follows: First, the most common words (e.g., "a", "the", "I") should be shorter than less common words (e.g., "roundabout", "generation", "mediocre"), so that sentences will not be too long. Such a tradeoff in word length is analogous to data compression and is the essential aspect of source coding. Second, if part of a sentence is unheard or misheard due to noise — e.g., a passing car — the listener should still be able to glean the meaning of the underlying message.
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Fungus disease and infection of potted indoor plants can be dangerous to the health of your indoor garden. Although it is common for some fungus to be in the soil of growing media such as perlite and vermiculite, more invasive fungi can wither your plant and rot the roots.
Yellow mushrooms are common in store-bought potting media. This fungus is used to make compost in large commercial composting factories. Yellow fungus is safe and will not harm the plant unless the soil is over-watered. To remove yellow fungus, allow the soil to dry between applications of water.
Signs of Fungal Infection
Several fungi are invisible to the eye. Detecting symptoms is often the only way to know your plant has a fungal infection. Common symptoms include the browning and falling away of leaves, leaf spots and blemishes, blisters on the stem of the plant and scabby spots. Wilting of the plant and a general drooping in posture may indicate a root problem caused by fungal infection.
Indication on Soil
Some fungi, like the yellow fungus, can be seen in the soil of the potted plant. Fungi comes in a variety of colors, such as yellow, white, brown, red and black. Visible fungi in the soil cannot be controlled by removing the fruiting bodies or removing the top layer of the soil. Fungus grows deep under the dirt and will reappear. Completely re-potting the plant, as well as a cleaning the pot with diluted bleach and water, may remove the problem.
Testing the Soil
Thousands of fungal varieties exist in the wild, which makes fungi identification on indoor plants difficult. Checking against common symptoms of plant disease for your particular plant variety may help narrow down the possibilities, but may prove confusing. If in doubt, soil samples can be collected from your potted plant and sent to your local university extension according to their instructions.
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Modern design is one of the most prevalent styles in the design world. In the past, the modern aesthetic was regarded to be cold and sterile, with a lot of chrome and imagined “DO NOT TOUCH!” warnings. However, while some of those assumptions may be true, the fact is that the current style encompasses much more than just that. It is a style that requires a great deal of imagination. In return for experimenting with a diverse variety of colors, you may experiment with forms, patterns, textures, and various shades of black, white, gray, and a few tones of brown. Soft neutrals and pops of greenery warm up the space and create an inviting, yet sleek environment. You may incorporate a variety of
contemporary basement ideas into your freshly finished basement home by choosing from various alternatives and concepts.
What Is the Meaning of a Modern Basement Design?
In the most literal sense, modern basement design has ditched the gloomy, depressing, and even smelly dungeon-like atmosphere. It implements design features that can be found throughout the house, not only in the basement. Our ultimate goal is to have your basement
be an extension of the other living spaces in your home.
On the other hand, if you are talking about a basement that has been created with a modern design style in mind, we are talking about something a little different. The use of monochromatic colors as the primary color emphasis is characteristic of the current design. When it comes to the structure and floor layout of the space, everything is clean, streamlined, and accurate. An open concept creates an inviting and homey feel that lends itself to a fresh and bright space that you won’t want to leave. The potential to have fun and be more creative is found in the small things that make life more interesting. For example, while converting your basement into a family room with a modern style, you would not want to use white furniture as your primary choice. That would be putting yourself in a position to fail. Again, we are moving away from the “DO NOT TOUCH” outdated take on modern style. Furniture in a dark gray, a light or medium tan, or even a color in the black family may be appropriate for your space. Yes, there are several shades of black and gray to choose from! And you can even opt for a subtle pattern or print to elevate the dark canvas. The best thing is that you are the one who has to sort it out. You can experiment with different colors and contrasts. In addition, the forms of your furniture, whether they are circular, rectangular, triangular, or any other shape, are a terrific way to bring additional flair to your home without taking up much space.
Modern Basement Flooring
You will often discover a certain sort of floor when looking for modern basement flooring ideas that give a substantial contrast to your furniture, which will create that distinct sense. In the case of all-white furnishings, a dark gray or black floor may be preferable to a light
gray or white one. Best of all, if your flooring selections are limited, as they may be in your freshly finished basement, you can always put rugs on your floor to create a contrast or blending effect to match your decor. Rugs add instant warmth and coziness to your basement space and also add an additional layer of texture.
Marble and concrete are two examples of flooring designs commonly employed in contemporary design. Other variants, like specific tiles, may be suitable for your finished basement, even though such selections are not the most ideal in this style.
Ideas for a Modern Bar
The modern look is ideal for people who like the idea of having a bar in their new basement house and who want to include metal in their design scheme. You may go for a stereotypically modern look by incorporating silver or chrome pieces into your bar space. Alternatively, you can prefer a more luxurious look by incorporating more gold or brass accents into your space. Gold accessories and hardware are very on-trend at the moment and bring warm tones to a sleek and minimal modern design.
A bar cart is always a good choice for those searching for more cost-effective solutions. A closed-in bar cart is highly recommended because the current design does not support many cluttered areas. As a result of the storage space available for all of your different wine or liquor bottles, floating islands are an excellent complement to this setting. You may also utilize the same marble you used for your flooring to create a bar top for your new island.
Anyone with the financial means to spend lavishly on a bar may spend as much as they like, as the sky is the limit. With a marble bar top and mirrored bar side, you may create the illusion that your area is much larger than it is. Or splurge and go for that waterfall island!
You can have a back bar where you can show off some of your most aesthetically beautiful alcoholic beverages, favorite bottles you’ve held onto for nostalgia, and fancy bar equipment. A unique granite has been utilized in this bar to give it a distinct look compared to your
Ideas for Modern Walls
Basement walls in the modern era will be easy as well. Less is more when it comes to the contemporary style. Think simple yet striking! Additionally, there will be no abundance of texture applied to the walls. The walls are usually a matte black, dark gray, or white color
depending on the style. White walls, once again, are not the most family-friendly choice. No one wants to spend their time continuously scrubbing kid art off their walls. If you are looking for a pop of color or print, adding wallpaper to one wall for an accent piece is a
great idea and an easy DIY project!
Ideas for Modern Ceilings
The look of your ceiling is going to be rather easy. As previously said, modern design is characterized by its clean, sleek appearance. You have the option of having an all-white ceiling or an all-black ceiling. Your ceiling fan might be in the same color family or a different color family (i.e., white ceiling and black ceiling fan). Most of the time, there is not much texture on the ceiling. At most, you will see a ceiling fan and a beam that runs the length of the room, if that.
Ideas for Modern Bathrooms
Clean, elegant, and simple is the style of modern bathrooms – no fiberglass showers! You may choose a stunning marble-looking tile to use in your shower design, which will make it look much more expensive than it is. Aside from that, you can experiment with the various fittings to achieve the metallic hue that you like. You are under no compulsion to use chrome unless you so want. In this room, gold fixtures work just as well as silver. Again, in an ideal situation, your sink and toilet should be in direct contrast to your floors and shower tiling (black flooring and tile with a white sink and toilet). However, if done right, you may use a single shade across the space and allow the contrast to blend in with the rest of the design.
Ideas for Modern Basement Decor
Okay, the décor is where the contemporary design shines for the creative designer. As previously said, you may experiment with different shades of colors, forms, textures, prints, patterns, and metals within this aesthetic while keeping to the monochromatic design strategy as described above. You should only be concerned about going overboard with your efforts. Clutter is a huge opponent of the modern style, so start slowly unless you want to create a space that resembles Liberace’s home or something similar. You may use a variety of vases and plants to create a beautiful display. Choose some realistic-looking artificial plants as well as some plants that do not require a lot of sunshine
since your freshly finished basement would be an excellent place for them to thrive in. Mirrors, as well as various pieces of art, are great additions to any room. Frames that complement your room decor are simple to locate and can be quite affordable depending
on where you purchase.
Ideas for a Modern Farmhouse Basement
The surprising part is that most people believe that these two design concepts are fundamentally opposed. These two aesthetics, on the other hand, complement one other nicely. There is only a good middle ground between the two. Yes, you still have the more monochrome concept from the more current design on your hands. However, because the farmhouse style creates a warm and friendly atmosphere, white with light gray accents is appropriate. A great deal of light is included in this design mashup. You will still have the opportunity to experiment with various white and light gray colors.
Textures are also entertaining to experiment with. You have the opportunity to add a large number of soft cushions and blankets, which is enjoyable. Baskets strategically placed throughout the house make family time and cleanup more manageable. Decorative things, resulting in clutter, represent a middle ground between the two extremes. It combo steps extremely cautiously on that line and, in some instances, even goes a little too much over it.
Ideas for a Modern Rustic Basement
As previously discussed in a previous article, the rustic design aesthetic has been transformed into a modern design style. It retains all of the clean lines and elegant styling of the original. On the other hand, the rustic style combines more browns, leather, and wood. These features can also be used in a modern setting. That is how these two are joined. Again, because the rustic design incorporates more light, the monochromatic color will often be white or a variant of white. Browns and creamy colors go together like peanut butter and jelly. Remember that the worn feature with rustic design ideas is another textural element. After that, remember to keep the clutter-free aspect of the modern design style in mind, and you will be fine.
Ideas for a Modern Industrial Basement
Most people see a modern industrial design in their minds when they hear “modern design.”
It has a highly sleek and sharp appearance, and as a result, does not appear to be a family-friendly style. It may alleviate this problem by filing down the sharp edges of specific components. To combat the feeling of cold and sterile, opt for oversized furniture, fuzzy
throw blankets and pillows, a plethora of rugs, and candles.
No amount of light is required in the current industrial design. If you are still in the mood for a more gloomy atmosphere, this may be the design option for you. Dimmer lighting and many other shades of gray, including bright and dark tones, can be used in your design. You
may experiment with textures in your sitting areas, such as your sofas and chairs, but your options are somewhat restricted in this area due to the industrial feel. In addition, metal is a prominent component; however, it is often seen in silver or black colors. Chrome is the
dominant tool in this setting.
Ideas for a Mid-Century Modern Basement
The mid-century modern style is perfect for those who can not stand the thought of living in a world of neutrals without ripping their hair out. Mid-Century modern design offers yet another area of compromise, allowing for the use of additional colors, textures, and
contrast levels while preserving the clean, minimalistic style associated with contemporary design. Mid-century modern style has a similar feel to the farmhouse mashup in that it is quite a homey appearance. It has a more accessible and family-friendly feel about it. Everything in
the space is designed with utility in mind rather than fashion, yet it is still trendy at the same time. For example, you would wish to incorporate a lovely ottoman that is both vibrant and modern at the same time. That ottoman might also serve as a storage space for
those family games or that new craft project you have been working on. Once again, simplicity is the theme of the day. Clutter is still a no-no in my book.
Is the modern basement the right fit for you?
With modern basement ideas, there are several options for creativity, including aspects that are in keeping with the sleek design associated with modern design. Regardless matter the design or design mashup you pick, call Hawthorne Finished Basements now to chat with
one of our consultants about the route you want to take with your current unfinished basement. We are here to bring your basement dreams to life!
Get Started with Hawthorne
Do your research on custom basement contractors in Elkhorn, Nebraska. Take the time to read Google reviews, visit with current and previous clients, and be sure to interview the contractors. Our team is eager to help you with modern basement design while making sure you are being taken care of.
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Insurers on notice over Facebook ‘snooping’
City watchdog to investigate how customers’ online profiles are used to raise cost of premiums
Acting FCA chief executive Tracey McDermott insists the regulator is not ‘going soft’ on the banks (Jane Mingay/Rex Features)
INSURERS that trawl sites such as Facebook and Twitter to “snoop” on customers
could face a crackdown by the City watchdog.
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has been examining how insurers use
information gathered from the internet to set premiums.
Social media sites, including Linkedin, have generated reams of personal
information that financial institutions have begun to mine. However, many
consumers are uneasy about their online behaviour being used to the benefit
of big business.
Last week the FCA completed an initial study into how insurance companies use
data from social media and other sources, such as supermarket loyalty
It could be the prelude to a broader market investigation, potentially leading
to the introduction of tougher rules later this year.
The vast silos of personal information available online should help insurance
companies to assess risk more accurately, experts said.
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The US military planes dropped containers of meals and water to thousands of religious minorities trapped on Iraq’s Sinjar mountain after fleeing the rampaging militants of the Islamic State.
This airdrop was conducted by one C-17 and two C-130 cargo aircraft, which together dropped a total of 72 bundles of supplies, the US Central Command said yesterday.
The C-17 dropped 40 container delivery system bundles of fresh drinking water totaling 3,804 gallons.
In addition, the two C-130s dropped 32 bundles totaling 16,128 meals ready to eat, it said.
Thousands of families from the Yazidi minority community are trapped on the Sinjar mountain without food and water after fleeing the rampaging fighters of the Islamic State, also known as Islamic State of Iraq and Syria or ISIS.
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Note that President Obama starts his speech about 22 minutes into this video.
Do you still believe this guy? According to him, Obamacare is a great success and affordable. He doesn’t have a good record of telling the truth, unfortunately. Yet one of the candidates supports what Obama has done (She belongs in jail for lying, among other things.) and the other candidate doesn’t.
According to Hillary Clinton, health care is a basic human right (from here).
That sounds great. Hence, we have a weeping, but gullible lady. What she does not see is a devil in the details. Someone has to pay for this right. When we force other people to pay for our “rights”, we have to enslave those people. That’s why there is nothing in the Constitution that says we have a basic human right to exploit other people to satisfy our own ends.
Think about it. Where do basic human rights stop? Food? Clothing? Shelter? Education? Job? A car? An Obamaphone? A fabulous vacation? Nevertheless, H. Clinton wants to build upon Obamacare.
As your president, I want to build on the progress we’ve made. I’ll do more to bring down health care costs for families, ease burdens on small businesses, and make sure consumers have the choices they deserve. And frankly, it is finally time for us to deal with the skyrocketing out-of-pocket health costs, and particularly runaway prescription drug prices. (continued here)
With respect to the notion that health care is a basic human right, Donald Trump is not a Conservative. Nevertheless, he recognizes that Obamacare is a disaster.
DONALD TRUMP’S VISION
To view Mr. Trump’s position, visit https://www.donaldjtrump.com/positions/healthcare-reform
- Repeal and replace Obamacare with Health Savings Accounts (HSAs).
- Work with Congress to create a patient-centered health care system that promotes choice, quality, and affordability.
- Work with states to establish high-risk pools to ensure access to coverage for individuals who have not maintained continuous coverage.
- Allow people to purchase insurance across state lines, in all 50 states, creating a dynamic market.
- Maximize flexibility for states via block grants so that local leaders can design innovative Medicaid programs that will better serve their low-income citizens.
Some Republicans in Virginia have fought Obamacare with surprising determination.
- RECOMMENDED READING MATERIAL FROM VIRGINIA’S ATTORNEY GENERAL: As our Attorney General, Ken Cuccinelli fought Obamacare in the Supreme Court. This post links to an analysis of Judge Robert’s decision on Obamacare.
- DELEGATE BOB MARSHALL FIGHTS OBAMACARE!: Delegate Bob Marshall was among those trying to convince the Supreme Court to rule Obamacare unconstitutional
- WHY OPPOSE OBAMACARE?: Here Senator Mark Obenshain explains why we need to fight Obamacare.
Unfortunately, some judges on Supreme Court contrived an excuse to find Obamacare constitutional. Therefore they allowed the expected time to happen. Obamacare is collapsing.
- Mitch McConnell: Face it, Obamacare has failed
- WikiLeaked Clinton Memo Acknowledges Obamacare’s Exchanges Are Failing
- Why the Obamacare collapse is exactly what Obama and Clinton want
So what does H. Clinton propose? It is the usual Liberal Democrat solution. So that they can fix the mess they made, she wants us to give incompetent and power mad leaders more power (see her factsheet).
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Geophysics, Geodynamics and Tectonics.
Research: Imaging the Lithosphere
Deep reflection profiles show that geological structures mappable at the Earth's surface cannot be extrapolated far into the lithosphere (the 'plate' of plate tectonics) and yet large, complex features reflect energy back from deep in the lower crust and lithospheric mantle. Seismic imaging is the best method for exploring this deep geological structure. My work involves developing ways to incorporate information from the complete seismic wavefield, including a range of offsets and both P- and S-wave information, and inverting waveforms as well as travel times, in order to constrain the physical properties of these deep structures, and to construct images of them with unprecedented resolution. My research is supported by a consortium of hydrocarbon companies through the LITHOS project, as well as by NERC.
Current research projects:
- Exploring the interior of the largest intact impact structure known on Earth, the Chicxulub crater offshore Mexico, using 3D tomography, seismic reflection and other geophysical methods, funded by NERC and NSF. This work is revealing details of the inside of the crater, its geological structures and asymmetries, which are being used to calibrate and develop models of the cratering process throughout the solar system.
- Investigating the segmentation of the Sumatra subduction zone highlighted by the great earthquakes in late 2004 and subsequently. This work is part of a NERC funded Consortium project and will involve 3D tomography, deep reflection profiles and a variety of other geological and geophysical techniques.
- Developing innovative ways of handing seismic data to create better images and more fully exploit all the information present in the wavefield, via modelling, novel processing and inversion of the full wavefield.
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MONTREAL - A reporter seeking factual information from Montreal city hall about city policies and operations goes through a drill like this:
10 a.m.: Journalist calls the corporate communications office at city hall. Civil servants, and not political flunkies, staff the office to answer factual questions.
10:01 a.m.: Corporate
communications person notifies the mayor’s office of the journalist’s request.
1 p.m.: Journalist calls corporate communications again, wondering when they’ll get the information.
Between 2 p.m. and 3 p.m.: Depending on who in corporate communications is handling the request, the journalist may get a call back to explain – even apologize for – the delay.
Between 4 p.m. and 5:30 p.m.: The corporate communications employee phones or sends an email saying they have partial
answers/no answers available today/no answers.
The reason is always the civil servant who could answer the question is in a meeting all day/out of the office this afternoon/on vacation.
Have follow-up questions? At this point it’s too late in the day, the journalist is told, so it’ll have to be handled the next day.
“Can the story wait?” some corporate communications staff still try to ask.
No, comes the answer. My newspaper won’t hold a story of public interest because the timing is inconvenient for some at city hall.
Still, it makes the news gathering process difficult and sometimes causes the story to be delayed.
And that’s likely the intent.
Still, corporate communications staff are intermediaries.
The source of the stalling tactic is higher up.
In the past, Gazette journalists never wrote about the newsgathering process and the obstacles they had to overcome to get information to readers.
The thinking was: “Readers don’t care about how hard it is to do your job so leave it out.”
But times have changed. The public – be they bloggers, activists or well-informed citizens trying to keep tabs on local decision-making – want information directly from their borough or city hall, from agencies such as the Société de transport de Montréal and the police.
So they phone the authorities, write emails and file access-to-information requests. And they’re encountering the same barriers to getting information as journalists.
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Respect is an important virtue that carries multiple meanings. We are taught to respect parents, elders, teachers, family traditions, the country's flag and leader, and different races, religions, and opinions.
Respect is essential to all the world's religions and is universally seen as a building block to a more human and humane world. All this means, according to cultural anthropologist Angeles Arrien, that we must remain open and flexible: "The term respect comes from the Latin word respicere, which means 'the willingness to look again,' take a second look rather than remain stuck in a particular view."
There are many who claim that we are leaking the precious fuel of respect all around us. When elders are not respected, the stream of wisdom is diminished. When we disrespect our bodies, illness is the result. When people's rights are not respected, violence erupts. When nature, animals, places and even things are treated as disposable objects to be cast aside after they are used, chaos ensues.
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Three publishers—Hachette, HarperCollins, and Simon & Schuster—have agreed to a proposed settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice to settle federal claims of price fixing regarding e-books. PW takes an initial look at the broad strokes of the deal, and what it means for the settling publishers.
The agency model is not dead. However, once the settlement goes into effect, the current agency agreements, along with the “Most Favored Nation” clauses they included, are history, at least for a period of time.
Going forward, the Settling Publishers can still use the agency model if they choose, but for a period of two years they cannot dictate final consumer prices, which was the allure of the agency model to begin with. Under the terms of the Settlement, however, e-book retailers can only lower consumer prices up to the amount of their commission—generally 30%, under current agency terms.
Publishers are also expressly enjoined from “retaliating” against e-book retailers.
This is the most onerous part of the settlement, and helps explain why Macmillan and Penguin have decided to fight. Under the Settlement, each publisher will have to engage in a number of compliance measures, including:
The appointment of an "Anti-Trust Compliance Officer," reporting directly to the company’s general counsel.
In addition, the publishers must provide at least "four hours of training" for relevant staff delivered by an attorney and conduct "an annual compliance audit."
The Settling Publishers must also furnish to the DoJ “on a quarterly basis” electronic copies of any non-privileged communications containing allegations of noncompliance and must “maintain and furnish to the Department of Justice on a quarterly basis, a log of all oral and written communications, excluding privileged or public communications,” between the publishers' “officers, directors, or employees” involved in the development of the Settling Defendant’s plans or strategies relating to e-books.
Under the Settlement, the DoJ can also inspect the publishers' offices, and “require Settling Defendants to provide to the United States hard copy or electronic copies of all books, ledgers, accounts, records, data, and documents in the possession, custody, or control of Settling Defendants, relating to any matters contained in this Final Judgment.”
DoJ officials can also interview “either informally or on the record” the Settling Defendants’ “officers, employees, or agents.” But, if you're tabbed, you do get to bring your attorney.
And, upon request, the Settling publishers must submit “written reports or respond to written interrogatories, under oath if requested,” relating to any of the matters contained in the settlement.
The publishers have seven days from when the settlement is approved to terminate their agreements with Apple; the final agreement would not take place until a 60-day comment period is concluded.
Response to the DoJ’s actions, especially from the publishers who settled with the U.S. agency, came quickly after news broke about the filing. Hachette and HarperCollins, two of the publishers that settled with the DoJ, both issued statements saying that, despite their course of action, neither was admitting to taking part in a price fixing scheme.
Hachette said it came to its decision "reluctantly" and "was not involved in a conspiracy to illegally fix the price of eBooks, and we have made no admission of liability." Hachette also said it was in the process of negotiating settlements with various states. HarperCollins offered a similar reaction, saying in a statement that it “did not violate any anti-trust laws and will comply with its obligations under the agreement." S&S had little to say, only confirming that it had reached a deal.
Reaction from Amazon was also swift. Drew Herdener, a spokesperson for the e-tailer, called the DoJ’s decisions “a big win for Kindle owners,” adding, “We look forward to being allowed to lower prices on more Kindle books.” Barnes & Noble had no comment.
A number of literary agents also expressed disappointment about the ruling and the settlement news. Robert Gottlieb, chairman of Trident Media Group, said: “It’s unwarranted. Knowing the heads of publishing companies as I do, [I'm sure that] the courts will ultimately find there was no collusion. This is an intrusion into the business sector by the federal government in a manner that is designed to bully people into caving.” Gottlieb added that if the Justice Department was truly interested in breaking up supposed monopolies hurting American consumers, it would go after the oil business, "which affects Americans in a much more impactful way than the book business."
Agent Brian DeFiore, who is a member of the board of the Association of Authors' Representatives, expressed particular disappointment in seeing houses settle. "I think what the DoJ has done is terrible for authors and for the industry, and if at all in the interest of consumers--only in the short run. I understand why some publishers felt they had to settle, but I'm sorry that they did."
On Twitter, members of the industry overwhelmingly offered critical reactions to the DoJ’s ruling. Speaking to the tenor of the digital chatter, the hashtag #dojfail cropped up. In one of the more pointed summaries from an industry insider, agent Michael Bourret (@MichaelBourret), acknowledging that his opinion was not being offered in a vacuum, wrote: “I know I'm repeating myself and others, but reading this DOJ complaint, it may as well have been written by Amazon." | <urn:uuid:06affcb5-787c-40c7-92f6-1420e01c991a> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/digital/content-and-e-books/article/51469-the-broad-strokes-of-the-hachette-harpercollins-and-s-s-price-fixing-settlement.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280899.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00576-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.966558 | 1,205 | 1.5 | 2 |
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Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 4/7/2013 (1295 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
A mother bear and her three small cubs were safely rounded up and released back into the wild at Lester Beach Wednesday in a day of high drama that could have gone horribly wrong.
The bear capture and release took most of the day and followed a similar incident Sunday where the same wildlife officers safely relocated another mother bear and her two cubs they caught near Jackfish Lake west of Lake Manitoba.
"There's no shortage of bears in Manitoba," wildlife officer Sheldon Orvis said Thursday.
Orvis said unlike the Jackfish Lake incident, what happened Wednesday in Lake Winnipeg cottage country was a recipe for everything that could have gone wrong, but didn't.
The bear family was spotted about 10 a.m. near Pioneer Avenue in Lester Beach, which is just north of Grand Beach. There had been several sightings of the bear family in the area for about a week.
Orvis said officers responded quickly to keep the bears from getting too close to cottages and the beach area, and to nip any chance the young bears got a taste of human food by rifling through garbage. There was also a fear the sow might become aggressive if separated from her cubs.
Orvis said the plan was simple: Tranquillize the mama bear and capture her three small cubs, weighing about 10 pounds each, using a dog-catcher's snare.
However, when the roughly 180-pound female bear was hit in her rump by a tranquillizer dart, she suddenly ran up the nearest Jack pine tree. It also happened to be one of the tallest trees. Her male cub skedaddled up the tree with her and the two female cubs bolted up separate trees.
Orvis said the tree branches that cradled the sow and her cub were at least 18 metres high, and the fear was that when the sow fell asleep, she'd fall to her death and orphan her cubs.
So they called Manitoba Hydro.
A nearby Hydro crew and their bucket truck arrived shortly, and Orvis and a Hydro worker went up to check on the bear and her cub.
Orvis saw the sow was coming out of her sleep, so he gave her another tranquillizer injection to keep her docile. Her cub was sitting on top of her, and Orvis quickly used the dog snare to pull him from the tree into the bucket. The bucket was lowered to the ground, where the cub was put into a bear trap, a culvert-like cage on wheels.
By that time, Orvis said he'd had enough.
"I'm afraid of heights, and I'm not going to ask an officer to do something I wouldn't do, but it was someone else's turn to go up," he said.
A second officer went up in the bucket and was able to put a harness around the dozing mother bear, plus add a safety harness just in case.
The bear was lowered to the ground and caged. The two female cubs were rounded up and put in the cage with their brother.
With the aid of the Hydro crew, it took about 15 minutes to catch the bears.
"They went out of their way to help us," Orvis said. "It could have turned out a lot differently. Without their help, this might not have been possible."
When it looked like the bears were all in good health and drinking water, they were driven north of Pine Falls and released.
Orvis said the bear capture comes as sows and their cubs are establishing their feeding areas around the province. In the case of the Lester Beach sow, it appears she's a young mother no more than about five years old and was pushed out of a feeding area by an older female sow and her cubs.
It also comes at a time when wildlife and Conservation officers could use a little good publicity.
Earlier this year, Conservation officers shot and killed a young deer called Bambi on the Windy Bay Colony as the deer's Hutterite foster families watched in horror. Colony members had hoped the officers would take the deer to a sanctuary or release it in the wild.
Last summer, Manitoba Conservation was criticized when black-bear cub Makoon was seized from a St. Malo home and released into the wild when its chances for survival were poor because of its young age.
The province's policy is to euthanize wild animals captured and tamed as pets if there is no refuge or sanctuary that will take them. It's illegal in Manitoba to take in a wild animal.
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The blue tattoo, "A.9561," only begins to tell the harrowing story of Alex Zelczer. He survived the ghetto of Beregszász, Hungary, the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp and the Jaworzno labor camp before being liberated by Russian soldiers in January 1945. Six members of Zelczer's immediate family were murdered, but the 16-year-old escaped. He found a haven in Cleveland, where he started a family and opened an electrical contracting business. After decades of silence, the 85-year-old has self-published the gripping memoir Eight Pieces of Silk, What I Could Not Tell My Children (Outskirts Press, e-book $4.99, paperbook $9.99, available through Amazon). We talked to Zelczer about the e-book that details his survival.
Q. Why did you decide to write the book now?
A. I finally came to the conclusion that I wasn't going to live forever and the luxury of silence was no longer an option for me. The collective voices of my family and friends were silenced. I went through the mental ritual of burying these nightmares. It was a survival method: These were things that tore you apart and you had to put them somewhere.
Q. Where does the book title come from?
A: Just before we were taken away, my father brought out a silk shawl. He then cut it into eight pieces for my mother and my siblings as an amulet to keep us safe. I later kept a small swatch, which I kept hidden in my mouth.
Q. How did you make it back to Hungary?
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In human vision the first level of processing is edge detection. Edges are determined by the transitions from dark points to bright points in an image. For this paper, we consider an edge profile model representing a boundary or edge in an image. From this model we can determine the strength of the edge, the width of the edge, and either the transition from dark to bright to dark or the transition from bright to dark to bright. Our first step was to take the given edge profile and determine the type of edge that is represented and the characteristics of the edge, such as that of the varying width of the edge as the variable a is either increased or decreased. In the next step, we calculated the derivate of the edge profile model. The final step involved utilizing the properties of the function defined by the derivative. Finding the second derivate of the edge profile model allowed us to determine the maximum and minimum values of x for the derivative of the edge profile model.
Undergraduate Journal of Mathematical Modeling: One + Two:
2, Article 7.
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When a child presents with café au lait macules, when is genetic testing for neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) advised?
According to Peter Kannu, MB, ChB, DCH, PhD, a definitive diagnosis of NF1 can be made in most children using National Institutes of Health criteria published in 1988, which include the presence of two of the following:
- Six or more café au lait macules over 5 mm in diameter in prepubertal individuals and over 15 mm in greatest diameter in postpubertal individuals
- Two or more neurofibromas of any type or one plexiform neurofibroma
- Freckling in the axillary or inguinal regions
- Two or more Lisch nodules
- Optic glioma
- A distinctive osseous lesion such as sphenoid dysplasia or thinning of long bone cortex, with or without pseudarthrosis
- Having a first-degree relative with NF1
For example, in the case of an 8-year-old child who presents with multiple café au lait macules, axillary and inguinal freckling, Lisch nodules, and an optic glioma, “the diagnosis is secure and genetic testing is not going to change clinical management or surveillance,” Kannu, a clinical geneticist at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, said during the annual meeting of the Society for Pediatric Dermatology. “The only reason for genetic testing in this situation is so that we know the mutation in order to inform reproductive risk counseling in the future.”
However, while a diagnosis of NF1 may be suspected in a 6- to 12-month-old presenting with only café au lait macules, “the diagnosis is not secure because the clinical criteria cannot be met. In this situation, a genetic test can speed up the diagnosis,” he added. “Or, if the test is negative, it can decrease your suspicion for NF1 and you wouldn’t refer the child on to an NF1 screening clinic for intensive surveillance.”
Kannu based his remarks largely on his 5 years working at the multidisciplinary Genodermatoses Clinic at the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto. Founded in 2015, the clinic is a “one-stop shop” designed to reduce the wait time for diagnosis and management and the number of hospital visits. The team – composed of a dermatologist, medical geneticist, genetic counselor, residents, and fellows – meets to review the charts of each patient before the appointment, and decides on a preliminary management plan. All children are then seen by one of the trainees in the clinic who devises a differential diagnosis that is presented to staff physicians, at which point genetic testing is decided on. A genetics counselor handles follow-up for those who do have genetic testing.
In 2018, Kannu and colleagues conducted an informal review of 300 patients who had been seen in the clinic. The mean age at referral was about 6 years, 51% were female, and the top three referral sources were pediatricians (51%), dermatologists (18%), and family physicians (18%). Of the 300 children, 84 (28%) were confirmed to have a diagnosis of NF1. Two patients were diagnosed with NF2 and 5% of the total cohort was diagnosed with mosaic NF1 (MNF1), “which is higher than what you would expect based on the incidence of MNF1 in the literature,” he said.
He separates genetic tests for NF1 into one of two categories: Conventional testing, which is offered by most labs in North America; and comprehensive testing, which is offered by the medical genomics lab at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Conventional testing focuses on the exons, “the protein coding regions of the gene where most of the mutations lie,” he said. “The test also sequences about 20 base pairs or so of the intron exon boundary and may pick up some intronic mutations. But this test will not detect anything that’s hidden deep in the intronic region.”
Comprehensive testing, meanwhile, checks for mutations in both introns and exons.
Kannu and colleagues published a case of a paraspinal ganglioneuroma in the proband of a large family with mild cutaneous manifestations of NF1, carrying a deep NF1 intronic mutation. “The clinicians were suspicious that this was NF1, rightly so. The diagnosis was only confirmed after we sent samples to the University of Alabama lab where the deep intronic mutation was found,” he said.
The other situation where conventional genetic testing may be negative is in the case of MNF1, where there “are mutations in some cells but not all cells,” Kannu explained. “It may only be present in the melanocytes of the skin but not present in the lymphocytes in the blood. Mosaicism is characterized by the regional distribution of pigmentary or other NF1 associated findings. Mosaicism may be detected in the blood if it’s more than 20%. Anything less than that is not detected with conventional genetic testing using DNA from blood and requires extracting DNA from a punch biopsy sample of a café au lait macule.”
The differential diagnosis of café au lait macules includes several conditions associated mutations in the RAS pathway. “Neurofibromin is a key signal of molecules which regulates the activation of RAS,” Kannu said. “A close binding partner of NF1 is SPRED 1. We know that mutations in this gene cause Legius syndrome, a condition which presents with multiple café au lait macules.”
Two key receptors in the RAS pathway include EGFR and KITL, he continued. Mutations in the EGFR receptor cause a rare condition known as neonatal skin and bowel disease, while mutations in the KITL receptor cause familial progressive hyperpigmentation with or without hypopigmentation. “Looking into the pathway and focusing downstream of RAS, we have genes such as RAF and CBL, which are mutated in Noonan syndrome,” he said. “Further along in the pathway you have mutations in PTEN, which cause Cowden syndrome, and mutations in TSC1 and TSC2, which cause tuberous sclerosis. Mutations in any of these genes can also present with café au lait macules.”
During a question-and-answer session Kannu was asked to comment about revised diagnostic criteria for NF1 based on an international consensus recommendation, such as changes in the eye that require a formal opthalmologic examination, which were recently published.
“We are understanding more about the phenotype,” he said. “If you fulfill diagnostic criteria for NF1, the main reasons for doing genetic testing are, one, if the family wants to know that information, and two, it informs our reproductive risk counseling. Genotype-phenotype correlations do exist in NF1 but they’re not very robust, so that information is not clinically useful.”
Kannu disclosed that he has been an advisory board member for Ipsen, Novartis, and Alexion. He has also been a primary investigator for QED and Clementia.
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Taking good conference photography is not an easy task. When working with such type of events, you have to know what and how to shoot, what to pay more attention to, how to capture all the people in the frame.
It doesn’t mean that you won’t be able to do conference photoshoot successfully. There are special ways to take interesting and qualitative conference photos. These tips will help you with that.
Your job at the conference is to take specific photos that your client asked you. However, you should remember that the guests of the conference have to feel comfortable there and don’t have to accommodate you.
If you are planning to work with business photojournalism, you should check the location beforehand. Find out what kind of light there is and whether there will be additional lighting during the conference.
Also, discover where accredited photographers will be located, how and where the photographerscan move. In addition, find out if there are the possibility and necessity to work with additional light controlled by an assistant. Organizers should answer all these questions.
Don’t turn on your camera straight away. Make contact with people, show human respect, smile and say hello.
Don’t behave like a curious tourist with a camera on the neck. Sometimes a minute is enough to establish contact and gain the trust of people.
While you are taking conference photographs, your goal is to be invisible. Try to catch the moment when people are listening with enthusiasm and attention, naturally smiling, serious or taking notes of something.
Emotions are important. People don't need to pose for you. What for?
90% of people love their informal pictures more than the ones where they pose and look at the camera. In informal pictures, they are natural, relaxed and real. These pictures tell a story, which is the most important thing in photography.
Is there too much sun that comes from the window behind a person? Does one place have bright light and another – dark light? Things like these make it difficult to work with conference photography but you need to try to do everything well.
Backlit photos have a particular quality. With light-dark areas, you can have many variations to shoot. If I am taking pictures in dark areas, I look for places where I can get ready and shoot without the flash.
However, sometimes, you simply have to use the flash. When you turn it down, try to diffuse it with a piece of tape or paper napkin over the flash.
If you are taking conference pictures while all its guests are sitting, you might need to shoot from unusual angles to get diverse photos. To get a broader perspective of this event, try to look at it not only as a participant but as an outsider too.
Before shooting, look at the background. Is there any random object behind the person you are photographing? Is there anything unpleasant or distracting? If yes, then stop and change the angle.
Composition rules work for all genres, including conference room photography. Don’t forget the rule of thirds and use it while shooting.
The special aspect of shooting conferences is that a lot of people are all in the frame. Sometimes, a great photo can be ruined by the twisted face of a person in the background of the frame.
Taking multiple photos of the same composition is the most effective and practically the only way to avoid such an unpleasant moment.
In order to achieve the best conference picture, be ready to perform a lot of photo editing in Lightroom or Photoshop. However, if you aren’t inclined to do it, you can address professionals, such as FixThePhoto, who will make everyone and everything in your picture look perfect.
A wideangle will help you capture the whole event and the people in it. It’s a great tip for this type of photography.
A conference is a meeting of representatives of one or a few companies to discuss problems or questions in a specific area. Thus, you, as a photographer, should capture the moments when each of the speakers talks about a particular problem.
Another great idea for conference photographs is to zoom in and take several close-ups of the guests while they are busy with their activities. In this type of photography, people like their photos in action. That’s why you should take multiple shots and capture a cross-section of people in the room.
If you have the possibility to shoot what’s happening behind the scenes, you should definitely do it. People are interested in seeing the process of preparing the event. If you are working with a big event, such photos make it seem a bit more personal.
Shooting like a serious documentary photographer is always a great idea. However, remember to capture interesting people and moments too. These moments are frequently random and won’t be noticed by the majority of people. So you have to be ready to catch them!
Remember to capture interesting details too. You don’t have to take complex pictures but they will emphasize your story and make it more vivid.
Another tip for conference room photography is to take group shots. In my opinion, these are the most difficult pictures to shoot, especially if the group is large and the surrounding light is poor. You need to plan such types of photos and discuss them with the organizer of the conference in advance.
Don’t forget to take several photos that would connect your future reportage to the location of the shooting. Buildings, monuments, objects recognizable to everyone should be featured in these shots.
Even though your client may not think of it before the event, the organizer of the conference will appreciate that you have taken photos of the room before the guests arrive. It will be beneficial for them as they can use these pictures to sell their services in the future and catalog the set-up if they have similar eventslater.
Try to make sure that your photos conference feature the company logo and the name of the event. It is very important because such a picture will tell the viewer more about the event. In fact, the main task of the photographer is to tell what kind of event it was, where, when and how it happened with the help of photos.
It’s not a secret that you need to have a professional camera to take good photos of the conference. I would recommend you to use a low-noise DSLR camera capable of shooting at ISO 800 and above without creating much noise in the picture.
A lot of professional photographers work with Canon 5D Mark IV as their main camera. It’s a great full-frame DSLR with 30.4 million pixels on its backlit CMOS sensor.
As for lenses, I would recommend high-level lenses that can properly work in places with poor lighting and create a nice bokeh effect. It’s better if you have at least 2 lenses – one for portrait photos and another one for wide-angle pictures (for photographing groups and close-ups).
You must use an external flash. The only exception for it is if you are taking photos during the day outdoors. The in-built flash in your camera will not be enough for this type of photography.
With the in-built flash only, there will be unnecessary shadows and bad skin tones. For your external flash, you need to choose the one with an adjustable head.
In this way, you will be able to bounce the flash off white ceilings and walls and create natural light and soft shadows. If you have a Nikon camera, I recommend using the Canon Speedlite 430EX II flash.
It may seem quite obvious but there are always people who spend half a day looking for extra batteries, especially before the event. Bring at least one extra set of everything you need. For a DSLR camera, it’s especially important not to forget the charger (it’s even better to invest in an extra battery).
As for a memory card, usually no one fills the entire card during the shooting of the conference, especially in one day. But an extra card won’t hurt. Also, don’t forget about USB-cables.
The light from the flash is focused quite hard and narrowly. In order to make it softer and disperse it, use reflectors and diffusers. They will help you take qualitative conference meeting photographs.
I would recommend using Neewer Flash Diffuser Silver/White Reflector. With its help, you will be able to reduce hard shadows in the background and remove an unpleasant red-eye effect.
One of the best conference photography tips is to exit the auto mode on the camera and switch to the manual mode. In this way, you have more control over shooting.
You can adjust flash, white balance, the ISO, aperture and shutter speed. In the auto mode, your photos will almost always look horrible and will not match the event.
There will be bright flash, shallow depth of field or vice versa, grain, etc. For better results, choose the aperture priority mode. It is easier to deal with it and get the necessary angle.
If you are shooting at a dark place, don’t hesitate to raise your ISO in order toachieve a better quality of pictures. By raising the ISO, you will add some grain and noise to your pictures. But you will be able to takewell-lit photos in dark locations and have quite a fast shutter speed to give your picturesextra sharpness.
Also, if you are shooting with a flash, a high ISO value will let you expose for the background. The flash will add enough fill on faces of people so that theylook good.
There are some trusted shooting techniques that work very effectively. For example, shooting at an aperture of 5.6. This is a versatile aperture value for reportage shooting. With such a value, the depth of field will be enough for a person in the foreground to be fully focused while the background will be defocused and have a nice look.
The next conference photography tip concerns white balance. A huge advantage of using manual mode is the ability to adjust white balance. Honestly, I don’t really care about the white balance and keep its default values. Since I shoot in RAW, I correct the white balance at the picture post-processing stage.
However, if you are considerate of lighting and adjust the camera according to the sunlight, flash or fluorescent lighting, this can make your shots better. When you set the white balance, you tell the camera what color temperature the white color will have in this picture. As a result, all other colors will also look realistic.
If you want to achieve top-quality pictures, shoot in the RAW format. It records all data from the sensor and provides you with the best possible quality.
Especiallyin locations with poor lighting, it will be difficult to adjust the JPEG format in Lightroom or Photoshop. With the RAW format, it will be easier for you to fix an overly underexposed and overexposed conference picture.
If this type of photography is new for you and you are not sure how to work with it properly, don’t worry. I have prepared a bundle of free picture editing tools that you can use to achieve great pictures.
If you want to whiten teeth and make ideal skin tone in Photoshop, this action will be perfect for you. With its help, picture will look naturally white without an artificial effect.
With this action, you will forget about hours spent in Photoshop trying to cover pimples and different skin imperfections. It will make the skin smooth and preserve its texture.
Using this action, you will create a beautiful and even skin tone. It will be perfect for indoorshots.
With this preset, you will be able to smooth out the skin tone of a model, adjust white balance, clarity, brightness and lighting. It will be ideal for conference photos.
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Do you know why are all the tech companies of note up in arms about the SOPA act? Why have Google, Facebook, Twitter, and Mozilla, among others, banded together to speak out against the SOPA bill that's currently undergoing hearings at Capitol Hill? Is it simply a matter of wanting to pirate goods without the interference of outside government agencies?
If you've been keeping up, no, it's not. In fact, the tech companies that are so outspoken against SOPA specifically say they are against online piracy, but they disagree with the way SOPA goes about fighting it. Why would that be? What is contained within SOPA that has companies that normally compete against one another teaming up against a common foe? Hopefully, the following infographic will clear the air.
Here's the resized version, which you can click for a full image:
Here are two of the more important sections, which I've clipped out of the overall graphic, which explains the extent of the "why" concerning the potential for a site being block, or, playing on the word of today, censored:
A visitor/user posted a YouTube video of The Beatles performing on the Ed Sullivan Show? It's your fault for not taking it off, therefore, your site has infringed and is subject to the punishments pointed out in SOPA. So your site's blocked and your access to ad revenue has been cutoff. Was justice done because you didn't remove the infringing video in time?
Another point of concern is the broad, sweeping power SOPA provides affects all kinds of US Internet users:
How would you like it if the links you send your friends in emails were subject to censorship, which means the content of them would need to be actively read? Does that appeal to you?
With the existence of this infographic and the video from the previous article, if you aren't informed about SOPA, then there's no one left to blame.
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Clementine Grace (06-04-2013)
So as an aside (because I can't be bothered going onto any other threads at the moment) is GOT really worth it.
I haven't started, but it's been touted as must see and totally engrossing. I was contemplating getting it from a library
Polar bears are one example.
From the polarbearsinternational.org website:
At the March 2009 range states meeting of the five polar bear nations, scientists agreed that climate change is the single biggest threat facing polar bears.
The Arctic is experiencing the warmest air temperatures in four centuries, and sea ice losses in the summer of 2012 broke all previous records. The Arctic has experienced warm periods before, but the present, rapid shrinking of sea ice is unprecedented. It has been linked to a build-up of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere caused by human activity. Scientists predict a mostly ice-free Arctic summer by 2040 unless we take action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Effect on polar bears. Polar bears rely on the sea ice to hunt, breed, and, in some cases, den. Changes in their distribution or numbers affect the entire arctic ecosystem.
Scientists emphasize that we still have time to save polar bears if we significantly reduce greenhouse emissions within the next few years. Yet it will take 30 to 40 years for changes reversing the warming trend to show.
- There's some evidence that polar bears are leaving the sea ice to den on land even in winter. In Russia, many bears have been stranded on land by long summers that prevent the advance of the permanent ice pack.
- In the Western Hudson Bay area where permafrost has declined, denning areas are vulnerable to forest fires in the summer. Warm spring weather leads to increased rainfall causing dens to collapse.
- Without ice, polar bears are unable to reach their prey. Shorter hunting seasons correlate directly with a 22% drop in the population of Western Hudson Bay near Churchill in Manitoba, Canada since the early 1980s. There has also been a steep drop in cub survival rates.
- A Southern Beaufort Sea population study shows a drop in cub survival rates, as well as declines in the weight and skull size of adult males, when compared with data from 20 years ago. Similar declines were observed in the Western Hudson Bay population before it dropped.
Polar bears are finding too much open water. In 2004, four polar bears drowned off the coast of Alaska when trying to swim to the pack ice.
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Everybody knows that a vehicle must be insured to drive in Ontario, Canada. Unfortunately what most people don’t know is that auto insurance policies don’t cover everything. Every situation is different, and some insurance needs must be treated differently. In this article I go over important endorsements that can be added to a policy to cover more unconventional needs.
It is very important for you to clearly explain to your broker/agent about your needs when purchasing an auto insurance policy. The worst time to find out that you have the wrong auto insurance coverage is when you put in a claim.
What are Endorsements?
Auto Insurance endorsements are extensions made an insurance policy that add extra coverages. Reasons for adding an endorsement to your policy can vary, that is why it is important to contact your insurance broker if you;
-Start a new job that requires you to travel long distances
-Use your vehicle to transport uncommon items
-Purchase a new vehicle
List of Ontario Policy Change Form (OPCF)
OPCF 16: Agreement For Suspension of Coverage Endorsement- This coverage allows you remove Third Person Liability, Accident Benefits, Uninsured Motorist and Collision coverage while still maintaining your policy. This coverage is used when coverage is suspended for more than 45 days.
OPCF 3: Drive government vehicles- This endorsement allows protection while the insured is driving a government vehicle.
OPCF 5: Permission to rent or lease- This endorsement grants permission for a leasing company to rent or lease the automobile on a long term basis to a specific person.
OPCF 6a: Permission to carry passengers- This endorsement gives person for the insured to carry passengers for monetary compensation.
OPCF 9: Marine use excluded- This endorsement excludes loss or damage to a vehicle if it occurs on or in water.
OPCF 13c: The endorsement deletes glass & windshield damage unless it is covered by a specific peril.
OPCF 17: Reinstatement of Coverage Endorsement- This coverage will allow the insureds suspended coverage.
OPCF 19: Limitation of Amount Endorsement- This coverage will limit the amount that will be settled on a vehicle. This endorsement is used on policies where the premium can not be adjusted to reflect the actual cash value of a vehicle.
OPCF 19a: Valued Automobile Endorsement- This endorsement is designed to guarentee that a vehicle is insured past its actual cash value.
OPCF 20: Coverage for Transportation Replacement- This endorsement covers the costs of providing a replacement vehicle after a loss occurs.
OPCF 23a: Lienholder Protection- This endorsement is added to a policy when a vehicle is financed or leased.
OPCF 27: Legal Liability for damage to Non-Owned vehicle- This endorsement extends your policy coverage to other vehicles not insured under your policy.
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The UN refugee agency Friday warned that Israel could be in breach of international law due to new rules that pave the way for the potentially indefinite detention of asylum-seekers.Under legislation passed last month which has sparked mass protests by Africans in Israel, people who arrive illegally can be detained for up to a year without trial.But Adrian Edwards, spokesman for the UN high commissioner for refugees, warned that the new rules could enable indefinite detention.Israel currently hosts approximately 53,000 refugees and asylum-seekers, according to UNHCR.
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Bringing Nature into Your Home…
Introducing “Aqua Ecosystems”
Q1- What if I don’t know anything about keeping plants or fish?
A1- Aquaponics requires very little maintenance and the natural processes looks after the water quality for you. We provide you will videos or verbal advice on how to optimize the health of your fish or plants.
Q2- Can I turn off the water trickling sound?
A2- You can have full or no trickling sound by moving the outlet pips and the water level in the bowl.
Q3- Is it safe to eat the vegies or herbs?
A3- Fish waste is converted into a safe plant food that grows very healthy vegies as they have regular fertilizing and plenty of water. As with all vegetables from a garden or Aquaponics, they must be washed before eating.
Q4- Where do I put the feature?
A4- The plants will ideally need a few hours sunlight next to a window or patio. They will also do well with strong diffuse light. You will also need access to power.
Q5- How much does it cost to run?
A5- The features have a very small low voltage pump which is very efficient. It will typically cost $1 (Aust) per year to run. Given a hydroponic lettuce or herb bunch is around $4 you will be well ahead.
Q6- What type and how many fish can I keep?
A6- You can keep any small fish you wish. Fish such as Goldfish won’t need a heater, however you will need to purchase a pad heater (which sits on the bottom on the bowl) for tropical species. The amount of fish will depend on how you run your feature, however generally you can have anything up to 6 small fish (guppie size) or 2 larger fish (i.e goldfish size). You can keep a crayfish with fish however they may eat them overtime. You can catch wild non native guppies and add them to the bowl with a crayfish. Wild caught fish are far more predator savvy than store bought fish and last much longer. Our demonstration video will give you advice on stocking rates and species.
Q7- Is it real or imitated rock.
A7 The plants are growing out of pots which have an imitated rock coating that is food grade safe. They are porous (seeps water) and ferns and mosses will eventually grow all over them. They are Individual pots so they can be conveniently moved around and planted with a single plant type.
Q8- How do I feed the fish
A8- We have added a feeding hole in the top tray so all you need to do is add a small pinch of fish food once per day.
Q9- What if I have a question or a problem?
A9- We include instructional videos to help you set up and maintain your feature. If however you have any questions just call or email me for advice.
How do I Purchase an Aqua Ecosystems?
Wholesale or Retail inquiries welcomed. Pricing and accessories are outlined below:
Aqua Ecosystem- $120.00 (Aust).
- Includes; 1) 10L glass bowl, 2) pump, 3) fittings and accessories, 4) Biologically activated clay balls, 5) clay pot habitat for crayfish.
Clay balls are Biologically activated (have established bacteria colonies) and the feature is ready to go. Please note the rock cave in the photo of the bowl above is not included (can be purchased from pet stores), however we provide a clay pot for a crayfish home.
Plants shown in the above photos- $10 (Australian)
- This includes; 1 birdsnest fern, 1 maiden hair fern or fern allie, 1 rainforest herb, 1 native violet plant which covers bottom tray,
Crayfish- $5 Each (pickup deliveries only)
Sword tail or guppie fish- Five for $5 (pickup deliveries only)
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The racial violence at South Philadelphia High School has certainly been a topic of discussion throughout the community, but a federal lawsuit filed by a Vietnamese parent at the school is now drawing even more attention to the issue.
The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that They Tieu is seeking more than $100,000 in damages through a federal lawsuit that was filed in court last week. The woman claims that she was at the school looking for her son in January 2009 and that she was attacked and beaten by two African American students. She reportedly suffered head and eye injuries at the school and claims that the school district "fostered a culture where Asian Americans were subjected to repeated, systemic terrorization at the hands of other students."
The lawsuit was filed by Pennsylvania personal injury attorney Harry Kane Jr. and names the school district and the former Principal LaGreta Brown as defendants, saying that neither took action to protect Asian students from being attacked by African American classmates.
The Pennsylvania personal injury attorney told the Philadelphia Inquirer that his client continues to suffer from blurred vision and headaches. He also states that They Tieu endured medical expenses and lost salary over the incident. Perhaps this lawsuit will shed light on the racial violence at South Philadelphia High School, but it may also teach community members of what legal action victims of an attack can take.
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It's been almost four years since Xara Choral Theatre presented a version of Christy Jordan-Fenton and Margaret Pokiak-Fenton's children's book, Fatty Legs, at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission event in Halifax. Anyone who saw it then can attest to its beauty and power.
"The reception Fatty Legs got in 2011 was overwhelming," recalls Xara's co-artistic director and conductor Christina Murray. "A lot of people left the show in tears. It's a story that truly speaks to people and allows non-Aboriginal people to see the issue of residential schools in a new way."
The show uses choral soundscapes, contemporary dance and text from the book to tell the true story of Olemaun, an eight-year-old Inuit child who left her home in the High Arctic to attend a residential school in Aklavik. Olemaun was tormented by her caregivers, forced to cut her hair, forsake her language and take the English name Margaret—yet refuses to be broken by her experiences.
Sarain Carson-Fox, an internationally recognized contemporary dancer of Anishinaabe heritage, and Lisa Nasson, a talented Mi'kmaq actor from Halifax, bring Margaret to life through dance and word. The 22 young women of Xara provide haunting choral music and intricate choreography to create Margaret's world.
After the Halifax shows on May 1 and 2, Fatty Legs tours throughout the Maritimes. "Connecting with youth is a way to promote and facilitate important dialogue on residential schools," says Murray. "We wanted to be sure this story gets told by taking it to as many schools as possible."
Fri May 1, 8pm and Sat May 2, 8pm
St. Matthew's United Church 1479 Barrington Street
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State wildlife officials Wednesday ruled that the California tiger salamander deserves protection as a threatened species, subjecting landowners to more scrutiny if they want to build or farm in the amphibian's habitat.
The California Fish and Game Commission made the decision after finding roughly 400,000 acres of the amphibian's habitat is threatened by future development and the expansion of farming, mostly in the Central Valley. The tiger salamander lives in nearly half the state's counties, in a region that stretches from Yolo County north of Sacramento to Santa Barbara County.
"We have learned over the years, at our peril, that remoteness is no guarantee of conservation," commissioner Michael Sutton said. "What is remote today may well be suburban sprawl tomorrow."
The 3-2 vote came over the objections of the wine industry, business groups and homebuilders, which complained scientists were unable to show accurate population counts for the salamander and had exaggerated how much rural land might be developed in the future.
"This recommendation relies principally on anticipated loss of habitat," Tim Schmelzer, who oversees regulatory affairs at the Wine Institute, told the commission. "That projected loss is considerably overstated."
For example, similar federal protections and local city and county plans that guide future development were not consulted, Schmelzer said.
At least one commissioner agreed with the industry, questioning state scientists who predicted at least a third of the salamander habitat would be developed over the next 10 years without any protection.
"It's insanity. It will never happen," said commissioner Daniel Richards, who voted against the listing.
The tiger salamander breeds in seasonal pools and ponds, but spends most of its 10-year life underground primarily in the Central Valley. Those key spawning habitats have severely diminished over the years. In 1997, only 12 percent of the Central Valley's 5 million acres of historical seasonal pools remained, said Sonke Mastrup, chief deputy director at the Department of Fish and Game.
The remaining habitat is also at risk for being broken up and isolating the species, Mastrup said.
The tiger salamander was listed as a federally protected species in 2004 by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
The state commission, which met in Ontario east of Los Angeles, had twice previously denied listing the salamander, and was sued in 2004 by the Center for Biological Diversity. A state appellate court ordered the Department of Fish and Game to reconsider the issue.
"I think we are beholden to the law, beholden to the biology and I think we have no choice," said commissioner Richard Rogers.
State law is typically more protective of vulnerable species than federal law, leading to worries that farmers, developers and vintners might have to do more to protect the salamander if they want to build or move into sensitive habitat.
Farmers and developers in Santa Barbara, where the salamander is considered an endangered species under federal law, already have been required to set aside land for the species.
While it's unclear how the state intends to implement its regulation, Schmelzer, who also spoke on behalf of the building industry, said the commission's action will create "more hoops" for businesses.
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Nalanda International Pre-University College (NIPC) is one of the prestigious educational institutes of Karnataka. The institute is located in Guddennahalli, Kushalnagar, which is about 80 km from Mysore and 230 km from Bangalore.
The pre-university college is set in a 50 acre sprawling campus that is filled with mango groves and gardens. Away from the hum drum of city life, the place provides a peaceful atmosphere for learning.
NIPC was established by the Nalanda Foundation. The Foundation believes in providing the quality education to the students so that they can become responsible citizens of the country.
NIPC lays emphasis on providing an environment for all-round development of the students. It seeks to offer education that goes beyond classroom text books and leave a positive impact on the minds of the budding students.
The students at NIPC are guided by qualified and experienced teaching staff. The modern facilities at NIPC and the dedicated teachers help the students to achieve their best.
NIPC provides hostel facilities for the students. The well-maintained hostel provides homely comforts in a spacious residential area.
Nalanda International Pre-University College offers courses as mentioned below.
- Physics Chemistry, Mathematics, Biology
- Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Computer Science
- Economic, Computer Science, Business Studies, Accountancy
- Kannada / Hindi
- Computer lab with adequate number of systems
- Internet connectivity in the Computer lab
- Well ventilated class rooms
- Individual laboratories for Physics, Chemistry and Biology
- Modern library well-stocked with reference books and magazines
- Reading room
- Conference Hall
- Guest rooms
- Large dining area
- Facilities for various sports like cricket, volleyball, throw ball, handball, hockey and basketball.
- Drinking water facilities having aqua-guard filters.
- Hygienic toilets
- Parking space for teachers, visitors and students
- Well-maintained lawns and gardens
- Dedicated bus service for the students
- Spacious residential area with homely comforts
- Residential Manager, Warden and Teachers reside on campus and are available 24 hours a day for assistance
- 2 hours special classes for the hostel students in the evening to take care of their academic requirements
- Monitoring students in small groups
- Facilities of extra-curricular activities
- Rooms have facilities to be shared by four students.
- Every room has an attached bathroom with 24 hours water supply
- Toilets are maintained in a hygienic manner
- Aqua-guard filtered drinking water facilities
- Spacious dining hall
- Well-equipped and clean kitchen
- Nutritious and delicious vegetarian and non-vegetarian food
- Qualified and experienced catering staff to manage kitchen and prepare food
- Application forms can be downloaded from the official website of Dept. of PUE (pue.kar.nic.in)
- Candidates willing to apply for different combinations have to fill in separate application forms and submit the same with marks scored in class X.
- The duly filled in application form must be submitted at the college office within two days of the publication of results (Karnataka State SSLC, CBSE and ICSE)
- Preference will be given to students who have studied in Karnataka
- The provisional list of selected candidates based on the total marks scored along with admission date will be published on the college notice board
- Both the parents and the candidate is required to meet the Principal for an interview and for the counseling session on the specified date
- Applicants must have passed in SSLC examination (Karnataka State) or any other equivalent examination recognized by the Department of Pre-University Education, Karnataka
- Foreign nationals and students, who have passed Class X or any other equivalent examination in foreign countries, must obtain Provisional Eligibility Certificate from the Department of Pre-University Education, Karnataka, before securing admission
- Candidates, who belong to any of the following categories, SC, ST, Category 1/2A/2B/3A/3B and those who are physically challenged must produce certificates in proof of their caste/category or disability.
- Applicants, who belong to SC/ST/1 category, must produce original caste certificates issued after 2008-09
- Applicants of 2A/2B/3A/3B categories must produce original caste certificates valid for the current year (2012-13)
- Two colored copies each of stamp size and passport size photographs
- Original Certificates
- Transfer certificate from the school last attended
- SSLC or equivalent marks card
- Conduct certificate
- Caste certificate (to be returned after verification)
- Photocopies attested by a Gazette Officer
- SSLC or equivalent marks card
- Income declaration form signed by the Tahsildar for students whose parents’ annual income is below Rs. 11,000/-
Additional Documents to be Produced by Foreign Nationals
- Provisional Eligibility Certificate issued by the Department of Pre-University Education, Karnataka
- Passport copy
- Student Visa copy
Additional Documents to be Produced by NRI Applicants
- Provisional Eligibility Certificate issued by the Pre University Board
- Passport copy
- Adhaar Card
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Lapis 8mm Beads
Lapis lazuli is one of the most ancient of all ornamental stones. Most of the lapis of the ancient world came from the mines of Afghanistan, active since 7500BCE and still producing this striking, almost impossibly blue stone today.
With its vivid celestial color, lapis has been valued since antiquity as a stone of wisdom, inspiration and truth. Its throat chakra association makes it an excellent choice for people working in communications, research or any field requiring strong problem-solving skills.
Each strand is sold separately and measures approximately 15 inches long. The beads are about 8mm in diameter, with roughly 48 beads per strand and 24 per half strand.
These are available by both the full strand and the half strand.
- Making a bracelet? Purchase a half strand.
- A necklace? For a 16" finished length, a single full strand will do. If you want to go longer, consider one full and one half strand.
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When the business cycles moves from each phase, managers are presented with obstacles or opportunities. Knowing how to manage during the different phases of the business cycle can help the business better develop its forecasts and strategic plans.
Strategic Plans for Each Phase of the Business Cycle
Shifts in the business cycle require managers to change strategies so that the business does not fall at a disadvantage. If the business cycle moves from the recovery to boom stages with an unprepared manager, the business could lose out on a significant amount of sales.
The business cycle is split into the phases of business expansion and contraction. When the business cycle expands, it goes through a recovery, boom, and peak stages. After expansion it goes through the contraction stages of recession, depression, and trough. In order to know how to manage during the different phases of the business cycle, managers should understand how consumer confidence effects sales in each stage.
Business cycles in the recovery stage is showing signs of increased economic activity. Consumers are gaining confidence in the economy so they start making small purchases and replacing items that they delayed replacing during the economic crisis.
Managers can start making small investments into inventory and employees, plus upgrading equipment and technology. Businesses with higher priced items or luxury goods will still show poor earnings during this stage but marketing efforts should start to increase so that consumers begin to think about making those types of purchases soon. Consumers are still very conscientious of their money, so bundle offers, specials, and other deals help in driving sales.
Consumer confidence is at its all time high so they are making larger purchases and spending extra on luxury items, such as cars, houses, boats, and large appliances. They are saving less and spending more.
Managers should use profits to invest into their business in order to grow and better position itself against its competitors. This could be by developing new products, entering new markets, or selling overseas. Mergers and acquisitions are a common strategy for expanding operations during this stage of the business cycle.
Consumer spending slows and stabilizes. Managers should work on unloading inventory and create new cost reduction strategies. Investments into the company should be done if needed since it will need excess cash on hand. It could be months or years until financing freely flows back to businesses.
Consumer start saving and significantly reduce spending on large purchases and luxury items. Managers of businesses within those industries may have to drastically cut prices if they are not worried about it affecting their brand image. If costs cannot be controlled, managers may have to lay off employees or cut benefits.
Consumers only spend on what they absolutely need and hold off on other purchases until they see signs of recovery. Managers across industries reduce prices in order to increase sales or gain new customers. This is an opportunistic time to start developing new ideas for products or services to help generate additional sales to better its position when sales begin to start back up. If the company can afford it, it can hire additional employees. Since rounds of layoffs have been occurring since the recession, they can find qualified or over-qualified employees at a discount.
Consumers are starting to gain confidence that the economy is going to get better. They are no longer reducing their spending, but they are still saving all that they can. Businesses should work on motivating their employees. If they had a round of layoffs then there could be survivor guilt. Begin marketing efforts slowly and prepare vendors and suppliers for increased activity.
Managers and The Business Cycle
Business cycles lengths vary with no telling how long it will stay in any particular phase. Managers should refer to the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) for reports, and the status of US economic indicators for a recovery . It provides memos and updates on the current state of the economy, as well as additional data on the business cycle.
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Bus Simulator Racing
Come along for the ride as a bus driver in a double-decker! A fun, motion-based racing game. Run the bus in a realistic way to meet the challenges of this unique environment full of bridges. The bridge connects the bus station with the school on a coastal island. The bridge is located above sea level and is less secure. You must bring your passengers to school in a safe and timely manner.
Control ... go ... easy? Do you think racing is easy? Hurry to the league's top in this fast bus. Gas and controls for changing the direction of the dangerous bridge. The bus on gas to get students to school. Beware of the water! Do not run to the narrow bridge - it is the rule applied in this fun game. Collect stars and get as good a time as possible in the global league and challenge players from all over the world. Test your reflexes against time and movement. This is an addictive game that captures your attention from beginning to end!
How to play:
- Tilt the device or turn the steering wheel to steer the bus;
- Collect as many stars as possible; and
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Financial intermediation and macroeconomic efficiency
This article evaluates whether financial intermediary development explains cross-country differences in macroeconomic efficiency. Stochastic frontier approach is applied at the aggregate level to estimate efficiency on a panel of 41 countries for the period 1991 to 1995. Generalized Method of Moments (GMM) dynamic panel techniques are then adopted to control for potential endogeneity of the regressors. We find evidence of a positive role of financial intermediary development on efficiency, with differences in terms of robustness according to the measure of financial intermediary development.
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Vascular self-healing system allows composite materials to repair multiple times
We've seen numerous examples of self-healing polymers that allow materials to repair themselves after being damaged. One of the more common approaches involves the use of embedded microcapsules that release a healing agent when damaged. Researchers have expanded on this idea to develop a new technique that brings self-healing capabilities to fiber-reinforced composite materials, like those used in airplanes and automobiles.
The new self-healing system developed by researchers at the Beckman Institute's Autonomous Materials Systems (AMS) Group at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign replaces the microcapsules used in other self-healing technologies with separate microchannels, one filled with an epoxy resin and the other filled with hardener. When the fiber-reinforced composite material is damaged, these 3D vascular networks are ruptured, releasing the two liquid healing agents that mix together and polymerize to repair the material. The researchers say this technique allows materials to autonomously repair multiple times.
"This is the first demonstration of repeated healing in a fiber-reinforced composite system," said Scott White, aerospace engineering professor. "Self-healing has been done before in polymers with different techniques and networks, but they couldn’t be translated to fiber-reinforced composites. The missing link was the development of the vascularization technique."
The researchers found that giving the vascular networks a herringbone arrangement rather than arranging them in straight lines allowed the healing agents to combine more effectively when released within a crack. The overlapping of the microchannels helped promote the mixing of the liquids, both of which have a consistency akin to maple syrup.
"Additionally, creating the vasculature integrates seamlessly with typical manufacturing processes of polymer composites, making it a strong candidate for commercial use,” said Nancy Sottos, materials science and engineering professor.
The vasculature is created using the same process used to construct fiber-composite laminates, which involves weaving and stacking multiple layers of reinforcing fabric that are then co-infused with a binding polymer resin. In the same way, the researchers stitched a line of bio-friendly polymer within the composite. This polymer was dubbed a "sacrificial fiber" because, after the composite was fabricated, it was heated to melt and evaporate the fibers, leaving the hollow microchannels that form the vasculature of the self-healing system.
"The beauty of this self-healing approach is, we don't have to probe the structure and say, this is where the damage occurred and then repair it ourselves,” said Jason Patrick, a Ph.D. candidate in civil engineering. "When a fracture occurs, this ruptures the separate networks of healing agents, automatically releasing them into the crack plane – akin to a bleeding cut. As they come into contact with one another in situ, or within the material, they polymerize to essentially form a structural glue in the damage zone. We tested this over multiple cycles and all cracks healed successfully at nearly 100 percent efficiency."
The team's research is published in the journal Advanced Materials.
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Kiel Institute for the World Economy IfW
- October 14-15, 2010
- Workshop ??_Modeling Technology and Climate Change??
- Kiel, IfW, Germany
- The goal of the workshop is to bring together researchers who are interested in assessing the role of technological change within the context of climate policy and in developing models that promote a better understanding of linkages between climate strategies, induced technological change and the macro-economic environment. Up to ten papers will be selected and suitable topics may include, but are not limited to:- International technology transfers- Climate-friendly technology in transport- Endogenous technological change and climate policy- Role of technological change for climate policy assessment- Importance of spillovers in long-term climate policy- Comparison of climate policies- Modeling economic impacts of energy-saving investments[gem?_?? den Informationen des Anbieters - according to site editor's information]
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Difference betweenn "yum install" and "yum update"
I have a package Z already installed.
There is now a new updated package for Z.
Do "yum install Z" and "yum update Z" generate the same result?
Thanks in advance.
I think you'll find yum install Z does nothing. Try it and see.
In the same way, if you don't have Z installed, yum update Z would do nothing.
Before you say that's silly, think about these forms
yum install (it may need to be yum install *) and
The former will install everything in the repos, the latter just update what you already have installed
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Events which occurred on 10 May.
- 1966 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letters 287 and 288.
- 1981 - The tenth episode of the 1981 radio series of The Lord of the Rings is aired on BBC Radio 4.
- 1997 - The second day of Bree Moot 3.
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|Right ascension||15 h 48 m 30 s to 18 h 57 m 50 s|
|declination||+ 3 ° 40 ′ 25 ″ to + 51 ° 19 ′ 27 ″|
|Completely visible||90 ° N to 38.0 ° S|
|Observation time for Central Europe||Spring,
|Number of stars brighter than 3 mag||2|
|Brightest star (size)||β Herculis (2.78)|
clockwise from north )
Hercules is the fifth largest constellation in the sky. Since only three of its stars are brighter than the 3rd magnitude , it is not very noticeable. It can be found between the constellation of the lyre with the bright star Vega and the memorable northern crown . The best time to observe is early summer, as it is then highest in the sky.
Hercules contains two interesting globular clusters that can already be observed with binoculars.
The constellation is one of the classic 48 constellations of antiquity mentioned by Ptolemy . In the ancient Greeks, however, he was simply called "Engonasin" ("the kneeling"). Later the constellation was associated with various mythical figures, such as Prometheus , Theseus , Orpheus or Heracles (whom the Romans called Hercules). The interpretation as Hercules has been preserved.
The mythological origin of the constellation is unclear. The later identification with Heracles , the hero from Greek mythology endowed with enormous powers, has been preserved . Herakles was an illegitimate son of Zeus , who was given twelve tasks that were actually insurmountable. With strength and intelligence he was able to fulfill the tasks, whereby he brought down a number of monsters that are also immortalized in the sky, such as the lion , the cancer , the water snake and the dragon .
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|α||64||Ras Algethi||3.1 to 3.7||384||M5 Ib|
|ρ||75||4.1||403||A0 + A0|
|95||4.3||418||A5 + G8|
|G||30th||4.3 to 6.3||355||Mb III|
|λ||76||Maasym , Misam||4.4||approx. 370||K4 III|
|ω||24||Kajam , Cujam||4.57||about 250||B9|
|κ||7th||Marfik, Mirfak||4.7||367||G8 + K1|
|u||68||4.7 to 5.4||666||B3 III|
Beta Herculis , the brightest star in Hercules, is a yellowish shining star of the spectral class G8 at a distance of 148 light years .
The ancient Greek name Kornephoros means "club bearer". The star is also called the ruticulus.
|α||3.4 / 5.4||4.6 "|
|κ||5.0 / 6.3||27.5 "|
|95||5.0 / 5.2||6.3 "|
|100||5.9 / 5.9||14.2 "|
|ρ||4.5 / 5.5||4.2 "|
Alpha Herculis , the third brightest star in Hercules, is a binary star system 430 light years away. The main star is a red giant of the spectral class M5, with 500 times the diameter and 830 times the luminosity of our sun . Its surface temperature is relatively low at around 3000 Kelvin . It emits a large part of its radiation in the infrared . The companion star belongs to class G5. The system can be separated into single stars even in the smaller telescope and shows a very nice color contrast. The main star glows orange-red, the companion star appears greenish.
|α||3.0 to 4.0||90 to 100 days||Semi-regular|
|30th||4.3 to 6.3||70 to 90 days||Semi-regular|
|68||4.7 to 5.4||2.05 days||Beta Lyrae Star|
The main star of the Ras Algethi system is a semi-regularly variable star whose brightness fluctuates over periods of 90 to 100 days.
68 (u) Herculis is a variable star of the Beta-Lyrae type . It is an extremely luminous star 1200 light years away.
Messier 13 is considered to be the most impressive globular cluster in the northern sky. It is located about 25,000 light years away and consists of about 300,000 stars. Even in prism binoculars it appears as a misty spot. In the telescope it can be resolved into single stars. It is easy to find because it is in the upper third of the connecting line between the stars η and ζ (the right "box stars" of Hercules).
Messier 92 is a globular cluster about 30,000 light years away. It does not appear as extensive in the telescope as M13, but it is also a very worthwhile observation object.
NGC 6210 is a planetary nebula 3,000 light years away. With a diameter of 0.3 arc minutes , it is not very extensive. In the binoculars it only appears as a faint star. An irregular disc and the central star become visible in a telescope with an opening of 12 cm or more.
The exoplanet HD 149026 b in Hercules is one of the hottest known exoplanets with a temperature on the day side of over 2000 K. It orbits the star HD 149026 (8.15 mag, spectral class G0, 1.3 solar masses) in 2.87 days at a distance of 0.042 AU and, from our point of view, performs a transit. The exoplanet has a mass of about 0.4 Jupiter and a radius of about 0.7 Jupiter radii. The system is about 260 light years from Earth. | <urn:uuid:f3749a6f-00d9-4dac-b590-23d52c3c342c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://de.zxc.wiki/wiki/Herkules_(Sternbild) | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571911.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813081639-20220813111639-00468.warc.gz | en | 0.801232 | 2,110 | 3.203125 | 3 |
Skateboarding Focus Of New Museum In Ventura County; Hundreds Of Boards On Display
There’s a sound in a new Ventura County museum you probably won’t hear in any other museum in the world. It’s a skateboarder shredding on a ramp. Simi Valley is home to the new Skateboarding Hall of Fame and Museum, featuring one of the largest collections in the nation.
A 10,000 square foot store space in the Simi Valley Town Center has been converted into the museum, which features more than 500 skateboards on display, all kinds of skating paraphernalia, and a skateboard ramp.
It’s the brainchild of Simi Valley resident Todd Huber, who’s been skateboarding almost since the start of the sport more than five decades ago.
Huber says the way he started collecting skateboards, and skateboard paraphernalia was a bit unusual. He quit smoking, and when a doctor challenged home to come up with a better way to use the money he used to spend on cigarettes, he ended up as a skateboard collector. He now has thousands. Huber admits he’s not even sure how many he owns.
He says a few years ago, when he took his dad to an auto museum in Los Angeles, the idea of creating a skateboarding museum occurred to him.
Along with the skateboards, there’s a Hall of Fame featuring photos and biographies of nearly 100 influential people in the sport. And, at the back of the museum, there’s the opportunity for you to learn how to ride a board, with a ramp. The plan is to offer skateboarding classes. There’s also a library, with decades of skateboarding related magazines of books.
What’s almost as remarkable as what you see, though, is what you don’t see. A storage area is filled with mountains of skateboards, and other paraphernalia which could be used for future exhibits
For more than two decades, Huber was part of Skatelab, an indoor skateboard park with a museum in Simi Valley. His collection of thousands of items was the backbone of that exhibition. Now, he’s established a non- profit for the Hall of Fame, and museum.
While he’s in his 50’s, Huber says he still jumps on a board sometimes. He says it’s in his blood.
The museum is open seven days a week, including 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturdays, and 10-7 on Sundays. It’s located near the middle of the Simi Valley Town Center, east of the movie theater complex. There’s no admission charge, but because it’s a non-profit, donations are accepted. | <urn:uuid:7c871af8-dd72-4fa8-aeca-d76289358b4c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.kclu.org/local-news/2018-12-14/skateboarding-focus-of-new-museum-in-ventura-county-hundreds-of-boards-on-display | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572870.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817062258-20220817092258-00678.warc.gz | en | 0.954058 | 587 | 1.695313 | 2 |
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Freedom and happiness in nations: why the Finns are happier than the French
Psychology of Well-Being volume 4, Article number: 17 (2014)
Cross-national studies on happiness have revealed large differences, not only is average happiness higher in rich nations than in poor ones, but there are also sizable differences in happiness among rich nations. For instance, the Finns are happier than the French, while GDP per capita is similar in France and Finland. In this paper we discuss whether freedom can explain that difference. The Finns feel more free than the French do. Does this discrepancy in perceived freedom correspond to a difference in actual freedom? Following Bay, we distinguished three kinds of actual freedom: social freedom, potential freedom and psychological freedom. In a comparative analysis of 49 nations we find that actual freedom reflects only partially in perceived freedom and that all kinds of freedom have some independent relation with average happiness. Psychological freedom is most strongly related to happiness in rich nations. The Finns are happier than the French because they dare more to be free.
Comparative research on happiness shows, typically, that people live happiest in the richest nations of this world. This pattern was already visible in the first cross national in 1960 by Cantril () and has been replicated over and again on ever larger numbers of nations. A plot of happiness versus buying power in 138 countries in 2005 is presented in Figure 1. Happiness here is defined as life satisfaction as further explained in part 2.
Average happiness differs across rich nations
Happiness increases significantly with GDP in the first part of the graph, where the poor nations are situated, and reach a plateau around 18,000 dollars per capita. In these nations, sufficient individuals have a purchasing power high enough for economic affluence to have little influence on happiness; this represents 49 nations a. Among the rich nations, we see large differences in happiness among countries with the same purchasing power, e.g. more than two points between Hong Kong and Denmark, one point and a half between France and Finland.
Comparison between Finland and France
Let us consider this latter case in more detail. Finland and France are both affluent societies, with purchasing powers per capita that are very comparable ($32,153 for Finland versus $30,386 for France in 2005), yet with remarkable life satisfaction differences, as shown in Table 1. The difference in happiness is consistent: the French are not only less satisfied with their lives as a whole, they also feel less well affectively and see a greater difference between how their lives are and how they want it to be compared to the Finns. In short, this case represents one of the cases where two countries from the same civilization (western culture), with similar purchasing powers, present the highest difference in happiness.
This example illustrates that there can be large differences in happiness and its components at comparable economic development. So happiness depends on more than just wealth. What other factors can be involved? We considered other factors, widely regarded as the most important societal predictors for happiness, to be: quality of government, rule of law, social security, and inequality in income and between sexes (Ott ). Finland has a substantial advantage on government effectiveness and rule of law, a slight advantage in terms of sex inequality, both countries were comparable in terms of income inequality, while France was ahead in terms of social security. We saw differences in these factors, mostly in favour of Finland, but no difference seemed significant enough to explain this ‘happiness gap’. Results are summarized in Table 2 below.
Focus on freedom
What are the other factors that might be involved here? According to Verme (), a sense of freedom is the strongest predictor for happiness across nations. There are indeed sizable differences in perceived freedom among rich nations and the French feel less free than the Finns do (6.2 versus 7.5 on a ten-scale) ; however, one needs to be careful as this correlation might be inflated by a common response tendency , i.e. a tendency to answer less positively to any question. If no such distortion of responses is at hand, it is still possible that this difference in perceived freedom does not correspond with a difference in actual freedom. The French could be more perceptible for limitations to freedom than the Fins are, while they are in fact equally free is also possible that the difference is largely driven by happiness, unhappiness making people more prone to see their limitations than their opportunities. Thus we decided to investigate the freedom factor in greater depth.
Plan of this paper
We start by explaining what we mean by ‘happiness’ and next discuss the concept of freedom. Following Bay we distinguish several kinds of actual freedom and note the difference with perceived freedom. Next we analyze the relationship between these freedom variants and average happiness in 49 wealthy nations. We will then show that actual freedom, affects happiness, both directly and indirectly through perceived freedom. The difference between Finland and France fits that wider pattern.
2. Concepts and measures
The terms ‘happiness’ and ‘freedom’ are often used in political rhetoric, but are in that context seldom properly defined. Greater precision is required for this empirical analysis, both with respect to the concepts and for their measurement.
What is ‘happiness’ precisely? How can we measure happiness in nations?
The word ‘happiness’ is used in a number of ways. In this paper the word is used to denote a sense of satisfaction with life. Following Veenhoven () we define happiness as the degree to which someone evaluates the overall quality of his or her present life-as-a-whole positively. In other words, how much a person likes the life he or she lives.
When asked to appraise how much we like our life, we draw on two sources of information: how well we feel generally and how well our life-as-it-is meets our standards of how-life-should-be. These sub-appraisals are referred to as the ‘affective’ and ‘cognitive’ components of happiness, and called respectively ‘hedonic level of affect’ and ‘contentment’ (Veenhoven, ). In this paper we consider both overall happiness and these two components.
2. Measures of happiness in nations
Thus defined, happiness is something we have in mind, and things that are on our mind can be assessed using questioning. Questions designed to determine individuals happiness can be framed in many ways, both directly or indirectly, and using single or multiple questions. An overview of acceptable questions is available in the collection ‘Measures of Happiness’ part of the World Database of Happiness ([Veenhoven, 2014c]). Answers to the following frequently used questions on happiness provided the input data for the analysis presented in this paper.
A commonly used survey question on happiness is: ‘Taking all together, how satisfied or dissatisfied are you with your life as a whole these days?’, Please answer by ticking a number between 0 to 10, where 0 stands for most ‘dissatisfied’ and 10 for most ‘satisfied’. Responses to this question and equivalent questions are gathered in the collection ‘Happiness in Nations’ of the World Database of Happiness ([Veenhoven 2014d]). Together this yields comparable data on average happiness in 150 nations over the years 2000 to 2009, which are included in the data file ‘States of nations’ variable HappinessLS10.11_2000s in the data file ‘States of Nations’ (Veenhoven, [2014b]), which was used for this study.
The affective component of happiness is measured on the basis of responses to a series of questions as to how the respondent had felt the day before the questionnaire was administrated. This measure was used in the Gallup World Polls (Gallup, ). Typical questions are whether one had felt ‘depressed’, ‘stressed’ or had felt ‘well rested’ and ‘smiled a lot’ yesterday. Respondents could answer ‘yes’ or ‘no’. We computed an affect balance score per nation, subtracting the percentage of reported negative feelings from the percentage of positive feelings. The variable name in the data file States of Nations is HappinessYesterdayABS_2006.08.
The cognitive component of happiness is measured using the Cantril ladder (Cantril, ). In this case the respondent is presented with a picture of a ladder and then asked: ‘Suppose the top of the ladder represents the best possible life for you and the bottom of the ladder the worst possible life. Where on this ladder do you feel you personally stand at the present time?’. Answers are rated on a 11-step scale ranging from 0 to 10. The variable label in data file States of Nations is: HappinessBW11_2006.
What is ‘freedom’ precisely? How can that be measured in nations? Is there a difference between ‘actual’ freedom and ‘perceived freedom in nations?
In the broadest sense, freedom can be defined as the possibility for an individual to make choices, typically major life choices. The ‘possibility’ to choose requires first of all that there is an ‘opportunity’ to choose, which is an attribute of the environment in which an individual lives. Then, making a choice requires that an individual has the ‘capacity’ to choose, which is an individual attribute (Veenhoven ).
Following Bay () we further distinguish two aspects of the capacity to choose, which results in three kinds of freedom: social freedom, psychological freedom and potential freedom. Social freedom is about opportunity to choose and denotes absence of restriction by other people. Psychological freedom is about the capacity to choose and denotes absence of inner restrictions. Potential freedom is about information on possible choice options and awareness of external opportunities.
This difference in three kinds of freedom can be illustrated by the case of a prisoner in a cell with an unlocked door and a route to freedom. The prisoner can decide not to use that opportunity to escape because he or she foresees punishment. This is a case of social unfreedom. The prisoner can also decide to forego the escape opportunity because he or she does not dare to escape, preferring the security of the prison above the challenges of real life. This is a case of psychological unfreedom. Lastly the prisoner can miss out the escape opportunity because he or she did not know that the door was open. This is a case of potential unfreedom. In addition to actual freedom, there is perceived freedom. Though typically related, these kinds of freedom can diverge; one can think one is free while one is not, or think one is not free in spite of considerable choice. Both actual freedom and perceived freedom can affect happiness, possibly independently.
2. Indicators of freedom in nations
How can these three kinds of freedom be measured and compared across nations?
Below we present the available indicators for the three kinds of actual freedom in nations and check whether the conceptual distinction is reflected in the data. Full detail is presented on the technical appendix Table 3.
External restriction to choice can be measured in different domains. In this study we use available information on choice restrictions in the domains of economic life, political life and private life of citizens (or individuals within that nation).
Economic freedom is measured by absence of restrictions on business using available indexes that differ slightly in the aspects they cover. We combined three indexes to get an average “Economic freedom” index: the Economic Freedom of the World, the Heritage Index and the Freedom House Index. Indexes are detailed in Table 2.
Political freedom is measured using absence of restrictions for individuals to participate in the political process, such as civil liberties within a nation. Nation scores on these matters are gathered by Freedom House F (). Indexes for civil liberties are presented in Table 2.
Private freedom is measured absence of restrictions on choice in the personal sphere of life, such as travel, abortion and marriage, first gathered by Veenhoven ().
Data on the above mentioned indicators of social freedom were taken from the dataset ‘States of Nations (Veenhoven [2014b]) On that basis we calculated a comprehensive index of social freedom by adding the z scores of the indexes of economic freedom, private freedom and political freedom above and then the indicator was adjusted to a [0–1] range.
Psychological freedom is a lack of inner restrictions for seizing opportunities to choose. There are several such inhibitions and we do have data on the prevalence of some of the inhibitions in nations.
A first inner constraint is low self esteem. If you do not feel good about yourself, you will be less apt to take control. Self esteem is commonly measured using the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (Rosenberg, ) and average scores on that scale are available for 53 nations over the years 1965–2002 (Schmitt & Allik, ). The variable name is SelfEsteem_2002.
A second psychological restraint is acquiescence, that is, a tendency to agree with what other people say. This trait is measured using ‘yes-saying’ to survey questions and is commonly used as an indicator of response style. However, a strong tendency to agree to any question can also be seen as a ‘lack of guts’, i.e. a lack of psychological freedom. Data is available for 56 nations over the years 1980–2004 (Smith, ). The variable name in States of Nations is Acquiescence_2002.
We calculated a comprehensive index of psycholo gical freedom by adding the z scores of the two aspects, giving positive weight to self esteem and negative weight to acquiescence. The indicator was then adjusted to a [0–1] range.
As noted above, potential freedom is one’s awareness of opportunities. As such potential freedom in nations may be reflected by two indicators:
the number of newspapers per 1000 inhabitants
access to internet.
The indicator for potential freedom was calculated as the sum of these adjusted to a [0–1] range.
Total actual freedom
Finally, the indicator of actual freedom was calculated as the sum of social freedom, psychological freedom and potential freedom, adjusted to a [0–1] range.
Relationship between the three types of freedom in nations
We conducted a factor analysis in order to see how the different indicators presented above were connected to the three indices following Bay () classification. The results are presented in Table 4 below. We conducted first a factor analysis to determine the number of factors. Using the scree plot, three factors had an Eigen value superior than 1 and the slope was sharper after the third factor; this confirmed the prominence of three factors. The variance explained by these three factors is 76.3%. After a varimax rotation, we obtain the factor loadings shown in Table 5, values below 0.30 are not considered. Three factors load distinctively. Nonetheless, there are some overlaps between the different types of freedom; freedom to travel loads mainly on social freedom, but there is a small loading on factor 2, psychological freedom. Economic freedom 2 loads almost as much on factor 3, potential freedom as on factor 1, social freedom. Finally, the number of newspaper is loading mainly on potential freedom as expected, but it loads almost as much negatively on factor 2, psychological freedom.
Still the three factors reflect Bay’s taxonomy fairly well.
Perceived freedom in nations is the degree to which citizens feel they are in control of their life. The World Values Surveys contain a question on that matter that reads ‘Some people feel they have completely free choice and control over their lives, while other people feel that what they do has no real effect on what happens to them. Please use this scale where 1 means "none at all" and 10 means "a great deal" to indicate how much freedom of choice and control you feel you have over the way your life turns out’. This variable is available for 85 nations between 1990 and 2005 and is labelled as FreeLife_1990.2005 in the data file States of Nations.
Let us now see how freedom and happiness relate in rich nations. Note that we do not report statistical significance of correlations; since our data cover almost all developed nations such test makes no sense.
1. Actual and perceived freedom
As shown in Table 5, the zero-order correlations of social, potential and psychological freedom with perceived freedom are equivalent (respectively + .32, +.29 and + .32) but small One interpretation is that our measures of actual freedom do not capture the limitations to choice very well. Another interpretation is that much of the perceived freedom is illusory.
2. Happiness and actual freedom
All correlations between happiness and freedom in Table 6 are positive, which means that freedom and happiness tend to go hand in hand. The zero-order correlations vary from modest in the case of psychological freedom (r = +.27) to strong in the case of potential freedom (r = +.60). The pattern changes dramatically when controlling for economic prosperity. Whereas the partial correlation of psychological freedom with happiness increases slightly from + .27 to +30, the correlations with social and potential freedom are largely wiped out. This means that the latter two kinds of freedom are a by-product of societal development, while psychological freedom is rather independent or even negatively correlated to societal development. In other words, social and potential freedom are part of a wider set of external conditions for happiness, while psychological freedom is about inner capability to deal with these conditions, which is not implied in these.
3. Happiness and perceived freedom
The strongest correlations in Table 7 are between happiness and perceived freedom in nations. The zero-order correlation is + .64, which fits the earlier analysis of Verme (). The partial correlation is somewhat lower, but with + .48 still sizable.
4. Paths from freedom to happiness
So all kinds of freedom correlate more or less with average happiness in nations, since these variants of freedom are inter correlated (cf. Table 5) one kind of freedom may affect happiness through the other. Below we report some attempts to disentangle these effects.
To what extent perceived freedom can be explained by actual freedom? We aggregate the z-scores of the three types of freedom and build an ‘actual freedom’ indicator, and calculate zero order correlations as well as partial correlations between actual freedom, perceived freedom and happiness. Results are presented in Figure 3 below. The link between actual freedom and happiness is the most important one. When controlling for actual freedom, the partial correlation between happiness and perceived freedom is much lower (r = +.40) than the zero order correlation, but it still does not explain everything. One reason might be that there is an illusory freedom that does not find echo in the ground of actual freedom. Another reason may again be that the indicators of actual freedom do not cover all opportunity to choose Figure 2.
As shown in the previous sections there are differences in actual freedom and in perceived freedom, and each correlate with happiness. Social freedom and potential represents the freedom of the environment in which individuals live; so we expect them to have a large influence on happiness, as largely depicted in the literature but not to be the main contributors of perceived freedom per se. Conversely, we expect perceived freedom to be more a mental construal than a result of the environment, hence we expect perceived freedom to be determined mainly by psychological freedom; therefore, the influence of psychological freedom on happiness should be mediated by perceived freedom. We expect 1) an influence of psychological freedom on happiness via perceived freedom and a direct effect, 2) a direct influence of social freedom on happiness, 3) a direct influence of potential freedom on happiness.
We checked this hypothesized path using AMOS 5.0. See Figure 3. This analysis suggests that the three types of freedom influence happiness equally (+.50, +.49 and + .51). There is also a direct effect of psychological freedom on perceived freedom. The hypothesized model showed a good fit with the data: χ2(3) = 3.52, NFI = 0.95, CFI = 0.97, RMSEA = 0.06.
5. The case of Finland and France
How does this all fit the difference in happiness between Finland and France? Finland scores better on all aspects of freedom However, whereas the difference in social and potential freedom are not that dramatic, the differences in psychological freedom and perceived freedom are very strong, as shown in Table 7.
So much of the difference in average happiness between Finland and France seems to be in psychological freedom. This raises the question of what explains these disparities in psychological freedom. Socialization naturally comes to mind. Socialization is deeply embedded in a culture and involves several aspects. The first is parental rearing. When asked about what are the important values to teach a child, French parents, for instance, tend to be keener to answer "obedience" than their Finnish counterparts, 35% in France versus 28% in Finland. Finnish parents tend to value much more "independence", 57% in Finland versus 24% in France. We can imagine this has an influence on the psychological freedom for the inhabitants of rich countries.
A second explanation could be in education and we found a clue in teaching practices. Two kinds of teaching practices can be distinguished: horizontal teaching and vertical teaching (Algan et al. ). In horizontal teaching, children are encouraged to work in groups and self-motivate, in the vertical teaching lecturing and note taking is favoured. France has the most vertical teaching system whereas the Finnish system appears among the most horizontal ones. We can easily imagine that psychological freedom and feelings of freedom follow the same pattern and there is a link between teaching practices and happiness (Brulé & Veenhoven, Teaching practices and happiness in nations, in preparation).
Another possible explanation for the disparity in psychological freedom is religion. Protestantism dominates in Finland and Catholicism in France. Several studies have shown that Catholicism tends to foster hierarchical relations. The church is hierarchical in itself with its many different levels, pope, bishops, priests, monks, etc., that is led from the top down and where there is little room for interpretation. Protestantism, in contrast, sees less need for intermediaries between the believer and God and leaves the believer more freedom. Thus, the Catholic’s “top-down approach” will create less psychological freedom than the Protestant’s “bottom-up approach”. This viewpoint is explored in detail in Brulé and Veenhoven ().
It should be noted that the number of nations used here is fairly limited, with just above thirty countries for which full data set is available. This analysis should be replicated once more data become available.
The measurement of freedom in nations was not ideal either. Regarding social freedom, we were limited by the data available to build an indicator of personal freedom; a few indicators, especially the ones built by Humana (), were a grade from 1 to 4. While this might be fine to compare all nations, this is not the best indicator when comparing developed nations, as most of them have the best grade. Likewise, the results from the [World Values Survey] cannot be used as they are based on surveys, and our intention was to avoid a response factor effect and use objective data (i.e., either data that is either measurable or drawn from experts ratings). Therefore, we were limited in the construction of some indicators, particularly for personal freedom. This also means we need more objective indicators of types of freedom such as contraception, homosexuality or euthanasia.
Regarding psychological freedom, we used acquiescence and low self-esteem as a proof to lack of guts. We see self-esteem as a prerequisite to take risks and seize opportunities, which is congruent with the definition of psychological freedom. Likewise, acquiescence, which according to Schmitt et al. () is more present in the collectivistic cultures, obviously carries a cultural load and can be seen as a form of social code. Together with the social code, acquiescence carries a form of mental restrictions to answer bluntly. A way to complete this indicator would be to add a proper indicator of risk avoidance.
Finally, we feel our operationalization of potential freedom is decent. However, the way we defined these three types of freedom is just a first step. We certainly hope to see future improvement in the construction of these indicators.
This study reports a cross-sectional analysis and that method sets limits to identifying causality. Possibly part of the correlation is due to effects of happiness on freedom, rather than reversely and this is most likely to be the case with psychological freedom. Trend analysis can answer that question when more data points become available in the future,
Much of the difference in average happiness across rich nations is due to variation in freedom, not only perceived freedom, but independent of that also actual freedom and in particular psychological freedom. The Finns are happier than the French because they feel more free and are more free and their greater actual freedom is not only a matter of less restrictiveness in Finish society but also of greater guts to be free.
aRich nations are shown in Figure 1. 49 nations are included in this group: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bahrain, Barbados, Belgium, Brunei, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guinea, Hong-Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Kuwait, Luxemburg, Malta, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Oman, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Singapore, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States.
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GB and RV discussed the link between objective freedom, subjective freedom and happiness and agreed on a methodology. GB did the modelling and wrote the report reviewed by RV. GB and RV read and approved the final manuscript.
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Marilyn Simpson was a teacher, teaching hundreds of children over her career, and giving them a start in life and learning. Host Barry Neylon talks to Marilyn about her journey from a horseradish farm to the classroom, and the lessons she learnt along the way.
You might know Marilyn from her radio show “Easy Does It” on PBAFM, or from her involvement in the Gawler Writers’ Group, or from one of the many interviews she has done for the Gawler Community Broadcasting Association, but today Marilyn talks to Barry about the early years of her life, from playing around the hills near hear parents farm to her time at primary school, from leading the Tea Tree Gully “riff-raff” into Birdwood High, to her first teaching job as a teenager away from friends and family in Mt Gambier.
To Marilyn teaching was a ‘noble calling’ and one she answered, but before she was ready to teach others, Marilyn had her own early learning to do.
All these photos are courtesy of Marilyn, except where noted
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What’s additionally fascinating about this launch is that it provides Chrome OS users an official way to install Minecraft without sideloading the sport onto their machine. Nonetheless, Mac customers will need to download it manually. Rather than anticipating stateless HTTP requests, we’ll have to handle TCP connections with streaming information. “You must, not simplify it, but focus it all the way down to its core components. Minecraft: That is the core of the game. Colleges that already use Minecraft: Education Version in their classrooms won’t have to worry about altering their subscription; the company will add the Chrome OS model to its Microsoft 365 for Education A3 and A5 licenses. In spite of everything, Google’s computing platform dominates the education market. In spite of everything, Nisshagen said, it was doable to just run from the zombies in Minecraft, relatively than combating them, and Dungeons builders wanted one thing that will encourage fight. These so known as “indie” game developers can simply compete with large publishers through their first-rate video games comparable to Torchlight and the oddly compelling “Minecraft”.
Customer satisfaction is our top precedence and we do all we are able to to make sure that TweakBox is dependable and stable to use. Shepherd was able to rent again the seven full-time workers he had laid off, has bought 5,000 bunnies, and is scrambling with again orders, now limiting purchases to six per buyer. While September is seven months away as we write this, it is not sure the outbreak might be underneath control by then. One of the more notable examples is Roblox, which options video games-inside-a-game created by users and has also branched out into live shows and Television reveals in current months. One of the best features we predict is the blueprint characteristic, which makes constructing buildings incredibly straightforward. Once you think of downloadable video games, the very first thing that involves thoughts can either be business games or those flash games that non-gamers play to keep themselves entertained. One other downloadable game that you’ll encounter is those who used a industrial design suite.
Sport growth requires making the game from scratch to design a functioning engine. It is actually a reasonably frequent observe for smaller recreation studios to license a pre-made recreation engine to design a sport on, because of the price involved in creating one in-home on high of designing the game. You even obtained a fancy mouse the one which has 20 buttons. Not less than we predict that’s how trend works. “We think that we’ll see dad and mom enjoying with children, or older and youthful siblings taking part in collectively,” Nisshagen mentioned. That is important to builders, particularly because of the audience they’re concentrating on: youngsters and their parents. For greater than a decade, Mojang has focused on Minecraft, the global phenomenon that’s introduced generations of children and adults to sandbox-style video games. Razor scooters have been the rare reward that would fulfill recipients of all ages — while kids might take them to the skate park, clinging to the handlebars whereas attempting kickflips, grownup commuters could use them to zip to the workplace and keep away from traffic. Minecraft Dungeons doesn’t use a standard, RPG-style progression system, and it doesn’t pressure gamers into specific roles. The extremely-common sandbox recreation will add PSVR assist later this month with a free update that’ll roll out to all PS4 players.
Click on on the ‘Try it Free’ hyperlink if you want to install a free trial. When you wish to function a on-line game on a server, nonetheless, stuff gets fairly complicated. “You can’t match Minecraft, such a fancy recreation, on that,” Nisshagen stated. The entire thing looks rather a lot like Minecraft, but it surely represents a brand new method to game growth for Mojang. As an alternative of having inflexible lessons like “healer” or “tank” in the game, players can swap out their gear on the fly and combine gadgets to infuse their weapons with whatever abilities the scenario requires. Earlier than the deal is predicted to shut by fiscal 2023, Microsoft is proscribed by what it will probably do, stated Kathryn Harrigan, a professor at Columbia Business Faculty who makes a speciality of corporate growth and turnarounds. Ahead of a brand new college yr that could see students not step foot in a bodily classroom, Microsoft is bringing Minecraft: Schooling Edition to Chromebooks. However minecraft does not normally work that manner. The key distinction between the 2 lies in the character of the work. The gamers should work on their character to level up and unlock new skills, talents, receive powerful armor and weapons, in addition to mounts, which might be flying ones too! | <urn:uuid:2fd1d5b8-b00d-41ea-9030-309d828eccdd> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://reda.sa/members/robinvelvet2/activity/1103232/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571993.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814022847-20220814052847-00667.warc.gz | en | 0.948972 | 1,048 | 1.609375 | 2 |
This module provides splittable supplies for unique identifiers. The main idea gows back to L. Augustsson, M. Rittri, and D. Synek and is described in their paper 'On generating unique names' (Journal of Functional Programming 4(1), 1994. pp. 117-123). The implementation at hand is taken from the GHC sources and includes bit fiddling to allow multiple supplies that generate unique identifiers by prepending a character given at initialization.
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Today’s New York Sun writes on the selection of Alex Washburn, Affiliate ASLA, to the new position of Chief Urban Designer in NYC’s Department of City Planning. Washburn’s charge ranges from the macro level (how the city’s skyline looks) to the micro (how a pedestrian interacts with the sidewalk). A veteran of Senator Moynihan’s office, Washburn sees himself following his mentor’s path: “Senator Moynihan believed that good design is not just about aesthetics, but that the look of a city expresses the values of the people who live in it,” [Washburn] said. “He wanted to prove people wrong who thought that cities were hopeless.”
This week the University of Florida completed the planting of its first green roof, reports the Gainesville Sun. The 2,600-square-foot roof has been covered with native Florida vegetation, including dune sunflower, tropical sage, and gopher apple. Glenn Acomb, ASLA, spearheaded the construction.
The roof covers an open-air amphitheater of the School of Building Construction, where craftsmen and construction experts demonstrate building techniques for students. Since the amphitheater isn’t air-conditioned, the new green roof’s major benefit will be controlling water runoff.
From the article:
Water that isn’t absorbed by the vegetation will drain into cisterns, where it will be stored to irrigate the roof during dry periods. “It allows you to collect a resource as opposed to wasting it,” Acomb said.
As an aside, you have to give credit to a reporter who name-checks Nebuchadnezzar II in an article about a green roof. Well played, Sun staff writer Nathan Crabbe. Well played.
Beware, south Floridians: on April 15, South Florida Water Management District officials will start fining water restriction violators to the tune of $25 per infraction, all the way up to $500 for repeat offenders. Why? The area is suffering from one of the worst droughts in 70 years.
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So far this year, an average of just 2.61 inches of rain — 4 inches below normal — fell in the 16-county district that stretches from Orlando to the Keys…
“We’re into a rather serious situation,” said Fred Rapach, director of the district’s Palm Beach County service center. “What we are trying to do is send a message out.”
Looks like LAs in Florida and beyond may want to suggest graywater irrigation systems to clients. Cheap, plentiful water seems to be getting harder and harder to come by.
Today the Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU) announced 25 award-winning projects that “make a difference in the world.” The winning projects span the hemisphere but are concentrated this year on the southern United States, particularly the Gulf Coast. The Dirt is happy to see the prefab “Katrina Cottages” received a nod this year, as did other smart mixed-use and low-income housing projects.
Click through to CNU’s site for scads of information about each of the 25 winners. Also, mark your calendars–on May 18, jury chair Stefanos Polyzoides will present a lecture on the winners, which will be available on the CNU website.
This past weekend, the Chicago Tribune tackled one of parenting’s worst nightmares. No, not “stranger danger,” but (wait for it…) sandboxes. “Aren’t those things just giant, ahem, litter boxes?” asks reporter Heidi Stevens, who also discovers that almost all parks in Chicago have at least one sandbox, and that cleaning crews regularly sift and clean the sand. So, it’s safe for kids, right?
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Dr. Scott Goldstein, a pediatrician at the Northwestern Children’s Practice, said he would never tell parents to avoid sandboxes altogether. He just urges us to use common sense.
“Wash your hands and your child’s hands often,” he said. “It’s a good idea to carry hand gel or hand wipes around with you.”
And, of course, he adds, “If you see poop in the sandbox, it’s a good idea to avoid it.”
Thank you, Dr. Goldstein.
This month, Forbes magazine has selected 10 architects for its continuing “Tastemakers” series of influential designers. “Their work,” the article states, “…will change the field–and our cities–for decades to come.” James Corner, ASLA, is honored as one of the ten; he was selected “for his boundary-breaking, interdiscipline work” and the NYC High Line project.
James Corner will be giving a “Spotlight on Design” lecture at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C., on April 3 as part of ASLA’s National Landscape Architecture Month. Click through to the NBM site for more information.
Today’s Washington Post reports that Jim Schellinger, an architect from Indianapolis, will run for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination in Indiana. If he’s elected, this will be Schellinger’s first public office. The Indianapolis Star has more about Schellinger’s bid and his “notable” supporters.
It always warms The Dirt’s heart to see more architects, designers, and LAs ensconced in the halls of power. Incidentally, the same WaPo roundup gives an update on the race for an open Senate seat in Colorado that is being vacated by Sen. Wayne Allard (R) in 2008. The Post states Colorado Democrats have “coalesced” behind Rep. Mark Udall (D), Honorary ASLA.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has opened the application process for its 2007 National Award for Smart Growth Achievement. The competition is open to “public-sector entities that have used smart growth principles to improve communities environmentally, socially, and economically.”
This year, applications will be accepted in five categories:
- Overall Excellence in Smart Growth
- Built Projects
- Policies and Regulations
- Equitable Development
- Waterfront and Coastal Communities
Applications are due soon (April 3), so get cracking on those official forms!
The San Francisco Chronicle today features a nice write-up of Lawrence Halprin, FASLA, who turned 90 years young last July. The piece discusses Halprin’s many projects, including what he’s working on today. “We’re sort of winding down a little bit,” says Halprin. “Just waiting for clients we like.”
When you are in Washington, DC, visit the Tidal Basin to experience Halprin’s work at the FDR Memorial.
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Planetizen, a fine website by Urban Insight, has released its list of the best websites of 2007 in the fields of planning, design, and development. A lot of big names in the field are there, including Dirt favorites WorldChanging and Sustainalane. The Dirt congratulates all winners, and wants to call out the Louisiana Speaks site and the work there by Chad Danos, ASLA, and his firm Brown + Danos. Louisiana Speaks is a storehouse of information on planning the rebuilding of the battered Gulf Coast. | <urn:uuid:78bd1262-5fad-4be0-9c63-9b3f09c24f9b> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://dirt.asla.org/2007/03/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560279169.4/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095119-00213-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.931086 | 1,634 | 1.6875 | 2 |
President Bill Clinton signed the federal Defense of Marriage Act in the middle of the night in 1996 because he'd been burned by supporting allowing gays in the military, and he didn't want to get burned again. He's been doing penance for it ever since, and times have certainly changed. It seems Clinton couldn't imagine that just 15 years after he signed DOMA, the first black president would sign the repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell — with overwhelming public support. As a loyal former Clinton aide explained in The New Yorker, "if you compromise on principle, on the assumption that the world will never catch up with your ideals, you will likely come to regret it."
"His posture was quite frankly driven by the political realities of an election year in 1996," Clinton's then-press secretary Mike McCurry tells The New York Times' Peter Baker. Clinton aired campaign ads on Christian radio touting DOMA. According to Newsweek, Clinton thought gay-baiting was still good politics in 2004, because he advised John Kerry to come out for state constitutional amendments against gay marriage. Clinton's spokesman says that's not true, the Times reports. But Kerry adviser Bob Shrum said Clinton's advice was worse — that Kerry should back a federal marriage amendment. Eventually, Clinton felt really bad about DOMA. "In my conversations with him, he was personally embarrassed and remorseful," Democratic strategist Hilary Rosen told the Times. Richard Socarides, who went to work for Clinton in May 1996, helped fix the damage both before and after Clinton left the White House. In fairness, the 1990s were a dark time. In 1995, The Washington Post reported in 1999, "uniformed Secret Service officers had greeted gay rights activists arriving for a meeting with rubber gloves." By 1999, the Post reported, Socarides was helping undo the damage by getting hate crimes legislation passed. And it was Socarides who made sure people noticed when Clinton started shifting on marriage. Clinton endorsed gay marriage in a 2009 speech, but no one really noticed, so Socarides called CNN's Anderson Cooper to make sure Cooper asked about the issue in an interview with Clinton. Clinton endorsed gay marriage in New York two years later, and campaigned against a state constitutional amendment against in in North Carolina. Earlier this month, he wrote a Washington Post op-ed calling for DOMA to be overturned. Socarides wrote in The New Yorker that it was Clinton's own idea to write the op-ed this time.
After a tough-to-read hearing on California's Proposition 8 on Tuesday, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in a challenge to DOMA on Wednesday, and there's a good chance it will be overturned. Politico's Jonathan Allen and Tal Kopan declare that the culture wars are back, and this time, they're helping Democrats on guns, gays, immigration, and other issues. Former Pew Research Center president Andrew Kohut explained last week that the Republican Party is more estranged from the American center than either party has been since 1972, when the Democrats were known as the party of "acid, abortion, and amnesty." Kohut explains that hardliners within the Democratic Party made it look radical, and that's what's happening to the GOP now. But it's worth noting that "acid, abortion, and amnesty" are no longer unpopular positions. "Acid" referred to the legalization of marijuana — which just happened in Washington and Colorado, and is something state legislatures across the country are considering. And while polls may not matter to the Supremes, a majority of Americans now think abortion should be legal in all or most cases, a January NBC News/ Wall Street Journal poll found. ("Amnesty" referred to amnesty for Vietnam war draft dodgers, which is no longer an issue, though it's a funny coincidence the GOP is now considering what is derisively called "amnesty" for illegal immigrants.)
Gay marriage wasn't on the radar back then. But in 1988, 72 percent of Americans opposed gay marriage. Now, 58 percent support gay it. That includes many young Republicans (59 percent of Republicans oppose gay marriage). Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, told Politico's Katie Glueck that young Christians don't want to talk about the issue. "[They say,] 'It feels intolerant. We believe what we believe, they have a right to what they want to believe. Marriage should be a church thing, not a legal thing," Land said. Presumably, even the audience for anti-gay ads on Christian radio has diminished. | <urn:uuid:783ca8a4-a709-4ef3-9f8a-dff082be2626> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://www.thewire.com/politics/2013/03/bill-clinton-doma-now-then/63526/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988720941.32/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183840-00519-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.969829 | 929 | 2.328125 | 2 |
Let's say that I'm trying to write a Greek/English flash card program using Visual Basic and an Access database. And let's say that in this program, I intend to group words in the database together in a fashion that makes a modicum of sense. For example, the words:<br /><br />[face=SPIonic]<br />lu/w, lu/eij, lu/ei, lu/omen, lu/ete, lu/ousin<br />[/face]<br /><br />would be grouped together under the first person singular [face=SPIonic]lu/w[/face].<br /><br />And [face=SPIonic]i(/ppoj, i(/ppe, i(/ppon, i(/ppou, i(/ppw|[/face], etc., would all be grouped together under the nominative singular [face=SPIonic]i(/ppoj[/face].<br /><br />Is there a proper term that describes both nominative singular declensions and first person singular conjugations? Base? Root? None of these seem quite right.<br />
I, Lex Llama, super genius, will one day rule this planet! And then you'll rue the day you messed with me, you damned dirty apes! | <urn:uuid:7b2e40e7-4593-495e-84b6-984b60571318> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.textkit.com/greek-latin-forum/viewtopic.php?p=6207 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560284411.66/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095124-00456-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.785583 | 289 | 2.546875 | 3 |
Since 1971, more than 40 million arrests have been conducted for drug-related offenses.I'm not going to say the obvious as the current administration's desire to escalate the war on drugs by an increase in funding in 2012 bringing spending to $26 billion. We out here in the streets are all aware that this is yet another investment in the very profitable Prison Industrial Complex. I mean why else is there a proposed increase in funding for federal prisons, right? So no, I'm not going to state the obvious. The important question, is just why did Barack change his stance on the war on drugs? What happened to the guy in 2004 who supports the decriminalization of certain illegal substances and doing things differently? Anyone wanna take a stab at answering this question?
And no group has been more targeted and suffered more damage than the black community. As the A.C.L.U. pointed out last week, “The racial disparities are staggering: despite the fact that whites engage in drug offenses at a higher rate than African-Americans, African-Americans are incarcerated for drug offenses at a rate that is 10 times greater than that of whites.”
[...] Last week, the Report of the Global Commission on Drug Policy, a 19-member commission that included Kofi Annan, a former U.N. secretary general; George Shultz, President Ronald Reagan’s secretary of state; and Paul Volcker, a former chairman of the Federal Reserve, declared that: “The global war on drugs has failed, with devastating consequences for individuals and societies around the world. Fifty years after the initiation of the U.N. Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, and 40 years after President Nixon launched the U.S. government’s war on drugs, fundamental reforms in national and global drug control policies are urgently needed.”
The White House immediately shot back: no dice. The Obama administration presented a collection of statistics that compared current drug use and demand with the peak of the late 1970s, although a direct correlation between those declines and the drug war are highly debatable. In doing so, it completely sidestepped the human, economic and societal toll of the mass incarceration of millions of Americans, many for simple possession.
No need to put a human face on 40 years of folly when you can swaddle its inefficacy in a patchwork quilt of self-serving statistics. (source) | <urn:uuid:cb2e164f-b429-403f-ab68-fb0965afec1f> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://rippdemup.blogspot.com/2011/06/war-on-drugs-is-failure-so-why-flip.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281151.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00110-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.955558 | 492 | 1.695313 | 2 |
Types of Assessments
Common types of quantitative assessments:
Ability Tests: instruments designed to measure an individual’s mental abilities or potential to learn.
- Traditional ability tests are administered individually by licensed psychologists or trained professionals. Test administrators not only have test scores, but are able to make notes during testing regarding attention, emotions, and problem-solving behaviors.
- Group ability tests are administered to large groups of students by test administrators who are not psychologists. These tests are more popular due to their cost-effectiveness, however there is some debate surrounding the group testing environment.
- Nonverbal ability tests are administered by test administrators. Test items are presented with visual stimuli requiring nonverbal responses. These assessments are considered better for culturally, linguistically, and economically diverse (CLED) students because they minimize the need for language; however, there has been some controversy because they do not measure the same skills as other ability tests.
- Abbreviated ability tests are administered by test administrators. They are shortened versions of traditional ability tests and are best used as an estimate of cognitive ability.
Achievement Tests: instruments designed to measure what an individual already knows or understands about a specific content area.
- Above-level tests are designed with high ceilings and are often used in talent search programs such as Duke TIP. Examples of above-level tests include the SAT and ACT.
- Norm-referenced tests are designed to compare individual results from the tests with the performance of peers from the same age and or grade level in the United States.
Computer Adaptive Tests (CATs): administered in a computer-based setting and designed on an item response mode. This means that questions are chosen based on the test-taker’s previous response(s). Some advantages to CATs are test-taker motivation to complete the test, test security, and flexibility in test scheduling. CATs may be administered individually or in a group setting.
Common types of qualitative assessments:
Rating Scales: instruments used to make judgments about the skills, abilities, and characteristics of gifted students based on a predetermined scale and score interpretation. Rating scales can be specialized for different types of giftedness and are beneficial because they can provide a means to identify potential in underrepresented populations.
- Teacher rating scales involve teachers rating students. Best practice is to train teachers in the use of the rating scale and how to recognize the different characteristics of giftedness, especially from CLED students.
- Parent rating scales involve parents rating their children. Parents have long-term knowledge of their child’s abilities, however, some parents’ desire, or lack of desire, to have a child identified as gifted may skew results.
- Peer rating scales involve peers or students rating other students. Advantages to obtaining peer input is lack of bias and the potential to gather several pieces of data on the same student.
- Self-rating scales involve students rating themselves. Some concerns surrounding these scales relate to personality qualities such as modesty and shyness, in addition to bias from a desire to be identified as gifted.
Performance-based Assessment: students produce original performances or products and are typically judged using assessment rubrics or rating scales. Various traits and characteristics of gifted potential are more easily observed, especially in underrepresented populations. | <urn:uuid:e85200ba-074b-4dff-9b35-382ddad7a880> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://gtequity.org/types-assessments | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571950.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813111851-20220813141851-00678.warc.gz | en | 0.944825 | 673 | 4.1875 | 4 |
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|Also Known As:||Rodolfo Di Valentina, Rodolfo Alfonso Raffaelo Pierre Filibert Di Valentina D'Antonguolla Guglielmi, Rudolph Devalentino, Rodolph Valentine, Rodolfo Di Valentina, R. De Valentina, Rudolfo Valentino, Rodolph Valentino, Rodolfo Di Valentini, M. Rodolpho De Valentina, Rudolph Valentine||Died:||August 23, 1926|
|Born:||May 6, 1895||Cause of Death:||perforated ulcer|
|Birth Place:||Italy||Profession:||actor, private dance teacher, dancer, dishwasher, waiter, landscaper|
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His death at age 31 spurred suicide attempts and waves of public violence by mourners; a testament to the singular cultural lightning rod that had been the life of Rudolph Valentino. Dubbed "The Great Lover" for posterity, H.L. Mencken called him "catnip to women," even as some of the nation's most influential op-ed pages castigated him as a catalyst in a national wave of effeminacy in American men, perhaps the nation's first bout of "metrosexuality." Arguably the first true superstar in the modern age, Valentino left more of mark as a heartthrob and a media phenomenon than, by critical consensus, his actual acting as recorded in his silent films. He lived, however briefly, an odyssey of vice, innuendo, scandal and the high society excesses for which his profession - then in its infancy - would become notorious. But his famed tango in "The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse" and onscreen image as "The Sheik," both in 1921, became mesmerizing, sensual imprints of the power of moving pictures, making him an avatar of the celebrity-obsessed popular culture then gestating throughout the country.He was born Rodolfo Alfonso Raffaello Piero Filiberto Guglielmi di Valentina d'Antoguolla (or Rodolfo Guglielmi)...
His death at age 31 spurred suicide attempts and waves of public violence by mourners; a testament to the singular cultural lightning rod that had been the life of Rudolph Valentino. Dubbed "The Great Lover" for posterity, H.L. Mencken called him "catnip to women," even as some of the nation's most influential op-ed pages castigated him as a catalyst in a national wave of effeminacy in American men, perhaps the nation's first bout of "metrosexuality." Arguably the first true superstar in the modern age, Valentino left more of mark as a heartthrob and a media phenomenon than, by critical consensus, his actual acting as recorded in his silent films. He lived, however briefly, an odyssey of vice, innuendo, scandal and the high society excesses for which his profession - then in its infancy - would become notorious. But his famed tango in "The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse" and onscreen image as "The Sheik," both in 1921, became mesmerizing, sensual imprints of the power of moving pictures, making him an avatar of the celebrity-obsessed popular culture then gestating throughout the country.
He was born Rodolfo Alfonso Raffaello Piero Filiberto Guglielmi di Valentina d'Antoguolla (or Rodolfo Guglielmi) in Castellaneta, Italy, on May 6, 1895. His father, Giovanni Guglielmi, a veterinarian, moved the family to Taranto nine years later, but died of malaria when Rudolfo was only 11, leaving his French-born mother, Marie, to dote on and spoil the young man. He acted out in school, finding himself expelled and so, when only 15, he applied to the Italian Naval Academy in Venice, but was rejected as too frail for the rigors of service. He earned a degree in agricultural science at a college in Nervi, near Genoa, but a visit to Paris gave him a taste of a more cosmopolitan life. Immersing himself in the culture, he spent what money he had and also discovered his penchant for dance. His mother sent him money to return to Italy, but by one report, he squandered that gambling in Monte Carlo and returned home something of an embarrassment to the family. After he failed to find gainful employment, Marie and other extended family members staked the 18-year-old Rodolfo a passage to the U.S.
In late 1913, he boarded the cargo ship S.S. Cleveland with a steerage class ticket. Depending one what account one believes, Guglielmi squandered his family's grant to upgrade his passage to first class, so to enjoy the black-tie champagne culture of the upper decks, or he further lived beyond his means after his arrival in New York. However he managed it, he left himself indigent in due course. He spent the next few years on the margins of society, working a series of menial jobs, sleeping where he could find a bed, and, by some uncorroborated accounts, prostituting himself to both men and women. Such reports may have stemmed from mistranslations of his eventual work as a "taxi dancer" - a man who would dance with unescorted female patrons, a trendy vocation at the time but still considered unseemly by polite society. On one job he had secured at an Italian restaurant, a fellow member of the wait staff taught him the chic Argentine dance becoming all the rage in the U.S. - the tango - and the attractive young Guglielmi soon found himself on the menu, as it were. He traded up to the highbrow hotspot Maxim's, gaining star billing as "Signor Rodolfo," and later became a nightclub exhibition dancer, partnering with top talents in New York and once even entertaining President Woodrow Wilson.
Canoodling in this swank set, he found his way into the employ of Blanca de Saulles, a young, unhappily married Chilean heiress, and ostensibly put his agrarian knowledge to work as her gardener. It was been speculated de Saulles and her hire had an affair, but, whether true or not, she and her husband John, a prominent businessman, went through an acrimonious divorce not long after, and the gardener testified in court what he knew of Mr. de Saulles' infidelities. After the divorce was finalized in December 1916, John de Saulles reputedly used his connections to have Guglielmi arrested on trumped up "vice" charges. The evidence was weak, but the glitzy circles that had once granted him entrée now declared him persona non grata and work dried up. In August 1917, Blanca shot John five times in a dispute over custody of their son. The case became a tabloid feeding frenzy, and Guglielmi, fearing further fallout from the association, fled New York to travel west with a theatrical troupe. When the troupe disbanded in Ogden, UT, Guglielmi hooked up with another production, which took him to San Francisco, CA. There, he met up with Norman Kerry, an actor who convinced him to try his hand in the burgeoning movie business in Los Angeles.
Moving into Kerry's rooms at the Alexandria Hotel in downtown L.A., Guglielmi began trying out for film roles, while for a living, he resumed dancing up the social ladder, gaining a clientele of regular partners, many of them wealthy older women. He scored some bit parts - a series of supporting roles as lowlives and villains - under variations of what would become his stage name ("Rodolfo di Valentini," "Rudolpho di Valentina"), owing to his darker, southern Italian looks. Dismissing him for a part, pioneering director D.W. Griffith once said, "He's too foreign-looking. The girls would never like him." Dissatisfied with the typecasting, he mulled quitting and returning to New York, but it was one of these roles, in "The Eyes of Youth" (1919), that caught the eye of June Mathis, the pioneering screenwriter who had gained such influence as to be granted producing duties on her movies. She convinced her studio, Metro Pictures, to cast the relative unknown in her upcoming film. It was during this ambitious film version of the anti-war novel "The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse," that the drifter established his credit finally as Rudolph Valentino. The role of a young French expatriate in Argentina allowed Valentino to break the studios' doctrine of casting only lily-white leads, even if "Four Horsemen" actually involved an ensemble cast in a saga about two sides of a family who migrate back to France and Germany, only to be driven out by the onset of World War I. But it was Valentino's first-act tango with co-star Beatrice Dominguez, as much as his journey through libertine meandering and war heroism, that brought to millions of movieg rs what had drawn so many women to him in person and made him a star nearly overnight. The film grossed a reported $4.5 million, one of the first to ever top the $1 million mark. Valentino, however, remained at his $350 a week rate, possibly owing to the influence of young director Rex Ingram, with whom he'd clashed on the set (and on whom, one story has it, Valentino developed a grudging crush), requiring Mathis to play peacemaker. Valentino's beloved mother had died before the movie's release. She would not see him gain the fortune she had sent him off to find, but "Four Horsemen" did establish a tight, unmistakably maternal relationship between him and Mathis that would become a catalyst for his career.
Valentino bridled when next cast in a supporting role in a minor film, "Uncharted Seas" (1921), but the production introduced him to production designer Natacha Rambova, who, by most estimates, would become as negative an influence on the burgeoning star as Mathis was positive. Valentino's actual love life to that point had been a train wreck, and his brief 1919 marriage to actress Jean Acker proved as far from movie romance as one could get. He had dated Acker briefly before marrying her on impulse. Way too impulsively, it turned out, as she was a lesbian, at the time involved with actress Grace Darmond and, it was whispered, with A-list leading lady Alla Nazimova. The newlyweds fought on their wedding night, with Acker locking him out of their hotel room. They separated, never consummating the marriage, but remaining officially married until an "interlocutory divorce" was granted in March 1922. Eerie confluence aside, Valentino developed a relationship with Rambova and went to work with her, as well as Mathis, on the next Nazimova vehicle, "Camille" (1921), based on the Alexandre Dumas, fils novel, and cementing Valentino's star status by making him Nazimova's love interest in the film.
The ambitious costumer turned into a showpiece of Rambova's designs, set and wardrobe, but proved too avant-garde to hit big with audiences. Mathis ushered Valentino to her next project, "The Conquering Power." While not his most famous role, the film, by most estimates, witnessed one of his most inspired performances as a wealthy, scheming playboy sent to live with his miserly, elderly uncle and his daughter. Valentino evinced real transformation as his character fell for his cousin and came to comprehend how his uncle's life of avarice ravaged his soul, leading the young dandy to see the error of his own ways. The film scored well critically and at the box-office, but after again locking horns with director Ingram and still being paid well below his billing, Valentino looked elsewhere for recognition of his star status. He bolted Metro for the Famous Players-Lasky Corp., a major player at the time that would later purchase distributor Paramount and operate under that name. Studio chief Jesse Lasky upped his pay to $1,000 a week and also hired Mathis away from Metro, immediately setting upon exploiting his new star's amorous appeal to the hilt. That manifested in the film that would imprint Valentino's image for posterity, "The Sheik" (1921).
The story looked absurd at face value, if not offensive, by today's standards. An overwrought, bodice-ripping Harlequinesque romance about an Arab sheik who kidnaps a British woman, "rapes" her and eventually wins her love, the movie's overt sensuality - if only implied sexuality - and Valentino's charms amplified by exotic elegant clothes and posh sets again set the movie-going public on fire, especially its female members. They mobbed theaters, with some reports of movieg rs fainting at the then-salacious on-screen seduction (and some of moral outrage over the same). The phenomenon may have indicated a mass-market obsession with proverbial forbidden fruit, especially at a time when militant nativism was on the rise in the U.S. and political reactionaries were demonizing darker southern and eastern European immigrants. One interviewer even asked him about the plausibility of a white woman falling for a "savage" like his sheik, to which he presciently responded, "People are not savages because they have dark skins. The Arabian civilization is one of the oldest in the world." Still, Valentino later admitted he avoided getting too much sun because he tanned so darkly.
"The Sheik" broadened into one of the first mass cultural phenomena, popular lexicon soon referring to guys on the make as "sheiks," Middle Eastern designs finding their way into fashion and home adornments, and songwriters Harry Smith, Francis Wheeler and Ted Snyder penning what would become a jazz classic, "The Sheik of Araby," to piggyback on the movie's success. The Sheik condom brand would crop up a decade later with a silhouette of Valentino, in character, on the package. During his own life, the term became so synonymous with Valentino that he came to resent it.
Lasky would go on to play up Valentino's Latin pedigree in his next starring role in "Moran of the Lady Letty" (1922), altering the lead character into a Spanish socialite (who morphs into a seafaring swashbuckler). He returned to rarified air again in his next movie, "Beyond the Rocks" (1922), a Lasky coup for its teaming Valentino with the woman who remained one of the top names in show business, Gloria Swanson. Swanson reportedly secured the guarantee of a three-month vacation in exchange for allowing Rudy, as his friends called him, to be cast opposite her. While they became friends (and horse-riding companions) off the set, they displayed little spark with one another in the lavish globe-trotting tale of star-crossed aristocrats - save perhaps for a ballyho d tango scene and the film's only kisses gone missing from the last remaining print, discovered in 2002 in a museum in The Netherlands.
Valentino reunited with Mathis later in 1922 on her next picture, "Blood and Sand," a film that would weirdly shadow his own life. He played a devil-may-care Spanish youth who hopes to eschew hard work by becoming Spain's greatest bullfighter. When he d s, he becomes consumed by his fame and wealth and is seduced away from his childhood sweetheart by a controlling, predatory vixen (Nita Naldi), losing his edge along with his virtue and dying ignominiously, with her moving coldly on to her next conquest. After the shoot, in May 1922, Valentino and Rambova traveled to Mexico and married.
The union got off to a portentously rocky start. Soon after returning to Los Angeles, Valentino was arrested on bigamy charges. California law, it turned out, stipulated a divorce finalized only after a year's cooling-off period, so to speak - hence the term "interlocutory divorce" - which had not yet lapsed since his and Jean Acker's papers went through. Rambova fled to New York, dodging reporters, and June Mathis stepped forward to pay Valentino's $10,000 bail when the studio balked. Though studios jealously guarded against such scandals, Valentino probably did his romantic image no great damage when he issued a statement vowing that he and Rambova would remarry as soon as legally possible, and that "this year's delay will not in any way lessen our love . . . [T]he love that made me do what I have done was prompted by the noblest intention that man could have. I loved deeply, but in loving I may have erred." Indeed, if the felony charges - dropped only weeks later for insufficient evidence of consummation - dampened the star's draw, it was not by much; "Blood and Sand," released in August, became one the top moneymakers of the year.
In the meantime, Valentino and Rambova kept their distance and they and Mathis got to work on his next project, "The Young Rajah" (1922). An odd tale of an Indian prince raised in the U.S. after his family is deposed, haunted by visions of his destiny to return and reign, the film was notable for Mathis' overt anti-racist message, as well as its portents of Rambova's hand in his career. Her costuming highlighted Valentino's physique to extremes - at one point stripped down to a small swimsuit during his competition in a Harvard regatta, then, upon his return to India, a golden loincloth assisted only by drapes of pearls - none of which could buoy the film at the box-office.
The film's failure did not help his case when, after a brief reunion with Rambova in New York - though careful to maintain separate quarters - he, or they, decided to play hardball with Famous Players. Sniping about his mundane working conditions through the end of 1922, he asked for a renegotiation of his contract to bring it more in line with the marquee-toppers of the day, Swanson, Fairbanks, et al., as well as creative input on his movies. But Lasky, still fuming over the bigamy imbroglio - itself preceded by the financially disastrous Fatty Arbuckle murder scandal, which required him to pull finished films out of the pipeline - would have none of it. The rift became acrimonious, with Valentino declaring a "one-man strike" against Famous Players, and the studio securing an injunction which prevented him from going to work elsewhere. Valentino went one further, airing some of the industry's dirty laundry in an affidavit that detailed how the studios strong-armed theaters into taking their entire product output, "block booking," instead of just the films they wanted.
His remarriage to Rambova in March 1923 found them deeply in debt, and with Valentino unable to act, they danced instead, embarking on one of the first national tie-in promotions. His new manager, George Ullman, concocted a massive outreach campaign to its target market: an 88-city tour in which Valentino and Rambova, also a trained dancer, would tango for live audiences. Mineralava paid them $7,500 a week to travel in a private railcar for 17 weeks in the spring of 1923. Valentino judged a local beauty contest at each mobbed event and each winner was sent to the final event in New York. A young David O. Selznick shot a short film, "Rudolph Valentino and His 88 American Beauties" (1923), that survived as a testament to the pandemonium around the tour. Valentino also used the interregnum to publish a book of p try - though the literary minded wished he had not - and a book of the health regimen that went into his model physique. The newlyweds also traveled to Europe, with Valentino visiting Castellaneta for the first time since he left Italy.
In July 1923, the feuding parties found common ground, with two more pictures with Famous Players and four for Ritz-Carlton, a new spin-off subsidiary of the glitzy hotel company, whose movies Famous Players would distribute. The agreement would pay Valentino $7,500 a week and grant both Valentino and Rambova creative input, choice of scripts and co-star approval - most of it to be the province of the ambitious, domineering "Madam Valentino." Perceived as a kind of feminine Rasputin, her newly empowered management of Valentino would alienate many of his friends and business associates. The onscreen output of their partnership did little to ingratiate her to others.
Valentino's next picture, "Monsieur Beaucaire" (1924), became something of the "Waterworld" of its day. A period piece about a slumming French royal, it seemed to critics more an expensive manifestation of Rambova's pretensions, all rococo opulence, costumes and finery, with Valentino in heavy make-up. The movie did less than stellar business, given emphasis by the fact that Stan Laurel not long after shot a satire of the film called "Monsieur Don't Care" (1924). Their next picture, the reportedly similarly garish but now lost "The Sainted Devil (1924), opened big but trailed off into similar disappointment. The influential show business magazine Photoplay observed, "Something has happened to the Valentino of 'The Sheik' and 'Blood and Sand.' He d sn't look a bit dangerous to women." They moved on to Ritz-Carlton, for whom they made "Cobra" (1925), a return to familiar territory with Valentino as a fallen nobleman caught in romantic intrigue, peppered with some romantic comedy. But critics almost universally sneered at it. Their next work, a pet project of the Valentinos, "The Hooded Falcon," proved disastrous on multiple counts. Conceiving an elaborate take on the El Cid legend, Rambova's ambitious pre-production on wardrobe and sets squandered much of the budget before shooting began, while her heavy hand with the script alienated June Mathis, who decamped from the Valentino inner circle. Ritz-Carlton chief J.D. Williams not only shut down production, he ended the Valentinos' deal completely.
Rambova's official reign on Valentino's career ended with his signing with United Artists. The studio, founded by such A-listers as Charlie Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks, D.W. Griffith and Mary Pickford, stipulated in his contract that Rambova have no input on Valentino's films and even banned her from their sets. Valentino's accession to the terms exacerbated what, behind the scenes, had already been a stormy marriage. In one of their separations, Rambova claimed boredom and dissatisfaction of their Sunset Boulevard home, so Valentino purchased a lavish eight-acre mansion to woo her back and dubbed it the Falcon's Lair. Valentino, as he stated in public himself, longed for a traditional family, which Rambova did not. She would never take up residence in the house. During the shooting of his first UA picture, "The Eagle" (1925), Rambova skulked off again, even as Valentino found an ease rarely seen in his work, playing a dashing Russian outlaw, sometimes comic; often swashbuckling, righting wrongs committed by courtiers of Catherine the Great. He also may have found a rebound romance, at least briefly, with Hungarian-born co-star Vilma Bánky. Critics, who had blamed much of Valentino's downturn on Rambova's influence, greeted the movie warmly, and Valentino went to Europe for its London release and to expedite divorce proceedings with Rambova in France.
Finding renewed traction, Valentino relented to the pull of the Sheik and agreed to do a sequel, beginning work on "Son of the Sheik" (1926), also co-starring Bánky, the next February. He had also taken up with a new paramour, Pola Negri, an actress with a penchant for public histrionics and pomp, who had once trysted with Charlie Chaplin. She and Valentino had met in the summer of 1925 and, according to Negri's memoir, became lovers almost immediately thereafter. Valentino displayed his passions with theatrical flare, such as sprinkling their bed with rose petals. Marriage rumors swirled about the two as Ullman and Valentino embarked on a fateful summer publicity tour for the release of "Son of the Sheik" - even as Valentino had mended one important fence. He and June Mathis saw each other at the Los Angeles premiere and tearfully reconciled. Though critics would consider it one of his best performances - a dual role as both his previous character and his spawn - non-cinematic critique would cast a pall on the trip. On July 18, they awakened in Chicago to a broadside of an editorial, unsigned, in The Chicago Tribune. The writer of the item railed against the discovery of a pink talcum powder dispenser in the men's room of a local nightspot, and proceeded to track it back to a broader wave of male fashion cues; in sum a "degeneration into effeminacy," the author wrote, spawned by the popularity of Valentino. Time would soon back up the sentiments in an op-ed of its own.
The "Pink Powder Puffs" piece outraged Valentino, and he issued a public statement that challenged the anonymous author to a boxing match to prove who was more masculine. Moving on to their promotional schedule in New York, Ullman set up an additional event, a bout with New York Evening Journal sportswriter Frank O'Neil, who gamely agreed to box Valentino as proxy for his profession. They did so amicably on the roof of the Ambassador Hotel, doing only light boxing until O'Neil ducked when Valentino did not expect it, right into one of the superstar's punches. The blow put O'Neil on the mat. It was unknown as to whether the exhibition affected an ulcer condition Valentino had developed in recent months, but his rampant cavorting around New York and Long Island hotspots in the next few weeks - against Mathis's counsel - likely did, and on Aug. 15, Ullman arrived at Valentino's suite at the Ambassador to find his client wracked with pain and spitting up blood. They rushed him to Polyclinic Hospital where X-rays found multiple ulcers, a large one perforated, and a burst appendix. Doctors performed surgery, and, by one report, Valentino's first words after were, "Did I behave like a pink powder puff or like a man?" But his pain continued and became worse. He was unable to eat, and, within a few days, doctors found that peritonitis had set in, the infection spreading through his body. As the news spread, crowds gathered around the hospital, women weeping openly. When on Aug. 23 news came that he had died, the throng gathered on 50th Street attempted to storm the hospital, requiring police to call for backup to repel them.
Urban legend long held that two women in the crowd outside Polyclinic attempted suicide. Though the latter might only have been legend, a 27-year-old London actress named Peggy Scott was found dead two days later, having poisoned herself while surrounded by pictures of Valentino. And a 20-year-old mother in New York later attempted to kill herself by poisoning herself and shooting herself twice two months later, but failed. She told cops she had wanted to join Valentino in death and was promptly committed to an asylum.
Some 80,000 to 100,000 mourners filed past the nearby Frank E. Campbell Funeral Church on Broadway to pay respects. Some grew impatient, trying to storm the funeral home and break its windows. A full-on clash with police ensued, with about 150 cops required to quell the violence. One story had it that Valentino's body - emaciated from eight days without sustenance and loss of blood - was replaced by a lifelike wax effigy. Pola Negri added to the bizarre atmosphere, arriving by train with a flourish, weeping constantly and wailing her love for Rudy, and declaring their planned nuptials, at every public place where cameras and reporters lay waiting. She collapsed on the open coffin at the New York viewing of her "fiancé," and she accompanied his casket by train back to Los Angeles. Mourners came out in droves along the route to pay respects, as if to a dead president.
With Valentino's estate still in financial arrears, Mathis graciously contributed her own spot in a crypt she held in Hollywood Memorial Park (now known as Hollywood Forever Cemetery), just as a temporary measure. At the graveside ceremony - with Fairbanks, Pickford, Chaplin and Harold Lloyd in attendance - Negri resumed her melodrama, tearfully placing flowers on the casket, kissing it and, again, collapsing. A star in her own right, many perceived her public displays as overwrought self-promotion. If so, it backfired, as her career would wane thereafter. Years later, Ullman would dismiss Negri's claims to be Valentino's last great love, insisting that during Valentino's stay at the Ambassador, Ullman, had overheard a phone conversation that Valentino had terminated by telling Negri to "go to hell," then fuming about her. In less than a year after Valentino's death, Negri married Prince Serge Mdivani, an exiled titular noble of the Czarist court.
Too obviously fitting Valentino's penchant for kinetic, strong-willed women with an eye for opportunistic couplings, Negri would spend her sunset years in a same-sex relationship with a Texas heiress, helping to fan the many posthumous rumors of Valentino's gravitating towards mutual "beard" relationships to publicly cover for his own homosexuality or bisexuality. Time and entropy provided limited evidence to corroborate such contentions beyond speculation and hearsay. Mathis, for her part, would die in 1927, and her husband arranged for an alternate resting place, making her erstwhile crypt Valentino's permanent grave. Over the years, any number of different women claimed to engender that most age-old of Hollywood legends - the mysterious "woman in black" - who for decades visited the tomb, leaving red roses, on the date of Valentino's death.
Charlie Chaplin summarized Valentino the man versus the superstar, as deftly and succinctly as any. "He wore his success gracefully, appearing almost subdued by it," Chaplin wrote in his 1964 autobiography. "He was intelligent, quiet and without vanity, and had great allure for women, but had little success with them, and those whom he married treated him rather shabbily . . . No man had greater attraction for women than Valentino; no man was more deceived by them."
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In February 2000, an unreleased film starring Valentio, 1919's "The Married Virgin", was shown in a restored print in Los Angeles.
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You should have an estate plan that addresses more than simply disposing of property following your death. Making sure your children and people important to you are taken care of and provided for is a critical priority. In addition, estate plans are essential for giving guidance to loved ones during life about important medical, legal, tax and other decision-making issues.
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The decision to provide or withdraw medical treatment when you are terminally ill or incapacitated is a highly personal one. A living will (aka Advanced Directive) is used to make sure your wishes about life-prolonging medical treatments are known in case you are unable to make your own health care decisions. It is also referred to as an advance directive, health care directive, or a physician’s directive. It is important to have a living will because it informs your health care providers and your family about your desires for medical treatment in the event you are not able to speak for yourself.
It also is important to designate a person as a health care proxy (sometimes called a medical power of attorney) to make sure the instructions in your living will are carried out. A health care proxy will also consult with your medical providers in the event you cannot do this on your own.
This document ensures the successful passage of your assets to your beneficiaries. Everyone should have a will. Even if you’re young, you probably have possessions that you care about. If there is an accidental or unexpected death and no will, there’s no way the courts can know what your intentions were for your possessions. I will help create a plan, draft the document, and prepare formal execution of the will to make sure it is clear and will have little chance of being contested.
It is often thought that trusts are only necessary for wealthy people. However, trusts can be appropriate for people with minor children or those who want to avoid having their estate go through probate upon their death. Creating a trust establishes a legal entity that holds property or assets for the person who created it. A trust also can be included in your will to set aside money to take care of your pets after your death, Trusts, by design, can be very flexible and a grantor has the right, within the law, to tailor it to meet the anticipated the needs of the beneficiary.
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A Power of Attorney is a written document in which an individual (principal) designates another person (agent or attorney-in-fact) to exercise powers or perform acts on their behalf. When the Power of Attorney goes into effect, the agent acts for the principal. In many situations, it may be appropriate to appoint a spouse or other trusted person as your power of attorney in advance so that, in case you become incapacitated, that person can handle all or some of your financial affairs, just as you would. It is important to consult a knowledgeable attorney to help determine whether or how a power of attorney can help you and give you peace of mind. Although the agent has a duty to act in the principal’s best interests, it is important that principals only appoint agents who they trust completely because the actions of the agent are legally considered those of the principal. | <urn:uuid:b795404c-b42c-4bb4-9554-23fb1b332088> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.lfarberlaw.com/wills--trusts | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572870.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817062258-20220817092258-00677.warc.gz | en | 0.972473 | 668 | 1.671875 | 2 |
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Despite constitutional and legal protections, press freedoms are restricted. The media environment in Armenia remains oppressive and has not significantly improved since the flawed 2008 presidential election. Although the government decriminalized libel in May 2010, eliminating imprisonment as a punishment, the move was followed by a rise in civil libel cases, of which there were up to 30, with some 11 cases opened in 2011. In most cases the plaintiffs were politicians, and the compensation sought was out of proportion to the damage allegedly inflicted. The opposition newspaper Jamanak was ordered to pay former president Robert Kocharian 3 million drams ($8,250) for publishing allegations that he was involved in corrupt business deals during and after his time in office. Another opposition daily, Haykakan Jamanak, was ordered to pay three prominent businessmen—Samvel Aleksanian, Ruben Hayrapetian, and Levon Sargsian—a combined 6 million drams ($16,500) for publishing allegations regarding their involvement in criminal activities. In early November, a court in Yerevan ordered that property of the newspaper Hraparak be seized pending a decision in a lawsuit seeking €34,000 euros ($47,300) in compensation for allegedly slanderous readers’ comments posted on the newspaper’s website.
However, in a decision that brought Armenia closer to international standards on defamation, the Constitutional Court ruled on November 15 that media outlets cannot be held liable for “critical assessment of facts” and “evaluation judgments,” and that courts should avoid imposing hefty fines on media outlets, with an apology or other nonmaterial compensation as an alternative. The ruling stemmed from a case filed by Armenia’s human rights ombudsman arguing that Article 1087.1 of the civil code, establishing monetary fines in libel cases, was unconstitutional. The court stopped short of such an absolute finding. Although Armenia passed freedom of information legislation in 2003, the government has since failed to adopt a number of regulations needed to implement the legislation.
The license of broadcaster A1+ remains suspended, despite a 2008 ruling by the European Court of Human Rights that the government had improperly revoked the license in 2002. In December 2011, the first committee discussion of amendments to the Law on Television and Radio aimed at supporting a conversion to digital broadcasting was held in the Armenian National Assembly. The amendments, which were developed by a working group headed by the human rights ombudsman, had been submitted in May but subsequently reworked and resubmitted by several members of the group, which represented the nongovernmental sector. Separately, the local television station Gala, based in Gyumri, has been under government pressure since it broadcast speeches by an opposition presidential candidate in 2007. In July 2011, the Court of Cassation upheld a lower court’s decision ordering Gala to stop using the Gyumri television tower and to dismantle its transmitter. The station had to relocate its transmitter to another site.
Armenia’s perceived lack of judicial independence, climate of impunity, and violence and harassment against the media continue to result in widespread self-censorship, particularly in the broadcast sector. In March 2011, Yerevan airport immigration authorities refused to issue entry visas to four reporters with the Finnish public broadcaster YLE. The reporters were collecting information for a documentary on the sensitive Nagorno-Karabakh conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan. In May, Nikol Pashinian, an opposition member and the editor in chief of the independent daily Haykakan Jamanak, was released after the National Assembly pardoned several opposition activists. Pashinian had been arrested in 2009 and sentenced to seven years in prison for inciting disorder and assaulting a police officer during the mass protests following the 2008 election. He frequently wrote investigative reports that were critical of the government.
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It took the threat of an embarrassing Super Bowl ad, but Hershey is finally starting to act like it gives a damn about forced child labor being a major ingredient in its cocoa.
The company recently announced it would start buying only Rainforest Alliance-certified cocoa for its Bliss Chocolate products starting later this year. The Rainforest Alliance is a reputable nonprofit whose certification system will help ensure that the cocoa is grown sustainably, which includes the monitoring of forced and child labor.
Coincidentally, Hershey's change of heart (after a decade of foot dragging) came a week after Raise the Bar campaign partner the International Labor Rights Forum announced its intention to broadcast a JumboTron ad critical of Hershey's cocoa supply chain outside the Indianapolis stadium where the Super Bowl took place.
But hey, sometimes it takes a stick rather than a carrot. I just hope the company quickly moves to certify the cocoa for its regular bars, not to mention its other brands, like Reese's, KitKat, and Almond Joy.
In other positive Hershey news, GreenBiz.com reports that the chocolate maker has achieved zero waste at four of its Pennsylvania facilities. However, I'd be more impressed if they weren't incinerating the 10 percent of their waste that is organic. Why not go for industrial composting?
I rarely buy Hershey's chocolate, as I prefer the really dark stuff (which Hershey's doesn't make). But a bigger-picture reason to not give the storied American brand your money is that it sources much of its cocoa from Ivory Coast, where forced child labor is rampant in that industry. Hershey's, which commands 42.5 percent of the U.S. chocolate market, isn't doing a very good job, compared with its competitors (such as Cadbury/Kraft, Mars, and Nestle), of tracing cocoa purchasing and implementing labor rights standards in its supply chain. In fact, it's doing next to nothing.
Which is why it's the target of the "Raise the Bar, Hershey!" campaign, sponsored by nonprofits Green America, Global Exchange, and the International Labor Rights Forum. I've always been a sucker for culture jamming, so I was pleased to see that a central part of the campaign was a "brand-jamming" contest.
The winners were announced a couple days ago. I rather like Jason Pearson's winning entries in the "overall brand jam" (video below) and print ad (above) categories. Enjoy! And if you'd like to send Hershey's a message yourself, you can do so here (via Change.org).
Not that anyone's about to curl up in an armchair and read this thing cover to cover, but pages 37 through 44 of the U.S. Department of Labor's recently issued report on child labor and forced labor could make for some interesting browsing. That's the product-by-product list of which countries use which of the two types of labor.
Change.org (which pointed me to the report) highlights some of the worst offenders here, and notes the need for more analysis. To whit, what specific companies source problematic goods and sell them in the U.S.?
Thanks to SmartBrief for giving me the heads-up on this one:
America's retailasaurus rex today told its suppliers to start providing it with the full environmental costs associated with making their products, so that Wal-Mart can start putting "Nutrition Facts"–style labels that give sustainability ratings on all of the products it sells. (Read the full story in the Wall Street Journalhere.)
The company says it will take about five years to construct the ratings system and distill all the information from companies into a format consumers will find useful.
I've talked to many individuals who have had this idea and even taken a stab at it (but are often stymied by a lack of financial resources). A multitude of certifications and eco-labels exist, and there are companies such as Patagonia that have come up with their own labels, but this is by far the largest effort in the green labeling arena that I've heard of, and it has the potential to set the template for how future such labels emerge, at least in the U.S.
The devil will be in the details, of course. Standards makers are the new diplomats in today's globalized world. How trustworthy will the data be? Will there be an auditing process to ensure that suppliers are honest?
I will be watching this development with great interest!
I have to put up a quick plug for a new website by flour maker Stone-Buhr. Full disclosure: The company just paid me to write some copy about it on their packaging. But it's very cool and exactly the type of thing that I'm interested in!
FindTheFarmer.com lets you type in the lot number on your package of flour and see where the wheat that went into it came from. Most wheat that we consume is an anonymous commodity hailing from who-knows-where, but Stone-Buhr has cultivated relationships with bona-fide independent family farms in the Pacific Northwest and is, I believe, the first company to offer identity-preserved flour, as it's called. Not only that, but these farms are using sustainable methods certified by the Food Alliance. Interestingly, the flour is not organic, but it's still considered sustainable. That's a post for another day...
A couple months ago, I blogged about Patagonia’s Footprint Chronicles site, which lets consumers see the path taken by five of the company’s products, from origin to distribution center. A new story on Fast Company’s website delves into how the project has “put the company’s design and manufacturing process under the
It’s an interesting piece, but I found it odd that the opening description—of Patagonia environmental analysis director Jill Dumain “investigating,” camera in hand, one of the company’s T-shirt suppliers—was never followed up on to reveal what the investigation was for. Had the Footprint Chronicles found a supplier with dirt on its shoes?
Nope, Dumain just told me. The supplier, Nature USA, is a good company. Patagonia is “looking at the impact of a variety of our garments, and the T-shirts made by Nature USA are on the list for next fall. It was just their turn.”
Oh well, no juicy skullduggery to report. But it’s good to know they’re on the lookout.
Speaking of transparency, outdoor-sportswear maker Patagonia has pulled back the curtain on the environmental effects and manufacturing processes behind some of its clothes with a cool new web feature.
The Footprint Chronicles tells the life story of five Patagonia products, showing the path each travels from design through fabric acquisition and processing, and finally to the distribution center. Each stage of the process has a thumbnail photo that you can click on for additional reading or videos on specific factories, sourcing philosophy, etc. And each product’s page details the total distance it traveled, its CO2 emissions, the total amount of waste it generated, and its energy consumption.
It’s a pretty neat tool—it reminds me of Timberland’s Nutrition Facts–esque labels from a couple years ago, only with more detail. (Hmm, I wonder if Patagonia will ever put this info on its labels in some form?)
But I must confess that my first reaction to the data behind the curtain was tinged with disappointment. The Wool 2 Crew sweater, for example, travels a total of 16,280 miles (thanks in part to its wool’s origins in an eco-friendly New Zealand ranch), generating 100 times its weight in carbon dioxide emissions. As the webpage itself states, “This is not sustainable.” And the Synchilla vest, which is (happily) made from all recycled materials and is itself recyclable through Patagonia’s Common Threads program, still generates 44 times its weight in emissions, despite the fact that its mileage figure of 5,150 is significantly less than the crew’s.
First reaction aside, though, I applaud Patagonia for launching the Footprint Chronicles and being willing to give us the straight dope. That in itself speaks volumes about the company’s ethos—clearly, it’s genuinely interested in engaging with consumers on these issues rather than making vague claims of responsibility and then hoping no one asks for elucidation (like some companies). Personally, I’m more likely to buy a jacket whose environmental footprint I can know something about than one that’s shrouded in mystery.
Furthermore, it’s good for consumers to be educated about what a globalized economy looks like. Certain products may be better than others in certain regards, and certain companies may have a higher commitment to lessening their impact on the earth than others, but the fact is that most products zip around the globe, merrily generating waste, warming the atmosphere, and expending energy before they land on store shelves. The more people realize this, the more attention will be paid to making smart choices given the current realities.
One thing I was excited to see, in several of the Footprint Chronicles product pages, was reference to a third-party auditing firm. To get more details, I talked to Nicole Bassett, Patagonia’s social responsibility manager. Turns out Patagonia works with a number of different auditors, not just Global Standards (which is misidentified as Global Solutions on the website). “We want to work with local auditing firms as much as possible because of their knowledge of local law and language,” she said.
So are all of Patagonia’s factories being constantly audited? Not exactly. Bassett herself schedules the audits “when we want to know about a factory’s social compliance.” (I meant to ask how often that happens and what the triggers are, but didn’t). An audit is scheduled for each new facility that the company starts using, Bassett said, and she also checks on factories that have been in Patagonia’s supply chain for years.
While I had her on the phone, I asked why the Footprint Chronicles had such scarce information on the natural-latex components for the Honeydew shoes. The reason is that the shoes are actually made by a company called Wolverine. “We just don’t really have the expertise in shoes,” Bassett explained. “So we license our brand name to Wolverine,” and Patagonia simply hasn’t been able to get all the numbers from Wolverine yet. Bassett said she expects the information to be available on the next version of the Footprint Chronicles, which should come out in April, and should also include four more Patagonia products.
I’m not saying you should run out and buy a pair of sneakers to celebrate—after all, labor abuses are still rampant in sportswear manufacturing, as various Oxfam reports and analyses relate (check out these links to learn more). But it’s a far cry from the days when these companies refused to reveal their factory locations because of competitiveness concerns. (Of course, that’s still the case with many businesses, including über-greeny online store Gaiam.)
Any move toward greater corporate transparency concerning supply chains deserves kudos, in my book.
My last post points to the issue of sweatshops overseas, but as this article on the Florida fruit-picking industry shows, the U.S. has exploitation problems of its own.
Toward the end of the story, the reporter mentions a campaign waged by the Coalition of Immokalee Workers, a local advocacy group, to get major buyers to pay a penny extra per pound of tomatoes in order to improve the lot of the workers. McDonald’s and Yum Brands (which owns such chains as KFC, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell) have agreed to the plan, but Burger King refuses, using the familiar old “we don’t employ them, so they’re not our problem” rationale.
It’s a pretty tired excuse in a day and age when corporations are increasingly expected to take responsibility for the unethical practices of their suppliers by getting them to either change their evil ways or say adios to all those fat purchase orders.
Still, I wasn’t particularly surprised. But I was shocked to read that Whole Foods Market “has been discovered stocking tomatoes
from one of the most notorious Florida sweatshop producers” and that it, like Burger King, had also refused to pay the extra penny per pound.
Pumpkins are sprouting up on front steps, and synthetic spiderwebs are spreading throughout windows and doorways in my neighborhood. In a week, trick-or-treaters will blanket the area to collect all manner of sugary confections. But just as Halloween has a dark side (from its origins in warding off evil spirits to such present-day irritants as oversexualized kids’ costumes), so do all those sweets.
Top candy manufacturers such as Hershey’s, Mars, and Nestlé—the makers of most of the treats that will fill those bags on All Hallow’s Eve—have long been criticized for sourcing their cocoa from West African producers with unsavory labor practices. Chocolate isn’t the only culprit, of course; social and environmental injustices can lurk behind other ingredients and in other parts of the supply chain as well.
Then there’s the health aspect of the annual feeding frenzy; the statistics on childhood obesity today are nothing if not worrying.
In response, some forward-thinking people and organizations have come up with a couple of interesting twists on Halloween. Corey Colwell-Lipson, a mother who was inspired by the households in her Seattle-area neighborhood that gave out non-candy items last year, founded Green Halloween, an initiative that encourages parents hand out healthier edibles (like organic juice boxes) and keepsakes instead of confections. It also advocates for focusing more on costumes and the social aspects of the holiday than the caloric ones. (Thanks to Lonnie for turning me on to this one.)
Meanwhile, Global Exchange is publicizing reverse trick-or-treating, in which costumed kids give fair-trade sweets and informational postcards to the households they’re supposedly hitting up. I tend to share World Changing’s skepticism of just how fun this would actually be for the little tykes, but hey, it’s worth a try.
In any case, I like the fact that so many people are “thinking outside of the candy box” (to quote Green Halloween) this year. Hmm, Mr. Wallet Mouth and I have a bunch of leftover blinky dice we had made as gifts to hand out at Burning Man; perhaps those would make good treats (not for compulsive swallowers, though). At the very least, we’ll have to scare up some fair-trade chocolate. Mmmm!
December 2010 I haven't actually bought anything from Po-Zu yet, but I appreciate their awareness of the fact that many vegan shoes are made of petroleum products and aren't necessarily better for the environment than leather footwear. Po-Zu seems to set a high bar for itself when it comes to ingredients and supply chains.
March 2010 After running out of dish soap, I started using our good old bars of Sappo Hill out of necessity. But you know what? Our dishes are just as clean, and when I pick up the soap at our grocery store, the only packaging on the bars is the price tag. And did I mention the soap is awesome? We love the oatmeal bar.
February 2010 TMI alert: If you're a squeamish guy, read no further. I'm done with tampons! Instead, I'm using the DivaCup.
January 2010 Mr. Wallet Mouth and I both love Pact. Its underwear is made of organic cotton, and the company donates 10% of its sales to worthy environmental causes. Not only that, but the company is serious about eco-friendly packaging. Each pair of undies comes not in a plastic bag but in a little cloth pouch made from fabric remnants. I'm also impressed with how responsive Pact is over email; when I asked a packaging question, I got a nice reply from the CEO.
December 2009 After reading about Skoy Cloths, the biodegradable paper-towel alternative, on Fake Plastic Fish, I bought a bunch for stocking stuffers and my own kitchen, and I'm now a fan. They're lasting a long time, despite repeated washings in the laundry, and they arrive with minimal packaging.
October 2009 I was already of fan of Straus yogurt (see June 2007), but now I love it even more. According to Michael Straus, a son of the company's founder, Straus yogurt "is made, cooled, and set in stainless-steel vats, unlike most yogurts, which are poured while still hot into plastic cups to cool and set." As someone who's concerned about plastics and chemical safety, I'm happy to hear that!
July 2009 I'm using a lot more baking soda now that I'm making more of an effort to clean the house in a nontoxic way. But from now on I'll be buying Bob's Red Mill, since Arm & Hammer engages in animal testing.
July 2008 Started feeling extra-good about buying one of my fave meat substitutes, Tofurky, after learning that its maker, Turtle Island Foods, is an independent, family-owned company (Unlike Boca Foods, which is a subsidiary of Kraft, and Morningstar, which is owned by Kellogg).
April 2008 I'm going to start buying my canned beans from Eden Foods, for two reasons: it uses custom-made cans that don't contain bisphenol A, and it's an independent, family-operated company.
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The \thmtools\ bundle provides several packages for commonly-needed features for theorems. As designed, the bundle should work with kernel theorems, the theorem package and the amsthm package. WARNING: Currently, things might still be a bit rough. You might want to consider not relying on \thmtools\ for your Ph.D. thesis masterpiece. Provided features: a keyval interface to \newtheorem a \listoftheorem command hyperref/autoref compatibility a way of restating entire theorems with a single macro call License: LPPL 1.3a; maintained by email@example.com $Id: README,v 1.1 2008/02/17 21:13:58 ulmi Exp ulmi $
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thmtools – Extensions to theorem environments
The bundle provides several packages for commonly-needed support for typesetting theorems. The packages should work with kernel theorems (theorems ‘out of the box’ with LaTeX), and the theorem and amsthm packages.
Features of the bundle include:
- a key-value interface to \newtheorem;
- a \listoftheorems command;
- hyperref and autoref compatibility;
- a mechanism for restating entire theorems in a single macro call.
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PacificSport VI Wheelkids is proud to be featured in the latest issue of Transition, the Magazine of Disability Alliance BC.
WheelKids is an exciting physical literacy program for kids aged 5–12 (wheeled or not) to improve their physical capabilities, as well as their social and emotional skills. Before kids learn to play sports like basketball and rugby, they need to learn how to manoeuvre their wheelchairs to throw and catch, and how to rely on their teammates. Through active games and play, our PacificSport WheelKids program provides FUNdamental movement skills in a safe and FUN environment for all kids.
Participants have the opportunity to bring a friend or family member (wheeled or not) to share in the experience. We want to enhance kids’ enjoyment of physical activity and games, by helping them gain the confidence, competence, and motivation to learn and be active for life. We also want to develop a sustainable program in four communities that will be adopted and maintained by a local organization. PacificSport Vancouver Island launched its pilot program in Nanaimo-Ladysmith. And, with the help of DABC, and other funders and partners, we have now expanded to include three new communities in the Comox Valley, Campbell River and Parksville/Qualicum.
WheelKids is a unique program that achieves a rare feat–true inclusion in physical activity. All participants, as well as their siblings, parents and friends—regardless of ability and fitness level—will be challenged through the drills and games put on by their coaches.
From a WheelKids parent: "It's hard to put into words what WheelKids has meant to our family. It is one of the first activities that has allowed our son to be fully involved, without limitations, boundaries, or being the 'odd' one out".
To read the full article and the full Winter Issue of Transition, please follow this link! There are many more exciting programs from accross British Columbia highlighted in the issue, including our neighbours at FoodShare Nanaimo! | <urn:uuid:e0df3ca5-1816-4174-8888-de95599bf753> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.pacificsportvi.com/news/pacificsport-vi-wheelkids | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572089.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814234405-20220815024405-00075.warc.gz | en | 0.964895 | 415 | 1.75 | 2 |
Software Testing in the Age of DevOps
Waterfall to Agile to Dev/Ops, software development from concept to finished product has changed more than software organizations from two or three decades ago could possibly have imagined. Nonetheless, the days of eighteen-month release cycles with the rigid separation of development and quality are gone.
The Software QA Environment Has Changed
The whole concept of DevOps/Continuous Delivery mandates a flow of system updates moving to deployment in a continuous stream. The idea of development tossing the latest release over the wall to QA to test for months before throwing it back with a bug list has joined the dust of the ages.
The point of Agile implementation was an improvement in the rate of feature/bug fix releases. To achieve this, software quality and project risk control required that testing be integrated into development, and performed early and often. DevOps is a natural extension of Agile that extends Agile principles across delivery and operations. Theoretically, this leads to integration of all the processes from development through integration, testing and deployment.
Test Automation Becomes Necessary
Continuous Delivery means that these quickly developed and tested features are deployed rapidly to a production environment, with as little delay as possible. DevOps and Continuous Delivery essentially mandate the use of test automation. Automation is thus viewed as a foundation element of DevOps. It predicates automating every test that can be automated specifically including regression and functional testing.
This requires building the code on a prepared Development environment to be deployed to a standardized Test environment to go to Acceptance testing for final Production deployment. DevOps expects this to be done on a cross-discipline, integrated array of systems commonly called a ready-to-use DTAP street.
Quality and Testing Must Adapt
Obviously, the foregoing means that quality must adapt from being a stand-alone entity to an integral aspect of the entire product development chain. The traditional detect and report function of SQA often vastly outweighed its participation in process improvement. For Agile and especially DevOps to work, that must change.
A long-term fix/test loop required that massive test regimes be run on successive iterations of fully integrated software system versions. DevOps and Continuous Delivery require the merger of testing with development, acceptance and deployment such that it becomes a part of these processes. Most importantly, the quality perspective must permeate and inform the development process.
To support the DevOps product pipeline, code quality must improve from its inception and that means test and development personnel working side by side with deep insight into each other’s domains. Simply looking for bugs after modules are written and integrated will not support the kind of feature/fix velocity that DevOps strives to achieve.
This also means a reality check for test automation. For too long, it has swung between being considered the panacea for all of testing’s ills and a joke in bad taste. DevOps and Continuous Delivery make test automation an imperative if the value of software code is ever to keep up with its generation.
How Software QA Makes the Transition
Any organization facing a change of this magnitude needs all the help and insight it can get. While the strident demand for DevOps and Continuous Delivery call for a rapid change over to their widespread employment, there must still be an orderly transition lest Agile turn into chaos. Well established third-party quality organizations can be a valuable resource for easing these changes.
A testing company must hire seasoned testers and test engineers. These are the people who have seen the development process first hand and seen it from the quality perspective of what can and will go wrong. That is exactly the set of insights that a development organization needs to introduce to its staff for a successful DevOps implementation.
These are also the people who can bring up the test automation frameworks and work with the on-site staff to put automation to its best use. They can tell which test tasks are prime candidates for being at the front of the automation queue and which ones need to be parsed more thoroughly before they are worked into the test script arrays. They can also perform script maintenance until this function can be fully staffed.
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Whether or not you’ve seen Disney’s beloved The Fox And The Hound movie, you’ll love Tinni the dog and Sniffer the wild fox, two unlikely friends from two different worlds.
Tinni lives with his owner photographer Torgeir Berge in the forests of Norway. One day, while they were on a walk together in the woods, they met a wild fox that they named Sniffer. Despite the thousands of years of breeding and the social circumstances that stood between them, they became the best of friends.
Now, Berge follows the two unlikely pals around as they romp and play through the woods. Fortuntely for the rest of us, he brings his camera along to capture their beautiful friendship. The way the two friends play together reminds us that wild animals, which many of us fear or disrespect, can be far more similar to the domesticated animals we love than we thought.
The experience has changed Berge’s mind about Norway’s fox-fur trade – he now wants to help work to ban the hunting of foxes for their fur. He hopes to achieve this in part by publishing a book about the duo’s adventures in a book called The Fox And The Dog together with writer Berit Helberg.
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Given the diverse range of stocks available in the market, it is challenging to select shares to buy that suit one’s investment needs.
Moreover, it is often challenging to skim through financial statements to identify which companies have solid revenue and profits growth and a favourable debt position. If you’re wondering about How to Pick Stocks or How to Choose Stocks, this blog is just for you!
That said, there are a few factors that prospective investors can consider while selecting stocks for investment.
While the investment amount, time horizon, and risk appetite vary with each investor, there are a few common pointers that can help all investors. For you to find good stocks to buy or invest in, you need to check these below-mentioned points. These are some things to know before investing in stocks:
Investment goals vary among different investors. For instance, older investors tend to be interested in capital preservation as their retirement years approach. On the other hand, when young investors select shares to buy, they usually aim to increase their returns and grow their portfolios over the years.
Therefore, it can be said that one’s goals dictate which stocks to buy:
Once you have determined what kind of investment goals you have in mind, you can narrow down on the stocks-to-invest. In this respect, one of the key factors to look into is whether a business has a sustainable and unique edge over competitors, popularly known as a moat.
Additionally, when individuals select shares to buy, it is important to ascertain the durability of this competitive advantage. That is, whether the company will continue to have its edge over its competitors for years to come.
Products and services with a sustainable and wide moat tend to be the ones delivering rewards to investors. Furthermore, one can weigh in factors such as scale, unique brands, switching costs, network, and intellectual property to conduct a thorough competitor analysis.
Businesses with a High Return on Capital make a lot out of little, while those with a Low Return on Capital make a little out of a lot. As a result, if a stock has a High Return on Capital, it probably has a strong moat and will provide you with a good return on your investment.
As a general rule, you should seek out stocks that have a High Return on Capital.
Prior to purchasing a stock, you should take the company's profitability into account. A metric called Return on Capital is the most effective way to gauge profitability.
Return on Capital, which is calculated as a percentage, is equal to Net Income minus Invested Capital. You can either research the financial statements and make your own calculations or simply obtain them directly from online data sources that offer them.
In this process, an investor examines a company's financial data to ascertain its "true value." Whenever you're considering investing in a business, be sure to check out its financials. You shouldn't look into a company's finances if they don't meet your personal investing criteria and don't look promising. You can do this by looking at the balance sheet, income statement, and cash flow statement for the business.
This puts less emphasis on the numbers and more on the characteristics of a great company that would entice an investor to invest in it. We'll use an illustration to help you understand this:
Most people think of the company rather than the fruit when I mention the name ‘Apple’. This is a fantastic illustration of incredible brand recognition that is here to stay. There is a lot of consumer trust that comes with having a household brand name.
People are therefore much more likely to try out new products when they are introduced, especially if they are innovative or unique.
There are several ways to assess a stock’s current price and its financial and fundamental performance. Here are a few of them:
Do note that, the above-mentioned ratios are a few of the metrics with which one can assess a company, however, these are not the only metrics to consider for an investment decision.
An investment decision ideally should be backed by thorough research.
When individuals select shares to buy, it helps if they conduct thorough research about a company’s management and gauge its efficiency. The potential investor can understand better if she/he attends managerial meetings (conducted every quarter to discuss the quarterly performance of the company).
Alternatively, investors can also attend the annual general meeting (AGM) conducted every year to answer questions of shareholders.
Here are a few pointers to note on the management’s efficiency.
One can determine a company’s stability based on the length of tenure of its management. The long tenure of top management usually indicates steady growth and consistency.
All the listed companies release this information every quarter as per SEBI, the market regulator, mandate. Now, you as an investor can check the holdings of different shareholders including promoters, institutions, Government, and even retail investors.
Generally, a company with a higher promoter holding means that the promoter is invested in the company, which could indicate the stability of the company. Similar is the case with institutional investors.
However, promoters are not required to have a higher stake in their company all the time. There are companies that do well with less promoter involvement as well. That said, you can still note the changes of shareholding to take a call on your investment.
Thorough research is always necessary. However, investing for the long term, taking advantage of dividends, and finding stocks with a track record of success are important ways to protect your assets. Risky and aggressive trading tactics should be minimized or avoided unless you have the knowledge.
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In an effort to promote empathy, understanding, and cultural heritage, the library will be holding an all-day event for Primary classes on 13 December. The goal is to expand the holiday section of the library to reflect the diversity of our community while bringing us together.
On that day in the library, there will be spaces where different cultural groups may choose to share about a particular holiday or celebration that occurs between July and December. For example, if we have several families that celebrate Hanukkah, they could get together to create a station that teaches us about that celebration. Stations could be facilitated by the parents for a time that works for them or set up as an independent station without supervision.
To start simple, a station could include books, pictures, stories, games, music, or a simple activity that explains and showcases the celebration. The aim after the initial launch on 13 December is to reflect and improve on this project to make it grow!
If you have a holiday or celebration that you and other parents may be interested in sharing, please contact your classroom PTA Liaison or the PTA at email@example.com for more details.
The Leopard's Tale is our main medium to keep our families informed on such things as the day to day happenings on campus, after school activities, summaries of any arts and sports events, helpful resources, and important dates and reminders.
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Angkor Wat (Angkor Wat) is just the most famous and one of the most impressive temples from the wide variety in the temple complex “Angkor Archaeological Park”.
What is the most famous temple complex in Cambodia?
Angkor Wat is an enormous Buddhist temple complex located in northern Cambodia. It was originally built in the first half of the 12th century as a Hindu temple. Spread across more than 400 acres, Angkor Wat is said to be the largest religious monument in the world.
What is the most famous ancient temple complex in Cambodia Angkor Wat?
Angkor Wat, temple complex at Angkor, near Siĕmréab, Cambodia, that was built in the 12th century by King Suryavarman II (reigned 1113–c. 1150). The vast religious complex of Angkor Wat comprises more than a thousand buildings, and it is one of the great cultural wonders of the world.
Why did Angkor Wat face to the West?
While most temples in this region face east, Angkor Wat faces West. This is to do with the temple’s original link to Hinduism. Hindu deities are believed to sit facing east, while Vishnu, as supreme deity faces left. With Angkor Wat being dedicated to Vishnu, its temples do the same.
Why does Cambodia have Hindu temples?
Cambodia was first influenced by Hinduism during the beginning of the Kingdom of Funan. Hinduism was one of the Khmer Empire’s official religions. Angkor Wat, the largest temple complex in the world (now Buddhist) was once a Hindu temple. … Vishnu and Shiva were the most revered deities worshipped in Khmer Hindu temples.
What is unique or special about Angkor Wat?
Angkor Wat is the largest religious monument on the planet. Angkor Wat is spread across over 400 acres / 1.6 km², and is said to be the largest religious monument in the world. It was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1992, which encouraged an international effort to save the complex.
How was Angkor Wat destroyed?
The cause of the Angkor empire’s demise in the early 15th century long remained a mystery. But researchers have now shown that intense monsoon rains that followed a prolonged drought in the region caused widespread damage to the city’s infrastructure, leading to its collapse.
Who found Angkor Wat?
The Angkor Wat Discovery is the somewhat controversial concept that refers to the visit of French naturalist Henri Mouhot to Angkor Wat in 1860 and the publication of his travel notes in 1863. These memoirs had an umprecedented reception in Europe and Mouhot was credited with the discovery of the “lost city of Angkor”.
What does Angkor Wat symbolize?
SYMBOLISM. Angkor Wat is a miniature replica of the universe in stone and represents an earthly model of the cosmic world. The central tower rises from the center of the monument symbolizing the mythical mountain, Meru, situated at the center of the universe.
How old is Angkor Wat really?
It was built by the Khmer King Suryavarman II in the first half of the 12th century, around the year 1110-1150, making Angkor Wat almost 900 years old. The temple complex, built in the capital of the Khmer Empire, took approximately 30 years to build.
Is Angkor Wat made of gold?
Preah Khan once contained 60 tonnes of gold which today would be worth around $3.3 billion. Built by King Jayavarman VII to honour his father, the temple contained more bling than a Kanye West video.
Was Thailand a Hindu country?
Although Thailand has never been a majority Hindu country, it has been influenced by Hinduism. Before Thailand was a country, the land that makes up present-day Thailand was under the territory of the Hindu-Buddhist Khmer Empire. … The Thai city, Ayutthaya near Bangkok, is named after Ayodhya, the birthplace of Rama.
Was Vietnam a Hindu country?
Hinduism in Vietnam is mainly observed by the ethnic Cham people. Balamon Cham is one of two surviving non-Indic indigenous Hindu peoples. Around 60,000 Hindus live in Vietnam today.
How did Cambodia become Hindu?
Cambodia’s Hinduism can be traced back to the Funan Kingdom which ruled between 100BC and 500AD. During this period, kings worshiped Vishnu and Shiva. When the Khmer Empire came to power, Hinduism remained the dominating religion until Jayavarman VII (reigned 1181-1218). | <urn:uuid:984cde1c-5333-43fc-bdd1-d06053c6374b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://katahum.com/tourist-help/what-is-the-most-famous-in-saint-temple-complex-in-cambodia.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572161.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815054743-20220815084743-00476.warc.gz | en | 0.938617 | 1,030 | 2.953125 | 3 |
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During Abraham Lincoln's lifetime, Germany was not a unified state but a region encompassing a loose collection of autonomous states that roughly conformed to the former Holy Roman Empire. The largest and most powerful of these states was Prussia. During Lincoln's presidency, Prussia would began the process of unifying the disparate German states under its leadership, culminating in the creation of the German Empire in 1870.
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Families travelling to the eurozone and other European hotspots at the end of the school term will find that the powerful pound will make it cheaper in almost every destination surveyed for the annual Post Office Travel Money Family Holiday Report.
Sterling’s increased buying power has been compounded by local price-cuts in three-quarters of resorts, making it up to 31% cheaper for families compared to a year ago.
Family meals remain cheapest in the Costa del Sol and in Sunny Beach, Bulgaria at less than £33 for three-courses plus a bottle of wine and kids’ drinks. This has again made the two resorts best value of 14 surveyed for the holiday report basket of 15 items. However, SunnyBeach (£65.97) has extended its lead on the Costa del Sol (£79.69) with an 18.1% year-on-year fall in prices, thanks partly to the lower resort costs.
The biggest falls have come where competition between resort restaurants has led to hefty cuts in meal costs. Even though it remains the most expensive resort to eat out, meal costs have plunged 39% year-on-year in Sorrento. This enabled the Italian resort to surrender its position as the highest-priced destination to Nice. At £142.54 prices in Sorrento are down 26%, compared with 17% in Nice (£147.63).
Meal prices have fallen even further – by more than 46% - in the Croatian resort of Porec and this contributed to a 31% drop in its barometer total to £105.25. By contrast, meal prices have mushroomed in Mallorca, not only making this one of the priciest places for families to eat but also increasing its barometer basket to almost £130. This represents a rise of almost 26% compared with 12 months ago.
Although visitors will have nearly 20% extra cash in their pockets because of sterling’s surge against the Turkish lira, local prices in Marmaris have risen more than 7%, wiping out some of the benefit. As a result, the barometer basket for Marmaris has dropped by just over 10% to £92.85 and visitors will pay roughly the same for meals as they did a year ago.
Elsewhere in the Eastern Med, a 24% fall in meal prices will make it much cheaper for visitors to Crete. At £87.15, its barometer total has plunged by around 27% since last year, making Crete almost 15% cheaper than Corfu (£101.98). As a result, Crete has risen to third place in the barometer table above the Algarve (£98.33) and Agia Napa in Cyprus (£98.55) as well as Marmaris.
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Dr. Jim Olson remembers the day clearly.
He had just had to tell the parents of one of his young patients that his rare brain cancer was going to take his life. About 20 minutes later, he went to visit the boy, Hayden, in the intensive care unit to find the boy’s father on the other side of the curtain surrounding his bed saying, “See, Hayden, when you die it will be just like this. You can’t see me but I’m still here and you’re still there and we know that each other is there.”
“It was one of the most lovely conversations I’ve ever seen,” Olson told a crowd Sunday at SXSW where he gave a talk on “Inventing Tumor Paint: Tapping into Nature’s DNA.”
Olson had been asked to speak at the prestigious interactive festival about the research he is doing at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center to find innovative new treatments for cancer and rare diseases.
At Hayden’s memorial service, Olson said he decided that “my job is to do what’s right for these kids and for future kids that will come. And as I unrolled my research career every decision would be based on what can we do so other kids don’t have to go through this in the future.” | <urn:uuid:489a8c64-46ab-4f50-af2d-1bac5f82dfe8> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://www.fredhutch.org/en/news/center-news/2014/03/prestigious-sxsw-features-fred-hutchs-dr--jim-olson.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281162.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00529-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.983872 | 287 | 1.679688 | 2 |
we often hear that our practise of Zen in general and Shikantaza in particular is "goalless", so why bother to do anything at all?
On a very simple level one could argue that it would clearly be a real waste of opportunity to not truly pursue that which we deem to be important. As followers of the Great Vehicle however, the true motivation for our active non-doing should run deeper. Though there is nothing to gain, there is obviously a lot of work to be done. Just look around you and see that suffering is present everywhere. There is a lot to do and nothing to gain....though this sounds terribly anachronistic in an age where a person's worth is often judged by their numerical "efficiency" in different areas of life, it is the mark of true Bodhisattva practice...doing without aiming for any "thing" in particular other than to be of service to those in need. Single-mindedness and perseverance need not take the form of some kind of contrived endeavour, they can simply be antidotes to self righteous laziness. But we have to keep at it, beyond mere desires for goal-fulfilling. One might even say the only way to truly honour this fleeting life is to truly live it.....but these are only my foolish thoughts.
The winding roads of life might present us with setbacks and hurtful experiences, yet if we single mindedly persevere and tackle each experience as it arises, we will stay on the yellow brick road, no matter what the surroundings. We will arrive with every step, if we remain "truthful" on the inside, yet in order to continue to arrive, we have to truly take these steps to begin with.
To me personally, learning a language has always seemed like that kind of road...even fluency is not an end in itself....and every mistake one makes, every time one stumbles over grammar and vocabulary, one arrives at exactly that part of the winding road. One must keep on walking through every single setback and success alike, like gathering single drops of dew....in order to be able to one day look at a whole sea... Nothing special is discovered in our practise, but even just letting things be as they are is a non-effort we have to commit ourselves to to truly realise and it.
Question: Can you find any examples in your own life where persevering single mindedly beyond your mere likes and dislikes did bear fruit?
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Bengal is sometimes called Gaudadesa, partly because it forms a portion of Maithila and partly because the capital of the Hindu king Raja Laksmana Sena was known as Gauda. This old capital later came to be known as Gaudapura and gradually Mayapur
These three Deities of Vṛndāvana (Madana-mohana, Govinda and Gopīnātha) have absorbed the heart and soul of the Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇavas (followers of Lord Caitanya). I worship Their lotus feet, for They are the Lords of my heart.
The author of Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta offers his respectful obeisances unto the three Deities of Vṛndāvana named Śrī Rādhā-Madana-mohana, Śrī Rādhā-Govindadeva and Śrī Rādhā-Gopīnāthajī. These three Deities are the life and soul of the Bengali Vaiṣṇavas, or Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇavas, who have a natural aptitude for residing in Vṛndāvana. The Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇavas who follow strictly in the line of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu worship the Divinity by chanting transcendental sounds meant to develop a sense of one's transcendental relationship with the Supreme Lord, a reciprocation of mellows (rasas) of mutual affection, and, ultimately, the achievement of the desired success in loving service. These three Deities are worshiped in three different stages of one's development. The followers of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu scrupulously follow these principles of approach.
Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇavas perceive the ultimate objective in Vedic hymns composed of eighteen transcendental letters that adore Kṛṣṇa as Madana-mohana, Govinda and Gopījana-vallabha. Madana-mohana is He who charms Cupid, the god of love, Govinda is He who pleases the senses and the cows, and Gopījana-vallabha is the transcendental lover of the gopīs. Kṛṣṇa Himself is called Madana-mohana, Govinda, Gopījana-vallabha and countless other names as He plays in His different pastimes with His devotees.
The three Deities—Madana-mohana, Govinda and Gopījana-vallabha—have very specific qualities. Worship of Madana-mohana is on the platform of reestablishing our forgotten relationship with the Personality of Godhead. In the material world we are presently in utter ignorance of our eternal relationship with the Supreme Lord. Paṅgoḥ refers to one who cannot move independently by his own strength, and manda-mateḥ is one who is less intelligent because he is too absorbed in materialistic activities. It is best for such persons not to aspire for success in fruitive activities or mental speculation but instead simply to surrender to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The perfection of life is simply to surrender to the Supreme. In the beginning of our spiritual life we must therefore worship Madana-mohana so that He may attract us and nullify our attachment for material sense gratification. This relationship with Madana-mohana is necessary for neophyte devotees. When one wishes to render service to the Lord with strong attachment, one worships Govinda on the platform of transcendental service. Govinda is the reservoir of all pleasures. When by the grace of Kṛṣṇa and the devotees one reaches perfection in devotional service, he can appreciate Kṛṣṇa as Gopījana-vallabha, the pleasure Deity of the damsels of Vraja.
Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu explained this mode of devotional service in three stages, and therefore these worshipable Deities were installed in Vṛndāvana by different Gosvāmīs. They are very dear to the Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇavas there, who visit the temples at least once a day. Besides the temples of these three Deities, many other temples have been established in Vṛndāvana, such as the temple of Rādhā-Dāmodara of Jīva Gosvāmī, the temple of Śyāmasundara of Śyāmānanda Gosvāmī, the temple of Gokulānanda of Lokanātha Gosvāmī, and the temple of Rādhā-ramaṇa of Gopāla Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmī. There are seven principal temples over four hundred years old that are the most important of the five thousand temples now existing in Vṛndāvana.
Gauḍīya indicates the part of India between the southern side of the Himalayan Mountains and the northern part of the Vindhyā Hills, which is called Āryāvarta, or the Land of the Āryans. This portion of India is divided into five parts or provinces (Pañca-gauḍadeśa): Sārasvata (Kashmir and Punjab), Kānyakubja (Uttar Pradesh, including the modern city of Lucknow), Madhya-gauḍa (Madhya Pradesh), Maithila (Bihar and part of Bengal) and Utkala (part of Bengal and the whole of Orissa). Bengal is sometimes called Gauḍadeśa, partly because it forms a portion of Maithila and partly because the capital of the Hindu king Rāja Lakṣmaṇa Sena was known as Gauḍa. This old capital later came to be known as Gauḍapura and gradually Māyāpur.
The devotees of Orissa are called Uḍiyās, the devotees of Bengal are called Gauḍīyas, and the devotees of southern India are known as Drāviḍa devotees. As there are five provinces in Āryāvarta, so Dākṣiṇātya, southern India, is also divided into five provinces, which are called Pañca-draviḍa. The four Vaiṣṇava ācāryas who are the great authorities of the four Vaiṣṇava disciplic successions, as well as Śrīpāda Śaṅkarācārya of the Māyāvāda school, appeared in the Pañca-draviḍa provinces. Among the four Vaiṣṇava ācāryas, who are all accepted by the Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇavas, Śrī Rāmānuja Ācārya appeared in the southern part of Andhra Pradesh at Mahābhūtapurī, Śrī Madhva Ācārya appeared at Pājakam (near Vimānagiri) in the district of Mangalore, Śrī Viṣṇu Svāmī appeared at Pāṇḍya, and Śrī Nimbārka appeared at Muṅgera-patana, in the extreme south.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu accepted the chain of disciplic succession from Madhva Ācārya, but the Vaiṣṇavas in His line do not accept the Tattva-vādīs, who also claim to belong to the Mādhva-sampradāya. To distinguish themselves clearly from the Tattva-vādī branch of Madhva's descendants, the Vaiṣṇavas of Bengal prefer to call themselves Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇavas. Śrī Madhva Ācārya is also known as Śrī Gauḍa-pūrṇānanda, and therefore the name Mādhva-Gauḍīya-sampradāya is quite suitable for the disciplic succession of the Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇavas. Our spiritual master, Oṁ Viṣṇupāda Śrīmad Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Gosvāmī Mahārāja, accepted initiation in the Mādhva-Gauḍīya-sampradāya. | <urn:uuid:af608775-5829-4172-8b80-ceacfa3f10bc> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://vaniquotes.org/wiki/Bengal_is_sometimes_called_Gaudadesa,_partly_because_it_forms_a_portion_of_Maithila_and_partly_because_the_capital_of_the_Hindu_king_Raja_Laksmana_Sena_was_known_as_Gauda._This_old_capital_later_came_to_be_known_as_Gaudapura_and_gradually_Mayapur | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571758.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812200804-20220812230804-00668.warc.gz | en | 0.928807 | 1,956 | 2.09375 | 2 |
Only April Fools Think Africa Is A Country!
In a brilliant April Fools' day spoof, the Washington Post declared, "Weary professors give up, concede that Africa is a country."
The authors are professors who focus on African countries: Laura Seay at Colby College, and Kim Yi Dionne, who's at Smith College.
"It doesn't matter how many map quizzes I give or how often I interrupt students to ask them to be specific about the amazing pictures from their volunteer trip to 'Africa,' things are never going to change," wrote Dionne in the article. "I might as well give up."
Professors Seay and Dionne, we at Goats and Soda feel your pain!
When contributor Anders Kelto wrote a story about things U.S. students didn't learn about Africa but should, the No. 1 item on his list was:
Africa is not a country. Please, please, please get this right. There are 54 countries and one "non-self-governing territory" (Western Sahara) in Africa. South Africa is a country, not the southern part of a country called "Africa." Similarly, West Africa and East Africa are regions of the continent, each containing many countries. In fact, there is a popular culture and media analysis website that takes its name from the common misconception that Africa is a country.
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Natural-gas vehicle prototypes, Los Angeles, May 2013 - gasoline & natural-gas fillers in gas doorEnlarge Photo
The trunks and load bays are the same size as factory-built cars, and the natural-gas fueling inlets are hidden away under the same cover as the gasoline filler.
Carlab did some significant structural re-engineering to fit small tanks for compressed natural gas (CNG) into spaces formerly occupied by spare tires.
The company's engineers placed the tanks and designed the structures to comply with all current and future crash-test requirements.
Because Carlab works with many automakers on product development, it used its knowledge of structural development and testing procedures to do the work to the standards of production auto engineers, rather than aftermarket conversion firms.
Projecting the costs
A second fueling system doesn't come free, of course.
Carlab's experience in creating bills-of-material for future vehicle development projects let it accurately project the costs that automakers would pay for the components of these smaller natural-gas systems when bought in volume.
Their projections don't shoot for the moon; they assume a volume of 20,000 units a year--or about the number of Chevy Volts sold last year.
But whereas the Volt, a compact four-seater, costs $40,000--or roughly twice as much as a five-seat Chevrolet Cruze compact sedan--the price increase for the secondary natural-gas system is much lower.
In volume, Carlab projects, the added tank, plumbing, and fittings would cost $2,600 to $2,900 at a volume of 20,000 vehicles a year. That's less than a 10-percent increase in any of the vehicles prototyped.
Payback depends on compressor cost
The difference in cost between a gallon of gasoline and a gallon-equivalent of natural gas has soared from about 70 cents in 2009 to more than $2.00 today.
That means that the payback period for the added fueling system is only a few years.
2012 Honda Civic Natural Gas, El Segundo, CA, Nov 2011Enlarge Photo
One variable remains unknown: The cost of buying and installing a home compressor appliance to fuel such a vehicle.
If it costs $5,000, the payback may never arrive. But, said the natural-gas proponents, if it could be bought and installed for more like $2,000, payback becomes reasonable.
With the prototype vehicles being shown publicly today for the first time, natural-gas vehicle advocates want to get the attention of both policymakers and the public.
This summer, they'll go on tour through regions that already have ample supplies of natural gas--and where sales of bi-fuel vehicles are already established.
The goal will be to get consumers thinking about the idea that they might be to drive large portions of their daily miles on a domestic, much cheaper fuel--in a car that looks completely normal and without having to compromise on performance, cargo space, or any other feature.
Best selling point: money saved
With increasing domestic supplies of natural gas and gasoline prices remaining high, the natural-gas industry believes it has a better shot than ever before at saving consumers money.
natural gas vs. crude oil pricesEnlarge Photo
Natural gas costs have fallen dramatically over 15 years, and there seems to be no sign that they'll rise again anytime soon.
So what's your take on the concept of using natural gas to fuel cars for less than 100 miles, with a gasoline tank as a range extender?
Would you buy such a vehicle? What do you think of its pros and cons?
Leave us your thoughts in the Comments below.
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Use this page to describe your proposal to " reverse engineer" product. This term refers to process of studying and sometimes disassembling product to determine how it works and then emulating that product instead of designing competing product from scratch. danger inherent in reverse engineering is patent infringement so reverse engineering should never involve exact copying but instead employ different mechanisms to achieve the same results. Explain what you plan to study and why you want to " reverse engineer" this product. You could also use this topic to explain how to help thwart reverse engineering of your products or how to deal with competitor who is suspected of having reverse engineered your product. The Objectives Describe the objectives that the resulting product must meet. The Process
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Over the last few weeks I've spent a lot of time talking to Chris Matthieu, founder of ESBN. ESBN is extremely interesting because it might help solve some of the big headaches we've been having with blog piracy, sploggers and getting attribution for your work. So what's an ESBN? Basically, it's a unique identifier for digital media. In other words: it's a solution for microchunking and tracking your content. (Listen up, Fred and Umair!)
Right now you can add ESBN tracking to your blog posts using the Firefox extension. Other methods are being considered (like a CoComment-style bookmarklet or possibly blog plugins), but ultimately it would be nice to see this kind of thing baked into the blog software itself. Will this help prevent splogging? Well, the tracking is done by a small image, so a determined splogger might try to strip it out. But there would still be a record of that blog post on ESBN's servers and you could still prove ownership.
Chris also tells me that ESBN can work for other media types like documents, podcasts, video and images. I didn't have time to ask how this all works (feel free to comment, Chris!), but if it does what it promises it will be a killer tool for content creators.
Chris hasn't spoken to Creative Commons yet, but he definitely needs to! They should have been doing this a *long* time ago. Imagine embedding your Creative Commons license in your media, instead of just displaying it on your site - people would be free to reuse, remix and build upon your content while still providing attribution. And if you could build a really reliable ESBN-style system, you might be able to convince the media companies to liberate their content, safe in the knowledge that they can track it (and even charge for it) wherever it goes. Yes, this is basically DRM, but it's good DRM! How's that for an oxymoron? :)
PS. ESBN is on a .org domain, but it doesn't actually appear to be a non-profit (as far as I can see). I'd appreciate it if Chris could clarify this. | <urn:uuid:27070afc-fd54-45ae-9b24-87e65350efe8> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://mashable.com/2006/03/02/esbn-the-answer-to-the-microchunking-problem/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280891.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00160-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.951512 | 450 | 1.5625 | 2 |
On the basis of a common effort undertaken by think-tanks across the EU, this Synthesis by Valentin Kreilinger highlights the main findings of the research undertaken in 20 countries to analyse 15 key votes in the 2009-2014 European Parliament.
The Synthesis is divided into five chapters:
– The first chapter explains the purpose of the project and the different legislative acts and procedures in the European Union.
– The second chapter briefly describes why the 2014 European Parliament elections matter and what data and analyses allow showing its activities during the last term.
– After that the third chapter looks which of the key votes mattered at the national level and to which extent. Economic governance issues have not been the most salient issues. The non-binding resolution on Eurobonds, for instance, was perceived differently in Germany or Finland and in Italy. ACTA and the Multiannual financial framework were the most prominent votes, despite being both (only) under the consent procedure.
– The fourth chapter examines what happens when MEPs are torn between their European political group and their country. Here the case of the Financial transactions tax is particularly enlightening. Actually the national parties within the European political groups play the decisive role, because they control the re-election prospects of “their” MEPs. The in-depth analyses for some countries show that there are national parties which have chosen the “wrong” political group in the European Parliament.
– Finally the fifth chapter concludes that there are co-existing conflict lines in the European Parliament: left vs. right and pro-EU vs. anti-EU. Sometimes nationality trumps European-ness, sometimes the reasons are also difficult to distinguish. But an analysis of key votes can help to understand how MEPs voted and what they stood and stand for.
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Gov. Sam Brownback has been talking recently about the need to provide better care for the mentally ill. But if he really wants to help, he should stop blocking the federal expansion of Medicaid, which would enable thousands of Kansans to receive mental health treatment in their communities.
To his credit, Brownback has acknowledged that the state isn’t doing enough to care for the mentally ill. At a recent event in Topeka organized by mental health advocates, he noted that too much of that care is occurring in the state’s correctional system.
“We’ve got to do a better job,” he said.
Brownback also highlighted how his administration is working to increase the coordination among the state’s 27 community mental health centers and has reconfigured the Rainbow Mental Health Facility in Kansas City, Kan. A Brownback-appointed task force is working on other possible improvements to the state’s mental health system.
Better coordination and system improvements are needed. But so is more funding and expanded access to care.
About 65,000 people receiving services from the community mental health centers are not currently eligible for Medicaid, according to the Kansas Mental Health Coalition. Many of them would qualify for Medicaid under the federal expansion.
“Seventy percent of the people being treated at one of the community mental health centers are making less than $20,000 a year,” Sean Gatewood, a spokesman for the Kansas Medicaid Access Coalition, told the Kansas Health Institute News Service. “And 53 percent are uninsured, which means they’re poor but they’re not poor enough to be on Medicaid. These are the people that, clearly, Medicaid expansion would benefit.”
There is also a high cost in not expanding Medicaid. In Kansas, untreated mental illness is associated with an estimated 128 suicides, 21,000 incarcerations and 29,000 unemployed adults per year, costing the private sector nearly $429 million, according to the Kansas Mental Health Coalition.
Brownback has resisted expansion, saying that he isn’t confident the federal government will honor its promise to pay for all of the cost for the first three years and nearly all of it after that. More recently, he has said he wants to focus on eliminating the state’s waiting list of Kansans with disabilities needing services.
At the Topeka event, Finn Bullers, an activist for the disabled, challenged Brownback’s unwillingness to expand Medicaid.
“He makes a wonderful speech,” Bullers said. “But when the rubber meets the road, the money isn’t there now. And when the money isn’t there, the services don’t get provided.”
The governor assured mental health advocates that he shared many of their concerns. “The hallmark of a compassionate society is to help people who need help,” he said.
The best way for Brownback to help people and show compassion is to expand Medicaid.
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ASP.NET just got a surprise update. Do you know how to use it? The Visual Studio 2013 update was more thorough than anyone expected, and there are many new tools and new functions to learn. ASP.NET 4.5.1 includes updates to mobile frameworks, new real-time communication with SignalR, web editor enhancements, new tooling, and the fixes for bugs. Beginning ASP.NET 4.5.1: in C# and VB is your comprehensive guide to building dynamically generated web pages from database content. Longtime popular Wrox author Imar Spaanjaars shows you the basics of ASP.NET and brings you up to speed on the improved functionality of the updates and new features. As a Microsoft ASP.NET MVP, Spaanjaars brings insider experience to the technology and proves that the update can increase developer productivity and application performance with new features.
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This ETFRN News edition brings together 24 articles and interviews from around the world that reflect on the following questions: How do such actions and their impacts differ between different smallholder types and organizations? How do they differ between countries, regions and corporate contexts? What are the effects of various enabling policy environments? And what do the authors in this edition mean by ‘inclusiveness’? Additional it identifies means of improving smallholder inclusiveness in palm oil production and the ones that could be scaled up. | <urn:uuid:c4e6250a-af00-4616-8184-fecd9c8f071a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.tropenbos.org/resources/publications/making+deforestation-free+commitments+and+policies+more+inclusive+for+oil+palm+smallholders | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572870.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817062258-20220817092258-00670.warc.gz | en | 0.950089 | 102 | 1.578125 | 2 |
500,000 unregistered migrants roaming Germany – report
Germany's Interior Ministry does not know the whereabouts of about half a million migrants that entered the country as refugees, Bild newspaper has learnt. Refugees who come to Germany are obliged to register upon arrival, yet practically half of them do not do this.
“Many migrants do not register with the authorities for fear of being rejected,” Bild quoted its ministry source as saying.
German Interior Minister Thomas de Maizière will submit an interim assessment on migrants’ criminal activities to the Federal Cabinet on Wednesday. In mid-March, the head of the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (Bamf), Frank-Jürgen Weise, said the German authorities would receive an accurate picture of who is staying as a refugee in the country.
Over the course of the last year, an estimated 1.1 million refugees arrived in Germany. Most of the asylum seekers have come from Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and the Balkan states.
In late February, Germany’s Süddeutsche Zeitung reported that some 13 percent of all migrants who officially entered Germany in 2015 failed to turn up at the accommodation provided for them. The newspaper also quoted Frank-Jürgen Weise, the head of Germany's Federal Office for Migration (BAMF), who said that there are as many as 400,000 asylum seekers within the country who have no ID documents, and that German authorities have proven unable to identify them.
The German government says nearly 5,000 child and teenage asylum seekers have gone missing from refugee homes since the start of 2016. Police believe that the figures could be distorted, but have not ruled out that some might have been the victims of crime. | <urn:uuid:9dcd8a0a-f7f3-4a63-b433-9b1b0cd65727> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://www.rt.com/news/338482-germany-unregistered-refugees-criminal/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560285289.45/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095125-00151-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.961212 | 352 | 2.28125 | 2 |
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On Becoming an Alchemist
by Catherine MacCoun
Many regard alchemy as a metaphor for inner transformation. But this is only half the story. According to Catherine MacCoun, alchemy is no mere metaphor. It's real magic. Transforming the inner world is, for the alchemist, a way to transform the outer world. Through studying the principles of alchemy, we can achieve extraordinary effects from ordinary actions by understanding how the world really works. We can perceive the hidden connections between the spiritual and the material worlds. Knowledge of these connections enables us to influence external phenomena through the powers of heart and mind alone. Yet alchemy is not, like some forms of magic, the exercise of mind over matter. It is the art of taking what already exists, whatever presents itself, and transmuting the harmful into the helpful, the useless into the valuable.
On Becoming an Alchemist initiates us into these secrets, showing us how to think, perceive, and operate as an alchemist. It offers practical advice and exercises that will help the modern magician to:
* Understand and apply basic principles of alchemy
* Transmute setbacks, failures, and losses into sources of magical power
* Navigate one's inner world with poise, confidence, and common sense
* Intuitively show up in the right place at the right time to benefit from magical coincidences
* Discover the potentials latent in any situation by awakening subtle perception
Chapter 6: Commencing the Great Work
There are probably as many versions of the Great Work as there are alchemists. Seven seems to be a favorite number of steps, but some list ten, or twelve, or twenty-two. I chose seven because that seemed like a manageable number of chapters. I picked this particular version of seven-called "The Ladder of the Wise" -because I liked the quaintly scientific words used to label the steps. So don't let what were rather casual choices in my mind become monuments in yours. In time you will develop your own procedures and, perhaps, identify different or additional stages. Each alchemist's process is unique, but a book must necessarily generalize. I've used the seven-step model to elaborate on seven challenges that seem to recur in the inner lives of most alchemists. If you can't relate to something I'm saying, maybe it doesn't apply to you.
While I've arranged the steps in a logical sequence, to the extent that you experience them, they will be in "shuffle" mode. That's because they don't happen at your conscious initiative. You don't say to yourself, "I think I'll start work on sublimation today." Rather, you diagnose a stage that is already in progress when you notice its telltale symptoms. "I've got the blahs. Maybe I'm in fermentation," or "All hell is breaking loose. This must be calcination." Once you realize what process is occurring, you work consciously to bring it to a successful conclusion.
For each stage, I offer a procedural tip or two, along with warnings about known hazards and admonishments not to blow up the lab. Like Basil Valentine, I sometimes omit key steps and wander off into theological discourses. When you come to these, keep in mind that principles imply procedures. They are implied rather than spelled out because no one has ever transmuted you before. To do so will require procedures of your own invention.
As far as I know, nobody ever finishes with a stage once and for all. You will probably continue to cycle through them over and over for the rest of your life, even after the big initiation that comes at step 7. To be in a phase of conjunction does not put you ahead of someone who's going through separation, because neither of you is traveling in a straight line. The "path," if one were to draw it, would look less like a road than like plate of spaghetti. In other words, it's not a path.
The phases do, however, come to definite -if not permanent- conclusions. When you've finished with one for the present, your mood will change. In retrospect, you'll see that you've made progress in the form of new insights, new behaviors, and new capabilities.
The number seven might already have led you to suspect that the Great Work has something to do with the seven chakras.
In their receptive form, the chakras are organs of subtle perception. Each one is attuned to a different type of information. The chakras are also points at which our energy can flow outward into the world. As such, they are organs of will. I know of no explicit references to the chakras in Western hermetic literature prior to the nineteenth century. Still, the correspondences between the seven-stage models of initiation in the West and the volitional aspects of the chakras are striking. These initiations were designed for a human being who, it would seem, has seven different "wills."
These wills are not always in agreement with one another. At any given moment, some could be aligned with others, some in conflict with others, and some altogether dormant. This is why our actions are so often contradictory and inept. Technically speaking, the Great Work is a realigning of the will centers so that they are all working toward a shared purpose.
You can't see your own chakras. Most of the time, you probably can't feel them either. This makes it difficult to check up on them directly. You can only infer how they're doing by noticing how you're feeling and how you're behaving. By the same token, the overview I'm about to present won't be of much use in checking your progress once the Great Work commences. I can draw you a diagram of what's supposed to happen, a picture of your inner alignment as it might appear if viewed from the outside. But you can't compare yourself to the picture because you can't see yourself from the outside. The picture won't tell you how you're doing. It will, however, help you to visualize what you're going for. You might want to try meditating on the diagram, moving inwardly with it as you do with other alchemical figures and symbols.
Here is the alignment of a person who can't do magic. You could call it "Muggle Alignment."
The three lower centers comprise our instinctive will. They are the drives we need to survive as physical beings on earth. The names I've given them reflect our subjective experience of them. That is, we feel driven by fear, desire, or territoriality (the need to patrol our borders and rule our domain). These are our centers of gravity. Their natural orientation is down.
The top three centers represent the higher faculties that inform our conscious intentions. Ideal is our source of creative and moral inspiration, our point of connection with the spirit. Thought is deliberation and understanding. Word is declared intention. These are our centers of levity. Their natural orientation is up.
At the center of the picture, the heart is the point where up meets down and where the vertical intersects the horizontal. It is the between of the human being and the source of alchemical deeds. But no such deeds are happening at the moment, and the picture tells you why. If the arrows represent the flow of energy, the heart isn't getting any. The upper part of the person is streaming toward heaven; the lower part streaming toward earth. Isolated in the middle, the heart doesn't have much power. It is mushy and sentimental, like the heart on a Victorian valentine. It might feel love, but it's not much good at doing love. Its love manifests as inept good intentions and niceness.
The inner alignment that gives rise to alchemical deeds looks like this:
Notice that the labels for the lower three centers have changed. The survival instincts of the unconscious will have been transmuted into qualities. Fear has become confidence; desire has become devotion; territoriality is now integrity. They remain below, but their orientation has shifted upward. The energy they draw from the earth now streams toward the heart.
Changes in the upper will centers are less dramatic. They still have the same names. But something has happened to shift their orientation downward. It is as if they are bowing their heads. The energy they draw from above spills into the heart. The heart is now the meeting point between intention and will, between heaven and earth. Empowered by all the other centers, its energy streams outward into the world. It is brilliant with the intelligence of heaven-inspired intention and sonorous with the power of the earthy will. Like a diamond, it is indestructible, cutting, and radiant. It loves bravely, shrewdly, mightily, and magically. It has become the philosopher's stone.
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Jul 26, 2013
Important Stepping Stone to Finding Cause of Fibro Pain Discovered
Fibromyalgia is a severe chronic pain syndrome that affects millions of people worldwide. The cause of Fibromyalgia has been disputed for a long time and many studies have been done trying to pinpoint the cause or something “visible” to test or focus on for diagnosis and treatment. The results of a study published in the journal Pain Medicine in the middle of June 2013 indicate a biological factor that may cause some of the widespread pain and explain why weather changes affect many people diagnosed with Fibromyalgia.1
You may have seen an article on this research already, there are a lot of them all over the place and they focus on this study. Some common titles for this new research include “Doctors Confirm Fibromyalgia Is Not Imaginary”2, “Fibromyalgia Is Not All In Your Head, New Research Confirms” 3, and “Fibromyalgia Mystery Finally Solved!”.4
Rather than supporting or expounding to the hype, I wanted to share with you some of the information about the study itself, the discovery made during the study, why the discovery could potentially be very helpful, and where you can go to find more information about this study.
Integrated Tissue Dynamics and the Center for Neuropharmacology and Neuroscience at Albany Medical College. both located in New York, did a study focused on trying to determine if peripheral neuropathology exists in the innervation of cutaneous arterioles and arteriole-venule shunts (AV shunts) in Fibromyalgia patients.1
In English, this means a study to see if there is damage to the peripheral nervous system (which transmits information from the brain and spinal cord to every other part of the body) specifically in the nerve endings related to the blood vessels found in our skin that connect the arterioles and venules, also called AV shunts.7
The study subjects consisted of 24 female Fibromyalgia patients and 9 healthy female control subjects. An additional 14 female control subjects were added from previous studies. 1
The testing consisted of taking special skin biopsies and examining them with specialized microscopes. AV stunts were identified in 18 out of 24 of the Fibromyalgia patients and 14 out of 23 of the control subjects.1
Women with Fibromyalgia have an enormous increase in sensory nerve fibers at specific sites within the blood vessels of the skin, particularly in the palms of their hands. These are called arteriole-venule (AV) shunts, which form a direct connection between arterioles and venules, regulate body temperatures, and play a role in pain sensation. 7
Prior to this study, scientists thought that arteriole-venule shunts simply helped regulate blood flow and had not considered them to be a potential source of widespread pain.
Graphic from Integrated Tissue Dynamics
Graphic and Explanation in Box from Integrated Tissue Dynamics
What This Study May Help Explain
The information gained in this study could explain why many people with Fibromyalgia have widespread deep tissue pain, “tender points” throughout their bodies, extreme pain in their hands and feet, fatigue, and why cold weather seems to make symptoms worse.
AV shunts play a major role in regulating body temperature and become more active during cold weather, which could potentially cause more pain to people with Fibromyalgia.7
Additionally, the excessive amounts of Av shunts and the alteration to blood flow caused by them could be the source of many other Fibromyalgia symptoms including widespread achiness and pain, poor sleep, and cognitive issues. 7
The Best Explanation of the Study
If you want to learn more about this study, then I recommend taking a look at the simplified explanation provided by Integrated Tissue Dynamics called “Women with Fibromyalgia Have A Real Pathology Among Nerve Endings to Blood Vessels in the Skin. A rational biological source of pain in the skin of patients with fibromyalgia.” 7
I realize this title isn’t as catchy as some of the others out there, but it is a great explanation of this study for regular people without specialized medical or scientific training. I particularly enjoyed the car analogy.
This study represents an exciting step forward in determining the root causes of Fibromyalgia, finding more effective ways to treat Fibromyalgia, determining ways to prevent Fibromyalgia and developing a cure for Fibromyalgia.
This study is truly an important stepping stone in determining a potential cause of Fibromyalgia pain, as we continue down the path investigating biological issues in Fibromyalgia patients. There is still a lot of work to be done, but it is really delightful to see some great new research investigating Fibromyalgia and chronic pain.
1. Albrecht, PJ, FL Rice, Q. Hou, CE Argoff, JR Storey, and JP Wymer. “Excessive Peptidergic Sensory Innervation of Cutaneous Arteriole-Venule Shunts (AVS) in the Palmar Glabrous Skin of Fibromyalgia Patients: Implications for Widespread Deep Tissue Pain and Fatigue.” National Center for Biotechnology Information. U.S. National Library of Medicine, June-July 2013. Web. 15 June 2013.
2. Rannals, Lee. “Doctors Confirm Fibromyalgia Is Not Imaginary.” Scientists Find Source Of Fibromyalgia Pain- Health News – Red Orbit. Red Orbit, 18 June 2013. Web. 24 June 2013.
3. “The American Academy Of Pain Medicine.” American Academy of Pain Medicine. Pain Med, 14 June 2013. Web. 30 June 2013.
4. Savastio, Rebecca. “The Guardian Express.” The Guardian Express. The Guardian Express, 20 June 2013. Web. 30 June 2013.
5. Rice, Frank L., PhD. “Integrated Tissue Dynamics.” Integrated Tissue Dynamics. Integrated Tissue Dynamics, June 2013. Web. 30 June 2013.
6. Rice, Frank L., PhD. “Women with Fibromyalgia Have A Real Pathology Among Nerve Endings to Blood Vessels in the Skin.” Integrated Tissue Dynamics (INTiDYN). Integrated Tissue Dynamics, 24 June 2013. Web. 27 June 2013.
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