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A history of the social media makes too sweeping claims about its predecessors, says Stuart Kelly
Writing On The Wall by Tom Standage
Bloomsbury, 278pp, £14.99
Tom Standage is a very ingenious, engaging and wide-ranging non-fiction writer. His previous books have included an account of the notorious 18th century “Mechanical Turk” who could play chess, the story of the discovery of the planet Neptune, and an idiosyncratic history of the world through the lens of six drinks (beer, wine, spirits, tea, coffee and Cola). He is probably best known for The Victorian Internet, which examined the impact of the telegraph and how it changed the dissemination of news, with, as the title suggests, salient points of comparison to the technological revolution of today. Writing On The Wall returns to the connections between former writing and publishing paradigms and today’s digital world. Subtitled “Social Media: The First 2,000 Years”, there is much to admire in this, although I retain a degree of scepticism about Standage’s conclusions.
Where I absolutely agree with him is in highlighting the fact that the contemporary model of cultural production is relatively recent. It arose out of a number of factors: the invention of moveable type by Gutenberg in 1493, the Statute of Anne in 1710 which enshrined copyright, the first payment by means of advance in 1807 to Walter Scott for Marmion and the industrialisation of printing and broadcasting, from steam-printing in 1814 to the foundation of the BBC in 1922. Given that the first human attempts to leave a mark of significance are currently dated to the Blombos Cave inscriptions in South Africa, scratched some 77,000 years ago, we have not being doing things they way we do them now for terribly long. Standage covers a formidable array of topics in his attempt to show that Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and blogging are just the latest versions of earlier forms of communication: he ranges from graffiti in Pompeii to Elizabethan epigrams, from Luther’s theses to Paine’s Rights Of Man.
Take this as an exemplar. Imagine an author, who does not expect payment for his work, who circulates his writing for free and actively solicits celebrity endorsements to expand readership, and who occasionally becomes aggravated by the pirating of distorted or imperfect copies. This may sound like a blogger today, but is actually Standage’s account of the Roman orator Cicero. There are certainly parallels. There are also divergences which should be stressed as much as the resemblances. Cicero was wealthy, had slaves to copy his work, and lived in a society with a literacy rate of between 5 and 30 per cent depending on how one defines literacy.
Standage’s typical rhetorical technique is to propose a simile of sorts and then proceed as if partial resemblance were the same as absolute identity. So, wittily, he refers to the epigrams of Sir John Harington as “the tweets of @SaucyGodson”, and writes “today some people manage to exploit their prowess at blogging or tweeting to achieve fame, win a plum job, or land a book deal. Similarly, the ability to write poems, coin epigrams, and respond to others with witty put-downs provided a means for young men to demonstrate the breadth of their knowledge and the quickness of their wit, and by extension their suitability for appointment to official posts”. I wonder how many Elizabethan and Jacobean epigrams Standage has actually read, and whether he considers, say, Jonson’s XLV “On My First Son”, or the works by Richard Crashaw or Abraham Cowley, to be similar in content or even length to “If candy became art. Cannot art become candy. I eat art like candy” (that’s Lady Gaga, by the way). We also get the claim that Luther’s work, and Thomas Paine’s, “went viral”. I doubt Luther or even Paine were sitting at home doing the equivalent of counting the number of hits their work got; they had rather weightier matters on their minds. The success of their work is testament to not just their genius, but to their acuity in analysing political problems in their own day.
In the chapters covering the rise of mass media, Standage performs a rather inelegant sleight of hand. In one section Standage moves from Lord Reith to Joseph Goebbels over a paragraph break, as if the two had common purpose as well as mutual access to new technologies, as if every centralised broadcast system were intrinsically authoritarian. At their best, broadcasters such as the BBC can produce works that are more than the sum of the individual contributions. I still am in awe of the intellectual and aesthetic bravery that led the BBC to film all of Shakespeare’s plays, or their Theatre Night versions of Ibsen’s The Master Builder with Leo McKern and Miranda Richardson, or Moliere’s The Miser with Nigel Hawthorne. “Sharing”, “Liking” and “+1-ing” are not the same as creative co-operation and collaboration. The great irony of Standage’s book is that social media is not that social when it comes to cultural production. Crowd-sourcing means an inevitable relinquishing towards the lowest common denominator. Putting a Hitler moustache on your cat and adding a speech balloon is not the same as staging Lohengrin.
Ah, the reply comes: you’re an elitist. I am. I believe, as Sandy Stoddard said, in elitism for all. The present state is not perfect but the alternatives – seeking patronage? Changing your vision because 70 per cent of your online respondents want King Lear dressed as Doctor Doom? – are far more corrupting. | <urn:uuid:ebd3f6e0-bf86-49e5-8c63-185ed0b2f5fa> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/culture/books/book-review-writing-on-the-wall-by-tom-standage-1-3149137 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560284411.66/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095124-00462-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.958463 | 1,249 | 2.5 | 2 |
From the diaries by Erick
Take a good look at this map, for it affects your life more than you may realize. The situation on the ground that this map represents not only impacts us today, but to a large degree, will determine our future. The map is changing all the time (this version dates from August 2010) — but we can be sure that some variation of it will continue to be of crucial concern to us for the foreseeable future. It is a map to break your heart….
…or at least, it breaks mine. I have always loved the people of Mexico. It breaks my heart that millions of them now live in unrelenting terror because their entire country (except for the remote Baja California peninsula) is under the control of the drug cartels. The huge cream-colored swaths on the map are the areas where two or more cartels are battling it out for control — and killing everyone in their way. Since 2006, when President Felipe Calderón took office and began a tough crackdown on the drug lords — a squeeze that, albeit necessary, has caused the cartels’ turf fights to intensify — there have been more than 28,000 drug-related killings.
The map shows graphically why Arizona and Texas have been hit so hard by narcotrafficking violence: They directly border the hottest war zones.
Sealing the U.S.-Mexican border is no longer just a matter of preserving American social cohesiveness, or dealing with law-enforcement problems and exploding social-service budgets. Important as those issues are, sealing the border is now a matter of national security. The narcoviolence is one reason why.
Another reason is that Muslim terrorists are probably coming over — a situation I’ll treat in more detail in a future post.
Cross-posted at West to the West Wing 2012 | <urn:uuid:a1d2b726-43f1-49c3-bdbb-9072c999dba6> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.redstate.com/westforwestwing2012/2010/12/07/a-map-to-break-your-heart-mexico-bleeds/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280587.1/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00564-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.938218 | 377 | 1.578125 | 2 |
Laser therapy heals tissue ailment by injecting billions of photons of invisible laser light deep into the tissues. Human tissue naturally contains protein strands called chromophores, which have the unique ability to absorb laser light energy and transform it into chemical energy. This chemical energy is used by the body to significantly reduce pain and accelerate the healing process naturally. Laser therapy is a safe, painless alternative to the injections in many cases.
Benefits of Laser Therapy:
- Rapid pain relief: Laser therapy increases blood flow to damaged areas and expedites natural healing.
- Anti-inflammatory action: Laser therapy reduces swelling caused by bruising or inflammation of joints, which enhances joint mobility and reduces pain.
- Reduced scar tissue: Laser therapy reduces the formation of scar tissue.
- Improved nerve function: Slow recovery of nerve function in damaged tissue can result in areas of reduced feeling and sensitivity. Laser therapy speeds nerve repair to restore feeling to numb area.
- No side effects: Laser therapy facilitates the natural healing process of the body and does not add any bio-mechanical, mechanical or neurological stress.
- Quick results: Some patients experience relief from pain the first treatment. This can vary from patient to patient, but typical results are very quick.
Laser Therapy can be used to treat:
- Plantar fasciitis (heel pain)
- Achilles tendinitis
- Toenail fungus (unsightly toenails)
- Diabetic neuropathy pain
- Sprains and strains
- Speed up healing of fractures | <urn:uuid:81af54f2-016f-4c08-887c-2ceb6368b776> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.woodlyfootankle.com/contents/laser-treatment | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573699.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819131019-20220819161019-00277.warc.gz | en | 0.899375 | 322 | 2.546875 | 3 |
|French, Alfred - Al|
Submitted to: Carbohydrate Research
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 8/11/2009
Publication Date: 8/14/2009
Citation: Johnson, G.P., Peterson, L., French, A.D., Reilly, P. 2009. Twisting of glycosidic bonds by hydrolases. Carbohydrate Research. 344:2157-2166. Interpretive Summary: Understanding the mechanisms used by enzymes to break long carbohydrate molecules into their building blocks should be useful in designing new, more efficient enzymes. One feature of these breakage reactions is distortion of the ring structures of these building blocks. Another possible distortion is of the linkages between the different building blocks. That question was examined in this paper. Experimentally determined geometries of the linkages between the building blocks were compared with calculated energies from a modeling study. Some linkages were indeed found to be distorted at the location where the long molecules are broken. This work should be useful to those studying enzymes for breaking down carbohydrates, including cellulose and starch.
Technical Abstract: Patterns of scissile bond twisting have been found in crystal structures of glycoside hydrolases (GHs) that are complexed with substrates and inhibitors. To estimate the increased potential energy in the substrates that results from this twisting, we have plotted torsion angles for the scissile bonds on hybrid Quantum Mechanics::Molecular Mechanics energy surfaces. Eight such maps were constructed, including one for -maltose and three for different forms of methyl - acarviosinide to provide energies for twisting of -(1,4) glycosidic bonds. Maps were also made for -thiocellobiose and for three -cellobiose conformers having different glycon ring shapes to model distortions of -(1,4) glycosidic bonds. Different GH families twist scissile glycosidic bonds differently, increasing their potential energies from 0.5 to 9.5 kcal/mol. In general, the direction of twisting of the glycosidic bond away from the conformation of lowest intramolecular energy correlates with the position (syn or anti) of the proton donor with respect to the glycon’s ring oxygen atom. That correlation suggests that glycosidic bond distortion is important for the optimal orientation of one of the glycosidic oxygen lone pairs toward the enzyme’s proton donor. | <urn:uuid:88b29e1d-c26e-4056-b2ce-2df3142ebbbf> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://www.ars.usda.gov/research/publications/publication/?seqNo115=245839 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280718.7/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00404-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.915739 | 516 | 1.867188 | 2 |
Before the LCD displays arrived, the choice of a monitor has been fairly easy. With CRTs you had screen size, refresh rates and price and you could be fairly sure that you didn’t have to worry about anything more. With LCDs, it is a different matter and this guide aims at helping you understand what the marketing gibberish means and what you really need to look for.The choice of panel technology
The panel technology is very important because they have different advantages. Depending on what you want to use your LCD for, you have to choose the panel technology. For general word editing, there are no big differences but for movies, gaming and graphic work there are big differences. It should be very easy to see if you can compare the different panel types at a shop (I recommend an Apple store if you want to see an IPS).
IPS: S-IPS, H-IPS etc. are improved versions of the basic IPS technology, but it boils down to just marketing speak because they can be seen as different generations of IPS technology (one replaces the other). This technology is optimized for graphic work like image editing, website design etc. and it is excellent for those tasks as well. But it doesn’t do as good in movies as the VA technology because of the weaker black values. NEC did manage to do a very fast IPS 20” Widescreen that is excellent for gaming but generally these displays are the slowest of the 3.
VA: PVA and MVA are basically they same and often you see other letters added but that again is marketing speak. This is the technology for good all-round displays that excel at movies.
TN: Also called TN + film, but there are no TN panels without film left. The only application where they are better than VA or IPS displays is gaming, because the fastest displays are from this category. The biggest drawback are the bad viewing angles, which means that colors change fast depending on the angle you look at them. Additionally, they have a limited color range which makes them useless for graphic work. If you go for the TN tech because price is a constraint and not for gaming think about saving up for a cheap VA LCD first.
Unfortunately, today manufacturers try to hide the panel technology, mostly because they are using cheap TN panels. To find out which panel technology a monitor has you can check the databases at digitalversus.com and prad.de, linked below. | <urn:uuid:f50dcaa7-c43b-425e-b953-3284deb81381> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.madshrimps.be/articles/article/689 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560285001.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095125-00306-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.963583 | 498 | 2.140625 | 2 |
AFS Overview Policy on Man-Induced Ecological Problems—Human Population Growth and Technology
A. Issue Definition
Because of advances in technology that have increased survival and life span, world-wide human population growth has been exponential. As this increase has occurred the growing demand for life's necessities-food, minerals, space to live-has provided markets that serve as positive feedback loops for the development of technological and industrial growth, and hence that of human population. Through the demand for support of a growing population, increasing consumption per capita, and the growth of the means of satisfying the demand, power generation has caused a decline of the natural salmonid populations. The use of nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizers has contributed heavily to cultural eutrophication in Lake Erie, with resultant species shifts of fish and invertebrates. Eutrophication and resultant dissolved oxygen depression from sewage treatment effluents and fertilizer runoff have occurred in the Potomac and Escambia River estuaries, causing recurrent fish mortality.
In New Brunswick's Miramichi River system, aerial spraying of insecticides for spruce budworm control, copper-zinc mining runoff, wood preservative operations, and untreated municipal sewage have contributed to the decline of Atlantic salmon. A management effort to compensate for declines has taken the form of closure for commercial fishing in the Miramichi estuary and reduced sportfishing seasons and creel limits.
In certain lakes on the Manitoba-Saskatchewan border, and near Sudbury, Ontario, smelter-related acid- and metal-laden precipitation has led to declines of lake whitefish and walleye populations in one case, and to the disappearance of almost all species in another. In northwestern Ontario, mercury pollution resulting from chlorine manufacturing for woodpulp bleaching has led to the closure of fishing in the English Wabigoon River system.
The LaGrande hydroelectric power development near James Baby, Quebec, rearranges the drainage patterns of two major rivers. To date this has resulted in compensation payments of $234 million dollars, and a territorial development pact covering some 400,000 square miles. According to a United States government summary of fish kills, municipal sewerage operations were considered the cause of mortality of over five million fish in one year. Feedlot operation wastes have killed hundreds of thousands of fish in Kansas. Food processing and kindred operations were indicted as the cause of death of over 6.5 million fish in one case in Iowa.
Acid mine drainage in the Potomac River is responsible for some 20 miles of virtually lifeless mainstream on a perennial basis. Reservoir construction for hydroelectric power and flood control has inundated many miles of streams, causing species shifts in the short term and sediment-filled lakes in the long term. Accelerated sedimentation of estuaries and rivers has required extensive dredging to maintain waterborne commerce. The resultant dredge spoils have been deposited on wetlands, frequently causing losses of detritus essential to estuarine food chains.
Urbanization is perhaps the most permanent of all habitat modifications. It has caused miles of channelization, extreme changes in hydrologic regimes, and extensive non-point source pollution, as well as the filling of large inland and coastal wetland areas.
Excess fishing capacity and over-exploitation of stocks has greatly contributed to the long term decline of the American shad, and the Northwest Atlantic groundfish species such as haddock. Along with sedimentation, overfishing is probably responsible for the endangered species status of the shortnosed sturgeon.
Steam generation of electricity is estimated to have caused up to 179 million fish deaths annually through entrainment at one plant in Connecticut, and up to 20 million per day at another. Annual losses at a New Jersey plant have been estimated at 150 million eggs and 100 million larvae of 24 species.
Supersaturation of water by gases has been caused by thermal additions from steam electric stations and by the plunging of water through high dam discharges. It has been reported that in the Columbia River, supersaturation levels as high as 116% have been measured over 100 miles downstream from Bonneville Dam. A review of gas bubble disease literature revealed fish kills associated with both types of power generation, and predicted an intensification of the problem with expanded power generation in the future.
B. Needed Action
The American Fisheries Society holds that continued human population growth and increasing dependence on technological modifications of the environment are dangerous to the maintenance of aquatic habitat. Limitations to these forces are necessary and desirable. The reasons for this posture are as follows:
- With a few exceptions of artificially controlled subsystems, the results of millions of years of evolution of ecosystems cannot be improved upon. In the long run, aquatic resources are best served by maintaining unmodified habitat conditions.
- Increased human population density, the resultant increased demands upon the life
support system, and the increased modification of the biosphere trough the use of
technology create practicably unavoidable ecological problems. The greater the
population density and the more of an ecosystem is altered, the more frequent, severe,
complex are the ecological problems.
- The more frequent and complex ecological problems are the more difficult it is to carry out wise ecosystem management. Short-run response to crisis becomes the rule. The necessary long-range perspective becomes less available, and it becomes less possible to hew to and carry out long-range efforts at problem solution. Increasingly restrictive regulation is a predictable result.
For the maintenance of healthy ecosystems, the mitigation of ecological problems, and the better management of aquatic habitat and resources, the American Fisheries Society recommends that an evaluative test be applied to proposals that would modify the environment. The test should clarify the potential for ecological problems embodied in environmental modifications.
By applying a test on a local level, preferably on a watershed basis, guidance can be obtained that can help protect aquatic habitat. Application on a watershed basis will help to maintain habitat types in an unmodified distribution. By carrying out conscientious examination on a local basis, the pressures for national scale regulation will be reduced.
The important elements of such a test are as follows:
With regard to any proposed environmental modification,
- will it act to increase population density, intensify energy use and technological dependence, and generate further modification of the affected ecosystem?
- if the modification will act to bring about the above phenomena, has it been decided- i.e., have goals been set which reflect human dependence on the ecosystem-how much modification is desirable or tolerable? Are cumulative changes being added up?
- if a watershed, or part of one, is being given over to some short-run beneficial use, has there been a margin for error set aside among a jurisdiction's watersheds? That is, given that there is ignorance as to the amount of modification that is ecologically wise, has there been an adequate buffer reserved so that the larger ecosystem's integrity is assured?
- after a short-run beneficial use has served its purpose, is it practicable or possible to restore the area to its original uses and functions?
The American Fisheries Society believes that a generalized evaluation procedure that has a sound ecological basis can be broadly applied. Adaptations suitable to localized situations and problems can be made part of such an evaluation. If similar evaluative approaches to modifications are utilized in several local area, rational and cohesive overview and management of the environment can be achieved. | <urn:uuid:dec75ffd-0337-49bc-ae6f-6337120b3641> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://fisheries.org/policy-media/policy-statements/afs-policy-statement-2/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280900.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00003-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.93559 | 1,509 | 3.15625 | 3 |
Bill Gates on the New Road Ahead
A well-coordinated national approach to "innovation excellence" is the best way for America to retain a leading position in the world's information technology marketplace, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates told U.S. legislators in March.
"We all want the U.S. to continue to be the world's center for innovation. But our position is at risk," Gates told the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Science and Technology. He cited two primary reasons: "First, U.S. companies face a severe shortfall of scientists and engineers with expertise to develop the next generation of breakthroughs. Second, we don't invest enough as a nation in the basic research needed to drive long-term innovation."
Failing to reverse those trends will erode America's competitive advantage, Gates warned the legislators. In his written testimony, Microsoft's founder called for business and government to join forces in developing a strategy with four key goals:
1. Strengthening educational opportunities to give American students and workers the skills needed to thrive in an information-driven economy.
2. Revamping immigration rules to help American companies recruit-and retain-highly skilled workers from other nations.
3. Increasing federal funding for scientific research to help "train the next generation of innovators" and encourage additional development by industry.
4. Providing incentives for private-sector R&D to help businesses create new technologies, products and services. | <urn:uuid:7064cd13-194f-4550-b2e2-4377370afad7> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://redmondmag.com/Articles/2008/04/29/Bill-Gates-on-the-New-Road-Ahead.aspx | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281424.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00328-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.937727 | 297 | 1.648438 | 2 |
|Publication number||US7326847 B1|
|Application number||US 11/001,655|
|Publication date||Feb 5, 2008|
|Filing date||Nov 30, 2004|
|Priority date||Nov 30, 2004|
|Also published as||CN1783210A, CN1783210B, DE102005052312A1, DE102005052312B4|
|Publication number||001655, 11001655, US 7326847 B1, US 7326847B1, US-B1-7326847, US7326847 B1, US7326847B1|
|Original Assignee||Mediatek Incorporation|
|Export Citation||BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan|
|Patent Citations (31), Classifications (10), Legal Events (3)|
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet|
The invention relates to channel allocation methods for music synthesis systems, and in particular to dynamic channel allocation methods.
Music synthesis systems can be employed in various devices or systems, such as mobile phones, computers, or game machines, for music synthesis.
MIDI player 100 utilizes channels. Audio instructions from MIDI player 100 correspond to channels thereof. A music synthesizer 102 is shown on the right of
Here, channel-10 in music synthesizer 102 is a specific channel for percussion audio instructions. If audio instructions are percussion type, the allocated channel in MIDI player 100 is channel-10 according to MIDI channel specifications. Thus, percussion audio instructions are always assigned to channel-10 in the music synthesizer 102 according to conventional allocation methods. All audio instructions sent to channel-10 in the music synthesizer 102 are interpreted as percussion audio instructions without pitch.
In an exemplary embodiment of dynamic channel allocation method for a music synthesis system with a synthesizer, by which audio instructions from sources are received. The sources can be players using MIDI or other formats. Available channels provided by the synthesizer are sought. Located available channels are assigned dynamically to the received audio instructions. Each audio instruction corresponds to a channel. If received audio instructions are percussion type, any available channel can be assigned as a percussion channel without channel limitation.
The present invention can be more fully understood by reading the subsequent detailed description and examples with references made to the accompanying drawings, wherein:
Methods of dynamic channel allocation for a music synthesis system are provided. The music synthesis system comprises a synthesizer with channels for music synthesis.
The number of available channels depends on the system resource. If the number of available channels is designed as fixed, the available channels are allocated before seeking. In step S34, if the number of available channels is floatable, the seeking of available channels comprises unused memory allocation. Thus, channels can be allocated dynamically. The available channels can be managed through some data structure, such as linking list, for better performance.
Here, any available channel can be dynamically set as a percussion instrument channel to be assigned to a percussion type audio instruction, while conventional allocation methods can only assign a specific channel, for example, channel-10, to the percussion type audio instruction. In step S30, the sources may have different priorities for music synthesis. For example, MIDI player-1 may be a main player and MIDI player-2 may be a secondary player. Thus, the received audio instructions can be divided according to the priorities of the sources therefrom. Channel assignation is executed according to predetermined priorities of the audio instructions. Namely, the audio instructions from the MIDI player-1 have higher priorities than the audio instructions from the MIDI player-2 to be assigned to the located channels.
The reception module 42 receives audio instructions from sources, such as MIDI players. The search module 44 is coupled to the reception module 42. The search module 44 seeks available channels provided by the music synthesizer 40. The assignation module 45, coupled to the search module 44, assigns channels to the audio instructions, each of which corresponds to a channel. The determination module 46 determines the type of each of the received audio instructions. Here, again, the number of available channels depends on the system resource. If the number of available channels is fixed, the search module 44 allocates unused memory as available channels before seeking. The available channels can be managed through some data structure, such as linking lists. For example, if the reception module 42 receives audio instructions from sources, the search module 44 allocates unused memory as available channels according to the system resource. The assignation module 45 then assigns the allocated available channels to the audio instructions.
If the audio instruction is a percussion type audio instruction, the setting module 47 sets the channel assigned to the percussion type audio instruction as a percussion instrument channel. If the audio instruction is a melody type audio instruction, the setting module 47 sets the channel assigned to the melody type audio instruction as a melody instrument channel. The synthesis module 48 synthesizes the audio instructions.
Specifically, sources may have different priorities. Thus, the channels are located and assigned the audio instructions according to the priorities. In some embodiment, audio instructions from one specific MIDI player may have higher priority than other audio instructions. The assignation module 46 executes channel assignation according to predetermined priorities of the audio instructions.
In some embodiment, the priorities of the audio instructions are determined by the order of the audio instructions received by the music synthesizer 40.
The synthesizer 52 allocates audio instructions 56 to channels 54 thereof. Each audio instruction corresponds to a channel. The synthesizer 52 also determines the type of each of the received audio instructions. If the audio instruction is a percussion type audio instruction, the synthesizer 52 sets the channel assigned to the percussion type audio instruction as a percussion instrument channel. If the audio instruction is a melody type audio instruction, the synthesizer 52 sets the channel assigned to the melody type audio instruction as a melody instrument channel. In some embodiment, the audio instructions may have priorities based on sources thereof. In some embodiment, the audio instructions may have priorities based on the order of being received by the synthesizer 52. If the audio instructions have priorities, the synthesizer 52 executes allocation according to predetermined priorities of the audio instructions. In one embodiment, the sources can be MIDI players.
For example, an audio instruction 608 comes from channel-1 of MIDI player-1 (600). The music synthesizer 606 receives the audio instruction 608 and seeks the available channel. Channel-3 (610) is sought as an available channel. Thus, the audio instruction 608 is assigned to channel-3 (610) of the synthesizer 606. Then, it is determined that the audio instruction 608 is a melody type audio instruction, and the channel assigned to the audio instruction 608 is set as a melody instrument channel.
As another example, an audio instruction 612 comes from channel-10 of MIDI player-1 (600). The music synthesizer 606 then seeks available channel. Channel-4 (614) is sought as an available channel. Thus, the audio instruction 612 is assigned to channel-4 (614) of the synthesizer 606. Then, it is determined that the audio instruction 612 is a percussion type audio instruction because the audio instruction 612 comes from channel-10 of MIDI player-1 (600), and the channel assigned to the audio instruction 612 is set as a percussion instrument channel.
In some embodiment, the synthesizer 606 has 20 channels to be assigned to 20 audio instructions. The audio instructions coming from channel-1, 3, 4, 10 of MIDI player-1 (600), channel-1, 2, 10 of MIDI player-2 (602), and channel-1, 2 of MIDI player-3 (604) are received by the music synthesizer 606. The music synthesizer 606 then seeks and assigns the 9 available channel-1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 10, 18, 19, 20 to the received audio instructions. Then, the type of each of the received audio instructions is determined, and the channel-4, 18 of the music synthesizer 606 assigned to the percussion type audio instructions are set as percussion instrument channels while the channel-1, 2, 3, 8, 10, 19, 20 of the music synthesizer 606 are set as melody instrument channels.
Compared to conventional methods, the present invention allocates channels more flexibly and dynamically, because percussion type audio instructions are only assigned to channel-10 in convention methods. The number of channels depends on the resources of a synthesizer. Moreover, if a synthesizer cannot find available channels thereof, rejection notification may be sent to MIDI players.
Thus, methods and systems of dynamic channel allocation for a music synthesizer may potentially resolve the inconvenience of conventional channel allocation methods. The disclosed methods are particularly useful for a music synthesizer in an embedded system.
Methods of the present invention, or certain aspects or portions of embodiments thereof, may take the form of program code (i.e., instructions) embodied in media, such as floppy diskettes, CD-ROMS, hard drives, firmware, or any other machine-readable storage medium, wherein, when the program code is loaded into and executed by a machine, such as a computer, the machine becomes an apparatus for practicing and embodiment of the invention. The methods and apparatus of the present invention may also be embodied in the form of program code transmitted over some transmission medium, such as electrical wiring or cabling, through fiber optics, or via any other form of transmission, wherein, when the program code is received and loaded into and executed by a machine, such as a computer, the machine becomes an apparatus for practicing and embodiment of the invention. When implemented on a general-purpose processor, the program code combines with the processor to provide a unique apparatus that operates analogously to specific logic circuits.
While the invention has been described by way of example and in terms of preferred embodiment, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited thereto. Those who are skilled in this technology can still make various alterations and modifications without departing from the scope and spirit of this invention. Therefore, the scope of the present invention shall be defined and protected by the following claims and their equivalents.
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Farmed salmon need zinc to avoid getting sick. But zinc in the ocean harms the environment
Either farmed fish health or the environment suffers.
If the feed given to farmed salmon contains insufficient zinc, they can develop diseases from a lack of nutrients. But too much zinc in the ocean poses an environmental threat.
The EU has consequently lowered the maximum levels for added zinc in salmon feed.
Now, researchers at the Institute of Marine Research have shown that this level may be at the limit of where salmon can develop diseases caused by nutrient deficiencies.
The study was recently published in the academic journal Aquaculture.
Need more zinc in salt water
As fry and smolts — juvenile fish — farmed salmon start their lives in freshwater. This is the natural life cycle for wild salmon, who start their lives in rivers.
When farmed smolts are between eight and 18 months old, they are transferred to an enclosure — a cage — in salt water. As a result, the fish undergoes a major physiological change so it can tolerate the salt.
We humans have to drink water when we consume salt. It's a bit the same for salmon.
“When a salmon is in seawater, its body loses quite a lot of water to the environment when it excretes excess salt,” Antony Philip, a researcher from the Institute of Marine Research said to sciencenorway.no.
This causes the salmon to lose trace elements.
“We see that salmon lose more zinc when they transition to seawater. As a result, they need more zinc when they transition to the sea,” Philip said.
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Important for salmon skin, gills and eyes
Zinc is a trace element that the body needs in small amounts.
“Zinc is especially important for a fish’s skin, gills and eyes. It is also important for the salmon's ability to heal wounds,” Philip said.
Zinc also plays an important role in wound healing for humans. It is used in a variety of medicines.
Researchers already know that salmon absorb less zinc from the ingredients in salmon feed. Fish feed manufacturers have compensated by adding extra zinc.
But how does a wild salmon manage get enough zinc?
“Wild salmon get the nutrients they need because they can swim to areas where they want to eat,” Philip said.
But farmed salmon can’t do this, because they are at the mercy of the food they are fed in the cage.
The EU has lowered the maximum limit
But the fact that zinc is added to salmon feed is a challenge for the environment.
“We want to reduce the amount of zinc in the environment, especially because it can lead to more antibiotic resistance,” Philip said.
The EU has consequently reduced the maximum permitted amount of zinc in salmon feed from 200 milligrams per kg, to 180 mg / kg three years ago.
Why zinc is bad for the environment
But how does zinc cause more antibiotic resistance?
Zinc is antiseptic and is widely used in wound ointments, Philip said, including on babies with diaper rash.
“Since zinc kills bacteria, it can also lead to flare-ups of multi-resistant bacteria in the sea,” he said.
The mechanism is similar to the way that overuse of antibiotics increases the risk of resistant bacteria.
Government authorities consequently want to reduce releases of zinc from agriculture, industry and fish farming to the lowest possible levels.
May cause cataracts
But if salmon don’t get enough zinc, they can develop diseases linked to nutrient deficiencies. So what is the lowest limit salmon can tolerate?
Researchers at the Institute of Marine Research have studied the new regulations to see how they affect salmon health.
They tried to determine the lowest possible level of zinc in salmon feed that would allow salmon to remain healthy.
In fresh water, salmon absorb half of all zinsc added to their feed. But in salt water, they absorb just 25 to 30 per cent.
Salmon that consumed too little zinc developed more cataracts than fish that got enough zinc. Cataracts can cause impaired and blurred vision.
The fish that received 180 mg per kg — the EU's current maximum permitted limit — or more, developed fewer cataracts than fish that were fed zinc at levels below the EU limit.
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Stricter requirements weaken salmon health
The study shows that zinc levels for the aquaculture industry should not be lowered further.
“If the permitted level is lowered below 180 mg per kg, it will be at the expense of the salmon's health,” Philip said.
EFSA, the European Food Safety Authority, has proposed lowering the level to 150 mg / kg.
Now researchers are continuing to work on finding ways that allow salmon to improve their zinc uptake.
Philip and his colleagues recently made a surprising discovery in that regard.
They found that the electrolyte balance has a lot to say about how well or poorly salmon absorb zinc from their feed.
Electrolytes are minerals the body needs to function properly. Too little or too much of these minerals can lead to illness and death, according to the Store Norske Leksikon.
"Salmon that had a negative electrolyte balance absorbed little zinc from their diet," says Philip.
Now the researchers are trying to find a mix of feed that allows salmon to use zinc more efficiently, so that less is released as a pollutant in the ocean.
Translated by Nancy Bazilchuk
S. S. Yarahmadi et al: Impact of dietary zinc and seawater transfer on zinc status, availability, endogenous loss and osmoregulatory responses in Atlantic salmon smolt fed low fish meal feeds. Aquaculture, February 25, 2022.
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EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI OF 17 JULY 2006 IN SOUTHERN JAVA, INDONESIA
A major earthquake
off the southern coast of the Island of Java in Indonesia generated
a destructive tsunami. Most of the deaths and damage were caused
by the tsunami.
Origin Time, Magnitude, Epicenter and Focal Depth
The earthquake with
a moment magnitude of 7.7 occurred on Monday, July 17, 2006 at
08:19:25 (UTC - Coordinated Universal Time) or 3:19 PM local
time in Indonesia. According to the US Geological Survey (NEIC)
the quake's epicenter was at 9.334 S, 107.263 E along the southern
coast of the Island of Java, in Indonesia - about 355 km (220
miles) South of Jakarta, 265 km (165 miles) south of Bandung
(Java), 245 km (155 miles) SSW of Tasikmalaya (Java), 225 km
(140 miles) NE of Christmas Island and about 180 km (110 miles)
off the coastal area of Pangandaran.
Following the major
earthquake event there three strong aftershocks over the next
three hours, followed by a series of many more in subsequent
The earthquake was
strongly felt hundreds of miles away in Jakarta where tall buildings
swayed. The Modified Mercalli intensity was IV at Bandung, Jakarta,
Pangandaran and Tasikmalaya; It was III at Cianjur and II at
Karangkates, Sawahan and Yogyakarta. It was also felt at Bantul,
Banyumas, Ciamas, Cilacap, Garut, Kebumen, Sukabumi and Surabaya.
However, many residents along the coast said that they did not
feel the quake's motions before the tsunami struck. However,
others claimed that they did feel the earthquake but did not
realize that a tsunami had been generated until the heard the
roar of the first wave.
The earthquake and
tsunami killed at least 600 people and injured 431 people across
six districts along Central and West Java provinces. More than
230 are still missing and feared dead. The death toll is expected
to rise. Most deaths were caused by the tsunami along coastal
fishing villages and along the beaches at the Pangandaran resort
in West Java's Ciamis district, about 270 kilometers (170 miles)
Jakarta. A total of 68,464 people were displaced.
Recent Earthquakes near Java
very frequently in all the islands of Indonesia, in the inland
seas, and along the Great Sunda Trench. The region near and south
and east- southeast of Java has produced several earthquakes
in recent times.
Satellite photo of
the Island of Java
On 27 May 2006, a shallow 6.3 magnitude earthquake near the city
of Yogyakarta in central Java killed more than 6,000 people and
displaced more than 200,000. A major earthquake (magnitude 7.8)
on 2 June 1994 generated a tsunami that killed more than 200
people. An even greater earthquake (magnitude 8.3) on 20 August
1977, about 1200 km east-southeast of the 17 July 2006 event,
generated a destructive tsunami that also killed about 200 people.
The Indonesian region
is one of the most seismically active zones on earth. It is an
island-arc structure of about 17,000 islands spread out along
a belt of intense volcanic and seismic activity. Such tectonic
features characterize the region as a deep oceanic trench on
the Indian Ocean side, a geanticline belt and volcanic inner
arc, and several marginal basins. Also, the region has about
400 volcanoes, of which about 100 are active. The best known
of the volcanoes is Krakatau in the Sunda Strait, between Java
and Sumatra. The 1883 explosion and collapse of the volcano generated
an enormous tsunami that killed close to 37,00 people.
Subduction of the India plate beneath the Burma plate caused
the great earthquake and the devastating tsunami of 26 December
2004 along the western coast of the island of Sumatra. Another
great tsunamigenic earthquake occurred on 28 March 2005 near
Nias Island off the coast of Sumatra.
Subduction of great tectonic plates continues further south and
east/southeast along the great Sunda Trench. The entire region,
but particularly Java, is tectonically unstable. The offshore
region of southern Java has high seismicity and has produced
many destructive earthquakes - some of which have generated destructive
tsunamis. The offshore seismic activity along the southern coast
of Java results from oblique subduction, as the Australia plate
slides beneath the Sunda plate at a about 60 mm/yr in a north-northeastward
Oblique subduction of tectonic plates at high rates along Eastern
Indonesia has created a very complex active tectonic zone. As
indicated, the rate of subduction in the West Java Trench where
the 17 July 2006 earthquake occurred is about 60 mm/year. Further
east along the East Java Trench the rate of subduction is about
50 mm/yr. Near New Guinea the subduction rate increases to as
much as 107 mm/yr. Thus, major and great earthquakes occur frequently
in this region.
of 17 July 2006 in Southern Java
The major earthquake
of 17 July 2006 generated a destructive local tsunami that impacted
about 129 miles of the southern coast of the Island of Java.
Tsunami waves of up to 5 meters in height swept through fishing
villages and resorts on Indonesia's Java Island destroying houses,
restaurants, hotels, boats, and spreading devastation half a
km inland. The death toll rose to more than 600, with hundreds
more missing. The death toll is expected to climb. More than
54,000 people were displaced.
Warning issued but not disseminated
Both the Pacific Tsunami
Warning Center in Honolulu and the Japan Meteorological Agency
sent warning bulletins to authorities in Indonesia 45 minutes
before the tsunami struck Java. However the warnings were not
announced and the people in the threatened area were not notified.
The authorities did not announce the warnings because they did
not want to cause unnecessary alarm.
To this day - in spite of the 2004 devastating tsunami that killed
more than 250,000 people in the countries of the Indian Ocean,
including 170,000 in Indonesia - there is still no operating
local system of sirens, alarms, or other type of communication
on the island of Java that can provide effectively warnings to
people along vulnerable coastlines. In the year and a half following
the 2004 tsunami disaster, all efforts to install an early warning
system have concentrated on the Island of Sumatra and deep ocean
sensors are in place off the coast. However, even this system
is not yet fully operational and no tsunami warning system has
been set up yet for the southern coast of Java - although one
is planned for completion by 2007.
Travel Time and Extent of Inundation
According to eyewitnesses
the first wave reached the nearest shore of southern Java within
half hour after the earthquake. Subsequent larger waves reached
about half a km (300 yards) inland.
Waves of up to four
to five meters struck the coastline along the southern coast
of the island of Java. The waves were particularly destructive
along the Pangandaran coast.
Pangandaran: Hardest hit by the tsunami were
the beaches at Pangandaran - a resort community near Ciamis town,
270 km (170 miles) southeast of Jakarta. Waves up to 5 meters
high crashed and swept cars, motorbikes and boats into hotels
and storefronts, flattened homes and restaurants, and flooded
rice fields up to 500 meters (550 yards) from the sea along a
stretch of the densely populated coastline. Most of the reported
deaths occurred in this area.
Batu Keras Beach: According to eyewitnesses at
Batu Keras beach, 30 kilometers west of Pangandaran, the water
withdrew for about 5 minutes and people on the beach, instead
of running to higher ground, went out to look at stranded fish
- just before the first roaring wave hit the shoreline at about
4.30 p.m., local time. A total of six waves were reported - the
second being the biggest and as high as four to five meters.
in the town of Ciamis,
270km southeast of Jakarta in West Java, the larger hotels around
the beach remained standing, but many of the smaller buildings
and dozens of homes were destroyed. Many people lost their lives.
Port of Cilacap: Extensive damage occurred at
the central Java port of Cilacap and many people were killed.
photo showing extent of the tsunami inundattion along part of Pangandaran Beach
taken on July 19, 2006 by the commercial satellite ICONOS.
registered a maximumum height of 60 centimeters/
The 17 July 2006 tsunami
was generated by thrust faulting along the boundary between the
Australia plate and the Sunda plate.
Past Tsunamis in Java,
near Java and East of Java
tsunamis have occurred in this region in the past.
- June 2, 1994
A large, shallow thrust,
major earthquake (with moment magnitude of 7.8) off the southeastern
coast of Java - near the east end of the Java Trench in the Indian
Ocean - generated a devastating tsunami (which was much larger
than expected for the size of the earthquake). Twenty to thirty
minutes after the main shock, tsunami waves arrived at the nearest
coasts. The most severe tsunami damage occurred along the southern
coast of East Java where waves ranging in height from 1-14m.
Along the southwestern coast of the Island of Bali the waves
ranged from 1-5 meters. In total, 223 persons lost their lives,
approximately 400 were injured, and over 1000 houses were destroyed.
- 12 December 1992
An earthquake of magnitude
7.8, with epicenter about 35 km NW off the north coast of the
eastern part of Flores Island near Maumere - its largest city
- generated a local tsunami which killed 1690 people and destroyed
approximately 18,000 houses. The tsunami's first wave arrived
on the shores of Flores within two minutes after the initial
shock, and reached the north shore within five minutes. Huge
waves with runup of up to 26.2 m completely overrun and destroyed
Riang-Kroko, a small village at Cape of Watupajung at the extreme
NE end of Flores Island, killing 137 people.
Elsewhere on Flores Island the tsunami runup ranged form 2 to
5.2 m, peaking at Kolisia village, an area which also experienced
maximum subsidence from quake ground movement. Tsunami waves
of up to 2.9 meters completely inundated the small, densely populated
village of Wuhring (Wuhring island), located on a low spit about
3 km NW of Maumere. The waves destroyed most of the houses and
killed 87 of the 1400 people living there. Waves with runup of
up to 4.6 m also overrun the low lying village of Nebe on Flores
island, destroying nearly all the homes and killing two people.
On the island of Babi, located about 40 km NE of Maumere, waves
with maximum runup of 5.6 m killed 263 of the island's 1,093
Islands - Sumba, Sumbawa - 19 August 1977
On August 19, 1977
a great earthquake (moment magnitude 8.3)occurred in the Java
Trench, westward of Sumba Island. The quake was very widely felt
and caused people in Perth, Australia, more than 2000 Km southward,
to flee from office buildings. A major tsunami was generated.
The tsunami arrived on the Indonesian coast about an hour or
two after high water, and commenced with a recession that frequently
left an additional 100-200 meters of beach exposed. Three large
waves followed at intervals of perhaps 5 minutes or less, the
first being, the highest and most destructive, with a maximum
run-up height of 15 meters. The waves penetrated about 500 meters
inland in some valleys and killed almost 200 people and left
An unusual feature was that between the time of the quake
and the tsunami arrival residents in Sumbawa and Lombok communities
heard up to 3 explosive sounds, over a period estimated from
a few seconds to a minute or more, and these were described variously
as sounding like bombs, aircraft breaking the sound barrier,
or thunder. The sound in each case came more or less from the
direction of the epicenter. Almost every community reported the
water turning black, and some claimed also it increased in temperature
and bad a bad odor.
Along the Australian coast, as in Indonesia ,three major waves
came in with the first being the largest. A wave height of 2
meters was reported at Dampier, 2 to 4 meters at Port Sampson,
and 6 meters at Cape Leveque. The tide was falling and, at most
places, it was near low and this reduced the tsunami impact.
There was apparently no loss of life in Australia, though it
is reported that at least one person was swept into the sea by
the waves.The disturbance continued for a number of hours.
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Permian methane leaks are even worse than coal emissions
Harvard University scientists now say methane emissions from the Permian Basin are more than double federal estimates.
A study published in the April 2020 edition of Science Advances used satellite data to measure methane releases over the basin in New Mexico and Texas, one of the world’s largest oil and gas producing regions. Satellite measurements taken between May 2018 and May 2019 revealed what the study called “the largest methane flux ever reported from a U.S. oil/gas producing region.”
Just how much methane is being released?
The study quantifies the Permian Basin methane flux from May 2018 to May 2019 at 2.9±0.5 Tg a, with 2.7 Tg (million tons) of that coming from oil and gas production-related activity. In layperson’s terms, that’s enough methane to provide natural gas for 7 million U.S. homes, or just about every household in New York State.
Natural gas proponents may use these statistics as evidence for the need for additional natural gas infrastructure. The argument goes something like this: when there are insufficient pipelines and processing equipment to capture and transmit all of the methane released during oil production, the excess gas is then flared or vented directly to the atmosphere. That doesn’t change the fact that no matter where methane emissions occur, they are approximately 84 times more potent greenhouse gas emissions than carbon dioxide.
Furthermore, climate scientists say there must be less than a 3.2 percent threshold of natural gas releases from well to power plant delivery in order for methane to be less harmful than coal. The Harvard study places Permian methane emissions at 3.7 percent of the region’s gross gas extractions, which is well above the 3.2 percent threshold and a full 60 percent higher than the estimated national leakage rate.
This is the second major study Oil & Energy has reported on that used a “top-down” approach to measure methane emissions. A study from the journal, Science, discussed in an August 2018 Oil & Energy article titled “The Bridge Is Over,” cited data from airplane surveys using infrared cameras to measure methane releases from 8,000 industry sites. The Harvard study from Science Advances takes an even higher view, using satellites.
Both “top-down” approaches differ significantly from the “bottom-up” method employed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in which emissions are measured from a representative sample of onsite equipment. As suggested in our August 2018 article, these bottom-up measurements tend to miss — or even purposefully ignore — emission spikes that occur under certain operating conditions. Scientists say the bird’s eye view of the top-down method allows for a more robust analysis of GHG emissions.
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Distance from Konz to Acton
Distance from Konz to Acton is 525 kilometers. This air travel distance is equal to 326 miles.
The air travel (bird fly) shortest distance between Konz and Acton is 525 km= 326 miles.
If you travel with an airplane (which has average speed of 560 miles) from Konz to Acton, It takes 0.58 hours to arrive.
Konz is located in Germany.
|GPS Coordinates (DMS)||49° 42´ 1.6200'' N |
6° 34´ 35.4720'' E
Konz Distances to Cities
|Distance from Konz to Luton||549 km|
|Distance from Konz to Hove||497 km|
|Distance from Konz to Acton||525 km|
|Distance from Konz to Rotherham||688 km|
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The woman once described as "Hong Kong's conscience" said yesterday she will fight an election for the first time, in an effort to galvanize the pro-democracy movement in the territory.
Anson Chan (陳方安生), the former deputy leader, will stand in an upcoming by-election in one of the territory's few openly contested seats, to try to reinvigorate democrats struggling to win universal suffrage.
"For me this is a defining moment, an opportunity to put to the test all the values I hold dear," she told reporters.
"I have taken this decision only after the most careful consideration of the implications of my personal position, but more importantly, for my potential role in furthering the democratic good governance in Hong Kong," she said.
Chan, who has become a figurehead for the pro-democracy movement here since she marched against an electoral reform package in 2005, had appeared to rule out standing for office last week.
But she said frustration with Hong Kong's slow progress towards full democracy had weighed on her.
"I have come to the conclusion that you need political capital to make your voice more effectively heard," she said, when asked what had changed her mind.
"I need to put my money where my mouth is," she said.
Currently only half of Hong Kong's 60 lawmakers in the Legislative Council (Legco) are chosen directly, with the other half elected by business elites from various sectors.
The seat Chan will contest was opened up by the death of pro-Beijing politician Ma Lik (
Pro-democrats hope the presence of a political heavyweight will turn the by-election into a wider referendum on universal suffrage in the territory, which was guaranteed in principle when Hong Kong was handed back to China by Britain, but has yet to be introduced.
Democratic politicians welcomed Chan's move, which comes as Chief Executive Donald Tsang (
"By contesting the by-election she is shouldering the historical responsibility to push forward democracy during this critical period of the public consultation," Democratic Party chairman Albert Ho (
Tsang unveiled the long-awaited green paper in July, but it has been criticized as failing to make firm proposals and being too deferential to concerns from Beijing over the impact of democracy here.
It suggested the possibility that both the chief executive and Legco seats could be chosen by 2012, but reports since have suggested that the option of 2017 is much more likely.
The document emphasized that the process should proceed in a "gradual and orderly" manner in accordance with the Basic Law mini-constitution used to govern the territory since its return to Chinese rule in 1997.
Chan, who was given the "conscience" tag in a Newsweek magazine profile, said yesterday that it was "abundantly clear" that Hong Kong people wanted universal suffrage by 2012.
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Google's Hacked Shoes At SXSW Yet Another Experiment In Augmented Reality
Either way, Google’s inventions always draw attention, as was the case with a talking shoe the company showed off at SXSW last week as part of a showcase of its Art, Copy, and Code project. The smart-footwear was less of a foray into the shoe market, however, and more of a sign that Google is serious about exploring every way wearable augmented reality can be utilized in the future.
The hacked shoe features a pair of Adidas installed with a microcontroller making use of accelerometers and gyroscopes to provide direct feedback to the user on everything related to their walking, running, or lack thereof through a speaker embedded in the shoes’ tongue.
But there's more. As the nice Google spokesperson described it, the shoe uses data to adopt "a personality," something Google strives for in all of its products.
If you start running and the shoe has an athletic personality, it will cheer you on. But if it has a lazy personality, it will get upset with you for being athletic.
Google cautioned that it is not interested in entering the shoe business, so consumers shouldn’t expect to see the modified Adidas on the market anytime soon. Instead, the company aimed to demonstrate a different application of the data gathered by wearable smart-technology, like Google’s other popular project, Glass, perhaps taking a page on software personality from Apple’s Siri.
Exploring such offbeat avenues for wearable augmented reality tech might be crucial to Google’s future efforts in the field, as their Glass project has actually met with considerable backlash, even before its release. One bar in Seattle went so far as to preemptively ban the device on the grounds that it may invade patron’s privacy with its ever-present camera.
As one TechCruch writer observed, however, such concerns might be overblown, as video surveillance is already pervasive in Western society, and giving everybody constantly-connected cameras could in fact be less harmful than just keeping them in the hands of authority.
With a number of companies exploring wearable technology like fitness-tracking sportswear or app-enabled smartwatches, Google’s experiments in the field, serious or not, could prove valuable in an increasingly tech-integrated future. | <urn:uuid:e8e7e8b3-e8fd-4306-b184-5ddc4507ad8f> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.neontommy.com/news/2013/03/googles-hacked-shoes-sxsw-yet-another-experiment-augmented-reality | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280791.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00366-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.953516 | 476 | 1.6875 | 2 |
Yogurt Filled Frozen Raspberries are a great summer healthy frozen snack or treat for kids or the whole family. This is a great way to enjoy raspberries in a fun and different way. This is a fun recipe for kids to help with that doesn’t require special tools and doesn’t make a big mess! For children, they freeze fairly fast so they do not have to wait too long to enjoy their work!
All you need are 2 ingredients, plus any extra toppings you may want to add. We used chocolate chips and sprinkles, but see below for other ideas. Alternatively, you do not have to use any toppings and you can just fill the raspberries with plain or vanilla yogurt.
Yogurt Filled Frozen Raspberries Topping Ideas:
- Chocolate Chips
- Seeds – sunflower, hemp or pumpkin
- Chopped nuts
This is a simple snack to put together you can use a baby spoon or a small plastic bag. I fill the bag with the yogurt and then cut off a small part of the edge and “pipe” the yogurt in. If using a topping place or dip it on. I place them on a parchment lined baking sheet to freeze and that’s it!
- 1 pint raspberries
- 1/3 cup greek yogurt plain or vanilla
- 1/4 cup toppings of choice: sprinkles, chocolate chips, nuts, seeds.....
- Line a small sheet pan with parchment paper
- Wash and dry your raspberries
- Fill raspberries with yogurt: A. With a small baby spoon B. Pipe with a small plastic bag filled with yogurt and the end tip cut off
- Dip or place topping on
- Freeze for 1 hour minimum
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Sustain the link between accreditation and access to federal financial aid.
Set a national minimum standard for states to follow in ensuring consumer protection in higher education.
Consider structuring accreditation so that it is judged based on institution type or mission rather than geography, and so that accreditors can more easily distinguish between colleges of varying quality.
Define a common set of data that the federal government would collect and share with accreditors, both to minimize reporting burden and to assure consistency. The data might include licensure, job placement and completion data -- the latter collected "through a privacy-protected national unit record system."
Those are among the recommendations contained in a second draft of the report that the U.S. Education Department's advisory committee on accreditation is preparing for Education Secretary Arne Duncan. The draft, which was circulated among the panel's members last month (after a public meeting in December ) and obtained by Inside Higher Ed, goes significantly further than last fall's first draft in endorsing specific changes to the U.S. system for assuring higher education quality and protecting students and taxpayers. The previous draft primarily listed many possible approaches and generally declined to pick and choose among them.
But the new version still stops well short of prescribing a clear vision for how the complex and multifaceted system should work, and leaves many questions undecided. (The panel plans to publish a later draft to solicit feedback on it; the committee will then consider a subsequent draft at a public meeting before sending the final recommendations on to the education secretary.)
It answers one of the most fundamental questions unequivocally, though, rejecting arguments (made most strongly by one of the panel's members, Anne Neal) that accreditation should no longer be the main gatekeeper for colleges to gain access to federal financial aid funds.
"Accreditors are the most experienced source of information about academic quality and should continue to establish and assure consistency with academic quality standards in the determination of eligibility," the panel states, noting that 10 of 13 members backed this recommendation in a straw poll. "The responsibility for evaluating how well an institution is accomplishing its educational work can and should rest exclusively with the institutions and/or the accrediting bodies," rather than becoming more directly a government function.
But language elsewhere in the draft report is likely (not that it takes much) to set off concerns among private college officials, particularly, about a more aggressive federal and state role in judging institutional (and educational) quality. The panel describes the federal government as having an interest not just in judging colleges' "financial stability/compliance" with federal rules and laws but also "quality assurance," including "promoting the improvement of education and the institutions that provide it."
And it likewise cites states' responsibility for determining "educational quality," recommends a "federally convened process" in which state leaders and others would seek to develop a "common understanding" among states about how they should protect consumers, and says states should work together to "ensure consistent and coherent application of critical standards" to ensure that "critical quality assurance/eligibility expectations are met." That consistency is increasingly necessary, the panel writes, in an era when so many institutions provide education across state boundaries.
Accrediting agencies should be more differentiated in their assessments of institutions, the panel states. "That is, the same level of scrutiny and intensity of review is given to accreditors and institutions with longstanding competent performance on quality indicators as is given to fragile, unstable, low-performing, rapidly expanding or changing, or newly approved institutions or programs," the committee writes.
While the panel declines to dictate exactly how this should change, it suggests that the current state of higher education "may call for a system of accreditation that is aligned more closely with mission or sector or other educationally relevant variable, than with geography," and provides more choice to institutions, and that accreditors should be given more latitude "to distinguish among programs or institutions with more varied levels and durations of review, such that the greater review effort is addressed to accreditors and institutions that present greater potential cause for concern and those whose circumstance may call for additional, supplemental, or heightened review."
The report talks at length about the burden imposed on institutions by the varied strands of the quality assurance process, and suggests that collection of data be coordinated to minimize the burden -- but also to increase the meaningfulness of the information collected. While many college officials might applaud the idea of centralizing data collection that is now done by accreditors, states and the federal government, the panel's assertion that the U.S. should collect more data on completion and career-related outcomes (though not specific student learning outcome measures, the document states) is likely to set off alarm bells among some college officials.
And Republicans in Congress -- who stopped a proposal to create a federal database of student-level academic records in 2005 -- don't seem any likelier to support the idea now, despite the committee's tentative endorsement. | <urn:uuid:4eb1228e-09f9-4f9c-b443-e04a3cf16c30> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://www.insidehighered.com/print/news/2012/02/01/us-panel-offers-draft-recommendations-revamping-higher-education-accreditation?width=775&height=500&iframe=true | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281162.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00537-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.951855 | 1,016 | 2.03125 | 2 |
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How to Get into Advanced Math in the Sixth Grade Review the criteria for gaining admission into an advanced math class. In order to work towards your goal to be in an advanced math class you need to know the appropriate actions to take. Ask a school counselor in the fifth grade about the placement process and speak with advanced level math teachers about the most prevalent methods used to place students in their courses. In addition to contacting the administration, inquire to sixth grade students in advanced level classes on how they were able to get into the classes. Demonstrate advanced math skills in the fifth grade. Prove that regular or lower level math classes are not challenging enough by doing exceptionally well on your math homework, assignments and tests. Your effort must be consistent, therefore turn in all of your homework on time, be enthusiastic in your math classes and express a genuine interest in math. Share your knowledge with others by tutoring younger students after school and assisting students in your classroom. If you begin to struggle in with certain math concepts put in the extra time to study and obtain the necessary help. Develop a positive relationship with your teachers. Create an admirable image, behave favorably, demonstrate motivation and participate actively in class. These personality attributes will increase the likelihood that teachers will encourage your endeavors and vouch for your high math ability. Behavioral issues will overshadow your skills in math. Teacher recommendations are often a primary factor for placement in advanced math courses. Score well on the end of the year assessments. Standardized testing, end of the year tests and other state sanctioned exams are used for placing students in classes for the next year. Although this can be a disadvantage for students that are not ideal test takers, it is one of the most uniform, simplest and fairest ways for administration to place students. Practice taking tests throughout the year, learn testing taking strategies and thoroughly study the math topics in class. Your score on these tests provide solid evidence of your math skills. Have a meeting with the appropriate administrators to discuss your plans for next year. Set up an informal meeting with your fifth grade teacher near the end of the year to see if you are on track for getting placed into advanced math next year. Ask your parent to also schedule a meeting with the counselor to see if there are any more requirements that need to be met. How to Get Into Honor Classes Having honors classes on your academic record can prove advantageous later on in your educational career. Colleges and scholarship offering institutions love to. | <urn:uuid:de848d73-3a07-462a-8cf8-d610c192d9ff> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.upratovanie-hlohovec.sk/cheapcigarettesonline/68.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560279410.32/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095119-00173-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.946955 | 513 | 2.734375 | 3 |
I am trying to detect and decode WiFi and ZigBee signals in GNURadio. For the detection, I have implemented my own blocks in Python. It all works well with simulated signals but the problem comes when I use radios to acquire real signals. I'm using Pluto SDR and it works perfectly when I use it in workflow examples but not in my own implementation. I mean, I plot the data that comes directly from the radio and it looks good in the given examples but, in mine, it looks like noise.
I am using the exact same parameters in both cases. The only difference I see is that the blocks in the example are all in C++ while mine are in Python. Could this be the problem? If so, is there a way to solve it other than writing the blocks in C++?
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Don’t tell us that this hasn’t crossed you mind, sitting there with a robust smartphone like the OnePlus One, the Sony Xperia Z3 or the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 and thinking, “Wouldn’t it be nice if I could play Final Fantasy X on my Android device?” For most hardcore gamers, this will have happened, at some point in time or another. There isn’t a stable emulator for the PlayStation 2 on Android YET, but it’s not stopping Jean-Philip Desjardins, a hobbyist programmer, from trying.
His emulator project is called aptly called “Play!” and the goal is to create a working emulator that will allow people to play their favorite PS2 games on their PCs and on their Android devices. There is only one emulator out there today that kinda works on most games, and it is for the PC platform – the PCSX2 emulator. Desjardins hopes that his project reaches that level of gaming playability, especially on Android. See his progress in the video below.
As you can see, that is Final Fantasy X running on a Xiaomi Mipad. The developer admits that the project is not at any kind of stable level yet. But given the fact that this is a solo project and a hobbyist project at that, the progress is encouraging. Go give this guy a hug – well, a virtual hug – and let’s hope he continues this project.
Emulating for the Sony PlayStation 2 is devilishly difficult, as the platform was built during a time when synchronization between GPUs and CPUs were still primitive, compared to today. There are a lot of asymmetrical and asynchronous processes that makes it difficult for developers to code – basically, you will be emulating the hardware. It also takes up a lot of your device’s resources. Let’s just hope this project moves forward. | <urn:uuid:6fd22bd2-c2ff-4d92-98c2-5583689d6a1f> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://drippler.com/drip/play-playstation-2-emulator-project-android | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988720475.79/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183840-00355-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.950628 | 396 | 1.539063 | 2 |
WFP Impressed with Resilience Interventions in Balaka
The World Food Programme (WFP) has observed that building communities’ resilience to counter climatic shocks is crucial to cushion such people from its impact that usually challenges their health and education status.
WFP’s Director of Food and Nutrition Division Ms Abigail Perry said this in Balaka when she visited communities benefiting from its resilient interventions under Group Village Headman Amini, Traditional Authority Mbera who are tackling malnutrition besides restoring degraded environment in the district.
Perry who is in the country and also scheduled to meet minister of health, government officials, development partners and the private sector participating in WFP’s supported scaling up nutrition business network with her team, paid a courtesy call to the council authorities and later visited Traditional Authority Mbera area to appreciate care group sessions and income generating activities.
Some of the activities include cooking demonstrations, participants selling fruits and fruit tree seedlings to promote dietary diversity, crop production, livestock as well as homestead assets focused on complimentary feeding.
Perry said she is impressed with progress of the interventions being undertaken in the communities.
Balaka District Council Director of Planning and Development Edgar Chihana while complimenting efforts by communities, said there is a lot that has been done in investment and capacity building through technical staff support and that the council will embrace the concept and integrate it in their annual plan for sustainability.
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The Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta, has disclosed that internet users across mobile networks in Nigeria stand at 149.8 million as at August, 2020.
The industry regulator gave this hint while declaring open the commencement of a series of enlightenment and awareness campaign activities initiated by the commission for this year’s National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM).
He projected that more users were expected online as services in different sectors of the economy, particularly in the financial systems, are now being conducted digitally through the global technology highway.
According to him, the increase in digital financial ”is not unmindful of those who use Internet to carry out nefarious and dubious activities in the cyber space, as the commission embarks on various policy initiatives to drive pervasive broadband penetration to achieve increased digital inclusiveness.
“To keep the genuine individual and corporate Internet users safe, the NCC, as regulator of the telecom sector, annually joins the rest of the world to create a lot of enlightenment around cybercrime in the month of October every year.
“We ensure that consumers are empowered through awareness and sensitisation campaigns, by providing information on both the positive and negative potentials available online, and measures required to safeguard themselves and their loved ones,” Danbatta added.
The telecom industry regulator restated the NCC’s commitment to consistently introduce policy initiatives that are critical to enhancing online security, educate and equip the consumers of telecoms services with information they need to secure their online communication and other activities. | <urn:uuid:37b93c0f-007f-478e-9095-675d04970dfe> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://brtnews.ng/nigerias-internet-users-rise-to-149-8mn/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571719.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812140019-20220812170019-00271.warc.gz | en | 0.940658 | 324 | 1.640625 | 2 |
William Kent Krueger’s masterful 2013 novel, Ordinary Grace, transported me to the summer of 1961 in a small town on the Minnesota River. I was 12 years old that year, one year younger than the novel’s narrator and protagonist, Frank Drum.
The reading experience was deeply affecting. I’d read two of Krueger’s spellbinding Cork O’Connor mysteries, and his 2017 masterpiece, This Tender Land. I thoroughly enjoyed all three, but Ordinary Grace had the deepest emotional impact.
Krueger is a first-rate storyteller. He develops complex plots with a wide range of characters. His well-honed skill as a mystery writer is clearly evident in Ordinary Grace, yet this book transcends the sometimes-formulaic structure of that genre. Like This Tender Land, the narrative lens is that of a youngster but as told by his much older self. This allows for a churning immediacy in the depiction of a young, troubled teenager, but with the perspective of someone of considerable experience and wisdom.
My favorite character in the novel is Frank’s father, Nathan Drum. Nathan is a devoted Methodist minister who came by his spiritual beliefs honestly. He came from a hard-scrabble, working-class family with a hard-drinking father. He was smart and had a strong ambition to become a lawyer. In college he met and wooed a pretty music major who was taken with Nathan’s worldly drive. Ruth and Nathan married and had a daughter just before he entered the U.S. Army as a combat officer who served on the front lines of World War II from North Africa, to Sicily, Italy, and the final bloody year in Germany.
Something happened to Nathan during that time that set his post-war life on a completely different track. Overwhelmed with the cruelty and carnage of war, Nathan found refuge in his latent Christian faith. Returning home to Ruth and young Ariel, he promptly entered divinity school and became an ordained Methodist minister.
Ruth was taken aback by Nathan’s newly found religious commitment, but her love was such that she went along, reluctantly at times, to become a minister’s wife. The saving grace was that she found a rich avenue to manifest her musical talents and leadership. Their daughter Ariel proved to be a musical prodigy and the family found a sustainable mission in leading small Protestant churches, Methodist and otherwise, in rural Minnesota. Ruth became a first-rate choral director and Ariel composed and performed hymns and other spiritual music that gave the whole family a favorable reputation. Two boys were born in the 1950’s, Frank, and his younger brother, Jake – a boy afflicted with a chronic stutter. Ruth was completely devoted to Ariel, seeing in her the hope for a musical career that she herself had missed. She delegated most of the parenting of the boys to their father.
As the novel begins, the Drum family has been happily ensconced for five years at a small church in New Bremen, the town that Ruth hailed from. School has just let out for the summer, and Frank and Jake enjoy their free time with frequent jaunts along the Minnesota River, which runs near their home. Ariel has just graduated high school with a scholarship to Julliard Music School in New York awaiting her in the fall.
The bucolic atmosphere is soon interrupted by two strange deaths. First, a young boy’s body is found badly mutilated from having been run over by a freight train at a trestle over the river. The young boy is around Jake’s age (10-11) and like Jake, had been regarded as “different” – an only child to aging parents, spacey and unsociable. Nathan is charged with organizing and leading the funeral and he’s deeply chagrined at the violent death of this gentle boy. He counsels the parents, as well as his own two boys who are deeply disturbed by the death.
The second death is even more disturbing for the two boys, who discover a dead man’s body one afternoon under the same trestle where the young boy was found. The “Itinerant” is never identified, yet Nathan handles the funeral with the same respect and care as he would for a parishioner. He has memories of the first time he witnessed a dead soldier, and the profound effect it has upon him.
Events in New Bremen heat up as July 4 approaches. Both boys are drawn to illicit fireworks, but both are shocked when they witness a psychopathic police officer blow up a bullfrog with a firecracker.
Ariel and her mother lead the main event of the town’s July 4 celebration, a choral concert featuring one of Ariel’s compositions, and with the town’s celebrity pianist-composer, Emil Brandt, featured on piano. The concert is a resounding success, followed by a fabulous fireworks display. But later that night, Ariel fails to return from a drunken bonfire-party that her classmates have on a sandy beach along the riverfront. Her steady boyfriend, Karl Brandt, says he got drunk and lost track of her. The whole Drum family is distraught as days go by with no news about Ariel. Ruth becomes completely despondent, and then violently angry at Nathan when he tries to soothe her. The atmosphere at the Drum home becomes toxic, despite the sympathy and food donations coming their way. Frank and Jake are deeply bereft at the loss of their generous and big-hearted sister. Even Nathan is shaken to the core.
After four days, Ariel’s dead body is finally discovered in the river below the train trestle by Frank. Discovering their beloved sister’s corpse is deeply traumatic for both boys. After the body is firmly identified, Ruth’s anger at Nathan’s religiosity boils over and she leaves the family home, completely broken in spirit.
An autopsy reveals that Ariel was pregnant. The boyfriend Karl is immediately suspected but he desperately pleads his innocence. Not only has he not killed her, he has never slept with her. The tragedy is compounded when Karl’s dead body is found on a country road after having been thrown from his sports car.
At this moment of utter bleakness, Nathan is faced with leading a Sunday service at his church. All his friends and church members rally to his side and the church is packed. His spirit is deeply wounded, not only at the death of his daughter, but by the desertion of his wife and life partner. Nathan emerges from his bleak despair as he preaches. He reaches into the deepest recesses of his soul to find and affirm the faith, hope and love that got him through the horrors of war.
At the funeral meal for Ariel, Nathan rises to offer grace but is cut short by a hostile Ruth, who curtly tells him to keep it short with an “ordinary grace.” Her coldness leaves Nathan unhinged, and he asks if someone else can lead grace. In the most moving moment of the book for me, Jake rises to say he will lead grace. Frank and everyone else freeze in horror, knowing the severity of Jake’s speech defect. After a stuttering start, Jake finds his own inner spirit and delivers a simple, heartfelt prayer of gratitude and appreciation.
This moment of “ordinary grace” is a reminder of all the moments of beauty and love that had permeated the life of the Drum family before tragedy hit. Later that evening, Nathan and Frank are alone in the car. Frank wishes aloud that he could have been oblivious to all the tragedy that has transpired. His father turns to him and shares the essence of his own hard-won acceptance:
“There was a playwright, Son, a Greek by the name of Aeschylus. He wrote that he who lives and learns must suffer. And even in our sleep, pain, which cannot forget, falls drop by drop upon the heart, until, in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom through the awful grace of God.”
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VAN WYK, Ignatius (Natie) W.C.. Aspects of reformed missiology in Africa: a contribution to a German Lutheran debate. Herv. teol. stud. [online]. 2009, vol.65, n.1. ISSN 2072-8050.
The article is based on a paper delivered at a Lutheran Missionary Conference in Bleckmar, Germany. The request was to give an overview of the development and the state of Reformed missiology with special reference to South Africa in order to stimulate the missiological debate in the German-Lutheran church. Within the space of an hour, one could only concentrate on the struggles and concerns of one's own church and its missionary institute. The border lines of the article are laid down by the major themes of Reformed theology and missiology, such as 'the Word alone', 'conversion', 'the formation of congregations', 'the glory of God' and 'ongoing reformation'. Readers are introduced to a few Reformed missiologists who had a decisive influence on the development of Reformed missiology, such as Gisbertus Voetius, Hendrik Kraemer, Arnoldus van Ruler, Johannes Verkuyl and Jürgen Moltmann. The initial Lutheran audience was informed about the self-caused problems in the Reformed tradition. Both the audience and the readership are cautioned not to withdraw from the basic Lutheran theologoumena, such as the 'two-kingdom theory'. The next decade will be a decisive period for the missionary efforts of the churches. Ecumenical solidarity and cooperation will be needed to work out new strategies whereby churches will be enabled to continue with missionary work on a new financial basis.
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20 1Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler, and whoever is led astray by it is not wise.[W] 2The terror of a king is like the growling of a lion; whoever provokes him to anger forfeits his life. 3It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife, but every fool will be quarreling. 4The sluggard does not plow in the autumn; he will seek at harvest and have nothing. 5The purpose in a man’s heart is like deep water, but a man of understanding will draw it out. 6Many a man proclaims his own steadfast love, but a faithful man who can find? 7The righteous who walks in his integrity— blessed are his children after him! 8A king who sits on the throne of judgment winnows all evil with his eyes. 9Who can say, “I have made my heart pure; I am clean from my sin”? 10Unequal[X] weights and unequal measures are both alike an abomination to the Lord. 11Even a child makes himself known by his acts, by whether his conduct is pure and upright.[Y] 12The hearing ear and the seeing eye, the Lord has made them both. 13Love not sleep, lest you come to poverty; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of bread. 14“Bad, bad,” says the buyer, but when he goes away, then he boasts. 15There is gold and abundance of costly stones, but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel. 16Take a man’s garment when he has put up security for a stranger, and hold it in pledge when he puts up security for foreigners.[Z] 17Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man, but afterward his mouth will be full of gravel. 18Plans are established by counsel; by wise guidance wage war. 19Whoever goes about slandering reveals secrets; therefore do not associate with a simple babbler.[A] 20If one curses his father or his mother, his lamp will be put out in utter darkness. 21An inheritance gained hastily in the beginning will not be blessed in the end. 22Do not say, “I will repay evil”; wait for the Lord, and he will deliver you. 23Unequal weights are an abomination to the Lord, and false scales are not good. 24A man’s steps are from the Lord; how then can man understand his way? 25It is a snare to say rashly, “It is holy,” and to reflect only after making vows. 26A wise king winnows the wicked and drives the wheel over them. 27The spirit[B] of man is the lamp of the Lord, searching all his innermost parts. 28Steadfast love and faithfulness preserve the king, and by steadfast love his throne is upheld. 29The glory of young men is their strength, but the splendor of old men is their gray hair. 30Blows that wound cleanse away evil; strokes make clean the innermost parts.
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What we believe to be true to a large extent is socially constructed. Accordingly, in Western society we tacitly learn to believe that the main purpose in life is to acquire as much as we can. While there is no truth to the adage the one who dies with the most toys wins, it seems to be the guiding principle of those seeking to keep up with the Joneses.
When life becomes a game, then unavoidably we become the pawns—the victims of our own devices. That is, not only does one structure his/her life in a way that will inhibit the development of his/her humanness, it also impacts the development of others.
I am sure you know several people who tend to define him/her self by his/her role or position in an organization or in society. In so doing they associate success in life with attaining superiority within these various roles. So, with success in life being synonymous with having more—more prestige, more possessions, and more wealth—they identify with their trappings.
When we define our self by our position or possessions we not only inhibit our self from connecting with our essence, we create a precarious sense of self. It’s precarious because our identity is in question, since it can always be lost or taken away. Consequently, those attached to their trappings are adrift in a sea of fear and doubt. Seeking to avoid being overcome by waves of fear and doubt, they are driven to get and have more. Caught up in a vicious cycle where getting more unavoidably turns toward a need to have more, their life becomes an acquisitive life.
As a result there is a strong tendency to forsake the development of one’s potential as a human being for the acquisition of material things in life. I am sure you know people who are striving to gain as much as they can that they are losing so much of themselves in the process—they may have a lot of stuff, but no substance.
Each of us has a choice of how to be-in-this-world. We can choose to focus attention on enhancing the experiences in life through our very existence, or we can choose to place attention on increasing the existence of material things in life. Focusing on the former does not preclude the latter, but focused attention to the latter inhibits the former—it need not be an either/or proposition.
The realization of your leadership begins with your understanding of the very person you are and not with what you do, the position you hold, or what you have. The emergence of your leadership requires that you let go of the irrational desire for the material trappings in life and begin to value and influence the unfolding of the (human) potential we all have. However, in light of our socially constructed beliefs, this takes considerable courage. | <urn:uuid:66507f22-a5be-4a8b-861f-2e26d5973377> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://forprogressnotgrowth.com/2009/11/14/the-courage-for-leadership-to-emerge/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560284352.26/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095124-00192-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.965874 | 576 | 2.28125 | 2 |
News about bus service continues to dominate this space. The never ending battle to bring survelliance cameras to bus only lanes continues. This legislation which would be a major key into improving bus service passed the State Senate’s Transportation Committee on Tuesday. Pete Donohue of the New York Daily News has more:
A plan to monitor bus-only lanes with surveillance cameras – and mail tickets to violators – cleared a bump in the road Tuesday.
The state Senate’s transportation committee approved legislation that would allow the city to use cameras as an enforcement tool on up to 50 miles of bus lanes, including the new ones along First and Second Aves.
Mayor Bloomberg and MTA Chairman Jay Walder have made this legislation a priority, saying fines will serve as a deterrent to drivers who now park or drive in bus-only lanes.
Click here for the complete report.
The headline is a bit misleading in my opinion since it has only passed a Senate committee. The real battle will be getting it to the floor for a full vote & having it pass. This is the same Senate that has turned its back on such legislation in the past. This should be an interesting battle that will unfold over the coming days & weeks. Will Albany do the right thing for NYC & its riding public? If past history is any indication, the answer is a resounding no.
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Sections of lesion on face reveals hyperkeratosis with horn and pseudo-horn cysts formation within the epidermis. Most likely diagnosis? (AIIMS Nov 2013)
a. Keratosis refers to the proliferation of keratinocytes with excess keratin production.
b. Seborrheic keratoses are very common, benign, elevated (“stuck-on”) lesions that usually occur in older individuals.
c. Histologically, these lesions reveal hyperkeratosis with horn and pseudohorn cyst formation.
d. The sudden development of large numbers of seborrheic keratoses (Leser-Trelat sign) may occur in association with malignancy.
e. This association with malignancies may also be seen with the malignant type of acanthosis nigricans, which consists of hyperpigmented areas of skin in the groin and axilla.
f. Keratoacanthomas (KAs) are rapidly growing lesions that microscopically reveal a cup-shaped lesion with a central keratin-filled crater surrounded by keratinocytes having eosinophilic (“glassy”) cytoplasm.
g. Atypia may be present, but these lesions are not considered to be malignant.
h. The histologic appearance can make differentiating keratoacanthomas from squamous cell carcinomas on a histologic basis quite difficult. The clinical history of rapid development within several weeks is very helpful in making the correct diagnosis. Most cases of KA spontaneously resolve over several months.
i. Human papillomavirus (HPV)causes several types of verrucae (warts), which are hyperkeratotic lesions and histologically reveal hyperkeratosis, papillomatosis, and koilocytosis.
j. The latter term refers to large vacuolated cells with shrunken nuclei.
k. Characteristically present are numerous enlarged keratohyalin granules. Finally, actinic (solar) keratoses, found on sun-damaged skin, microscopically show hyperkeratosis, parakeratosis, atypia of the epidermal keratinocytes, and degeneration of the elastic fibers in the dermis.
Clinically, actinic keratoses appear as irregular erythematous brown papules. When the atypia of the intraepidermal keratinocytes is extreme (full thickness), the lesion is referred to as Bowen’s disease.
These lesions are in fact carcinomas in situ since there is no invasion into the underlying dermis. If invasion were present, the lesion would be diagnostic of a squamous cell carcinoma. | <urn:uuid:0508ec70-d0ff-4a4c-9981-d988b71c4e70> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://gradestack.com/Dr-Bhatia-Medical/Sections-of-lesion-on/19-3042-3168-23055-sf | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560279650.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095119-00436-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.878376 | 579 | 2.90625 | 3 |
No matter how we sweep our space, vacuum the floor, or wipe any surface, small villains can put our family at risk. Take the next step to ensuring your family’s safety from harmful microorganisms.
With Disinfecting Services in Maryland, these ultra-small beings have met their match. But, before starting the spray, here are some notes you may need to consider to ensure effective and safe cleaning at home.
Evaluate the best cleaning provider and ask about the ingredients and materials they use or the process they deploy. Verify the impact of such ingredients and processes on the health of a person. For example, strong chemicals should be avoided, hence you may need to ask how many hours should the space be vacated. If your provider has “milder” options, you may want to explore those.
Ask your provider what you should prepare in advance. It is common to tidy up the place before disinfection starts. The initial clean-up removes major sources of dirt while exposing more surfaces for the sanitization process.
Do not leave out food in the open. Have them sealed in air-tight containers. If you are used to storing at cupboards, check if the original food packaging is secured. If you have a pantry, try to store the food and supplies in big containers until the whole process is over.
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PENGARUH LAMA PENYIMPANAN TEPUNG DAUN SIRIH HUTAN (Piper aduncum L.) DALAM MENGENDALIKAN HAMA KUTU DAUN PERSIK (Myzus persicae Sulzer) (Homoptera: Aphididae) PADA TANAMAN CABAI (Capsicum annuum L.)
Abstract: Myzus persicae Sulzer (Homoptera: Aphididae) is one of a major pest that attack red chili plants (Capsicum annuum L.). Farmers usually use a synthetic insecticides to controll Myzus persicae, which has many negative effects. One of the alternative controll that can be used to minimize the effect of synthetic insecticides is Piper aduncum L. which is formulated in powder. The research was conducted in Plant Pest Laboratory and Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Riau. Research used a Completely Randomized Design (CRD) with 4 treatments and 5 replications. The treatments are betel leaf powder 75 g/l of water with variation S0 (without storage), S1 (1 month storage), S2 (2 months storage), S3 (3 months storage). The results showed that the betel leaf powder without storage (S0) had better results than other treatments. This treatment has a fastest time of initial death 9.80 hours, LT50 reach in 29.20 hours and total mortality 89%.
Penulis: Alfindra, Rusli Rustam, Jeltje Hennie Laoh
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Registration is requested in advance. For more information see http://www.thepromenadeshopsatsauconvalley.com. We need a few volunteers to help sort and collect the plants for the exchange.
Sue Kittek is a freelance garden columnist, writer, and lecturer. Send questions to Garden Keeper at firstname.lastname@example.org or mail: Garden Keeper, The Morning Call, P.O. Box 1260, Allentown, PA 18105.
This Week in the Garden
•Start seeds for: Eggplant, summer squash, and winter squash, baby's breath, cosmos, and zinnias.
•Direct sow: Cabbage, carrots, collards, bunching onions, onion sets, parsnips and Swiss chard, Chinese cabbage, endive, escarole, kale, kohlrabi, leeks, head lettuce and leaf lettuce, beets, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cauliflower, peas, radishes, spinach and turnips.
•Follow your schedule for starting seeds. Check packets for instructions such as start indoors four weeks before last frost date. Then, using a calendar, count back from your area's date (April 10-15 for southern Lehigh Valley, May 10-15 for northern areas) for the appropriate starting time.
•Visit nurseries as they open for inspiration and new plants. Shop for summer bulbs.
•Prune and divide perennials. Hostas and daylilies are up and ready to divide.
•Apply broadleaf weed control in the lawn by the end of May.
•Apply preemergent crabgrass control by mid May.
•Dethatch lawns by mid May.
•Apply spring lawn fertilizer treatments by mid June.
•Complete sod projects by the end of May to allow the grass to
establish before the heat of summer.
•Seed lawns now until mid-May.
•Clean pots, trays and other planting materials and equipment.
•Check spring power tools: mowers, tillers, blowers, and shredders.
Repair or replace damaged tools.
•Send winter snow removal equipment for seasonal tune-up or repair.
•Reapply deer repellents. Check cages or fences around new or delicate plantings to protect from winter deer browsing.
•Check summer bulbs. Discard any that are soft or rotten. Buy replacement bulbs for planting this spring. Consider: Begonia, calla lily, canna, ranunculus and more.
•As indoor plants show signs of new growth, increase watering and move into a warmer, brighter area when they break dormancy. Keep them watered; mist or use a humidifier to combat the dry air from indoor heating systems. Wipe leaves or bathe to remove dust. Check for pests and treat accordingly.
•As the weather warms, begin to ease out the hardiest of your wintering over plants. Start with a short hour or so on a nice day and increase daily until the plants are accustomed to the weather and nights are in the 50-degree range.
•Check for ticks after every outing. Wear light colored clothing, long sleeves, hats and long pants when working in grassy areas or under overhanging branches.
•Feed birds regularly and provide fresh water.
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(FOXNEWS) — Even a slight change in our water levels can lead to dehydration. And if we constantly fail to top-up on H2O whenever we lose it (and we lose it a lot), then we may become chronically dehydrated. Thankfully, your body will let you know when this happens.
Water plays a key role in body temperature regulation. When we begin to overheat, we sweat. By sweating, we lower our body temperature through evaporative cooling. Because sweat is mostly made up of water, when we’re dehydrated, we’ll stop sweating and can quickly overheat. Anyone who’s ever suffered heatstroke understands the importance of hydration on a hot summer’s day! | <urn:uuid:6f7a030e-2b32-455a-b300-0ba045152a31> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://www.wnd.com/2012/06/top-10-signs-you-need-more-water-2/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988720845.92/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183840-00086-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.904817 | 150 | 2.765625 | 3 |
So I always thought that geometry is somewhat different from the rest of math. I mean, most of math is about numbers and relations. While geometry is about space. Does analysis connect the two? For example, the hypotenuse of a triangle is just a truncated portion of the number line that has been completely filled with the real numbers. And shapes can be plotted in a cartesian coordinate system where the functions are shown to be continuous, basically a mapping of the number line. So basically shapes under that logic would be made of dense numbers. | <urn:uuid:4ab4f02e-f724-4e03-91da-306ef5437bb8> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/does-analysis-form-a-bridge-to-geometry.898039/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560283301.73/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095123-00504-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.959453 | 110 | 2.203125 | 2 |
Great photographs change the way we see the world; The Ongoing Moment changes the way we look at both. With characteristic perversity and trademark originality--The Ongoing Moment is Dyer's unique and idiosyncratic history of photography. Seeking to identify their signature styles, Dyer looks at the ways that canonical figures such as Alfred Stieglitz, Paul Strand, Walker Evans, Kertesz, Dorothea Lange, Diane Arbus, and William Eggleston have photographed the same scenes and objects (benches, hats, hands, roads). In doing so Dyer constructs a narrative in which those photographers, many of whom never met in their lives, constantly come into contact with each other. It is the most ambitious example to date of a form of writing that Dyer has made his own: the non-fiction work of art. | <urn:uuid:4762aafa-90de-4237-a109-821ec8b66417> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | https://www.dymocks.com.au/book/the-ongoing-moment-by-geoff-dyer-9780857864017/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988718285.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183838-00107-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.934801 | 174 | 1.828125 | 2 |
VMLY&R and Atlassian: 3 rules for leading design and development teams
For anyone in tech, it’s well known that design and development work side-by-side as two sides of the same coin. Most projects can’t be done without both teams, yet they tend to work in silos. Siloed design and development often slows down work for both teams, so it’s natural that those leading design and development consistently search for ways to break down those barriers and help their teams work faster, more efficiently, and in harmony.
We invited leadership from VMLY&R and Atlassian, two companies that are known for their collaborative work environments, to speak at Harmony, the Zeplin user summit. Adam Jones, Group Director at VMLY&R, and John Resman, Sr. Design Manager at Atlassian, joined us to share their insights on leading design and development
“We both care about nurturing a collaborative environment where creation is a shared responsibility and not owned by a team or person,” notes John. The pair shared their three rules for leading design and development teams and how they use Zeplin to accomplish them.
Creating an environment that allows team members to work together seamlessly for a high-quality final product is one of the biggest keys to leading design and development. See how Adam and John do it with the help of Zeplin.
Separate the process from the tools
Adam and John value the process and the people over the tools. Anyone leading design and development knows that processes and tools are constantly changing and evolving. The beauty of working in tech is the dynamic environment, but this also presents a unique challenge: in order to stay relevant and on the cutting edge, you have to continue shifting to accommodate these changes.
Adam and John prefer to view the tools available as separate from the process. Designers often have varied preferences for tools, but changing tools preferences shouldn’t hinder healthy collaboration within the team. For example, the design team may love working in Figma, while the engineers in development find the platform overwhelming. When it comes to handoff, you’ve got to meet in the middle on a platform that works for everyone. Just think of how different your day-to-day work life looks compared to 10 years ago! Setting up a consistent handoff process for design delivery separate from your tools allows your team to continue adapting as the technology changes.
Maintain an organized workflow
John and Adam stress the importance of maintaining digital hygiene within all workspaces. By using Zeplin, they are able to ensure that all departments keep their work organized and in sync with one another so that collaboration is easy and seamless.
“When they [the designers] feel that they’re about 80% towards achieving their goal, we want them to go ahead and push designs into Zeplin,” says Adam, “We use integrations with Slack, Teams, and JIRA, to have those feed into a channel for the mobile developers. And what that allows us to do is feed that content to the developers, and allow them to be engaged in the design process.”
Zeplin not only maintains their teams’ digital hygiene, but it also creates a safe space in which developers can comfortably provide feedback early and often in the design process.
Create a process that works for everyone
While extreme, John points out that if everyone slightly hates the process, then you’ve got it right. Building processes and handoff around one team only ignores the challenges it may present to another team.
“If it’s optimized for one, it’s actually optimized for none,” John notes, “If your product management team is loving it, then your engineering team and your design teams might not appreciate the tool, therefore they might not use it, and now you’re starting to lose continuity between the teams.”
Choosing to bring everyone together on Zeplin offers a platform built for both teams. By housing design systems, integrated codebases, and user flows, Zeplin brings everyone together in one space that works for all.
Top three rules for leading design and development
As leaders of teams that require strong collaboration and communication, throughout their careers, Adam and John have discovered three rules they stick to when leading design and development:
1.Separate processes from tools
2.Practice design and development hygiene
3.If everyone slightly hates it, you’ve got it right
With Zeplin, VMLY&R and Atlassian can adhere to all three of these rules easily. Designers and developers are able to work in a shared space that accommodates their preferred tools. Designs are easily delivered to the development team with clear intentions and ways for development to provide feedback. Both teams are able to work independently while maintaining transparency into what the other needs. This fosters stronger collaboration and makes everyone’s job easier.
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April 17, 2012
Yadira Felix and Arielie O’Connor look on as Caitlin Gann launches her airplane in a paper airplane contest.
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Payson pilot uses paper airplanes and a video to give ambitions of fifth-graders wings
Although they have no children of their own, Rory and Donna Hansen volunteer their time to teach fifth-graders in Wayne Gorry’s Julia Randall Elementary (JRE) classroom about flying airplanes for a living and the importance of reaching dreams through education and positive personal values. Rory works as a pilot for Southwest Airlines. The company has an “Adopt A Pilot” program for fifth-grade classes. More than 1,000 pilots nationwide spend four weeks a year teaching kids the F.L.I.G.H.T. curriculum. F.L.I.G.H.T. stands for fearlessness, leadership, imagination, gratitude, honesty and tenacity. The program teaches fifth-graders science, math, geography, writing, and presentation skills through a set of fun exercises. | <urn:uuid:1a0e63d5-30f9-4111-9565-77a5e819c5b9> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://www.paysonroundup.com/photos/2012/apr/17/44868/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988719453.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183839-00230-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.926819 | 226 | 2.390625 | 2 |
The budget of Nigeria, Africa’s largest oil producer estimated at 34.6 billion dollars for the year 2020 will be revised downwards, according to the Ministry of Finance. This is due to the sharp drop in the price of crude oil.
World oil demand is expected to contract this year for the first time in more than a decade, as the coronavirus epidemic is causing a blockage in economic activity, the International Energy Agency disclosed on Monday.
Another trigger effect of the crisis on the oil market is the tensions between Saudi Arabia and Russia, two OPEC heavyweights that have caused the production pact between the two countries to collapse.
The 2020 budget, adopted in December, was calculated assuming crude oil production of 2.18 million barrels per day at a price of $57 per barrel.
Nigeria is still struggling to emerge from the 2016 recession, which was caused by the collapse of oil prices at the end of 2014, with economic growth currently hovering around 2%. | <urn:uuid:c70428b5-4910-46c0-8d11-9a9a788f9f1c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://knowafrika.com/nigeria-to-revise-budget/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571911.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813081639-20220813111639-00476.warc.gz | en | 0.963053 | 202 | 2.03125 | 2 |
مفهوم گناه و روابط مربوط به دوسوگرایی عاطفی، خودافشایی، تنهایی و از خود بیگانگی
|کد مقاله||سال انتشار||مقاله انگلیسی||ترجمه فارسی||تعداد کلمات|
|35113||2009||5 صفحه PDF||سفارش دهید||محاسبه نشده|
Publisher : Elsevier - Science Direct (الزویر - ساینس دایرکت)
Journal : Personality and Individual Differences, Volume 47, Issue 5, October 2009, Pages 487–491
Researchers examining guilt using the Test of Self-Conscious Affect (TOSCA) have suggested that guilt is an adaptive emotion that drives people to take reparative actions such as confessing or apologizing for one’s transgressions. These researchers have found guilt to be inversely related to negative emotions such as anger, hostility, and resentment. Other researchers claim that the TOSCA measure does not capture the complexity of the guilt construct and that it does not address some of the maladaptive aspects of guilt. O’Connor and her colleagues developed a more encompassing measure of guilt, the Interpersonal Guilt Questionnaire-67 (IGQ-67). They argue that guilt can be linked to irrational beliefs, may be maladaptive, and can lead to emotional distress. The present study examined the relationship between the two conceptualizations of guilt to psychological outcomes. The results indicated that TOSCA guilt was negatively related to loneliness and this relationship was mediated by self-disclosure. IGQ-67 guilt was positively related to loneliness and alienation; these relationships were mediated by emotional ambivalence. The findings provide researchers with a clearer understanding of the guilt construct and its emotional and behavioral correlates.
Many researchers claim that guilt is an adaptive emotional response because it motivates the guilty individual to acknowledge his or her misdeed and to take actions to rectify the wrongdoing (Keltner and Buswell, 1996, Tangney et al., 1996 and Tangney et al., 1992). However, the association between guilt and interpersonal empathy, reparative action and other pro-social behaviors may be contingent upon the different assessments of guilt that are used (Ferguson and Crowley, 1997 and Harder et al., 1992). For example, research has shown that the Test of Self-Conscious Affect (TOSCA), the most common tool used to assess guilt, primarily measures mild and adaptive aspects of guilt, which can be alleviated through reparative behaviors (Fontaine et al., 2001 and Luyten et al., 2002). It was further argued that maladaptive aspects of guilt are underrepresented in the TOSCA (Luyten et al., 2002). Naturally, reparative behavior associated with a particular form of guilt would be considered adaptive and would be associated with positive consequences. If the TOSCA only assesses the positive aspects of guilt, then existing relationships between guilt and measures of psychopathology may be undetectable using this measure (Luyten et al., 2002). Other measures which assess multiple components of guilt may be differentially related to psychological well being. For instance, O’Connor, Berry, Weiss, Bush, and Sampson (1997) proposed that guilt is a multifaceted construct. They argued that guilt is an adaptive emotion that derives from altruism and concern for others. Correspondingly, guilt may facilitate the maintenance of ties with others with whom an individual feels close. They further argued that like many emotions, guilt may go awry. Guilt may become exaggerated and inhibiting. As a result, guilt may also be a maladaptive emotion that will not be easily rectified, thus leading to distress, inhibitions and psychopathology (O’Connor, Berry, & Weiss, 1999). O’Connor et al. (1997) divided these exaggerated patterns of guilt into four types: survivor guilt is the pathogenic belief that achieving one’s goals and success causes others to suffer by comparison; separation guilt is the belief that to separate or be different from loved ones is a form of disloyalty and will result in harm to the other individual; omnipotent responsibility guilt is the exaggerated belief that one is responsible for the happiness and well-being of others; self-hate guilt is an extreme and maladaptive self-evaluation that may occur in order to cope with mistreatment received from loved ones. | <urn:uuid:a69d6f1e-e79f-4a49-be34-5fbb648badc3> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://isiarticles.com/article/35113 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560279650.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095119-00431-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.910155 | 1,049 | 2.59375 | 3 |
Amides, babassu oil, N-(3-(dimethylamino)propyl)-
R: babassu oil alkyl.
Solubility: slightly soluble in water. soluble in ethanol.
Risk: irritation, irritation to skin, eye.
Ecology: may be hazardous to environment. Water body should be given special attention.
Characteristics: excellent antistatic, lubricating, anticorrosive, dispersing, emulsifying abilities.
Quality standards & test methods
physical and chemical indexes
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Used in antistatic agent. eg: personal care products.
Used in preparation of amine oxides.
Use as emulsifying agent, dispersing agent.
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Why 2016 Is The Year You'll Get A Big Raise
Trending News: Make Sure 2016 Is The Year You Get A Big Raise
Why Is This Important?
Because you could use a raise.
Long Story Short
Some economists believe that 2016 will be a banner year for wage growth, citing low unemployment, higher interest rates and an uptick in wages in late 2015. Others, however, believe we may be on the precipice of another recession.
Can you remember the last time you got a raise? I would say that I mean a substantial, “more than cost of living” raise, but even those have been hard to come by in the past 6-7 years. If you haven’t seen a significant bump in your paycheck since W. was in office, take heart — some economists believe 2016 will be the year wages finally recover from the late-aughts recession.
"We're at a turning point," Mark Zandi, chief economist at research firm Moody's Analytics, told the Minneapolis Star Tribune. "I think it'll be a breakout year [in 2016] for wage growth."
Looking at things like payroll processors and Federal Reserve researchers, Moody’s estimates that wage growth for private sector workers rose some 4.1% in Q3 2015 compared to the previous year. If true, that’s about twice the growth rate reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The BLS data captures part-time workers and new hires, meaning that while it’s the most commonly cited wage figure, it’s also more likely to be skewed by lower data points. For a full-time, mid-career worker, the Moody’s estimate may be more accurate.
Part of the reason behind the uptick in wages is a labor market that grows tighter every month. That is, instead of supply outpacing demand as it did in the recession, employers now have more openings than there are employees to fill them. In cities and states with exceptionally low unemployment rates (the national rate is 5%), higher wages are a necessary tool for attracting and retaining top (and rare) talent.
Others aren’t so sure.
According to Jared Bernstein, former chief economist to Vice President Joe Biden, labor’s share of profits has been decreasing for decades, and it’s not stopping any time soon. As technological innovation, foreign competition and weakened labor unions persist, economists like Bernstein and Thomas Piketty are confident that we’re headed for yet another economic downturn (if not a full-blown revolution).
But here in the real world, looking at real numbers, things are looking up. If you’ve been meaning to ask your boss for a raise, now might be the time.
Own The Conversation
Ask The Big Question: Who can expect to see the highest wage growth?
Disrupt Your Feed: Healthcare costs meant I actually made less last year, so I deserve a bump in 2016.
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BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau, March 4 (UPI) -- New interim Guinea-Bissau President Raimundo Perreira says the West African nation's people must help him restore stability to the country.
Perreira, Guinea-Bissau's National Assembly speaker, was sworn into office Tuesday, one day after the assassination of former President Joao Bernardo Vieira. At the ceremony, Perreira called on residents of the former Portuguese colony to aid him in his efforts to heal the wounds of Vieira's slaying by army soldiers, the Voice of America reported.
Perreira will lead Guinea-Bissau until presidential elections can be held within 60 days, officials said.
Life had returned to normal Tuesday in Bissau, the U.S. broadcaster said, with fewer military checkpoints and more businesses open.
Jose Zamora Induta, the country's naval commander, told reporters that contrary to initial reports, the president's killing wasn't related to Sunday's assassination of Vieira's rival, armed forces chief of staff Gen. Batista Tagme Na Waie, and instead was carried out by an isolated group of soldiers. | <urn:uuid:1bfc7bdd-6563-438d-baad-f434ff2e384e> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/03/04/Interim-Guinea-Bissau-president-sworn-in/UPI-65061236169680/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560279368.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095119-00322-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.96619 | 242 | 1.632813 | 2 |
In 1988 Choi became the first chairman of the Korean Anti-Pollution Movement (KAPMA). Since South Korea is highly dependent upon nuclear power, he resolved to inform the Korean public about the problems with nuclear waste disposal. He was put under house arrest for these activities, but anti-nuclear sentiment grew. Thousands of people participated in rallies and signed petitions protesting the construction of new nuclear plants. In 1990 a demonstration of 20,000 people stopped a nuclear waste facility plan for Anmyon Island.
In 1993 Choi reorganized activists nationwide by launching the Korean Federation for Environmental Movement (KFEM), Korea’s largest environmental organization. As its secretary general, Choi has initiated a consumers’ boycott of polluting industries, while continuing to oppose Korea’s nuclear expansion policies.
Choi used his Goldman Prize money to create the Korean Environmental Center, with the goal of addressing the needs of the environmental movement by providing environmental education for children, diverse environmental information for Koreans citizens and networking opportunities for all who use it. The center’s programs were eventually folded into the Korea Green Foundation, which serves as the nexus for Choi’s vision for transregional collaboration on climate change.
In September 2013, Choi was sentenced to a one-year term for his work to oppose the Four Rivers project, a massive development proposal championed by the government. He was released in early 2014, and is now directing his environmental leadership to reach the broader Asia Pacific region. | <urn:uuid:ccd42434-f094-4c62-8ce9-6798fae10ccc> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://www.goldmanprize.org/recipient/yul-choi/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988719286.6/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183839-00499-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.965446 | 297 | 2.53125 | 3 |
You've got to look out for No. 1. It's a dog-eat-dog world. Everybody's in it for themselves.
These are some of the more charming axioms of American-style capitalism, and during hard financial times, you'd expect that they'd ring truer than ever.
Think of high unemployment and economic scarcity, and up come images of savage competition, broken marriages, corroded race relations and the scapegoating of immigrants. And if things get worse, we're probably going to see all of this and more.
If that weren't bad enough, a slew of studies have found that people who lose their jobs often retreat from friends and acquaintances. Whether it's because they're embarrassed or depressed, they're also less likely to participate in social activities.
Lowered civic engagement. Heightened social tensions. Does all this mean that the recession is tearing society apart at the seams?
Social (and professional) networking websites like LinkedIn and, to a lesser extent, Facebook, are booming, and their success points to another important social dynamic that occurs in hard times: Reaching out, one way or another, beyond your nearest and dearest is a matter of survival.
As the number of layoffs rose in January, unique visitors to LinkedIn shot up 22%, to 7.7 million, from 6.3 million in December. Last month, Facebook raised its new-user acquisitions rate from 450,000 a day to more than 480,000.
So what, you might say. Everyone knows these sites mostly promote shallow ties to people you barely know, even if you do call the process "friending." But that's exactly what makes the sites a balm in these hard times.
"Weak ties are your windows to the world," says Stanford University sociologist Mark Granovetter, who first wrote about this phenomenon in the early 1970s. "When you're looking for new ideas and new connections, you don't get them from family or close friends. It's the weak ties that connect you to different circles and opportunities."
After all, your close family and friends tend to occupy the same circles you do. It's the casual distant relationship -- perhaps the guy from college you bumped into the other day -- who is much more likely to open the door to a new direction.
In his classic 1973 study, "The Strength of Weak Ties," Granovetter wrote that of the people he surveyed who had found jobs through contacts, more than 80% reported that they saw the contact occasionally (55.6%) or rarely (27.8%). Chance meetings and mutual friends were often the reason the contact and the job-seeker found each other.
The message is pretty clear: People who have either lost a job or fear losing the one they have (which may encompass all of us) should start buttering up old acquaintances and get with the social-networking thing.
Recessions don't fundamentally change existing patterns of affection or disdain. In other words, bad times won't make you feel affection for anyone you didn't like before, or dislike someone you once adored. They could accentuate those likes and dislikes, though. A rocky marriage could become rockier. Intergroup tensions could rise. And, by the same token, emotional reliance on loved ones can deepen, and solidarity with the groups you identify with can grow.
In the end, however, it's that girl you sat next to in U.S. history in 11th grade, or that guy who played on your college intramural football team, who's in the best position to change your life. You know who I'm talking about. Their names are on the tip of your tongue. Get out your yearbook; start Googling.
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There are several different types of reckless driving that can result in an automobile accident. While most people are familiar with driving under the influence, there are other ways that people engage in unsafe driving which can lead to personal injury.
Reckless driving is a criminal offense in some states, whereas in other states it is pursued as a traffic violation. However, if reckless driving results in a person being injured, this matter can be pursued in civil court.
Speeding is an offense that most people are familiar with. Even those who are law-abiding citizens may have found themselves charged with a speeding ticket simply due to rushing to make it to work on time. Excessively speeding, which is usually classified as driving at least 25 mph over the speed limit, is a form of reckless driving that could result in an accident and a person being injured.
This is commonly thought of as being a minor annoyance. However, a driver being right up on your rear bumper is a form of recklessness as it prevents you from having enough distance to be able to safely stop without a collision occurring should the vehicle in front of you come to a sudden halt.
Many people are occasionally tempted to go for an illegal pass in situations where traffic is backed up or the drivers in front of them are too distracted by cell phones to notice that the light turned green. It’s understandable, but it is still reckless.
Illegal passing can limit your line of vision in certain conditions and you may be unaware of cross-traffic. The point being, illegal passing is unlawful, reckless, and it could cause injuries.
Weaving In and Out of Lanes
Although other factors such as driving while intoxicated may be at play here, weaving in and out of lanes is extremely reckless and is a major factor in plenty of accidents resulting in injuries. Some people simply weave through traffic to remain in the fastest lanes while others are distracted and not paying attention to the road. This is inexcusable even when the driver hasn’t had a drop to drink. Lack of focus while driving can result in injuries and even death.
Running Through Red Lights
Impatience can sum up this type of recklessness. Nowadays many people seem to be in a hurry even to simply get to a shopping mall. Just as some people speed to reach their destination quicker, running stop signs and red lights fall under the same category.
Countless accidents could have been avoided had a driver simply hit the brakes and yielded to changing light. It goes without saying running red lights is another form of reckless driving that can lead to injuries and death.
Knowingly Driving a Flawed Vehicle
This one is tricky when it comes to personal injury suits as it would have to be proven that the driver was aware of their vehicle’s potentially hazardous flaws to be classified as negligence. Certain issues with vehicles such as faulty brakes and busted taillights can result in the occurrence of accidents. If the driver knew about their car trouble, failed to correct it, and caused an accident, this would fall under reckless driving.
What to Do If You Are Injured in an Accident
If you were injured in an accident as a result of another driver’s recklessness, then you have the legal right to be compensated for injuries sustained. Since laws vary in different states, you should consult a local personal injury lawyer and obtain representation. | <urn:uuid:b2cfe6d2-f969-4288-bbe8-5faec772265b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://rmcgovernlaw.com/types-of-reckless-driving-that-can-lead-to-personal-injury.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573104.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817183340-20220817213340-00471.warc.gz | en | 0.975631 | 698 | 2.078125 | 2 |
From ballgames to backyard barbecues, the warm weather brings many activities that can lead to more eating and less exercise. Life is not a dress rehearsal, and for most of us, giving up a day of picnicking on the beach or a sunny morning on the golf course for the dank artificial cool of the local health club, presents no real choice.
So go ahead, bring the kids to the park, spend the weekend at the shore, do whatever it is your heart desires while the sun sits high in the sky. Exercise and summer fun can go hand and hand -- achieving a sort-of two bird with one stone effect. And by following a few simple suggestions, you can turn your day at the shore into fun and fitness.
Instead of just lying on the beach all day, take a walk along the shoreline. The extra effort that it takes to walk briskly on the soft, sandy surface will contribute to the overall fat burning effect.
While vacationing at your favorite summer getaway, steer clear of cars and cabs, and walk wherever and whenever possible. Wear a pedometer and make a goal of 10,000 steps or four miles per day as you walk from various hotels, restaurants and other activities. This will help balance out the extra calories you may take in.
Get off that beach blanket and join in the fun -- play some volleyball, toss around a frisbee, go for a swim, or bodysurf. Just don't lie there for four hours roasting in the sun. If picnicking with friends or family members, organize or join in a softball game, play horseshoes, folf (frisbee golf) or take a hike in the woods. Get in the middle of whatever happens to be going on.
When vacationing at your favorite all-inclusive Caribbean Island, you'll be offered to participate in an endless stream of events from an afternoon match of water polo to singing and dancing in a combination employee/guest Broadway like stage production. Don't pass the chance to make calorie burning this much fun.
Enjoy your fun time in the sun by splashing in the pool. Instead of just sitting poolside in the lounge chair sipping iced tea, jump on in and swim laps or gear up with a water jogger and have a non-impact run. You can even rally your family or friends to join you for a game of water volleyball or swimming races. If you're vacationing, take advantage of the hotel or cruise ship pool -- some facilities even offer aqua aerobics classes. If you're beach bound, take a jog down the shoreline in knee deep waves -- the extra resistance from the water will give you a tougher workout than a water-free run.
Though vacations and travel to new places provide the opportunity to do novel activities -- fitness or otherwise -- you can take up a new sport or type of outdoor exercise at home base, too. Take your bike to a local trail system and do a different trail every week. Strap on some rollerblades and stride beachside or through a park in your locale. Join an outdoor recreational group and enjoy the sunny fun activities available in your neighborhood. Instead of yoga class, do your yoga routine on a local hill or mountain top as the sun rises or sets. Simply make a goal of doing a new physical activity every week and you'll stay fit all summer long.
Bodyweight alone can provide all or most of the resistance you'll need to improve both strength and endurance, while at the same time burning fat and toning up the entire body. The addition of some very lightweight, inexpensive items can provide you with a level of variety, safety, and an overall more effective approach to staying fit. When traveling, you can get a workout by simply packing lightweight exercise tools and taking in the sights.
So go ahead and enjoy yourself. The amount of stress relief you'll gain from enjoying life will be well worth a few missed workouts. In the process, you can continue to exercise your body in a possibly, much needed, new fashion. You'll be surprised at how a few simple adjustments can keep you fit all summer long.
This workout can be done anywhere (including at home), giving you no excuse to skip your daily exercise.
Push up: Chest/arms/shouldersLie face down on the floor or mat, hands on the floor, palms down, slightly wider than shoulder width apart, and toes curled under on the floor. Your back and legs are straight. Exhale as you slowly straighten your arms and push your body away from the floor. Inhale, lowering yourself back down to the point where your chest comes within a few inches of the floor. Repeat to muscle fatigue (in the range of 10 to 20 repetitions). To reduce overall intensity, perform the modified push up instead of the classic version.
Modified push upEverything remains the same as in the regular push-up, except the knees are bent and remain on the floor throughout the movement instead of the feet. Repeat to muscle fatigue (in the range of 10 to 20 repetitions).
Leg raise: Abs/coreLie supine on a mat or padded carpet, legs straight, both hands under your buttocks to help maintain the proper pelvic tilt (engages abs), while you press the lower back into the floor. With your head held off the floor a few inches, (if necessary, place a mat or pillow under the neck for support) exhale as you bring your knees to your chest. Inhale as you straighten your legs to a point where your feet are a few inches off the floor, then bring knees back into the chest. Ankle weights will increase intensity, while the knees can remain partially bent throughout the movement to reduce it. Repeat to muscle fatigue (in the range of 20 to 30 reps).
Cable row: Arms/back/shouldersSit on the floor legs straight out in front of you, upper body upright and the resistance tubing wrapped around your feet (or other safe anchor). Grab onto the ends of the tubing with both hands, exhale and pull your hands into your abdomen, squeezing your shoulder blades together. Inhale as you slowly return to the starting position. Motions should be slow and deliberate. Repeat to muscle fatigue (in the range of 10 to 20 repetitions).
Rearward lunge: Thighs/hips/buttocksStand with feet shoulder width apart, arms at your sides. Inhale and take a large step backward with the left foot to a point where your left knee is a few inches above the floor (or as close as you can comfortably go) and your right knee does not extend past the toes of your right foot. Your hands remain at your sides, gaze forward. Exhale and step forward with the left leg returning to the starting position. Finish all reps with the left leg before repeating with the right. To make the movement less difficult, alternate legs from rep to rep. Repeat to muscle fatigue (in the range of 10 to 20 reps).
Warm up with 5 minutes of walking or stepping in place
Do all four exercises one, two, or three times through
Rest from one to three minutes between each set
Rest at least 48 hours before repeating the same exercises
Combine with brisk walking/jogging on the same or alternate days
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After weeks of threats, Turkey finally launched a military operation into Northeastern Syria on October 9. Turkish officials and President Erdogan declared that the operation would aim to achieve two principal objectives. Turkey wants a secure border with Syria that would block elements of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and the People’s Protection Units (YPG) — also known as the armed Kurdish militia — from penetrating into its territory. Secondly, it wanted to push out the remnants of the YPG from a defined zone on the border, creating space to settle the 3.6 million Syrian refugees it houses.
The stage was set for this adventure by United States (US) President Trump when he announced a week back that US troops in the area were being pulled back. In a subsequent telephonic conversation with the Turkish President, he implicitly gave his consent for a Turkish invasion, granted with certain conditions.
Trump’s announcement caused a stir in the ranks of the Kurds who had been fighting alongside the US forces against the militant Islamic State (IS) fighters for the last five years. Abandoning the Kurds, after they lost thousands of their people to fighting ISIS was seen as an act of betrayal. The US position, vacillating and wavering, has sent disturbing signals to its allies not only in the region but across the world.
Turkey’s fears of an independent Kurdish state taking roots are understandable given the fact that Kurds constitute some 18% of Turkey’s population.
Turkey hopes to gain complete control of a strip of land along the Syrian border, about 40 kilometers in-depth, which would become a de facto Turkish territory. President Erdogan, by launching the attack, has unleashed a new conflict in an already troubled region. The Syrian conflict has raged on for years. More than half the country’s population has been uprooted from their homes. Tens of thousands have fled to Lebanon and Jordan and more than three million have sought shelter in Turkey.
Russian forces and Iran’s militias are helping the besieged Syrian Government of Bashar Al Assad in the face of vast swarms of militant groups operating in the area with diversified agendas and goals.
Turkey’s military intervention would have profound destabilizing implications for the area. ISIS or Daesh, that has almost been eliminated, would certainly try to regroup taking advantage of their main rival, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), battling Turkey’s military. ISIS could not have asked for more. The force which confronted them for more than five years is suddenly engaged on another front. The dreaded militant outfit would now seek to reimpose its ideology and spread terror in a region it had lost to the Kurdish militia.
The Turkish onslaught would also force, according to independent observers, close to one million people to leave their homes and seek shelter in safer zones. This would create a humanitarian crisis of grave proportions at a time when weather conditions would make things worse for fleeing families.
The Turkish occupation of part of the Syrian territory would set up a dangerous precedent in a region plagued by constant and unceasing wars by proxies of regional countries. Russian and Iranian forces operating in the area would not remain silent spectators of this conflict as their interests and goals begin to clash with those of Turkey. The Kurdish forces, frustrated by the US change of stance, have now joined hands with the Syrian Government forces to repel the Turkish invasion of their land. This has added another ominous dimension to an already complex and confusing scenario.
Turkey would certainly come under intense pressure from its European allies. Some EU countries have already made their position clear by suspending deliveries of weapons to Turkey.
But now the US, in another U-turn, has come out strongly against the Turkish intervention. It has decided to suspend talks on a trade deal with Ankara and has also imposed sanctions on some top leaders of Turkey. Perhaps Ankara did not anticipate such an abrupt reversal of policy by Washington. It did not exactly calculate that the losses of this adventure would outweigh the gains and Turkey would end up being a net loser.
Turkey’s fears of an independent Kurdish state taking roots are understandable given the fact that Kurds constitute some 18% of Turkey’s population. But there would be many other options on how to deal with the resurgent Kurdish nationalism sweeping the region.
In the larger regional perspective, the military incursion could cause more destabilization, more conflicts, and more human displacement and more suffering. Such a scenario will create unanticipated chaos and destruction. Hopefully, Ankara would stop its juggernaut before more ominous thresholds are crossed.
Rustam Shah Mohmand is a senior Pakistani diplomat & a specialist of Afghanistan and Central Asian Affairs. He has served as Pakistan’s ambassador to Afghanistan and also held position of Chief Commissioner Refugees. This article originally appeared at The Express Tribune and has been republished with the author’s permission. The views expressed in this article are the author’s own and do not necessarily reflect the editorial policy of Global Village Space. | <urn:uuid:9a0937bb-bd5f-40a0-9e12-edd23a8a15cb> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.globalvillagespace.com/syrian-offensive-turkey-doesnt-know-which-way-to-go-now/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571210.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810191850-20220810221850-00466.warc.gz | en | 0.970022 | 1,011 | 2.484375 | 2 |
The mission of the University of Kansas Kidney Institute is to support research leading to major advances in the prevention and treatment of kidney diseases. It aims to provide an environment that empowers creativity and innovation, and encourages collaboration and teamwork between laboratory scientists and physicians. Researchers and clinicians associated with the University of Kansas, its Medical Center, and affiliated organizations who are actively involved in kidney-focused research and clinical practice are eligible to be considered for membership in the University of Kansas Kidney Institute. All areas of kidney research are encouraged including basic, translational and clinical research.
Benefits of membership
The University of Kansas Kidney Institute provides members with a number of centralized resources to support collaborative research and clinical trials.
The KI maintains large pieces of shared equipment on the fifth and sixth floors of Wahl Hall East that are available for KI members. Resources Manager: Brenda Magenheimer
The KI houses the Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) Biomaterials Core, which collects and distributes human and mouse PKD kidney tissues and cells. Scientific Director: Darren Wallace, Ph.D.
PKD rodent model drug-testing core
The goal of this core is to provide rodent models and expertise to streamline testing of drugs for efficacy in PKD. Scientific Director: James Calvet, Ph.D.
Drug discovery resource
This is a joint initiative with IAMI to provide consultative expertise to KI members wishing to embark on kidney disease drug discovery projects.
Clinical trials management
The Clinical Trials Unit of the Division of Nephrology and Hypertension provides coordination and consultative expertise to KI members in trial design, grant writing, and management of trials related to kidney disease research. Scientific Director: Alan Yu, M.B., B. Chir.
Pilot project funding
The KI offers an annual pilot project grant program (applications due usually in the fall) to KI members and external investigators who collaborate with members. Scientific Director: Darren Wallace, Ph.D.
Grant proposal pre-review
KI investigators submitting grants may request assignment of a KI senior faculty member to pre-review the grant and provide critical comments and suggestions.
Disease working groups
Individual disease working groups have group meetings and discuss collaborative projects, for example, the PKD group.
KI seminars, symposia and annual retreat
The KI organizes a weekly seminar, the Sullivan conference, featuring both local and invited visiting speakers, on a variety of topics related to kidney physiology and disease. In addition, the KI sponsors symposia and an annual retreat for members.
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Fraud Risk Management Seminar
Entity’s Risk Management is part of Corporate Governance. It is an essential mechanism to assess risks from entity to process level. Fraud risk is one of the risks facing by entities. Nowadays, fraud risk exposure is an important and hot issue.
The seminar aims to help participants understand fraud risk management and develop the practical knowledge of fraud issues.
Who Should Attend
The seminar will be of interest to auditors, accountants, audit committee members, management, business professionals and interested parties who would like to know more about fraud risk management. #Recommended for CPA#
# CPD credit is 2 hours
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November 18, 2015, 11am PST
Bloggers, pundits, authors, and researchers, have made the case for conservatives to embrace the effects of smart growth. Yet still, a distinctly partisan divide flavors the debate about how to make room for a growing number of Americans.
July 24, 2015, 1pm PDT
Supporters of New Urbanism may live across the political spectrum, but they all want to live in traditional neighborhoods.
April 5, 2015, 1pm PDT
A writer for a national environmental publication searches for middle ground in the climate change policy debate.
October 20, 2014, 12pm PDT
Charles Marohn argues against the staunch conservative defense of suburbs (famously voiced by Joel Kotkin) by showing how suburban development falls short of conservative ideals and cities, on the contrary, embody them.
The American Conservative
April 17, 2014, 9am PDT
A self-identified conservative who supports the “broader vision of smart growth” has identified a reason why more conservatives don’t support smart growth: the political economy of sprawl.
February 23, 2014, 6pm PST
Conservatives are becoming more visible within the smart growth movement; they differ in some ways both from liberal smart growth activists and from conventional conservatives.
December 16, 2013, 1pm PST
Is biking a partisan past time? If you listen to conservative leaders, you might think bikes were created as part of a liberal mission to spread socialism and curtail personal freedoms. Cycling is the unlikely new front in the culture wars.
June 4, 2012, 6am PDT
According to James A. Bacon, "Smart growth is too important to leave to liberals." In a new essay, he argues that "Conservatives must articulate their own vision for creating prosperous, livable and fiscally sustainable communities."
February 17, 2012, 1pm PST
Seemingly as hard to find as the mythic Sasquatch or a Unicorn, we've searched high and low for a conservative who supports transit (or at least who will say so in public) and have found one, in the region around Charlotte, North Carolina. | <urn:uuid:ee878275-660d-4a4a-9c06-340ebff63a1b> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://www.planetizen.com/taxonomy/term/19658 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988719416.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183839-00363-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.945939 | 434 | 1.546875 | 2 |
Sunken steamboat found in Malta Bend after 175 years
MALTA BEND (AP) — A group of excavators has found the 175-year-old sunken steamboat Malta, the namesake of the rural city of Malta Bend.
The Columbia Missourian reports that a white outline, 140 feet long and 22 feet wide, marks the area where the steamboat Malta is buried.
David Hawley, the leader of the steamboat recovery process, has been searching for steamboat wrecks up and down the Missouri River for more than 30 years. He has found 11 and dug up two.
Hawley said that a sample of earth in February showed black and red wool and window glass. He added that more samples need to be taken to accurately determine what the steamboat holds.
The steamboat sank in the Missouri River in 1841 on its way to Council Bluffs, Iowa.
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North of Scotch 38 Year Old 1973 Berry's Own Lowland single grain Scotch whisky. Ex-bourbon barrel #14570/2.
North of Scotland is a lost Scottish distillery.
North of Scotland Distillery
North of Scotland Single Grain Whisky
The Forth Brewery occupied the site of the North of Scotland Distillery at Cambus near Alloa from the 1860s until closure in 1955. In 1957 the brewery buildings, which formed the northern boundary of the long established Cambus Distillery, were purchased by George Christie and the North of Scotland Distilling Company Ltd. and converted into Strathmore Distillery by the following year. Initially named Strathmore, the new distillery produced malt whisky using two pot stills and a Coffey still rather than only pot stills. However, that proved to be financially unsuccessful and it switched to grain whisky production using three continuous stills in 1960. In 1964 the distillery was renamed the North of Scotland Distillery. A downturn in demand caused the distillery to close in 1980 and it was demolished in 1993. North of Scotland Distillery is now a lost Scottish Lowland grain distillery. | <urn:uuid:62746196-5d49-4548-913c-72548648dc5e> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://www.thewhiskybarrel.co.uk/north-of-scotland-38-year-old-1973-berry-s-own.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560283689.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095123-00356-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.943026 | 238 | 1.71875 | 2 |
To enable our customers to master the installation and operations of their equipment, Wheelabrator provides authorised training programmes run by surface preparation specialists.
Our training programmes take place either onsite or at one of our surface preparation technology centres and are aimed at
Machine operators and supervisors │ surface preparation engineers
Learn how to set the hot spot, and find out how to get the optimum performance levels for your process.
Learn key trouble-shooting tips and keep your machine(s) in prime condition to minimise downtime, minimise maintenance, and prevent future problems.
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Hummingbird Feeder Recipe
Make your own hummingbird nectar as a way to attract the tiny, zippy creatures to your yard. Mixing the sugary liquid yourself ensures that what you put in the hummingbird feeder is fresh and healthy for the birds. Avoid adding red coloring to the...
Feeding hummingbirds is an easy, inexpensive and rewarding pastime. All you
need is a feeder, table sugar, some water and you are all set. Here are some ...
Apr 14, 2016 ... Mix sugar and boiling water until sugar is dissolved. 2. Cool and fill feeder. 3.
Hang up your feeder outside and wait for the hummingbirds to come. We were ...
Depends on the ratio of the sugar to the other ingredients. Enough ...
Directions for making safe hummingbird food: Mix 1 part sugar with 4 parts water
and bring to a boil to kill any bacteria or mold present. Cool and fill feeder.
Learn how to choose the right feeder along with tips for placement and ...
Ingredients: 1 cup of ... Hummingbirds do not live on sugar water and nectar
Jan 1, 2013 ... Four parts water to one part white sugar. (For instance, one quarter cup of sugar
stirred into one cup of water.) Tap or well water is preferred; ...
Jump to: Ants Bees Recipe Cleaning. Hummingbirds ... The sugar water we use
to fill hummingbird feeders is only a supplement to the birds' natural diet. It's not ...
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Please Note: If you have decided to hang feeders, feeding hummingbirds is a ...
NOTE: Since this hummingbird food recipe is a sugar water mixture, it can ...
Hummingbird: Hummingbird feeders should be filled with a 4:1 mix of water to
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April 22, 2022 will mark the 52nd anniversary of the very first Earth Day, a day each year that reminds us of the fragility of our environment and our responsibility to do what we can to protect it.
The Origins of Earth Day
For decades prior to 1970, when Earth Day was first observed, care of the environment was a relatively foreign concept, as factories polluted the air through the burning of fossil fuels, the dumping of chemicals and other contaminants – industrial waste – into lakes, rivers and streams, and the manufacturing of CO2-producing automobiles. A lack of environmental rules between the end of World War II and 1970, a period of heavy industrialization, meant that for decades, industry was literally able to function as it pleased without consideration of the environment.
In 1963, Rachel Carson’s best-selling book, Silent Spring, highlighted the effects of pesticides on humans, birds, animals and bees. Not only did the book shine a spotlight on DDT – a chemical that was widely being used to control insects for agricultural purposes – but it focused on the critical relationship between humans and the planet, and the responsibility mankind has in terms of ensuring Earth’s health and survival. The book and its author were initially attacked as being irrational and alarmist, especially by the chemical industry, but it also served to open the world’s eyes as to the many ways in which our actions and our neglect were harming the environment.
The Environmental Decade
Some of our most critically important environmental laws that protect both our natural environment (air, water, soil) and animal life were established in the 70s, during what some people refer to as “the environmental decade.” The majority of environmental laws that regulate our activities today, in fact, were actually passed during this timeframe. The EPA, too, was established in 1970 as an independent agency of the U.S. government, specifically designed to monitor the environment and develop regulations to protect it.
The purpose of the Clean Air Act of 1970 was – and still is – to allow the EPA to regulate emissions into the air from both stationary and mobile sources, such as automobiles. It also encourages states to comply with clean air standards by forcing them to develop their own individual plans for achieving better air quality.
The Clean Water Act of 1972 established restrictions on the pollutants that are sometimes released into our rivers, lakes and oceans. The Clean Water Act made it illegal for any entity to discharge pollution into a water source from a ditch, pipe or other manmade source without having a permit to do so.
Following the landmark Bald Eagle Protection Act of 1940, the Endangered Species Act that was signed into law in 1973 went a step further in the protection of wildlife by calling out two different classes of animal and plant species: threatened – those that will likely to be in danger of extinction at some future point – and endangered, or those that are currently close to being extinct. This law was created to ensure that federal agencies don’t allow activities that are likely to threaten the existence of any species by harming their habitats.
How We Can Help
Today, over 175 nations celebrate Earth Day. In the United States, volunteer opportunities in many of our communities and national parks call attention to the care of our environment, not only on Earth Day but throughout the year.
In Raleigh, for instance, Earth Day 2022 will be celebrated with food trucks, games, environmentally friendly activities and more at Dix Park’s Flowers Field, followed by a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a new electric bus and an outdoor movie focused on nature and the environment.
Through Raleigh’s “Adopt a Stream” program, volunteers choose a specific section of a stream or river to clean up – removing trash, of course, but also contaminants and other sources of pollution like oil or bacteria – twice a year for a 3-year period. Over those two years, data is collected for use by the city’s Stormwater Management team.
In Mecklenburg County, too, the 3,000 volunteers of Charlotte’s “Adopt a Stream Program” remove an average of 30 tons of garbage annually along some 3,000 miles of streams: trash that ends up in waterways from littering or as a result of water run-off from storm drainage systems. Volunteers commit to cleaning up their assigned areas twice a year for two years.
Along the shoreline, volunteers with the North Carolina Coastal Federation work in areas such as oyster habitat protection and oyster shell recycling, marsh restoration, and the planting of ‘rain gardens’ – areas of native vegetation whose job it is to absorb the run-off of rainwater from roofs, sidewalks and parking lots, and to filter out its pollutants before the water enters a storm drainage system.
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Marilyn K. Glassberg, M.D.
- Office: 305-243-7888
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- Pulmonary Disease - Internal Medicine
English, French, Spanish
Rare and interstitial lung disease: idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM)
- American Board of Internal Med-Pulmonary Disease
- Director, Interstitial Lung Disease Program
- Director, Pulmonary Diseases at Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Institute
- Professor of Medicine and Surgery
- Vice-Chairman of Medicine for Diversity and Innovation
- Moving stem cell therapy to patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
- A phase 3 trial of pirfenidone in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
- A roadmap to promote clinical and translational research in rheumatoid arthritis-associated interstitial lung disease.
- 17ß-estradiol replacement reverses age-related lung disease in estrogen-deficient C57BL/6J mice.
- To be or not to be a neoplasm: what is lymphangioleiomyomatosis? Are we calling it what it really is?
- Mesenchymal stem cells and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Potential for clinical testing.
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With the ban on single-use plastic bags in Abu Dhabi coming into force on June 1, retailers in the emirate are gearing up to implement the regulation.
Customers will have to either carry their own bag or pay for a reusable bag offered at the checkout counters of supermarkets and stores.
A supermarket chain has even decided to knock off 25 fils from the total bill of those shoppers who bring their own bag.
Sophie Corcut, Sustainability Manager for Spinneys told ARN News that the initiative is a small way to say “Thank You” to customers for saying no to single-use plastic bags.
Major retail chains have been preparing for this transition in recent years with many of them including Spinneys, Carrefour and LuLu launching their own range of reusable bags.
Corcut said their bigger aim is to get people into the habit of reducing, reusing and recycling.
Meanwhile, Carrefour supermarket chain also took to social media to announce that they “will stop all usage of single-use plastic bags in (their) Abu Dhabi stores at checkouts”.
Lulu hypermarkets also added they “will no longer be providing free shopping bags at all LuLuUAE stores in Abu Dhabi and Al Ain”.
“Let’s be part of the solution, not the pollution,” they highlighted.
The ban on single-use plastic bags is part of Abu Dhabi’s wider policy that gradually aims to decrease the use of 16 other single-use plastic items like cutlery and lids, in addition to phasing out single-use styrofoam cups, plates and food containers by 2024.
Currently, only single-use plastic grocery shopping bags will be banned.
Ultra-thin ones, like those used for meat or vegetables, are exempt from the ban, and so are bin liners, pharmacy bags and trash bags. | <urn:uuid:20927cfb-3a7e-4e40-b031-53aad3384b7a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://africazine.com/news/abu-dhabi-shoppers-to-be-rewarded-for-ditching-single-use-plastic/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571147.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810040253-20220810070253-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.942725 | 398 | 1.921875 | 2 |
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s demonetisation move is being seen as a step towards making India a digital cash-less economy. The government is now even planning to introduce ‘sarkari’ e-wallet and provide subsidised smartphones to people in villages to leapfrog India into the future.
The demonetisation has caused temporary inconvenience to crores of people in the country. It is highly unlikely that the flow of cash in the ATMs and Banks would be same as earlier again. The government wants people, especially those living in urban areas, to do cashless transactions with the help of cheques, credit/debit cards, internet banking and mobile e-wallets. The government’s vision is supported by sound economics logic.
Here are five reasons for which the government is encouraging cashless transactions in the country.
First, the government has to spend around Rs 21,000 crore every year for managing currency operation in the country, according to a report by Mastercard.
Second, the cost of printing currency notes is very high. A report says that the RBI spent around Rs 3,421 crore for supplying currency notes in the country.
Third, the estimated cost of producing new Rs 500 and Rs 2000 currency notes would be around Rs 15,000 crore.
Fourth, the cash-GDP ratio in India is at 12%. Ideally, it should be very less. In most of the developing countries, cash-GDP ratio is around 5%
Fifth, the cashless transactions are eco-friendly. It will make it easy for the government to monitor the flow of illegal money.
To promote cashless transactions, the Union finance, telecom and information & technology ministries are jointly preparing the plan to introduce the ‘sarkari’ e-wallet. The NITI Aayog will handle the responsibility of monitoring the project.
The government will also take measures to make it viable for people to make payments via e-wallets at petrol pumps, educational institutions, ration stores, milk parlours, railway stations, bus stops etc. | <urn:uuid:ea31976b-c816-4848-9f5c-c5ff2f1ab74b> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.financialexpress.com/economy/5-reasons-why-pm-modi-doesnt-want-you-to-do-cash-transactions/456028/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280128.70/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00388-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.949873 | 426 | 2.3125 | 2 |
Diabetes and lithiasis are more under the control of Restoratives than the others.
Similarly, in Oxaluria, oxalic acid is found there; in lithiasis, lithic acid in excess.
In Gout and lithiasis there is an excess in the system of nitrogenous matter, and thus a tendency to an extra formation of urea.
A simple excess of uric acid in this secretion constitutes lithiasis.
lithiasis li·thi·a·sis (lĭ-thī'ə-sĭs)
n. pl. li·thi·a·ses (-sēz')
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When a 21-year-old Yale student jumped to his death from the Empire State Building on March 30, 2010, he joined a rather small, sad club: the iconic skyscraper has seen only about 30 such suicides since it went up in 1931. About 3.5 million people visit the Empire State Building’s observation deck each year, which means the odds a visitor will leap to his or her death are less than one in a million.
Jumping deaths are fairly frequent, however. Thirty-one people committed suicide by jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge in 2009 alone. The odds a person who committed suicide did so by jumping from a high place are 1 in 45.5. (Females are more likely to use the method—1 in 32.04 vs. 1 in 50.9 for males.) Overall, suicide by jumping is more common than by hanging, drowning, or hara-kiri, though not as common as by firearms or poison. Among men, using a firearm is by far the most popular method, used in 1 in 1.7 (59%) male suicides. The most common method for women is poison—1 in 2.63 chooses it.
The student, Cameron Dabaghi, was relatively typical by some other, sad measures:
- The odds a person who committed suicide was aged 20-24 are 1 in 12.62, but only 1 in 14.7 of us are in that age range.
- The odds a person will commit suicide in a year are 1 in 9,249, but the odds a male will do so are a good deal higher: 1 in 5,694.
- His choice of day and month beat the odds slightly too. The odds a person who committed suicide did so on a Tuesday are 1 in 6.51—a little better than an even 1 in 7. And the odds a person who committed suicide did so in March are 1 in 11.54—slightly higher than an even 1 in 12.
Suicide is the third leading cause of death among college students, according to the National Alliance of Mental Illness. A 2008 survey found that 15% had “seriously considered” killing themselves and over 5% had attempted it.
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Lunar calendar - june 4, 2022 in USA
Propitious time for plant development, which crops are fruits or seeds.
Moon in Leo
Health and beauty
Good time for regeneration and strengthening massage with essential oils.
Propitious time for assimilation of nutrients by the body and beauty masks work better.
A particularly propitious time to cut hair, especially ends. Good time for cutting babies' hair for the first time.
A particularly propitious time for washing hair.
Home and garden
Adequate time for ventilation. It is also easier to dust without water.
Do not use chemical fertilizers – there is a risk of drying and destroying your plants.
A good time for sowing and planting of fruit plants
Favorable time for harvesting and freezing fruits.
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Enter Bird's Name in Search Box:
As in most cases, when one develops an interest on certain topics, one tends to gather sources of information on a particular subject. As these sources of information frequently come in the form of books, we naturally tend to find some books more helpful than others.
I have provided a list of books that I have found to be helpful in my quest to identify and better understand birds and their habitats. I found that these selected books are the most popular books on birds of North America and that they have been useful throughout my travels and personal research.
I believe you will find that the "The Sibley Guide to Birds" by , will be one of your most relied upon books at home and in the field. This is a marvelous book, which gives visual examples of a multitude of both male and female birds, in their breeding plumage, non-breeding plumage, and juvenile stages. This wide range of information and visual aid will undoubtedly provide succinct and helpful guidance in identifying a bird that you were not previously familiar with. | <urn:uuid:5fe2653c-306c-4523-a5e8-af4ce35e6fd1> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.birds-of-north-america.net/bird-books.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280891.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00156-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.958637 | 215 | 2.046875 | 2 |
Pathology in Marine Science contains the majority of papers presented at the Third International Colloquium on Pathology in Marine Aquaculture held in Gloucester Point, Virginia, USA in October 1988.
The book serves as a record of the progress of concerted research in marine pathobiology and also as a useful reference tool. The compendium consists of contributions that are reflective of the subdisciplines of the biological sciences that are of immediate concern to investigators interested in pathology in marine aquaculture. Topics discussed include viruses, bacterioses, mycoses, protozoan diseases, metazoan parasitic diseases, toxicological syndromes, teratological and neoplastic diseases, epidemiology/epizootiology, nutritional pathology, and immunology.
Marine scientists, aquaculturists, and researchers on marine life science will find the text useful. | <urn:uuid:5a32bc32-196a-4231-a0c2-2eb9dd4fa56c> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | https://www.chapters.indigo.ca/en-ca/books/pathology-in-marine-science/9780323139908-item.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988720026.81/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183840-00456-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.901986 | 177 | 1.914063 | 2 |
Among all the trials and tribulations that define Greece these days, one that has received relatively little attention is its sky-high smoking rate. Greece's is the highest in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Greece is an outlier also in that its smoking rate has risen significantly over the past decade.
The country's fiscal crisis may therefore have a silver lining: It has forced the government to raise tobacco taxes modestly, and this already appears to be reducing smoking rates. Still, much more could be done.
In 2009, a shocking 40 percent of Greeks smoked. That is almost twice the OECD average of 22 percent. In France and Spain, the smoking rate was 26 percent. In the U.S., the rate is half that in Greece. The Greek rate was six percentage points higher than even Russia, the only other developed economy whose rate was more than 30 percent. In Greece, smoking rates exceeded 30 percent even for medical students, a study by Constantine Vardavas and Anthony Kafatos of the University of Crete found.
Perhaps even more troubling is that, in the past decade, the share of adult Greeks who smoke rose by almost 6 percent. Over that period, in the OECD as a whole, smoking prevalence declined by 18 percent. The only other developed country that experienced an increase in smoking was the Czech Republic -- but Greece's rise was larger.
The health effects are predictable. Data from the International Agency for Research on Cancer show an age-adjusted death rate from lung cancer of 48 per 100,000 Greek males. In the U.K., that rate is 33 percent lower. In France and the U.S., it's 20 percent lower than in Greece. | <urn:uuid:e1756f76-7a37-40b1-837c-2191ff06e2a4> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.cfr.org/tax-policy/cigarette-taxes-can-help-cure-two-greeces-ills/p27519 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560283689.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095123-00344-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.971757 | 343 | 2.875 | 3 |
Since the approval of high-dose interleukin-2 (IL-2; aldesleukin) in 1992, no other immune therapy has been registered for the treatment of metastatic renal carcinoma.
In contrast, since December 2005, multiple agents designed to inhibit vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) or mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) signaling. Sorafenib, sunitinib, pazopanib, axitinib, bevacizumab/interferon, everolimus, and temsirolimus were approved by U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the same indication because of improvements in progression-free survival (PFS) (and in the case of temsirolimus a modest increase in overall survival).
High-dose IL-2 remains a valuable option for patients with metastatic clear cell renal carcinoma because of its unique ability to produce long-term complete remissions in approximately 5% to 10% of patients.1
However, IL-2 administration is associated with acute severe toxicity requiring expert management in an inpatient setting, for this reason it is currently offered by a limited number of centers in the United States and around the world.
Renewed interest in immune therapy of metastatic renal cancer was stimulated by the activity of nivolumab, an antibody that blocks the PD-1 inhibitory receptor on T-lymphocytes, in a cohort of 34 previously treated patients.2,3
Mario Sznol, MD
At doses of 1 to 10 mg/kg intravenously (IV) every 2 weeks, the objective response rate (ORR) was 29% and an additional 27% had stable disease for 24 weeks or more. Grade 3 to 4 adverse events (AEs) were observed in only about 17% of patients and, overall, treatment was well tolerated. MPDL3280A, an antibody blocking the PD-L1 ligand for PD-1, was also well tolerated in a cohort of 47 patients with metastatic renal cancer accrued to a phase 1 trial. MPDL3280A produced an ORR of 13% and 53% of patients displayed PFS at 24 weeks.4
In a subsequent randomized phase 2 trial presented by Motzer and colleagues at the 2014 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) annual meeting, 168 previously treated patients with metastatic clear cell renal cancer were randomized to receive nivolumab IV q3w at doses of 0.3 mg/kg, 2 mg/kg, or 10 mg/kg.5
The ORR was 20% to 22% among the cohorts and median survival exceeded the results produced in similar patient populations enrolled in prior phase 3 trials of targeted therapies. A subset of the patients who responded to the PD-1/PD-L1 antagonists remained progression-free for long periods even after discontinuation of treatment. The results of the randomized phase 3 trial of nivolumab versus everolimus in patients progressing on a VEGFR inhibitor are anxiously awaited. | <urn:uuid:ab0aac45-1a14-461f-a931-7bb6ab67b7de> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.cancertherapyadvisor.com/home/features/from-the-advisory-board/the-resurgence-of-interest-in-immune-therapy-for-metastatic-renal-carcinoma/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572021.17/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814083156-20220814113156-00076.warc.gz | en | 0.936919 | 636 | 1.539063 | 2 |
The Trouble With Ball Marks, According To A Superintendent
- Category: Inside Golf
- Published: 2022-03-08
An unfortunate number of golfers neglect repairing ball marks, or perform it incorrectly, driving a superintendent batty.
GOLF.com’s Josh Sens talks to Jeremy Hreben, superintendent at Indian Spring Country Club, in New Jersey, and a longtime member of the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America.
As Hreben sees it, an unfixed ball mark is a sign of disrespect to maintenance staff, who work long and hard to spit-shine course conditions. | <urn:uuid:d6769346-1679-4525-8893-5520491bf3ca> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://insidegolf.ca/read/16027-the-trouble-with-ball-marks,-according-to-a-superintendent | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817001643-20220817031643-00270.warc.gz | en | 0.808084 | 129 | 1.734375 | 2 |
The dip has been 500 metres on an arenoso-detritico background. Little different. We found many solitary corals range (Flabellum work boots), some several fishes, a stripe, sea-urchins, crinoids and many mackerel (Scomber japonicus) dead. It seems as if they had done a discard.
Surface had many Petrels, especially that of Leach (Storm petrel), supposed Shearwaters (Puffinus puffinus), a couple of pay it (Stercorarius skua) and Sabine’s Gull (Larus sabini).
We make two dives more, less depth. We were documenting the top 150 and 90 metres, and – as expected – we found black coral forest of kelp up to depth. The most spectacular were the sand banks making balls and figures.
The evening we anchored a couple of traps that the researchers of the University brought, but have only been hermits. | <urn:uuid:c7b44685-a890-407a-bf76-b32c0e13e3b8> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://oceana.org/blog/first-dives-gorringe-bank/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570879.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809003642-20220809033642-00675.warc.gz | en | 0.96354 | 204 | 2.3125 | 2 |
Who Was President In 2009?
What is it with Barack Obama and 27 months? Listen to the president and his aides talk, and you'll soon hear claims that the administration has accomplished great things in the last 27 months.
"The private sector creat[ed] nearly 4.3 million new jobs in the last 27 months," the president said at a fundraiser in Baltimore on Tuesday.
"We have created 500,000 manufacturing jobs over the last 27 months," top Obama economic adviser Gene Sperling said the same day on CNN.
"We've had 4.3 million private-sector jobs created over the last 27 months," Obama campaign spokeswoman Stephanie Cutter said in a conference call with reporters Monday.
There are plenty of other examples. Beyond that, whenever Mitt Romney or some other Republican attacks the president's record, the Obama campaign sends out reams of rebuttal material pointing to economic progress -- all in the last 27 months.
The problem, of course, is that Barack Obama has been president for 40 months. | <urn:uuid:5092b125-16f7-4b62-9b94-ccdcd0e7c4e6> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://michaelcostello.blogspot.com/2012/06/who-was-president-in-2009.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281353.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00070-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.951815 | 208 | 1.609375 | 2 |
Secrets lie on the bottom of the Bays de Noc
- On 14/04/2012
- In Treasure Hunting / Recoveries
By Karen Wils-Daily Press
A foghorn moans out on Little Bay de Noc.
From the waters of Green Bay to the head of our "little bay," a secret is out there.
Slip back in time. When the moonbeams touch the water, time knows no boundaries. The year 2012, blends and flows and stirs up voices from decades past.
The sad song of a Frenchman rolls with the waves. Feel the wind from a September gale ruffle the slightly tinged leaves along Washington Island, St. Martin's Island, the Stonington Peninsula and Sand Point (Escanaba). The secret is out there.
Suddenly the waves close in from three directions. There is the smell of wet furs, smoke and then silence.
Into a dark, murky, icy, tomb is cast The GRIFFON.
It was the first European ship, (not native birch bark or dug-out canoe) to ever sail the Upper Great Lakes. And it is out there only a hop and a skip away from Escanaba.
History books tells us that the Griffon was built above Niagara Falls and came to Lake Michigan in 1679. The ship belonged to King Louis XIV of France. It was the flagship for explorer, Robert LaSalle.
After stopping over on an island, LaSalle sent the Griffon on ahead towards home with 6,000 pound of fur and other trade items. But the storm called out instead stealing the sailors, the furs, and an iron cannon with the insignia of King Louis on it.
Looking southward from our sandy Escanaba shores, out over the water horizon, perhaps we can almost see where the Griffon was last seen.
U.S. Navy man and shipwreck hunter, Steve Libert, found what he believes is the Griffon in 2001. Is the mystery solved about the long-lost ship ? Maybe, but now there is a storm of legal battles to weather.
The ship is believed to be between Escanaba and St. Martin Island.
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Left-wing, U.S.-bashing politicians may be back in style throughout most of Latin America, but Colombians give their leader the conservative, pro-U.S. President Alvaro Uribe a 71% approval rating. The reason: Uribe, 52, has stemmed the tide of killing after a 40-year-long civil war that has taken more than 150,000 lives, created millions of refugees, and destabilized the Andean region. Despite criticism that Uribe has ignored the epic poverty and human-rights violations that sparked the conflict in the first place, Colombians see a chance to make their nation safe again. The most bloodthirsty rebel groups no longer have the run of the country, because the owlish but tough-talking Uribe has almost doubled the size and boosted the effectiveness of Colombia's once feckless military while slashing the cultivation of coca crucial, since the rebels have earned billions of dollars trafficking cocaine. Colombia's economy is growing again, and Congress just voted to allow second presidential terms, meaning Uribe could run once more in 2006. Colombians may well stick with a man whose plan they say is working.
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In its rush towards becoming a public company, Twitter is in danger of sacrificing focus on the altar of growth. And it’s doing it with decisions based heavily on data and testing, rather than with an overall vision.
This week, Twitter shipped an update to its iOS, web and Android apps that features in-line image previews, a preponderance of action buttons and new tools for advertisers to caress your eyeballs. Over the past few months, the Twitter product has evolved haltingly, with missteps like the external #Music app that have turned attention inwards to the core offering.
It isn’t all bad. The speed and performance of Twitter have come a long way recently, both on Android and iOS; some of its experiments have paid off with useful new features. And the recent efforts to support emergency alert services are incredibly welcome, and a great way to leverage Twitter’s services.
But overall, Twitter’s product strategy is beginning to feel scattered and disjointed, and it lacks a real sense of coherent design oversight.
Multiple sources inside and outside the company have expressed to us that Twitter’s engineering and feature teams are frustrated by this approach. Twitter’s over-reliance on user testing in making decisions and a strong focus on ‘optimizing for growth’ over any other consideration is causing friction.
User testing, or a/b testing, is all about shipping changes or new features out to groups of people before making a decision about which to support. With apps, the power of this model is greatly expanded. Twitter is able to split off segments of its hundreds of millions of users into buckets that it can use to test engagement or interactions like button taps. The data is reviewed and a decision about a feature or change is made based on the success of one test or another.
This is a common practice at tech companies — some consider it absolutely indispensable to product development. But some of Twitter’s recent decisions point to an over-reliance on the results of this kind of testing to make choices.
There are dozens of detailed missives on the Internet about why this kind of testing should be interpreted with care, as even small changes in test parameters can sway results one way or another. From what we understand, the design decisions at Twitter are currently being made largely by data — especially if that data shows that a few more ounces of growth can be squeezed out of the apps.
To give you an idea of how much Twitter relies on this kind of testing — at one point it was possible to see two versions of the timeline on the same device on different accounts. We saw this in action in the wild, and in the images below, you can see the ‘old’ timeline and a test version of the one that shipped this week:
The timeline on the left was tested for a few weeks before the data pushed it towards shipping. You’ll notice the static interaction buttons on the screen. These, it’s fairly clear, were designed to lower the barrier of interaction for users on the platform. If the interaction buttons are right in the feed, more people will likely tap on them. Here’s what the timeline looks like now:
Unfortunately, this is a fairly awkward design decision, leading to a cluttered interface and likely just as many accidental taps as intentional ones. It may even have been those accidental taps that led to the data pushing this feature into the shipping version of the app. Frankly, it’s ugly, and one of the main reasons that it made it out of testing was the data showing that it could result in increased engagement.
Twitter’s expanded image timeline was also tested this way.
This is all exacerbated by the fact that the desktop version of the app is on its own evolutionary track. Modules are swapped and expanded, but it still looks and works much different from the mobile counterparts.
Over the past few weeks, several changes have been made to Twitter in the interest of pumping up user growth and ad-friendliness. Among those are the new conversation feature, which links tweets together with a blue line and pre-expanded timeline images.
With the conversation feature, Twitter trampled one of its own inviolate rules: Everything on Twitter is in reverse-chronological order. Now, replies to conversations cause the original tweets to bubble up in the timeline, knocking them out of order and contributing to chipping away at the core nature of Twitter. Conversations were implemented in order to increase the friendliness of Twitter to new users, but in the process they’re obscuring one of the things that was so good about the service, and may ironically confuse users more than help them.
Chronology has a simple, primal power and it’s always been part of what makes Twitter what it is. Screwing with that is exactly what happens when you follow your nose to growth rather than examine carefully what the impact of a feature is on the product.
Pre-expanded images pushes Twitter further toward Facebook’s inscrutable feed, with a stream of out-of-order visuals that can’t be opted out of on the web. And, more importantly, it homogenizes Twitter’s network in a way that makes it feel like every other feed.
Both of these features, especially when taken in aggregate, break the fundamental building blocks of Twitter, making it just one more scrollable column that looks like Facebook — just as Facebook is in the middle of efforts to attempt to make itself a place for real-time conversation like Twitter.
It’s not the pre-expanded images themselves that’s such a big deal; it’s the execution. On the iPhone, you’re looking at most of the screen swallowed up by one or two images, and on the web, maybe three or four. Yes, you can disable the inline images for now on mobile apps, but I’m not sure how long that will stay that way.
It damages the readability of Twitter in a huge way. Yes, every other social network and messaging platform out there is moving to the ‘stream of images’ model, but making Twitter like every other network isn’t going to be good in the long run. The power of Twitter lies in the fact that you’ve curated a stream of information that you want to read. It’s not — though Twitter would like to believe it — in the fact that you’ll soon be able to see every kind of movie clip and news brief and what have you in the feed.
It’s the commentary around those events and clips, and not the content itself, that makes Twitter what it is.
You can bend and twist the shape of networks in various ways to make room for advertising, engagement tweaks and new kinds of media, but eventually you’re going to break something. And Twitter — with its tighter, more focused stream — is very much in danger of doing that right now.
Those choices exemplify how nearly all of Twitter’s recent decisions about features are based on data from user testing. There is no overall design philosophy or endgame at work, and that lack of vision is hurting the look and usability of Twitter’s apps. They’re barreling full-speed down the road, attempting to keep engagement and growth numbers up without looking ahead to where they’re going to be.
And don’t even get me started on the Android or tablet apps. Fun fact — that Android tablet app released earlier this month? Built by Samsung, not Twitter (though Twitter has stated it will come to all Android tablets). So why hasn’t Twitter released its own definitive tablet update?
What we hear is that Twitter is in the midst of a months’-long slog toward fresh new release for phones and tablets. Some details of the new release, called ‘Highline,’ internally leaked out a few weeks ago — it may feature TV-related updates and a new swipeable interface. This week’s release wasn’t part of this plan, it was an update specifically to push out those ad-friendly expandable images.
The idea behind a swipeable interface is fairly easy to divine, as it could make the app friendly to multiple timelines. If these feeds could be treated as discreet items, Twitter could move beyond its ‘Home,’ ‘Connect’ and ‘Discover’ feeds to offer more specific feeds focused on things like TV. And, judging from how #Music went, that seems to be the way that it’s headed.
But Twitter’s development and design culture has contributed to frustrations at various levels during the project. Some components have been rebuilt several times only to get quashed at high levels because the testing numbers weren’t good enough.
As far as we understand it, the next release was originally much more ambitious, and set out a distinct vision for all of Twitter’s apps. But its forward edges have been blunted significantly by the process of test, poll and pull back that currently dominates Twitter’s product-development strategy.
The current direction of Twitter stands in stark contrast when compared to recent apps like Tweetbot 3. Yes, Tapbots charges a simple fee and is not a soon-to-be-billion-dollar-company. But its two-man team has managed to produce a cleaner, more focused mobile app in a few months than Twitter has been able to do with all of its resources. And people both inside and outside the company have noticed.
There are some situations where Twitter’s reliance on experiments has paid off with interesting stuff. See two recent user engagement initiatives: MagicRecs and EventParrot. Both utilities were launched as Twitter accounts first, that people could choose to follow and get notifications from via DM. MagicRecs has since been rolled into Twitter’s main product, and if EventParrot does well then it probably will, too.
But MagicRecs stands apart from other recent changes like the in-stream actions, conversation lines and pre-expanded images in that it’s about personalization, and doesn’t interfere with the main Twitter experience. The freedom given to run experiments and execute features based on those is incredibly important. Look to the way that Gmail resulted from Google’s ’20 percent time’ policy, or the fact that many of Twitter’s features were contributed by a community experimenting with the new service.
The rough part of this, for me, is that Twitter is trying very hard to be an independent profitable company, and that’s a good thing. I want Twitter to be around for a long time; I think it fulfills a role so vital that I’m not sure the Internet could do without it. And we hear that there are people inside Twitter who feel strongly about the organization’s need to make design choices rather than simply ones based on the data.
And that’s where Twitter will benefit focusing its efforts: on building a service with lasting usability and enjoyment. Short-term user growth and engagement hacking is the path that it has taken on the run-up to IPO in order to justify an asking price and have good numbers to tout in its S-1 and on the roadshow. But currently, the products across the web, Android, iPhone and iPad display a lack of clarity of vision.
They’re getting ugly, cluttered and confusing — and for little reason. Twitter itself is one of the clearest and most compelling sells in all of ‘social media.’ It’s a real-time feed of information from sources that you can interact with if you choose, or simply consume at your own pace. Releasing updates that don’t honor those powerful, simple tenets is a recipe for long-term disaster — no matter what the short-term gain.
At time of publish, Twitter had not responded to requests for comment.
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This is kids picture book that says it was written for grades K-5. The story centers around a bunny family that finds that their wifi is out one day and they have no clue what to do with their time. Momma bunny has some ideas though and once they get started the kids have a blast. They end up outside and active which is one of the main complaints about kids today. The best part was at the end when momma bunny reveals that she is the reason the wifi was out. I have to admit that his is a very pertinent topic for today's world and I like how the author embraced it. The vocabulary is simple for younger readers yet still fun to follow along with. The illustrations are very colorful but in some spots it was almost too much. Overall this is a really cute children's picture that addresses a pertinent topic in an age appropriate manner that works great for story times! I really enjoyed reading so it gets 4/5 stars. | <urn:uuid:6265bde9-2016-4cd4-b93a-b3887e16fbc5> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://booksaplentybookreviews.blogspot.com/2017/08/wifi-kicked-bucket-by-kishmi-davis.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572581.94/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816211628-20220817001628-00074.warc.gz | en | 0.990557 | 211 | 1.515625 | 2 |
Fish tank randomly clears up, and rainbow fish/platies?
Ok so I have a TON of questions!
First off, I have 4 guppies in my tank. My tank was cycled using fish food for 4 weeks, and just that. My ammonia was nothing when I put my guppies in my tank so I think they are safe. My tank is a 33 gallon tank with a 150w heater placed in a darkish area (not direct sunlight). I have had this setup for about a week.
So my first question is that my water randomly went really clear. Ive read about this before being good, but can I have some details? What is happening? It is crystal clear right now... looks great.
Now this is my list of fish I want.
10-15 neon tetra
1-2 sucker mouth dwarf pleco
(maybe)Dwarf small rainbow fish
So my question is would that be over crowded?
I know rainbow fish are schooling fish but can they be kept in groups of 2 or 3? I already plan to have neons so, perhaps rainbows are not a good idea.
I am also adding the platies next, so when can I do so?
Also, if I put a pleco in my tank, will it eat all the scraps off the bottom the fish make? or does it just eat algae?
Thanks a lot! :-D
No, thats not overcrowded...
I have 3 plecos in my 20 gall. tank, and just to warn you.. they grow HUGE... mine are almost half the length of my tank, when I bought them they were about an inch long... They don't eat the scraps on the bottom either, they just suck algae off the sides, they rarely go along the bottom, well at least mine dont.. they like sucking on the glass...lol.. they're kinda useless..
Mine are extremely ugly.. lol.. they look like dinosaurs... but if you get the zebra plecos, they are really nice looking..
As for the other fish, platies and guppies are awesome :) Do you have males and females together? Because, if you do, they breed like crazy!
So, ya... good luck
As far as I know, Dwarf plecos grow about 2 inches.
No I only have 4 males!
So would adding 6 rainbow fish along with the 10 neons, one pleco and 4 platies not be bad? Seems like a lot of fish.
No issue with two schooling crowds in one tank?
PS I forgot to ask one more question, is it ok to keep a crab in the tank? Would they be too aggressive with a tank of fish?
When considering over crowded or not, general rule of thumb i 1" of fish per 1 gallon of water. Three *common* plecos in a 20 gal is overcrowded.
And the crab should be fine. I don't see why not. And how big do this species of rainbows get?
Also, plecos have been known to eat flakes/shrimp etc.. they are omnivores.
Dwarf Neon Rainbows grow up to 2.5 inches. Dwarf Pleco grow to about 2.5 inches too.
I know they are schooling fish but what would happen if I put only 2 or 3 of them in the tank? They wouldn't start schooling with the neons would they? ahaha.
Thanks for the rule. I will remember that.
With most schooling fish, its recommend about 5-6 of the same fish for them to be happiest. You don't necessarily have to, but they may act depressed, not be active, not healthy etc. Also aggressive to one another.
And no haha, they wouldn't. My neons are afraid of my rainbows haha.
A possible setups:
1 Dwarf Pleco
1 Dwarf Pleco
Something along those lines would be good. I'd personally say go with the rainbows, schooling fish look cool.
You could do it different however. I myself have 2 Australian Rainbows (1F, 1M), 5 neons, 1 Pleco. Maybe a tad overstocked, but I have a little bigger filter, plus i keep up on water changes, not over feeding etc... And this has been working well for me. Except for about the past week my male rainbow has been agressive towards the female =( those two are about 4 or 5 years old tho.
Hope this helps. Sorry it's long.
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By Mark Cartwright
Herod I, or Herod the Great (c. 75 – 4 BCE), was the king of Judea who ruled as a client of Rome. He has gained lasting infamy as the ‘slaughterer of the innocents’ as recounted in the New Testament’s book of Mathew. Herod was, though, a gifted administrator, and in his 33-year reign, he was responsible for many major building works which included a rebuilding of the Temple of Jerusalem, several aqueducts, and the massive fortress known as the Herodium. Historians have re-assessed his long-held negative reputation and now credit his reign as having had at least some positive effects on Jews and Judaism in his kingdom.
Accession to the Throne
Herod was a client king (or close ally) of Rome, but his route to the throne was not a straightforward one. His father Antipater the Idumaean made him governor of Galilee in 47 BCE. On the death of his father, there followed a turbulent period of in-fighting involving his brother and various Roman factions. In 40 BCE the Parthians attacked both Syria and Palestine, taking Jerusalem in the process. Herod’s brother was taken captive, and he committed suicide shortly after. Herod was thus forced to flee to Rome, and Antigonus of the Hasmonean dynasty was installed as ruler at Jerusalem.
In Rome Herod gained the favour of Octavian and Mark Antony, with whose support the Senate was persuaded to install Herod as the king of Judea. In practical terms, though, this did not solve the problem of Antigonus and the Parthians. Mark Antony was therefore dispatched to the region and he swiftly cleared it, forcing the Parthians back to the eastern side of the Euphrates River. Meanwhile, Herod, with the aid of the Roman general Gaius Sosius, led a force and retook Jerusalem in 37 BCE. Finally, he began what would be a long and prosperous 33-year reign as king of Judea, or ‘the land of the Jews’ as it was often referred to.
Consolidating Power and Expansion
According to the 1st-century CE Roman historian Josephus, the early years of Herod’s reign were not helped by a rivalry with Cleopatra VII. Her consort Mark Antony was, in effect Herod’s patron, but the Egyptian queen constantly nibbled away at some of the most lucrative parts of Herod’s kingdom. With Octavian’s victory at Actium in 31 BCE, which ended Antony and Cleopatra’s influence, Herod forged a useful new partnership with Rome’s soon-to-be first emperor.
Herod’s reign was largely a peaceful one, and although he gained a reputation for imposing oppressive taxes, in fact, these were not excessive and no worse than contemporary regimes. Neither was Herod obliged to pay tribute to Rome, although he did send handsome gifts. By 30 BCE he had regained control of all the territories that the Hasmoneans and Cleopatra had taken. Then between 23 and 20 BCE he expanded his realm into northern Galilee and repopulated certain areas with sympathetic settlers. A gifted administrator, he created a new priestly class (abolishing the hereditary qualification for office) and a more multicultural elite. He also gave Judea a greater standing in the Mediterranean world via his extravagant gifts to Athens and patronage of the still important Olympic Games.
Now firmly established in his kingdom, Herod embarked on a series of grand building projects, possibly funded by a half-shekel tax payable by each Jew in the Diaspora. The programme also created employment and stimulated the economy, although it is debatable how much the Jewish population benefitted from this in the long-term. The most famous project was a lavish refurbishment of the temple of Jerusalem. Herod also expanded the same city’s fortification walls and added a theatre and amphitheatre. He improved several fortresses (notably those at Jericho and Masada on the western shore of the Dead Sea), rebuilt Samaria (renaming it Sebaste, Greek for Augustus in the feminine), and constructed a new harbour at Strato’s Tower (Caesarea Maritima). Both of the latter renamings highlight Herod’s eagerness to please his Roman allies. Perhaps the most ambitious of Herod’s projects was the Herodium fortress 11 km south of Jerusalem.
The Herodium fortress, one of seven built by Herod, has been identified by archaeologists as the Jebel Fureidis mountain on the edge of the Judean dessert. The classic cone-shaped mountain was an ideal location for the fortress which Herod built to commemorate his victory over Antigonus and the Parthians in 37 BCE. The fortress was to provide Herod with a place of refuge if his rule were ever challenged and, perhaps too, act as his mausoleum. It was built by digging out the peak of the mountain and using the recovered earth as part of the ramparts. A large palace was built within its walls which was supplied with water by a system of aqueducts. The whole complex was completed c. 15 BCE. At the base of the mountain a small town was constructed, which included administrative buildings, gardens, a synagogue, mausoleums, and a large pool. The site has been excavated, and highlights include the large pool of the lower town and one of the earliest Roman domed roofs inside the palaces baths.
The reign of Herod became more troubled the longer it lasted. In 9 BCE a war broke out with Nabataea, Herod’s southern neighbours, which had become a base for Judean opposition factions. The situation worsened when Augustus initially sided with the Nabataeans in the dispute. Fortunately, Herod’s envoy, Nicolaus of Damascus, was able to present the king’s case, and Augustus changed policy.
As well as diplomatic problems Herod had family issues to deal with, too. Suspecting his wife Mariamme of being unfaithful he had her executed in 29 BCE. Their two sons were suspected of loyalties to the opposition threatening Herod from Nabataea, and so Herod ruthlessly dispatched them c. 6 BCE, along with his eldest son Antipater two years later. By now, though, the ageing king was suffering severe health problems which affected his internal organs, and he died in 4 BCE. Herod was buried in a purpose-built tomb on the slopes of the Herodium. In 2007 CE this tomb was excavated, but the sarcophagus within it was damaged and empty. Probably it had been opened during the first Jewish Revolt in the century after Herod’s death. Herod’s kingdom was divided by the Romans between Herod’s three sons: Herod Antipas, Archelaus, and Philip.
The New Testament
Herod’s lasting reputation and infamy rest largely on his depiction in chapter 2 of Mathew in the New Testament. Here Herod is informed by wise men from the east that a King of the Jews would be born in Bethlehem. The king then sent these men “to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligently for the young child; and when ye have found him, bring me word again, that I may come and worship him also” (Mathew 2: 8). Then, on finding the child and presenting to him gifts, the wise men “being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod” (ibid 2:12) decided not to follow Herod’s wishes. Next, “the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him” (ibid 2:13). This Joseph did, and when Herod discovered it, “when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under” (ibid 2:16).
This presentation should perhaps be considered with the evidence that Herod, as the historian L. L. Grabbe states, “lived as a Jew and generally respected Jewish religious law” and that, although there were undoubtedly some negative aspects to his reign, “His connections also allowed him to be useful to the Jews on several occasions, and on the whole his reign was beneficial to the Jewish people and religion” (Bagnall, 3175). Nevertheless, the historian S. Schwart perhaps best sums up the complexities of Herod’s position as mediator between Rome, the Jews, opposing family factions, and the non-Jewish citizens within his realm by stating that “it is impossible to provide an unambiguous evaluation of Herod’s reign” (Barchiesi, 770).
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The Tooth Fairy Didn’t Show Up – and 10 Other Reasons to Consider Dental Implants
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Egypt : he’s gone!
The fall of Nicolae Ceausescu in December 1989 had a similar feel. It was people power pure and simple. The crowd, goaded beyond endurance by the man’s tedious Leninist rhetoric and unintimidated by the Securitate, starting calling “Dictator” and surged toward the central committee building. The royal couple of Roumanian Marxism-Leninism fled from the balcony and then to the border but were captured and dealt summary justice – that is, before a firing squad – after a mock two hour trial.
The strutting Shah of Iran, overthrown in 1979, became a haunted itinerant only four years after hosting a gaudy celebration in Persepolis to celebrate 2500 years since the Persian Empire was founded by Cyrus the Great. His own Pahlavi dynasty was make-believe, his father having been a mere army sergeant. His exile was a Womens’ Weekly tour, from Egypt to Mexico and back to Egypt, before he died in 1980.
In the Soviet Union in March 1952 the only celebrants of Stalin’s overdue death were in the Gulag. The starved, frozen inmates knew who had blighted their lives and allowed themselves a cheer or two. Other dictators have died, their illusions intact, Franco for example. Others have fallen after battlefield defeat like the two Napoleons, the Greek colonels or, thanks to Thatcher, the Argentinian generals.
Suicide is a way out. Hitler, Goebells and Himmler contemplated pictures of Mussolini’s dangling corpse and chose the more dignified alternative, a neat SS-manufactured cyanide capsule or bullet from a Mauser pistol. Actually Hitler had long been focused on suicide, as part of his larger love of death itself. Malcolm Muggeridge speculated it would have been better to have the former Nazi leadership holed up in a boarding house where they could have bored one another and their visitors with stories of their triumphs past, old blowhards kept in a kind of house arrest for public edification.
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No matter how smart they are, students from Hispanic cultures can feel just as lost, just as some black and white students are when confronted by a "Barriology Exam" that some Clarke County School District staff took as part of diversity training this week, a guest speaker told them.
The "exam," which asks questions grounded in Hispanic culture, was part of a presentation by Ramon Del Castillo designed to show participants how it feels when test questions include information that isn't normally part of your cultural experience.
The answers to the questions are A) that the person is a night owl, B) during Lent and C) lowrider cars, Del Castillo told his audience. Capirotada is a kind of bread pudding, he added. Only about a quarter of his audience got as many as five or six answers right, the rest were less successful.
The presentation was part of two days of diversity training Thursday and Friday for school administrators and other district staff. The training was focused on cultural understanding and making sure district policies allow for cultural differences, as well as carrying diversity into the classroom, to help engage students.
The idea is not to lower standards, but to make lessons more relevant for students with many different backgrounds, district administrators say.
"The school board reviews district policies in a way that looks at whether they're in the best interest of the district, but not necessarily of the community," said Monica Knight, the district's director of diversity and educational equity. "We want to review that model and start doing it in a way that's in the best interests of both."
About 30 school- and district-level administrators attended Del Castillo's session Thursday, including Superintendent Lewis Holloway and Clarke County Board of Education members Jackie Saindon and Denise Mewborn. Del Castillo, chairman of the master's program in nonprofit management at Regis University in Denver, talked about the effects of public policy and stereotypes on students, as well as their different cultural backgrounds.
Doug Bachtel, professor of family and consumer science at the University of Georgia, began the session by providing statistics on poverty, race, unmarried mothers and other vital statistics in Clarke County.
Friday, participants heard from Janet Buckley, special projects specialist at Western Kentucky University, on how to develop, monitor and assess programs that are equitable for all students and how to make sure they include communication among parents, district staff and social or community service providers. They used part of the time to examine the school district's attendance and discipline policies to see if they treated students fairly.
School board members and central office administrators had additional training Thursday night with Donna Elam, commissioner on human relations in Florida, who talked about how to integrate diversity in the classroom and in a new curriculum the district is developing.
Students seem to be interested by lessons that let them learn about their own backgrounds and those of their friends - and that can make them more active and engaged learners, Elam said. For instance, she's talked to students who wanted to learn Spanish so they could use it to talk to their Hispanic friends and asked if they could put together a multilingual dictionary comparing words in different dialects that had the same meanings.
The presentations - coordinated by the district's educational equity and family engagement offices, including the Early Head Start program - are part of the school district's efforts to create equity in its classrooms, where about 75 percent of students are black or Hispanic and many struggle with a traditional achievement gap that means they lag their white peers, academically.
The school district's Multicultural Task Force, which spent a year studying the achievement gap, included diversity training in a list of recommendations it gave to the school board two years ago.
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When people think of business and they think of prawns, they may think of restaurants or retail shop for seafood. Not many would think of prawn farming. I do not yet own or operate any prawn rearing farms. However, I have read a bit more and would like to share some additional information about it. No one knows, maybe a few readers of kopiandproperty.com readers will tell me 2 years later that they have started exporting their black tiger prawns?
Recently, I received 2kg of XXL-sized black tiger prawns from a good friend. I have tried two different ways to cook it and will be trying another style this weekend. Read here to know more as well as how did I cook and enjoy it. Two words to describe the prawn meat; succulent and sweet. Someone said this about XXL tiger prawn meat; it’s poor man’s lobster. I have eaten lobsters a couple of time, I think they are right. My XXL black tiger prawns came from Manjung, Perak. This is not the only place where these ‘luxury’ prawns are farmed.
Article in thestar.com.my Some salient points from the article on black tiger prawns. Prawn production in Johor state increased from nearly 6000 tonnes in 2018 to nearly 6400 tonnes in 2019. The prawns are exported to South Korea, France and Monaco. The mentioned company has been operating since 2010 and has been exporting aquaculture products to Australia, China, Japan and some in Europe too.
High standards are needed to export tiger prawns to Australia. Thus product quality has to pass DOF standard requirements. The laboratory test was carried out by a certified lab accredited by the Department of Standards Malaysia. The company has also received recognition from the Health Ministry’s Food Safety and Quality Division for products that are free from prohibited antibiotics and are safe to consume. Do read the full article here: Article in thestar.com.my
When we do something which the world is demanding for, then our market becomes super big. In this case, seafood which is an enjoyment (we are not talking about chicken okay…), many in the world will pay top money for it. In fact, when we look at the countries we are exporting to based on the article, it’s almost surreal yeah. South Korea, France, Monaco and Australia?
Malaysian prawn farmers exporting to South Korea which is itself a seafood exporting country! In 2016, South Korea exported 456,700 tonnes of seafood worth US$1.6 billion (RM6.94 billion) to the world. France is meanwhile one of the cuisine capitals of the world. Monaco meanwhile has nearly a third of its population being millionaires… Tiger prawn to them is probably daily staple. For us, XXL-sized tiger prawns are usually reserved for special occasions. I certainly do not consume it even on a weekly basis. By the way, if you are interested, this industry is called Aquaculture or Aqua Farming. Happy exploring.
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PrerequisitesThis tutorial requires the following two hefty installers downloaded to your workstation:
- Oracle VirtualBox to in order to run Virtual Machine Images (VMs) on your machine. Here is the link to the Virtual Box download page:
- An Ubuntu 10 Image that will house our Hadoop installation. You can grab one from here:
- Download the installation package for your operating system (Windows or Mac OS X recommended).
- Close all applications and run the installation package following the on screen instructions.
NOTE: The current tested version is 4.0.8 (08/05/2011).
Install Ubuntu 10 Image
- Download Ubuntu OS Version 10.04 LTS.
- Start VirtualBox from application selection menu:
- Click on the New button to create new virtual machine and click continue
- Provide a name for your VM and select Linux and Ubuntu in OS options
- Keep the rest of the settings as defaults and continue with instructions
- Start the VM after it was created by selecting the VM in the left screen and clicking on the Start button
7. Select installation media as the downloaded Ubuntu installation package
- Proceed with default settings during the installation.
NOTE: the user hadoop is reserved and should not be selected as your user.
- Restart your VM OS after the installation has been completed. You should see the following screen:
Install Java JDK and Hadoop
- Open new terminal by going to Applications => Accessories => Terminal.
The expected output should be lucid
3. Inside the Terminal, create an empty file
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/cloudera.listby running the following command:
4.Paste the following two lines into the file
deb http://archive.cloudera.com/debian lucid-cdh3 contrib deb-src http://archive.cloudera.com/debian lucid-cdh3 contrib
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E-mail List Info
Lists of Lists/Resources
BBS's, Chatrooms & Forums
If you know of other lists related to dog training, please send me the welcome file, sign-on instructions, and/or web page URL.
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- 1st Puppy Helpline (homepage)
- AGBEH (homepage) - for discussion of aggressive behaviors.
- AGILITY-L (homepage) - the sport of agility.
- AGILEDOGS (homepage) - for the sport of agility (formerly CleanRun-L).
- ALL-K9 - for instructors & teachers.
- Animal Reinforcement Forum (homepage)
- APDT-L - Assoc. of Pet Dog Trainers.
- BITEHARD-L (homepage) - protection training.
- BPSCA - British Police & Services Canine Assoc. Forum.
- CanineAthlete (homepage) - topics include agility, obedience, schutzhund, tracking, S&R, etc.
- CLICK-L (homepage) - clicker training list (& a ClickHunt)
- Clicker Hunting List (homepage)
- Clicker Solutions (homepage) - for helping pet owners by teaching training and management techniques which are understandable and reinforcing to both human and animal.
- CLICKTRAIN - clicker training.
- DogPack (homepage) - for multiple dog families (i.e., owners of more than one dog).
- DogThink (homepage or alternate) - for using positive reinforcement to train dogs for everyday life, agility & obedience, as well as building a better relationship between people & dogs.
- DOGTRAIN - Australian list.
- Dog Behaviour (homepage) - problem solving without harsh methods.
- DOG TALES - about therapy dogs.
- Dog Trainer Hotlist (homepage)
- DTW-FORUM - Dog Training Weekly (about the UK Obedience Scene).
- EARTHDOG-SQUIRRELDOG-L (homepage)
- Ecollar_Dog_Training_Plus (homepage)
- for dog trainers that are interested in incorporating the ecollar as part of a balanced training program.
- Field Spaniel Trainer (homepage)
- HEARINGDOGS (homepage)
- HERDERS-L (homepage)
- Herding With Your Beardie E-list (homepage)
- HT-AIDEDOGS - Handler Trained Aide Dogs.
- K9 Calender (homepage)
- K9 Shrinks (homepage)
- K9 Training - for the discussion of Police K-9 Training topics (homepage)
- K-9 Training - for law enforcement officers & K-9 trainers of Police working dogs (homepage)
- K9EVENTS - announcement of canine events.
- KNPV Training (homepage)
- KNPV-PoliceDog (homepage) - for discussions on KNPV & Police dog training.
- LGD-L (homepage) - Livestock Guarding Dogs also known as Flock Guardians or Livestock Protection Dogs
- Malinois Sportdogs (homepage) for those who have Malinois & are interested in doing Schutzhund, Ring Sport or KNPV with their dogs.
- MondioRing (homepage) - a unique protection sport.
- NOSES-L (homepage or alternate - for scent hound fanciers.
- NOVICE-COMP - novice obedience competition.
- OBED-COMP - for discussion of obedience competition.
- OBED-JUDGES - Obedience Competition Judges.
- OC-ASSIST-DOGS (homepage) - operant conditioning of assistance dogs.
- OT-ADOGS - Owner Trained Assistance Dogs.
- PETTABLE-L (homepage) - for pet dog owners.
- PROTECTION-DOGS-L (homepage) - for discussions of all aspects of protection training.
- PROTRAINERS - Professional Trainers.
- PT-ATEAMS (homepage) - Partner-Trained Assistance Dog Teams.
- PUPPYRAISER-L (homepage) - for folks raising assistance dog puppies.
- Rally-Obed homepage)
- RealDogTraining (homepage) - if you use only positive motivation & do not believe in aversives or corrections, this is NOT the list for you. Reality based competition training & reliability training methods will be freely discussed.
- SAR-DOGS-L (homepage)
- SchH-OC (homepage) - for sharing ideas on training Schutzhund dogs with operant conditioning.
- Schutzhund (homepage) - dedicated to the sport of Schutzhund (i.e., obedience, tracking, & protection).
- SCHUTZHUND-L (homepage) - discussions of Schutzhund training.
- SERVICE-DOGS-L - assistance dogs.
- ShelterFundraising (homepage) - designed to be an ongoing online forum on fundraising for animal shelters, rescues & other companion animal welfare organizations.
- SIRIUS List Guidelines (homepage) - private discussion of wolf/dog hybrids
- SPT-L (homepage) - Start Puppy Training List.
- TINYTRACKERS (homepage) - tracking with dogs under 20 lbs.
- UKDOGS-L - dog issues in the UK.
- USA MEMBER (homepage) - for members of the United Schutzhund Clubs of America.
- Working Airdale Terriers (homepage)
Lists of Lists/Resources
BBS's, Chatrooms & Forums
For canine obedience instructors at all levels, canine behaviourists, & veterinarians. The purpose of the forum is to help us all become better instructors and teachers through communication and idea exchange with others.
To subscribe send a message to ALL-K9@majordomo.net
Leave the subject blank and put the words SUBSCRIBE ALL-K9 in the body of the message.
To contact the list owner, send a message to S. B. Wilson at firstname.lastname@example.org
A closed list for Assoc. of Pet Dog Trainers members.
To subscribe, send a message to: MAJORDOMO@ESOSOFT.COM
With the following as in the body of the text: SUBSCRIBE APDT
To contact the list owner, send a message to: JWALTON@IAMDIGEX.NET
The British Police & Services Canine Assoc. Forum is administered by G. Grayson (UK) & David the Dogman (Spain). The object of the forum is to host an international exchange of information. The forum is therefore open to all serving and retired dog trainers worldwide, as well as dog trainers in the Security Industry, the Veterinary Profession, Behaviourists, Obedience Enthusiasts, & Working Trials Enthusiasts.
Applications to join the forum should include a name and a contact address, e-mail & homepage addresses, detail of your experience in handling dogs, and whether you are a member of any Service Dog Assoc.
To subscribe send an email to: BPSCA@MAILINGLIST.NET
If you have any problems subscribing, email David at DAVID@THEDOGMAN.NET
For discussing animal training using a conditioned reinforcer and positive reinforcement. Although most of the subscribers are dog trainers, discussing
the training of any animal species (including humans) is encouraged.
To subscribe, send a message to: MAJORDOMO@GCSTATION.NET
In the body of your message, type: SUBSCRIBE CLICKTRAIN (your e-mail address here)
To contact the list owner, send a message to: EITHNE@AVALON.NET
An Australian based list created to establish a forum where dog trainers may belong and communicate, exchange ideas and discuss topics of mutual interest such as trick training using the clicker, shy & fearful dogs, all facets of dog training and management problems using positive reinforcement.
To subscribe, go to http://www.onelist.com/subscribe/Dogtrain
A private positive-mood list based on the desire of the members to see growth in the field of Animal-Facilitated Therapy & Activities. It is also a
list where members can get support about pet loss issues.
To subscribe, send a message to: LISTSERV@LISTSERV.UIC.EDU
In the body of your message, type: SUBSCRIBE DOGTALES EmailAddress YourName
To contact the list owner, send a message to: PEACEDOG@ENTERACT.COM
DOG TRAINING WEEKLY
A list for anyone with an interest in the UK Obedience Scene: Instructors, Trainers, Show Organizers, Competitors, Behaviourists, Veterinarians and those who offer recognized seminars and courses. The purpose of this discussion forum is to help us all through communication & exchange of ideas. Feel free to open any topics dealing with obedience (e.g., running or attending shows, clubs, seminars or classes, requests for help finding judges & stewards at your next show, etc.).
The list is administered by David the Dogman (DAVID@THEDOGMAN.NET) & J. Ellen.
To join the DTW forum send an email to: DTW-FORUM@MAILINGLIST.NET with the word SUBSCRIBE in the message header.
For discussions of the issues that are unique to those people who are or have trained their own service dog for their own use. The how to's of training are the most important discussions we have here on our list, but other topics are welcome (including politics).
To subscribe, send a message to: LISTSERV@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
In the body of your message, type: SUBSCRIBE HT-AIDEDOGS Yourname
To contact the list owner, send a message to: VINCA@U.WASHINGTON.EDU
Moderated list for the announcement of canine events such as dog shows, obedience trials, matches, hunting trials, lure coursing events, instructional seminars
on canine topics, health screening clinics & the like. It is intended as a low-noise, focused source of info about events of interest to people who participate in dog sports & to dog lovers in general. Note that subscription is not automatic, but must be processed by the list administrator.
To subscribe, send a message to: LISTPROC@TRUMPKIN.OU.EDU
In the body of your message, type: SUB K9EVENTS - YourFirstName YourLastName
To contact the list owner, send a message to: SOPER@MANVAX.CC.MANHATTAN.EDU
A place for all first time competitive dog trainers, as well
as people who are training their umpteenth Novice dog, and looking for tips.
We discuss AKC, UKC, CKC obedience.
To subscribe, send your name and email to:
and Vivian Bregman will send you an application.
For the discussion of issues relating to competitive obedience. All applications for this list are reviewed. Trainers at all levels are accepted. You will
be notified if you are accepted (since the list is limited to 400 members).
To subscribe, send a message to: email@example.com
with the following as subject: OBED-COMP Application
The body of the message should contain an explanation of why you would like to be a member of the group, past experience with obedience training (which is not a prerequisite), and what you would bring to the list in terms of contributions & discussions. Sign with your real name, so that your identity can be verified.
Listowner: Mike RIchman firstname.lastname@example.org
Private list for provisional & approved canine obedience trial judges at all levels & registries.
To subscribe, contact R. Strong at: K9OBEDTRNR@SURF-ICI.COM
Owner Trained Assistance Dogs is a list to help you (a disabled person), train a dog to help you in every day life. Many people don't realize that dogs can be trained to pull wheelchairs, pick up stuff that you drop, open and close doors, help you get undressed, balance you when you walk, and many other things. Many programs that provide assistance dogs have long waiting lists, are out of state, or charge too much money. Discussions include helping others learn how to train their dog, choosing a puppy or dog to be an A-Dog, & what to do when you're out in public and the business refuses to let you inside with your dog. Persons with program-provided dogs are welcome, so they can add new skills to their canine partner.
To join, please send an empty email to: OT-ADOGS-SUBSCRIBE@EGROUPS.COM
For professional dog trainers to discuss all forms of dog training & the profession. All disciplines are welcome. All we ask is that writers always write politely & respectfully.
To join, send a bio to Vivian Bregman
email@example.com which includes the following info:
Your Introduction will be published to the general membership of the list.
- Full Name (First & Last)
- City, State/Province, & Country
- A brief intro listing:
- Number of years training dogs.
- Breeds you own/breed/train.
- Memberships of dog related associations.
- Any specific interests.
- A statement that you are a Professional Trainer.
- A description of yourself and your interest in the list.
For discussion of topics concerning any assistance/service dogs who aid individual people in some direct way. Most work for a person who is disabled. Therefore
signal or hearing dogs, dogs trained to help the physically disabled, therapy dogs, & guide dogs are included. In fact, the only dogs not specifically
included are herding dogs, protection or guard dogs, confirmation or show dogs, obedience competition and purely pet dogs.
To subscribe, send a message to: MAJORDOMO@ACPUB.DUKE.EDU
In the body of your message, type: SUBSCRIBE SERVICE-DOGS
To contact the list owner, send a message to: SERVICE-DOGS-REQUEST@ACPUB.DUKE.EDU
For discussion of all dog related topics with regard to activities, events & members in the UK. Members from overseas are most welcomed. Confrontational
discussions about animal rights are not permitted.
To subscribe, send a message to: MAJORDOMO@ANGUS.MYSTERY.COM
In the body of your message, type: SUB UKDOGS-L
To contact the list owner, send a message to: DAVID@THEDOGMAN.NET
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COLUMBUS, Ohio New research has identified a small subset of normal white blood cells in the body that gives rise to a rare incurable form of leukemia.
The study, led by investigators at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute (OSUCCC James), shows that large granular lymphocyte leukemia can occur in a small subset of white blood cells called NKT cells. NKT cells share features of immune cells called T lymphocytes and features of immune cells called natural killer (NK) cells.
The discovery, published online in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, arose from studies investigating why a mouse strain engineered to overexpress interleukin-15 often develops large granular lymphocyte leukemia, a disease more common in Asia than the United States, and it points to new ways to prevent the malignancy.
The researchers show that, in mice and in humans, the novel subset of NKT cells responsible for large granular lymphocyte leukemia are marked on their surface by a protein called NKp46. Only small numbers of these cells are present in mice and in humans. The study further shows that overexpression of interleukin-15 can drive these cells but not others to become leukemic.
"These novel NKT cells represent a small white-blood-cell population in normal mice or healthy humans, but they have the potential to develop into large granular lymphocyte leukemia under certain circumstances, such as a high interleukin-15 environment," says first author Jianhua Yu, a research scientist with the OSUCCC James.
"Our work suggests that targeting interleukin-15 signaling and NKp46 might offer a new way to prevent this leukemia as we learn more about who is susceptible," notes principal investigator Dr. Michael A. Caligiuri, director of Ohio State's Comprehensive Cancer Center and CEO of the James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute. "In fact, we show that using an antibody to block interleukin-15 prevents large granular lymphocyte leukemia development in this mouse model."
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There’s been plenty of discussion of the potential negative effects of the Chinese ASAT test earlier this month, from the debris created by the test imperiling other satellites to the increased threat now faced by US low Earth orbit satellites. But who will benefit? An Aerospace Daily article earlier this week suggests that both missile defense and operationally responsive space (ORS) efforts could win additional support based on the reaction to the test. Jeff Keuter of the Marshall Institute says that space-based missile defenses, which he argues could also be effective against ASATs, could get a, um, “boost” (his words, not mine) from the test. Defensive counterspace—hardening or otherwise protecting satellites from attack—could also win coverts in the Pentagon and on Capitol Hill.
ORS, with its promised ability to quickly launch new or gapfiller spacecraft in the event of a crisis (like an ASAT attack on existing satellites), could also win new support. That may be critical since there had been rumors in previous months that funding for ORS in FY08 and beyond was jeopardy. Rand Simberg makes a similar argument in a TCS Daily essay, although I would quibble that the issue is not Operationally Responsive Spacelift, as he identifies it, but Operationally Responsive Space. Low-cost rapid launch is a key part of the puzzle, but it is not the only one, and maybe not even the most important one, given issues ranging from satellite buses and payloads to integrating those systems into existing systems to provide the maximum benefit to the warfighter. | <urn:uuid:e0c45623-ddb4-44ba-996b-db1990182dce> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.spacepolitics.com/2007/01/26/who-benefits-from-the-chinese-asat-test/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560283301.73/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095123-00508-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.960991 | 323 | 2.171875 | 2 |
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Researchers have derived neurons from stem cells to investigate mutations that lead to Rett and fragile X syndromes, according to two reports published in the past two months.
Inducing reprogrammed stem cells to become neurons allows researchers to analyze disease-linked mutations in a way that’s more nuanced than relying on genetically engineered mouse models, the researchers say.
Rett syndrome is a developmental disorder caused by mutations in the MeCP2 gene, which is located on the X chromosome.
In the first study, published 26 September in PLoS One, researchersderived neurons from four women who each have a different MeCP2 mutation on one of their X chromosomes. One of these mutations, R294X, is present in five to six percent of individuals with Rett syndrome1.
In women, a process called X chromosome inactivation randomly silences one copy of the X chromosome in each cell throughout the body, meaning that some cells express the typical copy and others express the mutant. Once a somatic cell is reprogrammed to become a stem cell, and later a neuron, it retains its version of MeCP2, the study found.
This allowed the researchers to create pairs of neurons from each individual, one of which expresses the typical copy of MeCP2, and the other expresses the mutant.
Neurons with the R294X mutation in MeCP2 are smaller than control neurons, the study found. Studies have shown that individuals with Rett syndrome have a smaller brain volume than do controls.
In the second new study, published 12 October in PLoS One, researchers derived stem cells from skin cells taken from individuals with fragile X syndrome2. They then induced these stem cells to form neurons to parse out the mechanism that inactivates FMR1, the fragile X gene.
FMR1 typically contains between 5 and 60 repeats of a three-nucleotide sequence, CGG. However, a genetic process that recognizes duplicated sequences can cause this region to expand to more than 200 copies. When the number of repeats exceeds 200, a methyl group added to the sequence silences the FMR1 gene.
Cell lines from three individuals with fragile X syndrome each have a different number of CGG repeats, the study found. The researchers show that the level of methylation of the FMR1 gene is related to both the number of repeats and the expression of the gene.
In two cases, the number of repeats decreases between the original cells and the derived neurons, the researchers found.
The results suggest that these cell lines can be used to study the process of repeat expansion. The researchers caution, however, that the FMR1 expansion in stem cell-derived neurons may not reflect the original number.
1: Ananiev G. et al. PLoS One 6,e25255 (2011) PubMed
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A phylum of the subkingdom Protozoa, which includes the class Sporozoea and the subclasses Coccidia and Piroplasmia, characterized by the presence of an apical complex.
[L. apex, pl. apicis, tip, summit, + complexus, woven together]
A phylum of the kingdom Protista (formerly a division of protozoa called Sporozoa); named for a complex of cell organelles (apical microtubule complex) at the apex of the sporozoite form that can penetrate host cells. It includes the medically important genera Plasmodium, Toxoplasma, Cryptosporidium, and Isospora.
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While most all of us can agree that wedding ceremonies are much more sentimental and meaningful, we unfortunately can't ignore the legal side of things when it comes to two joining their lives together. So today, I have the wonderful Cris of Kiss My Tulle who did all the research for you on how to get legally married here in the state of Virginia!
Application, ID, and Residency Requirement: A license for marriage in Virginia is issued by the clerk or his/her deputy clerk of a circuit court in any county or city in the Commonwealth of Virginia (you can find a list of Virginia Circuit Courts here). The ceremony may be performed anywhere in the State. Applicants must, under oath, furnish information required to complete the marriage record. These items are material, and the applicant may be subject to prosecution for perjury for violation of the portion of the statutes which requires this information. For divorced persons, there is no statutory waiting period before marriage after the divorce is granted unless remarriage is specifically prohibited by a court. In some cases, clerks may require documentary proof of age or termination of previous marriage. Most of the offices of the clerks of court are closed on Saturdays.
There is no blood test requirement for marriage in Virginia. There is no waiting period required between application and issuance of the license and a couple may be married immediately after the issuance of a license. The marriage license issued in Virginia is for marriages to be performed in Virginia ONLY.
In Virginia the following marriages are prohibited,
- A marriage entered into prior to the dissolution of an earlier marriage of one or both parties.
- A marriage between an ancestor and or descendant; or between a brother and a sister; or between an uncle and a niece; or between an aunt and a nephew; whether the relationship is by half or the whole blood or adoption.
- When either of the parties lacks capacity to consent to the marriage because of mental incapacity or infirmity.
- "Common Law" marriages are not valid if entered into in Virginia or any other jurisdiction, which does not permit them for its residents.
Under 18: The minimum age for marriage in the Commonwealth of Virginia is sixteen (16) years for both persons intending to marry; however, if either party is under eighteen (18), consent to the marriage must be given by the father, mother, or legal guardian. This may be done in person by the parent or legal guardian before the person issuing the license or by written consent properly sworn to before a notary public. Special provisions are made in Virginia law to allow marriage for under age parties when the female is pregnant and for situations in which under age applicants have no parent or legal guardian.
How Much a Marriage License Cost?: In Virginia, most marriage licenses cost $30.00, but may vary depending on the county. This can be payable by cash or credit card (available only at some circuit courts); cash is always king.
Officiants: A minister of any religious denomination must be authorized by a circuit court to celebrate the rites of matrimony. To obtain such authorization, the minister must produce proof of his ordination and regular communion with the religious society of which he is a reputed member. In addition, the court in each city and county has appointed secular persons who are eligible to perform civil marriage ceremonies.
License Validity: In Virginia, a license is valid for sixty (60) days after the license is issued.
Equality Rights: Same sex marriage is legal in Virginia.
Name Change: Getting a marriage license with your new name on it does not mean your name has automatically changed. Check out Tidewater and Tulle's feature on how to change your last name for more specific information.
Please Note: State and county marriage license requirements often change. The above information is for guidance only and should not be regarded as legal advice. Please know that it is very important that you verify all information with your local marriage license office or county clerk before making any wedding or travel plans.
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A Conservative Minister has claimed that homophobia is worse in “more primitive cultures,” sparking criticism from LGBT campaigners who have called his language “inappropriate” and have accused him of “forgetting that anti-gay laws were a colonial import.”
International Development Minister Alan Duncan, who is the first openly homosexual Conservative MP, used the vocabulary during an interview with The Huffington Post UK in which he was asked about the UK’s international campaign against homophobia.
“Some countries are going backwards [on LBGT rights] and the use of gay hate as a vulgar form of nationalism is contemptible in my view,” he told the website.
Asked whether there are religious motivations behind some of the anti-gay laws in Africa and elsewhere, Mr Duncan replied: “All over the world there is often a collision between gay rights and religious fundamentalism, if you want to call it that. And that collision is difficult to resolve, particularly in more primitive cultures.”
“A lot of the religious zeal is not within the formal Episcopal Church. And of course in a lot of cases it’s also Islamic,” he added.
“But all countries are different, all societies are different. The leadership and influence structures in all societies are different. It’s an issue which has to be advanced in different ways in different countries in a variety of different approaches,” said Mr Duncan.
Mr Duncan's comments have since come under fire from LGBT rights activist Peter Tatchell. Mr Tatchell, who has on two occasions attempted a citizen’s arrest of President Robert Mugabe against alleged torture in Zimbabwe, condemned Mr Duncan’s comments for “demonising” populations.
“"Primitive" is not appropriate language. We mustn’t forget that homophobic attitudes were exported to many of these countries by Britain during the colonial era,” he told The Independent.
“We imposed anti-gay laws upon them. Our missionaries created an ideology of homophobic hatred. Prior to colonialism most of these societies had no anti-gay laws and no serious homophobic prejudice.
“We must always remember that there are liberal progressive people in some of the most homophobic countries. They are fighting against homophobic ideas. We should support them rather than demonising the general population.”
“I don’t think it is right to generalise about other countries no matter how bigoted some sections of the population are. Alan Duncan’s language risks fuelling racist stereotypes. I’m sure he didn’t mean it that way but a self-correction might be a good thing,” he added.
Alistair Stewart, Assistant Director of the The Kaleidoscope Trust, a UK charity which works to uphold the human rights of LGBT people internationally and is headed by Conservative Speaker of the House of Commons John Bercow, said Mr Duncan’s comments were “unfortunate”.
"It’s a shame that a good news story about the UK’s commitment to aid spending and to combatting homophobia has been undermined by the use of such unfortunate language.
"It’s certainly not the vocabulary that we use and terminology like this is generally unhelpful in supporting LGBT people in countries where they face persecution and criminalisation.
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The Mahoning County OVI Task Force announced the start of a new year of continuing its mission to make roads safe. This year, the task force received an increase in funding.
"This year, our grant award was for $223,502.19, which is close to $70,000 more than in the last two years," said Canfield Police Assistant Chief Scott Weamer.
He said the grant that funds the OVI Task Force comes from the Federal Highway Traffic Safety Administration. It is administered through the Ohio Department of Public Safety's Office of Criminal Justice Services and is to be used for traffic safety education and enforcement.
Photo by J.T. Whitehouse, Town Crier
Susan Viars of Mahoning Safe Communities and Canfield police Assistant Chief Scott Weamer got together on Friday to announce the start of a new year for the Mahoning County OVI Task Force. Viars is showing the magnetic decals that represent “Don’t text and drive,” “Stay sober or get pulled over,” “Click it or ticket,” and motorcycle safety.
"The funds will be used for equipment and labor costs to conduct saturation patrols, checkpoints and blitz patrols," Weamer said. "Our goals will remain the same as we try to reduce the number of alcohol-related traffic accidents in the county."
He said in the 2013 grant year that runs from Oct. 1 to Sept. 30, the OVI Task Force conducted 13 sobriety checkpoints and contacted 6,122 vehicles. Of that number, 38 impaired drivers were removed from the roadways.
The saturation patrols that have multiple cruisers focusing on one area, made 1,710 traffic stops and removed 40 impaired drivers. Besides the 78 OVI arrests from the two programs, officers also caught 138 drivers who were driving while under suspension, made 68 seatbelt citations, and made 12 felony arrests.
He said the impact has been seen in the number of fatalities that were recorded in the county. In 2011, there was no funding for the OVI Task Force and there were 24 fatal crashes, of which 11 were alcohol related. In 2012, the funding returned and there were 23 fatal crashes with eight of them being alcohol related. For the 2013 year that ended Sept. 30, there were 16 fatalities and only three involved alcohol.
"That is a 33 percent reduction in fatalities and OVI fatalities," Weamer said. "We're having a positive impact."
He said the grant is hosted by the Canfield Police Department, and is not the only traffic grant coming to the area. Mahoning Safe Communities also received a grant to help educate the public on a variety of traffic safety issues. The grant was for $63,947 to help with educating the public on things like texting while driving, drunk driving, seatbelt safety and motorcycle safety. The organization's grant administrator Susan Viars said a lot will be used to educate younger drivers.
"We work a lot with the schools and teenage drivers," Viars said. "We are more the education side of this partnership."
Like the OVI Task Force grant, this grant also runs from Oct. 1 through Sept. 20. It allows Viars to put on educational programs in schools and at the Canfield Fair where she used drunk goggles and a corn hole game to show drivers what being impaired is like.
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Lose weight without dieting. Most dieters claim that they can lose weight by just changing their eating habits. However, the problem with this theory is that there are so many factors that come into play when it comes to keeping your body healthy and in good shape. Without a good diet and exercise habits, you’re not going to get the results you want. However, eating can be a part of your overall weight-loss strategy.
Most dieters are going to end up coming across a point of confusion when it comes to how to manage their dietary intake. Many people will be very concerned with what they put in their bodies. This is something that you should look at with a pinch of salt. It is only when you start eating healthily that you are actually providing your body with the nutrients it needs. As we know, vitamins and minerals have a lot of different effects on the body, and some of these effects include strengthening the immune system, bone health, energy, and fat distribution. If you are not getting these necessary nutrients from your diet, you are going to suffer from chronic pain and sickness. It doesn’t mean that you are starving, it is just that your body is not receiving the nutrients it needs.
As you can see, it is not about whether or not you are eating. It is about what you are eating that can help your cause. If you are not eating enough healthy food, you are definitely not providing your body with the right nutrition it needs to remain strong. By just changing your diet, you’re not going to suddenly become healthier, you will only get healthier.
There is one more factor to consider when you want to control your diet. Your reflexes are definitely going to go out the window if you are starving. You must keep your reflexes sharp. Most dieters will begin to feel weak and shaky if they are starving. This is because most dieters feel weak when they have a lack fluid. It is important to keep in mind that a lack of water can cause symptoms such as vomiting, diarrhea, loss of appetite, and even seizures.
If you are in a crisis and you have a craving for a piece of pizza, just think back to the reasons that you stopped eating in the first place. If your problem has to do with not eating enough, you might want to think about why you stopped eating. Did you find food that you just couldn’t stand? This is something you did not like as well. If your problem was with not having enough fluids, you might want to think about what was wrong with the water you were drinking.
The last factor to consider when you want to control your diet is your own willpower. Many dieters have problems with willpower. This can be due to psychological problems. People who are in a crisis might think that they will just “chop down” and put their problems behind them. In reality, they will never eat that food again, and this often results in them regurgitating the food. Another reason why people don’t have the power to control their diet is that they are tired and don’t feel like working out. When you have tried to exercise and found that it isn’t working, you are likely to not want to go through the effort of exercising, which can cause this problem to reoccur. Make sure you have adequate self-confidence and you will have a problem with this very subject no more. | <urn:uuid:e9db2bdd-87d9-45d3-8c44-679921992cf3> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://modernlifeideas.com/can-you-lose-weight-without-dieting-find-out-here/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572063.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814173832-20220814203832-00675.warc.gz | en | 0.98407 | 707 | 2.4375 | 2 |
Google is providing free, in-person digital skills training from everyday experts
You too can use the web to grow your career, confidence or even your business this masterclasses is designed to help you become a digital expert.
The theme of the first masterclass is ‘Get Stuck into Digital’. Learn about the importance of digital for your own careers or business and get top tips from Google on how to build a business online. This masterclass from The Digital Garage team will include advice on how to build websites that work for all audiences, help you understand search and the customer purchase journey, and show you how to tell your story online through social media and meaningful content.
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Japan’s Princess Kako turns 27
14:24 JST, December 29, 2021
Princess Kako, the second daughter of Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko, turned 27 on Wednesday.
The princess is working hard to ensure that she is able to fulfill the official duties that she took over from her sister, Mako Komuro, 30, who recently lost her Imperial status when she got married.
According to the Imperial Household Agency, Princess Kako is very happy that her sister got her wish and married, and sincerely hopes for her happiness.
Upon her sister’s marriage, Princess Kako took over the position of honorary president of the Japan Tennis Association from Mako.
In November, she participated for the first time in the Midori no Wa Kouryu no Tsudoi awards ceremony, which honors local governments and citizens groups that have contributed to the creation of green cities.
The ceremony, held online, is one that Mako used to take part in. Princess Kako used her sister’s words as a reference for her own video message and wore the clothes her sister had worn at the previous award ceremony.
Princess Kako also watched online a Girl Scout event held on themes including gender equality and contributed a video message. She reportedly was impressed by how many people, including young people, have been actively working toward a better society.
Wednesday events related to her birthday were not held as her mother is in mourning for the death of her grandfather, Tatsuhiko Kawashima.
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The most common question HVAC professionals get concerns why it costs so much to run heating and cooling systems. The genuine answer is always care; how well you take care of your HVAC system. Most malfunctions occur due to neglect, wear and tears, or skipped maintenance checks and repairs.
Other reasons for malfunctioning HVAC systems are you might be using the air conditioner inefficiently. The heating system is worked out during winter while the air conditioner is mostly used during the long, hot summers. It is important to keep these systems performing at peak performance making them more affordable to run. Here are some tips to aid you in doing exactly that:
Watch Your Thermostat Settings
For better air conditioner efficiency, professionals advise homeowners to keep the temperature of the thermostat slightly higher than their desired temperature level. Not to say you keep your home hotter than you find comfortable, but just slightly higher to assist with the air conditioner efficiency.
During the winter season, the same applies but this time instead of blasting your heater to high temperatures it is advisable to lower the thermostat temperature. This saves energy rapidly and subsequently, money.
Use Your Ceiling Fans
Ceiling fans are appealingly beautiful and help during the summer seasons to cool you. They do this by helping sweat evaporate from the body. Ceiling fans work well when paired by air conditioners because they distributed the conditioned air evenly.
But this is not all that ceiling fans can do. During the winter the reverse feature on fans is used to distribute the heated air all through your home. This allows you to heat your home more efficiently in the winter.
Change Your Air Filter
There is a misconception among homeowners that the air filter that comes with the HVAC system is there to protect the indoor air quality. The air filter is meant to protect the inner workings of the HVAC system. A blocked air filter can affect the air quality indoors, but this is not its core role.
Air filters should be changed regularly, maybe every 1 to 3 months. This keeps the system running more efficiently and effectively throughout its whole service life.
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Chaika (чайка). Type of boat, 18–20 m in length, 3–3.5 m in width, and 3.5–4 m in depth, used by the Zaporozhian Cossacks. Its bottom was carved out of a single tree trunk, and the sides were built of planks. Reed bales were tied to the gunwales of the boat to protect it from enemy guns and from sinking. There were two helms, at the fore and aft, to avoid the need to turn the boat about. The chaika was also equipped with a mast and sail. The crew consisted of 50–60 men. The boat carried several small cannons. Guillaume Le Vasseur de Beauplan left a precise description of the chaika.
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Last week, I crossed something off my to-do list that’s been on there a really long time – hanging a plant from our kitchen ceiling! Because goodness knows I didn’t already have enough plants in our home. Nope, I definitely needed two more hanging from the ceiling in our kitchen. And today I’m teaching you how to hang plants from the ceiling, so you can experience the same joy I do every time I look out my kitchen window now.
Doesn’t get much better than that, does it?
I mean, the view might be better with more plants.
But I digress.
how to hang plants from the ceiling
This is a really quick and easy project, and everything you need can be found at your local hardware store. Start to finish, it only took me about 15 minutes. Doesn’t get much better than that!
Here’s what you’ll need:
- Hanging planters. I used these. You can click here to see some other great options! You can also use a macrame hanger with just about any planter – just make sure they have drainage holes!
- A drill + drill bits (click here to learn how to use one!)
- Swag hooks. These come with anchors, so you don’t need to purchase them separately.
decide on a location
Your first step will be to decide where you want the hanging plant to go. I recommend hanging it near a window – it’ll give your plant great light! Make sure you consider which way the window facing and if your plants need full sun or a little less intensity. I chose the window above my kitchen sink – I wanted to be able to see the hanging pots from just about anywhere, and this area was looking pretty blank.
Once you know where it’s going to go generally, you still need to figure out a specific location. My little trick for visualizing it is to use my phone to film myself holding the plant hanger in various locations. I mark the ones I think might work with a pencil. Then I watch the video back to narrow it down. Easy peasy!
Assemble the swag hook
Next, you need to figure out if you have a stud where you want to hang the plant. If you’re hanging your plant outdoors on a patio or covered porch, you can simply screw your ceiling hook into an exposed beam and you’re good to go! If you’re hanging the plant indoors, a few more steps are required.
Use a 1/8″ drill bit to drill a small pilot hole in the ceiling. If you hit a ceiling joist after you’re through the ceiling drywall, great! You don’t need to use any sort of anchor and you’re good to go. You can use the smaller rod-shaped screw that comes with your hook. Just attach it to the hook, and use your hand to screw it right into the ceiling.
You can also use a stud finder for this process, but I find a pilot hole to be more reliable!
If, however, you hit hollow spot when you drill the pilot hole, you’ll need to use the toggle bolt anchor that comes with the kit. Grab a 1/2″ or 5/8″ drill bit and drill a (much) larger hole. It will feel very intimidating. Even terrifying. Don’t worry it’ll be okay.
Once you’ve drilled your larger hole, you’re almost done. Assemble the hook as shown in the photo above. Start with the longer bolt, then screw the toggle bolt onto it until it’s about 1/4 of the way down. Add the hook to the bottom.
Hang the swag hook
Once the hook is assembled, fold the wings of the toggle bolt in (aka: the part that looks like a hinged clip) and push it up into the hole. Push it through until you feel the wings pop open behind the drywall. Give it a gentle tug to make sure it doesn’t come back out.
Now, you might get a little nervous because there’s a big gap between your hook and the ceiling. No worries! Just twist the hook while applying slight downward pressure. It will tighten itself! Keep going until it’s flush with the ceiling.
And just like that, you’re done! Loop that hanging plant rope over the swag hook and enjoy the new view.
what kinds of plants work well on hangers?
There are so many plants that work great in hanging baskets or pots. Here’s a quick list of a few of my favorites:
- Pothos (I’m especially loving Jade Pothos and Neon Pothos right now! The leaves are so fun.)
- Air Plants
- Succulents like Burro’s Tail or String of Pearls
- English Ivy (or really, any vine that will hang over the edge!)
- Creeping Jenny
- Most Hoya varieties
How Can I do It Without Drilling Holes?
Love the idea of a hanging plant but can’t quite commit to 1/2″ holes in your ceiling? No problem. Here are a few other ideas for how you can accomplish the same basic look without any fancy installation needed.
- Use shelves. You know I love a good plant shelf! You can hang some shelves higher up on the wall, and simply add a few drapey plants on the top shelf and you’ve got the same look.
- Use tension rods. The weight capacity will be less than using hook screws or swag hooks, but they can usually hold 10-30 pounds! You could also try rods meant for curtains!
- Try adhesive hooks. You’d be surprised by how much weight some suction cup hangers can hold! If you have any metal fixtures on or near your ceiling that magnets would stick to, a really strong magnetic hook could also be an option.
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China will modify its model of cooperation with Africa to make infrastructure construction plans by subregion, instead of focusing only on individual countries.
Minister of Commerce Chen Deming made the remarks on Friday after a conference of China and 50 African nations.
"African countries are usually small ones, so infrastructure construction is often stopped at the borders," Chen told reporters.
"From now on, China will pay special attention to cooperation with African subregions. We will make overall plans on infrastructure construction in the subregions, taking the interconnection of roads, water, electricity and telecommunications networks into consideration and pushing forward bilateral cooperation in a market-driven way."
Ministers of foreign affairs and foreign economic cooperation from China and Africa attended the Fifth Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation.
The ministerial conference has taken place every three years since 2000, when the forum was established.
During the two-day meeting, the delegates reviewed the implementation of tasks set in the last meeting in 2009 and explored new ways to deepen China-Africa relations and improve the forum's mechanism.
The forum also forged two documents at the meeting, including the Beijing declaration and an action plan for 2013-2015.
China and Africa prepared the cooperation documents for half a year, Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi told reporters after the ministerial conference.
"The conference conveyed a strong signal to the outside that China and Africa ... will unswervingly push forward solidarity and cooperation among developing economies," Yang said.
He also said that Beijing respects the right of Africa to choose its own partners. "Africa belongs to the African people. We respect them and hold very friendly emotions toward them," Yang said.
In fact, China's cooperation with Africa is not only helping the continent, but also inspiring other countries to cooperate with Africa, the foreign minister said.
President Hu Jintao announced at the opening ceremony of the conference on Thursday that Beijing will provide a $20 billion credit line to African countries over the next three years. This loan package is twice the amount of China's last pledge of aid to Africa in 2009.
He also said China will deepen cooperation on African security affairs and provide financial support in that regard, which experts said has been in line with trends on the African continent.
Other priorities of cooperation in the coming three years include expanding aid, supporting the African integration process and promoting civil exchanges.
"Yesterday we saw that China's promise (for the past three years) was delivered. The new program with the new strategic planning is very exciting, and Africa ... is expecting a lot from China," said Jean Ping, former chairman of the African Union Commission.
Niger President Mahamadou Issoufou told reporters after the conference on Friday that the priority areas in developing China-Africa relations "completely meet the expectation of African countries and African people".
Responding to criticism from Western countries that China is neo-colonizing Africa, Issoufou said neither Niger nor other African countries see it in that way.
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Go on, be brave – do the quiz! It only takes about two minutes. CLICK HERE. There are fifteen multiple choice questions. It’s about religious knowledge in general, although one or two questions touch on religious issues in the United States.
When you finish you see how smart you are compared to a cross-section of Americans, with a nice graph telling you what percentage of people share your level of knowledge (or ignorance, as the case may be).
Take our short, 15-question quiz, and see how you do in comparison with 3,412 randomly sampled adults who were asked these and other questions in the U.S. Religious Knowledge Survey. This national poll was conducted by the Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life from May 19 through June 6, 2010, on landlines and cell phones, in English and Spanish.
When you finish the quiz, you will be able to compare your knowledge of religion with participants in the national telephone poll. You can see how you compare with the overall population as well as with people of various religious traditions, people who attend worship services frequently or less often, men and women, and college graduates as well as those who did not attend college.
You can see the full results of the survey here. What’s fascinating is which groups come out on top. Catholics do pretty badly…
Atheists and agnostics, Jews and Mormons are among the highest-scoring groups on a new survey of religious knowledge, outperforming evangelical Protestants, mainline Protestants and Catholics on questions about the core teachings, history and leading figures of major world religions.
On average, Americans correctly answer 16 of the 32 religious knowledge questions on the survey by the Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life. Atheists and agnostics average 20.9 correct answers. Jews and Mormons do about as well, averaging 20.5 and 20.3 correct answers, respectively. Protestants as a whole average 16 correct answers; Catholics as a whole, 14.7. Atheists and agnostics, Jews and Mormons perform better than other groups on the survey even after controlling for differing levels of education.
On questions about Christianity – including a battery of questions about the Bible – Mormons (7.9 out of 12 right on average) and white evangelical Protestants (7.3 correct on average) show the highest levels of knowledge. Jews and atheists/agnostics stand out for their knowledge of other world religions, including Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism and Judaism; out of 11 such questions on the survey, Jews answer 7.9 correctly (nearly three better than the national average) and atheists/agnostics answer 7.5 correctly (2.5 better than the national average). Atheists/agnostics and Jews also do particularly well on questions about the role of religion in public life, including a question about what the U.S. Constitution says about religion.
Previous surveys by the Pew Research Center have shown that America is among the most religious of the world’s developed nations. Nearly six-in-ten U.S. adults say that religion is “very important” in their lives, and roughly four-in-ten say they attend worship services at least once a week. But the U.S. Religious Knowledge Survey shows that large numbers of Americans are uninformed about the tenets, practices, history and leading figures of major faith traditions – including their own. Many people also think the constitutional restrictions on religion in public schools are stricter than they really are. | <urn:uuid:b0714066-d5d9-4832-bba0-0f41206abd36> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://bridgesandtangents.wordpress.com/2010/10/15/religious-knowledge-survey-test-your-level-of-ignorance/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560279224.13/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095119-00482-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.952329 | 720 | 2.203125 | 2 |
According to a recent survey, 25% of users leave a web page if it takes longer than 4 seconds to load. 74% of users looking for a website from a mobile device prefer not to wait if it takes more than 5 seconds to load. 46% of users refuse to deal with a web service if it is slow.
A CDN stands for a content delivery network, a geographically distributed group of servers that perform together to supply fast delivery of Internet content.
A CDN makes it possible to quickly transmit assets required for loading Internet content, including web pages, images, videos, and other files. Also, a CDN significantly improves loading times for pre-lands and landing pages, which results in better traffic delivery to the final offers and overall conversion rates.
How does it operate?
By and large, a CDN is a network of servers connected with each other to deliver content as quickly, affordably, reliably, and securely as possible. At the core of it, there are two fundamental constituents: points of presence (POP) and edge servers.
It’s interesting! In addition to points of presence and edge servers, there are lots of minor things responsible for decently routing the traffic, providing protection from attacks, and maintaining operation time.
Points of presence
A point of presence, frequently shortened to POP, is a single geographical area where a group of CDN edge servers is located. Consequently, when joined, POPs are multiple geographical spots that create the entire network. The total number of POPs that make up a CDN and each location significantly affects the global coverage.
An edge server is a server that resides between two networks and is located at each POP. Edge servers do not generate content; they keep a copy of it in the cache. The total number of edge servers located at each point of presence will vary for each CDN provider.
The POPs are located near the densest regions across the world. For large countries, there may be numerous different POPs. The overall idea of a CDN is to direct users to the nearest point of presence. When a user needs content from a website that uses a CDN, their request is redirected to the closest POP, where a web server sends the requested data.
It’s interesting! If we sort out Internet traffic generated by all people across the globe, we will see that the most bandwidth-consuming types of content are images, videos, and audio files. The supported content types may differ from provider to provider, but the most widely spread formats are the following:
- Pictures: PNG, JPG, SVG, GIF, TIF
- Videos: MP4, HSL, FLV, MOV, WMV
- Audios: MP3, WAV, AIFF, AAC, PCM
- Others: CSS, JS, JSON, HTML, PDF, ZIP, TTF, OTF, WOFF
The pros of using a content delivery network
A CDN can brag about numerous advantages, providing users with next-level service availability and better protection in case of DDOS or other attacks.
Additionally, with existing CDN technology, geo load balancing allows the delivery of location-specific content and services, giving maximum productivity and efficiency. Let's have a closer look.
Better performance is undeniably one of the most meaningful advantages of leveraging a CDN. If users from all around the world need to access a certain resource, the use of a CDN is essential. Interestingly, upon performing various tests in many geographical locations, it has been reported that a content delivery network reduces website latency by 83% compared to websites without a CDN.
A CDN always directs requests to the nearest site. If one edge server is inaccessible, requests are automatically sent to the next attainable edge server. This, in turn, forms automatic redundancy guaranteeing that content always remains available. Without redundancy, visitors may come across an error page, which can significantly affect the chance that they will get back.
Routing traffic to a CDN simplifies controlling traffic bounces, which helps hold back a load on an origin server and minimize downtime. Moreover, since a website mainly consists of static data, a greater part of the content will be delivered quickly and seamlessly.
Denial-of-service attacks and web exploits have become a common issue. These attacks are mainly launched to distract attention while affecting systems with other exploits. One of the most unpleasant things about attacks is that it is often hard to distinguish improper traffic from decent traffic.
On this basis, a CDN serves as an essential instrument to secure websites. Today's most progressive content delivery networks put information security as a top priority, providing unique cloud-based solutions. Moreover, CDNs shield content providers and users by combating a broad range of attacks without ever sacrificing delivery and availability.
Bandwidth consumption costs for website hosting are major expenses for website owners. However, through caching and other optimizations, CDNs can reduce the portion of data an origin server must provide, thus significantly reducing hosting costs for websites.
Interestingly, there are many proven cases when increasing the overall speed of a website boosted conversions. The explanation of this phenomenon lies in the improvement of user experience. Additionally, it has been reported that just a second delay in load time, on average, leads to a 7% loss in conversions.
Since CDN-providers are the carriers of about half of the world's internet traffic, they generate extensive data about end-user web experiences.
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LOOKING FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THE MOUNTAIN AND WHATS GOING ON?
You’re in the the right spot. Take a look below at the information on the Mountains and some of our favorite places around the Village.
Aspen mountain, affectionately referred to as Ajax by locals, is one of the first ski areas to open in Colorado in 1947 with lift 1A. Originally sacred ground only to the Ute indian tribe, it later became a mining haven during the silver rush of the late 1800’s. When the price of silver fell to record lows, the mines closed and what remained were a hand full of settlers who continued to call it home. During the 1940’s World War II era, several of Aspen’s young men were recruited for training and survey work with the now infamous 10th Mountain Division to fight in the Nazi occupied European Alps. When the war ended and with that great knowledge and courage, many returned home to introduce the sport of skiing to Aspen.
Since those early days and that first lift, Ajax and the town of Aspen have continued to grow and evolve into a world famous destination. Hosting everything from World Cup ski racing to internationally acclaimed food and wine tastings, Aspen has become nothing short of a legend in it’s own time.
Today, Ajax has over 670 acres of amazing skiable terrain. Offering some of the best steeps, bumps, glades and groomed runs in the nation, Ajax continues to impress visitors from around the world. In 2006 Ajax upgraded the Silver Queen gondola promising stunning views and unbeatable top to bottom skiing in a short 15 minute ride.
SNOWMASS SKI AREA:
Although Snowmass didn’t open for skiing until 1967, it was clear from the start it would quickly become the area that defined us. Offering the longest vertical drop in the nation at over 4000 feet, surprisingly diverse terrain, and 90% ski-in/ski-out accommodations, Snowmass has a feel of its own.
Nestled at the base of two 14,000 foot peaks, Mount Daily and Mount Snowmass, the views here have captured the spirit and imagination of visitors and locals alike since its opening day. The combination of exquisite terrain and seemingly endless options of lifts and runs make Snowmass a world-class destination in itself. With its down-home village feel, jaw-dropping views, top-end lodging, and fine dining options, Snowmass has long been referred to as the “Family Mountain”. But don’t worry experts, there are an impressive amount of bowls, chutes, glades, and gut-wrenching steeps to keep your adrenaline flowing and searching for more. At nearly 4000 acres of skiable terrain, you simply can’t experience it all in one visit. Our pick for the best ski area in the nation today, Snowmass is nothing less than extraordinary. Take a look at our page on GoSnowmass.com
Officially opened in 1958, Highlands remained an independent ski area until it was acquired by the Aspen Skiing Company in the 1990’s. Often referred to as the “Locals Mountain”, it too has it’s own unique blend of astounding views, challenging terrain and charming character.
Boasting some of the best steep and expert terrain in the nation at nearly 1020 skiable acres just wasn’t enough. Finally, after years of anticipation, Highlands announced the opening of Highland Bowl. Perched 800 feet above the highest lift, this hike to only experience promises awe inspiring views of the Maroon Bells and surrounding mountains should you chose to accept the challenge. But that’s just the beginning. Next you’ll enter a magical powder filled world of flawless contours and epic steeps that descend over 3,600 feet.
If you dream of floating down some of the finest steep and deep runs in the world today, make sure you plan a visit to Aspen Highlands.
Buttermilk ski area was unveiled in 1962 with the intention of providing a separate mountain dedicated to teaching and learning the sport of skiing. With an array of gentle and wide open terrain plus a beginner specific lift, it certainly achieved it’s goal. However, in spite of being considered the “Beginner’s Mountain”, more advanced skiers soon found the hidden gems that lie in powder filled glades on it’s Tiehack side.
Today Buttermilk continues to evolve with the ever changing sport by offering one of the best terrain parks and super pipes in the world. Hosting the Winter X Games for over a decade, it has become a haven for some of the best park riders in the sport today. At nearly 470 skiable acres with a dazzling view of 14,000 foot Pyramid peak, Buttermilk competes with the larger areas and is sure to keep you coming back for more.
SOME OF OUR FAVORITE LOCAL RUNS AND SPOTS
TOP 10 RUNS:
- Steeplechase (Aspen Highlands)
- Face Of Bell (Aspen Mountain)
- The P Chutes (Aspen Highlands)
- The Dumps (Aspen Mountain)
- Hanging Valley Glades (Snowmass)
- Walshes (Aspen Mountain)
- East Wall of The Cirque (Snowmass)
- A.M.F. Gully (Snowmass)
- Highland Bowl (Aspen Highlands)
- Hanging Valley Wall (Snowmass
TOP 10 BEST PLACES TO EAT:
- The Stew Pot (Snowmass)
- Slice (Snowmass)
- Su Casa (Aspen)
- Eight K at the Viceroy (Snowmass)
- Jimmy’s (Aspen)
- The Edge at Timberline Lodge (Snowmass)
- Little Mammoth (Snowmass)
- Ajax Tavern (Aspen)
- IlPoggio (Snowmass)
- Matsuhisa (Aspen)
TOP 10 FAVORITE APRES SKI SPOTS:
- Zane’s Tavern (Snowmass)
- Mezzaluna (Aspen)
- Big Hoss Grill (Snowmass)
- Justice Snows (Aspen)
- Liimelight Lounge (Aspen)
- Slow Groovin’ BBQ and Live Music (Snowmass)
- The Red Onion (Aspen)
- Base Camp Bar and Grill (Snowmass)
- Venga Venga (Snowmass)
- 39 Degrees at Sky Hotel (Aspen)
TOP 10 OTHER THINGS TO DO BESIDES SKIING OR RIDING AT THE SKI AREAS:
- Swim and tube at the Aspen Recreation Center
- Sleigh ride to dinner at Ashcroft ghost town
- Ice Skating at the Silver Circle ice rink in Aspen
- Visit the new Aspen Art Museum
- Snowshoe local trails
- Snowmobiling at T Lazy 7 Ranch near Aspen
- Bowling at Slope Side Lanes in Snowmass
- Cross country ski extensive local trail network
- Parasailing on the mountain with Aspen Expeditions
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In order to spread awareness among children about the heritage of India, the Amaravathi Museum Education Centre at Guntur has opened culture education course in the first floor at Amaravathi Heritage Centre and Museum.
The Amaravathi Museum Education Centre, first of its kind in south India, focuses on early education and aims to uplift it in India.
"It's a partnership project between Amaravathi Heritage Centre and Museum and the local Mandal Education Office. We have roped in a good number of teachers from primary, secondary and special needs' schools to transform the museum into a resource centre of learning for school children and designed the curriculum for next two weeks. It is an 'a.m. and p.m.' school where children will come before and after the school hours to learn all about the importance of cultural heritage and diversity," said Amareswar Galla, Curator, Amaravathi Heritage Town and International Heritage Advisor to the Andhra Pradesh Government.
"Through this project, we intend to raise awareness about heritage among children and also through the children," he added.
According to him, the aim is to make children understand that heritage is not just about monuments, and it is important to invest time, skills and resources for a participatory approach to heritage.
Over 56 Government schools and 20 private institutions have joined hands in the venture to be part of this new mode of learning under the supervision of the local MEO Indira Rani.
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